1912-06-28; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING,' JUNE 28, 1912.
New ISeries:  Vol. 20, No. 33
Wedding Bells In California.  '
Word has just reaohed us of the
marriage of Mias Beulah. Blain, form"?
erly of this city, to Mr. E, A. Van-
,||- delinder of Los Angeles, Cal, - The
wedding occurred  Wednesday even-
- . ing, 'May 22, at the home of their
pastor, Rev. J< E. Cochran, with the
groom's parents and friends of both,
tAB witnesses. >
They spent a week in leisurely
visiting the various sight-seeing
"places around the city and then took
up housekeeping.
Miss Blain left here last fall in
company with her parents, and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Presley"to seek her
fortune in tbe West, Cupid seemed
to be in advance of her and soon had
her future plans mapped out according to the program just carried out.
She was very prettily gowned in a
white silk dress wit.h all over silk
lace and white picture hat.
The groom is a young man of
worth and is employed by the Los
Angeles Street Railway Oo. ■ He is
held high in tbe esteem of all his
friends.
Mrs. Vandelinder has spent most
of her life in and around Clare and
counts her friends in very large
numbers who will all wish her and
her husband, Godspeed as they
journey through life togeth'er.      X
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FIELD DAY
Profits   Are   on   Wrong   Side
of Ledger.
Good, clean sports are certainly to
be commended, especially as an
adjunct of school work. They are
conducive of health and an aid to
School discipline. Superintendent
Poulson is an enthusiast along that
line and has created a genuine interest in the matter in this city. The
tann's court has been most liberally
patronized, indeed we presume another one would be very acceptable,
While basket ball received due attention during the winter, At the
session of the Teachers' Institute
here, a county organization was
formed as will be remembered and
plans initiated to hold "field day"
exercises in connection with the
Eighth Grade exercises. Uomr.
Aldrieu of course bad tbe burden of
work outside, and, considering that
this was the first attempt at anything of the sort here, the Field Day
was a pronounced success though
financially, there was a loss. We
are not informed but presume that
it is the purpose of the Athletic
Association to continue the work
and hold another contest next year.
The following statement shows the
receipts and expenses of the association :
EECBIPTS
From advertising S 44.75
Gate money • 45 60
Total
S90.35
EXPENSES
Telephone
S   2.30
Lumber
5.50
Gatekeeper-
1.50
Trophy
10.00
Medals
12.00
Ribbon
1.29
Ball
1.10
Grounds
2.00
Dray
.50.
Referee
7.50
Advertising
7.28
Labor
3.75
Express
1.00
Constitutions
44.00
Total
99.68
90.35
Loss
9.33
Valley's Restaurant.
Warm Meals
35c
SHORT OEDEHS
Beef Steak
10c
Eggs
10c
Potatoes
5c
Bread and Butter
5c
Toast
5c
Hot Cakes and Maple Syrup
.10c
Pork Sandwich
5c
Hamburg Sandwich
5c
Pork and Beans
5c
Egg Sandwich
10c
Cheese Sandwich
5c
Pie, per cut
5c
Fried Cakes
5c
-Cookies
5c
iea.
So
Milk, per glass
5o
Opffee
5c
GRADUATING EXERCISES
Held At Methodist Church
On Friday Evening.
OEGO RATIONS FINE
And Class Acquit  Themselves
Creditably.
Dinner
Will be Befvea* at Cong, church
July 4th for 25c. Also supper for l6o.
Too can figure on "something to
oat."
Nearly every seat in tjhe Methodist
church was filled on Friday evening
to witness the closing exercises of
our city schools. The evening was
cool and agreeable", and everything
moved off very nicely. The decorations were the work of Groyer Pierqe
and were certainly artistic. "Class
of 1912" appeared in gilt letters above
the class colors, pink and blue, while
the class motto,. ''Don't Dodge Difficulties," occupied a prominent
position in front. Of oourse "Old
Glory" was not forgotten by any
means. Unlike most classes, the
boys in this case outnumbered tbe
girls. One 'innovation in tbe program was tbe omission of the "Class
History,J' usually a burlesque mostly,
giving all kinds of information about
things.in the lives of the members
that never happened. The "Class
Prophesy" was unique and very successfully worked out. One feature
of the essays and orations was that
severalof them dealt with practical,
concrete topics rather than with
abstract themes.
Mrs. Willis played the class march
during which the class and High
School teachers entered and took
seats upon the platform, Rev. Kennedy offered prayer and then Miss
Anna Geroux delivered the Salutatory, extending in behalf of the
class to the assembled audience a
cordial greeting. Sbe felt tbat the
class would be true to their motto.
A diploma confers no credit upon its
holder unless it has been earned.
Miss Geroux was somewhat embarrassed, due in a measure perhaps
to the fact that she was first on the
program.
Bernie Hawkins gave quite an extended account of the organization
of the "Boy Scouts," their training
and the work they are attempting.
He stated that Pres. Tafc is honorary
president of tbe organization and
Mr. Roosevelt vice-president. This,
fact should certainly be a guarrantee
of harmony. It is not a military
organization, rather it seeks always
to inculcate peace. It is now almost
world wide. Its members* are taught
woodcraft and campcraft and are
prepared to be useful wherever
possible. Tbe first class Scout is
supposed to be well fitted for life.
Bernice Terwilliger in a very earnest way told why woman is the
savior of the state. The home is the
foundation of all civilization and
woman creates the home. If men
could rise out of their graves, they
would not dispute that. If man is
successful in any degree, it is because
he has a good home. Woman can
ever create that even though the
home may be lowly.. Of course man
has aided in tbis work. The master
and mistress together have made the
home. Man has created the State.
Has bis work been altogether successful? Listen to the cries of the
lowly for an answer. Man needs
woman's aid here and she should
help him re-create the State and
make earth a better place for all
mankind.
Miss Mildred Davy sang sweetly.
"An Enchanted Garden" and then
Percy Wilson told about our big
"North Pole" possession, Alaska.
Few realize the extent and natural
wealth of this immense country. He
spoke of tbe way it appeals to different people. To the miner it appeals in one way, while to tbe scientist, the'merchant, tbe capitalist, etc.,
it has a different meaning. Its
mineral wealth is very great. Its
coal fields are 50 per cent greater
than those of Pennsylvania at the
outset. Its salmon fisheries are likely to be a source of great wealth.
Good government and population
are now its greatest needs.
"The World Peace Movement,"
was the theme of Zora Converse. In
the not very remote past, every important question among nations was
settled upon the battle field. Slowly
the injunction, "Peace on earth,
j_gpod wjirto men" has found lodge-
'ment in "the hearts "of men. Gen.
Sherman declared that "war is hell"
and every nation that builds op a
great army and navy iB sure sooner
or later to get into troilblo. In many
ways this country occupies a field
Wbich preeminently fits it to lead in.
this great movement.
Nelle Jackson told of the ravages
The Independence Bell
HERE wa« tumult in thff city.
In the quaint old Quaker town.
And the streets were rife with people
Pacing restless' up and down—'■
People gathered at the corners,
Where tbey whispered each'to each.
And the sweat stood on their temples
With the earnestness of speech.
II.
As the bleak Atlantic currents
Lash the wild Newfoundland shore,
So they beat against the statehouse,
So they surged against the door,
And the mingling of their voices
Made a harmony profound
Till,the quiet street of Chestnut
Was all turbulent with sound.
HI.
So they surged against the statehouse.
White all solemnly inside
Sat the Continental congress,
Truth and reason for its guide,
O'er a simpie scroll debating,
Which, though simple it might be.
Yet should shake the cliffs of England
With the thunders of the free.
The Independence Bell.
iv.
Far aloft in that high steeple
Sat the bellman, old and gray.
He was weary of the tyrant
And his iron sceptered Sway,
So he sat with one hand ready
On the clapper of tho bell,        f
When his eye could catch the signal.
The long expected news to tell.
V.
"Will they do it?"   "Dare they do it?"
Seel    Seel    The dense crowd quivers
Through ali its lengthy line
As the boy beside the portal
Hastens forth to give the signl
With his little hands uplifted,
Breezes dallying with his hair-
Hark, with deep, clear intonation
Breaks his young voice on the airl
VI.
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Hushed the people's swelling murmur
While the boy cries joyously.
"Ringl" he shouts.    "Ring, grandpapa!
Ring, oh, ring for Libertyl"
Quickly at the given signal
The old bellman lifts his hand.
Forth he sends the good news, making
Iron music through the land.
VII.
How they shoutedl    What rejoicing)
How the old bell shook the air
Till tho clang of freedom ruffled
The calmly gliding Delawarel
How the bonfires and the torche*
Lighted up the night's repose,
And from the flames, like fabled phoenix,
Our glorious Liberty arose I
SASKATCHEWAN
VIII.
That old statehouse bell is silent.
Hushed is now its clamorous tongue,
But the spirit it awakened
Still is living, ever young,
And when we greet the smiling sunlight
On the Fourth of each July
We will ne'er forget the bellman '
Who, betwixt the earth and sky,
Rung out loudly "Independence,-*
Which, please God, shall never diel
of "The White Plague," a devouring
monster that during the past four
years has cost three times as many
lives as did the great Civil War. She
told of the campaign of education going on and the efforts being put forth
by various organizations to educate
the people. It is now quite generally understood that the disease is
caused bj a germ and is to a large
extent preventable. What is needed
is a general campaign of houseclean-
ing.    •
Milton Wright had laid upon him
the task of showing "The Wide
Sweep Of Socialism" and so anxious
was he to tackle the job that he appeared on tbe scene a little ahead of
schedule time. However, that did
not matter very much and he certainly offered the audience several things
to think about. In lower stages of
ciyilation, the bulk of mankind are
only chattels. Later feudalism appears and tbey become the vassals
of various chieftains. Our * con-
stituton declares tbat all men are
created free and equal, hence they
are entitled to an equal share in the
earth's natural products which are
the source of all wealth. It has been
charged that Socialism would kill all
initiative and incentive to work.
This the Bpeaker contended is not
true. With the Socialist system prevailing, men would not be engaged
ina mad scramble for wealth, bat
obler  work   would   engage   their
attention. He insisted that Socialists are in no sense Anarchists and
are entirely opposed to tbe doctrines
of tbat class.
Irma Black and Lavell Lowry sang a
duet and then Kyle McKmnon proceeded to "Swat the Fly." In 1911,
perhaps a billion flies were exterminated. If the plans for 1912 are
carried out, the crop for 1913 should
be lessened. Scientists have for
some time been studying the question
and the -knowledge already gained
should convince all of dangerous
character of this pest and how intelligently to combat it. One word
will tell its origin—filth. Its extermination was likened to a Holy
War waged by Orusadi-ra. The
speaker had some charts, illustrating
the manner in wbieb disease germs
are carried from filth to food and
from diseased patients to healthy
persons. Unceasing warfare' must
be waged against filth in every form.
Frank Hampton and William Waller "made believe" that 20 years had
passed since graduation when they
meet to compare notes. Mr. Hampton is a missionary whose piety and
zeal are known the world over, and
Mr. Waller is a great designer having built the first aeroplane. In various ways tbey bad learned about
the members of the class, and this
they proceeded to unfold. Mr. McKinnon was a great lawyer whose
reputation permitted him to charge a
Entertaining Letter from George
Luther.
It will be remembered tbat a few
weeks ago* Mr, and Mrs. George
.Luther went from this city to far
away nortnwest Canada. Their
many friends here will be interested
in knowing how the country there
strikes them after a very short stay.
The "script" referred to waa in denominations of 25 cents and closely
resembles our "Fractional Currency," issued during tbe Oivil war
and in circulation many years after.
Mr. Luther says:
Alsask, (3-18-12.
Dear Sentinel:—Inclosed you will
find SOc in Canadian script to pay
postage. We are glad to receive the
Sentinel with all the news from home.
There's a little woman out here who
reads it every word "ads and all."
Nearly all the settlers here are
from tbe States seveial from
CJare county. Certainly everything
ont bere looks like it was an adjunct of the TJ, S. Tbe first stop
off we made was at Saskaton.
Close to tbe depot they were paving
with asphalt. I thought tbe steam
roller looked suspicious, so I walked
over and read in cast-iron letters,
"Buffalo, N. Y." Tben*.while walking four squares I connted over 60.
autos on tbe street, most of them
made in tbe U. S. In their daily
paper I read tbat the city bad
recently raised a million dollar development fund to boost the city and
bad just sent one of their leading
men to Detroit, Mich., for the purpose of securing tbe boosting ability
of the man who madej, Detroit first
the Convention city, and then tbe
great manufacturing city it now is.
The big steam plough and most of
tbe big harvest machines^'ubed ont
here are manufactured in the TJ. S.
The cities of Winnapeg, Edmonton,
Calgary and many other others are
enjoying a great boom and bave appealed to tbe government for relief
from the duty on American cement.
The Canadian factories are unable
to supply tbe demand. Calgary, one
of the smaller cities, uses 800 bbls. a
day. So the Government at Ottawa
has reduced the duty from 52c to 26c
a bbl. for a period of four months.
Calgary will have a genuine Wild
West Bronco Buster Cavalcade in
September, and the only greatest
Theodore bas premised to be there,
Rough Riders and all.
John D's. kerosene oil sells at 35c
a gallon out bere and the blue flame
and perfection oil stoves sell at S2.00
higher than the regular price in
Clare. Thus do Canadians play the
adjunct role commercially. This is
the great day of the Chicago Convention and tbe nomination of the
beloved Teddy, but it will be a week
before we get particulars. This is a
new town on a new railroad and our
mail reaches bere on Wednesdays
and Saturdays only, there frequently being three tons of mail for tbis
office on tbe above days.
Yours, Geo. Lutber.
dollar a word for adyice. Mr.
Wright was running a matrimonial
bureau in Chicago. Zora Converse
was a Red Cross nurse. Florence
Davy shone as a great educator,
while-Bernice Terwilliger was found
in Germany leading the temperance
movement. Nelle Jackson was an
eminent physician, and Percy Wilson
a missionary in tbe wilds of Africa.
Bernie Hawkins was an eminent civil
engineer while Anna Geroux shone
in the political world, having just
been elected governor of Arizona.
A quartette, Cudney, Feighner,
Andrus and Converse, sang "The
Rosary" and, in response to an encore told how the boy sat down on a
tack, and then Florence Davy gave
the valedictory. Twelve years ago
most of the class began here the
course just completed, and how well
that work had been done only the
future could decide. Thus far they
bad worked together but now each
must work alone. The world is demanding special preparation in
every line and none without this can
hope to succeed.
In behalf of the school board D. E.
Alward addressed the class. He was
reminded of the lapse of time by the
fact that some in the class were the
children of the earlier teachers. He
spoke of tbe pride that all feel in the
schools. While many classes had
gone out, there was none in which
the people felt a greater pride than
in tbe present one, nor one from
which they would expect more. No
life is a success unless every day it.
accomplishes some good. One gains
most happiness in helping others to
be happy. He then presented the diplomas, wishing the class abundant
success in the future.
Annual Banquet.
We acknowledge receipt of an in-*
yitation to the banquet of Federation
of State and Provincial Organizations of Southern California to be^
held Thursday evening, June 27.
The time seems rather short, bat the
sender, * Mr. Ballenger kindly suggests that an aeroplane would turn
the trick all right. The card states
that 22C0 were in attendance last
year, so we judge that a million will
be about the right figure this year if
the plates and tickets hold out;.
Here's to the hope that the "Michi-
gandefs and Michigeese" may outnumber all the rest.   • -
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Wise' Farmers
Club.
Whereas, it has pleased God our
Heavenly Father to take from our
midst the beloved wife of W. R.
Lansing, who passed from tbis life to
tbe Heavenly home on June'12, 1912*:
.She had been confined to her bed
of suffering fpr eight months, en^-
dnring her affliction with Obristlike
patience and being tenderly cared
for by her family.
Resolved, that we extend to th&
husband and children our heartfelt,
sympathy in this their great'affliction.
• Also he it further resolved, that
these resolutions be spread on the=
record of the Wise Farmers' Club,
and that copies be sent to our local
papers. ,
Mrs. Wm. Badgley,
Mrs. McJames,
Mrs. Maxwell, '
Committee
Paving Contract.
At a special meeting of the city
council held Wednesday evening, the
contract for several blocks of ce^
ment paving was awarded to James
A. McKay. The Northern Construction Oo. to whom tbe ' contract was
first awarded, decided to throw up*
tbe contract. Mr. McKay will begin work as soon as he can organize matters.—St. Johns Republican.
CHILDREN'S DAY   -
Fittingly Observed at Sheridan*
Baptist Church.
Sunday evening, Judo 23rd, the
Sheridan Baptist church observed
Children's Day in a way which will
make the event long to be remembered. The decorations were beautiful. The program consisted of
class exercises, drills, recitations,
and music of the first quality.
The event was truly a credit to
the community, and especially to
those having the arrangements in
charge. More -than two hundred
were present. Rev. I. W. Knight
is pastor of the church, preaching
each Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock.
A Reminder.
Those who use city water for lawns
and gardens, should remember, that
in case of fire it is absolutely important to shut off their supply at once,
so that there may be the necessary
pressure and supply to safeguard
property.
CONFIDENCE
A Word to Business Men On A
Live Subject.
Advertising is one sign that a merchant believes in what he sells. It
appeals to the purchaser to see a
certain line of goods recommended.
For tbat matter, why should other
people believe in the supbrioe quality' of your wares, unless you do
yourself. You should be selling
the best goods that can be had.
If not* you don't deserve the trade
yon now have.. If you are, the only
question is how to inform tbe public.
The easiest way to reach them is
is through the columns of your local
paper. The sentinel has double the "
circulation of any paper in Clare Co.*;
and is read by 4000 .people in this
vicinity. Let us help you to. solve
the problem.
Announcement.
I haye opened a cleaning and pressing establishment over Valley anil
Jenning's second hand store and
guarantee first class work oh ladies';
and gents' clothes. Your patronage
will be greatly^appreciated.
Roy Grieser.
Dinner! Dinner!
July 4th at the Methodist  church;
Biggest and beat for 25c.