1910-05-13; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
GLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1910.
NewSeries,: Vol.18, No. 26
EL LAD
BADLY BURNED.
The .Nine year old son of Norman   Lockwood Caught
in Burning House.
HOUSE TOMZTdESTROYEO
Young Lad taken to the residence
of Dr. L. L. Kelly at Farwell
For Medical Treatment.*
HAS A FINE POSITION.
By Farwell Correspondent.       \
On Friday morning, May 6th, in the
absence of Norman Lockwood, and
while Mre. Lockwood was busily engaged in doing the"* morning chores y
the house caught tire. Germane, the
nine year old son, was sleeping in an
upper chamber, and Was not awakened until the flames were devouring
his bed, and scorching his face, hands
and "chest. -
He sprang from the bed, but his
e&it by the stairway was cut off by
the rapidly spreading flames, Tearing
a board from the floor be made his
way out by jumping to the floor below, and ran to the neighbors for
help. Mrs, Bellinger took the lad to
the residence of Dr. Kelley in Far-
well, where everything possible was
done to alleviate the horrible suffering of the unfortunate boy, who
showed much presence of mind and
bravery during the entire period. At
present, under tbe skilfnll treatment
of the doctor, he is doing better than
the most sanguine could hope for,
but is still in a very precarious condition.
This accident occurred at Mr.
Lockwood's farm about two miles
east of this village,on the Clare road.
The burned building was a temporary house in which to live untill a
more commodious one could be
built and bad only been occupied a
a short time* Its Joss together with
the household goods and clothing of
the family is a heavy blow to Mr.
and Mrs. Lockwood, who have the
Sympathy of all in their trouble.
On Sunday, believing it well to do
good on the Sabbath day, a goodly
number of citizens, neighbors and
Mends met and helped construct a
house to take the place ot the burned one. -"*
Church and    Society
CONGREGATIONAL,
Services next Sabbath at the usual
hours. Morning subject: Wireless
Telegraphy and Spiritual Communications. Evening topic: The Late
King Edward of England.
Union meets next Friday with Mrs.
Dan Lamont.
Quild meets next Wednesday with
Mrs. N. J. Myers at the parsonage.
METHODIST.
Services at the usual hours.   Morning topic: An Epoch in Life.    Eve-f
ning subject:  The  Great Wrestling
Match.
Ladies' Aid meets next Friday with
Mrs. Philo Smith.
Auxiliary meets on Wednesday
next with Mrs. Dr. Mulder.
LUTHERAN.
Services next Sabbath in German
only.
On Monday the pastor will hold a
Pentecost festival at Sanford.
On Sunday May 22 there will be no
services, the partor being at Adrian,
attending Synod's meeting which
opens on the 19th and closes on the
24th. ,
PBBB  METHODIST.
Service and Sunday school at the
usual hours.
Commencing on the evening of the
20th ,insfc, and continuing through
toe.atternoon and evening of the ,21th
and morning and evening of the 22nd
thetnmrterly meeting, conducted by
Elder J. F. Sanders of fielding, will
. be held* Everybody cordially invited.) 1
CATHOLIC.
Services next Sabbath at 8 a. m.
conducted by Father Malone of Midland..
Altar society meets next Thursday
ttoitft Mrs. McPhall.
Mrs. Hattie Melvin .formerly Hattie
Clark of this city died in U. B, A.
hospital at Grand Rapids on Thursday last. The remains were brought
^here for interment in Cherry Grove
Cemetery. The funeral Was held
Saturday.from the Congregational
church', conducted by Rev. N.' J.
'Myeia. Obituary notice will appear
sesfe week.
Qtho Sutherland Will Assist in
Building Forestry Building.
Othp Sutherland came up from
Ann Arbor and left early this week
for Madison, Wisconsin, to. "help in
the preparation of the plana, for installing" machinery I in the new for^
estry building the U. S. government
is erecting there as a forestry experiment station.
It will be remembered that this is
the building'Michigan was desirious
of securing for the University of
Michigan, but the University, of
Wisconsin secured it,'but now obtains
Michigan help to construct it.
■ Mr, Sutherland graduated • from
the engineering course of the U, of
M. last June, but has been doing
advanced work there this year. His
many friends here are pleased that
he has gone upon such important
work. P.
Farwell.
Mrs. E. H. Smith returned home
from Detroit Friday, where she was
called by the death of a relative.
vMr. and Mrs. J. J. Saxton are
attending the May Festival at Mt.
pleasant this week.
The Societies gave a dinner today
(Friday) tbe proceeds to be used for
painting the Ladies' Library Build-*
ing.
Mrs. J. B. Osterout of Cadillac
Saturday for a few days visit with
her son, B. J , and-family.
About two dozen members of G.
A. R. and W. R. C, went to the
home of Mr. and L. T. Smedley on
Saturday p. m. in honor of their
fifty first wedding anniversary. A
fine luncheon was served and a
good time enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Ford spent
tbe past week visiting the latter's
parents at Thompsonville.
The Epwortb Leaguers held a fine
banquet at tbe home of C. E. Bingham Friday evening*. .      -
Frank Fisher, having completed a
successful term of school near Greenwood, left Monday for Big Rapids
where he will attend the Ferris Institute.
Fred Bingham left on Tuesday for
Saginaw where he has secured a
position.
Mrs. L. Clark is spending the-
week with her daughter at Evart.
Guy Gregory and cousin, Miss
Annie, who have been visiting relatives here returned on Monday to
Clio.
Decoration   services will  be   held
here Monday May 30th.   All are cor-*]
dially invited.
Miss Eva Stevens of Lake is a
guest of Mrs. B, Spring and family
this week.
Murray who for a few weeks has
been the guest of her daughter, Mi's.
J. Shorey and family returned on Monday to her home at Chicago.
A. A. Powell visited Freeland relatives over Sunday.
Miss Flora Barton is visiting Weid-
man relatives.   .
L. Wiesman returned home on
Wednesday after a business trip to
Ann Arbor, Detroit and Saginaw.
Miss Jennie Cook of Lake visited
Farwell friends Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah Scott of Mt. Pleasant is
the guest of Mrs. E. J. Eager.
G. W. Graham made a business
trip to Harrison the first of the week.
Born on Friday May 6tb, to Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Ledgraw, a son.
A fine time was enjoyed at tbe
home of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Monger
on Monday when about 35 relatives
and friends surprised Mr. Munger in
honor of bis birthday anniversary.,]
Among the guests were five great
grandchildren, A sumptuous repast
was served at .noon which was enjoyed .by all. Guests left wishing
their host many happy returns of
the day.
Safe Blowers
Early   Thursday   Morning Safe in Postoffice
Blown Open.
SAFE AND OFFICE WRECKED
Robbers Were Seen to   Leave  the   Building.
Made Their Escape by Ann Arbor R, R.
Sheriff  and Force in Hot Pursuit.
,    Special to Clare Sentinel
Mt, Pleasant, Mich., May 12th 1910,—At one o'clock this morning safe
blowers gained entrance to the post office, situated in the Harkins block, by
prying up rear window, and blew open the safe using nitro glycerine. The
safe and office are a wreck. They secured between S30 and $40 in cash,
and about 84,000 in stamps. In their excitement the robbers overlooked
$1,000 in cash. Night watch Wilburn passed tbe building about 5 minutes
before the explosion. Two of the robbers were seen to leave the building
going south on Franklin St. to alley, thence east through alley to Lansing
Btreet, south to Michigan St., east to Fancher Ave., then north and west to
the oil tanks on Ann Arbor Ry., where all trace of them lost.
In front of the post office the robbers propped about 26 in cash, which was
later picked up. The tools'for doing tbe job where stolen from Dent's
bicycle shop. The large glass windows in tbe front and to the east were
blown out. The sheriff and his force are putting forth every effort to
capture-.therobbers,-.       ■'....> .-.»*•'u ,■„,.,...    .   >    .    „ , . .
[Later]—Two suspects were arrested at Rosebush Thursday noon; but
later released.
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
CLIPPED OR CRIBBED
Notice
Affective this Week The Michigan
Creamery Co. will discontinue quoting butterfat in tbe^weebly papers.
Owing to the fact that the company
base their paying prices for butterfat
on the New York market and the
prices changing two or three times a
Week it impossible to give accurate
prices from one day to the next.
The highest market price will be
paid however and persons wishing to
know the price of butterfat can findf
out by calling up   the   creamery
Both phones.
Gleaned from our Exchanges and
Sifted for our Readers.
Dr. T. G. Ruff, a prominent citizen
of St. Louis, is dead.
,The Beaverton Clarion   says   the
Arbutus post office will be discontinued May 31,
Postmaster Northway of Midland
has been commissioned for another
four years. ^
Ninety-seven boys have entered
the corn growing contest in Midland
county inaugurated by School Commissioner Mustard.
The friends of former Congressman
Darragh are urging him for state
senator in tbe 25th district.
Ethel Cowden of Rosebush, eighteen years of age, who became deaf
and blind from an injury' when a
c^hild, will graduate from the school
for the deaf at Flint this spring, . She
will attend the manual training-school
for the blind at Saginaw next year
and learn to cook and seW.
What a pity that no steps are being taken towards developing the
fine celery land adjacent to Farwell.
Those who know something about
raising celery say that it is hard to
find any land that is so well adapted
to that purpose as that above men*
tiohed. If preperly worked it certainly could be made a paying industry that would prove a greqt benefit
to this town.—Farwell Sun.
A vain of coal, called oannel coal
by those who profess to know, has
been discovered three miles north ot
Onaway by Fox Bros., of that place.
A shaft is being, sunk to the vein,
which is reported to be five feet in
thickness and about 75 feet belpw the
surface.—Roscommon Herald. *
Postmasters have received letters
from the postal department, Wash'
ing, asking them to urge patrons on
rural routes to paint rural boxes and
posts white, as a protection from tbe
weather and for neatness, and to
print their names in black on the
boxes.   The suggestion is a good one.
Akton, 30 miles from Houghton, is
surrounded by forest fires and it is
feared that the town will be wiped
out. The fires are spreading through
out the upper peninsula.
To Mrs. T. R. Reader of Soottville,
aged 36 years, is due the distinction
of being the youngest grandmother,
it is believed, in tbe state. The fact
became known whern a cablegrem
was received announcing the birth of
a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Arndt at Calbra, Panama. The baby's
mother, Mrs. Readers' daughter, is
ltf years old. '
Representatives of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Co. have announced
that in the near future they will erect
a S25000 hotel in Cadillac.
COLD INJURES WHEAT.
Many Acres Being Plowed Uuder
by Farmers in State.
Because of weather conditions during the past winter, many acres of
wheat are being plowed under by
farmers in some sections of the
state. Over 1,000,000 bushels of
wheat are yet in the hands of growers, according to the crop report
issued from the office of the secretar
of state today.
The total number of bushels of
Wheat marketed by farmers in April
at 120 mills is 87,889 and at .elevators
and to grain dealers 66,492. Of this
amount 112,461 bushels were marketed in the southern four tier of counties. Ninty-eight mills, elevators and
grain dealers report no wheat market
ed in April.
Concert of Nations.
On Friday evening, May 20th,
under the auspices of the Epwortb
League a concert of nations will be
given at Doherty opera house. Each
artist will wear the costume of the
nation represented. The city orchestra and other musical talent will take
part. Taken altogether it will be interesting and entertaining as well as
an instructive entertainment.' Admission 15 and 25 cents.
District   Epworth   League
Convention.
The annual convention of the Epworth League of the Big Rapids
district will be held at the M. E.
church in Reed Oity on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 13,14 and 15.
Tb.e Epworth League of this city will
send Misses JSate Miller and Vera
Simons as delegates. .,
Doherty has received another big
lot of Imperial oak rockers at low
prices. i
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
The contractors have been engaged
for about two weeks in getting Main
St. and Broadway in proper condition for paving. The job when
completed will certainly make Mt.
Pleasant an upnbo-date city, The
property on each side of tbe street
stands the expense of its frontage
half way acrosB the street. The city
stands the expense of the cross
walks. The entire expense will be
about 823,000. The Donovan property wili be assessed about 31,600 and
the Nelson property about Sl,800. It
is expensive, but if the work is well
done, it will be worth all it costs.
The Knight Templars of Alma, St.
Louis, Ithaca, Shepherd and Mt.
Pleasant attended Divine services at
tbe M, E. church, at Mt. Pleasant
Acension Sunday. They made an
imposing appearance. Rev/ Thos.
Cox preached a very able sermon on
the idea of all laboring for the upbuilding of humanity.
The Mt, Pleasant Board of Education has raised the non-resident
tuition to twenty dollars for the
school year beginning/Sept. 1910.
The new school law requires districts
to pay the cost of tuition up to
twenty dollars for their eighth grade
graduates to attend any one of the
three nearest high schools. Notification must be made to their respective districts «ot later than June 14.
The Mt, Pleasant Enterprise printa
an item from a Grand Rapids paper
commending the Hon. A. B. Darragb
for state senator for the district
comprising the counties of Gratiot,
Isabella and' Mecosta. The Enterprise added several items of praise
relative to the fitness of the worthy
ex-congressman. So one doubts but
that he would make an able senator.
However, there is much doubt that
he would accept it, he having declined the use of his name for lieutenant
governor. It may be worth while to
state that Senator Ward of »Meco8ta
ifronly^ervibgs&iffflrefc t»rmv        •
A petition Was circulated at Mt.
Pleasant last week on behalf of Tog-
netti* who as will be remembered
was sentenced to tbe Marquette
State Prison, from Mt, Pleasant,
February 1st, 1903, on a conviction
by jury for burglary. The sentence
was from 5 to 15 years. The petition
will be sent to the governor.
L. D. Cole Jhas been awarded the
contract for the building of Muller &
Oo.'s new chicory plant which is to
be erected in Mt. Pleasant. Farmers
Who have not as yet procured seeds
should do so at once, as building
operations will begin immediately.
Mt. Pleasant Board of Trade have
a proposition from a wood working
plant. They want $2500 and a site.
They guarrantee to furnish employment to 30 men the year round.
Mann Siding.
Messrs. Fuller and Harris of Far-
well were here last week selling fan
ning mills.   They sold one to B. A
Green.
Silas Brown is getting ready to build
a new house this summer. We will
all be glad to see him pleasantly located with us again.
Fire broke out last Monday and de
stroyed Lewis Brown's grove of nice
young timber that he was so proud of
Our school will close Friday of next
week^
Our school will picnic the last day
in tbe afternoon ' of their .school,
which will be the 20th of May. A
good time is assured as onr teacher,
Miss Millie Hunt, always gives good
entertainments. All are invited. *
" Charley Gruno had some loud experience with his sheep. He traced
Six ewes and their lambs to Gladwin
county where they were located, He
was not like the fellow that did not
have the sand to load them, in the
wagon and bring them home.
A number of our young people attended the hop at Mr. Scott's last
Saturday night.
Those from here Who attended the
48th birthday parjty of Mrs. 0. Durfee
at Hatton last week report a most
enjoyable time. Mrs. Durfee received nuny pretty presents in token of
kind remembrances. All wish her
many returns of .the pleasant time.
Our school board are otill at sea as
to how to repair the school house.
The neighborhood and the location
cannot {afford anything but the best*
Our school house stands on a hill and
is a pleasant - landmark and a thing
of beauty and should be the pride of
the Siding. ,
STEVENSON LAKE
TO BE DRAINED,
An Important Law Suit Will
Be Tried by Reason of .• - *
*    the Attempt.
NEXT TEBmTf COURT. -
Hearing of Preliminary Injunc*
tion Proceedings Occurred last
week.   No Argument Made.
At the next term of- court, in all
probability, a very interesting Jaw
case will be heard. It concerns tbe
draining of Stevenson lake in Vernon township.. Last week at Mt^
Pleasant there was a hearing on the
preliminary injunction proceedings,
which were brought to restain the
drain commissioner from acting on the
petition to drain the lake. No arguments were made, both sides agrees
ing to rest in the matter until the
final hearing.
Here is the story as near as we cam
learn: About 14 years ago a county
ditch was dug up to within about 29
rods of.tbe lake. Then two years ago*
that ditch was widened and deepened
and a dam built to hold back tbe
water of tbe lake. This last year the'
water has broken under the dam and
gone by way of the county ditch so
that the lake has been lowered a foots
or more. Recently Supervisor Wilde
and others signed a petition to lower
the waters of the lake another throe
feet or more. William Duncan, proprietor of the resort at that place,
then filed a bill opposing tbe petition
and asked that the lake be restored
to its normal condition.
The petitioners-claim that the lowering of the waters of the lake will
benefit the public health and welfare
and reclaim hundreds of acres of valuable land, Mr. Duncan contends
that the lake cannot thus be altered
for the reason (hat it would create
a condition on the lowlands that
would damage- instead of benefiting
health of the community, and that he.
has riparian rights there that legally
cannot thus be destroyed. Fancher,
& Burwash of Mt. Pleasant have tbe
case of Mr. Duncan, and Mr. McNam-
ara of Mt. Pleasant has been employed by the petitioners. M
Patrick Regan.
On Monday last in Vernon township, Isabella county, occurred the
death of Patrick Regan at the ripe
old age of 77 years. Mr. Regan wasi
born in County of Cork, Ireland, in
1833. In the year 1858 he took Mies
Mary Carey for his helopate to keep
him company when he launched hist
frail craft upon the, sea of matrimony. In his death he has reached
his goal, but he leaves bis partner ta
guide the still frail craft alone at the
age of 83 years. He came to Clare
and settled in Vernon twenty-two*
years ago and by hard work, assisted
by his helpmate, he cleared his- farm
and became one of Vernon's most
prominent as well as successful farmers. Eight children came to bless
his married life, of whom seven are
living; they are, Timothy and John
at home* D. J. of Rosebush, Mrs,
Margaret Lynch of Huron Co., C°*mV.
da, Daniel of Bay City, Patrick «rf
Ottawa, Canada, and William of
Cadillac.   Ella died eleven years ago.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning from St. Henry's chmreb,
conducted by Rev. J. J. McAllister
and interment was made in fi*.
Henry's cemetery.
In his death the wife has lost »
devote: helpmate and the children a
father who did everything possible
to give them a good start in life,
while hia many friends bave lost^
good neighbor. The deceased *»d
but one motto through life, aaaselj
the golden rule of "Do unto other***
you wiBh to be done by." The oV-
oeased was, & devoted church meraibeT
and is cheesing the golden role an
bis motto he was following the teacbr
logs of the bible and he has gone to
receive his reward, M
Michigan Creamery Co., Glare.
Highest market  price   paid   fjbi
cream.'
Michigan Produce Co.
South McEwan St. paysthe following
cash price for produce, to-day» for
Cream 28c, live ehiekens 10c.
500 yards of that non breakable,
unfading, oderless matting at Doher- ■■
ty's at reduced price.
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