1910-07-15; Clare Sentinel

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Sentinel.
Established 1878,
OLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1910,
New Series?: Vol.18, No, 35
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THE ANNUAL
SCHOOL MEETING
Most Important Local Gathering of Year Not Largely Attended, '
APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
financial    Statement   Shows
Normal Condition in the
Treasury.
The annual school meeting Monday
evening was rather poorly attended,
only 17 votes being cast. lb would
xeally seem that in a matter involving interests of such magnitude,
'financial and otherwise, a greater
number would have been present.
Everything was harmonious and the
report of the board unanimously
Adopted, though there seemed an undercurrent of opinion that the estimates for next year should be out
down somewhat. The board made no
detailed estimates of receipts and expenses for the ensuing year, but recommended that the amount raised
' by taxation be the same as, last
year, viz $5,000, $3,000 for teachers'
wages and §2,000 for the contingent
fund.
As valuations in the city were
raised over 60% last spring, of course
the mill tax will be correspondingly
increased. As under the new law
districts must pay the tuition of pupils entering high schools, the foreign
tuition should beeonsiderablyincreas-
ed. Last year there was paid an indebtedness of $800 and $300 tor insurance, an amount that will not have to
he met the present year. Dr. Sanford
was elected to succeed himself as a
member of the board on the first
ballot. Below we give, he financial
statement rendered by the bc»ard:
■receipts.
Amt. on hand July 12,1909,    $282049
Primary mopey 3355.00
Tuition   '.--.■■ 327.65
Library money 21.24
Sale of'engine and junbr 18.50
Voted and delinquent taxes    5135.10
Total' },     ":   ': "-•-       411677.88
13XPENDITUBES.
Teachers' wages $5995.88
Fuel            * 381.26
Balance on heating, plumbing
and engineering 829.84
Insurance         ' 330.00
Pictures and frames 48.60
Tinting school rooms •        40.00
Laboratory supplies  ' 108.06
Jaiiitor 413.00
Trees for grounds 13.00
General school suplies 81.02
Apparatus case 15.00
Other items 240.21
Balance on band July 11,1910 3182.31
Total
S11677.88
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Attacks On Assessments.
Lansing,fMich., July 15.—At a session of the' state board of assessors 17
-complaints from various sections of
the state were considered relative to
the assessment of general property.
A land company owing land in Eos-
common county asked that the rolls
•of the. entire county be reviewed. A
member of the board of reveiw of
Leelanau township, Leelanau county,
urged a review of that township,
asserting' that property is not assessed at over 30 per cent of its value.
The review was ordered. Complaints
were received from Byron township,
Shiawassee county.
Representatives of the board found
9248,000 in mortgages in one ward of
Hancock and $25,000 in another ward,
whioh were not assessed. The re-
-yiew of Traverse Oity has been completed and it is expected that the
-figures will show an increased valu
ation of that city $4, 800,000 to about
••■8,000,000.
It is believed by Secretary Lord or
the state board of assessors that the
assessment of general property will
be increased $50,000,000 to $75,000,000,
by the reviews and- investigations
Which the board is conducting this
summer,
Tbe board has ordered an investi
gation preliminay to a review of the
rolls of several townships and cities
in the state, among which are the
oity of Alpena, Port Huron township,
fit. Olair county, Sullivan township
and Muskegon county.
ANOTHER HARROW ESCAPE
From   Drowning Occurred On
Friday Afternoon  Last.
The LadieB* Union bad a rather exciting time at their meeting last Friday afternoon. Some things took
place that were nob exactly on the
program, and inoidentally the hostess, Mrs, Bruske, showed herself
very much of a heroine. Little JJon
McKay concluded that he would try
the experiment of putting his dog in
the cistern, but he succeeded in getting in himself instead. Little Margery Welch, who was with him, had
sufficient presence of mind to give the
alarm, and without a moment's hesitation Mrs. Bruske leaped into the
cistern and seizing the little fellow
held him above the water till he was
lifted out. So small was the opening
into the cistern that the curb had • to
be removed so that a ladder could be
put in to enable Mrs^Bruske to climb
out. Little Don was booh revived and
he will doubtless have a wholesome
dread of cisterns hereafter. Mrs.
Bruske was considerably bruised and
suffered some little discomfort from
standing for some time in four fe'et of
cold water, but no serious injury
seems likely to result, A
IN ISABELLA COUNTY.
Interesting News Items from Mr.
Pleasant and Vicinity.
Automobilists have been warned
not to indulge in scorching.
Splendid rains came Tuesday and
vegetation has picked up wonderful-
ly.
Island Park and the new pavement
have done wonders in improving the
city.
Several of our oity business and
professional men are off on fishing
expeditions.
R. I. Wiggins of Gilmore was recently married to /Sarah A. GloSky
also .of Gilmore. '..'„...
About 72 Elks will parade in Detroit in Indian costume .during the
great celebration.
The new Vaudefte opened last
week with a big attendance. The
scenery is very fine.
Miss Christine Thiers, o»ce teacher of music in our schools, has secured a position in Phoenix, Ariz.,
at a big salary.
The problem of settling the .dust,
has apparently been solved by a
chemical prepration costing one and
a half cents a square yard.
There is one ease of smallpox in
the city.   It is closely quarantined.
Miss Louise Bennett has left for
Huntington Park, Oal., where she
will teach next year.
There will be a grand harvest picnic on Island Park Aug. 4. All tbe
farmers and their families of the
county are invited to • attend.
There will be a good program of
speaking and sports,
School meeting was held last Monday evening. Appropriations to the
amount of $7,500 were voted for the
running of tbe school outside of the
teachers' wages. H, A, Graham was
elected trustee for his third term.
A lady teacher attending the Normal was caught shoplifting at the
store of C. E. Hagen. Judge Dodds
placed her under probation N»f a
gentleman of Ohase, and if not excused, she will report at the October
court for trial.
The Ohantauqua ended Sunday,
July 10. The address by Ex-Gov.
Yates of 111. was very fine. There
were a couple of weak numbers but
on the whole it was a very strong
course, It will likely continue next
year.
The steam roller went through the
bridge near the Ann Arbor R. R depot Monday. The roller was taken
out of the Chippewa Tuesday. Many
have gone down to see the broken
bridge. The wonder is, that nobody
was hurt, The bridge was in poor
condition and will likely be replaced
by a cement bridge costing upward
of $5,000.
Auction Sale.
,J. Mason will sell by Public Auction on Saturday, July 23d, fi*m his
south side residence, his household
.goods.
James M. Halfofd.
Died at his home in Lincoln township July 5, James M, Halford, aged
58 years, 9 months 29 days. He
leaves a widow, one brother and
three grand children to mourn their
loss. He had jived in Lincoln 12
years and was respected by all who
knew him, Burial July 7fch in Greei*i-
wood cemetery.
AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY MEETS
Held   Annual    Election   of
Officers and Did Other
Business.
PRES, WARD RE-ELECTED.
Plans Being Laid for a Fair Next
Fall  Which   Deserves   the
Support of Everyone.
The Bi-County Agricultural Society
held its meeting fpr tbe election of
officers at the City Hall Tuesday
evening, Considering the ^ importance of the matter and how much
this society may mean to the oity and
the countU-s of Olare and Isabella, it
would Beem that there should have
been a better attendance- and more
in terest taken. Only about a dozen
were present. Tbe reelection of
David Ward as president seems a fitting recognition of the active interest
taken in the preliminary work of tbe
society and a guarantee that there
will be "something doing" idfthe future. Secretary Bennett declined a
reelection and, in viewof the importance of the position and the need of
securing someone who can give the
necessary time to tbe matter, it was
left to tbe directors to make the selection.
The following officers were chosen
for the ensuing year:
President, David Ward.
Vice president, Chas. Sterling.   ,
Treasurer, John R. Goodman.
Directors1, W. H, Oole, J. Aslene,
James A. Reeder, W. L. McNeill, J,
M. McKay, L. H. Thompson, U. H.
Patriok, E. B. Doherty, T. O. Holbrook, Geo. E. Benner. '
Tbe treasurer was not present to
make a report, but as we understand
the society cleared about $400 July
4th and will now begin active preparations for a fair to be held early in
October. The*grand stand will been-
larged and other necessary arrangements made. Of course the time is
short and it will mean an. immense
amount of work and hustling and the
Officers deserve and should have tbe
cordial support of all. With the
magnificent country surrounding
Olare there seems so reason why an
exhibition of agricultural products
second to nope can be built up; here
in a few years.
Aa very many seem to have given
no attention to tbe Organization of
the society, at the risk of Baying
what may be ancient history to some,
a few words along that line may not
be out Of place.
The society was organized in May,
1908 under a statute authorizing ten
or more persons in any city, town,
county, or two contiguous counties,
to form such for agricultural or
horticultural purposes by executing
articles of association and filing a
copy with the state agricultural society and the county clerk. The law
provides that there shall be . a president, secretary and treasurer, elected annually and five or more direct?
ore semi-annually. Ang person may
become a member by paying into the
treasurery not^ess than 60 cents nor
more than $1.00 and subscribing to
the articles of association. The directors have-fixed the sum in this
case at $1.00 and there is quite a respectably membership now,
The society holds a ten year lease
of its present grounds paying $85 per
year for the same. It has tbe option
any time during tbe life of tbe lease
to purchase for the sum of $1165.
Now let everybody give the officers
the strongest kind of encouragement
and support and thus help to make
the"firat fair a winner, A
DROWNING AT LEOTA.
Ray Dingwell Loses Life Learn-
V      tegi0 Swim.
Another sad drowning story comes
to hand. Tbis time from Leota,
in the extreme north part of Clare
cottnty. The particulars so far are
rather meager, but it appears that
Ray Dingwell, a boy of fifteen or
sixteen years, was Tuesday trying to
learn to swim in the Muskegon river
at Leota. ,
The stream is an uncertain and
treacherous one at best, and in moving about Ray stepped off into a hole,
and being unable to help himself he
\ drowned before help   could   reach
Mm.   ■       ,*
I   The funeral was held  from Karri
'Bon Thursday.
Mcknight arrested again EASY MONEY
Had Just Been  Relased
Harrison.
From
It is apparently almost impossible
for some men to let the red liquor
alone so long as it is made. Whether
a town be wet or dry they somehow
manage to locate the bottled goods.
Wm, McKnight of Rosebush seems
to be one of these;
McKnight has been arrested in
Olare several times, and but recently
was taken off a Saginaw excursion!
train for being drunk and disorderly.
It cost him about S3t and several
days time at Harrison to satisfy the
la.w. Monday he returned from Sun-
dfjying at the county seat, and Tuesday evening Deputy Marshall Bouck
gathered him on a fresh
complaint c of being drunk
and disorderly. Wednesday McKnight was brought before Justice
Elden on a subpoena as a witness to
determine who waa violating tbe
local option law, but as he plead not
guilty to the charge of being drunk,
examination was set for July 20, and
bail fixed, He has failed to secure
bondsmen up to date, and is awaiting in jail for examination.
McKnight's statement is tbat he
found a bottle of liquor in the woodshed in tbe rear of a pool room,
that he does not know who left it
there, and that he was not drunk. P
THE PICKLE STATION.
It\ Being Torn Down   Raises
Question of Collecting Taxes.
The building of the pickle station
or factory operated by Daly & Co. of
Detroit along with dozens of like
stations throughout tne state, is being dismantled this week. The in-,
stitution has been here a half dozen
years and has paid out quite a sum of
money to farmers. While the receipts for cucumbers have varied
from $25 to $60 an acre, tbe profits
have been unsteady and farmers and
gardeners have not taken very enthusiastically to the cucumber culture.
While the taxes for the current
year have been assessed on tbe plant
they are not levied until December,
and there seems to bo a differanoe of
opinion among the city officials as to
whether a bond should be asked for
from the pickle concern to guarantee
the payment of this year's taxes, or
whether they can be collected at all.
City Treasurer Stevens has been
looking tbe matter up and if he finds
any action is warranted will take it
up.    * P.
A FIRE AND A RONAWAY.
Exciting Time Last Evening But
Littie Damage Done.
East Sixth street had about all the
excitement it could hold for a' few
minutes last evening. At about supper time many were called from refreshments to labor by the sound of
the mocking bird whistle. The
blaze fortunately proved to be a
slight one, caused by the explosion
of a gasoline stove at Raymond McDonald's.
Fred Doherty picked np chief Can-
field in an automobile and was hurrying along Sixth street to the fire
when he overtook Geo. Robinson On
a load of hay returning from bis
farm west of town. Robinson'a
horses took alarm and ran, and at
tho Baptist church corner each took
a side of a heavy telephone pole,
breaking it like a match. The pole
however stopped the horses and load
while Robinson emulated the Wright
Brothers in a pretty bit ot aviation,
sailing out headfirst and landing
safely ahead of the horses, making
an aerial record for unassisted human flight. An inventory by the
crowd that found more excitement
in the runaway than the fire showed
little damage to man, horses or
wagon. But it is safe to Bay that
many tele] ho les are out of commission this nor ling due to the breaking of cable connections. P
The Helping Hand society of the
Herrick M. E. church will give an
ice cream social July 22 on'J* H.
Horsey *s lawn.
Michigan Produce Go.
South McEwan St, pays the following
cash price for produce, to-day, for
Cream delivered 28c, called for
26V Po-wls live lie, Spring chickens 16* N
FOR SUNDAY.
Fifty Dollars Comes  Right
To The Sheriff's Door
And Knocks,
ASKING FOR ADMISSION.
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Chet Alderton, For Whom a Reward of Fifty Dollars is Offered, Visits, Harrison.
If fifty dollars should come up to
>ou on the street and say, "Take me
in," what would you do? If you had
any such luck you would probably
feel and do about as Sheriff Lew
Sunday did last Tuesday when Chet
Alderton, formerly of Clare, but later of the great West, and for whom a
850 reward is offered in Washington
(state), visited the jjail to call on a
prisoper.
Chet formerly lived in Clare and
his father ran a saloon. Later they
both went west. Young Alderton
got into some kind of trouble in
Washington, and was serving time in
the reformatory. A week or so ago
be with several others made their
escape.
Monday night Sheriff Sunday got
word from the western authorities
that Alderton was headed for Olare,
and that a $50 reward was offered for
bis apprehension. The first of the
Iveek Alderton reached Olare, and
Tuesday he went to Harrison with
Mrs. Simonson to visit L. Simonson,
who is one of the sheriff's regular
boarders. When Alderton and Mrs.
Simonson reached the jail, the sheriff
politely asked MrB. Simonson, who
had visited there before, for an introduction to tbe new caller. When informed who it was, he remarked that
his room was all ready for him. Alderton offered some protest at such
urgent hospitality and plead important
business engagements, but Lew was
rather insistant, and so Chet stayed,
awaiting advice from the west.    P.
WILL RE A CANDIDATE.
TWO MILLIONS IN GASN.
Treasurer's Report Shows   We
Are Richer Than Last Year.
Joseph F. Bowler to Be a Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney.
' Politics have been slow warming up
in Olare county this year. Although
surrounded counties have the woods
full of men* in pursuit of the political bee, some of these same men will
doubtless get some of the honey,
while others will get—stung.
' Olare county politicians are proverbially modest, but some one will
have to make a start, or we shall
have no local campaign. It looks
now as though Attorney Joseph F.
Bowler would be the first to take
the season's plunge. He has made
no formal announcement, but we
have had a perfectly reliable tip that
he will soon present himself as a candidate for primary sufferage for the
"office of Prosecuting attorney.
Mr. Bowler is a rising young lawyer of considerable ability, is forging to the front by earnest work,
and is sure to make an interesting
campaign for the. nomination.
Later: Since writing the above we
learn that the petitions of two candidates for county honors were set going yesterday; namely, those of Thos,
Dorsey for treasurer, and G. I. Cum-
mings for state representative. It ia
rumored there. Will be further an-
nouncemehts next week. P
Notice.
The tiding of bicycles on the sidewalks of the city of Clare  is hereby
prohibited.
Signed O. W» Smith, Marshal.
Our buggies are going but still a
good supply to select from. Our
prices are right,   Gardner & Allen.
Lansing, Mich,, July 8.—State
Treasurer Sleeper's annual report i»
the|citizens o/Michigan on the finances of the state shows that -the
commonwealth closed this fiscal year
with a balance in cash 0f 82,487,883.7a
as compared With $1,613,967,54 last
year. The total receipts of the year
Were $13,412,149.78 and the dishurse-
ments $12,538,233,70,
The big business in motor vehicle
licenses is shown by the report that
tbe secretary of state collected \
858, 369,65 this year, an compares
with §8,200 last year. The game an«S
fish warden's department collected
811,555 in fishermen's licenses ia
J910, as compared with $6,881 in 190a.
One new item in the report is the
fees collected by tbe clerk of the SR-
preme court amounting to 83,145,25.
In disbursing tbe money appropjst-
ated by the legislature the total thw
year was $2,868,459.30, while in 1908 '
the total was $3,169,008,75, Expenses of government, which covers tbe
operations of the departments and
the maintenance of institutions^ .
amounted to $2,660,397.11. Last year
it was 2,003,286.67, a goodly portitm
of .this increase over the previoW
year being in the increased cost off
maintaining the assylums of the
state,
CUT EXCESS RATE.
Commission Issues Order to Become Effective Aug. J.
Lansing, Mich., July 11.—The Utatbe
railway commission issued -an order
today to become effective! Aug.   %,
compelling all railroads charging' &
three-cent passenger rate to charge
the same excess baggage rate as the'
two-cent   roads.     Upwards   of   26
roads, including the smalllines be"
the northern part of the state, tarn *
affected by the order.
Oh Jan. 15, 1909, a new schedule
was put in effect figuring the excess
rate on passenger rate basis, but thin
prevented passengers using roads '
charging different rates from checking their baggage through, The rail*
roads finallyprotested the rate in the-"
courts, but received an adverse deci~
sionfrom the supreme court. •
The excess rate now in effect  is.
figured on a mileage basis,    A passenger is allowed 150 pound free.   The-;
minimum charge for  excess  is   M~'
cents.   Eight cents per 100 pounds
charged for the first 10 miles.    A*a
increase oftwo cents per 100 pounds
is charged after the first 10   milee.
traveled up to fifty miles.    Beyon-fi
that to 300 miles the rate is three
cents per 100.
INSPECT NORTHERN LANDS,
See Demonstration of Methods-,
Of Raising Crops.
St. Helen, Mich., July 11.—Thepart**?-
of state officers,and prominent citizens
from various cities in Michigan, wh<t$
have been the guest of John Carter foe
the past two days, returned to their
homes Saturday evening, after ttafc*
ing a thorough inspection of -the
methods employed by Mr. Carter sofa
his 160,000-acre tract of northern *
land in raising crops on the jack-pine
lands that at one time were thoug&S;
to be useless.
In speaking of the trip, Land Commissioner Bussel said:    "I have a3-.
ways known   that  these   nortbere
lands that the state has been selling-
for almost nothing would Borne day
be bringing a higher price and tbe
demonstrations being made by Mc
Carter prove beyond a doubt that the
state will soon be selling their landc "
in tbat section for a higher price"
than has ever been obtained before.*3
State Joins In Protest,
Lansing, Mich., July 15.—JaroarJ
Scully of the railroad commission
and Rate Expert R. ]&. Darwin, west;
to Indianapolis last week to attend
a conference of the railroad commissions of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
[and Illinois to formulate a protest
against the railroads of the country
putting into effect the proposed -Increase in interstate freight raise*
pending a time when the sevexaB
commissions can examine the new
'schedules. Several protests hav«
been received by the state commission against the new rates for Michigan, among which was one frpm tJ»*.
State traffic association.