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■Bafliel   Foley    aud   Augus
Youog'Drowned m Stevenson Lake.
HEIOi ATTEBflPT IT BEGUE.
TW0 Very Estimable Young Men
Lose Their Lives Sunday
Afternoon,
A sad case of doable drowning occurred at Stevenson Lake last Sunday afternoon. From what information we have been able to obtain
from various sources it seems that
the two young men named Daniel
Foley and Angus Young went bathing in the lake on the south side,
Foley could not^awim at all and
Young only indifferently. It seems
that at the point where they entered
the witer, the lake deepens abruptly and Foley went beyond hi1- depth
•when only a few feet from the shore.
"Sonne hastened to bis assistance but
it is supposed Foley dragged him
down as neither rose to the surface
again.
A younger brother of Young and
one or two other persons
caw the tragedy and sent a
telephone- message to Rose-
"tesh. From there a message of inquiry came to the Duncan Hotel on
4he north side which gave the first
■Information to any there of what had
happened. John Jackson, Jr., of this
city and Frank Dusenberry of Mt.
Pleasant hastened across the lake
a»d found quite a crowd collected
bat nothing done in the way of recovering the bodies. Mr. Jackson
woo preparing to dive for them when
one was drawn np by a grappling
iiook, and soon the other was found
ia like manner. The wind blew
fiord and the lake was very rough,
•*<r?hieh Tendered every effort more
difficult.
The bodies were found some dis-
Jtataee apart and in about ten feet of
■water, Something over an hour had
passed, and, although efforts at re-
sassitation were made, the time was
too 1c ng and the case hopeless.
Foley waa 19 years of age and
Young 17. Their home was at
%hiteville some seven miles south of
the lake. They seem to have been
.estimable young men and highly respected by all. Young had been
attending the summer Normal at
Mt. Pleasant, so presumably was
fitting himself for teaching.
The funeral of both was held at
Sit. Pleasant on Wednesday and the
very large number present testified
to the worth of the young men and
the sympathy of friends and neighbors. A
MT. Pj-EASAHT MAM KILLED.
Found Dead in the Road Near
His Automobile,
From Our Speolal Correspondent.
Lewis D. pole was killed Monday
"morning near Alma by the over turning of hia auto. He left home about
4 o'clock and was found on the road
by a farmer near by about 6 a. m.
The body had evidently lain on the
road sometime before discovery.
The supposition is, that he either
had turned out for somebody, or" in
making the turn in- the road some
slight distanoe before he failed to
hold it under control and turned too
sharply from the side of the main
road. Going with great force it turned clear over and stood right side up
on the wheels, one of the wheels was
badly damaged. The body was found
about twenty feet from the auto.
He owned a beautiful home in town
and leaves a wife and four children
to mourn his loss. His sudden death
was a shock to the city and county.
He had built several of the bef-t
buildings in Mt. Pleasant, and built
public buildings all over the state.
His funeral, which was conducted by
the Masons was largely attended.
He was a good citizen, neighbor,
father, ihusband and friend. His
widow and children have the sympathy of the entire community.
CUPPED OR CRIBBED
Gleaned from our Exchanges and
Sifted for our Readers.
DARING VOYAGE
OF DISCOVERY
Former Clare County  Man
Planning to Explore Sources
Muskegon  River.
POTTER RiwUSTASLEY
Exploration Being Filled Out at
Hastings to Navigate Wilds
of Central Michigan.
He was Mad.
At least we thought he was. We
jrefer to a man who entered this
office quite recently and fixing his
•piercing eye on tbe astonished and
brightened editor said, "I have read
your paper juBt as long as I propose
to." After waiting an instant for
1Mb cruel remark to "soak in," he
aided, "I propose to pay np and
sead my own paper." If there
any others who would like to
playful joke   on   us,   we
Wallace L. Harper has been chosen cashier of the People's Saving
Bank, Harrison, in place of Miss
Laura Thompson, resigned.
A complete reassessment is being
made of the city of Midland by the
State Tax Commission. It is understood quite an advance will be made.
Osceola Township in Osceola
county has concluded by tbe decisive vote of 268 to 60 to spend $25,-
000 for road improvements in tbat
town, bonding therefor. Thirty-one
women voted on the question.
Marion Eockwell, living two miles
north of Midland, lost El08 stolen in
broad daylight from between the
matresBes of a bed while the family
was absent from the house a few
moments.   The thief is unknown.
We heard a splendid joke that a
Mt. Pleasant autoist played on him-
Belf last week. He and his wife
started for Rosebush just as it beqan
to sprinkle. She put up her umbrella
to protect them from the wet, and
shut off the view of the road except
immediately ahead of the machine.
When they got to Fancher he cut
his engine open wide to reach Rosebush before the heavy rain. He
drove furiously for about half an
hour and when he thought they
j should be near the village to the
north she raised the umbrella and he
found he had been tearing round and
round the old race track. You know
the track is connected witb the end
of Fancher.—Central Mich. Times.
lemoned to it now and
oil right.
are
try
are
can stand it
MfSrrlage Licenses.
Matt Greer 28, Clare
Asms Lowery 24, Olare.
•Oliver O. Becker 34, Clare.
Adah Upthegrove 29, Olare.
ISABBliIA COUNTY.
"Wesley J. Brashare 25, Jackson.
Mary Keen 22, Mt. Pleasant.    ■
Oarl Frits 22, Broomfleld.
jLovina Logie 21, Elwell.
E. F. Conley 21, Coldwater
K&te V, Walters 18, Coldwater
Scteol Treasurers' Bonds,
School Assessors or treasurers are
jrsqtJifed to give bonds for the safe
keeping and handling of school funds.
It fe often an annoyance and bother
lO'lKunt up Mends who are willing to
go surety. This can all be avoided by securing one of the surety
tends of the Fidelity and Deposit
Company, for which the Sentinel is
% j© ioeal agent. The cost is very
emciJI foi? a perfectly secure bend.
MIHC CARE   OF MOTHER
12-year-old Dewey   Benson   of
Clare Does it well.
With the death of hia father there
came to 12-year-old Dewey Benson of
Olare the task of supporting his dear
old mother. The tears had not yet
been thoroughly dried, so to speak,
from the pinched face of the boy before he took up the burden his dead
parent had laid down. Many kinds
of work were tried but the little fellow's frail body could not stand the
harder tasks. A cripple passing
through his home town one day gave
the boy an idea. The cripple had a
sachel thrown over his shoulder
which contained lead pencils, shoe
strings and the like. Young Dewey
secured a sachel, a large number of
pencils, shoe strings, cheap pins and
other articles of a like nature. He
kissed his mother goodbye and started into the world f'I'll send you
money as fast as 1 earn it," was the
boy's last sentence to his mother.
Yesterday Dewey arrived in Cadillac
and proceeded to sell his ware like a
veteran cripple.—Saturday's Cadillac Evening News.    .
Notice.
That on and after August 1st, 1010
the Calkins House will advance the
price of table board to S6.00 per
Week. Sunday dinners SOo. The advanced cost of all provisions has
made this change necessary.
J, W» Calkins,
Down at Hastings in this state
there is a canoe club that bears the
unpronounceable and apparently
meaningless name of ''Sow-an-que-
sake." The word is probably derived from the Ojibway language as
most most of the club are supposed
to be decendants of that tribe. The
word cannot be translated into English literally but it is believed to be
about equivalent to our "no good"
or as usually abbreviated "n. g."
According to a brief paragraph in
the Detroit dailies, the club is about
to attempt something which for bold-
nesB of conception and utter daring
probably finds no parallel in recent
times. It is nothing less than to
attempt a journey of exploration and
discovery from Higgins Lake, the
eource of the Muskegon river, to the
mouth of that mighty stream. The a-
fore mentioned paragraph is brief,
giving no detail, but we believe we
have ascertained the main facts in
the case. Probably this daring and
perilous expedition was suggested
by the late trip of ex-president Roosevelt to Africa. Certainly no journey
of exploration and discovery since
that of Stanley down the Congo
will excite more interest and admiration nor one fraught with more
value to the scientific world. We
understand the trip will be under
tbe auspices of the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington and that institution will Bend along several
naturalists to preserve and mount
the numerous specimens collected.
An attempt was made by tbe Royal
Museum of London, Eng., to secure
specimens but we are glad they are
to remain in this country.
Some idea of the perilous nature
of this expedition aud of its immense
value to the scientific world will be
understood when it is remembered
that the Muskegon river has been
explored only a short distance from
its mouth. Practical'y all that is
known of its upper courses is that it
is filled with rocks and rapids, while
the dense forests through which it
flows are filled with every variety of
ferocious beasts.
The most intense excitement prevails at Higgins Lake and crowds
are gathering to witness the departure of this, daring band. Real estate
values there are rapidily rising and
resort property along the lake bas
doubled in value. We understand
that Big .Rapids, Newwago, and
other cities along the stream are
preparing to give the explorers a
reception upon their arrival, but of
course the climax will be reached at
Muskegon. The program has not
yet been prepared, but will be on a
scale commensurate with so momentous an occasion. Excursions will
be run on all the roads and the
people be given an opportunity to
participate. We understand that Dr.
Cook will give the principal address.
The following telegrams have been
received by the committee:
From Pres. Taft:
Beverly, Mass., July 26.
Matter has my hearty sympathy.
Will be there sure.
Taft.
MAY LOOK TWICE.
Man Mav Take Second Look at
a Pretty Woman.
Of course, a man ought never to
stare; but the law, the New York law
at least gives a man the right to a
second look. The decision was rendered by a learned and discriminating
judge in one of our suburbs last spring
going out on a train one evening were
a sensive husband and-a remarkable
pretty wife, a stranger in the seat
ahead glanced back, liked what he
saw, and a little later looked again;
sensive husdanb punched him, and
then had him arrested but the judge,
when he saw the wife, quickly decided
that any man was entitled to two
looks at such a woman.
You may be familiar with the old
story of the men's party where the
dominie cautioned them against looking at other men's wives, and offered
a silk hat to the man who would stand
up and say that he not so offered. One
of the confiding kind of husbands,
when he got home, was innocently
telling his wife about it when she
interrupted, "Of course, John, you
got right up." John apparently had
notianticipated a personal application
but he answered guilelessly: "Of
course not, Mary, You know how
punky I look in a silk hat"—Erman j 0
J. Ridgeway, in The Delineator for a
August-
BIG WILD WEST
SHOW HERE AUG, 6,
Young     Buffalo's      Daring
Cowboys, Cowgirls and
Indians Coming.
20-OX TEAM A FEATURE.
Grand    Program   of   Thrillers
with Reckless Riding Feats
*       Promised,
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HERE  CHILDREN!
The Seutinel Has A Treat
tor You.
The Sentinel announces a
feature which promises to be of
great interest to the children.
They are to be treated to free
rides on the Indian ponies an
hour before each performance,
tbe only condition being tbat
they must' clip the coupon
which appears in this paper and
present it to the cowgirls or cowboys after they have entered
the show,
Potter knows agood thing when be busters
sees it, and very seldom allows it
to get away from him. Accordingly,
when he left Harrison he took away
with him as his wife Miss Margaret
Richardson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Richardson. In
common with the rest of the world,
his friends at Harrison will await
with breathiess interest the outcome
of this mighty exepdition. The Sentinel will be in constant wireless
communication with the flag ship
and can be relied upon to give the
facts without any exaggeration whatever. A.
Anual Report.
The annual meeting of Dist. 2 Fr.,
Grantand Vernon, July 11, 1910, approved the minutes of the previous
meeting, elected F. 0. Sanford trustee for ttrpe years and voted $5,000
taxes, $3,000. teachers wages and
$2,000 contingent. •>»
FINANCIAL REPORT.
"RECEIPTS.
Amt. on hand July 12, '09
Clare voted and one mill tax
EVART REPLIES.
Grant   "       "   ,"       "
Vernon"      "     "      "
Clare delinquent tax
Grant delinquent tax
Vernon delinquent tax
Primary money
Tuition
Sale of engine and junk
Library money
From King George:
Buckingham Palace, July 25.
Count me in.
George.
From Emperor Wilhelm:
Berlin, July 25.
Wilhelm.
Nix ver stay.
The leader of this daring band of
explorers is Wm. W. Potter, prosecuting attorney of Barry Co. and one
ofthe brightest lawers in the state.
In fact the people ' might go further
and fair a mighty sight worse than
to make him attorney general Of the
state. He was formerly superintendent of the schools at Harrison in this
county and well known to the older
residents there, though none of them
would have suspected that the modest, unassuming young man of that
day would have developed into the
bold leader of the daring band.    Mr.
S2820.49
4331.07
400.60
331.54
39.57
23.09
9.23
3355.00
327.55
18.50
21.24
$11677.88
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers wages 5995.88
Fuel, Geeck Bros. •.        381.26
Janitor 413.00
Insurance 330.00
Apparatus and  snpplies for
laboratory, kindergarten and
general 220,81
Draying and freight 9.80
Thurston & Son, picture frames 13.50
Tatman & McKeever as per bills 26.30
C. H. Rockwell, trees 13.00
School census 15.00
Lewis & Patrick, repairs   and
supplies '   53.55
J, Hoffman lock repairs 3.25
R. Immidk, roof repairs 4.50
O. W, Smith, repairs on loaned
outhouses 3.26
E. A. White, clock repairs 2.60
J. E. Doherty, plumbing 16.44
Lewis & Patrick, plumbing contract 101.74
Leiteli   Iron   Works, bal.   on
heating plant 706.90
W. J, Newkirk, pictures 35.00
J.   J.   Wernette,   consulting
engineer 10.20
Geeck Bros., items as per bill 5.31
Officers' annual salaries 50.00
H. Lange, furnace brick work 11.50
C. F. Haller, filling out diplomas 9.00
Remer Bros., fire clay and brick 9.25
Welch & Bennett, printing 3.75
Chas. HooVer, tinting rooms 40.00
Bal. on hand July 11, '10 3182.31
S11677.81
Philip A. Bennett,
Secy. B'd.
Mrs. Augustus Carpenter of Grand
Ledge has been visiting for. some
time with the family of her son, O, W.
Carpenter, of Sheridan. She took a
train here Wednesday morning for
Brimley, upper Michigan, to visit a
daughter.
With a big aggregation of daring
cowboys, cowgirls, Indians, bronco
, rough riders and other sena-
tioeal exponents of the "wild and
wooly" west, young Buffalo's Wild
West and Texas Rangers will exhibit
in Clare giving two performances
Saturday Aug. the 6 th. The exhibition will begin at 2 p.m. and 8 o'clock
in the evening on the old baseball
grounds on Wheaton ave.
The show will portray by a rapid
fire succession of thrilling events life
on the frontier in the days when the
pioneers of early American history
blazed the way through blood and fire
and wrested the rolling praries from
savage outlaws.
There are Baid to be 300 performers
and attaches with the show and more
than 150 head of horses, bronchos,
ponies, burros wild, steers and oxen,
in addition to tbe handsome draught
horses which will draw the historic
Deadwood stage-coach and .old-time
prarie schooners through the streets
in the parade, which it is announced,
will start show grounds at 10 o'clock
on the day of the exhibition.
The announcement is made by the
advance representative of the show
that the exhibition will take place
afternoon and evening "rain or
shine".'
Tbe performance will be given in a
huge side wall and canopy top tent,
as big as two city blocks. The pro-
gram.it is said, will be replete with
thrilling exhibitions of dare devil
feats in the saddle, the subjugation
of vicious bronchos or "man eating"
outlaw ponies which will fight at the
drop of the hat as Major Rhodes,
general .manager of the show puts it;
a stage coach hold up, Indian fights,
dances and massacres, sharp shooting with a cowgirl as a near-target to
add a touch of excitement, the riding
of untamable steers, a sensational
wrestling match with a savage Texas
steer and a score or more of events
which the show management promises will abound with thrills and
spills. In addition there are two
side shows filled with strange freaks
of nature.
To enliven the performance is
Young Buffalo's celebrated cowboy
band of 20 pieceB which accompanies
each of the events with stirring
music.
The program will open with a grand
review, followed by an individual introduction of the celebrities. Then
will follow in rapid succession the
events portraying frontier life.
There will be the pony express,
the fight .over the water, hole between cow-boys and Indians; the
attack on the Deadwood stage coach,
which was baptized in fire and blood
in the days when the Deadwood trail
was infested with fierce gangs of
outlaws and blood thirst)' red-Bkins.
. Headliners on the program will be
trick riding and fancy rope spinning
by "Montana Jack"; the riding of
wild steers by 'jTexas Jack"; the
work of "Dynamo," celebrated educated horse and a marvelous exhibition of markmanahip by the proclaimed champion rifle shot of the
world.
The Review Tells the Other side
ofthe Base Ball Story.
Last week the Sentinel re-printe*
the Midland Sun's spicy story of the
Evart-Midland bail game recently
played at Evart. To be entirely fair
in the matter we now give the
Review's view of the case. We renew our suggestion that the two.
teams play it out on Clare grounds.
This is what the Review says:
The Midland Republican and Sue
newspapers printed terribly distorted accounts of the game between the
Evart and Midland teams at Evart
on the I3th inst., and some of the
charges we do not wish to go undisputed. It was stated that the Evart
management had refused to pay the
expenses of the visitors, which is not
so as their manager received the full
amount agreed upon. In the minds
of the ^vart people who saw the
game in Midland,.at least, the
pire who officiated in that city
uniformly unfair to our team,
the man whom they brought to
ciate at the game at Evart evidently
carried out the same plan, namely t*
Win the game, unfairly, if necessary-
However, the players themselves d»
not wish to go on record as kickers,,.
realizing that the umpire is a part of
the game, and they are not responsible for the doings of irresponsible
parties who created whatever disturbance occurred, which was directed entirely at the umpire whose
Ignorance, or worse, was responsible
for the bad feelings engendered.
Neither do our citizens encourage
any roughness whatever, and regret
any rowdyism appeared. There ia a
sting, however, which hurts still, an*
that is that Evart ladies were insulted from the time they went on th*
Midland grounds nntill they left.
Evart at least treated the three
ladies that were here from Midland
with courtesy.
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ISABELLA POLITICS
The Situations as They Appear
to an Observer.
The latest candidate for office whs
has resolved to mix in the republican
affray at the primaries next September is Cyrus E. Russell.   Mr. Russell
thinks he would like to be prosecuting attorney of Isabella county.   Opposing him in his own party is Roy
D. Matthews, who now holds the office and ask for a second term.   It ie
rumored that H. A. Saufond will try
for tbis   place on the   democratic
ticket, and that Ohas. T. Russell wilS
try with F. H. Dusenbury   for th*
honor of representing our district in
the next legislature, if both* are nominated.   Robert Wardrop and C. JEL.
Bailey are formal republican contestants for sheriff of  the   county, and
the successful candidate will prcta**
bly have to   compete    witb   Thos.
Sampson for the election.   Mr. Simpson seems to be a strong man for £be
place in the ranks of our democratic
friends.   For treasurer in the republican party, A. N. Ward and Henry
Wild are working hard.    Both ace
proving the stuff that's in them are
campaigners.   Not so much is hear<£
of Fordyce of Coe but maybe he hoe
employed the "gum   shoe" method,
and tbe results of his work may show
bigger when the votes are counted.
A. C. Rowlader for clerk and Martin Menery for register seemB to b*
secure from interference within their
own party for the positions thojr
hold. We have heard of no serious
opponents for their places. A. L,
Young looks with longing eyea at
the office of register from the democratic side, but it wonld be almost *
joke for a democrat to try for clerk
against Alfred Rowlader. And thnti
the campaign progresses. It's only
a little over a month now until th*
primaries. Soon in addition to our
own county politics the aspirants foe
governor and for U. S. senator will
be stirring us with their appeals en
speech and literature. There will be
plenty to interest from now until
after election in November.—Central
Mich, Times.
Michigan Produce Go.
South McEwan St. pays the following
cash price for produce, to-day, for
Cream delivered 26%o, called for
24X«   Highest price paid forpoultry.
Mrs. Eliza Johnson of Vernon Hill,
assisted by Mrs. Rosa Bowen, gave
a delightful entertainment to soma
twenty members of the "Merry-go-
round" last week Thursday. A fine
dinner was served as the guests are-
ready to testify. One unique feat-are
devised by tbe hostess and whsc.lt
created considerable amusement was -
this; Each guest was introduced te
the company by her maiden nam*
and thereafter none must adtfreae,
her otherwise. under penalty of &
fine.
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