1910-12-16; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878.
OLARE    MIOHIGAN,   FBIDAY MOiWINtt, DEOEMBEti 16/1910.
New Series. Vol.19    No. 5
CLARE A MILLION
DOLLAR MARKET.
Pays That Amount Annually
to Farmers pf Surrounding Country.    -
DAIRYIHG IsTTaRGE ITEM.
To Sentinel Subscribers.
Wonderful      Showing    Speaks
Volumes For Character of
Farms and Farmers.
Because of thfe many new names
added to the Sentinel list and so
many renewals of subscriptions on
acoount of the recent piano contest,
the task of correcting the mailing
list is a big one and will take some
time, especially as this office is
rushed just now with holiday advertising. We ask the indulgence
of our subscribers, and if the date
is not entered correctly on your
paper by January 10 please drop us
a pard calling attention to the fact.
GOAL IS COAL
$60,0-0.!
* 22.000
25,000
220,000
$125,000
75,000
The Sentinel is greatly pleased to
£ind that tbe series of articles it is
'■ -presenting on "Clare as a Market
Oity" is so much • appreciated by
those interested in tbe oity and surrounding country. Many expressions of congratulations upon what
this paper, is undertaking in tbis regard have come to us, while business
men and the railway agents have
shown their helpfulness by cheerfully contributing Buch information
and data a8 they had. So well received, in fact, is the showing the
Sentinel is making that one of the
large city, papers, so we are informed,
Xe soon to put out a Sunday, edition
with a page devoted to Olare. This
5s a good move, and that paper
is to be commended. It all helps
boost.
Two weeks ago the Sentinel's
article on "Clare as a Grain Market"
Showed 8319,200 worth of grains and
allied field products going through
the elevators in a year, that being
the amount paid to the farmers
"Within reach of Olare. Last week
our article on "Dairy Products" was
crowded out, so that at this time we
inust condense that and live stock
apd miscellaneous figures into this
final article.
Dairy products yield farmers hereabouts by far the largest gross returns. If we include the cattle shipped alive and those slaughtered for
the local markets, tbe figures are
as follows:
" -"Catiler .bSpped-     - - ••
Cattle slaughtered   '
.   Butter sold by farmers
Cream sold by farmers
327,000
The humble   hen   comes next in
importance,    exceeding   even   the
Bales of hay two to one, and wheat
four to one.   Not   including   fowls
and eggs sold privately in town, nor
those sold to meat markets, which
runs into the thousands t of dollars,
the figures are these:
Fowls alive and dressed
Eggs snipped
200.000
If we class cattle   with   the live
stock and slaughtered   animals instead of with the dairy we have as
follows:
Cattle   shipped alive
Cattle slaughtered
Hogs shipped
Hogs slaughtered
Sheep shipped
Sheep slaughtered
155,000
The shipments of live Btock from
Olare for the Current year have been
120 carloads valued at about S900 to
the car.
Following is   a general summary
of the amounts paid out at Clare in
a year for   farm   products   of   all
"kinds:
Grains, etc., at elevators
Butter (not private sales)
Cream (Mich. Cr. Co.  and
Mich. Prod. Co.)
Milk (to private families)
; Live stock shipped
Dressed meats (markets)
Fowls (alive and dressed)
"Eggs (shipped)
Produce (Apples, potatoes,
etc)
"Wool
Stove Wood and bolts
Hides
Sutter, eggs, potatoes etc.
(sold privately,;
$1,007,200
The above figures have been carefully compiled from data furnished
by shippers and merchants from
their books and check books. You
may confidently write back home to
your friends and say that "Clare
is  a Million Dollar Market."     P,
Appreciated.
I wish to express my sincere
thanks to all those friends who so
kindly helped me with their subscriptions to the Sentinel to win the
handsome piano offered by the paper,
it is a fine instrument, and all my
friends are cordially invited to call
sA my home to see and test it.
Sincerely, Josephine Allen.
Or, Why the Fire
the Parlor
Went Out
Siove.
in
$.0,000
22.000
15,000
12,000'
4C.000
6,000
The situation in Olare and vicinity
in the matter of securing bard coal
is becoming serious. Local dealers
have not been able to get an adequate
supp y at any time thiB season.
When the chestnut. coal ran short
the eastern shippers explained to
local dealers and they to tbe consumer, that the stove makers were
to blame—they made too many
stoves that burn only chestnut coal,
and that there is not enough of that
grade of coal to go around. By this
the jobbers justified themselves* in
an increase of 25 cents a ton, whioh
makes it S8 delivered in Olare.
How thin the above excuse really
was is shown by the fact that stove
coal is now just as bard to get hold
of as the chestnut grade. In. fact,
recently there has been on hand
more of the finer grade than of the
other.  .
Tuesday noon the supply of hard
coal gave out entirely in both grades,
and in the afternoon there was not
a pound of either to be had for love
or money, with no prospects of any
for several days. A disappointed
lot of tarmers and others with teams
from Farwell and Herrick were
turned away empty from a car that
had been full in the morning, while
many citizens in town with orders
filed went home to break the news
that the fire in the hard coal burner
would be out before morning and the
•houee-would. becold,;f or. some. time.
No blame can in any way be attached to the local dealers. The
eastern shippers control the situation No strike has made a scarcity-
or haB tied up the roads. No new
industrial demand has opened a new
market. There are not too many
bright firesides burning stove coal,
or chestnut either. We do not even
lay it up to the impending democratic majority in congress. It is a
perfectly simple matter that'any
one might have thought of,—some
coal baron's daughter or her
mamma has her eye on some old-
world title for a Christmas present,
and papa has figured out that he
must get a little more for his coal
in order to foot the bill.
PIANO CONTEST HAD
ft WHIRLWIND FINISH.
Hundreds  of   New    Names
Added To the Sentinel's
Already Large List.
REMARKABLE JNTElsfsiJOWN BY EVERYONE.
Josephine Allen,  Mena Keebler  and  Estella
Wilson Were Three Highest'
In That Order.
Some Honest Men Left.
> Last week Tuesday a gentleman
lost a $5-bill on tbe streets of Olare.
Failing to find it after diligent search
he came to tbe Sentinel office and
invested twenty cents in a notice.
The paper was printed Friday, and
on Saturday E. L. Potter, who lives
two miles east of town, seeing the
notice brought in the 85 bill, having
found it on the street as described.
No comment on the incident is
really needed. It simply calls te our
attention the fact tbat there are still
a few men with confidence in the integrity of their fellows, that there are
some men honest enough to justify
tbat confidence, and that nearly
everybody reads the Sentinel liners.
MT. PLEASANT.
FARMERS' CLUB
. HAS MEETING
At Methodist Parsonage  In
This City On Wednesday Last.
ATTENDANCE VERY GOOD.
The Sentinel's piano contest, that
began early in September and closed
Saturday last, was instituted nominally to find out who was the most
popular girl in Olare and Isabella
counties, and at the same, time to
add new names to the Sentinel's subscription list. As a means of determining the most popular girl it
did not prove very cbnclusive, for
tbe vote was  so close among   the
without comment. The Sentinel is
not disposed to be contentious
nor to maKe "claims" as to circulation. No one beside" publishers are
interested in that except the advertiser, and to htm our list iB open at
any time for inspection and. comparison. ' He is able to make his own de^
duutions.
To the young ladies who engaged
in the contest, wo thank.you heartily.
leaders that their respective friends Except for you we could  not have
have good ground for believing that
their candidate showed   herself   so
popular that the contest may fairly
be regarded as a draw in that particular.   However, as all worked under
exactly the same rules; and -as The.
Sentinel publishers were rigidly im-'
partial among the several contestants;
and the judges we'e men of integrity
and governed by strict rules in counting the votes and determining the
results, the finding 6f the judges has
been accepted with good grace  by
every one of the contestants.
The three highest in the contest
accomplished so much in so short a
time. We trust that everything was
so managed thatyou retain your confidence and friendly feeling towards
us.
To those who aided these girls by
Subscribing or renewing subscriptions in their favor, we thank you for
contributing to the general success^
of the undertaking. If your
candidate won out of course you are
pleased: if she did not, we assure
you that she made a plucky fight and
Was worthy of your assistance. We
never had dealing with a finer lot of
at its close, and therefore the three .'"girls, and our only regret is   that
entitled to final prizes, were as foi-10n!y one could have the piano.   Each
lows,   the total   vote   for each   and'one of them earned our admiration
"the prize wcnhelng indicated:
* IJosepine Aireh," 30r,800^pianor.
Mena Keebler,   303,100,   diamond
ring-
Este'la Wilson, 225,200, silver tea
set.
Comparing these figures witjh those
last published three weeks ago it will
DELIGHTFUL PARTY.
8319,200
30,000
220,000
6,000
115,000
40,000
125,000
75,000
15,000
25,000
25,000
2,000
10,000
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson.
Duncan's hall never looked prettier than it did Tuesday evening of
this week, the occasion being a party
given by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Patrick.
The color scheme was red and green
in honor of Christmastide, and was
worked out in a hundred pretty
effects of festoons of color and palms
throughout the large dance hall.
There were eighteen tables at progressive pedro, which furnished entertainment for the earlier part of
tbe evening. At this Mrs. John Wilson for the ladies and Mr. Mason
Ervin for the gentlemen captured the
prizes for winning most games,
while Mrs. Ervin and Mr. John
Doherty were awarded the consolation prizes.
Following the games dainty refreshments were served in courses, the
hostesses being assisted by the Misses
Emma LaPierre, Rose McPhall, Leah
Terry and Mabel-Nixon.
After this the floors were cleared of
rugs and tables ahd dancing was the
order for the rest of the evening,
with Harold Knox at the piano.
The favors Were carnations, red for
the ladies and white for the gentl_-
men. Those who attended the
function pronounce it a distinct success and tbeir hosts and hostesses
charming entertainers.
The one best present for a
box of National cigars, at
Bon's.
man,  a
Ander-
J_arnett Blender the well known
German Optometrist from Cadillac
Will be here again soon. See him
about your eyes.
Paragraphs Picked Up By Our
Farwell Correspondent.
be seen tbat some "tail hustling'
must have been done toward the end.
As a matter of fact, many of tbe
friends of several of the girls came
right into town last Saturday and
worked openly on the streets and in
the stores for tbeir candidate. It
was these friends on band to back
their favorite tbat helped to make
such a big crowd in town. And later,
when the votes were being counted
in The Sentinel office, hundreds stood
outside and looked in through the
windows to catch some idea, if possible, how the count was going. And
as the vote was so close tbat ths
judges went over all their figures a
second time to guard against any
error, the count was not through until nearly midnight, and even then
there were nearly a hundred people
in front of the office in tbe cold to
■hear the report. There has no such
crowd staid up so late in years to
hear the "returns."
When the figures were finally announced from tbe door some were
delighted and-some were disappointed of course. Miss Allen, who won,
could hardly believe her. ears, not
having counted herself a sure winner.
Miss Keebler proved herself a plucky
loser and said, we "are told, that inwe
should put on another such contest
she would be one of the first to enter
it. By the way, she asks us to say to
all her friends who so loyally supported her, that she appreciates their
kindness and thanks them. Miss
Wilson was the youngest of the contestants to enter, and took her failure to get first place much better
than many an older person would.
3he, and in fact all the other girls,
would like to have us express their
appreciation for all the help they received from friends.
The list of those who received
votes is so long we do not take the
space to print in full. Any contestant may learn her exact vote by calling up this office. We will mention
Miss Margaret LaPierre, who stood
fourth with over 100,000 votes, and
Miss Nettie Weatherhead, fifth, with
nearly that number.
Of course, as was announced wheh
the contest was started, The Sentinel
desired to reach many new subscribers. In this we have succeeded
beautifully.   We leave that feature
Archie __. McLeod of Gladstone,
Michigan, is visiting Farwell friends
and relatives.
Dr. L. L. Kelley has returned from
a trip to Arkansas.
Mrs. L. White of Cleveland, Ohio,
is a guest this week of her cousin,
Mrs. F. Babcock.
Mesdames Fuller and Oliver made
a pleasant trip to Mt. Pleasant on
Tuesday.
Mrs. W. H. Wilson of Harrison
was a guest this week of Mrs L. L.
Kelley-«nd mother, Mrs. Bradbeer.
Mrs. Bradbeer, who has spent several weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
L. L. Kelley, returned to her home
at Akron, Ohio.
Mrs. G. A. Davis came on Saturday and haB spent several days this
week with friends and relatives here,
returning Wednesday to her home
at Cadillac.
Tbe Sunday schools are preparing
Christmas exercises.
Forest Shumway has purchased
the cement office building Owned by
Dr. F F. Grillet, into which he-will
move his barber shop.
E. E. Buckner has purchased tbe
building of Forest Shumway in
which the latter has bis barber shop
and residence. We understand Mr.
Buckner will establish a store.
The New Farwell Hotel which was
partially destroyed by tire a few
weeks ago, is to be rebuilt.
Miss Addie Moore was called home
from school the past week by the
illness of her mother.
Mrs. 0. E. Huffman'is quite ill.
*_        ' **
MrB. L, Clark spent, Sunday  with
her daughter, at Evart. .
The W. W.   O.   met   Wednesday
with Mrs. E. S. Hinds. .Next meet.
ing in two weeks  with Mrs. F. M.
Shepard.
At The Opera House. *
Interesting News Items from Mt.
Pleasant and Vicinity.
Robert Wardrop was appointed
supervisor for tbe second ward of
the city in place of Thomas Samp
son who assumes the office of Sheriff
January 1st. He ought to make a
good one.
There will be a school of instruction for school officers at Mt. Pleasant Friday December 16. Prof.
Keeler will answpr the questions.
Thomas J. Barber died of heart
trouble caused by hurrying to meet a
trahj. Tbe body was taken to Sara-
nac for burial, He was 69 years old
and a Mason.
The Gold Reserve Insurance Co
advertises to give free  tbe entrance
fee on the first fifty who take the
policies at the head office.
Prof. O. E. White of Monroe,
formerly of Mt. Pleasant, is a candi
date for regent of Micfiigan University.
There is a general demand here
that store keepers keep their bands
off particular things as candy and
some fruits.
The First Church Christian Science of Mt. Pleasant has sent greetings to the head officers in Boston,
and assure them of their loyalty to
the head church.
There will ba a><sivil- service^-exc
amination at Mt. Pleasant Jannary
14 for the purpose of selecting a
clerk and carrier.
There is much talk of a commission
form of government here. Any form
that will relieve the burden of city
taxes would be welcomed. The
city taxes are more than all tbe rest
of the taxes and has the least to
show for them.
Mt. Pleasant high school had a
strike Dec. 8, over some objection
able rules. There were 73 who left,
or rather were suspended. Both
parents and strikers held conference
with the board. They failed to see
superintendent, principal or board
about their troubles, but simply
struck and marched all over town.
About, one third left. Both the
superintendent and principal are
strong men and can be depended
upon to do what is right. They
marched up tbe hill and then
marched down again.. Quite a dem
onatration was made. The Detroit
Evening News was entirely wrong in
its statements. They all promised
to be good, asked reinstatement and
promised obedience to existing rules
The parents for the most part stood
for law and order. The board were
unanimous in supporting the powers
that be. Mr. H. E. Sperry resigned
from the school. He was somewhat in sympathy with the boys
All bave sobered down again and
working as if nothing had happened.
Interesting Program Was Carried
Out And New Officers
"7
Elected.
An interesting and profitable meet'
ing of the Wise Farmers' Club was
held at the hospitable home of Rev.
and Mrs. Quinton Walker in tbis
city last Wednesday.
The attendance was good, the house
being comfortably filled. The forenoon was spent in a social way followed by a picnic dinner. Before the
regular program was taken up a business meeting was beld and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: President.^ Jas. Hersey;
vice-president, P. M, Loomis; secretary, Mrs, Jas. Phillips; treasurer,
Samuel McJames; chaplain, James
Phillips: organist, Edna Seeley,
A large part ofthe regular program
was comprised under the general
question, "Watchman, What of the
night?" What is the outlook for the
future, politically, socially, religiously and from a business standpoint.
Several who had been assigned topics
were absent, but these were present- '
ed by others. We have space only
for a word here and there.
P. A. Bennett expressed the belief
that the party will win two years
hence that shall persuade the people
that it will do most for them in the
way of progressive legislation.
Several declared their faith in the
onward march of moral reform and
that there will be no backward
movement.
J. H. Wilson concludes that the
tariff is very much of a "holler." It
seems to have much less to do with.
prices than do trusts and combines.
Free hides haven't brought cheaper-
shoes as was"claimed, would Ibetb*.
result. Locally, credits and collections are much better than two years
ago.
Mrs. McJames and Rev. Walkfer
spoke on the religious outlook, -the
latter citing the vast sums being contributed to carry on the work, llO,-
000,000 recently in the city of Washington by a few wealthy men.
ln the absence of' Joseph Hudson,
Mrs, Hudson explained, briefly the:
work being done for the blind at the.
Saginaw institution and exhibited
some specimens of pupils' work.
_. reading was given by Mrs. Mabel Glover.
To sum up the main question, We
think we correctly interpret the sentiment of the club when we say the'
feeling was one of optimism. The
world is growing better, politically,
socially ^religiously.
FINNLANOER 6ETS LOST.
Sheriff Sunday Acts
Samaritan.
The Good
Commencing Monday night, Dec.
19th, and continuing all the week,
The LaFrance and Everett All Star
Stock Co. of Detroit will present
some of the best amusements of tbe
season.   This will be the largest and . _
best show ever in your city for the to intelligently'aid him.
money.   The price willbe lOo and 15oiMr. Sunday's hand in
to all parts of the house.   Your mon- his gratitude was most evident
ey refunded to all unsatisfied   Cub- is only another one of those acts
tomers.   Remember the date, com- kindness  for which our Sheriff
mencing Monday night, Dec. l.th. *,_j, noted.
Last Saturday night about 11 o'clock
a man was found wandering around
the streets of Harrison evidently
thoroughly lost and nnable to speak
a word of English. Sheriff Sunday
took him in and from papers the man
had, learned that he was a Finn on
^j_e way from that far-off country
to Escanaba, Mich. This word, "Es-
canaba," he could Speak very well.
He was supplied with money and was
evidently all right though utterly bewildered as to his course, not being
able to communicate with anyone or
obtain information. Mr. Sunday
camewith him here on Monday morning, arranged his transportation and
{gave him a letter  to   enable others
He kissed
parting and
HARRISON.
Interesting   Items   from   Correspondent at County Capital.
Mrs. R. Sterner arrived here from
Chicago Tuesday, to visit her mother, Mrs. Jennie Boulter, of this city.
She will return the first of next
month.
Harold Newbound is suffering very
badly from his vaccination.
O. L. Birdsall of this city has his
steam boiler working in fine order.
His store is warm and nice now.
Mr. Hayward of Saginaw spent
Sunday at the home of Harvey
Kirsohbaum, visiting his little daughter, Elizabeth.
Rev. Dunbar is spending a few days
in Mt. Pleasant.
Dan Hoover's wife "and children
left here the first of the week for
Indiana, where they intend to make
there home.
O. J. Peafle, the truant officer, was
in the east side of the county looking
after schools.
Mrs. M. Doyle Of this city left the
first of the week for the npper part
of the state, to join her husband.,
The L A. S. cleared about 875 in
their fair last week. The money is
to go for repairs on the church.
Thanks Her Friends.
Since I do not know all those who
subscribed for the Sentinel in   my
J favor during the recent contest,  I
This take thia'way of thanking all. Though
of I did not win the piano, I appeciate
is their kindness just the same.
j   Respectfully, Margaret LaPierre.