1910-12-30; Clare Sentinel

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Established 187 S.
OtABK    MIOHieAN,   FRIDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1910.
New Series. Vol. 19   No. 7
POSTAL SAVINGS BARKS.
48 Postmasters, One  in   Each.
State, Finish Their Training.
. Washington, Dec. 23.—AH is now
-ready for starting tbe machinery of
the postal savings banks throughout
the country on Jan. ?, next. The 48
postmasters, each representing a
state, who have'been in Washington
•acquiring information concerning the
management of the postal .savings
work, have finished their training at
Postmaster General Hitohcoc k» b
office and the last of them left for
borne tonight.
AH of them are postmasters at
second-class offices* each office selected as the most representative one in
its state for the try-out in postal
banking.   •*
THE SMALL RANCH
NOW HASA SHOW.
/dies Suddenly.
A Small Blaze.
Canter-Light.
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A fery pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the residence of Maron
F, Oaner, in Greenwood, Christmas
Day, at twelve o'clock, when his
daughter, Miss Marion A., became
the bride of Guy, Light of  Harrison.
Miss Ethel Bonlter presided at tbe
organ while the father of the groom,
Eev." A. F, Light, pronounced tbe
words which united tbe young couple.
They were attended by Mrs. Ohas,
Burnett, sister of the bride, and Mr.
Harry Campbell.
The bride looked charming in a
handsome gown of blue silk and
carried a shower boquet.
Only tbe relatives and near friends,
-numbering twenty, were present.
After the young people had    re.
ceived the congratulations and best
t wishes of all a three cqurse dinner
was served.   The house was .decorated with evergreens and colors of
•theseaepn,   especially   the    dining
ireom where a profusion of bells with
. red and green ribbons was   in evidence.
Many useful and beautiful gifts
were received. The young people
will be at home to their friends after
January 1st, in Harrison.       X
Presley-Rowe.
, At the comfortable home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joel Presley Saturday evening, Dec 24th, occurred the marriage
of tbeir daughter, Miss Ethel, to Mr.
Ira V. Eowe of Helmer, Ind. The
Eev. Quinton Walker of the Methodist church offlcating.
> Tbe bride was attended by her sister, Miss Ida. Mr. Walter Presley,
brother of the .bride acted as best
man.
Miss Presley is one of the fJbpular
young ladies of Herrick with a host
of friends. Mr. Rowe comes very
highly recommended from his home
town.
The happy conple leave Friday for
Helmer, Ind., to make tbeir future
home. They are followed by tbe
best wishes of tbe entire community.
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FARMERS' INSTITUTE
Will Be Held In This City
uary 20 and 21.
Jan-
On the above dates there will be
held a farmers' institute in this city
and every farmer who can should
plan to attend. Such institutes are
productive of great good pot the
least among their advantages being
the social time enjoyed. Farmers
are isolated and too seldom get together. Further announcement and
program nexb week,
ANTI-TREATING   LAW
"Let's Have' a   Drink," Don't
Go in Tacoma Now.
Tacoma, Wash.,
ma's anti-treating
Dec.   20,—Taco-
Ordinance   went
it
fi into effect today and its results will
doubtless be watched with close
interest by persons throughout the
country Who are striving for the better regulation of saloons, the promotion of temperance and the placing of the liquor buisness on a higher plane, The new law absolutely
prohibits any person from paying
for another's drink and imposes a
flue of S100 on the bartender or saloon keeper who hermits treating in
bis establishment. The saloons are
required to post notices calling the
attention of the patrons to the new
jorder of things. Mayor Fawcett is
the ''father" of the ordinance-attd he
'has instructed the police to see
it is strictly enforced,
No Longer Has To Compete
.With  The   Great Free
Ranges Of The West.
RANGES GONTfOREVER.
Men Who Bought Pine Barrens
At a Low Price Now
Reap Reward
In the days when the western range
was practically unlimited,-when the
stockman was to little expense save
for herding his cattle and sheep,
when tbey could be moved southward
in winter thus avoiding expense for
shelter or fed, those engaged in
stock raising in other parts of the
country where shelter must be provided and stock feed quite a portion
of the year, had no chknee. But the
ranges are gone forever and now. the
stock raiser on a moderate scale is
going to have a show. The men**who
bad; the foresight a few years ago
to purchase large tracts of land in
this state at the absurdly low price at
which they were sold are reaping a
rich reward. Indeed when fairly
good land can be bought at a low
price, it is ever a first class investment. Many were afraid of the
"pine barrens" in %this state. They
certainly could not be utilized for
anything but sheep pasture and then
it was thought that the fern would
spoil even tbat as it would be fatal to
the sheep. But experience hag shown
several things: The fern need not be
feared and When the land is pastured
there comes in naturally June grass
and white olover forming the finest
feed in tbe world. The beautiful
springs and streams furnish the
purest of water. . r
Perry D. Brown of this city represents a type Of which there are many
showing what a man of moderate
means may do in development of a
country. The man of great wealth
can of course spend thousands in
building beautiful cottages and in
otber ways tbat the average man
cannot. Coming here eight years
ago from Shiawassee Co., where be
had lived all his life. Mr. B.own had
that faith in the future of this
county that he purchased a section
of land a short distance west of the
city and over 4600 acres^ in Hatton
township, the latter costing him
only one dollar per acre. He still
retains one thousand acres of this,
tbe balance having been sold, at a
good advance of course. This is
used largely for pasture and has become nicely seeded.
On the farm near this city Mr.
Brown has a fine flock of grade
Shropshire breeding ewes, their
lambs having been sold in tbe fall
at a weight of 84 pounds. He is
feeding over 600 western yearling and two year old sheep to
be sold in tbe spring or run on grass
till June as the market may demand.
Besides cows and hogs, there are 36
head of young cattle being fed for
market. The farm seems an ideal
one for stock. The river, flowing
across the north end, never freezes
in winter wbile springs or creeks
provide water for every  field.
Mr. Brown is no ''kid glove" farmer. He never seems happier than
when he dons overalls and starts for
the farm to engage in some work.
He has accomplished only what 'any
man might bave done with moderate means and the same pluck and
foresight. He bad faith in the country and is now reaping his reward.
Mr. Brown has a good home in the
city and is a good type of the best
class of citizens. Plain and unassuming, he is not seeking to make
a great noise in the World but is a
inan to whom you can "tie," who
will be found on the, right side of
questions affecting the public wel-
and who will leave tbe world better
for having lived in it.
A' burning cinder from the Wolsey
building last Thursday morning fired
tbe shingles on one side of the roof of
Grandma Sexsmith's house and a
good start for a fire was made before
Last Monday morning Fred Wat-
ring of Denver township was found
by the roadside, lying prone upon bis
face, dead. He had arranged with
his brother-in-law to go bunting and
had started for the woods where they it" was discovered by a neighbor who
were to meet when death suddenly
overtook him. The cause of death
was doubtless heart disease. He
was a young man, only about 32
years of age, and leaves a wife and
two children, tbe former prostrated
by   the   shock.     The funeral took!
was passing. ■' Friendly hands soon
extinguished tbe blaze with a few
pails of water. Had roofs been bare
and shingles dry, many houses would
have been fired as burning cinders
were carried blocks away.-
place yesterday and the family of-
course bave the sympathy of every
body in their great bereavement.
The New Orc'estra.
Last Sinallpox Case Discharged
Christmas.
POULTRY RAISING
PROFITABLE.
The High Pripe Of Poultry
And Eggs Very Likely
To Continue.
THE SPECIALIST NECESSARY
AUTO, FOR TEN EARS CORK
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The Congregational Sunday school
has a new orchestra and the members certainly make a very creditable showing' considering the little
Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 25.—The epidemic of smallpox is over and the
last smallpox sign was taken down
Ohristmas morning *by Assistant
Health Officer Moeier from the home
of Harry Ernst. The last-case in the
detention' hospital   was   discharged
To  R-aise  The   Standard * And
Breed A Better Class Of
Poultry.
time they have  practioed together .
Harold "Knox, Noel Cudney^and Jake' several days ago and the east side of
Mason   play    the   violin,   Edward ^e riv«r ha? been free from the dis
White   the   mandolin
Palmer and Mr. Bouse
and   Ralph
tbe guitar.
ease for several days.
HIT. PLEASANT.
Interesting News Items from Mt.
Pleasant and  Vicinity.
-There are now about 1200 volumes
ih the city library.
Mr» and Mrs. Stanley * Weidman
are visiting relatives and friends.
They came from Portland, Oregon.
Xmas exercises t were generally
observed. The decoration of the
Catholic and Methodist churcheB
were especially fltte.
Mr. J. A. Damon, who retires^as
county treasurer Jan. 1, will be
business secretary for John S. Weidman. Mr. Damon is a fine business
man.
The Farmer's Mutual Insurance
Co.,   held   its    election   recently.
CLIPPED OR CRIBBED
Gleaned from our Exchanges and
Sifted for our Readers.
Another New Store.
As will be seen from his ad. on
another page, Geo. L. Frank Of Bay
City has opened up a stock of farm
implements, wagons, buggies, sleighs
harness, robes, blankets, fur-coats*
etc., in the Haley building on North
McEwan* Perhaps other lines will
be added later. Mason O. Ervin will
have charge of the business and proposes to hustle for his share of the
trade. , ,
Keller skating at Duncan *s   Hall
,      Monday, .Wednesday   and    Friday
that evenings, 7:30 to    10:30,   standard
J time. Lewis and Patrick, Piop.
President,   F. M.   Dain; secretary,;
Peter McFarlane.j treasurer, M. B.
Kane.
The exchange Bank has an electric sign of fine proportions It
shows off to good advantage especially at night. A good sign for a
good bank.
There is a reported case' of small
pox in the western part of the city.
He is Well quarantined. He is a
telephone employee and came from
Remus.
Harold Ward who was operated
upon for appendicitis in Chicago is
home again. He expects to return
to his school work at Alma after tbe
holidays.
, The presiding officers of the following secret societies are as follows:
I. O. O. F., A. L. Orapo; Wabon
Lodge F. &A. M., B. T. Cameron;
Royal Arch Masons, W. H. Marsh;
M. W. A., John Barnumj L. C. B. A.,
Mrs. Ellen Kane; L. O. T. M. M.,
Mrs. Marietta Wallington.
The funeral services of Mrs. Geo.
K. Peck took place Wednesday
morning at the Sacred Heart church.
She was buried in Calvary cemetery.
She leaves a husband and five children who need a mothers care. She
was a popular and estimable lady
and will be sadly missed. The
bereaved husband and children have
the sympathy of a large circle of
friends.
F. W. Carr of the- firm of Carr &
Granger died suddenly^while walking home Tuesday evening about 10
o'clock. He had cldsed the store
and went to a friends and played a
game of checkers of which be was
very fond and then started home and
had not gone over two blocks- when
he expired on Main St. This firm
had done business here continuously
for 38 years. It Was the oldest firm
in business at the time Of his death.
He was the champion checker player
of the state and had intended to
defend his title about  New  Years
time.	
VanBenshoten-Burnham.
At a meeting of the Association 'of
Judges held at Lansing this weak,
Judge Dodds read a paper orv "The
Probation Law."
At the recent sohool officers' meeting at Mt, Mt. Pleasant called by
(State Supt, Wright, ove»r 100 officers
were in attendance. Deputy Keeler
had charge of the meeting.
Among the recent real estate transfers in Isabella, we notice 40 acres on
section 4, Vernpn, sold to Catherine
McKinnon by O. W- Perry for 81600;
also 40 acres on section 10 to John
Gepbart by G, M» Crane for 82600.
Among the jurors drawn for the
January term of court at Mt. Pleas-
Choosing the right time, the place
and the girl, Wallace E, Burnhan of
Chicago who has quite a host of
friends in this city, led Miss Ava Van
Benshoten to the marriage altar last
Saturday evening, The Rev. W. A.
A. ShipWay of the Congregational
Church here performed the ceremony
With Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Anderson as withesses,       ,
Card1 o_ Thanks.
• I wish to   thank   everyone   who
helped me  with^theirsubscriptions j ^ ^1^^ detail's' of "my'enduring the recent   Sentinel Contest,!
ant are the following: Wm. Youm*
mans and B. Allen of Gilmore; Geo.
Dennis and Geo. Turbnsb of Vernon;
Wm. Lenox of Wise; John Elliot of
Isabella and James Mogg of Denver.
In a communication to the Farwell
Snn Simon Utley pleads to have
some one remove bis name from tbe
local option petition that he signed.
Too many men sign almost anything
that is presented to them and then
to often regret it afterward. Mr.
Utley's name will now have to stand
whether he likes it or not..
The following conclude tbat they
will no longer ''go it alone":.
R. W. Field, 34, Gilmore.
Mary McNeil, 38, Gilmore.
W. H. McJames, 37, Wise^   ,
Blanche Wahl, 16, Wise.
G. W. Scharrer, 21, Mt, Pleasant.
Sadie Drumm, 24, Mt. Pleasant.
Archie Ackerman, 24, Vernon.
Anna Brooks, 23, Vernon.
According to the. Midland Republican Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D, Gordon of
of that city did something on Christmas that many others who are able
might well copy. The Republican
says:
"The warm hospitality of the Hon'
and Mrs. Wm. D. Gordon is* again
shown in the gracious offer they
have extended. They have offered
the use of their beautiful home on
Main street so that the children of
the First Ward Sunday school may
enjoy a little of the real Christmas
spirit. All Saturday afternoon the
children will make the Gordon home
their home, and enjoy to the fullest
extent the beautiful music and games
and afterward the 'eating.' A gift
will be presented to each of the
children."
John M. Perry, the Osceola district banker-member of the house,
elected for a, third term, who likes a
joke, sends the folio wing, to The Detroit News:
"Just to put you wise to something
"that yon do not know* I will tell yon
that I am a candidate for the position of speaker pro tern, I will tell
yon on the quiet that this is not the
Work of admiring friends forcing me
to take this job, but solely tbe result
of my own heroic efforts. Confidentially, 1 have not a doggoned vote,
but publicly lam claiming a-pinch
and advising that F-have already 77X
votes sure, with the other half as
good as landed. I shall open headquarter, in Lansingabout New Year's
and run an edition de luxe of a campaign. InCideni;all-f I shall let it be
known that any aspirant for a job will
do to get'next to me.'    I have not
Unless one-has given some attention to the matter, he hardly realizes
the value of the ponltry industry of
this country. On most farms, to be
sure, it is only a small "side issue,"
the flock receiving little attention or
care and winter eggs being the rare
exception rather ^han the rule. The
flock instead of being of some standard breed are "mongrels," a mixture
of several breeds representing their
worst traits rather than their best.
One thing can be said of this industry that cannot be of many others:
There is no danger of over production, at least not in tbe near future.
There is ho question but that .any
man who has a few acres of ground
and a taste for tbe business would
find poultry raising a most profitable
business, one too that might be combined with bee keeping or something
else. Poultry and eggs are high and
are likely to be for years to come,
In what we have said above we have
reference to selling the products in
the ordinary way. If a man has the;
ability to develop and breed poultry
of a superior kind, he may raise the
business to a higher plane and at the
same time have a much better pacing proposition. Like the man who
causes two blades of grass to grow
whftre one grew before, the man who
develops hens tbat lay two. or three
times as many eggs, is a puhlic benefactor.
Among those who have   made a
great success with poultry,  is John
Northon of Vernon,   Instead of attempting to keep a number of breeds,
he very wisely confines his attention
to one, the barred rocks, for which
he has a fancy.   By judicious   advertising and his eminently fair way
of doing business, he has a national
reputation   as a   breeder,  ft   1b a
very cold day when he isn't shipping
stock to some far-off state or some
of the   Canadian provinces.   Roosters from his flock are now crowing
in four-fifths of the  states east of
the Rocky  mountains and in Vancouver, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
various other provinces.   All  shipments are  made   under a positive
guarantee to please or   money refunded and charges paid one way.
Tbe man who makes such   an offer
hits no difficulty in making sales of
stock at good prices, in fact Mr. N.
has a ready market for all the stock
and eggs be can prodnce during tbe
season.   He now has 280 birds and
they are "fine ones.   When  ever he
exhibits he always carries away his
share of prizes.
Mr. Northon is a frequent contributor to the poultry journals and
prominent in Grange affairs, having
long been an official, in that organization. While not seeking political
preferment, he has frequently been
the candidate of his party, running
for the legislature at the last election, In short, he is a good type of
the intelligent, progressive American citizen.
Michigan    Corn   -Iroprbvement;
Display Jan. 16,
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East Lansing, jljfcb., Dec. 26.—The*
Michigan Corn Improvement association offers the young Michigan farmer
lad under the age of 20 years who exhibits at the annual corn show, to beheld at M. A. C. January 16 to 21 „
the beet 10 ears of Michigan-grown, a*
■"two-cylinder, four-passenger models
Reo touring car worth 81,p00. This-,
award is donated by the Reo Company and is the* most valuable premium ever offered in such a ccntest*
The only qualification that the*
young exhibitors must meet is tba_i
tbe corn tbey select and submit mn&t"
be grown by.them or on their father's-
farm. ' "
Michigan Apple Exhibit Fines
in State History.
The fancy western Michigan apples*
which made such a hit at the LandT
Show in Chicago, the early part ofthe month, and which have been on.
exhibit at the state grange meeting,
at Traverse City recently, are to be.
put in cold storage and saved for the*-
round-up farmers' institutes to b&
held in Lansing during the winter-
This collection is believed to be the*
finest ever gotton together in the-
western Michigan terltory and the
beautiful colors of the many Speci--
mens in the boxes prove a delight to*
the eye. The quality of these apples
4s so high that now weetern Michigan?
fruit growers have no fear of bumping up against the apple men of thev
far west.
Chippewa Co. Ships Christmas;
Trees to Three States.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,,, Dec. IB.—
Chippewa, which has for years borne
the title of "Home of the Christmas;.
Tree," ia this year surpassing all
records. Within one week oyev
75,000 trees were shipped to lower-'
Michigan, Ohio and' Illinois. From-
one little village nearby," alone, 1*
carloads were shipped in one week,,
each car containing at least 2,500'
trees. About 200,000 trees will have-
been shipped out of Chippewa county
to firms in Grand Rapids, Detroit-
Chicago and Lafayette, Ind,
The Industry represents an outlay
in this county alone of over »15,O0O_.
Three companiea have already leased
aid bought lauds bearing 1,000,000'
spruce trees.
Welch-Larman.
At St. Cecelia's church in this city
last Wednesday morning, Mrs. Lucy
Welch of this oity was united in marriage to John Larman of Grant, Rev.
Father McAllister officiating. They
took the Ann Arbor train in the afternoon for Ann Arbor to vi_it relatives
for a short time after which they will
be found "at home" in Grant.    Tbe
best wishes of
withthem. .
their friends will go
On
A. P.
sale,
miles
Auction.
Wednesday next, January 4,
McDonald will have an auction
mostly of live stock, three
south and four miles east of
this city, As will be seen from his
ad on another page, he has-*a fine
offering of horses, cattle and hogs,
one that should attract a big crowd
of buyers. It will be noticed that
the stock is all of a superior class
and Ho scrubs are a__o__*g them.   It
, BOARD OF SOPERVISORS
Vote to  Submit  Local  Option;
Question to Vote Next Spring;.
The board of supervisors met in-
adjourned- session last Wednesday
and will probably complete tbeir
work and* adjourn today. The work
of printing the proceedings of the
board was awarded to the Clare Sentinel, while the job work goes to the
Clare Co. Cleaver. Two hnndred
dollars was appropriated for the
N. E. Development Bureau, the=
same to be available next spring.
Of course the eubject of most;
interest to come before tbe board,
was that of again submitting the-
local option question to a vote of.
the people.' The vote for such submission was unanimous. As everybody understands, the only question
for the board to decide were whether
the petitions contained the requisite-
number of names of legal voters audi
the various steps had been legally-
taken. These being decided affirm-'
atively, the board had no option iru
the matter.
The auditing of bills and some-
minor matters will complete the
work of the board.
$8,000,000 FOR BEET CROP.
Michigan Farmers Will Receive
That Amount This Year.
Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 19.—Basing-
the farmers' share of the annual
sugar beet production in Michigan or*
tbe "two payrolls that have been distributed by the sugar companies for
beet, deliveries in * October and No
vember, the millions which bave beet_<
turned into the packets of the farmers in past years will be far exceeded!
this year.
The Michigan Sugar Company bids;
fair to pay the beet growers approximately 85,000,000, while the numerous:
•paign, bub will shape things to fib is ah afternoon sale and will take^indePe_i*_-:_t concerns will probably
I appreciate their kindness -very-iatt6M a6 j fln(j fchemi jj ftnybody place rain or ahitte. J. M. Marshall/swell that total to a6 least S8,000,.00,,
much and WU1 eyer kindly remember a8lioU aboUt
1
J
"ski
them.
Estella Wilson,
anybody
you about it, tell  them  you
1 un_e.sfcand I have a cinoh."
will be auctioneer
ery clerk/
and Martin Meu«
Wm. Kapplinger went to Kalkaska,
Tuesday where he has employment.
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