1908-05-29; Clare Sentinel

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OLARB,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1908.
Mew Series: Vol.16, No, 28
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Remarkable  Showing o. Home Board of Supervisors ia Special
Talent Under Direction of
W. L. Adams.
Session Order Vote oil This
at September Primary,
.    Receipts  Amount to  !| 106.60—A Delightful Evening.
Seldom indeed is $ more creditable
entertainment given anywhere by
home talent than that at the opera
house Monday evening under the
caption, "The Old 'Homestead Company." All the numbers were meritorious and as a whole the evening
"Was a. remarkable success especially
y reflecting great credit to W. I*.
Adams who designed and arranged
the program.
With thef opening number every
possible seat in theTOpera house was
taken, gallery filled and chairs
t crowded in wherever possible. The
Kirkbride orchestra was in good
form and added to its past attainments by accompanying several of
the numblrs thereby giving a rich
background of musical effect..
The ladies chorus, a selection from
the light opera "A Spring Chicken,"
. was perhaps the finest thing of the
evening. Twelve young ladies, the
Misses Anderson, DeFoe, Wall, Wing,
McGreaham, Cameron, Lackie, Ervin,
La Pierre, Arnold, Wilson, Jennings,
were 'costumed to represent twelve
foreign countries and with W. L.
Adams in the humorous role singing
"'The Girls All Loye Me" executed a
series of most pleasing evolutions
worthy of many a professional
chorus. The complement of this appeared later in its burlesque, Norris
Elden as Hayseed in the leading role,
Fred Thompson as a beautiful blonde
and Me.sers. L. Jackson, Ehrhardt,
-^ Wier, as a chorus re-echoing, with
splendid effect, "The Girls All Love
'   Me." 0
One of the very best "make-ups"
ever shown ■ by an amateur in Clare
was F. B. Doherty in his rendition of
"Waiting at the Church" as a beautiful bride bedecked with bridal veil
and all the other paraphernalia be
sang with all the little feminine frills
of gesture and movement character-
estic of a budding young prima
donna.   The burlesque was perfect.
Another unique feature was the
city band passing across the state to
th. station for "Bill" Adams of Saginaw who presently under escort appeared and was introduced as a
darkey by Mayor Benner. Supported
by Mart Lawrence and Wm. Hirzel
he introduced in his characteristic,
pleasing manner monologues and
songs. In the midst of this A. J.
*& Lacy came in and in behalf of many
friends presented Mr. Adams with a
-fine rocking chair in token of friendship and esteem. Taken at sueh disadvantage Mr. Adams pulled off-his
wig in token of his sincerity and
deeply moved expressed his thanks.
The surprise was complete.
The more classicaLpart of the program was of high standard. Miss
Sadie Wilson of Harrison, with mak-
ed ability, gave a dramatic reading
of western life. Lawrence Jackson
rendered with pleasing voice a bass
solo and encore. Mrs. G. B. Wells
in costume with her usual delightful,
clear tones sang a beautiful Italian
air and as an encore gave with action
an Italian dialect song. A quartette,
Messrs. Oudney, Elden, Welch and
Feighner, introduced a pleasing
* number. Baby Winifred,, the sevee*
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Marsh, gave two very pleasing
numbers, the audience veryeunmis-
takably showing its appreciation.
In gesture and power $o interpret,
-$ the child shows extraordinary ability
and is deserving of careful training.
A baritone solo, Bandolero, was given
in good voice by E. G. Welch with
encore, a burlesque on Lydia Pink-
ham.
E. Wariner was in good form as a
negro "preacher and he and A.
Warner and their little sister gave a
pleasing negro musical and dance
number.
A little comedy with F. B. Doherty
as villain, W. L. Adams, a darkey,
used as tool by him for burglary,
Harry Jackson as a waiter and S.
. Johnson as a policeman concluded
what was probably the best home
tallent ever given in Olare by the
"Old Homestead Company", in other
words ths best ever given in the city.
The receipts were S106.60 and the
net proceeds will be applied for a
band stand at the city park. In this
substantial way Mr. Adams has made
good hio promise to raise some mon-
' ©y for the city park. He was mainly
H the genius that created the evening's
-Btertainment as he was the one who
first gave definite form to a plan ,to
make the oity park a ''thing of beauty".     '
Arthur Long Chairman of Board—Doty-
Jackson Combine in Control   but
Materially Mellowed.
The board of supervisors met in
special Bession at Harrison Tuesday
and after the preliminaries were disposed of-by the election of Long of
Hamilton, chairman over Browne of
Harrison 14 to 8 got tqgether in a
conciliatory spirit to consider the
poor farm question and finally unanimously decided to submit to the
voters at the September primary the
question of whether or not S3800 sQall
be transferred from the county's
general fund to the poor farm improvement fund. With this 83,800,
th6" 81,400 received from sale of the
old poor farm and 81,000 the bdard is
authorized under law to raise without
vote of the people, it is proposed to
go ahead and erect a county building
on the eighty bought last "fall for a
poor farm one mile south of Harrison. A proposal to proceed with the
improvement of a portion of the
farm was defeated 14 to 7 and nothing will begone, till the people approve.
The board went in a body to look
over the new poor farm and after
some general discussion on their return to the court house the county
poor farm improvement committee,
Messrs. Doty and Jackson, were asked for a rep_ort. On being pressed
for a statement of plans or suggestions Mr. Jackson said in brief that
the committee having submitted plans
to the board we stand pat. Every
proposition ''we put up to the people
has been sat on. We have no plan
to submit." This frank confession,
in marked contrast to the attitude of
last year did much in paving the way
for what followed. A roll call of in-
'dividual opinion was agreed to and
in brief, opinions were stated as
follows:
BENNER OF CLARE.
People _re opposed to spending
even S5000 on the 80 acre poor farm.
I favor putting it on the market and
selling it and then appoint a new
committee to secure a 40 acre improve- farm with buildings thereon.
BROWNE OF HARBISON.
Stick to the present farm. Go on
and use what monies we have and
make permanent what we do.
COOK OF LINCOLN.
The farm is not as good land as I
thought but still I think it not "out of
the way to put proper buildings on
it.
DAVIS OF WINTEKFIELD.
/From anything in sight I would say
keep what we've got and put up
good* fair, not expensive, buildings
thereon.
DOTY OF GREENWOOD.
Appropriate money if we can get
hold of it and put up good fair buildings on the present farm.
FRYE OF REDDING.
Land was bought on the spur of the
moment and contrary to first idea of
board to buy improved farm. The
$5000 vote of the people is against improving this 80. Buy sniall piece of
improved land with buildings. My
constituents don't want expensive
buildings.      ,
HAVENS OF HARRISON.
Keep what we have and go on and
put up buildings.
_r  * HOOVER OF GRANT.
My people gave such a vote against
both propositions at the April election that I am for doing nothing on
this eighty till the people consent.
JACKSON OF CLARE.
Keep the land and go on and build.
If we sell and try for another farm
we'llgetintio- the same tangle. No
other farm any more available in
this locality. Get money with the
consent of t$e people and build. I
have stood for a building to accomodate 25 because it costs less in the
longrun.
. LEONARD OF  SURRY.
My people are opposed to the
county's developing land and building on a pine stump eighty.
SiAL-BY OF CfABFIELt".
We've got the farm. Let's go on
and use it,
MYERS O-'ARTHUK.
I agree with «Mr. tTsfekson 's statement.
ROSS OF HATTON.
"Use what we have and go on sight
away*
SCR-MGER OF FROST, tt
My people eritieis © board for sell
ing the old poor  farm,    Keep what
we've got and go on.
SLY OF FRANKLIN.    -
It is better land than I thought.
An improved farm .would in- the end
CQst more than this.   Go on.
THOMPSON OF SHERIDAN.
The farm is^better than"- thought.
But the question of building on it was
turned dowfe by mypeople. I doubt
if they would " approve another proposal to build on it. Am willing to
try to convince them. I stand for
submitting the question to% the people. . "
WARD OF OLARE.
Sell this and get a small improved
farm with buildings thereon so as to
avoid the county's stumping land.
Leave the proposition up to the people.
WRIGHT OF HAYES. •
We have fooled on long enough.
Where can we get an improved farm
with suitable buildingin this locality?
Go ahead.
LONG OF HAMILTON.
Have heard my people damning
the land, but the county got value
received. Nothing gained by going
in the air again. Go ahead with-
original plan and build a small serviceable building adapted to making
additions. j
Gleason of Clare as a new member
asked to be excused from offering
any opinion. Nor did Bond .of Sum-
merfleld nor Merchant of Harrison.
On the basis of these opinions it
was mutually agreed to work in unison with the people's will. But some
desires' to use the money the board
could now raise under law and make
a start on the new farm.^ This was
opposed by townships that voted
strong against tbe April propositions,
and finally L. F. Leonard led the way
offering a resolution to put a S3,800
proposition up to the people.
The same committee, Messrs. Doty
and Jacksonwit-u Secretary Harper
of "the poor farm commission, are
continued as the poor farm improvement committee with instruction to
go ahsad with work on the poor farm
if the proposition carries, in which
case despite all previous opposition
they will have* the pleasure of winning out and spending the money.
Additional vault room for documents, etc., was ordered built and
Clerk Morrissey and Treasurer Goodman added to the building committee
to see same done.
- Chairman Long's committees include the important . equalization
committee—Doty of Greenwood, Frye
of Redding, Benner of Clare, Davis
of Winterfleld, Myers of Arthur.
OOSTirJG OUR SCHOOLS.
Detailed   Statement   of   Monies
from Primary School
Fund.
The rate of the May apportionment
as previously stated in these columns
is 86.50 per capita.' Heretofore it has"
not been more than one 81.00 at this
time.   Of course the November apportionment will not be very large.
The estimated future is from 85 to 86
per year.   Here are the figures:
ISABELLA COUNTY.
Hi).
Children
Broomfield 242
Chippewa 384
Coe .            579
Coldwater \           350 '
Deerfield 482
Denver 391
Fre-nont 339
Gilmore 233
Isabella 523
Lincoln 363
Mt. Pleasant Oii-y       972
Nottawa     ' 631
Eolland 345,
Sherman 202 *
Union    . 280
"Vernon *       351'
Wise   ' 298
tat. '
Apportion'"!
$1573-00
2496 00
3763 50
2275 00
3133 00
2541 50
2203 60
1514 50
3399.50
2359 60
6318 00
4101 50
2242 50
1313 .00
1820 00
2281..50
1937 00
THE HARRISON BRANCH.
Saginaw, Recoghizes  Its Importance as Relating to the
-^Missing Link."
Discussing a Traverse ~6ity news
item that with the completion of certain lumbering in Kalkaska county
and the pulling up of the logging
railroads it is proposed to abandon
the^'KIondyke" road frcmi Kalkaska
to Stratford the Saginaw News of
May 23 says*
Back of this brief news recital is a
matter of much concern to*tne city of
Saginaw. The business interests of
this city have for a number of years
been laboring ' with the Pere Marquette company to secure the build-
ing of the so-called "missing link"
between the branch terminals of
Stratford and Leota. This link covers a distance of only. 25 Iniles and if
built would connect the Harrison and
Kalkaska branches of the company.
Toe line of the proposed road has
been surveyed and terms have been
agreed upon for the right of way. It
can be constructed at a relatively low
cost, ■ ••     "       •
If this line were to be constructed
it would place Saginaw 100 miles
nearer to the Traverse City section,,
which includes half a dozen counties
of northwestern Michigan with a
large and growing population. This
large part ofthe state now does business principally with Grand Rapids
and Chicago, The connecting of the
Kalkaska and Harrison branches
would (give that territory a haul to
Saginaw 60 miles shorter than to
Grand Rapids and 100 miles shorter
to Detroit than to Chicago. There is
a vast amount of timber still to be
gotten out in the Traverse bay region, with a permanently heavy trade
in potatoes. In addition there is a
large, traffic in manufactures and
food supplies.
It; would seem that Saginaw.'s. final
opportunity to place itself in a position to compete for this valuable
trade were at hand. The News is informed on excellent authority that
not only does the Pere Marquette
contemplate the abandonment of the
Kalkaska-Stratfdrd branch but .that
it is considering the advisability* of
taking up the Harrison-Leota line.
Here is a situation, which, it seems to
us, demands action by the commercial interests of Saginaw. We can-
notrafford to give up the hope bf securing this important transportation
facility. Yet it appears certain that
if the city stands idly by and permits
these branches to be removed without raising a protest, the Traverse
City project may never come within
its reach again and may have to be
permanently abandoned,. If the city
were to act energetically it might induce the Pere Marquette to lay these
few miles of rails and ^add to its system a promising division, instead ot
throwing away the posssibility aito-
gether. Will not the board of trade
take this matter up and see what can
be done?
This whole question is one of vital
importance to Clare county. Some
contend that with the invenitable exhausting of lumber coming down the
Muskegon to Leota, this presumption
which'the News makes is sure to become a' fact. But even this does
warrant- the Saginaw conclusion.
There is lumber for a number of
years' operation yet. In the meantime every marked development it is
asserted, will be realized tributary to
the Harrison 'branch. The Saginaw
argument pre-supposing removal of
the branch therefore is not logical,
but is evidently put forward for the
larger purpose of securing action ior
constructing the "Missing Link" and
giving a direct route* to'tbe northwest part of the state.
DR.C.F. SHAW RE-ELECTED.
6965
CLARE COUNTY
Arthur
231
Clare
472
Franklin
33
Frost
74
Garfield
156
Grant
304
Greenwood
2p4
Hamilton
162
Hatton
171
Harrison
242
Hayes
46
Lincoln
116
-tedding
231
Sheridan
307
Snmmerfield*
46
Surrey
358
Winterfleld
111
845,272 50
"S1601 50
3068 00
.   . 214 50
481 00
1014 00
1976 00
1326 00
1063 00
1111 50
1573 00
299 00
764 00
i 1601 60
1995 50
299 00
2327 00
*      721*50
Resigns "at Dbyer, Gets $200 Raise In
Salary Here.
. The fi^st year of Ohas. F. Shaw's
pastorate in the Congregational'
church here is at an end. Last week
he Was called for another year at an
increase of $200, making his annual
salary S1000 and, parsonage-
When Dr. s"haw first came to Olare
he found the status of the society
Very low, and "talk had even been
beard of disorganizing. He came
here, met the people, showed his
ability, was called to the pastorate,
and has shown beyoria a doubt that
he is jiist the'man for the place.    _
He went to Dover, reorganized the
society there, held*revival meetings,
received 32 members and for a year
drove out there through all kinds of
weather and filled the church. He
found the work there too much for
him and next month he closes the
work there and will give his entire
attention to the pastorate here.
He not only drew large audiences
ab first, but througbout he has held
them, and in the evening .service
chairs are always in demand, and
many pepple have gone away from
the service because they could not
attend with comfort. At this church
during the year 46 members' have
been received. When Dr. Shaw first
came here he said he was in favor of
building a new church, but would'not
make an effort to do so until he had
shown that the old one was not lar*ge
enough. He made good. The society
voted to build, the plans ■ are made.
The old church is practically sold.
The ground will be broken in a very
•Short time. The new structure complete will cost 88000. The Congregational Building Society will make a
grant of 81000 and will loan another
81000, leaving S6000 to be raised here
at home. This amount is now nearly
raised and Dr. Shaw is having marked
success in getting the necessary subscriptions. This is due largely to
two things; the need of the building,
and the most pleasing relationship
existing between pastor and people.
In his farewell sermon, Eev. J. Grinnell paid a most excellent tribute to
the hospitality and Christian fellowship shown him by Dr. and Mrs.
Shaw during his sojourn here, and
declared that if the future held but a
cpust of bread for him, that he would
divide with the dgctor if need be.
The*new edifice Will be modern in
all its appointments and will be a
most servicable ornament to the
city. We hope next week to publish
a cut of the building.
OITY VALUATION $359,265.
Equalized    Valuation    for   the
Wards Shows a Net Increase
over last year of $23,465..
The .city board' of review completed
their work Saturday morning. The
sessions /except for some pretty lively protesting by some property owners Friday afternoon were rather
mild. "The values as fixed" by the
board remain unchanged in spite of
protests, Here are the figures:
•  First ward       838,235.
Second ward   168,930.
Third ward      152,10O»
The corresponding figures for* last
year were:
First ward    .  838,335.
Second ward   155,280.
-Third ward      142'185.
The figures as given for the present
year represent substantial development and a slight "raise of basis for
valuation, the actual increased value
being substantially the same as that
going on over most of the county.
Total
32,64      21,216 OO'eraL
igfitn mm wises.
The iWer, Colonville and Sheri--
dan No. 3 schools hold union graduation exercises at the '-•over ohtt-Oh
Wednesday evening, June 3. Prof.
F."_» Keeler of Mt, Pleasant gives the
principal address.    Invitation gen-
there be a great increase of forest.
Doubtless considerable areas in various townships could be well set aBide
out of tax lands in Olare, Isabella and.
Gladwin counties for forestry purposes. But any such movement
must be in harmony with the best in~
terests of tl^ese counties and' at least!
by and With the advice and consent
of the board of supervisors. Thai;.
apy considerable continuous area of
these counties is to be converted into
a vast forest regardless of the settler just getting a footholcLtherein
is not a consideration. Isabella's delinquent tax list this year was larger
than Olare/s, and Gladwin's larger
than either. But there is an amount
of appraised Olare county lands held
by the state and" "dot yet sold. In
neither of uhe three counties are the
tax lands continuous over a town?
ship. Tha distinctly, settled areas
even in the most slowly developed
portions dot the land not infre'quent-
or are continuous,* The great forest
reserve may extend down to the
north county line of Clare and,Gladwin counties. That seems to, be the
probable extent of it as such. The
mo=t of Clare county townships forestry will-.be to tbem in a sense what
a good wood Jot is to a farm. Clare
and northwest Isabella have a lot of
stu__p lands but progress has so far
proceeded that the agricultural^ and*
not the fprester is to reign here.
There are 40,000 acres of Agricultural college lands, 170,000 U. S. government lands noV available for a
forest reserve located principally in
Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Crawford
and "Roscommon counties. There are
600,000, abandoned state tax lands
which, according to Prof. Snyder of
the Agricultural College the next legislature will be asked to turn over
also for the forestt reserve.
,_The nation is facing the great problem of conserving her forest and
other resources, but in its Solution as
regards forestry Clare county has no
reason to fear the results. •
MICHIGAN FOREST RESERVE.
Will Lie North of Clare County,
None of Our Townships
Being Included in the
Big Reserve.
W.  C. Cornwell and Other Capitalists
Plan to Reforest Certain Areas
Here and There in
; the County.
Some people profess alarm at the
proposed   MioBigan  forest   reserve.
But there is no occasion for distrust
of   the    re-forestration   movement.
Most   of   Olare county   lands   are
owned by individuals.   The  sale of
two years ago restored to the tax
rolls ""many    thousand    acres..    Of
course there  is  now   hundreds   of
acres of state tax lands, and according to a recent map there.is also three
and one half sections of. government
land in Summei-field township', some
of which has recently  been  home-
steaded,   and   one-half   section in
Franklin    township    with    smaller
amounts in one or two other townships ; but as a whole there is, even
if all state and TJ. S.'lands in the
county were set aside for reforesting,
no occasion .for alarm*   To re-forest
some of these areas here and there in
the county would make for fdture
wealth without consigning the rest of
the land to the primeval wilderness.
That.W. 0. Cornwell, who with other
capitalists own considerable areas in
Afthur and "Hatton  townships,   arranges with the Michigan Forestry
Commission to  have planted 10,000
white pine seedlings on certain portions of his land need in no wise affect the agricultural possibilities of
the rest of a large, rich area .stretching almost continuously over all but
a limited portion of Arthur and all of
southeast Hatton, most of which^ is, as
productive a soil and generally desirable all around agricultural land as
can be found anywhere, though much
of it is still far from full development.
I   There ia need   of   forestry.    It
' would be better for oo? climate that*
i ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
The village council at their meeting on Monday evening, decided to
put an end to card-playing and dice-
shaking in the village. Card tables
are to be removed and" gambling
eliminated.—Shepherd Republican.
Vernon'township has gone into th©
cement culvert manufacturing business and is turning out some very
large cement tile at the gravel4 pit in
the north gravel pit, east of the Ter-
williger (formerly Platten) farm with
view to make "future culverts permanent.
• The Indian baseball team of the
Government school is the pride of
Mt. Pleasant. Without whoops, war-
cries or tomahawk they scalp their
baseball foes without any difficulty
and with as much relish as their ancestors are credited with in the days,
of the forest primeval. v
Mayor    Snider   of   Mt.  Pleasan.;
yanked the saloon men before Hiz--
zoner and the Oity Dads the other-
day and  gave them a right  dowra
good  lecture - on how to   be good,-.
The druggists were in it too.   The police and city attorney also were* on
hand to  see fair play.   All will be
good—till next time.
Two Sevellites from over the south
line in "dry" Gratiot started to pain.
Mt. Pleasant red last week. One of
them sporting a County Seat new
suit of clothes had to put on his old
duds, w-ten the "cop" took them in
tow, and Justic Loveland hitched on
a good fine as a balancer, to put the
new ones in pawn to pay their fine.
Nottawa is now in the lead, outside
of Mt. Pleasant, in point of children
of school ago. The way this strictly
rural township increases its popnla-*
tion is suggestive of Roosevelt doctrine. But in reality nationality may
have something to'do with it. Anyway 631 persons between the ages of
5 and _0 is a pretty good showing.
Isabella, which township heretofore
has been first in this regard, feels
not a little chagrined at being pushed
aside by her neighbor on the west.
J'Give us ten more years to drain
and cultivate our township," said a
prominent Vernonite the other day,
"and we'll show you as fine a town-
.hipasthe sunshines on. '.Tisreally surprising here and there tot„sse
what a little .tiling Will do." "Just
see," he said,<,"over on the farnj, formerly owned by Jas. O'Grady C*
__o_ka who took lessons over in "The
Garden" has done quite a stroke of
destroying "cat holes,'" Land that
looked as not drainable on trying the
level Was in a nambeir of cases found"
easy to drain," Yes, the gentleman
in question is right, the lay of th_ '
land, all m a general slope, often is
misleading.
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