1908-06-12; Clare Sentinel

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OLABll,  l$IOTl$AlC FRIDAY MOBNIM, 'JUNiS 12, 1908.
New Series: Vol.16,
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Important   'Questions    Up    to
School 'District   Specia!
Meeliag Tonight.
The special sohool   meeting this
if       (Friday) evening at the high school
room will probably bring out a large
attendance of sohool patrons  and  a
lively discussion is in prospect.
The present furnace heating plant
Is Inadequate and unsatisfactory having been in use, with improvements
mssde in 1900, ever since 1892, On
cold days it has to be kept too hot,
often cherry red, ior safty to the
building. The only points at issue in
1 vf this matter are as to how ventillation
shall be provided. ,
The    proposition   ior   additional
school room was raised  at the last
annual school meeting.    The board
•will submit plans and  estimates as'
prepared by Architect  Gorr in  accordance  with directions   of   that
meeting.   If the concensus of opinion
is favorable, a time will be appointed
on which a definite vote of the  district will be taken for raising funds.
The' question involved  is one  of
vital importance.    The high school
has in a*few years grown from 46 to
85 and an attendance of 100 is  inevitable in a year  or two with 120  as
final fair estimate of  attendance in
the natural evolution ofthe surrounding connty even should Clare remain
unchanged    relatively.      The  high
school room is adequate for over 100
pupils but there is lack of recitation
and laboratory room.    At  present
there is only one small recitation
room on the second  floor,  and  according to next  year's  schedule of
classes, five classes will have  to recite in the basement in  the  labora-
toryr   This means much climbing  of
-"$■  stairs by girls.   Sooner or later additional recitation room mnst be provided.   The two rooms, seventh and
eighth grade rooms, on second floor
woald provide ample accomodations
for laboratory and other high  school
purposes.
The total attendance of the school
shows a slight falling off in the lower
grades in recent years incident to* a
new community passing into a more
settled one, but it is conceded that
Olare will at least always require one
school room 9or each grade. Some-
, thing must, it is urged, be done to
provide additional room for the high
school.
At present two basement rooms are
used for the first and second grades.
£ 7 These, rooms are lower, have less
window space than other rooms and
are 4 feet 3 < inches in the ground.
- When the fan that forces air over the
*W furnaces is not running and windows
are not open there is no ventillation j
ih these rooms, and this is especially
noticeable durning April and May
and September and October when the
seasons meet. Is it right that little
children spend the first two years of
their school life in such rooms that
at times will be musty, damp and unlike, the other comodius rooms?
It seems t&° be, quite generally
agreed that if anything in the way of
additional room is provided, there
* should be four rooms added. The
question at issue in its final analysis
is simply one of many. Can the district afford to provide additional
school room?
The school district has a 826,000
property all fully paid for. During
the past three years no less than
§12,870 has been received in primary
school money from the state. The
total expense of erecting the required additional room and installing a
modern steam heating plant will be
in the neighborhood of 810,000. Oon-
■& fessedly many of our boys have been
going to the devil. Those who best
know many\pf such boys assert that
in many cases there is only a very
small margin between their present
failure and starting them on the
path of success. Will additional
school facilities aid this? The district is probably unaminons for a new
&3000 heating plant. Is it<*rar duty to
invest 37000 more fpr the good of our
' ' <■ boys and girls? All that many of ns
can do for our children is to giye
them an adequate education. How
many lives will be blessed by better
rooms for the first two grades and
increased facilities for the high
school? It is a question for each
lathes? and mother and ' citizen to
^ settle andthen use his, vote and his
- - -jgflflgjyje accordingly.
Vernon Cemetery Bse
~"aiW& a?e interested come,  bring
^-yotir axe, and help clean up and
sasfea stakes for lots  on^Dhursday,
J V®& IB, 180&        •
v Vepnott "Township Board of Health.
Nuptials    of   Miss    Wlnniferd
McPhal! and John Jackson
Celebrated at St, Cecelias.
At St, Cecelia's churoh Tuesday
was solemnized the marriage of Miss
Winniferd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. McPhall, and John, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Jackson, Bev. Pr.
McAllister speaking the words of a
life long covenant.
To the beautiful strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march the bride on general favorite by reason of her gen
the arm of her father and preceded tie m-Bimers and for some time was a
by the maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth popular clerk at Davy & Go's.   He
O'Brien of -Detroit,  cousin    of the has been associated in business with
A wedding breakfast was served to.
the forty guests at the bride's home.
Where   decorations   of   green   and
whije as at the church were suggestive of the occasion.    On the after-,
noonjrain with many evidences of j
the nuptial occasion in the form of
rice and other sundries the happy
couple left on a trip to Niagara and
other points and on their return will
go to house keeping   on
street east. y
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have
their lives
is a graduate
in the community.   She
of! Jjhe high school, a
MpCEMEN? WEEK.
Program of Events for the Closing Week of the School Year.
The graduation ofnine pupils from
the city high   school   next   Friday
evening marks the close ofthe school
_ year.   Hon. G. A. Gearharfc of Buffa-
Seventh Jo> ■N' Y,» wi^ dehVer the address.
One commendable fact this year is
that  the  graduates   will   not send
™     along personal cards with invitations
and so there will be no obligation
jwith respect to presents.   The price
j of tickets for the two evenings is 20
cents.  Tickets Will be 'on sale at post,|
oflice next Tuesday at 6:30 p, m, an<|
not more than five tickets will be
sold to one person.   The program of
events for the week is as.follows:
Sunday, 7:30 p. an., baccalaureate
address at opera house by Dr. O. P.
Shaw,
Tuesday evening, alumni banquet
at Duncan's hall, HpW D. E. Alward
toastmaster.
STRUG
FREIGHT OAR,
THURSDAY EIGHT P. M,
CLAS^
DAY.
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
MB. AKD MBS. JOHN JACKSON.
bride, proceeded up the aisle to the
altar where the groom and best man,
his brother, Harry, awaited them.
The bride was given away by her
father. Solemn high mass and of-
feratory s"Olo were sung by Mrs. G„
B. Wells. The bride was gowned in
Persian Swiss over white, silk and
carried bride's roses. The maid of
honor's gown was blue and white
silk foulrad and she carried roses.
The former wore a white pictured
hat and the latter a similar one blue*
and white. The ceremony was both
pleasing and imnressive to a la.rge
audience of assembled* friends.
his father and with Wm. Haley as a
stock buyer and everybody has a
good word for him. To his closest
friends he is known as "Happy."
Scarcely ever has a Olare couple
been the recipients of so many and
so valuable gifts of almost every description.   A smoker was given in his
honor at Wm. Haley's and two showers for her,, one at her home and the
other at Mrs. J. E. Doherty's.
The Sentinel joins congratulations
with many friends that this new home
set up so auspiciously may be one of
unalloyed happiness,
"Hearts and Flowers",,
Kirkbride Orchestra,
Invocation Dr. O. F Shaw.
Salutatory E. Belle Alger,
"The Hour of Opportunity"
William Henderson.
Class History Margaret D. LaPierre.
"LoinDuBal" Orchestra.
Class Prophecy Ava H. Clark.
"Science in Agriculture"
Fred A. Stone.
"Perseverance Wins"
Ruth H. Seeley.
"The Dawn of Day" Our Teachers.
"Helen Keller" Ella B, Galliver.
"Influence of Literature"        «
/ '  Max Pelton.
Valedictory Edna Langin
"Great Divide" ^  -Orchestra.
FRIDAY, EIGHT P. M. COMMENCEMENT.
The Ford March Orchestra.
Invocation Bev. G. W. Maxwell.
"The Flag of Our Country"
Messrs. Oudney, Elden, Welch,
and Feighner.
Address, "The Coming Man"
Hon. G. A. Gearhart.
"Danube Wave" Orchestra.'
Presentation of Diplomas
0. W. Perry.
"Orchids" Orchestra.
Benediction      Bev. J. E. McDonald.
ISABELLA COUHTY POMONA GRANGE.
Program For the Meeting at Brinton" Wednesday,
June 17 at ten a. m.
10:00.   Open it fifth degree.
11:00.   Close in fifth and open in fourth degree.
Reports from Subordinate Granges
11:40.   Address of Welcome  by  Master of Coldwater
„ Grange.
12:00.   Dinner.
1;30.   Call to order.
Response to Address of Welcome by Chaplain of
Pomona Grange.
2:00   First Topic fpr Discussion,—"My Opinion of the
Revised  Constitution,  and Why?"  led   by
Wise Grange, followed by general discussion.
3:00.   Second Topic for Discussion,—"Is the Present
System of Registration of Lands Satisfactory
to the People Of Michigan?" led by Cedar
Grange,  supported by Farmers  Union   and
Eldorado Granges.
5:30.   Supper.
EVENING
7:30.   Address, Grange Topics by State Speaker, J. H.
, _      Helme, editor of Michigan Patron.
%       Recitations and songs by Riverside and other
Granges.
Subordinate Grange members from Clare county
invited. r
.Uses offheWoodiof.
■ARF
IIS
Proceedings Instituted in Circuit
Court by *B." S. Alley to Oust
Thos. Maltby.
Through his attorney, Jas. Thompson of Evart, B. S. Alley started proceedings before Judge Dodds Tuesday to determine who is legally Gar-
field'a supervisor. The hearing of
the case is set for early in, July, At
the spring election S. Oarson received one majority over A. Tryon.
Subsequently it was brought out that
Mr. Carson had never taken ont his
final citizenship papers and was declared ineligible. Hence he did not
j qualify. After 10 day's the town board
declared a vacancy and apnointed
Thos. Maltby. Mr. Alley, last year's
supervisor, all the time contended
that there was no vacancy and that
therefore he held over as supervisor.
Pros. Atty. Quinn ruled ia favor of
Mr. Maltby and he has been, officially recognized. Both men have tak*
en the roll, attended the board of re*
view, ate.
Judge Dodds is asked to deter-
mine-the point of jaw.
Jet If Works in fleifiri
Cadillac and Wexford county's
good record in the matter of limited
liquor sales was well maintained during the past week. The lowest number of sales yet recorded for any full
week since the prohibition law went
into effect are reported for the past
week from the drug stores in the
county outside of Cadillac. Some
change m the situation -in the city
last Week, however, caused an in-,
crease of 73 sales here as compared
with the Week before. The sales reported from the drag stores are: Van-
Vranken, 10; Rouse, 15; Webber 20;
Davis, 27; Roussin, 60; in all for the
city, 132. Outside the city: Oonn-
ine, Wexford3; Goldsmith, Sherman,
4; Purdy, Wexford 3; Wexford,' 6;
Barry, Harriefcta, 7; Johnson, Buckley, 37: Bostick, Manton, 38,* Roden-
baugh, Manton, 46; Stiekley, Mesick,
46; in all for the county outside Cadillac, 190, Total numbeVof liquor
sales in the1 city and county last
Week were 322. The-largest number
of sales reported for any single week
were 468, which Were made "during
the ffisfst full week of the law's oper*
Won.—Cadillac "N*ews and Express*.
A farm without a good woodlot is
incomplete. In general not less than
one-eighth of. the total acreage of
each farm should bedevoted exclusively to timber growing. If properly
managed the woodlot will supply the
farmer with posts, fuel, building
material, and some timber for market.
Every farmstead should be provided with protection from winds. For
the live-stock grower, shielding the
barnyard and feedlots will economise
the "grain necessary to fatten animals, since less food will be required
to maintain the.body warmth of the
stock in winter. In summer a small
part fenced off from the woodlot will
afford cool shade to fattening animals, which lose flesh in very hot
Weather. A belt of forest trees will
greatly reduce tile danger of late
frosts to the fruit blossoms of an
orchard.
The woodlot should occupy this
waste land not suitable for farm crops.
Steep hillsides, ravines, ^ swamps,
sand dunes, oreek banks, rocky slopes, and corners cut off by ditches,
creeks, or railroads will sustain a
good growth of timber and become
an important source of revenue. Forest growth on steep slopes and river
banks protects them from erosion by
heavy rains and freshets. On a farm
Without waste land the woodlot should
be so located as to afford the best
protection. Strips at least 5 , rods
wide should be maintained along the
windward side, usually the north and
West, and in addition there should be
a shelter belt around the house and
farm buildings. Such timber tracks
add materially to the attractiveness
and sale value of the farm.
Conductor Chas.N. Hirt Killed
at Owosso Saturday.
In the prime of manhood, Charles
N„ son of Alderman and Mrs. Thoa.
B, Hirt, was struck down in Owosso
Saturday morning, and though conscious to the last, oxpired within an
hour. News of tbe sad accident
reaching Olar-5 shortly after, came as
a shook to the young man's many
friends, and it was indeed a hard
blow to the father and mother who
receiving the message while on the
train south arrived at Owosso only a
few hours after their son's death.
The accident occurred in the Ann
Arbor railroad  yards.    Paoingt forward the young man stepped from the
front end of a moving engine on the
side track over onto the  main track
only to be struck by a freight car being backed up by a switch engine going
in the Same direction but faster than
his engine, and quick as a flash  the
fatal accident was  wrought.,    Comrades in toil rushed to the soene  and
bore the young  man, injured  about
the body, one leg and  one  arm,   to
Dr. Crumm's office  and  everything
possible, was done to  ease the   last
struggle.   Conscious and brave to the
last he passed out into the great  Unknown.
The body was brought to Olare Saturday night.   The funeral  was  held
from the home Tuesday,  Dr.   O.  F.
Shaw preaching the  sermon,    and
many sorrowing ones,  including  a
large delegation of fellow Ann Arbor
employes six of whom acted  as pall
bearers, followed the bier to Oherry
Grove,   A wealth of flowers seldom
equaled in this locality attested both
sympathy and kindly regard, including offerings from tbe orders—Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,   Order
of Railroad Conductors,   Ann Arbor
dispatchers  of Owosso, Clare   city
officials and a number of local fraternal organizations.   The presence  of
a*ie younffdady at the funeral  suggests the sadness of a romance never
to be consummated.     On  the  sixth
day  of August,   his   twenty-eighth
birthday, Miss Iva Fiske  of Durand
was to become his wife.
4Dbas. N. Hirt was born in  Genesse
county.   Eighteen years ago he came
with his   parents  to  Clare,      For
eleven years* he was an  employe  of
the Ann Arbor railroad and had been
advanced to the position of freight
conductor.   Genial and kind, he was
a general favorite  among  his  associates in railroading as well as among
his old schoolmates   and  friends  in
the city.   The eldest of the family
and the pride ofthe home, his demise
is unspeakable sorrow to the parents
"and two surviving sisters, Mrs. O. C.
Harris and Mrs. Atherton Rogers.
Those present at the funeral from
a distance, the first six acting as pall
bearers, were: W. B. Smith and J.
Fitzpatrick of Mt. Pleasant, Frank
Oarr, Pat Hughes, Geo. Coe, "Wm.
McGuire, Frank Sahs, J. Oavanaugh,
A. Church, Ohas. Coffee, R. Sullivan,
D. Carey, Frank Kerwin, Frank Mitchell, Frank Holmes, W. Blondon,
Jas. Goodell, J. Campbell, Mrs. Wm.
McGuire, all of Owosso; C. Sproul of
Frankfort; Judd Smith, Mr. and Mrs.*
John Hess, Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs,
Mrs. W. B. Smith and Mrs. J. F.
Fitzpatrick of Mt. Pleasant; Wm.
Thompson of Rosebush; Mrs. I. Johnson of Flint, sister of Mrs. Hirt; Geo.
Hudson of Flushing; Ohas. Hudson
of Duifield, Samuel Hudson of'Gaines,
brothers of-Mrs. Hirt; Mrs. T. Gale
of Cadillac.
are. jjopoty fioop1-Moans.-
Grant township has completed all
the preliminaries "ror building mile
number two of state road within her
confines. This mile isto be built on
the Dover road. County surveyor
Johnson made the survey and profile
has been accepted by state highway
commissioner. The cost to the township will be materially less than the
mile built north from Oi&s'e last
year..
Is your home- your furniture insured? Get our rates, Welch &
Bennett. 29t£.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
The Central State Savings Bank is*,
a new Shepherd institution? «
Mt. Pleasant high school loses out
on the base ball championship with
Saginaw and Bay City, the deciding
game going to Bay City 6 to 10.
The new constitution is due for an
old fashioned hauling over the coals
at the Pomona Grange at Brinton
next Wednesday. • .
The Central Normal opens 'June  29-"
for  its  six weeks   sjimmer   term.
There are 44 instructors engaged and
a biggest attendance yet is expected.
Mt. Pleasant has passed an ordinance to prevent spit*b»g on hor side-,
walks. The fin© to be imposed for
violation of this ordinance is S10, *
Issabella candidates are a bit shy
on announcement of their candidacy,
but they are hustlers on th'e still hunt,
Ex-prosecutor Dusenburyis the latest-
annouced candidate—for representative.
" The senior class of the high school
gave the junior class *a reception at
the Pythian hall Wednesday night.
With serenading and other fond boyish pranks, there were several beds-
that did not need re-making Thursday
morning.—Mt. Pleasant Enterprise.
If the officers of the peace at the
village of Shepherd were as diligent
as they ought to be the conditions that are said to exist there when
the gang from Gratiot county are indulging in the excesses possible in>
tbe irrigated belt, there would soon
pe a stop to**the vulgarity and indecency that is sometimes witnessed
there on a Saturday night. A license
to dispense liquors does not carry
with it a license for common insults
to children and women who are by
eircumstances forced to*"*come in its*
way, nor the right to impose upon
those gentlemen who are in business-
in other lines of trade.—Times.
The Sunday"*exeursions seem"[to?be'
about the^righb thing for those thirsty individuals in some of the local
option counties, according to the reports. TheAnnAibor railroad has
accordingly added a detective to the
train force and last Sunday two men?
were arrested accused of surrepti-
tously dispensing" booze, and they
were unloaded at Owosso. The Ann^
Arbor officials are determined to put
a stop to the wholesale drinking
which has become a prominent feature of these excursions. The spectacle of a number of men engaged in
emptying their flasks in the presence
of other occupants of the car—ladies
and all—is ^by no means an extraordinary one, and if the excursions
-are patronized at all. such business
must be eut put.—Shepherd Republican.
**->•
actors
The job of erecting a tool shed and
providing all material therefore will
be let to the lowest responsible bidder
at the Grant town hall, at ten a. m,
June 19, 1908. Plans and specifications may be seen* at the clerk's office.
v The job of building a mile of state
reward road according to plans and
specifications of state highway commissioner will be let at the Tobacco
river bridge northeast of Clare at two
p. m. June 19. Profile and specifications may be seen at the clerk's office.
.-.■.,, D. E. Slater,
Grant township clerk.
Dated June 10.1008.    f- .
At the Congregational parsonage
Saturday afternoon, Dr. 0. F. ShafW
officiating, were united in marriage
Miss Winnie, daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Merrill of Sheridan, and
Mr, Julius Hunt of HattOn. The
young couple will take up their residence on the Johnson ranch in
flatten. The Sentinel offers congratulations. /'■   s
Five Weeks Poor Expense;
The following is a statement of"
money paid out for five Weeks prior
to June 6, as furnished us by secretary Harper for maintenance of paupers at poor farm and for temporary
relief to poor non-resident at poot
farm: f ,    ^
POOR PABM ACCOUNT.
Paid keeper, board <Sll6.lO-
clothing 1.7S
medicine S.OO
washing and mending   10.00
care of Peter Athey
care of John Penny
PAID TEMPORARY RELIEF,.
food
fuel
medicine and attendance./
funeral expenses
miscellaneous
it
it
:"^>
18.50
1.25'
S24.9S
1,56
57.50
20.09
2.00/
Slafi Fiir PriiiM List;
We have received a copy of the 1908*
Premium List fOr the Michigan State
Fair.  There is a nofdcable increase
in the premiums on live stock and
fruits, and the racing in the program
has been increased nearly 25$.   Ife
contains a fund of valuable /information for those interested in the eom-
ingstafcp fair, which promises to be
the very'besteVer held by the Society ►
Any of our readers Will be Sent a>i
copy free, postage pafd, if they will/
send a postal card to I. H. Butter-
field, Seqretary, 919 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich.
Prompt WsmL
FrankA,i*v"ernOr, adjuster for the
Queen Insurance Co. of America was
intown Menday.and paid Thos.Pres*
ley in full for the loss on his biiild|flg_
Ott Fourth street which burned early
last Wednesday morning.