1908-10-02; Clare Sentinel

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Liability Under Law for Formes.
ind Gross Neglect in Latter
Injurious to Public
Morality.*: "
Last" week Detective Ash of the
Ann Arbor railroad caught two professional hob'os jumping trains in
Olare' he brought them before Judge
Maynard who sentenced them to ten
days in the county jail.
Train jumping in Olarej especially
on the Harrison branoh evening train
by many oi our boys, has long beeh a
notorious, fact. But the law is plain.
Here it is:
The people of the state of Michigan enact, That no person shall
jump or step on board of any railroad train, locomotive or car
»When in motion, except employes ,
and passengers at railway stations; and any person who shall
Offend against any of the provis- ,
ions of this section, sbalj he pun-
, iBhed by a fine of not exceeding
ten dollars with costs of suit, and
in default of the payment of such
fine, shall be imprisoned in the
county jail for a term ot not exceeding 30 days.
There is. another phase of Olare
life wherei'i there is woeful neglect.
Girls as well as boys are allowed to
run at large too much evenings. Did
parents only know some of the facts
they would be shocked beyond measure. The immoral influences from
this cause are most deplorable.
There is need for tightening up along
all the ~ lines. Officials are heard to
remark on the necessities of the case.
Some of the things known to be facts
are disgraceful. The danger is not
only in the ruination of fair names
but the general immoral influences
that would insiduously lead astray
the innocent.
Olare is not alone in tbis dangerous
tendency. Here ig what the Mt.
Pleasant Enterprise of last week had
to say on this subject and the editor
of that paper is Isabella county's
county agent:
The officers of Mt. Pleasant,
from circuit judge down to constable have about reached the
limit of their patience and endurance" with parents who habitually
'permit their boys and girls to run
the streets and to questionable
places without restraint, and
there will he a reckoning one of
these days not far away when the
following law will be put to its
severest test and sohie parents
•who, are thus delinquent in regard
to their children will be punished
as the law requires.
An act to provide for the punishment  of persons  responsible
for or contributing to the delin- •
quency of children.
The People of the state of Michigan enact:
Section 1—In all cases where
any child shall be a delinquent
ohild, or a juvenile delinquent
person as defined by the statutes
of this state, the parent or parents, legal guardign or person
having the custody of such child,
or any other person, responsible
for or by any act encouraging,
causing or contributing to the.de-
linquency of such child shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction, thereof
shall he punished by a fine not ex-
' ceeding the sum of one hundred
dollars Or imprisonment in the
county jail for a period not exceeding ninety days or both such
fine and imprisonment: Provided
that the court may, in its discretion, suspend sentence upon any
person found guilty under this
act upon conditions which may be
imposed by the court at the time
of the Suspension of such sentence.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved June 28, 1907.
"An appaling amount of juvenile
delinquency prevails in this city
Which is the result of parent's neglect
and carelessness and the officers say
they are prepared to enforce the law
to the letter.
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COUNTY. POMONA.
Strong Tribute Paid to Rev. G,
"W*. Maxwell as.He Leaves
Clare for Beiding>
A farewell reception was tendered
Rev. and Mrs, G. W, Maxwell and
family at the Ml E. church and parlors Wednesday evening as they go
to their new field at Belding, Rev,
J. E. McDonald spoke on behalf of
the pastors of the city, P. A. Bennett
for the churoh membership and G'.t
W, Perry for the business men. AH
in all it was a most remarkable tribute, ascribing to«Mr, Maxwell's life
as a man during the nine years in
Olare county, five at   Harwell and
Meet at Rosebush /next Tuesday
for Election of Delegates*
The annual meeting of Isabella
Grangers at Roaebuih next Tuesday
promises more than usual interest.
Delegates to the State Grange are to
be selected and a final discussion, so'
far as the Pomona is concerned is also on the program. A number of
prominent Grangers are strongly opposed to adopting the new constitution. B. B. Stevens of Coldwater
will probably forcibly express th'e
reasons .for such opposition. This,
is the evening subject and the public
is invited to hear this', discussion.
Here are the principal topics' of the
program: . *
At the morning session reports are
in order: ' .
For the afternoon session these are
the subjects:
Revision of Grange work in Isabella
county.
Should the people of Michigan petition pur "National Congress for the
following:
1. Postal Savings Banks.
2. Rural parcel delivery,
3. Government control of telephones, i
4. National aid for rural roads.
At the evening session fche hew constitution is to be tbe principal theme,
A miscellaneous program will also fill
in the evening.
four in Olare and only five miles a-
part, a powerful influence for moral
uplift. His strength of manhood and
worthy.life has done raoBfc to make
effective his courageous teachings in
the pulpit. Mr. MaxweM made fitting
response. There was a large atfcen;
dance.
Mr. Maxwell goes from Olare leaving a host of friends. Intensely in
earnest, strong in friendship, always
free-to tbrowhis whole soul into the
Cause of right, he has been a powerful factor in Olare. The church
membership of Clare and Herriek
has very nearly doubled during the
four years. He goes to the new field
with a large measure of good will
from many co-workers.
WOUND PBOVES FATA
LewM Smith  Expire*!  Sunday;
From, Self Inflicted Wound
on Throat.
As noted in last week's paper, Lew^'
is Smith of Arthur township, cat his
throat with a razor in a fit of tempi1*
rary insanity.   He" died Sunday afternoon at his home.
Deceased was 36 years of age and
leaves a wife and a son" and daughter.
As a father and husband he was well
nigh an ideal an'd as a hard working,
intelligent man he was known by his
neighbors and acquaintances, bat illness prevented his ■Working, and the
constant thought of his family wore"
on his mind until be became demented.
The funeral was conducted from
fche Brown church Tuesday at 11 a.'
"to,, Rev. Mr. Switzer conducting the
services and the remains interred in
Oherry Grove cemetery. The young
wife and children have the sympathy
of the entire community.
APPENI1S.
H. W, Pierce Is D'
Word was received here this week
that H. W. Pierce died Tuesday,
September 22d, at Port Rowan, Ontario, bladder difficulty beingthecause
of his death.
Deceased was born in Norfolk county, Ontario, October 9, 1845, and was
63 years old. He came to Olare in
1880 and establishing himself here as
a builder and contractor, returned to
Canada the following year and married Miss Lodaska J. Franklin of Norfolk county. They came to Olare at
once and with the exception of the
past year or more have continuously
resided here. During these years
Mr. Pierce did much to build up the
town. Not afraid of the little towns
future, he would buy a lot, build
thereon, and then sell out and start
oyer again. Thus he bas owned a
number of Glare's residences and
places of business.
Besides his wife, who is in very
poor health, he leaves four sons, Guy,
Harry, Thomas and Franklin, and
seven brothers and one sister.
Mrs. John Woodward, a sister of
Mrs. Pierce, has not yet received the
particulars of the funeral so we are
unable to say where he was laid -at
rest, but probably at his boyhood
home near where he died.
Thus the old settlers are falling a-
way as Olare evolves from the scenes
of lumbering and fche earlier experiences of privation and hardship.
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E. Switzer Draining It by Tile to
Tobacco River.
Mud Lake just east of town has
been materially lowered and according to present plans will no more be
the haunt ot joyous skaters. It is
now* drained by tile to the Tobacco
"river and it is expected to lower the
water four or five feet. This will
make available several acres of good
land around the edge of the lake
proper and in the course of time
proba bly wiil produce still other
changes where a thin sheet of water
hm heretofore covered the sea of
mud beneath.
The wiping out of this muddy hole
wiil in due time doubtless clear up
and clean up an unsightly area of
land that is regarded as specially a-
vailable for garden purposes.
It
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The Farwell Sun of Sept. 24 is
authority for the statement that Far-
well is to install a union telephone,
The Michigan Telephone Oo. already
has an exchange but dissatisfaction
is expressed at the way it is conducted. Both exchanges will doubtless
remain as at Olare and almost every
town in the state.
uover suuay -senooi ffepe
Number of scholars in attendance
the third quarter, 35, Names of
scholars not absent this quarter,
Sarah McOreary, Olive Acre, Ted
McOreary.
Names of scholars   missing only
One Sunday,   Floyd   Kelso, Frank
J Kelso, John Acre, Josephine Allen,
Iva Kelso, Catherine Acre,
Mrs;-Geo, McOreary, Secy,
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County ^
The county seat is overhauling its
fire alarm.
Rosebush has a newspaper now,
printed at home too.
Shepherd Catholics propose to construct a $4000 church, work thereon
to begin this fall,
Central Normal opened for the
school year on Tuesday with good
prospects of this being its biggest
year.
, The injured men of the recent railroad wreck near Mt. Pleasant are recovering nicely. Fireman Shorter
has been at St. Mary's hospital Cadillac.
H. A. Graham who was defeated for
nomination on the republican ticket
forrepresentative is now superintendent of schools in the Pdwers-Spauld -
ing schools.
Owing to legal defects of the previous election Shepherd will vote a-
gain October 12 on a 820,000 bonding
proposition for water works and
electric lights.
The campaign is quiet in the county but candidates are doing some
"still hunting." "Get out those 800
republicans who stayed afc home two
years ago" is the cry heard frequently.
John Northon of Vernon allows his
name to appear on the democrat
county ticket for judge of probate.
John is an all around good fellow, on
the independent order politically, has
made a success at farming and home
making, but it is yet to be shown that
he can get more votes than judge
Maxwell.
Shepherd voted to erect water
works and electric light plant, let
the contract for doing the work: of
installing the plant and npw. find that
the proceedings are aHittle faulty.
Oct. 12, is the date- set for a new^elee-
tion. The matter will doubtless re-
carry. ",*
Mt. Pleasant is hot on the trail of
juvenile delinquency due to parental
neglect and proposes to enforce an
ordinance enacted in 1907 covering
the matter which prescribes $100 fine
or 90 days in jail for conviction.
This is all in the interest of public
morality and decency. Other towns
need to do likewise.
Isabella was well represented at the
republican state convention at Detroit Tuesday. The cdunty vote was
cast in the main with forces in sympathy wifch Gov. Warner. For land
commissioner out of neighborly courtesy the vote went to Savage of Saginaw despite the fact that at the outset his defeat was inevitable.
Sitting upright 6n a pile of rubbish,
with a bullet hole in the temple, the
body of Wm. H. Munh, stock clerkat
the Detroit Club, was found in an alley in Detroit Tuesday morning. Ha
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Park
Munn "of Chippewa, and had been in
Detroit about two years. No motive
for his murder has been discovered,
and a robbery theory is given iitfclf
credence. Detectives arc wbrkiijg
on thb case. His brother, Floyd, is
employed at the Cadillac hotel, Detroit, as checking clerki—lShepherd
Republican, ->
- THB LATB HENRY ORT
i%i whose demise, .as narrated last
week, Olare has lost one of ber earlier successful businessmen.* Stores
were closed in Olare during the funeral last Friday and fitting respect
was shown this one of the city's pioneers.    '
CONTROL.
CURE GO. GiRGUIT COURT.
Most of the Cases Put Over to
December Term.
and
EEV. QUINTON WALKER.
forho comes to the Olare-Herrick
charge of the M, E. church. He is in
the prime of manhood, a graduate of
Albion college,- has just served fotar
years at Lawrence, He will begin his
duties here on Sunday. First impressions suggest him as an admirable
complement to his predecesor, Rev.
G. W. Maxwell.
GLARE GOUNYT
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
Arrangemenls af& Complete for
One of the Best Institutes the
County Has Ever Had.
Clare county is indeed fortunate in
securing tbe services of Hon. H. R.
Pat-tengill of Lansing as conductor,
and Prof, I. A, Beddow of the Mt.
Pleasant Normal as instructor in the
Inspiration Institute to be held at the
high sohool room, Olare, next week
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Programs are now out, and arrangements are complete for a most inspiring time. No teacher who has any
claim to the profession will teach on
these three days, but will be here at
the firing of the first gun and will remain throughout, If there is a farmer who is inclined to think the teachers should not be paid for these days,
he is, holding a copper so near the
eye that fche dollar jusfc beyond is obstructed from his view. Teachers'
institutes are to teachers what farmers institutes are to farmers, and the
knowledge and inspiration gained at
these meetings put into effect will
compensate ten fold for the cost of it.
At the M. E. church Wednesday*
Ovening-at eight o'clock Mr. Patten-
gill will give hits popular lecture
"The Yankee's Oreed," and it is to be
hoped that many parents and sohool
board members will come in and
hear this. Thursday evening at eight
o'clock also Prof. J. S. Kennedy of
Saginaw willgive his illustrated lecture, "Our School Experiment in
Porto Rico," both of which are free
to all. Mr. Kennedy was on the
island several months as oneof Uncle
Sam's teachers and has the matter
first handed. His views are original
and secured by himself while on the
island. See program on another page
in this issue.
| Respectfully yours,
E. G. WELCH, Com'r.
Clare, Mich., Sept. 30, 1908,
G. E. Golwitzer won the 1908 trophy
offered   by   the   Glare   Gun Olub.
Tuesday was the last day ofthe shoot'
and the hardware man feels pretty;
good over the result.    The trophy J
consisted of a piece of art in the form
of a picture! of a dogs,
Garfield Supervisor Case Argued
Now up to Judge Dodds, *
Several divorce and other chancery
cases were, argued before Judge
Dodds at Harrison this week but
most of them were put over td the
December term. ""
Two interesting cases were on the
calendar, one Carrie L. Stroupe alleged mental incompetency, involving the much talked of guardianship
question for her children on the
ground that she is joining tbe Benjamin and Mary colony at Benton
Harbor, and Burt S. Alley vs. Thos.
Maltby, the Garfield township super-
uisor case. %  t        '
In the Stroupe matter O. A. Reading appeared for the defendant and
John Quinn and Geo, J. Gummins for^
the petitioner. A motion was argued
to dismiss the appeal from the judge
of probate's decision. Judge Dodds
sustained the defendant, dismissed
jbhe motion made by the petitioner's
attorneys and the ea'se will be tried
at the December term of court.
In the Garfield case Fred Trumball
of Evart and A. J. Lacy appeared for
B. S. Alley and John Quinn and G.
J. Cummins for Supervisor Maltby.
After considerable argument an a-
greement as to material facts was
reached by the attorneys and the law
as applicable in the case is left to
Judge Dodds to decide. His decision
is expeoted before tbe meeting of the
board of supervisor's October 12.
Republicans Nominated a Strong
• "State Ticket Tuesday.
Republicans from this part of the
staj;e were we"5 represented at fche
state convention at Detroit Tuesday
and for the most part the delegations
voted according to the vote of the re- •
cent; primary giving the Warner
forces complete control and virtually
voting down and out the Bill-Atwood
forces. Every county seemed to have
present many more than the delegates.
From Clare county there were present delegates W«. M. Temple, E. H.
DeVogt and Ralph Spring, also A. J.
Doherty, G. J. Cummins and,. Philip
A. Bennett, Mr. Doherty was selected by fche three present to be tbe
fourth delegate in place of T. S, Dor-
sey who was unable to attend. ,
A remarkably strong ticket was
chosen, which with the selections at
the primary makes the entire state
ticket as follows:        v*
For Governor—
Fred M. Warner of Oakland.
For Lieutenant Governor—
Patrick H,;Kelley of Ingham.
For Secretary of State-
Fred O. Martindale of Wayne.
For State Treasurelt-
Alex. B. Sleeper of Lexington,
For Attorney General-
John E. Bird of Lenawee.
For Auditor General—
Oramel B, Fuller of Menominee, •
For State Land Commissioner—
Huntley Russell of Kent.
For Superintendent Public Instruction-
Luther L. Wright of Gogebic.
For State Board Education—
Wm. J. McEane of Calhoun.
For Justice Supreme Court—
Flavins L. Brooke of Wayne.
The feature of the convention was
the strong speech of Gov. Hughes of
New York, "who in a logical address-
demonstrated the need of continuing-
along the lines already marked out
by the"""Roosevelt administration for
the solution of present day problems
rather than to accept the visionary,
impractical declarations of Bryan.
Ed. Reakes of Vernon showed ns
samples of a variety of corn known as
eighfc rowed yellow this week and fine
specimens they are. The ears are
very long and the yield this year will
run 100 baskets to the acre.
roposed Amendment,
An. amendment to the constitution;
is to be submitted to vthe qualified
electors on the third day of November,,
1908.
The following statement sets forth
the purport, nature and effect of the
proposed amendment.
Section 10 of Article 14 of the constitution, as it; now reads, refers only
to the assessment of the property of
corporations. The object of the proposed amendment is to authorize the^
assessment of not only the property
of Corporations, but also the property
of partnerships, associations, and individuals engaged in the business Of
transporting passengers and freight,
transporting property by express,
operating any union station or depot,
transmitting messages by telephone
or telegraph, loaning cars, operating
refrigerator cars, fast freight lines,
or other car lines, or operating or
running cars in any manner npon
railroads, or engaged in any other
similar business*
The amendment, if adopted, places
all corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals, engaged in *
a public service business above mentioned upon the same basis as to the
assessment of their property by thau
I State Board of Assessors.
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