1908-03-20; Clare Sentinel

              JSateblished 1878.
Official Papor of th® City,
GLAKE,   B£IGHXQAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, -MARCH 20, 1908.
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The Sentinel desires that the actual facts concerning the Olare county
poor farm matter shall be fully understood by the voters of the county.
Two issues remain before the April election. We shall be glad to publish
fnlfcbur communications on the question in tbe order of their receipt, not
to exceed three columns in each issue. As previously stated all letters
must be accompanied by the real signature, Anonymous communications
or those signed by some pen name like "Taxpayer", etc, will be consigned
to tbe "waste paper basket. Let every citizen ascertain the facts for himself
and then vote according to his best judgment.
COSTS HIM A YEAR'S TIM
ACCEPT PROPOSAL ASTItfAfc SOLUTION
Editors Sentinel.-Replying to Mr.
Gatson's letter in, Sentinel. ' He
thinks the proper thing to do is to
buy an improved farm.
"What do you -want, a big farm for,
Io keep the paupers at work?   I think
one acre of ground will furnish all
'the work that Olare county paupers
can do for a good many years yet.
If you want to make money out of
tbe county's investment   invest   in
any other enterprise than fanning,
I don't know of any big farm in Olare
. county that is making any money for
ts owner.
Now my friends, a good many of
you remember the first poor farm
in Glare county located near Olar*.
It never grew a thing as long as the
county owned it. To-day it is producing good crops. But tbe board of
supervisors said it was not in tbe
right location. They gave it away
and bought a piece of land at Harrison. The county farmed that for
years and made a failure of it. The
location of the new farm*is all right.
Now go on and build a good county
bouse, one that will do for the next
fifty years. Here a good man to take
care of and board the inmates. Fix
up a small piece of ground for the
old men to exercise witb a hoe and
garden rake. Let the superintendents buy ail supplies at wholesale,
board your inmates on the same plan
THE COMMITTBB'S STATEMENT,  '
To the electors of Glare couhty:
We, your committee on county
farm improvement, feel that the
question of county farm and buildings are not being presented to. tbe
people in a manner that they will understand the same in a fair and impartial manner, so we thought it our
duty to try and lay this matter before
tbe people that every elector may understand thoroughly the position that
is confronting them at tbis election.
First, the matter of ''what" farm,
"how large", and "where located",
is elimifced from their consideratioa,
Under instructions from the board of
supervisors we have sold the old farm
to Tbos, Ooit a*nd have deeded same
to him for the sum of S1400, which
has been paid into the county treasury. We have also bought and paid
for the Sheldon farm of 80 acres, one
mile south of Harrison, for the sum
of S1200, so you will see that the matter of location is entirely done away
witb. Now; the only question we
can see that the voter can consider
is, do they want a good, modern
building that will meet all the requirements for the next twenty
years? and have a set of buildings
that you can point to with'pride, dr
build such buildings as you have had
heretofore and which in the same
period of time would cost as much
for additions and repairs, and would
not be of much more value than   our
as our state institutions do and you,
...J.  J™,.   .   „     „i   „a n- i™„,->,,r"PreseIlti structure,   and  which  your
will find this is far ahead of buying f_ ^ , __, ^ _' J
and running a big farm with all its
Now
complicated affairs to manage.
So I say vote as tbe Board of Supervisors have asked you to do.   Vote
YES on the poor farm proposition.
Joseph Hudson.
Dated, Olare, March 17. 1908.
PRIMARY ELECTION, ALSO POOR FARM.
Messrs. Welch & Bennett,
Glare, Mich.
In your last issue I saw an article
touching on petitions that were circulated for the purpose of giving the
people a chance to vote for or against
the primary measure.
Will say that I circulated one of
those petitions and was with tbe rest
termed a lobbyist. I do not see why
this term should be applied. I did
not have to do anything of the kind
as I found the most of our good, well
thinking republican voters wanting a
.chance to sign it, and those who did
not think it all right said that if their
neighbor wanted a chance to vote for
it they did not wish to stand in his
way^BB the law gives him that right,
Found only three or four that were
against giving that privilege.
I was not over eight hours getting
my forty signers. Think I would
have bad more of a job lobbying my
list down to four than getting the
forty as I bad one-third or better
that took the petition from my hand
and signed it without a word for or
against from me,
I, too, detest a lobbyist, but-do "not.
think it lobbying when in the interest
of the people, and giving them a
chance to assert their rights.
I am in line With Mr. Oarson in
your last issue" on county poor farm
proposition.
This 811,000 as proposed and the
S1200 now paid for the eighty acres in
Hayes township is, I think, a rash
piece of financeiering as this would
tnake the poor farm cost S150 per
acre and still wild and unstamped.
Tbe interest on this amount .would
nearly if not entirely care for our
poor until such time as a good farm
such as was talked of could be bought
or a more economical measure could
be put in force. If the tax-payerB of
the eounty had done such high
financiering we woul.d need a much
larger farm than this to care for our
poor some time in the future.
I have talked with a godd many
tax-payers*and they say vote it out of
existence.   So do I,       D, W. Rowe.
Farwell, March
present board bas condemned
as to cost you will find what is included in our estimate of S11,000;
first is tbe main building, which was
estimated to cost S7,000; the beating
plant, plumbing and closets for same,
S2.000; basement barn, well, stumping 20 acres and new fencing for
farm, $2,000, making a total of 811,000
of which we have $5,000 on hand that
can be utilized for said purpose. All
we ask the taxpayer for is $6,000, to
be paid in two installments of 83,000
each per year, so that we don't think
it will be much of a burden on the
taxpayers of the county.
How many of you realize that we
have raised $5,000 extra for county
farm purposes, until it was brought
to your attention in this building
matter? Tbis amount is now in the
bands of the county treasurer and
has been paid by vou this year.
Tbe sole purpose of the committee
has been to carry out the orders of
the board, and this communication
is submitted for tbe purpose of enlightening the voters upon the question.   We remain
Your obedient servants,
Arthur E. Doty,
John A.Jackson,
Wm. W- Harper,
Co. Farm Improvement Committee.
GOOD THING FOR, STUMP  LANDS.
Publishers Sentinel:—Tbe proposition of voting the money for poor
farm improvements is now up to the
people; atthe October, 1607, session
of the board of ^supervisors it concluded to purchase a new farm, and
appointed a committee to look up
and report- on a suitable site, and
also included in its budget $5,000 to
be used in that direction, which
amount was spread, collected and is
now in the county treasury.
Later, when the board met to consider tbe report of its said committee,
which reported in favor of purchasing the Speer farm in Redding town-
Ship, the proposition was turned
down, a majority of the board believing the location unsatisfactory,
and the farm, 320 acres, too large and
expensive for the needs of the county*.
It then settled On a smaller farm,
and purcbased the Sheldon 80 acres a
mile south of Harrison, on the Clare
road, for $1,200, which is now paid
for and belongs to the county; the
committee under instructions from
tbe board, sold tbe old farm for $1,400
to Keeper Ooit, and this has been
paid for: also, as I understand it.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Glare High School Alumnus Up
Against a Serious Proposit- '
ion.
Mi*. P, A, Bennett, Glare, Michigan,
Dear Mr. Bennett,—Some weeks
ago there appeared in The Sentinel a
disoussion relating to the question of
the Glare high school retaining- a
Btanding that, will enable its graduates to secure, at the various higher
institutions of learning in the state,
credit for work done during their
high school career,
I noted this discussion with much
interest, but as it did not concern me
personally at that-time, I passed the
matter without further thought.
Sincg then, however, developments
are such that show me to be a victim
of tbe lack of proper provision in
this matter; consequently, the quest-
ion is brought very forcibly to my
mind once more.
For some time I have been carefully considering the advisability of
pursuing a course at the Michigan
State Agricultural College, I felt
sure this would be sufficient to allow
nfe to enter College without the us-
uaLentrance examinations.' To ascertain just how I stood in this particular, I wrote the College a week
ago relative to the value of my diploma, and have just been informed
that the Olare high school is not on
their affiliated list; therefore, my
diploma will admit me only to the
five year course without the entrance
examinations. To enter the four
year course, it will be necessary for
me to pass an examinatton in 'Algebra, Geometry, Physics, etc., all of
which I covered in my high school
course. From this it would appear
that the work I did during that time
was wasted. In a way this is true,
though bo doubt benefits have ac-
cured to me that are not visible.
Owing to my graduation having
taken place seven years ago, the details of the required subjects are not
fresh in my mind, and I cannot hope
to pass-an examination in September
for the reason that I cannot devote
the proper amount of time to preparation and still continue my daily
work which, of course, it is necessary
for me to do.
I feel perfectly capable of carrying
PRIMARY ENROLLMEHT,
The, New   Direct   Nominations
Law Provides for This on
Same  Day as Regis-'
'tration.
All who desire to  have a part In
adopting or rejecting direct1' nominations for  their  party,  not yet en-*
rolled, should see to it that thev are
enrolled  on  Saturday,   April    4tb.
This is especially applicable to Olare
county republicans and   democrats
and Isabella republicans who by petition have secured the submission "pf
this question as applied to the nomination of cduuty officers at the Adril
election."
Two ways of securing party enrollment are provided for: . ■
1. On any dayibejfore April |th a
written application can be made and
signed in the person's own handwriting and presented in person to
any member of the board of enrollment, which is the same • as the
board of registration, supervisor
clerk and the justice whose term of
office soonest expires, or in a city
supervisor and two aldermen.
2. On enrollment day, April 4th,
application must be made in person
to tie board of enrollment tf not
otherwise provided for as above.
Enrollment once made the matter is
settled until such a time as the voter
may desire to change parties, so far
as his enrollment is concerned, or
law provides for new enrollmSnt or
some other change, that is, names
remain from year to year as they do
in case of registration.
Party em ollment is also provided
for on the Saturday preceding the
biennial primary on the first Tuesday of September of each even year.
To enroll in any paVty does not commit any person to everlasting support of the party with which he enrolls. In fact enrollment carries
the same obligation, no more, no
less, than is implied in participation
in a caucus of a party.
Sheridan Boad Oase$,
Judge Dodds has issued an order
to quash proceedings in the Sheridan
road cases. This re-establishes tbe
road west from Herrick's corners
and discontinues the new road across
Ootton brothers' land. Each, side is
to pay Its own costs. A. 3, Lacy for
the plaintiffs brought action, against
highway commissioner Albert Allen
0. W. Perry was attorney for the
township. Several hundred dollars
have been spent on the new road in
eluding $150 for rigllt of way.
Auction—Mile east and half  mile
fb Biff -Schools,
Examinations this week.
We would like a cross walk.
School
week.
will close Friday for ones
grade  are* cleaning:
The  seventh
house.
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Miss Irene Beagle visited the third*'
grade Tuesday,
There are eighteen in the geometry-
class, seventeen being juniors.
Frances Davis of the fourth grade-
north of Glare Thursday, March 26th is baokin 8chooI affcer along illness.
jpne p. m.—Leonard Fick.       18p
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nery
on tbe work of the four year course^
but as my high school workwas done
in a school that is not recognized, I
am denied the privilege of doing so.
To me the extra year required is of
vital importance "and will decide
whether or not I will pursue the
course I have been looking forward
to.
I sincerely hope that the future
graduates of tbe Olare high school
will not experience, as I have, humiliation of finding that their previous
preparation in the public school
counts for naught as far as higher
education is concerned, and to prevent this, I trust the necessary requirements for keeping the school up.
to tbe standard will be complied with.
Yours very truly,
A. M. Cornwell.
[The above letter from a member
of one of our high school graduating
classes before the school was placed
on the "University list is significant,
especially at this time when our
school was just barely squeezed onto
the list for but one year, and tbis on
the condition that our school board
carry out the suggestions of University authorities.—Editors.]
RepubllGaB Glty and Wart
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are!
Republicans of the city of Olare
will meet in caucus at city hall Monday evening March 30th at eight p.
m. standard time for tbe purpose of
nominating a city ticket and transacting such other business as may
properly come before the caucus.
Tbe republican ward caucuses for
the city of Olare will meet Monday
evening March 30th 8:30 p. m. standard time to nominate ward tickets,
elect delegates to the convention at
Harrison April 9th and. transact such
•other business as may properly come
before them. Tbe places of meeting
are as follows:
First Ward—Hose House.'
Second Ward—Reading's Law
Office,
Third Ward-City Hall.
The number of delegates to be
elected are First Ward 2, Second
Ward 5, Third Ward 4.
Frank Forbes,
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L. E. Bavy(
Committee.
Dan Van   Wagoner  Who   Beat
Clare Countyites out of Hundreds of Dollars at Los
Angeles.
Many of our readers will recall the
spicy story of one Dan VanWagoner
who several years ago coming to
Farwell made himself the prince
of good fellows, won the confidence
of a number of Olare and North Isabella citizens and in short order
started out with a colony via Chicago
to locate some lands in the west
where each man was soon to be rich
by virtue of homesteading a piece of
richly timbered land. They landed
safely at Ohicago. He had managed
to pocket a good chunk of each
man's coin and then got lost from
bis victims. In due time they returned home sadder but wiser men.
No wi comes the sequel to the ro-
matic.story. Mr. VanWagoner is
located at Los Angeles, Gal., conducting a land office This is the
information a Sentinel snberiber
there writes George Tiedeman in
West Grant witb the request that
the information be published.
Here's to the fellows wbo got bit,
not to get revenge on the rogue
merely, but to put such scoundrels
out of .business.
Here's to tbe health of the
orable gentleman, that some
may have it published in
Angeles paper.
I
fpening
Friday and Saturday,
March 27 and 28.
All tbe newest creations in Pattern and
Tailored Hats. Everyone cordially invited. No special invitations extended. Do
not forget the dates mentioned above.
MRS. G. W. FORWARD
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Close to 100 Grangers from various
points met "with Lakeview grange
Wednesday, At the evening session
160 were present.
"How to get the new constitution
before the people" was the principal
discussion in the afternoon. Discussion, study, debates, synopsis of new
constitution and finally lectures,
were all suggested.
.On the wool market the point was
made that local dealers don't grade
as to excellence as they should.
At the evening session state lee-,
turer Miss Jennie Buell and B. S.
Alley of Orooked Lake gave addresses. The Turbush brothers, violin
and mandolin, accompanied on the
organ by Mrs. B. B. Stevens, added
greatly to tbe evening's program,
Lakeview provided splendid enter-,
tainment. Chicken and other dishes
in keeping therewith all suggest anything but hard times. Bachelor supervisor Menerey oft Wise and big
Sellows are sure to turn their
thoughts to the land of good cooks
in southwest Vernon*
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Ladies of Glare and vicinity I will open the
spring season with fche most charming and finest
display of millinery ever brought to thiB city. A
bewildering variety' of the. newest patterns, colors
and styles.
My trimmer, Miss Laura Sewell, is again with
me this season, ever ready to please and accom.
modate my customers, and to give you the very
latest from the largest millinery houses in the,
country.   Everybody cordially invited to attend.
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First door south of Bicknell block.
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are better prepared this season than every before
to show our customers the most artistic touches in
milliney.
Tailor, Made Hats Our Specialty.
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