1909-09-10; Clare Sentinel

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0LAB3S,   MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY MORNINQ, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909.
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Yegetables, Seeoiad o& Fraif.
r»l IWEfiS MOST SPRAY.
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So she Lesson Taught by Examination ot
the Fruit   Exhibit.
"Qeapita tho bandioap of having
Olarf"? coanfcy'Q eshibit at the otate
tale lost and ohnt np in o bos car ot
Owoeso for nearly a week, the conn-
sy^jna first on grainoand vegetables
and $eoond on fruit with th© possibility of one or two special prizes.
Th© total cash prizeo aro not ao much
m previous years quite, for the raan-
on given above, and the exhibit will
probably cost the county quite a
penny, but is doubtless a good investment, fiver *inee the Sentinel
started a campaign through camera
and pen, beginning with a write ap
and cuts of tbe Brand farm in 1902,
which outs formed the basis of Olare
County's first state fair pamphlets,
the campaign to teach the state what
Olare county actually is» has been on
witb an illustrated pamphlet accompanying the county exhibit each year
at the state fair, and the lesson even
now is only partially taught as witnessed by visitors who come here for
the first time, But that progress is
on in appreciating land values is
shown in that Hayes township, until
recently in common parlance known
as almost worthless for agriculture,
now has every acre of her land on
the county tax roll.
An examination of the county's
fruit exhibit reveals the presence of
little scars and similar defects on
much of it duo to being "stung."
That is, our fruit trees need spraying
at the proper time. The presence of
blasted limbs almost everywhere in
orchards and gardens show the presence of blight. Fruit trees must be
sprayed and cared for according to
modern methods if our fruit is to be
maintained. The increasing need of
this will be apparent as the county
grows older, just as is the experience
of older portions of the state.
The exhibit this year is in charge
of Ex-Supervisor Jackson of Olare,
Supervisor Doty of Greenwood and
Ex-Snpervisor.Koss of Hatton assisted by Jas. B. Hamer of Winterfield
-who served several years as a member of the exhibit committee. This
committee is elected at the October
session of the board of supervisors.
OLAKB COX7NTY SP^DS WIS.
A message from Chairman Jackson
of the committee yesterday states
that Clare County wins first over the
whole state on an assortment of 20
varities of potatoes.
LANO DEVELOPMENT
supt. L. L. Wright
For the Glare County Teachers' Institute September
29,30 Gtrad October 1     y
ComffiillBBloos!? Welch announces
that ho has secured the appointment
of W, H. Fereio of Big Bapids as conductor of the annual teachers' institute to be held at the high school,
Olara, September 29, 30 and October
1. Th'e appointment means much,
especially for the younger teachers
who have not had an opportunity to
hear Mr. Ferris in institute work,
and much also to those who have
heard him, for as an educator
ranks amorig the best. As was our
last institute under the directioii of
H. R. Pattengfll a real inspiration, so
this will inspire our teachers to
higher and better ideals and fill them
with an enthusiasm that will be felt
all over the county and the boys and
girls will be greatly benefited by the
magnetic influence he exerts upon
all with whom he comes in contact.
Arrangements are also being made to
have Mr, Ferris give one of his popular lectures probably at tbe opera
bouse Thursday evening. Other announcements will follow after complete arrangements have been made.
Every teacher in the county should
at once inform the Commissioner in
which district she is teaching and address while teaching so tbat he may
send out programs and announcements without delay.
Miss Lois Wilson of Lansing, who
comes highly recommended by Supt,
Wright, has been appointed instructor.
Teachers* reading circle books will
be on sale at this time. Bring 82.20
even change. Those taking this
work and handing in manuscript as
was done last year will earn 60%
credit in reading and theory and art,
these credits also to apply on the
June and August examinations next
year.      E. G. Welch, Commissioner.
Big Ditch Project for Sheridan
and Wise Townships.
Piano for a big 4% mile ditch ia taking form, tho survey being already In
progress. Starting some distance
north of Loomis as Its headwaters it
is to go northeast to tho Wise Sheri-
LITTLE RED SGHOOLHOUSE,
Hown Consolidation is Bringing
City Advantages to Country
Children,
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Here and there in various States
tbe district schools have been consolidated, and gradually the idea of
concentrating money, and educative
dan. town line and proceed east 3% energy ia being put into   practise,
miles along the Clare-Isabella and
Gladwin-Midland county lines and
then south into Midland connty for
an outlet.   It will do much for north-
says Caroline Bartlett Orane in The
Designer tor October. It was Massachusetts that first triad the- union
school idea in 1874.    Other parts of
east Wise township, help, southeast' the country seemed in no hurry to
LIQUOR SALES D WISH
Sheridan and Beav#rton townships.jadopj; the "Massachusetts plan
and greatly affect northwest Warren, New York, for example, did not fall
township. The colored settlement into line until 1886, after she had the
ne I in the vicinity, especially in Midland amazing discovery that out of her
county is pushing the project. One. 11,000 school districts nearly 3,000
rich colored man who amassed a for-j bad less than six pupils each, and
tune in Ohio by draining similar; that two-thirds of ,tne districts had
land is leader for hie colored bretb-'less than twenty-one children apiece,
ern. The Colemau Independent has It is an interestingfaot thatthe public*
the following on the proposed big conveyance of school children is
ditch: , practised in greater New York today.
Wednesday was drain commission-     Just twenty years after the begin-
ers day in Ooleman,    There
present Drain  Commissioners
were ing in Massachusetts, the great idea
Her-' crept over the Alleganies and found
FIVE PROPOSALS DAILY.
Fortune's Smile Brings hornier
Clare Girl Many Suitors.
The judge's words, "Here's your
chance boys," when he drew Miss
Ella Maloney's name as a winner in
the Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, land
drawing have been taken literally
and she is now simply deluged with
proposals of marriage through the
mails. "I never thought men so
vain before," said sbe on opening a
bunch of these letters from would be
lovers. Meanwhile sbe goes about
life's problems just as before Fotune
smiled. She will probably select 160
acres of white pine as her claim but
has a number of months to make her
decision.
Many Clare friends are rejoiced
here good fortune as narated in
week's issue.
ELLA HAPPENINGS.
bert Shell, Gladwin; W. H. Cunningham, Clare; C« Johnson, Isabella and
A. W, Baldwin, Midland. They met
here and werit ont to inspect the proposed extention to the Howe drain
which will prove of great value to the
four counties by opening a large territory when properly drained that
Will make splendid farming land.
The commissioners came to an understanding and the surveying and
other work connected with the drain, with prophetic
root in Kingsville, Ohio, from which
initial point the movemenc spread
until there are now about one hundred
and eighty consolidated school^ in
the State,
It was not till 1909 that the centralized school movement again put5 on
its seven-league boots and strode on
to the Mississippi Valley, Indiana
has the leadership here, with many
splendid township high schools, and
emphasis  upon  the
will be started at once. The drain things which will keep country child-
starts at the outlet of tbe Howe drain 'ren loyal to country life. The latest
and extends west across section five available statistics [1906] give 9,424
of Warren, thence north on the Glad-' children transported in 561 vans, 301
win road,to the county line, thence consolidoted schools, at a cost per
west $% miles—one mile between, day for transportation of §1,034,04.
Midland and Gladwin counties and 'a movement is now on foot to secure
2X miles between Clare and  Isabella j logis'ation to compel tbe closure of
counties.
BILLION DOLLAR GRASS,.
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During ora administration in 1906,
quoth the Courier, we contracted
$8,000 floating indebtedness without
bonding. But now tbat it is not oiro
administration and that same "floating indebtness" is reduced to §5,000,
we ought to bond at once.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agfriculturat County.
Mike McGuire of Denver, Ellwood
Nichols of .Coleman and Thos. Garfield are boarding at Hotel Landon
for drunkeness.
Gov. Warner has appointed John S.
Weidman of the County Seat as a
member of the board Of control for
the state home for feeble minded at
Lapeer. .
More ditching for further development of the county is inevitable. A
big ditch is now being planned to
drain adjoining parts of Isabella,
Olare, Midland and Gladwin counties.
The old log residence on the farm
of E. A. Salisbury, north of town is
being torn down. This is one of the
ancient landmarks of Isabella county, and was erected many years ago.
—Shepherd Republican.
Mrs. Richard Fields, " aged 19,
daughter of the late Samuel McNeil,
died at the Gilmore home Tuesday
after a five weeks' illness from
typhoid fever. The funeral occurs
today with interment at the Gilmore
cemetery. Husband and mother
survive.
Martin G. Menerey, tbe county's
popular register of deeds, became a
Benedict at Saginaw September 4,
taking to Wife Miss Edna Myrtle
Ronton, They will' be at home at
Mt, Pleasant after Octobe4. Many
north county friends join in congratulations to the former Wise bachelor
supervisor.
Mt. Pleasant board of works and
oity council are at logger heads over
developing the city's water system.
How to expend the money in the
water fund lejthe question. The
board proposes to develop farther
the city's water supply. The council
in accord witb petition from citizens
desires to extend city mains.
Experiment on Kleman Ranch  a
Success, 8 3-4 Tons off Five
*-*   Acres.
An interesting experiment was
tried on the Kleman ranch seven
miles north of Olare in Hatton this
season, S. Milam who is in charge of
the ranch trying it out.
On five acres of very stumpy sandy
land billion grass seed was sown and
sown late too—in late May. The last
weekr in August 8% tons were cut
from the plat and Mr. Milam-regards
the experiment in every way a success.
s Commandment!
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A
Cba*3» Beemer Badly Injured a?
Cavalier* S. D# *
Ohsrles, the 23 year old son of
Arthur Beemer oi Sheridan, fell from
■& bridge, the construction gang of
-which he watJ a member, was building
across the Red river at Cavalier, S,
D. Thought to be fatally Injured he
w&a taken to the hospital ot Grafton and the latent information from
ftls® doctors to Mr. Beemer Is that
■white he io not ottfc of datag6rf M is
able to talk and ib on the gMfl.
LOOS POST OFFKI
John Burns Charged with Taking Money Therefrom.
John Burns, aged 20, was lodged in-
the Isabella connty jail last week
charged with, having taken a sum of
mousy from the" Loomis post office on
the afternoon of August 31. He Was
picked up at Saginaw at the instance
of Postmaster BurWash* Hio heaping
is'set for this we&k.
Is yonr home, your furniture M-
earsd?    Get ont? rates.    Welch &
First—Thou shall not do any trading away from thy home town.
Secondly—Tbou shalt patronize thy
home merchant, for thy home printer doth spread far and wide the story
of the good and the greatness of thine
place of habitation, and in mutual
trading shalt thee find the profit to
thy desire.
Thirdly—Thou shalt employ thy
home people, and they shall not be
driven from their homes to find bread
for their little ones.
Fourthly—Thou shalt not ask for
long credits, as goods cost much and
the merchant's brain is "burdened
with bills.
Fifthly—Thou shalt nor ask for reduced prices on thine ''influence,"
for guilt is in thine heart and .the
merchant readeth it like an open
book. He langheth thee to scorn
and shouteth to his clerks, "Ha! Ha!"
Sixthly—Thou shalt do whatever
lieth in thy .power to encourage and
promote the welfare of thine own
town and thine own people.
Seventhly—Thou shalt beware of
enticement, and if other cities coax
thee, consent thou not, for .thou
mayst be deceived.
Sightly—Thou shalt spend all thy
earnings at home, that they mayest
return from whence they came and
again give nourishment to thee and
those who came after thee.
Ninthly—Thou shalt not bear false
witness against the city wherein than
dwellest, but shall speak well of it to
all men.
Tenthly—Thott shalt keep . these
commandments and teach them to
thy children to the third and fourth
generations.
■■ liiifFair Sepi. 1547a
The county i$di Oecares at Harri-
eon next Week Thursday to Saturday.
The Indian band will furnish masie.
Races and exhibits and ball games
will All out the three days. Everyone should take a day's outing at the
connty fcfo
all schools with an attendance . of
fifteen or fewer, the trustees to be
eompelled'also to furnish. transportation of-all children to centralized
schools.
Schools consolidation is spreading
■even to the newer Western States
and as far to the Pacific Slope. It iB
to be found in more than a dozen
States of our Union, The South deserves particularly honorable mention. Notwithstanding tte| difficulties of small school appropriations
and the double systemmadenecessary
by the presence of whites and blacks
within the South are to be found some
pf the most interesting and successful examples of school centralization.
Has not enough been said to prove
tbat the. centralization of rural
schools has safely, passed the stage
of experiment, and that it is, indeed,
the molt significant education movement of the begining of this century?
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Clare County Druggists' Liquor
Sales Fail oif 75 to 90 per
Cent-New Law Operative Sept 1.
From the report of liquor sales
for Olare County as furnished by
Prosecuting Attorney Quinn for the
week ending September 4,1909, it appears that the new law restricting
the sale of intoxicants by druggists1
which went into effect last Wednesday is having marked effect. Below we give the report showing the
sales for the last two days before the
law because operative, and the first
four day3 under its working:
Aug. 30, 31      Sept.
Anderson, Clare,   83 8
Burston,E"arwell, 4 2
Dunlap, Ol&re,       43 3
Hughes, Harrison* 30 4
Mussell, Olare,      32 1
From the above figures it will be
seen that during the week under the
old law 142 sales were made in the
entire county, while for the last fotir
days under the new law only 21 sales
were recorded. Another interesting
comparsion is that one druggist reported 142 sales during the week
ending August 21, which is exactly
tbe total number of sales for last
week Monday and Tuesday, in
whole county. Liquor reports
tbe f ature will be watched with
creased interest,
FINANCES-CITY, COUNTY.
Important  Problems   Confront
City Dads   and   County
Fathers.
the
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Farwell.
the
Surveys for Good Roads.
In the interest.of good roads Sheridan has had survey made of the roads
between 16 and 21,16 and 17 and will
forthwith do "likewise between sections 21 and 27.
Along the Hatton-Arthur line, section 25 and 19 respectively survey
has also been made and in Hatton _a-
long X of 29 and also 28.    '
For some of these miles of road it
is expected to submit a proposition
at the next spring election to build a
mile of §500,state award road. For
others it is to comply with state law
for survey and profile of all roads to
be improved. County Suveyor
Johnson did tbe work.
Many practical farmers and some
supervisor's insist that the new road
law is in its fihalreqoirements a good
thing—that is, it is a good thing for
an older cummnnity after the roads
are well built.' But for a new township the old "path master" system is
muchpreferable.
leaner
is
At Nester hall Wednesday, September 16,1909.   Everybody come, briflu
your baskets.
and evening*
nent speakers,
be rendered,
served.
Dancing afternoon
Speaking by promi-
Good program will
Ice cream and cake
M Is Tfie Time.
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For a limited time we/ Offer The
Sentinel to alt" paying up any back
subscription and also a year in advance at the rate of Si s yea*. We
are working toward a strictly paid in
advance system and make this offer In
the interest of this system as being
better for both subscribepand publishes?. The Publishers.      4Stf
Boyd Spring to Alma Tuesday.
Fred  McGuire is   attending
Ferris institute.
Miss Grace Day visited friends at
Ovid the past week.
Frank Fisher wields the birch at
the Hardwood this year, •■'
The M. E. L. A. S. meet with Mrl,
L. Clark Friday p. m.
The Oong'l L. A. S. meet with Mrs.
J. Palmer on Friday p. m.    ,
Frank Graham ofMesick visited
Farwell friends the past week.
Ohas. Belden of Johannesburg visited Farw^ell friends the past week.
Judge of Probate Gray, was down
from the County Seat the last of the
week.
Miss Carrie Burston to Traverse
City Monday, where she will teach
this year.
Ii. F. Leonard was down from
Chippewa Station a few days the
past week.
0. W. Palmer of Mr. Pleasant is
the guest of his son, G. W. Palmer
and family.
Mr. and Mrs R. Campbell of near
Gilmore were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. R. Wait Sunday.
Mr. and Mra. Averill of St. Louis
are guests of the latters sister, Mrs.
John Powell and family.
Miss Mary Whaley who has. been
visiting here returned the first of the
week to her home at Detroit.
Mrs. E. N. Brown and daughter,
Susie, to Saginaw Saturday. The
latter will attend high School there.
Mr. and Mrs. ii. Marsh who have
been visiting the latter's parents at
Brown City returned home Monday.
Mrs. H. M. Roys and daughter
who have peen visiting Farwell
friends have returned to their home
at Ann Arbor.
W. O. Babcock, professor of civil
engineering and higher mathmatics,
at the M. A. O. with his family visited his brother, Frank, and family
the past week.
Mr. and Mra. Fred Tomkins of
Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of this
village, came the first of the week
for a visit with the latters brother,
D. W. Royre and family.
The ball garije between Ooleman
and Farwell at the ball park Thursday afternoon resulted in a defeat
for*Farwell, score Coleman 11, Far-
well 5. A game will be played this,
Friday afternoon by the north and
south sjde brisiness men, and all are
invited, the fun is free.
School began on Monday with a
good attendance, and a fine and efficient corps of teachers as follows:
Superintendent 0* N, Campbell of
Mt. Pleasant; principle Miss Lulu
Newton of Ypsilanti; grammar Leo
J.'Treanor of Harrison; Intermediate
filisB Fthel Graham, second primary,
Miss Ethel Carpenter, first primacy,
Miss Flora Babeoek, all Of Farwell.
Expenses Mount up in County Government, Poor and Insane Costly.
Tbe time will very soon- be at hand
when the city makes its budge^ preparatory to the meeting of the board!
of supervisors and in view of the
liquor tax from saloons being a minus quantity this year, the taxation
question will be interesting to many.
County treasurer Goodman is
authority for tbe statement that- it >
costs tbe county $300 a quarter for
insane. Tbe poor farm problem is
still with us. When the board of
supervisors meet next month they
Will be confronted with a basement
constructed for a county home and
some materials collected, S2400 invested in the building all together.
Then the question from the county
poor commission will be, What are
you going to do, gentlemen? Meanwhile the poor commission's personal expenses for building, etc., to>
come out of the general funds, are
mounting up. AH the other regular
expenses are running right along.
There has also been a falling off
for the past year in income. Since
1906 over 830,000 came into the county for school district, township an<3
county from the sale of tax lands an65
o„f this from S6000 to S60Q0 went "into
the county treasury. For the past
year with the completion of such
sales of land, there is no incomefromi
this source. This added to the losss
of liquor tax, increase of expenses,
poor farm problem and empty treas-*
ury gives the supervisors a real problem.
Clare faces the problem of paying-
the fiddler. That is, for example, at
the April election 1909 tbe city had
outstanding loose debts (not bonds),
for fire alarm, gas producer, water
tower, street grading and sewer construction. In 1906 these loose debt©
amounted to S8000. Today the city-
owes $5000 of this same S800Q, which*
while only a mere bagatelle for a.
well-to-do community like ours, mnsfc
be faced in making up the budget.
The school district too increases it»
appropriation to pay for. new heating;
plant and sanitary closet system.
All in all the September city budget
handed over to Mayor Mulder and
the present council is entirely the
result of expenditures made by their
predecessors.
The accumulated financial facts for
Clare county and for the city of Clare
demand straightforward dealing afc
the hands of the - officials concerned1
in shaping, during tnis and next
monthj the year's financial policy.
Lime, brick, sand, cement find palp
planter.—"D, Ward. ■      MM.
There were bnt 45pe,rsoriB employed
at the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind, located at Saginaw* at the end of Julyy as compared
to 66 for the previous.montffr junring
the month 27 parsons were given indefinite leave of absence.
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AuGfion Sale Season.
The fall auction sale season is on„
Wm Kube's appearing in this issue..
How best let the people know aboute
my sale, is the question many a farmer is asking. Buc it is coming to be*
more and more recognized that the*
best way is to run the full list of:
things to be sold in the local paper-
that goes right to the home. For the
country centering around Olare thfe
Sentinel's circulation is especially
adapted for this. About 50 new-
names have just been added to the>.
Sentinel's list on the seven routes*
out of .Clare. Let us peddle your-
bills and save you dollars.
CLARE
W-. F. MANN
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