1909-10-22; Clare Sentinel

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OLABE,   MIOHieAN,   FRIDAY MORN IN e, OCTOBER 22, 1909,
New Series; Voh 17, Bo. 49
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Bsrusglst Mrs.   A.   E. Mussell
Charged With SelltaK Liquor
Wtofooui Prescription*
The sweat Of Med. A. "E. Mnaaell
1qo£ weefe -with th© QSQDain&tfion ctart*
«$ "before Justice Moynnrd J?riday
©qcasioned much surprise in .Olare,
A woman who with ouch faithful
ahliity hats do -well succeeded se a
detiggist aa to rank 'her business
among'the hoot establishments in
thto part of the state, her numerous
friends refuse to believe her guilty
till proven.
The comph&iing witness is Lucius
Converse. The partial hearing was
before Justice Maynard with Eros.
Atty. Quinn for the people and Atty.
Ferry for the defendent, The, story
as told on the stand by the witnesses for the people is substantially as
aa follows:
On the afternoon of October 2 Mr.
Converse was crossing McEwan
street at Fourth straetwhen he heard
a*man say, "Let's go over to Mussell's and get some booze." Converse followed out of curiosity believing-he couldn't get it without a
prescription. The man went up to
the counter, and spoke to Mrs. Mussell, who taking a bottle from the
shelf went to a prescription room
and returning quickly handed a
bottle to tbe man who placed it in
his right hip pocket. Following the
man, at Davy's corner' Converse
pressed E. G. Welch into service to
keep tab while he 'phoned for Rev.
Quinton "Walker. On arriving "Walker went to the man engaged him in
conversation and learned his name
was Koeppe from Toledo, The three
men, Converse, Weloh and Walker,
then went to Mrs. Mussell's store.
She denied selling any liquor to the
man but said she had prepared medicine for him for heart trouble. Converse hearing this started out to get
somebody to sample Koeppe's bottle.
Finding nobody to undertake the
task he followed Koeppe and his
three companions in1 behind the former Lackie and McDonald saloon,
saw Koeppe take a bottle that was
identical with the one Converse had
seen and passed it around to the
others. He then stepped in and asked for a drink too. The bottle was
passed to him with about two tea
spoonsful in it. He tasted it, found
it to be whiskey and taking it back
to Mussell's said, "I've got the
bottle." Mrs, Mussell then admitted
she did wrong by selling whiskey as
medicine without aprescription saying, "I don't know why I did it,"
and asking if something couldn't be
done to settle the matter so as to
kefip it out of court.
No intimation of line of defense
was made by Mr. Ferry but his questions indicated the claim of the defense that Mrs. Mussell sold bona
fide medicine and not booze.
The witnesses for the people are
all Mends of Mrs. Musseli's and
greatly regret the whole transaction
being necessary.
The hearing is to be continued this
afternoon.
fikiiilsio teCfstiri.
The new steam heating plant in the
Congregational church is now in
plade; the carpet is down . and the
pews have been installed. Come to
church Sunday morning and evening
and you will be pleased when your
©yes rest upon one of the finest; most
comfortable and most artistic churches in the state. The interior is a
copy in minature of "St, Peter's
Some" and is an honor to those who
worked so hard to build it. The
pastor will preach from the following test Sunday morning, "That he
might present it to himself a glorious
church."   Everybody is welcome,   x
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Tf.
Gravelled Highway Mile South
arad Esse  of  Temple—Will
* Build West Also*
Some time ago aa narrated by the
Sentinel Bedding township voted
08000 bond for good roads. A number of officials and citizens have enthusiastically pushed this work and
today the township has one mile of
good gravelled road east toward
Gseenwood from Temple, one mile
south and one mile west yet to be
built. The gravel id described m the
very finest, close to 90 per cent gravel, flays supervisor Cross, with little
btiilB-ofcl&y distributed through it,
just tho thing for gravelling & sandy
Opportunities to Make Money on
Clare County-Land Slip Away.
"Yea, eir, like the Clare man you
mentioned last week," said a Harrl-
sanito- to the Sentinel Monday, "I
bought c, good chunk of land west of
Harrison at a little over 70 cents an
acre, Now J wouldn't sell it for 810
an aero."
The facts are that values for wild
land have, been soaring fast in tbe
last few years. The 50 cent an acre
land mentioned last week as now
offered S7.50 an acre lies fright along
the Harrison branch. This land a-
long line from Clare to Harrison has
been despised but the facts are the
movement is on developing-it. A
Mr. Fay south of Harrison stumped
30 acres the past season and is now
at the ugly ungainly black projections again. Likewise at the Welch
and Freeman tract section [26, Hatton
just off the railroad stumping is on,
On Monday there were three stump
machines right off the railroad on the
Harrison branch. Truth to tell a
little cultivation and • removal of
stumps seems altogether to change
the character of the land.
The facts are that wild land values
have so increased in the past ten
years that poor "jiggers" of a decade
ago are on the way to be rich.
Many Harrisonites and Clareites too
have made money by buying cheap
landand hanging on. Most of the
present county officers have chunks
of this kind of land. Benner and
Easier have a section in Freeman.
Dr. J. A. Reeder, Oummins and Dorsey, W. H. Cole and J. S. Bicknell
have ares in Hatton, J. R, Brown
has done much in promotiug lands
around Harrison and some of these
days he'll make some of those who
have scoffed Bit up and take notice
because he has faich in the future of
north Olare county. John Quinn has
land near the poor farm in Hayes
and Dorsey and Goodman have a»fine
tract in Greenwood. Examples
might be multiplied of men who are
in a position from observation and
experience to know of land prices in
Olare county who are profiting by
the steady advance of land values in
in Olare county wild land.
Already many a man is heard to
say if I only knew enough five or
ten years ago I'd have bought a big
chunk of Clare county wild land.
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OPENS NOV. 16,
Four Strong Numbers wilh the
Henry   Clark  Lecture  for
the Opener.
The Olare leeturecourse committee
announce four strong numbers for
the winter's coarse, two lectures and
two concerts as follows:
November 16—Henry Clark.
December 10—Standard Male Quartette
March 1—L. B. Wickersham.
April 5—Dixie Jubilee Singers.
These people are all artists in their
line and four delightful and educational evenings are ensured.
The course is backed by a large
committee of Clare Business men
With H. G. Oudney, president; J. F.
Bowler, secretary; Dr. J. A. Reeder,
treasurer. ,
That the course is one of merit is
shown in the fact that it will cost the
committee S275. Season tickets are
for sale at the post office, etc., at
§1.00; nhildren 50 cents. Reserved
seats for the season 10 cents extra.
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Nester Dam correspondent.
At 1744 St, John Street in Flint on
Saturday afternoon, October 9, occured the marriage of Dena E., eldest daughter of Er, and Mrs." Frank
Wood, of Hester Dam to Ernest L.,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.*'Dan
Kleivoneite, also af this place.
The bride is well and favorably
known iy this locality, having grown
to womanhood here. The groom is
also a product of Nester Dam but for
the past four years has been working
in Flint where they will make their
future home. Mia, Kleivoneite will
be greatly missed by a large circle of
friends. We extend to them our
heartiest congratulations aud wish
them a long ahd prosperous journey
through life. ,
Haul cream 28**^, delivered W*
Mich, Creamery. Co., Clare,:*       4§tf
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•FOB ECONOMY.
Alley, Garfield,
Brown, Harrison. .
Cook, Freeman.
Oooley, Olare,
Cross, Redding.
Smorson, Grant.
Huber, Hamilton.
KellejySurrey,
Mulfler, Olare.
Ward, Clare,
Wellman, Lincoln.
Wright, Hayes,
AGAINST ECONOMY.
Brown, Harrison.
Buttermore, Summer-
field.
Casey, Harrison.
Doty, Greenwood.
Gleason, Olare
Gordon, Hatton.
„ Howard/Winterfleld,
Myers, Arthur.
Sly, Franklin.
Thompson, Sheridan.
Weeks, Frost.
FORM HITS GLARE COUNTY SUS,
General Slashing of Bills and Movement on to Measure
up to Requirements of Law.,
" COUNTY TAX OF $23,500 FORGES ISSUE.
Interesting Chapter of How Bosses of Both Parties Have Divided
Spoils to County's Loss.
quent tax money, the county's share
out of over $30,000, coming into tbe
cou^fy. Now with both this and saloon tax money gone the facts come
out plain and bare. Of course $2000
a year for county roads and the poor
farm problems are sources of expenditure but it is undeniable that
the county treasury is suffering from
pap and the inside < workings of this
year's board' of supervisors throws
light on things. <*
Everybody who has watcbeM things
at all in the county knows that for
these many years there has been an
understanding between a am all clique
of politicians of both parties dividing
up Clare county political spoils by
which the city of Clare patronage
"and the board of supervisors' patronage was to go to a few who called
themselves democrats and all the
rest of the patronage to a few who
call themselves republicans. Tbe
two groups snarled at each other
once in a while for appearence sake
but always had an understanding
when a common enemy appeared.
Primary reform jarred things a little
bit, but the old clique with Postmaster Kirkbride driving out over the
country rushed to John Quinn's rescue at the last minute in the 1908
primary and saved him for such an
incident as the" county printing matter. But last spring .local option,
breaking saloon power and the election of Dr. Mulder' Mayor at the
same time drove consternation right
into the ring itself and the republican part of it at least grew fearful.
Undaunted however the democrat
part of this ring put on a^bold front.
Supervisor L. H, Thompson of Sheridan was given some soft soap
about controlling the board to get
his valuation away down and then
innocently "Hank" started out to
drive over the county to line up the
board for Dotyfor chairman. Supervisor Howard of Winterfield* was
similarly dealt with and Supervisor
Gleason of Glare second ward* was
easily handled by the combined
"push" with a place on the equalization committee. In fact the arange-
ment by which Gleason and Doty calling themselves republicans voted
with tbe democrat push for Ganfleld
and against economy is the most notorious incident of the whole session,
but they were game and never
Winced to the end.
Supervisor Kelley was picked to
head the equalization committee in
the belief that his alleged prejudices
against Clare would easily drive him
to play into the hands of the "push"
by soaking Olare ion the equalization,
so as to restore the "old push" next
April election and incidentally give
the third member of the alliance, the
old saloon forces, something to howl
about, that being "dry" had hit
Clare "awful hard."
The program went through at the
first meeting of the board of supervisors in April as several were absent. But with the October Bession
well started things changed.
Supervisor Thompson wag floor
leader for the combine. He got
through a plan to increase the state
fair commission. But when he got
to delivering thecounty printing plum
to Bro. Oanfield, the scrap began,
"Let's put it up to bids," "What'n
h—1 you want to take it away from
Oanfield for?"» Politics (were rehashed.. In all a whole day of the
board was consumed. Several teat
votes were tried* finally D. Ward
of Clare .First ward broke away and
the jig was np. His stand for economy turned the balance and it is to
bis credit indeed. But while the
printing had to go to, bids the combine still determined to hand to Bro.
Oanfield a- part of the plum if not the
whole of It,   ^be bi^B were opened:
Philip A. Bennett- 9 cents a folio.
Clare County Cleaver 29 cents a
folio,
A. Kay Oanfield 21 cents a folio,
Bro. Oanfield was beaten. But by
previous arrangement Proa, ?Atty.
Quinn was rushed into this breach,
JSia opinion already prepare^ Was
presented that because Qatniiwt'elch.
io a member of the firm with Mr. j
Bennett the county printing could
not be let to the latter, but yet saying
that there is "nothing found expressly prohibiting school sommiaBioner
from' contract for connty printing."
The above was the line up on the
Olar'e county board of supervisors
to inaugurate a campaign of economy
for the county's interests and the
victory was won by only a majority
of one. The apparent question, at
issue on this particular vote was
whether the county printing should
or should not be let by bids but every
one knew the real question was
whether or not the deal for handing
out the spoils as entered into by
some of the leaders prior to the election of A. E.Doty chairman lass April
should or should noc be carried out.
Three successive times the roll was
called on amendments with precisely
the same line up. Then mearJy
everyone jumped for cover and decency made a beginning for future
economy and business methods as
suggested by the following:
1. Supervisors' pay for service on
the board was placed at seven days
(S21) and mileage. Last year for six
days they allowed themselves nine
days pay on the ground that they
worked evenings but the law pro
vides that they shall not receive
more than S3 for any one day' of 24
hours. This year some supervisors
refused to receive more thanlsixdays'
pay.
2. Bills were slashed freely. For
example a star chamber committee
was appointed on some poor commission bills and George Grahamte was
cut from S194.75 down to S134, and it
is understood some prettj plain
things were said about records, etc.,
for the poor commission. A building
committee, Supervisors Ward and
Browne with Secretary Harper, were
appointed to take the place of the
poor commission on building,
3. A bonding proposition for S5000
for county home was voted to be submitted to the people without any -
body even suggesting the board did
not have to consult the people.
4. Pros. Atty. John Quinn's bill
for 'phoning outside of county for
the past five yearsfl was .cut from S50
to $25 because he lumped it off and
had no itemized account. Likewise
school examiners' bills were before
the board for audit instead of being
on the O. K. of the school commissioner allowed.
6. In general there was much
more talk of what is right and in acr
cord with law rather than what could
be pushed through regardless of the
county's interests.
The big county tax necessary,
823,500, which is §6,500 larger than
ever before levied, helped much to
make everyone see that the time had
Come when the people would demand
a full knowledge of things. The estimate of the committee on ways and
means in recommending the county
tax indicates something of how the
money is spent but gives little idea of
the cost of various * departments.'
Here are the items:
Jail, court house heating and
sheriff expenses 8 730
State fair commission 500
For county roads 2000
For poor commission 4000
Cost of printing 600
For poor farm building 1000
To pay back loan 7000
Miscellaneous 3000
Connty Officers' salaries 4800
Officers salaries are not large:
clerk 8400, probate judge $850, prosecutor S90Q, sheriff S000, treasurer 6800,
court reporter 8430, commissioner of
schools S600, drain comr, ©3 per day
for actual service. These are .actual
salaries not including fees in. some
cases for some officers.
The county treasurer's report
shows over 880,000 spent for county
purposes during the past year which
amount for a county of 10,000 people
anddeas than two and-half million
dollars valuation seems large indeed.
Why, ia the natural inquiry.
Since 1906 the rapid increase of
county expense,has seemingly been
oovered^tip by big chunks oi delih-
How little stock was afe the bottom
taken in Mr. Quinn's opinion is
shown in the fact thatODr. Kelley
promptly moved tbe awarding ot tbe
printing to Mr. Bennett/it being understood that printing growing out
of tbe commissioner's office be not
included,.but Thompson by Quinn's
aid delivered it to Mr. Oanfield not at
8 cents a folio but at 21 cents.
When'the equalization committee
report came in Dr. Kelley was found
to have made good, not to the combine but tp the whole county with the
fairest equalization as a whole for
years. Inequalities of course still
exist but the changes were in the
right direction. Clare was raised
slightly, so she was last year, but heir
equalization today is about the average per cent, of tbe county's total
valuation for the part five years.
Here are the figures:
Assessed    Equalized
Arthur 133,095 160,611
Franklin 36,590 37,745
Freeman 64,525 61,355
Frost 52,658 •  64,026
Garfield .44,268 61,907
Grant 197,640 259,076
Greenwood 150,055, 89,390
Hamilton 137,070 97,911'
Hatton 146,380 81,597
Hayes 38,490. 32,987
Lincoln 67.01Q. 57,920
Bedding 75,810 96,561
Sheridan 259,850 310,498
Summerfield 46.994 45,455
Surrey 200,145 192,076
Winterfield j.   79,284 73,828
Clare 1 38,605 41.990
2 164,710 183,210
3 166,405 181,329
I'Harrison 1 22,720 27,534
2 36,215 39,360
3 27,025 31,807
Total                  2,185,546          2,226,372
In last, week's issrie the Bcbool examiner elected should have read
Peter A. Oman of Lake,
How the unholy alliance of the
bosses bas worked is well illustrated
in the fact that to control the board
several .times, as the benefactors'
have admitted, favors in the form of
bridges, etc., to the value of hun-
dteds of dollars have been handed
over to certain supervisors in return
for their vote to control the board.
During the years Dec. 1898 to January 1, 1903, there are years when
the Olare Courier had no bill before
the board of supervisors as shown
by'the record in the clerk's office
while small bills for the other two
paperB appear regularly, the Oorie r
evidently being paid as county printer directly by tbe treasurer. For
years the Courier has been getting
70 cents a week for publishing the
circuit court notice while the Sentinel gets 24 cents a week for it.   •    .
The solons did not finish the.ir work
till ten o'clock Saturday night and
among other things they elected
Supervisor Oooley delegate to the
state meeting of supervisors without
pay, appropriated S2000 for roads to
be Bpent by supervisors unless county road system carries in which ' case
it is to go into the county fund for
them, asked county truant officer to
submit lists of truants along with his
bills, gave thanks to Deputy Treasurer Dorsey for effeciency, voted
Judge Dodds -S100 salary per year,
the rest to come from state, thanked
Chairman Doty and then everybody
hiked for home.
WILL LOCAL OPTION
BE SUBMITTED?
At St. Johns Lutheran church Sat-
usday,' October 16, at one o'clock in
the presence of a large number of
relative and friends, Rev. Carl Waid-
elich united in bonds of holy matrimony Mrs. Lizzie Reb of Chicago, 111.,
,and Ohris Weber, of Charleston, 111.
They have lived in this community
but a short peroid but their genteel
ways have^won for themjmanyfriends.
The bride was attended by Miss S.
Karolyn Kapplinger and August
Heuschele was best man.
On Sunday evening about 10o guests
repaired to the beautiful home of the
bride's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Kleiner of the Eagle, where
they-sat down to a bountiful Wedding
dinner, and joyous indeed was the
Sabbath evening to the wedding company. Many valuable and useful presents were received.
The bride is one of the thorough
going, dependable young ladies true
to the better instincts of womanhood
and has many friends for what she
herself is. The groom is a progressive farmer and has worked for W.
O. Cornwell the past summer.
Mr-, and Mrs", Weberwill in a short
time go to keeping house on his farm
in West Grant, That their journey
through life may he a happy one is
the sincere* w'ieh'oftheir many friends.
The "Wets"  Allege That Tfee-y
Have Not Been Able to» Secure Signatures to Their
Petitions.
It is hinted from the brewers'" an&t
of the local option contest tbat is ex- .
pected in  Osceola county, that tha
"wets" are despairing, thatthey may
not get signatures enough to tfiteii^
petitions to cause the measure to- be>
submitted.   This is another  of fkmr
sly tricks and must be taken with a.   '
liberal portion of salt, and is for the
purpose of allaying the activities! ,«f£
the friends of the law at present JtoJ.,.
force in the county, ^ Although 1% i»
not to be wondered at that good titSh
zens should hesitate at an alliance,
with the saloon business even in aye-r
mote way it would indeed be Strang®
if it were»impogsible to get a .qaartevv-
of the voters of the county to «ig?s
petitions of submission,   In this- connection we  will state that a; paper
has been signed by practically allt th«t
business people of Evart village endorsing   The    Review's    stacenseni;.
"that legitimate business has beeiu
benefited, habitual drunkards. haTe
been helped, families have beea feat*:
ter fed and clothed, and" debts, bavp,
been paid, and ab6"ve all our eomrnSsy
villages have been decent and d&vmd.-.
of the shameful carousals, and esssI-
night shoutings and swearing; that
used to be of nightly occur anceus^r
the saloon regime."   The peogta w3It
not be fair to chemselves if thej    allow tbe opening up of tbe looal" option question  anew.    People-   have
about   adjusted themselves, to   tine
new conditions,   the main costs incident in putting the new law   in
force and causing the enforeemaat
have been met, the law is. being obeyed so that at the present term a"f the
circuit  court there is not. a single
liquor case on the docket* and the
lock upon our village lockup, haa become rusty from non-use.    The- law
is  working nicely to all but tfeoee
who seek profit by selling liquor* nmcl
we believe it would be poor policy to
the old when  everything points the *
new way the best.—Evart Review-
ECHOES OF 10 YEARS &G0.
W. H. Cole in Selling Tract in
Hatton Recalls Ho^-/Lands
Values Increase,
A deal was compled last, week by
which Mr. Bothwell, a farmer east of
Chicago, becomes owner of section 15
and 120 acres in section 22 Hatto-nv
Ten years ago when Mr. Cole witb
others from Shiawasse purchased
4000 acres Hatton lands they were
pioneers of these purchasers from
outside. At hotel Oalkina where he
was not known he heard various gos
sip about the worthlessnes- of £be
land, one Olareite wondering whear©
Joe Hudson had found his-victims to
skin them up selling then* sucJi ns©1'
less land.
Such remarks as the above well
show how little too many residJffifcts
have appreciated value of land, sight
here. These same people are today
wondering why they Were suefr fbola
as not to have got ahead of outsiders.„
who came m and bought up wild,
lands, now valuable. .'
Auction Sale km
Herman Ross Thursday, Octofosr
28, at one p. m.   See ad. on page a.
D. O.Wilson, postponed sale on account of rain from Thursday, October 21, to Wednesdsy, October- 23-
See ad. on page 2.
F. L. Blain, postponed sale && ass-
count of rain from Thursday, October 21, to Friday, Octover 29, at ISjs- '
m.   The sale will be as advertised £a
full last week.
IMF DIMKSif?
Sheriff  Sunday   Lets    Depuesr
Go—Not Business Enough
Last Saturday Deputy Sheriff ,Oy®r
gear laid down the duties, of. ofe©
simply because Sheriff Sunday hsss5®;
business enough for a regular depssfi,
"Of course," he said "I'llha*®* to-
have a deputy to act as county i&ffis&a
officer and shall appoint sdE-3£c~%
right here in Harrison .who* eais ,tt»
called on, if heeded, when I am owoy.
But really there isn't much doing #sa?
the sheriff's office these dayi,**'      ;. ",'*
Asked whether local   option   &3sl
anything to do with  it, Mir. Ssbs"**^'
smiled and remarked that-BoaotiSsg;
certainly had made a difference wife.
the sheriff's business.^   ....       ^