1909-11-05; Clare Sentinel

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€LAR1,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MOENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1909.
New Series: Vol.17, No, 61
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7. C. QarimeU Mates Timely
CoBtributioE lot Future Development of County*
opportunity   to Advertise  County   by
Sending Samples of Fruit to Chicago Exposition Nov. 20 to December   4.
Editor Otoe Sentinel, Glare, Mich*
Dear Sir:—From November 20 tp
December 4 there will be held at Ohi-
cqko what- io celled tbe United States
Land and Irrigation Exposition. It
3s gotten up forthe purpose of show-
lag to the people ot this country and
other countries what can be grown in
tbe United States in the way of fruits,
cereals, etc, and it occured to me
that there was no better state in the
union than Michigan to grow such
©nd especially so in Olare county,
Tbis summer I spent considerable
of my time on my farm and in going
over the country I was certainly surprised at the fine crops of fruit,
Wheat, oats, etc., and I believe it
would be one of the finest advertisements for Olare county if the people
who have been successful in the
raising of apples, would forward
from one to three bushels to the exposition and the attached clipping
Will show wbo to correspond witb
regarding the matter, for I know
personally of a number of orchards
that have produced apples this year
that I believe would be winnerR in
competion with any apples grown in
any part of the country and if we can
get the people interested in this matter, it will make a grand showing and
will be tbe means of calling theatten-
{3c"o of a large number of people to
Where Olare county is located in
Michigan.
We.hear considerable these days in
"the matter of booming the west,
"Now I wish to say that we have right
here tin Michigan superior advan»
tages over any Western state in the
matter of raising crops of fruit. All
it requires is some intelligent and
judicious advertising to show people
what Michigan has to offer on these
lines, especially Glare county and if I
can be of any assistance in tbis matter should be glad to offer it.
Yours respectfully,
W. 0. Cornwell.
Dated Nov. 3, 09.
Prom one to three bushels of apples are wanted from every Western
Michigan fruit grower who is not
ashamed of the product of bis orchards. These apples are desired to
make the Western Michigan apple
display at the United States Land
and Irrigation Exposition, Chicago,
Nov. 20 to Dec. 4.
All growers who can and will contribute, please notify George E. Rowe
403 State Bank Building, Traverse
City, Mieb., and shipping directions
will promptly be furnished.
[The above is the clipping referred
to in Mr. Oornwell's letter. Inasmuch as Mr. Cornwell will be glad to
be of any assistance in this matter, it
would seem to be within the pro-
-vince of the state fair exhibit commission for Clare county, Messrs
Doty, Gordon, Kelley and Hamer, to
take up the matter with Mr. Cornwell
and send an exhibit of Olare county
apples to the exposition.—Editors.]
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notice.
The pastor, Rev. C. Waidelicb, announces that an invitatiob has been
received to attend the dedication of
the Lutheran church near Mt. Pleasant next Sunday, November ' 7.
Those not desiring to drive can leave
over the A. A. E. B. Sunday at. 6:13
a. m, and 2^19 p. m. Eeturning train
leaves Mt. Pleasant at 8:55.
Sunday school at 9:30 and 10:80.
The festival of Reformation will be
commemorated by a special service.
This same service will be held in
Bnglish November 14 at 10:30 a. m.
A children's service will also take
place this day.
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Harrison Paper Hands   It Out
-1     Hot—Wbo?   Why?
Cades date of October .29 the Harbison Cleaver in a half column write
tip of the Mussell liojuor case has the
following concluding paragraphi
"While there is no disposition on the
part of the officials to winlt at violations of the law, nor has there ever
hem, f3tlll» the Mussell case probably
marks the beginning of the end of
petty persecution by individuals, who,
classing themselves an leaders of the
'"better element" fere inclined to meddle too steietlydn private affairs and
tw>t*M make complaints without first
seesriagssoefjh evidence to make a
.semblance'of a showing before a jury.
Central Michigan  Times Mafces
Investigation of Its Operation.
This week we enquired of business
men the effect of local option on
their trade. We asked a fair representation of them, merchants, including dry goods dealers, grocers, butchers, hardware dealers, banker, jewelers, harness dealers, an implement
dealer, and druggist and aot in a
single instance did one of them say
that be believed local option a detriment to him. Someof the merchants,
grooe?s principally, declared ita positive benefit to their businesses, but
most of them said they could not see
any difference one way or the other.
AH agreed that the crowds on the
streets, especially on Saturdays, were
smaller than when saloons were open
but there is an appearance of qoie-
tude in a business way where none
exists, according to these business
men. Several, especially grocers,
claimed tbat book accounts are much
easier of collection than a year ago,
and tbat they have customers now
who pay cash or are worthy of credit
whom they would not trust when saloons were open.
One man said he is in favor of local option if for no other reason than
tbat his customers now are all sober
and sensible, and that he has no longer to contend witb the foolish and
disgusting drunks.
There has been quite a iot of liquor
shipped into the connty the last
summer, principally beer, but it has
been proven in other prohibition districts that the practice is a fad, and
diminishes with time. Many of our
people think the law is too strict concerning sales from drug stores. It
makes it too difficult they claim
when one must first secure a prescription from'a physician before he
can buy a little liquor for legitimate
UBe in his family. This law entails
an extra expense and delay. Most
physicians will not issue prescriptions until they visit the patient, and
if he be in the country the annoyance
is further increased.
Our investigation^convince&'n^that
local option thus far ia working satisfactorily to the business interests
of our city, except for the drug store
law, and from the moral side of the
question, we are sure there is but
mighty little conscientious opposition
to it,—Mt. Pleasant Times.
lew Sctol Legislation.
One of the new provisions of the
school legislation for the session of
1909 is that the district may vote at
the annual meeting to discontinue
school in that district and send the
children to another school or schools
and the board may use any money
except library money to pay for the
tuition and transportation of such
children, and if necessary vote a tax
for such purpose. This is of special
interest to districts including but few
pupils as it will give ah opportunity
to do away with maintaining a school
without the district losing its identity
or primary money. Last year's report shows a school maintained for
one pupil at an average expense of
S28.00 per month, while the average
expense per capita per month for
large rural schools will not exceed
S2.00.—Moderator Topics.
ton mi Poultry Wanted.
Prices for butter-fat for next week
are:
Haul cream 28%?,
Cream delivered  31j*.
Highest   market prices paid   for
poultry.
Mich. Creamery Co., Glare,
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Ayers left
Tuesday for Columbiaville where he
has a position as miller. Mr. Ayers
expreses regret at leaving Glare and
the regret is mutual.
County Clerk Morrissey wrote 43
deer hunters' licences in OiareSaturday aad ten at Farwell. He expects
the number to reach very nearly a hundred for this season. Accordingly the
deer hunters' brigabes north have already well atarted with more to follow daily till the season opens,
"The King's Business" will be the
subject at the Congregational Sunday
at 10:80.    A lecture on the city, of
London, giving the points of Interest
in the worlds metropolis and. a short
visit to Windsor castle and religious
services as conducted in St* Paul's
and Westminster Abbey will be giv*
' en at 7:00 p. in.   The dedication ser-
j vice for the new church; will be held
. November 21 conducted by Key. J.
•Sutherland, D.B., of Lansing. "
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MINISTERIAL   GONFERENG
Gathering   of   45   Ministers
Clare M, E. Chureh.
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MARRIAGE INFILIGITY.
Every "Number on the published Program Responded to,
With 45 ministers of the Big Eapids
district participating in tbe annual
conference held at the Olare M. E.
church Tuesday and Wednesday,
breadth of discussions as applied to
present conditions suggests .intelect-
ual* advancement in the ministerial
personel in recent years, Tbe three
principal addresses were, made by
Dr.,D. D. Martin of Albion on Modern Education, Dr. J, O. Floyd of
Chicago on Modern Missions, and
Dr, W. I, Oogshall of Big Eapids on
The Goring Ox,—all three about as
fine addresses as ever heard on tbe
subjects. The iast subject is a temperance one and a large audience
pronounced it about the beBt they
had ever heard.
T. H. M. Ooghian of Big Rapids
With his Irish humor, H. J. NiOholls
of Leroy wittf his touch of English,
Cornelius 'the muscian and Oeda?
Eapids Bush with the high tenor
voice, Brown of Marion and Ooeblan
and Oogshall, ample in physique,
Ex-Supt. N. L. Bray with his mellowed wisdom,—yes it was a cosmopolitan company. They enjoy a joke
too. Tbe program as prepared by
Rev. Quinton Walker asked all tbe
M.E. pastors to come leaving the
weddings for their fellow ministers.
BotJie. himself took two hours .oft,
during the conference to tie a matrimonial knot.
One of the most successful gatherings ever held in the district is the
verdict.
A very pleasing feature was a
vocal solo each evening rendered by
MisB Mamie Howes.
FARWELL SUN SOLD.
Bev. C. C. Cours   of Moutague
Succeeds E. B.  Blett.
Eev. O. O. Oours, who 15 years
ago was M. E. pastor at Farwell having purchased the Farwell Sun of E.
B. Blett makes his bow this week
as a new member of Clare county
newspaperdom.
Mr. Blett goes to Iowa to take
charge of the poultry experimental
work of a college at Lamoni.
Republican Candidates
for Governor Nominations
Chaos S, Ooborn
Judoo Ri M. "YlsBtoomory
Clare County Granted 14   Divorces during 1908 and Isabella 15.
During Same Time One County Had 79
Marriages and the Other 200.
Statistics from the Michigan Bulletin show divorces granted in Glare
and Isabella: '04, 5; '05, 12; '06, 13;
'0T, *7; '08,14, Isabella '04, 18; '05,
83; '06, 27; '07, 29; '08, 15. At the beginning of the present year there
were eight applications for divorce
pending in Glare county and 96 in
Isabella, During 1908 there were
three contested divorce suits in Olare
county and two in Isabella. None
were refused in either, county but
two suits were withdrawn in the one
County and three in the other.
Olare county's 79 marriages during
1908 and 14 divorces as .against 200
marriages^ to 15 divorces in Isabella
with the same judge in each case certainly makes a marked matrimonial
comparison favorable to the latter.
HEW TRUANT OFFIGER.
Sheriff   Sunday  Names C.   J.
Pease of Harrison to Round
up County Truants.
, With the resignation of Deputy
Oregier on account of lack of business to keep him fully enployed,
Sheriff Sunday announces- the appointment of O. J, Pease as county
truant officer.* He will also perform
the duties'of deputy on occasions as
needed when Mr. Sunday ia called
out into the county.
SABELLA HAPPENINGS.
Items of Interest in the Hustling
Agricultural County.
Ex-Representative Adams has gone
back to his farm near Shepherd.
M. A. O. second team defeated
Central Normal at Mt. Pleasant Saturday.
The Shepherd new M. B. church to
cost $12,000 is announced to be completed December 1.
Mr. and Mrs. A, Bowerman near
Eosebush are the proud parents of
twins—a boy and a girl.
S1900 from 55 acres is what Houck
Bros, realized from clover seed a few
days ago.   Credit one for Nottawa.
Mt. Pleasant city dads aver that
they have the paving proposition
solid now for realization next spring.
J. Graham of Gilmore recently
sold to Clare buyers nine lambs that
weighed 790 pounds and off the grass
too,
Isaac Archer of Eosebush doughed
up 861.13 at the instance of Judge
Dodds for liquor law violation prior
to May 1,1909,   •
To 25 deaths there were 43 births
during September in the county. But
of the 25 seven were under one year
of age and seven oyer 65. * Mt. Pleasant had five births and three deaths.
Shepherd is fixing Up a place suitable for the village dads to expostulate with each other, if the occasion
should ever arise. Fortunately tbe
village hose carts will be conveniently at hand juBt below.
What's going to be the line up for
county officers at the primary next
year, is a question already asked.
Sheriff and treasure* are on their
second term and must, under law,
give way to somebody else. A, lively
scramble is inevitable at the repuhli-'
Can primary. Somebody remarked
the other day that'Bherif| Landon
with Under Sheriff Bailey have done
such "a stroke of cleaning up ,that the
hest thing would be to reverse the
titles to confornt tol&w and continue
the'regime. Thafn what many say
While tetany more insist that there's
others just B:S capable and that a
change is mighty good a& the jaw
contemplates.      ,     ' ■'..,-
SUP. GLEASOH SEES THINGS,
Betrayed on Board of Supervisors by the Very  Men He
Helped   Control  the     i
Board.
Supervisor Gleason of Clare Second
Ward is « wiser man today than a
few months ago. At the behest of
the clique, a few democrats and a few
republicans, who have controlled
things these many years he assented
to an arrangement to make Doty
chairman of the board. He was appointed by Mr. Doty a member of the
important committee on equalization
and in return faithfully voted with
Mr. Doty on various occasions to
keep the control af the board" in the
hands of the men who elected Doty
chairman. AH seemed lovely. But
an examination of the actualization
figures shows tbat that verp equalization committee appointed by Mr.
Doty went out of its way to give Mr.
Gleason "the worst of it." Look- at
the figures:
Assessed   Equalized
valuation   valuation
Clare Frst Ward S 38,605        S 41,990
Olare Second "      164,710 183,210
Olare Third    "      166,405 181,329
On assessed valuation the Third
Ward is largest but on equalized valuation the Second Ward is largest,
and yet what right under law has the
board of supervisors to disturb the
valuation relation between the wards
of a city as established by the city
board of review? Has the board of
supervisors the right to interfere in
the relative valuation a township
board of review establishes on two
separate farms in a given township?
And yet defying precedents and
law the very equalization committee,
Mr. Gleason's friends made the fight
to secure and in return for his part
in that fight gave him place on that1
committee.—that very committee
gave Mr. Gleason's ward the worst
of it as against the other wards of
the city.
Has the "pap" clique lost its power
to defend its friends or is its turn
down of Mr. Gleason a sample of its
buzz saw methods?
Arthur A. Aiibee.
Arthur A., son of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Allbee of Farwell, who was killed
in Warner Helms' lath mill near
Leota on the 27th ultimo as narrated
i.i tbe Sentinel last week, was buried
at Gilmore last Saturday. He was
born at Bowling Green, Ohio, February 1, 1890, and come to Michigan
15 years ago. Among those present
at the funeral were his brother,
Frank, of Leota, sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Decker and
daughter, Hattie, and his uncle, Wm.
Bawkey, all of Leota, Mrs. E. D.
Park and son, John, and his aunt,
Mrs. Thos. Walker, and two sons, all
of Olare, and relatives with many
friends of Gilmore; also Miss Margaret Brant and Percy Bond of Leota.
Much sympathy is  expressed for
the Borrow stricken family.
Arthur, the precious one, has gone,
The one we loved so dear.
His place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his loved had given
And though the body slumbers here
His soul is safe in heaven. x
Heard af Al Martin's
Country
roeerf,
Jake-
Silas-
Jske-
ANOTHER VETERAN GONE.
Ralph Muscott, Familiar Clare*
Figure These Many Years,
Answers Last Roll Call.
Died at His Home in First Ward?
Suddenly Tuesday Midnight.
In the death of Ralph Muscott at<
his home in the First Ward just after-
midnight Wednesday morning, another of those strong characters that
beak up life's monotony has gone*
from Glare,
For many years, though enfeebled^
by rJgors of Civir War service, Mr,.
Muscott;,, like a sturdy oak, was a--
unique, familiar figure in the city. /
Well posted in the larger trend of
events, his original analysis of political movements was always keenly
enjoyed by a large circle of friends.
A greatfadmirer of the late Ex-Presir*
dent Cleveland, he was like him,
stalwart in his principles of life. In
uniqueness of opinions, quamtness;
of statement, power to hew close to-
line of keen analysis, Mr, Muscott
will long be remembered as a strong,,
original character. In the latter
years gradually losing strength, he-
retained his other admirable qualities-
and his sudden demise came' as a-
distinct shock to the community
wherein he enjoys universe respect,
Ralph Muscot was a native of Ohio,
born in the spring of 1830. Subsequently the family moved to Michigan, and growing to manhood he
took to wife LouisajA. Beeves in Ingham county and shewith one of ~tWO>
daughters, Mrs. E. D. Palmer of St.
Johns, survives him. In 1863 he joined the Twentieth Michigan and went
into the Great Rebellion for Old Glory-
Later transferred to the Twenty-
sixth Michigan be served in operations around Petersburg in Virginia-
Disease attacked him and he exr
pirenced the facts of army hospitals.
In 1880 Mr. Muscott came to Olare.
Associated with A. A. Shaver and!
others he engaged in the manufacture-
of various lumber products. For a-
time he served as justice of peace
and always showed keen interest ire
public affairs. He also waspresident, '
of the Lewis Oass club and will always be rememdered as a political
stalwart, a men of principle and conviction.
The funeral occurs at2:30«this after
noon from tbe home.
Silas—Beats all the amount of flour
Bicknell sells.
Jake—It certainly does, why they do
say he sells* more than all the
other Grocers put together.
Silas-Well, I don't doubt it. My
gal said she worked for the' K.
R. agent once on a time- and
and he told his wife that Bicknell was the only car load buyer in Clare.
-I bought my flour from bim
last year and saved aldollar a
barrel on it and am going to
buy from him this year.
-His flour is always in good
shape 'cause it comes in a car
-by itself. He don't buy small
shipments. They come put in
a car with Oil, hides and other
miscellaneous articlsi.
-He can certainly* beat't'hem all
on flour aud other groceries
too. Say, did you see that
Coupon in the paper.
For kindness and" sympathy,, from
friends and neighbors in the hour of
bereavement  we desire to express
sinoereot    thanks,—>-Thos.    Johnson
and Mrs. Neloon Davis.
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NsviSls—Penrose,
At the elegant country home of Mr,
and Mrs. James Nevills in Vernon
November 3 occurred the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Carrie to Mr,
Willard Penrose of Sheridan in the
presence of a large number of friends
and relativs. The home was tastily
decorated for the occasion. Rey.
Quinton Walker of the Methodist?
Episcopal church performed the
ceremony.
The bride was attended by Miss
Ethel Penrose and Ivan Nevills acted
as best man, A bountiful supper
was seryed. The happy couple were
the recepients of many beautiful and
valuable presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Penrose will be at'
home afterCN'ov. 6. -They will reside
in Sheridan township. The yOung-
people are well and favorably known
in the community. All join in besfe
wishes for their future.
Is yonr home, your furniture insured? Get our rates. Welch &
Bennett '   29tf.
OHEAT FUTURE FUR FRUIT.
A. R. Muterspaugh of 30  Years
Experience Makes ^Prediction.
Recently Set out 400 Fruit Trees in Arthur Township.
The veteran fruit tree man, A. *ft£
Muterspaugh, sees a rosy future for'
fruit and is doing his part to put in a>
a good stock for the  future gardens'
and orchards.   Recently  he set out;
400 apple trees, etc., on F, A.  Fowler's land north of the Cornwell farm
in Arthur and has 600 more trees to
put out there now.   He handles the *
Chase Bros. Oo. stock, fruit and foliage trees and flowers and never makes
substitutions fox the order taken,
Mr. Muterspaugh will visit the various communities during the coming;
months, ready to advise with people
how to lay out gardens and orchards .
and give free benefit of bis special
knowledge and experience.
Now is the time to begin the  study*
of fruit development so as   to   be
ready for laying but   oreliards and! .;
gardens nest spring.