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Established 1878.
Official Paper of the City,
CLAKE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNINe, JANUARY   4, 1907.
New Series: Vol. 15,No,
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906 MOST PROSPEBOU
In the History oF Clare and Isabella Counties.
The year 1906 was one of substantial prosperity to the various
communities of Glare and north Isabella. General farm improvement
and development of new lands, new
homes and modern barns built, drains
established, sewers dug, some 15,000
acres of land restored to the tax rolls
of Glare county, a state bank estab-<
lished at Harrison, a bank established at Hosebush, the Portland Cement
Go. at Harwell resumes completion of
its plant* beans become a generally
profitable crop, eight additional rural
carriers distribute mail in these two
counties, a general increase of from
forty to fifty per cent of volume of
business—these are some e of the general facts showing what 1906 has been.
All growth has been steady. Ho
radical changes ate evident. Agricultural development is steadily going forward. The Johnson Bheep
ranch with fine 1906 barns six miles
north of Clare is typical. 'The prizes
for fruit, grain and vegetables at the
state fair show real merit of products.
But above all the independence of
our farmers show rapid growth of the
wealth of our country.
All lines of farm products show
great increase. Both Clare banks
report multiplied volume of business
for grain, produce, cattle, wool, beans,
and all other lines. Savings departments have increased from foriy to
fifty per cent. A reasonable estimate
places the amount paid out to the
surrounding country for its products
at well on to S400,000. Near the close
of the year the resources of the Glare
County Savings Bank were close to
8300,000.
In Clare the taking over of the Fifth
street sewer, the construction of the
Forth street sewer, the lowering of
the Little Tobaco drain, the installing of a modern fire alarm system,
, prophetic indication of the reorganization and expansion of the Citizens
bank as shown in Cashier Benner's
acquisition of the Calkins block, the
construction of a new elevator on
the west side of McEwan street, a
goodly number of substantial homes
built and many others improved and
beautified, this is the record following the enormous expenditures for
city improvements last year.
The year 1907 enters auspiciously.
Some there are in Glare, perchance,
with too positively agressive opinions
that theirs and only their points of
view are the correct ones for the
■future of Glare. But the present
experiences of St. Johns, ait. Pleasant, Midland, and many other towns
indicate that it is no easy task under
existing centralization tendencies to
the big cities to solve the problem of
increasing. manufacturing plants in
Clare to employ labor. The first part
' of the problem is to unify the financial and other interests into a united
front for Clare first, last and all the
time.
But we of Clare and north Isabella
enter the new year joyously in the
- belief that the future will be but the
continuation of past successes.
Gains Birds for Clare County,
W. G. Cornwell of Saginaw last
Saturday had shipped to Glare, forty
Hungarian partridges to. be.
liberated on his ranch,, These
birds were imported at a large expense and it is urged that the law be
not only strictly enforced for their
protection, but that every citizen do
what he- can that this species of bird
may have a good chance to propagate.
Wigglesworth-Lowry.
A delightful home wedding occurred at the home of Mr, and Mrs. J.
Wigglesworth, on North Pine street,
on Wednesday, Dec, 26, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, when their
daughter Nellie, was married to Mr.
George F„. Lowry, of Marion. The
ceremony was performed by the Eev.
P. P. BurcheU in the presence of a
little company of relatives and friends
The bride and groom were attended
by Miss Anna Lowry, a sister of the
groom, as bridesmaid, and Mr.
Adolph Krell, of Glare, as groomsman. The out of town guests were
the Misses Jennie, Coral and Anna
Lowry, of Glare and the Mesdames
Lowry, of Marion. Mrs. Lowry is
well known in Evart, having lived
her entire life in this village „ Mr.
Lowry is engaged in business in Marion, and the young couple will immediately begin house keeping there,
the home having already been prepared for the reception of the bride.
—Evart Review. *
The Sentinel's New Dress.
With this issue the Sentinel appears
in a bran new dress. The printer
well knows what this means, but lest
some of our readers may not, we explain that all the type used in setting
the reading matter of the paper is
new. It takes close to 300 pounds of
type to make the change. A comparison of last week's issue with this
will show a marked difference in the
appearance of the paper.
Likewise there has been added to
our job department a new stapling machine so that we are now the better
equipped for doing book and pamphlet work, A second job press with
power fixtures installed during the
year just closed puts us in good
shape to promptly take care of rush
orders.
These improvements are made possible in that the Sentinel has shared
in the prosperiaythat has biessed the
whole nation the past year, and it
will be the policy of the present management to still further better the
service as the increase of work permits.
'Isabella January Jury Panel.
The following is the list of jurors
for the Isabella circuit court to meet
January 14th:
Coldwater—Bert Clark
Gilmore—Lewis Rawson
Vernon—Henry Wild
Wise—Dan Walker
First Ward—L. D. Kent
Third Ward—John Williams.
Coe—E. D. Salisbury
Lincoln—George W. Coe
Fremont—Thomas Sanbrook.
Holland—Bert Chapman
Broomfield—Ami Boucher
Deerfield—Alonzo Johnson
Union—Charles Myers, T. L. Wilson.
Chippewa—S, F, Mumea, O. B.
Durfee.
Denver—Lyeurgus Cole, Edward
Kohler.
Isabella-—Duel Phillips, Alex.
Hislop.
Nottawa—James Pitts, Wyman
Welch.*
Sherman—George Morey, Arthur
Fleming.
iCKt
At her home in the first ward at
nine a. m, Sunday morning occurred
the marriage of Mrs. Jennie E, Fall
and Daniel Burdick of Shepherd)
Lev. G. W, Maxwell officiating. Following the ceremony a. dainty luncheon was served, Mr. and Mrs. Burdick will probably   reside in Clara.
James Thompson.
At the age of sixty-seven James
Thompson died last Friday morning
at his home on Fifth street 'after a
long illness from asthma and other
complications. The funeral occured
from the home Monday, Rev. G. W.
Maxwell preaching the sermon.. Interment was made at Cherry Grove,
his six sons bearing him to his abode
of eternal sleep.
James Thompson was born in
Northumberland Co., Ont., in 1839.
There growing to manhood, Ellen
Crossen became his wife, and through
39 yaars of wedded life they were
scarcely ever separated. Ten sons
and two daughters were born to them
of whom these, all present at the
funeral, survive: Robert C. of Clare,
William of Rosebush, James A. of
Freesoil, Frank of Croswell, Mrs. H.
O. .Caldwell of Ridgeland, Wis-,
and Mrs. Philip A. Bennett, Fred and
Floyd of Clare, One brother, Wm.
of Coburg, Ont., and one sister, Mrs.
Jackson Crossen of Cold Springs,
Ont., also  survive.
Mr, Thompson came to Clare in
1888. For a number of years he was
miller for the Clare City Mills retiring four years ago. For forty-five
years continually he was a miller
and it was his continuance beyond
the years nature intended that shortened his life ten .or-fifteen years.
Of Lowland Scotch decent he gloried
in the sturdy race of which he was a
good type and ching to their prover-
biel simple life. He enjoyed a wide
acquaintance especially among the
farmers for. many a mile with whom
as miller he used to enjoy a passing
joke in the Scotch dialect, so much
so that he was generally regarded as
a native Scotchman. He was devoted to home a.nd family and in his last
years particularly enjoyed the home
coming of his children with any of
his surviving fourteen grandchildren.
Many beautiful floral offerings
from individuals and from orders
showed esteem and regard.
$19,590 FOR CLARE COUNTY
Amount Received from Comr. of
Land (Office for Tax Lands
Sold in 1906/
The sale of Clare Co. lands by state
Land Oomr. Rose, as per the various
areas advertised in these columns
last May, restored large areas of
land to the Clare county tax list and
incidentally brought a good sum to
our treasuries. The total net amount
paid over to the county, as the figures
were given us by T. S,-Dorsey before
vacating the office of county treasurer, were 819,590.04. Of this 84,083.-
47 goes into the county treasury and
815,506,57 into various townships and
school district treasuries, The
money Is apportioned on the basis of
the various •claims for 'back taxes
held agajnstlands sold in this way.
Hatton township received a good
sum as did several other  townships,
Everybody is, of course, glad to see
this advancement,-which is 'strongly
indicative of growing value of nearly
all Clave county lands. Areas, a few
years ago regarded as worthless, are
already being converted into valuable farms.
The figures may well be verified by
the doubting Thomases, who all along
have insisted that Glare county would
never get a red cent from the sale of
those lands. They said it would cost
more than the lands would bring to
appraise them, advertise them and
pay for clerk hire. But the "decent
average" Glare county citizen rejoices to get some S20,000 spot cash
in one year from the sale of lands
and incidentally he renews his faith
in the future of many neglected areas
that they shall yet be like those
where now are some of the finest
farms in the state within the borders
of the county.
Why Was It Turned Down?
In response to a number of inquiries as %q why the Glare Co. board of
supervisors last week did not order
a vote on the local option question at
the coming spring election, the following is the reason assigned by the
supervisors themselves:
Pros. Atty. Quinn as the board's
legal adviser stated in reply to their
inquiry that should "they under existing conditions oi;der a vote on the
question and it should be carried to
have no saloons in the county, the
various cities and villages, wherein
are located saloons, would next
spring be confronted with law suits
brought by the interested parties to
compel the issuance of licences on
the ground^ that the law was not
complied with in securing petitions
to be presented to the board of supervisors. The defects are that proper affidavits were not made at the
end of ten days after copies of petitions had been passed in the various
precincts certifying to their having
been posted nor were proper efforts
made to compare the list of names
of the petitions with the poll books
of the various precincts.
The supervisors it is affirmed, were
unanimous in saying that the law
leaves them no option but to order a
vote on the question provided its requirements in securing petitions, etc,
have been complied with. Had there
been no legal defects, they say, there
would have been an almost unanimous vote in favor of submission.
That New Built Road for Grant
Asst. State Highway Oomr. Rogers
was in Clare yesterday and in company with Ex-supervisor Hoover,
Treasurer Stoll, Justice Emerson, G,
B. Pease, B. Ranyan and other Grant
taxpayers went over the mile of road
north of Olare proposed to be built
according to state law requirements
so as to secure the $500 help provided
in such cases. He pronounced the
gravel available at the Runyan pit
most excellent and expressed the
opinion that the-road Could be graded fit for the gravel 'for about S350.
The proposed mile is the worst part
of the road north and if rebuilt TviU
make the state road Grant's principal
road.
ad Accident.
. While Mr. and Mrsf Ray Hodgins
of Vernon were returning from town
last week they met with a very serious accident, The huggy pole dropped, scared the horses, and while
Mrs. Hodgins tried to assist in holding the lines, she was thrown out in
the ice and received a big cut and
bruise in the head which might have
proved fatal. She was unconcious
■for sometime and with the assistance
of kind friends wasagsistedhomeand
is ittrproving at this Writing,
STATE BANK AT HARRISON.
Succeeds L. Saviers & Go. Bank
Largely  With County Seat
Capital.
The State Savings Bank of Harrison
with a paid up capital of 820,000 on
Wednesday opened its doors to the
public. L. Saviers of St. Louis is
president, W. H. Wilson and F~.
Weatherhead are vice-presidents and
C. R. Giddings cashier. The stockholders . are O. S. Harrington, N.
White, L. Saviers and A. S. Mclntyre
of St. Louis, O. H, King of Houghton
Lake) and G. H. Page, F. Weather-
head, E. J, Hughes, E. Gf Hughes
W. H. Wilson and J. B. Joos, all of
Harrison. • f
The expansion of Harrison's bank
is prophetic of increased development in the county and augars well
for both the immediate and more
distant future. The men whose
names appear above know the county
and their investment is a guarantee
of the development of both Harrison
and the surrounding country.
Farwell News.
Rep. Kelley left for Lansing Monday.
* Miss   Anna   Smith is visiting at
Owosso.
Jesse Palmer is home from S.
Boardman. '
Don, Way and family have moved
to Cadillac.
Russel Updegraff has returned to
R.'Boardman.
Rev. G. W. Maxwell of Olare visited here'Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Marks was down from
Sears Wednesday.
O. M. Sutherland of Clare is spending the week here.
W. Carr of Jennings visited Farwell
friends Saturday,
Ethel Graham of Harrison spent
the holidays with relatives here.
R. Stuart of Olio was a. guest of
Boyd Spring and family last week.
Anna Ha,rdwick left Monday for
Olare where she is attending  school.
Mrs. H. Elder of Ann Arbor is the
guest of her son, D. Elder, and family-
Mrs. R. Upthegrove and children
of Alma visited Farwell friends this
week.
Ethelyn Hitchcock of Clare visited
Miss Georgie Shumway the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gregory, Sr.,
were down from Sears the first of the
week.
The infant daughter ef Mr. and
Mrf. D. W. Rowe is very ill of pneumonia.
Miss Frances Hunter, high school
preceptress, is spending the vacation
at Adrian.
Mrs. L. Hudson and daughter of
Dover visited Mrs. F, Babcock and
family Friday.
Geo. Huntley and family-and D.
Jackson and family have moved
down from Marion.
Miss Leila Putman of Midland is
the guest of her sister,, Miss D. F.
Gilman and family.
The Bpworth League gave a pretty
entertainment' -Monday evening at
the I. O. O. F. hall.
Delia Bracy spent a few days the
first of the week with her aunt, Mrs.
E. Bracy, at Harrison.
Miss Zepha Adams, who has been
visiting at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. B. Huffman of Evart visited
her mother, Mrs. L. Clark, and family the first of the week.
Belle Barton, little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Barton is very ill
with bronchial pneumonia.
Misses Eva Middleton and Josie
Winter who have been visiting relatives here have returned to Beld-
ing.
John Dennis and wife of Milwaukee were guests of the former's^sister
Mrs, E. D. Linsea, and family last
week.
Don't forget that the first number
of the leeture°course oceurrsthis Friday evening at the Congregational
church.
Miss Ruby Ritchie of this village
and Estle Marks of Sears were united
in marriage December 25, at Sears,
where they will'reside in the future.
A miniature fire occurred here Sunday morning, the roof on T. Hilson's
house catching fire. Mr. Hilson had
the fire extinguished before help arrived.
Geo. W. Palmer who has been mail
carrier on R. J1. D. No. 1 for several
years was presented with a fine bear
skin overcoat at Christmas time by
his patrons as a token of then*
esteem.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE,
Outline   of   Program   for   the
Round-up in Clare January
'«   9-10,
The program following indicates a
profitable two days. The state speakers are E. O. Ladd of Old Mission,
A. L. Hopkins of Bear Lake, Mrs. F.
D. Saunders of Rockford. The sessions will be held at the Doherty
opera house.
WEDNESDAY.
9:45—Plemarks—Pres, P. D. Brown.
10:00—Forage Crops for north  Mich.
E. O. Ladd.   Discussion led by
J. B. Hamer.
Handling   Corn Crop—A.  D.
Hopkins, P. M. Loomis.'
Question box.
Selection   and   care   of  Live
Stock—A. L.  Hopkins,  H, A.
Fair man. i
Successful sheep raising—C. W.
Perry, O. R. Huffman.
Essentials of good farming—E.
O. Ladd, Dr. L. L. Kelley.
22:00
1:00
1:30
2:30
3:30
7:00
7:30
8:20
9:00
9:45
Music by  Kirkbride's  orchestra.
Does it pay?   Mrs. F. D. Saunders.
Kecitatioiv-W. IT. Irish.
Give the boy  a chance—A.  L.
Hopkins.
Music—Mt,     Vernon     grange
choir.
The Agricultural College—E. O.
Ladd.
THURSDAY,
apple
11:42
1:00
1:30
2:30
3:30
Planting and care of  an
orchard—A. L. Hopkins.
10:15   Sugar beets from the   farmers
standpoint—discussion   led   by
John Presley.
Business meeting, reports and
election.
Question box
The potato crop as a money
crop—A. L. Hopkins, H. A.
Loomis
Making money from beans-
local speaker.    Discussion led
by G- H. Sutherland.
Dairying for profit—E, O. Ladd.
WOMEN'S   SECTION.
To    be   held     at   Congregational
church January 9th;
1:30   Music—Miss Simons.
Invocation—Mrs. 'Maxwell.
Address     of     welcome—Mrs.
Brewer.
Response—Mrs. J. D. Allen.
Household hints—Mrs.  Saunders, discussion led by Mrs,  L.
§M. Converse,  Mrs.  Ruth   Mcintosh.
Piano solo—Miss Edith Wolsey.
Election of officers.
Paper—Mrs.' G. Hoover,  Rosebush.
Discussion    Mrs.    J.   Duncan,
Mrs. F. Lamoreaux.
Music—Miss Lena  Dunwoodie.
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:45
Officers Chosen for 1907.
P. & A. M., JOHNQ. LOOK LODGE.
W. Jr.—Dr. J. W. Dunlop
S. W.-W. D. Parcell
J. W.—F. B. Doherty
Treas:-—Wm. Wolsey
Secretary—L. E- Davy
S. D.—D. A. Wolsey
J. D.—J. Lansing
Steward—J. H. Galliver.
P. &ASM. CORNIN&LODGE, FARWELL
The following officers for the ensuing year were installed December
29th.
W. M.— A. McLeod
S. W.-R. Howard
J. W.-R, Spring
Treas.—Wm. Mott.
Secy—E. Smith
S. D.—A. Wiseman.
J. D.-F. Grillet
Chaplain—J. McMichael
Stewards—Geo. Graham, , G. E.
Lamb.
FARWELL CHAPTER   R.   A.   M..
H. P—J. J. Saxton
King—L. Wiesman
Scribe—A. McLeod
Treas.—J. McMichael
Secy—E. Smith
Oapt of Host—A- Wiesman
Prin Sojourner—George Graham
Sr.
R. A. Capt.—B. Spring,.
Masters,of veils—M. Robinson, G.
Smith, Wm. Mott.
GRANT GRANGE
M.—J. W. Schaeffer*.
O.—Fred Timm.
L.—Mrs. G, Brooks.
Steward—Ohas, Peters
As't Steward—Wm. Arnold.
OhA— G. Nass. ' ■-,.'•"''
T||—Julius Sohaeffer.        '   .......
Secy.—0. Stoll '
G. B.—Fred Bauer. S
C—Mrs» Tiedeman. •
P.—Mrs. Schaeffer,  Sr.
1?.—Mrs. Ohas. Peters.
L, A, S.—Mrs, Wm. Arnold,
DEMOCRAT ANNUAL DINNER.
Clare   Will   Be  the Mecca of
.Michigan Democrats Thursday January iOth.
The Lewis Cass Club annual banquet
in this city has come to be an important event to the democrats of Michigan, The announced program for
next Thursday indicates another to i
be added to past successes. The
reception and business meeting will
be held at the K, of P. hall and the
banquet at Duncan's hall. Music
will be famished by Roxburg's orchestra. , The following take part in
the program:
President of the club—C. W. Perry
of this city.
Invocation—Rev. Fr, O'Gonnell   of
Clare.
Toastmaster—Geo.    P.    Stone   of
Ithaca.
"The Citizen and the State"—S. D.
Williams of Detroit. (
"State AJfairs"—Geo,  E. Willetts
of Marshall. "*"
"Organization"—Edwin   0.  Wood
of Flint.
"The Muckraker"—John F.   Bible
of Ionia.
"Democracy"—T. A.  E.  Weadoek
of Detroit.
"Here we be"—A. J, Lacy of Clare.
 _4.
Resolutions.
Whereas it has pleased the Great
Ruler of the Universe to remove from
earth's trials and sorrows George
Saxton, our worthy brother and' fel-
lowmember,
Resolved—That by this sad event
Olare Lodge, No. 433, I. O.O. F., has
lost a'' loyal member, an earnest
worker and a faithful friend.
Resolved—That bowing to the will
of Him that doth "all things well, we
hereby express our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family.
Resolved—that our lodge room be
draped in the emblems of mourning
for a period of thirty days.
Resolved—that these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of our
Lodge; that a copy of the same be
transmitted to the family of the deceased and that they be published in
the Sentinel.
David Jennings
Henry Bouchey
George Bo wen.
The Brown.
John Coulter and John Greer left
for Houghton *vLake last Thursday
where they expect to work.
Bell Coulter of Paris is spending
her holiday vacation with her parents, J. Coulter and wife.
Walter Sunday had his ankle cut
quite badly with an ax.
Albert Sanburg of Paris returnad
to his home last Tuesday after a few
days visit at the home of J. W.
Coulter.
Herman andJJohn Lower returned
to their home at Freeland last Wednesday after a week's visit with relatives at this place.
Florence Denno of Traverse City is
visiting her parents David Denno and
wife.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
In this column are found mlsce].
taneous Items of Ijnportauce sjich \
as articles lost, animals estrayed.
business announcements, stock for,
I sale, farms forrent,etc, et0«   five
cents per line per week.
Seven room house
S, Bicknell.
to rent—James
For service,—Ayrshire bull, King
of Grassmer, No. 7905. Weight 1,500.
Best breed of dairy cattle. Fee S1.00,
and must be paid at time of service.
H. P. Hubel, Olare R. 3. Bell phone,
'         7-tf.
Lost—Gold hat pin with monogram
B. R, Finder please leave at Pi*. F.
R, Gray's office.
Go to Oole!s market for home made
mince meat ab twelve cents per pound
or ten pounds for one dollar.
Wanted—Ten months old calves.
Write or 'phone D. MacKinnon, Clare
R3.!      • _.  6-tf
Wood for sale. D. MacKinnon.
Clare R. 3    Union'phone. 5-tf.
Money loaned on (arms,   Farms and
Lands for sale. S. W. Hopkins,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 51-26
Fire,
Tornado,
Wind Storm
Insurance.
First CJlasB Companies
Strict attention to business
G-et our rates before you
insure.
AGENTS.
CCARE   SENTINEL   OFFICE
Clare Wholesale Market.
Corrected erery Thnrsday afternoon.
GRAIN.
No2Red Wheat ■.
Nol White Wheat.	
Rye	
Beans, hand picked, ,
Red Kidney Beans per bu.
Clover Seed ,	
.7 00
Let us all start the new year right
by laying away our little hammers.
If we cannot say something good of
our neighbors, friends and ourselves,
no matter how little we really know
our selves to be, let us, anyway, lay
away our hammers—don't knock.      I
70
70
60
1 00
1.90
32
7 25
JTBED. ,
Hay, bailed * ...8 00 12 00
Sbrawv  4 50
PitODWOK.
Butter  18
Ekrb  20
Potatoes per bu • 20
.■DRJSSSKD MEATS.
Chickens, per lb  .09
Live chickens per lb. 06i
ETogs, per cwt         7.00
Beef pei cwt 5.50 6.00
button         7 00
Veal...  6 00
, HEDK8.
Green, per lb,  10
A Card.
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks  for the sympathy   and kindness of many friends in the  hour of
bereavement.   Mrs. James Thompson
and family.
Consumption Cure.
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup
the best cough remedy on earth, cures
a cold in one day if taken in time .
.   V.   AT.l3?-l)l.
Great Slaughter |
Sale of Hats j
Commencing Saturday, January 6th,
Ending Saturday, February Bfli, '07,
.Every thing going below cost. FOSITIVJSLY, must
be closed out in thirty days.' Come early while
selection is good.
e
Mrs. G;-W* Forward
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