1907-02-15; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
Official Paper of the City,
GLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY .15; L907.
NewSeries: Vol. 15,No, 13
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COHfEITIM.
Comr. E. G. Welch Nominated
for Second Term.
When Chairman Kirkbride of the
county committee called the county
convention to order at the Doherty
opera house Tuesday nearly all of
the townships were represented. W.
H. Browne of Harrison was made
temporary chairman, <and Dalzell
Gibson Of Crooked Lake secretary.
Committees were appointed on credentials—W. M. Temple, R, Carson
and John Hampton; on order of business— G. J, Cummins, D. W, Rowe,
L. D, Wright.
Following adjournment for committee work the temporary organization was made permanent and Jesse"
Alien and J. R. Herrick appointed
tellers. The followinp delegates were
■found entitled to seats in' the convention:
DELEGATES
Arthur—D. W. Denno, J. Cookson,
L. W. Sunday.
Garfield—R. Carson, L. D. Silla-
way, D. Gibson.
Grant—Wm. Virtue, A. Trumball,
F. MoCarey, B, Evans, R.  Emerson.
HE GBtM REAPER'S PLENTIFUL HARVEST,
Six Funerals in Six Days—Three Persons Brought to, Clare
Burial.   Two Other.Deaths RecordedJn This Issue.
for
Hamilton—J. G. Huber, G. H.
Pomeroy, J. Allen.
Hayes—L. D. Wright, G. L. Mc-
Garry,
Lincoln—D. W. Holland, Wm. Kube.
Redding—W.M. Temple, W. Wagner, Wm. Blue.
Sheridan—Frank Poet, Ohris Reg-
er, Elmer C. Clute, J. R. Herrick, J.
W. Hampton.
Surrey—D, W. Rowe, Geo. J.
Graham, Jr., John Saxton, A. C.
Sheckles, Boyd Spring.
Winterfield—J. H. Fleming, Mr.
Deites.
- Harrison—G. J. Cummins, Arthur
Tibbits, W. H. Browne, Ohas. H.
Lewis, Asa C. Gray, Jesse Allen.
Clare-J. S. Bicknell, F. J. Dickens'5, Frank Forbes, Joseph Hudson,
Philip Bennett, E. H. De Vogt, L.
Burch, J. D. Dunwoodie.D. E. Hoover, S. C. Kirkbride.
DELEGATES.
The names of E. G. Welch and A.
H. Aldrich were presented to the convention for nomination as candidates
for county school commissioner. The
vote showed forty-six votes cast—for
E. G. Welch twenty-five, .A. H.Ald-
rich nineteen and J. F. Brown two.
Delegates to the state convention
at Grand Rapids were chosen—A. J.
Doherty, Dr. L. L. Kelley and G. J.
Cummins.
Such a representative body of men
present at the spring convention cer-.
tainly bespeaks a healthy interest in
public affairs.
WESLEY M. MORDEN. ( /
Dying at Wenatchee, Wash., January 30th, the body of the late Wesley
M. Morden did not reach Clare till
February 8th, The sorrow stricken
wife, who about a month before joined her husband in Washington, left
January 31st with his body. Four
days delayed in the Rocky mountains
by snow drifts, her son, George,
waiting anxiousy at St. Paul, Minn.,,
she indeed has' experienced a full
measure of sorrrw. But four months
ago Mr. Morden, who almost from
boyhood was troubled with asthma,
went west in search of a climate
more agreeable to his condition.
From Washington came the news
that there he felt better. Mrs.
Morden hastening to closaup business
matters here joined him at Wenatchee
only to arrive in time* to nurse him
in his last illness in a hospital there.
The funeral services were held from
the M. E. church Sunday in charge
of John Q. Look lodge, F. & A. M.,'
Rev. G. W.' Maxwell preachieg the
sermon. Interment was made at
Cherry Grove.
Deceased was born atLondon, Ont.,
in 1847. Thirty-five years ago he
located on a farm in Vernon and resided in the township much of the
time since. Marrying Miss Mima
Ramey, he set up one of Vernon's
early homes. Two sons, George E.
of Saginaw and John S. of Vernon,
with their mother survive.
One of the evidences of practical
sympathy, a touch of which makes
us all akin, was a kind letter from a
pastor in distant Wenatchee to Rev.
G. W. Maxwell read at the funeral,
commending to him and to friends
her who had come so far and yet so
quickly to return home with the bier
of her husband. Much sympathy is
expressed for tbe bereaved family.
JOHNM. DUSTEN.
John Monroe Dnsten was born October 3d, 1855, at Wallaceburg, Ont.
At the age of twenty-four he was united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth
Mack and to that union were born
three children of which one son Monroe and one daughter, Ethel, survive.
In .1885 they moved to Clare, where
they resided till a year ago when he
moved to Dighton. There he passed
away Friday February 8th, leaving a
host of kind friends. His remains
were brought to Clare on Monday
by the children and interment was
made at Cherry Grove Tuesday from
the M. E. church, Rev. G. W. Maxwell   officiating.      Besides the two
tarl-up Farmers' Institutes.
The program for the 12th Annual
Round-up Farmers'' Institute to be
held at Ionia, Feb. 26 to March 1, is
now being distributed and promises to
affordmuch interest and profit to those
■who attend. The railroads and hotels
offer reduced rates and arrangements have .been made by the local
committee to entertain all who attend.
Among the speakers from other
states are—J. H. Hale, the "peach
king" of Connecticut, who will speak
upon, "handling the Apple Orchard"
and "The San Jose Scale and Its
Treatment." Mr. Hale has 400 acres
Of apple orchards and as he has
fought the scale for many years is
well qualified to speak upon this subject and is by everyone regarded,»a
an entertaining and interesting speaker.
Wednesday will be given up to farm
crops, with special attention to the
improvement and culture of corn.
The leading speaker will be Prof. P.
G. Holden of the Iowa Agricultural
College, who isfby everyone regarded
&b the pioneer in calling attention to
thfc possibilities of improving and in-
oreasing.the yield of this crop.
The sessions on Thursday will be
rendered especially interesting by
the presence of Governor Warner
Who will preside and delivef an address upon Dairying. Among the
other speakers will he Prof. W. J.
Fs&mv of the University of Illinois,
who will speak in the forenoon upon
"The Importance of Establishing an
Efficient Dairy Herd," and in the
afternoon on "Some important Phases
* of the Dairy Feeding Problem." Friday will be devoted to topics relating
to ==ishe breeding and handling of
faom&Qf eattl&» eiieei* and poultry.
children he ^leaves three sisters,
Mesdames E. Becker and J. Wager
of Olare and Mrs. H. Wright of
Trenton to mourn his loss.
Arthur Rogers of Trenton was present at the funeral. X
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MRS. HUGH CAMPBELL.
the age  of forty-eight  at
her
were held from the home Saturday
and the body taken to Mt.' Pleasant
and placed in the vault there.
Deceased leaves a husband and
eight\children of whom the eldest,
Miss Nellie, was a teacher in the
"Clare schools last year, also a father,
James Johnson, and brothers, Egbert
and William, ajl of Mt. Pleasant.
MBS. iLFKED ROpWELL,
The body of Mrs. Alfred Rodwell
arrived in Clare Monday from Cass
Lake, Minn,-1 for burial. She was till
last July a resident of Sheridan when
she was taken to Cass Lake for treatment at the home of her son, Dr. T.
F. Rodwell. Death occured February
10th after eighteen months' illness
from cancer. Her husband and son
accompanied the. body here. The
funeral .occured from tha home of
Amos Bulinan Wednesday in charge
of Rev. G. W. Maxwell and in accordance with deceased's. request,
when leaving Clare for Minnesqta,
interment was made in Cherry Grove.
Mary Jane Fulkerson was born at
Ancaster, Ont., in 1835. There also
she was joined in marriage to Alfred
Rodwell and forty-nine years they
shared the jovs and sorrows of the
home. One son, Dr. T. F. Rodwell,
and one grandaughter, Mrs. 0. H.
Clinton of New York, who was unable to be present at the funeral, a-
long with the aged husband survive.
In 1887 the family moved to Michigan
and located at Oarrollton. In 1898
they moved onto their farm near
Colonviile.
Deceased was a life long Methodist
and throughout a life that had its
share of struggle wa's always mindful
of the higher things.
WILLIAM MC INTOSH.
At the home southeast of town Saturday died Wm. Mcintosh at the age
of sixty-three.' For seven years he
had been afflicted with paralysis and
on February 6th. a final stroke hastened the end. The funeral occured from
the home Tuesday in charge of Rev.
G. W. Maxwell.
Deceased was a native of Scotland.
With his wife who has cared for him
in his last years four children survive—W. J. of Detroit, Mrs. Ray
Denman of Chelsea, Mrs. Sarah
Russell of Chicago and Kenneth at
home.
CORALEIGH DERBY.
Little Coraleigh, the nine months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. S.
Derby, died atthe ho me Tuesday. Ailing since Christmas, all that could be
done by loving hands was done, but
in vain. Atthe last pneumonia attacked the little one and the death
angel bore her away. The funeral
services were held from the home
yesterday. Rev. G. W. Maxwell
preached the sermon and interment
was made at Cherry. Grove.
Many beautiful floral offerings from
societies, individuals and from out of
KNIQBTS OF PYTHIAS
In Special Train Journeyed from
Clare and Other Points For.
District meeting at
Alma.
Tuesday was a gala day for the K.
of P, in this distriot. 'Alma was the
gethering point and thither from St.
Louis, Ithaca, Shepherd, Mt, Pleasant
and Olare they assembled. In' the
early evening thirty-six left Clare on
a special train and at. Mt. Pleasant
thirty more-were contributed.
A class, of twenty-six were given a
glimpse of the proverbial friendship
of the order and raised to «the ra]nk
of page. Among this number were
these OlareitesT-Berti Greer,. Dr.. F>
R. Gray, Fred Pelton, Under .Sheriff'
C. B. Lloyd and O. C. Harris.
• Following the ex~emp*liucation of the
mysteries of theorder,20Q sat down to'
a banquet with «T, B. Spinney of Alma
as toastmaster4 Among those responding to toasts were Judge K. S.
dearie of Ithaca, Frank B. poherty
of this city,- Fred Russell of Mt.
Pleasant, Editor Girdley of Ithaca,
Rev. Mr. Sieglei* of St. Louis, Grand
Chancellor Abby of Kalamazoo and
Grand Keeper of Seals Hampton of
Charlevoix.
Mr. Doherty's subject was the
method of collection of dues and the
staying ofedrain on membership and
many favorable comments are heard'
for his maiden effort at a gathering
of this character. ' i
The next district meeting will probably be held in Glare.
To Prospect for Goal •
at Mt, Pleasant.
A few local capitalists and a representative of an Ohio coal company
mot together Monday night and made
arrangements to begin prospecting
at once for coal on land just north- of
town. The local capital will go dollar
for dollar against the company's capital in the work of prospecting, and
if the boring reveal the strata of co,al
that is anticipated, it is very probable
a local company will be formed to
push the digging.
The maps of the State's geological
survey indicate coal all over this section of Michigan, and the chemical
company have found repeated evidence of the fuel in their diggings.
It is believed there is a vein beneath
us 3 or 4 feet in thickness. It is covered with a roofing of hard pan,
which makes the condition desirable
for mining. The coal lies from 300
to 400 feet beneath the surface.—Mt.
Pleasant Times.
ISABELLA REPUBLICANS
In Convention Nominate E. T,
Cameron for School Commissioner,
The republican county convention
at Mt. Pleasant Saturday brought together representatives from every
precinct in the county except Lincoln
township. Jesse Woods was the only
delegate' from Gilmore. Except the.se
two all had a full delegation.
Martin Menerey of Wise was chosj,
en chairman and B. M. Gould of
Shepherd secetary. For tellers J.
W. Keller of Denver and B. A.
Adams of Freeman were appointed.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Credentials—J, yf, Hariqe of Mt.
Pleasant, Geo. Moore of 0oe and
Henry Wild of Vernon.
Organization and order of-"business—Frank Sweeney of Mt. Pleasant,
X. !D. Matthews of Coe and Wm.
Hummell of Broomfleld.
Resolutions—W. F. Fordyce of Coe,
W. M. Hovey of Denver and A. Roberts of Coe.        • .
When candidates for the nomination
for commissioner of schools were called for Ed. Russell of Vernon presented the name of H. A. Graham of
Mt. Pleasant and Asa Smith the^iame
of Ernest T. Cameron of Sherman
City. Col. Campbell of Mt. Pleasant
also made a speech supporting the
former's candidacy. When the vote
was taken it showed thirty-three for
Graham and fifty-four for Cameron.
Mr. Graham is serving his second
term and ife is said that it was on that
ground that he was not again renominated.
Delegates chosen to the state convention were—A. 0. Rowlader, 0. L.
Burdickj W. M, Hovey, John Maxwell, John Butler, O. M. Mason, F.
H. Dodds and H. A. Graham. This
delegation supported Levi Barbour
in the regency contest at the republican state .convention at Grand
Rapids yesterday.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
In tUis column arc foundltnlsccl.
lancous Items of importauco such
as articles lost, animals estroyed.
business announcements, stock for ,
i sale, farms for rent, etc., etc. J?iy«
cents per line per week.
Lost—On Mc Ewan street SaturdW
evening a black handbag with pocke/*«
book inside and about S1.50 in money.
Reward for return to the Calkins.
Wood for Sale.        y^
Dead ash and tamarack, Will\[e_-<
liver in sleigh lengths or cut. ijDso
green ash, tamarack and poplar.
Leave orders at Holbrook's store,
James Arrand, Clare.   ■ 13-tf
Three
Horse for Sale. ,
years   old,  sired by
Lane.   Good roader.   Geo.
Clare, R. 3.   Union phone.
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DARRAGH IN  LIME LIGHT.
home in Winterfield last Friday  oc- town attested practical sympathy.
cured the death of Mrs. Hugh Campbell after an illness of three months
Mrs.   L,   A,   Comstock  and    Roy
Adams of Evart were present at ct-he
from    diebetus.      Funeral   services funeral.
The hide bound political papers of
the other side of the political fence
are going at Gov. Warner hot blocks".
Nufl ced.
Breed-Simooson.
At Harrison Tuesday occured the
marriage of Anna Breed of Farwell
and Leonard Simonson of this city
He is another of the former proverbial bachelors at the Calkins and his
fate in finally yielding to the god of
marriage is quoted as evidence that
none are armour proof.
Mr. and Mrs. Simonson will go to
housekeeping at once on seventh
street west. The,Sentinel offers
congratulations.
The Epworth League social at the
M. E. church parlors Friday evening
brought together a large company of
young people. Some Sl2 was realized.
A Card.
For the kindly Sympathy of many
friends in the hoitr of bereavement
in the los,s of our little girl, we desire
to express our heartfelt thanks,
Mr. and Mrs. O..S. Derby.
Congressman! from This District
Starts   Fight   to   Lopp off
$9,5000,000 from Amount
Railroads    Get for
Carrying Mails.
Dispatches from Washington indicate that Cong.' A. B. Darragh*
of the eleventh district has percept-
ated what is to be one of the biggest
fights on the floor of the house of representatives for years.
Mr. Darragh is a member of the
house committee on postoffices.
That committee, in framing a bill to
reduce the amount paid railroads for
carrying Uncle Sam's mails, disagreed. Members on the committee
favorable to the railroads fought the
proposed reduction at every step.
Even when the proposals were carried by the committee they came near
securing votes enough to Reconsider
the reductions and lay them on the
table: Our Congressman stood out
against this and succeeded in "blocking the reconsideration. The question will now go to the floor the house
where it is known a large majority
favor the proposed reductions.
For shoe repairing call on
Beecham at John McCamhleys
ness shop, you will get   court
treatment.   Work neatly done
All Mnds of "chair caning
pairing,    also   Upholstering,
Wood, West Second street.
Lost—In Olare or on the road
Murphy's   corners last Saturday
parcelofmerchandise.   Finder
return to J. A. Wilson's store
Presley.
Money loaned on farms.   Fn**mJard
Lands for sale. S. W. Hop«n°,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. -51-26
A Year of Intense Suffering.
Mrs. Carrie Askey, Cumberland,
Wyoming had a sore throat and tickling in her throat that kept her coughing night after night. She used Warner's White Wine of Tar and has not
lost a nights sleep since. Write her.
For sale oy E. A. Anderson.
UP TO SUPREME COURT.
Documents in Clare Co. Local
Option Question Taken to
Lansing Wednesday.
As a result of a conference between
I. A. Fancher, attorney for Olare
county local option petitioners, and
S. O. Strickland the latter went to
Lansing Wednesday evening in an
effort to have the points at' issue on
the local option question brought directly before the supreme court.
Fear is expressed that should the
matter first be brought "before the
circuit court and then be appealed
to the supreme court, a decision
could not be obtained in time for the
spring election.
It is noticeable that the legal lights
on each side of the controversy still
reiterate their belief that they are
right. The supreme court will probably decide the matter and presumably will find one side or the other
legally wrong.
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20 Mule
Team
and
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
Have you ever tried
Twenty Mule' Team
Borax Soap? Lathers
freely in hard water and
leaves the sMn soft, and*
white. You could not
buy a better soap at 25o
per bar and it   '
Sells for 5c
Once tried always used.
Purchase price refunded
if not satisfactory. We
reccomtnend it to people
uBing city water for
toilet or bath.
Glare Old Soldiers Benefited.
The new pension bill just signed by
the President included every person
who served ninety days in the Civil
war or sixty day in the Mexican war
and gives S12 per month to every
former soldier over sixty-two years
of age, S15 to all over seventy and S2&
a month to all seventy-five years or
older.
In this vicinity nineteen will benefited and will if they live a few more
years, prove a help to five or six
more. The following under the
seventy year age limit are raised
from 817 to S20 per month—Willis
Lamb, J. W. Reed, Z. Kump, S. A.
Sutherland and N". Pettibone.
t-   Card of Thanks.
FoV Jpie kindness of friendsv in the
hour V>f bereavement especially on
the p/lrt-Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bulman,
Rev. G. W. Maxwell and those who
furnished'music, we desire to express
our warmest thanks—Alfred and T.
F. Rodwell.
MoEWAH STREET* OITY OF GLARE, LOOBflNG NORTH FROM! THIRD STREET*
sue   builder,   reconstructor,
'up waste force, makes  strong
and muscle.   You will realize
taking Hollister's Rocky Moun-
ea what a wonderful benefit it
e to you.   35 cents, Tea or Tab-
E. A. Anderson.
Events    and   Incidents in
Agricultural County.
the
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property insurance in the
mutual    see   Welch  &
A movement is on foot to have the
adoption of the County road system
voted on at the April election.
W. O. Preston, a civil war veterant
dropped dead at six o'clock Wednesday monring at Mt. Pleasant. He
was on his way to Maple street school
where he is janitor.
They who cry "fish story" on reading of a cord of rabbits sold from
Ooldwater township to a Olare man
seem to forget that there is nothing
small about good old Isabella.   ■
A district Sunday school convention at Herrick is announced for
next Friday commencing, at 9:30 a.
m. and continuing all day. S. O.
Strickland will be present at the
evening session, which is to be a
temperance meeting,"
Rant Holiday of Ohippewa was
caught in a shafting at Griffin's mill
at Mt. Pleasant the first of the week
and pounded up and down on the
floor till he became insensible. His
skull is broken and there is slight
hope of his recovery.
County Seat people afce said to desire uniting of at least two of their
churches. The sectarian sph'it is,
however, to be counted on to. keep
the full number of sects, each with
its own church, with always the
semblance of life, no matter how
little they may be actually doing.
'Tis ever thus.
Ernest T. Cameron of Sherman being the republican nominee for school
commissioner as prophesiod, the
question is now asked, Will the phro-
phecy that Gus Lynch of Vernon is to
be tiie democrat, candidate, also be
fulfilled.. Mr- Cameron just before
Our inventory sale
continues until February 10th.
Your Groceryman
Jas. Bciknell
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winningthe nomination became pro]
prietpr of fine eight pound boy-
..Drain Oom'r. Freeman keeps 'em
going some, or rather is getting
ready to hustle the ditches for keeps *
in the spring. Advertised sales of
drains come thick and fast just. now.
A Wise township correspondent is
authority for the statement that despite the bad floods this winter they
haven't been bothered at all,—all on
account of ditches dug in recent
years.
Isabella's (proposed) new Uncle
Jerry's railroad is heard from again.
This time it is an applicationforright
of way through Grand Rapids.
Meanwhile Winn, which town is alleged to have doughed up some good
shekels for the project, still pours
forth a sad refrain over her isolation
from a railrdad. But all must be
patient. 'Tis a big project to build
a railroadjxom South Bend, Indiana,
to Alpena, via Grand Rapids and
Isahella.
A series of temperance meetings
for the local option cause are in
progress in the county with S. O.
Strickland of South Haven as the
principal Bpeaker. During next week
the west and north part of the county will be the scene of the meetings
There is no great amount of excitement in the campaign thus far.
Evidently each voter will decide the
matter for himself without saying
very much about it to anybody
else. He figures the ballot is secret,
will listen to ail the evidence on both
sides and vote- according to his best
judgment.
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