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Established 1878.
Official Paper of the City.
GLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FR1DA.Y MORNING, MARCH I, 1907.
New Series: Vol. 15, No. 15
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2000IMREFROMTAX LANDS
Interview with John R. Brown of
Harrison on Sale of Clare
County Lands.
From Deputy Oo. Treasurer Dorsey
the Sentinel learns that there has
just been received from the state
treasury over $2000, -which is the
a-mount Olare County receives from
the sale of delinquent tax lands in the
county for quarter ending January
1st, 1907. This amount added to the
$30,000 received previously since the
•sale last June brings the total np to
S22,000 -with more to follow,
Ex-Sheriff J. B. Brown of Harrison
was in Olare Saturday attending the
democrat county convention. Interviewed as to the sale of lands in the
north part of the county he talked
freely of his experiences. He said^
that, if those Who kick so much
about the sharpers and johbers getting hold of Olare county lands for
mere speculation, would try to put in
■200 or 300 settlers in the county they'd
get so much of it they'd at least stop
their kicking. "Why, I sellpractical-
ly all my land on contract and then
get the money when I .can.. If somebody didn't do some business so
as to give the fellows with very little
money a chance to start in and make
a home for themselves, I tell you
there wouldn't be much doing in the
way of settliug up the county. Lot of
the men I put out on some of those
lands come through in good shape
practically earning a farm in clearing
it up."
Mr. Brown's position is practically
the same as that of Robert Carson of
Garfield**" township quoted in these
columns some weeks ago. Both men
have at various times bought up considerable areas of lands in the county and then have hustled for settlers
to put on such lands and often there
was little if any money paid on the
contracts. Of course in the long run
they get returns for money invested
but it is just such a course that is
now developing the newer portions of
the county just as it was this very
plan on the part of J. F, Brand that
gave a good part of so prosperous a
township as Arthtr a start. Roth of
these men bought considerable of the
tax lands last June and have since
been disposing of them in the usual
way.
Some politicians in the county have
continually denounced the present
plan of selling out the delinquent tax
lands. But it is significant that of
these two men, who are doing much
to colonize the newer portions, Mr.
Brown happens to he a good loyal
democrat, ex-sheriff and ex-supervisor, while Mr. Carson is a good loyal
republican and an ex-supervisor, and
yet both hold about the same opinions.
Rep. L. L. Kelley has a bill before
the house to have the sale of county
tax lands" held at the county seat of
the county concerned but to be as
now under charge of the state government.
Clare county's agricultural development goes on apace despite the
kickers. NObody seems to begetting
unduly rich, but many by industry,
by hard work, by good hard thinking
are making a comfortable living and
laying aside a little for the future.
Let that number increase.
TO PROSPECT FOR OIL?
Movement on Just over the Clare
County Line in Midland
County.
Coleman. Independent.
Mr. O. S. Sarber and his associates
from Pittsburg, who have been following the oil veins from California
eastward through Kansas, Kentucky
and Indiana, and who have been the
leaders in opening the great oil fields
in Oanad> and the United StateB,
have been in this locality, studying
the conditions and soil-formation, and
after making several preliminary
tests, they have decided that they
have located the next great oil and
gas producing field just north of Coleman, in Warren, Beaverton and
Tobacco TownshipB. They claim
that there is a natural divide two
miles north of Coleman, which separates* the oil from the salt brine.
These gentleman have traversed tbe
whole region during the past two
months, and have secured leases of
nearly all the land in Beaverton and
Tobacco Townships, and they are
now securing leases in other parts of
Gladwin county and in the northern
part of Midland county.
They propose to commence operations at once and put down at least
one 13-inch test hole before spring to
the depth of about 2000 feet, and they
will continue to drill on their leases
until a good oil flow is found.
The company has opened offices
in Beaverton, and it has'the co-operation of this city and Beaverton.
Mr. Sarber says they will probably
build a refinery at Coleman to save
the expense of a long pipe line to the
southern fields.
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Wise Farmers' Glob.
The following is the program - of
the meeting to be held at the home
of W. H. Bowen Tuesday March 5th:
Song—Club.
Prayer—James Phillips.
Welcome—W. H. Bowen.
Response—J. H. Lansing.
Dinner.
Recitation.
. • Discussion—In what way can we
manage to dispose of the product of
the farm to do away with the middle
man—James Hersey, B. W. Allen, G.
W. Maxwell and others.
Select reading—James Phillips.
Opportunity fOr anyone who has
any topic to bring it before the club.
A paper—Mrs. Mcintosh.
Business session.
I   Woman's  question—Which is the
to hire a man on the
work
ahd the wife assist out doors at garden "Work, milking and raising cltick-
ens—Mrs. T. W. Walton, Mrs. Woten,
M,W- Seeley and others.
Reception—Essie Trumpo, Blanche
Lansing, Sylvia Graves.
Table Committee—Mrs. Graves,
Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Ohas. Church.
International Stock Food at Anderson's.
If you want good shoes cheap see
Wtn* Lang©, successor to D*. Grouse.
more profitable
farm of hire a girl to do house
Qualifications for
School Commissioner.
So much was said at the democrat
county convention last Saturday by
A. R. Canfield against the unreasonableness of the law governing qualifications for school commissioner
that by request of a number of people
we publish the law in full:
Persons eligible to hold the office
of commissioner of schools must possess, besides an experience of twelve
months as teacher in the public
schools of the State, one of the following qualifications: Must be a
graduate of the literary department
of some reputable college, university
or State norma] school, having a-
course of at least three years, or hold
a State teacher's certificate, or be the
holder of a first grade certificate, but
said first grade certificate shall only
qualify the holder thereof to hold the
office of commissioner in the county
where such certificate was granted:
Provided, That persons who have
held the office of commissioner of
schools under the provisions of act
number one hundred forty-seven,
public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-one, shall be eligible. In counties
having less than fifty districts subject
to the supervision of the county commissioner, a person holding at the
time of his or her election a second
grade certificate shall be eligible.
An Explanation.
Editors Sentinel—I notice in your
issue of February 22nd that the Brown
news states "We expect a new merchant at the Brown corner store asL.
W. Sunday has bought out O. I.
Maurer." I would say, however,
that while Mr, Maurer and myself
have had'a real estate deal, it in no
way affects the store. We think Mr.
Maurer has come to stay and to continue the management of S. Lake
who will be there at all times to care
for your trade and to send you home
With honest weight. Soon the chairs
at the store occupied by Sunday and
other friends too numerous to mention will be vacated to answer to the
squeak of the plow wheel and the
gentle voice of the house wife for
spading in the garden but even then
and on the B/own corner store will,
we hope, be continued under the
present management.
Respectfully yours,
L. W. Sunday.
' Leg Badly Scalded.
At Thos. Hoyt's mill near Leota
Andrew Smith of Evart had a leg
very badly scalded last Thursday
while rolling logs in a steam vat.
Losing his balance the man had to
jump and to save falling in had to
permit one leg to go in. He was
taken to Marion for treatment. Mon -
day he went to his home at Evart
and has every encouragement /that
the leg will come out alright and the
skin restored without requiring any
skin grafting.
You get the genuine Compound
Kargott at Anderson's.
CURE COUNTY DEMOCRATS
In Convention Pass Resolutions
DUt name no Candidate  for
School Commissioner.
The Speech of Secretary Canfield of the
State Central  Committee Was the    '
feature of the Occasion.-
The Olare county democrat convention at city hall last Saturday furnished the biggest lot of real genuine
entertainment seen and heard in
Olare for many a day—in fact since
the famous caucus at the same hall a
little less than a year ago. Oratory
to burn—but alas, language fails.
Here is the record; it speaks for itself.
When Chairman Mason of the county committee called H. H. Bogue of
Harrison to the qhair there was a
fair representation present. - J. T.
Brown of Grant was made secretary
and then with the appointmf nt of the
usual committees adjournment was
taken for dinner.
At the afternootwsession there were
twenty-six present' but on the one
ballot taken nineteen votes were cast.
The committee on credentials started
to make its report but in the middle
of it A. R. Oanfield whispered to a
Clare delegate, who at once moved
'the adoption of the report without
waiting to hear more of it.
A. J. Lacy received ten votes for
delegate to the state convention and
A. R. Oanfield nine and the former
was finally unanimously chosen.
But the feature of the convention
was A. R. Ganfield's speech preparatory to reading the resolutions formulated by the committee of which he
was chairman. This speech fairly
sizzled with denunciation, practically imputing the integrity of the management of every normal school in
the state as well as that of every male
teacher in Glare' county. This was
.all very skilfully interwoven with
the assumption that politics dominate
our schools. Here are some of the
gems of his ortatorical thought:
"The school commissioners of the
state have so manipulated our legislature that now a man must have a
title to be a commissioner and to get
the title he must go to a normal
school for from two to six months dependent on whether he is a republican or democrat; if the former two
months will do but if the latter it
takes six months."
"My God, gentlemen, if you only
knew one half of the facts as I know
them, there is not a man in Clare
County that would vote for the present commissioner."
<"■"" "The average man teacher's first
question is, Johnny, how are you
this morning?, and his second question, Johnny, what's your pa's
politics?. Politics govern the schools
of our county."
"We must choose between WelcbS
and the man who thought himself
turned down and left the party."
"In Isabella they had a very acceptable school commissioner. In a
few instances he was too independent
for the bosses and now he has been
ordered to step aside for a man who
never taught a day in his life."
Finally Mr. Canfield read the resolutions asserting that the board of
supervisors should be"'sole judge of
commissioner's salary, deploring the
raising of teachers' salaries through
"official acts" and strongly commending the independent republican
party movment in the county.
A. J. Lacy offered a resolution empowering the county committee to
fill the vacancy on the democrat
ticket should a candidate be found.
Supervisor Jackson put in a few
mild words as also did Jacob Mason
and then adjournment was taken.
On the way.down from the hall a
prominent democrat said to the
Sentinel that the afternoon's performance reminded him of what the
papers said of Tilman's burlesque in
the senate some months ago when he
attacked nearly every one of his
fellow senators and then had to take
it all back later on like a foolish little
boy.
In the light, of Clare's school history
both the speech of the day and the
resolutions adopted aye: -striking ex-
"amples bt real-humon Only a few
years ago* Mr. Oanfield. by political'
wire pulling got himself eleoted on
the Olare -board of education by a
narrow margin over Dr, F. 0. San-*
ford. At the end of his* term three
years later the; attendance at the
annual school meeting was the largest,
ever up to that time and so emphatically did the district eipresg its disapproval to mix low politics into the
school that the vote^was,- Oanfield,
22 JSanfordj63. '    ',
At the democrat county convention-
that nominated a school commissioner four verirs ago Mr. Canfield made
a speech just as he did at the one last
Week, when his chief lament was
against the commissioners of the
state. Four years ago, howeyea,
everything was glorious because he
had the commissioner. Not a. hint
was there that the schools of the
.state were in danger of being sold
into political slavery. In fact he
went so far as to say that even "if
our candidate is a partisan is n£>t his'
opponent a greater partisan than
he?".* At that time the resolutions
referred to the school commissioner's
"meagre salary", ''Commended the
highly satisfactory condition of the
schools'*of the county" and in general the spirit' of the occasion W""ts
"let well enough alone." -But' now
because there is no democrat school
commissioner everythinghas gone to
the dogs and he, who was then the
subject of all the glory of the day, is
nowt in having changed his political
views and in no longer being a democrat, a lowborn "grafter" as also is
the present school commissioner.
Consistency, thou are a jewel.
AGAIN A CANDIDATE.
A. H. Aldrich, Former Democrat
Nominee,   Defeated   in Republican Convention, Accepts Nomination from
Independents.
Up to the last minute many of Mr.
Aldrich's friends insisted that" he
would jjlot accept the nomination for
commissioner at the hands of the so-
called independent republican, convention. But they evidently did not
know Mr. Aldrich; he HAf*- accepted.
The convention was held at the
county seat yesterday. Ohas. Gid-
dings of Harrison called it to order.
F. A. Oarncross of the Eagle was
chairman and Chas. Heber of-Mann
Siding secretary. Committees were
appointed and then following dinner
work began in earnest. Resolutions
parsed praised everybody but Com'r
Welch. Then A. H. Aldrich'. was
unanimously nominated. , In a neat
little speech of acceptance he intimated that he was making a sacrifice
in accepting the nomination and
practically promised to let down the
bars relative to truancy should he be
elected, reserving the law to be used
in extreme cases. A permanent organization was effected and Roosevelt adopted as vignette for their
ticket. _
To the uninitiated the situation in
Clare county on the matter of commissioner of schools is complicated.
In a regular republican convention
February 12th with forty-six delegates
present B. G. Welch of Clare was
nominated for a second term on the
first ballot with a clear majority over
all other candidates. Last Saturday
with nineteen delegates present the
democrat county convention, after
putting up a nice little plea to divide
the republicans of the county, failed
to nominate a candicate. > Yesterday
some twenty odd delegates, representing eight townships and Harrison, calling themselves independent
republicans, met at Harrison and
nominated A. H. Aldrich. It had
been "confidently a'sserted that the man
who has been a candidate for this office so many times and who so recently flopped from democrat to republican without assigning any' reason for making the change,' would
not accept nomination from a few
insurgents after having been defeated
in an open contest in .the regular
convention. But he did just the same
and made -a little speedh of acceptance, too.
Now" what? 'Tis alleged that the
whole plan is the result of a secret
alliance between the Oanfield wing of
the Olare county democrats and the
leaders of the independent movement.
Oanfield is to deliver the democrat
vote for Aldrich and the independent
leaders are to stir up enough strife to
make-Oanfield boss of the situation.
There is however, with an awakening to the real'situation, a growing
conviction to thwart the wire' pullers
in their efforts to "Work b&tft .'ends
against the middle. Clare» county
republicans have'seen tbis'same kind
of thing in various forms too many
times to be again fooled by the
manipulations of a would be democrat boss. • :.
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We wish .to express our sincere
thanks to our friends for their kindness during the illness and death of
our beloved "* faiher—Rddabaugll
family., •   ;■      /,    ■■[
We handle the Cooper Reinediek at
Anderson's; •'■«.■•-
FIRE IN SHERIDAN,
L. H.    Thompson's   Residence
, Destroyed Saturday While
He Was Absent.
From a defective stove pipe fire
started in L. *H. Thompson's farm
home in northeast Sheridan Saturday
and completely destroyed the structure, and all the 'contents except
about $100-worth. -He was "at work
in some woods tyro miles away -with
no one at home but a sixteen year
old daughtei*.. He'ig therefore grateful that help sufficient arrived to save
even some of the furniture.
The'house was built of logs and
"though a cement block structure is
already partially completed for a
farm home, the old house waB still
comfortable and this loss added to
other losses such as a big barn blow
down while in Course of ereotion falls
heavily on one who these years
since his wife died has single handed
put up a brave fight to do the best
possible for a good size family.
There was no insurance on the
building or contents.
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
Events    and    Incidents in
Agricultural County.
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The annual musical festival at the
Central ..Normal this year occurs
March 6-6.
Isabella^teachers hold their association at Mt. Pleasant today and
tomorrow.
May"6r Miller advocates installing
S350 voting; machines, one for each
ward, at the County Seat.
Mt. Pleasant school board have reengaged Supt. A. F. Wood at a salary
of SHOO, a raise of S100, and Principal
O. E. White at S1000, a substantial
raise.
The County Seat is about to let a
contract for a big lay out of water
works improvements, which are expected to provide ample water for
city purposes."
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Waldron, Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Salisbury, Bert Hunter and Rerle P. Pope are representing Isabella county at the state round
up of Institutes at Ionia;
Miss Grace Frasquelle of Mt. Pleasant is the democrat nominee for
school commissioner. The general
opinion is that Mr, Cameron will be
elected by a large majority.
Ex-representative E. W. Woodruff
of Broomfleld township is making a
canvas of the county securing names
on a petition to authorize a vote on
adopting the county road system.
They who think that women are
better adopted to the school business
than men Will have a chance to vote
for a woman for school commissioner
for good old Isabella this spring.
Sure, she is pretty too as all femininity is. Here name will be found on
the democrat ticket.
The Normal annual musical festival
will be given in- March this * year instead of two months latter as the
custom. Inability, to secure the soloists from New York at a -latter date
is given the. reason for the change.
March 5 and 6 are the dates now given for three concerts, one afternoon
and two evening entertainments.
The Isabella* County Rural Letter
Carriers' association was organized
at the county' seat, February 22, a
holiday for the carriers. There were
24 present, Officers of tha association
are J. Q. Walling of Shepherd, president; Dan Shanahan of Mt. Pleasant,
vice president; Fred Weston and O.
D. Brown, .both of Mt. Pleasant,
secretary^ and' treasurer.
The local option campaign is in full
swing. Rev. Stri.ctland, whom his
friends call Michigan's Temperance
War Horse, returned to the county
last Monday and speaks at the following points this week: Monday evening, Leaton; Tuesday,Wise; Wednesday, LOoniis; ^Thursday, Herrick;
Friday, Vernont-tpWn hall; Saturday,
Gilmbre Baptilfe.: church. It is announced that ^6 "win,, speak in every
voting.precinct.iii the county.
Deputy Game Warden Trudell of
Bay City, and Sheriff Landon arrested two hunters Friday near the Midland county line for shooting deer.
Archer Beard and Edmund Nevens
.of.Gratioit county, have been camping
over t&e line in Midland county for
tyro.months shooting and trapping.
BOt&paid "a flne*o""f S25 and .costs. It
is claimed a dqzen deer have" been
-MJled in that section this , winter.
Other arrests' are likely to follow.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
tn this tSoimnn arc found.mlsce]„
laneotis items of importauce such
as articles lost, auimals estrnyed,
Jbusincssaiinoiinecincnts, stocX tor .
I sate, farms for rent, etc., etc. J?lyc
cents per line per week.
If you are thinking of buying a
sewing maohine, organ or piano it
•will pay you to see T. O. Holbrook.
* -'', 15-2;
Bargins in shoes at Lange's. See
ad, on page 6.
Up-to-date shoe repairing <M*v to 50
cents—D. E. Beecbam. 15-2
Anderson's (£old Cure will break up
that cold in the head. "'
For sale—Five brood mares aged
from three to seven years. Blacks
and bays, also several geldings. 14-tf
D.Ward.
Bring prescriptions for Compound
Kargon to Anderson and get the
genuine.
Lost—Between Olare and Grant
townhall, heavy horse blanket. Finder please notify—J. C. Stoll Olare,
Box 63 R. F. D.'l. *
Wood for Sale.
Dead ash and tamarack. "Will deliver in sleigh lengths or cut. Also
green ash, tamarack and poplar.
Leave orders at Holbrook's store.
James Arrand, Olare. 13-tf
For farm property insurance in the
tri-county mutual see Welch &
Bennett.
You get the Pure Virgin Oil of Pine
in sealed bottles at Anderson's.
For sale,—Good house and 17 acres
of land in city limits.   0. W. Martin.
•     "      \ 14-2-P*
All kinds of chair caning and repairing, also upholstering.—Asher
Wood, West Second street.     13tf.
Money loaned on farms.  Farms and
Lands for sale. S. W. Hopkins,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 51-26
To Builders and Contractors.
All'work promptly and well done—
Geo. B. Rilett, Olare, R 2.
14-5
Wanted—Gentleman or lady to
travel for Mercantile House of large
capital. Territory at home or abroad
to suit. If desirable the home may
be used as headquarters. Weekly
salary of 81,092.00 per year and expenses. Address, Armstrong Alexander, 125 Plymouth Place, Chicago,
HI.
Twenty Horses for Sale,
1 will offer at auction sale, at the
Central hotel barn, Olare, Saturday,
March Sth, at twelve o'clock noon,
sun time, twenty head of horses,
consisting of drivers, brood mares
bred, and work horses, ranging in
weight from 1000 to 1500 lbs,- Parties
wishing horses sold at this sale, gel
terms of manager, C. A. Thurston.
For further information, see posters.
Col. D. Ward, Auctioneer.'  15-2.
Peter Rodabaugh.     .
At the age of seventy-four Peter.
Rodabaugh, one of the pioneers of
Clare county, closed his earthly
career . February 21th. Stricken
down, by a paralytic stroke,. he ;> survived lesVShan two days. ■The .funeral oecured from the E%le school
house Sunday in' charge of» Elder
Moffit. Interment was made in the
Wood's cemetery in Sheridan.
Deceased was a native of Pennysl-
vania. In 1873 he came to Clare
county and located in Grant township. Latei* he moved to Sheridan
township and lived-i/hera continously
till his death. His wife died seven
years ago. Of a large family the
following survive—John of Hatton
township, Frank of Marion, Mrs. Jas.
Graves of Harrison, Fred and Daniel
of Sheridan township, Henry of West
Branch, Mark of Hatton township,
Mrs. Ida Wade of Allegan county,
and Miss Maud Rodabaugh,
J
Try Anderson's Cold Cure for Colds
'anaLa Grippe.   .'
Clare PaWie SsliDols,
Our nineteen bookkeepers are at
their first trial balance.
Students are asked by their teachers not to trespass on vacant lots
going from and cbmingto school.
While everybody enjoyed, 4he
holiday last Friday a very large majority of the*i high school favored work"
on that day and reserving the holiday
for hot weather.
The second semester" is now well
started and indications are that there
W^llbe fifteen graduates $b.isyear a
third largest class in. the history of
When $ou
want the
Give us a
.• trial order
Little Quaker corn per
can - • 15c
Paris corn, per can 15c
Alpine corn per can 15c
American    gentleman
corn per can 13c
Birthday corn per can
-   .    - 10c
Pioneer corn per can 10c
Shepherd corn6 4 cans
25c
Little Quaker peas per
can 15c
Hart   June  peas  per
can 13c
Star  June   peas    per
can 10c
String beans per can 10c
Hominy   • per can
10c
Canned  pineapple,
sliced, per can 20c
Strawberries, Pear s,
and Peaches, can    25c
Prompt Delivery
Your G-rocerytnan
Jas. Bicknell
Both Phones.
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Pere Marquette
TIMETABLE,
SEPT?. 30, 1906.-
Traius leave Glare as follows:'- '
Por Harrisbb., 6:25 p. m.
For Beaverton and Mt. Pleasant, . 'v
10:08 a. m., 9:08 p, m.
For Saginaw, Detroit and Toledo,
ld:08a. in., 9:08 p. m.
For Manistee, Ludington and Northwest,
•  8:43a.m.,&:20p. m
H.*F. Moeiabr, Gten'l Pass'*; Agen.
J. H. Galliveb, Agent. .   .
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the school. Elva Tatman has won
valedictorian and Marcia Wilson
salutatorian.       •....»
Through the co-operation of Congressman Dariragh, Supt, Roode has
secured from the Smithsonian Institute sixty-eight "geological specimens^
for the school.' One is a sneeimen of
gold bearing rock in which the gold
is plainly visible.   . ,   .
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Report says4thata company of boys
under guise of sedurlng: an investiga-.
tion of the spanking department took
half, a day off Monday.   Rumor now
says   that  their ^unpublished    report is that Supt.'Roode still has it *
in running order.
The basket ball boys played their
first game atMt. Heasant Friday and
■*fere defeated fr to 40.v This is the*
first gatne\ of this kind in "which representatives of the school participated and the result is certainly far better than the score of the first football game played by the school in.
1899 which was 43 to 0.
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