1906-05-18; Clare Sentinel

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SENTINEL
Established 1878.
(JC-ARE,  MICHIGAN,   FB1DAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1906.
NewSerieg: Vol.l4,No, 26
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GGESSFUL -PPUGAHT
Twenty-nine out of Sixty-seven
Applicants   Pass   the State
Eighth Grade Examination.
That the district schools of the
county are doing better work each
year is shown by the results of the
last three state eighth grade examinations,—since the examination has
been conducted by the county board
of "examiners, same as teachers' examinations. . The first year ther^
were twenty one applicants, none
coming up to the required standard
of eighty per cent. Last year there
were forty-eight, thirteen of whom
passed. This year of the sixty-seven
applicants twenty-nine were successful. The department of. public instruction is to be congratulated in
that they have so successfully worked
out this problem o£ encouraging boys
and girls in the district schools to remain in school, having an end toward
which they are working, and that
when they finally pass the examination they are prepared to go into any
high school in the state and successfully cope with any of the town eighth graders.
Below we give the names of the successful applicants, the first named
having the highest average In the
county, the next standing second, and
the third and fourth being a tie or
the third place. The names other
than the first four are not given in order of the average attained.
Ethel Gerow, Olare; Standlsh Cox,
Temple*; Vera Davis, Marion; Bessie
Bobart, Clare; Valmour Armor, Clare;
Lilly Beacham," Temple; Clarissa Collins, Marion; Jay Clute, Clare; Arthur
Evon, Temple; Maude Garrity, Dodge;
Dena Godwin, Marion; Maggie Hunt,
Marion; Amasa .Ilieth, Clare; Etha
Langworthy, Clare; Frank Maltby,
Crooked Lake; Maggie Nixon, Temple;
Marie *_Tass, Clare; Carrie Oman,
Crooked Lake; Helen Parmelee, Marion; Grace Poet, Clare; Gertrude Eeigle, Olare; Murl Eitter, Harrison;
Junie Eoe, Clare; Herbert Eeid, Clare;
Joseph Sullivan, Gladwin; Gladys
Terry, Dodge; Winnie Wilson, Temple; Laverne Woodin, Harrison;
Flossie Tiedeman, Olare.
Some of the applicants who did not
pass, earned some good marks on
many of the subjects, but failed very
low in some, the diploma could not be
granted. As soon as may be the
diplomas -will be ready for distribution. It is urged that eighth grade
graduating exercises be held by every
teacher who had successful applicants,
or in some instances it might be well
for two or more districts to unite and
have a speaker and appropriate exercises in which the graduates take*a
prominent part.
For the encouragement of those
who were unable to pass the examination it should be said that this was
probably the hardest examination
ever offered the boys and girls of the
eighth grade, and the failure to pass
is accompanied by no disgrace, if those
failing will stick to it and make the
grade next year.. America wants
more stick-to it-iveness on the part of
her young people, and here is a chance
to develop that needed characteristic.
It is hoped that the teachers who
find their pupils weak in any one or
more branches will make the resolve
to do better teaching if possible next
year than this, and that out of the
possible and probable'disappointments
on part of pupil, parent and teacher
will come a greater determination on
the part of all to do better- the coming year than inthe past,
E. G. Welch, Com'r,
Piiicii; in City Finances.
The counoil proceedings on page'
four of this issue show for the first
time the plan of publishing in the official proceedings the items for every
cent of money paid out of the city
treasury. Until now orders for sala,-
ries and for amounts paid out under
contract did not appear in the proceedings, For example, the clerk's,
report incorporated in the council record shows $47168 paid out during
April and of $iis amount only S186M7
came before the city fathers for allowance. The rest, $287.11, was for salaries and for payments under contracts and under the old "plan would
not have been published,' ^But under
the new plan of requiring the clerk to
report monthly all orders issued for
any purpose whatsoever, pi'oyisipn is
made for publishnlg every cent paid
out by the city. Of course the new
plan means extra work -for the; city
clerk and the city printers but .inasmuch as it is the evident will of the
people to have full information concerning city business, the council is
presumably wise in adopting the present plan.
rati School out of OomsnissiQn
The brick school northeast of Olare
was struck by lightning Friday even
ing, demolishing tbe building not a
little. In front the belfry was shattered, cornice on the north side torn
off and brick work of one orner badly
shattered besides door casing smashed
and a bay window destroyed. Lightning followed the stove pipe down and
tore up the concrete beneath the
stove. The back of the building was
also badly shattered, the structure
evidently having be. n struck at least
two separate times.
Y
E J. Wright of Linsing, the well
known Tax Specialists is one or the
active buyers at the sales of the
State Land Office. He never buys for
himself aad therefore Is a desirable re-
presei-ative of those who may desire
to have pnrcbaaes1 made at the sale of
land im this Ooanty to ocear oa June
Here and There in Isabella.
Licenses for slxtoeo thirst parlors
have been issued in the county: ten
at Mt. Pleasant, two at Shepherd, one
at Winn, one at Blanchard and two at
Weldman.
The Dlngman building at Eosebush
Is to be the home of the new Bell
'Phone Co. exchange. A hundred
'phones from the surrounding country
are expected to connect with central
there during the summer.
The number of appendicitis cases in
Mt. Pleasaut is really appalling.
Hardly a week passes but that the
surgeon's knife Is used on one of our
citizens, for this disease. Our local
physicians perform many of the operations, and many are taken to Ann
Arbor.—Times.
Eeports from the south and central
parts of the county indicate wheat
not up to the usual standard. Lack
of growth lust tall and the light snow
•fall of the past winter with a dry
spring for the higher plats, have
brought present results. «Some fields,
however look -well while some others
are to be put into some other crop.
Isabella's Indian school graduating
exercises occured Wednesday evening.
There are 335 pupils from five to
etghteeu years of age. Four new
buildings are in course of erection
there now,—an industrial building 34
x70 feet, employees' building 44x37
feet, a seven room cottage 38x36 feet
and a dairy building 45x32 feet.
Uncle Sam gives It   liberal support.
A County seat editor smarting
slightly under the charge of Eev. E.
B*. Killgore, Baptist evangelist, made
'at revival mee.ines held at Mt. Pleasant that the town In immorality is
the worst in the state, rises to remark
that Mb. Pleasant is the only town
in Michigan in which the reverend
gentleman Is at all conversant with
existing conditions. ^
Our own Judge Dodds presiding in
circuit court at (Jorunna last week,
trying cases connected with the Shiawassee court house scandal, handed
out some hot shot to the "urors instructing tbem to keep away from
all places, where intoxicating liquor is
sold, during the time they are on jury
duty. Otherwise they would be in
contempt of court.
Indications now point to the early
start of an electric road from St.
Johns to Ithaca, St. Louis and Alma.
The promotors have not figured as yet
upon its going beyond Alma, but there
is said to be no doubt about an extension if present plans are carried our.
The people along the proposed road
are enthusiastic for it, and wherever
a bonus has been asked it has been
pledged. The road will connect with
the proposed line from Saginaw to
Lansing and eventually give through
service to Jackson, Detroit, Battle
Creek and -.Kalamazoo where roads are
now In successful operation. What
Interests the people here is the question whether or not, if the St.. Johns-
Alma road is built, It will not be extended to Shepherd, Mt. Pleasant
and Clare, if not beyond. The country is level and an ideal one over which
to build an electric road, and to stop
at Alma" would not be according ,to
our estimate of the men who are
said to be backing the project.—
Shepherd Advocate.
Have you weakness of any kind-
stomach, back, or any organs of the
body? Don't dope yourself with ordinary medicine. Holllster'g Rocky
Mountain Tea Is the supreme curative power* 35 cents, I7ea or Tablets-
Jurors for June Circuit Court.
The May term of'court will not
meet till June 4th, Judge Dodds Is
in Shiawasse County trying the famous cases against various supervisors
and other officials. Following is the
list as furnished the Sentinei, by
Sheriff Hutchinson:
Frost—Edward Parks, John Howard.
Garfield—Cornelius Powlison, G. 0.
Atkinson.
Grant—Geo. Tiedeman, Patrick
Bowler. s.
Greenwood—Samuel Bruce.
Hamilton—John MoKenna.
Hatton—Jacob Ott.
Hayes—A. J. Wright.
Lincoln—Morey Mills.
Eedding--Chas. Davis.
Sheridan—James McClung,
Summerfield—George Green.
Surrey—L. Martin.
Winterfleld—0. J. Diets.   .
Glare—George Wermuth, ' E. B.
Gorr, Frank Grover.
Harrison—D. Taylor, Eoberb Mal-
comson, Stanley Quinn.
FranMin—Ohas. Butts.
Arthur—Frank Myers.
Letter from the Philippines.
Dear Parentts,—It is just one year
to-day since i enlisted and I thought
I would celebrate it by writing you a
good long letter. I received a letter
from you today and one package of
papers and I was glad to hear from
you, for you know a letter from home
is as good as fresh bread and we don't
get that very often. But we are living pretty .well just now having killed four deer last night, using the
artifice of lamps on our hats.
I send you a picture of our camp
2600 feet above sealevel and hills
around with river 700 feet below In
front of the building is the old Spanish
trail. Down the river a mile is a
gorge 1000 feet deep where the water
leaps over a falls of 160 feet. The
clear spots in the picture are covered
with grass ten feet high which it is
almost impossible to get through. In
this grass there are droves upon drove
of wild hogs which ib is dangerous to
get near.
One of the most pathetic sights I
have seen was the burning of seventeen mules. They were tied in the
quartermaster's corral which was on
fire but the poor beasts could .not be
rescued on account of its grass sides
and roof which burned like oil. It
was gone in a very short time.
We have information that a big detachment is to go out to survey be
tween two provinces in a dangerous
part of the islands where no troops
are stationed. Besides the government is about to collect taxes from
the Datoes and some trouble is expected. The fight in which 700 Moros
and twenty-five Americans were killed a few days ago was a severe fight
for the Moros.
We are nob doing much of anything now, only company duty and
that is not so hard. There are
quail in this country. I myself have
seen two bub bhey are pretty scarce.
Wild chicken are plentiful but we have
only our rifles to kill them with and
they are as keen as any partridge you
ever saw. We go out where we can
hear them and lying down wait for
them to come near enough to kill. It
is slow business.
I expect our company to move anytime now bub have no idea yet of
where we will go.
I don't see Sam Dowd only once in
a while as I don't get away very often.
We played ball with the Fifteenth
infantry. They cleaned up on us at
first but a week ago we turned the
brick on them.
We are nob building any railroads
now but are surveying for one to be
built as soon, as the survey is completed.   Edwakd Petit.-
Farwell News.
John Kelley.
In the, death of John Kelley in
south Wise Monday another of the
early settlers has gone hence. He had
been suffering for a number ot years
from cancer. The funeral occurred
Wednesday from St. Henry's church
under the ministration of Eev. Fr.
O'Connell. Interment was made in
Vernon ceme'tery.
Deceased leaves a wife, two daughters and six sons. The six sons acted
as pall bearers and bore him to his
final resting place.
Pasture — 550' acres, woven wire
fence, running water, will salt, by the
Season at these1* prices: cattfe horses
and colts $4; sheep 40o; lambs 15e.
Walter Dobbs, Farwell, 4. miles north
of village on state road.
For Sale—Variety of choice plants
at Garden Lake Poultry Fsraj.—E.
Switzer.
Eev. Sticldand of South Haven gave
a temperance lecture at the M. E.
church Monday evening.
Judge of Probate, A. Gray of Harrison was in town Wednesday.
D. F. Jackson, was down from Cadillac Wednesday.
D. J. Elder and son, Irvine, of Cement City, are the guests of the latter's
parents, Mr, and Mrs, J. L. Littlefield.
J. H Eichmond of Laurel, Miss.,
who has benn visiting relatives here
Started for home Sunday. .
Mrs. ABa Morse of Stanton was in
Farwell on business last Thursday
and Friday.
Eev. and Mrs. E. Frazer Bell were
called toNapanee, Ontarlo,last Thursday, by the Illness and death of the
former's sister.
Mrs. Hubble of Meslck visited her
mother, Mrs. A. Leonard, a few days
last week.
Albert Wiesman andB K. Huffman
walked home from Tram Dam Friday
night.      . •    • -
Mrs. F. Babcock *and daughters,
Flora and Tootsle, to Glare Saturday.
Mr. and -Mrs. W. -looker of Grass
Lake are guests ot Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Fuller.
Stockholders of the Farwell Portland Cement Co, held a meeting ab
their office here Tuesday.
The M. E. Aid will meet with Mrs.
S. Coon Friday p. m.
The Cong. Aid will meet with Mrs.
T. F. Bingham Friday p. m.
Mrs. J. T. Palmer and Mrs. E. V.
Howard went as delegates to the S.
S. convention which was held at Flint
Wednesday and Thursday.
B. K. Huffman, J. J. Saxton and
Rev. T. Porter Bennett attended the
Grand Chapter Eoyal Arch Masons of
Michigan at Saginaw Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Ladles of the Congregational Aid
society went in mass to the home of
Mrs. T. F. Bingham Monday for a
surprise, It being the sixty-nine anniversary of her birth. The surprise
was complete. The afternoon was
very pleasantly spent. Mrs. Bingham
was presented with several presents
as a token of esteem by the members
of the society which she has so faithfully served. Kefreshments were served and the gue.ts departed wishing
their hostess many pleasant returns of
the day.
Asiier Knight.
At the ripe old age of eighty-three
Asher Knight died at his home in
Strickland in the south part of Isabella county on the 6bh insb. Funeral
services were held from the Baptist
church on the 9bh and interment was
made at the Strickland cemetery.
The subject of this sketch was born
In Catargus county, U. Y., in 1823.
Coming with his parents to Michigan
in 1827 tbey setbled in Washtenaw
county, Later moving to Jackson
county he married Miss Sarah Wait.
To this union were born two sons,
Hendrick B, of Strickland and Ceylon
W. of Herrick, both surviving. Mr.
Knight lived in Ionia county till the
death of his wife in 1874. Then moving bo Isabella county he spent there
the rest of his life. He was married
to Mrs. Armena Bates in 1886, her demise occurring in 1894, In early life
he was an active worker in the M. E.
church, being chorister for a number
of years. Generous to the needy, a
good neighbor and kind father he
leaves his worl-" to those who remain.
—X )
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Review for the city of Clare
will convene at the city hall on Monday May 21st 1906 at nine o'clock a. m.,
and will continue in session for four
days between' the hours of nine
o'clock in the forenoon and four
o,clock in the afternoon of each day.
provided a recess of one hour will be
taken each 'day at noon, for] the purpose of correcting, completing and
equalizing the assessment foils of the
several wards of said city.
John* E. Doherty
Clerk of Board.
Dated May 3d, 1906.
Special Millinery Sale.
Special millinery sale on all trimmed
hats, also ladies' black combs at remarkably low,prices for Saturday
only, May l9tb. Do not fall to see
these bargains. Mrs. G. W. Forward,
Jackson block.
Bears in Lincoln Township.
John T, Landon caught a 400 pound
male bear up at Beardom, near Doc
and Tom lake yesterday. The bear
win be brought to Mt. Pleasant Saturday afternoon. Mr, Landon says
this is the largest bear he has seen in
years. Mr. Landon says he expectjs
to get another before he comes home.
—-Mt. Pleasant Enterprise. t
Doc & Tom lake is jn sections 23-24,
-$•6, in Lincoln township Clare county. ■»
Board of Public Works.
Clare, Michigan, May 7,1906.
Meeting of the Board of Public
Works, called to order by chairman
Davy, members present and absent as
follows:
Present—Messrs. Davy, Ward, Seeded.
Absent—Messrs. High, Grouse.
Reading of recommendation of
Council in regard to water rate on
Saloons.
,^Moved by Mr. Ward and supported
by.Mr. Eeeder, that the water rate
for saloons be $12.00 per year and an
additional fee of $3.00 be charged for
saloons using, hydraulic pressure.
Carried.
Moved by Mr. Reeder and supported
by Mr. Ward that the bills of
Thos, Presley, team work ■♦ $18,00
Wm. Dwyer, labor, 8.10
Lewis & Patrick, supplies, 06.46
F. B. Doherty, supplies, 53.16
be allowed and referred to the Council
for approval, which motion prevailed.
Moved by Mr. Eeeder and supported
by Mr. Ward that the stand pipe and
tank, erected by the Chicago Bridge
& Iron Works, be accepted and settled
for according to contract and be referred to the Council for approval,
which motion prevailed by yeas and
nays as follows:
Yeas—Davy, Ward, Eeeder.
Nays—None.
Mr. Eeeder offered the following
resolution   and moved its adoption:
Whereas, the property occupied by
the water works Is also known as the
city park, therefore, be it resolved
that the Board of Public Works request the Council to take charge of
said park In such a manner as they
deem proper for tbe government of
parks, which motion prevailed by yeas
and nays as follows:
Yeas—Davy, Reeder, Ward.
Nays—None.
On motion the Board adjourned.
John E. Doherty, Clerk.
L. E. Davy, Chairman.
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Notice to Water Users.
The annual water rents for 1906 are
now due and payable at the office of
the city clerk between May 1st and
June 1st, 1906.
Water will be turned off on all renters that have not paid water rents by
June 1st, 1906, also on all renters use-
ing water on lawns, gardens, streets
after prohibited hours and a fee of
fifty cents will be charged such renters for turning the water on again.
Hours for turning on water are from
5:30 a. m to 8:30 a. m. and 5:30 p. m.
to 8:30 p. m., standard time.
By order of B. O. P. W.
J. E. Doherty, Oity Clerk.
Sunday Excursion to Toledo.
On Sunday May 20bh the Ann Arbor R. E. will give an excursion to
Toledo. Special train willleave Clare
at 5:20 a. m. Fare for the round trip
$1.50. Tickets will also be sold to
Owosso and Ann Arbor at very low
rates for round trip, Eeturning
special train will leave Toledo at 6:30
p. m. _' 25 2
All kind of Sewing Machine Needles
two for five cents at Holbrook's Department Store.
An A-No. 1. Sewing Machine, Drop
head, Ball Bearing, for $16.85 Caa h
Holbrook's Department Store.
Have you pains in the back, inflammation of any kind, rheuma.ism,
fainting spells,, Indigestion or constipation, Hollister's Eooky Mountain
Tea makes you well, keeps you well.
35 cents,   E. A. Anderson.
Herrick Cheese Factory.
Notice is hereby given that the
Herrick Cheese factory will begin doing business Monday, May 2lst, under
the management of the Graves Brothers. Prospects are good and with
pay day coming twice a month instead
of once and the Sterilizing of the whey
to keep it sweet we teel that our
farmers should give us a chance to
make them good returns for milk furnished. Try it. YQurs Respectfully,
Gi^VJES BRG's*
Advanced
25c per barrel iu the last
week, and prospects are
good for another advance. We have pro-
teced ourselves with a
liberal supply and. are
now willing you should
have the benefit of our
purchase.
We are selling Export
Bakers patent spring
wheat flour at 4.00 per
barrel.
Blue Kibbon the No. 1
winter wheat flour 4.25
per barrel.
G-old Band the very
best winter wheat 4.50
per barrel.
White Swan spring
wheat better than any
5.00 per barrel.
In    small    25   pound
sacks we sell
Gold Medal   * 50c
Blue Ribbon 55c
Gold Band 60c §
Lily White P5c
White Swan 70c
It's time to buy a barrel
or two of flour.    It is a
safe investment.   Prices
guaranteed for one week
Fresh Vegetables and
Fruits every Wednesday
Try Ohase & Sanborn's
Coffees.
Your Groceryman
JAMES S, BICKNELL
Free delivery.
Both 'Phones.
Egos For fiatGtilnu-
White Wyandottes, (Dustin strain.)
My breeding pens are made up from
pure blood, prize winning stock.
81.50 per setting of 13.
J. SIMONS, Evart, Mich.
E. P. D. No. 3.    ; 17 tf
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN.
In this column arc foundltnlseel-
laneous items of importance such '
as articles lost, animals estrnyed,
business announcement-, stock for .
I sale, farms for rent, etc, etc.  ■'■five
cents per line per week.
Wanted—Girl for general house
work.—Mrs. Wm. Duncan,, Stevenson
lake.   Call up on either'phone.
Wanted—200 store hogs. Will pay
highest market price, Those having
such to sell notify James Dalton, Olare
E. 4. • 26-4p.
For Sale—Good new milch cow and
calf.—Jacob Nass four and one-half
miles north of Clare, R1, Bell 'phone.
Wanted,—25 new milch cows. R.
D. Johnston & Son on the Bicknell
farm, 25-tf.
For Sale—Seed potatoes.—Ed'.
Eussell. 25-2
Lost—A plush lap robe between
Dover and the Mlddlebranch April
10th. Finder return to W. H. Bicknell & Go's store and get reward,  24-3
Wanted a good strong boy for steady
work.—Glare Knitting Mills.
For service—Thoroughbred registered short horn bull, Fee 81.00. Fred
Harris. 25 5
For sale—Work horses,
eaux, E. 4, Olare.
F. Lamor-
For sale—O. I. O. pigs, Louis Slater, Olare E. 6.
For Sale Cheap—Top buggy, set
single harness, cream separator, Os-
burn mower, Osburn rake, spring
tooth harrow, Wiard plow, single cultivator. Time given on approved
notes. Inquire of W. S. Hamilton or
W. H. Eelch  24 2
Burch-Wyman Grain Co.. have a full'
line of hay, straw and feed.
For Sale—Seed beans and potatoes.—
J. H. Seeley, E. 3. 23 tf.
Fred Ffshleg
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Publics.
Conveijanclno and ColUctlnu a Specialty.
OltiGB at Clare Poultry flou.B,   CLARE, HUGH
*8-'05
Fire,
Tornado,
Wind Storm
Insurance.
First Class Companies.
Strict attention to business.
Get our rates before you
insure.
Mi & Bennett,
AGENTS.
CLARE   SENTINEL   OFFICE
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From Spring Brook Dairy.
12 qt milk tickets 50o.
25 qt milk tickets $1.00.
Cream, high butter test 20c qt.
 Send your orders In to	
R. D. JOHNSON & SON.
Union 'Phone No. 1. Glare Mich,
We pay Highest Cash Prices for
all kinds of
Old Newspapers, Magazines
Printed and Blank Books,
Scrap. lroi)j MeWls ai>d Rags
West of P. M.;freigiti office* Glare, Niloh,
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