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OTiVE CAREER ENDED.
James  L.   "Welch  Departs
Life at the Age of Fifty-
Seven.
this
Jn the death of J, L. Welch at his
home In the first ward Sunday a well
known and highly respected citizen in
our oity these many years has gone
from our midst.' Jfor a year he has
been struggling with heart disease and
while his approaching demise was not
unforeshadowed, yet it came as a
shook to the entire community many
of whom believed the wonderful physical -vitality always evident in him
would enable him, still on the sunny
side of sixty, to fight his way back to
health.
The funeral occured from the home
Tuesday, Rev. Mr. Taylor of the Mt.
Pleasant Episcopalian church officiating, and a long line Of members of the
Masonic order, including about fifty
from, the Harrison, Harwell and Oole.-
TERMINATED FATALLY.
Irene Monroe  Never  Regained
Consciousness    from     the
Kick of a Horse  and
Died Friday,
North Isabella Correspondent.
Affcer days of loving care following
the terrible accident to Irene, the
twelve year o!d daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Monroe of south Vernon,
during which all that medical skill
could devise was done, she passed to
the realms beyond the reach of human
knowledge Friday morning and was
never conscious after the fatal kick
from the colt crushing in her temple.
Loving hands picked her up from the
field where she was laid low and bore
her to thehome and cared fpr jiut ia
the end the Death angel claimed her
as his own.
The funeral occured from the Rose-
bush Baptist church Monday, Rev. A.
P. McDonald preaching the sermon.
Interment was made at the Rosebush
cemetery.
The blow is a heavy one to the parents aud the sympathy of a large circle
of friends is with them in the hour of
sad bereavement. Two brothers survive. All will miss the bright maiden
Striken down so suddenly when life
seemed just opening out to its possibilities. *
A
man lodges, escorted the body of their
late brother to Cherry Grove where in
the beautiful service of the order
the last farewells were said and the
body laid away in its last resting
place.
The career of James L. Welch was
not an uncheckered one. His parents
were from the sturdy little kingdon
. of Wales. His father was a sailor and
he was born on the sea. He too followed the sea in early manhood. At
twenty he.came to America and located in Vermont. There he married
Miss Lucy Brough and she with seven
of their eleven children still survive:
Mrs. V De Hart, Popular Bluff, Mo.;
Jack of Olare; James in Washiagto n
and Tess, Benjamin, Leo and Carl at
home, All except James were present
at the funeral. Mrs. Welch's brother,
Napoleon Brough, of Ann Arbor was
also present.
Mr. Welch moved his family to
Clare twenty-seven years ago and
through the years was ever to the
forefront of activity, In 1894-5 be
was mayor of the city. .For several
years he served as a member of the
city council, was supervisor seven
years, for a time was city marshal and
for many years under sheriff for Clare
county. He was s 'most successful
officer and never dodged when some
disagreeable duty confronted him.
One marked characterestic of J. L
Welch was his intense patriotism.
Though born und% a foreign'flag he
was a through and through American. One son, Frank, gave his life
for his country in the Philippines.
Another, James, is inthetT. S. service
and could not be reached by telegraph
in time to come home.to the funeral.
Woe be to him who In the presence of
"Jim" Welch dared show any disloyalty to Uncle Sam. One characteris •
tic little appreciated outside his inner
circle of friends was his dry humor
ever concealed by an assumed brusque
manner. H's loyalty to friend is proverbial and there was such a warmth
of unselfish friendship about him that
endears his memory to all his friends.
Sturdy in physique withal with a
heart as tender as woman's he will
be remembered as one of the unique
characters that, especially in the
earlier days, was an active force in the
community.
The universal regard in which he
was held was well shown on the day
of the funeral. Himself a grocer and
butcher here for a number of years,
stores were closed from two to four.
Representatives from neighboring
towns attended tbe funeral, for everybody knew Jim Welch, as he was
familarjly known. Mason, Oddfellow,
"&. oi P., as he was, they with the
rural carriers, he having been carrier
number 2, theRebekahs, O. E, S and
others contributed floral wreathes
and with that touch ot human sympathy, that makes ua all akin, soothed the sorrow of the bereaved
family, - *
Money for Glare and Isabella,
In another column our special correspondent at Lansing makes clear
that the Novembar primary money
will amount to $10 per capita as intimated in the columns some weeks
ago. This means some $74,000 for the
schools of Isabella and over $30,000
for Ulare county. If you are anxious
to know the exact amount for your
district, take last year's school census
for your district aud multiply it by
ten. That will give you the number
of dollars due your district. For example last year's census gives Olare
492 (this year it is 520) persons of
school age. Hence Clare's primary
money at the November apportionment will be $4920,
In addition to the above amount
Olare county (county and townships)
will receive from $10,000 to $15,000 of
the $20 000 received from the recent
sale of delinquent tax lands of the
county. A small amount goes to the
state.
With the sum of $110,000 coming
into Olare and Isabella counties during the next six months the burdens
of taxation for school and government
do not now surely give prospect of being heavy. *
L G. Carton for Senator,
The republican nominee for Senator
for the 28th district is a man thirfcy-
five years of age. Born at Flint, a
graduate of the Agricultural college,
ne taught school in Ogemaw county
and then went into the lumber business. Elected supervisor of his township he served as chairman of the
board of supervisors. Subsequently
he served in the state land office at
Lansing under Oomrs. French and
Wildey. He was a, delegate from
Ogemaw to the convention that nominated H. S. Pingree as republican
candidate for governor and was a
member of the committee on resolutions which drafted the state platform endorsing the Atkinson bill that
provided for ad valorem taxation of
railroads. The bill was later made a
law and under it the primary school
fund has been swelled many millions
of dollars.
Mr. Carton is now a resident of
East Tawas, acting as agriculturist for
the Tawas Sugar Co. He is a brother
of the Hon. John 0. Carton former
speaker ofthe state house ot representatives. If elected, as he undoubtedly will, he pledges himself to secure
a just revision of the new primary
election law. On the senatorial
question he is entirely unpledged.     *
UTILIZE ROCK AT FIRST.
Notice to Contractors. .
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned committee will receive
sealed bids up to Saturday July 28,
1906, to the lowest responsible bidder
the contract of furnishing' the material and building two out houses in
school district number 6 in (Jrant
township, Olare county, Michigan.
Plans and specifications may ba seen
any time at the residenCa ot A. H.
Foltz. A good and sufficient b-jnd
will be required for performance of
said work. We reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
A. H» Folk,
H. Sutton.
AlexMcHeilL
Farweli Gernent Plant to Defer
Building Railroad to Marl
* Beds,
If actual operations have not already begun, the Farweli cement
plant will in a few days be the scene
of renewed activity. The plan is to
complete the plant for a matter of
$25,000 o^ more and start one kiln as
soon as possible, importing rock from
Petoskey and manufacturing for the
present rock cement instead of marl
cement as previously proposed, The
increased demand for cement has recently raised the price not a little
and a good future for the industry is
anticipated.
The marl beds proposed to be utilized are several miles away from Far-
well out in G-ilmore. To install an entire
equipment for handling marl, including railroad, railroad stock, -dredge,
etc., would, it is said, cost another
$50,000, aud hence the plan to go ahead
with the manufacture of rock cement.
Just what concessions have been
made by the present controlling interests of the company to raise the
required capital to complete the
plant is not given out by the officers.
It is understood, however, that a considerable quantity of bonds have been
sold.
J. L. Littlefield is the one man bearing the brunt of the battle in making
possible this new C are-Isabella industry. He has risked lots of capital, has
kept steadfastly at work and will be
the central figure in all that Is now
undertaken. D. I, Elder, who has
been chemist for the company at
Cement City, has moved his family to
Farweli and will be associated In the
management.
Fire at Clarence.
OlQarence  Correspondent.
Early Monday morning flre was discovered at the lumber mill at Clarence
and the mill and a large quantity of
logs were distroyed. The losses are J.
Geo. Neigle mill, $500; Wagner & (-Hi-
more 9000 feet of logs. IN". Church and
Geo. Buffin also lost. In all there was
close to 100,000 feet of logs in the
yards. A large quantity was
dragged away some more or less burned. No insurance. Origin of the
fire is unknown.
The new mill owner had bought out
Wagner &] Gilmorej only 'two weeks,
but he install a new mill right
away. *
KELLEY RENOMINATED.
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Republicans of the Clare Rep-
resentive District Endorse the
Farweli mart for a Second
'Term*
The republican representative convention at Harrison Tuesday showed
a healthy Interest in duties political.
Though it was copceded there would
be no contest, Cl^re county's full del-
egattioh -was present as also a good
representation from Gladwin and Roscommon counties.
Acting District Chairman Aldrich
called the convention to order and invited Eugene Foster to the chair.
Philip A. Bennett was chosen secre-
Grant Moves for Good Roads.
At a meeting of Grant taxpayers
Wednesday evening with Richard
Emerson in the chair the sense of the
assembly was to engage an engineer
and secure a plat of the first mile of
road north of Olare Oity limits, continuous with McEwan street, submit
this plat to state road Oom'r Earle and
if grade, etc, Is such as to secure state
award for road building go ahead witb
the work. This road is already graveled to the Julius Schaefer farm residence Just outside of city limits.
C, B. Lloyd Under Sheriff.
Sheriff Hutchinson Wednesday appointed Ohauncey B. Lloyd of this
city under sheriff to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of J, L. Welch.
The appointment is an excellent one.
He knows both the country and the
people well, possesses the qualities of
a good officer apd is in a position ftp
give the duties of the office proper
attention The appointment receives
very general commendation.
Rural 'Pliones in West Wise,
The Wise 'Phone Co. having com -
pleted their own line and made satisfactory arrangements with Manager
Bowers now hello the surrounding
country over the Clare Bell exchange.
The eleven members of the company
follow: I, G. Woten, Malan Burcb,
E W. Allen, John Roe, Wm. Bowen,
Mr. Walters, Martin Menerey, Wm.
Flke^Eber Raymond, Jay Morrison,
Jefferson Grounds. *
Insurance for Farm Property.
InrespOnre to inquiries for insurance for farm property we have secured the agency of a reputable company
to take care of this class of business
for Clare county farmers. Several
fires recorded in these columns during
the past few Weeks are warnings to
be prepared if fire disaster should befall you. Call and get particulars as
to rates, etc.- Welch & Behhett,
Fire and Tornado Insurance
t Agents Ciarej Mich.
tary and the usual committees ap
pointed.   Then  a recess was taken
and on reassembling tbe following delegates were found entitled to seats in
the convention.
Olare County—T. S. Dorsey, Robert
Nixon, W. H. Brown, Miles Davis, W.
H. Wilson, I). E. Hoover, Philip A.
Bennett, D. R. Wait.
Gladwin County—Wm. Ross, Eugene
Foster, Wm. Lytle, W. j) Scott, Guy
E, Smith, W. W. Hunter, O. H. Her*
endeen.
Roscommon County—K A. Ooan,
L. W, Knapp.
The following resolutions were
adopted.
•'We the representatives of the Olare
representative district, in convention
assembled, renew our allegiance to
the fundamental princlpieB of the republican party, endorse the legislation
of the 59th Congress and the efforts
of TheodoreRoosevelt and our present
party leaders to solve the great economic questions of the day.
• '-We commend tbe business like
administration of Gov, Warner and
those associated with him in the state
government and especially endorse the
practicability of our governor in the
affairs of State and his loyalty to the
interest of the people.
': We point with commendable pride
to the record of our representative
in the state legislature, Dr. L, L.
Kelley, his loyalty to the best Interests of his district and endorse his
attitude on the questions of the day
confronting the state. We pledge
ourselves to use every honorable means
to secure his re-election with an increased majority.
"We desire the representative from
this district to go to the legislature
unpledged for candidate to the U, S.
Senate, relying On his judgement to
cast his vote for some progressive republican still in tbe vigor of manhood
who shall grow in power in the councils
ofthe nation,. Furthermore we depreciate any effort to unduly influence
the deliberate judgement of our legislators, in advance of their election, on
the senatorial situation.
W. Jtl. Browne for Olare county presented the name ot Dr. h. L. itelley
to the convention as a candidate for
renomination. This nomination was
supported by each of the other two
counties and then the secretary was
instructed to cast the- entire vote of
the convention for Dr, Kelley. A
committee of two escorted the nominee' to the hall and he made a short
speech setting forth his purpose to continue serving his Constituents to the
best of his ability.
The district committee elected were
W. H. Browne of Harrison, E. A.
Ooan of Nolan and %m. Ross of
Beaverton, who on its organization
were respectively appointed chairman,
secretary and treasurer.
Dr. Kelley,s reelection is assured.
He is a man of the people, closely in
touch with the needs in this part of
the state. Honest in ail that does,
fearless in advocacy of what he bell ves right, in harmony with the
great body of the vntw of his district, he is vruly a r-jy.eienfeative of
his people.' Let's carry out tho
pledge of the convention to increas e
his majority next November.
WOODMEN PICNIC.
Enjoyable Day Passed by Good
Crowd at Stevenson Lalce.
The picnic at Isabella's popularlake
last Friday was. in every way creditable to the local Woodman, Cedar
Camp, upon whom devolved the management, A goodly numberrepresent-
ed Oolemanf Rosebush and Mt. Pleasant camps, and the day was an enjoyable one,
Dover band In its usual very pleasing manner rendered music. The exhibition drill by Cedar Oamp drill
team under charge of Oapt. Mills was
mostentertaintngbrlnglng forth warm
wards of commendation and generous
applause, D. E. Alward of this city
presided and he with State Deputy
Bullard and National Lecturer Whalen
gave expression to lofty sentiments
befitting the occasion. The last named speaker gave one of the finest addresses ever heard in ihf3 part of
the state eloquently lauding the
spirit of fraternity as against the
inborn selfishness of human kind,
The only regretable fact was that
the threatening rain of the morning
with the harvest season in full swing
kept so many away from the enjoyment ofthe day,
PROFITLESS SCRAP.
State  Grange Authorities   in a
Bad Mix  up.
The Michigan State grange, the
oldest and most; prosperous of the
farmers organizations has a fight on
as yet said to be confined to the high
officers of the order, which threatens
to terminate, at the annual meeting
next December, the official career of
the veteran George B. Horton the
sage of Fruit Ridge, who in the quarter of a century or so that he has been
the state master, which is the highest-, grange office, has held high positions in the national organization and
been favorably considered for the republican nomination for governor.
It is a fight where each of the two
factions has a monthly paper, published solely in the interest of the
grange, to fire volleys of hot shot at
each other. The executive committee
is dominated by these who would undo Horton and already they have curtailed his powers. Each side is making charges and insinuations against
the other, some of them suggesting
graft.
A proposed co-operative store, politics, and advertising in one publication in opposition to a Grange contract for binder twine are some of the
points raised. The opposition to
Horton by other officers is not of recent origin, but only lately has It become publio. •
The real basis of the struggle is
found in the paper Ex-Senator Helme
is publishing with the cooperation of
Master Horton. Tis said that some
of the grangers in this part of the
state are taking a hand and at least
one grange has appointed a committee
to send resolutions of protest to the
state grange executive committee. *
Furniture for Sale Cheap.
New fnrniture, including stoves,
beds, rockers, chairs, sewing machine,
washing machine, eight foot table,
chiffonier, dishes, tinware, mantle
clock, lamps, also a Winchester rifle
and a shot gun. G. E. Dickinson,
one mile east of Dover, old Jerred
place.
TEN DOLLARS
FOR EACH
Here and There In Isabella.
Rosebush is to have a cigar factory.
Grangers in the north part of the
county are planning for a big union
picnic next month.
Mt. Pleasant school district votes.
July 26th on a bonding proposition for'
$11,000 for enlarging her school bouse.
The county seat has been doing quite
a business in bonding.
G. G. Oovell of Traverse City Is
getting bu,sy in old Isabella for Hon.
A. B, Darragh's congressional shoes.
To a man up the tree it looks like a
case oU the ex-ins, agin' the ins with
the chances in favor of the latter.
Mt. Pleasant has ah attorney who
is an artist as well as a disciple of
Blaokstone. At the trial of a case he
makes a profile of each juror and witness, and by a close inspection of one
of his memorandum sheets on Justice
Loveland's desk one is lead to the conclusion that he sometlfiaes illustrates
the opposing counsel*
Authoritative   Statement   as  to
Amount School Boards Can
Expect on   Primary
School Account.
Lansing, July 23, 1906.
Some discussion was had some time
agOi when it was first assured that the
primary school fund would receive a
large accession from the result of
the railroad tax suits, whether tbe
entire amount would be apportioned
to the districts at once, or be distributed over a Beries of years. The law
places upon the auditor general the
duty of making the apportionment,
the distribution being made through
the department of public Instruction,
and Auditor General Bradley has decided that there is no authority for
withholding any part of the fund
which shall be on hand October 1, and
that the whole amount must be distributed in November, It can also
now be stated very closely what the
amount will be—in tbe neighborhood
of seven and a half millions ot dollars,
apportioned pro rata among the counties upon the basis of their number of
children shown in tbe school census;
and the apportionment will 'be very
close to ten dollars per capita—varying but a few cents from ten dollars
for every child of school age.
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It is interesting in this connection
to make comparisons with amounts
distributed In recent years. There
are two distributions each year, in
May and November. In J 900 the
amounts were fifty cents, and a
dollar sixty-five, a total of $2.15. The
next year it went to $2 40; in 1902, to
$2.63; in 1903, to $3 10; and last year
it reached $3.30 This year for the
first time the May apportionment
reached one dollar, and now the
November distribution will make the
rate for 1906 about eleven dollars per
capita. A few years earlier the
amount was only about one dollar tor
a year. That steady increase and now
this big jump, are the results of republican legislation and republican
administration.
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These moneys, derived from specific
taxes are devoted by law to the payment of the interest on the primary
school fund, which is derived from
the sale of lands granted to the state
by the "United States for primary
school purposes. That fund at the
present time amounts to 85,192,385 69;
and there are university, aericultural
college and normal school trust f nnds
similarly derived, amounting to over
one and a half millions more. The
state has sold those lands and invested the proceeds for the benefit of the
ychools, and the schools receive their
income. How was the money invested? Why in the best investment in
the world! and theoniy one available
that was absolutely secure. It was
invested in the property and enterprises of the State of Michigan. We
have bpilt state Institutions with it,
saving that amount of cost to the taxpayers, and are paying interest on the
amount, in the nature of rent; and we
devote these specific taxes to that object Why not pay off the debt then
and stop the interest? Because the
terms of the grant do not permit it
to be paid—it is a perpetual fund and
it would not be good policy, if it
might be done. The same money
would have to be paid in some form
for support of the schools, and if raised by the districts independently,
neither the burden nor the benefit
would be so wisely and beneficently
distributed as now. The burden now
rests most upon those best able to
bear it, being distributed on property
values and earnings; and the benefit
is realized moat by those whose need
it greatest,, being distributed on the
child population.  Horton.
Notice to Contractors.
We the undersigned at eight p, m.
Juiy30ch, 1906, will let a job to put
on a new ceiling in school house-of
district No, 4, Grant, and make such
other repairs as needed
Fred Remer,
G. Nass,
Chris. Krell,
District Board.
Stove
ale at Once
M. M Ellis*
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No better drink for hot
weather than loe
TEA!
In-order to have good ice
tea you must have good
T. Try one pound of §
our 50o T and you will |
use no other.
For breakfast use Chase
& Sanborn's
Coffee!
20c, 25c and 35c pound
Have. you  tried White
Swan Spring Wheat
Flour?
25 lbs. Xport flour     50c
25 lbs. Gold Medal     50c
Your Groceryman
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JAMES S, BICKNELL j
Free delivery.
Both 'Phones.
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Clare Wholesale Market.
Corrected every Thursday afternoon.
No2Red Wheat  68
No 1 White Wheat.  68
Eye  50
Beans, hand picked  1 30
Red Kidney Eeans per bu... 2.25
Oats ... .  33
Clover Seed.......  6.00
Hay, bailed  600 900
Rye Straw  2 50
Wheat Straw  2.00
,    -pBODtrcsi.
Butter  14
Eggs  15
New Potatoes per bu ....... 75
■DBKSSBD MEATS.
Chickens, per lb....    .10
Live chickens per lb,    ,08
Broilers         123*
Hogs, per cwt  7.508 00
Beef per cwt....  5.00 6.00
Mutton.... 6.00 7 00
Veal.....  6.007 00
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Green, perlb.    .07 .08
Buroh & Wyman Grain Co, pay highest cash
price for poultry every day in the yeaf.
"You need not worry when the flre
alarm sounds if you hold insurance
policies written by Welch & Benflett.
Don't fait to get our rates before you
insure* tf,
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For Sale—Square 160 acre farm, 125
acres cleared, good buildings; Also
200 hum grazing land. Dirt cheap if
bqttgbii now—Welfchsad Bmm%K