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CLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1906.
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THAT NIGHT WATCH SAURY.
Another Example of How Some
People Regard City Money,
The salary ordinance last year fixed
the night watch salary at 812 50 per
nuonth from the city treasury, the
balanoe to be made up.from contributions by oltizens. This year the ordinance placed it at $10 per month from
the city treasury, But according to
the figures of certain political author-
ties, as voiced by the Olare Courier
of last week, the difference between
$12 50 and $10 is 13 50, that is, the cut
ot $2 50 per month reduced the night
watch salary from $50 down to $36.50.
The figures of the same authorities
give $288.75 as the annual salary of
the night watch last year from the
city treasury when the ordinance says
$12.50 a month, or $150 for the year.
Such aufchorties would evidently uo
ahead spending money In any old way,
regardless of charter, laws or ordinances, in fact giving attention only to
the whims of bosses. But the people
have said they don't want any more
frenzied finance. The present council
know the will of the people.
CITY TEACHERS FOR 1906-7.
Oity schools will open Monday September 3rd, 1906 Nearly all the
teachers have had more or less experience and it is to be hoped that the
time is at hand when Olare schools
shall in no sense be a training school
for inexperienced teachers. Tne following Is the list with those who
have Berved one or more years marked
with a star:
J. L. Eoode, Supt. and mathematics.*
Gayle Crego, of "Brooklyn, Prln.,
Hisfand Eng.
Winifled M. Ward, of Detroit, Lat.
and Ger.
Edna Jackson, of Holly, Nat.
Science and 8th grade.
Harriet McU-rabam, Mt. Pleasant",
7th grade.
Myrtle Eulmer, N. Bradley. Gth
grade.
Hazel M. Stanton, Midland, 5tb
grade.
Adelaida Arnold, Mt. Pleasant, 4th
grade.
Oora Shafer, Olare, 3rd>grade.*
Edna Olark, Olare, 2nd grade.*
Fdith RoblnBon, Mt. Pleasant, 1st
grade.
NORTH ISABELLA GRANGES.
Annual Grange and Farmer's
Picnic at Stevenson Lake
August 25th.
The event of the season for the
grangers of Northern Isabella will be
the picnic at Stevenson Lake next Sat
urday. 'Tis intended to be a day of
good time and intellectual feasting
combined. The speakers are men of
eminence, Mortemer Whitehead, national grange lectuer and Ex-Senator
A. W. He!me ot Adrain, and they
never fail to interest and inform their
audienceB. A. B, Canfleld gives the
address of welcome and Supervisor
Menerey of Wise makes response with'
John Nortnon aa m isner ot ceremonies Music will be given by the Eldorado and other granges. Boating between time3 will be a feature of the
days program. Tbe events will start
during the forenoon with a basket
dinner at noon,   Everybody invited.
A
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erious Mo Accident.
Last week Miss Belle Coulter, who
had been visiting her uncle at the
Alma Sanitariumn, her cousins, Mrs.
Ella Sto'ckwell, and her 16 year-old
brother came up in an auto to visit
relatives in Arthur township, On
their return to Alma Friday just
south of the city the machine became
unmanagable, slewed to the ditch and
upset, throwing the party in all directions. Miss Stockwell's left arm
was fractured, and the others were
somewhat bruised but not seriously
hurt. Drs. R. A. and F. R. Gray reduced the fracture and the sojourners
went on the p. m. train. The machine was badly damaged.
Irs, Eliza Henderson-Wilton
" After an illness ot ten weeks Mrs.
G. Wildman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Henderson of Geait.iiai
at her home in Flint Monday, at the
age of twenty-four. The funeral occured yesterday from the Flint Presbyterian church. The body was
brought to Clare and a short service
held at the home ot the deceased's
* sister, Mrs. Horace Joiner with Rev.
G. W. Maxwell in charge. Interment
was made at Cherry Grove.
Mrs. Wildman was born in Flint
and there too passed her last days but
most of her life were spent in Grant.
A little more than two years ago she
was joined in marriage to G. Wild-
man. Besides the husband a baby
ten weeks old survives, also her father and mother, four brothers, James,
Samuel and Hugh of Grant and
William of Alberta, and two sisters,
Mrs. Horace Joiner and Mrs. Bert
Lloyd of Olare, all of whom were present at the last sad rites.
Possessed of a gentle, womanly character all who knew her cherish only
.the kindest memories. Striekendown
' when life seemed most inviting, she
yet in the last hours calmly made
plans fr r what was inevitable, including the future of the little one who
will become a member of tbe home of
her sister, Mrs. Joiner. Much syniya--
thy is expressed for tbe sorrow stricken
family.   ___^___^__
Mrs. G. W. Forward and daughter,
Eva, and Rath Carmichael went to
Smith Crossing Tuesday to visit the
loFjfieE's mother.
Farweli News
Mrs. F. Breed and daughter of
Chicago are visiting relatives in this
place.
Mrs. A. Best and son are visiting
relatives at Beaverton.
Mrs. R. Walt and son, Leo, of De
Kalb, III., are guests of the latter's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Wait.
Rev. T. Porter Bennett and family
also Mabel Clayton returned from
Reed City Monday, where they have
been attending camp meeting for
several days.
Flora Babcock is visiting friends at
Dover.
Married: Miss Fern Armstrong of
•Farweli andChas. Lamphere of Vernon
were united in marriage Wednesday
evening, August 8, at the Congregational parsonage. Rev. E. Frazer
Bell officiating.    .
Olive Ogden is visiting friends near
Detroit.
Richard Upthegrove of Alma is visiting with Percy Saxton,
Mrs. T. Masten has purchased the
property on Superior St. owned by
F. Brown of Shelton, Wash.
Ethel Tinley who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. Gorams at Evart returned home yesterday.
Operations have commenced at the
cement plant-
Mrs.   T.   Hllson and children are
visiting at Beaverton.
Mesdames J. Oanley and Thuss^ of
Detroit who have been visiting Mrs.
J. Renner for several days returned
home Wednesday.
Several Farwellltes attended the
I. O. O. F. picnic near Brinton Thursday.
Mrs. H, Winter spent a few days
visiting relatives at Cadillac last
week.
Prof. J. T. Northon will occupy the
pulpit at the Cong., church Sunday
morning, August 19th.
The Congregational L. A. S. will
meet with Mrs. M. Robinson to-day
(Friday) at Lake. Let's all go.
Mrs. O. Adams and daughter,
Grace, of Bay City are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Bingham.
C. E. Bingham, family and guests
are spending a few days camping at
Lake George.
Mrs. S. Pierce and children of Boyne
Mich., are guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Stinchcomb
Sr.
Dr. Soper left Monday for Calumet,
Mich.
E. W. Brown and family went on
the excursion to Niagara Falls last
week and are visiting at several points
in the United States and Canada.
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH.
Development Going Forward in
Sheridan and Hatton Townships.
A recent trip over much of Sheridan
township reenforced the belief in the
agricultural wealth of the township.
The many fine modern barns, the
rapid devlopment of roads, the present crops, the ditches here and there,
the herds and flocks,—all these and
much more, clinched the idea of the
township's growing prosperity. But
that it has not reached its maximum
productiveness is almost everywhere
shown In fact not more than three-
fourths of the township Ib yep under
cultivation. A large area along the
eastern edge of the township is still
awaiting development. In the northeast much is being done. The McGivern drain there will hasten the
cultivation. Just a mile from the
Gladwin county line a German Lutheran church is in course of erection.
It is 22x32 leet and Is to be completed
September 1st.
A farmer from tbe best part ot Ohio
recently came to visit Sheridan. He
came, he saw and was conquered. He
had expected to find endless little
pine stumps about a foot through.
But when he had gone over the land,
examined the crops one by one he was
was willing to admit how badly he
was off by asserting that numbers of
crops were just as good as in Ohio.
Here and there are found in Sheri
dan men who coming here in the
early days with practically no money
pinned their faith to an area of the
land and now the commodious home
and modern farm witb a good bank account, bear testimony to the worth
of Sheridan lands.
At the Johnson & Klemon's ranch
near Beebe lake in Hatton progress is
the order of the day. A sheep barn
72x100 feet with 24 foot posts and a
lean to 24x100 feet is in course of erection. A stump machine is on hand
and land breaking is on the program
so as to raise the wherewith to feed
the flocks over winter. There are
now over 3000 sheep and lambs
on the ranch and much improvement is in process ot realization. This
is the former Robinson & Brooks ranch
purchased from them less than a year
ago. L. Johnson is in charge and there
is something doing all the time.
In the northwest part of the township around Mann Siding too development is on. Dorsey & Cummins propose to improve their farm and
several others who recently acquired
land there also have progress on the
program.
Renewed That $2,000 Note,
At a special meeting of the city
conncil Tuesday evening it was voted
to renew the $2,000 note against the
city made in September 1905 and due
February 1st, 1906. This was done in
accordance with the policy of the
present counoil to maintain the city's
credit by assuming the debts contracted by the council last year, even
though such deb 08 may have exceeded
charter limitations. These debts will
be met as best they may. An empty
treasury and the heirship of excessive
debts, not provided for, are the two
things that have forced themselves
upon the attention of the present
council.
Theron EMy, of Alward, Arthur
township clerk, was transacting business in tha city Tuesday.
Isabella Indian Turning White.
Ben Isaac is an Indian with a crutch
and cane, and a record says the
Isabella Courier. He Is 89 years
old, so be says, and tor 52 years has
made Isabella county his home. He
wears his hair long like his forefathers
did before the white man started barber shops and commenced to "shave"
his red brother. Ben is a doetor and
traveles about Michigan. He cures
with herbs and barks and never per-
scrlbes liquor save for personal use,
and finds tnat this keeps him from
dwelling too much on the days long
gone when he followed the chase, and
was young and frisky. Ben is- quite a
performer;.he eats snakes and flre, he
can smoke a lighted clear with the
burning end in his mouth as well as
out. But that which makes Ben conspicuous at present is that he is turning white. All over his copper colored body white patches are appearing
showing the skin as fair and delicate
as a baby's. Ben can't quite understand it, but isn't mourning any over
the matter; says he guesses he would
as soon be a white man as an Indian,
and philosopherlike, thinks it wouldn't
bring much discredit to him, and anyhow it would Vary the of
monotany of human existence a little.
He can't account for the change that
is taking place unless his snake eating has something to do with it. Ben
has beena married two times, and
seven children have been the result of
tne unions, but ail are dead save one,
a daughter who is married and lives
near Leaton. Ben says he is going to
live to be an even hundred, and then
some.
From the Farmers' View Point.
The Sentinel is publishing a series
of articles on the evils of monopoly
and over centralization giving the
facts from the position of the smaller
rural communities. The first of the
Series appeared last week. The second
appearsin this issue On page five on
"What are the ^rusts and what are
theydoiag."
FARMERS' ANNUAL PICNIC.
Big Time Assured for the Wise
Farmers' Club Picnic August 22d.
Arrangements are completed for the
Wise Farmers' club in the Perry
Brown grove west of Olare next Wednesday. The committee having the
matter in charge state that assurances
already received make it certain that
there will be a very large attendance.
The time of gathering will be the
same as for the regular programs of
the club, assembling for general
greetings before dinner. Following a
picnic dinner the program will begin
promptly. The Dover Cornet band
has been engaged and vocal music
will be furnished by mixed quartette.
The club extend an earnest invitation
to everybody to be present and help
make the day one of pleasure and
profit. The following is the program
of exercises:
Music—Dover Cornet Band.
Address of welcome by the president,—Alvah Servls and introduction
of the chairman, D. E. Alward.
Song—Quartette,
Address—Hon. P. H. .Kelley, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Song—Quartette.
Address—Hon. Roy I. .Waterbury,
editor of the Michigan Farmer. -
Music—Dover Cornet Band.
ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.
Burgulars   Blow  off Rosebush
Vault Door but are   Scared
Away.
Under cover of darkness burgulars
made a desperate attempt to wrecb
the Rosebush bank Monday night but
were disturbed before they reached
any valuables and departed with not a
cent for their trouble.
James Muma, who lives just across
from the bank, was awakened by the
explosion at midnight and at once got
up and lighted a lamp. This was
evidently sufficient to cause them to
decamp. At daylight some of their
tools were founcf with the door to the
vault blasted away.   That wa's all.
Caller Campbell found the valuables of the vault untouched. Sheriff
Bailey was called and all agree in ascribing the work to professionals.
Rumor says the burgulars were going
east and at three miles they drove
north.
The bank has been in operation only
a few months.
More Locals.
A party was given at the home of
Miss Hazel Alward Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Edna-Geeck of
Owosso who is a guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Geeck,
Ohas. Dell, who is financially interested in, and a teacher in a business
college of Bayonne, New Jersey, returned home Monday after a week's
visit to his brother, Thos. Dell.
Nelson Carrow has a percheron colt
which at eight weeks of age weighed
425 pounds. Mr. Carrow is uaturally
greatly pleased at this and has refused
an offer of $100 for the colt. French
George 27,526 is one of the best stock
getters in the state.
The Midland Republican states that
during the five years of Rev. A. O.
Barclay's pastorate of the Midland
Baptist church 118 were taken into
the church. At a reception to the
family following the resignation a
fine upholstered rocker was tendered
them. Mr. Barclay moved from Clare
to Midland.
Arthur township recentlycompleted
a new town hall 22x4o feet, a frame
structure with cement stone foundation, situated at the centre of the
township. Carl Yek had the job. On
section fifteen a new school house is
being built. According to some authorities, the way Arthur is hustling
along, she bids fair to be the garden
of the county. Other townships however put forth similar claim.
Geo. G. Covell of Traverse Oity was
in the city the first of the week circulating petitions to have his name put
on tbe ballot as a candidate for the
republican nomination for congressman for this district. So far as can
be gathered republicans in this vicinity are for nominating Hon. A. B.
Darragh, but of course, Mr. Covell being the gentleman he is, has his admirers and a friendly contest is expected at the primary September 4th,
Meanwhile sopie of the politicians of
the opposite party are hoping for a
•scrap and doing their best to^sio 'em
on. Their hope, however, is a vain
one.
IN GOOD OLD ISABELLA.
Epitome of Events in the Hustling Agricultural County.
Shepherd has 252 persons of school
age.
The county Pomoma met at Wise
yesterday. A farmer's wife's share of
froflts and postal savings banks were
two of the topics discussed.
Some people seem anxious to atone
for the fact that criminal cases were
lacking from the last term of circuit
court. Judge Dodds, however, hasn't
forgot how to hand out sentences to
the criminal.
A big grist of teachers and, would-
be's took the examination at the
County Seat last week. The examiners *are grinding out the batch this
week. 'Tlsn't a snap to get a certificate In Isabella, for there are lots of
pedagogues.
Isabella township board tried to protect Rosebush from thirst parlor number two which M. J. Carey desired to
institute in the hustling village.
Mandamus proceedings before the circuit court resulted in the mutual
agreement that the matter be taken
up again by the board and the new
institution will probally soon be hand-
ng out wet good s.
D. Detwiler of Broonafleld unwittingly gave himself and his hogs a
mutual bath in the Cbipnewa at Mt.
Pleasant last week. At the bridge
over the river his horse was scared by
an engine and he backed the wagon
against a railing. But the railing
gave way and hogs and man dropped in
the stream below. Everything and
everybody escaped with little damage.
For the second time Mt. Pleasant has
turned down the proposition for $11,
000 for a, new school building. County
Seat people are a little shy on bonding
remembering water works bonds for
improvements are inevitable, not to
mention school bonds still unpaid and
Gorham Bros, proposition for $10,000
from the town besides $10,000 subscribed for Y. M. O. A. building. The
Parochial school now being built also
was a consideration.
In a -community not a thousand
miles from the north county line one
farmer was heard jollying his neighbor about spoiling his corn by cultivating it when everything was so dry.
The response was, "Just wait a few
weeks and I'll show you." The present apparence of the two adjoining
fields of corn now proves the contention of the last named that the way to
keep the ground moist below is constantly to keep stirring the top. This
is one of tha principles of "dry farming" in the west.
Mt. Pleasant has unearthed an organized gang of young thieves who are
adepts in the art of stealing. The
gang was organized during the vacation a year ago. Freig ht car contents,
candy, oranges, etc., from the stores,
brass from the round house, wash
boilers, poultry, were stolen. A
wheel taken at the Central Normal
was found in the possession of John
and Fred Egglession. They were sentence to the Industrial School at Lansing and then told the whole story.
Warner Puchert also goes there. The
o|ficers expect to make a clean up of
the gang. The boys with one exception passed their grades last year.
Their parents didn't catch on as
most of the stealing was done during
the day time. Now the gang's oath,
etc., is a tbing of tbe past.
The drain question has again bobbed
up in South Vernon. The proposed
Seither ditch once rejected by the
Isabella town board to drain a bad
sink hole and rescue a mail road and
from disuse has been the subject of
discussion. Some claim it is easiest,
cheapest and shortest simply to run
it over into Isabella where after a
comparatively short distance it would
reach an outlet with a rapid fall.
The Yernon town board, however,
do not quite see things that way.
The plan now petitioned for is
acircurtous route tapping a swamp
or two as well as the sink hole and
finally emptying into the Wing
drain. But the Wing drain has never
been completed owing to a culvert being too high and the balance of
money raised a number of years ago for
its completion is said to be still in the
county treasury. But Railroad Oomr.
Atwood is being communicated with
and the proper lowering of the
culvert is expected The opponents
of this plan, however, insist that
even then the Wing drain wont be
low enough. A surveyor is expected
to solve this problem- The Seiter
route has been surveyed four times.
The now drain will also do away with
the heed of the proposed   Howland
GENERAL INFORMATION'COLUMN.
In this column are found mlscel.
loneous items of importance such
as articjes lost, animals estrayed.
business announcements, stock for
I sa[e,'farms for rent, etc., etc. Five
cents per line per week.
Wanted to Buy—Bean pods and
hay. We are also in the market for
sheep and lambs for which w.e pay
highest market prices. Feeding
stock and breeding ewes for sale all
the time. Call up Johnson ranch,
38tf .   Union 'phone no75, 4r.
Saturday, August 25bh, at three p.
m, 1 will sell at public auction at the
Central Hotel barn one yearling colt,
trotting stock.   Thos. Presley,
For Sale—100 acre improved farm,
two miles east of Olare with good
houBe, barn, orchard and wells.
Twenty-fiveacres of timber, good sugar
bush.   W. Relnhart. 37-tf.
Wanted,—Gentleman or lady with
good reference to traval by rail or
with a rig, for a firm of $250,000.00
capital. Salary $1,072,00 per year and
expenses; salary paid weekly and expenses advanced. Address with
stamp, Jos. A. Alexander, Clare,
Mich. 36-tf
S. S. Excursion to Bayport.
Wednesday August 29th is the date
of the excursion to Bayport over the
Pere Marquette. This is an excellent
point for excursionists. Make your
plans and go.   Fare for round trip $1.
$50 Reward Offered.   •
For the arrest and conviction of
the party or parties who broke the
windows in school houses in Dists.
No. 2 and 6 and in the Vernon town-
township hall on or about the night
of July 4th, 1906.
37-tf Vernon Township Board.
Nonnern Resorts
EXCURSION
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Pere Marquette Railroad!
flUQUSS 28i
Annual Low Eate Excursion
Good for Ten Days to
the Kesort Country,
Excursion tickets will be* on sale
at all of the principal offices of the
Pere Marquette Railroad Go. on date
above mentioned, for regular and
special trains. See bills for particulars.
Tickets will be sold to following
points, but may be used to intermediate stations north of and including
Baldwin and Tawas City where regular trains are scheduled to stop.
Ludington. Mk Rapids.
Traverse   ity.     Petoskey?
h arlevoix. Frankfort.
Manistee. Bay View.
Mackinac Island.
For particulars as to rates, time of
trains, etc., see small bills or make
inquiry of Pere Marquette Agent.
H. F. Mollee, e. P. A.
Life
Tornado,
Wind Storm
Insurance.
First Class Companies
Strict attention to business
G-et our rates before you
insure.
Wei6ti k Bennett,
AGENTS/
CLARE   SENTINEL  .OFFICE
A woman worries until she gets
wrinkles, then worries because she
has them. If she takes Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea she would have
neither. Bright smiling faces follows
its use.   35j cents Tea or Tablets.
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Special-Prices on
FLOUR
For August.
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Hinkle Bread Flour
60c a sack
Gold Band Fall Wheat Flour
55c a sack
Lijy White Flour
65c a sack
Another Carload of
Sugar received this
week.
Your Groceryman
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Free delivery.
Both 'Phones.
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For  Sale—80   acre   farm, 4- miles
north of Clare—Eli Reigle.       38t£.
Scrub yourself daily, your're not
clean inside. Glean inside means
clean stomach, powels, blood, liver,
clean, healthy tissue in every organ.
Moral: Take Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. E. A. Anderson.
Clare Wholesale Market.
Correoled ©very Thursday afternoon.
GKAIK.
No2Red Wheat .......  65
No 1 White Wheat  65
Bye....  48
Beans, hand picked  i 15
Red Kidney Beans per bu... 2.25
Oats  28
OloverSeed.................. 5 50 6.00
t      FBED.
Hay, bailed . 6 00 8 00
Rye Straw,.................. 3 00
Wheat Straw..  2.00
P-RODtrOB.
Butter  14
Eggs  15
New Potatoes per bu ....... 30
BRKSSBB HEATS*
Chickens, per lb.....  .10
Live chickens per lb  <. ,08
Broilers.....^............... 12
Hogs, per cwt.  7.50 8 00
Beef pel owt................. 5.00 6.00°
Mutton......  6.007 00
Veal *  6.007 00
arose.
Green, per lb. ,,.,,.„..,.,. *.   ,01 .OS
BttroU&"W"yin*nG"faitiCo. »&y highest cash
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