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Official Paper of the City.
OLABE,   MIOHIGAH,   FRIDAY MORNIM, NOVEMBER 30, L906.
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ounty land:
D. E. Alward Takes Up the
Cudgel Against Attacks
on Our Agricultural
Interests.
Within the County's Borders Are
as Fine farms as Can  be
Found Anywhere  in*
Michigan.
in a clear-cut article published in
the Detroit; Free Press of the 25th
instant, our -fellow-townsman, " D. E.
Alward, takes upbbe cudgel in defense
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PUBUCITY   CAMPAIGN?
Former City Push Said to Be
Starting a Struggle to Regain
Lost Power.
THEY BOJSr'T BUILD BAKNS LIKE THESE ON* WORTHLESS SATTO  BARRENS,
of tbe soil ot Northern Michigan, and
states facts tbat demonstrate the fertility and prosperity of this section of
the state.   The article follows:
Olare November 24.—An article in
last Sunday's Free Press on the problem of renewing Michigan's forests,
does many parts of northern Michigan
a great injusfci.ee. Pror. Filbert Rotb,
of the U. of M, ia quoted In thu article
as follows:
"Since 1875 Mlobigan has fooled
away over $1,500,000 trying to sell for
agricultural purposes the so-called
out-over pine lands. The first thing
for tbe people to understand is that
all lands are not suited for the plow:
that the lig&b soil of the upper half
Of the lower peninsula and of the upper peninsula is, broadly speaking, a
natural forest reserve rather than an
agricultural country."
Then the professor asserts that
sand is "from a few feet to 200 feet
deep" in this region; that upper Michigan is as easily reached as is the
southern part,hut, he says, "bhe plain
fact is that men avoided the upper
country because the lands were found
valueless for farming purposes."
Of course the professor did not state
in so many words that all the land in
the upper half of the lower peninsula
is worthless, but he did cite as proof
of his statements thab "90 per cent of
the upper half of the state is untilled,
unimproved wild land; 87 per cent is
not even settled and there are counties
In which 99 per cent is unimproved."
Having demonstrated to his own
satisfaction tbat the upper half of
the lower peninsula is "from a few
feet to 200 feet" in sand, and is "valueless for farming purposes," the professor proposes that the state limit
its sales to small tracts and require
the purchaser to use bis valueless sand
for agriculture.
CLARB COUNTY NOT THAT KIND
I don't believe Prof.-Roth meant to
advertise the northern half of bhelow-
er Peninsula as a desert, bub I do
submit that a reading of bis article
certainly would convey to a stranger
the impression that this whole section of the state is a sandy plain
whose infertile acres forbid the farmer to settle here because the land is
valueless for farming purposes. His
description may fit some local! ties but
ib doesn't flb Olare county, 90 per
cent of which was once so called cut-
over pine lands. We have some poor
land bub very little of ib if any was
ever cut-over pine land. The old notion tbat where pine crew the soil is
worthless for farming purposes was
exploded long ago,
If the professor will come up here
I'll drive him out into Glare county to
as Sue farms as the^e are anywhere
hi Michigan, where abuod&nt crops
are harvested and where the profits
of the farms are equal to, if nob greater, than the profits on tbe.same acreage anywhere in southern Michigan.
soars mrnxvom.
This year on a little patch of six
teres of "cut-over pine land," seven
miles from Olare (nob a ■ stump pulled
either). Rudolph Holtz harvested
twenty-one bushels of clover seed and
sold his crop for 8740 per bushel, or
0155.40,   Because of the stumps not
over four and one half acres of tbe
six were cultivated.
Lasb year William Hilborn, of Ar-
bhur township, fifteen miles norbh-
easb of Ciare, sold from bwenby-flve
acres of land ISO bushels of clover
seed and banked 81,050as the proceeds
of bhab one crop.
These two Instances make a pretty
good showing, bub they are by no
means exceptional. Land thab grows
clover like that is nob a barrea waste,
neither is it 200 feet or thsreabDuts
deep in Sand, nor is it valueless for
farming purposes.
WON STATE FAIK PREMiUM-l.
A few years ago the sbabe hid an experimental farm just on the outskirbs
of HarrisoD, our c >unty seat, and tbe
official experimenters, after fussing
along for a bime, abindoaed the farm
as worthless Their action of course
burb us a greab doil, and no doubt,
maa>, prospective sebtlers, bearing
abftfiir the unsuccessful experiment,
were' deterred from coining here.
Bub about bhab time a farmer, Henry
Ballinger, undisimyed by the official
report, bought this same piece of land
and soon had fine crop? of all kinds.
Afc the state., fair lasb year p.*rb of
Clare county's splendid exbibib. which
attracted greab attention, was off this
officially condemned farm. There
was barley twen by-six inches long,
wheat much above bhe average and
clover over three and one-half feet
long. Mr. Ballinuer is still on the
place, doing well every year.
SUBSTANTIAL FARM BUrLDINGS.
Nob less than one hundred good
farm barns bave been built this year
in Clare counby. Herewibh is shown
a picture of oue of them, in Granb
township, builb right where pine once
grew thick, bub, where the soil is as
productive of all kinds of crops as any
soil in bhe sbate. lb was erected by
Joseph Hudson about fifteen years ago
and is only one of saveral substantial
buildings on bis splendid farm.
The second picture is of a barn
builb tbis ypar by James A. McKay
on one of our n *w f*j.rms It is 44x100
feeb, eight foot b-s.-naenb and twenty
foot posts, the. whole bisrmenb iioor
being cemenb.
I s<*nd these two pictures bacaus e
I happen tohiVii them in my desk.
The country is dotted whta barns just
as flue and sorn^ of them ey.n larger
bban the bwo sbo-vn.
They don't pub'up buildings like
that where bbe land is valueless for
farming.
Farmers' crops here are as diver-
silled and yield as abundantly as anywhere. Wheat, corn, oats, hoy beans,
peas, sugar beets, potatoes and cjover
are stapes and ia these products all
our farmer.-) are doiog well.
SECTION IS GROWING RAPIOLY.
Glare county's exhibit of fruits took
first premlhm ab the sbabe fair bhis
year, and we were awarded second premium on grains and vegetables The
showing of many of bbe other northern counties at the sbate fair was highly credibarble. The '"desert" notion
doesn't apply to Olare counby or
Osceola or Mi9Siukee or (Jraad.Trav-
erse or Charlevoix or Ka'laeka or
Autrim or Gladwin or Rosfiommon,
whatever may be said of other sec-
biofcsaod no .such broad statements, as
Prof, Roth's about the northern half
of the lower peninsula should be made.
The counties named are Increasing
rapidly in population, the so-called
"wild" lands arebelnu taken up rapidly, not by experimenters bub by practical, sensible farmers aud this whole
section is showing as rapid and permanent and excellent improvement
as was ever seen In southern Michigan,
This is not a worthless country, but a
garden and tbe thrifty people here
are making It bud and blossom as the
rose. The only reason this has been
delayed is thab the pine lands were
bought up by rich men and held
out of the markeb until tbe lumber
crop was harvested. Since then bbe
farmers have been buying the sbnmp
lands and making farms.
There is abundaub water. The soil
is all right, and bhe farmers know
how. That is the combination and ib
wins.
DENNIS E. ALWARD.
A, T, Stevens Gity Treasurer.
At the council meeting Monday
evening the resignation of J. R. Goodman as clby treasurer was accepted.
Alderman Scbo mover nominated A.
T. Stevens aud Alderman Wells,
Floyd B Kane. The ballot was secret
and when the vote was counted it
showed four for Mr. Sbeveos and two
for Mr. Kane.
Mr. Stevens Is a clean worthy young
man and well qualified for the duties
ol the office With his office iu Tatman & McKeever's store be ia -centrally located and will undoubtedly
prove an obliging, trustworthy offlcal.
Rep; Kelley's Majority 115
The official figures show Dr. L
L Kelley of Farweli receiving- a majority of 1,150 for his second term
for the Clare representative disbricb.
The vote by counties was as follows:
Kelley Gordon
Clare 907 409
Gladwin 610 119
Roscommon 299 132
Totals 1810 660
Two years ago Dr. Kelley's vote
was aboub sixty per cenb of bhe botal
vote cast, Ab bhe recent election he
received over seventy per cenb of bhe
tdbal vote. *
PAY YOUR DOG TAX,
S. A. Sutherland Accepts Officer
of Dog Warden.
After several and sundry efforts the
city dads bave found a man to perform
the duties of dog warden and now in
reality propose to enforce the dog
ordinance Thus far only a small proportion of dog owners bave paJd their
tax but now with the necessary officer
installed the tax must be paid or tbe
required steps will be taken forthwith
for the whOlesa'e slaughter of curs.
Anderson-Lamp
Ab the M. E. parsonage Sunday Rev.
G. W. Maxwell united in marriage
Miss Jessie M. daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Wm. Anderson of Grant township, and Fred, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Milo Lampbere of Wise township.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamphere will reside
at the home of bis pares ts. Their
many friends wish them a future of
prosperity.
Fountain   pens  from   $100   np at
Anderson's.
The Ladles' Auxiliary will hold a
Xmas. Fair at Derby's December 6-7-
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Hope to Put the Present Council on the
Defensive,  But Will They?
They who for these many years
prior to April 1906 kept the key of
the Olare city government in their
possession, have already starbed In on
bbelr'campaign bo recoup thedefeab of
lasb spring. At. thab time so secure
did they feel thab they refused to
deal In anything bub irony and jest,
though at bhe last minute,, thrown
into a panic, they'did issue the long
demanded anouat statement. This
year in desperation bhey have already
sfarted out wlbh an as-mme'l war cry,
but nobody will welcome publicity
more bban bhe present aldermen who
bave had to struggle along as best bhey
could, maintaining bbe city's credit
and providing for the debts ot their
predecessors.
With a view of aiding the pretended desire for publicity the Sfntinel
ascertained fcbe following facts from
the Oiby Clerks office:
' Early Jn January 1907 two notes for
$2000 and $1500 respectively become
due, the former a debt left over
from last year aud bhe latter for running expenses since April.
Tne followlog two letters speak for
themselves: '    .
19 Barclav St., New York,
November 23,'06
City Olerk,
Olare, Mich.
Dear Sir,—Will you not kindly urge
early payment of $250 and interest at
bhe rate of six oer cent per annum
from May 25bh, 1906, to date ot payment, being cash installment due on
the fire alarm svstem, as per cjntract
dated January 5bh, 1906.
Very truly yours,
Gamewell Fire Alarm
Telegraph Oo
Troy, N. Y.-, Nov. 20, '00.
Oiby Olerk,
Glare, Mich.
Dear sir.—On bhe I9bh of May lasb
we shipped bo your city a fine bell
ebc. and although, the bell was accepted by the clby months ago remit taace has ti it, yet reached us.
Please have my draft for $280 mailed
us at once and by so doing very much
oblige
Yours truly,
Mineeley Bell Oo.
The first letter relates to the famous
flre a'arm system and the second to
the bell bought to replace the defective one installed by bhe old council.
Likewise a letter under date of
Augusb 18th is on file from the Wooley
jFoundry Co. of .Cuicago asking payment for a bill of $207 58 for balance
due on gasoline engines for interest,
travelling expenses lor an expert
visibini*- Olare,  ebc.
Tbe actual facts are thab the present council have raised allTihe possible
funds wibbin bhe limits of law, The
tax rate is $3 90 as compared with
$4.46 last year but last year's rate of
taxation for city purposes was beyond
the limit allowed by the charter. The
impllcabion of tbe old regime is
that just as some $30,000 or $40,000
was spent by the ciby last year so the
same amount should have been spent
bhis year. "3plibbiag hairs" ove
such little mabbers as cbarber viola-
blons and other forms ot lawlessness
is all nonsense. The motto according
to some of the old time push should
be, Go ahead and spend it. Let's have
some more flre alarms, aud any old
thing that'll cost money, Anything
to spend money. Ddbts were never
menb bo be paid anyhow.
In bhe over eager desire of political
bojsism for an issue the cry of "vacant
houses" is raised. Bub where are
they? True bbere are several bouses
in the north part of town in the course
of completion with families waiting
to raOv& in but apart from -one or two.
parts of houses and a few suites of
rooms undesirable for occupancy as
homes there are no vacanb houses in
Olare and he who like the bo■,* in the
fable cried ''wolf", --wolf" when there
is none, is'an enemy of Ciare.
The need of labor employing institutions in Olare is tbQ problem of the
hour. Bub wbab have tbey wbo are
now raising, the present.-campaign
bleat ever done to employ labor here?
Will tbis setting up of .class against
class ever secure labor employing institutions? Will the ridiculing of a
large percentage of our well to do
citizens, who happen to have farms in
the surrounding country induce them
to get together and capitalize labor
employing ittSblbublons as some ot
them have In bhe past? Is.it not
true that one of tliis very class now
held up to ridicule was among the
number who invested in labor employ
ing idsbil/Utions and iu the panic in
the good' old democrat days of '90
found himself in the crash with debts
Of $15,000 which, like an honest man,
he has beeta devoting himself bo pay-
log off In the years since? No; ;nofc
ridicule, not rule or bust, not personal
aggrandizement with a pen dipped In
gall, bitterness and class hatred,
not intensifying desire to sbip up
Strife and smash thingsgenerally Wibh
bhe hope of gathering power'out of
the ruins,—none of these are the
things that will promote labor employing lnsbitufcious.iu G are.
If the cliqtje, defeated last spring
and that defeat again endorsed at bhe
recent election, are really sbarbing
ing their campaign now, they'll certainly ge(t al' bbepublcitythey want
before they are through. For a starter it would boh be amiq? to publish
tbe names that should accompaby the
numbers of the various orders given in
the annual reporb last spring. Very
few of those names at least, are now
to be found iu the records in the offlee
of the city clerk. The public surely
would not object to knowing and of
course ere the camoaign now said to
be starting shall be closed every bidden thing shall be revealed and every
secret fact made public. Hasten pub*
llclty, thrice welcome.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
lit this column are *fpund mlscel.
lnneous Items of Importance -such
as articles lost, animals estrayed,
business antiounceiTicnts, stock for ,
I sale, farms for rent, etc,, etc. X?lye
cents per line per weelc.
For sa'le—Domestic sewing machine
Mrs, F. A- White. 2 tf.
Largest line of holiday goods ever
offered iii Oiare ab the Racket.
For service,—B,egistered English
Berkshire hog. " Fe? $1 00, 'One mile
west of Herrick.   H. A, Loomis, 30-2-p
A good variety of fountain pens to
'pick from at Anderson's, ■ "
For sale—Bay mare," njne years Old,
$75; bay1 horse, $60; also a Mexican
Burro. One year's time' on approved
nobes.—James S. Bicknell.
holiday
holiday
Please call in and see our
UDe, No extra profits on
good3, at the Racket,
LONG JOURNEY FOR LOVE.
Miss Alice, Lasher'Comes from
the Canadian  Northwest to
Wed the Man  pf  Her
Choice in Clare.
Monday morning as tbe bime for the
east bound Pere Marquette train drew
near a stalwart young man wlbh anxious brow paced in and around the
union depot., But as the brain drew
up at the station and a young lady
alighted therefrom his face lib up wibb
secret joy- Their mutual greetings
were unostentatious but all the more
real for bbelr evidently surpressed intensity.
The young lady was Miss Alice M.,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Lasher, who a year ago moved from
Oiare to Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada, and tbe youny man Mel via H.
Earley. On Tuesday he procured an
Important document from the county
clerk and Wednesday ab bhe M, E
parsonage Rev. -0 W. Maxwell tied
the knot uniting two lives that distance could not keep asuuder while D.
E, brother of the groom, and Miss
Winale Cross Of Mb Pleasant witnessed the ceremonial. In the afternoon
the bridal party left for Mt. Pleasant
for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Earley are both highly
respected and many friends wish them
Jong years of successful life together.
They will reside In C are. *
Buy your fountain pens of Anderson
Fire, Cyclone, Tornado'aud   Wind
storm Insurance written by Welch &
Benoett, agent.
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A good pint ot ourBeet Iron & Wine
for 50 cents at Anderson's.*
For Sale for Cigb only—one forty-
five H. P. stationery boiler with fifty
feet of stack, one thirby-flve H. P.
porbable boiler wlbh forty feeb of sback,
bait equalizer, drag saw, .all in good
condition and ready for use. Temple
manufacturing* Go., Temple, Mich.
52-4
Lath for sale— W. O. Fuller, Farweli
Mich.
Lost—Six-months old hound pup,
dark witb white ring on neck Find-
notify W. O, Eulleir, Farweli.
Cjme and select your holiday goods
early and bave them laid away, at the
Racket.
Ask us aboub our perfumes.-
son.
-Ander
Money loaned on farms.   Farms and
Lands for sale. S. W. Hopkins,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 51-20
For Sale,—Good
horse, weight 1200.
Grover.
general    purpose
. Mrs. Elizabeth
49-tf
Wait for Ladies Auxiliary Xmas.
Fair at Derby's Decembar 6-7-8. All
kinds of fancy work. 52-3
liTiilioliii7
MacKinnon-Artibee.
At the home of bhe bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs Archie MacKinnon, yesterday occurred tbe marriage of tbeir
daughter, Miss Eabella, to Alex M.,
sou of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Arfcibee of
Winterfield, Rev. G. W. Maxwell officiating.
The bride was gowned in white
French lawn, carried white roses and
was attended by her sister, Miss Ethel;
Miss Louie. Louch presided at the
piano as the bridal party took their
places at the improvised altar and
Miss Lena Dunwoodie rendered a most
appropriate vocal solo. A. H. Aldrich
of Harrison was best. man. Eva Forward was ring girl and Ruth Carmichael flower girl. Smilax, potted plants
and roses were in evidence in the decorations suggestive of bhe occasion.
Following the ceremony a wedding
luncheon was served and at 6:30 Mr.
and Mrs. Arbibee left for Harrison
where in a home already furnished
bhey will goto housekeeping at once. *
Ars. Arbibee is one of Clare's elite
aud highly regarded. She was former-
ly a Clare county teacher but for
some time has bean emp.oyed ab the
Forward millinery parlors, As evidence of igood will' last week a towel
shower was given her at bhe home of
Mrs. H- B Allen-, and On Tuesday
eveulng a company of lady friends
gave a par by. in her honor at the home
,of Miss Lena Duhwopdle and presented her with a fine piece of cut glass,
Mr. Artioee is a teacher in the oiby
schools at Harrison. '
,, The out of town guests were: ME
and Mrs. Arthur Gilbert and Miss
Louie Louch .Reed City, Mrs. H. E.
Stickle and Emery McLaughlin of Mb,
Pleasant, MissBtbeiBunnof Midland
and Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Fleming of
Wlnterfleid. •
' 4 Card
For the kindly sympathy and aid of
mady friends during the illness and
death of our mobber we desire to express ouf heartfelt thanks. Mr. and
Mrs. Frahfc -Sforr, Mi. and Mrs.' John
Duncan, Mjvaod Mrs. 33. B Qottr and
Wm< Gofc-v ', -';"-
An Indian  Found   Dead    Near
Ann Arbor Track Monday.
Mouday evening the Ann Arbor section crew found an Indian dead near
the Ana Arbor track one mile south.
Foreman Hirt promptly reported the
matter and tbe body was taken bo
Undertaker Doherty's rooms.
Jusbice Snider empanelled a jury
and a verdict was rendered.bhab "he
came to his death from being intoxicated and died from exposure to cold
and stormy weabher. No blame is at
bached to the Ann Arbor railroad Co."
; The man proved to be Stephen
Francis of Isabella township. He is
aboub forby'years old and leaves a wife
and two children. He was seen in
Olare Friday and death probably occurred early Saturday. The body was
takeu to the Indian cemetery near
Rosebush Wednesday and a funeral
service there held preceding interment,
UP TO THE SUPERVISORS.
Petitions Enough to Secure Submission  of Local  Option
" Question in Clare Co.
The temperance convention, at the
Congregational church Wednesday
was not largely attended but bhe
petitions present from eleven of the
twenty-one precincts showed 440 out
of the necessary 445 to secure a number-
equal to one-third of the tobal vote of
1337 at bhe recent election as required
by law. Ib is.claimed tbat abou'b one-
half of ths-total vote have signed the
the pebibiop.
Officers'Were elected: President, A.
S. Rhoades; secretary, G, W,Maxwell;
treasurery O. H. Sutherland. Addresses wefe given by Rev. W. H
Walker, Congregational minister,* and
Rev. S. 0. Strickland, M.-E. ministerial temperance worker, both pf South
Haven.
It is 'proposed to follow out *the
necessary' steps to secure from the
board Of supervisors afc their meeting
jjecembtif 26bh tlie submission of the
question to a vote of the people at the
April election. *
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We wish to thank our
many patrons for their
liver&l trade in the past,
and hope to hare a continuance of the same the
coming year,    '
Have just received. an
invoice of a car load of
Gold Band
AND.,'"
Blue Ribbon
FLOUR
bought before the advance and we wish to
give everyone a chance
to share in our lucky
purchase. Flour has
advanced 30c per barrel
since placing our order,
but we will continue
selling so long as present
stock last at.
Gold Band $4.00 a bbl.
Blue Ribbon $3.80 a bbll
Another car losfd of
Big   Diamond ^
Spring Wheat I
FLOUR
due to arrive here on
Nov. 30th. Place your
order now at'
j 4f#50perbbl.
Cheaper than the same
floui'can be bought today. W.e will save you
money if you tra'de here.
I
Jas. Bicknell
Both Phones.
The Greening Nursery do. Monroe,
Mich., one of the largest nursery concerns in bhe United Sbites, wribes us
bhat they want a good live agent .in
this seebion to solicit orders for their
trees, shrubbery, etc. Experience nob
necessary. They offer good pay weekly, and furnish canvassing outfit free.
We advise any man or woman in our
community, who has some *spare time
bo bake orders so wrlbe them for particulars immediately. Mention bhis
paper when writing. 52-4
Order for Publication.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, *        '
Tlie Probate Court for the County ol Clare.
At a session of said oburtr"hsW at tlie probate
office, in tUo city of iHarriaon, ift-satd county, on
the aoth day of November, A. l>„ 190s.
Present Hon. Asa C. titay. Judge ot Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of,William Jerrea
deceased.
Joseph. Jerred having filed In said court his
petition p-faying that said court adjudicate and
determine who wero at- the time of his death
the legal heirs or said deceased and. entitled to
inherit the real estate of which said deceased
died seized.
It is ordered that the 24th day'of December,
A. p., 1808, at ten o'clooKtin th->forenoon,- at
said probate office, be and IS hereby appointed
ior hearing said petition. '
It is further ordered, that public notice thereof be given by pubUoation of a copy of this
order, for three successive weete previous to
saiddayothearirij-r.iallie OfcAliE SBMMNR& a
newspaper printed and circulated in said county.
Asa c, 3DAT, judge ©f Prob-w.
A truo copy, ' 14
You need not worry when the lire
alarm sounds' if yon hold insurance
policies written by Welch St)' Benentt*
D6n!t fail to get our rates before you
insure. ' ,       ,   tf.
Taken as directed, it becomes the
greatest curative relief of suiferJng
bumanity>vetde-?i8eci. Such is Hoi*
lister'^ SOcky. Mountain Tea. 35
Tea or TSbetS. $» A, Andei-SOn*
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