1906-12-28; Clare Sentinel

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SENTINEL
Established 1878,
Official Paper of the City.
CLARE,   MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, .DECEMBER 28, 1906.
NewSeries: Vol. 15,No. 6
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OF. ROTH MISQUOTED.
Says He Didn't Write Nor Authorize Free Press Article.
Comr. E. G. Welch wrote Prof. Filbert Roth of the ftires ry department
Of Michigan's University, after the
appearance of the arifcle in the Detroit Free Press in which be was quoted as makin*? statements mo-it mis
leading and detrimental to the northern part of the state, and cbe reply to
that letter is given entire herewith:
Ann Arbor, Mich , Dec 1, '06.
Ctf E. G. Welch,
Olare, Mich.
Dear Sir: Your courteous and frank
favor of the. 30 ult, and especially your
porttion as aa educttor seem to cill
for a full answer Pardon me for
s-iying a few things nitherc itegorieal-
iy:
1. lhavenever published an art'de in
the Free Pie^s and ctn n<it accept the
responsibility for Gieussl's article, if
this Is what yoti refer to.
2. Neither I nor anyone els-'e am *ng
the" advocates of forestry who are at
all conversant with the conditions Jn
the state, would fur a minute b ;liltle
any town, or couniy or district in this
state of ours, by Haying th it any c .nn-
ty was without good Jand, eic. We
all know tbat Clare, like Washtenaw,
has good land and po ir lend.
3. Being ioleresfed in I his whole
matiter only as a citix^n of the State
whobalivts that f-.restrv is one of
the wavs if using much of our land
(north and sjutij, in Washteuaw -,nd
In Clare alike; I am the last man to
say anything that will hinder any form
of healthy development of your county
or any other.
i. My own position may be summed up in these points:
a. We have a large amount of land
all over the state which Is not very
well^suited to plowland met Washtenaw at least. 25 per cent.
b. We bave a much larger area still
which is neither settled nor in any
way made to raise sjmething of val
ue, but is merely left unused and
kept waste by useless tires.
c. Such   a condition is a seriou1-'
waste,   doubly so   when the land
might and would raise timber ar d
we need the timber more, almost,
than any other kind of material.
d. In all northern counties tbe
state holds tax ands. These arc-
probably in all cases the lightest
lands, for the very fact that they
were left to revert.
e. When these lands become State
lands they might better be used than
left waste, and better be made into
woods than to try farming, when
~f there is so muchother, private land,
(usually the better land) still open
for farming.
f. If these lands "were sold not below $5.00 per rcre, then the better
lands could be picked out and the
rest left for woods.
g. As long as the state has the
lands, there ia always a chance to
change their use, and if in later
years any district is so densely settled that more land is needed'for farming the state would at any time open
such lands as are desirable.
h. Until then however the state
could well afl.jrd do take care of its
lanas, and especially protect the
state lands and help to protect all
lands against fires and thus m*ike a
beginning for a new growth of
woods.
,-4f i.    Why this should meet with  any
objection, I fill t j see. If some private person buys a few thousand
acres and spends --everat thousmd in
its improvement every body is glad
■and the enterprise is hailed with
delight. Why then oppose tht
state when it wants fco do something
for its own lands in your county or
any other and thereby spends money
for labor and material in the district.
5, It is to be regretted tnat so much
feeling is awakened by this part of
the controversey, for there is no intention and no-object in any contention
of the Michigan Forestry Commission,
myself, or any other friend of -forestry
to speak for any part of all the north
(counties except the part that has reverted to the state and which we may
assyme a priori that it is for that very
reason tbe cull and neither the aver-
.age nor the bulk of your lands, If,
as you say, eighty-live per cent of your
county is good. • Very well, then we
°~f speak of the other   flf tern per cent
which are not good. (To be sure we
differon this point, but that has nothing to do with the matter in hand.)
8 To me it seems that your northern
» counties would bene,fifc by any effort
tlie state would make fco take care of
its lands, and to fljbfc and prevent forest fires any where.   If we could get
together on this point, and tbe north
country people join us, 1 feel sure the
state could be induced to do, as it
should do, namely to piy a reasonable
local taxon all its holilnga and thus
at once lighten a burden, whioh has
weighed ou your dis'rict, (very severely on many towns) for over* thirty
y«ars.
7 By doing this the state would
make a proper example and would encourage many private owners to do
likewise and in this manner would
turn considerable capital up your way
which now goes elsewhere. Tha'
such improvement, would bring labor,
make local marke , • ncourage farming
•ml help f-irui settler, aud all this goes
without. snyio*4-
Your people t-ure'y are glad of every
cffi.irt for be.jierru'-'Hr, why not of this
one?
I hope to be with y.*n sometime in
ihe near future and s* ou d be glad to
talk these things over, fur letter busi-
nes-i is bad at best.   Si< c rely yours
FilberfcRith
ISABELLA HAPPENINGS.
Christmas Weddings.
Adams-Butters
dt the M. E parsonage Wednesday
evening Eev. G* W. Maxwell united
in marriage Anna M. Adams of this
city and J. W. Butters of Sheridan.
They will reside on his farm in Sheridan. The Sentinel offers congratulations.
Vroman-Yeager.
At the M E. parsonage Christmas
day occured the marriage of Miss
Nellie Vreman of this city and Louis
ML Yeager uf Detroit. Bev. G- W.
Maxwell tied the knot- lh;.y will
renide in Detraifc where he has a
lucretive position.
Ackley-Haines.
One of the most pleasant gatherings
In the city on Christmas day was at
the home of Mrs. Florence Bowen, to
witness tbe marriage of her sister,
Miss Ella Ackley to Mr. Merle Haines.
The house was beautifully decorated
with holly, smilax and carnations
Miss Esther Ehrhardt was bridesmaid,'
Vern Haines best man with Ruth
Bowen and Mable Silverthorn as
flower girls.
At 11:30 the bridal party took their
places under the large bell in the west
arch of the parlor where by a short
and impressive c-jremony Eev. W. H.
Lake pronounced the happy coup'e
husband and wife, after which all
partook of the sumptuous wedding
dinner spread for the occasion. The
bride was gowned in cream cashmere*]
dud the brides maid in cream bennetta-
The presents, which were many and
beautiful, testified to the high esteem
in which the young people were held
by their many friends.
The out of town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Silverthorn and daughter of
Ludington and Mr. and Mrs. See of
daginaw.
For the present Mr. and Mrs. Haines
will reside at Dover.
"Robinson-Brownson.
At the Jhome of the bride's mother,
Mrs. Margaret Robinson, at Mt.
Pleasant, occurred the marriage of
her daughter, Faith E , to Mr. Frank
Brownson of this city, on Tuesday
evening, Bev G. W. Maxwell of Clare
officiating.
Promptly at seven thirty Mis-s Edna
Claik began playing Lohengrin's wedding march and during its rendition
Mr. Seyman Andrus, acting as groom's
man and Miss Gertrude Eobinson,
sister of the bride, acting as bridesmaid, entered the parlor followed by
the bride and groom. They stood
under an arch of holly and Christmas
bells where the so:emn vows were
pjigbtedand then congr -tulations in
abundance were offered the happy
couple.
Following l his a two-course luncWon
was served injthe dining room which
was prettily decorated in holly and
carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Brownson
|*are well known youngJpeop:e here, Mrs.
B. having taught here for a number
of years and still hold kg her position
in the first grade. The high esteem
In which they are held was attested
by ihe many beautiful prevents bestowed upon them eonsistlntr of china,
linen, silver and furniture. They will
be at home to iheir many friends on
First street af er .fanuary 1st.
Those from Care in attendance
were', Mrs A.' Brownson, Mrs. W.
Badsiey of Ilerrldc, Mr. and MrX F.
D. Kane, Mr. *aod Mrs. E G.
Welch, Misses Florence Ladd, Eiith
Emerson, Lydia Ort, Edna Clark,
Aiiaa Tatman, S Andrus and Rev.
and Mrs. Maxwell,
Two Glare Men Change Places
Events    and    Incidents  in   the
Agriculture County.
Prosperity bas been written in large
lett,ers in 1900.
The agitation is being renewed for
a new school building at Mt. Pleasant.
Mt Pleasant is still in the market
for $20,000 bjnds, the bids recently received not being at par.
It is announced tb'ifc "Tbe Hub
Business Cnl.«g«" will begin operations
at the O-iun'y SeatJanua-y 7th.
The farmers' instttuiis In which
the e Jiu.ty are in beret-ted are at Clare
Wedie-diyand Thursday January 9
10 and at M--. Pleasant liVid-ty and
S-iturday January II 12
Pros. Atty. Onsen bury step-i out of
ulllje next Mood iy, no*, disconsolate,
but oravely facing tbe future; for
only last evening he took co himself a
life partner In the person or Miss
Edythe G-orham.
Ihe board of supervisors will meet
Jan. 7fch. The matter of submitting the local option question will insure plenty of interest. Already the
wet-and dry forces are lining up to
contest every point. There'll be some
do ngs.
Jacob Nier of ot Wise township
walked from Coleman to Mt. Pleasant
last Sunday to be the first on the
ground in a legal ontest next day
Mr. Nier is 73 years old and seemed
nun-i the worse for his fifteen mile
walk.—Tribune.
One county paper goes in hot blocks
for millionaire. McMillan for TJ. S.
senator, another fights McMillan bui
nobody puts in a word for Hiil whom
the county convention en<*orsed, instruction the county's rep-esentatives
at Lansing to vote for him to suceed
Senator Alger.
The worst case of absent mindness
on record in this section was that of
t'eter Smith of ISfottawa, who drove
to the city on Saturday last and went
home on foot, forgetting all about his
horses, and when he started for home
he left via East Broadway, and how
he made the circuit no one has been
able to tell, but he made it and sent
tor the team the next morning.—
Ciurier.
Joseph Byers, of Coe township,
Isabella county, committed suicide
Saturday, by banging himself in the
barn on his farm. He went out just
before dinner to attend to a few
duties at the farm and when he failed
to return a domestic started out in
search of him, and when she got no
response to her call, she climbed to
the hay loft, where his body was
found hanging from the rafters. He
had apparently fastened the rope to
one of the rafters and then finding
the rope too long fastened it over two
others and tied a knot in order to
shorten it up. He tied the rope
around his neck and permitted himself to slip off the hay which urradnally
sloped down for six or eight feet.
When found his feet were within a
few inches of the floor. Mr. Byers
was 65 years old, in fairly good health
and in comfortable circumstances, and
it Is hard to conceive what lead to the
terrible aefc. Something over a year
ago a son hung himself and some think
tt was allowing his mind to dwell on
this fact that caused him to take his
life in a like manner. Deceased leaves
a wife and one child.—St. Louis Leader.
A Card
1 desire to thank those who so kind
. ly Came and prepared such a nice lot
I of wood for me.   Mrs. John Anderson*
T. S. DOftSBY
retires January 1st as county treasurer
after four years of most creditable
service. Liked better as better known
he was two years ago elected with a
majority of 922, the largest majority
ever secured in Clare county. Mr,
Dorsey will succeed
PEN SKETCH OF FILIPINOS.
Hurrah (or 1907
In common with the general average
of Clare and north Isabella counties
1906 has been the besb year in the
Sentinel's history. More subscribers
bave been in to give us a call from
Thanksgiving to Christmas than for
any previous year. A large number
of subscriptions fall due January 1st.
1907; and we expect the next few
weeks to be a record breaker at this
office for writing receipts. The paid
in advance system saves complications
and is far more satisfactory alike to
you and to U3. Our rates are $l 00 per
yt-ar in advance otherwise $1.25 per
year. With appreciation of patronage
in the past and with earnest desire
and strong belief that 1907 will be
better for all of us than 1906 was, we
are Very truly yours,
Welch & Bennett.
Publishers Clare Sentinel.
•J   K  GOOD 3t AN
tt the Ciliz >m Bank in this city. The
two men are proverbial friends and it
is a Striking coincidence that they
should succeed each o'ber. January
1st Mr. Gojdmun assumes duties of
county treasurer. An exoerfc accountant and experienced In financial matters the sime, he will continue the
office on the same high p'ane as his
predecessor.
John Kurz and John Haring of Ver
non and' Chris. Kleiner of Artber
returned last week from a trip to
Germany. They report conditions
generally, especially for'the poor man,
fifty years behind Michigan. Chris.,'a
brothel of John daring, returned with
him to make his borne here.
An Unique Sentence,
Justice Mayn-ird Friday imposed
sentence on Joe Welling and Therqn
Dawson, who on the understanding
of what fcbe sentence should be, plead
guilty to the chirge of assault and
battery perferred by Levi Montney.
Its terms were that neither of them
so long as residents of CJare should go
into any saloon or the Milliard hall
nor drink any liquor nor go smoking
out on bhe streets and should report
to County Agent Cooley every two
weeks, under penalty of being brought
before the court and sentenced on the,
charge to which they pleaded guilty,
—all provisions to be operative till
the boys are twenty-one. The trouble
occured in the billiard hall and incidentally Justice Maynard administered a rebuke that small boys ar£ allowed to hang around there.'. After
their arrest the bwo boys now on probation, went around among the smaller boys like two kings looked up to as
real heores. The sentence, however,
took away the hero worship. It is the
general op'nion that there has been
too much laxity in permitting small
boys to hang around places not intend
ed for them and it will make for general morality and the future of Care
boys that other offlcals do their duty
as Justice Maynard has djne in this
ca-e.
Local Option Question
Will Not Be Siimilied.
By a v >te of fourteen to live the
Clare Co board of supervisors yeaster-
day decided against local option submission ab the spring eleclion on the
ground that In the matter of petitions
the law had not been complied  witb.
A deal haa been completed by which
Mayor Benner becomes owner of the
corner part of the Oalkins block The
Clare Ha-d ^are ,Co. will occupy the
north half.uf the block wibh the ware-
bouse opening out on Fourth street.
The Citizens Bank is to move into
bhe comer part of the block and a
number of ebinge* HTe to be eirected
in the interior.
Edward   Petit Writes Interesting
Letter From Uncle Sam's
Asiatic Possessions.
Camp Bower Mind, P. I., Oct., 10,
Editors Clare Sentinel,
Clare, Mich.
DeirSl-*«-
I have received several letters from
friends in O «ra ir quiring about con-
dii.ions" here and thought 1 would
answer ih-m through tbe columns of
your paper if y.tu cire to publish if.
Being with Sam.id Dowd he has told
meconsiderab'e about printing offices
and how such lttbers are generally received, so if you eannotspare the space
throw it in the waste bstket.
I will lir»'t describe the natives of
the three southern most is ands, Samar,
J-jlo and Mindanao, the last named
one of which 1 am on, these three contain by far the lines'*! tribes of the entire group. These uatlves are In many
respect like the American Indians,
they have their medicine men who
keep bhe tr.bes sirred up all the
time by their prophicies. They believe that by certain incantations
they are made immune from the bullets of the white men, wh> they believe
will eventually be all driven from the
islands. They dream of and' prophesy
the time when bhey will till the ground
with the bolo, which to insure a jiood
crop must first be dipped in bhe blood
of Christians They are all Mohammedans and believe that tho oure
chriiiUctus they kill the"greater will be
their reward in heaven They absolutely refuse to surrender In battle
and will fight until the iast man is
killed, The battle of Mb. Diho, in
E'ebruary, ia an illustration of .what
these natives will do. The entire garrison, consistingof 600 men and women
were killed. The battle was commented on by almost every paper in the-
stateson account of the occurrence and
some went so for as to dub It "The
slaughter of Mb. Daj V It is Impossible for anyone not knowing the oir-
cumBtances to judge the actions of the
CJ. S. troops. The women and.men
all fight together and they all dress
aliket which in most cases among these
savages, is Fa.ture's dress and under
such circumstances how can the troops
be blamed if the women are killed.
Fighting the Moro is no fun even i f
they have, no gun as bhey are experts
with the bolo, and God pitly the unlucky man that falls into their hands
They show their captives no mercy
whatever and they are slashed up, tied
in bedsof ants -and-lesb to die. The
natives around our camp are nob a-,
oad as those farther in the interior,
out at present Sam and I are in a
rather dangerous locality. We haye
been surveying the Lake Lnao basin
which can readily be found on the
map We expect to take up bhe work
of laying out a brigade posb ab Camp
Keithley and surveyiag a railroad to
Cimp Overton which, if accepted will
make a tine military post of Camp
Keithley.
Taxes are high here and the government is getting deeper snd deeper in
debt. Most of the smaller offices are
in the hands of carpet baggers and for
bhe Filip'm the outlook is rather
gloomy.
The natives are piid fifty cents gold
per day for public work. (They were
n&\6\ fifteen cents during bhe Spanish
regime but one chlnamin can do as
much in one day as six natives. They
areawkard using tools and absslutely
not worth anything as.laborers,
A bill was introduced In 1934 prohibiting marriage with Filipinos of
over one-eighth blood. Th3 bill was
heartily indorsed by several prominent
people of the. States If the people
in bhe states, could see tbe ITelipino
as the sild ier does there would be no
need to pass that bill.
1 except none when I say they live as
bogs. They cook, eat and sleep all in
the same shack—bogs and dogs too.
Thry marry young, it is nob ao uncommon sight bo see a pair thirteen
and fourteen years ot age.
Well I guess I had better close before this letter gets tiresome and if
this does not reach the waste basket
perhaps I may write again.
Yours respect full y;
Edward Petit.
Co A. 1st Batt., IT  S. Engineers.
Ib is learned that bhe writer of the
Ubove let er now wears a star on his
breast, a designating mark for one of
Uncle Sam'd expert riflemen.—Editors.
Farm to exchange—180 acres, well
improved with good buildings, four
miles from dare, would like to exchange for smaller farm and difference.   Inquire of D. Ward. 4 tf
To trade,—Glare city property for
40-acre farm near .here. Will pay difference—Welch & Bennett.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
tn this column are found mlscel.
mucous Items of importance suoh
as articles lost, animals estrayed»
busincssannounccments, stock for,
\ sale, farms for rent, etc., etc FIto
cents per line per week.
Wanted—Three to ten acres of land
and a house near Oltre. Welch &
Bennett.
Lo-it—Io Clare or on the road northeast Monday a purs-e with a sum of
munoy Finder -eave at Tatman &
McKeever's, Mrs. F. P. Davis
Go to Cole's market for home made
mince meat ab bwelve cenbs per pound
or ten pounds for one dollar.
Wanted—Ten months old calves.
Write or 'phone D. MacKinnon, Clare
R3, 6tf
AH accounts due me must be settled nob later bhan January 1st, 1907
D. Ward. 5-2
Wood for sale. D. MacKinnon.
Olare li. 3    Union'phone. 5-tf.
Money.loaned on farms. Farms and
Lands for sale. S. W. Hopkins,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 51-26
For Sale,—Good general . purpose
horse, weight 1200, Mrs, Elizabeth
Grover. 49-tf
Life
Fire,
Tornado,
Wind Storm
Insurance.
■ First C!lass Oompanieb
Strict attention to business
G-et our rates before you
insure.
Welch & Bennett,
AGENTS,
CLARE   SENTINEL    OFFICE
Farweli News.
J. W. Reed is visiting relatives at
Olio.
O. Roberts of Brinton was in town
Monday.
Miss Effle Johnson is home from
Park Lake.
Daniel Gilman is visiting relatives
at Midland,
John O-Jterhout of Cadillac is visiting Farweli Mends.
Mr.d. E. R. Fuller of Milan is visiting Farweli relatives.
Jessie McL=od ib ill of dipbheria,
Dr. GriUet in attendance
R. Weible of Alma was home for a
few days the last of bhe week.
Miss Cirolyn Bursbon of Flint is bhe
guesb of her mobher and family.
D. Burke and son, Edward, and
family are,visiting Farweli friends.
Wm. Black of Gladstone is the
guest of his mother, Mrs. D. Black.
Dr. L. L.'Ktflley is attending the
meeting of the board of supervisors at
Harrison.
Mies Josie Winter of, Belding is
spending the holidays withlher brother, II Winter aud family.
Dr. Malcjlm Black of Durham, Oc-
tario, is the guesb of his sister, Mrs.
Angus McLeod and family.
Mrs. Wara Griffin and Miss Alice
Bracy of Cadillac are the guests of
her mother, Mrs. F. W. Bracy.
Miss Mabel Jerrett and brothers of
Big Rapids are guests of bheir brobher,
Rev, W. M. P. Jerrett, and family.
Edwin and George Campbell are
home from Big Rapids where they
have been attending the Ferris Institute.
The first number of the lecture
course will be given January 4th by
Wm. G. Milar of Chicago, Don't forget to be present. *
Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmer and Mr, and
Mrs. J. Campbell of Oonneaut, Ohio,
are guests of the former's son, Geo.
W. Palmer, and family.
The turkey which was on exhibition
at Fuller's office was awarded to Fred
Calkins who was the closest guesser of
its weight, which was about fifteen
and one-half pounds.
For Sale—Square 160 acre farm, 125
arces cleared, good buildings;   Also
, 200 acres grazing land.   Dirt cheap if
1 bought now—Welch and-Bennett
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Have You
Used
EGG'O
YET?
The only genuine sub-
statute for fresh eggs in
pastry cooking. Ask for
sample. 10c can of
JEgg'o is equal to one
dozen eggs. 25 c can is
equal to three dozens
eggs, Absolutely the
I best article on the market. ■
Toasted
Corn Flakes
'and   Genuine
Holland Rusk
the two new breakfast
foods. Give them a
trial.
When you want
No. 1 Butter
for your table   crive  u&
the order.
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Your (ri-oceryman
Jas. Bicknell
Bith Phonss.
Clare Wholesale Market.
Corrected every Thursday afternoon-
■SHJAIN.
No2Red Wheat ....,	
Nol Whibe Wheab	
Rye ,	
Beans, hand picked	
Red Kidney Beans per bu...
Oabs	
Clover Seed 7 00
70
70
60
1 00
1.95
32
7 25
FEED.
Hay, bailed 8 00 12 00
Rye Straw  4 00
Wheat Sbraw  3.50
FBODUOE.
Butter -.	
Eggs	
Potatoes per bu	
,  20
  28
  20
■DBESSKD MEATS.
Chickens, per lb. 10
Live chickens per lb 06&
Hogs, per cwt.         7.00
Beef pei cwt 5.50 6.00
Mutton         7 00
Veal         6 00
HIDES.
Green, per lb.
.10
EXCURSIONS
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HOLIDAY BATES
. ffor the Ohristmas and  New Year
Holidays  Pere     Marquette   Ticket
Agents will sell tickets aa follows;
CHKISTMAS HOLIDAY
"Dates of Sale December 22, 23, 24,
and 25, Good for return up to Jaunary
2nd' 1907.
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
Date of Sale December 29, 30, 31,
1907. Ask agents for further
particulars. ' 4-3
H. F. Moeller, G. P. Afc
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