1905-09-22; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
CLARE,   MICHIGAN   fiUPAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER
22,
1905.
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GLARE GOUHTY FRUITS,
Exhibit Won  Secohd Place
Stare Fair at Detroit.
A goodly number of counties were
represented with county exhibits at.
the state fair at "Detroit but Olare
county was awarded second on her
fruit; display, a, very creditable showing for the county, considering that,
nobody but the committee of three!
put forth scarcely any effort to collect
material for the exhibit.
The vegetable exhibit was1 practi-
caDy useless by the time it got to the
fair and can scarcely be said to have
been in competition. Shipped direct
to the fair grounds, it somehow went
on down town at Detroit and by the
time it reached tbe committee had
been so long packed in boxes in a close
car that most of the vegetables lopked
to be _b for anything but to represent
the vegetable product of Olare
county.
The committee seem to thfnlc preparations incomplete for this year's
fair but are emphatic in saying now
that Detroit is the place for the state
fair and in prophesying-a very bright
future for this institution for the exhibition of Michigan's products.
• Isabella Circuit Court.
A little has already been done attihe
business of the September term of
court but in reality actual work will
begin with the assembling of the jury
next Monday. The calendar and jury
are'given below:
ORIMIHAL CASES.
The people vs. Im. Winkworth.
The people vs. Ohas. Gronkright.
Denver Kent, statutory rape.
Byard Colby, perjury.
Bud Bonnell, statutory rape.
Homer Stewart, statutory rape.        ,
Frank Irvln, bastardy. I
Albert Graham, statutory rape.
Henry Evans, statutory rape.
Hiram Hosier, removal of chattel
mortgage property.
The Mt. Pleasant cases of the above,
connected with the scandal of some
months ago, have all been put over to
the next term of court. The reason
for this is the desire to try all of them
at the same term but this was impossible now as one of the principal defendants, Albert Graham, has a broken
leg.
SOLDIER PIONEER,
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Didn't Like Those Opinions.
Some of the city officials, whose administration of public affairs has been
severely criticised of late whenever
two or three citizens are gathered together, were much displeased because
the Sentinel last week quoted a few
of these criticisms and the editors of
the Sentinel in consequence were
subjected to angry scoldings which,
however, in no wise disturb us, but
rather amuse. I
Criticism of the administration for
what is alleged to be prodigal waste of
public money does not originate with
the Sentinel but Is heard on every
hand and is not confined   to   party
limits.   The Sentinel has refrained
from criticism and fault finding.    It
has not believed and does not believe
that any city official has intended any
wrong.   The Sentinel has wondered
whether it was wise public policy to
establish the water works plant before
the question of water supply was demonstrated and also  has  wondered
whether the money   so   generously
voted by the people of Clare was being
expended wisely and economically.   A
great many people, democrats as well
as republicans, as shown by daily conversation on the streets, seem to think
there has been neither wisdom nor
economy, but the Sentinel not being
expert in such matters has contended
itself with an occasional question or
suggestion from time to time which
we thought might prove of interest to
the tax payers.    Conforming to this
policy the Sentinel respectfully asks
the city administration to tell   the
people how much they have expended
in wells thus far and what kind of
water is to be supplied.    This is hot
byway of criticism but because we
think the people are entitled to know.
The Sentinel respectfully suggests1
that a statement of the city's finances,
showing receipts and   expenditures,
ought to be published at least once
each month.   This ought to be done
now at the time when there are extraordinary expenditures  so   that  the
people may have information concerning their own affairs.   The Sentinel
hopes that these suggestions,   made
with  becoming deference,  will  not
hurt anyone's feelings.
ISSUES OF FACT.
Ralph Collins vs. J. F. Collins," ap
peal,
Geo. C. Fisher vs. Martin Gruett,
appeal.
Russell Collins vs, J. F. Collins.
CHANCERY CASES.
Thos. Gray supervisor vs. S. D. El-
dre6f drain commissioner
Fred S. Prout vs. Edmund Chatfieid,
et al.
G. A. Chatterton vs, H. C, Sturde-
vant, et al.
G. W. Brimmlngstool vs. Angolefcta
Walling.
Ella May Frost  vs.   John  Frost,
divorce.
Nora Juckett   vs.   Ered   Jucket,
divorce.
Edith Ferris vs. Perry Eerris, divorce.        =■
Frances Beatty vs.
divorce.
Robert Beatty,
PETIT JURORS,
Deerfield—E, N, Boyden.
Union—John Maxwell, Jr.
Chippewa—James A. Vining.
Denver—Jerome Gaudard.
Isabella—Moses E. Johnson.
_Tottawa—Peter Ash.
Sherman—Walter Peasley.
Coldwater—B. B. Stevens,
Gilmore—Berton Allen.
Vernon—Chas. Ackerman.
Wise—Edward Acker.
Coe—W. W. Wiser, Thos. Girven.
Lincoln—Albert Wasserman, W. S.
Cook.
Eremont—Walter McNutt, Chas. S.
Evans.
Holland—C. W. Robinson, Don Warner.
Broomfield—Chas. G. Quinn, Henry
D. Wright,
Mt, Pleasant—Archie Renwiek, Augustus Borden, F. L. Taylor.
P. Siel of Vernon Ends
Career at the Ripe Old
•Age of 87.
In tbe death of Doc Siel, as he was
familiarly known, at the home of his
son, Henry,  lp Vernon   Wednesday
an   original   character     from    out
of the  earlier days of our   nation's
life   closes its fecord.    Sturdy   and
buoyant to the last, he was active
till the machinery of life was completely worn out.   The funeral occured from the Russel school house this
morning, Elder Richards of Giimore,
himself an old soldier, preached the
sermon and an escort of the old "boys
in blue" accompanied the body to its
last resting place beside his wife In
Vernon cemetery.
Born in Connecticut in 1818, he
came with the tide of emmtgration to
Michigan. At the outbreak of»the
war be joined the Fifth Michigan Infantry and at the time of his death
with the exception ot S. A. Sutherland of Clare was the only surviving
member of that body In this part of
the state. In 1878 he settled in Vernon and as the years passed almost to
the last has displayed remarkable
physical activity, At seventy he took
up grain after a cradle, keeping up
with the man swinging the scythe and
even within tbe last year he was quite
robust and keen as well. Before his
death he was the first ot five generations living in direct line. These
children survive: Henry P, and Mrs.
Hattle Towne of Vernon, Mrs. Phoebe
Bryan of Standish and Mrs. Lucy
Orowles of Utlca.
New Series: Vol. 1330/44
, PLAYED WITH MATCHES.
Little Mary Gorr Badly Burned
about Necjc and Arms.
Last Friday Mary, the three year
old daughter of Mr. • and Mrs. E. B.
Gorr, and Doris, the three year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs T. D, Fletcher, were at play in a small building
near the Gorr home when suddenly
the children screaming for assistance
TRAGEDY AT iEATOH.
Dr. John Switzer Shot by his
Wife Wednesday Morning
rushed out, little Mary's clothes On
fire, Mrs. James Thompson was first
to the rescue and A. O. Carmichael
quickly joined in the effort to extinguish the fire or pull the burning
clothing from the child's body, both
getting their hands burned, and it
was only their prompt action that
saved the little girl's life.
Dr. F. C. Sanford was called and
found the little gjrl badly burned on
the arms, under the arms^ on the
breast, all the front part of the neck
and chin on up to the nose, But there
was no burn in the mouth or any inhaling of flames and the little one is
now able to eat quite heartily and is
more patient in sufferings than many
an older person would be. She is
doing well and gives every evidence of
recovery but the healing process will
be a very slow one, \_
The Raiders,
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DefreSt la Place After All.
A number of Olareltes who took in
the state fair at Detroit, returned
home with the opLtiion that Detroit
is after all the place for the fair, even
though up to the time of going they
had a contrary opinion. The fact is
for various causes not a little prejudice has existed in many sections
against Michigan's metropolis because of a seeming dictoriai attitude
too often manifested and especially
exhibited by certain daily papers who
too often assume to tell the whole
state what ought and what ought not
to be done when manifestly they speak
from the standpoint of only their
home city. Rural Michigan and Detroit and tha state fair may Well go
on developing together,
Goli Siioeeeds Stierman,
W» H. Cole, having sold out.„his interest in the Cole & Parmeter meat
market to W. Parmeter, has purchased
the Sherman market, He retains no
Interest in the Parmeter market and
will devote himself entirely to his
own butcher business, retaining Wm,
and Ivan JPeighner as meat cutters]
and promises the general public the
teat of setytea at reasonable prices.
Clare County Circuit Court.
The business of the September term
of court was speedily. transacted on
the assembling of court Monday.
There was no work for the jurors, in
fact there was no trials, only the arguing of a motion or two.
The case against Albert Dickinson
of Garfield charged with several
crimes was continued over to the Dec-
cember term. Meanwhile Drs. G. E.
Orth and Langen, appointed by Judge
DodCEs, will examine Into the man's
sanity. The case against Ted Skirv-
Ing of Lincoln was also contninued to
the next term' of court.
The case of Wm. Mishler vs. Far-
well Portland Cement Go. was put
over to the next term, that of F. S.
vs. M. F. Robinson was adjourned so
as to consult Judge Rose who presided
when the points in despute came up
and the H. 0: Hunt vs O. D. Cleveland case was'settled. Mary Evans of
Hamilton was granted a divorce from
her husband, James E., and Sarah-
Hardy of Olare a divorce from her husband, Charles.
fed Isabella Mian Preaeiier.
Rev. Lyman Bennett, aged ninety-
six years, died this week at the Home
of his son in Isabella "township. The
old man was ordained a Methodist
Episcopal minister in 1873. He spent
three years in Albion college in 1852t5,
Afterwards he served as interpreter
for the Indians of the Saginaw valley
and was greatly respected by £he,
whites, as well as honored by his red
brethern. Isabella township elected
him treasurer at one time
served two years.    He   ....,  „ .,,
blincl and very deaf duringjthe last few
years, but retained his mental faculties to the last,
Lecture at the Dover church on
India by Miss Matie McKinley Friday
evening, Sept. 22d,   Admission 10&
Clare Shade Trees Threatened
For some little time one of J. D,
Dunwoodle's Norway maple shade
trees on Fifth street has shown a peculiar dropping of leaves. An investigation of the cause shows the presence
of myriads of little green forms of
animal life. They gather on the lower side of the leaves along the veins
and down the petiole, especially at its
base where their work is sufficient to
cause the leaf and the petiole to drop
off. Mr. Dunwoodie, trying the experiment of spraying the tree with
paris green, finds that it readily kills
those reached by the fluid.
A microscopic examination of the
little animals shows them in various
stages of development and delicate in
construction with &everal appendages
but nobody has been found here who
knows what they are, or is conversant
with their life history.
Adjacent trees on Fifth street were
found to be infested in part with the
same organism but only the one tree
yet shows signs of dropping leaves.
It is probably too late in the season
for the pest to do much damage this
fall but the matter should be Invest!
gated and, If necessary, plans formed
for next season to combat the peat.
Classical Event of the Season
Edward _T, Hoyt, well known from
his frequent appearances throughout
the country, will appear at the opera
house September 30th in Shakespeare's
masterpiece "Hamlet." This is an
opportunity all should avail themselves of, a chance to see one of the
best actors in the star role of probably
the best play even written in the English language.
The Grand Rapids Post says, "The
audience that greeted Edward N.
Hoyt at the Majestic last night saw
one of the best presentations of Hamlet ever made in this city. He seemed
to rise to the strong situations with
more of a suggestion x>f genius than
any Shakespeareian star that has appeared at anything like popular prices
in this city."
Just half a dozen fievriok tods,
With gardens spare at home: *
Devised a plan ot canine skill,
Their neighbors' fields to roam.
The sun had sunk far In the west,
And candle light was spurned;
Because their appetites were thirst,
A melon patch they ytarned.
The instinct of this touring group,
Grew active by survey; f
And soon thetr hopes were crowned to see,
A melon patch display.
The melons bore no tags that night,
To prove their ownership;
So ruthlessly the hungry crew,
Set forth the vines to strip.
Success and glee was at Its height,
And melons on the totfi;
As some an armful bore away,
While others filled their coat.
When ah, alas J who should appear,
To change the situation;
A gun report, a barking dog,
And all was consternation. »
Hop, skip and jump was now the play,
With prayers for one another:
"Just give us each a pair of wings,
And we will fly to mother."
The flight indeed we might compare,
If half they told was felt,
To Spaniards driven trom San Juan,
By Theodore Roosevelt.
lsahella'slrrSesin1904
County Clerk Rowlader, says the
Times, has been flgurelng up his census reports for 1904 this week, and
sending them in to the secretary of
state. He finds, we have had in Isabella county during the year ending
December 3lst, 1904, only1 222 deaths
against a birth record of 471. No race
suicide in Isabella." And to please
further those who hold, to the same
sentiment as thef matchless Teddy we
might say that deaths are always recorded, while births sometimes escape,
the records. Of the births boys were
in the majority In tbe ration of 244 to
227.   There were 238 licenses to wed,
Tbe third ward of Mt. Pleasant con-']
tributed 40 to our citizenship during
the one year, and exceeded any other
political division of the county. The
township of Wise followed close with
37. The total number of births from
each township is given herewith:
Coe, 36; Lincoln, 34; Fremont 24; Holland, 11; Broomfield, 19; Deerfield, 23;
Uaiou,3l; Chippewa, 24; Denver 29;
Isabella, 34; Nottawa, 28; Sherman,
21; Coldwater, 21; Giimore, 15; Vernon, 8; Wise, 37. Holland, Broomfield and Denver each were credited
with .twins.
At an early hour Wednesday morning after an all night quarrel Dr. John
Swifczer was laid low by a bullet lodged
in his spine from a revolver shot by
his wife.   He died at 8:30 p. m.
Tuesday evening Dr. Switzer got a
'phone call to visit'an appendicitis
patient at Cpleman. He did not go
as his wife charged him witfrgoing to
see another woman and the two were
up much of the night quarreling.
About day break Wednesday morning
she started out from the house down
the road, saying she'd kill herself.
He, knowing she had a revolver, followed, refusing to obey her order to
turnback. When near the depot she
flred, four times in quick succession,
the fourth shot entering his body just
below the heart and lodging in tbe
spine, paralyzing the lower part ot the
body.
The deed was witnessed by onej
neighbor while others were quickly on
the scene and everything possible was
done to make the wounded man comfortable, but there is little hope of his
recovery. The woman was taken to
the jail at Mt. Pleasant by Sheriff
Bailey,
Dr. Switzer is s* graduate of Detroit
Medical College and is forty-two years
of age; she is fifty-seven. Ten years
•ago they were married In Ontario.
Her flrst husband, McOue, is said to
have left her considerable property.
She is reported to have educated the
doctor but she has been so jealous of<
bim that they have never remained
loDg in one place. Last May they
moved to Leaton from Detroit. He is
well liked and has a good practice in
the vicinity. She, the neighbors say,
Is quarrelsome add kept up a constant
nagging at home.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
To Be Held at Farwell October
5th, 6th and 7th.   .
Com'r Welch has just completed
arrangements for our annual county
Inspiration institute, which will be
held at the high school room, ITarwell,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 5th, 6th and 7th.
Prof. S. B, Laird of the Ypsilariti
Normal Collage is Conductor and
Miss Florence C. Fox, for many years
critic teacher In the Milwaukee
Normal training school, is Instructor.
Miss Fox is well up in the subject of
Manual Training. ^Both are splendid
workers and it Is expected that a most
profitable time will be spent.
Programs will be sent'out next week
and chere is no reason why every
teacher In the county should not
attend. Sickness, If used for an excuse, should be accompanied ,by a
physician's statement,
Further announcement next  week,
E. G. Welch, Comr,
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
In this column arc found^mlsccl.
lancous Items of iimportauce such i
as articles lost, animals estrayed,
business announcements, stock tor (
I sale, farms for rent, etc,, etc,    JFlye
cents per line per week.
.For sale—Good   three  year   old
workhorse, and  milch cow,—E   E
Hubel, Clare.
Finder of black bill book belonging
to Wm. Scott, please leave at Dr.
Gray's office.
Auction—Tuesday September 26th
at ten a. m., farm and farm stock,
two miles southwesvjj.f Crooked Lake.
—Forrest Morse, proprietor with D>
Ward auctioneer.
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Interesting Letter from Two Clare
Boys Members of Uncle Sam's
Engineering Corps.
The Christian Endeavor will give a
neck tie social Friday evening at the
home of 0. H, Sutherland.
Get prices on coal and
the Burch-Wymsn Grain
you buy.
wood from
Co. before
Two good cows for sale.—J. Grima-
Bon.
and he
was totally
Water Works Doings.
The second forty foot well showed
about the same supply as the flrst and
a pumping test failed to lower the
first well in the least. Accordingly
the authorities have decided to utilize three more forty foot wells, which
they estimate will give a supply of between 500,000 and 600,000 gallons each
twenty-four hours, The capacity of
the pumps is 1,000,000 gallons each
twenty-four hours.
Ho effort is to be made to put the
146 foot well down deeper to explore'
for water, but the pipe of that well is
to be pulled back and one of the five
shallow wells established there at'-the
depth of forty feet. Contractor
Stroup is pushing: the well digging.
Work has begun m the building of
foundations for the water works tank
and the city park just .now is pretty
well cat up fOr the various purposes of
pipes, stand pipe and wells.
f Twenty Gows Offered.
September 86h I had a two
liner in the Sentinel saying I
wanted a milch cow. Next day
I had twenty people offering to
sell me a coW, I am convinced
that the Sentinel's Want
column reaches the people.
Leon GleAson.
Clare, B. lr Sept, 16,1905,
Din Yon Ever Miss a Train? We
want to send you a book every month
that tells you all about every railroad,
electric line and steamboat line in the
state. Its a guide to Michigan. Cut
this out and send it with SOc in stamps
and we will send it to you»*fbr one
year. Michfgan Hand Book Pub. Co.,
45 State St., Detroit, Mich.    '   41*5
Notice.
The firm known as Cole & Parmeter;
has been dissolved and all bills due
said firm are in tjie hands of W. Par-
meter for collection,-   Please call, and
settle at once. W. K, Cole,
W. Parmeter.
FARWELL NEWS.
Harry DeGeer moved to Owosso
this week. ,
Mrs. J. L. Littlefield has been on
the sick list for several days.
Mrs. E. Bracy of Harrison is visiting
her sister-in-law, Mrs. F. Bracy.
Mr. and Mrs, Bert Huffman are visiting their mother, Mrs. L, Olark.
Mrs. Maud Leonard has moved into
the bouse formerly occupied by H.
DeGeer,
Eev. E. F. Bell is attending the
Congregational conference at Ludington this week,
Mrs. Reg Wait and little son of De-
Kalb, III., are vielting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Wait.
Five new 'phoned have been put in
the past week, G. E. Bingham, F.
Shepard, Water Works, W. McGlone
and H. Hodges.
Rev. T. B. Bennett, the new M. E.
minister, filled his appointment at
Farwell last Sunday. On Mond ly he
left for Crystal to make arrangements
for moving to Farwell, and expects to
return the last of the week.
Mrs. Reg Walt gave a piano recital
at the home.of Dr. and Mrs. F. F,
Grlllet Monday evening. The progam
was fine and consisted of several selections by Mrs. Wait which were finely
rendered. Readings by Mrs. Grimes
and vocal solos by Miss Elizabeth
Bingham. The entire program was
excellent and was greatly enjoyed by
all present.
Ethel, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bracy, aged fourteen years,
died at the home of her parents on
Superior street Monday afternoon
after a short illness from brain fever.
The funeral services were held from
the Congregational church Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. G. W, Maxwell offlci-,
ating. Ethel was a lovely girl, a
member of our public iehool also of
the Congregational Sunday school and
will be missed by her many friends.
Rummage Sale,
The Other Aid are holding a rum-
nfage sale at the Callahan building,
McEwan street. All kinds of bazaar
goods and baked goods. Lunches
served all day Saturday.
County Fair September 28-30
The annual fair of the Olare county
agricultural society is to be held at
Harrison next week Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. A liberal number of
premiums are Offered and a general invitation is extended to participate in
the exhibits of tbe county's products.
There will be races each day under
the auspices of tin* Harrison trotting
association. ,
Camp Overton, Aug 6th, 1905.
"Mindanao, P. I.
Editors Clare Sentinel,
Clare, Mich.
Dear Sirs:
It gives us great pleasure to write
you a descriptive sketch of the post
where we are stationed.
Camp Overton is a military post
situated on the eastern coast of the
island of Mindanao which is one of
the most southern islands of the
Philippine group. It is garrisoned
with the second squadron of the 14th
Cavalry, company A, 1st battery engin-
ers, and a detachment of Philippine
scouts from Manilla.
The inhabitants of the island
consist of twenty-one tribes of Moros,
each speaking a different language.
The different tribes are ruled by a
Dato or chief whom they serve under
as slaves. Their habits are similar to
those of the American Indian and
every Friday they may be seen at their
market place in the post where they
come to sell and trade such fruit and
vegetables as the islands produce.
They are armed with the bolo
which is their only means of self-defence and which upon their arrival in
the post they are compelled to leave
at the guard house until their departure for their reservation. They have
always been the ruling tribe in the
Philippines until the arrival of the
American troops who are gradually
bringing them under control, which is
a much slower task than it was to conquer the Philipinos as they are more
treacherous and can not be trusted on
any occasion. Their villgaes or barios
consist chiefly of bamboo huts and
they subsist on fruit and game which
is very plentiful. Their wearing apparel consists of short trousers, and a
waist girdle, with a large turban hat,
after the manner of a Turk.
The products of the island consist
of ebony, rosewood, bamboo, lignum,
vita and mahogany.
At present we are surveying out th e
ground for a railroad track thirty
miles long extending from Camp Overton to Camp Keithley which is a very
difficult piece of engineering owing to
the lay of the land, it being irregular.
The manual labor is all done by the
natives, making duty easy for an engineer as all he has to do is to superintend the construction.
We have just received orders to go
to Pantar where we are to construct
a large bridge and so will close this
letter as we have to prepare for the
march in the morning.    Hoping we
will have the opportunity to   write
you something of our new location, we
remain.        Yours respectfully,
Privates. Edward Petit.
Samuel Down.
Co. A. Engrs,
For Sale—Number of Horses.    For
particulars address Myers, Bros., R. 5,
Clare or call Bell Phone.
Burch-Wyman Grain Oo, have a full
line of hay, straw and feed.
Fob Sale—Good two-year-old grade
short horn heifer. Fresh Feb. 25th,"
1906.    T. W. Reed, Farewell,    44-2-p.
Buy your lime and cement of the
Burch-Wyman Grain Co.
We want live poultry, and if any
thing else, more poultry. Clare
Poultry House. 43-tf
•Fou Sale—Young
milch
J. O.
cow.
Arnold,
Just received«a full line of drain tile
-Burch-Wyman Grain Oo.
For Sale—a tent 12x17x5 feet.
'. Dqwd. , 42.5
S.
For sale—Bicycle wheel,  rubber
tired hand cart.—Welch & Bennett.
For Sale,—80-acre farm one and
three-fourths miles southwest of Far-
well. Two houses, stone cellar, good
well of water, fair barn, horse and
cow stable, spring creek, young orchard, about 60 acres improved. If
interested write or call on R. B. Campbell, Farwell R/1. 41-7'
20th Annual Ohio Excursion.
The Ann Arbor R. R, will give its
20th Annual Ohio Excursion Wednesday October 4th. Tickets will be sold
to Toledo and points in Ohio on the
following railroads: Wheeling & Lake
Erie; Wabash; Hocking "Valley; Ohio
Central Lines; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; Detroit, Toledo & Iron-
ton; Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton,
Pennsylvania Company; Toledo, St.
Loujs & Western and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry.; "Big
Four Route."
Special train will leave Clare at 7:00
a. m. and 4:05 p. m. Excursion tickets
good for return until October 19th will
be sold to Toledo at $5.00 for round
trip and at correspondingly low rates
to points on railroads named above;
good for return to November 4th.
For further information* call on
nearest Ann Arbor Agent or write
J. J. Kirby, G. P. A., Toledo, Ohio.
Good Property for Sale.
We have for sale a brick-veneer store
24x100 feet, good cellar, stock of general merchandise, estimated at $3,000,
good trade and little credit. We buy
from 50 to 100 cars of timber a year.
Also a ten-room veneer house, good
cellar,, well, barn and fruit, six lots,
several acres of land and all personal.
On account of old age we wish to
quit. Would like to take a nice home
in some pleasant place, \value of $1,500
to $2,000 or two-thirds of the value in
securities, This will bear the light.
JSV L. Tucker,
43-3 Loomis, Mich.
' Mrs. Fred Thomas of Saginaw is
spending the week in Clare * with her
sister, Mrs. Geo. Saxton.
Sunday Excursion to Owosso,
Ann Arbor and Toledo.
On Sunday, Sept. 24th, the Ann Arbor R, R. will give an excursion to
Toledo. Special train will leave Clare
at 5:20 a. m. Fare for round trip $1.50
Tickets will also be sold to OWosso at
$1.00 for round trip, and to Ann Arbor
at $1-25 tor round trip.
War Hurts Camphor Trade.
"As between the Russians and Japs,
I don't care a straw which side wins,
but I'd like to see the fighting come to
an end right speedily," said A. I* Boa-
ney of New York, at the Shorehath.
"My reason for wanting peace Is
purely from business and selfish mor
tives. I am interested in the sale ot
camphor ia a. rather extensive way.
The Japanese are the principal camphor sellers, of the world, hut since
they embarked in this war the supply
has been sadly deficient and prices
have gone soaring. A few years ago
it sold everywhere In this country for
50 cents a pound, but now it is worth
more than twice that. My customers
blame me for the advance, and my explanation of the cause does not convince them. I hope in the Interest of
the. camphor using public that the
Portsmouth negotiations wiil bring;
peace.''—Washington, Post.
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