1905-10-06; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
CLARE,  MICHIGAN,  FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6,- L905.
NewSeries: Vol. 13,No. 46
CURE GOUTY FAIR.
Very Creditable Exhibit of Vegetables and Fruits from
Northern Townships.
The county  fair at Harrison the
last three days of last week brought
out splendid exhibits of vegetables
and fruits from Greenwood, Frost and
Winterfieid townships,   The size and
perfection of the various speoies compare very favorably with similar products grown almost any where.   Many
were the comments heard that If all
of the fifteen townships 'bac\ done as
o       well as the three in question, there
^e would be a wonderful showing   of
^Clare county products.
Much of the county's exhibit at the
state fair was along side of the pro-
- ducts from the townships referred to
and the contrast was a striking one
in fayor of the latter, showing clearly
that the state fair was too early for
Olare oounty fruits and vegetables to
mature and that the interest of the
farmers themselves of three townships will gather a far better exhibit
than a committee can collect from the
whole county. The lesson is one that
should be heeded by those whose interests are wrapped up with the development of the county.
The exhibit brought by Otto Glosh
of Greenwood was especially commendable. About six years ago he home-
steaded some state land near Clarence and it is generally regarded as
pretty light too but his exhibit shows
that it will produce well .at least.
Pumpkins, squash, watermelons, carrots and so on down the whole line of
such products he had brought from
his farm and they were in quality and
quantity of the first order. Mr. Glosh
does not make a business of gardening
but he said he grew most of it just for
the children.' His exhibit included
]K   tobacco plants three feet tall.
The officers of the associations elected for next year are: President—A.
E. Doty; Secretary—Asa Gray: Treasurer—Maron Caner.
directors.
Arthur—L. W. Sunday.
Frost—W. S. Clemens.
Garfield—D. Bryan.
Grant—C. Hall.
Franklin—F. S. Slye.
Hamilton—A. Long.
Hatton—A. Sharland.
Hayes—Tom McGarry.
Lincoln—B. Winegar.
Redding—W. M. Temple.
Sheridan—Tom Hutchison.
Summerfield—Wm. Davis.
Surrey—D. Rowe.
Greenwood—Chas. Burnett.
Winterfieid—J. B. Hamer.
Clare 1st ward—Thos, Holbrook.
"   2d     " —C. H. Sutherland.
"   3d      " —0. W.Perry.
Harrison 1st ward—H. H. Bogue.
"      2d    "   —W. H. Richardson.
"       3d     "   A. B. Toman.
Farwell—L. L. Lelley.
Supervisors Meet Monday.
The supervisors of the various townships and wards of Clare and Isabella
counties meet at their respective
county seats next Monday.
For Clare county several appointments are to be made: One commissioner of the poor, a member of the
j*. board of examiners and a county drain
X commissioner. A petition will be presented from Lincoln asking that the
• township be divided into two townships. The McEwan ditch controver-
sey will scarcely be an issue as the
creek has been cleaned of logs and
debris as per the agreement made
last May.
Several appointments are to be
made by the Isabella board: A county examiner, the county drain commissioner, a commissioner of the
poor and some other appointive
officers. Little, perchance will
be done as to ditch matters. The supreme court has not rendered its decision on the new law
and consequently Judge Dodds also
witheld his decision.
GSars Epalizatik
The total property of Clare county
as equalized last year was $1,456,S96,
Of this sum the valuation of the oity
of Clare M equalized was about one-
flfth or 8292*401, the First ward being
equalized at $36,181, the Second ward
at $i_7,I96 and the Third ward at
£_20,Q24. The valuation of the neighboring townships was as follows;
Arthur $ 77,769
>•"■*     Grant 157,080
Hattoh 51,596
'     Sheridan 187,704
tFhesesums added to the city's val-
tj&tio_v tioMs $768,550, or more than
_&-"Haal£s_ the (Bounty, valuafctoB.
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* Tho Jtarmer minds his peas, and Q's, *
X He lives his bees, he tends his ewes; g*
•£< Out la the field Ms >*ee and haw >j.
* Resound above the raven's caw; *
£ Until the ground begins to freeze |£
•s- Ho almost never takes his ease, *•
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§ In all his work the old plow shares, g!
•ji National Grange. •*■
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Here and There in Isabella.
The board of supervisors meet at the
court house at Mt. Pleasant next
Monday.
Potatoes in the south pare of the
county are only a half crop in some
localities.
Peaches grown in the county this
season are pronounced among the best
seen on the mar_et.
Shepherd threatens to put on the
"lid" agalnstcertain doings at certain
dances in the village-
Mt. Pleasant's board of trade makes
its initial move by recommending
bonding for public Improvements.
The examination or Mrs. Switzer,
charged with the murder of her husband, at Leaton, occurs next Monday
before Justice Loveland ats Mt. Pleasant.
Shepherd is agitated over the question of the right of the ylllage dads to
take money out of the general village
fund for building drains in the village.
Judge Dodds is called on for an
opinion.
Wise township raised something less
than $1,000 for roads and bridges last
spring but the way bridge work is
being pushed some are said to be a
little bit afraid of where the money is
going to come from.
The Monthly Bulletin of Vital Statistics gives twenty deaths in the
county during August of which seven
were infants and four over sixty-five
years of age. The average death rate
in the county for the last five years
from typhoid fever is six persons per
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Richardson of
Caldwell boast of 200 known relatives
mostly in the county. Nearly 100 of
these gathered at Caldwell September
30. They boast of eight children living, 58 grandchildren, 121 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren.
This week the Shepherd Canning
Co. is labeling, packing and shipping
its output of last season, consisting of
90,000 cans, mostly corn. The sale is
to two different companies, two carloads to Eeed, Murdock & Co. of Chicago and two cars to Tiedke Broa. of
Toledo. The sale was made at a fair
figure, but this does not make the
company whole.—Shepherd Advocate.
The injunction case against the
village of Shepherd, instituted by
citizens opposed to the construction of
the half-mile drain from Orchard avenue to Salt river, was won by the village. The hearing was held before
Judge Podds, and the temporary injunction was dissolved. Work was
commenced Tuesday from the point
where it was stopped two weeks ago.
Conductor Patrick J. Hooch of Mt.
Pleasant has his share of misfortunes.
While coupling cars In his train at
Shepherd Monday his right hand was
crushed and as he was being taken to
the doctor's office he was handed a
telegram calling him to the bedside of
his young son dying from a skull fractured from a fall while the lad was
practising on a trapeze in a shed.
Only recently Mrs, Eoach was sent to
a retreat because of a deranged mind.
Our school board are unable to
secure a science teacher. In this
department schools are forced into
competition with the business world,
and Wages are high. Plenty of offers
of $100 a month awaits the graduates
from science departments of our university. Our board will pay about
$70. Fay Dodds filled the position
satisfactorily until he returned to
school at Ann Arbor. Tim Jameson
Is now teaching the subjects of the
department with the assistance of
Supt- Sage.—Mt. Pleasant Times.
Ernest Cappler of Chippewa has a
pair of two-year-old steers which he
has broken to harness, and was in the
Oity with them on Saturday last,
hitched to a top buggy, and the turnout was quite an attraction. He
rarely drives them faster than a walk,
yet they will trot alonglike a span of
eolts. He has a harness which fits
them, bridles, nits and lines, and it
has "the appearance of being far rhore
humane than the pondrous yoke
usually carried across their necks, a
relic of barbarism which extends to
this day where ox teams are used.—-
Courier,
WATER WORKS ENGINEER,
A. W. DeBois Resigns the Position and W. J, Holmes of
Greenwood is Chosen.
Some weeks ago A. W. DeBois, for a
number of years engineer at the Clare
Electric Light Go's power house,. was
.elected as engineer of the new water
works plant at an annual salary of
$600. Having secured a better position at Harbor Springs, he tendred his
resignation which was accepted by the
board of public works Tuesday, ana
W. J. Holmes of Greenwood township
was elected his successor.
A difference of opinion among members of the board"developed during the
discussion of the matter. Dr. J, A.
Reeder held that inasmuch as it had
been the previous opinion of a majority of the board that expert engineering knowledge was not a necessary
qualification for the engineer to be
employed, he saw no reason, even
though Mr. Holmes is a good man for
the place, why a Olare man should
not be chosen. The majority of the
board, however, thought otherwise
and Mr. Holmes was selected.
Glare City Budget.
The city council at its meeting last
Thursday evening voted the budget
for the present year. The figures given below include $1000, to be spread at
large as the city's share for street im-
provent on McEwan and Fifth streets.
The total cost of improvements on
these, apart from individuals putting
on gravel in a number of cases on
Fifth street, is $4,000, of which abutting property owners are to pay $3000.
The items of the budget follow:
Water Fund „        $ 900.00
General Street 900.00
Police Fund 250.00
Cemetery 50 00
Light 700.00
Fire . 200.00
Contingent " 1110.57
Sinking and Interest * 986.49
McEwan, dist. No. 1 (at large) 563.96
McEwan, dist. No. 2 (at large) 211.04
Fifth St., dist. No. 3 (atlarge) 225.00
Total city
School
4300.00
Total $10,396.86
City tax last year 4606.89
School tax last year 4175:00
The average rate for the present
year for tfty and school tax only will
be approximately .0317, but this will
vary slightly for the respective wards.
Last year the rate was .0295. The total valuation on the" rolls for the three
wards is now $328,830, an increase of
$31,616 over last year.
The Winning Hand.
Mgr. Goodman wishes to announce
at the opera house next Tuesday evening Oct. 10 the sumptious scenic production, a comedy drama of New York
life, The Winning Hand, featuring
the dainty soubrette, Miss Marie Os-
teila and Eddie Delaney, the funny
commedian, supported by a superb
company. This play is a beautiful
story in four acts of more than usual
heart interest and filled with good
wholesome funny comedy. It is a
play suited to young and Old. ■ The
band and megaphone quartette parade
and concert day of arrival. Don't miss
it. Special prices of 25-35-50 are made
so that all can have a chance to witness this splendid production.
FARWELL NEWS,   .
J. L. Littlefield is running his plaining mill.,
The Case House is receiving a new
coat ot naint.
Mr. Haight of East Jordon was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. L. F. Leonard is visiting her
parents at Paris. Mich.
Dr. Bray of Big Rapids was town
Saturday holding quarterly conference.
H. M. Roys, has just received a fine
line of Farwell souvenirs. Gall and
see them.
Eev. G. W- Maxwell of Glare preached in the M. E. church last Sun day
morning.
Mrs. J. L. Welch of Clare Is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Crippen, who is on
the sick list.
A, H. Wilkins ot Dallas, Texas, is
visiting .his brother and sister at the
Wilkins place.
The Epworth League held their
regular business meeting at the par*
son&ge Monday evening. It was well
attended.   Refreshments were served.
Japan's Hired Girl,
Justice Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court* said recently; "Japan,
It would seem, has made the Goddess
«_ ^Liberty %ef hired girl."
WHERE OUR MONEY GOES.
Taxes Evenly Distributed in Proportion to Papulation—Mich-
v igan's Permanent Investments.
Lansing, October 1,1905.
The printed statement of apportionment of state taxes, prepared by
the auditor general's department and
given out during tbe past week, is a
document of interest to every citizen
of the state, as well as a very broadside of careful computation. The total state tax is $3,869,724.67, which is
about a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars less than tbe total state taxes
for the last legislative year In 1903.
This amount is made up of appropriations, for various objects, which are
here classified In groups as follows:
University..^.     $   416 525
Agricultural College.-         237810
Normal College...........        122 850
Central Normal  96 565
Northern Normal  48 000
Western Normal  51108
College of Mines     '    100 000
State Library  13 000
Educational Institutions $1 085 858
Provision for some new buildings
and Improvements is included In these
amounts, which aggregate about
twenty-eight percent of tbe total
state tax:
State Public School.    ' $ 56 921
School for the Deaf.'  101925
School for the Blind  41 350
Employment institution for
Blind  29 250
Home for Feeble Minded.. 119 825
Soldiers' Home. *  224 500
Benevolent Institutions     $573 771
Fourteen percent of the total tax is
represented here, and four*of these
institutions also are educational, and
nearly half of the Soldiers' Home appropriation is for a new hospit al
which will be well adapted for other
uses by the state when no longer required for its present pnrpose.
Industrial School for Boys.. $ 91200
Industrial Home for Girls..       78 101
Michigan Eeformatory  7 600
State Prison        56 630
Branch Prison, U P        14 811
Current expenses of Prisons.     320 000
Penal and Eeformatory... $358 342
Nine per cent of the total is found
here, and two of these institutions,
also, are educational:
Michigan Asylum   $ 39 500
Eastern Asylum  10 000
Northern Asylum  16 300
D" P. Hospital for Insane  31 300
State Asylum  14 250
Current Expense Asylums.. 724 865
Total . $836 215
The care of the insane costs twenty-
one percent of the total tax, these institutions, unlike the prisons, earning nothing toward the cost of their
maintenance:
National Guard     $126 500
Naval Brigade        16 867
Adjutant General's records. 1100
Board Fish Commissioners..       40 290
Dairy and Food Com'rs        35 000
Dairymen's Association  300
State Agricultural society.. 5 000
State Horticultural society. *     1500
State Weather service  1 000
Forestry Reserve  7 500
Geological Survey .,...,..„'.. 4 000
State Highway Dep't        30 000
Tuberculosis Sanatorium... 10 000
Board of Library Com'rs.... ■ 800
Pioneer and Historical society 4 000
Soo Semi Centennial Celebration 15" 000
Vicksburg Military Park ...       10 000
Macomb Monument         5 000
St. Louis Exposition  1 680
General Purposes       700 000
Total $1 015 637
The 'general purpose fund," besides
taking care of the expenses ot the legislature, the judiciary, the executive
departments, and all other awards of
the boards of auditors, must also finance such appropriations of the legislature aa do not cary special tax levy
to produce the money's appropriated,
and a member of such items should' be
added to the various groups above,
and deducted from the general expense account.
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From the state treasurer's report We
have the gratifying /act of the extinguishment of the last bond of the half
million dollars issued an account of
the Spanish-American war, so that
now the state of Michigan has not one
dollar of bonded indebtedness; "and, as
the same report shows, with a baiance
of over four million dollars in the
treasury. An inventory of the tangible property created by the state for.
the purpose of the various state institutions, as shown by valuations at the
beginning of the "present year, may
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give us a comfortable  feeling,   too. J
Here are some of the items:
University  $2 209 000
Agricultural College..;.,. 695 365
Normal College........ • . 444 637
CentralNormal  150 000
Nor them Normal... . ..,. 125416
Western Normal. ,.,. 100 000
College of Mines,. 423 625
School for Deaf  526 209
School for Blind  160 420
Employment Institution
for the Blind ,  85 000
State Public School.,,.,.., 250 000
Industrial school for Boys.. 309 000
Industrial Home for Girls.. 243 623
Home for Feeble Minded'.. 350 744
Michigan Asylum  1179 872
Eastern Asylum  1 024108
Northern Asylum.....'  -838 028
U. P. Hospital for Insane,. 556 905
State Asylum , ' 345 333
State Prison.  1008 409
Branch Prison. , 300 580
Michigan Reformatory  410 718
Soldiers' Home ,.. 270 048
State Capitol," Library and
Military Stores  2 348 750
WAS A HUMAN TORCH.
Total  $15 300 973
These are permaneut Investments of
the state, for the conduct of its dally
businet-*** ani the promotion of the
public interest HORTON.
OOUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES
The Sum of $3250 Was Distributed the Present Year.
Figures furnished by county officials
show that of the $10,000 collected for
county purposes for the present year,
$2250 has been, expended on roads and
$1000 on bridges.    The amount laid
out on the road jobs was distributed
as follows:
Hayes $300
Franklin—Hamilton 200
Frost 100
Greenwood 150
Summerfleld-Greenwood 75
Eedding 200
Lincoln 100
Grant <* 350
Surrey 250
Clare-Grant 250
Garfield 75
Arthur-Sheridan 200
Mt: Pleasant Woman Burned by
Kerosene Explosion.
Mrs. James Page of Mt. Pleasant,
aged -fifty-five, was'fatally burned last
Saturday morning by the explosion of
a can of kerosene from which she was
pouring oil on a smouldering fire to
hurry breakfast. The burning oil was
thrown all over her and as she ran
screaming into the yard she was a
veritable flaming human torch. Mr.
Page was seriously burned in trying
to tear the burning clothes from his
wife to extinguish the flames. Neighbors hurried to his assistance, but before the blaze was put out Mps. Page
was burned from head to foot.
Death came in the afternoon, reliev-'
ing .the unfortunate woman of her
terrible agony. She was unconcious
almost to the end and lay in a large
galvanized stock drinking tank, filled
with liquid medicines, with only her
head exposed. Her face was not badly
burned but the body was almost literally roasted.
Mrs. Page retained her faculties,
despite the horrible suffering, sufficiently to have her will made before
death came, subscribing by mark to
the disposition of her property. The
funeral Tuesday was a sad one
STATE ORANGE DELEGATES.
$2250
The appropriation used for bridges
amounted, as above stated, to $1000,
distributed as follows:
Hamilton $200
Winterfieid • 200
Sheridan 200
Arthur 200
Clare 200
$1000
A Card.
We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation to those wbo so kindly
assisted us during our recent bereavement, and especially to the Maccabees
and others for beautiful floral offering,       Silas Creeper and family.
The Best of Evidence.
Managing Editor—But why are you
so sure the war is really over?
Cable Editor—They've let one of
our war correspondents get to th*
front.—Puck.
Clare and Isabella Grangers Select Those who are to Attend
the State-Orange Meeting.
Representatives of the ten granges
in Olare county mefcat Harrison Tuesday and elected delegates to the state
grange meeting at Grand Eapids as
follows: Mr. and Mrs. Elias Haddick
of Eiverside grange in Arthur and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sprague of G reen-
wood The Pomona which meets at
Crooked Lake today selects one other
delegate.
The election of delegates for Isabella's thirteen granges at Eosebush
Tuesday developed a very lively contest. From fifteen to twenty ballots
were necessary. Those elected are:
Mr. and'Mrs. John Keller of Denver,
Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Glass of Gil-
more and Mr. McLaughlin of Isabella township. The Pomona,. which
was in session at the same time, selected Samuel Craft of Coldwater as
their delegate.
The two sessions of the Pomona
were most successful. A bout 125 were
present. The topic, "A Granger's
Duty" presented by John Northon of
Mt. Vernon Grange provoked a lively
discus'ion. The main ideas finally
developed were that his duty is to be
a good citizen and a good farmer.
Com'r Graham of Mt. Pleasant presented the subject of teaching elementary agriculture in the rural* schools.
A lively debate followed but a ma j or-
ity seemed of the opinion that conditions are not ripe now for teaching
this subject. The evening meeting
was als-f a good one,
See Loewenberg & Go's
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Opera House, 1 Night Only
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10,
J. R. GOODMAN, Manager.
Tho sensational Comedy Drama
The Winning Hand
A play of New York life, featuring the clever soubrette
MISS MARIE OSTELLA *
supported by funny Eddie JDelaney and a superb company.
New, bright, sparkling and up-to-date with, special scenic
and light effects.
Songs, dances, trios, quartette numbers, band orchesta and
megaphone quartette. *
Price 25, 35 and 50 Cents.
.Reserved Seats on Sale at Postoffice Monday at 9:00 a, m.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN,
in this column are fotmdZmlscel.
I luneous items of .importance s_eh
as articles lost, animals estrayed,
business announcements, stock for.
) Sale, farms for rent, etc., etc. JFlye
cents per line per week.
The Olare Iron and Metals Oo, pay
highest cash prises for all kinds of
old iron, metals, rubber, rags, etc.
Office ana warehouse west of P. M.
freight office. . 45-tt
Wanted—Good new milch cow.—
Thomas Presley. 46-tf.
For sale—Good heacer for wood , or
coal.—W. H. Hlbpbcock.
Lost—Light colored Jersey cow.
Had halter on.—Leon Gleason.
Get prices on coal and wood from
the Burch-Wyman Grain Co. before
you buy.
Mrs. J. Herring wishes more washings and ironing to do at the hpuse,
west State st. ~r°1"<*-
Wanted—A position as cleric in
store or to do clerical work by young
married man. Good character, good
references, steady and reliable. Address Olare E. P. D. No. 6, box 11.
For service—Registered large
Yorkshire hog. E. W. Allen, Loomis.   > 46-10-p.
Burch-Wyman Grain Oo. have a full
line of hay, straw and feed.
Foe sale—Nearly new, No. 9, Bed
Oross cook stove, one oak side board,
and one book case and writing desk
combined. Inquire at Bicknell &
Fletcher's.
Wanted—Live agent for the Mt.
Pleasant ateara Laundy. Address
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 45-2p.
i am prepared to do all kinds of
plain sewing. Bertha Wilson, west
of cemetery. 45-3-p.
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Buy your lime and cement of the
Burch- Wyman Grain Oo.
We want live poultry, and if any
thing else, more poultry. Clare
Poultry House. 43-tf
Just received a full line of drain tile
—Barch-Wyman Grain Co.
For Sale—A tent 12x17x5 feet. * S.
P. Down. 42-5
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
neiEuiliiREir"
Wise Farmers' Club has Warm
Two Hour Discussion on
Truancy and Kindred
Subjects.
At the meeting of the Wise Farmers' Club at Rev. G. W. Maxwell's in
Clare Tuesday there was a good crdwd -
in attendance and the interest was so
intense that President Seeley had difficulty in deciding, who of those clamoring for the privelege of speaking,
was first entitled to the floor.
The principal discusssion came
from County Agent Cooley's presentation of some facts relative to the
state's schools for wayward and neglected children. It took in the sa-
credness of home ties and the deplorable conditions permitting so many
children to roam the. streets at will all
hours of night regardless of consequences. But when the "whole theme
had been the subject of about thirty
spirited arguments, the general sentiment was to approve most emphatically the laws of the state against truancy and the use of cigarettes by children and to insist that the officers do
their duty in enforcing such laws.
Gar Load of Pianos.
We wish to announce to the people
Of Olare and vicinity that we have
placed on sale in the McKeever building, corner Sixth and McB'wan streets,
a car load of sample Kimball pianos.
We are the largest manufacturers
of pianos and organs in the world and
sell direct from the factory. So if you
will call and see us within the next
few days you can save the retailer'3
profit which rneahs a great many dollars to you. If you are going to buy
in the near futurd you had better see
us. W. W. Kimball Co.
J. & Benjamin, special representative, -
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