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Established 1878
^ (jlark, Mio'at^AN  fuldIy Morning ebbruar7-i7. 1965.
NewSeries: Vpl.l3,Ko. 18
MORE rMILROAD TALK.
Grand Rapids and Manistee Line
May   Cross   the   Northern
Part of Clare County.   .
In the lull of the cold days of February some of the papers of the state
are dishing out items relative to new
railroads Midland paper*' ore aglow
with the accounts of the Toted0. Marshall and Northern which, it is affirmed, is to run through-Midland county.
Some others alo-.g- the lit)- of the proposed route, however declare that it
is all a dream.        *
But over in Osceola county there is
actually something doing, on a small
scale as yet. The M anlstee and Grand
Rapids railroad, which extends from
Manistee to DUhtoa, is being: extended seven miles further east to Marion.
The work of grading lias been in progress during the winter but February
cold has probably called a hair,. But
the contractors for doing the grading,
B. F. Brucher and 0. iM. Roberts of
Saginaw, expect to have.all their contract completed by June 1st.
This road was built by John Can-
field, a pioneer lumberman. But
since the pine ha? all gone the North
era Pacific r-tlway acquired it for a
sons',, and ■* -s assumed tha» it jsas acquired with a view to becoming, a
feeder, when extended, from the JBay
O'ty and Saginaw Coal mines to the
eastern terminal of that road.
' It is held that because of the Pere
Marquette rates for freight shipped
foranother road over its tracks, ihe
Northern Pacific is taking tills means
of proyding itself with la way of reaching theco*lmines in question. *Ex-
tehding the road frqm Marion to
Giadwin, would give them a means of
shipment of coal over the Michigan
Central's line to Gladwin, thus cutting out the Pere Murquette. If this
. plan is carried out, the line, would
probably pass through'the south part
of, Winterfield township, northeast
Greenwood and passing through Hayes
touching Harrison would proceed »
little south of east through Hamilton
and into Gladwin county.
But all of this is conditional upon
the railroads in question nor. leachin.
some agreement for satisfactory rat> s
for Northern Pacific freight shipped
over Pe e M »rqi. tfce roads. Ibis quite
possible that ' the present plan to
build a road to Marion fond then on to
Gladwin is but a part of a scheme to
bring the Pere Marquette to proper
terms.
At least northern Clare county
would welcome the real zationuf what
is now but a mere conjecture.
Beware of the Average Agent.
,   We wish to warn directors and other
.school officers against buying anything from agents Many complaints
come to us from directors who have
been swindled and instanc- s come to
us where exorbitant prices have been
paid for appara us   The only charts
needed-in the rural schools-are read
ingand a physiological' chart. Good
feadi. g charts , can be bought for
about five dollars, physiological charts
at ten «r fifteen dollars. Never draw
a'school order in tavdr of an agent.
He is seldom responsible. Draw it in
favor of the company contrary to what
fcheagenfcmay say. If he is a duly ac-
credi ed agent he has authority to endorse all com r-any papers. After ali,
It is unsafe fa deal w ith agents.' Your
local merchants can supply you wi*h
anything in the line of school supplies
■and you then know with whom you
are dealing.
Using State Funds.
Under the above head the vst. Pleasant Courier moans bit' erly. because a
Clare bank has heen de-itrnated as one
of the depusitories of state funds, but
on the -same pa. e the editor, "bless
his. dear little (?) intaoc nt heart'
claps his hands m childish glee a-3 he
announces thafc the state of Michigan
through the training department of
the Central Normal f'isac- ually saving*
the city [Mt. Pleasant] at least 85,000
a year."
Of cour-e we in.this partof the state
are all proud of our Normal i-chooi
located at Mt. -Pleasant ?and are glad
of its progress, but when he, who
cries so long and loudly because he
fancies some, other towii' or section nf
the statereceives fayorsat the hands
of the state government, so glorifies
the spend inu of^money" for the benefit
, of his t"wn, it begins toca-tsuspicion,
to put it mildly, on his brand of pat-
riot'sm. There is f «r 'too mwh of
crying "Economy for everybody but
me, I .deserve to be dealt generously
with,"     ••    ■
CURE COUNTY TEACHERS.
Will \Meet at the Clare High
School for Educational Dis- .
cussion Feb. 25.
The.progf.m of tne. 01 -re County
Teacheis* Union,. Association for the
rat-et ng in this city S .turday, February 25th, ind cates i profitable uather-
ing. John Brown is -to tell what
the school -hould rio for th ■ hoys and
gir h, Miss L ura Cole pre-ents a m del
lesson in g. ogr >pf>y, •'. H. Sutherland
of the CI <re County Savings Bank -will
.ivs* the te cher-i a few pointers on
how ihey are regarded by the average
business man, F. .1- McNamara di-*-
cu»ses the leaclie.'s r«la ion 10 his
district, Com'r "W lch gives some
impressions from sch-ol yisitafcton,
Dalzell G ibson presents school e hies
and Supt. Riggs sets forth some
methods in eighth grade a-ifchmefcic^.
- he association will h t vo the pleasure
of listening to a vocal.solo rendered by
Mrs. G. B. Wells of CI-ire.
<•   James Gerren,
Anotlier of the old residents of
Vernon was called hence Tuesday. At
the age of fifty-seven James Gerren
succumbed after a week's illness of
pneumonia and pleurisy. The funeral
oi'cursfrom the home Saturday afternoon when th body will be laid away
to rest in C erry Grove.
James Gerren was-born in Ohio but
when V'-ry young moved with his parents to St. Johns, Mii'h. During the
civil war he -erved two yea-s in the
On on army and carries with him to
tne grave scars that tell ho was willing to give his life ft>r his country.
Twenty-eight years ago he moved to
Vernon township and has since resid-
d toere continuously Besides his
*i e seven of nine children survive us
follows: Albert'of Millersburg, Mrs.
John Dalton bf Vernon. Florence of
Battle Creek and Rosa, Floyd, James
and John at home. Two brothers
and three si-ters also survive
Thus does time take fr m us those
who,, now becoming fewer and fewer.
know of the earlier conditions of life
in our midst.
Mrs. Prudence Havens-Fish.
Last Friday the death angel claimed
another of those wuo lived manyyears
in this vicinity, Mrs. Prudence Fish,
aged sixty-six. The funeral occured
from the Clare M. E. church Monday
Rev. G. W. Maxwell officiating and interment was made at Leaton in Den
ver tow ship where deceased now
rests beside her husband.
Mrs. Prudence Fish was born in
Clinton Niagara district, Ontario, in
1838. In 1854 she was married to
David Fish. In 1880 with fiheir family they moved to Michigan, settling
in Denver township where they resided till the death of Mr. Fish in
1900 when she moved to Clare and has
since made her4home with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Horning.
Deceased is the mother of eleven
children, five sons and six. daughters.
On.* son died in,* infancy, and one
daughter, Mrs. Mathew Morrison died
in Idaho a year a^o. Those' surviving are: William, David, Enoch and
Osborn'Fish, Mrs. Philip Ripenburg,
and Mrs. Henry Horning, all of
Clare, and Mrs. Thomas .McGregor of
Denver township, Mrs John Jacobs,
of Marion and Mrs. HarHng' Bixby of
Cassopolis.
« Mrs. , Fish was a bright, active
christian woman, for many years a
member of the Owens M., E. church,
joining ttie Clare M. E. church by le> -
ter only three weeks' ago. A kind,
loving mother, she was well regarded
by her many acquaintances. All her
surviving children but Mrs „Bixby,
who was detained by blockaded rail
roads, were p esent at the funeral.
Many New Members.
The six weeks of union meetings
brought the Clare, Baptist, Congregational and Methodist churches many
new members. "Last Sunday thirteen
wc e baptized and twenty-one received
at' the Baptist etiurch and sixteen
baptized and forty-one received at
the Methodist while in like manner
about twenty have been received at
the Congregational. Ma*»y more woe
absent; on account of sickness so that
making allowance' for th- se, whose
joining now is not attributable to the
series of meetings, about a hundred
new members will result to the three
churches from the meetings. The'
work wa- carried forward by the three
pastor-, Revs. J H. Lowe, W. Jerome
Fro.-*t and G. W. Maxwell.
See our lame list of real estate bargains if you contemplate ; buying—
Welch&•-Bennett. -       a-..      ' ttt
HERRICK CHEESE FACTORY.
Elected Officers for the Coming
Season Last Friday.
.* *
The stockholders of the Herrick
Full Cream Ch ese Co. held - their annual meeting February 10th at* which
r.ime the" following officers were
elected:
.Presi.'ent—E. W. Allen.
See'y and Treas.—W..). Maxwell.
Manager—J. H Lansing.
Directors—E. .W. Allen, F. Fishley,
TT. J.-Jennings, J. H. Lansing, John
Kurz; W. .1. Maxwell. '■
The.treasurer's report showed that
33,976 pounds of milk had b en * aken
in nt th-factory, making 43,407 pounds
of cheese, and" tiat $3 588 had been
paid out to the farmers.    ,
The factory will be run during the
1905-season under the same man tge-
ment.
Postponed for One Week.
Owiru to the very severe weather
•he bi-county fair committees of the
various townships have been prevented from pushing, as they desire, the
work of securing sub cribers for stock
and therefore toey area-k d to report
to th"" «x cu'ive committee, of whom
O.W. Perry, Clare, is chairman, by
Sa'urdav, February 25th, inst-ad of
Sa urday of this week a-j previously
announced.
Brand on the Bi-Gounty Fair.
The following written to J, W.
Ot kins by J. F B and, vrho has large
farm inter- sts in Arthur township, is
of interest:
'•I am sorry I was not. able to be ab
the bi-county fair meeting. I don't
know as I could have been of any h> lp
in the matt' rof o-ganizlnir the society
but I see no reason why Glare and
Isabella rountlf-s should ndt put up »s
good a fair as any held anywhere in
the state, outside of the two state
fairs Get ttood men that will push it
an,d make it the best in northern
Michigan."
Severe Weather .Conditions.
The extreme cold of the earlier rjart
of the week put a quietus on business
in general. A temperature thafc
according to some themome-ers in
this locality was as low as twenty
below zero with unceasing drifting of
snow kept many near the friendly
warmth of some good stove. Trains
were many hoius late. Rural carriers
bravely struggled to cover their routes
bat had to cut out many miles. The
best record reported for Tuesday is
one carrier making twenty-'wo mtlcs
but he had to followthe main traveled
road reaching h>s pitroas here and
there as he went along.
People do • something at least to
kpep the roads open. Last Friday
Pathmaster Cyrus Applebee in Sueri-
dan opened up five m les of road for,
which carriers two and six. not to
mention patrons, were duly grateful.
W* W. Hubel also did some good work
in the same line.
"But with the passing of the "cold
snap'' things are assuming their norm--
al pondition. Th* weather prophets,
however, say more cold weather is
due for the labter part of the month.
Glare City Schools.
GEORGE EHRHARDT, Editor.
The fourth grade is Interested in
the btiudy of Lincoih.
The lower grade pupils had valentine boxes Tuesday afternoon.
There are numerous absences in all
the grades on,account of sickness.
The pupils of the sixth grade are
studying the life and paintings of
Ruoa Bonheur.
Miss Cora Sbafer is unable to attend
schqol on account of tbe grip aud Miss
Westfall has charge of her pupils.
The twelfth grade has finished
arithmetic and are now studying
Whitney's Essentials of English grammar.
• The eleventh grade German .class
has finished theii1; first story in < one
m inth. This Is an extraordinary
record. '..*■.*
' The Senior class met last week and
elected the following officers: President, Wett.e Miller; vice pres., Burt
Sanford; secy, Llliie Hubel; treas,,
OiUcy Hawkins.
The 0. H, S. Sophomore club met
at th*. home of Ethel Jackson last
Thursday evening. The attendance
was bo Jler than usual- owing to the
sickness of many of its members.-* The
guests were entertained with lunch-
son and music and ali had a must dc-
itemiul time* ~ -' '   -   "i
LANSING LETTER.
Michigan^  Brave Old, Sol-
'" diers Rapidly Passing
■*   >   *     Away.
Association of Supervisors.
Governor Warner is  an Industrious Worker—Experimental Road Suggested.
Lansing, Michigan, B'eb. 14.
Not all of tbe committees made
their visits to the institutions during
the recess week. The plan of'making
the inspections by tbe senate and
house committees separately, instead
of together, was adopted to some ex
tent, with the view of obtaining independent impressions from somewhat
varied view points, rather than that
the two bodies should be impressed by
only tbe same circumstances and suggestions. Apparently the plan is a
good one; aud thus it came about that-'
the senate committee on soldier*'
homemade their visit to that institu-'
tion last-Wednesday* a week after the
house committee. Each listened to
tbe same recommendations of the
board of control, and the reasons
therefor, bub each saw the institution under somewhat different aspects. ■ >
# # * *
^ Governor Warner last Wednesday
signed the Muskegon-Oceana judicial
circuit primary bill, which thus be'
comes a law in time for the approaching spring nominations, and the judicial candidates,there will be so selected. There was not at any time any
reason to question his purpose to approve the act, and as little justification for insinuation by a few hostile
pHpers of a plan among legislators to
defeat the enactment by trickery after
it bad passed both houses. The governor at the same time approved the
amendment to ihe Kent county primary .law providing petition instead
ot fee to entitle candidates to place
on the ticket. And so the first primary bills to come before this legislature have become laws. * The Wayne
primary bill wentthrough both houses
on a run, Wednesday, under suspension of the rules, and will be . ffective
for the approaching nominations; but
all of these local acts may be superseded by a general act which is expected to be perfected later in tbe
session. Mr. Waters of Washtenaw
last Week Introduced a bill providing
for direct nomination of all state
officers and United. States senator**, a
measure to which be was committed
oefore his own nomination; but he
can hardly expect favorable consideration for* a proposition so radical as
that.
The association of township supervisors was in Session here last week,
and among other .business adopted a
resolution asking for the abolition of
fees and the providing of regular sal-,
aries for all county officers; and their
recommendation must carry much
weight with the legislature, as it undauntedly has with the people. A bill
of that character is already prepared,
and it is believed that under the showing that will be made of the unreasonable emoluments and the frequent
fl .grant abuse of the fee system its en-
a Jtment will be assured. One Kalamazoo supefvisor said the sheriff of that
county last year presented bills
amounting to $20,000, in addition to
all the deputies' bills of which the
sheriff took the greater part and bad
become rich. Senator Cook of Shiawassee is chief sponsor, for the new
bill.' Governor Warner addressed the
convention, and was complimented as
the first governor who had ever appeared before them.
* * * fie-
The-supervisors adopted a resolution
asking the legislature to pass the
Watts bill for the aooha'hment of the
tax commission, £nd made, tbeir feeling toward tbe commission- manifest
by electing 88 president.of their ass*. •
elation Mr Kimmerle, of Cass, whom
the commission is trying to oust from
his supervisor's office. The ass'.cla*
tion look position upon a number of
legislative topics, asking for auniform
drain law similar to those of Saginaw*
and St. Joseph, oppising exemption
of mortgages and other credits from
taxation, recommending an antitoxin
plant at tbe Agricultural college, etc
The scheme which has been repeated y before the legislature and as often
rejected, for separating the state and
County taxes, and committing to the
several counties the collection of their
portion of delinquent taxes, was argued before tbe association by ex.iaW*
itorgeneral Geprge W. Stone, of Lansing, the only democrat who has held
tout office in the last rlfty years. No
action was taken upon that subject.
The house committee in charge of
tbe senate bill to reorganize the state
board of health is moving slowly with
the.matter, and giving plenty, of opportunity for opponents of the bill to
be heard. The senate has confirmed
the appointment of Drs. McLean ;of
Detroit and Sinclair of.Grand Rapids
to membership on the board, and the
earnest desire of Governor Warner to
make the best appointments possible,
regardless of personal considerations,
Is suggested by tbe fact that Dr. Sinclair was an active supporter and
manager in the Stearns campaign
against Mr. Warner.
* * * *
A bill Introduced in the house by
representative Ming of Cheboygan
makes the use of trading stamps a
punishable offense, with penalty qf
both fine and imprisonment. The
large revolt of business men against
this pernicious parasite promises
hearty and effective support for such
a measure.
* * * *
There is no one thing more important to the prosperity of the state than
.wod roads, and tbe most efficacious
and economical method! of securing
tbem have by no means-,, yet been
found out. It is a field, of endeavor
of wide possibilities and unmeasured
consequences, * More^ and more the
people are bec-ming a Wake to this
aud the advent ot the automobile and
the rural mail carrier are greatly adding to the Urgency of th§ problem, for
the auto is soon to be a beast ot burden on the highways, instead of a
plaything. "Thepeopl'e will be glad,
then, to know thafc the governor, who
gave prominent attention to tbe subject in his inaugural message, is now
endeavoring to secure national aid for
an experimental highway between
this city and the agricultural college,
three miles ea3fc,.an object lesson in
good roads. Our constitution does
not permit the state to. appropriate
money for roads, but it is hoped to
secure this road in that v?ay as an educational measure, and that though
its influence public sentiment shall be
stimulated to'the removal of thafc restriction or the adoption of other
means for securing the* needed improvements, ,   HORTON.
Gleaned From Isabella Doings.
Steam heat has at ]pt replaced the
old stoves at the county's court house
. Marlon Daln of Vernon is the new
president of the Glare-Isabella (Jounty
Lewis Gass Club.
The democratic county convention
ab Mt, Pleasant last Saturday was a
rather quiet affair.
In the purposed rcrdistribufcion of
senatorial districts, Isabella, Montcalm and Gratiot* are, It is said, to be
one district,
The bottom has dropped out of the
price of wood. One of the principal
mar&ets of the county quotes 81 75 as
the top notch. Some Other places
still pay $2 00.
A man in -Broomfield township had
the joy. of being made defendent in
nine suits in one day, all started under the timber lien.law tp secure pay
for catting wood,
For thefirsfc time this season mail
delivery has been greatly interferred
with during this week and it has been
less relished as many desired their
papers promptly to .employ time too
much devoted to contemplating the
stove.    ,
Each stockholder in the late Star
Oil company Anally had to pay up his
subscription per share but got back
tbe magnificent dividend of sixty
cents on the dollar. If the shares
were $10 each, how much did each Investor make?
The bill before the legislature rela-
tive'to the Central Normal-provides
for,S7l,865 for 1905and $71,865 for 1906
for"ordinary expenses and 832,000 for
additional land and buildings on the
condition thafc Mt, Pleasant raises
85000 for the same fund; „,     ,; t
Vernon's new grange ball is already
Hcqulring fame. • In spite of the in
tense cold of Tuesday, evening, a company of church people from Clare
journeyed there to make merry and
were all surprised to and so well built
and comodiOus a hall.
The usual periodical change Yn the
management of the Courier-Democrat
toou place last week. C. D. Bowen
has severed1 his connectioh with the
paper and joins his fafcher in the insurance business,- ET. A, Miller is
again the whole thing'.—Mt. Pleasant
''Enterprise.'"'''' ,'"' "
The speculative instinct among tbe
people of Mt Pleasant and vicinity is
not neatly so pronounced as it was a
few years ago; those who formerly
withdrew their money from fche bank
to invest it in "wild goose" specula'
tion have discovered fche goose to be a
very wild bird.—Mt. Pleasant Courier.
The democratic judicial convention
for the Twenty-first district will be
held at Mt. Pleasant March 2nd. Delegates—Midland county, 6; Clare, 4;
Isabella, 10, But 'twill be no easy
matter to find any candidate with
much nf a show against Isabella's
noted jurist, Peter F. Dodds, tbe republican nominee.  "
Geo. W. Depue and Chas. Butter
publish a long statement stating vyby
the new Isabella creamery is to be
started in which they charge neglect
of duty on the part of the superinfcen*
dent of the old creamery and tbe appropriation by some one of about $800
of the company's funds. They affirm
thafc unless the talk against the new
creamery by officials of the old company ceases they will publish figures
and names of interested parties.
The common council of the city of
Cadillac last week voted an order of
$7500 payable to S, W. Kramer, treasurer of the city board* of trade, with
instructions thatftfie amount be paid
to the Cidillac Gnomical company, a
new industry recently established in
that cifcy through the board of trade.
If such a thing were proposed in Mt.
Pleasant the "I won'ts" would'make
the welkin ring with their protests
and knocks. The "I won'ts" and "1
can'ts" have a larger club in Mt.
Pleasant than anywhere else at this
writing, it is about time for the "I
wiils" to come to fche front and expel
'em.—Northwestern Tribune. «
FARWELL NEWS.
Miss Daisy Armstrong of Scobtville
visited friends in E arwell last week.
M. F. Robinson was down from
Lake Wednesday.
Miss laabell Forton of Evarb is fche
guest of Miss Lou McCartney this
week.
Feb. 2nd was the day we hoped* the
sun wouldn't shine—but it did, and
we-are receiving the benefit. Only
twenty-two below zero Monday morning.
The Epworth League sleigh ride to
Clare which was to have taken place
Monday evening was postponed to
some later date on account of the
extreme cold weather.
The little infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
E.' W. Brown died Tuesday, aged
seven davs. The funeral was held
from the house Wednesday afternoon.
The family have the sympathy of every one in their sad affliction,
The Ladies of the Congregational
church are.to be congratulated on the
fine entertainment given by them at
theK, O. T. M. Tuesday evening.
The Chronabbanaietron, a remarkable
invention, was exhibited by fche inven
tress in person. By simply turning a
crank she could grind out at will any
historic person dressed in the garb of
tbeir day. The parts were all well
taken. After fche entertainment ice
cream and cake were served,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. sLdttlefleld were
called to St Clair Iasfc week on account
of the death of .Mrs. Littlefield's
mother, Mrs* F. Layle, who died February 8th at fche ag6 of seventy-five
years, after the third stroke of paralysis. The funeral services were held
from the M. E church at one p, m. on
Saturday thellth, conducted by Bey.
O. J. Blackforc and Rev. J. L Gardiner of Detroit, her former pastor.
Mrs. Layle was well known in Far-
well where she had many friends.
The Epworth Leacue have completed arrangements for' their first annual banquet to be held-at the Ladies'
Library on the evening of Washington's birthday, Wednesday Feb. 22,
8:30 local time. On account of the
size of the room the number; of plates
have been limited to seventy-five and
the price per plate placed at the low
figure of twenty-five cents. A fine
menu will be .served. • Rev. G. W.
Maxwell of Clare has been secured as
toastmasfer which is'a sufficient guar-
entee as to the excellence of the program. Toasts will be responded to by
Rev. Moull of Harrison, Rev. B. H.
Flemming, Mrs. B. H. Flemming,
Prof. D. A. Barber, Rev. W. J. Frost
of Clare and Rev- J. Dufcton of Mfc.
Pleasant. Tickets can be secured by
applying to either O. M. Ayers or H.
M. Roys. The invitation is extended
to (ill as long as the tickets last.
A Card.
We wish to'express our sincere
thanks fco the neighbors and friends
.who ministered to us during our recent sad affliction, " E. It, SmAx&jby
Aian&%AMn,Y.   :    "  " ° '- '   ''- '
GENERALJtfORMATION COLUMN,,
in this'column are found mlseeK
' laucous items of importance such
as articles .'lost, animals cstrayed,
business announcements, stock-for.
I sale, farms for rent, etc., etc.    Five
cents per line per, week.
t
, For Sale—Limited amount of yellow dent seed corn. .Toror Northon,
Bell 'phone.
John Rodabaugh is conducting   a '•
rummage sale afc the old town hall.
Great bargains.
Good second hand heating stove for
sale cheap—Lkwts & Patrick.     tf'
• For Sale—Two fifty foot. 10x10 In.
barn timbers. Jacob TSass, four
miles north of Clare. . 12-2.
Wanted—300 readers, Weekly^Ab-
peal to Reason.—H? II. Orowt, sub-
agent. . 3-l.G
Five acre lots for sale, just outside
of the city limits—Welch & Bennett. . ■  tt.
For SALE---80. acre farm, 40 acres
cleared, 6 miles from Clare, mrs. l.
a. Reynolds, Farwell, Mich,   51.tf.
•Wanted—Ten men in each state fco
fcravel, tack signs and distribute samples and circulars of our goods. Salary $75,00 per month. $3.00 per day
for expenses. K-uhlmanCo., Dept. S.
Atlas Bldg., Chicago. 8-8 -
Green Stove,Wpod For Sale
Beech or Maple, on ground or delivered. Frank Gokk, Union 'Phone.
12.tf.
A fine 80*acre farm, good new house
and gambrel roof barn for sale afc a
bargain.—Welch '& Bennett.
^For Sale—Black horse, 7 years
old, weight 1350, kind, good worker.
J. W. Mapes, . R. F. D. Carrier,
Loomis, Mich. i0-if.
One of the finest 120-acre farms in
the state for sale.' 100 acres improved,
twenty acres-sfcanding hardwood, «ood
buildings.—Applyto Welcii & Ben
nett. -.    tf
Farm of 8o acres for sale at $1500.
Will take in exchange Clare property
as part payment. A good bargain to
the right man. Welch & Bennett.
7-tt.
Hay and Wood for Sale—J. a. Seeley, Bell 'Phone. 10-10
Buggy Painting.
.Bring in your buggies. 1 am prepared to paint and stripe them at live
and let live prices, S. Northy, south
side, Clare.        • *   . 9tf.
EXCURSIONS
via TUB
Pere Marquette
SETTLERS'FARES TO THE  SOUTH  ANO
SOUTH-EAST.*
Reduced rate tickets on sale first
and third Tuesdays of each month un
til April, 1905.   See agents for routos
and rates. *
LO W RATES TO THE WEST.      «
ONE-WAY,   SECOND   CLASS    COLONIST
FARES TO THB WEST, NORTHWEST & CALIFORNIA.,
On March 1,  1905, exfcremely low
one-way rates will be offered to points
in the west, northwest aud to Call
fornla.   Tickets will be on sale every '
day through the-month of March.
Ask Pere Marquette ticket agent for '
particulars or write W- C. Britton,j
D. P. A., Saginaw. 13-1
LOW RATES TO,THE SOUTH.
MARDr GRAS AT. NEW; ORLEANS MARCH
6, 7 & 8,':1905:
On account of.the Mardi Gras Fe«-
tiyal afc New Orleans on above date
the Pere Maremette will soil tickets at
rate of one fare for round trip plus
$2 25. Good going March 1 to'6 inclusive; good returning nob later than
March 11,1905. Return, limit will be
extended on certain conditions. xA«k
agents for full information.
Empire Produce Co.
We are now located in tho Hersey
building, south ofBicknell's dry goods
store, and are in the market with the
highest caah prices for butter, eggs,
poultry and senarafcorcreate., Wanted.
—Good road team ..weighing between
ten and eleven hundred, SA>t. GAt*
LBYjManager.. ''° "   "'•