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SENTINEL
Established 1878,
CLA-HE,   MIOHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8/ 1905.
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BONOUNGED 0, K,
Water Works Plant and Extension of Mains Accepted.
$32000 Invested, with Completion
of Stand Pipe*, in Clare's
Water System.
As a result of tests completed Monday everything connected with Improvements and extensions of the
city's water system, including* gasoline
engines, pumps, wells and mains, js
pronounced; eminently satisfactory
arid -within, -j, day or two the new
plant will permanently displace the
old one in supplying city water. Th e
city has msfde generous provision for
Ife-FwSte-c system, for it is said,, that in
proportion to population and wealth
no town in the state has more capital
invested, in such a plant.
The city's water system now consists
Of two thirty-horse power gasoline
engines, two triplex pumps, pumping
close to 700 gallons per minute, five
forty foot six inch wells, 24,300 feet of
m$ins, 14,000 feet of iron mains* just-
installed and 10,300 feet of wooden
mains just as solid as when put iu
twenty-one years ago, except for
some defects from poor tapping, all of
which with a well organized tire department and plenty of hose and other
equipment, seemingly, so far as money
can accomplish^, gives Clare every-*
thing in the way Of fire protection.
Besides the old pumps recently repaired, so as to be about as good as they
ever were, are ready at any time to
supply all the water the system can
use in any emergency should something unexpected happen at the new
plant.
Tests show that there is plenty
of water for two streams |rom inch
nozzles or for four streams from five-
eighths inch nozzles, now in use,
maintaining fire pressure at from
sixty to eighty pounds or even higher.
There is, however, no inconsiderable
portion of tax-payers who insist that
the old pumps, now repaired as they
should have been long ago, can also
pump all the water needed for four
streams from five-eights inch nozzles,
as they hive done in the pa£t, and
that all that was needed was to put
down some wells on the city's land at
the old plant to give us, with proper
extension of mains, just as effective a
system and as good water supply as
■ we now have, with a saving of thousands of dollars.
At least the water supply is far
ahead of that hitherto taken from the
creek and everybody is happy that the
administration was thwarted in its
announced policy of inflicting Tobacco
river water on the city, not to mention
the added expenditure' that would
have been involved, and now Olare Is
blessed with a good supply of pure
water. The water, however, is quite
hard, in fact a test shows it harder
than that from the ordinary wells so
numerous in the city.
All accounts have not yet been
squared but the approximate cost for
the new plant, including stand pipe,
will be close to $22 000—$8,000 for
mains, $2,000 for gasoline engines,
12,000 for pumps, 51,000 for wells,
$1,000 for engineering and plans, 31,000
for power house, $4,750 for stand s pipe
besides 6thef miscellaneous items, Of
this amount §16,750 is raised by bonds,
the first payment on which is to be
made thirteen years hence, $4,750 the
cost of the stand pipe, to be paid by
yearly installments $800 soon after
completion and $1,350 yearly till all-is
paid', and cost of plans and other preliminary expense already paid.
, Engineer J. "W. Holmes Is in charge
of the plant £ta salary of $600 per
fmtt but till the stand pipe is completed a second man will be needed to
.xutyifo&plinb and Wm. Parrish is the
jaan. Gasoline has thus far been
. burned up pretty fast but it is too
k)6tt yet to give with certainty the
•wsfeof running the plant. With the
installing of the 76,000 gallon Stand
pipe it, with a pressure of from thirty
to thirty-fivepounds to the square
inch, will supply water for domestic
purposes. , fot fire toressure the en*
gittes will be utilized to furnish it
direct ' .' --■ % "V.", *   '
Glare'* old water system was installed twenty one years ago at a cost
of $14,000; "Mams extended only from
Mrsfc to State state street along McEwan street. O ther mains were later
put in bringing the'total cost' up to
an amount exceeding $20,000. Alder*
jfnan Mason had tandh to do with installing the system &_4 he expresses
the opinion that on a very oonserva--
%tm feasls the mty etai has »at lem* &
m§iM<iiM9,iMimmted ift the pJct
system, now merged into the new system.
So far as can, be gathered at this
time Glare's water system is an excellent one,* as it ought to be from the
amount of money invested. But
whether it has been planned in the
interest of economy in capital invested and with due regard to the future
of municipal ownership in Clare is a
question upon which there still is
much dissenting opinion.
Sherman Riggs Co. of Toledo, who
have had charge of the engineering,
have given splendid satisfaction.
TDlmer Stroup of Mason, who put down
the wells, is spoken of in the highest
terms by the board of works. Brooks
& Son, who laid the mains, did their
work most satisfatorily as required by
the engineer. However Olare laboring men were greatly disappointed in
that they received very little of the
money spent by the contractor in laying the mains. Of course it was all
done very cleverly. But the fact remains- that very little, of the $8000
paid them was expended in Clare.
The money.is spent and the taxpayer must pay it in due time, but in
the interest of the future of, the city
every person in the city ought to
know as much as possible about the
city's business this year as an aid to
greater intelligence^ passing on any
future proposed improvements.
November Primary Money,
The apportionment of money from
the primary school fund -this month
is $2.80 which the May apportionment
of Sixty cents makes a total of $3.30
per person of school age in each district. This is fifteen cents more than
the 1904 apportionment. The total
amount reqeiyed by Clare county for
the year is $10,216 80 and by Isabella
county ' $24,594.90. Olare county's
state tax this year is $5394 71; Isabella's $18,09106, in each case leaving a
balance of several thousands of dollars
that the state pays primary money
more than the county pays state taxes. This is a.great advantage especially to the poorer counties in the
maintenance of their schools. If railroads were taxed locally in each district where their property is located,
instead of over the state as a whole,
it is plainly evident that neither Olare
nor Isabella would receive nearly as
much taxes therefrom as they now receive primary money from the state.
The -Tovember apportionment and
the total for the year follows:
*  CLARE county.
no.        ISov.        Total
pupils    apport.    for year
Arthur 214      $ 577.80      $ 705.80
Clare 503       1358.10       1659 90
Franklin       20 54.00 66.00
J?JOSt 65 175.50    .     214.50
Garfield      156 421.20 514.80
Grant 282 761.40 930.60
Greenwood 235 634 50 141.00
Hamilton    133 359.10 438.90
Harrison     167 450.90 551.10
Hatton       174 469.80 574.20
Hayes '        55        148.50 181.50
Lincoln       153        41310 504.90
Redding      184        496.80    '    613.20
Sheridan   < 314 842 40        1030.80
Surrey 305 823.50        1006.50
.. Winterfieid 127 342.90 41910
3096
$8359.20
$10216 80
ISABELLA COUNTY.
Broomfield
257
693.60
848.10
Chippewa
442
1193.40 '
1458.60
Coe
638
1711.80
2092.20
Coldwater
378
1020.60
1247'40
Deerfield
502
1355.40
1656.60
Denver
435
1174 50
1435.50
Fremont
343
926.10
1121.90
Giimore.
257
693.90
848 10
Isabella
542
1463.40
1788.60
Lincoln
387
1044.90
1277.10
Mt 'Pleas.
1055
2848.50
3471.50
Nottawa
589
1600.30
1953.70
JM and
319
861.30
1052.70
Sherman
264'
712 80
871.20
Union
341
920.60
. 1124.30
Vernon
387
1044.90
1277.10
Wise
321
866,70
1059,30
$7452
$20123.10
$24594 90
Poor Relation,
After all the play that glorifies the
generous heart captivates humanity.
This is why Sol Smith Bussell'S "A
Poor Relation," twas that comedians
most successful vehicle. The principal
character, _?oah Yale, is an eccentric
creation that enlists universal sympathy and creates no end of amusement.
The company presenting the pi-jy is a
good one, At opera house next Tuesday evening.
A Card
I desire to express my heartfelt
thanks for the kindness of friends and
neighbors durtag the illness and death
oi my late daughter, JSoaev   JJ_s&
FRAUDULENT PLATTING
Auditor    General   .Bradley
Sought to Prevent Their
Existence.
Governor    Warner's.    Mileage
Book Controversey With the
Railroads is Attracting
Attention.
Lansing, October 30,1905.
Tbe Outing Beach Resort Association fu their plat of lands in Grand
Traverse county appear to be giving
considerable trouole to the board of
supervisors, because of its methods of
selling lots, and the impossibility of
the assessment and collection ot taxes.
It appears there have been hundreds
of acres along the shores of Long
Lake and elsewhere in that county
platted by Chicago people into lots
twenty-five and thirty feet wide, to
the number of ten or eleven thousand
lots. These lots were given away,
but the person to whom given, in a
guessing contest or otherwise, was
required to pay $1.52 for recording*,
and $1.30 for abstract and deed, so
tbat the association wouid receive an
amount above thirty thousand dollars
In tbe deal, if the lots are all disposed
of. The whole scheme is a fraud, as
the lots have no value; and the board
of supervisors are up against the
proposition of determining the ownership for assessment purposes, at much
expense, and the state will be called
upon to expend a large/amount of
money in the sale of these delinquent
lots for taxes.
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The condition of these matters before the board of supervisors of Grand
Traverse county again directs attention to the failure of the committee
of the legislature on amendment and
revision of the statutes to give serious
consideration to the bill prepared by
Auditor General Bradley, and introduced by Representative Higgins,
requiring the consent of a common
council in cities, a board of trustees
in villages, or the township board,
before laying out and platting lands
to be offered for sale. In Muskegon
county, Roscommon county, Mason
county, and in probably a dozea other
counties in the state, plats have been
made such as this of the Outing Beach
Resort by outside parties for the
fraudulent purpose of obtaining money
by the sale of worthless lots to innocent purchasers. Lots have been given
away as prizes in guessing contests
wrlere the subject is so simple tbat
everybody guesses right, or as gifts
with a quarter's worth of soap, and
numerous cheap schemes, „ where the
money is secured in a charge^for the
deed and recording. If Auditor General Bradley's measure had passed the
legislature, this sort ot thing might
be prevented in the future, but as the
law now stands there is nothing to
^prevent the platting of any number of
thousands of acres of sand plains into
town sites and selling them to gullible
pec-pie for a song.
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Governor Warner's vigorous effort
to induce the railroads of the state to
modify the requirements, of the
mileage books of the Central Traffic
Association in the interests of the
traveling public of Michigan is being
watched with interest from this center
of official affairs. Unless the railroad
managers can satisfy Governor
Warner that he is making unreasonable requirements of them they will
find it difficult to dispose of his demands in behalf of the people. It is
quite certain that Governor Warner
has no desire to pose as an opponent
of the railroads of Michigan in the
legitimate and proper transaction of
their own business, but it is equally
certain that there are no strings on
him that will prevent him from demanding for the people of his state
treatment from the railroads as good
as the best given to the people of other
states.
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Ouster's brigade reunion two weeks
'ago called together more than two
hundred of the veterans who fought
with the yellow-baired chieftain, in
the first, fifth, sixth and seven.th, regiments of Michigan cavalry. There
waaa prepared program, but the real
spirit aud significance of the occasion
was in the personal greetings ana"
renewal of the old associations by
the men who marched and fought
and slept together forty-four years
ago. The association appointed a
j committee to present to tbe legisla-
' tare its nsoiufeioR asking appro|)*i&-
tion for a
Ouster.
monument   to .General
Governor and Senator elect La-
Follette, of Wisconsin, opened the
lecture course at tbe Agricultural
College some days ago, before an
audieocebi six hundred people, discussing1 the political evil that menace
our state and national governments.
He placed much stress upon the practice of giving railroad passes to legators and other public officers as one of
those evils, and said that in his state
they had'made it an offence to take or
give a pass. Our s-ate pardon' board,
in declining clemency in the McGarry
case, says "the good order ot society
demands and justice requires that
men ot high standing convicted of
crime should not receive greater < consideration than men of less standing
and fewer friends. We're coming to
that.'       . Hobton.
Successful Applicants.
Following is a list of teachers who
wexe granted certificates at the recent
examination held at Clare. There
was a class of thirfcy-one, sixteen of
whom were granted certificates, ten
wrote for standings on the second
grade, and the other five were for the
most part writing "just to see what
they could do:"
THIRD GUA_E>
George A. Tennant, Elsie Russ,
Ethel Sears, Grace Howard, Bessie
Bajrrus, Helen Frost, Nina Eberhart,
Effle Riegle, Rudolph Sehaeffer, Martha McNeill, M. Ethel Pratt.
SECOND  GRADE.
;Methvan Brown, Daphne Pritchard,
J1. Vinton Gibson, Louie B. Louch,
Otto J. Heber, The latter's certificate was not granted as the candidate
had not had the necessary seven
months' experience in teaching, but
will be issued when this requirement
is met.
Wise Farmers' Club
Next Tuesday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Olark, Clare, occurs
the regular monthly meeting* of the
Wise Farmers' Club. Following is
the
PRO&RAM
Song by Club,
Prayer, Rev. G. W. Maxwell.
Address of welcome, D. W, Clark.
Response, E. W, Allen.
Dinner, consisting of chicken pie
and other good things.
Song, Male quartet.
Talk, Philip A. Beunett.
Recitation, Mrs. C. Burch.
Election of officers and bus'ness
meeting.
Song, Vera Shaw and Bernice
Olark.
Discussion, What kind of literature
should be brought into -the home?
Discussion opened by Mrs Albert
Thifrsfcon, followed by Mrs. Wm. Badg-
ley, Mrs, Thos. McJames and Miss
Matie^B, McKinley.
Reception committee, Mrs. P. M.
Loomis, Mrs A. E. Mulder.
Table committee, Mrs. D. J. Allen,
chairman, assisted by Mrs, Nettie
Lansing, Mrs. Fred Phillips, Mrs. W.
J. Jennings and Mrs. Alva Servis.
This is the. annual meeting and a
large attendance is desired. All who
can, will please bring chickens.
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A large plate glass, valued at $100,
in one of the windows of the Clare
Hardware Co's store was broken Monday evening during a scuffle on the
part of two boys.
The above is but one of the numerous incidents showing that there is altogether too much deviltry permitted
to go unchecked on Olare streets.
Unchaste language, even when ladies
are passing; young ruffians with more
or less of menacing attitude blocking
the walks, and scores of small boys
running at large till the wee small
hours, these are some of the things
that common decency demands should
be remedied, Ha'dthe city an ordinance prohibiting this kind of. loitering
on street corners, and the Marshall instructed to disperse such gatherings,
it would be a big hit for gopd citizenship.    ' * .
Ganadian Milee Singers.
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This company of remarkable musical ability will be at the M. jE. church
Npvemhar Wth. They appeared at
the opera house some years ago and
both in entertaining and ■ range of
voice and the quality and variety of
music given -were considered among
}the best seen here for y*ars. This is
an Opportunity to hear something
r4% good*
C. M. P. CO. NOT IN TRUST
They Do ■ Not  Propose  to  be
Gobbled up by the Butter
Octupus.
PLAIN STATEMENT MADE BY
GEORGE S. YOUNG.
Present Conditions are Highly Satisfactory to the Farmers and Themselves
and They Will Remain So.
A Detroit paper states that Michigan butter is now in the trust. The
Owosso Creamery has been sold to the
Americau Butter RefiningOo., of New
York for $800,000 and will hereafter
be controlled by that corporation.
In an interview with Mr. Geo* S.
Young, of the, Central Michigan Produce Co., in Alma, regarding the situation, he said:
"No, sir, we are not in the trust,
nor do we propose to be. The farmers
have stuck by us and we intend to do
the fair thing by them, Our prices
to them have always been the best
and all are satisfied. The Central
Michigan Produce Oo, intends to
maintain their present high standard
of prices and products."
The ultimate result of a general
combination of creameries in Michigan would mean a reduction in prices
paid to the farmers for their cream,
and the O. M. P. Bo. does not propose
to be gobbled up by the butter octupus. ,
Mr, Young gave the Record reporter
to understand that they were opposed
to all trust methods and would continue to do business in their usual
straightforward manner.-—Alma Record,
The Tale of a Bear.
L, D. Estee of Shepherd owns a
ranch, several hundred acres, up near
the lakes known as "Doc" and "Tom"
in Lincoln township, Glare county.
On this ranch he raises cattle, sheep,
and honey. Lots of bears around that
neighborhood which had great taste
for the two latter products, with a
tendency to select tbe young juicy
limbs. John T. Landon of Mt. Pleasant, is a bear hunter, old in rich experience* John can always get two
bears where only one was seen to grow.
He heard of the depredation of the
bruin family and took his big bear
traps and Arthur Goutant and went
up there. Arthur "set" the trap,
John b lited it. Arthur came home
and waited and John remained and
watched. In a day or two a telegram
came from JohnT., to his son Parm
to come up and help recover the trap
which a bear had come along and stolen. Parm went up, recovered both
and shipped bruin home. Alderman
Winans came along, 4 purchased the
prize, and in turn sold it to Landlord
Day of the Hotel Bennett, receiving
as a premium on the transaction, Mr.
Day's obligation to furnish a "bear
supper" to a half dozen intimate
friends. The supper took place at
eight o'clock standard, on Monday
night, and talk about banquets by
life insurance presidents, and directors! or a bear feast by-the president
of the United States; either were
tame affairs in comparison.—Isabella
Courier. .
Micliignn State Land Office,
Lansing, October 31, wo.,.
Notice is hereby given tuat the following de-
soriJUea abandonee!, tax lauds situated in Glare
oounty, heretaCOre deeded to the State by the
Auditor General under tlie provisions of seotion 327 ot aot No. 205 o£ the public acts ot 1893
and acts amendatory thereto, have been withdrawn from homestead entry by virtue or the
authority oonrerred upon the Auditor General
and the commissioner of State Land Offloe and
will bo offered for sale at a public auet'.on to be
held at the State I/and Office in the city ot Lansing, on Thursday, the seventh day ot December, A. D. 1905, -t»t ton o'clock a, m„ and vrtii
become subject to sale in the manner prescribed
by law. WlUMAsr H. Rose,
pommissioner.
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Twenty-.hirst Judicial* Circuit.
TERMS OF HOLDING COURT*
STATE OF MICHIGAN I
Twenty-first Judicial Circuit, j"S. S.
i do hereby fix and appoint the times tor holding the several terms of Court-within said Circuit for the years Iflofi arid IBuT as follows:
iSA__fc!>A CO0M-Y.
Second Monday In January.
Fourth Monday'In March.
Third Monday in June.
E'ourth Monday in October,
MIfiriAWD oquott.
Fourth Monday'in JanuatV-
Second Monday in April.
Second Monday in September,
Thlra .Monday in November.
c&„RScot*iray.
JPourth Monday in February,
Third Monday iii May,
Fourth Monday in September.
First Monday ia December.
Dated, October, 1905.
PeJjSr #. Dorcs,
Circuit Judge,
50-fi 2(st Judicial Circuit,*
FOB" balk—Bicycle wheel, rubber
tired hand cart.'—^eicn & Bennett*
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Fletcher
SPECIALS!
I
Has  advanced,   but we
are still selling at the old I
prices.
Gold Mine Flour
The Best Spring Wheat
Flour Made.
The following are the lucky
numbers for October:
■ m
1203
311
376
449
500
| 542
597
678
755
818
892
961
1029
1072
1188
1238
1322
1407
1482
1545
1614*
1689
1759
1835 t
1911
1982
' 2060
2125
2202
2287
2356
2431
2506
2640
2772
Those holding   the   above
numbers will receive
,    25 Pounds    ,
?•*■*■•-   _ -  **    -w*. .i     _**.i _. M
ooio Dana riour
Tickets must be returned
I by the 15th of the following
month.
Bicknell
Fletcher I
Annual Ten Day Excursion to
Detroit.
Oa Wednesday November 15fch the
Ann Arbor R. R. will give its annual
teu day excursion to Detroit via Dur-
ind and Grand Trunk By. Ticke.ta
to be sold at 84 42 tor trains leaving
Olare at 6:47 a »m. good tor return on
any regular train until November
25 th.
GENERAL INFORMATION COLUMN.
In this' column are foundlJiilscol-
' faucous items of importance such
as articles lost, animals estrayed,
business announcements, stools for j
i sale, farms for rent, &tc.t etc    F/ye S
cents per lino per wfceJc. €
The Olare Iron and Metals Oo. pay
highest cash prises for all kinds of
old iron, metals, rubber, rags, etc.
Offloe ana warehouse west of P. M.
frelt-hb office. 45-tf
Auction, seven miles north and naif
mile west of (Jlare Tuesday, November 7th at ten a. in. farm stock and
implements. Gototrey Hob*-*x-e,' proprietor,   H. Orth will be la charge.
Wanted at once—4000 bushels of
potatoes.   Burch*Wyman (JralnOo.
All persons owing the firm of Grouse
& Falk will please call and settle with
me before   December 1st     FnASTK
Meals 15 and 20 cents. Just the
place to get a lunch cheap; farmers'
when in town. We carry a stock ot
notions. W. H. Hqwe, two doora
north Clare Boiler Mills, •
Burch-Wyman Grain Oo, have a full
line of hav, straw ancj feed.
Auction—At the Bulman farm north"
erst of Ooionville next Wednesday, a
large quantity   offarm stock   and
tOOlS.    A. BULMAK ATSXS  K.  IS.   MC-
ElNNON.
Wanted—Six new mtich cowg, or
fresh within three weeks. Danibi,
MaoKin^ok, Oiare, E. 3,
• For Sale—Two driving horses, or
will exchange for draft borses.    Cash '
or time,   Fjbank Falk 5Q-fcf
Fob Sat/b—Frame house 18x22 with
half acre of ground,* gnpd- orchard.
Price $450, $75 down, six, percent in--
terest on balance. M. J. Asn, First
street, Glare.—Apply at H. B. Allen's.
Buy your lime and cement of the
Burch-Wyman Grain Oo.
For Sale—Soft coal heater and a
small drum stove. Gall at M. E. Parsonage, Olare.
Wanted—Heading bolts at Rhoades
& Shafer's mill. Caii at store for
particulars. *      50-2.
Get prices on coal and wood from
the Burch-Wyman Grain Co, before
you buy. ^
Smoke Court Royat 5 cent cigar.
Nothing better mide. At all dealers.     48-ia
Colored folding papers, 4x4. Ins., 500
in a package I or fifteen c§nts at the
Sentinel oiBce,
Fob service—Registered . large
Yorkshire hog. B. W. A-Lbn*, Loomis. ^.    46-10-p,
We want live paultrf, and if any
thing else, moke poultry. -OnARK
Poux-trY Hottse 43-tf
Just received a full line of drain tile
—Burch-Wyman Grain Co.
lARMERST
We want your G>)od
Milling Wheat
Oats and
Buckwheat.
Will  pay Highest Gash Prices   for
these grains.
Callam & Gornwell.
Davis & Eugene Present
SOL SMITH RUSSELL'S
GREATEST   PLAY
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POOR
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SUPERIOR
COMPANY
OF
CAPABLE
PLAYERS,
RELATION!
AT DOHERTY OPERA HOUSE
Tuesday, November' 7th, 190
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