1904-10-21; Clare Sentinel

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CLAKE,  MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1904.
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WewSeries: Vol.13,No. ,48
Special $4.95 Tourist Coat. |
JRegular $6.50 Tourist Coat like   cut, blaok£ or^
oastor, well lined and perfect fitting,
Only $4.95 this Week.
Special $7.50 Tourist Coat.
.  AU Wool * Kersey, black or castor, satin or silk
lined throughout, worth $9.00,
Only $7.50 This Week.
Other Styles at 3.95, 8.50, 10.00, 12,00 and  15.00.
'ECIAL VALUES IN SKIRTS.
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Forget Our Sale on Furs.
$1200 worth of sample furs at
Twenty^five Per Cent Below Actual Value.
No two alike.   Next Wednesday positively
the last day of Fur Sale.* .
75 Cents to $18.00.
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ey Refunded on All Unsatisfactory Purchases. 1
ICKNELL & CO.!
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Completed  County's   Business in One Week.
Equalized Value of Townships-
Money for Roads and
Bridges.
With a vote of thanks to Chairman
,j£.elley andCounty Clerk Morrissy for
efficiency of services rendered, the
Clare county hoard of supervisors adjourned Saturday afternoon with all
the necessary business of the county
squared up.
Additional to the appointees mentioned last week Friedr Lange of Clare
■was appointed a member of the county
poor commission and a commission on
Clare county's exhibit at the state
fair was named as follows: A. M,
Howard of Winterfieid, Dr. L. L. Kelley of JTarwell and J. A. Jackson of
Olare. Nest year a car is to be chartered and a special effort made to
give tOlare county a better representation at the state fair than during
either of the two years she has sent
an exhibit there.
With a view of improvinu roads and
bridges the following sums were appropriated j $200 to help build a
bridge 'across 'the Little Tobacco on
HCEwari street, -tost ward, Clare; $250
to improve road from the bridge at
the Tobacco northeast of Clare, into
the city-; ©200 for the l)over road;
8150 for the sand hill six miles north-
of Clare; $200 for town line road, east
three miles between Arthur and Sheridan; $2qoior bridge across the Tobacco between sections thirty and
thirty One in Sheridan; 350 for the
road at Windover Lake in! Lincoln
and 050 for a road at Lake George;
0200 for road from section thirty-three
Hayes to sections two and three Hatton; 02-00 for highway between section thirty-one Franklin and section
Blx Hamilton j $100 for road between
sectioanfteersana sixteen Frost; $100
for road at section twenty-four and
&weaty*ftve and 05Q between section
four and ftve, Greenwood; $250 for
State-grid Lake Station roads, Surrey;
OlSfo^foad between section thirty-
*£tee% Stramertoll and three, Green*
wooSi OlC0atfcheJteeof ceetiOtt sis-
road on north and south quarter line
on section nine and sixteen, Bedding;
$•75 for a road on section twenty-two,
Garfield; $200 for a bridge across Ce
dar River, Hamilton; $200 to help
pay debt on bridge over Clam river,
Winterfieid; $200 for bridges in Arthur.
The equalized value of the townships is often a matter of no little
contention but so well* did the committee, Supervisors Browne, Wright,
Stoll, Jackson and Temple, do their
work that not a word of dissent was
offered to the committee's report.
The following table shows equalized
valuation and state and county taxes:
Equalized Valuo   State Tax    County Tax
77,769
25 561
4o,692
28,071
157,080
53,004
52,682
51,595
32,822
59,501
Arthur
JTranklin
Frost
Garfield
Grant
Greenwood
Hamilton
Hatton
Hayes
Lincoln
Reading
Sheridan
Summerfield
Surrey
Winterfieid
59;361
219.88
12.24.
115.03
79.34
444.17
149.84
148.93
145 87
92.80
168.21
167.82
530.77
85 98
533.80
175.45
227.30
192.67
1078.19
363.81
361.60
354. 14
225.29
408.41
407.45
1288.39
208.80
187,704
30,420
185,927 525.75 "1276.19
44,427 125.59
(3.             36,181 102 27
Glare ] 2         127,196 359.66
(3           129,042 364 88
f 1      19,540 55.21
Harrison <2     28,816 78.62
(3      30,505 86.22
At the January session the question
of enlarging the court house will be
considered,
304.94
248.34
873.07
885,74
134.12
190.92
209.38
if Wadded Life
Friday evening on the occasion of
the fifty-fifth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Sutherland of this
city sixty frlen-js gathered at their
home to celebrate the event. Among
the gifts was a couch from two of his
grandsons, a chamber set from the
Aid Society and Other friends, a chair
from his son William and a carpet
from many friends The presentation
was made by Rev. G. W. Maxwell to
which Mr. Sutherland made fitting
response. Refreshments were served
and the evening was a pleasant one to
the many Who rejoiced with the happy couple in their many years of life.
The committee Oil equalization have
made their report and Isabella's sup-
Wteorfi eapetttttdSjouEa dntasday-
TRAGEDY AT LOOMI
Young Arthur  Burwash Fatally
Shot, Left in Woods Ten
•   Hours.
John Burns under Arrest, May be Sent
to Reform School.
A sad shooting affair near Loomis
Saturday stirred the little village
more than it has known for many a
day. Late in the afternoon eight-year
old Arthur Burwash, who started out
hunting earlier in the day with John
Burns, sixteen, and Clavton Harvey,
twelve, was missed. Burns said the
lad had gone on a freight train to
Clare, but as the hours passed and no
trace of the boy could be found, many
joined in the search. Young Harvey
said he-dared not tell, for if he did
Burns would kill him. Thereupon a
number of men compelled Burns to go.
with them to the woods, but he protested all along that he knew nothing
of the missing boy. But at eleven
o'clock they found the lad, still alive,
in a swamp half a mile southwest of
the village. He was partially covered
with leaves and the left leg was found
to be nearly severed from the body
just below the hip. GeDtly they bore
the boy homeward, but 'twas in vain.
At one o'clock, from loss of blood, he
died.
John Burns, who has been placed
under arrest and taken to the county
jail at Mt. Pleasant, tells conflicting
stories. It appears that the boys wore
in the woods, Burns holding the gun
as he sat leaning against a tree with
Arthur in front of him. Harvey was
leaning against the tree on the oppo-
side side from Burns when suddenly
the gun went off. Burns then carried
the wounded boy a rod or two into a
swamp and covered him over with
leaves,* Next he threatened Harvey
that if he ever dared tell what had occured he (Burns) would kill him, and
then departed homeward. Not a word
did he say as to the fate of young Bui-
wash but peddled his evening papers
as usual. % When confronted by a number of men and ordered to tell what
he knew, and even when the, searching party reached the spot where the
dying boy's groans could be heard, he
seemed utterly indifferent. He is.',
however an innocent looking boy and
tboea <.?ho see hiM can scarcely be-
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Everything to \-Vear.
Lowest Prices,.,
D»r new l|ne includes'every pdpular color and fabri6, and the making; lin*
ings and fit of every .suit ^guaranteed. We are «sfiowin'g some extra values in
Men's Suits,at . v;    ' ■ '''     \   '" .'.'. •    **'
$S.OO,$8.00 and $10 Per Suit.
Our line of;"Hart, Shaffner &, Marx fine clothing" and "Woqdtiull, Grood.aie/
&f Bull guaranteed clothing"' equal in style and fit the highest class custom.
., tajlor'sprodu^tions, and are about one-third less in price.     We want to show
them to you, *• -.."."'
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Shoes.
Two lines of work shoes at under value prices.
Men's extra heavy seamless *   ,    T«50
Men's custom made, extra heavy stof in calf    2.00
Boys'Shoes   An extra value, heavy box calf,
double soles,  all solid leather, neat style,  sizes 2-J
to 54 1.50
Men's Fine Kid Shoes   All solid leather,
on stylish last, a 2.50 value, our special price        2.00
New Dress Goods.
Stylish Plaids 15, 25 and 50 cents
New Fleeced Waistings, special values at 10c, 15c
Novelty Suitings, ail wool, special value, 50c
54-inch Suiting, plain colors, heavy weights    50c
54-inch all wool Suitings,  chemically treated to
repel rain, 1.00.
Domestic Bargains.
Dark Outings per yard 5c.
Medium .weight White Outing per yard 5c.
> Heavy unbleached Cotton per yard 6c.
'Extra, heavy Eussia Qrash per yard 5c-
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Ribbon Special.
Our Koyal Taffeta Ribbons, a good all silk, heavy
weight, h igh lustre ribbon at a low price. All width's
from 1-1* to 60 at 3c to 18c per yard.
Flannellette Night Gowns.
A complete new line made from heavy weight
outing, handsomely trimmed, special values at 50c,
75c, 89c and 1.00-
Millinery.
Latest creations "n Trimmed Hats and Ready-to-
Wear Hats at very low prices.
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lievehim capable of acting as he has
in this sad affair.
Arthur Burwash as he was called
was in reality Arthur McDonald. * He
lived with hjs grandmother and hence
was known by her name The funeral occured at Loomis Tuesday.
Miraculous Escape.
Last Monday Harold, son of Mr. and
and Mrs. D. W Olark, was at work on
top of the Cla're Furnace Co. building.
He was taking in material hauled
from below for the roof. But by some
means that morning the first load
started before the derrick was properly weighted and thus it moved sufficiently to catch him unexpectedly and
push him over the wall. Twenty-six
feet below into a lot of loose-brick he
fell, striking on his s*ide. The onlookers expected to find him senseless, and
perhaps mortally injured, but to their
surprise he scrambled to his feet. He
was taken home and Dr. Keeder called. At first serious injuries were
feared as the injured boy spit blood.
However, he was able to stand on his
feet next day and apart from sprains
and bruises 'is now not much the
worse for the experience of falling, to
what seemed to those who saw the accident, to certain death, but needless
to say both Harold and his parents are'
most grateful for his remarkable escape.
So far as can be learned no blame
can be attatched to any one. It was
an accident.
Isabella Supervisors.
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The regular business of the October
session of the boards of supervisors is
still' in progress of completion.
Considerable discussion was created
over the question of how the.supervisors, who failed to raise their rolls
to the amounji demanded by the tax
commission and who were called back
to Mt. Pleasant by the commissioners
to have their rolls revised, were to be
paid. The question was,* Should the
county or should each township pay
its own supervisor. Pros. Att'y Dusenbury 'phoned the Attorney General
and he ruled that it could not be
paid by the county.
Luther Etllnger was elected member of the board of county examiners
Monday;. Richard Gardner of Sherman
re-elected one of the Superintendent's
Of the Poor and the following members of the county board of canvassers chosen: J. S. Graham of Isabella
E. H. Allyn and Harding XellOg of
Lincoln.
Tuesday the committee on the
county poor farm with a number of
other supervisors visited that institution.
■ The chairman of the committee on
equalization, Supervisor Fordyce of
Coe, was taken ill while at work on
the board last Friday and was compel-
to go home. Hence the work of. the
important committee is somewhat retarded.
Glare County's State Tax.
Below are tbe figures showing the
various purposes for which tbe state
tax due from Glare county will be
spent. In tbis connection it is well,
to remember that the amount of primary money received from the state is
$6,063 32 more than: the amount of
state tax:
University of Mich $55*1.18
Agricultural college 139.41
State normal schools ,    '     284.05
College of mines 77.30
State library  . 19.52
Soldiers' home ^     188.03
Home for feeble minded " 268 08
State public school *     , 48 79
School for deaf 122 96
School for blind 44 61
Employment institution for blind 34.85
Industrial school for boys 106.30
Industrial school for girls 92.01
Adjutant's office - 1.74
State board fish commissioners 44.75
Dairy and food commissioners 34.85
Dairymans association .42
State board library com'rs 1.12
Mtcli. national guard 176 35
Mich, state naval brigade 17 64
State board health , '. 9.46
State weather service 1139
State agricultural society 6.97
State horticultural society 2.09
Forestry reserve 10.46
Geological survey ,       ' 2.44
Mich, pioneer society 4.70
State highway department 6.97
Tax for prisons 153.35
Tax for asylums 967,65
General purposes • 6.97.04
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Total
.."Primary money
state Ies.IS-04
■: 84,119.08
received from the
More Than Four Millions of Dollars From the Truth.
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It is a good thing to call attention to the need of ecomOmy.    It is   (P
well that it bj taught in all phases of life    It could, in the-opinion of - *
many, be practiced more rigidly with good effect in Clare's city' gov-   |
ernment, in Clare county's government and in our state government.   4''
2    But the charges made by the Detroit Scripps papers as to the expen-   |
e    ses of state government are false or deceptive and intentionally, so.   -
But the local democratic organ has joyfully echoed the Scripps' misrepresentations    Some weeks ago it gave a whole lot of figures as to
the burdens of state taxation but when challenged by. the Sentinel
with facts, dodged the whole argument.   But it keeps on publishing
the same old misrepresentations.   Here is a sample:   "This fiscal year
the aggregate expense of state government was the enormous sum of
$8,151,639.10."   This is an abpmniable misrepresentation.   Thatsum of
money passed through the state treasury, not "as the expense of state   &
government" but much of It was merely distributed through that   ~
treasury to the counties and other parts of the state.    The following
sums are received from various sources and distributed in the state by
Michigan's state treasury:
Received from U. S government for Soldier's Home, $75,000. *       I
Received from U. S. government for Agricultural college,- $25,:000. "
Delinquent county taxes which local collectors could not 'collect^ e
$800,000.      ' "'•■--,$
Care of insane and other expenses formerly paid by each'county,   |
$823,467. - ■        '     ' |
Primary money paid over to-.the countjes, $2,288,886,         - $
The state tax for this year is less than three millions of dollars but ®
^ this includes over $800,000 paid for the care of the insane and other -r
A expenses originating in the counties and formerly paid by the counties' f'
e    and over which the state has no control.   It also includes $400,Q00 mill   f"
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tax for the University which increases automatically with the increase
of valuations and witli w'?.ich-the state administration has nothing
tb do.
In the democratic administration of 1891 there was assessed against
the railroads of the state the sum of $859,6-15.22. In 1904 the'. republK
can administration has assessed against the railroads of the state "the
sum of $3,756,149.42. In 1891 the democratic administration collected
from the various corporations of the state $1,071,664.70. Tn 1903 the
republican administration collected from corporations $3,441,705.36.
More than this,—nearly four'millions of dollars additional assessed
against the .railroads' for 19!)3 and 1904 is witheld from payment pending the settlement of suits brought against the state by railroads to
test the validity of .the law under which such assessments', are made-.
But assuming that the law will be held valid, money will be paid over
to the state so that therefrom Clare county, for example, will receive  %
$15,034.95-and Isabella $34,979,17.
Let the doctrine Of economy in private and. public life everywhere
be advocated! let all labor for economical administration in all- branches of government from city to nation; but let not tho campaign
against extra^agence, so characteristic of the people of the nation, "be
done irretrievable harm through vilification and misrepresentation.
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