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Established 1878.
CLARE,   MICHIGAN*!  FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1904.
New Series: Vol. 13,18 o. 5
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time to Think About Christmas!
WE ARE SHOWING AN ENDLESS ASSORTMENT OF USEFUL
GIFTS.   SPECIAL VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
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OUft CLOTHING SALE
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Offers the most extraordinary bargains.
Men's Suits
.      3-.S8, 4.95,7.50, 9.90,, 12.00, 14.25.
Men's Overcoats
3,95, 4.95, 6.50, 7.50, 9,90, 12.00, 15.00.
Boys' Suits and Overcoats
at Reduced prices.
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Complete line of New Neckwear,  Mufflers,
Collars,    G-loves,    MittenB,    Handkerchiefs,
Shoes, Suit Cases,. Etc.
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Ladies' Coats
Newest styles, 3.95, 4.95,7.50, 10.00, 12.00,
15.00.
Children's Coats
1.48, 1.98, 2.48,2.95, 3.95, 4.95,
FUR SCARFS
75c, 98c, 1.25, 1.50 to 15.00.
Golf Gloves"
25c and 45c. \
Kid Gloves
1.00 per pair.
Drawn Dresser Scarfs
25c to 1.48.
Linen Towels
25c to 1.50 per pair.
Table Linen Sets
5.00 to* 6.00.
Bed Spreads
98c tb 4.00.
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MONEY REFUNDED  ON   ALL  UNSATISFACTORY  PURCHASES.
, W. H. BICKNELL & CO.,
NES1ER DAM TRAGEDY!
Mrs. Thomas Huff Shot Herself with a Revolver.
. WAS A VICTIM OF INSANITY.
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Body Lay Uncared for Twenty-
four Hours After Death
Monday.
Mrs. Hilda Buff of the eastern part
of Arthur township shot herself in
the breast Sunday with a thirty-two
caliber hammerless revolver and lingering till Monday evening, expired.
The body lay, it is alleged, on the advice of a Gladwin county doctor." just
as death, left it till eleven o'clock
Tuesday eveninur so that a coroner's
jury could view it at which time a
verdict of suicide was rendered.
The unfortunate woman was evidently insane and had been more or
less demented for years. She had a
mania for collecting flour and other
supplies in the home and her husband
never dared uo home from town without takinir a good stock along When
the family resided in Saginaw and he
was working In the woods and regularly sending her money, she, putting
the money in the bank, twice had him
arrested for non-support. In the
home at the time of the tragedy were
100 boxes each of matches and soap,
two boxes df yeast foam, fifty poupds
of coffee, ten pails of lard,-over twenty
sacks of flour and other similar articles in like proportion. But recently
she was arrested on a charge of poisoning cattle which is thought to have
hastened her fate.
About noon Sunday Thomas Buff
and his two children returning from
the back part of their farm found tbe
Wife and mother in the bouse sweltering in blood. But with the infliction of the fatal wound ail desire to
die wa^s given up. Sbe wanted to
live. Mrs. VanSchlatt was the flrst
of the neighbors on the scene and a
doctor was sent for, but in vain. The
bullet entering at the breast, passed
downward to the abdomen, mortally
wounding the poor woman
One of the sad things of the affair
is that a physician should have given
Instructions to leave the body untouched, there in tbe warm living
room, till a jury could view it. There
it lay for twenty-four hours and at the
end of that time its condition was indeed deplorable. Finally word was
gotten to the proper' authorities and
Under-sheriff Welch and Justice Maynard of this city started for the scene
of the fatality which they reached at
eleven p. m. Tuesday to find a company of people gathered at the house
and the dead body still uncared for
At the written request of five citizens
a coroner's jury was empanelled with
Clark Parrish foremap and a verdict
rendered In accordance with the
facts.
Much sympathy is felt for the husband who evidently had much to endure. A daughter thirteen and a son
'fght survive.
More Water Works Opinions.
.T. Y. FEIGHNER.
I believe as I did when Olare flrst
installed water works that some time
we must go to She Tobacco river for
■iur water suppiy, lut I don't think
we ought to involve the city in a debt
of $15,090 for a new water works plant
at this time. Something must be
done to fix up McEwan street and I
don't see how we*could stand going in
debt now for both water works and
street Axing. I favor necessary ex-
lensions of mains for Are protection
and tne proper grading and graveling
of our principal street but I think we
should wait a few years before building a new water works.
D, "W. CLARK.
I heartily endorse the plan of the
board of public works as outlined in
the Sentinel some weeks ago. In
fact I favor the city owning and operating both water works and electric
light plants. But my principal contention is for water priveleges for a
large portion of the city not now so
blessed. For example, the water
main extends down Fifth street only
toO H. Sutherland's.* The hydrant
there is so far from my home that in
case of fire great damage would be
done before they could stretch hose to
it and only a single line at that. Now
why shouldn't the many other homes
that are taxed for water have at least
proper Are protection as well as those
now protected. I favor lomr.tiirfe
bonds so that we shall not begin payments for a number of years.    Mean-
while the necessary street improvements can be made.
J. F. TATMAN.
I am opposed to the plan to spend
$15,000 at this time. Why has it not
been ascertained by the council before
now upon what terms we can get
water pumped, by the present contractor? I don't believe in forcing
this $15,000 debt that would greatly
depreciate the value of property, upon
the taxpayers against their will.
However, I do favor necessary main
extensions for fire protection, but I
am opposed to the policy of going in
debt to the limit. We ought to pay
off the school debt before assuming
any other. The water supply has
never failed us and I don't see why it
won't do now. Let any necessary
changes be made in the present pumps
to insure necessary pressure for fire
protection, but let us wait a few yesu-s
till there shall be more taxable property before assuming a 815,000 debib.
Some other things ought to be .done
before discarding our present water
works. I favor fixing of McEwan,
Fourth and Fifth streets and State
street east to join onto the road improvement to be done by *the county.
FINE ARRAY OF TALENT.
For    Clare-Northern     Isabella
County Farmer's Institute
January 19-20.
The round-up farmer's institute to
be held in Olare January 19-20 promises to be the best ever held here
judging from the able, practical speakers appointed.   Here they are:
Colon & Lillie, of Coopersville, Conductor, One of the principal contributors to the Michigan Farmer.
J. W. Hutchins of Hanover..
Prof Filibert of University of Michigan on Forcstery.
Peter Voorheis of Pontiac.
E. M. Moore of Orchard Lake.
. Prof. C. T. Grawn of Mt   Pleasant
Miss Jennie Buell of Ann Arbor.
These are representative of the best
thought of the state along e&ucation-
aliand agricultural lines and are able
speakers Seldom is such an array of
talent gathered in a community like
ours. This round-tip ought to be one
of great importance to all our farmers. Let all plan for two days of exceptional profit and enjoyment.
COUNTY'DEVELOPMENT
Buildings  and  other   Improvements in Clare-Northern
Isabella, 1904.
Much t6 Be   Done   Before   Reaching
Greatest Productiveness.
Some parts of Clare-Northern Isabella are as productive as any portion
of the state, but thousands and thousands of acres are still in the infancy
of their agricultural development.
Possibilities in many cases are just being realized Especially is this true
in fruits. It is only within a few
years that much has been done in this
direction but yet at the state fair at
Pontiac in September in competition
with the old fruit belt of the state,
Olare county was awarded third premium on fruit. Likewise, even though
the past season was a very poor one
for grains,* yet Olare coupty won third
premium on grains, etc., the exhibit
being made up pf corn, wheat, bats,
rye, barley, grasses, peas, beets, potatoes, squash, carrots, cabbage and onions. Few have believed in raising
beans here, but three or four years
ago some farmers began trying it as
an experiment. This year the following facts are examples of what lias
been done:
Joseph Horan of Vernon raised 200
bushels of red kidney beans on nine
acres and has been offered $2 25 per
bushel for them; also 400 bushels of
white beans on twenty acres: John
McLaughlin also of Vernon raised 400
bushels of white beans on eighteen
acres; Joseph Hudson of Grant 350
bushels on fifteen acres; Algeron
Glass of Giimore 200 bushels on eleven
acres, H. A. Fairman of Wise fifty-
four bushels on two and one-half acres, Wm. Hilburn of Arthur 200 bushels on ten acres, all of which are
only examples of what many others
have done. These beans have sold at
from $1.10 ts $1.30 per bushel.
This attempted review of improvements in 1904 is necessarily imperfect
but omissions are not intentional and
we solicit further information. We
gladly add to those given last week
for Arthur township the following
kindly furnished us by Theron H.
Eddy, of Alward:
AUTHTJE,
Section sixteen—
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-John M. Boiler, a
new house and a small frame barn.
Section fifteen—Chas. Heise, good
frame house and stables; George Mason, frame house and barn.
Section ten—J. B. Heiser, large
frame house and stables.
Section thirteen—Mr. Harrold, fine
frame house.
Section twenty-five—Mr. Carter,
frame house.
Section twenty-two—Acre bought
by township for site for town hall and
land cleared, stumped and stone on
ground for foundation.
Section twenty-three—Sim. Hale,
frame house.
Section eleven—Wm. Comers, hip
roof barn.
Section twelve—Wm. Davis, frame
house.
Section twenty-eight—Abe Edman,
frame house. Mr. Eddy is a farmer
but during the year he has helped actual settlers in the purchase of 1140
acres, nearly all of which was partly
hhproved.
GRANT.
The township development goes on
steadily. During 1905 Clare county
will spend $450 for road improvement
from Clare to Dover. Likewise $150
has just been expended on bettering
the sand hill directly north of Clare.
The 1000 acres containing extensive
marl deposits at Five Lakes, owned
by W. H. Shepherd at the west side
of the township, will probably be enclosed in the spring and made into a
sheep ranch. Three steel bridges have
been built, one on section thirty-two
acro-s the Tobacco river, the McKin-,
ley, across the south branch of the
Tob-icco on the Sheridan-Grant town
line, ahd one just west of James
Hampton's between sections 24-25
Of the various individual contributors
yO the general result these are a
part:
Section eleven—August Nass, good
substantial two story cement block
house.
Section twelve—A: P. Brewer, 14x30
feet, 80 ton silo'.
Section four—Thomas Jones, 40x-
50 gambrel roof barn and ten acres'
stumped.
Section fifteen—Fred Bauer, 30x45
gambrel roof barn; P. Bowler, 40x60
round roof barn" with basement and
considerable stumping done; John
Schroeder, lots of stumping.
Section twenty—E. A* White 50x60
gambrel roof barn.
* Gifts of
The Useful ^
Kinds
"Are "always acceptable to the receiver. Nowhere else
will you find such a collection of useful articles suitable for
gifts as is shown at this store. Everything priced at rock
bottom figures.
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Ladies Kid (cloves
Mens Smoking Jackets
Ladies Golf Gloves
Mens Sweaters        /
Handkerchiefs
Boys Sweaters
Ladies Belts
Stylish Neckwear for men
Shopping Bags
Mufflers—Silk, Wool
Fancy Hosiery
Fancy Suspenders
Ladies Furs
Cloth Caps
Lace Collars
, Plush Caps
Knit Shawls
Slippers—Mens, Womens
Fancy Towels
Mens Gloves, Mittens
Fine Table Linens
Overcoats—Mens, Boys
Mexican Drawn Work
Cloaks—Ladies, Misses
Mid-Winter
Clearing Sale I
Beginning Monday, Dec. 26th. '
Big   Bargains   in   Seasonable   Goods   in
Every  Department.
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I—Davy & Company*—^
Section twenty-seven—J. Sehaeffer
gambrel roof barn with basement,
35x50.
Section thirty-three—P. D. Brown,
enlarged sheep sheds and a large
amount of stumping done.
On section fourteen, D. Mater had
two stump machines at work all fall;
on twenty-three Freeman McCarey
has done considerable stumping while
B. M. Johnson got a good star{i at the
work. Considerable wire fence has
been built. Prospects are that the
good work will be pushed still more
vigorously next year.
HATTON.
Development has been most marked
in the eastern part of the township.
Clearing and stumping in particular
has been in evidence especially on
sections 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18. Sheep
ranching was not pushed in the township during the season as in some
previous years, but the individual
clearing for general farm purposes has
been much in evidence. Among those
doing much in clearing or stumping
areHermrn Boss and Saginaw Beef
Co. on thirteen, John Ott on twelve,
while many others whose-names we
have not obtained were likewise in
the good work. Among those who
have done more or less building are
these:
Section thirty-six—John Gordon, 40
x64 gambrel roof barn with cement
floor basement; Peter Freed 32x44
barn.
Section twenty-five—Frank Provorse
34x44 bam.
Considerable progress is being' made
at Mann Siding but no facts are at
hand.
Considerable wire fencing has been
done this year and the general work
will be resumed in the spring.
INFORMATION SOLICITED.
It is assumed thab the enumeration
of improvements will be for the good
of all our country here and it is in
this belief that this review has been
attempted. It cannot be expected
other than that many important Improvements will be omitted frdm inaT
bility to learn of them. Therefore we
solicit information from you. If you
know of something along any of these
lines in your township, -jot it down,
put it into an envelope and send it to
us.
To be continued
CLARE R. F. D. NO. 6 JAN. 16
Slight   Changes   Made
Routes One and Four.
in,
Mail service Extended in Several
Township.
Postmaster Kirkbride has received
notice of the establishment of E. F.
D. "No. C into Grant, Sheridan, Arthur and Hatton to cover as far as
possible territory not now seryed and
to go into effect January 16th, 1905.
The total length of the route is nearly
twenty-six miles covering eighteen
square miles with 103 homes on jblie
route and a population of 405. The
following is its course;
From Olare postoffice north to Ban-
dall school three and one-half miles,
east to Shunks' five miles, north to
Modres' two, miles, west to James'
five miles, south to Krell's one mile,
west to Burton's half mile, southwest
to Arnold's one and one-half miles,
east to Campau's half mile, south to
Grant town hall One mile, west to
Stil well's IJ miles, south to Bun-
yan's one-half mile, east to Allen's
one and one-fourth miles, south to Peter's one and one-half miles, east to
Chard's one mile; south to Olare ode
and one-half miles.
In addition to the new route slight
changes are made in routes one and
four. From the Brown carrier So. 1
will go west one mile and thence
to Smith's, giving service to fourteen
families. From Leighti's corner carrier "No. 4 will go west half mile to
Battles' supplying six families.
People will add materially to rural
mail service by placing boxes in a convenient manner as directed by the
carrier. Where more tban one box is
placed on a corner, boxes must be side
by side. A carrier does, nob have, to
place mail in a box not on the corner
of his nearest turn.
Wanted—300 readers, Weekly Ah-
peal to Reason.—N. H, Ought, sub-
agent. 3-1G
Wanted; 200 bushels of good, oats'
for casb, also new milch cow wanted,
in exchange for thoroughbrefilJJerssy
cow.   Will pay cash difference.   Hol-
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