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CLARE*, MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY AFTERNOON  JANUARY,, 14, 1901 :'
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New Series: Voli 12,No,» 8
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"Many a man was" poor in his old age because he did not buy proper in his youth."
Now if Jay lived in Clar6 he would be a customer
of ours.
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He would, see at a glance that our 79c Men's Shoes
' were a winner- ,     •
He would look at our Overcoats "and,* see a saving
' for Jay of $5.      .   ' •:"-..,
Ha would buy his wife and daughters a'Coat and
put the balance of the money saved to other use.
He would be wearing one of our suits and buying
sheep with the money saved. ,
Now you have seen the old j-itne, long price merchants
that.have tried to unload goods at 50 to 100 per cent—
and you have all gone to a merchant's grave.
We buy Good New Up-to-date Goods for Clare.
*    We have-the Stock.
We have* the proper price. *
We have the Style.
' We have the Stock.
bought directly for you. Now comes the secret. This
stock must be sold: not one dollar will, be moved into
our new^store so come quick to our GREAT SALE.
Respectfully,
IIGGE
TO
.GLARE
AND!
Remarkable  Progress Made
During Its First Year.
Personnel of the Band--Dr. Mulder, Leader.
""No institution in Clare has grown
more rapidly and yet substantially
than that of our city hand. Having
just passed its first birthday it has already \Von recognition both for the
"OB. A. B. MULDER, MBEGTOB.
quality of its'performance and the
reliability of its membership.
It was in the closing part of 1902
that 'Wm. Lang, Malcolm' Feighner
and David Wolsey took the first steps to
secure a" band organization. A meeting of those interested was called and
with a few suggestions from Dr.
Mulder and Postmaster Kirkbride a
definite Organization was effected and
. officers elected. 'Several instruments
. left from Clare's band of former days
were pressed into service, cheap instruments secured for practice, Dr.
Mulder asked to take charge of the
would-be band and with a membef-
soip of fifteen, none of whom had ever
played in a band before, the task of,
creating the Clare city  band >was
begun A fee of $5 was charged for
acquiring membership therein and
soon here .and there could be heard
the sounds of fellows industriously
practising on their horns while two
and three evenings a week they met
in a body in the city hall for studious
practice. Some, said it wouldn't
amount to anything, but the boys
keeping at work and early in the
spring of 1903, when they made their
first public appearence, even their
most loyal supporters were surprised
at the very, creditable showing made.
Clare's business men made contributions to the band fund, a concert was
given and during the summer money
made by the band playing at celebrations was all turned into the band
treasury. Thus in various ways a
fund was acquired and 'judiciously
devoted to securing new instruments
and now all but orie are new, including
•a bass, baritone, five tenors, and an
alto. The drums, seven cornets and a
number of other instruments belong
to individual members..
In all $1,030.40 has been paid out by
the band and its individuals of which
$450 has been paid out by the band as
an organization.   Clare business men
subscribed $147.   The*treasury<is. now
in a depleted condition and with the
idea of s-ecuring some funds for suits
.in the spring a concert will be given
in the opera house in March.
, Too mtich> credit cannot be given
Dr.- Mulder for the phenomonal success of Clare's band.    By wise,planning,- in business matters, able and
careful instruction in music and in tbe
use of instuments, combined with a
faculty" of inducing all to practice
faithfully and put forth their best
effort, he has won the complete confidence of the membership and brought
the band to its present efficiency.
Some months ago fie began tbe training of a number of others in what Is.
known as the "Junior Band" of whom
the following are still at work taking
weekly practices:   George and Charles
Ehrhardt, Floyd Post, Fred Doherty,
Fred, Stone, Clark Fall, Carl Marr and
Clayton McPhall, and as these become
proficient they will go to build up. the
older band.   But during ^ nearly' all
this time the genial .drcfetor has gone
on wjj-h the work^.wlthoufc compensation Except thaf coming from the
knowledge, of work don,«. in; a good
cause,        - ' .,
The following is the personnel of
the band as it now is:
Bass drum—E. Thayer.
Snare arum.~S. iTorthy.
Tuba—Fred Thompson.
Baritone—Lawrence^ Jackson.
Tenors—John Shaw^ James Tatman,
John Jackson, O. A" Beading, Bex
DeVogt, George Ehrhardt."
Altos—Adolph Krell, Boy Feighner
Cornets—Wm. Lange, David
Wolsey, Malcolm Feighner, "Noiris
Elden, Floyd "Doherty, Burt Sanford,
Atherton.Eogers.
Clarionets—Frank Doherty, Lee
Dunwoodie, A, E. Mulder.
Twice-A-Week Free Press
Readers Take Notice.
We call the attention of our readers,
who take the Twice-A-Week Free
Press on the Sentinel's clubbing
list, that that paper will be discontinued with the issue of January 26th.
In the issue of January 12th the Free
Press submits a number of very liberal
offers to those now taking^the Twice-
A-Week. A Farm and Live Stock
Journal will be published in place of it
and those who do not advise otherwise will be credited on that paper for
the amount now their due on the
Twice-A-Week. For particulars see
the issue? of that paper for January
12th.
The Free Press is one of Michigan's
most trustworthy papers and there is
every reason to believe that the new
farm paper, under the same general
management, will give to the people
of Michigan the same reliable and
efficient service that characterizes all
its relations to the general public. ■  '
' February Designer,
The Designer for February is a complete success from both tbe artistic
and literary point of view.. The fashion-pages present modes which are at
once refined and practical, and in addition to, numerous models for adults
tbe millinery department tells explicitly how to make a shirred hat for a
child. ''Poinds on Dressmaking" gives
directions - for the construction of.
storm clothes, "Toilet. Table Chat*'
advises harmless beautiiiers, and "Etiquette Hlnta'' suggests wbat Is correct,
in good society. "Tbe Kitchen Kinj.*
dom," "Floriculture" and „ "ffaRhtou
Notes for Men" bring to a Close what
id in alK-respects a-jnosb int-erestiuir
and helpful number.        ''
DAVY
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EVERYTHING TOW/EAR
LOM/fiST PRICES
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Crowds
Are
Advantage
of. the.
Extraordinary Low Prices
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-we are now making in, our Clothing Depart-,
ment. t* • #  • -'*'"*•"   -j*
Everything 'm^^^tki^
Men's, Boys9'and     .
■;.-■• Children's Clothing,
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and Funishings:,
are selling at the Lowest Prices ever offeree! '
in the city. • .'   \ -.'./
The building is to be torn down atnd the
Stock must be sold.   .
Atthe prices we are selling it would be a
good investment to buy your clothing,for
the oming year NOW. >''
We are also making^^*^^^
Big Reductions a
on all Winter Goods in trie Dry Goods, De- J
- partmerit.
•Davy
Company
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CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Former Resident of Grant Gives
His Ii-npressions of that
Western Land.
Editors of Sentinei.,
Dear Sirs,—! will try to give you
my opinion, of this country or what
little I have seen of it: It is very dry
and dusty here at. the present time.
Rain is later than usual but the old
residents here say that is a great deal
better than to have it early if we get
plenty this month and next.
"We are two and one-half miles
south-east of Compton, which is situated'in the San-"Neats valley, ..about
half way between Los Angeles and
Long Beach on the Southern Pacific
E. E. It also has an electric car line
and two E. F. D. routes; also two
telephone lines and is about the size
of Farwell with two large, handsome
school buildings with large jheds for
horses, as nearly all country children
drive. Here too is a large cheese factory and three churches, the Baptist,
Congregational and the Methodist
Episcopal. s
The principal industry in this vicinity a dairying and apple growing. *I
never ate finer apples than* I have
found here, especially those of the
Pearman variety. Here more cattle
are kept on a smaller area, than I had
supposed possible. " But with the irrigating system we- have here, we can
cut one piece of alfalfa clover from six
to eight times in a year and from one
to two tons per acre at each cutting.
For a balanced ration we feed green
barley, citrons, pumpkins and vast
quantities of stock beets.
There is one thing peculiar about
California. "Nearly every town makes
a speciality of some crop. Gardena is
four miles west of Compton and their
principal crop is strawberries, while
at Whittier, about ten miles . from
Compton and near the foot hills or
coast range, they malce a speciality of
oranges, lemdns and English walnuts
as they have no fr03t there. Whittier
is a, town a little larger than Clare
built on a gentle slope of the hill with
nearly all the streets graded and the
most beautiful yards I ever saw. I
was there the 23rd of December and it
would be impossible for me to name
one-half the flowers I saw in bloom*
rose trees and rose bushes, geraniums,
some small and some taller than the
lawn- fences and of every color. I
slept in a tent with no inconvenience
from cold. *
I think the chances for a man -to
make a home are as good here as there
although landisfrom one hundred to
three hundred and fifty dollars   per
acre.   "Wages are good here and there
seems to be plenty of work.    A man
does not need the amount of land here
that he does there.   A great many
people have about forrv"  acres   and
many more who have ab. ut twenty.,
, I will close by , saying that I enjoy
reading the Sentinel every week.
Tours Bespeclfujly,
'      Chas. A. Lent.
Compton, Cal., Jan, 4th,'1904.»
High School Lecture Course.
The opening number of 'the high
school lecture course will be given, by
the Mozart Symphony Club at the
opera house, Wednesday evening-,
■January 20th This is the star attraction of the course and promises to
be one of the finest things ever given
in Clare. Among the features will be
that of a ten string instrument, the
Viol de Gamba played by Mr. Blodeck,
the only one performing on this instrument in the United States. The
Alpine Echo Horn will a)§o be introduced by Mr. Hoch and .the Yiola
D'Armour of fourteen strings by Herr
Stoelzer. From Charleston, S. C, we
select the folWwing:
A "musical event of more than ordinary importance was the annual visit
of the Mozart Symphony of New York
at the Y5 M. C. A. building last night.
This famous organization is" well
known and rnacn admired in all
musical cities. The coming of the
Mozarts is always anticipated with
pleasure for some time before their
arrival.
PLEASANT RECEPTION..
Why Boys Leave the Farm.
He told his son to milk the, cows,
feed the / horses, slop the pigs, hunt
tihe eggs,'catch the colt and put him
in the stable, split some kindling, get
in the wood, stir the cream", put some
fresh water in the creamery after supper, and be sure to study his lesson
before he went to bed; then he went
to the Farmers' club to discuss the
question^ ''How to keep the boys oh
the farm."—Lapeer Clarion.
Given    by    Farwell - Epworth
Leaguers to the Clare
Chapter.
Under charge of their president, C.
A Beading, a company of twenty-five
Clare Epworth Leaguers journeyed in
sleigh loads to Farwell -Wednesday
evening where they were right royally
entertained by President H. M. Eoys
and his many Epworth League workers. -The reception was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bingham
and the evening most pleasantly spent
in comparing notes as.to league work,
playing games and having a good time
as only Leaguers can. Befreshments
were also served and the visitors left
for home in the full belief that good
fellowship and good, will had been promoted between the'leagues of the two
towns by =the evening of good cheer
spent in the enjoyment of .Farwell's
hospitallity.
Successful Farmers' Glut).
The January meeting .of the Wise
township farmers' club was held at
the home of .tile club's president, J. H.
Seeley, January"' 5th. The club is
always welcome at Jim's "but to dispel any gloomy doubts Mrs. Seeley extended to all a most cordial welcome
which was.appropriateIy responded to
by Mrs. Wilson. Bev. W.'J. Hathaway gave the invocation.
The club members arrived too late
to begin- the program before dinner.
BufeMrs, iB.'A. Toman of Clare was
there armed' with a kpdak. She succeeded in driving all of us up in a
huddle and took the'group. But the
company; was extremely cheerful just
at the Critical time for one- of the
gentler sex sang out, "Well of all
things—don't sit in my lap." This
was directed ,to. abqut two, hundred
pounds thaWwas trying- tio locate for
his picture. The resulting laugh gave
us the cheerful look required. Dinner,
followed and then we were ready for
business.
Frank Lamoreaux give'Ia very fine
paper, comparing the advantages of
farm life in its various departments
with the life of the city "for men of
various callings.** "He gavfe us Webster's definition of the term farmer as
one. who. tills the. soil personally—not
the man who bosses the farm and puts
his thought and labor to some other ■
calling. The paper was a good oije.
H. A. Fajrman gave a good talk on
the same subject as also did James
Hersey, one of our young farmers. -At
intervals'James Hersey gave us selGG-
tions on the graphophone. - *
On the ladies' topic, "Are our girls
more helpful to their mothers by staying at home or by following some
trade or profession to earn money to
help in the various needs of home,"
some, .who were to lead, were not
present, but Mrs. Lamoreaux was on
hand with a good-paper touching all
along these lines. A lively discussion
followed. Mrs. Albert Thurston,''a
Clare lady, always ready to help, contributed some good thoughts. She
was.followed by Mesdames Wilson,
Brewer, Loomis and McJatnes.   .
W, J. Jennings gave a,, selection,
"The Minister's Wife." J. H, Seeley
as delegate to thej3tatfe meeting of-
farmers* clubs gave a report of what
was done at. the meetings a,t Lapsing
suggesting a number of helpful things.
Miss "dosseh rendered a song and
Jennings Archamboult, a little lad,
gave a recitation nicely. But Glyde
Stoy brought down'the house with his
oratory in a piece .entitled, "The
Broken Hearted Dutchman."
Mr: Seeley drove to Clare and
brought out Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Algei*. Mr. and Mrs. F. Fishley.'Mr.
and Mrs. James O'Connor and Mr* and
Mrs. A. J. Clute;
This club gathering was -largely in
honor of Mr.-..and Mrs.  Dobbs, Mjr..
Sel ley's sister and her husband, from
.New;, York state making their first
visit to Michigan.-. -*.,-'
Seventy-eight were in. attendance.
The discussions were good. The next
meeting will be held with Mr. atafl
Mrs. John Presley February 2nd. "
"New Idea Woman's Magazine..   .
An important and timely article
In the February number of the' New -
Idea Woman's Magazine is en titled
"An American Girl as.an English
Peeress*1' A special article upon but-
tec-making under the hea'ding or "The
country Woman's Friend-^-the - ,Cow,"
by Hate V, Saint Maur, is practical
and useful. The stories.are bright
unulnteresMngfOTsd-u'iB. entire table *
of contents is a feast to whomsoever
partakes of its food thing!* &s offered,