1904-03-03; Clare Sentinel

              '•; * ■
* / -,"
%
i
>
/
F
t nnrtHil I'll
THE SENTINEL circulation
this week.
jif4.i\vnnriiifvu,*»
t]trtf\tytyM iinjin
THE SENTINELS ovulation, is oyer 4P0 larger, than
any "other - papetf*'. In jplare
county. .   ■ '     .
Established 1878.
OLARE,   MICHIGAN, TaURSDAY AFTERNOON . MAROIJ,- Z\ 1904.
New Series :'• Vol. 1^.,'J^o. 15
i&<
i
I
Men's Odd
Pants worth
1.50 to 2.00
Only 996
Only a Few Days
left to take advantage of our
..GREAT CLOTHING BARGAINS.,
Men's Odd
Panjts worth
2,00 to 3.00
Only 148
I
Men's Overcoats
100 Men's Suits made from 22 oz.
Black Olay Worsted, guaranteed all
wool, exceptionally well lined, perfect
fitting. All sizes from 3,4 to 44.
Round or spare cut. 'This suit has
been retailed at 10.00, our special price
for ten days is only 7.50
Be Sure you see them. .
Tailor Made Suits.
Our line of International Tailoring
Co's. Spring and Summer Samples are
now ready.   Call and see them.
Suits made to order 12.00 U p
Fit Guaranteed.
I
Men's Suit Special
at less than wholesale price.
Men's  6.50 Overcoats only 3.95
"•      9.00 " "     5.95
9.50        " M    6,50
"     10.00 " •''    6.95
'"■ -11,50 " lt    7.50
"     14.00 "      •   "     9.90
•   Boys' overcoats worth up to 10.00 a
few left to close 3.95
Boys' 2.00 and 2.50 Reefers only.l.'&O
Spring Suits.
We are now showing our first shipment of our line of Spring Suits,
beautiful patterns, well made, perfect
fitting.
Men's Suits 3.75 to 15.00
No other store shows the assortment
we do No other store offers the bargains we do. Our prices guarantee
you a saving of 25 to 40 per cent.
Men's
Double
Faced
Overalls
Only 506
The Store that saves you money and
Guarantees Satisfaction.
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co.
Heavy
.     Shirts
Only 45c
PRIMARY ELECTION REFORM.
Plans less Radical than the Col-
• by Bill and the Cost to
Thinly   Populated
Townships.
(Aniole number i.)
The Colby bill is generally regarded
as representing the extreme demands
for primary election reform. This
was deemed too radical for the more
conservative portion of the republican
party and the Senate of the last legislature submitted a substitute therefor, which, while defeated, represented
at that time the other" extreme of
opinion.
The senate plan was that all candidates for township and city officers
and all delegates to county conventions should be nominated by a direct
vote of their political party at Ihe
polls in place of the present caucus
plan in the wards and townships and
convention in the city. Ho change
was to be made as to nominating other
candidates.
This bill would create a special
board of registration for the primary
e;ections whose duty it would be to
register according to party, .whether
independent, democratic, republican,
etc., each person who would vote at
the primary. Three regular nominating elections are provided for, one the
first. Tuesday of June to elect delegates to a county convention which
selects delegates to district and state
conventions, one the first Tuesday of
September to elect delegates to a
county convention to nominate county
officers and one the second Monday in
.February to nominate candidates for
township,'ward and city officers. ■ Such
nominating elections were to be carried on as are our regular elections.
Names of candidates" for each party
were to be printed on separate ballots
and on going to vdte each person could
vote only the ticket- of the party he
, had previously registered under. Going into the booth he would record his
..choice of the person he desired, to become the candidate of his party for
each separate office. On the ballot he
voted would appear the names of all
persons desiring to be candidates for
nomination to such offices as they desired but who had filed a petition with
the proper officer signed by ten mem
bers of their 'own party asking that
their names be placed on the nominating ballots. Votes would be cou nted
in the usual way and the persons receiving the largest number of votes
would be declared the nominees of
their party for the various offices.
All expense of the three extra elections, the meeting of the board of
registration and county canvassers
and all other expenses were to be met
out of the general funds as in the case
of present elections This, however,
would be an unbearable burden to
thinly populated townships. It costs
each election precinct in Clare about
$25 for each election, and with three
additional elections as planned by the
Senate bill it would cost each precinct
about $15 more than it now does for
election expenses, while if the Colby
bill were to be passed there would be
two extra elections entailing an additional expense of $50. In Franklin
township in Clare county .there were
only eighteen votes cast at' the last
election. Now if a township election
costs the same as a precinct in Clare
the actual additional cost of having
one man record his vote during one
year, in Franklin township would be
over $4 under the senate plan and
nearly $3 under the Colby plan. This
cost is, however, for the even years,
when the November election is held
as well as the April. On the odd
years the expense would be less. But
these figures as given above do not involve the cost of registration, the cost
of the county board of canvasseis, elec-
tion.notices, e c. Thus it is sei n that,
making all allowances for possible 1< s-
sening of election expenses, in thinly
populated .townships,, the burden of
expense from either the senate or
Colby plan would be a heavy burden.
The two plans for primary reform as
previously outlined represent extremes
of opinion. Mpst of the other plans
lie between these.two,'t Some advocate'
the nomination of governor, lieutenant governor, state representatives
and senators and-'U: S. representatives
and delegates to state conventions, all
by direct vote of the people, retaining
the state and county conventions .and
caucuses. ■ Others' argue that a general bill should be passed making it
opt onal with each county whether it
adopt the primary system or retain
the present system, in local matters.
Such is the plan of the Halladay Bill.
It provides that no man be permitted
to vote at a caucus, where the caucus
system is retained, who has not obtained a residence ih a voting precinct
and by proper registration acquired
membership in the party holding the
caucus. This prevents the gathering
of floaters to control a caucus in cities.
The unit rule by which a bare majority
controls the entire vote of a county
delegation is done away with. To
prevent this each county is divided
into as many delegate districts as it is
entitl-d to delegates and from each
district one delegate is elected for
each party. At the convention each
delegate it required to make his. vote
public. The bill is a deadly blow
aimed at the corrupt use of money in
buying just enough votes to control a
caucus or a delegation. The Hallady
plan is claimed by its friends to be a
reform, not a revolution.
Several weeks ago a plan, evidently
the result of a conference of prominent
republicans, was published in the Detroit Journal and endorsed by the
Saginaw Courier Herald and Grand
Rapids Herald, which plan will appear
in the next article.
Fatal Sawmill Accident.'
Norman Morden was killed Tues--
day in a sawmill accident at White &
Hunter's mill on Tail Creek east of
Blackfalds. It is not known exactly
how the accident happened. He was
nutting a sawdust belt on the machine
at the time, and it is supposed that
he must have moved the lever starting
the carnage. • He was caught between
the log and' the saw, cutting off his
.left leg and a.portion of the body
above the hip. He survived but a
short time after the accident.   •
He was a man »bout sixty years of
age, and came liere from Michigan
about four years ago. He has been
farming at .the Canyon, southeast of
Lacombe, and leaves a wife in delicate
health, and several sons and daughters, with the exception of one da,ugh
ter all grown up.^-The Blaclrfalds
Mercury.
Four years "ago Mr. Morden left
Herrick for Alberta. He had been a
resident of Wise township for sixteen
years and was widely known His wife
has a number of relatives at Herrick
Mrs'. Harris, one of his daughters, is
now a resident of Frankfort.
Fob sale—An A..*No.-J .poultry' and
fruit farm,—D. Ward, 3-tf.
C-
* 'DAVY & COMPANY**
New Skirts.
2 Special Values at $5 Each.
•    Walking Skirts.    Heavy all wool;  invisible
stripe skirting, in tan or light gray, up-to-clate panel
front style, trimmed with bands of same material and •
buttons-   An exceptional.value      : $5.00
Dress Skirts.    Black or blue all wool Cheviots,
handsomely trimmed with taffeta Bilk straps and buttons, only ■        ,    $5.00
STew style in Misses Skirts at $3.00 to $5.00
Wash Goods.
Fine Cotton Fabrics of the newest styles and colors
for Skirts'and Shirt Waists Suits, received this week.
, 15c to 40c per yard
Fancy White Waistings and Suitings
15c to 50c per yard
Dress Gringhams, hundreds of styles    JOcto 12|c
India Linen Specials.
We have about 100 pieces, contracted foribefore the'
advance in cottons, which .we are selling at tic,  10c,
and 12£c per yard.   They are 25 per cent below what
. the. same grades could be purchased for now.
Embroideries.
Hundreds of new patterns in every width marked
at attractive prices. ,
!\
Our rebuilding sale offers an opportunity' to
secure your sprjng'-'stjit'aw.a^'-^elpwyalue.1", All.linee
are reduced. We are seUing men's suits at $2.50
to $l2v00v Every^ one of wMch <is .from'25;;to; 50
per cent below value.r   ". "..    ■_•■-.' .   < ".'  .   '-• '■. - w.
Children's fcne&Pant Suits
75c each and upwards, /   ..,
Young Men's Suits
f- , $3.95 and upwards. v .Every suit at a big-reduction.
V^
Men's Colt Skjn Shoep, 2.00 value, at '$1.50,
Men's Box Calf Shoes, 2.50 value, at     j .90
Men's Enamel Calf Shoes, 3.00 value,  2.25,
Selz PerfectoS the best 3.00 shoe on       .'
the market," Fine- Kid or Box
Calf, in the latest shapes      , 2.6.5
Monarch Pats the best 4.00 pat-
tent leather shoes made, '■ for
this sale only.   . ,' .3.15-
Carpets.
New Line Ingrains Just Received.
" A special lot of six pieces heavy Ingrain, worth 35c,
at     ...      ....        29c per yard!
New patterns4n Fjne Cotton Warp Mattings at
*25c per yard
.j/j.
I
*Davy & Company*
7J
EDUCATION THE TOPIC.
Wise Farmers' Club had a Splen-
' did Meeting.
The attendance at the "Wise farmers'01 ub held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alva Servis "yesterday, w»s.
considering the weather and ihe well
nigh impassable roads, probably the
largest in the history of this organization, there being seventy-five present,
—consequently, as the result of-a bet
between the hostess and J. II. Seeley.
Mrs. Servis buys the chocolates.
Heretofore the^topics have been almost entirely along the line of how to
raise crops, how*to fatten hogs and
raise fine catile and horses; this tirhe
he topics cover ihe "best, crop on the
farm," those bright boys and girls,
who many times rise to the Nation's
hignest honors The men's topic,,
"Coopera-ion between home and
school, how b st. attained?" brought
out, some excellent, points regarding
the consolida ed dis ric s at Herrick.
John Lansing said that, ihe records
show ordinarily an enrollment of X00
and t he average daily at tendance
many months was 05. To.be sure
some families are over t wo miles from
school, and at. such a time as this, little tots cannot attend. But when
!here,.and all may attend five or six
month's in the year, having such
teaching and attention as can be
given them.by a experienced teacher
without four grades to look after instead of eight, the children progress
more rapidly in abt ending five months
ihanthey would going longer tb an
over worked i eacher who would find it
impossibte to give them proper atren-
i ion. This Herrick consolidai ion'has
proven a grand success, and we only
wish i here could be more such. We
wcie glad t o know than so many in at-
•endance expressed themselves as believing I'haii the child" is benefitted by
a closer relationship between teacher
and parents, and Cashier Sutherland,'
who has served on the Clare Board of
Education over sixteen years, said
'hat. when the complain's of children
were looked into, (t was found that in
nine out of every ten ihe child was to"
blame. /* -;
Mrs. F. Lamoreaux presented an
excellent paper on the topic, What
constl ires a fUting education for
children in the rural home?  If all are
I
to be farmers or farmers.' wives, Greek
is not. so necessary, but in that, the
boys and girls in so many instances
have rhefarm and sup into responsible positions, and, as we can'}, tell in
their childhood which' rimain, give
them the best possible fducaiion.
Many ladies c ngaged in he discussion,
and all sanation* d he excellent
thoughts brought out in Mrs.. Lamer-
oux's pap-r.   '
The n:xt meet ing of the club will
be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Potter, two mil"' -ast of Clare,
and t he program will u 0 i van in these
columns later.
Praises Our Corespondents.
Norwich, N. Y.,
• February 22nd, 1904.
Editors, Sentinel,
Clare, Mich.
Gentlemen,—I enclose herewith a
postal order for my subscription.
Allow me to congratulate you 'On
your very excellent paper and especially your faithful corps' of correspon-.
dents., I have not seen abother paj>er
with so many bright, newsy correspondents. I wish you »would convey
to them our thanks and the thanks of
the many readeis of the _ Sentinel
who like as arc far from the friends of
Clare county. I think that none, but
those wno( are away carefully appreciate the home newspaper.
Yours Respectfully,
.     ■ Curtis Pamujr.
Mrs. James Zeiter-Truman.
Tbe funeral of Mrs. James Truman
of Manton occured from the home of
ber parentp, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Zeiter,
in Vernon Sunday and, interment was
made in the Vernon cemetery.. Deceased bad been afflicted for a long
tirae'and finally succumbed to, dropsy.
Mary Zeiter-Truman was born in
Ohio thirty-two yeaTS ago and when
young came io Isabella county
Twelve years ago she was joined in.
marriage to James TrUman and since
then has resided at Manton, She was
a member of tbe Maccabees there and
a floral wfeath on the casket attested
their kindly regard for her. Besides
her husband and parents several brothers and sisters mourn her departure,
FARM fob Rent—One mile'south
and one mile east of,Olare. For p,tr«
Cic*wlnrg call on or address Mrs. A M.
McKAtf. 15-4
/
e
■    ■"    ■■{'.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.
An Inspiring Meeting and Large
Attendance.
Notwithstanding the "snow blockades of car service and the drifted condition of the roads making them well'
nigh Impassable, there was- an actual
attendance at the teachers' meeting
at Farwell Saturday of fifty-five; and'
we should say that this large attend-''
ance was due .largely to the•• splendid
efforts of Prof. Barber of Farwell.
Prof. Larzai'lere, acting principal of
the Mt. Pleasant Normal, was in attendance, and his personality greatly-
enthused the teachers.
The topics as announced in the program published in last week's- Sentinel were given and the discussion
was Qui te gen eral. It was voted to
raise money and buy a library which
shall circu ate among the members of
the Union—a splendid means of advancement. ■
Will Retain Both 'Phones.
The thirty days within which Olare
butchers and grocers had agreed to
rid themselves of the Bell 'phone and"
use only the Union, expired last.
Thursday. But as intimated in these
columns last week a meeting was held
late Thursday evening farther $o consider the matter and, when the
twelve essayed forth from that meeting they, simply gave out the Information that the two 'phones would con-'
tinue in use as at present. . It subsequently leaked out that the meeting
was the occasion for considerable- oratory and they affirm that all but one
of their number were ready to carry
out the agreement. Let it sufflce.thafr
things will remain as they are as far
as the butchers and grocers are Concerned, and it seems improbable that
any other effort will be made to secure
the adoption of one 'phone for. use
in the city. There is f>ood reason for.
believing that the present excellent
'phone service will be continued.    .
.A Card.1' v
,  We desire Lo thank the m'aijy friends
and neighbors for fclielr kindly ministrations ln the hiftirs of bereavement.
James TnuarAN.        /
John tt Zbiter and Family. -
''Meet me dt uie Lewis uouse, Har.
rison*" 39t-f.    .
EXCHANGE HOTEL BURNED.
Frozen Hydrant and Fierce-Wind
Prevented Its Being Saved.
The fire alarm Monday robrhir/g disturbed many a nap. The opcasibn of
it was a fire in the Exchange Hotel.
The fire department was promptly on
liandj, hut, owing1* to a frozen'hydrant
were uriE^ble to turn on "the water in
time to extinguish the flames. "By-the
time the water could be'gottetffroni
the hydrant at the Altliouse "factory,
the firehad'made such headway under
the impetus of a good stiff breeze from
the r northeast, '•'that little' could' be,
done..    .      ,..•'-'.}
Tlie hotel was the property of Con.
Mullen." <■ "The fire is thought to have
been started, from one of the stoves
with, which .the building lis .heated.
A number-made their exit from the-
biiildirig without completing an elaborate-toilet.v Mr. Mullen's mother
went back a second time to' get" some
things out of'her room and fell in the
stairway overcome with smoke, bub
he went, tb the rescue and-managed
tb draj* her out before being himself
overcome.
The building and contents . was
valued at between 82,000 and' $3,000
#ith'$70Q insurance qa the house and
SiOt) on the contents. ,''":".'.,    '
Coioilisls for Micliiian::!
JH j* "Eirby, general passenger;agent
of trie' Ann Arbor railjpoa'd.j a_nn'oimces-
that the- Michigan' Colonist association has been organised by representatives of the*-Ann Arbor, ;2ere> Maic- *
qu'ette, Grrand'Rapids'& 'Indiana?and
the Detroit & Milwaukee railroads for
the purpose of inducingemigratits and
land'.seekers fro.m.the-east to settle on
Michigan's vacant land. James -L.
Merrit ,of Manistee, Mich.,, has-been
made manager of the association:
; DsVogf's New SWK •
'jfe H. 'DeVogt was among thV.Jmmy
ber whose place of business warf-'consumed pyifire fast fajC Meanwhile be
hits procured an entirely-new equip-,
ment and now in his studio-In the
uew.Jacksonblock,is prepured to <ex:e-!
case the highest grade ofsall' kinds * Of
phoiofsraDbic work. All' are invited *•"
tq call and. get acquainted with the,
new studio.