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A Uhor In THE SEi-JTIN6l_=
will Sellj, Buy qr Exchange
almost an>*thin_r.
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Mablishedl87S
qlare, MioareAKj Thursday A?T£$NodN, October 22, .1903,
New Series: VoLll.Bo, 4&
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Men's
,    $6.50   v
Oyercoats
only
CLOTHING SALE.
Men's
$1L50N
/    Overcoats
only
$10.00
To reduce our
Clothing - Stock
one-half in the
next thirty days
. we will offer special prices on
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Men's Suits.
. , . COMMENCING '. , ..
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SaturcJeiy,  Ootolb-er,24th.
_ -AND CONTINUING - -
Thirty  Days Only.
Don't    JFail    to    attend    the>   ,
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GREATEST MONEY SAVING SALE,
Men's
$5.00
Suits
$3.76
NO GOODS CHARGED.
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co
Men's
9.50
Overcoats
$8,00
ELECTRIC ROLLER MILL
Callam-3c Cornwell's New Mill
and Elevator an Index of   .
Development.
The Callam & Comwell flouring and
fe.-d mill, erected and equiped with an
outlay of'a large amount of capital
and located at the corner of McEwan
and Third streets is a most Important
addition to our city as the natural
commercial centre for a large area of
rich farming country, much of which
is still far from its maximum state of
productiveness. With the establish-
"ment of this mill and granary combined Clare can say to all the surrounding country, "This is the place
to do your business for within our
.'borders we'offer you competition in
all lines of business from mills and
banks to hardwares and grain and
produce buyers."
The mill building is a commodious,
fine looking frame structure, 30 x 80
feet, covered with corrigated iron.
The equipment of the mill is modern
and this week under the guidance of
genial Frank Comwell, the member of
the firm in direct charge of the
whole milling and grain buying business, a' Sentinel reporter undertook
to take a glimpse of all the machinery
and complications of pipes and elevators and rollers and sieves and belts
and shafts and machines that have a
part in the manufacture of the "staff
'of life."
*' The machinery is operated by electrical power. This is developed by a
five ton dynamo, power for which is
developed from a 40-inch turbine
wheel under a fifteen foot head of
water at the dam on- the Tobacco
-river one mile north-east'\ The electrical power is transmitted by wire
to the basement of the mill and there
by-means of a large Westinghouse
motor 13 transformed into mechanical
energy and utilized to. run all the
"machinery at the option of the operator by-the use of a couple of levers.
So smoothly does everything work
that on the adjacent street the whirl
of the many machines "is scarcely
perceptible.
The process of producing the flour
from the grain is a most complicated
f one.   A scouring, polishing and separating machine first removes all un
desirable parts and then the purified
grain passes successively through five
double stand rolls, from each of
which the products are separated, redistributed and traveling through
long circuits are again worked over
and re-sorted and re-distributed from
basement td attic Until the genuine
white flour comes forth ready for the
market.
Elour, rye and buckwheat and custom
departments are fully equipped and
in operation. Another department
of the mill is the buying and handling
of all kinds of grain. The four large
bins located in the mill have a total
capacity of over ten thousand bushels
and are being equipped for elevating
grain. The Pere Marquette will in a
few days extend a spur in to the east
end of the mill and thus the Callam &
Comwell mill and grain elevator takes
its place as a Clare institution of
which we are all proud.
The proprietors are somewhat
reticent as to the amount of power
developed at thcdam but there seems
to be good reason for believing that
there is more than enough for running
the mill machinery and lighting the
building but no information is at
hand as to whether they plan to
utilize any possible surplus as well as
the old mill building" adjacent, to the
dam. The new mill is in operation
and Clare gratefully acknowledges the
enterprise of the proprietors, William
Callam of Saginaw and Frank Corn--
Well of this city, in establishing it
right in the city where it will materially aid in bringing trade to our
merchants and the city generally.
Sharpe-Thompson.
At the M. E. parsonage, Wednesday, October 21st,. Miss Anna Sharpe
and Lindsey Thompson, both- of
Sheridan, were joined in marriage,,
Bev. W. J. Hathaway officiating.
Immediately after the ceremony they
left on the 2:06 train west for a trip to
points in Wisconsin. Both the bride
and groom are well and favorably
known in their community and a host
of friends wish Mr and Mrs. Thompson happiness and prosperity in their
wedded life.
. Repair Wheels and (inns,
I aim at my old stand ready to do all
kinds of gun and wheel repairing.
All wheels left here during my illness
are repaired and should be taken away
at once.     Enoch. Fish.
AN AWFUL GRIME.
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Fourteen    Year-Old    Geniveve
Bradt of Shepherd the Victim
of Immoral Men.
Clyde Priestly of Shepherd and Wm.
Cox, a saloon keeper'of North Star,
formerly of Shepherd are in jail at Mt.
Pleasant and warrants are out for two
others, the charge being that of rape.
La8.t Thursday night Geniveve E.
Rradt, aged fourteen, o£ Shepherd
died from the combined efflects of taking certain drugs and then afterwords
swallowing the heads of about sixty
matches. The druits made her very
ill so that medical care became nece-
sary and when she realized the disgrace "she" was in, she procured the
matches .while her attendants worc-
out of the room and swallowed the
brimstone parts for the purpose of
destroying herself. Before her death
she made a statement to Prosecuting
Attorney Dusenbury and the revolting details plainly show that the immoral viilans who encompassed her
ruin are safe only behind prison bars.
' 'Tis the old story or bad companions.
Geniveve was a good, pure girl but
she fell into the company of some bad
girls and then some immoral young
men who ruined he,r life and sent her,
while still a mere child, to her grave.
Outraged virtue and purity calls for
vengeance upon the perpetrators of
this terrible crime, whoevertney may
be, and the prompt 'action ' of the
prosecuting attorney shows that he is
determined that they shall pay the
penalty-justice demands.
Paid Ills Fine and Left.Town.
Saturday, night several ladies in
Clare were greatly annoyed by a fellow calling at their homes, asking' for
something to eat and then using indecent language. ifext morning Un-'
der Sheriff Welch - and Alderman
James S. Bicknell started out, to find
the man. Locating him near the coal
shoots at the union depot, the under
sheriff assumed to be a railroad man
aiid under guise of treating him induced the.fellow to go down town.
He was then inveigled into Justice
Carpenter's store and a messenger
started out to get a. lady to iridentify
b.im as the fellow of the night before.
While they waited it began to dawn on
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EV/ERYTHIN(S TO 1/1/EAR
LOWEST PRICES
Winter Underwear.
Men's, Women's anci Children's.     J
The selling; of -Winter Underwear of tlie right
sorts'at right prices "forms- a prominent part of this
V store's business jnst now.
Men's extra heavy cotton,   camel's .hair  finish,
shirts are double across breast and
Dack, each
Men's heavy fleece lined ,* fancy'brown
^ mixture regular 50o value per garment
Men's fine ribbed, wool fleece, equal to most
of the 75c goods. The biggest kind C_ (\ ^_
of.a value v/vC
Men's all wool, an extensive assortment Tanging
in-price from ^      1.00 to 1.75 each
Women's heavy, jersey ribbed ecru
vests and pants, each
Women's extra heavy gray cotton
ribbed vests and pants
Women's natural gray wool mixed*
vests and pants
Women's  fine worsted  vests   and
pants, white, black and cream colors
Women's combination suits, -cotton  and  woqV
ranging in price from '     50c to 2 00
100
Misses extralieavycotton vests and pants 10c and
upwards.
Misses natural gray wool mixed vests and pants
15c and upwards.
Boys heavy ribbed fleeced shirts and   f^'f\ ***.
£   -      drawers regular 25c value _£_. %/ O
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New Flannellete
Wrappers.
Three Special Values.
terfKja       Heavy. Flannellette,  fancy - pat-
Wwu *erils braid trimmed shoul- jgjfc JE_ ^
%W     der cape and deep flounce  V_rV^Cr
&z        ».   Heavy lTlannellette, blues, blacks,
grays,  and ^fancies,   shoulder T capes
trimmed with fancy braid, A   -^V ^\
deep flounce I ■ V*/V_r
Extra heavy Flannellette, ruffled
shoulder cape,   deep- flounce,. capes,
cuffs, beltand flounce trimmed with
fancy   embroidered A   CZf\
bands I'QU
,  Outing Gowns:
Women's, Misses' and Children's
A complete new line, better values than we ever
offered before.
Ladies' / ' 50c to 1.50
,    Misses and children's 50c
Special value in ladies' gowns made from pink,
blue and Cinderella cloth '      k X.OO
Men's Collars.
The very latest turn over, high back and  Jow
front 15c each, 2 for 25c
Men's Work Shoes.
An extra value at 2.O0 per pair.
Made from heavy kangaroo calf stock with heavy
double soles, strictly sole leather counter and- inner-
soles. A regular 2.50 value. We could not sell thpm
at this price if we had to buy them now
B. & Co.-
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the man that he was in a trap and he
wanted to make his exit but a little
"persuasion" from the Under Sheriff^
quieted him and in due time he was
indentified, a warrent issued for his
arrest, he pleaded guilty to the charge
of "using indecent language in the
presence of ladies, was fined $15 with
costs and left town as fast as he knew
how. He gave the name of David
Hoffman.
Up to the time of his positive identification by a lady, whom he had annoyed the evening before, no warrant
had been issued and so there was no
authority for his arrest. Under Sheriff
Welch and Alderman Bicknell &re3
therefore, to be congratulated on their
ability to handle _ such a case so
smoothly and yet so efflectively.
P. M, Buys the Klondyke.
The negotiations, mention of which
was made in these columns months
ago, have at length been completed
and the Pere Marquette has purchased
the Grand Eapids Kalkaska & Southeastern railroad, familiarly known as
the Klondyke. This road extends
from Eapid City ih^ the northwestern
part of Kalkaska county to Stratford
in the northeastern part of Missaukee
county, "a distance of forty miles, and
has a capital stock of $264,000 and a
bonded indebtedness amounting to
$200,000. The Klondyke has been
operated as"*- a branch of ■ tho Pere
Marquette under a lease for a number
of years. -Congressman William Alden
Smith and several other capitalists
from Grand Eapids were interested jn
the line, which was originally built as
a logging road. ,
The purchase of the branch in question taken in connection with the fact
of surveyors working for several weeks
fromLeota', the present terminus of
the Harrison branch north from Clare,
to Stratford, that is, through the four
eastern townships of Missaukee
countyj makes it seem to be the purpose
of the Pere Marquette 'to proceed to
secure & direct line irom Clare to the
northern resort country.
Drawing'for a Cdw.
Having sold all the tickets on the
drawing for cdw, the drawing will be
made in front, of Van Brunt
Sc Son's store on the afternoon of
October 31st. ■ C. H. Pjsteus,
COUNTY BUSINESS,
Supervisors Adjourned  Sat-
. urday After Some Warm
. Sessions.
County to Raise $11,000.   $1,000
for Bridges.   The Equalized
- Valuation,
The October sessions o f the board of
supervisors now belong* to the past
and its most noticeable achievement
is that it asks the county to raise
$11,000 for all purposes.    The special
is now placed $26,147 higher than last
year. Arthur, ITrost and Sheridan
are supposed to be developing fast as
they are given a good boost in valuation oyer the figures of last year
while several other towns have quite
a little raise. A big chunk was taken
off from Bedding's valuation as compared with last year. The figures as
to valuation and county tax are given
herewith. Clare's equalized valuation
was raise five per cent from the assessed valuation.
A Freemont farmer got $384 for one
load of produce he recently hauled to
market. 'Twas 61 bushels of clover
seed.    .
Townships and Cities.
Equalized
Value  1902
Equalized
Value   1903
County Tax
$74804
26352
39420
30891
159785    '
51815
52085
49230
31643
78783
174624
25000
210978
.42202
■    39043
118965
120515
21329
29865
30101
,   $79260
26153 ■
43462 -
•    31681
159406
52868
52513
51185
33434
61731"
72753
181274
36471 •
155267
42232-  ■
'    3t3043
119329
121666
21326
28054 4
30419
$521.79
182.09
ana.Rfl.
220.58
1109.71
368.04
365.59
*  356.35
232.78
429.76
506.49
1261.93
253.91
1080.19
294.01
250.93
830.71
846.98
148148
195.32
211.77
Franklin	
Prost	
Garfield ".	
Haves	
Surrey and Farwell •Vil.
Winterfleld •"*•....
Olare, Second Ward....
Glare; Third Ward	
Harrison, First Ward..
Harrison, Second Ward
Harrison, Third Ward.
$1410380
.$1436527
$10000.00
Total bridge tax for the county!
ious townships.
1,000 also to be distributed among the var-
agricultural tax has been discontinued
and'in it*, place $170 will be paid over
from the" county funds' to the- agricultural' society... -Tlift. kl,W<S raised
for bridges last year was voted thus:
$300 for building anewbridgeacross
the Tobacco river and $250 for "the
McKinley bridge at 'the east line of
Grant, $300 for the Clam river bridge,
Winterfleld, and- $200 for Eedding
bridge fund. $150 was appropriated
for graveling the road south from the
bridge on the north road from Clare.
The equalization committee made
a number of changes from the assessed
valuation and tho value of the county
NABBED AT LAKE GEORGE,
Ross aiidWilliam Tolan Charged
with Horse Stealing.
.Under Sheriff Welch had an exciting chase ITriday after Boss and Wm.
Tolan* but he got his men just south
of Lake George and alone. marched
them to Farwell, a distance of ten
miles, reaching- there about eight
o'clock at night. ■ Then securing a
conveyance he came on to Clare arid
next morning they were arraigned
before Justice Carpenter charged with.
horsestealing, the property of Landlord Lackie of this city and their ex -
amination set for October 22nd. At
ten o'clock they were lodged in the
county jail at Harrison.'
TheTolans arrived in Clare Wednesday and in the evening "procured a
team of Landlord Lackie of the Central Hotel to drive seven miles east.
But they drove south and at one
O'clock that night were south of Mt.
Pleasant and had, it is alleged, obtained some blankets. They then
-swung around and passed through
Weidman and on to Marion. Here
they were headed off arid leaving the
team started .out a foot.
Under Sheriff Welch had been given
charged of the case and soon got track
of themen% He went up on the 2:10'
Ahn Arbor train and. north of Lake
George passed the men proceeding
south. Getting off at Clarence he
started in pursuit. At Lake George
he found that they had dodged the
town and again taken "the; railroad
track some distance south. Pressing
the hand car men into service he soon
overhauled his men and before the
fugitives scarcely realized the presence -
of an officer, he jumped froni the hand
car and had them hand cuffed.
It is alleged that they intended using the team for a long trip as they
had bought a number of articles indicating that purpose.
".The men contend that they are innocent and assert that in the darkness of night they got lost and went
toward Mt. Pleasant instead of east.
Great credit is due Mr. Welch for
so quickly getting his men and his
characteristic bravery Is well shown
in his^daring to march alone with his
two prisoners for several miles over
a lonely road and in the darkne-is of
night.   _     • .-.."■
Whateve*-* may be the guilt- Or innocence of the two accused men in
this case,' the, prompt action of the *
authorities can have but a warning
effect on the lawlessness cropping' up
here and there in the county.  ■
Notice,
The job of re-shingling the -school
house of school district -No. 4, Grant
township, will be leb to the lowest responsible bidder' on Tuesday the 27th
day. of .October at 7t00 o'clock p. m.
The board.reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. By order of the district board.   C___*f C. S_oi,x^ director*
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