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CLARE, MICHIGAN! THURSDAY AFTERNOON,   NOVEMBER, IS, '1902,
New Series r*Vol. 10,No. 51
See the new styles
in Men's Hats at
1,50,2.D0 anil 2.50
B
New line of Gent's- •
Ties   now   ready
for inspection.
Special in All Wool Dress Goods, new patterns, about 15 different styles,
regular 25c a yard, to close out at
15 Cents Per Yard
Storm Serge, unfinished worsted, 54 inches wide   regular 1.00 a yard-to
close only '  -
75 Cents Per Yard
Angola Zibiline Suiting, the finest black suiting on the .market,  regular
price 2.00 per yard, to
Close Out 1.50.Per Yard,
We carry the best Selesias, Cambrics ahd Canvas on the market.    Price
fr°p       5c to 40c Per Yard.   All Colors/
Domestic Bargains.
Heavy, dark Outinga and
Mill Remnants of heavy,
light colored Outings, p-
worth 7c at per yard wu
Unbleached Cotton, heavy
weight, smooth finish,
worth 6c, per yard
Ladies' Heavy Fleece Lined Hose, ribbed top, cheap'at 15c,
Our Price lOc Per Pair
Ladies' All Wool Gray or Black Ribbed Hose     25c Per Pair
Bed Spreads in white, blue, yellow or pink, regular 1.50 spread
Going at 1.29 Each
Finest line of Light and Dark Outings and Fleece Lined Wrapper Cloth
in the county.   All Price?.
New' Jackets and
Walking Skirts arriving every . day.
Any style garments
made to order.
Bicknell Bros
Overcoats, Ulsters
and Reefers for Men
and Boys. See our
line; it will pay you.     _    _
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L GRANT TOWNSHIP.
A Sketch of the Conditions of Development as
They Now Exist.
The community immediately nortli
of Clare is known as the German
settlement. The road whicb is a continuation of Clare's Main street,
extending five miles north, passes
through the midst of it. Today this
community presents a good example
of the" thrift and industry by which
Clare county is being developed. Immediately north of the city the land is
swampy, then rough but improves
farther north, until at the five mile
corner we find ourselves in a very productive and fully cleared farming
community, extending eastward to
Dover.
' Just north of the city Chris. Ehr-
hardfe has recently purchased ten acres
' and is proceeding incidentally to clear
it up. In due time he will build a
home there and transform the land,
regarded as fit only for the deposit of
refuse, into a garden. North of the
Tobacco river Julius Schaffer has an
eighty acre farm, the larger portion of
which is already under cultivation.
Proceeding northward we find Alexander Lowry's, George Pease's, Wm.
Bauder's, Dr. Carpenter's, George
Geibe's, Henry Grover's, Elmer Hal-
stead's, B. M. Johnson's and Mr.
Yarkow's farms, each in different
stages of development but all gradually being improved, changing what
but recently was a wilderness, into
fruitful farms.
At the three mile corners J. Gar-
shaw lias cleared up nearly .all of his"
forty acres but many stumps still call
for removal. He began with but little
sixteen years ago and has by industrious hard work developed hjs farm,
At present he is siding up liis resi
deftce. Likewise Otto Garshaw on
the west side Started in the woods and
" now has'a home with much of his
forty cleared.    On this corner also
-*' Christ. Heusehele is lapidly developing his farm, having cleared most of
the eighty he owns. He and his sons
are now engaged in pulling stumps and
Showing what relation industrious
hard work hears to farm development.
/£»> On the road west John Garshawis do-
5c
" Extra heavy   Blue   ifl!*
Denim worth 15c, per yd 1/2"
-Extra heavy Cottonade
Pants Cloth,, good colore -j ru
worth 25c, at per yard     I tf u
Heavy,  Gray  Cotton AC-
Blankets, 50x72-in, per pr TUli
Dress Goods,
*    ,     TWO  SPECIALS.
36-in fine, half wool Worsteds, black and colors, -j ft-
25q value, at per yard      I Ob
A new 'line of fancy stripe
Waistings, handsome j Qi,
colors, 25c value, per yd 13b
Infants' Bonneits.
In White Cashmere and
China Silks, an entire new
line rainging from        ^
25c io $1.00 each.
Davy & Ca
Everything to Wear.     Lowest Prices.
Monte Carlo Jackets
The demand for this popular style of coat has
been so great that it has been almost impossible
for us to show an extensive line.   They come in
one day and are sold the next.  '.We have just re
ceived several new styles that, are extra values at
$10.00, $11.50, $12.50
Men's Furnishings
(X5TALEY MPS;CO
JJ}ilfRS.ME«ts' rwffi wo,,;
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Automobile Coats
..  We are showing some special valueB in these
popular coats in black, castor and brown,
$10  $15   $18
27-inch  Jackets
Knit Underskirts,   .
A complete new line ranging from
. 25c to $1,50 eaofi.
Fine all wool Kersey rnercer- rf^ gT  ^\ f%
ized linings, black and castor \&K*J9K_JKJ
Extra heavy Kerseys, Satin
throughout,, new Kimona
sleeves, pearl buttons,
I
$6*50
•Special sale of Trimmed
Hats, begining Saturday,
November 8th, at
Millinery
$179 Each
Davy & Co.
Undershirts $1.25, $f.50, $1.75
Drawers $1,25, $1.50
Overshirts     $1.00,. $1.50, $2,00
Sweaters.
AN EXTRA VALTJJ3.
Men's heavy wool Sweaters
in gray, blue, red and black
with stripe neck and (M f|f*
bottom $liUU
Qtherstyles5flctO$3eaCll
Hats and Gaps.
$!,50\&$2
i
New shapes
in soft hats
The biggest line of Caps
we   ever   offered,     Special
values at.      25C fO  $1,00
I
ing his part in the transformation of
the country while over near the' town
hall Ludwig Timm has already done
his part, clearing up forty acres. Not
far away Carl Kiplinger is similarity
employed on an eighty.
Going on north we ind Martin and
Michael Himes, Fred Ludwig, Fred
Eschenweg and Carl Belling, each on
a small farm where improvments are
in evidence, the farm of the last
named all cleared and in striking contrast to what it was sixteen years ago
when he started in the woods. At
the.four mile corner stands the Ran-
dall school, a substantial frame structure. To the west P. Bowler has a good
eighty while across from him Carl Stoll
has a well developed farm of 160 acres.
Mr. Stoll began here in. I860 whe n
there was only a foot path east and
west and when no road- had yet been
opened up to Clare. With practically
no money to start with, he has kept
digging way until today he has a good
brick residence and his farm well
under cultivation.   -
Proceeding north from the school,
we find Gotleib Noss who but recently
started out for himself. On the east
side farther north Elias Eiegle has a
good farm of eighty a*cres. lie is one
of the old settlers coming into the
county thirty-two years ago, but being
an old soldier is unable to work very
hard. He loves his farm and prefers
working it) rather than to let. it.
Across from him W. B. Lyons owns
eighty acres, settling there twenty
years ago, and now he has half of it
cleared and a good home besides.
"Jacob Noss' farm of eighty acres
shows clearly what ten years' of hard
work will do. In 1892 when ho took
possession none of tlie land was
cleared, but he .has kept industriously
at it and today he has^a-good farm
cleared and stumped. With a residence, good outbuildings, a nice flock of
sheep and a herd of cattle, Mr. Noss
is a type of what industry will accomplish in Ciare county. .      .
. At the five mile corners James McKay bas some fine land while not far off
Eli Cross has made his contribution to
the general result in the development
Of his farm. Here too Chris. Krell has
a fine farm of 120 acres on which he
has been about eleven years and now
eighty acres are cleared with only a
few stumps remaining. The soil is
clay loam and not broken. There is
an excellent residence on the property
with barns and other necessary buildings and a windm.Hl. As the visitor
wanders over this farm he can but
think of what a change in the appear-
ence andf ruitf ulness of the country will
come when all the land from there to
Clare shall be cleared up and stumped
as is Mr. Krell's farm.
* TO a casual visitor this country north
and slightly west of Clare suggests the
possibilities of hard work. But to the
keen observer it is in the midst of
marked development. The enterprising industry of these people, referred to above, is slowly but surely
transforming ib into a good farming
community. Black stumps and blackened logs are slowly disappearing.
Dwelling houses, and barns and rol-
ing fields are coming into existence.
Cattle and sheep and crops are increasing. .Already three of the farmers,
Messrs. Schaffer, Belling and. Stoll,
have a registered short horn bull and
•propose to improve the grade of their
stock. There are other facts that will
have a contributory influence in the
development of this tract of country.
Just on its western edge lies tbe valuable marl deposits of the Clare Cement
Company, where an extensive cement
plant is soon to be erected. At the
recent meeting" of the board of supervisors $350 was appropriated for the
improving of the road extending* from
Clare northward into this community.
It is, therefore,* inevitable that this
compartively new country will go on
developing and finally bring rich returns to those who have so industriously been transforming it from a
wilderhess to a well-to-do community.
IN THE GREAT WEST.
Detroit Free Press—-The state campaign just closed Is the fourth in
wbich D. E Alward, Olare, bas acted
as secretary of the Republioan state
committee, and all of these have been
successful for his party. Mr. Alward
is informed on the politics ot every
county in the state, bis work is methodical, and bis services are considered
very valuable to bla party.
A Pen Picture of the Trip of Five
Clareites to Washington.
Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2nd. '02.
Dear friends,—It was October* 28th
that our little company of five (R.
Lamb, Milton Lee, W. E. Mayhew,
my mother, Mrs, Holbrook, and tbe undersigned) left on the Ann Arbor
north to explore the-possibilities of
the great west and, thanks to J. J.
Kirby and the local A. A. agent, Mr.
Axford, we got through without delays or stopping over.
Frankfort, Lake Michigan, Manitowoc, across the prairies of Wisconsin
to St- Paul, where were we arrived on
the morning of the 30tb, were the
flrst steps in our journey. Thence
over the Great Northern with a train
in two sections of twelve and eleven
coaches each crowded with passengers,
we prcc jeded directly to Seattle. On
westward we go. So great are the
distances and everything in nature is
on such a magnificent scale that the
human eye cannot .appriciate the
glories' of what it sees. Here and
there we catch glimpes of beautiful
scenes as we go whirling by. Lake
Winnebago, Green Bay, Devil's Lake,
even from the fleeting train, appear as
visions'of beauty While the Minnie-
haba falls near Minneapolis but
suggest the grandeur of nature's
strangeso moods. * Across Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
Montana into Washington state
the train carries us. What a
greati expanse pf country I The prairies of Wisconsin are raonotonoi%
Minnesota abounds with beautiful
lakes.* , North Dakota wheat fields
now look uninviting. Northern Montana is rough and wild. But so clear
is the atmosphere that distance seems
well nigh annihilated. Hills that appear to be only a few miles distant,
we are told, are- one hundred miles
away. Human (activity is evident but
ever and anon are great expanses of
land With no sign of human"habitation. True, there are cities here aad
there but starling indeed iS' the conception of the possibilities of what
shall oe whsn the resources of this
vast area shall be developed even as
southern: Michigan is developed.
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What a contrast as We passed from
northern Montana into Wasbiheton,
The one was barren while the other is
all hustle and push. Spokane Was the
first important city we reached and it
is one of the finest I ever saw. Soon
thereafter our route lay. along tbe
Columbia river, that wonderful sheet
of water that after,'many windings
breaks through the mountains and
flows into the Pacific. Here indeed
was ever changing scenery of winding
river, canyon, mountain and valley.
On the one side a level country
stretched away in the distance while
on tbe other massiverocl-*-- -ind mountains cappedNivith snow, stand out
against bhe horizon. Wan windings
hither and thither and through tunnels, we cross the Cascade mountains.
On we go pass Snohomish where
some of Olare people are booked for.
Seattle is a wonderful business town
and a great shipping point. At the
docks we saw some fine boats, among
them TJ. S. transport, Warren. Indeed her<? we are confronted with the
fact that in buildings and many other
advantages the' West can show the
the East plenty of good ideas.
So far we like Washington very
much. We yisited Otis Halstead and
my son, Ray, in Seattle and both are
doing well and like the country.
After a short visit with my brother
we jro into the mountains and elsewhere to explore, to look around.
Truly yours,
H. H. Holbrook.
A Grange In Grant.      »
The organization, of a Grange for
Grant township was "completed at the
town hall last Tuesday evening in the
installation of officers under the direction of G. C. Leibrand of the Mt. Ver
non Grange, as follows:
Master,—Carl Stoll.
Secretary,—Julius Schaffer, jr.
. Overseer,—P. Bowler,
Treasurer,—Julius Schaffer.
Lecturer,—Theodore Bowler. '
At this session twenty-four additional members received --the obligation, making the total now forty..
The next meeting will be held next
Tuesday evening and it is expected
that'others-will be added at that time
so that the total will be brought up to
100.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Meetings in Winterfield, Sheridan,
Harrison with Round-Up at
Clare.
The farmers institute is now a recognized institution for Olare and
northern Isabella counties. The
meetings in previous years have
been productive of good results and arrangements have already been "made
for another profitable series for this
year. N. P. Hull of Dimondale is the
state speaker for the different meetings and will discuss the following
subjects: "Potato Culture,'"'Crops for
Mixed Farm," "Selection and Feeding
for Beef," "Profitable Pork Production," "Cultivation and Rotation of
Crops." His efforts will be supplemented by- other speakers, making tbe
meetings of such practical value to
our farming communities that each
community will have a large delegation at- such meetings as can
be reached. The following' are
the dates and locations for the meetings which are to begin at ten a. m:
November 18—-Winterfield.
November 19~Court House, Harrison.
November 20—Town Hall, Sheridan
January—5-6, '03 (Round-up) Clare.
Arrangements have not yet been
completed for the" round-up meeting
in Ciare but in due time announcements will be made as to speakers and
complete program for that occasion.
Ic is proposed tojmake 6tock exhibition
an Important part of that meeting.
A number of farmers have Signified
their willingness to bring some of
their cattle here at tbat time' and we
think this matter ought to be pushed.
There is a marked disposition
with some of our farmers to improve
the grade of stock in this vicinity.
Within a radius of ten miles of Clare
a considerable number "of registered
cattle may be found. To have our farmers see some of the best stock can but
be helpful in stimulating In them the
desire to have a better grade of cattle
on their farms.. It is geuerally conceded that Michigan does not produce
such high grade cattle as some- of her
sister states ahd what we, of north
central Michigan, can do in this matter will he helpful not only to ourselves but also to the whole state.
The officers Of the organization . for
Ciare and "northern Isabella are:
President,—J. L. Littlefield, Farewell;
sec'y,—A. R. Canfleld, Glare; treasurer.
—P. M. Loomis of VernOn. These
gentleman have labored industriously
to make the best possible arrangements and we bespeak for the farmers
that interest in and support for the
meetings that they shall make them
ever more successful than heretofore,
District Conference of M. E. Pastors.
.The conference of the M. E. ministers of the Big Rapids district last
week at-the M, E. church was well attended. Stewards representing the
various charges also met.and held a
business session.transacting business
relative to the assignment Of the Presiding elder's salary among the different charges. The meetings were all
pronounced good. The Thursday even
ing meeting was particularly good at
which time Rev. Armstrong of Cadillac gaye a fine address on the Evangelization of the world. The address
by-Rev. Dutton of Mt. Pleasant on
Education was one of the finest things
given in Clare for some time. The
ministers present were a jolly company in spite of supposed ministerial
airs. Rev. W. J. Hathaway had
made arrangements for entertaining
the visiting pastors and Clare people
freely recleved tbem into their homes.
The conference was most helpful.
Many favorable comments were
heard on the paper presented by Rev.
George Varion of Rosebush. . It was
one of the most scholarly efforts of
the conference-
The conference was a splendid introduction to the evangelistic eec-vi*^-
ces now in progress at the M. E.
church, 3 *
The Christmas number of the Now
Idea Woman's Magazine, will offer
many featvres that will prove of practical and timely value during the coming holiday seaon. "Christmas Presents for Men;" "How to e'nxeTcalii a
Christmas House Party;" ^Inexpensive Gifts for" a Christmas1 Tree;" "A
Childffin's Party for. Christmas," will
each and all add tbeir Quota fcb the
general interest of the book. The
contents will be brilliantly illustrated,
both In color plates and in black and
white, and the regular utilitarian por*
tiQ.r-4.wIll excel previous effort's.