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Ciare   and   Clare   County
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Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORN ING, MARCH 19,1926
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HE ORIENT
Left December Nineteenth
For Trip Around, World.
Mve years later on December 13th,
isn, Brake, left Plymouth on his
memorable voyage. His appearance
•n the west coast of South America
-was a complete surprise to the Span-
-, Jsh Dons. Now a General, Drake well-
armed and equipped, had no great
difficulty in separating them from a
goodly share of the spoils of the In-
caa which had been tortured from the
inoffensive peoples when duplicity,
cunning and strategy failed.
The Englishman gathered In
"Quoits'' and chains of gold, emeralds
f* and pearls, doubloons and "pieces of
*v eight" to such an extent Drake
thought- It prudent to go home some
ether way, therefore continued westerly addu%~fi*esh laurels to his country by completing' a voyage "to the
South Seas and then hence about the
whole globe of the Earth," the first
Commander of a ship, the "Golden
"Mind" to accomplish this feat. Magellan, the venturesome Portugese was
killed by savages in the Phillipines
before his ship the "Vittoria" completed the first voyage around the
•arth in 1619.
Years ago l saw the Pacific from
mear the Identical spot. If r did not,
I should have wished that I might
some day sail on it around the world
•a an American ship, which at that
time was as remote a contingency as
the consummation of the resolve of
th© English explorer. Since the time
mt Drake, Great Britian has practically monopolized the business of the
Orient. If one wished to travel far,
•nly an English ship was available.
Now we may travel in comfort and
with greater regularity under the
Stars and Stripes "all the way
around."
If patriotic he will do so. -No one
ever heard of an Englishman travelling if he could avoid it on a ship of
any other country. When the American comes to feel that way about It
J*%e will stay in the maritime game.
fr' I connected with the Dollar Line
». s. President Polk at Los Angeles,
December fifteenth, and coasted away
to San Francisco making our start
across the Pacific the following Saturday, as does a ship of this Line
each Saturday every day in the year
fbr the Orient. Affording an opportunity to stop over a week or multiples thereof at any port of call as
far as Manila and fortnightly there-
hence to New York.
The cuisine is not as good as on
Most foreign ships. The service partakes much of our American independence, although administered to us
aaostly by foreigners who having
been trained abroad in civility do not
know how to be politely uncivil as
yet. The booking offices are also inefficient, so if using the line, check
them carefully for incompetency and
Mistakes.
The very alluring folder of the
Steamship company informed me that
the sacrifice was "the greatest of all
bodies of water—having an area of
('8,384,000 square miles, almost one-
l&ird of the earth's surface. For 64
days we sail over this mighty ocean
and its adjacent waters, covering a
distance of 13,651 miles.
To the great delight of passengers,
the Pacific has lived up to its name in
yecent cruises.
There has been scarcely a day's
x jte-viation from the record of smooth
%Beaa and golden sunshine, balmy
breezes and rippling waters. There is
every reason to believe that these
conditions' are normal over this route
at the season selected, and good
weather may be predicted with confidence If not with certainty.
The Pacific ocean was anything but
pacific from San Francisco to Hono-
vfulu. While there was no storm It
'was exeedingly rough. "The Polk"
either had her nose in the water or
Rotating it at the evening star, Venus,
Which was directly overhead and almost on the course. I thought per-
fiape it was to an apologetic sort of
xray endeavoring to point out the
""eaufle of the trouble. Our Chief Officer calling my attention to the fact
that the star was nearer the earth
mm it would be again in fifty years.
Shil-s coming into Honolulu from the
west also reported similar heavy seas
■With no particular storm conditions to
cause them.
*   The Saffdwich islands were discovered by John Juan Gaetauo who planted thereupon the standard of Spain.
The group of lava formations offered
*ao minerals and that country left no
impression there.    Many years later
Captain Cook visited them   and   was
clubbed to death by   the   natives   In
Sterkoo bay.    They must have had
BOsae   premonitions   that   the  white
4#an would bring   them   to   an   end
•milch has nearly occurred.   Out of a
papulation of some 800,000 there are
pily 26,000 of the native Kamaalna or
'.$&& fttoail "H&wsiiano. tho teat are .a
. J&ifSei lot of 400,000 Chtaerte. and Jap-
§£f- .    <contlflMea oh paga _•?<&)
RIZE SCALES AGAIN
WON BY CLARE SCHOOL
Second Year School Has Won-
Makes Scales Permanent
Property.
The scales offered by the Michigan
Tuberculosis Association to the
school in Clare county making the
highest per capita sale of tuberculosis
Christmas seals, has been won by the
sixth grade at Clare, taught by Miss
Hazel E. Compton,
This is the second year the school
| has won these scales which now be-
" come their permanent property. Only,
schools of ten- or more pupils were
eligible to compete. In the Clare
'school,., tb$ ,sale of seals averaged 57
cents per pupil. -
It is expected that the scales will
be used, according to Mr. Theodore
Werle, executive secretary of the
Michigan Tuberculosis Association, in
furthering health work in the school,
by making it possible for each pupil
to keep an accurate check-up on his
own weight, weight being considered
by all authorities an important indicator.
CITY CONVENTIONS
NOMINATETOETS
Mayor L.   H.    Thompson
Selected Again to Head
His   Ticket.
Both political parties of   the    city
met in their   convention   and   ward
caucuses   last  Monday   evening  and
selected   their   nominees   for     their
tickets to be voted on Monday, April
5th.    Following are the results:
CITY TICKET
Republican
Mayor, Mabel Mulder.
Clerk, Alex McKinnon.
Treasurer, Edgar S, Peterson.
City Committee, Thos. J. J. Walker,
A. E. Achard, L. E. Davy,
Democratic
Mayor, Lewis H. Thompson.
Clerk, Earl   Thurlow—name   withdrawn.
Treasurer, Faye Stephenson.
City Comihittee, Fred  Smalley,  M.
R. Howlett, L. W. Jackson.
FIRST WARD
Republican
Supervisor, Ralph Stevens.
Alderman, Ira Richmond.
Constable, Wm. Leis.
Democratic
Supervisor, David Ward.
Alderman, Jacob Mason.
Constable,  Martin  Rulapaugh.
SECOND WARD
Republican
Supervisor, O. A. Derby.
Alderman, Sidney Chaffee.
Constable, William Dwyer.
Democratic
Supervisor, M. R. Howlett.
Alderman, John Neithereut.
Constable, Herbert Jennings.
THIRD WARD
Republican
Supervisor, John Phinisey.
Alderman, Frank Holmes,
Constable, Joseph Verette,
Democratic
Supervisor George T. Jackson.
Alderman, Levi C. Cimmerer.
Constable, Charles Peters.
DECEASED NEWS CORRESPONDENT WEIL KNOWN IN CLARE.
Palmer H. Hutchinson, the Detroit
News Correspondent, and writer for
the North American Newspaper Alliance with the Captain Wilkins North
Pole expedition, who was killed at
Fairbanks Alaska, when he walked
into the propeller of an airplane, was
well known in Clare, where he came
often to hunt and fish.
He was a close personal friend of
Rev. H. B. Johnson and they shared
the same stateroom on the Conservation department patrol boat on their
trip to Isle Royal, Lake Superior, last
summer.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.
I will be at the Harris & Hirt hardware store Saturday, March 20th, to
register the names of all qualified
voters of Vernon township whose
names do not now appear on the rolls,
A. J. Archbold, Clerk,
O.E. S. SPECIAL.
A special meeting of the O, E. S.
will be hold Friday evening, March
26th. The Mt* Pleasant Chapter will
meet with Zonobla Chapter. Initltory
and social hour. Chapter, work to begin at 7.30. '.
Bat a Butter-Klstwich toasted sandwich. There's different. Klrkpatrlcfe's
drug store,—-adv.
NOMINATIONS MADE
ITWP. CAUCUSES
Majority of Precincts Present Only One Ticket    ,(
to the Voters.
Following we print the result of the
caucuses of the different townships
already reported to us. Next week
hope to be able to print the full list,-!
of precincts and suggest that ..every
supervisor send in the result ,6t their
township caucus.       . •-.,>■
« FREEMAN TOWNSHIP
Union Ticket
Supervisor, J. J. Beard; Clerk, Paul
Finch; Treasurer, Edith Burns; Highway Commissioner, Thos, Cook;' Overseer, Oliver Campbell; Justice full'
term, M, W. Finch; Justice, short'
term, L, A. Presley; Board of Review,
E, A.- .VanHorn; Constable, Frank*]
Howey, Oliver Campbell, S. Harris,
Elizia Hickok.
ARTHUR   TOWNSHIP
Republican Ticket
Supervisor, George Bates; Clerk,
Jesse C. Newman; Treasurer, David
N, Davis; Highway Commissioner,
Bert Kinne; Justice, full term, Aubrey
Chatterton; Board of Review, John
Hartman; Constables, James Shaver,
Lester Kiggins, Wilbur B. Lower,
Ralph Shull.
Democratic  Ticket
Supervisor, Fred Geiger; Clerk,
Mary Sanders; Treasurer, Mayo Robinett; Highway Commissioner, Chas.
Ruby; Justice, full term, John Roller;
Board of Review, full term, Fred
Athey; Constables, Leo Sprunger,
John Loar; Ora Hale, W. E, Myers.
' GRANT TOWNSHIP
Republican Ticket
Supervisor, S. A. Dawson; Clerk,
Wm. A, Henderson; Treasurer, Nelson Tiedeman; Highway Commissioner, Robert Wilson; Justice, full term,
Bert Chapman; Board of Review,
Orin W. Smith; Constables, Carl
Bauer, Chris Krell, Aaron Allen, Jack
Emerson.
GARFIELD TOWNSHIP
People's Ticket
Supervisor, Pearl Tryon; Clerk,
Maude Somerville; Treasurer, Thos.
B. Brooks; Highway Commissioner,
John B. Moore; Justice, full term,
Fred E. Ramsdell; Board of Review,
two years, Henry L. Green; Board of
Review, one year, Anne L. Oman;
Constables, Arthur Smith, Wm. Scott,
Fred J. Burke, Wm. Buckley.
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP
Republican Ticket
Supervisor, H. A. Dawson; Clerk,
Ed. B. Herrick; Treasurer, Wm.
TJlrich; Highway Commissioner, Bert
Rutter; Justice, full term, O. D. Robinson; Board of Review, Robert Cochran; Constables, Harley Mangle, Guy
Beatty, Charles Strouse, Wm. Langin,
SURREY TOWNSHIP
Citizens' Ticket
Supervisor, Samuel McGoogan;
Clerk, H. G. Baker; Treasurer, F. F,
Littlefleld; Highway Commissioner,
John Carpenter; Justice, full term
Matt Schmid; Board of Review, Lewis
Rawson; Constables, John VanBus-
kirk, Charles Graham, Ira Rodgers, V.
Eisenhauer.
VERNON   TOWNSHIP
Republican Ticket
Supervisor, M. E. Brewer; Clerk, A.
J. Archbold; Treasurer, Joseph Elliott; Highway Commissioner, John
Stough; Justice, full term, A. T.
Loomis; Board of Review, Louis
Thayer; Overseer Dist. No. 1, Fred
Verette, No. 2, Fred Turbush; No. 3,
Frank Wild; No. 4, Peter Akey; Constables, Chas. McDonald, Robert Wilson, John White, John Duncan.
WISE  TOWNSHIP
Republican   Ticket
Supervisor, L. A. White; Clerk, A.
P. McDonald; Treasurer, Charles
Barber, Highway Commissioner, Wm.
Leosh; Justice, full term, Frank Lamphere; Justice to fill vacancy, Albert
Callison; Board of Review, full term,
Frank Stuber; Board of Review to fill
vacancy, W. J. Maxwell. The first two
were nominated unanimously.
LOCAL TEAM MAKES
r EXCELLENT SHOWING
AT TOURNAMENT
&
*\   y.
Basket Bail Boys Playing Again
at Mt. Pleasant Thursday and
Friday of This Week*
Princess Theatre
March 20 to 26 Inclusive
Sat., March 20—Taming the West-
Hoot Gibson—An eastern tenderfoot
Who made the Wild West Wild.
Sun.-Mon.—A girl of the Limberlost
—Gene Stratton Porters famous novel,—Gang Comedy—Dog Days.
Tues.-Wed.—-The Desert Flower—
Coleen Moore—Admirers of Coleen
Moore wilf note a wider imfoldment
of the stars talent when they see her
as a flapper,—of the* desert, full of
pep and fun and laughing at the hard
knocks life gives her.
Thurs-,Fri.—Just a Woman—Claire
Winsor—Conway Tearle,
Serial—The Riddle Rider—Matinees
Monday 3:30—Girl of the Limberlost
10c-5c.
Tuesday 3:30—The Desert Flower—
20c-10c.
Coming—The Vanishing   American
SHEEP CLIPPING.
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Get yonr ohe|p* clipped hy nower
asBo})]ne hy Wl!co„ •& Mayfcew ' 20t2
The first team that the local quintet
met at the Alma Tournament last
week, was Ithaca. Although the op-,
ponents greatly exceeded the Clare
team in size the midgets showed their
speed and left Ithaca at.the smaller
and of a 22-4 score. During the second quarter Waliac"r| Johnson, one of
ouir usually .high gcorers, was put out
on fouls* Kidder^tgdk his place and
played -fine basket ball, making over
half of the scores" made while he
played. White* surprised the entire
crowd when he caged another basket
from mid floor.
* Friday the boys did not have quite
as well, without doubt clue 'to the prevalence of sickness among the players. Although they had won twice
before this season from Sacred Heart
by a large margin, they seemed unable to cope with them Friday afternoon and the game ended 8-6 with the
six for the wearers of the green and
white.
Things looked a little brighter at
the close of the Clare-St. Louis battle
Saturday afternoon' when the score
board showed Clare 33 and St. Louis
7. Although the penant was awarded
the Edmore players the local boys
have still a chance to win greater
laurels at the % reginal tournament
which is to be held at Mt. Pleasant
on Thursday and Friday of this week,
Clare was selected as the third team
at Alma by virtue of its victory over
St, Louis. Edmore, Sacred Heart go
to Mt, Pleasant. There will be five
other teams in Class C, at this tournament. Tho winners and runners up
will go to the State Tournament.
Interesting Facts
Although- Clare was chosen as
third team it is felt that the record
at Alma is better than that of any
other team. The boys scored 61
points to 19 for the opposition, Edmore, the winning the tournament
scored 34 while their opponents scored 29. Sacred Heart, in second place
scored 46-28.
Friday evening the girls played the
Alma team here. On the Alma floor
the local team won 24-15 but somehow, even though the game was fast
the passing was not good and the
"twins" seemed unable to find the
baskets as often as they usually do.
The Clare guards played an excellent
game and had they had the cooperation of the entire team the victory
■would have been certain. Due probably to the fact that they have played
but few games this season, some of
the home girls were easily winded
and therefore unable to follow the opponents as they should. The score
board showed first Alma ahead, then
Clare then Alma, etc., until finally the
game ended with the score 17-17.
CIRCUIT COURT CONVENES NEXTMONDAY
Jury Term to Have  Fourteen Cases on Criminal
Calendar.
VERNON PIONEER
DIES ATOLD AGE
John  David  Seiter  Settled
in   Isabella   County in
Year 1875.    Funeral
Held Last Friday.
John David Seiter was born in
Wuxtemburg, Germany, November
2Sth, 1S37, and died March 10th, 1926,
at the age of 88 years, 3 months and
12 days. In 1867 he was united in
marriage to Marie Margaret Reitmey-
er, who proceded him in death 39
years ago. To this union were born
six children, all of whom are living
except one, Mrs. Mary Truman, who
passed away 22 years ago.
In 1869 he with his wife and baby
came from Germany to Canton, Ohio.
In the year 1875 he came to Michigan
and settled in Vernon township,
where he lived until a few years ago
and since then he has lived with his
children.
He was a loving father a good
friend and kind neighbor always
ready to help those in need or sorrow.
He leaves to mourn their loss, five
children, David and Chris, of Vernon
township, Jacob, of Isabella township,
Mrs, Albert M. BUtts, of Saginaw, and
Mrs, Andrew J. Irwin, of Vernon Hill,
with whom he made his home.
He also leaves twenty-three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held from
the Methodist, church Friday afternoon', March 12th, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. E. T. Smith and the remains laid to rest in the Vernon
cemetery.
Those who attended the funeral
from away were Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Leibrand, of Bay City; Mrs. Phillip
Groebner and son, Walter, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Butts and children, and
Vera Seiter, of Saginaw; Marie Belter, of Marion; and Mrs. Mary Bab-
coclr, of Flint.
Following will be found the cases
that will confront Judge   Ray   Hart
when Circuit Court convenes at Harrison next Monday morning:
Criminal Calendar
The People vs. Marcel Cour, violation of liquor law.
The People vs. Stanley Woods,
bastardy.
The People vs. Jesse La Grew,
larceny.   *'
The People vs. Rob Fitzpatrick,
larceny.
The People vs. Rex Carrier, drunk
in a Public place., Appeal from Justice Court.
The People vs. Percy Rome, violation of liquor law.
The People vs. Ora Dawson, alias
Harry Larson, larceny.
The People vs. Earl Davis, fraudulent removed of mortgaged property.
The People vs. C. M. Fisher, issuing
fraudulent check.
The People vs. Orrin Ward, statutory rape.
The People vs. Otis Leichti, violation of liquor law.
The People vs. Monroe Marble-,
violation of liquor law.
The People vs. Albert Bruckner,
violation of liquor law.
Tlie People vs. Frank Allbee, larceny. .
Chancery Calendar
Harold Sprague vs. Wilhelmina
Sprague, divorce.
In the matter of the petition of
Oramel B. Fuller, Auditor General dt
the State of Michigan for and behalf
of said State, for the sale of certain
lands for the taxes assessed thereon
in the year 1923 and previous years,
petition filed January 14, 1926.
McClure-Stevens Land Co., vs.
Arthur Bailey, injunction.
Belva Anderson vs. George W. Anderson, divorce.
Causes in which no progress has been
made for more than one year.
Chancery
George Vandewarker, et al. vs. William Marshall, et al„ bill to quiet
title.
The Citizens State Bank, a corporation, vs. T. A. Sutton and James O.
Sutton, bill to set aside deed, and Injunction.
Issues of Fact
Elvin L. Rice, doing business as B.
L. Rice & Company, vs. T. C. Redman, appeal in assumpsit.
Clarence Wardell vs. Harry Hubel,
trespass on. the case.
Loren Lake vs. Byron E. Shell, appeal in replevin.
Gladwin State Bank vs. Sam Mielke,
assumpsit.
The McClure Company, a corporation, vs. Leo M. Coats, assumpsit.
Pettit Jurors
Wm. Cunningham, Hatton.
Frank Durham, Hayes.
Ralph Cowles, Lincoln.
Wm. Bowen, Redding.
Wm. Langin, Sheridan.
Veva Burns, Summerfield.
Lewis Rawson, Surrey.
Dick Cook, Winterfield.
Frank Forbes, Clare 1st ward.
J. A. Allen, Clare 2nd ward.
William Bowler, Clare 3rd ward,
Minnie Taylor, Harrison 3rd ward..
John Conway, Harrison 1st ward.
June Rose, Harrison 2nd ward,
Edwin Wood, Arthur.
William Miller, Franklin.
John Burns, Freeman.
Harold Marlitt, Frost.
Sheridan Cornell, Garfield.
Nelson Howard, Grant.
Herbert Shimmel, Greenwood.
Clarence Skeels, Hamilton.
Emerson Burton, Hatton
Lawton Jessie, Hayes.
LOCAL SPORTSMEN CLUB
APPLY FOR FEDERAL FISH
Application Approved by  Congressman Hoy O. Woodruff
for Spring Delivery.
The Clare Rod and Gun club has
made application to the Unitod States
Fish Commission for a quantity of
brook trout to be planted in the
streams of the county.
The Secretary of the club has received a communication from Congressman Roy O. Woodruff stating
that, the application has been approved by him and referred to the proper
authorities for spring delivery.
This will be of great advantage to
Clare county, as these fish received
from the Federal fisheries, will not in
any way cut down or limit the number
planted by the State Conservation department.
COUNTY RED CROSS NURSE
GIVES IMPORTANT ADVICE
In talking to the school children
this month the Red Cross Public
Health Nurse, Miss Martha T, Juve,
has stressed three rules that if observed will tend to lessen the spread
of disease. The rules are as follows:
Always cover your mouth and nose
when you have to cough and sneeze.
Don't put pencils and other things
into your mouth.
Should you get up in the morning
with a headache, sore throat, eyes
running nose running and a general
bad feeling all Over, Don't come to
school that day but go to bed. We
are paying a great deal of attention
to colds, since most of our catching
diseases come on just as-an ordinary
cold.
A sick child has no right in school,
ho cannot study and he may do himself harm, besides giving the disease
to others. Rest in bed at the beginning of a cold only tends to hasten
and shorten the time of recovery.
TO THE PEOPLE OF
CLARE AND VICINITY
Editor Sentinel;—Allow me just a
little space to defend myself in the
Wahl controversy.
The first statement sets forth that
Brown & Seeley purchased an option
on three lots of Mrs. Whitney for
$1200.00. That is a misstatement,
Brown, Seeley and Johnson purchased the place for $1500,00 and painted
the house and did about one hundred
dollars worth of work on same. It
was then stated that I sold for $1800.-
00. Wrong again.   Was sold for $1900.-
00 and Wahl paid us $600.00 and paid
Mrs. Whitney one hundred dollars as
soon as she could get one of the lots
probated. The petition sets forth
that Mr. Wahl died leaving her- with
two small children but failed, to say
that he left her   with   three   husky
jjoung men not married who get good
'vages. The petition sets forth when
Mr. Wahl was at the verge* of death
that I went over there and asked her
what she was going to do with the
place. Another misstatement pure
and simple. The fact and truth is she
sent the boy over the next morning
after Mr. Wahl died and said she
wanted me to come over and I went
over and told her not to give her self
any worry and I have always told her
if she would keep the interest, taxes
and insurance up, and pay one hundred dollars on the principal was all
that I wanted and could run for ten
years. Petition says that she was
awarded $238.00 on the damage on
the two lots where the cement road
has been surveyed and that I demanded one hundred and seventy-five dollars of that and that she gave me that
amount. I will say, she nor I nor anyone else has received one cent for
right of way of such road. Petition
further says that Plaintiff always kept
up the interest and paid when due is
not so. Petition states that if I was
forced to foreclose she would have to
pay me $50.00 or §60.00 and that is so,
but did say that I fixed up with
Pearl and Monday without a foreclosure.
Will say when the deal was closed
she said she did not want the place
as she was going away and I told her
1 did not want it. She said that
there were so many empty houses in
town that she did not think that she
could rent it and if I would give her
$55.00 for her lot she would deed me
over the whole thing which she did
and on February 18th, 1926"it offered
to deed her back the place and she
would not take it. It* strikes me that
if I had'three healthy, robust sons—
20 to 28 years old they could keep the
taxes and interest on $1000.00 when
none of them have wife or children.
Petition says, that I went   to   her
place and wanted to know when she ■
was going to move out and she want-,
ed to know my reason for knowing
and I told her "None of   your   busi- (
ness,J, and I did not tell her that this;
was the reason.   We were planning to,
give her a farewell party and we had j
a present bought for the occasion and
the Ladies Aid came up to the house
and the party was there. i
The Wahl's have lived here on 4th,
street over five years   and   hot   one
cross word between the two families.
Many times I told her if she would
pay the mortgage up I would throw
off $50.00 off of the principal.
J. H. Seeley.
Radio supplies.  Kirkpatrlck's drug
store,—adv.
New Series Vol. 34, No. 21
FORD MOTOR CQ. EN-
TERTAIirFARMERS
I. E. Hampton,, Local Agent
Makes Possible for Local
Farmers to Visit Billion
Dollar Plant
TO THE VOTERS OF CLARE.
Having been nominated on the Republican ticket for the office of City
Treasurer, I herein wish to thank my
friends for the fine support and assure the public that If elected, I will
Bee to it that the office receives the
same careful attention given it during
the past two years'
Edgar S. Peterson.
UPHOLSTERING WORK.
Mr. Corwin, the upholsterer, Is at
home for a few days with a nice line
of upholstering goods. If you need
any work done £rop a card to Chas.
Corwin, Farwell,' Mich.
Seven hundred of central Michigan's progressive farmers arrived in
Detroit by special train on Wednesday
of last week and made a tour Of inspection, of the industrial marvels of.
the Ford Motor Company's River
Rouge and Highland Park plants at
Detroit, From; the time that the Pere»
Marquette "Progressive Farmers'
Special" deposited the. farmers at the
gates of the River Rouge plant until
it started back across the state at
night, the visitors followed a crowded
schedule of sight-seeing.
Upon arrival of the train, at Plymouth lunch Was served on the train
in order to save every minute of time,
and by the time It arrived at the River
Rouge plant at 11:20 a. m. all had
been cleared away. It is impossible
to list 'all that was seen, but the. fol- "
lowing departments was visited: At
this place we passed the by-products,
coke ovens, power house; entered
foundry, passed foundry machine
shops; enter motor building, saw
motor assembly,- starter assembly,
motor test, shipping conveyors, motor
parts machining, going under high
line to "B" building; tractor assembly; tractor parts machining, tractor
shipping; to steel mills and through,
2:00 p. m.—Loaded in busses at
steel mill for Highland Park.
3:00 p. m.—Arrive Highland Park
at John R. Street entrance.
Enter John R, and Manchester, pass
final assembly, shipping and delivery,
rear of six story buildings, through
"Z" building, pass rear axle machines,
front arxle parts machining, returning
to John R; pass commissary, battery
department, pressed steel, tool room,
rubber tires and Fordite; saw loom
winding, wire covering and wire drawing. The next was textile manufacturing department, going from there
to power house, turbine construction.
through Branch garage to Woodward
Avenue, crossing to William Ford
Company on Second Boulevard. Arrive William Ford Company 5:00 p.
m„ inspected implements, equipments,
6:00 p. m. Board busses for Pere
Marquette railway station. Supper
served on train.
The party of farmers was the largest group of any kind that has ever
visited the Ford industries in Detroit
as a unit. They were the guests of the
Detroit branch of the company and its
dealers in and around the towns of
Edmore, Alma, St. Louis, Merrill,
Hemlock, Midland, Ashley, Ithaca,
Stanton, Carson City, Big Rapids,
Morley, Clare, Gladwin, Evart and
Reed City. Eight counties of the
central and north-central portions of
Michigan were represented.
Those from the vicinity of Clare
who went as guests of Mr. Hampton-
were L. Pudvay, John Klingenhofer,
Howard Cotton, Frank Myers, Ed.
Bolen, George Ackerman, Chris Krell,
Orval Sherman, Frank Irwin, C. A.
Wellman, M. D. Feighner, James S.
Bieknell, Louie Thayer, James Grigg,
Wm. Langin, Fred Dora, Jesse Hampton and Ed. Herrick.
Harrison—B. F. Hampton
O, Boulton, O. Stockwell, Frank
Higgens, Edmond Woods.
Weidman—-T. C.   Hampton
Edmond Schultz, F. R. Bartletfr,
Wm. E. Schanphner, Almond Wood,
Fred Bentler, Clyde Bentler, Chas.
Cook, Wm. Cook, Wm. Weber, Rubin
Hines, James Gatehouse, ■ Leland
Forbes.
Great credit is due T. B,
McDonnell, of St. .Louis, who *
had charge of the train, in
behalf of the FOrd Motor Co., for the
excellent manner in which he handled
the 704 men. He was always on the
job and his pleasant and courteous
treatment at all times won for him a
host of friends throughout the section
of the state represented on this.
"special."
GOOD LITERATURE CLUB.
The Good Literature Club met Tuesday ' evening, March 16th, with Mrs.
Nellie Feighner. Mrs. Clara Sterna-
man acted as chairman of the evening
and presented an excellent program,
but owing to the many members
being sick or having sickness in their
home, it was impossible to carry but
as had been planned.
The topic for the evening Was
"American composed hymns and R.e»
ligiouB training of Children", which;
brought out many beneficial thoughts
and proved a very interesting subject.
The meeting adjourned' to meet lit
two weeks With Mrs, Minnie K*. Caul,
Notice
Is your credit good? We thought it
was or we would not have let you had,
the goodB. Now we want our money
and it Is up to you to prove whether-
we made a mistake or not. yieasecaH
and pay up.
George Vandewarkfcr^
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