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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16

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THURSDAY. DEC. 16, 1897.
LOCAL ITFMS-
s>>>rS>->>--.
Pay or stop, will be our motto
for 1898.
There Is an advertised letter In the
Post Once, here, for David Ward.
Dining Chairs. open cane seats,
from 90. 90 up, at Braden & Forbes.
G. Fautley, OF Grove township,
was In town. last Thursday.
Buy a Garland Stove Of s. =.
B Co., and keep warm.
A. III. Annis, OF Beaver Greek tp.,
was In town, last Saturday.
A good large Couch, for $3.50, at
Braden and Forbes.
Supervisor Hoesli, of Blaine town
ship, was in town last Friday.
Order the Delineator Of S. 4.
& Co.
Henry NJ. Green and family moved
to Vassar, yesterday.
Buy your Evaporated AMI Cameo
Fruits, at Bates - Co.'S.
Supervisor Hanna, of Beaver Creek
township, was in town, Monday
Bring your Wheat and Rye to
S. II. & Co.
Wm. Mccullough drove to Luzerne,
on business, Tuesday morning.
Fifteen bars of Lion Soap for 25
cents, at Claggetts'.
Myrou Dyer aud wife, OF Blanc
township, were in town, yesterday.
Claggetts' Golden Sunrise Tea can't
be beat. Only % cents. Try it.
Henry Stephan, treasurer Of Grove
tow nship, was in town, yesterday.
Order Butteriok's Patterns o.
S. q. & Co.
Supervisor Il. Wakeley, OF Grove
township, was in town, yesterday.
Nica Assortment of Mouldings, a,
Braden & Forbes.
Mrs. McClennan, Of Bay City, II
the guest of Mrs. Chas. Trombiey.
Pure Maple Syrup for your Pan
cakes, at Claggetts.
Superyisor f. p. Richardson, o
South Branch, was in town, yester
day.
For Picture Framing go to Brade'
& Forbes.
RoRN-On the 9th inst, to MI
and Mrs. Ernie Babbitt, son, weigh
ten pounds.
Santa Claus will make his hea1
Quarters at Eournier's Drug Store.
Mrs. g. II. Jerome gave a card pa
" last Saturday evening, and NIL
Culver won the prize.
Dolls and Toys of all description
at Fourniers Drug Stare.
Henry Feldhauser, of Blaine tow
ship, attended the Farmers lus'
tute held here last week.
No. l Sewing Machine, warrante
for $25. 90, at Braden 4 Forbes.
Eli Forbush and daughter, of M
ple Forest township, were in to'
last saturday, shopping.
Hand Sleds, at your own prices,
the Furniture store.
Comrade ID. S. WaldrOn, Of Sou
Branch township, was in town, l;
Monday.
FOR SALE-A Sl25,O0 Organ,
good as new, very cheap. Inquire
this Office. decl6-
S. S. Claggett offers $4,000 rewi
for any impurities found in his Blu
wheat Flour. Try it.
Perry Ostrander, of Pere Chen
was in town last Thursday, atte
ing the Institute.
Handsome, large Antique {
board, for $1,000, at Braden
Forbes.
u. Niederer, Of Maple For
was in town last Wednesday
Thursday, attending the lnstit'
JA-VO Blend is the name of c
gets rs cent Coffee. Best on ca
for the money.
Pm. Hoyt. of Maple Forest to
ship. was in town last week, ate
ing the Institute.
Ratas & 90. are Offering the ch
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16
Notice to Taxpayers.

The taxpayers OF Grayling town
ship are hereby notified to call and
pay their taxes, at the old Exchange
Bank building.
MARIUS HANSON.
DEP. TREASURER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16

Don't miss the Novelty Social, at
the w. r. @. Hall, Friday evening,
Dec. nth.
A large line OF Fancy Rockers for
your Christmas presents, at Braden
s. Forbes.
Go with your pockets full of Nick
els, II you want to have fun at the
Novelty Social, Friday evening.
Ladies, call at s. y. B Co.'S.
store and get q Metropolitan
Fashion Sheet free.
Something newt Something new!
Don't miss it, at the w. r. G. hall,
Friday evening, Dec. 18th.
II anything is wanted In our line
for Christmas, leave your order early
at Braden s. Forbes.
Now is a good time to pay your
subscription. The AVALANCHE needs
money.
Go and hear the pupils at the Con-
cert, Tuesday evening. Dec. 2lst.
Many choice selections will be given.
S. n. & Co. are buying Wheat
and Rye, and paying highest
market price for 1t.
James Carr has began living on his
homestead In Maple Forest. He will
go IL alone.
II you want good well made Ped
room Suit for $3.50 call at Braden &
Forbes.
We shall have to call on the sing
ers in the future. Encourage them
by your presence, Tuesday evening"
Dec. 21st.
The best place in GraylinG TO buv
Hay, Grain and Feed, is at Bates &
Cos. Prices guaranteed.
If you want the AVALANCHE for
1898. pay your past due subscription
during December.
| Now is your time to buy Carpets,
before We raise the price. Braden &
, Forbes.
John w. Loucks, an old veteran,
and one OF Cheboygan's best citizens,
died last Thursday morning and was
buried on SATURDAY..
Square top Extension Tables, well
made, from $3.50 up, at Braden &
Forbes.
Rev. Larson held services in the
Danish language. at the Methodist
church, on Sunday afternoon; also OF
{ Monday evening.
: Our stock Of perfumes is made vi
of the choicest Foreign and American
n odors on the market.
FoUaNIER's DRUG STORE
Ifyou want good Carpet Sweeper
& you can get it at the Furniture Stor
of Braden & Forbes.
l. Hugo Schneider, of Grove towr
ship, was in town last Wednesda
and Thursday, attending the Inst
tute.
We send out a number of sampl
cories of the AVALANCHE, this weel
% Now is good time to subscrib'
Only 81, 90 year in advance.
. r. Hanson vas elected one OF I'll
. trustees for the Beet Sugar factor
at Bay City, and went there Mondi
d, to meet with the projectors OF I'll
enterprise, which is sure 20
Ia Gold Medal Flour is the be
Vn in the market. Buy a barrel
S. r.. g. Co., or call for samr
at package.
Mr.. Frank NcClennan, assisted
th his pupils, will give a grand conct
ast at the Opera House, Tuesday e.
ming, Dec. 2lst Admission l5c.
as Chas. d. Vincent has been very
at with inflammation of the lungs, but
: improving under the care of DR..
/, I'd III. Curnalia, -Roscommon News.
OK John Pearsall's little girl OF Sou
Branch township, who fell and bro
ev. her arm, is getting along nicely
nd. der the care of G. G. Curnalia.-R
common News.
nm. There will be a special meeting
G. the w. II. @. on Thursday aftern
Dec. 23d. All meml ers are requ'
ed to come, as it is our last meeti
''O of this year.
and Mrs. c. w. WIeHT, Sci
Albert Kraus has no Oh,
rag store Tin Ware, but sells g
'''A Tin Ware cheap. Call and
convinced.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16

The following officers were elected
by Marvin Post. No. 240, g. A. R.,
at their encampment, last Saturday
evening;
Commander, w. S. Chalker.
Sen. Vice Conn.,, A. H. Wisner.
Jun. {" A. L. Pond.
Chaplain, w. H. Mawhorter.
Surgeon, o. Palmer.
Quartermaster, VIM. WOODBURY..
Or. Of the Day, ]. +. Wilcox.
on. of the Guard, T. X. Chitago.
Delegate to State Encampment,
w. S. Chalker; alternate, o. Palmer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16
The Best Hotel in Detroit

M and rood meals than the Franklin House, at
Bates and Larned Streets. Rates are el5o 70 200
day, American plan. woodward and 9eneIson Avens ~
the city. Excellent accommodations TOR whseimen.
q. n. JAMES 4 SON, ProprIetors
= hates sna Larnsd ots.. Detroit, Mich. i.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-16

We are indebted to the singers Of
the town, some OF them having fur
nished singing to the best OF their
ability for Is years. Hear them
Tuesday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23

of the sellers. It was this interest that
the-Grosvenor retroactive clause sought
to serve.
But the larger interest, affecting all,
was In this assertion Of power in the
state to reach backwards for the in
creased taxes not due or legal at the
time Of payment of the legal tax. It
was the establishment, not only Of a
principle of taxation that shocked the
sense of justice, but of precedent
whose application was capable of an
extension in dangerous directions.
Where could its limits be placed be-
yond which this new power could not
go? Where in the past was the limit
it could not pass? Where, in the fu-
ture, was trade secure from similar ap-
plication of this novel power and the
uncertainties mt would throw about
every transaction? But it has it's value
and will have it's great benefit, if it
contribute to the educative process
through which our people are plodding
with such laggard step and sloW-sens-
ing minds, teaching them the absurdity
Of a system Of taxation that involves so
barbarous a use of power as does this
retroactive clause in order to prevent
system and infects the details.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
"THE GREAT oBJECToR. /,

A unique figure, in these complaisant
days, passes from among men in the
death of Representative William S.
Holman, of Indiana. Beginning his
career in congress with the Thirty
sixth congress he occupied a seat in
each successive congress, excepting
the Thirty ninth, Forty-fifth and sixth
and Fifty-fourth. He had just entered
on his term in the Fifty-f1 and dies
at the age Of seventy-five, having
achieved in his long career the honor
able title of 1.-The watchdog Of the
treasury" and the equally honorable
one, bestowed by those whose raids on
the treasury he had baked, Of "the
great objector." If his name IS as
ISOLATED with no great public measure,
these appellations indicate the faith
fulness with which he has adhered to
the Democratic conception of public
money as a public trust, to be pro-
tected from those who would make it
serve private interests.
He was the terror Of all the numerous
clan Of jobbers who cultivate claims
upon the treasury, nurse them along
to the final moments, always utilized
by them, the rush of a closing session,
and then try to crowd them through
in the melee of bills. 1t was then,
when single objection would be
fatal, that Holman, the faithful, who
had been keeping watch on the
fatal Il object" Nor was it alone
these jobs that he antagonized. He
set himself in opposition to every ex-
travagant use Of public money, and
numerous are the victories he scored.
Sometimes the house turned him
down." but, never discouraged or dis
heartened. he stood by his self-ap-
pointed post and renewed his obstruc-
| tons. Such a character is not a popu-
lar one. Too many tender toes have
| to be ruthlessly trodden on, too many
conventional friendships have to be
| turned into enmfties. But no one who
| knows anything of the strenuous eff
| forts to reach the treasury for other
than public purposes, and has watched
the stream of appropriations swell to
the present fiood-tide, can fail to ap-
preciate the sacrificing position taken
and always sturdily maintained by
the Watch Dog of the Treasury" He
served his country we'll
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS.
Time to- ReOrGanize and to RecOg-
nize Tried Leaders.
J the editor of the Gl,obt

To the Editor of the Globe
There come crises in the lives of parties,
as in those of individuals, where 1t is well
to pause and look backward into the immed-
late past, and to ask themselves wherein
have we failed?
Every Democrat. excepting a few choice
spirits, chiefly younger men, who entered
into public life without the spirit of carping
criticism, which. as q party in opposition, had
become chronic with the older Democrats,
can ask himself this question, and If he be
honest with himself, he will read his answer
in the result OF the Chicago convention. 1t
would hardy be worth while to notice the at
if it's results had not been SO disastrous
to the country and to the party to which
they professed themselves SO devoted
Even the G o b e, admirable as 1t has
somewhat at fault, for it blamed Mr.. Cleve-
land in unmeasured terms for not taking
the stand for free trade, which those who
controlled It, thought that he ought to have
that the coming battle was to be, not on the
tariff question, but on the financial question,
whether we should stamp our eagles and stars
on a dollar worth only f1fty-three cents or
a dollar whose intrinsic value is equal to the
value which 1t receives by statute.
The greater responsibility rests, however
on the rank and file Of the party. The old
adage, that "the river is no purer than It's
source" would apply with full force today
to the Democratic party.
They stood by while the waves Of a storm.
and to queH when 1t rose. beat around the
first member Of their own party who had oc-
cupied the presidetial Office for more than a
quarter Of century, and the few loyal men,
faithful to themselves, their chief and the
principles Of the party which they loved, lis
tening with one ear to the insidious voice Of
the silver theorist or mine owner with the
other to the bitter jests and captious critic
ism Of the senatorial cabal, which did net
hesitate to ruin the party Of which they
were members almost by inheritance, think
ing in their bhndess that Mr.. Cleveland and
his adm; nistrat:on could thus be "rebuked. .
Is 1t not time that the Democratic party,
which at the present time seems almost
bankrupt ike wise finaneier whose trusted
agents had brought his affairs into chaos.
should have an accounting both with Itself
and with its "servants?"
In time Of civil war we do not walt until
the foe IS at our gates to reofficer brigade
which has been misled or to reinstate one
who, being too faithful, has been RELOCATED
to the ranks. Alice A. johnson Dill
Prescott Wis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
GOOD MOTIVE, BAD METHOD.

Whether it is the emphatic protest Of
tude of the Democratic senators, the
effect has been, as announced in our
Washington dispatches, to compel the
Republican finance committee of the
senate to expunge the retroactive
clause of the Dingley bill, which pro-
posed to make importers pay the du-
ties imposed by the bill on all goods
imported after April l, regardless of
when the bill might, in the future, be-
come law. Senator Vest has not done so
many creditable things during his later
years that his action in resisting this
truly monstrous measure should not be
given full credit. And yet there is
something to be said from the stand
point of the consumer for the motive
that inspired this clause, however mis-
taken it was in its action. That motive
was to turn into the treasury instead
Of the pockets of importers the increase
in price of the imports, caused either
by anticipation Of the increased taxa
ton or by the actual increase enacted.
The interest of the consumer is in haV-
ing the tax he compulsorily pays in
buying an imported article go into the
treasury instead Of private pockets.
Very naturally those engaged in i'm
porting regard any profit that can be
made by forestalling a tariff bill that
either increases or decreases the rates
of taxation, as being perfectly legiti-
mate. If the tax is lowered, they hold
off their impOrtations to save the
amount Of tax and to guard against
the probable loss from the fall in prices
consequent on the lowering of the
rates. On the other hand they natur-
ally rush in supplies on which the
rates are to be raised In order to gain
the increased profits from the resulting
increase in price. OF this profit the
consumer rarely gets anything. The
middlemen absorb it, the treasury
loses it, and the consumer pays it. The
men who have been rushing in for
eign wool, the mills that have been
STOCKING up Will H. al expect 10 put
into their pockets as clean profit all
the rise that is sure to come in the
price after the tax of II cents a pound
becomes effective on subsequent i'm
ports The manufacturers anticipate
the rise in cloths and prepare to pocket
the tax-made profits. No one can blame
them; they are simply obeying that
very human impulse to make gain, the
counterpart Of which is the opposite
motive to buy at the least cost. But,
whatever the motive OF the sellers, that
of the buyers is to have the increase go
in % the treasury instead of the Golfers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
LABOR MEMORIAL
Presented to the President by the
American Federation.

WASHINGTON, April PA long memorial
was today presented to the president and
members Of the cabinet by the executive
council of the Federation of Labor asking
for the following legislation:
Amendment to the federal eight-hour law,
SO as to secure It's practical enforcement on
all public works by or for the United States
government, whether done by contract, sub
contract or days work. We sternly op-
posed to the evasions and violations OF the
present eight-hour law by the heads Of the
departments and officials in the federal serv-
Ice.
A remodeling Of our immigration laws. 50
as to secure an enlarged protection to Amer
lean citizens and their families.
Reform in the national banking system and
in the issuance Of the currency OF the United
States so as to secure the people from tho
possibilities and disasters Of financial crises.
Liberal appropriations for government pub
lie works and for the improvement Of rivers
and harbors
Over three millions Of willing workers are
idle; shall they appeal to you in vain; shall
the interests Of trusts syndicates, mOnop-
oles, corporations and moneyed men remain
Of more importance than the welfare of the
toiters? We trust not. We still believe the
peoples representatives are not dead to the
public welfare. We ask that they rise to the
patriotism Of this great occasion and has en-
TO bring relief to the masses of their fellow
citizens.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23

bulletins from Washington after the
advance agent became manager of the
show. and learned OF Pickler's visits
to the White house, Of his interviews
with the president, of his certainty Of
appointment, then of his chances of it,
then, alas, Of another fellow getting it.
Then Picker was after something else
equally good and didn't get 1t. And
now we are told that If deputyship
in the pension bureau were not be-
meath the dignity of the major, he
might accept It," Which, read between
the lines, means that he Is after it
hot-foot. He may get it, but we doubt
it. We begin to fear that Picker is
the only man in or about the admins
tration who properly appreciates Pick
Ter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23
THE DESCENT OF pICKLER

The rise and fall of Picker, however
has it's humorous aspects that contrib
ute to the amusement of the unfeeling
multitude. Picker is a modern states
man. a product of the free coinage
Of states by Republican congress and
administration for the purpose of but
tressing, for ten years at least" the
New England policy Of making the rest
Of the country contribute to it's pros
perity. He is modern in the sense
that a certificate Of election is sup
posed to carry with it and bestow upon
its recipient all the knowledge needed
in craftsmanship. He is also modern
in his conception of office as game to
be vigorously hunted, instead of wait
ing in dignified repose for it to come
as a tribute paid to exalted worth.
His modernity is probably due to his
birth in Indiana, where these views
prevail to the exclusion of the more
ancient ones, and his modest biograph-
ical sketch in the congressional di-
rectory confirms our diagnosis of Pick
Ter. 1t consists largely of an emu
meration Of the offices he has held in
the several states which he has hon
ored with his citizenship.
But it was as representative in con-
gress from the freshly Matched state
of South Dakota that Picker first rose
| in his flight above the level of the
common mass where individuality is
indistinguishable, and scared above the
gaping and admiring multitude. Pick
Ter speedily became ubiquitous in the
house and in the papers. He bullied
| Speaker Crisp and roared out his
anathemaS on the Democratic major
ity. He threw himself into the immi-
nent deadly breach that the Democrats
were making in the protective wall
that sheltered the patriotic hens and
sheep Of South Dakota, and shed o.
vailing eloquence in their defense And.
when a ruthless administration began
its sneaking Investigations into the roll
of honor to find out who on it had got
there by false swearing, who was there
so fierce in his assaults upon the pen
sion bureau, so whitening in sarcasm, so
grandiloquent in laudation of the per-
secuted old soldier as was Picker,
late major of the 1873 U. s. l. c.? OF
whom did we hear more or oftener
during those parlous days?
And when the cratic pendulum
swung, sweeping the Democrats out Of
power and the Republicans in, and. by
singular mischance, sweeping Picker
| out and Populist in. what more nat
ural than that Picker could not mag
inc how the administration and the
! country could get along without his
| services? What would ever become Of
the poor old soldiers if his voice were
hushed? And how could a Republican
! congress suitably shelter the hens and
roosters and sheep Of South Dakota
if he were not heard in it's counseIs?
So, periodically, Picker began to hunt
for a place where he could be useful
in the governmental enterprise. A SEN
ator was to be chosen from his state.
and Picker, forthwith, presented him
self as the one suitable man. But, oh.
the ingratitude of Republicans, his
party legislators deserted him for a
Populist Then Picker picked out the
commissionership of pensions as the
office he was entitled to and began his
campaign. Westerners read the daily
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-23

AGAIN THE MAN OF STRAW.

Lunar effects are again visible in the
editorial columns Of cur contemporary,
the Minneapolis Tribune. It is stirred
to the bottom Of its vagaries by the
sight of the inrushing goods from
England-it never sees any country but
England-to get ahead Of Mr.. Dingley.
Ever since it was known that Mr.. Nc
Kinley was elected Bradford has been
frantic to ship stuff mote the sarcasm
Of the word to America (where is
"America?O to forestall the increased
duties?" And then it proceeds to
set up and knock over it's man Of
straw in the usual fashion of lunar
victims. 'Now the query rises" it
says, with the confidence in the knock
out effect Of it's argument of Fitzsim-
mons himself, if (again dropping into
sarcasm), the so-called tariff reform
ers claim, it is not the foreign eX-
porters, but the domestic consumers
/ who pay the tax, why should the for
eign manufacturers and exporters be
so anxious to rush in their goods at
the lower TdlS VI uuty
How does it know that Bradford is
frantic?" How does it know that it is
Bradford manufacturers and exporters
who are rushing in the goods? If 1T
does not know this, what does it say it
for? And if 1t is not true, what be-
comes of it's deductions? What the
Tribune might ascertain, If it cared to
tell the truth instead of nursing Vaga-
ries. by ten minutes talk with any
wholesaler in it's city, is that the large
importing houses in our cities have
| their own buyers in all the great CEN
| tiers of production in England and on
| the continent; that these houses are
| American" that is, their members are
citizens of the United States; that it is
| their buyers, acting in the interests Of
! these home houses, who are picking up
anticipated bargains abroad to be real
lied on by their employers when the
Dingley rates go into effect. 1t makes
no difference whether the stuff" is raw
wool, now on the free list, or woolens
now taxed and soon to be taxed more,
there Is profit to be made by forestall-
! ing the increase in rates, and our
| shrewd wholesalers are not going to
let slip the chance.
! Doubtless Bradford Is happy to make
the sales, just as our own manufactur-
ers would be were they in their places,
/ and we have no doubt they give the
Yankee buyers glad welcome; but, If
the Tribune really thinks that those
Bradford weavers are hunting for
chances to pay $47S4 for the chance to
sell here $100 worth of their woolens, it
assumes that they are greater simple
| tons than their business success would
warrant Especially would this be the
/ case did "the American consumer" as
the Tribune asserts, ''as rule, get his
| goods just as cheap whether the tariff
| be high or low" 1t does seem a pity
| that 1.-The American markets should be
| overstocked not with foreign goods"
but with papers that continue to parrot
| the stale old nonsense that 'the for
eigner pays the tax"