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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
SWARTz CREEK MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
WORRY OVER AUTO ACCIDENT
INDUCED ACT
Suicide Was a Cousin of County Treas
urer. Had Injured Man Near
Frankenmuth Sunday

James Proper, Swartz Creek young
man who resided with his parents on a
farm near that place, took his own life
last Monday by leaning over shot gun
and pulling the trigger with his toe.
Proper's act is thought to have been
induced because of the fact that while
autoing near Frankenmuth, last Sun
day, with Miss Winnifred Terry, of
Grand Blanc, and two other friends. he
ran into and fatally injured Edward
Mills, the latter. dying in Saginaw
hospital about two hours after Proper
killed himself.
After striking Mills, Proper did not
stop his machine but his identity was
discovered later by officers and it was
after he had been instructed to come to
the sheriff's office in Flint that he took
his life, his father being helpless wit
ness of his sons desperate act.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10

Mrs. Harwood Price, of Detroit, Wis.,
tied friends and relatives here during
home coming.
David Cummings, of Walla- w ALA,
Washington, visited his brother,
Arthur, this week.
Ed. Jones, who has been quite i'll the
past two weeks, is able to get down to
the store part of the time.
Eugene Jones is the first to build a
new home on the plat on West Vienna
street recently sold at auction.
Ladies call and see our beautiful line
of hats for fall. Prices as well as
styles are attractive. Mrs. N. w. Mann.
Wilson'S cakes are different. They're
good, like homemade, and economical
in price. Seven varieties, 10c each at
English's.
We have never shown handsomer
line of hats and trimmings than we
shall have on display this week. Fall
opening, Thursday and Friday of next
week. to which all are invited. Mrs.
c. C. Beeman.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Obituary.

Mrs. VIM. Wilder passed away at
her home in Jackson, Aug. 10Th, Of
acute Bright's disease. Mrs. Wilder
had lived in Clio nearly all her life. She
was 72 years old and was here to at
tend the Butler reunion IL days before
her death. Besides her husband, she
leaves two sons and two daughters:
Charles and Mrs. Arthur Ward, of
Jackson, Irving, of Flint, and Mrs.
Than Wilder, of Geels' Siding, Mich,
also 10 grandchildren and IL great
grandchildren, also four sisters and
three brothers; Mrs. Mary j. Leonard,
of Santa Rosa, CAL, Barney Butler, of
Birch Run. Nathaniel Butler, of Clio,
Mrs. Fannie Alger, of Helena, Mon
tana, Mrs. Angie Chase, of Sebastopol,
CAL, and Mrs. Harriet Adams, Of
Saginaw, to mourn her loss. The fun
eral was held in Clio, Sept. 1st, at
the M. p. church, and internment was
in Woodlawn Cemetery. Rev. Green
officiated.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10

That is the largest, the most invincible
host that ever marched in any country
in all history. The whole globe sways
under its footstep.
In the front rank of that procession
is Michigan. My Michigan!
What shall come of our triumphant
band-these boys and girls of Michigan?
Only themselves can answer; and
with one voice they answer in deeds of
today:
"This country is My Country. l
honor the brave men and women who
gave it. l am glad that now my coun-
try needs me.
''This state is My State. Every day
it heaps riches upon me. These shall
some day repay. If cannot sit high
in its councils, shall see that only
worthy men do. My voice shall ever
be honestly spoken.
''This school is NV School, the best
school of all. Here am free to laugh
and to play and to work. To every
lesson give my honest effort; and my
teacher helps me most when she helps
me to help myself.
''This home is My Home, the best
home in all the world. My father and
my mother give me tenderest care.
They rejoice when l am strong; of all
friends and playmates they are the
best. When danger is near they think
only of me; tears and unrest pale my
mothers cheek, my father is sad and
says nothing. Oh, Father and Mother,
l treasure the Name you have given
me l will forever keep it honor
bright. l will be noble and kind and
true"
We accept the answer.
We take off our hats to you, Boys
and Girls of Michigan I!
You are, indeed. the Joy of Today;
the Hope, the Promise, the Assurance
of a Greater Tomorrow.
Fred L. Keeler.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Genesee Patriarch

Jas. R. Brewer, Sr., of Montrose,
went to Clayton township, last week
and exhumed the remains of his par
ents which were buried there in 1859,
bringing them to his own lot in Mont.
rose cemetery. Mr.. Brewers grand.
father was a soldier of the Revolution,
his father soldier of the war of 1912,
and he is a soldier of the Civil War.
"Uncle Jimmie" is 81 years of age and
has numerous progeny. He was mar
ried in 1916, his living descendants num-
bering four sons, 20 grandchildren, az
great grandchildren and three great,
great grandchildren.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Sister Mary DeChantal Dead

Sister Mary DeChantal, known in the
world as Miss Helen Burns, and for 26
years a Dominican nun, died at the con-
vent of her Order at Traverse City,
where she was teacher, Friday, Sept.
8, of hemorrhage of the lungs. She
was sister of Thos. and Fred Burns,
of Mt. Morris. and of Mrs. Thos. Nc
Ginty, of Bay City. Funeral services
were held from the Convent of the
Holy Rosory at Bay City, last Monday,
Rev. FIR. Thomas Luby officiating, the
obsequies being on the 26th anniver-
sary of the sisters entrance into her
Order.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Bean Growers, Attention!

An important meeting of the Michi-
gan Bean Jobbers Association and the
bean growers of the state will be held
in Flint next Wednesday. Sept. Is. At
this meeting an effort will be made to
agree on price basis for the 1915 crop
of beans, the object being to secure a
fair and steady market for the farmer,
as we'll as the elevator men. This
movement is very largely in the farm
ers' interest and the attendance should
be large.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
SCHOOL OPENED
WITH BIG ENROLMENT
HIGH SCHOOL HAS MORE STU.
DENTS THAN SEATS
Nearly Every Room Filled to Capseity..
More Space Positive
Necessity

Clio public schools opened the session
of 1855 Tuesday morning with total
enrolment of 271, distributed as fol-
lows: High room, SS; seventh and
eighth grades. 46; fifth and sixth
grades, 49; third and fourth grades, 35,
second grade. %; kindergarten, "a.
1t was a bright and energetic COM
pany of young men and women, lads
and lassies, that presented themselves
at the school house, Tuesday morning,
and seeing them, one could not repress
the thought that in their instruction
and training, in the school and in the
home, lay the most important individual
and public responsibility with which
citizens of Clio have to deal. We ara
glad to say, however, that with the
changes that have been made in equiv
ment and with an efficient and enthus-
iastic corps of teachers everything
points to happy and successful years
work.
There is one thing, however, upon
which we should like to comment
briefy-lack of room-a lack that in
not fgurative or imaginary or new
tangled, lack that is here now, thai
not only inconvenient but hampers and
curtails the work of the schools. Those
who heard Supt. Keeler, when he was
here at graduation time, will remember
the unmeasured terms in which he
stated his views about the building.
Today there are several high school
pupils who cannot be provided with
seats in their room, other rooms are
filled to capacity, the entire kindergars
ten department is housed in an old
church upon which rental is paid-these
are the facts.
In the near future the people Of the
district will have to consider the build
ing of new school house or rebuilding
the present one. Supt. Keller favored
new building but we believe the Old
one could be rebuilt at big saving In
cost and provide splendid quarters for
the schools for years to come. Ac-
cording to vote taken at the last an
nual meeting the Board was instructed
to employ an architect and his advice
on the matter will be presented in de-
tail in the next issue of The Messenger.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Church IS Years Old

1t was Aug. 20, 1S45, when Is men
from Germany settled on the banks of
the Cass River where st. Lorenz Church
of Frankenmuth now stands. Last
Sunday the people of Frsnkenmuth
and surrounding country celebrated the
founding of the church. From that
band of settlers the present village and
township grew, the church being the
largest rural church in the country,
with nearly 1900 members.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
M. E. Church Notes
$50 a. m, Class Meeting.

$50 a. m, Class Meeting.
10 a. m. Sermon.
1l:30 a. m. Sunday School.
$50 p. m. Epworth League. Subject,
my Favorite Bible Chapters and
Why" Leader, Miss Grace Montney.
1880 p. m. Sermon.
The monthly business meeting of the
Epworth League was held Tuesday
evening and after the Social Hour, a
marshmellow roast was enjoyed by all.
The Ladies aid will meet in the
church parlors Wednesday, Sept. 18th.
The report of the work accomplished
the past year as read at the Sunday
service was very interesting.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Died.
SENNoTT

Mrs. Charles Sennott, of Thetford
township, died at her home Monday
afternoon after short illness. De-
ceased was a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Brown and greatly loved
and respected. Funeral services from
her late home Wednesday afternoon,
interment being made in Thetford Gen.
ter cemetery beside her little baby who
was laid at rest one week ago. She
leaves her husband and two little boys,
Leroy and Robert, to mourn her loss,
besides large circle of friends.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Masonic School

Grand Lecturer F. o. Gilbert will
hold a Masonic School of Instruction at
Fliut, next Monday afternoon and
evening, Sept. 13. At the afternoon
session, beginning at $3.50, Vienna
Lodge will confer the second degree
and in the evening, beginning at 7.3O,
the Flint lodges will confer the third
degree. All Masonic brethren are COR
daily invited to attend.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
An Appreciation

Having disposed of our milk business
in Clio, we desire to thank all our for
mer customers for their patronage and
kind consideration, and to bespeak for
our successor, Geo. Swihart, continu-
ance of the favor that has been shown
to us. Respectfully,
Howard e. Pickering.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
Masonic Fair

Some time in the near future Vienna
Lodge, F. & A. M. is to hold fair for
the benefit of the new Temple. De-
tails have not all been worked out as
yet, but it will be splendid entertain
ment. and as the object is most
worthy, there can be no doubt but that
it will be literally supported.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10

The coroner's jury having under con-
sideration the case of Emery T. Middle
ton, decided that he came to his death
by being knocked or pushed from an
automobile driven by Hiram Stratton
and Elmer Wilson. Under this finding
the men will be held to answer charge
of manslaughter.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10
LoNo

Mr.. John Long died at his home in
West Forrest, Tuesday afternoon,
after long illness, borne with patience
and fortitude. Funeral services will be
held at his home this friday after
noon and interment will be made in
Thetford cemetery.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10

When you want little nice cake for
the unexpected guests, get one of
Wilson'S famous cakes at English's,
They're delicious. Seven varieties, 10c
per loaf.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-10

"Schramm s" bread is moist, light,
flaky, satisfying, always the same.
It's different from ordinary bakers
bread. Sold only at English's.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15

The best automobile on earth will
not go without gasoline. That is it's
power. Gasoline costs money. Sup
pose citizen should invest five thou
sand dollars in fine Pierce Arrow,
expecting that was all he needed, and
then stand cussing the machine be-
cause he failed to furnish the gaso-
line. What would you think of him?
The mineral waters successfully mob
ilized in our beautiful park is the
Pierce Arrow, and she is a good one
AS good as ever artist and machin-
list contrived. The Ashland CONNER
cial Club is the purchaser. She needs
power-that's all Will the citizens,
through the Commercial Club, fur
nish the cash for gasoline? If you
don't, she won't go. Then what will
people say of you?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
Burn the Benches.

Editor Tidings: Today is Clean
up Day. l suggest that we celebrate
by burning the benches that decorate
two long sections of our main street.
Not that there is any objection to the
benches considered as benches; the
objection is to some of their habitual
occupants. These benches encourage
the street loafer, a pest surely as
noxious as the house-fly which we are
advised to swat" Unluckily, a re-
spectacle woman cannot turn about
and swat" street loafer, no matter
how foul-mouthed his comments on
her or her companions may be. 1t is
disgrace to our city that refined
women and sensitive girls should be
compelled to run the gauntlet of rude
stares every time they walk down
Main street; and even, if they do not
happen to please the critical (?)
tastes of the benches, of insolent
jeers as well.
If these same gentlemen of leisure
could be forced to parade before a
lineup of giggling girls and staring
women, they might be made to feel
some sympathy with the victims of
this sidewalk persecution. But since
the women of Ashland are too busy
to sit down and gaze idly at anything,
even at such a rare array of fashion
and chivalry as brigade of prize
street loafers would present, burning
the benches seems the most practical
way to make these gentry, if not
more decent, at least less conspicu-
Gus.
Yours for a clean Ashland,
A DECENT-SORT-OF-CHAP.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
Fine Edition.

(Greensburg, N. c., Everything
The Ashland (Oregon) Tidings
gets out double number and prints
the faces of seventy-five or a hun
dred of the progressive pushers who
have made Ashland hum. We were
particularly anxious to see the pic
ture of c. B. Watson, and we saw it,
Mr.. Watson is lawyer and writes so
much like our states greatest man,
c. B. Watson of Winston, that we
wanted to look at his picture. He
looks it all right, and so we are salts
fled. Funny that two men who write
so much alike should have the same
name and the same initials.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
LODGED IN THE WRONG SPOT.

The Mail Tribune complains bitter
Iy of the defendants attorney, the
judge and the jury in the Martin
trial Take another look, George,
maybe it's a prosecuting attorney we
need. 1t takes more than a far
fetched appellation of Judge" to
make a prosecutor, and the degree of
justice is not infrequently determined
by the ability of the attorneys to get
facts before a jury. Ashland people
generally believe Martin guilty as
charged, but are not ready to con-
denim the court and the defendants
attorney. If YOUR Judge" should
resign and lawyer be appointed as
prosecutor justice would be less like
ly to miscarry. Newspapers should
quit supporting candidates for impor-
tant offices solely on the size of their
belly, their weakness and their abil-
ity to cast a fly. In truth the
district court is very kind to your
prosecutor, George. The writer wit
messed the spectacle of his getting
kicked out of court by the opposing
attorney three times in one case, 1.-The
kind-hearted court each time tenderly
directing him back and showing him
the way. That is likely the reason
criminals go unhung in Jackson coun-
ty of late, George.
Juries render verdicts based on the
evidence before them. Neither is it
the business of the judge on the
bench or attorneys for defendant to
produce evidence to convict. Be
calm, George, and be sure you lodge
the complaint where it belongs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15

of Manchester, an American helress
who married titled foreigner. She
came over from London to claim a
legacy of $2,00O,OO0 and is here with
her cousin from Cincinnati for rest
and recuperation. No part of the
legacy can be used to pay the debts
of the duke, from whom she is get
ting a divorce. The duchess and her
cousin always occupy a front seat at
DR.. Kellogg's lectures and have be-
come enthusiastic vegetarians.
At the Sunday school of the First
Methodist church today 1 had the
privilege of telling the Alfalfa class
something of the methods used by
our Brotherhood class at Ashland.
Shortly after arriving here 1 Sc
cured the services of a Spanish-speak-
ing bath attendant, fine young fell
low from the Argentine Republic, and
have thus been enabled to get some
valuable practice in speaking that in
teresting language. He calls me
"Senor de la Loma''-"Mister of the
HILL" Expect to start Spanish class
in Ashland about March Is. Better
plan to join. o. H. BARNHILL.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
WILL NOT START ITSELF.

After Ashland has the first tourist
hotel, an up-to-date, scientific water
cure sanitarium and few first-class
apartment houses and modern fur
nished cottages she will have impetus
enough to go rapidly, but very lib
eral policy should be adopted to en-
courage these first investments.
Those who believe investors will fall
over themselves to get in first are
much mistaken. 1t will take work on
the part of the community to get
them and force and activity enough
behind our Commercial Club to in
sure those contemplating such large
investment that Ashland is not going
to be content with mobilizing her wa
ters alone, but is prepared to put
publicity force enough behind the en-
terprise to draw people here to prof
itably utilize these things after their
money is invested in them.
The Jackson county court is inter
esting itself in the mineral springs
development and has indicated it's
purpose of putting its moral force be-
hind those willing to finance mineral
springs enterprises. Everybody,
everywhere, who knows anything
concerning our development have
faith in it. but it will take lot of
activity, liberality and systematic eff
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
REAL ESTATE MOVING.

Many Ashland properties have been
sold during the past two weeks since
the sale of the bonds and letting of
the springs physical plant contract.
Many strangers have been looking
about the city and some of them have
already invested. No doubt within
three months Ashland real estate will
be moving Eastern than in any other
city on the coast. Quick profits will
be made and building operation will
be found profitable, for Ashland
must have half dozen good hotels
besides number of apartment
houses and hundreds of furnished cot
tages-modern ungalows-should be
provided for accommodation of visit
tors after the first of July. Building
operations should be started at once
if the demand is to be supplied this
summer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15

Whoop her up for twelve hundred
membership. There are six thousand
people in Ashland that will be bene-
fitted more by the mineral springs de-
velopment than they were ever bene-
fitted before by any other enterprise,
if the thing is pushed. Why should
each of them not be willing to con-
tribute their just share to forward
the enterprise? They are willing.
Necessity demands that they do it.
They will That is indicated beyond
cavil by the punches that are every
day volunteering memberships. ARE
YOU IN YET?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15

Out of six thousand inhabitants
membership of 1900 for the CONNER
cial Club is too small; it should be
1000, but 1900 will make a good
showing and put Ashland in a posi-
tion to accomplish in one year what
no other city in southern Oregon has
done in ten. AS sure as last Monday
was a sunshiny day, just SO sure will
Ashland make large city and gain a
reputation as the greatest watering
resort on the North American conti-
nent. Ashland Lithia Springs, Ore
gon, the Carlsbad of America. That
sounds we'll. 1t shall be so.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15
Barnhill at Battle Creek.
Battle Creek, Mich. Feb

Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 81.
Editor Tidings: Tomorrow l hit
the trail for Good Old Ashland Town.
Everybody says l should stay at least
another month or two, but I've got
to get back and raise some more ap-
pies, since the banks refuse to longer
honor my checks.
It's another Kellogg, not DR.. Kel-
logg, by the way, who makes the
toasted corn flakes which are so
widely advertised. l visited the fac
tory one day and it is sure some
sight. People who think that health
foods are made of sawdust and SINH
lar junk should look through a plant
like this, where every day thousands
of bushels of grain are converted into
a million dishes of delicious food.
didn't stop at Postumville, where an
annual profit of a million dollars is
being made out of the health food in
ventions of DR.. Kellogg, who freely
gives the world the benefit of all his
wonderful skill and valuable discov-
cries. c. w. Post was a Chicago hat
maker who regained his health here
at the Sanitarium and was so i'm
pressed with the value of the foods
used that he went to making them,
accumulating thereby fortune esti-
mated at $30,00O,0OO.
"Mr. Post did a great work in edu-
eating the public to the evil effects of
the use of tea and Coffee" said DR..
Kellogg, in telling me the story, "but
| wish we had some of his millions to
pay off our sanitarium debts"
A wealthy Washingtonian was so
impressed with the non-tipping sys-
TEN and other good features of the
Battle Creek Sanitarium that when
he died recently he left million dol
lars to found a similar institution at
Atlantic City.
After being dosed with bismuth
meal mixed with Yogurt buttermilk,
a dozen or more X-ray pictures were
taken of my interior department and
numerous observations made of the
progress of this contraband cargo of
foodstuffs through the various locks
of the alimentary canal. Nothing
serious was discovered, except spastic
stasis of the upper colon. which had
caused a bad case of chronic colitis
and the resultant toxena, a condition
extending back for more than twenty
years, On account of the extreme
cronocity of the case and the result
ant nerve weakness and debility. a
speedy recovery is out of the uues-
tion. No similar case, some of which
have been much worse, has failed to
yield to the treatments given here,
although effects are sometimes not
apparent for two or three months, or
even longer. It's merely a question
OF taking sufficient time to raise a
crop of health. I've got fine crop
planted and for several weeks have
been carefully cultivating it, but
can't stay and bring 1t to maturity,
because, as before mentioned. I've
got to go home and raise a crop of
apples.
In addition to the treatments men,
toned in previous letters, my health
crop is being treated with a kind of
vaccine which was specially prepared
to fight the individual germs which
are troubling me, the preparation be-
ing administered in the form of hypo-
dermic injections in the arm-a good
4 deal like being vaccinated.
At the SONG service in the lobby
last evening sat next to the Duchess
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-15

fort on the part of our citizens, I'm
the early stages of the development,
to insure the enterprises necessary
for the success of the undertaking.
The springs enterprise is a vehicle.
1t will not start itself. 1t takes pow
er to move a load. Mineral waters
the vehicle-Ashland citizens the
power-hitch the power to the vehi-
Gle and it will go; the more power,
the quicker and faster it will move.