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[, CASS CIT y CHRONICLE ~RICOUNTY CHRONICLE, Es tabl i shed in1899 ( Consolida~eQ C A S 5 CITY, /YIICH., FRIDAY, DECENIBER 29, ~9~ VOle 6, No. 36 (~k&SS CITY ENTERPRISE, Established in 1881 f April 20, 1906,

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R E P O R T O F C O M M I T T E E W I L L BE G I V E N .

~ituation a t Present Looks Favora- ble fop Extension o f G. T. R,

R. from Cass City,

T h ~ r a i l r o a d s i t u a t i o n a t t h e pros- e a t t i m e l o o k s v e r y f a v o r a b l e for" t h e ~Xtens ion of t h e G r a n d T r u n k Rai l-

. ~ d f r o m C a s s C i ty t o B a d A x e . O n e - t h i r d of t h e r.ight o f w a y h'as

~ n o b t a i n e d i n E l k l a n d t o w n s h i p f r e e of c h a r g e and t h e r e m a i n d e r of ]~an4 r e q u i r e d f o r t h i s p u r p o s e in th i s t o w n s h i p c a n b e s e c u r e d fo r $1,800. T h e r i g h t of w a y in G r e e n l e a f t own- sh ip wi l l c o s t a b o u t $2,200. A com- m i t t e e of G r e e n l e a f c i t i zens is cir-, e u l a t i n g a s u b s c r i p t i o n l i s t and ex- p e c t to r a i s e $1,000 t o w a r d s t h e se- c u r i n g of t h e r i g h t of w a y .

A t a m e e t i n g of t h e loca~ i m p r o v e - m e n t a s s o c i a t i o n he ld T u e s d a y evening, t h e g e n e r a l op in ion p r e v a i l e d t h a t t h e e x p e n s e of s e c u r i n g t h e Ng'ht o f w a y s h o u l d b e spread~ a s a n a s s e s s m e n t of 1 p e r c e n t on t h e val- ua t i ons . A pe t i t i on w a s p r e s e n t e d w h i c h r e q u e s t s t h e v i l l age counc i l to s p r e a d •such an a s s e s s m e n t and it w a s s i g n e d b y p r a c t i c a l l y all t h o s e p r e s e n t , and t h e i r t a x p a y m e n t s rep- r e s e n t one -ha l f of t h e a m o u n t col lect - ed in t h e c o r p o r a t i o n . Dr. D. P. Doming , P . S. M c G r e g o r y and It. S. W i c k w a r e w e r e a p p o i n t e d a s a com- m i t t e e to circulate the petition) among

t~ remaining taxpayers and are

"meet ing w i t h g o o d s u c c e s s . J . H. S t r i f f l e r a n d C. D. S t r i f f l e r

~ o r e a p p o i n t e d m e m b e r s of a com- m i t t e e , w i t h t h e p r iv i l ege of a d d i n g others, Which h a s fo r i t s w o r k t h e ~ H c i t i n g o f f u n d s in t h e c o u n t r y sur-

r o u n d i n g Cas~ City. C a s s C i ty h a s b e e n a s s u r e d t h a t

t h e s e c u r i n g o f t h e r i g h t of w a y f r o m th i s p o i n t t o t h e H u r o n c o u n t y ! lne will b r i n g t h e r a i l r o a d h e r e . A t ~ i e p r e s e n t o u t l o o k t h e r i g h t of ~ a y c a n b e o b t a i n e d and t h e l oam Com- mittee is c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h e road

wi l l b e b ro f igh t h e r e . "Amotller r a i l r o a d mee t i t i g wi l l b e

he ld b y t h e i m p r o v e m e n t a s soc ia i ; i on t~his ( F r i d a y ) e v e n i n g a t e i g h t o ' c l o c k a t t h e counc i l r o o m s . T h e m e e t i n g i~ p u b l i c . . R e p o r t s of t h e c o m m i t t e e w i l l ' b e g i v e n and t h e s i t u a t i o n fu l ly

d i s c u s s e d . E v e r y b u s i n e s s man shou ld b e in-

t e r e s t e d e n o u g h to be p r e s e n t th i s evening as his interests are at stake.

25 YEARS OF MARRIED ' LIFE SPENT iN ELKLAND Mr. and Mrs . Archie Mark Celebrat-

ed Silver Wedding on Satur- day, December 23.

T h i r t y of t h e r e l a t i v e s of Mr. a n d Mrs . A r c k i e M a r k •ga thered a t t h e i r p l e a s a n t f a r m h o m e in E l k l a n d town- ~hip S a t u r d a y , D e c e m b e r 23, t o cele- b r a t e t h e s i l v e r w e d ~ i n g of Mr. and

Mrs . Mark . T h e d a y w a s a j o y o u s and h a p p y

one: T h e g u e s t s w e r e a l l i m m e d i a t e

r e l a t i v e s e x c e p t Mr. a n d Mrs . S. G. B e n k e l m a n . Mrs . B e n k e l m a n w a s b r i d e s m a i d a t t h e w e d d i n g 25 y e a r s a g o . T h o s e p r e s e n t f r o m a d i s t a n c e w e r e J o h n M a r k o f J a c k s o n and Mrs . 1"4. K a r r of K i n g s t o n .

A t noon , t h e g u e s t s sa~ d o w n to wel l l a d e n e d t a b l e s , p r e t t i l y t r i m m e d in ho l ly , and e n j o y e d a d e l i c i o u s dinner . A s e v e n - s e c t i o n b r i d e s c a k e in p y r a m i d f o r m f e a t u r e d t h e t a b l e dec-

rotations. Mr. and Mrs . M a r k s w e r e m a r r i e d

in t h e h o u s e w h i c h t h e y n o w occupy. T h e i r m a r r i e d ~ife h a s b e e n s p e n t in E l k l a n d t o w k n s h i p w h e r e t h e y a r e we l l k n o w n and h a v e m a n y t~iends. T h e i r h o m e has b e e n b l e s s e d b y f ive c h i l d r e n ~ E d w a r d , Mary , L e n a , M a r t h a a n d Alma.

T h e y r e c e i v e d m a n y p r e t t y g i f t s

o~ s i lve~ S a t u r d a y :

W a s h D a y a d r e a m ~ w i t h t h e E a s y W a s h e r . A t Cootes . 12-8-

Fo r Sale. One m a r e and 2 s e t s of h a r n e s s .

J o h n S c h w a d e r e r . 12-15-

F a n c y h o n e y a t J o n e s ' .

B u g g i e s a t c o s t t o m a k e r o o m fo r ~ur 5A b l a n k e t s . G. W. Goff . 10-6-

C h o i c e s t c r a n b e r r i e s in t o w n a t J o n e s ' .

R e d W i n g F l o u r ~ t h e r e 2s n o n e Imt t e r . Sold a t Mrs. P a r k e r ' s .

- T h e b e s t f l e e c e u n d e r w e a r in the ~L S. I t ' s H i g h R o c k . 50c. The ' Mud-

K E R R - A N D E R S O N .

M i s s E d n a E. K e r r of M e l v i n a n d C h a r l e s H. A n d e r s o n w e r e u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e a t t h e h o m e of t h e b r i d e ' s p a r e n t s Jn M e l v i n on, C h r i s t m a s d a y a t 4:30 p. m. A b o u t f o r t y i n t i m a t e f r i e n d s a n d r e l a t i v e s w e r e p r e s e n t .

T h e b r i d e w a s a t t i r e d in a w h i t e pop l in g o w n t r i m m e d w i t h f r i n g ~ a n d gold. T h e r i ng s e r v i c e w a s used .

A f t e r t h e c e r e m o n Y w a s p e r f o r m e d a d a i n t y t h r e e - c o u r s e Suppe~ w a s s e r v e d t o t h e g u e s t s . An o r c h e s t r a f r o m M a r l e t t e r e n d e r e d s e v e r a l se- l ec t ions .

T h e b r i d e has t a u g h t s choo l fo r a n u m b e r of y e a r s and fo r t h e p a s t y e a r ha s b e e n an i n s t r u c t o r .in mus i c . T h e g r o o m has b e e n e n g a g e d as a r e g i s t e r e d p h a r m a c i s t in Melvin .

R e l a t i v e s w h o a t t e n d e d t h e w e d d i n g f r o m a d i s t a n c e w e r e Mr. and Mrs. W m . A n d e r s o n , p a r e n t s of t h e g r o o m , of th i s c i ty , a n d Mrs . M a b l e A n d e r - son -Arno ld of. St. Lou i s , Missour i .

POPULAR MEMBER OF ELi(LAND ARBOR A 0 O 6,

Mrs. W. E . Parrish Passed Away at Home of Her Parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. O. Root.

Mrs. Wm. E. Parrish died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

W. O. Root, in Novesta township,

on Friday, Dec. 22, after a year's ill-

ness which culminated in tuberculo-

sis. N e t t l e Grace R o o t w a s b o r n in

Novi , O a k l a n d coun ty , on Jan . 8, 1887, and was m a r r i e d on Nov. 11, 1909, to \~m. E. P a r r i s h . In O c t o b e r , 1910, s h e b e c a m e 211 and l a s t Apr i l , on t h e a d v i c e of a p h y s i c i a n , she , in c o m p a n y w i t h h e r h u s b a n d , w e n t to t he C a n a d i a n N o r t h w e s t in t h e h o p e t h a t t h e c h a n g e of c l i m a t e w o u l d b e benef ic ia l . T h e y r e t u r n e d in S e p t e m - be r a n d t h e n Mrs. P a r r i s h s e e m e d to g r o w b e t t e r fo r a f e w w e e k s . Af- t e r w a r d s s h e g r a d u a l l 7 g r e w w e a k e r

unt i l she p a s s e d a w a y . Mrs . Parr~sl~ w a s a m e m b e r of Elk-

l a n d /kr~or, A. O. O. G., and w a s v e r y p o p u l a r wi th t h e m e m b e r s of t h e o rde r . F o r t h r e e y e a r s she h e l d t h e o f f i c e of V i c e Chief .

T h e f u n e r a l w a s held S u n d a y af- t e r n o o n ~at t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n chu rch , R e v . \V. B. \ V e a v e ~ of f i c ia t ing . In- t e r m e n t w a s m a d e in E l k l a n d c e m e t e -

ry. B e s i d e s t h e h u s b a n d and p a r e n t s ,

s h e is s u r v i v e d b y a s i s t e r , Mrs . J a s . E. W i l s o n of Novesta.~ Ou t of t o w n f r i e n d s p r e s e n t a t t h e f u n e r a l w e r e Mrs . E v a S e a r s of C la rksv i l l e , Miss Cora L o v e w e l l o f L a k e Odes sa , Mr. and Mrs . Wi l l i s S t a n t o n of Mason , Mr. a n d Mrs . J o s h u a Roo t , Mr. and Mrs. J o h n R o o t and' Mrs. S a r a h Roo t , all of Novi , Gee. P a r r i s h , sr., and Gee. P a r r i s h , jr. , o f S h a b b o n a , Mr. and Mrs. S t e p h e n G e i s t e r of S a n d u s - k y and Mr. and ]~rs. R o y Topping ' of Care .

FIRST LIEUTENANT Ernest A. Perkins Passes Examina-

tion Advancing Him to That Position1.

L i e u t e n a n t E. A. P e r k i n s a r r i v e d l a s t T h u r s d a y n i g h t f r o m B o s t o n t o Visit h is f a t h e r , G. E. P e r k i n s , and f r i e n d s he re . L a t e r in t h e w e e k h e v i s i t ed his b ~ s t h e r s a t A r g y l e and U b l y , and le f t a g a i n f o r B o s t o n to r e p o r t fo r d u t y on t h e U. S. S. R h o d e

I~land. Mr. P e r k i n s h a s b e e n s u c e s s f u l in

p a s s i n g a n e x a m i n a t i o n w h i c h r a i s e s h im in t h e M a r i n e C o r p s f r o m t h e r a n k of S e c o n d L i e u t e n a n t t o F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t . T h i s can*ier w i t h i t an increase of salary from $1,700 to $2,000 annua l l y . H e e x p e c t s t o sa i l Dec. 28 to Hampton Roads, Virginia,

and again on Jan. 5 to Guantanamo,

Cuba Here. it is expected the. Rhode

Island will "winter," returning to the Virginia coast about the first week in April to engage in tl]e battle

practice of the U. S. fleet.

Lad~es, t a k e a d v a n t a g e of ou r closing o u t s a l e of fa l l m i l l i n e r y goods . Mrs. M. J . McGi l lv r ay . 12-15-

G r o c e r i e s a l w a y s f r e s h and t h e v e r y b e s t a t Mrs. P a r k e r ' s .

Fancy honey at Mrs. Parker's.

T r y a l i ne r ad in t h e C h r o n i c l e f o r p r o m p t r e s u l t s .

H o r s e fo r sa le . H a r r y Young . 11-10-

G e t y o u r g r o c e r i e s a t W r i g h t ' s a t cos t . 20 t o 50 p e r c e n t r e d u c t i o n .

Go to R u h l ' s f o r u p - t o - d a t e ta i lor - ing. S h o p is l o c a t e d o v e r W i l s e y & C a t h c a r t ' s .

P a c k i n g s a l t a t J o n e s . ' P o p c o r n w a n e d a t J o n e s . '

MER HAIT HAD HOLIDAY TRADE

NEW RECORDS OF SALES WERE ESTABL ISHED.

Several Weeks' Strenuous W o r k for

Proprie~or~ and Clerks Has I t s R e w a r d s .

The h o l i d a y r u s h is o v e r a f t e r n e a r l y three w e e k s of s t r e n u o u s w o r k f o r t h e c l e r k s of t h e d i f ferent , s to res , and a c c o r d i n g to t l \e p r o p r i e t o r s of s eve ra l , t h e b u s i n e s s t h a t w a s done h a s b r o k e n all r e c o r d s . N o t w i t h - s t a n d i n g t h e f a c t t h a t t h e r e w a s no s n o w on t h e g r o u n d t he C h r i s t m a s b u y i n g e s t a b l i s h e d n e w r e c o r d s of b ig sa les .

T o s a y t h a t t h e m e r c h a n t s w e r e we l l s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e h o l i d a y business , w o u l d b e j u d g i n g it m i ld ly a s t h e y w e r e all m o r e than; p l e a s e d w i th t h e l a r g e a m o u n t of b u s i n e s s .

" B u s i n e s s w a s b e t t e r w i t h us t h i s s e a s o n t h a n a y e a r ago w h e n w e had s l e igh ing and m u c h m o r e f avora - ble' w e a t h e ~ condi t ionsi fo r t h e Chr is t - m a s t r a d e , " d e c l a r e d o n e m e r c h a n t . " H a d t h e b e s t C h r i s t m a s t r a d e s i n c e I ' ve been. in b u s i n e s s , " s a i d a n o t h e r .

" S a t u r d a y w a s a b u m p e r day and ou r s t o r e w a s v i s i t ed by p r a c t i c a l l y 500 c u s t o m e r s . T h e r e c e i p t s s h o w e d a larger amoun~ than for the same

Saturday a year ago. Eight quarts

of pure soil were swept from the

floor as a result of the day's trad- ing." These were the comments of

another satisfied dealer.

FRED SMITH$ON KILLED 8Y .INTERURBAN CAB

Was for M a n y Years Engaged in Draying Business in

Cass City.

F r e d S m i t h s o n w a s k i l l ed b y a n :i:n- t e r u r b a n c a r . be tween Roya l O a k and B i r m i n g h a m s h o r t l y a f t e r f ive o ' c l o c k S a t u r d a y a f t e rno .on . T h e de- ta i l s of t h e a c c i d e n t ,have n o t b e e n

l e a r n e d , b a t i t i s t h o u g h t t h a t h e was e i t h e r w a l k i n g a l o n g t h e t r a c k or a t t e m p t i n g to ctx)ss i t w h e n he w a s s t r u c k b y t h e car .

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s w e r e he ld a t t he h o m e of Mr. arid Mrs. J. S. D u n h a m , t he p a r e n t s of Mrs. S m i t h s o n , a t B i r m i n g h a m T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n and t h e r e m a i n s w e r e b r o u g h t to Cass Ci ty t h a t even ing . I n t e r m e n t w a s m a d e in E l k l a n d c e m e t e r y .

. F r e d S m i t h s o n w a s b o r n in Glen Wi l l i ams , Ont . , 38 Y e a r s ago. A t t h e a g e of four , he c a m e w i t h his pc.r- e n t s to Cas s City. H e was, u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e h e r e to Miss S t e l l a Dun- h a m and ~o th i s Union thre~, c h i l d r e n w e r e born . A b o u t t h r e e y e a r s a g o t h e y m o v e d f r o m Cas~ City. J u s t re- c e n t l y Mr. S m i t h s o n e n t e r e d t h e e m p l o y of t h e D. U. R. as r e l i e f m a n in t h e s u b - p o w e r s t a t i o n s of t h a t c o m p a n y . H i s w o r k t a k i n g h im to d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s t h e f a m i l y g a v e up t h e i r r e s i d e n c e in Oxfo rd and Mrs. S m i t h s o n and c h i l d r e n m a d e t he i r h o m e w i t h h e r pa ren t s ' in Bir~mingham. II~ w a s w h i l e g o i n g to t h~ l a t t e r p l a c e t h a t Mr. S m i t h s o n w a s ki l led . T h e i n q u e s t wil l b e he ld a t P o n t i a c this m o r n i n g .

B e s i d e s t h e w i f e and ch i ld ren , de- c e a s e d is s u r v i v e d b y h i s p a r e n t s , Mr, and Mrs. W m . S m i t h s o n , a n d t ) ro ther , B e r t , al l of E d e n , M a n i t o b a , and A. O. S m i t h s o n , a n o t h e r b r o t h e r

of C a s s Ci ty .

E A R L Y CLOSING.

A. A. H i t c h c o c k i n t e r v i e w e d local b u s i n e s s m e n r e g a r d i n g t h e ear ly c lo s ing of s t o r e s d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r m o n t h s a n d r e p o r t s t h a t n e a r l y all h a v e s ign i f i ed t h e i r i n t e n t i o n of clo- s ing t h e i r b u s i n e s s p l a c e s a t 6:30 p. m., e x c e p t i n g S a t u r d a y s .

T h e e a r l y c los ing wil l c o m m e n c e n e x t T u e s d a y a n d c o n t i n u e un t i l Apr i l 1.

Removal Announcement P. A. S c h e n c k , d e n t i s t , a n n o u n c e s

t h e r e m o v a l of h is o f f i ce s f r o m t h e F r i t z b l o c k to t h e f r o n t r o o m s o v e r W i l s e y & C a t h c a r t ' s s t o r e (Ale B l o c k ) , f i r s t s t a i r w a y e a s t o f fo rm- e r loca t ion . .~

R a w F u r s W a n t e d . H i g h e s t m a r k e t ~prices pa id a t all

t imes . Cal l a t G. W. Goff ' s . 12-22-8p.

For Sale. C o u n t r y s t o r e p r o p e r t y , o n e a c r e

of land, 7 m i l e s f r o m C a s s City. P r i c e $550. T h i s is a b a r g a i n fo r any o n e w a n t i n g to g o i n to b u s i n e s s on a s m a l l cap i ta l . F r i t z & P a r r , 12-15-2

A good a s s o r t m e n t o f b o o k s y e t a t W o o d ' s .

HRI ;TMA$ T EE FOR

W I L L BE ON E X H I B I T I O N U N T I L J A N U A R Y "I.

Presents W e r e Selected' In te l l igent ly and Decorations Are

D r e a m s of Art . - - . _ . Z _

By Duff Jennings.

T h e G o r d o n House~ C h r i s t m a ~ t r ee , aVcist ical ly am 'anged b y t h e M i s s e s K l e i n s c h m i d t , is a t h i n g of b e a u t y and a joy f o r e v e r . T h e t r e e i t s e l f is a b e a u t i f u l one, o r d e r e d f r o m t h e n o r t h of M a i n e fo r th i s spec i a l oc- cas io f f T h e d e c o r a t i o n s a r e d r e a m s of a r t , and t h e p r e s e n t s a r e se lec t - ed i n t e l l i gen t ly , e a c h r e c i p i e n t re- c e iv ing s o m e t h i n g e n t i r e l y app rop r i -

' ate Mr. Cooley, who journeys from the

city of ~ad Axe where noise is neces-

sary to g e t b u s i n e s s , i s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a s n a r e d r u m w h i c h .wil l no d o u b t a s s i s t h i m m a t e r i a i l y in d rum- m i n g up b u s i n e s s .

Mr. Lynch, Edgar Molasses l~ttle

boy, received a nice new top which

ought to aid him some in spining

around the country.

Mr. Dine, who, sells codfish fo~ Lee & Cady , r e c e i v e d a n i ce p a i r of can-

vas gloves , so h e can h a n d l e t h e sample~ w i t h o u t so i l ing his, padd ie s .

Mr. H u n t , w h o se l l s E p s o m sa l t s and su lphur , r e c e i v e d a n i c e n e w vio- l in i m p o r t e d f r o m I ta ly . It shou ld b e a d r a w i n g c a r d fo r h im on his travels.

Mr. Straffon, who sells stoneware

to the consumers, was the recipient

of a beautiful kit of tools. He is

now able to deliver the goods, with

your ow~ name carved upon them Mr. Loomis needed something ~o

boom his hardware business, and re-

ceived a ho rn , w h i c h he wil} b e a b l e t~ toot to p e r f e c t i o n .

Mr. F e r g u s o n w a s v e r y h i g h l y f a v o r e d , b u t a s t h e l a d i e s w e r e s t u c k on his l ine of s w e e t goods , f a v o r i t i s m is e x c u s a b l e , H e r e c e i v e d a beau t i - ful d i a m o n d s t i c k pin w h i c h s h o w s o f f h is b e a u t y to p e r f e c t i o n . . P o r t e r ' H a r r i s ; t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e exta-aordinary o f t h e J. I. C a s e C o . , drew a gefluine Jinny from the state

of Georgia. She. will be very help-

ful to him getting around on his reg- ular tr.ip and will be valuable in

pulling his latest J. I. C. Model aut.o-

mobile home when th~ gasoline

r u n s o U L

H. A. H a l l r e p r e s e n t s t h e In ter - n a t i o n a l H a r v e s t e r Co. T h e fi~ma s e n t a w h e e l b a r r o w , o n e of t h o s e latest m a k e s , for his benefit. He is

now in training for the wheelbar-

row race to come off here July 4th

at 2 p. m. He will also use thi~ bar-

row for wheeling his orders, from the

stores to ~he hotel.

Jud St. John sells Blind Robbins and Saner Kraut. He received a

beautiful electric lantern. He will

use this light for his night drives

and will double UP with Mr. Ham-is

and the Jinny. The lantern will

also light him on his walk from Clif-

ford to Kingston.

Henry Goppelt sells baked beans

and catsup. He drew a gold mounted

flute, and is now a regula~ member

of the Cass City Band. He makes

beautiful music and a good salary.

Mr. Jennings for some reason was

very highly favored receiving a dia-

mond studded gel d watch and solid gold chain with a pard attached say-

ing, "He needs to be watched."

These beautiful and costly pres-

ents will be on exhibition until Jan.

I, 1912. Several special policemen

have. been detailed to watch them,

so that other jealous drummers will

not hike off with them Everybody

invited to inspect this beautiful

sigh~ before 11 p. m. eve~ night this

week

A t t e n t i o n , F a r m e r s ! W e b u y W E T and D A M P B E A N S

a t any t ime . C a s s Ci ty Gra in Com- p a n y . 12-8-

N o t i c e to N o v e s t a T a x p a y e r s . I wil l b e a t t h e D e f o r d B a n k on

W e d n e s d a y , Dec. 27, and W e d n e s - day , J an . 3, t o r e c e v i e t h e t a x e s fo r N o v e s t a t o w n s h i p . W m . Pau l , t r e a s - u re r . 12-22-2

H o u s e and t w o lo t s fo r s a l e and p l e n t y c f f ru i t . E n q u i r e of H. Mick- le. 12-29-4p.

Cal l and s ee m y u p - t o - d a t e sk i r t s . Mrs . G. W. Golf .

You on ly g e t 5 B l a c k a n d W i f f t e c i g a r s f o r 25c, b u t t h e y ' r e w o r t h t h e d i f f e r ence . P e t e r s Bros .

Child's Brown Fur M u f f . Lost. on r o a d e a s t of C a s s City.

F i n d e r m a y l e a v e s a m e a t C h r o n i c l e o f f i c e o r cal l No. 145- -1L , 1S, 1L, C i t y phone , 12-29-

*~' N E l L L IV INGSTON.

/

Nel l L i v i n g s t o n , a f o r m e r r e s i d e n t of Cass City, d ied a t h is h o m e in T ] ~ v e r s e Ci ty a~ t h e a g e of 48 y e a r s , a f t e r an i l lness of 5 days: of b r o n c h i a l p n e u m o n i a . Mr. L i v i n g s t o n w a s a t r a v e l l i n g s a l e s m a n fo r t h e Musse l - m a n G r o c e r y Co.

T h e r e m a i n s w e r e b r o u F h t to C a s s C i ty T u e s d a y e v e n i n g and t h e fune r - al s e r v i c e s w e r e he ld a t t h e res i - d e n c e of A. J . K n a p p W e d n e s d a y af-

t e r n o o n , Roy . ~W. B. W e a v e r off ic ia- t ing. Ou t of t o w n f r i e n d s P r e s e n t w e r e Mbsses C a r r i e and B e l l e Liv- i n g s t o n and P e t e r L iv ings ton~ s i s t e r s and b r o t h e r of t h e d e c e a s e d , al l 0f D e t r o i t ; Thus . W h i t f i e l d , a b r o t h e r - .in-law, of T r a v e r s e Ci ty ; Mrs. Arm- s t r o n g o f G a g e t o w n .

B e s i d e s t h e r e l a t i v e s n a m e d , a w i f e and t w o c h i l d r e n su rv ive . T h e o l d e r ciffld is a t p r e s e n t s e r i o u s l y ill w i t h pneumonia , and h i s m o t h e r w a s ob l iged to r e m a i n h o m e and c a r e fo r h im.

WEEK OF PRAYER TO BE 08SERVED iN GA$S NY

Union Service Wi l l Be Held in t h e M. E. Church on New Years'

Eve.

A union service will be held in the

M. E. church next Sunday evening

(New Years Eve), commencing at

nine o'clock. The following is the program:

Song service.

Praise service led by Rev. H. C. Hay~ard.

Sermon by Rev. J. A. Schweitzer.

Social time.

Prayer service led by Rev. W. B.

Weaver.

The young people's societies of the

various churches wil~ have their usu-

al services in theii- own churche~ pre-

ceding the hour of the union meeting.

Weet< of Prayer. T h e c h u r c h e s wil l o b s e r v e a w e e k

of p r a y e r t h e f i r s t w e e k o f t h e n e w yea r .

On M o n d a y e v e n i n g a un ion ser- v i ce wil t b e he ld in t he M. E. c h u r c h c o n d u c t e d b y Rev . H a y w a r d .

Rev . S c h w e i t z e r a n 4 Roy . W e a v e r 'will p r e s i d e a t s i m i l a r m e t i n g s he ld in t he B a p t i s t c h u r c h T u e s d a y and W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g s .

On T h u r s d a y and F r i d a y s e r v i c e s wil l b e he ld in t h e E v a n g e l i c a l chu rch , R e v s . H a y w a r d and W e a v e r o f f i c ia t ing .

LOCAL ITEMS.

Railroad meeting tonight at coun- cil rooms.

Gee. E. Perkins visited with Ubly

friends Wednesday.

The postal savings bank at Cass

City is ready for business. Miss era Higgins is the guest of

Mrs. Frank L. Pettit at Ubly.

Mrs. F. J. Nash, jr., is the guest

of her sister, Mrs. D. T.imerson, at

Pontiac.

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jones spent the first of the week with their par-

eats at Vassar and Millington. Farmers are taking advantage of

the nice weather and are hauling

load after load of baled' hay to town.

Alex Cleland spent Christmas w.ith

his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Cle-

land, and returned to Detroit Tues-

day.

Robert McConkey and family entertained 15 relatives at a Christmas

dinner Monday at their' home in West

Elkland.

Mrs. H. P. ~Voolman, suffered a par-

alytic stroke last Thursday afternoon

and w a s found u n c o n s c i o u s b y h e r h u s b a n d . Un t i l S u n d a y s h e w a s bI ind and t h e f i r s t of t h e w e e k f o u n d h e r s t i l l u n a b l e tO s p e a k .

Miss L e n a M u c k h a s r e s i g n e d h e r pos i t i on w i th t h e Cas s C i ty Te le - p h o n e Co. F o r o v e r f o u r y e a r s s h e h a s b e e n in t h e e m p l o y of t h e company , d i v i d i n g h e r t i m e a s b o o k k e e p - e r and s w i t c h b o a r d o p e r a t o r . H e r s e r v i c e s h a v e b e e n v e r y s a t i s f a c t o r y to t h e o f f i c e r s a n d it is w i th r e g r e t that they and the patrons of the

s y s t e m s e e tiffs h e l l o g i r l " q u i t t h e j o b . " Miss I r a Ko lb , w h o h a s a c t e d a s r e l i e f o p e r a t o r a t v a r i o u s t imes , f i l ls t h e v a c a n c y .

Get a s a c k o f Calf Meal at W o o d ' s now

You can get a Black and White cigar at Peters Bros.

F o r Sale.

E ENT$ [}IF YBi 1911 iN REviEW

CLASSIF.~ED S U M M A R Y OF M A N Y AFFAIRS.

L~e,ms of Personal Interest, Games and Races, Fires and Storms,

Accidents, E tc .

T h e C h r o n i c l e p r e s e n t s th i s w e e k a c h r o n o l o g i c a l r e v i e w of t h e ' ch ie f events of the year 1911. The follow-

ing paxagrpahs contain a classified

summaa*y of miscellaneous affairs,

games and races, items of personal

interest and of the aviation field,

losses by accidents and explosions,

f i r e s and s t o r m s , etc.

Political and Personal. F E B R U A R Y .

Z John ~ raham Hope Horsley Beresford, Lord Decies, married Helen VJviea Gould, daughter of George J. Gould, in New ~Zork.

9. The Arizona constitution adopted by popular vote.

IEA]~CI-I.

I. Senate vote, 46 to 40, declared William Lorimer of Illinois duly elected.

7. President 'Taft accepted resignation of Richard A. BalHnger as secretary of the interior; ~Valter L. Fisher of Chi- cago appointed.

13. U n l t e d Sta te s supreme court affirmed consti- t u t i o n a l i t y of the corporation tax.

31. J ames Aloyslus O ' G o r m a n , supreme court ]us- t iee , e l e c t e d s e n a t o r f r o m New York.

A P R I L .

62d congress con- vened; C h a m p Clark speaker.

A m e r i c a n - J a p a- nose c o m m e r - cial t r e a t y rat i - C h a m p Clark. fled.

1~ P r e s i d e n t a c c e p t e d r e s i g n a t i o n o f Dr. D a v i d J a y n e Hill , a m b a s s a d o r to Ger~ m a r y .

28. Taft-s p_rpposed AnglozAmerican arbN ~ n ~ t i n u e d o n s i x t h p a g e ,

A U C T I O N S A L E S .

The i ' irst s a l e of the n e w y e a r wJll b e c o n d u c t e d fo r S. • D. Hi l l b y S t r i f f l e r & McCul lough , a u c t i o n e e r s , on t h e J a m e s M c K a r r a c h e r f a rm , 1

m i l e ~ w e s t and t w o m i l e s n o r t h of De- ,ford. I t ,~ill be held on T u e s d a y , J an . 2, c o m m e n c i n g at. 12 o ' c lock . P a r t i c u l a r s m a y be found in t h e a m n o u n c e m e n t on p a g e six.

On p a g e e igh t the. a n n o u n c e m e n t a p p e a r s o f Chas. R o h r ' s s a l e w h i c h will be he ld on his f a r m 2 mi le s s o u t h and 2 m i l e s e a s t of Cass Ci ty n e x t T h u r s d a y , J an . 4. S t r i f f l e r & McCul- lough, a u c t i o n e e r s .

See t h e B r o w n i e C a m e r a o u t f i t fol~ $4.00 a:~ W o d ' s D r u g S tore .

T h e r e m a y be, o t h e r c i g a r s a s g o o d as t h e B l a c k arid Whi te , bu t t h e y a r e no t so ld a t 5c.

Get y o u r m e a t j a r s az J o n e s ' . All s i z e s - - q 0 to 30 ga l lons .

Y o u n g m a n w a n t e d to do c h o r e s du r ing w i n t e r m o n t h s for h i s boa rd . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n i n q u i r e a t t he C h r o n i c l e o f f i ce o r a d d r e s s S. D. Hill , R o u t e 4, Cass City. ]2-8-3p.

E v e r y f i r s t q u a l i t y r u b b e r w e se l l is b a c k e d b y ou r g u a r a n t e e ; a l so t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' . T h e h<odel.

The b e s t 25c woo l sock m a d e . T h e Model .

F r e s h f i sh and f r e s h o y s t e r s a t Cass Ci ty M e a t M a r k e t . 10-6-

E a s t ~ l a n K o d a k S u p p l i e s aC W o o d ' s D u r g S to re .

Wi l l p a y h i g h e s t m a r k e t p r i c e f o r pou l t ry . Wi l l r e c e i v e s a m e on Mon- d a y and W e d n e s d a y o f e a c h w e e k . O. A u t e n . 6-24-

R e g i s t e r e d O. I. C. hog fo r s e ; v i c e . A l so a f e w b o a r s fo r sale . Chas . Sev- e r a n c e , De fo rd . ]1-17-

Money to Loan. The loan b u s i n e s s h e r e t o f o r e d o n e

b y L a i n g & J a n e s fo r o u t s i d e par - t i e s h a s b e e n p u t in to m y h a n d s fo r c a r e and a t t e n t i o n . Call on m e only . L. I. W o o d 1-27-

H o r s e s bough t , so ld and e x c h a n g e d . L. E. D i c k i n s o n .

For Real Estate. Call on F r i t z & P a r r , Cas s City,

Mich. 4-14-

F o r a good c lean , f r e s h s t o c k o f g r o c e r i e s ca l l a t Mrs. G. W. Goff ' s . 5-5-

Bargains a t Ketlman's. W e h a v e a swe l l l ine of D r e s s

Goods , 56 to 60 i n c h e s wide , a t 75c to $1 a y a r d . Al l O u t i n g s wil l b e so ld S a t u r d a y a t 8c a y a r d . You wi l l f ind a h o s t of b a r g a i n s h e r e e v e r y day . Y o u l o se m o n e y w h e n y o u fai l to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of t h e m o n e y - s a y -

S ix t h o r o u g h b r e d R o s e C o m b Brown ing oppoz%unit ies a t K e l l m a n ' s Dep t ,

Me- l S tore , L e g h o r n c o c k e r e l s . Mrs. M a r y N e w C e m e n t B lock . P h e e . 12-29-1p.

Lost You c a n f ind L e a p Y e a r p o s t a l s a t B r o w n F o x m u f f b e t w e e n c e m e t e -

W o o d ' s . r y and E a s t r i v e r on C h r i s t m a s . F i n d - e r p l e a s e r e t u r n t o T h e M o d e l C l o t h -

N e w Y e a r p o s t a l s a t W o o d ' s . i ng & S h o o On. 12-29-

P A G E T W O ~ C A S S C I T Y C H R O N I C L E , F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 29, 191i . ~ - - ~ - - - - " ' ~ ~ - - " ~ = . . . . . . - - ~ " " " 7 ~ ' ~

= - - - -

C A S S CIT, Y C H R O N I C L E . Publ ished W e e k l y .

T h e Tr i -County Chrm~icle and Cass ~ i t y E n t e r p r i s e consol ida ted Apr. 20, 11106.

S u b s c r i p t i o n p r i c e - - O n e year , $1; .six months , 50 cents ; t h r e e months , ,25 cents .

Adve r t i s ing r a t e s m a d e k n o w n on ~ppl ica t ien .

E n t e r e d as secnod class m a t t e r Apr i l 27, 1906, a t t he pos to f f i ce a t C~,ss City, Michigan, u n d e r the Act ,of Congress of Mar. 3, 1879.

H. F. L E N Z N E R , Publ isher .

THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE

• ~.i~'..i ~ , . ~ . ~ ,,~ ~.~

G E N ~ R A L O F F I C E ~

N E W Y O R K A N D C H I C A G O

,BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIE~

N O V E S T A .

Miss Marga re t S t evenson o f Bay !3ity and Ea r l L a n g d o of F l in t spen t C h r i s t m a s a t t he h o m e of, John Wool-

]ey.

Mr. a n d M r s . F . C . Johnson of De- t r o i t spen t a few days wi th Mrs, L. A. Fe rguson .

Mr. and Mrs. H. Kel ley lef t for C a n a d a F r i d a y w h e r e they will v is i t r e l a t i ve s and f r iends for a few

~¢eeks.

S t an l ey Asher is qui te ill a t th is

wr i t ing .

Miss Clara S t ine of Imlay City is v is i t ing a t t h e home of H e n r y Stine.

Mrs. Carl S toney and daugh te r , Ma-

rie, of F l in t and Edwin Smi th of Lans ing a r e spending the hol idays

a t t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Smith .

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Benedic t s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t t h~ home of Hen- r y S t o n e .

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cal lan and I r ene T a l m a d g e of Clifford a r e spending t h e ho l idays wi th Mr. and 'Mrs. Chas. Ta lmadge .

Miss F loss ie S tone of L a p e e r is v i s i t ing her pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. H. Stone.

Mr. and Mrs. R o b e r t Goodall spen t CRtristmas a t t h e h o m e of Edw. R o s e

~t Argyle .

M i s s El izabe th Beebehyser~ of C a r e is spend ing the ho l idays wi th her l ~ r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Beebehy-

~ r .

,Mr. and Mrs. W r a t h and son of B a y City spen t Chr i s tmas at he h o m e of R o b e r t Warner .

Mrs. Robt . W a r n e r and t w o child- ~ren, a ccompan ied by her s is ter , Mrs.

S a n t a Claus

Extends you a welcome with a ....

Warm Dinner At the sign of the Log Cabin,

Schwa,d e:r e r's Bakery and Restaurant

Stop Look

and Listen

FARM FOR SALE

Four mi les south and two miles

west of Cass City, compris ing 120

acres of No. 1 land and known as

the James M c K a r r a c h e r fa rm. Good

big bank barn wi th wal l two feet

th ick and good house lately made in-

1~o, a seven-room dwel l ing.

T e r m s a lmost to suit, purchaser.

Smal l a m o u n t down and balance on

mor tgage at 6 per Cent., as proprie-

toe does not need the money.

W i l l sell 80 or 40 separate or the

who le 120. For par t icu lars enqui re

at t h e f a r m or address

S. D. HILL, Route 4,

Cass City, Mich.

Wrath , lef t for Ya le T u e s d a y where they will spend a few weeks .

Win. K i lbourne of Care w a s cal led h o m e on accoun t of the ser ious ill-

ness of hi~ brother , Ray. Mrs. Mary McPhee and gTand-

daughter, Dorothy, are spending a

few days at the home of A. McPhee,

St.

Murdock McPhee of Dundee, Ill.,

spent Christmas with his father, A.

McPhee, st. Archie Stirtorl and sister, Miss

Marga.ret, a r e spending a few days wi th t he i r Sister, Mrs. R. N. McCul-

lough. , The !lJrogram given a t the Quick

schoo lhouse F r i d a y n ight was well a t tended . E v e r y b o d y repor t s a fine

t ime.

When you have a bilious attack give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial They are excellent. For 'sale by all dealers.

• B E A U L E Y .

Glen Dufield is h o m e for the vacation.

E v e r y b o d y en joyed the i r Chr i s tmas a t Beauley . E v e r y b o d y was e i ther

en t e r t a ined or enter ta in ing .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Wel l ing ton McDon- ald and baby, Gerald Eugene , of De- t ro i t spent Christmas with the form-

er's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.

D. McDonald and on Sunday: morning

the little son was baptized by the

pastor, Rev. Nicholson.

Homer Pratt is about to sell his

40 acres to R. Edgerton: of Wickware.

Consideration, $2,500.

Mrs. C. D. Heman of Unionville

and children spent Christmas with

their relative% here.

The Christmas entertainment and

tree on Christmas night here was

81 grand success in all ways.~ The pro-

ceeds from the I0~ admissio~ amount-

ed to $23.40, besides all children go-

ing in free. Of course our church

was filled. The program was a suc-

cess. Among the most splendid gifts

was a purse of $75.00 to key. and

Mrs. Nicholson, besides a splendid

and h a n d s o m e quil t to Mrs. Nichol- son f rom the Lad ies Aid. All the t e a c h e r s or nea r ly all we re remem- b e r e d wi th good p r e s e n t s f rom the i r cIasses . Among the p r e s e n t s to t h e 10 t e a c h e r s was a founta in pen to E. W. Turner , a h a n d s o m e l ea the r upho l s t e red r o c k e r to D. McDonald, to Mr. Blair a book, to Miss Clark a j ewel case. Mrs. B la i r a lso re- rece ived a presen t . We will not go in to de ta i l f a r t h e r abou t t h e prizes, :etc., bu t we feel sa t i s f ied tha t ev- e r y b o d y was m o r e than p leased with t he i r gifts. W e are a lso su re all t he c l a s ses who rece ived gif ts f rom the i r t e a c h e r s we re del ighted. Come

a g a i n nex t year .

Wi thou t op ia tes or ha rmfu l drugs of any kind Fo ley ' s H o n e y and Tar Compound s tops coughs and cures colds. Do not accep t any subs t i tu te . L. I. Wood & Co.

M A R R I A G E L I C E N S E S .

Arthur L. K e l l s , 20, Denmark ; Ag- nes L. J a m e s , 23, Akron.

Chas. H e n r y Bogar t , 29, Vas sa r ; Bea t r i ce E the l Sourwine , 20, same.

Jo seph Guebel, jr., 22, Akron; Ma-

ry Vlok, 22, same. F r a n k Orourke , 22, Deford ; Haze l

Phill ips, 18, same. John Ja son Root, 24, De t ro i t ; Mary

Ann Bell Schempp, 24, Mayvil le. E l m e r Trigger , 20, Br idgehamlJton;

~ a r y Sivak, 21, same. F r e d e r i c k E. Hoag, 26, Ehner ; Co-

r a Barnes , 20, W a t e r t o w n . E lmer Chisholm, 22, Elk; Mar tha

St r ickler , 16, F lynn. Wil l iam B. Gleason, 25, Mar le t te ;

M a y m e VanAllen, 25, Croswell . Wil l iam J. Willer , 50, W a t e r t o w n ;

Maud E. Hoag, 29, E lmer . John Wi tmer , 26, Maple Val ley;

Si lva Gingrich, 21, Yale. R o b e r t J. Nims, 28, Lex ing ton ;

Adele S. But ts , 23, same. Edwin Merrill, 29, Carsonvi l le ; Em-

m a Agnew, 24, Jeddo. E u g e n e Bunyan , 22, Deckervi l le"

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U B L Y .

T o o L a t e fo r Las t Week .

The li t t le son of Mr. and Mrs , La- peer was b rough t home, on Monday f rom the hospi ta l a t Bad Axe, w h e r e he u n d e r w e n t art operation~ for appen- dicitis.

Mas t e r Ear l P e t e r s w a s b rough t h o m e f rom the hospi ta l at Bad Axe on Monday' w h e r e it was~ n e c e s s a r y to a m p u t a t e one foot ju s t be low the k n e e o n accoun t o f tubercu los i s of

the bone.

H. J. Wi lk inson made a bus iness

tr ip to P o r t Huron this week .

Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Hagen! and. family depa r t ed , on Monday morn ing ' s t ra in for Tulsa, Okla., Where they will spend the winter.

Mrs. Moses McCullough was called

to Comber, Ont., the first of the

week to attend the funeral of her

mother. ~

Chas. Ewing was at Cass City on Tuesday looking after some hay be-

ing loaded there.

A R G Y L E .

Too Late f o r Las~ Week.

E L M W O O D .

Jud and W. C. Morse. w e r e in Care Tuesday on bus iness .

Mrs. Wil l iam Greenwood is ve ry sick.

F r a n k Wr igh t has ren ted Dan Smith ' s fa rm for next s u m m e r and

has t aken possess ion .

Mrs. Colon Bingham sl ipped on a c e m e n t walk a t the i r p l ace and was badly injured but is some better at

this writing.

V; r. Morse made a business trip to

Cass City Friday where, he purchased

a fine young horse from John Cald-

well.

Mrs. Anna Robinson of Detroit is

visiting her sister, Mrs. ~,Vm. Burse.

Mike McKellar is homeagain and will work his father's place next

summer.

Ernest Guilds and wifO have! moved

in.to Frank Wright's~ house.

There will be a Christmas enter-

tainment at the Baptist church Mon- day evening. All are cordially invit-

ed.

The work of remodelling and ~ en-

larging the Elmwood Baptist church

is nea r ly comple ted and is going to Bur¢ Brooks t r a n s a c t e d b u s i n e s s in be a big" i m p r o v e m e n t in the, looks.

Cass Ci ty on Sa turday . Miss Clara MacLean lef t las t Mrs. S tephen Moore passed away

T h u r s d a y for Valpara iso , Ind., where a t the home of h e r daughter , Mrs. she Will a t t end school t he coming , H e n r y Brandon ear ly T u e s d a y morn-

ing Dec. 19, of pneumonia . She was year .

Mr. and Mrs. J acob M e s s n e r and 72 y e a r s of age. and has l ived he re a good many years . She was loved

family lef t for t h e i r new home in i and r e spec t ed by all. T h e funera l

S tand i sh l as t week. }services w e r e held at Sunsh ine M.

Clare McLean spen t Sunday wi th I P" church conduc ted by Roy. Ira, E. f r i ends in Cumber . Miller. ~Burial will be m a d e in Gen-

A la rge n u m b e r f rom Argyle at- e s s e e coun ty w h e r e he~: husband! was

t ended the box social a t H a y Creek in ter red.

schoot l a s t F r i d a y night. Mrs. Ida W o o d vis i ted S u n d a y

Edd and Char les B r o o k s a r r ived wi th hen mother , Mrs. Mary' Morse .

home on Sa, t u r d a y to spend Christ- J a c o b Hunk'ins have f in ished the i r mas a t the i r pa r en t a l h o m e north- f ine new house and ha~ce moved into w e s t of town. it.

Miss Anna MacKei then o£ Cumber We wish the Edi tor , s t a f f cor tes- spen t Sunday a t her pa ren ta l home penden t s and r eade r s of the Chroni- here. cle a h a p p y and prosperous.'. New

John B a k e r of Cumbe~ was a pleas- Year. an t cal ler in town las t S a t u r d a y evening. W E S T GRANT.

G R E E N L E A F .

T o o L a t e f o r L a s t W e e k . W o r d has been rece ived he r e of

t he m a r r i a g e of Mrs. E m m a McCau- ley, nee Sinclair , and Mr. Land of Sandusky . T h e b r ide ' s many f r iends in this commun i ty t e n d e r he r con- g ra tu la t ions and be s t wishes for a happy and p r o s p e r o u s j ou rney

th rough life.

Mrs. Hal l and daughter , Lucile, of Gagetow]~ spen t s e v e r a l days in town

las t week.

Mrs. Miles o f Pa lms vis i ted her sons, Dunk and Alva Rols tone , las t

week.

Archie Livings ton, st. , r e tu rned f rom a visi t wi th De t ro i t f r iend s~ on

Sa turday .

Mr. and Mrs. Michael K e e n o y are p repar ing to move to P e n n s y l v a n i a where they in tend t0 m a k e the i r fu-

t u r e home.

Mr. a~d Mrs. H e n d e r s o n Sh i re s a r e moving to t he McConnel l f a rm which they have rented for a n u m b e r of

years .

Arch ie McEachin hauled hay m

Cuss Ci ty Sa tu rday .

A l i t t le son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sincla i r Monday, Dec. 11, bu t l ived only a few hours . I t was bur ied T u e s d a y in the Elk land cem-

etery.

Mr. and Mrs. Araby P o w e l l expec t t o spend the ho l idays wi th r e l a t i v e s

in Canada.

Pa t r i ck Bros. r e s u m e d th r e sh ing this w e e k a f t e r being laid up for some t ime on accoun t of t h e bad

roads.

Mrs. P a t t e r s o n of Cass City is spending severa l weeks with her daughter , Mrs. Win. Sinclair .

N O K O .

Mrs. A. M c K e n n e y is vis i tng with

f r i ends in St. ThOmas, Ont.

The church shed~ are, near ing com-

plet ion.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Radusche l accom- panidd by A. C. M c K e n n e y le f t for Owosso S a t u r d a y for a week ' s visit. Mr. McKenney will re tu rn by t h e w a y of To ledo and St. Thomas .

H. F o s t e r is v is tng f r iends in De-

troit .

E. Coller has his new house en-

closed.

The Shank family accompanied by

Mr. and Mrs. A. Bey ~ left for their

new home in AAabam~ Monday.

H. Baum has sold his farm and is

preparing to move to Detroit.

Tom Snell who sold his farm in September last, leaves for Flint in

a few days. J. Dorman of Snover is

the, new owner of the farm.

A T e r r i b l e B l u n d e r ~ To neglec t l iver t rouble . N e v e r

do it. T a k e Dr. King ' s N e w Life Pil ls on t h e f i r s t sigfi o£ cons~patien, b i l iousness , o r inac t ive bowel s and p r e v e n t v i ru l en t indigest ion, jaundice or gall s tones . They r e g u l a t e 1,iver, s t o m a c h a n d bowels and build u p y o u r heal th . Only 25e a t L. I. W o o d & Co.'s.

H a p p y New Year.

Mrs. F r a n k McCauley of E a s t Gran t v i s i ted he r s is ter , Mrs. C. E.

Wil l iamson, Sunday.

Roy Deneen spen t Sunday witl% his

mother , Mrs. Ed Deneen.

Mrs. John R i c k e r and chi ldren a te Chr i s tmas d inne r in Cass City wi th

her mother , Mrs. Bal lent ine .

Mr. and. Mrs. A. A. McVicar and son, Warne r , of De t ro i t a r e vis i t ing

re la t ives here .

The Chr i s tmas tree, held a t the

schoolhouse. S a t u r d a y night, was a grand success . The p rogram was f ine and a, l a rge crowd a t t ended -

Miss Ar thur , t e a c h e r in Dist. No. 1, is en joy ing a w e e k ' s vaca t ion wi th

her p a r e n t s a t Elkton.

Mr and Mrs Sam k i c k e r enter-

ra ined a t d inner Chr is tmas , C. E. \Vi l l iamson and family, W. J. Wil- l i amson and A. A. McVicar and fam-

ily of Detroi t . Mr. and Mrs. T. H. W a l l a c e enter-

t a ined at d inner Chr is tmas , C. M. Wal l ace and fami ly of U b l y and Mr. and Mrs. Char l ie Har t se l l and so,n

Clare, of Beau ley .

Mrs. An thony W e i l e r gave a din- rmr Chr i s tmas for Mr. and Mrs. Jno. High and fami ly and Mr. and Mrs.

Angus MeCar ty . Miss Ellm~ Moshe r and John H o o k s

we re mar r i ed las t T u e s d a y a t t he home of the br ide ' s s is ter , Mrs. Hi- ram Grey. Rev. H i ldeb rand officiat- ed, T h e y a re now cosily se t t l ed on the Arch ie Gillies farm which Mr.

Hooks has rented.

N O V E S T A C O R N E R S .

Loren Churchill is much better at

this writing.

Mrs Leslie Carol has gone to

Canada for a two weeks' visit.

John Holcomb is home from Big

Rapids for a week's vacation.

Mr .and Mrs. John Collins and lit-

tle son, Charlie, spent Sunday at' the

home of Win. Collins.

Mr. %Vatsin. Mr. and Mrs. Watsin

and three children, Mr. and Mrs.

hedgers and Roy hedgers, all of Ira-

lay City, were entertained ,at the

home of James hedgers on Christ-

mas.

Mr. and. Mrs. Robert Hornet are

the proud parents of a baby boy ,who

came ~o gladden their hbme Dec. 25.

Mrs. Alvin Scott and Mrs. Vern

Scott of goscommon, are visiting with

their parents, Mr and Mrs George

Boughton.

Miss Lena Wentworth is spend-

ing the Christmas vacation with her

brother, Clayton, at Detroit.

The F. W. B. Ladies Aid will mee~

at the home of Mrs. Flemmings on Tuesday, Jan. 2, for dinner. Every-

body welcome.

The F. %V. B. church and friends

in the community presented Elder

Willerton with a nice fur overcoat

for a Christmas present and Tho~nas

Doyle gave him a nice pair of driv-

ing gloves.

* / ANY times the Proper re- pairs will double the life **

of a good stove. The most * i important thing is that it be !

repaired in time. *. W h e n e v e r y o u r s t o v e n e e d s r e p a i r s , $ ÷ q,,

÷ s e e us . If w e c a n ' t f ix it , n o o n e c a n , o~.,. a n d w h e n w e do, i t w i l l be f i xed ÷

÷ .F ÷ r i g h t . ÷, ÷ , ~, q*

÷ ÷ R e m e m b e r the longer you put it off, the more it wil l cost, ÷

the more inconvenience you will suffer in the m e a n t i m e ;~

and. the less chance there is of being able to repair it at all.

* N. BIGELOW & SONS . ~ , , H , , I ~ t , C N i - i , 4 , , I , ~ ~ ~ ,HM, ,I-I~,H,,INI, q, @ t - i ~ , H ~ 4,q, 4,,t~ q~l,q, • ~

B lhe I:arm

Western Corn 73c per bushel

Kentucky Splint Coal $4.75 per t0n Especially for Kitchen Ranges. Try it

once and you will use no other.

Hocking Valley Lump for Heaters

Scranton Chest,ut. 60al $7.50 per to, A Green ,Christmas can't last long.

Fill you bins now while you can yet.

l

N Produce ComNny, CASS CITY.

\

"My wife and I Know a thing or ,twos

And n o other brand O~ Coffee will do.'"

"Its cleanliness, purity, delicioas flavor and reasonable price are what make Mo-Ka the best Cof fee we evez' u~ed, °'

¢

Tru iL Yo= ~ill like it.

C A N B O R O .

Mr. Mellendorf, jr., is on the sick

list and is. under the care of Dr. Mor-

ris of Owendale.

Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Jarvis left Sat- urday for Detroit for a week's visit

with their son~. Thos. and wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Libkuman and

family spent Christmas day at Fred

MeIIend0rf's near Elkton

Mr. and Mrs. Herriman are enter-

t a in ign the i r son, Grant , and wi fe of Detroi t .

Mr. and Mrs. Harby J e r o m e and

family spent Christmas a~ C. F. Je-

rome's.

Mr. McDonald of Detroit is spend-

ing the holidays with his son, Chas.~ and family.

The Christmas tree was largely at-

tended here Saturday evening. A fine program was rendered.

Miss Stella Connell of Pontiac is visiting her mother and other rela-

tives here at present. Miss Myrtle Rolph of Elkton spent

Saturday and Sunday the guest ~of

Miss Anna Jarvis.

Miss Maggie Burleigh of Gagetow~

is visiting at her parental' home her~

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Corn Dany.

C H A P T E R X I I I .

TILE G L E A M OF T H E LIOHU.

~ ~ a s ingle b r e a t h t h e face of J e a n Croisse t became no more t h a n a m a s k of w h a t it had been. T h e t a u n t i n g smile

]ef t his lips a n d a g r a y pal lor spread o v e r his f ace as he s a w EIowland ' s fin- g e r c rooked firmly on the t r igger of his revolver . In a n o t h e r i n s t a n t t he re ¢ a m e t h e sound of a meta l l i c snap.

" T h e devi l : An e m p t y ca r t r idge ! " l t o w l a n d exc la imed . "! fo rgo t to load a f t e r t hose t h r ee sho t s a t t he cup. I t ' s ~ o m i n g th is t ime, J e a n ! "

P u r p o s e l y he snapped the second e m p t y ca r t r idge .

" 'The g r e a t God!" g a s p e d Jean . "M'seur"--

From deep in t he f o r e s t c a m e the ~ a y i n g of t he Mackep, zie hound, Th i s t i m e it w a s m u c h neare r , a n d fo r a m o m e n t H o w l a n d ' s eyes l e f t the F r e n c h m a n ' s ter r i f ied face a s he t u r n e d

head to l isten. " T h e y a r e coming ! " e x c l a i m e d Crois-

~et . "M'seur . I s w e a r t o " - - / k g a t n H o w l a n d ' s p is to l cove red his

hea r t . " T h e n i t is even more n e c e s s a r y t h a t

I kill you~" he said. w i t h f r i g h t f u l ,calmness . " I w a r n e d you t h a t I wou ld kill you i f you led me in to a t rap , Croisset . T h e d o g s a r e bushed. T h e r e i s no w a y ou t of th is bu t to f ight - - i f

t h e r e a r e people coming d o w n the ~rail. L i s t6n to t h a t ! "

T h i s t ime. f r o m still nearer , c a m e tbe shou t o f a m a n a n d then of an- ~)ther. fo l lowed by the huskies ' s h a r p y e l p i n g as t h e y s t a r t e d a f r e s h on the t ra i l . T h e flush of e x c i t e m e n t t h a t had c o m e in to H o w l a n d ' s f ace pa led unt i l he s tood as wh i t e as t he F r e n c h m a n . ]But it w a s not t he w h i t e n e s s of f ea r . lg[is eyes were like blue steel f l ash ing in t he sun l igh t .

" 'There is no th ing to do bu t f ight ," he repea ted , even more c a l m l y t h a n before. " 'If we were a mile or t w o back t h e r e i t could all happen as I p l anned it. But he re" - -

" 'They will hea r the sho t s . " cr ied J e a n . " T h e post is no more t h a n a g u n s h o t beyond the forest , a n d the re ~ r e p len ty the re who would come ou t t o see w h a t i t means . Quick, re ' sea r - - fo l low me'. Poss ib ly they a r e h u n t e r s g o i n g out to the t r a p lines. I f i t (~omes tO the wors t " - -

" W h a t t h e n ? " d e m a n d e d H o w l a n d . "'You can shoot me a l i t t le la ter ."

t empor i zed the F r e n c h m a n , wi th a s h o w of his old coolness. " M e n Dies . I a m a f r a i d of that gun, re 'sear , l will get you out o f th is ff I can. Wil~ y o u g ive me the chance , or will you s h o o t ? "

" I will shoo t - - i f y o u fa i l ," repl ied the ~ n g i n e e r .

Bare ly were the words out of his m o u t h when Croisse t s p r a n g to the h e a d of the dogs, se ized the leader by his neck t race and flalf d ragged the t e a m a n d s l e d ~ th rough the th ick bush t h a t edged tDe trail. A dozm~ paces farther on the dense scrub open ed into the clearer run of the low ~ a n g i n g bansk ian th rough whicD .leal~ s t a r t e d a t a slow trot, wi th H o w l a n 0 a y a r d behind him and the ~usl~i+'-; Following with h u m a n like (.teverIles::

the s inuous tw i s t i ngs of the lr:~ii wh ich the F r e n c h m a n m a r k e d ou~ for them. They had t)rogressed not rn~rv t h a n 300 yards w, hen the re came to, t h e m for a th i rd t ime the halh~oing el .al voice. Wi th a sha rp "hup-hul) '" and a low crack of his whLp J e a n s topped t h e d o g s

" T h e Virgin be praised, but t h a t ts luck!" he exc la imed. " T h e y have t u r n • ed off in to a n o t h e r t ra i l to the east . m'seur."

Howland had broken the breech of his revolver and was replacing the Chree empty cartridges with fresh ones.

" T h e r e Will be no m i s t a k e n e x t ~lme." he said, ho ld ing ou t the weapon. "You w e r e as nea r y o u r d e a t h a :few m o m e n t s ago as eve r before in y o u r life. C ro i s se t - - and now for a lit- t l e p la in u n d e r s t a n d i n g be tween us. 1Until we s topped out t he re I had some ~ai th in you. NOw I h a v e none. I re- g a r d . you as m y wors t e n e m y , and. t h o u g h you ~re deueed nea r to y o u r ~riends, I tel l you t h a t you were neve r tn a t i g h t e r box in y o u r life. I f I fa i l in m y miss ion here you shal l die. I f ~ t h e r s come a long t h a t t ra i l before ~lark a n d run us d o w n I will kill you. Un less you m a k e it possible for me to ~ee a n d t a l k w i th Meleese I will kill you . Your l i fe hangs on m y sffceess."

" I a m g lad tha t you c h a n g e d y o u r mind , re 'sear , a n d ! will not t e m p t you aga in . I will do the bes t t h a t I can , " ~ t id Jean . " 'Within an h o u r i t will be ~ a o w i n g heav i ly . " he aff irmed. " I f t h e y do not run ac ross our t ra i l by ~ha t t ime. re 'sear , we shal l be s a f e . "

l i e led the way t h r o u g h the fo res t a g a i n , more s lowly and with g r e a t e r ~ a u t i o n t h a n before. H a l f an hour l a t e r t h e F r e n c h m a n ha l t ed w h e r e t h e b a n s k i a n s c l imbed the s ide o f a slop- i ng ridge.

" I f you could t r u s t m e I would ask ¢o ~o on a h e a d . " whispered J e a n " T h i s r idge shu t s in the pt-~in, re 'sear . a n d j u s t over the top o f It is an ol~ cab in which has been a b a n d o n e d for many__~vears. T h e r e is not one c h a n c e

in a thou,~and of the re being a n y one there t hough it is n good fox r idge a t th is ,qeason F rom it y o u m a y see the l ight i~) Melrose 's window at n igh t . "

[~e did not s top to watch the effect of his last word,~, but began p icking hi~ why no tt~e rld~e with the 'dogs

t ugg ing a t his heels. At the top he ~;wung sha rp ly be tween two huge masses of snow covered rock, a n d in the lee of the largest of these , a lmos t en t i re ly she l t e red ~I'Om the d r i f t s pile(1 up by eas te r ly winds, they came sud- denly on a smal l log Lint.

"M-on Dieu. so fa r [ have saved my hide." he gr inned "Now, tlVsetlt', look for you r se l f slid see if . lean t. 'roisset has not kel;.' his word~"

A dozen s teps had taken him th rough a screen of shrub Io the o[)posite slope of the ridge. Wi th outstre~cl~ed a r m he l)ointe~] d o w n into the plain, and a s H o w l a n d ' s eyes fo l lowed its direc- t ion he s tood th robb ing w itt~ sudden e x c i t e m e n t . Less than a quar te t ' of a mile a w a y , she l t e red in a dip of the plain, were three or four log build- ings r i s ing black and deso la te out of t he w h i t e was te . One of these build- ings was a large s t r u c t u r e s imi la r to t h a t in which H o w l a n d had been impr i soned , a n d as he looked a t eam a n d s ledge appea red f rom beh ind one of the cab ins ~nd ha l t ed close to the wal l o f the large bui lding. The dr iver was p la in ly visible, and to H o w l a n d ' s a s t o n i s h m e n t he s u d d e n l y began to a scend the side of this wall. For the m o m e n t H o w l a n d had not t h o u g h t of a s ta i r .

J e a n ' s a t t i t u d e drew" his e~es. The F r e n c h m a n had t h r u s t h imse l f hal f ou t of t he sc reen ing bushes and was s t a r i n g t h r o u g h the te lescope of his hands . Wi th an e x c l a m a t i o n he turn- ed qu ick ly to the engineer .

"Look , m ' seu r : Do you see t h a t man c l imbing the s t a i r ? I don ' t mind tell- ing you t h a t he is t h e one who hit you over the head on the trai l and also one o f those who s h u t you up in the coyote. Those a re his q u a r t e r s a t the post, a n d possibly he is go ing up to see Meleese. I f you were m u c h of a sho t you could se t t l e a score or two f r o m here. m ' s e u r "

T h e f igure had s topped, e v i d e n t l y on a p l a t f o r m m i d w a y up the side of the bui ld ing . He s tood for a m o m e n t as if seanning, ethe plain be tween him and the moun ta in , then d i sappeared . How- l and had not spoken a word. but ev- e ry ne rve in his body t ing led s t r ange ly .

"You say Melrose-- is t he r e?" he ques t ioned hes i t a t ing ly . " A n d he-- who is t h a t man, Cro i s se t ?"

J e a n s h r u g g e d his shou lde r s and d r e w h imse l f back in to the bush. turn- ing le i sure ly t o w a r d the old cabin.

" N o n , re 'sear . I will not tell you t h a t , " he protes ted. " I have b rough t you to th is place. I have po in ted ou t to you the s t a i r t h a t leads to the room w h e r e you will find Melrose. You m a y cu t me in to r ibbons for t he ravens , bu t I will tell you no more!"

Again the t h r e a t e n i n g fire leaped in to H o w l a n d ' s eyes.

"I will t rouble you to pu t y o u r h a n d s beh ind y o u r back. Croisse t , " he com- m a n d e d • 'I am going to retz~rn a cer- t a in c o m p l i m e n t of y o a r s by t y i n g y o u r h a n d s wi th th is piece of baheesh. wh ich you used on me. Af te r t h a t " - -

" A n d a f t e r tha t , m ' s e u r " - u rged Jean . wi th a touch of the old t a u n t in his voice and s topp ing wi th his back to the eng inee r a n d his h a n d s beh ind him. " A f t e r t h a t ? "

"You will tell me all t h a t I w a n t to k n o w , " f inished Howland . t i g h t e n i n g the t h o n g abou t his wris ts .

He led the w a y then to the cabin. T h e door was closed, hu t opened readi- ly as he put his w e i g h t a g a i n s t it. The

. s ingle room was l ighted by a w i n d o w th rough which a mass of snow had d r i f t ed , and con ta ined no th ing more t h a n a rude tab le bui l t a g a i n s t one of the log walls , th ree supp ly boxes t h a t had ev iden t l y been employed as stools. a n d a c racked and rus t ea ten shee t i ron s tove t h a t had f rom all appear- ances long passed into disuse. He mot ioned the F r e n c h m a n to a sea t a t one end of the table Wi thou t a word he t hen went outs ide, secure ly toggled the leading dog, a n d re turn ing , closed the door and sea ted h imse l f a t the end of the t ab le opposi te , lean

The l ight f rom the open w i n d o w fell ful l on Croisse t ' s d a r k face and shone in a s i lvery s t r eak a long the top of H o w l a n d ' s revolver as the muzzle of it res ted casua l ly on a line wi th the o the r ' s breast . There was a menac ing click as the eng inee r d r e w back the h a m m e r .

"'Now, my dear J ean , we ' re r eady tO begin the real g a m e , " he expla ined . " H e r e w e are, high a n d d ry . a n d d o w n t h e r e - - j u s t f a r - e n o u g h a w a y to be out of hea r ing of th is revolver when l shoot - -ace those we ' re go ing to play aga ins t . So f a r I 've been comple te ly in t h e . d a r k . I know of no reason w h y I s h o u l d n ' t go down the re openly and be we lcomed and g iven a good supper . A n d y e t a t the s a m e t ime l know t h a t m y l i f e w o u l d n ' t be wor th a red copper i f I did go down. You can c lear up t h e whole business, and t h a t ' s w h a t y o u ' r e go ing to do. W h e n 1 under- s t a n d w h y I a m schedu led to he mur- de red on s i g h t I w o n ' t be h a n d i c a p p e d as I now am. So go a h e a d a n d spiel. I f you d o n ' t I'II blow y o u r head off."

"You m a y shoot, r e ' sea r , " J e a n sa id qu ie t ly . " I have s w o r n on a cross o f t he Virgin to tell you no more t h a n i h a v e . "

S lowly l~owland ra ised his revolver . "Once more . Croisse t - -wi l l you tell

me?" "Non, m ' s e u r . " A d e a f e n i n g explos ion filled the l i t t le

cabin. F r o m the lobe of J e a n ' s ear t h e r e ran a red t r ickle of blood. His f a c e had gone dea th ly pale. But even as t he bul let had s t u n g him wi th in an inch of his brain he had not flinched.

"Wil l you tell me. Cro i s se t?" This t ime the black pit of the engi-

neer ' s revolver cen te red squa re ly between the F r e n c h m a n ' s eyes.

"Non, m ' s eu r . "

The eyes of the two men me t over the blue steel With n <'ry H o w l a n d s lowly lowered his weapon.

"Good God. but you ' r e a b rave man. J e a n Croi~sot!" he cried. " I 'd ~ooner kill a dozen men tt~g~t I know than yOU."

He rose t,) his feet and wo;H to the door. T h e r e wa.~; t~itl t,tH tit~e- snow in the air To th+, aorttl lhe i~o'~'iz()~ was growi~lg [)ia('R wi{l/ l i l t" e:lrly np- proa( 'h og tile t~(~".q(~,"rP, Ii~'/!~1. ~X'ilh a lael'x'~)tls t I l u ~ h ll~, ,~'t ' i l): ' t ;(ql |O ,](';111.

"i)etl( 'e t:~ke it i~ t (loll't feel liRe at)elegizing to you ." lie exclaim~0. "Does y o u r ear hllI'l "."'

"'No more than if' I had s(.ral('l~+'(] it wi th a tho rn . " reruz'ned ,lean politely. "You are good with tt~e t)istoi. DVseur?"

"I would not profit by kiltin.~ you- - jus t now." mu:~ed [ l owland . seatings h i m s e l f aga in on tt~e box and res t ing his chin in the pah{~ of his Imnd as he looked across at the other . " 'But t h a t ' s a p r e t t y good i n t i m a t i o n t h a t I 'm d e s p e r a t e a n d mean business, Croisset , We won ' t quar re l about the t h ings I 've a s k e d you. W h a t l 'm h e r e fo r is to see Melrose. Now, how is t h a t to h a p p e n ? "

" F o r the life of me I don ' t k n o w , " replied , l e a n as ca lmly as though a bul le t had not n ipped the edge of h i s ear a m o m e n t b e f o r e . " 'There is only one w a y 1 can see. re ' sear , and t h a t is t o wai t a n d wa tch f r o m this m o u n t a i n top until Melrose dr ives ou t her dogs. She has her own t e a m a n d in o r d i n a r y seasons f r e q u e n t l y goes out a lone or wi th o n e of the w o m e n a t the post. Men Dies, she has had e n o u g h of s ledge r ld iug of late, and I doub t if she will f ind p leasure i n her dogs for a long t ime ."

" l had p lanned to use you ," said H o w l a n d . " b u t I 've lost f a i th in you. Hones t l y , Croisset , I bel ieve you would s t ick me in t he back a l m o s t as quickly as those m u r d e r e r s d o w n there ."

"No t in the back. re ' sea r , " smiled the F r e n c h m a n . unmoved . "I have had oppor tun i t i e s to do tha t . Non, s ince t h a t fight back the re I do not bel ieve t h a t I w a n t to kill y o u . "

" B u t 1 would be a fool to t r u s t you, I s n ' t t h a t so't"

"'Not i f 1 gave you m y word. T h a t is s o m e t h i n g we do not b reak up here as you do down a m o n g the Wekusko people, a n d f a r t h e r sou th . "

" B u t you m u r d e r people fo r pas t ime --eh, my d e a r , l ean?"

Cross le t s h r u g g e d his shou lde r s with. out speak ing .

"See here, Cro isse t , " sa id H o w l a n d wi th s u d d e n ea rnes tness , " I ' m a lmost t e m p t e d to t a k e a chance wi th y o u Will you go d o w n to the post tonight , in some way gain access to Meleese and give her a message f rom me? ~'

" A n d the m e s s a g e - - w h a t would it be?"

" I t wou ld br ing Meleese up to this cab in - - ton ighU"

" A r e you sure. m'seur?" "I a m ce r t a in t h a t i t would. Will

you go?" "Non, m ' s eu r . " " T h e devil t a k e y o u ! " cr ied How-

l and angr i ly . " I f I w a s not ce r ta in t h a t I wou ld need you la te r I 'd gar- ro te you w h e r e you s i t ."

H e rose a n d w e n t to t he old stove. I t w a s still capab le of ho ld ing fire. a n d as it had g r o w n too d a r k outs ide fo r the smoke to be obse rved f rom the post he proceeded to p repare a supper o f hot coffee and meat . J e a n w a t c h e d h im In Silence. a n d not un t i l food and d r ink w e r e on the t ab le did the engi- nee r h imse l f b reak silence.

" O f course I 'm not go ing to feed you . " he sa id cu r t ly , "so I'll h a v e to f r ee y o u r hands . But be ca re fu l . "

H e p laced his revolver on the tab le bes ide h im a f t e r he had f r e e d Crois- set.

" I m i g h t a s s a s s i n a t e you wi th a f o r k . " Chuckled the F r e n c h m a n sof t ly , his black eyes l a u g h i n g over his coffee cup, "q d r ink y o u r hea l th , re ' sear , a n d wish you happ iness . "

"You lie!" snapped H o w t a n d . J e a n lowered the cup w i t h o u t dr ink-

i n g " I t ' s t he t ru th , m ' seu r , " he ins is ted.

"'Since t h a t beau t i fu l f ight back there I c a n n o t help but wish you happiness . I d r ink also to the happ iness of Me- leese, also t o the happ iness of those who t r ied to kill you on the t rai l a n d a t the coyote. But . men Dieu, how is i t all to come? Those a t the post a re h a p p y because they believe t h a t you a re dead. You will not be h a p p y unt i l t h e y a re dead. And Meleese- -how will all th is br ing happ iness to her? I tell you t h a t 1 a m as deep in t roub le as you, M ' seur H o w l a n d . "

He d r a n k , his eyes d a r k e n i n g gloom. ily. In t h a t m o m e n t t he re f lashed in to H o w l a n d ' s m i n d a m e m o r y of the ba t t l e t h a t J e a n had f o u g h t for h im on the G r e a t Nor th trail .

"You n e a r l y kil led one o f t h e m - - t h a t n i g h t - - a t P r ince Alber t , " he sa id slowly. "I c a n ' t u n d e r s t a n d w h y you f o u g h t fo r me then a n d w o n ' t help me now. But you did. And y o u ' r e a f r a i d to go d o w n t h e r e " - -

"Unt i l I have r eg rown a bea rd , " in- t e r r u p t e d J e a n wi th a low. chuck l ing laugh. "You would not be t he on ly one to d ie if t h e y s a w me a g a i n like this. Bu t t h a t is enough , re ' sear . will s ay no more ."

W i t h a n o t h e r length o f babeesh H o w l a n d t ied his c o m p a n i o n ' s legs.

" I ' m go ing to i n v e s t i g a t e a l i t t le ," he expla ined .

A f e w m i n u t e s later , a f t e r he had m a d e his p r i soner as c o m f o r t a b l e as possible in the cabin. H o w l a n d w e n t aga in t h r o u g h the f r inge o f sc rub bush to t h e edge of the ridge. Below him t h e plain was lost in the gloom of the night . He could see n o t h i n g of t he bui ld ings a t the post but two or t h r ee l ights g l e a m i n g f a in t l y t h r o u g h the d a r k n e s s .

In these m o m e n t s a des i re t h a t was a lmos t m a d n e s s s w e p t over him. Since

E Wrighi Has 0ved [}ne Bi0ck asl @ H a v i n g decided to move back w e s t or/ a c c o u n t of poor h e a l t h , we

have conc luded to sell e v e r y t h i ~ g . W e will sell our dwe l l i ng h o u s e , ~ } ~ b a r n and ch icken coop, a lmos~ new; also our b u t c h e r b u s i n e s s a n d fix= ~

t a r e s . We wi~i ctose ou t our ( iROCEI~iES A'F FIt~ST COST. { }

® Sale Will Continue 20 Days More A L L 5c S O A P S . . . . . . . . . . . . 4e 350 CANS " A P P L E S . . . . . . . . 300 { }

A L L 40c T E A S . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 25c B U T T L E S O L I V E S . . . . . . 20c ® A L L 50c T E A S . . . . . . . . . . 380 A L L 10c C A N N E D GOODS . . . . 9c i

30c T E A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 A L L 12c C A N N E D GOOD@ . . . . 10o }

25c C O F F E E . . . . . . . . . . . . 21c 12 BOX'ES M A T C H E S . . . . . . 43c

350 C O F F E E . . . . . . . . . . . . 32c 12 B O X E S M A T C H E S . . . . . . 250

25c O A T M E A L . . . . . . . . . . . . 22c 10c B A K I N G P O W D E R . . . . . . 8c ~

/ B U L K O A T M E A L . . . . . . . . . . 40 150 B A K I N G P O W D E R . . . . . . ~3c ~

5 c S T A R C H . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 250 B A K I N G P O W D E R . . . . . . 200 ~

100 S T A R C H . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 8c CORN S T A R C H . . . . . . . . 60 {

P U F F E D W H E A T A N D RICE . . 80 25c POSTUM . . . . . . . . . . . . 20c ~

12c C U R R A N T S . . . . . . . . . . 10c 150 P O S T U M . . . . . . . . . . . . ~2c ~

7c SODA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6c 1"0c T O O T H P ICKS . . . . . . . . 5c ~

5c SPICES . . . . . . . . 3 FOR 10c C A Y E N N E P E P P E R . . 20c P E R LB. { ~

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10c T A P I O C A . . . . . . . . . . . . 8c 10c L A M P C H I M N E Y . . . . . . 8c ~

10c P IE F R U I T . . . . . . . . . . . . 8c 8e L A M P C H I M N E Y . . . . . . . . 6c ~ 5c L A M P C H I M N E Y . . . . . . . . 4¢

10c J E L L O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8c L A N T E R N GLOBES . . . . 4 A N D 5c ~ } 250 C O C O A . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 C A N C O V E R S . . . . . . 10c a DOZ. 15c C O D F I S H . . . . . . . . . . 13c B R E A D C A N S .. 25c, 500 A N D $1.00 ~

50 B O T T L E S Y R U P . . . . . . . . 3c E]verythlnl~ in p r o p o r t i o n . Must ( } 20c C A N S S A L M O N . . . . . . . . 18c move ~ , ~ost . (

T h i s s a l e w i l l c o n t i n u e f o r c a s h o n l y . W e w i l l a l s o s e l l a l l m e a t s c h e a p e r

d u r i n g t h i s s a l e . W e w i l l d o o n l y a c a s h b u s i n e s s d u r i n g t h e s a l e a n d w i l l b e t o o b u s y t o ~

k e e p b o o k s . D o n o t a s k f o r c r e d i t . S t o r e w i l l b e o p e n e v e r y e v e n i n g . ~ }

L. E. W R I G H T , C a s s City

leese and he}: pebble . He had a s s u r e d h imse l f t h a t his eve ry move w a s to be a cool a n d ca l cu l a t i ng one; t h a t noth- i n g - n o t even his g rea t love- - shou ld urge him beyond t h a t reason w h i c h had m a d e him a m a s t e r bu i lder a m o n g men. As he s tood with the snow fal l- ing heav i ly on him he knew t h a t hl~

t ra i l wou ld be c o v e r e d before a n o t h e r d a y ; t h a t fo r an indef in i te per iod he m i g h t s a f e l y w a i t a n d w a t c h for Me- leese, on the m o u n t a i n top. And y e t s l o w l y he descended to the foot of the ~ridge and headed into t h e plain, t ak ing the p recau t ion to bury his fee t deep in the snow t h a t he m i g h t have a t ra i l to gu ide h im back to the cabin. The re wou ld be no h a r m done, a n d he m i g h t ge t a g l impse o f the light, of her l ight.

I t came on his vision wi th a sudden- hess t h a t se t his h e a r t leaping. A dog b a r k e d a h e a d of him. so n e a r t h a t ~e s topped in his t racks , a n d then sudden- ly the re sho t t h r o u g h the s n o w gloom the b r igh t g l e a m of a lamp. Before he had t a k e n a n o t h e r b r e a t h he w a s a w a r e of w h a t had happened . A cur- t a in had been d r a w n as ide in the chaos ahead . He was a lmos t on the wal ls of t h e post , a n d the l ight g leam- ed f rom h igh up, f rom the head of the s tair .

T h e one l igh ted w i n d o w was p la in ly vis ible n o w , i ts c u r t a i n two- th i rds d r a w n , a n d as he looked a s h a d o w passed over it. Was i t a w o m a n ' s s h a d o w ? T h e w i n d o w d a r k e n e d as the f igure w i t h i n came nea re r to it, and H o w l a n d s tood wi th c l inched h a n d s and wi ld ly bea t i ng hear t , a lmos t r e a d y to call out so f t ly a name .

The s h a d o w d isappeared . Dimly H o w l a n d m a d e out the s n o w covered s tair , a n d he w e n t to i t a n d looked up. Ten fee t above him the l igh t shone out. S w i f t l y he m o u n t e d the s ta i r .

II

O R D E R FOR P U B L I C A T I O N . Final Ad~n in is t ra t ion Account .

S t a t e of Michagan, t h ~ P r o b a t e C o u r t fo r t h e C o u n t y of Tusco la .

A t a se s s ion of sa id cour t , h e l d a t t h e p r o b a t e o f f i ce i n t h e Vi l lage of Card, in sa id coun ty , on, t h e f i r s t d a y of D e c e m b e r , A. D. 1911.

P r e s e n t , H e n . D. H e a l y Cla rk , J u d g e of P roba t e ,

In t h e m a t t e r of t h e e s t a t e o f Jane Summerv i l l e , Deceased.

J a m e s D. Brooke r , h a v i n g f i l ed in sa id c o u r t h i s f i na l a d m i n i s t r a t i o ~ accoun t , and pe t i t i on p r a y i n g fo r t h e a l l o w a n c e t h e r e o f a n d fo r a s s i g n m e n t a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n of t h e r e s i d u e of sa id e s t a t e ,

I t is o r d e r e d , t h a t t h e s econd d a y of J a n u a r y , A. D. 1912, a t t en o ' c l ock in t h e fo renoon , a t sa id p r o b a t e of- f ice, be a n d is h e r e b y a p p o i n t e d fo r e x a m i n i n g a n d a l l owing sa id a c c o u n t a n d h e a r i n g sa id pe t i t i on .

I t is f u r t h e r o rde red , t h a t pub l i c n o t i c e t h e r e o f be g iven by publ ica- t ion of , a c o p y of t h i s o rder , fo r t h r e e s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s p rev iou~ to sa id d a y of h e a r i n g , in t h e Cass C i ty Chron ic le , a n e w s p a p e r p r i n t e d and c i r c u l a t e d in sa id coun ty .

D. H E A L Y C L A R K , J u d g e of P r o b a t e .

A t r u e copy. P r o b a t e seal . 12-8-4

A Des Moines m a n h a d all a t t a c k of m u s c u l a r r h e u m a t i s m in h is shou lde r . A f r i e n d a d v i s e d h i m to go to H o t Spr ings . T h a t m e a n t a n ex- p e n s e of $150.00 o r more . H e s o u g h t for a q u i c k e r a n d c h e a p e r w a y to

his fight wi th .lean the s w i f f pass ing cu re i t a n d f o u n d i t ill C h a m b e r - of e v e n t s had confined his t h o u g h t s to t a in ' s L i n i m e n t . T h r e e d a y s a f t e r the i r one ob j ec t i ve - - t he f inding of Me- t h e f i r s t a p p l i c a t i o n of t h i s l i n i m e n t

h e was well . F o r s a l e by al l dea l e r s .

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• S t r e e t b l a n k e t s f r o m $ 1 . 2 5 to $ 7 . Y o u s h o u l d see w h a t w e ~ a v e a t $ 2 . 5 0 $ 3 $ 6 . B a r g a i n s , e v e r y one o f t h e m . ( ~

O u r b ias g i r t h s t a b l e b l a n k e t s a r e w i n n e r s .

F u r R o b e s f r o m $ 5 to $ 1 5 , P l u s h R o b e s f r o m $ 2 . 5 0 to ~1Oo F u r C o a t s t h e k i n d t h a t w e a r s a n d a t p r i ces t o s u i t all .

O u r D o u b l e S p r i n ~ ( ; u t t e r s a r e b e a u t i e s . ( } O u r wa l l t r u n k s a r e fine.

} If y o u w a n t t h e b e s t v a l u e for y o u r m o n e y cal l and see } o u r l i ne b e f o r e p u r c h a s i n g . {

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19II. No f u r t h e r d i s p e n s a t i o n wi l l be g r a n t e d . A F T E R J A N U A R Y is t , 1912, e v e r y m e m b e r w h o h a s been s u s p e n d e d m o r e t h a n t h i r t y d a y s , m u s t f u r n i s h a C e r t i f i c a t e of Good H e a l t h before he can be r e = i n s t a t e d .

DO IT TODAY A N O B J E C T L E S S O N

A m e m b e r o f C o n w a y T e n t N o .

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p e n d e d Nov. 1. He re-instated Nov. 30. He died Dec. 1. His widow and children got $2,000 in- surance.

C h a r l e s S. H e a d , m e m b e r o f W i l l o w T e n t N o . 823 o f N e w B o s t o n , M m h . , w a s s u s p e n d e d , H e d i d n o t r e - i n s t a t e b y D e c . 1. H e w a s k i l l e d D e c . 6. H e l e f t a w i f e a n d t h r e e c h i l d r e n a n d n o i n s u r a n c e . H e f a i l e d t o r e - i n s t a t e .

I S I T W I S E T O N E G L E C t Y O U R B O U N D E N D U T Y ?

T h e R e a d j u s t m e n t i s a s u c c e s s a n d t h e K n i g h t s o f t h e M o d e r n

M a c c a b e e s a r e n o w o n a S a f e a n d S o u n d B a s i s . C a l l o n y o u r T e n t

O f f i c e r s T O D A Y . T o m o r r o w m a y b e t o o l a t e . Transfer Now.

G E O R G E S. L O V E L A C E , A. M. SLAY9

Great Commander . Great Record Keeper .

Just received a car of fresh shell- ed Western Corn- - $1.25 cwt. Culled Beans - 25¢ a bushel

C a s s C i t y G r a i n C o . A d v e r t i s e i t in t h e C h r o n i c l e .

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An extraordinary reduced price sale of our entire stock of Suits and .Overcoats, We are not trying to get rid of stock worn stickers but simply moving a little faster the large purchases we made early in the hll,

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Kodaks and Brownie Cameras Even if you did not gel one for Christmas, come in and let us show them to you, and get started taking pictures the easy kodak way. Supplies of all kinds for doing the best of amateur work.

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," TO ALL Who have helped make the past year so full of !

pleasure and business--to all the people of Cass City and surrounding country, we extend hearty thanks and best wishes for another prosperous and Happy

! New Year.

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TEI~MS - 30 M i n u t e s 50 cen ts ; 45 M i n u t e s 75 cents .

L a t e s t m e t h o d s in P i a n o f o r t e P l a y i n g for a d v a n c e d or j u n i o r s t u d e n t s . • O u t l i n e of s~udy a r r a n g e d f r o m t h ~ m o d e r n c o n s e r v a t o r y course .

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Saved His W i f C s Lif~. "My wi fe would h a v e been in her

g r a v e t oday , " wr i t e s O. H. Brow~, of Muscad ine , Aia., " i f it had not been for Dr. K ing ' s New DiscoV.ery. She was d o w n in h e r bed, no t ab le

s h o r t t i m e . " Infa l l ib le for .coughs and colds, i t ' s t h e m o s t re l i ab le r e m e d y on e a r t h fo r d e s p e r a t e l ung t rouble , h e m o r r h a g e s , l agr ippe , as th- ma, hay f e v e r , c roup and w h o o p i n g c o u g h . 50c, $1.00. Tr ia l b o t t l e free. G u a r a n t e e d by L. I. W o o d & Co.

to ge t u p w i t h o u t help. She h a d a A Ful l Mail. seve re b ronch ia l t r oub l e and a d r~ad - " A full mai l " car r ied b y an Atlan t ic £ul cough. I go t h e r a bo t t l e of D r . K i n g s N e w Discovery , and she s can ' l iner averages 200,000 le t te rs a n d 300

began to m e n d , and was we i l in a sacks of newspapers .

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C A S S C I T Y C H R O N I C L E , F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 29, 1911. . . . . t . . . . . . . . ~ i i i , , ~

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Miss E v a Mas te r~ spen t C h r i s t m a s witli h e r p a r e n t s ' i n Cumber .

Miss • Mable S n a r e y of De t ro i t is t h e g u e s t of Miss E l e a n o r Bigelow.

Mrs 'Ella P e t e r s o n of Flin~ is t h e g u e s t of Mr. and Mrs . G. W. Golf.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k H o a g l a n d and ch i ld ren a r e v i s i t ing in Morris , Mich.

Miss J e s s i e McCal lum of Green- leaf v i s i ted f r i ends in t o w n Monda:¢.

Miss Mildred T r i m b l e of K i n g s t o n s p e n t C h r i s t m a s wi th Miss L a u r a Snell .

Win. F t e e n o r of Deckerv i l i~ s p e n t t h e C h r i s t m a s ho l idays w i t h h is fami ly here .

S p e n c e r Gale of A lbe r t a a r r i ved h e r e Monday noon . H e will r e m a i n severa l m o n t h s .

Roy H o u g h t o n of De t ro i t is visit- 2rig w i t h his p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. A. G. H o ~ g h t o n . -

J a m e s T e n n a n t lef t for De t ro i t on T u e s d a y m o r n i n g to spend severa l days ir~ t h a t city.

Miss U r s u l a V a d e r of De t ro i t is v i s i t ing wi th her paren t s , , Mr. and Mrs. E u g e n e Vader .

Les l ie K o e p f g e n of N e w b e r y i s t h e g u e s t Of his pa r en t s , Mr/ a n d ~ Mrs. P. A. Koepfgen .

Miss M a m i e B r o o k e r le f t T u e s d a y m o r n i n g f o r S a g i n a w w h e r e ~ she will v is i t un t i l a f t e r New Years . •

Misses Pea r l D e n n i s and Bess Le- mon of D r y d e n a r e g u e s t s a t t h e An- t h o n y D0e r r h o m e th i s week.

Miss G e r t r u d e H e n n e s s e y of De- t ro i t is v i s i t ing w i th h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Thos . H e n e s s e y .

S t an l ey and Roy McKenz ie of De- t ro i t s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i th t h e i r mo the r , Mrs. Win. McKenzie .

Miss F l o r e n c e SeeDer of P igeon s p e n t t h e ho l i days wi th he r pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Michae l SeeDer.

P a t H e n n e s s e y of De t ro i t a r r ived h e r e S a t u r d a y to v is i t his pa ren t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. Thos . H e n n e s s e y .

Miss Nel l ie Goff of Sag inaw vis- i ted wi th h e r pa r en t s , Mr and Mrs. G. W. Goff, t h e f i r s t of t h e week.

Miss Bery l K o e p f g e n of Milan is v i s i t ing h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Koepfgen . S h e came' Sa tu rday ,

Mr. and Mrs. Ed H a r r i n g t o n of Pon t i ac s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i t h t h e l a t t e r ' s m o t h e r , Mrs. A n n a Pa rke r .

Mr and Mrs Wes l ey Bou l ton and .family of Clare a r e t h e gues t s ..of Mr. and Mrs. Win. S e e g e r th i s week .

Mrs. Win. M u r p h y lef t F r i d a y ito vis i t in Inge r so l and Thamesfpl-d, Ofit: She Will remair~ severt~l: weei~s.

Miss Li l l ian Yakes of F l i n t c a m e S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g to spend C h r i s t m a s wi th h e r mo the r , Mrs. C a t h e r i n e Yokes.

Miss Viola C u t t i n g of De t ro i t ar- r ived S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g to v is i t wi th h e r cous ins , Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Young.

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Ray J o h n s o n of O n a w a y was t h e g u e s t of Miss I r e n e T i n d a l e ove r Chr i s tmas . H e r e t u r n e d T u e s d a y morn ing .

J a m e s H u r l e y of Ann Arbo r c a m e T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g to spend t h e holidays wi th his p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. J. Hur ley .

Miss V ida McConnel l of De t ro i t ar- r ived S a t u r d a y e v n e i n g to spend C h r i s t m a s w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Gee. McConnel l .

Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Ho l loway and daugh te r , Doris, of Detroitt ar~ g u e s t s a t t h e h o m e s of Dr M. M. \ V i c k w a r e and Dr. P. A. Schenck .

Roy. \Vm. S i m m o n s of Mason, b ro ther - in - law of F. E. Kelsey , will occupy t h e pu lp i t in t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n c h u r c h S u n d a y m o r n i n g .

Burr Mead of t h e Mich igan Agri- cu l tu ra l Col lege a t L a n s i n g c a m e S a t u r d a y and is the, g u e s t of h i s parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Maed.

W m A. S e e g e r and Michae l S e e g e r r e t u r n e d f rom De t ro i t S a t u r d a y eve- n ing w h e r e t h e y h a v e been s p e n d i n g t h e p a s t f ew w e e k s on bus iness .

Mrs E m e r s o n , who h a s been t h e g u e s t of Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Robl in in Green lea f th~ p a s t f ew weeks , ha s r e t u r n e ~ to h e r h o m e in Care.

Glen B e n k e l m a n is spending: t he ho l idays w i th his pa r en t s , Mr. a~ld Mrs. J o h n A. B e n k e l m a n . H e is a s t u d e n t of P e r d u e Unive r s i ty , Lafa- ye t te , Ind iana .

Dr. Cha r l e s K l u m p of E a s t Tawas , Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fox o f De t ro i t and Mrs. K. M. Mor r i s of S e b e w a l n g a re v i s i t ing w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s , Rev. and Mrs. F r e d e r i c k K lump .

Alex D u n c a n s o n of W o l v e r i n e ar- r ived h e r e S a t u r d a y even ing to v is i t w i t h h i s m o t h e r , Mrs. Maragrefl Dun- canson . Mr. D u n c a n s o n is super in- t e n d e t of t h e W o l v e r i n e schools .

Misses N i n a M c W e b b and Mable Seege r of F r e d e r i c k a r r i ved h o m e Sa tu rday . T h e y will r e m a i n he re un t i l March and t h e n ' r e t u r n and fin- ish t h e sp r ing m o n t h s of school .

Mrs. R. E. Wisner and Mrs. Thos. Sheridan, both of Detroit, spent Christmas with their sister, Mrs.

Gee. McConnell. Mrs. Wisner will

remain a week, whil~ Mrs. Sheridan

r e t u r n e d T u e s d a y m o r n i n g . :~ ~.

A h a p p y and p r o s p e r o u s New Yea r .to you.

C. F. Col l ins v is i ted in Buffa lo ov- e r C h r i s t m a s .

Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Delong, on T u e s d a y even ing , a d a u g h t e r .

Robt . Brown is t h e g u e s t of his s is ter , Mrs. A. Golf, a t P igeon .

Chas. Roge r s of K i n g s t o n s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i th his f ami ly here .

]~ffie and L e n a Brown a r e v i s i t ing f r i ends and re la t ives at Hay Creek and Argyle .

Mr and Mrs. Wal l ace L a u r i e of Bad Axe w e r e g u e s t s a~ t he h o m e of C la rk Bixby Chr i s tmas .

Mr. a n d Mrs. F. A. Lak in of Tole- do, Ohio, a r e t h e g u e s t s of t h e lat- t e r ' s bro ther , H. P. Lee.

Mr. and Mrs. S a m u e l L o w e of C u m b e r s p e n t Chr is tmas , wi th ~ t h e lat- t e r ' s b ro the r , J a m e s H e n r y .

J . L . McCormick of F ru i t l and , W a s h i n g t o n , is v i s i t ing w i t h his sis'ter, Mrs. Ct~as. Donnely .

Mr. and Mrs. I~eslie Ph i l l ips and son, Doyle, of S h a b b o n a " s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t J a m e s Henry ' s .

Mr. a n d Mrs. ~Wam:en L i s k of How- ard City a re v i s i t ing With t he lat- tof fs b ro the r , E. A . McGeorge . . . .

• Misses J e s s i e and E l s i e B o y d of Nor th B r a n c h are v i s i t i ng old s c h o o l -

.ma te s h e r e d u r i n g t h~ hol idays .

W. J. Moore le f t for A n n A r b o r on T u e s d a y m o r n i n g t o v is i t Mrs. Moore wh(~ is in t h e U n i v e r s i t y ~ .hosp i ta l .

Mr and Mrs. J o h n C l o t h i e r and R. ,F. Wel lwood of Mar l e t t e a r e t h e g u e s t s o f Mr. and Mrs. Jas . N. Dor- m a n , .

Miss Mable Cle land of B o y n e City [s s p e n d i n g h e r vaca t i on wi th he r pa ren t s , Mr and Mrs. R o b e r t Cle- land.

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Donne ly of Du- rand a r e v i s i t ing w i th t he f o r m e r ' s pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. ~has . Don- nely.

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. K n o w l e s w e n t to Bay City S a t u r d a y w h e r e t h e y s p e n t C h r i s t m a s T h e y r e t u r n e d on Tuesday .

Miss Mar ie B r e o k e r e n t e r t a i n e d Miss Mamie Brooker , Spaf fo rd Ke l sey and H. K e y s e r a t l u n c h e o n Monday evening.

Miss Lena Gallagher, a teacher of the Stanton schools, is visiting her

parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gallagher.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo~ Bond of Sault Ste Marie are visiting with the

latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. \V. Keating.

Mrs. W. E. Rogers and children of Pontiac spent Christmas with the fo rmer ' s p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mead.

H e n r y W e t t l a u f e r ha s secured the agency of t h e P a t e r s o n t o u r i n g car. He will c o n t i n u e h a n d l i n g t h e Metz and Car te rca r .

Mr. and Mrs. A lbe r t Goff of Pig- eon w e r e t h e g u e s t s of t h e l a t t e r ' s pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. S: H. Brown , C h r i s t m a s day.

A. H. Muck and d a u g h t e r , Lena , lef t T h u r s d a y . a f t e rnoon for Buffalo, Lockpor~ and o t h e r New Y o r k po in t s to v is i t re la t ives .

Mr. and Mrs. Grove r C. Ross and d a u g h t e r , Marguer i t e , of K i n g s t o n s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t t he h o m e of Mr, and Mrs. J o h n Z innecke r .

Mr a n d Mrs. Chas. Y o u n g a n d family and Mr. and Mrs. Win. S p u r g e o n spen~ Chris tmas . day a t t h e h o m e of Mrs. Nancy- Marshal] of N o r t h e a s t E lk l and

J a m e s K l u m p has been su f f e r i ng f rom a w o u n d in his foot s ince Tuesday . J a m e s was spli t t ing' wood on t h e day n a m e d and' his foot go t in t he way of t h e ax.

Mrs. N. C. F e r r i b y of De t ro i t is t h e g u e s t of h e r s is ter , Mrs. H. P. Lee. Mr. Fe r r Jby is expec t ed Sat- u r d a y and wil l a lso be a g u e s t a t t he Lee h o m e ove~ New Years .

Mrs. Chas. Young entel~tained t h e m e m b e r s of he r S u n d a y school c lass F r i d a y even ing . Games and a ta f fy pull w e r e en joyed by t h e g u e s t s and l ight ref reshments~ wer~ se rved .

A. H. Muck and family , Mr. and Mrs. E. W. K a e r c h e r and son, Mr. and Mrs. F r e d e r i c k Joos and daugh- t e r w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d a t t h e h o m e of J acob Joos in N o r t h e a s t E l k l a n d on C h r i s t m a s day.

David G e n e r e a u x of C h a t h a m , Ont. , v is i ted wi th his aun t , Mrs. W . J. Carson , ove r C h r i s t m a s ; a l so wi th Wm. G e n e r e a u x of Gre'enleafo and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S i l v e r t h o r n of De- ford. Mrs. Ca r son h a d n o t s een h e r n e p h e w for ove r t w e l v e yeras .

T h e h o r s e of Chas. Rob l in of Green lea f b e c a m e f r i g h t e n e d a t t h e t r a in one day las t week , t h r o w i n g Mr. Rob l in f r o m t h e rig. One of hi~ k n e e s was sp ra ined and h e ~ w a s taken to t h e h o m e of h is s i s te r , Mrs. A n n a P a r k e r . H e was ab le ~to re- t u r n to his h o m e W e d n e s d a y .

Mrs. C. J. B i n g h a m had t h e mis- f o r t u n e of s l ipp ing on a c e m e n t w a l k last T h u r s d a y a t h e r h o m e w e s t of town. S h e had pas sed t h r o u g h t h e door to mai l a l e t t e r 'when she fell, s t r i k ing h e r t e m p l e s and f ace ve~T severe ly . She m a n a g e d to r e t u r n in- to t h e h o u s e bu t u p o n r e a c h i n g it

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We wish you a Bright and Prosperous New Year

and we wish to thank you for thd liberal patronage extended us during the few months we have been among you. :.

Our New Years Resolution T o h a v e a n d k e e p o n e o f t h e m o s t c o m -

p l e t e a n d u p - t o - d a t e D r t ~ g S t o c k s i n T u s c o l a

c o u n t y .

T o g i v e y o u t h e l o w e s t p o s s i b l e p r i c e s

c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y .

I T o , m a k e e v e r y p u r c h a s e f r o m u s s a r i s - .~

f a c t o r y t o y o u b y C h e e r f u l l y r e f u n d i n g y o u r J i l l

m o n e y i f y o u f e e l t h a t y o u h a v e n o t r e c e i v e d [1[[

f u l l v a l u e . . . . ' 1~1

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l o o k o v e r O u r s t o c k a n d p r i c e s . Y o u n e e d ~ '

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) Here's hoping that this year will

® mete out to you 366 days of • ~ Happiness and Prosperity

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We thank you for the business accorded th~s ) firm during the year just closed and hope to be C ) favored with a continuance thereof in the year

® before us, We shall endeavor to merit any busD ness favors extended, ~

Anketell Lumber & Goal Co. Cass City, N l i c h . ~ )

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this damp weather. The longer you keep them, the more they will pick. Bring them in, or bring sample. We will buy them or dry them for yOU,

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b e c a m e u n c o n s c i o u s and r e m a i n e d So for t w o hours . A p h y s i c i a n wan, sum- m o n e d a t once. No bones w e r e bro- ben, a l t h o u g h she r ece ived a thor- o u g h s h a k i n g up. She is m u c h im- p roved and is ab le to be abou~ again .

Mrs. Les l i e M c C h e s n e y of Ponti~ ac a r r i ved h e r e l as t W e d n e s d a y to vis i t w i t h h e r pa r en t s , Mr. and Mrs. ~ l f r e d Randal l . She will r e m a i n unti l Mrs. Randa l l i m p r o v e s in h e a l t h °

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Great having in Time and Money.

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A woman who does h e r own b a k i n g h a s n ' t t ime to ex- p e r i m e n t with unknown flour. T h e re su l t s are genera l ly unsat i s factory and then the pleasure of bare day is spoil- ed ." She wants to know that her bread and pastr ies are go ing to br ing a smi le from her husband and not a grouch.

White Foam Flour and White Li ly F lour are "year- in-and-year out" a lways sat i s factory , and the wife is al- w a y s sure of invit ing bread and pastr ies when she uses them. O r d e r a sack today.

We are now grinding Buckwheat -,Feed grinding every day

i f:' Fo r Dairy F e e d s we have Oil Meal, Cotton Seed ~ i M e a l , G l u t e n Feed , Bran and Middl ings . c o r n F lakes , a l , fine feed fo," pigs . A s k f o r o u r p r i c e s . :;

Cass City Milling Company " t - - C. W' HELLERI Manager-.

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i ' On all Toys, Dolls, Toilet Articles Off. s

Our Big January ClearinE; Sale Will begin along abou£ the

I ~sth of January. Watch for special announcement in this paper. Watch, Watch,

I ,,?, : Watch; it will pay you.

I P a l m e r Bros . i Oagetown, /'lich. " " O : ___ . . . . --:-:- - _ _ ' - : .... _--_ _ ~ ~ _ . . . . :-_-:-_ . . . .

C h i l d r e n ' s M a t i n e e A I I I [ X I f l [ A I ~ [ Every Saturday , , 4 p. m.

.IS ouPo . T h i s coupon and 5 c will a d m i t

i any boy or g i r l to

!REX THEATRE Matinee Saturday

And en t i t i e s holder to a wonde r fu l

Japanese Cigar Fan F l ~ E E - - S a t u r d a ~ O n l y .

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F l d y d P a r r o t t o f L a G r a n d e is , s p e n d i n g t h e h o l i d a y s ~ w i t h r e l a t i v e s

h e r e .

Mrs. A t k i n s a n d d a u g h t e r , E l iza , of F l i n t a r e v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i e n d s in t h i s p lace .

Mr . a n d Mrs. Win . F o x e n t e r t a i n e d ~ r s . F o x ' s p a r e n t s of L a x a o t t e a n d Mr. F o x ' s b ro the r , R o b e r t a n d fam-

i ly o f D e c k e r a t C h r i s t m a s d inne r . Mr. a n d Mrs . J a m e s H e l m s a r e

s p e n d i n g t h e w e e k w i t h r e l a t i v e s i n

~ r a t i o t c o u n t y . T h e C h r i s t m a s p r o g r a m s a t t h e M.

:E. c h u r c h F r i d a y e v e n i n g a n d a t t h e L. D. S. c h u r c h S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g

w e r e wel l r e n d e r e d and a good at- t e n d a n c e .

W i l b u r M e a d o w s of C l i f fo rd s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t t he M e r e d i t h home . Mrs. M e r e d i t h , w h o h a s b e e n h e r e f o r s o m e t i m e r e t u r n e d h o m e w i t h h i m T u e s d a y .

Mr. a n d Mrs. H. W. E h l e r s s p e n t Christma~ at St. Louis with the lat-

her's aunt. Mrs. Ehlers will be gone

fo r a f ew w e e k s v i s i t i ng h e r p a r e n t s a t Big Rap ids .

Mr. a n d Mrs. F r e d P a r r o t t a r e t he paren . t s o f a b a b y boy b o r n T h u r s d a y , Dec. 21. Gee. P a r r o t t s t e p s h i g h n o w be ing g r a n d p a .

Mrs. P e t e r L e s l i e vJi tsed in Y a l e

r e c e n t l y . T h e Ugo-Igo c lub m e t w i t h Mrs .

W m . F o x Wednesday~ a f t e r n o o n . Mr. a n d Mrs. Ot to N i q u e and

d a u g h t e r , E l e a n o r , w e r e i n Oxford f r o m W e d n e s d a y to F r i d a y to a t t e n d a r e c e p t i o n fo r t h e fo laner ' s b ro the r , Arno ld , w h o w a s marriec~ W e d n e s d a y .

C H A N G E O F F I L M S E R V I C E .

M a n a g e r D r a g e r h a s c h a n g e d t i le f i lm s e r v i c e of t h e R e x T h e a t r e . T h o s e now s h o w n a r e l i c ensed f i lms of A m e r i c a n m a n u f a c t u r e s e c u r e d f r o m t h e G e n e r a l F i l m Co. of De t ro i t .

S h a v i n g se ts , mugs , etc. , 25c to $2.50 a t P e t e r s Bros .

Lad i e s , t a k e a d v a n t a g e of our closing out sa le of fa l l m i l l i n e r y goods . Mrs. M. J. McGi l lv ray . 12-15-

L O C A L I T E M S .

A H a p p y and P r o s p e r o u s N e w Y e a r to you.

Mr. and Mrs. David T y o s p e n t C h r i s t m a s in Det ro i t .

Miss R e v a T u c k e r is s p e n d i n g h'er v a c a t i o n a t h e r h o m e in I m l a y City.

Miss K a t e H e l w i g of F l i n t s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t h e r p a r e n t a l h o m e here .

Miss A u d r e y Poll h~.s g o n e to How- ell to ~ spend he., vaca t ion wi th he r p a r e n t s

Mrs. C. D. S t r i f f l e r and sons a r e s p e n d i n g the ho l i day w e e k in De- t ro i t

Harry Striffler of Argyle was the

guest of friends here Sunday and

Monday.

Ray Meiser of Pontiac spent

Christmas with his mother, Mrs.

Mary Meiser.

Harold Weimeister of Detroit is

the guest fo his sister, Mrs. E. J.

Wettlaufer.

John Holcomb of Big ~apids is vis-

iting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Holcomb.

Miss Genevieve Ryland of \Vilmot

is v i s i t i ng a t t h e h o m e of Mr. and Mrs. A m o s Mar t in .

H e n r y L r e t t l a u f e r l e f t T u e s d a y for F a i r g r o v e w h e r e h e t r a n s a c t e d busi- ne s s f o r a few, days .

Mr. a n d Mrs. C l a r e n c e B o u l t o n s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t , t h e l a t t e r ' s par- e n t a l h o m e in C u m b e r

Mr. a n d Mrs. W m . W e l d o n w e n t t o K i n g s t o n Sat l~rday to spend t h e h o l i d a y s w i t h r e l a t i ve s .

H e r b e r t W o o d of O n a w a y a r r i v e d S a t u r d a y to v i s i t w i th his p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. J. H. Wood .

L. E. W r i g h t h a s m o v e d his m e a t m a r k e t and g r o c e r y i n to t h e Gil l ies

bu i ld ing on Main s t r e e t eas t .

Miss Mable L a w r e n c e h a s g o n e to h e r h o m e n e a r Jackson: w h e r e she is s p e n d i n g t h e v a c a t i o n week.

Miss L izz ie B a r n e s of Big R a p i d s is v i s i tng wth h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. J o h n B a r n e s , n o r t h of t own .

T h e L a d i e s Aid of t h e E v a n g e l i c a l c h u r c h will m e e t w i t h Mrs . A. A. R i c k e r n e x t T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n , Jan . 4.

Miss Ze l l a Ha l l w e n t to D e t r o i t S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g w h e r e she s p e n t C h r i s t m a s . She r e t u r n e d T u s d a y even ing .

Miss Cecil K r a p f of A n n Arbor c a m e T .hursday to spend t h e holi- d a y s w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs.

J o h n Krap f .

E. M. Al len , w h o ha~ b e e n visiting a t t h e h o m e of E l i a s M c K i m , re- t u r n e d to h i s h o m e in L a k e Ci ty on T u e s d a y m o r n i n g .

Miss F r a n c e s McGi l lv ray , a teacher of t h e L a k e O d e s s a schools , is vis- i t ing w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. A n g u s McGi l lv ray .

Miss Adah Caldwet l of Ann A r b o r c a m e F r i d a y e v e n i n g to spend h e r vaca t i on w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs: J. A. Caldwel t .

Miss L u c i l e S c h e n c k of Alb ion cei- l'ego c a m e Fr iday" e v e n i n g to spend t h e h o l i d a y s wi th h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Schenck .

I rw in a n d t h e Misses Mi ldred , Zel- la and M a r i o n - W e a v e r w e n t to B u r n s i d e W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g to vis-

i~ with'~ t h e i r g r a n d p a r e n t s .

Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n S a n d h a m and l i t t l e d a u g h t e r s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i t h Mrs. S a n d h a m ' s p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. S. W.~ S t r i f f l e r , a t Argy le .

E d w a r d Russe l l a n d Miss J u l i a A. Loomis , b o t h of Gage tow~, w e r e mar- r ied Dec. 20 a t t h e E v a n g e l i c a l par- s o n a g e by Roy. J. A. Schwe i t ze r .

E r n e s t S c h w a d e r e r 6f P e r d u e Uni- v e r s i t y , L a f a y e t t e , I nd i ana , a r r i v e d h e r e T h u r s d a y to s p e n d t h e h o l i d a y s w i th his f a t h e r , Win. S c h w a d e r e r .

Mr. a n d Mrs. M. H. T a n n e r , Miss L i l a h T a n n e r , Mrs. Geo rg i a Wel l s a n d son, George , of F l i n t , s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i t h Mr. a n d Mrs. David

Gray .

Ot to K l i n k m a n l e f t l a s t T h u r s d a y fo r L a n c a s t e r , N. Y., w h e r e h e is vis-

i t i ng f r i e n d s a n d r e l a t ives . H e expec t s to r e m a i n in N e w Y o l k a b o u t

t h r e ~ m o n t h s .

Mr and Mrs. David L a w a n d d a u g h t e r , Mrs. Chas . Al la rd , w e r e ca l led t o P o n t i a c to a t t e n d t h e fu- n e r a l of Miss Goldie L o c k w o o d , w h o died in t h a t c i ty a f t e r an i i lness o f t y p h o i d fever . T h e f u n e r a l w a s he ld T u e s d a y .

Miss I r e n e M a r t i n is v i s i t i n g w i t h h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. A m o s Mar t in . Miss M a r t i n is a t t e n d i n g school a t Mr. P l e a s a n t . O w i n g to

poor eye-s igh t , s h e c a m e h o m e a s h o r t t i m e b e f o r e v a c a t i o n , b u t wi l l

r e t u r n a f t e r t h e ho l i days .

" T h e i t em p u b l i s h e d in t h e Chron- icle r e q e n t l y in w h i c h it was s t a t e d t h a t t h e r e a r e 53 S u n d a y s in 1911 a n d t h a t t h i s wi l l no t h a p p e n a g a i n in 107 y e a r s is n o t e n t i r e l y c o r r e c t , " sa id E d w a r d Glover F r i d a y . Mr. Glover w i t h g r e a t p a t i e n c e has fig- u r ed ou t t h e y e a r s in t h e p r e s e n t c e n t u r y w h i c h wil l h a v e 53 S u n d a y s each . H e f inds 22 of t h e m as fol- lows: 1904, 1905, 1911, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1950, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2000.

L e o T y o is t h e n e w a s s i s t a n t a t t h e G r a n ~ T r u n k d e p o t

C l a u d e Moore is s p e n d i n g a w e e k wi th his s i s t e r a t T u r n e r .

Mr. and Mrs. G. W. t e n d o n a re s p e n d i n g a w e e k in Det ro i t .

Mrs. A. A. R icke~ m a d e a b u s i n e s s t r ip to Ga~e town T h u r s d a y .

R a l p h H e r r i n g t o n of G a g e t o w n w a s in t o w n W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o n .

Mrs E m m a C a r o l a n le f t XVednesday m o r n i n g to visi~ f r i e n d s in F l in t .

Mi~s B e u l a h W h i t n e y is s p e n d i n g h e r v a c a t i o n a~ h e r h o m e in Det ro i t .

Miss C l a r a F o s t e r l e f t M o n d a y m o r n i n g fo r h e r h o m e in B r o w n City.

E a r l y c los ing of s t o r e s for t h e win- t e r m o n t h s s t a r t s n e x t T u e s d a y , J a n . 2.

Mrs. Ann B e a r s e is s p e n d i n g the h o l i d d y w e e k w i t h f r i e n d s in P o r t Huron .

Mr. a n d Mrs. J . D. Crosby s p e n t Ch:r i s tmas wi th r e l a t i v e s in N o r t h Branch .

Mrs. J a m e s T e n n a n t a n d s i s te r , Mrs. Pa r i s , l e f t f o r De t ro i~ F r i d a y to v i s i t s e v e r a l days .

Miss Avis B r y a n t h a s g o n e to. h e r h o m e in H e b r o n , I n d i a n a , t o Spend h e r C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n .

Mrs. j e n n i e Cooley re turae , d h o m e T u e s d a y e v e n i n g f r o m D e t r o i t w h e r e she had v i s i t ed a few, days .

Mr. a n d Mrs. B. H. B i n g h a m enter - t a i n e d Mr. and Mrs. A. A. B i n g h a m of ,Gage town on C h r i s t m a s day.

A b o u t 140 e n j o y e d t h e s u p p e r given to t h e m e m b e r s of t h e M. E. S u n d a y school T u e s d a y even ing .

W. E. H a r n i s h h a s g o n e to h is h o m e in M e c h a l f i c s b u r g , Penn . i w h e r e he is s p e n d i n ~ t h e v a c a t i o ~ w e e k .

IrWin a n d H e l e n B r a d f i e l d of La- p e e r a r r i ved h e r e W e d n e s d a y a n d a r e g r e e t i n g t h e i r Cass C i ty frednds.

Mrs. D. M. H o u g h t o n w e n t t o Mt. C l e m e n s W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g w h e r e

she will r ece ive m e d i c a l t r e a t m e n t .

Cl i f ford E d g e r t o n of A l m a co l lege

c o m e F r i d a y t o v i s i t h i s p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. A n d r e w E d g e r t o n , of Wick- ware.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helwig enter-

tertained a number of friends at a

Christmas dinner a~ their home, east

of town.

Miss Myrtle PratV and John Curran

of Detroit arrived here Wednesday

and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Holler.

Miss Anna Foster left Tuesday

morning for her home in Brown City

after spending a few weeks with her

sister, Mfrs. T. L. Tibbals.

M~r. and Mrs. Fred A. Bigelow and d a u g h t e r , E l e a n o r , a n d Miss E l e a n o r B i g ~ t o ~ w e n t t o Ann A r b o r T u e s d a y to a t t e n d a m u s i c t e a c h e r s ' conven- tiori.

Mr. and Mrs. Jas . W i l s o n en te r - tained the following guests at Christ-

mas dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Gee. Land

of Ellington and Mr. and Mrs. John Peddle and Roland Wilson of Elm-

wood.

Mr a n d Mrs J a m e s H u t s o n of Ar- g y l e spen~ C h r i s t m a ~ wi t t / t h e f a r t e r ' s pa ren t s , Mr and Mrs. ~Vm. Smi th . T h e y r e t u r n e d T u e s d a y a c c o m p a n i e d

by Mrs . Srrkith.

J e s s e H a w k s w o r t h , w h o h a s been e m p l o y e d as m e a t c u t t e r in L . E. W r i g h t ' s m a r k e t fo r t h e p a s t y e a r , moved his h o u s e h o l d goods to Ubly, h i s f e igner home .

Mr. and Mrs. H e n r y Krug: were ca l led to Ubly T h u r s d a y , owing to t h e i l lness of t h e f o r m e r ' s f a t h e r ,

w h o s u f f e r e d a p a r a l y t i c s t roke . H e died S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g a n d the f u n e r a l s e rv ices w e r e h e l d T h u r s d a y .

Misses E t h e l S t r i f f l e r , I o n e Cootes a n d M a r y Z i n e c k e r w e n t to K i n g s t o n T h u r s d a y to v i s i t w i t h Mrs. G r o v e r C. Ross . In t h e e v e n i n g of t h~ s a m e d a y Mrs. Ross e n t e r t a i n e d f r i ends in

h o n o r of Miss Cootes .

C y r u s D e a n of W e s t E lg ian , On- ta r io , is v i s i t i ng wi th his son, An- d r e w Dean , a n d w i t h h i s s i s te r , Mrs T. L o u n s b u r y . H e wil l v i s i t rela- t i ve s in U ~ i o n v i l l e b e f o r e r e t u r n i n g

home . Mrs. J. B. Cootes w e n t to L a p e e r

S a t u r d a y to v i s i t h e r p a r e n t s . She will r e m a i n ~ndef in i t e ly o w i n g to t h e s e r ious i l lness of h e r father~ Mr. Cootes w e n t t o L a p e e r M o n d a y and r e t u r n e d T u e s d a y .

A l b e r t D u n h a m spen~ C h r i s t m a s a t t h e h o m e of Win. S c h w a d e r e r . H e re- t u r n e d to D e t r o i t T u e s d a y accompa- n ied by Mrs . D u n h a m , w h o h a s b e e n s p e n d i n g a w e e k w i t h h e r m o t h e r Mrs. Win. S c h w a d e r e r .

Mr. a n d Mrs. A r t h u r Wood , Mr.

a n d Mrs. R o b t . W o o d , E d g a r W o o d a n d Miss H e n d e r s h o d , Mr. a n d Mrs . D. C r a f t of De fo rd s p e n t C h r i s t m a s w i t h Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cra f t . T h i s was t h e 28th t i m e t h a t t h e f a m i l i e s h a v e e a t e n C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r toge th - er. Mrs. A r t h u r W o o d is a s i s t e r of

Mrs. A. T. Cra f t .

F r e d S t r i f f le r , w h o h a s been been r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e S e c u r i t y G a t e Co. in I o w a and o t h e r m i d d l e w e s t e r n s t a t e s , h a s r e t u r n e d to s p e n d t h e h o l i d a y s w i th r e l a t i v e s n e d f r i e n d s in t h e T h u m b . H e w a s t h e g u e s t of

h is s i s te r , Mrs. J . A. S a n d h a m ,Fri- day . H e le f t t h e s a m e d a y fo r h is p a r e n t a l h o m e in Argy le .

Mr. a n d Mrs. N. K a r r of Kings -

t o n w e r e v i s i t o r s in t o w n Monday .

Mr. and Mrs . H u g h McColl w e r e g u e s t s of S a g i n a w f r i e n d s l a s t week. :

Miss Ione Cootes of I o n i a is vis- i t ing w i th h e r cous in , Miss M a r y Z inecke r .

Mrs. Win. Mc~Vebb lef t M o n d a y

to spend t h e h o l i d a y s in F l i n t a n d K a l a m a z o o .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Gee. S k r i n e of Pon- t i ac s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t t h e h o m e of I saac Cragg .

D. D. B a n c r o f t of P o n t i a c was the g u e s t of h is s i s te r , Mrs. Win. N. S t r aube , o v e r S u n d a y .

B. F. B e n k e l m a n and son, Ha ro ld ,

l e f t M o n d a y fo r S t u r g i s w h e r e t h e y v i s i t ed with~ f r i e n d s a few, days .

T h e P., O. & N. b r o u g h t m a n y C h r i s t m a s v i s i to r s t o Cass C i ty Sat- u r d a y even ing . T h e r e g u l a r t r a i n was d iv ided in to t w o s e c t i o n s a n d b o t h carriec~ h o s t s o~ p a s s e n g e r s .

S t a n d i n g room w a s a t a pre- i um a t t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t t h e D i l l m a n school , w e s t o f t o w n , ~ l a s t T h u r s d a y even ing . T h e schoo l h a s been c losed f o r a w e e k ' s v a c a t i o n l

" W e wil l load m o r e ca r s of s u g a r bee t s t h i s s e a s o n t h a n l a s t , " s a y s A. E. Bou l ton , m a n a g e r of t h e w e i g h sta- t ion h e r e , " a n d t h e a c r e a g e fo r 1912 w i l l be g r e a t e r t h a n i t w a s th i s y e a r . "

Mr. a n d Mrs. David Ross en te r - t a i n e d t h e fo l l owing r e l a t i v e s Chr is t - m a s d a y : Mr. a n d Mrs . D. : T i m e r s o n a n d c h i l d r e n o f P o n t i a c , Mr. a n d Mrs: D. O s t r a n d e r a n d c h i l d r e n Of El l ing- ton , Mr. and Mrs. W. J. S c h w e g l e r and Mr. and Mrs. F. ,I. Nash , jr . , and fami l i es .

T h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e member~ of t h e Baptisfi "church wi l l be he ld a t t he c h u r c h n e x t M o n d a y w h e n busi- n e s s m a t t e r s wil l be c o n s i d e r e d and t h e m e m b e r s will al l t a k e d i n n e r toge the r . T h e pas to r , Roy . H a y w a r d , r e q u e s t s a g e d ones w h o a r e u n a b l e

to w a l k to t h e ~church to n o t i f y h i m a n d c o n v e y a n c e s will be p r o v i d e d fo r t hem.

U B L Y .

Miss F l o r e n c e S m i t h of G a g e t o w n , Miss Ora H i g g i n s of C a s s Ci ty , a n d Miss G a y l e Cole of D e t r o i t a r e s p e n d i n g t h e w e e k a t t h e h o m e of Mrs. F. L. Pe tOt .

Gee. T a y l o r s p e n t S u n d a y a t Owen- dale .

Mr. and Mrs. Gee. P l i e t z s p e n t C h r i s t m a s wtil~ P o r t H o p e f r i ends .

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. P i e r c e and t h e i r d a u g h t e r , M i s s Fern~ r e t u r n e d f r o m S a s k a t o o n , Sask . , l a s t week . T h e y w e r e a c c o m p a n i e d bY. t h e i r son, Alber t , a n d h i s ~ittle son. D. H. s a y s t h a t t h e w e a t h e r is to~ cold ou t t h e r e for comfol% anc~ h e i s s a t i s f i ed w i th old Mich igan .

W. T. B r o w n a n d f a m i l y of G r a n d R a p i d s v i s i t ed w i th f r i e n d s and rela- t ives h e r e o v e r C h r i s t m a s .

Doug la s F e r r i b y is h e l p i n g a t t h e g e n e r a l store~ of G. A. P l i e t z a~ pres-

ent .

C a r d of T h a n k s .

To all t h e f r i e n d s w h o s e sympa- t h y and s e rv i ce s w e r e so k i n d l y ten- d e r e d in m y t i m e of b e r e a v e m e n t , I d e s i r e to ex t end m y s i n c e r e t h a n k s . H. C. H o w e y .

O I, C. and H a m p s h i r e b o a r fo r service . F e e s $1 in a d v a n c e . O . i . C. hogs fo r sale . H. Cranda l l , Cass City. l p

P i g L o s t . Little white pig. Return, to John

McLellan. 12-29-Ip

It's good to the very ,tip-=~Black and White cigar.

H o r s e f o r S a l e .

W e i g h t a b o u t 1,100, good worke r , good wind , good dr iver . E n q u i r e of A. D. Mead. 9-29-

S h o r t h o r n bul l ca l f fo r sale . En- qu i r e of D. E. T u r n e r . C i t i zen ' s phone . 12-8-

W e a d m i t h a v i n g th~ f i n e s t l ine of X m a s box p a p e r in Cass Ci ty . Pe- t e r s Bros .

One of t h e b e s t X m a s g i f t s fo r a l a d y ~s a n e w s i lk wais t . I h a v e a l a r g e n e w l ine. Mrs. G. W. Goff.

N o t i c e . P a r t i e s o w i n g m e f o r g r a v e l p l e a s e

s e t t l e b e f o r e J an . 1. F r e d Ba rdwe l l . 12-15-3p.

N e v e r so m a n y u s e f u l g i f t s in Big- e low ' s s t o c k as t h i s yea r .

D r y s e a s o n e d wood, p o p l a r a n d b i rch , fo r s a l e a t $1:25 a cord . Chas . Al la rd , R. R. 2, Cass Ci ty . C i t i zen ' s p h o n e No. 139, 3 S ~ I L . 11-15-

An X m a s t i p - - G e t y o u r f r i e n d a Moore ' s n o n - l e a k a b l e f o u n t a i n pen , t h e p e r f e c t i o n in f o u n t a i n pens , $2.50 and up. P e t e r s Bros .

F e w coa t s l e f t a n d t h e y ' r e go ing cheap . Cal l a n d see t h e m . Mrs . G. W. Goff.

A b r e a d box would p l e a s e m o t h e r . W h e r e ? BJgelow's .

S a n i t a r y m e t a l b r e a d b o a r d for y o u r wife . See Bige!ow's .

A R o u n d Oak B a s e B u r n e r wi l l m a k e l i f e w o r t h l i v ing . Cootes . 12-8-

X m a s book l e t s a n d pos t ca rds , a l a r g e v a r i e t y a t P e t e r s Bros .

X m a s sea ls , l abe ls , t ags , ca rds , e tc . A cho ice Hne a t P e t e r ~ Bros .

:_ - _ - . . _ - _ - _ - : __ - -_ . .

A bank account

4 O~ O N T I M E Depos i t s .

- Will compound every

s ix months . S tar taR

account wffh O n e

.')ollar or upwards . Add to it---

even a l itt le at a time° ResuI t~

will s u r p r i s e you. Don ' t delay .

T h e hab i t a c q u i r e d leads on to

for tune.

Call at

[XCflANfi[ BANK of E, H, Pinney & Son

We .Are ]'hanktul T o the people of Cass City and vicinity for the kind patronage they have given us s ince we s tar ted in b u s i n e s s here Apri l 1, and" we take this oppor- tuni ty to ex tend to them our best w i s h e s for a p r o s p e r o u s y e a r j n 1912.. We a r e bet ter prepared

t h a n ever before to give our Customers the best service. On Saturday

we will se l l

Naval -Oranges as low as ~5c a dozen or 2 dozen

for 25 cents. T h e s e p r i ce s a re for sa t - u r d a y only. W e will also give you a chance to b u y your N e w Y e a r Candy at a barga in . It will pay you to come and see us.

M ELLON'S FI~UIT AND CANDY b3 ORE

F R I T Z B L O C K

S t a r t N e w Y e a r R i g h t W i t h F a t h e r T i m e

You can do so by p u r c h a s i n g one of our reltable t ime pieces . We can s h o w you a fine dmplay of Watches of all k inds and the values are the very bes t for the money.

We w i s h t o thank one and alI for aiding us wi th their l iberal patronage dur ing the year jus t d o s i n g . W e gree t you with our wi shes for a Happy and P r o s - perous N e w Year.

T. L. Tibbals, J e w e l e r and O p t o m e t r i s t .

C A S S C i T Y M A R K E T S .

Cass C i t y , ]~ ich . , Dec . 28 1911 B u y i n g P r i c e - -

Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Oats ................................. ~4~

Barley Cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15 Beans ................................ . . . 2 20 Buckwheat cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Alsyke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 00 11 O0

June or Mammoth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 00 12 0 0

Peas ................................ 1 1(}

Corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7(} Baled hay--No. 1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . 18 00

No. ~ " . . . . . . . . . . . 16 75 No. 1 Mixed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 75

Eggs, per doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 B u t t e r , per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5

Potatoes per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 F a t cows, live.weight, per lb . . . . . . . 3 3~ S t e e r s , " " . . . . . . . . 3~ 4 F a t sheep, " " . . . . . . . . 2~ Lambs, . . . . . . . . . . . . 4~ 5 H o g s , " " • . . . . . 5~4 Dressed hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ~

Dressed beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Due~s . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1I T~rkey~,... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 Hides green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

SELLING PRIC:E--ROLI~I~ MILI~.

White Lily, per.cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49 Economy, '" ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (D Fanchon, " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 Gold Rim, " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 ( ~ r a h a m , " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 Granulated meal" • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 Feed, " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 60 Meal, ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 Bran, " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 40 Midd~ings, ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 Oil meal, " . ............. 2 00 Gluten meal, " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 9

Oottozlsee4 meal" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 60 Corn bn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7~ Corn Flakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 Chicken feed wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Saltcper bbl . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Calf meal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75

PAGE SIX. CASS CITY CHRONICLE, F~RIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911.

1911 VlEVt Con(in(led f*'u~,, first D~/,r,e.,

:," t i ' a t i o n - t r e a t y u n a n T m o u s l y ra-tified in t h e G u i l d h a l l . L o n d o n

MAY 8. C a b i n e t f o r m of g o v e r n m e n t a d o p t e d

in Ch ina . wi th P r i n c e Ching . p r e m i e r . 9. F i r s t c o u r t of K i n g (?~eorge V. held a t

B u c k i n g h a m pa lace 12. K i n g George a n d (,Jueen M a r y opened

f e s t i v a l of e m p i r e al C r y s t a l pa lace , L o n d o n . t h e i r first pub l i c c e r e m o n y a n d f i rs t of c o r o n a t i o n fes t iv i t i es .

15. U n i t e d S t a t e s s u p r e m e cou r t c~rdered d i s s o l u t i o n of S t a n d a r d Oil c o m p a n y w i t h i n six m o n t h s , d e c l a r i n g it to be a c o m b i n a t i o n in r e s t r a i n t of t r a d e w i th - in meaning of the a n t i - t r u s t law.

21. Peace a~reemenl between the Mexican government an d msurrectos signed Henry-L Stimson (ook oath as secretary of war. succeeding Jacob M. Dick- inson, who resiKned on the ]2th.

23. House of representatives vo~ed to ad- mit Arizona and New Mexico tt~ state- hood

25, Por f l r lo I) iaz r e s i g n e d a s p r e s i d e n t o~ Mexico

2{L D i a z left Mexico s e c r e t l y a n d em- b a r k e d a t Vera C r u z fo r S~ain . ""

29. S u p r e m e co u r t found American Tobac. co company guilty of violating Sher- man anti- trust act and ordered corp.o-

.ration to dissolve unless reo~'ganized.

J U N E .

7. F r a n c l s c o 1. Madero , d i r e c t o r o f Mex- i c a n revol t , e n t e r e d Mexico City,. pOpu- lace s h o w e r i n g him wi th f lowers.

:12. S e n a t e passed r e s o l u t i o n for e l ee t ibn of s e n a t o r s . 64 to "4

19. P r e s i d e n t a n d Mrs T a f t e n t e r t a i n e d on silve~ w ed d i n g a n n i v e r g a r y ,

U n i t e d S t a t e s r ecogn ized r e p u b l i c of Por - t u g a l

20. K i n g George gave s t a t e , b a n q u e t . S h a k e s p e a r e ball in A t b e r t hall , Lon- don.

~I. Judge L a n n i n g , United States circuit c o u r t , ordered Du Pont "~owdertrust" dissolved

22, King George V. crowned in ~N4stmin- ster abbey: John Hays I~am~ond represented Uni ted S t a t e s as spec ia l a m - b a s s a d o r

$4. I m p o s i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l n a v a l r ev i ew in h o n o r of the k i n g a t iS0r~s~ia0uth.

JULY ~[3. E d w a r d . e ldes t son of K i n g G e o r g e V.,

i n s t a l l e d a s P r i n c e ,)f ~Arales. T a b l e t to " ' F o u n d e r " W i l l i a m Pexm u n -

v e i l e d , i n C h u r c h of All Halio~vs. L o n - don.

14. G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d J a p a n s i g n e d new t r e a t y of a l l i a n c e for I0 years.

~ . P r e s i d e n ! s i gned trill fo r r e c i p r o c i t y w i t h C a n a d a

AUGUST. 3. Anglo-American and France-American

arbitrat ion treaties signed by President Taft

4, Admiral Heihachiro Togo, whb led Ja- paws victorious fleet in the Russo-Jap- anese war, landed at New York.

~. Admiral Togo visi~'od congress, both houses t a k i n g re(.e,'~.'~ :~ r ece ive him.

J o h n G A. I . e i s h m a n a p p o i n t e d AiTier ican a m b a s s a d o r at Ber l in to succeed Dr, Hil l

~0. T h e Br i t i sh house of lords passed the f a m o u s " v e t o bill ." v i r t u a l l y s u r r e n - d e r i n g to the house of commons.

18. S e n a t e passed r e s o l u t i o n to a d m i t Kr i - zona a n d New Mexico in to t he Un ion , J u d g e H a r v e y "M T r i m b l e 0t I l l i no i s e lec ted c o m m a n d e r in ch ie f of t he G. A. R

SEPTEMBER.

K The kaiser reviewed 99 Gerh/an War- ships a t Kiel

9. Col. J o h n J a c o b As to r a n d ~ M i s s Made - l e ine Ta l m a d g e F o r c e mai~ried ,a t , N e w - port by Roy Dr. J o s e p h L a m b e r t of P r o v i d e n c e

~I. C a n a d a rejected r e c i p r o c i t y ivt th ~he Un i t ed S t a t e s at i ts a n n u a l , e l ec t ion :

~ , I t a l y dec l a r ed w a r on T u r k e y .

O C T O B E R

1. M o n a r c h i s t u p r i s i n g in P o r t u g a l . F r a n c i s c o I. M a d e r o e lec ted pri~s |ddnt of

Mexico 9. C a l i f o r n i a vo ted to a d o p t ! h e . i n i t i a t i v e .

t h e r e f e r e n d u m , the reca l l a n d equa l suffrage

11, Anti-Manchu revolt broke out in China ~0. T h e ¢ 'hir iese t h r o n e y ie lded to ~iat i0ndl

assernbly's demand for' constitutional ~overnmen~

NOVEMBER; 1'. P r e s i d e n t T a f t a r r i v e d in W a s h i n g t o n

a t t he (.lose of his w e s t e r n t r i~ M a d e r o was l n a u g u r a t , ed p r e s i d e h i of Mexico.

it2. Y u a n Sh ih K a i b e c a m e p~. t i i i e r of Ch ina .

2~'. R u s s i a s e n t a n u l t i m a t u m de fn~ tml ln~ t h e d i s m i s s a l of t h e P e r s i a n t r e a s u r e r - g e n e r a l . W. M S h u s t e r , a n d i n d e m n i t y f o r w a r m o v e m e n t s wlthir i 48 ltoui 's:

• D E C E M B E R . -

F i r s t r e g u l a r s e s s ion of t h e 62d con - g r e s s opened .

15. T h e f u r seal t r e a t y between' the United Sta tes . J a p a n . R u s s i a a n d G r e a t Br i t - a i n were in to e f f e c t

17. R e a r A 0 m i r a l R w h a r d W a i n w r i g h t , U. S N .. placed on the r e t i r ed t i~ t

are the T w o G r e a t C r e a t o r s

of E n e r g y Energy means p o w e r - - power to work, to thi~k, to throw off and keep off disease.

Get all the sunshine you can, a n d take ~ "

Scott's E ulsi0=, regularly. It will give you trength, flesh and vitalRy.

7[" Be sure to g e t S C O T i t ' s the S t a n d a r d a n d a l w a y s the b e s t .

AI~I~ DRUGGISTS 11-19

_- . . . . _ _ ~

H A I R BALSAI~I Cleanses and beautifies ~e I ~ t . | Promotes a luxuriant ~groW~: | :Never Fails t o Res to re ~ y | :Hair to i ts Y0utt~ul CoI0~I

Cures scalp diseases & hair.t .all~ | ~0e, an d $1L~t Drugg~t, - ,g

JANUAP, Y: :~, 7. Meet at San Francisco, "

~8. E u g e n e H Ely, C u r t i s s a v i a t o r , flew f r o m the San F r a n c i s ( i o a v i a t i o n field

. 13 mi l e s to the ~e(,k o t the Uni t ed S t a t e s cruiser ' P h i l a d e l p h i a a n d back to the s t a r t i n g point .

~2. Ph i l ip O, P a r m a l e e With a W r i g h t bi- p l ane ~roke t i le e n d u r a n c e record 0y r e m a i n i n g a lo f t 3 h o u r s 39 m i n u t e s 49 seconds at the San Francisco meet.

M A I ~ C H

5~' Lieu t . }¢ague of F r a n c e flew ove r M e d i t e r r a n e a n f rom An t ibe s , 15 mi l e s f r o m Nice, to i s l and of G o r g o n a , off I t a ly , 125 miles , r eco rd to d a t e for ove r - sea flight.

16. F i r s t a c r e w a r m e s s a g e de l ive red a t San An ton io , Tex. . by Lieut . Ben. D Fou lo i s , C. S. A., who flew 52 mi les m 48 m i n u t e s .

23. L o u i s B r e g u e t c a r r i e d 11 p a s s e n g e r s 2 mi l e s in m o n o p l a n e in F r a n c e , b r e a k - Ing record to da te .

24. Roger ' S o m m e r , F r e n c h b l p l a n i s t , b r o k e B r e g u ~ t ' s " ' a e robus" r eco rd by c a r r y - Ing t2 p a s s e n g e r s .

APRIL.

12. P i e r r e P r i e r r e a c h e d P a r i s a f t e r 290 mi l e s m o n o p l a n e t r i p f r o m LondOn w i t h o u t s t op ; t i m e 236 m i n u t e s , t h e n f a s t e s t t i m e b e t w e e n t h o s e po in t s .

M A Y .

I0, L i eu t . G. E. M. Kel ly , U n i t e d S t a t e s Bignal corps, killed at San Antonio. Tex.

15. Speed r e c o r d s w i t h a n d w i t h o u t a pas - Senge r tw ic e b e a t e n in m o n o p l a n e f l i g h t s a t Rhe ims . H e n r y W e y m a n n , A m e r i c a n . flew 99.5 mi les a n h o u r a n d L ieu t . F e q u a n t . F r e n c h . 101 mi l e s a n hour .

19. G r e a t B r i t a i n ' s f irst ' *nava l " a i r s h i p l a u n c h e d .

ZI. H e n r i Maur iCe B e r t e a u x , French m i n - i s t e r b f war , ki l led a n d A. E, E. Moats . p r e m i e r , h u r t w h e n m o n o p l a n e p l u n g e d i n t o c r o w d a t I s s y - l e s - M o l i n e u x , F r a n c e .

25. L i eu t . M e n a r d , F r e n c h a v i a t o r , se t m a r k by f ly ing wi th p a s s e n g e r 373 mi les in 9 h o u r s 15 m i n u t e s in F r a n c e . P i e r r e V e d r i n e s f in i shed f i rs t in the P a r i s to M a d r i d race , w i n n i n g $30,000 in pr izes .

JUNE. Capt , P r i n c e t a u ~ M. Le M a r t i n a nd M. ~ e n d r 0 n , F r e n c h a v i a t o r s , ki l led a n d 2 i n j u r e d in P a r i s to L o n d o n race .

J U L Y .

[ t H a r r y N. A t w o o d r e a c h e d W a s h i n g - t~)n, h a v i n g f idwn f r o m Bos ton , 568 mi les ; w i n n i n g a Ne w York T i m e s t ro- p h y a n d e s t a b l l s h i n g a long d i s t a n c e American record,

17. Ol|eslagers, Belgian aviatero made a world's record of an uninterrupted flight of 358 miles at Brussels. Pre- vious record held by T~tbuteau, 362 miles .

~7. St. Cro ix J o h n s t o n e s t a y e d in a i r 4 hours i minute and a f r a c t i o n , b r e a k - i n g American record to date.

AUGUST. 9. J u l e s V e d r i n e s flew 496 miles , b r e a k i n g

s i n g l e l o n g d i s t a n c e f l ight r eco rd to da t e , a t Pa r i s .

12. I n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t a t Chicago . 15. ~ r R. B a d g e r of P i t t s b u r g h a n d St

Cro lx J o h n s t o n e of C h i c a g o ki l led a t C h i c a g o meet .

25. A t w o o d c o m p l e t e d 1,265 mi l e ae rop l ane" t r i p f r o m St. L o u i s to New York, l a n d - i ng a t C ~ v e r n o r s i s l and a f t e r 28 h o u r s 31 m i n u t e s a c t u a l f lying.

26. M. Hel les . F r e n c h a v i a t o r , b r o k e the r eco rd for a Single long d i s t a n c e f l ight by c o v e r i n g 746 mi les in 15 h o u r s a t M o u r m e l o n , F r a n c e .

S E P T E M B E R

3. A l e x a n d e r Fot~rny, F r e n c h a v i a t o r . rr/ade t h e record n o n s t o p f l ight of 447.3 mi l e s in 11 h o u r s at Paris.~

8. M. Hel les , F r e n c h a v i a t o r , flew 776.86 m i l e s a t E t a m p e s in 14 h o u r s 7 m i n - u t e s

~0. ~ r o m w e l l Dixon , A m e r i c a n a v i a t o r . f lew o v e r the Rocky. m o u n t a i n s , s t a r t - i n g f r o m H e l e n a , Mont . , w i n n i n g a $i0.- 000 local p r i z e

OCTOBER.

2. C r o m w e l l Dixon, f i rs t tO fly o v e r the Rockles . ki l led in fl~ight a t S p o k a n e , W a s h .

7. L ieu t . H a n s Ger icke . p i l o t i n g t h e Ger- rdan ba l loon Ber l in II. , won the Ben- t ie t t t r o p h y by c o v e r i n g 468 mi l e s - - K a n s a s C i ty to L a d y s m i t h , Wis.

[9. H W. Gill m a d e a ne w e n d u r a n c e record by r e m a i n i n g lh the a i r 4 h o u r s 16 m i n u t e s a n d 35 s e c o n d s a t St. Louis .

Et~gene B. Ely , no t e d a i r m a n , k i l led in f l ight a t M a c o n ; Ga.

NOVEMBER.

2. L i eu t . G u y o t - " : ' > : ; . ' : ~ i ~ ' ~ - ti; l ta l l an roll= ...<.~?.~}~.:{¢~.!::';": . . . . . . . i t a r y a v i a t o r , A i ' :> i d r o p p e d g re - n a d e s u p o n a T u r k i s h c a m p ~t ~ripoii ~ f i r s t expe r i -

~ , : , ,

m e a t in real

a e r i a l f a re . w a r - }

5. C. P. R o d - ~ , ~ gers , t he a v i - a tor , l a n d e d at, P a s a d e n a , Cal. , a t 4:04 p. m.. e n d i n g h is A t l a n t i c t o P a c i f i c f l ight of 3.220 C . P . Rodgers . m i l e s a n d m a k i n g a w o r l d ' s c ros s c o u n t r y record . H e s t a r t e d f r o m Ne w York Sept . 17 a t 4:25 p. m.

M A R C H .

24. B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a s t e a m e r s u n k i n ga l e off V a n c o u v e r i s l a n d ; 26 losL

APRIL.

10. Steamer Iroquois foundered off Coal isiand, Rritish Columbia: 20 lives lost,

17. S p a n i s h s t e a m e r Sa n F e r n a n d s a n k off F i n n i s t e r r e . S p a i h ; 21 d r o w n e d .

J U L Y .

7. T h e Pac i f ic CoaSt l i f ter S~inta R o s a s t r a n d e d n e a r P o i n t Argue l lo , Cal . ; 30 lost.

AUGUST.

9. French steamer Emir foundered Off T a r i f a . S p a i n ; 86 l ives lost.

N O V E M B E R

L T h e F r e n c h S t e d m e r D i o l i b a h f o u n d e r - ed 0ff the C a n a r y i s l a n d s : 24 p e r s o n s d r o w n e d .

5. T h e G r e e k s t e a m e r L o r d a s B y r o n f o u n - de r ed in t he E n g l i s h c h a n n e l : 22 l ives i~st.

18. R u S s i a n s t e a m e r H e r r m a n Le rehe . in t he N o r t h se~; 26 l ives lost,

nECE~nEh . 7. B e l g i a n s t e a m e r Van D y c k w r e c k e d off

t h e C o r n i s h c o a s t : 14 Sa i lors d r o w n e d

F E B R U A R Y .

20. C. M. D a n i e l s l owered 200 m e t e r s w i m - m i n g m a r k a t Ne w York A t h l e t i c c l ub :

t i m e 2 m i n u t e s 28½ seconds , MARCH.

16. Capablanca beat Vidmar 9½ to 4V,, games at San Sebastian. winning first prize in the international chess match

25. Cambridge won intervarslty sports at Queen-'a club. London, beating Oxford to 4 points.

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I will offer the following, property at Karracher farm, 4 miles south and 2 mi es

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and 2 miles north of Deford, on

public auction on west of Cass City,

the James Mc- or 1 mile west

At 12:00 O'clock Sharp:

Roan horse 16 yrs. old Bay colt coming 3 yrs. old Roan colt coming 3 yrs. old Roan cow 5 yrs. old, due in May Roan cow 9 " " " Arpil 1 Red " 4 " " " in May Red " 8 " " " April1 Red cow 3 yrs. old due March 1 Spotted cow 3 yrs. old due Jan. 10 Holstein heifer 2 yrs. old due in

May 2 red steers coming 2 Bull calf Heifer calf 4 pigs 5 mos. old Sow ChesterWhite due April 1 39 ewes due April 1 Buck Osbom corn binder, new Deere disc harrow, new Spring tooth harrow

" " wooden harrow 2 spike tooth drags Hay rake Mowing machine American cultivator 2 gang plows 2 Oliver plows Weeding machine

2 hand cultivators Hand garden cultivator Set scales Fanning mill Heavy wagon and box Light wagon and box Hay rack Hog rack Manure box Top buggy Double harness, nearly new Double harness, old Set light double harness

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Single harness, new Single harness, old Grindstone, new Galvanized drinking tank 4 swarms bees 2 hay forks and rope Ropes Pulleys Chains Shovels Post diggers Scraper A quantity of grain bags Singletrees Neckyokes Caldron kettle Hoes Pitch forks Dung forks A large quantity of hay A quantity of oats

TERMS OF SALE:

Some corn A quantity of wheat Some corn fodder A quantity of straw Washing machine, new Wringer, new Columbia graphophone with aboul(

fifty records Barrel churn, new Daisy barrel churn Pump and pipe Some screen doors Cold water separator Barrel vinegar Wheelbarrow Buck saw 2 hand saws Jack plane Carpenter's square Curry combs and brushes Halters Milk crocks About 75 hens Meat crock About 2000 foot of lumber Some frame timber A quantity of household furniture Coal stove Kitchen range for coal or wood Pails, pans and other articles too

numerous to mention

All sums of $5 and under~ Cash; over that amount 12 months' time on good bankable paper bearing 7 per cent. interest:"

S. i) a i11[[, Fro prietor" 28. C. M. D a n i e l s se t n e w w o r l d ' s s w i m -

m i n g record . 2 m i n u t e s 26 seconds , fo r 200 me te r s , in t a n k a t P i t t s b u r g h .

$0. Bob B u r m a n d r o v e a u t o c a r 20 mi les in 13 m i n u t e s 11.92 s e c o n d s (91.06 mi l e s a n hour . a record) a t P a b l o Beach . F la ,

~1. L o u i s D i s b r o w a t P a b l o Beach , F la . . m a d e wor ld a u t o m a r k s : 50 miles , 37 m i n u t e s 23.90 s e c o n d s ; 200 mi les . 2 h o u r s 34 m i n u t e s 12 s e c o n d s ; 250 mi l e s (no pre- v i o u s t i m e fo r t h i s s t r a i g h t a w a y re- corded) , 3 h o u r s 14 m i n u t e s 55 seconds ;

A P R I L .

1. O x f o r d won 68th a n n u a l b o a t r a c e f r o m C a m b r i d g e , b r e a k i n g O x f o r d - C a m b r i d g e r e g a t t a r ecords .

15. W i l l i a m (~ueal r a n 10 mi l e s in 51 m i n - u t e ~ 55 2-5 s e c o n d s in N e w York , new w o r l d ' s i n d o o r record .

23. Bob B a r m a n did mi le i n 25.40 seconds ; l o w e r i n g o w n w o r l d ' s r eco rd . 26A2, m a d e d a y p r e v i o u s , a t D a y t o n a Beach. F l a : He a l so b e a t B a r n e y Oldf le ld ' s 2 m i l e r eco rd o n s a m e c o u r s e ; t i m e 51.28 seconds .

MAY.

15. H. W. F i t z p a t r i c k , p r e s i d e n t S o u t h e r n a s s o c i a t i o n of A. A, U., w a l k e d 75 y a r d s in 11 4-5 s e c o n d s [ a w o r l d ' s record , a t Ne w Or l eans .

27. J. P. Jones . C o r n e l l d i s t a n c e r u n n e r . b r o k e wo~td 's a m a t e u r mi le r e c o r d ; t i m e 4 m i n u t e s 15 2-5 seconds , a t C a m - br idge .

28. M a r t i n J. S h e r i d a n t h r e w d i s c u s 141 fee t 4% inches , b e a r i n g h is 1910 r e c o r d n e a r l y 2 feet .

30. D a n A h e a r n a d d e d 16s/s i n c h e s to his w o r l d ' s r eco rd in hop, s t ep a n d j u m p a n d h u n g up 51 foo t r eco rd fo r l eap in New York.

31. S u n s ( o r w o n t he E n g l i s h D e r b y . J U N E .

9. A m e r i c a n p l a y e r s won s e c o n d a n d de- c i s ive i n t e r n a t i o n a l polo m a t c h a t M e a d o w Brook. N. Y., d e f e a t i n g E n g - l i sh t e a m 4½ to 3~.

17. M a r t i n J. S h e r i d a n h u r l e d the d i s c u s 141 fee t 8~ inches , b e a t i n g his M a y r e c o r d by n e a r l y 2 feet , a t P a t e r s o n , N . J .

J U L Y .

4. Ad W o l g a s t k n o c k e d o u t O w e n M o r a n in S a n F r a n c i s c o in 12 r o u n d s .

AUGUST.

II. Uhlan trotted a half mile to wagon in 0:56 ~& at Cleveland. breaking the world's record of t minute made by Major Delmar in 1906.

SEPq'F,M BE~. 4. Frank Ootch defeated George Hacken-

schmidt in world's championship wres- tling bout at Chicago. winning two falls, first in 14 minutes 18 I-5 Seconds and second in5 minutes 32 1-5 seconds.

W i l H a m A. L a r n e d won t he n a t i o n a l t e n n i s c h a m p i o n s h i p , s e v e n t h t i m e a n d f i f th sticcessi~;e, a t N e w p o r t . R. I

J o h n H. Mooney , New York f i r eman . r e a c h e d O a k l a n d , Cal . ; ha~; ing w a l k e d f r o m New York in 79 days , w i n n i n g $10,000.

16. H a r o l d H . H i l t o n , a m a t e u r go l f c h a m - p idn of G r e a t B r i t a i n . won the A m e r i . c a n t i t l e by d e f e a t i n g i t s ho lder , F r e d - e r i ck He r r e s ho f f . a t ~Rye, N. Y.

OCTOBER.

i?- De Oro won the three ~ushlon carom championship, beating John Daly, in New York'. final score 150 to 146

~[. West Point football team defeated Yale a t W e s t P o i n t ; score 6 to 0 B r o w n bea t P e n n a t P h i l a d e l p h i a : s co re 6 t o 0 ,

22. P. J. M c D o n a l d h u r l e d the sho t ::...~::~ 38 f e e t 1011- l~ i n c h e s a t L o n g ~ i ; ! - I s l a n d Ci ty , N. , Y., s c o r i n g k red-

ord, i~ 26. P h i l a d e l p h i a A t h l e t i c s ( A m e r - i c a n l eague) won ,~ t he w o r l d ' s base - ..<4(:¢:~::::i::.~:: ba l l c h a m p i o n - v.::'.,.::'...::: .: sh ip by d e f e a t i n g New York (No- "~~:::(~:'~:: ( tona l l eague) a t P h i l a d e l p h i a ; s co re I3 to 2, J. F. B a k e r t h e s t a r of the ser ies .

J . F . Bake r .

ba l l a t P r i n c e t o n ; s co re 8 to 6 M i n n e - so t a d e f e a t e d C h i c a g o a t f oo tba l l a t C h i c a g o ; s co re 30 to 0. C a r l i s l e bea t P e n n s y l v a n i a a t f o o t b a l l in P h i l a d e l - ph ia . 16 to O. M i c h i g a n a n d S y r a c u s e t i ed a t f o o t b a l l a t A n n A r b o r ; score 6 t o 6 .

8. Beat . ty of C o l u m b i a u n i v e r s i t y e s t a b - l i shed a co I t eg ia t e r eco rd by p u t t i n g a 16 p o u n d w e i g h t 48 fee t 7.38 i n c h e s a t N e w York.

1:1. Ca r l i s l e b e a t H a r v a r d a t f oo tba l l a t C a m b r i d g e ; s co re 18 to 15. M i c h i g a n lost to Corne l l a t f o o t b a l l a t I t h a c a : s co re 6 to 0

16. J. B e n i n m a d e a n e w , r u n n i n g r e c o r d a t Pa r i s . c o v e r i n g 6 mi l e s 50 y a r d s ¢about} in ha l f a n h o u r

18. A t f o o t b a l l P r i n c e t o n d e f e a t e d Yale, 6 to 3, at N e w H a v e n . H a r v a r d de- f e a t e d D a r t m o u t h , 5 to 3, a t C a m - br idge . C h i c a g o d e f e a t e d Corne l l . 6 to 0, a t Ch icago . M i c h i g a n d e f e a t e d P e n n - s y l v a n i a . 11 to 9. a t A n n A r b o r Min- n e s o t a a n d W i s c o n s i n t i ed a t M a d i s o n . Wis . . 6 to 6.

25. Ya le a n d H a r v a r d t ied. 0 to 0, a t C a m - br idge . N a v y d e f e a t e d A r m y , 3 to 0; a t P h i l a d e l p h i a . M i n n e s o t a d e f e a t e d I l l l - nois . 11 to 0, a t C h a m p a i g n , Ill. Chi- c a g o d e f e a t e d W i s c o n s i n , 5 to 0. a t C h i c a g o

27. R a l p h K. M u l f o r d w o n t h e V a n d e r b i l l cup a u t o r ace a t S a v a n n a h , c o v e r i n g 291.3~ miles in 3 h o u r s 56 m i n u t e s

D E C E M B E R

26. I n d o o r n a t i o n a l a t h l e t i c c h a m p i o n s h i l , t o u r n a m e n t for a m a t e u r s in New York

JANUARY.

4~ Earthquake in Russian Turkestan wrecked two towns; loss of lifo esti- mated a t 16.000.

APRIL.

29. M a t t M c G r a t h t h r e w t h e h a m m e r 187 13. Missour i , K a n s a s . A r k a n s a s a n d O k l a - f ee t 4 i n c h e s in New York, b r e a k i n g h o m o s t o r m s w e p t ; 40 ki l led, o v e r 390 J o h n F l a n a g a n ' s r eco rd by 3 feet , i n j u r e d ; loss in St. Lou i s o v e r $2,000,000.

N O V E M B E R . J U N E .

4. P r i n c e t o n w o n f r o m H a r v a r d a t foo t -

7. M e x i c o s h a k e n ; d e a t h s e s t i m a t e d f r o m 200 to 1,500.

JULY.

1. B e g i n n i n g of a spel l of i n t e n s e h e a t t h r o u g h o u t the n o r t h e r n a n d e a s t e r n s t a t e s .

2. N e w Y o r k ' s h o t t e s t d a y in 12 y e a r s . 4. T h e r m o m e t e r 103 in New York , 106 i n

T o p e k a ; h o t t e s t J u l y 4th e v e r k n o w n in N e w York.

23. H e a t m o s t o p p r e s s i v e in P a r i s i n 26 y e a r s : t h e r m o m e t e r r e g i s t e r e d 104 i n Be r l i n .

26. T y p h o o n a n d t i da l w a v e d e s t r o y e d 12,- 000 h o u s e s a n d 500 l ives in J a p a n .

A U G U S T .

4. F l o o d : Mis sou r i , K a n s a s a n d O k l a h o - m a ; d a m a g e e s t i m a t e exceeded $1,000,- 000.

28. S t o r m c a u s e d 11 d e a t h s a n d $1,000,000 d a m a g e to p r o p e r t y in C h a r l e s t o n . S. C.

S E P T E M B E R .

10. R e v i v a l of v o l c a n i c a c t i v i t y in M o u n t E t n a ,caused a l o s s o f $2;000,000.

NOVEMBER

II. II killed in a cyclone which swept over R o c k c o u n t y , ~ ' i s . ; h e a v y d a m a g e to property,

12. Cold w a v e deve loped in t h e m i d d l e w e s t m o v e d e a s t w a r d .

16. S e v e r e e a r t h q u a k e s h o c k s t h r o u g h o u t G e r m a n y a n d S w i t z e r l a n d .

Continued on Page Seven.

Backache, Rheumatism, Nervousness M e a n d i s o r d e r e d k i d n e y s . F o l e y

K i d n e y P i l l s h a v e h e l p e d y o u r n e i g h -

b o r s ; t h e y w i l l a l s o h e l p y o u . M r s .

L o u i s a . W i l l i a m s , F l i n t , M i c h . , s a y s , " M y d ~ u g h t e r s u f f e r e d w 2 t h r h e u m a - t i s m f o r t h r e e y e a r s . I p r o c u r e d a s u p p l y o f F o l e y K i d n e y P i l l s a n d s h e t o o k t h e m a c c o r d i n g t o d i r e c t i o n s . I n a v e r y s h o r t t i m e t h e r h e u m a t i c p a i n s a l l l e f t h e r a n d s h e h a s b e e n w e l l e v e r s i n c e . I a m v e r y g l a d t o r e c o m m e n d F o l e y K i d n e y P i l l s t o a n y o n e , s u f f e r i n g w i t h r h e u m a t i s m o r o t h e r k i d n e y t r o u b l e . L . I . W o o d & Co .

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Dir¢ctor . J. H. H A Y S , M. D.,

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DR. M. M. W I C K W A R E , P h y s i c i a n and S u r g e o n . Of f ice

e v e r W r i g h t ' s G r o c e r y . R e s i d e n c e t w o b l o c k s sou th of C o o t e s ' hard- w a r e s t o r e on S e e g e r s t r e e t , eas t a ide. Spec i a l a t t e n t i o n pa id to mid- w i f e r y and d i s e a s e s of w o m e n .

DR. A. N. T R E A D G O L D , Off i ce a n d r e s i d e n c e on S e e g e r St.

O f f i c e on g r o u n d f loor of bu i ld ing a c r o s s f r o m H o s p i t a l . S p e c i a l c a r e g i v e n to d i s e a s e s of ~ o m e n and c h i l d r e n . C i ty p h o n e .

D E N T I S T R Y . I. A. Fr i tz , Resident Dent is t ,

Off i ce o v e r E. R y a n ' s d r u g s to re . W~ so l i c i t y o u r p a t r o n a g e w h e n in need of d e n t a l w o r k .

P. A. Schenck, D. D. S. Dentist.

G r a d u a t e o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Mich- igan . Of f i ce o v e r W i l s e y & Cath- ~a r t '~ s t o r e , Cass Ci ty , Mich.

H. P. LEE, U n d e r t a k e r

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= t lpa t ion .

F O R E C L O S U R E S A L E . D e f a u l t h a v i n g b e e n m a d e in t h e

p a y m e n t of m o n e y due on and se- c u r e d b y a c e r t a i n m o r t g a g e bean ing d a t e t h e 14th d ay of MaY A. D. 1906, m a d e a n d e x e c u t e d by M i n a r d D. Mil ls a nd M a r y L. Mills, h is wife , j o i n t l y a n d as h u s b a n d and wife , to I s aac B. A u t e n a n d r e c o r d e d in t he o f f i ce of R e g i s t e r of D e e d s fo r Tus- co la C o u n t y , Mi ch i gan , in L i b e r 118 of M o r t g a g e s on p a g e 223 on t h e 15th d a y of , M a y A. D. 1906, wh i ch sa id m o r t g a g e was a s s i g n e d by said I s a a c B. A u t e n to T h e F i r s t Com- m e r c i a l B a n k of P o n t i a c ; Mich igan , on t h e 14th day of O c t o b e r A. D. !907, t h e a s s i g n m e n t thereof be i ng r e c o r d e d in t h e R e g i s t e r ' s Of f ice a f o r e s a i d in L i b e r 110 of M o r t g a g e s on p a g e 305, w h i c h sa id m o r t g a g e w a s a f t e r w a r d s and on the 16th day of S e p t e m b e r A, D. 1911 a g a i n du ty a s s i g n e d by t h e sa id T h e F i r s t Com- m e r a i a l B a n k of P o n t i a c , Mich. , to I s a a c B. A u t e n , t h e a s s i g n m e n ~ t h e r e - o~ b e i n g r e c o r d e d in L i b e r 116 of M o r t g a g e s on page 114 in the Reg'- is~er of D e e d s Of f i c e a f o r e s a i d .

T h a t t h e r e is c l a i m e d t o be due u p o n sa id m o r t g a g e a t t h e d a t e of th i s n o t i c e t h e s u m of Six hun- 4 r e d e i g h t d o l l a r s and t e n cen t s , a n d t h a t by r e a s o n of sa id d e f a u l t t h e w h o l e s u m s e c u r e d by sa id m o r t g a g e has b e c o m e due and p a y a b l e .

N o w t h e r e f o r e n o t i c e is h e r e b y g i v - en t h a t sa id m o r t g a g e wil l be fore- c l o s e d by a s a l e of t h e m o r t g a g e d p r e m i s e s a t pub l i c v e n d u e , to t h e l~ighest b i d d e r , a t t h e f r o n t d o o r o f t he C o u r t H o u s e in t h e v i l l age of Caro , T u s c o l a C o u n t y , Mich igan , on t h e 12th d a y of F e b r u a r y , 1912, a t one o ' c l o c k in t h e a f t e r n o o n .

T h e sa id m o r t g a g e d p r e m i s e s a r e d e s c r i b e d in sa id m o r t g a g e s u b s t a n - t i a l l y as f o l l ows : C o m m e n c i n g a t t h e s o u t h e a s t c o r n e r s t a k e of t h e south- e a s t q u a r t e r (~A) of s e c t i o n t w e n t y - f i ve (25) , t o w n s h i p n u m b e r t h i r t e e n (13) , n o r t h r a n g e e l e v e n (11) e a s t , a nd r u n n i n g t h e n c e s o u t h t w e n t y - t h r e e a n d o n e - h a l f r o d s ( 2 3 ~ ) ; t h e n c e w e s t t w e n t y (20) r o d s ; t h e n c e n o r t h t w e n t y - t h r e e and o n e - h a l f r o d s ( 2 3 ~ ) ; t h e n c e e a s t t w e n t y (20) t.-ods to t h e p l a c e of b e g i n n i n g , in t h e T o w n s h i p of N o v e s t a , C o u n t y of T-uscola a nd S t a t e o f M i c h i g a n , w h i c h sa id p r e m i s e s wil l be sold as a fo re - sa id to s a t i s f y t h e a m o u n t due on sa id m o r ~ a g e a n d t h e cos t s of fo re - c l o s u r e a n d s u b j e c t to t h e le in of a n o t h e r c e r t a i n m o r t g a g e m a d e by t h e sa id Mimurd D. Mil ls a n d M a r y L. Mills, h i s wi fe , t o T h e F i r s t Com- m e r c i a l B a n k of P o n t i a c , M i c h i g a n , s o o n w h i c h l a s t m e n t i o n e d m. o r t g a g e t h e r e is u n p a i d t he s u m of T h r e e h ~ n d r e d d o l l a r s ($300) p r i n c i p a l , and i n t e r e s t a t t h e r a t e of s e v e n p e r e'dnt p e r a n n u m , p a y a b l e a n n u a l l y h 'on l t h e 16th d a y of M a r c h A. D~ 1911, a n d is r e c o r d e d in L i b e r 124, of mQr, tgages on p a g e 402 in sa id R e g i s t e r of D e e d s ' O f f i c e a f o r e s a i d .

D a t e d th i s 15th d a y of N o v e m b e r , A. D. I911.

ISAAC B. A U T E N , M o r t g a g e e .

B O O K E ~ & C O R K t N S , A t t o r n e y s fo r M o r t g a g e e .

e a s i n e s s A d d r e s s , Cass Ci ty , Mich. I9-6-13

:Dn :Burnham's SAN-JAN

Kidney and Catarrh I,re S A N - J A K

Cures a Backache in T w e n t T - f o u r Hours.

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SAN-JAK

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S A N - J A K

Is a R e c o n s t r u c t i v e Tordc . i t vi- t a l i z e s t h e a c c o m m o d a t i v e m u s c l e s of t h e e n t i r e body , l e s s e n s t h e abno r - m a l s i ze of t h e a b d o m e n of t h e Male or F e m a l e , and is t h e s p e e d y c u r e fo r B e d W e t t i n g , Y o u n g o r Old.

SOLD BY

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San-Jak Medical Company

C H I C A G O , ILL., A N D W A L K E R .

V I L L E , O N T . ~

JANUARY.

3. The United States supreme court decided the I 'anama libel suit against the Nvw gor!4 World m favor of th~ publishers.

I. The Carnogie Trust company of New York. hohling deposits or nearly $9,000.- 000,~,, was closed by the s ta te banking authorities.

~ A R C H .

L 19.000 United States soldiers, 15 vessels and 2.000 marines ordered to the Mex- ican border and gulf coast for mimie warfare.

~1. Battleship Texas. of Santiago bay fame. sunk by high explosive proiee- tiles in test.

81. Otto Ringiing, circus man, died in New York city; aged 52.

A P R I L .

i0 United States court of appeals re- versed the deeision fining the boycot- ters in the celebrated Danbury hat c a s e .

14. President Taft warned the Mexicans that they must not endanger the lives of Americans ~y fighting on the bor- d e r

27. Mrs. Phoebe Wooley Palmiter. daughter of a Continental soldier in the Rev- olution, died at Brookfieid. N. Y.; aged 89.

MAY.

4. Mrs. Julia Murray Barnes. one of the last three surviving Daughters of the Revolution. died at Los Angeles. Cal.; aged 96

6. Mrs. B a r n e y ~ ~ i ~ Williams, noted o l d t I m e a c- ~£,i'.'..')))[i):iiiifii:i~i})~.. ' ; ' ' : : : ; ~ ' : ' - tress, widow of ~ : f f . ' ~

"2

comedian, died !:~ . . . . . . ::;:"£ in New York; aged 83.

10. Juarez. Mexico. surrendered to ~i:i~.':.::% the tnsurreetos' !':::.~:.ii~-~":.~:Y:~':/:~!~ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: a f t e r s e v e r a l ~ ~

x:::::::::::: ":i:::-'::~i~:~:>.::::i:K:: .'.:.'::~i$.~: i:! hours' fighting; l o s s e s i s0 ~ i l l e d . <<, < ~ . . : : : ~ : , 250 w o u n d e d . Madero. chief of :~:)~ "~:~~;" the revolution- Madero. tats. established

provisional capital. 23. New York city's $9.000.000 public library

dedicated and opened. 25. Battleship Wyoming. largest in United

States navy. launched at Philadelphia. J U N E .

td. Tablet unveiled in Philadelphia to Bet- sy Ross, who made first American flag.

I9. Fi rs t remains recovered from wrecked battleship Maine.

J U L Y .

14. Fete celebrat ing the naming of Amer- ica in 1507o held at Saint Die, France.

Firs t cruiser for Ch l na ' s modern navy launched.

15. The annual naval war game began off the New England coast.

N. 50th anniversary of first Bull Run battle celebrated at Manassas. Vs, ; no r th - ern and southern veterans clasped hands on battlefield.

A U G U S T .

12. Benntngton, V t . celebrated its forma- tion as a town 150 years ago.

1~ Albert Gamier , French billiard cham- pion, died in Paris,

S E P T E M B E R .

12. Van Schaick & Co., noted New York stock, brokers, failed, owing $3,500,009.

18. Premier Stolypln of Russia. who was shot by an assassin on the 14th. died of his wounds at Kiev.

24. I ta ly called 112,000 reserve soldiers into the field to invade Tripoli.

25. Bogro°ff, who shot Premier Stolypin of Russia fatal ly on the 14th inst, hanged for the murder at. Kiev.

O C T O B E R .

3. Tripoli bombarded by Italian warships. 4. I tal ians from the war fleet, in the har-

bor of Tripoli landed and hoisted the Italian flag• "

9. Great Britain's l.~rgest.battleship, King George V., launched at Portsmouth. England.

11. Trial o f J o h n J. M e N a m a r a in the Los Angeles dynamit ing and murder case began at Los Angeles.

14. President Taft broke ,ground for the Panama-Pacific International exposi- tion of i915 at San Francisco.

25. Sianfu. ancient capital of China, cap- tured bY revolutdo~ists. The Chinese national assembly demanded reforms from the Imperial government .

Turks a t tacked I ta l ian ~'o~ps in Tripoli, and a massacre of Arabs followed a repulse.

N O V E M B E R .

President Taft reviewed the great fleet of battleships, cruisers and auxi l iary vessels ag New York. Over 100 ships were ,in line.

19. A wireless message w~s t ransmi t ted f rom Coltano. Italy. to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. 4,000 miles.

~0. Standard Oil trust officially dissolved. D E C E . ~ B E R .

1, James B. and John J. McNamara pleaded guilty to dynami t ing in Los Angeles.

~. J. B. McNamara sentenced to life im- prisonment and J. J. McNamara to .fif- teen years.

8. The Maine wreck invest igat ing tmar~ reported: "The injuries to the bottom of the Maine were caused by the ex- plosion of a charge of a low form of explosive exterior to tho ship."

12. Durbar of coronation of George V. as emperor of India held at Delhi.

J A N U A R Y .

10. The Cincinnati chamber of commerce burned; loss $1.000,000.

F E B R U A R Y .

5. State capitol at Jefferson City, S o . burned; loss $1.000.000.

M A R C H .

$. Minneapolis, Minn.; loss near ly $1,000,- 000 by the burning of the Syndicate block.

25. Nearly $1,000.000 loss in Minneapolis. 29. $1,600.000 loss at capitol building,. A1-

ban.y, N. Y. A P R I L .

27. $1,000.000 fire in Buffalo. 30. $2,500.000 loss in Bangor;~ Me.; 2 dead:

business part pract ical ly wiped out. M A Y .

16. $1.000.000 loss at Port land, Me.. by fire in the residential district.

27. Dreamland. Coney Island's largest amusement park. destroyed; loss $2,- 000,000; six incubator babies perished.

J U N E .

15. $1,000,000 damage in St. Louis manufac- tur ing center.

JULY.

11. Oscoda and Ausable, Mich., pract ical ly destroyed.

23. Fires fn the Stamboul distr ict of Con- stantinople caused a loss of $25.000,000 and left 100.000 people homeless.

AUGUST.

14. Loss of ~500,000 by ~he burning of Ches- ter park, an amusement resort at Cin-

D E F O R D ,

Mrs. Benj. Sharp improves very

slowly. S~ill it is called improvment.

John Moshier is very poorly. ~2 re-

l ap se of lagrippe.

Philetus Gibbs was on the town

line Sunday to see his aged mother.

We hear that Loren Churchill of

the county line' is very ill.

Tomorrow, Dec. 26, Mrs. Jno. Reth-

e~i'ord will leave for the southwest

part of the state to visit friends and

especially her grandfather, Samuel

James.

John Moshier is staying at Jesse

Sole's while he westles with la-

gripe.

Miss Nora Moshier of Wilmot

called on the sick ones of the town

line on Sunday.

In the case of Joseph Hack vs.

Frank Drace tried at Kingston on

the 21st in Justice Payne's cour~ be-

fore a jury, Hack go~ a judgment.

Will Patch and Thomas O'Rourke

have gone no Pontiac to spend the

week or more.

Mr and Mrs. Jesse Sole are home

again after 'a three weeks' trip in

Lapeer and Saginaw counties and in

Canada. Jesse liked Canada all but

their' tobacco-no £in~ cut there..

Nelson ° Brown and family, who

cared for cow, hens and cat while

"Jess" Sole and wif~ were away

have ~hoved back to %Vilmot, the rail-

road center.

Charles Silverthorn of Flint is \

h e r e to, s p e n d the holidays.

Mr. and Mrs . C h a r l e s C a n f i e l d of

C a n a d i a n N o r t h w e s t a r e h e r e vis i t -

ing f r i e n d s . D o n ' t k n o w w h e n t h e y

wil l go back .

G e o r g e L i v i n g s t o n of B ig R a p i d s is

h o m e fo r a w e e k w i t h h is p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. A. A. L i v i n g s t o n .

" R e g " Cour l i s s s p e n t a p a r t of

l a s t w e e k a t R o c h e s t e r , Mich .

" E r n " L e s t e r h a s m o v e d to h is

f a r m on s e c t i o n 10, K i n g s t o n .

Mr. and Mrs. W i l l i a s L e s t e r and

ch i ld w h o h a v e b e e n h e r e f o r s o m e t i m e h a v e g o n e b a c k t o Ci rc le , s o u t h

o f P o n t i a c .

Cass C i t y h a s s ix t i m e s g r e a t e r

p o p u l a t i o n t h a n w h e n t h e w r i t e r

f i r s t k n e w it, and ha s i t s ix t i m e s

as m u c h p i e t y ?

E v e r y m o n t h in t h e y e a x e x c e p t

N o v e m b e r and D e c e m b e r a r e h a r v e s t

m o n t h s f o r s o m e p a r t of o u r k n o w n w o r l d bu t h o w s e l d o m w e t h i n g of, it.

T h e w r i t e r w a s a t K i n g s t o n ,village

l a s t w e e k and f o u n d t h e a v e r a g e

K i n g s t o n i t e p r a c t i c i n g h o w to say , " W i t m o t , t h e r a i l r o a d c e n t e r . " I t e l l y o u i t w a s hard. w o r k b u t t h e y

seen?~d to r e a l i z e t h e y m u s t c o m e

to i.t

A t t e n t i o n , h i g h w a y o f f i c i a l s a l l o v e r

t h e L o r d ' s c r e a t i o n and a p a r t of

I r e l a n d , l e t m e te l l w h a t w a s d o n e on t h e town" l ine b e t w e e n s e c t i o n s 34, N o v e s t a , a n d 3, K i n g s t o n . D r e d g e

on Mud C r e e k d r a i n r eached , h i g h w a y e v e n i n g of Dec. 21st, c r o s s e d 22

l e a v i n g a, h o l e 5 ~ f e e t deep , 12 foo t

b o t t o m , s l o p e 1.1/~ to 1 a n d o n t h e af- t e r n o n of 23rd t h e b r i d g e w a s d.own, and h i g h w a y p a s s a b l e f o r t r a f f i c . Mail c a r r i e r w a s m a d e t o t w i s t

a r o u n d s e c t i o n 34, N o v e s t a , j u s t o n c e o u t of his r e g u l a r r o u t e . All c r e d i t

m u s t b e g i v e n t o K i n g s t o n h i g h w a y

c o m i s s i o n e r a n d F r e d C h a d w i c k w h o ha s c h a r g e of n o r t h e s t ¼ o f sa id

t o w n s h i p t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e e n e r g e t -

ic and f i r e y c i t i z e n s o f t h e t o w n l i ne a s s i s t i n g ~ m e n of S a m s o n - l i k e

s t r e n g t K w h o s e l egs s e e m t o b e h u n g

on sp i r a l s p r i n g s andi their , body com-

p o s e d of I n d i a r u b b e r

As we w r i t e t h e C h r i s t m a s o f 1911

A D. is w i t h us. "A G r e e n Chr i s t -

m a s " and w e once l ived a m o n g a ]people who w i t h a v e r y f e w excep-

t i ons h o n e s t l y c o n s i d e r e d i t a bad

o m e n Yes, we h a v e s e e n old " g r a n d -

m a s " s h e d t e a r s b e c a u s e t h e g r o u n d

w a s n o t covered: w i t h s n o w on C h r i s t -

m a s day . I t is on ly a m ~ t t e r of edu-

c a t i on H o w e v e r , w e wou ld be bet - t e r p l e a s e d w i t h a w h i t e m a n t l e o v e r

t h e e a r t h . And h a s nog s u p e r s t i t i o n in s o m e f o r m f a s t e n e d i t s e l f o v e r

t h e C h r i s t i a n w o r l d in s o m e w a y ? T h e h o r s e shoe a n s w e r s , y e s ; s e e i n g

t h e new m o o n o v e r tl~e l e f t shou lder , a n s w e r s y e s ; a v o i d i n g to com-

m e n c e a w o r k on F r i d a y , a n s w e r s ye s ; s t a n d i n g c l e a r of r o o m No. 13, a n s w e r s yes , and w i th a l a r g e r p e r

cen~ of o u r p e o p l e t h a n we d r e a m

of.

Miss M a r j o r y W i t h e y of P o n t i a c

v i s i t e d wi th h e r f a t h e r . E d W i t h e y ,

C h r i s t m a s .

Mr. and Mrs. T h e r o n S p e n c e r , Mr.

a n d Mrs. Nel l K e n n e d y and baby ,

Mrs. C. P a l m e r t o n and d a u g h t e r , Grace , of Cas s Ci ty , A m o s W e b s t e r

a n d Mr. a n d Mrs . Gee. S p e n c e r a n d

f a m i l y w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d fo r Chr i s t -

m a s dinlaer at' R a n s o m S p e n c e r ' s .

Charles , S i l v e r t h o r n s p e n t Chr i s t -

m a s a~ h i s h o m e h e r e .

cinnatt. Mr. and Mrs . Chas . ~ a n w i e l d of S ~ P T E M B ~ R .

t7. A $5,000,000 fire in Rio de Janeiro, Bra- t h e C a n a d i a n N o r t h w e s t a r e v i s i t i n g zil. t h e l e t t e r ' s p a r e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs .

N O V E M B E R .

15. The Eecles building 'wrecked in Ogden, Geo. W a l k e r , a n d o t h e r f r i e n d s . Utah; loss $750;000. H e n r y C u e r a n d f a m i l y a r r i v e d

v~cmm~n, h o m e fron~ K a n s a ~ F r i d a y n o o n . T h e y : g, The Florence Goldfield mining mill de- wil t s e t t l e on t ~ e i r f a r m s o u t h O f

~troyed at Goldfield, Nev.; loss $~00,000.

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~ p r i c e s n o w h e r e l o w e r t h a n r i g h t h e r e . B u t a t t h e s a m e t i m e , we

b e l i e v e t h a t i t a l w a y s p a y s t o g i v e a m a n j u s t a l ib t l e b i t b e t t e r

t h a n h e a c t u a l l y p a y s for , a l i t t l e b e t t e r t h a n he c a n g e t a n y -

w h e r e else f o r t h e s a m e , m o n e y . A n d w e ' v e w o n o u t by s t i c k i n g

t o t h a t po l i cy , too . $ T h e r e ' s a m i g h t y b i g d i f f e r e n c e in t h e q u a l i t y o f m a t e r i a l

that goes by the same name. If you want the best a~ the same $ p r i c e y o u w o u l d p a y for i n f e r i o r s t u f f e l s e w h e r e , b u y f r o m us. .I-

i W e ' l l p r o t e c t y o u in b o t h q u a l i t y a n d p r i ce . W e a r e c r a n k s on

q u a l i t y .

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McGreE or Spencer $. leford, Michigan I

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tovtn . M i c h i g a n is good e n o u g h , i

Mr. a n d Mrs, F r e d W a l k e r of Pon-

t i a c s p e n t C h r i s t m a s a t G e o W a l k -

er ' s.

Mr and Mrs . A. A. L i v i n g s t o n a t e

C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r w i th t h e i r n i ece ,

M r s Warne r , K e l l e y , in Cass Ci ty . F r e d Hart~wick a n d E d d H a r t w i c k

a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d a t t h e h o m e of t h e i r f ~ t h e r , J o b

H a r t w i c k . Win. C o u g h s p e n t Tuesday! w i th

h i s d a u g h t e r , Mrs. ~¥. S p e n c e r .

E b e r R e t h e r f o r d and "family a r e v i s i t i n g a t F r e d H a r t w i c k ' s .

F r a n k H e g t e r a n d f a m i l y s p e n t

Chr i s tmas : a t Capac . Mrs. Geo. M c C a l l m n a n d d a u g h t e r ,

f o r m e r l y of t h i s p l a c e now of H o w -

ell, Mich. , a r e v i s i t i n g a t Win. Kil-

g o r e ' s. Florence, Rosalind and Howard. Sil-

verthorn and Pearl Nutt spent Christ-

mas with Harold S ilverthorn in Port

Huron

Bert Myers is moving on to his

farm, recently bought of Sam Sherk,

this week.

Albert Wilson is moving to Ponti-

ac. He has employment on the rail-

road.

B e r t C l l ~ i s a n d f a m i l y a r e m o v i n g

i n t o t h e E l m e r B r u c e h o u s e on M a i n

s t r e e t . S a m u e l S h e r k h a s b o u g h t t h e A m o s

W e b s t e ~ h o u s e and lot. Mr. and Mrs . Ben G a g e s p e n t ~he

f i r s t of t h e w e e k in P o n t i a c as t k e

g u e s t s of .the l a t t e r ' s b r o t h e r , %Ves-

ley MeCa in . Wi l l Gag.~ v i s i t ed h i s g r a n d p a r e n t s ~

in P o r t H u r o n f o r C h r i s t m a s .

P I N G R E E .

T h e l a w s u i t of J o h n Conel l , sr. ,

a n d Chas . I. C o o k e F r i d a y r e s u l t e d i a f ~ v o r o f .the l a t t e r . H e s e c u r e d a

j u d g m e n t .of $51.31 a n d cos t s .

I f y o u a r e t r o u b l e d w i t h c h r o n i c c o n s t i p a t i o n , t h e mi ld and g e n t l e ef- f e c t of C h a m b e r l a i n ' s T a b l e t s m a k e s t h e m e s p e c i a l l y su i t ed t o y o u r e a s ~ F o r s a l e by all d e a l e r s .

E n d s W i n t e r ' s T r o u b l e s . T o m a n y , w i n t e r is a s e a s o n of

t r o n b l e . T h e f r o s t - b i t t e n t o e s a n d ~ingers, c h a p p e d h a n d s a n d l ips , chiV bla ins , co ld so res , r e d and r o u g h skins , p r o v e th is . B u t s u c h t r o u b l e s f ly b e f o r e ° B u c k l e n ' s A r n i c a Sa lve . & t r i a l c .onvinces . G r e a t e s ~ h e a l e r of B u r n s , Boi ls , P.iles, Cuts , S o r e s , Bru i ses , E c z e m a and S p r a i n s . O n l y 25c at L. I. Wood & Co.'s.

CD[sco iraged The express ion occurs so many t imes in le t ters f rom

s ick women , ~' I was comple te ly d i s cou raged . " And there is always good reason for the d i scouragement Years of pain and suffering. Doc tor after doctor tric<l in vain. Medic ines doing no lasting good. It is no wonder that the woman feels discouraged.

Thousands of these weak and sick women have found heal th and courage regained as the result of the use of

Dr. Pierce% Favorite Prescriplo L I t establishes regularity, ~hea|s inf lammation and ulcera- t ion, and cures weakness .

I T MlqI~ES W t ~ I ~ W O ] f f E ~ STII?O~G i 71~D S l ~ I f W O M E ~ W E L l . .

Refuse subst i tutes offered by unscrupulous druggists for this rel iable remedy.

Sick w o m e n are inv i t ed to consul t b y letter , free. Al l correspondence str ict ly private and sacredly c o ~ d e n t i a l . Wri te ,without fear and w i t h o u t fee i o Wor ld ' s Dispensary , R . V . Pierce, M. D i , Pros ' t , Buffalo, N , Y ,

Dr. P ierre 's Pleasant Pel lets regulate and invigorate s tomach, l iver 8rid b o w e l s . Su~ar,coate~t, ~ iny g r ~ u l e s , easy: t0 take a s zandy . _ . . . .

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P A G E E I G H T . CASS C I T Y C H R O N I C L E , FRIDAY~ D E C E M B E R 29, 1911.

A Happy New Year to all.

R a d s t e M, e tz . o r 2 2 H. P. 4 C Y L I N D E R

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1912 Roadster Model, Completely Equipped, as Shown, $495

The Manufacturers offer a

$ 1 , O O O C A S H R E W A R D which will be paid to the first person in any locality in the United States who will show them a hill on any Travelled Highway which the blETZ "Twenty:two" cannot climb.

Henry WettlauJ er CASS CITY, MICHIGAN

Agent for the Metz, the Paterson Touring Car,

and the Cartercar,

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Striffler & McCullough, Auctioneers.

Having rented my farm 1[ will sell the following property, without reserve, two miles south and two miles

east of Cass City. on

Thursday, Jan. 4 AT T W E L V E O 'CLOCK S H A R P :

Q u a n t i t y of oat s t r a w in barn Cider barrel Pork barrel Churn e mi lk cans Po ta to crates W o r k bench Carpenter 's tools Clough & Warren organ, 6 oc tave

bed room su i t s Toi let se t Sideboard, good as n e w Hand painted w a t e r se t D in ing table and chairs Large leather rec l in ing chair 6 rockers Corner chair Divan couch ~ parlor tab l e s ~ t a n d s , Picture~, Parlor lamp

Lace curta ins , Port iers 4o yds. good all wool ingrain car~

pet L ino leum Floor m a t t i n g Dishes Large Pen insu lar s tove burns

hard coal or wood Kitchen s tove Gasol ine s t o v e About 80 lbs. fresh s ide pork ~o gal lon m e a t jar Fruit cans Forks Corn p lanters P o t a t o p lanters Gr inds tone Log chain And other art ic les

Bay m a r e wt . ~[oo Bay horse wt . ~30o C o w 6 yrs. old due in March Cow 5 yrs . old due in April Cow 3 yrs. old, calf by side Yearl ing h e i f e r , Year l ing s teer 3 ca lves 30 hens Deering m o w e r Cutter gear for buggy Deering hay rake S e t of s le ighs Two=horse cul t ivator , near ly n e w Disc harrow Grain drill Spr ing too th harrow ~Single cu l t iva tor Lumber w a g o n

W a g o n box and rack Top b u g g y Robe Horse b l a n k e t s Double h a r n e s s Two s ingle harnesses F a n n i n g mill Grain bags T w o bags seed beans 3 bags cull beans 9o bu. of oats Seed potatoes 8 tons of hay Quant i ty of bean stra°w

T E R ] ~ [ ~ : A l l s u m s o f $5 a n d u n d e r , C a s h ; o v e r t h a t a m o u n t 1 1 m o n t h s ' t i m e w i l l

b e g i v e n o n g o o d e n d o r s e d n o t e s b e a r i n g "/ p e r c e n t . i n t e r e s t .

l ohr, Proprietor

All the teachers of the high school

have gono h o m e foY the holidays. May the Year of 1912 Gee. Mousley spen t Christmas. wi th

his parents in Ontario.

Both churches o£Gagetowncelebra- be happy and ted t he season with appropr ia te services and Chr i s tmas t rees . The M. E. church gave a can ta t a ent i t led "San ta ' s P resc r ip t ion , " with for ty c h a r a c t e r s all of whom did jus t ice to the i r par ts . The M. P. churcl~ pro- g ram was well r ende red and enjoyed by all.

The visitors in town for the, Christ-

mas and New Year h~lidays are

John Hughes of Detroit ,at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Gill, Austin Moden

and son of Ann Arbor, Clayton Palm-

er of Holly and Ira Lyman of Detroit.

Mrs. Gee. Williams Js very lo w at the time of writing. She is suffering

from abscesses in her throat and

on her neck. Both Drs. Morriss and

Sugnet are in attendance.

Other sick folks a re Mrs. John Munro, Mrs. Ju l ius F i s c h e r and Jay CaIley.

Mr. and Mrs. CharIes P a l m e r and daugh te r spent t h e hol idays wi th .Mrs. P 's mother ' n e a r Akron.

Hedley Russel l and Miss Julia" Loomis w r e e uni ted in m a r r i a g e a~ Cass City last Wednesday . We wish t h e m a prosperous new y e a r and a long happy life, Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Will begin keep ing house, in t h e old Her r ing ton home which they have rented.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson a re now oc- cupying the i r new h o m e across f rom the old farm. J. Phe lan has t aken possess ion of the old p lace which he p u r c h a s e d some mon ths ago.

W I C K W A R E .

Wm. Mertchar is entertaining his

brother from Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toles of Car-

son.ville are spending the week with

relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Murray are en-

tertaining their children during the

holidays.

Miss Mable Gibbons is spending a

week with he~ sister at Birminghazn.

Mrs James Nichol accompanied her

two nieces, Misses Laura and Ethel

Harvey, to Detroit to spend Christ-

mas with thei~ mother.

Miss Florence MacPhail of Detroit

spent a few days at her home.

Mrs. John MacPhaff and son, John,

left Monday for Care fop a few days'

visit.

Abe Hunter of Kingston is spend-

ing a fev~.~ days with friends.

Mrs. Win. Bennett and son, Gee.,

left Sunday for Carsonville to spend

Christmas with' the former's mother.

Miss Daisy Bigelow is vis i t ing re la t ives ~n Det ro i t th is week.

Mr. and Mrs. John Brow11 are spending a few days in Detroi t .

Mr. and Mrs: Win. H a r t w i c k of De- t ro i t spen t Chr i s tmas With the f o r g - er 's pai 'ents, Mr. and ~ M'rs. Ed Ha~t= wick.

R E M E M B E R E D BY F R I E N D S .

Chas.

(Contri buted.) Mrs J. N. Dorman thanks~ t h e d e a r

f r iends of Cass City. who gave h e r t h e Chr i s tmas pos t card s h o w e r with t he loving wishes wr i ten upott them. She also rece.ived a largo handbag filled with gifts f rom old f r iends in Mar le t t e wi th instructions, t h a t only one gift was to be t a k e n f rom t h e bag each day unti l empt ied. E a c h was a surpr i se and p laned to gi~e p leasu re and food for t hough t to b r igh ten each day and enough of t h e m to las t over ~ month . H e r h e a r t is filled wi th g ra t i t ude to God who puts it into t he hea r t s of His children to so lovingly r e m e m b e r t he shut-in. This idea was ca r r ied out by Mrs. J. Cunn ingham, a f o r m e r CaBs City lady.

Isaac Cragg of CaBs City, hav ing Passed the 62rid mi l e s tone on Christ- mas Eve, was a lmos t d~luged by a shower of cards, 75 hav ing been received up to t h a t t ime, express ing bes t wishes and long life. Now be* ing conf ron ted with t he p rob lem how bes t to express g r a t i t u d e for being so k indly and though t fu l ly re- m e m b e r e d by so m a n y of m y bes t f r iends who a r e s ca t t e r ed f rom t h e Atlantic to the Pacific coast and know ing that the Chronicle enters many of those homes, would beg a littl~ space to say that no gift could be more ap- preciated than these greetings of love. They will be placed with our most sacred treasures to keep mem- ory bright of these loving expres- sions. Yours respectfully,

29-ip ISA_kC CRAGG.

Card of T h a n k s . To the kind f r iends and ne ighbors

wiho so wil l ingly ass is ted us in t he t ime of our be reavemen t , we wish to express our h e a r t f e l t t h a n k s ; also to those who sang at the funeral and to those who contributed flow- ers Win. Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Root, Mr. and Mrs. JaB. Wilson.

Ruhl's tailor shop is still over X¥il- soy & Cathcart's store. Get your suits c leaned and pressed here .

"Best on Ear th" This is t he ve rd ic t of R . . Howell ,

Tracy , O., who bought Foley ' s Honey and Ta r Compound for his wife. "Her case was the worst I have ever seen, and looked liked a sure case of consumption. Her lungs were sore and she coughed almost inces- santly and her voice was hoarse and weak. Fo!ey's Honey and Tar Com- pound brought relief at once and less~ than t h r e e b o t t l e s e f fec ted a comple te cure . " L. L Wood & Co.

Prosperous to You°

~~ HE firm will continue

~ ~ the policies p u r s u e d

during the year of 1911 add- ing every new up-to-date feat- ure that shall crop out from the experience of the business world.

Just now we have more Women's and M e n's Fur Coats offohand than we should carry. Very high grade values. Prices very low. = ....... ~ ~ ~

McGreEory &, F,arrsJl lfl[ MOD[L

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P H O T O P L A Y S N O W S H O W I N G A T

i ex Theatre Highest conception of art in

Animated Photography

Free to Ladies Vis i t ing Theatre Friday N i g h t

( T O N I G N T )

Handsome, imported Japanese after dinner cup and saucer. Valfle, 25c. NOTE--Next week, Friday, we will give Handsome Pin Trays. ~

C o u p o n s ! W e a r e i s s u i n g a ~ ~ . i

c o u p o n w i t h e a c h a d u l t ~-~ -

a d m i s s i o n , w h i c h w i l l ~ ~ , ~ ~ % ~ ' ~

b e r e c e i v e d a t a n y t i m e ~ ~ r 4 ~ ~ i ~

i n q u a n t i t i e s r a n g i n g ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~

f r o m 10 t o 5 0 f o r v a l u - [

a b l e i m p o r t e d J a p a n e s e ~----~ ~ - - - ' ~ - -

T e a Sets, Nut Sets, Dresser Sets, Chocolate Sets and various

Useful Novelties. ~-~ T h e above is a 4-piece Dre s se r Set and gives an

i d e a o f t h e v a l u a b l e p r e m i u m s w e g i v e m e x c h a n g e f o r

c o u p o n s .

0poe ever Thursaay, l:riday, and Saturday [¢enines.

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80-acre Farm for Sale. You n e v e r hea rd a s to re k e e p e r One mi le wes t and one mi le south kick about t h e w e a r and t e a r on hi~.

of Deford About 40 ac r e s improved, f ront door hinges. Tha t ' s one ox~ fa i r bui ldings and young o rcha rd . F o r pense wi thout a come-back t h e y a r e quick sale $2,000, cash or on t ime. all dead-wil l ing to pay. T h e r e ~ o n e E n q u i r e of H. Mickle, CaBs City. sure way to keep your doors sw~ng- 12-29-4p. ~ i n g ~ A d v e r t i ~ .

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