Chelsea Phone Co. Is Enlarging
A FLOUR WAR IN CHELSEA
And the Citizens Are Getting the Benefit of it
ARGUS LIST BOOMING
Epworthe Leaguers to Give a Martha Washington Social Feb. 21
Chelsea, Mich., Feb 15.---The man with the wheelbarrow (not the hoe) struck town yesterday about noon and during his stay here afforded considerable amusement for the small boys. He claims that he is from Dowagiac, this state, and is going to California pushing a wheelbarrow all the way, and according to the wager, must make the trip in one year.
Frank Leach has just purchased of J. Bower a fine roadster, and Deputy Sheriff Lehman will have to look out or he will lose his laurels as the owner of the fastest horse in town.
At the last meeting of the L.O.T.M. Mrs. Jabez Bacon was elected as delegate and Mrs. C.M. Davis as alternate to the Great Camp review to be held at Marquette some time next June.
The Lima Epworth League social at the Lima church last evening was well represented by Chelseaites.
The entertainment given at the opera house last night by the Peet Cros. for the benefit of the senior class of the Chelsea high school was a decided success financially.
The Junior C.E. social at the congregational church last evening was well attended and the society added a nice sum to its treasury as the result.
Just now the citizens of this place are enjoying a flour war, and it is hoped that the warring factions will keep at it for some time to come.
Secretary Gage, of the Chelsea Horse Breeders' association, has issued a call for a meeting of the association to be held in this village Saturday, February 22, at 2 o'clock.
It is reported here that some hotels in Jackson are in such bad condition that the guest who is obliged to stay over night in the Central City has to sleep under the bed in order not to have his life endangered from the falling plaster.
The Epworth League of the M.E. church will hold a Martha Washington social at the spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Glazier on Friday evening, Feb. 21. The guests will be received by George and Martha and the society promise all who attend a pleasant and enjoyable evening.
The Ann Arbor Music Co. expect to give a concert here in the near future for the benefit f Columbian Hive, L.O.T.M. The Chequamegon orchestra of Ann Arbor will be one of the leading features.
WHY SUFFER FROM RHEUMATISM?
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CHELSEA PHONE CO. IS ENLARGING
NOW HAS 100 SUBSCRIBERS ON THE EXCHANGE
And will Soon be Obliged to Get in Another Switchboard to Give Good Service
Chelsea, Mich., Feb. 14---Carpenters are at work on the new Glazier memorial building placing in position the trusses that support the dome and roof of the building and, if everything progresses as rapidly as the contractors look forward to the mason work will be completed in about ten days.
There will be held at the M.E. church next Sunday evening at W.C.T.U. memorial service, commemorative of the life and work of Miss Frances Willard, at which time it is expected that all the churches will unite and make the service a union one. The ladies of the W.C.T.U. have arranged a good musical and literary program.
The superintendent's report for the month of January of the Chelsea union schools is as follows: Total number enrolled, 387; total number transferred, 1; number of re-entries, 20; total number belonging at date, 353; number of non-resident pupils, 36; number of pupils not absent or tardy, 216; percentage of attendance, 96.7.
Jas. Harkins, of Ann Arbor, will sing some of his well known solos at the entertainment given by the Chelsea High School Athletic association in the opera house at this place February 28.
The extra number given by the management of the People's popular Price lecture course of this village will be Wednesday evening, Feb. 19, to which all holders of season tickets will be admitted without extra charge.
Matthew Jenson sold to M. Wackenhut 28 last spring lambs that averaged 115 pounds. They are said to be the heaviest ones sold in this market this season.
W.P. Schenk & Co. have purchased the shoe stock of Jacob Mast, of this village.
The Chelsea Telephone Co. have just placed a phone in the residence of H.L. Woods, on Jefferson Street. The company have over 100 subscribers here and from the present outlook will soon have to put on another switchboard to accommodate the fast growing business.
The Chelsea market today is as follows: Wheat, 82 cents, rye, 57 cents; oats, 42 to 43 cents; corn in the ear 27 cents; barley, $1.15 per cwt.; beets $1 to $1.25 for 60 pounds; clover seed, $4.75; pop corn, 60 cents; potatoes, 60 cents; eggs, 20 cents; butter, 15 cents; beef, 2 to 4 1/2 cents; veal calves, 5 to 5 1/2 cents; hogs, $5.80; sheep, 2 to 3 cents; lambs, 3 to 4 cents; chickens, 8 cents; fowls, 7 cents; turkeys, 8 cents.
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LYNDON, SYLVAN, WEBSTER AND DEXTER
HAVE 14 OF THE IMPROVED LAND OF THE COUNTY
The Smallest Acreage of Unimproved Land Is In Ypsilanti Township
The supervisors of Washtenaw in making up their returns showed that there were 91,275 acres of unimproved lands in farms in Washtenaw county or a little less than a quarter of the acreage returned. It might be interesting to note where this unimproved land is.
The greatest acreage of unimproved lands in Washtenaw is in Lyndon township, there being found 9,497 acres there, or nearly 45 per cent of the total acreage. Sylvan stands second with 6,502 acres or about a third of the total acreage, and Webster third with 6,054 acres. Dexter township is fourth with 5,990 acres. These four townships all joined together, all contain about a fourth of all the unimproved land in the county.
The smallest acreage of unimproved land is in Ypsilanti township, 1,848 acres, the second smallest Lodi, with 2,706 acres and the third Ann Arbor, with 2,753 acres. Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are the two smallest townships in the county, the cities encroaching upon them.
The acreage of unimproved land in the other townships is: Augusta 4,409, Bridgewater 4,381, Freedom 5,406, Lima 5,875, Manchester 3,131, Northfield 5,534, Pittsfield 3,091, Salem 3,872, Saline 4,145, Scio 4,667, Sharon 3,693, Superior 3,905, York 3,818.
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HOT AIR ABOUT THE RATE WAR
"The statement that the Michigan Central will commence a rate war on the electric lines as soon as the electric lines begin to run from Detroit to Jackson, is news, the us," said Jos. S. Hall, Michigan passenger agent of the Michigan Central, to the Detroit Tribune. "So far as I know, the Michigan Central has not even considered such a step, and if it had I think I should have known something about it. The electric lines fill a field we could not by running frequent cars between small stations which but few of our trains would stop at. Should the time arrive when the Michigan Central finds it necessary to put on extra service and reduce rates to compete with electric lines, it will do so most thoroughly. I presume what gave rise to the rumor was the fact that we are not now hampered by any special charter and are therefore in a position to take such a step should it be deemed advisable. I have heard nothing of any contemplated change in rates."
SPECIAL LOW RATES TO NORTHWEST DURING MARCH AND APRIL VIA ANN ARBOR R.R.
The Ann Arbor railroad will sell single-trip tickets to points in the Northwest every day during March and April at greatly reduced rates. Apply for information to any agent of the company, or write. J.J. Kirby, G.P.A. Toledo, Ohio.
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