Breezy Topics At Whitmore Lake

BREEZY TOPICS AT WHITMORE LAKE

Whitmore Lake, Dec. 21. - The whole city joins me in sending the Argus Christmas greetings in response to the great pleasure it brings to every household in our beautiful resort. 

Henry Spiegelberg took a load of Christmas trees to Ann Arbor on Thursday, another on Saturday, and Monday he will take another to fill his contract. Mrs. Spiegelberg has repeated this tree business for the past 10 years and every year the business has increased and made it more remunerative, and the Ann Arborites look for old man Spiegel the same as children look for Santa Claus.

Big dance at the Clifton House on Jan 1, and greta preparations are being made for the occasion.

Charles A. Pray, in his department store, is doing a phenomenal business, his place of business being thronged from early morn until night.

Herman Fisher, the popular blacksmith, is busy from morning until midnight shoeing horses. 

Then M. E. Sunday school is very busy these days preparing an elaborate program to be rendered on Christmas eve. All come.

J.G. Pray, with a force of carpenters, completed the residence of Harry Carpenter, of Dexter, last week, plastering, painting and all, and Mr. Carpenter will move in during the holidays.

Big raffle for turkeys and ducks at Adam Mains' on the 23rd.

Rauschenberger & Dunlavey are sending out weekly from two to four carloads of live stock. This business brings a lot of farmers to our town to do their trading.

Our citizens are compelled to haul coal from Ann Arbor and South Lyon and are mighty glad to get it at those points, although it costs them, with the hauling, $10 per ton for hard coal.

Four new subscribers to the Daily Argus were handed to me today. Let the good work go on.

The Toledo Ice Co. have their large houses all empty and ready for the new crop of ice, of which they are prepared to house 70,000 tons.

The Dodge & Lemon Ice Co. will fill their plant with 20,000 tons of ice soon as weather permits.

Our citizens are now paying their attention to politics, as they get lonesome in two weeks after a campaign, and today the most popular democrat for supervisor is our stand-by, Frank Dunlavey, and he will be elected without a doubt. 

Guy Herney, of Pinckney, is out for Farnham & Co. buying poultry and has picked up $631 worth up to date, and the end is not yet. He is paying the highest market price, as the amount of his purchases show.

George Rauschenberger, who ten years ago borrowed $300 to pay his way, started into business and today his property, real and personal, reaches as far as the eye can see, and George is one the happiest and best natured business men in our whole community.