Priceless Apples are ripe in the Land of Mears

Fifty Cents & Year

Priceless Apples

Don't fail to attend the

ONE CENT SALE

Thursday , Friday and Saturday October 28-29-30 at Menerey's Drug Store

in Hart

This sale has some kick and will kick the H- out of HCL . You buy one article and the second one . like it costs you only 1 cent . Don't forget this Thursday , Friday and Saturday .

Things are coming down . We are making cuts in the prices of over alls , Jackets and Work- ' shirts .

George Reid , Mears

I want to buy little pigs weighing say 18 to 22 lbs . Bring all you got . - Max Field .

Archie Rabe has a new car and he didn't go the Hart fair and take Rose Schiller cause he didn't have a license and was afraid he might have to get one before he got home .

At last ! At last ! We are going to have a minister in West Gold- en . Ever since Mr. Coats went away in August the people have been waiting for a minister and they prayed to Mary Hawkins father down in Shelby because he is the president of the confer- ence . And Mary Hawkins ' father sent down to Indiana and got a Mr. Hubbard to come up to West Golden with his three kids and and wife and preach in the church on the winding road . This Sun- day he will stand in the pulpit for the first time .

George Brunk , Victor , Everson and Francis Trouyot all enjoyed their annual shower bath at Reed's garage in Pentwater . It was invol- untary but very refreshing .

Stanley Gamble was down at Ann Arbor to a big ball - foot game and saw the sophomores chasing Wallace Woodlock to make him climb a tree . They never got him . Miles Cole who has been driving a tractor in Colorado has come back to the Crystal Valley country drive his father's team and has 1orgotten how to say ' gee ' and ' haw . '

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Weare : Stan Goosens took Henrietta VanDen- heuval to a picture show in Ludington Sun- day night and his car kept company with Ed- VanNynant's car which had Della VanAgt- maal along . Eddie Aerts went to get Julia Hubbell at Scottville and Sne could not go be- cause Ed did not powder and paint like sne did . So when Ed got back to Bass Lake the dance was over and the next saturday night Ed got a bawling out from Julia's beau .

A neighbor of Clinton Knapp's rises up to say that Clint Knapp was not really so much to blame for not letting them have Sunday school in the Wilson schoolhouse Clint said Jim Farmer might not like it and he was the contractor and had not yet delivered the un- completed school house over to the board . Everything is alright now and Clint has pronounced his sanction on the meetings and suffers them to go on .

Helen Lyttle and Marie Flory were mad at each other until they had to sit side by each on the waiting bench at the free public clinic up in the Masonic temple in Shelby and then the dear girls made up .

Ladies , go to the Postoffice bar- ber shop in Hart for shampoo and and face massage . - L . D. Tyler .

THE PROBATE OFFICE . This office was created by the early constitution of this State and at that time was an office for the settlement of estates only . Later other duties were imposed upon it until it has become one of the most important offices pertaining to any of the County's affairs .

must be a regular practicing attor- ney , but in Michigan this is not nec- essary ; anyone who can get a ma- jority of the votes can be Judge of Probate .

All cases of Insanity have to come before the Probate Court and if the person is adjudged insane the Judge commits them to the asylum , and unless a bond is given by their More than 75 percent of the lands friends or relatives , they MUST be in this County have passed through committed as a public patient , but the Probate Court , and validity of the law provides that if there are the title depends on whether or not relatives who are able to pay , and the Probate proceedings are right . are liable for the support of that It is also a Juvenile Court where Insane person , that then the Prose- any child under the age of 17 years cuting Attorney shall bring a suit may be adjudged a delinquent and against such relatives to reimburse sent to some of the State institutions . the County and State for the care In the last few years the matter of and support of that person . sending Children and Adults to a While I was Prosecuting Attorney State Hospital have been added to of this County , it came to my atten- the duties of the Probate Judge as tion that two persons were being well as the allowing or refusal of maintained at Traverse City as pub- Mother's Pensions . In these matters lic charges . I made the relatives of the decision of the Judge is final - these two persons pay for the sup- there is no appeal if the Judge com- port of these persons , and it amount- mits a child to the Reform Schools ed to $ 1600.00 . of this State , nor if he refuses to al- low a Mother's Pension , or refuses

to send a child to Ann Arbor .

The Judge also has the power to take from the parents and send to the Home for Feeble Minded , any child who comes within the class of mentally deficient children .

In other words , the Probate Judge is endowed with extraordinary pow ers , in some respects exceeding those of the Circuit Judge .

In nearly all of the States it is re- quired by law that a Probate Judge

Since I have been Judge here , I have collected from persons and es- tates , nearly $ 5,000 on this class of claims and paid it over to the Coun- ty and State to reimburse , them for moneys paid for the support of these people .

In July last , I made the statement in The Pentwater News , The Hart Journal and The Oceana Herald , that I was the only Prosecuting Attorney and the only Judge of Probate of this County who had ever collected a dollar on this class of claims .

This statement has never been dis- Court rooms , or a man who had puted .

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I was appointed to this office by Governor Ferris on the 18th day of November 1915 and the next day the Board of Supervisors ordered Special Election , and at the same time appropriated $ 250.00 to be used in bringing the Probate Office books up to date .

never been there ? If you had any contested matter in the Probate Court , who would you prefer for a Judge , a man who had been in the

law business all his life or the man who had many other trades but no experience in law ?

These are serious questions and questions that may effect any voter If you had any matter of law to be decided , who would you go to , my opponent or to me ? If you got an opinion as to the law from Mr. Shaw would you feel that you could be certain that it was right ?

This is a very important office , the most important in the County - do you want to change a certainty for an uncertainty ?

I do not believe it . During my term , estates have been administered promptly and with very little ex-

I brought the books up to date and turned back to the County the $ 250 , and made not one cent of extra ex- pense on that account and the books are now right up to date and this office in splendid condition . Who do you think can keep it in the best condition ? A man who has made a life study of that kind of work , or the man with a multitude of trades and professions , but who as yet has never had any experience with law , and probably could not come into this office and fill out the simplest pense . Ask anyone who has had of our forms without copying from business here how they got along . some other paper ? Who do you By having an attorney in this office , think can better decide questions of very few cases have arisen where it law ? My opponent says that if he was necessary for the parties to hire is elected , we have a County lawyer a lawyer , and in the cases that have to decide questions of law . Do you been tried out , Mr. Pugsley has been think that would be better than hav- on one side or the other of each of ing a Judge who , all his life has them . It would have been a pecul- made that his profession and busi- iar state of affairs if under those ness . Did you ever see anyone who circumstances , he should have been had had business with this office the legal advisor of the Judge . during my term that would say that they did not get a square deal ?

I had expected to make an ener- getic canvass for this election , but , If your boy or girl was arrested since I have been Judge , I have made and brought before the Probate it a rule to keep this office open ev- Court , who do you suppose could ery day , and now find that I can- best handle the case , a man whose not get away to see you , while my life had been around Courts and opponent is making practically a

house to house canvass , so I may The Probate Judge requires besides be defeated through attending to the these qualifications , a sympathetic affairs of the office , but I do not beings and the troubles the race is understanding of human shortcom- lieve it . The people of this County heir to . The proper conduct of juv- know me ; they know that I have enile Court cases and matters of done their business right since I guardianship for mental incompe- have been Judge , and I now ask my knowledge of the law and of human lents demands a thorough scientific friends to stand by me and place nature . an ( X ) in front of my name for Judge of Probate ,

Sincerely yours ,

FRANK E. WETMORE .

ABOUT THE PROBATE COURT

Reprint from The Oceana Herald , Oct. 22 , 1920 The cross that will be placed be- fore the name of the candidate for Probate Judge ; or at the head of the ticket on which he appears ; should be the result of a thorough knowledge of the jurisdiction of that office , and the qualifications of the man who is to fill that important place in the County Government . The probate Court is intended to be and is the family Court that our system of Gov ernment provides for the welfare of the people generally .

This County's Probate Court is be- ing conducted on these principles . Judge Frank E. Wetmore , candidate for re - election has as his opponent Rev. B. S. Shaw , a Methodist minis- ter , of whom we have a high regard in his chosen profession .

Judge Wetmore , who has been Judge of Probate for the past five years is a lawyer by profession and practice , and took the office at a time when its condition was chaotic so much so that the Board of Sup- ervisors at a special meeting held on the 19th day of November 1915 appro priated $ 250.00 to be used in straight- ening up the records of the office . Judge Wetmore went ahead and straightened up the office and its records so that at the present it ranks well with any office in the State . He did not however , take the The scope of the Probate Court . is had no lawful right to make the ap- $ 250 for in his opinion the board vastly wider than that of ordinary propriation - and the money Courts of Law . It has original jur covered back into the treasury . isdiction over wills , guardianship of covered back into the treasury . minors , and mental incompetents , During the five years that he has insane cases , feeblemindedness , in been Judge of Probate no decision ebriety , drug addiction , adoption , of his has been appealed from . change of name and mother's pen

was

This means that estates have been

sions . In the Juvenile department . closed promptly and right . it has power over dependent , de- Testimony to the standing of linquent and neglected children . Judge Wetmore in his profession is Drain matters , right of eminent do- main and removal from public office for breach of trust come within its province .

the fact that he is known by practi- cally everyone in this county , and is respected by Courts and litigants alike and acknowledged to be one Thorough knowledge of the law of the leading lawyers of this part and a judicial type of mind and of the State . He has won a large temperament qualify a man compe- percentage of the cases he has car- tently to fill the office of Judge of ried to the Supreme Court , and there our Circuit and Supreme Courts . is hardly a community in the county

where he has not taken and won some important suit , and if there is a suit in the Circuit Court here it is usual that Judge Wetmore has one side or the other side of it , and in addition to that tries many cases at Muskegon and Ludington .

sane persons at Traverse City , near- ly all these patients having been committed by former Judges . While he was prosecuting attorney of this county he collected $ 1,600 on this class of claims .

Sometime ago Judge Wetmore It is urged by his opponents that made the statement in . The Herald he has made considerable expense in that he had collected these sums of the matter of sending afflicted adults money and that " He was the only to Ann Arbor for treatment at the Prosecuting Attorney and the only expense of the County , one of the Judge of Probate of this County who papers of the county publishing a had ever collected a dollar on this list of the expenses and saying class of claims . " This statement has " nothing like this had ever happen- not been challenged . ed before . " The statement , was true

Judge Wetmore in seeking re - elec- for the law under which these per- tion to the office declares that he sons were sent was passed in 1915 stands on his record . That he has and became effective about two always tried to work for the best months before Judge Wetmore went interests of the WHOLE people , that into office on November 18th , 1915 , he has given his best efforts to makc This is a law of the State and we the Probate office of this county one believe a good one , and Judge Wet - of which the people could be proud . more in sending these poor people and we believe he has succeeded . is simply carrying out one of the

laws of the State .

We have closely watched the af-

time

Since he has been Judge he has fairs of the Probate office and have abolished two practices that former- talked with many who have done ly prevailed , one was that for each business there and have yet to find child sent to a state institution , and one who claims that they got any- for each adult committed to Traverse thing but fair , courteous treatment Ciy and for each mother's pension at the hands of Judge Wetmore . The Probate Court , at one allowed , the Judge drew an order to himself for $ 1 , and had the clerk or another touches the life of every each time make a certificate that the resident of this county . It requires physician making out the certifi - highly specialized management , and cates were admitted to practice in should always be under the direction this county , making a charge in each of an expert , and Judge Wetmore of these cases of $ 2 . There was no since occupying this office has shown sense or occasion for that , Judge himself as such . He gains and re- Wetmore felt that he was not entitl - tains the confidence of the youth . ed to both a salary and fees from He has spent his life in and around the county , and that it was only nec court rooms , and has the respect and essary that a physician be certified friendship even of the boys that he has committed to the Industrial school .

once .

Judge Wetmore also inaugurated a new practice and that was making those who were able to do so , pay their way in the State institutions and he has collected and paid to the county and state more than $ 5,000 to re - imburse the state and county on account of the maintainance of in-

On the face of the record of the Probate Court for the last five years it appears to be a matter of good busi ness sense to retain him in the office .

Hallowe'en Masquerade

Shelby Opera House

Saturday eve . , Oct. 30

Dance $ 1.00

Gallery 25c Children 15c

Attractive Prizes The Oceana Orchestra

Miller Bros. want your poultry hides and junk . In Mr. Blake's warehouse .

Let Collins fix you up with a little outfit of first aid appliances for your hunting trip .

500 yds . of Standard dress Ginghams , 27 in . wide at 23c a yd .

Outing Flannel , good weight and closely wov- en , 27c a yard .

Men's Overalls and Jackets , $ 1.98 and $ 2.50 a yard .

Men's Sweaters , values up to $ 12 reduced to $ 6.- 50. Apron Ginghams , 25c a yard ; Pink Salmon , 20c .

Thos . Welsh & Son Hart , Michigan

At the Hart canning factory it is still a nine days wonder what be- came of Mrs. Lattin's false teeth . The women were talking the other day in the women's rest room and . wondering why the toilets did not work . And Mrs. Lloyd Scott said " I , II bet Mrs. Lattin's false teeth are down there cheering up the sewer . "

Shelby High School : -One day a lot of boys by preconcerted ar- rangements , came to school with shoe strings around their necks , instead of neckties and the next day they wore the shoe strings around their wrists . Miss Co - op- eration Bixler came down and told the boys they must either leave school or take the shoe strings off their wrists . I think it was Norwood Griffin who got up and walked out and did not come back until afternoon . Wilbur Kelley wrote with chalk all over Gen. Grant's coat - back . Miss Windstorm , the French teacher , who presides in the first period found a B. B. shot on one of the boys the other morning . Shelby high school wants her boys to make a good showing in foot - ball this year and wants the boys to speed up and lick the stuffing out of Hart . But oh consistency thou art a jewel . For last Friday when Fremont was playing Hart on the fair grounds a lot of the Shelby students of foot- ball science took a half day off and paid their own expenses to go up to Hart and study the enemy in action in or- der that they might apply the knowledge in future encounters to the glory of the Shelby High School . But all these loyal heart- ed students were summoned up- on the rug in the Shelby High and told if they did not make up the time in piece meal repentance at nights after school they would be flunked for a month .