THE BENZIE COUNTY PATRIOT N E W S P A P E R

volume xxvin_ 11.50 per year. FRANKFORT, MICHIQAN.Thuraday, February 22, 1928 5c per copy

IS YET OH BOTTOM Sightseers And Camera Fans Risk Much

To Get Close-up Views

Bravery And Seamanship Of Crew And Officers

Is Still The Ta lk Of The Vicinity

vi'ork Of Salvageing T h e Boat Is Being Delayed Until Wea the r Becomes

More Favorable . Vessel Does Not Hinder Navigation.

Lvimr at the mouth of the har-bor like a specter ship is the Ann Arbor carferry No. 4, coated with ice several inches thick she presents more the appearance of a ghost than of one of the most powerful of lake carriers. Upon viewing her one is seized with a t remor of awe of what might have occurred had she been in less competent hands.

One of the officers stated "The old boat had to bring us home once more," and that seems to express the sentiment of the whole crew. Since the excitement and hysteria attendant upon such a disaster have sub.suivd mere facts and details have come to light and the heroism of the entire crew will go down in the anna I of the seafaring history w. splendor.

( apt. Frederickson ,whose excel-lent seamanship was a great factor in the battle against the elements, was on the car deck, below and all over, with always a word of en-couragement to his crew, who to a man, were working like Trojans. The first mate, Capt. Prederickson's brother, had charge of the pilot house. The other off icers and men worked valiantly with coal from the cars flying about like Piant hailstones, those below work-I 1 1 1 ever deepening water with the temperature below zero. Cooks and porters aided on car deck or wherever they were needed.

1 he men who received any injury at all were hurt while trying to con-| r° ' "u* c a r s which had broken oose. [ wo cars of coal which were hanging over the stern have &0>>e into the lake since she settled.

' car deck present.; a sight of cnaos and con fug "Ci.

T'.<- after crew loat clothes, jew y : , r< l money, while the forward

Tew -j.ved fhei»- clothing. ne real cause of the sinking, ao-

" !«• -hc% who I no., i.) «. r" «ining H, were the sandoars

" s t ° u t s ide lh.? harbor. Many <• *'m the ferry woutd have made thr «< • safely ha4j she not run onto

pie ' an,li h e e n tl|T©wn against the • r I t congress grants an ade-

p *' appropriation to frankfon this danger *ill be eli ""nated by dredging.

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The insurance agent arrived Thursday to care for the interests of his company. Two tugs from Manitowoc are expected to lift her. The ice will first have to be remov-ed before any attempt to raise her is made.

This is the third time No. 4 has featured in a major disaster, but no lives have ever been lost on her. Providence has been kind to her crew. She has been on the lakes for almost 20 years and Capt. Fred-erickson has had command of her for seven years.

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS HELD INJOINN HALL

GATHERING MOST

HARMONIOUS IN YEARS

The more venturesome have gone out on the north pier to view the wreckage more closely, but even that trip is not without hazard. While the weather has not been favorable to photography several excellent pictures have been ob-tained however.

The boat was enroute to Kee-wanee instead of Manistique as formerly stated, at one time being just off Two Rivers Point. Com-ing back they had to come directly with the sea. They were just a few rods out when they picked up the signal f rom the fog horn and only the length of the boat away when they saw the lighthouse.

There is no hole in the stern as had been reported but there are loose rivets.

Other ports on the east shore of the lake are reported closed be-cause of ice floes, several boats having had trouble to land at Mus-kegon. While some ice has. been seen here it has not hindered naviga tion in any way.

S E W AT SCHOOL INNOVATION HAS

PROVEN POPULAR

®EEF

We "till h«ve" ^ 10 cent

^ k l u r t . .

BEEF supply of

cut. j. w:

During the four winter months this year the children of the Frank-fort Public schools have the oppor-tunity to avail themselves of hot lunches served there at the cost of three., cents.

movement sponsored by the lakeside l i t e ra ry club is financed from their tuberculosis fund. Miss Linda Michael has direct charge and Mrs. John Kirhy does the cooking. Each day one of the teachers and some lady volunteer from out of the women's organisations in the village help to do the serving. The chil-dren of the various grades take turn about in washing the dishes each day.

Produce brought in by the chil-dren for use in this work is credited to them or. their ticket purchases.. The service thus far has proven very successful and it is certain to be so in the future.

The Republican village caucus,the only one this year, was held in the town hall Monday evening February 19th. The business of placing in nomination candidates for the var-ious offices was completed in record time as not a contest of any kjnd developed.

The caucus was opened by Wm. A. Storr who was promptly elected as chairman of the meetng. B. W. Snider was elected secretary and the chairman appointed the follow-ing to act as tellers: V. L. Pullman, Walter Frederick, and L. Hendrick-son. The following candidates were placed in nomination without an opposing candidate being named:

President—Jas. H. Patterson Treasurer—F. W. Brownson Clerk—Byron B. Snider Trustees—J. B. Trowbridge, Rob-

ert J. Denton and L. W. Paul. Assessor-John H. Woodward At the close of the meeting the

high school boys gave Jas. H. Pat-terson three rousing cheers. Mr. Patterson having just been nominat-ed for President of the village for a second term.

Story of Love and Intrigue

One expect much from Lois Web-er since "To Please One Woman" and "What's Worth While" swept the country But that she has du-plicated these e f fo r t s in her latest Paramount production, "Too Wise Wives," is proof that she knows how to write stories as well as to pre-sent them in a dramatic way.

"Too Wise Wives" has been con-structed with the idea that situation and climax must be emphasized, with full value placed upon suspen-sive qualities so as to focus atten-tion from the very beginning. The story is a compound of love, ambi-tion, and intrigue. It will be the current attraction at the Victoria theatre next Saturday and Sunday, February 24 and 26. Claire Wind-sor and Louis Calhern enact the leading roles.

• THE W E A T H E R •

Max Min Condition Feb. 14 21 4 N. W. Blizzard

16 11 2 W. Pt. Cldy « B6 13 3 N. W. Blizzard - 17 11 2 W. W. Cloudy

and Snow •• is 18 8 S. W. Pt. Cldy

19 32 6 S. W. Clear - 20 26 12 N. W. Clear

WE WANT SOME PORK AT ONCE

I will pav you/the hicfctst market price for dressed ppcx, be-»f and veal. 1 need Abe ai&rk at o n * and will pay cash/fop-^ what y-m may bring in. JUW. Lockhart —adv.

NUMBER 6

ADS BRING RESULTS IN THE PATRIOT

Recently The Patriot carried an advertisement for the Traverse City State hospital soliciting young wo-men sudents for the nurses' train-ing school. This advertisement was also carried in other newspapers ot the region but reports f rom the hospital say that more replies were received from the Patriot ad than any other.

I t pa/8 to advertise in The Pa-tr iot .

FORMER FRANKFORT GIRL DIES III DETROIT

Peter Je f f s received a telegram Monday evening from Detroit an-nouncing that his sister Mrs.. L. Spencer was dying from pneumon ia. Mrs. Spencer, a graduate nurse from Harper hospital was a resident of this place about f i f teen years ago. i*he Spencer's have a summer cottage out at Platte lake and have always spent a part of their summers here. Mr. J e f f s le f t for Detroit Tuesday morning.

MRS. LOUIS M. SPENCER IS DEAD OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs. Irma Helena Spencer, grad-uate nurse of Harper hospital, died of pneumonia Monday afternoon in the family residence 202 Rh>de Is-land avenue, Highland Park. She was ill 10 days. She is survived by her husband, Louis M., two chil-dren, Wilbur 10 year* old, a:>J Robert 7; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Je f f s of Flint, and three brothers and three sisters.

Mrs. Spenaer, who was 37 years old, was born in Evartt, Mich., and came to Detroit 16 years ago. She had a wide circle of friends, due to her coneOtion with Harper hos-pital, where she graduated in 1909. She was a member of the Highland Park Worth While club.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the residence. Burial will be at Evart.—Detroit Free Press.

CAN YOUR HENS BEAT THIS RECORD?

H. C. Brittain has a pen of forty-seven Tom Barren strain of English White Leghorn pullets that began laying at the age of f ive months and fourteen days, during the month of January they layed 774 eggs.

CHURCH NOTES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CH

Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Services 10:30 a. m. Pleaae note that our Sunday

School work "will be resumed next Sunday morning. Teachers and pupils will please endeavor to be there on time.

The Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Oscar Sampson, Thursday afternoon at 2:30

COMMUNITY CONGEGATIONAL CHURCH

Albert E. Siebert, Pastor Morning Worship 10:30 a. m. Church School 11:45 a. m.

A cordial welcome is extended to everybody to come to church and Sunday school.

M. K. Church F r a n k f o r t H. F. Walker. Pastor

Howard Wearer. Similar School Superintendent.

Moraine Worship at 10:00 a. m Sunday School at 11:U a m. Young People's Sarrteaa at ( : «

P m.

Seventh Day A d r e n t i s t Elder 1 OonkHn. Paator

The services wlU b e b e i d in t h e following older on S a t u r d a y : Sab-b a t h school a t 1:30o'clock. Preach-ing following Sabba th acbool a t 1:30 o'clock

M. B. C h u n k . I l b e r t a H. F. Walker. Pee to r

T h e Bandar earrtee will tx In t h e followtat ot School a t 10:30 A. H : • h i p a t H : « A. M : s h i p a t 7:M P. I p rayer meeting will b e crureh parlors on In* a t 7JO

he ld m t h e

BROOMS BLOOMS BROOMS When you ere ia Sown don't for-

get to atop g J Wr Lockfcert's and get one of tM>M good 49c brooms

TRADE AT HOME TO HELP DEVELOP YOUR

OWN INDUSTRIES During the past few weeks we

have heard several remarks from lo-cal business men concerning the number of outside solicitors who come into town and make a personal solicitation for business in lines that are fully represented here. These folks contribute not one cent to our local taxes, charities, churches, fraternal, civic, and social organiza-tions as well as a hundred and one other demands that the local busi-ness places must meet in order to not be classed as crabs and tight wads.

It is regrettable if the village council canot in some way license these solicitors the same as other peddlers so that they would do their fair share in the up-keeo of • town and community.

We are therefore reprinting this editorial clipped from one of our exchanges entitled:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + • + • • * SCHOOL NOTES + • Edi ted by the School • • • + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Students in Mrs. Slyfield's Amer-ican Literature class are busy read-ing books by American Authors for outside reading. The student earn ing the most points is to be awarded as prize, an autograph copy of one of James Oliver Curwood's latest books.

Due to the stormy weather of the past week a great many of the town students, instead of going home for their dinners, have been getting them at the school lunch room.

H O M E P H I L O S O P H Y

If merchants and their sales clerk were not a mighty good Ma-tured bunch of folks, whose rough edges have been worn down by much contact with human nature they would have reason to get quite grouchy at times.

There are some persons who will go or send to more or less distant cities and make important purchase: of clothing, furni ture or foodstuffs; then when they find they want some little article in a hurry, and must have it for some pressing need, they rush to the home store, and demand that it be supplied them instantly.

They expect these stores to keep stocked up all the time on a wide variety of goods. Yet they fail to supply their share of the patronage that would warrant these stores in keeping such a stock.

A group of retail stores links up a town with the wonderful nation wide system for distributing mo-dern products. They bring to your doors the comforts and conveniences of advanced civilization from all over the world, where you can ex-amine and select the things that you desire, and secure competent advice as to how to get the results you want.

But people can not expect to se cure the kind of stores that their community is entitled to, on the basis of its population and wealth, if they are constantly running or sending away elsewhere to buy goods. Unless they give their pa-tronage to their home stores, those stores can not serve them with maxi-mum efficiency.

The men who own and conduct the stores are a loyal force working all the time to build up this commun ity, to provide it with the best mo-dern facilities and equipment, to im-prove its civic advantages and pro-mote its prosperity. When you deal with them, you back up and promote the advance of your home town.

The Seniors are busy trying to de termine the style of invitation they wish to get for graduation.

Watch for the announcement of the Senior play.

Science students in the eighth grade room are busy making fire-less cookers.

The eighth grade room once more has a full attendance of pu-pils.

Owing to the severe storm last Wednesday many of the pupils stay-ed over the noon hour. Mr. Lewis took those in his Geometry class down to the lunch room and treated them to a warm lunch of bean soup and Spanish stew.

Because of illness Willard Peter-son has been absent from school for over a week.

Along with their regular work the sixth grade is taking up the study of "Geographical Readings," a book which is very instructive as well as interesting.

The game with the St. Francis high school of Traverse City, which was scheduled for Friday night, was postponed until Saturday night due to the late arrival of the train. The game was very interesting though little team work was exhibit ed. The score was 16 to 7 in fav-or of Frankfort. There was quite a large attendance at the game but there was room for many more, as expenses were not even made.

LAKE LEVEL CONFER ENCE HI MANITOWOC

To the Honorable Mayor and Com-mon Council of the City of Frank-fort, Michigan. Gentlemen:

The conference of officials from cities bordering on Lake Michigan, to be held at Manitowoc, Wiscon-sin, March 1st and 2nd, 1923, notice of which was sent you by the Mayor by telegram, will be an important event in the interest of navigation on Lake Michigan.

The welfare of each of these cities we believe is vitally effected by the flow of water through the Illinois drainage canal in excess of the amount needed for the carrying away of Chicago's sewerage.

Engineers statements and statis-tics, together with the experience of this city and probably all of our cities, prove that the flow of water through thi3 canal, above a certain amount, lowers the level of Lake Michigan.

Commerce demands larger ships with deeper draf t necessitating the maintaining of deep channels in our harbors, which is an expensive pro-position to all of us.

The lowering of the water level only a few inches causes l o w s run-ning into thousands of dollars, by exposing bridges and dock piling, expensive continued dredging and

Many of the Junior girls wore their aprons to school last Friday. While in costume they gave a short comic program in the High school room. On the following Monday the boys appared wearing their sus-penders having in the meantime de-termined on a "safety first" cam-paign. In the afternoon they gave a short impromptu program. One of the nuiabers which they gave was the song "How Dry I am." But as the Chemistry class has been making alcohol in the lab this week it will no longer be necessary for them to sing this.

Ike—"Can you imagine it!!!!!! Mr. Scott is very much disgusted."

A1—"What about?" Ike—"Half the class failed in

Arithmetic." A1—"Oh, is that all!"

D u e t o f r e i g h t c o n g e s t i o n o u r r e a d y - p r i n t s d i d n o t show u p t h i s

week a n d w e a r e o b l i g e d t o u s e o n l y

f o u r p a g e s f o r t h i s i s s u e . It s e e m s r a t h e r t h i n b u t y o u ' l l f i n d l o t s of

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

th i s i s s u e . R e a d i t a l l a n d h a n d i t to y o u r n e i g h b o r .

freight revenues. Concerted action has become ne-

cessary to solve this important pro-blem and for that reason this con-vention has been called. Every city should send at least one dele-gate, and two or three would be bet-ter.

Your welfare is involved. Do not under-estimate the gravity of the situation, something must be done. Don't let "Ceorge" do it, put your shoulder also to the wheel.

The convention will be addressed by men who have made a study of these problems. After addresses a general discussion will follow.

Please inform us at an early date the number of delegates you will send and their names if possible.

The City Council and the civic clubs of the City of Manitowoc are completing arrangements to give you a hearty welcome and make your visit here a pleasant one.

Don't forget the dates, March 1st and 2nd, 1923.

Yours for a successful confer-ence. Lake Level Conference Committee

Martin Georgenson, President. Arthur H. Zander, Secretary

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE COONGIL

Frankfort, Michigan December 27, 1922

Regular meeting of Village Coun-cil.

Present: President Patterson and Trustees Courville, Trowbridge, An-derson, Paul.

Absent Trustees: Meiler and Lee. Reading of minutes of December

11 and December 20th. Paul—Andeion: That the minutes

be approved as i ad. Carried

Verbal recommendation of Water Board that a magnetic rectifier be purchased for the charging of the battery of the auxiilia.-y gas engine at the Waterworks station.

Courville—Paul: That the clerk be instructed to procure our type 1626 from France Mfg. Co., Cleve-land, Ohio, price $280.00 C. O. D., subject to examination.

Yeas: Courville, Trowbridge, An-derson, Paul.

Carried Courville—Paul: That the com-

mittee on Fire Department be em-powered to purchase 400 fee t f i re hose with brass ring standard coupl-ings—also two nozzles and f iremans axe.

Yeas: Courville, Trowbridge, An-derson, Paul.

Carried Bi l l s

Hose Co. No. 1, fire at Gustafson's $11.(0

Hose Co. No. 2, fire at Gustafson's 11.60 Trowbridge—Anderson: That the

bills be allowed. Yeas: Courville, Trowbridge, An-

derson, Paul. Carried

Reading of notice of claim of Adolph and Huida Adams, for in-juries alleged sustained by Huida Adams, claimed on account of poor condition of street.

Courville—Trowbridge: That the notice of claim of Adolph and Huida AJ.»m be taken ,•-under conaideva-t u r

Carried Trowbridge-t—Andersoa

journ to DecemtoBlrTr?7l922.. Carried

B. W. SNIDER, Clerk

Frankfort , Michigan January 8, 1923

Regular meeting of the Village Council.

Present: President Patterson and Trustees Meiler, Courville, Lee, Trowbridge, Paul.

Absent: Trustee Anderson. Reading of minutes of meeting

December 27, 1922. . Paul—Courville: That the min-

utes of December 27 be. approved. Carried

Report of Clerk: Water rentals $ 64.93 H. Mitchell, corp., and labor ....5.00

Daugherty, use of plank 2.0* Moved and supported that report

of clerk be accepted and filed. Carried

Bill* M. Plont, board and lodging

indigent 1.00 M. Plont, livery to Traverse ....10.00 Parm Gilbert, claim Adolph

Adams 6.00 Benzie County Power Co.,

Street lights mo. of Dec. ..166.00 Benzie County Power Co.,

lights towiyhWl December ....1.00 W. D. A l l e j ^ i doz. gaskets

for hos Roy Collin

t if ier and Express 29.08 Standard Oil Co., 60 gas 11.82 J . A. Matzinger, charge battery 1.60 Benzie County Power Co.,

power pumping W. W. sta. 166.07 Ben Baker, freight and dray,

veg. packing 3.61 Astrid S. Rosing, veg. packing 47.80 R. R. Pautz, team unload tile ....6.00 G. C. Noffsinger, unload tile ....3.00 E. A. Young, unload tile 3.00 A. A. Raiload Co., freight

on tile — ..136.84 Trowbridge—Meiler: That the

bills be allowed. Yeas: Meiler, Lee, Courville,

Trowbridge, Paul. Carried

Reading of communication of At-torney M. G. Paul, relative to claim of Adolph and Huida Adams.

Courville—Trowbridge: That the question of claim of Adolph and Huida Adams be taken under con-sideration at next regular meeting and that their attorney M. G. Paul be notified of date of said meeting.

Carried Moved and supported to adjourn.

Carried B. W. SNIDER. Clerk

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