Oil leasing activity rises in Clare county reports
Oil records show Hugh McKay Barnes securing eighty and forty acre leases in Grant township and more, while Pure Oil and others gain tracts in Frost and Summerfield townships. Clare Development Company well progresses past two hundred feet as cold weather slows no drill, with McKay Mercier well two at nine hundred feet and Hothwell and Bowman wells facing ongoing operations and deepening depths.
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Clare County
Hugh McKay Barnes
Grant Township
Clare Development Company
Mr. Barnes
MckKay-Mercier
State Realizes 350 Dollar Oil Royalties Daily in Mt. Pleasant Field
Michigan’s geological survey reports oil royalties totaling over 350 dollars per day from seven producing Mt. Pleasant field wells. The state holds at least an eighth royalty on mineral rights, with royalties funding state oil operation oversight. The first public oil and mineral rights sale occurred in Lansing last month, with a second sale planned. dates to be announced.
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of Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Geological Survey Division
Department of Conservation
Lansing
Isabella County
Midland County
Manistee
Manistee County
Ogemaw
Drillers Hit Brine at Walker Well in Dimdes Area
Workers at the Walker well have struck brine in the Dimdes region and plan a test of the discovery. They aim to drill at least 5000 feet to evaluate the find.
Orchard Crest Poultry Farm Hatchery Ad
Orchard Crest Poultry Farm and Hatchery in Barryton Michigan announces a free price list and emphasizes that quality requires time patience and money with no over supply, encouraging early orders.
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Orchard Crest Poultry Farm and Hatchery
Barryton
Michigan
Dance at I. O. O. F. Hall Farwell Friday Night
A dance event at the I O O F hall in Farwell is scheduled for Friday night February 7 with good music. The event is organized by the local committee.
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I. O. O. F. Hall
Farwell
Local notes from Clare and vicinity
Community items from Clare include residents traveling to Florida and Michigan cities, new car purchases, family visits, a Christmas club ad, church events, a Valentine party, and corrections to market sausage pricing. Notables: J. H. Seeley extended Detroit stay, Géo. Easter funeral, Boys Glee Club music at Congregational church, Duncan's Hall dance, Father and Son banquet upcoming, Miss Alice Bicknell's travels, and an orange tree with fruit in Grand Township.
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Citizens State Bank
L. H. Thompson
Alma
Harrison
Stanley Masten
Bronstetter Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Ladies Aid
Hurd
J. H. Wilson
Florida
John Tice
Flint
John Stough
Vernon
al. Walters
Grant
Pontiac
Norman Walters
Donald Artibee
Géo. W. Easter
Shiawrassee County
Wm. K. Reed
Clare High School
George Boyd
Congregational Church
F. B. Doherty
Mackinac Island
Clare
Hot Springs
Ark
Wm. H. Bicknell
St. Paul, Minn
Jackson’s
Lena Frees
Grand Township
State to distribute record highway fund to Michigan counties
Frank D. Pitzgerald announced the 1929 highway fund distribution totaling $10,810,406. Seven eighths go to counties by automobile license collections, one eighth, $1,857,300, is shared equally at $16,280 per county. Wayne leads with $3,552,397 plus equal share, others listed include Clare, Kent, Genesee, Oakland and more with varied amounts.
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Frank D. Pitzgerald
Wayne County
Clare
Kent
Genaseé
Oakland
Macomb
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Calhoun
Washtenaw
Alpena
Baraga
Bay
Berrien
Chippewa
Delta
Dickinson
Gogebje
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Houghton
Huron
Ionia
Ron
Lapeer
Lenawee
Mackinac
Marquette
Mason
Mecosta
Menominee
Midland
Monroe
Montcalm
Muskegon
Ontonagon
Ottawa
Presque Isle
Sazinaw
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Sanilac
Shiawassee
Tuscola
Michigan Forest Fire Prevention Poster Contest and Land Statistics
The Michigan Department of Conservation announces a statewide forest fire prevention poster contest for grade and high school students with five cash prizes per contest. Separately, land records show 1,684,892 acres state owned plus 66,106 city lots, with 39 percent in the Upper Peninsula and Schoolcraft County holding the most acres.
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Sonith
Department of Conservation
Michigan
Forest Fire Division
The
Conservation Department
Lands Division
Wayne
Branch
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Schoolcraft County
Roscommon County
Chippewa County
Gheboygan
Roscommon
Oenat County
Scout Birthday Celebration Emphasizes Clare Boy Scouts Milestone
The Clare Boy Scouts join with Saginaw Area Council and national groups to mark Scouting in America with a February 7 to 13 observance. A February 11 meeting at the high school auditorium invites public attendance as local organizers plan the program and promote youth training across ages 1 to 17.
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Boy ‘Scouts
Clare
Scouts of
Saginaw
Scouting In
America
T. Carl Holbrook
H. B. Johnson
Hugh Barnes
R. I. Hether
W. W. Hurd
Sentinel
Boy Scouts of America
William Howard Taft
United States
Movement
James BE
West
Congress
State Lands Open to Public Hunting Across Vast Acreage
The Conservation effort outlines 11 625 acres for game preserves and 4 380 acres for parks with tax homestead lands totaling 1 114 293 acres and 650 open market acres. Combined forest land reaches about 1 500 000 acres available for public hunting. Homesteading processes involve 8 868 acres, with 20 198 acres still under federal school clause. State holds 115 295 acres and 841 lots by purchase or gift for forests parks refuges and hunting areas. County breakdown lists Clare Gladwin Gratiot Isabella Midland Roscommon with varying acres and lots.
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Conservation Commission
Lands Division
Clare
Gladwin
Gratiot
Isabella
Midland
Roscommon
Execution Sale Adjourned in Michigan Case by Sheriff
The State of Michigan case James W. Robinson vs Frank B. Melvin adjourns the sale to March 28 at 10:00 a m. Deputy Sheriff H L Wood marks the adjournment dated January 380th 1980. An unrelated ad lists market specials at Jackson's Market with various meat prices.
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Frankb. Melvin
A. D
H. L. Wood
Washington News and Comments
The federal highway bill advances from $75 million to $125 million yearly over three years as it goes to the Senate. Amendments to the White Jones Shipping Act seek to favor American flag tonnage, postal subventions, and construction loan terms. Hearings on old age pensions set for February 20 and 21 examine general approaches amid rising life expectancy and educational gains. The London Naval Parley draws strong interest. no pre program was agreed, boosting hope for limited armaments and global peace. Treasury Secretary Mahon favors transferring prohibition enforcement to the Justice Department, a move seen as reducing government friction. The Gold Star Mothers pilgrimage bill broadens access to cemeteries in France for widows and unknown burial sites.
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House
Senate
Merchant Marine
London Naval
House of Representatives
House Committee On Labor
United States
Londo Naval
Great Britain
MacDonald
Washington
President Hoover
France
Italy
Andrew W. Mahon
the Treasury
Department of Justice
Mellon
Justice Department
House Military Affairs Committee
Fishermen Notice on Closed Seasons for Various Fish
The Attorney General's Department states restrictions on catching black bass northern pike muskellunge perch walleye trout bluegill sunfish rock bass calico bass crappies white bass and warmouth in mill ponds and trout streams from May 1 to September 1. Open seasons apply to inland lakes, with Clare and Farwell mills classified as trout waters.
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Clare
Farwell
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Clare County Savings Bank
Hamilton Township
Summerfield
Pure Ol Company
Frost Township
Hothwell Number One
Mammoth Petroleum Corporation
H. BE. Pollock Co
Bowman
Clare Realty Co
Farm Insurance
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
White's Fruit & Floral Farm
Adv
Ste
A. J. Doherty
Detroit
J. H. Seeley
W. D. Holmés
Wilfred Carl
Highland Park
John Walworth
Haton Rapids
A. T. Loomis
Dorothy Lange
Owosso
Wm. Lange
Imogene Hickey
Mrother
Catherine Hickey
BIG
Michigan Department OF Conservation
Bullet N
Division of Education and Public
Scout Organization
State of Michigan
James W. Robinson
Jackson's Market
the, Citizens State Bank
Clare, Michigan
Washington News and Comments
Roy
Woodruff
Michigan District
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