Boyne Citizen

Serving the Boyne community for over a century and a quarter.


Local Option is Up to the Voters
The Supervisors Unanimously Submit the Question to the People

The Board of Supervisors met in adjourned regular session on Tuesday of this week to take up the question of submitting the local option question to the people of Charlevoix county at the spring election. There were 2,260 names signed to the petitions asking for its submission. Lisle Shannahan appeared on behalf of Len Adams, and sent a communication protesting against its submission mainly on the grounds that the signatures were not legal in that they were signed with the initials of the voters, and asked that the names so signed be stricken from the petitions. Hon. J. M. Harris and Hon. L. F. Knowles appeared in an advisory capacity on behalf of the committee having the local option matter in charge. A committee of five was appointed by the board to examine the names and report to the board. The report of the committee recommending its submission to the people was adopted by the board unanimously, and the local option question is now up to the people of Charlevoix county.

The proposition of the American Ballot Machine company for the purchase of voting machines for the county was turned down by the board, the vote standing 19 to 2 in favor of not purchasing the machines, although all spoke of the practicability of the machine, it was thought best not to purchase at the present financial condition of the county.

A letter was received by the board from Expert Accountant Dresser to the effect that the books in the county treasurer's office were found in first class shape and every cent was accounted for in the different funds.

The board adjourned sine die on Thursday.


Heard in the Divorce Court

"Your honor, I don't think I should be obliged to live with this woman any longer," said the dispirited and dyspeptic little man who was the plaintiff in the case. "Her cooking is something dreadful - biscuits like clods, and her coffee is mud! Why, to every cupful there is half a cup of grounds!"

But the judge's ruling was that half a cupful was insufficient grounds for divorce.

Give Fair Trial
The Electric Light Company Are Entitled to Fair Treatment

The Boyne Citizen, in publishing the article about the electric light Board of Trade meeting held recently in the council chamber, has no desire to in any way belittle the electric light people believing always that there are two sides to an argument.

It is human nature to complain, and especially where it affects our pocketbooks, our complaints are liable to be more pronounced. The most of the complaints about the electric light company, in fact nearly all of them when they are investigated, seem to come from the fact that they think their light bills are too large. Are the consumers as careful about the burning of the lights as they should be?

The company have came in here and invested a large amount of capital and feel that they have not been given the glad hand by the people of the city, or that their efforts are appreciated. While some of the people may think the electric light company are charging exhorbant prices and are charging more for their product than our neighboring cities, they should compare them with those places. It is certain that they have come among us and helped to make the city what it is, along with other people, and their coming from Grand Rapids at their own expense to co-operate with the people and overcome the feeling of antagonism that manifestly displayed against them, is certainly worthy of commendation and we should meet them in the same fair-minded way, and it is hoped that if there is any grounds for the complaints against the company, the committee having the matter in hand will be able to bring about an amicable adjustment of the difficultes. As a newspaper we do not wish to take either side, but for the good of the town and the "pull-all-together" spirit which must prevail, we say greet the company half way and we are certain they will reciprocate.


Presbyterian Church

Sunday service at the Presbyterian church Sunday Feb. 14.

Morning 10:30, Communion of the Lord's Supper. Evening 7:00 p. m. "The Unexpected Emancipator." The centruary of Abraham Lincoln. You are cordially invited to attend these services at the Presbyterian church, the homelike church.

          George J. Rea, Pastor