The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-07-30

initaltion, and three by card, max
ing lodge of twenty six working
members, who look like men who
will make the lodge success, and
reflect credit on the Order in this
jurisdiction.
The elective officers for the current
term are: B. f. Worthington, N.
g.; H. S. Brown, V. G.; II. H. Groysr.
r. S.; N. E. Bllbeck, p. S., ]. T.
Suydam, t.
The village of Alma is evidently
prospering. 1t las the wonderful
attraction to the travelling public of
its Wright House, new and elegant
sanitarium, under charge of DR.. A.
b. Spinney, fine system of water
works, good sewerage, fine business
blocks, live newspaper, The Alma
Record, a creamery said to be as
good as any one in the State; some
successful manufactures, Normal
Institute, and as fine looking public
school house as can be found in the
State. The population is about 1890
and constantly increasing That
Alma has before her prosperous
future to us seems perfectly evident.
Perhaps we should add that in adj
dition to the work done by the Odd
Fellows noted above, the Patriarchs
Militant, from ST. Louis, were present
and early in the evening marched on
the streets attracting merited attention
by the proficiency of their drill, and
the fine music by the ST. Louis band.
Ovid Union: In reply to our es-
teemed contemporaries, of Owossos
the TINES and Press, who stated
that we were mistaken regarding the
statement made in the Union OF July
9th, that Owosso refused us aid dur
ing the fire which occurred on July a.
Owosso not being called upon for
help, we have to say, that is slbstan-
TALLY correct, Owosso was not called
upon for help and the reason for 1t is
this: In July 1885, when fire broke
out and destroyed the block opposite
the Retan house, and for time
threatened the property of the town,
Owosso was called on for aid. The
department loaded their engine or
fat car and when about ready to
depart for Ovid, were directed by
order ofthe mayor, who was sustained
by the council and prominent citizens,
not to come, and word was tele
graphed us to that effect, the fire de
partment wishing to come 10 the
rescue, but Owosso officials and
prominent citizens feeling that it was
their duty to keep their own protec-
ton within their reach and not run
the risk of fire breaking out in its
absence. 1t was square up and
down refusal, and when the citizen
whom we referred to last week, came
into the telegraph Office here on the
morning of July 4. when the operator
here was trying to raise the Owosso
office, and announced that Owosso
had refused to aid us and it would
do no good to ask for aid, and we
must look elsewhere, we supposed he
had come from the telephone Office
dUu TIC IGluSdl CdllC III HIS hIsOW-
ledge in that way; instead of that he
meant that so long as Owosso had re-
fused when block was in flames
year before, she would, for the same
reasons then given, refuse now, hence
our comments. We confess our er-
ror as to aid having been called tor
on July 4, 1886, and refused, and
trust that this explanation will show
our neighbors the grounds we had
for making the charge. We might
add that its falling mortals human
have, of not asking favors second
time where they have been once re-
fused, and at the same time we con-
fess its poor policy for town the
size of Ovid to depend in cases of
great emergency on her neighbors
for fire protection, or be made, as we
ultimately will, to suffer the conse-
quences our own neglect will infict.