The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-06-15
Farmers report trouble to secure help this

Miss May Lawrence visited In Dundee |
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. K. w. Woodland spent Sunday in
Ann Arbor with Miss Lowell.
ID. e. Davis returned Tuesday evening
from brief visit at Coldwater.
We acknowledge the receipt from f. M.
Marsh, of Atlanta, Ca, papers.
Miss Clara Witt, of Almont, is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. j. @. Tufford.
Mrs. Fred Marvin, of Lennox, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Symes.
August Wesener was confined to the
house the first of the week by sickness.
Chas. e. Miller has purchased the G. j.
Matthews residence on east Main street.
Mrs. d. M. Tillmau, of Byron, visited
relatives and friends In this city Tuesday.
The University students are expected
home tomorrow for the summer vacation.
An increase of pension to Sl2 per month
has been granted to F. y. Lum, of Morrlce.
Erven Geek was In Lansing and Jackson
Tuesday, introducing the Geek can sealer.
DIR. d. q. Lamb has new ad in this
issue directing attention to his optical bust
ness.
tend service at the Congregational church
Sunday morning.
Hon. j. K. Hammond, superintendent Of
public instruction, was in the city few
hours Friday evening.
Mrs. A. Wicking was called to Detroit
the first of the week by the illness of
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Wicking.
DR.. Gum, whose ad please see in another
column, is said to be the only physician in
this country who cures or can cure cancers
as he does.
X. w. Crawford and s. E. Parkill have
been in Cleveland this week attending the
meeting of the National Independent Tele-
phone Association.
j. f. Race and John Gayer will repre-
sent the local camp Sons of Veterans at the
state encampment to be held in Battle
Creek next week.
The friends of Col. E. p. Byery will be
pleased to learn that his salary as a clerk in
the war department at Washington has been
increased from $40 to 81, 900 per year.
Rev. j. M. Kerridge, of Escanaba,
former pastor of the First M. K. church in
this city, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Hookway, Tuesday and Wednesday.
o. F. Webster, of this city, was chosen
by the state G. A. r. encampment as one
of the delegates to the national encamp-
ment to be held in Chicago in September.
NJ Fl. Reynolds is absent all this week
attending series of s. s. conventions in
Kalkaska, Antrim and Charlevoix counties.
Nearly 500 miles travel will be required to
complete the weeks trip.
Prof. Fred @. Hicks, son of Rev. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Hicks, formerly of Owosso,
has been elected professor of economics and
civics In the University of Cincinnati at a
salary of $4,000 per year.
The republicans of the county should
Hon. Perry f. Powers, of Cadillac, warm
greeting at the Mccormick day exercises.
Mr.. Powers is a member OF the state board
of education, one of the leading candidates
for the republican nomination for Auditor
General and speaker who always interests
and instructs his listeners.
The many friends of T. d. Harris, of
this city, will be pleased to learn that he
has nooaad
pointed an assistant paymaster in the u. s.
Navy. The position pays salary of
81, 700 in addition to certain allowances and
Is a stepping stone to paymastership,
which is life position. Mr.. Harris will
be assigned to duty at once. He will prove
to be competent and obliging official and
within few years THE TIMES expects to
see him given deserved promotion.
| Will Fl. Brown, of this city, left Satur-
day for Washington, d. c., to accept
5000 clerkship in the census department,
secured through Congressman Fordney.
Mr. Brown Is member of the graduating
class of the literary department of the Uni
versity this year and Is exceptionally we'll
qualified for the place he is to fiji. His
Owosso friends are highly pleased with his
good fortune. THE TIMES predicts his
work will bring him promotion within a
few months
The output of the Chaplin cheese factory
Is already proving to be about double what
1t was last year, and still the makers are
never troubled with the disposal of that
justly popular brand. The increase in the
output shows not only the best of satisfac-
ton on the part Of the buyers and users of
the cheese, but 1t also shows that the
farmers of Chaplin are thoroughly apprecia-
tive Of good thing, and are going into the
dairy business more strongly than ever.
There can be no doubt, too, if science tells
anything about farming, that the disposal
of the results of the dairy farm must be
more profitable tothe farmer than the raw
products of his fields.
The Denver, COL, Republican of the 10Th
under the heading "a Popular Colorado