The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30


shown the fighting stock OF which he Is
composed by again entering the list for
supervisor, after having been rendered
unanimous nomination at the hands of the
| republicans of his ward. Mr.. Crane Is
| nothing daunted by the memory of the
last two years and is on the contrary cd
couraged by the recollection that each time
he cut down the majority of popular OPP
pOnent. This year when the city super
visors no longer have the assessments or
valuations to fix and the present incumbent
can no longer csjole supporters into line by
the valuation route there Is additional
reason for believing that the small majority
which Mr. Crane allowed his opponent to
jority for himself this year. While the
duties of the Owosso supervisors are now
practically limited to the care of the poor of
their several wards and to the attendance
on the board meetings In Corunna, In the
latter place alone Me-. Crane will have an
opportunity to save the county many do
lars and every dollar saved lightens the
taxes OF every property owner in his ward
proportionately whether he be the owner of
one small dwelling and the lot on which it
stands or whethe- his property is rated in
the thousands. Incidentally it might be
mentioned that in one year out of the seven
teen during which Mr.. Crane served the
people of Rush township by representing
| them on the board of supervisors, he saved
his constituents the sum of five thousand dol
lars and at the same time saved nearly an
equal amount for the taxpayers of each of
| the townships of Fairfield, New Haven and
| Burns. Another year while chairman of
| the board he was largely instrumental in
| saving the whole county the sum of seven
Teen thousand dollars. Mr.. Crane is ex-
| perienced In the conduct of the business of
| the supervisors and has reputation for
shrewd common sense. If elected he
would look out for the interests of the
| second ward, the city and county with the
same thorOughness which he showed In
former years when serving the people of
| Rush. Mr.. Crane is man who has served
|
having taken his place in the ranks with a
musket in the sixties and having trans
mitted the same spirit of patriotism to his
sons, one of whom died in the Spanish
American war while serving with Company
| G., of this city. Mr.. Crane should be
elected this years and doubtless will. He
is already busy putting the finishing
touches on his opponents supervlsorship
career.
| Julius Frieseke as candidate for reelection
for supervisor in the third ward offers the
same hard nut for the democrats to crack
this year as he invariably has In the past,
and 1t goes without saying that they will be
equally unsuccessful in any attempt to crack
the nut this year and extract the supervisor
ship kernel for the benefit of their party.
Mr.. Frieseke has given more of his time and
services to the public than perhaps almost
any other business man In this city In the
many years during which he has been again
and again prevailed on to relinqush enough
of attention from his own business to attend
to the public affairs with which his constit-
uents wished to entrust him. Mr. Frieseke
is one OF the commonest and plainest of
men, equally at home in company of bust
ness men or in rough working clothes with
sleeves rolled up; as much working man
as any on his pay roll and in fact working
far harder than he would be guilty of ever
| aelyt IF 10 70 10 ia
of his men and there is not man in his
employ who would not be glad to ca. his
ballot for Jack" Frieseke, feeling which
is shared in common with business men and
men working for salary alike throughout
| his ward
| In the fourth ward Mr.. V. M. White is
| again the candidate of his party for the
Office of supervisor and to the voters who
will cast their ballots either for OF against
him in contest next Monday, he needs no
introduction. Mr.. White has shown that
he possesses traits and abilities which meet
| the approval of large following In his
ward and he has been repeatedly rewarded
WIN ohN SiOOtoho WhCiO WI
siderable opposition to him had to be met
and overcome. He has proven his ability
and that Of his friends to pull him tbro
against opposition in times past and has had
the seal of approval placed on his work by
the ballots of his constituents. His re-
election is regarded as almost certainty.
So
The voters of the fifth ward who wished
to show their loyalty and appreciation of
the services which Miles H. Parker has rem
dered them In the past, both in city council
and in the board of supervisors. by nominal
ing him for the mayorship but were pre-
vented on account of his sickness have
again placed him In nomination for the
Office of supervisor. Mr.. Parker is one of
the solid business men of the city and has
the respect of all for his business ability
| and his integrity. He Is known among all
his acquantaDces as a man who will stand
for what he considers his duty no matter
what pressure interested parties might seek
to bring to bear upon him.
His relations with the men employed in
his brick yard have always been more like