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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

Alderman Rigley is determined that
no bills shall be paid by the council un-
til they are made out in full, to show
the date the service was rendered. or the
supplies furnished, the rate per- day, or
ton, or piece as the case may be, and the
authority for the expenditure clearly
indicated. The determination is good
one and one which will undoubtedly
find most hearty second from the other
councilmen and the mayor as well. A
little more care in this respect will be
an easy matter, can work no injury to
any person and will be a far more salts
factory method for every alderman to
look back on at the. end Of the year.
The claims and accounts committee,
consisting of Aldermen Sturtevant,
Lamfrom, and Nichols is . good one,
and although they may be under the
necessity of holding over some bills un-
less they are made out in more exact
shape than they have been in the past
it will not take long, in all probability,
for those having dealings with the city
to learn to make out their bills to show
the details required. 1t is just one way
by (which the council may be able to
save their own anditheir fellow taxpay-
ers money during the coming year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
Probate Court.

Michael Grady and Peter Connolly,
executors of the will of Thomas Grady.
deceased, will render their final account
on May 16.
On May 18th, John L. Payne will
render his final account as admin
istrator of the estate of Henry G. Her.
sey, deceased, late of the city of Owosso.
Value of the estate which came into the
hands Of the administrator, $4,000.
Mrs Esther A. Atchinson has petition
ed that she be appointed administrators
of the estate of George A. Atchinson,
deceased. who was resident of Laings-
burg. Hearing Mayo.
Mrs. Alice Joslin asks for license to
sell real estate of Anna L. and Emma
M. Joslin, minor children, at private
sale for the purpose of investment. The
property is located in Durand and is
valued at about $50
In the estate of Peter Waits, deceased
7. M. Euler and G. E. Waits. executors
of the will of deceased, will render their
account ON May 10th.
The will of Joseph l.. Olcott deceased,
late of Bennington, was admitted to
probate, Mrs. Lillian L. Olcott qualified
as executrix, c. E. Godfrey and A. Her.
rick appraisers. The same with o. Sug-
den, will act as commissioners on claims.
Value of estate Al 800
In the matter of proving the last will
and testament of jeremiah Getman, de-
ceased, the witnesses to the instrument
being dead, Fred Edwards appeared for
the estate and proved the handwriting
of said witnesses, o. S. Smith and A. J.
Patterson, late of Owosso. j. G. Ding
man. who was named as executor of the
will, testified as to the signature of the
testator. The will was admitted to pro-
bate. VIM, H. Bigelow and j. H.
Laverock appraisers. Claims will be
heard before court. Value of estate
$4,000. Deceased was a resident of
Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
To THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES:

In reply to your inquiry as to my
plans with regard to sugar beets for the
coming season the best evidence that
can give you of my confidence in the in
dustry is to say that 1 have contracted
to grow fifteen acres this year.
The year just closed l raised nine
acres and while l cannot retire on the
results of said acres still can say that
they paid me as we'll as any crop rails
ed this year. am not satisfied to let
one year determine my attitude toward
the beet crop and l believe that with
any kind of normal season can make
nice thing out of the beets. l should
like to see the factory success and
see no reason why it should not be and
l believe it is going to be. Still would
not urge any farmer to grow beets as a
kind of home missionary crop to help
the factory. Grow beets primarily be-
cause you know that money is made out
of them at Alma and many other places,
was made out of them by many of your
neighboring farmers in Shiawassee this
year and because you have the factory
at your door ready and anxious to
handle your product, and believe that
with experience on the average you can
make substantial profit out of the crop,
Go at the matter calmly don't kick the
man, who solicits contract from you,
out the door and don't put your entire
farm into beets.
Ibelieve your farmer readers know
their own business and do not want to
appear in the light of telling them what
they should do. 1t was as result of
reasoning along the lines indicated that
gave the company my contract.
Yours truly,
A. b. Cook
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
The CITY CaucuseS.

= The republican city caucuses Wed
nesday evening to elect delegates to tn
county convention which was held to
day at Corunna, were harmonious ant
we'll attended. The ward committees
were elected at the srme time. Follow
ing are the selections:
FIRST WARD.
Delegates Chapman, o. L
sprague, T. M. Wiley, N. r. Walsh, A
d. Whipple, g. T. Campbell, George
Reineke, E. o. Dewey, S. s. Miner, A
l.. Nichols c.. w. Loring.
Ward committee-George T. Camp
bell, 7. M. Wiley, George Reineke.
SECOND WARD.
Delegates-A. B. Crane, S. F. Smith
d. F. Blair, G. w. Loring, G. w. Jen
nings, A. M. Hume, J. X. Bartrem,
Fred Edwards, G L. Taylor, j. F. Race,
William Wren. George M. Dewey, w.
E. Collins
Ward Committee-J. X. Bartrem, A.
M Hume, and Miles Tumble.
THIRD WARD.
Delegates Aberle, j. Frieseke,
F. HI. Watson, Samuel Beelby, 1. G..
Curry, Lloyd Webb, w. A. Kent, J. R.
Ketcham. F. H. Chapel.
Ward Committee. G. Curry, John
Brown Jr., Frank House.
FOURTH WARD.
Delegates j w. Jordan, Geo. Kin
ney, r. n. Parshall, V. M. White, J. l..
Curtis, w. E. Hall, Calvin Dell, Harry
r. Tooley, George Jennings, G. E.
Rigley, Jr., Chas. Deederly.., t-el & a
Ward Committee. w. Jordan, w.
E. Hall, V. M. White.
FIFTH WARD.
Delegates-A. L. Arnold, George Bell,
j. R. Campbell, G.. B. Symes, G, NJ.
Hamper, Charles F. Shultz, w. E.
Washburn, George Joy, Theodore Keb-
Ter.
Ward Committee-A l.. Arnold,
Theodore Kebler, w. E. Washburn.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

Three fire alarms in three days on
Saturday, of last week and Sunday and
Monday of this, is new record. The
first fire was in Hiram Findley's barber
shop under the Owosso Savings Bank,
and was caused by the gasoline lamp be
ing too close to the ceiling Damage
slight; no water was thrown. The
second was about eight Sunday morning.
This was started in the home of Will
liam Bruff, on Glenwood avenue, start
ing from defective Chi mney, and the
house was badly damaged. There is
5000 insurance On Monday afternoon,
a bad chimney caused small fire at
Josiah Orths, 1908 South Shiawassee
street.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
Reoub 3 c congressional Convention

Republican Convention OF the Eighth Con
gressional District is hereby called 10 meet III
the City Hall. in the City OF Saginaw. on Tues
day, April 10th. 1914. AT O'Clock p. M. Tor the
purpose OF nominating candidate for Congress
and for the election of Congressional Go N
mittee, and TO transact such other business as
may properly come before the convention.
A Republican Convention OF the above Dis
at O'Clock d m to choose two delegates and
two alternaies to represent said district In the
National Republican Convention, to be held In
Chicago ILL.,, on June 2ist, 1904
the Counties comprising said Eighth District
shall be entitled to the following representa-
tion In each OF said conventions:
Clinton County. IA delegates; Saginaw
delegates: Tuscola County, ID delegates.
BY order OF District Congressional COMMIT
~ RALPH LovELAND. Chairman.
w. ID. FITZPATRICK, Secretary. T.,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
Circuit Court.

Chandler g. Collins have begun divorce
proceedings in the case of Bertha VS..
Spafford Hovey, of Bancroft.
The Owosso Sugar Co. by Watson &
Chapman have filed bond to take the
case of Mrs. Anne Lingle against the
company to the supreme court.
Attorneys Watson & Chapman have
noticed for trial at the May term of the
Kalamazoo circuit court the case of
Elsie Warren VS.. G. r. & /. Ry.
In the circuit court of Calhoun county
Watson 81 Chapman, of Owosso, haye
begun suit in chancery for the Kalama-
zoo Steel Iron & Metal Co. against Kala.
mazoo parties. loaie 1871 gi Y
Attorneys Watson & Chapman have
begun suit to quiet title in the case of
Emerald B. Hart, of New Haven,
against several Shiawassee county
parties.
saIn the case of Emma Hopkins, of
Owosso, against the three Owosso sa-
loonists whom she charged with selling
liquor to her minor child, John T. Nc
Curdy appears for Charles Nye and his
bondsmen.
Watson & Chapman have been re-
tanned by defendant in the case of Grape
VS., Owosso Sugar Co., and have noticed
for trial at the May term the cases of
Benjamin Allen vs. the Grand Trunk
and Rosa Cushman VS.. John Tumelty.
|. Circuit court reconvened today. A
contested divorce case, Sarah Soper, of
Owosso, VS.. Seth N. Soper, of Corunn a,
will be heard w. J. Parker and Odell
Chapman are the attorneys.
The mandamus proceedings of Rus
sell Wixom against the election board to
compel the election board to recount the
ballots for village president, of Bancroft,
to which Mr. Wixom thinks he was
elected over G. E. Godfrey, will also be
heard by the court today.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
No Surface Water.

1t was reported that during the re-
cent high water when the pumps at the
waterworks were stopped, the surface
water got into the reservoir and con-
taminated the water supply. Supt.
Cossitt was asked in reference to the
matter and states that such is not the
case At no time was the surface water
up to the top Of the reservoir, and the
latter, as soon as the pumps were stop
ped, overHowed as the supply from the
springs was hot stopped.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
Pearl Eaton expects to go to Pueblo

Pearl Eaton expects to go to Pueblo
Col next week. ,s4tsr
Miles Cook has bought a home ON
Grace street of John J. Mackey, of Du.
rand.
At its last meeting the order of Her
mann's Sons initiated nine new mem.
bers, giving the order total strength
OF fifty. . gy
County School Commissioner Howard
Slocum will write all the schools in
Shiawassee county, asking that they
close May 4, so that scholars and teach
ers may attend the laying of the corner
stone of the new court house at Corun-
ma.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

The Grand Rapids Herald says the de-
feat of Wesselius, the republican candi-
date for mayor of Grand Rapids, was
due to the fact that Wesselius was not
the choice of his party as a candidate
for mayor. The Herald seems to have
momentarily lost sight of the fact that
Wesselius was chosen at primary cleo
ton which the Herald is aggressively
urging as a pahacea for all political ills
Cadillac News and Express.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

Mrs. H. Heyer, of st. Johns, has sold
her place at s26 Michigan avenue to
Joseph Saville.
+ .A.suit in chancery has been begun in
Livingston county fora. d. Appleton,
OF Howell, VS.. John Drew, of Chilson.
Mr.. Appleton bought $500 worth of vii.
lage lots at Chilson of Drew, and claims
part OF the description was fraudulently
left out. Walsh e. Pardee began the
action. -. 1f iDgr
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

The Y. M. G. A. directors on We'd
nesday evening authorized the purchase
of box ball outfit for use. in the rooms.
The game affords good exercise for the
boys and is very popular elsewhere.
Rev J. q Cromer, former pastor of
the Congregational church has resigned
the pastorate of the Forest Park Congre-
gational church at st Louis, Mo-, hav-
ing accepted call to the Congregation
al church at Wellington, o.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15

The mechanics lien of J. Fl. BRANDED
has been filed against the Owosso Coal
Co in the circuit court. The bill
amounts to 500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-04-15
FARM INSURANCE

In old reliable stock companies will be
found more satisfactory and will cost
YOU no more than in the mutuals. Call
and talk the matter over with w. G.,
Cadwallader, Keller block, Owosso.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

In the good old days of long
ago it was regarded as a gentle
mans priviles to swear, and if
his oaths We're nicely chosen no
offense was felt. 1t is not so
now. Not that profanity is OBJ
solete, but it is pretty nearly SO
in polite society. 1t is princi-
pally INDUCED in by uncultured
persons or by the tipsy. Occas-
ionally the gentleman may let
slip an oath, under provocation,
but in such instances he is care
full to note that there is no >wo-
man within earshot. The "d-n'
at the dinner table or in the
drawing room is unknown in
these modern and better days.
Men have "a higher and finer re-
spect for women, for themselves
and for the language than in for
mer times.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

along, passing by and passing
up mineral propositions that
the mining man of today would
classify as bonanzas, were he so
fortunate as to find them. The
Comstock lode, it is estimated,
has produced the enormous sum
of six hundred million. 1t is
claimed that Goldfeld will, il
time, double this amount. A
long interval. has elapsed since
the discovery of the Comstock.
Goldfeld is but twelve months
old, and yet no doubt exists but
that within the next six months
another camp, equally as rich,
will be found somewhere in this
intermountain region. Who can
tell if it will be in Utah. Nevada,
Idaho, Montana, Arizona or in
Colorado! 1t may be found
within five miles of Ely, and it
may be, even now, that men are
daily tramping over ground
which, within brief period, will
create immense excitement be-
cause of its wonderful mineral
wealth.
We cannot tell what Dame Ma
ture has SO cunningly hidden
from our vision This genera
ton may not be able to find it,
but the time will come when
magnificent mining camps will
spring up in localities now but
little known in mining circles,
and by men of but little local re
nOwn, and who, today, have but
little means with which to prose-
cute work upon their discoveries.
Who can tell ?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24
ADVERTISING RATES.
COUNTY DIRECTORY,

The following are the county officers
OF White Pine county:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

A man, made unexpectedly
wealthy by legacy of a million
dollars from his grandfather, was so
overcome by the news that he went
out of his mind and had to be taken
to the lunatic asylum. Thus is a
new incentive furnished the rich to
leave their money to an institution
rather than to relatives. There is
no fear of corporation going
'batty' over bequest, whether ex-
pected or otherwise.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

1t is predicted that if our pres
ent tendency is followed we will
reach the effortless age. Looks
like it. We do not do things for
ourselves as our fathers did. We
press a button and machinery
does the rest. Every day adds
to the inventions for the simplili-
cation of life. Man has dominion.
He is using less and less of his
physical force and that of ami
mails. lie is forever Harvesting
new forces or old forces in new
way. And the end of it? The
physical powers, by disuse, will
finally become practically use
less. The body will become q
mere brain pan. Man will be
come like Mr.. Wells Martians
simply a directing will power
The effect on character Char
acter is moral fiber built up by
resistance. Obstacles are a
means of grace. And upon hap
ness Satisfaction comes throgh
accomplishment. To overcome
is joy. a dull, machine made
existence would be joyless. There
can be no happiness without
stimulus. All of which is pessi-
mistic. And overdraw Man
will never give up bodily exer-
else. He dare not. He can have
a sound mind only in sound
body. If there be no physical
work to hand he must invent
some. Besides, having overcome
material things SO that drudgely Y
is no longer necessary he can
turn to the real problems of hui
man existence. He has learned
that mere things will not make
characteh' or bring happiness.
And that machinery will not
Danish poverty or suicide or war.
| They may lessen it. That all.
The Alexander of the future
having conquered material things
will find two other worlds to CON
quer-the world of the mind and
the world of the Spirit Man
must have dominion over Him
self. When the effortless age
comes there will be no men.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

A man, who was arrested i'll New
York the other day admitted that
he had been married 'about forty
seven times. . Yet we keep hear
ing every little while of some fellow
who shot himself because the girl
wouldn t have him.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT
ELY, 1T Ev AID "a.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24
The Congressional Contest,

The latest figures obtained by the
Republican State Central Commit
tee give Mr.. Yerineton lead of 25
votes. There are about $50 votes
to be heard from, principally in
precincts which will give Repub-
lican lnajorities.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24
VINO CAN TELL?

Who can tell what Il day may
bring forth in the canyons, in the
hills of the great mineralized
belts, stretching from the east
ern foothills of the Rocky Noun
tain range to the western slope
of the Sierra Nevadas, and from
the land of the Montezumas to
the regions of almost perpetual
snow in the frozen north
Many instances can be oited
where it was claimed that we'll
known producers were the only
mines that would be found in
certain camps, and yet time has
proven that this was a mistaken
idea, as other bonanzas have
since been found that were not
only strong rivals of the early
bread winners, but which have
actually eclipsed them in point
of production and actual worth;
and these new propositions, in
many instances, have been found
in localities that have been gone
over and visited many times by
the prospector and mining opera
tor, who were SO strongly i'm
pressed with the prevailing opin-
ion that rich deposits of the
precious metals were a physical
impossibility in the ground that
they thought they were SO famil-
lar with, that they never took
the pains or trouble to thor
oushly Investigate into its true
merit or possibilities.
The same condition holds good
in regard to UNEMPLOYED territory
throughout the West. and many
new districts of marked promise
are neglected and ignored which,
in time, will give to the world
another Virginia City, another
Butte, another Tonopah and an
other Goldtield.
This being the case, who can
tell where the next new and i'm
portant strike will be made ?
Will it be in some distant portion
of Nevada and adjoining States
or in some of our older and bet
ter-known camps. Will a second
Silver King come into existence
to vie with another Ontario, or
will Il great bonanza be found in
a locality isolated from the out
side world !
Nevada, in the early days, in
the days when the great Com
stock was in it's prime when the
Battle Born" State could boast
of IL hundred camps that were
wonders for that day and age,
was believed by the old-timer to
have been thoroughly prospect
ed and yet, today, marvellous
finds are being found in localities
which, thirty years ago, were re-
peatedly gone over by an army
of prospectorss The State is
now, once again, being secured
from one end to the other, by
scores of treasure seekers, and
who can tell what they will dis
cover in the mountain passes,
the canyons and the low foothills
where, more than quarter of
century ago, a similar horde of
enthusiastic miners had passed
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

The old-fashioncd linancier will
continue to believe that the chief
danger i'll handling money is the
danger of losing it.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

AS an example of the law of
compensation, it may be that the
man who i. troubled by indigestion
has no time to worry over the
weather.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

The name of the Emperor of
Korea is Hill. For the next few
months his highnes had better lie
low.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-11-24

A Ger nan scientist has evolved
complicated plan for the prevention
of drowning. The first step in the
program is TO keep away from the
water.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
The Chadwick Securities.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 10.-The mys-
terious securities" held in trust by
Banker Reynolds for Mrs. Chadwick,
which were announced valueless yes
terday. consist of the following: A
note for $5,OOO,O00 signed, Andrew
Carnegie;" a certificate of trusteeship
which states that Carnegie has in his
possession stocks and bonds to the
amount of s7,5OO,OOO held in trust for
Mrs. Chadwick. This paper also bears
the signature of Carnegie. These
papers represent the principal basis
on which Mrs. Chadwick conducted
her financial system. The note for
$4,000 900 is believed to have been
written and signed by the same person
who executed the notes for $5O0,0oo
and $3.50, 900 held by the Oberlin bank.
The note for s5,OOO,OOO was executed
in 1902. All these secur ties are likely
IN he placed in evidence before the
Cuyahoga county grand jury for IN
vestigation here today. Banker Rey-
nolds is said to have loaned MRS.
Chadwick his entire fortune, expecting
to receive a princeIy bonus on the
loans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10
ASK GOVERNOR FOR PARDON
WILL FILE PETITION PRAYING
FOR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
FOR BRUTAL MURDERER.
Effort Being Made to Secure Release
of Henry Creamer From the
Penitentiary.

Henry Creamer, now confined in the
state penitentiary under a life SEN
tence NAV be pardoned. Within a few
days a petition will be presented to
Governor Mcbride asking the chief
executive to grant a pardon to Cream
er. While John r. Rogers was gov
ernor an attempt was made to secure
a pardon for the man, but the gov
ernor refused to do more than COM
mute his sentence to Imprisonment for
life. Creamer was brought to the pen
itentiary March, 1898.
Creamer was convicted of a most
brutal murder in Seattle. One night
he called at the home of John Meller.
The two men were friends and Cream
er frequently called at the house. On
this particular night Meller was not
at home and after being in the house
a short time Creamer asked Mrs. Mel
Ter for a glass of water. She started
to get him drink when he struck her
on the head with a hammer crushing
her skull. Then Creamer took Mellers S
1S-months- old child and dashed It's
brains out After placing the bodies OF
the woman and child beside cath other
he piled furniture over them. Tnen
he poured coal oil over the pile ana
set it on fire. He then took tin boX
containing $500 and left the place.
The fire was discovered and exiting
uished before it had destroyed all
traces of the crime.