The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-20
Owosso Lodge No. s. 1. 0. o. f. will
do daoree WORK toni0ht

Owosso Lodge No. IS 1. 0. o. F. will
do degree work tonight.
The graduating exercises of the
American School of Osteopathy occur
at Kirksville, Mo-, on Jan. 25th. Mr..
Clair Pullman, formerly of Corunna,
is one of the graduates.
Daniel Smith has returned from a
stay of several months at Manistique.
He was examined here Wednesday on
pension, Mr.. Smith was in the Philip
pines for year with Company G, s3rd
Infantry, U. s. A.
On Wednesday morning the skim
mer," mechanical device employed to
remove impurities from the boiler at
the Estey Manufacturing Co., exploded,
filling the engine room with live steam.
and necessitating the closing of the
factory until Thursday.
Mrs. Lucy Rutledge, Of Chicago,
formerly of Owosso, will receive SIC, 600,
the amount due her from an endowment
policy which she supposed had lapsed.
She was unable to pay the premiums,
but st. Louis, No., relative kept the
payments up unknown to Mrs. Rut.
ledge.
Senator Cook has bill intended to
encourage residents of rural communi-
ties to keep their cemeteries in good
condition. It sets aside September 80
of each year as day for general i'm
provement of burying grounds. 1t is
now a custom for county people to
work on the graves of their relatives
on that day, and Cooks bill is intended
to give the day legislative approval.
Senator A. B. Cook asserts that if
primary reform has not another true
friend in the house of senate he will
grid on his armor and enter the lists
and present bill providing for the di-
rect nomination of all officers from gov
ernor down to coroner. He does not
talk however, as if he expected that
there was any hope for a measure of
that kind to receive favorable consider
alton from the legislature. Lansing
Journal
Mr.. Homer Hodge, of Owosso, and
Mrs. Edna s. Voucher, of Bay City,
were married Wednesday afternoon at
the home of the groom's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. f. M. Hodge, 423 Grace street,
by Rev. c. H. Hanks. Ernest Hodge
attended the groom, and Miss Emma
Hoffman, of Corunna, was bridesmaid.
After honeymoon trip to Saginaw
and Bay City, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hodge
will reside at 800 Hickory street The
groom is employed at Sutfn's carriage
shop.
On Jan. 80, civil service examinations
will be held at the Saginaw postofice
for Panama canal positions as follows
Assistant civil engineer, salaries 5000,
1925 and $3.50 per month; instrument
man, salary, S175 per month; level man,
salary, 500 to 1926 per month; rodman,
salary, $75 to 1888 per month; chain
man, salary, $50 per month; helper,
salary, $50 per month; and transit man
salary, $3.50 per month. On February
Is, there will be an examination at the
same place to fill two vacancies in
hydrologic aid, salaries, $1,000 and
81, 200. On Feb. 1916, there will be an
examination to fill four vacancies at
81, 200 per annum, and two at 81, 100
each, in the position of civil engineer,
Philippine service.
Chas. VanDeventer, of Gratiot Co.,
received $1024 for the beets grown on
eleven acres last year.
At a recent meeting of the NORTH
Shade, Gratiot county, Farmers Clut
considerable time was devoted to the
question of growing sugar beets. Mr.
Lewis Hull said "Some may think il
strange that he advocates the raising Of
sugar beets. Five years ago planted II
acres and never worked so hard and
tried to make money but only made ex
penses This year raised 10 acres, har.
vested 175 tons paid out $50 per acre fol
help and had profit of 5000 or $50 pei
acre; would adyise farmers who have
very rich land not living more than OF
miles from railroad to raise few
acres of beets. They will stand more
drouth and more wet that other crops,
but never follow beets with corn as
beets take the substance out of the
ground (sugar) which the corn needs.
Mr.. Hull thinks he can raise better oats
after beets as the ground must be kept
rich and well cultivated to raise good
beets and it is thus kept in good condi-
ton for oats. Tops worth $40 per acre
to feed cattle, cows give one-third more
milk while feeding tops"
Funny Stories.
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