The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-30

taking has been due to him. He has
also served in the city council several
times and because of his knowledge of
city affairs has been put on the most
important committees and also served
two terms as president of the council.
He is at present an employe at the
Sturteyant 81 Blood lumber yard and it
will be pleasure to the voters of the
city to again place the collection of the
taxes in his hands. W
CONSTABLE.
Geo. M. Hunt has been renominated
for the Office of constable because of a
faithful years work in that Office and
because he is young, energetic and
ready. at all times to undertake the
duties of the office disagreeable as they
may be.
SCHOOL INSPECTOR.
Gilbert l.. Taylor was unanimously
chosen as the candidate for the position
of school inspector, which, under ordi
nary circumstances, is an Office without
numerous duties, but the occupant of
which is sometimes called upon to de-
eide important matters and should
therefore be man of sterling qualities,
well informed and without prejudices.
WARD TICKETS.
The republicans have included busi-
ness, professional ard laboring men in
their nominees for aldermen. The new
men are DR.. Rudolph j. Tick in the
first ward and Eugene May in the
second. DR.. Tick was not candidate
for the nomination and only decided to
accept after much persuasion. He is a
young man who was born in the third
ward in this city and has always made
Owosso his home, being absent while
in the Ann Arbor Railroad
offices in Toledo. He worked hard, was
economical and succeeded in working
his way through college of dentistry
and came to Owosso and opened an Of
fee. He has built home, is much in
terested in the growth and improve
ment Of the city and should receive
large vote
Eugene May is laboring man and
one who has always been interested in
every movement in behalf of laboring
men. He is a young man who has kept
well posted on city affairs, having rep
resented the city on the board of super
visors; he is property owner and inter
ested in everything that looks to the ad-
vancement of the city's interests. He is
a member of several secret societies in
all Of which he is an active and popular
member. AS supervisor he saved the
county over 5000 in the expenditure of
the poor fund in the fourth ward in
this city compared with the amount paid
the year before. He served Wilson
Tent K. o. T. M. two years as record
keeper and several years as finance
keeper. In the last Office he collected
over $50, 900 and his books always tai
lied to penny when audited by such
men as w. H Bigelow and o. l..
Sprague. In the third ward j. r. Ketch-
am, the groceryman, was prevailed upon
by the people of the ward to ac-
cept nomination for alderman,
having previously served them ac-
ceptably in the council He is known
as good business man and has done
much to advance the interests of his
ward. He promises to stand for econ
omy in all ways. In the fourth
and fifth wards the present incumbents
were renominated and both are stand
ing on their records for reelection.
For supervisors the republicans have
chosen Otto L. Sprague, c. w. Jen-
nings, Lyod Webb, John T. Walsh and
George Joy. ALI are too we'll and too
intimately known to the voters of their
wards to need introductions or any
comment on their candidates.. The
interests of this city will be protected
by their selection, the trying work of
the board of supervisors during the next
year will expedited; there are no
unreasonable men in the list and all
are men who will give the fullest
amount of time necessary to the bust
ness of the county.