The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-12

peCt US 10 Stand 0ack or IL. Gan we
afford to have these people 60 on act.
Ing illegallys'
Secretary o. A. Whelan, OF the COM
mittee, made similar re marks. "Shall
We 60 on" he asked, 'paying old debts,
ard borrowing money to make new
debts, or shall we stop up"
There were loud cries OF "Stop IT,"
Mr.. ook then asked all tin SO In IA
vor of the securing Of an Injunction to
prevent the payment Of the bad notes
TO rise. Practically every person In
the room who had right to vote arose
to his feet.
You're locking the barn after the
horse is stolen" shouted j. ii. Howe,
but Mr. Cook declared, with smile,
that the steed is still in his stall.
Slips of paper were then passed
through the audience, with the re-
quest that each person would write
thereon the sum he Is willing to pay
towards defraying the expense OF an
Injunction. The cost OF an Injunction
was stated to be from fifty to three
hundred dollars.
"Good Roads" Earle, state highway
commissioner, then had his inning.
He opened by remarking that Shia.
wassse county has not applied for any
state help In building roads, but that
ID is ready when the county finds it.
self prepared TO do SO.
Five hundred dollars of the cost OF
model gravel road and one Thousand
dollars a mile Of the cost OF model
stone road is donated to any township
or county which may apply by the
state. He described the steps which
must be taken before the roads de-
partment will take official cognizance.
The road need not be built all in one
consecutive stretch, but may be dlvid-
ed into halves or thirds to fix up the
bad places in roads otherwise good.
To earn the state premium, the road
must fulfill certain conditions. 1t
must be eighteen feet wide between
side bitches; there must bs a slope
from the center to each side of an inch
to foot; the road must be laid In two
compressed courses five inches and
three inches thick respectively, II OF
gravel, and three and half aud two
aud a half inches thick, II Of stone. A
five ton roller is necessary to do the
CO npresSing.
Water from three sources must be
taken care Of; surface water must be
drained of promptly; there must be
provision made for draining sp,ings,
IL an exist; and water must not be al
lowed to stand In the side bitches
The church was filled for the Tues.
day evening session which was opened
by songs by the Acme Quartet. Presi'
dent Snyder then introduced Hon. P
H. Kelley, superintendent OF Public
Instruction, for talk on rural school
problems He stated that Michigan
was spending Annually eleven million
dollars and employing 1900 teachers
and that hundreds Of millions OF dol
lars were invested Ia school property
Knowing this 1T goes withous saying
that Michigan is in favor OF educa
tion. We should see what this enor
NOUS sum goes for and Why we spenc
1t. First aod foremost TO make The
boys and girls better men and women
to improve the quality Of the fore o.
our citizenship and bring manhood
and womsnhood nearer to perfection
What is tho greatness OF this Cit!
aud county? Not its material wealth
but It's people and the gre atness Of tn,
nation OF which we are part, Is no
Its domain the be undaries which
have increased until now 1t is said t.
be bounded on the east by line from
| Maine to the equator; on the south b.
the Panama canal, on the north b.
the farthest limits OF civilization ant
on the west by the east-but is in th
quality OF its citizenship, and ito i'm
prove 1t We are spending the millions
One million strangers arc landing o.
the shores Of this country every yea
and these must be taught and brough
to appreciate their citizenship in thi
country and 1t rests on the schools t
do 1t.
, Each scholar muss be taught t
stand alone and stand for something
the government rests on the individ
ual and there will never be an
, trouble as long as every man count
, for one. The government must fai
: II the time comes when men are dc
preciated by themselves or by thei
, neighbors. So get the idea into th
| scholars heads that each is as good q
! the other and he must and can d
something. Parents must help th
D children too; get them to thinkin
: when young; make q partner of th
, boy In something.
He emphasized the benefit of hirin
the best teachers for rural schools.
} the prosperous times make 1t no bu
den. Michigan started q norml
school ATTY psilanti to furnish teacher
u Il