The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-05-04
Maple River Farmers Club.

held its April meeting with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bilhimer.
When the club was called to order
by President George e. Martin the
house was filled with members and
friends. Rev. Carlos III. Hanks con-
Quoted devotional exercises after the
singing Of America by the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Hartshorn were
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. Craw-
ford Fuller, who recently removed to
Oklahoma. The statement was made
that Mr.. Hartshorn expects this
spring to erect residence on his
farm in the Maple River neighbor-
hood. Misses Iva and Vivian Bilhi-
mer then played a piano duet, in a
very acceptable manner.
The association topic, SIS it Wise
to depend on Cement for Fence
Posts or Shall We Plant Trees?"
was assigned to p. B. Reynolds. He
thinks the question a serious one
as the native timber is almost ex-
hausted, and years are required to
secure a second growth. He does
not think cement or steel practical
BILE, because of the cost of posts
made of those materials. He also
spoke of the difficulty of attaching
wires to such posts.
The speaker believes that it is
practicable to resort to REPRESENTATION
of sufficient lands to insure an ample
supply OF posts, and mentioned sew
eral varieties of timber that make
excellent material. Usage orange
gives good satisfaction is strong and
durable. Mulberry is largely used,
and the berries attract birds, which
destroy insects that otherwise injure
some crops. The locust grows ra-
pidly, and is good wood, as is also
the catalpa, which grows posts in
ten years.
gress to set trees and wait for them
to grow. His boys may not want
timber posts, he said.
N X. Potter also seemed to favor
than waiting for them to grow,
while A. l.. Chandler would plant an
acre of locust tree and let nature
supply our wants in time.
At this time Mrs. Palmer and the
Misses Smalley furnished some excel
lent music on violins, accompanied
by the piano. The several numbers
rendered during the afternoon were
heartily applauded.
A paper on Emigration" by Miss
ly prepared review of that interest
ing and very important social and
economic question. THE emigrant
today" she said, differs materially
from the old pioneers who came to
found this country, and were pre-
pared and expected to meet and en-
dure hardships and pivations. There
is today great change in the nat
ionality of the emigrants, and in
their purposefor coming to this coun-
try. In former times they were val |
liable to the country, and necessity, |
varies greatly, according to the pros
perity or adversely of the country.
The steamship lines are also respon-
sible for large number of the emil
grants who come here. Many of the
poor emigrants settle in the city
where the people of their national
Ity congregate, and become burden
One result of the crowding OF
foreigners to our land is that wages
are lower in competition. There are
born to foreigners than among Amer
leans, and the increase of the foreign
population is as serious a political
question as viewed in other lights.
The educational test has been favor
ed, requiring all emigrants to be
able to read our language. Assimil-
alton seems to be the solution of the
problem. They must learn Ameri
can ideas, be inspired with our prin-
ciples, taken away from the cities
where they huddle together, and
scattered about the country to make
homes among our own people.
Mrs. E. ". Cook gave a talk to
the ladies of the club on the sub
ject entertaining the unexpected
guest. Some women, she believes,
are inclined to make mountain out
Of mole hill, and talk much of drug
gerry. If our friends call on us I'M
the best should be made |
of it. The farmers wife always has
on hand good Bread, fresh butter
and eggs, little jelly and preserves,
and other things that can be produc-
ed without preparation, and these
are good enough. If the guest ex-
poets banquet he should send word |,
in advance.
patent Medicines" were roasted,
fried and parboiled, and then some
by A. l.. Chandler. The fraud of |
patent medicines, he said, is when
the vendors claim for them virtues
they do not possess, and certainty
to cure diseases they have no effect |
upon. The compounder alone knows
the contents and they are a menace
to Dublic health in their use Sure