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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-01

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Gas and bath connection de.
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Fine Monument.

w. l.. Parker, the South Washing
ton street monument dealer, is erect
in fine piece of work in the way of
monument, the stone to be sold to
Mrs. Cook, of Fenton.
The stone is what is called an all
hammered stone of the sarcophagus
type. 1t is Of the light Barre granate
and has more carving on it than any
other piece of work ever turned out
by the firm. The base of the mon
ument is seven feet long and about
five wide, including the base, the
stone Is five feet tall.
The stone will sell for $500, which
sum may seem big for piece of gran
lite, but when considered that there
are eight weeks work on the stone
itself besides two weeks on the base.
it will be seen that what looks like
an eXorbitant price, is nothing more
than is. right.
The Parker Monument Works is
doing thriving business, in fact, the
past year has been one of the best in
it's history for the firm. At present
there are seven men employed at the
factory, besides the travelling sales
men.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSSO, FRIDAY NOV. Is. 1907
The Banking Laws.

The stirring incidents and the ankle.
ty Of the past weeks in financial circles
has brought the significant fact that al.
most without exception the chief finan.
eiers and the leading newspapers look
upon the existing banking laws as re-
quiring little. If any, change. The vast
majority of the men who have the con.
troll and management of banks are able
and honest men. There Is, however,
no necessity for adding greatly to the
powersl of the comptroller of the cur.
rency and making him the Judge of all
the banks investments In the lone
run the country is safer to trust to the
intelligence and the honesty of the
bankers themselves. This appers to be
one of the most important lessons to be
drawn from the recent financial dis
turbance. The comptroller can now,
and not infrequently does, call the at
tention of national bankers to what he
finds to be the fact that they are loan.
ing too much money in q single direc'
tion. that they are putting too many
eggs in one basket, to use familiar ex
preston But the community must
rely mainly upon its bankers, and there
is not likely.to be found safe or eff.
cient substitute for them. 1t is we'll that
in great and sudden emergency the
government can come with its resources
10 assistance in strengthening public
confidence, and it is particularly fortu'
nate in such crisis that man like
Secretary CorteIyou should be found al
the head Of the treasury department
But after all has been said, the funda
mental essential is to be found in the
banks, rejecting as they inevitably
must, the character of the men who
manage them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Decides Against Use of Union Label.

Saginaw, Nov. 13.-Monday Judge
Chauncey Gage filed an exhaustive
opinion in the case Of Friedman &
Hynan VS.. the City of Saginaw, fam
iliarly known as the Union Label
case. 1t will be recalled that Freid-
man & Hynan did job of printing
for the city, patrol wagon reports,
for 1878. Bids for the work were
solicited. Friedman &c Hynan were
lowest bidders, the work was done
and delivered; payment was refused
on the ground that the printed mat
ter did not bear the union label, as
required by section 81, title "a, of
the charter.
AS stated in the Courier-Herald,
some weeks ago, when a judgment
was allowed in favor of the plaintiff,
the view was presented by the plain
tiff's attorney was sustained by the
court. The opinion filed Monday was
valuable as a legal document and If
allowed to stand will establish an
important precedent in the city and
county. The opinion is based large
ly on the decision of the supreme
court of Michigan.
Termed Glass Legislation.
For the general reader it may be
sufficient to state that the court holds
that such legislation as was attempt
ed by the granting of the charter
with the provision referred to in it
is class legislation, contrary to the
fourteenth amendment of the con-
stitution of the United States and
the constitution of this state. 1t is
stated very clearly that if the city,
by ordinance or charter, should pro-
hibit the use of the union label on
city printing thereby depriving print
ers who are members of the typo
graphical union from furnishing
printing to the city, it would be
ton. Printers not belonging to the
union and offices not having the
union label are in the eyes of the law
class that cannot be Disseminated
against any more than the union
printers can. The court finds that
the union label is trade mark and
nothing more; that it adds nothing
to the value of printed matter, that
ii could form no part OF the copy
furnished by the controller; that the
controller could not be warranted in
insisting on the use of the union
label.
"A point brought out in one of the
cases cited is that specifications that
only union labor may be employed
on public buildings are unlawful
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Farmers Institute.

A Farmers Normal Institute will
be held at the Agricultural college
Tuesday to Friday, November 10 to
%. The lectures will be given for
the most part by members of the col
lege faculty and what is virtually a
short course" in agriculture will be
given. Among the subjects to be
treated will be soil fertility, manure
and furtilizers, corn and plant i'm
provement, potato blight and rot, for
estry for farmers, hog cholera and
other animal diseases and their treat
ment, improving farm animals, plant
diseases, spraying and the prepare
ton of spraying mixtures, poultry
raising, the use of cement on the
farm, water supply for farmers, pow
er on the farm, Michigan highways,
agriculture in the rural schools, read
ing in the home and other topics of
general interest.
During the last few years the farm
ers have suffered serious losses from
lightning and as a protection many
are putting up very expensive copper
cables. A method of even securing
better protection by means of an iron
cable, which a farmer can put up for
himself at one-tenth the cost of the
copper cable will be demonstrated.
Wednesday and Thursday after
Moons there will be special sessions
for the ladies in the parlors of the
Women's building at which various
subject relating to household man
agement will be considered.
Hon John Hamilton, farmers i'm
stitute specialist of the U, S. depart
ment Of agriculture, will be present
Tuesday and Wednesday and will adj
dress the institute.
There will be classes in corn judg-
in and the study of forage crops
and grains for the men on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday mornings
from $50 to 10 o'clock and for the
women demonstration exercises in
domestic science and domestic art
have been arranged for the same per-
iods. The complete program and
other information will be furnished
on application to l.. II. Taft. state
superintendent Of institute East
Lansing
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
All He Did.

"You are charged" said the court,
reading the formal complaint, with
having willfully, feloniously and with
malice aforethought appropriated to
your own use and behoof certain ar
ticle-to wit. vehicle-said vehicle
having been wrongfully and felonious-
ly distracted by you from the premises
of one John Doe, contrary to the stat
ute in such cases made and provided,
and against the peace and dignity Of
the people of the state of Illinois.
What say you? Are you guilty or not
guilty"
I'm not guilty, jedge." protested the
prisoner.
"All done was to steal a buggy =
Chicago Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY.
What 1907 !. Doing for the Farmer.

What 1907 10 Doing for the Farmer.
| The chill in the air Of business this
year is due to various causes. Wall
street likes to lay all blame on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's attacks on corpora
tions.' Moralists think that it is large
ly due to the lack of confidence caused
by the revelations of corruption that
spring forth every time the manage
ment of a corporation is subjected to
the probe of investigation. Econo-
mists hold it to be self-evident that we
are suffering from a world wide
stringency, due to the fact that enter
prise has outrun the supplies of avail
able capital But there can be no
doubt that, in this country at least.
one of the prime factors of distrust
since early spring has been the danger
of a serious shortage in crops.
The reports of principal grains are
now made. and we have definite facts to
go on instead of conjectures.
These indicate that in quantity of
products, which OF course is very
different thing from financial returns,
the farms have not done as well this
year as usual. The indicated wheat
crop of 625, 567, 900 bushels is about 114,-
600, 900 bushels short of that of 1906.
1t is 7,000,0 900 bushels short of that of
1905, but, $4,000, 100 bushels ahead of
that of 1904. There was still little
doubt about the corn crop at the time
of the governments report on October
10. The condition was considerably
lower than the average for the past ten
years. The indicated crop was 2,491.-
715, 900 bushels, which was about 27s,-
900, 900 bushels less than was indicated
at the same time last year, but last
years harvest footed up 147,000,000
bushels more than the October idica-
tions. There Is still q wide margin of
doubt, therefore, as to the size of this
years shortage. There is similar
situation in oats, which form much
larger, although less valuable crop than
wheat. This years indicated crop of
TAI, 521, 900 bushels is 1872, 600. 900 bushels
less than last October's indications, and
1913, 0OO, 900 bushels less than last years
final returns.
1t is apparent that in these three
great staples there will be total short
age this year as compared with last of
from 500, 900, 900 to 700, 900. 600 bushels.
OF couse if this meant that much re-
duction in freight to be hauled to mar
ket it would be a very serious matter.
1t would mean about 3OO.0O to 400, 900
fewer carloads. But the greater part
of this grain would be consumed on
the farms in any case. If there is a
little less freight to be carried east
there may be more to be taken west;
for this years higher prices will give
the farmers more money to spend.
That will make an equalization of
traffic that may make the total bust
ness of the year really better than last
years for the railroads which complain
ed then that they were unable to han
die the glut of freight in one direction.
At worst the total shortage in the three
great cereal crops cannot exceed Is per
cent as compared with last years bum
per harvest. This would be only
check, not calamity. for Oc-
tober 26, 1907.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
An lty on Game Laws.

The following Washington dis
match from the Grand Rapids Press
will be of interest to Mr.. Brewster's
many friends in this city:
Charles e. Brewster of Grand Rap
ids Is an author nowadays. AL
though he Is now in Texas on,a spec
ial job his chief occupation while
here is to write small books for the
consumption of people all over the
limited States. This photograph,
taken especially for the Press, shows
him as he looks when he rs at work
in the writing business.
No author has better facilities
than has Michigan's former deputy
state game warden. The whole IL
brary of congress is at his call.
when he has finished the mornings
grind at the biological survey Mr.
Brewster shakes. from his feet the
dust of the ill-lighted and crowd
ed building and makes for the capt.
ri hill In the linbrary everything
has been prepared for his conven-
ience. He has an alcove set apart
for his special use with roomy table
and a revolving bookcase by his side.
His literary den is the law section of
the great national library and is
ouite apart from the portion ITO which
sightseers are admitted. The pho
topraph shows Mr.. Brewster at work
in the library
BECAUSE he Is a Michigan man
through and through, one or the first
things which appealed to Mr.. Brew
ster as a good subject was the game
legislation of his native state. And
so he is now grinding away in the
nreparation of history of Michigan's
game legislation. In gathering the
material for this booklet he has con-
suited old books which are almost
priceless and some very old manu-
scripts as we'll
Old Michigan History
The library has furnished him with
a COPY of the territorial laws OF Mich
igan dated 1880. He has read
through every one Of these old vol
umes, none of which has anything re-
sembling an index. Thus he has
come across many curious points of
Michigan history which were quite
apart from the main purpose OF his
study. When the search reached re-
cent years Mr.. Brewster began to feel
quite at home, for he had hand In
framing much of the modern game
legislation in the state and had kept
close tab on all Of it.
Brewster's friends will notice by
this photograph that he makes bus
mess of wearing little skull cap
nowadays. He really needs some sort
of protection from draughts. A story
has gone around that he has wig
somewhere and Charlie blushingly
admits the impeachment. But no
one knows where it is, himself least
of all. He initiated that wig in
Ora nd Rapids and on the first even
ing took it with him to meeting of
the Elks. When he slipped into the
lodge room business was suspended
forthwith while amid roars of laugh
ter the genial game expert was led
forward and fined one dollar.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
MRS. G. Il. KILLER TREASURER.
OwOssO Woman Officer of Home Mis-
siOnary Society.


siOnary Society.
The annual election of officers of
the Detroit conference, Home Mis-
sionary society, was held Friday at
Flint, resulting as follows:
President-Mrs. J. w. Price, De-
troit.
ce-President-Mrs ]. e. Jack
lin, Mrs. H. e. Dennis and Mrs. w.
w. Robinson, Detroit.
Corresponding Secretary - Mrs.
William Dave, Ann Arbor.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. j. II.
Waters, Detroit.
Treasurer-Mrs. G. B. Hitler,
Owosso.
Auditor-Mrs. C.. S. Ruttle, Bay
City.
Mrs. Hitler was chosen delegate to
the national convention with Mrs. II.
s. Earle, of Detroit. alternate. Miss
Mary Rowland, of Detroit, was elect
ed delegate to the young peoples
section of the national meeting with
Miss Morris, of Ypsilanti alternate.
About $50 delegates were present at
the meeting. Saginaw was chosen
for 1908.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
Will Dam tho Shiawas sec.

The Owosso Light & Power Co., of
which E. M. Hopkins will be presi-
dent, Frank Westcott treasurer, and
prominent Owosso business men a
majority on the board of directors,
will soon be formed in this city. The
purpose of the company, as announc-
ed by the promoters, is to furnish
power for the electric line which
will be built eventually between
Grand Rapids and Pontiac, via Owes
so. Also, although they do not an
nounce tin fact, deny it rather
strongly-the o. & G. e. will have
competition on light and power in
Owosso when the big dam is done
and the machinery is put in.
Working under the direction of
E. M. Hopkins, John w. Thorn has
succeeded in getting all the rights of
way necessary for the raising of the
water in the river by dam twoand
one-half miles north of the Oliver
street bridge. The dam will extend
from point on Mr.. Thorns farm on
the east to Gilbert H. Willoughby's
place on the west side of the stream.
The dam will be built of concrete,
will be about 500 feet long and will
be between twenty and thirty feet
high.
1t Will be across the finest natural
reservoir along the Shiawassee river.
So perfect is this reservoir that prac-
tically the only overflow will be on
the Thorn and Willoughby farms and
that of Solomon Cooper. On each
of these places the company has pur-
chased the necessary land to control
the dam and reservoir absolutely.
The Willoughby place, consisting of
a house and six acres, has been
bought entire. The house will be oc-
cupied by the resident employee of
the company and part of the land is
a gravel-bed from which all the sand
and gravel necessary for the making
of the concrete can be obtained. On
the Willoughby, Cooper and Thorn
farms are seven acres of low lands
which will form the basin. Tho
Cooper property required has also
been bought, but It will be necessary
to cut off considerable standing tim
Der.
The level of the river will be rails
ed as far back as Oliver street, but
this will be an advantage rather than
a detriment, as 1t will insure the re-
moval of all sewage more rapidly
than at present. All lands affected
by the raise in the water-level have
been contracted for.
The men behind the project are
Owosso business men and capitalists
from New York and Detroit. Plans
and specifications for the dam are be-
ing prepared by w. d. Fargo, the
best water expert in Michigan and
the man who planned the big Lam
sing and Bedding dams. The con-
tract work will be done by the w. r..
Tench Construction Co., which built
the Bedding and Lowell dams.
The work will be begun as soon as
possible after the spring freshets,
which will be, probably, in May and
will be pushed to completion. Elec-
trical experts say the project is per-
fectly feasible, as electricity can be
manufactured by water-power much
more cheaply than any other way.
The power is always very accessible
as the dam will be just three miles
from the corner of Main and Wash
ington streets, Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

1.-THE height Of my Ambition said
the woman who hasn't always had to
work, but has to now, as to make so
much money that I won't have to rec
ognize every piece of lingerie I possess.
I want to have so many pieces of ev-
erything that can take up. say. a
skirt to put II on and won't know 1t Is
mine because l have had to wear 1t
over and over about hundred tines"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
ROO SEvELT TO BE REELECTED
So Says Gov. Warner on Return
From Extended Trip.

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 5.-Gov. War
ner. VINO has returned from his trip tt
Jamestown and Washington, is conf
dent that Roosevelt will be re-nominat
ed and reelected.
II think the President is perfectly sin
eere in what he has said, declared the
governor, ''but if the party goes right
ahead and dominates him he cannot
refuse. and everything goes to show
that they will do just that He is de-
msnded by rs to 80 per cent of the peo-
pie and the conditions arelsuch, and the
situation is such. that the whole party
and the whole people will turn to Lin.
In Michigan $4,000 democrats voted fol-
Roosevelt In 1904, and this means that
every local can 1idate will be for Roose.
Welt at tho head of the ticket.
''The same conditions exist all over
in greater or less degree. / cannot
say too strongly that believe our Pres
ident is perfectly sincere in his decla.
ration against third term, but next
spring when they all talk Roosevelt
and work for Roosevelt, and go into the
convention for Roosevelt, there can be
no result bat his denomination and re.
election.
"A number of us took little railroad
"trip out Of Escanaba to visit a lumber
camp. They took straw vote on the
President. There were "a votes. OF
these Roosevelt got &c, Taft 3, Hughes
8, Cannon 1, and Bryan 1. Roosevelt
sentiment seems to overwhelm all
other sentiment just like that.
Congressman J. G.. Diekema. who is
10 Lansing today said:
There ID no doubt the people are
with Roosevelt, however / think he Is
perfectly sincere in saying he does not
wish denomination. The issue Is on
she Roosevelt policies. If some man
who is welded to those policies can be
nominated he will be. But il the tan.
gle is sach that the carrying out of the
Roosevelt policies demands the renom
ination Of the President, he will Ger
tainly receive the nomination.
GAS - ORA.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss
LUCAS COUNTY, SS'

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner OF the firm Of F ] Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City Of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December. A. d. 1886.
<su w. A. GLEASON,
\oHAh' NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
Il, J. CHENEY g. 90, Toledo o.
Sold bv all Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for CONSTIPATION.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

The TIMES and the Detroit Daily
Journal one year for $3.50.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

HELP WANTED-M Men or women to
represent The American Magazine,
edited by f. p. Dunno ("Mr. Dooley" }
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Straight proposition. Good pay. Ex-
perience and capital not necessary.
Good opportunity. Write ]. N. Trainer,
90 West 10th Street, New Nork, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15

Many sufferers from nasal catarrh
say they get splendid results by using
an atomizer For their benefit we pre-
pare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Elk
cept that it is liquid it is in all respects
like the healing helpful, pain-allaying
Cream Balm that the public has been
familiar with for years. No cocaine
nor other dangerous drug in it. The
soothing spray is remedy that relieves
at once. All druggists, 75c., including
spraying tube, or mailed by Ely Bros.
SO Warren Street, New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-07

''If the people of Pendlet0n and
Walla Walla expect to burn Blue
mountain wood next winter they
should order it row." said we'll
known wood dealer Of Meacham to
the East Oregcnian today. There
will be but little wood cut on the
mountains this summer unless con-
ditions change somewhat.
Last year large quantities of
wood was cut on the mountains, but
Pendleton and Walla Walla dealers
waited until so late before ordering
that II was impossible to secure cars
for the shipments and the dealers on
the mountains were kept from SELL
ing their last seasons output until
late this spring.
This is an unsatisfactory condi-
tion, and this year we want to know
that we are going to sell wood read
lily before we cut 1t. If the market
is slow We will not put large forces
CT men in the woods, but If plenty CT
wood is ordered early We will keep
cutters at work constantly to supply
the demand.
"There Is small enough profits in
The wood business for the mountain
dealers as II is, and IL sales are de-
layed II reduces our profits still fur
lher. We want to know that there
will be ready market for our wood
before gcing to the expense of cut
ting 1t and banking 1t out There is
such a growing sentiment in favor of
n \.