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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-18

FOR SALECheap, a good room house
and 3 lots. well improved, in Oakland.
Bell phone POO. :
FOR SALE+Five-room cottage, bath, gas,
water, cistern, corner lots, bargain.
Call 209 The Drive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-18
OFFICIAL ANNoUNCEMENT.

c. B. BURGE IS A CANDIDATE FOR
city clerk, subject to the Republican prf-
maries.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

Mr.. Bryan's repeated insistence that
he is in favor of the federal ownership
of the trunk lines of railroads, with the
ownership of the rest of the lines pos
sessed by the state, are not required in
order to have his position well under
stood The Nebraska mans accom-
panying explanation, that until his
government ownership plans can be
put into operation he favors regulation,
is one which gives to the position held
by President Roosevelt and the republi
can party no moral or helpful support.
Government regulation of railroads is
desirable in behalf of the railroads
themselves as we'll as in the interests of
the public, but government ownership
of railroads would be certain to prove a
disastrous failure. There is no more
relation between the two propositions
than there is between pure food bill
and the ownership by the government
of all the farms and factories producing
food stuff One is practical and desir-
able and the other is neither desirable
or practical.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
owosso, FRIDAY APRIL 5, 1907

The manufacture of denaturized al
cohol under the free.of-tax law has not
as yet made great progress, but western
farmers are as hopeful as ever regard
ing the ultimate industrial consequent
ces of this enactment. Thus they are
calculating in Iowa that as 9,000 900
acres of corn are annually planted in
that state, and as each acre produces
not less than ten tons of cornstalks,
and each ton of stalks produces 1870
pounds of alcohol-therefore the state
could annually produce 11,700, 900
pounds of alcohol or 1874, 900, 600 gal
Ions at value of say 40 cents gallon,
and this merely as by-product, From
cornstalks alone the state would be
able to obtain alcohol enough to run
all its factories and all its railroads and
street railways, and heat all of its
houses besides. 1t is time, however, to
stop figuring out the possibilities of the
free alcohol policy, and proceed to es-
tablish some actual results along these
lines.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Pas housecleanin'.

When the April suns shinin hot an thi ngs is
nice an fresh,
When the willer's droppin tossels an the
blackbird's in the bresh.
An pa comes in fer noonin' an the floors is
wet as souse,
Then its Laws amassy, on US! Your mas
a-cleanip house,"
Then me an Jim is sure to find rag carpets In
the sun
When we'd planned to go a.fishin' fer the suck.
ers In the run;
But while pa takes his noonin' and the horse
eat their snacks,
Us boys can beat them carpets while we're
restin' up our backs.
An then next day pas certain sure TO have to
go to town,
But he always leaves us orders. Help to put
them carpets down."
An at night, when he gets home again, you'd
think to hear him groan
About the hardship OF it, that he's done the
job alone
Poor mai She has ii awful hard. she'll work
until she drops,
An pound her thumb nails half way up an wet
her feet with slops;
She'll get so hoarse that she can't speak, an
sore In every bone;
But pa, he says II it was him he'd let tho
house alone.
An when that night the kids is sick an has TO
have q drink,
An ma she can't get up because her backs in
such kink,
II pa should bang the furniture whilst gropin'
fer the cup.
You can feel him gettin' mad enough to fairly
eat her up.
So me an Jim was sayin', IL the time should
ever come
When pa and ma should change their work an
pa should stay to hum,
1 wouldn't like to be a boy. but jest a little
mouse
To hear what things pa would say IL he was
cleanin' house.
William Futhey Gibbons in Woman's
Home Companion for April.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

The bill which has been introduced
on the senate side of the state legisla.
ture at Lansing, proposing that all
school districts in the state not now
possessing the free text book system
shall be required to vote on the ques-
tion of adopting it, has practical and
worthy purpose even though the re-
'quirement may not be pleasing to all.
Practical experience has made it quite
certain that the free text book system
permits a saving of half the expense
compared with individual purchase,
and better meets the convenience of
teachers and pupils and the movements
of the school. The objections to the
rec text book system are mostly found
not to exist in actual experience. 1t is
strengthened through close observation
and comparative results. If the pro-
posed action of the legislature results
in the further extension of the system
it will have justified itself.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Toe Roar of the New Man.sird

Within cur land there is man
Busy all day with bees.
He hears g. hum above
And can
Discern O. buzz from breeze.
But no strange sound he ever heard
Or made, by stinger stung-
Roared with the roar of the great man
bird.
A bird with no tongue or lung
The romantic story of the Wright
brothers and their fiying. machine is
completely told for the first time in the
April American Magazine The story
reads Like o fairy tale, and the photo
graphs showing the machine fin fight,
with the Wright boys aboard, are re-
markable.
In the course of the article A. L. Root
of Medina, O., tells of the impression
made on him when he saw the machine
in flight. Mr.. Root is big dealer in
bees, who is known all over Ohio, and
is friend of the Wright brothers. He
was permitted to witness some. of the
experiments. Mr.. Root says 'It was
one of the grandest sights of my life.
/ stood in front of the machine as it
came around curve. Imagine, if you
can, "a aluminium locomotive. without
wheels. but with twenty foot wings
and big, Tapping propellers, climbing
up in the air right towards youl Such
tremendous Tapping and snappingl
Everyone was excited except the two
Wrights. Even the attendant who
helped to launch the machine was shak.
ing from bead to foot as though he had
q fit of ague"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Put IL i'm the Paper.

An exchange furnishes the follow
ing excellent illustration of the adj
vantage Of advertising:
''The other day a local merchant
happened to see farmer receiving
some goods at the depot and noticed
that they came from a Chicago mail
order house. He noticed also the
goods were right in his line and the
same he had carried in his store for
years. He Immediately approached
the farmer and said: could have
sold you every article you have there
for less money than YOU paid the
Chicago house and paid you freight
besides. Then why in the DEVIL
don't you say SOP" answered the far
mer. .'I have taken two county pa
pers for year and have never seen
line about you selling these goods.
This mail order house sent advertis-
ing matter to me asking for my trade
and they got it. If you have any bar
gains why don't you have them put in
the paper so we can see what they
are?" That ended the argument and
the merchant went in to corral other
merchants who never advertise and
explain to them that the mail order
house was running their business.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
NO MONOPOLY.
Farmers May Raise Beets for Owosso
Factory il They Choose.

Farmers in the vicinity of Ashley.
may sell beets to the Owosso Sugar
%. RI they prefer to do SO.
" was understood that the Owosso
people had entered into on agreement
with the trust factories whereby this
field was abandoned by the former, so
that Ashley farmers would have to
sell to the Alma factory or not at all
A number of growers in this vicin-
ity were not at all pleased with this
arrangement, and on Wednesday of
last week a party consisting of Chas
Kerr, owen Fairbanks, Dan Slime
Philip Fountain, Floyd Hoag, Franz,
Kennel and George Whitehall, went
to Owosso to see what could he
done. They were loaded with lepaa
Facts in regard to combinations IN
restraint Of trade and went prepared
to SAY things" The factory on
Gals were evidently moved by the do
monstration, and at length consented
TO do business in this vicinity. Thev
VIII not send out a solicitor or an
agriculturist, but will furnish saad
10 those who wish it and will mr.
chase the beets either with or with
out contract, paying same price as
elsewhere. This is just about wbat
the committee wanted and of course
they are well pleased with the suc.
cess OF their mission. Ashley World
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
The Great Sussex Fowl.

Originally the Sussex fowl was
known in the southern counties of Eng
land centuries ago, particularly in Sus
sex, from which county it derives its
day celebrated as table fowl, form.
ing the principal supply of the Lon.
don markets. where it has long been
acknowledged the finest fowl on the
market. It's breast being long. deep
and plump and its flesh the finest both
in texture and flavor, the greatest cpl
cure would ask no more, for there are
quality and quantity on Sussex fowl
enough to crafty the most sensual
and capaclous appetite.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Don't Crowd the Chicks.

Not more than fifty chicks should be
put together in one brooder, and in two
weeks these should be divided into two
lots Of twenty-five each. Where too
many chicks are put together they are
center become 'ovcrheated and when
exposed to the air become chilled. and
bowel trouble and various other dis.
eases set in and the chicks die very
rapidly from no apparent cause.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Glen McCreedy Dead.
From the Press. American.

From the Press American.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney McCreedy of
north Chapman street, received word
this morning that their son Glen who
has been at Albuquerque N. M. some
time, died there week ago of con-
sumption and has been buried there.
Glen was about eighteen years of
age and before going to New Mexico,
was employed at the Owosso Manu-
featuring Co.'s plant. In January he
with his sister, Miss Belva, left for
New Mexico where they have sister
living on ranch, in hope of relief.
Since that time his parents have
been getting letters which led them
to believe that he was getting better,
and hence the word received today
is particularly shocking to them
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
House of Correction for Tipplers.

Corunna, April l, Special.-Sher-
if Watson has taken steps to show
the people that the county salary bill
is a good thing, and If he continues
to operate on the lines which he has
marked out for himself, there is no
reason why he should not effect a
large saving in the expense of his
Offices.
He has had blanks phintel which he
has distributed to every justice Of
tie county. and when man wso is
in the habit of getting drunk is ar
rest and convicted, he is committed
on one of these blanks.
Under the law, the second time
he is arrested for drunkenness where
these blanks are employed, it's no
justice sentence in the county jail
for his; he goes directly before the
circuit court, and is handed a stiff
sentence in the Detroit House OF
Correction, which gets him out of
the way for a good period, and also
ihQresses on him tAat getting drunk
isn't the snap it used to be. Here
after an arrest for drum <ennes3
will mean long term of hard work
in Detroit.
1t will mean saving to the
county board bills and in the SER
vices of deputies, for after man has
done his bit in the works, he thinks
twice before getting drunk again.
Board Is Soon to Meet.
The board of supervisors is soon
to meet, and it is probable that the
call to organize and transact similar
business will be issued soon. 1t will
be signed by the necessary eight SUI
pervisors, and will fix the date with
in fifteen of election day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

The effort which has been in progress
through recent months, proceeding from
sources not friendly to protection as a
policy and from those who are clamor-
ing for tariff revision, to have it believ-
ed that Germany would attack the
trade of this country through retaliatory
tariffs, will come to an end for the
present. The now existing tariff agree.
ment with Germany has been extended
to July 1, 1908. There therefore now
exists no reason apart from its relation
to home affairs and it's results here why
any tariff changes should be contemp-
lated, and results here at home are all
eloquent in an opposite direction. No
spring season of any past year has
equaled the present in value and in
crease of foreign trade, and in the mar
kets of our own country every indica-
tion is promising and pleasing to the
highest limits of expectation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05


ranies making their final arguments
against the bill making the maximum
rate three cents per mile in the upper
peninsula and two cents in the lower
peninsula, except on roads whose pas
senger earnings were less than $1,000
PER mile. Representatives of several
companies were vigorous in their der-
larations that the companies could not
stand reduction to a fat two cent
rate and submitted a great array Of
statistics in support of this contel-
ton.
Governor Urges Action.
On Tuesday Governor Warner sent
20 the legislature special message on
this subject In this document he
urged immediate action on the bill,
arguing that the subject had been
given exhaustive consideration at re-
peated hearings by the railroad COM
mittees Of the two houses, which hear
ings had been attended by the legis-
lators generally. He insisted that this
question had occupied much Of the at
tentiOn of the members of both houses
for the past twelve weeks, during
which time two cent fare bills had
been passed in half dozen other
states, that there was no occasion for
further hearings and that the time for
final action had arrived. The chief
executive took an emphatic stand in
favor of the bill outlined above, adj
visjng against any compromise in the
way of q two and one-half cent rate
on any roads. The claim was made
in the message that precisely the same
arguments and methods as were re-
serted to here were used in an I'M
cuccessful attempt to defeat the two
cent fare bill in Ohio one year ago,
and attention was called to the fact
that none of the predictions of de.
creased wages of employees. reduced
tain sery ice, reduced earnings, etc,
Lad been realized. Reports from Of
hcials of the state of Ohio and of the
railroads operating In that state were
cited i'm support of the claim that,
since the two cent fare law was en-
acted one year ago, the earnings of
ment had been improved and tram
service enlarged. The governor con-
tended for n similar rate for all pas
scngers, instead Of three cent rate
fcr some, two cent rate for larger
number and free rides for others.
To Report Substitute Bill.
On Wednesday final consideration OF
the problem was given by the senate
railroad committee ut prolonged ses-
son. The result was n decision, by
vote Of three to two. to report out
substitute bill which provides for
two cent fare for all roads earning
$1,000 or more per mile, two and one
half cents for roads earning between
$1,000 and $4,000 per mile, and three
cents for roads earning less than
$1,000 per mile. The two cent pro-
vision will apply to most Of the larger
reads in Michigan, the principal ex-
ccption being the Pcre Marquette,
which, on the basis OF present earn
ings, will come in the two and ono
nalf cent classification. The lower
PENINSULA roads whose earnings are
i'ss than $1,000 per mile and which
viii, therefore, come under the three
cent head are Detroit and Mackinac,
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton. Arcadia
ard Southern, Manistee and North
eastern. Mason and Osceola, East Jor-
Ian and Southern, and Pontiac, Ok.
ford and Northern.
The consideration OF this substitue
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Food For DuckIinqs.

The proper food for young ducklings
depends upon their age. When from
one to FIVE days old they need boiled
egg and breadcrumbs finely chopped.
After that age meal, preference given
to oatmeal, and middlings in like pro.
portion until they are three to four
weeks old Then grain In their water
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Here is Relief for Women.

If you have pains in the back, Uri-
nary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want certain, pleasant herb cure fo-
women's ills. try Mother Gray's Austria
liam Leaf. 1t is safe and never. fail
ing monthly regulator. At druggists
or by mail so cts Sample package
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray,
Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
ACTION ON RATE
:: :. QUESTION NEAR
Hearings from Both Sides
Have at Last Been
Concluded.
GOVERNOR WARNER IS URGENT
Tells Legislature in Special Mes.
sage That Time for Ac-
ton Has Arrived.
Strong Probability of the Establish
ment of a Binder Irvine Plant
at jackson Prison-Pri-
mary Election.
GOVERNOR WARNER is URGENT

Lansing, Mich, April 2.-Tomor-
rows results will go long way
toward determining the final outcome
Of the campaign for reduced passenger
rates of the railroads Of Michigan.
The hearings on this question, which
have been quite numerous, were co1-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
"Don'tsr For Buff Cochin Breeders.

Don't breed cOckerel that Shows
red on wing bows.
Don't breed from pullets showing
white i'm undercolor of neck.
Don't breed from the birds that
feather and develop slowly, as such
birds will greatly reduce the vitality
and early maturity tendency of the
flock
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Beware of OHM ents for CatTrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys
tenn when entering II through the mucous sur
faces. such articles should never be used ex-
as the damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury and is
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II Is taken internally and made In
Toledo, Ohio by f, j. Cheney & Co Testimon
ials free
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
Ask TOR Aliens Foot. Ease. a-povd.r

1t makes walking easy. Cures Corps
Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen ar d
Sweating feet At all druggists and
shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept anv sub.
stitnte. Sample FREE. Address All.
len 5. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

Stops itching instantly. Cure piles,
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives,
herpes, scabies-Dosn's Ointment. AT
any drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy,
pimply complexion. headaches. nausea,
indigestion. Thin blood makes you
weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood
Bitters makes the blood rich, red, pure
restores perfect health.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-05
kGn1ps Balsdm

WILL stop any cough that
cam ne stopped by any
medicine and cure coughs
GIhmf ca,lmOt be cured by any
Ot0her medicine.
IN ls always the best
cough cure. You cannot
afford To take chances on
amy other kind.
KEMJp'S BALSAM cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grip, asthma and cOnsump-
dion I'm first stages.
III docs mot contain aIco-
Jh@ns opium, morphine. or
amy other narcotic, poison
oHss or harmful drug.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-07
Noes REFUSE slT;isxga

E'fefytf1lng Is turned to accbiitlt
now Sj-days. What was refuse and
an expense to get rid of in our grand
fathers time is now made a source
of profit. 1t is said that in our
modern slaughter houses, nothing
but the breath OF the animal is lost.
And now comes an ingenious Amer
lean citizen and tells us that we need
no longer burn flax straw nor let
it rot in the field, there is a good
market for it, which in a few years
bids fair to demand three or four
times the amount now produced in
the country.
Do YOU know why there has never
before been such demand for Ameri-
can flax straw, which averages far
better than that used by Europeans,
to make the worlds linen?
1t is because the only methods here
tOfOre known for converting flax
straw into linen fabric required so
much time 16 to 80 weeks) that
America was not able to compete
with Europe, where the work is done
by miserably paid peasents-a class
of labor wholly unknown to this
country.
But-after two thousand years OF
waiting, during which time linen
fibre has been secured exactly the
same slow methods that were en-
ployed by the early Egyptians
science has come to our relief. An
American inventor, Benjamin Cush
ing Nudge, of Massachusetts, In
stitute OF Technology, has perfected
some wonderful mechanical and
chemical process Owned exclusively
by the Oxford Linen Mills) and in
the space of twelve hours transforms
flax straw into beautiful white linen
fibre, ready for spinning.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-07
WHAT The KIDNEYS N
Their unceasing Work Keeps . S
Stronu and Hea!ti,y

All the blood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day When
healthy they remove 500 grains of i'm
pure matter daily, when unhealthy
some part of this impure matter is left
in the blood. This brings on many
diseases and symptoms-pain in the
back, headache, nervousness, hot, dry
skin. rheumatism, govt, gravel, dis
orders of the eyesight and hearing, dir
ziness, irregular heart, debility, dropsy,
deposits in the urine, etc But if you
keep the filters right you will have no
trouble with the kidneys,
George Rubesch, carpenter, living at
% Grand Ave, Chippewa Falls, Wis,
says: 'For several years was suffer
ing from backache and did not know
that kidney trouble was the cause of it.
| was weak in the back and loins and
walked all bent over. | was never
laid up in bed but many time [ went
around when felt as if ought to give
up. | could not even stoop over to
pick up the slightest weight from the
floor. | had no strength whatever in
my back and if | sat down on chair
to rest could not get up without TAX
ing hold of something to pull myself up,
and then it would be some time before
| could gather enough strength to
walk Being advised to try Doan's
Kidney Pills l got box and began
using them. | had not used all of the
first box before my back regained
strength, in time the backache left me,
and | have no trace of the trouble
since"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's -anc
take no other.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-07
GOLD LOSS FROM ABRASION.
Shipped in Form of Coin Depreciation
Is Serious.

Shipped in Form of Coin Depreciation
Is Serious.
when the banks ship gold across
the Atlantic" said a banker, they
prefer to ship it in bars rather than
in coin. 1t loses less that way
ut loses less?"
"es, sir. If 100000 in gold coin
is shipped across the seas it is oniss
$999,800 on it's arrival. 1t loses from
twelve to fifteen ounces, about 5000,
through abrasion, through knocking
about with the motion of the waves.
The sea makes gold lose weight, you
see, the same as it does human be-
ings.
"Gold bars lose less. In fine wealth
err they will lose only about 500 to
each $1,000,000 In the ugliest wealth
er they don't lose more than $3.50,
whereas in like conditions gold coins
have been known to lose $500. AS gold
shipments of $10,O00000 often occur,
to make these shipments in gold bar
instead of gold coin is a saving of
500 or more 1t is odd to think when
you cross in.Sne Of those gold-laden
ships that ely wave that hits the
boat clips off 10 to Is cents from it's
golden cargo.