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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Rather Strong Language.

The city Of Cedar Falls owns its own
water system. Those favorable to mu-
nicipal ownership in this and other
states have pointed to Cedar Falls In
vindication Of the socialistic theory Of
municipal ownership, and yet If q pri-
vate corporation were giving the city
the unwholesome water that we must
endure every time the streams get a
little above normal 1t would not be
safe for a stakeholder in such an
enterprise to appear on the streets.
With the high water tax that is ex-
acted there surely can be no excuse
for the roily condition of the water,
because there ought to be funds enough
available to construct reservoir to
make some provision that would OBJ
viate the present unwholesome. insan-
itary condition. The people of the
city ought to insist upon an improve
ment If there are no funds available,
there ought to be no objection to an
appropriation sufficiently large to make
right the difficulty.
Some of these times an epidemic of
typhoid fever will result, and then it
will be too late to make complaint.
The time to take action is now.-Edi-
torial In Cedar Falls Qa.) Record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Comment Is Unnecessary.
Chicago. April 81, 100


To the Honorable the City Council:
Gentlemen - The city of Chicago has
been in the electric lighting business for
about twenty years, yet have been I'M
able to acquire from the city records ex-
act information as to the municipal light
ing plants value or the cost of the cleo.
trio lighting which the city does for IT.
self. The records simply show from year
to year the cash appropriated and ex-
pended for material and labor in the
maintenance and operation of the electric
lighting plants. No attempt has been
made apparently to ascertain the exact
cost. The city should know how much
its municipality owned and operated utin-
ties are costing and how much it has in
vested In such undertakings.
Therefore I would respectfully ask your
honorable body for authority TO employ
such expert assistance as may be neces-
sary to acquire accurate information COW
ering the initial cost of the city's electric
light plant the present value of said
plant and In detail what IL costs the city
of Chicago to light its streets with its
own electric lighting plant, the results of
such inquiry to be laid before your hon.
orable body. Respectfully submitted
FRED A. BUSSE, Mayor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03

humble capacities and come to the tor
OF the ladder by reason of sheer ability
and experience. By ingenuity and
skill they have managed departments
with great economy or in some way
introduced improvements that have
tended TO save money for or 90 l'"''JGpr
the scope of their company. Their re-
ward has been promotion. VLuN VIC
find that in most of.our public service
corporations the trained men az the
head of affairs and their immediate
subordinates have given continuous
thought to the growth Of the business.
When a city goes into municipal
ownership unless she. too emp!oys
trained specialists and careful men
with technical and financial ability
the enterprise will lag behind.
The men at the head Of our great
public service corporations are men OF
extraordinary ability. Their proto-
types, however. wrsld not manage
these enterprises If the city owned
them. Under municipal ownership the
officials in these departments would
be rewarded under the spoils system
or would be promoted by seniority
The experience of all governments
proves this. In either event you would
not begin to have the capable men
directing these concerns that you now
have.
Business enterprises requiring fnan-
cial skill, special knowledge, technical
training. hard study and severe appli-
cation cannot be run by politicians who
have none Of these attributes, however
much we like them personally as men.
Owing to the continual change In pol
itics, the coming in of one pArty after
the other or of one faction after the
q department just commences to have
a clear understanding Of his duties and
to accomplish efficient work when out
he goes. Such state of affairs dis
courages men from doing their best
when they know they will not be re-
warded for their just efforts.
The experience of the world has
shown that men work hardest when
they are working for their own pocket
books, and in private concerns where
economy and ingenuity will effect a
saving men will work at their best,
because such work will mean more
money to them in the shape of divi-
dends or a promotion of some sort as
a reward for their ingenuity. Under
municipal management there would be
but little inducement for men to stay
up nights scheming to save money for
the city, for If the scheme were one
that diminished the number of munich
pal employees its originator would
speedily become unpopular, whether
the scheme resulted in labor saving ma
chinery or in more efficient manage
ment.
1t is often stated that municipal own
ership is right in theory. This cannot
be so unless we consider the earth
Utopia and all men automatons. No
theory is right unless right in practice.
When practice and theory, so called,
differ, practice must prevail.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
SENSE IN EXERCISE.
The Weakness That Comes With Great
Muscular Excrtien.

The Weakness That cones With Great
Muscular Excrtien.
1T is a curious fact that perfect health
Is not consistent with high muscular
development. Professional athletes and
all men who acquire phenomenal
and activity what they gain for few
years of record breaking powers. / was
privileged to see on several occasions
Louis Cyr, the Canadian giant who
broke all weight lifting records. He
weighed 800 pounds and was Oil solid
bone and muscle. l saw him hold his
wife out at. arms length with one
hand. l saw him raise q 300 pound
barrel from the floor to his shoulder,
using only one hand and arm.
saw him get down on all tours I'M
der platform bearing 1000 pounds
of big men selected from the the audi
ence, and he raised the platform with
his mighty back. Yet this remarkable
man was muscle bound and crippled
at thirty-seven, when he should have
been at the height of his wonderful
powers.
Kennedy, the oarsman, who won
diamond belt for lifting with his hands
from the floor absolutely without APP
paratus thousand pound weight, was
used up and crippled before he was
forty. Dowd. professional strong man
and teacher of athletics. wore himself
out and died at forty-seven.-"Common
Sense In Exercise" by Charles II.
Cochrane, in Metropolitan Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Brook Trout.

The brook trout wants cold, swift
water and wherever it exists will be
found under such conditions. The best
trout streams are those with gravel
bottom, clear shallow water, with oc-
casional rapids, deep pools and eddies,
where natural food is abundant. The
best time for fly fishing is after a rain,
just as the water is clearing and when
the stones begin to show in the bed Of
the stream. The best time for bait
fishing is when the rain commences
and the water begins to get colored. 1t
is useless to fish with flies in colored
water, and trout seldom take the fly
when the rain is coming. They then
appear to cease feeding, but with the
ffirst drop of rain they take q worm
readily.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
On Heaven.

IF l could be out of physical pain, -
said lifelong invalid, 81 would ask
no other heaven" 'If l could be in a
place where l might know that my
husband never could be killed on the
train" cried one Of the gentle "wor-
riers" whose capacity for suffering is
neither understood nor respected by
the sanguine. IF / could take my
children to a world where every time
/ hear croupy cough my heart did
not stand still with terror" urged an
other, chat would be heaven for me-"
The mulatto girl who burst into joyful
tears at first sight of marble bust Of
herself because it was white" had a
glimpse of her heaven before its time.
Heaven must be like any other form
of happiness, only more so,'" said a
thoughtful man. And the conditions
of happiness are three-a clean con-
science, something to do and some one
to love. elizabeth Stuart Phelps in
Harper's Bazaar
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
SILVER gocKS.

Don't forget the Golden Rule
When you're selling hens and cocks.
If you do you'll play the fooi
And be out the Golden Rocks
Don't forget the Silver Rule
When you're mating hehs and cocks.
Or you'lf not be In the pool
Where they coin the Silver Rocks.
Crossing Gold and Silvers Dottes.
Yor will mint a mass, of brass;
Neither gold nor silver spots
And no Silver Rocks amass.
II you're mixing Rocks and Dottes.
Gold and Silver in one flock.
You will lose the Golden Dottes
And be out the Silver Rocks.
II Free Silver" Rocks you breed
Mating straight your hens and cocks,
Sixteen TO ones the proper creed
To coin tons of Silver Rocks
c. M. b.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
NATURE CURES.
Medicine Helps, of Course, but Faith Is
Powerful Factor.


Powerful Factor.
There's a truth at the basis Of all
this discussion of disease and it's cure
which, despite the fact that it has been
apparent for generations, is still too lit
tie understood by people in general.
In fact, appearances would lead to the
belief that it is not appreciated by all
physicians. 1t is the truth that not
the medicine, but nature. cures the ILL.,.
The most that medicine can do is to
place the patient in a condition most
favorable for, the. work of nature
Here comes in the value of this ele-
ment of faith. 1t is the best possible
help to nature-the firm belief that
you'll get well. 1t may well take the
place of many drugs 1t may in in
stances displace the need of the physi-
clan. Even the surgeon can do no
more. He simply cuts away debris,
puts the body in the best trim he
knows how, adjusts merely mechan-
zeal breaks or displacements and waits
for nature to do the rest. The physi-
clan who pours in an inordinate amount
of drugs thinks he is assisting nature
AS matter of fact, he is sometimes
impeding her. The best physicians, liz
all except extreme cases. use few med
icines, and those as mild as possible
New Haven Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
V. M.Iau~Mk
r e L / GIOU s
A New Health Religion.

A New Health Religion.
In Carnegie hall. New York, last
week was formally launched a new
pseudo scientific movement for the re-
generation of mankind under the lead
ership of Andrew Mcconnell and in
dorsed by the Rev. r. S. Macarthur of
the Calvary Baptist church. Or. Mac
Arthur presided and said 1t was the
beginning Of worldwide religious
movement. Mcconnell told the audi
ence that he had got hold of the
fundamental curative idea by long
study Of his own physical infirmities
after trying all the known systems.
He had found that electricity was the
vital force under the guidance of the
human will. and he was prepared to
teach people how to use this great
principle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Thew Go Tooether

Henry" said the young wife, who
had taken up physical culture, show
do you think l am built?"
"My dear" replied her husband fond
ly, ''you are built like watch"
THANK you, Henry. And, Henry?'
"Well."
Tiff am built like a watch, don't
you think | should have a few jew
els?'
And then Henry frowned and said
the man who compliments woman is
an idiot.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
A Force Proportioned to Its Frame.

The war of 1912 has proved that our
free government, like other free gov
ernments, though slow in its early
movements. acquires in its progress a
force proportional to its frame and
that the Union of these states, the
guardian of the freedom and the safety
of all and of each, is strengthened by
every occasion that puts it to the test.
James Madison.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
GA . TO Z "A.
Bear, ,bs ,lhe Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of &NAzIzM
Tri-Weekly New York Tribune and
The OwossO Times Six
Months for Ninety Cents.

The Times is able to make the
above remarkable offer for limited
period. The New York Tribune is
the great exponent of Republicanism
always fair, ever reliable on political
matters. 1t is also clean, newsy
paper which can be admitted into
any home without the least question.
The regular subscription price of the
Tri-Weekly Tribune is $3.50 per
year. We will accept orders for
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this price. Four papers each week
for six months at cost of but 80
cents. Send orders to this office.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
They Kick Just the Same.

Residents of Chicopee Falls, Mass.
who are patrons of the municipal cleo
trio plant have petitioned council, pro-
testing against the present meter rates
and requesting hearing. Some con-
Eumers complain that their bills have
been doubled since meters were in
stalled.-Municipal Journal and Engi-
mar
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03

rainbow's arc.-Bonar
Luck never manages things just
right" said the irritated one, who dis
likes music. 1T might have been the
other way round, but it wasn't"
what is the trouble now~
"My daughter, who plays the piano.
has a sore throat, and the one who
sings has sore finger"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Not In Her Class.

Mrs. Spenders-I wonder how you'd
like 1t If l ever got new womanish"
and insisted upon wearing mems
clothes. Mr.. Spenders-Oh, l haven't
any fear of you ever doing that. Mems
clothes are never very expensive!-
London Opinion.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Good at Keeping.

"And you call yourself honest, dc
you"
"Sir. keep the commandments"
THAT must be because you've got an
idea that they belong to somebody
else."-Cleveland Leader.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Resented.

"And how did you come to marry
himY
81 didn't come 'to marry him." an
Ewered the womanly little woman in
dignantly; che came to marry me-"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03

That government Is the best which,
while performing all its duties, inter-
fcres the least with the lawful pursuits
Of Its people.-Chef Justice Waite.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03
Badly Fooled.

On April 1 the price of gas supplied
by the municipal plant Of Middleboro,
Mass, was raised from $2.75 to $3.50
q thousand feet.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03

Hewitt knew that fellow when he
had money.
Jewett-I knew him before he was
married too.-New York Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-03

Any skin itching is a temper tester.
The more you scratch the worse it itch
es. Doan's Ointment cures piles, &C.
zema-any skin itching. At all drug
stores
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
ARCHBOLD TO HEARST
Proud If He Helped to Place Nor
risOn or Henderson on Bench.

John y ArchboId Of the Standard Oil Company
asked yesterday whether he had anything TO say
regarding the letters read by William r. Hearst
at the Carnegie Hall meeting Saturday night.
replied:
Il am very sure that until Hearst read the let
ters neither Judge Morrison Judge Hender-
son had any knowledge of my having written Gov
ernor Stone in their behalf. Judge Henderson was
not appointed by Governor Stone % the Supreme
Court. but three years later appointed by Gov
ernor Pennypacker TO a Superior Court judgeShip
If however. any feeble word Of mine could
have Influences in the slightest degree the selec-
ton of those gentlemen for their respective posi-
tons 1 would be very proud Of IT, Their state
has had no better servants than they. and Ger
tainly have never asked Of them any favor of
any kind. either for myself or for the company
with which 4 connected.
My letters General Elkn referring to accom-
panying drafts related entirely to contributions 20
the Republican State Committee. then engaged in
the campaign preliminary to the denomination Of
Mr.. Mckinley. a subject regarding which I think
Hearst would be a little sensitive. for 1t not
the election and tragic death Of Mr. Mckinley
that came near costing Hearst his precious neck?
THE statement regarding Judge Haight Is in
connection with old libel that has been
planned and exploded many times that il would
be simple WEAKNESS to the public to 80 over it
again
THE intimation by Hearst that he has had any
communication from OF from any Of my asso-
ciates in connection with the stolen letters lie
The only favor which l would ask hope
ever to ask of Hearst is that he the
letters handed him by his larCenOus gentleman
friend which written from Japan. relating
TO the fatal Illness OF my daughter in that coun-
try
Mr. Hearst issued a statement last night Mr..
Archbod's interview, in which he said
All the lies that have been told relative TO these
shocking disclosures have been told by the guilty
senders and the secret receivers of those tainted
Standard OIL dollars. Mr. Foraker said that he
had been sent his secret certificates Of deposit for
legal fees in connection with Ohio State legislation.
and thereupOn produced letter from Mr. Arch
bold asking Senator Foraker 10 kill United States
Senate bill introduced by Senator Jones, Of Arkan
sas. Who lied there. Mr.. Archbold7 Mr. ArChbold
says that he sent his secret certificates of dc
post Mr. Elkin then Attorney General now Su-
preme Court justice. IS campaign contributions. A
liar should have better memory. Along with the
very letters inCIOsing the $1,000 of secret Certif
Cntes sent to Mr. Elkin a letter asking him To
Kill an amendment to bill. with no other eN-
PLANTATION than FOR reasons which seem potent q
us
Who is lying there. Mr.. Archb"ld?
Mr. Hearst said he had letters from Mr..
ArChbod's daughter-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
ELKIN MIKES DEFENCE.
Money Has for Cam poign Fund
Legislation Not Referred To.

Pittsburg Oct. 26-Justice J. p Elkin. of the Su-
prerne Court OF Pennsylvania. who up to this time
has made only general denial Of improper rela-
tons with John d. Archbold and the Standard OIL
Company as theoretically charged by William X.
Hearst issued detailed statement tonight. ex-
planning letters and the matters to which they
referred The statement follows. in part:
The evident intention of the publication OF the
four letters read by Mr.. Hearst in which my
appears il support inference that the money
was 4 improperly influence legislation
for other unworthy purpose.
The first Is a letter of introduction TO Ar Twom-
bly, dated September 25. 1899. About that time the
New York Central through its Beech Creek
tOns contemplated. making extensions
home county where. with friends. I in
terested in undeveloped coal lands. We
ious to get some definite information the sub
subject with some Official Of the railroad system.
/ did not personally know any person connected
with the company and asked Mr.. Archbold. whom
l had known since he was a struggling young man
introduction. which was done. AS IL turned
afterpard. | did the letter. Tor the reason
that the desired Information was secured from
other sources. do not know Mr.. TwOmbly per
. sonally and met him.
The next letters dated February ). 1890
and March Is. 1850. respectively. and from these
letters the inference Is attempted to drawn
that the money mentioned therein intended
the defeat OF certain legislation which
deemed objectionable. The Legislature not
in session that year, there were no bills pending
preceding session OF the Legislature mad expired
nine months before these letters written the
members Of the succeeding Legislature had not
been nominated. and those subSeQuently nOmi-
mated not elected until the following Novem-
Der. eight months afterward.
While the drafts mentioned were forwarded
me- they were not intended for my use They were
contributions for political purposes, and we're BY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
CROWD GREETS SHERMAN.
Remarkable Reception at Rochester-Refers
IN Attack on Him

Rochester oct 2S.-Thc last weeks campa iEning
of the Republican esdential nominee. James
S Sherman, begun here tonight amid much
enthusiasm. He reviewed large torchlight parade.
after VI iCh he went to Convention Hail. where a
great audience gave him encouraging welcome.
Judge John NJ. Murphy introduced Mr. Sherman.
who said in part
Il am not hera abuse Nj. Bryan If did l
ought TO he arrested for cruelty to children. He'll
get all that's coming to him November 3. l like
M Bryan and I hope he will live long and pros
There's a lot Of satisfaction in having Bryan run
for the Presidency. because always know eN-
actlv what will happen. If anybody else should
take his place might have TO get out and hustle
beat him
Mr. Sherman briefly referred 10 attack made
on him III a New York newspaper. saying:
Campaigns to-day largely free from villii-
cation and personal abuse, except that which We
find in the yellow journals. So long We have
them with us there will nc a certain amount Of
mud singing They will take an incident with just
n sprinklng OF truth in 1t that cannot char
aCtarizc it wholesale lie but will distort II
that it is almost impossible TO recognize il"
Mr.. Sherman eulogzed Governor Hughes Il
man of great and sincerity and praised his
administration. This part of the candidates ad-
dress was frequently interrupted by tremendous
cheering
Mr.. Sherman predicted the election Of Taft. the
entire Republican ticket and of Governor Hughes
by of the largest popular votes ever cast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
"U7ORKINGMEN BEGG1RS.'
-Four Witnesses Heard Bryan Make
That Remark.

Pittsburg oct N.-That William Jennings Bryan
referred to American workingmen as public beg
gars' in ithe presence o. four witnesses James
Campbell. OF Pittsburg former Pennsylvania fac
tory inspector and president OF the American Win
dow Glass Workers Association, declares he can
prove. In a speech delivered at Keanes Audito-
rum before three thousand Pittsburg wOrkingmen
tonight Campbell reced the history of the incident
when Bryan, then a Congressman, made the re-
mark.
Having heard Bryan say that workingmen are
public beggars' and having read Saturday that
the Democratic National Committee had denied the
story asserting that it originated with William r
Hearst and had been repeated by Secretary Straus,
Mr.. Campbell said he decided to tell American
Workingmen exactly what Bryan did say. The
facts, he said can be vouched for by James A.
Chambers of Fttsburg. who represented the Amer
lean window glass interests, and by Joseph higgins,
OF Millvie. N j. and Charles Bryant, of Anderson,
Ind. They were attending the hearing In 1898 be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee Of Congress,
which had the Wilson tariff bill under considera-
ton. Bryan was member of the committee. Mr.
Campbell said:
l was one of a committee sent by the window
glass Workers to petition the Ways and Means
The Bryan incident occurred after the regular
mittee meeting; therefore II could not be recorded
Chambers encountered Congressman Bryan in the
committee room and they got into a discussion re-
sar,iins the effect that a reduction Of the tariff
would have on laboring men. The converse ton
Ind, and Joseph Higgins. Of Milvie. n. J., mem,
hels of the window glass workers committee, and
who hay" since made affidavit as to the truth of
This statement.
Mr.. Chambers said to Mr.. Bryan that II the tariff
reduced proposed by the bill under Consid
Grafton, he Chambers would have to reduce his
Uur1incmen's wages 80 per
Mir. Bryan said 10 him. You are a robber.
Il then asked Mr. Bryan what the wOrkingnen
We're ana he answered. You are public beggars.
In the campaign Of 1895. in a talk at Elwood.
Ind. T".scatCd what Mr.. Bryan had said. was
challenged by :he chairman OF the Democratic City
Committee OF EwoCd to meet Mr.. Bryan, and made
the statement in his presence after being assured
by the chairman that Mr.. Bryan would meet me
at Anderson. Ind. the next afternoon. where he
was 10 speak | accepted the challenge. but Mr..
BRYAN refused TO meet and face the music.