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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
The Editor on careIessness.

EYES," said the editor as he put his
gum brush into the ink bottle and tried
to paste on a clipping with his pen.
''yes, the great fault Of newspaper con-
tributors Is carelesshess.
Indeed" he continued as he drop
ped the copy he had been writing into
the wastebasket and marked "Edito-
rial" across the corner Of poem enti-
tied "An Ode to Death" contributors
are terribly careless.
"You would be surprised" said he
as he clipped out column Of fashion
notes and labeled them Farm" "to
see the slipshod writing that comes
into the editorial sanctum.
''Misspelled, unpunctuated. written
on both sides of the sheet, illegible, I'm.
grammatical stuff. Contributors are
terribly careless. They are
Just then the Office boy came in with
that dictatorial and autocratic manner
he has and demanded more copy, and
the editor handed him the love letter
he had just written to his sweetheart.
London Globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Shiawassee Arbor Officers.

At the regular semi-monthly meet.
ing Of the Shiawassee Arbor Ancient
Order of Cleaners held in Corunna
Tuesday evening, December 18th the
following officers were elected:
G. G.-Grant Sutton.
V. G. G.-Arthur Mathews.
Chaplain-Theron Kentfield.
Secy. Treas. Fred Brooks.
Conductor-Charles VanOstran.
Lecturer-Mary Kentfield.
1. Civilian Gunderman.
o. Cora Stevens.
onductress-Theada Sutton.
Musician-Edith Schults.
Installing Officer-Geo. Kentfield
Director-Joseph Geek.
Alternate-Louis Sweetland.
All members are requested to
meet at the hall Monday, December
18th for important business.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

admit light and air. There is a ven
tilator on top made by saving of ends
of two roof boards and covering the
hole with a cap so arranged as to leave
openings 3 by II inches on each side
of the roof.
Lumber required; Nine pieces 1 by
II, sixteen feet long, and eleven bat
tens sixteen feet long for roof; five
pieces 1 by II, fourteen feet long, for
ends; one piece 2 by 4, ten feet long,
for ridge; t'Sr pieces 2 by 8, ten feet
long, for plates: seven pieces 2 by 4,
sixteen feet long, for rafters and
braces in frame; three pieces 2 by 6,
eight feet long, for stringers, and four
pieces by ~, sixteen feet long, for
flooring
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Queen CaroIine's Pastime.

Queen Caroline, wife of King George
Nv. of England, with whom she was
on the worst possible terms. Is de-
scribed in 1.-THE Diary Of Lady In
Waiting" written by Lady Charlotte
Bury. The queen seems to have tried
witchcraft on the king. Lady Char
lotte writes on one occasion: after
dinner her royal highness made wax
figure, as usual, and gave it an amia-
BILE addition of large horns, then took
three pins out of her garments and
stuck them through and through and
put the figure to roast and melt at the
fire. If 1t was not too melancholy to
have to do with this. l could have
died Of laughing. She INDUCES in this
amusement whenever there are no
strangers at the table, and some think
her royal highness really has a super
stitious belief that destroying this eff
figy of her husband will bring to pass
the destruction of his royal person.
What silly piece of spite! Yet 1t is
impossible not to laugh when one sees
it done"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSSO. FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1908
LET THEM TRY 1T AND FIND OUT.

In recent editorial under the cap
tion, "Fordney's Nerves Shown
Again." which was a criticism of his
action as member of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House of
Representatives against even reduc-
ing the tariff on lumber, the Detroit
Evening News among other things
said this:
at is a pity the eighth congress
sional district cannot vote sufficiently
intelligently, or that the opposition
cannot find sufficiently strong op-
ponent to Congressman Fordney to
elect someone who would take a
broader view of the needs of the
country. The interests that would
profit by free trade in lumber are so
large and so scattered, and the in
terests that now profit by tariff on
lumber are so narrow and so person.
al, that no congressman can be a
statesman who declines to admit lum-
Der free or at least to reduce the
tariff rates for the good of the whole
people"
Say, Mr.. News man, maybe you
can come up here and dig up some
body who can "do' Congressman
Fordney. Prehaps you had better
take a chance yourself and see what
success you have. Pretty nearly
everybody else has tried it and failed.
The st. Johns News did it's best to
beat him in the primary-and look
what happened, Where the News
circulated it did pretty we'll, but
the balance of the district turned
the trick. The Democrat party tried
to defeat Fordney November Sd with
an alleged strong" man from Ford
ney's own city. The land roller ran
over him and flattened him thinner'n
aFpostage stamp. This has been the
fate of Democrats who have been
against him for the past dozen years.
Now this Evening News man, If
he thinks it can be done, might move
up into the Eighth district and give
Mr.. Fordney a whirl himself. We
don't know who he is nor what he
looks like, hut we'll do all we can
for him, but We are satisfied in adj
vance what he'll look like after he
has taken off the. gloves and is he
unconscious in his corner after the
first round-that'll be all he'll want
and he'll be groggy long before
"time" is called on him.
The Hon. Joseph Fordney says
things and does things to his party
constituents that are really the limit.
but That seems to make no difference
for anybody who thinks the congress-
man is not strong with his party is
hugging a delusion-and when the
opposition defeats him it will be
long in the to-come. 1t may be sad
for those who would like to get in,
but it's true; and the News. admitted
ly always truthful, cannot refrain
from telling the truth in this con-
nection-there is no one who can
beat Joe Fordney for congress
not by 5000 and then some.-St.
Johns News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Maccabee Officers.

The Owosso Maccabee, Wilson
Tent, No 169 elected the following
officers, Monday might:
Past Cons. G. Chavey.
Com. Shaylor.
Lit. CONF. w. Turner.
r. C.-Elmer Brown.
Fin. Keeper-A. j. Barrett.
Chaplain-Gus F. Friegel.
Physician-G. L.. Cramer.
Sargeant-Waldo E. Royce.
M. at A.-Samuel Strehl.
LIST M. of G.-Elmer c. Harmon.
End M. of Erred Aylea.
Sentinel-Milton S. Roe.
Picket-Wm. j. Scott.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

will be astonished to know that the
business of grinding alfalfa hay into
meal has reached the point where
millers organize their business. Baled
alfalfa, according to these millers, is
going out Of the market, while the
ground product has reached an enor-
nous sale.
In the culture of the crop also new
tools and methods are being devised
In the southwest particularly 1t has
been found desirable to work the al
falfa over with some shallow working
tool which will chop up the ground
without cutting off the crop, so as to
prevent its sprouting. A recent bulle-
tin from the Arizona station discusses
this matter. The proper kind of disk
harrow in that country not only
quickens up the growth Of alfalfa and
destroys a large number of weeds, but
also helps destroy many insect enemies
by turning up their eggs so that they
are destroyed. For some time the or
binary disk harrows were used, but a
new tool Is now being operated. In
this tool spikes or teeth like those
used on tooth harrow are fastened
to the disk, so that instead of cutting
the surface, as a disk harrow does.
these teeth chop up and turn over the
surface.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
SlLAGE FOR MILK cows.
Most Profitable Way to Feed This
Valuable Ration.

by NJ A. GOODRICH.
Perhaps there is more benefit derived
from silage by feeding it to milk cows
than by feeding it to any other kind
Of stock. At any rate, it Is used more
and thought more of by dairymen than
by any other class Of farmers.
Cows should never be fed exclusively
on silage. They need some dry forage
to 60 with It, they need variety. Be-
sides this, corn silage is a carbona-
ceous food and needs some more nitrog
enous food to go with it to make a
we'll balanced ration. Abo6if thirty
or at most forty pounds day Of
silage Is as much as should be fed to
each COW. 1t should be fed from the
top Of the silo, taking off about two
inches in depth from the entire sur
face each day, for IL it is long exposed
to the air 1t will be damaged. If the
feeding commences Immediately after
filling the silo-and this is a good way
to do it-there will be no damaged
silage at all. Care should be taken at
each time of feeding to leave the sur
face smooth and even and not pick anG
stir 1t up with the fork, for that will
let In the air and cause damage.
My way is to feed the silage ration
in two feeds, both night and morning.
and 1t is better to feed after milking,
because the peculiar odor Of the silage
might affect the flavor Of the milk.
Cows as well as other stock have n
wonderful liking for silage. and ] be-
lieve much Of the success in feeding it
can be attributed to its palatabllity.
They even prefer It, to certain OK
tent ut least, to fresh cut forage or
good grass In the pasture. J have seen
cows in June when on good pasture
which had been fed silage every day
come to the gate at o'clock In the
to the barn and get silage, which they
would eat greedily and apparently
with great relish have seen the ex-
pertinent tried Of Offering the COWS at
the same time corn cut fresh from the
fields and silage that was put IN tho
year before. Every cow chose Tho
silage and ate that first. It Is true
these COWS had been fed silage every
day all summer. and II may lie the
habit Of eating silage had sometime
to do with their preferring 1t, but they
surely would not have done it IL silage
had not been pretty good feed.
There Is n better and cheaper feed
to supplement short pastures. which
we are almost sure to have every sum-
mer on account of drought or other
causes, than good silage. know some
Of the most successful dairymen in the
country who feed silage every day In
the year. winter az well as summer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
First M. Il. Church Repairs.

Repairs on the First M. E. church
ara practically complete, and the
church is now equipped with heat
Ing plant second to none in the city.
For the last three months workmen
have been busy taking out the ola
heating plant, excavating and Install
ing the new one, which is placed I'M
der the southeast corner of the edi-
fee. A deep excavation was made
and "a new wall built, and the heat
ing plants are placed therein. The
new boiler room also includes large
coal bin with capacity for about
two carloads of coal.
The heating plant itself is divid-
ed into two sections, one of which
will heat the church, and an auxil-
larry boiler takes care of the parlor
and the pastors study which can be
heated Independently of the church
proper
The assembly and ladies' rooms, in
the basement. have also received eA,-
tenSive repairs, being repapered and
the woodwork vanished. Where
the old heating plant was situated, is
a roomy kitchen, containing gas
range, hard and soft water tanks,
and a large steel range. What for
merly was the kitchen is occupied by
the Bpworth League room and room
for little children.
The heating apparatus was INSTALL
ed by John r.. Kelly, the plumber,
under the supervision Of the trus-
tees of the church and the paperins
and painting was done by H. H. Dan
iels, under the direction of the La
dies Aid Society
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
CAN'T DENY IT
If This Had Happened In San Francis.
CO Instead of Owosso. More
Than One Reader Might
Doubt It.

The average man is doubter. This
is not surprising-the public have been
humbugged so frequently they are
skeptic. Proof like the following will
stand investigation. 1t cannot be dis
puted.
George F. Evans, formerly living at
sig Grover St., Owosso, Mich. says: "In
my work in the past, have done much
heavy labor and have been exposed to
the weather which has served to bring
on my kidney trouble. My back ached
great deal and at times sharp pains
would extend to my shoulders. NV
kidneys were much disordered, the Sc
cretions being very frequent and they
forced me TO arise often during the
night and greatly disturbed my rest. A
friend of mine learned of my trouble
and advised me to try Doan's Kidney
Pills. felt relieved from the first, and
continued taking them until 1 had used
the contents of two boxes when | was
cured"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York Sole Agents for the United
States
Remember the ame-Doan sand
take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
INEXPENSIVE HOG COT.
Easy to Build and FulfiIIs All the Re.
quirements.

Easy to Build and FulfIIs All the Re-
quirements.
This convenient hog cot is construct
ed by mailing inch boards on six joists
2 by inches by s feet long for the
floor. Beneath the joists are nailed
three stringers by inches by 8 feet
long, which serve as runners for NOV
ing the house. Next is spiked a piece
by 8 inches o feet inches long at
the ends Of the joists, having the bot
tom Of the by even with the bottom
OF the joist, which will allow 1t to
project above the floor three inches. 1t
will also extend out seven inches at
each end. This by s forms a plate
to which the rafters and roof boards
are nailed. The seven inch extension
Of the plate at the ends supports the
lower corners Of the roof, which other
wise would be easily split off. These
by 8's, besides strengthening the
house, raise the rafters and roof
boards nailed to them at least three
inches of the floor and thereby ma
terially increase the floor space and
the capacity OF the house.
If the house Is to be used In ex-
tremely cold weather an easily manip-
ulated door is necessary. The cut
shows a door two feet wide and two
feet six inches high, made to slide up
and down and held in place by cleats.
1t is suspended by rope which passes
through pulley at the top and is
fastened to a cleat at the side near
the roof. The cut also shows two iron
eyes, bolted into the front joist of the
building, to which the hitch is made
when the building Is moved.
A rear door, Identical in size with
the front door, Is held in place by
cleats nailed across it on the inside
and by buttons fastened on the out
side. This door is not opened regular
ly, but provides ventilation in sum-
mer and aids in handling sows at far
rowing time. Above the rear door Is
a small sliding door by II inches to
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu
tioual remedies Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition OF the mucous lining OF The
Eustschian Tube. When this tube is ipfiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when 1t Is entirely closed, deafness Is
the result, ard unless the Inflammation can be
gaken out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh
which Is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
abe mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fer any
ease of deafness (caused BIZ catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Officers Elected.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Corunna Avenue M. e. church met at
the home OF Rev. p. b. Hoyt We'd
nesday afternoon and elected the fol-
lowing officers:
Pres.-Mrs. Frank Hale.
Vice-Pres.-Mrs. North.
Secy.-Mrs. Allie Thompson.
Asst. Secy.-Mrs. ID. Richards.
Treas.-Mrs. II. Harmon.
After the business was transacted
Mrs. Hoyt and daughter, Miss Edith
served a delicious lunch which was
enjoyed by all.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
Our Old Friends Arc the Best.

Because they have stood the test of
time and are known to be reliable. DIR.
Herrick's Sugar Coated Pills have been
used by three generations. They will
cure liver complaint, sick headache,
bowel troubles and colds. They purify
the blood TRY them-25c per box. Ask
for free sample.
Sold by JoLEson & Son and Sprague
&c Co.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

Bradley Gilman, classmate of Pres
ident Roosevelt at Harvard, has written
story of adventure in Egypt called
"a Son of the Desert" which will be
published serially in st. Nicholas in
1909. A young American lad is the
leading character; and the narrative
has, among other incidents of stirring
interest, an account of a terrific sand
storm, and capture by brigands who
are outwitted by an explosion of dyna-
mite, and subterranean escape.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

The soothing spray of Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm, used in an atomizsr, is an
unspeakable relief to suffers from Ca
tarrh. Some of them describe it as a
Godsend, and no wonder. The thick,
foul discharge is dislodged and the
patient breathes freely, perhaps for the
first time in weeks. Liquid Cream
Balm contains all the healing. purify
ing elements of the solid form. and it
never fails to satisfy. Sold by all drug.
gists for 75c.. including spraying tube,
or mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren st.,
New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
You Must Have

Something in the way of condition
powder for your stock, and why use
any other when you can buy Harvells
for CSC per package. the standard for
sixty years. Harvells Condition Pow
ders have established a world wide
reputation as being the best on the
market for horses, hogs, cattle, sheep
and poultry Absolutely no waste and
full weight packages.
aold by johnson & Son and Sprague
n Co.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

Rev. M.DeVoist and wife left We'd
nesday morning for a ten days visit
at Coopersville, Grand Rapids and
Lowell. Rev. DeVois'ts mother and
Mrs. DeVoist's father are each in the
s2nd year and both will be visited
on this trip.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18
CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the n NH"
Signature of C<<AZv HZ<CE<z<
An Alfalfa Harrow,

The culture Of alfalfa has now
reached the point in this country where
1t Is creating new lines Of industry
aside from the growth of the crop. A
convention of alfalfa millers was re-
Gently held in Kansas. Many people
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-12-18

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia Il. PiHkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1856 Lawrence
ST., Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
~ was practically an invalid for six
years, on account of female troubles.
underwent an operation by the
| doctors advice, but in a few months
was worse than before. A friend adj
vised Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
health, such as have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
/ did with backache, bearing-down
| pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia e. Pinl1ham's Vegetable
Compound"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacema hts, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pa;"s, backache, that bear
ihg-down fee ing, flatulency, indiges.
ton, diZzine. 0rnervous prostration.
Why don't y Il try it?
Mrs. PinL nam invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Have YOU PAID your SUBSCRIP-
TON to THE TINES for 1908?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-24
rain FALLS in
EASTERN STATES
II Is Expected TO Extinguish
the Forest Fires Weather
Bureau Chief Roasts Rain
Making Fakirs

Z zs5E d. ~ rE Et 80 ~. +
Washington, D. C., Oct. 23.-In
statement today Willis L. Moore.
chief of the weather bureau. says
that rain is now falling in a mum
Der of states south and west of New
York in sufficient quantities to ex-
tinguish forest fires. s e s.es 81
Professor Moore points out that all
efforts Of an artificial nature to
cause rain are but zone of the worst
forms Of char1atanism," and that
scientists the world over condemn
in the strongest terms the efforts
Of those who are taking advantage
of public necessity for the purpose
of exploiting themselves or securing
pecuniary gain z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-24
!. THOSE lAPS|
Take Original Means Of
Showing Their Good viii il
to America and Her Naval
Officers (.

Yokohama; Jassn, Oct. 23.-The
scene on board t. stIeship Mikado
last night during el Exception 10, the
American naval OFFICERS Was one Of.
unqualified enthusiasm. I'd Is 5, AZ
1 Toward the close of the reception
at a collation. on the after deck of the
battleship CAPTAIN Okada drank the
health of Ambassador o'Brien. Then
followed demonstration that will be
long remembered by the Americans.
The japanese admiraas and captains
raised Ambassador o'Brien on their
shoulders and marched around the
deck with him, everybody on board
wildly cheering. The same perfor~
nance was repeated with Rear Admit
raj Sperry and each of the other
American admirals present.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-24
SD Wedding !.
Anniversary
MIR. and Mrs. j. Arndt, of Wayne,
III. have celebrated their SD 4
w wedding anniversary. and
both say they feel as
strong and active as ii Y
they did twenty. ~
five years ago. /,

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