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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
Byron.

Mrs John Tyler of Clinton County, is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shouts - Sylvester Wolverton and
wife went to Williamson last week
to engage house to move into in the
fall, in order to be nearer his farm
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hale, of Howell,
were guests of John Graham and wife,
Sunday - Highway commissioner
Eddy attended the good roads conven-
ton at Grand Rapids, Wednesday and
Thursday-Mrs VIM. Betterley and
Mrs. H. Mcqueen visited Mrs G. Nc
Queen in Ann Arbor, where she is
being treated for her eyesight; there is
danger of her becoming blind-Mrs.
M. E. Knapp of Fenton is visiting Mrs
DR.. Ruggles-Mrs E. X. Jenkins of
Chicago is visiting Mrs A. II. Taggart
Mrs. Fred Bemis is seriously i'll,
having suffered a stroke of appoplexy
Monday night. Her father is also sick
in the house, and as he has been sick
about three months it is thought the
increased duties devolving upon her
may have caused the attack - Miss
Minnie Cantrell fell and broke her hip
while engaged about her household
duties. She was the sole dependence of
her aged father who was injured about
two years ago by an engine at Durand.
He is still unable to walk and gets
around in a wheel chair-Mr w. 4.
Royce of Ann Arbor died Monday
morning. He was formerly resident
of Byron, where his wife died six years
ago. The body was brought to Byron,
"wednesday. Funeral at the M. E.
church, of which he was a consistent
member good many years. At the
funeral services Rev. A. g. Stalker of
Ann Arbor officiated, assisted by Rev.
Samuel Graves. jaw d. Royce of Co.
runna and W. d Royce and wife of
Ann Arbor were here to attend the
funeral.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

all the ten dollar bills.
CogCs-Td prefer to have my hands
on them. Harvard Lamnoon.
Authorship very happy In my
married life. find my husband such
q help. Friend-Indeed! Does ne cook
or write?-Fliegende Blatter.
Investor-When will the company be
on its own feet again?
Receiver-When it is out of my
hands.-EIarpcr's Weekly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

Many ills come from impure blood
Can't have pure blood with faulty diges-
ton. lazy liver and sluggish bowels.
Burdock bitters strengthens stomach.
bowels and liver, and purifies the blood.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
MuSkOka Lake District

Date of sale, Aug. Goth, 1908.
Return limit, Sept. 3rd, 1908.
Fare for round trip:
Muskoka Wharf, Ont, $500.
Penetang, Ont, $500.
Temagami,. Ont, S7.25.
New Liskeard, Ont, $7.75.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
SpsclaI Excursions to the Lake Huron
Resorts in Canada, Reached Only
Via the Grand Trunk Ra l.
MAN Cuxtan,
way System

Extremely low fares to Goderich,
Kincardine, Pit Elgin and Southampton
and return on all trains July Both. Re-
turn limit August 10th, 1908. For fares
and further information consult local
agent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

Doan's Regulets cures constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any weak
ening effect. Ask your druggist for
them,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
What Roosevelt Has Done.

TIC SOuhllS'
What Roosevelt Has Done.
The man who formulated the express
sion of the popular conscience and who
led the movement for practical reform
was Theodore Roosevelt. He laid
down the doctrine that the rich violator
Of the law should be as amenabe TO
restraint and punishment as the Of
| fender without wealth and without in
| fluence, and he proceeded by recon-
| mending legislation and directing OK
ecutive action to make that principle
good in actual performance.
President Roosevelt directed suits to
be brought and prosecutions to be in
stituted under the antitrust law, to en-
force its provisions against the most
powerful Of the industrial corporations.
He pressed to passage the pure food
law and the meat inspection law in the
interest of the health of the public,
clean business methods and great ulti.
mate benefit to the trades themselves.
He recommended the passage of law,
which the Republican convention has
since specifically approved, restricting
the future issue Of stocks and bonds by
interstate railways to such as may be
authorized by Federal authority.
Chief Function of Next Administration
The chief function of the next Adj
ministration, in my judgment, is dis
tinct from, and progressive develop
ment of that which has been performed
by President Roosevelt. The chief
function Of the next Administration Is
to complete and perfect the machinery
by which these standards may be MAIN
tained by which the lawbreakers may
be promptly restrained and punished,
but which shall operate with sufficient
accuracy and dispatch to interfere with
legitimate business as little as possible.
Such machinery is not now adequate.
Physical Valuation of Railways.
Some of the suggestions of the Demo
! cratic platform relate really to this
subordinate and ancillary machinery
to which have referred. Take for In
stance the so-called physical valuation
Of railways" 1t is clear that the sum
of all rates or receipts of railway.
less proper expenses. should be limited
to a fair profit upon the reasonable
value Of its property, and that if the
sum exceeds this measure, it ought to
be reduced. The difficulty in enforcing
the principle is In ascertaining what Is
the reasonable value of the company's
property, and in fixing what is fair
profit. 1t Is clear that the physical
value of q railroad and its plant is an
element to be given weight In deter
mining its full value; but as President
Roosevelt In his Indianapolis speech
and the Supreme Court have in effect
pointed ont, the value of the railroad
as q going concern, including its good
will, due to efficiency of service and
many other circumstances, may be
much greater than the value of its tan
gible property, and IL is the former that
measures the investment on which
fair profit must be allowed. Then, too.
the question what is fair profit is one
involving not only the rate of interest
usually earned on normally safe invest.
ments, but also a sufficient allowance
to make up for the risk of loss boil,
of capital and interest in the original
outlay. These considerations will have
CONTINUED on page 81
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

Itching, torturing skin eruption,
disfigure, annoy, drive one wild. Doan' s
Ointment brings quick relief and cures
Fifty cents at any drug store
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

Than by Amendment to the Ccnsti-
tution-Rights of Both Organized
and Unoreanized Labor Should Be
Impartially Upheld.
Senator Warner and Gentlemen Of
the Committee; | am deeply sensible
of the honor which the Republican Ma
tional Convention has conferred on me
in the nomination which you formally
tender. | accept it with full apprecia-
ton of the responsibility it imposes.
Gentlemen, the strength of the Re-
publican cause In the campaign at
hand Is in the fact that we represent
the policies essential to the reform of
known abuses, to the continuance of
liberty and true prosperity. and that
we are determined. as our platform un-
eQuivocally declares, to maintain them
and carry them on. For more than ten
years this country passed through tn
epoch of material development far be-
yond any that ever occurred in the
world before. In its course, certain
evils crept in. Some prominent and in
fluential members of the community
spurred by financial success and in
their hurry for greater wealth, became
unmindful of the common rules Of
business honesty and fidelity and Of
the limitations imposed by law upon
their action. This became known. The
revelations of the breaches of trust,
the disclosures as to rebates and dis.
examinations by railways, the accumu-
lating evidence of the violation Of the
antitrust law by a number of corpora
tons, the overissue of stocks and bonds
on interstate railways for the unlawful
enriching of directors and for the pur-
pose of concentrating control of rail-
ways in one management, all quick
ened the conscience of the people, and
brought on moral awakening among
them that BODIED well for the future Of
the country.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

For any pain from top to toe. from
any cause, apply DR.. Thomas Electric
oil. Pain can't stay where it is used.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31
TAFT OUTLINES
PARTY POLICIES
Acceptance Speech Keynote Of
Campaign.
HIGH PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.

Republican Candidate Rebukes Cppo-
sition's Stand on Philippine Inde-
pendence-Promises Steps Toward
Tariff Reform Immediately After In
auguration If Eleeted-EeIievcs In
Income Tax by Statutory Law If
Necessary For Revenues Rather
Than by Amendment to the Consti-
tution-Rishts of Both Organizes
and Unoreanized Labor Should Be
lmpartially Upheld.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-07-31

CONTINUED on page 81
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

w whereas, IN pursuance to an ordinance
OF the Police Jury Of Bossier Parish,
La, an election held in the additional
portion of special School District No. 7,
(created by the School Board of Bossier
Parish, July 8, 1909 for the purpose Of
ascertaining the sense of the taxpayers
of said addition to District No. on the
question of levying special tax of 5
mills on the dollar of the assessed value
of the property in said annex, for period
of six years, beginning with and includ-
ing the year 1903, Tor the purpose of
and building and repairing school houses,
at which election the said property tax
payers of said district voted in number
and amount for the said special school
tax OF 3 mills for six years, beginning
with the year 1908, by vote of 4 and
S3175 worth of property, therefore,
Be it ordained, by the Police Jury in
special session convened, That special
tax of 5 mills on the dollar OF the assessed
value Of property in the additional por-
tion of Special School District No. I, as
established by law June 8, 1908, Begin
ming at the southeast corner of section
36, township Is north, range II west,
Louisiana Meridian, and running North
to the northeast corner of section 36,
township 10 north, range II west, Lou
isiana Meridian, thence west to the east
bank OF Red Chute Bayou; thence south
following the meanderings of the east
bank OF said bayou to the south boundary
line OF township Is north, thence east to
the point OF beginning, is hereby levied
for period Of six years, beginning with
and including the year 1908 and ending
with the year 1911.
J. w. ELSTON,
President Police Jury.
r r HUJ Clerk
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Gossip is Suicide.
+ Shreveport Journal. |


All of us waste a world of vital
ity in chatter that is worse than
idle. That is, most of us do
particularly women. So doa great
many men. Perhaps all are guilty
to some extent.
The tendency to talk much about
little is widespread. 1t prevails
in all social grades, good, bad
and Indifferent, from the parlors
of the richest to the tenements OF
the poorest.
The very commonness of petty
gossip blinds us to its senseless-
ness. We are so familiar with it,
encountering it at every turn and
we take no note of it. We have
become hardened to it, habituated
/ to it, and keep it up as uncon-
sciously as we keep up breating,
by involuntary action.
Yet it is the greatest obstacle OF
our day TO mental and moral de-
velopment. 1t shrivels the mind,
destroys the right perspective in
its outlook, fritters away the ener-
gies, wastes time, distorts ideals
and holds the aspirations down to
the dead level of commonplace.
People gossip only when they
are mentally unable to take part
in the discussion of subjects OF
real Importance. Gossip and
trivial, spiteful talk are sure indi-
cations of vacant, untutored and
unaspiring mind that holds one as
a miserable prisoner in a meanly
narrow cell.
All the wealth in the world could
not make such a gossip rich, for
the soul of things beautiful is dead
within him. The happiest envi-
ronments cannot make him happy.
for the spirit of true enjoyment is
a stranger to him.
Gossip is suicide by which one
kills the best capabilities of the
mind and heart. Physical self
destruction tears the soul from the
body; but the suicide of gossip
shrinks and warps and shrivels
the soul until none is left.
1t is entirely a matter of habit
1t may be cured by living up to a
keen realization that all mental
development comes of serious
thought and wholesome activity
The mind that will determine tc
look upward and strive upward
will soon learn to despise the
petty frivolties of life that form
the subjects of gossip.
That mind will soon grow ac-
customed to talk less about the
appearance of things and to think
more about the reality of them,
1t will soon find itself grasping ar
appreciation of the virtues OF
people instead of fondly feasting
over the faults of them.
AS wholesome thoughts grow in
the mind the gossip insects will
take flight.
The gain is richly worth the
effort. And the effort is not as
hard as it looks.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Department OF the Interior,
L. >. Land Office at Natchitoches La
July &c. 1857
NOTICE is hereby given that James
~ A. Campbell, of Plain Dealing, La,
who, On July q, 1904, made Homestead
Entry No. 10, 456 (serial No. Old for
the north half of northwest quarter and
southwest quarter of northwest quarter
OF section :}3 and northeast quarter of
northeast quarter OF section -, township
23 north, range i3 west, Louisiana Meri-
dian, has filed notice OF intention to
make final communication proof. to estab-
lish claim to the land above described,
before B. A. Kelly, Clerk OF Court, at
Benton, La, On the 10th dayo Septem-
ber 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses. J. A.
Ford, A. Smith, K. Jefferson and D.
Williams, all of Plain Dealing, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July 80, 1908. septa
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Timber and Stone Entry.

Department OF the Interior,
L. 5. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
June Is, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that Calvin
~ A. Carlisle of Ivan, Bossier Parish,
La, who, on June 8, 1903, made Timber
and Stone Entry No. =, for the north
west quarter OF northwest quarter OF Sec
ton IL, township q north, range 12 west,
Louisiana Meridian, has filed notice OF
intention to make final timber and stone
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Register and
Receiver, at Natchitoches, La, on the
18th day of September, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: w. w.
Gryder, w. D. Johnston, J. S. Burks
and w. j. Bounds, all of Ivan, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July 9, 1908. sept 10
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Homestead Entry No. IG,04:}.
r. B. HILL, Clerk.

Department of the Interior
L. s. Land Office at Natchitoches. La
July 1G, 1905.
NOTICE is hereby given that William
! A. Giles, OF Emma, La, who, on
May 26, 1903, made Homestead Entry
No. 1908 (serial No. 49) for the south
west quarter of southwest quarter of
section s, north half of northwest quar-
ter and southeast quarter of northwest
quarter OF section II, township 90 north,
range II west, Louisiana Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make final
five year proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before B. A. Kelly,
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
9th day OF September, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: WI.
Johnston, OF Emma, La, and J. F. Kill
gore, G. E. Rogers and A. Anderson, of
Plain Dealing, La, r. F. D. No. /.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
july so. 1908. sen+
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Succession Sale.
Succession Of L. B. Filson, deceased.
In District Tnn,f Rneosor D,.soh r.

Succession Of L. B. Filson, deceased.
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La,
RY virtue OF an order of sale to me directed
from the Honorable District Court in and fol-
the Parish of Bossier, La. will, on Wednesday
sept. 2, l90s at the Court House. in the town
of Benton, La. within the legal hours for sales
proceed to sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, the following described prop
erty, to-Wit:
lEe southwest quarter of southwest quarter OF
section u, northwest quarter OF northwest quar-
ter and west half OF southwes. quarter of north
west quarter Of section 26, township 20, range I3
containing 100 acres, more or less. Also one old
trunk containing some old clothing.
Terms CT Saie-Cash, if the appraisement OF
tWo-thirds thereof be bid, else on credit OF
twelve months, according to law
WILLIAM WILLIS, Administrator
Benton, La, August ID, 1908. 3t
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
August 20, 1908. sept ?.
for Administration.

Application for Administration,
In District Court, Bossier Parish, La.
NOTICE is hereby given that j. F.
~ Edwards has this day filed his ap-
plication to be appointed administrator
OF the succession Of Charles w. Edwards,
deceased. Now, this is to admonish ali
persons concerned, that if opposition be
not made thereto within the time pre-
scribed by law, the said applicant will
be appointed administrator of said sue
cession as prayed for.
Given under my official signature and
seal OF Office, at Benton, La, on this,
the 9th day of August, 1903.
B. A. KELLY,
n27-3t Clerk District Court.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

New Orleans States: The story
of Wirz' tragic fate now belongs to
the history the country, and con-
stltutes one of it's blacklist chap
ters. Not only was he a martyr,
but his was heroic death even
though his life was taken on the
scatfold, because that life would
have been spared had he consent
ed to testify that President Jeffer-
son Davis was responsible for all
the horrors of Andersonville. But
Wirz was a gallant soldier and
gentleman and he preferred death
hundred times to the acceptance
of an Infamous proposition which
would have caused him to blacken
with a foul lie the name and fame
OF his commander-in-chief. So
Wirz died on the gallows and we
regret to say that it is not to the
credit OF the Southern people that
they have been tardy in doing
justice to and honoring the men,
ory of this martyr to their cause.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Announcements.


We are at horized TO announce Mr. j. II.
BELCIIER as a candidate for member OF the
School Beard from ward two, subject to the
action OF ht Democratic party.
We ar authorized to announce Mr.. J. NJ
HENDERSON as candidate for member OF the
School Board from ward five, subject to the
action Of the Democratic party.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Within sight Of Hampton, Va,
there are about 1850 acres of
oyster beds under cultivation, and
three Hampton dealers ship off
more than 100000 gallons of oys-
tiers yearly.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

In an address to the National
Editorial Association at st. Paul,
Mimi, last week, Mr.. John A.
Sleicher, editor of Leslie's Week.
ly, said in part:
sit has been said that this is a
time of many books and little lit
erature. 1t might be added that
this is an age of many newspapers
and little news. What do the
voluminous Sunday newspapers
give to uplift humanity? They
give just what the public seems
to crave-pages of filthy court
proceedings, frivolities of fashion,
piquant and often painful person
alities, muck -raking attacks on
men in public and private life,
exposures of the degradations of
the slums, imaginings of the alb
surd and the impossible, with little
poetry, religion or sentiment, and
no attempt to uplift or refine.
SO the most remarkable relig-
lous gathering in many years, the
quadrennial conference of one of
the largest denominations in the
world, held in Baltimore last Nav,
received less attention from the
newspapers than contemporaries
Gus prize fights and horse races"
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Lord Melbourne: In politics
you may serve the cause OF wis
dom and justice better by remain
ing with those to whom you have
attached yourself, even after you
disapproye much Of their conduct
and prefer that Of their adyer-
saries, than by leaving them.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Matthews (Va.) Journal: The
repeal of the S29. 100000 fine is a
typical result of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration-lots of smoke and
very little fire. To judge from
the language used by this war
like gentleman shortly after his
election the trusts would have
been kindling wood by now, but
from the last report they seem to
be pretty solid chunks.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
H. H. MONTGOMERY,
Notary Public.

State Of Louisiana, | hereby certify
Parish Of Bossier. that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct copy
OF the original actas the same now ap-
pears on file in this Office, duly recorded
in Mortgages, volume r, page ST., on
the 18th day of July, A. D. 1908.
Given under my hand and seal,
officially, in the town of Benton, La, on
this, the 18th day of July, A. D. 1908.
B. A. KELLY.
22-27 Clerk and ex-officio Recorder.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Department of the Interior
U. ): Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
August Is, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that John
~ Carter, of Bellevue, La, who, on
September 13, 1901, made Homestead
Entry No. 9165 (O1O4j for lots 9, 10, Is
and 16 OF section 30, township 20 north,
range II west, Louisiana Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make final
i've year proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before B. A. Kelly,
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
9th day of October, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. M.
Simmons, c. Jones, VIM. G. Faircloth
and L. c. Biggs, all of Bellevue, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
A O0 fOOS
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

Better less news and real
news; better news day late than
a day earlier and wrong" said
John A. Sleicher before the Ma
tional Editorial Association at St.
Paul last week.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
West Feliciana True Democrat :

West Feliciana True Democrat: {:
A number Of Louisiana papers
speak with unqualified disappro-
val of the class of immigrants
that the State officials are bring
ing in. The sugar planters de-
mand cheap labor, regardless Of
all other considerations and the
immigration Bureau is supplying
it with like conditions. Better no
immigrants at all than bad immi-
grants.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

A lone highwayman held up
seven stage coaches in Yellow
stone Park, securing $4,000 from
the passengers and escaping.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27

New Orleans Picayune: The
difficulty of securing the punish
ment Of criminals OF whose guilt
no doubt whatever exists, but who
are set free, or whose case is ex-
traordinarily delayed because OF
some mere technical defect in the
pleading, has gone on to such an
extent to thwart justice that few
persons have any fea' Of the law,
if they want to commit a crime,
and the effect is SO demoralizing
upon the people at large that there
is on every hand growing dis
respect for what should be held
in reverence.
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Homestead Entry No. 1O,O:}7.

Homestead Entry No. 1O,O:S7.
Department of the interior, ),
Z. S. Land Once at Natchitoches, La
July IL, 1905
~ E. Collie, of Plain Dealing, La,
r. F. D. No. |, who, on May Is, 1903,
made Homestead Entry No. 1O,OS (se-
rial No. O-5O) for the ne of swla, se1a
of swl4 and swl4 of se14 of sec. I, tp. %
north, rng. II west, La. Mer., has filed
notice of intention to make final five
year proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before B. A. Kelly
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
9th day OF September, 1908,
Claimant names as witnesses: W.. J.
Johnston, Of Emma, La, and J. F. Kill
gore, G. E. Rogers and A. Anderson, Of
Plain Dealing, La, r. F. d. No. 1.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July 80, 1908. septs
The Bossier banner., 1908-08-27
Homestead Entry No. D{iS7.

Homestead Entry No. !b6S7.
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office at Natchitoches, La,
July is, 1903.
NOTICE is hereby given that Morgan
~ E. James, of Koran, La, who, on
August IA, 1902, made Homestead Entry
No. 96S7 (serial No. O-46) for lots 4 and
5, section 80, township is north, range
10 west, Louisiana Meridian, has filed
notice Of intention to make final five
year proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before B. A. Kelly,
Clerk OF Court, at Benton, La, on the
Sth day of September, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. w.
Houston, of Atkins, La, and J. F. Rey-
mold, F. M. Peas and J. H. Sibley, of
Koran, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
July 80, 1908. septa