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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Court Notes.

Roy Cheal's examination was again
postponed.last Friday until today.
The examination of Lyman Dunning
was again continued from last Monday
! to next Monday after hearing fifteen
witnesses.
Mrs. Emma Moody has begun suit
against Fred butcher for trespass,
claiming he drove over her property
after being warned not to do so. Dutch
or says he was in hurry to get doc
tor and the snow prevented his driv.
in the road. The parties live at Hog
Island"
Frank OConnor will contest the will
Of his father, the late Francis o Connor,
Of Owosso, because he was given but 81
the balance of the personal estate being
divided between his daughters, Mrs.
Katherine Stack and Mrs. Mary Ann
Emmett and the real estate given to
Mrs. Stack. Frank claims incompetent
cy on the part of his father. While the
defense will be that the plaintiff had
his share of the estate while the father
was living.
A decree to remove a cloud from a
title has been given Byron Blank, ct al,
of Bennington against Joel North, on
evidence presented by Bush & Bush,
his attorneys.
1t is probable George Blanchard and
Roy Depue, charged with stealing
beans from the Barrett elevator will be
bound over to the circuit court when
the case comes up for final hearing in
the municipal court on March 20.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13

value of improved land $11, 1,074,S20.
Approximate number of acres OF sTx"
ar beets grown 5000 to 5000
Shiawassee county has 3,76S farTNx
with a total acreage of 334 ,894,0r a.
value of improved land Of $S,941, ,4S@-
Approximate number of acres of sig;
ar beets grown, 5000 to 5000.
Gratiot county has 4,5S7 farns
with a total acreage of 322,652, pr,G
value of improved land of $7,911, ,4SG-
Approximate number of acres sE
sugar beets grown, 5000 to 7,00e-
From the above statement We sae
that Macomb county should raise Mz
many beets as any of the other CONN
ties, and if the same energy was spent
with inducements offered to our farzs--
ers, we certainly would be greatly
benefit by the expending of large
amounts of money near home far
beets.
From statement published Il
short time ago, we see that the MI,
Clemens Sugar Company closed the,
fifth campaign and ground 5s,7SF
tons of beets, paying the farmers t&s'
large sum of $325,S20, or sUgxz
per cent equal to 14.S, or $5.4E Her
ton. If instead of the farmers 08
Canada and Ohio being paid thiN
large sum, it was circulated neaZ
home, the, sugar company would ar
one of the most desirable manufaeS
turers in the county; but as they pag
out nearly all the money in distant
localities, Macomb county has httlg
or no benefit by reason of the facEDgt
being located in Macomb county.
We find the Owosso company has
secured nearly 500 acres in Bsd
around our locality, and we certaiufT
hope they will be instrumental in sz4-'
curing as many more, as we ali EsSM
the money that used to be circula1s1
in this district when lots of hesssE
were raised.
One prominent farmer says if he az
sure Of $500 a ton and can unlUaG
his crop when the roads are gc0ta.
it is better than his beets have esgr'
dNeTdSeu Hlln dJ OuI HOllc tOlhsS
and he has raised beets for nEm-
ber of years.
The furnishing of labor by TIM
Owosso company is certainly g0wa
plan and removes great buraf%
from the farmers, as at that tszxsg
they are very busy with their otfgr
crops Let us put our shoulders Azs-
gether and urge the raising of bes,S.
as it is certainly a shame that WITH s.
factory located in our home distrsrf
as our home factory is, so few barEs
are raised in our home district. Wy
know that Canada or Ohio ca1scNa
offer any better inducements than vT
can and If the sugar company woGld
make a close and hard canvass m
Owosso is making, large amoEsts
OF beets can be secured. We undsE~-
stand the Owosso company are forena
to work in this district from tHv
strong competition of our home Uoxt-
pany around their factory and vc
certainly wish them good success fE
they can develope this locality GSsaS
to where it was in raising beaL.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Real Estate Transfers

NJ. Russell to G. Herrick and wife
lot 4, blk 5, Russells I'd ad, Durand
500.
E. Babcock to II. Hartman, part
Sc "a sec IS, Caledonia, $1,000.
]. Miller to w. Colby, part lot l
blk /, Strubers sub div, Owosso,
$3.50.
A. Bliss to A. Bliss, part ne a, sec
8. Rush, $1,400
0. Launstein to r. Crawford, VIZ
nwA sec 27, Owosso, $4,000.
0. Bolton to J. Batcheldor and
wife, part of nwA, sec 5, Rush,
$2,7OO.
T. Rice to L. Bowles, lot ~, blk
3S, A. L. Williams add, Owosso,
$2,4O0.
G.. Stewart to ]. Thomas and wife,
part neA and part nwA, sec 20,
Oyosso, $500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Auction Sales.

Having sold his farm, Oliver c. Laun'
stein will sell at auction on the farm
one and half miles south of the five
corners in Owosso township, on Friday,
March Goth, beginning at 8 o'clock, a
pair of horses, nine cows, a Holstein
bull, farm tools of all descriptions, fod.
der, household goods, etc. The list is
an unusually long one and no doubt
many bargains will be secured by pur.
chasers. Lunch at noon. Usual terms,
eight months time,
r. {. Shepard will hold an auction
at his farm in Owosso township on
March Esd, selling live stock and farm
implements.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13


Engene Hartenstein, for the past
few months division Superintendent
OF the Ann Arbor Railroad, with
headquarters at Owosso, has resigned
his position. He went to Toledo
Wednesday to confer yith the officials
and is expected back the latter part
of the week. His successor has not
been chosen.
Their many friends were much sur
prised to learn of the wedding of
Miss Bertha Linstead and George
Fuller, the ceremony taking place
Wednesday night at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Linstead, of Ryan street. Rev. Spat-
helf, of ST. Johannis Evangelical
church officiated. Owing to the re-
cent death of the brides sister, Mrs
Clarence Buchanan, the affair was
quiet and only the~near relatives OF
the contracting parties were in at
tendence. After the ceremony, an
elegant and bountiful wedding dinner
was served.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
SAGINAW COUNTY UNANIMOUS
LY ELECTS A FoRDNEY
DELEGATION
To the District Convention-Not Sin
gle Delegate Opposed to Such Ac-
Observation-Disclosures Of Pres. Roose-
welt Endorsed and Congressman
Fordney Congratulated on His Ap-
pointment to Ways and Means
Committee.


With 225 delee ates in attendance, th'
republicans of Saginaw county helt
yesterday one of the most harmonioui
and enthusiastic conventions in the his
tory of the party. From the moment
Cong. Fordney was sintroduced as tenn
porary chairman until adjournment
complete harmony marked every &C
tion. In his remarks Mr.. Fordney re
viewed business conditions in the coun
ty today and at various other periods,
taking stand against lowering the
tariff, against reciprocity with Canada
and against any tariff legislation that
will operate against American manu-
facturers and American labor His
plea Is not for tariff revision down
wards, but rather for such revision up
wards as will give American markets to
American products, reduce imports OF
articles that can be produced in Amer
ica and reduce American imports of raw
materials that can be produced at home,
thus bene6tting American farmers and
the workers in Americas factories.
In closing Mr.. Fordney said:
with Speaker Cannon in the race
for the presidential nomination, l dc
not hesitate to say that Cannon is en-
phatically my first choice and has been
from the start. At the same time, If
Mr.. Taft or any other good republican
is the choice of the majority of the dele
gates will as earnestly and as actively
work for his election as if Mr.. Cannon
were the nominee do not want any
body to misunderstood my position"
Great applause greeted this frank
statement by Mr.. Fordney, which was
the sole reference to the presidetial
nomination during the convention.
The election of delegates was by ac-
clamation, the same gentlemen who
represented the county in the district
convention in October being reelected
and FIVE additional gentlemen named
to complete the number of delegates to
which the county is entitled under the
new apportionment. Every one of
these men are warm personal friends of
Mr. Fordney and will support him in
the district convention for delegate to
the national convention.
The resolutions adopted endorse "the
manner in which Theodore Roosevelt
is carrying out the declarations and
promises made by the party" endorse
the cardinal principles of protection
and sound money, oppose free trade
with the Philippine Islanda and favor
a repeal of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty; give hearty approval to the lib
eral treatment of the members. of the
Grand Army of the Republic by con-
gress; and congratulate Congressman
Fordney upon his elevation to the
committee on ways and means in the
national house of representatives, and
and we wish him continued success"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
CONGRESSMAN FoRDNEY
Will Again Win Approval Of the
People.
From the Bancroft Commercial.

From the Bancroft Commercial.
years ago, when the people from one
end of Michigan to the other were
shouting the praises of Congressman
Fordney- Sugar Beet" Joe was the
whole thing. And Why? Simply
because he had formed an opinion on
one of the leading questions of the
day, question vitality affecting one
of the great commercial industries OF
Michigan and, believing that he was
in the right he refused to be shaken
in that opinion. Against eloquent
and heated arguments, threats and
attempted coercion of all kinds he
stood firm as a rock until the ques-
ton was settled and Michigan's in
terests out of danger. Then it was
seen that Fordney had been in the
right all along and he received the
plaudits of the whole people as a
stand patter."
But 10, change has come over the
spirit of the peoples dreams. Again
Fordney has formed an opinion, has
dared to assert his right to have a
choice in the selection of the candi-
date he would like to support for the
presidency. This time, however, he
treads on the toes of number of as
piring politicians who have almost
broken their necks in the effort to
tumble into the band wagon of the
erstwhile favorite and, according to
their way of thinking, Joe should
meekly follow their lead, whether
right or wrong. For several weeks
past newspapers and politicians all
over the state have bounded Fordney
from pillar to post-not to convince
him by fair, honest argument that his
opinion is wrong, but, by hidden
threats and secret wire-pulling at
tempt to force him into line. But to
no avail. He is firm in his fealty
to his choice of a presidential candi-
date today as he was the day it was
first made. He has again demonstra-
ted his staying qualities as "stand
patter."
AS reward for his fealty and stay
ing qualities things are beginning to
come his way, as is evidenced by the
recent results in Tuscola and Saginaw
counties.
'Tis passing strange, however, that
he should now be condemned for
what he was praised and honored for
short time ago; that he should be de-
MED the right, guaranteed to all citi
zens of this country, the right to have
an opinion of his own, even though it
conflicts with that of the powers that
be. The position taken by his oppon-
ents is unfair and un-American and
cannot succeed. Fordney will come
cut on top in his present struggle and
the day will come and not very far in
the future when the people will again
applaud him for his present stand,
acknowledging he was in the right
Bancroft Commercial
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Three Years in Ionia.

John Purdie was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment in the state re-
formatory at Ionia by Judge Miner
Monday, for stealing watch and over
coat from Frank Martin of Lennon. at
Durand recently. The judge recon-
mended that he be released in two
years. Purdie has served time on a
previous occasion. He was taken to
Ionia by Deputy Sheriff Griffin on Tues
daY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13

Mrs. VIM. II. Payne died Saturday
at the family home in Bancroft after
an illness of several weeks from which
she.was thought to be recovering. She
was much respected member of the
Congregational church, Eastern Star
and Lady Maccabees Her husband,
son, two brothers, Frank and Lawrence
and three sisters survive her.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Current Topic Club Officers.

The officers selected by the Current
Topic Club for the ensuing year are
President-Mrs. Evora ID. Perkins
Vice President-Mrs G. S. Allison.
Secretary-Mrs. G. G. Duff.
Treasurer-Mrs Z. F. Dudley.
Cor. r.Secretary-Mrs. Albert West
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13
Marriage Licenses.

Franklin Ruess, Bennington. 21
Clara A. Splitter, Henderson .. 20
Louis Oswath, Owosso. ...... 21
Lidia Kerakes, Owosso. .... 18
Columbus j. Ross, Henderson. 25
Carrie Brown, Harrison -. %
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13

George and John Brown returned
this week from trapping expedition
on the Tittabawassee river, bringing
home lot of valuable pelts.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-03-13

Eleven persons were received into
membership of the First M. e. church
Sunday, making seventy additions since
December first. Five children were
baptized last Sunday morning.
The following letters are advertised
at the Owosso postoffice for the week
ending March z. 1908: Mrs. Mary Bent.
ley, Mrs Flossie Deniett, Frank Dor
cey, Mrs. Kate McCarty, Roswall Nc
Dowell, Miss Gatha Newberry, Will
Reinsch, Josef Tomecek, Miss Hllda
Ward, Charley Weller.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
RESULT OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburq
Closes Its Doors.

Pittsburg, May IS. - Following
lengthy meetings at which a thorough
discussion of Cashier William Mont
gomerys populations was held the AL
legheny National bank has suspended.
The following notice was posted on
the door by National Bank Examiner
William L. Folds:
"Closed by the order of the comp
troller of the currency and placed in
charge Of William L. Folds"
For days it has been apparent that
the cashiers alleged misdeeds had
seriously crippled the institution and
the actual suspension caused little or
no excitement. Quite a number of
depositors were gathered on Fifth ave-
nue. opposite the bank and when the
order of suspension was posted all
read it and then quickly disappeared.
While Montgomery's populations are
officially placed at $594,OOO it is said
the banks shortage is close to 3d.
000,00o. Montgomery is held in $685.
900 bail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
THIRTY DEAD IN STORM.
Two Hundred Others Injured by
Southern Tornado.

Shreveport, La, May 15.-Thirty
dead and 200 injured is a conservative
estimate of the fatalities caused by
the tornado which swept through
Northwest Louisiana, destroying three
small towns and leaving wrecked
homes and ruined crops in path a
mile wide. and fifty miles long. The
dead at Gillian, which had about 200
Inhabitants, number thirteen, while at
Bolinger the known death list is six.
These two towns are about thirteen
miles apart and nothing has been
learned of the work of the storm in
the country between. AT Gilmore,
small town near Gillian, several
houses were destroyed and it is not
known how many people persisted. Sew
era1 of the dead were brought to
Shreveport on the relief train from
Gillian and the hospitals and SAM
tariums are crowded with injured,
several OF whom will die. Only two
houses were left standing at Gillian.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
MISS WOOD ON STAND.
Testifies in Her Suit for Divorce
Against Senator P!att.

New York, May 18.-Mae c.. Wood,
the Omaha girl who is suing United
States Senator Thomas G.. Plat for
divorce, alleging that the senator for
mally entered into a marriage con-
tract with her on Nov. 9, 1901, gave
testimony in the suit now on trial
here. The young woman was smartly
attired and self-possessed. She iden-
titled copies of several letters, which,
she said, were received by her from
Platt. They were mainly of an affec-
tionate nature, but in several there
were interesting sentences on other
affairs. In one communication was
the phrase: "Your letter has cheered
me up so that am almost reconciled
to Odell's election" A picture of the
senator was shown, upon the back of
which was written ITO my little wife,
Telling how this was written Miss
Wood said:
well, l was sitting on his lap.
Part of the time he held my hand and
part of the time held his hand. We
wrote it together. The words little
wife were written by him, think"
Senator Platt was not in court.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
STATE BRINGS SUIT.
Minnesota Seeks to Recover Certain
Oil Inspection Fees.


Suit has been started in the Ram
sey county district court at St.
Paul by the state legal department
against F. G. Warner, former state oil
inspector, to recover S12,S91.85 alleged
to be due the state as the result of an
investigation of the accounts of that
Office during his incumbency. No &C.
ton has been started against ]. A.
McDermott, who succeeded Mr.. War
ner in the Office and against whom
the state has claim OF $4,7O5.20 for
an alleged shortage in his accounts.
Assurances have been received
from Mr.. McDermott and his friends
that the amount claimed will be made
good as soon as the money can be
raised and they have been given a
few days to make the payment. Mr..
Warner, however, denies that he is
Indebted to the state and the action
is brought to have the matter settled.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
STRIKE RIOT IN CLEVELAND
MODS Attack Cars With Rocks
and Dynamite.

Cleveland, O., May 19.-Trivial riot
Ing, a deadlock in arbitration propos.
ais, car service largely restored and
the refusal of the traction authorities
to do anything until disorder and VIC
lence cease marked the third day OF
the strike of the conductors and motor.
men on the Municipal Street Railway
company's lines.
The company succeeded in operat.
ing all lines with but slightly i'm.
paired service, considering the diff
culties. While no special effort was
made to send cars into the suburbs,
yet in the city proper cars we're run
on an average schedule of nine min
utes. This is but four minutes below
normal
There was marked decrease in
the severity Of the violence reported.
In several instances car windows
were broken by stones, cars were
stopped and nonunion crews were as.
saulted. No fatal injuries were re-
ported.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
UPHOLDS The PRESIDENT
Court Says He Had the Right to Dis
miss Negro Soldiers.

New York, May 15.-The right of
President Roosevelt summary to dis
miss negro soldier of the Twenty
fifth infantry for alleged participa-
ton in the riot at Brownsville, Tex,
was sustained by Judge H0ugh in the
United States district court Oscar
W. Reid, a discharged soldier, sued
the government to recover $122 as
wages from the date of his dismissal
to the expiration of his enlistment
District Attorney Stimson contended
that the president had a right to dis
miss the soldier. Judge Hough sus-
tanned this contention and directed a
Judgment in favor of the government
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
First Session of Sixtieth CONGRESS
Appropriates $685. 100000.
BIG DEFICIENCY PROBABLE
Revenues for Fiscal Year BEGINNING
July /, 1908, Estimated at Less
Than seoo,ooo,ooo.

Washington, May 18.-The Sixt1eth
congress will have earned the title of
''billion dollar congress" at it's first
session before adjournment is taken
at the end of this week. It is esti-
mated that the total appropriations
will reach the enormous sum of ST.
ops, 100000, which is said to be the larg-
est amount ever appropriated at a
single session.
The various items contributing to
make up this prodigious aggregate
are as follows: Sundry civil, $780,.
100000; legislative, executive and ju-
dicial, $33,000,0O0; army, $685. 900;
postomce, 1921, 900; pensions, $685.
100000; Notifications, $11,5O0,OOO; az
riculture, $11,642,000; District of Co.
lumbia, S11,500,000; diplomatic and
consular, $4,0O0,000; naval, $122,652,.
900; Indian, 100000; urgent de-.
ficiency, $26,000,000; public buildings.
$25, 100000; general deficiency, ST..
100000; military academy, new immi.
grant station at Philadelphia, relief
of tornado sufferers in the South, etc.,
$1,500,OO0; permanent annual appro.
priations, $154,OOO,O0O.
These appropriations are for the
fiscal year which begins July 1, 1908.
It is too early to give anything like
an accurate estimate of the revenues
of the government during that period
of twelve months, but members of the
appropriations committee think they
will run somewhere between $780,
100000 and $900,000,O00. This would
mean deficit of between 1925, 900
and $175,000,000. Chairman Tawney
of the house committee warned the
house last week that the deficit would
reach $150,000,000 and. if this predic-
ton is fulfilled the surplus now in the
treasury will be wiped out by June
80, 1903, inasmuch as at the end of
this fiscal year there will be a deficit
of between $60,000,000 and $65,000,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
PASSES INTO HISTORY |
First Conference Of Governors Of
the United States.
HARMONY Is THE KEYNOTE
Opinion Unanimous That Action
Should Be Taken to Conserve
Natural Resources.

Washington, May 16.-The first con-
ference of the governors of the states
of the American Union has ended.
The mplishments of the confer
cree cannot be set forth with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision. That it's immediate
results are more than ample is the ex-
preston Of President Roosevelt, who
brought it about, and of the governors
who participated.
The printed record of the confer
ence, which will later be available to
every American home, will be a COM
pilation of facts, startling in their
meaning, convincing in their univer-
sal conclusion that the states must
act, and that the states and the nation
must cooperate to the end that to
the whole people of the nation may
accrue the lasting benefit of it's nat
ural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by
the experts and the freely expressed
opinion of the governors, the confer
ence leaves as it's permanent record
1000 words of declaration" Not a
declaration of independence" but
"declaration of cooperation"
Perhaps greater in Importance than
all else was the determination of the
governors of the states to perfect
permanent organization whereby a
heretofore unknown intimacy may be
developed among the executives of
the forty-six sovereign states, made
strong by common purpose, and
made potent by announcements which
may not lightly be disregarded.
In brief, the declaration is to the ef-
feet that the natural resources of the
country are threatened with exhaus
ton and that measures should be
taken for the conservation of the
natural wealth of the country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-05-22
SAYS THAW is INSANE.
Opinion of Superintendent of Mattea-
wan Hospital.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, May 15.-Dr.
Amos T. Baker, superintendent of the
state hospital for the criminal insane
at Matteawan, testified in the Thaw
case that in his opinion Thaw is in
sane.
DR.. Baker said that in his opinion it
would be dangerous to public safety
to have Thaw go at large.
While DR.. Baker was on the stand
reading a typewriter statement of
his conversations with and observa-
tions of Thaw the prisoner, sitting by
the side of his attorney, made notes of
the doctors ties timony
DR.. Carlos F. Macdonald, the alien
ist, testified that, in his opinion, Thaw
Is an incurable parano1ac, whose con-
finement is demanded by considera-
ton of public safety