The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-08-07
Jas. J. Hopkins was IN Detroit the
first of the week.

Jas. j. Hopkins was IN Detroit the
first of the week.
o. L. Sprague returned Thursday
from short outing at Beulah.
A Masonic school of instruction is to
be held in Corunna, Sept. s5th.
The Misses Gonilda Frickie, Erma
and Alice Ross are spending two weeks
with friends at Evart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Marriott of Chaplin,
have betn guests this week at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. L. s.
Goodale.
Rev. j. G. Cromer of Wellington,
Ohio, former pastor of the church will
fill the Congregational pulpit Sunday
morning. No evening service.
Rural Carrier L. NJ. Woodin and
family are at one of the lakes near
Davisburg for an outing of two weeks.
E. N. Waugh is delivering mail on Mr..
Woodins route.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sullivan and
daughter, Ruth, Mr., and Mrs. Geo. M.
Dewey and son, Thomas, and Harriet
Dewey have been spending the week at
Macatawa Park.
Mrs. Robert McWilliams and son,
Harold, returned to their home in
Westfield, Mich, Thursday, after a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Mason,
Of Owosso township.
The residence of E. Rosea of New
Haven township, was destroyed by fire
on the 30th. He had an insurance of
$3.50 in the Shiawassee Mutual on the
house and household goods, part of the
latter being saved.
Howard S. Reed of Washington. D.
c., is expected in the city Tuesday for a
visit at the home of Mrs. E. B. Dewey.
Mr.. Reed has an important position
with the bureau of soils in the depart
ment of agriculture,
II. E. Needham, salesman for the
Cary Safe Co., of Buffalo, N. Y, has
purchased the residence of DR.. T. B.
Scott on East Exchange street. DR..
Scott expects to either buy or build a
house nearer the business portion of the
city.
Married. Friday evening at the home
of the brides mother in Corunna, Rev.
Leslie Bower officiating, Almerin W..
Scougale of Little Rock, Ark, and Miss
Hattie Frain of Corunna. Mr.. Scougale
is son of ex-Sheriff Scougale and with
his bride left for the south Saturday
morning.
So far this year the city has been
very fortunate in the matter of
its water supply, the old wells having
furnished sufficient to meet the de-
mands. In many of the cities of the
state sprinbling lawns has been stopped
and the greatest care has to be exer
cised in the use of water for domestic
purposes.
P. b. Reynolds has visited severa
sections of the county this week with c
petition asking that the question OF
adopting the county road system bt
submitted by the board of supervisors
to the voters of this county, either al
the election this fall or next spring. Mr.
Reynolds says that the people have
generally signed the petition so far al
he has seen them and that many are
enthusiastic in wishing that it might
be adopted.
The U. s. Telephone Co. of Cleveland
Ohio, the company owning the lint
running through this city from Sagi
nav to Jackson, recently won an i'm
portant suit in Ohio, the court making
permanent an injunction restraining
the Delphos Home Telephone Co. from
doing any business with the Bell system
The court held that the exclusiv.
clause of the U. s. Tel. Co. was binding
on local Independent exchanges with
which it had contracts.