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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

meetings will be held in the Opera
House. The public generally is invit-
I'd to all the sessions, and to study the
work OF this organic ilion. A small adj
mission fee will be charged on contest
evening, all sessions being free. La
dies In the towns and country near
Hudson who may not belong to the
W.CT.U are especially invited TO at.
tend. 1t is hoped that the Hawardeu
W.C.T.U L. may send delegation.
The district officers are:-Pres Mrs
Caroline III. Jamison, Beresford; vice
president, Mrs. &c. Lundquist, irene
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Martha
5. Cults, Yankton; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Kate Hart, Violin; treas
urer, Mrs. Alice Hill.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29
LIFE ONTHE ALBANY
Victor Toilefson Writes Interestingly, of
the Atlantic Fleet. Incidents at Sea.
Camping Expe rience. Sailors
Romance.
Mngdalena Bay,
April 9th, 1909.
Dear NJ a.:

Dear Ma
received you" l,tt"r yesterday, the
day we finished target practice. We
received information that we are TO go
outn for two months, or po sibly long
r; you see April 5th, was big day.
The ships here at present are the ar
incurred cruisers, West Virginia Colo
RADIO, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, South
Dakota and California;; the Albany,
with her little boats, viz: Perry,
Stewart, Paul Jones, Hull, Whipple,
rruxton, Lawrence Davis, Goldsboto o,
Farragut and Rowan; the colliers,
Saturn, from which we are coaIing
now, and Arealhursa and the Justin is
Jogging away just Off the heads. The
supply ship, Glacier, and the tugs
Navajo and Fortune, complete the
fleet The Washing ton, Maryland
and Yorktown are in Central American
waters. The Colorado, South Dakota
and Albany, with part of her brood, are
70 sail south the Sth, to relieve them.
The Albany goes to Corinto in Mica
ragua | don't think We Will see the
States again before June. Can't tell,
though; orders do change at times.
We have been doing the Good Sa-
maritan act lately. About week ago
the schooner Lilly went ashore thirty
4,
walked in through the cactus. Then
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29
District Convention Of the ". 4. 7. U

!Distr1St convention OF Ihc " ~ i. u.
The Twenty Fourth Annual Conven-
tion OF the First District w. G. L. L. OF
South Dakota will ,pen In the MethO-
dist church OF Hudson, Tuesday after
noon, May 4th, at three O'Clock and con-
tinue till Thursday noon. First DIS
trict comprises the counties of Union,
Lincoln, Clay, Turner and Yankton
The Hudson ladies will entertain the
members of the convention with lodg-
ing, breakfast and supper.
Mrs. A. Ramsey, State preside mt,
will give tie principal address Tues
day evening, also speaking on legisla-
tive work Tuesday afternoon and con-
Quoting a Aodel Mothers meeting
Wednesday aftern oon. Mrs. Cora Aid
rich of.Sioux Falls, will speak on L.T.L
work and conduct model LIT L. We'd
ne sday afternoon. Mrs. Edith Fitch ol
Hudson will speak on woman suffrage.
Wednesday evening is contest evening
There will be a silver oratorical and 8
gold suffrage contest. The evening
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

Mr.. Frank lIobcl, the father OF Mrs.
Frank Rickstein, d ed III the home OF
the latter, sunday, of old age. He had
he n feeble for a long time aud had he
l'Ved until next Janu ry would have
been 80 years old. He WAS born in Bo-
hcmia, near Prague The renal $
were taken 10 Iowa City for inlerment
by the side Of his first wife,and a child.
Mr.. and Mrs. RcRStein accompanying
them. \ secord wife survives him who
is over 50 years old,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

it was Albany full speed around the
corner and yours truly was ruthlessly
pulled out of his hammock and had TO
timber up all the big forced draft fans.
The schooner was total wreck, bot
tom stove in. We ordered the tugs TO
stand by for passengers a d went back
and dropped our hook Night before
last, just before du X, the guard ship
saw mere speck OF blaze 10 the south
and out to sea. /, took about three
IN nutes OF signaling then the Farra-
gut began to shorten cable and smoke
pour from her tunnels. About ten
minutes more and ali you could see
was IA blur of smudge against the sky
line. She picked up aships boat. with
crew half dead from the exertion they
had made for day and IA night coming
against heavy head seas from the Pa
eff Mail steamer, Indiana, which
was 30 miles to the south, hard
aground against "a cliff. Then he
A bany had 10 haul tail again, We
took fifty passengers of Ter and sent
them TO the California, which TOOK
them and their baggage direct to Fris-
co. They were lucky IL isn't every
body that can be received in military
style by Il man-o.war and taken TO their
destination. Our captain gave ahis
cabin up to the ladies and slept in The
chart house. The officers all gave, up
their staterooms. The chief engineer
slept on work bench in the machine
shop. The paymaster, behind a gun,
on deck. The first luff slept in a boat.
think the Indiana is in her last
resting place. If we pull her off she
may sink before collision mats can be
put over the holes. She is pretty bad
ly punctured. She was built in 1S61
and took President Grant around the
world, so you see she is an old boat.
She will PROBABLY be stripped where
she lays and her bones left there She
had valuable cargo Of coffee and
mahogany.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29
Official County Paper
ThE Old SlLNER DOLLAR

How dear TO our hearts is the old sill.
yer dollar,
When some kind subscriber presents
it, to view
The liberty mead, without necktie OF
collar,
And all the stranee things that to us
seem so new;
The wide spreading eagle, the arrows
below it,
The stars and the words with the
queer things they tell,
The coin of our fathers. We're Glad
that we know it,
For some time or other 'twll come
in right well.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

EDITOR JOHNSON of the Beresford
News is surely it Twin boys were
born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Joh nson one da,
last week. We are sorry that all this
happened just when Teddy was far
away in Africa. Send hin the news
by wireless and tell him that it is no
nature fakir story either.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

A Red6eld paper is advertising tot
IAN automobile crank lost between col
lege Hill and the Milwaukee depot.
Elk Point is growing so fast we can /
lose an automobile crank in town any
more.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-04-29

April 7th. We sail for Corinto to-
morrow.
Some time ago party of us went
camping. We had no guns. We
built fire in the brush and made
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Wise Counsel.

In 1905 Norwich, Conn. purchased
the local gas and electric plants. the
amount invested being $4,000. Three
years later the electric generating
plant was shut down, and a contract
for current was made with a priva to
company.
When the plants had been under city
management for q year Martin Il. Jcn-
sen, ex-treasurer of the city. stated
that after allowing every possible cred
1t to the city and setting aside only 3
per cent for depreciation the loss on
the electric plant for thirteen months
was SIG I23. In closing the article in
which this statement appeared Mr..
Jensen wrote:
Examination OF local municipal aC-
counting covering period from 1867
to 1905 convinced ne. that cities con-
Quoting their affairs through unpaid
and UNFRAMED commissioners run hope
lessly into debt because appropriations
are overspent. ] except the gas and
electrical commissioners who have not
had time TO make history.
ITO those contemplating going into
municipal lighting under Norwich con-
ditions ! would say, 'Don'tv"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
y Municipal Monopoly

For some time there has beer fric-
ton between the citizens and authori-
ties Of Wheeling, w. Va, because the
former, IN defiance Of city ordinance.
prefer to buy natural gas at Is cents
for lighting purposes rather than pay
10 cents for gas manufactured by the
city, which, they claim, Is not worth
the difference. At present there Is a
three cornCred fight on. The citizens
are trying to have the monopolistic or
dinance reacinded, while the city has
brought suit against consumers to re-
strain them from using natural gas
except for heating purposes and
against the natural gas company to
prevent Il from selling gas except for
fuel.
In lis answer the company has ex-
ploded Il bon:Dsbcll by declaring that
during the last ten years it has sold
"a, 100000 cubic feet Of natural gas to
the city gas works, where It was
mixed with artificial gas and resold to
consumers at rs cents a thousand, al
though the city paid only 10 cents for
It, Yet Wheeling used to be a show
town for municipal ownership.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
MADE A BIG HIT.
- speech That Hanlsn, the oarsman,
Delivered In England.

EDWARD Iianlan, once champion oars
man OF the world, related a good story
OF how he delivered Il speech after
winning his second race in England.
his hrst victory had found him unpre-
pared. He was ready for his second
with a speech composed for him by a
newspaper friend neatly copied out on
paper and stored away for use i'm his
coat pocket.
When the crowd outside the club
house insisted upon seeing and hear
ing the winner he was helped out upon
a window ledge by his friends and
held there by the coattails and the
legs. The crowd cheered him wildly.
He was too confused to speak. They
cheered him again. He threw out his
hand in gesture of helplessness and
moved his lips in some inaudible num-
bic Of apology for his inability to de-
liver speech. They could not hear Oh
account Of the noise that they were
themselves making, but they encour-
aged him with generous applause. He
saw his escape and proceeded to
shake his head and work his lips in a
fine frenzy OF oratory, gesticulating
eloquently and smiling his thanks. The
noisy and good natured crowd cheered
him to the echo, and his friends drew
him in from his precarious position on
the window ledge.
You carried that crowd along in
STYLE" they congratulated him. what
did you say? We couldn't hear you"
Eyes. Give us an idea Of your speech"
the reporters put in, drawing out their
notebooks.
Hanian took the manuscript from
his pocket. Here's the whole thing"
he said do you want 1t ALP
"Wdl, rather" they answered. "Tbat
speech made n hit''
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
WHOSE FAULT
Was II Bad Luck or Encouragement
The Taxpayers Take No Pleasure In
Feeding Their White Elephant.

The municipal electric light plant of
Frankfort, Ind, was brought into
prominence recently by the bursting of
flywheel, which damaged It 10 the
extent of $4,000 TO $4,000 and caused
great Inconvenience TO the factories
and business houses that depended on
the plant for light and power. The
accident is said to have been due to
incompetent supervision.
About year ago a disinterested Gill
zen of Frankfort wrote to an inquirer:
We have q city of from 10000 TO $1,000
The original cost tof the municipal light
Ing plantl was something over 100000.
While the city has no report from data
on file l should Judge that the cost was
about $40 Gper street arc lampl City
taxes have been doubled since the in
stallation of the municipal lighting plant.
Service is extremely poor, and. while it
appears to be the pet of councilmen, there
Is not taxpayer In this city who does
not regard this plant as a white elephant.
Last year we had 40 lights. and the re-
ceipts from all sources from the lighting
plant were something over $4,000, while
Die total expenses were something over
$4,000. thus making the net cost of operat-
ing expenses s21,000 or that sum for 40
street lights. Within the next two years
It will be necessary to expend about $40,-
900 on machinery and repairs.
If your city is ont of debt has low
tax levy and large surplus OF cash that
you wish to get rid Of, my advice 10 YOU
would be to build a municipal lighting
plant
This was the city where few years
ago the feeling in regard to the poor
service became so bitter that the citi-
zens made jack-o'lanterns of pump
kins and invited the council TO inspect
the new lighting plant. At that time
threats were made openly that the
poles would be torn down unless the
service improved.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Order of Publication, Non Resident
Defendant.

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
wassee, in Chancery.
Edward e. Hackett, Complainant
VS
lydia NJ. Hackett, Defendant.
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for the
County OF ShiaWasSee in chancery. AZ CorGnua
on the Gath day of February, A. ID. 1909
In This cause IL appearing from AFFIDAVIT on
file, that the defendant. Ly dia NJ Hackett, Is
not resident of this state, but resides In the
State of Washington, on motion OF Chandler g.
Friegel, compliments solicitors IL is ordered
that the said defendant, Lydia M. Hackett
cause her appearance to be entered herein
within four months from the date of this order
and in case OF her appearance that she cause
her answer TO the compartments bill of com.
plant to be fled, ana copy thereof to be
served on SAID compliments solicitors, Within
said bill, and notice OF this order; and that In
default thereof said bill be taken as confessed
by the said nonresident defendant
And II Is further ordered, that within twenty
days the said complainant cause notice OF
this order TO be published In THE OwCsso
TIMES a newspaper printed. published and
circulate in said county, and That such pub.
LEGATION be- conIit 'led herein at least once In
each week, for six weeks In succession, or that
she cause copy VI this order 10 be personally
served on said nonresident defendant. at least
twenty days before the time above prescribed
Tor her appearance.
seldom S. MINEE,
Circuit JudSe.
CHANDLER & FRIEGEL,
COmplainaHt's Solicitors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Chancery S ale.

In pursuance and by virtue OF decree Of the
Circuit Court for the County OF Shlawassee,
state OF Michigan, in Chancery, made and
entered on the tenth day OF February, A. D.
1909, in certain cause therein pending, where
IN James A. Robson, executor OF the estate Of
Hiram AFFORD, Mary J AFFORD, Nora Unman
and Homer Calhoun Chlman are defendants
NOTICE is nerebv gwen. that i snail sell at
pubic auction 10 the highest bidder, al the
front door OF the Court House in COrunna, Mich
lgan, chat being Tho place of holding the
the l7th day OF April a. ID. 1909 at nine G ciock
in the forenoon. tue fol owing described prop
erty, VIZ; All these certain pieces or parcels OF
land situate in the Township of Owosso. County
OF ShiaWaSsee, and state of Michigan, Qe
cribed as follows: The north fractional half
section four ,4l in Township seven 7), Lortb
range two (2) east, containing eighty 800 acres
OF land more or less: also
A piece OF land on the north east part OF the
south half (k) OF the southeast fri quarter CD
Of section number fourteen O4) in said town
seven "a. north range two CD, east ana south
OF the j l. and ) x. commencing at a point
two rods south Of said railroad and on the
west lire Of the highway running thence south
west two CD rods south OF SAID railroad 10 a
point on lue with the fence west OF the
orchard suppose TO be ten Q0) rods and ten
O0) feet west SAID highway, thence south to
"a point where "a line east and west TO said high
way will make said piece Of land contain ones
half an acre OF land, thence southeast 10 the
highway, being one half acre.
Dated March Bird, 1905.
EEnh y WALs5
Circnit Court CU,nmiss ioaeT,
Shiawassee County. hhchtgar
BUpATRICR ~ PIBkPONr.
Solicitors for CCDulainant.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Scallopeo Apples.

Select half dozen apples. Wash
and core. Slice across apple so that
each piece viii be encirclCd by the
skin Of the apple. Place in n stew
ing or frying pan, pouring over them
about One-fourth Of a cupful of water.
three -fourths of a cupful of sugar
though amount OF sugar is best deter
mined by acidity Of apples-and TIA
blespoonful of butter. Cover and al
low to simmer. When soft remove,
cover and fry. When sufficiently
brown place in rather deep dish al
ternate layers of the apples and grated
cheese. Place In the oven for five or
ten minutes and serve in the same
dish in which they were scalloped.-
Boston Post.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
GETTING WISDOM IN WALES.
Expectations Reversed-Morc Taxes
Instead of Less.


In 1896 the gas and water works
Of Rhonda. Wales, were taken over
by the municipality. In order to get
the taxpayers to consent to this they
were told that the profits which then
went to the stockholders would be APP
piled toward the reduction of taxes.
The result has been the exact reverse
Of the prediction, for both plants have
had deficits which have had to he
made up by taxation, although no re-
duction has been made In prices
In the last year Of private owner
ship the profit Oh the gas works was
10 per cent on the investment. Last
year there was loss Of 81 ,421. which
has to be paid out Of taxes an0 which
is equivalent 10 increasing the price
Of gas 8 cents thousand feet The
writer in the Western Mail who gives
these figures assigns as one Of the
causes that much less gas is made per
ton Of coal than was the case when
the plant was under private mar age
ment. The result is the more remark
able because there are now six times
as many consumers as there were IN
1896.
The situation in the waterworSs IS
even worse. IN its last year of opera
ton the company made q profit Of
$21.530, which municipal mana cement
has changed into a loss Of Sl4,I65.
This also has to be borne by the tax
payers, but the city hes now been
given permission to raise the water
rates to figures 20 to % per cent more
than those OF the company.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Mortgage Sale.
CHANDLER & FRIEGEL.
ComplainaHt's Solicitors.

WHEREAS, default has been made ia the
payment OF the money secured by mortgage
dated the 20th day OF March A. d. 1888, execut
ed by Albert Kingsley ana Eliza Kingsley HIS
wife, OF the Township OF New Haven, County OF
Sniawassee, STATE OF Michigan; which said
mortgage was recorded In the office of the
Register OF Deeds OF the County OF Shiawassee,
in Liber ~ Of Mortgages on page 413 on the 9Th
day OF May A. d. 1888 at 1l% O'Clock A. NJ. aud
which mortgage became ana is now the proper.
ty OF Frank Weidman by the laws OF lnheri-
farce and descent he being the son OF william
Weidman, who is now deceased, and
WHEREAS, the amount claimed to be due on
said mortgage at the date of this notice is the
sum OF One Hundred and Nine Dollars principal
and interest and which is the whole amount
claimed to be unpaid on said mortgage and nc
suit or proceedings having been Instituted bY
law to cover the debt remaining secured by
said mortgage or any partthereof. 4
WHEREAS, the power OF sale conta ned In
said mortgage mas become operative. Now
therefore, notice is hereby given that 10y virtue
OF the said power OF sale in pursuance OF the
statute in such case made and provided the
the said mortgage win be foreclosed by sale OF
said premises therein described, at public
auction to the highest bidder ut the front door
Of the Court House, in the city OF Corunua in
said County OF Sbiawassee on the 9TH day OF
May, 1909, al ten O'Clock in the forenoon Of said
date
Said premises are described in said mortgage
to.wit:
Commencing IN the center of the highway
Seven Chains and Sixtv.five links in north
westerly direction from stake and stone which
are witnessed by white oak forty inches
standing north eleven and three .fourth5 deg,
east thirty three and three-ourths links and
the north east corner OF the saw mill South
seventy five and one-fourth degrees, west nine
links, thence in northeasterly direction at
right angles with said highway sixteen rods,
thence northwesterly parallel with said high
way ten rods, thence southwesterly to the
center OF said highway sixteen rods, thence
down the center OF said highway ten rods TO
the place OF beginning, said land being one acre
more or less and being and lying on the north
west fractional quarter OF section eight teen IN
the township OF New Haven, county OF Shis.
wassee and state OF Michigan.
FRANZ WEIDMAr.
ODEIL CHAPMAN
Attorney for Assignee OF Mortgage
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Order of Publication.

State o. Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, SIS.
~ a sesslHa OF the Probate Court for
SAID County held at the Probate
Office. in the City OF Corunna, on Wednesday,
the l7t1 day OF February In the year one thou.
sand niro hundred and nine
Present: Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF William ID.
Ryan. deceased on reading and filing the Pc
ttion OF Mary G. Ryan praying that administra.
ton OF said estate may be granted to the petit
TONER or some other suitable person.
1t Is Ordered, That the 18th day OF March
next at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And II Is Further Ordered, That q copy of
this order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing IN TIE OwossO
TIMES, newspaper printed and CT rculating
In said County OF Shiswas3ee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
What Korea Was.

Few are aware that Korea preceded
Europe in invcnting three things
which have had a vast influence upon
the world. Printing with movable
types originated in Korea in 1924, l2G
years before the invention of the art
IN Europe. The two other Inventions
IN which the Koreans seem to have
anticipated Europe were the mortar
and the fronclad. both used with con-
siderable effect during the Japanese
Korean war Of 1592-s.-Japan Chroni-
oIa
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
Kissinu the Hands.

The practice Of kissing The h.@Gj
was instituted by the early Roman IT,
ers as mark of subsection as niull "a
one Of respect, and under the FIRST sc
sars the custom was kept up, lGt oul
for time. These WORTHLESS CoH.ei,e
the idea that the proper homage due
their exalted station called for less f.
miliar modes of obeisancc, so the priyi.
lege Of kissing the emperor's hand WIS
reserved rs n special mark Of condo-
scension or distinction fer Offices 60
high rank. Roman fathers cone 'Geicl
the practice of kissing Of SO delicate 4
nature that they never kissed thc!r
wives in the presence Of their daUgh-
tiers
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-03-12
AN ANCIENT Y0KEL.
Not Quite Sure of His Age, but Knew
1t Was Something Fearful.


During Saturday stroll in the coun-
try pedestrian came upon an ancient
rustic engaged in breaking stones.
Drawing him into conversation, the pc.
destrian eventually asked the old fell
low how old he was.
"Oh, dunno" was the reply, "but
know be fearful agep
''But you must have some general
idea how old you are"
"No, j dunno, but / know / be
fearful age" was the only estimate
that could be drawn from him.
"All right; wei try to get at it in
another way said the pedestrian,
bringing out his pencil and notebook.
Now, how old were you when you left
schoOlP'
II be nine, sur, when 1 finished
schulin'."
"And what did you do them
"Well, was boy fur Farmer Giles
fur fifteen year"
"And after tbat?"
After that i worked fur Squire
Noakes fur seven and thirty year.
"And what next"
"Well, j was wagner fur Cruker,
the carrier fur four and forty year
And so on, and so forth, until the final
fact was elected that he had been en-
gagged on breaking stones for a quarter
of a century. Then the inquirer OBJ
served, with whitening sarcasm:
$50 you do not know how old you
are? Well, III tell you. You're 37S
years old on your own showing"
II dessay," murmured the ancient
yokel, with undisturbed serenity. II
know 1 be fearful age."-Liverpool
Mercury.