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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26
BEETS, CORN and GOOD ROADS
Large Crowd Hears Them Discussed
at Beet Growers Me citing.

The annual meeting Of the Shiawas-
see County Beet Growers Assertion
held in the court room of the court
house, Monday, developed in.o a prac-
tical and helpful farmers institute, and
in the formation of permanent organi
zation with 1.-THE hope Of having six xmeet-
ings year and covering all subjects.
Fiftyfive additional members of the
association was the result Of a short
canvass make by A. B. Cook and j. F.
Bilhimer.s The business session held at
1880 was short, the old officers being
reelected as follows: -
President-P B. Reynolds.
Vice-Pres s-F. d. Clarke
Sec'y. and Treas.--J. n. Mcbride.
Directors-Archibald Wrigley, A. B.
Cook, Leo Reynolds, John McAvoy,
and F D. Clarke.
Names of members are to be sent to
the Agricultural College and the bulle-
tins will be mailed 10 them.
At the morning session called at 1870
clock, Prof. H. A. Huston gave short
talk on Natural Sources of Plant Food.
At HOO o'clock, 2. Davis of JEFF
ferson county, Indiana, told the far
mers How to Select, Care for and Test
Seed Corn" Mr.. Davis is one Of the
most, if not the most satisfactory, insti-
tute instructors ever heard in the
county He thoroughly understood
every phrase Of every subject he talked
upon and gave direct and easily under
stood answers to all Questions. He
made no attempts at being funny or sci
entific. In breeding corn, some of the
same methods should be used as in
breeding sheep OF hogs and the same
results should be obtained; that is the
best possible results can be obtained by
care and persistence. Do rot send any
great distance for seed corn get the
| best of the best home grower; send to
the nearest and buy small quantity
do not buy shelled corn, get the ears
be conservative in the amount; plant il
in plot by itself; incre 50 the area
each year and grow the same kind
thereafter. For a seed ear take one
whose circumference is three.quarters
its lenght; the length inches; shape Of
ear cylindrical-not rapidly tapering
The best ear has from 1G to 20 straight
Continued on page2
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26
Democrat County Conventiors

The Democrat County Convention 10
elect delegates to the State Convention
was held at COrunna Friday, d. j,
Gerow presiding.s Chas Garland acted
as secretary and the delegates chosen
were; G. d. Smith, d. j. Gerow, Chas.
Garland, A. Wrigley, DR.. r. @. Fair
Chas. Frain, VIM. Thompson, W. d.
Burke, James Lynch, H. X. White,
John Shaft, Fred Close, and Vim.
Goodwill. The State convention was
held in Lansing Feb. 25.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26
Is Local Option a FaiIure2

Hon. Perry f. Powers OF Cadillac,
told the men of Owosso about the prac-
tical working of the local option law in
Wexford county at the Y. M. G. A.
mems meeting Sunday afternoon and
gave an interesting and eloquent ad-
dress on general lines illustrating the
tendency of the times to better thinking,
better living, better health and
nearer exemplifcation of the doing to
others as you would that they should do
to you. Mr.. Powers opposed the pas
sage of the local option law, believing
there was doubt of its enforcement and
because the working of the old law was
as well handled there as in most any
part of the state. Yet when the people
decided in favor of local option, the
strong vigorous, courageous men of the
community decided that it should be en-
forced, not depending upon those who
talk and never act, every community
having such men III it. I'll
Cadillac people figured their loss by
reason of putting the saloon out of busi-
ness at $4,000 annually as follows:
Licenses (which were $1,000 a year there
$19, 600; rentals $13, $50; wages $27, 800;
taxes $3.50; supplies $4,000. Yet the
taxes are but "a cents per thousand
greater than under the old system and
savings deposits have increased in the
ten months $54, 172. But Go arrests were
made in the county as compared with
2O5 the same period previously, and but
one criminal case appears on the crimi-
nal calendar and that one for stealing.
The law was being enforced absolutely,
men who tried to. make a farce of it or
doubted it could now testify from their
cells in the Detroit house of correction
that they were mistaken. General bus
mess is better, property is more valu-
able and life is worth more in Cadillac
and Wexford county than before.
MIR. Powers talk was business like
presentation of facts and no hysterical
appeal, no abuse of those in liquor bust
ness or favorable to it was used.
He prefaced the discussion of the Ii
quor question with splendid references
to Washington and Lincoln, referred to
the era of publicity which was driving
criminals, high and low, unscrppulous
and dishonest men in public life and in
business out OF their places and compell-
ing them to live and act rightly in all
matters. The preservation of material
resources and the war on the great raw
ages by diseases in the lives and
health OF, the people and the waste of the
resources of the country were along the
line of results of publicity and the in
creasing waves of restriction of evils
was surely and wonderfully illustrated
In many ways.
The meeting was well attended
but many more should have heard
the address. Orchestra selections ant
a song service preceded the ad
dress. Stanley E. Parkill, introduced
Mr.. Powers in few words and referred
also to the Importance of the coming
spring election.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26

County Treasurer Shipman will begin
settling with township treasurers next
week and will have busy time until
about the 10th of the month.
John w. Taylor of this city, is i'll
receipt of a letter announcing that
President Roosevelt has signed the bill
giving him pension Of $50 per month.
L. w. Hubbell was in Flint Yesterday
to purchase driving horse.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26

Gov. Warner and Lieut. Governor
Kelley were in Owosso few hours
Wednesday en- route to Mt. Pleasant to
attend the roundup State Farmers In
stitute. Both gentleman seemed to be
enjoying life despite the strenuous duties
which each day seems to bring to them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-26

A patriotic service at the First M. E.
church Sunday morning was attended
by the G. A. r., w. r. c., Co. H and
others to the capacity of the building.
Rev. Jennings talked on the life and
work of Washington. The subject was
continued in the evening to another
large congregation.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
Glass Clothing.

Spinning glass for practical uses
was very we'll known by the ancient
Egyptians, and we are now rediscov-
ering it. Spun glass has long been
known as a suriosity. A Frenchman
in the middle of the last century de-
veloped the process along commercial
lines, but died without revealing his
secrets. These seem, however, to
have been recently rediscovered In
Germany.
Glass thus drawn out into very thin
threads is flexible and it is thought 1t
will be possible to spin and weave 1t
into clothes. These garments would
be incombustible, non-conducting, and
impervious to acids. They can be
beautifully tinted by using tinted
glass. The insulating properties of
the glass-wool would render it valua-
BILE as packing where it is desirable to
keep in or exclude heat. In this case
we should be resortirg to the mineral
kingdom for our clothes. though as yet
we have not got those asbestos gar
merits which could be washed by
throwing them on the t1re.-Pittsburg
Despatch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
A Golfer at Ninety.

In spite of his ninety years Loru
Wemyss is still keen golfer. He was
instrumental in starting the golf club
on Wimbledon Common about 1862,
but when it was made obligatory by
a bylaw of the Wimbledon Conserva-
tors for the golfers to wear red coat
Lord Wemyss rebelled, and his set of
clubs still stands in mute resignation
in his locker, tied with a piece of
Irvine.
objection to the wearing of the red
coat was not the only golfing pecul
iarity of Lord Wemyss He strongly
objected to the employment Of irons
as cutting up the turf. To obviate the
soaring of the links with irons he
invented new approaching wooden
club with brass sole and lofted
face which he humorously christened
1.-THE Unionist." On being asked to
give a reason for the name he wlttily
answered Because it does not wear
the green.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
Genre Painting.

Dutch artists were the first to make
a practice of representing incidents
of domestic life in the actual sur
roundings of the home, as we'll as the
occupations, pastimes. amusements
and humors of everyday folk, both in
prosperous and in humble circum-
stances. For this new kind of picture
the French have furnished the name
genre" pronounced zhonr) 1t is
usual to call these subjects, whether
painted by the Dutch or by other art
lists who have adopted the same SUD-
jects, as genre pictures: or. more
definitely, as pictures of domestic
genre, of peasant genre, or humorous
or polite genre, and so on, according
to their particular character.-From
Charles H. Cabins THE Story OF
Dutch Painting" in st. Nicholas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

ilolHel nor mySelf could get word
out OF him. Well, l did little de-
tective business and found out that
ne had been fighting with boy named
Stephen Bruce, who is said to be
your hired man. Is there such man
In your employ. Appleton"
Henry Appleton stiffened a little.
A boy OF that name works about
my premises and attends the Jeffer-
son high. He is eighteen and con-
siderably lighter than your jim. |
can't believe he would fight against
such odds"
Did you see the boy last nighto"
Yes, and l noticed he had a black
eye"
rs that all?"
That's all | noticed. He attended
to his work as usual"
The judge shook his head.
And you are sure he is not big
quarrelsome brute with brass knuc-
kles. or something Of that sore?"
Henry Appleton frowned.
He is quiet. well behaved boy, :"
he answered. do you want me to
talk to him."
Not until | talk to Jim," replied
the judge. And he went away, look
ing worried.
That night Henry Appleton told his
wife about the call.
Well" she said, I'll tell you
what Stephen said He confessed he
had been fighting. and that he was
heartily ashamed Of it. But, he
added, it couldn't be helped. The
fight was forced on him and the only
way in which he could retain his
place in the school was to resent the
treatment he had received from some
OF the pupils. If I thought he had
done wrong he would 60 away"
"And what did you do?" Henry
Appleton asked.
II gave him a lotion for his eye"
the lady replied
The next morning Judge Strong
called again.
Did you speak to that boy of
yours. Appleton" he asked.
NO"
I'm glad of it, I had talk with
Jim. Jim I said, you had a fight
at school the other day Jim ad-
mitted 1t. You fought with a boy
named Stephen Bruce Jim ad-
mitted the charge. And he whipped
your Jim nodded. Yes he re-
piled. he whipped me. And he can
whip any boy in school," The judge
looked hard at Appleton. do you
know that that pleased me-" he said.
1T did me good to find out that Jim
had the moral courage to admit his
defeat. Jim has been a pretty diff
cult proposition for US, as l suppose
you know. He has neglected his
studies and run pretty wild. But we
won't admit that he Is really bad.
He's just foolish and hayward"
"Of course" said Henry Appleton.
II guess I won't say anything to
Stephen"
The judge suddenly laughed.
Il hope he won't insist upon teach
Ing my boy prize fighting. What do
you know about him as a scholar?"
Nothing. All the curiosity along
that line is confined to my wife. I'll
ask what she knows"
He told his wife what the judge
had said and she laughed over it.
Now I'll tell you what Stephen
told me about the trouble" she said.
II judge from what he said that the
Strong boy is the bully of the school.
He must have borne down pretty
heavily on Stephen and finally he
went little too far. He ridiculed
Stephens clothes and his country
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
His Surmise.

"a pen once used by Tennyson has
just been sold for 200 guineas."
That's the way it goes" grunted
the bard addressed. Il don't sup
pose the public would pay 10 cents
for one of my old typewriter ribbons"
LOUISVILLE Courier Journal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

manners, and his red hair And fin
ally he tainted Stephen with being
coward and slapped him. Then Ste
phen took off his coat and they
fought in the little grove behind TIC
school, And Stephen whipped him.
1t was the only thing he could do. he
told me- He said his connection with
the school would have been unendur
able if he had let the Strong boy con-
tinue to tyrannize over him.
Henry Appleton laughed.
"And where did our Stephen OBJ
tain his unusual prowess9" he asked.
He taught district school, his
wife answered. And he had to whip
every one of the big boys before he
could establish his authority, and
some of them were as big as full
grown men. And after he had
whipped them all he had no more
trouble"
Henry Appleton laughed again.
Our Stephen grows more and
more interesting" he said. and
didn't the worthy principal find out
about this little scrap in the grover"
Yes, Stephen told him"
Stephen"
Stephen went to the principal
next day and told him he had VIC
lated one of the school rules and was
very sorry. is that the cause for
your black eyer the principal asked.
Stephen told him it was What was
the name of the other boy?' the prin-
cipal asked. Stephen said he couldn't
tell him that Then run along
said the principal. and don't forget
that you have two examinations to-
morrow And Stephen has heard no
more about the fight
I'D like to know who told the
principal?" said Henry Appleton.
stephen didn't know"
II wonder If it could have been
Jim Strong?"
Il hope it was" said his wife.
whatsoever told was careful not to
throw any blame on Stephen"
credit" said Henry Appleton. And
hope it was Jim Strong"
Henry Appleton was a busy man.
His work required close attention.
He was quite too busyto interest him
self in Stephen Bruce.
One night his wife told him that
Stephen wanted favor
Let's hear it." Appleton re-
sponded.
He wants you to let him use the
upper room Of the stable. He has
cleaned it out nicely. He wants to
have school friend or two visit him
there
He'll set fire to the place won't
he?" ........
He seems careful"
very well. Tell him he can use
it."
"I'll thank you for him, Henry"
So that was settled and then Henry
Appleton forgot all about it.
But one morning Judge Strong
came into his office.
How are you, Appleton? I
dropped in on little personal bust
ness"
you are always welcome, judge.
Take a chair
The judge hesitated.
Its about Jim," he said.
Nothing wrong?"
81 don't know
But / thought Jim was doing bet
ter"
He has done better. I hoped the
reform would be permanent"
And what is the trouble?''
Il wish | knew. He seems to be
completely under the influence of
that hired boy of yours
Henry Appleton looked around
quickly
And you think the influence is
bad one?"
I'm afraid it is. I can't quite i'm
agine that Jim would be fascinated
by good inf1uence-more's the
pity"
This is all news to me, judge"
said Henry Appleton. "And I'm
little slow to believe that Stephen
Bruce is bad companion for your
Jim"
The Judge nodded
Il see your point" he said, but
Y ~
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

The latest invention is a cradle
which rocks by clockwcrk mechanism
and at the same tine plays Daoy
tunes.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

In Arabia is a plant which has all
the properties of laughing gas. The
plant is known locally as 1.-The laugh
lug plant"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

All that scientists have said lately
concerning the conveyance Of disease
by flies gives the idea that the spiders
and their flytraps are among the most
benefcent things in nature.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

~. ,ou the boy who called at my
MIA morning." he asked.
ia, sir. l think I'm the boy
mean" -, ,, 49,,
mad that she liked your looks.
a, name Is
stephen Bruce"
mat sounds like it. Yes. Stephen
Have you any recommended
aw!"
J. where are you from?''
.Bnthedale. ! came yesterday"
!. man at the desk looked the
h over.
sHov old?"
.Iust eighteen"
M YOU know what you will be
,,..ted to do If l give you this
dVeSes~
lan"
sT,te care OF the outside of the
~ keep the ground in order and
i after the lady's horse and pha-
b"
1u And what would you do
n the rest OF your time?"
20 to school.
GOOD. The school is close at
Nj What sort Of an education
Ne you had?"
II has been rather irregular. I've
4 to school every winter and this
INK had three-months' chance
lsaeh."
'Teach?"
ne boy smiled family.
there was nobody else available. :"
ne man looked at the boy with
irsst.
I'm sorry you haven't any recon-
aditions," he said.
ne boy drew a neat little packet
npers from his inner coat pocket.
Thaye 1 few lines from the school
tees and q kindly word or two
= the minister who has known
dnce / was born. and to-whom-
sagtconcern from Judge Oliver, Of
sdrcult court. OF course I realize
: tAese are not the sort of recon-
Nations q boy who wants a job
tng grass and tending horses
~ carry around, but they are all
a show"
- man stared hard at the boy.
WY don't you look for something
NJ" he demanded.
1vsnt an education" the boy re-
i must have a place where I
surk odd hours and 80 to school.
] mean to work my way through
n."
- man waited q moment.
~ right" he said. 1.-The job is
Y you want 1t. I'll give you a
= day and your board as long
I'M suit."
naAk you," said the boy. II ex-
\ b suit."
aea can begin at any time" said
IN.
last VIII be this afternoon" the
npIled. Il left my valise at the
II"
- nan stared again.
~ WE'LL" he said.
- several days the man saw very
II the boy.
!. noted, however, that the grass
ser looked in better condition
10y the horse and phaeton left
sas to be desired along the lines
dsanliness.
nou y the new boy turning out?"
aaksd his wife.
as1ef than I expected" she an
y ! wish we could help him
10'e. He seems very desery-
Caroline," said the man.
astnt let your kindly i'm
un away with you. And the
~ asking any help"
afternoon he encountered
~ near the gate. The boy had
se, an unmistakable black
80 oinner table the man looked
: q his wife.
Md oeen nsn'ins:
bis wife replied.
told you about it,"
And It isn't to his discredit.
black eyer"
. satire affair"
~ naVe only heard the boys
hdy smiled.
- ! want. Henry" But
Aook his head.
- morning Stephen Bruce's
a.o q call from Judge Dam
e the district court.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

Life of only the very lowest order"
exists on Mars, if life exists there at
ALL according to Professor Simon
Newcomb, whose opinion will proha-
bly, carry greater weight than that OF
any living American astronomer.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
SCIENCE rMEAz2z2
AyNDho
s-..;!a,N G~nEClf1s9VxCS

The latest invention is a cradle
which rocks by clockwcrk mechanism
and at the same tine plays baby
tunes.
In Arabia is a plant which has all
the properties OF laughing gas. The
plant is known locally as ''the laugh
lug plant"
All that scientists have said lately
concerning the conveyance of disease
by flies gives the idea that the spiders
and their flytraps are among the most
benefcent things in nature.
Life of only the very lowest order"
exists on Mars, if life exists there at
ALL according to Professor Simon
Newcomb, whose opinion will proba-
bly, carry greater weight than that OF
any living American astronomer.
On the basis of a bushel of corn
producing 2.5 gallons of alcohol 1t has
been figured out that last years corn
crop in the United States was sufi-
cient to furnish 10000, 000-horse pow
err for ten hours a day for an entire
year.
Bees return to their hives in d.
rect lire when they have been car
ried away and liberated, up TO two
miles. This has been supposed to be
due either to the sense of sight or OF
smell, but the experiments OF Castor
BONNER have proved that neither
sight nor smell can serve the purpose
and that bees have special sense
of direction" This sense is not in
the antennae.
The sunbeam passing obliquely
across our vision in darkened room
reveals dust particles whose presence
in the air would be otherwise unsus-
pected, and by similar method OF
cross illumination Prof. Molisch of
Prague has made visible to the naked
eye objects and motions hitherto seen
only under a powerful microscope.
Bacteria are thus brought to view.
With a high power instrument, DR..
Robert Brown showed eighty years ago
that fine particles suspended In liquid
are forever oscillating, this so-called
molecular motion" being especially
conspicuous in the milky sap Of the
Euphorbia, the globules of resin and
caoutchoric floating in which have a
maximum diameter of only 1-5O,0O
inch. or much smaller than most tac-
te-ia. The unaided eye usually per-
cciycs nothing more minute than 10000
inch. When a drop Of the sap on the
glass slide is shifted about in q. sun
beam until the proper position Is found
the molecular motion suddenly flashes
out as a rapid Pickering and dancing OF
the molecules, and the effect is part;-
cularly brilliant with black BACK
ground just behind the glass. The Wis"
Utility is probably due to enlargement
of the retinal images by refractlon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06

On the basis of a bushel of corn
producing 25 gallons of alcohol. it has
been figured out that last years corn
crop in the United States was sutfi-
cient to furnish 20,000,0 00-horse pow
err for ten hours day for an entire
year.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-11-06
low He Came to Go to College With
the Judges Jim.

w. r. ROSE, In Cleveland Plain DealerD