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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
STATE HEALTH OFFICER
IS NOW PROPOSED

who grandstand on the grounds of
public economy, but Senator Allen
has the facts and figures to show
where a state health commission
er can easily pay for himself and
all his deputies. The salary is S.
900 a year, and the term of Of
flee five years.
Typhoid experts set forth the
figures that each fatal case of ty-
phoid costs $4,000, taking into
account of the number who suffer.
pay doctors bills and recover.
All this doctors claim can be
prevented, IL prevention were
made the duty of some state Off
Ger with sufficient assistants and
clothed with enough power. The
bill will have the backing of the
medical profession of the state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
Et Il URDERS RNsRUE MORGUEl
X EDGAR ALLAN POE

ed. All the bones of the right leg
and arm were more or less shat
tered, as we'll as all the ribs of
the left side. Whole body dread
fully bruised and discolored. 1t
was not possible to say how the
injuries had been inflicted. A
heavy club of wood, or a broad
bar of iron-a chain-any large,
heavy and obtruse weapon would
have produced such results If
welded by the hands of a very
powerful man. No woman could
have inflicted the blows with any
weapon. The head of the de-
ceased, when seen by witness, was
entirely separatd from the body
and was also greatly shattered
The throat had evidently been
cut with some very sharp instru-
ment-probably with a razor.
Nothing further of Importance
was elected, although several 9TH
err persons were examined. A
murder so mysterious, and SO per-
picking in all it's particulars, was
never before committed in Paris
If indeed a murder has been COM
mitted at all. The police are en-
tirely at fault. There is not, how
ever, the shadow of clew appar-
ent."
The evening paper mentioned
that Adolphe Lebon had been ar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19

MILFORD, o., Jan. H.
"Over the Bridge" Is a popular
refrain in Milford Just now.
Half the town is in Clermont
and the other half in Ham
ilton county. A "dry" victory In
Clermont county, several weeks
ago, put two saloons out of the
business on the Clermont county
side of the Little Miami River.
Since then there has been a
steady stream cover the bridge"
the "dry" and ''wet"
sides of the town. The stream
of "empties'' from the
Clermont side in the mornings
and "loadeds" from the Hamilton
county side In the evenings.
The "drys" decided to put a
stop to the convenient arrange
ment. Monday an election was held
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
OVER the BRIDGE, NOT TO the
POORhOUSE, BUT The SALOON

under the Beal law on the Hamil-
ton county side. An effort was
made to drive out the one remain
ing saloon not affected by the
Clermont decision of some weeks
ago. 1t is said this saloon-keeper
has had to use a scoop to shovel
his gold into sacks at night since
the first election. The "swag" Is
to be divided from now on.
Twenty-one wet" votes tell the
tale. The "drys" lost in Mondays
election, and the two saloons voted
out In Clermont county will in all
probability travel cover the
bridge" and open up on the
Hamilton county side. The total
vote was 201 for and $50 against
the saloons. The 'sempties" Will
continue to go over In the morn
Ing and return filled at night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
fRv United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OLYMPIA, Jan. ia state
health commissioner, with depu-
ties and wide powers, is the legis-
lative plan of Senator Allen OF
King county.
Senator Allen contends that the
theory of caring for the health of
the state has, always been to cure
disease, whereas the enlightened
mthod is to prevent disease.
Under the present law, little
or nothing can be done of a pre-
ventive character, and the people
of the state are dependent for
protection of health upon city
and county boards often in violent
and vital conflict with each other.
The creation of this office will
probably be objected to by some
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
PRISONER GOES
INSANE

Gam Nedrebo, who faced Judge
Arntson yesterday afternoon on a
vagrancy charge and who was un-
able to tell when or where he
had ever worked, or anything else
about himself, this morning be-
came violently insane at the city
Jail, and was taken to the county
jail for examination.
The man was rational and talk
ed plainly when arrested, but
since his incarceration has devel-
oped strange forms of violent
mania.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
HOLD UP SALOON;
SHOOT OFFICER
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Jan. 19.-Posses OF
armed men of Colbert, WASH,
Hillyard, Wash, and Spokane are
today securing the country in an
endeayor to locate two men who
held up Thomas Smiths saloon
last night at Colbert, and later
shot Marshal M. F. Ryan at Hill
yard.
The men were making their
escape after holding up the sa-
loon, where they secured 5000 in
cash, when Ryan stopped them.
One of the men replied with a
shot, which inflicted a severe
wound in the marshal's leg, and
the bandits disappeared into the
darkness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
THE TACOMA TIMES

by which 1t would be possible to
trace the murderer.
1--WE must not Judge of the
MEANS" said Dupin, "by this shell
of an examination. The Partisan
police are cunning. but no more.
There is no method in their pro-
|ceedings. Vidocq, for example,
was a good guesser, and a perse-
vering man. But, without educat-
ed thought, impaired his vision by
holding the object too close. He
might see, perhaps, one or two
points with unusual clearness, but
In so doing he necessarily lost
sight of the matter as a whole.
There is such a thing as being too
profound.
LAS for these murderers, let us
enter into some examinations for
ourselves. An inquiry will afford
us amusement, and, besides, Lebon
once rendered me service for
which l am not ungrateful. We
will go and see the premises with
our own eyes. / know G., the
project of police, and shall have no
difficulty in obtaining the neces-
sary permission"
The permission was obtained
and we proceeded at once to Rue|
Morgue. 1t was late in the after
noon. 1t was an ordinary Partisan
house, with gateway, on one side
of which was a glazed Matchbox.
Before going in we walked up thel
street, turned down an alley, and
then. again turning, passed in
the rear of the building-Dupin,
meanwhile, examining the whole
neighborhood with a minuteness
of attention for which I could seeI
no possible object.
He came back to the front of
the dwelling, and, having shown
our credentials, were admitted by
the police. We went upstairs
into the chamber where the body
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
FOUND GUILTY
OF ASSAULT

G. Nomura and M. Makai, jap
anese, who have been on trial in
Judge Yesterdays department OF
the superior court for three days,
charged with assault with intent
to commit robbery, were found
guilty of assault yesterday and
will pay a fine of $500 or serve
six months in jail. At the ex-
piration of the sentence the prose-
cutting attorneys office will a.
tempt to deport the men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
YOUNG GIRL
DISAPPEARS

Police of Tacoma and Seattle
are today looking for Miss Bertha
GIhderson, who disappeared from
her home in Puyallup Saturday.
The young lady is described as
having large brown eyes and
br IN hair. When last seen she
,e-i1 a brown dress, white sweat
er and brown silk hat.
She is fifteen years old and is
believed to have eloped with a
young man who has also disap-
peared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
SMOKE CAUSES
A SCARE

Smoke pouring into a room of
the Johnson hotel from a faulty
chimney about 1880 this morning
caused inmates of the place to be-
lieve that the house was in
flames. A hurry call was sent
in for the fire department, and
the apparatus from several fire.
houses had gathered on G street
before it was found that there
was no danger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19

rested, although nothing appeared
to criminate him beyond the facts
already detailed.
Dupin seemed singularly inter-
ested in the progress of this af-
fair, but made no comments. 1t
was only after the announcement
that Lebon had been imprisoned
that he asked me my opinion re-
specting the murders.
l could merely agree with all
Paris in considering them an in
soluble mystery. l saw no means
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19

Of Mile. L'Espanaye had been
found and where both the dead
women still lay. l saw nothing
beyond what had been stated in
the newspapers. Dupin scrutinized
everything. We then went into
tht other rooms and into the
yard. The examination occupied
us until dark, when we left. On
our way home my companion
stepped in for a moment at the
office of one of the daily papers.
ITO Be Continued.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
SM0OT CHOSEN

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan.
Ex-senator Reed Smoot was
unanimously chosen at the re-
publican caucus yesterday to sue
coed himself as senator from
Utah. $500. I.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
BILL
IS FAvORABLY
REPORTED
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Con-
gresham Martin, chairman of the
Indian affairs committee, yester-
day reported the Tacoma tideland
bill for passage after a confer
ence with Representative Cush-
man. The bill will now be
brought up by Congressman Cush-
man and pushed through the house
as soon as possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-19
THOMPSON FUNERAL
SET FOR TOMORROW

The funeral of the late Robert
Thompson will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 1 o'clock from the
Pythian temple on G street. The
interment will be in Tacoma GEM
etery.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
Soft Hearted BILL

"Ah, dearie mep sighed the woman
when Mrs. Pipkins, the sympathetic
parishioner, called upon her. eyes,
there was worse men than my poor
Bill, but there, 'e's took now-gone. Re
'ad his good points, 'ad Bill"
81 am indeed glad to hear it." said
Mrs. Pipkins.
poor Bill" went on the bereaved
woman, Jewell, e weren't exactly
'andsome, but e were soft 'earted
enough to smoke like chimbly when
ever e left the 'ouse."
'Tndeedw broke in the visitor. "But
1 fail to see the connection between
smoking and"-
'That's becos you never seed my
poor Bill" put in the widow. "Bilf
weren't pretty, and e knowed it-but
there-sooner than Scare hinnercent
little children into fit Bill always i'd
that terrible mug O. is in a cloud o.
smoke. Yes, e was soft 'earted and
thoughtful for others, was BILL
London Answer
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made In the conditions
of o certain mortgage made by George Thomas
and Maria Elizabeth Thomas, his wife, of Owos
so, Michigan, to Ludwig Struber, of the same
place, dated the 10Th day Of May, A. ID. 1887, and
RECORD ed In the office of the Register of Deeds
Michigan. on the goth day OF May A. ID. 1887.
In Liber al OF Mortgages, on page 80, which
mortgage has been duly assigned to George
Sheldon on which mortgage there is claimed to
be due at the date of this notice, for principal
and interest and taxes the sum Of Three hund.
torney's fee of fifteen dollars, as provided for
In said mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at
law hpving been instituted to recover the mon.
eys secured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof
Notice is Hereby Given, That by virtue Of the
the statute In such case made and provided, on
Monday the 18th day OF July, A, ID. 1909, at ten
o'clock In the forenoon, the undersigned will.
at the Court House In the City of Corunna that
being the place where the Circuit Court for the
County Of Shawassee is held, sell at Public
Auction, TO the highest bidder, the premises
described In said mortgage, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to pay the amount so as
aforesaid due on said mortgage, with seven per
cent interest, and all legal costs, together with
said attorneys fee, to wits
The West twenty four acres OF the South
East quarter OF the North West quarter OF
Section twenty six Town seven North Range
two East, excepting and reserving the land iy.
ing West OF the Railroad right OF way and also
the land included In said right of way OF said
Railroad used and occupied by the Michigan
Central Railroad Company.
GEORGE SHELDON.
Assignee OF Mortgage.
FITZPATRICK b PIERPoNT
Attorneys for Assignee OF Mortgage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
Time Reminders Unpopular.

A west side woman who wished to
entertain great deal one day Won
dered why her guests always seemed
SO uncomfortable.
ut is because of your clocks" said
candid friend. There are three
within hearing distance of your draw
ing room that strike. / don't know
of anything that makes company feel
quite so uncomfortable as to hear a
clock strike. Somehow it is bound to
give the impression that we have out
stayed our welcome and the hostess
is anxious to get rid of us. OF course
that is purely matter of fancy, yet
somehow a striking clock always seems
to say, You'd better be going The
wise hostess knows that, and If she
wants her callers to be thoroughly
comfortable she shuns a clock that
strikes. New York Times.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
Baixac's Refuge.

Admirers of Balzac who visit Paris
will be interested in a museum special
ly devoted to souvenirs Of the writer
1t consists Of the quaint old house and
garden in the Rue Raynouard, at AZ,
which he inhabited many years and
where he wrote a number of his best
works. Curiously enough, the house
recalls one of the most difficult pc
RODS Of his life, when, 1t is said. he
was hunted and persecutedby debtors
to an alarming extent He selected
the house, it is stated, purposely as a
sort of harbor of refuge from duns.
1t has no direct refuge from the Rue
Raynouard, and one has first to pass
through the hall Of another house and
go down two fights Of stairs to a
courtyard below. The house, which is
a small building and which the French
would only call a pavilion" is en-
tered from this courtyard and has q
little garden at the back. At one side
Of the garden there is steep wall
down the side Of the hill, giving the
place the appearance of little for
tress.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
HER TWO PRAYERS.
Both Were Answered, but the Results
Were Discouraging.

During and for many years after the
civil war there lived in Franklin coun-
ty, Mo-, where the old state road, built
before the days Of railroads, crossed
Boeuf river, Mrs. Samuel Hutton.
who met with the misfortune Of hav-
ing two Of her prayers answered, ano
thereafter. her neighbors used to say.
she never prayed again. And this hap
pened during the civil war.
"Sam being away In the Confederate
army" was the way she used to ia 1t,
II got lonesome among so many bfas.-
ging stay at home northerners that one
day l got down on my knees and pray
ed for the southern boys to come and
clean out the neighborhood, and IL
wasn't week before along came Cen
eral Pap Prices army, and, it being
near dark, the whole outfit campe6
along the river, confiscated all my
stock feed, robbed my chicken roosS
and burned half the fence rails on the
place without asking my permission
AS ! didn't know where Sam was To
tell him what the scamps had done, L
prayed again, asking the Lord to send
the Federals to chase Pap Price to the
jumping off place. 1t was about sun
down that day when l looked up the
road and saw my answer coming, and
the northern boys stopped at the river
for the night, ate what food the Con-
federates had left me and destroyed
the balance of the fence rails."-Buf-
falO Times
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07
The Thumb,

The disparagement of the usefulness
and Importance Of the thumb implied
in the expression, His fingers are all
thumbs" seems undeserved In view Of
the important part the thumb formerly
played In the social customs Of the peo-
pie and the very important part 1t
plays in our own lives.
Lord Erskine, In his Institutes, -
states that among certain of the lower
ranks In Scotland the final settlement
Of q bargain was always signalized by
the licking and joining of thumbs.
Selden, In Titles Of Honor" says
that kissing the thumb was mark Of
servility. The clergy, the rich and
the great, were in receipt Of this honor
from their tradesmen.
From the remotest days Of antiquity
the practice Of licking the thumb has
been regarded as a solemn pledge or
promise. existing, according to Tacitus
and other authorities, among the
Cloths, the Iberians and the Moors and
1t may also be traced through success
sive periods down to our own times
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
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thereof, n as deg, W % T, s IS deg, w2s r. e to
beg Com at Is post TO W d OF sec 10 8
so r, l1r. ~ W 81 r, n 80 deg W to line
of sec 10, to beg.
OF a ONE a OF SEQ Q. 20 r. as deg, e to
line OF sec 0, W to beg. Com at n W cor OF
eh Of u OF sec 9, SO r, SO r, S As deg, W
cor OF sec g. S IS r. S go deg. e 81 r, 8 "a r
TO "a line, g along q line 62.5 r, n SO deg, 26.2
r, ssc 20 Deg ne e IS north to north line
post OF sec 10 r, e 4O.6r, 80 deg, e 2s.7 r
TO said u lin, 61,5 r TO beg.
The following lands in sec 8: Com at
cor OF sec ., sor,s 32h +, IS deg, e n r, S 81
W OF n e cor of sec s. S Is deg, % r, S IS
deg. to line Of W 4 OF n q OF sec s, s2n
to line OF sec 8, W sOr TO beg.
Now, therefore, all unknown and non resi-
dent persons. owners and persons interested
in the above described lands, and you, Malachy
Corcorao, Edward II. Baker. Adelbert b.
Baker. William M. Black, Matte l. Black,
Southwell. Mrs. Q: r. Brandt, Jacob Eumer,
Mary Z. Smith, Magnolia May Carr, Frank S.
Al rg, a Ada Alverson, William E. seeiey,
Hart Mary Hart. Burcy H. Milliman, Robert
DeBarry, Fred r. YouDgs Thomas McMana-
mon, NettIe McManamon, William M. Lamb
Lewis Ii: Harmon, John j. Burke, Cynthia J.
Burke. Milton L. Young, Simon II Ribby,
James f. Capin. Charles +. Juckett, James M .
Bailey, Jacob Graham, Daniel M. Juckett, /.
Gulick, Perry Gulick, Hiram H. Hammond,
Belle Hammond, Grace Eberly. M Calvin
Boylan. and you, William p. Brannan. and
Andy j. Watson Supervisor and Highway
Commissioner, respectively. of the Township
OF WILLIAMSON, and you, Elmer ID. Colby, and
j. w. Leonard, Supervisor and Highwsy Com.
missioner, respectively, OF the Township OF
woodruff are hereby notified that at the time
and place aforesaid, or at such other time
and place thereafter to which said hearing
may be adjourned. we shall proceed to receive
bids for the construction of said "Shaw Elk.
tension Drain" In the manner hereinbefore
stated; and, also, that at such time OF letting,
from nine O'Clock in the forenoon until FIVE
o'clock in the afternoon, the assessment for
benefits and the lands comprised within the
Shaw Extension Drain Special Assessment
Districts will be subject to review.
And you, and each OF you, owners and
persons interested In the aforesaid lands,
are hereby cited to appear at the time and
place OF such letting as aforesaid, aud be heard
with respect TO such special assessments and
your interests in relation thereto, IL you so
desire.
JOHN BOUTWELL,
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
Shtawassee.
GEORGE A. WILLIAMS,
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
lngham.
Dated, Mason Mich, April Is, A. d. 1909.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07

\ fst&, u wfth a sspag froid that did Mel
IcreditVshe put pI4 her lorgnette ia1d
stared alta picture pa the wall%
II happened In at milllner's," said
sydney, with smile. "Queer place
for man to be, but / happened
Can't say that was looking for hat,
but in searching out subjects for re-
form you have to drop into various
places. Milliner nice little widow.
All her capital in the business. Just
received q letter from a wholesale
house threatening suit on bills over
due. Her customers all rich, but they
didn't pay cash down. Don't pay in
three or six months. In fact, they
didn't pay for year or so and only
when forced to. i have seen many OF
the hats that were bought there that
way. Relieved the distress and passed
on"
Every lady in the room except the
Hon. Mrs. Spofferd had on an expen-
sive hat. Each lady started to look at
the other; but gave it up and cast
down her eyes with proper modesty.
They might not all have known the
milliner referred to, but they had
thoughts. After painful silence Mr..
Gerald continued:
Happened to meet the butler of a
house where l frequently call. Just
happened, you know. Down in the
mouth; looked bilious. AS a would
be reformer i spoke to him and got his
story. Lady of the mansion hadn't
paid his wages for five months and
had borrowed his savings besides. He
dared to speak to her about 1t, and she
had sent him packing. Saw the same
lady buying a 5000 ruby ring the other
day."
Every lady in the room belplessly
glanced at the hands Of every other
lady. A poodle dog belonging to one
of them seemed to be the only thing in
the room at ease.
Happened to call on florist" said
the obliging reformer when the silence
had endured to the painful point; "just
happened so. One of his statements of
accounts sent out to lady had been
iCiuluCu Win a NNiy hOhN' hN
account was two years old, and be-
cause he sought to collect it the debtor
informed him that she should take her
patronage elsewhere. 1t was only one
case out Of score. Sympathized with
the florist and passed on. Happened
across a discharged coacbman, dis
charged for limiting that he wanted his
wages. Helped him out with a five
dollar bill. Happened to run across a
governess in the same fix. That's all.
Good evening, ladies'"
For two minutes after the reformer
disappeared no one spoke. Then one
lady after another rose up to 60 and,
turning to the honorable widow, work
ed up a smile and said:
"Isn't Sydney Gerald just too charm
ing for anything! And how awful Of
people not to pay their billsw
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-07

~, our k1oWeuSe On we
slight, To begin with, II enables
~ solmark the permanency in place or
the planets features and so to time
their axial rotation, by which we come
to knowledge OF the planets day, This
day proves to differ little from our
own in duration, being "a hours 40
minutes long instead of "a hours. Next
1t discloses the tilt of the axis to the
planets orbital plane, relation which
causes the seasons of the year. Now.
the Marian tilt as well as the Marian
time of rotation turns out to be singu-
larry like our own, being, in fact, "A
degrees as against 23la degrees for the
earth. The year of Mars, however. is
twice ours in length, which, Joined to
great eccentrlcity of orbit, gives 1t di-
versifiedly long seasons. Thus in the
northern hemisphere spring lasts 1893
days, summer 1873, autumn lat ana
winter 1913, while in its southern hemf
sphere the figures stand reversed.
The numbers have more than aca-
demic Importance, foR-7bsolute length
is as vital a factor in "a seasons In
fluence as the fact of the season itself.
Much may be brought to pass In twice
the time which could not develop In
the shorter period, and 1t Is not little
interesting that precisely this possibii-
ity actually turns out to be vital in
the vegetative economy of the planets
year-Percival Lowell In Century.