The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-26

things in life and miss all the sun
shine. The weather is too hot or too
, cold, too wet or too dry and when
no real trouble can be found they
borrow trouble from the future.
Wives are made miserable by grum-
bling husbands and husbands are
driven to spend leisure hours away
from home by grumbling wives.
Home seems to be the place where
we are used best and grumble most.
Keep your troubles to yourself or
better yet, get rid of them. Look for
the sunshine of life, promote happi-
ness all along the way and this old
world is not half so bad after all.
Mrs. Adah Hoisington gave us a
fine collection of current events
among which the following might
be mentioned: The increase of the
German navy by the addition of sew
en- big ships. The visit of the King
of Portugal to England for supposed
matrimonial reasons. The meeting
of Presidents Taft and Dias at our
boundary line. A pirate ship re-
viction of railway porters for selling
liquors on board trains in prohibit
ton counties. The completion Of
excavation of the tunnel under De-
troit river. The typhoon in Luzon.
The labor strike in Sweden. The
physical examination for lepers.
And greatest of all the custom house
scandal.
What Do We Want With Local
Option in Shiawassee Coz" was pre-
sented by Rev. MIR. Benson.
Mr.. Benson lately came from Gen
esee county and was able to speak
from experience and me recommend
ed in part Talk local option first,
last and all the time. 1t cannot be
agitated too much Then there
should he a careful oversight by
committee to see that all provisions
of the law are complied with Meet
ings should be held in all parts of
the county even to our school
houses. Do not be alarmed by cir
culars saying that taxes are high
err in dry counties since local option
became the law until you know that
public Improvements are not re-
sponsible for it.
Then when local option prohibit
ton comes elect men who will en-
force the law and then help them all
you can.
Mr.. J. d. Leland thought the only
successful prohibition of the liquor
traffic must come through the pro-
hibition party and must be nation
al in scope.
Suggestions in connection with
our election laws was thes ubject of
talk by B. w. Mattoon. He be-
lieves political parties have out
lived their usefulness and are now
hindrance rather than a help in
securing the best men for political
positions.
The one thought that seemed to
be uppermost in the minds of those
who framed all our late election
laws was party perpetuity, for If
party organization were destroyed
party manipulators would be out of
a job. Let us have an election based
on part Of our primary election law
having the names of all the candi-
dates printed on one primary ballot
and the two candidates receiving
the larger number of votes be de-
clared the candidates for the gene
raj election, making it necessary for
an election to mark every name for
which he wished to vote. This rule
might apply to all but our national
election.
There are seldom any party issues
in local affairs then why drag ma
tional issues into local politics for
the purpose of appeasing party man.
ipulators.
Who are benefited and in what
way by the discovery of the north
pole was the subject assigned to ].
S. Lemon. Mr.. Lemon stated that
in his opinion only those who could
turn it to account from the lecture
platform and the makers and users
of printers ink were reaping any
particular benefit. It was a credit
to this nation that the discoverer
was an American anyway. We
might draw from this achievement
the lesson that continued efforts are
certain to be crowned with success.
Our program was interspersed
with additional vocal solos by Mrs.
IT. Mackey and Miss Ruby Cole.
The program committee reported
as follows for our December meet
ing:
What Constitutes a Good Chance
for Success?" Mrs. F. ID. Clark.
Back to the Farm" J. d. Lee
land
"The Influence of a Good Begin
ming" r. e. Hoisington
Keeping in the Sunlight" Miss
Stella Potter.
The club then adjourned to meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wrigley, Dec.
9. 1909.
Tired, Cross and Dull
Your liver is out of order and the