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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-16
TheLaw==$4oo, ooo,ooo==AMan
Self-Improvement League
Lays Down Worthy Prin-
cipIes---ParoIe of Lifers
May Come In Future.

head with a hand on every detail
keen to see every need and willing to
Incorporate the best of every new
thought for the institution.
The state, as well as the prison,
however, has grave problems yet to
settle, and we have but touched the
border of this great sociologic ques-
ton Of the man convicted and the man
behind the bars.
What do you know about your pris-
ons and these men, and the question,
anyway?
Think of it! Four hundred million
dollars in hard cash to run the GRIM
inal machinery Of this country yearly.
An average Of IS for each citizen of
Michigan, and still the thing for which
we pay 81, 200, 900 is not only still with
US, but on the increase. Cheerful
isn't It?
Waste is the horror of the business
world, time and labor its most valu-
able product. The labor of the men
shut within the walls Of the Michigan
prisons is worth million and half
uOildIs IL year. OuuST our present SyS-
tenn this, to large degree, is lost
Lost to circulation, lost to the mans
family, lost to himself as a home
builder.
There is a way that large percent
age Of this waste can be saved from
the labor Of convicts who must be de-
tanned; larger percentage may more
directly be saved when the state more
sanely deals with the socalled first
offender" 1t is a proposition full Of
interest to the state in taxes, to the
business man in trade and to the city
and country in productive labor.
Cut out the barbarous element OF
revenge, be broad minded enough to
see that the time has come when we
must teach the criminal not punish
him.
Worthy Facts.
The League For Self-Improvement
In Michigan's largest prison holds the
following to be facts worthy of con.
sideration: There should be general
use Of the suspended sentence for the
first offender; after conviction let the
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state demand of him the same or sim
liar things as are demanded OF paroled
men--work, no whisky, reports Of mon
ey earned and spent, and record Of
general respectability-for the follow
ing reasons
1st. 1t will save him the handicap
of the brand "ex-convict."
2nd. It will save him to the state as
productive unit in the common
wealth; now his earning power is
worse than nothing, he is burden.
3rd. 1t will save countless thou
sands in taxes.
4th. 1t will save his innocent fam
lily and friends the disgrace.
5th. 1t will save him from segrega-
ton with confirmed criminals and de-
generates of the worst type. The
chance given this class of men to
make good ought not to be less salts
factory than that of paroled men,
which is so per cent.
These are sentiments in keeping
with the largest and best sociologic
| thought for the good of humanity. That
man who puts snarl in his mouth
and says, "He Is guilty; give him a
dose, and give 1t to him hard" should
have died back in the age OF thumb
screws and the tread-mill.
Some people will take to the woods
or their cyclone cellars when liberty
either parole or pardon. is mentioned
for life man. Nevertheless, the Ma
tional Prison Association of the Unit
ed States is seriously discussing the
parole Of lifers after term Of years
! OF good conduct in prison, and why
not? Governor Pingree pardoned, dur
ing his administration as governor
thirty-three life men from Jackson
prison. The records show, as far as
known. that no one of them was AGAR
arrested, and only one returned, ant
he proved to b insane. Will thirty
three citizens picked from any town II
Michigan make a better showing? i
you say that society must have hel
pound Of flesh" then, sir, you wh'
who are without sin cast the firs'
stone"
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Commissioners Notice
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY
Probate Register.

In the matter OF the estate OF Anna Campbell
deceased.
We the undersigned having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
in and for the County Of Shiawassee. State Of
Michigan, Commissioners to receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate. DO hereby give notice,
that we will meet at the office of Fitzpatrick g.
Pierpont in the City of OwCsso In said County
on Monday, the 9th day OF August, A. ID. 1909,
and on Monday, the 18th day of October, A. ID.
1909 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each of
said days, for the purpose Of receiving and ad-
justing all claims against said estate, and that
four months from the 9th day OF June, A. d.
1909, are allowed to creditors to present their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment
q nd allowance.
Dated, the 9th day OF June, A. ID. 1909.
WILLIAM M. FITZPATRICK
w. T.. BULLARD
Commissioners.
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FIG. x-wHEAr WELL STACKED.


the farm. Experiments at the Mime
sofa station showed an increase Of 80
per cent, or seven bushels to the acre,
in wheat following cultivated crops
over wheat grown continuously.
Dairying fits in very well with wheat
farming, especially in localities so far
north that corn cannot be successfully
grown as grain crop. In such districts
the flint varieties can be raised for
silage and fodder. The wheat follow
ing this corn will be freer from rust.
scab and weeds and will yield much
more. The cows will yield good
profit for all the feed they consume,
and the work will be more evenly dis
tributed throughout the year.
When wheat is grown to be sold to
the -four mills the price will depend
directly upon the quality. To get the
best quality wheat should not be cut
until it is fully ripe. 1t should not be
allowed to stand too long after 1t is
ripe or It will shell out badly. Wheat
should be well shocked and capped.
If not well capped the bran will be-
come stained and cracked, injuring
the appearance and lowering the price.
Stacking is more advisable than shock
thrashing since it means better quail
ity and more fall blowing.
So much depends on the quality OF
the grain and the quality is so depend
ent on cultivation and harvesting that
It behooves him who is after satisfac-
tory results to make close study Of
the situation. 1t does not pay to cult
vate wheat intelligently and harvest
It in manner that makes all previous
care and labor Of little avail.
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Probate Order.

State OF Michigan, County OF Shiswassee, IS,
AT q session of the Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassee held at the Probate
ONCE in the City OF Corunna, on the l4th day
OF June In the year one thousand nine
hundred and nine.
Present Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Ralph f.. Bill
himer formerly Ralph Comstock) a minor
Eli W. Bihimer as guardian having rendered
10 this Court his annual account.
1t is ordered. that the 10th day OF July
next, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said Pro
bate ONCE. be appointed for examining and
allowing said account.
And II is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing in THE Owosse
TIMES, newspaper printed and circulating In
said County OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH
J1dge OF Probate,
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY
Probate Register
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WILLING TO RUN.
Justice Montgomery Will Not Make
Personal Campaign For
GoVernorship

When friends of Justice Robert M.
Montgomery began to talk of him as
being one who would be a good candi-
date for governor they did not re-
ceive much encouragement from him
In fact he issued a statement to the
effect that he could not see his way
clear under present conditions to think
Of accepting the nomination.
In spite Of this, however, Justice
Montgomery admirers would not
take mo" for an answer, and after
repeated urgings he subsequently is
sued another notice to the press, de-
claring himself willing to run, but only
on condition that he be excused from
making personal campaign.
Justice Montgomery is Michigan
der, born and bred. His birthplace is
Eaton Rapids, whittier he first saw
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light in 1S49, on the 18th OF May.
There he attended school until eight
cen and then entered the law Office
of F. j. Russell, at Hart, Oceana coun-
ty, where he remained three years.
During the civil war he enlisted and
was mustered in the Seventh Mich
Igan cavalry. but never saw active serv-
Ice. At the age of twenty-one he was
admitted to the bar and hung out his
single at Pentwater. For seven
years he practiced law there and dur
ing that period was elected to his
first civil office--that of prosecuting at
tcrney for Oceana county.
Justice Montgomery desired larger
field for his activities and moved to
Grand Rapids. He was soon appoint
ed assistant United States district at
torney and served until October, 1881.
Twice he was elected judge OF the
Seventeenth judicial circuit. In 1891
he was elected justice OF the supreme
court and reelected for the term com
mencing Jan. i, 1902.
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twelve good men; many worse, you
feel sure. The blackness and horror
of hell itself is there behind those
walls, and yet into such a cesspool for
ages society has stuffed and pressed
human life, and expected reform and
lessening of crime.
We have something for which to be
thankful In that we are living in a
time when the administration of our
prisons is being lifted above such con-
ditions. Broad minded men are stand
ing at the head of many of our insti-
tutions; they are students of life, hui
man life. They are seeking to elimi-
nate the barbaric from our prisons;
they are trying to find the spark of
manhood and help to fan it into a
fame that will burn white, for self,
for home and for state.
"Getting II Easy"
Some men come into our Institution
and wonder at the sight of order, quail.
ity of food, privileges given, such as
the ball game, the band, the flowers,
the feeling of good-fellowship between
men and officers, and they may say
or feel. "These fellows are getting ii
easy."-Think so? We find that they
are ready to go when we say the word
some before, as did Morris, who scaled
the north wall here at Jackson by
means of gas pipe, dropped sixteen
feet and left with only one pant leg
and even though he risked winches
tiers. His liberty was of just six hours
duration.
Michigan's big prison is in line with
the best and is steadily pushing higher
in every department for the men, Off
GERS and the state. Excellent dis
cipline and order everywhere, relig
ious services, meetings for self-im
provement, and privileges consiste-
with the spirit Of men who are aiming
to help and be helped; such privilege
as the newspapers, magazines, tif
. library, freedom of the yard, visito1f
and every opportunity to be heard N
what they consider is wrong of in
Justice done them.
A broad minded man stands at the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-16
Making Money
On the Farm
Wheat Raising
BY 6. V. GREGORY.
Author Of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association

ZANE OF the most important grain
crops grown in this country is
W wheat. 1t is second in value
and acreage only to corn. Not
outstanding the great Importance of
the wheat crop but little attention has
been paid to improved methods of cuI-
ture. Wheat is largely looked upon as
an extensive crop. Most farms in the
wheat belt are large. This is especial
ly true of the spring wheat belt in
northwestern United States and south
ern Canada. 1t is no uncommon sight
there to see section or more in one
field. Wheat follows wheat year after
year. Little live stock is kept, and no
manure is applied to the land. Under
this treatment the seemingly exhaust
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-16
Commissioners Notice

In the matter of the estate OF James II.
Hartwell deceased.
We. the undersigned, having been appointed
bv the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate
in and for the County OF Shiawassee, state OF
Michigan, Commissioners TO receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice,
that we will meet at the residence of Frank
Greenman in the City OF Owosso In said County
on Monday, the 9th day of August. A D 1903,
and on Monday, the 18th day of October, A. ID.
1863 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon OF each OF
said days, for the purpose of receiving and ad.
justing all claims against said estate, and that
four months from the 9th day OF June A. D..
1909 are allowed to creditors to present their
claims TO said Commissioners foI adjustment
and allowance.
Dated the 9Th day OF June, A. ID. 1863.
FRANK GREENMAN
ANSEL +. LOOMS
Commissioners
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Society Is Taking Broad
er Views In Treatment OF
C0nvict---Jackson Prison
In Line With Best.
loxWoMWoHWsu
By REV. e. Il. LoueHER.


~ HE worlds great pride is the Maj
esty of the Law" and one of its
greatest problems the safety OF
the public and what to do with
the man who disregards the law and
society.
In the silence of the court they said,
Guilty" He hung his head in shame;
the white faced wife and trembling
mother held out their arms and folded
him IN despairing goodbye. His
babies chung to the mothers skirts. or
Kissed his hands and they said to
him Come" and bars Of steel and
stone walls claimed him. You heard
the clank of chains, the crack Of the
lash, the slow grinding of the tread
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-16
Notice of Hearing Claims Before
Court

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee.
In the matter Of the estate of Albert V.
Brown deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four months from
the 18th day OF June A. D. 1909, have been al
lowed for creditors to present their claims
nation and adjustment. and that all creditors
of said deceased are required to present their
claims to said court, at the probate Office in the
the IL tn day of October A. ID. 1909 and that said
claims will be heard by said court on Monday
the 18th day of October A. d. 1909 at ten O'CLOCK
in the forenoon.
Dated June 18th A. ID. 1909.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge Of Probate,
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY
Probate Register.
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Acting Warden Wenger will con-
tinue in charge of the prison at Jack
son for at least two months more. At
the meeting of the prison board last
week it was decided that no warden
should be selected until the September
meeting. The four members of the
board each voted for a different man,
and none seemed willing to change.
Mr.. Wenger was deputy under Warden
Armstrong, and when the latter re-
signed was appointed temporarily to
ill his place
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DR.. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.
Directions with each Walls Five Languages
English, German, Spanish. Portuguese and French

No FOR Price
1. Fevers, COMPOSITIONS, Infammatfons. .......21
2. Worms, Worm Fever, or Worm Disease. 30
3. Collie, Crying and Wakefuness OF Infants 20
A. Diarrhea. of Children and Adults ..........25
d. Dysentery. Gripings, Bilious Collie. ........26
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=. TOOthache, Faceache, Neuralgia. ...........2o
o. Headache, Sick Headache, Vertigo. 20
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rs. Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis. ..........20
ii. Salt Rheum, Eruptions, Erysipeas. .......,.25
rs. Rheumatism, or Rheumatic Pains. .........20
16. Fever and Ague, Malaria. ......,....,..," "a
~. Piles. Blind or Bleeding, External, Internal %
rs. Ophthalmia. Weak or Infamed Eyes. 10
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FL. Asthma, Oppressed, Difficult Breathing. .25
~. Kidney Disease. Gravel, Calculi. ..........26
Is. Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness .....1 90
20. Sore Mouth, Fever Sores or Canker.. .......25
80. Urinary IhcOntinence, Wetting Bed. ..25
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A small bottle of Pleasant Pellets fits the vest
pocket Sold by druggists sent on receipt OF price,
Medical Book sent free.
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William and Ann Streets New York
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CHAPTER XVI.
From Another AnuIe,

Miss Carney knew nothing of the
letter that Miss Weston had received
from Mrs. Bruce. and when ! saw her
again. just before luncheon, she en-
pressed great concern over her friend
condition.
do you know, Mr.. Ware" she said
anXiously, annie was dreadfully up
set over that note this morning. She
has shut herself in her room all day
and even refuses to see me. have
just tried to persuade her to come
down to luncheon but she won't do It.
and says she doesn't want anything
sent up, either. She has so little
strength now that it worries me to
have her 90 without her meals in this
way, and then, she has been crying.
too. which is very bad for her and a
thing that she almost never does.
could tell by the way she spoke and
when she opened the door to answer
me she wouldn't let me see her face"
Perhaps she is A. trine ashamed Of
her ignomnious collapse at the table
this morning after she had expressed
SO much bravery only the moment be-
fore" ] suggested. "She was evident
ly deeply affected all of sudden, YOU
know"
YES" said Miss Carney, soberly,
"and don't understand it at all. But
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CHAPTER XIV.
A New Victim,

Good morning, Mr.. Ware!" ex.
claimed Miss Carney, as 1 made a
somewhat tardy appearance at the
breakfast table not long after my ar.
raival at Carney Croft in acceptance
of Mrs Randolph's invitation What
report has the bold Nimrod to-day?
Are we to have game for dinner to-.
morrow, sir?'
Not so much as, the report of a
gun," l replied, as l dropped into my
seat. II only flushed one bird and he
flew straight into foliage so dense that
couldn't get a ghost of sight on
him"
1--WE don't mind, 80 long as we don't
get sight of a ghost some dark
night, do we, Nan?" laughed Miss
Carney. Besides. I've ordered some
cartridges from town and we won't be
disappointed in our dinner, either!
You should be very grateful to me for
saving the day for you, sir!'
you might save my reputation, too,
if you would only remark casually, as
the game is served, that l have been
out shooting every morning since I
came" suggested with smile. II
believe you are to have guests to.
morrow"
Eyes," she returned with provoking
gravity "but it's to be the rector and
his wife. would do great deal for
you, as you know, but in such highly
moral company you are asking too
much"
Speaking of ghosts, Mr.. Ware"
said Miss Weston, whose assumption
of interest and good spirits was scarce
ly in keeping with her wanly glistening
eyes and the pale, emaciated, hectic OK
preston of her face, you seem to have
these. Carney-Croft wraiths most de-
cidedly under your control. You have
laid them, in word, haven't you?"
There certainly have been no un.
canny doings since we've been here"
cried Miss Carney in bantering tone.
II don't really believe that Mr.. Ware
ever laid a ghost in his life my dear.
He has just been trying to tease us all
the time!"
81 think Or. MacArdel had more to
do with it than L." 1 replied gravely.
"He engineered the whole campaign
against them and is entitled to all the
credit Of putting an end to their per.
formances."
Did you say that a woman was the
leading spirit in all this mysterious af-
fair?" asked Miss Weston, with inter-
est.
EYES," returned land most mild
hammered woman, too You never
would imagine that she could be cap.
able Of originating. such startling
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the odor of the rags that we found in
jerks possession. For my part, the
mystery of Carney-Croft seemed to be
growing deeper and deeper. and yet
felt it my duty to my hostess to make
as light of the matter as possible, es-
pecially in the presence of her other
guests.
After breakfast Miss Carney and
walked down toward the river to-
gether and passed the spot where Mac
Ardel had questioned jerks and the
widow.
This is where you saw the ghosts
isn't it," asked Miss Carney, with a
little nervous shudder.
Yes" replied. land we could have
captured them, too, if we had not been
so sure that we already had bigger
game in our hands,"
Il do hope they won't come back
again she said with SILVER I'm al
most as much upset over it as Annie
was. But she is not at all we'll, Mr.
Ware. Do you know. l really think she
is growing weaker and weaker every
day. Her spirits keep her up and all
that. but she certainly hasn't the
strength she used to have"
Il suppose that is why the note at.
fected her So" l returned You re.
member. she was actually calling for
some ghostly manifestation only mo-
ment before, and yet you must have
noticed how completely she lost her
head when found the paper"
But not until she had read It." said
Miss Carney. she didn't seem to
mind it at all until then. you know"
ut almost seemed to me that she
recognized the writing" l said guard,
eddy. Did you ever see it before?"
l handed Miss Carney the note.
which was in the flowing hand of the
Widow Bruce as MacArdel and I had
seen it on that eventful night in the
summer. She studied it carefully for
some time and then said:
''No, 1t is totally unfamiliar to me-
I hardly think that Annie knows any
thing about It, either. 1t was merely
her weakness that upset her. Mr.
Ware. You cannot realize how feeble
she Is"
We returned to the house as the
moring mail arrived and 1t CHANGED to
be handed to me for distribution. Az
sorted over the letters ! came across
one for Miss Weston and It. was ad-
dressed in the now well-known hand of
the Bruce woman and had been posted
in the village the day before. stuffed
1t In my pocket without comment. and,
when I had an opportunity to hand 1t
to its owner, she returned my signif1-
cant glance with look Of such pathet-
ic appeal that ] knew she was inno
cent of any wrong doing. and that, at
the most, she had become unwilingly
entangled in this almost unfathomable
mystery, which seemed to grow from
hour to hour.
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crudely and awkwardly done and am
sure we have heard the last of II"
II hope we have" she rejoined,
earnestly. Il am very fond of Carney.
Croft, and, while don't believe in
ghosts, and shouldn't fear them If I
did, cannot say that | fancy the idea
or having human providers about the
place. I know that we can get rid Of
them sooner or later. but I trust they
won't cause US any annoyance at all"
II said what I could to reassure her,
and, as l was going away, she offered
her hand and held mine while she said
softly:
you have been very thoughtful Of
my interests and happiness, Mr..
Ware, and appreciate it more than I
can tell YOU" sE
The pressure of her fingers tighten.
ed for an instant and made the blood
course through my veins until my
whole body tingled and my breath
seemed to catch in my throat. I num-
bled commonplace reply, and pulled
myself together with an effort in or.
der to avoid making'7my exit like q
boy In his teens sas.,a ,-
Before reached my Office, however,
I had convinced myself that Miss Car.
neys behavior was due only to her
simple, unaffected, generosity or dis.
position, coupled with her delight at
returning home, and that I was no
more than conceited ass in attach.
ing any other significance to it.
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I am sure She knows nothing about
the writing. How could she, Mr. Ware,
was just nervous attack, of course,
but I wish she did not take it so seri-
ously, for the least little thing uses
her up so"
Nothing was said at the luncheon
table about the affair Of the morning,
and Miss Westons vacant chair seem
ed to give an air OF gloom to the
whole party.
In the afternoon I wandered about
the grounds by myself, trying to de.
eide what l ought to do. The guam
Diary was in was not one to be easily
surmounted. for. while realized that