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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-18
procedure drove Industries from II

procedure drove Industries from the
city.
The civic and indus trial committee
OF the Association of Commerce took
the matter up with the mayor and
his cabinet It said: Time III bust
ness is Worth money. II factories
want spurs there should be no delay
i'll considering the cases. If their
demands are unfair we will be Just
as willing as you are to turn them
down bur there must be 40 delay.
As a result, there has been organized
al aldeTnlanic committee IN local IL
Custries. 10 which Al S~'cn oTd!naE-
ces arc referred When g member OF
the association wants a spur the com
mittee asks for q public hearing on
it. Instead Of waiting year he gets
action III two weeks. The same
course Is open to any man IN ChlCa-
go, for the association works for the
general good. Thus the way has been
cleared Of obstacles that have reset
the path Of bestoWing ordinances
through the city council.
This work has established friendly
relations between the railroads and
the city and has helped to put an end
prelude to the granting Of favors by
the city 10 the various transportation
! lines. Equally important was the
community of interest created be-
tween the association AMI the city
government.
Rut the civic and industrial com
mittec had only started It's campaign.
Since the committee eli local indus
tries must pass or the eligibility OF
tracks and site extensions, 1t reason
ed, Why not give these aldermen
q real look At Chicago and her indus
trles?" There began a series Of what
are known as industrial excursions.
The hosts are the association and
the railroads and steamship lines. and
the guests are the aldermen and city
officials. One of these trips was b.
boat through the Sanitary Canal dis
trict to study the Industrial oppor-
, tunltles there, a second was-to Argo
a third to the steel plants at South
Chicago. \ tVofold purpose was serv-
Ell by the excursions: the city off,
Gals NOT only became we'll acquainted
with the representative business men
Of the community and found out their
needs, but also, as one alderman ex-
pressed It. really saw Chicago and
her possibilities for tho first time.
The net result IS that today, instead
OF mutual susTtcion between big
business and city government. as is
so often the case, there IS frank and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-18

friendly feeling and-vhat is more
TO the point-Co-cpeIa
One more episode Will show how
the association works ciTiCaIly. Chi
cago levies u wheel tax on vehicles
which nets the city about seven hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars a
wear. This money is devoted TO street
inprov a1nent. Nov, though tic sum
IS not large. there vas much sign;f-
canoe in its unequal distribution. The
association found tu2r where one
ward paid il tventE-siS thousand 0ol-
lars and only received six thousand
dollars for its streets. another ward
that only 7cnJI3 puted SIX Thousand Go!
lars got forty thousand dollars. TIE
matter Vas brought before tic mayor
and council. with the result thai the
Yards nov get their nro rata Of wheel
money on the basis Of their contr,bu-
tons. This incident showed the clt.-
admin stratlon that the association
was keeping an eagle eye on the con
duct Of affairs and this scrutiny has
made for efficiency and economy IN
every public department
Trade Extension Trips.
Now turn to the work Of industrial
expansion. One Of the association 8
jobs is to get new factories. To eape-
cite this it has an industrial co1nmls-
s.uner who aeaps tab rG. only on
Chicago's growth but on tie develop
1nent Of every ~it.. He gels indus
trial clippings from everywhere. II
he reads that John Jones, II Oshkosh,
has had a fire, or is looking for
larger site, he at once writes to him,
stating the advantages OF Chicago.
This rule underlles all the associa
ton campaign work: Dwell On your
cWn advantages, never knock the dis
advantages Of Your Eeigibors. # the
out-of-town merchant OF manufacturer
is interested the industrial commls-
sioner will so - see him. # he wants
site tie association will send him
the names IF every one Of, its mem.
bers II the real estate business.
More specta Cular than this are the
trade embassies that sally forth to
distant points bearing the banner of
the association. They are crusades
Of acquaintance. and they have been
to Seattle, New Orleans, Oklahoma
and many other places. LikeV1ne
there are many trade-eXtenslon tips
to points nearer home.
One specific excursion will show
4 picturesque method Of advertia1Rg
a city The association hired one Of
the biggest boats to be had on Lake
Michigan, aud spent two weeks on
the water, visiting thirty towns. In.
stead OF accepting entertainment from
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-18

the places visited. as IS usually The
case. the association did the enter
tanning. week ahead it sent three
Thousand tickets to every town for
distribution among its business men
! and citizens generally. When the
boat tied I'D at the wharf the docks
, were cleared for entertainment and
! the populac. streamed aboard. No
bod: solicited trade, but everybody
, talked Chicago.
II 'fu main saloon Of the boat was
moving picture show which present
ed sights and sIeres II the big city;
but instead Of the CRIME of Packing
, tVvT here we're views Of Orexe1
Boulsr ard. with Its gay eqripages.
! Lincoln Pafl- and its statues, snap
shots or the university ana Groves ON
State street going INTO the biz s..,res
lecturer from the University Of
, Chicago told Of the artistic and es-
! thetic advantages c? the city. AL this
vas TO show that Chicago was & goc6
place rc live in. TO work il and 70
buy IN
! On It's trips the association sets
out daily newspaper. On trains it -
! mimecgraphed Or this "trip the boat
used press on which vas printed
! IIC A0itJ Lug. - udo LliS tISHS UI lu6
| day-live, hct matter about Chicago
AMI the itinerary. These papers were
! generally distributed and provided
what might be called portable pub
, lclty. The ASSOCIATION believes in
trade missionary work i'll its own
state. It sends e t~anload Of mem
bers to the state fair at Springfield
or to q. reunion at Elgin. its speaker
then do not talk of Chicago. but talk
Springfield and Elsin. Your inter
escs are ours" they say.
Two distinct innovations IN trade
missionary work have been planned
by the association. One is a series
of trolley specials through the inter
urban territory. The plan is to es
tablish headquarters at a place like
Peoria and take trips on the electric
cars each day to different territOrT
More ambitious than this IS 4 series
of automobile trips planned through
such states as Iowa and Nebraska
Here the trade eZtensionists uan sJop
and visit the smallest fowls and ham
lets, and gather in the trade neglect
ed on the big special train e1cur.
s1ons.
The 6uy-atHome Slogan.
There is still another kind OF bust
ness expansion ~orn. II grew out OF
the complaint TO the association that
the Chicago retail merchants we're
(Continued on PAGE S, Section Three
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CONTINUED On Page s, Section Three
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Spanish War Veterans.

George Hunt Camp, Spanish Ameri-
can war veterans, is the name of the
new organization perfected Monday
evening, in Owosso. The new camp
has an enrolled membership of twenty
veterans, and the charter will be held
open so that any one eligible, and who
wishes may get in as charter member
DR.. Roy o. Woodruff of Bay City, a
member of the old Company G, 33rd
Michigan Volunteers, which left Owos-
so to take active part in the war of
1898, was in the city to assist in the
work of organization and Department
Commander Irvine of Bay City, acted
as mastering officer.
Owing to the illness of several of the
officers, installation exercises were not
held Monday evening, but the officers
will be installea in the near future.
Following the ceremonies banquet
was served to those present. DR.. Wood
ruff and Mr. Irvine returned to Bay
City Tuesday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER
John Boutwell, Will be A Candidate
Has Good Record and Seems to
be Only Aspirant.

A few months ago John Boutwell,
the present efficient and popular county
drain commissioner, expected to retire
from Office on January 1st of this year
but the legislature extended his term
until the end of the year and made the
Office an elective one by the people. AS
the months have gone along and no one
has entered the field for the nomina.
tion to be made at the primary in Sep.
tember, Mr.. Boutwell, has decided to
become candidate. This will please
many citizens in the county who have
urged him to take this step and in ad
dition hundreds of tax papers who have
had their property drained under his
direction and know how well and
reasonably the work has been done.
Mr.. Boutwell, will make an announce
ment of his candidacy shortly and will
be pleased if the voters of the party
make him the candidate. His future in
the Office can best be judged by the
past, except that he has learned from
his experience how to avoid mistakes
and how to get the most possible for
the land owners who have the expense
of his work to meet. Judged on his
record, Mr.. Boutwell, has nothing to
fear.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
legsett Making Good Record.

The Ford auto party consisting of j..
G. Leggett of Perry, and four other
gentlemen, who are deputy state game
wardens, stopped at Perry for few
hours Sunday. Since the first of April
this year, they have made 40 arrestssfor
illegal fishing and have convicted every
one, they pleading guilty, but one
party, who stood trial and they were
convicted. The fines for the different
convictions run from S. 90 to $50. 90.
They have collected total of 1854 90
in fines in the last ten weeks. Their
Ford machine in which they travel all
the while throughout the state has
covered over 1000 miles since April 1st
The catching of fish or the shooting
of games out of season should be stop
ped and it is the intention of the game
wardens to do this. Michigan's wild
game are getting scarce enough with
out shooting them out of season also
the fish in our lakes are getting pretty
we'll thinned out and they need protec'
tion. The work of the State game
warden is to be commended, and the
law in regard to this department should
be enforced. Local nimrods, beware,
how you cast your baited hookl-Perry
Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
CahiIl-Murphy.

A very pretty wedding was solem-
nized Tuesday morning at st. Pauls
Roman Catholic church when Miss
Margaret Elizabeth Murphy was united
in marriage to Leo E. Cahill of Lam
sing. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. p. j. Slane.
The bride was beautifully attired in
gown of white satin, trimmed with
lace and pearl ornaments and wore a
white picture hat and carried white
prayer book. She was attended by Miss
Minnie Delaney of this city, who was
prettily gowned in dainty pink mess
aline, trimmed in lace and hat to
match. George Adams of Lansing,
attended the groom.
After the ceremony the bridal party
drove to the home of the brides
mother where an elaborate wedding
breakfast was served after which the
happy couple took the train for New
York City and other eastern points,
stopping at Detroit, Niagara, Buffalo
and other places.
The house was decorated with white
and pink roses. The centerpiece OF
the table being large bouquet OF
American Beauty roses and smilax.
The bride is a very popular young
lady who was formerly of Ontario, has
been resident of Owosso for the pas,
seven years during which time she has
been employed as head clerk for w. E.
Hall & Son, where she has made host
of friends and acquaintances.
The groom is very popular young
man among his many friends. He il
a member of the X. C.'s and also of the
X. .. T. M. M. Mr.. Cahill was form
erly cashier for the M. c. r. X. in this
city and is now employed by the L. s
& M. s. as chief clerk in Lansing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cahill will be at their
new home, which is beautifully fur
nished, at 613 Genesee St, Lansing
after July 1st.
The many friends of the young
couple extend their most hearty con
gratulations and best of good wishes
for bright and happy future.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Destructive Runaway.

A rear wheel of the buggy in which
G. L. Dimmick and o. l.. Sprague were
riding, Tuesday morning, on N. Wash.
ington street, came off, and the horse
becoming frightened started to run
veering in toward the row of trees and
Mr.. Sprague jumping out struck tree,
laying open the scalp, slightly injuring
his ear, arm and receiving kick from
the horse on his leg. Mr.. Dimmick es-
capped with few bruises. The horse
continued running, the buggy striking
the Congregational church and being
badly broken up. The horse with the
thills hanging to the harness ran franti.
cally across the lawns in front of w. d.
Murray's and DR.. Shepards homes and
down to Shattuck's Music House where
dray with piano on it was standing.
The animal stopped, reared up and
jumped on to the piano practically
wrecking the piano body and injuring
the mechanism badly, being caught
there and taken home.
Mr.. Sprague was hurried to doctors
Office where his scalp was sewed up and
other wounds dressed. He was taken
home and is recovering rapidly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Eagles Convention.

The State Convention of the Order OF
Eagles is being held this week at Alpe
ma. Milton F. Grove of Owosso, was
elected State President at Wednesday
session.
The Owosso delegates are: Past
Worthy President A. F. Howard, Jun
ior Worthy President, Vest Fritch, Vice
President Ed. Lottridge, Chaplain Will.
liam Brown, Conductor John Bessinger
and Past Worthy President Milton
Grove.
The Owosso degree team which com
peted for the state prize in the competi
tive drill is as follows: Captain, Vests
Fritch Clare Grove, Lee Foess, David
Graham, Ed. Cote, Hiram Dennis
George Frieseke, Charles Paris, Blanch
ard Western, William Brown, Franz
Hurst, Jack Morehead and Herman
Hintz.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
DETROJT'S BIG SHOW.

President Taft has set in motion the
wheels of the great Detroit Industrial
Exposition, to be held from June goth
to July 9Th, under the auspices of the
Detroit Board of Commerce.
This exhibition of home products
is one of the largest displays OF
the kind ever held, including an auto
mobile show, good fair, machinery
display, furniture exhibit, an elec-
trical show and interesting exhibits in
other lines. The occasion will be
rare opportunity to see what makes
Detroit and what Detroit makes"
Among the many special features
will be exhibits of the public schools,
the Y. M. C. A., and the Public library.
Two great buildings are in use
for the display of the city's prod
ucts. One is the Wayne Pavilion, De-
troit's largest hall, and the other an
exposition building erected for the
purpose and adjoining the pavilion.
| The new building is one of the largest
ever erected for exhibition purposes
and is completely equipped
On the river front spacious garden
is a charming and unique feature,
enhanced by floral decorations and
brilliant electrical illuminations. Two
concert bands are giving afternoon and
evening musical programs, playing
simultaneously in different parts of
the Exposition grounds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Reliance Park.

Fext Saturday Reliance park, the
newest building addition, will be open
ed to the public by Kinne e. Wilson.
Reliance park is located on Alger
avenue and extends east for two and
ne.half blocks. The total plat con-
tains sixteen acres OF land and has
been plated into 11O large building
lots.
Messrs. Kinne a. Wilson bought this
property last week and haye had a
large force of men and teams at work
since putting it in shape for the Sat.
urday opening The streets in the
new park have been carefully laid out
and graded and no expense has been
spared to make it an ideal building
location.
The new addition is close to the
truck factory and business part of the
city and but two minntes walk to the
electric car line Judging from the
many early inquiries the owners have
received, lots in this addition WIN be
in great demand y
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Bancroft Alumni.

The eleventh annual banquet and re-
ception of the Bancroft Alumni associa-
tion took place Friday evening. Sew
eral of the out tof-town members came
for the event and goodly number of
the resident membership were present.
The reception was held in the X. of
p hall from $50 until $50. This hour
spent in social converse was much en-
joyed. Classmates and old.time friends
mingled together and recalled incidents
of school life.
At $3.50 the line of march was formed
and all proceeded to the NJ. E. church
where the Ladies' Aid society had a
sumptuous banquet spread, One hun
dred and fifty were served, larger
number than any previous year.
After partaking of the feast, Mrs. F.
G. Mixer, class of '95, acting as toast
mistress, called the meeting to order
and in graceful manner called for re-
sponses to the toasts given. Miss Flea
nor Fuller, 90, welcomed the class of
10. John Hall of that class responded
to the welcome. Supt. G. r. Murphy
talked upon the subject, boys and
Girls" The class roll was given by a
member selected from each of the class
es. Elbern Parsons, 06, responded to
"Our High School," Mrs H. E. Payne,
Or and Mrs Fl p Shane sang ssTell
me, will my dream come true" in a
pleasing manner.
Misses Celeste Sherman and Florence
Simonson rendered an instrumental
duet and Miss Eleanor Fuller an instru-
mental solo, responding to an encore.
Judging from the applause, everyone
was happy and pleased with the ban
quet and program and another annual
meeting goes on record as very enjoy
able one.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Valuable Jersey Sire.

The Place-Reynolds Co. received on
Thursday from the herd of Frank w.
Hart of Cleveland, Ohio, an eleven
months old Jersey bull calf of the
choicest breeding. The animal is sired
by Karnaks Raleigh, an imported ami
NAL by The Imported Jap, dam Nancy
Wolff with butter record of 20 pounds
and four OF. in week. The dam of
the calf is Raleigh's Lady Aldan, a
prize winner and the dam of prize win
ners on the Island of Jersey, with a
butter record of 1S pounds and 6 or.
from 296 pounds OF. milk. The calf
traces several times to Eminent I'd and
Eminent's Raleigh, two of the famous
Jersey sires of the day. The animal
will be kept at the farms E. o. Place
and Leo G. Reynolds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Pleasant Reception.

Mrs. William M. Fitzpatrick gave a
reception Tuesday at her home, 521
West oliver street, in honor of Mrs.
Rae Kiteley of Longmont, Colorado,
formerly Miss Mary Fitzpatrick of
this city. The function which was a
most delightful affair, was held from
one to seven o'clock.
On their arrivel, the guests were
met at the door by Misses Catherine
and Mana Fitzpatrick and Harriet
Dewey, and later received by Mrs.
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Kiteley and Mrs. r
j. Tick, the latter a sister of Mrs.
Kiteley.
The house throughout was hand
somely and exquisitely decorated for
the event with roses and ferns. The
color scheme was pink, red and
green.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs
G. M. Bilhimer of Corunna, Mrs
Stanley e. Parkill, Mrs. M. d. Roth
Mrs. ID. M. Christian, Mrs. Frank
Howard, Mrs. Maud Thompson, Mrs
Frank Greenman, Mrs. A. e. Harts.
horn, Mrs. Charles W. Gale, and Mrs
e. o. Dewey.
Adelicious two-course buffet lunch
con was served by Misses Florence
Thompson, Ada Gerow, Helen Storr
er, Edith Hartshorn and Elsie Whip
pie. One hundred fifty ladies called
during the receiving hours.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
MocURDY ESTATE BEGINS SUIT
Wants Shiawassee County to Pay
Its Honest Debts.

A summons has been served on Geo.
NJ. Dewey, chairman, and Albert L.
Nichols, clerk of the Shiawassee county
board of supervisors to appear and
make defense, if defense is desired, of
a suit for damages not exceeding $50,-
900 begun by Hugh McCurdy Eaton,
a resident of Ohio, grandson and one
of the heirs of the late Hugh McCurdy.
The suit was commenced in the United
States court for the Eastern District of
Michigan, Northern Division. through
Bernard B. Selling attorney, of Det-
roit. This is Of course, a new and we
trust will be successful attempt if it
may be made to include all of the
creditors, to collect from the county
the money loaned by individuals while
the court house was being built, but
much of which was floating indebted :
ness before the court house was started.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Odd Fellow Memorial.

Owosso Lodge No. SS and Colfax
Lodge No. 436 Independent Order Of
Oddfellows, with Star of Hope and
Colfax Rebekah lodges attended divine
service at the First Baptist church,
Sunday morning. Rev. Laughton
delivered strong and helpful sermon
taking the Odd Fellow lessons, princi.
pally the parable of the Good Samari.
tan as text, bringing out the point
that the helping of others was the
leading principle of Christ's life and
the carrying out of the work was max
ing the world better and brighter every
day. Fully three hundred and fifty
members were present and most of
them marched to the cemetery at the
close of the service to decorate the
graves of departed members.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
Y. NJ. C.. A. Notes.

The juniors are doing good practice
work on the diamond. They will play
the West Main street nine Wednesday
evening.
The five o'clock base ball games are
free to the general public.
Do not forget that all the playing
lists are to be in the hands of the secre-
tary by July 1st. After that no team
can enter and no players can be chang
ed.
For the next sixty days there will be
plenty of daylight after six o'clock to
play six inning game and there is
still room in the schedule for some
team to enter. Who will win the
bannerl
VIM. P. F. Ferguson will address a
meeting for men only in the Temple
theatre Sunday afternoon at half past
three o'clock. His subject will be The
White Slave Traffic"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24

N. johnson, a civil war veteran and
a resident of Owosso for nearly fifty
years. died Sunday morning at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Ella Wor-
den, East Oliver street, aged n years.
Mr.. Johnson's wife died few weeks
ago. He was very i'll at the time and
was unable to sit up at her funeral. 1t
is believed that her death hastened his.
Mr.. johnson was born in New York
and lived there until the war broke
out when he enlisted. At the end of
the strife, he came to this county,
where he had made his home almost
continuously since. He was stone
mason by trade, but for many years
worked for the city and his was a
familiar figure about the streets.
The funeral was held Tuesday morn
ing at ten o'clock from the home, Rev.
g. w. jennings officiating. Mr.. John
son was a member of Quackenbush
Post G.. A. r., and many of the veterans
turned out for his funeral. The servi-
ces were largely attended. Burial was
at Oak Hill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-24
In Different Courts.

The case against Edward Guthrie for
participating in Sunday ball game
has been set for June 80 before Justice
Peacock in Corunna. Walter Boehm
will appear June 80 before Justice
Friegel in Owosso. M. F. crows trial
will be July before Justice Patchell
in Durand.
The attorney for the defendants, S.
Q Pulver, asked for the separation OF
the closes and the appearance in the
different courts. In handling them in
this way the sentiment of the people
may be determined. The trial before
Justice Peacock of all of them on June
81 was adjourned by request of the
defense.