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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
House Numbers.

Before the advent Of the house mum
Der only business signs. coats Of arms
and house names marked the different
buildings. Then. in London, for in
stance. one had to look for Mr.. Jones,
should he desire to call upon that man,
in. say. "Whltechapel, not far from
the Blue Boar" 1t is thought Berlin
in 1876 was the first city to employ
the numbering system. The German
innovators did not put odd numbers
on one side of their streets and even
numbers on the other. They merely
started from the Brandenburg gate
and numbered straight ahead, taking
no account of change Of street AS
they proceeded. therefore, the mum
bers grew higher, the height to which
they attained being limited only by
the supply of houses. The first house
they numbered was No. 1. the last the
number that betokened the total num-
Der of houses in the city.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

lily. but I tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
it as have. / am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
81 will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and we'll. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
full periods and irregularity, and it has
always helped her
81 am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. tell every one
l meet that owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 3.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or HARM
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
OF female diseases.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
SheriffS Report.

Corunna, July 10.-Sheriff Ed.
Herrick has completed his report to
the secretary of state for the year
ending June 80, 1911, and perusal
of the document furnishes fund of
Information which is of interest to
the people of the county. The whole
number of arrests for the year were
104, and they for the following Of
fences: Larceny, Z; burglary, 6; as
sault and battery, 3; forgery,1;
drunk, 81; embezzlement 3; remov-
ing chattel mortgage property, 1;
violation of local option law, 10;
Jumping board bill, 3; insanity, 1;
desertion, 5; violation of truancy
tsw. L; disorderly, IA; attempted
murder 1; rape 5; violation of game
law /; held for witness 1; adultery,
/; use of indecent language, 1;
breach of contract, 2.
The nationality of the prisoners
confined during the period is as fol-
lows: United States, 81; England, z;
ireland, A; Scotland, 1; Germany, 3;
Sweden, 5; Blacks 2; mulattoes, 1.
The cost of maintaining the jail
for the past year was $1,752.S0.
The cost of maintaining the Jail,
It will be observed, is very low, and
serious crimes have been few. OF
the number confined, have sent to
state prisons; 8 to Ionia, 6 to the
Detroit house Of correction. The
Number remaining in Jail at the end
sf the year was A, although at the
same time last year, there was none
In Jail. 1t must be remembered that
this includeh six months of former
Sheriff Watson's term.
Some people claim the expense to
be enormous, let US compare it with
Eaton county, which was $3,292.40.
In their jail they had confined dur
ing the 422 prisoners and of them II
we're on the charge of being drunk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
TO AILiNG WOMEN.


Many Sufferer In 0wosso.
No woman can be healthy and wei
II the kidneys are sick. Poiscns that
pass on in the secretions when the kid
neys are we'll, are retained in the body
when the kidneys are sick. Kidneys
and bladder become inflsmed and swoll
en- and worse troubles quickly follow
This Is often the true cause Of bearing
down pains, lameness, backache, etc
Uric poisoning also causes headaches
dizzy spells, languor, nervousness and
rheumatic pain.
When suffering 80, try Doan's Kidney
Pills. remedy that has cured thous.
ands Of such cases. You will get better
as the kidneys get better and health
will return when the kidneys are we'll
Let an Owosso woman tell You about
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Ernest Hesse, 1923 W. Stewart
st., Owosso, Mich, says: II had dull
pains across my loiDs and my back ach-
ed almost constantly. It was hard for
me to stoop or lift and l was annoyed
by q difficulty with the kidney score.
tions. Having heard great deal about
Doan's Kidney Pills, / resolved to give
them trial. Since taking this remedy
the backache and pains have not both
cred me and my kidneys have been nor
NAL. / can say that Doan's Kidney
Pills are the best kidney medicine
have ever taken"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster. Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
Corunna.

The board has engaged the follow
ing teachers and a janitor: Supt. A.
M. Walsworth; principal, Harriet c.
Dickinson; asst. principal, Edith
l.. Bandfield; asst. principal, Lilly
M. Wood. intermediate department
Edith Marshall and Edith Newell;
5th grade, Louise Peacock; 4th
grade, Ruth Wood; 3rd grade, Edna
Lindsey; End grade, Constance
Lowe; LIST grade. Mayme Fish, prim-
airy department, Sarah Lewis. Jani-
tor, Claud Martin.
The total amount Of receipts for
the year was $13,632.7S and the ex-
penditures were such as to leave a
balance on hand of $220.95. After
mentioning the receipts and dis
bursementss estimated for next year
he, read the following recommends
ton: "The board, therefore, rec
ommends that the sum of $500 be
spread on the tax rolls of the taxable
property of the school district for
the ensuing year for school pur-
poses" Later this recommendation
was adopted. Last year the tax was
$4,000.
Next in order was the election Of
two trustees to fill the vacancies
caused by the expiration of the
terms of Ernest Sidney and e. H.
Bailey. These gentlemen were re-
elected. No further business COM
ing before the assemblage, the meet
ing was adjourned.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY.
Deep Breathing For Dropping
Shoulders.

Full and deep breathing will
do more TO straighten dropping
shoulders than the wearing Of
braces. and II every one would
take special pains to lift and
hold the chest I'm its proper posi-
ton round shoulders would dis
appear. Lifting the chest does
not include any other exercise
and is one Of the simplest when
once 1t Is understood, but for
some reason Is one Of the hard
est ones to comprehend. 1t con-
sists simply in the muscular
movement Of lifting up the
chest, as though you were try
ing to lift 1t high enough to
touch the chin. The arms and
shoulders should be left in their
natural position, and on no ac-
count should the shoulders be
hfted at the same time you are
hitting up the chest. Try the
exercise. Stand perfectly easy
and relaxed. Avoid tense mus
cles or any undue exertion. and
see II you can accomplish the
feat. You will readily under
stand that when the chest is no
longer hollow. but is well up in
its normal position, the shout
ders cannot be rounded, but will
naturally settle into their nor
NAL place.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
Serving 20 Days in Jail.

Corunna, July 10.-John Finn,
aged 80 and married, of Durand, was
arrested by Deputy Milton Houghton
Saturday. evening for removing chat
tel mortgage property. He was at
once arraigned before Justice Patch
ell at Durand and plead guilty. He
was sentenced to serve 20 days in
the county Jail. Finn is laborer.
Corunna people will be grieved to
hear of the death, Thursday, of VIM.
]. Fowler, in Detroit. Mr.. Fowler
spent the greater part of his life in
this city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich want to tell
you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

further compacting Is possible. The
rolling must be done only when the
road has been well wetted by sprinkling
or after rains. ANY hollows that may
develop in the gravel during the process
of rolling shall be filed with the same
kind of gravel and the rolling contin-
ued until the surface is uniformly
smooth and hard and everywhere par.
allel two and three inches below the
surface of the finished road. The crown
can be preserved during construction by
the occasional use of the grader or 9th
or suitable floating tools
Ruts formed by hauling over the
gravel shall be kept filed by using the
harrow twice or more every day-pref-
erably just before quitting time both
noon and night.
SECOND COURSE OF GRAVEL
The gravel for the second course shall
consist of good, clean bank gravel, sixty
per cent by weight, larger per cent If
possible, of which shall be pebbles that
will be retained on q screen of one.
eighth inch mesh, and will pass through
screen of one and one half inch mesh.
Other requirements for gravel in this
course are the same as specified for
gravel in the first course. This gravel
shall be spread on the road to such uni
form thickness as to be not less than
three inches deep after compacting,
four inches loose measure, after which
it shall be narrowed and rolled in the
same manner as prescribed for the first
course. Any depressions that may be
formed during the rolling shall be filed
with the same kind of gravel prescribed
for the second course. and the road re-.
rolled until the surface is uniformly
smooth and hard and everywhere con-
forms to the proposed grade and cross.
section of the road.
MANNER OF ROLLING-Rolling
shall be done only when the gravel has
been thoroughly wetted by sprinkling
or recent rains, and shall at all times
begin at the sides, rolling lengthwise of
the road, but gradually working toward
the center. In the final rolling the
whole surface of the roadway, including
the shoulders, shall be rolled from ditch
to ditch, and the whole road grade left
in such perfect condition that water
will flow without obstruction to the
side bitches Rolling may be done with
power roller, heavy horse roller, a
traction engine followed by a weighted
field roller alone, if one Of suitable
strength to bear weighing to three or
more tons can be obtained.
With any kind of a roller the spike
tooth harrow, preferably of the lever
type, should be used as long as the teeth
will penetrate the surface.
Approved March 1st, 1910.
TOWNSEND A. ELY,
State Highway Commissioner.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
Commissioners Notice.

In the matter OF the estate OF William A
Woodland 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 VIII meet at the ONCE OF Fitzpatrick
q Pierpont In the City of Owosso in said
County. on Monday the 2lst dav OF August, A.
ID. 1911 and on Monday. the 2Srd dav OF October
A. ID. 1911 at ten o'clock In the forenoon
OF each Of said days for the purpose OF receiv-
Ing and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the Goth day of June
A. ID 1911. are allowed to creditors TO present
their claims 10 said Commissioners for adjust
ment and allowance.
Dated the Goth day OF June A. d. 1911.
w. M. FITZPATRICK,
E. o. DEWEY,
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
FOREST FIRES RAGE
Canadians Are Heavy Sufferers and
Town Of EsanvilIe Is Burned.

Ottawa. Ont, July 11.-Continued
drought has rendered the forest coun.
tvy of the Ottawa valley as dry as tin.
Ger and numerous forest fires are re-.
ported.
The most serious loss thus far was
n Esanville, where the conaagration
vwept the town. leaving two-thirds of
4 In ashes. The total loss 20 far from
the fires Is In the neighborhood Of
3sQ0. 00e. % ''G
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
State Reward Road.
Continued from page -


next paragraph. making outlets into
the side bitches for water that may
collect in the gravel bed during con-
struction, and later, before the surface
becomes hard and water. proof. Such
trenching should be eight inches or
more in width and slightly deeper than
the gravel bed. They shall be placed
at all low points In the grade and not
farther than one hundred feet apart
in retensive soils and filed with coarse
gravel when the first layer of gravel is
being applied.
GRAVEL BED AND SHOULDERS
the road has been graded as
above described the gravel bed shall be
formed in the central part Of the road
grade as follows: Shoulders OF firm
earth. or other suitable material, shall
be placed on each side Of the gravel bed.
not less than nine feet apart. or such
greater distance as may be required to
retain the width of gravel specified
The shoulders shall extend to the side
bitches or cutters at the same grade
and curvature as required for the fin.
ished road. Where the road grade is
high the shoulders may be formed by
earth from the center of the
present road grade to the sides. OF, II
the grade is low, by browning the pres.
emit road grade by scraping earth from
the sides toward the center, or If suffi.
Gent suitable material cannot te, had
along the roadway. 1t shall be brought
from other places along the line of work.
ROLLING SUB.GRADE- the
shoulders and gravel bed have been
formed as above described the whole
shall be rolled until no more
is possible. The hollows
developed by this rolling shall be filled
with suitable material under the direc.
ion of the officers in charge, and the
roadway again rolled and left in a solid
Ind firm condition, everywhere parallel
" eho hhisuou foouWoy, bho uotdi Dou
being 8 inches below the finished grade
md having the same crown.
FIRST COURSE OF GRAVEL
After the road has been graded and
rolled in the manner above described, a
aver Of gravel shall be spread on the
bed to such uniform thickness
rs to be not less than five inches deep
after compacting six inches deep, loose
The gravel for this course
hall consist of good, clean bank gravel
not less than sixty per cent by weight,
! larger per cent If possible, of which
hall be pebbles that will be retained on
! screen of one-eighth inch mesh and
pass through screen Of two and one
half mesh. If clay gravel is used it
should contain only clay enough to coat
he pebbles, no free Jumps. In no case
Ihould the clay exceed twenty per cent
% the mass, for clay makes mud and
dds no wearing qualities. The gravel
course shall then be narrowed with
Ipike.tooth harrow and rolled until no
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14
Smith-AmOs Wedding

The marriage of Miss Mabel, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Amos of this city to Herman Smith,
took place in Detroit Saturday. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith returned to this city
Saturday evening and will make
their home here.
Mrs. Smith was formerly employ
ed in the Owosso Casket factory and
Mr.. Smith is employed as shipping
clerk at the same factory.
Their many friends extend con-
CALCULATIONS and best wishes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

v q ge I u Dl COm-
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
] live ON a farm and
have worked very
hard. l am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that / am
not broken d wn
with hard work and
tho 20 ra Of INV fop,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, lab
arers, rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Takes the sting out of cuts, sburns,
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
where il is used.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

&liousf Feel heavy after dinner2
Tongue cOetedt Bitter faster Com
plexion sall0ws Liver needs waking
ep Deans Regulets cure bilious at
lacks. Is cents at any drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

Don't think that piles can't be cured.
Thousands of obstinate cases have been
cured by Doan's Ointment 30 cents at
any drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-07-14

Generally debilitated for years. Had
sick headache, lacked ambition, was
WORKOUT and all rundown. Burdock
Blood Bitters made me we'll woman"
Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
oout It-Deming Is The Opportunity
Independent
Water Right

In community where ditch-water OF
some association is the rule, the man
who by some fortunate circumstance
has secured an independent water-right
is regarded by his neighbors as being
in an enviable position. In the MINI
bres Valley, every farmer who owns a
pumping plant is IN this same enviable
position, because his water-right issab-
solutely independent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
Everything in Fruit
in the Mimbres Valley

Rarely is there found section where
such variety of produce can be grown
as in the Mimbres Valley. Apples,
peaches, plums, prunes, nectarines,
grapes. and all manner of deciduous
fruits produce abundantly here. Why's
Because the soil is right, the air is right,
the water is right, and the abundance
of s,,-1shine imparts that flavor and
color to the fruits which is the despair
of the growers of other sections
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
Every Vegetable Grows in
the mimbres Valley

The vegetable that does not,grow and
produce abundantly in the Mimbres
Valley has never been tried here. MINI
res Valley cabbage, celery, watermel-
ons, asparagus and potatoes lead In
every market they enter.
There is vet to discovered the section
where alfalfa and beans produce more
net profit to the acre than in the MINI
bres Valley.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
A New Kind of
Water Right

The Mimbres Valley has a new kind
of water-right to offer, but one which
is every day proving its superiority
oversthe old. It is cheap, effective, GER
tain, and the owner of a Mimbres Val
ley water-right can get his water when
ever he wants it. He is not aroused
from bed at 2 a. M by a ditch-boss and
told that his turn for water has come.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-16
Ideal Home Section

Does not the general health of this
section, the purity of its water, its sa-
luxurious climate, and the variety of its
produce, together with its superior ed
ucational facilities, make Deming and
the Mimbres Valley an ideal location
for the homeseeker? What more is
there for the homeseeker to seek for7
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Inhabitants of Hopes Graveyard

ONE old man made this plea. Al, ! ask Is tha, YOU
~ look into my record Iiyou want 'o di~mis mc after
that. ul right
Hi record was investigated !. wa found tha,
good many wears apo hc bad held a position Of prom-
nencc in another department of the Government and
had drawn good salary. H. had don, cxoclcn, work
in uncarthing evidence in the trials o persons accused
Of dcrauding the Government and had produced proofs
Us valuable in their way the evidence turned up
by Richard Parr in the recent sugar weighing scandals
in New York After that. he hal been transferred ~
the Treasury Department. and pretty much everybody
had forgotten him
An ID lady. with white. wrntlod face and ptiiu
little thin voice explained that She had been brought
% Washington a. secretary II Senator. and that
when he had retired from public lie hc had repaid her
by Offering her q clcr,hp THOUSAND dollars year
in the department She said She Va wthou, relative
Or clos. friends in Washington nj that hc had
Oh whom She could rely .or help IT. cas-. o.; need. Hey
story concluded w,h .ho obvious ani usual statement,
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Times Great Disillusionment

ONC1 be. his Voung ambitious, energetic.
u ,,rong-..ye gone to Washington TO get a start by
entering the Government service because they saw IN the
BE there counties, chances for advancement; and the
foundation great careers. They are there still but they
are no long~ Young nor. with sadly few exceptions.
have they found great careers. They old, hStlcsS,
bent.
Years ag.. Young Womcn-clear eyed. confident,
Vboe,Omc-w.u' o. Washington because they Saw in
The bimont.v pay envcop comfort and independence.
They are thor, til-ta chestci round Shoudcred old
before their time. And the independence they sought
makes them oot irtrcQu,n,ly dependent upon the tOr
tearance Of tc landlord or the patience Of the grocery
man.
They have reached The closing days Of their lives and
the end @. tac rainbow. and they have found al-
ranistra.1r that eager for economy in the cXpcndi
tre Of the government money sits about il table and
asks itself How can We e, ril o, the old clerks,
In the la' c-ior %. Congress members ot the Cabinet
went before the House Committee on Reform IN The
Civil Servo. and made practically this argument. We
wan; rore cs,neS>k methods In The executive depart
ents and g. Is not bu>ncs~ke 20 have IN the o,.c-
lot o; old men and women who have passed the age q,
their usetune,- a- clerical worker Therefore We ask
YOU 70 enact law retiring every employee IN th, --
hei Servic, at The age %, seventy wears.
Herbe-' ID. Brown the country lorcmOs, authority
OF ree-eu. schemes. had figured i out that. each
Ge-k would contribute each month small percentage
O. the saa~ G- W.! they could be retired on reaching
the age " seventy annuity large enough 90 pay
io board and clothing. Bu, this was On the theory that
the contributing began when each Young clcrE entered
the se-vi, H. explained that IN order % rc,irc the
e-., VII. we've seventy wears old ~ once, the Govern
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
Living Costs More than Earnings

THOSE who have not lived in Washington cannot TN
dcrStand that thousand or Eighteen hundred dollars
q year is not easy money" They look az the salary
figure. and. when they remember that Government
clerks go work at nine IN the morning and quit -
hali-p4s four the afternoon they Immediately hc-
come convinced that the life must be- desirable. But,
as "a matter Of fact, there are few clerk Wh" E,t
eighteen hundred. and that sum j. not the dtiln'-
tiou II plenty in the national Capital In Washington
the bulk OF the population i- GurcTmcn, employee;
bu' the pace is SET and the price arc lifted ht thc de
rich who make the Capital their winter home and by the
wealthy diplomats. The result is that il costs croI-
m9usly TO live in Washington. Rent ar' hsh prc,'
o.. food iss are high and real estate value inflated
\ thousand "a year g. very well for single man or
woman; but Government clerks Ike The rc-t Of hH-
uauty are prone 90 uatrimYnr anil the desired ri-c
tu twelve hundred dollar. doe. uo' meet 'hc increase!
cos, Of "a family The next step D. borrowing. Ani.
when :, comes - that. Wa.hiugoniln are right on 'c
job. Having NO. financial STAN ling. ruc. The clerks
20 hose places W]rrrl. 20 borrow aut interest
is high. So prevalent h4- .hi. become and p'i'l
have been some ot thc experience that Congrc Bod. f.-
gently -c' 0i' 20 remedy 'lc Joan shark abuse.
There are i4ulu. ID 'he Capital who c,u.il.r !. %
luxury 90 have r,a beef to' .uncr once year. There
are maryland ... referred ~ acre rc ~ 'hc Govern
,u.ut service, ssh. newer ,..f ~ .rruE 'ta lHt't.-
giving 'urscr. j. dp, uY' require '.c in'.u'ton.. d"
high uu4u.i-r q. r.lz. 4' iu .''r vrr. '.r cost 90
living about ,4u. 90 what D. ,n \,w lor. D. o-
hundred iolar- rclr 'h' aFr-if. salary in 'ht '''-
cruucu' service.
Those ambition. young mcn AMI women ssh" are
writing daily q, their rprr. cn'a'iFr- 'n '"nt' i'r
Jobs III W lington 'ui i hari 'o believe 'h' ri'iul
facts that come p i4lr regarding D,rI. ln country
town, fifteen hunlr.l dollars looks exceedingly large;
but If j. u., enough r 'he Capital % serve even as
starter along tae rl'u'o" path.
Bu .Aerc also 'a. popular '.l.a.f that Tie Govern