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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
PREVENTION OF SUMMER ALL
MENTS.

The summer ailments of adult fowls
are mostly digestive disorders and
may be mainly avoided by simple
prevention. They are mostly caused
by 9th, vermin. bad feed. Ill feeding.
lack Of pure drink and heat exposure
Hot weather Is the great microbe and
bug breeder. Heated filth Is a hot
bed of deadly disease. Therefore
clean the henhouse and yards early.
remove all dirty litter. droppings.
scrapings Of floors and yards to the
field or garden. spray the whole on,ft
with lime and make all things new
Old time lime Is good for humans
and for hens. 1t brightens and gives
solar plexus to smells. bacteria and
to bugs; therefore let more humans
join the Limekiln club, wear fewer
bugs and live longer. Treat fowls in
dividually for lice, furnish a bath
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
Prosecutor viii Call National Commit.
teeman As Witness.

Columbus, o., May 9.-With the con-
vening of the grand jury the graft
scandal inquiry, which has involved
five members of the legislature, is In
full swing again.
Prosecutor Turner intimated there
were prospects of big explosion"
which would implicate a number. Per.
jury charges would be made and in.
dictments returned. Prosecutor Tur-
ner denied the investigation would
end with the indictment of one more
senator and representative. He an
nounced efforts would be made to sum.
mon Harvey CARRIER, Ohio member of
the Democratic national committee.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12

Washington, May 9. = The wool
question is still Fostering the Demo
cratic side of the house.
1t seems possible now that the ways
and means Democrats may decide to
report out bill providing for free raw
wool despite the opposition of Speaker
Clark, Majority Leader Underwood
and their followers, and there is much
worry in consequence.
The existing wool tariff brings In
about $4O,0"0,OOO a year and the re-
sponsible Democrats of the house are
scratching their heads over what will
happen II the free wool bill is reported
and passed without some provisions
being made for an augmented income
from other sources. They appreciate
the fact that the free wool proposition
Is very popular, but they don't, on the
other hand. consider that the Demo.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
SHOT IN LABOR FIGHT
Others Injured In Clash In Streets OF
Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City, May 9.-One man
was shot and four others were injured
in fight between special police en-
ployed by the Oklahoma Street Rail-
way company and union men. Tom
Davis, spectator, was shot through
the hand. Two special policemen, a
union man and street car conductor
received minor injuries.
The trouble followed the refusal of
the street car company to meet the
demands of the Garments union for an
Increase in wages
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
OIETZ ARSENAL" IN COURT
Former Sheriff GibIin Is Recalled to
Stand in Cameron Dam Case.

Hayward, Wis, May 9.-When the
Dietz case was resumed former Sher-
iff William Giblin was recalled to the
stand by the prosecution to testify to
having been shot at May 8, 1905. while
approaching the Dietz cabin at Gamer
on Dam with deputies. The Dietz "ar-
senal" was brought into the court room
for the first time
The state gathered up a few loose
threads OF evidence before calling
Fred Thorbahn. one of it's most inn
portant witnesses, to the stand. Thor
balm led the deputies against Dietz
Oct. s last.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
FEATHERS AND eoesHsLLs.


Rats in a poultry house are sure
sign Of bughouse In this age. when
cement floors may he laid quick and
cheap. You wish 10 know the pro-
portions for henhouse floor! First
coat. two parts sharp sand. four parts
clean gravel. one part cement. Sec
md coat. half sharp sand. half ,ce-
ment. finished smooth.
When you are uncertain as TO the
age Of an egg do not sell 1t. Eggs
often tnrp up after being buried In
the litter for weeks, When sold a
good customer will quickly turn down
the seller
The successful poultryman Is close
observer. There are so many little
straws that show " hich way the wind
blows. and the man who throws down
feed. fills the water vessel and doesn't
see his hens for the rest of the day
can't make II pay. TO avoid trouble
always stop. look and listen"
Other states are just beginning to
discover the vast extent of the rot
md spot business. The finger for
awhile was pointed at Pennsylvania.
New York and other states are now
copying her methods of warfare and
borrowing her inspectors. Pennsyl-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
TELEPHONE men CREMATED
Two Die In Burning Of Hotel In
Robestown, Texas.

Robestown, Tex, May 9.-Eli How
ard. telephone lineman. whose home
was in Michigan. and Clarence Nc.
Grew Of San Antonio, also a telephone
employee, were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed the City hotel here.
A number of guests had narrow es-
capes, The hotel loss was $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
Dies Trying to Save Brother.

Centerville, Ia, May 9.-Jumping off
raft in the railroad pond to save his
brother, who had fallen into the water,
Howard Halden, aged eleven, was
drowned as was Walter, aged eight.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
It Is Giving Democrats In House
Some Uneasy Hours.
FREE WOOL FAVORED BY MANY
Ways and Means Committee May Re-
port Out Bill Taking Duty OF
W Raw Wool, and Then Rev.
enue May Run Short.

" Washington, May AT the conclu-
sion OF ten-hour session the house
passed the Democratic free List bill by
vote of 236 to 10s. Twenty-four Re-
publicans and Representative Berger,
the Socialist, voted for the measure.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION

N,
Board Of Acertsned
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12
China Grants Cabinet Plan.

Pekin, May 9.-The long-awaited
edict abolishing the grand council and
substituting constitutional cabinet
Of ten members, has been issued.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12


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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-12

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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09

installing curb post is due to chisel-
ing through concrete curbs and con-
crete street paving to lay conduits for
underground wires Curb post lights
would be interfered with to certain
extent by rows of telegraph poles.
Each one of the arches is equipped
with ten thirty-two candle power series
tungsten incandescent lamps, giving a
total Of 32O candle power per arch as
against 200 candle power In one of the
present streamers. Each one of these
lamps win be equipped with special
ornamental reflector to give even illu-
mination over large area and reflect
all of the light which otherwise would
be lost.
These reflectors are especially de
signed to redirect the rays of light ut
the most desirable angle for street IL
Illumination and increase the efficiency
of the lamp nearly 80 per cent This
means that each arch will give street
Illumination of approximately double
that Of the present festoon of lights.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
Prevent and
Relieve Headache

ut gives me great pleasure to
be able to refer to Dr.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills - the best rem
edy we have yet had in our
house for the prevention and
cure of headache. Ny wife who
has been a constant sufferer for
a number Of years with above
complaint joins me in the hope
that they may fall into the hands
of all suffereYs."
JOHN BUSH,
Watervleit, Me.
Used Them -Four Years.
"Dr. Miles Anti-Pain. Pills
are the best I ever tried for the
relief of headache. have used
them for nearly four years and
they never fail to give me relief.
l have tried many other rem
edies, but have never found any
better"
JOSEPH FRANKOW1CK,
854 Trombly Av., Detroit, Mich.
There is no remedy that will
more quickly relieve any form
of headache than
Dr.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
The best feature of this re-
markable remedy is the fact that
it does not derange the stomach
or leave any disagreeable after
effects.
nrs paeksa. .s 70 Ssne your ruo
eist will return your money.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart. Ind.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
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1t is said that the most perfect
road In the world ~ the coral
rock road Of the West Indies.
being porous. elastic. dry and
never dusty. -.
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To Farm a state's Roads.

Governor Carroll Of Iowa has pro-
poscd that the width of tha, states
7oads be cut down from sixty to forty
feet and that the strips Of land thus
saved be turned over to the farmers
for cultivation. He believes that for
.ty feet Is wide enough for country
road. that such II road will be better
and more easily cared for than the
wider one and that the twenty extra
feet now all owed Is simply wasted.
The title to this land. IL the plan "
carried out. naturally vests In tho
owners Of land adjoining the roads. as
the state's right to 1t is simply for
highway purposes. 20 the measure will
be popular with farmers. 1t is esti-
mated that s.5o0OoO bushels of corn
can be added to lowa's crop and 50
per capita to her wealth II this land il
farmed. Youths Companion.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
ARCHED STRINGS OF LAMPS
FOR PRINCIPAL STREETS.
system Of illumination Considered
More Effective Than Present Method.

After considering number of new
plans of standard construction of a
permanent form Of Illumination there
has been prepared and tried satisfac-
torily by several places a plan of In
stallation Of arched strings Of lamps
on the principal streets. The sketch
shows the plan we'll. .
The object sought is to increase ef-
fciency Of the lighting, preserve the
harmonious effect. the gala appear
ance and reduce the lamp maintenance
cost: also the consumption of current.
An important item Of the old scheme
of lighting, even If 1t be necessary to
continue 1t for years. Is that it con-
sumes an extraordinary amount Of cur
rent for the effect it gives.
One Of the troubles Of the present
system is that the swuying and whip
ping Of the loosely swung festoon
strings cause large expense for
lamp renewals. Investigation discloses
that curb light post will cost about
$50 or 500 per post to install and light
up. The largest item in the cost o.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
SHADE TREES PRESERVE ROAD
Their value In Making Hishways
Durable

The value Of shade trees In preserv-
Ing roads Is pointed out by an enthu-
siast in a letter recently printed In
the Manchester IN. H. Union. The
writer deprecates the misdirected ac-
tivity OF the average selectman and
advocates the planting OF shade trees
rather than their removal, asserting
that they are help to the roads.
Perhaps no other agency" he says.
has contributed SO much to the desc
lation of naturally beautiful districts
In New England as what is in up
country parance called the see-lect-
man. BE Is a big man in his town
and with his brothers on the board.
controls the finances. schools, roads
and all matters of town government
and Improvement
"His one great achievement while In
office Is to cut down all the shade
trees or whatever might grow to be
shade trees along the roads. He, as
rule. knows nothing of road building,
and believing that the only way to
get rid of water Is to dry 1t up instead
of constructing his road of material
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
TO CONVERT OBJECTIONABLE
PLACE INTO PLAYGROUND
Washington Seeking Aid Of Congress
In obliteratins Willow Tree Alloy.

The District Of Columbia commis
sioners. with the cooperation Of the
Washington chapter Of the American
Institute of Architects. will endeavor
to obtain from congress an appropria-
tion of Sl25.OOO to convert Willow
Tree alley and surroundings into
playground.
Willow Tree alley is section Of
southwest Washington which the Dis
trict government. as we'll as the sew
eral civic and patriotic societies. sup
ported by thousands of individuals,
has endeavored to have removed for
years Buildings Of a cheap type line
both sides Of the narrow passageway.
The alley Ia considered the worst Of
its kind In the District
The illustration shows the plan of
the proposed Improvement The sec
ton Of the square which the national
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
HOUSE BUILT IN sEor1oss-.D1sos HOUSE

HOUSE BUILT IN sEoT1oNs-ADIsoN HOUSE.
per additional room for those Of larger
size. For variations In pattern he does
not depend alone on the different
molds. but has changes Of porches and
other slight details In the same mold;
also difference OF color. Thus q house
of u given pattern looks very different
IN green from one In purple. red or yell
low. The paint is mixture Of cement
and practically lasts forever. Ike the
smile that won't come OF.
Even the roofs are made Of cement.
Not only are these domici!es freproof,
food proof and wind proof. but rat
proof and mouse proof. The concrete Is
harder than granite. and rat has about
as much chance OF getting through that
man would have OF drilling a hole
through twelve inch stecl plate with
a wooden toothpick- The only thing
that can injure concrete house is an
adult earthquake, and even 1t would
have to be some shnkes to make much
Of an impression. There are cement
houses In Italy that have stood for
thousand years. The Mexican adobes
are SO ancient that nobody knows when
their ugliness first took form.
The Edison type Is not the only one.
Another is the house built of immense
concrete blocks or sections. These Sec
tions are so large that they have to
be handled with derrick, and 1t Is
proposed to make them larger still,
Including the whole side Of house In
one block. The plan for these dwell
inss has been perfected by those con-
nected with the Sage foundation,
which Is not the foundation Of house,
by the way, but Of charity. These
estimable rsople had designs to help
the laboriug man BY giving him a
cheap house to live in, but the labor
union objected unless the concrete Sec
tions could be put In place by masons
with mortar and trowel This especial
uplift had an especially rocky road.
As for beauty. We should not be
discouraged by the Mexican dobes.
The homeliness of these donncilss was
due not to the material, but to the
builders. The partieular tribe Of In.
dtans that made the dobes would have
Tut up ugly houses even IL they had
poaessed unlimited Quantities OF ms
Jnsseny and Circassian walnut. Those
1ndsciis did not run to he aesthetic.
Nov: days concrete houses can b.
made as attractive a. oness tastA
brnin and pocketbook win permit.
The .os saties for identifying cities
and viates should look !. into this.
Goncre,. houses In various tints and
PATTERNS NnG.d be made Infinitely moro
picturesque than the wooden shacks
silat disgrace most Of the towna. 49,
eeK would retain thGlr bsaaty.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
JAMES A. FARRELL.

JAMES A. FARRELL. ~
open market Mr.. Farrel's selection
means no open market and no price
cutting, as was desired by Mr.. Corey.
Mr.. Farrell, who started In business
at sixteen as a $465 a week laborer in
wire mill, has been president of the
United States Steel Products Export
company. a subsidiary of the steel
combine handling the export trade.
He lives In Brooklyn. He Is forty
eight years of age. six feet one inch in
his stocking feet and weighs 22O
pounds. He has prematurely white
hair, parted In the middle. and a
dropping white mustache. His pres
ence is that of military man. and
his clear blue gray eyes look straight
at questioner. Mr.. Farrell's grip is
that Of an athlete, and he is popular
with his five children.
My father, John Farrell, who had
several small vessels plying between
New York and Liverpool, was growing
old. and 1t was up to me to quit
school and go to work." says Mr. Far
rell in describing his career. $50 I
began in a steel wire mill at New
Haven at sixteen and remained there
nine years, doing manual labor. Then
I saw a bigger field In Pittsburg and
went there when was twenty five.
Soon Became Leader.
II entered the mills of tho Plttsburg
Wire company as laborer and later
became superintendent and manager
for about six years. Then got the
general superintendency of the Oliver
Steel Wire company In Pittsburg and
worked there and at Beaver Falls. In
1903 was asked to come to New York
to organize the United States Steel
Products Export company" y
When asked regarding his views on
corporate publicity Mr. Farrell said:
II have always been In favor OF
corporate publicity along the lines ex-
pressed by Judge Gary. I came to
those views not because some other
man believed them. but because ! have
believed them through many years Of
practical experience. l am frank to
state, however, that 1t is well In any
business to hold views along 'he same
general lines of others higher in a'l-
thority. If man does not. then be
can get out"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09

n.
other than garden loan, crowning it
to shed water, grading his bitches to
avoid the usual pools left to soak into
the road. opening suices to let the
water run away from the side bitches.
he simply cuts the trees down and
waits for his mud bed to dry up. In
the course Of time 1t does dry up and
then. except during or Immediately
after rains, when 1t Is mass of mud,
1t is bed of dust and all summer Is
hot and sitting desert road. an ex-
hibit Of ignorance and incompetency.
''The best preserved country roads
that have to bear the heavy motor
traffic OF the present day are those
with ample shade. II road cannot
be oiled it needs moisture. The shade.
except in very dry periods. will retain
sufficient moisture to preserve the
elasticity of the road surface. There
Is no danger OF mud II the road is
properly constructed
"If you can't build your roads with
asphalt or oil, plant some shade trees.
Make your town comfortable for
yourself and your family and so at
tractive by it's good ronds and shady
ways that the stranger will buy the
worthless half Of your farm for twice
what amy farmer would pay for your
entire property. land buildings.
stock and mortgage
''fhen the rest oe your life you can
sell th" purchaser anything You raise
an the fertile part of your furm that
lou retained and get employment for
your teams and Your boys helping him
To spend his money on the old stony
pastures you sold to him. Meantime
hr will pay the town more taxes In
five years than your place previously
paid In twenty 1--WE. But you will
never catch him IN a town that cuts
the trees and bushes from the road
sides -
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
Interest Money Built Road..

The county commissioners Of Shaw.
nes. county. Kan. have built nearly
forty E,iles Of coed roads With the
money formerly used for paying in
terest OH bonds.
AS rapidly as the bonded debt was
reduced tie money which formerly
had heen us Z to pay interest was ex.
pended on ma, ,s.'ali roads There was
no additional hni IN IN the taxpuy.e.s.
ins'ead. the tax ''vy was decreased
IN n'os' tnstancs.s J, ! ~ a roads lead
mt" Ionr'.a from utas!y every diree.
tsOn ~ . rasulE
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09

Uu IRON pipe, u
single conductor being used for one
lead and the pipe itself for the other
lead In this way the extra cost Of a
double conductor is saved and the
small transformers-for all the lamps
receive energy from an overhead or
underground sixteen volt, forty watt
transformer connected to the constant
current arc lighting circuits-are eff
fectually grounded.
The small transformers are in most
cases set in the manholes adjacent to
the fire alarm posts. The invention is
the outcome of an incident that oc-
Cured some time ago. when fire
made considerable progress because u
citizen could not find box at night.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09

over which IS q
red globe w t b
t h e words Fire
Alarm" etched In
1t.
The lighting cir
cult to the post is
run underground
either from t h 9
underground sys.
TEN or from j
pole line, t h e
leads In the lat
ter case passing
down the pole in
conduit to t h e
fire alarm post.
Where the light
ing circuits are on
the opposite side
of the street the
circuit is placed
underground In
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
ONE MAN HOLDS 500 JOBS.
10 Border Line Organizer and Clerk of
Corporations.

10 Border Limo Organizer. and Clerk OF
Corporations
Performing the duties Of 500 offices
by one individual may seem no easy
task. but that is just what Repre-
sentative Elect Horace Mitchell OF
Kittery, Me-, does He is the cham
pion officeholder In the Pine Tree state.
These offices are not all public OF
dces. but are those bestowed by cor
porations, for Mr.. Mitchell, who mas
taken advantage of his location on the
border line between Maine and Ne"
Hampshire to engage in the organ'za-
ton Of corporations under the Name
law. Is the clerk of over 800 corporA-
lions. not to mention at least nan
Aoxen public offices that are his +
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
RED LIGHTS ON FIRE BOXES
INSTALLED IN ROCHESTER
70 Max. Thorn Clearly Recognizable
at Night.

I'm order to make the fire alarm box
es clearly recognizable at night in
Rochester. N. Y, they have been
equipped with an incandescent lamp
change was made in the fire alarm
posts, special fitting at the top be-
ing equipped with shade holder and
a forty watt. clear bulb tungsten lamp
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
A Village Niuht.

The city of Newton. Mass, which Is
made up Of one large village and six
or eight smaller ones. has inaugurated
the pleasant custom Of having an an-
nual Village night" at which time all
residents interested in the welfare Of
the city gather in some public hall and
review the past and lay plans for the
future.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
CONCRETE HOUSE
IS ATTRACTIVE.
Substantial and Durable and
Easily Built.
WILL "OHEss UP" YOUR TOWN
Modern Science Has Given us a New
Typo of Homo to Take Place of Mod
est Workngman's Abode and Pro-
serve Our Depicting Timber Supply.

BY JANIS a. EDCERTON.
: Are we approaching the age OF ce
ment? Is concrete the answer to the
decreasing timber supply? Are we to
have ready made houses just as some
of us now buy ready made clothes! BY
standardization the cement houses OF
the Edison and other patterns are as
suming much the same relation to ar
clltecture and building as hand-m
down suits bear to tailoring. The
standardizlng process is that OF max
ing many houses from the same molds,
thus materially reducing the cost.
The Edison method OF building con
crete houses Is the one above describ-
ed To save time and to prevent too
much samencss In type he recommends
the use of half a dozen different molds
by each construction company. To
build an Edison house the mold IL put
in place. and the concrete, consisting
of mixture of sand, gravel and port
land cement, is poured In After the
concrete hardens the mold Is removed,
and there Is your house. During the
hardening process second mold can
be set up and another house built while
you wait He estimates that one out
fit consisting of thirty-seyen men can
thus erect 104 houses each year at an
average cost of 81 200 per house of six
rooms, with slightly higher expense