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

Married, Saturday, in jackson, Mich
G.. E. Rowley of the Independent Stov
Co. offices and Mrs. Phillips of tina
city.
A fire Sunday morning in Corunn
caused loss of 5000 on house owne,
by A. A. Harper and occupied by Chas
Serr.
Another week of good weather will
permit the finishing of the five stor,
addition, 32x96 feet. to the plant of tn,
Owosso Casket Co.
Charles Hart of Bennington town
ship, was operated on at Miller hospi
tai, Monday morning by DR.. j. d
Crum, one toe and part of another be
ing removed.
All newly married couples are advis
ed to buy or rent only houses that are
painted with Bradley g. Vrooman Pure
Paint. 1t is the best investment. Sold
by Henry Beswick, Owosso.
DA largely signed petition was pre-
sented Monday to the council by west
side citizens asking the council to pro
vide men, horses and hose for the fire
station on West Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Herrick of Red
Lodge, Mont. formerly of Owosso, are
guests of relatives in Owosso this week.
Mr.. Herrick is an operator for the
Northern Pacific Ry.
Napoleon Bonaparte had to admit de.
feat when he met Wellington. Most
paints lose their Waterloo when com
pared with Bradley g. Vrooman Pure
Paint. Sold by Henry Beswick, Owosso,
One hundred dollars was appropri-
ated by the council Monday to defray
the expense of a proper observance of
Memorial Day, the committee to have
charge being Aid. Chavey, BRANDED and
Clark.
DR.. Frederick A. Watts has purchas-
ed the J. w. Simmons house on North
Saginaw street. and will move there
Immediately. Prof. and Mrs. Simmons
will come to Owosso in August to pack
their goods for shipment to California
where they will make their home.
A number of the members of the
Owosso Maennerchor will join a dele
ton from Saginaw and go to Lansing,
Sunday, to spend the day with men,
bers of the organization in that city.
Members of the three organizations
will practice the chorus numbers that
will sing at the national saengerfest to
be held in Milwaukee, June 1928.
Despite the fact that advertisements
were run in both of Owosso's daily
papers for nearly two weeks, but one
bid for cement was received by the
common council committee for cement
for the city's use and the contract was
awarded to the Mulhall Erb Co. for
Portland cement at $40
per barrel.
J. N. Mcbride of Burton, is in Wash
ington with delegation of Michigan
agriculturalists to oppose the Canadian
reciprocity treaty. The delegation,
headed by Ex.Gov. Warner, N. r.
Hull, master of the State Grange and
B. A. Holden, president of the State
Association of Farmers Clubs, was
given hearing before the senate
finance committee yesterday. The
gentlemen will make a strenuous effort
to induce Senator Townsend to vote
against the ratification of the treaty.
The change in the running time of
the Grand Trunk trains makes it nee
essary for the city mail carriers to leave
the office on their first afternoon trip
at $3.50 o'clock but makes it possible for
them to deliver the mail from the af.
ternoon trains from the west and tn
Michigan Central from the south. The
evening collection from the boxes in
the business section is also earlier, be-
ginning at 5:45, so that mail for the
eastern States can be dispatched by the
1896 Grand Trunk train.
George Weeks of Ithaca, succeeds G.
D. Monroe as manager of the local
plant of the Dairy Farm Products
Co. He has been engaged in the
creamery business for several years and
Is regarded as wide-awake business
man. He is already in charge. AS
stated C. d. Monroe, man.
ager of the plant for two years, has
been promoted to the position of gener-
81 manager of the Dairy Farm Pro-
ducts Co., and is to be located in Chi
cago. The removal of Mr.. Monroe and
family from the city is generally re-
GREETED.