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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Notice Of Public Improvement.
To All whomit May Concern:


Pursuant TO q resolution OF the Council Of the
City 81 Owosso at session held upon the our
teerth Gay OF August, 1911. notice is hereby
given that the City OF -OwossO proposes 70
make the following improven ent, Wiz To
construct a sew er known as state Street Sewer
Lateral Number Four OF the Chapman Greek
Sewer District along the following route:
Commencing at the intersection OF Main and
state streets thence south along the center
line OF State street one thousand seventy four
feet to the Ann Arbor Railroad.
That specifications, plats. diagrams and
estimates OF cost have been filed y the Board
of Public Works in my once and are open to
public examination; that the Council hav
designated as the district to be assessed for
said Improvement all the lands lots and par
GELS OF land lying within the district herein
assessed for said improvement according to
the benefits derived therefrom, said district
being bounded as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner OF lot I
block A OF M Chipman's addition TO the City
OF Owosso thence south along the center Of
blocks A and b OF said addition to A A Rail.
way thence along north line of said railway to
point directly south of the center line OF
block OF Geo Thomas addition to the City OF
Owosso then3e north to Main street, theme
west to place Of beginning excepting lot I
block A OF M Chipman's addition to the City
OF Owosso and lots 10 and IL of Erastus Barnes
addition to City OF Owosso.
The Council of the City OF Owosso will meet
at Its regular session on the 9Th day of Sep
tember 1911, at 1880 p. m. when 1t will hear
objections To the Improvement as aforesaid
and to the district to be assessed.
Dated August 18th, 1911.
ARTHUR H. DUMOND,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Notice Of Public Improvement.

To All Whom IL May Concern:
PURSUANT TO resolution OF the Council of the
City OF OWosso at session held upon the
fourteenth day ofAugust. 1911, notice Is here
Dy given that the City OF Owosso proposi 20
make the following Improvement, viz: To
construct sewer known as East Main Street
sewer Extension along the following route:
Commencing In the center OF East Main
Street 1t Its intersection with Dewey street
,unning theme easteriy along the center OF
Main street TO the intersection of Main stree I
and lakewood Avenue.
That specifications. plats, diagrams and
estimates OF cost have been fled by The Board
OF Public Works in my once and are open 70
public examination that the Council have
designated as the district to be assessed for
SAID Improvement all the lands, lots and par
GELS Of land lying within the district herein.
AFTER bounded and described. the same to be
assessed for said improvement according TO
the benefits derived therefrom, said district
peing bounded % follows:
lots and premises abutting upon Main
street between. Dewey street and Oakwood
Avenue excepting lot one, Stafford, Gardner &
Trankle's central addition to the City OF Owos-
30, ShiAwassee County, Michigan.
The Council of the City OF Owosso will meet
~ It's regular session on the 5th day OF Sep
TENDER, 1911. at 80 p. m when IL will hear
objections TO the Improvement as aforesaid
and 70 the district to be assessed.
Dated August 10th, 1911.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
BIG AWARDS FOR FRUITS
West Michigan State Fair Encourages
the Growers.

Michigan is distinctly the leading
fruit growing state and the officials of
the West Michigan State Fair at
Grand Rapids, September IL to Is,
recognize this. In accordance, the hor-
ticultural department is made one of
the leaders of the great exposition. A
big space has been reserved for this
and the best fruits to be grown in the
state will be on exhibition here.
The premiums in this department
are especially liberal, the fair officials
recognizing the vast opportunities of
the state for growing the best fruits
In the world.
But In addition to what the fair Of
ficials themselves have offered, the
West Michigan Development Bureau
has offered special prizes amounting
to 500 for exhibits of fruits and al
falfa grown in any of the 20 counties
constituting the territory of the
bureau.
Place these premiums on top of
those offered by the fair, and the win
ners are due to pull down some fat
awards. The competition will be
spirited since western Michigan raises
more and better fruits than any other
section of the country.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Notice Of Public Improvement.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:


Pursuant to a resolution Of the Council of
the City OF Owosso at session held upon the
fourteenth day OF August, 1911 notice is hereby
given that the City or Owosso proposes TO
make the following Improvement. viz: To con-
struct o sewer known as Lee street Later Il
Sewer along the following route:
Commencing at point in the center OF Lee
street opposite lot one of block three of IL N a.
A Williams addition to the City OF Owosso,
running thence east along the center OF Lee
street to the intersection OF Mulberry street
Mulberry street eghty.two feet.
That specif cations; plsts, diagrams and
estimates OF cost have been filed by the Board
OF Public Works In my ONCE and are open to
public examinations; that the Council have
DESIGNATED as the district to be assessed for
said Improvement all the lanes. lots and par
cels of land lying within the district herein
after bounded and described the same TO be
assessed for said Improvement according to
being bounded as follows:
Commencing at the northeast corner OF lot 8
of block one or A L & Williams addition to
the City of Owosso, thence running west 10 the
northwest corner OF lot fifteen of block ons OF
HN&SA Williams addition to the City OF
Owosss, thence south to O. point four rods
south OF the southern line OF Lee street, thence
easterly to the west line OF Mulberry street,
thence north to the place Of beginning.
The Council of the City Of Owosso will meet
1t its regular session on the 9th day OF Sep
tember, 1911, at 80 p. m. when II will hear
objections TO the improvement as aforesaid
and to the district to be assessed.
Dated August 10th. 1911.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,
City Clerk
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
SLOGAN or
~ FAIR OFFICIALS
WEST MICHIGAN DIRECTORS PUT
THEIR HANDS IN THEIR OWN
POCKETS TO BUILD
GRANDsTAND.
HAVE DONE IT OFTEN BEFORE
Make Good Depleted Treasury In Or
der That People Of the State
May Enjoy the Best
Ever.

II takes nerve, public spirit and
faith for a man to put his name on a
note for few thousand dollars when
where is no immediate hope of recov-
cry Of 1t, yet that has been the char
acteristic of the officers and directors
of the West Michigan State Fair AS
sociation, whose annual exposition will
be given at Grand Rapids Sept. Ills.
Recently they showed that nerve
and faith, and at the same time the
characteristic energy that has built
the fair up to the point where it can
justly claim to be the biggest thing of
its kind Michigan can boast.
On July 81 the great grandstand at
Comstock park burned. That big
stand is known to about everybody in
Michigan. At some time or other
nearly every person has occupied
seat in 1t and watched the races dur
ing fair week. The fire started from
an unknown cause and in a short time
the big stand was but a heap of
smoldering embers. Only the hardest
kind of work prevented the beautiful
Art building and all the other struc-
lures on the ground from becoming
food for the flames.
The Grand Circuit races were due
the week following. Without the
stand the races would be much less
enjoyable. Moreover, fair week was
not so very far off. Before the en-
bers had ceased smoking, the officers
and directors of the fair association
were on the ground. They viewed the
disaster, not with forlorn faces but
with eyes filled with determination. A
stand must be provided for the races
of the next week. President William
H. Anderson, Vice-President Lester j.
Rindge, Secretary E. d. Conger,
Treasurer Robert d. Graham and Sid
ney r. Stevens, chairman of the bust
ness committee, are men of big af-
fairs, accustomed to meet emergencies
squarely in the face and get busy.
This is what they did in this instance:
Within "a hours after the fire had
started they had let contract for the
construction of new stand with the
stipulation that that stand must be
completed and ready for occupancy by
the following Tuesday. William c.
Hoertz & Son had the matter in hand.
They placed advertisements in the pa
pers for all the carpenters they could
get. The following morning heavy
teams and five-ton electric trucks
were drawing lumber to the grounds
and by night the stand was under
way. Day and night and all day Sun
day the work went on. The stand
was finished according to contract
and was occupied when the first race
was called Tuesday.
But this took money 1t took more
money than would have been the case
had the contractor had all the time
he wanted to do the job. The fair
association was already $4,000 in
debt and the treasury was empty.
Without word, the officials put their
names upon the necessary paper to
pay the bills and when the last nail
was driven the money was ready for
the contractor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Notice Of Public Improvement.

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Pursuant 10 . resolution OF the Council OF
the City of Owosso at q sc ssion held upon the
fourteenth day of August. 1911. notice is
hereby given that the City Of Owosso proposes
10 make the following improvement viz: To
construct o sewer known as the Division street
lateral sewer along the following route: Com
mencing at a point 10 the center OF Division
street where the center line OF Stewart street
n extended would intersect the center line OF
said Division street running thence along the
center OF said Division street. to point
opposite the center liue OF Franklin avenue,
that specifications, plats, diagrams and estt.
mates OF cost have been filed by the Board OF
public Works in my ONCE and are open to
public examinations; that the Council have
desiRnsted as the district to be assessed for
said Improvement all the lands. lots and par
cells OF land lying within the district herein.
alter bounded and described, the same TO be
assessed for said Improvement according to
the benefits derived therefrom. said district
beine bounded as follows: All lots and parcels
Of land abutting upon said Division street
between the streets above named.
The Council OF the City Of Owosso will meet
nj its regular session on the 6th day OF Sep
tember 1911. at 1880 p. m. when IL will hear
ohiections to the improvement as Aforesaid
ana TO the district to be assessed.
Dated August 18th, 1911
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
FAST TIME AT THE FAIR
Perfect Track and Fat Purses viii
Bring Good Horses to Grand
Rapids.

Horse races are always an import
ant feature of every fair and the West
Michigan State Fair has always led
the way In this state. This season
there will be no exception to the rule
and total of at least $4,000 will be
hung up for purses for which to com
pete.
The racing program will start Mon.
day, Sept II, and will continue
through Friday, Sept. Is. Some of
the best horses in Michigan and many
fast steppers from outside the state
are expected among the entries.
Many old favorites and some new
ones will be seen in the sulkies and
the track, now one of the best in
America, will be in the best of condi.
ton for fast time.
A. A. Carroll, the well-known for.
mer sheriff of Kent county, is super.
intendent of the speed department
and to have Abs name connected
with anything in the sporting line
means a lot of fun and nothing that
is not fair and clean.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Notice of Public Improvement.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:

10 All w nom III may concern:
Pursuant to resolution OF the Council OF
the City of Cwosso at session held upon the
fourteenth day OF August, f9ll notice is hereby
given that the City Of Uwosso proposes to
mase ane so0w Ipo VIZ TO
the North Owosso Main Trunk Sewer along the
following route.
Commencing at point In the center of Hick.
0ry street opposite lot OF block b of Good
hues subdivision of out lot two of the original
plat of the City Of Owosso running thence
n along the center center Of said Hickory
North Owosso Nam Trunk Sewer
That specifications. plats. diagrams and
estimates OF cost have been filed by the Board
OF Public Works In my ofice and are open to
public examination; that the Council have
designated as the district to be assessed for
said Improvement all the lands lots ana par
GELS of land lying within the district herein.
after bounded and described, the same to be
assessed for said improvement according to
the benefits derived therefrom, said district
being bounded as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of lot
OF block Is Of Goodhue's subdivision OF out
lot two iof the original plat OF the City OF
Owosso: running thence north TO the north
side OF King street, thence west to the south
west corner OF lot one OF block one OF Struber's
subdivision OF out lots twelve and thirteen Of
Jeanette II Kelley's addition to the City of
Owosso, theme running north to the south line
OF Osburn street, thence easterly to q point
one hundred thirty two feet east TO the east
line Of Hickory street. thence south to the
south side of King street, thence east to the
northeast corner Of lot sixteen of block A Of
Goodhue's subdivision OF out lot two of the
original plat OF the City Of Owosso, thence
south to the south line of lot twelve OF said
block A, thence west to the place Of beginning.
The Council OF the City of Owosso will meet
At Its regular session on the 6th day OF Septem-
Der. 1911, at 1880 p. m. when 1t will hear objec-
lions to the Improvement as aforesaid and to
the district to be assessed.
Dated August 10th, 1911
ARTHUR H. DUMONO
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
HOUSEWIFE WILL Benefit
Fine Displays Will Attract Her
to West Michigan State
Fair.

Housewives will find much of in
terest in Manufacturers Hall at the
West Michigan State Fair at Grand
Rapids, Sept. IL to Is. The exhibits
here, and over which Sherwood Hall
is superintendent, are Of all those
things which the housewife loves to
look at, generally buys later on, and
from which she can secure some good
ideas.
Here are displays Of furniture,
clothing, leather, india rubber, stoves,
musical instruments, sewing machines,
clocks, jewelry, cutlery, groceries,
soaps, fiavoring extracts, ground
spices and all similar manufactured
goods. These exhibits are an educa-
ton IN themselves and this year the
space allotted will be more than full.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
ALL MICHIGAN
SEEKS RICH TROPHY
Beautiful Bronze Statue Offered by
West Michigan Fair Association
for Heavy Draft Horses.


One of the most important features
OF the exhibits at the West Michigan
State Fair at Grand Rapids, Septem-
Der Ills is In the department OF
draft horses. Horses are surely
horses these days and good draft
horses are worth money. Moreover,
there is nothing prettier than a fine
spirited draft horse or team Of
them. Liberal premiums are offered
in all the classes of this event but in
addition the Martin draft horse
trophy, a beautiful bronze statue of a
heavy draft horse, is offered as a spe-
cial inducement to bring the big
working animals into prominence.
This trophy Is offered to the best
draft team owned in Michigan and
weighing 5000 pounds or more. The
purpose In offering II is to encourage
the raising OF draft horses and to
stimulate pride in the care and own
ership of heavy teams on the farm
and In the city.
The trophy will be awarded We'd
nesday, Grand Rapids day. 1t is re-
CURED that all contestants shall drive
In the grand cavalcade at $3.50 on that
day. Then every person in the great
crowds always present on that date
Will have an opportunity to see some
of the finest specimens of horse flesh
the state can boast The trophy is
awarded for the year, remaining al
ways the property of the West Michi-
gan State Fair and to be returned to
the association September LIST of each
year, to be competed for at the next
fair Last year the Voigt Milling Co.
of Grand Rapids, with it's fine team,
captured the trophy, but intense rival
ry has been aroused and it is expected
the competition this year will be
keener than ever.
In addition to winning the trophy,
the finest team will also secure the
first premium of $40, which makes it
still further worth while to compete.
Those not securing the trophy are Of
fered prizes of SIS, $12, $40 and 49,
All drivers of the contesting teams
will be paid So for their appearance in
the cavalcade.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-09-01
Action Was Characteristic.

This is characteristic of the officials
of the West Michigan State Fair.
At the close of fair week last year,
a deficit was found. Eight of the Off
Gals placed their names on notes for
81 900 each to make good the loss.
This brought the total of the fairs in
debtedness up to an even $4,000,
every penny of it guaranteed by the
directors of the fair personally, and
who would not be tickled to get all
the paper ne could carry if it were
signed by these men?
This they have done repeatedly
without expectation of recovering 1t,
but with a firm faith in the success
of the fair and therefore in the hope
that some day their investment for
the good of the people of Western
Michigan will come. back to them.
They are not in the business for
money. They are in IL because they
want West Michigan to have the big
gest fair the state can boast They
want to see the people from all over
the state come to Grand Rapids, en-
Joy themselves, and educate them
selves-for the fair Is designed to be
of especial educational value-and in
cidentally to profit financially by pull
ing down some of the substantial
premiums offered in almost every
imaginable line.
The fair Is successful from an edu-
cational standpoint because it has be-
hind 1t such public-spirited men as
these-men who are not afraid to put
their hands into their pockets and dig
up good, hard coin in order that thou
sands of persons may come to Grand
Rapids to see what has been pre-
pared for them.
The incident of the burning OF the
grandstand was but one of many
similar ones In which the officers of
Che Fair have thought only of the
comfort of the people rather than of
The dollars In their own pockets.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-05
Gptarnpaltatt

The festival Of st. Peters Chains, COM
monty called Lammas Day, was cele-
brated Tuesday. This feast is the second
commemoration in honor Of st. Peter in
the English calendar, though obviously
1t is the nturg1cal celebration OF st.
Peters miraculous deliverance from
prison In Jerusalem, had Its origin In
Rome in 435, where the great church on
the EsQuiline was dedicated on August l.
For 1t was supposed that the original
chains with which the apostle was bound
were preserved in the Basilica as relics.
Popularity in England it has been called
Lammas Day, a corruption Of the term
'1oaf mass" as being the occasion Of the
offering OF the first fruits of the harvest.
It is probably due to it's Scriptural asso-
ciation that the Reformers did not dis
turb It when they found the calendar.
Through the efforts of Mr.. Arthur J.
Houghton. and others, the debt of the
Chapel of the Redeemer, at Glen Echo.
was reduced the other day by some $50
or more. The debts on our parish,
church, and chapels are happily being
reduced, some very largely each year.
At one time st. Thomas owed $72,500
the largest amount owed by any indi-
vidual church. II now owes but $4,000.
st. Andrews. at Fourteenth and Corco-
ran. has probably the largest indebted
ness at the present time. but, owing to
the energy ef the late rector -Rsv. a.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-05

Interest has been aroused throughout
the city by the announcement OF The
WASHINGTON Herald that a Translation OF
the Joint protest OF the hierarchy or
Portugal against the decree OF April 70
separating the church from the state
will be published in entirety in to-mor-
rows edition. This remarkable docu-
ment. which was ordered confiscated by
the Portuguese government, has just ap-
peared in this country. 1t Is therefore
an exclusive feature" and The Herald
will be the first daily to present the ar
ticle to the public. History Is pelns
made to-day in Portugal. where Chris
tianity is in the crucible, and this ar
ticIe, with its powerful bearing on the
events Of the period, will doubtless at
tract wide attention.
The members of the League Of the
Good Shepherd will receive holy COM
munion in a body at the o'clock mass
In St Patrick's Church tomorrow morn
ing. The League of the Good Shepherd
established by Right Rev. Mgr. William
T. Russell, D. D., is one of the most re-
markable congregational societies in the
country. Founded in accordance with
the suggestions OF the plenary councils
of Baltimore. and favored with the
hearty appreciation of his holiness Pope
Plus X, the league has become dynamic
missionary force, materially advancing
the interests OF the church according to
the plans of the prince of convert makers,
St Francis de Sales. Since the inaugural
ton of the society by Mgr. Russell
number of Jealous pastors in other cities
have taken up the work and II Is now
spreading. A very successful branch OF
the league Is established in st. Teresa
Church, of this city, under the able di.
rection of Rev. NJ. P. Egan, assistant
pastor.
The Catholics Of Washington are also
indebted to Mgr. Russell for establishing
in ST. Patrick's parish a center Of the
Archon Fraternity of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, the chief aim of which Is to
offer reparation to Jesus Christ IN the
holy eucharist. The indulgences and
spiritual advantages attached to MEM
bershp in this society are very great
The distinguished Catholic author, Mol
lie Eliot Seawell, of Washington, who
has had nuns for the heroines OF several
of her most successful stories, calls at
tention to the real founders OF the
present-day ambulance corps and the
nursing profession in the following
words: DO you know that in every
European war for hundreds Of years the
Sisters of Mercy and of Charity have
The Washington herald., 1911-08-05
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