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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-22

Council Room, City OF owosso,
November 18th. 1919
Regular meeting OF the Council, Mayor Geo.
w. Clark presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Reineke,
Sutfn Mclaughlin, Brown, Wright Conant,
Palmer, Chavev. Absent Mcdonald, Wash
| burn.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
were read and approved as printed.
PETITIONS.
AID Reineke presented the following peti.
ton ana moved that the PRAYER for the compile
lion OF work De granted and work carried on as
speedily as postible which prevailed
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the
City of Owosso:
Gentlemen:
We. the undersigned, residents and property
owners residing on Water street, between
oliver and King streets, believing that this
Council IL unaware OF the almost impossible
| condition 10 which said street IL being left.
and believing that cost OF completion will be
greatly increased on account OF teams cutting
IL up and working what little stone has ALREADY
been hauled on said street into the mud. do
hereby remonstrAte and protest against he in
justice being done us and respectfully request
this honorable body TO investigate the above
concf Tor 8 and orcer the improvements which
were stated last July completed.
Signed bv ID. Lyon anu 10 others
AID. Chavey presented the following petition
and moved that the same be referred 10 the
City Attorney. which prevailed:
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council OF the City of Owosso
We, the undersigned, taxpayers of Owosso
owning property west OF M. @. r. r. on Henry
street. do most strenuously demonstrate
against paying the costs of opening Henry
street across M c. X. r. since all such costs
for improvements heretofore been spread on
entire TAX roll OF ward and we therefore main
tain this cost should be spread In like manner
Signed. Louise Wetzel and Is others.
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Clerk presented a communication from
c. G. Reule calling attention to partially de-
| cayed tree at $40 e. MASON street which is dan
gerous to life and property. Referred tn sec
ond ward aldermen to report TO the Council.
PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTS.
Aid Conant presented the claims and
accounts as noted below and on motion
same were referred to the committee on
claims and accounts.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
Aid. Sutfin presented the report of the
street commissioner for the week ending
November 10Th ana on mo ion same was re.
ceived and adopted.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Aid. Mclaughlin presented the following re-
port, which was on motion adopted. Ayes
keineke, Suthn. Mclaughlin, Brown, Wright
Conant. Palmer, Chavez. Nays, none:
November 18th, 1919.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Gentlemen:
Your committee to whom we're referred the
several claims aud accounts would respectful.
ly report favorablv on the following and ask
the unanimous consent OF this council that
said claim be allowed and the City Clerk In.
structed to draw orders for the same.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-22
Over Half.Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 80
years. Medical Book sent free.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-22

NO. FOR Price
L Fevers. COMPOSITIONS, Inflammation Z. ......9J
. Worms. Worm Fever. or Worm Disease. %
3 Collie. Crying and wakefulness of Infants rs
Diarrhea. of Children and Adults. ..........2J
Y Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis ..........21
3 Toothache. Faceache, Neuralgia ...........2S
o Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. .......2B
10 Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach -. rs
13 Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis. ...........2S
II Salt Rheum, Eruptions, Erysipeas. .........21
10 Rheumatism. or Rheumatic Pains ..... %
10 Fever and AGuc. Malaria. .................2S
~ Piles. Blind or Bleeding. External, Internal rs
10 Catarrh, Influenza, Cold I'm Head ............21
20 Whooping Cough. spasmodc Cough. ......2J
81 Asthma. Oppressed, Difficult Breathing ....2S
~ Kidney Disease. -. -.-..-.-.............2H
% Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness .... OG
30 Urinary IncOntinence. Wetting Bed. ......2J
"a Sore Throat. Quinsy --------.-----........25
~ Grip, Hay Fever and Summer Colds. .....2S
Sold by druggists. or sent on receipt OF price.
HUMPHREYS HoMEo. MEDICINE co., Corner
William and Ann Streets, New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-22

FHoM WEST MAIN STREET. PAVEMENT REPAIR
FUND.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

Roosevelt's progressive republicans
in their state convention at Fargo last
Friday put up state ticket com.
posed of presidential electors and a
candidate for governor. For the re.
mainder Of the ticket the regular re.
publican candidates were endorsed
with the exception of W. G. Gilbreath,
candidate for commissioner of agri-
culture and labor, which was left a
blank. The ex-pres7asnt delivered a
stirring address and the enthusiasm
for third party was famed by Lauder,
Rourke, Baker, ct al In the heat of
the excitement DR.. Creegan Of Fargo
college was named the gubernatorial
candidate without inquiry into his ell
Eligibility other than his enthusiasm.
The doctor has since resigned owing to
his lack of residential qualifications
and Mayor Sweet Of Fargo has been
named by the committee as the head
of the state ticket-Park River Ga.
zette.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

The first gun Of the state campaign,
SO far as Devils Lake is concerned,
will be fred tonight, when Mayor
Sweet of Fargo, candidate for gov
ernor on the third party ticket will
address the local -Hssrs. He will be
accompanied by Hon. Noah Allen of
Yexas. Considerable interest attaches
to their coming,s A. Devils Lake citi-
zens are curious to learn just what ex-
cuse the third partyites have to offer
fos putting 3. candidate for governor
in the field and then endorsing the bal
ance' Of the republican state ticket
with one exception and leaving that
exception blank. The contest; has gone
too far and the feeling is already too
intense for Mr.. Sweet town any con.
siderable number Of new supporters
in this. city. There is asswell defined
impression that Mr.. Sweets candidacy
is q direct slap At MI Hanaa. He viii
be given q respectful hearing however
and will undoubtedly try to explain
that his candidacy is softly for the
purpose of getting five per cent of the
total vote, and thus give his party a
legal standing two years hence.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

Either Mayor Sweet, (who is just
now laboring under the delusion that
he is running for governor of North
Dakota) is being misquoted or else
he is advocating ideas Of municipal
government which are absolutely I'M
sound and so foolish that they would
be a discredit to ten-year-old boy
According to the Search Light NJ.
Sweet proposes to take the contingent
fund from the treasury of his city and
refund it to the taxpayers prorata, in
other words to treat Re city as cor.
poration and its citizens as stock
holders. The money now in this con.
tingent fund, it seems, has been rails.
ed from the fine Of inmates of bawdy
houses, DRINKS picked up on the street
and kindred sources. So fat as We can
learn there is absolutely no warrant
in law for such q refund. # the city
wishes to lower tAe TAX rate, the
money thus illegally raised can be
shifted to other funds and the tax levy
made annually to pay the running ex.
pen:es Of the city, lowered by just the
amount accrrsing from these fines and
other sources. But the idea that the
money can be collected from strum
pets and DRINKS, BY the machinery Of
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

The Progressive party which has
been created by the followers Of Col.
Roosevelt met in convntion at Fargo
last Friday and after adopting i plat.
form and listening to speech by the
ccionel, nominated state ticket. That
is, the delegates endorsed the nominees
of the republican party with The ex-
'eption of governor, and placed in
nomination for that position DR.. G. G.
Creegan, president of Fargo College.
On Monday DR.. Creegan found himself;
unqualified for the place because Of
a lack Of residence in the state and
withdrew. The executive committee
of the party then nominated W. D.
Sweet, mayor Of Fargo to fill the
vacancy. There are a few mer in the
front rank of the new party who de-
sire to accomplish the defeat of Con.
gresham Hanna and this nomination
of candidate against him is largely
the result Of spite. We are much mis-
taken if the innate fairness Of the
public mind does not see that Mr..
Hanna's majority is most substantial
as rebuke to the men who have
been scheming to get third candi-
date in the feld.--St. Thomas Times. .
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20


With the return Of L. B. Hanna to
the state the republican campaign
promises to take on a new lease of
life and the members Of the party will
probably assume the aggressive all
along the line. With set of candi-
dates for whom no apologies need be
made and with a party as nearly unit
ed as it has been for several years,
there is no reason why a winning fghi
should not be made for every office.
The third party movement seems to
be growing beautifully less with each
passing day md the democrats never
were dangerous, except when there
was a split in the republican party,
and this year the serious differences
seem to be between the democrats and
the progressives who SO far haven It
been able to get together on single
candidate, state or national. The
reign of democrats and traitorous re-
publicns in the state house at Bis.
marck is about drawn to a close. And
there will be few mourners when the
end comes.
De
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
CROPS AND WAGES.

/ Generally speaking to own farm
means owning life job. What the
average farmer receives is pay for his
own labor and that of his family; and
| farmers are more prosperous because
their wages have gone up. The value
of those crops for which the Census
Bureau has acreage figures was five
billion dollars in 1909 against slightly
less than two billion and three-quar-
tiers in 1899. By far the greater part
of this increase was due not to larger
production, but to higher prices; in
fact, if the prices of 1899 had prevail
ed in 1909 the value of the years crop
would have been only three billions
instead of five. Applying the same
amount of labor to the same extent
of land, farmers received sixty-fve per
cent more because prices were higher.
Broadly speaking, this is as much as
to say that the average farmers daily
wage ADVANCED by two-thirds-though,
if he has bought farm meanwhile, he
has had to pay proportionately more
for the title to the more remunerative
job.
This means more money in the hands
Of some six million individuals. They
buy more food, clothing and vehicles,
pay their bills promptly and keep sur.
plus money in the bank, which in turn
is loaned to manufacturers. Everybody
realizes that this makes for national
prosperity; but many very practical
minded political economists habitually
talk as though rise in industrial
wages somehow jeopardized national
prosperity. The number of wage earn
ers exceeds the number Of farmers.
More money in their hands is as good
for the country's trade as more money
in the farmers hands; in fact, if pros
perity of these two classes could be
assured, the rest of the nation would
be prosperous automatically. The
broad proposition on a simple dollar.
and-cents basis is that higher wages
are always to the pub1ic's interest,"
Saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

celebration occurred at the auditorium
in st. Paul Monday evening Of this
week, his talk was right along the
same lines. He urged the farmers Of
the northwest to make more Of the
land, tellinngshis listeners ter that this
was the No. Country u the worldsand
destined, jpstaas#spo It's citizens
awoke 20 its possibilities, to double,
treble and even quadruple in value.
And Mr.. Hin IS right. No man is
better informed as to the possibilities
ct North Dakota and the Northwest
generally than is he, and no man sees
with clearer eye the proud place this
country is destined to attain within
the next generation. Thousands have
profited by the hard-headed suggestions
Of Mr.. Hill and thousands more could
do SO, and eventually most Of them
will do so.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

der Of John Rogish, July. u, 1907, in
the battle for the: defense Of Cameron.
dam, were dismissed the case being dis
solved on motion 81, District Attor7
iney Williams. !: Y 4
i Attorney Williams stated that Join.
Rogish has since left for Europe and,
the. only other complaining witness.
would be John Hess who was q hired
detective in the sDietz case and mas
much as he was paid money: to follow
up the case his testimony: would have,
no effect in holding the children.
Attorney Williams Gamer to the de-
cision after conference with the,
county commissioners who decided : to (,
dismiss the children from the. custody
Of Sawyer county since John sDietz was vas
70 + be put under 4 control by. life sen
;,tence. L I, A, ~ Z.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

The first try-cut of the state wide
primary law will be had in Minnesota
today. and the outcome will be
watched with considerable interest by
people everywhere. There are five re-
publican candidates for governor and
the particular fight will be given much
more consideration than any of the
others. The five candidates are Adolph
Eberhart, the present governor, Lewis
G. spooner, retired lawyer, w. E. Lee,
banker and man of affairs, Sam Y.
Gordon, newspaper man and present
lieutenant governor, and f. T. Young,
former attorney general. The fight is
of course Eberhart against the field.
He is particularly the candidate of the
big interests-the 'breweries and the
railroads, and has the advantage of
their support as well as the support
of all the office holders. The ablest
man in the bunch, in fact one Of the
ablest men in public life today, is
Lewis G. spooner. If the people of
Minnesota have made up their minds
to have an executive who will be a
credit to that great commonwealth and
who will rank with the best that any
state has ever had, Spooner will be
named. But we afraid that he is
a prophet without honor in his own
country, or at least that he is not suf-
ficiently appreciated by the people to
win. But we are going to hope, any
way, at least unit. the votes are count
ed.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

The Progressive Observer of Grand
Forks is now 'alf and 'alf, having
come out for Woodrow Wilson. de-
ncf-a;: for president, and announces
1t will stand for L. B. Hanna for
governor. This must be decidedly a
surprise to Mr.. Hanna, remembering
the many slurs and bad things that
paper has had to say N the past about
the republican nominee for governor.
1t is indeed hard to ascertain inst
where the Observer is, but Judging
from appearances it is perched high
upon the fence ready to should GLOW
b, Tor whichever side that wins o,t
We don't think however, that the
eleventh hour conversion of Tho ,)b.
server will make much differnce with
M. F.anna. He will be elected wh.th.
er the Observer lends its influence or
not, and Wilson will be defeated
Milton Globe.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

st4t -. " I.
In order to- hurt the chances Of Mr..
Hanna in his home ,aslmuch as possible
the third or "Bull Moose" party has
put. up one Of Hanna's own townsmen
to oppose him in the rage for govern
or. t is our opinion that the effect
will be surprising: The people of the
state have passed the point where they
can be dictated to, and the action Of.
the "B. sayors too strongly Of
dictation and bossism. The voters of
the state have already signifed their
choice 'or governor. They want Han
ma and the November vote will prove
it.-Lorna Examiner.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
FRESH FROM THE WIRES

Duluth, MINI, SPIT. 14-Governor
Eberhart is here today in an effort to
quiet the street car strike and unless
the entire force of city authorities put
an end to the rioting he threatens to
call out the troops.
General Manager Warren of the
ere, car company stated that the go
dit;ons wer. much better essay aru
that by tonight seventy-fve per cent
Of the service would be again in op
Grafton.
Washington, Sept. 14-It was an
nounced here today that the Panama
canal would be opened to traffic in
the fall, Of. 1913, and that the Atlantic
feet would be. stationed there as soon
as possible. u..-.
Maza, N. b., Sept. 14-Wm. Jenkins
committed suicide on farm south Of
here, disappointment in a love affair
being the probable cause according to
the verdict reached by the coroner g
jury.
The young fellow; was !. apparently
prosperous and happy and had no sui.
cidal intent when last seen; by, neigh
bors. He Yves working the farm and
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

Testifying in the antitrust suit in
stituted; by the Federal government
against his company, Clarence Skunk,
general manager of the international
Harvester company, stated that there
was hardly farm implement into thu
manufacture and sale of which COM
petition did not enter This statemen..
on the part of Mr.. Funk, while liter
ally true, is most misleading. There
are various independent manufacturers
OF farm implements, and even states,
notably the state Of Minnesota, which
is now engaged in the manufacture of
binders and mowers, have sought by
various means to remove the burden
OF price imposed by the trusts from
the shoulders of its citizens. But the
fact remains that the International
Harvester company has been and still
is engaged in trying to throttle com
petition, to the end that it may charge
whatever price it pleases for its pro.
ducts. By fair means or foul it has
acquired, from time to time, most Of
the great farm implem mt houses of
the country, and those which it could
not acquire it has sought to ruin or
drive out Of business. Mr.. Funk, as
general manager Of the trust, knows
this, perhaps better than any other
man. His claim that there is compe.
tition in the manufacture Of farm i'm
Plements is true, but it is true not be-
cause of his efforts or the efforts of
his corporation, but in spite of all the
efforts made to throttle competition.
Certainly there is no competition
among the various manu- actories con.
trolled by the trust and just as GER
tainly there would be no competition
among any of the manufactures not
now controlled by the trust if the
trust could prevent it. The information
al Harvester company is already con-
vleted in the minds of the people, as
one Of the most pernicious and vicious
combinations in all this trust ridden
country
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
Prizes For Essays on
Consolidated Schools

The one room country school evident
ly does not meet the needs of the
times. Consolidated schools, however,
are making over country life where.
ever tried. North Dakota has a few
but not enough of them. They are es.
pecially needed for the teaching OF
agriculture.
In order to arouse interest the agl
college offers a prize Of SIS for the
best essay On consolidation and a
prize of $40 for the second best es.
say. The contest is open to any pupil,
teacher, or citizen of the state. The
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
The. expected has happened and the

The. expected has happened and the
bull moose party in this state have
named "a full state ticket-that is they
have named the full ticket that was
nominated by the republicans at the
primaries with the exception that they
have named one Sweet of Fargo, for
governor in place of Congressman T..
B. Hanna. This means that the sore
heads are bound to defeat Mr.. Hanna
even if by so doing, the Democrats
are given the governorship.. Mr.. Sweet
may be all right. He may be an hon
est, though mistaken man. But he is
trotting in mighty questionable com
pany-consequently he is a candidate
whom it is unsafe to elect. The visit
of Colonel Roosevelt to North Dakota
has had anything but "a quieting effect
on the political situation, but he has
apparently been successful in his oh.
ject, which is to defeat the republi-
can ticket. In his egotism he may
believe that he can be elected presi-
dent Of the United States-but no one
else has any such hopes. He has ap-
parently gone insane on the matter Of
his personal importance to the coun-
try and is ready to sacrifice his
friends to gain little Importance or
prominence. Way back he was herald
ed as an unsafe man. The American
people refused to listen to the rumor
and elected him first to the vice presi-
dency and then PRESIDENT. During his
term as president the remainder of
the Mckinley. term he was both safe
and sane, but when he, was elected
president he began to think the PEG.
pie could not do without him, and he
has since made himself ridiculous and
the nation along with him. The peo-
pie ate' tired of the Roosevelt-Taft
buffonery and will not stand for it any
ger.-Walhalla Mountaineer.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

when one Of the hired men arrived
at the house, he found the door locked
The hired man crawled through the
window and discovered jenkins seated
in chair with his head literally
blown to pieces. his brains being scat
tered about the room.
! The gun was nearby and a stick
with which the young man had eviden .
" pressed the trigger after placing
the gun to his head. The body was
taken to Minnewaukan. and was then
shipped to the young mans home in
Iowa. 500 49, ~,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

Norton, the far..fameas eaag, sdrepper,
one Of the instigators Of the impeach-
ment trial which, cost the state .1in tho
neighborhoo,d ! Of 100000, viii has
usurped the power Of his office and
been the sole means Of letting print
ing contracts involving about 100000
to . party who insists on having the
work done outside Of the .stats ,smhile
he could have it done within the state
is one Of the searchlight Is. wet nurses.
Talk about reform. Edinburg. Trib:
une u, Z
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

the law, when :uch strumpets and
DRINKS are absolutely forbidden by
law to exist in the city Of Fargo, and
then handed back to the citizens in thu
shape of a refund or dividend, is a
joke which all will readily see. We
are under the impression that Mayor
Sweet has been misquoted. Certainly
no public man would care to place
himself on record as advocating such
a hare-brained and even foolish
scheme.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20
HE WENT TOO FAR.

NoI even the SCauncneSt admlfer OF
Col. Roosevelt could find any salts
faction in the kind Of reception &C.
corded the strenuous one in Grand
Forks last Friday. The audience was
not an enthusiastic one in any sense
of the word in spite Of newspaper re-
ports to the contrary. It was criti-
cal audieFce, that Roosevelt faced and
it is stating it conservative,y to say
that the, great majority were disap-
pointedTnot 50 mpch for what he said
asssfor what HeS;left un1iszaid. But even
in his very moderate address Col.
Roosevelt made one glaring sbreak"
when he declared that his hearers
should beware of radical republicans
because, they were "tools and allies
of the reactionaries." Did Roosevelt
mean that Senator La Toilette is a
tool of the reactionaries or that the
other progressives who have decided
to stay in the republican party and
fight for progressive measures rather
than break old affiliations, are allied
with the interests against the people9
Ehatsis what he said at any rate. The
people of North Dakota do not believe
with Roosevelt on this point and it
would seem as though some Of La
Follette's attacks are more than iusti.
fed by the accusations of the "bull
moose. Progressive (D Observer
(?)
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-09-20

The writer has been listening. as
boy and man, to James ]. Hill talk in
public for the past twenty years, and
always the burden OF his addresses
mas been conservation of the soil and
a more intensive system of farming.
At the celebration Of tie old gentle.
mans seventy-fourth birthday, which