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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
THE OWOSSO TIMES
Entered At the Postofnce in Owosso for
transmission rs second. class matter
Published everv FRIDAY noon.
SUBSCRIPTION sl.oo YEAR
OWOSSO, MICH. JAN. 5, 1912.

The first semi-annual issue of postal
bavings bonds in June last amounted to
S41, 300, the December issue to $416, 800,
showing that this form of 81 per cent
government security is popular with
the people who use the postal savings
banks. The deposits throughout the
country in the postal savings banks is
estimated at $15,OOO,00O for the first
wear.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
PULP CASES TO BE REFERRED
President VIII Have Customs Protests
Passed Upon by Courts.

Washington, Jan. 3.-President Taft
Will refer to the courts the wood pulp
and paper controversy, involving tie
question Of the free entry of those ar
ticles into this country from nations
having most favored nation treaties.
Protests by importers will be pre-
sented by the board of general ap.
praisers in New York and then sent
to the United States court of customs
apreals
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05

Even the Democrats are having their
troubles. Congressman Underwood
floor leader Of the majority in the
house of representatives, has declined
IN invitation to attend the jackson day
banquet In Washington because of the
Fact that William jennings Bryan was
Ia, be present and be the last speaker Of
the evening. These party leaders have
hada falling out on the wool schedule.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
Foolish Question.

Are you going to permit your son
to play football when he goes to COL
lege?"
mo. I'm going to keep him from It
In the Same way that have kept him
from smoking cigarettes"
"Oh, have you kept him from doing
that?"
"Certainly-when hs knows I'm
looking"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
She Called Him Names.

Fred E. Crandsll of Owosso, has be-.
gun suit for divorce against Clavissa
Crsndall. They were married in 1895
and have one daughter. Is years old.
Crandall claims his wife abused him.
called him names and was jealous of
him.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05
Contemplate vandaIs.

Some enemy, evidently, visited John
,Krauth's barn, Nov. 90, and cut the
four tires of his auto, broke the wind
shield and ripped the top. Officers are
investigating but do not agree with
Mr.. Krauth In his suspicious.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-05

The temperance people Of Livingston
t0uAty have complained considerably
chat the local option law was not being
properly reinforced and that violations
on the part Of CLUBS were becoming
Nlthgethsr toofrequent and open. As
b sesuit 9 search warrant was secured
Nv One OF the deputy sheriffs and q
club room raided and large amount Of
liquAr seized. Among the men found
In the room drinking was the sheriff
of the county! The anti.saloon forces
In Tuscola county. it is said have EN-.
'plcyed private detectives and expect to
make number of arrests.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
TO DO W,,'H PROFITS
Question Of Vital Confederation Among
Various Cooperative Assocla'
tons OF Country.

What TO do with profits which arise
incidentally Is a vital consideration In
the ideal cooperative company like
the Danish bacon factories, the mem.
hers buy one share each for about
$G.25, but the share amounts to moth.
Ing more than a membership fee,
since no dividends are paid The
company uses this money as work
Ing capital and at the same time holds
back a small portion Of the value Of
the hogs marketed, but at the end
Of each year the entire amount that
Is due each member for produce mar.
keted is paid to him and nothing re-
mains that can be called profits, all
having gone into the price,
In this country substantially the
same plan Is often followed In co.
operative creameries, the whole profit
being included in tho price OF tho
butter, the shareholder getting nom
nal return, corresponding to interest
on his snare of stock In the case OF
grain elevators there Is n diversity OF
practice; some follow the above plan
but unfortunately q considerable per.
centage-probably So per cent-do
otherwise. In Iowa there arc oleya.
tor companies which have made II q
matter Of Boosting that they have paid
100 per cent. dlyidends--a confession
that some oooperators have made
money out Of their fellows, Other
companies make practice Of paying
Is or 20 per cent, In some, according
to the charter, no dividends can be
paid, but surplus may be accumu.
lated and at the end Of the period this
shall be divided pro rata among stock
holders. This plan may be good or
bad according to the stamp Of men
who nre running the company, Then
there are some elevator companies In
which profits are to be divided In the
torn OF q rebate on the basis OF bual'
ness furnished the company by mem
bers during tho year, and this IL gen.
ulno cooperation,
One reason why the dlyldendpaylng
plan has been permitted to work It's
way into the elevator companies Is
because Il has often been difficult 70
get sufficient capital but by Offering
good rate on tho shares tho farmers
have beon ready to subscribe. In
nearly all cases tho number of shares
which one man may hold, whore per,
haps 400 are Issued, In limited to ten
or fifteen, This Ia In order 10 prevent
The real cooperation from degonerat.
Ing into fake cooperation, whore n
small group get control OF the com.
pany and run II In their own interest.
A common practice whore few men
set out to dominate company IN to
buy shares for different members OF
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
rnoPoanp AMENDMENT TO TRn
CONSTITUTION OF THE pTATD
Or AhMhNBAU,

Notice IN hereby given that tho fol
lowing Joint resolution proposing an
amendment tu tho State Constltutlosi
wNs passed by the General Assembly az
~ regular scaslon OF lOll aud that
he same will bo submitted 20 tho cleo
0ra Of the state at the nsSt general
lection, 90 be held Monday Septemi
her o. 1914 for adoption or rejection
proposed Amendment Mo, ~,
That the following article shall he
proposed az an amendment 10 the Com
btlWtlon OF the state OF ArknnHus.
which, when agreed TO by q majority
Of all the membora elected 10 each
House ana adopted by majority OF
the electors OF tho State voting nt the
uoXt general election FOR senators ana
Representatives, shall become part Of
tho Constitution OF the state OF Ar
dThnt all capital Invested within the
next ton years IN this state IN tho
manufacturing Of cotton ana llbef
goods IN any manner shall be ana Ia
hereby exempt from taxation for pc.
fiod Of Eayen years next after ana
from the time the person persons. come
pnny or corporations have hegun the
business OF said mnnufHctuiNg
The above resolution was nlod IN
the otce of tho Secretary Of state on
May 20, lgll
Zach elpetor may yete for or against
tho above amendment
witness my osnelal signature this
18th day OF February, IVA
EARLE w iiObGEB,
(beell Beefslafy OF State,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
CRUST COVERED BABYS HEAD

632 Brunswick St, Baltimore, Md
My baby's face broke out in pImpleA,
which after bathing would weep and
form scabs until his head and face
were completely covered with crust
and his hair all fell out. II was cross
and would not sleep, Each day II
spread until his entire face and head
were covered with weeping sores. I
t:ied several prescriptions, but did not
find any relief Then ! decided 10 try
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment
after using them two or three
times the sores dried UP and after a
half dozen applications all disngure-
ment disappeared, In less than three
weeks the sores and scales were com.
pletely gone, and bGby's skin as
smooth and clear as when no was first
born Cutcura Soap and Ointment
cured him" (Signod) Mrs. Loltio V.
Stelnwedel, Jan. IA, 1912,
CutIcura Soap and Ointment SOLD
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32p. Skin Book. Add. post
card "Cutlcura, Dept, l., Boston" ADV.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

Dynamite is a good stump doctor.
The grain should have ventilation.
Teeth filed in time save the oat bin.
The dairy harvest is seldom hailed
out.
When mans down he thinks It Is
all up with him.
Half the so-called failures in life are
really neverwazzers.
A thoughtless man loses lot OF
time when he hurrles.
The well.made bundle is often half
the profits in harvesting.
When the new carriage is bought
see that a shed goes oyerit.
The man who lives in silence Is
sometimes found awake.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
MAKES HIGHER SOCIAL ORDER
Cooperation Means More Than Mu.
tual Financial AdSantage--Farm'
or Must Learn,

Cooperation among farmers means
moro than mutual financial advantage,
4 lays the foundation Of u higher so
Ual order TOO long the farmer has
been an indiyidualiat, Too long the
country has Jagged behind the town,
condition which, In part, Ia due to
tho fact that every man has actcd
Independently OF his noIghbor Tho
modern social economic status has
been attained by mass movement Tho
farmer must learn 70 utilize this prln'
eiple
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
Cooperative Experiments.

Tho soils and crop department Of
Purdue IN carrying on cooperative
crop experiments with various farm.
ors throughout tho state on methods
OF seeding oats and oats fertilization
The department In also cooperating
with about twenty-five members Of tho
State Gamers association In u series
Of tomato fertilization experiments,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
The eAmsps Peculiarly,

The oumol alone among animals
does not perHplre with lta entire skin,
II perepires only In tho back OF the
neck and 30 when travelling IN eK'
tFeme heat does not require eohtih.
uai supply Of water In order TO replace
he moisture eyaporated through the
pores,
A curious consequence OF this sin
sularIly In the nuetuatIon, within four
degrees, Of tho blood temperature OF n
healthy camel, That Ia rise OF tenn
Befatufo of four degrees which In n
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
Crushed Bone Fertilizers.

Crushed bone IN u valuable fertilizer
for fruit trees and may DO used TO nd
vantage whenever II may bo secured
at q reasonable price, An application
Of 400 TO coo pounds Of bohomoOl per
acre viii prove helpful on aIlt and clay
soils,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
NelghborIy Cooperation.

Salt pork and soggy potatoes are n
poor diet for midsummer KIN hog,
divide with the nolghbors, and each
IN turn provide fresh meat, Live on
tho garden ~ much aB possible, worry
less, and add 10 your health ana
length Of days,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

tho family. which shares can, OF
course, usually be handled as unit.
AT the annual meetings of the various
state associations Of cooperative com
panies this question is always debated.
and the sentiment is usually against
payment of dividends above a nominal
amount.--Countvy Gentleman.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
Matrlmony In Australia.

Brldegrooms in Australia last year
ranged from sixteen to nlnety-nine
years Of age, and the records show
the youngest bride was fifteen. and
the Oldest eghty.two One man OF
scyenty-seven married girl OF eight
cen, 1t ls not surprising to learn
that more marriages were reported
from the country than ever before.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
Enlargement

Fond Mamma Here's d photo Of my
little boy when he was d baby and !
want you to make one Of him as he Is
now,
Photographer But haven't you
brought him with your
u, Ms=N0, thought you could
make IN enlargement from s,=fele
Mele
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
,mportan, 10 Mothora
Bervinu Humanity.

Few cNllings are more highly esteem
cd than that Of tho trained nursa
Miss Ellen Emerson, the granddaugh-
ter Of Ralph Waldo Emerson. IN a
nurse In the Massachusetts general
hospital ut Boston,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
XIII the Fever Tick.

Down with the Texas foyer tick,
down 10 tho 0ulr Thoro IN not room
for good cattle and the tick IN tho
south, no tho latter must 80, Lot ow
erYb0dy helI
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
ENnlAlnhd.

"He knows all the best people in
town"
why doesn't ho associate with
them, thon?"
They know him.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
In the Emily

MY dear. there Is a bill hero on
hand"
IAN right Give It to mo and III
foot H.
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

Red CIors R6ll Blue makes tho laundre~
happy makes clothea whltCr than snow,
All good gioccp Adv
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

human being ana IN other mammals
would bo u blpn oi fever, Ia a normal
function with the onmol
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05
TeehnleaI

Autolst=llow did you escape n flnot
Motorist-Our attorney proved the
watch was ast-Judge,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

II Ia useless to take II vacation II
you nro weary from oyorrost, ,'..
The Harrison times., 1912-10-05

This Is a truth abiding;
And should It come in search OF me.
will not go in hiding"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
CoLoRlNG BLOOD.

The color of blood is due chiefly to
iron in the little blood-cells. When
the iron is kept in these little blood
cells, which are living and travelling
around in the blood vessels, the color
is red. Hit the skin hard enough to
break some of the little blood ves-
sells beneath the surface, and the lit
tie red cells escape from the injured
blood vessels, wander about for q
while in the tissues and die. When
they die the iron that made them red
before then changes to black-and-
blue coloring. After a while this
iron is taken up by the glands called
the lymphatics, and made over again
into nice red cells. The iron is taken
up very much more quickly by the
lymphatics if the black-and-blue spot
is rubbed and massaged.-St. Mich
olas.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
GREAT MENACE IN THE RAT
Many Dread Diseases Are Transmit
ted by the Rodent Which ls
Tolerated by Man.

The rat is the twentieth century
anachronism. He is as much behind
the times as stone hatchets or arrow
heads, and yet today we tolerate him.
permit him to devastate our store
houses and to act as the vehicle for
the transmission of disease. The
liberation which we have shown for
this inhabitant of the sewer is per-
haps due to the fact that man is by
nature lazy animal and will make
no unnecessary effort unless spurred
to it by some circumstance in his en-
vironment. 1t has been necessary for
plague to ravage the world many
times before man has learned that
the rat, the mouse and the ground
squirrel are among the most deadly
animals with which he has to deal.
That rats are the carriers Of
plague is too well known to merit
more than a passing reference here.
They are also afflicted with a lep-
rosy-like disease which closely resem-
bles, both in its etiologic factor and
in its pathology, the lcprosy of man.
A number of other diseases exist
commonly among them, the organ
isms of which are believed to be cap
able of producing human disease.
They are also the hosts for legion
of parasites, while feas, lice and
ticks infest their hairy bodies
Journal of the American Medical
Association.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
ADOBE RAMPARTS OF AsSYRIA
Stiff Ciays Of Valleys Of the Tigrls
and Euphrates Used In the
Erection Of These.

Nearly akin to Egyptian house
building methods were those of an
cient Assyria, where the stiff clays
of the valleys of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates furnished the rude mud
walls of the city and its palaces,
temples and ramparts. While there
are no lack of gigantic statues and
symbolic monoliths, stone stairs and
paved approaches, and the remains
of the alabaster and syenite facings,
which covered the palmer masonry,
the real strength of Babylon and
Nineveh lay in the masses of brick
work which, in mighty Babylon it is
recorded, formed the lofty towers
and ramparts which for forty-two
miles girdles a district five times as
large as modern London with a
great wall, whose summit, embattled,
and forming a continuous chariot
way, rose from 300 to $50 feet above
the fertile plain.
One hundred gates with brazen
hinges are said to have poured out
its lcgions in war and its millions in
peaee; the great river, bridled and
parapeted, flowed in, through, and
out of the city under massive
bridges, over ample tunnels, and
through huge water gates which no
fleet might force OF engine Of war
lay low. Surely, never before or
since, in the history Of the world,
has the plummet, hammer and trow-
ell of the bricklayer played so i'm
portant part in securing the safety
and promoting the magnifcence of a
great city.-"Nobility of the
Trades" Charles Winslow Hall, in
National Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
GAIN IS SOMETIMES A LOSS
Certain Features in Religious Work
and In Individual Life Are
Dead Weights.

To add more and more of certain
things is to have less and less. We
sometimes try to gain prestige and
strength, for example, in our reli-
gious work, by adding certain fea-
lures, and find that every such gain
is a distinct loss. A religious work.
er found it necessary to leave a posi-
ton of prominence in a certain COM
munity; and the reason for his fail
ure to lead forward his organization,
as admitted by those who knew him
well and liked him greatly, was that
his plan was to get persons socially
prominent, but without any religious
convictions, to allow the use of their
names for advertising purposes. Ev-
cry such nominal worker secured
added to the dead weight that final
ly ruined his cause. Numbers count
in Christian work only when they
are made up of Christ-directed lives.
So Of our own individual life; every
thing we add to it that is not Of
Gods choice, and that does not make
for our greater usefulness to him,
subtracts from our life instead of
adding to it. We cannot afford to
admit any such dead weights. Gods
choices alone are to be trusted. When
everything in our life, old and new,
is of his appointing, then we shall
find that, holding fast the head, we
may increase with the increase of
God."-Sunday School Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26

true Is quite another matter. It is
hard In writing of Robin Hood to sift
fact from legend. This story can but
tell the popular version Of his career
without vouching for its entire truth.
Robin Hood is said to have been
born In 1160, and to have been a no
bleman's son who, through injustice,
was outlawed. He too krefuge In
Sherwood forest, In Nottinghamshire,
England. There he gathered about
him band of unfortunate meR as des-
perate as himself, and prepared to
make war on the world at large.
It was rude, violent age. Human
life was held lightly. Laws were bar
barous. For shooting deer in the roy
al forests the penalty was torture and
(for the second offense) death. The
barons and other rich and powerful
men could overtax and ill-use the poor
almost without restraint. Persons who
suffered under such tyranny had usu-
ally no redress. Often they reVenged
themselves by plundering their for
mer masters and by preying on human
ity at large, Says one old historian
(Stow).
I'm this time were many robbers and
outlaws, among which Robin Hood and
Little John, renowned thieves, contin-
ued in the woods, despoyling and rob-
bling the goodies of the rich. The said
Robin suffered no woman to be op.
pressed or molested. Poore mems
goodies he spared; abundantlie reliev-
ing them with that which by theft he
got from the houses of the rich. OF
all thieves Major Ian early writer) af-
armeth him to be the prince and the
most gentle theefe."
Robin and his band dwelt In the
greenwood, patrolling the highroads
and holding up rich travellers. Espe-
cially did they enjoy capturing dishon-
est money lenders and cruel landlords.
Robins favorite method with such pris-
oners was to conduct them to his Sc
cret glade and there regale them with
a feast. (The food consisted largely
of stolen deer and dainties f1lched
from noblenen's larders.) After the
meal he would suggest that they pay
for their entertainment by giving him
all their money and jewels. At other
times he would 60. disguised, to some
town, make friends with local rich
man and under some pretext lure him
to the forest.
That Robin did not steal from the
poor was not an especially nSblo trait.
The poor had nothing worth stealing.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26

moreover, by helping the peasants
with little money now and then he
made them his friends and gave them
an interest in warning him against his
pursuers.
Robin and his men were splendid
archers. Their skill with bow and
arrow reached the kings ears. His
majesty is said to have been 30 much
pleased with the bands archery that
he pardoned them all But Robin
could not long remain out OF trouble.
He fell foul Of the law once more. aud
the sheriff of Nottingham was sent
to crush him. In the woodland battle
that followed the sheriffs men were
beaten OF. Soon afterward Robin fell
dangerously i'll. There was ne surgeon
nearby. SO his men carried him to
convent, where his cousin was a lay
sister. She had great repute In medi-
cine and Robin thought she might save
him. She dared not refuse shelter to
the sick man for fear OF HIS followers
wrath. But she dared not cure him,
lest the king should hear that the
convent had harbored and aided an
outlaw. So, according to tho story, she
opened a vein in his arm and left him
to bleed to death.
When the dying man learned Of her
treachery he set his buglO to his lips
and blew a feeble blast. Little John,
his lieutenant, heard It, and rushed TO
the sick room. Robin, so runs the old
ballad, forbade Little John to take ven
geance on the convent. Then, setting
arrow to bow for the last time, no
sent the shaft whizzing out through an
open window and begged to 10 buried
ut the spSt where his arrow should
strike earth.
A likeabls, rollicking, Sentimental
outlaw. His life story (sveR stripped
Of all legend and fOlklors) ssamS to
eAitlo him to a goodly place anoAg
Historic Blackguards.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
Latest In House BUILDING.

Spanners and screwdrivers are the
only tools required in up-to-date house
building. This latest development in
an important craft comes, as might be
expected, from the United States, says
London Tit-Bits. Blocks of concrete
cement are cast according to the do
sired pattern, with wire spiral pas
sage through the center. When ready
for erection steel pins are passed
through the center Of the castings,
and the whole bolted together over q
wooden frame. The work OF building
or dismantlinS house so constructed
is stated to be simple in the extrensA
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-09-26
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
OF STUBBORN MlLuCEMT
BY HARMONY WELLER.

Millicent stepped lightly from her
limousine and into the foyer Of the
theater. She was conscious Of pre-
senting an unusual picture in her big
dropping hat and frock OF palest
mauve; there was just a suggestion
Of melancholy about Millicent that on
ly exaggerated her charm. To the
man standing near the ticket office
she seemed the embodiment Of all that
was lovely.
Millicent looked up and caught his
eyes fixed admiringly upon her and
the color famed into her cheeks. Her
fingers trembled slightly as she FUN
bled for her ticket.
A frown sped swiftly across her
face. The ticket that she had taken
month or so ago was not in her
bag!
I'VE have been booked back for the
last six weeks" the man told her.
II did so want to see the play" she
informed the man behind the window.
Az she turned to leave the foyer her
appealing eyes swept across space to
the goodlooking man whose gaze had
brought the color into her cheeks.
"If you care to take this seat-I will
be only too happy" he said in q per
fectly impersonal tone.
Millicent hesitated q second only
then in a hurried voice thanked him.
"And you are not robbing yourseltf''
she questioned.
"The seat will go begging If you do
not use It," the man said and gave her
the ticket.
Millicent reached down into the
depths of her opera bag and brought
forth two-dollaH bill.
els that rightH" she asked and did
not raise her eyes.
A duh red mounted even to the
mans temples. He drew back swiftlT
than as suddenly took the mnAnaY.