The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
STATES CONDITION IS oRos
PER JUS
So Says Governor Osborn IN State
ment Sent to New ork N.ws-
paper

"eHt cent 10 view OK NrWS-
paper
In response to reques' from the
New York World for al expression o
opinion ou how Michigan r"u"d itself
at the close of the " ear and o,rs ecrs
TOR the future, Governor Oaipu -tut
the following To be printed s,.,s viii
similar statements from the +, v,ruo, s.
of other states:
MICHIGAN IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION
THE people ut Michigan d, ia
for the good WISHES Il ,.' ri -
telegram 10 them through Goo cove,
nor aud return Ia you tne.I ., inienis
of appreciation aud warm lrtta'ior
They recogpize that ihi- Is uo age ot
publicity aud thai as v-h,ci- %, such
the World rs an indepen ,-u oews
paper is doing great wurk icbigan
finds itself in a nost prosp,roas couo,.
tiou at the opening of the u~w yea
1t is sane, pois' d. courageous and hope
full. The last decade sh We great
growth In this state.
During the coming year. aud those
that fol ow, the people OF our stare
hope to make it zone of highest hu-
man happiness and best po slDl- 10
ward for endeavor in both ipdividual
and collective lines The state has al
area OF 80, QUO square miles AID pnpu
nf IN IN Al.
population of 1885 70 the sqa re III IT,
or the same as New York, II will have
a population of nearly 1000 OOo This
is sure to come to it, in the next half d
century OF the $4,000, 100 acres of
land in the state only 10000 900 are
farmed, The great remainder offers
unusual opportuni les TO settlers who
are industrious and wish to become
good citizens. 1t is at the very door
way of the markets of our country, and
situated almost at the center ot popu.
lation and consumption Nature has !;
canalized the state in way that, if it
were to be done by mankind, would /
cost many hundreds millions of dollars.
The climate is influenced BY the rela.
tionship of the great lakes 80 as to |
make conditions for profitable fruit |
growing that are unusual and most at
tractive.
80 PER CENT OF SOIL IS ARABLE.
"Over 80 per cent of the soil of the
state is arabic under all conditions and |
So per cent of it will be eventually re.
claimed and titled. The maple. birch |
and beech forests of Michigan are the
largest remaining in the world.
Michigan is the first and best auto.
mobile state in the union. 1t will |
make quarter of a billion tons of |
sugar during the beet sugar season
just closing. 1t produces more beans
than any state or country in the world.
No attention need be called to its great
copper, iron, coal. salt. gypsum and |
building stone resources. The state
has undertaken to build good roads in
every direction and encouraging high.
way progress has been mads already.
There isn't an unwholesome thing
in Michigan. Its great university is
the most distinguished peoples institu.
ton OF Its kind in the world. Every
where. ara energy, art, courage, indus.
try, sanity and in fact all the attributes
that 90 tomake atsuocessful state and
a prosperous and happy people. Michi.
gan extends, through the World,
good wishes to its sister states and
pledges itself to that comfy which
will insure national progress and per.
feet country wide harmony
Feel EVERY CHANGE OF IAEl