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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Ocean Commerce Assisted.

las a means of promoting commerce
the depa rtment recently entered into q
contract with the Oceanic Steamship
Company. under the act of 1891. for serv-
ice for a period of ten years. beginning
July !. 1872, in vessels of the second
class from San Francisco to sydney,
Australia. via Honolulu and Page Pago.
This contract re-cstablishes on the Pa
cifc a regular mail service under the
American flag.
The department also readVcrt:sed Tor
service TO the IsthmuS of Panama under
the provisions of the act of 1891. but I'M
fortunately no bid was received. Con
tracts for service to Mexican ports via
Havana and to Venezuela, which expired
during the year. have been renewed for
a term of ten years
''Iegislation should he enacted that Will
enable the department to pay for ocean
mail service in SiNt"en-knot vessels of
the second class on routes 1900 miles or
more in length ut rate not exceeding
81 Il mile of each outward voyage. this
being the rate applicable under the act
of 1891 to- twfntyknot vessels of the
first class
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

Solid Train to EAST Coast" Hotels
Atlantic Coast Lines FLORIDA Special
6:2U pm. -All-steel. electric-lighted Pull
mans. Superior roadway. HOG y. y. ave
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Do Your Bargain
Hunting With Care

AT great bargain, old saying, make pause
You had better buy all certain beyond
OF the quality of the goods unless shopping
in store OF unquestonable fair dealing.
1t the credit OF The Stars advertisers that they do
impossible bargains screaming type make
promises of quality which they prepared back
You rely the statements made by The Stars adj
They bent trade and mean
secured by giving the best values possible
your money They know that be possible sell
shody goods but twice and they want to be
satisfied.
You buying opportunities from the merchants
who in The Star which real worth while and inn
portant Each backed bv
splendid business reputation. Do bargain hunting with
rather throw the winds and shop with The Stars
advertisers.
by Fllon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Like the Little Girl Who WOuldn'
Use Her Umbrella i'm the Rain

is the man or the woman
who can buy home with
their credit. vet still con-
tinue to paw rent to a land
lord each month.
Your credit is OF no more
value to YOU than an UNI
brella tucked under the arm
on rainy day. if YOU do not
use it.
Striking examples as to
how your credit may be used
to advantage may be seen at
High View. In fact, High
View Homes will help YOU
establish your credit, for the
home owners credit is al
ways good.
$500 Cash makes YOU the
owner oil High View Home
gives YOU credit for the
balance-Ss,2oo. With your
credit SO firmly established
you can now pay off the bal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Urges Abolition of Frank.

The department therefore rcuews its
recommendation that the practice of
franking be discontinued and that legisla-
tive authority be granted for the use on
official mail of special stamps to he fur
nshed by the Post Office Department on
the requisiton of those entitled to them
Although the plan of shipping maya
zines In fast freight trains instead of
in the mails resulted in Q saving OF
more than 100000 year in one of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
PALMISTRY.

MRS r. LCSBY PALMISTRY AND SYSTEM
attic card readings: reference to ability.
positively ladies only. II 80 u. N. to $3.50 pm.
Closed sundays 93S New York NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03
Would Increase Weight Limit.

While the parcel post charges range
considerably lower than the express
charges the report states, it is be
licycd experience will show them to be
higher in some instances than is neceS-
sary to maintain the service at cost. 1T
adds the suggestion that the weight
limit. too might be further increased.
IF properly developed under efficient
management" the report states. the
parcel post will prove to be most i'm
portant factor in reducing the cost oil
living
For certain weights and zones. it is
explained. the parcel post rate ;s,, are
natter rates. while in others they are
higher. This condition is likely TO re-
suit in much confusion and should not
exist. The recommendation that the
third-class and fourth-class matter pe
consolidated is then renewed.
The report continues:
The enactment of legislation raising
the Second-claSS rate to cents Poullo
would be an important step toward d
general equalization of postage charges.
One-Cent Letter Rate.
There is a widespread popular interest
in the plan to lower the postage charge
ON letters from cents to l cent an
ounce. The proposed increase in the sec
ond-ciaSs rate would pave the way 1or
this change. making il possible to reduce
the first-class rate without departing from
the present policy OF self-supportlns
postal service.
During the fiscal year 1912 more than
200 Go.pU pieces OF mail, having an as-
grcgate weight of about 81 ,UDW0 pounds,
We're carried by the postal service free OF
| charge under the franks Of congressman
| of the various government establishments
! II postage at the usual rates had been
| paid this matter the postal revenues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-03

ance on your home i'll amounts
OF only S27.02 per month. and
this $500 cash and S27.Oe per
month will give YOU just as
fine d home and in just as fine
a location as YOU can obtain
for 400 i'll cash.
Ii YOU are still paying rent
come and see these High
View Homes. ii only to give
YOU a better appreciation OF
the extent of your credit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
PRESENT LIMIT OF WIRELESS
Depends Largely on Existing Weather
Conditions, but Possibilities Arc
Apparently Unknown.

According to Prof. ]. A. Fleming,
several Of the most powerful wireless
stations are now generating ether
waves having length from crest to
crest of about four miles, and these
disturbances can be detected" at dis
tances up to 5000 miles from their
source-that is, four such stations
would suffice to "girdle" the earth.
Obviously, however, the ability to de-
tect" the signals over this vast dis
lance, presumably under favorable
weather conditions. is very differ
ent thing from the power to maintain
commercial communication along the
available to the public covers but a
third, or at most half, this distance.
There Is as yet no means of deter
mining the practical limit of wireless
communication. Improvements in ap-
paratus, perhaps even some new dis
covery as to methods of stirring up
the ether, may revolutionize the art
and upset all present standards. But
at present even the most successful
systems get into serious difficulties
when called upon to maintain constant
communication over a line 1000 miles
in length. A recent British wireless
commission was able to secure but
one demonstration on q line 1000
miles long, although several companies
declared their ability much to exceed
this distance in q commercial installa-
tion.-New York Evening Post.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Michigan United Traction Co.
Schedules Effective Dec. 7. 1913
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SOUTH BOUND, Leave Owosso-
q. m. sos sos 1905
o. m. 1905 2:O5 4:05 sos sos
x9:5 x1l:00.
Cars leave West Town terminal 10
minutes previous to Owosso leaving
time.
x.to Lansing only; all other cars
through to Jackson without change.
All cars make local stops Owosso to
Lansing and run limited Lansing to
Jackson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
SOME CRUMBS OF COMFORT
Those Of Us Who sweItered in the
Dog Days May Find Little
Consolation Here.

For those of us who are forced to
spend most Of our summers in cities
there are few consoling thoughts.
remarks a writer In the Atlantic
Monthly. One is that the severest
heat does not prompt men to crime,
as the social statisticians have found
that the severest cold does. Another
Is that the worst temperature we are
called upon to face falls long way
short Of the endurance limit of the
human body and brain, as proved by
French experiments at the ESQ degree
level. Another comes from the dis
covery through the newspapers, with
every prolonged hot wave, that we are
breaking the record In some line
or other. This ought to be stimulus
to our pride, and IL We wish to carry
further the beneficent influence of
mental suggestion, all we need to do
Is to compare what is happening to US
with what has happened to various
other people at various other times.
For instance, when the encyclopedias
tell US that in A. ID. 627 the heat
In France and Germany dried the wa
ter sources and a multitude OF people
died Of thirst; that in the battle Of
Bella, in 1860, more soldiers were
killed by the sun than by the weapons
of the foe; that in 1903 three great
rivers Of western Europe went dry,
and that in Odessa, in 1889, the noon
temperature reached LA degrees and
a sunshade was necessary at Ave in
the morning, we are bound to con-
clude that we are not SO badly Off,
after all.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Commits sloners' Notice.

In the matter OF the estate OF Louis s.
Benson deceased.
We the undersigned having been appointed
In and for the County Of Shiawassee. State of
Michigan. Commissioners TO receive. examine
and adjust ell claims and demands OF all per-
that We will meet at the Owosso Savings Bank
IN the City Of Owosso, In said County
on Monday, the i2th day OF January a. ID.
1914. and on Monday, the 18th day OF March
A. ID. 1919. 1T ten o'clock in the forenoon OF
each Of said days, for the purpose OF receiving
and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the 18th day OF
November A. d. 1874 are allowed to creditors
90 presens their claims to said commissioners
for adjustment and allowance.
Dated the 18th day OF November A d. 1918.
WORTHY s. COOPER,
A. d. ALLITON,
Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Probate Order.

State of Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County of Shiawassee.
A. session Of the Probate Court for the
County OF SHAW assoc, held AZ the Probate
once. In the City OF Corunna on the 10th day
OF November, In the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen
Present Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of James Ellis
deceased.
The executrix OF said estate having rendered
o hnal account 10 this court.
1t is ordered that the 22ud day of Decf mber
next. At ten o'clock In the fol enoon ct said
Probate ONCE, be appointed for examining
and allowing said account.
It IL further ordered, that copy Of this order
be published three successive weeks previous
to said day OF hearing In The Owosso Times. o
newspaper printed and circL lating In said Coun.
~ OF SHAW assoc.
MATTHEW BUH,
Judge OF Probate.
FLORENCE LINDSEY.
Probate Register
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
CommlssIoners' Notice.

In the matter Of the estate of Horace G.
Main deceased.
We the undersigned. having been apo nted
bv the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge OF Probate
In and for the County Of Shiawassee. State Of
Michigan, Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
that we will meet at the ONCE OF Grove fmple
ment Company In the City OF Owosso In said
County on Monday the 10th DAY OF January
A. d. 1914 and on Monday the 2srd day OF
March A. d. 1914 81 ten O'Clock In the fore.
noon OF each OF said days. for the purpose OF
receiving ana adjusting all claims against said
estate. and that four months from the 18th day
OF November A. d. 1913 are allowed to creditors
TO present their claims to said Commissiont rs
for adjustment and allowance.
Dated the 18th day OF November A. d. 1918.
FRED GROVE,
W. LEE GROVE
Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Order Of Public alton.

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee.
At . session or the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate ONCE In the A.ity OF
Corunna, on the 10th day OF November A d.
1918
Present. Matthew Bush Judge OF Probate.
in the matter OF the estate OF Jacob Furrer
deceased.
for the probate OF the will of said deceastd
now filed In this court.
II II ordered that the 2nd day OF February
next. ct ten clock In the forenoon. ~ said
Probate ONCE, be appointed for hearing said
petition
And It Is further ordered, that copy of this
order be pub iBbed three gu 'ceesve weeks
previous to said day Of hearing In THE Owosso
TINES newspaper printed and circulating IN
said County OF Shiawassee.
~ FLORENCE LINDSEY, Judge of Probate
Probate Register
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12

years show that the farmer has no,
been getting his full share Of the prof
Its.
again. the retail meat business a.
at present conducted in cities renders
enormous profits necessary. Numerous
small groceries. each with its independ
ent delivery system. clerks. fixtures
etc. each serve few patrons scatter
ed over considerable overlapping area
Better organization Of the retail
business. whereby II shall be conduct
ed In larger units. with well system
affixed methods Of delivery. are seri
Ously needed. Such organization
should greatly lessen the retail price
Of meats. and at the same time per
NIT the farmer to receive better prices
This would encourage greater produc
ton.
Private organiza tons for the sys
tematizing Of the retailing Of meats
without public supervision. will moi
meet the situation. Such Organiza tioDs
have already grown up In the retail
milk business. but instead Of cheaper
ing the product to consumers. OF In
creasing the price to producers. the,
have converted the saving thus #
fected into exOrbitant profits. Public
abattoirs. with public sale Of the meats
Of animals slaughtered at them. have
become crying need I'm this country
Summing Up Suggestions.
Summing IN its suggestions for in
creasing the meat supply. the bulletin
says:
"Onr meat supply can be maintained
or even increased in the following
ways: -
by the revival Of beef cattle raising
In the corn belt and its extension In
eastern states. Up to the time OF the
rapid increase I'm the price Of farm
lands farms In the corn belt where
beef cattle were raised were common
crease In the price OF corn caused
pastures to he plowed M and the beef
cows disposed OF. A reaction Ii now
setting I'm which promises to becOm"
important. A similar movement Is
noticeable In the eastern and New Eng
land states. Success depends on the
utilization OF pastures and cheap rough
age.
by raising sheep more extensively
In the corn belt aud In eastern states
The Importance OF the wool industry
causes farmers to overlook the value
Of sheep for mutton and "a weed
destroyers. A small flock Of sheep OF
one Of the mutton breeds should he
kept on every farm TO Craze the road
ways. the stubble fields after grain II
cut. and the cornfields after the corn
r. full grown. Both wool and lambs
are salabls.'
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Order Of Publication.

State of Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County Of SHAW assoc.
State of Michigan. he Probate Court for
the County of Shiawassee. Al a SEES sion OF the
Probate Court for said County. held at the
Probate offl;e, in the City OF Corunna, on
Wednesday the 29th day OF November In the
year one thousand nine hundred and thr
teen.
Present. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of Ellen A.
Hodges deceased.
On reading and filing the petition. OF Henry
b. Hodges praying that administration OF said
estate may be granted TO the petitioner or
some other suitable person.
II is ordered that the soth dav Of December
next at ten O'Clock In the forenoon. at said
probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And it Is further ordered that copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing in the Owosso
Times newspaper printed and circulating In
said County Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Another THbuts to the Horse.

When 1t was FIRST said last April
that horseracing was to be resumed
in the state of New York. Col. Frank
lin p. Morgan. who loves sport Of any
sort, expressed his qualification at the
news.
"Horseracing," he said enthusiastic
cally, "is q great and glorious thing
1t warns the heart. thrills the brain
and puts money into circulation"
"Yes, yes." chimed In the group who
was listening to him.
THE only trouble is," added the
colonel dryly, that in the matter OF
horseracing all of the horse sense is
on the track, and none Of 1t in the bet
ting ring."-Popular Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
War Declared on MateriaIism

To combat the materialism of the
present age in earnest a society has
just been founded by Edmond Ros.
tand, Maeterlinck and Camille F1am-
marion and is receiving the enthusiast
tic support Of the thinking public.
A large number Of members have
already enrolled themselves among
the committeeman being some of the
leading figures in French thought.
The founders are calling upon all
who are willing to fight for the higher
ideals of art, literature and science
in the face of the decadence now
threatening French taste to joir
their ranks. Several branches, it 10
announced, are being formed in the
provinces and abroad.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Remarkable Alpine Road.

The water gallery Of the Simplon
road. says Professor McKibben In
Good Roads, is one of the interesting
features OF that international high
way built by Napoleon I. 1t 10 an
arched structure over the roadway,
constructed 90 that q stream passes
over the roadway instead OF under
meath, while openings in the masonry
give ventilation to the gallery
Though the railway tunnel now car
ries most of the through trafic, more
than ten thousand persons annually
cross the Alps by this road.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12

London will be one of the best
lighted cities in the world when the
installation Of q new system Of cen
trally suspended lamps using high
pressure gas with inverted burners
has been completed. Although the
amount of illumination will be In
creased by 5000 candle power, It 10
estimated that . saving Of about S34.-
900 q year will be made over the old
ayotAm.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
We USED To
MEAT SCARCITY
People Advised 1t Is Useless
to Depend on Import
ed Food.

pense the cost of maintenance, they
declare. will be almost negligible.
Little is known as to the best meth
DDS Of improving these waste lands
There are declared to be many difficult
problems involved. as. for example
how best to remove or destroy the
brush, what Is the best treatment vi
the soil for grass, the best mixtures OF
grass for certain conditions of soil ant
climate. the best systems Of grazing
the best way. to prevent the growth oi
weeds. etc.
These and similar problems must b.
solved for each locality. and in but few
places have they received much atten
ton. A large amount Of information
Is needed. but little Is declared to b,
available since but few investigation,
in this line have been made. AS to the
possibility of converting very larg,
per cent Of these waste lands into per
manent pastures there is little doubt
but as to the cost Of doing 1t little Is
known. according to the department ot
oOricuItura
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-12-12
Pastures a Necessity.

However that may be. the establish.
ment Of these pastures seems to be "a
necessity in order to put the live stock
Of this country on a sound basis. The.
farms Of this country are declared to
have almost unlimited possibilities for
live stock production. If the farmers
can be shown how to produce liv.
stock at q reasonable profit and how tn
set ready market for it when it Is
produced, they will furnish all the
meat that IL needed.
Taking up the question of the high
cost Of meat the department of agri
culture aims a passing shot at the
methods in the United States Of dis
tributing the meat through long line
Of middlemen In this fashion,
IAN important reason why farmers
produce less meat than formerly is to
be found In the system of Distribution
from producer to consumer that has
grown up in this country. In most a.
the countries Of Europe public abat
toirs have been constructed to which
farmers may consign their fat stock
the meat from which is then sold to
the consumer without passing through
the hands Of an interminable line of
middlemen.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-08
Tea Drinking 40 an Art.

Hot China tea. neither too strong nor
stewed, should be drunk slowly. Some
people put q Glove or two in their cup
Of hot tea. Sugar candy is often used
instead OF lump sugar. and there are
sugar bonbons that dissolve quickly in
tea and are popular.
Some hostesses have their own sugar
Jumps made with special coloring and
tiavoring to suit their individual tastes.
There are balls Of white fondant strong.
~ favored with lemon OF orange juice:
others pink, favored with rose: violet,
favored with violets, and green balls
that have a maraschino cherry inside.
Tea to be iced should be made rather
stronger than for drinking hot. When
1t has infused sever minutes pour 1t
from the leaves and sweeten to taste
and then stand it in a refrigerator for
seven hours. Serve In dainty glasses
with u spoonful OF vanilla cream on
the top or else drop a small lemon wa
ter ice into the glass.-London Mall.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-08
Where tho Doc. Work.

Life is a vastly different thing to
the Alaskan dog from what 1t Is to his
more fortunate brother with us. He
is the hardest working member Of the
community and the most important
social and commercial factor III the
frozen country. for without him travel
and INSTRUMENTATION would be I'M
possible during a great part Of the
year. Almost every man in this coun-
try owns from one to five dogs. They
are his constant companions, aiding
him in nearly all his work. When a
pup is three or four months old he Is
given a course Of training in the har-
ness. At the age of sever or eight
months he must start in with light
work and must understand and obey
whoa" 'gee." ''haw" and march"
which latter means go on" and is
commonly pronounced 'smush" by all
men driving dogs.-Country Life In
America.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-08
> - q.
Piekino 4 Pocket.

A youth from the country was pay
Ing his first visit TO Manhattan and,
accompanied by his uncle. a New York
banker, went to the theater. While
waiting In the lobby before the per-
formance the country hoy flung back
his coat and with hands In his pockets
displayed q heavy gold yatch chain.
The uncle observed the ACT and resolv-
ed to teach him a lesson. While his
attention was diverted the uncle slip
ped the watch and chain from the
boys vest, and they entered the the
alter. what time is IT." he asked
when they were seated. The country
youth felt for his timeplcce and found
that It was gone. Allowing him to
make 4 thorough search for it. the
uncle told him he had taken 1t and
read him u sharp lecture. You are not
In the country now, you know. where
you can display valuables with impu-
nifty. You should be more careful.
Let this be a lesson to you So saying,
he slipped his hand into his coat pocket
where he had put the watch. TO his
utter dismay. lie found it was gone.
And when he looked to see IL his own
was safe he found that also had taken
wings.-New York Tribune.