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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
Death of Seth z. Cook.

Seth Richard Cook, one of Shiawassee
county's aged and respected pioneers.
died at his home in Shiswsssee town.
ship Friday evening after long ILL.,
ness. he has been confined to his
home since October, and to his bed for
over two months
Mr.. Cook was born in Oakland
county, Mich, coming to Shiawassee
county with his parents when q small
boy, the county being at that time
almost uninhabited. He lived at home
until the farm was established. suffer
ing all the privstions of pioneer life and
in 1855 went to California, marrying
Mary Wheeler in 1860 and in 1865 re-
turned to this county, spending the
remaining 48 years of his life on the
Maple River farm where his death
occurred.
Deceased is survived by his widow
and three children. Will and Miss Otie
who live at home and Mrs. Chas.
Richardson of South Owosso. Two
brothers also survive him, E. J. Cook of
Maple River and Prof. A. j. Cook of
Redlands, California.
Mr.. Cook was known and respected
by the residents of large part of the
county and the deepest sympathy is
extended to the bereaved family. Mr..
Cook was q member of the Maple River
church and the Maple River Farmers
club, being active in all good work of
whatever nature in the community.
The funeral was held Monday, Rev.
G H. Hanks of Owosso, officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
Obituary..

Herbert Leslie Leavitt was born in
Fairfield, Mich, Aug. IA. A. D. 1870
and passed peacefully away July 81,
last. Hence he lacked IA days of being
43 years of age. In 1890, 80 years ago,
his mother passed away. Herbert being
young man of 90, decided to stay with
his father. Neither one marrying they
have been very close friends. his
father survives him, with one brother
and three sisters, Alvah of Fairfield,
Mrs. F. A. Durham of Turner, Mich,
Mrs. D. F, Loynes of Chaplin, and Mrs.
Edw. Williams of the same place.
For the past few years he has been
engaged as a contractor and builder
and has proved himself to be an hon.
est, conscientious workman. About
four months ago while working on a
building for VIM. Carbon he fell some
80 feet, sustaining serious injuries, but
in the course of a month was again at
work. About six weeks ago while
building barn for Jay Henderson he
sustained another fall, breaking his
arm, and bruising his body. He was
Immediately brought to the home of
his sister, Mrs. E. Williams, where he
had been making his home for the past
three years.-Saginaw Courier Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08

Sammarizing his opposition to the
Observation-Disclosures tariff bill, Sena.
our Smoot in his address said: II have
vssitsd the leading industrial countries
OF ,As world. / have seen there the
vaAas placed upon human labor. I
sSre seen the poverty the squalor, and
s1fsring to which the laborer is SUBJ
ipstsd. have seen the effect of such
apon the men, women and children of
ahase countries. and have made vow
CHAR no act of mine shall ever place
Nd American workman in the position
az having to compete with such condi-
ssnaa There is only one way to pre-
gEss it, and that is by protective
ixct5, and therefore l have been, and
auR still. protectionist without quail
f8Atiou."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
i9es Schedule For Corunna Cars.

TIE M. U. T. has announced the fol-
Eoging schedule for the Owosso- Co.
zaDns line becoming effective Aug. 3.
The first car leaves the car barns for
SAe Corunna city limits in the morning
as ) 40 o'clock and leaves the Corunna
cray limits for west Owosso at $50
srlOCk. The next Car leaves the Co.
EuDna city limits at 700 a. m. and there
wM be one car every hour until 10
O'Clock D. IN. The last car leaves the
ziey limits for the car barns at II
O'Clock p. N.
Tire first car leaves west Owosso at
S623 B. m, and there will be one every
aOnr until $40 o'clock p. m. The next
AAyss west Owosso at $3.50 o'clock p. m.
and the last one at 1875
Gsh Sunday the first Car leaves the car
axsrzs for the Corunua city limits at
TAD o'clock a. m. and leaves the limits
ass ESQ. The first car leaves west
Ssr0sso Sundays at 500 o'clock a. M,
Md tha remainder of the Sunday sche
'6Asa is the same as on week days.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
BIDS Wanted.

Bids will he received until 7:30 p. m. August
li,h. 1918 for the construction of curbs upon
certain streets ia the City OF Owosso according
to plans and Specifications on file in the clerks
ONCE; also for the repair OF bridge on West
Exchange street according to specifications on
file. Check for two per cent OF bids must &C.
company bids
Dated August It'll, 1918.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND.
CITY Clerk
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
GOOD PROGRAM
For the Convention of Venice Towr-
ship Sunday School Association.

For the Convention of Venice Towr-
ship Sunday School Association.
Kerby, Aug 6-Following is the
program for the meeting of the Venice
township Sunday school association
Friday, August 15
MORNING SESSION-t0:30 O'CLOCK.
Devotional exercises.
Business session.
Election of officers.
AFTERNooN-1: 80 O'CLOCK.
Song service.
Devotionals.
Paper-"The Ideal Teacher Frank
Moore
Address-"Bones and Sinew," Rev.
G. E. Doty, Corunna.
Special music.
Some Good Ways of EReview-W. B,
Moore.
eff 1 Were Scholar, Mrs. Ambert
Weller.
Music.
Organized Glass Work-Rev. J, r.
M. Stephens, Durand.
EVENINGS O'CLOCK.
Sunday school work in other places
Rev. Curtis, Vernon.
Music.
Question box.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08

The Twenty third Michigan infantry
yaG hold its 4Sth annual reunion at
Zach Run Sept. 10, and on the follow
Bg day the veterans will go to Sagi-
Ssw and dedicate boulder placed in
Enst park, marking the first camping
gvand of the regiment after it had
seen mustered in 81 years ago. The
HSiTnent was recruited from the old
Eghth congressional district, extend
,ps from Clinton county TO the Straits
# Mackinaw.
'Ehe Maple River Ladies' Aid will be
entertained Friday, August 10 by Mrs.
Doh Buckley, the meeting having been
1astponed one week.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08
Charge Boys With Arson.

WIN P Blagdon of Vernon township,
Sss made a complaint in the probate
0asrt against Freeman Atherton, aged
n, Adolph Dohr aged g. and Lucy
Eiaahrap aged IL, of Vernon, alleging
5sey act Ere to tool shed on his place
spaT Durand on July 8. On account of
me absence of County Agent G. II.
hanks the hearing has been adjourned
2nsSl his return.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-08-08

A party uf twelve was entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Niles Virgins Wec-
nesday afternoon at their home south
of this city, the day being the birthday s
of Mrs. Virgins, q. A. Mckenzie, VIM.
Goodwill, Edward Beardslee and Mrs.
Margaret Black. supper was served
o. the lawn.
Paul, four year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Verne Pullman, Adams street,
died Thursday of cholera infantum.
The funeral will be held today, Rev. j.
s. Steininger officiating.
Mrs. Alfred Palmer and grandsc n
returned to their home in Owosso on
Tuesday. They spent Tuesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam
8 ;hafer. - st. Johns Republican.
Henry Bsgley is in Grand Rapids as
a delegate from this city at the state
C invention Of the National Association
of Stationary Engineers.
Born, Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Anderson, of Sidney, Ohio, a
son. Mrs. Anderson was formerly Miss
Josie Gerow of this city.
Paul Gadola was IN Lansing on. legal
business Monday
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
HOW TO TREAT PlMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment. on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash on the CuticurA
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to A.
sist in preventing Inflammation. irri-
tation and clogging Of the pores, the
common cause Of pimples. blackheads.
redness and roughness. yellow. oily.
mothy and other. unwholesome condi-
tions OF the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L. Bostoa."
Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
SPORT.

The Northwestern International
rowing regatta will be held at st.
Paul July Is and 10.
In one of the Aercest lightweight
fights ever seen in the Vernon arena
at Los Angeles, bud" Anderson Of
Vancouver and Knockout" Brown of
New York, battled to draw.
The Rocky Mountain basketball
championship was won at Salt Lake
by the University of Utah from the
University of Colorado, by the score
of 35 to 16. This was the third game
of series of three.
Governor Stewart of Montana ap-
proved the Kiley boxing bill and
named a state boxing commission.
Under the law twelve-round contests
are to be permitted under the .supcr-
vision of the commission.
Leonard Barkley of Fort Collins
knocked out Elmer Horton of Love
land in the third round of a scheduled
ten-round bout in the Majestic Thea-
tire before an enthusiastic crowd at
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Adjutant General Canton and a
squad of national guardsmen from
Tulsa, acting under orders of Gov
ernor Cruce, stopped the scheduled
ten-round fight between Carl Morris
and Jim Stewart of New York, at Sa.
pulpa, Okla.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
Ore Swept Away by Slide.

Durango.-A snow slide from the La
Plata mountains has covered the Bull
Dozer mine twenty-five feet. The prop
erty is being worked by the Davey-
Portales Gold Mining Company. Ten
miners who are employed at the prop
erty were at dinner at the time the
slide occurred. The one house, con-
tanning twenty-five tons of high-grade
ore, was swept away by the avalanche,
and other property damaged. None of
the miners were hurt
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
GENERAL.

Any attempt on Harry X. Thaw's
part to gain his release from the asy-
lum at Matteawan, is to be opposed
more strongly by the state of New
York than any of his previous efforts.
Mrs. Mabel Clarkson. the clergy
mans wife who was abandoned in
Milwaukee by Owen d. Conn, the burg
lar under arrest in San Francisco, did
not effect a reconciliation with her
husband.
Charles F. Baker, former assistant
cashier of the Crocker National bank,
admitted at San Francisco that he was
guilty. as charged. of embezzlements
from the bank that are estimated at
100000.
An inventory of the estate of the
late e. II. Hartman. furnished the
state comptroller by Mrs. Hartman
that when he died in 1909 it was
valued in the aggregate at $4,000, 900
The strike of 5000 shirtwaist and
dressmakers, who make up one of the
principal divisions of the garment
workers in Boston, was settled by an
agreement on which the strikers re.
ceived most of their demands.
Preliminary to the celebration on
the 18th. when the birthplace of
Grover Cleveland was turned over to
the Grover Cleveland Memorial Asso.
citation, services were held Sunday
night in the Old First Presbyterian
church.
At conference of the Madero fam
lily held in New York, at which the
parents and widow of the late Presi.
dent OF Mexico were the principal fig
ures. steps were taken to collect the
sums due on the life insurance poll.
cies issued to Francisco /. Madero and
his brother Gustavo.
Votes for women" won its first
victory in the Massachusetts, Legisla.
ture. The House, which annually
since 1909 has rejected woman suf.
frage, has, by a vote OF 1877 90 sub.
stituted for an adverse committee re.
port n resolution providing for con.
stitutional amendment which would
strike the word male" from the pro.
vision defining the qualifications Of a
voter.
Alabama visited by second heavy
rain and wind that does great Injury
| to crops.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Two state senators have laid claim
to the office of governor Of Arkansas
and each established an office at the
capitol.
Nothing has been heard of N. @.
Tanquary of Fort Stockton, former
Denver lawyer, who disappeared from
Ell Paso.
small pouch containing registered
mail from Omaha to Denver, was
stolen from the depot platform at
North Platte, Neb.
A wrecking crew from Cheyenne
dug from beneath the wreckage of
two Union Pacific trains at Herdon,
Neb., the bodies of the five men who
perished when the trains collided in .
storm.
A sheriff's posse searched the sur
rounding country for an unknown man
who is said to have attacked Miss EN-
ma Larson, school teacher, and held
her captive for several hours at Me-
dora, N. ID.
With the songs and sounds of reck-
less hilarity of victorious federals
ringing in their ears, Col. Jose Cutter
rez and two officers who aided in the
uprising against the Huerta govern
ment were executed.
Theoretically prepared to vote with
intelligence on more than 400 new
laws for the state, members of the
| ply 70 OF
tend the second half of the bifuraced
session of the Legislature at Sacra-
mento, Cal.
A. N. Perry, his wife and three
daughters, were found frozen to death
on Box Elder divide, sixteen miles
east of Rapid City, S. D., and Leslie
Perry, nineteen years old, son, was
picked up delirious on the prairie by
W. E. Gearen OF st. Paul.
F. d. Miller, twenty-one years old
son of real estate dealer and former
county official of Omaha, Neb., was
sentenced to two years in the peniten
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan, by Fed
eral Judge Carpenter of Chicago fol
violating the Mann white slave law.
Further evidence that burglars
holdup men, porchclimbers and other
criminals are protected by the Chi
cago authorities. was given by Mrs.
Jennie Radney being fined 5000 and
costs, for firing revolver shot at a
burglar working at one of her win
Iows
"Only small part of the story has
been told" Lieutenant Governor Bar
raft O'Hara, chairman of the Illinois
Senate white slavery" investigating
committee, said in an address at
Springfield, Ill. sin which he reviewed
the work done and outlined what the
committee hopes to accomplish.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
FOREIGN.

Mrs. Sun Vat Sen, wife of the former
provisional president of China, was in.
jured in an automobile accident, while
driving about Toxic.
The sufragettes who again attempt.
ed to hold Sunday afternoon meet.
ing in Hyde park were mobbed by a
crowd of 10000 persons.
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, an Epis-
cipal missionary, left Fairbanks,
Alaska, with three companions to
make nattempt to reach the summit
of Mount Mckinley.
Seventeen members of The state
troops captured by Col. Ojeda's fed
erals in Saturdays battle below Waco
chose death rather than desert their
principles, and were executed by the
firing squad.
The condition of the pope is such
that his physicians have permitted him
to resume practically the ordinary
course of life. His holiness will not
give any further audiences until the
Wednesday after Easter.
Pope Plus has published an apostolic
letter, decreeing a universal jubilee
from Low Sunday, March so, to Decem-
ber s, the Feast of Immaculate Concep-
ton, in commemoration of the reli-
gious liberation edict issued by EN-
peror Constantine in. the fourth cen
tury.
The rough experiences of the Nav
son expedition to the Antarctic are
told in a cablegram from Hobart, Tas-
mania, where their vessel, the Aurora,
arrived bringing twenty-four of the
thirty:-two members of the expedition,
including lWild's party, whose fate has
been heretofore uncertain.
The Japanese diet adopted the gov
ernment budget by close vote-1S6
to 1S1. The total ordinary revenue is
estimated at s265, 5,SOO,s25. and the ex,
traordinary revenue $27,5OO, 900.
Against these the ordinary expendi.
lures $211, 100000 and the extraordi.
nary expenditures are sS1, 100000.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
ADD COOKING SCHOOL
GRAND JUNCTION BOARD DE.
clDEs TO BROADEN THE
CURRICULUM.
Course In Sewing Has Been included
In High School Course for
Several Years.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

western newspaper Union news service.
Grand Junction, Colo.-A course in
cooking has been added to the curricu-
lum of the Grand Junction schools,
and in the future every girl who grad
yates from full course of schooling In
this city will be we'll equipped in every
way to embark upon the matrimonial
seas. The Grand Junction schools for
number of years have included a
course in sewing. and the school board
decided to broaden the domestic sci
ence course. Generally such studies
are not taken up until the student has
reached the high school, but the board
after investigating statistics showing
that comparatively few children who
entered the kindergarten graduated
from the high school, decided to install
the cooking course in the grade
schools. The seventh grade students
will be the first to receive instruction.
but If it is decided that younger pupils
might profitably take up cookery stud
les, other classes will be made up.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
American Fuel in Receivers Hands.

Greeley.-Judge N. S. Graham in
the District Court granted the applica-
of Mrs. Annie Jackson of Denver for
receiver for the American Fuel Com
pany and appointed G. NJ Williams of
Boulder and Denver, who gave $10.-
600 bond. Between 500 and 1000
miners have quit work in the mine.
and it is said that the company owes
them approximately $4,000 for wages.
The application for a receiver was not
contested. The miners agreed some
months ago to go to work on half pay
to enable the company to meet the
competition of its businessfivals, but
they were not paid.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
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Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
WASHINGTON.

Jimmy Sloan, the secret service man
who has guarded Presidents for the
last ten years, was assigned by
Chief Flynn to be head of the secret
service detachment at the White
House.
William Jennings Bryan. secretary
of state. departed Sunday night for
Lincoln, Neb., to attend public cele-
bration of his birthday, March 10. The
secretary will be away from his desk
for ten days.
Secretary Bryan ana Ambassador
the convention approved by the SEN
ate month ago extending for term
of five years the Franco-American
special arbitration treaty of 1908.
The Supreme Court granted a re-
straining order to prevent Postmaster
General Burleson frfom enforcing the
newspaper publicity Law while the
court has under consideration the
question of its constitutionality.
President Wilson and Secretary OF
State Bryan were urged to take an ac-
tive part in a movement for the reli-
gious uplift of men in the District of
Columbia. Twenty ministers called
upon the President and secretary and
asked their aid in the movement.
1t has been practically decided at
the Navy Department that two of the
four battleships now stationed on the
east coast of Mexico shall be kept
there when the Atlantic fleet sails
from Guantanamo, Cuba, for Chesa.
peake bay.
Advocates of woman's suffrage have
been much encouraged by the naming
of Senator Thomas of Colorado, who
represents an equal suffrage state. as
chairman of the woman's suffrage
committee of the Senate, and predict
that the committee, instead OF being
merely ornamental, will become one
OF the active committees OF the SEN
ate
Official reports from Hermosillo in
dicate that work of all kinds Is Mt a
standstill and all the banks are closed.
The state government is apparently
protecting American interests.
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
Man Sees Own Leg Amputated.

Longmont.-To watch the amputa-
ton of his right leg between the knee
and hip, without losing a drop of
blood and without pain or feeling,
Belche, a Civil War veteran, here,
aged seventy-nine years. The leg had
become dead nearly to the hip from
senile gangrene. and amputation was
decided upon. No anaesthetic was ad-
ministered, and Belcher watched ev-
cry move of the surgeon with much
interest and asked many questions.
After the leg had been removed he
hobbled around the house on crptches
with the remark: "Thft's better"
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
EfficacIous Spanking.

Little hartha was cantankerous and
just would not go to sleep. notwith-
and mother, who were anxious to get
to sleep themselves. Finally. after
many threats. the mother arose. and
went through the motions Of giving
Martha a spanking. There was hearty
squalling for few minutes, then
quiet. The father and mother. re-
lieved. were doing of again. when .
little voice piped up:
Mamma"
No answer.
Mamma. wat d you 'pank mo forf
I fordet"
Gilpin observer., 1913-03-20
TWO TRAIN WRECKS.
Twenty-seven Injured When Trains
Derail In Iowa and Georgia.

Marshalltown, Iowa. - Twenty-one
persons were injured, three of them
possibly fatally, when north-bound
passenger train on the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad, known as the Twin
City Special was derailed six miles
north of here.
The derailment occurred at the ap.
proach Of a culvert. The engine passed
over In safety, but the combination
baggage and mail car and chair car
went into the ravine, now filled with
water and caught fire, the baggage car
being destroyed.
Macon, Ga.-Six persons were slight
ly hurt when three sleepers and one
day coach OF the Dixie flyer, Chicago
to Jacksonville, were ditched twenty.
three miles south of Macon, on the
Georgia Southern e. Florida tracks.