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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07

Corunna, Feb. 3.--The jury in the
case Of Oscar Delbridge VS.. Martin j
Miller, Monday brought in verdict
Of $179.64, for the Plaintiff. The
jury was out for an hour and a hall.
Delbridge, a resident Of Maple
Grove township, Saginaw county, de-
Jared that a horse he bought OF MILL
er, who lives in Hazel.on to ~.4snip,
roved to be balky, while he was rep
resented as first class farm horse.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
Additional City Mail Carrier.

Pending an investigation of the need
of another carrier for the city mail SER
vice, Postmaster Dewey has been au'
thorized to employ one of the substi
tutes to assist with the work until the
matter can be determined by the post
Office department.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs Edw. Carr returned to
the city Wednesday, having been
called from Yuma, Arizona, to Charlie.
voix to attend the funeral of the lat.
ter's father, L. D. Bartholomew, who
died the last Of the week at Corpus
Christi, Texas, aged nearly " years.
Mr.. Bartholomew had been resident
and q prominent business man in
Charlevoix for number of wears. Of
him the Charlevoix Courier says: Mr..
Bartholomew was one of our most
highly respected citizens who did much
for the development of this section and
his death will come as personal loss
to many who have been the recipients
of acts of kindness from bis hands. Of
late years he has spent his winters in
the south returning to Charlevoix
in the summer and no man will be
missed more in the entire county.
Peter Buchanan, living southwest of
Durand, attempted to commit suicide
Monday by cutting his throat with q
razor while temporarily deranged. He
will recover.
Mrs. Glenn E. Blair. who was so
seriously sick the last of the week that
hope Of her being better was given mp,
has been gaining steadily since Sunday
and it is hoped that she is now out OF
dan ger.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
Elected Pre- sident.

J. ]. Mcdonald attended the annual
meeting of the Ice Cream Manufactur-
ers of Michigan held in Saginaw this
week and presented paper on THE
Butter Fat Standard.
Mr.. Mcdonald was elected president
of the association.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
MUNICIPAL PARKS AND FOR
ESTRY
To be Discussed at Meeting of Con-
gregatIonal Brotherhood by Prof.
Tealdi Of the u. Of M.

gregationa' bro'herhood by Prof.
Teaidi of the U. Of M.
Under the auspices of the Congrega-
tional Church Brotherhood series of
talks to be given on subjects relating to
parks, play grounds, shade trees, etc,
the first meeting to be held on Monday
evening next with Prof. Aubrey Tealdi
of the department of forestry of the ..
of M. as speaker. Preceding the meet
ing the members of the Brotherhood
will have supper in the dining room of
the church and all members are urged
to be present promptly at $50 At 7:3O
Prof. Tealdi will give his address which
will be illustrated bv stereoptiaan views
to be followed by short talks by several
citizens. The men of the city are given
a most cordial invitation to be present
to hear the addresses.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
Married Too Soon-Alimony Reduce d

A settlement has been reached out of
court on the petition filed last week by
Attorney N. R Walsh, representing
Arthur Thompson, from whom Maude
Thompson secured decree of divorce
on January g. The court awarded her
alimony amounting to $713, which took
the form of lien on Thompson's prop.
erty on Corunna avenue.
Less than week after Mrs Thomp.
son was divorced, she was married
again, and Thompson asked to have
alimoDy cancelled, declaring that fraud
had been pefpetrated on the court. He
said that hiswife had promised not to ask
alimony If Thompson didn't contest the
suit. The settlement reached calls for
the payment of $500 by Thompson to
his ex wife.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
c n. Miller, An Experienced Up to-
date Hustler Enters Owos so Field.


date Hustler Enters Owos so Field.
G. H. Miller, formerly of st. Johns,
but who for the past year has owned
and lived on the Grove farm south of
the city, will soon move to Owosso and
has opened general real estate, insur
ance, bonding and contracting Office at
III East Main street, and has already
listed property Of all kinds in several
cities aud counties for sale or trade, is
furnishing insurance of every descrip
tion, and has bought property which he
offers at a bargain Mr. Miller comes
highly recommended as a good citizen,
careful and conscientious business man
and square in all dealings He is inter
ested in public matters and has served
very acceptably as Secretary of the
Shiawassee County Poultry Association
during the past year. He is live wire
aud will be glad to meet all interested
in any of his lines of work and will do
as he would like to be done by.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07

F. M. Reed has been confined to the
house this week by an attack of grippe.
SO far this week there has been plen-
tv of evidence that the grounding
theory Is correct.
The stork made q decided gain over
the grim reaper in this county during
December, there having been 60 births
and 81 deaths.
Mr. and Mrs E. N. Waugh, who have
been OCCUPYING the A E. Hartshorn
residence for several weeks, have re-
turned to their farm In Bennington.
B. e. Hardy was reelected director
of the Western Michigan Holstein
breeders association at the annual meet.
log held In Grand Rapids, Wednesday.
Henry Ballard of Port Huron. post
Office inspector. and II. A. Durkee OF
Detroit. chief clerk of the railway mail
service, were in the city on business
Thursday afternoon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
Owosso Delegates to Conventions,

The Republicans of the city nj
ward caucuses held Tuesday evening
named delegates TO the county con-
vention, to be heldt in the court
house, Corunna, Thursday, as fol-
lows:
First ward-Wm. M Fitzpatrick,
James Osburn, y. L. SpIague, Geo.
M. Dewey, Leon F.. Miner, S. S. Min
Ell, j. j. Mcdonald, A. L. Nichols, ,E;-
G. Reineke, Fred Welcl and A. -.
Whipple.
Second WARD. D.. Bell. &. l.,
Taylor, Seth @. Pulver, Neil r. Walsh
G f. Friegel, George Mclaughlin,
A 4. Sutterby, F. E. Suttin, Geo. w,
Clark, +. j. Tubbs.
Third ward-Arthur M. Hume, Ju-
Illus Frieseke, NJ. T. Grove. ArthpT
Fl. Dumond, Joseph, Sproule, Fred
II. Brown, Ira G. Curry.
Fourth ward-C. r. Rigley, Jr.,
w. E. Hall. l.. C. Hall, John r..
Walsh, L. y. Sanderhof. NJ. ID. Cor
ey, Edw. Rohrabacner, f. II. Rush,
Charles Paris, Thomas Callard.
Fifth ward-A. l.. Arnold, w. r.
Washburn. Theodore Kebler, J. ~.
Robbins, VIM. Green, W. ID. White
head, John Bessinger.
The following were elected dele
gates, Tuesday evening. &c the Dem
ocratic county convention, from this
city:
First ward. B. Allison, ]. ",
Beckwith, l.. l.. Conn, A. l.. Dens~
more, w. A. Seegmiller.
Second ward-W. ID. Burke, G. T.
McNally, NJ. J. Phillips, Scott Run
dell, o. G. Whitney.
Third ward-JOhn BRANDED. Geo.
Eddy, E. c. Harmon, Fred thinner
man.
Fourth ward-John AFFORD, Frank
Despond, VIM. It. Goodwill, f. !.
Pest, RI. Kirk White.
Fifth ward-Samuel Chavey, S. s.
Connolly, James Ccrcoran, Herbert
Hawcraft, Richard Rourke, August
Schmidt.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-02-07
Railroad Passenger Had Smallpox.

DR.. A. NJ. Hume, chief surgeon OF
the Ann Arbor railroad, stated on
Wednesday that the man suspected
o. having smallpox, and who board
Ell the Ann Arbor motor car at To-
ledo, and rode as far as Temperance,
saturday afternoon, really had the
disease. The state board of health
sent physician from Ann Arbor to
Temperance to investigate the mans
case.
The man is now securely quaran-
tined, and DR.. Hume has notified
each of the other passengers on the
car that they should protect them
selves against the disease by vaccin-
alton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
LIVING FACTS FOR TARIFF-KE.
VISERS.

Prices of farm products are Of
fcially given as averaging 22 per
cent below those of year ago. Re-
serves of grain in farmers hands
are of almost record proportions for
the season. Nevertheless, the prices
Of meat and butter to consumers
are being marked up again. The I'M
precedented harvest of last year,
which were speedily to reduce the
cost of living, are still without ap-
preciable effect or are followed by
contrary results.
What is the reason for this sim
gular miscarriage of the natural
consequences of harvest abundance?
The men of the markets profess ig-
norance and are content to blame
Z it on the weather. But the wealth
er for a year has been working for
lower living costs, and something
I more than other natural agencies
seems to be working against it.
But these market facts will not be
+ lost to valuable use if they emphasize
to the tariff-raisers at Washington
the Importance of taking away from
any meat or food trusts which may
exist the help of customs taxes.
Such bill was vetoed by President
Taft 1t will not be vetoed this
time-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

Speaking of the total amount of
the appropriations made by congress
during the last session, the Tribune
says: ga democratic House of repre-
sentatives repudiated all it's pledges
in order to loot the treasury" Still,
to tell the whole truth, large in
creases in practically every appro-
priation were ADDED by the republic
can senate, which was only prevent
ed from running up expenditures for
new battleships by the obstinate OPP
position of democrats, much to the
Tribune's disgust. The increase OF
about $40,00O,Uv0 in the annual pen
sion bill, in which Mr.. Taft concur
red by singing the general service
bill during the previous session, and
the natural growth in postofice ex-
penditures approximately covers the
entire increase in appropriations %
the last session of congress, for
which the two parties are Jointly re-
sponsible York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY IN
COMMAND.

The United States Senate is now in
the hands of democrats. The major
&ity organization is not yet perfected
but it has proceeded far enough to
show the spirit that is going to con-
troll. Kern Of Indiana is majority
leader. Clarke of Arkansas is presi-
dent pro tenn At the head of the
finance committee is Simmons of
North Carolina. He has been called
reactionary as regards the tariff
But his democratic associates on
that committee are in accord with
the party's tariff sentiment The in
aLuence of that committee will be on
the side of President Wilson's tariff
programme.
Next to the tariff the most press
ing question is currency reform. Inc
chairman of the banking and cur
srency committee is Senator Owen OF
oklahoma, a progressive democrat.
Harmony of views, a oneness OF
purpose as between both houses OF
congress and as between the con-
gress and the president, will prevail.
Progressive democracy is in com
rnand in the house, in the senate. in
the White House and in the nation.
An administration dedicated to the
service of the people now constitutes
the government at Washington: The
omens are fair, the signs ausplclcus.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
MARCHING ORDERS.

The presidents call for an extra
session of Congress on April Z can
not fail to be gratifying to the people.
It is the fulfllment of promise. In
view of the relations known to exist
between Mr.. Wilson, Chairman I'm
|aerwood and Senator Kern, it may be
accepted as proof that the demo-
Gratis in House and Senate have
agreed upon program which they
believe can be made effective with
out much delay.
In times past, extra sessions have
been characterized in most cases by
intense partisan differences. In this
instance there should be action look
ing to the reformation of the tariff
and the relief of the people from mo-
nopolistic extortion that will amount
practically to common consent. Both
parties have been pledged to it for
years.
If the plans proposed are reason
able and Just, the worl- should be
accomplished quickly and to the ev-
erlasting honor of all who have a
part in it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
THE PRESIDENT WAVES THE
PERQUISITES.

Woodrow Wilson has decided that
the office of president does not re-
quire a yacht. Accordingly, the u
S. S. Mayfower, which since the early
Roosevelt days has been at presi-
Dental disposal, will be cut loose
from the White House mornings
When duty requires the president
to go to sea he will use any ship OF
the navy that happens to be avail
able.
The president has also decided to
shun the theatrical passes and the
baseball complimentary. When he
goes to a show he will pay his way.
And on sizzling afternoons when
Walter Johnson Is ''carded to twirP'
the president will take his place in
the line, lay down the price when
finally he reaches the window, prof
fer his ticket at the gate and root or
knock, as the occasion justifies,
"even as you and t.
The presidents contempt for per-
duisites which have become official
traditions will be variously constru-
ed. Cynics will venture that he is
playing to the galleries. There is
no manner of doubt that his atti-
tude will be approved popularity. But
as regards the yacht and the
gold lace attendants, with whom
by the way, President Wilson
has also concluded to dispense-well,
they betray taste not altogether
compatible with our supposed notion
of things The White House ten
dency since the Colonel breezed gay
ly in has been grandducal and al
most regal. The present is as good
time as any to stop that drift, and
Woodrow Wilson has both the cour-
age and the sense of fitness to stop
it, be the motives interpreted how
they may.--St. Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
A MATTER OF MORAL STRENGTH

Tariff revision is not so much q
matter of economic knowledge as OF
moral strength. 1t was not the
lack of democratic wisdom as to
schedules that made the Wilson act
a thing so far from what the man
whose name it bore desired it to be
1t was the moral twist in so-called
democratic senators in league with
the tariff interests that made that
measure monument, in Cleveland s
pithy phrase, of party pertidy and
party dishonOr."
Today, as the Republic looks for
ward with confidence to effective re-
vision of the tariff-downward--in
the extra session of congress to be-
gin April L the chief ground of our
confidence is the moral soundness
of present day democracy.
The democracy has been tried in
the fire. In those dark days when
republican majorities in congress
were so unwieldy that the democrat
ic members were forgotten and ov-
publican presidents were reckoned
by millions of votes, a little company
of democrats saw that the republic
cans were mad with power and de-
livered over wholly to the schemes
of big business. 1t is not too much
to say that democracy had a new
birth of hope and courage. The
fires began to burn with clear flame
on the old affairs.
A coalition of democrats with in
surgent republicans was formed and
gave evidence of the possession Of
more brains and much more con-
science than the republicans. Pro-
gressive laws were passed by this
coalition. Then Roosevelt returned
from Africa and the insurgent re-
publicans lost their heads and their
creed in slavish herd worship. The
democrats held to both. The nation
took note OF the fact. elected a
democratic president and supplied
a democratic majority in each house
of congress.
Frequently a political overturn
brings to the front an untried
leadership. Not so now. The
democratic leaders in the house have
been learning cooperation since the
beginning of the second session of
the Sixtieth Congress- The president
is former democratic governor,
coming to the presidents chair fresh
from victories in New Jersey of ex
actly the same sort that need to be
won in the wider sphere.
All the task of revision needs is
the application of such economic wis
dom as the democracy has never
lacked, made effective by such moral
strength as the party has acquired
in recent years. The abuses of pro-
lection have not waited for day of
wisdom sufficient to bring them to
an end; they have waited for day
of conscience, of moral courage.
Tariff revision has just needed
disposition to apply the Ten Com
mandments in a plain, old-fashioned
way to such masterpieces of greed
in action as the wool schedule. The
party is ready. It has come to the
kingdom for such a time as this
st. Louis tepublic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
GOODBYE TO GOLD LACE.

President Wilson will try to gel
along without military aide who
has been the faithful shadow Of the
last two presidents. His box at the
opera or theatre will not be drape'1
with the national colors. The mill
tary staff Of the White House has
been reduced.
Mr.. Roosevelt's fondness COR The
spectacular developed about tie
White House the appearance of q
third-rate German court. Like John
Adams, he had keen eye to show
and color and form for the impress
sion that high public office II ght
make upon the people, And so
there gradually developed about the
peoples Chief Executive the trap
pings that surround the army's Chief
of Staff.
That this should be disagreeable
to a man of Mr.. Wilson's democratic
tastes and essentially civilian char
acter was to be eXpected.-NeW
York World
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
A STORY THAT SMELLS or wool

This is a story of 30 ,0OO,OuO con-
sumers and 100000 political sheep.
1t is reported from Washington
that wool is to carry 10 per cent
duty in the Underwood bill.
This is a change. The present du-
| ty on unwashed wool is II cents a
pound for No. l and II cents a
pound for No. 2.
Yesterdays Republic quoted choice
| wool at go cents. This makes the
tariff come to about so per cent. On
! the lower grades, prices on which
range from - to 20 cents, the tarlH
tax is, of course, heavier, running
from SIS to 90 per cent. Substitute
| ing a Is per cent tariff for an ad va
loren tariff of II or II cents will,
| therefore, make the tax one-thlrd to
one-sixth of it's former amount.
Mr.. Taft's tariff board inyestigat-
ed wool production in the United
United States, with consequences ex-
tremely interesting in this connect
ion. How near has the tariff on WOOL
come to equalling the difference be-
tween the cost of production at home
and abroad?
The tariff board found three chief
regions of wool production in the
United State: the region OF general
farming, from the Missouri river
eastward; the western sheep ranges,
and-last but not least in historic
importance-the so-called Ohio dis
trict." consisting Of certain poor
lands in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
There are 5O,000.O00 sheep in the
United States. Seventy per cent OF
them are on the western ranges.
Twenty per cent are scattered over
the region of general farming. The
remaining 10 per cent-5,ooo'oV
head-are in the Ohio district.
Now in the region OF general farm
ing, the board reported that the wool
costs the farmer nothing. The cost
of keeping the sheep is more than
met by the sale of lambs and mutton.
On the western ranges the price
of producing a pound of wool aver
aged IL cents.
In the Ohio district, where only
one American sheep in ten is found,
the cost of producing pound OF
wool is--19 cents!
This country produces Just ~ per
cent of the wool it consumes. Let
this fact sink deep into the readers
mind. For every pound Of American
wool we use we bring in a pound and
a half from abroad. Now, If these
100000 sheep in Ohio and ada
cent states-these political sheep,
that have ba-a-ed so convincingiy in
many high protection plea pro
duce their fair share of wool, they
furnish just per cent of the total
domestic umption-one-tenth OF
40 per cent.
The tremendous wool tax, amount
ing to SO to 80 per cent, has been
laid for the benefit of few wool
growers in region not adapted to
economical sheep raising, region
producing but per cent of the WOOL
consumed in the United States!
This has been made possible by the
republican political trust which the
people voted to dissolve when they
elected Woodrow Wilson president
trust which had its chief officials
in Ohio and Pennsylvania and a,
branch Office, ably administered, IN
Rhode Island.
The facts and costEfgures adducedt
here are taken from the reports or
Mr.. Taft's tariff board.
The very life of the protective pol
icy depends on keeping the ugly facts
away from the people.-St. Louis
Renublic
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
Best known Cough Remedy.

For forty-three years DR.. Kings
New Discovery has been known
throughout the world as the most re-
liable cough remedy. Over three mil
lion bottles were used last year. Isn't
this proof? 1t will get rid of your
cough, or we will refund your mon
ey. j. j. Owens, of Allendale, S. c..
writes the way hundreds of others
have done: After twenty years,
find that Dr. Kings New Discovery
is the best remedy for coughs and
colds that | have ever used" For
coughs or colds and all throat and
lung troubles, it has no equal. Soc
and 81 90 at Cell & Robins0n's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

After an absence of four months
Secretary Bryan returned and cele-
brated his fifty-thlrd birthday in his
home town with the help of his
friends and neighbors. In his speech
to them the claims he made as to
credit due him for democratic sue
cess were more than modest. 1t is
true that he thrice failed of election,
but it is also true that he survived
a third defeat without losing an in
fuence upon his party which was
more powerful than that of any other
man. His Importance was fully rec
onized by the President. This is
shown by his appointment to the
highest place in the cabinet
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
KANSAS DEMOCRATS MAKING
GOOD.

The people of Kansas have chang
ed their minds regarding democrats
since the formation of the democratic
legislature. The republicans, after
having been in power for more than
Is years, are wont to place every
possible hindrance in the way of the
democrats. But with harmony and
a unity of action, they have been
able to master the situation IN true
Jeffersonian style.
Already they have saved the state
over 100000 year by abolishing
119 oil inspectors, IS educational
regents and combined the bureau OF
labor, employment and mines into
one state department.
They also passed a law forbiddlng
the sale of shoes containing substl-
tute for leather unless so stamped.
In addition to this, they have adopt
ed the recall of public officials, the
initiative and referendum, as well as
the nomination by primary and the
election of United States Senators by
the direct vote of the people. They
have provided for the state manu-
facture of all school text books, and
will sell same to children at actual
cost. They have also changed from
the Australian to the Massachusetts
ballot, thus increasing the independ-
ent voter and requiring that every
voter shall be able to reau English.
Not satisfied with all of this they
have removed all boards of penal and
reformatory institutions, placing the
correctional work into the hands of
three members who will devote their
entire time to the stuuy and the cor
rectional work of all the institutions
in the future.-The Greenfield Free
Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

Now comes a big bridge company
and swears that it has been debarred
from competition in Iowa by the
bridge trust and hostile county sup
ervisors. Iowa is breaking into fast
company on this trust business.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

Vermont has adopted the consti-
tutional amendment changing the
date of state elections from Septem-
Der to November, thus removing that
state from the political barometer
class
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty
digestion, lazy liver and sluggish
bowels. Burdock Blood Bitters IS
recommended for strengthening
stomach, bowels and liver and puri-
flying the blood. S.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

Secretary Of Labor William B..
Wilson who began delving IN coal
mines at the age of eight is charter
member of the miners union, father
of nine children and dabbles in poe
try when politics become tiresome.