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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-04-03
No Poetry Allowed.

Owosso, March 23.-Admitting thai
the article from Owosso last week wa'
of sufficient Importance to print any
way, yet notice at the tail end the
spasmodic poem was omitted. Locally
1t was the pith of the entire endeayor.
George w. Haskell
The Tradesman prints poetry on the
front cover. 1t does not print travel.
ing mems poetry in the correspondence
received from the fraternity. Travel
ing men, as a rule, are good business
men and good mixers. good husbands
and good fellows generally, but they
are seldom good poets and, in order to
not draw the line between good and
bad poets, whose contributions would
have to be declined. the Tradesman
deems it the part Of wisdom to exclude
all poetry that originates in the travel.
ing fraternity. We are willing to bail
travelling men out of Jail. We will
loan them money. We will print their
pictures and biographies and we will
kiss their babies, but we draw the line
on their poetry. Michigan Tradesman.
Mr.. aud Mrs. S. S. Tower. Rowley
street, celebrated their sixtieth wed.
ding anniversary Thursday. Mrs Tower
is the daughter of David Harmon, one
of the earliest settlers of Shiawassee
and the owner of the first saw mill in
the county, which he conducted in
Antrim township. She is so years old
and quite feeble. Mr.. Tower, also a
resident of Shiawassee county and
vicinity about all of his life, is robust |
despite his 80 years and walks down
own daily from his home, distance of |
more than a mile.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-04-03
Local Option Essays.
Continued from page one.)

| county was eligible to enter the
contest. All were given the subject
"How Does Local Option Benefit
Shiawassee County,"
The essays receiving the first
four prizes follow:
No 26, first prize.
How Does Local Option Benefit
Shiawassee County?
\ Local Option benefits Shiawassee
county in at least two ways, fnan-
cially and morally.
According to statistics, $25,2S7
less has been spent during the last
four years, on unnecessary court
proceedings and in caring for pris-
oners,. confined in the county jail;
due largely to the fact that the
number of drunken men confined
in the Jail has decreased during
that time from 92 to IL; and the
total number of prisoners has de-
creased from 1874 to So. Trade has
also increased and bills have been
paid more regularly; therefore the
business men f the county are es-
peciaily ankle for local option to
continue.
Local option ;assens the poverty,
misery and crgradation or the
homes of men who were formerly
drunkards. The open saloon no
longer tempts young men to the
downward path. Local option helps
them to resist temptation and to do
the right. Moreover, 1t Is said that
there have been fewer divorce cases
during the four years local Cp-
ton than during the previous four
years of the open saloons There
fore the rising generation is being
reared under better influences :ha,
before.
If local option has tapo"-ci
Shiawassee county to s:->,. III ex-
tent why should 1t 2ot continue?
No.63, e. "a prize.
How Local Option Benefits Shia-
WIS, .iinty
The saloon, % an institution. is,
question the gr&. .. 1oc:al
evil 80 ~ time. 1t H-'-- sScut
not only The ~rination &c tn, cr:l1
ing man and his fam. bu. :. IL
disgrace to tie community in which
it exit It Is the breeding place
90 zine, poverty and vice, de-
pending not only on the drunkard
for its support, but Turing thous-
ands of young men and boys into
its bar room, where the influences
are any.hi;l~ .ri the best.
Local option benefits a county in
that it does away with the open sa-
loon and r1Iuces the sale of liquor,
making 1t thing to be accomplish
ed only In violation of the law.
Statistics prove that there are
fewer criminals, less poverty and
want in Shiawassee under loual op-
ton than before, and it is evident
that in certain streets whe:c five
years ago saloons flourishci. re-
spectacle business is now carried on
But in order to see the real ben
efits of local option, one must visit
some of the many homes in this
county, which tell, in the clearest
way the happiness that the down
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-04-03
No. ga, third prize.
How Does Local Option Benefit
Shiawassee County.

al option benefits Shiawassee
county financially and morally.
AS to the former, first, the ma
terials used to manufacture liquor
may be considered. Chief among
these is barley. According to sta
tistics, the barley used for manu-
featuring liquor would fatten $780,
900 head of cattle, thereby bene-
filing the wage Garner, whom other
wise the liquor would harm. Next,
the court, penitentiary and prison
expenses have been greatly dimin-
ished in consequence of the lesser
number of criminals. Lastly, near.
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Take PIehfy of Time TO Eat.

There is saying that ''rapid eatiug
is slow suicide" If you have formed
the habit of eating too rapidly you are
most likely suffering from Indigestion
or constipation, which will result
eventually in serious illness unless cor
rected. Digestion begins in the mouth
Food should be thoroughly masticated
and insalivated, Then when you have
a fullness of the stomach or feel dull
and stupid after eating, take one OF
Chamberlain's Tablets. Many severe
cases of stomach trouble and constipa.
tion have been cured by the use oi
these tablets. They are easy to take
and most agreeable in effect. Sold by
PAUL Drug Co. Ad
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Mr. Roosevelt and The Canal
Tolls.

President Wilson and the DEM
ocratic party have redeemed the
pledges given by President Roose-
welt to all nations of the use of
the new international Highway
on equal terms.
That pledge President Taft
dishonOred. and then suggested
that it might be left to the Su-
preme Court or to the Hague
Tribunal.
President Wilson appealed tC
Congress to wipe this bloteh from
the 'scutcheon by living up alike
to to the letter and the spirit o.
the treaty.
| 1t was a brave thing to do
The Hay -Pauncefote treaty wa
primarily a Roosevelt treaty
Hay and Roote were members o
Ro0sevelS's cabinet.
The chief obstacle to the build
ing of the canal by the Unite
States was the Clayton Bulwe
treaty.
We could have notified Eng
land Of our purpose to abrogat
it, but we did not.
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Luke McLuke Says.

In figuring out the various in
fiuences that keep men straight,
the fear of getting caught de-
serves whole lot of credit.
Reform is great stuff. But
you never saw a reformer who
didn't get more out of it than it
cost him.
1t must make thin girl mad
to see the way a corn-fed girl
can fill a MILDLY blouse.
A man is such boob that a
girl usually has the sheets and
pillow cases embroidered before
he even proposes.
If you want to make good
showing, never take census of
your friends when you need them.
Father can always find an eX-
cuse for not going to church on
Sunday morning. But mother
gets even with him by making
him read the comic supplement
to the bids.
What has become of the old
fashioned man, who used to car
ry a handkerchief in the rear
skirt POCKET of his coat? And
what has become of the coat?
The wife who lets on that she
is sound asleep when her hus-
band comes home at three in the
morning and falls over his own
feet is the wife who can always
get money for a new hat when
she asks for it.
1t is none of my business, but
what good does the 'corsetless
style do the thin girls?
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
1t Takes Brains in theHOg
Business.

Ali is not gold that glitters,
nor is the pig breeders path alto
gether strewn with roses. There
is other work besides clipping
coupons in the pig pen. The sue
cessful handling of pigs demands
constant attention and close ap-
plication to every detail. and the
sick pig requires almost the same
care and nursing that puts the
fever patient on the road to re-
covery. Some may wonder at
one mans success and another
mans failure, but the problem
could be solved at once, could
they follow up the daily walk and
thought of each man. 1t takes
brains in the pig pen as well as
| in the office to make a success of
the business. The successful
breeder has troubles galore, too,
but he has the courage to stand
pat and combat them. Big hogs
are not proof against thumps,
scours worms or of the many
diseases that flesh is heir to.
But he watches his hogs closely
each day, with that practiced eye
that tells him the minute
a hog is out of condition
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24

On the contrary, advised by
Hay and Roosevelt, we proposed
to amend it, substituting for it
tee Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
1t was not hastily drawn nor
hastily adopted.
The construction given to it by
the subsidists was offered and
rejected.
With the Hay-P a un e f o t e
treaty adopted, we could go ahead
untrammelled. And we did.
The building of the canal by
President Roosevelt was made
possible by the promise of equal
ity. 1t was a prnmise broken by
President Taft and a Republican
Congress, redeemed by Presi-
don't Wilson and a Democratic
Congress.
The repeal act cannot be as
sailed by President Roosevelt,
even Tor campaign purposes,
without staining the brightest
chapter in his own history
Louisville Post.
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24

where the trouble lies. Imme-
diately such hogs are separated
from the herd and given such
treatment as experience has
taught him is the best in each
case. Soon the sick hog is re-
turned to the herd as cured or
dies. Another may take sick,
but that same watchfulness is
ever present, and this sick pig
follows the same course as the
other. The successful breeder
expects sucn things to occur, and
being equipped to handle such
cases his herd is in large meas
ure exempt from the more ma
lignant forms of contagious dis
eases. But how about the easy
go-lucky breeder? His hogs are
always healthy $50 he imagines. }
A case of thumps here goes
unnoticed; a litter of pigs has
sco1rs, but he has not observed
it until at last disease upon dis
ease has multiplied on his hands
and he cries cut hog cholera is
in his herd. All the patent nos
trums in the country brought
into use to save the herd with
out effect, and he gives up in
despair. declaring he could nev-
er have any luck with hogs any
way.
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Business Situation.

There is an old adage which
runs: Truth lies at the bottom
of the we'll" AS regards the
present business situation, truth
lies somewhere between what
Republican and Democratic pol
iticians are now proclaiming.
The Republicans claim that the
country is on the verge of a
financial panic; Democrats boast
that the country was never more
prosperous than at the present
time, railroad conditions alone
excepted. Of course, all these
claims are made for political pur-
poses.
1t is true that manufacturing
in the Eastern and Middle Allan
tic States is undergoing a slight
depression. Government inves-
LEGATIONS Of railroads have dis
turbed values of securities on the
stock markets. In the Middle
Western, Southern and extreme
Western States, business was
never better. Approaching har-
vests give every prospect of still
greater prosperity. There is op-
portunity in the West for every
idle man in the East to work at
good wages. So great is the de-
mand for farm labor that farm
ers are willing to pay transpor-
tation in addition to wages.
This is the truth regarding the
business situation, if commercial,
bank, and other reports are to be
relied upon; if newspaper state
ments are correct; and if person.
al letters fairly state the sit.
uation. There is no great finan.
cial panic impending. Some
parts of the country are not as
prosperous as they should be.
The country as a whole presents
fairly good business conditions
with every prospect of greater
activity, as soon as crops are har.
vested and marketed.
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Coughs and Colds Weaken fhe SyS.

Coughs and Colds Weaken the SyS-
tenn
Continued Coughs, Colds and Bron-
chial troubles are depressing and weak.
en- the system. Loss of weight and
appetite generally follow. Get a SOC
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery TO-
day. 1t will stop your cough. The
first dose helps. The best medicine
for Stubborn Coughs, Colds and all
Throat and Lung Troubles. Mr.. o.
H. Brown, Muscatine, Ala, writes:
MY wife was sick during the hot
summer months and honestly believe
DIR. Rings New Discovery saved he1
life Good for children. soc & 81.
Recommended by PAUL Drug Co.
Ad
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Temperatures.
louisville Times.)

When old Sol goes on a ram.
page and his blistering rays come
sizzling down through the ether,
there is only one thing that the
average human being takes cog
nizance of, and that is that it is
''hot.'' This is the comprehen-
sive summing.up of the situation,
regardless of mean temperature,
extreme temperature. humidity.
official, kiosk or street tempera-
ture. To the man with the wilt
ed collar, streaming forehead
and prickly heat-studded neck
there is no other word but 'hot."
Very often he adds a simile by
way of comparing the torridity
with that of a region politely
known as Gehenna.
1t may be a good thing, in
view of the proneness of the hu-
man race to auto-hypnosis, that
distinction is drawn between
the official" temperature as re-
corded by the Weather Bureau
and the street temperature, 1"
or the temperature in which peo.
pie move and have their being. 1"
The official temperature in Louis
vile is taken by instruments in
a latticed cage at the top of the
Inter. Southern building, nine
teen stories above the street.
The rays of the sun do not strike
the official thermometer. When
this instrument registers 95 de-
grees, it means that this is the
temperature at an altitude of
nearly 200 feet, and of an atmo-
sphere which is cooled by upper
air currents, if any should be
stirring.
Street temperature, the
temperature of the baking slabs
OF glaring concrete and the pitchy
wooden blocks of the street
which are exuding bubbling coal
tar, is quite another matter. Here
Old Sol throws down his red.hot
shafts and they rebound against
the face of the luckless pedes-
train, pour up his trouser legs as
if they were f1ues, and other
wise envelop, smother, wrap,
stifle and take possession of him.
This temperature usually is about
ten degrees higher than official
temperature, and several degrees
higher than that of the Govern
ment kiosk in Lincoln Place,
where the thermometer is shad-
ed.
tits best, no doubt, that the
street temperature" is no t.
brought too prominently before
the notice of the public. The
tendency of a heat sufferer is to
grow irritable and even hysteri.
cal over trifes. and to be told
that he is moving about in
temperature of los when he
thought it was only 96 or 81,
might not be good for him. Such
person would not be responsible
for his actions if someone should
slap him on the back and ask ''Is
it hot enough for your"
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Cowpeas. Alfalfa and Soy
Beans.

Cowpeas, alfalfa, and soy
beans can be successfully made
into silage by exercising the
same precautions as with clover.
They should be cut at the same
time as for haymaking. How
ever. it is ordinarily preferable,
as with clover, to make them in
to hay rather than silage. The
lamentations which take place
in silage made of legumes cause
a greater loss of nutritive mate
rial than with corn silage. Corn
husks and pea vines from cam
ming factories, beet pulp, and
other by-products are also used
in certain localities for filling the
silo.
Corn for the silo can be cut
either by hand or by machine.
Hand cutting is practiced on
farms where the amount of corn
to be harvested is so small as to
make the expense of purchasing
a corn harvester too great to JUS
tify its use. Hand cutting is
slow and laborious, and there are
probably few localities now
where the purchase of a harvest
er would not be a profitable in
yestment.
There are on the market sew
eral makes of silage cutters that
will give satisfaction.
The capacity of the machine to
be purchased is an important
consideration which should not
be overlooked. Many persons
make the mistake of getting a
cutter which is too small, thus
making the operation of filling
the silo very slow and interfer-
ing with the continuous employ
ment of the entire force of men.
1t is better to get a machine
large enough, so that every one
will be able to keep busy all the
time. The larger cutters are
equipped with self-feeders, a la
Dor saving device which the
smaller sizes lack. The usual
length of cutting varies from
one-half to l inch. The latter is
considered a little too long, since
pieces of this length will neither
pack so closely in the silo nor be
30 completely consumed when
fed as will the shorter lengths.
On the other hand, the longer
the pieces the more rapidly can
the corn be run through the cut
ter.
IN case the corn has become
too dry or ripe before it is put in.
to the silo, water should be add.
ed to supply the deficiency of
moisture necessary to make the
silage pack properly. Unless it
is well packed the silage will
.'fire-fang" or d deteriora e
through the growth of mold.
Enouoh Water should he added
The Adair County news., 1914-06-24
Hot Weaf0er Tonic and Health BuiIt

Are you down-Neryous-Tired? Is
everything you do an effort? You are
not lazy-you are sick! Your stomach,
liver, kidneys, and whole system need
a tonic. A tonic and health builder Ia
drive out the waste matter-build you
up and renew Jour strength. Nothing
better than Electric bitters. Start to-
day. Mrs. James Duncan Haynes
vile Me, writes: Completely cured
me after several doctors gave me up"
SOC and Sl.OO. Recommended by Panll
Drug Co. Ad
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-10
THREE WEEKS ROMANCE
ENDS IN DIVORCE COURT

Seattle, June l0.-Jesse G.. Bowles,
Junior member of the Bowles company
of Seattle, University of Washington
and Harvard graduate, member of the
College Club, brought romance of
three weeks to an end when he OBJ
tanned a divorce from his bride, Hope
Granville Bowles, in Judge King Dyke
mans court yesterday.
Bowles alleged his wife told him
during their honeymoon trip to Alaska
that She had committed larceny in Port
land and had broken her parole on a
suspended sentence when she married
him
She flirted with men passengers on
board the steamship Mariposa on the
northern trip, BOwles testified, in spite
of his protests.
Bowles met his bride in New York
City while he was attending Harvard.
p G. D. Bowles, father of the young
husband testified that he had in
vestlgated the case and found the state
ment regarding the past life of the
bride was true. She had been paroled
into the custody of her parents at
Baker, Ore, according to the evidence
The marriage took place at Everett
on May 10th, the couple starting at once
on n month S tour of Alaska.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-10
CONVICTS ARE CAPTURED
FOUND IN THICK UNDERBRUsH
Prisoners Are Returned to Pcnitentiary
After Hot Chase Ey Prison Officers
Will Lose Good Credit Marks.

Tired dirty, and almost famished
w. L. Clark, Frank Miller and Henry
Baker, the young prisoners who escaped
from the penitentiary last Monday
morning, gave up the merry chase they
have been leading the guards and Of
fieers of the prison who were following
close upon their heels, last night far
out on the Silverton road.
The young fellows laid out in the un-
derbrush about thirteen miles east Of
here all night Monday night and when
a body of guards headed by Superin-
tendent Lawson came upon them quite
suddenly about midnight last night, the
escapers were about ready to give up.
They made no resistance and had no
arms upon their person.
Only hot chase, prevented the
youths from getting clear out of the
country. The guards were so close upon
them that they were afraid to travel in
day time and at night they made poor
Roadway under cover of the brush.
The prisoners will; lose all OF then
good credit marks now that they vlo'
lated one of the most strict rules oi
the institution.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-10
WooDBURN NEWS.

Ben Dimick, the Overland car man
Of Salem, was looking after business
interests in WoOdburn Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. AL Mishler and children Of Sa-
lem spent last week with Mrs. Mishler's
mother, Mrs. Wampole.
Mrs. G. w. Rhodes, of The Dalles, is
the guest of her son, DIR. w. w. Rhodes.
Miss Sadie Richard was the guest of
Mrs. Dunmire of Oregon City Satur-
day.
Mrs. Freeman spent Sunday with
friends in Oregon City.
Mrs. l.. Bunyon and children of Med
ford are the guests of her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. B. Hicks.
Miss Mildred Walker left Saturday
for San Francisco where she will visit
friends and relatives for an indefinite
time.
Mrs S. +. Kemp and daughter, Fran
ccs, spent Saturday in McMinnville,
Oregon.
Mrs. +. G.. Emmett visited friends in
Salem Saturday.
Mrs. L. Shorey. left Monday for
Portland where she will spend the week
with friends and also take in the rose
show.
One of the pleasant affairs of last
week was a tea given by Miss Olson
Friday in honor of Miss Mildred Wal
ker, who left Saturday for San Fran
cisco. The girls spent a very pleasant
afternoon with cards and music. Those
enjoying the afternoon were Miss Lila
Castle, Louise Kercher, Ruth Austin,
Mildred Walker, Cressenta Glatt, Mild.
red Simmons, Meta Rasche and the
hostess.
Walter Rice of Scots Mills spent
Sunday in Woodburn.
Miss Mildred Walker entertained q
number of her friends at her home on
Friday evening. The time was pleas
antly spent in playing cards. A deli
cious lunch was served by the hostess
assisted by Misses Ruth Austin, Lilc
Castle and Louise Kercher. Those pres
mt were Misses Ada Dimick, Lila Gas
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-10
NAVAL MILITIA WILL
CRUISE TO HAWAII

Seattle, Wash, June l0.-Two huh
dred members of Washington and
Oregon s naval militia are looking fol-
ward to the % days cruise on boarN
the cruiser Milwaukee to Hawaii. The
trip will begin July /.
The object of the trip is, of course,
practical experience with the handling
of the ship and its guns, but incidental,
ly, the amateur crew will have several
days shore leave at Honolulu and the
trip is considered very much pleasure
cruise.
The tenderfeet will be distributed
throughout the big vessel and assign
ed to duties with the regular crew.
Thus, it is believed, tne dry land
sailors will be given excellent training
With the old crew and the youngsters
there will be a force of 600 men aboarc
The Milwaukee has just been over
hauled, and is in fine shape.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-06-10
CATHERINE CARSON
WINS HIGHEST H0NORS'
Salem Girl Awarded Distinction at the
University of Oregon for Excellent
Work in Greek-Memher Of Gamma
Phi Beta Society.

University of Oregon, June 9.-Aft,
or an oral examination of an hour and
a half ON phases of Greek philosophy,
the content of Greek literature and the
central ideas of certain tragedies OF
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Eunpides'
Miss Catherine Carson, of Salem, was
awarded the distinction OF highest
honors in given subject at the um'
versity of Oregon this afternoon.
Miss Carson is majoring in Greek,
and her thesis, "Some Ethical PROB
lens of the Greek Tragedies, was n
contributing factor in winning thigh
est donors" for her.
"Highest honors" is a recognition
of scholarship instituted last year, and
open only to seniors about to be grad
Iaated. Seven members OF this year 1
graduating class viii be awarded this
I honor.
Miss Carson is q member OF the Gam
ma Phi Beta sorority, and has taken
prominent part in student body actt
yities while at the university.