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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1917

At regular session of the Board of
Supervisors of Shiawassee County
continued and held at the Court House
in the City of Corunna in said County,
on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1917.
Board called to order by the Chair
man.
Roll called by Clerk.
Present: Supervisors Allen, Braden,
Bailey, Bliss, Colby, Corey, Carroll,
Chase, Dewey, Doan, Derham, God
frey, Harryman, Ketcham, Keb-
Ter. McMullen, Miller, Perry, Piatt,
Scribner, Thomas, Taphouse and Vim
cent. 20.
The record of yesterdays session
was read and approved.
Joseph H. Collins and committee
of ladies representing the Red Cross
work, came before the Board, asking
an appropriation of $500 for coal for
heating the armory to aid the Red
Cross work in Shiawassee County.
Supr. Dewey presented the following
resolution.
Resolved, by the Board of Supervis-
ors of Shiawassee county that the sum
of three hundred dollars be and is
hereby appropriated from the contin-
gent fund for the purpose of heating
the armory at Owosso for Red Cross
work, the amount to be paid in three
orders of 500 each, October %, 1917,
November %, 1917, and Deem
Der 20, 1917, to the armory board
of Owosso, said board to make a report
to the board as to the expenditure of
this fund.
On motion of Supr. Dewey the reso-
luton was accepted and adopted by the
following yea and nay vote as called
for by the Chairman:
Yeas: Allan, Braden, Bailey, Bliss,
Colby, Corey, Carroll, Chase, Dewey,
Godfrey, Ketcham, Kebler, McMullen,
Miller, Perry, Piatt, Scribner, Thomas,
Taphouse, and Vincent, 20. Nays: O.
The Clerk presented the following
communication.
Owosso, Mich, Oct. II, 1917.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Shiawassee Co.
/ will undertake the situation as
janitor of court house of Shiawassee
County for the sum of nine hundred
and seventy five dollars per year.
(Signed) VIM. May.
On motion of Supr. Dewey the COM
munication was received and placed on
file.
The Chairman announced the time
had arrived for the special order of
business, viz: The election of County
Road Commissioner.
Supervisor Godfrey moved that we
proceed to the election Of County Road
Commissioner. Carried.
Supr. Godfrey placed in nomination
William Cline of Bennington.
The motion Of Supr. Godfrey that
the chairman appoint two tellers, was
HS dPpOiHISo do
such tellers Suprs. Chase and Clark.
The motion of Supr. Godfrey that
the rules be suspended and the tellers
be instructed to cast the vote of the
Board for Williams Cline for County
Road Commissioner for such term as
is provided by law, was carried by the
following yea and nay vote called for
by the Chairman:
Yeas: Suprs. Allan, Braden, Bailey,
Corey, Carroll, Chase, Dewey, Doan,
Derham, Godfrey, Harryman, Ket-
cham, Kebler, Miller, Perry, Piatt,
Scribner, Thomas, Taphouse and Vim
cent. Fl. Nays, 0.
The tellers cast the vote, 81, for
William Cline, for County Road Com
missioner for Shiawassee County.
William Cline having received all
the votes cast was declared by the
Chairman duly elected to the Office of
County Road Commissioner.
On motion of Supr. Allan the board
took a recess until this afternoon at
one thirty o'clock.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30
Afternoon
Board called to order by the Chair

Board called to order by the Chair
man.
Roll called by the Clerk.
Present: Full board.
Arthur Green, the Superintendent
of the Poor for Shiawassee County,
submitted the following report:
To the Honorable, The Board of Supervisors of
Shiawassee County:
The Superintendents of the Poor beg leave
TO submit this, their annual report of expendi-
lures for the care of the infirmary and farm,
and for temporary relief for the year ending
October 1st, 1917.
Total amount for which orders have
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

L. sCRIBNER,
FRED II. MILLER.
Committee.
On motion Of Supr. Scribner the re-
port was accepted and adopted by the
following yea and nay vote called for
by the Chairman:
Yeas, Suprs. Braden, Bliss, Clark,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

On motion of Supr. Colby, the report
was accepted and adopted.
Supr. Scribner from the Committee
on Claims and Accounts in Contagious
diseases submitted the following re-
port:
State of Michigan-The Board of Supervisors
For Shiawassee County.
To the Honorable. the Board of Supervisors:
Your Committee on Claims and Accounts in
Contagious Disease Cases would respectfully
submit the following its report, recommend
ing the allowance of the several amount as
given below, and that the Clerk be authorized
to draw orders for the same.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1919

At regular session Of the Board
of Supervisors of Shiawassee County,
continued and held in the Court House
in the City of Corunna, in said Cour-
ty, on Wednesday, Oct. "a, 1917.
Board called to order by Chairmars-
Roll called by the Clerk.
Present.: Suprs. Allan, Braden.
Bliss, Clark, Colby, Corey, Carroll
Chase, Dewey, Doan, Derham, God
frey, Harryman, Ketcham, Kebler, Nc
Mullen, Miller, Perry, Piatt, Scribners-
Thomas, Taphouse and Vincent. Il
Minutes of yesterdays session renz
and approved.
Supr. Dewey from the Committee cns
Claims and Accounts submitted the
following report:
State Of Michigan-The Board of SupervisncsA
For Shiawassee County.
To the Honorable the Board of Supervisors
Your Committee on Claims and Accoanas>
would respectfully submit the following as srs
report recommending the allowance Of Hhz>
Clerk be authorized to draw orders for da-
same.
No. Item. Claimed AH&-
irUc A. Coz h.trs al
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

GEO. M. DEWEY,
c. E. GODFREY.
Committee.
Supr. Dewey moved the report be
accepted and adopted, which was car
ried by the following yea and nay
vote, called for by the Chairman.
Yeas: Suprs. Braden, Bailey, Bliss,
Colby, Corey, Carroll, Chase, Dewey,
Godfrey, Harryman, Ketcham, Kebler,
Miller, Thomas and Taphouse. Is.
Nays: O..
Supr. Carroll presented the follow
ing report from the Auditing Commit
tee.
To the Honorable, the Board of Sup
ervisors:
Your Auditing Committee would re-
spectfully report that we have careful
ly compared orders from No. 5999 to
No. GOAL, both inclusive, with the sew
eral amounts allowed by the board, and
find the same orders correctly drawn
as ordered by said board.
CHAS. H. CARROLL,
M. d. COREY,
]. r. KETCHAM,
Committee.
Cunr Carrol1 rnovod ;fs adovf;oo
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30
Afternoon

Board called to order by the Chair
man.
Roll called by the Clerk.
Present: Full board except Supr.
Kebler.
Supervisor Colby from the Commit
tee on Rolls submitted the following
report:
To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors:
Your Committee on Rolls would re-
specially report that they find all
rolls presented property dated, signed
in legal form.
We find the total footings Of real
and personal property placed on each
roll. We find the certificate of the
supervisors of each township and Of
each board of review in due form and
submit the roll to the board with the
recommendation that they be placed in
the hands of the proper committee for
equalization.
E. D. COLBY,
c. E. GODFREY,
w. A. McMULLEN,
Committee.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

Kebler, McMullen, Miller, Perry,
Piatt, Scribner, Thomas, Taphouse and
Vincent. "a.
On motion of Supr. Bliss the Board
took a recess until this afternoon at
one o'clock.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

Supr. Carroll moved it's adoption
which was carried by the following
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-30

Board called to order by the Chair
man.
Roll called by the Clerk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
NEW ENGLAND RED
CROSS MEMBERS MEET
Special to The cnIedonian

Boston, Nov .22.-The accomplish
ments of the Red Cross War Work
Council for the past six months will
be extolled at meeting to be held in
this city Thursday, December IS,
when Henry P. Davidson, chairman,
and Harvey D. Gibson, general man
ager of the American Red Gross, will
give an account of the work done.
The event will be one Of the most inn
portant that has occurred in Red
Gross affairs in New England.
It is desired that all chapters of the
society, and branches in every part of
New England will send delegates tc
aid in the success of the meeting and
to make plans for future work Of the
society. At this time plans for the
million members campaign will be
formed and the need of delegates
from every city, town, and hamlet is
emphasized, that all may have first
hand information Of the effort need
ed. for the success of this move. The
delegates will meet. at the Copley
Plaza hotel at 3 p. M, where a mass
meeting will be held in the evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
British Subjects Northward
Bound for Army Service

Trainmen running on the night
trains from Boston to Montreal have
remarked the many French Cana
dams, English, and subjects of the
isle across the sea- who within the
past week or ten days have been re-
turning to Canada from Boston or
other New England cities Since
England has arranged for the COM
pulsory service of her subjects in the
United States, it seems the majority
prefer to enlist or be drafted from
their own section of the country.
Hence the sudden desire to depart
from the United States.
While possibly there has been no
definite eXtradition work done be-
tween the two governments, it is I'M
derStood the intensive measures of
the English recruiting men in this
country to have British subjects en-
list in either one army or the other
is bearing fruit. In many sections of
the country recruiting officers from
the British army are making public
names of British slackers. Inter
views with trainmens on the north
bound night and early morning trains
assures this as the reason for the
hundreds of men Dominion bound.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
A Major IN Regular Army

Montpelier, Nov. I'll. S. Tillot-
son, acknowledgement Of Vermont,
yesterday morning accepted the APP
pointment offered him by the War
Department as assistant adjutant of
the 35th division of the regular
army, stationed at Fort Sill, Okla,
where he will report as soon as
mustered into service and the mat
tiers connected with his Office here
can be arranged. Recently he was
commissioned as a major in the reg
ular army and has anticipated that
he would be called into service. He
was in Washington last week, but
this was not in connection with the
appointment.
Gen. TillOtson is a veteran of the
Spanish-American war, in which he
served as bandmaster with the rank
Of sergeant. After coming back from
that war he. was elected lieutenant
colonel Of the regiment and then was
appointed adjutant-g general of the
state, succeeding w. H. Gilmore, who
died at Bradford, so that he has re-
ceived valuable training for his new
appointment. The appointment at
taches him to the commanding gen
erals staff Of the division.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
BATTLE OF BOURBON
WOODS SPECTACULAR

War Correspondents Headquarters,
Sunday, Nov. 23.-Battle opened Fri
day morning on all sides of the forest
of Bourbon. 1t was an attack in
which all arms worked together, in a
most spectacular union.
The British guns opened a terrific
drumfire, and it was the greatest
demonstration so far in this battle by
those field guns which after the first
advance had galloped far forward
over the captured ground and taken
up new positions aStOundingly close
to the enemy's line of retreat.
All the heavy and light batteries
which I had seen streaming up
through the day and night, choking
are roads with their long columns,
silhouetted against the pale dawn as
they wound over hillsides, surged in
wild turmoil of horses and mules
and guns and wagons into the ruined
villages behind the lines, and got in
to action a few minutes after their
journeys end
Many of the men had fought on
other battlefields in this year of ter
rible fighting. For months they had
| but little rest and no kind of peace
and mao IIFGQ III SIIoIluIo ulllI luOS
were haggard and worn and weary
! but now they came to these new bat
tlefields with as much enthusiasm az
| if they were going into action for the
first time, because of the new prom
Use of victory; and they did not spare
an ounce of their strength, but wen
to almost superhuman exertions tt
get up their guns and their shells.
They were first to start the battle
| of Bourbon Wood, but the first to ad
vance were the tanks, more than TIVE
score of them with single scout
ahead, followed by others in echelol
formation Many of them had al
ready been fighting since Tuesda
morning. All of them had beel
working day and night for man
DAYS before that.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
Red Cross Notes.

The regular meeting of the st.
Johnsbury branch of the Red Cross
will meet at the Armory this after
noon It has been requested that all
who are unable to be present at the
afternoon meeting should attend the
meeting there this evening at 7.30
Work will continue until 9 o'clock.
The local chapter of the Red Cross
will present the big musical comedy,
The Runaways," at the Colonial on
Jan. % and "a. A very large cast and
chorus of st. Johnsbury singers will
commence rehearsals for the play
early in January. The production will
be staged by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Phil
brook of New York, who have pre-
scented THE Runaways'' at Burling.
ton, Montpelier, Barre, Brattleboro
Rutland and in more than 100 New
England cities.
It is planned to make this affair ont
of the most pretentious musica
events ever seen in st. Johnsbury, ant
Mrs. Frank HI. Taylor is chairman o
the committee in charge of the Re,
Cross arrangements for the play
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
Annual Argument Over Time
Of Deer Season is Again on

With the return of hunting parties
from various section OF the state,
the annual controversy again arises as
TO the game laws, applying to deer, as
they now stand. There seems to be
more dissatisfaction this year in this
vicinity among hunters than previous
years. The lack of snow made hunt
ing difficult and the cry for later
season Will doubtless again be taken
up.
interviewing parties they come
in, it has been found that the con-
census of opinion is that later sea-
son would in many ways conserve the
states supply of venison, notwith-
standing general opinion among nom
hunters, to the contrary.
AS the situation appears to many
hunters who were in the woods this
year the season postponed until pos
Sibly the first week of December
would benefit the sportsmen without
4 wholesale slaughter of bucks.
They say there would probably be
light fall of snow and therefore it
would be possible to track wounded
deer and finally get HIM. This year
one party of five men during their
week in camp wounded several bucks.
Each one was tracked several miles
and finally lost Snow would have
made it possible to continue the
search until the wounded animal was
found. 1t has been stated that in each
instance the animal was MORALLY
wounded and without doubt died of
its wounds. To UNFOLD the latter
statement the hunters cite an incid-
ence of a buck lying down several
times within a radius of hundred
yards. Snow would have saved sew
eral hundred pounds of good venison
besides giving the hunter the salts
faction of bagging his kill.
AS a second argument it has been
stated that scores of does have been
shot this year The bare landscape
for a background gives the hunter
no chance to distinguish buck from
a doe. Some men, it is said, see what
looks to be a buck, shoots and then
finding it to be female leaves the
| carcas to rot in the woods.
Among a party of eight men three
bucks were secured. They were in
plain sight and there was no doubt
of their sex. Everyone of the other
men had chance after chance, so they
state, to bring down an animal hut
feared to shoot because the dark
background made it impossible to
distinguish a buck from a doe. Among
these parties at least there was much
| dissatisfaction. They complain that
scores of others in their vicinity less
| scrupulous than they took the chance
| If it was a buck they proclaimed
! their kill, if not it stayed where it
| fell.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
Plan Orleans and Caledonia
Co.'S. Sunday School Meeting

At a recent meeting of the officers
of the Caledonia County Sunday
School Association Rev. Frank Col
Inns of South Ryegate was elected SUI
perintendent of the secondary depart
ment to succeed Rev. Edward G..
French of Danville, who declined a
reelection Secretary Boyd of the
State Association announced that he
would give his Sundays in the month
of February to Sunday school work
in Caledonia county and would be
available for pulpit supplies any Sun
day of that month. The report of
the county secretary showed an in
creased fenrollment the past year
The president of the county associa-
ton, Arthur F. Stone, and Vernon
Ticehurst were appointed to confer
with two from the executive commit
tee of Orleans county to arrange for
the joint annual meeting to be held
at Westmore next September 1t is
planned to hold at this time a three
days institute with Prof Kent of the
Yale Divinity School as the principal
instructor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
1873 DEER KILLED.
Caledonia County Furnished IL and
Orleans County l.


Following is the report of deer kill
ed in open season, Nov. 10 to 20 as
tabulated by counties from reorts re-
the fish and game commissioner at
Cam bridge:
Addison-Goshen 8, Hancock l..
Leicester 1, total 5.
Bennington-Arling 3, Benning-
ton 2, Manchester 1, Pownal 1, Reads
boro 8, Sandgate 2, SALISBURY I,
Stamford 5, Sunderland 8, Winhan 1,
Woodford 4, total 26
Caledonia-Groton 2, Hardwick /,
Peacham Z, Walden /, Wheelock 1,
total r..
NATURALIZATION 1, total 1.
Essex-Brighton 3, Canaan 1, Fer
dinand 8, Lewis 1, Lunenburg 1,
Maidstone 2, Norton 4, Victory 1,
Warren's Gore 1, total II.
FrankIn-Fletcher 1, total l.
Lamoille- Belvidere 1, Eden 2, Ell
more 2, Hyde Park 1 Stowe 2, VOL
colt /, total 9.
Orange-Topshan, total 2.
Orleans-Westfeld 1, total 1
Rutland-Brandon 2, Chittenden 1,
Mendon 1, Mt. Tabor 2, total 6.
| shington-Duxbury 1, Marsh
field /, Montpelier 1, Waitsfield 1,
Waterbury 8, Woodbury. 5, total II.
Windham-Dover 1, Jamaica /
Rockingham 1, Somerset 5, Wards
boro 2, Nottingham 1, Windham l.
total u.
Windsor-Bethel 1, Bridgewater 5
Plymouth 2, Rochester 1, Stockbridge
/, total 10.
Total. ia; previous total, 71s; to-
tai, 833. ~ s3iel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
TENDER SURPRISE
BIRTHDAY BANQUET
Woman's Relief Corps Whist Party
and Dance In the Evening Was
Great Success.

Mrs L. N. Smythe was rendered a
surprise birthday party at Grand
Army hall yesterday afternoon by Ia
dies of a Womans Relief Corps COM
mittee who assisted her on the occa-
sion of the Relief Corps benefit held
in the Armory. In the evening the
ladies of that organization held a
| whist party.
Mrs. Snythe, as she stepped from
the airline north yesterday after
noon on her return from a visit to
Rumney, n. H., was. seized upon by
several Of the. above mentioned wo-
men, She was escorted to the hall of
festivities, where a beautifully laden
banquet was found. After proper at
| tention had been paid to the viands
Mrs. r. NJ. McSweeney did the post
prandial honors. Several short
speeches were made and following
them the toastmistress presented the
guest of honor with several tokens OF
esteem from those present Mrs
Smythe voiced her appreciation in a
few words of thanks
The large birthday cake was made
for the occasion by Mrs. Collie Waite
| 1t was reported that there was moi
dull moment during the afternoon
and the affair was followed closely ir
| the evening by a whist party an6
dance. Sixteen tables were occupie6
at whist. The latter affair was ir
| charge OF Mrs. Bertha Cummings. as
sisted by Mrs. Lora Spau1ding, Mrs
Betha Hurley, Mrs. Carrie Wright
Mrs. Mabel Carpenter and Mrs. Edit
| Tillotson.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
BARNET


&C. E. Hazelton, Correspondent)
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Brock and
son, Stanley, have returned to their
home in Springfield, Mass.-Mrs'.
Rosa Pettis and son, who have been
spending several days with her
mother, Mrs. Rosa Shan1y, have re-
turned to their home in Littleton, N.
H.-Miss Effie Houghton has return
ed to her home in Lyndonville after
spending several days with Mrs. E.
B. Chase.-Mrs. Margaret Hale of
West Barnet spent Tuesday with Miss
Edith Wallace.-Belle Fairbanks and
Laura Dow were visitors in East Bar
net Tuesday.-Tha ladies' society
held meeting Monday afternoon at
Mrs James Morgan's and voted to
buy the stove at Rev. w. c. Clark's
home and make it a fixture of the
house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
An Adventure in Neighboring.

Five years ago we found ourselves
located in new community, Tar
from kindred and friends: pilgrims in
strange land.
Thanksgiving Day was drawing
near. We had met but few Of the
people of the neighborhood. But
we did not see how we could fitting
ly observe Thanksgiving Day alone
I began to think There were the
Browns, who had just settled over at
the Ridge, only a few miles away.
They, too, were alone, separated from
relatives, without friends as yet
Then there were the Judsons. They
had been there year but were so
reticent they had made but little pro-
gress in getting acquainted. I knew
they were pining for friendship. Why
shouldn't we invite these two families
of strangers over and have good
time? 1t seemed foolish to kill tur-
key and make cranberry sauce and
pumpkin pie just for us three! My
husband and son agreed to my plans,
and so 1 did the inviting. including
besides the two families lone
bachelor across the fields.
Thanksgiving Day repast of minor
Importance in the account, though
seemingly much enjoyed.
But it is of the associations form
ed, of the happiness that resulted
from that one days gathering, that ]
wish to speak. It was the beginning
of neighborly good will that has never
ended, as we'll as of a neighborhood
custom We still observe.
Each recurring Thanksgiving Day
finds US meeting again to enjoy to-
gether the good things Of life and to
offer thanks for Gods graciousness
and mercy. And we try to include in
our dinner all the strangers, the lone.
ly and the bereaved in the neighbor-
hood. Thus it is not unusual for us
to have several guests of honor or
these occasions.-The Christian Her
aid.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-11-28
LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS.
Edward Hudson Has Reached Eng.
land, Regarding Sea Trip.

Mrs. Mae Hudson has received the
ward:
My dear Mother:
A few lines to let you know that /
am well and happy, and although far
away, am thinking of you often. I
did not think when 1 left you Satur-
day night, Oct. 6, that the next time
I wrote You / would be over here.
There are lots of things that l could
write about but am not going to, as
they would only be censored. All |
can say is that | am in England with
the rest of the battalion having rest
before leaving for France.
/ will say that we enjoyed our trip
over very much, both on land and
sea. With the exception of about three
days we had pretty good weather and
we were on water 3 days.
A number of the boys were pretty
seasick after being out for two or
three days. 1t didn't bother me, for
which 1 am thankful, as by some of
their actions they suffered some.
Believe me, 1 hardly know what to
write, there are SO many things that
WOuiei IKE ", Jul IL Ho use Trying.
Well, Mother, | have written a few
lines anyway. 1t is about time for
dinner SO l think 1 will close. Hope
this finds you all in good health. You
must remember that am almost 5000
miles from hom and you will not be
able to hear from me often.
| hope this reaches you before
Christmas. Remember me to all. Lots
of love. EDWARD.