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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
LIBERTY DAY PARTY

The dancing party at the armory
Monday evening for the benefit of Co.
%, Michigan State Troops was at
tended by about one hundred couples
and gallery full of spectators and
was most enjoyable event, netting
the company about 500. Fulmer's
orchestra of seven pieces furnished
music from 3 to IL o'clock.
During the evening patriotic cere-
mony was carried out when squads
commanded by the officers of the COM
pany in turn marched from the east to
the west end of the hall placing the
British, French and American flags
side by side, the orchestra playing
the "Star Spangled Banner" and
other patriotic selections. Earl C.
Rexford sang, responding to an encore
and squad of the company executed
a short drill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
ROAD COMMISSIONERS REPORT
$44,184 Will Be Spread on the Tax
ROlls-AutO Tax Money Used for
Repairs

The report of the county road COM
missioners as to the work on the sew
eral road districts was received by the
board of supervisors Friday and re-
ferred to the committee on roads and
bridges. The report stated that Fl
petitions for roads had been received
during the year, calling for 73A miles
of highway. Forty-three and three
quarter miles have been under con-
struction and four and a half miles
have been completed upon which $4,-
482 reward has been received. The
number of miles nearly finished is
1871, which with little more work
will be put in shape for acceptance
by the state. The mileage of road laid
out for construction during the coming
year in the several townships is as
follows: Fairfield, one; Rush, six;
New Haven, five and half; Venice,
six; Shiawassee, three; Burns, four;
Perry, three; Bennington, three;
Owosso, three, and Vernon, three. The
sum of 81 200 voted last year to the
commission as a working fund has a
balance of $224.5O. The bonds in
force under the district road law are
as follows: County at large, 500, AL
95; the road districts, $42, ,6S6.25; and
the townships at large, $13,242.35.
The total such bonds are $155, ,070.55
A contract has been made with Z, o.
Hoshler and Company, of Toledo, for
the purchase of all bonds which may
be issued during the coming year.
The commissioners have ordered
spread on the county tax roll for 1917
road tax of $44,184.80. The main
tenance and repair of all county roads
completed or which will be completed,
will be paid for by the countys portion
Of the automobile tax.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
CONGRESSMAN FORDNEY
Will Speak Upon Patriotic Issues in
County ext Tuesday.

Hon. ]. w. Fordney, who was com
PEELED to cancel his appointment to
speak in the armory Wednesday even
ing by reason of having been called to
Washington on important business, will
visit this county Tuesday next, speak.
ing in Corunna and Owosso and pos.
sibly other points Everyone will wish
to hear him and it goes without sayin g
that his message will be well worth
hearing. Fresh from the r, cent i'm.
portant session of congress in which he
took a leading part in the war and
revenue legislation he will have 30
many facts of interest which are of
vital concern to all. He will speak in
Owosso at the armory at 1880 p. IN.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Liberty Loan Campaign.

Judge 3. 8. Miner and G. M Spauld
ing of Perry will speak at Shaftsburg,
Saturday evening upon matters con.
nected with the war and the Liberty
Loan campaign. At this time Wood.
hull township will be organized to make
a drive for the sale of bonds next week.
Hon. Fl. H. Pulver and FIR. TAYLOR will
address the Laingsburg Grange the same
evening. s @. Pulver spoke at noon
day meeting at the Owosso Manufactu.
ring Co. plant, Monday, and while the
canvass has not been entirely completed
subscriptions for about e6. 900 in bonds
had been received up to Thursday noon.
The employees of.the Ann Arbor shops
have purchased 81. 400 worth of bonds
and promise another list before the close
OF the campaign. The Ann Arbor Re.
lief Association will invest 90 900 and it
is expected good list of subscribers
will be reported by the trainmen aud
other employs of the Ann Arbor Ry.
The Masonic organizations and the
Eastern Stars of the city have boosted
the Owosso city apportionment by in
vestipg $2, 500 in bonds.
The several committees appointed to
canvass the city for the sale of bonds
have been busy during the week and as
result it is confidently believed that
the city will exceed its share of the
caunty quota, $3.50, 200. Corunna COM
mittee has given assurance that its ap-
portionment will be met. Durand com.
mittees are busy at work and hope to
sell sufficient amount to put Vernon
township at the head of the list of town.
ships. Several OF the other townships
are we'll organized and are preparing
for house to house canvass. Whether
or not Shiawassee county will DO its
part. $945, 200 depends upon the farmers
of the county.
Reports this morning for various parts
of the county indicate sales approx
mating 1915, GOO
The American Malleables Co. reports
sales of $3, 500 of bond to employees.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Red Cross Annual M setine,

The first annual meeting Of Shiawas.
see Chapter of the American Red Cross
was held Monday at the armory in this
city with many in attendance. Reports
of the first years work were made by
Mrs. G. o. Loring, chairman; Mrs Har.
land White secretary and Mrs. Harry
Parker, of the relief committee, which
were most complete and showed vast
amount of work done most satisfac.
torily.
Directors were elected as follows:
A. B. Cook, Maple River; J. Y. Martin,
Corunna; Mrs. c. q. Loring, Mrs. II. G.
Parker. Mrs. q. T. Campbell, Mrs. NJ.
w. Southard, Mrs. a. p. White, Owos.
sa; H. l. Izor, Durand; Miss Georgia
Tilden, Vernon. Officers will be elected
by the directors.
Mrs. Loring's report included com.
plete history of the organization. A
branch of Lansing chapter was formed
originally April 8, 1915. and later be.
came the Owosso on May 90, 1916, and
then the Shiawassee County Michigan
Chapter Under the leadership of
committee with Mrs. "A. M. Hume as
chairman and E. Ellis vice chairman
a campaign for membership was con.
Quoted which secured 1000 members.
The productive work of the chapter
has been carried on by various sub.
committees of War Relief Committee
of which Mrs. 81. q. Parker was chair
man, each sub committee having q
chairman. Practically every family in
the county able to do so has assisted in
some of the work done, either by dona-
tions or labor, ana many indiyiduals
and firms and corporations have done
much to make the work a success.
Branches have been organized at Cor.
unna, Vernon. Perry, Morrice, Ban.
croft, Lain sburg, Henderson. New
Lothrop, Shaftsburg, Pittsburg, Easton,
Lennon. Durand. and work done in
other localities where branches were
not organized
Since work began in April, 1868 gar
ments have been made by o wosso chap.
ter. and 1905 by the branches, making
a total of 6s6S garments Nine large
cases have been packed and shipped to
headquarters at Chicago. which in
cluded y96 bed shirts, 53l psjamas, 485
convalescent robes, 53l pairs of bed
socks, 24O gsuze drains, ia laboratory
pads, 7S0 gsuze sponges, 89e congresses,
1892 bandages. 80 wash cloths, IS frac-
ture pillows, 98 gauze rolls. $40 pounds
of yarn have been used.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

The board of super visors adjourned
Saturday until next Monday to give the
farm supervisors an opportunity y to
finish up important farm work. 1he
action was unanimous and has been
taken in several counties.
The board acted as guests at wed
ding in the clerks Office, Thursday,
when Justice Nichols married Ara E
Rowland of Plymouth, and Mildred X.
Welch of Owosso, and made up purse
as wedding present to the couple.
The board decided in view of the
needs of the DJrcas Home and the fact
that the st. Joseph Children's Home
solicited about $500 in the county last
year, not to make an appropriation fol-
the st. Joseph Home this year.
The Soldiers Relief Com mission made
its annual report showing $3.50 had been
expended this year, and asked for an
appropriation of $500 for the coming
year as little more help must be given
and increased cost Of food and clothing
will use up the extra allowance Of $50
The commission Is composed Of d. D..
Post, chairman, W. r. Smith, secretary
and w. E Jacobs.
Undertakers of the county have sub.
mitted price list to the board Of super.
visors for allowance in case of burial of
INDECENT persons. asking increases be.
cause of the great advance in prices of
everything in the undertskers' supply
line. For burial at county farm in the
farm cemetery $s5; INDECENT cases from
nor. communicable diseases s45; where
contagious $50, except small pox which
is listed at 500; ambulance service for
contagious cases In the city s5; outside
the city 81 per mile. Prices for this
work have not been increased for near
lv twenty years. The board will discuss
the matter next Wednesday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Death of Frederick r. Patterson.

Frederick r. Patterson, aged 80
years, died at his home on Mason street,
Thursday morning after an illness of
three weeks with pneumonia. He WIS
thought to be recovering until Tuesday,
when he suffered relapse and did not
rally. The funeral will be held Satur.
day at Q p. m. at the home. Rev. w r.
Blachford offit iating.
Mr.. Patterson was born in this city
Feb. 90, 1855, :and had spent his life
here except two years spent at Port.
land. On his return here he erected
the Lincoln theatre which he was con.
Quoting at the time of his being taken
ill.
He was the only surviving child of
Mrs. Nancy Patterson and the lste
Capt. A. J. Patterson. Surviving are
his mother, his wife and two children,
Miss Iva and Frederick Jr.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
OwossO WOman's Club

The Woman's club met at the club
room in the library Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Cadwallader read an ex-
cellent paper on "The Inventor as a
Builder of Civilization" She show
ed that large proportion Of the in
ventions that have been factors in
world progress and have been used in
war were those of Americans, includ-
ing the telegraph, telephone, steam
ship, locomotive, sewing machine, cot
ton gin, electric lights, reapers, auto
mobiles, monographs and others too
numerous to mention. Most of the
weapons used in the European war
were also invented in America. An
American lighted the world with elec-
tricity. We are nation Of inventors
The program was closed with pi-
ano solo by Lesion, Whitehead.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Verdict Against Sheriff.

In the case of T. E. Leighton of
Durand, against Sheriff B. s. Sheriff
and Deputy Sheriff George Herrick in
the circuit court, Judgment of
$1,000. 80 was given by jury, Wednes
day. The case grew out of the seizure
of some grain at Durand which the
Railroad company claimed Leighton
had not paid for, the railroad having
attached it. The grain is still held by
the sheriff 80 he will not lose anything
by the verdict. The action was technical
to determine the ownership of the grain.
Three other suits in connection with
the same shipment are yet to be de-
cided.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CON-
VENTION

The 57th Annual State Sunday
School Convention will be held in De-
troit Nov. 6-8. Among the Sc
speakers will be Marion Lawrance
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, Eugene c.
Foster, President w. d. Schermer-
horn, Mitchell, S. d., DR.. S. D. Price
and DR.. Christian F. Reisner, New
York, E. X. Warren, E. w. Halpenny
Toronto, and c. d. Meigs, Indianap-
oils. Features of the convention will
be concert given by a chorus of
1000 voices, great patriotic meeting
and free automobile ride for the
delegates. Programs can be obtained
from Michigan s. S. Association, AL
bion, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
RED CROSS CELEBRATION AT
PERRY

The Red Cross celebration at Perry
Saturday netted the society over $500
and furnished an afternoon and even
ing of amusement of many kinds. Din
ner was served and articles sold at
booths. At 1880 Byron P. Hicks, of
Durand, gave stirring address on
Red Cross work and the Liberty Loan,
urging the purchase of bonds as the
way to win the war. A foot ball game
between Williamson and Perry re-
sulting in victory for the former
to o.. nIthe evening a serve-self
supper followed by dance completed
a most successful celebration.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
viii Of A. M. Bentley.

The will of the late A. M. Bentley
OF this city, was filed in the probate
court Monday by Mrs. Clara B. Bentley,
being a typewriter document of six,
teen pages, carefully covering all his
wishes with regard to the disposal of
the estate which is the largest ever left
by resident of this county. The exact
value is not known. The Security T ust
Co of Detroit is named executor.
The will gives to :Mrs. Bentley the
family home and property which will
yield an annual income Of $4,000.
To his sister, Mrs. Ida Pierpont of
Owosso, and his brother, Cassius M of
Clifton Springs, N. Y, he gives an
annuity OF $75 per month To his
brother. G. b Bentley of Penn Yam, N.
Y, $4,000. and to j. M. Bentley of
Owosso, $4,000.
The balance of the estate is divided
between the sons, Calyin];P, Bentley
and Lieut.. A. Morrell Bentley, each to
have an income of not less than IS, 1000
nor more than 10000 year until they
reach the ages Of 40 and 35 respectively,
when each is to receive one. third of the
principal of the trust; five years later
one half OF the balance and five years
later the balance of the trust.
Mr. Bentley directs that 30 far as pos.
siole the sons assume the responsible
ties in the different corporations and
companies in which he was an officer
and director.
Provision was made for the families
OF the sons in case of death. II one of
them dies with wife and child or chill.
dren. the wife is to receive $50, 900 in
semi annual payments of $4,000 each,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19

and the balance of the trust to the
child or children. If one oies leiying !.
wife and no children the wife is to re.
ceive $50 600 in payments of so, 900 aud
the balance of the trust to go to, the
other son. If either son dies leaving
neither wife or child the trust goes to
to the surviving son.
Other provisions and arrangements
made with Mrs. Bentley are covered in
another document which was not filed
in court.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Thanksgiving Ball.

Shiawassee Chapter Daughters Of the
American Revolution will give q
Thanksgiving ball at the armory with
Fischers orchestra of Kalamazoo
furnishing music. This organization
gave ball last year which was highly
successful and the proceeds were used
to give Owosso militiamen a real
Christmas on the Mexican border. This
year the proceeds will be used for the
purchase of material for the much
needed clothing and comforts Of
8. ldiers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19

Fire of unknown origin. starting in
the basement of the c. A. Lawrence
department store at 5:45 o'clock yester
day, burned through tothe second floor
destroying many thousands of dollars
worth of dry goods. furniture. bard.
ware, groceries, millinery. ETC., by fire,
heat and water The damage TO the
building is .estimsted at $4,000. Busi'
ness has been suspended until the loss is
adjusted and the Office work is Icing
carried on at desks in THE TINES Office
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Reception for Pastor.

Members and friends of the Asbury
Methodist church held a reception for
the pastor, Rev. Champion and his
family Tuesday evening, at the church.
Rev. Dunnipg Idle of the First NJ F..
church, and Rev. J.B. Wallace, former
pastor at the Asbury, w. j. Blood, A.
N. Good win, G. Hammond and Mrs. j.
A. Ketchapaw were speakers in well
come and on church matters. Rev.
Champion responded hoping for sue
cessful years 8 work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
STUDENTS PURCHASE LIBERTY
BOND

The students of the high school
voted to buy $1O0 liberty loan bond
at a meetin gMonday, following a
program consisting of talks by DON
aid Brittson on "Whose Liberty Loan;"
''The Importance of Liberty Bond"
Miss Harriet Dewey; "Ameriac's Loan
or Germany's Loan" Miss Whitmore;
"Selling Liberty Loan Bond," Ber-
nard Mattson; solo, Miss Wilma De-
Muth; violin solo, Miss Margaret
Reineke.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
Poor Commissioners Annual Report


The superintendent of the poor
rendered their annual report to the
Board of Supervisors Friday, showing
that total of $13.379.81 had been
expended. Of this amount $104 has
been paid for the board of few
poor outside of the county farm house,
and $7,482.93 for temporary relief.
The balance was for the maintenance
of the county farm and was paid out
for the following purposes. Salary
and hired help, $1,299.96; medical SER
vices, $546.Os; food, $1,289.42; fuel,
$593.05; clothing, $475.29; miscellane-
Gus, $730.21, furniture, $12.44; labor
in the house, So; repairs, $223.58; i'm
plements, $158.95; live stock, $357.55;
hay, grain, and seed, $130.80.
The amount paid for temporary
relief in each township was as fol-
lows: Antrim, So; Bennington, $24;
Burns, $385.50; Caledonia, $415.81;
Fairfield, $40; -Hazelton, $413.87;
Middlebury, $125.e0; New Haven,
1858; Owosso township, $173.44;
Perry, $478.19; Sciota, $311.05; Shia-
wassee, $475.52; Vernon, $1,113.43;
Woodruff, $64.75. Nothing was spent
in the townships of Rush and Venice.
The amounts for the city of Corunna
by wards was: First, $419.38; second,
$35S.34; and third. 500. The same
for Owosso was: First, $66.28; second,
$218.99; third 81 ,057.47; fourth, $780,
AZ; and fifth, $485.69.
The estimated value of live stock on
the county farm is $2,950 and that of
produce $5,82S. Livestock amounting
to $716.05 and butter and eggs bring
ing $4,000 have been sold during the
year.
The number Of inmates at the home
during the years has been 81. Thirty
five were males and 16 females. The
present number of inmates is 81. The
superintendent estimate that it will
be necessary to raise for the coming
year, $13,800 to be divided in the sew
eral funds as follows: Salary, 81 400;
fuel, $500; contingent, $3,500; board
out of house, 800; and temporary re-
lief, $4,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
"YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR MITE
Conert ssman Fordn'Y Brings Mes
ssgg to Michigan People
en- War Needs.

Lansing, Mich, Octo. 15.-In a
speech bristling with dramatic state
ments and almost ponderous with
staggering figures, Congressman
Joseph w. Fordney of Saginaw, this
afternoon exhorted state officials,
heads of departments and state en-
ployes to the number of 500 to give
everything they could to the Liberty
loan.
"Your country needs your mite and
it needs it quickly" said Mr.. Fordney.
"You have no conception of the cost
of this war, nor of the part we, as a
nation, must play in it. have some
by reason of the official figures given
to us on the ways and means commit
tee, but sometimes yet when l repeat
them they stagger me. Official figures
compiled for US at Washington show
ed that up to August last, England
was spending million dollars day,
France 18 millions, Russia 15 mil
lions, Italy seven millions, and with
the other smaller nations, the total
daily expenditures for the allies, in
cluding ourselves at that time, ran up
to 80 millions of dollars.
Cost to TeutOns
"For the central powers Germany
was spending millions day, Austria
13 millions, Bulgaria two millions,
and the others in lesser amounts up
to total of 40 millions a day. In
other words the war was costing prac-
tically 14O millions of dollars every "a
hours. And our government expects
to spend it at the rate of 80 millions
of dollars day and it asks you to
loan it your money. That is all it
asks. The security it gives is the best
in the world, for there is no safer OBJ
legation in existence than a United
States government bond."
"Let me tell you that every dollar
you give now is going to lessen the
number of our young men who have to
go abroad. The allies have the men,
but they lack lot of money and a lot
of equipment, and'we have to furnish
them. But we, as a nation, hold over
25 per cent of the wealth of the world
and we will have 70. give it.
Must End War Quickly
eff this war lasts one or two years
longer we are going to suffer, not so
much physically as mentally. The
daily news will be that thousands of
the flower of our youth have gone to
graves across the sea if we cannot stop
this war in quick time, and the way to
help stop it is for everybody to put
his or her mite in the liberty loan.
Buy more than you are able and put
up the automobile for while. Live
on cheaper foods. We will have to do
it in the end anyhow if we do not give
more money now"
Congressman Fordney's address
was the opening of drive which will
begin tomorrow morning in the state
departments for the Liberty loan. Mat
ters have been arranged so that those
who want their subscriptions to be
counted for the counties in which their
homes are can do so.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19

The Masonic Temple association OF
this city, voted Wednesday to invest
$4,000 in Liberty bonds. This money is
part of funds saved by different Masonic
bodies Of the city with which to build
temple on the lot owned at the corner I
of Washington and Mason streets.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
PUBLIC REST ROOM

The city commission has decided
to provide public comfort station by
renting with the Y w. C. A. part of
the Hauck hotel property, paying $50
a month for six months and then $25
a month. The city will equip room
for men while the Y. w. G. A. will
provide for ladies. The Y. w. c. A.
will also have an office and drinking
room in connection.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
HELP EMPLOYEES GET COAL

The Ann Arbor railroad has issued a
circular to employees that where they
are unable to buy coal from local deal
ers, number may combine and Sc
cure car from the company paying
exact cost, $3.61 in Owosso, for coal
such as is used on locomotives, secur-
ing their own hauling and paying for
weighing and other local expenses.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19

The jolly Fifteen Circle met Friday
at Willsda Farm with Mrs. William
Morse. Plans were made for a
Halloween party Oct 81, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Leigh OFT.
Mrs. H. p. Davies of Minneapolis,
MINI Is guest of Owosso friends.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-10-19
PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT

Arthur Burhans, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Burhans, of this city, has
been promoted from ensign to junior
lieutenant in the u. S. Navy. He
graduated from the naval academy in
1916 and is stationed on board the
u. S. S. Kentucky.
New Britain herald., 1917-06-02

moro liberal attitude of tho Adminis. tration at Wilmington In connection with the purchase of war supplies. AS these purchases arc constitutins by far the most important business transactions of tho country At tho. present time this modification Of attl-i tude becomes an important fActor m, connection with the profits of our i4.' dustrial plants. InstsAd of cutGano down prices at which materials aros to be purchased, 1t has seenningly' been found the wiser plan to affor6 an incentive for activity, ana ontosA prise In industrial circleA NFar1 effort is to bs made to prsvsnt excee. sive prices for such materials. Bot there clearly is . difference In thisE respect between, prices that will en.s courage full and prompt deliveries, ot much-needed supplies and . policy Of financial Encouragement to produce ton. etlll another feature is tho as-' parently favorable prospect for hi1h. freight rates becoming available tn our railroads to compensate for thu sensational increases in expenditures.
 Tho immediate market situation seems to suggest . response to tho growing enthusaAam which ls attendxs ing the steady and successful distra-ss button of the Liberty Loan.
 HENRY Cd10WA. "