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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
EXCELLENT WAR CROP
Poultry Offers One of Best WAYS
OF Increasing Food.
Fowls Feed More Economically Than
Any Other Farm Animal When
Carefully HandIed-LittIe Capt.
tai 10 Required.

Poultry has been called the crop
that never fails. 1t offers one of the
best ways Of increasing food produc-
ton on short notice. Poultry uses feed
more economically probably than any
other class Of farm animal when II is
carefully handled. It will produce a
pound Of meat or eggs on four pounds
Of grain when protein concentrates are
fed. Pullets will begin laying In from
6 to 8 months. Cockerels are ready
for market at the age Of II to 16
weeks.
There Is good money in poultry and
eggs II the flock is properly managed.
Very little capital Is required and ex-
pensive stock and equipment are I'M
necessary. Careful management and
feeding are more important than ex-
pensive equipment.
Laying hens should be allowed to
moult naturally. The common idea that
II hens are compelled to mott early
they will quickly feather out and COM
mence laying early in the fall Is err
rOneous. An early mott is not q sign
Of early fall production. Usually the
late-molting hen Is the heavier pro-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09

Queer. In fact lack Of feather growth
Is one Of the points to consider when
selecting hens for winter laying.
Very often show birds are forced
into summer mott by a restriction Of
feed. This Is done 80 that the birds
may be in full feather once more for
the early show season. This should
never be practiced with utility stock.
It will cause production to stop and
weaken the hens at q time Of the year
when full strength is needed. It is
unwise to change the general character
of the feed. The addition of some OIL
carrying ingredient. however, such as
sunfower seed, will aid In the develop
ment Of new feathers.
Chickens may be produced economi-
cally on city and suburban lots by
utilizing the food wastes from the
kitchen. Under such conditions, hens
may be kept profitably for egg produc-
tion. On farms, chickens thrive on
bugs, insects and worms, seeds, wild
berries, weeds and grasses, and give
the cheapest meat product pound for
pound.
The labor required by chickens is
slight, which is an important consider
alton when man-labor Is scarce. 1t
can be performed by women, children,
convalescents and elderly people.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
Commissioners Notice.

In the matter OF the estate OF Clarence
Alva Eldredge, deceased.
We the undersigned, having beer appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, J dge OF Probate
In and for the County OF Shiawassee, State oil
Michigan, commissioners to receive examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all psr.
sons against said estate. do hereby give notice
that We Will meet at the residence OF f.. w.
said County, on Tuesday, the Goth day
OF November, A. ID. 1917 and on Mon
day, the 18th dav OF January, A. ID.
1918, at ten o'clock In the forenoon OF each OF
said days, for the purpose Of receiving and
adjusting all claims against said estate and
tn at four months from the 10Th day OF Septem-
Der. A. ID. 1917, are allowed TO creditors to pre-
sent their claims to said commissioners for
adjustment and allo vance.
Dated the 19.h day OF September, A. ID. 1917
E w. SON,
A. K. CADZ
Eat Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
Order OF Publication.

State OF Michig IN, the Probate Court for the
County Of Shiawassee.
At a session OF the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate office, 10 the
City OF Corunna on Wednesday, the 18th day OF
October, In the year one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Sarah Conley
deceased.
Philip Conley the Admit istrator OF
said estate, having rendered final account
to this Court.
IL is ordered that the 10 h day OF November
n, Ext, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, At said
Probate once. be appointed for examining
and allowing said account.
And It is further ordered. that copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing, In The Owosso
Tunes, a newspaper printed and circulating
In said County Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
By Judge Of Probate.
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY
Register OF Probate. A4t
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
Commissioners Notice.

State OF Michigan, The Probate Court for
the County OF shiawassee.
In the matter OF the estate OF William
@. Hawcroft, deceased.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
In and for the County OF Shiawassee, State Of
Mich gan. Commissioners to receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice
that we will meet at the ONCE OF
The Union Telephone Company, in the City
of Owes o. in said County, on Wednesday.
the 2lst day OF November, A ID. 1917. and
on Monday, the 2lst dav OF Janu'ry A. ID.
1918, At ten o'clock In the forenoon OF each OF
said days. for the purpose OF receiving and
adjusting all claims against said estate, and
that fourmonths from the 10th day of Septem-
Der, a. ID. 1917, are allowed to creditors to
prescott their claims to said Commissioners
for adjustment and allowance.
Dated, the 20 day OF September. A. ID. 1917.
@. L. PATEE,
go ERNEST CUMM1N,
( 274t Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
ATTENTION TO THE WOOD LOT
Burning Over Destroys Leaves and
Humus-Formlng MateriaI-cut Out
Undesirable Trees.

Don't let anyone persuade you to
burn over the wood lot. BY doing so
you destroy the leaves and humus-
forming material which nature in
tended the trees to have.
Cut out only the undesirable and
least-valuable trees. Keep the chest
nuts, hickories, oaks and white pines,
and remove all crooked and defective
trees.
Where several trees stand closely
together, or where there are shoots
from an old stump, remove all but
one or two Of the best.
Be very careful not to injure the de-
sirable trees when removing those
wanted for fuel.
Study your wood lot, its trees and
their characteristics and be guided by
the knowledge and experience ac-
quired.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
MAKE ALL HOUSES RATPR0OF
Farmers Should Take Necessary Pro.
caution to Save All Food Pro-
duced This Year.

q. w. Lehman Of the University Of
Missouri College of Agriculture sug-
gests that since farmers are doing
their utmost to produce maximum
crops they should also take necessary
precautions to save the food produced.
One method Of conservation is to elm
mate this loss caused by rats and
mice. Concrete may, be used to keep
them out of the basement. Concrete
floors may be built for new corn cribs
and granaries and small mesh wire
netting can be placed in the walls.
Old cribs and granaries, chicken coops
and poultry houses should also be
made ratproof.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
Notice Of Hearing Claims Before
Court

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassee.
In the matter OF the estate of Edward ].
Howell. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four months
from the 10th day of September, A. ID. 1917,
have been allowed for creditors TO present
their claims against said deceased to said
court for examination aud adjus ment, and
that all creditors of said deceased are re-
quired TO present their claims to said court, at
the probate ONCE In the City OF Corunna, in
said county, on or before the nth day of
January, A. ID. 9,S, and that said claims will !
be heard by said court on. Friday, the lit b
day OF January, A. ID. 1918, NJ ten o'clock 1 n
the forenoon.
Dated September 10th, A, d. 1917.
MATHEW BUSH,
BY Judge OF Probate.
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY
Register OF Probate. 2j4t
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09

right around your home, just as hundreds OF
men and women are doing. Work is easy,
pless ant ana permanently prontaoie. Be your
take no risk, make sure profit right along.
Send name, address, one reference. L.
BROWN, SO Murray ST., New York City.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
Health Inform alton.

From time to time during the past
six years we have published articles
dealing with all the common diseases.
as well as articles on correcting eating.
Send us ten cents for the cause and
cure of your particular difficulty. or %
cents for three magazines containing
articles in which you are interested.
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
NOTICE

STATE OF MICHIGAN-Th 35th Judicial
Circuit In Chancery.
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shiawassee at the City OF Co.
ruhha' on the 9TH day or March, 191T.
Sadie Bell McGillvra, Plaintiff,
VS..
Daniel Lyon, ct al, Defendants
In this cause on filing the BIZ CT Com
plant herein sworn to by the above named
plaintin setting forth the fact that, after
diiigent search and inquiry, she has been
Of the defendants above named, and wheth.
er the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees.
personal representatives and assigns Of
places of residence, and that they are
necessary parties to this suit and proceed.
ing; aud
Whereas said suit is brought to quiet
title to the following described lands and
Shiawassee County and State of Michigan.
and more particularly described as follows:
l.. One acre Of land as follows: Commenc.
line Of the west half (lal Of the northwest
quarter I'd Of section eighteen (1S), town
seven 90 north Of range three (3j east.
rods north Of the south line of said west
half ga Of the northwest quarter on OF
said section eighteen lls); running thence
l20) rods; thence west eight (S) rods;
thence south twenty (20) rods to the place
or beginning.
Therefore, on motion Of Seth Q. Pulver.
Attorney for Plaintiff, 1t Is ordered that
Daniel Lyon and his unknown heirs, de-
visees, legatees, personal representatives
and assigns enter their appearance in this
cause within three months from the date
or this order, and that within twenty days
from the date Of this order the PLAINTIFF
cause this order to be published In the
Owosso Times, one Of the newspapers OF
Shiawassee County, said publication to be
continued for SIX weeks I'm succession
SELDEN s. MINER,
SETH y. PULVER, Circuit Judge.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Business Address: OwossO, Michigan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-09

'He is pretty. good at driving truth
home"
Eyes; he's good Mt driving anything
home. He started La early life with
cows"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-05
The Linen Section

The reason for these reductions on Linens in
these uncertain times for Ill flax productions, is that
the Read House bought heavily under favorable times
and are willing to share profits with patrons during
this Sale.
1t is expected that the stock will be greatly de-
pleted-and such prices as folow-but it is to our
mutual benefit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-05
In the Shoe Shop

Very important and economic values are offered
in Womens Boots and considering the increasing cost
of leather it is we'll to be looking ahead for future
needs.
Patent Coltsln, Dull Calf and Tan Russia
Leather,
$685. to S7.85
No exchanges Second floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-05
Norman Gothic Furniture

This attractive antique Furniture, reproduced in
dark oak with fine markings, is ideal for living rooms
libraries and dining rooms, in either city or country
homes. 1t is dignifed substantial and in its proper
setting leaves nothing to be desired
These very desirable pieces less one-third from
original prices.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07

should be buried In hot ashes fully
half an hour before anything else is
started. If one does not care to both
er to cook. or will forgo that pleasure
almost everything from hot coffee to
ice cream may be carried now in the
bottles and receptacles made to con-
serve the temperature.
Paper plates and cups will do away
with weight in carriage, and work In
caring for them, rs they may be burn
ed before camp is broken, and much
time Is saved for more profitable
amusement.
A heavy square of sheet iron Is
most useful camp utensil, 1t may be
used on which to set the various
dishes while cooking over the Goals
or may be used as tOaster, broiler of
steaks or as griddle for cakes, In
fact, It's repertoire has not yet been
exhausted.
Long sharp sticks will be needed to
roast frnnkfurters. or for boiling ba-
con, as every member of the camp has
some especial duty to perform the
preparation for the meal Is shared.
To be n good camper, one must not be
afraid Of work and the normal person
finds something Of the primitive man
in himself when he gets into the
woods. conventionality is forgotten,
and the picnicker has the excitement
and fun of making fire and preparing
meal like a true savage.
Eggs may be cooked in hot water or
fried after the bacon in the frying
pan, and If cold boiled potatoes are at
hand they may be also fried. One
can eat and digest fried food In the
woods. exercising and tramping. when
1t would cause serious trouble at other
times.
Red hot Goals should be ready for
broiling meat. Apples. peanuts. pota-
toes and corn all take kindly to
roasting.
After all Is over, the fire burning
up all rubbish. is carefully buried SO
that no danger of fire will result from
the days pleasure.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
TO BE IMMUNE FROM COLDS
Only Safeguard, Apparently, Is Con
tinued Exposure to Elements,
Declares London Writer.

If you want to avoid all likelihood
Of catching cold in future, you had bet
ter turn explorer and trot off to the
arctic regions. There sneezes are un-
known, and cough would probably
scare a polar bear out of its life, says
writer in London Tit-Bits.
Although the clothes of explorers in
those regions are often saturated with
perspiration, and are mass of ice
when they retire for the night, and
despite the fact that they often have
to sleep out in the open in their sleep
ing bags, and that this is their only
means of thawing themselves, their
health does not suffer in the least.
Then there is the classical and some
what mythical instance of the st. Kilda
cold. On the rock islands, lying some
forty miles beyond the western Heb
rides, there are about one hundred in
habitants, access to whom is practf-
cally impossible during eight months
out of the twelve, owing to the stormy
seas. Oddly enough, however. when
ever a steamer touches at this island,
all the Inhabitants, including the very
infants-so runs the legend-are seized
with violent sneezing fits, which de-
velop into colds.
Exposure Is not the direct cause Of
colds. The only safeguard is continued
exposure. -.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
We're Growing Sea Islapd q
Cotton mA America NomadaNs

The development Of trucking and
numbering industries restricts the less
profitable cotton crop, and there is a
steady exodus of laborers to engage In
railroad building. ETC.. making the la
Dor problem still more serious.
The cost of cotton production Is
greatly increased by the prevailing
credit system, owing to the high cost
or supplies and the reduction Of the
farmers ambition and efficiency. The
change from credit to n cash system
now going on Is a great gain for good
farming and should be encouraged.
The common practice Of renting land
for share of the crop greatly
hinders the adoption OF improved
methods. 1t means instead of the con-
tinuous planting of cotton without at
tention to seed selection or soil i'm
provement. When the owner cannot
operate his farm himself, he should
retain strict oversight over the work
done by his tenant and provide,
through a written contract, for spe-
Gifted system of rotation and seed Sc
lection.
If the period of renting were three or
five years instead Of one. there would
be more incentive for the tenant to
build up the soil. The owner who
tivation has no difficulty in securing
the best class of tenants.
There Is a tendency among cotton
buyers to pay an average price for all
grades of Sea Island cotton. especially
in the smaller markets. This means
that good cotton brings less than its
value, and Inferior or dirty cotton too
much. This practice Is an Injustice to
the farmer who produces. superior
! article, and 1t tends to discourage him
from selecting for quality. Unless
buyers are willing to pay full value for
the best cotton, farmers cannot be
expected to improve their seed in any
respect except to secure larger yields
per acre.
1t Is an advantage to the farmer
who has n superior grade Of cotton to
secure competitive offers from large
buyers before selling. In this direc-
ton much good can be done by farm
ers' organizations.
In Georgia and Florida the breeder
should work for staple not less than
one and five-eighths inches or more
than one and three-fourths inches in
length. In South Carolina each plant
er is guided by his own preferences,
some planters choosing the medium
kinds on account of their greater pro-
ductiveness and others finding it profit
able to grow the extra fine and long
| varieties. Experience has shown
| however, that these fine strains, hav-
ing staple two inches to two and one
half inches long and selling from the
Sea Islands at 40 to 60 cents per pound,
are not profitable In the interior. AS
compared with the medium sorts, they
are less productive and more subject
to disease, while the bolls are smaller
and the cotton harder to pick. The
fine staple requires more care in
handling than the interior farmers are
accustomed to give, and the interior
markets will not pay as high prices as
Charleston. In the past the best re-
suits in the interior have been obtain
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
seventeen. but looked Elohty.

In 1909 young girl, Louise Gas
quet by name, living in Paris, is said
to have met with a peculiar death,
though barely seventeen years Of age.
In appearance she was an old woman
of eighty, her skin wrinkled. her eyes
dull, her hair gray and scant.
Every effort known to science was
tried to bring back her lost youth, but
her cheeks grew more shriveled and
her eyes more sunken every day, until,
a month after her admission to hospi-
tai, she sank into a deep sleep and
died without sigh. A post mortem
was held in the presence of many Eng
lish and French doctors, and revealed
the fact that the entire organization
of the body had been attacked by
senile decay. and, though the girl was
but child in years, she had undoubt-
edly died of old age.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
The Australian Aberialnes.

AS hunter the native Australian
is marvelously adjusted to his environ
ments. His success lies in an inti-
mate knowledge Of the habits OF AMI
mails on land, in the ground. in trees
and under water and his wonderfully
developed powers Of observation. He
decoys pelicans by initiating their
cries, catches ducks by diving below
them, locates an opossum in tree by
marks on the bark or by the flight OF
mosquitoes, finds snakes by observing
the action of birds, and follows bee
to its store for honey. Any animal
which leaves a track, however dim, In
sand, on rock or in grass, falls an easy
prey to the black fellow. Children are
taught to track lizards and snakes
over bare rocks and to find their abb
sent mother by following tracks too
indistinct to serve as guide for q
European. -
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
Battles Which Made the World
BLENHEIM
o XIV but Almost Sraver1 es tss srss
By CAPT. ROLAND F. ANDREWS


fresh men that Marlborough got him
SER out of his predicament. Eventual
~ ne formed his whole left wing in
splendid strategic position, only to
be placed on the very edge of dlsas-
Ter at the center where the prince of
Holstein Beck, with II Hanoverian bat
talions was charged and utterly
routed by the fiercely cheering Irish
brigade. Breaking through the lines
the Irish were close to achieving VIC
tory akin to that they afterward gained
ut Fontenoy. But their ardor carried
them too far. Marlborough sent them
reeling back with furious cavalry
charges, while three hastily summoned
battaliOns raked them as they re-
treated.
Meanwhile Eugene, on the right
wing, was so hard pressed that only
the steadiness Of his Prussian regl-
ments and his own personal exertions
saved him. However, he held on, while
Marlborough with a Hannibal-like re-
lance upon cavalry prepared the fin
ishing stroke elsewhere. At five in the
afternoon he massed 5000 horsemen
and artillery and sent them against
10000 French cavalrymen whose line
was interlaced with infantrymen. For
time the issue hung in the balance,
for the British squadron wavered be-
fore the hot French fire, but the artil-
lery supports came into action most
manfully, the French fusillade slack
ened and Marlborough instantly order
ing charge along the whole line the
French cavalry lost their heads, fired
in the air and dashed off the field,
leaving nine infantry battalions to be
ridden over by the overwhelming mass
of British horsemen.
This won the battle. Resistance con-
tinued, the French making desperate
effort to cut themselves out. Marshal
Marsin and the elector did get away
from Eugene, but the "a battalions and
II sQuadrons at Blenheim were forced
to surrender. OF the great French
army there remained, according to
yoltaire, only 10000 uncaptured effec-
tives. Twelve thousand were dead.
Fourteen thousand were prisoners.
The victors lost 5000 dead and 5000
wounded. Ulm, Landau, Treves and
Traerbach surrendered. With Blen-
helm ended the proud visions Of Louis
for universal domination.
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
A Bale Of Sea Island Cotton In the In
terror Cotton Region Ready for Ship


ed with strains classed on the Sed
Islands as medium fine, such as Hin
son and Seabrook.
In the cotton market the term
"staple" refers to the length and fine
ness of the fiber, and these points are
Influenced most by seed selection.
The term grade" on the other hand,
indicates the appearance of the cotton
as regards cleanliness and color, quail
tiles Influenced mainly by the manner
in which the cotton has been handled.
The price Is considerably Influenced by
the grade.
The best practice in handling the
crop may be briefly stated by describ-
ing the method followed on the Sea
Islands, which should be adopted in
the interior In SO far as the labor con-
ditions will permit.
Picking Is done whenever enough
cotton is open, about every ten days.
The cotton Is gathered as free from
trash as possible and carried to the
storehouse, where the next morning
each picker sorts his own picking,
throwing out diseased or yellow locks
and pieces of bolls, leaves, and other
trash. The cotton Is then spread on
arhors to dry in the sun. It is watch
The Ordway new era., 1917-09-07
vastness Of China.

A large part of the great Chinese em-
pire has never been surveyed or even
explored. As result, all sorts Of vary
ing estimates as to the size of China
have been given. An estimate can
merely be an approximation represent
ing the last guess. This last guess is
estimated to be about 100000 square
miles for China's area-about 100000
miles larger than the total area of our
United States. While one of the 18
provinces Of China is several thousand
square miles smaller than our own
state Of Texas, yet within the border
of this Chinese province there have
been dwelling 20 times as many Chi
nese inhabitants as there are Ameri-
cans who dwell without our great state
of Texas.