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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
COUNTY FARM BUREAU NOTES
Fertilizer Discussed by County Agent
This Week.

A number Of inquiries have recently
been received by the county agricul-
tural agent concerning men to work
on farms and farms for men to work
on shares. The county agent would
like a list of all such men and farms.
Mutual help on the part of all will
promote the interest of each.
The report of the committee Of the
county agents appointed to review
the commercial fertilizer situation in
the state for the recent conference of
county agents at East Lansing con-
tains items of interest to the farmers
Of Shiawassee county. During the
past year Michigan used 81, ass tons
Of fertilizer, 46,359 tons of which was
used in the spring and 1906 tons in
the fall. This is an increase over that
of 1913 Of so per cent. Normally the
amount of fertilizer used during the
spring months is larger by several
thousand tons than that used in the
fall, but during this past year the
demand was nearly the same for both
seasons.
Many of the materials entering in
to the manufacture Of commercial
fertilizer, such as nitrate Of soda and
sulphuric acid, are being used in
larger quantities for the manufacture
of munitions. This has resulted in an
increase of about 100 per cent in the
price of nitrate of soda and 300 to
400 per cent in the price of sulphuric
acid. Naturally this has caused an
increase in the price Of all ammon-
iates and the prospects are that nitro
gen during the next season will cost
about $500 per unit on commercial
fertilizers.
AS to acid phosphate, the probable
tiles are that while a larger amount
will be produced than ever, the
amount will still be insufficient to
meet the demand. This condition will
be due mainly to the congestion of
transportation which will hinder the
hauling of the phosphate rock from
the mines to the factories. The TEN
dency will be toward a reduction of
the grade of acid phosphate from 16
and Is per cent to IL and IA per
cent, but the price will not be mater
tally changed.
The potash situation is improving
and the production of potash in this
country is slowly but steadily on the
increase. 1t is expected that the cost
Of potash per unit to the farmer will
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
'e in the neighborhood of $500 next

be in the neighborhood Of $500 next
season.
While the cost of commercial ferti-
lizers have increased, the purchasing
power of nearly all of the common
farm products has also increased very
materially. A comparison of prices
paid during the past three years for
wheat, rye, corn and beans and the
prices of fertilizers make it clear
that relatively speaking, fertilizers
are cheaper today than ever before.
There is a necessity of fertilizer
demonstrations in order to determine
in each locality, and on each farm if
necessary, the form and amounts of
plant food that may be required.
Realizing the fact that all farmers
will not be able to obtain the kind Of
fertilizers they may think best adapt
ed to their own particular conditions,
this should not deter them from u.s.
ing something if by so doing there is
reasonable chance of increasing the
productive capacity of their soils.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
Sufficient Unto the Day, Etc.

When father decided that his son
needed application Of the CAD, he In
formed the boy that punishment was
not far off and went into the yard to
cut switch, says Indianapolis News.
When he returned. the boy was, gone,
He searched and did not find. Then
he called Hiss wife and both of them
searched. They searched low but not
high, for If they had cast their eyes
aloft they would have seen that the
boy had climbed telephone pole and
was safely out of harms way for the
time being. A neighbor spied him and
gave away his whereabouts. The boy
sought compromise, saying he would
come down at declaration of peace
and no sooner. The compromise was
finally effected on the promise that the
next time he needs whipping he will
get one twice as hard as is needed, to
make up for the one he missed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
Photograph Frames.

For framing single photograph for
the wall, novel idea is to place It I'm
the upper part Of n moderately large
mat. When the picture is in sepia. the
mat should be in tan or brown, the
frame brown or gold. When the photo
graph Is gray the mat should be also.
with gray or gold frame. A wide
gray frame sometimes takes the place
Of mat.
The back board may be covered with
harmonious plain material; a wire
easel may be bought for trife and at.
tached to the back through a slit made
just to at its clamp. The back is in
cluded In the gimp binding at the sides
and bottom; the top is left open for the
Insertion Of the picture.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
ROAD DUST IS QUITE USEFUL
Handy Thing to Have In Hen House In
Winter to Sprinkle Under Roosts
and for Dust Bath.

Before the frost and cold weather
sets In be sure you have collected q
few barrels of dry earth-road dust,
fine dirt In the corn field or potato
patch, or anywhere that is most con.
venient. This is handy thing to
have in the fall and winter for sprin.
king under the roosts, and for a dust
bath. 1t absorbs ammonia. keeps down
odors, and keeps things shipshape. II
will pay to attend to this when 1t can
be 80 easily done. 1t costs but little,
and Is real advantage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
The Tactful Writer.

When writing to those away from
home or distant relatives or friends
see to 1t that your letter fairly sparkles
with cheer and good news. Bring a
smile to the readers lips and make
him or her long to be with you to
share the happy joys you tell about.
These are the kind of letters that
go straight to the hearts of those who
receive them. The vast majority of
us have full measure Of cares and re-
sponsibllities to contend with. but
every one Of us can often think hap
py thought or speak good word and
we should in all fairness pass 1t on
Exchange.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
Farm Labor Chief SAYS Ev ~ 9 unity
Should Have Agricultural Expert.

East Lansing, Mich, Jan. ga. B.
government has entrusted the duty of
hunting "help" for Miehigan's farm
ers in 1918, and so mobilizing this
"help" that it will be available to till
ers of the soil when and where it is re-
quired, pointed out today as one Of
his first acts that the labor-relief pro-
gram is likely to be of but little bene-
fit to those counties where no county
agricultural agents are employed.
"The first step in every district" he
said, in statement issued by the
Michigan Agricultural College,
through which he will largely work,
SHOULD be the employment of coun.
ty agricultural agent with whom we
can deal. Our headquarters, natural
ly, will be in Owosso and it is diff
cult to see how we can learn the labor
needs of district, or supply those
needs if there is not some individual
in every county-some paid represen-
tative whose business it is to be on the
job-to whom we can look for infor-
nation, and to whom instructions and
workers can be sent. A county agri-
cultural agent is the man to whom
these duties should naturally be as
signed, for he is the one official in
county whose Office it is to keep in
touch with the agricultural interests
Of the district.
Supervisors will much hasten our
work Of securing labor for the farmer
IL they will give us without delay some
agent through whom we can operate in
their district"
As it happens, only few counties
something like Is in Michigan's So
are still without agents. In the 65
counties in which agents are stationed,
the organization Of the counties for
ascertaining labor needs and later
supplying these needs is already un-
der way, or will be within a short time.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
Perry Masonic Lodge officers.

Perry, Dec. 2Q.--The election and In
stallation Of the officers of the Masonic
lodge here was held st. Johns night.
Dec. ~, The following are the newly
elected officers:
Worshipful Master-Wm Morrice.
Senior Wsrden-D. P. Hinchey.
Junior Warden-Albert Ram.
Secretary-Emery Watkins.
Treasurer-A. L Beard.
Senior Deacon-Wm. Lovejoy.
Junior Deacon-E. nj. Wilson.
Tyler-H w. Cobb.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
Smith-Stuart.

Miss Luz all Smith, $40 Ada street,
was united in marriage Christmas morn
ing to Mr. Ernest Stuart living near
Oakley, at the M. e. parsonage, by
Rev. Cunning Idle. Only immediate
relatives of the bride aud groom wit.
messed the ceremony. The party then
went to the brides home where din
ner was served. About twenty rela.
tives were present.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
That Funny Feeling.

Little Bobby had been visiting
lately at a place where they have q
big swing, which is highly popular with
the rising generation. When he re-
turned home his father asked him:
! "Well, Bobby, did you swing In tn.
big swing?"
"Yes, little, papa. But 1t made my
head ache in my stomach so that I had
90 ntop."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
whitmyer. Wilcox.

Miss Jessie May Wilcox of Owosso
and Frank L Whitmyer, of Camp
Custer were united IN marriage New
Years day at the Asbury M. E parson.
age by Rev. B. A. Champion.
The groom was formerly a fireman
OF the Ann Arbor road. Friends ex-
tend congratulations.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04

SALE OR EXCHANGE 2. $50 acr, cut
over hard wood land, gravelly clay loan
soil. Good productive farms adjoining
near Roe City. Ogemaw county, Mich.
Address. J)hn York. 102 Belmont Ave.
Detroit, Mich, -Ady
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
CONSIDER SKILL OF BREEDER
When Buying Purebred Cattle KnowI.
edge and Character Of Man Who
} Bred Them 10 important.

One thing ought always to be con.
sidered when men start out to buy
purebred cattle. That is, that the
knowledge, skill and character of the
man who bred them Is about as i'm.
portant as are the animals they ore
to buy. - 81
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
THEOwosso TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. PROP.
OWOSSO, MICH. JAN. A. 1918.
ALIEN REGISTRY FEB. All

Washington, Dec. 30.-The week of
February A was set aside by the de-
partment of justice today for regis
tration of the half million unnatural
lied Germans in the United States by
police and postmasters, in pursuance
of President Wilson's alien enemy
proclamation directing this action, as
a means of minimizing danger from
enemy sympathizers in the United
States
Earlier plans for holding the reg
istration in the eastern cities first
and gradually extending it to the en-
tire country were abandoned because
of the fear that some Germans might
avoid registration by moving from
district to district.
Women Exempted by Order
Registration will involve the gath
ering of detailed information concern
ing the business, relatives and habits
of every German, together with his
photograph and finger prints. After
registering he must carry certificate
card, and may not change his place of
residence without approval Of the po-
lice or postmaster. Violation of the
regulations will be punishable by in
ternment for the war.
Orders do not apply to German
women, nor to any persons under IA
years of age, because these are not
classed as alien enemies by law. Sub
jects of Austria Hungary are not re-
quired to register.
Registrars are not to be treated
as persons of evil disposition" said
instructions to registrars, "and regis
trationE officers are urged to deal with
them in a courteous and friendly man.
ner." -
Postmasters Will Cooperate
Police, federal marshals and agents
and postal authorities are expected to
cooperate in the roundup during reg
istration week, and to investigate and
check up each fact reported by the
registrants. Certificate cards will be
issued only after complete vertical
ton is made.
In cities of 5000 or more population,
the chief of police will administer the
registration. In smaller communities,
registration will be conducted by
postmasters, and the postmaster of
the largest office in the local judicial
district will be chief registration Off
Ger to gather reports from others.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
A Rompinq Heaven.

Mamma" said Bobby, docs the
Lord love little childrenT
ooh, yes, indeed" replied mamma.
"And does he like to romp with
them?"
"Romp with them? What put that
idea into your head, Bobby?"
"My Sunday-school teacher says
that whomsoever the Lord loveth he
chaseth."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04
corunna Masons Eleo, Now Officers

Corunna Masons Elect New Officers
Corunpa Lodge F. q A., M. held it's
annual election of officers Dec. "a at
the Masonic temple, with the following
results Master. Roy Colby; senior war
den. Grant Sutton; Junior warden,
Elvin Mills; secretary, Geo. NJ. Beemer;
treasurer, E. T. Sidney; senior deacon,
Earl Vandekarr; junior deacon, Albert
T Derr. tyler, Fred D. Brooks.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-04

Rundell Brothers. mfrs. of creamery
butter, need your butterfat. Try us.
We pay SOC this week Open Saturday
nights.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Senator James to Speak Tomorrow.

Renewal of the Senate debate. which
has been suspended for a few days, is
scheduled for tomorrow, Senator James
of Kentucky, an administration spokes-
man, giving notice that he will speak
then on America and Her National
Defense"
He will be followed Friday by Sem
ator Weeks Of Massachusetts, a repub-
lican member of the military commit
tee in support of the bills for a war
cabinet and munitions director.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Allan 8. S. Line Stops Boston Service

BOSTON, February 13.-The Allan
line. which for more than twenty Ave
years has operated steamships between
this port and Glasgow. is to discontinue
its Boston service May 1. Notices have
been sent to employees here stating that
their services would not be required
after that date. The Canadian Pacific
railway obtained control of the Allan
line about two years ago. and many of
its ships have been reQuisitioned by the
British admiralty for war service.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
BY MOB IN TENNESSEE
Victim Had Killed Two White Men
and Wounded Another-Woman
Urged His Execution.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. February 10
According to advices received from Es-
TIL Springs, last night a mob of more
than 1900 people burned Jim McIlhar-
ron, negro, at stake there shortly
after I o'clock. McIlherron, who shot
and instantly killed two white men and
seriously wounded another on the
streets of Estil Springs last Friday and
was only captured yesterday morning
by mob near McMinnyiIle, was
brought back to the scene of his crime
last night, the mob arriving about 6 80
o'clock
When the train bearing McIlherron
and the mob arrived a torch was light
ed and a pistol was fired. Following
these incidents speeches were made
and the crowd was urged to be orderly,
but no attempt was made to suppress
the plan for the lynching. The negro
was taken about a quarter Of d mile
from the town. where he was chained
to a tree. Hot irons were applied to his
body for about ten minutes in an effort
to get him to make a confession He
made a statement duplicating another
negro. Following this the fire was
lighted, and in about ten minutes the
negro was dead.
The mob moved in a quiet, orderly,
OF one of the men killed by McIlherron
addressed the mob and expressed her
hate for the negro who had slain her
brother.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
STATE OFFICERS
OFFICIAL VISIT

Members of Bridgeport Association
No. 4, of the N. A. S. E., will enter
tain the members of the state asso-
citation, at the lodge rooms in Roth
mans hall, Wednesday evening The
OCCASION will be the annual visitation
of president w H. Brown of Water
bury, and staff of the state associa-
ton.
other out of town officers of the
state organization who will be pres
ent at Wednesday nights festivities
are. Vice president. oscar A. Thomas
of Bristol; state deputy, F. N. Hast
ings of Meriden, and David Wilcox
of Hartford. Three of the members
of the state staff are Bridgeport men,
Andrew Anderson is secretary and
treasurer, James Tobin is conductor
and Warren H Goodrich is chairman
of the trustees.
Several out of town memberT o.
the N. A. S. Il are planning to at
tend the meeting. Prominent speak
ers have been invited to address tbs
gathering. Following the meeting
refreshments VIII be served.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
CITY TO WELCOME
ITALIAN GENERAL

Gen. Guglielmotti, military attache
to the Italian embassy at Washington,
who comes to this city to lecture at
a mass meeting under the auspices
of the Italian Red Cross, upon his ar
rival will be escorted by members of
the Italian Red Cross society to the
city hail where he will be greeted by
Mayor Wilson and members of the
war bureau who will extend to him
the freedom of the city.
An informal reception has been ar
ranged as part of the generals enter
tainment after which he is scheduled
to speak in the Bridgeport armory at
o'clock. Justice George W. Wheeler
as chairman of the general committee
in charge of the affair, will introduce
Gen. Guglielmotti. Other speakers
who are to be present at the affair are
Prince Edmund Rispoli, Cav Lionello
Perrara of New York and Cav. Nicola
Mariani, consular agent for Italy at
New Haven.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
THE WEATHER

New Haven, March 16-For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Partly
cloudy and warmer tonight and
In6ay.
Connecticut: Fair and warmer
tonight and Sunday; moderate
northwest winds.
An area of high pressure of eX-
tended size covers the interior of
the country this morning and
dominates the weather conditions
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Pleasant weather was the rule,
except over O. narrow strip along
the gulf coast. In the south and
along the middle Atlantic coast
temperatures are 10 to rs degrees
lower, while along the northern
border and in the Canadian
northwest they are that much
higher. White River, Can, re-
ported "a hour rise in tempera-
ture of 46 degrees.
Conditions favor for this vicin-
ity partly cloudy weather with
considerably higher tempera-
ture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
KEEPING AT IT
SUCCESS SECRE1l
IN ADVERTISING

The popular mind is a funny thing.
People will make a certain announce
ment once and think they have "got
it over to the public. But unless
thew make that statement over and
over again, the public does not seem
to get it thoroughly in mind.
If you are going to have an enter
tainment, and if you simply put out
one announcement of it and don't
follow it up, you will not be likely
to get any crowd. People need to be
reminded a number of times. Then
thew get it into their heads at last
that it is important and interesting.
Some men will make quite an ad-
yertising splurge for once, and then
keep quiet. They do not understand
that it takes a certain amount of rep
etition to get an idea of any kind into
the public mind.
A man who felt he could afford
only a certain sum of money, would
do much better to put in quarter OF
a column ad for IL times, than he
would to put it in three columns for
once, though the space taken would
be the same. The psychological effect
of repetition week after week accom-
plishes more than can be done by the
most eloquent writing or the most
sensational effect of display.
While it may seem to require some
effort for a man thus to get his name
and business before the public, YET
these psychological traits have theil
compensations. Once an idea is
thoroughly established in the public
mind, it sticks there a long, long
time. Once people are led by per
sistent advertising to find that a GER
tain store is a good place to trade in
the competitors of that store viii
work a long time to get the idea out
of the public mind
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
EASTER MILLINERY
Smart styles in this showing of Trimmed Hats.
JAMES STILLMAN
CITY BANK HEAD
DIED YESTERDAY

New York. March 16.-James Still
man, chief owner of the National City
Bank, which means the chief stock
holder in the greatest financial insti-
tuition in the world under private
ownership, died yesterday at his home,
8 East Seventy-second street, in the
6Sth year of his age. He was one of
the strongest figures that the world
Of finance has ever produced and it
was to his efforts largely that the
great banking house was brought to
its commanding position.
Mr.. Stillman's death occurred at $50
o'clock last evening". of heart failure.
Since 1907, when he went to Paris to
get relief from what his physicians
called grippe of the intestines," his
health had not been good, but he re-
covered from periodical attacks with
the determination of a fighter and his
death, even at his adanced age, came
as a surprise to the city.
Mr. Stilman was born in Browns
vile, Tex, the little frontier town
that stands as sentinel on the Mex
lean border, June 9, 1850 His early
youth was passed at Hartford, Conn,
and he was educated at a private
school at Ossining, N. Y. He married
Miss Elizabeth Rumrill and began
early a career that was marked by
success from it's start.
AS mere youth he entered the en-
ploy of Smith & Dunning, cotton COM
mission merchants, and he had hardly
attained his majority when he became
a partner in the cotton commission
firm of Smith, Woodward & Stllman.
This connection was made in the year
1871 In 1873, when James Smith, the
veteran cotton man, retired, William
Woodward and NIr. Stillman continued
the business.
Early in his career Mr.. Stillman
gained the friendship and confidence
of Moses Taylor, merchant and bank
err, and their friendship was lasting
and important. With this sagacious
millionaire Mr.. Stillman engaged in
many projects, among them the build
ing of the Houston and Texas Central
railroad. and through Mr.. Taylor Mr..
Stillman became interested in many
financial and industrial enterprises.
1t was in November of 1891 that Mr.
Stilman succeeded Percy r. Pyne, a
son-in-law of Mr.. Taylor, as president
of the National City Bank, and from
that time until 1909 the great institu-
ton grew under the personal direction
of it's new head. No commercial bank
in the United States had ever known
such volume of deposits as came to
the City National 1t became an in
stitution that was a part and parcel
of the nation itself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
GERMANY FEARS
AN ECONOMIC WAR

London, March 16.-Germany must
count as accomplished the fact of eco
nomic war after the war and control
by Great Britain and the United
States of sea borne traffic in raw ma
terials, declares the Pan-German
Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin, says
a dispatch from The Hague. The
Taeglische Rundschau adds:
Germany must make up her mind
to exploit the countries available to
her and these are the Balkan and
Black sea districts, followed by the
Caucasus, the trans-Caspian district,
Persia and Siberia"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-16
Troop I, Fairfield, Robert MacPher.
son, S. NJ.

Our regular meeting took place
with large attendance. Application
committee consists of the following
members: Albert Burr, patrol
leader; Eben Burr, patrol leader;
John Jacoby, patrol leader; William
Knowlton, Eagle patrol; Robert Sher-
wood. Owl patrol, and Oswald Deter,
patrol leader of new patrol which as
yet has not been named.
The following applications were re-
ceived and approved by this commit
tee: Alexander Mcleod, Ernest
Sandiford and Hallett DeKalb.
Many members of our troop at
tended a lecture given at the High
school Y. M. C. A. This lecture re-
lated to gardens and was very inter
esting.
Scoutmaster read a letter from
local headquarters telling about the
camp libraries for our soldiers.
1t was voted to purchase a record
book from headquarters Joe McClel-
land passed his Tenderfoot exams.
Motion made and passed that a vote
| of thanks be sent to Howard Burr,
although not member of our troop,
| made a very nice box to keep the
troop records in. Meeting adjourned
at 9 o'clock.
ARTHUR KNIGHT, Scribe.