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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

Notice of hearing objections to proposed
improvement, under Act 80, Public Acts
of 1918. as amended, of Assessment Dis
trict No. ~.
TO all persons interested in said proposed
improvement in the Townships OF Middlebury
and Owosso, ShiawasSte County,
Whereas, a petition has been filed with
the Shiawassee County Board of Road
Commissioners praying for the improve
mcnt of the highway as follows: Begin
nnd On anS
west and north on trunk line road about four
miles 10 county line, Middlebury township,
Sh awassee County, Michigan. Whereas,
Weas such Road Commissioners are OF the
opinion that the proposed Improvement is
necessary for the benefit of the public and
would be for the convenience and benefit
of the public welfare; and
Whereas, We have made our first order
of determination, stating that the proposed
improvements Is necessary as aforesaid and
have caused survey and specifications and
estimates Of the cost thereof to be made
and filed with said Commissioners, ard
Whereas, The specifications made by us
are not final and will net be made final
until after the hearing of objections to the
same by all persons interested therein;
and
Whereas, We have determined the bound
aries of the proposed assessment district
for improving said highway, and
Whereas 1t is proposed to improve said
highway by constructing therein Class
Ii gravel road sixteen rect wide. to-
gether with the proper culverts, bridges,
drainage and grading, under the provisions
of Act No. 80, Public Acts of 1915 as
amended by Act $40 of the Public Acts of 1915.
Therefore, all persons affected threby
and the townships of Middlebury and Owossso
and the County of Shiawassce and all per.
sons owning or interested in any real
estate In said township or county, are
hereby notified that we will be present
at the town hall I'm Mddebury township
at 8 O'Clock A, M. January 2lst, 1918, for
the purp sc of hearing objections to
the proposed improvement and for the pur-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Auto Radiator,
Body Repairing
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
BERGMAN BROS.
Bell Phone Ii FENTON, MICH
o ROMANCE.

An Ordinance to provide for the removal of
snow and ice from the side walks OF the City OF
Owosso.
The City OF owosss Ordains:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, firm or corporation, owning
or occupying any lots or premises AUDITING
upon any street within the limits of the City
OF Owosso 10 permit any sidewalk In front OF
said lots or premises 20 owned or occupied by
bin to become INSTRUCTED by snow or ice or
both, so as to inconvience public travel
thereon.
Section Any person violating any of the
provisions OF This ordinance shall. upon con-
viction thereof, be punished by q fine not
exceeding $1,000 in addition to the costs OF
prosecution or by Imprisonment in the county
JAIL not exceeding ten days. or by both such
hne and Imprisonment in the discretion Of the
Court.
Section 8. In case of the failure or neglect
OF such owner or owners or occupant to remove
such sidewalk, the Commissioner OF Public
improvements Is hereby authorized and en-
powered and directed without further or other
notice, to remove or cause TO be removed
such snow or ice or both, and report The cost
and expense OF such removal to the &c minis
sion OF the City OF Owosso, such expense so
incurrt d shall be made spt cial assess ment
upon the premises upon which or adjacent
to which such snow or ice or both was per-
mitted to main upon such sidewalk so as to
Inconvenience public travel thereon.
Section 4, All ordinances or parts of ordi-
names In any way Inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section This ordinance shall take effect
20 days after lis adoption.
Passed and approved January Is, 10 g.
A. Il. WRIGHT,
Mayor.
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

health. l believe the Compound will
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, iii.
Nervousness is often symptom of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which may be overcome by this
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands of women have found by
experience.
81 If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Notice Of Hearing

pose of finally determining the limits Of said
assessment district.
The proposed assessment district for
such highway, which Is subject to the
right of the undersigned to alter, Is des-
eribed as follows, to-wit: Said tentative
district includes all lands within the fol-
lowing boundaries:
Middlebury Township
Beginning at the intersection of the section
line between sections Is and "a of Middlebury
township and the Uwosso and Middlebury
township line, thence west on the sec line to
the intersection OF the section line between
secs 13 and ii, thence north on the sec line to
the intersection of the and u line of said
sections, thence west on the a line to the W n
and -S line of sec Is, thence on the u line to
the and W lS line of said sec, thence west on
is line to the sec line between secs is and Ia,
thence north on said sec line to the intersection
OF the sec line between secs and H. thence
west on said sec line to the Clinton and Shia.
wassee county line, thence south on said county
line to the intersection of the and w n line
of sec ~, thence east to the center of sec 2e
thence on the "A line TO the and W lS line
OF said sec, thence east on the 1S line to the sec
line between sections 70 and "a, thence north
on the sec line to the intersection OF the and
W l-S line of sec a. thence east on said l5 line
to the Owosso and Middlebury township line,
thence north on said township line to the
Shiawassee county, Michigan.
Owosso Township.
the w u, Owosso Township, Shiawassee
County, Michigan.
All persons interested are hereby notified
that IL Is the intention of the County Highway
Commissioner to assess all lands within
the limits of said assessment district as
finally determined at said hearing on account
of the improvement OF said highway according
to the plans and specifications on file in the
office of the County Clerk.
Given under our hands this 5th day OF Jan.
uary, A. ID. 1918.
ROY G. BAILEY,
AMOS PARMENTER,
w. H. CLINE,
Board of County Road Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Al

a piece of hardwood four and one-half
inches long and three and one-half
inches in diameter. A two-inch hole is
bored in one end of the wood four
inches deep, and >One-inch hole bored
through the center of the remaining
0ne-half inch of the wood. This makes
a seat for the coil-spring A to B. The
spring should be eight inches long, of
the open variety and made of wire
about three sixteenths inch in dame
ter. The tie-rope is passed through the
spring and secured by knot at the
bottom of the block as shown. The
hole in the manger should be about
one and one-quarter inch in diameter
to take the tie-rope loosely. This will
effectually prevent the spring from
passing through. o. Mcdonnell, in
Popular Science Monthly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
BURTON FARMERS CLUB

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Love entertained
the members of the Burton Farmers
Club, neighbors and friends at their
pleasant home Wednesday, Jan. 2
1918.
o. J. Snyder, the president, called
the meeting to order and we joined
in singing, "Old Black Joe," after
which, in the absence of the chaplain,
the Lords prayer was repeated. Fol-
lowing a short business session we ad-
journed for dinner.
After the dinner and social hours,
the program was taken up and the
questions were all well discussed and
interesting.
They were all upon the subjects of
vital interest now as "Has the CO.
operative Elevator and Stock Ship
ping Come to Stay?" and the conser-
walton of food, coal, soap, etc., also
the subjects of dancing and card play
ing as being menace to church work
was very thoroughly discussed. 1t was
decided to vote in favor of the farm
ers' institute and to try to have a
larger attendance and more interest
ing meeting this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Rose and Sam
uel Strahl gave us some fine music
and responded to an encore and Mrs.
j. p. Sherman gave reading.
We adjourned to meet with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hammond at the home of Mrs.
Dewitt in February.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
POTATOES LIKE HEN MANURE
Houses Applied to Small Patch
Gave Large Returns.

Our experience with hen manure
on potatoes last summer may be of
interest to some, says f. w. Briggs,
In Farm Poultry. We took our potnto
patch, just one-third Of an acre, and
covered 1t broadcast with a moderate
conting of hen manure that had been
collected from the dropping boards,
This was all the dressing the piece
had. I'VE planted our .potatoess and
TIE following week hoed them. once
with q. horse hoe. This Is all the time
or labor that was expended on tbs
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
HORSE POWER TO PULL POSTS
Team and Wagon, Log Chain and
Stout Plank Are Among Things
Needed for the Purpose.

Digging up old fence posts is a hard
job. The accompanying drawing shows
the easiest and quickest way of pulling
posts that have been seen. A team
and wagon, a ten-foot log chain and a
stout plank with notch in the upper
end or a forked stick about four feet
long are the things needed.
Drive the team and wagon up paral.
lei to the fence and about a foot
away from 1t, and five feet ahead OF
the post to be pulled. Loop one end
Of the chain around the middle Of the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Hitch on Wagon and Post.

axle. Pass the other end over the
fork In the stick and hook around
the base of the post. The only pre-
caution Is to see that the forked stick
or plank Is not set too slanting or II
Will slip out instead Of lifting the post.
Drive ahead and out comes the post.
There Is no backing up or turning
around nor any tools to move. AS fast
as the posts are pulled they are thrown
into the wagon. If many posts are to
be pulled II will save time to wire the
chain to the crotch of the prop so that
the team will drag Il from one location
to the next.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

nervousness, q n q
was in a run down
condition. Two of
our best doc tors
failed to do me any
good. l heard so
much about what
Lydia e. Pinkham's
V e G e t a BILE Com
pound had done for
others, 1 tried it
and was cured. /
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in aycallapt
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

the ears heat or mildew In a remark
ably short time.
The best and cheapest treatment i'm
mediately after the ears are gathered
and husked is to tie the ears singly on
binder Irvine at about eight-inch in
tervals, the Irvine being looped about
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
GIVE RIGHT AMOUNT or FEED
Careful Feeders Study Individual AMI
ia mails and Keep Them at Their
q Maximum Production.

icaMany careful feeders have their
cows giving the most milk four or
Ave weeks after the freshening time.
They study the individual animals and
endeavor to keep them at their maxi
mum production by giving just the
right amount of feed and no more.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
AVOID TANGLE IN IIE-ROPE
Old Method of Weight Is Used, but
Spring Is Applied to Cushion
Jerk Of Animal.

In the illustration device Is shown
that will prevent colt from becom-
ing tangled in the tie-rOpe of the hal
ter. The old method Of a weight is
used, but spring is applied to cushion
the jerk a colt will give when first tied
with halter. The weight consists of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
''"..''. HOW THIS
NERVOUS WOMAN
GOT WELL
Told by Herself. Her Sim
cerity Should Con-
vince Others.

Christopher, Ill.-"For four years I
suffered from irregularities, weakness,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

All important county news in THE
TIMES at 81 per year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

Notice of hearing objections to proposed
improvement, under Act 80, Public Acts
of 1918. as amended of Assessment Dis
trict No. ~.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

An Ordinance to provide for the removal of
snow and ice from the side walks OF the City OF
Owosso.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
War Brings Italian Women Their Birthright of Power

are displaying their capability as clean
ers and gatekeepers along the lines.
There arc about $500 of these women.
Italian women are proud to claim
among their ranks the first Allied
woman sea captain. This is Elsie
Belluomini, of Viaresgio. She defed
every prejudice and barrier to her
sex, gained admittance to the nautical
school in her own town, successfully
passed the final examination, and is
now in command of her own ship.
Business is no longer considered as
an improper vocation for woman in
Italy. More than 100000 are employed
by the War Department as clerks,
stenographcrs, munition workers and
telephone operators. Rome is we'll
provided with women postmen. Farm
ing is entirely in the hands of women,
who are assisted by boys and girls. AS
a reward for efficient work the Italian
government on August 80, 1917, dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

stltutlonally entitled; they furthermore
oeposed the previous Finnish govern
ment which was contrary to the con-
sttutlon. composed of Russian officials,
and formed new government of Fin
nlsh citizens only. The Socialists were
then in a majority in the Finnish leg
lslature, and they were therefore asked
TO constitute this new Finnish gov
eminent, which they, however, declined
coalition government was then
formed with Socialist majority and
Socialist, Mr.. Tokoi, as Premier. This
government thus held their Office by
appointment of the Russian Provisional
government exercising the constitu-
tional functions of the late grand duke
point which I wish to emphasize
here for reasons that will be apparent
later on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Russian Bolshcviki
Forced the Revolt

It appears that the Socialist leaders
in Finland only very reluctantly en-
tered on this venture, and it has been
asserted that the majority of the So
cialist members of the Diet at party
meeting voted against it. But the
anarchist element among the Social
lists. smitten with the mad doctrines
Of Russian Bolshcvism, in full pos
session of arms and ammunition sup
piled by the Russians and egged on by
the Russians, forced the revolt. The
Russian Bolshevist government .sent
the following dispatch from their
headquarters at the Smolny Institute:
COLLECT $4,000 men to Helsingfors.
Arrest the government We promise
help"
So the revolt broke out and MANY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

escort. Girls were never permitted to
go to school unchaperoned. In school
they were all crowded up on the front
seats to the scorn Of their brothers.
And when it came time to go home,
the little girls had to have the school
porter accompany them out of the
building as a bodyguard. Father usual
~ chose his daughters husband. and
she saw her intended only once or
twice in mothers presence before her
marriage.
But the war has changed all of this.
Left alone. the sole bread-winner of
the family with three or more little
children dependent upon her for their
daily bread, the Italian woman has
been forced to forget her sex inferior
lty. and to put her hands to the plough,
The dormant possibilities of the Italian
woman have been called forth by the
exlgencies of the war, and she has fol-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

lowed unflinchingly the example set
her by her Allied sisters.
Silently, persistently, undauntedly,
she has fallen into line, and pushes
her shovel as readily into the hard
clay in the new trench close to the
firing line along the Austrian front as
she does into the soft, rich soil on her
own little farm a hundred miles away.
There is no kind of work which
challenges the courage Of the Italian
women. Sgnora Chick Mazzuchi, wife
of the Italian Consul at Rheims, still
carries bullet in her shoulder re-
ceived, when the war first broke out.
while bearing a wounded French
soldier to shelter. Nearly ten thousand
other Italian Red Cross nurses are in
the service, eighteen hundred of whom
are on active duty directly behind the
lines, working fifteen hours and
more day. Still other Italian women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

of the Socialist leaders now identified
themselves with it.
1t was not a very heroic deed Of the
Red Guards to start a revolt They
had plenty of arms, ammunition, artil-
lery, etc, supplied by the Russian
army, and they had strong forces of
Russian trained troops and the Rus
sian navy to assist them. Colonel Sic
vers, commander of the Russian gar
rison at Sveaborg, fortress outside
Helsingfors, stated to Swedish
journalist that in Helsingfors alone
and in it's vicinity. there were 10000
Russian soldiers and sailors ready to
aid the revolters. In other cities all
around Finland there were Russian
garrisons, and large achievements,
armored cars and armored trains were
sent from Russia.
Inc Finnish government had no
army for their defence, for after the
disarmament, by the illegal order of the
late Car, of the Finnish army in
1902 the Films have not served as SOL
dicrs, but in various districts of the
country so-called protection guards.
composed Of men of all classes, had
been formed to protect the population
from the excuses of the Russian SOL
diers and other lawless elem ents.
These formed the nucleus Of the gov
eminent forces. But they had practi-
cally no arms; few magazine pis-
tolls, sporting rifles, old fashioned seal
hunters shooting irons-that was all
their equipment.
They applied to the Swedish govern
ment for permission to purchase arms
IN Sweden, but this was refused, and
the Swedish Premier advised the Fin
nish government to ask for assistance
elsewhere. There was no possibility
OF getting arms anywhere else than
from Germany, and rather than let
their country go to ruin, the govern
ment were compelled to seek assistance
in Germany. 1t is not the Firms that
are aiding the Germans, but the Ger
mans who have come to the assistance
OF Finland. To every supporter Of the
cause OF the Allied powers it must be
matter of profound regret that these
powers were unable to help and that it
has fallen to the lot of Germany in
this case to stand on the side of HUI
manity and righteousness. The re-
sponsibility for this state of affairs
rests on the Red Guard rebellion sup
ported by the Russian soldiers, this re-
bellion which is the most unjustifable
in the worlds history. This is q view
held also by Socialists.
Hundreds and thousands of peaceful,
defenceless Finnish men and women
have been tortured and killed by the
lawless revolters, but let us hope that
they have not suffered in vain. Their
martyrdom will help to reestablish the
cause of humanity. The civilized world
will yet have reason to be grateful to
Finland, which with great sacrifices
Is stemming the spread of this terrible
cancer in the body polite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Provisional Power
Dissolves the Diet

In virtue of these same powers the
Russian Provisional Government con-
voked session of the Diet, presented
bills IN their name to the Diet and
sanctioned bills passed by it.
Many people in Finland, however.
both Socialists and others, desired that
the powers of the grand duke thus
vested In tho Russian Provisional Gov
crnment should be transferred to the
Diet, and bill to this effect was intro
duced and passed by a considerable
majority. This was resented bv the
Russian Provisional Government. which
dissolved the Diet and issued writs for
new elections, here again exercising
the constitutional powers Of the grand
duke.
This was a hard blow to the Socialist
party. In the Diet now dissolved they
had a majority of 103 out of 200. and
they feared that at the new election
their membership would decrease. So
they launched the theory that the Rus
sian Provisional Government could not
exercise the powers of the grand duke
and therefore had no right to dissolve
the Diet, and yet members of the So
ciallst party had held Office in the
Finnish government by virtue of these
powers.
The fear of the Socialist party was
we'll founded. They made their utmost
effort to secure heavy poll, but in
spite thereof they were defeated; their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

majority Of 1903 was reduced to minor
ity of 90
There was no longer the night
mare of Russian autocracy and bu-
reaucracy to contend with. Now every
reform that really had the support of
the majority of the people could be
effected. Finland could be mistress
of her own destinies, but there were
still many difficulties to overcome,
many perils to face. One of them, and
perhaps the greatest, was the presence
in Finland of the undisciplined Rus
sian soldiery, which through their out
rageous conduct, the plumbers and
murders constantly committed by them,
constituted terrible danger to the
country. When the Russian Bolshevik
government, as consequence of their
recognition of Finland's independence,
ordered their soldiery out of Finland
everybody in that country rejoiced7--
everybody except the Finnish Bolshe-
visits, the Red Guards, who saw the
only possibility for the realization of
their party aims in the support Of this
soldiery. Therefore, before the evac-
uation of the Russian troops had been
effected they called in their help and
started the revolt against the lawful
Finnish government. The Bolshevik
government not only cancelled their
order of withdrawing their troops, but
promised to aid the revolt and sent
from time to time large reinforce
ments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

government securities to stop pub
fishing the Liebllnecht articles. After
having hard words with the secre-
tary Of the "Volkszeitung" over it,
in the end he got back the manu-
scripts.
He Immediately offered them to
the British government on condition
that they would be circulated among
the German prisoners in England.
Subsequently a man representing
himself to be On agent Of q book
publishing firm called on Whitman
and took away the manuscripts,
promising publication soon, and that
distribution would be as required.
To further the publication Witt
mann furnished a red-hot preface
denouncing militarism and the Ho-
henzollerns, whom he called "Leh-
mann & Co." The purpose Of the
articles was to do away with all
royalties, particularly the Hohenzol-
Terms and Hapsburgs.
Britain Our Enemy
Declared Trotzky
Some time afterward Whitman
purposely met Trotzky. When they
had become well acquainted Witt
mann told him how DR.. Liebknecht's
manuscripts had been treated by the
publishers Of the "Voltszeitung''
and "Vorwarts," and how he had
written to Great Britain Offering
the manuscripts if they would pub
fish and distribute them among the
German prisoners.
"What!" cried Trotzky in a rage.
"Do you mean to tell me you wrote
such letter to our enemies'!"
He straightway called a meeting
Of the executive committee of the
Socialist party and proposed that