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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
TO PROTECT LOCUST
TREES FROM BORERS
Plant in Thick Stands to Produce
Shaded Condition.
With Underbrush About Trunks Of
Trees Injury by Insects Is Less-
Protection Is Needed for
Very Short Period.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Plantations of the locust tree can be
successfully protected from the borer
and grown profitably on a commercial
scale If the trees are planted in thick
stands or mixed with other trees, so
as to produce a densely shaded con-
ditiOn during the first ten to fifteen
years. Investigations of the United
States department of agriculture
showed that more trees were de-
stroyed by borers in tracts which had
been pruned occasionally or closely
grazed, or in which fire had killed out
the underbrush, thus destroying the
natural shade produced by weeds and
shrubbery.
The denser the underbrush about
the trunks of the trees, the less the
damage done by borers. Trees grow
ing from two to three feet apart were
seldom injured, while nearby isolated
trees were riddled by borers.
All trees and all parts of the tree
are not subject in the same degree to
attack by the borer. Rough bark pro-
vides crevices in which the borers de-
post their eggs. Young trees, less
than one and one-half to two inches
at the base, are not attacked unless
the bark Is rough. On younger trees
the bOrers are found at the base and
near rough crotches. Trees with
trunks more than five or six inches in
diameter rarely contain the insects
On such trees the larger branches
frequently are infested; but such in
jury is seldom common enough to do
much harm. Protection from bOrers
is necessary for only comparatively
short period during the trees growth.
Under good growing conditions this
time should not exceed ten years.
The locust Is widely planted for
ornamental and shade purposes. 1t
is highly desirable because it grows
readily in a variety of soils and stu
atoms. 1t grows rapidly and forms a
shapely crown when planted In the
open. But it is frequently attacked
by DOTeTS. IIlS is DtCduSc SnuuC
trees are planted singly and in the
open, thus furnishing favorable cOndi-
tons for attack.
Young borers can be killed readily
by the use of an arsenical spray.
Spraying will be necessary only every
two or three years unless badly in
tested trees nearby are not treated.
AS rule, spraying will not be need
ed after trees reach six inches in
diameter. Trees Of that size are usual
ly immune from attack, but should be
watched.
Locusts make such desirable shade
trees that they should not be neglect
ed and allowed to become injured or
destroyed by borers. The increasing
value of black or yellow locust for
many purposes makes 1t a profitable
tree to grow commercially and en-
phasizes the Importance of protecting
it from the borer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
OWOSsO, MICH. JUNE 81, 1919.
Expenses of Telephone
Company Increased 1880

Mr.. Geo. M. WEIGH, General Manager
Of the Michigan State Telephone Com
pany, declares that the increased rates
authorized by the Postmaster General
are needed to meet an emergency un-
paralelled in the history Of the Com
pany.
No dividends have been paid on the
common stock since 1915. From 1915
to 1918, inclusive, new business re-
During added capital increased the
revenue Of the Company 1851 while
expenses, not including depreciation
nor interest charges, increased S9.3%.
II the Company had paid reason
able return on the investment for the
year 1918 it would have needed ST.
S23,592 more than it did earn. AS a
matter Of fact it did not earn enough
tc wholly take care of its depreciation.
The General Manager calls atten-
ton to the problem in Michigan that
faced the Postmaster General when
the Government took over the opera
ton and direction of the Telephone
lines last August. With a continuing
deficit increasing monthly because OF
the increasing costs of materials and
labor, added revenue had to be OBJ
tanned in order to prevent the Gov
eminent from having to make up tho
loss. For this reason an application
was made before the Michigan Rail-
road Commission for increased rate
schedules. The rates asked for were
not claimed to be adequate but 1t was
thought that they would produce the
minimum amount with which the
Company could continue doing busi-
ness and were so low and the amount
of added revenue so small that no one
could conscientiously challenge them.
Since that time costs have still further
advanced and conditions have changed
so that the rates now authorized by
the Postmaster General will not meet
immediate needs.
Mr.. Welch says that for six years
there has been a continued effort to
adjust telephone rates in Michigan.
Because Of rapidly changing condi-
tons each schedule proposed has be-
come obsolete before the regulatory
bodies considering it had finally pass
ed upon it. While charges for all 9TH
er products and services have ad-
vanced telephone rates have not in
creased although the cost Of furnish
lLg service has been steadily going up.
With this change In rates the in
crease in charges for telephone SER
vice are not proportionately as great
Is the increase in price for all other
commodities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
Notice Of Roads Taken Into the
County Road System.

At meeting of the Board of County
Road Commissioners of Shiawassee
County at the Court House in the City of
Corunna, in the Office of the County
Clerk, on June 9, 1919.
Present-C Commissioners Parmenter,
Bailey and Cline.
Commissioner Bailey submitted the
following resolution which was unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, By the Board of County
Road Commissioners of Shiawassee
County, that the following described
roads be taken over into the County
Road System for construction and main
tenance:
Beginning at the southwest corner of
section H. Bennington township, run
ming west between sections IA and %,
Is and %, two miles.
DISTRICT No. 38.
Beginning at the intersection of sec.
tions 2, 3, 10 and IL, running east be-
tween sections and II, and and IL,
of Bennington, and between and 7 of
Shiawassee Township, running to the
intersection of the gravel roads; begin
6 of Shiawassee Township, running
Road
DISTRICT No. 80.
Beginning at the Saginaw County
line, thence running south between New
Haven and Rush Townships to the Shia-
wassee river, Shiawassee County, Mich
igan.
DISTRICT No. 40.
Beginning 1T a point on section 90.
town north, of range 3 east, on the
north corporation line of the Village of
Bancroft and connecting on the south
end of the State Reward Road now
built and known as the Newburg Road,
and running southeasterly to the north
corporation line of the above village,
from thence south in section 35 on Shia-
wassee street in said village to South
street. and east on South street to the
Grand River Road (Sec. 86), and thence
southeasterly on the Grand River Road
to the south corporation line of the said
Village of Bancroft, also beginning at
the corner of Beach and South streets
running south to the corporation line,
Shiawassee County, Michigan.
DISTRICT No. Al.
Beginning at the southwest corner of
section %, running north between sec.
tions 25 and 20, 90 and "a, 10 and Ia, to
the State Reward Road between sec
tions IL and II, Perry Township, Shia.
wassee County, Michigan.
AMOS PARMENTER.
VIM. II. CLINE.
ROY g. BAILEY,
Board of County Road Commissioners,
Shiawassee County, Michigan. 1915
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27

SALESMAN WANTED to solicit
orders for lubricating oils, greases and
paints Salary or Commission. Address
the Harvey Oil Co., Cleyeland, Ohio.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27

At a meeting of the County Road
Commissioners of Shiawassee County
at the Court House in the City of Cor
unna, in the Office Of the County Clerk,
on February IA, 1919.
Commissioners Parmenter,
Bailey and Cline.
Commissioner Bailey submitted the
following resolution which was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, By the Board of County
Road Commissioners Of Shiawassee
County, that the following described
road be taken over into the County
Road System for construction and main
tenance;
Commencing at the end of State re-
ward road on angling road across sec
ton 10, Caledonia Township, running
from thence north on the town line be-
tween the townships of Caledonia and
Venice, and New Haven and Hazelton,
to the corner common to sections 25 and
80 New Haven Township, and 30 and 81
of Hazelton Township, all in Shiawas-
see County, Michigan.
Beginning at the intersection of sec.
tiOho ~, ", anu o. WObb DO-
tween sections 6 and of Bennington,
south between sections IL and H. and
ID and IA, to the intersection of the
State Reward Road between sections
ID and ii.
Commencing at north corporation line
running south to south corporation line
in the Village of Vernon on Maple
street. Commencing at east corporation
line on Main street running to Walnut
street, thence north to Washington
avenue, thence west to river, thence
north and west to corporation line, all
in the Village of Vernon.
Beginning on the Caledonia and Shia-
wassee Township line where the angling
road through section Shiawassee
Township, and section 80 of Caledonia
Township intersect said township line,
thence east on said township line ap-
proximately Q miles to q point where
Shiawassee Township, and section 80 of
township line, Shiawassee County, Mich
igan.
Beginning at the intersection of Sec
tons Is. l6, 81 and %. thence south one
mile to intersection of 81 and %, and 81
and 20, thence west four miles between
sections 81 and %, 30 and 30, 10 and &c.
Rush Township, and sections "a and 25,
Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County,
Michigan.
Commencing at the north line of the
center of section % known as the
Hearst school house in Antrim Town
ship, running south through the center
of sections % and 90, thence west be-
tween sections 90 and 35, and 81 and a.
one mile.
Commencing at the corner common
to sections Is, 16, 81 and %, Owosso
Township, thence angling northwesterly
across section 16 of the section line be-
tween sections and II, thence west on
said section line about 2 miles to the
town line between Middlebury and
Owosso Townships, all in Owosso Town
ship, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Beginning at the intersection of the
section line between sections and 6,
Caledonia Township, and the New
Haven and Caledonia township line,
thence south between sections and @,
7 and 8. II and Is, to the angling road
through the south half of sections II
and Is, Caledonia Township, Shiawas-
see County, Michigan.
AMOS PARMENTER,
VIM. Fl. CLINE,
ROY G. BAILEY,
Board of County Road Com
1915 missioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
FOR INCREASED TOMATO CROP
illustrations Show How Supports Can
Be Constructed to Hold Plants
in Position.

1t is usually necessary to attach a
vertical extension to a large number
of stakes in the tomato patch at GER
tain stages of growth.
The extensions are first prepared
by driving wire nails into them, so
that the points Of the nails are flush
with the surface of the opposite side,
as in Fig. 1.
Each piece is then fitted into posi-
ton and held by an ordinary iron
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27

BARGAIN-11 lots Park Hill addi
ton. 5000 takes them all. c. Muenze,
SD Holden Building, Detroit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27


ever, not to get TOO much grease on
the chickens, as it will stop their
growth and in some cases may prove
fatal.
Keep Brood Coop Clean.
The brood coop should be cleaned at
least once a week and kept free from
mites. If mites are found in the coop,
1t should be thoroughly cleaned and
sprayed with kerosene oil or crude Pc
troleum. From one to two inches Of
sand or dry dirt or a thin layer Of
straw or fine hay should be spread on
the floor of the coop. Brood coops
should be moved weekly to fresh
ground, preferably where there is new
grass. Shade is very essential In rear
ing chickens, especially during warm
weather; therefore the coops should
be placed In the shade whenever pos
sible. A cornf1eld makes fine range
for young chicks, as owing to cultiva-
ton Of the ground they get many bugs
and worms and have fresh soil to run
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27

WANTED-Foundry men for grey
iron foundry. Mould finishers, night
men to shake out, night foreman for
shakeout crew. also high class exper.
fenced cupola tender. and all kinds
foundry helpers. Will break in good,
steady men without foundry expert
ence for jobs paying high wages. Good
working and living conditions and
wages ranging g. to IS 90 per day.
Great Lakes Foundry Co., Port HUI on,
Mich. 1912
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
RAISE CHICKENS
BY USE OF HENS
At Matching Time Fowls Should
Be Confined in Slightly Dark
ened Nests.
keep YOUNG CHICKENS WARM
Use Insect Powder to Keep Away
vermin-Brood coops Should Be
Moved Weekly to Fresh Ground
Shade Is Essential.

Sitting hens should be confined to
time and not disturbed unless they
step on or pick their chickens when
Matching, in which case the chickens
should be removed as soon as dry, in
a basket lined with flannel or some
other warm material, and kept near
fire until all the eggs are Matched; or
the eggs may be removed and placed
under a quieter hen whose eggs are
Matching at the same time.
An incubator may also be used to
keep the earliest Matched chickens
warm, in case they are removed
evenly. those which are slow in hatch
ing may be placed under other hens,
as hens often get restless after part
of the chickens are out; allowing the
remaining eggs to become cooled at the
very time when steady heat is neces-
sary. Remove the egg-shells and any
eggs which have not Matched as soon
as the Matching Is over. Hens should
be fed as soon as possible after the
eggs are Matched, as feeding tends
to keep them quiet; otherwise many
hens will leave the nest. In most
cases 1t is best that the hen remain
on the nest and brood the chickens for
at least 20 hours after the Matching Is
over.
Use Insect Powder.
Powder the hen with good insect
powder before moving her and the
chickens to the brood coop. The hen
should be busted every two weeks, or
as often as necessary, until the chick
ems are weaned. If lice become thick
on the chickens, or If they are troubled
with "head lice" very little grease,
such as lard or vaseline, may be APP
piled with the fingers on the head,
neck. under the wings, and around the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
ADVANTAGES OF SHEEP FLOCK
Good Crop Of Wool Is Insured for
Market and Fertility Of Soil
Is Built Up.

The man who invests In flock of
sheep not only insures good crop Of
wool for the market; he builds up the
fertility of his soil. so that 1t will
grow any kind of crop he may like
TO SOW.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
Helping the Tomato Plants to Get Up
In the World by Means of Length.
ened Supports.

clamp, as in Fig. 2. Holding the edge
Of flatiron against the bottom stake
will steady the support while the nails
are driven through and clinched.
This device will help in getting
every top stick "plumb."-James M.
Kane, In Popular Science Monthly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
BEGIN WITH LITTLE CAPITAL
For Raising Live Stock Plenty Of Pas
ture and Feed Are Essential
for Profits.

Live stock raising may require
more capital. especially when one
must begin without any facilities.
But II Is possible to make beginning
with little capital. Plenty Of feed and
pasture are essential for profitable
live stock raising.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
USE EFFECTIVE LICE POWDER
Always In Order In Kidding Fowls of
Insects-kerosene viii Extermi-
nate Mites.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The free use of an effective lice pow
der is always In order. A dust bath
Is very essential in Kidding the fowls
of lice. Whitewashing is effective
against vermin. Use kerosene on the
roosts and In the cracks to exterminate
mites
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
oWoSsO MARKETS.
GRAINS

Owosso. Mich. June 81, 1919.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
Breeding Is Difficult.

The proper brooding of chickens is
one of the most difficult operations on
many poultry farms, especially for the
beginner. Many poultry keepers who
are able to obtain good egg yields and
good matches make failure of brood
ing chickens, either In raising only
small percentage of the chickens
Matched or in falling to rear strong,
vigorous birds which develop into good
breeding stock. Brooding Is still in
the experimental stage, and no one sys-
tenn has given perfect satisfaction.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27
When Children Are Teethins

And cry out at night, are feverish, and
their bowels become irregular, mothers
should have on hand q package of
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. They are a quick relief and harm.
less. Used by mothers for over 80 years.
They break up colds, move and regulate
the bowels and act as a gentle tonic.
They never fail. Sold by druggists
everywhere. 25
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-06-27

We will pay STRAIGHT salary of $50
per week for man or woman with rig to
introduce Eureka Poultry Mixture. Six
months contract. Eureka Mfg. Co.,
East st. Louis, Ill.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-11
HENRY FORD STARTED OUT
WITH $4,000 AND MODEL
OF WHAT BECAME A FLIVER
CBy Morning journal Special Leased wire)

ings of the company in 1914 was ldeh-
titled by the witness. His testimony
showed that in 1903, the Ford COM
pany started with $4,000 in cash and
Mr.. Fords model of a cheap automo-
bile. A $l5O,000 corporation was
founded. Mr.. Ford holding 81 per cent
Of the stock. In 1914 the financial
statement showed the net profits were
$50 .338,454.
Attorney Alfred Lucking, of coun-
sci for Ford, objected to discussion of
the financial statement as irrelevant
and Mr.. stevenson replied:
"They have been making a great
deal of their so-called educational or
sociological program, and the division
of profits. My purpose Is to show that
on $4,000 the actual capital invested,
the company earned $4,000 600 in
1914, and that therefore to call what
they give employees profit sharing is
mere humbug."
Mr. Lucking entered another ohjec-
ton, stating that plaintiff was willing
to admit prosperity.
Opposing counsel has said that
there were plenty of profits. Well,
what of it," said Mr., Lucking.
"The Profit sharing plan of 1914
practically doubled the income of en-
ployes. Mr.. Ford gave them more
than the Tribune ever gave, or other
employers, and is now setting an eX-
ample to the world
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-11
R-34 IS MAKING
GOOD TIME WITH
FAVORABLE WIND
Big Air Ship Reported More
Than Thousand Miles From.
Starting Place Of Return.
Transatlantic Trip,
lpv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

Washington. July 10.-Aided by a
westerly wind that sometimes reaches
a velocity of nearly 40 miles an hour,
the British dirigible R-34 tonight
was well out over the Atlantic on
the return trip to East Fortune,
Scotland. after a stay of Sc hours
in America. The last message from
the airship, received late today by
the navy department, gave her po-
sition at that time as $50 miles due
east of Bar Harbor Maine, and more
than 1000 miles from Mineola, Long
Island, from which place she started
last midnight.
The dirigible, according to wire
less reports. averaged more than 90
miles an hour for the first fifteen
hours of the return flight and at
times the speed reached between 20
and so miles an hour. The dirigible
thus was making better time than
al any period of the fight to this
side of the Atlantic, and If weather
conditions remain favorable, naval
officers here believe the R-S4 will
see British shores early Saturday,
The first word heard from the
R-34 after the big dirigible left Am
ercan shores this morning was a
radio message sent at a, m, Civ
ing the ships position as lSO miles
due east from Long Island.
Direct communication was main
tanned with the navy department
thereafter. At 10 a. m, message
said the dirigible was then making
good JS knots AN hour, equivalent to
about "a land miles. An hour later
the R-45 signalled that the wind
was becoming stronger and that the
dirigible's speed had reached so
miles an hour at times.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-11
GREAT LAKE HARB0RS
WILL BECOME OCEAN
PORTS IMMEDIATELY

Milwaukee, Wis., July 1o.-MilWau-
I5ee and other Great Lakes harbors
will become ocean ports at once, ac-
cording to plans of the United States
shipping board to have a fleet OF near
ly twenty-five ships plying from the
Great Lakes direct to Europe.
Some fifteen ships are being built in
Chicago and others at Greenhay, Su-
perior and other Wisconsin cities,
which will be assigned to ocean serN-
ice according to plans.
one ship will leave Milwaukee In a
few days for Liverpool, part of the
cargo being $50 tons of meat shipped
by a local packing company, The ship
ping board cOntemplates that NIL
waukee will become great meat
shipping port and that would greatly
develop the packing plants of NIL
waukee which would be in more ia
vorahle shipping position than the
packing plants of Chicago.
All of the large tanning plants or
the city have engaged in exporting.
Grain is one of the important com
modities which will lie shipped. other
lake ports have already shipped quan-
titles of grain direct to Europe from
the Great Lakes.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-11

Mt. Clemens, Mich, July lO,-EdseI
b. Ford, 25 years old, president of the
largest automobile company in the
world, son of Henry Ford, who, hav-
ing been characterized as an anarchist
by the Chicago Daily Tribune, is su-
ing for $1,O0O,000 damages on a
charge of libel, appeared as a witness
in Judge fuckers court today.
Other witnesses were Col. r. X.
Mccormick president of the Tribune
company, and Ernest G.. Liebold, gen
eral secretary to Henry Ford.
Mr.. Ford's testimony dealt mainly
with a financial statement of the Ford
Motor company which was put into
the record over objections of counsel
for the plaintiff, to show, Attorney
Elliott G.. Stevenson, attorney for the
Tribune, said, that the profit shar-
ing" plan inaugurated by the hcom-
pany in 1914 was mere humbug.
Attorney Stevenson, in examining the
witness, said:
"You have been in Detroit continu-
ously since 1916, except as business
called you away, or pleasure?' he
asked.
YES"
You are not amember of the ma
tional guard?' "...
mo, sir .......r.
"Nor any other military organiza-
tion?"
NO sir
A financial statement of the earn
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-11
P|ONEER MEMBER
Of NON-PART|SAN
LEAGUE WITNESS
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WiREI

jackson, Mimi, July 10.-Fred Il.
Wood, Of Minneapolis, former North
Dakota farmer and a member of the
non-partisan leagues executive com
mittee of three, was the principal wit
ness this afternoon at the conspiracy
trial of A. c. Townley and Joseph Gill
bert, league officials.
Mr. Wood was the first man to
join the organization he said and has
been closely connected with it since
1915.
After bitter argument, Wood was
allowed to testify regarding the draw
ing of the leagues war resolutions at
the st. Paul convention in 1917, and
which have been attacked by the state
in this case.
The witness stated that so far as he
knew, President Townley had nothing
to do with the resolutions.
This witness was preceded on the
stand by his son, Lieutenant Governor
Howard Wood of North Dakota. The
latter was not permitted to testify re-
garding a number of Townley speech
es not set forth in the indictment