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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-12-05

A city in which there are more gods
than people is the unique fact con-
corning Yenping, China, according to
Bishop Theodore S. Henderson of the
Detroit Area, Methodist Episcopal
Church. This situation was discover
ed during survey of the city of YEN
ping, conducted by the Methodist mis-
sionaries in preparation for the world
program of the Centenary Committee
of their church. There are 12,940
idols in the city and only IL $40 peo-
pie. Yenping is walled city, situat-
ed on seven hills like ancient Rome,
and beside the river Min. There are
100 pagan temples, and two Christian
churches. The survey was reported
by the Reverend Mr. Frederick Bank
hardt, who is the representative in
China of the Methodists of the De-
troit Area.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-12-05

The matrimonial bark of Samuel
and Theresa Cassel, of Owosso, went
on the rocks soon after their mar
riage, according to Mrs. Casselps
charges in her divorce suit just filed.
She says they were married on May
IL, 1919 and and they parted IN Sep
TENDER. She charges cruelty.
Thomas Harris also of Owossso has
filed suit for divorce from Maggie
Harris, better known as Mildred Har-
ris, charging cruelty and infidelity
He has begun suit several times pre-
viously but none has ever come to
trial.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-12-05

Following a conference between
members Of the city commission, the
city and prosecuting attorneys and
the county drain commissioner, with
Profs. Hoad and Decker, Saturday af-
ternoon, regarding the projected south
west Owosso sewer, the whole matter
was left in the hands of the two at
torneys to see if they could not find
some legal means whereby the county
and city could cooperate in the pro-
ject.
Mrs. L. c. Hall entertained rs
guests Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Michigan avenue in honor
of Miss Della Simons. Much hilarity
attended the performance of mock
wedding ceremony, the event of the
afternoon. Later dainty refresh.
ments were served. Miss Simons was
presented with table mirror and a
cut glass fern dish and fern. Mrs
Joe. Gerson, of Lansing, was an out.
of-town guest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
F0reSterS Wanted

One of the outdoor Jobs that is in
great need of workers Is practical
forestry. Emergency construction
during the war years made heavy
lnroads on forests in every part OF
the country. At the same time. II
has taken expert woodsmen away
from the forest lands.
There is now vast amount OF
planting. thinning and numbering to
be done. The work is of vital I'M
portance to the forest growth and to
the interests allied to that. 1t will
require both money and men to do
the necessary work.
Here Is another opportunity for
the returning soldier, anxious to get
into outdoor work. In Massachu-
setts alone, where there are five
state forests. there is a big field for
these operations and big demand
for labor.
The forester of that state makes a
special appeal to soldiers to investi-
gate the timberland work and to
take 1t up as q life work IL 1t inter-
ests them. Certainly any man has
q. right to feel that he is serving his
country as well as earning a live
lihood for himself IL he is engaged
In practical forestry.-From the Ell
mira Star-Gazette.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1919
LET IT BE WHAT is FAIR

rF the coal lands in the Lykens
Valley are not assessed in pro-
portion to their valuation, they
should be. The county commission
ers will have public opinion at their
backs in whatever they may do
along that line. Hard coal is SELL
ing at market prices sufficiently high
to warrant the owners of the land
paying their full share of taxes.
Furthermore, these coal lands are
far more valuable on the market
than land not underlaid with mine
ial wealth. 1t is only just that the
coal companies pay their proper
proportion of taxation and 1t is not
likely the courts, to which there is
the threat of appeal, will see the
matter in any other light.
The county commissioners should,
and no doubt will, insist that the
mine assessments be placed at fair
figures, not a cent more than is
Warranted, not a cent less. Dau-
phin county is not so we'll situated
that it can excuse any real estate
owner from paying his full share
OF taxes We are about to build q
new courthouse. The income from
SSO,000,000 or 100000 assessed
valuation would go a long way to-
ward providing the revenue.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
LADDERS Thrift Rules

From the Columbia Dispatch)
Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch
singer, who has made a fortune and
knows how to keep 1t, has explained
the rules which he followed in
carrying out his native thrift. They
are all very sage advice and we'll to
be remembered by young men of to-
day:
Behave toward your purse as you
would toward your best friend.
View the reckless spending of
money as criminal and shun the
company of the reckless spender.
Dress neatly, but not lavishly.
Take your amusement judicious-
ly; you will enjoy them better.
Don't throw away the crusts-eat
them. They are as nourishing as
beef.
1t is more exhilaration to feel
money In your pocket than beer in
your stomach.
Remember, it takes only four
quarters to make q dollar and ONLY
twenty-five cents to make a quarter.
You can sleep better after a hard
days work than after a hard days
idleness.
Get good value from your trades
man. He gets good money from YOU.
A bank note makes good reading.
better than some novels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
The President and the Senate
IN. A. Reviews Weekly

IN. n. INCNlC" . w SSN'S|
In a Paris dispatch to the Times,
MFR. Richard V. Oulhan informs us
that some impression appears to
have been made on the American
peace, delegation by criticism in the
Senate directed against the failure
of President Wilson to keep the Sen
ate informed of the progress of the
exchanges with Allied statesmen in
Paris"
You have to go away from home
to get the news. and it is news, in
deed on this side of the Atlantic
to learn, in the first place that there
has been any progress Of the AL
lied statesmen in Paris" and 1t is
still more surprising news TO be in
formed that there has been criti-
cism in the Senate over the failure
of the President to keep that not
wholly negligible body informed as
to what has been going on. when, so
far as anybody. here at home knows,
nothing whatever has been going on
save an interchange of courtesies
and speechmaking. in which last
field of endeavor the President
seems to have acquitted himsellf
with that grace of direction with
which we are all so familiar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
NeW Agriculture Secretary
Pennsylvania Farmer.l

The appointment of Prof. Fred
Rasmussen as Secretary of Agricul
ture of this state is q distinct de-
parture from Pennsylvania prece-
dent. Professor Rasmussen has won
distinction in agricultural activities
rather than as q politician. He brings
to this specialized department, spe-
cialized training in the industry he is
to represent; a familiarity with the
farm conditions of the state gained
through two years of service as head
of one of the most important de-
partments of the state school of
agriculture; and a vision of the
agricultural possibilities of the state
based on personal observation and
experience in other leading farming
states of the union.
Professor Rasmussen had practi-
cal farming experience in Denmark,
came to this country and entered the
Iowa State College, graduating from
that institution in 1906. He later
taught at the Iowa College and then
went to New Hampshire where he
became one of the leading dairy au-
thorities of the New England states.
He was made head of the depart
ment of dairy husbandry at Penn
sylvania State College two years ago,
rebuilt the dairy herds of that insti-
tuition but has firmly established
himself with the practical dairymen
of the state. The past year he has
been in close touch with the work of
the State Food Administration, do
ing valuable work in the division of
feeds.
Professor Rasmussen is affiliated
with no political faction of the state,
is Independent of institutional and
organization difference, and, we
have reason to believe, has no per-
sonal ambition except to give to the
state the best and wisest possible ad-
ministration of it's agricultural de-
partment. 1t may be expected that
he will inaugurate some reforms to
increase the usefulness of the de-
partment, and inject new life where
most needed, but he is not the type
of reformer that is likely TO curtail
any useful function or disturb es-
tablished organization until it has
been demonstrated that the reform
is an actual improvement. The ap-
pointment of a man of this type to
the position he will hold is one of
the most promising indications of a
sound business administration by the
new Governor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
The New Lieut.. Governor

: in closest harmony with Governor
Sproul and the leaders of the Legis-
lature, 1t would be entirely in keep
ing with his career up to this time
to find him looming large in the
public eye during the coming four
years So -
Mr.. Beidleman has been the CEN
ter of many hot political contests
and came out of all of them victo-
rious. He was twice elected to the
House in red hot campaigns, and
entered the race for the Senate in
1912, during the memorable Taft
campaign, and with two other
strong candidates against him. AT
ter a speech-making swing around
the county and two months of the
most active campaigning the county
has ever witnessed, he came out on
top at q time when the head of the
ticket and several legislative candi-
dates went down before the Roose-
welt landslide. That made him the
unquestioned political leader of the
county and when he ran for re-
election he won ont in a canter.
! His victory over John r. K. Scott
for observation-disclosures was anoth-
er demonstration of his strength,
and the fact that he led his ticket
in the state at the November cleo
tions marks him as a man whose
friendships and vote-getting possi-
bilities are wider even than his
party limits.
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman is
an able speaker. as has been said,
but he never writes his speeches.
He seldom makes notes, even in his
court cases and depends upon a
ready flow of language and a re-
markable memory to see him
through.
AS Lieutenant-Govern he will
be chairman of the State Board OF
Pardons. For the period of his SER
vice in that capacity he will not
practice criminal law. This has led
to some misunderstanding. 1t has
been said that he will retire alto
gether from his legal practice. This
is not true He will continue to look
after a large and growing corporate
practice and the usual civil cases.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
PROUD OF HIM

HARRISBURG people as we'll as
H friends everywhere extend to-
day their congratulations to
Edward E. Beidleman upon his in
auguration as Lieutenant-Gov
of the Commonwealth. 1t is a proud
distinction that has come to this
able young Harrisburg attorney, but
one which he has merited by long
and arduous service for the state.
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman
goes into office with a majority such
as has been given to few men in the
history of the Commonwealth. He
enters upon the presidency of the
Senate at a particularly auspicious
moment. He has won the respect
and admiration of his friends by his
staunch Republication and his advo-
cacy of every measure that has come
before the Legislature in his sew
eral terms having for its object the
benefit and advancement of the COM
mon people.
He will have no vote in the de-
liberations of the Senate, except in
case of tie, but his influence will
be felt in every action of that body
during the coming four years and
he will have ample opportunity to
demonstrate to his friends that the
Lieutenant nt-Governorship G is more
than the mere empty honor which
less aggressive man might make
il.
Lieutenant-G Governor Beidleman's
friends are predicting that he will
so impress himself during his term,
upon the people of the Common
wealth that he will be their choice
for Governor next time. It is q long
step from this Inauguration day to
the next and many things may hap
pen in that time. Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor Beidleman smiles upon the
ambitions of those who would see
him advance to the highest Office
in the Commonwealth and Is wisely
silent, but those who have seen him
come steadily up the ladder from
obscurity to statewide prominence,
will not be surprised IL the predic-
ton of his enthusiastic supporters
comes true. Certainly he has the
best wishes of the thousands of his
neighbors who voted for him last
November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
JUSTICE TO SOLDIERS

TONGRESS would do no more
I than the country desires IL It
passes the bill approved by the
Senate yesterday providing one
months pay and five cents a mile
travelling expenses for discharged
officers and enlisted men, together
with permission to retain their uni
forms. The men who sacrificed their
own private affairs for the good of
the country deserve we'll at the hands
of the country. We must not be
niggaredly with the men who did
our soldering for us. It was asinine
in the first place to demand the re-
turn of a uniform that would have
great sentimental value for its wear
er. but which would be only much
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
AL, IT'S AWFUL

Having his attention called to O.
letter which was six weeks in course
of delivery from Garrett to Fort
Wayne, Ind, a distance of twenty
odd miles, the editor of the Fort
Wayne News proceeds to take the
hair off'n AL Burleson, and mentions
eight historic events which occurred
while the missive was enroute. "In
a broad way 1t may be said that
while this letter was in transit, the
world turned over" says the editor.
1t Is suggested that possibly the
world in turning over accomplished
what Al could not, namely. the de-
livery or the letter. How many
thousands of these cases come to
hand daily? Burleson upon his re-
tirement from Office will have earn
ed the unique distinction of being
the most inefficient Postmaster Cen
eral since the time when Cain found
1t necessary to answer matrimon
ial advertisement by going in person
to the Land of Nod.-F'rom the
Chester Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
A Strong Cabinet

IFrom the Connellsville Courier1
Governor-elect Sproul is giving
conclusive evidence that his admin
Istration is to be in harmony with
the dignity and importance of the
great state of Pennsylvania. He has
made 1t plain that there is to be no
trafficking for political or partisan
advantage; no effort at Furnishing
political enemies; no rewarding of
political friends at the expense OF
the efficiency of his administration
or to the discredit OF the state. u
Mr.. Sprouts cabinet, so far as its
membership has been announced, is
probably one of the strongest called
to council with and assist q governor
of Pennsylvania for many years. The
members are Republicans without
factional alliances and citizens of
high standing and good repute in
their respective neighborhoods.. Sew
eral of them are lawyers of recog-
nized ability and all of them have
engaging qualities as men.
Cyrus e. Woods of Westmoreland
county, who Is to be continued as
secretary of the commonwealth, has
had broad experience in public af-
fairs and as representative of our
nation at the court of Spain. Mr..
Shaffer, who is to be attorney gen.
eral, Is familiar figure in the law
courts of the state, and John S.
Fisher of Indiana county, who is to
be commissioner OF banking, is both
a lawyer and banker of high stand
ing.
That the affairs of the important
Department of Agriculture may be
administered along lines of greater
usefulness to the farmers of the
state, Professor Rasmussen, dean OF
the agricultural department OF
Pennsylvania State College. who is
familiar with the needs of the farm
ers of the state. has been chosen as
secretary. The minor appointments
made by the incoming governor
show discrimination in his choice
and determination to surround
himself with capable men, thereby
to keep his pledge to the people that
his administration shall be one tha,
will promote the. best interests of the
Imperial Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
Prof. Rasmussen

They tell an interesting little story
of Professor Frederick Rasmussen,
of State College, who Is TO be Sec
retary of Agriculture in the Sproul
administration.
Professor Rasmussen is not a
wire-pulling politician, but a scien-
tist with the gift of putting things
clearly and galvanizing facts and
figures into life.
He talked about food-supply prob
lens lately in Chicago, and after
ward one of the magnates of the
steel industry who heard him re-
marked:
Another good man wasted on
farm produce"
"why?"
"a man with a brain like that
ought to be in the steel business.
He'd be at the top OF the heap!
Never heard such a fellow for mar
shaling dry facts and putting 'em
forcefully.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
A MAN!

About his brow the laurel and
the bay "a,
Was often wreathed-on this our
memory dwelis-
Upon whose bier in reverence to- day
We lay these immortelles.
His was a vital, virile, warrior soul;
If force were needed, he exalted
force;
Unswerving as the pole star to the
pole,
He held his righteous course.
He smote at Wrong, IL he believed
1t Wrong,
As did the knight, with stainless
accolade; t
He stood for Right, unfalteringly
strong,
Forever unafraid.
With somewhat of the savant and
the sage,
He was, when all Is said and
sung, O man,
The flower imperishable of this
valiant age
A true American! .t
Clinton Scotland in New York
Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
A GREAT ADDRESS

HOVERNOR SPROUTS inaugu-
" raj address covers such a mag
nitude of subjects, and the
scope of his vision is SO comprehen-
sive that any attempt to analyze it
adequately in brief way would be
foolish. But this may be said, that
1t is not only scholarly from start
to finish, but it embraces a pro-
gram so progressive, patriotic and
constructive that If 1t shall be enact
ed by the Legislature the admins
tration of the Chester statesman will
go down in the history of the state
as the most remarkable since the
foundation of the Commonwealth.
Governor Sprouts thorough famil.
iarity with the needs and conditions
of Pennsylvania is evident in every
paragraph. He speaks with knowl-
edge and conviction. He sees clear
ly the trend of the times toward
legislation for social advancement,
and the betterment of living condi-
AlAo Oh dduIeSS runs
the gamut from the highest to the
lowest; no citizen of the Common.
wealth is so humble as to miss hi:
all-seeing eye and no interest is SO
great that it commands more than
the honest, fairminded recognition
1t justly merits.
The needs of labor, the demands
of our public schools, the problems
of unemployment of returning sol.
diers. the Americanization of the
foreign element, the repression OF
Bolshevism through patriotic en-.
deavor of the people themselves. the
financial problems of the state, the
growing question of income, the re.
organization OF the State Highway
Department to meet the enlarged ac
tivities made possible by the fifty
million dollar road loan. the urgen
pleas for better city administration
the simplification of the state gov.
ernment, the protection of the public
from stock swindlers. these and @
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
T 1EUTENANT-Gov E. e.

1EUTENANT-GOV E. e.
BEIDLEMAN, who took the
oath of office in the Senate
chamber today, is a native of Har-
risburgt and began life running err
rands for his father, who was in
charge of a grocery store In the
lower end of the city. He is noted
as lawyer and campaign speaker,
and first showed ability as an ora
tor during his four-year period at
the Harrisburg High School, gradu-
ating at the head of his class when
that institution was located in the
old Stevens building in Chestnut
street. .t t
Mr.. Beidelman shortly after grad
uation entered the law offices of s.
J. M. McCarrell, now on the Dauphin
county bench, and whom in later
years he succeeded as a member
from Dauphin county in the State
Senate. Senator Beidelman was the
first Dauphin countian since Judge
McCarrelrs time to become presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate,
which office he held last session.
1t SO happens that Judge McCarrell,
his old preceptor, administered the
oath of office to the new Lieutenant
Governor today and there were
tlOSe III Tie duulClC0 WHO WOHuSTeu
If in the fullness of time. Mr.. Beidle-
man might not possibly come to
grace the bench of the county. But
there were others in the audience
who freely predicted that four years
hence the Dauphin countian would
be taking the oath of office from the
Supreme Court justice of the state.
Lieut.. Governor Beidleman only
smiles, however, when this early
boom for the governorship is men,
toned and declines to listen to what
he terms "fiattery."
However that may be, it is free
ly predicted that the Dauphin coun-
ty man will be too aggressive to per-
nit the Lieut. -Governorship to be
no more than the empty honor that
, some of his predecessors have al
lowed 1t to become. Like the retir-
ing Lieutenant-Govern 1t Is fully
believed that he will make his pres
ence felt and standing as he does
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-21
. EDITOR FORD
(From the Philadelphia Evening
Public Ledger)

AC06CAl
Hard-working journalists who
have to deal hourly, as best they
may, with the iron realities of these
laundering days will look with envy
upon Henry Ford, who, as the new
est editor in the world. has only to
pluck blossoms of gentle thought in
the green fields of the untroubled
future where his mind has found
blissful roads to wander in.
1t Is impossible not to like Mr..
Ford. He is a good-hearted man,
eager to do noble things. But he be-
lieves the troubles of the world may
be solved with kindly epigrams, and
he has a notion which is apparent
in the first issue of his weekly news
paper that the universe of human
Kind is not less highly organized
than the automobile business. 1t is
not surprising that Mr.. Ford in his
first editorial utterance should mis-
take old truths for new ones. Yet
that is what he has done.
We are informed in the first issue
of the Dearborn Independent that it
is nobler to make plows than to
make dollars; that q business isn't
worth while unless 1t produces use
full things; that opportunity will not
overlook you because you may wear
overalls. These maxims have a
familiar sound. They belong with
the oldest truths in the world.
Everybody would like to be noble.
It Is easy to be noble when you are
rich, difficult when you are a
struggling business man not fortu-
nate enough to have millions to
spend in experimenting with the vir-
tues. All business men do not live
and work in the midst of plenty.
They are not fortunate enough to
have something that everybody
wants. Their world is full of hard
problems. II their generosity is not
as spectacular as Mr.. Ford's, it is.
nevertheless. proportionately as
great or greater.
Journalism is a good school, and
II Mr.. Ford is sincere pupil he will
learn many things. Then he will
not be so ready with his lectures to
the relatively poor who are the vast
majority in the business world.