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The Owosso times., 1920-12-24

the occasion arise, for close by tn0
cabin was large and powerful motor
boat which they could launch and make
their way in the swollen river in spite
of all the currents that might assail
the craft. However, the men were
there for purpose and had no inten-
ton Of leaving until their object was
accomplished.
One day Bin was interrupted In a
game of solitaire by one Of his COM
panions who stood before him holding
a familiar looking board.
Here's something queer" said the
man. II found this thing washed up
by the river. It's message for help,
but it's strange One."
Bill seized the board with a feeling
something akin to evaporation. He
turned the board over and his eyes
widned as he read a message that had
been laboriously carved in the back
with knife. 1t read:
Help; out of provisions water at
cabin door; still rising; marooned on
Pegg's Point"
"There's the message for help" said
''but look at this" And he reversed
the board, and with finger pointed
out another message which had once
been written with pencil, although
the water had washed Off all traces of
lead and left only a scrawling depres-
sion In the wood.
"Ouija Is a faker," were the words
that were only family visible.
Bill hurled the playing cards to the
floor and upset the table.
|. Launch the boat" he directed. He
was leader Of the party and tho others
obeyed without question.
Soon the motorboat was plowing up
stream. The current was strong. but
the four-cylinder engine drove the
craft along In spite Of all resistance.
Three miles they went, and a sheet
fluttering from the roof of q cabin at
tracted the attention Of the voyagers.-
They steered the boat toward this hab-
itation, the lower part Of which was
immersed. The boat crept up beside
the shack and Bill was the FIRST to step
from II into the cabin. In water up to
his waist he waded through the three
lower rooms and then mounted a lad
der to the upper floor.
A man, woman and two girls were
huddled In q corner.
THANK God !" breathed the man fer
vently. "We're saved"
"Bnlw cried one Of the girls.
In a corner of the living room Of a
modest, comfortable dwelling in an
eastern city stands an ouija board The
board Is never used, for Lou has re-
covered from her "craze" But some
times her husband takes 1t in his hands
and pats 1t affectionately and says
softly:
"Ouija, you're all right. I take it
back; you're no faker after ALL"
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24

State Of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee.
AT a session Of the Probate Court for said coun
ty. held at the Probate Office. in the City of Cor
unna. on Monday. the 18th day of December in
the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
Present-Matthew Bush. Judge Of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Harmon vanSlyke
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Byron r
VanSlyke praying for an order determining who
were the legal heirs Of said deceased at the time
of his death and entitled to inherit his real estate
1t is Ordered. That the 10th day Of January
next. at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said pro-
bate Office be appointed for examining and allow
ing said account
And II IL Further Ordered. That copy Of this
order bo published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day Of hearing. in The Owosso Times
Q newspaper printed and circulating In said
County of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
By CLARTBEL GALLOWAY.
Probate Register.
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Gladstone Liked to Sinq.

Sir Walter Parratt told at oxford
an interesting little story of Mr.. Glad
stone. He said he had been speak.
ing to Mr.. Gladstone of the great
compasses quite unmusical people of.
ten possessed.
"Yes, sir" replied Mr.. Gladstone
81 used to like to hear my voice. II
rang inside my head"
OF course, Mr.. Gladstone was very
fond Of singing, and as a young man
sang negro melodies with great gusto
His eldest son composed many hymn
tunes, and the present viscount Glad.
stone sang in choir for several years
London Chronicle.
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Order Of Publication,

State of Mchigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee. Sa~s.na
At a session of the Probate Court for the County
of Shiawassee. held at the Probate Office in the
City of Corunna. on the sth day of December
in the year one thousand nine hundred andtwenty
Present-Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of John H. Parker
deceased.
On filing the petition of Myrtle'C. Parker pray
ing for the probate of the will of said deceased
now filed in this Court. -.
1t is Ordered. That the 10th day of January
next. at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said pro-
bate office. be appointed for examining and allow
ing said account.
And it is Further Ordered, That copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing in The Owosso Times,
a newspaper printed and circulating in said
County of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge of Probate.
By CLARIBEL GALLOWAY
Probate Register
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from the house with a diamond ring
clutched in his fist and grim, deter
mined, desperate look on his counte-
nance.
Bill was stubborn, but no more so
than Lou. He remained away. and she
let him.
"I can't live in the same town with
her." Bill finally decided, and forth
with sent letter Of acceptance in re-
gard to some work in the southwest
About the same time LOUIS father
was ordered by his doctor to differ
ent climate, and Mr. Alberts, his wife
and two daughters shortly after start
ed on a trip across the continent.
Bill did not know that Lou had left
the citf and Lou was unaware of his
departure. They loved each other
their souls cried out for each other
but both were too stubborn to surren-
der.
If ouija is a spirit of good he must
have felt bad about the separation he
had brought about. If he is evil he
grinned with benevolent satisfaction.
Broad river was justifying its name.
Spring torrents had swollen the
stream TO twice its width, and the
work Of expansion, accompanied by
work of. devastation, went on. 1t
wrenched houses from their founda-
tions, it obliterated abandoned mines
and some that had not been aban-
doned. 1t ate its way into mountains
and tore huge chunks from their sides.
A shack standing against noun
thin wall withstood all the greedy as
saults of the torrent. The shack was
marooned, with the mountain wall at
its back and water on the other sides,
but there was a plentiful supply OF
provisions and the three men who had
their temporary abode there felt little
uneasiness over their welfare.
They knew they could leave should
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Connissio ioners' Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Albert II
Northway. deceased.
We. the undersigned having been appointed b,
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in anC
for the County of Shiawassee. State of Michigan
Commissioners to receive. examine and adjust al
claims and demands of all persons against said es
tate. do hereby give notice that we will meet al
the Office Of The Albert Todd Co. in the City OF
Owosso in said county. on Monday. the 7th day Of
February, A. d. 1921, and on Thursday the 7th day
of April. A. ID. 1921. at ten o'clock in the fore.
noon of each of said days. for the purpose of re-
ceiving and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the 9th day of Decembr
A. ID. 1920. are allowed creditors to present Their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment and
allowance.
Dated the 9th day Of December. A. D. 1920.
s. M. KERRY.
ROY F. BROTT,
38-41 Commissioners.
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A Financial Wreck.

MumbletOn tottered into the room
like man reeling under the effects
Of some terrible mental blow. His
wife looked at him aghast. "What
is it?" she asked, in trembling accents.
ut was not my fault" he murmured
incoherently. "We are penniless."
"Penniless!" she repeated, in a half
dazed way. "Oh, tell me, have you
been specializing on that dreadful
stock exchange? Tell me you have
done nothing to tarnish your honor"
"Nothing-nothing" he replied. "Oh,
thank goodness for that! !" she cried.
"NOw l can brave anything. Where
has your money gomez" The wretched
man placed his arm around her and
gasped out: 81 have paid the gas
bill"
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Getting Action.

A doctor received a note asking hin
to go at once to a case of smallpox
but to his surprise, on arriving at the
patients bedside he found that 1t
was merely case of rheumatism.
'But this is very plainly not small.
pOx," he said.
'Well, DOCTOR" replied the man, as
he shuffled one foot over the other, "tO
tell you the truth, we knew it was
rheumatism, but nobody in the house
could spell the word, and we thought
smallpox would do just as well until
YOU came, and probably bring you
quicker"
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AND so 1T WAS. ILLUSTRATED
The Way OF Modern Artist With a
Story That Really captivates
His Fancy.

"Ths is a peach Of story" thought
Dasher Chrlsty, the eminent illustra-
tor. ~ enjoyed every word Of it. It's
the kind of story like to illustrate.
L. gives me something to work on.
This description of the heroine for
Instance"
And he read 1t again for the 10th
time-"Myrtle Stedfast had liquid
brown eyes with prominent pupils.
dainty Irish nose to which a crescent
shaped freckle on the very tip lent
added piquancy, fiery red hair with a
CLINT Of green where the sun caught
it, ravishing rosebud mouth and
teeth like new ivory that has just beeH
mined"
"The hero, tOo-a masterpiece"
mused the eminent illustrator.
And he read over the hero's descrp-
ton once mOre-"Pete Jardiniere was
above all, manly man. He was 6
feet Z inches tall, as blond as the
moon and as fascinating as the devil.
His eyes were black as ripe coal, his
teeth white as unspoiled snow. He
was the slenderest man Myrtle had
ever seen with the exception of the
living skelesjn in the side show"
Two months later the story appeared
in McEverys Magazine, illustrated by
Dasher Christy.
In the pictures, Myrtle had purple
eyes, perfect Roman nose without
a freckle, black hair and no mouth.
while Pete was little fat man with
pink eyes, gray hair and a red mus
tache.-Detroit Free Press.
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Notice of Appearance.

State OF Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shawassee. In Chancery.
August Jostpille,
Plaintiff,
Johnathan Child and Sophia Child. his wife;
Daniel Ball and Mary A. Ball. his wife:
Ransom s. Smith. James b. Wheeler.
Mary f. Finch, Albert T. Nichols and
and Aaron Vedder. any of their
unknown heirs, devisees legatees and assigns
Defendants.
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE.
Suit pending September z, 1920. in the Circuit
Court for the County of Shiawassee. In Chancery
1t appearing to me, the subscriber. Circuit
Judge in the above Court, from the allegations
con tanned in said Bill of Complaint filed in the
above entitled cause and from the affidavits filed
in said cause that plaintiff does not know and has
not been able. after diligent search and inquiry
TO ascertain the names Of the persons who are
included as defendants herein without being
named and cannot ascertain in what state or
country above named defendants reside.
Therefore. on motion of Miner & Miner, attor-
neys for the Plaintiff, ii is ordered that the above
named do PENDANTS and their. and each of their
unknown heirs, devisees, legatees and assigns
cause their and each of their appearance to be
entered in this cause. within three months from
the date of tn is order and in of their appear
ance. to cause their answer to said Bill of Com
plant to be fled and copy thereof TO be served
on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty
days after service upon them of a copy of said
Bill of Complaint. and that in default thereof said
Bill of Complaint be taken as confessed by each
and all of said defendants, and also that within
forty days from the date of this order plaintiff
cause a copy OF this order TO- be published in The
Owosso Times a newspaper printed, published
and circulating in said County OF Shawassee and
hat said publication be continued once each week
Tor six week in succession, that Plaintiff cause
a copy OF this order to- be personally served on
said Defendants and each of them at least twenty
lays before the time prescribed for appearance
JOSEPH ii. COLLINS,
- - Circuit Judge.
MINER & MINER,
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff
Business Address. 40 Miner Building Owosso.
sfich.
NOTICE-The foregoing suit involves the title
% the following described real estate to-wit:
The west fifty acres of the east one hundred
lcres oil the northeast one quarter of Section 20
own north. range east and also part of the
lortheast one quarter and the southeast one quar-
er of said Section 90 described as beginning at
he north one quarter post of Section 20: thence
asst 1920 chains. thenco south So 90 chains 10 the
'hiawassee river. thence northwesterly along said
YER TO the north and south one quarter line
ence rth along said one quarter line So 27
hains Z the place of beginning, excepting 10
cres sold to Jasper ii. Kelly and S acres sold 10
osetta Kelly, all in town north range east
hiawa see County. Michigan, and this suit is
rought to quiet Plaintiffs title therein:
MINER q MINER,
~ Attorneys for Plaintiff
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Commissioners' Notice

In the matter of the estate of Walter c. Bal
com. deceased.
We. the undersigned. having..been appointed b,
the Hon Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in anC
for the County of Shiawassee. State of Michigan
Commissioners to receive. examine and adjust al
claims and demands of all persons against sale
estate. do hereby give notice that we will meet al
the residence of T.. c. Wilson in the Township OF
Middebury in said county. on Thursday. the 2Otf
day of January. A. d. 1921. and on Monday, the
2lst day of March. A. d. 1921, at ten clock in the
forenoon of each of said days. for the purpose OF
receiving and adjusting all claims against said es
tate. and that four months from the 18th day OF
November A. d. 1920, are allowed to creditors C
present their claims to said Commissioners for ad
justment and allowance.
Dated the 10Th day of.November. A. D. 1920
T.. r. VINCENT,
f. G. WILSON,
36-39 Commissioners
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
The Faker and
the Flood
BY FREDERICK HART
~>~~>~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
90. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. }


Lou Alberts had the ouija craze.
Bill Blackjack was nOnbeliever.
AS her psychic Investigations" as
she called them, became more intense
and earnest, his good-natured scoffing
developed into ardent contempt and
finally reached the stage of intoler-
ance.
Leave that board alone or 1t will
drive you insane" he admonished.
well, let me tell you, Bill Black
lock-" she said, "the stand you are TAX
Ing simply shows you up as narrow
minded materialist. You're denounc-
Ing something you haven't even tried.
l dare you to put ouija to a test"
She brought the board from its place
In the corner and brandished it before
him challengingly,
BIZ and Lou were to be married
within six weeks, but he was unable
to discuss the coming event with her
owing to the psychic investigations"
1t had come to the point where Lou
had to give up either ouija or Bill.
TIL tell you what" he said. "We'll
test ouija. and IL he fails you must
drop him and forever keep silence
about him. II he meets the test Til
accept him and therein be no more dis
agreements"
This seemed fair enough. and Lou
agreed. They drew up chairs and
placed tho board on their laps and
their hands on tho Indicator.
BIN asked his age and the board an
swerod tweuty-seven, which was cor
rect He questioned It regarding his
vocation and ouija truthfully answered
Mining engineer" He put other ques-
tons and the replies were accurate.
A"Now are you convinced?" Lou asked
triumphantly. as they paused.
NO" he said. "The answers to all
questions were known by one Of us.
Our subconsci0us personalities have
been moving the indicator, that's all.
The whole things a farce. You must
abandon this crazy hobby"
Bill took the board and with a pencil
wrote in big letters across the face of
it "Ouija Is faker."
The termination of the heated argu-
ment that ensued caused a definite
break In relations, and Bill founced
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Notice for Appearance.

State of Michigan -Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit
In Chancery. Suit pending in the County of Shia
wassee, in Chancery. at Corunna Michigan or
the 18th day of November A. ID. 1920. Clifford A
Riley, Plaintiff vs. Ida Riley, Defendant In this
cause it appearing by affidavit on file that the
defendant. Ida Riley, is not living in this State
but resides in the State of Minnesota. Therefore
on motion of Neil X. Walsh. attorney for sale
plaintiff, it is ordered that the defendant, Ids
Riley, enter her appearance in said cause on OF
before three months from the date of this order
and that within forty days plaintiff cause this
order to be published in The Owosso Times, OF
Owosso. Michigan, said publication TO be contin.
ued each week for six weeks in succession
Dated Nov. 18th. 1920.
JOSEPH II. COLLINS,
Circuit Judge.
NEIL r. WALSH.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Business Address-Owosso, Michigan 36-l2
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
How Big New York Grocery Firm
Keeps Down Rats,

Vroome q Co., Butter q Cheese Mer.
chants, New York City, says: I'VE
keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar all the
time. 1t keeps down rats We buy it
by the gross, would not be without ib "
Farmers use RAT-SNAP because rate
pass up all food for RAT-sNAP. Three
sizes. 35c; 65c, $l25. Sold and guaran-
teed by Sprague Ss Co. dec
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Lurinq the Help.

"When 1 tried to tell the hired man
what to do" complained Josh, "he
laughed at me-"
"Mebbe son." replied Farmer Corn
tossel, "it's more hopeful than you
think. If you can make him laugh
often enough perhaps he'll take
fancy to us and consent not to quit"
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24

Tho features Of this girl portray the
finest type Of Polish childhood ths,
now lies engulfed In hunger and dis
ease and all their attendant nissries
Relief already administered BY Amor.
lea has preserved her beauty and
freshness. albeit her eyes bstray the
suffering she has seen, but literally
millions IN her eva and adjacent esun.
tries still have ne enc to ieok 70 bat
America as another winter Of hsrrsr
cleses In upon them. To the end that
their prayer may net e unanswered
eight leading American relief srsanixa.
tisas have banded together In a Joint
appeal n behalf Of Europe's suffering
children. They are the American Re-
lief Administration, the American Red
Cross, the American Friends Relief
Committee (Quakers). the Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, the Federal
Churches Of Christ In America, the
Knights Of Columbus. the Y. N. @. A.
and the 7. w. G. A. .-
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24

WANTED FARM-Wanted to hear
from owner of farm or good land for
sale. Price and description. Fall de.
livery l.. Jones, box 55l, Olney, ILL.,
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Three Was a Crowd.

The officer had caught the private
fitting a bottle Of cognac.
"Are you drinking on duty?". he de-
manded.
Eyes. sir" .a
Corporal Of the gun" tr>
"Don't call him, captain. There's
only enough left for the two of us"
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24

State OF Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the
County OF Shawassee. In Chancery.
August Jostpille,
Plaintiff,
The Owosso times., 1920-12-24
Order OF Publication.

tIBEL GALLOWAY.
Probate Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-01-02
urlkS' Finances
BASEBALL y Sound

was partly with the political intent
of making Turkey default so inter-
ested powers could take over her
finances and control the country, as
was done in 1881. This led to the
creation of loose spheres of influence.
Germany taking koia Plain, the
French, Syria, with the Italians want
ing the province they at present oc-
cupy, and the British and the Russians
seeking COn.tantinOplc. In the coun-
ell of administration of the Ottoman
public debt. which continued until the
war and has been resumed in some
fashion, there was one Englishman
one Frenchman, one German, one Aus
trian and one Italian, with the pres--
dency alternately occupied by an Eng
lishman and a Frenchman.
The conclusion of the investigators
is that if the investments had been
made for productive enterprise and
had created sources for meeting in
terest and the debt, it would have
Deen GNU pay " GARY 'lle -ueot
and pay it off. However, as the debt
was lowered, in spite of the above at
tempts, additional loans were made.
Not all of the sums borrowed by the
government were wasted; for exam
ple about $5O,OOO,O00 was used to help
build the Bagdad railway. Although
the Germans would have built the line
with their own money, they actually
got Turkish money to finance what
they considered q German enterprise.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-01-02
TITS POOR ECONOMY
TO UNDERFEED STOCK
Object Should Be to Carry Them
Through Winter CheapIy.
Heavy Feeding of Calves and Year.
lings Is Expensive-coWs Can Be
Wintered on Good Hay Alone
Provide Shelter,

The principal object in wintering
cheaply without letting them lose
flesh. 1t is poor economy to under
feed cattle in winter and let them
lose much that they gained in the
summer time. Heavy feeding of calves
and yearlings in winter is expensive
and reduces the gains they will make
on grass the following summer Wien
gains are cheap.
Straw, beet pulp, sugar beets, can
all be used to advantage. Cows can
be wintered on good hay alone or on
80 pounds of kafir silage and one
pound c0ttonseed meal per day. AL.
falfa hay Or upland hays make good
rations in themselves, while with
prairie or cane hay or Sudan grass, II
will be better to give some extra feed,
especially to cows that are to dror
calves.
Some shelter is advisable in winter.
even though only q windbreak. Where
there are plenty Of trees, cattle can
often get along very well with these
for shelter. The following are some
representative rations that might be
used in wintering stock where fatten.
ing for market is not desired: % &c
pounds hay (alfalfa or park hay). ca
% pounds cane hay or corn fodder,
one pound cottonseed cake. (3) 80
pounds cane or kafir silage, one pound
cottonseed meal.-Chas. I. Bray, In
'Live Stock in Colorado"