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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
CHANGE PROPOSED
IN COUNTY FORM
OF GOVERNMENT
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS AIM
TO MAKE ECONOMICAL
RULE POSSIBLE.
" Passed BY Legislature Proposal
Would Then BE Submitted To
Vote Of People.

Reorganization Of county govern
ment in Michigan, on the principle oil
home rule. with one or more optional
plans for such counties as, by major
ity vote, indicate that they want to
secure improved methods, was the
subject of discussion at Lansing, Jan.
20. Members Of the state committee
of seven citizens held a meeting, at
the call Of the chairman, Parm G.
Gilbert attorney, Of Traverse City,
and In their conference they consult
ed Attorney General Wiley, who was
asked to give his official advice on
the form Of the proposed amendment
to the state constitution.
Other members Of the state com.
mittee. who were elected at a general
public meeting held in the senate
chamber at Lansing, Dec. II, are: c.
Roy Hatten, Grand Rapids. secretary;
f. l. Baldwin. editor Escanaba Jour-
nal; w. o. Davidson, Sault Ste Marie;
Clarence E. Wilcox, corporation
counsel. Detroit; William P. Lovett,
secretary of the Detroit Citizens
league; and Attorney Elvin Swart-
hout, Grand Rapids.
1t is expected that the resolution
for a constitutional amendment will
be introduced first In the senate.
printed, and thrown open for general
discussion, in the interests of great
er economy in county administration,
and a saving to the taxpayers. II ap-
proved by two-thirds' majority in
the legislature, and signed by the
governor, the amendment will be sub
mitted to vote Of the people Of the
state.
In Wayne county citizens commit.
tee of nine members has spent two
months in study of the question. This
committee is made up Of a majority
from the county. outside Of Detroit,
and its members have given unani.
nous approval to the plan. 1t is said
that a large number Of county officials
In Wayne county favor the proposed
reform, including the entire board Of
county auditors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
500 MAYOR FAVORS
CHANGE IN FORM OF
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
(By F. T. McDonald.)

Extract from The Evening News.
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Oct. 2, 1920.)
81 believe a corhmission form of
government for the county is desir-
able. The present system is cum
bersome, lacking In centralized re-
sponsibility and coordination of &C
tivities with the consequence that
there Is much wasted effort and a
failure Of proper results.
ITO obtain a county commission
government, 1t will be necessary to
amend the constitution Of the State
of Michigan, permitting counties to
adopt a home rule, or charter, gov
eminent, much the same as the Con-
Stitution was amended in 1908 per-
hitting cities to make and adopt
their own form Of government.
Chippewa county should take the
lead In this movement for better gov
eminent. hope the people Of this
county will give earnest consideration
to this highly important movement,
for I am convinced that when the
great benefits to be derived from the
change are thoroughly appreciated
a commission form Of government
will be assured for the counties OF
Michigan"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
500 NEWS COMMENTS
ON PROPOSED CHANGE
OF rule IN COUNTIES

(Extract from the Evening News.
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Oct. 4, 1900
The people Of the county will ap-
plaud Mayor McDonald's declaration
In favor of a simplified government
for Michigan counties. it is safe to
assume. The NEWS has suggested
several times that the commission
form Of government for counties is
well worth serious investigation and
We are decidedly gratified to see the
mayor take such a firm stand on this
important matter.
AS he states, the present system is
cumbersome. lacking in centralized
responsibility. and coordination of
activities with the consequence that
there Is much wasted effort and
failure of proper results. To express
1t In a nutshell. the trouble with
our present method Of handling coun-
ty affairs ia that there is no actual
executive head tc it.
Think Of that. No head to II.
When one does think of 1t he has to
admit that county government seems
to be sort Of hap-hazard proposition
all along the line. II grows out of an
accidental or geographical political
division, which Is first established
and a so-called system Of govern
ment" added afterward. We would
not suggest for a moment that the
present system is an absolute failure.
or SO decidedly ineffective or vicious
that its preparation is public scan.
dal. Not at ALL We are prepared
to state, and present rather convinc-
ing proof, too, that counties as now
run are poorly run as compared to
the manner in which they might and
should be run, that the present
scheme Of county government is &C
complishing less at a considerably
greater expense than might be. and
that until there is an effectively cen.
tralized plan Of county government
in operation here in Michigan. the
state will be worse off In highly i'm.
poftant governmental aspect than It
should be.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
FARMERS OF MICHIGAN
EXPRESS DESIRE FOR
COUNTY HOME RULE
STATE FARM BUREAU MEMBERS
FAVOR NEW COUNTY
GOVERNMENT.

Lansing-The Michigan State Farm
Bureau has been sending out ques-
tionnaires to thousands Of farmers
throughout the state, Of which the
organization has many thousand
members, to secure their opinion re.
garding various legislative matters OF
interest to farmers. Among the many
answers received, the question relat.
ing to county government has caused
great interest.
: OF the total answers received, S5.5
per cent were in favor of submitting
to vote of the people an amendment
to the state constitution to permit any
county that desire to do so, by vote
of its people, to have a commission
form Of government in place Of the
many boards and commissions max.
ing up the present county system, and
thereby secure business methods and
efficiency.
! The proposed law would be optional
and would not affect any county un.
less SO decided by majority vote OF
the people of that county and it would
not be necessary to have commission
form, but the present system could
be continued, but changed and simpli.
fed in any way the voters of the
county desired, which cannot be dor /,
at the present time without a consti.
tutonal amendment ,.u....>a..s--.~xD
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
CUBA A "MAN'S" COUNTRY
Fair Sex Has Not Won Emancipation,
to Any Marked Degree, on Gem
Of the Antilles.

Cuba, like all Latin-American cOun-
tries, especially of the tropics, is es-
sentially a mans country. One Of the
great surprises Of Havana Is the
scarcity. of women on the streets, even
at times when they swarm with prom
enading men. The Cuban believes as
firmly as the old Spaniard that the
woman's sphere is strictly behind the
grill Of the front window, and with
few exceptions the women agree with
him. The result is that her interest
in life beyond her own household Is
virtually nil. The woman's suffrage
party of Cuba recently issued
pompous manifesto, but 1t seems to
have won about as much support on
the island as would missionary OF
the prohibition movement. In the
words Of the militants of the sex in
Anglo Saxon lands, "the Cuban woman
has not yet reached emancipation"
The clerks, even in shops that deal
only in female apparel, are almost ex-
clusively male. The offices that en-
ploy stenographers or assistants from
the ranks Of the fair sex are rare, and
these usually recruit such help in the
States. Except on gala occasions 1t
is extremely seldom that a Cuban girl
Of the better, class Is seen in public,
and even then only in company of her
duenna or male member of her i'm
mediate family, and few married wom-
en- consider 1t proper to appear unac-
companied by their husbands, despite
American example. Yet Of open Of
Tense against her modesty the Cuban
lady Is freer than on the steets Of
our own large cities. Even in restau-
rants and gatherings, where those Of
the land never appear, an American
woman Is treated, except in the mat
ter of staring, with genuine courtesy
by all classes.-Philadelphi Evening
Bulletin.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Order of Publication.

State Of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County Of Shiawassee.
At a session Of the Probate Court for said
County. held at the Probate office in the City of
Corunna. on Tuesday, the 4th day Of January.
in the year one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-one.
Present-Matthew Bush. Judge Of Probate
In the matter of the estate of Marinda C Steffy.
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Carrie f.
DeVore praying that administration de bonis non
OF said estate may be granted to Judson Fuller or
some other suitable person.
1t is Ordered. That the 7th day of February
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said Pro-
bate Office be assigned for hearing said petition.
And it is Further Ordered. That a 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 coun.
ty of Shawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
By CLARrBEL GALLOWAY.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Notice Of Appearance.

State Of Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the
County of Shiawassee In Chancery.
August JOsptP ,nls;,s
Johnathan Child and Sophia Child. his wife:
Daniel Ball and Mary A. Ball. his wife:
Ransom s. Smith. James B. Wheeler.
Mary +. Finch. Albert T. Nichols and
and Aaron Vedder. or any of their
unknown heirs. devisees. legatees and assigns.
Defendants
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE.
Suit pending September 2. 1920. in the Circuit
Court for the County of Sbiawassee. In Chancery.
1t appearing to me. the subscriber, Circuit
Judge in the above Court. from the allegations
contained in said Bill of Complaint filed in the
above entitled cause and from the afidavits 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. motion of Miner & Miner, attor-
neys for the Plaintiff. it 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 filed. and a 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 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
that said publication be continued once each week
for six week in succession. or that Plaintiff cause
a copy of this order to be personally served on
said Defendants and each of them at least twenty
days before the time prescribed for appearance.
JOSEPH H. COLLINS,
Circuit Judge.
MINER & MINER,
ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff.
Business Address, 40 Miner Building, Owosso,
Mich.
NOTICE-The foregoing suit involves the title
to the following described real estate. to-wit:
The west fifty acres of the east one hundred
acres OF the northeast one quarter OF Section 20.
town north, range east; and also part Of the
northeast one quarter and the southeast one quar-
ter of said Section 90 described as beginning at
the north one quarter post of Section 20; thence
east 1920 chains thence south So 80 chains to the
Shiawassee river. thence northwesterly along said
river TO the north and south quarter line,
thence north along said one quarter line 50.27
chains {, the place of beginning. excepting 10
acres so to Jasper II. Kelly and acres sold to
Rosetta Kelly all in town north, range east,
Shiawassee County. Michigan, and this suit is
rought to quiet PLAINTIFFS title therein.
MINER 81 MINER,
80 Attorneys for Plaintiff
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Notice for Appearance.

State of Michigan County of Shiawassee-
Thirty-ffth Judicial Circuit. In Chancery
Suit pending in the County of Shiawassee,
22nd day of Demember. A. d. 1920. Jessie Baus-
laugh, Plaintiff, VS.. John w. Bauslaugh, Defend
ant. In this cause it appearing by anaffidavit on
file that the said defendant John w. Bauslaugh.
is not a resident Of this State. ard that his pres
ent place of residence or whereabouts is
unknown to plaintiff. Therefore. on mo-
ton of Neil r. Walsh. attorney for said plaintiff
{ is ordered that the defendant. John w. Baus-
laugh. enter his appearance in said cause on or
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 lie contn-
ued each week for six weeks in succession.
Dated Dec. 25th. 1920
JOSEPH H. COLLINS.
Circuit Judge.
NEIL r. WALSH,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Business Address-Owosso. Michigan. 4l-47
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
E6LnASs

BY. Just before her wedding to reck-
less Bob Givens.
Old Hugh Tharp and Arethusa, his
wife, were worldly wise; Bob was an
only child, and his parents were rich.
Baird had had nothing but the wages
Of clerk in hardware store to Of
fer her, but Mamie had thought that
4 enough until her parents had taught
her better.
II can't quit loving you, Mamie"
Baird had said to her, "even though
you are going to marry somebody else.
I'm going away, but If you are ever
In trouble or need. will come to you.
Be sure you call me, Mamiew And
In his dream, Mamie, with a white,
stricken face, had held out her arms
to him, for help-to him, a thing I'M
able to keep himself In foodl
Well, he'd have a full meal once
more anyway, and he'd take enough
Of these prosperous peoples stuff to
take him out of the city, and
Cautiously he swung himself
IlIOuSn tnt ODCu III ihV iSh'
his lantern, he saw In the dining
Nm, next the kitchen, mahogany
Hboard, covered with silver articles.
reached out his hand toward pile
poons, then dropped 1t as sudden
II can't do ~ he murmured. GOD
can't do itV
las he turned, there fell on his ears
Ne heavy, distressed breathing Of a
child. Then woman came running
out Of an adjoining bedroom and
turned on the lights.
ooh, my babyl" she was moaning.
1T don't know what to do for him. and
I'm afraid he'll die IL / leave him
Oh, Jimmy--Jimmy Jimmy"
Her voice rose in the entreating
wall OF one who unconsciously calls,
In dire need, for one she knows is be-
yond reach. Then her eyes fell on
Baird. She caught at his unexplained
presence in desperate eagerness.
eOh. sir--help mel Ny baby's d.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Thouobt Il Only Half a GIFT.

DIR. Carleton b. McCulloch, Demo-
cratic nominee for governor, in one
of his campaign speeches, recalled a
trip he made to Greenfield with James
Whitcomb Riley after the children Of
that city had bought loving cup for
the great Hoosier poet. He and Mr..
Riley were sitting in an autombile and
they heard little girl nearby talking
to her mother about the present.
81 think they might just as well
have given him saucer with the
cup," the child said.-Indianapolis
News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

co 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. !
For hours Baird had hidden In the
shadow of a clump of holly in the
big suburban yard waiting for the
near morning time when people sleep
most soundly. The young fellows gar
ments were whole and decently clean,
but his dark red sweater hung loose
" on his gaunt body; his face thin
and blue-white, was desperate, bitter,
hopeless.
Baird had come West with those
who listened to the alluring tales Of
city boosters and the real estate in
terests, to make his fortune" In the
Land Of Opportunity"-and his for
tune, at this moment, consisted of a
single battered copper!
For weeks he had tramped the
streets with hundreds of others look
ing for work-when there were ten
hungry men for every Job. But he
had not given up until the day be-
nre. Then, sitting In the free read
ing room of the "Men's Resort" at
fve O'Clock in the morning, he had
been roughly seized, with fifty others
q the hungry unemployed, and after
search at the police station had re-
vealed the amount Of the silver and
gOld Of the fifty to be less than IS
eenta the "empty" ones were ordered
- leave the city under penalty Of a
lengthy rock-pile sentence.
Stung 10 the depths Of his sensitive
scul By the njustice-crazy with the
hunger pain In his stomach, Baird
resolved, and as a result Of his reso-
luton he was waiting outside this
Mlent house.
At two o'clock he fell into a light
dozeI Presently his own dreaming
cry: "Wait, Mamie! Wait for me"
awakened him. He laughed under his
breath at the absurdity of his words.
He had said words like them back
there In South Carolina, six years
ago, when his heart was breaking,
and he had told Mamie Tharp good
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
SICK STOCK

BOOK on treatment of Horses, Cows,
Sheep, Dogs and other animals, sent
free Humphrey Homeopathic Vet
Urinary Medicines, 156 William ST., N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

ing! My maids and chauffeur are at
dance and my telephone won't
work 70
Youthful remembrances of his moth
er and her remedies flashed over
Baird. He called for articles from
the medicine shelves and forced mix
ture down the boys throat, then
worked over the child Ga little four
year-old, with crooked back) until
the rasping breaths ceased and he
slept. breathing easily and naturally.
When the child was out Of danger
the woman brought her purse and
somewhat TREMENDOUSLY handed Baird
a gold coin.
Flushing, he laid 1t in one Of the
little sleeper's hands.
"No," he said; 1--WE no work-Tm
starving-I haven't eaten in two days.
I came In the house to rob you, but
don't want pay for saving your boys
life! If you'll show me the door, I'll
gol"
For the first time she saw him clear
ly. She caught her breath and the air
quivered with her wondering cry:
ooh, Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy"
Baird looked at her In establishment.
There were splOtches of white on her
black hair; there were lines Of weari-
ness in her young face.
"Mamie!" he cried. "I-where Is
BobT'
Bob is dead" she answered him.
"He was killed In a railroad wreck
before the baby was born. They are
all dead-father, mother and BOb's
father and mother"
T-I am sorry" he CROPPED for
words. II didn't know where you
were living. Poor Bobw
after Bob got tired Of me, and that
was very soon," she told him In
strange, hard voice, ''he used to strike
me. He knocked me down the day
before he was killed. That's the rea-
son my baby Is a hunchback."
The red leaped in Baird's white
cheeks. '-The brute! The damned
brute!" broke from him. Then his
head dropped In his hands. "And l."
he murmured, ashamed and contrite.
81 who would have died to save you
trouble-I tried to steal from you!
I-Tll go now, Mamie, and after this
I pray God you'll get better treatment
from those that profess to love your
He took an unsteady step toward
the door, then reeled and fell. When
he opened his eyes again, the young
woman brought a cup Of hot milk,
and held 1t to his lips, then fed him
spoonfuls Of egg, as one feeds baby.
After a little he raised himself and
stood erect. LET me go now, Mamie"
he said. 81 am all right now, and to
morrow I'll try again for work."
But she stood in his path, flushing
and trembling.
"Don't go, Jimmy! I'm afraid to
go on staying by myself-stay with
mel"
Baird whitened and turned his face
away from her.
Maybe you don't like me like you
used to, Jimmyw Her words were
low and wistful.
you know I love you, Mamie, and
always SHALL" he murmured, "but I'm
no good-worse than a failure. You
ought to have me sent to the police
station"
"Hush." she whispered, kissing him.
"In the morning-today, Jimmy-In
go with you to the parsonage"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
Order OF Publication.

State Of Michisan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee
AT a session of the Probate Court for the County
OF Shiawassee. held at the Probate Office in the
City OF Corunna on Saturday the 18th day OF
january. in the year one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-one.
Bresent-Matthew Bush Judge Of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Henry For.
ward. deceased.
., On reading and fling the petition of George T.
Campbell praying for license to sell real estate
for distribution and to prevent sacrifice.
1t is Ordered. That the 18th day Of February
next at ten o'clock in the forenoon Mt said Probate
Office. be assigned for hearing said petition.
And II is Further Ordered That a 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 Coun.
ty Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge of Probate.
BY CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04
HUMPHREYS
WITCH : HAZEL OINTMENT

(COMPOUND)
For Piles or Henorrhotds.
External or Internal, Blind or
Bleeding, Itching or Burning.
One application brings relief.
at all druggists
Send Free Sample of Ointment to
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Company
l56 William Street. New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

SALE OR ExCHANGE-2,68 $50 acres cut
over hardwood land, gravelly clay loan
soil. Good productive farms adjoining
near Rose City, Ogemaw county, Mich
Address, John York. 1O2 Belmont Ave.
Detroit, Mich,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

State of Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the
County Of Shiawassee. In Chancery.
August Jostpille.
Plaintiff
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-02-04

Homeo. Medicine Company
William Street. New York.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
FARMERS: READ: ACT

Every pressure under the sun is be-
ing brought to bear on local League
treasurers to compel them to keep
their funds with bankers who have
always fought and sare still fighting
the farmers industrial program with
every weapon at their command.
It is therefore vitality important
that the farmers get together at once
call on their local treasurers and
find out what they are doing with the
funds of the townships, school dis
trict, or county, as the case may. be,
and give the treasurers the strength
to do what they ought to do without
being asked-deposit all such funds
with the Bank of North Dakota.
Remember is around the Bank
of North Dakota that the whole strug-
gle of the farmers for economic indie
pendence now RACES and that if you
farmers lay down and let the bankers
have their way, not only will the Bank
Of North Dakota be lost, but, with It,
the entire program will be scrapped
and YOU farmers will be back to ''nor-
malcy," which means the good old
days Of IL percent and a bonus" every
time you want loan Of ten cents.
Get busy! Remember how when the
battle ragged, the people had to hold
up Moses hands so exhausted had ne
become with the long, hard struggle,
and that many of your treasurers
may need like help.
"Go thou and do likewise" and do
it NOW, TODAY.