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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Commissi oners' Notice.

In the matter Of the estate of Ruth A. Hover.
deceased.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shiawassee, State of Michigan.
Commissioners to receive, examine and adjust ali
claims and demands of all persons against said
the Union State Bank in the Village of Laings-
burg in said county. on Tuesday. the 9Th day of
August, A. ID. 1921. and on Monday. the 10th day
OF October. A. D. 1921. at ten o'clock in the fore
of each of said days. for the purpose of recev-
ing and adjusting all claims against said estate and
that four months from the 9Th day of June,
A. u. 1871. are allowed to creditors to present
their claims to said Commissioners for adjustment
and allowance.
Dated the sth day of June. A. d. 1921.
S. PIATT,
F. b. SMITH.
l2-l5 Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
NnVALzARSzN RaSJ2uWAnQERlau

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet In national convention
In San Francisco, August IS to %, in
elusive, the sessions to be held in the
great convention hall in the civic CEN
ter Of the coast city. Miss Anna A.
Gordon, national president of the Or
ganization, will preside at the meet
ings. The other general officers, all of
whom will be in attendance throughout
the convention, are: Mrs. Ella A.
Boole Of Brooklyn, New York, vice
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
ENo00zZoW ALDLz0zezZZ G4N EaAMOc0

Francisco, where she is prominent in
all welfare work. Mrs. Mary Harris
ArmOr, whom Georgia claims, has won
a nationwide reputation as an orator.
She enjoys the distinction of having
been the first woman to be given an
honorary degree by the first college
that opened its doors to women, Wes-
leyan College, in Macon, Ga. Mrs.
Armor is known among w. G. T. U.
women as the "Evangel Of the New
Crusade" She Is constantly busy
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

Christian Temperance Union, has al
ready secured the attention Of the
public for her work in this branch OF
social reform. Her ambition is to
bring into the membership of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union at
least % per cent Of the women of the
community engaged in gainful occupa-
tons. Thus she hopes to bring about
better understanding between women
who work outside the home and those
whose activities and interests center
about the hearth. Mrs. Miller is do
Ing valuable research work and compIl-
Ing figures which are Of considerable
Importance and significance to work.
ers in every branch of welfare work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

spreading the gospel of Prohibition and
Is one Of the national lecturers Of
the organization. She was born in
Georgia, educated in Georgia, and is
referred to by Georgians as Georgia
Product" But her great influence for
good throughout the United States has
entitled her to wider citizenship than
title of national lecturer in more than
literal sense. She is a national
woman.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Com missioners' Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Wilbert Harrison
Carson. deceased.
We, the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shiawassee, State of Michigan,
claims and demands Of all persons against said
estate. do hereby give notice that will meet at
the Citizens Savings Bank in the City of Owosso
in said county, Saturday. the 18th day of Octo-
Der. A. ID. 1921 andon Friday. the 10th day of De-
cember. A. ID. 1921. at ten o'clock in the forenoon
OF each of said days. for the purpose of receiving
and adjusting all claims against said estate. and
that four months from the 18th day of August,
A. ID. 1921. allowed to creditors to present their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment and
allowance.
Dated the 18th day of August. A. d. 1921.
FRANK MCCARTNEY.
MASON GETMAN.
1925 Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

DIR. Valeria III. Parker Of Washing
ton, d. c., is identified with number
Of organizations for which she directs
the program of social hygiene. She
10 National Director Of the Department
Of Social Morality Of the w. G. T. o.
and will be present ut the approach
ing convention to present the plans
which she has developed for the ac-
tivities Of that organization in her
field Of work. DR.. Parker has recent
" been appointed executive secretary
OF the United States Interdepartmental
Social Hygiene Board, the first wom-
an to be put In charge Of such an
Office. -l.sl.A|- ~Asl4 1MAa1AA
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston is
an orator of international reputation.
She has spoken in every state In the
Union. She has helped In campaigns
in Canada, Scotland, England and on
the continent Of Europe, I'm the in
terest Of prohibition and the better
citizenship of women. She is the Ma
tional Superintendent of the Depart
ment of Christian Citizenship of the
w. G. 7. U. and is bending all the
energies Of her department to the
arousing Of greater sense of civic re-
sponsibllity in the women Of America.
Mrs. Laura Parks Miller. Director
Of the Department of Women In In
dustry Of the National Woman's
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

The great civic auditorium of San
Francisco, built in the beautiful civic
center for the housing of conventions,
will be the scene Of the forty-eighth
annual meeting of the Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union, August IS to
%. Mrs. Sara J. Dorr, president of
the w. G.. L. U. Of Northern California,
is the hostess president and is in gen.
eral charge of arrangements for the
convention. Mrs. DOrr lives In San
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Why People Buy Rat-snap in Prof
erence to Rat Poison.

(I RAT-SNAP absolutely kills rats
and mice. (2) What it doesn't kill it
scares away. (S) Rats killed with
RAT-SNAP leave no smell, they dry
up inside. (4) Made in cakes, no mix.
ing with other food. (5) Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Three sizes, 35c, CSC.
81 %. Sold and guaranteed by Sprsgue
& Co. aug
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Commissioners' Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Isaac Rohra-
bacher. deceased.
We. the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon: Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County OF Shiawassee. State of Michigan,
Commissioners to receive examine and adjust ali
claims and demands of all persons against said
estate. do hereby give notice that we will meet at
the Union State Bank in the Village of Laings-
burg in said county. on Tuesday. the 30th day of
August. A. d. 1921 and on Monday the 3lst day
OF October A. ID. 1921. at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each of said days. for the purpose of recev-
ing and adjusting all claims against said estate.
and that four months from the 29th day of June,
A. ID. 1921. are allowed to creditors to present
their claims to said Commissioners for adjustment
and allowance.
Dated the 29th day of June. A. D. 1921.
FRANK B. SMITH,
JAMES ID. HOUGHTON,
1873 Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Wanted

Want farm. ranch, plantation in ex-
change for apartment buildings. Good
location. Rents $1,000 to 5000 900
Price $4,000 to $75O,OOO. Trade sep.
arate or together George w. Stewart.
80 South LaSalle, Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
Com missioners' Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Ira G. Barnes
deceased.
We. the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shiawassee. State of Michigan.
Commissioners to receive. examine and adjust ali
claims and demands of all persons against said es-
the State Bank of Byron in the Village of Byron
in said county. on Friday. the 30th day of Sep
TENDER A. ID. 1921. and on Wednesday. the 30th day
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 29th day of July
A. ID. 1921. are allowed creditors to present their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment and
allowance.
Dated the Goth day of July. A. d. 1921.
MYRON REDMOND.
II. J. MEIER.
1923 Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
NOTICE TO TRAFFIC

Corunna avenue has been closed
from Washington street to lakewood
avenue, because of paving activities
and all traffic must be diverted to
Main street.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26
STREET LIGHTING.

should notice any of the street lamps
not burning, please report same to
either the Folice Dept, Tel. No. 81,
or Consumers Power Co., Tel. No.
70. Your cooperation will assist us
greatly in rendering satisfactory SER
vice.-Adv.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

FARM WANTED-Wauted to hear
owner of farm Of good land for sale
for fall delivery.
L. JONES, Box 55l, Olney Ill,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

statesmen WANTED to solicit or.
drrs for Intoxicating oils. greases and
paints Salary or Com miesion. Ad-
dress The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-26

1925
The Press., 1921-06-23
Grandeur in Storm.

Indian thunderStOrms are notoriously violent, though comparatively harm less. According to MOuntstuart Elph- instOne, the setting in of the monsoon in India Is accompanied by such an electric cOnvulSi0n "aS can scarcely be imagined by those who have not seen that phenomenon in temperate eli mate.
 Tt generally begins with violent blasts of wind, which are succeeded by floods of rain. For some hours light ming is seen almost without intermis- sion; sometimes 1t only Eliminates the sky and shows the clouds near the horizon; at others it discovers the dis tant hills, and again leaves all in dark ness, when in an instant it reappears in vivid and successive flashes and ex- hibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of day.
 During all this time the distant thunder never ceases to roll and is only Silenced by some nearer peal. which bursts on the ear with such a sudden and tremendous crash as can scarcely fail to strike the most insensible heart with awe."-Scientific American.
The Press., 1921-06-23

"I don't know what you can mean" Linnet cried, coming toward him white and shaking. "He mustn't die-he Is so good-Pd rather die myself"
 What! When you're his only heir2' Moore bantered.
 Mrs. Ware looked at him hxedly. You are-misinformed," she said drily. "WendelI King could not leave Linnet his fOrtune-it is strictly en- tailed, failing direct heirs, 1t goes to distant cousins"
 MOore's face was a study. TT am -sorry-I thought I knew" he said, stumblingly. "Now must be going. Au revOir."
 Linnet did not hear him. She was at the phone calling breathlessly a number her mother smiled to hear. She shut her ears against her daugh- ter's voice, but her heart sang at the timbre of it-sOmething new and won derful rang there. Presently Linnet came to her, becoming like a rose, to say: Mother, he is perfectly, splen- didly well. We are to dine with him and go to the opera. I'm so happy, hug me tight"
 You are going to be happier, dar- ling" the mother murmured softly in her heart a mute thanksgiving that her daughters heart had gone through the false to the true.
The Press., 1921-06-23
Mark Ewain's Elephant.

Most of us receive white elephants at Christmas minus trunks and tails, but Mark Twain, the American hu- morist, actually received an elephant one Yuletide. Just before the fes- tive season a great friend wrote and told him if he was willing to accept an elephant as a token of his regard, it would arrive in due course. Whether Mark looked upon the whole thing as a joke or not one cannot say, but he answered the letter by return mail, thanking his friend for the offer, and agreeing to accept the animal. First, a huge supply of hay was delivered, then an elephant trainer was an- nOunced to inspect the premises, to see that there*was proper accommOda- tiOn for the beast; and finally, the ami nal itself appeared upon the scene. It was very fine specimen, and, to the casual observer, 1t might have come straight from India. However, on it's new master closely inspecting 1t, he found his Christmas present was most beautifully modelled of cardboard. An amusing practical joke, but somewhat expensive.
The Press., 1921-06-23
WHO OWNS ISLE?
Gem of the Pacific Is Without a
 Proprietor.
EngIishman Originally Leased 1t From the British Government, and 1t Is
 We'll Worth Having.

PalmerstOn island Gin south Pacific, between Society islands and SamOa) was a welcome sight, as welcome as It was unique. It is doubtful if such another gem adOrns the earth. Neither atoll nor island, it is perfect cOmbi- nation of both, natural necklace of surf pounded coral strung with six equi-distant verdant islets, the whole tnclOSing shallow lagoon slashed wi h unbelievable color.
 Such was Palmerston as we Hp- preached it before stiff southeast trade" to be welcomed by fleet of amazingly fast luggers and their as tonished crews, Ralph Stock writes in the National Geographic Magazine "WhO were we? Where had we sprung from? Had we any matches?"
 To our aStOnishment, the questions were fired at us in English and. what was more, English of a vaguely fumil- far pattern. It Is n strange thing to hear ones own tongue fluently ban died among brOwn-skinned people on an isolated speck of earth in mid Pacific.
 have PalmerSton island securely pigeOnhOled in my mind as the spot of all others in which. when the time comes, to sit down and wait for the end.
 The outside world in the shape of a schooner from the Cook group. in- trudes itself but once q year. The la- gOon and its neighbOring iSIets are d mine of interest to the naturalist or sportsman. and the people have sim pie charm that is all their own.
 Many years ago one John Masters leased PalmerstOn island from the British government, and, not believing in half-measures. took unto himself three native wives. By each he had a large and healthy family, which he reared in strict accordance with his own standards of social usage. That they were sound standards is evi- denced in the people of PalmeTstOn today. They read, write and sbeak English; this last with an accent vaguely reminiscent of the southwest of England. They are courteous, hos PAto"'e anu HolleS' to uVSIPe I"tl- ing short of startling, these days. and. although naturally inbred, they do not show 1t, either mentally or phys ically.
 One thing alone troubles the John Masters of today. To whom do he and his island belong? The war has changed all things. The Cook group, of which Palmerston has been de- clared far-fung unit. Is administered by New Zealand. Is Masters to be taxed, governed and generally har. ried by a people who hardly existed when his father took over Palmerston ! It looks like It.
The Press., 1921-06-23
Women on Juries Old Stuff.

While considerable ink is flowing relative to women serving us jurors, the theme Is rather old in Chester, Pa. It has been proved that this city had the tirst-jjury- -ot.women empa44efed nj this country, and that~,sSyqs fin 1889.
 The history of the Carter family, one of the early settlers of Pennsyl- vania, has the following to say about the public service of one of its mem. bers:
 Mary Carter was one of jury of women empaneled in Chester in 1889 to examine a female convict and re- port whether she should endure the punishment the court had ordered"
 The appointment of this jury was made in cOnfOrmance with a rule laid down by William Penn who, with his prejudice against capital punishment and undue penal servitude. gave his erring subjects much opportunity to es. cape the fruits of their misdeeds.
 Two hundred and thirty-one years after Mary Carter served on jury other Chester women's names have been placed in the jury wheel for service at the next term of court.
The Press., 1921-06-23
New Airplane.

Builders of the "bat-wing" .airplane have designed the new craft to over come the resistance of struts, wires and fuselage that in the usual type of machine consumes almost three quarters of the engine power. The new design, says Popular Mechanics Magazine, is a great double cambered airfOil that terminates at right and left in the conventional ailerons and that tapers in the rear to tail that has the usual elevator and rudder,
 The aerofoil measures 100 feet from tip to tip and swells in the front to a thickness of seven feet. In that bulge is a cabin 30 feet long, eight feet wide and six feet in height. The new plane is an internally trussed cantilever structure covered with wood veneer so tough that the wing surfaces can be walked upon. '.'''
The Press., 1921-06-23
GERMAN WAR PLOT
Plan to Wreck Machinery ln
 Chilean Nitrate Fields.
Had the Scheme Succeeded the Great War Might Have Had a Vsstly
 Different Ending.

War depends upon explosive ann munition. Explosive ammunition de- pends absolutely upon nitric acid, and the huge supply of nitric acid which is necessary comes almost entirely from the nitrate fields of Chile. The sodium nitrate of the Chilean pampas makes 1t possible for the guns of the world to speak.
 The most colossal war In the worlds history depended upon a little strip of desert in northern Chile, writes Willard Price in the Christian Herald. Germany well understood this fact. For years before the war she pur- chased annually 42 per cent of Chile's total production of nitrate. This enorm- 0us quantity was bought ostenslbly to be used as fertilizer, and in fact, much of 1t was so used. But also much of 1t was systematically stored away for the manufacture of ammuni- tlon so that, when the cloudbuEst came, Germany had on hand a vast supply of explosives and of nitrates from which explosives could be made.
 With the beginning of war she was, of course, promptly cut off from com munication with Chile Since 1t was impossible for her to get more Chilean nitrate, she would make 1t also lm- possible for the allies to get it. The outcome of this reasoning was a plot, the story of which never got to most North Americans, but which found tO be widely known in South America. But for the telltale wagglng of 6 drunken mans tongue, the war might have come to conclusion of a sort far more pleasing to the kaiser
 One day in February of 1917 Chilean miner came down from tbc nitrate pampas to the coast town of Antofagasta. He had money. He visited a cantina and in time became drunkenly garrulOus. His babblinRs made his listeners sit up sharply and exchange glances, and later report to the authorities.
 An investigation followed and 6 stu pendous German plot was revealed, having for its object nothing less than the destruction of the machinery tn all the nitrate ofcinas of Chile. The plot was to be consummated on February % (the same date as that set for the attempt, which proved fu- tile, to steal the Peruvian subma- rines). Charges well placed under boilers and at other vulnerable points would have wrecked machinery that 1t would have taken at least year and a half to replace.
 Of course, guards were Immediately 1 detailed and the plan was abandoned. But if the plot had succesded-what then? In a few months the existing | supply of nitrate in the hands of the allies would have been exhausted. The manufacture of ammunition, except in Germany, would have stopped.
The Press., 1921-06-23
checkers Played bY NIIe.

Checkers Is one of the oldest games played today. Sixteen hundred years before Christ was born the Egyptians were playing a game along the Nile that was essentially our game of checkers or drafts, as the British pre- fer to call It. The ancient Greeks had the game with but slight variations, and through all the intervening cen turies 1t has interested and enter. tained people. Some now prefer chess, another very old game, claim. ing that there is more mental work involved; but the game of checkers simple as it Is, presents a demand for the use of mental powers quite equal to those of the average person.
 That the rules of the game have become very well established Is indi- cated by the fact that Joshua Sturges's Guide to the Game of Drafts," which was first published in 1900, is still the standard authority on all points of dis pute in the game of checkers as played today.
The Press., 1921-06-23
MYSTERIOUS BODY OF WATER
All Sorts of Queer Beliefs Cluster Around What Is Known as Won
 der Lake, In AIaska.

''I think the next thing wanted to H. Lumpkin, writing of "A Hike in Alaska" in Boys Life. Tt is not such a tremendous sheet of water. Not nearly so large as many other Alaskan lakes, being some three miles long by a half mile wide. It lies in a sort of depression, its surface about three or four hundred feet above the level of Moose creek. Its bed was evidently scOoped out by glacial action some where back in those dim ages they tell us about. You can see, even now, the evidences of the glacial mOraines. Some blow, those glaciers
 "NOw, here are the things they tell of that lake. One, that 1t has fish so large that a specimen that a man hooked pulled him out of the boat into the lake. If that isn't a good fish story, then you try to go me one bet ter. Other stories that I think are well authenticated are these: That in winter, under the ice Is heard a rumbling, grooming sound. So much so that, although the winter trail lies straight across it, the Indians refuse to travel it, and go all the way round. That in summer there rise periodically great bubbles of gas of some kind, that bubble, and bubble, and finally die away. I talked with those who have seen this phenomenon. Then two things I found for myself. First, the lake is very deep. It Is sparkling and clear, and shelves rapidly, few feet from shore, to an unknown depth. Second, it does teem with fish, be- cause I saw them, although I do not know the variety, for having no prop CT tackle, we did not catch any. The ones l saw would average two to three pounds. No monsters. But who can say what may inhabit those spark limo 6onth09 TTph fn