davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

save pine trees from the blister rust,
because they are the only means by
which this disease can spread.
The pines in the plantation were
examined In the fall Of 1921 by agents
Of the United States Department OF
Agriculture. As result Of the trees
being exposed for II single year to the
blister rust on the currant and goose
berry bushes, 1t was found that SO
trees showed infection originating In
1919, 1877 were missing and 4S3 showed
no sign of infection! Thus 1910 per
cent of the living trees or 11.20 per
cent Of all the trees set out on the
plat were infected by the blister rust
In single year, and will succumb
sooner or later. If the bushes had
been removed before the pines were
set out, this loss would have been pre-
vented.
The disease Is rapidly increasing on
white pines In the northeastern states
and prompt action by pine owners in
destroying currant and goOseberry
bushes Is necessary to prevent serious
damage and loss to the pine crop
Since wild goOseberry and currant
pushes are among the first plants to
sprOut and leaf out, they can be dis
tinguished very readily in the early
spring. This season Is, therefore,
most favorable for the pine wood-lot
owner to find and pull them out.
These bushes should be destroyed In
the pine stand and around it for dis.
tance Of at least 900 feet II the
search for the bushes Is conducted
Systematically. and If care Is taken to
get all the main roots, the pines will
be protected from the blister rust for
at least five. years.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
PIKE TOURIST To
VISIT OWOSSO
Will Arrive Evening of July
Z at $50; G. of G. Talks
Community Drive.

OWOSSO, June 15.-Secretary
'SSeagmiller at the Chamber of Com
merce luncheon, Tuesday noon,
read at letter. he received from
Secretary Earf> of the Michigan
Pike, association.
This letter told of the assocla-
lions plans for a tour of the state
this summer and of their eXpecta-
tions to arrive in Owosso, July Z,
at $3.50 in the evening and leave
at 7 o'clock the next morning.
L he letter was put into the hands
OF the entertainment committee for
plans to be made befitting the oc-
Ncasion,
A letter was also read from the
Grand Rapids furniture dealers.
II gave their opinion of the present
shipping facilities and freight
rates. The letter stated it was
zheir hope of having all railroads
merge into one head and so oper-
ate. This they believe will help
matters greatly. This letter was
surned over to the industrial COM
Enittee.
The long talked of proposition of
organizing a community chest was
"a lsO discussed. "If we could but
have it," said Seagmiller, "it would
do away with all solicitations dur
ing the year. Each organization
should make out their expense ac-
count for the coming year. such as
the Kings Daughters, the hospital,
then turn them in to the Chamber
of Commerce and hold one drive,
canvassing every home in the city.
This proposition will receive fur
ther discussion at next weeks
meeting.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
GETTING cows ON PASTURE
In Many Cases Grass Is Not in Proper
Condition to Be Grazed and
Animals Suffer.

The temptation to get the cows on
grass as early as possible in the spring
consequence Is that many pastures are
required to carry cattle before they
are in proper condition to be grazed.
Although milk cows will usually show
gains In milk production on grass i'm.
mediately after 1t becomes green,
these gnins are only temporary and
unless the feeding of the regular barn
rations Is continued, the milk flow
soon falls of and the animals lose in
flesh.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

Owosso was released from the
drought 1t has suffered the past
three weeks and many crops
therefore endangered from the
long dry spell it is thought will
be saved.
The rain coming down in a reg
ular torrent soaked into the
ground as fast as it fell, showing
vividly how dry the ground had
BECOME.
Whether the rain came in time
10 help the strawberry crop in the
vicinity is problematical. Begin
n ng the season the strawberry
growers predicted large crop, but
due to the continuous dry spell
tic berries are becoming scarce,
aud the vines are drying up.
Although the storm was excep-
tiontlly severe it was decidedly
worse southeast of the city. The
rain there came down in a minia-
ture cloudbust and followed by
terrific wind.
Vernon and Byron were without
lights during Friday night because
of the connecting power lines go
ing down.
Corunna and Shiawassee town
we're also without lights for a
short while during the storm.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
SAVING PINE TREES
FROM BLISTER RUST
Wild Currant and Gooseberry
Bushes Must Be Removed.
Disease Is R,picIy Increasing in
Northeastern States and Prompt
Action Is Needed to Save
Timber.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
A delay of one year in destroying
the wild currants and gooseberries as
protection against the blister rust
Will result In the loss of at least IL
per cent of the trees in young white
pine plantation at North Hudson.
N. Y.
This planting OF white pine was
made for the purpose of producing
another timber crop on an area pre-
viously denuded by fire. Three-year-
Old trees were set out in the spring Of
1919, but the wild currant and goose,
berry bushes on the tract were not de-
stroyed until 1920. Il year after the
planting. The removal of the currant
and gOOseberry bushes Is necessary to
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
nLEr& ~ ~ 9TAs
MoRRnRn MReaem DE- m]((t,2s.,Nl NlRAtIs] 4 r 5
American Chemists Have Accomplished the Wonder.
Which Ancient Chemists Shived for by the
Utilization of Coal Tar By-Products
(Told In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND
No. w
THE ALCHEMIST'S DREAM

Through the literature of the an
tents runs the absorbing story OF the
!lchemist's patient search Tor the
ouchstone which would transform all
)ase metals into pure gold, and the
lever-cnding quest for the elixir which
would restore youth to the aged and
would cure all human ills. The alchc-
mist, driven from cellar to garret and
often put to death, had an elemental
knowledge OF chemistry and vaguely
lreamed that it could be made to per-
'orm wonders.
1t was Ben Jonson's alchemist,
Subtle, back in the early seventeenth
century who planned "to change ak
that is in my house to gold, and early
n the morning to send to all the
plumbers and pewterers and buy their
in and lead up; and to Lothbury for
all the copper And more than that,
oy means Of this magic elixir, in eight
and twenty days he planned to trans
form an old man of four score into a
prattling child.
Certainly, chemistry has not sue
,eeded in performing these marvels.
The philosopher stone still is an un-
known quantlty 10 science, Durlcu, per :
haps, with the pot of gold at the rain
bows end, and the elixir of youth is as
deeply hidden as on that far-off day
when De Soto set forth SO bravely
from Spain to find it in the new world.
But chemistry has accomplished won
ders by the utilization of coal tar by
products which contribute to every
phase of our daily life. Take the
fairy glass of the chemist and look in
to this rather unintercsting substance
coal
We put a kettle of it over fire and
we see leaving at various times what
the chemist calls the Crudcs-benzone,
toluene, xylene, napthalene. phenol
anthracene, carbazol, and some others.
But these are the most important.
Some are clear liquids. some are
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
BEST DEVELOPMENT Or Jair
Feeding Should Begin Before Birth
and insufficient Amount Results
In Puny Youngster.

Poorly nOurished cows give birth to
weak, puny calves which are hard to
raise. The feeding of the calf. there
fore, begins before II Is born. The
food elements for the development Of
the calf are taken into the stomach
of the COW, digested, assimilated, and
transmitted to the calf through the
umbilical cord, the connection between
the mother and the calf. 1t is evident
that If the cow does not receive food
enough to keep herself In thrifty con-
dition and at the same time develop
her calf, both she and the calf must
suffer.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
DYE WORKS

of these Intermediates, one line os
treatment will produce drugs, another
high explosives, another poison gases.
still other perfumes, food favors and
Photographic materials. Some have
varying peace and war time uses with
out further treatment. 1t should be
noted that some of these crudes re-
quire as many as fifteen manipulations
to produce given compound and in
each manipulation a by-product is
produced which again must be made
into something useful in order to avoid
waste.
1t is because of this treatment and
retreatment of coal, crudes and inter-
mediates that it is SO easy to convert a
dye plant into factory for the pro-
duction of high explosives or poison
Gus gases almost over night.
Germany was indeed farsighted,
back in 1882 when she took advantage
of Perkins discovery, and began the
development of gigantic dye industry
so that she might never be without the
crudes and intermediates so essential
to success in war or peace.
Germany developed the synthetic
dye industry, just as she developed
other industries, to create employment
and wealth for her millions. But
through these developments she learn
ed the value of chemistry, of chemicals,
and Of chemists themselves. She real
lied early how dependent her peace
development was on chemistry and
she soon saw the value of chemical in
dustries to war. Germany saw. that
. the manufacture of dyes required much
chemical research and also that dye
making made use of the waste prod
ucts from the coke ovens, themselves
necessity to her iron and steel in
dustry. She saw its value in the pro-
duction of explosives, gases and fer
tilizers for her fields. This foresight
gave Germany a forty year start on
the United States, and the rest Of the
world.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
0WOSSO POLICE
ARREST YOUTHS
One Boy Turns Out to Be
Human Fly, Climbs Up
Corner of Building.

OWOSSO. June I6-Sundav evening
about 300 o'clock Chief OF Police Dem
yer, with Assistant Chief Whitehorse.
picked up Joe Proski. age 49, OF 1902
Henry ST., his brother, Walter. age s,
and Erwin Harris, OF 1913 Stewart sto
For stealing bicycle tires from Townsend
~ Fulmore's accessory store on w.
Main st.
When the chief, who was driving west
on Main ST.. spied the trio loaded with
sires at the corner of Water and Main
SITS, he at once told Whitehorse who was
accompanying him. to make ready to
1set them and stop his machine at once.
Upon seeing the officers approach
aToslu. who was carrying just one tire,
g;ave it over to one of his companions
and stopped. The two other boys. how
'Ssver, kept on towards west town.
Proski upon being questioned told the
police he had to go home as his mother
wanted him, but with questioning he
finally admitted to the police that the
tires were stolen.
The officers then started after the two
boys that had gone on. only to find
they had thrown their loot behind the
signboards by the West Main st. bridge.
The castaway tires were quickly re-
covered and the youthful thieves were
soon picked up.
They were then taken to the rear of
the Townsend & Fillmore building and
made to show how they gained access
10 the place. 1t was here that young
Proslki proved himself to be human
siy.
He demonstrated how he made an
entrance to the building by climbing the
side OF the building and crawling
through a broken transom over the
door.
He threw the tires out to his waiting
companions; then with some expert fin-
ger and toe work he showed the aston
sshed officers how he made his exit
down the side of the building from a
second story window.
The boys were afterwards taken to
their homes, and as 1t is their first Of
Tense authorities will not press the
charge.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
FIRST TREATMENT OF HIDES
First Spread II Out With Hair Side
Down and Then Cover Evenly
With Layer Of Salt.

If the hide from any animal is ia
be held few days before selling. the
first treatments are essential accord
ing to the animal husbandry depart.
ment at Iowa State college. In han.
'Hiag, first salt 1t by spreading it out
hair side down and covering II evenly
with heavy layer Of salt. Fold the
head and legs in until the hide forms
strip one and one-half to two feet
wide. Start at the head and coll
tightly and then tie securely with q
strong string.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

beautiful crystals,
but all are brought
out of the black
coal tar by the
magician's W a n d,
which is S i m pl y
fractional distilla-
tion; that is, catch
ing and condensing
the vapors given off
at various tempera-
lures.
Now, what of the
crudes? Add nitric
acid, or any one Of
hundreds Of chcmi-
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
KEEP MILK AND CREAM COOL
Product Will Soon Sour on Warm
Spring Days Unless Promptly
Placed in Tank.

AS warm weather approaches, bet
ter care must he taken Of the milk
and cream. The can of cream must
he put into cooling tank into as cold
water as possible to keep the cream
cold. Unless milk and cream Is cooled
promptly and well 1t will sour during
the warm spring days.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

They are selections from the Greater
Baltimore, Stone and Merveille des
Marches (Marvel of the MarkeD. three
Of the best commercial varieties
grown. They possess, in addition to
wilt resistance, all the good qualities
of their parent varieties. Extensive
field tests have shown them to be well
adapted to all parts of the United
States in which tomato wilt is present
The work done in connection with the
development of these varieties is de-
scribed In new department bulletin,
No. 1915, Development of Wilt-Re-
sistant Tomatoes. by F. J. Pritchard,
Psychologist, which may be obtained
upon application to the United States
Department Of Agriculture, Washing
ton.
Very few commercial varieties Of
tomatoes possess appreciable resist
ance to wilt The Duke of York and
the Buckeye State, apparently one va
riety under two names, are highly re-
sistant, but they produce poorer fruit
than the varieties developed by the
department. tg
Livingston's Globe is somewhat re-
sistant, but it's fruit, although of good
size and shape, Is Objectionable to
Gamers and also to dealers in some
other markets because of it's purple
color. Moreover, it is very susceptible
to nailhead rot. a destructive disease
prevalent in the South
Obtain Resistant Varieties.
Superior wilt-resistant varieties
may be obtained by selection from
varieties that normally produce
heavy crop of excellent fruit, and vary
considerably in the degree of wilt re-
sistance possessed by their individual
plants. Even If such varieties are sus-
ceptible to wilt, IL they produce occa-
siOnal resistant plants. they afford
good material for selection but the Sc
lectiOns have to be carefully tested
on uniformly wilt-infested Soil for a
period Of several years In order to OBJ
tain the best strains or varieties-a
process requiring more time, skill and
expense than the average grower can
give to it. Most varieties transmit ap-
prOximately the same degree of wilt
resistance to all their plants and con-
sequently offer little opportunity for
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
THE owosso TIMES, OWosso. MICH.

'-.r."'0"'o"' "y S0s0y,svn. xvza..v
plants selected for wilt resistance
usually transmit to their immediate
offspring as much resistance as can be
developed from them by subsequent
selection. In few Instances increased
resistance has been obtained in the
second selection, but not In later Sc
lections.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

calls, and either heat
or cool as the case
may be, and we get
a host of other COM
pounds described
as interme di a t c S.
Although some Of
the crud e s and
many of the in
ter m e d iates are
IL S c full as such,
the real develop
nlent begins with
the chemical treat
ment of the interme-
dates. With many
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

Perhaps Japan hesitates to get out
of Siberia because that would leave
France alone In q strange land.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
PLANT CROPS FOR cow FEED
less Properly Fed-Ensilaae and
Alfalfa Urged.

Dairy cows are not profitable un-
less fed properly. Ensilage and alfal-
IA hay are the best cow feeds. The
canes, kaffirs, darsO, feterita and corn
are good row crops for the sllO. II
alfalfa cannot he grown. cow peas,
soy Beans or peanuts are leguminous
crops to plant for dairy COW feeds.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

One thing about the'French SYSTEM
1t gives pretty nearly all the states
men u chance at the premiership.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16

Siberia Is becoming hopeful OF De;.ss
distinguished for political leaders in
stead of political prisoners.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
Wilt RESISTANT
TOMATO IS seen
AlIment Causes an Annual Loss
of More Than $4,000 Tons
in Few States.
FUNGUS LIVES IN THE SOIL
Four Varieties Have Been Developed
Which Will Produce Heavy Crops
of Excellent Fruit on Soil
Badly infested.

prepared by the United States Department
.t' of Agriculture.)
The only successful means of con-
trolling tomato wilt is through the de-
velopment of resistant varieties, says
the United States Department of Agri-
culture! Tomato wilt causes an an
nual loss of more than115,0O0 tons of
tomatoes in the Middle, Atlantic, Gulf
and lower Mississippi states. The
wilt fungus lives in the soil and in
vades the tomato plant through it's
roots. Spraying the plant has no eff
feet on the disease, and no important
results have been obtained in the con-
troll of the trouble through soil treat
ment '., ,flia,t.
The Owosso times., 1922-06-16
, Varieties Developed.

Four varieties Of tomatoes have
been developed which will produce
heavy crops of excellent fruit on land
so badly infested by wilt that ordinary
tomatoes cannot be grown upon it.
Evening star., 1922-12-30
BY Hal oFLAHERTY.

(By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1927
LONDON. December 3o.-Great Brit
ain looks forward to the first weeks
of the New Year with the deepest
anxiety.
The first month of 1923 must wit
ness decisions of the most fateful
character. not only for Great Britain,
but for the entire world.
Proceeding simultaneously are three
conferences. each Of vital Importance
to the British empires welfare and
holding possibilities that are beyond
conception. Britain's prime minister
will go to Paris soon to thresh out
with France and Italy the matter of
German reparations He is already
at Lausanne. where he is facing the
obstinate Turks. and with the barest
chance OF winning them over to q rea.
sonable settlement of the near east
problem.
The British chancellor is en- route
to Washington, where he will attempt
to negotiate one of the most delicate
problems that International finance
has ever presented to the world pow
erS.
If all of the nations involved in this
problem take the right turning. an
other era Of prosperity looms on the
horizon, but II the wrong road is
taken, civilization must faltsr along
Evening star., 1922-12-30
Voice of u. S. Held to Be Vital
In Parleys to SAGE Europe

under the darkly threatening clouds
Here in London. the heart of the
British empire, attention is centered
upon Chancellor BaIdwin's' mission
to Washington as being the key to
the whole European situation. If
America shows a willingness to grant
Britain terms as to payment Of the
huge debt so lenient, fair and rea-
sonable that 1t ceases to be q threat
Of financial ruin, then the other prob
lens Of European finance can be
talked without fear.
But Britain is asking moro than
an easement OF the financial debt
from America. She wants Americas 8
advice on the question of German
reparations and her active co-opera-
tion in a complete Reorganization Of
present methods Of commerce and
trade.
British statesmen feel confident
that Americas terms will be salts.
factory, but they await with nervous
tension some word Of what further
steps the United States intends
statements Of Britain's public men,
1t appears certain that they want
America to help mako an impartial
inquiry into Germany's ability to pay
and to propose q method Of payment
and then help Bonar Law and his
colleagues to convince France that
such q plan Is necessary and rea-
sonable.
In Lausanne, Lord Curzon has pre.
pared q complete treaty for peace in
the near east. It will be presented
to the Turkish delegates for sigma
ture the latter part OF next -Neel<s
Evening star., 1922-12-30
AIMS TO WIPE OUT
. P. 0. DEFICIT IN 1924
Work Says Continuance of
Present Business Conditions
Alone Needed.
NO RAISING OF RATES
Innovations Planned Include Fast
Parcel Post Freight, Con-
gress Is Told.
NO RAISING OF RATES

The Post Office Department expects
to wipe out the postal deficit in 1924.
If business conditions hold good
learned today.
Postmaster General Work expects
to reduce the postal deficit of $780,
S15,40036 in 1922 to $31.750.0 900 during
the coming year and to entirely alb
sorb the deficit in 1924. He has made
this statement before the hearings
on the postal appropriations bill and
the entire department is working be-
hind him to make it come true.
This great step will be accom-
plished, IL business conditions hold
good, without raising the postal rates
in any particular, it is expected. 1t
logically follows, according to the
officials. that nc rates must be re-
duced, either.
Fast Parcel Post Freight.
Fast parcel post freight may be one
of the novelties introduced in the
effort to cut down the deficit. Han
ding Of parcel post is becoming such
a problem that two classes of such
postal matter may be drawn up
parcels that may go in cars, much
as fast freight. taking their time. and
parcels that must receive the swiftest
transportation.
Saving Of money can be affected by
such a step, 1t is believed by some
officials, as well as betterment Of the
parcel post service. Officials feel that
efficiency of service Is more to be de-
sired than q decrease in the deficit, a.
desirable as the latter is.
Betterment of the efficiency Of the
motor vehicle service Of the depart
ment is another aim Of officials, It
was learned today.
$so.ooO.ooo Work a Year.
Nearly .5o.ooo,ooo worth of work is
done by the postal service each year
for various government agents with
out pay, officials stated, this large
sum being considered as a normal sort
or deficit.
Franking privileges cost the postal
service about S2O.o0o.ooo. This free
matter sent out by Congress and the
departments costs the postal service
that sum of money to carry and
handle.
The postal service constantly uses
its men and resources to do work for
other branches of the government
Among such work Is the aid given the
Treasury Department, in selling saw
ings certificates, and the aid given
the Department Of Agriculture in
taking the annual hog census, which
is done by rural carriers.