THE OT. JOHNS VOLUME XXIII—No. 26. THE ST. JOHNS NEWS, THURSDAY AFTB3RfOON^PBBRUARY L 19U. TWELVE PAGES ONE DOLLAR A YEAS 2 harauas man fall to rsroglBs farming TEKCieS'NKinM aa a profaaston. Michigan solla aro being ma on tke earns plan of rota- Clinton County Repuhliccms MTEKST tlag that waa prevalant yanra ago, and HEIM KlTHE Iff mai WDBiBflfli BOW tha farmera are being pushed up to a raal and vital quaation. A farmer or THE MET EM7t;AT»EM who does not oare to ralae stock ex­ m iMFESTED tensively most see to It that vsgatahle or rorTTTBT to k heme. KILEDNiEGi ListenTo Prominent Speakers mattar U roturaad to the aoll largely. In laklag up the matter of "Improv- O b Friday ail Bcbaois in tbls county; IN THE FAKHEHtP INRTITrrE AT Ing the Dairy Herd." Prof. A. C. Ander ­ MT. JOBNM BAN BET A HOBBIBLB will be cloa^ in ordar that the varioua . OfID son Illustrated, by means of drawings, teachers, rural aad Tillage, may bsi the points to be looked for lo selecting MSATB able to attend the opening seaaion of; a good dairy aalmal. Club Pulled Off Large and Successful Ban­ the (Tllnton County Teachers' Inati-1 "Handling the Com rrop" was tute to be held at the high school room ^ taken up by Mr. Cook, and "Poultry In this city Friday and Saturday of; BIG CROND Iff HU. SESSIONS for ProAt" was handled by R. J. Ault- this week. maa, a farmer of OvW. The speaker' M k REM-BIO COLUBNM quet at National Bank Hall Last Night. The program la one of the very beat cvMantly*bellevaa that the early bird ever offered at an institute in 8t. catches the worai. for he makes a I IHrHKTA.NT (irEHTIONH Johns and will be helpful to all in­ M.4.NY point to have hla Aocka batched early; HAD WOBEBD FOB U. T. BIT A structors of youth. WEBE DHMTHHEH that those he wiahas to dispose of may | HHOBT TIME The state la aending here some of bring the fancy broiler prices In the Senator Smith, Congressmen Hinds and Fordney, Gov. the very best worhars that can be spring. Karly hatches begin to lay' early, returning to their owners large obtained. Prtn. C. T. drawn of the! .4gr1mllari*t» In the Eastern Fnrt ef Central Normal at Mt. Pleasant, is; prices for winter eggs. | .News ef MU UaMasely Death a Ui Osborn, Lt. Gov. Ross, Secy Martindale and ! recognised as one of the most effici-! t’llBlen I'euBt) nrr Very Melectlag Hsna Meed. Mheeh te HU Baay Friends ent institute t'ondiictors and workers Pragressive. M'. R. Shaw, a local elevator man. i jin the state; and In counties where was called In to address the gathering ! Treasurer Sleeper Furnished Oratory. : Prof Eott of Ypsilantl has worked, on "beans.” with a view to enlighten- | (they ask for him again. —one of the That the farmers in the eastern part ing the farmers on the sort of beans This community was shockad Mon ­ jbeat recomnieudalions possible. of Clinton county are deeply inieresl- to select for seed. Prof. K. n. IlryaDi president of Col- day whan early in the afternoon tha ed In raising their atandarda of agri ­ On Friday Mr. Shaw had placed on report became current that Hermaa The country it goiD« to ^ tnvod of Republicans who are RepBbllraaa,| them belongs the credit of doing ail’gat,. University. among culture und improving their methods once more If the RepubllcAnt of Clin* and who stand loyally by all candl- < things which have promoted the de-.educators as one'of tthestrongcst men exhibition several jars containing B. Katbe bad met a horrible death in of farm labor whenever possible. Is samples of seed beans for the purpose a railway collision at Durand that ton county cut any figure in the saving dates after they have been nominated. I velopment of the state. ||, the I’nlted Btatsk He will be at demonstrated from year to ear by the proposition. Wednesday night at do» iisbsm. When the Republican party shows I the institute at I'oA sessions Hatur- of Illustrating the kinds that ahould morning at 2 o'clock. That a wrsek large number present at the annual be used in thU section of Michigan. National Hank hail, over the dinner ____ ____ __ . ko»«rdlce or a yellow streak tnd can- day to make three hddreases. had occurred in which two man had Because it was necesaar) for him to not take up a measure for the pro- institute held in Ovid. Mr. Shaw haa been dealing in beans lost their Uvea waa known In the fore ­ lablea came the inspiration that will The attendance at this event, held save thia great fomnionwealth from *^*'** “ early car. the governor j tectlon of the iieople It will die, and it in the village of Ovid for twenty-Ave noon, but the terrible calamity sras at the I O. O. F. hall, Friday and Sat­ years and is an auttrority on this crop. going to pieces on the rocks of demo- -------------------------------------------------------i should die. At this point Mr. Osborn brought to the hearto of St. Johns poo- referred to bis attitude to the brew­ YOUNG BINGMIi FRRMEII | urday of last week, was a record He advised the farmers to select an ple upon learning that a young nun cracy breaker, fully three hundred crowd ­ Men of stale repi 'atlon. men well eries. staling that he did not wish to early bean, one that will ripen in time who had always resided near this ing In to take advantage of the*niany to be harvested before the fall rains. city was oae of the deed. known throughout tL;a land, men who involve the party he represented in , SUSTMNSPMNFBL INJURIES;good Ideas expressed by the apeakera are recogniied even b'' foreign powers anything they did not wish to stand A few farmem in the vicinity of Ovid The body of the unfortunate man for. A mao in high office will either ■e who are men of large experience have for yeara baen following the cul- was brought from Durand Tuesday as authority on certain matters of .4LLE.N' HPKBBY*fi K<»OT HIDLYl along agricultural Ilnea. state Import, and son e men who are become a tool in the hands of the tlvatlrn of an early bean and were able noon, and taken to' the farm home a CHrHHED n FILL. I Following the addreas of welcome thia lost summer to secure a good mile northeast of St. Johns where it still shining In lesser conatellatlona great brewing Industries or he will be' by Attorney Q. O. Hunter, the institute out and out against them. While so ! crop before the long rainy period, and wae awaited by a heartbroken with than their ambitiooa wu ild keep them, ------- 4— I took up the consideratton of "Kami are now many dollars ahead of their addressed the great mnss of Republi­ much is being done for the conserva- j and mother. Orchards." ('harles H. Cook of Owosso ncigbbora who planted a later variety. can voters, (tointlng out some errors tion of the forests,__ the^ mines, the Ash­ While felling a ime on his father's I Mr. Kathe decided some time ago to ----------------------- and (Mhe^-nat^^iri^!*;^ 7** ”y**^ ’l (Mrectlng the diaciissioo. This topic The National Bean Asociation ta In govemn»ent and offering a remedy ing Industrie forsake the farm home where he waa sources, the morality and rectitude ofj^****" Bpem was (|nilc ^riously In-i was one in wh.ck the audience st*em- asking the farmers to use more care bom and try railroading for awhlla. for existing evils. ed particularly intereated. and the in seed selection, and In 1914 will give llo|>elesa lndee«l did the task appear . the .vouth of the land must not be neg- ■ J** ’’*^' • I** **™* ‘*°' He secured a position and leas than ' lected in closing his address, noth-!***** and Ihc lower ^rt orchard waa approached from nearly a prize of |.50o to the fanner In Mich­ three weeks before hla death began of presenting to any gathering of Re­ all conceivable angles, and trextnieuU igan raising the best Ave acres of publicans in t’linton count) ’ an array i ing. If not brilliant. Mr. Osborn stated'®* ***** ^ tree, bring on the D. G. H. A M. Ry. coming that it was worth while to have been'***"* had been cut lodged, and young, affered for all apple tree ailments. l>eans. The crop will be purchased by home several times during theae weeha of speakers that would attract such Orchardlsts were urged to begin to the association and distributed among wlde-spresd Interest as did the list of governor to have the opponunlty to , ^**^*^ climbed up to cut away some | to visit hla family. He was home the address so large an audience and to j .* ’* ‘•* ’*'*** ‘^'^"1 *^* ‘ *"f* ***** '*** ***^'"1 carry through to a successful comple ­ farmers of the state for seed. The latter part of last week, leaving Sat­ prominent men. the four gubernatorial tion a thorough treatment of spraying. distribution will be made free to those < .tndidates. who attended the Itanquet •xiiress himself on riUl Mb)ecu. ' “fLw" .• t.u t urday evening for Durand to go on hla ... The lodged tree ranse down without: The Arst treatment should be given who wish the beans. The time set for run. In this city two years ago; hut the MllllHni .ilden Hmith. warning, and in falling Mr. 8perry s j just before the tree begltm to leaf, the the competition haa been purposely names of the men scheduleil for ad ­ The train, on which Mr.