Growing Sugar Beets At Milan

GROWING SUGAR BEETS AT MILAN

MANY NEW CONTRACTS MADE FOR NEXT YEAR

Father Time and Interesting Cantata--To Build New Residence, Photograph Gallery and Greenhouse

Milan, Mich., Oct. 31.--The Owosso Sugar Co. has begun the work of harvesting its mammoth crop of sugar beets in this locality, and is loading them into cars for shipment to the Owosso factory. The raising of sugar beets has become quite an industry for the farmer, and many believe they can make more money and make it easier this way than any other. The number of contracts being secured for next year's crop is very encouraging.

The cantata, "Father Time," given by the Christian Endeavor society in the Presbyterian church last evening drew a large crowd which filled the house. Clayton Braman played the character of Father Time very favorably and Vere Blackmer had the part of the thief of time. The other parts were also well taken and the audience was well pelased.

Amos Taylor is having his new house plastered, John Oliver doing the work.

Miss Lulu Williams of Plymouth is in Mrs. Johnson's dressmaking parlors as an apprentice.

Mrs. Louis Cambron and daughter went to Detroit this afternoon.

LeRoy Throop went to Ann Arbor today as a delegate from the Baptist Young People's society to the Young People's convention of Washtenaw county held in the Methodist church there.

Miss Mabel Higley, of northern Michigan, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bessie Moyer, south of town ,who is ill.

John Williams, of Azalia, is here today visiting friends.

Miss Belle Tripp, of Detroit, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. W. Blackmer and family over Sunday.

Mrs. Oscar Throop has returned from Detroit, where she visited relatives and friends a week.

Francis Hill has the work of moving his house from Edwards street to Hurd street completed. He will build an addition and make a double house, and in the spring he will move out the balance to make another house, and will build a brick block on the site of the old house, to be used as a residence, photograph gallery and greenhouse.

O. H. Halstead went to Detroit today to visit relatives.

The condition of Miss Millie Hitchcock remains about the same.

A farmer south of town raised a potato that weighed over two pounds.

Charles Lohr is working for Bert Silk a few days while the latter takes a vacation which he will spend north hunting.

Mrs. R. R. Wilcox has been entertaining Miss Mabel TenEyck and Mrs. Allie TenEyck, of Ypsilanti.

Miss Thyra Callis has gone to Manton, where she will stay with her aunt, Mrs. Della Callis, for a year.

Walter B. Redman and Frank Farmer drove over to York and Cone this morning on business posting and distributing.

John Jackson picked strawberries from his patch this week.

Mrs. Frank Leonard and son Osborne, of Durand, are visiting her father, Mr. Osborne, northwest of town.

Harry Quackenboss and wife have returned from their visit with Mrs. Quackenboss' sister, Mrs. Ada Pepper, in Detroit.

Will A. Farmer came up from Toledo to visit his wife and children, who are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Farmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Blackmer.

Miss Ruth Edwards, of Ypsilanti, is visiting friends and relatives here. She is attending school there.

Fred Gauntlett has returned from a week spent in Willis, where he held a clothing sale for George F. Minto. Next week he will go over to Bridgewater.

Mrs. Austin Dexter and son, of Scofield, have been visiting friends and relatives here.

Miss Elsie Ball, who has a stenographic position in Jackson, has been visiting her friend, Miss Pearl Patterson, a few days.

Mrs. Edith Judd and daughter, Laurine, and Mrs. Della Callis, of Manton, have been visiting relatives here.

Mrs. A. F. Holcomb has been in Ann Arbor the past week visiting her brothers, Sheriff Gauntlett and Deputy Sheriff Wm. Gauntlett and wife at the jail.

Mrs. James Knaggs and daughter Addie, of Toledo, are visiting her son, Fred, who is seriously ill at his home.

F. C. Hollis and wife are entertaining Mrs. Hollis' aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Orcutt, of Ann Arbor.

Mrs. May Saxton of Ypsilanti, is working at D. W. Hitchcock's.

Mrs. Susie Hitchcock and Mrs. Abraham Maston, of Azalia, are here today visiting friends and relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hollis have been entertaining their niece, Ida Whittaker, of Salem.

Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Rouse and wife, of Saline, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rouse over Sunday.

Mrs. Nelson Younglove is recovering from her several weeks' serious illness.

Norris Doyle has returned to Detroit after visiting here.

Arthur Brown has gone to Arizona on a visit with friends.