Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-12-06
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

her uncle l.. b. kehn.
VanDenBergh. the druggist, has
something new in perfume. Fry ms
Linden Bloom and Yosemite.
Ladies', We sell the best fitting Xii
Shoes in the market. Caiimd see them.
e. l.. STARR.
We have more of that 90 cent tea for
sale at 80 cents per pound Mccullough
& Button.
Mccullough 4 Button want TO sell
out their stock of cloaks at cost or
less.
Merit wins every time, buy the Good
year Glove Rubber, for sale by T.. l..
Stark.
l.. III. Treat has put up fine wind
mill and now his neighbor, David
Bailey, not to be outdone, is putting up
one.
Call and see that Tx solid gold cas-,
watch with diamond set. Has Guo>
Waltham movement, ladies size, at
Porter's.
Secure your seats for John Thomp-
sons Huge Joke, Saturday night, bee.
eth. Two hours of solid fun. Tickets
80 cents at Post Office.
Those indebted to Geo Spicer Il Son
will oblige them by settling their ac-
counts as they wish to get their books
halonca1 lU ha fret Of Io,,norV
LosT:-Dark red Irish Setter dog. ten
months old, light brown spots over each
eye. Finder will be rewarded for his
trouble. j. b. HALL.
Alma.
Lockwood. the grocer, desires AL
those indebted to him to call and settle
their accounts Immediately as he has
sold out and wishes to close up his
books.
There will be social at Mrs. DR..
Hunting's next Tuesday evening. Re
freshments will be served, the proceeds
to go towards bel for the preSbyte-
rian church. This being our first effort
we hope all will attend who can.
Shepherd is to have clothes pin
factory. The proprietOrs, gentlemen
from Vanderbilt and Mason, have look
ed over the ground, selected a site and
the buildings are now under way. The
institution will furnish much needed
market for beech and maple timber.
William Gale the Vestaburg merchant
whowas arrested at Saginaw for assault
ing young woman whom he had EN-
ployed, has been released from Jail.
On the first trial, the jury disagreed
and the prosecuting attorney consider
ed that the prospects were poor for OBJ
tanning a conviction on second trial
The following local clipping will in
terest our readers rs it concerns a
factory which might have been located
here had little more interest been
manifested in the matter: w L. llar-
yey has signed a contract to transfer
his knit goods plant, now located at
Valatia. y. Y, to TallapooSa, Ga.
Ills CdplJdl 10 cIOU'OO'- anu hC Ni"Pi'J"
100 hands. TalapooSa gives him IL
site, 81 500 in cash, aud fifty lots that
are TO be sold by him for $500 each,
No town can prosper without manu-
featuring establishments. Three things
are necessary To make a good point
for the establishment of such Industries;
Railroad facilities. raw material within
reach and plenty of water Alma has
all these and with a little eXertlon on
the part of our citizens there Is no
reason why we should not add several
new industries TO our list, next year.
We have a direct outlet north, east,
south and west for any manufactured
product over two competing lines OF
roads. We have an abundance OF
water for fire protection or power and
for certain lines of manufactures there
is an abundance of raw material.
Gratiot and its neighboring counties
produce large quantities Of wool which
could Just as well be worked up in the
county as to be shipped away. In adj
ditiOn to the factory already mere, one
producing knit goods would be of great
benefit. A basket, clothes-pln and
match factory would find timber enough
here to keep them running for years.
Timber that if not worked up in some
such product will be burned in the
log-heap. Factories like the last three
named use up what might be termed
waste products. The basket factory at
Mt. Pleasant employs oyer one hundred
hands and cuts up over 100000 feet of
timber that is practically worthless for
any other purpose. The clothes pin
factory now building at Shepherd will
use nearly 100000 feet Of beech and
maple which would otherwise he
worked into wood or burned in clear
ing the land. y little enterprise on