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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
SHOULD THE FIRE
TEAM Be USED.
A Taxpayer Expresses His Opin.
ion on the Advisability of
SO Doing.

Editor Record 1t lis with pleasure
that | noticed in The Record last week
that column had been set apart on one
of its pages. for the purpose of allowing
the citizens of Alma and the readers Of
the paper in general, an opportunity fo-
expressing their views regarding the well
fare OF our village and matters OF inter
est 10 the people. If we use this column
judiciously, it cannot help but bring re-
suits that will be beneficial TO all and as
| am reader of your paper, and IA tax.
payer in. the village, | gladly accept the
invitation TO make use of your columns
The subject OF. particular interest to
me, and many of the taxpayers, at the
present time, ;, is the action of the village
council in deciding TO use the new viii
lage fire team for the purpose of draw
ing the street sprinkler during the com
ing season. 1t is understood that can
vass of the business men was made prior
TO the meeting Of the council, and ma.
jority were in favor of using the team.
Just why canvass of the business men
should have been made, and the taxpay-
ers in general ignored, is something
that the rest of US cannot understand.
1t would seem TO one who lived off from
main street, but yet pays taxes to sup
port the town just the same. has as much
interest in public affairs, and his opin
ion is worth just as much as though he
sold merchandise or run banking in.
s,ituhon IL the business man can ask
to have the fire team draw sprinkling
wagon for the purpose Of laying the dust
in front of his door, why cannot the
minister or retired farmer ask the same
privilege, as long as he is willing to pay
for it? And yet we know that his request
could not be granted Then let all in.
dividual, not in the pay of the village,
run the sprinkling wagon, and he will
agree to lay the dust on every street in
the village where the residents are will.
ing to pay for it.
In presenting the above argument, /
merely hthte the IlButs VI OHo CltlLeu vi
taxpayer as being equal to that of any
other, but from point of economy in
guarding the safety of our property We
should consider it a disadvantage to place
our fire team on the street sprinkler.
With a team attached to this wagon and
two or three blocks from the fire hall
when a fire should break out, would be
exceedingly disastrous. BY the time the
driver could reach the hall and then get
the wagon to fire at any distance, 1t
would have time to reach point beyond
control and more property would be des-
troyed in that short time than would
pay for the team in the first instance.
am not alone in expressing this opin.
ion regarding the use of the fire team on
the village sprinkling wagon, and /
think the taxpayers living off main
street are almost unanimously against it.
A TAXPAYER.
Alma Mich, April "a.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
FRECKLES We . sSS,sp.ss =, "a = e SILL:

CREAM to positively remove Freck les or we
Will forfeit $50 The remedy Is harmless pain.
less and absolutely certain II removes freckles
blackheads, blotches and all skin blemishes,
makes the skin clear, smooth and velvety, per-
manenty restoring healthful complexion Write
for Beauty Book or send soc for trial Jar A writ
ten guarantee with every jar. The Madam Revere
Co., 100 Miami Ave, Detroit, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
MUZZLE YOUR DOGS.

The edict has gone forth from the
state board OF health that owing to the
prevalence of rabies over the state that
the local boards of health in the cities
and townships shall order that all dogs
running at large shall be securly muz
zled, aud that after due notice is given
any CANNES found without his mastica.
tor securely covered shall be summary
shot and.killed by any constable or po-
liceman. Acting upon the order of the
state board OF health the township board
for Arcadia has ordered the publication of
a notice TO that effect aud the same will
be found elsewhere in this paper. There
will be much bowling and gnashing of
teeth thereof.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
A GOOD STOCK
RAISING COUNTY.
An Industry that is Assuming an
Importance Of lnestimabIe
Value to the Farmers.
NEARLY S5O,OOO WORTH OF
CATTLE SHIPPED FROM ALMA,
During the Latter part of March and
in April. Mostly from A. W.
Wright'S Farms.

Gratiot county as stock producing
territory is fast assuming position of
Importance in the state, although few
people are aware of the value of the
sheep, cattle and hogs that are shipped
out of the county annually We are
unable TO give any definite figures in
regard 10 the shipping in other parts Of
the county, butiti understood that more
stock is shipped from Ithaca each year
than at any other point, owing, no
doubt, to the fact there is larger terri
tory surrounding that place that can
best be reached by the shippers.
The largest stock raiser in this section
of the county, and for that matter the
largest individual raiser of stock In this
section Of the state is A w. Wright.
On his various farms he had fattening
about 600 head Of cattle, that, when sold
in March, were in prime condition and
probably the best shipment of cattle.
taken as a whole, that has ever gone out
of Michigan, one carload alone, that
was sold by Wright & Doane, aver
aging sl07 per head. The entire sale
of cattle by Mr.. Wright and Wright &
Doane will this spring amount to over
81, 800, large portion of which was
bought by Tubbs & Hooper, of Alma,
while Kinter & Co., of Shepherd, secured
quite number Of the cattle The larg
est portion of these cattle were Dur.
hams, and were fatted in prime con.
dition.
In addition to the fatted stock, MIR.
Wright sold l75 feeders" TO Charles
Roe, of Detroit, for shipment to Ohio.
Besides the cattle, Mr Wright has
sold 1900 lambs this spring that averaged
So 80 head, Arthur Shaw, OF Vernon,
being the man to purchase this lot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
DAVIS DENIES CHARGES.

The poor commissioners have been
holding an official investigation this
week, behind closed doors at the court
house in Ithaca in regard to charges OF
alleged misconduct on the part of Jerry
Davis during his former occupancy OF
the poor farm as overseer, a position he
held for seventeen years. A number of
witnesses have been examined on both
sides of the case, and it is the intention
of the commissioners TO sift the matter
TO the bottom. Mr.. Davis claims the
charges are false and that he is being
grossly slaudered for political reasons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
MANY MORE IN FAVOR OF 1T.

The article in The Record last week
quoting the views of several Of our
prominent citizens regarding the clean
ing out of the mill pond, has aroused
considerable comment, and there are
many who were not intervie we'd, who
have since reading the article, expressed
themselves as being strongly in favor of
the Improvement. All that remains TO
be done in order to start the ball rolling
is for some public spirited individual to
pass petition among the people asking
the council TO take action upon the mat.
ter. Why do not the members Of the
boat club assume this responsibility?
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

n. J. Mccullough had the misfortune
to fall and quite severly injure himself
one day last week while in Pompeii
Mr. Mccullough had started from the
barn in the rear of the hotel at that
place with an arm full of cigars in boxes
when he stumbled and fell in such a
manner that one Of the boxes struck him
in the left side, injuring him internally.
The box of cigars was crushed by the
fall.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
THE DAY APPROPRIATELY OBSERVED

Easter was appropriately observed in
every church in Alma last Sunday and
special musical programs, beautiful flora
decorations and sermons bearing on the
gladdest holiday of the Christian world,
were features. The services were all
conducted according 80 the announce
ments made in The Record last week,
and were well attended, both morning
and evening.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17

Account National Manufacturers AS
sociation meeting, New Orleans, April
l5.l7, and American Medical Association
meeting, May 5.S, Mobile and Ohio Il. X.
agents will sell tickets at one fare for
the round trip. Ask your home agent
or write Jno. M. Beal, A. G.. p. A., st.
Louis, for particulars.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17

Dhnhl QAl "A Cures Cstarrh OF Won't
THUAl OAIW (Leuco-rheal and Every
n Dvpxsists form OF Pile Trouble
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
Ircnrsinnstn Rnstnn-

For the n Il. A. meeting az Boston,
July 6 10, 1903, the Wabash road will
sell tickets at one fare plus 81 90 for the
round trip. Choice of routes. Write
for handsome illustrated folder giving
full particulars.
II. A. PARMEL, A. G.. z. A.,
81 Adams St., Chicago.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17

J. M. Everden, OF Ithaca, has beer
appointed agent of the state board Of
correction and charities for Gratiot
county, by Gov. Bliss.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-17
NOTIII n.

All persons indebted TO ID V. Hubbell
are requested TO call and settle at once
Now located first door west of American
express office.
l253tf ID V. HUBBELL.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
THE "pA aLApDENo COUNTRY.

Elizabeth Cherry Waltz. whose HPa Gladden.,
stories have made her known to every reader OF
the Century, is literary editor Of the Louisville
Courier Journal, and wife of Frederic n. Waltz,
financial editor Of the Louisville Herald. The
hill people are out Of my own experience says
Mrs. Waltz Of 'Pa Glndden-The Story of a
Common Man." which the Century company will
eight miles to lose tho world, and, In sight Of
Louisville. at one turn on a height, be in tho
railroads in any direction, save toward the Blue
Grass, to find the counterpart OF Long valley.
Each hollow of the wayelike hill region, in real
with its own interests and It's own stories Of
life"
A man, may often thank his lucky stars
that he can't take the woman who is pre-
sented to him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

SUCCESSFUL IMPORTATION
OF COLORED MAID SERVANTS
Home Seems Have Solved Successfully the
Problem Securing Girls From the South Who Are Will
ing to Stay and Who Make Good Servants.

I, in the south. and If they are not qualified
! to act as house servants when they ar
| rive they are taught and trained by COM
petent teachers. But there is usually such
q demand for servants that a mistress will
prefer to train her new maid herself.
rather than walt until she is considered
proficient and the newcomer seldom re-
| mains at the nome more than two or
| three days.
The prospective mistress usually pays
the cost Of the transportation and the
new maid repays her on the installment
plan. She Is often so eager to discharge
her obligation that she wants the greater
part Of her weekly wage to be retained.
| Both mistress and maid seem to be filled
with the same satisfaction, and Mr..
| Withers Is reaping good harvest Of
approval for his efforts.
| Mrs. Lena Raglan Is the financial agent
and cooking teacher Mrs. Raglan Is a
deaconess In the African M. =. church
and has worked in the different parts Of
| the state. She Is a famous cook and
4 under her instruction the newcomers
| quickly learn the secrets Of baking, roast
! ing and stewing. There is also instruc-
! ton in laundry work and sewing under
competent teachers, and Miss Walker will
come from Kansas City to reside at the
| home and conduct classes in music.
! On Thursdays and Sundays the home is
the social center for the. colored girls Of
| the city, and they are all eager to tell
of their experiences In their new places
and Of the kindness of the new mistresses.
| There Is music and singing and general
! Jolly time that does as much as the four
| silver dollars to keep the newcomers from
| feeling homesick.
The home has been so successful In car
| ing for the colored girls that 1t has
aroused the envy Of the boys, and Mr..
! Withers has received many letters ask
| ing if there is not some way in which
they may obtain similar opportunities.
Mr.. Withers realizes their need, as he did
thatrof their sisters and at present there
are two boys at the home for whom he
will find work.
"Homesick?'' they chuckle gleefully.
IT sh'ld say not! I'm gwine to earn
some money, ami
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

seemed like a lis of all the mountains in
SWitzerlan'. You mus be a pretty good
climber says to the woman t owned it..
She didn't say much an Mrs. Gray to- me
afterwards t the only way she climbed
mountains was on the teeth railway
my stick as to carve the name of a noun
tain It hadn't walked step on says
she.
ut was jes' like bein' at an ,all-day
fancy dress party in Switzerlan', for the
girls at the hotel wore their native cos
times an men an women, dressed up like
the chorus Of a comic opera d come roun'
singin' peasant songs an take up coll
lections.
80 You don't do this over in your coun-
try, says one of 'em to me. He'd been to
'Merica, as far ives as Buffalo, N. Y, an
he felt as tho he knew the country from
George Washin' ton to Presiden' Roosevelt.
At your big hotels you ought to have the
help insnatiye costume says he.
An so we might says I, II we could
agree on a costume, says l, but you can
see for yourself what trouble we'd have
TIL Swede an French an German, an
Dutch an Eyetalien all wantin' to be
represented. We've too many nationals
tiles in our country for one costume,
says I.
!" There's the. Indian, says he that IS
what I meant. = s.; :s.a,s.,as
T.: II didn't like to, hurt his feelin's but /
couldn't help but laugh right out to think
OF the, mattresses at the hotels at Mime
tonka goin' aroun til feathers in their
hair an tomahawks in their belts It
might prove a DRAWN card, an then
again it mightn't, for from what I've
seen of Indians, they've got Minis Of their
own. An in runnin' hotel you don't
want more'n one min an that the boss
one. There's trouble brewin' when the
help all takes to thinkin' for themselves,
an there's more comfort drivin' a flock OF
sheep IN in lookin after a menagerie of
polar bears an lions an tigers seems it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

Bewildering, indeed, is the beauty of
the new costumes Of which we are just
now getting the first glimpse. No mat
ter what buyers and importers have
been showing us Paris costumes for the
past month, those very early arrivals
are not by any means the newest thing.
Fashion is an evolution and In fashions.
as in many other things, the last is oft
the best. The Paris designers had to
have time to get away from the SUNNI er
stuff they were making for their own
compatrtots before they could turn their
attention to the autumn needs Of their
cousins across the seas.
Those ayant- couriers Of the fashions
whom went to Paris early in July re-
ported that the long coat was not to be
seen there; that all Paris was wearing
the Elton, and the very short Elton at that,
and that the outlook for the long jacket
seemed to be- very dead indeed. Well,
that was all right for Paris. There it was
summer weather; and France does not
boast of the many and varied changes and
varieties of climate which distinguish our
own United States. It was Paris and ii
was summer, and therefore the Elton was
all right. But once the summer began to
wane, and the coming autumn season had
to be provided for, those who precipi-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

all the rest; altho the hyacinthine blues
will abe3 preferred by those who can wear
this somewhat trying color.
= And the yelvets? Never before has
there been such a perfect riot of colors
and colortngs.5 The fabric itself has at
tanned richness and a lightness Of weight
which would seem almost Incredible and
the colors! Well, they are things which
must be seen to be appreciated. Shaded
effects In the paon yelvets-one of the
new Weaves which shows a, mirror like
surface with a sdeep,s rich pile-are one
of the high noveltiesS But they must be
very carefully anipulated or the result
may be DISASTROUS. r 53.. sessS
The new laces are more likely to be
on the Russian order than anything else.
These are developed either in silk or in
wooden threads, with large, effective pat
terms on a wide -meshed background. One
imported costume recently seen was sof
IAN exquisite shade Of satin-faced raauve
cloth with reYers and insertions of Maltese
lace In .ecru silk applied over velvet#of
an amethyst tone. A little lavender crepe
de chine blouse was worn beneath the
coat. This latter had many novel fea-
lures, not the least among them being
the clever way in which the pc idea
sis4mades to do duty. The cape effect is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

A sure cure for Inconsistencies will be
found In four silver dollars. The colored
house servants who have exchanged the
blue southern skies, the balmy air OF
Louisiana and the wage OF $1.25 week
for the bracing climate of Minnesota, find
full compensation in the fact that the
work Of seven days in Minneapolis is al
most as remunerative as that Of thirty
In the south.
Money Cures as Well as Talks.
''Homesick? What To- shld gwine be
homesick when I'm. earnin' fouah dollahs
week?' triumphantly chorus the salts
fed exiles as they busy themselves with
their household duties.
When the Goodrich Russell Colored In
dustrial home was opened in the spring
for the purpose Of providing a home and
q school for colored girls who wished to
come north and find work 1t was regarded
as something of an experiment. Mrs. Cal
vim c. Goodrich and Mrs. q. A. Russell
graciously allowed their names to be used
in connection with the new institution
and gave generous financial aid In pre-
pairing it for the southern visitors.
Rev. and Mrs. A. N. Withers were the
originators of the project. Mr.. Wtthers
is the pastor of Bethesda Baptist church.
He formerly had charge OF church In
the south where he learned of the small
opportunities that colored girls have Of
improving their condition in their own
homes. When he came north and learned
Of the crying need for house servants, he
added twoSand two together and the an
swer which he obtained has resulted In
the opening Of the new colored industrial
school .m .... .u..
The home is at 24OS Seventeenth avenue
s., In the other half of a double house oc-
cupied by Mr. Withers, so that it Is di-
rectly under his supervision. The mer-
chants have been interested IN the plan
and have contributed generously to the
furnishings and the rooms present COM
Portable and homelike appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Withers make all Of the
arrangements in regard to the newcomers
and their correspondence grows every
day. Southern girls who desire to find
work in the north are provided with
transportation thru an authorized agent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

studen' It is to me They were havin' a
reunion when we were In Heidelberg an
we'd seeSgran'f fathers an fathers an sons
all ththeir faces SCARED over an lookin'
as proud as if they were wearin' blue RIB
bons from the state fair. sS
ts d rather have Billie wear "a frater-
nifty pin, 'cided Mrs. Gfay,an' seems il
she was sensible. You can put a4pin away
II you get tired of 1t, but a scar you've
got to wear for aRys.
81 Mr.. Schultz an I've arguaed consider
able over the Rhine an the mississippi.
We hadn't either Of us ever seen the
Rhine, but he was German fore he was
q Merican. an naturally thinks t Ger-
many takes the frs prize for ev'rythin'
So was pretty well pleased when Mrs.
Gray made up her min to go up the river,
for, thinks I to myself, thinks I: Now
! can tell Mr. Schultz the truth, for I've
been firm in the feelin t the Mississippi
was bout as good as anythin' you could
get in rivers. We hadn't gone five miles
fore had to change my 'pinion an adj
NIT IT there was more scenery an more
beer on the Rhine. dunno which s'prised
me mos'-the German app.tite or the. Ger
man castles which 1.-The folks on that
steamboat seemed to look at thru the
bottom Of beer glasses. I never saw
folks eat the way those Germans did that
SeIy liz IllSIS . QOWl dC Mill
nehaha t IL keep at it jes' that way,
SO long as there's anythin' eatable
comm.
Mrs. Gray an talked it over, an
we came to the conclusion It we wouldn't
care to live in any one of those oil cas-
ties. She thought 1t would be- too much
trouble gettin' up an down, but to my
min the creates drawback would be t
there wouldn't be stationary washtub In
one Of EN-. You may fin scenery along
the Rhine, but it's comforts you'll get
/ on the Mississippi, an, as I'll tell Mr..
Schultz when.I get home, when it comes
to spendin 1856 days on anythin', comforts
is what you want to buy, seems If.
There was one man on the boat t agreed
with me, could see from his face He
was from Saltwater an he's been home
sick ever since he bought his ticket, an
the farther he goes the more homesick
he Is. He jes' fdfned his back on the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
HILDA LARSON GOES TO EUROPE


"Mrs. Gray s all worked up over Billie.
She can't make up her min whether it II
be better for him to play football in
'Merica or fight duels in Germany when
he grows bigger. She was tallkin' to a
German perfessor here in Heidelberg las
advised duels. When Mrs. Gray came up
stairs she had to tell me all It he said
an all t she said fore she asted my
'p1nion.
well says I. tryin' to 'ppear in
t'rested, tho it's hard to get excited at
/ o'clock at night over somethin' It won't
happen for ten years, an maybe not then.
can lose my head over the presen' jes
as quick as any woman, but a receipt for
I have In my han /, SO I says to Mrs. Gray,
says I: dunno as I'd worry till Billie
was thru the primary says T.
But I've got to eide some day, says
she, an dunno when I'll have any more
time n now. It's jes a question whether
I'd rather have him break his legs on
Northrop fieI or have his face cut UP
here In Heidelberg I never could rub
salt In the cuts like the German women
do It the perfessor was tellin' me bout,
50 It the scars would be bigger" says she,
an know she couldn't, for she feels jes
as do, that you haven't any right to
spoil the face you've got, whether you
like 1t or not, an there isn't one OF us
could improve on 1t If we set to work
We can do more with our minis n our
hans, seems If, an that's what says
to q waiter in the house. He talked Eng
lish, for he had to go to Englan' to learn,
jes' as all the help do, fore he could get
a place, an he says to me, says he: IT
makes a man strong an brave an quick
to fight duels, says he; but toll him OF
a dozen ways of CROWN strong an brave
an quick 'thout gettin' all Scared up
dom 1t. dunno as I convinced him,
butt did myself, an m more set n, ever
on not lettin' a boy op'rate on any body
till he's graduated from a medical school.
"Ev'ry time see one Of those German
students with their white an yellow caps
hangin' on the edge Of their hair look
to me to stare at other folkses infirmities,
an If a scar t runs from one cheek to
the other isn't an infirnity to a German