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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

AT a meeting of the football team
tuesday, Ralph McCollum was elected
captain OF the team for next year. Nc.
oollum has played at guard and tackle
ior 'nree years and was chosen for left
tackle on the All-Michigan team this
year de is not only a player of excep-
uonal ability, but one of Alma's most
popular and highly respected students
ne is truly deserving of the honor con-
ierred upon him by his team mates and
viii do his utmost to make winning
team next yevr.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
CARNIVAL OF SEASONS
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
'osomeiy Decorated Booths r Represent
the our Seasons of the Year in
Admirable Style.

The carnival of seasons in progress al
the Presbyterian church Yesterday and
today under the auspices of the Ladies,
Aid Society has been fully as popular as
the ladies anticipated. There is a good
number of generous shoppers present
most OF the time, selecting the best
kinds of Christmas gifts from the maze
OF beautiful needlework of every de.
scription, which is appropriately dis.
played in each booth.
The spring booth in charge of Mrs
rloyd Glass is decorated with hyacintbs
and green leaves, while the summer
booth in charge of Mrs. II. N. Lee gives
one the feeling of 1.-The Good Old Sum.
mer Time" The booth is a summer
house literally covered with roses
Here you are supposed to become accli-
mated and served with generous dishes
OF ice cream and other summer del.
lcacies. Autumn presents chrysanthe-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
NORTH SHADE FARMERS
HOLD EXCELLENT MEETING
Entertained BY Mr. and Mrs. Emery Dob
son LoSf Fridoy-yeor Ends t1ifb
Good cVork-OEficerS Elected.

make, and if we aim at nothing we will
certainly achieve nothing. Be sure that
your trade or profession in life is a good
one and then stick to it. 1t is well 10
understand that the accommodating of
dollars is not the one evidence of suc-
cess even though great many consider
1t so. Can it be said of parents in only
moderate circumstances yet surrounded
by family of grown sons and daugh-
ters, theigirls good, the boys honorable,
that they have not achieved success?
The paper was highly commented on by
the president and others.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Roy
Cushman; First Vice President. J. II.
Secretary, Miss Mary Jolls. Another
selection was sung and the meeting
adjourned
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
APPRECIATIyE


The committee on resolutions of this
Seventh District convention at Alma,
December and 2, 1905, recommend the
following:
That we desire to express to the Alma
Q. E. Society our deep and loving appre-
citation for the cordial welcome and the
many kindnesses shown to us, and our
gratitude TO the officers for their faithful
service during the past year; to the
hostesses of Alma whose gracious recep-
ton will make the memory of these days
a happy one. We are also deeply in
debted to the speakers who have brought
inspiration and interest to the meetings.
We wish to express our thanks to DIR.
Bruske for his kind invitation making it
possible for us TO 'go through college
in one day" To the press we owe much
for the systematic way in which our
cause has been treated, and for their
courtesy in the matter.
We unite in our praise and Thanks
giving to our Heavenly Father for the
of the;future.
+. M. STRINBAUER,
Chairman.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

NUNS and grains and the booth i.
decorated with autumn leaf sofa pillows
quilts and various articles suggestive of
the season. This booth is in charge If
Mrs. T. Gaffney.
AT the winter booth another oppor
tunity Isl given to eat-not snow halls
out some.of the.most delicious fie fudge
one ever tested. This booth. in charge
OF Mrs. Chas. y. Rhodes, ), resembles an
Esquimau dng-out but the atmospbena
is warmIand genial. Coffee and dougb.
nuts are served here to those with
impaired imagination. The decorations
consist of festoons of holly, a Christina
tree and a snow man.
IL all represents a lot of hard wort
and time on the part of the ladies of the
church, and when the big organ is in
place may it peal forth sweet strains of
praise for the Ladies Aid.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
NEW ASPHALT PLANT
TO COST $50, 900.
A5pboH MoSficofe Co. VIII Erecf Nea,,
BuHdfnS5 10 Replace PIonf tJbicb
6oS Burned Lo5f September.

Building operations will begin at ono,
TO replace the asphalt-mastic plant
which was destroyed by fire last Sep
tember. The interests of the American
Asphalt Mastic Co. have been purchased
by the Asphalt Masticote Co. of Cincin-
natl, o.. who will expend $4,000 in
buildings and machinery. They have
acquired an additional two acres of land
adjoining the old site and when the
plant is completed will be one of the
largest of its kind in the world, having a
capacity of 90 tons of asphalt masticote
per day, and employing a force of 100
men. The buildings will be constructed
of iron and arranged in a way to avoid
a repetition of the disaster which they
last fall.
The company now have orders for l0,-
600 tons of asphalt mastic, and the de-
mand will be supplied so far as possible
from tho temporary plant which Mr..
Worswick has been operating since the
IRE, until the new buildings and ma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

The auditor general transmits to the
county treasurers the amounts appor-
toned by the state superintendent to
their respective counties, and the county
treasurer in each county paws to the
several school district treasurers the
amounts reported to him by the state
superintendent. These moneys are
applicable only to the payment of teach
ers' wage, and in some districts the
amount exceeds the demands for that
purpose, and increasing funds have
accumulated for which there is no pres-
ent use. Some sensational statements
which have lately appeared relative to
this, however, are exaggerated. The
number OF such districts is ONLY little
more than two hundred. scattered here
ana there over the state. The mill tax,
however, If not otherwise specifically
appropriated, must go exclusively to the
teachers salary fund, and the two
together have operated to create surnlps
IN the treasures of about fourteen
hundred CT the nearly seventy-tbree
hundred districts in the state. To COR
rect this condition, the Legislature at
the last session amended the law so as
TO require the supervisor to omit the
mil tax from his assessment roll in any
district where such surplus shall exceed
the amount paid for teachers wages the
year. That condition results
chiefly from the attendance of large
proportion of the children in certain
communities at parochial schools, so
hat little of the public money is used
or teachers wages. The change in the
aw will check the growth of those idle
unds and largely correct that condition
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

chinery are ready, which will be about
March l. Mr.. A. Bishopric, of Cincin.
natl, president of the company, has been
In the city during the past week com.
pleting arrangements. He left Wednes-
day evening for Cincinnati, but will re-
turn the latter part of next week to over.
see the construction work in the absence
OF Mr.. Worswick, who will 90 TO Cali.
fornia to contract for 5000 tons of as
phaltum for use in the factory next year.
The new concern will be officered by
A. Bishopric, president, Cincinnati: Ma
than X. Park, secretary, Cincinnati: w.
II. Worswick, consulting engineer: A.
Thumb, manager.
Masticote shingle, patented product
OF Mr.. Worswick's, are being shipped
all over the country and are fast taking
the place of the ordinary wooden shingle.
The asphalt-mastic is used for roofing.
paving, insulating, ETC., and they are
now working on big order of the ma |
'erisl for an insulating contract.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
HAS THE BABY BEEN REGISTEREDl
New Law Which Is Effective After
January First

Parents of children born in Michigan
after January 1, 1905, will be interested
TO know that under a new law it is the
duty of the physician or midwife to file
a correct certificate of birth with the
township, village or city clerk or with
the city health officer in certain cities
within ten days after the date of birth.
An accurate record is thus assured which
may be very valuable in after years for
legal purposes. Parents should see that
the births of their children have been
duly recorded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
WN. J. W. HOLMES WEDS.
Goes to Lansing Wednesday 10 Marry
Mrs. Culver of That City.

The following dispach from LANSING
to the Grand Rapids Herald comes as 4
surprise to his Alma friends:
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 6.-Repre-
sentative John w. Holmes of Gratiot
county, known as the author of the au-
tomobile bill which became a law in the
last legislature was married i'm this citv
today to Mrs. Mary Culver in the pre-
sence OF small party of relatives and
friends.
The representative and bride left for
jackson where he isto deliver an address
tonight.
He is So years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes arc expected
back this week and will make their home
in Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

Passing on to the ninth district. along
the west side of the state, Manistee alone
mas state tax equal to its primary
money; and of the fifteen counties in
the tenth, along the east side, only Bav
Otsego and Oscoda have an excess of
tax above their premiums, as we might
call 1t, and in the case of the last county
the excess is less than forty y-seven dollars
lhe eleventh district embraces twelve
counties between the ninth and tenth
districts, OF which Gratiot, Grand
Traverse and Kalkaska are the only ones
paying more than they receive. So that
OF the thirty seven counties in the lower
peninsula north Of Saginaw, thirty have
credit balances in their accounts with
the state; and those are the poorer
counties, to whom this is more important
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
ARCADIA RECEIVES
FIRST STATE REWARD
HiSbtOdy COmn1fSSioner Fred Church is
HiSbiT CompIin enfed By Deputy
Commissioner Rogers.

tanning a large per cent of pebbles il
put ON. This will bring it up to the re.
quirements necessary to warrant the
payment Of a reward for Glass B.
The road begins at point ons mile
south of Alma between sections 10 and
ii, and is as fine piece of road build
ing as one would wish to see Arcadia
township and Gratiot county in general
is getting a good lot of highways and
this reward right in our midst will
doubtless be an incentive for better work
along that line.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

The first mile of road in Gratiot
county to receive state reward. which
was provided for in Senator Eyl's bill
passed at the last session of the legisla-
ture, was built in Arcadia township un-
der the supervision of highway commits
sioner Fred Church, and a warrant has
already been sent from the state high
way department to the auditor general
authorizing a check to be forwarded to
the township treasurer of Arcada.
A reward of $3.50 is allowed now and
an equal sum will be paid in the spring
when a sufficient amount of gravel con-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08


gathered at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Emery Dobson, Friday, December 1, I,
discuss topics of various interest to tn,
farmer and his family The program
opened at l o'clock and the Club Joined
in singing 1.-THE Dear Old Farm" and
"I Love the Dear Old Farm the Best OF
ALL"
The roll was called by the secretary,
and several responded with quotations.
The associational topic, ITO What
Extent Can the Principles of Plant
Breeding and Seed Selection be Applied
to Farm Crops?" was opened for discus
sion by Jas. Stonebrook, as L. G. Hull
was absent Mr.. Stonebrook thought
plant breeding could be improved to a
certain extent by the careful selection Of
seed and also in the preparation of the
soil andiproper care of the crops. Rev.
Clapp was present and told Of an old
Indian farmers theory. He chose for
his seed small potatoes and shrivelled
grain; as these were immature they had
more.vitality than seed fully developed.
This subject was also fully discussed by
Robert Speice, who thought it better for
the farmer to do his own experimenting
rather than send to seed houses or agri-
cultural colleges.
Mr. Stonebrook read a current article
in regard to the salary of teachers. He
said teachers are demanding an increase
in wages, that the teachers association |
was a combine, and in time would be- |
come monopoly, that the teachers are |
receiving far more compensation for the
number of hours labor than the hard
working farmer who is beaten on every
side. This article together with a
report of his farming the past
year brought out quite spirited discus
sion
Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Salisbury and Mrs
Anna Reynolds all thought if one hired
\ good teacher they must pay for the
'ame and it was better to increase the
wages rather than let them go for a
,oorer teacher. Dell Reynolds thought
here would be no better work done on
he part of the teacher if the wages were
increased, while Miss Lusk said she
hought teachers should be graded in
egard to their proficiency. Rev. Clapp
hought il was more care-free and
asier TO be a farmer than teacher
md that the farmer was monarch of
II he surveyed''-if he did not look too
ar.
Little Virgil Mertz gave a short reci-
alton which was followed by a select
eading by Miss Carrie Lusk. After the I
'lub members sang another selection, a
aper, Success" by Mrs. Mary Tabor, {
yas read.
Our success in life generally bears a
irect proportion TO the exertions we
Second Vice President, Mrs
alisbury; Secretary and Treasurer, Z
Irs. Ella Stonebrook; Corresponding .
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

Election of officers +. and A. NJ. Lodge
No. PA, Tuesday evening, December
|5.
w. NJ, A. II. Olmsted; S. W., w. w.
Caple; J w, S. 1. Harrison; Sec'y.,
M. Pollasky; Treas, Geo. Moore; S. ID.
l. S. Fink; J. d., Ely Brewbaker; Teller,
VIM. Howe; Stewards, J. Popp, Geo.
Gulick.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

There are other funds paid by the state
Tor the counties, which would eliminate
the seven exceptions. and a number of
other excepted counties; but we are not
concerned with those here. The fifteen
counties of the twelfth district, compris-
ing the upper peninsula, are less populous
III proportion to assessed values, and all
but three, Mackinac, Delta and Baraga,
have excess of state tax above appor
TONED school moneys. In the whole
state, the proportion of primary money
TO state tax is over sixty-three per cent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

Account of the Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago, tickets will be sold for spec
ial coach excursion good going wednes-
day, December Goth, good to return not
later than Saturday. December 2sd. Ask
agents for low rates.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
SCHOOL MONEY
AND STATE TAXES
Toymen15 From The Stare Exceed Total
Sfofe Taxes in Entire Northern
Section of Lot~er Peninsula

Since the November apportionment of
the primary school interest funds, which
The law requires the superintendent of
pubic instruction to report TO the
auditor general, il has been possible To
combine the amounts of the May appor-
tionment and the November apportion-
ment and show the total amount for
this year in the various counties and
districts, and to make comparisons with
other funds. The total amount for the
year is s2,453, ,209.5O, exceeding the
amount of last year by more than a
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Auditor General Bradley has prepared
tabular exhibit by counties, showing the
amount each county receives. and the
proportion that bears TO the total state
taxes each county pays this year. From
TINS IT appears that the twenty-seven
wealthy and populous counties compos-
ing the first six congressional districts
and the eighth, taken as whole. receive
considerably more than half of the total
amount of their state tax. though no
one OF them receives quite so much as il
is called upon to pay. Sanilac and
huron counties, however, in the seventh
district, receive over fifteen Thousand
dollars more than their state tax, and
the whole district, excepting the fraction
Oh wayne county, is called upon for
only about forty thousand dollars more
than It's primary apportionment would
pay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE.
John Fuller sr.. of North star Passed
Away Wednesday Night

John Fuller Sr. died at his home in
North Star township, Wednesday night
at the age of 20 years, death being
caused by dropsy and heart trouble.
Mr.. Fuller had lived in Gratiot county
for As years and was widely known.
He was the father Of ten children, five
boys and five girls. The funeral will
be held Monday at the Cemetery church
at one O'Clock.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
TO TAXPAYERS

Will be in Forest Hill at the town
nan tuesday, December 10; st. Louis At
Messinger's store on THURSDAYS. and
Anna at A. j. Halls office, Friday OF
each week until further notice.
WM. @. SULLIVAN.
45t4 Township Treas. of Pine R;va-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
DOES 1T PAY?
sup to E. c. Harley Co., of Dayton o. to explain this

AS an Illustration what the catalogue houses grocery
)and other solicitors that class doing all
order
Dayton o. and what
sample
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08

You will be interested in the big ad of
the Lee Mercantile Co. Watch for IL. I
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-08
PROFESSIONAL.

F.sUYDAM. M. D., Physician and Surgeon
J. once opposite Church block.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
COFFEE MEART .
4 E.
Very Plain III Some People.

A great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for a long
time before they can get their own
consent to give UP the indulgence from
which their trouble arises.
A gentleman in Brooklyn describes
his experience as follows: - r
81 became satisfied some months ago
that I owed palpitation of the heart,
from which I suffered almost daily, to
the use of coffee & had been a coffee
drinker for thirty years., but l found
it very hard to give up the beverage.
81 realized that | must give up the
harmful indulgence in coffee, but l felt
as tea is not to my. liking, I was at a
loss for while what to do.
One day / ran across very SEN
sible and straightforward presentation
of the claims Of Postum Food Coffee,
and was so impressed thereby that /
concluded to give it trial. MY ex-
perience with it was unsatisfactory till
I learned how it ought. to be prepared
by thorough boiling for not less than
learned that lesson there was no trou-
BILE. Postum Food Coffee proved to be
a most palatable and satisfactory hot
beverage, and have used it ever since.
The effect on my health has been
most .salutary. Il has completely cured
used to suffer so much, particularly
after breakfast, and / never have a
return Of it except when ] dine or lunch
away from home and am compelled tc
drink the old kind Of coffee because
Postum is not served / find that Pos
tum Food Coffee cheers and invigorates
while it produces no harmful stimula
ton Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
There IS d reason. II. ..
Ten days trial proves an eye opener
{ to many. 81.
Read the little book, s. The Road tx
! Melville, Y in every pkg. i.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
RAILROADS RULE
IN RATE HEARING
Continued from First Page.

oned this line of alta ok, and Attorney
General Moody's opinion set that ques
ton officially at rest. Then the com
mittee began an effort to show that
the proposed legislation is against pub
lie policy. Nothing has been brought
out bearing on the numerous other
matters which the committee. was
charged to Investigate, and adjourn
railroad men in waiting to consume the
time between now and then.
Bacon Shut Out.
E. P. Bacon, Of Milwaukee, repre-
senting the antirailroad side Of the
case, after being here for about ten
days, anxious to testify in REPUTATION
of certain statements made by the
railroad managers, finally forced him
self upon the committee last Monday
and Tuesday, and even then there was
a tendency to prevent him from testify
ing to the extent that he thought the
Importance Of the question demanded.
One railroad man after another has ap-
peared, all to a similar purpose. and the
testimony fairly reeks with denuncla:
ton, not to use a stronger word, of
those interests which have been de.
manding rate legislation.
If the committee had been in the
direct pay of the railroads it could not
have proceeded in a way more to the
liking of the railroad men.
From this point of view the hearings
will not satisfy the public at large, fol
they will not develop the case on al
sides. An ex parte statement Of the
situation the public does not want, an6
the committees is due to be roundly
criticized if it adjourns without giving
the advocates Of rate legislation ample
opportunity to present their argu
ments, direct and by way of reply.
Committees False Step.
The senate committee on interstate
commerce could have served it's friends
the railroads, much more effectively
if it had proceeded along the broat
lines of it's resolution Of instructions
The effect Of its present policy will b.
to retard the development of sentimen
against government rate-making, bu
despite such handicap, that sentimen
will probably increase as the public be
comes better informed.
In characterizing the committee a
being friendly to the railroads, it mus
be understood that a minority Of it
members are properly free from .suc]
a blemish. This minority, however, ha
: no voice in shaping the committee pro
: gram, nor in determining the characte
! and scope Of the present inquiry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
RIOT DEATH ROLL
NOW NUMBERS lis
Russians Admit that rs Jews Fell
at Melitopol-40 at
" Zhitomer.
Nav York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service
st. Petersburg, May 12.-Offeials adj
NIT that seventy-fve persons were
killed in the Melitopol riots.
Reports are that the police, at Ihlto-
mir We're passive on the first day Of the
d;stnrbanees there. except for arrest
inc a few rioters and taking their
names, after which they were released.
The next morning the police tried to
persuade the rioters to disperse, but the
roughs. aiming at the Jews, accidentally
killed Police Commisary kooyarott, a
Jewbaiter, who is supposed to have or OF
ganized the riots. The rioters, ln1urA-
ated by the death OF their companion,
made q murderous onslaught on the
Jews. - he
zhitonnir Dead Number Forty.
St. Petersburg, May 12.-Some pri-
vate reports from *hitomir place the
number Of persons killed there as high
as forty.
the streets Of *hitomlr to be placardeo
with notices that the troops have re-
reived instructions to fire upon any per-
/ sons interfering with the Jews. The
Official Messenger account Of the
Zhitomir outbreak, attributes it to the
provocative attitude of the Jews, who, 1t
adds. used a portrait of the emperor
as the target in shooting practlce and
committed many assaults on Christians
IN the streets.
Mobiles Decline to Fight.
Baron Tiesenhausen and Count Mas
sinpuskin, according to the Slovo, havs
declined to accept the challenges OF -
A. Alexandrovsky, former head Of tI1e
Red Cross in the field, to fight duels
= until the last-named disproves the
charges brought against the administra
ton of the Red Cross funds, which JA
i Alexandrovsky, upon his arrival hers
April 20, Indignantly denied and e; IN
( nounced that he was preparing coan
+ plete account for the public