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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10

Stevens stopped and laid warning finger upon my
arm. Now, that sounds mighty dangerous said
he, climbing cyclone mile and more into the sky
In way it was-for inexperienced person. But
inexperienced people don't go up alone and, anyway,
it was more spectacular than perilous You mustn't
get the idea that balloonng is dangerous 1t isn't
My record proves that and every other balloon
ist will tell you the same thing.
How often do you read OF balloonist being killed?
If there IS an. accident every newspaper the world
oyer has an account of it. And yet when the Hudson
Terminal building begun in this city twenty-six
Italian casson diggers failed call for their time
checks SO told. The news was never published.
"Baooning is wonderfully spectacular Last sum
mer over Pittsheld | saw in the making 1t
was beautiful
There were seven OF us in the car-John Larkin
of Buffalo; Mr.. Wade, Mr.. Morgan of Cleveland; A.
Holland Forbes, Mr.. White, Mr.. Taylor and myself
We were at an altitude of one and quarter miles,
First the snow resembled great shower of gran
ulated sugar. The shining through it gave it all
OF the rainbow colors, that it looked like great
shower OF confetti Then the reflection of the suns
rays played queer freaks. At times the shower ap-
peared to go up instead of down. sweeping by us as
though whrled up from the earth by some enormous
blast Down below when the light cleared we
coulo the specks spread out into big beautiful
flakes"
Stevens face lighted up with an aeronauts enthusi
asf Il love to live in the srt' he exclaimed "Once
the launching ropes are off am happy" And lean
ing back in his chair, he gave me picture of an
ascension | shall never forget
You arc floating softly upward into great blue
ocean of air, fresh, sweet, exhilaratng Swiftly the
earth sinks away beneath you bowling up around
the horizon line till it like the mouth of an
enormous crater The noisy shouts of Bon voyager
die away in faint wavering strain, and soon you
in the midst of original silence Not sound is
heard save the quick ticking of the barograph
The earth changes into great strange map Tall
buildings look like pepper boxes and then are lost in
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-10
The Monster Slowly Starts to Rise

experiencesF repeated Leo.
Stevens. "Oh surel You get them in bal
looming, naturally. In way it's like iesv-
;nc s.,dderl,. for new xuorld and zcffinM
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
RiVefddle Elevator Sold.

During the past week An important
real estate transaction has been con.
summated in this village. V. p. Cash
has sold his elevator property to Craw-
ford & Co., of Breckenridge, who
will continue the business with w. E.
Sowope as local manager
Mr.. Cash will give his attention to
his other interests here and does not
now contemplate leaving Riverdale
Mr.. Cash has built up fine business
since coming here and has maintained
a good market here at all times.
Crawford & Co. have had charge of
the elevator at Vestaburg for some
time and enjov an enviable reputation
for fair dealing and honesty.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
SUMMER

Postmaster Buttons brother, of
Saginaw, spent last week visiting him.
Lottie Forquer and Mr.. Thompson's
granddaughter left Monday morning
for Detroit.
Mrs. Fuller, of Ithaca, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. w. Nees.
The members of the +. NJ. Church
held business meeting at Elm Hall last
Saturday.
Arthur Fowler and family returned
from the north last Wednesday.
Maud Ferris has gone to the Pontiac
asylum to work.
The dance held by the Sir Knights
was we'll attended.
Miss Nellie Sperry and Mrs. Button
started Wednesday, on a trip to Detroit,
and will visit several places in Canada
before returning.
Mr. Standt and two grandsons, OF
Alma, spent Sunday with the form ers
daughter, Mrs. Arthur MuI1ord.
Daniel milford and brother, Charles,
attended the funeral of Mrs. Ida
Steadman, of Ionia, last week.
Several from Sumner took in the
Sunday school excursion to Ann
Arbor, Wednesday.
Mrs. Stacy and daughter. of Half
Moon lake, visited at Bertha Cleverdon's,
last week.
Mrs. w. c. Pugsley, of Elwell, is
visiting Mrs. Tucker, this week.
Maggie Braif, of Carson City, visited
Mrs. Sperry, Tuesday.
Mrs. Forquer and Mrs. Mangus were
Elm Hall visitors, Saturday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
FERRIS CENTER.

+. o. Dyer and family and Mr.. and,
Mrs. Henry O'Connor visited the for
mer's sister, Mrs. E. f. Colt, Sunday.
Clare Stone visited the home of J. p
Throop, Sunday
Mrs. Heath visited Aunt Sally rhroop
"Wednesday.
Mrs. John Hamilton and children
visited friends at Elm Hall, Sunday.
Geo. Sheffield, wife and daughter,
Ivah, in company with Mrs. Wood,
returned TO their home at Ionia,
Saturday.
Mrs. Merithew of Detroit, Stste
President of the Sunshine Club, organ
lied like club at the home of Mrs.
M. l.. Chambers, Friday. Officers:
President, Mrs. Chambers; Ist Vice
President, Katie O'Brlen; End Vic
President, Muriel Throop; Secretary,
Mabelle Goodrich; Treasurer, Cora
Dyer. Tie next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Chambers, Aug 7. All are
invited
Richard Sitchfield called on friends
i'll this vicinity, Friday.
Naomi Thompson visited Franklin
Dyer Monday.
Mrs. VIM. Hall and Mrs. Warren
Davenport and daughter, Leah, called
on Mrs. w. J. Dyer, Sunday.
Otto Scott and family spent Sunday
at the home Of +. j. Scott.
Mrs. J. P. Throop and sister, Mrs.
Lew Graham and family, are visiting
their cousin Mrs. Chas. Moss of Muir
Miss Agnes McCalman, of Saginaw,
visited Mrs. N j. Wilson, Friday.
Mrs. Chambers is entertaining three
fresh.air children, Albert, William and
Alice Simpson of Detroit.
b. Forquer, of Alma, was business
caller in this vicinity, Tuesday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
WEST PINE RIVER.

Miss Hazel Vail, who has been visit.
ing here for the past four weeks, re-
turned to her home In Flint Friday.
Mrs. Eliza Fleming was given posi-
card shower last week.
Matt. johnson spent last week in
Kalkaska.
Miss Lila Kyes of Gladwin. visited
at f. NJ. Kves SUNDAY.
A family has moved into Elmer
Posts tenant house.
j. McCara of Flint. was O caller II
this vicinity Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
WEST ARCADIA

Mr.. and Mrs j. W. Salisbury of st.
Louis spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs
j. II. Allis
Ed. Medler is spending few weeks
with his family. and is doing his hay
ing and harvesting while here. He
has bought the interest of Lewis
Orwig in the crops. Mr.. Orwig will
move near Riverdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Beeson visited
their daughter. Mrs Gerber, at
kalamazoo last week
Crops are looking fae and the
nrospects are good for an abundance of
apples this season
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05
WEST FERRIS.

Mrs. Edith Hatfield called on Mrs
Nora DeY Dung, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbie Hatfield, of
Butternut, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Hatfield, Sunday.
The Ferris Center Club meets with
Mrs. Iva DeYoung, Wednesday.
Miss Agatha Wadles visited Miss
Bessie Lee, Sunday.
Misses Ruth Hiding ard Laura
Christensen were the guests of Miss
Visa Lane, Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05

News From a Lively Town.


Some farmers in this section are
harvesting their oats this week.
Three car loads of soft coal have
been hauled from this place to Sumner
this week. People are getting ready
for threshers and for winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z. Moblo arrived
home from Mt Clemens Monday night
A message was received to meet them
at the station with a cot for Mr..
Noble. but when the train arrived his
friends were agreeably surprised to see
him get off the coach unattended and
walk TO his home. The cot was still
at the station Tuesday morning.
George Skaff as joined the walking
club and is now taking daily tramps
in the direction of prosperous farm
home in this vicinity, so tbs said.
In the civil suit of DR.. G.. B. Gard
ner VS.. Charles Casleton, tried last
Thursday, the jury gave DR.. Gardner
a judgement for the amount of his
claim. The genial doctor pleaded his
own case and made very favorable
impression by his frank and earnest
statement of the facts.
John G.. Young visited Shepherd
friends last week Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Lyon went to
Shepherd Tuesday. Thursday they
left for visit at Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and Oil City, Pa, visiting a
brother of Mrs. LYON at the latter
place.
n. NJ Wilson and wife are visiting
Mrs Wilson's mother at Farwell.
Mrs. Eliza Merriman.
Mrs. Eliza Merrimsn of Farwell.
has purchased the building occupied
by John q. Young the jeweler.
Young. the jeweler, is showing a
fire assortment of watch move
ments.
Leon Magnant of Stanton. is keep
ing books for Libby. Mcneil & Libby
at the pickle station.
f. H. Rowland was in Vestaburg
Monday on business.
era =. I'd & Co., who purchased the
elevauoA Vestaburg at administrs-
tors sale Gently has sold the proper
ty to wall Orr & Co., the bankers.
who will ~ tinue to operate the
same.
The shameful whipping and beating
given horse on our streets Monday
by its Infatuated owner. causes the
citizens TO believe that when a man
becomes so brutal as to treat an animal
in such cruel manner, there ought
to be an officer nearer than Alma, who
would give the fellow few lessons in
civil conduct. The horse was pounded
over the head until blood ran from its
nostrils and no one interfered.
Judge X. S. Scarf of Ithaca. was in
Riverdale Tuesday enroute to Stanton,
where he conducted court for Judge
Davis.
Miss Mile Hudson of Detroit, is
visiting her parents here.
Mrs. Mark Williams and Mrs
Arnold of Saginaw. spent SUNDAY at
the home of their brother, Thomas
Talon.
Thomas Talon went to Elwell
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. linn and child
rem returned home Friday from a
weeks visit at Lansing. They visited
Horace Angel and family at the
Agricultural College and D. E. Bro.
kaw, an uncle. The outing was a very
enjoyable one.
George Minser of Jackson, is visit
ing his parents, who live north and
east of here. His wife and family
have been here couple of weeks.
A quiet wedding took place at the
New Ashlev House last Friday even
ing, July 3d. the contracting parties
being B. L. hobart and Miss Amanda
Hildebarant. both of Riverdale JUS
tree Thos. Brown officiating. Ashley
! World
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05

Mrs. Ayers and Carrie Thompson
spent Saturday at Riverdale.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-05

Otis Post and family of Tennessee
are visiting relatives here.
Miss Eva johnson of Farwell. visit
ed here last week.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
SHOULD DlSORGANIZE
WICKED TRAVIS COUNTY

Governor Campbell sent Monta ].
Moore to Starr County to investigate
conditions, political and otherwise;
he sent the Rangers to San Antonio
without a call from the Sheriff, and
he orders Rangers here and there like
a military governor in conquered
province There appears to have been
a prize fight pulled off in the city of
Austin, under the nose of the Gov
ernor, Friday night and one of the
principals died Saturday morning 1t
is said a select audience was present
to witness the battle royal" and
many peace officers were delighted
spectators. Hon. Charles A. Culber-
son, when governor of Texas, put
down prize fighting and made it a
crime against the law, the peace and
dignity of the commonwealth. Hon.
J. Monta Moore should be called to
Austin to investigate conditions po-
litical and otherwise, and State Ran
gers should be ordered there to en-
force the State law against prize
fighting. If necessary the county of
Travis must be disorganized and at
tached to Starr or Bexar for judicial
purposes. The game should be
played according to the rules with or
without gloves. Dallas Times-Her-
aid
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
TRUCK RESULTS
NEAR OLMITO
$500 Melted ON IA ACRES IN
FEW MONTHS.
w. ID. Bennett, Who Knew Nothing
OF Truck Farming Before Coming
Reports His Experience During
Brief Residence in this Section.

tOver $500 in cold cash netted on
cabbage and onions grown on four
teen-acre farm near Olmito, within
the space of a few months, is the
report of the experience of w. D.
Bennett of Olmito. The same land,
be it known, is now bearing a sec
ond crop of corn and peas Here
is the story of it:
Mr.. Bennett planted three acres
IN onions and eleven in cabbage.
From the onion patch, he harvested
200 crates These were onions OF
the best quality and brought top
prices in the market.
The cabbage did not do so we'll
Although the crop was good, the fall
in the market price made it unproflt-
able. and Mr. Bennett did not cut
over half of the cabbage he had
planted and he did not ship over
two-thirds of the amount which he
did cut
Ten acres of this land is now
planted in corn part of which has
already been cut. Mr.. Bennett states
thai ii will yield at least As bushels
Of corn to the acre. For a second
acrop and fertilizer, Mr.. Bennett has
planted an acre and a half of his
farm in peas, and expects to plant
more.
Mr.. Bennett came here a few
months ago. He says that he had
no knowledge at all of truck farm
inc never having engaged in it be-
fore. yet during this brief residence
here on a small tract of ground, he
has already actually cleared Sl5OO
and there still remains over half the
wear.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
LOST THREE
STRAIGHT GAMES
BROWNIES GO DOWN AFTER
HARD STRUGGLE.
Six to Five Score in Last Game of
the Series-Game Long DraWn Out
but Was Full of Ginger and in
Doubt Until the Last Inning.

By a score of 6 to 5 the Cuban
Giants again defeated the Brownies
Friday for the third straight game.
The Brownies had the game won up
to the 9th inning, when through
their bonheaded playing they allowed
the Cubans to make two runs. Palm
pitched a good game but had poor
support. Every error made Friday in
this game by the home team proved
a costly one. At hitting the Brownies
were there with the. goods, making
nine clean hits during the game. Nc
CIintock drove one to right for three
bags while Bell and Toles each
raped out a two-bagger. Some per-
iods of the game were rather exciting
especially in the 18th inning when the
Brownies brought in four runs. The
game as whole, however, was rather
slow. The last inning was played
when it was almost too dark to see
ball.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
Real Estate Transfers.

Augusta Wilson to Isaac COUNSEL,
so acres out of Eel Paistle' grant.
Consideration, $4,000.
Frank R. Yeomans to Chas B. Van
Kirk, farm lot Z, section 80, Sebas-
tian tract Consideration S5,409.
Gulf Coast Irrigation Company TO
Henry T. Nikirk, 80 y acres out of
the Raymondville tract Considera-
ton S963
John J. Conway to E. V. Peterson
90 acres out of the La LOmita tract
near Mission, Hidalgo county. Con
sideration $1,000.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
GEO. ]. HEAD IS
CAPTtlN OF RIFLES
Elected to Succeed Capt. T. \. Kin
der. Resigned-Other Officers
Were Elected Also.

At a meeting of the Brownsville
Rifles last night Geo. J. Head, first
lieutenant was elected captain to sue
coed Capt. T. A Kinder, who recent
ly resigned. Second Lieutenant Gus
Kowalski was elected first lieutenant
and 1st Sergt. Victor Schneider was
elected second lieutenant. Lieuten-
ant schneider rendered his resignation
as soon as elected, but the company
refused to accept it, but Lieut.. Cchrei-
Der is positive in his assertions that
he will not accept the honor thus be-
slowed upon him
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12

Read not books alone, but men
also was the advice of Lord Bacon
He was one of the wisest of men, TO
be sure, and found much material in
man for his pen, but ordinary NOR
tails would like at least to have the
privilege of selecting the men whom
they must study. There are men and
men. and not all of them make in
teresting studies.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
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except Sunday, daily by mail postpaid
10 any point is the United states,
Mexico or Cuba, or delivered Dy
carrier to any part of Brownsville
Texas, or Matamoros, Mexico.
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders and
directors of the Rio Grande Railroad
will be held at the General Offices of
the company in the city of Browns
Vile. Cameron county, Texas, on
Thursday the eighth day of July A d.
1909 at the hour of u O'Clock noon
for the transaction of such business
as may come before the meeting.
J. n Miller, w. |. Church,
President. Secretary.
$3.50
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12

Summary of the game:
Three base hit, McClintock; two
base hits, Bell, Toles, Ramos, Perez;
stolen bases, Toles 8, McClintock,
Palm, Wicks, Gollihar; sacrifice hits,
McClintock, Feline; left on bases.
Brownsville 5, Giants 9; first base on
errors, Brownsville l, Giants 5; wild
pitch. Palm 3 hit by pitched ball,
McClintock, Hernandez; hits off Palm
s, Ramos 8; struck out by Palm 8,
Ramos s; base on balls, off Palm 4,
Ramos 3; umpire, Monahan. Time 2
hours and Is minutes.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12

Wicks ran for Palm in the fourth.
Score by innings:
Brownsville ...-... 1OO 600 4OO-5
Cuban Giants - .001 0OO2 1926
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12
SATURDAY. JUNE u. 1909.

If all the projected roads into the
Brownsville country are really bullt
that country will have railroads 10
give away-Corpus Christi Herald
They really will be built You can
bet your last centavo on that.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12

The eminent members of the medl-
cal fraternity belonging to the Hous-
ton medical district have at last come
to the conclusion that the corset Is
a useful thing. The modistes beat
them to that conclusion long time
ago
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-12

Ninety in the shade seems terrible
10 people in the interior towns Here
in this great Gulf Coast region, nine
ty or more in the shade is not I'M
comfortable, for the delightful Gulf
breeze cools the air and makes it
pheasant
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-01-01
Beautiful for Situation

THAT WILL SELL LIKE VALHALLA HAS Will
somebody put us next? We have searched
Ola the entire valley and have rot yet found
it. What we want is something combining,
as Valhalla.does, these qualities: Right kind of
soil, right slope for irrigation plenty of water,
convenient location for transportation facili-
ties situation beautiful for scenery and suitable
for homes and price that will enable us to
give the man on salary chance to a
deve oped andIperfect orchard.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-01-01

NOTE:-WE CANNOT GIVE ANY MORE FULL
WEEK OPTIONS. Two days are the limit. AS
the closing out of the Vahala Orchard Tracts
draws near we are asked by many for options
until they get action on necessary funds
or for other reasons Much as we would like
to accommodate them, we must be impartial
and give equal opportunity to everybody.
We have actually sold twenty -four Valhalla
tracts in the last ten days. The present indi-
cations are that not one tract will be left
within two to four weeks
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-10-21

Here is a circus romance red-
client of the fresh sawdust of
the ring, vibrant with the inccs-
SAINT clamor of the band, piano.
ran,ic in its ever moving display
Of clowns, ocrobats, horses and
captive wild animals. You will
read of Polly, the daughter of
the circus. and of Bingo, on
whose broad back she rode; of
the leap of death" girl; of
Muvver Jin," the boss canvas
man, and Toby the clown, who
loved the circus orphan and
cared for her like father and
mother; of Deacon Strong, who
hated a circus, and of Rev. John
Douglas, who grew to love q cir
Gus girl You will read of Cos
sip that threatened to divide a
pastor ard his flock, of Ruth
and Naomi, of a show girls re-
71unciatton and of Polly's first
and last ride on Barbarian, The
circus horse.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-10-21

the peanut butchers" the popcorn
boys, the lemonade vendors and the
exhOrtatiOns Of the sideshow spieler,
whose flying banners bore the painted
reproductions of his freaks. Here and
there stood unhitched chariots, half
filled trunks, trapeZe tackle, paper
hoops, stake pullers or other proper
ties necessary to the show
Torches famed at the tent entrances.
while oil lamps and lanterns gave
light for the loading of the wagons.
There. was constant stream of life
shooting in and out from the dressing
tent to the big top as gayly decked
men. women and animals came OF
went.
Drowsy dogs We're stretched under
the wagons. waiting their turn to be
dressed as lions or bears. The wise
OLD goose, with his modest gray mate,
pecked at the green grass or turned
MS head from side to side, watching
the singing clown, who rolled up the
painted carcass and long neck of the
imitation giraffe from which two prom.
erty men had just slipped, their legs
still incased in stripes.
Ambitious canvasmen and prooms
were exercising, feet in air, in the
hope of some day getting into the per.
formers ring. Property men stole a
minutes sleep in the soft warm grass
while they waited for more tackle to
load III the wagons. Children of the
performers were swinging on the tent
ropes. Chattering monkeys sat astride
the Shetland ponies. awaiting their en-
trance to the ring. The shrieks of the
hyenas In the distant animal tent. the
roaring Of the lions and the trumpet.
Ing OF the elephants mingled with the
incessant clamor Of the band. And
back Of all this, pointing upward in
mute protest. rose a solemn church
spire. white and majestic against a
vast panorama Of blue, moonlit hills
that encircled the whole lurid picture.
Jim's eyes turned absently toward the
church as he sat fumbling with the
lock of the little brown satchel.
He had gone from store to store in
the various towns where they had
played looking for something to in.
spire wonder in the heart Of a miss
newly arrived at her sixteenth year.
Only the desperation of last moment
had forced him to decide upon the imi-
tation alligator bag, which he now
held in his hand.
1t looked small and mean to him as
Che moment of presentation approach
ID, and he was glad that the saleswo-
man in the little country store had
suggested the addition Of ribbons and
laces, which he now drew from the
pocket Of his eorduroys. He placed
his red and blue treasures very care
fully in the bottom Of the satchel and
remembered with regret the strand Of
coral beads which he had 90 nearly
bought to 70 with them,