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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02

Tucumcan, n NJ, Sept. z.-The
largest number Of smuggled Chinese
ever captured in this territory were
taken in custody here this morning by
M. f. Mcclure. United States immi-
grant inspector. and his assistant, Da-
vid Tyree The Chinese. fourteen in
all, were in sealed car OF sugar,
which was consigned to Kansas City.
The car had come from California by
way Of FL Paso they were placed in
the county Jail to await the arrival
Of a government interpreter before
preliminary examination.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02

fund and the charity workers anticl
pate the cooperation Of everybody.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02

coffeyviIle, Kan, Sept, 2 Alive and
unhurt, Gil Rupert. the 1-year-old son
Of Riley Rupert, was rescued from a
cistern by Hazel Rupert, his l2-year-
old sister, this afternoon. A group of
children were playing about an open
cistern when the baby accidentally fell
home. The children obtained lad
der and placed it in the cistern and
the little girl, the Oldest of the lot,
descended. The baby had fallen in
six inches Of water. which saved Ii
from being injured by the cement
flooring.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02
PICNIC ON THE wAstnTA.

A party of fifty or more members of
the Knights and Ladies of Security, in
Guiding many with their families. en-
joyed delightful moonlight picnic at
the dam on the Washita last night.
Boating and other forms of amuse-
ment furnished entertainment and
there was an abundance of refresh
ments It was nearly o'clock when
the party returned to town.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02

rect cause of his becoming reunited
with his daughters He was thrown
from a horse and severely crippled, and
being All old soldier member Of the
First West Virginia cavalry-he enter
ed the soldiers home. While in the
home his thoughts turned to his chill
dren, and once again he determined
to make another effort to locate them.
Going to the former Kansas home, he
was fortunate enough to learn that his
former wife resided in Pennsylvania,
and he went to her at once. where
soon secured the information and To-
cation OF his daughters. Mrs. Upton
Of this city and Mrs. Celia Reuben of
Kansas City.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02
BANKERS in Tolls.

Marquette. Mich. Sept 2.-Chagge
OF mismanagement against President
jain, Cashier Larsen and Assistant
Cashier Meadow Of the First National
Bank OF IronWood viii be Investigated
by the grand jury which convened
here today The charges are The out
growth OF the failure OF he banN,
which had about 100000 in deposits
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-02
5000 LOST
IN FLOODS

Monterey, Mexico. Sept. 2.-Three
thousand is now the official estimate
of those in Monterey who lost their
livxes in the recent overflow OF the
Santa Catarins river To this total
will probably be added five hundred
when complete reports are received
from along the valley of the stream
and its tributary, the San Juan Re
ports from along the rivers are mea.
ger, but it is known that several vii.
lagos have been wiped out and crops
have been entirely ruined
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

De Smet, II kyetna - Farmefi
We zdeisfm okolf jednotlive vypovf
dali, re byli osaleni jist5m Leslie
Youngem jenz tvrdil, Re jest pred
sedou firmly Universal Stock Food
Cabinet Co. Pracoval leGku tim
zpdsobem re chtel zaloziti farmer
skou uni, poplatky clenu u nfz
prS jsou $685. so "a pet let splatne
" petit letech 20 $40 roche, Dale
Jim namlouval, Re elenm vejce pfi-
nesou Csc tucet, a obili pfinese
vzdy 0 nekolik centd vice nezli
trh a stroje pr5 mohou koupiti Sc
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
OteYfte BankOVni dGet!

Ponevac Jest to znamkou pokroGilosti.
Poneyac penfze ukryte pHsobf Matte
II iejich jenom starost a nenesou Ia
ny uzitek ami jemu ami zadr9mu il
MENU, leda lupie6m.
Ponevac banka jest nejjistGjSi misto
pro penfze amino toho jest bankov
nj dcet nejlepsf zpGsob drzeni zapi-
si ~peneznich transakcf. Bankovni
eek podepsany a yyplaceny jest do
brou kvitancf zapraveneho GGtu.
Pon6yac devet desitin svetoveho OBJ
chodu Sc dele pomocf bankovnich
dctI.
Ponsvac jest to poYinnost kazdeho,
farmera a obchodnfka, yGci svemu
vlastnimn prQspechu jakoz / ydci ob
chodnfmu sv6tu, ably nechal penize
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

De Smet, II. kvetna. = A. M.
Briggs, zastupce pro spolek OBJ.
chodnikG v malem, tohoto statu,
~cestuie staten a sbira podpisy die
iniciativy, by zakonadarna zmeni-
la zakon exemptenf phi exekuci.
Obchodnfci n6ktefi Sc b~ezvysledne
domahali 0 zmenu tehoz zakona, a
nynf Sc chopili petice, kterou ne
muze snemoyna ignorovati. Pff-
tommy exemptcnf zakon byl vtelen
v roku 1890, a tvrdl Sc O mem, Re
tehdy panovaly jine pom6ry a tu-
dfz dnes nevyhovuje. Pod tfmto
absolutnfm zakonem jsou nasledu-
jfci exekucf nedotknutelny: knih-
ovna maiicf ceny 5000; satstvo, "a
SODA potravin a paliva ma jeden
.rok; homestead majfcf ceny $4,000
a dalsf osobnf majetek v Gene $3.50
je-li dunk zenaty a $500 je-li
svobodny."
Jinymi slovy, exemptcnf zakon
v tonic statu podporuje RUNE ne
platy tom ohledu, Re chranf tax
velkymi sumami majetek osobnf a
nemovity cd exekuce. PonevaG
obchodnfcf nejvfc tim trpf, jest
pfirozeno, Re u~silujf o to, by "a,
kon ten byl zmeuen, a Size dol1.
Jsou Tide, ktefi befou ma duh cd
obchodnika, avsak 0 spravne "a
placenf, aG mohou, Sc nestarajf.
Obchodnfk ceka pet, Sest let a pax
must dat 1Get kolektovat, Nepla-
ia takovf, kdyz soud rozhodne
proti nemu, odepfe to zaplatiti a
tn neyyhnutelne dojde ma exekuci,
phi ktere Sc ukaze, re zakon jest
tuze schovfyavy; coz dosv6dGf els
lice uvedene. Kdyby Sc snfzily
ma polovicnf cenu, nebyl by tako-
W poGet lidf, kteff dluhy uni de-
lat, ale platit nikoliv.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Avon, S. d. " jihovJ chodni
Gasti mesta Sc naleza iezfrko ien2
ma rozlohu 80 akrn, v nemz obJ.
vatele pozorovali velk6 mnozstvi
bulheda. Cd t6 DOLBY jest jezero
o%bklopeno rybafi kteff nepostaei
ryby vytahovati ma udicfch. To
same Sc dele We m9ste Lesterville
V jehoz severnfm konci Sc cd dvou
let naplnilo jezero vodou a obyya-
tele 81 nachytajf ryb vSeho druhu.
Jezero to bylo vyschl6 pred dve-
ma roxy ale cd te DOLBY jest pine.
Lestervillstf iednajf o odvedenf vo
dy, poneyac V lete voda zapacha
a zdravf jest nebezpecna. / iinde
kolem Tabora 81 Tide chvalejf OBJ
rovske mnozstvf ryb v iezerach.
Avsak pc prvnfm Gervenci 81 kaz-
dy rybaf die zakona must obstara-
ii "a dollar povolenf chytat ryoy
ma udici. Chytanf Sc sftf jest "a
povezeno.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
POzOrujte RozdlU
mezl tIOVBkem, jenz
ma dGet S bankOu
a ten ktery penize
usChOVdYa do
PuntOGhy.

vobehu. Svetov@ trziStG jest trzis.
te farmera a penfzc kter6 dostane
"a jeho vyrobky jsou 6asJi syetovt
zasoby penezni 4 mali ziistati v obehu
Oteyfte S Mani cekovnf dGet a Wy.
placejte cekami.
Mate-li vice penez nezli potIebujete
We vasem zamestnanf, ulozte 81 je u
mas ma Grok.
Uchazfme Sc 0 vase Vklady a vas OBJ
chod ma zaklade naSf zodpovednosti a
fadneho a schopneho fizeni nasi
banky.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Wagner, IA kvetna- Sest me5f-
Gu stara dceruska manzelu Harry
Scottovfch Sc utopia We sklepe
pod domem svych rodicI. Hrala
81 venku ma pazitu, a v nestfeze-
mem okamziku spadla do sklepa
zkrze pffzemnf okno, jenz byl Cas-
tecne napln6n vodou. Rodice il
kratce ma to nasli, avsak jiz co mr.
tvolu.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Owanka, Is kvetna Pr vile
tn do Bad lands blfze tohoto mfsta
VIM. Kohler S PAM, slecna Ken
neyova a John Barr nalezli neko-
Xix pozoruhodnych relikvif; totiz
zkamenelou hlavu vlka a b1vola.
Nalezli tez valecny klacek Indian
sky, jenz byl zhotoven 2 pfskovce.
Toto Gzemf pc leta bylo znamo
pro sve zkameneliny, a rok cd ro-
ku jest navstevovano mnoha turis,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Dozorce skol Muller, pise v
angl. casti independents 0 spojeni
Sc vefejnych skol, o cemz by NELL
skolni 1fednici uvazovat. Pise,
Re jest We statu 81 sjednocen5ch
skol a vic pffkladu toho nasleduje.
Pffkladne, vezmeme til scusedfci
skoly do kazde z nichz chodf ne
dostateeny poGet zaku. Ufednfci
techto skol S dohodnutf Sc s rodi-
ci, zavfou dive z techto; zjednaif
povoz jena vzdalenejsi dftky vozf
do stfednf skoly, cehoz v5sledek
je, re v teto stfednf skole mohou
spoienymi siIama udrzet "a dobr5
plat schopn6ho ueitele. Co by da
Ii item ucitel1m takto dali jedno-
mu dobremu, a pax vozkovi co do
vazf deti. Kazdopadne to Pride
lacineji kdyz s. uyazf palivo do
tfech skol a til uGiteIov6. Pod
timto systemem jest skola jen jed
ma, jeden uGitel, avsak tfikrate to-
lik zakd a tn Sc mnoh6m l6pe pra-
cuje. Takto S mohou spojit tfe-
has jen diva nebo vice distriktd
die politely. Kde tento system
Jest zaveden, ysude jsou rodice a
~poplatnfci spokojeni.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

srazkou Is az 20 procent. Dalsi
nabfdku kladl v podobe zasoby L.
XII zverolekafskyc Zadal cd
farmera kter6ho chtel oklamat, by
mu podepsal %kontrakt, 2 cehoz Sc
vyklubala obycejna nota ma 500. SO
splatna ma podzim nesoucf 6rok
deset pro cent. Grady pc nom pa
traJi.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
Rlzn6 re Statu.

Pf. Filipa Musflka zemfela We
SVEN domove V Lake Andes 8ho
kvetna pc nemoci trvaifcf TIL dnd.
PozGstatky byly pohfbeny ma
hfbitov c. S. p. S. severne cd
Tyndall, Zanechava zde manzela
a sedm dospelJch dftek.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

4, Pierre, 15- Jeneralnf navladni
Clark vysfla cirkulafe okresnfm
soudcGm pc statu, upozorhuje je
ma kapitolu 104 zakon1 q nedavne-
no snemu. v t@to kapitole je ur-
city nayod jak by stat mel 81 poGf-
nat phi procesu zfskanf pozemkG,
k nimz Sc zadnf dedic pc zemfe-
lem nehlasf. Byl pied tim slice
zakon takovy avsak nebyl v mem
urcity zpIsob procedury k zfska-
nj pozemku takovych. Provse
pod kap. 104 pfipada pravomoc
okr. soudcGm; procez jeneralnf ma
vladnf je upozorhuje v tom smysIu
by dohledli V jejich okresech ma
to, zdali by Sc tam pozemky tako-
We nenalezaly.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Watertown-K oneGne Sc splni
vroucf pfanf zdejsfho lidu, v tom
re v 60 dnech Sc dohotovi elektric
ka draha ienz spoil m6sto S ieze-
Kampeska. Mfstnf spoiled
most s kapitalem $500 ma pro-
jekt v rukou a kontrakt dan do ru
kou Chicagske irme ma zhotovenf
cele vybavy take do / cervence
Dude vse hotoyo. Ma tratfch ma
zacatku budou operovati jenom
til vozy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

Memo, Is t. m. Price ma Tho
toveni odvodhovacfho pruplavu,
kterym Sc vysusf obrovsky kus u
rodneho pozemku, Sc zapocala. Z
prGkopu Sc must odvezti asi 55 I'll
sic vozd zem6. Odvodnenfm Sc
promeni ~iezero a baziny, jenz pok
ryvaly as 1855 akrd, v 1rodnou
krajinu. V roce 1894 jezero bylo
1plne vyschle, avsak v pozdni do
be mnohych destu a sneha, Sc ma
plnilo az do sesti stfevfcG hloubky.
V mfstech Dude zmfneny prIplav
az deset stfevicu hluboky, a "a
stfevfcd siroky nahofe a 4 stfevf-
ce u dina. ,Bude patrne dohotoven
do Srpna.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20

%Iroquois, Is t. m. -Pokuta SIS
a Gtraty byla ulozena sudfm L. B.
Laucksovi, jenz Sc porval S An
drew Johnsonem. Behem rvaeky
johnson upadl a pohmozdil 81 no
hu. Byl ma to odvezen do Sioux
Citysk6 nemocnice, kde vsak leka-
Fl seznali, Re mt pohmozdend no.
ha must byti odejmuta. z toho
je zfejmo, re rvacky, ac Sc pr
mich obycejne yyplacf, Sc nevypla-
y " "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
Cabcr State Bank

Zakladni kapital, $4,000
Vklady 10000
Jos. v. Wagner, pfedseda.
ia. Wagner, kasir.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

The first call after the new system
was installed came FRIDAY. August 2S.
1903. The department was on the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Some Figures Gathered From Liquor Sale
Records at Prosecutors Office.

November was the sixth month of
local option in Gratiot county. It
is interesting TO compare the figures
of sales made in that month in the
drug stores throughout the county.
These figures furnish some food for
thought, The total sales in the county
were 6546. practically one sale to every
male voter in Gratiot county.
= Ithaca. the county seat. leads all in
total sales The three Ithaca druggists
made 1894 registered liquor salesrin
the month of November. This was
"a more than were made in Alma and
ST. Louis combined. The sales in
these two cities combined only totaled
1904. Compared with the sales of the
county there were made at Ithaca
only 554 less sales than were made
in Breckenridge. Wheeler. Bannister.
Middleton. Ashley. Riverdale. Pom
peii and Pennington combined. st.
Louis alone has go sales and Alma
694. One st. Louis druggist made only
65 sales during the month. Earl
Stanard of this CITY stands next with
1S5. The list of sales for all drug
stores in the county il as follows:
Ithaca. 1894; st Louis, 90; Alma.
6a4: breckenridge. 456: Bsnnister.
409 Riverdale. 265; Middleton. 247:
Ashlev. 2l9: Pompeii. 2la Pennington,
i69 Wheeler. 1874.
The Alma druggists made the fol-
lowing sales; Sharrar. 3ia: Rhodes.
2dO; Stanard. 1a5.
Druggist Watson of Ithaca alone
made s6 more sales than the three
Alma druggists. His sales for the
month of November we're 40. an
excess ore over the total Alma sales.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21
BUYS A BIG LINE.
Mr.. J. B. SCOti Of CrandeIl Scott Attended
Big Furniture Conventions.

j. B. Scott of the firm of Cranden &
Scott has returned from Grand Rapids
and Chicago, where he went last week
10 attend the annual furniture conven-
tions held in those cities each January.
MIR. Scott says he never has .seen as
many buyers at these conventions as
appeared this year. And the sales made
for the ensuing year are unusually
large, which is. taken by all as a critic
rion of improving business conditions
all over the United States.
For his firm, Mr.. Scott purchased an
extra large line Of furniture. And it is
furniture that will sell we'll too for it is
of the most modern design and style.
In addition Messrs. Crapdell & Scott by
reason of buying for the big Fremont
store too, will be enabled TO put their
furniture on sale here at low prices here
tofore unheard of in this vicinity.
Their total orders for the Alma AMI
Fremont stores combined would furnish
enough stock to equip big furniture
store in a city, even of Detroits size.
One only needs to glance into the
interior of their Alma store to appreciate
what the changes this new firm have
made. The whole interior has been re-
arranged, and turn where you will some
attractive furniture bargain, handsomely
arranged, greets the eye. In fact it is a
wholesome surprise to realize so much
can be so attractively displayed in even
store as large as theirs. Although
only here afew weeks. Messrs crandall
& Scott are proving themselves to be all
and more than was said of them when
they came to Alma and they are adding
TO their popularity every day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

Charles +. Fishpeck is a staver.
Years ago he learned. by many hard
lesson. the rule of sticking to thing
until il is done. He has been chief
of the Alma fire department for IL
years. Previous To that time he was
member of the department for six
years, In fact he has always been a
fireman. Long before he Joined the
Alma force, he was "A member of the
Wah- Wah-Sum racing hose company of
st. Louis. an organization famous for
miles about in its day. Charles de-
termination to hang on has been dem
onstrated more thans once since he
began service in the Alma fire depart
ment. He has led his men to success
in many a fight where the odds have
been so great that heart less stout
would have quailed before them.
The fire department is his Iride.
His heart is wrapped up in it and
always having the fullest confidence of
the members, he has been enabled to
see its many needs and work it mp to
its present high state of efficiency.
His fame is not limited to Alma but
is state wide. for there is hardly a
fireman in Michigan. who has served
any length of time. who does not
know him or know of him.
Seventeen wears as chief is record
he can point to with pardonable pride.
But in all that dong time he has been
a credit to the department and city
he represents, and it is the hope of
his many friends that it will be a
long time before he decides to retire.
On January 10. 1903. the Alma fire
department dedicated the new city
hall that was completed in that year
The occasion was a memorable one.
the Goth annual convention of the
Michigan State Fireman's association
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

lied August IL, 1892. The officers
were Alex Neil foreman: Ferd Mon
tiel. first assistant; Albert Bahlke.
second assistant; Ferd Montigel. treas
urer; and G. l.. Delavan. secretary.
There were 26 men in the company
The hook and ladder COMPANY was
organized one year later with mem
bership of rs The officers were NJ. Pol
lasky. foreman: NJ. ID Fuller LIST as.
sistant; Montigel 2nd assistant; Ben
G Button, treasurer; Ed r. Schneider.
secretary.
The department is composed of
twelve regular men. the chief. and the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

lage to see IL the village tax
payers would install such a
system and bond for the cost.
which was to he $4,000. The proposition
carried bv the small majority of three,
there being 81 voting YES and "a voting
no. After having let the contract by
open bid to one man, who failed to
start the work, the council awarded
the contract to M. Walker. whose bid
was close to $4,000. 1t was also voted
at this special election to buy a
hose cart. hose and such other suitable
apparatus as could be used
The first hose COMPANY was organ
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

The first fire company ia Alma was
an old volunteer bucket brigade,
organized shortly after the village of
Alma was incorporated in 1873. Buckets
were kent at convenient places such
as Delavan's, Pollasky's and Ellison 3
or the Alma roller mills If a fire
broke out on hearing the alarm, the
members would grab stack of
buckets and run to the fire. Fires
in those early davs were ant to be
disastrous unless discovered early.
The village council ALWAYS appointed
two of it's members as a fire commit
tee, it being their duty to see that all
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21
precautions was m

possible precautions was made
against fire.
In 1878, following a disasti Gus fire
which consumed buildings standing
on the present site of what is Webb's
bakery and Bakers store, movement
was started to purchase suitable fire an
paratus for the protection of the viii
lage. A committee from the common
council comprising Nj. PolIaslxv and
q. W. jennings, was appointed to
investigate the cost of such apparatus.
On their report made in November.
1878, 1t was decided to buv Bah
cock hook and ladder truck at cost
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

of $3.50 to the citv. After the truck
was purchased knotty question
arose as to where 1t should be kept.
This question kept bobbing up every
year until few years later perm an
ent quarters were secured in what is
now known as the Wright House
laundry building
In October, 1881. following a re-
port from a special committee an
pointed to investigate the cost of
installing water works system. a
special election was held in the vii.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21
THE PRIDE OF ALMA.
Guardians Your Homes The ZEN
fineIs he ,ofcb For Publc|a1efy.

w. f. Moody, G.. X. Carr.
Our fire alarm system is one of the
best that monev can buv. 1t was
installed in 1906 and is known as the
American Magnetic fire alarm system.
The city is divided into 30 fire dis
tricts so arrasged that it is the easiest
possible thing for the driver to locate
the fire when making a run 70 it. In
addition each telephone in the city has
card attached giving the district
number in which the phone is INSTALL
ed All one has to do is to Civ Q
this number to the operator and she
Immediately turns in an alarm for
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

being held here on the same dav
large crowd was present and re-
ports of the proceedings say it was
the event of the year in Central Michi-
gan.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

that district. The effectivness of this
prompt alarm service has been amply
demonstrated several times in the past
year bv the promptness with which
the firemen and the hose cart have ap-
peared on the scene of the ire. 1t
took considerable diplomacy and much
hard work on the part of Chief Fish
beck and his associates to get this
alarm system installed hut all see the
wisdom of Ii now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

driver. making IA in all Then there
are as a rule several men on the wait
ing list known as substitutes. The
present members of the department
are as follows: Chief. Charles f. Fish
beck; Captain. Fred G. Rohlan: Lieu
tenant. Perry t. Banghart; Sergeant.
John s Knoertzer; Pinemen, W. s.
Caple. VIM. FRYE. Joseph Sartor;
Linemen. /. 5. Fink. Carl Walthers.
Bert. Thompson Laddermen. Raw
Fuller, Claud Struble. Carl Adams;
Driver. William Peck Substitutes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

With the installation of the water
works system completed. the village
council turned its attention to the
securing an organized fire DEPART
ment. AS far back as 1878, attempts
had been made to organize a COM
pany but for one reason or another
they fell through One company
formed in 1879, was disbanded by
order of the council of that year. On
June 13, 1881. the council elected
III. Phillips chief of the first organized
fire departm ent. He served one year
Icing succeeded by John F. Schwartz.
now our citv treasurer. Other fire
chiefs who followed in later years
were @. l.. Delavan. Alex. O'Neil.
Edward Hannah. p M. Smith and q.
s. Youngs. Mr.. Youngs' last year
in office was in 1892. He was sue
ceeded bv Charles f. Fishbeck, the
present chief, who has held the posi- =
tion continuously since then. period
of II years
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21

Alma stands well in the Michigan
State Firemens association and the
department efficiency is well known
all over the state. Chief Fishbeck has
been president of the association
and is an authority, on department
matters. This winter he. with several
others, are working to get a bill
passed by the state legislature
pensioLing any firemen who are in
jured in the performance of their
duties at fires
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-01-21
scene in very few minutes. and
afforded ample proof of the value
of the new service.

One thing the department is in
special need of and that the members
are all woI king hard to secure Is a new
hook and ladder truck. Such truck
can be purchased at cost of from
81 1900 upward to $1,000. IL is
actually needed as scaling ladders
are mighty essential to a fire.