Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-07-27
LOCAL HAP PEN|NGS
Clint Nelson is il Lansing today.

Wm j Van Patten left Tuesday on a
business trip to Laiunta. Colorado.
The w X & Thimble club will meet
with Mrs Francis Hawley next Tues
| day afternoon. Pot luck supper.
q Kress left Friday for Chicago.
from which city he left for an exteud-
ed business ttip through A Arkansas and
Missouri He expected to be absent
from Alma three or more weeks
Deputy State Game Warden James G
Leggett was in ALMA. Tuesday ana
sauntering up Pine River found Clint
Hixson fishing Inyestie alton showed
Mr. Hixson % have fish in his possess
ion of the wide month black bass vari-
etv that could not m nster the required
length. Mr. HiXson appeared before
Judge Chadwick. plead guilty and paid
a fine of $40. w ana costs OF S3 20.
Forepaugh * Sells Brothers Circus
drew a crowd yariously estimated at
from $1,000 to 10000 At the afternoon
performance every seat was occupied
and 1000 people sat on the ground 1t
was necessary for the management to
refund money to manv ticket holders
who were unable TO gain admittance
under the biz canvas The crowd
derly ever Seen in the city. Only one
arrest WAS made and that man who
was accustomed to imbibe at every op-
portunity.
Tom Scrog9ie. the well known trav-
cling representative of the information
al Harvester Co.. lost bill book con-
tanning $500 and some valuable papers
while attending the auction sale at
10 Txyt Snft DIV
ing Mr. Scroggie received telephone
message from the postmaster at Owosso
stating that such bill hook had been
placed in an envelope with his name
upon 1t AID deposited in the postotfice
there bv some unknown person. The
culprit had extracted SO 90 from the
book and returned the rest. indicating
that his conscience was elastic only to
a certain limit Ashley World.
] The residence of r V Howard sec
, tion foreman for the Ann Arbor. was
badly damaged by lire this morning at
| about 3 :45. Mr. Howard had lighted
the gasoline stove preparatory to an
early breakfast and had gone back to
bed for a snoOZe while the water was
heating In 30 minutes he arose to
! find the entire back end of his home a
mass of flames The fire department
was notified and in short time, con-
sideriug the long ran. nearly mils
were at work with two streams of wat
e" drenching the upright of the house.
which together with household articles
were saved Mr. Howards loss will
amount TO several hundred dollars with
small insurance.
About sixty members of the Middle
] f,,,, lei nm
Tuesday NJ his home in North Shade
The occasion was Mr. Isham : 6ist
birthday The guests were very pleas
antlv entertained in the large and COM
Portable farm home Thew sat about in
groups and chatted informally. alter
natelv Joking their host and being
handed few in return. and when suf
icientlv hungry were invited TO par
lake CT refreshments. Mr. Isham was
presented with a handsome Masonic
watch fob with his initials engraved
on the back. Jno X Hudson made the
presentation speech and Mr. Isham re-
sponded IN q few well chosen words.
Middleton Record.
The center of population of the Unit
ed States is Il miles south of Union
Vile. Monroe county. Indiana, accord
TO-DAY. Since 1900. when il was six
miles southeast of Columbus. Indiana.
il has moved 81 miles westward and
seven tentbs of mile northward. The
westward movement was more than
twice that of the 1890 1900 decade.
This acceleration OF the westward
movement is attributed bv census otfic-
ials principallv to the growth of the
Pacific and southwestern states The
geographical center of the United
States Is In northern Kansas. so thai
the center of population. therefore is
about $40 miles east of the geograph-
ical center of the country.
The L. S. senate on Monday passed a
campaign publicity bill which puts in
the shade all bills proposed in the past.
The house early in the special session
passed a bill along this line which the
senate amended in MANY particulars.
including the expenses incurred in a
primary campaign. prohibiting the
promising of political jobs or favors.
ETC., fol the primary aud election.
Expenditures are limited to a sum not
exceeding ten cents for each voter In
the district or state; the maximum
sum a candidate for the house of reDre-
sentstives can spend is $1,000 and "A
candidate for L. senator $4,000
publicity must be given to all cam
paign contributions and expenditures:
all general election expenses must be
made public before the election. Begin
ming Is DAYS before election, and MAX
ing publication each six davs until
election. The bill will doubtless go to
conference committee of the two
houses and he the subject of an extend
ed discussion before an agreement is