Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-21

| While l.. "A. Baldwin was breaking
new ground on his farm in Sumner
township, this county, he plowed up
quantities of iron ore, some pieces
weighing as much as twenty-five
pounds. The ore was found to exist
in spot covering half an acre or
more
Last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Parker entertained VIM. II. Herzel,
formerly Of Morristown, Mich, Mr..
Herzel has been in the government
service in the Philippines for the
past three and a hat years and is
spending his vacation with Michigan
friends
Tuesday where he defended VIM.
Norris in the SANDER case of the
People VS.. Norris. Prosecuting At
torney Reardon appeared for the Peo-
pie. After the jury was out ten
minutes 1t returned a verdict of not
guilty for Mr.. Dunhams client.
The council hopes every property
owner or renter will cut all the weeds
on their premises as soon as possible,
or before the weeds go to seed and
blow all over the city. Nothing looks
so shiftless as lot of weeds growing
alongside an otherwise nice piece Of
property.
Vet. Heron left Alma Tuesday
evening with Mrs w. H. Risch's
carload of goods for the Saskatche-
wan district Mr. Heron left his
family in Alma that his daughter,
Miss Crystal, may finish school here,
while he will take up land in the
northwest and remain indefinitely
The citizens OF Clare are doing all
kinds of hustling in an effort TO
secure for their city a turpentine
plant, similar TO the one now in
operation at Cadillac 1t proposed
to use the pine stumps in the manu-
facture !of turpentine. The result
will be to rid the country of pine
stumps and greatly assist in its ag-
ricultural development
Mr. and Mrs c. L. Rhodes enter
tanned at Five Hundred last Wednes-
day evening DR.. F. A. Gill won the
gentleman's prize, while Miss D. /.
Johnson's score card entitled her TO
the lady's prize Delicious refresh
ments were served and as usual at the
Rhodes home most enjoyable even
, ing was experienced by the score or
more present
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. futile return
ed last Thursday from a delightful
vacation spent in the east and in
Canada. While in New York they
= visited thirty-six different towns
I making five hundred mile auto trip
during that time. They also visited
Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Return
ing to Michigan, they spent few
days in Durand and Williamson.
I Mrs. Pearl Decker and two little
e children, Lewis and Ruth, returned
Tuesday to their home in Chesanine
after a visit with Mrs. Decker:
= parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hutch
. inson. They were accompanied by
: Mrs. Clark Decker OF Eugene, Ore
o. w. Hayes OF the Little Clan
g Hay Press Co. returned to Alma tn,
last of the week and informed hi
n friends that he left an eight and
G half pound son in Port Huron whert
he had been visiting Congratulation
from the Record
e After two years without saloons
: Flint went back to the wet column
e last May. Flint correspondence ii
the Detroit Free Press Sunday said
"An increase of nearly 100 per cen
- in the number OF prisoners conhne,
: in the jail within the last six months
compared with preceding six months
is noted in the semi-annual report o
TIE sheriff office The total numbe
rs OF prisoners Tor the last six month
n Yas III, as against 303 for the pre-
g ceding half year. The number o
IS arrests for intoxication was $40, a
compared with 1872 for the last 81,
months
It The Packard automobile compan,
c is but one of more than 20 factore
e in Detroit But the value of bushes
r. from this one factory can be judgec
by the following from the Detroi
: Free Press: Within a period of 1,
y minutes last Saturday, the Packard
Il Motor Car Company disbursed il
!, /. wages $2s3.344, covering the labo
i account for one-half month at it
: factory in Detroit. The payroll FOL
o August amounts to $524,4O7. There
f are now 1875 empoyes in the Pack
+ ard shops. The rate of wages i
, maintained for year, will mean al
annual payroll in excess of $4,000, 900
In round numbers, the money paiC
i out for new materials entering into
j | Packard cars in q wear amounts 70