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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
At COZY corners
Home Talent Entertainment Under
Auspices OF Ladies Guild.
OF ST. JOHNS PARISH FRIDAY
Evening Proved a Complete SucCeSS-Eyery
Actor Star.

The entertainment last Friday
evening at the Realty opera house
under the auspices of the Ladies'
Guild, assisted by Henry Blackaller,
proved a complete success. The play,
"At Cozy Corners" was a comedy
drama in four acts and the various
parts were taken as follows:
Mrs Bartlett Miss Maud Hooper
Sophia Anderson Miss Loretta Clum
Bob Bartlett -. Mr.. Edwin Titus
Deacon Pettibone. Mr.. II. Blackaller
Clyde Hollster. Mr.. Maynard Cook
Avis Merrill ..... Miss Mary Sharp
Mark Cranky. Mr.. Dennis Grady
Amandy. Miss Berniece Pollasky
The large audience present showed
their appreciation of the entertain
ment by generous applause. During
the evening excellent orcestral music
was furnished by the Misses Cam
field and Bittner and Messrs. Rogers
and Brainard. CONNECTIONS were sold
during the evening and every one
present was under obligation to the
Ladies' Guild for providing such an
enjoyable entertainment The net re-
ceipts of the evening will greatly
assist in the work planned by the
Ladies Guild.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
N[X BANK CASHIER.
Fred II. Rowland Tenders His Res
ignatiOn as Cashier
HIRA c. MOORE HIS SUCCESSOR
Mr.. Moore Comes From Security Trust Co.
DetrOit-Man of Wide Experience.

AS noted elsewhere i'll this paper, Fred
II. Rowland has rendered his resignation
as cashier of the Alma State Saving Bank
and the Board of Directors have chosen
as his successor Mr.. Hira c. Moore of
the Security Trust Co., Detroit. Mr..
Moore is Michigan born man and speut
II pears of his business life at Columbia
vile, Lapeer County seven years of
which he was cashier of the Peters
Banking Co. Later Mr.. Moore was
with the State Banking Department un-
der the Zimmerman administration
which position he resie ned to accept the
position of bond salesman with the Sc
curity Trust Co. Several of the larger
banking institutions were anxious to So
cure Mr.. Moore's services, but after Wis
iting Alma and looking over the unex.
celled educational advantages offered
here for his children decided to accept
the Alma proposition. Mr.. Moore has
leased the first house north of the
Masonic home on State street and with
his family will take possession of same
the first of next week The bank is to
be congratulated on securing the SER
vices of Mr.. Moore.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
STATE BANKS HARD HIT
Cannot Pledge Assets to Secure
Postal Savings Deposits.

Attorney General Kuhn handed
an opinion August 25, in which he
holds that Michigan State banks can
not pledge their assets as securities
for postal savings bank deposits.
The opinion means blow TO the
state banks OF the state and will give
TO the national banks decided pre-
ference over state banks i'll the mat
ter OF securing the deposits OF postal
savings banks.
The question has been under dis
cussion for several months and re-
Gently Banking Commissioner Doyle
asked the encouragement if Michi-
gan state banks would be allowed to
pledge municipal bonds as securities
for postal savings bank deposits. In
his opinion the encouragement re-
fers to the fact that the federal act
governing the securing OF postal saw
ings bank deposits, calls for security
in public bonds The section of
Michigan banking law governing this
point says that no bank or bank Off
GERS shall give preference to any de
postor or creditor by pledging the
assets of the bank as collateral secu-
rity.
Kuhn holds that if a state bank
pledged its municipal bonds to secure
postal savings deposits that it would
result in the bank pledging its securi-
ties which are portion of its assets,
as collateral security for the deposit
OF postal savings funds, and in the
event of a failure of state bank
under these conditions it would give
postal savings bank depositors pref
erence over the general depositors OF
the bank
Commissioner Doyle when asked
concerning the opinion said: "The
opinion of the attorney-general clearly
defines the law and his opinion will
be followed. ! trust, however, that
the government will see their way
clear to accept surety or personal
bonds in lieu if municipal bonds as
now required"
When asked what action he would
take in cases where state banks have
already pledged their securities, he
said:
"As | see it. the recall is quite
popular these days and it looks to
me like a sure recall of the pledged
municipal securities. unless the Mich
igan state banks take action and bring
about desired results which will con
form to the state law
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
CLAN BAKE Dinner.
william and Water Caple and Their
Wives Entertained at FOx'S Grove.

Five hundred CLAIMS, thirty-fve
chickens, ten dozen green corn, to-
gether with scores of other tempting
eatables were disposed of last Mon
day at Fox's Grove by one of the
jolliest crowds. The occasion was
invitations issued by the Messrs.
Walter and William Caple and ac
cepted by thirty-six from Alma and
twenty-five from Clare. 1t took
twelve touring cars to round the
crowd up at the grove, and the ad-
jacent yard after their arrival pre-
sented the appearance OF an automo-
bile show To say that each and
every one Of the nearly three score
of persons present had a most enjoy
able time is putting it mildly, but be
it said to the credit of the Messrs.
Caples and their wives that the guests
admit they had the time of their lives
and that the Clam Bake at Fox S
Grove will long be remembered by
them as a red letter event.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
NORTHERN NIGH FAIR
Alma Day at Cadillac Thursday
September IA.

Alma Day at the Northern District
Fair, Cadillac, Thursday, September
a. On that day the school children
of Alma will be admitted free Of
charge. In addition to providing un-
usually interesting features for the
Northern District Fair on the date
named there will be Thrilling Aero
plane Flights by Jack Mazon, Ameri-
cas- most famous birdsman flying in
one OF the safest and best flying ma
chimes, a Baldwin "Red Devil" We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday. Other
features of amusement and enjoyment
will be Association horse races, free
vaudeville acts, concerts, greatest dis
play Of stock, agricultural, hortieul-
tural and industrial exhibits ever made
at any District Fair in Michigan
E@.:-oaJ -arscments have been
made through which the Alma people
can attend the Northern District Fair,
witness the aeroplane flights and re-
turn home the same day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

that the attendance is as large as ever.
The present enrolment will be great
ly augmented before the week is over,
and the late arrivals will continue to
swell the total for several weeks.
The opening day saw about $50 in
the high school. OF these 27 are SEN
iors who will leave next spring. The
freshmen class is very large, although
as yet it has not broken the record
for size. The percentage of foreign
pupils in the high school is about the
same as last year This attendance
will increase greatly
The grammar and primary grades
are very full. The rooms average
better than 40 pupils each. Every
thing is comfortably filled now
Whatever the increase of the next
few weeks is, will tax the capacity Of
the buildings.
Everything was in fine shape for
the opening. The grounds were clean
the buildings were spick and span; the
janitors had done faithful work One
great Improvement made during the
summer was the installation of sani-
tary drinking fountains in the ward
school, five of them being placed
there, some on each floor. This meets
the requirements of sanitation and
the new law aboishes drinking cups.
New ink wells have been put in seve-
raj rooms.
Tho n,,,n1ata 90 L,
+. Ellsworth, superintendent; H. A.
Ward, principal; Jessie Potter, science
Cena Potter, history. Olive Smith
English; Lena Gould, languages; Mr.
Luchtman, mathematics; Mr.. Maxwell
manual training; Miss McGraham,
music and drawing. The grammar
teachers are: Misses Dunlap, Wynne
Soule, Bertha McLaren, Trapp, Stitt
and Martin. In the Ward school are
Misses Chick Lessering, Turner
Hearn, Brown and Drake In this
staff the school board feel that they
have a corps OF efficient workers
| as strong as any ever in the schools
and they believe a little better thar
than most OF the preceding ones.
Not much was accomplished the
first few days. In the lower grades
the enrolment was comparatively
easy, but in the high school it has al
ways been a difficult task. The pro
gram is now arranged, and the work
will soon be flowing on in a regular
and normal manner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
BUILD GOOD ROADS.
Every Person, in Both Present and
Future Generations Benefited.

A gentleman we'll versed in the
benefits to be derived from good
roads, has the following to say on
the subject:
New York was bonded for $780,
100000 to build good roads. No bet
ter roads can be found in America
than those built under this appropria-
ton. Ask any farmer who uses these
roads if he would go back to the old
eighteenth century roads The mere
asking of the question would send a
shiver up the back of the ordinary
farmer; why? Because he has learn
ed that good roads has made it posi-
bic to bring fruit and vegetables
and the produce of the farm, quickly
and prohtably to market He has
found out that these roads mean
more money to him and cheaper
produce for his city brother.
Farmers in New York and in the
New England States know now to
a positive certainty that good roads
are not only an aid to civilization,
but they make it easier to get to the
city, to go to church, to send their
children to school, for the families
to get together for social intercourse,
and in fact, they have robbed the
farms of the drudgery and the isola-
tion that once made the farmers life
wretched and unhappy.
wherever these roads have been
built the people know and under
stand that wealth has been added to
the community many times what
these roads cost. | not only believe
in the county system, but | thorough
ly believe in bonding for the con-
struction of good roads. After gen
erations will reap a great benefit
and why not let them help pay the
cost and we enjoy their present use?
The bonding methods spread out the
cost so that it falls evenly upon the
property holders.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

Arcadia township diagonally through
the following sections; 10, 1s, II, 5,
4 and 2; from here it flows diagonally
through Pine River and Bethany
townships leaving Bethany in section
number 3. You will notice this river
is very crooked stream and part of
the way has wide flats which are too
wet for any purpose; the land along
this river is principally pine stump
land, the stumps having been removed
part of the way leaving a large per
cent of cheap stump land.
The south side of Fulton, Washing
ton and Elba townships is crossed by
Mapes river; this stream has very
low banks and the land could be
bought very cheaply.
A part of Hamilton and Elba Town
ships is swampy from which we do
not get a great amount of taxes;
Hamilton is equalized this year at
$44O, 100000; Elba at $61O,O00.0O When
you consider North Star, a township
adjoining them, minus section num-
DCl Will dll dSSSSSlliShl VI Y1"O'
10000 you will see the judgment of
the supervisors OF the county as to
Hamilton and Elba Townships.
Gratiot county has two cities. AL
ma with a population of about 5000
and St. Louis with population of
about 1000; the only villages of any
Importance is Ithaca which has pop
Continued on page d.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
PROSPECTS ARE FINE
Coach Grady Expects-Finest Team in
Years, as the Material is Old and
Experienced.

Coach Grady is very optimistic
when speaking OF football prospects
for the coming year at Alma College.
OF last years championship team
there will be a fine bunch back. In
fact out of the squad, he will have
Marks. Harwood, Rogers, Hyde,
Johnson, Misenar, Edgerton and
King. With the new men who will
be here and the graduates from the
fast scrubs, he will have the nucleus
of the best team Alma has turned out
in years.
The schedule is practically arrang-
ed. and Alma people will see the best
teams that have appeared upon Davis
Field in many day. Albion, Adrian,
Ypsi Normals and Mt. Pleasant Nor
mails. together with the fast Detroit
College team will furnish the home
college games. NJ A. c., Olivet,
Ferris and possibly Hillsdale will be
met away from home Saginaw Naval
Reserves, Ithaca and Alma High
schools will furnish practice games.
With this list of games and promis-
ing bunch of huskies, Alma should
have a very successful season, not
only that. but they should be a great
drawing card. The least that can be
said is that prospects were never
better
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

able TO the growth Of this important
product Of Michigan farms and the
acreage for the current year exceeds
that for any previous year.
The Pere Marquette railway taps
the >ount;y in which are located nine
different beet sugar producing points,
viz, Bay City, Saginaw, Sebewaing,
Croswell, Charlevoix, Holland, AL
ma, Lansing and St. Louis. The out
look is that this company will haul to
the various beet sugar factories alto
g ther from $4,000 70 $4,000 carloads
of this product the computations be-
ing based on a eaton carload. In ad-
Il ion to this, there is a small guam
tity brought in from outside of the
state. Chicago, strange TO say, is
a sugar beet producer, sending its
production to Michigan sugar mills.
Forty car loads were brought in
from Riverdale, which is within
the city limits of the Windy City,
last year They were consigned to
the beet sugar factory at Holland.
Incidentally, it is said, that there are
no less than 10000 acres of vacant
land within the city limits of the Illi-
nois metropolis.
The sugar beet crop hauled over
the Pere Marquette railway for the
twelve months ending June, l911,
amounted to 339,9SO tons; the crop
for the previous year amounted TO
24O,6O6 tons, and for 1909, 191, ,49s
tons. The production has nearly
doubled in six years, along the Pere
Marquette points.
Michigan Central railway traffic
scouts have made tentative estimates
that their line will haul 400 carloads
of sugar beets for the coming season
They, too, are agreed that the crop
outlook is highly satisfactory to the
growers.
The Michigan Central railway taps
the sugar beet sections which pur-
vey TO the requirements of the bee,
sugar factories at Caro-, Saginaw, Bay
City, Owosso and Lansing.
The Grand Trunk railway traffic
experts have reconnoitered the sugar
beet producing districts on that com
pany's Michigan lines and they lool
for a crop that will exceed that o.
1910 which amounted to 100000 tons
by from Is to 20 per cent also The
same conditions as obtain elsewhere
are reported from their exclusive dis
tricts-a better outlook and more
acreage
Their tonnage, accordingly, will rur
from 10000 TO 10000 tons. Th,
factories reached by this latter rail
way are located at Mt Clemens, Sag
inaw, Lansing and Owosso.
In each case the railways only
claimed in their computations the
business which originates on thei
lines. The Pere Marquette for in
stance estimates that it will get 2,
500 tons at Monroe
One feature Of this particular
branch of traffic is that it is general
ly short haul.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
1910 SUGAR BEET CROP
Michigan Railway Traffic Experts
Say Acreage is Much Bigger,

\ Detroit dispatch OF September
>. said-With the campaign of the
beet sugar factories only few weeks
distant the railway men and the far
mers are issuing their own thanks
giving messages right now for the
b essings of Providence.
"The outlook for the coming sea-
son points TO crop considerably
above the normal 1t may run from
IS 20 20 per cent in excess of the pro-
duction of last year" said H. O.
Halstead, superintendent of transport
alton of the Pere Marquette railway.
Friday. "The season has been favor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
BUY The WATER POWER
CITY of st. Louis Closes Contract for
Henry water Power Privilege.

The Consolidated Light and Power
Co., who recently were credited with
purchasing the Henry Water Power
at St. Louis evidently fell through as
shown by the following which we
clip from the st. Louis Independent
of last week:
Monday evening at the regular
meeting of the council the contract
between Fred Henry and the City Of
St. Louis was signed and now the
municipality controls the water power.
Friday Mayor Giddings and Edwin
IT, Lyon. one of the states most
prominent attorneys, worked all day
TO get the contract into shape and it
is an iron-clad document The propo-
siton accepted and contracted for is
the same as announced in last weeks
Independent. namely, that the city is
TO pay Mr.. Henry or his estate $4,000
a year rental for the water power and
to furnish Felix O'Melia seventy-hve
horse power, either electrical or water
power, for a period of thirty years
or until the death of the last member
of the Henry family when the power
becomes the property of the city.
In case the city acquires the property
before the thirty years are UP Mr..
O'Melia will pay the city 5000 rental
until the expiration of the thirty
years. That the question is settled
at last is the cause of much satisfac-
tion throughout the community The
question OF the day current will be
decided in the near future"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
ARCADIA GRANGE.

Arcadia Grange met in regular ses-
sion Saturday evening. September ?.
Meeting called TO order by Worthy
Master Hubbell As there was no
business 20 come before the society.
the meeting was turned over to the
Worthy Lecturer.
PROGRAM
Opening song, Bringing in the Sheaves
Roll call. responded to by funny say
ings and anecdotes of children
Reading, The King OF the Land.
Edward Titus
instrumental ........... Doris Cosler
Recitations,
Lall. Lois and Vivian Smith
Recitation ............Francis easier
Brothers Wood and easier and
Brother and Sister easier gave data
concerning the births and careers OF
their mothers.
Reading ...............M Mrs. Bamber
Penny March Grange closed in
form. The next meeting will be Sat
urday, September 16.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
SCHOOL BELL RINGS

The clang OF the school bell once
more has called the youngsters back
from summer Of play. The yearly
tussle with book l. on. Almas boys
and girls are spending busy days.
Tuesday morning they assembled,
and while no definite figures can be
obtained at this time, it is safe TO say
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
GRAI|OT GO. RAISED
By State Board Of EqualizatlOn-Su'
perViSOrS CON-, Do Good Work.
FRED BRADFORD OF ARCADIA
Presented an Interesting Paper, In Which He
Showed Condition of County.

The following statement OF facts
relative to values and conditions in
Gratiot county was presented to the
State Board of Equalization by Sup
ervisor Fred Bradford of Arcadia
township at their meeting held in
Lansing last week. The committee
from Gratiot county composed of
Townsend A. Ely, chairman, and
Supervisors Owen of Wheeler and
Bradford of Arcadia, evidently got
busy as shown by the following. The
State Board of Tax Commissioners
reported that the real cash value OF
Gratiot county was $26,936,121 and
that the county board of equalization
at their 1911 meeting had assessed the
same at only $50 per cent of its cash
value, and recommended an increased
equalized valuation of $1o,936,121,
making the total equalized valua-
ton of Gratiot county $685.
121. Mr.. Ely addressed the board,
as did Mr.. Owen, of Wheeler,
and Supervisor Bradford presented
the paper which follows later in this
article. The committees influence is
shown by the fact that in the final
equalization Gratiot county was
placed at $40, 100000 an increase OF
$4,000, 900, as compared with $1O,936,-
121 as recommended by the State
Tax Commission. The 1906 equalized
valuation of the state was S1,734,100,-
600; the 1911 equalized value is
S2,29O,O 900 900, an increase OF $685.
100000, or 80 and fraction per cent
increase, while Gratiot county in
1906 was equalized at $16,oOO,OoO, and
in 1911 at S2O,9OO,OOO, an increase OF
S4,9OO,OOO equivalent to 80 and a
fraction per cent. Mr. Bradford
paper follows:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

Next Tuesday, Wedne sday and Thurs
doy Mrs. Gaffney will hold her annual
Fall and Winter display of Millinery
Goods. X
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

To the State Board of Equalization,
Lansing Michigan.
Gentlemen: After reading in the
papers about what some OF the larger
cities were doing in hiring lawyers
and ex-State Tax Commissioners at
prices from $4,000 TO $4,000 and eX-
penses per month to work in their
interests in the state equalization, it
seemed almost unnecessary to send
man here whose time is all taken
I'D with his own affairs at home.
However, I have few suggestions
which | desire to call to your atten-
ton, and if by any of these thoughts
| should aid you in determining a
perfect state equalization sha II
feel repaid for my trouble.
First wish to draw your atten-
ton to the chairman of our delega-
ton sent here from Gratiot county
Hon Townsend A. Ely, supervisor
Of the third ward of the city of Alma
a man in all the word implies; a man
we are all pleased to meet; a man
whose word may be relied upon any
where, at any time and on any sub
iect. | have been personally ac-
duainted with Mr.. Ely since the year
1881 and know him TO be a man and
a gentleman who never bubbles in
any kind OF business. | have as
-essed property that belongs to him
for six successive years and ! know
he is always willing to pay his full
share Of taxes in our township. Al
present Mr.. Ely is our State High
way Commissioner is travelling back
and forth on the road most of the
time in the upper as we'll as the lower
peninsula and / presume he knows
the valuation of each county as well
Il not better, than any man in this
state or at least the rural parts. II
Mr. Ely should be asked as to the
value of any county in this state his
answer would be strictly in accord
ance with his judgment Therefore
in my ouinion, Mr. Ely is a very
valuable man to the state in thi:
equalization.
The board OF supervisors of Cratic
county have equalized the county a
increased valuation each year for the
past five years and have this yea
equalized just about the same as by
ne state in 1906 at its last equaliza
tion When | say about one-half o
Gratiot county is good farming lane
that would seem reasonable. bu
hould ! say one-half of it is no
'1uch good presume you woulC
ant to know the reason, and | viii
III you briefly II you will look OF
'hc map you will see that Pine rive
uts the county in rather bad shap,
'aming down through Seville town
hip and into Sumner TOWNSHIP
trough sections numbers six an,
even and crosses the county lin,
t. Montcalm county for a shor
tance, comes back into Sumner OF
section number Is and flows through
the following sections: numbers 30
80, 80, 80, "a. %, %. % and "a. whei
Z leaves Sumner and flows through
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07

Joe Cohen and Luo Kehn leave to-
day for New York City in search,of
fall and winter goods for Cohen Bros.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-09-07
NOTICE
Ssgar Factory Employees

All men wishing employment this
campaign with the Alma plant Mich
igan Sugar 20. should file their names
with the time-keeper not later than
september Is, lott.
II MCKINNEY, Supt.