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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-04

methods. "The growing of these
crops unit, within q few years could |
not have been ranR6 as agriculture,
but should have been described as
highway robbery of the soil. AS re-
suit the average production per acre OF
these crops has fallen TO a minimum.
Farming, for one thing, must be
made more attractive. 1t should be
made more profitable. This Will be
done as our farmers learn more thor
oughly the principles Of intensive cult-
vation and get a knowledge of the
methods of feeding the soil and Of the
rotation of crops.
"To this end have been preaching
for the past thirty years the gospel or
the sugar beet.
1.-THE production of the sugar beet
requires the highest style Of intensive
culture that science has been able TO
suggest. The principles of feeding the
sugar crops, the methods Of culture
and handling, the attention and skill
of the workers, are such as to create In
every field and factory devoted TO
sugar culture an agricultural expert
ment station of the highest type. The
soil and climatic conditions In the great
or part of the United States are thor
oughly favorable to beet culture, and
America is the greatest sugar market
in the world.
I'm the case of the sugar beet the
crops which are grown in rotation with
it yield very much larger returns than
when the old fashioned system of agri-
culture prevailed. The reflex action or
this influence becomes a benefit to
American agriculture the value OF
which it would be difficult to measure
in dollars and cents.
wherever the sugar beet Is cult
waited the farmers are all prosperous,
no matter what kind OF other crops
they raise The beet generally i'm
proves the productiveness of the SOIL I'D
all kinds of agriculture. 1t causes the
employment of more labor and lndl-
rectly benefits commerce and transpor-
tation and produces in every commu-
nifty conditions of prosperity in agrl
culture which 1t would be difficult to
bring about I'm any other way
THE culture of the beet brings into
the neighborhood the large sugar fac
tory using fuel and other raw mate
rial, with its complement Of laborers
and experts. thus giving better ana
more profitable market 10 the surround
ing farmers for all their products.
while there has been general tend
,ency toward the reduction Of tariI du-
ties. this tendency has not reached III
many cases the extent Of the abolition
of import duties altogether. In any
changes OF this sort let as much as pos
sible be saved TO the farmer. In v.ew
Of the great importance Of domestic
sugar produ, ton TO the prosperity OF
the American farmer If tariff ADJUST
ments are 20 be made, ! believe thar
this should be the last rather tsan the
first point at which 90 remove the Gus
toms duty.
Zone Of the best things about sugar
beet culture from the point Of view OF
agricultural Improvement ie that +, fits
, I'm SO perfectly with dalrying and STOCK
, growing. II +. of course. ono II the
, elementary facts Of practical 0eiryine
/ that the rearing AMI keeping Of 1--we
} stock afford the easiest. cheapest aud
, most natural means OF Improving the
fertility VI khs soil"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-04
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-04
THE GOSPEL OF
The SUGAR BEET
Or. Harvey W. Wiley breaches
$ II to Farmers.
A WONDERFUL TRANSFORMER.
wherever the Sugar Beet Is Cuitivat-
ed" Dr.. Wiley Declares, "the Farm
ers~ Are All Prosperous"-Americs
Fully Fifty Years Behind Europe.

Farming practices in vogue upon a
great majority of the cultivated tracts
ia America are obsolete" declares DR..
Harvey ". Wiley, former chief chem
list of the Department of Agriculture.
"In agriculture we are fully fifty
years behind Europe, and the better
utilization of our farm resources is one
Of the most important problems before
the country.
'Old fashioned, slipshod methods OF
producing wheat and cotton and corn
are still in vogue in over % per cent
Of the country devoted to these indus
tries" said Dr. Wiley, continuing his
Impeachment of our lax farming
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
OPEN HOUSE SEPT. Il
The D. ". Robinson Stores viii Have
Openings This Month
TWO FINE STORES ARE READY
New and Up to the Minute Program Arranged
Watch Announcements

Thursday, September 18th, is to be
great day for the ladies of Alma
and Gratiot county as at that time
d. w. Robinson the dry goods mer-
chant is going to have his fall open
ing at both the dry goods and cloak
stores. He has in preparation a
novel opening, something never seen
outside of the large cities, and pre-
sented here under the management
Of the Marshal Field Dry Goods Co.
of Chicago. A full and complete an
nouncement will appear later.
Since Mr.. Robinson closed the lease
for the storeroom in the Opera
hundreds of dollars in the interior
furnishings of the room, which is
23 S5 feet with basement. The first
section of the room will be devoted
to Jewelry, ladies' handbags, neck
wear, corsets, etc. Solid oak cases
with large mirrors have been placed
in the store furnishing hanging space
for 500 coats. No coat will be ex-
posed to the weather and the finest
line yet handled will be on display.
In addition to the large line of
cloaks and ready-to-wear garments,
Mr.. Robinson has installed a large
and up-to-date line of millinery, con-
sisting of the finest line of pattern
hats ever shown in Alma
The basement underneath the
storeroom will be used for surplus
stock and as salesroom for limo
leum and oilcloth. A work room,
S X 10, a fitting room X 6, and car
pet room Is X 20 are to be found in
the rear of the store
Decorators will soon take charge
of the dry goods store and after the
walls, ceiling. and fixtures are gone
over Mr.. Robinson will put on dis
play an extra fine line of dress goods.
Watch for announcements of the
opening day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
WOOD Of IOWA CHM
Republican Progressive Now at Head
Of Congressional Committee

The Republican congressional COM
mittee organized and outlined its
general plans for the coming cam
paign. Representative Frank p.
Woods of Iowa, who is regarded as
a republican progressive, was elected
chairman. He announced that the
committees work from now on would
not be in the line of direct aid to in
dividual candidates, but in furnishing
information to the voters of the coun-
try. Attention will be given at once
to the pending contest in the Maine,
twentieth New York, first Virginia,
and third Maryland congressional dis
tricts. The committee is preparing,
too, for the first time to take part in
a Senatorial election Maryland,
where a successor is about to be
elected to Senator Jackson. Next
year there will be 81 United States
senator's elected in the various states.
The committee purposes to avoid any
conflict between its plans and the
work of the national Republican
committee, which it is generally ac-
cepted here, probably will meet in
Washington within sixty days after
the signing of the tariff bill
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
TIE WORLDS NAV|ES
To Be Represented At san Diego,
California in 1918

San Diego, the first American port
OF call on the Pacific coast north OF
the Panama canal, doubtless will
have the honor and the glory of en-
tertaining the navies of the world
soon after the canal is officially open
Whether this will be during the year
1915, when San Diego's great expo
sition is in operation, or before that
time, is not yet determined, and will
depend altogether upon the time of
the official opening Of the canal.
The San Diego exposition manage
ment is responsible for the move
ment which has now resulted in de-
finite announcement that the repre-
sentatives of the navies of all the
governments of the world that main
tain navies will be invited to come to
San Diego on board a warship, and
take part in the greatest naval page
ant the world has ever seen
San Diego has a harbor Of suf-
ficient proportions to contain such
an immense feet as this event will
cause to assemble here, and all con-
ditions surrounding it are favorable
for such manouvers and practice op-
erations as may be fitting such an
occasion. 1t is to this harbor that
the war vessels of the Pacific squad
ron come for target practice with
their big guns, and here the torpedo
fleet of the Pacific, the submarine
fighting vessels, and the army and
navy airship corps, have their prac-
tice the year around.
No estimate can yet be made of
the number of war vessels that will
gather here on this occasion, but al
ready San Diego Exposition officials
are preparing to entertain the Off
GERS and men of the worlds navies
in a fitting manner, and to make of
their coming here a great world
event; the greatest of its kind ever
known.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
AMERICAN WHEAT CROP
For 1918 One Of The Best Ever Grown
Prices Good
POTATOES TO Be LIGHT CROP
Corn and Potatoes In Europe and America
Smallest Total In Years

The Orange Judd Farmer Of last
week, said
America has the biggest and best
wheat crop ever grown. Other coun-
tries have nearly normal wheat yields
Visible supplies of old and new wheat
at primary points throughout the
world are larger than usual These
factors indicate that current prices
are high for wheat
But ~ the worlds production in
1913 of spelt, oats, rye, barley, buck
wheat, all small grains, is believed to
be 20 per cent below normal Corn
is smallest total in years. The same
is true OF potatoes in America and
Europe. These and other factors in
dicate that current quotations for
wheat are low.
Therefore, the intrinsic market
worth of the standard grade of wheat
at Chicago is fully one dollar a
bushel today.
The United States crop of 1913
may not exceed 2,3OOOOO,O 900 bushels.
The rest of the world will make less
corn than usual The total crop of
the globe may be 7OO,OOO,OOO to 1,OOO,-
100000 bushels less than last year, or
a shortage of to 25 per cent or so.
More old corn than ever before is
in hand, but it will compensate only
in part for the new crops shortage.
Reduced yield of hay, forage and
pastures will increase the demand for
corn as fed for live stock. It's use
as human food, and in manufactures,
is also increasing steadily. Corn is
worth for feeding purposes as. much
as wheat.
"The United States crop of Irish
potatoes will be the smallest in years,
Canadas crop is below normal
Sweet potatoes will make a less total
than last year. Unprecedented cold
and wet for most of the season
throughout the great potato-produc-
ing regions of central Europe has
curtailed the yield to notable ex-
tent
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
FIRE DRILLS ORDERED
Fire Marshal Sends Notice to All Llty
and Rural School Boards

State Fire Marshal John T Win
ship is sending notices TO city boards
af education and rural school boards,
calling attention to the fact that the
fire law requires all teachers to con-
duct fire drills at least once a month
and that all doors and exits must be
unlocked during school hours.
Winship is also sending notices to
chiefs of the department requesting
that they get in touch with the school
authorities and insist on strict OBJ
servance of the law relative to fire
drills and unlocked doors.
Many a disastrous accident may
be prevented in school houses if the
teachers will cooperate in the strict
observance of this law" said Com
missioner Winship
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
WANTED, AN EDITOR.

In the town of Sulphur Oklahoma,
there is an opening for hustling
newspaper man to take the place of
the editor who has given up the
work. However, there are one or
two objections to the proposition, as
the following dispatch will probably
prove:
Sulphur, Okla, Aug. 20. J. Y.
Schenk, editor of the Sulphur Demo-
crat was shot and killed today and
John Lindsay, former treasurer of
Murray county charged with the kill
ing, was hurried from Sulphur Jail
tonight to the more secure prison at
the nearby town of Norman, when
mob violence was thgeatened. Lind
say, it is alleged, opened fire on
Schenk with shotgun when the ed
itor refused to eat a copy of his
paper which contained adverse edi-
torial comment concerning Lindsay"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
FILE DEN ARTICLES
Co.PartnerShlpS Must Comply with
Provisions OF New Law
BLANKS NJ AILEO BY CO. CLERK
Many Certificates Already Filed Do Not Meet
EeQUiFgmeDtS of the New Act

All persons in Gratiot county en-
gagged IN carrying on business under
co-partnership are required to file
certificate with the County Clerk
Hughes GnCer the provisions of a
new state law which went into effect
Aug. IA. Tie county clerk has sent
out notices to all known co-partner-
ships APP rising them to the provis-
ions of tie act and the necessity of
complying with it before the expira-
ton of 90 days
The certificate Of copartnership
shall be signed by each member of
the firm and be verified by the afh-
davit of one of the members setting
forth the full name Of each and every
person composing the copartnership,
and the residence of each, the name
and style of the firm, and the length
of time for which it is to continue
and the locality of the place of busi-
ness.
These certificates are open at all
times to the inspection Of the pub
lie in the county clerks office.
Any changes in the copartnership
made after the filing of the certi-
cate will require the filing of an
amended certificate.
County Clerk Hughes calls at
tention to the fact that many of the
certificates already filed do not meet
the requirements of the new act and
new certificates must be presented.
Section six of the law fixing the
penalty for failure to comply with
the law is as follows: AS two or
more persons, owning, carrying on
or conducting or transacting busi-
ness aforesaid, who shall fail to COM
ply with the provisions of this act,
shall be guilty of a msdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less
than 500 or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not exceeding
30 days. or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of
the court, and each day any person
or persons shall violate any provi-
sion Of this act shall be deemed a
separate offense"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
BL CKALLER BROTHERS AT
REALTY OPERA HOUSE
ALL NEXT WEEK.

Bl ckal1er Bros. famous Alvarado
Players, who are we'll known here as
one of the very best companies visit
ing our city, will be at the Realty
opera house all next week with a
nightly change of play The COM
pany has been very much improved
since its last visit here and is with
out any question one of the best that
will visit Alma this season, in spite
of the fact that the prices of admis-
sion are but 1Oc, 20c and SOC La
dies accompanied by one person
holding a paid reserved seat ticket
will be admitted free Monday night
when North Carolina Folks" one
of the best plays in the weeks rep
ertoire, will be the play.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
IN NEW QUARTERS.
The Alma State Savings Bank Moved
Last Saturday Evening.

Cashier Moore and a force of men
were busy at work Immediately fol-
lowing banking hours Saturday in
transferring the belongings of the
Alma State Savings bank from its
old location to the new banking quar-
ters in what is generally known as
the Vermuler block Monday being
legal holiday the office force were
kept busy and Tuesday morning the
bank was opened for business as
usual. The new quarters compare
favorably with any in central Michi-
gan and are a credit to the enter
prise of the directors of this one of
Alma's strong financial institutions
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04

People who find fault with the
town in which they make their living
are of the same stamp as those chill
dren who find fault with their parents
to whom they owe their food, cloth
ing and the other good things of
life If people will everlastingly
complain of their town and see no
merits in it, they ought, to be con-
sistent, go to some other town that
is more in their taste. But such peo-
pie would complain even Of that
town, for the simple reason that they
are chronic grumblers. The way to
do with a town in which one lives
is not to run it down at every chance
that offers but to do ones best to
help it on by word and deed.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
RECEPTION FOR BRIDAL
COUPLE.

DIR. and Mrs. +. A. Bagley enter
tained last Wednesday evening with
a reception in honor of their son
Lucius and his bride, of Mount Nor
ris, Oklahoma. The house was pret-
tily decorated with asparagus, fern
and gladiolas, and the hundred or more
guests who called during the even
ing were received by the host and
hostess and the guests of honor.
Miss Gretta Bagley was assisted in
serving by the Misses Edna and En-
ma Swigert
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
GOOD ROADS MEETING
Every known Road Material To Be
Shown at Convention

Nearly one hundred exhibitors have
taken the space for the great exhibi-
ton which is to be held in conjunc-
ton with the third annual American
Roads Congress in Detroit, to be
held September 20 to October A, in
elusive This exhibition will be the
most important ever held in the his
tory of road-making in America, and
is in line with the movement to make
the American Road Congress an an
nual training school for road and
street officials and to enable these
through the exhibition of material
and equipment and also through lee
lures given by leading specialists.
Every known road material will be
shown, and the government exhibits
will illustrate the exact methods of
constructing every recognized type
of road. The exhibit will in reality
be a gathering place for all men who
are actually directing the building,
maintenance and administration of
streets and highways. These gentle
men will become personally acquaint-
ed and will gain greatly through the
exhibit and the discussions which are
certain to arise over the various ma
chinery and metals to be shown.
Devices for road building, the meth
DDS of road building and materials
will be freely discussed and knowl-
edge will be obtained at this exhibi-
ton in a short space of time that
could not be secured otherwise.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
BLAIR REUNION.

A family reunion was held at the
home of T. ]. Blair in Elma Hall,
last Saturday. Only the children and
their families were present as follows
Mrs. Efhe Hoxie and family of Elm
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs O. G. Tuttle, of
Ithaca, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dune
gan and little daughter of the $500"
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Blair and family
of Ferris and Carl Blair of Elm
Hall, five children ad seven grand
children.
After a bountiful dinner, MIR. Bak-
er of Alma took picture of the fam
lily. The rest of the day was spent
in visiting, all reporting a very plea
SAINT time for remembrance
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
TAKE WESTERN TRIP.

Walter Vliet, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. S. A. Vliet and Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Watkins left Tuesday
morning in Mr.. Vliet's new Studeba-
ker car for Grand Rapids, where
Mrs. Vlet and the Watkins will
visit relatives few days. Mr. Vliet
left later in the day for Chicago,
where he met Dr. McClintop and to-
gether they are continuing the trip
to Montana, where DR., McClinton
will make a short visit before return
ing to Chicago. Mr.. Vliet expects
to spend the winter months in the
west, where he is interested in sew
eral land deals
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
DEATH OF MISS MABEL CHAP
MAN.

Word was received here the first
OF the week announcing the death Of
Miss Mabel Chapman in California
Miss Chapman was for several years
employed by F. E. Pollasky in the
dry goods store, later working for
Simon Messenger and for a short
time in the d. w. Robinson dry
goods store. She left Alma two years
ago for the west, hoping to regain
her health and for time was much
better, but tuberculosis, of which she
was a victim, finally claimed her.
Miss Chapman was young lady with
an unusually sunny disposition and
had many friends in and near Alma
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
SCHOOL Re UNION

The second annual reunion of the
Silas Moody pupils will be held in
st. Louis on the 10th day of Septem-
Der, 1913.
A pot-luck dinner will be served at
11:30, sharp, after which the follow
ing program will be rendered.
Singing by the school-"America."
Scripture reading and prayer by Rev.
Meese.
Singing Marching through Geor-
gia"
Address by the Baptist minister of
Alma, Rev. ]. w. Priest.
Short talk and singing by Silas
Moody.
Obituary by Mrs. Luce.
Singing-"Sweet By-and-By"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-09-04
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Alma, Mich, Aug. 26, 1913.
Regular meeting of the Common
Council of the City of Alma in coun-
Gil rooms on the above date.
The council was called to order by
the Mayor, Hon. J. M. Montigel.
Present: Aldermen Cook, Fraker
and Kehn.
On motion of Alderman Cook, sup
ported by Alderman Fraker, that
there not being quorum present the
council adjourn to Wednesday, Aug.
81, at 8 o'clock p. m.
- d. w. ADAMS, City Clerk.
j. M. MONTIGEL, Mayor. eIf'