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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24
TO ALL MEN GREETINGS.

Again the months that make the year
Reach their allotted goal. and here.
In all his wintry panoply.
Gay Christmas bids grim sorrow flee.
Happy are they who hear the voice
That bids this dull old world rejoice j.,
Men are too solemn nowadays,
Each far too busy long the ways
Reputed best for growing rich,
Regardless OF the how and (which"
You'd better far forget yourself.
Choose other goals than place or pelf.
Hold out bravely helping hand.
Ring In more kindness in the land.
Insist on giving folks a chance.
Shake off the bonds OF circumstance.
Take each hour as II comes and so
Make all things merry as you so.
A season such as this should be
Sure preface to felicity.
To one and all we voice the wish
OF plenty In the drawer and dish.
And, happy hearts and minds at ease
Let discord and discomfort cease;
Let one and all know only peace.
Warwick James Price In Leslie's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

from o at outlet to upper end. They
are placed 16 feet to the left of the
center line of drain for the entire
length of drain except Station 0, which
is l6 feet right of center line. Center
line stakes are placed at upper and
lower end Of drain and at all angles.
(2) -Four rods on each side Of center
line will be required for right of way
to be used in the construction of drain
and for deposition of earth.
(3) The slope of each bank shall be
l IL feet horizontal to foot verti-
cal.
(4) The bottom width shall be feet
throughout.
90 The work will be divided into
S0-rod sections, except Section z,
which contains 43.48 rods.
CO. All excavations shall be remov-
ed at least 6 feet from top edge of
banks and spread. All timber within
limits of excavation and BERN shall
be cut and removed beyond the limits
of excavation and within the right of
way. No timber shall be covered by
excavation.
CD Suitable openings must be left
or made through the deposition of
earth to afford free passage of sur
face water at such places as the gen.
eral surface may require.
81 All angles not affected by high
ways shall be turned on easy curves.
co. Two highway bridges will be
required.
(10) The depth of drain and width
on top are measured from level of
grade hubs and is given in feet and
tenths as shown by the profile, which
is made part of these specifications
and may be seen at the drain COM
missioner's office.
Said work will be let by sections.
The section at the outlet of said Drain
will be let first and the remaining Sec
tions in their order up stream, in ac-
cordance with the diagram now on
file with the other papers pertaining
to said Drain in the office of the Coun-
ty Drain Commissioner of the County
of Gratiot, to which reference may be
had by all parties interested, and bids
will be made and received according
ly. l reserve the right, however, to
sell all of said Drain as one job if
thought advisable on day of sale.
Contracts will be made with the low
est responsible bidder giving adequate
security for the performance of the
work, in a sum to be fixed then and
there by me, reserving to myself the
right to reject any and all bids. The
date for the completion of such con-
tract and the terms of payment there
for shall be announced at the time
and place of letting.
Notice is Further Hereby Given,
That at the time and place of said
letting or at such other time and place
thereafter to which |, the County
Drain Commissioner aforesaid, may
adjourn the same, the assessments for
benefits and the land comprised within
the No. 321 drain special assessment
district, and the appointments there
of will be announced by me and will
be subject to review for one day, from
nine o'clock in the forenoon until five
o'clock in the afternoon. The follow
ing is description of the several
tracts or parcels of land constituting
the special assessment district of said
Drain. to-Wit:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING;
CLAIMS.
State of Michigan, The Probate Court for the
County of Gratiot.
At a session Of said court held at the Probate
Office In the village of Ithaca in said county on
the eth dav of November 1914.
Present ]. Lee Potts, Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Charles 7
Brown deceased
The above estate having been admitted 10
Probate and Alice NJ Brown of Alma Michigan.
appointed administrative thereof
n Is ordered that four months from this date
be allowed Tor creditors to pres mt their claims
against said estate and that such ms will be
heard by said court on Wednesday. the oath dav
of March. next, al ten O'Clock i'm the forenoon.
of be given by publication Of this order for three
successive weeks previous to said day OF hear
ing. in The Alma Record. n newspaper printed
and circulated in 500 co-sW
J. Lee Potts, Judge Of Probate
BELLE JENNIE. Clerk Of Probate 1914
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

in the afternoon, the assessment for
benefits, and the lands comprised with
in the No. 32l drain special assess
ment district will be subject to re-
view. And you and each of you own
ers and persons interested in the
aforesaid land, are hereby cited TO APP
pear at the time and place Of said let
ting, as aforesaid, and be heard with
respect to such special assessments
and your interests in relation thereto,
if you so desire.
Dated this 18th day of December,
A. ID. 1914.
f. w. REDMAN,
County Drain Commissioner of the
County Of Gratiot.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

carols to be sung. at the municipal
Christmas tree were rehearsed.
School closes Wednesday afternoon,
Dec. 20, for the holiday vacation. Work
will be resumed Tuesday morning,
January 5.
The Seniors have decided to in
crease their annual" fund by giving
a fair in the gymnasium during the
month Of February.
The second series of debates have
been posted on the bulletin board in
the rear of the auditorium.
Several scholars have been absent
the past week on account of sickness.
The Junior class will hold a class
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

party at the High school gymnasium
Friday evening.
Chapel exercises were held in the
High school room Tuesday morning
conducted by Rev. Priest. His sub
ject was mainly on Character" en-
phasizing the fact that we all should
be true and righteous men and wo-
men.
The Sophomores held a class party
at the High school gymnasium Friday
evening. About thirty were present,
and all enjoyed a fine time. Many
games were played and about $3.50 re-
freshments were served. Miss Bit
ner chaperoned the party.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

state of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Gratiot.
AT a session of said Court. held at the Probate
Office In the Village of Ithaca in said Countv on
the 24th day of November A. ID. 1914.
Present: Hon. Lee Potts Judge of Probate
In the matter of the estate of Richard ZONES
deceased
Herbert Montague having filed in said court
MS petition praying that certain instrument in
writing, purporting to be the last will and test
ament of said deceased now on file in said court
be admitted to probate, and that the adniuistra-
ton OF said estate be granted TO Herbet Monta-
que or to some Other suitable person.
IL is ordered that the cath day of December A
ID. 1914 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon al said
probate office be and Is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition;
II Is further ordered that public notice there
OF be given by publication of copy of this order
Tor three successive weeks previous 10 said dav
Of hearing in the Alma Record a newspaper
printed aud circulated in said county
]. LIE POTTS
a true copy. Judge Of Probate
BELLE IENNE, Clerk Of Probate
LIST Insertion Dec. 3.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24
What They Ate at Christmas In tn
OIden Time

What They Ate at Christmas In the
Olden Time.
They served up salmon. venison and wild
boars
BY hundreds and by dozens and by scores.
Hogsheads OF honey. kilderkins OF mus
tard.
Muttons and fatted beeves and bacon
swine,
Herons and bitterns. peacocks. swan and
bustard,
Teal. maIlard. pigeons. widgeons and, In
fine.
Plum pudding. pancakes. apple pies and
custard.
And therewithai they drank good Gascon
wine.
With mead and ale and cider OF our own.
For porter. punch and negus were not
known.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24
Sick Animals

The treatment of diseases of Horses.
Cattle, Sheep, Dogs and Fowls. is given in
DIR. Humphreys Veterinary Manual. mailed
free. Humphreys Veterinary Remedies,
156 William St., New York
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24
NOTICE OF DRAIN LETTING AND
REVIEW

| NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
|, E. w. Redman, County Drain Com
missioner of the County of Gratiot,
State of Michigan, will, on the Goth
day of December, A. ID. 1914, at the
residence of Jacob Lippert, on the f
1-2 Of NE IA of Section 81, Town
ship Of Seville, Gratiot County, Mich
igan, at nine o'clock in the forenoon
of that day, proceed to receive bids for
| the construction of a certain Drain
known and designated as the No. 321
Drain, located in the Township of Sc
vile, in said County Of Gratiot, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing in the channel of
Branch l of No. los Drain at a point
Ia ks east and "a ks north of E 1-8
post and east and west IA line, Sec.
16, Seville township, Gratiot county,
Michigan.
Thence S al deg. w Fl ks and cross
boundary line at 3S ks north of E &
w IA line, Section 16.
Thence on same course IL ks;
thence south deg. 35 min. f, feet
west of and parallel to the Z 1-8 line
Sec. 16, 20 ks and cross E & w IA
line Sec. 16 at 1-2 ks west of Z 1-8
corner.
Thence on same course 9.58 ks;
thence N 80 deg. 80 min. w, 1904
chs; thence S 0 deg. 80 min. E, 1850
chs and cross south 1-8 line Sec. 10,
at 8.35 chs East of N & S IA line.
Thence on same course Is ks;
thence west parallel to and 10 feet
south of S 1-8 line, Sec. 16, 3.79 chs;
thence S % deg. w, 1872 chs; thence
south parallel to and feet East of
N & S IA line said section 90 ks;
thence S 80 deg. 80 min. E, 1888 chs;
thence S 0 deg. 35 min. E 8.17 chs
and cross line between Sections 16 and
III at 1910 chs East of IA corner.
Thence on same course SIT chs;
thence N 80 deg. 80 min. w, 1896 chs
and cross N and S Ia line at 8.88
chs South of N IA post.
Thence west 20.04 chs and cross w
1-8 line Section 81 at 8.88 chs south
Of north line Of section.
Thence on same course 1923 chs;
thence S so deg. w 8.01 chs; thence
s 10 deg. 20 min. w, 1892 chs; thence
N SO deg. w, 5.71 chs; thence west
GIG chs and end at "a ks East and
1852 chs south of NV corner Sec. 81.
Total length Of drain is 1927 chs.
The length of drain on each descrip-
ton of land is as follows:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24
A CHRISTMAS ANIMAL.

- LARGE yellow squash, four
large carrots Of sufficient size
VI to uphold the bulk OF this AMI
NAL, and q long, slender car
\ rot will serve as the neck, a long
white turnip with red base for
the head and two slices Of car
rots for the ears; the eyes are
cranberries, stuck In with tooth
picks, and a comb Of toothpicks.
with crsnberries on the ends.
will make him q lordly sight.
Around his neck put q collar Of
toothpicks and a bunch Of pars-
I ley for his tail. Upon various
places around and about this an
3 imal were several smaller AMI
! mails. Red and white onions.
with natural tails, were adorned
{ with raisin eyes and toothpick
legs and given graceful attitudes.
3 A cucumber, sliced along the
! side, with red eyes. has a horri-
BILE cockroach effect Turtles
s made Of fat raisins. with cloves
for legs and head, make effective
] ornaments. Large, long pota.
toes. with toothpick legs and
cloves for the eyes. help the
+ decorations.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

L CARE not for spring. On its tickle wing
Let the blossoms and buds DO borne
He woos them amain with his treacherous
rain
And he scatters them ere the morn.
An inconstant elf, he knows not himself
Nor his own changing mind an hour.
He'll smile in your face and with wry
grimace
He'll wither your youngest flower.
+ EFT the summer sun to his bright home
~ run.
He shall never be sought by me.
When he's dimmed by a cloud can laugh
aloud
And care not how sulky he be
For his darling child is the madness wild
That sports in fierce fever's train,
And when love is too strong II doesn't last
long.
AS many have found to their pain.
A Mi Iirbt harvest night 0S '"e 'r"nau''
or the modest and gentle moon
Has a far sweeter sheen for me, ween.
Than the broad and unblushing noon.
But every leaf awakens my grief
AS II lieth beneath the tree.
So let autumn air be ever so fair,
1t by no means agrees with me-
PUT my song troll out for Christmas
IL stout
The hearty. the true and the bold.
A bumper l drain and with might and
main
Give three cheers for this Christmas old
Wen usher him In with a merry din
That shall gladden. his Joyous heart.
And we'll keep him up where there's bit
or sup,
And in fellowship good Wen part
TN his fine honest pride he scorns to hide
l. One jot of his hard weather scars.
They're no disgrace, for there's much the
same trace
On the cheeks OF our bravest tars.
Then again / sing till the roof doth ring
And it echoes from wall to wall
To the stout old wight fair welcome to-
night
AS the king of the seasons ALL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

Survey made September I and z,
1914, by c. H. Redman, under direction
of County Drain Commissioner E. w.
Redman.
Specifications.
Q) Station stakes and grade hubs
are set every rods except between
Stations sc and 81, which is 3.4S rods.
Stakes are numbered consecutively
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-12-24

I IN. little feet that passed unshod
J Up the long way that leads to God.
Your empty stocking of pink wool
My restless hands have crowded full.
| could not let the night 60 by;
. Tomorrow, husband, you and
The useless. idle gifts will take
.where and give them-for her sake.
Evening star., 1914-04-07
Saving the Babies.

1t is announced in the news that another
infant welfare station has been opened in
Washington where practical instruction
is given to mothers in the care of babies.
Here is a great work. 1t has been dem
onstrated that a large part of infant
mortality is due to the ineXperience and
the ineptitude of mothers. 1t is curious
that the sum of knowledge concerning the
proper care of babies has been largely
added to by mere men, but intelligent
and loving women have figured promi-
nently, perhaps most prominently, in
this field of endeavor-endeavor that
means so much to mothers. babies and
the world. Reduction of infant mortality
is one of the greatest spheres of human
activity and in those cities where work
has been carried on with that end in
view the work has been rewarded by saw
ing many little lives precious to moth
ers and fathers and important to every
body. At the new station. which has been
opened at the Children's Hospital and
Dispensary, demonstration of the proper
care of babies is given, and physician Is
in attendance at certain hours to render
medical service when such service is in
dicated by conditions.
Evening star., 1914-04-07
Cleanup CAMPAIGN.

The cleanup campaigners pitch their
calls for cooperation of citizens in a
higher and more hopeful key as cleanup
days draw near. April Is. the day for
the Inauguration of the anti-dirt war, is
not far Off The news has been given out
by those in close touch with this i'm
portant movement that the effect of the
agitation has already been manifested and
that housekeepers are making back yards
spotless and front yards prim. Next Sun
day the pastors of many churches will
expound the gospel OF cleanliness. Clean
illness IS very close to that for which all
ministers labor and they will make pleas
to their congregations that will send tons
VI tin cans to the dump Hundreds of
ministers will assaii the demon dirt, and
the result will he that Washington wher
the campaign has been fought and won,
will be cleaner, happier and more health
fu!.
Evening star., 1914-04-07

Taft had been reelected he would have
moved. as Mr.. Wilson has done, for the
repeal of the exemption law? Has b
said anything since his defeat indicative
of change of view as to the law, and
that he now regards it as a violation of
the national honor? If so, the Tribune
has a monopoly of the information.
II Mr.. Taft in the tolls matter was sim
ply spreading molasses." he made an ex-
ception of that matter. He was all frank
ness as to other matters in that cam
paign. He was under heavy fire as to
the tariff. but stood his ground. lie ex-
pressed himself with great vigor against
Mr.. Roosevelt's new proposition as to the
courts and the judiciary. He did not play
politics little bit in either of those di-
rections, but supported his opinions and
took all risks
Let US suppose Mr.. Taft in the White
House. a republican Congress in session,
and motion pending on Mr.. Tafts rec
ommendation for the repeal of the tolls
exemption law. What construction would
be placed on his action? That he had. un-
influenced by outside pressure. changed
his mind? That a question he had con-
sidered as President, as candidate and
and brighter light? On the contrary,
would not the demand be general, and
proper. that he explain his shift of foot
fully and publicly? Would not demo-
Gratis and bull moosers alike point to their
national platforms and to Mr.. Wilsons $
and Mr.. Roosevelts campaign deliver
ances in support of contention that as
Mr.. Taft had been party to the smirch-
inc ta1
formed his part in the hope of reward and
had obtained the reward, he was not the
proper person to clear the country's $
escutcheon Of the stain?
As matter of fact the question of
honor" was not in 1912, and is not now.
involved. Had ii been, Congress would
not have passed the exemption measure,
President Taft would not have signed it.
and Mr. Wilson and MIR. Roosevelt would
not have taken the stand they did as
presidential candidates.
Evening star., 1914-04-07
Children and Gardening

The formation of childrens club for
gardening and canning in northeast
suburban Washington was recently an
nounced III the news. The purpose is to
interest and instruct children in the use
ful and important work of creating food
teaching them by practice certain funda
mentals of gardening and promoting
habit of industry and thrift. The art of
canning will be practiced with a view to
having the children learn of the econ
omy and comfort of food conservation.
AS an accompaniment to all this the
children are to keep systematic accounts
of expenditures and of income from the
proceeds of their work The thoughts
of people in the cities are turning more
and more to the cultivation of the land,
and these thoughts, if persisted in and
followed abidingly and intelligently. may
lead to more healthful living and greater
independence The idea of gardening or
of farming implanted in children may
turn them into basic producers to their
own good and comfort. School gardens
are generally admitted to have been
productive of benefits. Vacant lot garden
ing has given healthful work to large
numbers of people and cut down the
cost of living for a good many families.
In the rural sections the boys corn
clubs and girls tomato and canning
clubs are teaching useful lessons to the
older generation as we'll as to the
younger. There is room for vast improve
ment in the cultivation of American land
even in the light of present knowledge
of agriculture-a knowledge which Is ex-
panding and will continue to expand
until the farming methods of the pres
ent will in a few years to come seem
to the farmers of the future as crude,
wasteful and inefficient as to the farmers
of today seem the methods of their an
ceStOrS,
Evening star., 1914-04-07
National Honor and the Canal.

The New York Tribune calls on the re-
publican senators not to play politics with
the canal tolls question. but. in the in
terests OF the national honor" support
the President. II offers this explanation
OF the law now on the books:
The exemption OF coastwise shipping
from canal tolls would never have been
authorized by Congress had the demo-
cratic party not been willing to aba
its anti-subsidy convictions in order to
MAKE. trouble for u republican President
President Taft WAS sore beset in 1872 lie
did not want TO sign Panama canal act
remitting tolls TO coastwise shipping and
thus raising IA question of bad faith with
Great Britain. At the same time, he did
not want to see canal legislation sacri-
feed. The democrats and the hostile pro-
gressive republicans in Congress saw a
chance to put him in a hole and gladly
seized IL. Mr.. Taft signed the bill as a
choice of evils, but only after vainIy urs-
ing Congress to give foreigners who
thought the tolls exemption A discrjrnin;,-
ton against them the right to test the
question in the United States courts"
In other words. both parties played poll
tics with the question in 19l.. The demo
Gratis disged a hole for Mr.. Taft. got into
it themselves, and are now trying to, get
out.
Is the Tribune of the belief that if Mr..
Evening star., 1914-04-07
Arlington.

Arlington national cemetery is often
and httingly referred to as the national
metropolis. but magnificent as it is as a
national burying ground it is destined to
be cemetery beyond comparison with
any other. There is a solemnity about
national cemeteries not far from Wash
ington which does not attach in the same
degree to Arlington. At Gettysburg and
at Fredericksburg the melancholy sod
covers the bones of battle-slain men. At
on which some of them fell and close to
the bloody acres where all of them met
death In that cemetery one may look
along Cemetery ridge to the Round Tops
may scan Seminary ridge from the left
to the right of the Confederate position
and may follow with the eye the Cham
bersburg, the Hagerstown and the En-
,nittsburg roads. To the east run the York
and Hanover roads, and to the southeast
the Baltimore pike. The tragic land
marks of the field are all around the
dead. 1t is nearly the same at Fred
ericksburg. Men sleep there who died
in front of Marye's heights and on those
heights and south and west at Salem
Church, Charlottesville and the Wilder
ness At Arlington sleep many battle
killed men. and there rest bones gathered
bv funeral parties from the fields around
Groyeton and Sudley, from the Henry
hill the Chinn hill, the Matthew hill and
all the other terrible or glorious places
between the Stone bridge, Dogan's
peacbtrce farm and Gainesville Bones
rest at Arlington that became bones t
ChantiHy and other backgrounds i'll
northern Virginia between the Potomac
and the Rappahannock But at Airing
ton the ratio of battle-kiled soldiers TO