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The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

For the benefit of the local bunch
of patriots who have been shipping
their money to the copper country
for the purpose of aiding the strik-
ing miners but in reality to fatten
and keep in idleness President
Meyer, Mahoney and sundry other
presidents, secretaries, committee
men and leaders in the Western
Federation, it may be we'll to state
that the Congressional committee
failed to find any books of the
Federation and when one of the
stall-fed agitators who had charge
of the records was asked whether
assistance had been received from
the Finnish locals throughout the
country, he said he did not know.
We have contended right along
that the donations went for salar-
les, travelling expenses, etc. for
the select of the murderous outfit
known as the Western Federation
and that the striker received what
was left. 1t is claimed that Meyer
received $500 week for his ser
vices. The striking miner who is
losing in wages 800 month, was
getting about $12 a month to feed
himself and family. The collec-
tors found good picking in Ely
and the other range towns and the
liberal workers of the Minnesota
ranges felt that they were aiding
those who were in need. The in
vestigators' should not rest until
they get at the bottom of the affair
even if the Federation crowd have
lost account of the money received
and expended. "Tyomies" the
Finnish daily which has kept the
locals on the ranges supplied with
its news. has garbled each and every
statement to such an extent that
the editors of the paper are star
ing heavy fine and a Jail sentence
in the face. We will wager nickels
to doughnuts that the contribu-
tions of the locals on the Mime
sofa ranges never went onto the
books but straight into the Golfers
of those engineering the deal.
We may be mistaken but will have
to be shown. History repeats it
self and if one red cent got away
from Mahoney and the rest, it was
because they did not see it first.
We would also like to see a state
ment of how much the collectors
who toured the ranges in the in
terests of the strikers last summer,
and this fall, turned in.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

are quarried. The ore crops out
near the surface. In Michigan
you have to go mile or so under
ground to get the ore and it is not
as rich as ours when you get it.
Of course, this would only empha-
size the conditions which made the
people of Minnesota turn down the
tonnage tax"
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

THE engenic law in Wisconsin
is being ignored in many of the
marriages taking place in that
state. The Chippewa Falls Inde-
dendent gives the method in which
the common law marriages are
consumated in the following:
At 2::3O o'clock yesterday after
noon Mr.. Berg and Miss Bertha
Rhoades sat in the private Office of
Attorney w. H. Stafford and were
made man and wife in this way.
There was no ceremony and the
customary two witnesses were re-
quired to affix their names upon
the agreement along with those of
the bride, the groom and attorney.
A notary public seal completed the
transaction and the bride and groom
left the attorneys Office each with an
agreement that they were to ben
and wife as long as they cared to
and when they become tired of
double life, well, it is supposed
that all they will have to do is to
tear the papers up into small pieces
and go it alone. The supreme
court has ruled that that kind of
marriage is legal and several have
taken place in the state since
eugenic law went into effect on Jan.
/.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

THE literacy test in the new i'm
migration bill which passed the
house of representatives last week
has opened up lot of discussion
both in Congress and among the
people. That every immigrant
who comes to this country should
be obliged to be able to read and
write in some language is not too
much. Our people are compelled
to educate themselves and why
should not the foreigner be COM
PEELED to stand the literacy test.
We have been too easy to those
entering the portals of this glori-
Gus country and the result is that
there has been dumped on our
shores considerable of the scum of
Europe. When a man became so
rotten that he could not live in his
native land he was at once shipped
to America and we, being free and
open, welcomed him. The result is
that we have become the dumping
ground for foreign nations simply
because the immigration laws were
too lax. Ely, as we'll as every
town on the ranges have their
quota of this class of undesirables.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

WE have stood lot of things
from women from time to time
without complaining. but if they
adopt the hustle again, as they
threaten there is likely to be trou-
ble.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

A queen bee lays from two to
three thouiand eggs in twenty -four
hours. The man who will discover
how to cross a queen bee with a
hen will soon have money enough
to buy an automobile for himself
and all his poor relatives.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

mistake, he never tells it; but if an
editor makes a mistake he puts it
on large sheet of paper for the
world to look at and all the cranks
in the county have something to
wag their jaws about for month.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

An exchange says, it is astonish-
ing how some minds will hold out
under continual drafts. It says a
female friend of its acquaintance
has been giving a piece of her mind
to most everybody for for forty
years, ahd yet the original plant
remains.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

sioner of this glorious state of ours
and during his incumbency of the
Office has paid considerable atten-
ton to details until he has become
known and recognized as one of
the best officials in the state capitol
and this is saying much as there
are many efficient officials in the
big building, not excepting that
prince of good fellows, our own,
Walter J. Smith, who is recognized
as efficient as any official in any
state capitol anywhere.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

The good old days when man
drove a horse with one arm and
supported a dainty bit of calico
with the other are only memories
of middle-aged couples. The pre-
sent generation only imagines it is
enjoying itself.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

Do you ever stop and wonder
what has become of the old fashion
ed, kind hearted man who used to
haul load of wood and sack of
-four around to the poor widow now
and then? Maybe he has become a
county supervisor and had her
sent to the poor farm.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

The trouble with the men is that
it is easier to die for girl before
they are married than it is for them
to get up and light the fire for
their wives after they are married.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

A little tragedy. Mother tells
child that an angel is beautiful, has
wings and flies. Child tells moth
er that father called the hired girl
an angel. The hired girl flew at
once.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

Satisticians prove that Americans
are the greatest consumers of sugar
in the world. We've known it all
along girls are the sweetest
ever-Saccharine' not in it with
them.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

There are only two classes of
people in the world-automobilists
and wheelbarrowists. MANY of
the former wish they were in the
latter class.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

Our dear old mothers used to do
most of their turkey trotting when
chasing the cows around the barn
yard straw stack at the witching
hour of milking time.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

This paper is on file at S9-South 3rd street.
Minneapolis, Minn. at the exhibit room OF The
immigration Commission. of The Northern
Minnesota Development Association"
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13
TIE IMPORTANCE OF
CONFIDENCE

nNCE a mans confidence is
" gained his trade is assured
This Is business rule that is
almost an axiom. To gain this
confidence it necessarily follows
that the merchant must first
make the acquaintance of the
customer. After that it is a
question Of give and take.
1T is CONFIDENCE LONG
AND CAREFULLY FOSTER
ED THAT HAS BEEN ONE
OF THE MAINSTAYS OF THE
MAIL ORDER HOUSES. The
only weakness in the fabric has
been that the trade relations of
buyer and seller were to great
extent impersonal. Naturally,
there is no commercial conf
dence quite as firmly based as
that which exists between the
individual merchant and the in
dividual customer. who deal face
to face.
Now is the time for the local
merchant to develop this conf
dence In the wider field which
the parcel post has opened to
him. He can reach customers
within his zone at less cost and
far more expeditiously and sat-
isfactorily than any mail order
house. Once the buying public
becomes aware of this fact it
will speedily transfer its allie
glance from the mail order
houses and deal with the man
near home.
ADVERTISE YOUR WARES
SPECIFICALLY. GIVING
PRICE LISTS, AND THEN
BACK UP YOUR PUBLISHED
CLAIMS TO THE. LETTER.
The rest will follow as the night
the day.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

There may be better country
than the one in which you are now
located. But you are not very apt
to find it through the f1orid repre-
sentations of the exploiters of real
estate schemes. 1t takes hard
work, foresight, frugality, and
some other solid virtues to produce
success anywhere in the world.
No doubt the exercises of these
virtues right where you are would
richly repay.
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13

If doctor makes mistake, he
buries it; if merchant makes a
The Ely miner., 1914-02-13
ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
BY JOHN S. PARDEE, Sec.


on the ndandw Proven neresing
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
w. c. T. U.

IF strong drink could be wiped out
of the world tonight, humanity would
wake in the morning with more than
half OF its sins and sorrows gone"
The students in our great universities
are not only studying the liquor problem,
but are taking an active part in the
warfare against the traffic The Har-
ward students entered enthusiastically
into the Cambridge no-license campaign.
The Wisconsin State University stu
dents canvassed the voters, served at the
polls and circulated literature.
In Los Angeles there are one hund-
red college men enlisted for the sum-
mer in the California statewide battle.
The University of North Dakota has
decided to offer a temperance course
during the first semester next year. One
credit will be given and one hour a week
occupied by the course.
Lectures will be given by prominent
men who are interested in the various
phases of the liquor problem.
Sixty men of Michigan Agricultural
College have petitioned the faculty to
offer a course in the study OF the liquor
problem with college credits.
MRS. J. II. FLEMING.
June I. 1914. Per. J. s.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
SURPRISE TO FRIENDS
Two Alma Public School Seniors
Married In Bay City

Miss Mabel Keene, who was visiting
friends and relatives in Saginaw last
week, was joined in that city by Merritt
b. Miller and the two were united in
marriage last Thursday by the pastor
of the First Methodist church of that
city.
Mrs. Miller is the daughter Of Dr.
and Mrs. Keene who reside on
State street, while the groom, Merritt
Miller, is the son of Mr.. and Mrs ].
w. Miller of Park avenue. Both the
young people, Mr.. and Mrs. Miller, are
numbered among the popular students
of the Alma High School and are both
members of this years graduating class.
Their marriage came as a complete SUR
prise to their hosts of friends through
out the city. SO carefully did they con-
ceal their intent that their parents were
not admitted into the secret until their
return from Bay City. The Record
wishes them much joy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
FOR PROF. ELLSWORTH.
Teachers Gave Banquet At
High School Saturday

Prof. and Mrs. f. +. Ellsworth and
daughter, Ruth, were guests of honor
at banquet given by the teachers of the
public schools Saturday evening. The
banquet was served at seven o'clock in
the domestic science room OF the high
school and was in four courses. Flags
in abundance were used for decoration
in the room while small flags, red and
white candles and spiraea formed the
table decorations. Following the ban
quet proper, games were played in the
gymnasium and the teachers presented a
leather upholstered chair to Mr.. Ellis
worth, while Mrs. Ellsworth received a
silver fork and Ruth a silver spoon.
The former teachers who had taught
under Prof. Ellsworth were invited and
the Misses Allene Brown and Pearl
Turner of Evart and II. b. Ward of
the University of Chicago were pres
ent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

1t will be remembered that at the time
OF the fire in the Pollasky block last Feb
ruary, Fitz James Lodge. Knights of
Pythias were among the heaviest losers
their lodge and club rooms being the
center OF the contlagration. Immediate
ly after the insurance adjustment the Of
ficers of the lodge commenced making
plans for a new home, the result Of their
efforts were apparent last Monday even
ing when in response TO invitation re-
ceived large number of our citizens
gathered at the lodge headquarters in
the Pollasky block and not only enjoyed
the dedicatory exercises which were
held that evening but inspected one Of
the best equipped Pythian halls in this
part of the State. Castle Hall in ad-
dition to the lodge room proper is equip
ped with dining room sufficiently large
to accommodate Is or more at one sit
ting. \ kitchen amply large and equip
ped with cupboards for dishes as well
as stove and other paraphernalia neces-
sary to be used in preparing the elabor-
ate feeds and banquets for which the
Pythian Knights and Sisters have the
reputation of furnishing from time to
time.
The club room which is one Of the
attractive rooms of the suite is beautiful
ly decorated and supplied with billiard
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Alma College Team Played Olivet
Last Friday

Z Alma College broke even with Olivet
i'll the district tennis tournament Fri
day afternoon and Saturday morning
Alma won the girls singles and doubles
and lost the boys singles and doubles.
Miss Cook won the singles with a
count of six-love, and six-two, defeating
Miss Packard of Olivet Miss Cook and
Miss Ritter defeated Misses Butterheld
and Packard count six-two, and six
three. They won the first two sets each
match. The boys did not succeed so
well against the tall, supple Mr.. Lancas-
ter, who defeated Maurice Cole, six-one
and siX-love set. Cole and Highly lost
to Knapp and Lancaster, a match, win
ming one set, six games to four, and lost
SO and 6-3.
The intercollegiate finals will be play
ed at Albion, June and O. Rev. Ma
son Judged the mems and Father Null
vey the ladies' matches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
THAT TUG Of WAR |!
Freshmen Too Much For Sophomores
Who Went Into the Drink

The Fresh-Soph tug of war Monday
ended with the Freshmen victorious,
impetuous and started pulling frac-
tion OF a second before the gun report
and gained advantage, they were also
pulling down hill and had convenient
knoll to brace themselves against, how
ever the big over-grown freshmen farm
erS pulled the more sedate, studious and
smaller sophomores through the Pine
and the Sophs in order to save the lives
OF the citizens OF St. Leuis sacrificed
themselves to be drawn through the
water thereby leaving it as clean and
clear as it was before. A good crowd
was in attendance and the interest was
evident in all.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
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DED|CAIORY EXERCISES MONDAY EVEN|N
Ftz James Lodge No. o5 Knights of Pythias Now Hav
One of the Finest Halls In Central Michigan

and pool tables for the use OF the MEM
bers. The following program was pre-
sented Monday evening
Welcome, Chancellor Commander, kz-
ra l.. Smith.
Dedication Service, by Grand Chan
cellor, II. T.. VanDeWalker and other
Grand Lodge Officers.
Vocal Solo-Hira c. Moore.
ecitation-"The day after father rode
the goat"-Master Harold Peery.
Instrumental Music-Miss Spinney.
Address, Our City-Hon. a. p. Cook,
Mayor
Address, Grand Chief of the Pythian
Sisters-Mrs. Anna Jenne.
Address, Past Grand Chief--Mrs. Mary
Lockhead.
Lockhead.
Address, Grand Chancellor, H. E.(
VanDeWalker.
Following the program the dining
room was thrown open and refreshments
were served by the members of the or
der. Social conversation, dancing an
other means of diversion occupied the
attention of the guests until the time
came for them to wend their way home
ward. The members of Fitz James lodge
are to be congratulated upon the posses
sion OF such beautifully and handsomely
equipped lodge rooms.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
ALMA HIGH DEFEATED
In Close Ball Game For the County
Championship

Alma High School lost the 1914 base
ball championship of Gratiot county to
ST. Louis on Decoration Day. Ithaca
was easily eliminated being defeated
twice by Alma and once by St. Louis,
the second Ithaca-St. Louis game was
cancelled by mutual agreement. St.
Louis won from Alma twice leaviYm
them the top notchers of the leagu
The Alma boys are deserving of muC :,
credit for the way they have stood by
their team and although playing against
some strong teams have fought hard.
The boys will now spend their time in
track practice preparatory to winning
the county meet June II. The game
Saturday ended with the score and 8
in favor OF St. Louis. Ten innings were
played, Alma made one score and St.
Louis two in the tenth. Wood knocked
a home run. Batteries. Highheld and
Perry, Burnham and Housel.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

Mrs. 5. B. Porterheld returned to be-''
home in Croswel Monday after a visit
with Mrs Newell and Mrs Reed.
Mrs Olive Dalrymple went to Lam
sing Monday to visit her son for a week.
Guy Campbell Of Lansing spent Sun
day in Alma with friends.
Miss Alma Matthews of Ithaca was
a Sunday visitor in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Grace left Mon
day morning for Auburn, n. v, after
spending a week with Mrs II. +. Beebe.
Mr. and Mrs. Grace just returned from
Adair, Iowa.
The Rebekahs will give a baked goods
sale Saturday, June o. at the store Of
n Z. Saad on East Superior street.
Watch the front window.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Ellison. who
for sometime have made West Branch
their home. are expected in Alma this
week to make this city their permanent
home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
REPUBLICAN WARD CAU-
CUSES.

Republican Ward Caucuses for the
City of Alma, Michigan, will be held on
Monday, June g, 1914, at 7 80 o'clock p.
m. standard time, at the following
places:
First Ward-City Hall
Second Ward-I'irst Ave, north of
L. 5. Express office
Third Ward-Reading room, Hotel
Arcadia.
Fourth Ward Wright House Sample
room.
for the purpose of electing ten (l0)
delegates in each of said wards to at
tend the city convention to be held
Wednesday evening, June TO- 1914, at
I 80 o'clock, standard time. at the said
City Hall and for the transaction of
such other business as may legally come
before the caucus.
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
Dated June 3, 1914.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
WRIGHT HALL
OPEN HOUSE

Last Saturday evening the instructor
and student residents OF Wright Hall
observed their Annual Open House"
The visitors were graciously received at
the door by the young ladies and con-
d icted through the Hall. OF which every
room was thrown open for inspection.
Later the visitors were invited to the
campus back OF the Hall where a Jap
anese sketch was given in Japanese dia-
lect. Prof Il. +. Neatch, the master
OF the house, also sang the Japanese
Sword Song. Japanese lanterns were
used in profusion and refreshments we're
served at small tables on the grounds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
Fire at Laycock Home

Sunday morning between ten and elev-
en- o'clock while Mr.. and Mrs. HI. Lay.
cock, living southwest of Alma, we're in
the city fire broke out in their woodshed.
Their daughter who was at home saw
the smoke and called neighbors and her
parents by telephone so that assistance
was soon at hand. The flames were ex-
tinqnished quickly and the damage does
not exceed $40. Previous to leaving home
Mr.. Lsycock burned worms nest from
q nearby apple tree and it is tho't spark
lodged on the shed and later caused the
blaze. Mr.. and Mrs. Laycock are very
grateful to the citizens of Alma who went
out in automobiles and to the neighbors
who so kindly helped Them
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
ADDRESS BY POWERS
At Opera House In Alma On
Memorial Day
CADILLAC MAN GOOD SPEAKER
C. w. Davis and the Wright Quar-
tette Gave Music

Memorial Day never dawned brighter
in Alma than it did last Saturday and
with nature and citizens cooperating
the day was ideal. The program printed
in last weeks Record was carried out in
detail
During the forenoon the members of
the G.. A. Il. and w. X. c. visited the
cemeteries in the county near Alma and
decorated the graves of the dead MEM
bers
The program began at two o'clock
in Realty Opera house with a prayer
by Rev. VIM. II. Mason and was fol-
lowed by recitations and music given
by c. w. Davis and the Wright Male
Quartette. Hon. Perry Powers of Cad
lilac gave the Memorial Day oration.
Mr.. Powers is a splendid speaker and
his address at Alma was a masterful
plea for the cultivation of the things
which Memorial Day stands for-sacri-
fee, loyalty and heroism. These quail
tiles, he said, are not shown on the bat
tleheld alone but in everything tending
toward the betterment of mankind.
Every life has its memorial days,
the higher type of manhood is blest
with the most uiemorials. Life in its
highest form is sacrifice. sacrifice for
humanity and s,crihce is inspired by
Cod so as citizens and as a nation we
must make sacrifice and must recognize
and observe life' memorial.
The audience sang America to con-
clude the program and Rev. 7. G.. r.
Brownlow made the closing prayer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
SMITH DAUGHERTY WEDDING

Miss Ida Smith of Crystal and Chas.
Daugherty of Warren, Ohio, were unit.
ed in marriage at the home of her par
ents in Crystal by Rev. Lyons at seven
o'clock Tuesday morning following a
very pretty wedding breakfast. The
bride was dressed in a beautifully draped
gown of white messaline and carried
cluster of white roses. Her maid.
Miss Ethel Smith, wore a green
crepe de chene and carried pink roses.
Reynolds Smith, nephew of the bride,
was ring bearer.
Mrs. Daugherty is former Alma COL
lege student and Mr.. Daugherty is a
machinist whose home is in Warren.
where they will keep house after their
honeymoon. They came to Alma on
Tuesday by machine and were guests
for lunch at the home of c.. V. Wright
brother-in-law of the bride. They left
in the afternoon for Saginaw and will
go from there 10 Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas in view of the loss we have
sustained in the decease OF our member,
Roy Whitman, and of the still heavier
loss sustained by those who were near
est and dearest TO him
Therefore, be it resolved That it is
but just tribute to the memory of the
departed to say that we mourn for one
who was in all ways worthy Of our re-
gard.
Resolved: That we sincerely condole
with the family of our brother and COM
mend them for consolation to Him who
"Doeth all things we'll"
ANNA WOOD,
IDA HUBBEL,
GEORGE TITUS.
Grange Committee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
REPUBLICAN CITY CON-
VENTION.

To the Republican Electors of the City
of Alma:
A Republican convention is hereby
called to meet at the city hall,
Wednesday Evening, June TO-.
commencing at 1880 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate for JUS
tce of the Peace to fill vacancy and for
the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the conven-
ton. Each of the four wards is entitled
TO representation by ten delegates.
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
Dated, June 3, 1914
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

The o. o. +. Lodge will observe
their annual Memorial Service Sunday
afternoon aud have invited the Rebekah
X. of p, Pythian Sisters, Modern Wood.
men and Royal Neighbor Lodges to join
them. The lodges will meet at their rec
spective halls and march TO the Metho.
dist church at two o'clock, where the
service will be held. Rev. I. C. Brown.
low will give the address and the Wright
Quartete will sing. Following this ser.
vice they will march to Riverside Gem
etery to decorate the graves of their de-
ceased members.