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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
A New Year ApOstrOphe.
BABY smiles in its mothers face
\ There at her breast in a soft EN-

A BABY smiles in its mothers face,
~ There at her breast in a soft en-
brace
A life beginning and all to learn.
Oh, mother heart that shall leap and
yearn,
Teaching the dimpled feet to walk,
Teaching the honeyed mouth to talk!
Oh, time, make haste for the baby dear
And spread the coming of each New
Year!
A youth with the fire and blood OF
spring
And hope that rises on eager wing
Thrills at the sight Of maiden's blush,
Stirring his heart with the first hot
flush
OF love requited, that finds its mate
And yet but little while must wait.
Watches and listens thy step to hear.
Oh, speed thy coming. thou sweet New
Yearl
In manhood's prime there is standing
ono,
And all but his greatest task 10 done.
Beyond his reach, but before his eyes,
Greatest Of all 10 tho final prize.
Vet but q little he'll hold II fast;
A year and q day twill be his at last,
conqusrins spirit that knows not fear,
Bidding thee hasten. oh, brave New
YearI
Gray 10 tho crown Of q wholesome life
And peace the benison sweet of strife.
An aged man with his strength nigh
spent,
With nerves a-trsmble, his slight form
bent,
Erect in spirit and white Of soul,
With steps that faiter, is near the goal.
With eyes bedimmed, but a faith that's
clear,
He Graves but thy rest. oh, blest New
Yearl
New York World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
SCRUTINIzE SEED POTATOES.
Department of Agriculture Issues :
WARMING TO Farmers

Department OF Agriculture Issues a
Warning to Farmers.
The farmers OF New Jersey. middle
Atlantic states and the southern states
are warned by the United States de
parment OF agriculture to see that the
seed potatoes they buy bear the white
label OF the potato inspection service
of this department. This label is placed
on each container and certihes that
the potatoes have been examined by
federal inspectors and found free from
powdery scab; that they were grown
on farms free from and have not In
any way been exposed to this disease
Farmers are warned against the use
of table potatoes for planting purposes
as these, even though they do not show
the disease. may have been exposed TO
powdery scab. Table potatoes are usu-
ally shipped from Maine in bulk. and
the car carries blue certifcation tag.
while seed potatoes are in sacks or 9TH
er containers OF a capacity not to ex
coed $50 pounds. and each container Is
separately certified
Some dealers have been buying table
stock and selling it for seed These
men are not violating any law. but
they are exposing their customers to
the risk Of the introduction of a dan
gerous disease and quarantine should
the powdery scab be introduced.
The white seed certificate relates only
to freedom from powdery scab, but po-
tatoes so certified are likely to be Of
better quality and less mixed than Ia.
BILE stock potatoes. The supply of Ger
titled seed potatoes in Maine Is ample.
and the price this year is low. so that
there is no excuse for planting table
stock potatoes.
The department also states that the
rigid inspection and other precautions
thrown around certified seed stock
from quarantined districts make such
stock as safe as potatoes from nom
infected areas and often better Sc
lected.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
NEW YEARS
RESOLUTIONS
Good to Make on Any Day OF
Any Year.

For the Well that They May Keep Well!
For the Sick that They May Get Well!
Resolved:
That will take better care of my body
Resolved:
That / will seek 10 know more about
my body and so be better able to give IL
proper care.
Resolved:
That | will try to aid others that they
may take better care Of their bodies
Resolved:
That will plan to learn more about the
conditions which affect the physical well
being Of others.
Resolved:
That | will give particular attention. as
occasion makes possible. TO conditions af-
fecting the health of the poor. the igno-
rant and the neglected.
Resolved:
That In school. church. club. lodge. un-
ion or society / will encourage the discus
sion of health topics and the suggestion
of plans toward better health conditions
in the community.
Resolved:
year to-
Sleep in the Fresh Air.
Work in the Fresh Air.
Play in the Fresh Air.
Live in the Fresh Air.
Resolved:
That | will present these resolutions il
possible. TO every class and society to
which belong.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07

the department OF the Railroad Com
mission would be greater loss than
the cost Of construction OF modern Of
flee building with ample room for safe
storage for all. | most earnestly urge
that this Legislature arrange for the
construction OF modern Office build
ing with ample room for safe storage
OF all records; or IL this undertaking
Is considered too expensive, by all
means make provision for taking care
Of all important records now in posses
sion of the various State departments
| do not hesitate 10 recommend the
construction of modern Office build
ing whereby all of our departments
outside of the Capitol can be housed
under one roof, and their records pre-
served against their possible destruc-
ton by fire.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
Margaretta Valentine NJ D.
General Practitioner
Elwell (IS6Std) Mich
STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Pro-

STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Pro-
bate Court for the County of
Gratiot.
At session of said court. held at
the Probate office in the village of
Ithaca in said county, on the 23rd day
of December, 1914.
Present, J. Lee Potts, Judge.
I'm the Matter of the Estate of
George Farrough, deceased.
The above estate having been adj
mitted to Probate and VIII X. Ludwig
of Ithaca, Michigan, appointed ad-
ministrator thereof.
1t is ordered that four months from
this date be allowed for creditors to
present their claims against said
estate and that such claims will be
heard by said court on Friday. the
23rd day of April, next at ten o'clock
in the forenoon.
1t is further ordered that public
notice thereof be given by publication
of this order for three successive
weeks previous to said day of hearing.
in the Alma Record, newspaper
printed and circulated in said county.
A true copy.
j. LEE POTTS,
Judge 70 Probate.
BELLE JENNIE.
Clerk of Probate.
. l6OSt4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
Economy.

Economy is a fundamental factor in
every successful business enterprise.
The State is a great business corpora
ton. A great business corporation
employs skillful managers. Skillful
managers command large salaries.
The State, on account of its prescribed
limitations, cannot always use this
form of business sense. There are
features of government that cannot be
fully measured in dollars and cents.
The big side of government is always
the human side. Our State institu-
tions continue TO increase in magni-
tude and in possibilities for usefulness.
Michigan is one of the greatest States
in the Union If she is to keep pace
with the needs of her citizenship,
these appropriations must necessarily
increase. On this account there is the
greater necessity for watchful super
vision. No longer is there any excuse
for fictitious expenses that originate
through political friendship. | am
sure that the Legislature will CO.
operate with me in maintaining the
utmost economy consistent with eff
6cient service.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07

Conservation Of important Records.
My attention has been called TO the
fact that our various state depart
ments scattered about Lansing have
in their possession many very import
ant records. Nearly all OF these rec
ors are in grave danger.
To illustrate: The Michigan Rail
road Commission has records that
have cost hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars. These records involve valu-
ations. copies of which do not exist;
in fact II they were destroyed they
could not be duplicated for a quarter
OF a million dollars, and many OF them
could not be duplicated at all. Beyond
a reasonable doubt. other departments
have equally important records.
Tia destruction of the records in
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
Notice of Hearing Annual Account
ESTATE OF AMMI w. WRIGHT.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of
Gratiot, SIS.
Notice is Hereby Given, That the
annual account of the executors of the
estate of Ammi w. Wright, deceased,
of Gratiot County, Michigan, will be
allowed by me at the Probate Office,
in the Village of Ithaca, in said Coun-
ty, on the twenty-ninth (29th) day of
January next, at ten (1O) o'clock a. m.
of said day.
Dated, Ithaca, December 30th, A. ID.
1914.
]. LEE POTTS,
1864 Judge of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
Methods of HANDLING siIaoe.

Methods OF Handling SiIaoe.
The Nebraska experiment station ad-
vises several conveniences In handling
feed from upright pit and partial pit
silos. A handy and easily constructed
convenience is the silage cart. Any
farmer with saw. hammer. nails and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07

We ring the bells and raise the
strain,
We hang up garments everywhere
And bid the tapers twinkle fair
And feast and frolic, and then we go
Back to the same old lives again
Here To a happy holiday.
Health and wealth for all the year.
Work adjourned has many stays;
Long demurs breed new delays
SouthwelL
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-01-07
Little Bits Of
New Year Verse

Touch us gently, Timei
Let us glide adown the stream
Gently-as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream.
When time is flown, how it fed
Il In better neither to ask nor tell.
Leave the dead moments to bury
their dead.
Owen Meredith.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the
toughest day. Macbeth.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
DoueH-NUTs AND NEUTRALITY


William Allen White of the EN-
poria Gazette has a good-sized war OF
his hands because he has come ou
strongly against the man who eat
doughnuts for breakfast The hyphe
mated portion of his readers are jump
ing onto him with both feet, charging
him with violation of neutrality. Mr.
White, however, is standing by his
guns and he throws the following
broadside into the dough-nutfor-break
fast camp:
They form. an inartistic note They
are superfluous with pancakes, and
deficient without pancakes. They
won't do. They are the side-whiskers
of the culinary art, when served for
breakfast. They ornament the com.
monplace; they paint the lily with
roof paint. and fresco the rose with
pokeberry juice. The doughnut as a
part OF a lunch, Is good 1t may have
a place at the supper table, but at
breakfast the doughnut is a rank out
slider, an interloper and disturber of
the peace"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

\ Austria? One set of dispatches com
ing from Washington is very pessi
mistic, while from Berlin Tuesday
came news, purporting to emanate
| from authentic sources, to the effect
that the whole submarine issue would
likely be satisfactorily settled Under
the circumstances it would seem that
the only safe conclusion is that the
news-g -gatherers are doing the best
guessing of which they are capable,
but that some of them are guessing
wrong.
1t cannot be questioned that the re-
Iations between the two countries
have reached critical stage 1t may
be recalled, however, that in the ne
gotiations between the United States
and Germany relative TO the same
question, it seemed several times that
the parting of the ways had been
reached. 1t is possible that the dis
pute with Austria may yet terminate
in the same way
In view of the fact that precisely
the same issues are involved in the
present controversy and in the one
with Germany which was amicably
adjusted, and the further fact that
Germany and Austria are allies whose
noIin;ao ara praaumad m ha In har-
mony, 1t would seem that the Ancona
issue and correlated questions can be
settled to the satisfaction Of both ma
tions concerned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

these crops. Old debts have been
wiped out and there is a grim deter.
minafion to get on a cash basis and
to stay there
1t is not given to man to know what
1916 Will bring. But 1t is certain that
the farmers of Oklahoma have never
had a brighter general outlook than
now. They know more about what
extremes of weather they may meet
and how to overcome them. They
have quit trying to make the country
over to suit their notions and are in
telligently applying the knowledge
they have gained from experience -
John Fields in Oklahoma Farmer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
OKLAHOMA FARMING IN 1916.

Oklahoma farming made immense
progress In 1915. Undismayed by the
disappointments of the erratic seasons
beginning with 1911, the farmers OF
the state during the past year pro-
duced crops of greater total value than
in any previous year. They know that
the enthusiasm and confidence with
which they came to Oklahoma was
not misplaced. They realize that
knowledge OF soil and climatic condi-
tions mixed with work in the growing
OF adapted crops will ultimately bring
tc the Industrious that measure Of
prosperity for himself and his family
which is every mans desire.
There is every reason for the conf
dent feeling which exists everywhere
in Oklahoma An abundance of feed
for the farm livestock is safely stored
away. Greater numbers Of cattle,
hogs, sheep and poultry are on the
farms. The surplus horses have been
marketed at good prices, and next
springs crop of colts will grow into
better ones to take their places.
Prices for wheat, cotton, broorn2orn
and the surplus corn are such that
fair returns are being realized from
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
ON THINKING GLAD.

xx
Never mind change of scene
Try a change of thinking.
What if things seem sordid, mean,
What's the use of blinking?
Life's not always storm and cloud.
Somewhere stars are shining.
Try to think your joys out loud,
Silence all repining.
BY degrees, by thinking light,
Thinking glad and sweetly,
You'll escape the stress of night,
Worry gone completely.
Get the habit looking for
Sunbeams pirouetting,
Tapping gayly at your door
Surest cure for fretting.
Needn't fool yourself at all,
For there's no denying
Fen above a prison wall
Songbirds are a-flying.
Wherefore hearken to the song,
Never mind the prison,
And you'll find your soul, ere long,
Unto freedom risen.
journal and Messenger
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

The terrible blizzard which swept
Kansas, Missouri and other states to
the north the first Of the week, blew
up before it arrived in sunny southern
Cklahoma 1t is true that we had
some brisk breezes that we're not alto
gether pleasant, but no very low tenn
peratures were recorded and this fur.
nishes us another opportunity to con.
gratulate ourselves on living in q
country where the climate is wellnigh
beyond successful competition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

Muskogee officials are to be con
graduated on the success of their ef
forts to prevent that community from
being disgraced by mob violence. The
entire state is indebted to them foi
furnishing a splendid example Of how
courage, combined with cool common
sense can cope with an infuriated band
OF men, bent on frustrating the course
OF justice.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

Sweden appears to be somewhat
more hospitable toward the peace
party than her neighbor, Norway.
No personal courtesies were lacking
in the treatment accorded to the
Americans in Christiana, but Stock
holm seems to take more kindly to the
purpose Of the peace mission. Out
wardly there is no indication that
there will be any tangible result Of
the expedition which will in any way
be commensurate with the cost of it,
but the leaders are not yet ready to
confess failure.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
EXPRESS PAckAeETTEs.


Water wagon soon Will start,
Get aboard if you are smart,
You can ride it, never fear,
Climb on for the coming year.
Have you resolved your resolves
yet?
Besides being dangerous speeding
across street intersections is often
more or less expensive.
81 Simp says he notices that the
house never warns up in the morning
till he gets the fire going.
David Starr Jordan: "The world
stands aside to let the man pass who
knows where he is going
The box of cigars which John
Venable left at the Daily EXPIRES
for the biggest liar in Oklahoma re
mains unclaimed.
Bert Barefoot was terribly disap
pointed because Sanity didn't bring
him bungalow apron. and Tom Boyd
is deeply downcast because he didn't
get casserole.
This feminism business has gone
entirely too far Actually, an Okla
homa City woman is suing man for
divorce merely because she is tired
supporting him.
And there is one professional man
in Chickasha who is still congratulat
ing himself because the burglar made
his Christmas call at the Verden depot
before his gallon came.
We have heard of folks running over
to the neighbors to borrow tooth
brushes and all sorts of things. but
by heck that's the first time We ever
knew anybody to borrow whole
house.
oddly enough, it is hard for a
woman to understand why the man
who would spend a months wages to
buy her a Christmas present before
they were married can't afford to buy
her ten cents worth of candy once a
year afterwards.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES.

Meantime, has anybody around here
eeen General Villa? Not even the
argus-eyed correspondents have been
able to connect with the once mighty
rebel leader for some days, and nat
urally we are a bit curious as TO his
whereabouts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

incidentally, il is proper to observe
that the Chickasha fire department de-
serves praise for the successful man.
ner in which the compress blaze was
handled Manager Caneman has al
ready passed the boys" well mer-
tied bouquet.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

At least one event of the coming
year may be forecast without any
special gift of prophecy. Woodrow
Wilson will be renominated. For fear
Of being suspected Of partisanism we
refrain from announcing his re-elec-
ton which is also scheduled ON the
program OF coming events.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
One Lie Nailed.

Il had a seventy-mile drive yester-
day" she oaid enthusiastically.
There amt no such thing" retorted
the golf-player grimly. Detroit Free
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
Rapping Somebody

Seymour has a number of men who
take in every important public meet
ing. Their wives take in washing. T"
From the Seymour (Ind) Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
MONEY TO LEND.

On farm lands and well improved
Chickasha property. Farm money is
cheap, and on best terms. Two plans
for handling city loans. See lis at
once.
HARDEN-ROCHE MORTGAGE CO.
203-204 Tye bldg, Chickasha, Okla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
JUST A THOUGHT
ERE THE DAY is GONE.

Kind words do not cost much. They
never blister the tongue or lips. We
never heard of any mental trouble
arising from this quarter. Though
they do not cost much. yet they accom-
plisk much. They make other people
good-natured. They also produce their
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
sIDELIGHTs

The man in the honeymoon is not q
myth.
The undertaken may be slow but he
is sure.
Sunshine eventually punctures the
thickest cloud.
Talk isn't cheap when you hire a
lawyer to do it for you.
A blind man and deaf servant
make an ideal combination.
The rooms in house 40 not interest
the burglar as much as good haul.
A small tumbler is responsible for
many of the slips attributed to the
cup.
The more reason man has for in.
dignation the less comfort he gets out
of it.
There is more true philosophy in an
inch of laughter than there is in a yard
of sarcasm
Nothing makes an angry wife so
frantic as the refusal of her husband
to hand her line of back talk.
An eccentric man is one VINO always
praises his neighbors, but he is never
considered so by the aforesaid neigh.
bors.
Satan cares nothing whatever about
a mans attending church ON the Sab
bath if he gets his services the other
six days in the week.
If man would put only his own
property in his wife's name it wouldn't
be so bad, but as a rule the most of II
belongs to other people.
BY the time the average man reaches
the age of fifty he knows a lot OF
things he would like to get rid of at
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
The Cause.

so this is your studio?"
"As you see."
But 1t is very cold here"
yes" said the artist. Just now
am painting frieze. Grand Rapids
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
CAKES!

In our Bakery department
we give greatest care to
our cakes. Our Cup Cakes
are little puffs of delicious
flavor and lightness.
Doughnuts have that
nutty flavor without being
grease soaked.
Layer Cakes of unusual
lightness made in Coconut,
Lowney's Chocolate, Cara
mel and Fruits.
We are selling the Angel
Food Cake for less -tLe forty
cent size il now thirty cents.
Macaroons, Kisses and Lady
Fingers, three dozen for rs
cents. Park er House Rolls to
order no order too small.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
Never Ask for This.

Observation-Disclosures raminoarsenoben-
zenehydrochloride contains 26.5 per
cent of arsenic.--cincinnat Enquirer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

A STOLEN SMILE FER TWO.


Success has turned many a mans
head-in fact it's long head that has
no turning.-B Boston Transcript
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
Happiness In Moderation.

Look about you for the man who
is nappiest in his success. You win
find him OF moderate habit"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

r p = = r > = v y , = y = y = =
John s. Burks to Oscar j. Shirley,
$400; lots Is to 18 block II Verden.
|. o. o. F. Lodge to ALI Waters, $40;
lot Sc block 20 l. o. o. F. cemetery.
R. F. Dorton to ]. A. Hodnett, $2,-
750; land in 1857.
@. & C. Nations to Chas. E. Johnson,
$500; land in 1875.
G. & G. Nations to Elijah G. Hill,
800; land in 1896.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

]. H. Adair to Herbert Adair, $2,5OO;
land in 7-5-5.
C. & C. Nations to William Stacey,
$3.50; land in S-6-6.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

To the brave man every iakl is ;
native country.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

own image on mems souls. and what
beautiful image it is,-Pascal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

BY the time the average man reaches
the age of fifty he knows a lot OF
things he would like to get rid of at
SO per cent less than cost
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Compiled by the Grady County
Abstract Company, Tye build
ing, North Fourth street.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29
BREAK WITH AUsTRlA7

Is Uncle sam going to break with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

If man would put only his own
property in his wife's name it wouldn't
be so bad, but as rule the most of 1t
belongs to other people.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-29

Have you resolved your resolves
yet?