Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-01-09
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

! Nanigas at Drummer Stiff
Smoke the best, Wanigas.-64-t
George Sharrar was in Ithaca on
business Monday.
You will find the best bread in
| Butter Cup wrappers. 02-tf-c
J. K. Watkins was in Jackson
Wednesday on business.
Eat Model Bakery bread and pas
try and be happy the whole year
through. 76-4-c
Don't forget to see the 40 cent and
- cent house dresses at the Gaffney
style shop adv.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. J. Osborn and Mrs.
H. VI. Durham, Jr., were Saginaw
visitors Wednesday.
DR.. l.. G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
sician, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma. both phones. Stiff
l.. J. Gardner Of Saginaw was in
Alma on business Monday with the
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc.
The Alma Benevolent society will
meet with Mrs. j. Nj. Nixon, $40
Woodwork ave, Thursday, January
l6.
Stanley Leonard. aged twenty liv-
ing on r. f. d. s, died Tuesday fol-
lowing a weeks illness with in1u.
enza
Mrs. Dell Perry and son, Roy, left
Tuesday for Kalamazoo, where they
will visit with relatives for several
days.
The Presbyterian Fortnightly So
ciety will meet with Mrs. +. T. Lamb,
SOB State ST., Tuesday afternoon,
January II.
George l.. Zelma, laborer II
years of age, dropped dead here
Saturday evening. The body was
taken to Cadillac for burial.
Charles Carr, who has been visit
ing with his mother and sister in this
city. has returned TO Camp Dix.
where he is still in training.
A. K. Smith, state deputy for the
Modern Woodman, is in Owosso. St. /
Johns and other points this week in
interests Of the organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Vought have
returned from n sixteen weeks hunt !
ing trip in Oklahoma. While on their
trip they also visited at Fort Smith,
Memphis and other cities.
Sanford Wickard, farmer on r. |
ID. 3. dropped dead Monday, while
cutting wood. \ hired man WAS with |
MIN at the time Of his death Wick (
ard was fifty years of age.
The feature film, "Tarzan of the /
Apes" which was TO have been shown |
at the Liberty theatre Wednesday |
and Thursday nights, did not arrive
for the Wednesday shows. and will bc /
shown Friday instead Manager \. II. !
Ashley has stated
The Alma college basket ball team |
will play the strong Michigan Aggie /
five at East Lansing next Wednes- ]
day This will be the first meeting
between the two teams in decade,
and the last time that Harry Helmer |
will coach team that meets the !
Farmers.
George Carras, one Of the three
men called &c the army from the
Paris Cafe, has received his dis
charge from Camp Devons, Mass. ,
where he was in training and has re-
turned to this city. The other two
men are in hopes of getting their dis
charges very soon.
The Federation Council Of the |
churches Of Alma will hold a meet
ing for the election Of officers on
Wednesday. January 18th at 8 p. m.
in the First State Bank Every
church in Alma is invited TO send it's
pastor and three other representa-
tivcs TO the meeting
J The Department Of Justice will
recomp,end to congress the deporta-
ton cf some 5000 or 1000 interned 1
alien enemies. That is good. Every
man who is against the United States
and for our enemies, if he lacks the
sense to go out as soon as he can,
ought to helped out. This is no place
for them.
The legislature is again in session /
and we must endure it for about four |
months One of the things already |
proposed Is an income tax in Mich /
igan. After all the taxes had been /
raised that the constitution will per-
liAAf q AOlhiiliNolOil was StilN ONtI Auc .
state to raise valuations. Now that /
valuations and percentage are at the
limit, incomes must be taxed TO keep
things going. In the past eight or
ten years Michigan taxes have been
doubled. Where will it end?
At the rate the government officials
are sending out new orders the draft
boards will be the last ones demobil-
lied. A new order was yeceived Mon
day. The bulletin came just as they
had completed sorting and filing
about 5000 questionnaires in numer-
zeal order, and after they had
wrapped up over 1000 of them in
bundles Of 80 each. The order said I
that stamps with which every ques-
tionnaire must be stamped, were be-
inc mailed. This means that the 7
questionnaires must all be handled
over again and each one stamped, a
task that will take several days
The Hog Island ship yard. which /
was TO have cost the government |
S2l 100000, but cost over 100000 |
600, and turned out one ship before !
the war closed, has been a subject of /
congressional investigation. 1t is
not charged that money was n,isan-