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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
CONTRACT LET
FOR BUILDING
Alma Man Was Successful Bid
der of Those Seeking TO
Construct Factory.
WORK IS BEING STARTED
Northern Wheel COmpany's Plant Is
To BE i'm Operation by
December |.

Work has been started on the new
plant of the Northern Wheel COM
pany. and will be rushed to COM
pletion, and it is believed that the
plant will be ready for operation by
December /.
Henry H. Soule, well known Alma
contractor, was the successful bidder
for the work of constructing the new
plant, the contract having been let
TO him by the officials of the COM
pany the latter part of the week. Mr.
Soule Immediately ordered the ma
terial which is needed in the construc-
tion of the new factory, and some
of this was placed on the ground
Monday, so that it was possible to
start the construction work immed-
lately.
The building is to be 304 feet in
length and 90 feet in width, it being
the intention of the company to erect
only the first unit of the factory this
fall. 1t will be one story in height
and will be of brick and concrete
construction.
Ties and rails for the sidetraek to
the property of the company were
unloaded on the grounds the latter
part of the week and the railroad is
now constructing the sidetrack into
the property, so that this will be
ready just as soon as it may be
needed.
That the company desires to start
operations at the earliest possible
moment, is shown from the fact that
the machinery for the new factory
has been purchased for delivery with
in sixty days. 10y which time it is eN-
pected that the construction Of the
plant will be far enough along so
that it will be possible to start plac-
ing the machinery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
4 PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR

Wednesday, September II,
will mark the anniversary of
the adoption of our Federal
Constitution and that day will
be generally observed through
out the nation as Constitution
Day.
The Constitution of the
United States is the great char
ter of American liberties.
Through conformity to its prn-
ciples we have enjoyed, as have
the people of no other land, the
blessings of civil and religious
liberty, and in these days of
worldwide readjustment it is
well that we should take time
to study its provisions and con-
slider its effect upon our history
and development.
Therefore, |, Albert +. Sleep
er, Governor of the State of
Michigan, do hereby designate
Wednesday, September II, 1919,
as Constitution Day.
particularly urge that the
day be fittingly celebrated in all
the communities of our State
and that local committees be
organized for this purpose.
request that the day be OBJ
served also in all the schools Of
the State, that the Constitution
be read and such other exercises
carried out as will impress the
minds of the pupils with its
tremendous significance and i'm
portance.
request, too, that Sunday,
September IA, 1919. be observed
as Constitution Sunday in all
the churches Of Michigan.
Given under my hand at the
Capitol in Lansing this Bird day
of September.
ALBERT +. SLEEPER,
Governor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
WORK ON ROADS
Tales Told by Witnesses Who Testi
fy of Brutalities To Committee.

As a result of a resolution intro
duced by Representative William f.
Mason, of Illinois, parents have been
given an opportunity to protest to
the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs against the retention of their
boys in the army to fight for vague
and indefinite causes in Siberia.
Eight housand of these youths are
being kept by Secretary Baker in the
northern Asiatic wastes in an effort
TO subvert a government against
which the United States has not ac-
tually declared war and to fight a
people which was until recently our
ally. Nearly half Of these are from
the Sucker State They are not only
made to fight, but are also used as
common laborers.
Chairman Porter declares that the
drafted men are being held for duty
across the Pacific absolutely without
justification in law" ut is time" :"
he added, "for Congress to seriously
challenge this extraordinary use Of
the army. If our soldiers can be sent
20 Siberia without authorization Of
law, they can be sent anywhere.
These men volunteered or were draft
ed for the war against Germany.
Nearly a year has elapsed since the
armistice was signed, and now they
are being used absolutely against
their will to combat people we
have no cause against They have
suffered great hardships and they
should be brought home without de-
lay. An explanation is due the
American people"
'The President received us nicely.
but did not give us any definite prom
ise as to when our boys would be per-
mitted to come home," said Fred
McAver, head of a Chicago delega-
tion which called upon him in protest.
He told us that the job in France
was done. but that the job in Siberia
was not done. He, the President of
the United States. told us to 90 back
10 our people and he would consult
the War Department as to the ex-
act situation in Siberia and as to
/, what could be done" The witness.
whose son is in Siberia, was unable
to suppress his emotion as he related
the i'll fortune of the troops.
"They are making out of our
American boys just plain section
hands on the railroads" said Mrs. X.
Alexander, another member of the
delegation. "In his last letter my
son says: For Gods sake do some
-. -. + IL =
Washington and get us out Of this
hell before Christmas Those boys
ought to be at home raising families
of young Americans. We do not feel
that there is any reason for their
staying there through another terri
BILE Arctic winter"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
FATHER O'TOOLE
LEAVES ALMA
Parish Head Leaves Immediate
ly TO Take Up Work in
Big Rapids.
HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD
Rev. Mulvey Is Returned to This City
After Two Years in COuntry's
Service.

Rev. p. A. O'Toole has received
word notifying him that he has been
transferred from the local parish to
the parish at Big Rapids, and that
the appointment to that parish will
take effect on Monday, Sept 10. He
expects to leave within a day or two
to assume charge of his new work
in the parish there, which is con-
siderably larger than the Alma
parish.
II is with regret that many of his
friends here learn that he has been
transferred to new field of en-
deavor, as he has endeared himself
to many people in Alma and vicinity
during the twenty-three months that
he has had charge of the Alma par
ish.
Coming TO Alma less than two
years ago from Alpena, where he had
spent nine fruitful years. Father
.O'Toole has fulfilled every expecta-
ton so completely, that it is but
natural that large field is chosen
for him. At Big Rapids he will not
only have charge of the regular
parish work, but also that of the
parish school, which has been estab-
lished in that city.
During the twenty-three months
that he has been in Alma, Father
O"Toole has not only paid Off the
Indebtedness of the parish church
but has raised the sum Of $4,000 for
the new addition on the church.
Rev. John Mulvey. formerly in
charge of the parish here, is return
ing to this city. by reason of the
transfer of Fr. O'Toole. At the time
that Fr. O'Toole came to Alma Fr
Mulvey left Alma to 20 into the
service Of his country as a chaplain.
and following some months in train
ing camps went to France. He re-
Gently returned to this country.
Mr.. Mulvey has many friends in
Alma who will be glad to welcome
him as he returns to resume charge
of his former parish, after having
served his country during the great
est strife that the world has ever
seen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
RAILROAD ENGINEERS
IN ALMA WEDNESDAY
Right-Of-Way Through City Is
Being Looked Up for Proposed
Michigan. Northern.

The senior member of the firm of
Essllyn, Murphy d Hanford of De-
troit. engineers for the proposed
Michigan Northern Railroad, was in
the city yesterday going over the
matter Of the proposed terminals for
the road in this city and other inn
portant matters relating to the road
Among these were to look up the
available land for sidings for the
new road in Alma, and method of
crossing the Pere Marquette railroad
tracks in this city. These matters
are preliminary to the choosing of a
route across the city.
Recently the road acquired the
former proposed line from Lansing
to Grand Ledge, which was surveyed
and graded several years ago, when
r. +. Olds Of Lansing proposed to
build line between the two cities,
and will become a portion of the new
line as a result.
At noon today a board of trade
banquet was held at the Park hotel
in Mt. Pleasant at which time the
railroad was the important matter
brought up Addresses were given
by Mr.. Esslytyn and Mr.. Charles
Warden of Lansing. The Isabella
county seat is reported to be boost
ing in great style for the proposed
new road
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
CHANGE OFFICES
Former Union Telephone Office Now
for Local Phones.

Connections between the two tele-
phone offices here have been COM
pleted, and all local phone. are now
on one switch board at the former
Union telephone office. and long dist.
ance connections are made at the
Bell office. The business Office in
Alma has been moved to the office in
the opera house block. The local Of
flee in the Pollasky block will be
closed to the public.
1t is announced also that new mum
bers have been assigned for the tele-
phones, and that a new directory for
the city of Alma is at the Record
being printed. IL will be ready
next week. IL is believed that when
the new directory is ready and in
use that much of the confusion over
the change in numbers will be elm
mated and the public will have better
service than ever.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
PLAY OWOSSO
Alma High School Football Team
Will Open Season Wednesday.

The Alma high school football
team will open the 1919 season this
coming Wednesday, playing the
strong Owosso high school eleven at
Owosso, in a battle which will test
out the worth of Coach Mullins war
riors, as the Owosso gridders are a
bunch of veterans who had a highly
successful year last season.
1t will not be until after Mullins
eleven has been through it's first few
games that the real worth of the
high school eleven for the season can
be determined with any degree Of
accuracy, as the locals will have
several green men i'm the lineup
when the veteran Owosso team is
faced and it is probable that there
will not be the smooth teamwork
which will mark the play of the
Owosso aggregation.
The locals are hoping that the
Owosso team will be held TO a close
score and the members of the team
seem to secretly nourish the hope
that they will be able to defeat the
Downstaters in the opening clash.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
CALL FOR CERTIFICATES

Governor J. B. McDouga of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has
received telegram from Secretary
of the Treasury Glass containing an
important announcement for the
holders of United States Treasury
Certificates of Indebtedness. dated
May l, 1919. and maturing October :.
1919 Following is the text of the
announcement from the Secretary Of
the Treasury.
"All United States Treasury Cert
ficates Of Indebtedness of Series V-K.
dated May /, 1919 and maturing Oct
Z. 1919, are hereby called for redemp-
tion on Sept. Is. 1919, at par and
accrued interest pursuant TO the pro-
vision contained in the certificates
On September Is. 1919, interest on all
certificates of said series will cease
to accrue"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
TWO FIRES
Three Barns Burned. One i'm Alma
Threatening Bad Blaze.

Within twenty-four hours from
Sunday evening, three barns were
burned, one in Alma and two on the
farm of viii Nanderbeck, a few miles
north of the city. The one in Alma
on the Peter Shift property on
Woodworth avenue for a time threat
ened Alma with one of the most dis
asterous blazes since the Pollasky
fire of few years ago.
The fire department was called to
the Shift property late Sunday even
ing, where blaze had started in the
barn at the rear of the property from
some unknown cause. Although the
department responded quickly to the
alarm, the fire had gained a good
headway, and was threatening the
entire row of barns and garages
along. the alley, and it was only with
the greatest of difficulty on the part
of the department that the flames
were confined to the one barn. The
loss from the fire will be only few
hundred dollars, due to the excellent
work of the fire laddies.
Because of the fire electrical serv-
ice was off for some hours Sunday
evening, and number of telephones
were out of order that evening and
Monday, because of the fact that one
of the large cables from the former
Bell Office had been burned through.
Monday afternoon two large barns
and silo on the farm of Will Van
derbeek, north of Alma caught fire
and burned to the ground in spite of
every effort to eXtinguish the flames.
The loss will reach several thousand
dollars.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
MARRIED TUESDAY
Well known Ball Player United in
Marriage To Marquette Lady.

Tuesday morning at st. Mary's
Catholic church in this city. Miss
Anna Abenstein of Marquette. was
quietly married to Mr. Rolo Baum
of this city, only Felix Chouinard and
Miss Evangelne Sawkns being pres
ent, when Rev. Father Ninrichter
spoke the words which united their
lives.
Mrs. Baum has for several years
past been one of the most popular
and highly regarded young ladies OF
Marquette, where she has lived for
some years. Mr. Baum came 70
Alma this spring as a member of the
Republic baseball team and has
gained wide circle of friends dur
ing the short time that he has been
in this city.
1t is the intention of Mr.. and Mrs.
Baum to make Alma their future
home
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
TO GRAND RAPIDS
American Legion Convention to be
Held October l3. II and -.

The state convention of the Amer
lean Legion will be held at Grand
Rapids, October -, Il and Is. All ex-
service men of the world war are in
vited to this gathering, regardless Of
whether they are members of the le-
gion. At least 5000 men who wore
the uniform during the late war are
expected at Grand Rapids at this. the
first state wide reunion of the sold
iers.
Matters of interest and Importance
to every soldier will be discussed.
AT the same time there will be many
entertaining features during the
three days. Special provisions have
been made for accommodation of all
visitors. Among the speakers ex-
pected are Theodore Roosevelt and
others Of national reputation
The American Legion already has
become tremendous factor in the
nation. Local organizations are be-
ing formed everywhere. The state
convention at Grand Rapids will be
one of the biggest held anywhere
this fall. All local associations of
soldiers who have not yet arranged
to attend this convention are asked
to get into communication with How
ard {. Brink, Grand RAPIDS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
ALMA COLLEGE To
OPEN WEDNESDAY
PRESBYTERIAN Institution l. En-
pecting Large Attendance
This Year.
JOHNSON GIVES ADDRESS
Alma Man, Superintendent of Public
instruction. Will Speak
Here.

One of the largest entering
classes in the history Of Alma coll
lege is being expected when the
Presbyterian institution opens its
doors for the fall semester on
Wednesday, September II, and all in
dications are that the college will en-
JOY the best year in its history.
This is expected, of course TO
bring the total enrolment Of the col
lege to a high figure. and it will be
very surprising if there are not over
two hundred students entered. This
promises to make the attendance in
keeping with the three best years
that the college has had, and there
is more than a slim possibility that
attendance figures may establish
new high mark with the coming year.
In addition to the entering class
and those who were in college last
year who are returning, there are a
number Of former students, who have
been in the service of their country
during the past year or two. who
are again to enter college here. This
VIII also prove an aid IN swelling
the attendance figures.
The first chapel service of the year
Will be held on Wednesday morning,
at which time a special speaker,
whose name has not yet been an
nounced, will make an address to the
students.
The enrolment for the classes
will be started ON Monday and will
continue through Tuesday The early
enrolment has been planned so that
the class work may be started
promptly on Monday
The assurance was received this
morning that T +. Johnson, Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction for
Michigan, would be present at the
first chapel service Of the year
Wednesday to give the opening adj
dress to the students of the college.
The Hon. T +. Johnson is a graduate
Of Alma college, and he is certain 20
receive hearty welcome from
friends of the institution next week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
PONTIAC CAMP HERE

Saturday evening the Pontiac en-
campment No. IL, came to Alma to
put on the royal purple degree to a
class of twenty-one |. O. O. f. mem
bers, there being ffty-two in the
party from that city. After a most
enjoyable evening at the hall, during
which refreshments were served, the
visitors were entertained for the
night by various members Of the
lodge.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
SAGINAW FAIR
Saginaw County Fair Will Open
Monday. September -.

The great Saginaw fair, known all
over the state as "Michigan's biggest
county fair" is now only ten days
away. 1t is not only Michigan's big
gest county fair, but has grown to
be the second fair in Michigan. being
exceeded in attendance. scope. vari-
ETY. and extent of exhibits, and prem
ums paid, only by the Michigan state
fair. The fair opens on Monday.
September 22 and continues full
week
The entire week will be crowded
with interesting features for each
day and many persons will attend
every day throughout the week. Mon
day, September %, will be Child
ren's day and for this day some 30
600 special tickets have been pro-
vidcd for all the children Of the coun-
ty and and city schools, public and
parochial.
Wednesday, September "a. will be
Merlin Grotto day, when the Grotto
members of this section will be es-
pecially entertained The following
day, Thursday, VIII be X. of c. dav.
when the K. of c. Of central Michi-
gan will be the guests of the fair.
Friday will be Shriners' day. and the
10000 Shriners from all parts of
Michigan will enjoy the big fair and
contribute to its life.
Saturday, September 9th will be
Patriotic day, when all the soldiers
and sailors are cordially invited to be
guests of the fair. A special patrio-
tic entertainment program is being
arranged. There will be patriotic
addresses, a daylight fireworks pro-
gram costing $4,000 and other
features all inviting to make a big
day of fun. frolic and amusement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
ENJOYING RAPIDLY
GROWING BUSINESS
Maxwell Manufacturing Com
pany of This City Must Have
4 New Building.

The Maxwell Manufacturing COM
pany of this city, which is an out
growth of the Barnes Garden Fur
niture company, taken over in June
by Floyd Maxwell, has been enjoying
a most healthy increase in business,
which is now demanding that the
floor space of the plant at the foot
Of State street be increased in size
in the immediate future, or that
some other arrangement be made in
order that the business may proper
~ be taken care of.
In the estimation of Mr.. Maxwell
the company is now in need of more
than twice the room which it now has
in the present structure, which is 2S
feet in width by so feet in leng IN.
So great has been the increase in
business at the plant that Mr.. Max
well has increased the number of
machines to such an extent that the
plant is lacking in space. When the
plant was taken over there was only
one man employed in addition to the
proprietor, while now five are en-
ployed.
Mr. Maxwell is casting about now
for suitable room for a new plant.
and hopes to be able to procure prop
erty Immediately adjacent to the
present plant, which gives him many
advantages from location, which
could not be found elsewhere. In
case ground can be secured. he is
contemplating on moving the present
structure, and making it into a
storage house and to construct "A
new building. He has in mind two
types of buildings, one a frame struc-
ture 40xS0 feet and a building two
stories in height, constructed Of
brick
At the present time Mr. Maxwell
has contract to furnish parts for
5000 washing machines, has a CON
tract for rustic furniture which will
go to Akron, Ohio, a great amount
of cabinet work and considerable
pattern work. OF late he has been
offered a contract for the pattern
work of a large manufacturing COM
pany in a nearby city.
Within the past few weeks Mr..
Maxwell has been invited by the Mt.
Pleasant Board of Trade to locate in
that city, and he has also received
similar representation from a mum
ber of Flint concerns. Mr.. Maxwell
believes that suitable ground can be
obtained near his present quarters
and if it can be secured at reason
able figure, offers to move elsewhere
will probably go unheeded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-09-11
REALIZE STRENGTH

The Saginaw Aces, champions of
the Michigan-Ontario league race
which has been brought to an end
got a good taste of what might have
happened had they scheduled series
with the Republics, when Buck
Freeman of the Republics pitched the
Saginaw team to victory Sunday
against Battle Creek, in the game
which the Aces needed to win the
championship.
Freeman held the Battle Creek nine
to seven scattered hits and did not al
low a run until after the Aces had
piled up a six run lead. Freeman
contributed two hits to the Aces
total and scored one of the Saginaw
runs.