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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
2TY YEARS TOO LATE

One cold last week there knock at the back
door and whe opened, ntelgent-looking thinly
clad man, pa age, said Lady get bite to eat
I'm hungry money and have been out of work until
am just fla am not used to this but have to do it
this morning"
He was invited in and given breakfast The hot coffee
1ade him laxative and presently he went Got college
here Well those young buffers having the time
their lives right and don't know it. College helps some
elbows and makes fools of Others Makes them lazy know
they not willing do real honest work Some fell
college with the idea of doing something worth while
md because they have good time at the expense
Of the old folks Some of EN- spend their time to advantage and
fool away Time will tell the story of what they will do
the world. It's to each one of them, you know.
81 had college education finished high school and
year military academy I've always been good Garner
big money good lea of the time but have also been
free spender Got along alright though until was took sick
about three Am not in the best of shape yet
Hadn't counted sickness here am this morn
ng sixty years old begging breakfast of stranger Say
could have to this forty it might have set me
thinking time for might have had enough to heed
and things would have been lot different with me
wouldn't be begging bread in strange place.
Funny how little thinking do anyway. I've earned
ough money, and wasted ALL so needn't be here But
late because didn't learn to do the right kind of think
forty years ago I'd like to tell those young ducks how i'm
it is to learn to think straight and always act the
quare guess they'd only laugh at and call old
failure if did And probably they wouldn't understand that
failed tired cold and hungry today needessy because
didn't learn to think straight forty and make the
of opportunities when had the chance that they
having t... ~
Queer isn't it, how folks learn to think forty years
too late But then learn think at ALL The
."t bright for these days, but must be jog
ing h oDnethng turns pretty Maybe can
find job where Thank lady, for being kind to an
old man." t..N
The door closed and he passed into world of cold hard
facts, strage in strange land cold and with his
hunger only temporarily appeasd not knowing where he could
sleep that because he had learned to think forty
too late. sk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Proclamation
BY the Governor

ooh, that man would praise the
Lord for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of
men,"
In accordance with the custom
long ago established by our faith
ers, it is entirely fitting that, at
this season Of the year, we should
set apart a day of thanksgiving to
Almighty God, the source of all
good, for the manifold mercies and
blessings that are ours.
There is an old legend which
says there are two angels whose
duty it is to bear from earth the
prayers of men. One is the angel
Of Requests and the other the an
gel of Thanksgiving. Each carries
large basket as he flies from
place to place, listening at the
doors of prayer-closets. The an
gel of Requests soon has his bas-
kets filled and heaped up with the
supplications of men, but the angel
of Thanksgiving, after going all
his rounds, has only few little
hymns Of gratitude in the bottom
of his basket.
Perhaps this fancy is truer than
we suppose. People murmur and
find fault much oftener than they
rejoice and give thanks; but, as we
look back over the past year, we
have abundant reason for Thanks
giving in our individual lives, as a
State, and as a Nation. A suffi-
cient harvest has been gathered
and we are assured of sustenance
for man and beast. Our people, as
rule have been sober and stead
fast, honest and Industrious. No
other land has been so highly fav-
ored as our own. We have still
graver problems to solve, but,
gaining courage from the exper-
fence of the past, we may go for
ward in hope and confidence,
guided and blessed by the Provi-
dence of God.
Therefore, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me as Governor
of the State of Michigan, | hereby
join the President of the United
States in designating Thursday,
November "a, 1921, as day of
Thanksgiving and Prayer.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State, this tenth
day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-one, and of the
Commonwealth the eighty-fifth.
Alex J. Groesbeck, Governor.
BY the GOVERNOR, t..
Charles j. DeDand, r, } -
} 70 Secretary @sstate. Z l-s =
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17

Spend Thanksgiving Day with us
at the Strand.-"The Old Nest"
advertisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Standard Fruits
Urged for State

That the reputation of Michigan
fruit depends upon Standardization
on few varieties that can be grown
successfully in the state, is the opin-
ion of w. c. Dutton, horticultural
specialist, at the Michigan Agricult-
ural College, Lansing. Fruit growers
in Michigan have found that they are
growing far too many varieties of
apples, and special committee, COM
posed jointly of men from the State
horticultural Society and the horti-
cultural department at Nj. A. c., is
preparing report upon standard va
rieties which will be presented at the
annual meeting of the Horticultural
Society in Grand Rapids December
to 8.
Recent apple shipments totaling
! sixty cars were made from one point
in the state" says Dutton, eighty
varieties being included in the ship
ments. Borrowers themselves have
found that this is wrong, and an eff
fort will ,be made to standardize on
good varieties-preferably those that
can be grown better in Michigan than
Iarywhere else.
- There should be two lists Of va
rieties from which to ehoose--one for
the grower who will. raise large guam
titles of a few varieties and ship in
car lots, and one for the grower who
sells on a local market and wishes a
succession Of varieties over the long
est possible period. Conditions are so
diversified in Michigan, however, that
the same varieties cannot be recon-
mended for all parts of the state.
Such list would have to be divided
into districts" 5r
Reports given by the special COM
mttee at the state meeting of Horti-
cultural Society are expected to pro-
vide basis for solving this problem
Of standardization.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Z '1ukQ fdfessl
Contemporaries
THE COST OF sTRIKEs

Herbert Ssn1l6, president of the
English eesi miners recently said;
.'The war 1sft the coal miners with an
exaggeEsted sense Of their power.
Today the miners are paying the
price of their folly in misery and
lidleness." At woutdsbe well if all the
labor leaS3ess in THIS country had this
clear vision OF What strikes cost.
There may be conditions so adverse
to wage earners that they are JUST
fled in striking. But to use the strike
as a common weapon defeats it's own
ends.
A strike is essentially the same
thing as making war. When you
make war, you try to force some
other group of people to accept your
point of view. But it is terribly de
structive and usually hurts most
those who resort to. the weapon of
force. They that take the sword
shall perish with the swordy the
Holy Scriptures said, and the same
thing has proved true many times
with the strike.
If wages are increased through
strikes, the gain does not come out VT
capital, but it is added to the price
of goods and services. If goods and
services are thereby are put, up. the
mass of the people can not buy them
freely, and unemployment results.
The unemployment of the year 1921
was the direct result of the strikes of
1919 and 1920, which put up prices of
goods so high that the public could
not buy them, so that the factories
had to shut down. If the labor trou-
bles of the former years could have
been settled by arbitration, prices
never would have gone so high, and
business would have run along with
out much break.
Public sentiment has forced the
railroad union chiefs to call off their
proposed strike. If they are tempted
later to quit work in protest at the
DEGREES that may be made by the rail
road labor board, they will,do well to
remember that the public feels that
the men who work in any such vital
industry as railroading, should give
continuous service and submit all
grievances to fair arbitration. = st.
Johns News.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Key Men Tied Close
TO Dodge Brothers

Fred J. Haynes, president, and John
Ballantyne, treasurer, the key execu-
tives of Dodge Brothers. have just
entered into an iron-clad contract
with that company covering long
period of years. The announcement
is intended to set at rest at once and
for all time thoughts that there is the
slightest chance Of change in Dodge
Brothers, either in ownership or man
agement
Ever since the passing of the foun-
ders, John F. and Horace T.. Dodge,
the future of the big business has
been the subject Of speculation. It's
splendid standing in the commercial
world, the great record of its achieve
ment and its golden future, with al
most limitless possibilities, naturally
made mouths water and tongues scat
.er rumors wherever wseacres fore
gathered.
But the stories and rumors, flatter-
ing as they were, became annoying to
the owners of the business-the only
ones who were not consulted in the
proposed disposition of it. Dodge
Brothers management grew weary of
denying each crop of rumors as they
periodically appeared. The action
just taken by the board of directors,
therefore, is in the nature of final
answer.
Dodge Brothers are producing 500
cars every working day and are be-
hind on their orders.--Reprinted from
Automobile Topics. October %, 1921.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
THE PEOPLE SHOULD SAY

The results of the in Europe have put the nations Of
he earth position favorable to the of
Europe in position to make trouble for Great Britain There
nation in position to make aggressive against the
United States There is nation in position to make
aggressive st Japan These the three and the only
great nation ming naval establishments of sufficient
magnitude a requiring naval cooperation That
being true why any nation should maintain
military Mt other than that necessary for ordinary
defense. is fear of aggression on the part of
other of tbs eauDg Britain and Japan
the United States upon certain important international
eaons they should be able agree then will be entirely
racticabe agree upon limitation of with result
Mt reduction in national expenditures the release of consider
ole wealth and power for utilization in industrial instead
military activities and lifting the burden of taxation from
ne people who have reached the limit.
Knowing this to be true the people of the various nations
represented at the ornaments conference will watch with deep
interest the attitude each nation take with particular ref
to the effect that attitude have upon reaching u
nate If the representatives of nation
Justly in the of the effort limit ornaments
hey will be held accountable merely by the people
aons but by the people of their nation WELL The
mand for reduction of the cost of from
oadom but from the rank and file of the citizenship
important nations bearing burden
most destructive taxation.
President Harding voiced the sentiment practically all
people of the world when he expressed the
through conference of the representatives nations
ment upon plan by which the competition in armament
hecked Those who stand the way of the accomplishment
that DESIRE if such there be, will have difficulty
explanations which will be satisfactory their home people
the conference Now the time to fix these
and the people who the bills should have the say.
the disarmament in accomplishing
all that the newspapers predict that may accomplish
the major part of it, then there is hope that the world
the able pay off its debts get squared away
time and enter upon of world prosperity and world
betteen that will make for the future good entire
human well for their happiness and benefit
Lazir> - inertia hard to you any
symptoms better start campaign
fore you have fixed habit to combat. 49, = ..
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
SCRIPTURE
III Kings 6:I-6

And the sons of the prophets said
unto Elisha, Behold now, the place
where we dwell with thee is too
straight for us.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jor-
dan, and take thence every man a
beam, and let US make us a place
there, where we may dwell. And he
answered, go we.
And one said, Be content, | pray
thee, and go with thy servants, and
he answered | will go.
So he went with them, and when
they came to Jordan, they cut down
wood
But as one was telling a beam, the
axe head fell into the water: and he
cried, and said, alas master, for il
was borrowed
And the man of God said. Where
fell it? And he showed him the place.
And he cut down stick, and cast it
in thither; and the iron did swim.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17

Safety pins can be traced back to
the Fifteenth century r. c., when pins
were made of bone and bent over.
shaped like the modern safety pins.
Many OF them have been found In
graves OF that period. Since then the
safety pin has passed through many
changes and been made of various
metals. An average Of 100000 gross
OF safety pins are now manufactured
yearly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17

itan papers followed-they did not
lead. That they fought valiantly may
be conceded, but they came in when
they saw which side was backed by
the people. The press exerts a power,
and that editor who permits his power
to be exerted in the exploiting of
crime, making heroes of criminals,
covering wrong doings with a glamor
and placing halo about the head of
some fellow whose place is in the
electric chair, is disgrace to the
honored profession. The power for
good should be the only power the
press should use.-St. Lous Leader.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Two Juuular Veins.

There are two jugular veins on each
side Of the neck. The external jugular
veins are just beneath the skin and
convey the blood from the external
portions Of the head and neck to the
heart. while the internal jugular veins
carry the blood from the lateral sinus
TO the heart.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Alma Ten Years
Ago This Week

William Sloan. a highly respected
resident Of Pine River township,
passed away. He had been a resi-
dent of the county for nearly fifty
years.
Olvet College won the annual bat
tie from Alma College, 8 to 6.
The annual Alumni banquet of the
Detroit Alumni of Alma College was
held and Stanley Graves was elected
president of the Detroit organization.
An item shows that Alma College
defeated the University of Detroit
football team 90 TO o. Some differ
ent than this year, when the Detroit
ers boast of one of the strongest ag-
gregations in the country.
The school board here asked the
taxpayers of the school district for a
new high school building, and esti-
mated the cost Of the structure at
$4,000.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30
Laughter May
Drive Bull Fights
Out of Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April 1.-(By
MaiD--A question seriously con-
sidered here is whether bull fights
are to be laughed out OF Mexico
through the introduction OF the
"toros bufos" (comicsl bull fights.)
Serious chroncilers Of the Mexi-
can amusement are concerned by
the fact that a company OF Spanish
buffoons has Just finished ser
fes of comic fights here with
record attendance and attracting al
most as much interest as. the ser
ious conflicts in which the best
matadors in the game have ap-
peared
They were further agitated when
six grils announced themselves as
"toreadoras" and. on a Sunday af-
ternoon, succeeded in dispatching
six bulls while their clown COM
panions amused the crowd with an
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30
tics burlesquins every bull fighter

tics buriesauing every bull fighter
known to the game.
what Is to become OF the no.
BILE sport CT bull fighting" in
auired one writed, ~, first OF all.
clowns are allowed to make It APP
pear ridiculous and then senoritas
are permitted to enter the arena
and attempt show OF skill?"
/ American visitors to Mexico gem
,erally find more enjoyment in the
comical fights than In the regular
games. In the former no horses
are used although the bull Ia event
ually killed. The fighters, who
much skill and athletic
,ability. perform all sorts OF grotes-
que stunts with the animal before
he is dispatched.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30
BUICK BUYERS
MUST ORDER
!. CARS EARLY

Not car in my place and I've
the neatest SHOW room in town." said
Louis Hoagland OF the Buick agency
today. "Bh every one knows Buick
quality anyway.
1T Is not Klamath Falls alone,
the 1921 Buick is In great demand
all over the country and there is a
decided shortage OF these cars, ac-
cording 10 Mr.. Hoagland. He has just
returned from a trip TO San Francisco
and repc MS that Buick dealers in
the California city have long waiting
lists for this years models.
For years the demand has ex-
ceeded the supply, even when Buick
production mounted to over 500 cars
daily. Because OF the material cur
tailment of motor car production this
winter the country faces decided
shortage OF quality cars this season.
The last official registration list
issued by the Motor Vehicle depart
ment OF the state OF California again
gives Buick first place over all cars
selling in this state above $500.
Month after month and year after
year the Buick has gained in sales
until there are over 10000 Bucks
in daily operation in California.
I'VE would urge all prospective
owners TO place their orders at once"
said Mr.. Hcagiand. and even now
we cannot offer immediate delivery
on these cars. We have the promise
OF car load very soon but when We
will be able to get another car is
uncertain
Mr.. Hoagiand reports the automo-
bile business very satisfactory in San
Francisco. and dealers there gener-
ally predict early return to normal
conditions all over the state.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30

American students in architecture.
landscape architecture and engineer
ing will devote their vacation time
TO repairing the devastated regions
Of France. under the direction Of
French Officials
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30

A Minden, Nevada, hotel proprie-
tor, unable to open his safe contain
ing valuables belonging to departing
guests. wired to the Nevada State
prison for a safe expert. A convicted
burglar was sent at once and promp-
tly opened the vault.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30

Advertising pays. Try It and SEQ.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-30

A classified Ad will sell Il.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-27
WILL HAVE THE
POTATO CURING HOUSE

The onward march of the boil
weevil" is making it necessary that
the farmers diversity his crop to aid
in meeting the issue, the sweet pota-
to lends it's enchantment, the curing
and saving OF it has been it's hind
rance. For some time q whisper here
and there has been heard OF making
preparation to save the potato, until
ia few days ago this. this whisper
became audible, when meeting of
Lcesville citizens was held in the
Town Hall and n committee appoint
ed. to make investigation. This COM
mittee did it's duty and made a re-
port of it's findings, and today the
business men of Leesville in session,
determined to build Potato Curing
House, and they now wish to say
through your valuable paper. that the
farmer may plant the Porto Rico
sweet potato with the assurance of
n house in which to cure and save
Fsell them. whether before or after
they are cured.
1t is absolutely essential that for
market purposes the Porto Rico DO
tato be planted, besides it's yield is
more prolific and it's growth more
healthy. ~.
Farmers, learn to quit the one crop
system; begin to diversify-before
ruin stalks at your door.
the assurance that Leesville will have
you a market for them, and a house
in which to cure them.-Leesville
News.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-27
FREE FERTILIZERS

Clemson College. April 15.-The
idea of getting nitrogen from the
air and potash from the soil is being
driven home in series of meetings
in Saluda county under the leader
ship of County Agent j. NJ. Flea
Zer. This county agent reports one
instance In which farmer whose
land was poor to begin with grew 5
crops of bur clover, after which he
produced last season two bales of cot
ton per acre with no fertilizer except
200 pounds of acid phosphate. A
field meeting for the benefit of neigh
boring farmers is to be held on this
farm early in May.
Great interest is manifested in var
ious parts of the state in soil build
ing and many calls are being received
by the Extension agronomist for help
in soil building campaigns. There is
little doubt that legumes are going to
play much more prominent part in
our cropping systems in the future.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-27
SEC. WALLACE Al D. A {
ASKED TO SPEAK
TOEARMERS

Columbia, April 25.--Hon. Henry
C. Wallace. secretary OF agriculture.
has been invited to deliver an address
at the semi-annual meeting of the
South Carolina Divisio., :s the Amer
lean Cotton Association, which will be
held in Columbia at. Craven Hall on
Wednesday, May at noon. Senators
Dial and Smith are urging his accept
ance of the Invitation and definite an
swer is expected within the next few
days.
The meeting on May will be de-
voted to cooperative marketing and
on that day plans for the formation
of a statewide cooperative market
ing association will be outlined. Pre-
limipary meetings have been held in
different sections of the state. and
officials of the association believe that
the people are ready for the cam
paign.
On Tuesday, May 8, a central COM
mittee composed of "a representative
farmers will meet and formulate plans
for the formation of the association.
These plans will be announced at the
meeting on Wednesday.
Every farmer in South Carolina is
invited to the meeting on May and
it is expected to be the biggest meet
ing of farmers ever held in South
Carolina. Fifty delegates have been
named from every county in the state
but everybody Is welcome to the meet
ing whether they are delegates or
not, or whether they are members of
the cotton association or not
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-27
SUGAR CANE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA

Clemson College, April l5.-One
way in which A. Fl. Ward, county
agent of Darlington, is promoting tii-
verSfication is in the encouragem
given to farmers to grow sugar-cane
for sirup. Through it's efforts a great
many farmers will plant small acre
ages In sugar cane. One car of sugar
cane for seed has already been ship
ped in and sold. and a company has
been organized to manufacture cane
:sirup for the farmers. This company
will establish an up-to-date sirup mill
at cost of S5.OO0.0O, and the mapu-
facture Of sirup will be in the hands
of an experienced sirup maker
County Agent Wards slogan is that
every landlord and tenant should
produce sufficient sirup for home use
this year and should save enough seed
for a larger crop next year.
Reports from other county agents
show considerable revival of interest
in the growing of sugar cane in the
lower part of the state, where excel
lent yields of superior quality of
sirup are easily made.
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-27
SIMPLE COMBINATION
HELPS WEAK EYES

Lexington people are astonished at
the quick results produced by simple
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis. ETC.,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash In
one case Of weak and nearsighted
eyes few days use brought great
improvement. IN another case it stop
guarantee small bottle OF Lavoptik
to help any case weak, strained or in
famed eyes. Aluminium eye cup
free. Harmon Drug Co.