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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Body Expected
Here Tonight

The body of Corporal George w.
Myers Of the Red Arrow Division,
who was killed in action in France in
July of 1913, is expected to arrive in
Alma tonight, it is believed. The
body was shipped from Hoboken yes
terday and was due in Detroit this
morning.
Up to the time of going to press
DR.. Charles f. Dubois, commander of
the Legion post here, which is named
in honor of Myers, had received no
word as to the time of the funeral,
which will not be set until Myers par
ents, who now reside near Jackson,
are heard from. 1t is not improbable
however, that the funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
SOME HAIL STONES

We enter a plea Of guilty, Mr.. Del
avan. In reading proof last week it
was not noticed that one had slipped
into the linotype slug ahead of the 4,
so when mention was made of the
hail stones in the storm of II years
ago, they were made large, like the
fish some people almost catch. The
hail stones, it was made to read, were
II inches long by or 3 inches wide.
Instead it should have read 4 inches
by 2 or 3 inches wide.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Campbell NOU
Chief of Police

Tuesday evening James Campbell,
acting chief of police, was made per-
menent chief of police for the balance
of the year.
Mayor Charles r. Murphy made the
appointment of Campbell as the per-
manent chief, and by motion of p. w.
Creaser and Albert j. Archer, which
was carried by the commission, the
appointment was quickly confirmed.
Campbell has been acting in the
capacity of chief Of police for the
past two months, having been given
the temporary appointment in May,
when the annual appointments of the
city officials were made.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Vas 1t Your Girl
Who Was There

The other night at late hour,
while driving in a lonely place on the
road, our automobile lights flashed
upon another automobile in which
were a boy and girl. The auto in
which they were seated had been
driven out to the side Of the road
evidently to get out of sight as much
as possible.
One could not help but wonder if
the mother of this girl had any idea
about where her daughter was at
that hour Of the night, or if she cared.
Much Of the evil and shame which
comes to girls in their teens, is due
in a great measure TO the fact that
parents are not careful enough in
knowing where their daughters are
and what company they are in. If
mothers are not concerned, of course
it is hardly the business of others to
butt in, although it is something to
be deplored by all who care for the
moral tone of the community.
There is so much badness in the
world naturally, so much that is
wrong, that one dislikes seeing the
innocent treading the path that means
ruin in the end. Every mother who
has been given daughters as jewels
to grace her motherhood, should re-
gard them as she would the most
precious gems, and her principal bus
mess should be to see that they are
not sullied, and that they do not be-
come, unknown to her, jest for the
cvil-minded and a pity for good men
and women.
There may have been no harm in.
tended by this young couple, but il
was not the place nor the hour al
night that the careful mother would
wish her daughter to be in.
One day last week, it might be
mentioned in this connection, sever
young girls, six of whom are said Il
have been under sixteen years of age
were taken before an Alma justice
Three were said to have been di
seased. All of them had apparently
been in company that they should no
have been in.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Vocational Board
Worker Was Here

III. w. Noyes Of the Federal Board
Of Vocational Education, who was in
Alma, July IL, handling the claims of
former disabled service men regard
ing vocational training emphasized
the fact that a man is not ineligible
to training because his discharge
gives no evidence Of disability. If
a man has compensable disability
he is entitled to traininS If man
has disability that is a handicap to
him at his pre-war occupation he need
not even draw compensation. If the
disability can be traced to service in
the u. S. forces he is entitled TO
training.
The board has many cases where
men refused compensation and train
ing, believing themselves cured of
their disability only to find later that
their injury was much greater than
they believed.
The Board is a government agency
organized TO train former service men
who have become disabled through
service The training includes any
school, or business limited only by the
ability of the applicant. A man who
has handicap is allowed $50 to 500
a month plus additional money for
dependents, in lieu Of his compensa-
tion during his training period. Men
who. have no handicap do not receive
training pay, but get the training
free. Their compensation however
continues
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Grape Rot Is
Threatening Crop

Grape Black Rot is all set to infect
the Michigan crop this year, and
fruit men face heavy loss if rainy
weather occurs in the latter part of
July, according to G. II. Coons, plant
pathalogist at the Michigan Agricul-
tural College.
"Recent field work in Southwestern
Michigan shows us that Grape Black
Rot may be serious this year." says
Coons. Especial attention must be
given to timely and thorough spray
ing if loss is to be kept down. Control
of Black Rot is accomplished by use
of Bordeaux mixture. To he most
effective this should be applied before
rainy spell, rather than after it. The
disease spreads during wet, muggy
weather, and the spray should be put
on to protect the crop during tn,
danger period"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
COUNTY CLUB CHAMPS
HOLD MEET AT NJ A q

More than 125 county champions in
Michigan Bays and Girls club work
gathered at NJ. A. c. last week for
their annual conference. All the bows
and girls who attended "Club Week.
won the xight to take part in the
gathering by virtue of winning high
honors in local competition along diff
ferent lines Of club activities.
A visit with Governor Groesbeck al
the state capitol, big complimentary
banquet given by the state board of
agriculture, and swims in the college
pool were features of the weeks pro-
gram, which included international
meetings on different lines of the
club work program. The meeting was
held under the direction of r. A
Turner, state leader of boys anc
girls. club work under the NJ. A..C
Extension Division.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Wool Pool Is
Bigger Than 1920

The Michigan State Farm Bureau
wool pool is growing like a great
SNOWFALL as the pooling campaign
continues, says the farm bureau wool
department in announcing that the
1921 pool is now four times larger
than was the 1920 pool on June | last.
Close to 100000 pounds have been
pooled Counties everywhere are pill
ing up wool and clamoring for more
wool grading service.
Shiawassee county is cited as an
example of how the pool is going.
Scheduled originally for three days
grading, the growers will now require
13 days service, which means that
they will pool about 100000 pounds
of wool, according to the farm bu-
reau. Clinton, Midland and Living
ston counties have also exceeded all
expectations. Five grading teams are
now in the field visiting five grading
points daily. Their combined grading
capacity is $4,000 pounds of wool a
day. Grading team No. 4 reported 20
teamloads of wool in line at Spring
port at 8 a. m. Friday morning, June
3. Grading teams are to cover the
Upper Peninsula it is announced.
Less than half million pounds OF
the 100000 pound wool of 1920 re-
mains. 1t is being moved rapidly
Some new wool has been sold, the de
partment says, adding that the grad
ers second visit to grading station:
will find sufficient wool of the va
rious grades on hand for carlot ship
ments. Eastern mills are reported
ready to take on Michigan wool il
quantities just as soon as it is avail
able.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCE

A regional conference of Red Cross
officials of the twenty-five counties
in Northeastern Michigan will be held
at the Saginaw County Chapter head
quarters in the Saginaw Armory, July
20. Several Lake Division officials
will be present and very interesting
program is being arranged. These
conferences are open to the general
public and a hearty invitation is ex-
tended to all former Red Cross work
ers to attend.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

AND DAVIS
REELECTED
SUCCEED THEMSELVES AS MEM
BERS OF SCHOOL BOARD AT
MONDAY MEETING.
Boost the Budget
TO Furnish Mix

Otto Sanderhoff and W. G.. Davis
whose terms as members Of the school
board expired at the annual meeting
Monday evening of the voters Of the
district were each reelected to sue
ceed themselves for a term Of three
years, the meeting being one of the
smoothest running sessions that the
voters of the district have held in
some years.
Just one thing of an unusual nature
took place at the meeting, this being
the increasing Of the budget proposed
by the board. An item of $4,000,
was added TO the proposed budget to
care for milk, and soups in the public
schools for the children who are in
need of better nourishment than they
receive.
The meeting was called to order
shortly after 500 p. m., by President
Sanderhoff, who then started the ses-
sion by calling attention to some of
the permanent improvements that
have been made during the past year,
including better radiation in the high
school, the connecting of the Lincoln
school with the high school heating
plant, thereby saving considerable in
fuel bills, the installation Of a manual
training department in the Washing
ton school, the installation of more
sanitary toilets in the buildings, etc.
He also stated that it would be the
aim Of the board TINS year to better
the radiation in the Lincoln, Republic
and Washington schools, and TO make
for better fire protection by the in
stallation of fire hose in the buildings,
and also to better the sanitation con-
ditions in the buildings.
He called attention to the size of
the budget for this year, $115,9S5, a
decrease over the budget Of last year.
He stated that the rate per thousand
for the school tax was $94O as
against about $1l.0O last year.
j. w. Kelder was then called upon
to give the voters of the district a
few ideas as to the conditions in the
schools. He called attention to the
improved educational morale condi-
tions, the high class of the teaching
corps of the public schools, which was
exerting good moral influence on
the students, the building up and inn
proving Of the methods of teaching,
the fine results that were being OBJ
tanned by supervised study, etc. In
calling attention to the results that
are being obtained by supervised
study, he called attention to the fact
that during the five months from
September 1919 to January, 1920, %
per cent of the high school students
failed In one or more subjects, eight
per cent failing in two or more. Dur
ing the first five months of the fol-
lowing school year he said the per-
centage Of those who failed in one
subject had decreased to ii. Only A
per cent failed in two or more sub
jects, cutting the percentage of the
previous year in half.
He also called attention to the
standardized tests by which the pu-
pills were being graded to some extent
and comparisons obtained as to the
school work results that are being
achieved.
superintendent Kelder also called
attention TO the need that Alma's
Continued on page two
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
CHAUT UTAUQUA
TICKETS To
co ON SALE
ALMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
HAS GONE ON RECORD AS
FAVORING THE EVENT.
Organization Has
Pledged Cooperation

1t is expected that the season tick
cts for the 1921 Redpath Chautauqua,
which will be in Alma from August
to II, will go on sale this week,
committee meeting having been called
TO arrange for the sale Of the paste
boards.
The Chautauqua, as has been the
case in past years, is guaranteed by
the signatures of about one hundred
residents of the city, and they, for the
greater part at least, will be asked to
aid in the sale Of the season tickets,
it is expected.
That the Chautauqua is we'll
worth while enterprise in the COM
munity is easily shown from the
pledge. Of cooperation and support
which has been given TO the affair
by the Alma Chamber of Commerce.
Professor j. T. Ewing of the Chau-
tauqua-L -Lyceum committee received
the following letter from II. f. Reece,
secretary Of the Chamber Of
Commerce giving the pledge:
July 6, 1921
Prof. !. T. Ewing,
3l5 Grant Ave,
Alma, Mich.
Dear Sir:
The following motion was passed at
the last meeting Of the Board of Di-
rcctors of the Alma Chamber of Com
merce and is transmitted to you for
your information:
"Moved by Director Washburn,
supported by Director Wright that
the entire Chamber of Commerce give
the 1921 Chautauqua the most hearty
cooperation and support. Carried"
I Trusting this years Ghautauqua
will prove the most successful ever
held here, we are
+ ~ Yours very truly,
Alma Chamber Of Commerce
u 1.I nna II. +. Reece, Sec'y-Mgr.
1t is expected that at its meeting
tonight the Merchants Bureau of the
Alma Chamber of Commerce will take
up the matter of making the Chautau-
qua week Homecoming week in
Alma. There has been considerable
agitation in this regard of late be-
cause it is felt that the attractions
offered during this week are of such
a high class, in lectures, dramas, and
musical events, that it would be a
most fitting time to entertain old
residents Of the city, and friends and
relatives of those who reside here.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14
Conference at
College Interesting

That interest in the Alma Summer
conference of young people and sun
day School workers of the Presbyter-
ian Church is continuing unabated, is
shown from the fine attendance at the
conference, which is being held this
week at Alma College under direction
of the various boards Of the Presby-
terian church.
A deep interest is being shown in
the work by those who are in attend
ance, as is clearly indicated by the
discussions of the various questions
and the close attention that is being
given to the lectures on various
phases of Sunday school work, par
ticularly in organization, and in the
lectures on home and foreign missions
and in missionary work.
The various boards Of the Prcsby-
terian church, which are interested in
the conference, have SPECIALISTS in va
rious lines here as instructors, in adj
dition to well known church and Sun
day school workers Of the state. Rev.
Willis l.. Gelston and Professor Roy
Hamilton of Alma College are among
the instructors at the conference,
which opened on Monday and comes
to a close the last Of the week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Robert Notestein Of Saginaw spent
Monday in Alma on business, and
while here visited at the home of his
parents, Professor and Mrs. f. n.
Notestein.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Your grocer sells Butternut Bread
and you as one of his customers
want the best.-00-Sw.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Pies and Cakes made by the Model
Bakery are fair in price, of good
taste and best quality. We invite
inspection Of our bakery.-00-Sw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot" Strand
Sunday advertisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-07-14

Bells Hawaiians Coming.-adver-
tisement.
Arizona republican., 1921-08-30
'GODLESS MEN' 1T
 THE STRAND TODAY

Bringing to the city what is with out question the strongest drama of the sea ever written, the Strand an- nounces the three days engagement starting today of Goddess Men," adapted from Ben Ames Williams noted story, Black Paw1" Those who have read the story will need no better recommendation of it's value as picture than the narrative itself. To those who have not read the book, suffice 1t to say that there has never been a picture filmed that incorporates such a vivid tale of the deep as is unfolded in this master picture directed by Reginald Barker and released as a Goldwyn super special Every character required an actor of the widest experience-there has perhaps not been d picture made in years that demanded as much from each player as Goddess Men"- and that accounts for the invinciblc cast which will be found in the lineup. Realistically the production is a positive revelation. dramatically 1t is a towering giant of strength and broad master strokes of vividness and ] tenseness.
 There are scenes in Goddess Nen" which hold everyone il the audience positively spellbound, there are mo- intnlS dui lti6 tIe dflolQIHcnl when V pin may be heard through the entire audience. There are other scenes which will literally bring the re- viewer to the edge of his seat in excitement. there is a romance as tender as was ever incorporated in a fiction story, and there is the element of the fascinating briny deep that ab- solutely awes one with the extent to which it has been carried. Black Pawl." known as the sternest skipper on the seven seas, is ably portrayed by Russell Simpson. whose work in The Branding Iron" "The Barrier'' and others of the outstanding screen dramas will be instantly recalled by | all who saw those master works. James Mason as Red Pawl." the son, gives a wonderfully impressive inc lterpretation of a difficult character ization. Helene Chadwick and Irene Rich comprise the feminine members cast numbering such players as Alec B. Francis. Lionel Belmore. John Bowers and Robert Kortman-
 Goddess Men, among the realistic
 scenes includes what has been re- viewed as the greatest fight to reach
 the screen since The Spoilers" the
 most vivid storm scene to ever bs
 caught by the lens. and dramatic | ciimaxes that absolutely began worded descriptions The produc-
 tfon will be screened without advance in prices and will be augmented by {
 specially selected lineup of added specials
Arizona republican., 1921-08-30
Market News
[RepubIlean A. p. Leased wlrel


 NEW YORK, Aug. 29-Collapse of the securities for the Interborough Rapid Transit company and related issues in consequence of receiver ship proceedings against that system was the feature of today's stock market.
 Losses of F to points were reg istered by the shares and bonds with parent company. Manhattan elevated under guaranteed long lease with In terborough, sustained an extreme de- cline of nearly 10 points.
 Other issues, notably Studebaker. Chandler, sugars, feathers and chem icals, as well as shares of the mo- tion picture, mail order and textile groups again suffered from liquida- tion and short selling, but leaders of the oil equipment. steel and railway divisions strengthened.
 Features of the constructive side were represented mainly by General Electric, Baldwin Locomotive, Trans continental and Granger transporta- tions and Mexican Petroleum The latter, however, forfeited more than half its gain in the realizing move ment of the last hour. Sales 400, COG shares. Additional July statements of earnings by important rails were mixed. but the tendency was toward betterment. Western terminals re- ported an increase. due chiefly tc further reduction of local bank loans call money on the exchange main tained at five per cent although against lending at 51z per cent out | side. Time quotations were un- 1 changed, but in freer supply for the short maturities. Sterling and al | continental exchanges were higher Dutch, Scandinavian and Greek bill! showing appreciable gains. Mark. failed to reflect impending additiona i separations payments at this center Other fractions were adversly af | fected by the break in Interboroughs Liberty issues and similar foreigi | flotations were irregular. Total sales par value. sS,350000.
 CHICAGO BOARD 1 CHICAGO, Aug. 29-Wheat openes moderately active today. The star was x to Ac higher with Septembe | at sl21%; December at $1.23A an' May at si.261s.t There was fair buy ing by commission houses with offer ings light. May sold at a new higl I on the crop. The buying proved t be not very enthusiastic and part o l the upturn was lost, the dip bein due to selling by cash interests an Il houses with southwestern connec I tions but offerings were rapidly ab sorbed and the market rallied quick ly. Trading was not large.
 At the end of the first hour price
 were 1 Ac to 1 1zc above the opening. I Corn opened steady unchanged { shade off. There was fair trad'
 following the predictions of large re
 ceipts but the prices remained 1
 narrow limits. Opening prices wer
 54ss @54Ac for September; 54s 54ss for December and 5S1s for Ma, Oats followed corn at the openinl which was unchanged from Satur | days close, with September 347s O @3
 December 37A q3s%, and May | 42A.
 sl A small advance in the live ho [ market tended to steady provisions
Arizona republican., 1921-08-30
An7usenents
SHAM" ENDS STAY :.
 AT R|A[TO TODAY

Ethel Clayton finishes her en- gagement with the final screenings at the Rialto today of sham" her latest Paramount feature and inci- dentally one of the most thorough ly enjoyable pitures this beautiful cinema temple has screened since its opening Sham" is delightfully."- different, scintillating with the most brilliant comedy, and punctuated by snappy, zestful titles and charming action. It reaches a plane of screen perfection that reflects a naturalness seldom equalled and never excelled by the silent art
 Ethel C1ayton's role is that of a young society girl who is beset or all sides by creditors. who is striv- ing to maintain her social standing while all the time she is hanging by thread. with the bankruptcy couri yawning like a chasm below her 'Sham'-everything in her life is z sham; her friends are the shallow parasites of the social whirl; ambi. tion is wrapped up solely in her de. sire for social supremacy; she live. by her wits. All is false, even tn, marriage which she is contemplat. ing and which looks to be the onl, salvation from her difficulties is onl, sham, the groom to be an impossibl, lounge lizard. But then the crisis i reached. A stalwart son of the nev west arrives on the scene. This yount chap is in the employ of the catti king who claims the distinction O being the father of the lizard tn girl is considering in the marriag pact. The arrival of this handsom rough and ready westerner turn the entire course of events and iron that point on Sham is a rapid fire vigorous comedy drama of the high est order
 Ethel Clayton's supporting com | pany includes Theodore Roberts Walter Hiers, Sylvia Ashton, Hele Dunbar. Clyde Fillmore and other o the most notable of the Paramoun players The added attractions ar the Toonerville Trolley company an the Hearst News. Tomorrow start the engagement of Fatty Arbuckl in his Paramount success, ''Th
 Travelling Salesman"