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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

be set on EASTERN starderd time after
IL o'clock midni< vii 10, 1922.
and shall continv astern stan
dard time and { u business and
proceedings froms.' = after said date
be commenced and end on eastern
standard time.
The motion prevails.
Commissioner Creaser offers to
amend the above motion:
That the change in time be left to
the vote of the people.
The motion was not supported.
Moved by Commissioner Chick
supported by Commissioner Glass
that contract be entered into for
the construction of combined well
at the water works park.
Ayes: Commissioners Glass, Chick
and Mayor Murphy.
Nays: Commissioner Creascr.
Moved by Commissioner Glass
supported. by Commissioner Creascr
that the request from the Christian
Church to be allowed to construct a
parking space in front Of the church
property be granted and that the
plans therefore be submitted TO the
city manager
The motion prevails.
Moved by Commissioner Chick
supported by Commissioner Glass
that the petitions from the Chamber
of Commerce be received and placed
on file.
The motion prevails.
Petitions received from the Repub-
lie Meteor Truck Co., Swift & Com
pany, Alma College, and others, re-
ating to the change in time in the
.ity of Alma, are placed on file.
Gas Report
March %, 5398; March %, 5271;
March "a, 545.7; March %, 1924;
March 27, 519.S; average for period,
1928 b. T. U. per Gu. #. Required,
$1,000 B. T. u. per Gu. #.
Moved by Commissioner Glass
supported by Commissioner Chick
that the Commission adjourn.
The motion prevails.
Francis c. Hayward, Clerk
Charles r. Murphy, Mayor.
Get a new desk blotter at the
Record office. Coors buff, blue and
green. Price 10.-Advertisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30
VESTABURG

Miss Lulu Searle and John Keller
we're united in marriage by Rev. ].
d. Tanner at his home in Vestaburg
on Wednesday evening, March %
The bride was attended by her sister,
Mrs. Harry Hartman, and the latter's
husband, Hartman, attended the
groom. Mr.. and Mrs. Keller acted
as attendants for Mr. and Mrs. Hart
man, who were married by Rev. Tan
ner last month.
On election day good general din
ner will be served for twenty-five
cents by the Royal Neighbors of YES
taburg, upstairs in the Modern Wood.
men hall. The election is to be held
in the lower part of this hall.-ad-
vertisement.
James Corder and, family, who
have been spending the winter west
of Vestaburg, in the camps, where
Mr. Corder was foreman of the crew
and Mrs. Corder, cook, returned to
their home in Vestaburg last Thurs
day.
The three-act comedy drama, "Star
Bright" will be given at the hall in
Mcbride, Michigan, on Friday even
ing, March 81, by the Junior Class Of
the Vestaburg High School.
Mrs. Rose Scott of ST. Maries, Ida
no, who has been spending the win
ter in Michigan, visiting at the home
Of her brother, J. p. Troop, and with
other relatives and friends, returned
to her home Monday.
Mrs. Jennie Caszett spent from
Saturday until Monday in Elm Hall
attending Free Methodist meetings.
Harvey Fishrer and daughter of
Crystal were here Wednesday visit.
ing at the home Of his father-inlaw.
c. w. Reed.
Mrs. Muriel Upper and daughters
and Mrs. Frank Bolinger spent from
Friday until Sunday evening in Elm
Hall attending the Free Methodist
quarterly meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jolile Howe were in
st. Louis Thursday visiting the lat
ter's daughters, Miss Eva Marvin and
Mrs. Ford Saunders and family.
Harry Horton returned Saturday
coming from Fort Wayne, Ind, where
he has been attending business col
lege.
Miss Doris Nickerson, who has
been spending several weeks visiting
friends in Detroit, and at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Joe Guyman, of To-
ledo, returned home Wednesday.
Miss frankie Davenport went t.
Rivordale Tuesday to work for Mrs
Dewitt Murtaugh.
Herman Smith returned Saturday
evening from Sumner where he went
to see his niece, Mrs. Arthur Manley,
who is quite sick.
Audley Carts spent Saturday in
Alma.
The last number Of the high school
lyceum course will be held at the
Church Of Christ Saturday evening.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30
SpOkes Around
10 The Hub s:

Remodel ArmOry-A committee OF
the Owosso Chamber of Commerce is
seeking to raise $4,000 with which to
remodel the Owosso armory into a
community center building.
Bigger Cheboygan-A bigger and
greater Cheboygan is expected as a
result of the 81 100000 fire that that
city recently suffered. Nearly every
property owner in the business sec
ton of the city, who suffered build
ing loss from the flames, is planning
on erecting better and more costly
structure than the one which. burned.
Nail Punctures Heart-Fred lis
dale, Midland dairyman, lost valu-
able registered Holstein cow last
week, which had been i'll for just a
few days. Examination of the ami
NAL disclosed the fact that death had
been caused by four-inch nail,
which had evidently been eaten by
the cow, and which had worked its
way to the animals heart, which was
punctured.
Former Midland Man-Carl W. Rid
dick, a former Michigan boy, having
lived for some years in Midland, ac-
cording TO the Republican Of that city
Clare May BOnd-At special
meeting of the city council at Clare,
the council voted TO submit $4,000
bonding proposition to the people Of
the city this spring. 1t is planned to
use the fund for the installation Of a
boulevard lighting system, if the vot-
RS approve the measure.
Serious Tax SituatiOn-A serious
situation has arisen in Clare county
from the fact that one-fourth of the
taxes of the county have been return
ed. Leaving out the two cities of the
county, the tax returned will reach
29.S per cent. In one township over
SO per cent of the tax was returned.
Want Radiophone-Mt. Pleasant
Elks are considering the installation
IF a radiophone, which will record for
/ distance of 1000 miles.
Blow Arrcsted-Blowing over in
20 Berrien county, after an alleged
attempt TO kill his wife near st.
Johns, Elmer Blow gave the officers
a hunt before he was located and ar
rested last week on double charge
Of assault with intent to kill and as
sault with attempt to do great bodily
harm less than murder. When ar
raigned he ~vaived examination and
was bound over TO the next term of
court in Clinton county for trial.
Poison fer Marian Bur-
yess sof St. Louis, suffering from a
Dad headache, while in school, went to
The medicine cabinet for an aspirin
tablet. By mistake she took BIZ
chloride of mercury tablet. She be-
came very i'll shortly after and the
mistake was discovered. 1t is believ-
ed she will recover.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30
CITY COMMISSION

Alma, Mich, March %, 1922.
Regular meeting Of the City Com
mission Of the City of Alma in SEES
sion at the council chambers on
above date.
Meeting called to order at 8 o'clock
p. m. by Mayor Charles X. Murphy.
Present: Commissioners Crcascr,
Glass and Chick.
Absent: Commissioner Archer.
There being a quorum present, the
Commission was declared in session.
Minutes Of the preceding regular
meeting were read and approved.
Reading Of bills and claims:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

English Paper-young lady required
ss governess for a little girl aged ten.
As she has unhappily lost leg, II Is
considered that more sympathy will be
shown by lady in similar position;
preference therefore given to SUCH
Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES


A prude 10, q woman who has
failed as a flirt.
You can always count upon a
bad man becoming worse when he
gets rich.
Most Of the things we do would
be done differently II we could
do them over.
The main purpose of pleasure
seemssto be to supply something
Tor the reformers to stop.
Much poetry 10 wasted because
the average reader can't ret what
the poet 10 trying to say.
Judging by the advertising col
umns. the chief concern of men
10 cigarettes and the one thought
OF women ID beautifiers.
Hez Heck says: "Fellers- who
walt fer Job amt got ambition
enough to look fer one"
(Copyrisht. lsaa. By Premier sypdi.
cate, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
Lucy Lowell Reasons" With Man
Who Advises Women Not to
Bother With Brains

aRination. we wonder! We look
backward through the years to a
world where education was not Tor
women, and we see II a bleaker,
harder place than II 10 now. with
less tolerance in II and kindness,
and not nearly % much work done.
And we see the uneducated
woman who lives in it-introspec-
tive. Didn't Jeanne D'Arc turn
her eyes inward before she looked
toward her mission? Wasn't the
half.savage Catherine Of Russia.
who left her impress upon her
country for all time. given to self
study.
Surely, Mr.. Locke. surely. sure
ly you wouldn't have US women
merely pretty figures, bereft Of
souls. as an Eastern people had
us long ago?
"The primal woman il better
than the brilliant and high-strung
woman; better literary material at
least" goes on the writer.
Now, I have glanced through
the daily paper to see what proof
woman and the educated woman
ohu CultuICu WOIIlaH IcListiu piiulaA
enough TO be literary material
which would mean, I suppose.
woman turned tigress when those
they have loved are menaced or
when instinct bends toward ven
geance.
find the face Of Lady Nancy
Astor smiling at me under head.
lines that say she is reelected to
your own Parliament beside the
Thames. Do you know that at all
times, In all places, she is in touch
with her family of boys, and that IL
one OF them il threatened with Ill.
ness or trouble she drops every
thing and flies to him?
Ethel Barrymore Is mentioned.
hthel Barrymore, elaborately edu.
Gated. brilliant as few women even
OF her profession are, who receives
telegram every day of her life
when she is away from her chill
dren. describing in minutest detail
tneir condition. activities. be-
Oh. do change your opinion Of
us, Mr.. Man Of the understanding
brain and the gentle pen!
Copyright 1922 by King Features Syndi-
cate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
BY Lucy Lowell.

~ ENIUs burns in his spirit
L. like q golden flame and he
" has written the story Of the
human heart many and many q
time with keen, understanding
brain and gentle pen.
He Ia 90 famous that when he
sails away from his native land
the newspapers Of far countries
tell Of his destination and his pur.
pose. and money kings and So
ciety queens and princes Of all
sorts Of achievement meet him
with eagerness and listen to his
words and ponder them In their
hearts. So, you see. he IL q great
man as well as famous per.
sonage.
But when his books are placed
on shelves and counters, the lit
tie people Of the worlS-the, ste.
nographer, whose schooling ended
in the eighth grade, and the book.
keeper, whose wife IL still help
ing bit till he gets his start"
and the mechanic and the student
working his way-these buy his
books or borrow them and take
them to quiet places and read.
And they read with smiles and
with tears.
And now this man Of the ten
der touch stands up and advises us
women against bothering much
with our brains. .I
Beauty" he says, counts
more than brains. Too = much
education mahes a woman intro
spective and she loses her natural
charm"
Oh, Mr.. William J. Locke, we
wonder, we woman who have
thrilled to the people of your i'm.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
ONCE OV ERS
TOO EASILY sATIsFnD.

There lot Of people in this world who are too easily
satisfied. - ''
To get right down the personal how about yourselfi
You meet expenses by holding expenses down
Many things You want, things you would like to
worth the extra on your part which YOU would have
to make to procure them s
You are satisfied that you have job that you keep as
long as you work. and you know how much money
forthcoming and ia easier to manage not spend all
than it is to manage way to get more
You can curb yur wants. that what you can do and
not need more. -7 -g'-~' ~ ~
But you are satisfied thus always going to be
You need ambition incentive greater accomplishment
lou need desire to improve and desire strong that
you can put whole heart and soul in the realization of
that desire. ~s'H . "
Are you mere hit Of notsam drifting hencei
TAen bestir yourself while there il time.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
"The Paradise of the Rich Is
Made Out of the He'll
of the Poor"

Continued Columns)
oyed adulaon and appreciated himself hugely In old age
As regards literary genius you could compare him
with von Of ancient France Moere Of the great French
period than could compare the Queen Of Shebas camel
with . modern flying machine
One Of Hugos weaknesses and limitations appeared in
phrases he paradise of the rich made out Of the hell of
the poor"
he had been wiser he would have said: Intelligence
rules in its lower forms it cruel in its higher It
Earth will eventually be made paradise for the
human which viii know neither rich poor thanks TO
intelligence and its accomplishments"
II rendering any service the poor to tell them that
they without fault and that all the trouble u with those
that happen to have money because they are less v
tuous. tl
Prosperity often based upon dishonesty, cunning or
trickery.
II il also very often based superior intelligence
Poverty based sometimes virtue unsefshness self
sacrifice
II ALSO unfortunately, based sometimes on Ignorance
indifference, lack Of energy and dissipation.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
BY Special Correspondent.


n DERLIN.-There Is no question
that the policy Of the Ger
~ mans Is. in theory, to make
foreigners pay as dearly as pos
sible for the privilege of sojourn-
ing on German soil. With the
tendency to sweeping and unjust
generalization, which Is far from
being confined to Germans, they
attribute the presence Of foreign
visitors, at the best, to q desire
to live more cheaply than would
be possible at home. and. at the
worst. to buy up and export cheap
German goods.
Ny own experiences in Ham,
burg. and when travelling. were
OF a relatively mild description.
Having been (undonbtedly to the
great advantage Of our pockets)
rejected by two gorgeous hotels
on the Alster, and undergone va
ried (but irrelevanO experiences
In a pension kept by an ex-cook
Of the North German Lloyd, up
many pitch-dark flights Of stairs.
we obtained rooms at q comfort.
able. mods st hotel near the sta.
ton.
Here foreigners are charged for
their rooms at a special rate,
about double that paid by Ger.
mans. This special rate IL not
arbitrarily supplied on the basis
Of the visitors presumed powers
Of payment, but is permanently
inscribed on the little placard in.
side each bedroom door. and ap-
piles to all foreigners--to the low
Finlander. Lett and Pole,
as weif as to the high-valuta
American, Englishman and Scan
dinavian: 20 that you feel, not
that you are being personally ex-
plotted. but that you are simply
conforming to q system which
contains q strong element Of jus
tice.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
Foreigners in Germany Find Varied
Costs of Living

The rate is certainly high
about 900 marks ($4.00) for a dou.
BILE room per night.
So much for hotel bedrooms;
ana here. In my small Hamburg
experience, endeth the exploita-
ton Of foreigners. 1t is obvious
that beyond this point the enforce.
ment OF higher prices on foreign.
ers, though practicable in certain
individual cases. becomes exceed
tngly difficult as a general rule.
In restaurants we invariably paid
the prices on the bill of fare
and I would forestall the inevi-
table suggestion that the waiter
produced a special bill of fare
from up his sleeve by saying
that II was generally, IL not in
variably. found lying on the
table.
Restaurant meals, though, Of
course. much dearer than when
was last In Germany two years
ago. are cheap to the American
traveller; the cost of meals for
two Qess wine) at ordinary de-
cent restaurants varied from ITS
to 300 marks (30 cents to so
cents). In the palatial hotels on
the Alster the prices are sure to
be very much higher. Taxicab
fares are very high; the charge
for quite a short drive 10 the
equivalent of 80 cents. Whether
the cabmen discriminate against
foreigners I did not ascertain, but
I should think II unlikely. Rail
way travel is absurdly cheap for
high-valuta foreigners.
As an example of the cheap.
ness Of railway travel, the two
journeys from Stettin to Berlin
and from Berlin to the Dutch
frontier (some twelve hours) cost
about $3.50 second class, while
the comparatively short stretch
from the frontier to the Hook Of
Holland. costs about 35.S6.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
DIR. R.ALEXANDER IRVINE
ON MAMMON
How Love of Money Becomes One Of Most
Subtle Vices Known to Mankind; How
1t Travels Under Many Names and
Corrupts Everything With
Which It Comes
in Contact
in Contact.

foot laws, usages and customs Of
civilized society. when his eyes
are red and his breath is foul. we
call him Crime.
When he innoculates nations
with the poison Of suspicion and
gets them to hate each other;
when he raises the cry OF holy
horror against invasion Of homes,
desecration Of flags. and the vio-
lation OF liberty; when he per-
suades men by millions to go out
and kill each other. then We call
the monster War.
When he exalts brute cunning
above the cardinal virtues, when
he dams the weak and defrauds
the poor, when he becomes rich
and powerful by false balances,
adulterations. rebates. combina-
tions and collusions, then we call
him Trade.
Worst In Human Nature.
Sometimes he appears as an
angel of light and fools the very
elect. Usually, however, we know
when he is around. He Ii a body
Of death and we smell the corrup-
ton.
Mammon is Just the dirt and
muck in our human nature. We
have deified the evil influence.
but the struggle is not diminished
by the soft names we give him.
What is the alternative to Nam
mon? God! They can't be served
at the same time by the same
person. We are either servants
Of God or slaves of Mammon.
There can be no compromise.
Mammon is the arch-enemy Of the
soul of man. He lieth crouching
at the gate and only those who
guard the gates of their own city
well can lend a hand in guarding
the gates of others
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
PSALMS FOR TO-DAY.
A PSALM OF THE RIALTO.

Eternal father, Thou the Way
the midst OF the soul Thy still small voice
be heard by those
Follow, Thee, youths
The fire in their walk
They somebody's daughters somebody's They have
home behind
qeter life They here and Of
Babylon with broken wings, a
In the fierce glare Of the lights in the seductive
where flesh unts itself
fire and laugh the hollow laughter
SOUL Lord God lie near!
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
BY DR.. Alexander Irvine,

Formerly Special Preacher In the Church
Of the Ascension. Fifth Avenue and
Tenth Street, New York.
" HERE is a sense in which
money Is the transmitted
u mjnd-stuff Of the thinker, the
skill Of the craftsman or the energy
of the laborer.
There is another sense In which
not money itself. but the love of
1t or the lust for 1t, becomes one Of
the most subtle vices known to
mankind. In Bible times they
called this evil Mammon.
Mammon has many names. lives
everywhere. knows everybody.
takes a hand in business, politics,
government and religion. He never
sleeps, never tires, never takes a
vacation. When he boards we call
him Avarice. But he isn't always
boarding. Sometimes he scatters
money as an autumn winds scatters
dead leaves. When he Is self
indulgent and worships himself. as
he often does. we call him Prod.
igality.
When he lies supinely slumber-
ing while others toll and sweat,
when the door Of his heart Ia shut
and he languishes in lethargy. we
call him Sloth. When he opens the
flood gates Of his lower nature,
when he lets the bars all down and
abandons all standards. all princi-
pies, all higher values, then we call
him Sensuality.
Egotism and Crime.
When he laughs and sings and
speaks about himself, when the
letter II" is all over him as spots
on a leopard. we call Egotism.
When he brazenly stalks abroad
In the night and tramples under
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
High C0st Of Living Cuts Down
Gaidy in Famous Old Latin
Quarter of Paris

Tor the time lost In working out
side and he misses much bene-
ficial recreation" He finds more
satisfactory the scheme of a loan
fund provided by the state, such
loans to be repaid with nominal
interest after a period Of five
years. Let Mimi and Rudolphe
study hard while they study, and
then work afterward to pay up."
The Washington times., 1922-12-05

Whenever you keep dogs in q
coyote country away from settle
ments You get an occasional mixed
little. I've had five such litters
como under my observation in Cal
ifornia and Arizona. I never saw
q coyote-dog In my life that wasn't
Q pesky nuisance. You can't teach
them a thing except by breaking
their spirit. and they fight ana
steal at every opportunity.>Joseph
Gray. In Adventure Magaxine.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
Boxes Used for Building.

BERLIN-Discarded rifle am.
munition boxes are being used
for the construction of small
dwelling houses in Germany. The
boxes are filled with clay and
then laid as bricks, with mortar
joints, In the building of walls.
The Washington times., 1922-12-05
BY Alice langelier,
international New Service staff
Correspodent.

International New Service Staff
CorrespSdent.
n ARIS-Bohena Il not as
gay as In Sden days. Stu.
l. dents must work and not
play in these nd d times. The
rising cost Of liGg has moved
Monsieur Andre taude, president
Of the Students Association, to
urge that the stat provide q loan
fund to tide ovef deserving stu.
dents.
In order to contine their studies
many students re undergoing
semi-starvation. rhe delightful
hours in the cafet ''flaneries" In
the Luxembourg 9rdens and noe.
turnal promenadet along the ia,
nous "Boui Micht are things Of
the past. Time Atmoney in the
Latin Quarter as sell as in New
York, and when stdents are poor
they must work pr their bread
and butter when shool hours are
over.
Before the war student could
live comfortably b about $50 a
month. Today do must count
upon $7b at least Lodging. food,
clothing, books nd university
fees are the mosthecessary items
Of expense. The Serage student's
expenditures readSomethinR IKE
this:
Lodging. 10 montt at SIS. $4,000
Laundry, 10 monte at 81. 1000
Early morning breakfast
$1.60 per mont 49,. 15.0o
Lunch or dinner univer-
sity restaurant without
wine, so cents kr day. 10000
Sarlares ....... I,....... 1900
costumes ...... s........ 5000
Overcoat :...... ......... 5000
Snoes ana repaihg.. 1900
Linen ..........I........ 1000
rat .......t....,,.... 400
University fees. ....... a6.00
BOOKS ...:.....l........ $500
Stamps and incidhtals. 0.00
Association fees. ....... $50
$541.50
This total of bl1.5o does not
include any "eiras." such as
ooctors bills, rfroad fares in
holiday time. thIter tickets. to-
bacco. ETC., whi{ are likely to
be counted In eHy budget.
What is most hetded is part.
time work for Il students such
as Is to be fouh I'm American
university town4 Certain EN-.
ployment. such clerking in
offices. assisting3lawyers, over.
seeing school chi1Sn, etc.. is not
incompatible wiustheir studies.
La Liberte and keral enterpris.
ing French nfspapers have
opened q special Employment bu-
reau to this q. But many
educators are oAhe opinion OF
Georges Lefevrelwho writes in
L'Excelsior: ~. =
This combina(n Of. work ana
study causes thdtudents 70 lose
too much time nd energy: his
period Of study ttst be lenRthen
BY one or two yrs to make up