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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1911
Page
2
The Alma Record Company announces subscription pricing at $1.00 per year. Business Manager C. J. Brown states published Thursday afternoons. The notice was entered at Alma post office for mailing.
The Republican State Central Committee calls Michigan electors to meet in Saginaw on March 11 or 12 1911 for nominating two justices of the Supreme Court two eight year terms one superintendent of public instruction two regents of the university one mother of the state board of education two members of the state board of agriculture and other business. Delegates allocated by county votes from the last secretary of state election and a later apportionment list is provided with names and counties. Delegates from each county meet in district caucus at 8:30 am to nominate officers for presentation for confirmation at the state convention. Dated Lansing January 11 1911.
County Republican convention to meet at Ithaca court house February 23 1911 at 11 a m for electing seventeen delegates to the State Convention in Saginaw March 2 1911 and nominating a candidate for County School Commissioner. Delegates apportioned by township ward votes per 1909 resolution with list of townships and wards recognizing representation and ward counts. By order of County Committee Marvin R Salter chairman dated January 28 1911.
PF Conant, a Michigan figure with held Detroit posts, is described as a capable, steady businessman who alternates with a wandering vagrant persona. Police restore him to cities, but the split wrecks careers and triggers his wife’s deterioration, ending with her confinement in Pontiac asylum.
State observers prepare to raise freight rates on sugar beets from 40 to 40 cents a ton as shippers from beet regions settle complaints with the railroad commission. Chairman Glasgow would have beets weighed at the shipping point to shift tare and freight to the railroad, not the sugar company at the destination. Farmers say they earn little while sugar firms pay large dividends. The commission questions its authority but leans toward the farmer bearing the higher rates, with a new railroad rate schedule anticipated soon.
A broad movement plans protest to the Michigan delegation and Governor Osborn against the Lakes to Gulf canal. Frank D. Wade leads the effort, arguing the project would alter climate currents and threaten western Michigan’s fruit industry, shifting warm water southward and impacting billions in value.
A Michigan Senate committee plans a five member appointment for a vacancy and outlines qualifications. The panel will report to the legislature in 1915. The event includes a tribute to Rev and Mrs. at their twenty first wedding anniversary and honors Henry N. Couden, the blind chaplain, with a silver tray and gifts.
Listings of numerous real estate transfers involving multiple parcels in Elba Arcada and surrounding areas, naming buyers and sellers and ranges of lot numbers. The Gratiot Pomona meeting is announced for Ithaca February 11 1911 with morning and afternoon sessions and a joint Grangers and Teachers gathering at the court room.
Railroads prepare to press legislature for a full state tax revaluation under the state tax commission, with support from express, telephone, and telegraph firms. Gov. Osborn urges rapid action to create or empower a nonpartisan tax expert board, aiming to prevent widespread school closures and ensure timely June taxes. The mining property in the Upper Peninsula is a focal concern.
Fred A. Baker of Detroit argues the Michigan State Agricultural society is a peculiar noncapital corporation with directors elected by paying two dollars for voting at annual fairs. He contends the charter, granted in 1849, can be repealed under 1848 statutes, and that state assets belong to the people with escheat possible if the charter ends.
Stalified electors of Grantor Amy announce themselves as a candidate for nomination to the circuit rules office on March fires day 1911. The notice comes at the request of friends across the district.
A garbled report describes a labor organization named the Michigan Fean Jobers with members across states, detailing a broad alliance and proposed actions. The piece names various figures and locations, mentioning a meeting and attempts to coordinate strikes, preparations, and appointing a council to oversee operations.
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