Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 July 1923 — Page 4

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THE MUNCIE POST-DEMUCKAT

FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1923.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS curb and gutter on both sides of OFFICE OF THE BOARD ; Sixth street from Sampson Avenue

212 Wysor Block, j t 0 port Avenue.

Muncie, Ind., j j p |vj 0 1063-1923, For paving the « i alley lying between Powers street

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND and Orchard Place from Liberty TO THE PUBLIC: j Street Avest to east line of Lot 18; Notice is hereby given to the pub- j tLsnce north between lots 17 and 18

lie and to all contractors, that the n O.chard Place.

Board of Public Works of the City

■ganiaMiy ^-^fralrjirm

county, and shall include all labor J bid tiled for the work bid on, vo be and material for said work. In 110 J approved by the board of commis- 1 case will extra compensation be al- s oners of said county Said bond lowed for any additional work alleg- ghaII be conditioned for the faithful

ed to have been done by the con-

of Muncie, in the State of Indiana, invites sealed proposals for the construction, in said City, according to the respective improvement resolutions below mentioned, and according to the plans,’ profiles, drawing 1 and specification therefor on file in the office of said Board of eaph of the public improvements herein below described, to wit: I. R. No. 958-1923, For cement curb

All work done in the making of said described public improvements shall be in accordapce -with the

tractor or contractors to whom is a-

warded the contract.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a personal or surety bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the bid filed for the work bid on, to be approved by the board of commis-

terms and conditions of the improve-1 sioners of said county. Said bond

ment resolution, as numbered, adopted by the Board of Public Works on the above named date, and the drawings, plans, profiles and specifications whmh are on file and may be seen in the office of said Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie,

Indiana.

The Board of Public Works has

and gutter on both sides of HCward : j x-u o-i * ^ » T t -.noo „

street from Madison street to Mon- k.f .A, S 1.1.1 5 '

roe Street.

I. R. No. 1036-1923 For paving of alley between University Avenue and Ashland Avenue from Meeks Avenue

to Pauline Avenue.

I. R. No. 1037-1923, For cement

sidewalk on south side of Fifth

Street from Port Avenue to

Avenue.

date upon which remonstrances may be filed or heard by persons interested in, or affected by said described public improvements, and on said date at 7:30 o’clock P. M., said Board of Public Works will meet at

its office in said City for the purPerkins 1 1)036 of hearin S and considering any ] remonstrances which may have been

10^8 1093 For local sewer fi1ed ’ 0r whiCh ma y haV6 been Pr6 ' I. R. NO. 1038-1J2O, roi local sewei -R nar H fivos said date

in Talley Avenue 320 feet south of

shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the ’work; the sureties, if personal, shall be resident freeholders of the State of Indiana, one of whom shall be a resident of Delaware County. Said bond shall be for the benefit of any person, persons or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any such bidder failing or neglecting to enter into a contract to perform such work awarded by the said board of commissioners or to carry out the same in any particular or to pay for any labor or material which may have been furnished to any such contractor or contractors or to any sub-contractor, agent or superintendent under him,

south line of Jackson street, south in Talley Avenue to a point 10 feet north of the north right-of-way line of Lake Erie and Western Railway and parallel with said right-of-way through Out-lot 28 to White River. I. R. No. 1040-1923, For paving of Gilbert Street from Elm Street to

Madison street.

I. R. No. 1042-1923, For local sewer In Sixth Street from Beacon Street

to Blaine street.

I. R. No. 1043-1923, For cement

in the ccnstruction of said work,

sented; said Board fixes said date: Said improvement will be let as a as a date for the modification, con- j whole to the lowest responsible bidfirmation, rescinding, or postpone-1 der upon affidavit of noncollusion,

ment of action on said remonstrances: and on said date ’will hear all persons interested or whose propet ty is affected by said proposed improvements, and will decide whether the benefits that will accrue to the property abutting and adjacent to

’which must be submitted with the bid, and upon failure to submit such affidavit such proposal or bid will be rejected by the board; and the board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Time for the completion of said work will be agreed upon after

mated by the City Civil Engineer.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Mary E. Anderson, Clerk.

sfdewaik and cement curb and gutter Adverse on July 13-20.1923.

an both sides of North Jefferson,

Street from McCulloch Boulevard to NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS

Centennial Avenue. j I. R. No. 1044-1923, For Paving of 1 g tate 0{ Indiana, Delaware County,

St. Joseph Street from Walnut gg.

Street to' Crane Street. j Notice is hereby given that the Each bidder is also to file with the board of commissioners of said Board an affidavit that there has*; coun t y a t their office in the Court been no collusion in any vay affect-; House at Muncie, Indiana, will reing said bid, according to the terms ce i V e sealed proposals for the imof Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th, provement of a certain highway 2625 1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219). | feet in length, in said county by All such proposals should be seal- g ra ding, draining and paving with ed, and must be deposited with said g vav el as set out in the specifications Board before the hour of 7:30 o’* plans and ^profile now on file in the clock in the evening of the 24th day office of the auditor of said county, of July 1923 and each such proposal by and unde r the laws of the State of must be accompanied by a certified i nd i an a. Said sealed proposals will check payable to said City, for the be op ened and the contract awarded sum equal to two and one-half per f 0r sa i d improvement on the 7th day cent. (2% per cent) of City Civil of August, 1923. Bids or proposals Engineer’s estimate which shall be w {u be received up to 10:00 o'clock

forfeited to said City as liquidated A M on sa i d da te.

damages, if the bidder depositing the S Tlie said road to be improved is same shall fail duly and promptly ! located in Harrison Township, in to execute the required contract and Delaware County, Indiana, and is to bond, in case a contract shall be a- be known as the William C. Thomas

warded him on such accompanying road when so improved,

proposal. j Bids will be for the completion of Said Board reserves the right to sa i d improvement in accordance with

the proposed improvements, as esti-jthe letting of said contract by said

board of commissioners and success-

ful bidder.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1923. SHERMAN J. SHROYER, ANDREW JACKSON, JOHN W. McCREERY Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indiana.

ATTEST:—

JAMES P. DRAGOO Auditor Delaware County, Indiana. July 13, 20-27

reject any and all bids. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF

PUBLIC WORKS.

Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Publish on July 13-20T923. NOTICE FOR THE ELECTRIC WIRING FOR THE GARFIELD SCHOOL BUILDING. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHOOL CITY OF MUNCIE, IN-

DIANA.

the plans, profile and specifications in the office of the auditor of said county, and shall include all labor and material for said work. In no case will extra compensation be allowed for any additional work alleged to have been done by the contractor or contractors to whom is a-

warded the contract.

Each bid shall be accompanied by a personal or surety bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the uid filed for the work bid on, to be

_ _ , , x , m approved by the board of commisSealed proposals wtll be received gi( £ erg o{ * gaid county Said bond at the office of the Superintendent of ahall be conditioned for the faithful Schools in the City of Muncie, Indi-j p erformance of the work; the.sureana, at the High School Building, i ^ . f persona^ shall be resident «ntil 2:00 o’clock, P. M on the 10th free ’ holders of the state of Indiana,

day of August, 1923, for furnishing of all materials and labor for the installation of the electric wiring for the Garfield School Building, in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications, which are on file at the office of the Superintendent of Schools, Muncie, Indiana, and in the office of Kibele and Garrard', Architects, 333-335 The Johnson, Muncie, Indiana. Copies of the Drawings and Specifications may be obtained at

either office.

All bids must be filed on Form 96. Proposals must t'o accompanied with a certified check in the sum of $200.PO, and if awarded the contract, the successful bidder must furnish a Surety Bond equal to the full amount the bid. The certified check must be made payable to George L. Raymond, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the School City of Mun-

eie, Indiana.

The Board of Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. VINCENT W. JONES, President. EDWARD, TUHEY, Secretary. GEORGE L. RAYMOND, Treas-

urer.

T. F. FITZGIBBON, Superintendent of Schools. School Trustees of the School City of Mancie, Ind. July 20w 3d

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF THE BOARD 212 Wysor Block Muncie, Ind.,

NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS In the matter of Certain Proposed Public Improvements in the City of Muncie, State of Indiana. Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessray to make the following described public improvenrents for the City of Muncie, Indi»aa, as authorized by the following numbered improvement resolutions, adopted by said Board, on the 6th day of July 1923 to-wit: 1. R. No. 1059-1923, For the Paving of College Avenue from Jackson street to University Avenue. I. R. No. 1060-1923, For paving the alley lying between 8th street and 5th street from Hackley street to Ebright street; also the alley lying between Hackley street and Ebright Street from 8th street to intersecting alley south. I. R. No. 1061-1923, For paving the alley lying between Jackson street and Main street from Talley Avenue 2a Nichols Avenue. L R. No. 1062-1923, For cement

one of whom shall be a resident of Delaware County. Said bond shall be for the benefit of any person, persons or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any such bidder failing or neglecting to enter into a contract to perform such work awarded by the said board of commissioners or to carry out the same in any particular or to pay for any labor or material which may have been furnished to any such contractor or contractors or to any sub-contractor, agent or superintendent under him, in the construction of said work. Said imorovement will be let as a who'e to the lowest responsible bidder upon affidavit of noncollusion, which must be submitted with the bid, and upon failure to submit such affidavit such proposal or bid will be rejected by the board; and the board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Time for the completion of said work will be agreed upon after the letting of said contract by said board of commissioners and success-

ful bidder.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1923.

SHERMAN J. SHROYER, ANDREW JACKSON, JOHN W. McCREERY

Board of Commissioners of Delaware

County, Indiana.

ATTEST: —

JAMES P. DRAGOO

Auditor Delaware County, Indiana.

July 13, 20-27

NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF THE BOARD

212 Wysor Block,

Muncie, Ind.,

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS TO THE PUBLIC:

AND

performance of the work; the .-uregies, if persona 1 , shall be resident freeholders of the State of Indiana, one of whom shall be a resident of Delaware County. Said bond shall be for the benefit of any person, persons or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any such bidder failing or neglecting to enter into a contract to perform such work awarded by the said board of commissioners or to carry out the same in any particular or to pay for any labor or materia] which may have been furnished to any such contractor or contractors or to any sub-contractor, agent or superintendent under him, in the construction of said work. Said improvement will be let as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder upon affidavit of noncollusion, which must be submitted with the hid, and upon failure to submit such affidavit such proposal or bid will be “ejected by the board; and the board reserves the risht to reiect any and all bids. Time for the completion of said work will b o agreed upon after the letting sa'd contract by said beard of commissioners and success-

or bidder.

0 .ted this iuth day of July, 1923. SHERMAN J. SHROYER. ANDREW JACKSON. JOHN W. McCREERY Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indiana.

ATTEST

JAMES P. DRAGOO Auditor Delaware County, Indiana. July 13, 20-27

CHAMCES OF FORD FOR PRESIDENCY

Girls Set Three New Swim Marks mm

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF THE BOARD 212 Wysor Block Muncie, Ind.,

NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Notice Is hereby given to the public and to all contractors, that the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, in the State of Indiana, invites sealed proposals for the construction, in said City, according to the respective improvement resolution below mentioned, and according to the plans, profiles, drawing and specification therefor on file in the office of said Board of each of the public improvements herein below de-

scribed, to-wit:

I. R. No. 1034-1923, For re-surfacing

and paving of Kirby Avenue Elm Street to Ohio Avenue.

I. R. No. 1029-1923, For local sewer in Plum Street, now known as Pershing Drive, from Second Street south to first alley north of Willard

Street.

I. R. No. 1045-1923, For local sewer in 9th street from Rochester Avenue to Batavia Avenue. I. R. No. 1046-1923, For local sewer in Penn Street from 9th street to 11th street; thence in 11th street to

Blaine Street.

I. R. No. 1047-1923, For local sewer in First Street form Elliot Street to

Mound Street.

I. R. No. 1048-1923, For Cement sidewalk on north side of 12th street

In the matter of certain Proposed Public Improvements in the City of Muncie, State of Indiana. Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that it is desired ’ and deemed necessary to make the follo'wing described public improvements for the City of Muncie, Indiana, as authorized by the following numbered improvement resolutions, adopted by said Board, on the 17th day of July 1923 to-wit: I. R. No. 1064-1923, For Re-surfac-ing of Liberty Street from Sixth Street to 12th street. I. R. No. 1065-1923, For cement curb and gutter on both sides of Fifth Street from Grant Street to Blaine

Street.

I. R. No. 1066-1923, For cement from sidewalk on both sides of 11th street I from Port Avenue to Rochester Ave-

nue.

I. R. No. 1C„ 1823, For a local sewer in the alley between Powers Street and First Street from Pierce Street to a point 75 feet west of Rose

Street.

I. R. £To. 1068-1923, For a local sewer in Gharkey Street from 12th street to 15th street. I. R. No. 1069-1923, For a local sewer in alley between 8th and 9th streets from Grant Street to Beacon

S tr0©t

I. R. No. 1070-1923, For a local sewer in 7th street from Grant street

to Blaine Street.

I. R. No. 1071-1923, For a local

BIUCWCIIIS. Uil UU1 til UL ±4 111 OL1 CCL j — . _ . ' » ^ * from Perkins Avenue to Port Avenue, sewer in Fifth Street from Giant

Each bidder is also to file with the Board an affidavit that there has been no collusion in any way affecting said bid, according to the terms of Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th,

1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219.)

All such proposals should be sealed, and must be deposited with said Board before the hour of 7:30 o’clock in the evening of the 31st. day of July 1923 and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for the sum equal to two and one-half (2% per cent) of City Civil Engineer’s estimate which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on

such accompanying proposal.

Said Board reserves the right to

reject any and all bids.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF

PUBLIC WORKS.

Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Publish on July 20-27-1923.

NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS

State of Indiana, Delaware County,

SS: —

Notice is hereby given that

board of commissioners of said county at their office in the Court House at Muncie, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the improvement of a certain highway 12830

feet in length in said county by

„ ^ , _x grading, draining and pavine with State of Indiana, Delaware County, ^ g rave j ag se f. ou ^ j n specifications SS:— i plans and profile now on file in the

Notice is hereby given that the! office of the auditor of said county,

b y and under t be i aws 0 f the State of

board of commissioners of said county at their office in the Court House at Muncie, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the improvement of a certain highway 2629 feet in length, in said county by grading, draining and paving with bituminous concrete as set out in the S’ ecifications, plans and profile now on file In the office of the auditor of said county, by and under the laws of

Indiana. Said sealed proposals will be opened and the contract awarded for said improvement on the 7th day of August, 1923. Bids or proposals will be received up to 10:00 o'clock

A. M. on said date.

The said road to be improved is located in Mt. Pleasant Township, in Delaware County, Indiana, and is to be known as the John Burke road

Street to Blaine Street.

I. R. No. 1072-1923, For cement curb and gutter on both sides of Alameda Avenue from Ashland Avenue to

Riverside Avenue.

All work done in the making of said described public improvements shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the improvement resolution, as numbered, adopted by the board of Public Works on the above named date, and the drawings, plans, profiles and specifications which are on file and may be seen in the office of said Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indi-

ana.

The Board of Public Works has fixed the 7th day of August 1923 as a date upon which remonstrances may be filed or heard by persons Interested in, or affected by said described public improvements, and on said date at 7:30 o’clock P. M. said Board of Public Works will meet at its office in said City for the purpose of hearing and considering any remonstrances wnich may have been filed, or which may have been presented; said Board fixes said date as a date for the modification, confirmation, rescinding, or postponement of action on said remonstrances: and on said date will hear all persons inthe terested or whose property is affected by said proposed improvements, and will decide whether the benefits that will accrue to the property abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvement and to the said City will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvements, as estimated by the City Civil

Engineer.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS By Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Advertise on July 20-27-1923.

By Democratic Party Leaders Who See No Early ; Stampede To Him. i

i

WORLD ISSUES ARE PUT AHEAD If Elected To Exalted Chair ’ He Would Resign In Six -Months,

!i

New York, July 2ft.—An Important series of political conferences held here during the week-end found former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate in; 1920, closeted with Cordell Hull, national Democratic chairman; Senator’ Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, who has just returned from a long tour through the west; Joseph P. Tumulty, of Wash-: ington, former secretary to President 1 Wilson; Frank Cobbfi editor of the! New York World, and. others of prominence nationally in the Democratic party.

Long Beach, L. I.—Two world’s rec- world’s record for 100 yard dash in 1 ords were broken and one American niin. 5 secs. 4-5 sec. better than the standard was established by two girls 0l<i mark - SybI1 Bauer ’ wl10 broke th ?

Governor Cox insisted that the con- at the opening swimming meet in the

back stroke

record over 150 yard

course, with a mark of 2 min. 1 3-5

ferences had nothing whatever to do new open air Olympic Pool at Long se cond, 1 and 2-5 seconds better than with his possible candidacy in 1924. B eac h ( n. Y. Photo shows: a quartet her old mark. Ethel McGray, girl

but were devoted

in 1924.

to a discussion of of champions who competed, left to champion, and Aileen Riggin who won Democratic policies in the trying r jghts, Gertrude Ederle who broke the the Fancy Diving Honors,

months that will precede, the conven-

tions and campaign of next year. ^— — It is known, however t that among wisps, if we go vying with some ele- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS the subjects discussed was the “men- m e n ts of the Republican party in chas-, OFFICE OF TH E BOARD

ace” of Henry Ford, as a presidential j n g a p the crazy political ideas of the aspirant in the next Democratic con- day, then we will have to call for the

212 Wysor Block

Muncie, Ind.,

vention. It was the concensus of opin- pallbearers instead of being the pall-, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: ion at the conference that enough bearers ourselves. | Notice is hereby given that the votes will be pledged to other candi- “The Democratic party always has assessment rolls, with the names of dates in advance of the convention to been sanely progressive. All it needs owners and description of propcheek any early stampede to the De- t „ d0 now ls t „ continue on that PathJ S’aLlsmenS troit manufacturer. i said in some of my speeches in 1920 have been made and are now on file It has further developed that a new that after an inevitable period of reac- and can be seen at the office of the line of attack is to be opened on Mr. tion, this country would thank God for B° ard > for the following improve-

Fotd.

“Even if by any stretch of the imag-

ination he could be elected to the presidency, he would resign ip six months,” said one of the most promin-

ent figures at the conference.

ments, to-Wit

I. R. No. 924-1923, For paving of the alley between Wilson Avenue and Kilgore Avenue west from Pow-

the Democratic party and I believe that time is about now to arrive.” All those who attended the party

conference here are confident that the I ers street to alley south of Orcutt’s no-irt namnaicrr, win ha Addition west to Kilgore Avenue, next campaign will be fought out on| D R No 9 43. 1923 ° For Benefits world issues and not on domestic a nd Damages for the vacation of

“Mr. Ford,” he continued, ‘ is an in- “trivialities.” They believe there will | Reeves street from west line of dustrial autocrat. The red tape at be a reaction to President Harding’s Martin Street to east line of McKinWashington, and by this I mean the insistence that domestic problems al-! ley except the street Internecessary red tape, would choke Mr j ways shall lake precedence over aay ^T^ecTons ifelwefn Ford to death. The limitations placed proposition fot American participa- Street and Calvert Avenue and Galon the president by the constitution tion in the world court. j vert Avenue and McKinley Avenue, and by organic law would be so irk- j Senator Harrison, who has been out' L R - No ' 9 5 3-1923, For a local some to Mr Ford that he would walk ! the Chautauqua circuits of the ‘^/“^eota'street “om F?rlt right out of the White House as soon west, told his party associates that Street to Second Street, as he learned not what he could do, I wherever he went he found the people I. R. No. 959-1923, For cement alley but what he could not do. I mean by [ indifferent to the tariff and other do- betw een Willard street and Fifth this also that the presidency and the j mestic issues, but keenly alive to fr ° m High Street to Franklia traditions of the office would not mean world conditions. The farmers in par- j 4 r no. 977-1923, For cement alley very much to Mr. Ford. The attain- j ticular, he reported, are showing a' between Madison Street from Columment of the office would mean a great j wholesome interest in world affairs,! bia Avenue to Myrtle Avenue, deal to him, but the drudgery of it | having finally come to the belief that i ^ R< No ' 9 x? 1 ' 1 ?i 3 ’ ^ 6em ® at 3 4 ide * afterward would not. America can not live by herself alone. nue from EIm s tr ee t to first alley Governor Cox urged that the party Governor Cox told of many inci- east of Elm Street, remain steadfast to its principles in dents of his campaigning for the Dem-i And notice is hereby given that oa the coming session of the congress, j ocratic congressional ticket in half a th . € 27tb day of . JuIy 1923 the Board The Democrats will have greater pow;score of states last fall. Ou several ^Lns'trances"^^? 6 ‘tte “moSnS er in the new session than at any time . occasions, when confronted by great assessed against their property re* since 1918 and on the record made crowds, he deliberately asked them spectively on said roll, and will de* therein will largely rest their chances; what subjects they would like to hear Pennine the question as to whether of winuing the presidency In 1924, he j discussed. He mentioned the tariff, j; C wm ts b e 0r bene C mted'by 11 S 8add * j sb ip subsidy and other domestic ques- provement in the amounts named on. “The Democratic party has been the tions, but invariably, he said, the au- said roll, or In a greater or less sum great pallbearer to all other political! diences demanded that he discuss con- tban tbat named on said roll or in parties,” said Mr. Cox, “and I believe | ditions in Europe and American rela- any sum ’ at which time and P lace

we are to be called on to function tion thereto,

again. We will outlive all the others

by remaining steadfast to the guiding

principles of the democracy in the want to be past. But if we go chasing will-o’-the- with butter.

It is said that Turkish women who

plump eat roses mixed

all owners of such real estate may attend, in person or by representative, and be heard at 9:00 o’clock A.

M.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Advertised on July 13-20-1923.

Yellowstone Park Has Cave-In and Deluge of Lime.

the state of Indiana. Said sealed pro- j when so improved,

posals will be opened and the con- j Bi ds w in be for the completion of tract awarded for said improvement; said improvement in accordance with

on the 7th day of August, 1923. Bids or proposals will be received up to 10:00 o’clock A. M. on said date. The said road to be improved is located in Centre Township, in Del* aware County, Indiana, and is to be known as the Orville E. Sink road

when so improved.

Bids will be for the completion of said improvement in accordance with the plans, profile and specifications in the office of the auditor of said

the plans, profile and specifications in the office of the auditor of said county, and shall include all labor and material for said work. In no case will extra compensation be allowed for any additional work alleged to have been done by the contractor or contractors to whom is awarded the contract. Each bid shall be accompanied by a personal or surety bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the

A Kentucky mountain girl, crippled with infantile paralysis, crawled on her hands and knees to school over a mountain more than a mile and a half away. The sharp rocks, despite pads, cut her knees so she could not make the trip more than a few times. A Louisville physician heard of the case and taking her to the city he operated on her. By/ breaking the bones in her legs he made it possible for her to walk in a years time. She learned to read and write in the hospital and was taken to Berea College to finish her education. A man whose name is withheld deposited $1,000 to her credit In a Louisville bank.

A cave-in, which occurred at the beautiful Jupiter Terrace of the Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., recently, was the.

most serious within the memory of a hole approximately 20x40 feet. The ,, ., 4 „x material, consisting of white carbonate the old residents. After softening be- „ ,, „ , , x x, of lime then flowed down to the high* cause of an unusual flow of hot water, way below and into the water supply a chunk of the formation fell, leaving reservoir.