Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1907 — Page 8

MMCfCIES MAKES THE B7 WNDIHG -4EBsL EASY s| n.. // u I y° u want to /fl I drink real coffee, V I iu buy a sealed packTffljl age of Arbuckles’ ARIOSAand grind it in your own kitchen as ycu want to use it Roasted coffee loses its strength and flavor if exposed to the air, and even its identity as coffee after grinding. Loose coffee sold out of a bag, bin or tin is usually dusty and soiled by handling. Don’t take it! \ I Complies with al! requirement! of the Nation J Pore Food Law, Guarantee No. 2G41, £icd at Waahmglon.

DECATUR’S GREATEST (Continued from page 1.) August Wietfeldt $375. Lot 41 appraised at $325, sold to F. M. Schlrmeyer $385. Lot 39, appraised at $275, sold to J. Daugherty $285. Lot 36, appraised at $250, sold to Marcella Kuebler $250. Lot 31 appraised at $l2O, sold to Simeon Hain, $l4O. Lot 12 appraised at S3OO, sold to W. A. Lower $360. Lot 80 appraised at $240, sold to A. J. Smith $240. . Lot 16 appraised at $325, sold to J W. Vail $425. Lot 44 appraised at $l4O, sold to C. E. Hocker $l4O. Lot 85 appraised at $240, sold to C. H. Colter $240. Lot 84 appraised at $250, sold to Dyke Frislnger $255. Lot 35 appraised at S3OO, sold to H. J. Yager $355. Lot 88 appraised at $350, sold to J. M. Frislnger $350. Lot 42 appraised at $275, sold to John Niblick $275. Lot 26 appraised at $125, sold to Orval Harruff $165.

Lot 74 appraised at $225, sold to W. J. Meyers $225. Lot 90 appraised at $275, sold to Will Winnes $275. Lot 64 appraised at S3OO, sold to Dan Niblick $370. Lot 9 appraised at $175, sold to Herbert Lachot $195. Lot 29 appraised at S3OO. sold to John Yager $350. I Lot 89 appraised at $250, sold to Dyke Frisinger $250. I Lot 33 appraised at $250, sold to John Niblick $270. I Lot 45 appraised at $250, sold to Louie Kline $255. i Lot 18 appraised at $275, sold to Wesley Hoffman $275. i Lot 5 appraised at $350, sold to A. Van Camp $415. | Lot 61 appraised at S2OO, sold to i P. W. Smith S2OO. I Lot 60 appraised at $250, sold to ’ John Niblick $250. j Lot 17 appraised at S3OO, sold to C. F. True S4OO. Lot 19 appraised at sllO, sold to P. W. Smith $135. Lot 8 appraised at $275, sold to Dyonis Schmitt $275. Lot 25 appraised at $125, sold to H. M. DeVoss $155. Lot 14 appraised at $175, sold to B. J. Smith $175. Lot 38 appraised at $125, sold to G T. Burk $l6O. Lot 66 appraised at $250, sold to Xi. E. Opliger $255. Lot 68 appraised at $225, sold to L. C. Helm $235. r Meibers Addition. Lot No. 53, appraised S3OO, sold to F.. ’M. Schirmeyer, $390. Lot No. 55, appraised $275, sold to Fred Schafer, $285. Lot 31, appraised $250, sold to W. P. Schrock, $260. Lot 30, appraised, $l5O, sold to Dr. J. Q. Neptune, $l6O. Lot 29, appraised $175, sold to F. V. Mills, SIBO. Lot 76, appraised $250, sold to Louis Kline, $255. Lot 81, appraised $275, sold to Prof. W. A. Beachler, $305. Lot 27, appraised $275, sold to Judge-Elect J. T. Merryman, $3lO. Lot 18, appraised $225, sold to Rev, H. Theo. Wilken, $235. Lot 17, appraised $250, sold to C. S Niblick, $270. Lot 67, appraised $250, sold to El zey & Vance, $285. Lot 16 appraised at $250, sold V Laurence Voglewede, S3OO.

Lot 75 appraised at' $250, sold to , Dyonls Schmilt $265. Lot 73 appraised at $275, sold to M. Kirsch S3OO. Lot 26 appraised at $275, sold to W. H. Fledderjohann S3OO. Lot 5 appraised at S3OO, sold to O. M. Snellen $315. Lot 57 appraised at $240, sold to Jacob Schafer $265. Lot 58 appraised at $235, sold to Adams Schafer $255. Lot 60 appraised at $250, sold to Fred Ashbaucher $285. Lot 61 appraised at $250, sold to M. Kirsch S3OO. Lot 62 appraised at $275, sold to E. X. Ehlnger $3lO. Lot 63 appraised at $275, sold to E. X. Ehiger $305. Lot 51 appraised at $275, sold to Walter Kauffman $305. Lot 13 appraised at $250, sold to W. H. Fledderjohann S3OO. Lot 54 appraised at $275, sold to Charlie Voglewede $320. Lot 14 appraised at $275, sold to D. D. Clark $3lO. Lot 32 appraised at $275, sold to T. M. Reid $325. Lot 33 appraised at $275, sold to W H. Fledderjohann $3lO. Lot 34 appraised at S3OO, sold to W. G. Spencer $340. Lot 35 appraised at S3OO, sold to Nick Miller $350. Lot 36 appraised $250, sold to S. J. Laman $290. Lot 37, appraised at $250, sold to L. L. Baumgartner $305.

Lot 47 appraised at $250, sold to Dr. E. G. Coverdale $295. Lot 48 appraised at $225, sold to Rev. Augermeier $225. Lot 42 appraised at $250, sold to D. M. Hensley $250. Lot 3 appraised at $350, sold to C. A. Dugan $425. Lot 8 appraised at $250, sold to J. D. Meyers $255. Lot 44 appraised at S3OO, sold to T. J. Durkin S4OO. Lot 24 appraised at $275, sold to Otto Kirsch $305. Lot 25 appraised at S3OO, sold to Fred Heuer, $325. Lot 23 appraised at $250, sold to George Maddy $320. Lot 80 appraised at $225, sold to O. P. Mills $250. Lot 79 appraised at S2OO, sold to Wid Dorwin $215, Lot 68 appraised at $250, sold to Fred Jaebker $250. Lot 78 appraised at $240, sold to J. B. Meibers $255. Lot 65 appraised at. $275, sold to Tom Ehlnger $285. Lot 21 appraised at $225, sold to David Gerber $225. Lot 12 appraised at $250, sold to Newton Anderson $290. Lot 71, appraised at $225, sold to iJ. B. Holthouse $275. Lot 15. annraispd at Z27K nnlrl tn

xjui 10, appraiseu at soiu io Andy Artman $275. Lot 83 appraised at S2OO, sold to | Paul Baumgartner $225. I Lot 52 appraised at $275, sold to John Moser $295. Nutlman Addition. Lot 29, appraised $225, sold to John T. Meyers, $230. j Lot 15 appraised $225, sold to Fred Schafer $235. I Lot 18 appraised at $250, sold to Judge Erwin> $250. i Lot 25 appraised at $260, sold to C. A. Dugan $260. j Lot 24 appraised at $250, sold to C. F. True $255. I Lot 30 appraised at $250, sold to Kuebler, Moltz Co., $250. i Lot 23 appraised at $225, sold to jB. J. Rice $225. | Lot 17 appraised at $225, sold to John C. Moran $225. i Lot 10, appraised at $225, sold to Mann & Christen, $225. | Lot 1 appraised at $250, sold to IP. J. Hyland $250. I Lot 27, appraised at $225, sold to ' Decatur Abstract Co., $225. I Hanna Addition. Lot 19 appraised at $225, sold to iW. L. Lehne $230. | Lot 24 appraised at $240, sold to t Charles Yobst $240. | Lot 30 appraised at $240, sold to C. C. Schafer $240. I Lot 15 appraised at $225, sold to '; John Lachot $225. I Lot 28 appraised at $225, sold to ' Fred Fruchte $225. Lot 14 appraised at $175, sold to John Baker $l9O. i Los 22 appraised at $240, sold to Eugene Runyon $240. • — o- . ■ THE STATE VAULT IS LOCKED ’j Indianapolis, March 27.—The time lock on the big vault in the State f Treasurer’s office refused to work to.l day, and as a result no state money 1 was available and the auditor’s war--5 rants could not be cashed. The vault will probably have to be drilled open. THAW JURY IS AGAIN EXCUSED 0 New York, March 27.—Justice Fitzgerald excused the jury in the Thaw r ' case today until Monday. At that time if the lunacy commission have not ’• filed its report the jury will be excused again. b Unclaimed letters are at the postof■o flee for Mrs. Harry Darbrowen and Miss Jessie Sprungen

COURT HOUSE NEWS Braun Partition Suit Is Decided JURY RETURNS A VERDICT Favors Hlrachsy Brothers in Gas Engine Case—Jury Discharged For the Term. - I The case of the Berne Lumber Co. va Elizabeth Cully et ah, suit on note and foreclosure of mortgage, demand $350, was dismissed and the costs paid. Dyonls Schmitt, guardian for Peter J. Braun and five other heirs of Mary Braun, deceased, vs. John Braun, partition, finding that plaintiff wards own the undivided two-thirds of the real estate and defendant owns onethird. Sale ordered. J. C. Sutton appointed commissioner and his bond fixed at $5,000, bond filed and approved. In the cases of A. O. Smith, David Bailey and Wilson P. Clymer vs. W. H. Gardner et al„ suits on account.

1 leave granted defendants to withdraw demurrer. Motion by defendants to I require plaintiffs to make complaint more specific. I The jury In the case of Sixby & Gramme vs. Hlrschey Bros., returned a verdict yesterday afternoon in favor of the defendants. Judge Erwin this morning discharged the jury for the term, next week being the last of the February session. The April term begins one week from Monday at which time the grand jury will also convene. A marriage license was Issued to William Owen Newton, aged twentytwo, and Stella Maude Duer, aged eighteen. o“THE SLOW POKE" IS COMING Splendid After Easter Attraction on Tuesday. W. B. Pattori in his ribw play, “The Slow Poke,” will be the attraction at the Bosse Opera House Tuesday, April 2. While the star has established himself in the heart of every local theatre-goer, Mr. Patton has a surprise for all, in his newest western

play, “The Slow Poke.” The play itself deals with Colorado life, depicting scenes as they really exist in every day life; it contains a beautiful and wonderfully interesting story of heart interest told with simplicity and naturalness. Eastern critics’ look upon Mr. Patton as one of their most sterling comedians and his quaint and peculiar method have won for him the unstinted praise of the entire eastern press. He is surrounded this season with an exceptionally clever supporting company. The scenery is entirely new and very extensive each act being entirely special thus adding to an already finished production. The engagement here will be looked forward to as one of the society events of the season. —o PRICES OF GASOLINE ADVANCED. Cleveland, 0., March 26.—The Standard Oil company today advanced the prices of all grades of gasoline, etc., in barrels, owing to the increased cost of cooperage. _o TO INSPECT BAGDOD RAILROAD Ambassador Jay Will Leave Constantinople Soon. Contantinople, March 27. —Acting under instructions from Washington, P. A. Jay, secretary of the American embassy here, will leave shortly for Bagdod, Asaistic Turkey, to inspect the Bagdod railroad, designed to connect the Mediterranean with the Persian Gulf. He will inspect the work which Germany is doing and make a detailed report to Secretary Root in regard to Germay’s political activity. This is taken here to mean that Roosevelt is intensely interested tn the alleged German desire to gobble up the Persian trade by building thia road. England feels that this at present is the only ominous war cloud >n the horizon and voices the sent! nent given last night by Ambassadoi Bryce. —.— - o The horse sale Friday promises ; tc be the best sale yet held by the De catur Horse Sale company, as a num ber of good draft and driving horses will be offered for ■’ale. A force ol men in the employ of this companj have been scouring the country foi good horses and they report that the? have the goods. It will pay you tc attend this sale as you may see some hing you can use.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Reported by the Decatur Abstract A Loan Company. > Money to loan on farms and city property at the lowest rates of interest Office, rooms 3-4 Morrison Block, Decatur, Indiana William L. Foreman to Julius Rei- , chert, part section 13 Monroe township, $3400. Richard Tucker to Azle E. Tucker, part section 36 Washington township, S3OOO. Caleb B. Andrews to Addle Andrews, part section 28 Washington township, $2500. Nancy M. Poling to Luella Sullivan out lot 84, Decatur, $l5O. Frederick Scheimann to Luella Sullivan out lot 84 Decatur SISOO. Cassius M. Andrews to Adam Pease part section 7, Washington township $3500. Decatur Cemetery Association to Frank M. Blossom lot 4, Decatur, $25. Frits L. Studler to William Schlagenhauf part section 3 Hartford township S4OOO. James R. Boyd to Frank L. Martin, Inlot 26 Pleasant Mills, $650. Robert E. Doty to Jonathan M. Andrews part section 2 Monroe township $5600. Carroll Elevator Co. to John F. Hocker et al., inlot 51 Monroe, S3OO. Abrahdm J. Beery to Susan C. Smith outlot 74 Decatur sl.

S. G. Humphreys to Ernest Schllck- ( mann Inlot 33 Decatur $3500. Ernest Schlickman to Martin Schlickman part of Inlot 212 Decatur $2500. Ernest Schlickmann to Emma [ Schlickmann part of Inlot 212 Deca- ‘ tur $2500. Ernest Schlickman to Mory Schllck- ! man in lot 33 Decatur, $350*0. George W. Pyle to Adams A. Moser inlots 344-345 Geneva $lB5. Andrew J. Pyle to Michael O. Kranor part section 29 Wabash township SSOO. Eugene Barnes to Daniel Beeler, pt section 34, Wabash township, $1675. 11, ,| , jf..., i 1,, LEGAL ADVEBTISnrG CINCINNATI, RICHMOND A FORT WAYNE RAILROAD COMPANY. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad Company will be held at the principal office of the company, In the city of Richmond, Indiana, on Thursday, April 4, 1907, it ten o’clock a. m., for the purpose 3 of electing eleven directors and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. S. B. LIGGETT, to Apr. 4. Secretary. NOTICE OFFInAL SET-

mviivki vr riHAi. ocr ‘ .-■>* TLEMENT OF ESTATE ’ Notice is hereby given to the credr itors, heirs and legatees of Jacob Fre--1 ang, deceased, to appear in the Adt ams Circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 10th day April, 1907, and show cause, if any, why the Final 1 Settlement Accounts with the estate -of said decedeht should not be ap- . proved; and said heirs are notified tv then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. 1 CHRISTINA R. NIBLICK, i Adminlstratix of the estate of Wil- - liam H. Niblick, formerly executor of , Jacob Freang, deceased. Heller & Son, Merryman & Sutton, Attys. ’ Marek 20, 1907. , 3-2 t s ’ NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER'S 3 SALE OF REAL ESTATE Notice Is hereby given that Jesse C. Sutton, a commissioner appoint- , ed by the Adams Circuit Court of * Adams county, Indiana, to make sale of real estate ordered sold by said 3 court in a cause for partition in which 1 Dyonis Schmitt, guardian of Peter J. , Braun et al., is plaintiff, and John ,’ Braun is defendant, in all respects 1 agreeable to the order of said court, at the law office of Merryman & Sutton, over the Old Adams County Bank > Decatur, Indiana, on Friday, April 26th, 1907, between the hours of nine o’clock a. '* m., and four o’clock p. m., of said day, will offer for sale at private sale the real estate so ordered sold by _ said Court in said cause, described as 5 follows, to-wlt: “» Inlot number twenty In the original i plat of the town (now city) of Decar tur, in Adams county in the State t of Indiana. If said real estate shall not be sold l * on said day, the same will be offered for sale at said place of sale from k day to day until the same Is sold. Terms: —One-third cash; one-third in one year; and one third in two tt years; 1 deferred payments to bear six ’• per cent Interest and secured by per,t sonal surety and a mortgage on the tt said premises; but if purchaser prefers he may pay all the purchase moe ney in cash. * s All subject to the approval of’ said ,t court. d JESSE C. SUTTON. Commissioner. Merryman & Sutton, Atty. 4-4 t r ' NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS* o State of Indiana,. County of Adams, as: William L. Keller vs. John Higgins et al., No. 7352, suit to quiet title to real estate. ib It appearing from affidavit filed in f the above entitled cause, that John ; Higigns, Higgins, his wife, whose y true Christian name Is unknown; all •r the 5 -unknown heirs of John Higgins, y if he be deceased, whose Christian ‘ names are unknown; all the unknown heirs of Higigns, wife of John Higgins, whose Christian names are unknown, if she be deceased, of the

above named defendants, are nonresidents of the state of Indiana. * Notice is therefore hereby given the said John Higgins, Higgins, his wife, whose Christian name is unknown; all the heirs of John Higgins, if he be deceased, whose Christian names are unknown; all the unknown heirs of Higgins, wife of John Higigns, whose Christian names are unknown, if she be deceased, that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit court on the 13th day of May, 1907, the same being the 31st Juridical day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the court house In the city of Dechtur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day of April, 1907, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined In their absence. Witness, my name, and the seal of said court hereto affixed, this 15th day of March, 1907. (SEAL. 9 DAVID GERBEh., Clerk. By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, - Deputy. Schurger & Smith, Attys. 3-3 t PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. -State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss. Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, March Term, 1907. To the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana: We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident free holders and legal voters of Frenc htownsbip and Hartford township in Aadms county, in the stae of Indiana, do hereby respectfuly petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road constructed and j completed over and upon the public; highway In said Hartford and French •

township, situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing in the center of the gravel road known as the Reynolds! gravel road runping east and west be-j tween sections four and nine at the • southeast confer of the southwest i quarter of said section four in township twenty-five north, range thirteen east, in Adams county, Indiana, < thence running north on the public highway running north through the center of section four, one mile to the public highway running east and west ■ on the north line of sdid section four; I thence east on the public highway on ■ the township line dividing French and Hartford townships aforesaid, tor a distance of about three <,u:>rters of a mile to the Eckrote Free Gravel road and there terminating, being less than two miles In length and connecting at both ends with a free gravel road. Which said free gravel roads have been heretofore constructed under the laws of the state of Indiana. That the above improvement as prayed for is less than three miles in length and is to be and is an extension of the Reynolds Free Gravel Road, and is to be called the Reynolds Free Macadam Road Extension No. four. Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway above described be graded and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and that upon such broken grade, and that upon such broken stone that there be placed stone screenings and that there be built, made and constructed upon said highway what is known as a macadamized

num. to Auvwu ao a uiavauamucu road. Your petitioners further show that the public highway thsu sought tQ be Improved is a public highway already established, one mile of which is a public highway of Hartford township and three-fourths of a mile of which is a. public higway on the line dividing French and Hartford townships aforesaid. Your petitioners further ask that said road as above described be graded to a width of twenty feet and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten feet and to a depth of ten inches in the center thereof, and to a depth of eight inches at the sides thereof and that crushed stone screen-, ings be placed thereon to a depth of three inches upon skid broken stone. We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, payable in twenty semiannual installments or series, and for the payment of which we . ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property »f said French township and Hartford township In Adams county, Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds, as they may become due, that said road be built and that said bonds be issued and said tax levied upon said taxable property of said French and Hartford township aforesaid in accordance with the acts ’of the legislature of the ■ state of Indian now In force and passed In the year 1905, beginning on page 550 in the acts of 1905 and all anany amendments thereto. We further ask that the board take the different steps as required by law and as the law authorizes them to do to ave said improvement constructed and made under and by virtue of the • laws of the state of Indiana, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. ■ Respcetfully submitted: I Taiford Runyon, Charles Reynolds,' Dan A. Eckrote, Andrew French, John Simlson, John J. Augsburger, Charles Tremp, John G. Adler, August Scheidegger, William Schlagenhauf, Sam Nussbaum, Peter Hoffman, John M. ’ Chrisman, David Falb, A. Schlagenhauf, Isaac Falb, Samuel Opliger, Christian Stuckey, H. A. Morrow, C. E. Slawson, E. C. Runyon, David Heller, sr., Fred Wright, George W. Gentis, J. E. Eckrote, Sarah Bebersteln, A. Runyon, N. A, Hunt, David Meshberger, Rufus Meshberger, L. C. Dunbar, Samuel Hall. L. D. Dunbar, Joseph E. Eckrote, Elmer C. -Hunt, Ben Banter. D. H, Miller, John H. Sours, Abraham Bierie, George W. Holloway, Sherman Higigns, Alfred Johnson, F. <J. Shepherd. J. A. Engle, A. Shanks, ' Ezra Bugh, John Hall, Chas. E. Pusey, Simeon Sales, Badgley Anderson, Jas. i A. Pusey, Wm. Anderson, Chris. Eicher, Peter N. Mosser, Emanuel Namer, Fred Llddy, John Schindler, Charles 1 Chrisman, Daniel Yoder, Levi Moeshberger, Rufus Kreps, Albrecht Reber, Fred Studler, Jacob Mesehberger. Ben Mesehberger, Sanford ,S. Reynolds,; Fred Miller, John Pearson,

David Runyon, J. P. Stine, Levi Augsburger, John D. Mosser, A. B. Blberstein, Katharine Schindler, Q. J. Augsburger, N. S. Stuckey, John Mosure, Peter Baumgartner jr., John A. Amtsutz, Christ J. Gerber, John J. J. Moser, Christ N. Stuckey. George A. Adler, Smith Runyon, C. M. Liby, Geo. Heller, Paul Grandjinard. Louis E. Juillerat, Robert Meyer, J. K. Yoder, Robert Gerber, Noah Schindler, David Zimmerman, A. J. Reynolds, Charles C. Fonts, Mrs. Minger, Dee T. Simon, Ed Meshberger, Peter Moschberger, Daniel Augsburger, Christ Moeschberger, F. Rinehart, Jonas Neuenschwander, Daniel Meschberger, Christ Lugenbill, David Schindler, Emil Egly, Christian Yoder, Lewis Reynolds, Benjamin Nichols, Moses Augsburger, John W. Comens, Arnoll Achleman, J. H. Lindsey, Peter Blberstlne. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, April 1, 1907, at .which time any taxpayer of Hart- 1 ford arid French townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 2-3 t. C, D. LEWTON, Auditor. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss. Before the Board of Commissioners of the. county of Adams, March Term, 1907. We the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident free holders and voters of and in French township in the county of Adams, and state of Indiana, do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a fre macadamized stone road constructed and completed in said ! French township over and upon the ; public highway situated on tlfe followFruita irvwlt •

ing route, to-wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section i twenty-three township twenty-six 1 north, range thirteen east in the cen- ! ter ot the highway which extends < north and south; thence running east ! over and upon the public ighway , through the center of section twenty- ' three and section twenty-four, town- ' ship and range aforesaid and ending at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, : township twenty-six north, range thirI teen east. | That the above improvement as prayed for is less than three miles in length and is to be and is an extension of the French Township Gravel road, a free gravel road heretofore constructed and which was voted upon by the voters of said French township. Said proposed improvement conects at the commencement thereof with said French Township Central Gravel Road, and that at the end or terminus thereof said proposed road ends on the township line being the line dividing French township and Monroe township in said county and state, and said improvement at the end and terminus thereof connects with an imprvoed highway on the township line aforesaid. Your petitioners -further ask your honorable body that said highway above described be graded and, that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and that upon such broken stone, that there be placed stone screenings and that there be built, made and constructed upon said high- v Wav whfit is Irnnwn oa a monoHa yvi lvoH

way wuai is Known as a macaaamizea road, and your petitioners further show that the public highway thus sought to be Improved Is a public highway already established, and one of the public highways of said , French township. Your petitioners ■further ask that said road as above described be graded to a width of. twenty-two feet and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten feet and to a depth o ften Inches in the center thereof and to a depth of eight inches at the sides thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth of three inches upon said broken stone. That said road be constructed as a double track; that the name of said road shall be French Town- < ship Central Extension No. 4. We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, payable tn twenty semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment . of which we ask that a tax be levied " upon the taxable property of said French township, tn Adams county. Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pc * the interest and principal of aril bonds as they may become due, that said road be built and that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon said property of said township in accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the state of Indiana, now in - force and passed in the year 1905, beginning on Page 550 in the Acts of 1905 and all and any amendments thereto. v We further ask that the board take the different steps as required by law and as the law authorizes them V* do to have said improvement construe-. ted and made as they are authorized to do under and by virtue of the laws , of the state of Indiana, providing for . the extension pf free gravel or macad- J < am roads. j x. NAMES OF PETITIONERS. ■ Jacob Wulllman. Joseph Rich. Louis ‘ N. Stram, Jonas Neuenschwander, W. ? H. Bollinger, Simon Smith, John A. . ; Ainstutz, John Rich, Jacob er, Julius Erhart, Frank Behling. Geo>, ,E. Marshall, P D. Roth, Henry A. Meyer. Ephraim Klphfer, Noah Moser, John Rolter, W. Witzeman, John Stepler, Samuel LoChner, Christ Mesehberger, J. Mesehberger, Edward Bentz, I. J. Bowman, C. H. Walter, Ferdinand Yake, Andrew Reinhart,' John Smith, H. S. Wolfe, Lawrence Beitter, William Fuchs, Jacob P.' Klopfenstein, Ferdinand Klukmann, f" William G. Smith, E. D. Marsh and, ' William Yager. Andrew Mertz, V. D. Bell, John Beelor, C- G. Gerber, Nogh i Schindler, David Schindler, Ed Meshberger, L. D. Miller, John Meshberger, C. J. Augsburger, Jacob B Steiner, John Neuhauser, F. A. Kohler, Jacob Danner and Albert Mattox. Said petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on • Monday,. April 1, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of French " towifship may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for.Q C. 2-3t,' Auditor Adams County. *