Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1907 — Page 8

tme MRBUOttES’ /Wlf 3 Most healthy, (/ / vigorous men and L / women in the / A United States are fc44 raised on good, old[7 fashioned Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee. Never mind what the others drink, you want to be well. Say things to the man who tries to switch you from Arbuckles’ to coffee that pays him big profits at the expense of your stomach. « Complies with all requirements of the National Pure Food Law. Cuaranteu No. 2041. filed at Washington. ANOTHER CHAPTER Written by the Ladies’ Historical Club THE LAWYERS AND DOCTORS Interesting Story of the Men Who Helped to Build up This Community. During the decade from 1840 to 1850, the population of the village of Decatur numbered not over two hundred and fifty; so we can readily understand that the professional people were, proverbially speaking, “As scarce as hen’s teeth.” The legal fraternity was not represented in Decatur until 1840 when Beatty McClellan came to the village from Ohio, remained a few months, and removed to Winchester. He taught school here, and also took what legal business he could find; hence he may be called the first resident attorney of Decatur. He afterward became a very able lawyer and when last heard from he was leading a retired life at Columbus, in Bartholomew county. The next lawyer who came to settle in our village was William H. Bugh, who came here in 1848 from Ohio. Mr. Bugh was a fine appearing gentleman, in fact, in modem parlance, “He was a perfect Adonis.” Mr. Bugh, while here, was married to Miss Margaret Deforest, of Cincinnati. Mrs. Bugh was an estimable lady, but for some reason best known to themselves, they separated, and Mr. Bugh soon left Decatur for Wisconsin. William Carson a young Canadian, was the next lawyer to take up his residence in our village, but Mr. Carson was afflicted with political aspirations which could not be realized in Adams county, so he left us for Fort Wayne in 1851, where he built up a fine practice and was finally elected judge. William G. Spencer was also one of our early lawyers. He came to Decatur in 1849 and practiced law until 1860 and then was elected county auditor and served two terms of four years each. In 1852 Mr. Spencer was " OLD PEOPLE NEED VINOL Because it contains the very elements needed to rebuild wasting tissues and replace feebleness with strength. We return money if it fails to benefit, SMITH, YAGER A FALK.

married to Miss Mary Nevious, only daughter' of the Rev. John Nevious. The marriage took place at the parsonage (the house now occupied by Mrs. William Dorwin). David Studabaker studied law with judge Jacob Haynes of Portland, and in June, 1852, chose Decatur as his first location for the practice of his profession He practiced continuously for thirty-one years (longer than any other attorney ever in Adams county). James R. Bobo studied with Mr. Studabaker in 1858-’59 and commenced the practice in 1860. He .devoted himself to it continuously until November, 1877, when he took the office of circuit judge, to which he had been elected in 1876. Judges Bobo served two terms of six years each. He also served two terms in the house of representatives and one in the senate at Indianapolis. Mr. Bobo served in every political capacity with both honor to himself and his constituency > The oldest attorney now regularly devoted to his profession is Robert Smith Peterson, who read law with Mr. Studabaker. The other resident practitioners are Daniel D. Heller, Paul G. Hooper, Judge Richard Erwin, Dora Erwin, A. P. Beatty, Dan Erwin, J. Teeple, Henry Heller, J T. Merryman, J. C. Sutton, David Smith, John Moran, Clark J. Lutz, L. C. Devoss and C. L. Walters. Some of the younger members of the Decatur bar have taken up their residence in other cities, and other valued members (-John T. France and Elias Coverdale) have passed to the “silent shore.” During the early years of the county’s history, lawyers frequently came from Fort Wayne; among them was Judge Borden (who was on the bench at that time), Moses Jenkinson, Mr. Colerick, Isaac Jenkinson and others. “Court week” was a very important event in those primitive times. We had no sidewalks at that time and often those dignified gentlemen were under the necessity of wading through water to reach the court house. THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY. As it required a certain degree of civilization, that is, civil organization, and a requisite number of population before the lawyer could make his profession remunerative, he was not so early on the ground, nor was he so badly needed as the doctor. The 1 doctor came in with the settler, and carried on a rather unequal contest with the “shakes and the snakes” and the milksickness. Impure water and the malaria arising from the decaying vegetation of dark swamps and heavy forest lands were almost too much for the old-time doctor, yet to his credit be it said, he did the best he could with his pills and his quinine, his i calomel and his lancet. If his. culture and scientific acquirements were not quite in range, with the physician of today, yet his tireless energy, his integrity of his painstaking devotion to his chosen profession more than made up for his deficiency in the medical discoveries and theories of later times. It was not in the province of the old-time doctor when re-t ceiving a summons for medical aid, to question the ability of his patient to pay. It was his duty to save life if he could, and he went cheerfully overt corduroy bridges and deep mud roads• and often the long weary ride was his; only remuneration. The early settler’ was not overburdened with money, i The preacher he could pay with pumpkins and dried elderberries, and the ■ doctor, who wanted money for his • pay, often had to go without it. The doctor then preceded the lawyer by three or four years. In 1839 Dr. Tisdale began practicing in St. Marys township about two and a half miles south of Decatur on the old Piqua road. Earlier than this Dr. Kimsey lived in Monmouth and practiced in Root township. Dr. Barton Snow lived just south of Jay and Adams county line and practiced in Hartford and Wabash townships asj early as 1834-5 and in 1838 moved to I Buffalo now known as Geneva, and practiced in the county until his death. His brother, James Snow, also practiced in that region somewhat later. The two Dr. Ralstons, of Geneva, came there in 1870. One Dr. Smith Ralston is still in Geneva. In 1860 Dr. Calderwood began to practice in Blue Creek and Wabash townships and was very successful in his calling. Drs. Van Camp and McDale practiced in Geneva and Linn Grove since 1880 and probably before. Dr. Lemuel Coverdale lived in the edge of Allen county and his practice reached as far as Root township, probably as early as 1855. In 1858 or ’59 he removed to Monmouth and practiced in and around that locality for years and was a very successful physician, his son Dr. J. 3., and grandson, Dr. E. Coverdale, are now practicing members of the medical fraternity of Decatur. The first resident physician at Decatur was Dr. Williams. He came in 1837 or 1838 from Ohio and after five >r six years moved to Willshire, Ohio, Dr. William Trout came in 1840 from Pennsylvania and practiced until his death in 1885, forty-five years after

he settled. Dr. Trout practiced medicine here longer than any other physician who has made Dcatur his home, and none of the old settlers are more prominently and respectfully remembered. Not only did his acquaintance and practice extend throughout Adams county, but reached into adjoining counties, and even at Fort Wayne he had an extensive patronage. During the latter years of his life he made few visits, giving his attention to his office work, and the street near his residence was at times lined with patients and their conveyances, come from the country around to get the benefit of his skill. The simple mention of this fact is sufficient evidence of the place he held in the hearts of the people, and no greater tribute could be paid to his memory. Dr. Trout's learning was not confined to his profession. He was familiar with the whole range of thought, and science and literature. He was perfectly familiar with the German language, and translating It with ease. In March, 1842, Dr. Trout was married to Miss Mary Welsh, of Anne Arundel county, Maryland. His son, Dr. D. G. M. Trout was associated with him in his practice for several years before his death and is still one es the resident physicians of Decatur. In October, 1847, Dr. Alexander Porter came to Decatur and opened an office and followed his chosen profession until his death, which took place in 1860. Pomroy Porter came i early in the forties, and was killed' during the civil war. Dr. William Moor was one of the early physicians in Decatur. He was a bachelor and very excentric, but an excellent physician. Dr. Moor moved i from Decatur to lowa. Doctors Little ’ and Champer were her in an early day, and died here. Among the physicians 1 best remembered here were the Pierces, three in number. John Pierce came from Willshire, Ohio, about 1850, and returned to that place about thir-ty-five years ago, where he died. Jacob Pierce was here eight or ten years and died before the civil war. Dr. Jacob Pierce will be remembered as a Methodist preacher as well as a doctor. He often preached at the old court house and “The prodigal son” i was an inexhaustible subject of his, however, sometimes he would vary i the monotony by giving us a sermon on a certain sailor who on his return to his widowed mothers house threw ’ 1 down a little “press” of money and very tragically exclaimed here mother are my yearnings for seven Jong years ah. j I Dr. Thomas Pierce practiced medicine here a few years and moved to Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and died there. One of the old-time physicians of Decatur was Dr, Sorg. a German phy : sician who was much respected by all. The physicians who came later were Doctors Dorwin, Holloway, Jeleff, Thomas, M. L. Holloway, Coverdale, Boyers, Shroek, McMillan, Freeman’ Miller, Mann, Curtiss, Costello, Keller and the Clarks. I Those who have gone to other parts are Curtiss, Freeman and Mann, and those of the later physicians who have passed away are Doctors Dorwin,; Jeleff, Holloway and Schrock. | In the profession of Dentistry we I have had only a few who have been I successful in building up a practice, j It took a long while to persuade peoI pie of the value and efficiency of ' “store teeth” and the value of the > dentist to the health and comfort of: the individual was not appreciated by the earlier inhabitants. It was not until ISSB or 1859 that Dr. Cummings came to Decatur and even then the work of the dentist failed to appeal to the public in away to make the practice at all remunerai tive. Dr. Cummings only stayed a few months. In 1876 or 1867 Dr. Glenn came to Decatur and opened dental parlors, practiced until 1878 i then sold his practice and furniture | to Dr. A. E. DeVilbiss and went to Van Wert Dr. DeVilbiss was very successful and retained his practice until his death in 1901. A year or two before his death Dr. Roy Archibold became associated with him in his practice and is still engaged in the profession, retaining the office and practice of his date partner. In 1886 Dr. Quincy Neptune opened the second dental office in Decatur, and has been very successful in building up a large practice. Drs. Dick Neptune and Bert Mangold each have a dental office and an (established practice in the city and surrounding county. _o Four thousand people visited the Wallace circus headquarters near Peru Sunday, it being the last Sunday in Winter quarters. Monday the big show began inovihg to the city, preparatory to its Initial performance ' Saturday next. Pracice in the tents will begin Wednesday night. o L No one is immune from Kidney ' trouble, so just remember that Foley’s Kidney Cure will stop the irregular- . ities and cure any case of, kidney and , bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

ARRESTED TODAY FOR CRUELTY Even the Millionaire* Have Their Domestic Trouble*. I New York, N. Y., April 24. —A romance begun eight years ago, when a j couple met in London, was shattered today when Mrs. Augustus Poet, wife of a banker nad millionaire had him arrested and charged with cruelty and assaulting her. Mrs. Post appeared in court and bared her arms to the elbow to show scratches. Post is , thirty-two years old and his wife has , grey hair and is about sixty years of . age, but still has the bloom of youth in her cheecks. Mrs. Post says it is , sweet to recall how tender he was ,i on their honeymoon. I know I was older, much older than he, and I only wish that I was still older and he then would not have fallen in love with me. The case was continued until May Ist. o Mr. S. L Bower, of Wayne, W. Va., writes: “I was a sufferer from kidney disease, so that at times I could not get out of bed, and when I did I could I not stand straight. I took Foley’s | Kidney Cure. One dollar bottle and part of the second cured me entirely.” Foley’s Kidney Cure works wonders where others are total failures. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. LMAL ABVWTISIM j APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. • j Notice is hereby given, That the i undersigned has been appointed > Ad j j . ministrator of the estate of Pauline Kirchner, late of Adams county, de- ! ceased. The estate is probably solvent. JOHN C. GRANDSTAFF, I April 16, 1907. Administrator. 1 Peterson & Moran, Attorneys. 7-3 t. I . • NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. — i Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Roman J. Holthouse, deceased, to appear’ in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 11th day of May, 1907, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. WILHELMINA HOLTHOUSE, i Administrator. i Decatur, Indiana, April 18, 1907. A. P. Beatty Atty. 8-2 t NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams. county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Root township in said county, known as the Winchester Macadam Road, up and until 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, May 6, 1907, { at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners held in the city of De-1 catur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed’ bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with' the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer which are now on file fn the Auditor’s office of ’ said county, said roads to be built of crushed stone alone. A good bond must accompany each bid twice the amount of the bid filed , conditioned for faithful performance jof said work and that the bidder if | awarded the contract therefor will enter into contract therefor and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash payable on es-j timates to be made by the Engineer ’ ■in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder wit] be required to file affidavit as provided by law. The Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. C. D. LEWTON, 6-3 t Auditor of Adams County. Petition for stone road. Stare of <or Adams, ss. Before the BoaadlAof Commissioners of the county of Adams, March Term, 1907. We, the undersigned, ach and all of whom are resident free holders and votrs of and in the township of Monroe and tne town of Berne in said i Monroe township in the county of , Adams in the state of Indiana, do j hereby respectfully petition your hon--1 orable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road con- [ structed and completed iq said Monroe township over and upon the public ' highway situated on the following ‘ route, to-wit: Commencing on the Pleasant Val- ( ley and Oak Grove Macadam Road at I the north-west corner of the southwest quarter of section twenty-four (24) > township twenty-six 126) north range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, Indiana, running thence east on the s half section line through section ’ twenty-four (24) to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of section (24) or to the township line be- ; tween Monroe and Blue Creek town- . ship, a distance of one mile, and there b to terminate, the same to. be an exten- ’ sion of the Pleasant Valley and Oak ’ Grove Macadam Road and to be known and called Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove Macadam Road Extension. We ask that you take such action r upon this petition as you are directed i and' authorized to under and by vlr- ■ tue of an act of the General AssemI bly of-the-state of Indiana, approved ! March the Bth, 1905, and under any [other act of the General Assembly mentioned in said act, and acts amend;

• w atory thereto. And we recommnd that said highway be forty (40) feet in width, and that it be improved by making thereon what is known as a double track; and one track of the same be macadamized by placing thereon crushed stone,with screenings on top, to such width and depth as the viewers may deem best. That a United States mail route now passes over said road. We further ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by said county of Adams payable in twenty (20) semi-annual equal installments for the payment of which bonds we ask that there be a tax levied upon the taxable property of said Monroe township and the town of Berne in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as the, same shall become due and payable under and according to the provisions of said act of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana approved March the Bth, 1905 and any and all amendments thereto. The improvement herein prayed for to be a continuation or extension of the Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove Macadam Road to connect the above road with the above dscribed township line, the above Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove Macadam Road being an improved macadamized road petitioned and voted on under an act of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, approved March the 3rd, 1893, and the amendments thereto, and constructed pursuant thereto. Respectfully submitted. J. N. Kerr, Mathias Miller, John Hendricks, N. H. McClain, W. T. Waggoner, S. F. Lehman, Benj. Mershber-1 ger,” J. F. Lehman, E. K. Shalley, G.' M. Hedington, Amos Burkhalter, Bert Parr, Daniel A. Miller, G. C. McCune, Silas Oliver, Nicholas Rist, Andrew< J. Myer, David O. Lehman, Jeff Leichty, D. A. Witwell, David P. Sommer, Jonas Springer, Sam Simison, Paul Gerber, A. J. Moser, Geo. T. Braun, Wm. Miller, C. Stengel, H. H. Stucky, Sam Schindler, LTTfr Sprunger, Emil Franz, E. A. Luginbill, W. Baumgartner, J. N. Burkhalter, Benj. F. Burkett, Amos Reuser, Amos McCune, J. E. Rose, Eugene Runyan, J. Stucky, J. W. Craig, S. S. Egly, Henry Schindler, C. A. Augsburger, J. M. Rose, Lewis Reynolds, John A Clouser, C. H. Schenk, Jacob Egly, Andrew Gottschalk, A. G. Waggoner, Daniel Miller, Jacob Huser, R. G. Lusk, Emil Flickinger, Ben Habegger, David Depp, I. G> Kerr,Vance Mattox, G.W. Gates, John W. Lusk, Wm. F. Shaman, A. N. Jack, Peter Nusbaum, David Lehman, Albert Huser, C. C. Beer, Mathias Striker, Levi Moser, Eli Beer. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 6, 1927, at which time any taxpayer of Monroe township may A appear and make such-objections as the law may provide for./ 2-3 t J C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. PETITION FOR FREE MACADAM ROAD. State of Indiana, Cotmty of Adams, jbs: ’ - Before .the Board of Commissioners of the County of Adams. I We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident free-holders and voters of and in the township of Washington, fn Adams county, and state of Indiana, do hereby respecti fully petition your honorable body that I you proceed to have a free MacadI amized Stone Road constructed and I completed in said Washington townIship, over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, towit: Commencing afr the north-east corner of section thirty (30) in township twenty-seven (27) north range fourteen (14) east, running thence west on the section line between sections nineteen (19) and thirty (30) to the northwest corner of section thirty (30) and there to terminate on the boundary line between Washington township and Kirkland township in said county and state. Said road being less than three miles in length and at the commencement thereof said proposed highwayconnects with the west Washington i Township Macadam Road heretofore ! petitioned for, and the question of building the same was submitted to the voters of said Washingon township. And this improvement to be an extension of said road. And said proposed improvement at the end and terminus thereof ends on the township line, being the line dividing Washington and Kirkland townships aforesaid, and said proposed improvement at the end and terminus thereof connects with an improved highway on the township line aforesaid. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be graded and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and that upon such broken stone be placed stone screenings, and that there be built, made and constructed upon said highway what is known as a Macadamized Road. Your petitioners further shows that the public highway thus sought to be improved is a ptfblic highway already established and- is one of the public highways of said Washington township. Your petitioners further ask that said road above described be graded to a width of twenty-four (24) feet, and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet, and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center thereof, and to a depth of eight (8) inches at the sides thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth of three (3) inches upon said broken stone. That said road be constructed as a double track that the name of said road shall be West Washington Extension No. 5. We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable propery of said Washington township, and the! city of Decatur situated in said town-1 ship, 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, i and said tax be levied, upon said prop-' erty, <?f gald township and §aid city

in. accordance wi r n the of the [Legislature ot the state of Indiana, ' passed in the year 1905, and amended in the year 1907, in the Acts of the General Assembly, of the state of Indiana, for the year 1907. ! We further ask that the Board take the different steps as required by law , to have said improvement constructed and made, and that they construct the same under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Indiana providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. NAMES OF PETITIONERS: I. P. Crist, Jonas G. Hoffman, E. A. Hoffman, Milton Kidd, J. R. Tombleson, Eli Engle, J. A. Barnhart, C. . B. Poling, L. F. Miller, T. H. Baltzell, , T. M. Andrews, M. Mgllonee, F. Gass, John Hessler, Adam Hower, F. W. John-o. . . ichael Miller, C. M. Andre- ’ C. ' id-evs. J. R. Parrish, G. E Me* 11. W. Cross, T. H, W’. Ivy Andrews, J. H.. Yag-' F y Yager, L. C. Pease, Jon? b -n Me-vmtn, Z. Merryman, T. Dee ’■ V Corson, J. N. Burkhead, J. W ‘ c Cvi, Jr., James S. Johnston, Nor’ Johnson, B. Smith, Joseph H. And.e as, G. A. Barnett, F. M. Andrews, G. 11. Andrews, W. A. Wisner, C. B. Andrews, C. T. Lee, Jo Heimann, E. B. Barthe, David Eley, J. F. Kelfer, Jos. Smith, A. S. Parrish ,Elias Crist, N. A. Loch, W. H. Ward, A. A. Butler, C. Cloud, Wm. Butler, John Coffee. . This petition, will be presented to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, on Monday, May 6, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Washington township may appear and make ( such objections as the law may prof vide for. C. D. LEWTON, 6-3 t. Auditor of Adams County. PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams. In the Commissioners’ Court May term, 1907. « To the Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Indiana: Gentlemen:—We, the undersigned, all resident freeholders and voters of Washington township, Adams county, Indiana, would most respectfully petition your Honorable body, to take such steps as provided by law to cause to be graded, drained and Macadamized with crushed stone the highway already laid out and established upon and along the following route in Washington township, Adams county, Indiana, towit: Commencing at a point on the East Washington macadam road at the north-east corner of section twentythree (23) in township twenty-seven (27) north range fourteen (14) east in said county of Adams and state of Indiana, thence running west on the section line road between sections 22 and 23 on the south and 14 and 15 on the north, for a distance of about two (2) miles to a point on the Decatur and Monroe Macadam Road at the north-west corner of said section 22 iand there • to terminate. Said petitioners further show that said road sought to be macadamized is less than three (3) miles in length and connects at each end with a free Macadam Road built and fmiy completed pursuant to a petlton and election. Said petitioners ask that said road be ordered built Without submitting the question of building same to the voters of said Washington township, and that the same be built as a double track road, that the same be graded to a width of twenty-seven (27) feet and that crushed stone be placed thereon to a width of ten (10) feet and that crushd stone screenings be placed on top thereof. Said petitioners further ask that said imurovement including all costs incurred therein, be paid for by an issue of bonds payable in twenty semi-annual installments and to pay said bonds and the interest thereon there be levied a tax upon the taxable property of said Washington township. Said road shall be called the Roud-enhush-Haln Macadam Road. Said petitioners further ask that such steps be taken to make said improvement as is authorized by the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved March Bth, 1905, and as amended February 25th. 1907. (See Acts of 1905, page 550 and Acts 1907, page 68.) NAMES OF PETITIONERS. Harvey Harruff, J. M. Miller, E. W. Busche, C. S. Niblick, R. K. Allison, Jno. Niblick, Ed. Johnson, Seth D. Beavers, G W. Everett, John Steele, ,G. E. Steele, M. Kirch, J. D. Meyer, H. S. Porter, H. J. Yager, H, Hite, John Everett, D. K. Shackley, H. R. Moltz, J. S. Boyers, J. D. Hale, J. E. Moser, W. W. P. McMillen, James O. Ball, L. Ellis, Julius aHugk, L. G. Ellingham, David E. Smith, Noah Mangold, D. D- Clark, C. S. Clark, Pete Holthouse, Henry Schulte, B. J. Smith, Ben Schrank, C. A. Dugan, James Bain.W. H. Lee, Andrew Miller, E. X. Ehinger, Julius Kohne, A. Voglewede, L. G. Kohn, Anthony Kohn, Bernard Kohn Alphons Kohne, Wm. Parent, Joseph Mayer, Peter J. Heimann, John P. Braun, H. W. Sellemeyer, Albert Spuller, Edward Chronister, Frank Heimann, Caspar Heimann, Theo, Lengerich, Peter Mayer, Joseph Heimann, R. E. Gilpen, C. T. Lee, Michael Miller, H. Beckmaster, F. H._ Tabler, James Kirkendall, James ner, Fred Scheiman, Henry Shulty, H. L. Smith, Fred Reppert, G. W. Brown, Jacob Omlor, George W. Raudenbush, T. M. Andrews, L. T. Johnson, George A. Kintz, William Arnold, Wm. Hartings, J. Fred Fruchte, T. O. Martin, S. M. Myers, C. T. Payne, Joseph Shilling, Eli Meyer, H. F. Linn, A. Van Camp, C. C. Schafer, John B. Weber, H. F. Callow, Chas. Pennington, P. K. Kinney, A. N. Steele, B. Meyer, J. S. Colchin, Geo. E. Wemhoff, Chas. Sether, Gustav Reinking, John Hessler. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners of Adams i coupty, Indiana, on Monday, May 6, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Washington township may appearand* make > such objections as the law may pro--vide for, C. D. LEWTON, ?-3t. Auditor of Adams County.