Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1907 — Page 3

LBGAL ABVEBTIinW NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Ferdinand C. Klickman, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at De- | catur, Indiana, on the 6th 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. AUGUSTE KLICKMAN, Administrator. Decatur, Indiana April 10, 1907. * Peterson & Moran, Atty. 6-3 t - T NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners will on Monday, May 6, 1907, r receive sealed blds for the rental of the old fair grounds. Bidders will be required to file with their blds a check calling for an amount equal to their "bids. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. MARTIN LAUGHLIN, DAVID WERLING, WILLIAM MILLER, Commissioners. f 'Attest:—C. D. Lewton, Auditor. 6-3 t NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Mary Braun, 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. JOHN W. COFFEE, Administrator. * Decatur, Ind., April 15, 1907. i J. T. Merryman, J. C. Sutton, Attys. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The • State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: i In the Adams Circuit Court, April j Term, 1907. No. 7369. Daniel I. Weikel vs. Martha C. Lynch. Suit on 1 sewer assessment lien. It appearing from affidavit filed in I ♦ the above entitled cause, that Martha C. Lynch, the above named defendant is a non-resident' of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Martha C. Lynch, that she be and i appear before the Hon. Judge of the 1 Adams Circuit Court on the Bth day of June, 1907, the same being the 54th 1 Juridical Day of the present term, to I * he holden at the Court House in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the Sth day of April, A. D. 1907, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard I and determined in her absence. I t Witness my name, and the Seal of ■said Court hereto affixed, this 16th day of April, 1907. DAVID GERBER, Clerk. By PAUL AUMGARTNER, Deputy. A P. Beatty, Attorney for plaintiff. [Seal.] 7-3 t

NOTICE TO NON-REBIDENTB. The State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, April ’ Term, 1907. No. 7370. Daniel I. Wei- ■ kel vs. Allen T. Lynch. Suit on I Sewer Assessment Lien. i It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Allen T. Lynch, the above named defendant ) Is a non-resident of the State of inF diana. [g* Notice is therefore hereby given '.(the said Allen T.Lynch that he be and [appear before the Hon. Judge of the J Adams Circuit Court on the Bth day y of June, 1907, the same being the J Juridical Day of the present term, to J be holde'n at the Court House in the I City of Decatur, 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 his absence. Witness, my name, and the Seal of said Court hereto affixed, this 16th day of April, 1907. DAVID GERBER, Clerk. By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, Deputy. A. P. Beatty, Attorney for plalhtiff. [Seal.] 7-3 t * NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE: i The undersigned, administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of Ma- • thias Schafer, deceased, hereby gives notice that by virtue of an order,of the Adams Circuit Court, he will at . the Old Adams County Bank, Decatur, ’ Indiana, at the hour of nine a. m., on Tuesday, May the 14th, 1907 and from day to day thereafter until sold, offer for sale at private sale, the following described real estate: Commencing at the center of the , street on the east line of In-lot three hundred and thirty-five (335) in the southern addition to the town (now city) of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, thence west along the south I line of the street, one hundred and I thirty-two (132) feet; thence south '*• parallel with the west line of Winchester street forty (40) feet; thence east parallel with the street on the north side of said lot one hundred and V thirty-two (132) feet to the west line of Winchester street; thence north on the west line of said Winchester (street, forty (40) feet to the place of beginning. Said sale will be made subject to I the approval of said court, for not less w than the appraised value of said real estate and-upon the following terms and conditions: Cash if the purchaser desires to pay the full amount of the l said purchase money; or one third | cash in hand on day of sale, one third • in ine months and one third in eighteen months, evidenced notes of the purchaser, deferred payments to bear interest at the rate of six per cent from * date, waiving relief, providing for at-

torneys’ fees, and secured by personal security and by mortgage on the real estate sold. Edward X. Ehinger, Administrator with the will annexed. 6-4 t MACADAM ROAD PETITION. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams. We, the undersigned, each and all of whom ae legal voters, householders and free-holders of and in the township of Root in the county of Adams, and state of Indiana, do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have, a free macadamized stone road constructed and completed in said Root township over and upon the public highway situated on the following route to-wit: Commencing at the north-west corner of section twenty-four (24) in township twenty-eight (28) north range fourteen (14) east, running thence north on the highway dividing sections thirteen and fourteen (13 and 14) and sections eleven (11) and twelve (12) tq the north-east corner of section eleven (11), township and range aforesaid, running thence west oyer the public highway dividing sections two (2) and eleven (11) to the north-west corner of section eleven (11) township and range aforesaid and there terminating. Said road being less than three (3) miles in length and to be known as Extension No. Five (5) of Root township. Said proposed improvement connects at the commencement thereof with a free gravel road of said Root township, and at the end or terminus thereof said proposed road connects with a free gravel road of said Root township, both of which said gravel roads at the end and commencement of this improvement were constructed under the laws of the state of Indiana, for the construction of free gravel or macadam roads. 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 there be placed crushed stone screenings, and that there be built, made and constructed upon said highway what is known as a macadamized road. Your petitioners further show, that the public highway thus sought to be improved is a public highway already established and is one of the public highways of said Root township. Your petioners further ask, that said road as above described be graded to a width of twenty-two (22) 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 <et the side thereof, and that the 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.

We ask that said Improvement be paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, payable in twenty (20) semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of said Root 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 be levied upon said property of said Root township in accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of 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, nroviding for the extension gravel or macadam roads. J. 8. Lower. Wm. H. Tiemann, Wm, Wietfeldt, K? A. Drummond, J. S. Warner, L. C. Lenhart, James O Hoagland, J. E. Gooding, David Flanders, W. 4. Fonner, W. J. Miller, Elijah Walters. S. Workinger. James H. Knavel, Frank Haley, H. A. Fuhrman, Date Steele, Isaac Brown, Ed Wietfeldt, G. W. Ruckman, Reuben Baxter, Oscar Fritzinger, Louis H. Ziegler, H. C. Fuhrman, John E. Mann, C. C. Sheets, G. Fuhrman, Th. Hobrock, Chas. F. Fulling, A. R. Wolfe, Henry Rodenbeck, L. M. Grandstaff, August Walter, John Bucher, Abe Boch, J. N. Knapp, L. H. Boknecht, F. W. Lehrmann, Ernst Conrad, Henry F. Fuelling, Fred C. Hoile, Martin Gerke, William Ostermeyer, Fred Busuk, Ernst Franz, Chas. Boknecht, Henry Franze. 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 Root township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. C. D. LEWTON, 6-3 t. Auditor of Adams County. 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 the township of Monroe, in the county of Adams, in the state of Indiana, do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone rpad constructed and completed in said Monroe township over and upon the public highway situated on the following route to-wit: Commencing at the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of section 24, in Monroe township, running thence west on the half section line through section 23 and section 22, to the south-west corner of the northwest quarter of section 22, and there to terminate the same being two (2) miles in length connecting the Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove macadam road with the Monroe Township Central Macadam Road. We ask that you take such action on this petition as you are authorized to by virtue of act of the General Assembly of the

State of Indiana, approved March Sth, 1905, and any amendments thereto. And we recommend 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 that one track 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 and We further ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by said county of Adams, payable in twenty semi-annual 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 principle 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 Bth, 1905, and any and all amendments thereto. The Improvement herein prayed for to be known as'an extension of the Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove macadam road, the said Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove macadam rpad being a road petition and voted on under an act of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, approved March 3rd, 1893, and the amendments thereto, and constructed pursuant thereto. Nicholas Rich, Andrew J. Muser, Ben Habbegger, Albert Meyer, David N. Sprunger, Emil Flickinger, David O. Lehman, Jacob Baker, J. B. Dull, A. B. Dougherty, J. A. Habegger, R. G. Link, W. M. Clymer, Jacob Musser, John J. Soldner, David Sprunger, Simon Gilliom, Emanuel Lehman,Wm. Reusser, Noah O. Baumgartner, J. F. Lehman,- A. Sprunger, Ed Luginbill, Noah Wulliman, Paul Felber, D. S. Wittwer, David P. Somer, Wm. Miller, Chas. Lehman, D. N. Stauffer, Dr. E. Franz, J. W. Craig, J. C. Schug, Jacob Egly, Amos Ellenberger, D. L. Shalley, W. Wittwer, C. A. Augspurger, Ferd Ryf, Chr. Deusser, L. A. Sprunger, George M. Hedington, M. feurkhulter, E. A. Luginbill, W. Baumgartner, A. E. Mischand, Benj. Sprunger, John Rohrer, T. Mischand, Sam Simison, Jeff Lilchty, A. A. Sprunger, E. D. Engeler, E. M. Ray, C. L. Simkins, Frd Rohrer, Amos Hirschy, Bert Parr, Benj. Nussbaum, D. C. Lehman, S. Sprunger, Abe Beer, Jacob Huser, W. T. Waggoner, S. F. Lehman, W. P. Hendricks. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 6, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Monroe may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 7-3 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 said Wabash township in the cdunty of Adams, and state of Indiana, do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road constructed and completed in said Wabash township, over and upon the public highway, situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the south-east corner of lot number one hundred and twenty (120) In the town of Geneva, Wabash township, Adams county, Indiana. At the center of railroad street, running thence east on Shackley street to Hale street; thence north on Hale street to the center of Line street; thence east on Line street and the center of section twenty-eight (28) to the northeast comer of the south-west quarter of section twenty-eight south on the half section line to the south-west comer of the north half of the north-west quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three (33) thence east eighty (80) rods to the south-east comer of the north half of the north-west quarter of the north half of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section thirtythree (33); thence south to the southwest comer of the north-east quarter of the north-east quarter; thence east to the south-east corner of the northeast quarter of the north-east quarter of section thirty-three (33); thence south on the section line between sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) to the south-east corner of section thirty-three (33) to the boundary line between said Wabash township, said county and state, and Jay county, Indiana and there to terminate the same being about two and threefourths (2%) miles in length, all of the above being in township twentyfive (25) north range fourteen (14) east. Said road to be extension No. three (3) of the Geneva, Ceylon and Wabash Townsnip Macadam Road. Said highway thus sought to be improved intersects and connects at the commencement thereof with the Geneva, Ceylon and Wabash Township Macadam Road, a macadam road heretofore voted upon by the voters of said Wabash township, Adams county, Indiana, and is to be an extension and is an extension of said macadam road. Said highway thus sought to be improved terminates and ends on the south boundary line of said Wabash township, and there connects at the terminus and end thereof with an improved highway on the boundary line of Wabash township, Adams county, Indiana, and Bearcreek township in Jay county, Indiana. 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 there be built and constructed upon said highway what is known as a macadamized road, and your petitioners further show that the public highway sought to be thus improved is one of the public highways of said Wabash township. Your petitioners further ask that said highway as above described be graded to a width of twenty-six (26) feet, and that broken stone be placed thereon to a width often (10) feet and that the broken stone be placed thereon to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center thereof, and to a depth of eight (8) inches at the sides thereof. That the name of said road above described shall be called Extension

No. 3, of the Geneva, Ceylon and Wabash Township Macadam Road, that the same be a double track system, one of dirt and the other of crushed 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 semi-annual installments or series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of Wabash township, in Adams county, Indiana, and upon the taxable property of the towns of Geneva, situated in said Wabash township, said county and state, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they may become due. That said road be built, that said bonds be issued and said tax be levied upon said property of said town of Geneva, and of said Wabash township, Adams county, Indiana, in accordance with the Acts of the Legislature of the state of Indiana, passed in the year 1905, and as 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 biuld and 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. 8. W. Hale, P. A. Macklin, 8. Zerkle, J. H. Linton, John O. Kramer, Jessie Ford, T. E. Mann, C. A. Mann, Frank Haviland, W. A Wells, Fred E. Lindsey, Frank Haughton, Jacob H. Zehr, Ada M. McKinick, Geo. B. Robinson, W. W. Briggs, Homer Pontius, M. E. Hutter, C. A. Haviland, J A. Anderson, J. M. Wells, O. C. Fink, W. C. Campbell, F. J. McWinnery, Frank Kratter, Michael McGiff, J. H. Rleff, Chas. Hutt, H. M. Aspy, J. Banning, John Pitts, John A. Didot, C. A. Whiteman, J. E. Briggs, A. P. Davidson, H. J. Greene, E. S. Callihan, J. W. Deitsch, C. D. Porter, G. E. Fink, J. T. Love, F. F. Gregg, P. F. Bink, Abe Shoemaker, D. B. Linton, Noah Shoemaker, Josephus Martin, A. G. Mastlck, Noah Shepherd, L. L. Mattox, C. O. R«yn, W. C. Pearse, John Brand,A. A. Mason,David Fox, Alfred Kinney, A. JI. Redding, Samuel Egly,’ James H. Kelley, F. M. Connor, Bowen Vanenon, Socrates Cook, W. J. Nelson. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 6, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Wabash township 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 freeholders and voters of and in' Monroe township in the county of Adams, and state of Indiana,do hereby respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road constructed and completed in said Monroe township over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the south-west corner of section seventeen (17) township twenty-seven (27) north range fourteen (14) east in Adams county, Indiana, running thence east over and upon the highway between sections seventeen (17) and twenty (20) and sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) and terminates at the north-east corner of section twenty-one (21) township and range aforesaid, that the improvement thus prayed for is less than three (3) miles in length and connects. at both ends with a free macadam road both of which roads had been voted upon by the voters of said Monroe township and said roads were constructed under the laws of the state of Indiana, providing for the construction of free gravel or macadam roads. Your petitioners 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 there be placed stone screenings. Your petitioners further show that the highway thus sought to be improved is a public highway already established and is one of the public highways of said Monroe township. Your petitioners further ask that said road as 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 eight (8) inches at the sides thereof and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center 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 Monroe Township Extension No. 6. 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 property of said Monroe township and the towns of Berne, and Monroe situated therein in Adams county, Indiana, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they 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, and as amended 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 as petitioned herein and that they construct the same under the. laws of the state of Indiana now in force providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. C. C. Beer, Paul Girod, Robt. Schmit, 1 Amos Ellenberger, Noah Ellenberger, i Fred Neaderhouser, C. E. Stuckey, J. W. Hare, H. H. Stuckey, Emil Jullberat, C. G. Egly, John M. Amstutz, Peter Soldner, Gideon Reisen, Wm. Baumgartner, Dr. R.’TSprunger, Amos, Hirschy, J. D. Winteregg, C. C. Yoder, 1 Jerry Llechty, Dennis Striker, Ed Lu-| ginbill, Wm. Miller, H. S. Mischand,

John Wlttmer, Abe Beer, Louis A. Brounner, Emile Brunner, Jacob Huser, Mathias Striker, Burkhart Lehman, M. Jacobs, A. J. Llechty, Fred Braun, J. J. Lilchty, Christ Inlger, Jacob Raichert, Peter Steiner, Silas Sprunger, Peter F. Graber, Magdalena Zurcher, Peter Inuger, Peter J. Moser, Jacob Graber, Jacob Schwartz, John McCarthy, Sylvester Johnson, Rudolph Schug, D. D. Shalley, Levi Moser, Peter Nusbaum.John Nusbaum, Emanuel Sprunger, Christian Hilty, Chris Stengel, Amos Reusser, J. O. Schug, Edwin Lehman, C. C. Schug, Albert Stauffer, Sam Johnson, John F. Mazelin, Daniel Mazelin, John J. Schwartz, Jacob Musser, William Nussbaum, John J. Soldner, Peter F. Mazelin, David F. Mazelin, Peter H. Habeggar, Christ Christener, R. E. Smith, William Sherer, Jacob J. Roth, J. E. Johnson, Jacob J. Schwartz, Eli Beer, Victoria Graber, David D. Winteregg, Deniel H. Habegger, James K. Martz, Jacob Scherer, Albert Meyer, Joseph Rich, Ira Wagoner, David Biberstine, Wm. F. Schug. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 6, 1907, at which time any taxpayer of Monroe township may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 2-3 t. C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the Board Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive sealed blds for coal, on Monday, May 6, 1907. Sealed bids will be received for eight cars of coal for use at the court house, jail and county asylum. Bids will be received on Hocking Valley steam lump from deep mines, or lump Pocahontas coal. Bidders will be required to file their bids as required by law. The Boaru reserves the right to reject any and all bids. MARTIN LAUGH DAVID WERLING, WILLIAM MILLER, Commissionrs. Attest: —C. D. Lewton, Auditor. 6-3 t BY CARELESS DRAY DRIVER Who Ran Him Down—Threats of Prosecution, But Affair Will Likely be Settled. Friday afternon Clark Dibble, the young man that drives his father’s dray, while driving north on Second street, ran against Nick Meibers, a man 74 years of age, and knocked him down with terrific force. Mr. Meibers received injuries tb some extent, and was under the impression that young Dibble did not try to avoid the accident, consequently he went to the office of Squire Smith to file charges against the young man, but after considering the proposition, left the office without taking any steps to prosecute Dibble, stating that he would ’Jake the matter to the prosecuting attorney. No action has been taken, and the affair will probably be adjusted out of court.

FATHER AND SON TO COMPETE In the Newspaper Business at Huntington—lnteresting Fight. Huntington is soon to have another newspaper, the third in a city of 12,000 Inhabitants and the fourth morning paper in the last) ten years. This time the father of the editor of the Herald, republican in politics and published in the evening, is to start a morning daily with the avowed purpose of running the son out of the business. All Uhis exhibition of a family row arose from the purchase of a large block of the stock of the Herald corporation formerly held by the father, Thad Butler. It was bought by Hugh Butler, the son, who had been associated with his father in the control of the Herald for several years: This purchase was made a year ago last November and the elder Butler went to Colorado, where he purchased a weekly paper. Disposing of that he came back to Huntington and organized a company recently to publish another paper. The elder Butler, when he was in charge of the Herald, was a warm admirer of the lately defeated congressman, Frederick Landis, of Logansport. He had in earlier days supported Major George W. -Steele, of Marlon, and later turned against him to Landis.' When the paper was sold the younger Butler announced that he would not get into the fight! at all. The Landis people, deprived'of the support of the paper, swore revenge. , Therefore, when the older man returned from Colorado, some of the Landis people, following what is generally thought to have been a carefully devised plan to revive Mr. Landis, purposed putting a new paper in the field. This paper will array fahtter against son in business opposition, in political life, and of necessity in such a town as Huntington, in social life. Both papers are amply able to take care of themselves, and the fight will prove a warm one and an interesting one in every particular, with the respective adherents betting about even as to which wins.

THEIR SILVER ANNIVERSARY A Delightful Evening at the Library Enjoyed by Two Hundred of Their Friends Never in their twenty-five years of existence, pleasant, profitable and busy years, have the Ladies Shakes-

peare club, of Decatur, given a more delightful or entertaining event, than the one at the library Friday evening, which marked the close of another year, and a quarter of a century of organization. The auditorium was prettily decorated in yellow and white bunting and crepe, cut rrult blossoms and bautiful plants. Over two hundred invited guests were present at 8:30 when the program began with a song, “A Lyric Rose,” by Miss Marie Beery, a beautiful solo, sweetly rendered with piano accompaniment by Mrs. J. D. Dailey. Miss Hattie Studabaker gave a short and very interesting story of the life of the Ladies Shakespeare club, which was organized in 1882. Sixty-five ladies have been members of the club, the most at any one time being thirty. At present this club has a membership of nineteen, three of whom were charter members. Very modestly Miss Studabaker told of the public spiritness of the club and of the literary study they have indulged In during their existenoe. She closed by introducing Professor Ernest! O. Hollard, of Indiana university, who delivered a lecture on “The New Aristocracy.” His topic was well chosen, his delivery excellent, his words showed research and study, and his lecture was brimful of good things, well said. His proof was conclusive that the great people of today, the new aristocracy, are those who do things, the scientist! the literary genius, the poet and scholar, not the warrior or man of brawn. He held the interest of his hearers every moment and the appreciative audience was delighted. ' A song, “Whisper and I’ll Hear,” by Miss Florence Sprunger, accompanied by Miss Irene Schurmeyer was given in away that pleased. Miss Clara Terveer then? sang “The Lonely Harp,” with harp accompaniment by her sister, Miss Mayme Terveer. This number proved a most delightful and popular one, and the young ladles responding to an encore. The program concluded with a beautiful solo, “Lenore,” by Mr. Jesse Ernsberger, with accompaniment by Miss Ella Bell. The entire program was of interest and was thoroughly enjoyed by those so fortunate as to be present. A reception and social hour followed and added just the right finishing touch to a happy event. Mrs. Jennie Sftidabaker served punch, while in the ladies club room, adjoining the auditorium, Mrs.'J. C. Patterson, Mrs. Daniel Sprang, Mrs. H. R. Moltz and others, assisted by a dozen young ladies, prettily gowned, served light refreshments, while the orchestra rendered delightful music. Every detail of tlhe evening was arranged in just the right manner and the club’s silver anniversary will be a matter of pleasant history. A number of out of the city guests were present. ARE ARGUING A UNION. Farm and Orchard Laborers Will Protect Their Interests in the West. * Farm and orchard laborers in the Walla Walla, Spokane, Yakima and Columbia river valleys and the Big Bend and Palouse wheat belts are organizing a union to combat an anticipated movement by the Farmers’ Cooperative Union of the United States, which has branches in Washington, to regulate wages during the summer and fall. Laborers are now paid from $35 to $45 a month and board and there is an unusual demand for' men, because of the many irrigated districts opening. So far the farmers’ union has made no attempt to regulate wages and there is no definite information at hand that such a move is contemplated, but the men at the head of the labor movement say they will take no chances. .— o— Democrat “Want Ada” pay.

Homeseekers* Excursions TO MICHIGAN May io & 24 Agents Richmond to Sturgis inclusive will sell 15 day round trip tickets on the above dates only, to Cadillac - ■ Mancelona Boyne Falls and many other Michigan points at exceptionally LOW RATES. Write or call on your local agent for full information, or address, . c. L. LOCKWOOD General Passenger Agent Toledo. Ohio