Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1908 — Page 8

LEGAL ADVERTISING. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, Coun’y of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, June Term, 1908. We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Monroe lOwnship, and M ashington township, in Adams county, Indiana.most respectfully petition your honorable body that you construct end complete a free macadamized stone road on the dividing line between said Monroe and Washington townships, over and U!*on the public highway, situated cn the following route, to-wii: Commencing at the northwest corner of section 3, township 26. north range 14 east, in Adams county. Indiana. running thence east between section 3 aforesaid and section 34 in township 27, n< rth range 14 east, and between -••o’.i'’> 7 in township 26 north range 14 east, and section 35, !<■ township 27 north range 14 east, and terminating at the northeast corner of section 2. township 26 north range 14 east, being two (2) miles in length and connecting the Decatur and Monroe Macadam road, with the East Washington Macadam road. That the improvement thus prayed for is less than three miles in length, and connects at both ends with a free macadam road, and that a United States rural mail route pasres over said road Your petitioners further show that tfie -highway herein sought to be improved is a public highway, established and in use and is a public highway on the dividing line between said townships. That the imnrovetir.ent herein prayed for is to be an ex.eroon of the Decatur ard Monroe Macadam Road. Your petitioners further ask that said highway be drained and graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that upon uch broken stone, there be placed stone screen Ings. Your petitioners further ask that said big! way as above described be graded to a width of 24 feet, and that broken stone be placed thereon, to a width of 10 feet, and to a depth of 8 inches, at the sides thereof, and to a dep h of 10 inches in the center thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth cf 3 inches, upon said broken stone, that said road be constructed, as a d tible track, that the name of said road shall be Decatur and Monroe 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 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, including the Towns of Monroe and Berne situated therein, and upon the taxable property of Washington township, and the City of Decatur, situated therein, all in Adams county, Indiana. 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, up-® said property, of said townships, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the State of Indiana, passed in the year 1905. beginning on page 550, and as attended in the acts of 1907, now in force, prov iding for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. We further ask that the board take all of the necessary steps as is required by law to construct said improvement as petitioned for herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same, to an election of the voters of said Washington and Monroe townships. and that the same be constructed under the laws of the State of Indiana. now in force providing for the etension of free gravel or macadam roads. Ernst XX". Busche. Elmore J. Cook, G. E. McKean, John Baker. J. R. Coffee, W. L. Brittson. John T. Myers, N. A. Loch, C. A. Dugan. E. Ehinger, Fred Schafer. J. B. Meibers T. XV. Watts. C C. Schafer, J. T. Merryman. B. W. Sholty. Jas. N. Fristoe, W. H. Ward. H. Hite. Azie E. Tucker, A. L. Burdg. C. W.Boknecht. John Steele. F. V. Mille. Elmer Johnson. Daniel Troutner. A. J. Johnson, T. W. Bess, A. Shoaf, Wm. H. Coppock. William Gerkel, Joseph Shilling. A. B. DaughATty. John Elzey. P. W. Kessler. Jacob Doleh. R- E, Smith. Samuel Johnaton, G. C. Mills. J. W. Everhart, F, Kessler. Jacob Huser. B. S. Brown, Thos. S. Perkins. John Durbin. A. S. Durbin, Johnus Gilbert. C. H. Lammiman, F. M. Gilpen, T. A. Hendricks, B. (T. Brown. Jacob Musser, J. E. Lewton. L. W Strebe. Pete Holthouse, C. 0. Carroll. D. D. Clark. J. J. Longenberger. Mathias Thomas, O. T. Hendricks A. B, Bailey, J. J. Kafer, H. C. Andrews J Hahnert, T. H. Tabler. C. B. Andrews. G. A. Hahnert. W. H. Graham, Wm. Reppert. Joseph Helm. L. A. Graham. Noah Mangold. J. H. Voglewede E. A. Faust. J. T. Johnson, Chas. Mills. S. B. Nelson Michael MiTier Jno. Niblick. Dan M. Niblick. C. S. Niblick, Azie E. Tucker. Jno. D. Stults, Albert Spuller. T. L. Coffee. Elias Christ, Joshua R. Parrish. J. B. Holthouse. Daniel Landis. J. D. Hendricks, J. W. McKean. Jr. J P. Johnson. Wm. L. Keller, J. F. Crist A. N. Keller, Peter Bailer, L O Babcock. J. F. Hocker. D. C. Brandyberry J. A. Hendrick®. Chas E. Bahner, W. S. Smith. N. T. Martz. Sylvester Johnson. Z. O. Lewellen. Joseph Wisler. Jonathan Burkhead.J. L. Gross, M. F. Parrish, C. E. Bollinger. William Gilbert, Albert Dehoff. R L Shirk. L. L. Rupert. Andrew Bailey, Geo. H. Martz. Dan Uhrick. John A. Yeoman. Thomas F. Ray. Jacob Skene, John Hendricks. James W. Andrews, Joseph Hecker. H. Osterman, N. Wagoner, Amos Brandvberry. M. H. Badders. Geo. W. Hahn. George W. Keller, William Brandyberry. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 1, 1908, at which time the taxpayers of

Monroe and Washington townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 20-3 t C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ssBefore the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, June Term, 1908. We, the undersigned, each and allot whom are resident freeholders and voters of Washington township and Monroe township, in Adams county, Indiana, petition your honorable body that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road on the township line dividing said Monroe township and Washington township, in said county and state, on the following route to-wit: Commencing at the northwesi corner of section 1, township 26. north range 14 east. In Adams county. Indiana, running thence east over and along the highway between (section 1 in Monroe township and section 36 in Washington township for a distance of one mile and terminating at the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of see.ion 1. township 26. north range 14 east at the Intersection of the township line road between Monroe township and Blue Creek township, in said county and state. That the improvement prayed for is less than one (1) mile in length, and connects at both ends with a free macadam road, and that a United States rural mail route passes over said highway. Your petitioners further ask your honorable body that said highway be graded and drained and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, end that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screenings. Your petitioners rurther show that the highway thus sought to be improved is a public highway, already established, and in use, and is one of the public highways on the line dividing said Washington and Monroe townships, that the improvement herein prayed for is to be an extension of the east Washington Macadam Road, and the name of said road shall be the Elmer J. Cook Macadam road. 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 eight (81 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 such broken stone, that I said road be constructed as a double I 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 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 ihe Town of Monroe. situated therein, and the Town of Berne situated therein, and said Washington township and the City of Decatur, situated therein, all in Adams county. Indiana. In a sufficient amount to nay the interest and principal of said bonds as they may become due. That said road be built, and that said tax be levied upon said propertv, of said township, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the state of Indiana, passed in the year 1905, beginning on page 550, and as amended in the acts of 1907, now in force, providing for the extension of free gr»'-el or macadamized roads. We further ask that the b ard take the necessary steps as required by law to have said improvement constructed and made, as petitioned herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said Washington township and said Monroe township, and that they construct same under the laws of the State of Indiana, now in force, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. Elmore J. Cook, Ernest W. Busche. j G. E. McKean. Pete Holthouse. C. V. Carroll. D. D. Clark, J. J. Longenberger. Mathias Thomas, J. H. Hahnert, F. H. Tabler, C. B. Andrews. Geo. C. Hahnert. Wm. H. Graham. Wm. Repnert, .Tosenh Helm, L. A. Graham. Noah Mangold. J. H. Voglewede, E. H Faust, L. T. Johnson. Clark Miller, S. B. Nelson, Michael Miller. XV .H. Niblick. Jno. Niblick. French Quinn. Dan M. Niblick. C. S. Niblick, Azie E. Tucker, Jno. D. Stults, Albert Spuller. T. S. Coffee. Elias Crist, Joshua R. Parrish, J. B. Holthouse. Shelby Ray, O. T. Hendricks, J. J. Hafer. A. B. Bailey, H. C. Andrews. J. F. Johnson, Wm. L. Keller, A. N. Keller. J. F. Crist. Peter Bailey. S. O. Babcock. J. F. Hocker, J. A. Hendricks. Chas. E. Bohner. W. S. Smith, N. F. Martz, Sylvester Johnson, Z. O. Lewellen, Joseph Wisler, Jonathan Burkhead. J. L. Gross. M. F. Parrish, C. E. Bollinger. William McCarty, Albert Dehoff. R. L. Shirk. L. L. Rupert, Andrew Bailey. Geo. H. Martz, Dan Ulhrlck. John A. Yeoman, Jacob Scherrer. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 1, 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Monroe and Washington townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 20-3 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, June Term, 1908. Mse, the undersigned, petitioners, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Monroe township, in Adams county, Indiana, most respectfully petition your honoroable body to construct and complete a free macadamized stone road in said township, over and upon the public highways situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the southwest corner of section 10, township 26 north range 14 east, running thence east 1 mile over the highway on the line dividing section 10 and 15, to the south-

( east corner of said section 10. towoI ship and range aforesaid; thence north ; 1 mile on the highway dividing sec- ’ lion 10 and 11, to the northeast corner lof said section 10, and there to terminate. The improvement prayed for herein is about two (2) miles in length and connects at both ends with a free macadam road, and a United States rural mail route, passes over said highway. Your petitnoiers further a®k that said highway above desc-ibed be drained and graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and ' that upon such broken stone there be i placed strane screenings. Your petlticners further show that ■ the highway thus sought to be improved is a public highway, already established, and in use and is one of the public highways of‘Monroe township. that the improvement herein prayed for is to be an extension of the Monroe Central macadam road, and connects at the commencement with the Pleasant Valley and Oak Grove Macadam Road, in said township. Your petitioners nek that sild rnad above described be graded to a width of 24 feet, and that crushed stone be placed thereon to a width of 10 feet, and to a depth of 8 inches, at the sides thereof, and to a depth of 10 inches in the center thereof, and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth of 3 inches, upon such crushed stone, that said road be made a double track, and the name of said road hall be the George H. Martz Macadam Road. We a c k that said improvement be * paid for by bonds issued by the county of Adams in the State of Indiana, payi able in twenty semi annual install- : ments or series, and for the payment of which we ask that atax be levied upon the taxable property of said Monroe township, including the towns of Monroe and Berne situated therein, all in Adams county. Indiana, in a !sufficient amount to pay ihe interest and principal of said bonds, as they may become due

That said roaa oe built, and said bonds be issued, and said tax be levied. upon said property or said town ship in accordance with the acts of the legislaiure of the State of Indiana. passed in the year 19D5, beginI ning on page 550 and as amended in I the acts of 1907, now in force provid i ing foi the extension of free gravel, i or macadam roads. I We further ask that the board take all the necessary steps as required by law, to have said improvement con-Is-tructed and made as petitioned herein, that the same be constructed without ; submitting the question of building > the same to an election of the voters of said Monroe township, and that I 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 I Geo. H. Martz. J. K. Martz. T. J. . Rayl, R. L. Shirk, B. F. Brown, Gotti. ; Christener, Christ Christener, B. S. . Brown. Peter Rich, Frederick Wasser, John A. Yeoman, Thomas F. Bay. Joseph Whitehead, Joseph Wisler. J. N. i Johnson. O. H. Lammiman, Daniel Urich, Peter Bailey. L. E. Laisure, Jonas Gilbert. George Bailey. Andrew Bixby, F. M. Gilpen, fil. N. Gilbert. Thos. S. Perkins. Jonas Hendricks. W. 1.. Keller, William Shearer. Robt. L. L. Sheline. A. Q Durbin. 'William E. Doty, A. C. Elzey. R. E. Smith, Gilbert, C. E. Bollinger. M. F. Parrish, Daniel Caeb, A. R. Daugherty, Jonathan Burkhead. Shelby Ray. J. L. hart,Gross, H. C. Andrews, J. W. Everhart. J. F. Hocker. J. A. Hendricks. Samuel Steiner, D. C. Brandyberry, Harmon Osterman. John Hendricks, Z. O. Lewellen, W. S. Smith. A. B. Bailey. Jaijob Heneen, Jacob Schereer, 1 J. F. Crist, P. P. Klopfenstine, Sylvester Johnson. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on

Monday, June 1, 1908, at which time the taxpayers of Monroe and Washington townships may appear and make such objections as the law may provide for. 20-3 t C. D. LEWTON, Auditor. ePETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, June Term, 1908. We, the undersigned, all of whom are resident freholders and voters of Monroe township and Washington townships, in Adams county, Indiana, petition your honorable body that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone 'road, on the township line, dividing said Monroe township, and Washington township, over and upon the public highway, situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of the northeast quarter pof section 6, township 26, north range 14 east, in Adams county, Indiana, running thence west on the line dividing said; township between section 6 in township 26, north range 14 east, and section 31 in township 27 north range 14 east, for a distance of one (1) mile, and ending at the northwest corner of said section 6, township 26, north range 14 east, on the township line dividing Monroe township, and French township in said county and state. That the improvement prayed for is one (1) mile in length and connects at both ends with a free macadam road, that a United States rural mall route passes over said road. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be graded and drained, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, and that upon the 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 in use and is one of the public highways on the line dividing Monroe and Washington township, and that the improvement prayed for herein is to be an extension of the West Washington Macadam Road. Your petitioners further ask that said road as above described be graded to a width of 10 feet, and to a depth of 8 inches at the sides thereof, and to a depth of 10 inches in the center

thereof, and that crushed stone screenbe placed thereon to a depth of 3 Inches, upon -'.aid broken stone, that said road be constructed as a double track and the name of said road sha be the M. F. Parrish Macadam Road We ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds, issued by the county of Adams, in the State cf Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual install ments, or series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be levied, upon the taxable property of said Monroe townshin, including the Towns of Monroe a nd Berne, sittUitd therein, and said Washington township, including the City of Decatur, situated therein, all 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 townships, in accordance with the acts of the legislature of the State of Indiana, passed in the year 1905. be ginning on page 550, and as amended in the acts of 1907 now in force pro viding for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. We further ask that the board take all of the necessary steps as required bv law. to have said improvement con "■tructed and made, as petitioned for herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question cf building the same to an election of the voters of said townships, and that they construct -the same, tinder the laws of the State of Indiana, now in fhree. providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads. M. F. Parri®h, Daniel Landis. R L. Shirk. John Hendricks. Shelby Ray, J. A. Hendricks, A. B. Bailey, Jonathon Burkhead, J. L. Gross. G. W. Keller, A. N. Keller. J. F. Crist. Wm. L. Keller. Sylvan O. Babcock, Cha®. E. Rahner. Z. O. Lewellen, Moses Bad ders. G. XV. Hahn. Joseph Wisler, D. C. Brandyberry, William Brandyberrv A. R. Brandvberry. J. J. Jaberg W. S. Smith, N. Wagoner, John Badler-.; J. F. Hocker, H. C. Andrews -Michael Miller. W. W. Graham. J. H. Hahnert. J. S. Johnson. J. B. Corson, J. N. j Burkhead. Samuel Yost. Jerry Sanders. Lois A. Sanders. L. C. Pease. C. W. Merrvman. L. Bean, .fenathan Merrvman Z. Merryman. Wm. Reppert Noah H. Johnson. C. T. Lee. Jos?. Heimann Joe A. Andrews. F. Hahnert, T. H. Baltzell. Jonas Hoffman. Perry Andrews, S. B. Nelson. G. XI. An-. drews, L. E. Marker. T. H. Tabler. : James Kirkendall. J. M. Andrews. O. 1 T. Hendricks. J. E. Lachot, Jacob Bohn. Oscar Ehrsam. Fred H. Meyer, i F. M. Price. Jacob Miller. Philip Zaugg, John Lobsiger. W. R. Bollinger. P. P. Klopfenstine. Jonathan Andrews. Jacob Klopfenstine, J. J. Roth. Paul Girod. I Samuel Baker. David Biberstine. Ira Wagoner. Peter Rich, Jacob Daleh. John Baumann William Gilbert. Elias Carpenter. C. E. Bollinger. V. C. Laisure. Henry Hirschy. John T. Martz, - Ernest W. Busche. G. E. McKean, E. Ehinger. C. S. Niblick. W. H. Niblick. W. A. Cline. J. C. Sutton. W. B. Coffee, John Baker. John Hessler. John i Wagoner. Noah Mangold Eli Engle,' Frank Corson. E. F. Gass, J. H. Yager, I H. A. Fristoe, H. Hite. Henry Barkley, R. P. Rice. John Everett. J. R. Parrish, Clem Heideman, Julius" Heideman. W. H. Ward. N. A. Loch, J. F. Keifer, J. W. McKean, L. L. Runert. L. N. j Stahl, H. Osterman, J. W. Klopfen-. stein, A. Q. Durbin. L. L. Sheline, ! Geo. H. Martz. R. E. Smith, J. D.; Hendricks, Elmer J. Cook. H. Oster-, man. F. O. Martin, L. A. Graham. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 1, 1908,

at which time the taxpayers of Monroe and Washington townships < may appear and make such objections , as the law may provide for. 20-3 tC. D. LEWTON. Auditor. , o | I PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. 'l State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: , Before the Board of Commissioners , of the county of Adams, June Term, , 1908. i We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freholders and voters of Hartford township in Adams county, Indiana, roost respectfully petition your honorable body that you proceed to have a free macadamized stone road, constructed and completed in said Hartford township, over and upon the public highway, situated on the following route, to-wit: Commencing in the center of section thirty four (34) township twenty-five (25) north, range thirteen (13) east, on the public highway, running north and south through the center of said section, running thence west along and upon the public highway east and west through said section, to the i center of section thirty-three, said I township and range aforesaid. That the improvement thus prayed for is less than three miles in length , and connects at both ends with a free macadam road. Your petitioners further ask your | honorable body that said highway . above described be graded, and that broken stone be placed upon the grade, 1 and that upon said 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 Hartford township, that the improvement herein prayed for is to be an extension of a free macadam road, running north and south, through the center of said section thirty-four (34), and which connects at the west end in the center of section thirty-three (33) aforesaid, with a free macadam road already established. 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, and that the name of said road shall be the Sherman Glen-

|dening Macadam Road Extension No. i We ask that said improvement be paX fo“hv bonds issued by the^ county of Adams, in the State Iliana, pavable in ’’™ y the installments. or series, and for the pa ni ent of which we ask hat a -ax be levied upon the taxable : of said Hartford township, in a-us | fldent amount to pay J !he * n .nas principal of said bonds, as . . b 7h” e sa"d road be built and said bonds be issued anti said .ax be" levied, upon said ot sa d township in acTOrd^ C * laof the legislature of the btate f U , dittna passed in the year 1905 be-, ginning on page 550 and as amended in the nets of 1907. now in p£ ; viding for the extension of free gra\ | el or macadam roads. , We further ask that the board rake the necessary steps as required by law to have said road and toprovemetß constructed, and made as p*J ’ i herein that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an v ‘ t»-e voters of said Hartford township, and that they construct the 'same under the laws of the State of Indiana. . now in force providing for the exten- j sion of free gravel or macadam road... Rudolph Lafavour. J. T. North JW Watson. A. Ensley. Chas. T.'Vat son. Wm. Quigg. John Boir. Glendening. Henry Stahl. J XX - Haler. Albert Pontius. John Putins, Mm. Xnderson S. Poniius. T. G. Bears, B. W Bear” Ezra Glendening. Sherman Glendening. L. M. Goan. W.B XVisom I Eugene Lindsey. Eitner Stout. James Glendening. Peter Hoffmann Peter J. Lfechty, Peter Roth. Daniel Liechtj Jrhn R. Zehr, Abraham 1 Stuckev, Christ Eicher, Emanuel Mainer. John Ycder. Arnold Achleman. David Splckiger. David Mackbergin. O®car Burrv. Samuel Omiger. Dubash. W. A. Hunt, Join XX . Ciw.-•:• . John Pearson. Elm " < Him • J . I Huffman. Noah R'berstine. l-adg-ey ' 'nderron. Wm. Hall. Noah M s-0., IO Jatiies O. TrlcP. J nn • Iciendcnen. Rufus XX". Glendening. Wm. Glendening. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 1, 1908, at which time the taxpayers <rf .Hartford township may appear and :make such objections as the law may 'provide for. 20-3 t C. D. LEWTON, Auditor.

NOTICE OF RECEIVING BIDS FOR SUPPLIES. Notice is hereby given that on Monday. the Ist day of June, 1908. and up until ten o’clock, a. m.. of said day, the Beard of Commissioners of Adams countv, in the state of Indiana, conistitu ing the Board of Turnpike direc tors, as such board will receive sealed bids for the furnishing of crushed stone, and other materials for turnpike ■ repairs In raid Adams county for the ' ensuing year, bid-- will be received and ’ •'ntertained as follows, in carload lots to vary with the needs of the county, and subject to the order of said Board ’or its superintends, prices per yard ■f o. b. at the following railroad staitlons In said county, to-wit: Bingen. I Decatur. Monroe. Berne. Geneva. CraigI ville. Peierson. Pleasant Mills. Rivarre. Preble, Magley, also per yard loaded iin wagons at quarries in Decatur. iLinn Grove, Hartford township, Jefferson township. Blue Creek township. Pleasant Mills and at Willshire, O. said stone to be furnished upon order aforesaid, optional with said Board, and according to specifications now on file la the Auditor’s office of Adams countv. Indiana, bids will also be received for bridge plank, bidder to give place of delivery, bids will also be re- ' ceived for common drain tile in sizes from three to eighteen inch, bidder tn give nrice at factory named by him. bids will also be received for hard burned brick, suitable for wells, bidder to state prices at kiln. Bids will also be received for sail glazed tile, sizes from six to twenty-four inches also for common gravel and lime for bridges. Each bid shall be accompanied by a gcod and sufficient bond in the sum of $2,000 with either freehold or surety, and with the necessary affidavit as required by law, the board reserves the right to reject anv and all bids. MARTIN I LAUQHLIN, DAVID WERLING WILLIAM MILLER, Board off Turnpike Directors of Adams county, Indiana. Attest; —C. D. Lewton, Auditor 20-3 t SHERIFF’S SALE. , State of Indiana, Adams county, ss: i In the Adams Circuit Court of Adams county, Indiana. No. 7563. 'John W. Brown vs. Noah Mangold et al. I By virtue of an order of sale to me directed by the Clerk of the Adams . Circuit Court of said County and State II have levied upon the real estate lhereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the east door of the Court House in the ; City of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., on Friday, June 5, 1908, The rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: Inlot number 37 and ten feet off of the north side of inlot number 38 ■ commencing at the northeast corner ! of said inlot number 38, thence running south ten feet, thence west 132 ieei, theuce north ten feet thence ; east 132 feet to the place of be£ n , \ he , same is on the original plat of the town (now-city) of Decatur, Indiana. t n, An /n On failure t 0 re klize therefrom the full amount of judgment, interest thereon and costs, I will at the same s a w d the Same nianner afore- > d u ffer for sale the fe e simple of - the above described premises. f i <™ia . the Prouty of Noah Mans 4 1 sat!sf y said order of sale - 9a-t llth day of May ’ 19 °8ELI MEYER, Sheriff.

BOARD OF REVIEW. ■ Notice is hereby given that Board of Review of Adams cotmtv Stale of Indiana, will meet at the c-m mi.sioners Court room in the City Decatur, tn said county n- fie a» m.. on Monday, June 1, 19C8, at which time and place all complaints ■of unequal or unjust valuations f ar assessments of real and personal prop. , erty will be heard. Valuations of personal property will uo equalized and all proper, y omitted will be added to the tax list A uniform valuation cf all personal property will be made as nearly praciticable as defined by law. 1 Returns made by the township M . 1 sessare will be corrected and amended I so as to make a uniform valuation of I all property as nearly as practicable C. D. LEWTON. 20-2 t Auditor Adams county, Indiana. APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice Is hereby given, thai the undersigned has been appointed Ekecujtor of the estate of Christian Schai merloh, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. WILLIAM SCHAMERLOH HENRY SCHAMERLOH, May 9, 1908. Executors. 20-3 t -- FOR SALE —Davis Plantation, Brun* I wick, Mississippi; 2,100 acres in tract. L7OO acres in cultivation, balance fine timber, cottonwood alone worth $15,000; nine room residence, large barn, fine store, two story (new) gin, cost $7,000; elghty-flve double, seventeen single tenant houses; land rents for eighty pounds lint cotton per acre; the best improved planta lon in Mississippi delta. For price aad terms, apply to C. B. Paxion,X r icksburg, Miss. IT-ltd —lOiw - o— ■■ — ■ ~ Any 12 Year Old Girl I Can make those delicious I Lemon, Chocolate and Cus- ■ tard pies as xvell as the more experienced cook if she uses “OUR-PIE” preparation, xvhich is now sold by nearly all grocers at 10 cents per package. Just the proper ingredients in each package.

THE PROGRAM AT BALTIMORE. Election of Bishops Will Occur Wed. nesaay, May 20. Baltimore, Md., May 12.—Inviting the Methodist Protestant church to consolidate with its own. urging Christians to insist on a total abstainer for the presidency, denouncing race track gambling and calling upon the people of New York to support Governor Hughes in his crusade against that evil, inviting President Roosevelt and Ambassador Bryce to be present when the fraternal delegates to the British Methodist church are received, setting Wednesday. May 20, as the date for taking up the question of the election of new bishops; discussing the questions of bishops assignments, and considering various other things the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church got through a busy session at the Lyric today. Bishop Harris of Japan and Korea made his report in which he told of the growth and needs of the Methodist Episcopal church in those countries. • 0 Articles of incorporation have been filed at the office of the secretary of state for the Methodist Memorial Home for the Aged to be located at Warren, Ind. There are to be eleven directors and six 'are to be members of the Northern Indiana Annual conference of the M. E .church. The ministers that will be directors for the first year are Cyrus U. Wade. Fort Wayne; Frank G. Browne, Newcastle; John K. Cecil, Bluffton; Brenton S. Hollopeter, Wabash; James A. Beatty, Huntington, and Frank PMorris, Dunkirk. The laymen that will be directors are C. Cartwright. Portland; A. B. Cline, Bluffton; C. Q. Shull, Montpelier; T. R. Block. Warren, and Eli P. MiHer, Warren. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are small, safe, sure and gentle little pills. Sold by B. Doolittle.

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