Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1909 — Page 8

<Wice to Contractors. Notice is hereby given that th®. , Common Council will at their cormcty rodm tn the city of Decatur, Ind.,on Tuesday, April 20, 1909, Az seven o’clock p. m., receive.sealed bids for the building and construction of a city building according to the , plans, profile and specifications which are on file and which may be seen at the office of the ctly clerk of said etty. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of OVe hundred dollars. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Witness my hand and the seal of Said city this 19th day of March, 1909. OSWALD B. WEMHOFF, 12-3t—2td3w City Clerk. o ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. , Notice is hereby given that the un* dersigned administrator of the estate of Lorenzo Tinkham, deceased, will offer for sale at the late residence of the deceased, one mile south of the village of Salem in Blue Creek township, in Adams county, Indiana, on Thursday, April Bth, 1909, the following named personal property of the deceased, consisting of | two work horses, one valuable four j year old gray mare, one white draft! mare, one yearling heifer, one lot of i ten fat hogs, twenty-six head of sheep, | five dozen chickens, four stands of; bees, two Incubators, one lot of about 75 bushels of “Big Tom’’ seed oats, corn in crib, hand corn shelter, one Sheep-shearing machine, one sickle grinder, truck wagon, single horse grain drill, also a two-horse grain drill, a dump wagon box, single horse spring tooth harrow, hay ladders, lot of poultry food, a five-gallon can of roof pitch, four one - gallon cans “Zinoline” sheep dip, five one-gallon cans of “Roof Fix,” one fanning mill, one block and tackle fence Stretcher, post auger, lot of galvanized wire, tin snips, etc., etc., many other small ar* tides not herein mentioned. «• TERMS OF SALE. A credit of nine months will be given on all sums over five dollars; sums of five dollars and under shall be cash in hand. The purchaser giving his note with approved freehold security, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, bearing six per cent interest after maturity. Sale to begin promptly at ten o’clock a. m. and no property < to be removed from the premises until satisfactory settlement is made for < the same. SYLVESTER C. TINKHAM, Administrator. : J, F. Snow, Atty, for Admr. J. N. Burkhead. Auctioneer. 11-3 t ■ . a ■■ NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. . 1 1 Notice is hereby given that the nn- 1 dersigned commissioners, appointed by the Adams Circuit Court of Adams county, Indiana, at the November ' Term, 1908, of said court in a cause 1 for partition of real estate, wherein ’ Charles F. Rinehart is plaintiff, and 1 Charles F. Rinehart, administrator of ' the estate of William D. Rinehart, de- ’ ceased, Chauncey C. Rinehart, Effie Snodgrass (nee Rinehart), Bertha - Sheets (nee Rinehart), Jessie Moore ' (nee Rinehart), Vena Rinehart, Mary ' Rinehart. Rosetta Rinehart, surviving 1 widow of William D. Rinehart, deceased, Glenn Johnson and Frank ' Johnson are defendants and being 1 cause No. 7581. by authority of said ■ court as entered in Order Book No. J 44, on pages 92 and 93 of the records ; es the Adams Circuit Court of said ; county, will sell at private sate to the 1 highest and best bidder, at the law * office of Peterson & Moran, in the f Morrison block in the city of Deca- • tur, Adams county, Indiana, ' Friday, the 16th day of April, 1909, 1 J between the hours of 10 o’clock a. ■ m. and 4 o’clock p. m. of said day, ] and between the same hours on each * succeeding day except Sunday, will continue said sale until said real estate is sold, the following described ' real estate in Adams county, Ind., to- ’ wit: Inlot sit hundred five (605) In Joseph Crabb’s second western addition 1 to the town (now City) of Decatur, ’ » Adams county, Indiana. Also the fol- ] tewing: Commencing at a point one bun- ■ dred forty-five (145) feet west of the northeast corner of outlot two hun- ] dred ninety (290) in Joseph Crabb’s third western addition to the town ' (how city) of Decatur, Indiana, running thence west one nundred twentysevten (127) feet 1% inches to the • northwest corner of said outlet, thence south to the southwest center of the : said north half of said outlot, thence , east on the south line of said north half one hundred twenty-seven (127) feet 1% inches or to a point one hundred forty-five (145) feet west of the east line of said north half, thence north parallel with the east line of said outlot to the pace of beginning. Terms of Sale—One-third cash, one-thrld to be paid In nine months, end in eighteen months from date of sate. The purchaser giving his note for deferred payments, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, with six per cent Interest from date, to be secured ny mortgage on the premises sold, and by freehold security; subject to the approval of the Adorns Circuit Court. The above described tracts of real estate will be offered for sale separately, and neither of said tracts will be sold for less than its appraised value as specified In the order of said court. JOHN C. MORAN, Commissioner. Shafer Peterson, Atty. 10-4 t —■ — o— PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, April Term, TMf. ’ We, the undersigned, each and all efwhom are resident freeholders and voters of French township, tn Adams county, Indiana, respectfully petition

your honorable body and ask that you construct and complete a free macadamised stone road tn said township; over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wtt! Commencing at the northeast corner of section thirty-four (34), township twenty-six (26), Gfcnrfth range thirteen (13) east; in Adams county, Indiana, thence east on the line dividing* sections twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and sections twentyfive (25) and thirty-six (36), township and range aforesaid, and terminating st the northeast corner Os said section thirty-six (36), township and range aforesaid. Your petitioners aver and say that the improvement prayed for is less than three miles In length connects at both ends with a free gravel rosd In said township and ends on the township line between French township and Monroe township. Your petitioners further aver and say that the highway herein sought to be Improved is a public highway already established and in use and Is one of the public highways of said French township. Your petitioners ask your honorable body that said highway above described be drained and graded and that broken stone be placed upon the grade and that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screenings, and that this improvement be I made exclusive of crushed seone and I screenings. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be improved to the width to which it Is now established and that said highway above desofibed 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 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 four (4) inches upon such broken stone, that said Improvement bo made ?. double track and that the name of the same be The Fred Fox Macadam Road. That to pay for said improvement we ask that bonds be 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 French township, in a sufficient amount to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. That sad improvement be made and constructed, and that said bonds be Issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property 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 gravel or macadam roads and aH other and any and all amendments thereto. We further ask the Board to take all of the necessary step® as is |requlred by law to have said improvement constructed an dmade as petitioned herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said French Towpshlp, and* that the Board construct the same under the laws of the State of Indiana, providing for the extension of tree gravel or macaddm ro»M , Fred Fox, Jonas Neuenschwander, Christ Gerber, Joel Schwartz, Joel Baumgartner, John J. Schwartz, Joel J. Schwartz, Joel J. Klpfer, David Levy. Dave Geisel. Wm. M. Yeger, C. H. Walter. J. W. Gerber, David Schwartz, J. P. Steiner, John Mosure, Timothy Tanty. David Runyon, John Meshberger, Albert Kindel, Mrs. Mlnger, Jacob B. Steiner, Samuel Siegrlst, John A. Amstutz, Alfred Kohler, Ferdinand Fox, Wm. H. Schwartz, C. H. Roth, A Simon, John Ott, Albert Erhart, Jacob Ueuhauser, H. A. Morrow, A. B. Beibensteln, Daniel Huser, L. D. Miller, Andrew Martg, John J. J. Moser. Daniel Moser. Chas. Schaffter, Joseph L. Graber, Daniel D. Mosre, F. A. Kohler, Ed Meshberger, Peter N Moser, C. N. Stucky, Daniel O. Heinhard, Henry Gerber, Julius Erhart, Frank Behling, C. G. Augsburger, David Zimmerman, Noah Schindler, Daniel Meshberger, John Neuhausen, Louis O. Strahm, William Fuchs, Henry A. Meyer, Fred Schafer. Jacob P. Klopfenstein, William J. Nlhart, John Smith, Simon Smith, John Beitler, John Beeler, George E. Marshall, John Huser. / Hu(A(Ao-wW RcvH(.. ?fiBTT (kThis petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, April 5, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of French township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. 11-3 t H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. •• - O NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. ' " s ‘ Notice i» hereby given that the undersigned, executor of the estate of George H. Hllgeman deceased, will offer for sate, at public auction, at the late residence of said decedent in Kirkland township, in said Adams county, Indiana, on - Friday, the 16th day of April, 1909, the personal property of said estate, consisting of hogs, two cows, one heifer, twelve sheep, one bob-sled, plow, harrow, hay forks, two tons of hay, one Buckeye mower, one onehorse wagon, one lot of corn, twentyfive bushels of wheat, seventy-five bushels of wheat, one bay mare, and a great many other articles too numerous to mention. Said sale to begin at nine o’clock a. m. Terms—All sums of flVe dollars and under cash In h’nd; over five dollars a credit of not to exceed nine months will be given, the purchaser executing his note therefor, bearing six per cent interest after maturity, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws, providing for attorneys fees with sufficient sureties thereon. WILLIAM HILGEMAN, Executor.

" PET| T |ON ’O" . State of Indiana, Cbunty of Adams, ss: . Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, April Term, h 1909. We, the undersigned, each and all , of whom are resident freeholders and _ voters of Washington Township, and e the City of Decatur, situated th< jrein, / in Adams county, Indiana, respectfully * petition your honorable body that you I construct a fltee macadamised stone . road in said Washington Township, p over and upon tbre public highway,. 5 situated on the following route, to-wit: n Commencing at the northeast corner B of section 28, township 27. north range 14 east, in Adams county, Ihdlana, ,t running thenpe west over and - upon B the public highway on the line divid--8 Ing sections 21, and 28, and - 20,.and 1 29, township and range aforesaid, and B terminating at the northwest corner . of said section 29, township and range aforesaid. j Your petitioners further show that t said improvement is less than three r mites tn length an dconnects at both s ends with a Dree macadam road in j said township, and that a United States Rural Mail Route passes over □ a part of said highway. Your petitioners further ask that 1 said highway above described be 3 graded and that broken stone be plac- ! eti upon the grade, and that; upon such - broken stone there be placed stone 3 screenings, and that said highway be 1 improved to the width now established in Washington township. t Your petitioners further ask that . said highway as above described be j graded to a width of twenty-four feet t and that broken stone be placed therei on to a width of 10 feet and to a t depth of eight (8) Inches at the sides i thereof, and to adepth of ten (10) inch--1 es in the center thereof, and that , crushed stone screenings be placed i thereon to a depth of three (3) Inches, I upon such broken stone, that said ( road be constructed as a double track l and that the name of said road be t The Joseph Heiman Macadam Road. s 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 in- > stallments ot series, and for the payment of which we ask that a tax be I levied upon the taxable property of . said Washington Township, Adams : County, Indiana, in a sufficient, amount ■ to pay the interest and priclpal of said bonds as thejr become due. That said road be built and that said bonds be issue dand sal dtax be levied upon said property, 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, and as amended in the Acts of 1909, now in force, providing for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads, and any other or all amendments thereto. We further ask the Board to take all the necessary steps required by law, to have said improvement constructed and made, as pmayed for herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said Washlngtofi township, and that they tepnetyficl* the same under the laws of the State of Indiana, now in force providing for the extension of free gravel 'or macadam roads. ' Jos. Heimann. Theo. Ldngerieh, Henry Lengerich.Robert H. Gallbralth, E. B. Boothe, John P. Braun, J. F. Keifer, Edward Chronister, Frank Heimann. Bernard Lengerich. John Lengerich, Leo. G; Kohne. Anthony Kohne. Bernard Kohne, Julius Kohne, John S. Meyer, George Hessler. Bernard Mever, Julius Heidemah, Henry Hessler. Eli Engle. Fred Busche, Chas. Estell, Michael Miller, J. H. Hahnert, G. W. Andrews, Frank Coppess, Frederick Hahnert. Joe H. Andrews,Harry C Andrews. F. M. Andrews; L. F. Miller. G. G. Owens, Perry Andrews, J. A. Barnhart, George Brown, Henry Barkey, William E. Kintz, J. M. Frisinger. J. N. Burkhead, T. H. Baltzell. J. E. Smith, E. L. Carroll. Andrew Milter, John Hessler, John Baker, Ellas Crist. Joe Ruschlag, Peter' J. Heimann. C. S. Clark, D. D. Clark, Josh R. Parrish, Mey J. Butler, H. W. Sellemeyer, H. Voglewede, George Geels. Joseph Meyer, C. B. Poling, B. F. Brelner, Peter Braun, Peter Hess, Geo. W. Everett, J. W. Robinson, John D. Eng Cr. David E. Smith, K J. Yager, Fred Hoffman. J. F. Lachot. David Gerber. Fred Scheimann, Martin Miller. L. G. EUlngham, C. C. Schafer, H. W. Schroll, J. Q. Neptune, C. J. Weaver. C. A. Dugan. Alphonse Kohne, J. W. Johnston, T. J. Durkin, George Colchin, J. H, Bremejkamp. W. A. Lower. Dan Erwin, W. A. Bowman, Jos. D. Beery, C. F True. Alfred Elzey. T. R. Moore, Edward H. Johnson. C. B. Andrews. . This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, April 5, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Washington township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. 11-3 t H. S. MICHAUD,, Auditor. ——— O — : APPOINTMENT OF ADNHNISTRAV TOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of W. Jones, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate s probably solvent. O. N. TYNDALL, Admr. D. D. Heller & Son, Atty. March 19, 1909. PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commlsslonefs of the county of Adams, April Term, 1909. We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Monroe Township, in Adams County, Indiana, respectfully petition your honorable body and ask thri you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road; in said township, over and upon the public highway, sttu'ited on the following route, to-wtt; Commencing at the southeast corner of section thirty (30), township twenty-six (2f), north range tour- ■

1 Your petitioners aver and say that > I iinpir.oVoMon* pr&yed tor is 16ss r I tti&n thrAfi rolwR~ iti lonct-Ti connects t -at both ends with a ffro® road 1 > in said township, and ends on the , township .line between French *tod , Monroe township. Your petitioners further aver and ■ say that the highway herein sought , to be improved is a public’highway of said Monroe township. Your petitioners ask your honorable bodv that, srid highway above described be drained and graded; and that broken stone be placed upon the ■ grade and that upon such broken stone , there be placed - stone screenings, andthat this improvement be made exclusive ot crushed - stone and screenings. Your petitioners further ask that said highway above described be improved to the width to which lb is now established and that said highway above described .be Unproved to the width to which ft is now established and that said highway above described be graded to a width of twenty-fbur (24) feet, and that broken stone be nlaced thereon to a width of ten, (10) feet, anff to a depth of eight (8) inches, at the sides theireof, and to a depth of ten (10) inches in the center thereof and that crushed stone screenings be placed thereon to a depth 6C, fbw* (4) inches, upon such broken stone, and that said Improvement be made a double track and that the name of the same be The C. E: Stuckey Macadam Road. That to pay for said improvement we ask that bonds be issued by the County of Adams, In the State of Indian a. payable tn twenty semi-annual: installments or sfertes. and. forthe 1 nAyment of which we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of said Monroe township, in a sufficient amount to pay the Interest and principal of ssid bonds as they become due. t That said improvement be made and constructed, and that said bonds be Issued and said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said township, tn 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 gravel or macadam roads and all other and any and all amendments thereto. We further ask the Board to take all of the necessary steps as is required by law to have said improvement constructed and made as petitioned herein, that the same be con- , structed without subrouting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of said Monroe i township, and that the Board con- , struct the same under the laws of the State of Indiana, providing for the extension of free gravel or macad , roads. Levi Moser, C. C. Beer, Emile Brunner, C. E. Stucky. Burkhart Lehman, Jesse Ruop. J. D. Winteregg, Chris Stengel, J. W. Craig, A. N. Sprunger, < M. A. Neuenschwander, Wm. B. Tucker, Paul Gerber, Bernhard Lehman, Charles Moser, Albert Neuenschwander, C. C. Sprunger, F. G. Elchefiberger, Amos Klrchhofer, Philip P. Huser, Henry Schindler. Henry Wtateregg, Amos Schindler, Rudolph Schug, Fred Bentz, Peter Soldner. Robt. Schugg, Wm. Ruesser, David Lehman, Abe Beer, John Winteregg, Joseph D. Moser, E. A. Luginbill, Amos Steiner, Wm. Baumgartner, Jerry Llechty, Otto Stucky, C. D. Balsiger, Emanuel Neueschwander, John Rohrer, 7. J. Rich. Andrew Gottschalk, William T. Waggoner, D. L. Shalley, Fred Neaderhauser, Joel Llddy, Edwin Heller. C. G. Egly, E. M. Ray. W. Narr. Ernest Ixjwer, John J. Hirschy, J. F. Lehman, Wm. Miller, Lawrence L. Yager, L. A- Sprunger, A. J. Moser .Amos Neuhauser, J. F. Bockman, Albert Neuhauser, Ferd Mettler, C. E. Stauffer, J. C. Schug, Abe Bodgley, Dan Winteregg, Anna Ellenberger, Wm. W. Eley, J. H. Striker, John A. Clouser, H. Michaud, R. A. Hunter, P. J. Baumgartner, Sam Butler. D. N.' Stauffer, Noah Luginblll, Alfred Sprunger, J. F. Sprunger, 8. F. Lehman, J. A. Michaud, Otto Franz, C. C. Neuenschwander, Wm. Lammert, Josua Yoder,- John J. Soldner, Christ Baumann, A.. M. Neuenschwander, John Lehman, Peter Lehman, David T. Lehman, Albert W. Baumgartner, J. P. Habegger, Dr. Ernest Franz. D. '«• Wittwer, ,D. J. Sprunger, J. M. Neuenschwander, Jonas Sprunger, Edwin Lehman, Simon Gilliom, Noah Baumgartner, Abe A. Habegger, John M. Amstutz, Menno Burkhalter. J. J. Liechty, David Augsburger D. P. Sommer, Rufus Flory. This petition will be presented to the Boaffd of Commissioners on Monday, April 8, 1909, at which time the taxpayers of Monroe township may appear end make such objection as the law may provide for. 11-3 t H. S. MICHAUD,' Auditor. o — PETITION FOR STONE ROAD. State of Indiana, Comity of Adams, ss: Before the Board of Commissioners of the county of Adams, April Term, 1909. , We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of Washington township, and the City of Decatur, situated therein In Adams county, .Indiana, respectfully petition-your honorable body and ask that you construct and complete a free macadamized stone road, in said township, over and upon the public highway situated on the following route, to-wtt: t . Commencing at the northeast corner of section twenty (30), in township twenty-seven (37), north range fourteen (14) east, in Adams county, Indiana, running thence south over Band upon the public highway between sections tweuty (30) and lections twenty-eight (IS), and -nine (39), thirty-two (32) Md. _„Utfeej[33), township and range!

at both ends With a ffee macadam toad in said township, and” that a United States Rural Mair Route passes over ’ a part of said highway. - Ybur petitioners further aver and say that the highway herein sought, to be improved fa a public highway already established and’in use and fa one of the public highways of said Washington Township, and that this improvement is to be a continuation of, and an extension to the WestWashihgton Macadam Road. Your petitioners ask your honorable body tft«t said highway above described bq drained and graded, and that ' broken stone be placed - upon the grade and that upon such broken stone there be placed stone screenings, and that this improvement be made exclusive of crushed stone and - screenings. Your petitioners further ask that' saitf highway above described - We improved to the width to which it IS now established and that said highway above described'be graded to a width of twenty-fbiir (24) feet, and - that broken stone be placed thereon to a width of ten (19) feet, and to adepth of eight (8) inches, at the sides-there-of, and to a depth of ten (10) inches In the center thereof and - that crushedstone soreehihgs be pteced' thereon toa depth of four (4) inches upon such broken stone, that said improvement be mad ea double track and that the name of the same he The-Caleb' Andrews Macad”m Road: ’ That to pay for said - improvement we ask that bondb be Issued by the County of Adams, in the State of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-annual' installments or series-, and tor the ■ payment of which we ask that a tax ! be levied upon the taxable property of said Washington township, and the City of Decatur situated therein in a sufficient amount to pay the Interest and principal of said bonds as they become due. < ■ That said improvement be made and constructed, and that said bonds be issue dand said tax be levied upon the taxable property of said township, in accordance with the Acts of the legislature of the State of Ibdfani, passed in the year 1905, beginning on page 550, and as amended to the Acts of 1907, now to force providing tor the extension of free gravel or macadam roads and alt other and any and al! thereto. We tortheir ask the Board to take all of the necessary steps ss is required by law to have said Improvement constructed and made ps petitioned herein, that the same be constructed without submitting the question of building the same to an elec* tion of the voters of said Washington Township, v and that the Board construct the same under thfelaws/of the State of Indiana, proHdiftg tor ine extension of free gravel or macadhm roads. -' C. B. Andrews. H, ph to, Jul Ins Kohne, Bernart Kohne, j* G. Kofifift, Bernard Lengerich, Gerhard Kohne, Frederick. W|Mnt.F. W. Bushe, M. B. Berry. J. N. Burkhead, E. B. Booth, Alison Andrews. Levi Estell, T. H. Tabter, X 3. Ms Carter, ST. B. Corson, Wm. Reppert, J. W. McKean Jr., C. W. Merryman, I. P. Crist Ojnas Hoffman, M J. Butler, C. o. Poling, J. R Barnhart) Robert Wespor, J. W. McKean Sr., M. E. Hower, C. S. Niblick. A. D. Artman, J. T. Merryman, L. G. EUlngham, Fred Hoffman, I. T. Thahnsey. Noah Mangold, J. R. Par|lsh, J. H. Voglewede. W. W. Graham, Anthony Kohne, L. M. Andrews. John Lengerich, Frank Heimann, Marion Andrews, Jatnes S. Johnston, J. M. Andrews, Perry Andrews, T. J. Durkin, George Colchin, Jos. Heimann, Michael Miller, L. A. Tabler, Perry Sanders, T. F. Carson, <Sam Yost, T. Dean. L. S. Pease. Milton Kidd,- ■ T. H. Baltzell, J. F. Kelfer, C. L. Barnhart. Theo. Lengerich. Reuben Gilpen, W1 J. Atchbold, R. K. Allison, A. M. Fisher, M. Kirsch, H. A. Fristoe, D. , E. Smith. T. j. Lahr. C. M. Andrews, George Geels, I. R. Tumbleson. This petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, April 5, 1909, at which time, the taxpayers of Washington township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide Isr.- > 11-3 t H. 8. MICHAUD, Auditor. NOTICE OF RECEIVER’S SALE State of Indiana, county of Adams, ssi Adams Circuit Court. February Term, 1909. No. 7611,Notice of receiver’s sale ot oil property. J*rank M. Johnston vs. the Philmont Oil company, Theo. F. Milter, W. W. Bell. Notice is hereby given that by vir- ' tue of an order of the Adams Circuit Court of Adams county, in' the State of Indiana, the undersigned, John W. McCray, as receiver in said cause Ko. 7611 In the Adams Circuit Court, which said cause Is entitled Frank M. Johnston vs. The Philmont Oil Company, Theo. F. Milter, W. W. Bell, : will offer for sale at public auction at the door of the Court House in the City of Decatur, Indiana, on , t Saturday, April 17th, 1909, at one o’clock p. m. of said day, the property and assets of the said The Philmont Oil Company, Theo. F. 1 Miller and W. W. Bell consisting of : oil and gas leases, wells and property on said leases in Jay, Wells and Adams counties, in the State of Indi- : ana, as follows: The following leasehold estates in Jay county, Indiana: 1. Lease executed by William R. Wheat to W .P. Black and J. J. Black, in Jackson township, for 80 acres, more ot leas, which said lease is recorded in Miscellaneous Record No. 1 10,'pa«s 416. a ' 2. Lease executed by John T. BgMfe lln, William Wm. R. , Wheat to Frank Haskell and D. W. Haskell, in Jackson township tor 75 acres, more or less, which said lease ( is recorded In Miscellaneous Record L L Ch 1 R • -■

ES 3 d townhblj), for or Ibss. cas to W. P? Black, J; J.*, Steck* and' Frank Haskell, in Jackson township, for 40 acres, more or'less, which said’ tease is recorded to Miscellaneous Record NO. 11, page 54(| l 7; 6. Lease executed by Sarah'Lucas and G. W. Lucas, to W. P. Black and J.' J. Bhck, in Jackson township,’ tor 30 acres more or loss; which saldl tease Is recorded in Miscellaneous Record NO. 11, page- 48. 7. Lease executed bjr C-L Callahan to w. ,p. Biack,- in Jackson township, 1 for 40 acres, more or less, which skid lease is recorded in Miscellaneous Record No. 11, page 536'. 8. Lease executed by Samuel W.; Reed to J. E. Btownyer & Co. inJackson township, tor 120 acres, more or less, which said lease 18 recorded In Miscellaneous Record No. 11, page 38. 9. Lease executed - by Robert Isaac Stephens- to D; W. Haskell' and Frank Haskell in Jackson township tor 10 ; acres, which said - lease Is recorded' in Miscellaneous Record’ — page — „ The following leasehold estates ifr Wells country, Indiana: 1; Lease executed’ by William A.. Yorger to T. X Black and - W: P. Black, in Nottingham township; tor 1W acres,. - more or lbs®, which said lease is recorded’ -ih Miscellaneous Record No.. 22. pages 15 - and Iff. 2. Lease executed to JOBn Hollbway to X X Bteck and - W. P. Black,, in Nottingham towashjp, tor 4ff acres,, more or less, which eaid tease is re- * corded in Mfecelaneous Record No.. 22, pages 19 and 2D.. 3. Lease executed by William Ralstain to Geo. W. Bolds & Co., in Nottingham township, for ’BO acres, more or less, which said lease is recorded in Miscellaneous Recortl No. 5, pages 458-7. 4. Lease executed by William M. Pine to Winifred B. Holton In Not-, tlbgham township, for 40 acres, which said lease is recorded in Miscellaneous Record ‘No. 13, pages 487-9, The following leasehold estates In Adams county, Indiana: 1. Lease , executed by Elizabeth C. Martin to Andrew G. Briggs, in Hartford Township, containing 69 acres, more or less, which said lease is recorded In Miscellaneous Record G, page 54. 2. Lease executed by Arabella Vance to A. G. Brggs, in Hartford Township, for 48 acres, more or less, which said lease Is recorded in Miscellaneous , J Record No. G, page 58. 3. Lease executed by Isaac Warner (tease) (now known as the Mert lease), in Hartford Township, for 80 acres, which said lease is recorded tn Miscellaneous Record No. E, page 292. 4. Lease executed by Christian G. Egly to The Berne Q|l Co., in Hartford Township, tor 40 acres, more ot less, which said lease is recorded In Miscellaneous Record No. F, page 488. 5. Lease executed by Aaron and. Ella Zeigler to the Berne Oil Co., in Hartford Township, for 40 acres, which said lease is recorded in Miscellaneous Record F, page 490, This sale will include all oil wells, all derricks, drive; pipe, casing, tubing, rods, lines, pipe, tanks, pumping outfits, pumping powers, boilers, engines, . machinery, pumpers houses and equipment of every kind and nature of the said The Philmont Oil Company, Theo. F. Miller and W. W. Bell, heretofore owned by them in the State of Indiana-. .. '■ A complete inventory of all of said leases, wells and property is filed with the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, in said cause above mentioned, and reference may be had to said invqnIdry for a more Complete description of said leases and property by anyone who may desire to see the same. The terms of said sale is cash in hand. JOHN W. McCRAY, Receiver. Simmons & Dailey, Attrys. H-4L 1 o- —•—>. NOTICE TO. NON-REBIDENTB* State of Indiana, County of Adams,ss: In the Adams Circuit Court. February Term, 1909. Mary Smith et al vs. Joseph Heckman, et al. No. 7735. Complaint to quiet title. • 1 It appearing from affidavit filed In / the above entitled cause, that Joseph Heckman, John Heckman, all the unknown heirs of John Heckman If he be deceased, Gerhard Heckman,. man Heckman and Anna Heekmah , of the above named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Joseph Heckman/John Heckman, all the unknown heirs of John Heckman if he be deceased, GOrhard Heckman, Herman Heckman and Anna Heckman that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the 24th day of May, 1909. the same being the 37th Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden 'at the Court House in the City of Decatwr, commencing on Monday, the 12th day of April, A. D., 1909, and plead by * answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness, my name, and Real of said Court hereto affixed this 29th day of March, 1909. JAMES P. HAEFLING, Clerk. < David E. Smith, Attys for Plaintiff. 13 -3t " ■ ' O —"I 11. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the cred* itors, heirs and legatees of Johnson Nye, deceased, to appear In the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the 13t hday of April, 1909. and show canse, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the SSwS£ tribJttro hl share! d ’ » •> Vs. ■ r