Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1910 — Page 8

« NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice Is hereby 'given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, receive bids for the construction of a macadamised road in Blfie Or4»k township In said county known as toe W..L. Raudenbush Macadam road, up to apd until 10 o’clock am., on ‘ I / Monday' June 6, 'l9lO,at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams bounty, Indiana, sealed blds will be received for the construction of said rOhd in accordance with the plans, Specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in tne Auditor s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned for faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder If awarded the contract toerefOr will complete the same according to such contract and In accordance with the bid filed. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed ,for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the funds to be-hereinafter raised by tne sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all blds. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. - Adams County, Indiana. The successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make Up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement. ' l«t3 1 —-o ; ~ NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. i — — Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Blue Creek township in said county, known as the G. C. Macalheny Macadam road, up until 1-0 o’clock a. m., on Monday, June 6, 1910, at a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the! plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in tne Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed Stone alone. A bond must Accompany each bid in twice the amount of the bid filed,, conditioned- for faithftil performance of said work, and that the bidder if awarded-the contract therefor - will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. - ATI bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash, .payable oh estimates to be made by the Engineer, fn charge, not to exceed eighty per eent. of any one estimate; out of the funds to be hereinafter raised fby the sale of bonds as required by law - . Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners re- - serves the right to reject any and aH tids? H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. r •“ Adams County, Indiana, The successful bidder will be re-, quired to furnish, pay and make Up whatever amount tnat be necessary, to sen*the bonds tor said improveW . . 18ts ——W— 1,1 1 "***^“*““ * WQTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. • Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams county- Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a macadamized road in Blue Creek township in said county, known as the A. J. Sipe Macadam road, up until 10 o’clock a. m„ en ■■ ;} , 1, Monday, June 6, 1910, >t a regular session of said Board of Commissioners, held in the City of, Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed uids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now 011 th® Auditor’s office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bid fn twice the amount of the bld filed, eondittoned for faithful performance of said work, and thdt the bidder if awarded the contract therefor will complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bid filed. ’ All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the Engineer in charge, not to exceed eighty per cent, of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised-by, the sale of bonds as required by law. Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor. .Adams County, Indiana. Tne successful bidder will be required to furnish, pay and make up whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bonds for said improvement 18t3 — NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners 0f Adams county, Indiana, will receive bids for the construction of a nmcadamized road In Monroe township in said county, known as the John J. Soldnpr Macadam road, up until 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, June 6, 1910, at a regular session of sa,d Board of Commissioners, held in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed bids will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the Viewers and Engineer, which are now on file in the Auditor’s •ffice of said county, said road to be - built of crushed stone alone.

, conditioned for faithful performance . of said work, and that the bidder it . awarded the contract therefor Will complete-the safne according to suqfy, contract and in accordance with the i bid filed. All bids shall be'made so As to giyA the amount for Which said road wHI be constructed for cash, payable .Ap - estimates to be made by the Engineer ; in charge, 1 not to exceed eighty per j cent, of any one estimate, out of the . funds to be hereinafter raised by the 1 , sale of bonds as required by law. MV Each bidder will be required to file affidavit as required by taw. ffl'i The Board of Commissioners w; , serves the right to reject any and all bids. H. S. MICHAUD, Auditor, Adams County,. Indiana-. The successful bidder will be re- ■ quired to furnish, pay and make, up - whatever amount that be necessary to sell the bunds for said' improve- 1 ' ment - c 1 IBt3 . . , T .T?,, -!•- —i--*-*-' 'Z.' APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTRI# . Notice is hereby given that the un- ' dersigned has been appointed exe£u- . trix of the estate of Henry A. TindAp, late of Adams County, deceased. Xbe ' estate is probably solvent. SARAH A. TINDALL, Executrix? May 4, 1910. D. E- Smith, Attorneys. 18t2 ■. . o PETITION FOR MACADAM ROAD. State of Indiana, County ol Adams.ss: Before the Board of Commissioned of the County of Adams, June Term, 1910- ' To the Board of Commissioners of " Adams County: - & j We, the undersigned, each and all of whom are resident freeholders and voters of and in Monroe townshjpxdn the County of Adams, State of ana, respectfully petition your honorable board to take all necessary steps to cause to be graded, drained' and paved with crushed stone the highway already laid out and establishedcAh and along the following route, Commencing at a point at the intersection of Andrews street and Van • Buren street fn the Town of Mqnroe, Adams County, State of Indiana; Ajd point being located six hundred aftd seventy-six (676) feet south offijhe northeast corner of the nortfigfcdt quarter of section four (4) in township twenty-six (26) north of rangp fourteen (14) east, Adams County, State of Indiana, thence west along Andrews, street in said Town of Mort-, roe, a distance of six hundred and eighty-two (682) feet to the intersection of said Andrews street with 45»1k street in said Town of Monroe, thence north along said Polk street, a distance' of two hundred and eighty (28Q) feet to.the intersection oi said Polk street with Jackson street in Town of Monroe. Said petitioners would further show, that the above road when completed will be nine' hundred and sixty-two (962) feet long and shall be called the Monroe Elevator Macadam Road. Said proposed etone road commences at one end at the atone road running north and south along the east section line of said section four Town of Monroe, said teM bqfag -01ready built and constructed as a free .macadam road and said proposed stone road terminates at its other end at the already built and constructed stone road know® as Jackson street in said of Mhnra^, f Said proposed road connects twp a|> ready constructed and built cadam road, lying nine hundred and sixty-two (962) feet.• WvIHW Monroe Township, 4ss* County, St Sa!d°pei?Honerß would further show that it would' be practicable to build said road as a single tracK’road to be graded to the width of twenty-six (26) feet and that crushed stone, crushed to the one-inch size be plmd thereon to the width of twelve (12) feet, with stone screenings placed on top of said stone. Said petitioners ask that crushed stone be placed on said road to the depth of eight inches and tnat screenings be placed thereon to the depth of four inches. Said petitioners ask that you take such action upon this petition as you are authorized to do snder and by I virtue of the Acts of the General As-1 sembly of the State of Indiana pass-I ed in the year 1905, beginning at page 550 and as amended in the Acts of 1907 and as amended In the Acts of 1909, now in force for the extension of free gravel or macadam roads ’and any and all amendments thereof. We further ask that said improvement be paid for by bonds issued by -the County of Adams in the State of Indiana, payable in twenty semi-an- ' nuai installments, for the payment of ! which bonds we ask that a tax be levied upon the taxable property of said ’ Monroe Township and any and all cities and towns therin in sufficient " amount to pay the Interest and prlncipre of said bonds as the same shall become due and payable and according to the provision of the acts of the General Assembly of the State J of Indiana. Said petitioners further represent ' that this petition is sighed by more than fifty resident freeholders and voters of said Monroe Township. Respectfully submitted, John Hendricks, Z. O. Lewellen, W. j H. Haggard, W: L. Keller, John R. 3 Badders, D. W. Laizure, J. W. Ani- drews, ’Julius Hofer, G. W. Keller. 1 W. S. Smith, Jacob Scherrer, Wm. A. 1 Duer, Dr. M. F. Pairlsh, Dr. C. C. r Rayl, L. F. Lobenstein, T. B. Oliver, c O. O. Hocker, Jeff Leichty, J. J. Mayer, M. L. Oliver, E. W. Johnson, John B. Miller, D. C. Brandyberry, S. V. f Johnson, J. Y. Chist, Jonathan Ans drews, A. B. Bailey, Peter Bailey, - George Bailey, Andrew Bailey, B. S. - Brown, I. A. Laisure, Silas Sprunger, s R. M. Buffenbarger, John Bauman, N. h F. Martz, C. E. Bollinger, J. E. John- ■, son, Peter P. Klopfenstine, Lawrence 9 Butler, John J. Soldner, Jacob Muese ser,. Geo. H. Martz, Dennis Striker, Christ Amacher, Wm. H. Heller, J. D.

I Martz, Jacob Kaufman, Ernest Isch, kT Chas. L E M BthJer W F. J H eP Tab]leJ, Jesse V. Essex, Menno.S. Llechty, S. J/Martz, John Bichard, fi. O. Osterjm&n, O. T, Hendricks, B. M. Smith, J, ,W. Everhart, J. W- Tabler, L. C. Mills, C. W. Merryman, Isaac Sum'mers, J. J. Summers, Ell W Hendricks,' puller Hendricks, J. M. Andrews. Tnis petition will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 6, 1910, at which time the taxpayers of Monroe Township may appear and make such objection as the law may provide for. H. S. MICHAUD. 19tJ Auditor. -- "■<><—’ NOTICE. Sale of Unclaimed’ Freight and Baggage. Notice is hereby given that the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company has in its possession divers articles, packages, and cases of freight hnd baggage which have been and remained in its possession for upwards of one year, unclaimed and refused at the places to which the same were consigned and checked, and upon which the owners have failed and refused for one year, any toore, to pay the carrier’s charges thereon, and to claim and take said freight and baggage, and.that all the said articles, packages and cases of unclaimed freight and baggage wIH be sold, (each article, package and case separately) at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the freight house of said railway company on Island street in the-City of Grand Rapids, Mich., on the line of the railroad compafiy, commencing on Tuesday, tfie 12th day of July, 1910, at 10 o’clock a. m., and continuing until aU said articles shall be sold. ' ’Orina: —Immediate payment. by purchaser in cash, and delivery of the ■property, to him, to be taken away imTtwd i &t ply. THE GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA RAILWAY COMPANY. ’B. D. C. Leavenworth, (General Freight Agent. > C. L. Lockwood, General Passenger Agent, x- ■ - ’ Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich., May 2,1910. 19t9 O \ The State of Indiana, Adams Coum ty, ss. j Vr “i .. - ... -' ■ In the Adartifr Circuit dburt of Adame County, Indiana. ~ ■ The Arbuckle-Ryan Company vs! David; Lv Marshand et al. , tyo. ?753. 1 ,; By-virtue of an order Os sale to me directed* by the clerk of the Adams’ Circuit Court of said CoUnty and; State? I'have-levied upon the real estate hereinafter mentiohed and will; expose for sale at public'auction at the east door of the Court House in; the-City of Decatut, Adams County. Indiana, between the hours. of 10 o’clock a. m., and 4 o’clock p; it, on Friday, June 3, 1910, the.rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the following described real’ estate, ’situated in Adams county, Indiana, to-wit: ?Tne northwest quarter df the.\southeast quarter of -section thirtHme range fifteen (I 5 W containing forty (40) acres, ptore or Jess. a nd also the right-of-way 33 feet wide for a'driveway south rflbng said land fora owned; br Edward W Shaffef, "'W w and appunehances thereto’be? \Tnd qn the to from the tW |W»snt $ judgment,’tt? terest J wSR £t : >t|« same time and in Ise same -mAnttte Ifqresaid, 6ffer sos sale the fee simO df the above desdyibdd promises.s i Taken as the property of Davlfl L. Marshand to satisfy said order of aufi this sth WW 19t3 >4 JIfcYER. fthwif "".r- - ■■ NOTICE GF F|WAL SETTLEMENT 'OF ESTATE. J ■ Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of James McCune, deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 28th day of May, 1910, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate Os said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then land there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive : shares. EMELINE McCUNE, . Administratrix. Decatur, Ind., May 4, 1910. D. B. Erwin, Attorney. ' 19t2 —o —_»X.— ’ - NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Nathan Wyatt, deceased, to appear In the Adams circuit court, held at. Decatur. Indiana, on the 31st day of May, 1910» 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 sharps. SAMUEL C. WYAT, Administrator. Decatur, Ind.,, May 6, 1910. J. W. Teeple, Attorney. 19t2 —— — o——.—— ,' NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S SALE OR REAL ESTATE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned commissioner, appointed by the Adams Circuit Court, in a certain action therein pending for partition, No. 7868, in which Abigail Painter, George Painter, Dora Merica and John Merlca are plaintiffs and George Shroll, Amanda Shroll, John A. Shroll, Clara Shroll, Charity E. Syphers, Willis Syphers, Silas Shroll, Edith Shrull,. Catherine Schurger, and Peter Huffman and Andrew Gottschalk, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of Huffman and Gottschalk, are defendants, for the partition of certain real estate therein described, to sell the real estate described tn the complaint in said cause,

win offer for Sale at private sate, lot Jt Ot ltens 8 on" 1 Friday, June 17, 1910, between the hours of o’clock a. pi., and 4 c?clock p. m., of said day at the law office of Heller, Sutton & Heller, over the Old Adams County Bank, in the City of Decatur, Indiana, the following described real estate iri. Adams County, State of Indiana, to-wit: Comuienqjng at the ndrthwest corner of inlot number one hundred nineteen (119) in the Studebaker addition to the town of Buffalo, now the Incorporated town of Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town, thence running east twelve and one-half feetji thence 'south one hundred (100) feet; thence west to the west line of said lot number one hundred nineteen (119); thence north on the west line of said lot to the place of beginning. Also four and one-half feet in width off of the east side of inlot number one hundred eighteen (118) in Studabak-, er’s addition to the town of Buffalo, now the incorporated town of Geneva, Adams County, Indiana, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town. Together with the right to’ use the front stairway to the second story of the building on the real estate above described. Terms .of Sale:—One-third cash, one-third in one year, Qjie-third In' two years, purchaser to give notes with freenoid surety and secured by mort-' gage on above described real estate, waiving valuation and appraisement laws, bearing six per cent Interest for deferred payments. Or purchaser may pay all cash. Said sale to be continued from day to day if property is not soldion said day. • ■ ■ ' 3 Said sale to be made in all things subject to the approval of the Adams Circuit Court. JESSE C. SUTTON, 20t4 ' Commissioner. — —vs ;' NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS’ ' SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Notice is nereby given that the undersigned commissioners, appointed by the Adams Circuit Court of Adams County, State of Indiana, in a certain cause for partition therein pending, No. 7915, wherein Laure A. VaqCamp is plaintiff hnd diaries Van Camp, Hur. hert Van Camp, Ida Van Camp, Paul Van Camp, Napmi Van Camp The Old Adams ;ounty Bank, a corporation; and Laure Van Camp, executrix of the ;ast will and testament of Anson VanCamp, deceased, .are defendants, to sell " the ' real, estate describecl in tite .complaint In said cause? as siich ’commissioners, will of4 less titan tne. full appraised value! thereof, on r t Friday, June 17, 1910, between the hours of 9 o’clock a. m.,' and 4 o’clock p. m., of said day, at the law office of Heller, Sutton & Hel--ler, over.,tfie Old Adams County Bank, in the Clfy of Decatur, Adams County, l Statq oClndiana, the following deBcriWfed tPacU and parcels of real estate in the County of Adams, State of Indiana, ' . . J Commencing at the southwest corner side of. said lot number one hundred thirty (130) sixty-four (64) feet; thence east to a point sixty-four (64> feet nbrtfi Os the southeast corner of; dumber One hundred twentynine (1291 f thence south along the Mgt side of said inlot number one W wf; tp P lace ItjHeet ’off of 8 ?S sduttf end oOfr* Jnumber 129 and 13Q ,in Crabtyg fSmtern addition to thoi.tflwn,'>|»W lofI of Decatur, Indiana,, as designated mr the recorded plat of said tqjFff) how city.' J Also dutlota numbered one hundred t*eiltr-k8r , (126), one hundred tweptyand one hundred twentyeight (128), in Joseph Crabb’S western addition to the town, now city, of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said addition, except from each lot last described a strip of land thir-ty-two (32) feet wide taken off of the east end thereof heretofore deeded to toe Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad Company? ’A NO. Z y": ’ Outlot numbered one hundred twen-ty-five (125) in Joseph Crabb’s western addition to the town, now city, of Decatur, as the - same is designated on the recorded plat of said addition, except thirty-two (32) feet off of the east end thereof heretofore conveyed to the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad. . . - No. 3. Outlot number one hundrqd twentyfour (124) in Joseph Crabb’s western 1 addition to tne town, now city, of De- ’ catur, except therefrom the right of ' way of the Cincinnati, Richmond and i Fort Wayne Railroad, known as the : Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, * the said right of way being off of the ; east end thereof. No. 4. /. .. ' Inlot number eighteen (18) in Decatur original plat as the same is designated bn the recorded plat of the town of Decatur (now city of Decatur.) -V • ’ No. 5. Inlot number, nineteen (19) in the town, now city? of Decatur, Indiana, as the same is designated on the re- • corded plat of said town of Decatur, ’ Ind- . i No- 6- , Inlot numbqr twenty (20) In the , original plat Os the town, fioW city, i of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana. . No. 7. •»* Commencing at a stone on the north ’ line of the right of way of the Chl- , cago and Erie Rlallroad, twenty (20) r rods north and twenty-six (26) rods west, five(s) degrees north of the southeast corner of the east half of 1 the northeast quarter of section four - (4) tn township twenty-seven (27) • north Os range fourteen (14) east; - thence running north twelve (12) * rods and eighteen (18) links; thence r, west thirteen (13) degrees and thirty ■

'b/BfroS- teehee easV five LY d 2 mare or less. - . Said real eseate will be offered, for. . 2 aqd 3, and 1, 2 and 3, will ? >;Spld parcel No. 5.W1J1 be sold subi teqt to the right of Laura A. Van- . Camp, and Ida, Paul and Naomi VanCamp to* occupy the. dwelling hoqsd , and appurtanances situated thereon j undisturbed untit the 18th day of October. JOIO. Said parcels Nos. 4, 5 and 7 will be ■ sold free of toe-mortgage liens in fa? ' vor of tire Old Adams County Bank. . existing against said parcels, respect- . ively. ‘j Terms, of Sale:—One-third cash, . one-third in one year and one-third in ’ two years. Deferred payments to be ’ evidenced by notes bearing six per ’ cent interest frqm date, waiving re- , lief from valuation and appraisement : laws and to be secured by personal; ; sudety to the approval of said Adams Circuit Court and by mortgage on real estate sold; or purchaser may ■ pay all cash. ’ If said real estate or any parcel . thereof is not sold on said day said , sate will be continued from day to day until said real estate is all sold. All sales to be made in all things subject to the approval of the Adams Circuit Court. i ’ JESSE C. SUTTON, HENRY B. HELLER, 20t4 Commissioners. o „ BOARD OF REVIEW. Notice is hereby given that toe Board of Review of Adams county, State of Indiana, Will meet at the Commissioners’ court room in the City of Decatur, Jp said county, at ■nine o’clock am., on , Monday, JunA®. 1910, at which time and place all complaints of unequal or unjust valuations of personal property will be equalized and all property omitted will bb added to the tax list. A uniform valuation of all personal property will be mad/as nearly practicable as defined by law. Retu?Bk made by the township assessors will W corrected and amended s 0 as to make a uniform Valuation of all'property as nearly as practicable. •" ’<. ! . ‘ H, S, MICHAUD, 4 Auditor Adams County, Indiana; 20t2 Auditor Adams County, —— — .""■■■? NOTICE OF FINAL ' OF ESTATE. 1 ‘ :/ , c . x7 . : J,.? Notice is hereby given tQ.the,credit-’ , Ars, heirs and legatees of James W. 8 Jones, deceased,,to appear in the Ad- ■ ams Circuit Court held £t Deqatur,; Indiana, on the 10th day of June, 1910, and show cause, if ahy, the final , settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs ire notified to then and ttrerp make proof of heirship, and recplve theirtdmributive shares. c < o. Ai. Wyndall, io Admiinstrator. — O Fourteen Students of the Berne High school Tuesday evening gradI anted from that excellent Institution teafuiqjj, receiviM diplomas for iflefitorioud j ■ coni pl eted the I course of study. r Tite Comtaencement exerelqes wak .the’ |te'lgpirqh the roU Incudes . ..toil Von ixiitfteih Hugo - Beltler, Martha BaumgA rtn « r » Martha BUrkhalteT, Jesse Stauffer, Mae* Hocker, Carl , Habeggar, Orva ■ Smith, Wildas Soldner, Dora Hirschy, Mae Stauffer and Catl Sprunger. The following excellent program will be given: , , i March. ” Violin' Solo —Crown of Gold. 7 Invocation—Rev. C. P. Ipaas. Plano Solo—“An den Fruehling.” > Salutatory. >. \ ■' ■ Violin Solo—Selection from Marl- ~ Crossing the Bar. rU ' JEiyes That See. .. / ( Vocal Trio, ~ ? . Training a Safeguard Against Fu- . ture Needs. '

SEASON 1910 Sunday ’" ’. Excursion Fares AT AV 1 st ’ and every Sunday until further notice. • Rates from Decatur to Toledo $1.25 z Bluffton $1.50, Marion SI.OO, Kokomo $1.25 t Frankford $1.50 , Excursion tickets will be honored on trains, 3,4, 5 and 6. Limited to , date of sale. Baggage privilege not premitted. 5 Beginning May Ist and untill further notice, train 3 will not leave Tof ledo until 7:20 A. M. on Sunday. r Beginning June Ist. Train 5 will not leave Toledo until 7:15 P M on I Sunday. • Toledo St. Louis & Western Ry.

| Results of Effort ViollA Solo-A Dream of Spring. Plano Solo—To a Waterlily. Presentation of Class. Awarding of Diplomas. Violin Solo—Selection From Faust. / Benedlctlon-W. J. W. Kllewer. The musicians taking part in the < program are Professor Patil Wltthous, ' violinist, and Mlbb Emma Bixler, pi? anist The faculty ’ of the Berne school which has sb carefully instructed the 1 students in its charge, includes . the following members. F, D, Huff> superintendent; Frieda Plack, principal; G. A. Lehman, assistant prtneipal. The board of education: p. K. Schafer, president; C. C. SobugZsecretary; Edwin Helfer, treasurer. Th© annual lecture was delivered ,lMt’ evening at the Mennonite church by Professor Rufus von Kleinschmidt,;, and the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday by the Rev. H. H. Kattman. The alumni banquet drill be .given tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock at the Cottage hotel. 71 , J x .. Take a hint, do your own mlMng;; Rough on Rats, being all poison, vme 15c box will spread or make 50 to 100 lltle cakes that will kill 600 or more rats and mice. It’s the unbeatable exterminator. Don’t die In toe house. Beware' .of' Iffiitatloas, isub- ■ stitutes and catch-penny, ready-for- 1 use devices. . '...A • i,; ’i . •. As a just reward for their Indiscreet conduct at the-eorner stone laying ceremonies last Friday, we understand that Faust Johnson, Ilif Hursh and Winfred Ketcham will not be given ? their graduation diplomas, until, at least they in some way make for the disgrace they have heaped upon tfie schools, the governor, the benefactor and the public in general. These young men on the very eve Os their graduation from the Auburn schools, when! ’ thefi-' llimights should be directed along* lines pertaining to -* the highest of ldeals,u'pj>eared before a vast assemblage aA pf a chorus of students and instead of trying to themselves as best, ttev JouM, they resorted to conduct which arbused the dignity of all ,pre?ent. Conduct his never 'been toterated’ Tn’ the , putfilc schools "and so, J&dignant are the members of the I school ■ board, the Su per in tend en t and others concerned* that ft Is not improbable that the voug men will tiot tie allowed to graduate. - Such pun. itomeht id defcSiMEftC-ZAuburn Courier. jT J '/■ MAKING A NEW DWELLING. The fine barn on . the, John Nibftek - Residence and Fourth streets, which was recebt-. , ly slightly damaged by fire, will be converted Awaßtog to# 'rental the north corner of the lot to the south on jeffersott' , street and is ntfw being raised for the cellar excavation. The contract for the mason work hgs been awarded to James Hurst and th© carpentering to Jacob Milter. Til© hmue M'Oe A mold otoa - John Ehrman and James Tombleson W Root towimhlp toft thijAnmbon for TrumbuU ghd O£io,"'wbere they..will loot toe ' land and if suitable Bgy chase farms there and remove theto to make their futurq Itoines. ■ * ■ ■ |._ ' DEATH IN CALfFORriIA. .. k • Relatives Wedhesday received a message from Mrs. Ella Mereness from near King, California, of the death of her grandsoii, Marcel, two-year-old son of Mrs. Mamie White formerly Miss Mamie feellison of tins city. Mrs. Mereness had been living at Milwaukee,Wls., but hurried to California when she heard of child’s ' illness. Death was due to "stomach trouble. The deceased Was the youngest of the two sons of Mrs. White.