Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1912 — Page 3

arrangements have been corn jlet.fl for > lle ton,l " g conference of |tl( , MethodUt Episcopal church of northern Indiana, which will be held at Wnbash from March 27 to April 2. ! He lay electoral conference will m eet >'ii Friday of the conference , t rk to elect delegates to the general ooßtereine, and is composed of one IV| uM iitative troni each congregation n the conference. Over 1,000 delewill be there for the big meeting tU ,I the homes of Wabash people of all denominations will be thrown open tor the entertainment of visitors. The North Indiana conference was organized on October 16, 1844, and then comprised the northern half of Indiana. Eight years later the confereßfe was divided and the Northwest Indiana conference was organized At this time there are 65,000 members «r ;i ir conference and the property is tai < tied at $3.400,000.. This will be the fourth time Wabash las entertained the conference. The big meeting was held there in 1863, the lecond in 1881, and the last time In 1888. Many of the most prominent wen in the middle west will be there io take part. Bishop David H. Moore, p. I) 1.1. If., of Cincinnati, will be in charge of the conference this year. The Rev. Dr. B. S. Hollopeter is presiding elder of tha district and the jiev D. H. Guild pastor of the Wabash church. j Many Decatur people think that jhe winter now drawing to a close is the most severe in the history of the dty. Tin. 'as been severe enough] but it has not been the record breaker tMt many cl us !xag*nc. . ■ Jiluse who are observers of the weather conditions state that the yer , 1<8.; has the record for the greatest cold spell It is said that during the year the month of January did not cantain a day on which the mercury stood idiove 32, the freezing point. From 32 peve it ranged <?c”B t? -’?!c T’ month epenad co‘d. there being ’ ttmiersture of 5 below on the second. I Mewing that there v.as a period of steedy. hut not extreme cold until the !‘th. Then it began to drop until on the 22nd it registered 31 below. After that it wgrjn?d up a bit, . en the 24th the SlSTdUry st"’ '■ stars. Then it diopped io zero went.. « Igain, but the last oi the month Warmed up and January colsed with a temperature of 20 above. February of that year, like February of this, vied with January intrying to establish an Arctic temperature. In one respect it beat January’, sos e!e\ 1 c.n days straight, it having a tempera-, hire below zero. March that year was wider than the month usually is, th° temperature being below freezing on ail but thiee days. On January 27th of that year, accord isg to old citizens who made note of the fact, there were 19 inches of snow, and during the June of that year there »as a light frost. SELLS BERNE STAND. E. D. Engeler. New Decatur Business Man, to Move Family Here. A deal was closed yesterday afternoon by which Phil Souders and Clayton Smith, with others, came into possession of the dry goods and grocery not . of E. D. Engeler. The store will be closed today and tomorrow to take the invoice. Next week Mr. Souder will go to the market and buy a heavy stock of spring goods to fill up the ’tore Mr. Engeler has been in business here for many years and enjoyed a good trade, and he hopes that the same liberal patronage will be accorded his successors. He will move to i’ecatur, where he recently bought an interest in the True & Runyon store. Not only will he be missed in Berne, hut Mrs Engeler as well, who has served and pleased the'public many a time w 'th her excellent singing.—Berne Witness. < M R BREMERKAMP PALL BEARER. The funeral services of the late •Joseph M. Winch were held at the Catholic church. East Walnut street, the requiem mass being read at 9 o'clock by Father T. J. Travers. The church was tilled with friends payiag their last tribute of respect. There *«re many beautiful floral offerings. As pall bearers were chosen eight lifelong friends of Mr. Minch, they being •- E. Heard, Dr. M. M. Moran. John Ronifas, Frank Schirack, William G. Reinhard, Herman H. Breide, William E - Gigandet and Henry H. Bremerhamp, the latter of Decatur. Portland ’ ornmercial-Review. Hilly Blodgett, special correspondent of the Indianapolis News, who has J'eet on the job tor thirty odd years, bs traveled over the country from f oast to coast, has been aboard the fbers with ever presidential candidate for a score of years, and whose dope is read each season with incres ib g interest, was in Decatur several J ,, ’urs Thursday evening. He is covern S the Eighth district, looking up the early campaign news, getting a line on 'Rings’ in general for the coming

buttle, Which he says will ho a warm I < ne. His Adams county letter will ap ' pear In this evening's Issue of the l , News. Colonel Bill Hoffman, former cus-! todlan of the state house under Governor Durbin, secretary of the Indiana senate for three or four terms, field* man for the old republican guard, and incidentally the state agent for the Sterling Fire Insurance company, j was in Decatur Thursday afternoon' on business. He appointed Gallogiy & Johnson his agents for the tire Insurance company and spent several hours in accumulating information as to the |>olitics of this section. Mr. Hoffmans home is at Anderson, but he knows the entire state as he does Madison county and has taken an active part in the state politics for years.' He can always tell you just how an election will turn out; sometimes he guesses right, sometimes he don t. County Chairman Bosse will have the democratic headquarters open Saturday and any persons, committeemen or otherwise, who wish informa-1 ti, should call there. It’s a good' place to rest and visit anyway. So i go up and see the chairman. County republican headquarters were opened at Herne today, and will be kept open from now on, it is said Republicans from the north part of the county «.re invited to call when convenient. I • The fi'.al report of Henry J. Fuelling, guardian of Paul Illhkey, was allowed) and the guarutan dischatgrtl. The guardian was ordered to assign the S2OO he held against Elise Goertz which was done in open court. I Amos I*. Beatty, administrator of me Albert Buhler estate, filed petition for sale of real estate. Summons was ordered returnable March 44th. I I I ThA Farmers and Merchants' State' Bank vs. John H. Koenig and William Fitelling, note, S6OO. Cause submitted, by agreement. Judgment for plaintiff for $561.85 and costs. As William Fuelling is surety only on the note for, ] Koenig, Koenig's property is to be first exhausted before levying on Fuelling's property, , — I Murray Hotel Co vs. Ft. Wayne .'AI Springfield Railway Co. s2<H>- Ap- ■ pearanee by I.utz for defendant. Rule i »o answer. I ' Ccunty Recorder Andrew Welfley ..has filed quarterly report with the county commissioners to be acted iq>on by the county commissioners at their March session. As December, the first month of the quarter, is included in the term of ex-Recorder Hervey S. Steele, whose report was approved January Ist, the report includes only the term of Mr Welfley for January and February. The total teceipts during the two months was $428.69 The source of this is as follows: From deeds. $186; mortgages. $113.35; mechanic's liens. $175; chattel mortgages. $31.90; mortgage releases. S3O; assignments, $5.75; power of attorney, 50c; mortgage releases, $18: mortgage assignments. $3.90: miscellaneous. $37.50. The jury in the damage case of John P. Chenoweth against James M. Gilbert returned its verdict at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, finding for the Plaintiff in the sum of S2O. Mr. Chen oweth alleged that he was injured, when a team so horses belonging to Mr. Gilbert frightened and ran into the rear of his rig. The plaintiff alleged the horses were left standing on the road. The accident occurred in Jackson township.—Bluffton News. Real estate transfers: Clara C. S Wheat to Cora A. Reynolds, 80 acres. Wabash tp., $4000; Cora A. Reynolds to Clyde Dunn, 80 acres. Wabash tp., $4000; Reason Shaffer to Christian Meschberger, 40 acres, Monroe tp., $5.-.-00; Frank P. Halberstadt to Fred Beibaum, 60 acres, Monroe tp., s<,20Q; Berne Witness Co. to AndrewGottschalk, lot 7. Berne, $2500; Sam uel Simison to Elsie A. Emery, 20 acres, Wabash tp.. $1600: Rosa A. Stump to David D. Habegger. 45 acres, Blue Creek tp.. quit claim deed. $3000; Minnie Meyer et al. to Eliza Hodge, 1 > acres Root tp., quit claim deed, s•■*>: German Bldg. Loan Assn, to Jacob AU, lot 141, Geneva. $2800; David Sprunger to Grover Ccook, lot 396, Berne, $700; Adam Neuenscijwander to Emanuel Neuenscliwander, lot 351, Berne, $1400; Finley Striker to Magdalene Schwartz, realty in Blue Creek tp.. S7OOO. The foreign will of John O. Dent of Hamilton county, Ohio, was admitted here The bequest to his wife, Agnes Dent, includes 160 acres of land m this county. The will is a very old one, being executed April 14, 184a, and was probated September .30, 1854. — C L Walters, commissioner in the Tinkham-Hakes partition case, filed $5,000 bond, which was approved.

• I The evidence In the Yaney-Foreman paternity case on trial before Special Judge D. D. Heller, wim concluded this afternoon. At 2:30 o'clock Prosecutor R. C. Parrish was engaged In giving pile oiienlng number of the arguments, and each of the otner three attorneys l will follow. The court will probably defer the Instruction of the jury and the giving of r.ie case into their hands until morrow morning. Deputy Clerk L. L. Baumgardner Is making the marriage ieturn report for February. There were fourteen licenses issued, and twelve returns made. In January, the same number, fourteen, were Issued. March is starting out with bright prospects. At time of going to press two young men were walking up and down th ehall, eyeing the clerk's office wistfully, as though making up their minds to en 1 ter. They finally madethe fatal break ; into the office and we predict that weJ will have a report of the Issuance of the license to make tomorrow. Sorry we couldn’t delay the press to do so today. o Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 29. Dear Aunt Lou: —This is to advise you that grandma died suddenly last evening at 8:30 oclock as a result of her dress catching on fire. JOHN UPTEGRAFF. The above message was received Thursday by Mrs. Theodore Kennedy, I I telling of the sad and fatal misfortune 1 which befell Mrs. Julia T’ptegraff, an' aged lady, causing tier death so sud- 1 jtlenly and unexpectedly. She was well known here and only last year spent the entire winter with Mrs. Kennedy, coming in the early fall and remain |ing until the spring, during which time she formeda wide acquaintance on au- * count of her kind and lovely disposition, and was endeared to all whom sue met. She was a lady well advanc- [ ed in years, her age being seventyfoul’ i years, and had for many years been • making her home with her son, John I Uptegraff. No particulars as to how I the sad affair rook place was received ' end Mrs. Kennedy is expecting a let-1 ter at any time, gvvlng a more full ex-' planation of the death of her near 1 ' friend. She leaves to mourn their loss | four sons and a large host of friends | and relatives. I B. . — ■ • 111 — 1 > HOLE WILL BE EXHIBIT “O.” When Prosecutor R. C. Parrish unbends his dignity enough to stoop, the most urobservant person can see in the top ci his brand-new "up-to-date tiizzy” gray hat, a hole large and smooth-cut as a nickel scorched aroun 1 the edge. This is not a hole cut by a tiillet aimed at bis head, nor is it an air-holeto prevent baldness, nor even a hole burned therein by the hot head edness of this young man It is the result of a prank played by Sheriff T. J. Durkin, who. heeding the danger of lacing home to dinner, thought he would give vent to his boyish spirit by burning a hole in the prosecutor's hat with his lighted cigar. The hat — or the hole, rather will probably be used as "exhibit O' ” in the case which Parrish is planning to bring against Mi Durkin, charging Sheriff T. J. . Durkin with “Willfully, humorously and fun-lovingly, with a lighted cigar, which the said Durkin then and there . held in his hand, burning a hole in a hat belonging to one R. C. Parrish, and ! valued at sssssssss damaging said hat to the extent of ssssssss. the purpose then and there being to create fun for the said T. J. Durkin." As the case has not yet been filed, and as of course t>o arrest has yet been made, those leading this are warned to keep the news of the impending filing of the. case a secret, tinder danger of “contempt,” in violation of which Durkin, bearing of Ahe 1 proposed suit, might take to flight, and the coroner be given the job of not only trying to servo the warrant, but also of holding an inquest WINCHESTER SERVICES. I Special services will be in order at the Winchester church, one mile south ' and two miles west of Monroe, .one week from next Sunday, when Dr. i William Dillon of Huntipgton. Ind., ed- . itor of the Christian Conservator, will , be the speaker at both the morning and evening services. REV. BEARER, Pastor Berne Circuit Auglaize Coni ference, U. B. Churcn. i All of thetownship assessors, with ■ three deputies from out of town, in- , eluding John Hirsehey and .Mr. Springer of Berne, and Albert Burris : of Geneva, met with County Assessor Geo. Gentis Friday. They received their supplies ready for beginning active work Monday, and then spent the ■ day in fixing the schedule of assessment values, which will tend toward I making the assessments equal over I the entire county. To offset any difference, however, the assessors will meet wi.o the county assessor every Saturday for three weeks, when the > assessments will be gone over and I any changes toward equilization will be made. The next meeting

will be held a week from tomorrow. The schedule as adopted this morning shows very little change over the prices set for last year. Hay, however, is higher, and will be appraised at from $8 to sl2 per ton. Wagons, buggies, implements, machines, household goods, etc., will be taken at stan r.iitd valuations. Cattle valuations! show the ’following: Yearlings and tinder, $7 to $10; yearlings and over, $- to sls; fnt cattle will be taken by the pound: cows, from sls to S3O. G’od farm horses, $75 to $150; colts, two years old, $75 to $100; yearling celts, $25 to SSO. Hogs will be rated at three cents a pound, sheep at $2 and up per head. Grain Wheat, 70c; corn, 35c; oats, 30c; barley, 60c. Chickens, common, will he listed at $3 per dozen. The appraisement of ! land is made only every four years, 1 and as this was done last spring, will be given no consideration this year. I THE SEALERS WILL MEET. The city and county sealers In In { diana, who have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of the weights and measures act passed by the 1911 assembly, will meet at the state house in a three-day session of instruction, March 21. 22 and 23, aceording to an announcement from H. E. Barnard, state chemist, yesterdav Mr. Barnard said all sealers in the state would attend and that tnanufacI turers of various articles which come I t under the supervision of the weights I and measures officials also would at • tend. , ERIE ISSUES NOTES. Ten Million Dollars Borrowed for the DouLle-tracking. New York, March I—The directors of the Erie hailroad yesterday authorized the issuance of $10,000,000 five per cent, three-year notes to complete the double-tracking of the line to Chicago. 1 ! The issuance of the notes is subject to I the approval of the public service coni , • mission respecting the convertible ba- • sis of convertible bonds of the company .which will be deposited as col- . lateral. I —— STIRRED BY CRIME The arrest of James H. Wood of I I Monroeville, by police at Fort Wayne, charged with wife desertion, prodiced ' one of the most revolting of stories. Wood Is a son of Frank Wood, a ' i farmer, and made his home with his . '| lather on a farm near Monroeville. • The young man. who is but twenty ' j years of age, began calling on Clara I Gil son, a daughter of William Gib I I sen, a farmer. The elder Wood accom 1 panied his sou on the calls and last ' October, when Laura Gibson, aged 'fourteen, a sister to Clara, gave'birtli ■ to a child, which, together, with its girl-mother, died a few days later, sus- ! picion pointed to him. Frank Wood L j accused of the crime by neighbors. hurriedly fled the little town, getting away only an hour ahead of a committee of outraged citizens, it is said, “jwho planned to take the law in their • own hands and administering punishment. The affair was rei>orted to Wai ter Immel, then deputy sheriff, who ’ traced Wood to Jackson and Cadillac, Mich., and on to Canada. A short 1 time ago a letter was mailed at Cad ' lilac and received at Monroeville, ami jit is thought to have been written by ‘ Wood. The boy told the detective that 1 his father had not only ruined the young girl, but had also been intimate with the older one. who the former had been forced to marry, and ’hat his fa ' ! ther was really the parent of the child ‘ of each of the girls. The department has not decided w hether an attemi t • will be made to ’wing the man back ' on a charge of criminal assault, upon ’ I which he is guilty, if his son s story is true. Ex. _ I Thursday evening was "guest night" for the Euterpean club, the affair being a lean year party given by ’be t twelve memberi ol the music section, i Each member invited a guest and fifty ? 1 were greeted by Miss Edna Hoffman. J assisted by her sister, Miss Hope Hoff man, at the home of her parents, Mr. I and Mrs. Fred Hoffman, corner oi ; Fourth and Madison streets, where the party was given. The club flower. : pink carnation, was used in the simple but buautifuT decoration of the home. A great bowl of carnations adorne 1 the table in the parlor, another in the i library and still another in the dining - ( room, and pink cr.ndles in candelabra . ' shed a rosy glow over the scene. As s|the music section were hostesses, the ■ program was musical. The pretty canII tata, “The Three Springs,” was given ■ by the Misses Midge Smith and Marie ? j Patterson and Mrs. E. B. Adams, ac- - ’ companied by Mrs. Jesse Dailey, plan--1 “Ist. The cantata required half an hour ■ in the rendering, and was one of great - beauty. To carry out the effect har--1 , moniously to the eye. as well as to -' the ear, the musicians rendering the ? i cantata wore dainty spring gowns of I pink and white. "The Pfferim s ■ Chorus," a piano number, was charm- ; ingly rendered by Miss Gertrude Mo-

ses, who responded with other selections, upon encore, Partners for the I luncheon was found in a unique way ' and sounded the keynote of the "leap ' year" Idea. Pretty hand-painted cards, done in water colors by Miss Bess Schrock, were given to the gentlemen. The cards were character sketches of tnen of various occupations come caricalures, and others "otherwise,” and each bore the mime he represented. To the ladies were given cards bearing questions to be answered by the pictures on cards The ladies were r> quired to ask the questions, the gentlemen answering and the matching of tlie questions and cards proclaimed he partners for the supper. Tile luncheon In two courses was served in the dining room, and the club colors of [link and white were carried out in the following menu: Royal scallop, cottage cheese, with maraschino cherries, hot tolls, coffee, apricot ice and cake. With the second course pink carnations were given as favors, Tlie Edward F. Miller family, living a mile west of Pleasant Mills, is preparing to move next week to Preble, and to bld them farewell and speed them on their way with good wishes, thirty of their neighbors, who are loath to see them go, gathered at the Miller home Thursday evening and gave them a pleasant surprise. They brought baskets of good things with them from which a feast was spread, and while the feasting was in order, the evening was spent in a general social way also. Airs. Herb Lachot entertained t [ number of ladies at progressive pedro j Thursday evening, the affair being much enjoyed. Prizes were won by Mrs. W. R. Dorwin and Mrs. Carrie Sutherland, and after the games, refreshments “ ere served. The birthday anniversaries of Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff and nieces. Mrs. Os , car Fritzinger and Mrs. Sam Fuhr- ] man, are celebrated jointly and this I year the affair took place Wednesday lat the Fuhrman home. About thirty of the relatives of the three ladies i joined with them and enjoyed a splendid feast at noon The celebra''on next year <till be at the Grandstaff I home. The Embroidery club was entertained Thursday evening by Mrs. Wil! : Winnes. Following the embroidery work of the first hours, a contest war in order, in which Mrs. Grover Hoffman carried off first honors. Refreshments were served. Mrs. L. C. Annen will be hostess next week. t VANADIUM USED IN AUTO CONSTRUCTION More Durable Than Steel —Only Question is a' -o its Expensiveness. Vanadium stee! is what the federal government would like to flame in forty locomotives to use at Panama, but is vanadium too expensive? This is the pretty problem with which the secretary of war is now v .estling. Forty locomotives of carbon steel can be bought fc“ 8498,010, whereas vanadium construction would foot up to $820,295. Y’et the government is hesitating for the work the locomotives • have to do is strenuous in the extreme. It is their duty to tow the great ocean vessels through thj canal, and, to gain su;cient purchase, they are to work upon cogged rails. This will subject the locomotives to extraordinary vibration nnd vibration is f atal to com- ■ mon or corbon steel, rapidly causing ■ disintregration and breakdown. This has been proved repeatety in the automobile field. Cars in time I begin to fail “,’ithout any appreciable cause. M’jor repairs have constantly to be made, and in the end many machines prove more trouble than they are worth. i The same remedy that the govern- : rnent is preparing to use at Panama has already been brought into automobile construction Vanadiam has - been used with emarkable results. ■ Vanadium is a mineral alloy, scarce in . the market, and coming from mines in Peru. When fused in the proportion . of about six part sto the hundred with molten steel it acts as a flux, rteansiny: the fusion and rendering the mole , culre of the steel practically proof ■ against crystallization, the bane of . i common steels. Heat treatment com- • | bined with vanadium, makes a steel ’ that ie of tremendous toughness. II Vanadium steel is used in many ■ ' automoiiiles, in some parts thaw are ' subject to the great vibration and strain. One car, the Ford, is con • structed of vanadium throughout. In ■ fact it was Henry Ford who popularized vanadium among the makers of cars. ■ A great advantage of vanadium construction is that i» allows dead weight to be cut to the minimum. This in ■ turn reduces maintenance expense and gives lines to the car. Not infreqently attention is called in a striikng manner to the superiority of vanadium over'other and cheaper steels. A short time ago a car of ; vanadium construction smashed into • heavy touring car—almost four ti’”<es its own weight The vanadium car

was scarcely feuzed, and drove away under Its own power, while the two ton touring car had to be towed away a battered wreck. A facetious by-, standee called the encounter the bat- ] tie of the “Monitor and the Merri- j mac.” Laboratory tests also verify. the superiority of vanadium. Tests made at the University of Michigan upon the axle pf a Ford ear failed to break the axle, al'hough thv most powerful torsion machine was brought to bear on It. For reasons such as these the sec retary of war is considering whether In the long run it will not pay tlie federal government muc hbetter to expend almost twist as much for its forty locomotives and get them of vanadium. —Chicago Sunday Examiner, February 18, 1912. MONROE, COAL CENTER. Is Only Place One Can Secure Coal, and Supply There is Low. Our neighbor town, Monroe, is doing a land-office business in the coal line, and it seems to be the only spot where this mineral can be obtained within r. radius of miles around, and from re I ports received, the supply there is ge: ting low also. There are three coal dealers in the town of Monroe, and they have been receiving orders front surrounding towns, including Berne and this city. Two firms have already disposed of what they could secure, and the only one now doing business 1 in the coal line is the Monroe Hay Grain & Milling company, which is being well patronized. A big load was brought to this city this morning. The company has only thirty tons remaining in their bins, and when this supply is exhausted Monroe will have to join with the other cities, as they wili' receive no more this year. Decatur greets v.iin much pleasure Mr. F. H. Hubbard an<l his family, who have just here from St Louts, Mich. Mr. Hubbard will have charge of the new sugar plant whet ( I it is completed and will be a penna , nent citizen of Decatur. The folio . | ’ ing story concerning his career w il'. I therefore be of Interest to our read ' ere. Tlie clipping is from the St. Louk | Independent: ] Mr. Hubbard has had a very gratifying business career. He is a nativi of Michigan and spent his early li .' in Muskegon county. He early learn ' ed the lumber business, beginning as tally man when eighteen years old. i and rapidly came to the position of in spector and traveling salesman and later became a lumber dealer in t? ‘south. I “Previous to engaging in the sugar business he was an investigate: -of lumber shipments, weights, etc., to: the C. & N. W. railroad, with hea '. quarters in Chicago. I "In the spring of 1903 he t St. Louis as secretary of the St. Lo ■ . Sugar company. He organized the ; office and arranged its unique system of bookkeeping and aided materially in starting this great plant on its s i cessful career. “Three years later he was sought ) 1 by the Charlevoix Sugar company to -,take the management of their facto:; < which had gone on the rocks," an . needed a master band to resuscitate it, i He personally succeeded in raising SBO,OOO with which to finance the ecn <! cern. After arranging the sale uII this company’s plant at the end : ! I three years he returned to St. Louis 1 to taek the position of manager of ’in ! St. Louis plant in the place of Mr. Case, who went to California to man :i age the Santa Anna factory. ■ "While a traveling salesman foi e I lumber Mr Hubbard lived at Muncie, y | Indiana, and traveled in adjacent terv ] ritory. After going into the sugar busn iness he remembered parts in Indian ; which he believed were ideal for tb<i- beet sugar business. After making a some personal investigations he presented the matter to the board of d ; - s rectors and they became sufficient!’ interested to make an automobile tri; n through that section, with Mr. Hub n bard, to spy out the land. As the re n sule of their trip through the intlr It ence of F. H. and B. C. Hubbard, bi; brother, a plan of consolidation of the Holland and St. Louis plants was ar 4’| ranged and the new plant at Decattn i ■ was contracted for and is now being i- • built. B. C. Hubbard went to Holland I• as general secretary and F. H. to Decatur as manager of the new plan’, y ! “As an expression of esteem an.l e good will the men at the St. Louis il plant presented Mr. Hubbard with a i- beautiful gold watch. Calling him into a their presence they presented him - with a small bag of sugar and their f spokesman said: "This sugar comes from the heart of the beets. In it you - will find something which comes from t the hearts of the men.’ Mr. Hubbard 1 put in his hand and found the watch. 1 The office force also presented him with a fountain pen. 1 “Mr. Hubbard has a delightful fam- - ily, consisting of his wife and two ■ daughters. Miss Fredericka, who is at- ‘ tending school at the M. A. C., am' 1 Ruth. They will be greatly missed s in ail circles, especially in social an t r Jiurch work, in which they have been e

very active, and their departfure from St. Louis is felt to be a distinct loss io our pleasant city.” FAMINE IS BROKEN, The hard coal famine, which has been in our midst for some time, ' as, broken today when the Kiracb & Sellemeyer company received Saturday from Ridgeville, a cur load of th a ■ precious "black diamonds." Tita il pust about as valuable and aagreatiy desired as the more precious form oi the diamond was evidenced by ■ grand scramble made for it. Man? families have been out of l ard 1 for some time and have been bn • soft coal in their hard coal bun Others have been using a make .. of wood, corn cobs, etc., or have let the living room go without any i tn at all and surrounded the kit hen range with its soft-coal fire, jm as one used to do in the olden times, o:; ers were racing Sunday with jut a few buckets of coal between them a:nl dismal cold, when this saving car load arrived, with its happy mission. THANK THEIR FRIENDS. Having been so kindly assisted during the illness and at the time of the death of our husband and father, w.» wish to thank the friends and net'’ bors who lent their aid, and especially to A. J. Smith and employees. Also for the beautiful flora! tributes 1 sent. MRS. KURT AND DAUGHTER UTZ AND OMLOR INDICTED By Grand Jury at Tiffin, Ohio—Charge of Manslaughter. Fred Ornlor, well known here, and James Utz, both of Fostoria, Ohio, who were charged by the coroner at Tiffin, Ohio, with causing the death of Utz’ uncle, Sam Utz, February 3rd, by administering carbolic acid, were indicted by the grand jury charged with manslaughter, and are awaiting trial. LIQUOR HABIT CONQUERED No more miser/. Get rid of % th® drink habit In 3 dzySAfter beintr a heavy dr.nrer f or yeafs, I was savetl -\nd providentially came V into possession of 4 be rr ? Jin Remedy for overcoming / >, alcoholism* The dr.*’!!'' r who wants to Quit 1 ’ /. ever, petting rid of • / awful cravir*g. can i /sY r.- losing no c m inr. /t. l.* xWKOk enjoying life beti*.r th u r before. Marvelous eoocess. firnu, rc ", SEfiRETU SrO I ■ a perc >n is iddlctcd so ?tr "gl 7bo (or s: -) hn? lost desi T ? to be rescued, ho can be ’ • tncretly; will nerrtme disgusted w: hod i • »*1 tastecf Honor. Legions of torttmc • • ing genuineness of my Method. ii* "vi fore tinkers and f- mctl -re. tained in my • uok. bailed pl' u w-r • ■ tree. K-eD tl is ;■ l v. or it Ad. -. £3W.J.WOQD c .G~';: :/. ; 266A ? jwiork. B' n WEBSTER’S NEW INT ERN ATIONAL DICTIONARY THE MERRIAM WEBSTER > The Only New unabridged dictionary tn many years. Contains the pith and essence of an authoritative library. Covers every field of knowl. edge. An Encyclopedia in a single book. - . . The Only Dictionary with the New Divided Page. 400,000 Words. 2700 Pages. 6000 Illustrations. Cost nearly half a million dollars. Let us tell you about this most remarkable single volume. 1 ' ■Vllrn Write for sample pages, full particulars, etc. 4 sen( * free wSa a ,et r • x Maps Merriam Co, jf Ihe Fahiier’s.Son’s Great (JppoHunity wait for the old farm to become ycxir Begin nov to prepiin* j IBPJ&Trt'TiW"; ©gnntopp/rtnni’ , 4WH ... I ? nu in Manitoba. Suhl ! BUav k or Albert’i. '■lla a W * y n ;.' oa Cl n b <*Dure H - ■ I* 1 fez# r frto Homext< H.l o; biiv ' I W »««datroat*ouablepricei». I ' 8 -, n °t n year from now, I J.wSMM vhvn •..ndwi!: . high | f r • ,r °btK Bred 'f— .. 7•J rnm the Hl»un<tni>f II I cr °P H of "li *.it. Oat« .-in.! Barhl. ns we . cattle raising, are f using a wtendy advance in price. , "*■ ■4.”’nni’>nt returns show that the Sj —„ - lumber of settlers in Western ** Z‘ “ from the f. S. <lurin< 1 j - the |., M f year vis upwards of i 1 anil imigratlon Isron1 Hailfly hiricHHlng. i 1 Many fainiers have paid for / t,,c lr land out of the proceeds J ljU”’-■/■■■ » of one crop. * A I rce Homesteads off 1«O acres ’.. Afl nn< * pre-emptions of IttO acres '»•» «’•«•<•• >Ph i dhl <ll- - K«»o<l m< hook, excellent fi/ ikl railway facilities, lor freight ! wood, water ami lumbe r i I r - ”■ For pamphlet “Liut Best West.” I Pa*ttcu.m'h uk to trni’ul I • !<x*atloo ! ’‘•■’fiTK* k>w rate apply to 1 Immigration, (niawa, Can., or to /WjB’IMtH Caoad ‘* u Gov,t Arw,t - 1 i I'm m;.S Rogers ill wl'l’Wl r<l n°° r ••'•■iiJiid Traction ' U i! ml luusuzmpoJhi, lud. ?■ w 'R'hljL.. „<t o nddreMs nr» <’ -e. |