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VOL. 14. NO. 118.
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, Al'Gl'ST 13, 1919.
THE WEATHER: SH °v'ers; cooler Thursday.
COUNCIL
HAS MUCH
BUSINESS
the public service commission at In j j c’ianapolis and inquire whether or not! the said company would have to in-j stall the connections. Bicycle ridir.jfj I on sidewalks wa; also J'scuss.d. Mr., , Williams stated that severa' people | on East Hanna street had asked hini! ! to make complaint. Mayor Bartley! asked Marshall O'Hair to warn the public about such unlawfulness, and: that fines would be the result unless
, i this practice was stopped Joe Allen, ! Jr , possibly will be the first one fired, improvement of seminary i a3 l a(im!tt0(l Tm . S(ia> even , ;i5 !u ,. STREET IS A KEN l NDEK fo the council mem Vj C ,. s that he had DISCUSSION • JAM.ES STOOPS ridl1en down tn lh0 meetinr on the IS ELECTED TO FILL VACANCY Seminarv , trei , t si(lewalk „ n his bi . OX SCHOOL BOARD CAUSED j le The councilmen excused Mr. B' THE RESIGNATION OK E - Allen for his offense becaustl of tlle WARD BICKNELI.—ULAIM OR- | ten-ible condition of this street. DINANCE IS 1 ASS ED. | Under public works, the way in 1 which the Greencastle Water Com-
i pany leaves its work after having
HIXON RESIGNS lin ^ was q t ue8t ‘ oned -
Several places on Bloomington, Semi-
j nary, iMadison and Locust streets
! were pointed out as left dangerous by the workmen after placing lines
to residents.
Conflicting Thoughts
FRED
T ie three important business transactions made by the city council
Tuesday evening in its twice monthly • At request ()f Mr . Allen a cornmeetings were as follows: To elect m i ttee was appointed to look after James Stoops to fill the place made ■ jh t . raising of the salary of Ralph v»crr.t by the resignation of K4-j ponnehup, ci t v engineer. Mr. Allen Sicknell of the so tool bourd, e.ec pointed out that the ordinary workEd. Hamilton to fill the vacancy made man was receiving $3.50 a day, which by Councilman-at-large h red Hixon, now the salary of Mr. Donnehue and unanimously vote to ha\e City wb en he works in the interests of the Engineer Ralph Donnehua submit Then the fact that he uses his plans for the bricking, cementing or j jj OOO surveyor’s instruments without bituminous cementing of Seminary, coat to the city should make Mr. A lstreet. The council debated the Semi- (p i ea more plausible. The fob nary question for some time. The ] ow i n g, committee was named: Oscar! fact that something must be done to W imams Joe Allen and Asa Smith, make Seminary street a decent street Und e r permits, William McDonald j
TO THE HERALD.
C. C. Leachman, of Detroit, a for-1 mcr resident of Greencastle, has sent. 1 the following letter to the Herald I calling attention to an item which j was recently printed giving to Isaac j Browning the distinction of being the [ youngest boy to enlist in the army' from 'Putnam county. Browning en- !
listed on the 2nd day of April and I " was sixteen years old on the day of I WILL PROBABLY START ABOUT
PRESIDENT DECIDES TO MAKE TRIP
his enlistment. According to .Mr. [ Leachman’s letter, which follows, j Horace Leachman and Dan Freeman.' who was an employe of the Herald a* the time of his enlistment, falls the
distinction.
Detroit, August 10, 1919 The Herald, Greencastle, Ind.
Dear Sir:
I see in a recent issue of your paper where the distinction of being the youngest man to enlist from old Putnam was given to Isaac Browning. But this is a mistake. Our son, Horace, enlisted on the second day of March, 1917, and was Ifi years old the 23rd of the same month. But there is still another who will never come
AUGUST 25 ON COUNTRY-WIDE SPEAKING TOUR—H. O. OF I.. TO TAKE PRECEDENCE l\ SPEECHES.
NEW PLANS ARE BEING MADE
to ride upon was little discussed. Mayor Bartley expressed the entire assembly’s views on the subject when he related his airplane ride last Saturday afternoon. He said: “I felt
was given the right to install a new 820-gallon gasoline tank at his place on the north side of the square. The meeting closed with the following claim orinance being passed by the
DEPAUW VS
W VSHINGTON TOWNSHIP FARMERS HOLD MEETING
just like I was riding or. Seminary | e0unciln , en;
street when the airplane struck those i Ge0Tge Blake, fire dept. $19.00 air-holes. The resolut.cn for fi*'* 1 !? j Rufus I)av i S( fi re ,i ep t 19.00 Seminary street calls for the improve- j ames Woodall, fire dept. 19.00 ment to be from Jackson street west | j es8e Tobin, fire dept. 19.00 to Wood street east, within distance' Lee Paxtont fire dept 19.00 of the interurban tics. The interur-j^ ^ Sewell, police 19.00 ban company is expected to improve; p q Grimes, street work 36.00
WABASH
The meeting was held on the night j of August 7. Seven new members were added and several question- of the day were discussed, among them ( being the future policy of the association. It was agreed that the members must stick together for future results. Another question that! came up was whether the farmers j
BIG FIRE CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE TO PLEASURE RESORT
Washington, August 13. — Nearly all obstacles to President Wilson's trip through the country have been removed and it is learned from authoritative sources that the itinerary makers are again at work on the schedule for his trip, which probably will include Indianapolis. Probably the best guess as to the date of his departure would he about August 25.
back to enjoy the distinction. I refer j by which time the President will have to Dan Freeman, \iho was employed 1 1**^ opportunity to clear up the odds on the Herald for some time. He en- ! und ends that still pester him. listed at the same time as Horace and ! It was understood today that a dethey were bunk mates from that time cided change of plans, to which siguntil he was killed. nificance is attached, is being considDan was 1<> the 26th day of April! ered bv the President with respect to following his enlistment, being one his trip. This involves a change ftoro month and three days younger than ! the subject matter of the President’s
Horace. Horace is with the composite army which paraded in Paris July 4 and 14, and in London July 19, led by General Pershing. We expect him home, or rather hack in the States,
FIRST GAME BETWEEN THE WOuld 1 Uke any ® ctio ? °" four ncw ;I I WK DESTROYS LARGE t ASINO
its part of the street with tfce same
material used by the city.
If the plans •* the council work out as were planned Tuesday evening the Seminary street question will be given a hearing not later than the middle of September. Then if anyone desires not to have the street improved thus a complaint may be made before the council. Work on the
Jeff Miller, street work 18.00 John Moran, street work 18 00 William Martin, street work -- 18.00 Henry Fox, street work 18.00 Hancel Grimes, street work 18.00 George Thomas, street work-.- 21.00 Putnam Electric Co., lights —466.38 James Woodall, fire dept. 19.00 George Blake, fire dept. - 1900 Jesse Tobin, fire dept. 19.00
SEASON TO BE PLAYED HERE
ON NOVEMBER 7.
WABASH ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
street would then, if no complaints i j ee Paxton, fire dept. 19.06 are given, begin at once after the con- q j, Sewell, police 19 0o tract hsd been let. I f. f}. Grimes, streets 36.06 In the election for a member to the John Moran, streets 18.00
Jeff Miller, streets 18.00 George Thomas, streets 18.00 William Martin, streets 18.00 Henry Fox, streets 18.00 Roseoe Lisby, streets 26.00 A. & C. Stone Co., streets 23.83 Putnam Electric Co. lights 2.96 John Crawley, streets 25.00 James Woodall, fire dept. --- 19.00 Rufus Davis, streets 19.00 Jesse Tobin, streets 19 00 George Blake, streets 19.00 Lee Paxton, streets 19.00 F. G. Grimes, streets 3fi 0 ° John Moran, streets 18 00 Jeff Miller, streets 18.00 i George Thomas, streets 18.00
Yale universities than that which exists between the Methodist and Presbyterian colleges. The gate receipts at the Wabash-PePauw games have always far exceeded any other game. DePauw won from Wabash last year. What do you say about this year? Wabash has eight games on this
fall’s schedule. The season opens! GRAND TOTAL ASSESSMENT
school board the name of Cleve Thomas, which was placed before the assembly by Councilman Asa Smith, lost to Mr. Stoops, the vote being 1 to 1. There was no name submitted other than Ed. Hamilton for council-man-at-large. Roy Abrams, a councilman, was absent, as he is spending this week on his vacation in the northern part of the state. Mr. Hixon in resigning stated that his resignation comes as the result of his removing to Indianapolis this fall, where he will continue his business as manager of the True & True Lumber Company. He said he regrettel very much his leaving Greencastle and enjoyed his part in the city s official duties. Mr. Hixon was assured by the members his absence will be .
noticed with ill pleasure and that he Hancel Grimes, stree s ------ ' 15, there; Marquette University, at had served most efficiently while on I O'Daniel & Sherrill, fire dept... l Milwaukee on the Saturday before
Sherrill & Sherrill, fire dept. .. 4.50 |
METHODISTS AND PRESBY- J 51 '! 9 that l H ‘ n,lin 8 m Congress re TERIANS FOR THE FOOTBALL ‘ atlnp fe < icral -‘Perv.s.on of dairy
farms. A dairy man had sent a letter requesting the formers to go on record against the hills because they would add to the cost of producing milk by compelling the dairy man to keep a sanitary feed box for his cows ; and have the cows examined for tu-
“At ’em Tigers" will be a favorite berculosis and other things that were expression in Greencastle November not definitely stated. One man pre--7, when the Wabash football squad is ent said: “Maybe the inspector would scheduled to play DePauw University, come and order your best cow killed." in its annual game. The game will | Another, however, was of the opinion be played on McKeen Field here. J that if he were using milk and butter
This game is the pride of both from a tubercular cow he would be j diana Soldiers' home, was the scene schools. The watchword both for | glad to know it so the cow could be | of a destructive fire la'e last night DePauw and Wabash is to “lick” the I disposed of. Another consideration , when the large casino, together with other. Possibly there is no more in- along that line is that the government | several other buildings was destroyed.
AT TE< UMSEH TRAIL A PLEASURE RESORT ON THE WABASH RIVER NEAR LAFAYETTE WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE FT. WAYNE AND NORTHERN INDIANA TRACTION COMPAN Y.
LOSS IS ABOUT $20,000
Lafayette, Ind., August 13.—Teeumseh Trail, a pleasure resort on the Wabash river adjoining the In-
about September 1. Yours truly, C. C. LEACHMAN.
( HICAGO TRAINS RUN, MORE MEN
\GAIN
\T WORK
speeches on the trip which, according to first plans, were to deal exclusively with the peace treaty and the league of nations, hut which now will involve also a discussion of the high cost of
living.
Vital Interest to AH.
What caused the President to
change his arrangements and to consider placing in the background hi.*
scheme for a league of nations wa*
the question most frequently asked. The answer is supposed to be that he has discovered in many quarters a. lack of enthusiasm over treaty and league matters, while the vital interest of the people in their domestic problems is so plain and so wide-
spread as to he unmistakable. The President in consequence is ex-
pected to dwell on the subjects which he discussed in his message to Con-
tne i disposed oi. /vnomer cunsmei aium i wnen me large casino, in- ; along that line is that the government | several other buildings
tense rivalry between Harvard and helpk pay for the cow that must be | The loss is $20,000, partly covered by
legislation relating to sanitation on
| dairy farms is seen.
with Indiana University at Bloomington on the last Saturday of September. Butler, Earlham and Rose Poly will then be played here in succession during October. The annual game 18 00 I W ' tk I )e I >auw ' s scheduled for Novem-
. 18.00
William Martin, stree,s lr, ' u ” i her 7 at Greencastle. Remaining Henry Fox, streets I games on the schedule are with the
OF PI TN \ M CO. COMPILED
Roseoe Lisby, streets fL??! Kalamazoo Normal school, November j exemptions. The total polls listed in
the council.
Under the department of public safety the coflncil decided to leave the appointment of n new fire chief to the following committee: U, V. O’Daniels, Joe Allen Jr. and Roy Abrams. The new appointment comes because Frank Roberts, fire chief, has resigned. George Blake, a member of the fire department, asked that a member of the fire fighting force be elected fire chief, as the squad is without h leader when they go to a fire. This was well received by the councilman and probably the committee thus appointed will elect a fireman as fire chief. Under public utilities, Oscf.r Williams stated cases where people in the bouth part of Greencastle were complaining because the Greencastle electric company would not connect them with the current because they lived too far from the nearest main lines, sayfftg the electric company woulJ connect them if they would pay in addition to what is the usual connection rate. Virgil Grimes was advised Ly Attorney Thad Peck to write to
A & C. Stone Co„ streets 3.67 Greencastle Water Co., water.. 82.85 John Cook & Son, fire dept. — Greencastle Battery Co., fire C. C. Phillips, fire dept. Dunlavy & Stoops, fire dept. -- Edna G. Woodall, taxi
O. D. Sewell, police
H. M. Smith, printing ..
5.35 2.35 5.07 2.00 1.00
.. 19.00 .. 42.60
UPTURN OF 50 CENTS IN LOCAL HOG PRICES —August 13— Indianapolis Receipts—Hogs, 5,000; cattle, 1,700; calves, 500; sheep, 1,100. Light runs in most of the markets of the country were responsible for an upturn of 50 cents in the local hog market today, with sales at $23.00. Cattle were slow, with traders bidding lower. Calves were strong to higher and sheep steady. —oJ. E. Dunlavy is taking his summer vacation from his work in the drug
store.
Thanksgiving, and the Michigan Aggise at Lansing, Mich., on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
—o ■ — • NEW GASOLINE FIXTURES INSTALLED BY McDONALD
killed. When we think of the homes j insurance, using milk from anv dairy and of the | The buildings were owned by the people, mostly babies, that may be! Ft. Wayne & Northern Indiana Trarinfected through milk from diseased , tion Compauy, having been constructcows the foolishness of opposing any ed about twenty years ago on the si^e
of an old Indian village which was sol to the traction company by Rich-
ard T. DeHart, who is dead. The company developed it as a pleasure park,
and for many years it has been the principal picnic ground in the vicinity of Lafayette. The casino was conducted bv L. I,. Lefler, who conducted a dining hall, a refreshment pavilion
and various other concessions. The fire started while a dance was in progress in the building. Miss Louise Hatty, one of the group pres-
ent, leaned over the balcony and saw flames in a shed immediately behind the large building. They spread so
rapidly that the eighty dancers and
musicians had diffVulty in getting out of the building before the tip reached them. The large, high building, built of dry timber, was quickly consumed. The fire could be seen for many miles up and down the Wabash river, as the site of the rseort is a large promon-
tory.
Only a sma.l prrt of the furniture
The total assessed valuation of the personal property and real estate of Putnam county has been compiled by the deputy auditor, Benton Curtis. Complete figures show the total to be $41,976,181.00, minus the mortgage
the county is 3,155, which is slightly more than half the legal voters in
the county.
The total assessments and polls for the respective townships is as fol-
Chicago, August 13.—Calling off of the federated railway shopmen’s strike in the Atlanta (Ga.) district, caused railroad ofticials today to predict that the entire rail system of the country would be operating at normal
within a week.
A number of trains which wore can-
celed several days on account of the
strike on railroads centering here,. gress on the high cost of living, on
' the question of the railroads and on the other post-bellum policies which the United States will have to adopt
in its work of reconstruction. These questions instead of being
incidental, or instead of being ignored altogether, will have the place of importance in his messages to the people if the prediction made is borne out. This does not mean that the
were restored today.
Reports from many parts of the country showed that striking shopmen were returning to work pending settlement of their wage demands. In the Chicago district, however, there was no break in the ranks of
the strikers.
electricity at night. There is n fi gallon glass jar about one-third of the way down on the pump which shows visibly to the customer that he secures the amount of gas he paid for. The motto which goes with Mr. McDonald’s new fixtures is as follows: "To claim merit is one thing;
to prove it another.”
Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Riley are th© parents of a sob, born Tuesday,
lows:
Township
Amount
Poll
Jackson —
...$2,667,706
182
F'ranklin —
8,493,283
185
Roachdalc .. —
... 833,645
133
1 Russell -
... 3,126,342
90
I Russellville
... 481,085
60
Clinton
.. 1,556,256
136
! Monroe „
... 2,683,880
135
Bainbridge
335,356
80 I
! FToyd -
2,048,710
J35|
Marion
.. 4,019,925
196
Greencastle
.. 6,502,910
265
| Greencastle City
... 3,861,120
512
j Madison
... 1,762,270
148
Washington
_. 2,958.32#
251
Warren .
1,563,950
122
Jefferson
1,479,800
164
Cloverdale
... 1,943,015
191
Cloverdale town
... 641,740
91
Mill Creek
... 1,016,870
74
Total
...$41,976,181
3,155
R. S. F'outs is in Lafayette today on agricultural business.
destroyed. A group of enlisted soldim from th* 1'urdue University artillery unit helped in removing the articles that were kept from burning. R. W. Levering, gunerintewlent of the traction company, wa unable to *ay today whether the building would be reconstructed. The loss of the proprietor of the casino is in the neighborhood of $2,500. The fire is supposed to have been caused by defective electric wiring,
ANNUAL STONER FAMILY REUNION HELD TUESDAY The Stoner family held their annual picnic Tuesday at the home of Lycurgus Stoner, four miles w«st of Greencastle. About 200 people were present and a jolly good time was enjoyed by everyone. The following officers were electe/1 for next year:
I*resident—W. S. Torr. Vicv Presidtyt—Kd. Houck.
Secretary—Mrs. Chris Stoner. Treasurer—Lycurgus Stoner. The 1920 program committee was elected as follows: Albert Stoner. Chris Stoner and Flrnest Stoner. The place for the 1920 reunion was selected at the home of Mrs. Eva Torr south of this city. During the day Dr. Wells, of Indianapolis, spoke interestingly to the members on the topics of the day. A feature of the afternoon was the children s program in which about twenty little folks participated. The Stoner reunion is a much-looked-for event and one
which is never forgotten.
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“ALL AMERICAN PATHFINDERS" EXPECTED SUNDAY
league of nations will be altogether neglected. It will not be forgotten, but the discussion of its features is likely in many cases to he incidental ‘.o rather thao the burden of his message. It is said that after discussing the remedies for the inquiries that have resulted from war conditions the President will argue that none of the remedies will be efficacious or permanent until the league of nations is accepted and the treaty of peace is ratified. o JACKSON TOWNSHIP FARMERS TO HOLD PICNIC
The Rev. L. H. Smith, of Terre Flaute, was in Greencastle Tuesdayon business. Ha formerly resided here.
The nine biplanes known as the “All American Pathfinders" may possibly fly over Greencastle Sunday afternoon. The aviation repair depot at the Speedway, Indianapolis, is looking for the airplmes Friday. Although the flying squad has been a day or two behind its schedule, it is probable that they will come to Indianapolis Friday. The biplanes are from Huzelhurst Field, Long Island, and will fly to San Francisco, Calif. The planes are expected to stop at the aviation station at the speedwayone or two days for repairs. Motor trucks are following the trail made by th# airplanes.
Jackson township farmers are coming out on strike. The farmers have issued an ultimatum and will take o(T their overalls and don their Sunday clothes Saturday morning, August 30. The strike will last all day. While the farmers are on strike they will enjoy a picnic at soe convenient spot to be selected later. The celebration is planned in honor of the 120 Jackson township boys who took part in the world war and are now returning home. The veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-Ameriran War will also have places of honor.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Rachel Tessa Evans, age 31, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Flvans, of Greencastle, and Canell Brinson, age 30, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brinson, of St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. Brinson is a salesman. Mnyrne Gladys Hutcheson age 29. of Reelsville, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. John R. Hutcheson, of Keeisville, and George Irvin Moreland, age 34, of the state farm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Moreland, of Kentucky. Mr. Moreland is farm boss at the penal institution.