Ligonier Banner., Volume 47, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 January 1913 — Page 4

©° COLUMBUS DYING. : I IARK! Do 1 hear again the roar 3 Of the tides by the Indies sweep--2 ing down? ; ] Or is the surge from the viewless, i shore ; That sweels to bear me to my crown? Life is hollow and dark and drear : With smiles that-darken and hopes that flee, . :And, far from its winds that faint and veer, I am ready to sail the vaster sea. Lord, thou knowest I love thee best And that, scorning peril and toil and pain, I held my way to the mystic west. Glory for thee and thy church to gain, And thou didst lead me, only thou, Cheering my heart in .cloud and calm,. Till the dawn my glad, victorious prow Greeted 'thine isles of bloom and balm. And then, O gracious, glorious Lok, I spw thy face, and all bheaven came nigh, : And my soul was lost in that rich reward - 7 And ravished with hope of the bliss on % high : . 80 I/can meet the sovereign’'s frown— My dear quicn gone—avith a large disldain, For the time will come when his chief renown Will be thut 1 sailed from his realm of Spain I have found new lands—a world, maybe— Whaose splendor will yet the old out|shine, And | life;and death are alike to me, For earth will honor and heaven is 'mine, Is nline! What songs of sweet accord! Wihat biliows that nearer, gentler rolll Is mine! into thy hands, O Lord--Into thy hands [ give my soul! il —Edna Dean Proctor. e e The Ligonier B _‘IP suaney faannrey ! J. E. MCDONALD, EpiToß l~’l}§!lfihed every Thursday and entered in the Fostoffice Ligonier, Ind., as second class matter. i PHONE NoO, 13

" They are circulating petitiaons among onion growers in the northern part ot this and other nearby counties, protesting against the removal of the tariff on onions. Gen. Hancock said in 1880 that the tariff was a local question. He meant by that that the people in different parts of the United States were in favor of protection for some particular product produced on the farm or in the factory in that locality and that is true. When the ‘ Democrats come to revise the tariff 1 they must not be controlled by the wishes of the people in any section . of the country; if they are there will be’ no just revision. What representatives must do and what they should do is to look thoroughly into every iwticle or product to be affected by the tariff and make a general reduction to be governed by the facts concerning each article. Past practice has been to listen to the appeals of the people in every community and the result has been an increase in the duties all around. When it comes to tixing the tariff on onions, representatives should acquaint themselves with all the facts they can obtain concerning the industry. Once they ascertain how much it costs to produce them to foreign countries, how much it costs to transport them to the shores of the United States, and how much profit there is for the shipper. they -will be in position to fix a tariff nate that.will afford all the needed pzotection the industry needs in Whitley County or any other county. But without this %‘llff)l'rnatiorx no qne can tell whether the present tariff on onions is too low, too high, or whether it makes any difference whether there-is a tariff on them at all eor not.—Columbia City Post. . :

Judge Baker, sitting in the United States circuit court at Chicago granted a supersedeasin the case of the dynamiters, and if they can procure the necessary bonds they will be given their liberty, until the appeal is passed upon in a higher court. Judge Baker holds that -]'udgéi"Anderson erred in the trial of the (ffises, and also held that sixty daysinstead of thirty days should have been given the defence in which to make their appeal. It is a case of one Indiana judge against another, and anotlier peculiar thing about it is that Judge Baker and the U. S. district attorney, Charles W. Miller were both Goshen men. Of course this could have nothing to do in shaping the. decision of the judge, but it is a coincidence.—Post (C. U.)

Hon. Otis. L. Ballou, democratic senator for Noble and LaGrange counties, has gone to Indianapolis where he will begin his duties today upon the opening of the General Assembly. Senator Ballou has appointed . that sterling old democrat, Robert M. Wigton, father of Mayor W. H. Wigton of this city, upon the clerical form of the senate. Think of it! A demoecratic gsenator from LaGrange county and an old democrat like Bob Wigton on a legislative pay roll! Some’of those old republican bosses over there will roll over in their coffins should they find i% out. Both Senator Ballou and Mr. Wigton will be a credit to LaGrange county and to the district. They will be a credit to their party as representative citizens and Democrats.

Col. Simon J. Straus of this city, will, by virtue of his election last November, as a member of the electoral - college, perform a duty next Wednesday that falls to the lot of but

few citizens of a community in the course of a lifetime. Col. Straus will represent . this congressional district and will cast one of the fifteen -electorial votes alloted to Indiana, first for Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey for president, and then for Thomas R. Marshall for vice president of the United States. The vote will then be certified and sent by a messenger to Washington, D. C, where it will be

counted in the senate on Febuary 11th and the official result of the election will be declared. It is probable that Hon. John B. Stoll of South Bend, formerly of thiscity who was one of the electors at large will be chosen as the messenger to carry the Indiana vote to Washington. A distinguished honor comes to Col. Straus in this opportunity to vote for president and vice president of the United States, and Democrats like Woodrow Wilson and Tom Marshali.

The proposed change in the law governing the distribution of the state school funds does not meet the approval of the Fort Wayne papers. ‘lt is proposed to distribute the funds upon the basis of school attendance rather than upon the enumeration of school children between the ages of six and twenty-one. In several cities in the state where a large per cent of the children attend the parocial school the change will cut down the school fund very materially, while. in rural communities it will work a marked advantage in that it will put the money where it is earned by actual school work. :

Good manners have just brought a St. Louis boy a promise of a legacy from an aged woman of the neighbor: hood where he lived. Thaf is merely an extreme case of the favorable impression good manners always make. Young boys often get the idea that politeness isn’t manly, and that it is evidence of smartness to be rude. They do not stand enough of life to understand that if a boor is successful it is in spite of his boorishness. Manners are an important development of civilization. Theyv are evidence that a person comprehends the world he lives in. 'They are really of far more importance in a school curriculum than geography.--Kansas City Star.

The legislature might just as well get ready to tackle the new road law. The old road law is out of date, impractlcticable and exensive. There are a lot.of fellows trying to keep the old law intact so as to continue the graft that has grown up in the “‘working out’ of land tax. What the people want is a practical, sensible statute that will correet the abuses that have grown up under the present law. -

The parcels post regulations provide that parcels of merchandise, including farm and factory produects (but not. books and printed matter) of almost any diseription up to eleven pounds in weight and measuring as much as six feet in length, and girth combined, except those caleulated to do injury to the mails in transit may be mailed at the post office for delivery to any addressin the country. Delivery will be made to the homesof the people living on rural and as:well as those living ift cities and towns where there is delivery by a carrier. “ Where there is at present no delivery by carrier, the parcels will go to the postoffice as is the case with ordinary mail.

It would seem that everything at LaGrange- has . been grist for the republican mill. The post oftice has been located for a number of years at the extreme north end of the main business street. A proposal tochange the location and to take the patronage from a republican patriot has raised a big row, and the whole party machine is being brought into the fight with a hope to having the present republican administration at Washington save the day and head off this democratic invasion of party rights. - Hon. S. KGainard, former senator from this and LaGrange counties is at Washington to see Taft in the hope Ehat he may find time to circumvent thie dastardly attempt to take something away from a truly loyal stand-pat Republican. In the meantime the fight waxes warmer.

The big blizzard which started in the far northwest a few days ago, took the southern route this time and has the California resorters and orange growers shivering. At Los 'Angeles, which is in the center of the citrus fruit belt, the temperature went down below freez'ing, and owners of groves, were compelled to start their smudge fires to save the fruit in their orange and lemon groves, and they will do well if they succeed. The fruit is ripening at the present time and a hard ' freeze would do great damage. Even down as far as San Diego the cold sent the mercury several points below freezing, and at several other California points the temperatnre was low enough for ice to form. It was the coldest it has been for .25 years. In Texas and other southern states a low temperature was recorded also. In the northwest there is extreme cold in Montana, the Dakotas, Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, and in Canada. The indications are that. the storm will miss this part of the country, as the predictions for Wednesday are ‘“‘fair and warmer.”’ b

Secretary Wilson shows that in the distribution of some of the products of the farm as many as five middlemen figure in the transaction before the article reaches the consumer. Sometimes there is but one middleman, but whatever the number may be each middleman must have a profit for his services and with additional profit expense is augumented for the ultimate purchaser. When the consumer buys from the farmer direct the services of the middieman are dispensed with and there is but one profit to pay instead of two, three, four or five profits in case the product must pass through that many hands in the progress from" the fakm to the place of its consump-‘ tion.—Times-Gazette.

| FOR NEW YEAR'S

Business Men’s Association is Revived By Citizens as Offset To Parcels Post and Mail Order Schemes.

“In view of the Parcels post, and its probable eflect on the mail order business out of - town,” said Jake Baum, musician and piano salesman to a BANNER man yesterday,” there is no doubt that a business men’s association would be advantageous to the merchants at large. The recommendation is not a new one, but so far as Ligonier is concerned there is much to be said in favor of it. .Home patronage, home sales, and home' industries should be boosted, and everything that can be done should be to advance the interests of seller and consumer.

Mr. Baum said further that he had been speaking to a few of the merchants regarding the formation of a Business Men’s association, and that so far as he had gone, the recommendation had been well received. There is no doubt that with January the alternate system of holding sales, after inventory time is over, has much in it for the merchant and buyer. With a Business Men'’s association in working order, é'mzh merchant could hold sales for the disposal of overstock in regular order, and not much expense would accrue from the proposal. Each merchant as is the custom in other eities where an association rules would pay a pro rata of the advertising.

- There is still a better project in these connections that has ruled in many cities, The recommendation takes the form of a home patronage week, During this week all the merchants advertise their goods by newspapers and circulars in the town and county, and direct attention to' the bargains offered for this particular week. Ligonier has to be boosted, and. more so now when the parcels post is considered, and its probable effect on home business. This interview, printed as a suggestion, will be taken up in full next week, not for sake of anything that there may be in it for THe BANNER, but for home patronage to the merchants and the industries. i 3

PATHETIC CASE

Charles Rice of Ligonier Died at County Infirmary.

As-the result of injuries, rendering‘ it impossible for the surgeons to operate, Charles Rice of Ligonier, and since March a patient of the County infirmary, died at that institution on Monday of last week, Gangrene of the hip, through complication forbidding operation caused him untold agony until death merecifully intervened and put an end to his sufferings. Since his remova) to the infirmary he had been confined entirely to his bed. Incidental to this sad afflication the mother at the time, was. obliged to place three of her children in the orphans home at Mishawaka. One was feeble minded, and another became afflicted with facial paralysis. The mother had to go to the County infirmary herself where she gave birth to a child. : i

Two brothers, Bert of Ligonier, Will of Elkhart, and one sister, Mrs. Will Harris of Elkhart, with a wife and four. children mourn. the loss. Supt. and Mrs Alfred Funk of the infirmary gave the patient unremitting care during hislong and terrible illness. The remains were interred in the County infirmary on Tuesday of last week.

GAVE RABBIT: SUPPER.

Scouting the forest of the Ligonier reservation, New Year’s day led by Captain Wallace, Jackson his braves and warriors, much deer meat was encountered and the trophies of the chase consisted of 25 rabbits. With the two:scouts on the lpokout, a paleface who had invaded thereservation was captured and was put through the hunters, warriors and chief’s degrees by the degree team. The new ofticers presiding were: Sachem, Finley Galbreth Senior Sagamore, William Patton, Junior Sagamore, Delando Oliver, Keeper of Wampum, Charles Wolf, and Chief of Records, C. D. Denning. The ceremony of installation was deferred until the next meeting and routine gave way to the good of the order. It was shown that Lakota Tribe No. 542. Improved Order of Redmen, would introduce several polefaces to the fortheoming council fire. The wampum belt was pronounced to be in fine shape, and much interest had been shown in freedom, friendship, and charity, the tripartite mottoes of Redmanship. Sachem Galbreath gave an apt exposition of this, the third leading order of the United States, whose treasury cared for the departed, the squaws and the papooses. : '

On the adjournment for a social session, Captain Wallace Jackson and his company of hunters, braves, and chiefs, showed much corn and venison the Redmen present giving the customary salute of the tribe. The banqueting committee comprised Audley Green, Charles Wolf and Willlam Kime. It was decided to lease ‘the hall above Dunning’s for the year and scout further for palefaces. Latoka tribe will soon have a meeting hall that will be a credit to the RedmenThe banquet was a success, and . all present joined in wishing one another a Happy New Year. Any inquiries respecting the I::lproved Order of Redman can be made of the Chief of Records, C. E. Denning. .=

PASSED WITH HONOR,

Former Ligonier Teacher Makes Good In North Dakota. ‘

Miss Lois Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ed.” Parker, who has been teaching school at Shields, North Dakota, recently passed the state examination for teachers at that place, taking a high honor. There were fourteen candidates, and out of th}é number she wds the only teacher who passed, the questions being out of tt ordinary. One of the requiremen was for all teachers to be'able to teach > s : 1 the rudiments of agriculture. As Shields is surrounded by an agr‘icultural community, the requirement was imperative. Her success gaye pleasure to the trustees and the new friends she had made there. As nTJt much time could be given to tl}is' study, Migs Parker, however, did well with this subject. Foreign childr;n have to be taught English, and at the present moment there are two'schola?‘rs who have to be taught this way. } The climate does not appear to be severe, in fact mild weather has pq‘evailed. A broncho has been placed at her disposal, and there is much x,r:aspect paid the teachers in this state. The state is making headway on tpe back-to-the-farm movement.’’ |

SLEET AND RAIN.

Made Travel Dangerous on Streets

And Roads.

With a temperature that went down from 32 to 23 degrees Sunday evening, and with a heavy downpour of rain that froze on the sidewalks and roadways, travel conditions in Ligonier and the near-by sections was diflicult and dangerous to drivers and pedestrians. Those who had been in the country on visits Sunday morning found the roads almost impassible. Church goers were scanty, and many falls on the sidewalks were reported.

Monday morning saw some modification. The roads, however, resembled long stretches of sheet ice, and the boy skaters had a gay time skating along the avenues. The sidewalks had softened a little owing to the heavy rain of the night'before, and salt and shovel were used to remove the frozen sleet. The sidewalk ordinance was generally observed. The blacksmiths were unusually busy fitting out horses with winter corked shoes. :

Work had to be suspended by teamsters where hauling was heavy, especially the lumber men who had been busy on contracts near the city. €oal dealers welcomed the change, and meérchants holding over stocks of warm winter goods were jubilant. The storm and cold wave was predicted by his honor, the weather man, Saturday and for once he shook hands with blustering, boodling Boreas.

BOWLING NOTES. The Hooser club occupied the alleys on Monday night and a good time was had by all. There was a large crowd present, the full club being present and a number of guests were invited, amon% which were Miss Woodhull Miss Banta, Miss Helen Green, Messrs Leo Kerner, Guy Long, Will Green, Will Martin.. The scores were: Woodruft 1259 1264 | Brown 1351 1443 Miss Mary Green got high score for the ladies with 146 and Mr. Kerner for the men with 211. \ ~ The Graham--Schutt teams rolled ‘Tuesday afternoon. The scores were: Graham 1433 and Schutt 1619. The Hattenback—Hutchison teams rolled on Thursday evening with quite a few absent on account of the holiday season. The Hattenback team winning the series, the scores were: . Hattenback 1469 1444 Hutchison 1233- 1260 Mrs. Biggs rolled 125 and Mrs. Schutt 135 for the ladies and Mr. C. Knecht 175 for the men. Some good scores were rolled this week by the ladies. Mrs. Biggs 125, Mrs. Schutt 135, Miss G. Straus 156 and Miss Athol Biggs averaged 131 for three consecutive games. Among the high scores rolled last week were: L. Kerner 238, 211, Burley ‘Miller 213, T. Green 203-204, Art Biggs 241, Arthur KFerguson 232-201 The Green— Williams teams rolled on Monday evening, the Green team winning. the series, getting the same score for both games with 1582, and the Williams team came within two pins of having the same score, both games gett;in% 1416 the first and 1418, the second, Mrs. Bert Inks getting high score for the ladiesesand Harry Green for the men with 190. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lyons furnished an oyster supper to the teams at the Bailey Cafe, Mr. and Mrs. Art Biggs being guests of the club , Mr. Arthur Biggs almost broke the season record on Monday night with 223 to his credit in the ninth and a a spare back he got a touch of H. F. gffl only, got 8 pins, getting a total of The ‘Misses Bordner have issued invitations for a bowliug party for Tuesday night. : New Year's Party. The C. E. of the Christian church celebrated New Year’s day by the giving of a party at which all the members were present at the pretty home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis. Music, games and a lunchieon made the evening pleasant, with Mrs. Will Davis as hostess. The Christian Endeavors of the Christian church have had a very successful year, and the ‘membership is growing. The New. Year’s party brought them together, and a big time was spent by all.

M. E. Church Notes.

The Epworth Leafue mission class will meet in the parlor of the church, Thursday evening at 7:30, The Sunday School Board will meet at the M. E, parsonage Friday evening at 7:30,

FARMING AT HOML.

bhicago Land Show Was Opportune Advertisement And Gave Boost To Territories. Values of Inspection Trips, v

"The land show, recently held in Chicago offered opportunity for the western roads to advertise the territory they tapped. It is a fact that much of the farming land in the mountain and coast states is exceptionally rich,; and the statement that land in certain parts of Idaho produces as mnch as six hundred bushels of potatoes to the acre is not a gross exaggeration. The “island region” of Washington. and Oregan is wonderfully fertile, and where water can_ be conveniently had magnificent crops areharvested. The last census showed tnat the population in one or two rural counties in Indiana had actually decreased. Of course, there was a small general gain for the entire state, but this was due to the growth of the cities. In many counties splendid advances were made agriculturally, and this gain was reflected in thestatistic of wealth. Still, it remains true that farming in the central states, for all their wealth of corn, and does not appeal to some of us so much as the flower-grit and mountain-hung fields of the west.

An occasional vacation trip, letters from friends who have gone ahead, and the charmingly worded railroad advertisements are responsible for much of the unrest and dissatisfaction.” The Indiana farmer, i arecent issue, published a review of a potato pamplet issued by a Chicago firm. The booklet is of considerable merit. It should have a wide circulation in Indiana, for this state is deficient in the growing of po. tatoes. Our state’s average yield is ninety bushels to the acre, and yet the land is ax rich and the elimate as favorable as in any other state in the middle west. Why is it, then, that five hundred bushels are produced on one exceptional Idaho acre, while only ninety are produced in Indiana? The answer may be soil and cultivation. But the enly explanation why Indiana soil might be found inferior to that of Idaho is that of longer cultivation, and this defect can be remedied by fertilization. :

Statitics are given to show that Illinois, Indiana,Ohio and other states in the same regions can produce much more potatoes than they do at present. A farmer twenty§miles northwest of Chicago, by scientitfic methods applied to a twelve-acre field, got an average yield of 242 bushels an acre. In Ohio, where the soil is no better for potatoes than in Indiana, 350 bushels were obtained from an acre. The Indiana Farmer reprints the recommendations that have been followed by successful potato farmers in other states. why can not Indiana become more active in this time? We have the soil, the climate and we can get the knowledge ‘without much trouble. Indianapolis News. _ ;

JUST THINK OF IT! - Any Ladies’ or Misses’ Coat or Tailor | ‘ Suit in Our Store to be closed out at THE FIRST ONES IN WILL HAVE FIRST CHOICE ~_lf you get in early you will have your pick of garments that ranged from $28.50, $25.00 $22.50, $20.00, $lB.OO to $1650. 1 Is a Wonderful Opportunity = Our Store will be Closed Evenings at 6 o'clock exceét 3 o 7 ' thédnesdays and Saturdays», Untal April 1, 191 30 e J 1 Lavv & Son &8 Indiana ! # @ evy e| on You Money

LOCAL PYTHIANS

Were Interested In Relief Fund Es-| - fablished by Auburn | <] Knights. |

The death of the late H. T. Smith, wfixo was related to the Gaby and anith families of Ligonier, has made patent the fact that his widow is the first beneficiary paid by the Auburn Knigh®s of Pythias relief association. Soine time ago this fund was established, each knignt paying unto its treasury the sum of one dollar. -Deceased was the- tifty second knight who joined the fund this way. In accordance with the rules which rovide that the family of the decenglt receive -the toctal sum in the t‘easury from the dollar dues, Mrys. I_lfodemen D. Smith, the widoi. received the sum of $100.90 in gold from the Auburn knights. AMembers of tlle association, at their last meeting, (:S)mmen(f,ed another “fund, each of them contributing one dollar. This fund will remain in the treasury until the death of another member.

¢ INSTANTLY XILLED.

| William Clingerman, son of Mrs. Rebecca Clingerman of Ligonier, was caught by a#fall of a tree and instant-

ly killed on the David Nickey farm, q'lear Churubusco, Tuesday of last week. The body was crushed and finangled and death was instantaneous. He was 55 years of age, and Hlad lived in Churubusco, 16 vears.

| ‘Deceased had been engaged on the ;fa‘rm cutting timber with other workjnen. The particular tree that caused the accident had been cut to fall to the north. Clingerman had started to run when the tree fell in his direction, and he was caught. It was tz or 14 inches in diameter at the base, and it was 46 feet from the ?fst)ump to the base. where the body was caught. '

f A wife, three children, Melvin, Na-! than, and Zelma at home:. his ug'(ed? ;mother. Mrs. Rebecca Clingerman of‘ Ligonier, two brothers, James of | ;‘Whitley, Frank of Ormas, five sisters, | Mrs. Della Reed, Ligonier Mrs. Deusa | leubner, Mentone, Mrs. Sarah Hil-| 00, Bourbon, Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, | Jrmas, and Mrs. Henry ‘Weed, ! south Bend survive. The obsequies | ‘ere held Friday with interment in% lerriam Christian cemetery chapel.§

Horticultural Society

The fifteenth annyal of the Noble ! ounty H()rticu]turm Society shows ' hat it has had a very successful year. | 11 the meetings ~show progress. ! These were held at Albion, Wolf Lake, | Orange township, Perry township, Jeferson township, and Brimfield, where ‘ papers and interesting discussions,usl Iwell as social intercourse and inter- | change of thought, brought all the members together. The report and| premium list should be in the hands | of all interested in the good work done by this society. .

~ Let us help you in that work whatever it may be. - The best tools and specialties in every line for the MAN. .'Start the year fresh with equipment that makes farm work, the work of the artisian, the work of the man whose pride is in handiness about the house. - - - ‘ Better, easier work for the woman of the home . —things that do away with backache, nerve strain. Investigate the many labor-saving, housekeeping specialties of WEIR & COWLEY. For Example: - - | Bissell’s ‘‘Prize’’ Carpet Sweeper $3.00. Food Choppers, faster and better work than the chopping - Bowl, family sizes $l.OO, $1.25, $1.50. Dustless Mop, Dusting Clothes, Mops, Mittens that pick up the dust without scattering, 15¢ to 75c. Stand-up Dust P ans, save many a lame back, 25c. Metal Polish, Furniture Polish, 3-in-1 Oil, Chi-Namel the best all ’round Varnishes. : The really successful worker is the one who expends the least USELESS effort—accomplisees the most. = . , | ) , ~ Phone 67 Ligonier, = - Indiana.

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