Ligonier Banner., Volume 50, Number 26A, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 September 1916 — Page 3

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LIGONIER AND VIGINITY

Miss Daisy Joray visited relatives in Warsaw, Sunday:: -

Bloomington, Indiana, voted to remain dry by a majority of 388. .

Mrs. C. W. King and Mrs. Joseph Drain visited friends in Cromwell. .

Mits Evelyn Moore, of Coromwell, spent Saturday with Miss Mabel Hofer.

Miss Lenore Magers, of Fort Wayne, is visiting Mrs. Audley Green and family.. . :

Miss Elva Foote, of the Mier State Bank, spent Sunday with her parents in Albion.

Mrs. John Yoder was in South Bend Saturday and Sunday yisiting Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Yoder. ‘ ' e

Frank, son of 8. B. Tucker, will enter Purdue university where he will take full course. ™ =~ e

F. W. Zimmerman and -family aecompained by Mr. aind Mrs. Bert Inks motored to Goshen Sunday.

Kodak finishing Moaday, Wednesday and Friday.. Film and film pack at Heiber’s studio. Open evenings.

Miss Tressa and Hal Green were in Elkhart Sunday to see their grandfather, who is in the General hospital.

Simon J. Straus is having the old house west of his residence on the hill fixed over and repainted. The Fergusons are doing the painting.

Walter Hoover and his affianced bride Miss Brundage and Mrs. Jeannette Hoover of near Goshen took Sunday dinner with Dr. A. Gants.

Miss Mary Head has given up -her plan to take a business college course and will remain at the telephone exchange in the Straus Brothers office.

Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Borger left for Chicago Monday evening to attend the funeral of Mrs. Floyd R. Borger, - who died in a Chicago hospital SaturJday. Ba e ,

W. A. King of the firm of King & Weaver is back in the store looking as good as new. ' Mr. King had been out two weeks under the impression that he was ill. '

Widows of soldiers who have their pensions increased froin $l2 to $2O a month under the new law are. warned against employing unknown atfprneys in securing the increase.

Roy D. Keehn in addition to making good as an attorney in Chicago is now seen in motion pictures. Attorney Keehn is seen on the screen in ‘“The Little Girl next Door.”’ :

Stanley Smith is in jail at Kendallville as a suspected burglar. Smith bad a pretty fair kit of burglar’s tools when : arrested on suspicion. It is thought he is wanted at Bradner, Ohio, for burglary. :

When Officer’ Willlam Bandelier struck Harry Clemens over the head with hi§' club on the Goshen fair ground the other day he came near being mobbed and will probably be released from the force. ' L

Floyd Bartholomew, who but recently with his present wife visited in Noble.county, was sentenced to from one to seven years in the Jeffersonville reformatory by Judge Drake at LaGrange for failure to pgy an allowance

~ to his former wife. Bartholomew is the son of a prominent business man 20f Goshén. He seems possessed of the marrying mania, his first venture being with a young girl at St. Joseph, Mich., ten years ago. The marriage was set aside. The young man has been married four or five times since. 3

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Roy Starmer and family motored to Kendallville Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Starrare in Kenton, Ohio, guests of Phil Carr. =

Ligonier dealers paid $1.47 for wheat and 41 cents for oats yesterday.

Miss Madaline Wright, of Larwill, visited friends here Saturday.

1. O. Bachtel, a former resident of Noble county is dead at Auburn.

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Dr. Fred Clapp paid Ligonier a short visit Saturday. He is prospering in South Bend.

Hal Green and Jacob Sheets, Jr., will play football with the South Bend team this winter.

- Miss Helen O’Conner left Sunday for-Fort Wayne, where she will attend the Sacred Heart Academy.

If we please you tell others, if not tell us. Wae getyou the best prints possible from your kodak films at Heiber’s. :

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Henry are in Mt. Clemens, 111., where their daughter Marjorie will attend a select schoo).

Among some of the many Ligonier visiters to the Goshen fair were Frank Sprauge, Miss Ada Wilson and Martha Copeland.

W. H. Wigton and family have returned from Diamond lake where they have spent an enjoyable outing at their cottage. -

Mrs. John Shellenbarger, who accompanied her little grandson to his home in Grand Rapids, has returned after a short visit.

The Goshen News Times says C. V. Inks who recently celebrated his 80th birthday anniversary was the second white child born in Goshen., =

Complaint is made that a lot of fakirs and dirty shows operated at the Goshen fair and as a result the fair management is very severely criticised. :

John E. Green was taken to the General hospital at Elkhart Friday, by Dr. Wineburg, where he was operated on. His condition is quite favorable. , _

Mrs. N. J. Tillman .and Mrs. P. B, Parmelee, of Hillsdale, Mich., who have been the guests of E. N. Tillman and family the past week, have returned home.

Mrs. Harry Rodgers of Cromwell, was operated on in a Goshen hospital for cancer of the breast. The operation is a most serious one with the ultimate result in doubt.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raubert and Miss Bessie Raubert motored to Fort Wayne Sunday apd brought Mrs. Clyde Biddle home with them. Mrs. Biddle had been visiting her parents.

Capt. Voris, of Albion, spent several days last week with his boyhood friend, C. V. Inks. Capt. Voris was the first soldier to enlist in Noble county for the war of the rebellion and he is full of interesting reminisences. o :

Bill Cole and his step-father Charles Anson, convicted of stealing Gain Streeter’s automobile at LaGrange each drew from two to fourteen years in prison. Cole escaped jail in a sensational manner and was recaptured near Coldwater, Mich., after an exciting chase with bloodhounds.

Asa Leming leaves today for Lima,

fOhio; where he will attend a reunion of his old regiment the 118th. Mr. Leming was a member of Co. C and tries to meet the survivors of his regiment each year which is not so easy for him todo. There has been a great thinfing in the ranks. The reunion will last two days.

The remains of P.. H. Magnus arrived from Muscatine, lowa yesterday and were laid at the side of his deceased wife in Oak Cemetery. It seems that the deceased was employed by the late Sol Mier thirty-five years ago and he leaves no near relatives. Abe Mier received a telegram yesterday morning announcing the death and coming of the remains But little is remembered of Magnus. Mr. Magnus was aged about 68 years. He was formerly in the cigar business il Elkhart and later operated a laundry in that city. He was prominent in the Knights of Pythias ‘and@ other fraternal orders. .

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O. F. Gerber for Sound Flre Insurance

U. R. Treash spent Sunday in Elkhart.

~ Mrs. Cy Aker was taken suddenly ill yesterday. e :

Mr. and Mrs. Jess Dewey spent Sunday in Goshen. :

Dr. Rupert spent Sunday with his parents in Albion. » :

Mr. and Mrs. James Summiers spent Sunday in Toledo.

E. N: Tillman and family motored to Elkhart Sunday. '

O. F. Gerber was writing insurance n Kendallville Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lung were in Ft Wayne, Saturday on business.

Mrs. Charles Fritz and two children spent Sunday in Edgerton, Ohio. .

- 1. D. Straus left for Charlevoix, Mich., for a week with his family.

Willis Hire is here on a visit with lis uncle, Michael Hire and family.

W. W. Wood had business which took him to South Bend last Friday.

Miss Rosalie Wilkinson left Sunday or Cliicago where she spent the day.

Lon Nelson, of Rochester, New York, spent Sunday with Ligonier relatives. .

Miss Nona Stuff is on a business trip to Fort Wayne, Toledo and Cleveland. -

George Smith came oyer from Kendallville and spent Sunday with Ligonier friends.

Col MecDaniel, wife and little son of Fort Wayne were week end *isitors in Ligonier.

E. W. Reiber is at the Montpelier fair where he will start his horse Venture Director.

Guy Hieber, who had been ill for a week, is again at the Novelty Studio as good as new. i

Charles E. Faux, aged 54, is dead at South Milford. He leaves many relatives in Noble county. :

Mrs. Earl Brubaker and little daughter of Chicago are here guests of Phil Bickel and wife. ‘

Pete Locher, Jr., who had been here on a visit and on a fishing trip, has gone back to Henderson, Ky.

Abe Weimer has started his cider mill on the north side and will operate every day during the season.:

Under the lapse of the special revenue stamp tax law a number of pennies will be saved to the public.

Potatoes are retailing in Goshen at $2.45 a bushel. Spuds in Ligonier have been selling at $2 for some time.

Fred and Ralph Vallance accompanied by their wives were here from Goshen Sunday guests of Fritz Regula.

Dale Sockrider and little son George of Auburn spent sunday here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jess Sockrider.

" Councilman Sol Henoch is on a business trip through Michigan in the interest of the Ligonier Refrigerziior Co. Mrs. Jacob Hofer has returnea home after spending the past week with her daughter, Mrs. Harley Moore ,of Cromwell. :

Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Prickett, of Kansas City, are here to visit several days with his mother Mrs. M. M. Prickett.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lyon and son Graham left Saturday for Dawson, Minn., where they will spend two weeks fishing.

Bumps Sack has accepted a position with the Studebaker company at South Bend and will play in the band in that city. .

Mr. and Mrs. William Milner and daughter Frances made an automobile trip to Fulton, Mich., Sunday and visited friends. s

Miss Jennie Magil, who had been a guest of her uncle and aunt, Arnold and Miss Erna Elson, returned to her home at Muskegon.

The Misses Marion and Anna Julius of Toledo. who had: been guests .of Chauncey: Bowman and family returned home Sunday. o

Mrs. Smith -and babe of Detroit, Mich., who had been spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hire left for home Sunday. _

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cavin, Mrs. C. E. Hoagland and Mrs. Collins attended the M. E. Gushen District Rally at Nappanee Monday evening.

Joe Kitson left Sunday for Monte Vista, Colo., where he will visit for a month with his sister Mrs. Hattie JiHette, and other relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Mort Pollock and farpily, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moss and daughter of Angola were here Sunday guests of Mrs. M. M. Prickett. °

Mrs. Wallace Jackson leaves the latter part of the week for St. Louis, Mo., where she will join her husband and take up a permanent residence.

Harry Knox and Clevland McDowell, of Cromwell, were locked up by Officers Flowers and Fisher late Monday to answer acharge of public intoxication. George Hussey used to be in the cement contracting business, but for a number of years was emgloyed in a carriage factory. He has now decided to resume his cement work and is open to take contracts.

, ; - GOQ‘%\&) ~,‘-(;,,f?!l'?//// \\)\)/;;.‘77“’/;; Qs t“ 7 WD &S 7 P & ™ 7 My stock of Fall Millinery is arriving and embraces the very latest styles and the quality of the goods is unsurpassed—the very best of Felts, Velvets, Trimmings, etc. I will be in the Chicago market the first of the week and will make an extra effort to select the very latest and best Millinery on display. g'lly prices will be the lgWest in the city and I guarantee to give you satisfaction.‘ : Retrimming and Repairing Done. Your Patronage will be Deeply Appreciated. ; J, ; Across the Street from Farmers’ and Merchants Trust Company.

Perry Clawson was a Toledo visitor Sunday.’ : ; Shobe & Shobe will ship a car load of horses tomorrow. Adam Grafmiller, of Elkhart, spent Sunday with Seol Grafmiller and wife. The Misses Gladys Cornelius and Ruby Sparrow were Elkhart visitors Sunday. , : Mr. and Mrs. Ira Kime of Elkhart spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Depore and family. - Mr. and Mrs: Louis Levy motored to Goshen Sunday where they ‘‘took in” the ball game. e .. The latest in photos always to be seen #g the Heiber studio. Call and see them and see our equipment. L e -John Haid, who had been visiting his daughter in Grand Rapids, Mich., has returned to his home at Wawaka. Some of the base ball fans who took in the game at Goshen Sunday were Carl Bourie, Sam Selig, Jess Kern ard Joe Calbeck. ::

U. B. Appointments

Rev. Albert Grubbs returned Sunday evening from the U. B. general conference avhich was held in Warsaw. Ligonier residents will be glad to learn that Rev. Grubbs has been returned to this charge for ancther year. 'Rev. Grubbs 'is very ‘popular with everybody. He was honored abt the conference by being chosen to deliver the opening address. There was but one change in Noble county. Rev. Miller goes to Nappanee and his place is taken by Rev. Roberts, of Janesville, Wis. Rev. Borket who tilled : the Ligonier charge ahead of Rev. Grubbs is returned to Fort ‘Wayne. Rev. Eaton is returned to Brimfield and Rev. Bears to Burr Oak.

Ligonier Loses to Goshen

Owing to costly errors and a streak of bad luck ‘the Ligonier ball team dropped the game to Goshen Sunday by a score of 7 to 2. It was the second game of the series, Ligonier taking the first by a score of 4to 1. Next Sunday will witness the third game of the series at Goshen and a big attendance is assured as the contest will be an tnusually exciting one. The attendance at Sunday’s game was large, many going over from Ligonier. Manager Biggs feels confident that his team will take the next game and win the series.

Burglars at Work

. Some time Friday night or early Saturday morning burglars entered the coal office of L. A. Palmer by raising a window and rifled the'safe. No money was taken nor anythihg else so far as Mr. Palmer has discovered. It is believed the safe was unlocked by the night yisitors. The only clew is a button found where the thieves crawled through the window and with this as the only evidence to work on Police Chief Flowers is working under a handicap. The robbery was discovered when Mr. Palmer opened his office Saturday morning.

County Taxes Remain Unchanged

The county tax rate will remain the same as last year, 299 cents on the 8100 valuation. The county council after appropriating $BB,OOO for next year’s expenses fixed the tax rate as stated above. Aside from the runnjng expenses of the county a sufficient fund will be raised to take care of bridges and to build new ones. 5 ; ~ Opening of Hub “The Hub,” the new general store, opened for business in the Dunning ‘ block Saturday and had many visitors ‘and a fair business. The room has been re-decorated inside and with all {new furniture and bright new goods the place is attractive. The stock is \not large but of the best quality. ‘Messrs.” Mennen & Feferman are pléasant gentlemen to ‘meet and they proiwise coditgous Lreabinent w aii, yals o , .

~Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stellar are the proud parents of a 9 pound boy, born Thursday, Sept. 7. ; '

Dwight, aged 19 years and son of Mr, and Mrs. George F. Thornton, residing near Goshen died of infantile paralysis Thursday night. The death made a profound sensation in the neighborhood and a strict quarantine is laid. ‘ ;

- It is believed that Floyd Brumbaugh and Miss Viola Kime of Goshen have eloped to Michigan wjth matrimonial intent. Brumbaugh recently sold aload of his father’s wheat and disappeared, at the same instant the girl became missfng. Miss Kime has relatives in Ligonier. :

Notice of Petition to Improve Highway Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of September, 1916, there was filed in my office a petition for the improvement of a highway in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana, of which the following is a full, true correct and complete copy, to-wit: ;

State of Indiana, | qa. Noble County, }SS‘

-n Commissioners’ Court, October Tern, 1916. ! . : In the Matter of the Petition ; to Improve Highway in Perry } Petition, Township, by A. B. Weaver, et al, Petitioners.

We, the undersigned, declare that ‘we are resident freeholders and voters of Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana, and we hereby petition your Honorable Board that the following highway, towit:—Commencing at a point, being the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four (34) in township thirty-five (35) north, range eight (8) east; thencg north on the quarter line of section thirty-four (34) and twenty-seven (27) to the south corporation line of the city of Ligonier, at the south end of Fort Wayne street, in said city; being that portion of the public highway known as the -Huntington and White Pigeon Road, situated between the south boundary line of the City of Ligonier and the south boundary line of Perry Township, all in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana, a distance.of one and one-half (1)3) miles, be' improved by draining, grading and paving with vitrified brick to the width of seven (7) feet on each side of the center line of said highway above described, with concrete curb one (1) foot in width on each side of said brick roadway, making the improved roadway of the total width of sixteen (x 6 feet. b ; ;

Petitioners hereby fix the 2nd day of October, 1916, at 10 o’clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as they may be heard, in the: Commissioners’ room -in the court house in the Town of Albion, Indiana, as the time when and the place where this petition will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners for their action thereon. &

'W. L. Jackson, Walter M. Kegg, Calvin Fisher, Harry Selig, Milton Selig, Bruce Banta, L. A. Palmer, A. W. Lyon, A, E. Kelley, Chas. Smalley, Aaron Urich, U. R. Treash, Joseph Selig, W. W:. Wood, J. L. Dunning, Gus Biddle, L. R, Marker, John C. Billman, F. Regula, T. W. Wagoner, Thomas S. Johunson; G, W. Fahl, J. A. Kern, W. Sack, Karl W, Bourie, Alonzo McNutt, A.J, Copeland, J. W. Waltman, H. C. Erwin, Albert Teal, S. C. Wilhelm, E. M. Culver, Charles C. Nelson, F. C. Wolf, John S Hays, George W. Flowers, -S. M. Braden, D, M, Wolfe, James Kinnison, E. R. Caldwell, Wm. H. Franks, Perry Reed, S, P. Smith, D. E, Ott, S. T. Jackson, J. S. Hursey, J. F. Harper, D. B, Drain, W, R. Chiddister, James F. Wagoner, Chas. Cornelius,A B, Weaver, Frank H. Cain, James Ferguson, Werten Engle, M. J. Miller, Chas. E. Compton, O. L. Bowser, C. H. Hostetter, H. Jeannerett, Albert Bordner, Leo Loeser, W. A, Gilbert, I. N. Todd, H. E.' Inks, Wes Bourie John Kunkalman, O, E. Sparrow, Edd Banta, Theo Buchtel, G. M. Zimmerman, W. A, Sisterhen, Elmer Klotz, B. F. Grover, A, Yorkey, A. B. Marker, J. W. Calbeck, W. E. Belts, Chas. A. Wolf, G. J. Growcock, Curt Cole, Edward E. Harper, John D, Ekeberg, D. M. Rench. W. A. Shobe, A. Gants, J. S. Shrock, F. H. Green, Edward Yonker, David Selig, Isaac King, Curtis Hire, W. A. Jackson, I. 'M. Baum, B. W. Cowley, James W. Smith, John H. Green, Leo Kerner; Frank P. Bothwell, Henry Hire: S, C. Sackett, J. -W. Cunningham, Wm. A, Lyons, Harley E. Fisher, Abe N. Wertheimer, A.B. Mier, I. Rose, C. E. Denning, D. S. Taylor, Jacob Sheets, Geo. Feldheiser, William Fetters, Jos. L. Pancake, A. H. Wemple, John Gerkin,j C. David Snurr, Jesse Biddle, C. R.| ‘Graves, Harry Green, L. F. Decker, J. H. Golden, L, W. Smalley, Jonas Shobe, J. A. Taylor, W, S. Milner, F. W. Black, L. Schloss, J. O Slutz, David Aburn, Rudolph. Miller, A. Howard Smith, Marlin Rice, S, H. Fahl, H. E. Leslie, H. W. - Bowen, Fred E. Starr, Harry Simmons, Joe Millér, Arthur Yeager, Rama Simmons, Gebrge W. Starr, W. J. Cummings, W, A. King, Harry Wolf, Mark Kinnison, Philip Harper, Walter 1. Harper, John Hoshaw, Chas. W. Heermann, C. F. Grahamj James 'B. Hier, Irvin Kauffman, J. Cramer, C. R, Stansbury, E. G. Thompson, J. H. Scovil, Chas. Shobe, R. D. Shohe, Jesse Cosper, J. B. Schutt, O. A. Chiddister, Robert McGreger, C. T. Olinghouse, O. M. Firestone, | John Epert, Willard Shell, Frank Vondersmith, Harry Gilbert, Peter Johnson, R. W, Deeter, H. E. Bouse, Simon J. Straus, H. P. Parshall, Ed Jackson, Geo. W, Sisterhen, J. Bert McConnell, 1. D. Straus, S. J.-Williams, Wm, 1. Buckles, Otto O. Schrock, - Eli Jacobs, Maurice Hess, P. J. Carney, Louis Kerr, J. Warren Moore, J. W. Draper, F. E. Weir, Odell Oldfather, F, W. Zimmerman, M. A. Hutchison, H. F. Hutchison, Sylvester Fisel, J. F. Fisel, Harry Spurgeon, Frank L. Raubert, L. G. Cooper, J. L. Henry, J. A. Wiley, L. E. Sisterhen, Ferd Ackerman, Sanger Smith, W. N. Beazel, S. T. Eldred, C. N. Inks, I. F. Kelley, Jno. L. Cayin, W. B. Inks, J. H. Hoffman, Charley Shearer, Fillmore Price, Chas Green, O. W. Christie, S. C, Lung, O. F. GerJber, J. D. Kreager, O, A. Billman, J. H, Vance, O. G. Dill, James Tylor, Z.. E. Harper, James F. Wagoner, Simon Schloss. : i > , And that said petition will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners ‘of Noble County, Indiana, on Monday, the 2nd day,gf October, 1916, at 10 o’clock a. m,, or as soon thereafteras the samie may be heard, - 7 i 5o “ GEORGE A. YOUNG, Auditor of Noble County, Indiana.

Charles E. Hughes, republican candidate for president will make three speeches in Indiana, Indianapolis Sept. 21, Gary the 22 and South Bend Saturday Lbe 23, : 3

! N\o\ticp d\)f Petition to Improve Highway ' * Notice is hereby given that on the 7th | day of September, 1916 there was filed in . my office a petition for the improvement of a highway in Perry Tow'mhi}), Noble County, Indiana, of which the following is a full, true, correct and complete copy, to-wit:—

State of Indinna,% a 9 W = "~ Noble County, . - In Commissioners’ Court, October Term, 1916. y ‘

In the matter of the Petition) : To Improve Highway in P"erry% Petition Township, by W. L. Jackson _ et al, Petitioners. e R 7

We, the undersigned, declare that we are “resident freeholders and voters ‘of Perry township, Noble County, Indiana, and we hereby petition your Honorable ‘Board that the following highway, to‘wit:- Beginning at the point where the Ligonier and Wawaka public highway crosses the east line of Perry Township, being at a point about eighty (80) . rods north of the south east corner of section twenty-five (35) in township thirty-five (35) north, range eight (8) east, i Noble County, in the State of Indiana; thence west about ninety (9o0) rods; thence southwest to a point at or near the sauthwest corner of the southeast quarter of said section twenty-five (25); q;ence west on the line between sections twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36) twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) to aJ)oint at or near the northwest corner the mnortheast quarter of section thirty-five (35), in said township, thence north about sixty (60) rods; thence west about twenty (20) rods: thence northwest about thirty (30) rods to the north line of the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-six (26) in said township; thence west on said line about fifty (50) rods; thence northwest to the west line of said section twenty-six (26) at a point about twenty-five (25) rods north OF the southwest corner of she north half of the southwest quarter thereof; thence north on said line about thirty (30) rods; thence in a northwesterly direction about forty (40) rods and from thence west to Union street, at the east corporation line of the City of Ligonier, Indiana; being that portion: of the _public highway known as the Ligonier and Wawaka Road, situated in Perry Township, Noble County, Indiana, between the east corporate boundary of said City of Ligonier and the east boundary line of said Perry Township, a distance of three (3) miles, be improved by grading, draining and paving with vitrified brick to the width of seven (7) feet on each side of the center line of said highway, above described, with concrete ecurb one foot in width on each side of said brick roadway, making the improved roadway of the total width of sixteen (16) feet. 0 Petitioners hereby fix the 2nd day of October, 1916, at ten.o’clock A. M. or ‘as soon thereafter as they may be heard, in the Commissioners’ Room, in the Court House, in the Town of Albion, Indiana, as the time when and the place where this petition will be presented to the Boar(f of County Commissioners for their action thereon, ‘ o 3 -

Henry Hire, John H. Green, J. Cramer, Curtis Hire, J. W. Draper, David Selig, Fred H. Green, Odell Oldfather, W. A, Shobe, Edward Yonker, Isaac King, W. A. Jackson, I. M. Baum, James W. Smith, Leo Kerner, Frank P. Bothwell, S. C, Sackett, J. W. Cunningham, William A. Lyons, C. F. Graham, James -B. Hier Irvin Kauffiman, Harley: E. Pisher, Leon Wertheimer, Abe N. Wertheimer, A. B. Mier, I. Rose, C. E. Dennitig, D.-8: Taylor, J. A. Wiley, L. E. Sisterhen, L. D. Straus, S. J. Williams, Wm. I. Buckles, Otto O. Schrock, Eli Jacobs, Maurice Hess, P. ]J. Camney, Louis Kerr, J. Warren Moore, ¥. W. Zimmerman, H. F. Hutchison, R. W, Deeter, Sylvester Fisel, J. P. Fisel, A, B. Weaver, Frank M., Cain, James Ferguson, Werten Engle, M. J. Miller, O. L. Bowser, G. H. Hostetter, H. Jeanneret, Albert Bordner, I.eo Loeser, W. A. Gilbert, I. N. Todd, H, E. Inks| Wes. Bourie, John Kunkalman, O. E. Sparrow, Ed Banta, Theo. Buchtel, G. M. Zimmerman, Harry Green, L. F. Decker, J. H. Golder, W. J. Cummings, W. "A. King, Harry Wolf, Mark Kinnison, Phillip -Harper, Z. E. Harper, John D. Ekeberg, D. M. Renéh, Elmer Klotz, A. Yorkey, J. W. Calbeck, Karl W. Bourie, Alonzo® McNutt, A. J. Copeland, J. W. Waltman, H. C. Erwin, Albert Teal, S. C. Wilhelm, E. %I Cuiver,, Charles C. Nelson, F. C. Wolf, John S. Hays, Geo. W. Flowers, S. M. :Braden, D. N. Wolfe, Jas. Kinnison, E. R. Caldwell, W. H. Franks, T. W. Wagoner, Thomaa §S. Johnson, S. P. Smith, G. W, Fahl, Jacob Sheets, George Feldheiser, Willlam Fetters, Jos. L. Pancake, A. H. Wemple, John Gerkin, C. David Snurry. Jesse Biddle, C. R. Graves, Harry Spugeon, Frank 1.. Raubert, L. G. Cooper, J. L. Henry, A. Gants, Geo. W, Sisterhen, Ed Jackson, H. E. Bause, J. S. Shrock, C. R.Stansbury, E. G. Thompson, J. H. Scovil, Chas. Shobe, R. D..Shobe, Jesse Cosper,. J. D. Schutt, 0.-A, Chiddister, Robert McGregor, C. T. Olinghouse, O. M. Firestone, John Epert, Willard Shell, Frank Vondersmith, Harry Gilbert, B. W, Cowley, J. Bert McConnell, Simon J. St’aus, Ferd Ackerman, Sanger Smith, W. N. Beazel, S. T. Eldred, C. V. Inks, Simon Schloss, T. F. Kelley, John L.! Cavin, W. B. Inks, J. H. Hoffman, Char. ley Shearer, Filmore Price, Chas. Green, 0. W. Christie, S. C. Lung, F. E. Weir, M. A. Hutchison, Peter Johnson, H. P. Parshall, O, F. Gerber, J. D. Kreager, L. 'W. Smalley, Charles E. Compton, Jonas ‘Shobe, J. A. Taylor, W. 8. Milner, F. W, Black, L. Schloss, J. O. Slutz, David Aburn,’ Rudolph Miller, A. Howard Smith, Marlin Rice, S. A. Fahl, H. E. Leslie, H. W. Bowen, Fred E. Starr, W, A. Sisterhen, Harry Simmons, Joe Miller, Arthur Yeager, Rama Simmons, George W. Starr, W. E. Belts, Chas. A. Wolf, G. 'J. Growcock, Curt Cole, Edward E. Harper, Walter 1.. Harper, John Hoshaw, Chas. W. Heermann, B. F. Grover, A. D. Marker, W. L. Jackson, Walter M. Kegg, Calvin Fisher, Harry Selig, Milton Selig, Bruce Banta, L. A. Palmer, A. W. Lyon, A. E. Kelley, Chas. Smalley, Aaron Urich, U. R. Treash, Joseph Selig, W. W. Wood, J. L. D%nning,'Gu,s Biddle, L. R. Marker, John C. Billman, F. Regula, J. A. Kern, Wi Sack, D. B. Ott, S, ¥, Jackson, J. M. Hursey, J. F. Harper, D. B. heam, W. R, Chiddister,arg;arle.s Harsh, James E. Wagner, Chas. Cor nelius, Perry Reed, O. A. Billman, J. H. Vance, O. G. Dill, James Tyler. : And that said petition will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners of Noble County, Indiana, on Monday the 2nd day of October, 1916, at ten ¢’clock A. M. or as soon thereafter as the same may be heard. ™ . ... .. e GEORGE A. YOUNG, - Auditor of Noble County, Indiana.

Mrs. W. A, Gilbert is delivering mail on rural'route No. 2 while her husband is taking his vacation. Mrs. Gilbert made her first trip yesterday. She drives an automobile. : i

Loeser Bros. fared well with t;neirll horses at the Michigan state ;fa@r,i Detroit, last week, ' reaping: three championship, seven -first, twelved second, and three third premiams.

Wants

Good barn for rent; suivable for garage. KEnquire of Mrs. Homan, 208 E. Third street.” 25btf -

FOR SALE-_At cost a new Bucl; eye 12-T Dise Drill. 24b4t : L. A. Palmer.

To Rent—Modern house on First street. Enquire C. R. Stansbury. 25atf

For Rent—Seven room house on Jackson street. The Straus Brothers Company. : 25atf

. FOR RENT—Modern house on MeLean street, all conveniences. Inquire of W. B. Inks. 2404 t

House for rent—Enquire of Chas. A. Wolf. 25b3t

FOR RENT-_Bight room house and acre of ground known as the Watchorn property on Morton street. Enquire of Myer or Eli Jacobs. 13btf

. For Rent—House -and one acre of ground one mile north of the city. EN Jacobs. . ‘3b tf

FOR SALE-_Ford Roadster cheap for eash. R. E. Crowe, 109 First street. , 18btf

Try a Laßengora Cigar. Best 5-cent cigar made. - 2btft

Sl Notice _ Leave all orders for baggage transer at American Cafe, phone 260. 23a8t - - C.. Jackson & Son

Now For Sale Bills

- The Banner office is nicely equipped for printing sale bills. A good supply of manila paper has just been receiyed and anyone desiring sale bills may be accommodated on short notice. 24tf

We Dry Clean

Fine gowns, fancy waists, Palm Beach (for men and women) in fact we can clean any of your wearing apparel. Ligonier Tailoring Co. C, L. Mowen, Mgr. Phone 212. :

Loans on Farm Lands.

- Loans bearing interest at the low rate of 5 per cent will be made by us on good productive farms which meet with our requirements. If ‘'you expect to borrow money soon, arrangements should be made without delay so that you may take advantage of this offer. ; All loans will be made for a term of five years, with the privilege of paying the principal, or any part thereof in even hundreds of dollars, at any interest paying debt. Further details can be secured by letter or we shall be pleased to have you call at our office. o

THE STRAUS BROTHERS CO. ’ Ligonier, Indiana. 48btf . *

Houses to Rent

For rent: The two story frame house at the corner ‘of College and Martin streets belonging to darah C. Flowers. Electric lights and water in house. ' : : Also house and two lots on North ‘Water street belonging to Sarah C. Flowers. . Also suite of rooms down -stairs -in the Bolen’s building. : " The cottage of Mrs. George Sack in the east part of Ligonier. , ~ . For particulars inquire of W. H. Wigton. - sla tf

Publishers Notice

‘The Banner will not raise its subscription price but advertising rates must be re-adjusted so that the high cost of producing the paper may be met. - : ; 1

' The rate for display advertising will hereafter be 15 cents an inch for each single insertion or 25 cents for two insertions with 10 cents for each additional insertion where the ad is not changed. Local advertising will be straight 5 cents a line. This is but a triding change over the rate advertisers have been paying

Notice of Fnal Settlement

State of Indiana Noble county, ss: PRy In the Matter of the Estate of ) oornelia A, oole, No. 17167 . st Deceased, 5 In the Noble oircuit court, October Term, 1916. - : : Notice 18 hereby given that .the undersigned as Executor of thé last will of oornelia A. oole, deceased, has filed in said court his acgount and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for the examination and action of sgid court at the court House at Albion, Indiana, on the 2nd day of October 1916 at which time and place all persons interested in said Estate are required to appear in said court and show cause, if any there be, why said account should not be approved. And the heirs, devisees and legatees of said decedent, and all others interested in said estate, are also hergby required, at the time and place aforesaid, tO appear and make proof of ‘their heirship or c¢laim to any part of saldsestate, _ : . . CURTIS COLE : 4 ; Executor of Wni W. H, WIGTON, Atty. 2543 w

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