Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 1B, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 March 1920 — Page 1

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COUNTY S 1 l'Eßl.\'TE‘Dl’.ﬁ uALi. TELLS OF UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IN NOBLE COUNTY TWENTY THOUSAND IS DEFICIT Instructors Must Recelve More Pay or They - Wil Quit Teaching . . Altogether :

. Editor Ligonier Banner: By your kindness, I wish to direct the attention of the public to the serious educational crisis now confronting us, and appeal for help in dealing with the situation jn such a way that our schools will not suffer the con sequences of shortened terms and the employment of inferior teachers. Dur: ing the hard days of thé war, school

" officials ventured to hope that when peace was restored the boys return"ing from service would once more fill up the places they had vacated in the teaching ranks, but now after sixteen months the situation is actually at its worst. From normal schools everywhere comes the word that teachers’' training classes are dwindiing away, while classes in electrical sclence, civil engineering, and others preparatory to business life or profes-

sions other than teaching, are more crowded than ever before, The money craze that seems to be raging everywhere, is as bad a malady among students whose life work lies just ahead of them as it is among the older class who are too prone to interpret success in terms of the dollars and cen{s their business yields. It will be found worth while, however, to consider a few of the plain facts that are in some measure causing the discontent prevalert among

1. The present emergency in practcally all of its aspeets is traceable 'toi the insufficient wages paid teachers. 2. The cost of living has increased during the last three years more than one hundred percent, while teachers’ wages have increased but twelve percent. Teachers with no dependents can barely live on their teaching income, while those with ‘dependants are frequently compelled to spend more than they make. v 8. Competent teachers are wanted in more lucrative employment and the financial worry which many of them experience is driving them from the work they love, and their positions are being filled by teachers who are untrained or unfit. ‘

4. Educators realize the need of bettermtraining for those intrusted with the education of the children, and prospective teachers hesitate to invest in a proposition they fear will be a losing one. They desire for themselves and families an income that will meet & standard of living enjoyed by everage citizens. e : :

5. Teachers are paid far less than the average laborer, of whom little skill is required. Careful canvass of 5 of the middle western states shows that brick-layers receive an income of $1890; blacksmiths, $1700; plumbers, $1760; carpenters, $1260; hodcarriers, $1200; bakers, 1190; ‘high school teachers, $1110; intermediate teachers, $875; elementary teachers, $BO5. In Noble County, the general scale in all these classes of wage earners runs lower, as the cost of living is correspondingly lower than it is in most of the area canvassed.

6. The perceniage of teachers under twenty-one years of age is on the increase. In many counties of Indiana, it is above 50%. In- Noble county, il was 3io last year, and 34% this year, cutside the cities of Ligonier and Kendallville. Of the 124 county teachers employed for the year 1918-1919, 44 of their positions had to be filled by new teachers this year. =

In the professional, no less than in the industrial world, skill and competency seek their proper wage level Will the people view with indifference the elimination of the best talent from ‘the schoolroom, and wise d‘irecdon of good teachers? : We occasionally hear the complaint that the State Tax Board empowered by the tax law is restricting the action of local officials who have heretofore f:xed the tax rates, . This is true. Recent rulings of this Board have 8o curtailed the tax Jevies proposed by trustees and school boards that anj considerable increase made in the cost of mhaintaining our schools will mean in this county this year a shortage o! approximately $20,000 in the school funds. But this feature of the tax law is the resnlt of the popular ery for Jower taxes when the obvious ‘tendency was toward increased cost of _should rally m&mﬂw ciate the value of education, but who interest in the schools, can by

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OLDEST mm_wr DEAD Passing of Jacolh Hostetter at 53 Removes One of First White Children e Deva Inleny - The oldest native resident of Perry township if not of Nobie county passed away early Thursday moraing in the demise of Jacob Hostetter, aged 83, at the home of Sidney Slabaugh. The deceased was born on what i 3 known as tHe old Hostetter farm near Ligonier and spent his entire life in that neighborhood. He never married and was of a quiet and retiring nature. The Hosteter familles' settled near Ligonier when the county was a. wilderness and held large tracts of land., - - : |

Surviving Jacob Hostetter = are George W. Hostetter, of Ligonier, Willard and Effie Hostetter of Spokanne, Washington, half brothers und half sister. The funeral will be held from the Sidney Slabaugh home at 2 o'clock Saturday afterncon with burial in Oak Park cemetery, this city. . . = Thirty-Four Want Freedom, Thirty.four new petitions for pardons have been filed with the board Among: the number is Frank Humphreys from Noble county, sentenced to from 1 to 7 years March 31, 1919, for failing to provide for his children. Lee Hart ,who was sentenced to the State Prison for life in 1913 from ‘Lagrange county for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law, is asking clemency. A petition, signed by many residents of the community wherd he formerly resided, has been filed with the board asking leniency for the convicted man. Toa

' Shower Party. ‘A big shower party was held Monday evening at the home: of Miss Evelyn Smith for Mrs. Anna Crew Jones, recently married. Many costly and useful gifts were presented. Among guests were the Misses Cecelia Carney, Tressa Green, Rosalie Loeser, Wilma Dickinson, Vida Earl, Fredonna Klotz, Dorothy Haller. Wilena Wigton, Dorothy Slabaugh, Mildred and Frances 'Milper, Fay Earnhart Refreshment were served. L - Joseph: W. Smith, the well known farmer has purchased the old E. B Gerber homestead on Cavin street and will move from the farm to town about May 1. Mr, Smijth expects to make the neccessary improvements on the building to thoroughly modernize it and will have a very comfortable home. The house was occupied by Post master Gaby for a number of years. L. R. Lepird, the preésent tenant, will seek a new location. :

‘Blg Injun Squaw. Mrs. C. W. White Eagle of Kakakee, Okla., has returned to her old home at Butler. She has been in Oklahoma a number of years, and while there married a full blooded Black Hawk Indian, who died a year ago. He left her a hundred acres of land, with a good producing oil well, with prospect for more oil, and a five year old son—who shows that he is a Black Hawk Indian, all right. Myrs. White Eagle's maiden name was Hollinger.

Blushes Are Hidden. . John Green writes from St, Petersburg, Florida, on a post card showing two beautiful water nymphs basking in the sunshine, clad in abbreviated bathing costumes. He says the sun there soon tans the cheek and hides the northern brow. He also suggests that the picture must have been taken in July as the temperature was below freezing then’ when the card was mailed March 6. Aged -Lady Dead. Mrs. Samuel G. Wise, of Goshen aged 79, died suddenly at Kendallyille Monday wher she had gone to attend the funeral of a sister, Mrs. Emily Alshouse. . Many years ago the Wise family resided in Ligonier, where their ‘only child, Will S. Wise deceased, was born. The aged husband is the only survivor. : ;

the law as will .sceure needod relief. Why should Indiana that.had fallen {rom second to about fifteenth in gducational rank continue to decline, when an additional tax of - $1.50. .on: avery $lOOO valuation wisely expend--2d might overcome this tendency, and restore stability to our school system?® We predict an early change in public sentiment when it is built on a knowledge of the -truth. Teachers will be paid more. May those who find ‘pleasure in their work remember this, and not be overhasty in leaving 'it. Only the men and women who- give their lives achieve real success, and the teachers’ motto may well be as it ‘has a‘er been “Finis coronat opus.” ng?ﬂ that an unusually large number of high school graduates.this coming season will decide .to teach. Our President, our Governor, and the Congressman from our distfct.as well P ‘hundreds of others o? th~ ~ 722 . o ~,:,..i‘“\»f'y " :

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY MARCH 12, 1920

George E. Gunn, aged 83 is dead at Sowt'Mifewd. - : The babe of Mr. and Mrs. Louls Sisterhen has recovered its health. 1. C: Brunk, secretary of the county Y. M. C A was a Ligonier visitor Thureday. : : ; Mre. fiurry Selig bas mo to Hun-' mond {0 visit with her parents and other relatives. . e Shobe & Shobe shipped another car load of good horses to the Buffalo market Wednesday. - ' ' W. 0. Elliott, the Goshen horsc buyer, shipped a car load of good ones from Ligonier Wednesday. s

Mel Jackson is here from Elkhart visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jackson and his brother Wallace. Miss Railsback the high school teacher has been ill and Mrs. Lena Stansbury Is teaching in her stead. Warren T. McCray, leading republican candidate for governor, is touring northern Indiana in his political interests, . - s Senators Johnson and Borah will make a- speaking tour of Indiana in the interest of Johnson's presidential aspirations. L A new dance pavilion is to be erected at Wawasee near the site of the old Inn.. Herman Sack will be in-charge for Fort Wayne parties.. . ; ‘Spurgeon Brothers have scld a fine heifer calf, the stock of “Springbrook Bud” to WililHartnell for export to Argentine, South America. - - While making a trip to White Pigeon Mich., this week Starr & Son put both their auto trucks out of commission. The dirt roads are very bad. .

Thomas Taggartt will not be a candidate for senator from Indiana. He says his health will not justify him in mdking the campaign necessary. Herbert Hoover says he is an inde pendent progressive in politics.. All voters claim that much and Hoover should #have a unanimous vote for president. : ; About twenty of the girl friends of Mary Head-Burreughs gave a shower at the home of Miss Mable Strait Tuesday evening. Many useful gifts are in the. offering. Fine refreshments were served. Ashton Sedgwick has written a very interesting letter from Cuba. He desires to be rembered to all his Ligonfer friends. Extracts from the communication will appear in a later issue of the Banner. . :

Attraction Extraordinary! The musical event of the season at Jefferson theatre, Goshen Wednesday. March 17 appearing with The Columbia Saxophone Sextette. : : Baroness Norka Rouskaya was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, just twenty years ago. Blessed with a naturally gracile figure, as a very young child she took up classical dancing under the foremost tutors and ballet masters to be found in Europe. At the same time her musical gifts were so exceptional that at the age of ten she gave her first concert in Genoa, Italy, in ‘which she combined her interpretative dancing with an exhibition of her powers as a . violinist. Since jhat time she hLas given pertog-mance’ in most of the prominent -theatres in Italy, France Switzerland, Cuba, and the majority of the South American Republics. '« © : " Her dances are orginal creations of her own, modelled on the best Grecian and Roman traditions, but she moreover vivifies in a . remarkably fascinating fashion the newer schoo: of nitra-:nodern tendencies in popular dancing. Her musical interpretations 5k the violin, too, have immeasurably ,delighted her audiences. .

: Keys For AIL , .Marshal Showalter says th» reason the fire station is kept locked up is to protect thec ity property from theft. The greatest trouble Sunday was to find some ome to drive the big auto truck. Finally the driver for 1. D. Straus was drafted.into service. . Bach firman should be provided with a.key to the fire station and no doubt WL be . A driver for the big truck, if possible, should be located mear the fire station and within easy eall. = * These things fill be attended to by the city council. ) 3 3 : oet & BRI G ) ~ $2OO From Ligonier. :J.. C. Teegarden, representative of the Indigna State Chamber of Come ~e‘,hasbeenmr.heegnntythepﬁ.; t‘wov.’gww< the interests of a - 2 to. rﬂys m hquota of a fund being raised fo s&

i - _l‘ o ' s J. L. Johnston has maved into Ligonler from out on rural route No. L Daniel Rhodes, 81 a ploneer of Noble county is dead st the late home near " The Ligonier, Post Ametican Legion will meet at city hall next Wednesday evening. : Auditor and Mrs. H. e Erwin were over from Albion Tuesday calling on old friends. . ’ Sanger Smith and family have moved into their new house errected since the fire. . . ; © Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Rice attendtended the funeral of a relative at Kendallville last Monday. . - Fayette Lepird, the official street cleaner took advantage of the thaw o thoroughly clean the brick pavement. - Wanted at once two o“r‘ three light house keeping rooms. Furnished. No family. Inquire 333 EFifth st Ib2t Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Haller and Mrs Vern Haller, of Kendallville, were guests of the Sanger Smith famil.

. Otis Fisher will move to Ligonier from the Bordner farm ncar Eagle lake and work in a factory here. - In order to lessen the sugar shoriage farmers are urged to open their sugar camps early and keep busy during the season. ’ : Mrs. L. Schloss returned from Fort Wayne Tuesday where she was called to atend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Anna Strass. > o L Gordon Warstler, employed at the Lyon & Greenleaf flouring mill has been quite ill and was in Goshen taking treatments. . The coal famine in Kendallville caused much suffering during the cold Jweather of recent date. Even the public schools suffered. o : © Earl Wolf has moved to his new home on his farm known as the Spencer place, wher he will engage quite extensively in stock raising. ,

Mrs. Rebekah (Longenecker) Kimmell is dead at South Milford aged 92. She was related to the Longenecker family of Ligonier. : Born to Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Wheeler Tuesday morning a daughter, Lillie Belle, and the little lady is doing well under the care of Dr. Black. __Mrs. M. G. Ebérsole has gone to Glendale, Arizona, to visit with the tamily of R. F. Fuller. Mrs. Ebersole expects to remain several weeks. Eli Schloss and his son William while in Los Angeles, California, made .a flight in an Oriole plane owned and operated by a motion picture syndicate. o ' AL ' The Ligonier Auto Sales has sold Dodge cars to A. L. Johnson of near Cromwell, Owen A. Young of near ‘Albion and Frank Harper of near Ligomber. . . . - : o . The body of Mrs. Jacob Knepper was taken from the Nowell's home at Millersburg to Cosperville for burial. The aged lady resided many years in Noble county. o oo

‘Harry Haller came from near Spencervile his new home and visited old time . friends. He says the Price and Haller families like their new location in DeKalb county. - David Aburn and the Bessner family moved to their new farm near White Pigeon, Mich., last week. Mr. Aburn! had for many years been a prosperous. farmer near Ligonier. i : 1 The Ligonier Fruit House will supply the stores in Ligonier, Cromwell, and Kimmell with fruits and vegetables. A fresh supply of the commodities is recelved each week. - ~ The township trustee of LaGrange county have raised the pay of all their ‘teachers. Noble county township ‘trustees are not financially able to do this as explained by County Superin-

Mrs. Elizabeth Paulus, 74, widoWw of the late Daniel Paulus, of Noble county, died at her home near Crooked Lake Monday night of pneumonia. Antong the six children are Mesdames Emerson Pressler, Harvey Frudery, Harry Smith and a son James Paulus.] all of Noble county. The funeral accurred Wednesday. | s aiadie i 1 4 Owing to the illness of her mother | Miss Gladys Cornelius had to resign her position in the Farmers & Merchants Trust C 0.,, and he place has been taken by Miss Dora Schwab. Miss employe of the Mier Carriage company company. The young lady s very

f ;EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD. GO No Speclal Invitation Needed for Love ~ Feast and Banquet At Albjon Next ~ Bvery {gmocrat and every person who desires to affiliate with the party is invited to the love feadt and banquet at Albion Tuesday March 16. No special invitations were issued by the committes and none will be issued aside from the notices in the newspapers, so no democrat need feel be has besn everiooked if his umai did not appear in the printed lst. - There is nothing certain about the appearance of Homer S. Cummings. chalrman -of the national democrutic committee, but he says he will come it possible. In any event he will see to i 1 that good speakers will be persent. - . - The democratic candidates for governor wiill be on hand in the persons of Dr. McCullough, of Indianapolis, Mason J. Niblack, Vineennes, John Isenbarger, North Manchester, .and J. Kirgy Risk.of LaFayette. There will no doubt be others. | The banquet will be held in the opera house at one o'clock. o e e | -~ Deeatur Lawyer Addresses Clah, " C. J. Lutz, attorney has been in Ligonier, where he - addressed the Men’s club in that enterprising city, of foundries, carriage works, farm. ers’ elevafor and market davs. The city of Ligonier is famous for its four land companies doing business in several states and in Canada. These companies have made Ligonier, which some. years ago received the slogan, “Ligonier without a peer,” won by the city editor of the Adams County Herald-Republican, Charles D. Hemwine = . i :

~ The slogan originated from the fac! that at the timeé Ligonier had an in dustry that was buying wool not b’ the thousands of dellars, but by the millions. It was also made apparent becanse in her class, Ligonier was then the eighth richest city fof Indiapa. Another matter was that Ligonier had a beantiful streef system, a “White Way” and was a city of live merchants and live industria! men. "Attorney C. J. Lutz is much attached to Ligonier. The “Men’s Club’ is representative of the best interests of the city.—Decatur Herald-Republican " Former Hoosler Dies, The following from the Duluth, Minnesota, Tribune, will be read with interest by t he older residents of Ligonier: i G = John P. Hoffman, age 61, a resident of Duluth for 20 years, died yestercay of tubercuiosis, He was born in Ligonfer, Ind., Oct. 27, 1858. He had been a member . of Modern Woodmen - of American for 25 years. 4 He is survived by his widow two daughtcrs, Mrs. Bernice Sanaker and Mrs. Ethel Johnson; two sons, George and Lawernce, and four grandchidren, al ‘of Dulth; three sisters and two brothers.” v Miss Locher Improved, : ~ Miss Vérie Locker was operated on n a South Ben | hospital Monday night for appendicitis. A fast N. Y. C. passenger train was stopped here so that the young lady might be hastened to the hospital where Dr. Clapp, took charge of the case. Wodr reaching Ligonier Thursday indicated the Miss Locher had a fair chance to recover. - Twenty Horses Unloaded Here A car load, twenty head, of fine work horses were unloaded from a N. Y. C. train here Thursday morning, fed and watered and given a rest. One of the animals had lain down in the car to rest and could not get up. The horse was but slighly injured. The horses were being shipped east from a western state. e P T Helen Teal is Safe. a © Dr. dnd Mrs. J. M. Teal of Kendallyille are in receipt of a very interesting letter from their daughter, Helen now in Turkey, in which she gives some vivid descriptions. of conditions thers. Just after the letter was writ. ten that part of the country was shut off from the rest of the worid by a ~ Soldiers and Sailors of the Mexican and civil wars who have reached the| eir“mﬁﬂmh @3’3« mx

Stockholders Meeting. Stockholders of the Ligonier Refrigerator Company will hold their aunua! meeting Wednesday evening, March 17, at the home offices. The business has been prosperous during the past year. : Road Net Seld. . What is known as the Pence road ‘along Noble-Whitley county line two 'and a half miles in length is being offered for sale. The bids submitted ‘were considered too high by thai i Hos Hand Nast, - Loc Lamb an employee of the Auto Body company, is laid up Wwith an in- [ e EURIEL e L e T R e et e s e e

. PLUNGES TO HIS DEATHR Mall Pilot Clayten Stoner Comes to _ Grief After Passing Wakarusa ) A : Weduesday e Lieutenant Clayton Stoner, of Ohio, an aviator of the United States mail airplanes piyving between Cleveland: and Chicago, plunged to his death a: #:3O Wedpesday morning in .a woods shout -six miles west of New Paris, and five miles east of Wakarusa. - Whether death was due to the shock. of the fall or to the flames that destroyed the machine, the gasoline tank éxploding Lmmediately after the fall, will pever be known as the body was horribly burned. - sion The aviator's face was burned beyond recognition, and his arms and legs were also partially conanmd! His hieavy coat protected his body, and in the pocket of thecoat was found

a letter indicating his identity. ~The ili-fated plane was heard to pasé over Wakarusa but could pot b senn on account of the fog. - Befor: reaching New Parls the ayiator was noticed to be circling around, evident_ iy looking for a landing place the difficulty being to distinguish one on account of the fog. : . The noise of the exploding tank was heard for miles and farmers came running to the scene. Alvin Neff; John Kohli, Reuben Stouder apd John Mishler were first on the scenme.

The mail that escaped Jestruction was taken to Goshen and the remains of the dead man taken to a New Paris undertaking establishment. =~ © ‘The machine was consumed by the fire. e o &

g Lower Meat Prices. ¢ The Department of - Justice 'an nounced today that the first ‘Save Money on Meat' Weék, during which consumers will be urged to turn away from high-priced cuts of beef, pork. and lamb to those equaly nutritioun: but costing much less, will be held {rem March 22 to March 27 throughout each of the folowing statés: I'linois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohi> lTowa, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michi gan, New York. : The Fair Price Commissioners: of those states have been holding conferences with the retall metat dealers and with scores of different packing firms in that territory. It is expected that retatlers will stock the less costly cmts in adequate quantities to fill the demand, and that these meats will be sold, under the direction of the Fair Price Commissioner and with the co-operation of all factors concern: ed, at low prices. Only meat of unquestionable quality will be permitted to be sold. Undoubtedly many thousands of consumers who have been buying porterhouse and sirloin steaks at prices ranging up toward 75 cents a pound will,” for the first time, buy nice juicy round steaks &t perhaps half the price, and brisket, chuck, and other nutritious cuts at even lower figures. = - 5

Standard Bearers Plan Interesting Entertainment ‘ Time—Sunday, March 14th, 7:30 P. M : , :

Place—Methodist church. Occasion-—Annual Thankoffering meeting. : i : Voluntary—Mrs. Roswell Earnhart. - Prayer—Rev, Hubbartt. “Standard Bearers in Song ' and Story” Mrs. C. E. Bishop and Mrs. Leland Thompson. : i ' { Recitation—Rosemary Bourie. | Yocal Solo—Miss Eleanor Hollowu.! “An Objeet Lesson in Mohammedan Zenanna Teaching"—NA\iss . Mildred Davis and Miss Esther Taft. e ‘Violin Solo—Miss Helen Carney. Reading “Gift with the Giver"—Miss Lena Moore. B e 4‘ Pantomime “0O Zion, Haste"—Seven Girls—Soloist Cecelia Carney. s Contribution - s - Benediction T : - Postlude : g ‘Note—Lend the girls your moral and financial support by your presence and contributions. L Lo "~ . Lois Butt Entertalng, - Lois, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Butt, entertained a company of her young friends at the family home Monday evening with an old-fashioned taffy pulling. The guests_were Emily Wigton, Bertha Banta, Marie Kreager, Helen Smith, Rose Lundy, Doris Davis, Mary Weyer, Dorothy Smith, Helen Wolf. A fine time was enjoyed.

_ Clever Confidence Man. “old Time” check workers have been operating in Elkhart. Several places were taken in for amounts rang ing between 320 and $3O. To strengthen the illusion that the check might be good thec onfidence man had perferated the amount line with a protectograph. : : - Mr. Wood Down Town. Frank P. Wood was down town Wednesday for the first um his attack of illness. After his ‘barber and procuring his favorite ‘brand of cigar he looked really better {thanj,ms_cid seif. . g + } \ 5 —————————— FirstWomah lawyer. ‘The wmtnzmm« the bar in Noble county is Miss Hazel Kitt, daughter of John M. Kitt, ﬂg of the court. Miss Kitt expects to beA R s S R

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CAMPAIGN ENDS ; : . ' . 808 TAYLOR ELECTED MAYOR AND DONALD LATTA IS NEW - CITYJUDGE - 4 tiary Smith Defeats Carlos Lane In Final Hazard With Blind Goddess One of the hottest campaigns ever pulled off in Ligoneir came to a close Wednesday night when the foliowing ofMicers were named for the city of teh Boys Brotherhood Republic Mayor—Robert R. Taylor City Judge—Donald Latta Prosecuting Attorney—Thomas L Gilbert : : City Clerk—Earl W. Bragington City Treasurer—Paul A. Ward Councilman—First Ward, Walter J ‘Eppért. Second Ward, Gary Smith. Third Ward, Ben Radford. At Large, Arthur Biddle and J.- Cedric Kegg. Ther sre 69 citizens ‘in the organization and 64 votes were cast The election. was held in city hall Wednesday evening, the vouing by the Australian ballot taking place between 7 and § o'clock in the evening. Tiwre were 25 candidates for the ten affices” and the effort put forward by thi candidates would do credit to any city.

Evéry boy ran on his merits and his claims were set forth. in circulars and speeches = : " In the second ward Carlos D. Lane and Gary Smith each. bad 28 votes and the tie was decided by lot under the .rule of the election board, Gary,Suiith being the successful contestant. . Followiag is the official vote as annouced by the- election board. : - - For Mayor : . Robert- R. Taylor—3l - : - Donald D. €ilbert—2B ‘ John M. Moore—3 i oot O Saley ' Donald Latta—34 » Adrain Biddle—2B : . Prosecuting Attorney : Alfred J. Ackerman—2B . Thomas Lisle Gilbert—34 T City Clerk : - Earl W. Bragington—§B Robert L. Grant—9 - CRy Treasurer : Paul A. Ward--50 . Graham F. Hutehison—ll - -Councilman Ist Ward - William Cochran....l2 s Ay - Walter J. Eppert—29 Dounald ‘Shearer—2o ; ~ Councilman 2nd Ward _Carlos D, Lane Jr.—2B - Gary Smith—2B ’ David Essi—§ T Ol ~ Councilman 3rd Ward > " Durbin Mier—l3 , : ; Squire -Robinson—2o ot ~ Charley D. Blue—s§ P - Ben Radford—23 » - Councilman at large—Two 4 Arthur Biddle—s 4 &, " J.Cedric Kegg—49 =~ = "¢ Carey Jeffries—lo .

Then ew officers will meet this Fri. day evening and organize. The council will meet twice a month ard other meetings will occur oftener, on call of the mayor. The organization of Ligonier City of the Boys Brotherhood Republic is an important event in ‘Ligonier. It has started the boys on the right road to good citizenship and- when the new hall in the Woodruff block is ready for occupancy the boys will be able to spend many pleasant and profitable hours: - To David S. Taylor must be given the credit- for this splendid organisation and to Col. I. D. Straus is due the credit for the main financial’ support. ~ Saffrage Wiy« in Virginia. _ The woman sufifrage amendment won in West Virginia by a narrow margin, one majority. Senator Bloch came all the way from California to cast the deciding vote. Ratification in but two more states is needed to make the required 36. i . President Wilson as well as leading republicans urged ratification in West Virginia. The womien feel confident that the other two states will ratity in time to permit them to vote in the coming election. Lk

Pay of Teachers. ; The average daily wage for high school teachers in Noble county as shown by a table of statistics prepared in Indianapolis is $453. The grade teachers receive an average of $3.07. The average daily wage for teachers in the district schools of Noble county is $2.60. Jemnings, Knox and Steuben are the only counties in the state that pay a smaller per diem than Nohle. . . ‘BatherßigEgg . - A mma Red M'hﬁ.tl' . James Utter of Wallingford, Conn., an g 8 eight by ten inches and weighing S SRULC PR Reß U R e i S