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- » e o ARI ) : . ; Ly 1725 We Sell Genuine International Repairs ternational n\epairs b~ Made For o L’ The ‘ Line INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY | EPAIRS made for International implements and -F\ other farm equipment by the Harvester Com--e pany are the only repairs made from the original ‘patterns. All others are copied from copies, and in _ this roundabout reproduction they may lose in correctness of shape, sharpness of detail, closeness in fitting, and qualimof material. These repairs are made for Deering, McCormick, Milwaukee, Titan and other International-made machines. . _ . Genuine @ Repairs t=’ Are Better in Quality ~ ' Fit Better and Wear Longer The Harvester Company stands back of its machines. Be fair in the matter. Do not substitute imitation repairs for the genuine and expect best service. Repairs made by other concerns and marked “Made for” or “Will fit”, are not genuine | HC repairs. They _often lack weight, are not always correct in shapg, are . imperfectly finished, do not fit properly, or are made _ of inferior material. Buy Genuine International Repairs for your International Farm Equipment. : i Beware of Any Other Kind! - SEAGLEY BROS.

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Indjana Milk Worth “wl : '. Yearly. Lafayette, Ind., May 31.—Although Indiana is probably fourth or fifth in the list of dairy states, figures ltmff ed by the dairy department of Purdue Ugniversity show that approximately 2, 908,000,000 pounds of milk, worth $100,000,000 -in round numbers, were produced in the state last year. The production figures represent an increase of 26 percent in the last four years. All the data is based on reports to the creamery license division by the manufacturers and on data gathered by the extension department dairymen, e ‘ .

Last year a -total of. 45,200,846 pounds of creamery butter were made in this state against 37,174,057 pounds the year before. The amount of condensed milk made increased frow 29,574,337 pounds to 32,617,841 pounds in one year. A total of 6,37i,370 gallons of ice cream were made in 1919 and 1,002,320,000 pounds of milk were used for direct consumption, while 580,500,622 pounds or its equivalent were shipped out of the state.

; E. G. Thompsen Hurt. Editor E. G. Thompson, of the Leader, had a narrow escape from gerious injury. when struck Thursday evening by a Ford car driven by Mrs. Jess Cosper, ' " Mr. Thompson was crossing Cavin street when thé automobile collided with him. He fell upon the raditor and was carried some distance when the machine was stopped’ with suchn suddenness that Mr. Thompson was thrown to the pavement. The gentleman was not seriously injured, but it was a close call. Had Mrs. Cosper been driving fast there is no telling how serious the conse quences would have been.

. Burles Ax Deep in Foot. ‘ Thomas Konger of Green township sustained a severe injury to his right foot while working on the Arthur Krider farm, two miles south of his home, Wednesday afternoon. He was chopping wood, when in some manner the ax struck a glancing blow, pierced the shoe and buried the blade dérp in his foot. He was very weak from the loss of blood the wound bleeding profusely while he was being rushed to a physician at Churubusco, who dressed the injury. e : _

- Homer H. Cooper of Greencastle and Mrs. Luther Cooper of this city visited the Neufer family at Topeka for the week end. -

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Oficial Report, State Coran Judging Contest e Twenty five well trained t2ams of counties contested for homors at the second annual Boys State Corn Judging Contest. Scott county won state honors - and the _ splendid Corn Growers' Association trophy by runnmu.mmana%.w cock and Madisou counties followed closely with scores of SlB% and

87.4% respectively. Sectional honors were won by Noble County, section 1, Clinton county, section 2, Hancock county, section 3, Bartholomew county, section 4, and Scott counaty, section &. : i e

' The Noble county team won district honors over teams representing DeKalb, Steuben, Whitley and Newton counties.. The respective scores out of a possible hundred for the First District were as follows: Noble, 851.9; DeKaldb, 507; Steubon 763; Whitley, 81.5 and Newton 72.6. Whitley county had a very strong team and gave the Noble county boys a close run for first place. Qur team consisted of Dale Gorsuch Cromwell high school, Ethan Stangland and James Starkey, both of the Wolf Lake high school. Their individual scores were 85.1, 82.9 and 77.6 respectively. Ralph Denny agricultural teacher and superintendent of the Woif Lake schools acted as coach ' Much credit is due the team and their coach for the showing made in the district as the competition from adjacent county was keen. | ,

' The Noble county Big Type Poladd China Swine Breeders Association distributed fifteen nice fifty pound pure bred barrows last Saturday to fifteen bright boys and girls, members of the Pig Club to be fed out for market during the summer. ; G

Those boys and girls in the club which show ability and interest in the work will be proyided with a good pure-bred Big Type gilt at the close of the feeding period, if they desire one. Thus the association plans to encourage the traits of thrift and businéss economy in the boy and girl farmers of tomorrow and to develope exeprt breeders that will place the future of the Big Type Swine in the lead of all other breeds. :

- Slightly In Error. The Goshen News-Times is slightly in error when it says Ligonier has been without a hotel since the closing of the Goldsmith. Doc and Mrs. Bailey have operated a very goed hotel here for the past two years and will continue to entertain guests until the building they occupy is turned over to Seagley Brothers in October., It -is highly probable that the Baileys will find a new location and continue in the-hotel business. - ; It has been the hope of business men ‘of Ligonier that the Goldsmith may bLe put in shape and reopéned but the prospects for such a consummation are not bright. o Democrats To Meet. Democrats of .the Twelfth con gressional district will meet in Moose hall at Fort Wayne Wednesday evening June 2 where a big meeting under the auspices of the Young Men's Democrati¢c League will be addressed by former senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois, Samuel M. Foster, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Joseph R ‘Harrison, candidate for congress. A number of Noble county democrats will be in attendance. i ; - Was Pleasant Saurprise. - When a large number of their friends gathered at the family home Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. William Quail were .delightfully surprised. A pleasant evening was spent with music and social chat the climax being reached when delicicus refreshments were served. The farmers in the Quail neighborhood have enjoyed numerous gatherings during the winter. © : &

To Loecate in Ligonler. The Goshen News-Times of Friday says: bf ' “Harold L. Schlabaugh was in Ligonier today making final arrangements for the opening of a - branch Apex electrical store in that city. He is proprietor of the Apex store. located at 106 East Lincoln avenue, this city.” . Just where the new store in Ligonier is to be located could not be learned. Find Baby on Porch. Their attention attracted by cries coming from the front of thewr home | Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Belterman. residing east of Mentone, conducted an investigation and found a sevenweeks old babe in a basket. The child’s age and directions for feeding ‘were contained in a note on top of the ‘basket. Mr. and Mrs. Betterman have ‘decideed to adopt the child. » : ; T : .Did Not Pay Fime. C. V. Inks and Harry Benner were in the city from Wolf Lake Saturday. They say Emanuel Klick, deputy fish commisisoner, is under $l,OOO bond to answer a charge of striking Dr. J. E. Luckey with a billy in the fish controversy and that Dr, Luckey had nc fine. to pay as there was mo com‘plaint lodged against him. @

« _Goshen Man Held. Edwin Cox Goshen is in the county jail at Goshen on a charge of stealing an autompbile owned by James Cline of near New Paris. ~ Has Mashed Foot. = “ Vern Kauffman, residing on the old Bailey farm has a crushed right foot. A fractious horse knocked him down and jumped on him. Mr. Kauffman gets about on crutches ‘

Sends Strong Veteo Message. Anyone who can read the veto message of President Wilson of the illegitimate peace resolution and not feel shamed by the action of coms gress must be lost to all sexse of decency. The people of tho United ing the war will not courtenance such a peace as was proposed in a ‘resolution enacted by the republicans }MWMMQMW dent. Fortunately there is no possibility of the congress overriding the presidential veto and the matter will now go to the country. ‘the next congress will no doubt take a more honorable view of & deplorable situation after the votes are counted in November. Lo e f

Green and White Class Colors. The class colora o! the Ligonier high school graduating class this year are green and white. This color scheme was followoed by Mrs. Harry Gilbert in decorating the bhouse for the six o'clock dinuer given the graduating class Frida;s evening. It proved a most epjoyable orcassion. Guests outside the class present were Mrs. Marjorie Bishop, Stewart Carney, the Misses Lutey, Hesh, Huffman ‘and Supt. and Mrs. Renken;bern’r. The waiters yrén Earl Bragington, Catherine Bolitho- Donald Gilbert and Dorothy Clarke. The party broke up at ten o'clock.

Decision After 13 Years. : A recent decision by the Indiana appellate court brings to an end the suit of Alonzo L. Ultz and others against Samuel Wolf and others of Ft. Wayne, in which Ultz sought to recover when a number of Fort Wayne business men withdrew from a gift enterprise which he was promoung.l The case has been pending for thirteen years and was venued from Allen couniy to the DeKalb county circuit court. Judge Anderson found in favor of the defendant on a demurrer. The case was then appealed to the United States district court of lqmeala’ at Chicago which also found for the defendants. Judge Link of Auburn tried the case in 1907, Mr. Wolf is well known in Ligonier where ‘he has relatives. - :

. Seramble For Sugar. - A grocer at Anderson advertised sugar for seventeen and one-half cents a pound to go on sale Thursday 2,000 women assembled at the store and the rush for the sweet stuff continued all day. Many women stood in line for hours. No one was injured. To Guard the Lakes. ‘Richard Lieber, director of the state’ bureau of conservation, will visit this part of the state the middle of June to hold conference concerning matters in which his bureau is interested. Mr. Lieber's department is at work on a ‘bill designed to enable them to cope with the lowering of the water levels of the northern Indiana lakes | Takes Over Concessions. ;Herman Sack has taken over the entire management of the concessions at Webster lake for the summer and will give a series of dances in the refinished pavilion. The Sack’'s orchestra will furnish the music for the dances and other entertainments and the season gives promise of beihg a prosperous one. ' =

Beys Scouts Make Trip. ‘ Twenty-five Boy Scouts of Ligonier visited Fort Wayne Friday afternoon under the guidance of Rev. H W. Thompson. Twenty of the hoys went over in Réllin Olinghouse school hack . While in Fort Wayne the boys were shown through the Bowser plant given a swim in a natatorium and had supper at the Y. M. C. A. A dispatch from Syracuse, New York says: : - T Weeds, incoporated, of Binghampton, was fofhd guilty of profiteering in violation of the Lever act Friday and fined $31,000 by Judge Martin Mantol in federal court. ; “Excess charges on sales of clothing was charged. L

Big Catch of Frogs. : Mr. and Mrs. Cash Couts drove out to a lake south of town Thursday night and captured about a half bushel of big bull tgc:. Mr. Couts used 3 flash light and a spear in his hunt. Dave Lowe served some of the delicacies in his American cafe Friday. Mr. Couts is an expert frog fisherman. Peck Wants Freedom. Among the 40 applicants for executive clemency before the state board of pardons is John Peck, cf Noble county. Peck was sentenced to the reformatory from one to fourteen vears In 1919 on conviction of giand lar-

: At the Old Stand. = Will Hieber is still working at the Tom Wagoner blacksmith stand. Mr, Wagoner continues to improve since his return from.an Elkhart bospital where he was operated on for abcess of the side. b ) This is the season when farmers are having their sheep sheared. The wool is quoted at 40 cents a pound.in the market. This time last year the price paid was 70 cents. . - | _ Sylvester A. Widner, 64, is dead at Millersburg. Mr. Widner was welt.

known in Ligonier where h 2 often visited. He was president of the Millersburg State Bank and prominent in business circles .in his home town. " ‘Mrs. M. A. Hutchison and daughter Martha spent the week end at | R e SIS T

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