Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 42A, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 December 1920 — Page 1

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LIGONIER POULTRY ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED YOR THIS CITY THURSDAY NIGHT Probability Tbat Noble Ceunty Or ganlzation- Wil Jein In Making . Show a Big One _ When poultry fanciers met in. city hall, Ligonier, Thursday evening U organize for a poultry and pet stocl | show in.this clty late in January th | announcement was made that the N ble County Poultry Asscciation hee expressed a willingness to Jjoin h puttitg on a big show in this eits late .iln January and the propositios met with much favor.- It-is felt tha by joining forces the two organizd tions will ba able to put on a muel larger exhibition in both Albion an: Ligonler. - _

It was suggested that fnasmuch a the county show was held at Albio last year it should come to Ligc nier this time and go back to tk county seat next year. - These, how ever are details to be worked out. After considerable discussion the at tendants organized under the npam Ligonier Poultry Association an elected the following officers: President—J. W. Draper Vice President—Conrad White . Secretary—Mister Austin. . Treasurer—Dr. W. A. Shobe - - Executive committee—Harvey Hul Carl Bourie, Frank McDaniel. Superintendent—Mister Austip.

There are a great many brecder | of good fowls in and around Lironie and Noble county is noted for her fin chickens. It {s believed by holdin; the Ligonier show 'a little late exhib. tors will -come from surrcunding countieg. The date of the evLivitio: will be fixed ro as not to conflict witi shows to be held in nearby countle: Ancther meeting will be held soo. on call of the pregident. . - Whiskey Runncr Taken. Archibald Rowe, of St. Paul, Minn when arrested on the Lincoln High way west of Ligonier by a feder agent Thursday had an auto load of whiskey. - Rowe had on his person $589 an two certificates of depasit in a Sout.. Bend bank worth $l,OOO each. H indicated to the Elkhart police tha he was rcady to plaad guilty. Th booze he sald was enroute from T, ledo to St. Paul. Judga Hile acceptc a cash bond cf sl,oooand suspende: sentence until after Christmas. : From Sand Puncs to Clifty Falls, It is. a dream of the state cot servation commission to establish : chain of state parks, connected b hard-surfaced roads, from the sar. dunes at Michigan City to Clifty Fall near Madison on the Ohio river. Indana already owns some bzutiful pari but they are all located in the south ern part of the state. This is n doubt due to the fact that the sout: counties have superior natural ad vantages. The finest landscap scenes in the northern sections of th state are great corn and wheat fields Factories (flos‘!ng Down. ’ The Veneer works and the sash anc door plant at Goshen have shut down throwing many workmen out of em ployment. The other factories ther: are operating on short time will greatly reduced forces. At South Benu the Btudebaker and Singer plants ar. operating with small forees anc Mishawaka factories are readjusting This means many idle men. Fortu nately Ligonier manufactories ar: going with full forces and full tim and the depression is not so notic able here. i

Banks Come to Rescue. The Cromwell Advance says (th: banks of Cromwell and Kimmell cam to the relief of the towrship truste: and financed the schools of Sparta The State Bank of Kimme!! M. Growcock, cashier, and the Cromwell Stat: Bank with J. C. Kimmel! in charg. furnished something near. $4.000 fo: the purpose. Had this nct been dond the schools would have had to clos. as thy township was brok.. - Purchase Brewcry Property. George W. Starr and son Fred hav purchased the property in this city o the Terre Haute Brewing Co., consisi ing of three buildings near the quil factory. One of the buildings was used by the brewing company as a colu storage plant and the Messrs. Stan may convert it into an ice house fo: which it is admirably adapted. S _ ‘To be Consolldated. : - The mutual or what is known as th Farmers Telephone companies in LaGrange county are to bs mergad an. operated under one head with one ex change. This is figured will giv:

The Tigonier Banner,

| ‘THE KING'S NATAL DAY In Song amnd Story at the Presby. . terian Church. . Curisunas will be obkcerved. at the Presbyterian church next Bunday by iplendid music and lmpressive ser sices both in the morning and at th vesper services. In the morning a 0:45 o'clock a sp:cial sermon wil be delivered on the “The Magnificac he Song of Qur Lady of Sirrows. 3pecial music will be a feature of th! iervice. : : In thé evening at the Vesper eor ‘'ce, an organ recital composed o bristnras music will be rendored b fiss Martha Hutchison, while a spl*n ''d choir under the direction of D 7. G. Keehn will offer a program tha vill surpass many of those of the pas’ ears. Dr. Keehn's ability as a choif | lirector has been recognized for long wit at this service all the experienc f past years will be brought int Mlay in @ beautiful choral offering ne of Rev. Meyer's clever five minut “ddres=es will be a feature.

On Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock wing Christmas eve, the children o he Sunday school will greet San‘: ‘laus with a program that is goin: o prove very entertaining and enjoy ible. A well decorated tree wit omething for every youngster an: Id Bt. Nicholas himselt will be ther o show the Christmas spirit of lov ind cheer. ; Evervbody is cordially [avited t ome | o -

‘ Death of Alva Hostetter. - Alva Hostettler, lifelong resident v ‘oble county, and. liveryman at Al fon for the past. thirty years, dle ‘hursday morning at his home. Deall /a 8 due to kidney trouble, following : aven. weeks' illness. . | Mr. Hostettler was born on the Hos: ‘ettler homestead near Ljgonier anc eated 'in Albion a number of year. go. By virtue of his business, he b. ame widely known over the count, nd maintained a large circle c. riends by his honest business meth ds. Fraternally, he was idantifie ¢ith Albion lodge No. 231 Kniglits o. ’ythias. ! : His widow, two sons Fred of Soutl lend and Riles of Avilla, a daug!te:r. drs. Kate Hiatt of Albion; three sisars, Mrs. Rosa Trowl of Top:ka, Mrs, >. R. Stansbury of Ligonier and Mr. ieorge Boyer of Decatur, 111., and ¢ rother Milton of Ligonier, survive., The funeral was held Saturday af .rnoon at 2 o'clock from th: U. L nurch in Albion. Interment Albjor :emetery. L .

S —— \ v Doyne Suydcr Married. | The following s taken from th. iendallville News-Sun and will b ead with interest by Ligonier peopl: “Friends here have just l:arned ¢ h marriage at LaGranga: Tue¢sday ©. soyne E. Snyder of this city and Mis ' sthel M. Reade, daughter of Mr. aun Ars. Chris Reade, who resid: nea. south Milford. Following ‘tha cere aony the young couple returned t ne brides home where a wedding upper was served. . They are no\ .aKing their home in this city botl. .olding positions in tha Kendallvil -staurant. . Mr. Sanyder is tha son G: .r. and Mrs. Henry Snyder of Lig. .ier, former residents of Kendallv.li.. ‘le has always made his home hare. ‘Wright Gets Life Sentence. - The jury in the case of the state ol ndiana vs. Jack ‘Wright, chargd witl. he murder of Henry Mussel in the ot ice of the Mussel Brewing compan) ‘'n South Bend on the evening of D.. sembr 80, 1915, tried in the LaPort .ircuit court, returned a verdict o. Zzuilty Thursday afternoon, after havng been out ,21 hours. Wright i 7 years old. His punishment wa ixed at imprisonment for life 1. dichigan City prison. _ 5 ‘ Would Tax Bank Deposits. . A tax of one quarter of one per tent on all bank deposits is proposed ir . bill in troduced in congress by Re yresentative Treadway of Mass., a re sublican member of the house way: «nd means committee. Mr. Treadwa} stimated that such ‘a tax would ne. + revenue of approximately one bil lijon dollars annuallly.

_ Away Ahead of Cromwell | Ligonier is bound to lead that en erprising town of Cromwell. Saturlay morning when the denizens ol romwell arose they found am inca t snow on the ground. - Ligonic -esidents had the extreme satisfactio}. t tinding a mantle of over two inche: £ the beautiful. It pays to advertise

Named Voeational Director. E. A. Wreidt of Springtield, 1. upervisor of Industrial Education i 1 llinois, was Friday elected director i rocational training in Indiana by the .tate board of education. He suc seeds J. C. Collicott, who resignec jome time ago, to become schuocl superintendent at Columbus, Ohio. . Had Lived in Elkhart. Charlés Radi, Italian murdered iv Tlkhart a week ago Sunday night hac ived in Elkhart eleven years ago, th. police have learned. It has also been ‘earned that persons living near th scene of the accident heard a woman ¢ icreams. just before the shots werc Sired. * £

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY. INDIANA. TUESDAY DECEMBER 21. 1920

- RENDERS VALUABLE SERVICE Rev. Harry Thompson, of Christian - Chureh, Active In All Efforts For Betterment of Ligonfer - —Althcugh a resident of Ligonicr nly about a year and a half Rov. iarry Thompson has brcome acuainted with many propie who like ‘nd admire him for his untiring ef‘orts in promoting all enterprises for he advancement and upbullding of he community. While devotad to hls “hurch work and attentive t> b« ninisterfal duties. Rev. Thimpsoas found time to study lccal cond fons and sot about to improve thor: ‘n this work he doea not proesed cr he theory that Ligonier is differen: rom other cities of her sz and hor reople better or worse than the: ieighbors, but he acespts things a 1e finds them and in a mod-st, unasuming way exerts his efforts along ‘ivic lines to correct any little inluences which seem out of sympathy vith the best regulations. He s ac ive in the social work for the boy: nd girls and has proven invaluabl: n performing duties assigned him b: he Ligonier Community Associatior vhich has for its object a bigger anc )etter community. : :

Rev. Thompson is véry popular wirk lis church organization and has no nly increased its membership, but ha reated new and wider interest in rc igious affairs. It is through his.ef orts that the Christian church edific 3. to be remodeled, enlarged and imroved. Plans for this work are now n the hands of an architect and th mprovements are expected to be mad uring the coming spring and sumner. Rev. Thompson i recognizec i 3 a valuable resident of the com aunity. v

| Hayes Made Police Chief, , - Mrs. Anna Summers has received ~he following notice seat by her daugher, Mrs. Daniel Hayes, pubiished ip he Hibbing (Minn.) Daily Tribune: “Daniel Hayes, for a number of ‘ears police sergeant, in the Hibbing yclice department, was today = aprointed chief, by the members of the ‘illage council. Frank Haben was ap yointed assistant chief. Hayes is ouv f, the most popular members of th« orce. Hé came to Hibbing froma Michi;an. and was formerly employed by _he Oliver company.” He is married ind resides in - South . Hibbing .The new chief who like the late Chia. Wwilliam Dwyér worked his way up rom the ranks is 'known as a stric. lisciplinarian. He acted as chief af ar the death of former Chief Archi. IcFadden. -His appointment meet: vitk the approval of Hibbing business nen. He is one of the\ youngest polic. -hiefs en the Mesaba range. . Seclety Elects Officers.

The last meeting for the yzar cf th {oble County Hecrticultural society .28 held at the Lutheran church b .Ibion Thursday aft:rnoon. Thirty.ve members were present, the smai ittendance being due to the inclemen. veather. . .

Follcwing are the officers elected fol he ensu.ng year: " President—Maurice Black Vice President—Encs Bricker Secretary—ClLanton Rimmell : Treasurer—o. F. Bonham : At the beginning of -19.0 th 2 asscc.ation had a daficit in its trcasury o 3. Now it has a surplus of §1{6.66.

: To Return Home., Uncle Newton Pancake will celosrate his 74th birthday anniversary t the home of his daughter in Misha~aka January 10, 1921. After the celewration of the event he will return t. lis home in this county. The vencrible gentleman was injured in a fall .rom an apple tree some time ago and :as been with his son in South Bead. de is"'now able to be about and wik return to his home with Mr. and- Mrs. frank Gage. : : Marricd in Goshen. ' Frank J. Solari, a South Bend Jheatrical marager and NMrs. Carrie stamets of Goslien were 1 arried re:ently and have gone sou i to spend he winter. It is the third matrixnonial venture for both the bride and groom. Mrs. Solari is president ol ‘he Goshen Buggy Top company of which L. C. Kerner is part owner and nanager and is we'! known in Ligoaier where she h: . often visited.

With Military Honors. The body of Private Williard J. Mar+in son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Jdartin, who was accidentally killed ai Joblenz Garmany on October 17, in an automobile acciddent arrived ia ~aGrange Thursday and was buried «~ith military honors. , >

~ Only Four More Days. | Including: today there are only ‘#ir more days laft to do Christmas shopping. They promise to be busy ones tor Ligonier merchants.

Street Lights Cleaned. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fisel are responsible for the fine condition o ‘he ornamental street lights on Cavin street. Mr. Fisel took the globes off and Mrs. Fisel washad them. - Mr. and Mrs. Asher Erdley left Monday on their western trip. They ';ni apend the winter in Californis.

GOMPANY WEAKENS ASKS COMPROMISE

INDIANA & MICHIGAN ELECTRIM COMPANY PERFER TO REACH COMPROMISE ON ITS PLEA

THE HEARING POSTPONED

ate Ut'litles Commlssion Indleat That No Mor? Pablle S rviee Ralss Will Be Granted Now

When the news came from the stat utilities commission at Ind'anapol ‘hat the hearing on the potition « the Ind'ana & Michigan Elvetric. Cjot for tomorrow at Scuth Bend., ha: been postponed indefinitely ths elsetr'. company evidently lost faith {n th=i contention for their attorn:zy imedat 'y proposed a compromise The compnanr s now willing to_enter into an agre mnent to accept a raise of one cent . ‘ilowatt on incondescent lighting an ne-half cent on power and forgets th ther features of its claims..

Ligonier power users now pay “ate of five cents a kilowatt hour au :ight cents for illumination. Tha enn. promise proposed would make th« power rate five and a half cents an the inccndescent service nine cents Ligonier light users now pay a ha) ~.at more than patrons of the- cor: pany in Elkhart or Jouth Bend and !: the opinion of the city offic'als her ‘t ¢ ‘ts no mere (o furnish power i Liz ier than it does in the othoitic. e i “Frobably the following ' dispatel !{ow: ‘ndiapapolis had some influsnc >u the action of the Indiana & Jlichi zan ecmpany. e

The price of ccal and other ma terfals which go to make up tii yperating costs of public wutilitic: have started to drop according to :h public¢ service commission. Up until ¢ short. time ago-these prices continuec to increase and necessitated rate in creases in many instances but tha) lave passed the peak and are now o ‘he down grade.” S “The conclusions of thie report ar ‘aken to-indicate that there will b ‘ew more increases grantzd in util. ty rates. Coal always has baen s ‘ut as one of the main items in th ‘perating costs of any public utillt Isking a rate of boost, but th> comm:s sion predicted that “coal will be les burd:nsome during the coming year. “There are numerous p:titions pend ‘'ng before the commission marn atilities trying to “get under the wir efore the drep in operating costs be 2ome evident.” s

Mayor Henoch met with repressnts ives of Elkhart, Mishawaka and Sout! Jend in South Bend Friday when th rompromise prcoposition was put uj 0 them. No d:cision was riach= aor could there be until the paopl f the towns affect:d who have t yay the bills wera consult:d.

The Banner bzlieves th 2 Indana ¢ Michigan company will. not push It aatition for the increase in Ligonie: Fhere is no good reason why th people of this city should have bew made to pay a bigher rate for tha:. lectric- service in the past than thp2ople of other towns along tha line

1 the electric company and under th drcposd compromise Ligonier wouk sontinue to pay a higher serviee rate The Banner believes it is to the bas. nterests of Ligonier to hestiate befor: Igreeing to a compromise proposed b he Indiana & Michigan Eleetri sompany. The best cempromise is t permit rates to remain where the aow are. o )

Death of Miss Winebrenner.

Miss Laura Winebrenner, a nativ: sf Noble county, who spent some tim here visiting her relative Mrs. Georg 3isterhen, died in Muncie ten day igo and the remains weretaken U 3attle Creek, Mich.,, her home f» burial. Mrs. Sisterhen attended th luneral. The Winebrenner family I ;ne of the oldest in this section. Mis . Winebrenner will be well remem bered by the older residents as a lad, of fine qualities. - _

* Closes For Three Weeks. The Ligonier shirt factory eloser down Saturday for three weeks, givin: ‘he employees a vacation. The mana ger Mrs. Sparr will spand he vacation in Chicago. SR | -« Mrs, Fisher Is in Hospital. Mrs. Rollin Fisher , formerly of lmgonier, is in a hospital at Mishawahs for a serious -operation. Policemu i-am! Mrs. Cal- Fisher visited th

o . Quail Season Over. = = ° Fhe season for hunting gquail ¢losed Monday and for g2ese and ducks th gseason will close Dzesmber 31. Th rabbit season closes January 10. _ Postoffice Rush. - : ‘The Ligonier post office is_flooded with Christmas mail and will be fu the next three days. The employes: re up to their necks in packages.

'M!BESTIKG cmua: DOPE Unnsual Manner fn Which Money of - Republican Candidates Was ExThe Albion Democrat takes from th“»cords in the office of the clerk c J 42 circuit court some ilnteresting dar: “flative to the late campaign. « The D:moerat says: : “Th 2 report £l°d with the clerk b h 2 treasurer of the G. O P. and th '¥mocratic party discloses some ver‘foresting information, which shav! ' studisd and discussed and sre me plans m'ght b> made wherel 1* use of such an amount of men . Rid b 2 prohibited. ‘The report is made In such ma: ‘T that the public is but little | rmed. - The cand.dates cn the r üblcan ticket may understand whheir chairman should recsive $lO9 v his service and the Democrati: hairman receive nothing. . ' “The Republican editors of th Junty may und:rstand why to ounty chairman’'s newspaper shoul reeive $572 plus, - while the oth ‘ur, the -ccunty scat paper ir luded, should receire the amount ¢ % plus, divided as follows: Kendal lle News-5un;526.32 ;Avilla New 100; Cromwell Advance, $2.26;: Ne: ra, $7.50. : : : . “The _republican county cha! ‘an seems to have an exaltzd opinic { the influence and weight of *» apsr. His judgment may b» correc - ut a little explanation from th? pan ¢ ur Republican ed.tors of Noble cou:

‘¥ may help some : “The r:publ.cania managed the’ ampaign well, becaus they had on! 274 on hand at the- © ~ing of t} ampaign and $71.2: ar ..l oblig ons were paid, : - “The d2mocrats. did not do so we!. iic report shows a balance on ha: rom (wo vears ago of $183.50 and r: ‘ved from all sources in 1920, h luding the balance from 1918 a tot: f $611.75. The entire sum was ex rended and all bills paid, so far a ve are able to learn, all ‘expense cor lected with the campaign were mot. “The query with us is, why the re sublicans shculd spend $2,859.63 au¢ he democrats only $611.00.. Why th sepublican chairman should be allow d "$1,083.74 for his expense and M: Linsday nothing. : “Why the Ligonier- Leader, th county chairman’s paper should r seive $57235 and the other four re oublican papers the magnificlent suu a 2 |t ‘ ! :

Polsened By Buckwheat. Mr. and Mrs. Marvina Baugher, wel inow residents of Ncble county, wer yoisoned and blind>d for a conside: tble time - Thursday morning as : ‘esult of eating pancakes made fron uckwheat which Mr. Baugher lha -aised on his placa, and taken to a mi o be ground the day before. It wa letermined that a quantity of Jimso. veed seeds had become ground u ~ith the flour, causing the poisoning The famliy is recovering from the ei .:cts of their experience. S . - Bank Elcetion. The following are directors of th Allersburg State bank: ‘Simon Straus, S. F. Evans, B. I Jewey, Henry Long, Joseph Garber, 1 £, Dzall, J. F. Baker, Irvin Jacob W. B. Barnard: ~ The board elacted Joseph Garb: president, Henry Long vice presiden §. W. Hoststler cashler and Dalac Luhn assistant cashier. - Elope and Marry. Miss Neva Clouss, of Albion am Yrville Hursey of Cromwell, elcped t it. Joseph Mich., Saturday where the: vere married, returning home Monda norning. The bride is the daughte f Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clouse, of Je! ‘erson township. The groom is th son of Mr. and Mrs. Lem Hursey ¢ >romwell, and is associated with hi ‘ather in business at that place.

Christmas Shopping. Jost of the Ligonier merchants repor he largest sales of the year las jaturday. There have been large jaturday crowds in town, but every ne who appeared Saturday seemed t some to buy. Ligonier dealers ar naking special efforts to supply al lemands for Christmas goods up t Friday, night. All the stores. wil e closed Saturday, Christmas. Have Great Meeting. = Over 100 guests from Noble, Kos ~iusko and Allen counties enjoyed th neeting and banquset at Albion Frida wenfng given by the Noble count shorthorn club. A fine program wa s alt. .

~ Real Christmas Cheer. Thursday eveéning there will be i *sal Christmas cheer gathering at th Shristian church. All visitors ar wsked to come prepared to enter int ‘he Christmas spirit. - : Christmas Entertainment. ' The entertainment at the U. P ‘hurch Friday evening, Christmas eve ~ill begin at.8:00. The offering wi Je donated to the Otterbein home.. ~ __ Drinking Fountalus- Quit. Howard Fisel shut of fthe water. 2 1l the public drinking fountains Mou day. The freesing ‘weather made t

LIGONIER MAY COMPETE Basketball Tournament Dated For Av burn January 29th For This DisOt

A sectional meect of the Indiana \mateur Indeprndint Basket Ball As welation will be held at Aubumm fo he teams in D2Kald, Steudben, La irange and Noble Counties the @a: t_i.‘&x for Jacuary 29th. - ® tournament at Auburn will b ‘nder the supervision of Walter Ru! r of that city, who has been prov.

» be one of the l:ading baskst ba apagers in the state. . ~ Wayne Emmelmann, of Indian: lis. who is at the had. of the a ciation, announced that twen! listrict meets will be held over th tate and the winners of these saction ! tournaments will play in the fin: ames at Indianapolis February 24t sth and 26th. : Any tecams in the above mentione ounties desiring to receive informa ion concerning . the district meet a üburn are requested to-write Wayn ~mmelmann, 217 West Washingto Areet, Indianapolis. L

SOME GOOD SPORT | igonler Baskethall Teams Entertal Visitors With Fast Playing Friday ; and Saturday : “The Li; ‘or high school b s ba- . sthall te zave two good p:rfor: ncées last wee kwhen a game wit romwell was annexed to t' ir wi uing list Saturday evening y core <’ 9 to 3 and when the Water, oys e. *d them out Friday ev.nir. $ to 18 ' -

- Whi e thev lost the game the boy wut "+ 2 gallant fight. The brillia: cor. . Cornelius, Claudon and Biu verve sirihing features, with Long: ecker, K umell and. Grubbs formir 1 strong buckground. -~ The Ligonler girls showed fn thei 1d [orm defeating Waterloo 22 to 1} ‘he youug ladies in the lineup wer he Bolitho sisters, Clarke, Basset! sreen and Kitson. . » Will Meet Santa Clans., Every child in Ligonjer- under.l ears of age will be given an oppor unity to meet Santa Claus and re eive a gift at the Elks home begin ling Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock There will be plenty of good wome: resent to look after the little visitor wmid see that they have every atten jon. - This will be a great Christma ‘ature for the children of Ligonic nd none should be denied it.

- Christmas Eve Ball The Amercian Legion is makin; ;reat preparations for their Christma :all to be given in their room former'. {ann. hall Friday evening/and a bl ttendance Is assured. - Sacks' fu: rchestra will furnish the muysic. . "Death of John Miller. John Miller, agad 73, residing nea romwell was burled at Sparta cem :xry Sunday. Death came suddenl ‘hursday to the aged who had r. ided in the county many years. Tw .aughters survive. - NEWS MTES L2n Nelson of Syracuse visited L’ iier friends Sanday. - : Miss Harriet Lundy spent Sund. ith Goshen relatives. Mrs. Frank Cornelius was a Fo: ’ayne visitor over Sunday. - - Mrs. Ollie E. Blackman ¢f Corunn ‘as a Ligonier shoper Friday. Miss Grace Smalley spent the we nd with Mishawaka friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Slutz and Mr. ar fre. Bert Inks visited Elkhart Fr.

Miss Hazel McDowell who had bee isiting in Elkhart came home Sunda vening. :

Mrs. William Beckner came frou {endallville and spent Sunday witl ler son Jochn and wife. Miss Helen Hite came from Goshe: nd spent Sunday with her parent ir. and Mrs. Jess Hite. Mrs. Harley Inks and -daughters f Wawaka were among Ligonie. “hristmas shoppers. Rev. and Mrs. Glen L. Rice, o© >eoria, 111., anncunce the arrival of : aby boy #t their home. - _ Miss Henrietta Schloss is home rom her school in Milwaukee to spen. he holidays with her parents Mr..an: frs. Simon Schloss. Miss Dorothy Haller, who is attend chool at Columbus, Ohio, came ti pend her holiday vacation with he: ,arents Mr. and Mrs. John Haller. George Hostetter and son Carl, Oai tandolph, Fayette Lepird, Milton Hos etter and family, Mrs. C. R. Stans ury and Mr. and Mrs. Roswell Earnart attended the fumeral of Alva lostetter at Albion Saturday. Cyrial Boyer, of Decatur, 111., came o aténd the funeral of Alva Hostetter ':nd remained over Sunday with M. \nd Mrs. C. R. Stansbury. The Boye: amily formerly resided in Ligoniea nd is well known to the older res» dents. = > : Dale of fancy dressed chickens, cakes ‘ookies and candy will be held in th: .igonier -Auto Sales Co. room in th¢ Junning block on Friday of this wees ;y the young ladies of the Christia. o Rev. Thompson and he will sec

TUESDA_Y FRIDAY

VOL. 54 NO. IvA

ovfin #lOOO PER MILE mxi HIGT WAY MAINTENANCE IN NOBLE COUNTY IN SIX MONTHS PROGRAM FOR KEXT SEASCN 1m ‘i_‘r:!l Pav ment-Grovel rod Widen Rome Clty Road From Brim. ficld and Gn!.b:ml‘flghwy to Al

From April 1, 1920, to Novemb-r i, his year, 12,637 cubic yards of grav:l vere hauled and d.stribut d in'the improvement of the state h ghways ‘n Noble county, aggregating a cost of 130,110 in the improvement and maintenance of 28.5 miles of roads. Thia statement is Included in the report of ronstrucyjon and maintenancs, workng under the supservision of the state righway commission. ' The state is divided into blocks with + superintendent and corps of work - < n each block. Wayne Summers “as nde . 's supervison four countis. iobs . Steuben, D:Kalb and LaGra: ¢ \untomoblle trucks are furnished by he United States governmint and t' tate highway commission is expoe «d o keep ~ tLc maintenance of » rucks. = = | “The total expen-¢ for the poriod e .99.325 for 97.1 milcs of roads in the _Jur counties. The cost includzs tho ipkeep on trucks, new equ.pment, maerial and labor. The numb:r cf miles of roads n linained fn each county a=d the cust of ach was as follows: Noble 283 mile ost $30,110; LaGrange, 176 miles vost $18,204; Steubzn, 16.6 mils, cne, '16,395; DeKalb, 34.4 miles, cast sis. 316, - : It will be noted that the cost of naintenance of rcads taken over by he state in the district is over $l,OOO v mile. - . ' Mr. Summers states that the plans ‘or next year are about as follows. Noble ccunty—Paving the Brimfiel] ‘oad from Kendallville connécting the )avement east of Ligonier; gravel and viden the Rome City road, . runnirg lirect north to Rcme City; gravl ind widen road to Albion, located cne nile west of Brimfield, direct to Al»ion, from the state highway.

o Population Figurcs, . The population of the United Statcs 'anuary 1, 1920, as shown by th 2 It:h :ensus was anncunced officially as 05,708,771. These final figures wiil e certified to ccngrees as a basis for eapportionment cf the mambership ot hat body. The pcpulation as an.ounced October 7 was a praliminary :omp:lation. © . The population of Indiana, as ofli:ally gnnounced is 2;930,300. - Los:s Brggag:. When Miss Wilena, Wigton, Carlils nd Donald Latta arrivid f-cmx b oauw univers.ty for the holiday vacolon Friday evening they were m L at ‘romwell by Attorney and Mrs. Wig on with their car. Th 2 snow storm vas at its worst when the party h:add for Ligonier and on th 2 way ovér wo suit cases were lest by th: rondiide.” The missing baggage wa, later -ecovered. . o

_ - Takes New Position. R. E. Loy has resigned his pasition vith the Fyrac Mfg. Co, and after 'anuary Ist will be associated with ¥. B. Inks in the monumental bus.ress. Mr. Loy has lived in. this sicjpity most of his life and has a vide circle of friends in the surroundng country who will be glad te me«t lim in bis new business connection. Unusual Oil Claims, Silver Lake pecpls and p2cple livng east of there in Lake and Jackson :ownships in Kosciusko county ave nore or less excited over the pro- . pects ofofl being found in that comnunity. An yl and gas compauy 'rom Marion is said to bz prospacting ind leasing land with a view of drillng test wells. e

Sunday morning the fire d2partment was called to the residenc cf I. M. 3aum on West Third street to fiad a >urnd off hot water pipe in the basenent. The escaping steam caused but .ittle damage. ; . Loses Golden Tresses, Mrs. Ralph James went to bed at Warsaw the other night with her h2ad nveloped in beautiful golden tresses. When she awoke in ‘the morning her hair was gone, clipped off in the aight by a silent thief. : SR——; “p— : ‘ vlpm-c At Old Home, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Oyler have gone to Piqua, Ohio, Mr. Oyler’s old home, to spend Christmas and visit relatives. . Appelnted City Attorney. 'Wlltor. brother of Maurice Brubaker of Ligonier, has been appoiniad city attorney of Warsaw.