Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 9A, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 May 1921 — Page 1

TWICE WEEKLY

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS OUT - THAT JOE E. ROBERTS AND FRED M. HENDERSON FAIL-- { ED TO REPORT Local Draft Board Has Serious Doubts . of the Government .Contention

' The Kendallville News Sun has the following data concerning two alleged Noble county slackers:. . | “T. A. Redmond of this city and W. W. Wood of Ligonier clerk and chair@nan, respectively of Noble county’s draft board during the world war have received official. information from the ‘war department at Washington, D. C., that Noble county is accredited with two deserters during the world wal';; h‘he persons in. question are Joe l".‘.} Rogers, alias Joe Rogers, alias Jo 2 Roberts of Kendaﬂville,r and Fred M. Henderson of Ligonier. - < “It is the opinion of:the county board that neither person mentioned was a deserter, and if such was the case no record is available at the office of T. A. Redmond, clerk of the board. It is believed Henderson was killed in an explosion,, but no information confcerning who Rogers or Robers is, his’ ‘occupation of his whereabouts is available. The board is anxious to give Noble county a clear record and any information forwarded to T. A. Redmond concerning either of the alleged deserters will be appreciated and advainced to the war department now compiling a report of slackers for 'general publication throughout the newspapers of the United States:”

Justice is Blind.

A blind justice of the peace, trying a deaf mute who was accused by another mute, and with practically all the witnesses also mute, was the unusual spectacle Thursday in the court of John M. Brumbaugh, of Elkhart. Mr. Brumbaugh has been blind for several years, his vision failing after he was first elected to office. The case was that of the state on the relation of Edward Watkins, of Elkhart against Dike Kerr of South Bend, on surety of the peace proceedings. The ‘court dismissed the case as groundless. : : 4

The bulk of the testimony was given in the sign language, which was “interpreted” by Mrs. Martindale Newman, aspirant on the democratic ticket for the nomination of city clerk. The trial attracted many spectators.

For Decoration Day.

A meeting of al Ithose interested -in the observance of Decoration Day are requested to meet in G. A. R. hall tonight to further the plans which are well under way. An effort is being made to secure Judge Dausman, of Indianapolis, to deliver the address, but up today nosword had been.received from him. The committee on finance has been meeting with good success in raising:the necesgsary funds. J. L. Dunning feels confident in securing a good- speaker for the occasion. - »

Start Taxi ,Service. Foster & Lepird today started their taxi service between Ligonier and Fort Wayne and Ligonier and Goshen. .They will make daily trips except Sunday. Two mnew auto buses have been procured for service, one with a capacity of 16 passengers and the other with 12, The fare is 5 cents a mile. el A AT A e ol ~ Missionary Meeting. - Following are the delégates from the U. B. church to a district meeting of the missionary society Wednesday in Fort Wayne: Mesdames .Ed D. Smith, John 7. Baker and Will H. Green. The OtterbineGuild will be ‘represented by the Misses Helen Wade and Leah Kime. | st ‘ . Trees For Soldiers. e _The South Bend post of the American Legion is planning to plant trees along the Lincoln highway commemorating the residents of St. Joseph county who founght in the recent war. A tree is to planted. for each man.

Dies - Suddenly. Abijah Bottenfelt -age 74 lifelong resident of Gohsen, died Friday after a short illness. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Pioneer Merchant Dead. Joseph Singler, 83 pioneer merchant of aGrrett is dead after a lingering illness of four years due to senility. ' Y It is impossible to express show grip} ping and intensely interesting Cecil De ‘Mille’s. super production. “Why Change Your Wife?” You must see it, to appreciate it at Crystal Thursday and Friday. = . e H&rg Miller son of Mr. and Mrs. _R. F. Miller, of Topeka Will leave in 8 few ‘days for Washington where ~he has received an appointment as ~apageinthe U, S senate, -

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1 NEWS NOTES This is the last day to pay taxes without the penalty. ; ' Millersburg has several new cases of smallpox to contend with. Mrs. R. B. Weaver spent Sunday with Ligonier friends. - The Ford automobile works is now turning out 4,000 #rs a day. %

Prof. and Mrs. Craig paid their friends in Hartford City a short visit Miss Golda Grenwalt of Elkhart'was a week end guest of Mrs. Hugh Cole. "Thomas Jackson spent Sunday in Elkhart with his son Wallace and Wife, :

Frank McGuin of South Bend, came to Ligonier to spend Sunday with his family. 2 % Miss Mirta Bragington of Toledo vigited Sunday with her mother Mrs. Fayette Lepird. g Miss Laura Rex was home to spend Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Luther Rex. .

Councilman George W. Starr has just celebrated the 62d anniversary of his birth. - .

Mrs. Jane Lucky, of Elkhart was a Sunday guest of her daughter Mrs. George King. The Moose lodge of Kendallville is fathering a street carnival for all next week in that city. ey George Ramsby took to the woods Sunday and succeeded in rounding up feur mushroom .~ { :

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Holm, of Mishawaka came Sunday rto visit at the home of James Holm. : Messrs and Mesdames L. L. Koon and F. E. Weir paid their LaGrange friends a visit Sunday. - W. H. Germane, of Toronto, Canada, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCloskey.

Mesdames Hanna Addison and Albert Hite attended a Baptist conference in Goshen Sunday. ~ - Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McGuire of Kendallville spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Lepird. =~

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hire motored from South Bend Sunday and spent he day with Miss Olvie Galbreath.

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Schlotterback spent ther day Sunday in Piercéton guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pollock

Mr. and Mrs. Buel Miller came from South Bend and spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller. Frank Weaver and family of Churubusco, were Sunday geusts of Mr. and Mrs. A, B. Weaver in this city. ‘ ~ James W. Smith, Frank P. Wood, Joeph W. Smith and James Adams ‘were in Albion this morning paying their taxes. ; '

“As shown by the official statemnt published in this issue of the Banner the resources of Citizens Bank are $932,215.66. - : :

Mr. and Mrs. Dale’ Sockrider and two children, of Toledo joined their mother Sunday on a visit with Eikhart friends.: i

Dr. C. G. Keehn is in Fort Wayne as the representative of Noble county at a regional meeting of the Red Cross for this district.

Kick Head left Sunday for Atheos, Ohio where he has accepted a position with the Overland automobile company. - : S

Mrs. M. J. Norris of Mishawaka came to attend the funeral of her uncle Rev. T. J. Mawhorter, held at Cosperville this afternoon. ;

Al Ramp of North Manchester purchased eight fine horses of Ed Kenney Saturday night and roaded them to his home. . ’

Primary eléctors will be held in all Indiana cities ’g%;esday. Ligonier escaped by advancing just enough candidates to fill the tickets of the.two leading parties. —

Miss Flora McHackett of Monon won the prize of $l,OOO offered by the Chicago Tribune for the most beautiful girl in Indiana. The. smalier prizes went to girls in Indianapolis Evansville and LaFayette. ' J. L. Davis of the Blackstone Institute, Chicago is trying to locate the Noble county residefit who loaned him a fountain pen on a N. Y. C. train the other day so that the article may be returned to the owner. :

John Schnur was fined $230 and given a 30 pays jail sentence in the Elkhart superior court on a plea of guilty to bootlegging. This is the fourth proprietor of a soft drink establishment at Elkhart to be sent to fail. e el R Edith Reynolds the sixteen year old Columbia City girl who eloped with H. E. Gilbert a bogus soldier the other day, writes to her friends that she is ‘deserted in Kansas City and that she wants to return home. The sheriff of ‘Whitley county has gone after her.. A young man giving his name as B. J. Johason and his home as Toledo floated a bogus check for $560 on a Goshen merchant and abandoned a Studebaker touring car there the other day. It is thought the car was stolen. - -

~ - Publie Sale. 1 I will offer at public auction at my residence in Kimmell on Saturday May 7th my household goods, also a Delco light plant. | Mrs. S. K. Slentz. - . - T g e Young men, women, over 17 for Postal Mail Service $l2O mponth. FExaminations May. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars of instrucF{!l%n, write R. Terry, (former Civil Service examiner) 1401 Continental lmdg, Washington D. C. 9a3t. Wy Clange Tour Wile: ..

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,INDIANA. MONDAY MAY 2, 1921

SCHOOL ENUMERATION = SHOWS SMALL DECREASE SINCE YEAR OF 1920, . e Total Number*of Children of Scheol Age In Ligonier Found to

Ligonier has 397 children of school age as shown by the report of Mrs. Evanna Smith, who has just completed the enumeration. This is a loss of filve during the year. Mrs. Smith accounts fér the loss by the removal from the city of so many families and the housing conditions. It is next to impossible to procure suitable residence privileges for people who desire to come to Ligonier to live. The census report shows that there are 170 boys attending school as against 160 girls. This is an unusual condition. ‘ o i

‘Total number regularly employed is 53; total number unemployed 14. -

The number of empty dwelling houses in the city are very few.

£ & Wanted, Used Garments, ‘ Cleveland, 0., April 29—Quotas of garments and layettee§ to be pro!duced for the hundreds of thousands of waifs of Central and Eastern Europe by volunteer workers of the American ‘Red Cross have just been.announced for Lake Disivision, which now embraces Qlio, Indiana, Michiagn, West Virginia and eKntucky. The division quto of 300,000 garments for boys and girls up to 14 years and 38,000 layettes has been apportioned as follows: Ohio, 100,000 garments; 15,800 layettes; Indiana, 70,000 ,garments; 8,500 layettes; Michigan, 70,000 garments; 8,500 layettes, West Virginia, 30,000 3,000 layettes; Kentucky 30,000 garmetns; 3,000 layettes. . : “Please Muvver, tan't we send this dwess to one of the poor, litll babies?” The three-year-old daughter of a Red Cross volunteer worker in an Ohio chapter had been told by her mother of the sufefring litlte ones overseas. Slipping from her mother’s knee, she ran to her nursey for the little dressi she had outgrown. As she held it out to her mother, 'tears glistened in her eyes. | . l

Revised Jury List. -Following is a revised list of petit jurors to serve during tde-May term of circuit court as furnished by County Clerk Deteér: ; Solomon Bowser, Perry Twp. Joseph McCoy, Greén, Twp. Frank L. Shambaugh, Green, Twp. - D. J. Smith, Allen T’vgp. - ~ William Hosler, Orange, Twb. L. L. Baker, Wayne Twp. - Harry Green, Perry, Twp. : ~ Arthur J. Franks, Elkhart, Twp. . ~ Charles Dull, Sparta, Twp. - William J. Engerman, Swan Twp. ‘William Cleland, York, Twp. 2 Hugh Luckey, Noble Twp. // : | N 25th Anniversary. . ' _Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Gus Baker celebrated the 25th -anniversary. of ‘their marriage with a big chicken din‘ner. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are the parents of nine children and one grandchild all living and present at the celebration. The guests were brothers of Mr. Baker and their families aside from Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shell, of Wolcottville son-in-law and Eli Beckner and family close neighbor. Among those present were Ollie Baker and family, of Millersburg; Mr. and Mrs. John T. Baker Ligonier. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Baker received a number of beautiful silver pieces. ,

Cavin’s Lumber Company,

Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state for the Kendallville Lumber company, will receive the A. B. degree in Indisale and retail lumber, coal and 'building\ material; directors, W. A. Cavin, C. H. Barnsby, E. H. Sabrosky, M. S. Rudisill. Mr. Cavin is a son-of John L. Cavin of this city and a prosperoys business man of Sturgis, Mich.

Caddie Glant Married.

. Miss Caddie Glant, a former resident of the Hawpatch, and a sister of the late Ora Glant, was united in marriage with Dexter Scott of Tterre Haute April 16th at Indianapolis. They will reside at Terre Hautes and will be at home to their friends in that city after May 1.

Appendicitis Operation. - Bert Tumbleson was successfully operated on for appendicitis in a South Bend hospital Sunday evening. Mr: Tumbleson took violently - ill Saturday and was rushed to the hospital just in thé mitch of time, - S o : : Four to One. ~ The vital statistics compiled in the office of Health Officer Lane show for the month %&tﬁiﬁ‘mdemhs and on‘e,-birbh in& Ligoniex:. e '+ The maa-M that Tis wife no"!?&&er “dresses like his aunt’ ’in “Why Change Your Wife' "at Crystal

Death of Rev. Mawhorter. : Rev. Thomas J. Mawhorter, a well known and prominent Noble “county ‘ 5 ’?f‘ ﬁ;{é W : ' ¢ | __ :

‘minister died late Friday afternoon at his farm home near Cosperville after a lingering illness. He had been bedfast since last October. He was a candidate for the state legislature-on the democratic ticket at the last-elec-tion but was forced to withdraw from any active part in the campaign on account of illness. e - Rev. Mawhorter was born in Noble county 68 years ago and in 1874 he married Miss' Minda Rendel.” Surviving besides the widow are the sons and daughters, Marvin E. Mawhorter of Plymouth, Mich., Walter R. Mawhorter of Woodland, Cal., D. M. Mawhorter of Rensselaer, Ind., T. J. Wawhorter Jr., at home, Mrs. Minda Snyder of Ligonier, Mrs. Dora Rose and ‘Miss Emma Mawhorter, both at home. Two grandchildren also survive. Baca

~Rev. Mawhorter formed the organization composed of couples’'married by him in his capacity as clergyman and each year a reunion was held. The last meeting held in June 1920 was at the home of Rev. Mawhorter. The funeral was held this afternoon at Cosperville churech. e

Very Mysterious Disappearance -

Howard K. Sage, who has been associated with H. S. K. Bartholomew in the ownership and publication. of La Grange ‘Democrat Call since January of .1921, disappeared Sunday evening, April 24, leaving po word as to his destination or intentions. 5

Mr. Sage came to LaGrange from Stﬁrgiq, Mich.,, where he was foreman of the Daily Journal office.

- A few weeks ago Messrs. Sage and Bartholomew installed at\their plant, a linograph machine at ~a cost -of about $4,000. Mr. Sage is an expert operator and was the business and advertising manager of the paper. Mr. Bartho\lqmew was managing editor. The missing man’s wife who is still in LarGange, knows nothing as to where he has gone or why he left. .Many rumors are afloat concerning the disappearance of Mr. Stage, but the case remains a mystery.

.~ Auxiliary Meeting. . . The Women’s Auxiliary :to the American Legion will entertain its prospective members Wednesday evening at seven-thirty at the Legion headquarters. - Members please™make it a point to be there to welcome our guests. : We shall be called upon to participate in the- extensive Memorial Day plans. Let us put our,whole hearts in to the work and make a big showing. - She Was Broke. : " Miss Rhoda Rockey- of Whitley county caused considerable excitement at Columbia. City late Thursday night when she appeared on the streeis stranded ' and asked. for shelter aud protection for the night. Miss Gaskill Red Cross representative looked after care of the girl. e e : Forty Gallons in Sewer. ' Stern police-officers of Fort: Wayne stood serrowfully by resterday when J., K. Johnson a federal prohibition ‘ag‘ent, poured forty gallons of whisky into a sewer.. The liquor had been confiscated by the officers during the past several months. \ : ;

HERE AND THERE |

‘“Why Change Your Wife?”’ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kime, of Mishawaka, were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs. Jess Hite. 2 i

Miss Harriet Kimmell who had been attending school in Chicago is home for her summer vacation.

Miss Martha Bowman spent the week end in Goshen a guest of Mrs. Ray Ralston. Mr. and Mrs. R. H: Dygert were Sunday geusts of Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Coni, o T " The Misses Vitg, Egele and Helen Flowers spernt ‘the Weeék end with friends in Goshen. & .. . .~

Mrs. Sig Kann and children who had' been visiting relatives in Kendallvile returned home Sunday.

Mrs, Richard Sweetnam, who had been on an extended visit in Chicago with' relatives has returned home. Mr. and Mrs, R. H. Dygert will soon occupy the William Tyler house on Second street just vacated by Allen Kempp. LR :

Mrs. C. C.. Lung attended the graduating exercise of the Wawaka school Saturday her daughter being a member of t\heﬁ. _ i Mr. and Mrs. Myers and little son Richard of Cleveland Ohio were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Seitz, Mrs. Myer’'s parents.

Dr. Herebrt Willet professor in the University of Chicago will deliver the commencement address .at Kendallville on May 27, when a clags of thirtyfour students will be graduated. - - Miss -Ollie Wolf today received a letter from Charles V. Growing of Ada Oklahoma, stating that a big oil boom is on there“and that the town is crowded with ‘speculators. Mr Growing is in the glass business. =

[. EIGHTH - GRADE OF LIGONIER SCHOOLS TO PRESENT DOUBLE | PLAY TO THE PUBLIC ig" . % Cast of Characters Includes Many Puplls who Are Well Trained for - Parts :

Given by the Eighth Grade. Literary Society at the High School Auditorium on May 5 and 6. : b | " “Patty Saves The Day” | Miss Nelson, the pet teacher,—Clara Yoder. el e B . Maisie Marsh, Freshmen--Bonnie Lane. : . f . Helen Milton, Freshmen—Mary Helen Mentzer. : o s Sidney Marsh, Maisie’s - brother— James Schutt. e Oliver Prescott, Maisie’s cousin—Edward Fisher. - | - Patty Steele, the “Mouse” Martha Holloway. ot Tilly, 'the maid—Willadeane Firestone. ' e Sara Hill, Sofghomore——Mary Decker Kate Deane, Sophomore—Mary Hire Bob Wright, Sophomore Champion— Howard Baker.

Dave, the- gardner’s son—Karl Bourie. R ] .~ A Perplexing Situation” | ~ Mr. Middleton, inclined to be miserly—William Benthin. : i Mrs. Middleton, his patient wife, Esther Keasey : : Tom Middleton, his sou—Lester Bolitho e s Jessie Middleton, his elder daughter—Josephine Reese [ Sue Middleton, his second daughter—Mabel Wade g Lucy Fairfax, an adopted niece—Madena Fair. | ! i -Maude Lawrente, a - friend—Helen Kelley o : o Mrs. Pryor, a neighbor—lnez Ameling v

- Lieut. Alexander Wilson, Jessie’s friend—Errington Bowen.’ Mary, the Irish maid—Marjorie Ruby Mr. Sellen, an agent—John Weir Dr. Reynolds, the health officer—Geo. Craig. i » o ; Fritz, the man of all work—Lester Slue. G : ;

. Uncle . Epitumas, from way up country—Everton Williams. Chief of the Fire Department—Ralph Rex. ; : : : ‘ .- . Special Numbers Music by the High School Orchestra Reading-—Rose Mary Bourie. Folk Dance—Mildred -~ Wineburg, Fern Blue, Mary Mentzer, Martha Holloway, Irene Nelson; Bernice Hite, Athol Johnson, Wiladean Firestone. Spanish Song—Mary Weyer. Jolly Jokes—Ted Braden, George Butt, Ray Castetter, Jack Draper, James Keley, Robert Wigton, Everitt Smith, Adrian Wolfe, James Schlotterback. 3 2 . DI I ~ Spray Your Fruit Trees. Apple growers in Indiana should contihue to spray their trees as examination of orchards show many trees have set a small per cent of fruit, F. N. Wallace, entomologist for the state department of conservation announced M. Wallace’s statement was made following a tour through southern Indiana counties , several of which were ' extremely hard hit by recent frosts. “If the trees are given good! care some will produce a paying crop” he says. ; G e ~ The state entomologist points out that no fruit grower should neglect this year to spray even though there is no fruit, for if he does the diseases attacking the trees will get such a hold it will take several seasons continuous work to overcome the damage ‘done this year. He advises use of a spray consisting of one and a hali pounds of powdered arseante of ‘lead to 50 gallons of water, to which add 5 quarts of lime sulphur solution. Apply spray after the petals fall. 200 : . Loses His Pocketbook. Luke Hill, aged 95 civil war veteran residing at~Cromwell lost his pocketbook in that town the other day containing $3O of his pension money The finder has failed to disgorge.

- Postponement of Farmers Meeting. . Owing to an important meeting to be held at Albion next Thursday evening May bth to consider the wool question the regular meeting of the Perry township Farmers Association which was to be held on that evening is postponed until Thursday evening ‘May 12th.. v - . ; : !_ Members: will please take notice. - : fwva Sec'y ; , ~ See Thomas Meighen and Gleria wanson in “Why Change Your Wife” at ‘Crystal Thursday and Friday. : - New Milk Route, PR - The Willow Springs Dairy will put on a milk route i Ligonier beginning delivery Monday May 9. Price for milk delviered will be the same as at present“ AR ‘"@ f. 2 Charles Castetter = Phone No. 832, m gm s e, G 0 NGO ‘. % * G *@?ﬁm{%ﬁﬁﬁﬂﬁ

~ NEWS NOTES - : “Why Ch-angé Your Wite?" Another cold wave hit Ligonier between the eyes this morning. & ..Dr. C. D. Lane attended the Red Cross ‘meeting in Fort Wayqe'today. - AR R, : Attorney Wigton and family spent Sunday with LaGrange relatives. Inhaling the fumes of blue .vitriol proved fatal to Otto Hunt, 60, an Elkhart painter. : : : s W. W. Wood spent Sunday in Chicago visiting “his daughter, Miss Katherine. @ - i Come to the Crystal, Thursday and see the best attraction of the season in “Why change Your Wife? .

Mesdames Geo. Bryan, W. J. Bolitho and Otis Butt motored to South Bend }Saturday on a shopping expedition. - A e S - Stuart Carney. and Earl Bragington went to Chicago Sunday on. business and will take in a ball game before returning. 5 . £ T~ N Hubert Loeser has gone south' on a two weeks’ business trip and will visit Mississippi, Lousiana and Texas before returning. = ° \ No trace of Henry J. Sterling, escaped prisoner from the Elkhart jail, has been found. He has now been absent about a week. . g : R RTSB S Mrs. C. R. Rice visited her daughter Mrs. Wallace Jackson in Elkhart a few days. Mrs. Jackson who had been quite ill is much.improved. R A S NIRRT Jacob L. Sheets has sold to Seagly Brothers part of lot 22 in Ligonier. The lot is the vacant one lying just south of the Blazed Trail Garage. ik St A A 8| ¥ | It is significent that of the 80 postmaster nominations sent to the senate by President Harding not a single democrat was included in the list. ‘

) “Zimmerman, Land Man, Logen Near”, was the address on a'letter re{ceived by F. W. Zimmerman from a ‘LaGrange county resident Saturday. e SR e d ~ County Attorney Vanderford is attending the three-day session of 'the commisisoner’s court in Albion. Several road petitions are to be considered. .- A '\ s R ABt 5 Herman Sack engaged to play ball with the Lincoln Life team at Fort Wayne helped tb win a -close game with Lima Sunday, the score being 6 to 5. ' , o ; R R At Cincinnati the announcement was made by authority that Kentucky and Tennesee coal to Indiana points had been reduced from $1.83 to $2.11 on each ton. ’ Lha

The following Noble county ladies attended the Red Cros meeting in Fort Wayne today; Mesdames Nellie Sedgwick, Chester Jospeh, Milo Calbeck and J. E. Luckey.

Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Rowe and son, Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Saggars and Henry Petersen and family were entertained at Sunday dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Blake, of Ligonier.

Word comes from a Fort Wayne hospital that Fred Hess, who a few days ago was operated on for cancer of the stomach, is much improved. He had been very near death for 24 hours.

The following students from Avilla will receive the A. P. degree in Indiana university this year: Miss Agnes Bessie Stewart, history; Miss Zelma Steinbarger, latin; and Herbert Eley, chemistry. = . o

- There was a report on the streets today that the bank at Avilla had been robbed sometime Sunday night. The report could not be verefied. The police officers had heard nothing of the ‘alleged occurance. . :

Mrs. - Simon Ackerman of Fort Wayne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Schloss of this city was a delegate to the Parent-Teachers convention in Washington and was entertained by ‘Mrs. Harding wife of the president.

The Forty-Four Oil and Gas company of Goshen, capital $250,000, has filed articles of incorporation. The

purpose 'of the organization is to sink oil and gas wells. Directors are E. C. Lantz, E. E. Ash, M. A. Farver, Cornelius Schrock and L. O. Parcell.

J. B. Culver, janitor at the high school building who some. time ago recaived a severe injury to his leg in a tussle with a fractious calf, is still confined to his home and it will be some time before he will be able to reswne his auties. Mrs. Grgham Lyon who recently returned from a South Bend hospital where she was confined for several weeks was early this morning removed to a Fort Wayne hospital by Herbert Brown in the Brown ambulance. Mrs. Lyon has not been well since the_birth of mn%mm Woeka gD, o . v o bl S iR Bl R ee o e

MONDAY THURSDAY

VOL. 55 NO. 9A

PLEA FOR CASH WON BY SHITH

COUNCIL APPROPRIATES $lO A - WEEK TO HELP PAY EXPENSE OF OPEN AIR BAND CON- . ' CERTS 4

City Will Probably Beautify Riverside Park On Petition of Many Citizens

- Chester C. Smith wag successful be-’ fore the city couneil Thursday night in his plea for an appropriation to help defray the expense of free band ‘concerts in Ligonier during the coming summer, securing $lO- a week- for a period of fifteen weeks, or about $l5O. The appropriation last year was only $l5 a month, not enough to raise a sound. e Mr. Smith will make a canvass of the business section to ascertain just what amount he can raise by popular subscription. Ligonier had a very good band last year under the management fo Mr. Smith and with the proper encouragement ‘a home band will give an open air concert one evening ofeach week during the coming sum-, mer. G : / 'W. W. Wood, Irvin Jacobs and J. L. Dunning, finafice committee for the Memorial Day celebration appealed to the council for a small appropriation to help defray the expense of hiring a band for May 30. The maunicipal body appropriated $25 for a free concert on the evening of Decoration Day. Mayor Henoch and each member of the council expresed agreement with., the proposal to beautify the plots of ground belonging to the city just south of 'the river bridge on Cavin_ street. the matter was brought to the attention of the city fathers by Ralph Strait, L. L. Koon headed by C. R. Stansbury, who presented a drawing iof the grounds. H The proposal is to Iplant flowers. and shrubbery on the small triangular piece of ground just east of Cavin street. The large lot on the west of Cavin- is to be leveled off, provided with two tennis courts, .’a croquetet ground and a fence of shrubs and flowers. Gravel walks will be constructed through the ground and the whole plot improved. The estimated expense for the whole work is less than $2OO. The matter was referred to the Park committee composed of Kelley, Vance and Galloway with power to act. N * An ordinance was passed readjusting salaries of city employees and making a cut of from ten to twenty per cent. Under the mew schedule which took effect May Ist the pay. of city attaches is as follows: o City marshal reduced from $9O to $BO per month. Sl ‘ ~ Night policeman reduced from 380 to $7O. » : , : ~ Street commission $9O per month Meter superintendent reduced from $9O to $BO. s Assistant water works engineer. reduced from $9O to $BO. &

| Day laborers will now receive 30 cents an hour instead of 40 as heretofore. Trench workers will be paid 40" cent# an hour and man an team 60 cents an hour. The ordinance provoked a good deal of discussion, hut was finally adopked by unanimous vote. : e F A resolution was adopted obligating the city. to pay its- proportionate share of expense in the employment of an expert to look after the interest of the municipalities affected by the peition of the Indiana and Michisan Electric company for an increase in rates. The cities involved are Somth Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart and Ligonier and for the expense of the expert’s services each city will pay according to population. A new appraisal and valuation of the Eleetric company’s property is to be made. Mayor Henoch presided at the coun¢il meeting with all members present, Vance, Starr, Kelley, Feltheiser and Galloway along with Clerk Jeanneret Attorney Wigton, Marshal Showalter, Policeman Fisher and street commissioner Deter. The session was the. longest one of the season, lasting nearly three hours. : .

’ Arguments Close. : Argument in the rate case of the Indiana and Michigan Electric company was concluded Thursday before the public service commission which took the case under advisement. = } Most of the day was taken by counsel for industrial power cénSm_n.etz‘; attacking the company’s position with the assertion that its net earnings ‘were reduced by wrong charges to maintenance. It also was contended that the companyf&~z‘ﬂﬂ for an increase on the basis of rising gosts ob~ tained no longer, the range of prices having hit. the decline since the company filedsits petition l Wigton who aitended the hearing ar~ rived home Thursday evening. ~ zeraie O f«” _ The King's Ditghiees” will mésh Wood sad . X Dukes -of AG. Christie spent Sunday W