Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 48A, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 January 1922 — Page 1

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FEBRUARY SEVENTH JESSE ESCHBACH WILL TALK 70 CHAMBER OF COMMERCES jIEH-» ; BERS / L Will Assemble At Christian Church and Enjoy Banquet Served by : Church Ladies Jesse HEschbach will address the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce Monday evening February 7th at the Chritian church. * | President Wood of the Chamber has assurances from Mr. Eschbach that he well be here on that date to talk to the members of the organization.

The banquet will be served by t?xo ladies of the Chritian church who ~have won fame as caterers. ‘The meeting will be one of the most important of the year. - - POPE BENEDICT History of Pontiff Reported Dead at Rome i L ¢ Born at Pegli In' the diocese of Genoa, Italy, November 21, 1854. , Ordained to the priesthood in homeland in 1878. ; ; Became secretary to Mgr. Ram-—l \polla afterward Cardinal Rampolla, when the prelate was papal nuncio to Madrid Spain in 1883. ° - Returned to Rome with Cardinal Rampolla and entered the seccretaryship of state one of the “Minutanti’” m 1887 : : Appointed substitute of the secretairate and secretary of the Cypher in 1901 under Cardinal Merry De Val. i ' Appointed archbishop of Bologna, December 16, 1907, by Pope Pius X. and on December 25 1907 consecrated in the Sistine chapel by the pontiff. Created a cardinal -by Pope Pius X. at last consistory of pontiffs life May 25 1914. L .

Elected pope of the Roman . Catholic church September 3 1914, s Took name of Pope Benedict XV. and gave his first apostolic blessingz September 3, 1914, o

ATTENDANCE WILL BE LARGE Demoecratic Banquet at Albion Valentine Day Promises Big Crowd When the democrats meet in annual session at the Albion opera house Tuesday February 14 Valentine day, indications point to a big attendance. Responses to the announcement of the banquet have been so numerous thal it is feared the opera house will not hold the créwd andarrangements have been made for an overflow meeting. : S There will be some good speakers The banquet will be served by a society of church ladies and it will be al Ithat could be desired. : It looks as through there will b 2 as many women as men at-the meeting Perry township will send a big delegation while Elkhart and Sparta will do their part. In fact every precinct in the county,will be represented.

- Who Gets the Profit. ' Authracite coal sells in the market at $15.00 a ton. The coal operators claim the price cannot come down until wages are reduced. The coal miners claim they receive but $1 a ton fro mining coal. The other $l4

represent freight and profit. If the freight charges are ascertained it cught to be easy to figure the profits. Everybory knows the profit does not go into the pocket of the retailer. it is claimed that the retailer must be satisfied with $2 a ton delivered in the bin of the consumer. This will leave $l2 a ton for freight and profit to the operator. It seems too much. Some authority should give the public the facts relating to the cost of production and distribution of a ton

- Woman is Assaulted. Mrs. Omar Stump was accosted near her home in Elkhart the other night and badly beaten by an unknown man. Her screams frightened. the assailant away after he had struck Mrs. Stump on the head with his fist. Below Zero Weather, For the first time during the winter the Ligonier thermometers registered two degrees below zero Thursday night and Friday morning two above. There was no wind and the cold was bearable on that account. s

: Aged Man Dies. e Benjamin' Burkett aged 86 years who lived thre miles northeast of Wakarusa died Friday evening. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. William H. Ebersole of Goshen seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The deceased had relatives in Ligoner. e

~ Mr. and Mbs. Dan Eberly of east of the city visited friends at Tippecanoe lake last week. ¥ ¥ 3 s : .‘ An American Legion Post has been organized in .Middiebury.f‘ Sy

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DAIRY CATTLE TESTED Three Prominent Herds .‘;;'ear -Ligonier Found Free of Tuberculois

Owing to the fact that 9 out of 13 Thead of cows belonging to a Mr. Green near Goshen were condemned as tubercular by federal govenment inspector the story went out that it applied to W. H. Green’s Willow Springs Dairy herd. G. W. Hamilton governinnent inspeetor of Fort Wayne and Dr. George O. Smith of this city tested the W. H. Green, W. A. Cochran a,nd{l Ralph Gallup herds last week and fcund them all free of disease. There is absolutely no ground for the charge made against the Willow Springs Dairy herd. -

Income Tax in Nut Shell, WHO? Single persons who had net income of $l,OOO or more, or gross incoine of $5,000 or more.. Married couples who had net income of $2,000 OX more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. i

WHEN? March 15, 1922, is final date for filing returns and making fif‘rst pavments. .

WHERE? Collector of internal revenue for the disttict in which the person lives, or has “his principal place of business. !

HOW? TFull directions on Form 1040 A and form 1040 also the.law and regulations. o : ' WHAT? Four: percent normal tax on taxable income up to $4,000 in ex!('GSS of e}:’emption. Eight ' per cent on balance of taxable income. Sur-tax from 1 per cent to 65 per cent on net incomes over $5,000 for tho year 1921, : Go Sleigh Riding. ‘ | Mrs. Sol Henoch born and reared:in. the south, never experienced the de-i lights of sleighriding. When the deep snow came and sleighbell were heard Mrs. Henoch suggested to her husband that they take a spin Saturady. Mr. Henoch procured a horse and sleigh and they started. All went well until the corner of First and Martin streets was reached when the light vehicle went into a snow bank and turned over. There was no injury ang no

damage. Mr. Heoch who has had experience, advised his wife when the desire to sleighride comes up to put her feet in a tub of ice water, wrap

herself in a horse blanket and have some, one throw snoéw in her face while he jingles the bells and she may enjoy the delights she dreamed of in her own home. ‘

Riding the Range. Paul Ward and Earl Bragington, students in Chicago University from Ligonier Aound the confinement of school life irksome and unpleasant and they are now riding a Colorado range in the employ of the federal government. The youths are located near Denver and are said to be having the time of their young lives. - Of course the mothers of the boys are -greatly disappointed preferring that they remain in the high. institution of learning, but it may turn out for the best. i :

Ward. and Bragington are good boys standing hig in their classes and it was the aim of the parents to keep them in school until they completed their education. ' ~ Ship Serapping Program. How the' great naval powers will secrap the proudest of their fighting ships has been charted with exacting detail in an annex to the treaty. Definite prowvisions also have been made for replacements. : - The chart obtained by the United Press, shows America must scrap 31 vessels when the treaty is effectéve; Great Britain 22, as well as abandoning her building program; Japan 18, as well as abandoning her projected building program. ; g v After the first big batch of ships is scrapped this year, America scraps no more until 1934 but Britain must scrap four imore in 1925 and begin anew on scrapping in 1934 while Japan after her first scrapping does none until 1934. . B 2

Plan to Raise Bonus. Raising of $1,600,000,000 in ‘extra taxes in a period of thirty months has been determined on by administration leaders as-a means of paving the soldier bonus before British debt refunding bonds become availablc for that purpose. ¢t e Taxes on gasoline bank checks: automobiles, increased postage and a sales tax on 100 selceted articles are to provide the money, according to present plans. i : Dy This plan has been worked out in recent conferences between President Harding and senate leaders. .

Tice Harvest Prolifie,

Syracuse and Wawasee ice houses are gorged with a fine quality of ice. The Sack houses in Ligonier are full to over flowing. Albert Bordner filled his house at Hagle lake and the Diamond Lake Pike. club have stored a good supply. No chance for an ice famine retx summer, The Ligonier Ice company says ice will be much cheaper the coming season. | : Sccond Semester Begins. : . The second school semester begah today, after examinations last week, promotions in the Ligonier schools are now in order. The pupils in the local schools have made good progress, . L e o

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, MONDAY JANUARY 23, 1929

I 10 BE IMPROVED |FEDERAL GOVERMENT ANNOUN. |1 CES NO DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE OCCASIONED BY NEW LAW ' State Commissions Required to Furnish Maps Showing Routes to Be e - Improved Highway construction will not be delayed by the requirements of the new Federal highway act. The Federal -highway system will consist of roads not exceeding 7 per cent of the total in any State, designated by the“ State and .approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Work is being :rushed by all the highway departments on the preparation of maps of the proposed system, but naturally such an important matter will take some I'ttle time and consideration. The Government authorities will insist that important through routes routes meet at State lines which will require conferences between authorities of different States. L In order that work will not be delayed pending the approval of each State system the Secretary of Agriculture has amended the Rules and Regulations for Federal Aid to permit the immediate construction of such roads as it may reasonably be anticipated will become part ~of the system.- ;

State highway officials are being advised that the anticipated route of which the road to be built is a par: should be as long as practicable, preterably entirely across the State. A map must be submitted showing 'the route other prossible routes and connecting routeés. If this is found satisfactory the project wll be approved for immediate construction. =

December with is snows and wintry weather is not the best month of the yvear for building roads yet during iast December there completed 1,155 miles of Federal highways under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. -The mileage is represented in roadways that were nearing completion as winter -s;a;rted and were finished during the month. _;

In addition according to a compilation just completed by the department consderable progress was made toward the completion of $15,834 more miles of highways still under construction. At the end of November these roadways were 68 per cent complete at the end of December they were 70 per cent finished.

- RETAILERS TO MEET f State Hardware Dealers Will Hold Annual Conventfon /ndianapolis ; ‘ January 24 = d F. E. Weir of the Weir & Cowley{ Hardware Company reports that arrangements and program have been completed for the Annual Convention of the Indiana Retail Hardware Association of which he is a past presi-i dent. ‘The convention will be held at Indianapolis the week of January 24.' The greater part of the time of convention sessions will be devoted to dealer discussion of hardware retailing problems, with the view of arriving at constructive conclusions which will have the efefct of making hardware” retailing ‘in Indiana more economical and serviceable. A feature in connection, will be a show of hardware and related lines, of which there will be more than one hundred and twenty-five exhibits. R The convention program will close ‘with ‘a banquet in the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel on Thursday evening. Douglas Malloch of Chicago a humorist and enteftainer of the first rank will be the speaker. Mr. Weir is in Indianapolis at the present time on business,

I. M. Company Wins, . In a preliminary skirmish in the suit brought by the South Bend Manufacturing Co. vs the Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., involving water power rights in the St. Joseph river, Judge Walter A. Funk o fthe Bt, Joseph circuit court ruled in favor of the defendant company. The Indiana & Michigan company it is alleged ‘manipulates the flow of the St. Joseph river at Hen Island dam, where there is a big power plant that generates current used in South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Ligonier and other places. e ;

Death of Miss Hudson, . Miss Matie M, Hudson whose home is in Kalamazoo, Mich,, died of pneumonia early this morning after a short illness at the home of her niece Mrs. Lawrence Conrad three miles east of this city. Miss Hut}son was b 4 years of age was here on a visit. The remains will be taken to Kalamzoo for burial, oy e Miss Louise Self a graduate nurse of Syracuse was married in IndianaDpolis where ; she was employed to i:fesse R. Kelley of that city, ‘

- NEWS XNOTES Wayne township school patrons voted to establish a centralized school Miss Hattie Sheline and Burt Butler of Solmons Creek are newlyweds. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tyler visited Goshen relatives. ' : ~ Syracuse lost her third basketball game of the season at Mishawaka. Lost bunch of keys. Return to Banner office and receive reward. 48a2t " Miss Margaret Myérs of Auburn was a Sunday guest of Miss SaHy Bassett. -Graham Lyon left Saturday for a business trip through the south,

Louis A. Lantz /died at Goshen aged 68. : e ; Howard Hogue paid his South Bend friends a visit Friday. A. B. Weaver is entertaining a close relative a carbunkle, , Do you like to get tlie dirt out of cracks and corners-—use Blue Devil. The first-woman to serve on a jury in Allen county was Mrs. Oscar Cox. j Ms. and Mrs. Fred Tschabold Cosperville are the proud parents of a new son born Thursday. ,

Members of the M. E. Sunday school are organizing an orchestra and are preparing to furnish some good music. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kempp and little daughter of Topeka were guests of Mr. and Mrs, R. K, Earnhart. gel The Goshen Times says Louis Kerr of this city was in that city repairing fences for his political friends. Mrs. Charles Werker of Cromwell submitted to a minor operation in a Garett hospital. | Dr. Nye of Cromwell was confined! to his home by’ illness several days last week. 7 v ; » ‘Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Culver were week end visitors with Kendallville friends. - o The Rev. Stephen Palmer of Chicago preached morning and evening Sunday at the Presbyteria church - Mrs. Willard Shell was in Goshen Saturday consulting Dr. Eby the occulist: |

Miss Ines Ladd of Auburn was a week end guest of Miss Eleanor Holloway. ' j : Miss Alice Van Wagner of Mishawaka was a week end guest of Ligonier friends. : . Nolen Loy came from South Bend and spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Loy. ~ Master Richard Myers of Cleveland came Saturday /to spend two weeks with his grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Peter Seitz. . : Mrs. Edith Houser visted Sunday with her daughter Mrs. French in an Elkhart hospital. , ’ Miss. Martha Baughman spent Saturday in Elkbhart a guest of her gister Mrs. Ray Ralston. - -

Miss Wilena Wigton who spent two. weeks visiting her aunt in Elkhart arrived home Saturday. | 4 Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Zimmerman were in Goshen Sunday visiting with the W. H. Baker family. A Mr. and Mrs. William Snider spent a few days last week-visiting Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cook at Hicksville, Ohio. Melvin Schlotterback who had been quite ill of mumps was in town Satur.day for the first time in two weeks. ~ H. P. Sisterhen the grocer was confined to his home by illness several days the last of the week. : ' Miss Florence Miller of Nappanee was a guest of Ligonier friends several days last week, 5

Irvin Jacobs has gone to Chicago on a business mission and will be absent some days. } #A — ‘ Had you noticed that the bird on the new peace dolldr is an eagle, not a dove. Rather inconsistent, not! % S ——————— i—- . The ;Eagles will hold an interesting meeting tomorrow night with the initiation of candidates refrsehments will be served. - : i Jerome Kilgore and daughter Lillian are home from a course of treatment in an Elkhart hospital. Both ‘are much improved.in health, Lyon & Greenleaf have received orders for 4,000 barrels(f, flour to export. The mill i ‘nov&pt very busy filling these orders.,,

PROF. WILLIS A, FOX, ANGOLA AT HEAD OF COMMISSION IN IN. DIANA WITH BIG FORCE Survey Extends Over Enfire United States—Eigift Counties [ln This ; State Seleeted |

Surveys of school conditions in the United States are being made by persons competent to do the work ani ‘when the results of the canvass arc known each state will .be given its standing. | Indiana from the top dropped to 17th ‘place among the states and it is hoped a better showing may be made. Prof. Willis A. Fox of Tri-State college, Angola is at the head of a group of experts making a survey of Whitley county. The gentleman is well known in Noble county where he. once held the position of county superintendent of schools. He is a cousin of John and Ed Kenney. e

The expense of the survey is being met by the Rockafeller and Russell Sage Foundations with two thirds from the foundations and one third from the states. . . ;

The Indiana legislature appropriated $15,000 for our share of the expense. This means that $45,000 may be expended for the survey in Indlana . : S

The eight counties in Indiana were selected with a view of their diversity and Whitley county was selected on account of her being a strictly agricultural county.

i . NEWS NOTES Give your skin a chance—you can’t i'njure it _cleaning with Blue Devil, Mr. and Mrs. Miton White of a farm west of town are stopping at the home of Councilman and Mrs. Marion Galloway. - They will wemain wuntil about Mareh Ist. : Former Counciiman Thomas Kelley made a business trip to Chicago and spent Sunday with his son Will ard family.- Ty Harry Mentzer attempted a trip to Churubuisco Sunday in his Ford but had to give it up on account of the SNOW. - ) s

Guy Hieber will keep his friends posted on his movements near the national] capitol through the c¢olumns of the Banner. : W The January term of the Noble circuit court will close in another week. The Whitley court convenes February 6th. : ! The highways in Noble county under state supervision have been clear-ed.-of snow as fast as the workmen could reach them. B Mrs. Sarah Amiss 98 years old the oldest resident of Kosciusko county, died Friday at her homen ear Silver Lake,. . - Attorneys Wigton and Vanderford had legal business in Albion Friday when a session of circuit court was held. : ‘ N :

. Mrs. C. Hemp who had been visiting her ' daughter Mrs. Arthur Ferguson for a few,days, returned to her home| in Elkhart Friday. e The . temperature hovered around z_erofiatgrday night, Sunday and last! night showing from four below Satur—! day night to three above this morning. ‘ .Miss Blossom Lantz trained nurse of Topeka who had been caring for Mrs. Lena Stansbury left Saturday for Goshen to ernter the home Amsa Hovens. Lo S - Of the Indiana quota of $400,000 for Jewish foreign relief the state capital raised $155,000. It is believed the amount allotted to Indiana will be dversubseribed. ; i

~ Albert Stump the Noble county boy who has gained prominence as an attorney in ‘lndianapolis is now mentioed as a candidate for U. S. senator on the democratic ticket. The farm residence of Martin Schrader in Whitley county burned with the contents while the family was attending a farmers institute, The loss is $4,000. ‘ : ity v The Alexandria Daily News is.out for Albert J. Beveridge - for- United States senator. Lew Shank, Indianapolis mayor, is turning the state in the inferest of Mr. Beveridge. THe Wabash Plain Dealer company has been awarded the contract to pubilish the American Legion Weekly. . The new city council will hold its next regular meeting Thursday evenli.ns; dihuaty 3¢ - .

Mail Robbers Confess.. Dan Ingram colored and George E. Scruggs, white an ex-convict have confessed to the Elkhart police that they stole the mail sack from a truck at the N. Y. C. station in that city Wednesday morning containing more ‘than $500,000 securities and when they found no cash in the pouch threw it into the St. Joseph river. Authorities after dragging the river at a point indicated by Scuggs failed to locate the, sack. The confessed criminals are held under heavy bond. 5 . The exact value of the loot is not disclosed but it is admitted that it is over a half million dollars.

Postoffice Inspector TUleh ig. in charge of the case and he says the contents of the miss bag cannot be known until checked up in New York where it was consigned to Grand Rapids, Mich. i

The men will be charged with conspiracy to rob the mails. -

For seme years Ingram has been a porter at the Elkhat station of the'N. Y. C. railway 'and it is his duty to handle the transfer mail. The §lOO,OOO in negotiable securities returned to the Elkhart postoffice by the thieves are being held for identification. et

Scruggs it is learned served a term in a Michigan prison on’ conviction of larceny whén employed as a brakeman on the New York Central lines, He returned'to Elkhdrt fast November and resides there with his. family. Ingram the colored porter was the. first to weakén and confess. He insigts that Scruggs pianned the robbery, carrying of fthe mail pouch by agreement. . i ¥ s

Late Friday Scruggs révised his statement, claiming he burned . the mali and pouch at his home. |

He also admitted that he secured $ll in cash from the sack along with 1 finger rings and other jewelry worth $5OO. A diamond ring valued at $l5O was turned over to the police.

SCHOOL DISTRIBUTION FOR (0. Noble Receives in Apportionment Sum of $11,421.96 Of Over: Million and. i o Half : A total of $1,623,785.33 has been distributed in the ninety-two counties of the state as the semi-annual appor‘tionment of the state school fund. . The. mopey was distributed on the basis of $2,036 for each of the 797,537 schodl children of Indiana. ~ Noblec ounty’s apportionment is $11,421.96. : e ‘ . The state school fund is- derivedi from the state school tax interest on the common school fund, unclaimed fees. and show licenses. The largest source of income is the state school tax. ‘ 5 Other counties in this section received funds as follows: S - - DeKalb $13,236.04; .Elkhart, ,h $28,784.97; Decatur, $10,137.24; LaGrange, $57,502.66 ;. Steuhen, $6,832.82; Whitley $8,65504; Allen, $59,988.70. - .

For Hills to Lake Road. ; Organization along the route are urging the taking over by the state ighway commission of what is known as South Shore Inn—Cromwell highway. The Hills to Lake road has been laid out from Indianapolis to Lake Wawasee for several years, running through Noblesville, Elwood, ‘Wabash North Manchester, Sidney, Pierceton, and North Webster. e : ‘The present plan is to extend it to Stone’s Hill via Cromwell. The Cromwell organization will hold a boster meeting some time this week. Should the road be improved to connect with the Stones Hill pavement Wawasee traffic would naturally swing that way to and from Ligonier.

. Enforcing the Law. @ | Marsha] Engle of Ligonier has warned autoists that speeding or driving with open mufflers will not be permitted in the city, and th&gt the headlight law will also b eenforced. Cromwell’s marshal is also very strict on the auto laws, and he may some day restrict the drunks from doing fancy driving on.our boulevards. He is probably only waiting for the death of a child, or the drivers to issue an edict. As justice of the peace we stand ready to fine any man $6O and costs for driving an auto while intoxicated, and we’d make it $lOO if we could. Booze and gasolen are about as congenial as powder and matches: —Cromwell Advance. e

Buy New School Site. : By contracts signed last week the Albion trustees become owners of the lot on East Jefferson street formely owned by J; Black’s sons where the new high school building will be erected- In addition to the ground purchased a gift was made by Albert and Harry Black of two acres which will be used for playground and park purposes, . o #

Frank E. Miller was quite ill for a couple of days last week. , The remains of Mrs. Johnna Mathes were buried here’Thursday. The lady died in a South Bend hospital at the age of 80 years. Surviving are a daughter in California and a son in South Bend. Services were conducted at the home of Mrs. Geo Sack wha was a neighbor of Mrs.. Mathes in Germany. : el : % s A, % . f ~ Your grocer might be agleep—waken, him with a request for your sample of Blue Devil Cleanser. @~ =

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FRANK STROUSE, NEAR BURR OAK MUST ANSWER IN COURT FOR "ALLEGED VIOLATION Mash Found in Cellar of Home-Twenty Four Gallons Corm Syrup Un- ; covered

i Sheriff Black and his deputies have begun a drive aginst violations of the prohibition law. A number of arrests ‘were made last week. The first to fall into the 'toils of the officers were 'Andrew J. Ennen and Joseph Clouse A still was found at the Efinen house operated by Clouse. ‘ ~ Thursday the officers made a raid on the home of Frank Strouse well to do farmer residing a quarter of a mile north of Burr Oak, and confiscated two barrels of mash. - The mash - constituted rye and sugar and was said to have reached a state ready to distill. No still was found in the ald :

Sircuse was released on his own recognizance and his hearing will probably be held today The barrels containing the mash were found in the cellar of the Strouse home in a secluded place near the furnace. Strouse stated he was using the mash to make vinegar. However this did not sound feasible to the officers. :

. Twenty-four gallons of corn syrup were placed in charge of Sherift Black Thursday by Elmer Magnuson residing mear 'Wawaka who found the S{r_up hiddén in a vacated house west 0¥ Wawaka. The house in which the syrup was found is one that had practically been abandoned. It is believed the corn syrup had been stolen and ridden in the empty house for further disposition by the thieves.

It is also probable that the syrup had been placed there to be used in the manufacture of moonshine whisky although there was no evidence of a still in the dilapidated structure.

- 100th Anniversary. _ At 'a meting of Stansbury Post G. 'A. R. Saturday the members voted to join the other posts of the United States in celebrating the 100th anniverary of the birth of General Ulyses et . ‘ This means that a public demonstration will be held in Ligonier in April under the auspices of soldiers of the civil war. Spanish American and Werld War soldiers will no doubt join in the exercises. 3 . Deckers Are Freed. Murder charges against Ms. Lydia Decker and her son Calvin charging, complicity in connection with the murder of Leroy Lovett last March were dismissed by Judge L. W. Boyse at Warsaw. .

The action 'was made following a motion by Prosecutor Henry W. Graham who stated that the evidence was insufficient and followed the acquittal of Fred Decker in the Whitley circuit court at Columbia City. ,

Movies of Wawasee, The Syracuse high school has' been fortunate enough to secure through the courtesy of the Conservation Department of Indiana, films made by the fish and game commission picturing the progress made in the propagation of fishes of Indiana. The films will show the various hatcheries of the state in operation and also a number of the beautiful lakes with many activities of great human interest. Priee of oil is Low. : Two years ago the price of peppermint oil was $8 a pound. A year ago buyers paid $56 a pound but the price has now dropped to $1.35 a pound. It is estimated that there are 20,000 pounds of oil now being held in a territory tributary to Ligonier. An immense crop was grown last year -and it will repoduce itself this year, 80 the prospect of a better price is mnot encouraging. ' : > To Have Extra Deputy. - Perry Township Assesor James T. Latta -will have an extra job on his hands this year in the appraisal of real estate. G. M. Zimmerman will remain as his deputy but an extra one will be appointed for the real estate and Assessor Latta says he will make the appointment on the recommenda‘tion of the people,of Ligonier and the township. j

: ~ Vital Statistics. : Sixty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty. persons were born and 35,134 persons died in Indiana last year according to the annual report of H. M. Wright director of the. division of vital statistics. Thé report 'also shows. 4,860 infants under one year old died. L Eastér Late This Year, ' | Easter "'comés ‘on April 16th this year. It is much later than last year. when it came in March., Lent is due . to start Wednesday March 8. g R X > RBB 3 Bl ~ Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Smith an@ ¥t daughter Jane of Toledo wgfi day with Ligonier velatives