Ligonier Banner., Volume 57, Number 24B, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 August 1923 — Page 1

TWICE WEEKLY

2.00. PER YEAR

RESPECTITON PECTITOHARDING ALL GLOSE FRIDAY & 3 - TWENTY.FIVE MEMBERS OF - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YOTE “ ‘ 'LWHIHOU§L¥ TO SUSPEND Ve [ . BUSINESS F Memorial Day Address to be Delivered at M. E. Church by Dr. C. L. De- ‘ Bow at 3 O’clock P. M. - Tommprw August 10 all business in Ligonier' with the exception of eating pia@es drug stores and public garages ‘will be suspended out of respect to ‘the ‘memory of President Harding. | At 4 meeting of a few business men last Monday night the decision ‘was for observing the day and Mayo: Denning in his public proclamation in - this issue of the Banner designates. Friday a memorial day. i At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce ,Wednesdasy it was the sen timent ¢ fthe twenty-five members - present all business‘men that all com meridal and manufacturing activitics be closed for the day and the whole people of the city pay tribute to the “dead wchief executive, . ' e A union memorial servic€ will I held ih the M. E. church at 3:04 o'clock Friday afternoon at which Dr Charles L. Deßow of Oklahoma City formerly of Ligonier will deliver the oration. Those who hear him will “listén to something worth while. ' ! Dr. Deßow was secured for this solemn occasion through the efforfs of his old friend S. C. Sackett of thi: city and the many friends of the for mer popular M. E. pastor will be glaq to again greét him. i = | 1t just so happened that Dr. Deßow was spending his vacation accompani ed by his family with relatives in ‘Goshen'-and Ligonier is fortunate in being sble to secure him for this im portant address. v .

-7 . K. K. K. Meeting. By-bills thrown about town - it is learned that a meeting of the Ku Klux &: to be held in City Hall park Friday evening, August 10, at 7:80 "The orator for the occasion will speak from the band stand. The meeting is open to'all. A i The bill reads. e “Come out and hear a thoroughly eonve{sant speaker and: get the honest facts ‘regarding this genuine Ameri ‘¢an organization—be convineed be en Eightened learn’ the truth. } “If you are a real red-blooded na-ﬁve-born, white, gentile American citizen, who believes in our public schools, churches, the home womanhood%—ihen join this 100 per cent _American organization and save Ametica‘;", ¢ i“ ; : o 2

Memorial Address.

The community is invited to join 'in a citizens Memorial service at the M-.l E. church on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock Rey. Chas. L. Deßow oi’§ Oklahoma CiSty will give the address. Clarence Ball of Toledo gwill render a solo. o Sl s = Heavily Fined. | - C. R. Kaysen proprietor of a poo‘i-~1 room at Ashley was fined $118.50 by Special judge H. C. Springer at Auburn, Monday after he had entered pleas of guilty to [operating two slot machines in his place of business. '~ No Concert Next Week. | & The usual excellent free band con cert' was given in City Hall park last eevning. Owing 'to the free chautau qua being held next week there will be no band concert until ? the- week following. e j _ Completing Bridge. The new |bridge built in Elkhart township near Eastview farms by Contractor ‘ﬁarg Spurgeon and his force of men is almost completed—all but the filling in of earth at the

To Erect Filling Station.

Agents of the Standard Oil company *“have been here this week and awarded -the contract for an oil serviee station at the corner of Cavin and Pigeon streets to Ed Compton. The station a Landsome one will be erected at once. Closes For Week This Evening, The Ligonier Refrigerator plant will close this’ evening until Monday mofning. With Harding memoriai _services tomorrow and the Saturday half holiday little will be lost by clgs ing tonight. i i . Tito Sechipa at Winona, Tito Schipa the great Italian tenor will give a recital at Wimona - Lake ‘Thursday evening August 16. Many music Jovers from Ligonier will at ~ Sunday School 9:30 AM. . | ~_ Morning wokrship at 10145

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BACK TO LIGONIER

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews to Re. ...side in This City Where Mr. An. drews Takes Up Business,

. After firmly establishing their fine new candy store at Decatur Mr, ana Mrs. Charles Andrews have returned to Ligonier to reside where Mr. An: drews will again take charge of the Philadelphia Candy Kitchen and lunch room. i i = e Leo Andrews. will be ’placed in charge of the Decatur business. Ever since acquiring the.candy and lunch business in Ligonier Charles Andrews has had a warm spot in hiz heart for Ligonier and ‘Mrs. Andrews was anxious to make Ligonier her home, her parents residing here. Charles Andrews has proven himself a progressive business man. Be fore going to Decatur to establish a branch store he succeeded in build | ing up a fine' tradé in this city and the Philadelphia has become widely known for the excellence of the things sold and for the prompt service. It is gratifying to know that Mr. Andrews will - lave personal chargej o the Ligonier store and that together’ with Mrs. Andrews this:icity is to be come their permanent home. ;

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS:

County Picnic and - Celebration at Tucker Farm,-South of Ligonier, v to Be Held Tomorrow

What:promises to be one of the happy events of the season is the picnie to be held tomorrdw at the H. P. Tucker farm south of Ligonier by all the Boys and Girls’ clubs of the county. It ig in the nature of a .big celebration and the exercises begin in tr"he morning. At noon a basket dinner: will be enjoyed after !which comes athletic sports, with prizes for the winners, The affair is under the "personal management of County Agent Cunningham and . County Club Leader Dwight. | Mawhorter.. ;‘ CAMP IDLEWILD oy Quote Over Half Filled With 10 Boys From Ligonier Registered to : !Dﬂfe 4 ~ Every day brings in new applica'tv{ ions for camp Idiewild. The quota of 60 boys is mors than half filled with 10 boys from Ligonier | regiétered.} Ceounty secretary J. C. Brunk’ belieyas at least 15 boys from Ligonier auvd community is the right proportion Boys are urged to get their registrations in as early as possible. ; | Oliver lake has a splendid beach for hathing. A fine flowing well will furnish the water supply. A good dthletic field.will be provided. In fact every thing possible is being done to make camp Idlewild a camp which will give the boys of the' county 10 great days in the open close to na ‘ ture. T ' b It is wonth the cost of the ca‘mp:for'-‘ the privilege the boys will have in} associating with: Prof. VanGorder onc of ‘the best informed nature student in this part of the state. The order of the Wampuen circle will be given all boys who pass the tests as outlined for the honors given. Every .camper is urged to take the 'tests. o il The. camp fire edch night with its songs stories and daily newspaper is always remembered by the boys as one of the most enjoyable features of the camp. Ten ' great days witn their fellows, close to nature is an ex: perience a boy will never forget. Boys should rgister no wwho haven’t al ready done so. . L o

Markers For Revolutionary Vets

The Indiana Society of the Sons of the- American Revolution is arranging to mark graves of all Revolutionary war soldiers interred in the 92 counties of the state, by placing: bronze markers. Anyone knowing ‘oﬁjb -such graves is requested to notify ghe so ciety. : Lo Celebrates Birthday. ~ - Miss Florence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Cotherman celebrated the fourteenth anniversary of her birth at the Wawasee cottage Wednesday. It ‘was the occasion of a big family gath‘ering and dinner and the young lady received many valuable and beautiful keepsakes. : 3 , g e e e : . ~ See Gordon Bros. Ad. ' Gordon Brothers department store owners have an announcement in this issue of the Banner. Their big anniversary sale closes at promptly 11 o’clock Saturday night, August 11. There are many big bargains remain-, ing in thelr offerings. = = = % it cmaraionalasdia 110 e RO . Two Big Plants.. | | The big glass works on the Rough river being built by Henry Ford will be put in operation Sept. 1. A cem |ent factory has also been established |there to open October 1. © | ‘While driving his Star touring car [in Michigan last Sunday Ralpl Saw e s 33% Jbich 104 fosouins ook 1

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY AUGTST 9 1923

WHOWANTS TOWOR INLIBONIERFACTORY

FROM SIXTY TO SEVENTY.FIVE | + GIRL OPERATORS NEEDED 1. . FOR NEW FACTORY _ | i Weekly Wage Payroll of From $l,OOO . to $1,500 Will be: Paid By ' New : ", Mamufdgctory. ._'_if,,’ e Vice President Wigton presided at the regular luncheon of the Chambet of Commerce at Hotel Ligonier Wed: nesday noon in the absence of President, Wood and fwenty-five meni bers answered to roll call. v The most important business tc come:; up for considération was the ’pr}oposition of a Chicago company manufacturing overalls and childrens outing raiment to locate their factory here if a sufficient number of opera tors can be secured to meet demands. . The firm, Elin & Galube made a former proposal and the second was made in a reply to a letter written by Secretary Keehn. _ The company asks .that from 60 tc 75 girls be secured to work in the plant at a weekly expense of from $l,OOO to $1,500. It is understood the| weekly pay is from $l2 to $lB to the operators. : 1 The garments made by the firm ‘are¢. sold to mail-order houses, jobbers and big department s’;tor_es and ‘employment will be steady the year round. } A committee cOns‘isting} of WH. ‘Wigton, C. R, Stansbury and Sol Hen ‘och was named to confer with the company to procure further and full details. e ‘ The Dunning block or the hall over the Griffith drug’store and the fibre furniture company was acceptable as a location. - . . ‘ All women and girls who desire em ployment in the new factory are ask ed to register name at the Banner ot fice or with a member of the cont mittee. . : { This is regarded as the only way (¢ determine whether the necessary hely can be secured here. . The factory people ask no bonus nor have they any stock in the plant for sale. T £ -

'~ The discevery of insulin heralded as a cure for; diabetes will be of benefit shortly to’ all sufferers from the disease at a reasonably cost, contrary to the general opinion that i would be beyond the reach of the poor people. Demand for the product has resulted in the increase by 200 of the number of employees within a short time at the Indianapolis chemical com pany’s plant J. K. Lilly president de‘clared. ! ; - Fine and Costs $2B, ‘After’ deliberating one hour and 2 half thé jury of six men and six wo men in thep rovoke,case of Deputy Sheriff Oliver Weldon of Rome City vs Mrs. Herman Hile of Fort who has been spending the summer at Romc City returned a verdict of guilty in Justice MeCarty’s court at Brimfield an dthe fine and costs amounted to $2B which were paid. The. trouble "grew out ofigarbage disposal at the Rome iCty resort. ; 9.-Foot Russian Lettuce . George Leifer says the Pierceton fﬂecoyd claimsf to be the champion 'Russian lettug¢e grower of Pierceton. if not the world. He says all the Russian lettuce that he planted this year is making a remarkable ¢rop and that even the smallest stalks are ut least nine feet tall and much of it even taller. ;

County school teachers’ institutez will be held in Noble, Allen Steuben and Dekalb counties August 27 to 31 ihcusive. The superintendents of the four counties have co-operated in en gaging instructors for the institutes an deach speaker. will deliver an ad dress at each of the meetings during the coufse of the week, : . Pay Chautauqua Pledges. Those pledging money for the free chautauqua which opens in this city Sunday August 12 are urged to pay allotments at any one of the banks of Ligonier before the institutions close Saturday mnight. The officers in charge are anxious to have settle ‘ments made. : e : .~ Boy Badly Burned. = ' Lloyd, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Barkey, four miles south of Osceola, was seriously burned on his entire right side while playing with gasoline and matches Monday eﬁet;_in!g. G ' et * ~ To Camp at Smalley Lake Noble county assessors will be in camp at Smalley lake next Friday and Saturday. Their wives and children will be entertained by the gentlemen on Bupday o G o 0

To Be Made Available,

Teachers’ Institute.

MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION

~ WHEREAS, in the inscrutable wisdom of Almighty God Warren Gamaliel Harding. twenty-ninth Presiden! of the United tSates of America has been taken from us in death, and . WHEREAS, Friday, the tenth day of August is the day when his body will be taken to.its final resting place. THEREFORE 1, Clarence E. Denuing Mayor of the city of Ligonier, da now proclaim that day as a day of mourning and prayer in the city of Ligonier as a fitting tribute to the ‘memory of this great and good President, whose 'death has so sorely smitten the Nation. * L And I do respectfully request that all business houses, factories and other places of employment (restur ants and hotel excepted) be closed for the day entirely, that there be nc athletic contests, sports or games.oi; any kind indulged in and that the day be one of quiet in fitting observance of thjs=said: occasion. In witnies§iwhereof I have hereuntc set my,hand‘%ﬁind the seal of the city of Ligonier this 7th day of August 1923. ch C. E. Denning Mayor I Attest: “T. E. Jeanneret, Clerk. °-

S. S. WORKERS MEET

Plans Outlined at Meeting Near Al: bion Sunday For Many Aectivities

. According to the Kendallville News ‘Sun about forty Sunday school work‘ers of Noble county representing seven townships attended the picnic held Sunday in Collender’s grove omne-half mile north of Albion. The gathering ’was in the nature of a Sunday school ‘conucil at which plans for various special affairs to be held were discussed and tentative programs outlined. One feature was the baske} dinner served at the noon hour. Among the important matters discussed was Children’s week which is to be observed by the individual Sunday schools of the county in October. Plans' for this meeting were outlined by Mrs. L. J. Fishchbach Brimfield. It was also decided to hold tl';e\: young peoples’ conference at Albiou October 12. Plans for this meeting were discussed by J. C. Brunk, Ligonler, .. - : : Rev. Fred R. Hill Wawaka outlined plans for the township conventions u;{ be held September 30. Sunday schools of each township will hold a joint meeting at this time. = ' ]

NEW AUUTO LICENSE PLATES

Orange Figares:On a Brown BackGround—License Charges Now Tl Higher , R SR SR Miss Gretta Fullerton manager of the Kendallville auto license distribution bureau has received Noble county’s quota of plates which, will be ready for distribution - December 1. The new plates are in orange numer:als with a brown background. » License Cost for Cars. - . Less than 25 horsepower and weighing lesst han 2,000 pounds $8; less than 25 horsepower and weighing less than 2,500 pounds, $l2; less than 25 horsepower and weighing 2,500 pounds and les than 3,000 pounds $l4; less than 25 horsepower and weighing 3, 000 pounds or more $l7; 25 horsepow* and less than 40 horsepower and weighing less than 2,500 pounds, $l4 25 horsepower and less than 40 horsepower and weighing 2,500 and less than $3,000 pounds $l7; 25 horsepow " er and less than 40 horsepower and weighing 3,000 pounds and less than 3,600 pounds, $2O;. 25 horsepower and less than 40 horsepower and weighing 3,000 pounds and less than 4,000 pounds $22; 25 horsepower and less than 40 horsepower and weighing 4,000 pounds or more, $24; 40 horsepower or more and weighing less than 3,500 pounds $24; 40 horsepower or mote and weighing 3,500 pounds and less than 4,000 pounds $27; 40 horsepower or more and weighing 4,090 pounds or more $3O. electric pleasurg I vehicles $B. ; _ :

Trucks

Trucks or delivery car of half ton or less $10; truck of more than half ton and not more than one ton $l5 ;' truck of more than one Lton and less than two tons $2O; truck of two toms and less than 315 tons $5O; truck of 3% tons and less than five tons $125; truck of five tons and less than 7% tons $175; truck of 71% tons and more $250. B ‘ : Miscellaneous. : _ Dealers’ license shall ;be $25; motorcycle manufacturers’ and dealens’ license $l5; -duplicate mnumbers of such licenses. $2; chauffers’ licenses $2; motorcycle license $3. The license fees range considerable higher. : : , 1 ‘ Death of Mrs. Cress, i Mrs. Ellen Cress a highly respceted lady of Wolf Lake with relatives in this city passed away at her home in: that place Monday evening after a long Mness 00 0 ~ Condition is Serlous . Miss Marie Miller daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Rudolph Miller was taken tc lsh""f'i suffering from gall stones and her condition is gerlous. HeCE vg S e R e

SUNDAY 15 THE DAY ASSEMBLY STARTS

LIGONIER’S FREE CHAUTAQUA WILL OPEN IN BIG TENT SUN- ‘ DAY AUGPST 12 . Everything in Readiness For One of -the Big Events of the Year in o 0 Migeelerl ; Sunday is the day of opening for the free chautauqua lin Ligonier. , 1t will conunue to August 16 with afternoon aud eveniug programis anu wilth the linest talent ever offereu I Nobie county. - , b The managers of the big entertain ! ment enterprise to be given absolutely iree to all nave spared nothing to msure success and the.attendance pro mises 1o be large at every session from opening to close,| This is lagomer’s first venture iu the Iree chautauqua lue ald uniess all signs rall the assémm_ys wiln Irec admission will:contlnue lrom year tc Semr. - il : Kollowing is the full program. . Sunday, August 1 i 2:15 Prelude—the Johw Howard . Concert. Party. e 2:456 Lecture—Capt. T, Dinsmore s o Uiton. : : sSubject—"The Four sSquare - Builder. : : 8:00 Concert — The: John Howard " Concert Party, the greal Chau . tauqua favorites. e o . Monday, August 13. 2:15 Prelude—The Shepherd of the Hills Company. i 2:45 Lecture—Arthur Walwyn Evans. ‘Subject—“Let There be Light.” 8:00 “The- Shepherd of the Hills” a - fascinating play by the famous ~ Player. | | e Tuesday,- Angust 14, - . Farmers’ Association Afternoon. - 2:15 Prelud;b—’;l‘he Royal . Venetian Sextettd, /a ‘musical novelty of quality.] L _ 2:15 Address. : i 8:00 Prelude—The Royal Venetian Sextefte. = - : - 8:30 Lecture—Richard ' D. Hughes. . Subject—"‘Europe, Yesterday and - Today.” R 0 Ha © Wednesday, August 15. o 2:15' Prelude—Barradell Light Opera . Company, a . company of nine of the very best musical artists oi - Chicago. : : drr 2:45 Joy Afternoon—Charles Hitchcock, premier entertainer: " 8:00 Barradell Light Opera Company in “The Mikado”, “Chimes of ~ Normandy”, or “The “Bohemian Gir}’. , : A 2:45 -Lecture—Senator T. P. Gore ot Oklahoma, famous orator, totally " blind since eleven years old. ! 8:00 Concert—The Apollo Concert Company, a great company to close Ligonier’s greatest pro- ... gram. MR e ~

Adjust Differences at Warsaw,

~ Mrs. Lois Goechenour who several days ago filed suit in the Kosciuskc circuit court at Warsaw asking a divorce and $lO,OOO alimony from Attor ney M. L. Gochenous has dismissed the action a reconciliation having been brought about. | et _ School Pupil Statistics. A total of 810,445 boys and girls were attending the public schools of Indiana when the last census was ta ken on April 10 aceording to L. B. Job assistant superintendent ‘of the state board- of public instruction. ' Only One Teacher Short. | The schiool board reports that there is a shortage of only one in thc teaching corps of the Ligonier schools The fallterm will open Monday Sep tember 10 just four weeks from next Monday, . , § . Revokes Auto License. " ~ C. Jones 36 of Etna Green, was fined $25 and costs and 30 days at the }lpenal farm for driving an automobile while intoxicated. His auto license¢ was also revoked for one year. e i Il . . Makes Suhe of Death; Despondency over 'ill health. E believed to be the reason for (Albert Weber 56 a resident of the Allen county poor farm to take his life by drinking muriatic acid.. o

Has Full Confidence

President Coolidge assumed the high office heé was so suddenly calléd upon to fill with the full confidence of the people and with their best wishes for success in his administration. | . Second Yictim Dies. : Robert A. Miniger aged 27 these cond victim of an automobile accident died Monday at Osceola. He is sur vived by his widow and a little child. oL War Vels fo Meet. . . Ferguson Camp No. 26 Spanish American War Veteran will hold ‘a ‘meeting in city hall this city tonight.

3 KILLED AT KENDALLVILLE

Girl and Twin Boys Lese Lives Few. Hours Ago On G. R. & I. L Track )

Tourists reaching Ligonier about 12:30 from Kendallville reported that a . girl and - twin boys were instantly kileld an hour earlier by a G. R. & I. train at a . Kendallville street crossing when the Chalmers car in which they were riding was struck by a -locomotive. ‘The bodies werc carried 200 feet and fragments strewn along the track. It was a grewsomu sight. The identity of the victims o* 'the accidents was learned as that of Kendallville lumber dealer. The man and his wife are .in a hospital badly hurt with their three children dead. The family was bound for a picnic at g nearhy ke o e ) TWENTY- EIGHT GAMING DEVICES Sheriff Black and Deputies Mak¢ Raid on Rome City Lake Resorts At least fifteen residents of Rome City will have to answer in court for the possession 'of twenty-eight ‘slot machines and other gaming devices ‘taken in a raid Monday by Sherift Black and a posse of deputies. The| devices, carted to Albion in a motor truck are estimated.to be worth $5OO ~The action of the officers came as -a_great surprisé and created conster nation at the summer resort. . 10,000 PEOPLE VIEW TRAIN ‘Great Crowds Assemble in Noble Coun? 'ty Towns Through Which Hard- ' ing T#ain Passed. = It is estimated that fully 10,000 people assembled at Cromwell Kim mell, Abion and Avilla, Noble county towns on the B. & O, railway to witness the’ passing through of the train bearing the remains of: President Harding from San Francisco to Wash ington. : e . ‘ The train was delayed and did not reach’ Cromwell until about eleven o'clock Monday night but the crowd of 1,000 people waited until the train passed. The steam was cut off as the locomotive neared stations and coast ed through with its funeral drapings. There were many Ligonier residents at Cromwell to witness the solemn St L N .. The train did not stop between Chi cago and Garrett and then only tc change engines and spee don its way The train was met at every station with great throngs of people who stood with bared heads bowed.

Death of Mrs. DeWitt.

The remains of Mrs. Susan DeWitt were buried in Oak Park here this afternoon. ' Mrs. DeWitt a- former well known resident of this city died at the home of her daughter Mrs. J. Harsh in Battle Creek Mich, [ PHe de ceased was nearly ninety years of age. ! The ¢nly near survivor is the daughter at whose home she died after a long illness. } ! S ' Was Banner Week. ‘Last week was the banner for tourist campers at Freed park the number being . seventy-six.- The whole number of cdmpers since the electric lights were installed "and a 50 cent charge made is 402. ’ . Taken to Hospital Ry . Miss Mable Young of Noble county was taken to .the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne in the Luckenbill & Stickler ambulance and was operated on for appendicitis by Dr. Duemling. Tractors Across thé Sea. Ford shipped 80 tractors this week to Trieste Italy and 100 to Antwerp Belgium. There were fifteen tractors to the car in shipment, each ma chine inclosed in a paper ‘casing. -:To Erect Large Stone, Next Tuesday W. B. Inks of tha Ligonier Marble. Works will erect a mounment for the late Dr. Randolph in the Elkhart cemetery. The maker fills half of a freight ecar. . | = -

P. 0. Closes One Hour.

The Ligonier banks along with all other places of business will close all day tomorrow. The post office will close from 3 to 4 o’clock in the afternoon. 1% Some Fine Flowers, . 'Miss Gladys Baker has some of the finest gladiolas in bloom ever seen in Ligonier. The plants are marvels of beauty an dare large in size. - Pardon Board Busy. _ Fifty-one new cases and five reopened cases are on the August doc ket of the state board of pardons tb be heard the week of August 13. - ‘Robinson Acting Milford Postmaster. James W. Robinson has succeeded John W. Postman as acting ‘postmasvrt'er‘ gt Miilord. . ' - Shie { . (Typhoid Fever Fatal, Mrs. Cota Johnson, 49, a resident &‘;mﬁiwwtrﬁdwmﬂ Sionnie sl SVs i e e e B

- MONDAY THURSDAY

¢ V0L.57 N 0.248

VER BAD STORM « VISITS NOBLE 5.

BUILDINGS UNROOFED, TREES BLOWN DOWN AND NUCH - DAMAGE TO CORN RESULYS j :' : ‘, N 2% 2 v it - : N = S Ligonier Suffers With Rest of County in Destriction of Shade and Fruit One of the worst wind and Tainm storms_ visiting this sectien in yemns evening blowing downm and unreoting many bui!dia;sa. and destroying fruit- and shade trees. In some instnces whole orchards -were @destroyed -along with the’ peach ajnd wpple 00l 0w ° The storm hit Noble county. = Jittie after six o'clock in the eveming =ng the fierce gale lasted more thun hall an hour. ... . L . So far as learned mo one was iujured but in many fields thec orn wak flattened to the grownd. The’loss wiil be heavy to the farmers for meuy of the stalks:are broken off amd-the corn cannot matare. : _ The idss of what promised & b per corn crop will ram inte thousmnds ofdollaes. - - o ~Telephoue, telegraph and eldtric light poles and wires were blows down im all. sections of the coumly and light and commuunication facilities badly crippled. = L | . Oné of the large art windows in Th M. E. church in Ligomier was blows in and . shattered. Other buildings here suffered. Telephone CcoOmNDI cation was paralzed and the electric, lights were ‘out in portious of Lige" e . L ‘Loss is heavy on one of the John Reése farms east o fthe city a big barn being wrecked and valuable farm me chinory slmed. - - 0 o The roof and. part of the walls of = brick residence on the Selig farm sust of Brush college were blowm uway and many fruit and other trees up The orchard on the farm ‘of Post‘master W. S. Miluer east of the Selig place lost fourteen of its mice frees. Corn in many field in thst section is level with the ground. T A barn ;and,gm-:_g?n % - Wimebrenner farm occupied by aM. Apple gate southeast of Diamond lske were blown down #nd wrecked. ; A big tree at the Archie Dull Turm on the Blazed Taril three miles esst @i Ligonier was leveled, taking telephonc and telegraph poles and wires with ¥ On the Frank Shisler farm the Wind mill was blown over m@ win dows’ of the residence blowm In =nd shattered. A part of the bgrn Todl was carried away. Many trees wers Vaseiew - ' Charles Wemple in'the same Tsrma neighborhood lost part of the Tool o 8 . Portions of .the robfs of builldings on the A. Howard Smith Tarm wers ' blown away and many =pple =nd dade Wwel. LT e ~ Sylvester Waldron lost his Truit smd, shade trees. ' = S Much damage was donme on the ola moved from theb arn and other build - ings damaged. - ~ The barn on the Ed Keneny Sarm was badly damaged and trees levelsd The cupalo on the barn at the Johmn

Trees laid across the highways in many sections of the counly Tendering travel most hazardous amd Jifficult. The streets of Topeko and Wawals were blocked. ; ‘Near Brifield Thomas Fiaherty los: thirteen hogs in a pen which wae biéwn down. Part of the roof on The Charles Ackerman Tresidence was blown away and a plate glass window in the Fred Couts home shattered. At Albion two large stomes weighing approimately two Thundred pounds each were blowna from the Sop cormice of the court house during the storm. One of the stones bounded Trom The building to the ground below amnd the other crashed through the Toof of the building alighting on The floor of the corridor of the second story. ' comes stories of damage dome =md there are mgny instances yet % e - The streets of Ligoniet Weidnesiay morning were coverad with branches ' James A. Taylor lamests The lows quantity of the lucioas frait. - W life, Anna McFillen of Garrett is suandeted eL o B i i 'i\ ‘K ‘ ~~‘f§w-z£ : “‘"z‘.é’ iRt ’“,&L&} . Diamond rings, pearl b ‘1,“_?9:;»‘;%‘&:«‘; o ;‘; X eST o R "éz{m