Ligonier Banner., Volume 58, Number 47B, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 January 1925 — Page 1

TWICE WEEKLY

00 PER YEAR

ACCIDENT REGORD " FOR YEAR 1394

REPORT SHOWS 872 ACCIDENTS ON INDIANA HIGHWAYS FOR' s FISCAL YEAR ;

'l‘hirty-Three Fatalities ~ Resulted From These -Accidents and Is © (harged to Fast Driving

- (Continuocus appeal by various agencies for the motoring public to drive carefully and sensibly at grade Crossings, appears 'to have made some headway during 1924, according to accident figures compiled by the main- " tenance’ division of the state highway department, just submitted to John D. Williams state road directer.~ 2 “Our field‘()‘;ganizatiom can not ob—j tain a report of every accident occuring on a state road,” A. H, Hinkle,i maintenance superintendent expluinsl “hut: we obtain a report of the wotst accidents and of all fatalities.” : l The.report shows a total of 372 aceidents for the fiscal year ending I_\’o-1 vembes 30 and of this number 160 are charged to fast driving. ~ - While there .were only five accidents the past year at stema road “crossings and five at eleciric linc. crossings, all five resulted in fatali-: ties at the former and four tatalitie: at the latter. Ther®were 15 accid. ents each at railro:i’d and eleetric erossings reported by the highway department for 1923, ' -"n the 372 aecidents during 1924, ‘lhe highway repert shows that thirtyihtee per—'sons were killed, and 197 injured some seriously. - i 'While fast driving is attributed as ~the. chief cause of acgidents 39 were -due to intexicated drivers, 20 account of steep grades, 23 on sharp curves 21 for lack of guard rails, i 6 on slippery pavement 13 account 6f deep side ditches 25 due to glaring headlights, 441 because of narrow roads and 14 attributed to miseell iad “eat,lyses.,w;,j_.l4

Beyi&:;'-.;;eg.;eh;e;s;g@g pi’s aveident toll ! Mr. Williams points out that. work by the department such as 'wid\enmg roads easing curves and turns building shoulders widening eulverts ete., ic undobutedly fesponsible for a 21 per. cent decrease in fatal accidents compared with 1923. A : _ - (o Colllde. = ~ Slippery pavement was responsible for a slight automobile collision on South Cavin street when a .Ligonier Artificial Ice company truck ,_di'-iven by Earl Tavlor met a Dodge toruing car the property of Homer Hassel of .Springtield Ohio. The damage amounted to a Bent fender for the Dod.'ge machine. : L Gas Tax Fight Ended. : Theé fight to have the state gasoline tax law declared mwonstitulimmq was ended vesterday when the Indiana supreme court. denied the petition of Bruce Gafill ‘of South Bend for a rehearing. Thg supreme court had previously upheld the -decision of Judge Lenn J. Oare of South Bend wic found the law.constitutional. l‘ i 5 ! _ Ligonier Grain Markei. ' Ligonier dealers are paying the following prices for grains: aMWheat .0 0 Sl ha foes . s 0 1D otz e There is a stiff climb in the price of wheat. ‘ - To Visit Chicago Sen. . Eli Jacobs will leave Sthday for (_'hicﬁgo where he will pay a visit to his son ‘lrvin and inspect the new headguarters «of Irvin Jacobs & Company investment brokers on LaSalle street. s Will Decker Here ' Will Decker of -Indianapolis came from the state.capital to visit his sisters Miss Jessie Decker and Mrs. John Slutz and his brother .Km"l Deck_er along with old “friends. He left for his home this évening. A

: Legion Annual Conclave, The seventh annual convention of the American Legion will be held in Omaha Neb., Oct. 5-9. The national executive committee selected the date vesterdayv. o

4 Kiser-Crabb A marriage license was issued at Albion Monday to Rosco L. Kiser of ~ Ligonier and Miss Lucile H. Crabb ' a teacher of Pontiac Illinois. : . Zero Weather, * The zero weather holdg with little prospect of a break. Thermometers register zero every night with a modification during the center of the . day, : : - L. Auto Crank Lost, - John L. Henry will thank the finder of his automobile crank if he. will leave it at the Banner 'office. He lost it about three weeks ago. >

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LIGONIER.NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA.THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 1925

ROME CITY FIRE

Grant Burkkeit Residence Damaged and Daughter Evelyn Badly Burned :

The home of Grant Burkett Rome City barber was damaged by fire late Monday afternoon and their daughter Miss Evelyn student in the schuols there badly burned about the face an dhands, the result of an explosion. But for the timely work of Clarence Seagraves who happened to be at the Burkett home at the time of the blast, the young lady would probably have been very seriously and possibly fatally burned. @ With her clothes ablaze he carried Miss, Burkett from the house and quickly rolled her in an embankkment of snow and smothered the flames. The fact that she was attired in a wool dress which burned slowly also prevented her from meoye serious injury. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Burkett were at Fort Wayne at the time of the explosicn. After returning home from schooi Hvelyn started to rekindle the fire in the kitcheft | range and poured a quantity of kegosene oil on the dying emibers. ‘Almost ;instantly an explosion follow” and she was enveloped in flames. ler arms and mands were blistered, but fortunately she protected her face from the flames, which was only slightly burned. - - A general {fire alarm was sounded and although Rome City is without a fire departmént a bucket brigade was quickly formed and soon had tht fire under contrgl. The damage }6 the home will aggregate $2OO. |

Farin Bareau ©Oificers.

You are unged to attend a meeting at Albion Sdaturday Jahhary 17th at 10 o'clock_for the purpose of discussing plans for a clean up drive for membership additional members in the Wheat Pool. - State speakers’ will be present to inferm us just’ what has been accomplished ‘in 111al'kpeting the 1924 wheat crop and what they hope to accomplish in the future. Urge as many wheat growers to at: tend as you possiblys can. :

Verv tmy' yours, e M. L Parks Secly 3. CF, B. i W. H. Favinger Pres. N. C. F. B,

Wheat at War Prices,

Wheat - shot skyward Tuesday at Chicago to the highest prices since the World war but quickly receded on account pf bigi selling to realize profits. ' A few ecatloads of No. 2 red wheat specially wanted for milling brought as much as $2.00% a bu. Active speculative buying on the part of strong houses working for an advance gdve the chief upward impetus to the market. - :

Births at Albion.

Mr, and rMs. Marion ißece of Albion are parents of,a baby girl born:Sunday Janpary il, - Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brackney of Albion are the proud parents of twin baby girls who arrvived at their home Saturday January 10 the new arrivals being their first heirs. They have been christened Barbara Ann and Betty Jane. !

I'he Lord’s Prayer, His Theme

Rev. G. H, Bacheler Sunday A. M. the 18th will preach the second sermon of ‘a series on the Lord’s Prayer “Hallowed Be Thy Name” fis the topic The Vesper Service is omitted for the day bhecause of the Union service. You are ‘corially .invited to all services.

Noble's New Senator.

Edward O’Rourke republican a ‘ormer member of the Fort Wayne city council is the new state senator representing” Allen and Noble counties. He is little known over the joint district particularly il}' Noble county. - : : ,

Seniors Are Defeated, i '.[fuesday evening the boy and girl high school teams ‘o fthe Freshmen and Senior classes had exciting basketball games at -the high school gym. There was a good crowd out to witness the defeat of the Seniors by the Freshnien, :

Second ' Lecture Course,

The second lecture in. the high schoool course will be given by a Mr. Cahill one week from Friday night, January 23. Dr. Keehn who has heard him gives Mr. Cahill strong indorsement, o

Chicken Thieves Active.

Chickens. valued at $lOO were stolen from the Fran€C Cook c¢oops = near Elkhart. Tracks around the coop indicated ‘three persons figured in the robbery. Forty-five - chickens were taken. : 5

Chairman of Corporations,

Senator O’Rouske of Allen and Noble is chairman of the corporations committee of the upper house of the state legislature. - :

Attention . A. R,

Regular meeting of Stansbuy Post Saturday January 17th. All members are requested to bd)present. :

Business of importance needs at. tention. : -

Commander.

SKILLED MECHANICS 3 FIND MM

CHAMBER OF * COMMERCE i SIDERS FREE LOTS FOR HOME . - BUILDING PURPOSES

ELi Jacobs Plat On North Side Called to Atte_ntion of (Jommereial / Qrganization Lo

- Under a plan proposed at Wednesday’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce free ground may be ’i)x‘ovided mechanics locating in Ligonier for ‘home building purposes. = | Thé proposition is for the Chamber of Commerce to buy the ~necessary lots and give them to workers who desire to use¢ them for building sites. The organization has about $378 of available funds to. start the pro-. position with and more. wilt lje added as occasion requires. L Eli Jacobs has about five acres of ground on the oNrth Side which he’ agrees 'to turn over -at a nominal cost. : o N For each house Tbuilt on this ground he will give away one lot. In other words his donation would consist of every other lot. ‘ The ground lies near the old Pancake residence and is accessible for factory workers. ' e ~ The plan of donating, lots to workers came up on remarks made at the meeting by Herman Blitz. : On motion the committee appointed some time ago at a ieeting of the Industria]l Foundation by President Graham Lyon was delegated to investigate the proposition and. report at the speeial meeting of the Foundation to be held in ecity hall at 7:30 Thursday eveming January 22, G The committee is composed of C. R. Stansbury F. P. Bothwell W. W. Wood A. B. Mier W. H. Bender A. B. Weaver and W. C. B, Harrison, =

l President Lyon presided ai the Wednes:«Jay meeting . of the Chamber

bers present.

On motion the president was authorized to name a program committee to provide speakers and other form of entertainment for the commercial body, e - The next meeting will be held Wednesday January 28. - :

Death of Katie Billman.

Miss; Katherine aged 31 {years daughter lof Mr. and 'Mrs. ﬁsf}eorge W. Billman of Wawaka passed away. in Goshen hospital Monday afternoon where she had been confined for two weeks the result of a major operation. The young lady had been filling a responsible position in Elkhart up to the time of her illness and her untimely death is. deeply = mourned. Surviving ave Her parents Harry Stuff, a half brother and a host of sorrowing friends. The remains were removed to the home of her parents by Undertaker Brown and the funeral was held from there -at . one a’clock this afternoon. Burial was made in Oak Park this city. The bereaved parents have the deép sSympathy of the community in their season of great sorrow. . a 7

Neventeen-Hour Seryice,

- Seventeen hours in one continuous church service to- read, -through the New Testament is the record of the members - of the Andrews Ind., Methodist church according to' the report of the pastor, Rev. B. C. Wischmeier. The service was planned and conducted as one of the religious feature of a series of evangelistic services which has been one of the most enthusiastic revivals in vears in Andrews, = e

Walstler Drops Dead,

M. David Walstler azed about 70 years resident of Ker:allville dropped dead yesterday afternoon at the George Rimmel farm near that city where he had gone that morning to cut wood. : ; o

Condition is Grave.

The condition of Charles Morrow of the oNrth Side is very critical. The gentleman has been unconscious for some days and has slight chance of recovery. e :

State Hardware Dealers.

"~ Retail hardware dealers of Indiana will hold their annual meeting in Indianapolis the last three days of the ‘month. A. B. Weaver and F. E. Weir of Ligonier are active members.

Mrs. Shearer Entertains.

Mrs. A. O. Shearer yesterday afternoon entertained the Wedensday Bridge Club.in a most delightful session. The full club membership was repregented, = o

Have Ten Children,

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sprague are celebfating the arrival of their tenth child a daughter. They now have seven boys 'and three girls in their family. . N ol

RARICK BUYS FARM

niportant -Real Estate Deal Made by Home Realty & Investment Comyany - '

- The Home Rezlty-and Investment Company closed "a deal Tuesday hy which Vassa Rarich of Long LDeach California becomes the owner of the 145 acre farm ‘ormerly owned by Mrs. Samantha I, Lasel. This farm is located on the Lincoin Highway 314 miles west of Liconier. The consideration was $13,000. This farm was bequeathed to ths ational Benevolent Assgciation of £ Louis Mo. in her last will, The proceeds of this sale will. be used in supporting the various old peoples fhomes and orphanages under the control of the Association, = e :

BAD CHE(K ARTISTS

Trie Attempt to Y ork Fraud at Kendallville ana Are Promptly Lech»l Up _ " A clever ruse to pas sa fraundunlent check in the amount of $550 on Kendallville Aerie IN». 985 F. 0. E. at the Noble County bank by a woman giving her name as Miss Helen Smith was nipped in the bud vesterday aiternoon by 1. E. McCartney assizstant cashier of the bank who scented the fraud ‘and as a result the woman and two men -companions are now in charge of officials pending an investigation. ; ‘ o ‘The tnio it is bhelieved arrived in that city sometime Tuesday and in some manner obtained access to the HEagles’ club rooms and stole the blank check from the lodge eheck book. The check issued payable to the bearer was signed H. R. Priceft secretary William C. Clark treasurer. and John Marker president. They were traveling in a Palge sedan bearing a 1924 Iliinois license plate.

Shall We Cure the World’s His?

~ Christianity has changed savage, ‘beastial tribes iniy ecivilized nations iiof Em'op_e and Ag?‘:m'i:':-l. L : E}Christi-anity e scattered institutions of helpfulne<§all over the earth, Cheistianity haglagtransfused _ the

bltod ot “Denteviience for .the blood of | cruelty into the. arteries of society. (‘hristianty has exalted womanhood and childhood. ' . Christianity has caused the world to recognize human rights human liberty and human brotherhood. The remedy for sin wlich is the root of all evils is the gospel which savés and transforms the individual and society. - ‘We shall. never cure the world’s ills until. we accept: the ‘- Church’s diagnosis and remedy. - Come to the Christian church Sunday morning you will find an in-} teresfing ‘program and a most cordial welcome. Do not forget the Union 'Hi. Y. meeting at the U. B. Church Sunday night. A fine progiram has been prepared. ; 1. C. Boyts Pastor of the Christian church. :

Sun Eeclipse January 24,

The unusual spectacle of the moon crossing in front of the sun and dimming it from 85 to 90 per cent will be seenl by resident of this commuynity on the morning of Saturday January 24 between 10 and 10:30 o'clock according to the meteorologist of. the Fort Wayne weather bureau. In a number of states to the north the sun will be totally esclipsed -presenting a phenomenon seldom seen. Thoes who 'will see the total eclipse will note the sun completely covered and its light entirely dimmed with ‘the exception of the corona or hale which will surround it and cause the radiation of a green-hued light over the earth. & 7 il :

Purchase Blooded Stock.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Yarian have returned to Avilla from Lafayete where ‘they - attended the Hereford cattle sale held by ‘J. Crouch & Son of that city. Mr. Yarian puyrchased eight head of the best fem‘ale&" of the sale one being the noted cow Bell Coverdale a grandaughter of Perfection Fairfax. This cow sold a few years ago at the MeCray sale for $3,100, ]

Near-By Deaths.

S. W. Smith 77 apoplexy Elkhart county Mrs. Mary ‘Wiltfong 84 Middlebury; John Heimbach 69 paralysis Whitley county; J. H. Norris 72 tuberculosis Whitley count; Frank Sheldon 27 tuberculosis Churubusco John Oiler 67 ulcers of stomach, Auburn; F. S. Hontz 70 complications, Well county, : <

John ‘Marker of Toledo was a Ligo. nier visitor Wednesday. .

. Appearances Indicate a big community sale fgr George D. Foster this afternoon..: . ’

George Buist the expert accountan was here from Fort Wayne yester day. Sy :

PEDAGOGS AGTIVE N LEGISLATURE

COUNTY SCHOOI, SUPERINTENDENTS AT RECENT MEETING OUTLINE PROGRAM

Vote For County Unit School Pro- - posal and Would Make Many o -Other Changes |

A law establishing county administration of rural schools as opposed to the present system of township trustees administration will be sought in the present state assembly by the Indiana Schoolmen’s club. At a meeting in Indianapolis the fi'rst of the week action was taken. , ) The club voted 45 to 5 to work actively for the county unit bill which woul‘d;f ,proyide a county administration of rural schools, ) On (the recommendation of, Chair‘man. Miller the -¢lub \foted its” approval of the following proposals if they are presented to the legislature: Changing the time of sehool enumeration from April to August. Uniform marking 6f school busses and hacks. , , ‘Change of the teacher’s retirement fund law to permit teachers to enrolﬂ as beneficiaries of the fund up to Oct. 1} this year. i ' ' : A law providing for the inspection and stalldardizati(m of private parog chial schools. . . ‘ " 'Establishment of a separate division .of the schoolhonse planning and construction in the state department of education, T ' Repeal of the law requiring the teaching of certain subjects such as | agriculture leaving such matters to the “discretion of the state board of~| educajion. o P oy

) | Next Leetm! Course, -Tom Skeyhill Australiian soldier, poet and student of world affairs will lecture in Ligonier on Friday évenmgglhmmﬁsﬁ*.zw@iﬂmk.aim

Crystal Theatre. This will be the seconds n'tjlmber on the lecture course.’ The remakable career of this youﬁg man, coupled with his ability to tell of what he has. seen and heard, has fitted him well for his lecture work, and today there is no more nopular speaker on the lecture platform. : For the past eleven years Tom Skeyhill has been almost constantly on the go, from one country to another. in 1814 he was a lad of 18 in his native -Australia when he enlisted as an “Anzac.” While fighting the Turks at the Dardanelles in" 1915 he was ‘'stricken stone blind from a shell explosion, He was invalided home and %becamej so famous as the “Blind Sol‘dier orator” that other nations asked ‘him to talk to their men. After two years he miraculously tegained his sight while in Washington D. C., and ‘his pobularity s a war-speaker increased many times. \ He attended the Peace Conference in- Paris in 1919 and after’ thal appeared| for the first time as a professional lecturer. In 1920 he “Ran the lines” through Soviet Russia, studying Boshevism at ﬁr‘st; hand and came back to tell America .and Canada about it. lln the fall of 1922 he went back to Europe and visited almost, every country on the continent, g%tting his own impressions of conditifms over there. . The | experiences furnish the subjeets _f+l' his unusually interesting lectures. = “The New Renaissance in Euvope” is. a great spiritual message for the youth of the world calling upon them to risgup and-throw down the old war mongers and the reactionéries ‘who are imperiling thisg civilization. o , No jne can afford to miss this very unus_uzil number. Single admission prices are 35 and 50. i

Will Meat at Auburn.

The Twelfth disfrict convention of the American Legion will be held in Auburh March 31 according to arrangements made at a meeting of DeKalb post No. 97 Delegates from Allen, Steuben Noble, LaGrange and DeKalb counties will be in attendance together with state and distriet officers. ; :

Listening In.

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barnhart entertained the following guests last r_nght at a radio party with Ivory King Harry Snodgrass as the piano attraction. Messrs and Mesdames W. H. Loy, Albert Deardorff Guy Calbeck and family and Miss Eva Cookk

Mr. King Improves.

~ Dr. Black received word from his uncle William A. King at Lansing Michigan that the gentleman is improving slowly from , injuries suffered in a fall some time ago.

BIG SALE ON

Carney Clothing tSore: Will Regin Semi-Annual Slaughter Sale -Satarday o

Carneys Clothing Store will be a busy place Saturday January 2 when the big semi-annual slaughter sale opens. The object of these sales is to sell goods. The extra effort made fo sell goods is to reduce stock and make room for new goods, ‘ demanded by the change in - season. The late sale was to make room for qfall'_and winter gO;gg_S_ .and now rooui ‘must be made. for Spring and summer good.. Rather thén carry goods over from one season to another the Carneys sell qften at . a sacrifice. - The sale thateopens Saturday will be a sacriffee sale for goods must go regardless of price, ‘§ | w 0 Many thousand fi'}glrgeé bills " have been circulated thi*@g;gé;@ut this- district setting odf the goods and the prices. There is\suré to be a rush to get in on the barphins. “Extra clerks. will look aiter fhe wants of buyers. |

NOW TRAVELING SALESWAN

M. B. Lindsey Takes Position On the Road Leaving Mrs, Lindsey ant Fred Morris at Store.

AL B. Lindsey propx‘jiétor': of the South Cavin street 5 and 10 cent store has accepted a ‘position as: traveling salesman for a Chicago house and is now out on the road. ' Rl - The management of the store has been placed under the direction of Mrs. Lindsey and her brother Fred Morris of Bluffton, e e _ Before opening the store in Ligonier Mr. Lindsey for a number of years had been a very successful travelitlg salesman and the lure of the road proved too strong to resist.

THURSDAY JANUARY 22

This is Date Decided Upon For General Meeting of Industrial Foundation. - -

Only fifteen subscrivers to the Ligonier Industrial Foundation fund appeared at city hall Tuesday evening and action on the housing pro-

day evening January 22 when it is hoped a better attendance may he gecireg. .o ol L The Industrial Foundation subscribers seem to have lost interest in the proposed housing enterprise_and if- there 44s not a better atendance at the- meeting ' called for Thursday evening January 22 the matter will be dropped. : - The report prepared by the housing commniittee was not presented at the meeting Tuesday night. - '

Oificers Installed,

At a meeting held at the Odd Feblow hall the Cresent Rebekah Lodge installed the following officers .Jan. 8 1995 i - IN.G—Hazel McDowell . [ > P. N. G—Amanda Jacobs - . V. G+-Ela Joray = = - e Rec. Sec’y—Minga Wagomer Fin, Sec’y—Etta Harsh e Treasurer—Orpha Rager v Warden—Frances Flowers ; Conductor—Ada Cornelius T I. G.—Mildred Vance e O?‘ W. Wagoner .. .. . o R. SN, G.—lTiazzie Beltg . - L. S::N. G.—Osie Nelson RSV G.r'——.lﬁnnieDrain : - L S. V. G—Lillie Hicks = - o Chaplian—Lois Decker : : After the work:a picnic supper was good time was shrdluaetointaoinnin, served which everyone enjoyed. = -

Leg Ground Off.

~ Slipping on an icy crossing in an attempt to get out of the way of an approaching fast New. York Central westbound passenger train No. 151, in Elkhart about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Robert Borhis age 15 was struck by the engine and his left leg severed above the knee. ~

Enjoys Birthday Party.

Nathan, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Wertheimer celebrated the tenth anniversary of his birth by entertaining ten of his friends at a six o’clock dinner Monday evening at the family homoe on West Union street.” The event proved a very pleasant one.

Ruth Lundy 8

Ruth Lundy celebrated the eighth anniversary of her birth today and her grandfather Odee Agee provided the birthday cake for the family dinner given in her honor.

Alva Matthews Arrives.

. Alva Matthews an old Ligonier boy who is employed in the Pullman car works in Chicago arrived here Wednesday to visit’ old time friends.

Has Infected Foot.

Orlow Worker is suffering from an infected foot which developed a bad case of hives. He is under the care of Dr, Black.. G

Bake Sale

The Ladies Aid of the Richville M. ‘E. church will hold a bake sale Wednesday morning January 21 at the Jet }White Groceteria. g - 4Th2t*

- MONDAY ; THURSDAY

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6OV, PROPOSALS ARF PROMULGATED

NEW GOVERNOR WAKES RECOMMENDATION ~ TO LEGISLATORS

Summary of What He Would Have Acecomplished in a Legislative : ! Way .

I Governor Jackson in his message before a joint session of the Indiana general assembly urged economy as ‘them otto for his administration. His recommendations briefly irlelude the tollowing:y: .« .. ; - Sonsolidation of state boards snd commissions in aecordance with report of special investigation commission. wha o : T - New blue sky law for better protection of prospective purchasers of seenritien. Lo 0 o Nosalary increases. o Bi-partisan boards for all state institutions. S s No bhorrowing of money for state nor transfer from one state fund to another, ’ ; e . Primary law should be retained. - Appropriation of $6,000 instead of 524,000 for expense of Great Lakea waterway commission during next two_ years. - . Inheritance tax should be turned into general fund. g -~ Increased . fees for public service commission to . pay operating ex 4 penses, - “ - State regulation of busses and trucks by public service commission. . ~=tate schools should practice strictesf. gconomy. : ‘Permanent automobile license plates and increased gasoline tax to pay for state roads. : 1 Revaluation of real estate in 1925. - Sinking fund for possible tire lébses to state buildings. - i

- 'They Name Demoerat, Dre ¥ Vo Neit demoerat. of Coler

bia City has been appointed county health officer to succeed Dr. D. S. Linvill republican who was county health officer the past four years. The ‘appointment was made by the present democratic -beard of commissloners. Dr. Nolt has served as couniy health officer before, His term will be for four years. .

The Progress (Club Meets.

_The Progress Club met with Mrs. W. C. 'B. Harrison Monday. evening seventeen ‘members = being . present. After spending an finteresting hour in the discussion of Current Topies, Miss Blanche Harsh veéry ably reviewed Margaret Deland's “The Iron Woeman” e : The next meeting will be &t the home of Mrs. Ernest Franks when an election. of officers wil ltake place.

Yists Old Haunts.

John H. Hoffman former member of the legislature from Noble county arrived home Tuesday night from attending the inaugural ceremonies of B 4 Jackson the new governor. Mr. Hoffman was a guest of the inaugural committee while in the state capital and met many old friends.

Next Play at Goshen.

Ligonier . high = school basketball team will journey to the land of Goshen tomorrow evening for a game with the high school team of that city. A ‘big bunch of boosters will accompany the home team.

Mote Ford Cars.

S. H. 'Hoover fook with him to Detroit three helpers and they brought home four Ford carss Thurlow Shuman followed the party for the fifth machine the cars being all sold by the Ford agency here. :

Will Debate Subject.

The Literary and Dramatic Club will hold its regular meeting 'in the auditorium of the Christian: Church Friday evening. Lively debate. Good miscellaneous. program. -The publie is invited. '

In Bad Condition.

Dr. Black was in consultation with Dr. Beall Fort Wayne and Dr. Hoy Syracuse Tuesday in the case of Mrs. Doll Crow near Wawasee. The lady’s condition is very grave.

To Move in March.

- Mr. and Mrs. Claude (onrad are planinng to move in March to' thelr own farm mnear Cromwell from the Dr. C. G. Keehn farm. .

To South Bend Show.

A large party of ladies left this morning for South Bend to attend & theatre. Some went by the Golden Fawn and some by train.

New Ford Sedans

Glenn Roe and Joe Miller have purchased Ford sedans and will now make their automobile rides ‘under cover, et R e e

USUAL THE