Ligonier Banner., Volume 59, Number 46A, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 January 1926 — Page 2

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W. H; WIGTON A&é‘rney-at-,law ©Offce in Zimmerman Block LIGONIER, LN.D m Harry L. Benner . ‘Auctioneer Upen for all engagemends Wolf Lake, Indiana : Both Noble and Whitley County Phones =~ . M' Bothwell & Vanderford 5 Lawyers Phone 156. Ligonier. Indiana VERN B.FISHER ‘Sanitary Plumbing | and Heating Phone 210 Ligonier§lnd { I ! [P RINTIN (j ‘ \wua® ‘

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: Wawaka News. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicks and Mr. and Mrs. E. McGown were . recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dull here. Mr. and Mrs John Stiffner of near Golden bridge held a homecoming for their children and a big dinner was served to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stiffner, Floyd Stiffner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Smith of South Bend Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Marie Reidenbach recently. Mrs. Faydith Steinbarger of Sunny Slopes spent Wednesday with Mrs. E. Herald at Sunny Side. M. Ruby of Kimmell was here Tuesday. : . -

Master Willie Price of Elkhart is spending the holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price. - ‘Mr. and Mrs. .J. W Smith My. and Mrs. Virgil Todd and little son i{Charles were entertained recently at 6 o’clock dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kurtz in Ligonier. : Mr. and Mrs. Charles Price were hosts at a family gathering and 6 o’clock dinner Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Brumbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Paul Price of Tanglewooh.——Wawaka Correspondent, = _

After Noble¢ County Thieves,

At the close of the "farm Bureau meeting aet‘Albi(m Tuesday evening says the 'Noble Farmar Arby Hodge was called upon to explain his plan of stopping ‘the increasing thievery going on, with the farm folk as victims. It seems that down in his sec-’ tion the theft of chicken grain, and most any old thing is becoming very common so Arby se: himself to work to_figure out 2 plan t halt this thieving. The result is that he has made plans fér the organization of “The ‘Noble County Anti-Thief association” and in two’ days tiine more than 200 'farmers have signed the articles of agreement wheraby they pledge ;themselves to pay $2 into a corumon fund every time one of their memn‘bers suffers lgss by theft and the thief is caugh*, “dead or alive” and conviction follows. The Farm Bureau delegates listened attentively to Mr. Hodge’s explanation of his' plan, and then endorsed his ideas . Mr Hodge expects to have 2,000 membhers in the county in a shert time, when proper officers will be duly elected and the “stop theif” machine will be ready to work - ’ e

Lincoln Day Celebration.

Lloyd Gates:of Columbia City republican district chairman called a meeting of all republican coulity chair men and chairwomen of the twelfth district to be held in the Gawthorp Inn at Kendallyille Saturday evening to make . arrangements for the big Lincoln day celebration to be held in Fort Wayne on the evening of February 12. : : Practically all of the state officals will attend the Lincoin ‘meeting as well as members of the republican state central committee. ‘Senator James E. Watson will deliver the prin cipal address. Many visitors from over the district will also atend the district meet.

More Delegates. , Under a new apportionment the counties of the Twelfth district will have a combined voting strength of 117 delegates and the men and women to be sent to the State convention will be chosen by popular vote at the primary May 4. The apportionment of delegates fo rthe district announced at republican state headquarters #ollow: . Allen county 60 delegates, DeKalb county 15 delegates; T.aGrange county -7 delegates, Noble county 14 delegates, Steuben county 10 delegates, Whitley county 11 delegates. " Is Accessible, : The office o fthe city clerk is now accessible being located in the Kimmell Realty Company rooms, Straus block back of Citizens Bank, City Clerk Kimimell or his deputy Joseph Kimmell Jr., will be there to receive water rents and to transact city business. :

Passion For Red Heads, Charging that her husband had a weakness for red headed woman and thereby made her life with him unbearable and crowded with hours of mental amguish Nellie Lee was granted a divorce from Roy Lee and given the custody of her 10 year old daugh, ter at South Bend.

| Constructing Show Window. - Miller &McGuire the contractors are engageg in constructing a show window in thef ront of the Lincoln Cafe for the display of fine pastries. The baked goods in connection with their baked goods in eonventicn with their eating house. : ~ James Schutt who spent the holidays with hig parents Judge and Mrs. J. B. Schutt in Ligonier has returned to his studies in Cleveland, Ohio. |

[" Talks at Kendallville, : J. C. Brunk of South Bend formerly of Ligonier delivered the principal ' address to the Kendallville High {|'School Alumni Association in the latter named city Wednesday evening. Pay your Banner Subscription NOW

ftate Gasoline Tax, . An increase of meore than 3223,0001 in gasoline made in December 1925 over the same period in 1924 was shown in the report of A. N. Bobbm“ state gasoline tax collector made public today. : ; The report shows that during December 1925 the state collected a total of $661,984.71 as taxes on motor fuel. The report also shows that during November this year a total of 21,731,931.5 gallons were sold an increase of 292,494 gallons over November 1924, An increase of $791,649.7Y in the collections. fo rthe quarter ending December 31 also was shown in the re-~ port. A total of $2,218,229,68 was collected during the quarter. s - Backed by Farm Bureau, The Indiana farm bureau is reitering its confidence in the state highway commission prepared to push its demand that the cases against the commissioners be brought to prial at once. :

The officials of the bureau branded the indictments against John Williams director and Ear] Crawford commis, sioner as a move of “greedy politicia ans” and declared the charges should either bep roved or disapproved and dropped entirely. : '

The Death Watch,

William Haller residing several miles north of Kendallville celebrated New Years eve in a most singular fashion. With his trusty gun on his knee, Mr, Haller watched the old year out and the new year in, and at the stroke of midnight shot a rabbit from his upstairs window. The rabbit was prancing around in the moonight and venturing into the Haller yard. Mr. Haller succeeded in bagging it.

Coroner’s Report For 1925 -

Twenty deaths from natural causes and resulting from accidents occurred during the past year in Noble county according to the annual report compiled by Coroner L. F. Frurip. No suicides or murders were recorded on the coroner’s record in 1925 F’The majority of deaths resulted from }natural causes. . . :

School Children in State,

There were 630,696 pupils in the public schools of Indiana during the school year 1924-25 according to the annual report of Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood state superintendent of public instruction. Of this total number of pupils enrolled during the year 316,193 were boys and 309,540 were girls. '

- - Near-By Deathfs, Mrs. Mary Jones 52 paralysis Waiterlo‘o; Samuel Camel 82 heart failure Wells county; Mrs. Ellen Miller, 65 anemia, Warsaw, Martin Mallory, 92 pneumonia Angola; Marin Self, 72 banker Syracuse; S. T. Stauffer, 79 Elkhart county, Mrs. Bonnie Koebernik 36 kidney trouble Elkhart. . Booze Runner Hurt, ' Harry Basttistoni age 40 sought by Detroit police on ligquor . running charges was probably fatally injured at Fort Wayne when he ran hig large closed car into the rear of an eastbound traction car. His condition is regard as critical. ‘ Yery Sudden Death, Alfred Cramer 68 life long resident of Noble county was found dead behind the counter of his general. store at Swan Thursday morning by a man who called to make a purchase. He had been engaged in business there for twenty-five years. , '~ Was Gratlfying Sale. Foster’s community salé held at his taxi barn last Thursday was ome of the most satisfaetory in history.: A fine lot of stock was disposed of and the total receipts were $4,884.84. The sale lasted just three hours and forty minutes. .

Mrs. Miller in Hospital, Burley Miller was accompanied home to South Bend Friday by his mother-in-law Mrs.. Albert Bordner. Mrs. Miller entered Epworth hospital in South Bend for an appendicitis operation New Years evening. They Visit Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. John Kirkland Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kirkland and Mrs. Lelia Smith of Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs .J. H. Smith of North Manchester visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs, }Sol Miller at Syracuse. o ? Worth More Than Silver, . John Miller, farmer who lives near Goshen shipped three milk cans full of precious liquid Thursday. He valued the consignment at $2,500 it being peppermint oil now worth $2B a pound. . SBTCF B T R s - A New Years Present, | Mrs. Mary Frick sends the'Banner as a New Years present to Mrs. Ida Frick at Whittier California. |

Notlee to Water Takers, You are hereby notified that water rents are dué January -Ist 1926 payable at the office of the city clerk. On all rents due and not paid on or before January 20th a penalty of ten percent will be added. ' All water rents for 1926 are now due and must be paid on or before January 20th. : ‘ Office hours 9 a. m. to 6 p , m. 46abt Joseph C. Kimmell, City Clerk. A A i gSo. - = ~ H. C. Dahms and family spent New Years eve at their old home in Warsaw. , The January thaw began Friday and extended over Saturday. : Pay your Baoner Subscription NOW

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA.

The next Market g given under the auspices of the Lifonier Cooperative Association will be held Wednesday January 6 1926. The new board of directors composed of B. F. Wilkerson, Jesse Dewey, Bernard Baughman, Martha Lough, Mrs. Florence Gentry and Mrs. B. E. Richard bave’ been untiring in their efforts and have introduced several new features and have several unigque plans which will be worked ont during the next three months, that will work to the advantage of the orgaumization. Beginning with the January Market Day there will be several special one hour sales put onm by the different merchants.

The followig prizes will be given away by the merchants of Ligonier on Market Day Wednesday January 6 1926, ¥

yHerman Sack—Dress shirt worth $2.50. : : E. Jacobs -and Co.—Bed spread worth $2.60. _

Sacks Bakery.—One sack Silk flour Nona Stutf—One pair of silk hose. W. F. Kline and Son—§l.so in trade Oylers Pool Room—One brier pipe Newtons Shoe Store—sl.oo in cash. Ben Glaser—One Auto Spot light, Adams Nash Sales Company—One tire gauge. : Coulters Bakery—One good big cake. :

Blazed Trail Garage—sl.oo in cash ~ Ligonier Electric Shop. $l.OO in cash. ¢

Banner Laundry and Dry Cleaning Suit cleaned and pressed. Shuman-Turreill Company—Rear view mirror. Stansbury’s Double Store—lndian Blanket worth $4.19. Leader Office—One years subscription to the Ligonier Leader. | Economy Chain Grocery—2o pounds of granulated sugar. | L. R. Lepird Shoe Store—Omne pair silk hose worth §l.OO, : , ~ Banner Publishing Company— One years subscription to Banner. ~ P. J. Carney’s Store-*One suit of underwear worth $1.50. ! F. W. Stellar—One bushe! Baldwin apples. ; S. J.. Williams Drug Store—sl.oo box Armand face powder. - L. E. Sisterhen—One pair of tennis shqes A : Rauberts Jewelry Store—One hand painted china dish. ; Hossinger Market—sl.oo beef roast, Wilkerson Shoe Store—QOmne pair of ladies’ house slippers. *

_Griffith’s Drug Store. One bottle of peffume. :

. J. L. Levy—One electric desk lamp worth $5.00 Weaver's Hardware—One Brandies Loud Speaker worth $lO.OO. H J. Holderness—Compact case worth $2.00 ~ Smith’s Chocolate Shop—Box of stationery worth $l.OO. ’ ~ Gutelius Store—CCotton jped blanket 72x80 inches worth $3.19. ~ Weirs Hardware—Aluminum per}culator. ; :

Each of ‘the above thirty three progressive merchants will give away tickets wit heach fifty cent purchase made at their stores between now and Eight o'clock Wednesday evening January 6 1926. The lucky numbers will be drawn by a disinterested committee and posted in the windows of the various business houses. Ask for tickets every time you make a purchase and save your tickets. Keep all your tickets until the drawing on Wednesday March 3 1926 and you have a chance to win the big capital prize which will be given at that time. Patronize the merchants who Igive away tickets and win a prize.

Finds Auto Plate, - Adam Depore found on the street 1926 Ohio license plate No. 821,586 and brought it to the Banner office to be x‘eglaimed by the owner. - . . Miss Lena Ameling of South Bend spent the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Ameling in this city. = Elmer Klotz has returned to his work in South Bend after a holiday vacation at home. ' Wanted, : A respongible man to care for tha Ligonier cemetery. Dutles to begin March Ist 1926. Apply to C. E. Denning, Secy. . - 42bte

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY | Services in Wéir Block. A Sunday school 9:45 A. M. 1 Lesson Sermon 11:00 A. M. | Subject—God e Wednesday evening testimonial neeting 8:00 P. M. : Everybedy welcome. . : For Sale ' .Burroughs adding machine in good condition and a beautiful roll top office desk. Mrs. C. L. Chamberlain, Phone 861, Ligonier. . 44atf

ALL /THE PRESENT AV AILABLE PREFERRED STOCK OF INDIANA & MICH- - - IGAN. ELECTRIC CO: HAS BEEN SOLD _ . Many thousands of ‘people have invested their savings in our stock. This is most gratifying, as it indicates the confidence which our customers and other people have in this Company, its employes, and its management. We shall do all in our power to merit a continuation of this cenfidence. We regret that we can accept no more subscriptions for stock at this time but we will be pleased to enter your name for advance reservation to be filled at such future time as we may again have more stock to offer. INDIANA & MICHIGAN ELECTRIC COMPANY

J. C. KIMMELL e J. K. RIMMELL Kimmell Realty Com immell Realty Company Office First Floor Citizens Bank Building Ligonier Ind. . Phone 808 - Ty A 3 BB B B S 4 B M G S SSRDTS S L, ~ City And Town Properties and Business Chances Choice vacaat lot on the North Side. : Modern two story residence on Third Street. Seven rooms. A choice heme im a 4 good neighborhood. Priced for quick sale. Terms. A choice residence lot on College Street near Main street. Priced right. ; - : - : . ~ A 10 roem modern house on Cavin Street, recently remodeled Garage. A good location and a bargain for some one. Seven room modern house on Union Street. Open stairway. Garage and poultry house. Good location: for restdence grocery, or barbecue lunch, At intersection of two state highways. N Nine room modern home in Kimmell. Would trade for a small business. Prefers a residence grocery or general store. . Residence property in Albion. Would trade for Lake Wawasee property. - o Notion store in a good live town. Doing good business. ' 7 room residence and 16 choice lots in Kimmell. The new Lincoln Highway runs through the lots. Good site for a filling station and lunch room:. Would trade for a small farm. | . Two improved lots in Kimmell at a b'ax:gain’; 2 ~ Four choice lots in Elkhart for sale or would trade for Noble County property. : . ' : ' - @General Store in a good live town. Would take & small farm in exchange or sell on terms, : Several resort properties at Lake Wawasee for sale. Cottages and vacant lots at Ogden Island Natticrow Beach and Morrison Island. In addition to the above we have a large list of improved farms for sale on easy terms or we will take other property in exchange. We represent the First Joint Stock Land bank of Fort Wayne and are in a position to get you a long time 5% % loan on your farm. We handle sound securities and insurance of every kind. ’ Modern 7 room residence in Fort Wayne. Hardwood floors, open stairway. Large lot, Fruit.and shrubbery. Opposite Edgewater Park. Near Rosegarden. Will sell or trade it for a Noble county farm.

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