Ligonier Banner., Volume 61, Number 32B, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 September 1927 — Page 2

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Harry L. Benner Auctioneer . Upen for all engagemends Wolf Lake, Indiana Both Nobie and Whitley @ County Phones . .

Harry W. Simmons Crustee Perry Townshsp Oifice at Farmers and Merchants Bank Saturday Afternoon and Saturday .. o Ryeping

Howard White WAWAKA, INDIANA AUCTIONEER Fhone 2 on 1 Wawaka

O. A. BILLMAN Wind Mills, Tanks, Pumps, . Water Systems, Etc. Well Drillings = Phone 333 = LIGONIER Next door to Ford Garage

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The Ligonier Banner v Estahblished 1856 Published by THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. ~ W. C. B. Harrison, Editor M. A. Cotherxhan, Manager Published every Monday and Thursday and entered the Postoffice at l.igonier, indiana, as second class matter.

More Storm ‘Damage.

A church and three barns in this vicinity were struck by lightning and eompletely destroyed by fire during the two most violent rain and electrical storms of the summer Saturday night and-.edrly Sunday morninz. Lightning also struck at a number of other places but caused comparatively little damage. The church which was destroyed was the Forks Mennonite church north west- of Ligonier just across the LaGrange courty line. The fire was discovered at about four o”clock Sunday morning by Clint Reed a resident in the vicinity of the church when it was found that the roof was ablae. It is presumed that it was struck by light ning during ope of the two storms which swept over that vicinity. The building was a large frame structure and was burned to the ground, causing a loss estimated at $lO,OOO or $12,000 It had been remodeled about cight years ago. :

Girl Killed in Fall

Miss ‘Betiy Rose 19 daughter of Mrs. Erma Rose was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when she fell 20 feet from a porch of a second story apart ment to the corygrete steps below at South Bend. Miss Rose was sitting on the railing of the porch beside Warren Wilson 26 when she fell. Wilson attempted to save her and was alsc dragged over the railing and fell suffering sericus irjuries. e - Miss Rose sustainea a fracture ot the skull and other injuries and died tive minutes after she was taken tg a hospital. Wilson sustained a fracture of his right leg and right arm. Miss IRose was well known as an accomplished musiciar:.

Mike Gets Well Paid.

Dean Pletcher better known as “Mike Kelley” received around $l5O ir« prizes for his istunt of Ewal‘king" around the race track during the Elkcounty fair. He started Weodnesday at midnight and ended Saturday at noon. i :

“Mike” was allowed to rest ten minutes out of every hour givirg him two hours rest a day. The event was giveu as a little athletic feature for the fair and to advertise different Goshen business men. :

Sells Mineral Water.

Bruce Banta formerly aan old 'Ligonier boy was a caller at the News: Times on’' Monday. Mr. Banta hag lately placed in Chicago with Hinckley & Schmitt dealers in medicirgal water, an order for over 600 gallons daily to be sold to the needy sick of that city —Goshen 'News Times.

Banta claims his income from the sale of the water will aggregate $1,50¢ a week. s s

Dry Democrats Leaderless.

The “progressive dry wing’ of the democratic party is-‘“disorganized and leaderless” according to E. T. Meredith former seécretary of agriculture 213 d prominent democratic leader. . with drawal of William G. McAdoo as a candidate for the democratic nomination for president has left the party in a situation said Meredith where it is keenly in the need of a new leader. ’

Yersed in Indiana wHistory.

- Miss Emily Fletcher 69 a, member of the pioneer family of the same name and regarded as an authority on Indiana history died at Indianapolis after an .illness of more than a year Miss Fletcher was the daughter ol the late Calvin Fletcherll. Her father built the old Vincennes and I'sdianapolis railroad. ' Funeral services will be held Thursday. : S

Boy is Drowned in River.

Alfred Meyers nine years old son’ of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Meyers of Mishawaka was drowned in the St. Joseph river near Battell park Saturday after noon. The boy and his brether Dud{—‘ ley 11 were wading in the river look= ing for clam shells when Alfred stepped off a ledge into water twerty feet deep. The brother and another companion made efforts to save the boy but neither could swim.

First Miss in 25 Years.

Dr. Calvin Seymoure of Elkhart towrship for the fingt time in twenty» five years had to niss the Seymoure family reunion held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Mott. The 1928 reunion will be held at the home of Mn and Mrs. Albert Seyvmoure near Wawaka the first Saturday in Septembenr.

Forty-Fourth Indiana Reunion -

' The 48th annual reunion of the 44th Indiaqa Volurteer Infantry will be held in the Community Building at Kendallville Thursday September 29th An interesting program has been arranged. i 3

In Goshen~Hospital. . Mrs. Susan Ecklebarger of Syracfxs,e, was admitted to the Goshen hospital for. treatment of a fractured right hip caused by a fall.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Services .in Welir Block. | Sunday school 9:46 A M. Lesson Sérmon 11:00 A. M. Hverybody welcome, - X

Arrested Twice In Same Day. Andrew Shea of Goshen was arrested at Elkhart Saturday for pubiic intoxication and was fired $4O in the city court. He was released in order to go to Goshen to get the money to pay his fine but the police found him drunk again later dn the day and againg took him irto court. Now he has sB¢ to pay. -

Drowned at Wabash

Charles Ashworth 22 of Mt. Vernon was drowned Sunday while swimming in the Wabash river. '

Twenty or more of his companiong though his cries for help were in fury Ashworth who was a horse care-{ :ker of. Battery E. Naticnal Guard unit was attending the battery’s aannual outirg at Herrmann's Island in the Wabash river. : : :

Attending School in South Bend

George Bryan Jr, is making his home with his uncle and aunt Mr. an« 'Mrs. Roy Ferguson in South Bend where he is attending high school.

Notice of Determination to issue bonds of the Schoel City of Ligonier Noble County Indiana : Notice is heréby given that the Board of School Trustees of the City of Ligonier Noble County Indiana did on the 21st day of September, 1927, by ordinance duly adopted, determine to issue the bonds of said School City of Ligonier in the amourt of twenty thous£nd dollars for the purpose of providing means to finish paying the cost of remodeling the present school building belonging to said school corpcration and situated orr out lot number 135 in said city and the construction of an addition thereto, said bonds to bear four and one half per cent per annum irterest, payable semiannually and lsaid bonds to mature and be payable in forty equal series of five hundred dollars each, the first series and all accrued interest to become due and be payable on July Ist, 1929 and oneé series and all acgrued interest to become due ard be payable each siy months thereafter, and all of said bonds to be dated as of November Ist, 1927 - ! o

‘Notice is therefore hereby given to the taxpayers of said School City of Ligonier Noble County, Indiana, who will be affected by the proposed issue of said bonds, of the aforesaid determination of said Board of School Trustees aforeqaid to so issue said bonds to the amout of twernty thousand dollars. and that petitions or objections there, to may be filed as provided by law If proper objection be not made said bonds will be issued as determined. September 22nd 1927. : ; Ralph Spurgeon Graham S. Lyon : Sol Henoch ® ‘ Board of School Trustees of | the School City. of Ligorper, | Noble County Indiana. : | 32h3w

NOTICE TO CONTRACTOURS.

« Notice is hereby given that the 'Board of County Commissioners of Noble County, 'lndiana at their office in the Court House, in the town of Albion, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the improvement of a certain highway known as the John H. Conrad Road, in Perry township in said county, by grading, draining and paving the same with gravel as set out in the plans, specifications and profile therefor now on file in the office of the Auditor of said Noble County. Sealed proposals for the contract for such improvement will be received up until, and will be- opened at two o’clock p.m. on Monday, October 3rd, 1927. , ' | Bids submitted shall be for the completion of said improvement in accordance with said plans, specifications and profile therefor now on file in the office of said Auditor and shall include all labor and material required for said ywork.

Each bid must be accompanied by a personal or surety bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the bid filed for said work, to be approved by said Board of Commissioners. Said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of said work; the sureties thereon, if personal, shall be resident freeholders of the State of Indiana one of whom shall be a Tesident ofisaid Noble county and said bond shall be for the benefit of any person, ‘pex‘sons, firm or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of any snch bidder failing to or neglecting to enter into a proper contract to perform said work as it is awarded by said Board of Commissioners, or to carry out said work in apy particular, or to pay for any labor or material whi¢h may be furnished toany such contractor or contractors, superintendent or agent under him in the construction of said work.

Said improvement will be let as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder upon affidavit of non-collusion, which affidavit must be submitted with the bid, and upon failure to submit such affidavit such proposal will be rejected by the Board, and the Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Time for the completion of said work will be agreed upon at the letting of said contract by the Board of Commisioners and the -successful bidder.

The estimated cost of said. improvement is $14,991.00. : ' @iven by order of the Board of Commissioners of Noble County, Indiana. : . CHARLES W. BENDER JOHN W. LONG NOAH F. SMITH, Board of Commissioners. of Noble County Indiana. ' ~ BDWIN. SMITH Auditor of Noble County Indiana. : 30b3w

THE LIGON]IER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA.

= o By DAN H. OTIS 4 Director Agricultural Commission, American Bankers Assoclation PRODUCTIVITY‘of labor in several industries shows a remarkable increase in output per man since 1914, In the iron and steel industry there has been an increasé of 59 per

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Farm costs may be reduced through improved live stock. If there were only pure-bred live stock on the farms and ranges, we could get along with millions léss &¥——-------o-o———

animals, and that would release millions of acres for other purposes. The accompanying table shows what each of seven items of live stock is' producing; what each of these ftems could be made to produce by improved methods, and finally what the saving would be in each class. It gives a total national saving of over two billion dollars. .

; 2 United States Livestock Production : o ; : i Possible by Improved Methods 1 Kind Number | * Production Per Cont |et s gz .Perlleu} i‘umh-: Reduction }f:d e i Neoded |in Number| .- ; Dairy cows. . .......| 22,290,000 e,ms,m,&'ssggl. uzm 706 gal. | 18,017,181 9,272,819 $9O CO 834,553,710 79,105,411,201 | 3549 lbs., {| 6077 Ibs. | iy siobetl 08530000 oo b 8ee1...............|9,853,000ib5.*| 4,935,000,000 Ibs.{| 501 Ibs. |[2 yr. 800 Ibs. | 6,168,759| 3,684, 75.00 | 276,318,750 3 yr. 1000 lbs.| 4,935,000 4,918,0000. ... o.} .ecernenns Mutton and lamb. ..| 12,001,000 467,000,000 Ibs. 1 !38.8 tbs.f |5O Ibe.t 9,340,000* 2,061,000 .......[...corunsen Sheep-w001.........| 35,590,159 | 227,105,177 Ibs. [6.38 be. || § Ibs. 28,388,147| 7,202,012} 8.00 | 57,616,094 P0rk........0eeee..] 43,043,000°| 5,860,000,000 Ibs.t {136 Iba.t [|6 mo. 150 Ibe.4| 30,066, 3,076,334/ 37.50 | 637,445,850 9 mo. 225 lbs. | 20,044, 16,998,0‘55:;1:.......4........... Brood 50w5.........| 9,176,000 | 9,210,000,000 ibs.{ {lOOO Ibs.l{/1500 Ibs.t 6,140,000 3,036,000, 15.00 | 45,540,000 < . : {litter) (ton litter) . Chickens. .......:.,.|400,200,849 | 1,017,245,129 S6eggs || 135 eggs [170,066,233'220,224,616] 2.25 | 538,255,380 *Slaughtered and inspected. tDressed weight. L Tolal oo vin i $2,599,T90,T00

From this table it will bé noticed that, if we could obtain a reasonable average production per head, then the number of milch cows could be reduced from 22,000,000 to 13,000,000, or a reduction of 9,000,000, and still maintain the present supply of dairy products. This would involve increasing the production per cow from 8,549 pounds of milk to 6,077 pounds, an increase easily possible through good selection, brecding ‘and feeding. Beef animals vary in age all the way from one to three years. The present number of animals slaughtered and inspected would be sufficient under improved methods to produce the prescat amount of beef, and

2 By W. R. MOREHOUSE L Public Relations Commission, American Banen Assoclation .!’ Soumany millions of people have been defrauded out of their savings that it is the most natural thing for them to assume that the failure of any company in which they have stock is

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make the business a success. . o ‘What I am seeking to emphasize is the importance of making a thorough investigation before you draw your savings

from the bank and entrust them in the bands of persons who may lose them, not. through dishonesty but through - poor business judgment. "Too many inexperienced investors rely on hearsay afd on information too general te be at all adequate, when it comes to parting with their cash. So I say, make it a rule always to go to the bottom of every investment, and as it costs nothing to consult your banker, or the local Better Business Bureau, or the National Better Business Bureau, New York City, leave po stone unturned in order that you get the facts. : If you find that the organizers are trying to avoid an investigation, take that as a tip for making a most searching investigation. In’ making investments a hasty investigation, or & superficial investigation is & most erous thing. To get the facts aboE an investment you usually have te;dig deep and wide, and ‘no rush ,Wn permits you to do this: agiers of the worst type often welcome b hasty investigation, knowing that #&'does not give the investor suflchfl& to get below the beautifully wflaged surface finish with which 8} have so adroitly clothed their f stock. The road to: piness and content. ment lies al - she route to safe investment, the yped made safe by the ;lglan. “Il?él Before You Inry'lge T :

Fulton was struck by a tornado Surday which did $15,000 i property damage. Two barns and three sheds were demolished 50 telephone poleg were blown over and all the windows in the Baptist church were blown out:

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cent; boots and shoes, 6 per cent; leather tanning, 26 per cent; slaughtering and meat packing, 27 per cent; petroleum refining, 83 per cent; paper and pulp, 34 per cent; cement, 61 per cent; automobiles, 172 per cent; rubber tires, 211 per cent. These lowering costs of production have made it possible for industry to face the hazards of over-production. - Industry has laboratories that are lowering production costs. In the agriculturgl colleges the farmers have their laboratories —experiment stations that are constantly working on problems affecting farmers’ interests, and in them many methods have been worked out by which it is possible to increase materially the yield, reduce the cost of production and follow the same business principles that have been followed by industry. . ;

THE “GET-RICH-QUICK EXPRESS” &

due to dishonest manipulations within the company. ‘ _ The facts are that many companies go on the rocks:financially due to mismanagement and poor judgment and without any intent on the part of those in charge to defraud the stockholders. : - Because men of good moral character organize a company for the purpose of engaging in some business enterprise is no assurance in itself that the business will succeed. Good intentions are one thing and business ability another, and usually unless there is plenty of business ability the busihegs fails. ™ , - Before you invest in any new enterprise you should not only satisfy yourself as to the integrity of the managers but you should be certain that they have the experience, the technical knowledge and the ability to

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feed the animals only one year. Taking the amount of food that could be reasonably obtained from a two-year old we find that it would be possible to keep up the present supply of beet and cut down on the mumber of ani mals slaughtered by 3,684,000. This would mean great savings in feed. - In a similar manner our present supply of slaughtered and linspected

mutton and lamb could be supplied with 2,661,000 less animals, and it is possible to furnish our present supply of wool and reduce the number of sheep by over 7,000,000. e QOur pork products are now pro duced from swine that average 136 pounds dressed weight. Under im proved methods we ought to get pigs that would produce 150 pounds dressed weight at 6 months or 225 pounds at 9 months. At the latter age it would be possible to maintain the present supply of slaughtered and in spected pork and cut down nearly 17,000,000 on the number of hogs to produce it. Similar analyses apply to the other items listed in the table.

vest.” At no point does this safe road run parallel, cross or form a junction with the route carrying the “Get-rich-quick Express.” And although the safe route is devoid of thrills and the excitement peculiar to the other route, it is also devoid of its worries, heart &ches and disappointments. Although the safe investment route makes no rash promises of “indepen dence for life,” or “a million a minute,” and although it does not use the slo gan, “Ride along with us to Fortune and Live in Ease and Comfort in you: Old Age,” it actually brings comfort independence and happiness to thos« who travel it, while the other routc leads to despair, drudgery and poverty According to a certain survey of in vestments sold to the public by irre sponsible promoters 97 per cent provec to be a total less, notwithstandin: they were sold with the assurance tha they would bring financial indepe: dence feor life. 3

Of new prometions sold to the pul lic in a certain eity more than 50 pe cent were doomed te failure from th. beginning for they were waterlogge: with teo: much free prometion stoc! given to the organizers. It is said o most oil promeotions 86 per cent arc doomed to fadure before a share of stock is actually seld. So I repeat, you camnot afford to take the “Get-rieh-quick Express,” for she’s headed for the ditch. :

To Meet at Indianapelis.

' Arn attendance of 10,000 is expected at the National encampment of Veterans of Foreiign Wars which will meet in Indianapolis in 1928 according to information received.

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The NewEmpressoftheßails

Sixty passenger engines of a new and improved type go into service on our lines this month. They are the most powerful six-driving-wheel locomotives ever built, and tests show that they are the most forward step in locomeotive construction in years. A distinctly New York Central achievement, this type will be known as the “Hudson.”

This engine differs from its predecessors chiefly by having the four-wheel, powered truck under the cab. This gives a more even distribution of the great weight, and hence greater starting and tractive power. : e : e

The story of New York Central is largely the story of the development of ever more efficient and more powerful locomotives. Thus does the “Hudson” become the lineal descendant of the “De Witt Clinton,” and take its place as the new empress of the rails. e :

Fifty of these ‘““Hudson” engines will be on the New York Central, and ten on the Michigan Central. Those on the New York Central will be numbered from 5200 to 5249; those on the Michigan Central from 5250 to 5259. -

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Jor Ecor;fivr);iC-le fifm}orlah‘on Jnnouncing | ' Fhelmperial Landau - ataNew Low Price

A great publicdemand has made possible a price reduction on the beautiful Imperial Landau. You owe it to yourself to see this masterpiece of craftsmanship and value—to see how it combines all the advantages of Chevrolet’s advanced engineering with a specially designed body by Fisher of such superb beauty and distinction that you are ‘amazed and delighted to find a car of this type priced so low.

A, Al R T i Lo B oI T ALBERT F. TURRELL & CO. ~. Phone 145 & ; ~Ligonier, Indiana QUALITY AT LOW COST.

now. $ 3 i 745 formerly $7BO ' T aeraay 1525 i 595 . s Cagrig!o; 3715 -Ton Truck $ (:31{':‘!‘:}"311) $~395 (Chasdisoulyy 495 All prices f. o. b. Fling, Michigan