Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 2B, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 February 1928 — Page 2

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Loses 351 Men In 1927 Death claimed 351 members of the Indiana G. A. R in 1927 according io Albert J. Ball state commander, Three posts were abandoned in the vear on account of the loss of } ey bers. ' ] : There are now 1,717 membérs in the state with 138 active posts#B§The George H. Thomas Post of In“__na~, Xpolis leads with 109. The Gefera) Lyon Post of Otwell has only one survivor J. J. M. LaFellette of the Paul E. Slocum Post of Bloomingtor is the “kid” of the organization being only seventy nine years old. Several claim the distinction of being the oldest as there are several who arg ninety-nine. B Stansbury Post of Ligonier ha se, ven members. Vf

Another State Park. Another link will be added to the rapid growing chain =of Indiana’s state parks this summer wit hthe incorporation of 1,500 acres of primeval land in Lawrence county, about eight miles southwest of Bedford Col. Richard Lieber chairman of the state conservation commission announced today included in the new parfé will be the Donaldson cave and Lost river of national fame. : i “We are already assured of mest of the ground needed” Lieber said “And as soon as provision can be made for re-routing the several roads running through the territory we will declare it a state park and protect it as a natural beauty spot.” o

Held As Highway Terrorists A gang of midnight marauders which has spread terror on roads neay Gary for six months was believed to have heen hroken up by the capture of six Indiana Harbor Negroes. Six holdups and criminal assaults were charged to the six two of whom were indentified by one of the victims. The Negroes operated in pairs po, lice said. Two of them would steal an automobile and drive along rural roads until they came to a ‘“‘spooners” car. They would rob the man and force him to leave and then attack the woman. S on :

Meeting at the Inn. : Oscar G. Foellinger Chairman of the Fort Wayne District for the Indiana Lincoln Union has planned for the Opening Dinner to be held at the Pottawatomi Inn Angola Indiana Friday evening Fehruary 10 6:30 o'vlack. To tliis dinner the following ha\(e been ‘invited: County Chairmuan for Allen DeKalb LaGrange Noble Steuben and \\'hit]o_\' counties also the workers. : .

Dies at Kneipp Sanitarium The Rev. Father John J. Lynch aged 61 years prist of the Romany Catholic church at Schenectady New York died late Sunday afternoon uf Kneipp sanitarinm Rome City after an illness of several years. Death was directly due to heart trouble. For the past year Rev. Lynch has been at thq Kneipp sanitarium taking treatment.

Taken To Prison e Sheriff Thomas M. Long -of Goshen took Richard Haven 40 of Elkhart ¥ to the Michigan City prison Twhere he will serve a sentence of from one 10 19 years for robbery. He was implicated in the robbing of the Gross Clothing store at Elkhart several days ago. : i Finds Poison in Dead Man's Body An investigation into the mysterioug death of Harry L. Schwanke 30 of South Bend last Friday night by Coroner Carl C. Reifeis resulted in the fimding of a poison in the body. Schwanke died suddenly after drinking a ¢up of coffee Friday night. : Bremen Man Hurt. Ben Price 37 of Bremen sustaineq a fracture of the skull when an autcmobile he was driving overturned in a ditch south of South Vend Sunday night. His condition is reported as critical. o “

Burns Are Fatal. | Paul Breen 19 Nickle Plate railroad section hand died in a Michigan City hospital yesterday from buris receiv? ed when he tried to start a fire in_a stove in the shack where he was bunking with the help of kerosene. .

_ ‘Boy Thief Arrested An automobile which had been stol—‘ en from Chas W. Tompkins of Elkhart Sunday was reeovered at South Bend yvesterday when it was found in the possession of a thirteen-year-old b,o,y.i . e et s s i 15 3 \ Finds Nest of Snakes. A nest of 19 snakes measuring from 12 to 25 inches in length were found by Big Four railroad section men while. digging a four foot deep hole at Huntg ville. : : : 3 ' CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Services in Weir Block. - Sunday school 9:45 A M. == = Lesson Sermon 11:00 A. M., - = | Everybody welcome. = = s el i i Pay your Banner subscriptions, . Now is the thme to pay your Banner subscription—DO TT NOW! e

~ Institutes Best in Y Farm Institutes held in m County last week at Swan Welf Lake and Kimmell were the most successful institutes that have been held in this county ‘for séveral years. The exhLibits program and ‘general interest was much better’ then usual. = Attendance was gogd-at all «sessions, varying from about 50 people at the mornting meetings to almost 500 at some of the evening entertainments. Addi¢on Drake Fairbanks and Mrs. Rufus Jrown Goshen were the principal speakers. The Home -Division furnished the entertainment at Woif Lake and the Green castle Grange gave a short play at Kimmell. {The Farm lliureau cooperated in making the Institutes a success. \

(ity Councilmen Delay Plea. - Pleas of six Indianapolis city coun¢ilinen to indictments charging bribery were deferred in crifilingfi court in that city Monday until February 13-to give their attorneys time to prepare motions in the cases. The councilinen are Otis E. Bartholomew, Walter R. Rorsett Boynton J, Moore Claude E. Negley Millurd W, Ferguson and Austin H. Todd. They were arraigned before Judge James A. Collins' along with approximately 50 other persons; 2

Restrictions on County Highways Due to the condition of the county dirt and gravel roads restrictions against - heavy traffic have been set Signs and notices are being posted about the county and all trucking concerns - are being given notices of thg restrictions.. The recent thaws areg leaving the county roads in a softened condition and until the frost is entire, ly out of the road beds or they ugaiix freeze up it will be necessary to keep all heavy traffic off.

; Dr, Beall Dies Dr. Charles G Beall 46 of Fort Wayne is-dead. . The end for the widely known physician and specialist in internal medicine came-at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Methodist hospita) where he had been a patient since last Saturday night suffering from what a-score of physicians and specialistyg hed diagnosed as a cerebral disorder,

, Condition Reported Fair The condition of Francis Engemarn 17 who was seriously injured when shot accidentally by Miss Enid Stillwell his 15 year old sweetheart was reported as fair at St. Joseph’s hospital «t Fort Wayne. .The bullet is believed to haveg punctured the boy’s lung. An operation to remove the bullet has not been attempted. ,

Condition is Favorable - Mrs. Marion Growcock wife of the Kimmell banker was operated for h&ina and appendicities Sabt irday in the Methodist hospital at P’orl Wayne. He condition is sai dto be very favorable.” o Tixtension Work at Winona. Indiana university will offer full time extension division courses. at Winona Lake “June 10-August 25 according to the announcement of Prof, R. E. Cavanaugh director.

Baskethall at Cromwell The -Ligonier boys and girls baskethall teams will go: to Cromwell Friday evening for games. The firsp will play. . : :

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' Yoder-Frick. A : R. Albert Yoder son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Yoder of Shipshewana and Maude Frick were married at the Presbyterian parsonage in Alma, Michigan on Saturday evening January 28 the pastor Mr. Gelston performing the ceremony. : } Mrs. Yoder the bride is a daughter tof Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frick of Wa3 waka and a sister of Mrs. Dwayne |Yoder. .

Mr. Yoder the groom is at the head of the music department of the city schools of Alma where his brothey Dwayne is principal.

Sh.ortho\m Club Meets Saturday The Shorthorn calf club anticipates a _good meeting at the County Agent's #ffice next Saturday afternoon February 11th. Instructions will be given relative to starting the years work Enrollment in the club at this time nu S seventeen however there are &smany more that would like tg get' in the club but can not locate good icalves. The financing of the club as iin the past will be taken care of by the Farmers and Merchants Trusf ‘Company Ligonier. : | Whirled By Buzz Saw. ~ Robert Schafter 4 son of Mr. and &.\lrs. Henry Schafter Wells county had a close call from death when his clothing caught on the shaft of a buzg saw. He was whirled around ang around with the shaft and part of hig clothing was torn from his body. His injuries consisted of a broken arm ang lacerations. Because of his short stature he escaped striking the braced of the machine or the floor.

Gasoline Sales in Indiana Gasoline sales”in Indiana during QDecember 1927 exceeded (those during December 1326 by 4,600,000 gallons A. N. Bobbitt state gas tax collector re, ports. ' : In December 1927 27,224,751 gallong were sold and in December 1926 22,4 575,657 gallons. -

Sufiérs Broken Nose. - Jacob Hess who resides in Columbia City suffered a broken nos¢ Thursday afternoon while felling a tree on the Dennis Gallivan farm south of there. 'The injured man wag caught by a'limb that split off the treg as it was falling. He was struck across the bridge of the nose.

Kidnaps Taxi Driver. Anson Hoffer 16 of Fort Wayne whg escaped from the state boys’ school af Plainfield was captured at Brazil after having kidnaped Howard <Christopher Plainfield taxi driver and compelled him at the point of a gun td drive there.

Student Suicides ‘ The body of Kennethßhodes 14 high school student .was found hanging from a rafter Sunday night in a barn at the home of his grandparents at Evansville. No motive could be as'signed for suicide. \ | Death Charged to Cigaret. - Jorn Danila 48 an employe of the Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor was burned to death in bed Friday. It is believed Danilla fell asleep while smoking a cigarette. Hold Extra Session. The Noble County board of commissioners held a special session Weds nesday with County Attorney Vanderford present as the legal advisor, |

To Hear Klinck Indietment U. 8. Lesh former attorney general was selected as sSpecial judge to try Earl Klinck of Evansville former aidée D. C. Stephenson on charges of being an accessory to attesting a false affidavit. : :

Te Visit Kendallville. Dr. Arnold Elson registered podiatrist will be In Kendallville Mons day Tuesday and Wednesday Febru, ary 13 14 and 15. His patrons will take notice. - Notice of Sale of Real Estate by - Executor o - The undersigned executor of the last will of Peter Finley Kern deceased, late of Noble county Indiana, hereib_v gives notice that by virtue of an order of the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana, he will on the 20th day of February, 1928, at the hour of two oclock P. M. and from day to day thereafter at the same hour until sold, offer for sale at the law office of Bothwell & Vanderford situated at iNo. 149 Cavin Street in the City of Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana, at private sale to the highest and best bidder therefor, of the following described tract to wit situated in the city of Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana to-wit: The South half of the following decribed tract to-wit: lot one and the east fourteen feet of lot two in Wood’s Subdivision of a part of outlot one hundred and thirty four in the town, now city of Ligonier; also lot number eight in block number two in Miller's Addition to the town, now city of Ligonier. . Said sale will be made subject to the approval of said Court, for not less than the full appraised values of said real estate, and upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit: one third of the sale price to be paid in cash on day of salé, one third of such sale price to be paid in twelve months from day of sale, and one third thereof in eighteen months from day of sale, the deferred payments to be evidenced by the promissory notes of the purchaser bearing six per cent interest from ddte, without relief from valuation and appraisement laws, providing for attorney’s fees, and shall be secured by the first mortgage of the purchaser on the real estate purchased, or the purchaser may, if he so desires, pay the full purchase price of said real estate in cash on day of sale. Said premises and real estate will be sold subject to the taxes thereog for the year 1928, payable in the year 1929, and thereafter, but will be sold freed and discharged of all other liens. °Abstracts of the title thereto will be furnished to the purchaser. Possession of said real state is reserved until, and will be delivered to the purchaser, on, April 23, 1928. .

Dated this 23rd day of January 1928 John Kenny, Executor Bothwell & Vanderford, : Attorneys for executor. 52b3w . XOTICE TO DEFENDANTS State of Indiana Noble County ss: - In the Noble Circuit Courg March Term 1928. ~ To quiet title to real estate. Harry Spurgeon et al -

Henry Cornet, et al. ; Come now the plaintiffs by Bothwell & Vanderford, their attorneys, and file their amended complaint herein together with the -affidavit of a competent person that the following named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana, to-wit: Herbert Dishong, Robert Wayne Dishong, ‘William Harold Dishong, Welcome Kull, Wilma Kull, LaVonne Kull, Kate Archer, Ellison Archer, Percy Archer Hilda Anita Archer Jesse J. Galloway and Clara Galloway and that said ac tion is for the purpose of quieting titlo to real estate in the State of Indians

'that a cause of action exists against ia)l of said defendants and that all of said defendants are ' necessary partics to sald action. - The following real egtafe in Noble County, State of Indiana; is described in said complaint,~ to-wit: commencing at the northeast corner of the west half of the southwest quarter of of the southwest quarter’ of secticn sixteen, v_township thirty four north, range eight east, thence west twenty rods, thence south eight rods, themce east twenty rods, thence north eight roads to the place of beginning; alsa commencing twenty three rods and twelve feet west of the southeast corner of the east half of the north half of section seventeen, township and range aforesaid, thence running nortiy thirty eight rods and six feet, thence west seventeen rods and three feet, thence south thirty eight rods and siy feet, thence east seventeen rods and three feet.to the place of beginning. This action is instituted and prosecuted by said plaintiffs for the purpose of qzui'etin,g their title to the real estate above described as against all demands, claims and claimants whatsoever. . : :

Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the 19th judicial day of thg March 1928 Term of the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana being the 26th day of March 1928 to be begun and holden on the sth day of March 1928, in the Court House in the town of. Albion in said Noble County in the State of Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. - In witness whereof I hereunto ses my hand and affix the seal of said court at the office of the Clerk thereof in the town of Albion Indiana this 2nd day of February 1928. - (SEAL) Frances M. Beane Clerk o of the Noble Circuit Court. '* Bothwell & Vanderford, = Attorneys for Plaintiffs’ = Ib3w

- The Lincoln Memorial : - A school contest and financial campaign is being put o nthroughout the ‘stage in the interest of the Indiana Lincoln Memorial. The plan of the campaign includes. ~ :

~ I..An oratorical contest in each local high school. ;

2. An oratorical contest in each county, the participants to be the win« ning boy and girl from the’local high schools.

3. A district contest by the winning boy and girl from each county contest, 4. An area contest by the winnera of the district contests. o 5. A state contest by the winners of the area contest. 2

The winners in the county contests will be given as a prize, a very famous placque' of Lincoln inscribed with the name ‘of the winner.

Winners of the distri¢t contest will be awarded a beautiful bronze medal of Lincoln on which the winners name will be inscribed. ’ - A very fine gold watch bearing thyg monogram of the boy and girl will be awarded the area champions. The watches were secured by Mrs. Ann Studebaker Carlisle State Oratorical chairman. v Area champions will meet in Indianapolis in competition with the four other area champions to determine who of the contestants will win the state prize which will be a trip to Washington D. C. with all éxpenses paid by the Indiana Lincoln Union. " The dates are: o ~ Orations in local high schools Feb, 10, g .

County contest Feb. 17 - District contest Feb, 24. ' The plan also includes a financia] éampaign in "all the grades of the schools with a minimum asking of 25 cents per student. Each one room 'school an deach class room of a largeh school whi¢h contributes to the Lin-: coln Memorial fund will receive a pics ture of Lincoln framed, a gift from th: ;’Lincollr-;\’at,ional Life Insurance Com, pany who are donating the placque) lalso» These contributions must be sent tp the county chairman not las ter “than Feb. 17. q Maud Voris, County Chatrman

: Notice of Administration Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed by the Wobhle Circuit Court of Indiana, and has qualified as executor of the last will of Michael Hire deceased, late of Noble Ceunty, Indiana. The heirg, devisees and legatees of said testator and all other persons interested in his estate will be governed accordingly. Said estate is presumed to be solvent. Farmers & Merchants Trust Executor, Ligonier Indiana. Bothwell & Vanderford, Ligonier Indiana : T Attorneys for executor Ib3w

Notiee of Administration Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed by ;the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana, and has qualified as executrix of the last will of H. Clayton Erwin deceased late of Noble County Indiana. - Thg heirs devisees and legatees of said testator and all other personé interested in his estate will be governo - accordingly. Said estate is presumed to be insolvent , Eurora E. Erwin, Executrix. Bothwell & Vanderford Ligonier Indiana . Attorneys for Executrix Ib3w Now is the time to pay your Banmer subscription—DO IT NOW!

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Order your Baby Chicks from the. Ligonier Hatchery. . < Leghorns and Anconas per hundred .................... $12.00 R. I. Reds, Barred Rocks, White Rocks per 100 $14.00 White Wyandottes and Buff Orpingtons per 100 $15.00 Custom Hatching 3c per egg. Payable in Adance. LIGONIER HATCHERY - ROY J. JORG, Manager — 106 Lincoln Way West, Ligonier, Ind. Phone 502

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