Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 6A, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 March 1928 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner| Established 1856 ‘ Published by THE BANNEE PUBLISHING (0. W. C. B. Harrison, Editor M. A, Cotherman, Manager e Published every Monday and Thursday and entered the Postoffice at Ligonier. . lndiana, as second class matter. ; A .R 1 L RT, T2t .SN T Indizana Boy Honored. To be preferred among hundreds’ of his shipmates because of ‘general all-round excellence has fallen to the lot of Thomas M. Roush a Noble county boy in the United States 11avy,1 who has beem selected as the honor man of Company 20. This recognition has comne to the young recruit because of the way he has applied himself to his studies and the excellent spirit he has shown while living in company with others preparing to become a “man 'o wars’ man.’ Roush who is at the_ Great Lakes * Naval- Training station was born January 19 1909 at Pierceton, Ind,, and completed his high school studies a{ Wolf Lake. He enlisted December 8 1827 at which time he was employed by a road construction.company. His primary reason for enlisting wasito learn the medical profession. The father, mother and three sisters of the young sailor arc all residents of Washington township. Booze Runners Are Heid. Carl Hooker and Amos Combs both of Sturgis Mich., are in LaPorte coun ty today under bonds of -1,500 eacl on charges of transperting intoxicating liquor. Both are 19 years old. With a girl Lena Christner 17 saic to be from Three Rivers Mich., th: two voung men were arrested Saturday in a restaurant. The girl was released from custody by police after being questioned. = In the car in which the trio wa: riding the officers found nearly 75 gallons of grain alcohol. Hookel testified he paid $240 for the liquor. * Hanes Loses C(ar. Donald Hanes son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Hanes of Kendallvilie is minus his Chevrolet sedamy "While at Fort Wayne Sunday evening his auto was stolen. He reported the matter to the police but has not heard anything about it. The car had been parked on Bar street near the Y. M. C. A. Arnie Geiger Arrested. Arnie Geiger, Noble county farme: arrested on charges of writing a fraudulent check, was arraigned in the city court at Columbia City Pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined 5 and costs. The check was fol $2.35 and was given to the Yontz & - Son grocery in Columbia City. Geiger " was unable to pay the fine and is being held in the Whitley county jail : Nearby Deaths. Amanda Moais * 71, gangrene, -Adams county; Summer Perrin 72 former assessor of Richland townshir Whitley county dies of paralysis William Workman 70 LaGrange drops dead of heart trouble; Miss Lor: Clark 79 Elkhkart; J. H. Payne, 66 . Elkhart. : Death of Goshem Woman Mrs. Catherine 1. Gallagher 73 a resident of Goshen for 66 years died at the home of her daughter Mrs Fred Rankert in Mishawaka Sunday afternoon following a three months illness of complications. - Nearby Deaths. W. R. Woods, 69, Adams county, apoplexy; Mrs. J. IN. Gase, 70, heart trouble, Decatur; Mrs. Alwida Cripp, 78, dies after illness of 29 years, Goshen; Alfred Middleton, 53, heart trouble Elkhart. ; X Publice Sale. . The undersigned will offer at public auction on the Renehan farm one anc one half miles north of Wawaka or the gravel road. Sale to commence ai one o’clock’ on : ] TUESDAY MARCH 6 The following property towit: .4 Head of Cattle—Red Durham coy 6 years old bred for fall or winter cow Red Durham cow 4 years old fresh in spring, Two heifers 8 or 9 months old. 2 Head of Horses— Sorrel driving mare good for 3rd horse, Bay horse weight 1500 pounds. ; Chickens—Buff Orpingtons pure bred, about 8 dozen. % Clover Hay in Mow. P Corn in crib ‘ 1 Oats in bin i hal‘;::‘;; tlvaplfientf’—Buggyl and wool pr,ess tank gons’ e : » eater, corn sheller, grind stone, scythe, harrows, spring wagon, copper Kkettle, iron kettles, ; buck-saw, shovels, forks, half bushel measure, scoop shovel, Oliver riding corn plow, pair boat runners, galz:rn’zed dwate,r tank, row boat with 8, end gate seeder sleigh runr tor Veghy, Ho g unners Household goods—Washing machine, wringer tubs and boiler, Stoves “Art Garland” No. 400 Base Burner, kitchen range new, wood stove heater sewing machine, two couches, Oak table extension, rugs and carpets, ~ bedsteads, chairs cupboards, ecrocks, jars milk pails, law mower, churh, ~ stepladder and other ladders etc. ’ Terms of Sale—All unms under five dollars cash in hand all sums over tive dollars a credit of six months - will be given with interest at 7 per - OSEE A. RENEHAN & DELLA BUTZ

Hamlet Real Personage? The story of “Hamlet” is balf| mythical and balf historical. Accord-' ing to ancient legend, Hamlet was a' prince of Jutland. The king, his fa-: ther, was murdered by his brother, Fengo. The latter seized the throne. Hamlet feigned madn!:s ang saved his life. His mother *helped avenge his father’s death by putting Fengo to death. i Ages of Presidents : The oldest President of the United States at the time of taking office was William Henry Harrison, according to an answered question in Liberty Magazine. He was sixty-eight years and twenty-three days old when inaugurated. Andrew Juckson attained the greatest age in office—sixty-nine years and three hundred and fifty-four days. Crab’s Long Journey - Completing a journey of 300 miles: from Aberdeen in 1S months, a crab recently crawled into Loch Lonf, on the firth of Cliyde, Scotland. A lbabe!_ was attached to its shell when it was liberated a year and a half ago, and by ‘this means the traveler was identified. The crawler was only eight inches long. Beoriad Treasures The burial of pottery and statuary of ancient cities has resulted from various circumstances. In many cases the city has merely decayed from age p:nd collapsed. Destruetion by war has heen g frequent cause., Natural events, such as earthquakes and storms, ete., have also played apn important part. A Discovery . Little Gilbert, who had seen chieckens but never a duck, was vigiting his grandmother in the country. He went out to explore the barn and came to a small stream where some ducks were swimming. Looking at them in amazement, he exclaimed, “Oh! I've found some steamboat chickens!” His Honor Foozles We know well enough what he meant, but what the new country magistrate actually said m the address was: “So long as I am on the bench you can rely upon me alwaye “tampering with justice and mercy.”— - Boston 'ranscript. ‘ A Testimonial ~ English advertisement—*"All tears, burns, moth and mouse holes darned - and mended like new. Rritish officer - writes: ‘I was astonished when [ got “ back the job I gave you—it didn’t look like a darned suit at all!"—Boston | Transcript. - When Texas Was Republic The treaty of commerce betweén Great Dritain and the republic of Texas was* signed on November 14, 1840. 'The Texans had gained their independence from DMexico fcur years before in the battle of San Jacinto. Autobiographical Fibs Literature by man on the subject of women is the most interesting and unreliable in the world. It is unreliable because it is autobiographical and all autobiography lis fiction.—American - Magazine. o Grand Jury Prominence The old press agent theory that any kind of notoriety is good advertising is in danger of being overworked since the grand jury has become the avenue of so much publicity.—Washington Star. Idea Is Not New . The possibility of manufacturing artificial silk was suggested by Robert Hooke, secretary of the Royal Soclety of England, in his book, “Micrographia,” published in 1667. Gave Name to University Yale university was so named in honor of Elihu Yale, an early patron, according to Liberty. His first name accounts for the name “Eli” as applied to the university. No Reason for Worry A gasoline shortage is predicted for the year 2000, but by that time the cars will be so thick they can’t move anyhow, so it doedn't matter.—St. Paul Pionecr-Press. - Finding Happiness Who is the happiest of men? He. who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even though it were his own.—Goethe, May Be a Good Sign Don’t worry if the kid isn’t good at mathematics. Maybe she’s going to. be the boss instead of the bookkeeper, —Arkansas Democrat. ! ; - Properly Rebuked ~ Angry Mother (to man who has slipped on pavement)—You brute! Look what you've done to my baby's banana. - , ~ : L e e 1 Trouble With Freedom ’ One trouble' with freedom is men' have always become shiftless with it. —E. W. Howe’s Monthly. : ‘ : L — : . 5 : . Whispers ~ Word of mouth is the sweetest of nectars and the deaaliest of venoms. —American Magazine, : / | J —_— | : Intolerance | * Intolerant people are those who lke their own faults and vices better than -yours.—Pen Points, . . _ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Services in Weir Block. ' Sunday school 9:45 A M. . Lesson Sermon 11:00 A M. Now is the time to pay your Banner Pay ‘your Banner subscriptions.

Demw onstration Next Week. . Over 7000 sowsgwill farrow in Noble Coumiy during the next two months. Thousands of dollars can be made by handling all of these sews according to the “Sanitation Plan” will be thoroughly explained by Mr. P. T. Brown of Purdue University at a series of demonstration meetings next We_e.k. The plan if carefully followed can be guaranteed to overcome round-worms and other parasites, !mereby greatly reducing the number of unthrifty pigs. A great many Noble County farmers have aiready tried the plan and all have reported good results. The demonstrations which will be free to everybody will be held according to the following schedule. Wednesday March 7th 100:00 A. M. Howard Herald's Perry township 23 miles northwest of Ligonier. : 1:30 P. M. Alva Deardorff’s Sparta township 1 mile east and 2 miles south of Cromwell. Thursday March Bth 1:30 P. M. Jacob Ramer’s Elkhart township 2 miles west of Brimfield on Chicago Toledo Pike. Friday March 9th 1:30 P. M. Bert Truelove’s Swan township one-half mile North and two miles West of Swan. ; : 200 Lakes in State l The Indiana State News Bulletin ‘pwblished monthly by L. S. Bowman iauditor of s@ate credits Kosciusko county with having both the largest and deepest lakes in Indiana. Lake Wawasee with an area of 3,528 acres, is -the largest lake. Lake Maxinkuckee with an area of 1,854 acres is second; Bass lake with 1,318 acres is fourth; Bear lake with 1,149 acres is fifth and Sylvan lake with 1,100 acres is sixth. Tippecanoe is the deepest lake having a maximum depth of 123 feet. Wawasee Oliver and Adams lakes are tied for second place with a maximum depth of 91 feet. There are 200 lakes in the states 59 of which range in size from 3,528 acres of water down to 202 acres. The total water area in Indiana is 209 square miles which comprises fourfifths of one per cent of its surface. All of the lakes of importance are located in the northern part of the state and Kosciusko stands out as first. Grave of Unele Sam Is Found The burial place of Samuel Wilson the original Uncle Sam of song and story has been found in Chapel cemetery near Merriam Noble county. Historians throughout the nation have been searching for the correct grave of Uncle Sam. = The Samuel Wilson tombstone shows that he died March 7 1865 and zives his age-as 100 years and 3 days at the time of death. . The news of the correct burial pvlace of Uncle Sam was brought about through Mrs. Clara Zumbaugh Albion granddaughter of Samuel WilsSoB. : To Kill Stray Dogs. Police Chief Wolf desires to warn ‘all owners of dogs allowed to run at large that all strays will be caught le:nd killed. All stray dogs must be lzept at home by the owners or suffer the consequences. sb2t

,AT : ‘ / DY D, N 150 o f eler & o | 4 ‘ Q@o eDR : 01 X] DR T \\; e - ‘ : AR X Wi e - ’ |‘ ' ’25.;1 i ' A K ‘.'Wfl h IR ; - IKIAE | & . LAt /) | R i AR / w g : e N ; ANy \‘\.:;:‘_\\\‘; \ /4’ 3 | N" 7, : | AR g\ § : 4 \t“{\}\t:g&\\\\\}\:: — in the Ire business: We lose a sale occasionally because of a long trade, - and we always ask the buyer if his old tires were - ‘ worth what he got for them. a ' ~ Invariably he says, no. We ask you, what's the answer? Is Santa Claus in the tire business? Is the dealer ‘ mezely practicing? Or did his big, tender, overflowing heart just get the best of him? - | | . , No foolin’ now—what's the answer? Is Christmas a ; , continuous event, or is someone keeping the dough- : | - nut and selling the hole? 5o | ‘ .~ Weallowyou for your old tires only what ; | they’re worth. We charge you for our fine new Goodyears only what they’re worth. You get a ‘ e square deal and so do we. And as long as we’re - : ~ ourright minds nobody’ll §et anything different. v o Lincoln Way West ~ Phone 481 - Ligonier, Ind.

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~ Hurt In Seventy-Foot Fall ~ Three men were serfously injured one probably fatally ‘'when a scaffold from which they were shingling the roof of a barn on the Isadore Badiac farm eight miles north of Fort Wayne collapsed at noon Monday throewing the workmen to the ground about 70 feet below. , : ; Charles Pratt 30 was the most seriously injured. His skull is fractured in several places and he is unconscious in St. Joseph's hospital. Truek and Traller Submerged. - A large truck and a trailer left the road on the Eikhart Bristol road sey eral. miles east of Elkhart at five ‘Tuesday morning and were almost -completéely submerged in about seven feet of water. The truck is owned by C. T. Sims of Chicago and was driven by H. A. Titus. Both men were in the truck at the time but both managed to escape without injury. The driver is said to have fallen asleep. - e Confesses Post Office Robbery. - Ferris Nichols 20 held in jail at Michigan City confessed Monday after noon that with a boy companion with whom he escaped from a boys’' school at Plainfield, Ind., he had robbed the post office at Cartersburg Ind.. on April 7 1925. : Nichols said he escaped from the school by swimming a river. He will be taken to Indianapolis for arraignment in federal court. ‘Warns Adums Co. Farmers A warning to Adams county fafmers to .discontinue the practice of feeding dead animals to hogs was issued by O. T. Law state food and drug inspector and Dr. Reynolds -assistant state veterinarian. ' Students Have Mumps. . Mumps have broken out among members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Wabash college. So far no cases have been reported among studenis other than those living at the fraternity house. : ~ Sentenced to Long Prison Terms ~ Pleading guilty to a charge of rob‘bery, Roy Sanders 29 and Joseph Powell 26 were sentenced to the state reformatory for 5 to 21 years by Judge Sol A. Wood in the Allen cir{cuit Monday. : Ends Life by Hanging. , ‘George W. H. Nurton 55 of South Bend émmitted suiclde Monday by ‘hanging himself in the basement of ‘his home. His body was found by his eleven-year-old son, Douglas Nurton when he returned homef rom school. He is believed to have been despondent hecause of inability to find work. ! 2 3 | Change Their Address ~ The Banner has been called upon to change the address of a number of Topeka subscribers to rural route three out of Ligonier since the routes were readjusted. o ' ~ St. Patrick’s Supper. The Social Hbur will give a St Patricks supper at' the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening March %4th. ; : Badt

‘ e Dog Takes Over Job. - ature 8 queer thing ageordin to Oftis Miller and Joseph gurt o Petersburg. 2 ’ Dan a seter dog owned by Miller watches a setting hen at the Miller . home. When the hen leaves the 'nestl Dan takes over the job of keeping the €ggs warm. , » : : . Ault e farmer living three miles east of there owns a cat that scratches a cow’s nose so that Ault can’t proceed with the milking until the c’ is given a saucer of milk. Takes Net Games Too Seriously A sideline basketball player following his team in the independent state tournament at Tomlmson hall In‘dianapolis became 80 excited that he ileaped into the air for a wild pass, fell to the floor and injured an already fractured knee that was keepj’ing him from the game. ' 0 . The player Heber Winebrenner aged 21 of Albion was treated at an Indianapolis hospital. = The fall broke the bandages around his fractured Iknee. : ; Another Congressional Candidate ‘ -~ T. P. Riddle of Ray Steuben county has announced his candidacy for }'the democratic nomination for congress in the twelfth district subject to ‘the May primary electlon. He says he is in favor of amending the Volstead act in the interest of law, health and morals and favors relief for the far‘mer. ~ l Jilted Farmer Ends Life, - Welter Jarrgtt 20 farmer of Richmond is dead a suicide because a 17‘\ycar old girl would not return his !,lm'c. His body with a bullet wound in tha head was found in his automobile Sunday on a road near the girl's TLome. ’ : ' ; The McDonalds Move _ Joe MeDonald is moving his family and personal effects from the J. C. Kimmell farm to the Mier State Bank farm near Cromwell. .

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&5 SERVICE W;{J ‘We don't say you can't get it M—g__ elsewhere, but we do say you can get it here. ' _ Would you call a “Horse Doctor” if you had Smallpox? Of course not! Then why be in doubt as to the kind of service you are going to get on your baitery when our service is aveilable. | | We can furnish a new battery for ... . anv carer tadio Kiester Electric Shop Shop Phone 481 ~ Night Phone 298

First hatch MARCH sth and twice each week thereafter. Our prices are reasonable in line with other reliable Hatcheries. We furnish you with good chicks, the kind that make money. - - Order early and get your chicks when you want them. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by ordernng early. Send in your orders or come in and talk it over with us. LIGONIER HATCHERY ROY J. JORG, Manager : 106 Lincoln Way West, Ligonier, Ind. Pnone 502

Home Realty and Investment Co. ROOMS 3 AND 4 SECOND FLONR : : LEVY BLOCK. LIGONIER, IND. J. L. HENRY Manager ' City Properties and Faims for sale that will eyyez] {c you, especially when you]con,si_d*ei ihe rpossitility cf future prices. e - FARM LOANS 57 FFDERAL LAND BANK FARM LOANBS7 /0 wtth EXCEPTIONAL Privelege Clause o - SECURITIES | The Securities that we have to offer, are of the highest type. GRAVEL ROAD, SCHOOL, PUBLIC UTILITY and REAL ESTATE PREFERRED STOCK, all TAX FREE. i : Official Indiana License Branch Automobile, Truck, Chauffeurs License, Cerlificates of Titles and Transfers. All given special . -attention.

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