Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 34B, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 September 1928 — Page 1

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ELEVEN DEAD [ WEEK-END TOLL

LIST INCLUDES THREE SUICIDES AND THREE SLAYINGS, SURVEY OF STATE SHOWS.

Several Deaths From Vielence are Beporied From 'This Section of Indiauna,

Violence took a toll of eleven iives in Indiana over the week-end. The list included three slayings and three suicides. :

The body of an unidentified man with the throat cut was found in White river at Indianapolis. He appeared to be about 52 years old.

Robert Lawson 36 near Vincennes was fatally shot as the result of what police term a bootleggers’ quarrel Joseph Eke 38 was in jail charged with the slaying. Constable Frank Uzy, Marion was shot to death .by D. B. Harvey at the Harvey home where he went to summon the slayer to appear in a justice of the peace court in a suit to collect a mnote. ' :

Miss Norma Fueger 21 Evansville, stenographer- for W. 0. Johnson divorce lawyer who was fatally wounded Friday in a gun battle with holdup men committed suicide Sunday by taking poison. ‘No motive for the suicide has been disclosed. John Powell 65 Fort Wayne night watchman died from inhaling fumes of a disinfectant he was using while on duty. : :

Paul Ink Indianapolis committed guicide by shooting while police were looking for him on a charge of firing within the city limits. He is alleged to have discharged a rifle into the home of Mrs. Mary Faletic with whmfi%he quarreled a year ago. ; Mrs. Lorrette Nichols 33 was killed in an automobile collision four miles south of Anderson. William Snedfield 58 Kvansville, was instantly killed when run over by a Louisville and Nashville switch cngine, The bhody of Mrs. Aarie Erdman 924 missing from her home at Fort Wayne sinces December 7 last was found Sunday in a gravel pit. Coroner Harry Erwin announces Mrs. Erdman drowned herseif. She had been ill with a nervous breakdown. Frank Huff 56, Wawaka is dead of a broken neck ksuffered when the automobile he was driving was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. W. C. Moffitt Noblesville is dead of injuries sulfered in a runaway. A son Albert U. S. Marine loct a race with death, arriving a few hours af14or the death of his father in an indianapolis hospital The son was located by radio following inquiry of the father. He was aboard a ship in the Pacific ocean.

The Hurricane at a Glance

Reports of destruction in life and property mount in hurricane’s wake along lower Florida .east coast. Unconfirmed radio advices say 10 known dead and possibly greater loss of life; scores injured; many homeless. : :

Porto Rico early victim of the storm fears a toll of 1,000 dead w_ith} records far from complete, and 700,000 homeless. The loss of life in French West Indies was set at 300 in official dispatches to Paris. : West Palm Beach largest city in affected area, believed to have boirne brunt of storm, with business district badly battered and town under military rule. Food problem described as serious and appeals made for doctors, nurses and supplies. Palm Beach newspapermen and Red iCross officials say city harder hii than Miami in 1926. Hundreds of refugees reported huddled in temporary quarters. ; g

Public service facilities and power lines disrupted over area extending 100 miles as far south at Pt. Lauderdale and as farm north as Ft. Pierce. Trains in storm sector unreported. ; First reports from Bahamas by radio through Miami and New Orleans said no fatalities at Nassau the colonial capital but severe property damage. ;

New hurricane warnings ordered by weather bureau in Jacksonville section an dnortheast storm warnings north of Savanah to Georgetown 8. C. with northeast storm warnimgs continued west of Apalachicola Fla, hurricane center at 2:00 p .m. about 75 miles north of Tampa moving northwestward.

President Coolidge appealed to American public to contribute to Red Cross relief fund for Porto Rico and Virgin islands hurricane sufferers. The death toll in the Lesser Antilles was reported as follows: Monserrat (British) 26; St. Croix (American) 6; Martinique (French) 3.

‘ Thirteen were killed on Nevis island and six on St. Kitts, both British possessions. e e :

THE LIGONIER BARNNER

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBXR 20, 1928

NOBLE CONTY HONORED

Yegetable Growers .of the Naticn Ho'sl Fina! Session in Wash- ~ inglien Township.

The Anerican Vegetable Growers’ Association, which held its twentyfirst annual convention at South Beud held the final session at Smalley lake, Noble county, Saturday. Fifty delegates ‘were present from New York, Ohio, California, Florida, Michi gan, Indiana and other states. The meeting . was held at the cottage of €. F. Cudding, of Cleveland, Ohio. The dinner was served by the ladies of the Washington Township Home Division. ;

Enroute to the lake the delegation inspected a field of cucumbers being raised from seed on the Walter Beers farm in Washington township. The Noble County Boys' Potato club demonstrated how to control insects and disease on vegetables by dusting. Misses Lois and Laura Jane Beers, members of fthe Calf Club, exhibited their Shorthorn <calves and were lauded by Mr. ‘Sikeés, the president of the Vegetable Growers’ association.

Death of John Whitmer,

John Whitmer aged 84 years and a civil war veteran died Wednesda¥ morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. . W. Buckles near Kimmell where he and Mrs. Whitmer have made their home for several years with their granddaughter Mrs. Buckles. : Mr. Whitmer spent practically his entire life in this county where he had made many friends whp are left to mourn his death. i

He "is survived by his aged wife and one daughter Mrs. Susan Depew and four grandchildren. :

The funeral services will Be held Saturday afternoon at the Brethren church near Wawaka at 2 o'clock with burial in Wright cemeter,\). ‘

Attend Birthday Party.

Sheldon Green and wife of Cromwell, Chas Hinderer and family William Bobeck and wife of Ligonier, Louis Mougeoutte and family of Goshen Mrs. Alice Green, Forrest Ott and family Oryville Musselman and wife Ed Andre and family and Mrs. Jesse Botts and daughter Phillis enjoyed a picnic dinner at the home of (Gieorge Musselman and wife Sunday in honor of the latter’'s and Mrs. Sheldon @Green’s birthdays.—Millersburg Grit. ,

Steal Plates in Ligonier.

So fam there is not a trace of the new Nash Six car stolen at Kendallville from the Butz garage and which was the property of David Armstrong of Armstrong's garage Wawaka. If not found the loss, $l6BO is a large one. Mr. Armstrong had applied . for insurance but the papers had not reached him from Fort Wayne when the loss came. License plates stolen from Ligonier it is thought were placed on the car by the thieves.

Hog Keeder Files Suit

Abram F. Roth of near Goshen has filed suit in circuit court against Franklin F. Neu and Anna Neu asking $l,lOO damages. He alleges that on- August 18 he bought 31 hogs from the defendangs for $250 and placed them with 45 hogs he already owned, valued at $5OO. Cholera developed, the plaintiff claims from the 21 hogs purchased and many of the hogs died and all the others had to be killed.

Vital Statistics For August

According to. the monthly bulletin of the Indiana state board of health for August which is just off the press there were fourteen deaths in Noble county in July compared to 16 for the corresponding month a year ago. The deaths for the first seven months of the year total 181 compared to 156 %vlas_t vear. During July there were 29 birth.

Goshen Fall Festival.

The Goshen Post American Legion will have a fall festival in that city October 3,4, 5, and 6. In connection with the regular attractions usually provided on occasions of this kind, plans are being made for a style show an entirely new feature. A lqueen contest is also-to be held.

Auto Collision

Dr. George O. Smith driving his Ford coupe and, Russell Tague piloting an Overland Six collided on Seuth Cavin street -Wednesday morning, both machines being damaged but no one hurt, .

Garrett Man Sentenced

~ Nick Marcu, filling station operator at Garrett pleaded guilty to selling liquor was fined $lOO and sentenced ‘to six months at the penal farm by Judge Endicott Monday at Auburn.

After Peddlers

. The Warsaw city council has passed an ordinance requiring that all peddlers outside the county must pay. a city license of $l5 per day. The action was taken to protect grocers,

Dies. in Goshen.

John W. Schlabaugh 73 died at his home in Goshen Wednesday where he had resided 25 years. Mrs. William Brager of Ligonier is a daughter.

SMITH’S TRAIN WEST BOUND.

Passes Through This Cily Late Monday Afternoon on lits Way ~ to Omaha. ‘

Gov. Al Smith’s campaign special, an eleven car train, passed through Ligonier Monday afternoon over the ’New York: Central lines. Gov. Smith with his corps of secretaries, clerks, bodyguards, and more than [forty newspaper correspondents, filled the big train to capacity as it sped westward, due to arrive in Clfitag’% at eight o'clock. i The democratic presidential candidate was given a rousing sendoff as he left Albany on the first step of his speechmaking tour. Bands played and citizens cheered as le left the station, s

M. E. Church Notices

Sunday sehool at 9:300 Edward Bourie, Supt. There was a small increase in the attendance but nothing like there should have been. Now our Rally Day is only three weeks away, and unless we make some real gains between now and then, we will fall far below that of last year. Now we hope to see every teacher in theivr place next Sunday and a good increase in the attendance. Now this can be done if every one will do their best do not only be there themselves but try and bring some one with them. Now every body together for a bigger and better Sunday school. Public Worship at 10:20. Public Worship at 7:30. ¢

We are now closing up the first half of the conference year. The finances of the church have been poming in very good, and we have had no trouble at this point. But if there are those who are not up for the first six months, we would be glad if this could be taken care of by the last of this month. o

Thursday evening of next week the Fall Rally will be held in this church It will begin with a Pot Luck Supper and part of the Program will be given

at the supper hour and then the program will be continued upstairs. The program will close with tihe playlet “Christ of the Indiana Rpad” The attendance has been good in the churches so far. We want to see a large crowd out for the supper and likewise for the evening. prograqi‘»\. Last year we had the smallest attendance of any of the charges . .in this group now we want to move out of that class this year. i

Christian Chureh

Sunday will be the first session of our Bible School under our new Supt. J. C. Kimmell. We are hoping for a large attendance. Then tlfxe next big ‘day will be rally day. Watch for ;that. Communion and , preaching ’i\mmediately after thg stud@; session of the church 10:30 A M. Let us he rprompt. ? -

. Preaching’ services at 7:30 P. M. Our attendance at this ~service is growing a little. Let us keep it-up. " Tri-Angle Club with Mildred Wheeler immediately following 'school Friday evening. A full attendance is very much desired. : ’

Presbyterian Notes.

Sunday Sept. 23 the usual.preaching service will be held at 10:45 preceded by the S. S. at 9:30. Plan now for Rally Day Sept 30.

We resume the session of the Men’s Clads that day and the Vesper service also. Can we not coiunt on every member of the church and congregation being present at least once during Rally Day? ,

U. B. Church Notes.

Home coming. Hear Bishop Wm. M. Bell D. D a former pastor of this church. He will deliver the morning sermon and addres a platform meet ing at 2:00 in the afternoon. There will be a.short session of classes and. the sermon, At noon a basket dinner. Prt;aching service at 7:30.

Speeding Truek Kills Policeman Speeding down a main street at Vincennes to heat a train to a crossing Jesse Fry 25 truck driver struck the automobile of Elmer Critchlow 35 mer chant policeman throwing {.Critchlow from the front seat to the rear seat and breaking his neck. Critchlow died. Manslaughter charges will be filed police said. ‘

Loses Leg in Explosion

The condition of A. W. Swartzell of LaPorte who suffered the instant amputation of his left leg below the knee when a compressed air-tank he was repairing blew up Monday is reported as favorable by attending physicians. :

To Have New. Front

Louis Levy is having a new modern plate glass front placed in the furniture department of his double store ibuilding. The improvement will furnish much more display space.

Woman Shot by Brother

Funeral services for Mrs. Harry iPriest 46 who was accidently shot to i’death at her home near Portland by .her abrottler Harley Harrison of Arcapum 0., will be held this afternoon.

BURNED BY 4,400 VOLTS

Melvin Sanford of Elkhart Has Very Narrow Escape From Instant Death Wednesday,

Melvin Sanford 49 of Elkhkart’narrowly escaped death Wednesday morning when 4,400 volts of electricity passed through his body while at work as a lineman forthelndiana & Michigan Electric company. Sanford was at work on the top of a pole when he came in contact with the high voltage wire. : :

Other workmen withessed the accident and removed Sanford's body from the pole. He was held there by his safety belt. He was unable to speak or move any part -of his body, although he remained conscious. Sanford was taken to the Elkhart General hospital where his condition was pronounced serious. Doctors hold hope for his recovery but fear he will be permanently crippled. The palms of both hands were burned his left foot and ankle right arm, left wrist and shoulder. Most burns were of the third degree. :

Chicago Boy Released

Billy Ranieri age 10 kidnapped at Chicago nearly two weeks ago wus found there Tuesday night affer.he had been freed by his abductors. The lad was unharmed except for one discolored eye, which he said resulteq from a blow by one of the ki(\inapers as he released him. A filling station attendant to whom the boy had gone after his four abductors Had turned him loose found him. s

Billy said the four men made him get out of their car and keep on walking until he came to a street car line where . his father would meet him. They gave him sio. Chicago police and. the boy's father Frank Ranieri were notified and left Chicago by automobile for the place.

Identifies Stolen Waich Mrs. €. H. Bryer of South Bend has

identified a watch stolen from her home on December 19 1921 at police headquarters in Elkhart where the loot of Henry Rumpf formerly of No-

ble county and who is now serving a term in prison was taken. A large qhantity of material obtained when Rumpf was arrested is still awaiting claimants. ek -

Barn Loss Heavy.

Two horses, 3 cows, 1 calf, 4 sheep and 8 hogs, together with ahout 1069 tons of hay a new International stock truck a stock wagon and many other articles were destroyved by fire which consumed the Meyer Brothers barn at Columbia City Friday morning bhetween 4 a. m. and 6 o'clock. The loss it is estimated will reach close to $15,000, -

Judge Landis to Speak.

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis “czar of baseball” and former federal judge will be the principal speaker at the state convention of the Izaak Walton league to be held in Fort Wayne October 18 and 19. Judge Landis is one of the hationally prominent members of the league.

(Come to South Side

Through the Kimmell Realty company Mr. -and Mrs. Conrad White have become: the “owners of the Bernard Baughman residence property on Lincoln Way South and will move across the_ river. They will retain the ownership of their North Side property.

-Woli Wins First Prize

.Henry Wolf a member of the Perry township Jersey 4-H calf club won first prize at the Kendallville fair Wednesday with his entrant a heifer calf. Young Wolf was sponsored in his cub work by Albert B. Weaver.

Must Underge Operation

Mrs: Charles Richey of Etna who has been ill for several days was taken Tuesday by Dr. Nye of Cromwell to the Goshen hospital. Peritonitis has set in and an operation has been deemed necessary. :

Nearby Deaths. ) Mrs. Elizabeth Decker 92 senility Wells county; W. S. Gibson, 80 cancer Ossian; Mrs. Salome Ruch 70, Elkhart; Mrs. Catherine Barney 58? cancer Elkhart;” Mrs. Matilda Groves iso Milford. ; Butler Man Sentenced

Don ' Moore of Butler having violated his parole was committed to the state farm by Judge Endicott of Auburn. He was given a suspended sentence last spring for stealing a bicycle. : $ .

Not Our Wilbur Warner

The Peeping Tom who was shot by a policeman at Elkhart was not the Wilbur Warner who formerly resided in Ligonier. Confusion came by the similarity of names. o

Band Leads Parade

The Ligonier school band furfiished' music for childrens day at the Kendallville fair Wednesday and headed a parade in the down town istrict of that city. L

NEW CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

Rev. J. 0. Powell Enters Race on Platiorm to Restore C(onfidence - and Faith in Indiana

The Rev. J. Orr Powell of Pendieton minister and evangelist in Indiana for 20 years today was a candidate for the governorship of the state. :

His name was filed with the secretary of sfate Tuesday as an independent candidate on a platform to “restore faith and confidence in goverument of and by the people.” ‘ A party emblem has been selected presenting a triangle inclosing an eye and a plumb on which are the words, “Efficiency Econonly and Justice.” “The issues of the party” said the Rev. Mr. Powell “are a primary law that is decisive; we advocate a free school book law, we are avowedly dry; we believe in a rigid enforceiment of law with special privileges to none and we believe the expense of government is too high.’

The candidate said he was urged by prominent members of the repubican and democratic parties to enter the race.

“The (ossacks’

Leaping on the back of a galloping horse with a huge saber clutched in his teeth in the feat every Cossack must perform before he is considered a real man. This strange feat is among the sensational horseback tricks staged by the troop vuf iCossacks, brought from Europe for the picture who play with John Gilbert in ‘“The Cossacks” his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vehicle Tuesday Wednesday Thursday at the Ciystal theatre. Gilbert plays a Rus;sian Cossack in a wild adventure and Renee Adoree is the heroine. Ernest Torrence and others of note are in the cast. Huge settings and hundreds of people form a background for the fro'mance.‘ ; . dn

Endorsed by Miners’ Chief

John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America Wednesday -endorsed Herbert Hoover's 'Newark, N. J. address declaring _ that “the entire address constitutes a whole hearted recognition of the rights and ideals of labor by the foremcst industrial statesman of modern times.” Lewis further stated that the presidential candidate’s Newark address revealed his intimate and comprehensive grasp of the economic factors ‘;w_-h,i,ch are the every day concern of {ihe age. aa oy

Modern Methods Used.

Cutting and elevating corn into a modern silo with an ensilage cutter driven by small electric motor is a farm cry from the day when corn fodder was pt‘epared for feed by cutting in & cutting box operated by a tread mill or horsepower receiving its power from the tired tread of oxen or horses. However this modern method of cutting corn has been proven practical and was demonstrated on the farm of Mervin Elby living three miles north of Wakarusa on the Jamestown road Tuesday afternoon,

Twenty School Children Hurt

Twenty-five school children were injured two - seriously near Mitchell Wednesday when a consolidated school bus was struck by a Buick sedan driven by Edward Childers. Margert Cook 12, and Wila Cooper 12 were- the two seriously injured . The other 23 occupants of the bus were taken to their homes, .

(ollision Kills Farmer.

John. Welch 73 farmer north of Sumimitville is dead of injuries’ Sustained when the horse and buggy he was driving was ‘struck by an automobile driven by George Wonder, 11wood. The dead man was the father of 21 children 15 of whom are living the youngest only two years old.

The Deter Garden

Reub Deter had a great garden this year. He had ahout everything in the vegetable line in it. After his own wants were supplied he gave his product away to neighbors and friends and the Banner was remembered with a basket of the best. : Taken to Jail. . Failing to give a bond for $l,OOO for his appearance in the Noble circuit court John Stetchon was taken to the county jail last night. Stetchon is charged with chasing Henry Musser and son out of a corn field with a loaded rifle threatening to shoot. : Enjoy Band - Concert. ; - A large crowd was present l-ast! night to enjoy the last band concert of the season . The vocal solos rendered by Mrs. Graham Lyon, Mrs. ‘Charles Wagner and Miss Elizabeth Hire was exceptionally well received. ' Rides Plane at 87 & -°* R. A. Drummond 87 civil war veteran enjoyed his first airplane ride at Decatur Sunday. He ‘saitl it was the most -enjoyable trip he had ever taken. : ey 4 ; ; = ..._-—_--"-_' ; ML -. Hverbody’s crazy about Esther Ralston in “Half a Bride” see it at Crystal Friday and Saturday. .

FARMING ON LARGE SCALE

Lester R. lepird. Revolutionizes Things On His 4200 Acres of North Dakota Land .

| The Fargo North Dakota Forum in }tts Sunday edition under date -of ‘September 18 devotes its front page to an illustrated narrative of the Lester R. Lepird farm in the Red river ‘valley of the mnorth. The Lepird farm is composed of - 4,200 acres of wheat land and will be opetated under meodern methods. The chain store principles will be applied to farming by Mr. Lepird. : The Fargo paper was sent to Mrs. George D. Foster a sister of -Mr Lepird. The paper describes the methods applied by the farm owner to its operation. Four combines machines that cut and thresh the grain and hauled by tractors wiil take the place of 150 ‘horses and 50 haryest hands. : .

. The former shoe king has a theory he proposes to work out in farming. The illustration in the Fargo papers show members of the Lepird family and scenes on the big ranch. -

(ost of Producing Grain.

In a recent statement to the members of the Central States Soft Wheat Growers' Association B. B. Benner Secretary Lemoke Bldg., Indianapolis says “The Departmeit of Agriculture figures the average cost.ot’ ‘p'rnsjlu(:— ing a bushel of wheat over a six-year period 1922 to 1927 of from §1.12 to $1.32; the lowest cost year being 1926 $1.12 and the highest cost year 1925, $1.32 The cost of raising wheat. pver the East North Central states _\\'Tt)]ich includes Indiana for the year 1927 from reports of 3,119 farms was- §1.13. “The average cost of m'oducinlg a bushel of corn in the East North Central States for the year 1927 tfigpn‘ev.l from some 4,778 farms was 68c in Indiana and ran as low as 56c in 1922 and as high as 75¢c in 1924, | “Qats for the same territory for the vear 1927 figures an average cost of 51c per bushel while the ‘.()w‘-,fyea-r 1924 was 44c and the high vear 1927 was slc |

“1t goes witheut saying that the ccsts of raising a bushel of grain varies from year to year, ‘because of the weather conditions at germinating and maturing periods together with the further factor of the type and condition of seeds used, a‘sxfl well as the difference in cost of hired help and the value and feritility of spil in various localities. The- matter‘ of economic production should from year to year tend to reduce the cost of producing a crop with the increased use of labor saving and quantity producing machinery in the hands of ‘hose farmers financially ‘able to own it. It can readily he seen that the great number of factors entering intp the lproduction of the various crops in the various districts makes it difficult in;deed to arrive at anything less than general average. : i

Kittens Play With Rattlesnake

Mrs. Lizzie Thasher of Burr oak near Rochester was horrified when she returned home f{rom, churgh -~ to find her two pet kittens playing with a big rattlesnake on' the porch -of the Thasher home.

A club soon disposed of the snalke. The reptile had nine buttons in his rattle. _ L

The kittens were unharmed. Mrs. Thasher said that it- appeared to her the snake was enjoyinig the company of the playful kittens when she reached the scene, 1

Horsethisi Organization Disbands

~ The Merrillville Horse Thief association a historic Lake county. organization formed nearly fifty yeatgs ago with 100 members of whom only eight are living voted to dishand at a meeting Sunday. The living members are all pioneers of days when horse thieves were the leading criminals . They ‘voted to -divide their treasury and give it to different church relief societies. |

Te Visit iLgonier

icounty boy who is a0i12345a0i6n6n6n Jesse J. Galloway former Noble county Boy who is niow an instructor in Columbia nUiversity New York will arrive in_ Ligonier tonight to visit hs brother former counclman Marjon Galloway. " e

New High Mark at L U. -

" With enrollment at Indiana University already at 3,306 for the term just opening a new high mark in number of students is expected. Regalar class work was started Wed= nesday. e

“To Invite Bids

PlPans and speeifications have been prpepared and bids will soon be invited for the construction of the new building for the Ligonier Overall ;companyu . : | Ralph Shisler, George ajnd son Herman Sack and Vern Fisher went to ‘Chicago today to witness a ball game. , " e ; " Warner Baxter in Dru-’mq‘ of the Desert’ Its Zane Grey’s story Friday and Saturday. e

HOAY THURSDAY

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LIGONIER AIR MEET GIVES 616 PROMISES

THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO \'ISIT WALKER FIELD NEXT SATUR. DAY AND SUNDAY

Thirty Airplanes Will Partielpate in the Two-Day Program With All i Latest Stunts ‘

What promises to be the chief show event-of the season for Ligonier is the air derby hooked for Walker, field, two ‘miles north of the city Saturday and Sunday September 22 and 23rd. 5

TFhe aviation meet has been will advertised and an immense throng of sight seers are expected to assemble here from far and near. : No less than thirty airplanes will do all tricks in the air known to flying including exciting races and the thrilling parachute drops. The local post of the American Legion under whose auspices the meet s given sponsored by the Lions

club of this eity has toiled hard for the success of their venture and they will not be disappointed. o

The landing field fieid on the Walker farm will be taxed to accommodate the planes confing here for the big show. : 3

Those who care to will be given an opportunity to make a flight in the air at small cost. . Sunday will no doubt be the bhig day- of the meet when business is suspended .in all branches.

Indiana Leads in Road Construetion.

Indiana leads all states in the construction of highways with 49,633 miles of improved highways and- the state is expending this year for further, improvements an average of $5l for each automobile in the state says J. Borton Weeks president fof the American Motorist association.

The increase in- traffic officers: is disproportionate” to the ‘increase in the use of automebiles the American Automobile association says. Ten years ago there were 2.13 traffic officers to every $l,OOO automobiles registered while today the average has decreased to .93 to every 1,000 motor vehicles -the association says. . The situation revealed a survey in fifty cities calls for adoption of the uniform municipal traffic ordinance drafted by the American highway conference, the American Automobile association says. L .

Valuables in Artificial Leg.

Isaac Stern 60 of Logansport is.in the Huntington county hospital seriously injured in an auto crash near Roanoke with a machine driven by Carl Fowerbaugh™ of Huntington. Stern’s car collided with that of Fowerbaugh as the former tried to pass a truck he had been following. Stern was caught in the wreckage when his car left the rpoad. Stern told the at‘[tending physician at the hospital that khe had some valuables stored in an artificial leg. The physician found a 'large diamond and a roll of currency in the leg. :

Thirty-Four Year Fuss

A divorce after 34 years of married life was asked by Mrs. Effie P. Reese in_a complaint filed in Fort Wayne superior court No. 1 against Jacob N. Reese whom she charged with nagging her cursing “her and failing to provide. : -

Mrs. Reese declared her "husband has made their lfe a thing of discord since their marriage April 20 1894 until their separation August 7 of this year.’ - ’

Rum Runner Forfeits Bond. Last ‘May Sheriff C. E. Minnick of LaGrange arrested a person giving his name as Harry Denton. He was driving a car lbaded with 28 cases of whiskey. He was put under a bond of $2,000 furnished by J. F. Bell of Chicago. Sheriff Minnich confiscated the car and liquor. Later a ‘finan'ce company of Chicago claimec the car on a lease note. Denton foyfeited his bond and the money WAll go into the school fund. i : Ban On Publicity. _ Whitley county physicians are modest . They protest agajast the publication of their name in connection with the. treatmefit of accident victims thesick apd at births. The pill peddlers agree/ to withhold all news from any pap¢r disregarding their wishest The ngmes of doctors in this connection will be hereafter jgnored in all pubMety by the Whitley county press. oy ? ' Tax Rate/Will Be Higher iSetting of the state tax rate at 23 cents will gi¥e Goshen city taxpayers next year g total levy of $3.46 an increase of 23 cents over this year and the highést rate in the history of the sopnty/ . @ e e