Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 9A, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 March 1929 — Page 2

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pDeWiit l’r.i_wiclmltfm' Epworth: Fur«ut.‘ At a recent meeting of the board of Directors of 'Epworth Forest on. [.ake -Webster says the Topeka Journal Reyv. . E. DeWitt of Topeka,was elected manager of the Epworth Forest hotel and all other buildings owned by the Association. This position automatically places him on the Executive committee huilding and grounds committee and also the Epworth Leagne (-n'mmissiiui. Plans are now be g worked out to accommodate a large group -of Presbyvterian voung people during July and -in Aungust there will he -the .\unu:il Methodist ‘('S;Rnp’ .\‘lm*tin;;'nf the Methadist church anil also the Epworth League Institute ‘ll.us expected that at Jeast 3,000 Methodist young people will attend the Institute this yvear. |

£ Planes Forced Down. ' y ';'l‘\\'n west . bound Nationgl Air 'l‘l‘:ms}un'l. Inc; mail - planes enroute l‘x‘gnm Cleveland to (‘hi(.':«,u'u were foreed 10 lag dt the governiment emerg~¢l}v_\' landing field south of Goshen :ft T Urlm"j\' Thursday. night to avoid flying illlr(;(':l severe electrical storm between Goshen fand Chicago. After \.\'nitingrl\\'n shours for the ! weather to clear l'l(\,v pilots 1'«1.-nnw.;l‘ their trip but were 1'(-)1'('01‘1»1() return to the landing field when they en-. countered l\hvfsmrm mid-way betweens Lakeville un;l"bu[’orw. The ]):ilmx remained overnight and took off Friday for Chicago. -~ : P : el . Nays He Will Do Own Talking “Nobody is speaking for me’ John D. Williams director of the state high way commission said m('lay when asked to clear up conflicting statements regarding a reported reqnest for his resignation. ' : Williams refused to discuss the mat l‘(fr further (:.\'m’qn to say that no date so far as he knows has been. set for @ meeting of the state _highwayv commission scheduled for mext week, At the nioe!ing‘ it\i.: expected that the request for \\'il}(i;lms' resignation will be discussed. ! . . Le s . Five Alleged Yeges Held, | (‘m@'_vssi-(ms that theyv had participat e in?u burglary in Lowell” wasg ob_l,uinédg'!'rnm a gang of five held in the Lake county :jail at Crown Point as suspects of a series of robberies in Lake NXewton and other counties, police announced. Tom AMooney of Chicago one of the gang admitted his part first so police said and the others then confessed, - , : = ——— Deputy Sheriit Arraigned Edward Thompson Fort Wayne former Allen county deputy shef’iff has ‘beén araigned before United States Commissioner Thad Talcott at South Bend on charges of conspiracy {o deteat the federal prohibion laws. Upon recommendation of Oliver -M. Loomis, U. S dis-tl'ivt\;nmrney his hound was set. at $5.000, S

Schoolboy Killed in Fight, . - Strack on the head with a rock (Juﬁn_u a 4 fight Uinus Wilson 15 a Melburg schoolboy died of a fractured gkull. - . " ' Charges were to be filed ‘against Charles Bullock 15 who hurled the rock affer a fight.which was said to have . followed an grgument over a rubber .hall; ; :

Boy Huri When Hit By Auto.

Havold Nihart seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Nihart of Elkhart is in the Elkhart -General hospital suffering from serious injuries received Wednesday eévening when he was struck by an auto qh'i\gen by Ralph Bowlby 16 of Elkhart. ,B()\Vl«h,v was placed under arrvest on a f('hm'ge of driving an auto'without a permit.

Father of 21 Dies on Sith Birthday. l)uv_id Rothenberger father -of 21 children died of pneumonia at his home in Mulberry on his eighty-fourth birthday, The deceased had lived there 55 vears and up until last year was active in his' vocation as a carpenter, ’ £

- To Place Children in Home The Wawaka Correspondent says: . “Harry Harding of Ligonier whoge ‘seven small children were left motherless it is understood will place them 'in the Masonic home soo as not to have them parted. i

Sight Endangered

While using Red Seal lye one day last week at her home in Sbyra(:use Mrs. Sid LeCount accidently got some of the lye in one of her eyes and the sight is now threatened, e

Eash is “Aequitted

Melvin Eash tried in the Noble circuit court Thursday ohn (-'harges of possession of liquor and bootlegging was found. not guilty by the jury and discharged from custody. :

Out With New Truck.

Ra}\f' Wolf of this city is out with a new auto truck to be used in carrying thg products of the Earm Bureau oil station located at Albion.

. Find TYarge Gill Net. A gill net nearly 200 feet long was found by game wardens at the James Johnston home at Columbia City.

- PEBLIC SALE 1 Have sold one farm and must reduce stock, so will sell at farm 1-mile south of l.igonier on Lincoin Highway on what is known as the Sheets farm on TUESDAY MAR. 261929, Sale to commence at 12:30° 1. M. 22 Head of Cattie—3 fresh cows with calves hyv side, two are heifers with rirst .calf. Four others giving milk, due to freshen in May. Four heifers to freshen on or before April 15. Seven yearling . heifers. The foregoing are all high grade Holsteins and the older cows have good €. T. A records. Herd tested for T. B. \\"}lh N 0 reactors. y

Two registered Holstein _y(;n,l‘ling! bulls, One of these bulls is from Freda May Mevcedes Pontiac Hvllo,} an AR cow from the 1'%«1‘11011#'1,6\1(:}:5 herd of Wakarnsa, and the othier is out of Mazurka Hengervveld Segis another fine cow from same herd; these hulls hoth sired by the senior herd sire of the Loucks herd King Pietertje Orbsby-Orr. - o 24 Head of O: 1. C. Hogs—lo 0. I . bred gilts eligible to registry due to farrow on or before April loth, We have heen raising 0. 1. (s for eight vears and never had a finer looking banch of gilts than these. . All bred to our herd bhoar “Joe” which came from the herd of Geo. Wharton & on of Crawfordsville. Ind. This hoar ‘will be on. exhibit at the sale. Our sows hdve litters of 9 to 16 right along from this boar. : : Two voung male hogs eligibie to registry and 22 feeding shoats 60 Ihs. to’' 125 lbs. each. ) ~ Some Household goods. . : Terms: Six months’ credit with 7% interest from date on approved socurity. 2% discount for cagh. : . W. E. BARTHOLOMEW Harlev Longcor, Auctioneer. 1), Dk Secrist Clerk. - l Lanch will be served on Grounds. -Sbh2t

“NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the Board of County - Commissioners of Noble County, Indiana, at their ofifce in the Court House in the town of Alhion, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the imprnvmm;nt of two certain separate public highways in Perry Township, Noble ‘County, Indiana. known as and called the “A. N. Claudon Road” -and the “River Road” by grading, draining and paving the same with gravel as set out in the respective plans, specifications and profile therefor now on file 1n the office of the Auditor of said Noble County. Sealed proposals for the contracts for such improvements will be received up until, and will be opened, at two o'clock P. M. on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1929. : Bids submitted shall be for the vmuplcfiun of each: of said improvements separately in accordance with the said plans, specifications and 'm‘ofile therefor now on file in the .office of said Auditor and shalj include all labor ;mul'm:lt_vr‘izﬂ required for said work. e

Each bid must be accompanied by a persona] or surety bond in a sum equal to double | the amount of the hid 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 resident of said Noble County, and said bond shall be for the benefit of any person, firm or corporation who shall suffer any loss or damage by reason of such 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 any particular or to pay for any labor or material which may be furnished te any such contractor or contractors superintendent or agent under him in the construction of said work, Each of said improvements will be let as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder therefor 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 each of said improvemente and work will be agreed upon at the letting of said contract by the Board of Commissioners and the successful bidder. : is §8440.84. . The estimated cost of the improvement of said “A. N, Claudon Road” is $11,445.30 and the estimated cost of the improvement of said “River Road” is $8440.844. : Given by order of the Board of Commissioners of Noble County, County, Indiana. ; ' Charles 'W. Bender : ' John W. Long : ' Noah F. Smith - Board of Commissioners of Noble County, Indiana. ; Edwin - S\mitlﬁ. Auditor of Noble County Indiana. |7 Ta3w

Notice of Administration.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been, by the Nohle Cir—: cuit Court of Indiana duly appointed administrator of the estate of Anna M. Salter, late of Noble county, Indiana, deceased, and creditors and all other persons interested in said estate will be governed accordingly. Said estate is probably solventi Teroy M. Hontz, Administrator Bothwell & Vandertord L Attorneys for Istate. - | Ba3w

~ Kills Blue Racer. i S David Latta pioneer resident jiof Clay township LaGrange county. killed a blue racer on his farm.

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Two Cali (‘lub Meetings

The Beef.(alf Club will install officers and initiate new members next Wednesday evening March 27th at the High School Gyvmnasium -Albion, The ceremony witi be presented by Claude Taggart Marlo Stangland Verlo Butz, Laura Jane Beers, Elmer 'L:mgye:\r{ Charles Hosford and Mildred Ott. There will also bev a few short talks on the program including a discussion of ‘the “Beef Cattle Outlook’ by Claude Swartz, and'a History of the ('lub by lona Albaugh. : The Bando Jersey Calf Club will meet the following ovef)ing, on the 28th at the~<same place.L Mr. P. .. Hurley Agricultural Agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Rhailroad will be present. The program will consist of Music by John Leming, a reading by John Baughman and shert talks by James Cole and Clayten King. This will be the final meeting tor the Bando Sectipn of the club. L\'leml')m's'will receive refunds from the insurance tund that evening. ;

Nineteen Schools to Compete.

Miss Mae Stephens head o6f the commercial department of the Kendallville high school has been named manager of one of seventeen districts in the state, for the holding of the eighth annual state high school commercial contest. The contests will be held at Ball ‘State Teachers' college at Muncie, April 27, Elimination contests will be held in each of the districts April 20. Schools who will compete in the district contests to bhe held.at the Kendallville school on April 20 include Albion, -Angola Auburn Bristol Butler, Elkhart, Garrett Goshen Huntertown LaGrange Ligonier Milford, Nappanee, New Paris, St. Joe, Syracuse Topeka, Wakarusa and Kendallville. 7 : |

The Cover Page

The picture on the front cover of the Hoosier Farmer shows Claude Harper Jr., son iof Professor and Mrs. Claude Harper Lafayette and a fine Shropslire lamb. Profesor Harper a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Harper of Ligonier is in charge of the sheep husbandry department at Purdue university and it looks like his son might develop into “a . chip oft, the old block,” if his admiration for sheep as iudicated'v in this picture continues to develop in that line. ‘

Sturgis Steres Bilked

Two Sturgis merchants cashed two worthless checks and were bilked for a total of $7O. The checks were written to the order of C. Lilas and R. Lilas on a check writing machine stolen from the offices of Blue & Gilhams, 5

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92nd Anniversary.

Mrs. Reuben McDevitt who résides on Tenth street is quietly celehrating her 92nd birthday anniversary today at the home #f her son, Frank McDevitt, where &he has resided for the past 15 years. Mrs. McDivitt was born in Massuc-hfuset.t's. moved (o Pontiac, Mich., afterwards going farther west lm ‘Wisconsin by the slow trail of an ox team., Bhe passed through Chica--2o 83 vearé; ago. As she remarked today, “when the city was a mud hole with the vxi‘a‘grms dinking to the hubs o Gt i On their return from the west they located in fl.igoniér, where she married Mr. MdDivitt and took up housekeeping by settling ‘ona farm three miles northwest of Ligonier, when it was all timber land. Her husband converted | the timber into firewood and hejmlei(} it to Ligonier or to the nearby railroad. No e¢oal of any kind was used for fuel at that early period. Their lot was that of all the early settlers—hard work —Goshen -NewsTimes, sWednesday. . .

~~ Lower Court Reversed . Word was received here today of the reversal of the Indiana appellate conrt of 1 Wabash circuit court decree in \\'lli('hj it was held that a bonding company is® not ']i;ihlé wihen: a bank loss is found due to inability or inefficiency of an official. '

- The case in -question was that of the Sparta State B;;mk‘ at Cromwell vs. the [Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.. of HMartford, Conn, and Homer B. Mevers cashier of the bhank. Hig plea that a $2.000 loss was due to his

inc{xpnripn(-e and inedfficiencry won a verdict for his bonding company about a vear and a half ago when the cuse was tried at Wabdsh where it was taken ph ‘a change of vente.

No Acetion to Oust Klan

Stagnant and status quo describes the Ku Klux Klan ouster suit so far as.any action by Attorney. General

James M. Ogden is concerned. ‘,()gde"’n even hates to tdalk about it. q The jsniir\\'us"ixmti'tute(i by his predecessor Arthur L. Gilliom. " The latter offered when his term expired to continue to appear without pay in the ‘Shuhaker contempt case, Stephenson murder appeal and

the klan suit. Ogden declined the offer. . AsKed what was being done about the suit which would bar the Ku Klux Klan| from Indiana = Ogden said “Nothing." = o : * People are tived of hearing about that”l he declarved. ~ ' '

Gary Negro (ontesses

" Gillis Mack 28 negro arrested as the hatchet killer who for two months

has ;‘sm'ea(l terror among women ot the (f‘alu,niet region has confessed police said at Gary within'a week and to an ‘gm;{(-k on a girl whose injuries were expected to m'()\'é fatal. :

Mack was arrested as a suspect in thvfki_}ling. of Miss~Josephine Odoriczzi 20 last Smul':l_\'.. Police said he admitted killing the girl with the help of @ companion who the police said he lmd not identified.

Grief over an old love- affair, in which his xs\\'eothear}' wasg killed .two days before their wedding date, was heiiqved to have caused Harold McDaniel, 28, of Richmond to end his life by inhaling gas. * '

Dr. John M. Kauffman \ Osféomthic , Physician | At LIGONIER HOTEL Monday -- Thursday i 9 to 12 P._M. - Councilation and examination gratis. Will gladly make house calls.

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~ The mapufacturing facilities of Chevrolet Mdotor Company numbering 16 great manufacturing plants in this country, }.\N? rapidly approaching ‘the volume of output necessary to mest this vear’s revised annual quota which | calls for !t.he manufacture of 1,350,000 passenger car and truck units, TThis wlas signitied last week when W. 8. Knudsen president of the compan¢ anjonnced that March production would reauch 140,000 units, an amazing gnulmn when it is (@llsi‘del‘eﬂ» that active production on the new six cylinder g(':n's has been underway less than three months, Although no definite fi,s:‘lres were issued it can readi1y be as‘lsnmed that April's schedule i\\‘ill cml*‘ for an even larger production, and that mid-summer will witness a (‘uumity output in all of Che"\'l‘('»l(?"{4’.4 fassembly plants never hefore éqt!lalled bv a manufu.(-tm'ér, of six cylinder automobiles. - Mr. Krnud:-‘en related that I"‘em'n:n:\‘l production amounted ta-121,249 units, With ohly 22 working days in tho month. flaily production for the period :u'vrnge{d, better than 5,500 a day. Thv(‘.\‘(} figures lend further emphasis to the Fns((\un(ling achievement of the company last fall in changing over from pi'odu(-!i(m of '_l'(')urs to sixes with only a jsix' weeks imgz'im to 91’1‘9(-1‘ necessary alterations. - - i ('p(‘)li“his‘ return to Detroit a few davs ago I'rom a six weeks trip which took hﬁm across the northern part of ‘th(" ¢conntry and into the far west R I (:rhm Chevrolet vice president in ‘t'hur# of sales, spoke with marked ()ptimjsm'nf the prevalent demanil fou the neéw . six - <-ylm'.m- ears. .\fem'ly evervyhere. he declared, de:j-._h}rs indicutui to him that they had found an incredsed market for the new: product.| The cars, he said, are beiny de--Iliverdd to owners as fast as they canl | he diich'ihmmi.’ :

Gives Chuareh Fund $200,000

L\lljis. Catherine Barker Spaulding announced lier gift of a $200.,000 com _dm_nil_v building for Trinity KEpiscopa ('hm'i(‘h of Michigan (‘it_\," to replac Biﬂ'&?l' hall: ' e Work on the new building will be gin f.\lay 1 it is expected. Barker hal 10('dtml between the Trinity - Epis (‘()p{ll church and the rectory Wwa AGlH‘(‘("l(‘d in 1886 by the late John H Barker as a memorial to his family. : 'dhe new building will_be built- © stoﬁw matching the Trinity church an redtory. Tt will be a two-story build ing with basement. \ )}[rs. Snaulding was the only daugh ter of tlie late Mr. and Mrs: John F ißm‘ker. o : -

[ Vielates School Hack Law. Admiral Jones of Syracuse paid o fii\o of $lO. and costs in justice of the péﬁ:we court at Albion on charges o_t passing a school hack while it was hfalted 10 discharge -passén;:ers. Lieut. William Donovan of the Indiana state Jolice announced. : | Jones passed the hack near Cromwell and narrowly escaped striking ffw'() children. - Lieut. Donovan said ’hnt he was starting a drive at once ym motorists who fail to stop when ap-_En-n:whing‘ a schoql hack which is not in motion. He will spend most of- his time during the school dismissal hours :1101\;;'" hack routes watching for :violators of the law. s

Demoerats to Gather

A meeting of the Democratic state committee will be held June 7 at Lake James in connection with the meeting of the Indiana Democratic Iditorial association which is to he held at the lake June 7 and 8§ R. Earl Peters Democratic state chairman aunounced. ‘ Mr. Peters said that all of the state leaders of the Democratic party would be invited to attend the meetine of the committee. .

Bandit Gets Life

Edward Krakowski 22 vear old hank robber was sentenced to life imprismm\ﬁih_\' Circuit Judge Cyrus E. Pattee at South Bend. Krakowski had pleaded guilty and asked for leniency but the court after finding that he spent six years in reform schools .Lappv]ied the extreme penalty. Krakowski robbed a building and loan association ofice of $5OO in January.

Death of David Blue

‘David E. Blue who passed away in South Bend the other day was born near Ligonier in 1890 and for a number of vears resided near Syracuse Mrs. James Brown of near this city is a sister of the deceased. ‘

;:e g e - Enjoy’ Potluck Dinner. A pot-luck dinner was held at the M. E. church Sunday following the morning services. Rev. Anderson of Ligonier was present and preached at the afternoon services.—Albion Democrat. ‘

Nearby Deaths.

s 0 T. Renttrow 93 civil war vet eran Warsaw: J. E. Miller 74 paraly. gis, Sidnpy; Walter Wilkinson, .35, uinsy Decatur; Mrs. Mary Hocker 73 found dead in bed at Elkhart of heart trouble.. ,

(hild Kicked By Mule.

Golda little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Rowan of lLaGrange was kicked by a mule. Five stitches were necessary to close the scalp wound.

.+ Civil War Veteran Dies. - Charles P. Rehtfrow .93 veteran of the (ivil War died Tuesday at the home of J. M. Mote north of Warsaw.

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