Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 32B, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 September 1929 — Page 3

SERVICE A special characteristic of our service is the careful attention given 'ev:ery detail no matter how small. - Sta{fley Surfus - Funeral Director Phone 495 '

See - : g : . DWIGHT MOCK for - - Vulcanizing and Acetylene Welding Battery Charging and Repairing Row Boats, Motor Boats and Canoes - South Side Lake Wawasee ~on Cement Road ’hone 504 Syracuse Ligonier Shippers’ Ass'n MARKET YOUR LIVE STOCK CO-OPERATIVELY ““In the Hands of a Friend From Beginning to End.” WHEN YOU HAVE LIVE STOCK TO : SHIP, (JALL\ T. J. Spurgeon Phones: Ligonier 834 or : 'l‘opeka 3 ond 40 Harry W. Simmons {Crustee Perry Townshsp Office at Farmers and .‘Jérchan!s Bank Saturday Afternoon and Saturday ‘ Evening \ - 0. A. BILLMAN Wind Mills, Tanks, Pumps, Water Systems, Etc. Well Drilling . one 333 LIGONIER Dr. Maurice Blue VETERINARIAN Cffice: Justamere Farm. Phone: lLigonier 857

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VERN B.FISHER Sanitary Plumbing ’ and Heating Phone 210 Ligonier, Ind H. E. Robinson | Plumbing Hot Water ~ Steam Heating ‘Phones: 453 or 218 Ligonier - Harry L. Benner | Auctioneer Upen for all engagemends Wolf Lake, Indiana Both Noble and Whitley . County Phones . wuwicen : Attorney-at-law » : Oftice in Zimmerman Block ! LIGONIER, iND Howard W hite - WAWAKA, INDIANA | : AUCTIONEER Thone 2 or 1 Wawaka Bothwell & Vanderford o : | Lawyers +hone 156. Ligonier. Indiana

Under Misapprehension, ' ’ Right of way agents of the Indiana ?Highway connission working for the ILigonier-Ki:ndallville paving . project {tind that some of the land owners along the route are under misapprehen sion. The state pays nothing for the land required to extend the roadway to sixty feet in width. It pays only for ground used in sraightening curves and for land taken in the establishment of a new route. The whole right, of way must be: secured before the |pavement is _lajd. - | A Bus Takes Fire, = j The Greyhound bus operating beitweuu South Bend and Fort Wayne ‘about one o'clock Friday afternoon ;’H)bk fire near the Albert Bauer home s3Oll Lincoln Way West. James Fergu§sun and Policeman Bowen helped to im'e*-r('ome the flames with a fire exilin;mishor and no great damage re'sulted aside-from the fright of passengers, - | Wins Race in Straight Heats. Worthy Direct entered in the races lat LaPorte fair last week and owned by Chet Hile of Ligonier won the three !_\'our old pace in straight heats, best ivtimc 2:18%. Forda Buclitel who witnessed the performance says the Hile ¢olt is a wonderful performer. : - Hoosier Belle owned by George D. Foster finished in her race second, third and fifth. Best time 2:1414. i ; Right Arm O, i Fred Pells of Elkhart, must greet‘ his bride of two weeks with one arm Lereafter. He lost his right arm the other day when he fell against a Saw | in the plant of the St. Joe li:ecmn-! pany where he was emploved. i Hangs Seli in Coop. | Mrs. Mary Kaox 72 wife of Donald Knox well known farmer of. nem‘g Hartford City committed suicide Dby hanging herself in the chicken (:oop‘g at. the rear of her home. .I)esponglmww over ill health is given as the cause.

" Being Modernized. . The old steam puniping station for the Wabash railway company at Benton is heing 1'01)15(~0<1 by a plant operated by electricity, . : : Rob Elkhkart Store : The . South Side Dress and Beautly shop at Elkhart was robbed of 3590 dresses - valued at $3,500.

Noti ' | otice to Taxpayers of Tax L evies IN THE MATTER OF DETERMINING THE TAX RATE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES BY THE SCHOOL CORPORATION OF LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES: ; Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said municipality at their regular meeting place on the 166th day of September, 1929, will consider the following budget. : . : " BUDGET CLASSIFICATION FOR SCHOOL CORPORATION. - - i SPECIAL SCHOOL FUND. v General Administration ; . Board. of School Trustees and Secretary’'s Salary i BOODOO T Finance and ACCOUNt OMiCE ...occmriiriorimitininiec s s sasenses 50.0 Q Building and Grounds Department ... 350.00 Superintendent’s OffiCE iit 4500.00 ‘School Attendance -and CeISWS ..ifiiiiiiiriiiniitens 50.00 INSEPUCHON : TEACTHIAE lovvvrvieniiocimiosiorsiinssmssesspses etk bt saass st oo 2899.61 Operation School Plant v o : HIZH SCHOOIS ...iiiivveisiianissiiivusioninibessuenssassessastssssssinisasersstassssisnissaissacsssssassas 8000.00 - Elementarg-Schools eol 200000 Maintenance School Plant—o HiZh SCHOOLS ..iiiiiiiiiiviiiiimisnnnisiasosisbiesionesshonissitssrsnetssssionsssusssagortons s snsueds 1200.00 L ity BEhBOTE e ae e, SOOOO Pl Chareee e 50000 Co-Ordinate and Auxiliary ACHIVILIES .......civiiismecis | 125.00 Capital Outlay Mow feamßllonE . e e 3800.00 Total Expeénditures. Special School Fund .....cc0ee...5524074.61 : G TUITION FUND : ‘ Teachers'-Salaries—: : o High School o ..aii o e 50000 .00 Blementary: SCHOOLIS ..o sttt nioniiansiiiesiossisssucsns 20000.00 Total Expenditures Tuition Fund e o e s $30600.00 s ; VOCATIONAL FUND i Salaries Vocational Teachers and DlrTectors ............cicoces3ooo.oo l Total Expenditures Vocational Fund ... $3000.000 BOND FUND : Payment Principall ...t g a 1 3300000 Pavaient dnterest .i oL e s e e 2542.00 . Total Expenditures Bond B ... e 3004200 o ESTIMATE OF FUNDS TO BE RAIISED. - ' Special School Tuition Vocational Bond . * Fund Fund Fund Fund Total Estimated Expenditures .....$24074.61 $30000.00 $3000.00 $5542.00 Miscellaneous Revenue' (deducted) - 0.00 7000.00 0.00 0.00 Amt. to be raised by taxation ....... 24074.61 23000.00 3000.02“"" 5542.00 Balance July 3lst o i 10400.71 7445.66 2321 1644.53 Pax fo be collected ... ... ... 135600L00 7000.00 1600.00 3000.00 Miscellaneous Revenue ............i.. 0.00 7000.00 . 000 0.00 Tolal Revenue ... .. ... ..ivion 2300071 2144586 183215 464453 5-12 Estimated Expenditures ............ 9500.00 12500.00 1250.00 2309.15 Balsnee oooao ae o A 0 0% 8945.66 582.15 2335.38 Necessary Working Balance ................ 10000.00 8475.45 7565.36 © 2505.06 Difference (add or deduct) ......... 4400.71 ° 470.21 d 73.21 169.68 Amount to be raised by taxation...... 19673.90 22529.79 3173.21 5711.63 PROPOSED LEVIES ' Rab Makable Broperty .. $2113820.00 B o , Levy on . Amount to Funds Property be Raised fnecial School Le e 18062 .$19673.90 Btoß . e e DS 22529.79 NMeedrional 000 o o e s 010 3173 91 Bold . e R L BULTB Al s e e 3101 $51088.68 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TAXES COLLECTED AND TO BE : - e COLLECTED . Name of Fund: : ’ _ Special Sehool ... $15398.35 $21836.02 $34944.56 $19673.90 Pulblon o oo 18886T2 10568838 - 1494456 22529.79 Vacational oo iLG 924063 3211.18 3334.79 3173.21 Bond or Sinking Fund ... | 5137.88 6626.25 95711'.78 Bidldine o s 2878.74 J : POLAL oot oo $41080.44 $49773.27 $59271.76 $51088.68 ~ Taxpayers appearing shall have the right to be heard thereon. After the tax levies have been determined, ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such levies, may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further and final action thereon, by filing a petition therefor with the County Auditor not later than the fourth Monday of September, |and the State Board will fix a date of hearing in this county. ‘ : Dated August 29, 1929. . . : - RALPH SPURGEON, President : , G. 8. LYON, Secretary : | o ' SOL HENOCH, Treasure i : s - BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Elkhart Men Hurt - Two Elkhart men are in the Elk‘hart General hospital in a serious con'dition as the result of auto accidents gin that city Saturday and Sunday '?n‘ights. . - ; Ray {harles 44 of Elkhkart is suffering fpom a fractured skull and cuts "and bruises. He has been upconscious isince the accident on Sun ) night. 'Fred Beckner also of Elkhalrt has A skull fracture and other injuries. An ‘opera't'i'on was to have been performad ton Beckner today to relieve the pressure ol his brain. . He has been congcious only at times since he was infjurod Saturday night. ; : S | Dr. Luckey in Aceident ; ! Dr. Robert Luckey had a narrow es;i(fapei from serious injury and death iwhen the car he was driving a Hud-?-so.n sport coupe collided \x’itlx a ;stra)' ‘horse. The animal belonging to John g\\'h:m was killed. The car of Dr. iLuvk_ey traveled .about two hundred ;i’em down the road and eaught fire cand was destroyed, together with }surgicul instruments valued at $5OO. iDr. Luckey escaped with a bruised ‘head. e was enroute home from mak 'ing a call when the acecident occurred.

: Butler YMan In Albion Jail John O'Malley 27, Butler wa_s lodged in the Noble county jail at Albion by Sheriff John Singleton to face an alleged charge of - embezzlement, O’'Malley operates concession at street fairs and recently had cltarge of one at the street fair in Ligonier last week for a Columbia City man. The latter charges O’Malley sold the tent and all its contents worth about $7O with out his authority or- -knowledge. Shot Visiting Peach Orchard William Reas 16 received treatment for a shofgun wound in the neck inflicted whilte Le and three boys were in a peach orchard on the farm of James Dewart near Milford. Identity of the peérson who fired the shot was not known. The yvouth was not seriously hurt. - ‘ In Goshen. Hospital William Ralston of Ligonier was admitted to the Goshen hospital for treatment of a crushed shoulder- sustained when a pony rearing fell on him while he was attempting to put a bit in his mouth. . 2 NP S 0‘ Logan Christman is seriously ill at his home on West Second street.

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WRECK AT MILFORD JUNCTION

27 Head of Hogs, One Horse Killed When Stock Cars Leave B & O Rails Sunday Morning

Traffic on three transportation lines two steam and one electric was halted and damage amounting to several .thousand dollars resulted when a bro’keu .axle on an east bound B & O freight train struck the Winona Rail!way cross-over at Milford Jnet. earli’ !Sunda’y morning. Ten cars. piled up ‘over the B. & O. Big Four and Wiinona right-of-ways and delayed traffic for nearly 12 hours. ¢ ’ The axle had dragged along on the ties for more thatt a mile cutting the<wooden cross-pieces but deing no further damage. As the fast freight crossed over the Winona tracks at }Milford Junction the axle caught on ;flxe cross-over rails throwing the car off the track. This resulted in derailing of nine others after the first car struck the Big Four cross-over a few vards to the east of the Winona tracks. : Included in the wreckage were three stock cars containing hogs and horses. From the two hog cars 27 dead hogs were taken and one horse was killed in the horse car, which contained three horses. One of the hog cars and the horse car were overturned, while the other hog car remained upright but off its tracks. Bandit Gets Money From Bank A lone bandit held up Miss Blanche Morrical assistant cashier of the State Bank at Pennville Jay county at 12:10 Tuesday afternoon and forced her to hand over between $5OO and $9OO in the money drawer, : ' : 'No one saw the bandit enter or leave the bank and it was not known how he escaped. “I hate to do this” the bandit told Miss Morrical she said “but T have to do it for myv aunt. ;

Indiana (asualties

Four children lost their lives in Indiana Labor Day victims of violence. At Rushville James Hobbs 12 was killed instantly and Wilson Crosby 14 was injured fatally when a racing car driven by Art Knecht Rushville crash ed through a retaining wall into the crowd. : Harvey Seeley 28 and Knecht were injured seriously. i Bill Smith Indianapolis driver also was injured during another race. - Drivers who were to compete in the feature race of 35 miles refused to report to the starter contending the track a death trap. . It was believed that a broken steer ing wheel resulted in Knecht loosing control of his machine. . ’ . Vera Glindmeyer 12, Covington Ky., was ‘killed in Indianapolis when an automobile in which she was riding was sideswiped by another machine. Several other persons occupants of both machines were -injured slightly. Catherine Morris 3 was injured fatally “near Glenns Valley when two automobiles collided headon. Several other occupants of the two machines were injured none seriously. i Police report at Indianapolis showed that scores of automobile accidents occurred over the state as a result of the crowded condition of highways. :

Three Die at Hammond.

Hammond had three Labor Day fatalities Mrs. Johanna Lewis 58 was killed by an auto. Joe Ostofski 21 park ed his car without lights and it was struck by a South Shore bus and Ostrowski was killed. Sigleteemyear-old Elizabeth Houpt shot herself through the heart over an argument with her husband. '

Lineman Electrocuted.

Coming in contact with a high tension electric wire while repairing a power line near wabash James Schuster 30 lineman was electrocuted. Schuster was dead before fellow workmen could reach him. The body after being knocked from a pole lodged in a tree. o

Killed By “Unloaded Gun”

The top of he rhead blown off whilg she was seated in an automobile with her four children clustered about her Mrs. Oro Smith from near Walkerton, in St. Joseph county was dead Monday the victim of a “gun that wasn’t loaded” .She was 34 years old. ;

Saved From Drowning

Miss Naomi Howick 22 of Fort Wayne a student nurse at St. Joseph’s hospital was saved from drowning at Tri-Lake Sunday after she had been in the water for fifteen minutes by expert application of artificial respiration. . :

Kicked by Horse

Kenneth Holmes eight years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Holmes of near Wakarusa was injured Friday evening when he was kicked on the phin and chest by a horse. He is improving although his injuries are considered serious. ' Mrs. Werker Buried The remainsg of Mrs. Lewis Werker were laid in Oak Park Sunday. This estimable lady passed away Thursday at the family residence west of Ligonier and the funeral was held at the M. E. church this city. Surviving arg lthe husband and a son and daughter.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETT - Services in Weir Block. : Sunday school 9:46 A M. Lesson Sermon 11:00 A, M. Everybody welcome. ; 1 . Now is the thne to pay your Banner subscriptien—DO IT NOW! ;

Reunion is Successiul.

- The reunion of the 44th Indiana Infantry of the civil war held at the Christian church last Friday proved very successful. Col. D. M. Foster of Fort Wayne delivered an address to the ten survivors present and the W R. C. furnished the dinner to the old boys and their visiting friends. A feature of particular interest was the presence of four past commanders of the G. A. R. of Indiana. They were Col. David N. Foster, M. A. Kelsey, John H. Hoffman and Charles E. Hale.

Musieal Treat

Miss Martha Hutchison will present in recital her piano and organ pupils who did nset play in the May reeitals tonight. (Thursday evening) Sept. 5 at the M. E. church. An interesting program has been prepared by the students both large and small, and promises to give pleasure to not only the parents but to all who believe that “Music Study Exalts ife.” The program will begin promptly at 8:30 daylight saving time. e

Sawmill Destroyed

The sawmill at Okron owned by D. A. Pike was completely destroyed by fire early Saturday morning causing a loss estimated at '525,000. There was no insurance. :

Elkhart Youth Loses Arm

Harold Ousterhout 21 well known Elkhart youth suffered the loss of his leftt arm below the elbow last week while working on a steam. shovel crew at Dwight, Tl -

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