Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 33A, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 September 1929 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner ' Established 1866 Published by - THE BANNER PURLISHING (0. - W. C. B, Harrison, Editor M. A. Cotherman, Manager e e e et et et e . ————————— Fullished every Monday and Thursday and entered the Postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana, as second class matter. Hess Picks Prize Charles Fred Hess of Fort Wayne native of Kendaliville and who spent most of his life there has been appointed twelfth district director of the census by Congressman David Hogg. Mr. Hess will supervise the taking ol the federal census in all of the countiss of the twelfth district. He will appoint nearly 300 enumerators to assist him in the vast task of counting noses. Mr. Hess' appointment was male after a long and careful consideration of a large list of candidates secking the post. There are 285 precincts in the various counties of the twelfth distitct and Mr. Hess will name an enumeritor for each of these soon after January 1 1930. Work will not start untill all appointments have been macde. Drunken Driver Age 75 A sad spectacle was presented in cir cuit court at Auburn when E. 8. Pot:s 75 of Edgerton, 0., a barber appear i in court fo answer to a charge of drunken driving. Potts upon neariiiz Butler thought he could beat a Wihash train to the crossing. ‘He did, but just after (‘IEOSSing: the tracks Lis car went into-the ditch. 'The car was badly damaged and Potts was caut about the face. Joe Finkey 63 his com panion escaped wit ha few cuts. Potts was fined $1 and costs and given a 39day jail sentence and prohibited fromn driving a.car for a-year. Finkey paid a fine of $lO and costs for being drunk

Hangs Seli With Sash Cord - Leroy Stafford who had been in ill health for some time ended his life at his home at Angola by hanging himself with-a sash cord to a post in his back yard. His lifeless form wusg found by his son = Willidgam = thirty minutes after he had left the house. Stafford had taken the -cord tied - “hangman’s slip” with care and gone into the vard, placed the cord about his Ixed§k fastened it to a five foot post and then by bending over settled down until he strangled to death. : ' Board Backs Down. The advisory board of Milford tow::ship LaGrange county dropped the proposed sghool bond issue of $50.000 at the September meeting this week. The money to be raised was to bg used in remodeling the South Milford school to meet high school requirements. This aroused the jealously of residents in the vicinity of Stroh. as they feared that théir high school would be lost, it is said. The forming of Stroh township resulted. BBoy Jailed at Elkhart Richard Harrington 17 of Elkhart was taken to the county jail at Goshen by Sheriff Glenn P. Banks to face charges of auto theft. He was arrested in Michigan City Wednesday night for the theft of a Buick touring car owned by S. C. Boyland of rura] route No. 2 Elkhart which was stolen from a parking space Tuesday night. A trombone violin and top coat which were in the machine when taken were recovered.

Faces Drunken Charge

Roscoe Graham faces a charge of drunken driving and his companion Thomas Dycus a charge of public intoxication, following their arrests laté Thursday night a mile south of LaOtto by Lieut. William Donovan of thg Indiana state police. Graham and Dycus figured in an automobile accident in which five cars were damaged They were lodged in the Kendallviilg jail awaiting a hearing.

Adopt Root’s Formula

Elihu Root’s formula for American adherence to the world court was formally adopted as an administration project today. Secretary of State Stimson announced the Root formula met the objections of the senate and fully protected the United States against dangers anticipatéd by the senate in adopting five reservations to American adherence.

Kellogg Pact Favored

Arthur Henderson British secretary for foreign affairs sumbitted a resolution to the assembly proposing incorporation of the Kellog peace pact in' the league of nations covenant. _ Henderson also announced Britain was ready to sign immediately the general convention whereby members of the league agreed to provide financial assistance to states that were victims of agression. Hangs Self to Tree John Potts aged 65 years a highly respected resident of the Corunna neighborhood committed suicide: by hanging himself to a tree near his home Wednesday afternoon. Worry over financial troubles was given as the cause of his act. For the past seven years Mr. Potts had been assessor of Fairfield township DeKalb county. Dies in Elkhart Hospital. Mrs. Amelia Elizabeth Lieherenz of Kendallville who would have been 64 years old Friday died in the General hospital at Elkhart where she had been a patient since July 4. Death followed a general breakdown with complications that made necessary a major operation August 9. =

GOOD WILL AIR TOUR

Fiset of Planes Will Land at Goshen Municipal Airport Wednesday september Eighteen

Twenty cities including Goshen will: be visited by airplanes making the first annual all-Indiana air tour which starts from Indianapolis September 16 and ends at the state capital September 21. The fleet will visit Goshen Wednesday September 18. Nev-eastle, Connersville, Union City Richmond Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo, Fort Wayne, Peru, I’l&'lnouth. Goshen, Elkhart, Gary, Lafayette, Green castle Terre Haute, Princeton, Boonville, Evansville and Bedford will be visited. . ‘» Overnight stops will be rgade at Richmond, Fort Wayvne Elkhatt, Terre !H:'ut« and Evansville, Approximately 1,000 miles will be covered in the tour which will be under the auspices of the Indiana Aircraft Trade association. At least 20 planes of all models and sizes will make the tour. : The tour is being held to encourage iu\ iation in Indiana and as a means of aiding cities which have small airports or none at alk to get adequate facilities. : Yo Trace of Migsing Prisoners Four prisoners who' beat their way out of the St. Joseph county. jail Wed nesday night after overpowering Turnkey Cecil McHenry with sawed-off broom: handles Thursday night were st¢ll at large and apparently had made gcod their.spectacular escape at South Bend. i

‘the quartet includes Sam Riebman, (Clicazo gangster and kidnaper; Jeft H:rriss, burglar; Bert Zimmerman allezed automobile thief and Mose St phens aceused as the colored “phan tom prowler” who terrorized the south side of that city for six weeks while burglarizing half a hundred homes early this summer. :

Stephens was not listed as one of the fugitives until Sheriff Thomas A. Geodrick caalled the roll of inmates at the jail two hours after the “break” and discovered that Stephens - was niong those missing. '

The frantic search of Wednesday ni;zht and Thursday morning for the fleeing quartet which had been spurred by the hope of an early capture. had subsided Thursday night to a campaign of watchful waiting by the sherift’s force and the city police.

G. 0. P. State Committee to Meet

* ’lans for mayoralty elections in November and-the bi-ennial state conmittee mayoralty candidates and political leaders of the party Tuesday. at the Ulen Country club, Lebanon. The state committee will plan steps to be taken in giving the vote to vicechairman and vice committeemen of the state as provided in the Senator Bruce Cooper bill passed by the 1929 legislature. T This bill gave the voting power to women members of the state district and county committees as, well as precinct vicecommitteemen. ~ Candidates for the various state offices are expected to make their announcements:at the meeting.

Child Missing Found Asleep

Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Carney were much frightenéd when their son Howard age 7 years disappeared at LaGrange and was not found for six hours. The child had been visiting his ' grandmother, Mrs. Anna Carney five miles southwest of there. Late in the day the child came up missing. Mrs. Carney made a sedrch for him and it was not until six hours later he was found fast asleep under a bush. He said he lay down under the bush in the afternoon when he became tired and sleepy, and hadn’t heard anyone call him. :

Fail To Frighten Farmer

Melvin * Violett an aged bachelor residing alone on a farm southeast of New Paris refused to be frightened by two holdup men Tuesday night and as a result is stil] living and has his money, ;

Violett was awakened late Tuesday night by two armed men who demanded his money. When Violett arose to get the money he rushed into another room and secured a revolver. The two bandits disappeared. No trace has been found of the men.

Seek- Murder Suspects

Police scught Dewey Sartin 30 and Jesse McCaffrey 22 in connection with the slaying of Henry Barton 67 on a highway near Lafayette. The men wanted have been missing since Sunday when the slaying was committed.

Will Not Buy Fire Truck

The Middlebury township advisory board in fixing{ the township tax levy decided not to include a levy for the purchase of a fire truck. An item of $4,500 included in the budget for this purpose was stricken out.

Beauchamp Re-elected

-The Rev. H. C. Beauchamp South Bend was re-elected superintendent of the St. Joseph district of the United Brethren church at the annual conference at Winona Thursday. Prisoners Escape : An extensive search was under way in northern Indiana today for four prisoners ‘who escaped from the St. Joseph county jail after attacking a night jailer. i CHRISTIARX SCIENCE SOCIET: j Services in Welr Block. | Sunday school 9:45 A M. - ‘ Lesson Sermon 11:60 A. M. Everybody welcome, ) Now is the timne to pay your Bannes #ubscriptien—DO IT NOW!

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THE “CAN” IN CANNING The pressure cooker pﬁts the “can” in canping. While canning was a big

improvement over the earlier methods of food preservation by salting and drying, it was not until the pressure cooker - was adapted to household use that the bugheat of the canning season was destroyed. It is no longer necessary to malke

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- canning an all-day Ethyi C. Morgan. 4, with a bulky water-hath canner monopolizing . the whole stove top, and the escaping steam making the already hot kitchen still hotter. The pressure cooker has changed all this. Because cooking at temperatures higher than boiling is made possible, the time for cooking is shortened. Instead of boiling the cans of meat, for instance, for three to four hours, they may be sterilized in the pressure cooker for thirty minutes at ten pounds pressure, if partially cooked before, and sixty minutes if uncooked. A proportionate time saving holds true in canning of vegetables. The pressure cooker is particularly adapted to the homemaker who has a garden where the vegetables are ripen-

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9 CANNING POINTS 1. Have all equipment in readiness before canning is started. L 2. - Pack ° prodT e ucts in jars or cans e :::" that will seal air B! tight. Spoilage in ? z';;ii?'???55?3523%%%?25*:5’::::5:.:;:3:: % canned foods is 5%% Bl frequently due to %. ° imperféct containg e \9 cookers are helptii ™SB MM ful in the canning § of meat and all EN f 8 nDon-acid vegeta: i@ Dbles. The high pressure obtainable Grace Viall Gray. kills all _ spores, thus 'assuring perfect sterilization. Pressure cookers also save time and fuei. 4. If you live in the South, or in very high altitudes, or in the west coast states, get the time-tables for canning recommended by your state college. In these sections it is recommended not to use hot water for the canning of vegetables and meats but the pressure cooker. P gmo--o-mwwq

OFFER $5,825 IN PRIZES IN NATIONAL CANNING CONTEST

To ward off a threatened surplus of farm products in many sections and to impress more housewives with the economy and healthfulness of home canned foods, a National Canning Contest is now under way to find the best jar of canned fruit, vegetables and meat in the country. Two hundred and twenty-two cash prizes totalling $5,825 have been hung up by the SearsRoebuck Agricultural Foundation, including a grand sweepstakes prize of $1,250 for the best jar of canned food entered in the contest. Any woman or girl is eligible to enter the contest, but entries must be in not later than October 1, 1920. Further information on the contest and free jar and entry blanks for sending in entries may be had by writing to Anne Williams, director, National Canning Contest, 925 S. Homan ‘Avenue, Chicago, 111. . A

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GOOD YEAR FOR CANNING This is the year to can, according to all reports coming from the berry, = frult and vegetable . g“% sections of the L P W country. i There "is a big iy %:3 B 8 crop of high qualN S . - )&g&% e ity of practically B " B )l fruits and veget g etables. There are oo N going to be hunB R U N ; ‘&::‘% R dreds of carloads L e of luscious pears, ﬁé J “ cherries, beans, to- @ W matoes and corn to ; can, and best of Grace Viall Gray. all, they are going to be offered at reasonable prices in bushel lots for canning, says one authority. : Cherries are being shipped from Idaho, where there is a bumper crop, 240 carloads, compared with 200 last year. Cherries are also plentiful in Michigan and Oregon, The plums that are coming from California are of good size and excellent quality. Alberta peaches that women want for canning are going to be plentiful and cheap. - So 1929 seems to be a “lucky”

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OFFER $5825 IN PRIZES IN ’l NATIONAL CANNING CONTEST : To ward off a threatened surplus of farm § products in many sections and to impréss? more hotusewives with the sconomy and. healthfulfiess of home canned foods, a National Canning Contest is now under way to find the best jar of canned fruit, vege-: tables and mcat in the country. Two hun- ¢ dred and twenty-two cash prizeslotaliingz $5,825 have been hung up by the Sears- 7 ‘Reebuck Agricultural Foundation; including § a grand swespstakes prize of §1,2350 for? _the best jar of canned food entcred in the ? contest. Any womaa or girl is eligible tog enter the contest, but entries must be in not § later than October 1, 1929. Further informa- $ tion on the contest and free jar and entry; blanks for sending in entrizs may be had by writing to Anne Williams, directox'.'Na-i tional Canning Contest, 925 S. Homan g Avenue, Chicago, IH. e 4 [email protected]..,..,.;.....ﬂ-o-wo-vmmm-o-z; ing in small amounts. By putting each day’s surplus in her pressure cooker while doing up. her morninz Kitchen work, she soon has the shelves full without the messiness!of an all-day canning job. Only an occasional glance :11/,'the'- pressure gauge is required for one soon learns just how high to turn the flame to keep. the pressuie constant, ‘ This saves not only time and labor but food as well for the pressure cooker makes it possible for hier to ecan the small: amounts which she would have thrown away rather than bother with wher canning by the older methe ods. . ; ; .

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Packing Chigken in Jars. 170 degrees. Boiling fruit juice destroys the flavor. - 8. Canning does not change poor products into good products so use good products to put into jars. And do not spoil good preducts by halfway methods of canning. Use the quickest, safest, and most eflicient method of canning, which is the pressure cooker method. 9. Before storing — canned produets away in a cool dry airy place for winter use keep the. jars under observation at room temperature for at least one week. |

year for all good homemakers who believe . that it is “smart to be thrifty,” and who therefore like to put away jars of preserved food at seasonable prices for future ' winter use, < : ~ The United States Department of Agriculture -advocates the use of the pressure cooker for canning all nonacid vegetables such ‘as corn, peas, and beans ag well as meats, fish and poultry. The high pressure made possible in the pressure cooker kills alk spores, thus. making canning safe., M«.».u......0.....Q-....a--o-.0......,--.ug........0n0w‘;': OFFER $5825 IN PRIZES IN | NATIONAL CANNING CONTEST . ¢ To ward off a threatened surplus of farm products. in many sections and to impress $ more housewives with the economy and heajthfulness of home canned foods, a National Canning Contest is now under way to find the best jar of canned fruit, vege- § tables and meat in the country. Two hundred and twenty-two cash prizes totalling $5,825 have been hung up by the SearsReebuck Agricultural Foundation, includingg a grand sweepstakes prize of $1,250 foré the best jar of canned food entered in the ® contest. Any woman or girl is eligible to ? enter the contest, but entries must be in not later than October I, 1929. Further information on the contest and free jar and entry blanks for sending in entries may be had by writing to Anne Williams, director, Na« tional Canning Contest, 925 S. Homan ‘Avenue, Chicago, Il tol

AL SMITH TO BECOME BUILDER ' | : ! Associated with Raskob DuPont and Others in America's Biggest Real ! . Estate Yenture at Gotham § Alfred E. Smith dropped his pen and’ set. out to build the highest building in i.he sworld. .- : & Thc former New York governor whof sinice his defeat in the presidential' campaign has beén writing his moinmix's announced he had ’a.(.-ce_'pted,i thg presidency of the Empire State Building corporation which will erect :‘ll:3s”—%o:‘_\' oftice buildix;g on the site of ithe Waldorf-Astoria hotel. =+ = IHis associates in the project will be .}(:E[m J. Raskob, Pierre §. DuPont Col.- Michael Friedsam, August Hecksclier, Ellis P.: Earle, Lounis G. Kaufmun and Robert C. Brown. . : “UWell I'm back in business” Smith saild. “In fact I've been back in busingss just two hours. It was just üb%;ut that long ago that I signeéd up angd got into aposition ewhere I could tell my plans.” WS

. Bmith said the building would be alniost 1,000 feet high and would con-|. stitute the largest single real estate ﬁ-u%sturo undertaken in the history of the [nited States. The structure will ?a(:l_‘-nzx,rn()(late 60,900 persons. = 'll‘hr» order to demolish the WaldoriAstoria already has been given. Engi,xiwei*s ‘estimate *the Empire State %!)nﬁmin;: will be completed ‘in 18|i ‘munths. : o : , o o . . Bandits Rob South Bend Store ! % ﬁ“:\m unmasked bandits obtained $375 i lat the Beder Dry Goods store at South ! gi.;@%u:! 'ahout 3:10 o'clock ‘Wednesday [;;fl\heitm';_on after tying B. H. Beder {th¢ proprietor and Michael Tschida a | !'(:h}:'k and locking them in the base!mt%l:t{_ _ ' , - | The money was obtained from a ,mq{-‘jl register and from the watch pocket of Mr. Beder where he had secret’cd\[ 4 part of it after a visit to his' store at 524 N. Birdsell street Wednes | ‘\m? merning. ; : : l | | . Six Months At Penal Farm ‘ ,}“dn'uham Tyler of Ligonier was fin- | unri?v.’:‘l'zmd ('(‘)SlS’_ﬂlld sentenced to six g‘m«ﬁ_n'.h':: at the Indiana state farm izu[o 'l‘in%sda.y afternoon when he plg¢aded guilty to a charge of petit lagceny in the court. Tyler was arregted several weeks ago at Ligonier and pleaded guilty -to stealing . valuables from®the home of Ollie Galh:'i&nth. He had been held in jail in de{aplt of $2,000 bonds, . - 1 - Moves to Kendallville ! - .ii:)}m Cass who has operated '1 taxiz service in Lionier for some months haistmo_vm} with his family to Kendallville and will take: over the :business established there by his son -Herbert. D. 0. Bailey succeeds Mr. Cass in thy t_ni;i business here. . ‘ . Do n s -#ow is the time to pay your Bannerx writtion to the Uapnner . i

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Baggageman Dies of Fractured SI(u'll! Harry Parks 30 of Anderson bag- | gageman on the Big Four railroad died at a hospital at Warsaw of aj fractured skull, sustained in some,t manner while he was on duty on a! north bound train. He was found un—‘ conscious in the baggage car-at Claypool, lying ‘in a pool of his own blood. A theory has been advanced that Parks may have been slugged by a robber. Officials however helieve he fell against the car door. He was last! seen on duty at . North Manchester, ! where he dropped off some express.l Failing to appear at Silver Lake the next stop of the train an iuvestigation’ was made at Claypool. : l ‘ : e—— . o ~ Pay your Banner subscriptions :

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Elkhart Township Rate $1.24 The taxi rate for Eikhart township was fixed at_3sl.24 on each assessed $lOO valuation by the ‘advisory- bpard, composed jof 0. W. Dowell, Lorin Gibson, D. A. Rose and Trustee T. J, Mawhorter. The rate asked was $1.34 but .the hoard used the paring knife and reduged the levy ten cents. The $1.24 ratel however is an increase of 9 cents bvoj the present rate. The appropriation of $3,000 - with whieh to| purchase a chemical fire truck. was not allowed. - _ ' ._[x_xs:urax{ce‘ on school hacks will' be lmken out and additional | insurance on the school house, as ordered by | tate officials ‘is to be placed. ?, _Re:fd_ The Ligonier Banner.