Ligonier Banner., Volume 70, Number 4, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 February 1936 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner Established 1867 : Published by THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. 124 Cavin Street M. A. Cotherman Editor-Manager R Published every Thursday and entered the Postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana as second class matter, , SIGNS OF THESE TIMES ' By Dudley Smith ......... Figures were released a few days ago by the United States Treasury which report the cost of America’s participation in the World War t» be 45.2 billions of dollars, including the recently enacted $2,300,000,000 bonus bill. Just what did the people of the United States get out of thac war? It didn’t save the world for Democracy. It didn’t advance world peace, Christianity or civilization. It didn’t bring America first position in world commerce. It saved np national honor and established no na-: national policy. It simply killed off 126,000 sterling young men of this nation and crippled or maimed 238.500 more—and cost American taxpayers 45.2 billiong of dollars.

' Patriotism caused American citizens at home to undergo every kind of sacrifice in order that our nation’s part in that horrible conflict could be quickly played. American pa triotism sealed ears for years after the World War - against - taxpayers complaintg about the costs. Eveyu now - few persons are So rash as fc complain about America’s war tax burden. Veterans who received s 9 little of the money spent for thal war will not stand for loose comiments of the miserly and the slacker: and the profiteerg in their present.

Setting New Records

The State Highway Comxissgion will have more than twenty-seven grade separations under construetion this year, James D. Adams, chaira an announced. This will establish a record as only twenty-five such struc tures ,carrying state highway tratfic over or under railroad tracks were completed in the past two years. Construction work has been started on foureen grade separations, con tracts have been awarded on four others with construction to start as soon ag weather conditions will permit; awards of contracts are pending on seven other separationg and bids on two others will be received by the Highway. Commission o March 10. Preparation of plang for several othep grade separationg is being rush ed with the expectation that they can be placed under contract before rhe opening of the 1936 construction season. These will be advertised for bids as soon as plang are compieted and approved and other preliminary details can be worked out with the railroad companies whose lineg are affected. . The extensive program now beirg placed under contract is being financed with federal funds allocated to Indiana for grade separation construction on the state highway system. Of ten million dollars allocated to Indiana by the Works Bill for highway improvement approoximate ly five million dollarg was designat ed for grade separation work. Such improvements on the state system will be an added factor in the safety of motorists by eliminating the possibility ofi accidents involving motor vehicles and trains. This program is being supplemented by the Highway Commission through the placing of flashing light warning signals at intersections of state highwayg and railroaq crossings.

K. H. S. Cagers Have Close (all.

Mmbers of the Kendallville high school basketball team, Coac2es Char les Ivey and O. O. Guymox, Managers Dale Stockton and Dean Trindle, and Joe Gaskill narrowlyv escaped possible serious injury Saturday night returning from the North Side of Fort Wayne game. The 'large bus, in which the team was riding, in an effort to keep from colliding head on with a large semitrailer two miles south of Avilla. ran into a huge snow bank. Quick think ing by Driver Arthur Bevington of Fort Wayne saved the members and other occupants of the bus frow possible serious injury. When he saw the parked truck, he nosed the front of the bus intp the snow bank. 7The back end of the bus skidded into the cab of the large truck, sliding the cab into the ditch and then the bus bounded against the trailer of the truck. No one wag injured and no serious damage resulted to ~ither the bug or truck. The accident tied up traffic for nearly an hour.

To Open Bi%s

Bids will be opened March 10 for grade separation and bridge construe tion work in Clay, St. Joseph Lake Jackson, - Bartholomew Martin, Gibgson and Warrick countieg Jameg D. Adamg chairman. of the state highway comission announced.Federal funds will be used to finance the projects which are to be completed this year. The work is estimated to cost $530,000. Federal regulationg on selection of labor, wages and hourg of employment will ~ be in effect. : : Conductors Face Arrest, Affidavits charging two conductors . of two Wabash railroad freight ~ trains with blocking the highway ~ have been filed at Goshen. One con ductor is charged with blocking the ~ crossing for 21 minutes and another . with blocking the crossing for 50 e wmates.. | o

HOOSIER VETS TO BUY FARMS To Invest Bonus Money In Small Farms, Survey In State Shows Investment of bonus money in small farms is contemplated by many Indiana war veterans, Clarence Manion state director of the national emergency council reperted. Inquiries from veterans regarding farm purchasess have been received at NEC headquarters and, at the farm credit administration offfices; Louis ville, Ky., Manion said. : Thirty-one applications for purchase of farm land have been received by the federal lank bank with in the last two weeks, Manion report ed. : The federal land Lank gold 13 Indiana farms for $77,7560 during the last two weeks of January a maked increase over the corresponding period of 1935. Indiana collections during Janpuary amounted to 83.6 per cent of the fed eral land bank maturities for that month and 89 per cent of the land bank commissioner January maturi{ties Manion gaid. The Production Credit corporation received 985 loan applications in Indiana for a total of $454,625 during January and 572 loans totaling 5232, 417 were closed. The bank for co-operatives receivad one Indiana application and (w 9 loans were consumated amountinz to £12.000 for the period from January a 8 i

Shorter Season For Trout Fishing Shortening of Indiana’s open Sedson for the taking of rainbow, prook prown and Lock Leven trout to four instead of five months, effective this year, was announced by Virgil M. 3immong commissioner of theg department of - conservation. ?The change makes the Indiana open r’season for trout fishing approxirate that of Michigan. Under terms of an official order, In diana’s open season for trout fishing :n Lake, Porter, Laporte, St. Joseph. ®lkhart, LaGrange, Steuben, Newton Jasper, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusk? Noble and DeKalb, .counties will extend from May 1 to August 31—both dates inclusive. Formerly the open season for trout fishing extended from April 1 to August 31. The same order reduced by five the number of trout which may be had in possossion on any one day. The new possession limit is 15 instead of 29. The change in open season and re duction of the number of trout that may be possessed wa sthe result of an extensive survey in the northern Indiana counties where the department of conservation has been stocking trout in all suitable waters. The trout season in Indiana now approximates that of Michigun. The new limit of 15 trout in one day corresponds to the Michigon regulation.

Burning Brush Cause of Firess.

Eighty-six of the 194 forest fires occurring in Indiana.during the past year were traced to- the burnng of brush and debris, according to a rereport fileq with Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation by the ~ Division of Forestry. The 86 forest fires burned over four thousand acres of valuable timberland. < A tabulation of forest fire causes, prepared for the National Forest service, lists a total of 194 forest fires during 1935 which burned over 10. 339 acreg of timber with an estimated loss of more than $52,000. The burning of brush and debris leads the list with 86 fires destroying 3,035 acres of timber. Thirty fires charg'ed against smokers, burned 1,282 acres; incendary fires, generally due to grudges, numbered 11 and burned 461 acres; railroads caused eight fires which burned 489 acres; eight fires resulting from lumbering operations burned 306 acres; hunters were responsible for -éight fires which burned 300 acres and 250 acres of timber were destroyed in 36 fires for which no definite cause could be established. 4

Second Month of Contest Near End.

The second month of Indiana’s third annual Crow Control Contest will end at noon, Monday March 2 Virgil M. Simmong commissioner of the Department of Conservation reminded participating clubs. Crow feet to be creditd to any club in determining the February contest awards, must be delived at the Department of Conservaion offices before 12 o’clock noon, March 2, Crow feet receiveq after that time wi'l credited to the forwarding club toward the March awards. . The crow hunters have been operat ing under a real handicap since the contest started January 1, due to weather conditions. Sixteen thousand and thirty crow feet were turned in during the first month ol the contest. The five clubg turning in the largest number of crow feet before the close of the Fbruary contest, will divide $75 in cash ‘and receive one pheasant or quail for ach 109 crow feet. i

Defrauded Garrett Man.

Boyd Hayneg 67 of Goshen who was arrested at Kendallville a week ago and fined on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses al--80 victimized C. E. Sell of Garroft in the amount of $2 aktout six wecks

Killed by N. Y. C. Train

~ Kenmeth Goodsell, 7 was killed ‘in stantly. Saturday when he was struck by an east bound New York Central freight train at a crossing near his home. * - - , T A

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® SCHOOL NOTES ©

By Bernice Pergrem Ira Shobe who is with the Department of Agriculture jn the division of soil eroson at Washington, D. C,, gave a very interesting talk on Abrham Lincoln last Wednesday morning at the school assembly. Friday morning Feb. 21 the Senior English class will conduct tliz convocation period. Most of the country students are wiorking hard trying to “catchup” on the work which they missed when the roads were closed. . There are several cases of mumps and measleg in the school. The High School Band favored us at the Cromwell game with some very “peppy”’ selections. Mysterious Brown, the magician, who was scheduled to appear here last Tuesday night did not perform because ofi the bad weather. Waztch for a later announcement of this entertainment. - Last week the advanced shorthand clasg staged a quite interesiing contest. The clasg was divided into three teams; namely Concentratien, Accuracy, and Speed. The captains were Rachel Blem ERElizabeth Blue, Hlizabeth Patton vespectively. The aim of this contest was to see which team could take a dicatior test each day and transcribe this dictation at the highest rate .of accuracy. The first two days the dictation was given at the rate of 70 words pe; minute and the last two days the rate of dictation was 80 wordg per minute. The Concentration team won the concontest with an average grade of accuracy of 94.2%. The Accuracy team’s average was 91.7% auwd the Speed’s average was 925%. The winning team received the reward of not having to have any assignment for Monday’s class. :

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS By Dale Kiester 7

The seventh grade had a Valentine exchange and a “spell down” last Priday in its home room. Frank Sprague won in spelling and receive a prize. : L “Claudine Gose returneq to school after three week’s absence due to pneumonia. : ; 3 The seventh grade iz interested in reading “A Man Without a Country”. - Friday afternoon the sixth grade gave the following nrogram Keith Sickafoose told how Valentine’s Day came to be and Mortcn Barch. gave

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some jokes. DMartha Dewey played “Largo” by Handel on her violin accompanied by Betty Jean Stage Norma Seagly sang the “Cradle Song” which was enjoyed very much 3¥ every one. Betty Jean Stage gave a poem entitled “A Valentine For Grandma” by Mrs. Crosley Adams. Then there were gongs by the class after which valentines were enjoyed by all. - i The program .committee consisted of Morton Barch, Jamss Wate]l and Norma Seagly. : ; The following program was given at the eighth grade class meeting on Feb. 13. : America—Sung by class. Flag Salute—Led by Miss Vallance A selection by Robert Sweet with ‘the harmonica and Robert Renner with the jewsharp. : : Song The Music Goes Round and 'Round—Sung by Max Elijah, Mary Taylor, Dale Kiester and June Hayden. : : : ~ Poem—The Tree Toad by Thomas Jackson. _ ‘ Song—On the Good Ship Lolly Pop by Jean Weimer and Betty Vance. Gettysburg Address by June Hayden. g Song—When You Come to the End of the Day by Beity Baughman, Nina VanAman, Mae Runyan and Dotty Selig. : Mary Jane Ferguson, Joe Glaser and Herschel Johnson returned to school after two week’s absence.

We chose the name “Invincible Hoosiers” because it is a very suitable name for our team. We have won every games we have playd so far which gives us a one hundred percent rating so we chose “invincible.” We feel that we can defeat the “Common Sensers” by a large majority by the end of the. .yea-. Being Indianas we chose thc name “Hooslers” -~ = fWe will all' study hard, not neglect our history, and put forth every effort in our power to be victorious in our battleg and “keep up the record we have made thus far. . ‘Committee, Doris Ann Wertheimer Captain, 31 Seventh Grade Common -Sensers ¥ ~ “Common Sensers” is the name we have chosen for.our contest team in history. The name was takew from Thomas Paine’s pamphlet of Common Sense published at the time of the

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Revolutionary War. We have not been yery successful thus far in winning victories, but hope that our name will arouse our ambition to more through studyng and a better understanding of Histery. Through this name “Common Sensers” we hope by the cooperation of our team to overcome the Invincible Hoosiers who are determined to be victorious, and we are just a 3 ambitious. Regardless of the names Common Sensers or Invincible Hoosiers -may the best team win. The “Invincible Hoosiers” have won six games which are all that have thus far been played by the seventh grade.

Will Be 16th Special Session

The coming special session of the‘ 79th General Assembly will bhe the 16th special session of the Genera! Assembly since the constitution of 1851 was adopted. . The first special session in modern times was called in 1908 by Governor Frank Hanly, which lasted for 13 days. . In 1920, Governor James P. Goodrich called two special’ sessions, one for one day and the other for 10 days. In 1921, Ggggrnor Warren T. McCray called a one-day special ses‘sion for amendment to the law governing the Indiana State Reeformatory. " Governor Harry G. Leslie called a special session in 1932, which lasted 40 days. Governor Leslie did not even notify the membersg of the Legis lature, merely issuing a proclamation for publication in the newspapers. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no prescribed method, either by law or the Constitution, by which the Governor calls a special session. It may be done either by proclamation or by notification to .the members individually, or in any other manner which the governor may choose. Neither is there any ,)reseribed lapse of time between the calling of the session and the time of meeting, the governor fixing the time in his call or proclamation. Several .of the earlier special sessions were called immediately upcn adjournment of the regular session. For instance, during the term of Governor Hendricks, as the regular session was about to adjourn, the governor sent a message to House and senate, merely stating “I learn ed late last night” that a certain bill did not pass. Therefore, “I am calling a special session for 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.” The first special session under the new constitution was for 36 days, in 1858: in 1861, 1865, 1869 and 1872 special sessions lasted the constitu‘tional 40-day limit;; in 1875, a 7-day session was called; in 1877 ome for 10 days, in 1879 21 days; in 1881, 40 days.and in 1885, 356 days.

Shows Increase

Increase of tem percent or approximately 70,000 additional plates is shown in a report of the automobile license receipts for the plate selling season, starting Dec. 9, 193€, and including Jan. 31, 1936, Frank Finney, Commissioer of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. announced. Total receipts for the department in all funds were $6,159,710.57 this year as compared to $5,240,882.12 for the same period last year, an increase of $918.828.45.

. Revenue from drivers’ licenses totalled $296,553.80, as compared (¢ $277,267.10 last year, an increase of $19,286.70. = Thig revenue represents an increase in drivers’ and chauffers’ licenses so far this year of 48,200.

State Convention Aug.. 22-25

The annual convention of the Indiana state department of the American Legion will be held at Muncie Aug. 22 to 25 the Muncie Legion Cunvention corporation announced.

State officials of the Legion who attended a meeting over the weeknd wr Dr. A. R. Killian Lafaytte commander; William Sayer, Indianapolis adjutant and Charles Masion, Indianapolis, membership committee chairman. : 4

Last Veteran Dies.

Jeremiah Brouse, age 88, Kendallville’s last surviving Civil war ve!eran and believed to be the last in Wayne township dieq Friday night at the home of his daughter Mrs. David Roberts. Death was due to leak age of the heart and infirmitfes of old age. ¢

Former Commissioners Dies.

. Harvey G. Eshelman age 63 years, well known resident of Kendallviile retired prominent Jefferson township farmer, . former Noble county commissioner and Noble county representative to ~ the Indiana state legislature dieq Tuesday afternoon at hig home in Kendallville.

500 Creditors File Suit.

Five hundred creditors of the defunct State Bank of Pierceton filed guit in circut court at Warsaw for $l3 000 under the stockholders’ liability act against 24 stockholders of the bank. The bank has paid dividends totalling '6o..per cent simce it closed in 1930. :

County Births

Mr, and Mrs. Benjamin H. Dove, of Avilla a daughter, Marjory Soneta ~ Mr. and Mrs. Fred‘L. Pollock of ‘Larwill, a son, Bdward Franklin. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Barl Hiatf of Rome City a daughter,” Mary Sue. ‘ . Bix -of . the nine members of ‘the Clarence ~Casselman- family of Wlkhart are il' with -diphtheria. - = ! PR Ersyian RIS . - Bubscribe, Now For The Ligoule!

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ABSENT VOTING ADDS WORK

Duties of County Clerk To Be Increased Result of New Law

Work in the office of County Clerk Harold V. Curtis at Albioon will Le substantially increased by the operation of the new absent voters’ law, passed by the 1935 session of the Indiana legislation, which will permil voting in Noble county and elsewhere throughout the state for the Trirst time in several years. The only grounds on which a voter is permitted to cast his vote when he is not able to be in his home precinct on either primary or genera’ election day, is that his business is of such a nature as to make it impissible for him to be at home on election day. » The new law specifically states that it does not apply to any voter who resides temporarily out of his precinct unless he is a state or federal employe. Election officials state that the law does not apply to persons who are ill, infirm or too old or incapacitated to get.to the polls. The act does not authorize absent voting for any other ‘than business reasons, and does no'. it is interpreted, mean that a voter who decides to go out of the city to go fishing or play golf, can vote by an absent voter’s ballot. : The statement that the person degiring to vote through an absent vot er’s ballot ig to be away from home on account of the nature or demands of his business, must be sworn to under oath, and any violations cf the law, such as false statements in an application, are punishable by a fine of not more than $lOO or imprisonment in the counmty jail for not more than 30 days, or both. Applications to vote by absent voier’s ballot must be filed not more than thirty and not less than twe days before the date of the primary or general election. :

To Cold For Law Breakers

It is even too cold for lawbreakers at least in Noble county. Such is the belief of Sheriff Irvin Cazier. Since January 1 the cells in the county jail at Albion have been deserted. Sheriff and Mrs. Cazier since the ur rival of 1936, have had the temporary penal institution entirely to themselves, their residential quarters, howver being in front and separated from the cell blocks in the rear.

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PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPAIGN

Safety Edueational Program To {'onserve Human Life Objective of Movement

Mrs. Anna Prickett of Wolfi Lake has been appointeq Noble county supervisor of public safety, under the governor's committee on public safety for Indiana by Mrs. Ella Hines of Kewanna, director of public safety in district No. 1. The movement is under the wing of the WPA the national set-up aud is said to'bhe a permanent organization, regardless of politics. The move men will employ 35 youths in Noble county boys anq girls between the ages of 16 and 25 years, to. work on public safety projects such as school safety patrols. ‘The youths will be given 42 hours’ employment each month. Mrs. Prickett and Mrs. Hines bLoth have been in the various part of the county eon the first project scaool safety patrols. The movemen is ore ‘ganizeqd under the governor’s commis sion on public safety for Indiana. Parents of those youths empleyed must be on relief. The purposes of the movement are: To direct a public safety educational and enforcement program amcng all present state agencies, as well as safety organizations and groups in-terested-in the conservation of human life. This program is to be built around present gafety activities of the Indiana state police supplementing the safety work of the state poiice and establishing permanent local '?ivic‘committees to said the future pafety activities of that body; ts inform the people of Indana as to the loss of life and bodily injury oceturring n our strests and highways, public places and tg our schsol chilfiren; to educate the people of Indiana in the best procedures of preventing these accidents, and to ‘cooperate in the enforcement of ex{sting - Indiana laws ag they pertain to the essentials of this program. _ Field workers, trained in public safety, will be hired to supervise the activities outlined by the advisory committee to be carried on in the various counties, cities and towng of Indiana. County supervisors will be hired to co-operate with and direct volunteer workers in each of the 92 counties. Subscribe Now For The Ligonies Banner. : '