Ligonier Banner., Volume 70, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 July 1936 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner BEstablished 1867 THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. 134 Cavin Strest | M. A. Cotherman Editor-Manager.

Published every Thursday and entered the Postoftice at Ligonier, Indiana as second clasg matter, ‘

SIGNS OF THESE TIMES By Dudley A. Smith Items which slip past public attention in repirws of the daily news sometime have greater importabce and interest than is always unfolded. One of particular interest to Indiana wag an incident in che closing days of the last session of Congress, which while it drew national attention to Indiaua’s Senator Minton, failed to tell the whole siory.

The United States Senate was work ing on flood control items in the national appropriations bill, when, in the midst of gcores oL requestg for larger appropriations and more money, the Senate heard Sherman Minton from Indiana arise and move that an item of $2,640,000 for drainage of the Kankakee river be stricken out of the bill. The Senate was so astounded that the chairman ot the appropriation Committee Sen. Copeland from N. Y. suggested a gcld medal be struck off for the Senator from Indiana who took such -an un-heard-of gttitude as to refuse Federal appropriation for hig state.

The remarks by Senator Copeland ¢hat Senator Minton should receive a gold medal were head-lined by newspapers all over the country, but the story was not told that Senator Minton’s action was in support of a long-time Indiana policy for congervation of natural resources and that it wag consistent with the Federal farm policy of restoring submarginal lands to useful natural purposes. Wholly against the plans of Indiana’s Conservation Department for restoration of the Kankakee marsh lands, once a paradise for game birds and animals the $2,540,000 gppropriation ‘had been recom‘mended by federal engineers. "1t was i@ have been used.for further drainag of the Kankakee river, cutting out a rock ledge near Momence, Illinois. :

Thirty-five years ago the Kankakee marshes were a haven for wild life, fowls, ducks, and water animals. Most of itg eastern extent' was dredged and drained, however, in order to convert the marsh into farm lands. It wag soon learned that the expense of drainage was costly, for the farm lands were unfertile and to< day for the most part are dusth!own prairies. That lis the reason the State. Conservation Department under Governor Paul V. MeNutt and conservation clubs have been advocating restoration of the Kankakee marshes.

Memorial Services

The host of friands and admiras of the late Rev. W. A. Sunday will gather at Winona Lake on July 2¢th to honor the msmory of the greatest Evangelist of modaru times. 'That a great crowd wi! be prosent is evidenced by the rocvests for reservationg coming fr>m wvarious towns. The management of Winona howerver are now planning such an arrangement because the Tabernacle seats more © than seventy-five hundred people and every one can hear, the acousticg of the building being almost perfect. ; Falls From Hay Mow. Hiram Eaton, 61, employed on the Oliver Fee farm near Hamilton suffered concussion of the brain when he fell from a hay mow. Subscribe Now For The Likonter 14! . & .--W‘ e

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Noble Mw List VarThe newly created centennial committee of the Wayne Township Home [division, held its first session last ‘week. The committee consists of ‘Mrs. Angeline Merkling, chairman; Mrs. Pearl Bodenbafer, Mrs. Tolitha Fiandt, Mrs. Eugenia Wible and Mrs. Cora Hill. ;

Present at the meeting were F. H. Roberts, chairman of the county centennial, committee and Robert Maggert, chairman of the committee un pageantry. After jmuch discussion, the Wayne township committee de-. cided to portray the music of 100 ‘years ago, &s compared to the present.

Mr. Maggert also outlined briefly what some of the other townships will present in pageant form at the Centennial in September among them being Noble township with its first settler and tracing the health progress of the county from that time to the present Washington township will present a picture of the social growth of the county, while Sparta will tell the story of the organization of the county and point out the various governmental activities

Perry township plans to begin with the. first “trading post” in the county and trace industry from that beginning . Elkhart township wil! pieture th: first school in the county «nd follow with a story of our educational growth. Jefferson will tell the story of the Indians, including a portrayal of -their native homes.” All the other townships will have a part in the presentation of some basic feature of our civic life, but all have not yet announced just what it will be.

Six Killed, Three Drown.

Six persons were killed Sunday in traffic accidents on Indiana highways. Three others were drowned. Howard R. Kemper, Rockville, and Edward L. Collings, Belmore, were killed when their automobile crashed into a freight train at a B. & O. crogging on State Road 63, just n.rth of Clinton. . .

s Richard Henry Stair, 7, Malberry, ‘was killed almost instantly when he drove hig midget automobile, powered by an old washing machine motor, on State Road 38 and was struck by an automobile driven by the Rey. C. Snyder. : i Cary Sunderland, 68, farmer living near Muncie, was killed instantly when a Big Four passenger train demolishgd his automobile. William S. Wood, 60, Bloomington was killed when his automobile stalled in the path of a Monon freight train at a Bloomington crossin i

Ra}qnond Hummel, Jr., 8, Chicagn, wad.ing\sie:;: ‘hig father with Miss Anna Lo ‘Neige, North Judson, in Bass lake. The victim apparently suffered a heart attack.

Frieda Duillaume, 7, drowned while wading at a f&mily picnic at Cypress Beach at Evansville.

Gets Fine and Prison Term

W. O. Johnson arrested several weeks ago after he had written a bad check to W. ‘L. WNeiderheiser of “Walt’s Place’ 'east of LaGrange for $5O worth of auto tires, and who has been in jail at LaGrange since appeared before Judge Clyde Cariin and pleaded guilty to the charges against him. He was fined $106.85, including costs and sentenced to the state prison at Michigan City for 1 to 10 years. ' Committed Suiclde Funeral services for Edward Krehl 46, Auburn poolroom owner who committed suicide by cutting his jugular vein and windpipe with =a pocket knife were held Friday alter noon.

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PLANS TO BUY 4000000 ACRES 5 . . & ~i, ? 3 ‘ Twre In | : :N . - The resettlement administration announceq plans for purchase of 4000,000 arres of arid land in five northyeStern statés as part of its iong-range program to tabilize agricultural gactivities in the :drouth section.

* The proposed 41 land useadjustment projects: in Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and the Dakotas will be converted into controlled grazing groaps ag “the basis for a permanent cattle industry,” RA announced. Resettlement administration agents already have gone into the northwest to initiate the land use adiustment projects. The 4,000,000 acres, it is estimated, will cos: the government $18,749,000 or about $3.26 per aere. The projects, it was said are locat~ ed in areas where drouth conditions have been most severe over a period: of sveral years, and where crop production has proved to be uncertain “The primary purpose of thess pro jects,” RA said, “is to stablize agricultural activities In the areas affect ed. This is done first by developing and land suited for that use a control ed pasture which will form the basis for a permanent cattle industry.”

A portion of the population, it was said, will benefit by the improvement of their pasture resoufrces. Others unable tQ operate cattle ranches, are being helped to move to irrigated tracts. For many families, areas suitable for resettlement are being found not far from their hcmes. ginguitaneously, Deputy WPA Administrator Aubrey Willlams announced agreement with RA Administrrator Rexford Guy Tugwell on an immediate program designed to care for all destitute farmers in the drouth areag of the Dakotas. Williams announced agreement on on four-point program as follows: 1. The Works Progress Administration shall be responsibl» for providing work for all needy employable persons.

92 This work would be in the nature of water conservation, water development earth dams and projects organized near homes of the people. 3. The Resettlement Administration will provide aid in the form of grantg to such people unable to perform work. : 4. The Resettlement Admnistration will move feed into the drouth area and will provide loans for the purpose of aiding the farmers and purchasing feed. e

Preventing Injury to Fruilt Trees By C. L. Burkholder

BEveryone who hag tried to grow a fruit tree garden is familiar with the many insect and disease pests that invariably take a toll of part or all of the group. Unfortunately, a small planting of fruii trees is usually more subject to inseet attack than a large commercil planting and requires at least ag timely and thorough care. Each tree truit, such as apple, peach, and plum {is subject to special insect and disease enemigs and therefove calls for a separate and definite schedule of gprays and spray matrials. Where the trees are small, a ".nd duster can be used and the various insecticideg and fungicides successfully applied with air inst2ad of a liquid carrier. In either case, the right materials must be used and sprays or dusts appligd at such times-as necgssary to give protection against the pestg of that particular fruit. Special spray schedulles my be obigined from vocational agricaltural teachers county agents or by writing the Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station.

Insect and disease pests have become more serious as the fruit industry bas increased in importance and vqume. There {8 no doubt that it takeg better care to produce good fruit today than fifty years ago. Nevertheless, early literature men= tions many insect cares and preventives. Even .at the present time it is not uncommon to hear that a pile of ashes around the pody of a peach tree will prevent the attack of peach tree borers, or that driving rysty nails into the body o 3 a pear tree i a sure cure for pear blight. For a generation, investigationsl work has been carried on in am effart to prevent or coutrol iusect and diseage injury to fruit trees by placjng various chemicals fa the bodies or rootg of the trees. The idea being that the sap of the tree would carry these materjals to all parts of the tree and make the tree immune to insect and disease injury. Unfortunotely this honest effort and expenditure over a long term of years has mnever given definite evidence of control with the' possible «excption of chestnut blight and even with this disease the work ig still in the -experimental stage. : '+ Nevertheless, this whole {idea ot control_by placing chemicals around’ the Toots or in the roots or bodies .of the trees appears tc be such a Togical procedure. that every year large: numbers of Indiana farmers pay out hundreds of dol'a-g to “Tree Doctors” who profess to have a new sure cure.. Before pitting hard mers are urged to consult aTocal com 10 u.,‘,, ’M Y e _‘o* v MMA’”: Houre -alla% BTB &m‘fl up fa mew FHEIOUWIT m iade m.’mvm: 1 aitgerent 3 Y the preceding S, et g

THE LICONIER BANNER, LICONIER, INDIANA

.mwumumi RPvenue Totals ? Past Collection of internal revenue taxes in Indians during the fiscal vear endgd June 30 totalled $68.486,731, a new peak for the last ten years, Will H. Smith collector. announced. AR

Despite a mnet loss of $9,371,660 shown in processing taxes, the total collections exceeded those of 1935 by $4,472,192 Smith said. : Taxes on distilled spirits and beer turnished more than half the total. tax totalled $25926464 an increase of approximately $5.800,000 over 1335 ‘z'.fl"“‘“n“flbmmm' 148,862, a gain of shout $2,000,000 over the preceding year. Substantial increases also were shown for corporation and indiviiusl income tax collections. The corporation tax amounted to $11,361,491, an increase of about $3,500,000. Individual income tax collection totaled $8520874, an Increase of $2,300000 over the previous year. Due to the supreme court decision outlawing thé processing tax these collections dropped from $10.007 252 last year to $636,182 tihs year, Smith said. The estate and gift collections, totaling $1,614,922 and €1,221,456, respectively, showed a combined decrease of approximately £300,000, as compared with the total collected im 1935. Other colections {neluded auntomobileg and parts, $1,800,430; mechanical refrigeration, $1,677.182; capital stock, $1,128.875; and electrical energy tax, $751,719. All showed Increases over the previous year.

lAr€est Inditna State Falr Ever Held The President, Chas. H. Taylor of Boonville, Indiana, comes from a tamily that has been interested In Agriculture and Fair work for many years. Mr. Taylor himself, has been connected with their County Fair Asgociation “for the past twenty-seven years and hig tather, many years previously. Mr. Taylor is a real promoter in community aftairs and a great believer in the community bemefits of -agricultuyal fairs. He has been a Director of the Indiana Board of Agriculture for many years, gucceeding his brother Simon Taylor who served on the Board for sixteen T, Taylor states,: “WRR all the pbuilding _activities now {n progress, such as the tunnel under the lpllO track enabling four autos to Pave through at one time, and sidewalks for people to walk througa the tunnel, the Indiana State ‘Fair track will be one of the finest in the world. The new light harness horse barn will be located where the street car tracks were laid, as the street car tracks are being moved to the rear of the Cattle Barn, The Speed Barns are all being repaired and wili be fn first clasg condition, The construction of an Bducational Buflding 80x100 is also in progress.”

“With , these improvements, the 1936 Indiana State Fair to be held trom September sth to 11th, will be one of the greatest shows ever held.”

Smart Delivery Equipment

Recognizing the increasing attention which the public !s paying to smart looking delivery equipment and the businesg building value of such equipment to its owners as revealed 'in a study made by Ford engineers, the Ford Motor Company announced the avaliaoliity of deluxe equipment on all its trucks aud com-

All units on 112, 131%%4 and 167inch wheel base chassis are now obtainable at small extra cost with ventflating back window, doaée lamp tandem windshield wipers,- sun visor for driver, ash tray, cizar lghter, ':win horns and heavy c¢hrome finish on the windshield frame, rear view mirror, and radiator saell and grill. Other types are furnisbed with most of these items.

Good looking eguipment is effectively used in three ways, the Ford survey indicated. One is to call the public’s attention to 8 mew firm or one comparatively unznown. The second is to increase the prestige of a firm already known and the third is to bulld customer statisfaccion.

Bréaks Toe Chasing Dog and Oat When a dog bites a man, that’s not news, but when a man bites a dog that’s newe—and when a dox steps on a woman and fractures her toe, that’s news, too. . A pet Chow dog's ‘“love” for strange catg caused the gever fracture of the little toe on the left foot of Mrs, A. J. Sallers of Kendallville,

- Mrs. Saller, with her pet Chow, were seated in the front room of her home and g strange cat s'rolled onto' the front porch. The dog noticed the .cat at the same time as Mrs. Saller. Knowing her dog's “love” for cats, gheh endeavored to halt the canine’s advance and in doing ®o, the anjmal stepped on her left foot eplintering the bgye on the little toe 80 serfously and painfully that she will héve to wear a cast for several weeks. . | -+ Mrs. Saller’s attempt to keep the dog from getting at the cat, how- - Breaking a windew in the m;g:& er gasoline filling station at War saw thieves. stole about $lO worth of cigarettes, gum - cigars and pob. Police have obtaiped the finger nrints of mffi” aved to have committed the s

RBalns Seom Wl Still Say® Most of Hoosler : Crop Although estimates of drought

damage to Indiana’s corn crop mounted to $12,000,000, a survey revealed a comparstively optimistic

outlook for thec rop among Hoosler

! Immediate heavy rains and good growing weather for the rest of the season will save the bulk of the crop it wag reported. _lndiana farmers seeded approximately 4,200,000 acres to corn this meuwmwl approximate 35 to 37 bushels an acre. It is estimated the drought }wfllmwna«mm.mthe average yleld per acre.

The outlook for a successtul wheat crop is better than It was & month ago, farmers reported. They forecast a yleld of 15 bushels an acre and + total crop of 27,600,000 bushels, which is lower than last year. o While eorn and wheat bave stood the drought in good shape the oats crop has beem so hadly harmed that it will not produce halt the normal yleld. Damage to forage crops has also been heavy and the resulting loss of feed to farm animalg Is expected to bring about a reduction in the stte’s dairy herds aun slanghter stock. The situation has already been reflected in the increases and proposed increase in milk prices throughout the state. The potato crop will be very short, growers reported. The growth also has cut heavily into garden produce.

Employment Increases.

, An increase of more than three per cent in employment and payrolls in Indiana during June was reported today by the Indiana university bureau of research. It was the fifth consecutive month indus-

ti-hl employment moved upward In the state.

“Reports from 2,300 firms in practically every locality in the state carried statistical proof that busipess was not only much better than at thig time last year, but that in most jnstances, contrary to the usual seasonal swing, business was better than in May,” the report sald, Expansion of the so-called heavy industries was significant In the month's statistioal record, the report saild.

“The iron and steel ndus‘ries had the best month since June, 1930. The mills in the Chicago district stepped up their operation during the mouth but made lMttle headway In their rising backlog of orders. The momentum of the June expansion of the steel Industry should be fe!* by other lnes in the coming months.™

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C. E. Thom®s To be Takea teo Prison Soomn For Killing of Harry Zumbrun

Clarence E. Thomag 38, condemned slayer of Harry Zumbrun former operator of the Dug-Out filling station northwest of Churubusco, will ‘be taken to Michigan City state prisog early this week according to Sheriff Eli Sauers. According to the sheritf time for an appeal expired midnight Monday night. Mrs. Thomas went to Columbia City Friday from South Bend and wae taken to Huntington by Sherift Sauers where she visited her husband for the firet time since he was sentenced to die in the electric chair on the night of October 19. The officer sald Mrs. Thomas was with her husband gbout a half hour but that he maintained his composure although she wept most > the time. Mrs. Thomas s reported to have told the officers that Mr. Thomas was “the perfect hushand”. She reported him to be kind and affectionate, Industrious and well bebaved. She sald no one could have been more surprised than hersel! when Mr, Thomas confessed the slaying of Zumbrun.

W. 0. Collins, 51, an litiaerant salesman, was arrested by police Mounday on a tip that he was wanted for sending threatening letters to President Roosevelt. A ascret service investigator was reported enroute to Logamsport to obtain the

ASKS COTTAGERS T PAY BILL

Lee Hartzell of Fort Wayne Objects to PaYing #35 For Trip of Fire

When the Kendaliville city fire truck ig summondd out ol the ¢ty a nominal charge ‘s na le according ‘o a previoug arrangement by the city counecil.

The only fee ‘s for the expense of operating the truck arl the wages of city firmen based on $1 per hour Several days ago thke fire truck was summoned (o badt'e the blaze at the icehouse of Aity. Les J. Hartsell of Fort Wayne, located on the shores of Big lLong lake. A bill of $36 was sent > Hartzell at Fort Wayne. In reply to a letter forwardeod to R. C. Moses, clerk-treasursr of the city of Kendallville, Hartzell writes:

“Your letter of the 16th received with reference to the fire at Long lake I am wonderiag where lam to get ofy after reca'ving this letter. “The licehouse burned down without any insuranc on It and you claim I owe you $35. 1 wasn’t at the lake dida't call any fire department and wouldn't have cal'ed onc if | had been there. I never authorizd anyone to call one. Last evening 1 drove up to the lake and was informed that the cottagers were afrald that due to the drouth, all the cottages might catch fire. After a consultation among themselves they decided to call the fire department to protect themselves. Now [ get the bill tor $35. I think they should pay the bilL”