Ligonier Banner., Volume 73, Number 45, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 November 1939 — Page 2

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Wheat Growers Sign for 1940 AAA Farm Plan

91 Percent of Noble County Wheat Growers Sign To Participate

Approximately 91 per cent of the 2059 wheat growers in Noble County have signed up to participate in the 1940 AAA Farm Program for wheat, according to Orval L. McLallin, Chairman Noble Co. A. C. A.

Mr. McLallin said this indicates a participation for the county in 1940 wheat program about 35 per cent greater than in 1939, Farmers have indicated they plan to participate in the 1940 program by signing the ‘“Wheat Plan for Participation in 1940,” which each farmer works out with his AAA Community Committeeman. Committeemen visited all wheat farmers in the county to explain the AAA wheat program to them.

Of the farmers signing the Wheat plan, 1751 have designated their intention of planting within their wheat acreage allotments. This will make them eligible for the Agricultural Conservation payments on wheat, the wheat parity payment, and the 1940 wheat loan in case it is offered.

In another group are 126 wheat growers who have elected the uon-wheat allotment option under the 1940 program. -On their farms wheat that is harvested or matured as grain will be checked against their allotments, Mr. MecLallin explained. Any wheat used for pasture or plowed under s&s green manure will not be checked against their allotmenis. Election of the ncen-wheat allotment option disqualifies that farm for 1940 wheat parity payments and the 1940 wheat-lcan, and conservation payments on the wheat allotment acreage are made at the rate for general crops instead of the wheat rate.

Mr. McLallin stated that a farmer who failed to sign the Wheat Plan Automatically takes the allotment classification, and all wheat he plants for any purpose will be counted as part of his farm’s wheat acreage. He will receive no wheat parity payment, but by planting within his allotment, he may receive the agricultural conservation payment for wheat, and will be eligible for a wheat loan if it ijs offered,

WILL ATTEND MUCK CROPS SHOW

Noble County farmers and their wives are sure to be present in good numbers during the Northern Indiana Muck Crops show this week, Tuesday through Friday, November 7-10 gt Nappanee states M. A. Nye, Noble County Agricultural Agent, Albion.

The educational and entertainment part of the show starts with a special entertainment that will be put on by Prairie Farmer on Tuesday evening. Sessions will then be held 9:00 to 4:00 p. m. on Wednesday and Thursday and on Friday from 9:00 a. m. till

noon. At noon Friday the annual Muck Crops banquet will be held. ‘ Special womens sessions a new feature this year will start at 9:00 a. m. Wednesday and continue for the remainder of the week the same as the growers sessions.

Details of all program may be secured at County Agents Office, Albion. Each one is chuck full of information and demonstrations invaluable to farmers and farmer’s wives.

Al] exhibits are to be in pl%ce by 11:00 a. m. Tuesday and will be on display until 4:00 p. m. Friday. Exhibit classes this year besides corn, potatoes, onions vegetables and muck crops include canned vegetables, winter bouquets and floral exhibits.

This is the 10th anniversary of the show. The first show being held 10 years ago at Nappanee. Large crowds are expected. Exhibits are expected to overshadow all previous shows in number, variety and possibly quality. Attend this big annual event, this year!! You'll-enjoy and profit by your visiti! :

When an indighant taxpayer of

Trenton, N. ‘J., complained of finding tadpoles in his bath water, a city official suggested that the objects oomplained of might have ~“been pleces of rubber washers. The taxpayer roared: ‘‘Pieces of rubber don’t swim and they don’t - dart away when you try to catch them.” An investigation was set of twins in two! _and Mrs. Willlam Jennings Bryan| Merryman of Phoenix, Ariz,

Construction Work On State Highway System Is Planned

Following a policy inaugurated last year, members of the State Highway Commission are making personal inspection of all projects considered for inclusion in the 1940 construction program.

Part of the program for the coming year is already determined—the completion of construction projects which were started during the 1939 season. Projects to take up the remainder of the construction funds which the Commission will have available for further modernization of the state highway system during 1940, will be selected from recommendations made by district engineers. Lists of recommended projects for the 1940 construction program were submtted some time ago by the six district offices and since that time members of the Commission have been engaged in a series of inspections trips, studying the merits of each project proposed. These inspection trips familiarize the Commission with existing conditions and make possible a more intelligent selection of projects. Data on traffic movement over the various roads, potential increases in traffic and other factors are included in the study being made by the Commission.

In addition to their study of projects considered for the 1940 construction program, members of the Commission are making an inspection of projects which were included in the 1939 program. With few exceptions this program has been completed or is nearing completion and the improved highways and new structures have been opened to traffic.

All Hunters Must Have License-Cite Other Regulations

With Indiana’s open season on rabbits, quail, cock pheasants and Hungarian partridge beginning Friday Nov. 10 Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, today reminded Hoosier sportsmen of bag limits and other regulations governing their sport. Open season dates, bag and possession limits include: Quail, Nov. 10-Dec. 20, bag limit 10 possession limit 30*

Cock pheasants, Nov. 10-Nov. 16, bag limit 2, possession limit 4%

* Hungarian partridge, Nov. 10Dec. 20, bag limit 5, possession limit 10*#*

Rabbits Nov. 10-Jan. 10, bag limit 10, possession limit 20. *Three days lawful huntnig. **Two days lawful hunting. Other regulations to be obseryed by the hunters include:

It is unlawful to hunt, shoot or pursue any wild bird or animal without a license, except owners of farm land who are residents of Indiana gnd their children and spouse living with them and tenants of farm lands and the spouse and children living with them on such land only. It is unlawful to buy or sell any quail, Hungarian partridge, pheasant, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken or chukar partridge.

It is unlawful to shoot game birds or animals along, upon or across any public highway. It is unlawful to hunt or shoot rabbits with or by means of an artificial light.

It is unlawful to hunt, fish or trap on the lands of another without permission. It is unlawful to use or possess a silencer while hunting. . It is unlawful to hunt, shoot or kill any wild birds, rabbits or any species of game with any kind of firearms on the first day of the week commonly known as Sunday. %

- Hunting and fishing appliances and apparatus may be seized and confiscated when used in violation of the fish and game laws. . Indiana hunting laws should conSportsmen unfamiliar with the sult their local game warden for information. :

The district attorney’s office in Dallas, Tex., received a complaint from a beer-tavern owner that the organ music, singing and preach ing in a nearby church drowned out his phonograph music. and drove his customers away.

Joseph Baskey of Indiana escaped jail when he gave Judge Mark Rockwell 256 bushels of potatoes on his alimony account.”

“Please accept the money for watermelons and ' vegetables stolen,” read a note, with two $1 bills enclosed, received by Wars den Joseph O’Grady of the .state penitentiary at Lineoln, Neb. ]

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1939

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Toy guns, planes and other tools of a soldier catch the eye of this little chap, Walter Kelly, of New York, during a toy preview in the metropolis.

“THEFE ROOSTERS SPOURS

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By WALTER A. SHEAD

The entire state is now in the throes of tax agitation and it appears inevitable i 1 that the tax bill . S | next year will § B | Deslightly high- . er. A survey of | 189 WBl some forty 1 B counties which i 1 g have completed f % their budgets N 2% indicate that i this increase is Ss‘gb ";{%\« 8 due to welfare, 8 B B poor relief and WALTER A. sut gl school teachers’ budgets. *® % :

Payment of taxes is a disagreeable job. Nobody likes to pay taxes, but in no other field does the citizen et as much for his money as in the field of government. The tax dollar buys more than any other dollar spent.

And so the solid citizen who recognizes that his only objective should be to get the most service for the tax dollar he spends, will not be stampeded by the blaring of the radical, or the professional tax reformer whose job depends upon tax agitation. * *® e As a matter of fact 95 per cent of the budget making officials in Indiana, whose duty it is to set the tax levies, have a high sense of responsibility and honestly try to fix the levies on a basis of sound economy and business judgment.

Tax organizations have had a part in bringing about reduections in property taxes during the past several years and through publicity have made our citizens tax conscious. But the greatest credit is due to wise tax laws and to honest, efficient of-. ficials, from the State Tax Board on down the line, in bringing about a forty million dollars tax reduction on property in Indiana during the past six and a half years. * *® *

Tax lobbying in Indiana goes back many years, the railroad corporations maintaining such a lobby as far back as 1899 under the direction of Mr. Harry Miesse, who now is the guiding genius of the Indiana Taxpayers Association. Mr. Miesse has, over a period of 60 years association with tax matters, become an expert in taxation and his field men have gone into every county helping to set up budgets and offering counsel to taxing officials. It was perhaps Mr. Miesse’s conclusion that the best method of obtaining tax reductions for the railroads and other utilities, was to fight for tax reduction generally. *® * *® . And so the formation of the Indiana Taxpayers Association -in 1923 was the outgrowth of . years of tax lobbying conducted by the railroads and other large " utility corporations in Indiana. _ The association is today support- . od in large part by contributions

from corporations, 60 per cent .or more of its funds coming from these sources. = * 2 *

‘While the association seeks to Include tax rate reductions on all properties, its primary objective ‘has been to reduce the assess‘ments and consequent tax bill of “the large corporations in the “#tate, And in that 1t has been _successful, = e

Santa’s workshop shows the influence of war and national defense. Some $235,000,000 worth of toys are ready for the kiddies and grownups. !

Railroads, public utilities, telephone and telegraph companies, express and pipe line companies, reached the height of their assessed value in 1930 and since that year more than $300,000,000 has been slashed from their evaluations for tax making purposes. _ *x ® %

Railroads alone have enjoyed a valuation cut from $534,136,425 in 1930 to $297,157,936 in 1938. In other words the railroads in Indiana in 1930 paid something like $11,000,000 in taxes while in 1938 their tax bill was $6,871,467, or a reduction of approximately four and a half million dollars.

But perhaps the railroads and the other public utilities are not interested in whether or not you have a park in your community, or raise salaries of your school teachers. That’s your business.

- This Week’s Best Stories " and Witticisms

So old Gotrock’s check bounced back, eh? ’ Yeah, it was marked “insufficient fun.” o

“Your boy surely is a cute little rascal. Doesn’t he take after his father?”

“Well, yes, in a way. His father is not so cute but much more of a rascal.”

The following notice was inserted in a farm weekly:

‘“Anyone found near my chicken house at night will be found there the next morning.”

And then, of course, there was the optician’s daughter. Two glasses, and she made a spectacle of herself,

The present American idiom “Nuts to you'’ meant a rejection of a proposal during the medieval ages. The suitor would invite himself to supper at the home of the girl he desired to wed and if, at the end of the meal, the girl served him a plate of nuts, it meant his proposal had been rejected.

“It would be better for you if you had a good alibi. Think hard now. Did anyene see you at the time of the crime?” ‘“‘Fortunately, no.”

This transfer has expired, madam.

Well, no wonder, with the air s 0 bad in here. :

An American was touring Wales, and upon entering a hotel, noticed the words ‘‘tam htab”’ printed on the mat. ‘“Ah,” he exclaimed, ‘“I suppose that is Welsh for ‘Welcome’.”

‘*No, sir,”” replied the doorman, ‘“‘that’s the bath mat, upside down.” :

I'm a little stiff from bowling.

I don’t care where you're from. Get out and see how fast you can run, said the coach.

A seemingly stupid young fellow was being bullied in crossexamination. “Do you ever work?” demanded the attorney. “Not much,” the witness agreed. ‘““Have you ever earned as much as $lO in one week?” '

“Ten dollars? Yeah. A couple of times.” .

During the first evening of her visit to her daughter at Sea Point an elderly lady, was found intently watching the Robben Island lighthouse: :

Elderly Woman, noticing that she was no longer alone—What infinite patience sailors have. Daughter~—Why ? i Elderly Woman—Well, the wind has blown that light out 38 times since I've been watching, and each time they’'ve re-lighted it. e e e &

Collector: “How many times must I have to climb three flights of stairs to collect this bill? ‘“What do you expect me to do? Hire a place on the first floor to accommodate my creditors?”

At the conclusion of the Sunday morning service the affiable visiting clergyman shook hands with a stranger and said, ‘‘Are you a regular communicant?”’ “Oh, yes” the young man replied, “I take the 8:30 every morning to town.”

A lady with a string of amber beads was asked what she thought of her friend’s necklace.

She snipped: ‘“They can’t hold a candle to mine.”

The friend replied, “Of course not. Yours are celluloid.”

Mrs. Brown at gas company office—l'm calling about the stove you delivered yesterday.

Gas Company Official—Well, madam, doesn’t it throw out a splendid heat? : Mrs. Brown—Yes, but it's thrown out my husband with it.

Youngster—Lady if you will give us a nickel my little brother will imitate a hen.

Lady—You mean he can cackle like--a hen?

Youngster disgusted — N-e-w! He wouldn’t do a cheap imitation like that; he’ll eat a worm.

Sometimes the gay young fellow who goes out on a lark, winds up merely a jail bird. :

- Marriage has broken up many a beautiful friendship.

Progress of a Great Man 1. Quits shining his own shoes. 2. Quits writing higs own let-

TOPN. v : ' 3. Quits writing his own speeches. ;

Our idea of a real optimist would be the manufacturer who would furnish a comb with each bottle of hair restorer.

Jones—l'm anxious to make a good shot here. That’s my moth-er-in-law up on the club house porch. .

Smith—Don’t be a fool, You'll never hit her at 200 yards! i

Helen—He told me I was the prettiest and most interesting girl he had ever met,

Aunt Irma—And will you trust yourself for life with a man who starts to deceive you at the beginning of your engagement?

Fried—Did you really get the Goldrocks estate settled up? . Lawyer—Yes, finally. But 1 had quite a fight. The heirs almost got a part of it.

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Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York City has just received a belated reward in the form of a leather-bound testimonial from the Pratt business school. As a student at the school in 1906, he mastered the shorthand and typewriting course in 30 hours, immediately obtaining a job as stenographer at $lB a week. His salary is about $450 a week now.

Captain John L. Reynolds of the steamship Collingsworth, which rescued 55 sailors from the Bristish airplane carrier Courageous, got a break out of the incident. He was on the carpet for ramming another vessel last January, but was let off by the navigation authorities because of his ““excellent performaneé’” in the Courageous rescue, : Mrs. Leslie Merrick of' Los Angeles won a divorce from her husband when she teéstified ‘he kept her awake nights extolling: Hitler’s doctrines and upbraided her because she did ot acéept them.

e WHAT YOU FOLKS TALKED ABOUT YEARS AGO e

10 Years Ago

On the evening of Nov. 8 the Lions club celebrated their fourth birthday anniversary with a banquet and dance and an address by District Governor Robert Phillips of Purdue University. There were one hundred and fifty lions and their wives from northern Indiana cities present to enjoy the banquet served at Hotel Ligonier, Creps Bakery furnished an immense birthday cake for the occasion. The Martin street bridge was completed and open to traffic.

Mrs. Simon Straus entertained at dinner in honor of Mrs. Anna Weingarten of New York City, Mrs. Hugo Freud of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wolf of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wertheimer Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wertheimer and Mrs. I. D. Straus.

Those to take part in the Armistice day program at the Presbyterian church were Miss Madeline Sack, Miss Frances Sack, Mrs. Lawrence Haines and John Leming. : Mrs. Guy Favinger and son Bob were guests of her sister, Mrs. Chester Vanderford.

The Banner Editor was jubilant over the returns of the election that week when the entire democratic city ticket was elected. A card of thanks and a promise to carry out the platform as agreed upon were signed by the following: Edwin D. Smith, Joseph C. Kimmell, Hazel Sack, John W. Steller, Gedrge E. Green, Otis A .Billman, Dr. George O. Smith, Larry Albers.

20 Years Ago

Sunday evening, Nov. 9, the first anniversary of the signing of the Armistice was observed in the Presbyterian church with an appropriate musical program. Solos were sung by Mrs. C. G. Keehn, iMrs. W. W. Wood, Mrs. A. E. Kelley, and Mrs. . S. Lyon. Organ numbers an anthem and patriotic hymns by the congregation helped to make a very impressive memorial service. The announcement of the engagement of their daughter Evelyn to Emory Y. Brown of LaFayette was made by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kegg. Mr. Brown had been a teacher in the Ligonier schools but was employed in Indianapolis where the young couple would live.

The twelfth birthday anniversary of Carols Lane was celebrated at the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Lane when he entertained a large number of his young friends.

An odd coincidence brought the automobiles of Oliver Morton of Dublin, Ind., and Mrs. Oliver Morton of Fort Sill, Okla., into collision at Richmond, Ind., a few days ago. The two are not related, and they met for the first when their cars met head-on without serious damage.

A bullet ‘which lodged in the skull of William Darnell of West Frankfort, 111.,, 19 years ago, fell from his nostril recently when he sneezed.

| Our Neighbors’ Views I

THE CITY OF FLINT Release of the American freighter City of Flint by the Norwegian government .- has probably brought to an end an incidemt which- threatened to become a serious and perplexing pr_oblem for : the American state department. While there may have been some dispute about the legality of .the capture of the ship in-the first place, the real trouble was threatened over the action of Russia, which had withheld information coneerning the ship from the United- States representatives and later permitted the ship to sail out :of ‘a Russian port with the German prize crew in command and with its American crew prisoners on board. The Germans have now protested to Norway regarding its action, but it would not be surprising to learn that both Germany and Russia are relieved over the outcome, and that they actually invited the action that was taken. Certainly there are indications that Norway was given évery opportunity to act. It is beginning to look as though Germany suddenly realized she had a bear—and not the Russian one—by the tail, and was only too glagso bertdol . . . The City of Flint was taken into a Russian port after a brief stop ‘at Tromsoe, Norway. The excuse first given was that the ship had inadequate ‘charts. The second was that-the ship’s machinery was damaged, but there has been no verification of either claim. Finally on the trip toward Germany the ship stopped at Haugesund, Norway, on the pre-. text that an American sailor, who. _"Wa’s%‘mi:.» was to be put ashore. A Norwegian doctor sent aboard could find no justification for this proposed action. Still the ship refused Wu%:::& n“: :;;; Norweglan authorities finally took

Miss Helen Jeanneret, a teacher in the Three Rivers, Mich., school was at home ill.

Stanley Franks was ‘“heartbroken’” when he visited his rabbit pen to find 16 of his New Zealand hares lying dead. He had no kindly feeling for the dog that wrought the havoc. In making a tour of Texas with a Chautauqua <company Miss Helen Carney while in Dallas was entertained by Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Deßow formerly of Ligonier.

30 Years Ago

The home of P. A. Carr o.n! south Martin street was the scene of a pretty wedding when Missf Gladya Roberta Carr became the bride of Fred Earl Starr. “The! bride, youngest daughter of P. A. Carr, is a most popular and winsome young lady. The groom son of Mr. and Mrs. George Starr and engaged with his father in the trucking business, is a desemedly popular young man of excellent attainments,”” was the comment of the Banner editor. Mrs. L. Schloss was in Fort Wayne to visit Mrs. Simon Ackerman.

Miss Nita Baker was among a group of people of this vicinity to leave for their winter home in New Smyrna, Fla. ‘ Harry Spurgeon had done some exeellent work on Cavin street where he repaired the curbing and made preparation for the placing of the new electric light standards.

- Cards were out announcing the marriage of Miss Ruth McKahan and Howard C. Kelley at the} home of the bride’s parenst Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McKahn. Mr. Kelley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kelley. Mrs. Silas Shane of Warsaw was here owing to the illness of her father Aaron Baum. Prof. W. C. Palmer was in Indianapolis. “Mrs. Hirschmiller makes heart trouble g specialty. Call at Graves’ Millinery Store,” a classified ad. . Mrs. Sam Gants was in Goshen to visit her father, William Parfitt.

40 Years Ago

Miss Florence Clapp, sister of Dr. Fred Clapp of Ligonier was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Clapp of Albion to Harry Thomas of Richmond, Ind. - Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Schloss of Auburn were here to attend the funeral of Jacob Keller.

The San Fransciso Aquarium has 16 baby seahorses, hatched out by their daddy, which is an old seahorse custom. The female of this peculiar species of fish, deposits eggs in a pouch attached to the male’s body, where they are carried until hatched. A grown seahorse is about three inches long. :

In Louisburg, N. C., the sidewalks are marked with stripes, two outside lanes for loafing and the inside for walking.

prize crew, and sent the ship on its way in command of its American Crew. :

Thus what might have developed in serious complications between the United States and the governments of both Germany and Russia have been avolded, Russia have been avoided, and Germany and Russia have been saved the embarrassment of admitting they were in the wrong— The News-Democrat.

CANNOT GIVE WAR CREDIT FOR BETTER BUSINESS It should be remembered that business was improving in this country before Germany invaded Poland, and Britain and France declared war. Therefore, late jumps in the business cycle cannot be entirely laid to hostilities abroad. War was a ‘“boom’ factor, but it didn’t change a downward trend into an upward trend. It simply accelerated (to an immense extent in some lines) the betterment that had set in some time before. : The first weeks of the war saw frenzied buying and manufacturing—everybody seemed to he trying to get in on the ground floor. at once, before prices shot skyward. That first, rather. hysterical phase of the current .improvement apparently has passed. quffi:xptrqnd -in the barometers continues, but at a slow pace. The outlook is that future betterment will also. be slow—but it is a fact which you can-take for what it is worth that practically all of the economists feel that it will continue,. i : . -Business is better than most of us realize. Industrial production today is close to the 1929 level—some barometers show it even slightly above that point. A number of industries: have acQhflt these, the most important is steel, which receatly touch-

J. L. Graham was called to Chicago to see his son- James who had injured his foot in a football game at the Rogers Park school.

George Roscoe, manager of Rogers Band at Goshen, was in Ligonier. Mrs. H. G. McLean was home after visiting for a time in Elkhart. Bert Sisterhen was given credit for the arrangement of a show window in the Jacob Sheets store. It was a display of winter wraps and furs arranged to look like an out-of-doors snow storm. ‘“Mrs. Baily, (formerly Miss Lillie Baily) wishes to call attention to her patrons that she has moved from the Mier Bank Building to a suit of rooms in the Weir block.” That was in the days when dressmakers were not afraid to advertise. | A testimonial from J. C. Kimmell regarding a kitchen range lhe had purchased from King and Weaver was accompanied by a piclture of Mr. Kimmell,

50 Years Ago

One of the most elaborate social events of the seasOn was a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sheets in which Miss Rosa Sack was the guest of honor. Miss Sack was soon to leave for the west.

M. A. Kirkland was registered at the Oliver Hotel, South Bend. Among those on the program at the Perry Township Institute held at Independence school house south of Ligonier were Miss Alice Vallance, Miss Maud Vallance, and H. H. Decker. Levi Glant was trustee,

The Banner was calling for good, active correspondents in every town and township around Ligonier. - The Lake Shore railroad had been having a run of bad luck. There had been a wreck of some kind every day for two weeks. Does this item take you back fifty years? The protracted meeting at the Christian church is growing in interest. Several persons have made a confession. The song service is a new feature. Subject tonight: ‘““What shall I do to be saved?” ]

Disgruntled merchants in northern Indiana were opposed to the World’s Fair at Chicago, as it would severely affect local business. The cheap and numerous excursions would draw country people to the city where they would make their purchases with money they had scrimped to save and they would buy on credit at home.

Peculiar tug-of-war over a youngster. His noble father and his American mother engaged in an international tug-of-war over him but she tripped over 25,000 cases of champagne and now because of the. war neither parent can have him. One of the many interesting articles in The American Weekly, the magaznie distributed with next Sunday’s Chicago Herald-American.

Add similes: As much fun as changing typewriter ribbons.

ed a new high. Other industries ‘which are doing better now than in 1929 from the production standpoint (but not from the profit standpoint) are electric power, shoes, textiles, oil refining and tobacco manufacturing. As this column has pointed out before, the very sharp increase in jnventories occasioned by the war has not as yet been met by a comparable increase in consumer purchasing. And it seems improbable that foreign demand, at least in the more or less visible future, will be adequate to -abgorb the supplies—all Europe is short of cash, and her nations will use their own resources to the utmost before spending any of their slendergold hoards. As a result, it is to the domestic market that we must principally look for a rise in demand that will justify the rise in production. That the country is all set to go ahead is obvious from even a cursory glance at the basic statistics. Business Week, for instance, thinks that without being over-sanguine, it is reasonable to anticipate a push upward that

will bring us ahead of 1929 economically. As evidence, the magazine points out that bank deposits are at their all-time high and that excess reserves of banks are also at record high levels. The- - is on hand when our people are ready to use it. b _ All the temporary . influences seem to be: for the better, At the same time, it pays to ‘be -

cautious—time and again in the last ten years we have seen the stage set for recovery, only to have a new ‘‘recession” take hold and shatter our hopes. llf an- - other break comes soon and the indcators reverse their upward course, about every expert in the country will have to go into hid- * ing. They are practically all ‘bullish today-—Kendallville NewsOn, e o - N