Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 May 1910 — Page 1

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THE PLY-MOUTH TRI BUN E VOLUME IX PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THUKSDAY. MAY 1Ü, 1910. NO. 33

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Valuations of Property in Marshall County for Year 1910 is Remarkable Increase Over Preceeding Year Loss in Only One Township.

Reports have been received from the assessors in all of the townships and towns of Marshall county excepting- North tp, and Lapaz town. A healthy increase is shown in all but one instance, which is West township, in which report there is believed to exist error which will be ajusted by the county board of review when it metis, to equalize the valuations reported by the assessors. The following is the reported valuation of personal and real property in the townships, towns and city in Marshall county, excepting North township anl Lapaz town, which have not yet been reported. Union township Personal $2T3,rGO, Total amount including personal and real estate $1,077,-;;).-. Center Township Personal 3G0,1G0. Value of farm lands and improvements $1,180,800. Town lots- outside of Plymouth, corporated with improvements .$17,000. Total personal and real estate $1,"m8,2S0. Green Township Personal $138.370. Real estate with improvements $:50f000. Total $ßSS,a;o. Bourbon Township Personal .$2r5,4GO. Real estate and improvements .$012,200. Total $1,197.GC0. Tippecanoe Township Personal $1 93,200. Farm land and improvements $579,015. Lots and improvements $13,205. Total $785,075. , German Township Personal $398,900. Farm lands and improvements $1,031,855. Total $1.430,815. North Township Not reported. Polk Township Personal $230,979. Farm lands and improvements $003,035. Lots and , improvements $2,850. Total $858,074. IWest Township Personal $150.010. Farm lands and improvements $593,015. Total $739,805. Walnut Township Personal FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE IN LOCAL CIRCUIT COURT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. Has Been Missing from Plymouth Since Nov. 1, 1907 Springs Surprise by Charging Desertion. Charles C. Mi tos wi.o left Plymouth about November 1, 1907, ami has not teen seen or heard from since then sprung quite a surprise in thiisi city Thursday afternoon, when a suit was filed by Proctor ami Stevens, his attorneys, asking for a divorce from his wife Emma A. Miles. The most surprising feature of the complaint is that it charges the wife with abandoning hfm, wfiem the univrral opinion in Plymouth was that Miles has -deserted his wife. At one time a few months after hist disappearance from Ply, month, a report was circulated that he had been killed in Michigan. However his complaint states that he has been employed in Elkhart. Ht alleges that 'his wife was of an uncor.trolable temper and ordered him to leave home. Hf" says further that she occupies his home and has his property, which she will not share with him. Miles left Plymouth about the time an. indictment was found against him by the 'Marshall County Grand Jury, ankl hfc whereabouts IVas not been known in Ilymouth. Mrs. Miles, when she heard of the filing of the suit, read the complaint and. was greatly surprise by the allegations.

CHAS. MILES HAS ' BEEN HEARD FROM

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GOOD CI $257,200. Farm lands and improvements $71S,980. Lots and improvements $3,715 Total $979,. 8?5. Plymouth City Personal $3S-?2S0 (not including banks, factories, etc, or any incorporated company in the city which last year amounted to" $1,381,790). Value of lots and improvements $920.340. Total (not including incorporated companies, or railroads) $1,302,6-20. Bourbon town Personal $109,035, Lots and improvements $238,070. Total $407,705 (Not including corpns. Rrmen town Personal $'243,041. Lots and improvements $.349,000. Total $ 592,011 Argos town Personal $179,S00. Lots and improvements $19?,130.Tbtal $371,930. Culver town Personal $85,300. Lots and improvements $151,720. Total $237,020 Lapaz town Not reported. Polls and Dogs The following ta'ble shows the munber of polLs and dogs reported. M. D. stands for male dogs and F. D. female dogs. North township and Lapaz town have not reported and in Bremen town the number of dogs, were not totaled. The figures reported by the township assessors are as fbllows : Townships Polls M. D. F. D. Union 241 139 3 Center 305 118 22 Green 1G3 117 Bourbon 2G5 150 8 Tippecanoe ?3G. .21301 German 332 1G8 10 North Polk 201 189 .4 'West 180 130 1 Walnut 222 131 2 Plymouth 029 78 20 Bourbon 179 43 5 Bremen 297 Argos 188 39 , 3 Culver 120 21 0 Lapaz Comparative Table The following is a comparison of the valuations of the townships, towns and city in Marshall county of the valuations reported last year with the report for 1910 showing a Iheakhy increase in valuation : 1909 1910 Union 1,033,055 1,077,395 Center 1,531,705 1.558,280 Grc.Vi 079.385 ,088.310 Bourbon 1,157,285 1,197,000 Tfpecanoe 777,090 785J?50 German 1,390,005 1,430,H15 North " 809,855 Polk ; 91,913 858.074 West 740.5G8 739,805 Walnut 931,970 979.825 Plymouth 1 ,255.040 1 .302,020 Bourbon 400.350 407,005 Bremen 508.485 592,011 Argos 410,015 371.930 Culver 223.830 -237.020 Lapaz 54,820 MOZART AT BOURBON. Given a Hearty Welcome at Neighboring Town Last Evening With Large Crowd. The Mozart Club, was greeted by a capacity house, at the United Brethern" church in Bourl)on, Thursday night where the club repeated' the entertainment Riven in Plymouth a few days ago. Three hundred and fifty tickets were sold in the neighboring town to the musical entertainment. The club was. treated royally and returned to Plymouth with words of praise for the excellent recqv tion given them in Bourlxm. They all enjoyed the excursion r.ito l'ourl)on and v.cre doubly greateful for the enthusiastic applause with which their - efforts were received. The club will not studv any particular work during the summer months and will comnen(:e VictJve practise next fall, in preparation of a light opera. After the crowd returned from Bourbon E. A. VanCurvn treated the club to a dainty luncheon at his restaurant. Critically 111. George II. Thayer received a cablegram Saturday ifrom his brother-in-law W. II. Young, that his mother was dangerously ill and not likely to recover. Mrs. Thayer has been with her daughter for the past year. Mr. and Mrs Young live at No. 1 Stormont England.

NYFONG APPEALS CASE

Draws Big Fine for Disturbing Public Meeting at Church on March 6. Muri Nyfoivg, who resides east of Plymouth was fined $5 and costs amounting to $11.70 in the justice court of Clarence IIolloway Monday after being found guilty of the charge "disturbing a public meeting." The meeting in question was at the Mount Olive church, east of Plymouth. The disturbance occurred on March 0, when young Nyhart assaulted Oscar Holland. Xyhart was fined for the charge of assault and battery and then was arrested with disturbance charge. He contested the case, which was tried today. There were 10 witnesses of which 14 were for the state and 5 for the defence. Adam E. Wise represented the defendant, who ajpealcd to the circuit court. ASK BIDS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD WILL SELL BOND ISSUE TO BEST BIDDER ON MAY 25th. Calls for Bids at 4l2 Per Cent Interest To Be Payable $2,000 Per Year. To whom rt may concern: At a met'ting of the Board of Scthool Trustees of the City of Plymoutlh, Indiana, on May 9, 1910 a resolution was adopted by the Board to issue $15000 to $20,000 of School Bonds at the rate of Ax2 per cent per annum. payable $2000 per year commenc ing in 1910. Tlris"issue will be V the purpose of installing a modern lujiting and ventilating system in the Washington School Building in the City of Plymouth. All projxsals for these Bonds must be in the hands of the Treasurer not later than 1:30 p. m. on May 25, 1910, but such proposals will be received on any d).iy prior to the date mentioned and with the understanding that the Board reserve the right to reject any and all bids. The proposals shall cover the expense of such papers as the Board will need in the preparation of their record, the printing of the Bonds and the required Seal. Board of School Trustees Geo. H. Thayer, Jr Pres. A. M. Cleveland, Secretary Oliver G. Soke Treasurer GIVES $8000 MORTGAGE. HouSs of David Given Lien to Settle Demands of Marshall County Men. Benjamin, for the Hoiuse of David at Benton Harbor gave a mortgage in favor of the relatives of Urban Deitrich, the Bremen Ind man who turned over $10,000 to the long-haired men some time ago. The mortgage is for $8000 the sum which the Indiana people agreed to accept and is given on a portion of section 9, north of the Administration building and 15 lots in the Dater Hollister & Owens addition, same locality to the city of Benton H'arbor. The mortgage runs to January 1, 1911. Will Operate on Hand. District Ghainnan Peter J. Kruver went to South Bend to consult with specialists in regard to having .an operation performed upon the left hand of his -son Cletis, who was injured several years ago when his hand was caught in the hooks of a hay hoist which was being used at the infirmary to raise hay into the loft. The hand has been crippled badly since the time of the cure id-en t. Dies at Hospital. 'Mrs Charles Turner who resided four miles north of this city died at the Epworth hospital in South Bend Tuesday, where she was taken to undergo an operation. A husband and infant child survive her. Gov Baker off Plymouth is a brother to the deceased. The remains will be brought to Plymouth this evening. Entertains Seniors Miss Irene Kuhn was hostess to the Senior Class of the High School at her home on south Michigan street Monday night. Games were played and a fine time enjoyed by all.

FOR $15,000 SCHOOL BONDS

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FACTORY IN TIE SOUTH

EDGERTON MFG. CO. OF HERE WILL ESTABLISH BRANCH BASKET FACTORY. President and Secretary of Com pany Leave for Southern Trip Seeking Location in Texas or Arkansas. Messrs C. S. Cleveland and A. M. Cleveland, president and secretary of the Edgerton Manufacturing Co., left Sunday evening for a trip to Texas and Arkansas. The object of the journey is to decide upon a location for a basket factory to be established in the south, as a branch of the Edgerton Manufacturing Co., of this city. The. brandi factory will be started in one of the two states mentione but (the exact locution will not be decided until the return of the officers of the company. A large business has been built up in the southern states for the basket factory of this city, and the new favtory is to supply the southern trade. Besides the manufacture of baskets, the southern factory -will also manu facttire wooden boxes. LOSE FAST GAME. Murray Kids of Chicago Wn from Clippers in 8 to 2 Score. Tom Murray's Kids, a fast aggregation from Chicago, wen from the Clippers, in a very close game Sunday afternoon at the local ball park by the score of 3 to 2. The attendance was large. High School Loses. The P. H. S. lost a lop-sided game with Warsaw at that city Saturday afternoon by the score of 7 to 0. - - i. d-

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Enumeration Just Completed Shows a Loss of Io6 in Marshall County Over Last Year Plymouth and Center Tp. Alone Has Loss of 92.

The school enumeration of Marshall county which has just been completed shows the greatest decrease in the number of school children, over the preceding year in the memory of school officials in Marshall county. . coripilation of returns made t..is year show a total of 10G less school children in Marshall county than in the enumeration taken in 11)01. The ;great decrease is uncxpainable, except through the theory of race suicide or .else a phenominal condition which occurs occasionally. IJast year the enumeration showed a gain of -?.") over the year preceding that. County Superintendent L. E. Steinebach is .at a loss to understand the poor sflrowing made this year and is of the theory that the enumeration may have been taken with omissions. Plymouth and Center Bad. The enumeration of Plymouth

'! 4J fi TOWNSHIPS I S o o TOWNS AND r S 2 CITY. ,ri I Z Z J2 S o o 0 o 3 ö ü U CJ r- r- O 4 P.ourbon W!1 7 1 47t 175 2 Center 3 33 8" 50 German 21 2 023 21 Green lrs Mi 30 301 North M -"'J I "M Polk 321 2K; ()." 581(24 'Ifeecanoe...' K0 lfil :W1 354 23 Union 27.-, 2(;."i .VIOi .',23 17 rYhihit il I "2(;i 3ni 33 Wesft 2ir, 1C,3 j 378 381 3 3 Total 2:172321 f,!3 1817 4010 Argos !2r ir,3 ' 278 308 30 Uourbon .'.'... .'. lrl 1 315 313 2 liremen 275 221 400 480 13 Culver 101) ;1 43 o0- 170 23 Total M2 4 3 1201 128G Plymouth 451 48J) j MO 082 42

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CHARGES AGED

FARMER WITH AWFUL CRIME FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL OF GREEN TP. IS ACCUSER OF CLINTON D. JONES. Well Known Farmer Arrested and Gives Bond of $1000 for Appearance--- Affidavit Made by Girl's Father Warrant for the arrest of Clinton D. Jones a well known farmer of Green township, was returned by Sheriff Daniel Voreis Friday. Jones gave bond in the amount of $1000 for his appearance to answer the awful charge preferred by Edward Overmyer, father of Ola Overmyer, a girl fourteen years of age. The crime is alleged to have been committed on June 24, 1909. Conviction of Jones will mean imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of ten to twenty years. The witnesses named in the complaint are Ola Overmyer, Edward Owermyer, Alice Overmyer and John Miller. Jones is well known in this city. STATE ORGANIZER. Joseph Sapp Gets Position With Forrester's for Indiana. Joseph Sapp of this city has been appointed to the position of state organizer for the Independent Order of Forresters of America for Indiana. Monday Mr Sapp went to Walkerton to organize a chapter of the lodge there. Enters Soldiers' Home. Mrs. Kate Walley went to Lafayette Monday where she will enter the old Soldiers' Home. city, and Center township, is the worst in Marshall county. In PI-mouth, the enumeration shows a decrease of 42 over 1901) and in Center township outside of Plymouth the decrease is 00, making a total decrease of 92 in Plymouth and Center township, wfliicli is almost equal to the entire deficiency in the county. The townships showing gains are as follows: Bourbon 2, North 17, Polk 21, Walnut 17, Bourbon town 2, Bremen 13 and Culver 'ill. Those showing a loss are Centre 'A), German 21, Tippecanoe 23, Walnut :V, West 3. Argos 30 and Plymouth 42. It will be seen that Argos and Walnut township are a close stocond to Plymouth and Center township. The complete table showing the school enumeration of Marshall county for 11)10 as compared with the preceding year is as follows: 3G23j3 H2110;G7081 j71870S204

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THE REPAIR OF THE COURT HOUSE

There has been an attempt in some quarters to make a mountain out of a mole hill regarding the Marshall County Court House controversy and for the benefit of our readers we review some of the facts, attending the case. The fact that the Court House was out of repair and needed a general overhauling seems to be undisputed by all parties, and before the letting there was considerable talk and some effort to ward abandoning the old building and getting a new structure down town. Both Mr. Metskcr and Mr. Lauer were working toward the building of a new Court House in or near the business district, on the theory that it would greatly enhance the value of down town property. Relative to this Mr. Lauer wrote a lengthy letter which was published in the Plymouth Democrat February 1908. Mr. Lauer volunteered later to even pick the location for the new building, selecting the old Jilson Cleveland corner, one block west of the postoffice, which although not in the heart of the business district was closer to it than the old location and was also adjacent to Mr. Lauer's property. We presume that the agitation for a new building was one of the things that hastened the County Council and County Commissioners in taking the necessary steps to put the present building in proper condition, otherwise they would have to deal with the question of an entire new building. It has been about twenty years since any repairs have been made on the Court House, and in the matter of properly repairing the old building at a reasonable cost, against tile proposation of building a new one, the Cormmissioners used good judgment. The total contract for repair amounts in taxes to about sixty cents to the average farmer with eighty acres of land. This amount is certainly not going to be so very burdensome to any taxpayer. At the time of the letting there were three bids filed and of these three only Arthur O'Keefe filed the proper and legal non-collusion affidavit as required by law. The Board was apprised of this fact at the time of the letting, and Judge Lairy held this to be correct when he passed on the case, and finally the Appellate Court holds that Arthur O'Keefe was the only bidder who complied with the conditions of the letting and the only one whose bid could be considered by the Board of Commissioners. It has not even been charged that there was any fraud or any wrong perpetrated on the county, yet the decision of the Appellate Court prevent Arthur O'Keefe the contractor from getting a cent of his money because he stated in his bid that it was conditional upon being awarded all of the work. We believe that under the decision of the Appellate Court that the taxpayers of Indiana will be compelled in the future to pay exhorbitant prices for public work, as it creates a new hazard to the contractors, and it is a well known fact that the more hazardous the character of the work is, the higher are the prices for the same. We do not believe that there is an honest man in Marshall county, who does not want Arthur O'Keefe to have every dollar of his pay for the honest work and material that he has furnished to the county. It certainly is not any more equitable for the law to confiscate a person's property under a contract, any more than for a common grafter to do so. Tippecanoe Commencement. Following is the program of the Tipppecanoe township commencement to be held In Tippecanoe on May 21. Program. Music........................................ Orchestra Grand March............................. Orchestra Music........................................ Orchestra Invocation Rev Newton Gilliland Music .......................................Orchestra Valedictorian, common school.. .............................................Nilas G. Sill Music...................................... Orchestra Valedictorian, high school. . . . .............................................Ruth Harley Music .....................................Orchestra Class Address.......................................... ..................................J. C. Breckenridge Music .....................................Orchestra Presenting of common school class.............................. John F. Laird Presenting of high school class .................................Samuel A. Laird Confering Diplomas.......................... ...................L. E. Steinebach Co. Supt. Music ..................................Orchestra Benediction ...................Rev Gilliland Attend Funeral of a Relative. The Mesdames Anna Haslanger, Fred H. Kuhn and C. J. Eich went to South Bend Friday to attend the funeral of the former's nephew Louis Haslanger, who died at Indianapolis, and was brought to South Bend for burial Friday afternoon.

ANTI-SALOON HELD IN

State Superintendent of Anti-Saloon League, Rev, E. S. Shumaker, Addresses Meetings at Plymouth Church Sunday--- Tells of Work Done.

Sunday was Anti-Saloon day in Plymouth. Rev. E. S. Shumaker, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league was in the city and spoke at the Presbytierian and Methodist churches. The superintendent was present at the morning service of the former church and in the evening addressed a united gathering at the Methodist church. After the service a collection was taken to help defray the expenses of maintaining the anti-saloon league in Indiana, which was contributed to liberally by the large attendance at the service. Rev. Shumaker spoke at length upon the subject of the temperance movement and rehearsed the history of the movement from its beginning in the state and up to the present date. A review of the operation of the anti-saloon work, under John C. Haag. John C Haag was born in Wertenburg Germany, February 29, 1832 and departed this life at his home in Tyner May 11, 1910 age 78 years, 2 months and 10 days. Mr. Haag was 17 months old when brought to America by his parents, who settled in Starke county Ohio, where he grew to manhood and lived there until 1875. He was twice married, the former wife superceded him in 1870. To this union was born 4 surviving sons, Frank, Samuel, Henry and Allen. Samuel living near Tyner, Allen in Cleveland Ohio, Frank and Henry in the west. In 1873 Mr. Haag was again married to Miss Eizabeth Werner. To this union was born six children, 3 sons and 3 daughters, Mr. Charles Haag, an attorney of Peru, Mrs. Lee and Perry Haag of Tyner, Ora Haag of South Bend, Cora and Blanche, who reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Haag came to Marshall county in 1873 and setled on a farm, south of Tyner, where they remained for 31 years. He was a worthy member of the U. B. church and held many responsible positions in the church having the entire management of the new church building at Tyner. A few years ago he had five brothers in the War of the Rebellion and in 1862 went south and visited in the Union Camp for a number of weeks. He leaves three brothers and three sisters. A marked feature in the life of Mr. and Mrs. Haag was one son killed in the Spanish American war, one son and one daughter drowned and one son killed in the west. Funeral took place at Tyner Friday May 13. Rev. S. H. Yager officiating and was largely attended by old neighbors and friends, who held him in high esteem. MARRY AT SOUTH BEND. Howard Taber and Miss Elizabeth Schoner Secure License and Take Train. Howard Taber and Miss Elizabeth Schoner were married at South Bend Thursday noon. A license was secured in this city Thursday morning after which the couple took the 11:57 Vandalia train to South Bend to be married. They were attended by her sister Hattie Schoner and Mr. Charles Schultz of Peru, who acted as brides maid and best man. Miss Schoner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schoner of this city and has been employed at the Vangilder Cigar factory. Mr. Taber is employed at South Bend. They are both exceedingly well know in this city. They will reside at South Bend. Attend Grand Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. Art Born and Mrs. Catherine Beerbauer left Plymouth Tuesday morning. Mrs. Beerbauer and Mrs. Born will visit with relatives at Peru while Mr. Born will continue to Indianapolis to attend the Grand Lodge of the I. O. O. F, to which he is a delegate representing Americus Lodge No 91 of Plymouth. Dr. and Mrs. Kaszer and Mrs Anna Shoemaker went to Indianapolis Monday to attend the Grand Chapter of the Rebekas.

DAY IN PLYMOUTH the Nicholson and Moore laws and finally under the local option law in Indiana was given, with statistics covering the same. "Under the operation of the Nicholson law" said Rev. Shumaker, "whereby a remonstrance could be filed against any applicant for liquor license, if signed by a majority of voters, 167 townships of Indiana and six citywards, were placed on the dry list. In 1905 the Moore amendment was passed, which permitted remonstances against the liquor traffic, by townships and wards, and under the operation of this law, the number of dry counties was increased from two to twenty-four, and the towns from 7 to 43 and 18 cities banished the liquor dealing. Before this, not a single city in the state had been without saloons. In this manner about 1600 saloons were put out of business in Indiana. At a special session of the legislature the county option law was passed in September of 1908. After the new law had been tried througout Indiana the records show 70 dry counties out of 92, 66 dry cities, and thousands of saloons closed. Supt. Shumaker dealt at length upon the scenes in the state house at the time of the passage of the county option law, and how members of the legislature were constrained and induced to vote against the measure, and of its final triumph and what the triumph meant to the people of Indiana. The speaker also told of the progress of the temperance movement throughout other parts of the country. He related that six states south of the Mason and Dixon line in less than three years have banished the sale of liquor from its boundaries, and predicted that four others would soon follow their example. "In a few years" said Shumaker, "there will not be a single saloon, to mar the grandeur of the sunny south. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS IMPORTANT MEETING. Candidates Draw for Positions on Primary Ballot--Inspectors Named by Committeemen --Election May 28 An important meeting of the Marshall county Democratic Central committee was held in the headquarters in the Armory room at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, at which time arrangements for holding the Democratic primaries on Saturday May 28, will be made; The candidates will draw for positions on the primary ballot and election inspectors will be appointed. It is provided that the county chairman appoint the election inspectors, but chairman Joseph E. Whitesell will allow the committeemen from each township, to elect their own inspectors. A good attendance of the central coimmittee was present. Move from Tyner. Rev. H. G. Pence who has been pastor of the United Brethern church at Tyner for a number of years, has resigned his pastorate and is moving his family to Bremen, where he will have charge of a congregation there. Indiana Posmasters to Meet. The Indiana State League of Postmasters will meet in convention in the Indianapolis federal building in the east court room, August 24 and 25.

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