Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 106, 14 March 1921 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND. IND MONDAYMARCH 14, 1921.

COUNTY SALARY BILL DISCUSSED AT EATON BY PREBLE OFFICIALS

EATON, O., , March 14. Discussloa of the legislative bill dealing with fixing salaries of deputies and clerks of county officials was had in a meeting Saturday of officials of Preble county, the conference having been arranged by the officials, including the commissioners. State Senator G. M. Kumler and T?fnrAnf a.fl v Harrv TV Silver, hnth

of Preble county, were invited to the conference and both were present. W'nrkinc nf tho hill which was Intrn.

duced in the lower house by Representative Silver was explained by him, he stating that the measure was not a radical . departure from the present

statute relating to deputies and clerks' salary allowances, officials said after the conference. The proposed bill would eliminate the fixing of deputies' and clerks' salaries upon a percentage basis of yearly fees earned by each office, it is said, and would place it in the hands of the county commissioners to act in the master according to their best Judgment, BUbject, however, to appeal to common pleas court. Ortt Funeral Tuesday. Funeral service.-) for Mrs. Sarah M. Ortt, 73, wife of Major William H. Ortt and a native of Preble county, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late home. East Main street, where she died Saturday morning, after an illness dating back to last October. The Rev. Charles Irwin, Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Mrs. Ortt was born at Lewisburg, Dec. 4. 1847, and came to Eaton , in 1861, where she lived until about 1901, when she and her husband took up a residence at the National Military home at Dayton, where for 19 years Major Ortt was a member of the official family, filling the office of treasurer several years and from which he resigned and returned to Eaton in last April to live a retired life. Mrs. Ortt's maiden name was Kumler. Besides her husband. Mrs. Ortt is survived by one son, Spencer K. Ortt, of Pitcher. Okla.; one sister, Mrs. William W. Alevander, of Richmond, Ind., and one brother, W. A. Kumler, of White Fish, Ontario. Bank Sues for Land. Alleging connivance and fraud, the Eaton National bank has instituted t nit in common pleas court against J. M. Lackey. E. E. and Jennie Webb and Emma Hart to set. aside a deed and a bill of sale, involving land in chattels in Gapper township. Partition of one lot and part of another lot in Camden is sought by C. E. Morla.tt in common pleas court. He claims a one-fourlh vart of the realty a? heir-at-law of Jennie Morlatt, his late wife. Her sisters Helena Klopp, Ida M?ek and Lillie M. Jones are named defendants to the suit. Comstock Suit Ends. , After three days' irial in common pleas court, a jury. Saturday night, awarded W. J. Comstock, Regina. Can'da. $475 against Ollie Hodgin, of New Paris, whom Comstock sued for $700 for damages allegedly sustained in an automobile collision last August on a pike near New Hope. The jury was out a little more than two hours.

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Chamber o f Commerce Membership Drive

Today's Results

Memberships

Amount'

WOMEN'S Diy 23 $ 230 00 men's div. . . - Right Wing , 34 850.00 Left Wing 43 1,075.00 Total for day...... 100 $2,155.00 Previously reported ; 325 7.220..00 " Grand totaY 425 $9,375.00 s Team Reports WOMEN'S DIVISION Mrs. Roach, General Team Captain Members v Secured Amount A Mrs. Comstock . 7 " 70.00" B Mrs. F. Bartel .. 2 20.00 C Miss James .". 2 20.00 D Miss Heitbrink ... .. ; E Mrs. Unthank 3 .30.00 F Miss Dilks ' 2 20.00 G Mrs. Krone H Mrs. Crawford 2 20.00 I Mrs. W. Fulghum... 5 50.00

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MEN'S DIVISIONS:

Right Wing, Brokbank, General

Team Captain 1 L. Hart 7 $ 175.00 . 3 L.'Harter 5 125.00 5 A. G. Matthews ... . .5 125.00 , 7 O. Whelan ........ t .. 50.00 9 Ed Wilson . . .. . . 4 ' . . 100.00 11 . F. Bethard . . .-. .. -- 4 100.00 13 At wood Jenkins.:. 2 ' 50.00 - 15 Father Cronin .w ... 5 125.00 17 ' ' - - id ,

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Left Wing Walker Land, General:

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C. D. Slif er . . . G. Copeland . . Dr. Marvel . ; . R. .Allen ..... V. Pentecost . J. Bailey L. Niewoehner G. Means ....

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Amount $ 300.00 325.00 50.00 ,75".00 125.00 50.00 150.00

BASIL CROMWELL, 30, KILLED IN SMASHUP

NEW MADISON, O.. March 14. Basil Cromwell, aged 30, was instantly killed Saturday evening when a fast

freight, going west, struck the closed car in which he was driving home following an evening spent in town. Funeral services will be held in the U. B. church at New Madison, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial in the new cemetery. Cromwell was unmarried and leaves no family.

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The United States lost far more soldiers in the civil war than in the world war.

LOWDEN PROGRAM IN ILLINOIS IS STUDIED BY OHIO LEGISLATORS COLUMBUS, O., March 14. A part of the plan of opposition to the governor's reorganization code, the objectors to it are engaged in a long distance study of the operation of a similar plan in Illinois. ' Former Governor Frank O. Lowden, who won its adoption., lost power in his state partly because of it, and this fact is being advanced with emphasis by those who are not in accord with the proposal. The fact that factional enemies of the former Illinois governor are in possession, and are finding alleged irregularities, is being used here. Miembers of the general assembly have received copies of Chicago newspapers showing that Governor Len Small. Mr. Lowden's successor, has directed tbat all bids for highway construction under a $60,000,000 bond issue be l ejected. Governor Small ordered an investigation as to the reason for the failure of the department to obtain reduction in highway building costs at a time when farm products were tumbling in value. To Complete Budget. Not until Monday, according to Chairman Harry M. Carpenter, of the House Finance committee,, could the budget be rounded out accurately. He said Saturday that he had received numerous protests on elimination of the Kent normal school appropriation, but that the committee expected to stand pat. It is pointed out that the big institution, which cost scores of thousands of dollars, has but 200 students and is in a demoralized condition. Because of alleged failure on the part of the trustees to handle it prop

erly the committee has been at a loss to know what to do, and took the only step it could take." This was done in hope of precipitating a crisis and forcing action. The budget in reality will not show the true appropriation figures, as the school and highway funds are appropriated on the basis of receipts of . special tax levies, and the committee does not know accurately the amount that will be yielded. Resources In Doubt. It also may appropriate receipts and balances in certain cases, leaving another point of doubt. The cost of maintenance of state institutions has been reduced almost a million dollars below the figures v of the Ohio board of administration, this being upon the idea that living costs are tumbling. Coal prices were cut greatly as the era of high prices ; is said to be at an end for the present. Food prices also were reduced materially, now that the deflation is. a reality. On most items it is expected to be found that the finance committee has followed closely the figures of the governor's budget, boosting few salaries and eliminating a few. In the department of the auditor of state there, is to be a reduction of $11,000 on the former annual figures, and Auditor Joseph T. Tracy expects to make still further reductions. Whether or not he expects to scan the bills as carefully as did the force of his predecessoi-' is not known. He has refused, however, to open old cases in which application was made for larger vouchers. The week is to be a crucial one for the reorganization code and also for the taxation program. The uniform rule forces are to meet to evolve a program and the hearings on the reorganization are to be concluded. Amendments are being drafted.

Elks Minstrels Open at

Murray Theatre Monday With a aress rehearsal held at 2 j o'clock Monday afternoon, following ; the parade at noon, the Elks' minstrel j

performance for Mondav night at the Murray theatre was declared in readiness. Sale of tickets for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights were said to have gone well. This is the fourteenth annual show and the local talent are now out of the amateur class, according to all announcements.

Chinese tenant farmers pay their rent with the major portion of their rice crops.

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