St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 January 1897 — Page 1

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THE KANKAKEE IMPROVEMENT. The President Explains its Object and llcw it is to be Done. W\i nekton. Ind., Dec. 29, '96. lion. H. E. Wadsworth, La Porte. Dear Sir: The Kankakee River Improvement Company was organized last September by a large number of interested farmers signing the arti eles of incorporation, and at a public meeting held at Hanna on September 12, 1896, the organization was completed by the election of seven directors as follows: Abram E. Stowell, Wilders; James S. Long, LaCrosse: Chas. F. Holmes, Union Center: Janies E. Gilchrist, Mill Creek; Edgar W. Shilling. Hamlet: Chas. J. Danielson, Hamlet: and Dixon W. Place, South Bend. The board of directors organized by the election of Dixon W. Place president. Chas. J. Dan ielson, vice president, IL C. Shannon, secretary and Hart L. Weaver, treasurer. The object of this corporation is the im provement of the Kankakee river bystraightening and deepening the channel, thus affording proper drainage for the lands adjacent. The law und. r which we are incorporated was enacted by our legis lature in 1889 and amended in 1895, and after providing for the forming of such organizations directs that they shall cause a survey to be made of any pro posed work, and that an estimate of the cost be made by said engineer, after which a petition shall be circulated and if signed by a majority of the resident land owners and then presented to the commissioners of each county through which said improvement passes, said commissioners shall appoint three disin terested men who are residents of the county- who are to assess the benefitsand damages to the tracts of land affected by said drainage. The law further directs that the commissioners of each county shall issue county bonds for a sufficient amount to pay for said work a lien com pleted according to contract, and pro vides that the amount of benefits assessed against each tract of Im 1 b 1 charged up against said land in fifteen equal payments, the same to be paid an nually the same as taxes. Deferred pay meats are to draw six per cent so as to re imburse tlw county for moneyadvanced and interest in the same. The law also directs that the books and re cords of the corporation shall be open for public inspection every day. The same are in the hands of the secretary . H. C. Shannon, of your city, and all our acts are public property. We expect to work openly and invite public inspe tion. These provisions are certainly very fair and in the interest of the small far mer, giving him fifteen years to pay for the drainage of his land. Said work will be let to the lowest bidder and will be under the management of the above board of directors who are all interested farmers and will guard carefully all the provisions of all contracts and widen deavor to see that the people get a dol lar’s worth of benefit for each dollar ex pended. We are all personally interested in getting this Work honestly done, and 1 do not hesitate to pledge the best effort and ability of each director to secure the desired end. Our company covers the territory from Mud lake to the first see tion line running east and west south of the P. Ft. W. A C. R. R. We have had our survey made and shall proceed at once with the circulation of our peti tion which we feel confident will lie read ily signed by a large majority of the interested parties. In 1895 nature drained the Kankakee valley so thoroughly that large crops of corn were raised on land heretofore con | sidered valueless. In 1896 the very wet summer taught us that we cannot rely on Providence for our drainage but must do it ourselves. In other words, our ex perience in 1895 taught us the value of Kankakee lands if thoroughly drained and this wet season teaches us their ""^worthlessness if they am not drained. It has resulted in the effort to drain them and we ask the hearty co-operation of all parties to assist in making the Kankakee valley a garden spot of Indiana. Respectfully yours, Dixon W. Place. President. New Year’s Party. With baskets well filled a small crowd of young ladies gathered at the pleasant home of Miss Ida B- ach, on New Year’s night. Those present were the Misses Cora Beach, of South Bend, Jessie Crane, of LaPorte, and Anna Cook, Vesta Leibole, Bessie Reece, Ella Morgan, Alice McDuffie, Madge Decker, Julia Platts, Myrtle Platts, Jennie Poole, and Nelle Stephens. Later in the evening the Misses Bentley, Mason, Brown, and Cunningham joined the happy erowd. The hostess was agreeably surprised and the evening was one of much merriment. A Guest. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder A Pure Grepe Cream of Tartar Powder.

WALKERTON. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. INDIANA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 9. 1897.

Best and Host Popular. 1 In nine families out of ten whore news ‘ papers are read the home paper is most highly prized and most eagerly sought, says an exchange. The big metropolitan papers may be ever so neatly printed and profusely illustrated, yet the home paper, if it does n<*t equal in typographical appearance its more pretentious city contemporary, is the dearest and beM of all. Why is this so? Because it is Hie home paper that reports the births, pub lishes the marriages and chronicles the ■ deaths in your own family and in the families of your neighbors. To the big city papers you are unknown. To get any mention in them you must steal a pile of money, commit an atrocious crime or become a bigamist. But your home paper watches over you and yours at all times. If you ate sick it so informs your : friends, who are sorry and hope you will soon be well. The home paper tells when you come and when you go. It sj>eakein a kindly way of the friendsand relatives who visit you. 1 f your house burns down it is sorry and tells you thesad story, and is pleased to mention it when you build i again. The home paper even tells when < Johnny has the mumps and little Mary has the measles, ami how much the baby > weighed on arrival. All th* w things । may seem trifles hardly a rth con-mlm ing, but the home paper that gives clou** attention to such things has a hold on the household which cannot be shaken off by the big city paper which has interest in you beyond getting its sub scription price "invariably in advan <- " New Year's Party. On last Friday alx*ut thirtv relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs. John Amor. It was not a sur prise on the family, as it has been tie custom of Mr Amor s brothers and sister* to meetat om or the .’! • r f th”ir o “p* five homes to enjoy this day together Those from ontside the county »rrv Mr. Jacob Devine and family dohr D*’ vine and wife, Jami's Amor and wife > William I >evim- r * 1 The day le . ail t!at e *md L • wi - d for and mailt* it pleasant indoor and out Os many outdoor games th*’ old sq** it ■ f pitching horseshoes was more enjoed ’ H voung’ err’ M John Devine, John Taylor. poßct 15'im- *u and '. o. .-m, ■„ * ley carrying off the laurels. But then was another feature of the day equally as interesting, am! that was the cornu . >us new? that the good ladies hail brought baskets well tilled with g-G tG:- ■ m eat. At 2 o'clock the tables were spread | and decorated with turkey, chicken, I cakes and many other g I things After dinner some time was spent in । conversation and song. Bef< o b-m .:;g Mrs. Amor was prem ;.b I with .* Lc I rocking chair. The day was enjoyed by I all present, and all expressed a wish that ' they might meet again to spend another I happy New Year's day. J vMFs P. TaYloi: The Kankakee's Capacity . LaPorte Argus: George Crocker, the engineer in charge of the prop* " I Kan kakee drainage, has made an eslimale of the capacity of the river to carry off wa ter in its present condition. He finds that the river at its smallest point, which constitutes its fullest capacity, will carry a\.ay .‘>,265 barrels per minute, while the proposed ditch will it.crease its flow to 23,238 per minute or seven fold the pres ent channel capacity. There are six and three fourths cubic feel in a barrel of 52 gallons. The capacity of the present channel to hold water asa reservoir when full, is estimated at forty million barrels, which is equivalent to ten square miles of water one foot deep. Birthday Party . A pleasant surprise was given at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. David Walters on New Year's evening, it being in honor of Mrs. Walters’ 16th birthday. Notwith ! standing the rain, they kept gathering I i in till 36 of the neighbors and friends wre present. The guests from Walker ti i e: Mr. and Mrs. George Good rich. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Strang, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kellogg, Ed Goodrich and the Misses Carrie and Dellie Rupel. All partook of a bountiful supper and at the hour of twelve returned to their homes, feeling that the evening had been very pleasantly spent and wishing Mrs. Walters many more pleasant birthdays. i Reporter.

To Increase the Circulating Medium. Postmasters are receiving’instructions from the department at Washington to call in all lock box keys and refund the 50 cents to each holder of keys. Keys will be reissued for 20 cents, which is 30 cents less than formerly and that means . a saving of many dollars to postoffice . patrons all over the country. There is a i large amount of money on deposit for keys and the object of this movement is to reduce this amount so that the money may be put in circulation.

G. A. R. Installation Exercises. The installation of officers of the Jesse Coppock Post and the Women's Relief Corps was held on Saturday evening in their hall. Arrangements had been made to entertain the (1. A. R. Post and 1 Women’s Relief Corps of North Liberty, but >n account of the heavy rain storm ' they were unable to get here. Comrade LaPierre, of the South Rend--’ \uten Post, was present and acted i installing officer, and the ceremonies I were interesting and impressive. The p officers installed were as follows: M JESSE uoppock post. -— Commander, 11. \. Adel: Sen. YiC< —y Jonah Thompson; Jun. Vice, W. G. Brown: Sergeant, Dr. R. Neville; O. D., William Johns; Chaplain, Ira Neville; I*. M.. M K Burger; O. G . II P. Woodard: Adjt., A. P. Atwixxi. RELIEF CORPS. President, Mrs. 11. P. Woodard; Sen. Vice President. Mrs. Thcr n Wolfe; Jun. Vice President, Mrs. E. < Kit;Conductor. Mrs. Byron Chapman; Chaplain. Mrs. M R Burucr; Tieasurcr. Mrs William I Stickley; Guard. Mrs. \ P. Atwixsl; i secretary, Mrs Jan* Ryan. \fter the installatiot ■ xercisj-s the i company sat around the "camp fire” and ! listened w hile the l»oys in blue In ed over again their army < x|H*rirnc-s. Comrade IsiPierro gave an inten*ating talk, dwrl ling mainly njs>n the fraternity of the order and the pleasures of regiment and I other soldiers' reunions Chaplain Ira Neville was next called up >n and gave an • 1 qm nt talk U| n h * xp‘ i- iaeat lab bey prison and recalled many incident* of bivouac and tMittleexiaorirnev**. "Com- I radr” Emile? was then called upon un evjws te.|ly and “went t»> tl,. front" for al few moments, facing th< fir** like a vet | cram but after <h«pl omg . urAg< M ' dom «*qualvd he was finally vanqutshed J and taken to the rear badly wounded, i Sergeant Neville was thei died ujsm to relate hn« up• ■:* > n the battl* of Ferryville and m a r o tp manner p»r । frayed t! thrilling c:.U »>f that day. Ba’!' *xj eric ■ w 1 •< ’interrupted by a call t>> sup} er. and io double Ilie the i-ompany marched into the babqtiel, room where long tables were spread with i good things tn quantity sullh i<mt to feed I a rogimrnt. Supfw r >*ver J! - j | . * *’ • i life by all joining in «iugi? g the old j>a [ tnotic songs. Marching Through (»e rgia, I Killy lv ind’ .. 5’ Tr «mp fr e y ■ the Boys am M.in-Lii g and others, the I evening s exervhs-i cbwii g with the KUlg ; mg f \u■ ri a Arizona KLkcr Journalism. The Huntington Herald prints the following, which -i i-r - to indicate that lh<- newspaper brethren in our ,n> tghliorii g town : the Ul ier laaf ! a.e practicing Ar;, mi Kirk* r j> ui , nalism: "For snue time there has been bad blood existing in the *yes of j John W. Surran and Cal Smninger. <*f , Warren. The foru.er is editor of tieWarren lepublic.i’ end the latter pushes the editorial r* m il on th*- War ren Independent. "The papers have men full of the , I wrangling of the two knights of the । quill and if one were to judge from th* words of abuse that they have heaped upon the heads of rath other there would have been a funeral or two long "ll seems the two editors were con tent with confining their quarrels to । the columns of their papers but Mrs. . Surran, who works in the office of her ' husband thought matters had reached a point where more di-perate measures should be taken. Binninger was passing tiie Republican Ghee, and the story goes, that she struck him a gentle tap on the head with the office monkey j wrench which is gem rally kept handy , for cases of emergency. The blow had i the effect of screwing up the Indepenj dent editor's courage to a fighting point, । but he was doomed le meet the irate spouse of the fair one. Mr. Surran is a | ' much heavier man than Sinninger and j it is alleged that he caught him by the j throat and gave him a good choking. When Sinninger was turned loose he was much the worse for the combat. Legal steps will likely be taken in the matter, but our informant was unable to say as to this.”

Death of Benny Hileman. Benny Hileman, son of Mr. aid Mrs. William Hileman, died on Thursday evening of peritonitis caused from exposure while skating on the ice. Ho was ill for nearly two weeks, and his case was given up as hopeless about four days before the boy’s death. The deceased was a bright and promising boy and his death is indeed a terrible blow to the parents. The boy's age was 13 years, 3 months and 1 day. The funeral will be held at the U. B. church Saturday, January 9, at 1 p. tn. Try the Defender, the smoker’s de- . light.

HINTS ON WINDOW GARDENING. Too often the class of plants selected f ir window gardening are not adapted to Hie ci nditions of temperature and light t w tich they are subjected. Generally o ily two classes of plants are grown; those requiring a temperature of from 51 degrees to 60 degrees I’ah. at night, W th a rise of 10 degrees to 15 degrees iring the day, ami tin e whi' h require a Btuperature of about 15 degre«-s less. J J the first class arc included geraniums V h thecxcvpti >n of piilargomumsoften Martha Washington geraniums,) | Jp*- - fsioLui—«" —*-» ”” nXftcjy,. and in the latter, carnations, hya gZihs. cyclamens, cinerarias, geranium (wHrgoniumi azaleas. primros**s, etc. ■Plants grown in n dry heated atmoe pmere do not thrive as well as th >se gt^jwn in a moist one, and an* more sub j**< t pi the atta<-ks of n*d spider and aphis (liee.j The air may be rendered moisier by keeping an open vessel of water in the roan. Red spider may Is* kept in check by frequently spraying the plants with water, while the aphis can usual!', bed* lerred from attacking the plants by dust in| them rv'casionally with r Jiac. > dust. If they should prove tnmhb-i *me. they

may be killed by spray mg tlm plants with a liquid tobaetsi solution \tl> ic I ortcitrnuf is nl*» sold under th** name of ‘ R>w* l>eaf Extract." which is a valuable Im* M’tii'ide. Diffenmt clt***s* of plants require soils of different textures ami richness hence it is difficult tn give a mixture suitable for all A |*otting soil me.'tmg Hie needs of uioat window plants is found in a mix ■ t>»n>* >f t a vu!« I im .oid »i •• p ' * e;n*h of Imf m*>ul*l. manure nod a and It is rdten neevwa try during th»* winter | au-nth* to supply some liquid stimulants I to the plant*, in order, in the rnw of thwrering plants. in. r» ase th*' number and sire <>f lbe flowm*. and in that «>f Mrage plmts t give a darker iwd more I luxuriant growth Th»w artiti i d *tim tdint* may be applied in ihr fi rm of manufa* turM t ; r,t f - .< < whit i« in fie *< b ■ ■ ■ -. 4 . ph wmuiL io Um f* nn «d liquid m<nure made from the mixture of cow and sberp mtaWM. in the pr q*»rti • »«' ab *ut four a tw wte»*f»e»i in a barrel or ’ i nrCbvial sitmula-**f .oq- .. i th> y will injure the plani* if applied too “tjsmg. or in t>s> hte'ra! am -us t • Liquid manure made a < >rdirg to the method d«* riled, .J >ll!d be ill’ I?'d Uit H ■ t' W'Uiblrs the color <>f weak tea. I’lants should not at first be watered oftener than once a fortnight with it gradually increasing in frequency until once or twice a week is r iched Purdue News paper Bulletin I>e« < ib< r "J>. Is.*; In a New Century . Few appreciate the fact that yesterday was th* beginning of the twentieth c» intury *“'• th** birth * f the Christ. An **rn>r in our Calendar*>f four years makes the nominal b**ginmi g f th** new eon turv Jan. Ist, 191*’. But in actual fact, as I near as historians and antiquarians can locate it. J -us of NazareJ; was liorn just an even I:**’ years ago. Merchants should have bt.si «-s * ards The Indi PEND .N'i has a g<x»d assort mt nt and the lat'-st styles m type. lou will get ; n up to date j* u here ala reasonable nri e. Try the American steam laundry, of LiPorte. Work first class. A.E. Cripe, agent.

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Royse for Attorney General. The Indianapolis News correspondei.t sent his paper the following: "It has been laid l>cfor< President elect McKi”ley that Congressmiiri Lemuel W. Royse, of Warsaw, would make an excellent nt torney general f. .i the Unit ed States. , It. transpires that many of the friends i of Lemuel W. Royse arc doing all they ■ can to secure his appointment to a place . in the cabinet. Through the Thirteenth district friends of McKinley it is learned i that he will consider tin* suggestion. ) i Royse is one of the most prominent mem 4 if Hul Indiaua, Uu-" - , | Ixidies' calling cards lataet sty les in | cards and type. jLadies’ Calling Cards 5 A f Latest an t Most POPULAR DESIGNS, At the ■^lndependent Office -* t o 00-OOMR* r f »«» o ocxH

$1,546.00 | Is the amount I have reduced expenses z E from one year ago, all of which 3 = ! Will Give to Customers ~ •n* — BI REDUI IN< i PRICES ~ SZ ACCORDINGLY. — Z I Overloads at ©ost, I | §uils ait Qost, | | Odd f’ants Below Qostl 1 ♦ Furnishing Goods Very Cheap, Hats and Caps £ 5 50 to 100 Cents on the £ Dollar. » Cloves & Mittens I VERY LOW. Boots and Shoes I | AWFULLY CHEAP. SPECIAL LOW PRICES FOR CASH ON ALL r GOODS IN OUR LINE DL’RING JANUARY ANQ £ FEBRUARY! I T.J. WOLFE.| < . . .<(i <i i , -ZZ

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NUMBER 25.

The “letter chain’’ project has been rt vised by a Crawfordsville man, who has written to various parties asking them tc contribute to a poor, crippled boy, who desires medical treatment, and write four letters to their friends asking them to do likewise. The chain is expected to stop by March Ist. as by that time it is thought that enough will be raised to procure the ne •<-sary treatment. One cent is a small amount, but if every . .ne receiving a letter would contribute the amimnl and write four letters, the ibartborof cents contributed in a limited time would lie quite large as the contributor^ would increase geometrically. i: Land Owners, Attention! , If you want to sell your land, and wii sell it at a bargain, come and seelus'aad we will furnish you a buyer. Kankakee Land Investment Co., Walkerton, lu^. \V A XTED—Several faithful men or won en to ’’ travel for responsible established horrid ifc Indiana Salary £7BO, payable 815 weekly-xntl * xpense' I’-sition permanent Reference. Z* close self-addressed stamped envelope. I%* National, star Building. Chicago.