The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 15 September 1910 — Page 1

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AUBURN TO HAVE j HEW COURT HOUSE Commissioners of DeKalb County Appro-' piriate a Quarter of Million of Dollars. At a meeting of the commissioners of DeKalb Connty, last Thursday an appropriation was made for the building of a new courthouse at Auburn. The building will be ai very handsome one and will Tost a quarter of a million of dollars. It will be three stories high, 140 feet square and in architecture will com-' pare with the Allen County Court-| house at Fort Wayne although not: nearly so big. The building will be absolutely fireproof there being not a single piece of wood used in the construction of it. Dekalb connty is certainly much in need of a new courthouse the old one having stood there for about 50 years and is much too small and out of harmony with the balance of the town. Garrett and Waterloo were Auburn's rivals’ for the county seat for many y ears and for that reason the building was delayed from time to time, j We have secured the agency for Sandusky Portland Cement, see us for same. Lepper & Cole.

I The Town Market I o i “EverytTiinia .io Eat.” i s I ii | , H.l [ ] 5D66131 ft 01166. | To the first 36 -people buying a sack of flour “any brand” from us we will give | Free one full sisie 10c can of J; Calumet Baking Powder. y When you buy the flour ask us for the Powder. | “ H’ ' I . - 8 I — —• I Elmer P. Miles & Go. I I I I ; T ' . .——■—— - • .Jqkqceiwj ■ J : I • ■ I . j ' • 1 i ' imbSplo .a : Send after Groceries | , > here with the same confidence as if you came in person * ] ; to select them. We will give your messenger just what * ’ you order. If you require a Certain article we do not £ < ; take advantage of the opportunity to send something else £ ; ; on which there may be more pre fit. 1 WE ARE RELIABLE GROCERS. * ; and prove the fact by supplying the best to the smallest S ’ messenger as faithfully as we do when customers come ; themselves. So send confidently. We will fill the order as ; you want it. t 1 SEDER BURGENER t

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Somewhat Frightened. : Miller Hamilton, George Hendry • and Mr. Coppes, three Wawasee I yachtmen, had an experience tt I Lake Wawasee Thursday nigl t , w hich cooled off their enthusiast a ; perceptibly, at least for the time being, for yachting. Caught in a gistjof wind their sailboat overturned in midlake at 11 o’clock tit night. Their lusty cries of distress failed to attract help, and they were . compelled to cling to t!ie capsized boat in water above their hips until 6 o’clock the next morning bi, Ift re help came to their rescue. The i water was so chilly they feared to ! attempt the long swim to shorq. piefering to take their : clinging to the boat.—Goshen Deino( rat. . a O Operation for Cancer. County Commissioner Samuel L. Giant, of Kosciusko county, who ur. de invent an operation for the removal of a cancer at the Clark hospita: in Elkhart, will lose his speech, an it is said that after leaving the in st tution he will be unable to uttci a vord. It was found necessary it split the tongue and remove nearly he If of it. The condition of the pat tit nt is regarded as quite serious and he may not recover.—Gosheiy Democrat. Read the Journal.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910

®LE SMI SELLS ; OKML LAWS Highest Bidder Receives Land With a Perfest Title. Uncle Sam, as a land auctioneer, is attracting considerable attention in Oklahoma by an unique method of selling the red man’s heritage, in the form of good tillable land. That the farmer and investor appreciate the plan and have confidence in it is demonstrated by the fact that within the first twelve montbs approximately one million dollars have been paid for Indian la id to the United States Government through the United State Indian Superintendent at Muskogee, Oklahoma. Tor several years the quest on of land titles in that part of Oklal oma, formerly Indian Territory, has not i been looked upon favorabl z by j those desiring investments. Land j that will raise one bale .of cotton to the acre, sixty bushels of corr season after season, better thar one hundred bushels of oats, two crops of potatoes in one season, averaging one hundred bushels to the acre, and adaptable to raising a corresponding crop of any of the st tples, has gone begging and remaine 1 idle on account of the title buj aboo. The same grade of land in. Missouri, Illinois, lowa Kansas and the other agricultural states, was br.nging from $65.00 to $150.00 per acre* while the Indian lands in Oklahoma were taken by the weeds for the lack of purchasers at ten and fifteen dollars. Within the past year, hot/ever, things have greatly changed. The Government decided to sell tte restricted lands for the Indiai. and supervise the proceeds from the sale of such lands. The Indian is, as a rule, inexperienced and ia any business pertaining to his land such as renting or leasing, only getting the title clouded, hence the scare of poor titles. The plan of the Government officials is to clear the land of such clouds, appraise the land and improvements, and offer the same to the highest bidder, thereby in; uring perfect title, the deed being prepared in the office of the United States Indian Superintendent. From the beginning the plan proved an excellent one and l>efore the third monthly sale the lilts of land were sought by people n all the states. The United States Indian Superintendent has today on his mailing list of monthly land sale notices some five thousand names of interested persons in other states, who are desirous of pui chasing the Indian land. The average acreage erf ered monthly by the United S tates Indian Superintendent is 26,000, and some months the list more than doubles that amount. The Oc ober sales now being advertisted show fifty thousand acres, a majori y of

which is susceptible to the highest state of cultivation and will raise in abundance all the crops o.‘ the temporate zone. I These tracts are appraised by two competent land men, one a regular land appraiser and the other the District Agent in the locality where the land is situated, and wh) is familiar with the conditions in this locality. The land is advertised for tl irty days in the newspapers of the state and by printed posters distributed by the mailing list system. The

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bids are opened on the day specified in the advertisement and the highest bid, if it exceeds the amount stated in the appraisement, gets the land. At the time of sale ten per cent of the amount offered must accompany the bid and the balance to be paid on receipt of notice from the Indian Superintendent to the effect that the deed has been executed and is ready for delivery. There is no doubt as to a clear title to land purchased in this manner as the records are carefully examined by the representatives of the Indian Superintendent and if no clouds affecting the title are found, the land is advertised. When an Indian makes application for the removal of restrictions upon the sale of his land the same is submitted to an appraiser for an investigation as to its quality, improvements and value—consideration being taken as to the distance I from market, kind of market and I the roads. At the same time the j District Agent is given a descrip tion of the land and he checks the county records wherein the land is located to ascertain whether there are any illegal instruments of record. If such instruments appear of rerecord the superintendent will not advertise the land until the title can be cleared. The land advertised through the Office of the United States Indian Superintendent is of every quality, found in any state, there being open prairie, timber, first class agricultural land, and large tracts of rough land suitable only for grazing purposes. The better grades during the past year have sold at prices ranging from $lO to S2O per acre, while grazing land has brought from $1 to 5 per acre. In the Southern part of the State and along streams the land is covered to sone extent with merchantable timber, and in the Eastern part of the State the land is underlaid with vast beds of mineral—- ; lead, zinc, iron and coal. The central portion of the State from North to South has the famous oil pools—probably the largest in the world—and the land offered for sale is from every portion of that part of Oklahoma, formerly known as the Indian Territory, so rich in these resources. Proffessor Charles N. Gould, State Geologist, has made a careful investigation of this part of the coun try and in his report, recently submitted to the State Officials, stated that, in his estimation, there are many undeveloped pools of oil—in fact, that this product may extend to many parts of the Eastern half of the State. The United States Indian Superintendent, is now sending out the lists showing -lands advertised for sale during the month of October, which lists describe every tract offered, give its location, and price at which sale will be made. It is expected that the October sales will bring the Indians a total of approximately $225,000.

5 Sunday School Picnic. ! 1 Sunday Schools representing Syrai cuse, Benton and New Paris, held a reunion picnic Saturday at the grove on the Berkippile farm just south of Benton. The Syracuse band furnished the music and a number of our Sunday School goers here, were there and report having an enjoyable outing. o Kabo Corsets sold by A. W. Strieby.

GAM PRESERVES TO RE ESTABLISHED Geo. W. Miles, Fish Commissioner to Establish Game Preserve in this State. As published in a former issue, of the Journal it is the intention of Geo. W. Miles fish and game commissicner to establish game preserves throughout the state and stock them with game. The farmers of Jackson township, Elkhart \ county, almost without exception have signed an agreement to form such a preserve. Following is a copy of the agreement and the names subscribed thereto. AGREEMENT. We, the undersigned land owners and tenants, enter into an agreement to form a game preserve of our united lands lying adjacent to each other. We agree to allow no hunting upon this preserve for a period of four years after it has been stocked with game by the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game, except, that land owners, with members of their family, may hunt rabbits in season upon their own lands only. We furthermore agree to. report all violations of the game laws to the said commissioner and will co-operate with him in all reasonable ways for the protection, ' propagation and presei#ation of such birds as he may place on the preserve. NAME NUMBER OF ACRES ; D. E. Neff 150 > Francis McKane 45 , J. T. Weybright 80 . J. C. Stout 40 H. M. Neff 200 i Sarah A. Long 40 ■ Jesse Botts 100 • Ira A, Harshaw 87 i Henry Damsman 50 ■; Milton Rensberger 40 • Milo Troup 100 David Baringer 100 i J. W. Rowdabaugh 70 • W. H. Weybright 40 ■ A. L. Neff 167 . S. A. Neff 40 J. S. Neff 100 Irvin Neff 55 . W. W. Jackson 100 . W. Rookstool 227 . J. H. Warstler 35 Richard Mouyz 13 Mathias Hire 19 Benj. T. Stilwell 72 . S. E. Whitehead 160 John F. Stillwell 50 O. O. Ottt 144 l • Henry Barringer 80 Morris Gerhart 80 Aaron M. Treesh 80 Moses B. Wyland 80 J. W. Method 40 M. Copenhaner 60 Hannah Routson 40 Andrew Armbruster 110 L. E. Unrue 60 Kias Bobeck 80 J. A. Arnold 80 Wm. Hammond 80 A. W. Geyer 80 Noah Rasor 160 J. E. Rippey HO E. L. Weaver 31 A. W. Warstler 40 John W. McGarity 80 Calvin Cooper 94 Moses Cripe 69 | Clara E. Ott 55 Wood Whetten 62 1-2 James A. Long 40 I James McCluer 40 Abe Hire 22 Hiram Butt 49 Adam Routson 51

E.E. Cripe 721 E. M. Berkey 80 j Sam Botts 801 Melom Rohrer 122 j Eli W. Hire . 20 Rebecca Deardorff 126 , Ira Wagner , $9,! ; Charley Gates “ 160 i ■j W. H. Weybright 80 j J. O. Weybright 801 j O. H. Warstler 40 ' Matches Cause Death. Swallowing the heads of matches caused the death of Phillip Jeries, the 22-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. “Jack” Jones of Washington. > who have been spending the summer at the old liome of Mr. Jones, near Bell’s Mill, five miles from Rockville. The little fellow was taken sud- j denly ill, and the cause was a my-1 stery until his mother! ran across i the matches with their heads sucked off. Everything known to medical science was done for the child, and as a last resort he was hurried to a Washington hospital where he died. -: : . . Builds Boiler Shops. Lake Shore R. R. Co., is building Mammoth boiler shops at Elkhart. The buildings will measure 122x491 feet. The construction is of concrete and steel. It is Expected that there will be ; about 300 men at i work on the building within the next few days. } Mrs. Mary E. Mcßride formerly of this place now of Goshen has made an assignment of her stock of groceries to A. C. Mehl who as receiver has taken charge. The liabilities are estimated to be from $600.00 to $900.00, with the assets about the sajne. Uridgr the law. Mrs. Mcßride will have an exemption of $600.00. The creditors realizing but very little. A New York paper is printing some very odd names that are brought to its attention.’ Here are a few for its collection, every one said to be genuine: Etta Lotta Lamb, Ida Sweet Hart, R. U. Phelan Goode, Mabel Eve Story, Edna Broker Legge, Marian English Earle, Nealon Pray Dailey, I Betty Sawyer, Miss Etta Pye and Carrie Coffee are two Kentucky lasses, and Consant Agony is a Canadian lumberman.

■ -"—— " - 1 1 ’ ' — — . 7I Sdwol Sood lies ® I' ! ■ 4* ■ Only a few days until school will opeh. Don’t put off buying | the boy’s or girl’s school supplies | , until the last morning. | We have abig supply of ©om- $ position books, Writing tablets, | Elimination tablets. Note books, Spelling blanks, Drawing tablets, Led pencils, Inks, Pen, and Pen | holders. In fact ezery thing the boy or girl needs can be found I here. Buy now and save the worry that comes from waiting until the last minute. / ' ■ • i . « ' I | YOUR DRUGGIST, | F. L. HOCH.

OBFBOM I FiTIIIG FIRE ■ —u- -. I ■ Warden Reid of the’Michtan City [risen Succumbs to Heart Trouble. I . .. j* During a fire at the Indiana state I prison at Michigan City last Frii day night one weak Warden Jamc.s D. Reid dropped dead of heart trouble. The fire started in a storeroom among’some rags, and the 5; i warden and other prison officials . rushed to the seen? to assist in I getting the fire finder control. The I blaze was put put before much - damage could be done, but before it was extinguished, thq warden, after exhibiting great excitement, | dropped to the floor and died withiin a few seconds. Waden Reid was I one of the best known prison men iin the country, He became head of the Indiana prison on November ' 1, 1901, while a resident of South j Beud. He was 52 years of age. The remains were taken to South ’ Bend on a special car and buried ia the Bownan Cemetery. . 1 0 a ' Ray Elsea Injured. | Rav Elsea of Chicago formerly of I Benton township was quite badly I hurt last Thursday evening when a big Winton touring car turned over about two miles east of New Carlisle. A physician from South Bend was hurried to the scene o the accident in an automobile and after ■ caring for the injuries of the occupants of the car which numbeied i four, they were driven to South I i Bend, where Mr. Elsea was taken to 1 the Epworth hospital while theg I others were able to go to the Oliver hotel. j The party was enroute to CleyeF jand i 4s far as Mr. Elsea’s mother- in Benton township arid spend die night with her and then go on to Cleveland the next day. Mr. Elsea is not in a dangerous condition from his injures and it is thought he fvill be • out in a few days. He is a son of E. M. Elsea who died a short time ago at his house from injuries of a fall from a pear tree. • o I Time was not far back when the boodler, was called a statesman, or, at worse, a shrewd politican. It is to the great advantage of this country that he is ■ now known by his right name.

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