The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 July 1920 — Page 1

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CHAUTJUQUA OPENS HERE ONTHURSDAY Big Array of Splendid Talent in Ten-Session Program, July 842. , The ten-session program of the Syracuse Chautauqua will open next Thursday afternoon, and will continue for five big days, July 8 to 12 inclusive. Perhaps a better array of talent has never been brought to Syracuse in a single program. The tent will bd* pitched in Mill street,.opposite the Dunkard <‘hurch, just off Main street. This is a fine place, as it affords simple room for parking automobiles and at the same time is onl ya block from the center of town. This will be a crowded and busy place for about a week. The season tickets have been selling good, indicating that practically everybody is going to attend. Thos who have not yet bought a season ticket should do co—buy of the first person that offers one. The season tickets sell for $2 each and are good for all ten numbers of the program. Tingle admission will be 50c; so it is plain a considerable saving can be effected by buying the season ticket, even though you ran not attend more than just the evening sessions. Eevery business man in Syracuse is selling tickets. Buy one where you do your trading, if you have not already bought. But do not wait to be solicited. — —o ROTARIANS BUY INN Title to the property on which stood the Wawasee Inn that burned last October has passed from John E. Boyts and C. 0. Dobson, of Goshen, to several Goshen men who have formed a holding company for Rotary clubs of Indianapolis and northern Indiana. Dr. Dobson and Mr. Boyts were paid SIB,OOO for the land. A country club hotel will be erected on the site for the use of Rotarians. Representatives from the clubs at Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Goshen and Warsaw met a few days ago in the Hotel Hays at Warsaw and outlined plans for the new building. o LABOR SAVING HARVESTER Some of the surrounding newspapers are publishing an account of the purchase of a combined harvester and threshing machine by William Mathews, owner of extensive farming property in Cass county, Mich. The machine will be used this season on the Mathews farm, the second machine ofits kind to be used east of lhe Mississippi river. It is said machines of this kind are used extensively in the west. This combined harvester and thresher is operated by two men, saving the work of six; a driver and a man to haul away the grain are the only ones required. The machine cuts the grain, threshes it and sacks it at the same time; the straw is distributed evenly over the ground as the machine moves along, thereby supplying valuable fertilizer for the subsequent crop. It is manufactured by the Deering company. This contrivance is really a nine-foot header and thresher, ■ with a capacity of fiteen to twenty acres in a day. It also e T iminates the use of twine. —— o —— WAR ON CINCH BUGS warned that the time is here when war must be declared on chinch brigs now infesting the wheat fields in some parts of the state and which will migrate to the com unless precautionary \ measures are taken. A representative of the division of entomology of the De-

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partment of Conservation was called to Greene County last week and found several wheat fields literally alive with the pest. Wheat is in a condition to cut in the next week or ten days and it is then the bugs beginmigrating. Once in the young corn they suck the juices from the tender stalks which wither and die as though schorched. As an effective means of fighting the chinch bugs the Department recommends that a barrier o straw soaked in road oil be built 6 inches wide and 4 Inches high, around affected zones. The bugs will mass inside this barrier and can either be killed by crushing with an ordinary farm roller or with an application of road oil. Chinch bugs are also infesting parts of Madison county near Anderson, according to the state entomologist who has received specimens from that locality. STUNT NIGHT The Y. M. C. A. campers in the Bachman grove across the lake announced a “stunt” program for Saturday night and as a result had a fairly large audience of Syracuse people. Tent No. 1 gave an old fashioned Baptist meeting. Tents 2 and 3 presented a jazz orchestra and a bird dance. No. 4 presented a Chinese ouartet which sang an Irish melody, “Who Put the Hole in the Doughnut?” No. 5, the Peruna family in acrobatics. No. 6, the blanket toss and a marshmallow eating contest. No. 7, musical comedy.*' No. 8, sham battle and noisy jazz. No. 9, reading of the daily camp paper. Followed by singing of the camp songs. oSTATE PARK POPULAR • Turkey Run State park, in northern Parke county, will be visited by more people this summer than ever before, in the opinion of R. P. Luke, the park superintendent. He has estimated 2,000 persons a week will visit Indiana’s most beautiful natural park. Thirty-five thousand persons passed through the gates last season. o WIRELESS MESSAGE As announced in last week’s issue of The Journal, Secretary Meredith of the department of agriculture dispatched by wireless a message to all the boys of America. Here is the message: “To the boys of America, “America needs your help in food production in gardens and on farms. You can do your iountry no better service than to show now through your efforts your ability to become productive citizens.” o CONTRACTS CANCELLED The board of county commissionre, in session at Warsaw a few days ago, cancelled the contracts and released the’Strombeck, Holbfeck, Union Chapel, Lozier and Minear roads. This action was taken because the Londs failed to sell. When conditions get back to normal these roads will be resold. ■ ‘ ' o ENTERS CHAUTAUQUA Henry A. Barnhart of Rochester, Ind., former representative of the thirteenth v district in congress for ten years, is now filling engagements with the RedpathVawter chautauqua circuit, speaking on “Congress in Action.” Minnesota territory is now being visited. ’ hi AT CROWS NEST Crows Nest, Lake Wawasee, is now opeff for business. Those wishing reservations for over the Fourth of July please call early. 1 Phone 905, Cromwell. 711

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PARAGRAPHIC BITS ABOUT IfflE FOLKS Notes of the on the Com* lag and Going of People You Know. Elwood George spent Monday in Auburn on business. ”Burdelle Weaver of Ellchart spent Monday in Syracuse. Mrs. Court Slabaugh spent over the week end with relatives m Cromwell. Automobile thieves have been operating in Ligonier for the past few weeks. Warren Riddle left Monday for Chicago on business or the Sandusky Cement company. Mr. and Mrs. Ed "Farley of Elkhart spent Monday evening here with Mrs. Ernest Mrs. J. H. Miller of North Manchester, is here this week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sol Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith of Cromwell are the proud parents rs a nine-pound boy born Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Stout and two sons of Plymouth came and spent Sunday, here with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Knauss. The Standard Oil company has placed two new tanks in Cromwell with a combined capacity of 36,000 gallons. Otis Isenbarger left last Thurs.day afternoon for the northern part of Michigan to do some surveying field work. Orrin E. Klink returned Saturday, from Bloomington where he had just finished another year at Indiana university. The three children of the late f’harles Pfirfgst are here visiting with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Pfingst. A. J. Forbing, business manager of the Milford Mail, spent Saturday afternoon here, with Fditor Preston H. Miles. Mr. and Mrs. Swartz and children of Chicago have moved into the Brunjes property in north’ Lake street for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Widner left for Angola where they were called by the illness of Mrs. Widner’s father. —(Warsaw Union. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wehrley of Bloomingdale, Mich., and Dale Jimmer of Chicago spent Friday here at the Wm. F. Kindig home. Miss Eva McFall, who spent ihe winter in Goshen working at he A. B. Munson home, has returned here to remain until September, as they have gone away during the school vacation. The Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus will pitch tents on the Geyer field, east of Springbrook park, Goshen, Saturday afternoon and night, August 7. Mrs. Amanda Xanders, who had just completed a tour through Canada with the National Editorial association, came last week and will spend some time in her Lake Wawasee cottage. Elmer P. Miles of Akron, Ohio, came Saturday afternoon and remained until Tuesday forenoon visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Miles, and. with other relatives and friends. In these days of short and tight skirts there should be care ;n how one asks a clerk for a skirt.” “How long do you wnat it?” the clerk asked. “I don’t want to rent it; I want to buy Tt.” —(Business Chat. Mrs. Nelson Richter of Monon, Ind., and Mrs. Dora Bright of Akron, Ind., accompanied Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Christie of Ligonier to Syracuse Monday evening and are heye this week visiting with relatives. Rev. L. E. Smith of the Evan* gelical church will preach on the observance of Sabbath next Sunday evening, and has invited the

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i w. C. T. U. to be present and assist with the music. Mrs. Emory L. Strieby and her daughter, Mrs. Jacob L. Sheets of Ligonier, were called to Rock- | ford, 111., last week by the illness of a near relative. Calvin Beck and family of Etna Green spent the week end at the home of his mother, Mrs. Beck east of town. Mr. Beck will teach again in the Etna Green schools next winter. Mrs. M. A. Benner returned home Monday evening much improved in health. She had spent *wo weeks in Ligonier at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. W. Christie, and over a wek ago had taken suddenly ill. Mr. and Mrs. Ab Elliott and the Misses Edith and Katherine Johnson of Larwill, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smalley of Ligonier, Miss Ethel Johnson of Chicago, and Emory Kindig and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson. Mrs. Otis C. Butt has been discharged from the Lutheran hospital at Frt Wayne and has returned here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hinderer. She is much improved in health and expects to return to her home in j Ligonier in a few days. A band stand has been erected on the vacant lot at the southeast corner of the public square. Electric lights have been strung to assist the boys in reading ’.heir music. This will be an mprovement in facilitating traffic on band concert night. Wm. Beckman went to the Fort Wayne hospital on Tuesday of last week to ’undergo an operation for the removal of vericose veins. He will be confined for about two weeks, during whieh time his Son, ’Arnold,' will have charge of the furniture store. A number of boy and girl friends of Mirwood' Ketring gathered at the home o his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ketring, and gave him a surprise party in honor of his birthday. The evening was spent in playing rames. arid refreshments were ; erved. The question is often asked, what has become of the old fashioned boy who always had to nlay horse? If the person who look around he will find he is still here. The American people have been playing horse since ' he armistice was signed.—(Mil'ord Mail. The ladies of the M. E. Aid oclety were invited last Thursday to hold their regular business meeting at the cottage of Dr. Stolting. They went with well filled baskets and finished ip with a very good and profitable meeting, both physically and spiritually. ■ / John M. Ott was tricken with a form of paralysis Saturday night. He is improving at the time this is written, but is under the doctor’s care. This is the first time that Mr. Ott has had to call in ri doctor for over fifty years. His many friends are hoping to see him out again upon the streets soon. On Tuesday eveiiirg of last week the Junior class of the Ligonier high school entertained the seniors, the faculty and the school, board at Lake Wawasee Dinner was served at Sarjent’s hotel, after which the party rode around the lake,:- stopping at Buttermilk Point park for dancing. The 1920 class was graduated last Thursday night. Those from a distance who attended the funeral of Samuel Traster were Scott Clayton and amily of Silver Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Groves and son of Dowagiac, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. David Snader of Elkhart, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ganger of Gosh"en, Jasper Clem, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Treesh and Mrs. Daggart of Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Malcom, Mr. and Mrs. John Browp and Mrs. Etta Brown of Nappanee; and Rev. I. W. Markley and family of Columbia City. ■

CEMENT FACTORY IS IK operation HOW Product of High Quality is Being Made Again at Local Plant. The Syracuse plant of the Sandusky Cement company is again in operation and is producing some of the best cement that has ever been turned out here. Two of the large kilns were started at the end of last Week, and the remaining kilns will be started as rapidly as preparations can be completed. It is expected that the entire plant will be operating to capacity soon. Several weeks ago when operations were resumed it was found that the limestone being shipped rere from Logansport ran too high in magnesium percentage. It was necessary to close down until other material could be lound. Other quarries have been located, also near Logansport, that will afford an abundance of suitable limestone. A gfcng of workmen, mostly Syracuse men, have been placed in the quarries and are starting shipments ina steady stream of material to the mills. A fleet of six trucks has been added to the*equipment for making deliveries of the finished product. A greater demand exists nr cement than ever before. In fact, for the past ew months it has been almost impossible to get it. — .—.— —.. MONUMENT AT VERDUN The first stone was laid last Wednesday for the monument to be erected in France in honor of the soldiers who fell in the victorious battle for the defense of Verdun. The ceremony occurred in the presence the attachments bearing the colors of all the French army corp s and many notables. It is announced that the subscription raising campaign in behalf of a great monument by Americans on the river Marne will be “driveless.” The subscriptions will be entirely voluntary. The monument will be almost as large as the statue of liberty. o WHEAT COSTS $2.15 The 1919 American wheat crop was produced at an average cost to the grower of $2.15 a bushel, the department of ’agriculture <nnounced in making public its • ecent cost of production survey. The survey covered fourteen representative districts of the wheat belt, nine in the Winter wheat areas of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, and five in the Spring wheat regions of Minnesota, North and South Dakota. The survey further revealed, the department said, that jibrmit a profit of 80 per cent ori the wheat produced on the farms covered by the survey, the price would be about $2.60. Cost of producing Winter wheat was much lower than for Spring wheat the cost being given as $1.87 and $2.65 respectively. "Dollar wheat,” once the aspiration of wheat growers, would have paid the cost of production on only two of the 481 farms included in the survey. o TO EX SERVICE MEN Information has been given, out by the War Department that on July Ist it will close the information bureau heretofore maintained at Indianapolis. This bureau has rendered much service in assisting soldiers and their families to straighten out mistakes in allotments, secure bonus and travel pay, locate Liberty Bonds, advise on questions of war risk insurance, and the like. Donbtless there are many eases of thia kind which will re-

quire attention in the future. A great many such cases have been handled for residents of . ihis district through my office, <nd I shall be very glad to do everything within my power to help each soldier, sailor and marine, and members of their families, to straighten out any •natter connected with their service. For the remainder of the summer my office will be at 410 First National Bank Building, LaPorte, Indiana. Any question addressed to me there will have prompt attention, and, where necessary, will be taken up with ♦he proper department at Washington for adjustment. I shall also be very glad to talk over such matters with anyone calling at the of ice. Andrew J. Hickey Member of Congress, 13th Cong. District. — o E. W. HIGBEE DEAD Edwin W. Higbee, one of Milford’s foremost citisens, died at the McDonald hospital in Warsaw about noon on Saturday, at the age of sixty-five. Death was due to spinal meningitis. Mr. Higbee had been - slightly ill for the past ten days, but the fact was known only to members of the household. He continued at his work in the bank each day until Thursday evening. On Friday morning ne became unconscious and was taken to the hospital in Warsaw. Funeral services were conducted at the home in Milford at 4 o’clock on Tuesday afternobn, and burial was made in the Milford cemetery. Several Syracuse peo* pie attended the services. Ed Higbee was perhaps better er Milford man. He was bom in Milford and spent his lifetime there. As a young man he was a teacher in the public schools. He early took up the study of law and practiced for several years before engaging in the banking business. — - TO HAVE SUGAR A dispatch from Buenos Aires carries the information that the United States government has bought 14,000 tons of Argentine sugar. A later dispatch from New York city states that thirty-four milion pounds of sugar will be available for commercial canners and preservers during the five months from June 1 to October 31, as announced by A. W. Riley, special to the attorney general. Assurance that the sugar will be provided were given, Mr. Riley said, by representatives of the leading refiners. o NO TRAMPS With the cry of high cost of living this spring, we have noticed the scarcity of back door tramps. Whether it is because of the leftovers from the ordinary family table, that has brought this about is not known or that everybody seems to be employed and tramping is unnecessary. This we know, and that is the umbrella fixer is driven from our midst on account there has been little rain. —(Milford Mail. —o, LOTS SELLING GOOD Lots at- Buttermilk Point park are increasing in value rapidly. A deal was closed on Wednesday f last week in which William Hays conveyed the lot adjoining the Isaac Klingman property, 33 x!ls feet, to Charles Evans of Portland, Oregon. The consideration was $2,725. Mr. Hays S4OO for the lot a few years ago. o HOME HYGENICS For the past eight months a hygiene instructor has been wording in Kosciusko county, teaching two or three classes every day in various parts of the couuty, z , rt’W

In 1908 this home newspaper was established and yearly has made progress.

HOtO BUILDING TO START IMMEDIATELY Paving from Piekwiek Road, and Huntington Street in Syracuse. McClintic, Colwell & Gordy, who hold the contract for paving two miles of road, including Huntington street in Syracuse and the lake road as far south as the entrance to the Pickwick road, are hastening preparations with the intention of starting construction work next week. This piece of road was sold several months ago by the county commissioners and was passed on by the state board of tax examiners. The bonds failed to sell, however, as did all other toad bonds of the county arranged for this year. Their failure to sell was due to their not car-, rying a high enough rate to attract bond investors. A bonus of about $4,500 was subscribed by Wawasee cottage owners and the contractors to bring the value of the bonds as an inestment up t(\a point that will compare favorably with other bonds. Work will be started at once, at the Pickwick end of the road, and will proceed as rapidly as possible. The contractors are determined to complete the road during the summer months. o— STOP MAKING WAGONS It has been stated that the big wagon plant of the Studebaker •'ompany at South Bend will discontinue the manufacture of wagons on September 1. Employeesat the plant have been notifier that they will be out of a job after that tiny?. The firm will devote its entire attention to the manufacture of automobiles. The Studebaker people were pioneers in the manufacture of farm wagons, and perhaps there is not a farmer in the country who does not recognize the name and the quality the name has s- food for. This is perhaps another indication that the automobile is fast displacing the horse. - n ■— LONG TIME WED Sixty-two years ago last Friday, Jund 25, 1858, Mr. and Mrs. William McClintic were married. He was a little past 22 years old, and she was 18. They started house keeping very shortly after they were married. It would seem that by this time marriage is no longer an experiment with them. In fact, Mr. McClintic, while in our office last” week, made mention of plans for celebrating the didnond wedding anniversary. o TENNESSEE MAY RATIFY Assistant attorney general Frierson has advised Governor Roberts of Tennessee that the legislature of that state could ratify the sufrrage ammendment without submitting the issue to the people. The governor announced last Thursday night that ,he would call a special session of the legislature to ast on the suffrage ammendment as requested by President Wilson. o WILL QUIT BUSINESS Lewis H. Kiser of North Webster sold his entire furniture stock there at public auction last Saturday. He concluded the Lown not large enough for a furniture store. —o — - BUILDING STATE PAVILION A large pavilion is being erected iu Milford for the use of ’he Milford Sale company in conducting its regular cooperative public salo*.

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