Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 October 1908 — Page 1

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LECTURE PLEASES. Lecture Course for Season Favorably Opened by Dr Herbert. The initial number of the Walkerton lecture course for this season was the lecture by Dr L G. Herbert at Hudel- j myer’s opera house last .Thursday even- | ing. There are always some who stay away ! from a lecture saying: “I don't care for I a lecture—tedious affair—such a bore ” I It is a pity those people did not hear Dr, Herbert. “1 actually laughed till ! my sides hurt," one dignified lady was heard to remark at the close. The audience was in perfect sympathy I with the lecturer from the start. His I subject was "A Man Among Men,” and he lauded the efforts of the progressive, alert young man of the present age with magnetic force and enthusiasm. Whether he carried us with him to the exciting finish of the football game or back to the old fashioned days of fever ’n ager, his good humored ridicule of the old ways as compared with the new and his illustrations slightly exaggerated in his own inimitable way were extremely amusing. But when he came to the parts of tender pathos, as in the tribute to the old fashioned mothers, the sudden hush over the audience was ! an eloquent expression of the deeper emotions stirred by hie eloquence. Rev. G. S. Reedy introduced Dr Herbert, who before beginning his lec- j ture spoke in highest terms of the com ing numbers of our lecture course, j 1 having personal acquaintance with the members and actual knowledge of their excellence. Tired mothers, worn out by the peevish cross baby have found Cascaswekt a boon and a blessing. Cascaswekt is for babies and children, and is especially good for the ills so common in hot weather. Look for the ingredients printed on the bottle. Contains no harmful drugs Sold by B. E. Williams. Get your t Je bills printed at this of flee. Best work and lowest prices. New type insures good work. Constipation cures headache, nausea, dizziness, languor, heart palpitation. Drastic physics gripe, sicken, weaken | the bowels and don’t cure. Doan’s Reg ulets act gently and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask your druggist. Veal calves bought at highest market prices. If you have any to sell let me know at onaa—-W *-iSale bills at this office.

Mittens 50 c doz MiiaJ* l Oft IJ Gloves 60 c doz Next Saturday ||| [| Q[=Q J| (j Next Saturday It has been so hot and dry we could not sell fall goods at any price NOW THEY MUST GO! 200 PAIRS BLANKETS MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE $2.25 and $2.50 Blankets, - - $1.85 1.75 and 2.00 Blankets, - 1.4-5 Large lot for 95c and $1.25 Large lot for- 55c pair These are New Goods, bought at panic prices You Will Hacve to Hurry if You Get any Outings; They are Going Fast SHOES I Ladies’ High Top, Heavy Sole Tan Boot $4.00 Ladies’ High Top, Medium Sole Red Boot 4.00 Patent Leather Brown Top Button 4,00 Beautiful Vici Kid in Button and Lace 3.00 and 3.50 I Patent Leather Button, at 3,00 I will sell $4.00 Shoes for $3.50; $3.50 Shoes for $3.00 and $3.00 Shoes for $2.75. I This is the on’y opportunity you will have to buy Queen Quality Shoes for less than the advertised prices. Come and see us; we will save you at least $3.00 on every SIO.OO worth you buy here. Gloves 60 c doz FRED P. CLARK'S I Mittens 50 c doz I I Next Saturday DEPARTMENT STORE [ Next Saturday j I

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Pitiable Grief of a Polish Youth. Among the passengers on B. & O train No. 15, Monday morning, bound ; for Chicago, was a Polish boy about 14 years old who expected to meet his only living near relative—a brother aged I 18—on hie arrival in that city. The elder boy came to this country from Europe about five years ago with his par- : ents, the father and son both secur- . ing work with a construction gang I which was putting down a new line of I railroad in Nebraska. The mother also hired to cook for a gang of the workmen. Just a few days after starting in on their new job the father and mother ■ were both instantly killed by an explo- ; I sion of dynamite which was being thawed out by a camp fire. The boy was also terribly injured, his skull being fractured, brain fever resulting, and he went crazy and was sent to a madhouse. For over three years he was confined in a cage, but finally his reason was re stored and he was discharged from his place of confinement. Forthwith he went to work with the determination of saving enough money to bring hie broth er from the old country over here. It was only a few weeks ago that the required sum was sent and the younger lad lost no time in making the start on the long trip. At Baltimore he was met by a friend of hie dead father who accompanied him to Chicago. It was the boy’s companion, who epeake good Eng- j lieh, who made known the youngster’s I woes to many interested passengers who I were attracted by hie frequent outbursts of grief. He had never been apprised of the terrible fate of his parents until he arrived at Baltimore and thus were so rudely shattered hie long cherished hopes of meeting his loved ones, the little fellow wae utterly distracted. Reiss &. Co.'s New Quarters. Gue Reiss & Co moved into their new quarters in Tom Fair’s building the | latter part of last week. The store presents a handsome and modern appearance. The room being large gives an opportunity for displaying goods to the beet advantage. Along the entire । west side of the room are clothing slides, one of the latest and most up to date improvements now to be found in the large city establishments. The front windows are boxed in and are well ar- i ranged for the display of goods in an i attractive manner. Among the further i improvements contemplated is a large hat case with glass slide doors to occupy [ the west front of the room. —^4^——Millei—republican candidate for congress, will at Br- ! men Saturday, October 10

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBBER 9, 1908.

HOUSE BURNED. Third Fire in Walkerton Within One Week. An alarm of fire shortly after 11 o'clock Tuesday night called out the hose company to the east part of town where William Sawyer's house wae discovered on fire. The fire had gained such head way before the alarm was given that the house wae nearly consumed before the hose company could reach the scene but the fire was quickly extinguished after the company wae on the ground. The kitchen was practically destroyed and the main part of the house all in flames when the fire wae first seen by people in the neighborhood. Nobody was at hornet at the time of the fire, Mr. Sawyer having gone to the country at noon of the previous day. As the house had been deserted since that time it is a mystery as to how the fire started, but it looks like a case of incendiarism, according to reports. The house with the exception of a part of the walls, porch and roof, was destroyed, with all the contents. A dog which had been left in the house wae burned to death. There wae an insur ance of $350 on the house and the loss on the household goods, estimated at about SIOO, was covered by insurance . Mr. Sawyer had negotiated for the sale j of the property to a citizen of Knox and received a small payment, but as no papers had been signed no transfer wae made. Remember the bazaar and 6 o’clock dinner in the DuComb room Saturday afternoon and evening. Fine 6 o’clock dinner 25 cents. Two Small Fires. About noon on Monday was a lively time for fires. First the fire bell rang and people ran to discover the fire, which turned out to be the house in the east part of town owned by Andrew Keck and occupied by C. R. Parish and family. The occupants were eating dinner and did not know of the fire until the neighbors saw the flames bursting through the roof near the chimney. The roof burned entirely off, but by energet ic work part of the walls was saved, dost of the household goods were saved ; The loss wae about $250 and it is said there was no insurance. A few minutes after the fire bell gave I the alarm the first time, the whistle be gan to blow for the second Are which turned out to be Car Inspector Albert Anderson's building by the C. I. A, S • trwek which c»»ght from sparks from a ' passing train.

CYfjUS E. PATTEE Repu Candidate For Prosecuting Attorney. I ♦* B W • ' Iw Wb j 1 IL < The subject of tP B sketch, Mr. Cy rus E Pattee, republican nominee for the 'mportant office of Hosecuting attorney of St Joseph county, wae born 38 years ago on hie father's fa min Kankakee county, Illinois. On the farm he spent hie boyhood doing fam work and attending country school during the winter months. He thus in early youth learned the ways of honest industry and laid the foundation for i substantial character and honorable career which have placed him in the fre t rank of practicing attorneys at the St. Joseph county bar. Mr Pattee has n de hie own way in life and whatever success he hae attained is primarily due to h own industry and individual efforts. By teaching school 'n the winter and d ng farm work during the summer months he earned the money with which toMtend college and law school. Mr. Pattee has^ways taken an active part in political matters. When a boy in school he was amber of the boys’ marching club in the Blaine campaign. That wae the begin of h’ B political ambition. Since locating in South Bend he has been one of ' most active and faithful P as ty workers of its younger members. * • ■ " — _ In hie ten year/* ’dice at the St Joseph county bar he has handled several of the most import* |»nd bitterly fought cases in the county and built up a good substantial law busiu -s. The faithful care of his clients’ business, coupled with hie honesty and loyal ^to his clients, has besn a great factor in building his ex cellent law praciice. W

Mr. Pattee was th| choice of his party for this cßice in 1906 That campaign was one of the most strenuous tights ever made by the democratic candidates for the offices of our count,/ and congressional dictrict. Asa result the Democratic party elected several county oflicers by a large majority, It was only by a small margin, however, that Mr. Pattee’s opponent won over him, although two years before that he led his party ticket by a very large vote for the same office In fact, a change of 109 votes in his favor would have placed Mr. Pattee in the office Hie excellent showing io that campaign and his record for honest and fair dealing with his clients and with judges and juries before whom he has practiced, coupled with hie excellent qu&liflcatione, bid well for hie success at the polls in this election With hie election the public may depend on a prosecutor who will honestly serve the people and who will not prostitute the office to advance his personal interests.

A Pond on Fire. A pond tire in which fish, frogs and turtles perished by the score is the lat est dry weather freak story. It comes from Harrison county where on the farm of Benjamin Laslie, near Iris, a pond became so devoid of water that the growth on the bottom was exposed and became dried. To this dry vegetation a spark was communicated from a forest fire and for more than an hour flames raged over the pond. After the fire scores of dead fish, frogs and turtles j were found floating on the surface of the water, which had be^n heated almost to the boiling point. ' Our meats are biome killed, young, tender and juicy, at Rose’s. Bboks l 1 Tablets* I In's Pencils Everything it hoc I Supplies I B. E. Villiams Druggist j I

FOREST FIRE LOSS. 51,000.000 Each Day is What Flames Cost Uncle Sam. Nothing could better call the attention of thinking people to the necessity for the preservation of our natural resources than the great forest tires which have been so widely distributed throughout the country and have plajed such havoc this summer. It is doubtful if the losses for the year 1908 will be fullyknown, but a conservative estimate by Dr. W. J. McGee, erosion expert United States Department of Agriculture, places the aggregate loss in all parte of the country during these months of conflagration at 81,000,000 a day. In nearly every instance, probably in every instance, these devasting fires might have been prevented if the various states had provided an adequate number of men to patrol the woods and arrest all such fires in their incipiency, and if lumbermen and other users of the forest were careful to dispose of brush j after logging so as to prevent the spread i of fires. Uncle Sam has had a lot of wotk to do on hie national forests in the fire fighting line this year, but bis work has shown good results. Exclusive of the salaries of forest officers, the work of putting down fires on the national forests for the year has cost the government 830,000. This means protecting approximately 168,000,000 acres. The value of the timber destroyed will not be known until the fire reports are made at the end of the year, though it is estimated that it will be larger than last year.—Rochester Sentinnl. Look Here! All persons indebted to us are requested to give their accounts immediate at- ; tention by cash or bankable note. Walkerton Lumber Co. “Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years No appetite, and what 1 did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me.”—J H. Walker, Sandusky, Ohio.

| Young Men’s Clothes j

Ivz HEN it comes to Clothing-the young ***** men, we are “Here With the Goods” Any well-informed young / man about town will tell U you that. % There’s not a style kink ' or detail in the cut or tailoring of our young men’s suits omitted. The fabrics, too, are chosen for distinctive, correct and snappy style. The dip of the coat is there, the broad collar and lapel are there—the slanting pockets with flaps, the flaps on the B vest, the cuffs on the coats ■ and trousers —all are there. B Every idea of the smart B young dresser is worked out H to his great satisfaction and » delight. Moderate prices ■ always. | Suits $7, $lO, sls to S2O

1 Yours for Good Clothes KOONTZ “| The Store That Sells Good Clothes and Shoes. ® ^iMnmininni^^ | Winter Goods Now ln!| <y ——— XS We have received a large and splendid line of new winter goods XS SX and are showing the latest and most stylish patterns in XS | DRESS GOOD-' Consisting of Brillianti,y[r[ Visible Strim^^pt up to-crate goods. Beautiful patterns from XS E 25c to $1 per Yd. FOR WINTER UNDERWEAR for Men, W T omen and Children, at 25c to XS JX SI.OO per suit. —* Good, Comfortable, Heavy Cotton and Wool Blankets for zero weather COTTON BLANKETS, per pair, - - -50 c to SI.OO WOOL BLANKETS, per pair, - - - $4.50 an d up XX JX Cold weather will soon be here. Prepare for it by XS JX buying your winter goods here. XS | GRIDER MERCANTILE CO. I

Had a Close Call. Mrs. Ada L. Croom, the widely known proprietor of the Croom Hotel, Vaugnn, Miss , says: “For several months I suffered with a severe cough, and consumption seemed to have its grip on me, when a friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery. I began taking it, and three bottles affected a complete cure.’ The fame of this life saving cough and cold remedy, and lung and throat healer is world wide. Sold at B. E. Williams drug store. 50c. and $1 00. Trial bottle free. Sid Ewing, barber, one door west of Hotel Starr. Revolving chairs, compressed air and other modern conveniences | and appliances used in the barber’s art.

// ; ' w 1 7/ // /// ( 'I Ml Z 7^ ////^ «£2^w« > * ft I < X ’ fe I MFwfe te-- gt fe' -f» ps§ Si F~ r= 1 r-i Rs ~; r~It is Plain to be Seen ; 1 i^at our tools and hardware are the 1 right kind, for the best mechanics always come here for their supplies. You ' will be doing the wise thing if you fol- • low their example. < Our Tools and Hardware Are aids to good work and preservers of good humor. You can io your fixing i up with them quicker and better and I you’ll have the tools left for many an- i other job. They last a lifetime. , GEO P. ROSS

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4-. ? ; ''i F tLZZZjL ' j li-- — , ’-i 11 G. F ' A Little Thoughtful consideration will eave you a lot of lumber trouble. Don’t buy any old

kind or any old quantity just because you are in a hurry to start that job of building or improving. Come and Talk Lumber With Us. Our experience will suggest just the kind you require. Our desire for future orders will prevent us recommending a larger quantity than you need or charging you more than is right for what you order. Walkerton Lumber Co. Attention ! To Careful. Conservrtive Buyers: 160 acres of good soil and No. 1 improvement, within two miles of Walkerton, at $65 per acre. Come and see me and let me teli you about this place. 120 acres of Al soil in the rich Kankakee vahey, as good as there is in the state, within two ntil“s of Walkerton, at §7O per acre. Tips is a bargain. /29 acres within five miles of Walkerton; 3)0 acres under cultivation, with good improvements. at S7O per acre. Two farms within six miles of South Bend, one of SO acres and one of '2O acres, at reasonable price; if interested, come and s-e me. 267>cres within two miles of North Libert v and a lot of smaller farms and severs! larger ones at tire right price. Have a few birgains in town property that 1 can sell on easy payments; hav< a Yroom house with half acre of ground that I will of fer for the next 30 days al SSOO, within five blocks of the im-in<~s centerof Walkerton. A bargain at $1,750 within one block of tin business center; a 10l of ot her propertie.-ai the right prices Come and see me and b ■ convinced that you are getting your money's worth. Money at 6 Per Cent on Farms. No Commission J. E. BOSE,