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161 RILILLED, 1,000 INJURED, PROPERTY LOSS REACHES MILLIONS. The tornado ithat swept six states Sunday claiming a total of more than 160 lives, injuring thousands and destroving property to the amount of many millions, struck St. Joseph county, resulting in property losses of about $25,000 and injury 1o many persons. The towns of this county were favored, receiving only a hail, rain and wind storm, but in the country east of Walkerton the roof was blown off from the main portion of the home of Charles Mangus and a part of the house torn to pieces. Nels Clarkes big barn was totally dermolished. Mel Gardper's barm and garage torn ‘to pieces and his car left in the field. Elias Steele’s residenc also is reported to be demolished, while many other buildings were partly destroyed and roofs punctured by the hailstones some of which measured seven inches in circumference. In the vieinity of Mishawaka the storm seemed at its height, houses and barns being unroofed and blown from their foundations. The Clarence Fulmer family on the Bremen road esccaped by going into the basement, gnd the fine homes on the Charles Morris, Jerome Gregor, Henry Oakes. George Laing, Clayton and John Weiss, C. Van Wiper, Robbins Klein and Burner farms all were more or less damaged. The farm of Jonas Hawblitzel west of Lakeville received the brunt of the storm, the garage, car and all. bing turned upside down, windmill blown down, windows of residence broken and clothing from the rooms picked up apd carried to adjoining fields. In Chicago and suburbs the dead are reported to number over 30, the inijured 500, with streets piled high with the wreckage of homes and business blocks. In Elgin. 111., business blocks and churches were piled in heaps, eicht lives destroved and 100 persons injured. Losses of life are reported from many Indiana and Michigan towns, Edgerton, Ohio. just across the Indiana line. being almost completely swept away. In Georgia and Ala- | bama. 50 dead. hundreds injured | and losses of millions of dollars in property are listed. ‘ AIRPLANE COMPANY WANTS LANDING STATION AT LAPORTE. / The Lawson Airplane company of Milwaukee is negotiating for a landing station at LaPorte. The company is planning to establish an airline service between New York and San Francisco. One of its planes with a capacity of 26 persons has made long | flights. This ecorporation has the reputation of being formost in the! passenger carryving field. ! SR A Precarious Job. | The recent merger of the New | York Herald and Sun, which result-{ ed in the closing of the old Herald | office, caused no little disturbance | and mental anxiety among the news- : paper men affected, several of whom | had spent half a lifetime at the| desks they then held. l An ¢ld copyreader on the Herald, ! who had been on the desk for a lit-! tle more than forty years, threwl down his blue pencil in disgust at | the announcement that the old shop would go out of business. “lI knew darn well when they got | me to take this job,” he said pem-! lantly, “that it would not be perm—i nent.”—Saturday Evening Post. | S | WILL ASK FOR NEW | e § A niotion for a new trial for \\':l]-i ter C. Baker was filed in the St. ] Joseph circuit court Friday by At-| torneys Arthur L. Gilliom and Eli F. | Seebirt. Fifty-five points of error | are cited in the trial in which Baker | was convicted of the murder of Carl | Cook, the LaPorte groceryman. Should the appeal for a new trial for Baker be denied it ig the intention of his attorneys, it is said, to carry the | case to the supreme court in an M‘-j fort to save Baker from the electricz chair. ; Estate of Alexander Grese i NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT By direction of Christian A. Grose, Administrator, of the Estate of, \lexander Grese, late of St. Joseph | County, in the State of Indiana, deceased. Notice is Hereby Given to the heirs, legatees and devisees of said decedent, and all other persons interested in said estate, that said Administrator has filed in this Court his final account and vouchers for the final settlement of said estate and they are therefore hereby required to be and appear in said Court on the same will be heard, and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate, and show cause i1 any there be, why said account and vouchers should ns approved. Witness, the Clerk and the Seal of the St. Josepa Circuit Court i Wilbur M. Warner, Cleri B. L. Hoerstman, Deputy. ¢ & Mille Gu) 2t-alw,

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— ——————————————————————— —————— et ' TH | E DEATH RECORD shetron | Glen A. Shetron, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Shetron of Lakeville, was born in Liberty township, St. Joseph county, Ind., July 21, 1904, and died at Epworth hospital, South Bend, March 24, 1920, following an operation for appendicitis, aged 15 vears, § months and 3 days. He attended the North Liberty school until last December when he moved with his parents to Lakeville, and when taken ill was working at the Dodge Mfg. Co. at Mishawaka. He was baptized in the Christian church at North Liberty Deec. 31, 1913, by Rev. Edwin Brandham. Those who mourn his untimely demise are his parents and the following brothers and sisters: Arthur, Joseph, John, Clara, Vada, Mrs. Vesta Wooster of Lakeville; Mrs. Katherine George of Elkhart; Mrs. Ruth Walnick of Mishawaka; also the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ross of Walkerton and Mr. Adam Shetron of Bristol, Ind., and many other relatives and a host of friends. . The funeral was h&ld at the Christian church at North Liberty Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. H. D. K. Huber officiating. Interment was in the North Liberty cemetery. : Finch. Newton Finch, 81 years and 11 months old, died at his home in Greene township, Sumption Prairie, Friday morning at 4 o’clock. He is survived by his wife, Mary E., and the following children: Mrs. Clara Helen Hardy, near Walkerton; William C., in Lberty township; Mrs. Bertha Olmstead of Watervilet, Mich.; George of South Bend; Harry at home; Mrs. Lura Aldrich of Greene township, and a step-son, William H. Hogue of Joplin, Miss., and two sisters, M¢. Ella Kreider and Mrs. Martha Algurie of Coloma, Mich. Mr. Finch was born in Michigan April 26, 1838. He had lived in this country 79 vears. Funeral services were held at the Sumption Prairie M. E. church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, and burial was in Sumption Prairie cemetery. Harmon. Albert Harmon of South Bend, died at Epworth hospital Friday morning at 6:30 o’clock following injuries received when he was struck by an automobile, March 18. He is survived by five children, John, Reuben, Samuel and Alice Harmon and Mrs. Ella Kaser and two brothers, Eli and Benjamin Harmon. Mr. Harmon was born in Stark county, 0., June 5, 1849., being 70 years old at his death. . He formerly resided on a farm near North Liberty, moving to South. Bend about three vears ago. The Muneral services were held at the residence Monday morning at 9 io’clock and at St. John’s Lutheran |ehurch at 10:30 o’clock. Rev. A. H. |K(—=(‘k officiated, and burial was in St. lJohn's Lutheran cemetery. | e L i !LIBERTY BONDS MAY % SOON BE AT PREMIUM. I Liberty bonds will command a ipremium on the market within the gnext two years, in the opinion of John Skelton Williamis. controller of !the currency. Mr. Williams in an interview declared that holders of Liberty bonds need not have any reason to worry over present market conditions. FROM OUR SPECIAL STAFFKF ! CORRESPONDENT. | Brooks Bowers got married a few | weeks ago without consulting his !_\'OIIH.L' friends, and several auto :,'loads went out Monday night with ishot-guns, bells and other instruIments for making unearthly noises !IO punish him. Brooke turned them ;:]oos'(‘ to a five gallon can of ice !cream. The battle began by 2 lo’clock. All were filled up but Doe. |lt can’t be done. i Albert Havter is next. The crowd |is waziting to see if they are invited ‘or if they shall go in their own way. i The farmers are busy preparing lground for oats. There will be a ! much larzer acreage of oats and lcorn on account of so much wheat | being killed. | The adult wheat fly is the most I noticeable this spring of any season. }They may get a good deal of what is ,left. ! i | e 5_ SAVE MONEY ONsMEAT. ‘ Here is a real thrift recipe for a nutritious dish prepared 'l from less costly meat. It is issued by the Division of Women’s Activities, Department of Justice. Use this recipe and SAvVe money on meat, The second recipe is as fol- : sows: i ! _1 { Recipe No. 2— i Chuck Steak With Onions 2 pounds of chuck steak. Shic I ] vater. Drain {thorouch Place ynions in a shal [low saucepan. ¢ er closely and cook over a \§l.;" fll'¢ 15 or 20 minutes till tender. I'se no water or fat, as the onions contain both oisture arfi chness. When the onions are done, ncover and brown slightly if prefer ed, but thex are more digestible q browning. Heat a frying ¢ ne hot and brown the ¢ 3 both sides; reduce e ¢ and turn the meat frequent{lv until cooked threugh. Season ; alt the onions. Serve the € a1 with onions ‘i.:" t tter 1 desired

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eeet e e A e ‘llXDL\‘\'.\ FIGHTING TO 4 HOLD AMERICAN LEGION ' Indiana representatives of the American Legion are in Washington now fighting the first battle against a movement that has as its underIving purpose the removal of nationjal headquarters of the organization {from Indianapolis. Dr. T. Victor Keene, Indiana National Legion ex- | ecutive committeemen, and John B. *iße,\.’nolds. secretary of the Indiana’gpo]ls Chamber of Commerce and | secretary of the State War Memorial Association, have gone to the ecapital to forestall the movement and they feel that they are backed by the mt-i |ed demand of Hoosiers who are anxious to see the headquarters kept’ in Indiana. | The danger arose out of the act-. ivities of the National Vieiory War |Memorial Association, which has jasked the national executive committee of the Legion to indorse its pro!ject of obtaining popular subserip‘tions throughout the country for the erection of an edifice in Washington. !A corimittee was appeinted to injvestigate the situation, two Washjington men and Walter Myers of In"diannpo]is composing the board. ! Thinks Name Used. ! Earl Shepard, who admitted to ;City Judge Frank Gilmer a few days rago that he had found some genuine }Whiskey at a Greek restaurant on the jwest side of the city and as a result [paid sls to the city clerk for his discovery, is not the Earl Sheppard, formerly of Walkerton, Ind., who‘ lives at 732 South Main street. The latter asserts that someone has been ,usin;: his name in order to make him appear ridiculous.—South Bend !Trihune. | s ; i} 3 Per Cent For Advertising. | ! All over the country merchants rare adopting the 3 per cent method lof advertising which has proven so twonderfully effective. l Actual tests in hundreds of cases ;hn\e proven that an advertising ap:pmpriarion of 3 per cent of the prei\'iuus vear’s gross sales has inereased ‘the business 23 per cent. i This increase doesn’'t happen the -!f’n‘sx week after the advertising cam- | palgn starts, however—it is the cum{ulatfve effect of a campaign carried ton regularly and persistently for a lvear, | { if the 3 per cent were all spent in | i‘nne grand blowout it would be wastled, but continued over the entire lvear every week or every day or evI(vr.\' other day, it is the surest busijness builder in the world. | Big city stores spend from 5 to 7 |per cent in order 1o get the enor}.n:nns volume of business they re{quire, but in a town like Maryville lian average of 3 per cent will do won-|der:-—Ad Talk, Maryville, Mo. B L I REFINING PLANT DE- 4 | STROYED BY FIRE Fire destroved the warehouse und‘ barn of the Indian Refining Co., in | | South Bend Wednesday M’vninui '|ecausing a loss of $50.000. A series of loud explosions first attracted the attention of the people of the vieinity to the fire. Two tanks were fillied with 10.000 gzallons of gasoline, | lwhile other tanks contained kerosene | sand lubricating oil, all of which were | Idestroved. It was one of the most | hazardous fires the South Bend firelmen have had te ficht in many yvears. | The orign of the fire is unknown. ; - ’ EEp i Mourned His Insuited Country. ; It is related of Thiers, ceclebrated {French statesman who died about '4O years ago, that so long as there ‘}wns a German soldier on French soil | he always used notcpaper with a deep ib!:u-k border. .i Empty heads furnish the room for | rumor, especially if it be scandalous. i

'SHORT TALKS FOR THE MERCHANTS, il e 1 If you don’t des:r? trade no advertising will hold it for you. l It is the most conyvincing adver‘tising that pays, not fie loudest. | The merchant whojgives the best | ; (values invariably hgs the best following, . l { Put something int§ vour advertising if you expect to get anything out of it. = Rivers get ¢ 4 ‘and so do men by following. the lige of least resistWhen the customeg ¢umes to you, advertising has dond its work, it is then up to you. ‘\ Poor goods may bfe sold by excellent advertising, but fvou eannot hold |trade that way. | The idea back of §lll real advertising should be to sprfead the truth about real goods. Write a check for jgood advertising If:md you will check jthe moulding of ixnods on your shelf. ‘ Make the best of’to—da,\' and you |will have little time! to grieve over yesterday, or worry about tomorrow. ——Business Chat. ' BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Flavins Gorley, a son, March 26, 1920. To Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schultz, a ison, March 17, 1920. | To Mr. and Mrs. William Lawson, iu daughter, March 30, 1920. 5 v \ . . News of the Churches ! Methodist Episcopal ‘ Pre-Easter Services every night this week at 7:30. We are study;inu "“Christ’s Last Week” in prayer and quiet meditation. Next Sunday morning at 9:30 the children will give a special Easter program entitled ‘“New+Life.” All members and friends of the Sunday |school are invited to come and enjoy [this hour with the children. Morning worship at 10:45. This service will consigt of Baptisms (both infant and adult) and the reception of new members into the church. You are invited to either bring yvour letter or mnite with us by | |profession of faith, T | Chorus rehearsal }t 2:30. There will be no; meeting of the Junior or Senior Leagues on account tof the special service in the evening. | At 7:30 a vested vhorus of thirty voices will render a cantata, “Thp! Easter Evangel,”” by Lorenz. ’l‘hv; {white robes which are to be used are ithe rented property! of Lafavette's |largest ¢hurch, ‘Trinity Methodist | Episcopal.” . | A special welcome awaits you. | W. W. CLOUSE, Pastor. | | PUBLIC SALE | {- e | | The undersigned will sell at publie lauetion at her residence, 2 miles isouthwest of Walkerton, formerly [known as the Vermillion farm, Fri- | day, April 2, commencing at 10 a. im., 3 head of horses, fresh milch é(-n\‘.', 2 brood sows, chickens, farmling implement, ete. A 40 acre farm | inear Tvner will be offered for sale. ~ | ;.\]m corn in shock, fodder, 9 Imul.\'i iot‘ mint rooits. to be sold at the Iva'_\' Miller farm near Tyner, Tuesday, March 30. 8 months time at 6 !I"'l‘f‘vm interest. 2 percent off for cash, ALTA* MAY McLAIN. Ed Wolfe, Auct., J. P. Taylor, . Oterk.,

LOCAL NOTES A shipment of seleet pattern hats to arrive in a few days. Stillson’s. Ist stairway north of P. O. m25-tfw S. D. Martin has returned from F't. Wayne and expects to remain here during the summer. The smartest styles in Spring Suits for men and young men at KOONTZ’S, Walkerton. | Let your Boy grow up in Dubbelbilt suits, double elbows, double seat, double knee, see the ad KOONTZ’S, Walkerton. The question has been asked, How ecan you love your neighbor as yourself if von have a garden and he keeps chickeqs? Mrs. Anna Rensberger and daughter, Blanche, of South Bend were Wweek =nd guests of Smyers Rensberger and other relatives. . | Billy Howe of Garrett was in town ‘Wednesday and Thursday calling on old friends. He expects to have his headquarters at Willard, 0., this summer, L. . Hensley, a prominent newspaper man of Hamilton, 0., was looking after business matters here Monday. He is interested in land near this place. About all of the available houses in Walkerton that were vacant while the census was being taken have since filled up—showing how things go by ‘‘contraries.” WANTED: Attend Summer School at the South Bend Business College and prepare for a good office position. Enter any Monday. Catalog Free. The roof, silo, chiml’eys and hen house on Charles Mangus’' place were blown over Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs. Mangus are staving with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramsby until buildings are repaired. The merchants of a number of surrounding towns are following the plan of operating a union delivery service, one man having charge of the delivering for all the dealers. The plan works out well and is 2 saving to the merchants. Goshen carpenters who recently became unionized for the first time in many yvears are asking that contractors pay them 85 cents an hour for an eight-hour day or $6.80 a day. Contractors after reconsidering a villingness to pay them 75 cents an hour for a 10-hour day, or $7.50 per day 0 The moving picture business now claims to rank fifth among American industries. There are about 14,000 movie theatres in the United States, with an average daily attendance of 15,000,000, If the films turned out ir year in this country were divided equally, every American would {Bet six feet. ! The shipper who starts a car tow!ard market should notify the consignee in such detail that prompt ’dispositi(m of the goods may be made laster the arrival of the car. This lnmifi('utinn is often made by telegram and should ineclude all inform‘u!inn necessary to insure the prompt facceptance and disposal of the ship!ment. i J. P. Sheneman will sell at pub;]i(‘ sale at his residence on tne i Clarence Steele farm, 23; miles west lnf Walkerton, on Thursday, April 8 jcommencing at 1:30 Pp. m.. ftour head of cattle, 1 horse, 1 full blood]ui Poland China sow, chickens, Ifarming implements, some household ’;onds and other articles. 6 mcnths ilime without interest if paid when jdue. Ed Wolfe, auctioneer. Roy |.’\‘honeman. clerk. | On account of the limited housing {conditions, LaPorte seems doomed to {lose a big auto manufacturing plant. f’l‘hv Rumely company, which is preiparing to manufacture auto trueks, thas announced that it will establish {this branch of its business in Chii(‘.’!:u on account of the shortage of {houses in LaPorte and the apparent lindifference of the ecitizens to imim'n\'v conditions. ’ The weekly edition of the Michitgan City News has been discontinued iafter an existence of 85 vears, it having been founded by James 8. ICusth* July 8. 1835. It was the first {paper published in LaPorte county ’The‘ daily edition, a flourishing pap'or, was established in 1882. The ;]mhlishm's are Robb & Misener, the {fm'mer. with the exception of a short tinterval, having been connected with ‘llhv paper for 40 years. Jonas Hawblitzel suffered a $1,500 loss by the hail-storm Sunlda.\' when all the windows on the iwpst and south sides of the house iwere broken and eclothing, lamps, |ete., blown out of the house, the !windmill blown down, the garage and chicken house both blown away, ihis barn doors blown off and ithe }"()flf off of the wagon shed. the |Spmning off of the house and his lautomobile badly damaged and loss imfl several shade trees. | W. B. Apple has added to his ga!l‘n:v a compressed air pump for Efillin: tires. It has a 60-gallon tank iwhich holds 300 pounds of com- | pressed air. As the air is reduced zlhw tank is refilled antomatically. It {is operated by a one horse power el-‘!.x(-n'ir motor. The pump which is {located at the rear of the garage {will have a pipe leading to a connee{tion stationed in front of the caragce %\\'hm'c- tires may be supplied with air ifrnm the sireet. i Thi epidemic of automobile ‘.\'H*;llin:‘ continues in our neighboriing town of Knox. A Feord belonging to William Craft was taken recently and the same night attempts were Imzldo so steal four other Fords. (\n.rjcar which had no lights was abandioned by the thieves a half mile from [tn\\'n. Three other cars were pushed |partly out of the garages but the llhim'os either had difficulty in getting them started or were frighten'od away before accomplishing their l purpose,

Read the twenty reasons whyi Boys Dubbedbilt suits wear so well. | They are guaranteed sec KOONTZS ! ad, Walkcrton. | Advance style Pattern Hats in! Visca Silk Braids, Georgettes, Batavia Cloths, ete. Stillson’s. Ist stairway north of P. O. m25-tfw. Those irreconcilables seem to get no encouragement from the fact that! the moon went dry long ago but still managzes to get full once a month. Easter wouldn’t be Easter without 2 spring suit. Young men will find all the new ones at KOONTZ'S, Walkertqn. George M. Sprague of Tyner, who Wis €lected commissioner for the First district in Marshall county in 1918, is a candidate for re-nomina-tionn on the republican ticket. | Judge S. N. Stephens ¢f Plyvmouth I{will be a eandicz ie at thogt! pri- | |jmary for renomination on the Democratic ticket for judge of the Mar-shall-Fulten cireuit. 3 i o LR . '| Profiteer landlords will be held to ‘|the straight and narrow path in paying their income taxes this spring. | For the tenants are doing the driv|ing and holding the whip. i When you get a Willard threaded | rubber battery, it’s new. They are | shipped bone dry and remain so un- | til sold. Quality Vule. and Battery '|Co., 1 door north of the Independfent. 2t-aßw. ' Rolling Prairie is without a postmaster, W. W. Leudtke having re|sizned. An examination for appli|cants to fill the vacaney will be held |at LaPorte April 14. The office pays 131,100 a year. Smart Set says that “women have L. r:ore sense than men about some things. As soon as the baby gets bix enough to walk, father wants to give away the baby carriage. But |mother takes it and stores it away in the attie.” ' Railways of the United States face {the greatest recenstruction era in jtheir history, according to an offical of the American Engineers’ association here today. Dependent on appropriations made by private owners of the lines, millions of dollars Wi"' be spent within the next two or: three years, improving and extending transportation to the highest level of efficiency, it is stated.—Ligonier lLeader. Ralph Beall will sell at public auction at his residence on the D. W. Beall farm, one mile southwest of Walkerton, Saturday, April 10, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., 4 head of horses, 7 head of cattle, 69 head of sheep, 1 brood sow, chickens, farming implements and many other articles. 6 months time without interest if paid when due. Harold | Steiner, auctioneer. A8 Blaine, clerk. ‘K11,1.1-‘.l) BY BALTI- i l MORE & OHIO TR.—\]X.i | Orth Hay, aged 40, brother of‘. jJudge Lynn D. Hay, of Indianapo!is.& was killed instantly Saturday morn!in: at the Baltimore and Qhio raii|road crossing at Tracy. He stepped off the tracks to allow a freight train to pass and was struck by a ;)asson—l jger train on a parallel track. Thel ' |body was badly mangled. 1 e | | ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE OF | ; PRIVATE SALE OF PERSON- | - AL PROPERTY. | l — | I’ Estate of Myron M. Wolfenburger, .| deceased. By Virtue of an order of the St. 3Jnspph Circuit Court of St. Joseph - | County, Indiana, and subject to its )‘npm‘m'm. the undersigned., Adminis_jtrater of the esiate of Myron M. . l\\'nlfmxhurg@r. deceased. will, at the ,!hom' one o’clock p. m., on the y | 3rd day of April, 1920 .|and from day to dayv thereafter until - Isold, offer for sale at private sale, at »lrhe residence of said Administrator, .jon Avenue C, in the town of Walker{'nn, Indiana, the personal property {belonginz to said estate, consisting - {of household furniture, 1 Ford auto- | I mobile and 1 Jersev cow. Said property will be sold for not .lloss than the full appraised value {thereof and on the following terms and conditions: : Sums of $5 and under, ecash in| '|hand. Sums over $5 either in cash| {or on nine months time. If on time, ‘Dm‘(‘hasnr to give his notes bearing | |6 percent interest from daic of sale, | waiving relief from vaoluation or 2ppraisement laws, with \tforney’s fees, and with approved prersonal security thereon. | ' Georrse H. Beifer. Adminisirator. | Dated March 24, 1920. ! | J. Willis Cotton, Att’y for Estate. | ' 12t-a2w. | i NON-RESIDENT NOTICE. | State of Indiana, StL Joseph ! | County, ss. In the St. Joseph Super- | ijnr court, February Term, 1920. ! Bernice Mary Oberwinder : VS. g E Richard J. W. Oberwinder. 5 ! Divorce No. 5531. | ' Be it known, that the ;I'!‘-:-»\6:-1:;111‘;-? ed Plaintiff has filed in the office of | {the clerk of said Court her -:nxr:-f | plaint against said defendant in the| '|labove cause together with a proper | affidavit that said Defendant. Rich- | .i:nt'. J. W. Oberwinder, is not a resi- | ident of the State of Indiana | Said defendant is hereby notified | |that said cause will stand fer trial on | |the 3rd day of June. 1920, the s |being the 16th day of the next term | tof said Court to commence at the] | City of South Bend, on the 3rd Mon- | .lday In-May next on which day| T. M. Talcott, Jr., Att’y. for Plaintiff. | |said Defendant is reguired io al E; | to said action. ! : Wilbur M. Warner, Clerk | 1 By Margaret Lung, Deputy. I 3t-aldw.

NO. 44

\ iNEEI) OF MORE HOSPITAL ROOM r IN COUNTY VERY URGENT From sentiment expressed on ballots which are provided in every store, bank and office in St. Joseph county, a means of action toward ths increasing of present hospitals or the building of a new county hospital will be determined upon. The date set for the taking of this referendum vote of St. Joseph county on the hospital question is the first four days in April. The need for greater hospital bed room is inperative. The need must be ' met some way. You are asked. to == - press your preference on one of the ballots which are provided. “If there were an epidemic of any disease in St. Joseph county today as widespread as the epidemiec of influenza, there would not be enolich i hospital beds to care for more ihan 300 patients.”” This is the report lsnbmit'ed by members of the hospiijal committee of the South Bend {Chamber of Commerce after conductjing an exhaustive investigation of the county’s needs. According to the reporf, an average of ten patients are being turned away every day by the three hospiials of the counfy, two of which are in South Bend and one in Mishawaka. Due to a general knowledce of the shoriage of hospital beds many neglect to make applicaiion hecause of the uselessness of the practice. The finding of the commiitee clearly demonstrated the immediaie need of increasing St. Joseph'’s couniy hospital facilities. Architeets and builders were called into conference with members of the hospital commitiee of the Sount> Bend Chamber of Commerce in z2n effort to get an idea of the cost of such a hospital as would fully care for the needs of the cities and rurai !districts of the county. It was de|cided that a 250 hed extensicn or ini‘crease of hospital facilities was the ienly thing that wouvld relieve the in|tense need for greater hospital facil- - ities. After consultation with arebitects, it was decided that the least cost per hed of creater hospiial hed {room would be, in the case of exiens’ions to the present hospitals, $2,109 per bed: for a new county hospital !tn be erected bv the courty. the ¢ - ipense would approximate beiween ‘52.500 and $3.000 per room. The jdifference in cost is due to ithe fact that the present hospitals alreaqgy have sufficiently large adminisiration buildings and nurses’ homes tao accommodate the increase in size. A f('mmtv hospital would reguire ail iNew units. ! The total ecost of extending the { present hosyiials would be bheiween jS::su,nno and $400.000. while the icost of a.new hospital erected by the ]:cmmt_v is between $500,000 2and [5600,000. 't Investization es the possibilites of ‘_s:mtin:: a county hospital disclosed !xhe faect that the eounty is only perimitted to bond itself for the sum of §sloo,flfl()_ To build a county hosprijal would require additional =siafe ;le:islatiun. This is one of the reaisons why a referendum votfe is beirg itaken of St. Joseph countiy to find lif the people favor a count) hos{pital. To build and extend io the fprese‘nt hospitals the money neces{sary would have to be released by | private subseription and it is verv jdoubiful if money could be raised in {that manner at this time according !10 the hospital commiitee. i Every citizen of St. Joseph countyv {is urged to avail himself or herself, :if of voting age, to cast his ballot. {Upon the preference expressed n {the ballots a method of increasing |the county hospiial facilities will he ',dmm’mim:d upon. Therefore¢ i n {want a county hospital, mar { ballot. otherwise show your prefer- | ence for extending the present ¢ pitals. i Drainaze Pavs For Itseli The county agent of Deuel Cq v, S. Dak., reports that farn eau work during the past two yvears sulting in the draining of 5.00¢ res {of land in this county has alreag tpaid for itself through increased iecrops and increased value of land MICKIE SAYS et Sesmee e e | DONT NEVER THROW TH PAPER { DOWN "N SAY, "NUTHIN N T | | PAPER -TODAN; ALL FILLED WiTA ! ADS'™ \WHN, THEN\ ADS 1S THE © | NOST VATUABLE RERDIN' THEN [ { I©' AND BESIDES,IF [WWASNT P | FEAR TW ADUERTISING,\NED 8E \ | | OBLIGED TO CHARGE YALOTS | PMORE FER TH PAPER.NESSR! |, ; F (-\,_7__\/ i | ! z f | | { oty | | : ‘ : " S | | | | 2% (3| F= | | | B = | L= 1 ! B 2 ;( > »AC PAY “ ! 3 / “\V;/. | §oay Z v’ SN, -, i |° - o o ' | = \l\’/3 i s ,f}/ A i / i i ! f i ! | |i ] ’ % E 1] i ] | &= : | 5,\\% ! A—— |y i " & b N s l RAQLES \t’/’jff SAHROS g