Walkerton Independent, Volume 45, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 April 1920 — Page 1

VOLUME 45

VIEW SIGHTS TRDM ] SUMMIT OF MT. LOWE DELIGHTFI I. TRIP TO LOFTY HEIGHTS ENJOYED in MIL AM) MRS. HARVEY MI LL. (Continued from last week.) On the crest of the plateau at Echo Mountain is the great searchlight made by the General Electric Co. to demonstrate that the United States could rival Germany in the construction of these great lights. It is ot 3,000,000 candle power, and is located at the top otthe engineers’ tower. Off to the right is the observatory, maintained by the company and in charge of Professor Edgar Lucien >— Larfkiu, an eminent astronomer. The site of the institution is ideal both for telescopic and spectroscopic purposes; and here are installed, with other instruments, an equatorial telescope with 16 inch object glass,, and a very tine spectroscope. So great is the purity of the air that both instruments can be used in the most accurate measurements. The observatory is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday and holiday evenings, on which occasions the search light is operated. Ai Echo Mountain commences a wonderful trolley ride of five miles in length. Here the natural inventiveness of the constructor is best seen, instructing his engineers to deface the natural beauty of the mountains only so far as is necessary to insure safety. The result is a road that in point of excellence is all that is possible to make it, and is not surpassed in the world tor grandeur of scenery or novelty of construction; following the natural contour of the mountains, winding in . and out of the little side canyons, crossing 18 trestles, rounding 127 curves, the longest piece of straight track bring only 225 feet, —a climb of 1,500 feet is made from an elevation of 3,500 feet at Echo Mountain, to Alpine Tavern, 5,000 feet above the sea. Leaving Echo Mountain we skirt Los Flores Canyon, and passing Sentinel Rock, soon arrive at cape of Good Hope. Passing on over the dividing ridge which separates Los Flores from Millard’s Canyon the landscape suddenly changes and we look down the sides of the canyon : 2.700 feet deep while above are tow- । ering masses of rock. A comprehensive view of La Can- ' ada and San Fernando valleys is seen before arriving at the second little station, “Dawn,” from which an inviting trail leads down to a real . gold mine in the bottom of the canyon. Approaching Horse shoe curve j the road seems to come to an end. . but by a graceful teurve the car emerges from the canyon almost di- ' rectly overhead. A grade of nine per I cent is now the vantage ground where the smoke and mist accumu- • lated over the city offers no obstruction to the range of vision, and you 1 gaze in amazement at the diversified . landscape spread out before you. We also pass over the circular [ bridge, a bridge circular in form on i a 4K per cent grade, with a radius j of 7 5 feet this structure rests upon [ solid rock, and is capable of with- I standing a strain many times the weight of the car. On the outer side is a canyon hundreds of feet deep and one experiences the thrilling । sensation of being suspended in the j air and the car makes this bold । curve in perfect safety, 4.000 feet i above the sea. Also pass Granite Gateway. । Thousands of cubic feet of granite were blasted away in construction of this roadbed upon which the hardest rains of winter have no effect. Through the solid walls of granite j was blasted a passage which has been named Granite Gateway. On the . inner side is a perpendicular wall on the outer side is overhanging rocks j overlooking Grand Canyon. 1.500 [ feet deep and little more than a mile : across. Alpine Tavern is located at the head of this canyon. Across the ; canyon the tricrested summit of Mt. Lowe may be seen with a flag upon its highest point, which is 6.100 feet high, and which it is the ambition ot nearly every one to reach before re- ; turning to the valley. Nestled in a glen of exceeding i beauty, watched over by great trees | where innumerable squirrels anil । birds make their home, is “Ye Alpine Tavern”, one of the finest moun- , tain resorts to be found on the con- | tinent. Here ate found all the conveniences of a modern hotel. The massive fireplace, for which Alpine Tavern is known the world over. | greets the eye when first entering the , spacious lobby. Here on chilly evenings the guests may spend many f ■ - v '. r , .nt hours befoi t the open fire, nopninc corn or telling ancedotes ot their travels in other lands. Above | the fireplace is the motto of the re- । sort: “Ye Ornament of a house is. te guest who doth frequent it.” Besides the hotel there is the . “Bungalow,” a large modern cottage i in rustic sfvle with six guest rooms, qve sleeping porches, three baths, hot and cold water, electric lights; with dainfv Colonial furnishing-, also fortv other electric lighted cottages. Many equipped for house- । keeping ar available for those desire. and an un-to-date store is A intained v her* all supplies may be pur- । chased. The trail tn th summit of Mt. t owe star’s from Alpine Tavern, ’hat wonderful path 2’k miles ini length that winds to the summit 1100 feet above. The journey is made b* hors, or burro with expert- ; may walk. That i what we did. Th’-re w” a party of n< started but I up wrre alone on ti e summit, the others giving up in despair. One t s thrilled with the beauty of point the view is an exquisite panor- * ama It not merelv a m er . great height, or a question of bulk that arp.: ’ to the mind, but it i« a _ .4 •_a ~_._ -. nH tlt>> In 1 ) in > r o^U x rhirp eras. •Up mnustv of momitain masses, lino ud* rvo M rioiu ,

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WHAT PROHIBITION IS DOIXG IN CHICAGO Every two weeks the Chicago morgue had disposed of about eighty unclaimed bodies before the advent of prohibition; now a month may go by without a single load fpr the potter’s field. Wagon and gas cases have dropped off almost entirely; men killed or hurt by dropping off of wagons while intoxicated, and those asphyxiated by gas turned on in a drunken stupor. • The “flops” have been almost entirely abandoned. The south wing of the famous Bridewell jail has been closed because of fewer prisoners. The Pine Sanatorium for alcoholics has closed up after a long history. The sick benefits paid out by one baker’s tin- I ion dropped from an average of one I hundred to five cases - - 1 THOMPSON TURNERS UERTIFK \ IES RETT RN ED Rev. Thompson Turner of Chicago. I who had his pockets picked Easter Sunday, has written to his father, Anthony Turner, of Walkerton, that his certificates of deposit of $550 have been returned to him. A colored man shoveling snow picked them up near the corner where the robbery took place, the thieves evidently not caring to risk trying td cash them, had thrown them away. The colored man could not read, but । thinking they might be something of value, took them to someone who took the trouble to look up Thompson’s address and phoned him Monday. the next day after the robbery. The five dollars in money in the pocket book was all the thieves got for their trouble, and Thompson got off pretty easy. AXXVAL ELECTION OF CONSERVATIVE LIFE INSURANCE CO At the annual meeting of the Conservative Life Insurance Company of America, in South Bend. Dixon W. Place was chosen president; Gabriel R. Summers, vice-president; A. S. Burkhart, vice-president and general manager; William Mell, secretary; J. M. Stephenson, treasurer; Frank J. Haight, consulting actuary; Samuel Parker, general "counsel. For.the first three months of 1920 the company showed a writing of sl.173.000, a gain over the same period | of 1919 of 2 4 percent. There are several people in Walkjerton who have stock in the com- • pany. Our battery serxice is now installed and completed for giving our ! customers the best and most reliable j service. We can furnish you with a i new battery that is warranted to he .right, or we can rebuild, recharge or I repair your old one and guarantee 'the work. Let us explain the good | point of the Cooper battery to you. iWe have a supply of these batteries Hn stock. Huhnke Vulc. and Battery Co. a-8-ts-w. HIGHER PAY FOR COUNTY TEACHERS First Steps Taken Saturday Toxxatd> Organization. First steps toward the perfection 'of an organization for county school ; teachers were taken at a meeting held at the courthouse Saturday 'afternoon, when every township in the county was represented. Other topics of discussion includ’ d salary. F. M. Barkley, of Union township, iwas named chairman of a commettee Ito compile a constitution, giving the : rules of the proposed organization. I advocating a better wage for county : teachers. The average pay of rural teachers ; now is less than four dollars a day, I five days a week, and the scale proposed by the committee ba vins at sl. 290 annually. The maximum has not been set. According to a member ।of the committeo tho purpose of the organization will be to fight the I present tax law that more funds may j be available for school teachers’ pay. [vapors on the far limit of vision. And |how sight carries here! From these i pinnacles one looks on clear days for [two hundred miles, seeing dim blue [ranges in far Mexico, also islands in the Santa Barbara channel, the twin • peaks of Cataline, and in the same i scope seeing all the intervening plains dotted with orange and lemon i groves; cities and villages, river beds [that look like yellow ribbons, on the ifar fields of green range upon range :of mountains and foot! U’s with valJexs between, at our feet great [yawning canyons, at our hand bnt- । tresses of primeval rock and xvhisperroaks, and silent, century-old pines, । grim, moss bedecked and storm beat- [ en. The sun was shining brightly down lon earth, hut it was verx- cloudy up i toward and on the summit, we xvere 'anove the clouds many times. There had been a snow stort on tho mountains tin night prexions and xvo xvero permitted to a-ain xvalk in snow. Some places it was about 8 inch' « deep, hut xvhere the sun had shone in ithe forenoon it had thaxved and was [slushy. We did not st:;-t for the summit until after dinm-. xvhich xvo 'ate in Alpine Tavern, so d t<> hurry to got bank in tim< for last car pvhich left at t:4O p. m. These cars are specially built, are double truckod. each whop] havlnr a flange nearily txvice as deep as the orc narx car wheel. The motor casr - han" xvithin 1 1 • inches of the ground, keeping he center of t iavit y lev Th- power ।is furnished -iv fo.ir 2" hors< r>ow> r motors. Tb. cars are ounipp.d xvith ’tand. ?ii and electric brakes The\ On our return wt found he came I summery country and sunshine and xv- re d w had taken ■ • pleasan" trip. We xvi’l bo home - momh if all "oo S xx-H. With kind vMu to all our friends. Stell;' : ! Hrrvc, Mull

EASTER GMTA 81 VESTED CHOIR ENJOYED BY LARGE COXREGXTIOX \T METHODIST CHI RCII SLXDAA E\ENIXG. A large congregation assembled at the Methodist church to enjoy the cantata. The Easter Evangel, arranged for Easter Sunday, which, on account of the storm, was postponed to last Sunday evening. The vested choir of thirty voices under the caplable leadership of Mrs. W. W. IClouse. acquitted themselves in a I highly creditable manner, their careful training being ospeciallv apparent ,111 the diminuendos and subdued I minor cadences, in which the voices xvere blended in fine effect. Mrs. Clouse's rich contralto voice xvasXheard in several solo parts, other scMos being taken by A. L. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Ake. Mrs. Charles Worrell. Mrs. Oscar Barney. Mis. E. V. Derf, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ohappel. Mrs. Eallis Rees read the scriptural narrative, introducing each subject. and the piano score xvas played by Mrs. Aruthur Trost. The singers in their white surplices presented an impressive appearance as they 'marched slowly in from the vestry, singing as they came, taking their places in the choir. The presentation of a cantata like this is an ambitious effort xvhich would do credit to the choirs of the larger city churches, and the efforts |of our singers, nearly all busy people xvith many other duties and I cares, giving the time required for Ithe preparation of such a program, lis greatly appreciated by all who xvere privileged to be present. A silver collection was taken for the choir for music and other expenses. Local Notes H. A. Giles xvas in Indianapolis Wednesday. C. A. Bose went to Gary today Thursday—on business. Charles Westbrook of Hamlet xvas in toxvn Wednesday evening. Arthur Sheaks of Teegarden xvas transacting business in town Saturday. C. M. Carter will stir up a little dust this summer with a new Buick ; six. The famous Paradise and Stone[hill Pattern Hats. Stillson's, Ist stairway north of postoffice. a-Btfw. The 1920 census gives LaPorte’s I population at 15.158, an increase of [4,633, or 44 per cent, since 1910. Mrs Vibert Taylor of. Stillwell, who has been at the LaPorte hospitlal for treatment, is said to be in a very serious condition. WANTED: Attend Summer School lat the South Bend Business College and prepare for a good office posijtion. Enter any Monday. Catalog i Free. i Leßoy and Tischer. the Quality [vulcanizing men. by hurrying between snow storms have succeeded [in getting their awning up for the I winter. The Farmers’ association xvill buy txvine through C. E. Houser. Those desiring txvine are requested to leave their orders at Houser’s hardware by April 15. 2t-alsw. Senator Warren G. Harding, of [Ohio, republican candidate for presiIdent xvill speak at the high school । auditorium in South Bend Thursday evening, April 15. at 8 o'clock. H. A. Gould will hold a public I sale at his residence in Walkerton Saturday, April 24, at one o’clock., horses, farming implements, household goods, harness, hay, chickens, | etc., xvill be sold. Mrs. Philip Wolfenbarger is in i very poor health with heart trouble land complications. She and Mr. Wolfenbarger have been making their home xvith their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. George Beiter, for some time. R. S. Hyman returned Monday from his prospecting trip through [the South. He has not yet decided i upon a location. He will remain I here until after his public sale, April 17. Herman Bellinger returned from (Gary this xveek, as the force that he । was working with in the steel milts [xvere laid off, perhaps for only a fexv I days, but it might be longer, so they I xvill probably make their home in Walkerton this summer. The Progressive class of the Unitled Brethren church met at the home of Mrs. Cloyd Smith, Wednesday afternoon, April 7. The afternoon [xvas spent socially after a short [business session. Delicious refresliments xvere served, the assisting hostesses being Mrs. F. Schmeltz and Mrs. Hess Gould. Mrs. T. A. Prater returned Thursday from Martinsville. Ind., xvhere [she was taking treatment about five xveeks. While there Mrs. Prater beIcame acquainted xvith people xvho iknexv Fred Clark, who xvas in business in this place about ten years ago. They informed her that Mr. । Clark has bought an old abandoned [iron or copper mine in Minnesota i some time ago, had struck it rich and xvas now a millionaire. Among the candidates over in I Marshall county of local interest is I Arnott M. Clex eland of Plymouth, xvho is well and favorably knoxx’n in Walkerton. Mr. Cleveland is a successful business man, being the 'president of the Package Sales CorIporation of South Bend, a director lof the Union Trust company of that city, and vice-president and genera! | manager ot the Edgerton Basket Co. of Plymouth. Mr. Cleveland is the 'republican candidate for the noruiI nation for joint senator of Marshall and St. Joseph counties. Ho has I never held public office, and is* a type of man needed in the administration of public affairs, xvhich often I suffers from the lack of level-head-led business men. Mr. Cleveland’s j candidacy will be xvatched with inIterest by Walkerton friends.

WALKERTON, INDIANA APRIL 15, 1920.

Local Notes ■ - -1 i Exclusive and distinctive Pattern j [Hats arriving each xveik. Stillson’s, I Ist stairway north of |>ostoffice. aB-t fw. The 3,400 employes'of the Mishajwaka Woolen Manufacturing company recently participated in an extra bonus of $150,277. Save money on your tires. We relrea<l xvith a 3500 mile guarantee at less than half price of। new one. The Huhnke Vulc. and) Battery Co., Walkerton. t wn-a!5-tf. Rev. Wright of (Chicago will preach at the Piesbytdrian church next Sundaj morning a|nd evening. The public cordially incited. The famous Boys’ Dupbtlbilt suits have set thousands of rAothers free from mending, becauselit is backed bx 20 special added-xvear^ feature. KOONTZ has them. f -^wrr-tn?. Miss Lydia Huhnke attending the Nurses’ Training sc& ol at the Lutheran hospital in F Wayne and writes to friends here t u't she is enjoving her studies and new field of work. i The season’s latest ri Millinery. Hats of Lisere Braids, Silk Malines, Georgette Crepes, Polished Chips, Tuscan Laces, etc. Stillson’s, Ist stairway north of postoffice. aB-tfw. The South Bend Daily Tribune came out xvith only four pages Thursday and no advertising. Three car loads of paper for ihe Tribune were tied up in the East by the strike, and for the past few days it has been obliged to eliminate advertising and issue small editions. There xvas quite a flurry of snow Monday, April 12, and the mercury took a drop. The statement made in this paper last xveek that the backbone of winter had probably been broken xvas little premature. Some think it j s starting out again for next winter. County Agent E. C. Bird was at Lakeville the first of the week assisting in the distribution of fertilizer, xvhich contains over 50 percent potash. Withthe shipment of two cars of the product for Walkerton, this county xvill have received its shipment of 200 tons. Why do 75% of the car manufacturers equip their cats with Willard s'orage batteries? Why has the Willard taken the lead and held it? Think it ox err xvhen you need a new battery. Quality Vulc. & Battery Cg., I door north of the Independent. i 2t-a25 W. 11. Smith, Howard Smith and \. N. Trost were at Winamac Tues- ' day attending the Logansport Pres-[ bytery as delegates from the local ' Presbyterian church. Rev . Krause | xvas elected pastor at large for the Presbytery and will take charge of ithe Walkerton chinch until a perm|anent pastor j?an bj secured. Rev. 'Krause. wit[jiol<l -Aw ll [day evening. May 2? I We understand John/ M. Olds, of Plymouth, xvho developed surprising sprinting qualities as; republican candidate for assessor of Marshall county two years ano, is going stronger than ever in his candidacy for county recorder. John has had sufficient training in i life time’s experience as a printer i o know (he importance of care and accuracy in xvhatever he does, and i^f he is successful at the polls the Independent predicts that he xvill make one of the most efficient recorders that Marshall county has ever had. Three boxing bouts xvill be held in Ithe Rumely club rooms at LaPorte [ Friday evening, April ,16. Clint Tlynn. of Chicago, and Mickey Kirst. ।of St. Paul, 135 pounders, xvill go [lO rounds; Eddie Welch, of South Bi nd, and Tommie White, of Chicago. also 135 It. men, xvill contend for fistic honors, and Young Mack, of Chicago and Kid Fay, of Niles, Mich., xvill be first on the card xvith a 6-round bout. Vern Hardenbrook, of Walkerton, has been engaged to .act as referee. The folloxving friends and rela- | fives from out of toxvn xvere here 'Sunday to attend the funeral of j William Stickley: Chas. E. Stickley and family, Whiting; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Coffin, Hamlet; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stickley and Dora Stickley. Bremen; Pen Stickley, Mr. and Mrs. .Mien Copeland. Etna Green; Joseph Stickley. Tippecanoe; M". and Mrs. John Stickley, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stickley and txvo children Mr.^and Mrs. Clarence Steele. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Larkin and child, Stella, Blanche and [Mabel Jackson. South Bend; Jesse I plinger, Bourbon; George Sweet, Milford: Mr. and Mrs. Prank Gross, [Donaldson; Mys. Mari Cannon, (Plymouth; Mrs. C. L. V.^ife, Hammond. F I John T,. Moorman of ipnox called [on the indeuendem last ’^lursday for a social visit while changing cars, । he being enroute home from a trip <o [Washington, D. C. Sincp disposing lof the Republican office it Knox he has been giving his attention more fully to his other interests but after being in the nexvspaper game for । more than twenty years he gets to [hankering noxx r and thm for the i smell of printers’ ink and drops into | a m int shop to get relief at everx[opportunity. Put betxveen his land ■and other business interests and his | duties as a member of the Michigan City prison board he is kent rather i busv. it bad been some time since wi l had had the pleasure of meet ice [him and xve onjoyed the visit xvith [this prince of good fellows. The auto-truck dealers of South I Bend are planning a 300-mile tour for demonstration purposes. The [route xvill include the towns of St. Jeseph and surrounding counties. I The tour xvill start from South. Bend ‘Monday, April 26, and xvill continue for a week, during xvhich the truck । dealers xvill giv« demonstrations of .the value of the truck on the farm, 'rhe caravan will leave South Bend 'for points in southern Michigan and ; xvill x isit Rolling Prairie and New (Carlisle on Wednesday and North [Liberty and Walkerton Thursday, 'going from here to points in Marshal county. During the tour the [trucks xvill be at the service of the [farmers for any xvork they may xvant j done.

DAYUGHT THIEVES ROB SOUTH BEND BANK (JET AWAY WITH $1 1.000 MONDAY IN DARING HOLD-UP. The South Bend State Bank, 911 Michigan street, was robbed of about SII,OOO at 11 o’clock Monday forenoon by five unmasked men, who escaped in a red Studebaker automobile. The robbery, one of the boldest ever made in South Bend, took place in full view of passers by, but the xvork was done so quickly that the men had time to make their escape before outsiders realized what was going on. Cashier Gustav Haslanger was busy xvith a patron, S. N. Hay> and the assistant cashier, Francis Van Antwert, was busy at his desk. These three men, also a woman, Mrs. Brambert, and her three year old boy, xvho had come in the bank just behind the men, were held at the point of revolvers while the thieves grabbed the money from the vault, the door of which stood open. They then tried to make Mr. Haslanger open the inside cash box, which contained $17,000, but the cashier said he could not do this as it xvas a time lock. The thieves then pushed the three men and Mrs. Brambert and her child, into the vault and attempted to lock them in. Had they succeeded in this, the five people would, no doubt, have smothered before, help could have reached them through the 22 inch wall of concrete and steel, as no one outside would have known the combination of the lock. What saved them was that the bolts were out, preventing the door from locking. It is said that one-half hour before Hie robbery, William Cassidy, assistant chief of police, saw suspicious looking men loitering near the bank and warned the bank officials to watch out. but the latter, being busy, thought nothing of it ami xvent on xvith their work. The bank is fully insured, so that depositors will not lose anything. The thieves were traced as far as west of Westville, where they are said to have had txvo cars, a Packard and an Elcar, xvaiting for them xvhich they drove away in. leaving the red Studebaker car. At this writling no trace of the robbers has been [discovered. The United States FideY[itv and Guaranty company, with [xvhich the bank is insured, is said to (have detectives working on the case. UNION TOWNSHIP RAISES CHAMPION HOG i Outpost, C. I’’. Reish's Blooded Po- [ land China, Sells For SIO,OOO. St. Joseph county as well as Union township may be commended on the accomplishment of C. F. Reish thru his development of his herd of Poland China hogs and the late sale of Outpost, the ten-months-old grand champion of all hogs, one year of age or younger. This sale to White Brothers of Mount Carmel, 111., stands out as the crowning achievement of Mr. Reish. xvho has given his attention to the building of hog aristocracy over a period of six years, and conclusively demonstrates that the field may be entered successfully by the (initiated as xvell as any other profession. The cash consideration of ten thousand dollars roes not represent the entire value of the animal, inasmuch as Mr. Reish has now 24 of the first progeny of this matchless hog, which together xvith the possibilities of fall litters of ten sows xvill give the unskilled some idea of the intermixture of the blood of this perfect animal thruout the herd of Mr. Reish. In addition to the local prestige, the sale places Mr. Reish in the ranks of the foremost Poland China Breeders of the United States. Mr. Reish possesses the usual attributes of the successful artist, and while it gives him some satisfaction to know that his labors have been fruitful, yet he appears to be impressed xvith the usefulness of this undertaking to a greater decree than [with the personal gratification. Mr. Reish proposes to maintain in I his herd on at least the present basis lof merit as a foundation herd for I community 'benefit. He likewise plans to extend his creative skill xvith the samb idea of public service io the foundation stock of Cattle also, especially the Holstien Dairy Coxv. Truly tho benefits xvhich may accrue front his efforts are immeasureable, , News of the Churches Methodist Episcopal Bible school Sunday at 9:30. Claude E. Houser, Sup’t. Morning xvorship, 10:45. Sermon theme, "Life and Theory.” Junior Epworth League, 6:30 p. in., Ethel Divine, Pres. Topic, "When is Courage Needed?” Evening xvorship, 7.30. Sermon theme, “Soxving and Reaping.” Speclial duet by the pastor and his xvife. Mid-week services Wednesday at 1 7: 30 p. m. [ The Group Quarterly Conference [of the Knox group of churches, consisting of Knxo. Hamlet, North Lib[erty, Ober, Bethel, North Judson and Walkerton, will be held in the Methodist church Thursday evening, April 22. A banquet xvill be served at 6:30. Every official member is urged to be present. A welcome for all. You xvill find one more place in toxvn where you can sell all kinds ot hides and get the top price. Let us know also about your chickens, junK, rags, rubber, metal, etc. Write ot phone 65 or bring to the yard and get extra price for it. You xvill be satisfied xvith our treatment. You’ll sax- so. HARRY CHUDAKOFF. m25-tfw. Phone 65.

FARMERS FEDERATION TO STAGE BIG DRIVE Will Make Final Effort To Close Up Membership Lists. Tht Farmers Federation will occupy the center of the stage in St. Joseph county next week, xvith a big final drive to close up its membership lists and unite the farmers of the county solidly behind the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Association, and the American Farm Bureau Federation. Though less than a year eld, the organization now has over 600 members in this county, over 60,000 in the state, and fully 700,000 in the United States. It is the most remarkable demonstration of the spirit of organization that exists among farmers knoxvn in the history of American agriculture. Meetings have been held this week in many townships of the county, to prepare for the six days of campaigning next week. Membership teams have been appoint’d, the townships laid out in blocks, and letters sent out to all farmers telling them of the purposes of the Federation. Greene, Lincoln, Union, Har- ' riis. Clay, Portage and some other toxx’nships are now well organized, and will not be canvassed next week. Mr. Julian, representing the state federation, is to address the meetings next week, and to help the local county and township officers in the membership drive that follows in each township the next day. A big gathering of Olive township farmers is to start the ball rolling at the New Carlisle high school Monday night, and the canvass of Olive township xvill be made next day. The other meetings are as follows: Tuesday, German township, Mt. Pleasant schoolhouse. Wednesday, Center township, Palmer’s Prairie schoolhouse. Thursday, Madison township, high school. Friday, Liberty township. North Liberty high school. । The Farmers’ Federation is primarily a business organization to protect and promote the interests of the farmer. It came into being during the xvar, as a protest against the attempts of capital and labor to use the farmer for their own private benefits. With their forces . thoroughly organized now in 30 states the Federation officers are accomplishing big results for the benefit of the farming interests, and are starting projects that xvill put agriculture on a much solider basis than ever before. Perhaps the most important work the national association is now engaged in is the getting of exact in- । formation upon xvhich it can proceed I in an effort to equalize railroad [rates, taxation, prices and trade movements in agricultural products. : It has established a national rate i bureau xvith one of the most noted ।of American railroad rate experts at its head. A thorough study of co-operative movements in Europe and America has been undertaken. An accurate crop of livestock re- ; porting service has been outlined, to prevent as far as possible the flood- . ing of markets and the consequent loss to farmers in sudden decline of prices. ; It is estimated that the sudden drop in hog and cattle prices a fexv months ago, xvhen thex- xvere forced down while oiher products remained stationary, cost the farmers of the country over $2,000,000,000, xvith [out little saving to American com । sumers. ■ In St. oseph county much of the ’ iwork so far has been toward organizI ing for the future. In Greene town- । ship the local unit has done some co- । operative buying of supplies; has ’ started a movement to consolidate the schools of the district; and is ( xvorking on othei plans for the benefit of the farming community. In Lincoln township the farmers have united in a live stock shipping association, and it is expected other such co-operative associations xvill be organized. The drive next wet k is expected to swell the membership of 1 [the association to 1,000 or more, and ithe Federation will then become a [[united agency for the advancement ’i of the business interests of farmers 1 lin this x icinity. j Legislative bureaus are being [[maintained both at Indianapolis and [[Washington. The state association Jhas secured important concessions in [ the Indianapolis stock yards, for the [benefit of shippers of stock to that [[market; and farmers' representatives i will soon be on hand both there and [at Chicago to protect the farmers’ in--1 terests xvhen needed. MUDDY STREET Glen Walz and wife of Walkerton (spent Sunday with Charley Walz. Mrs. Hess Gould and txvo datmhIters of Walkerton. Elmer Johnson . and xvife, Jo Mason and xvife, Murrax [ Rearick and xvife, James Chappel i 'and xvife. Jack Chai pel and xvife of South Bend were the "nests of John . .Chappel last Sunday. | I’. W. Shroll took dinner xvith Ben [Cover's on Sunday. । [ The Silver Stf'et scribe must have .(looked in the spelling book for the i word, "exhilirating.” To make cheerful did xon n<tf I notice when the snow melt'd how >|the grass and the little cioxer - leaves looked so refreshin- ; ml so - . beautiful. I * W<» see in th< rnpe’- that '. < it- - ish chemists substitute mud in r.i.t’: I 'ing soap. If they would set u;> thei’ > is-hop in this part of the count- M ; dy Street and Sil-er Street c mid supply them with plenty o; •• ' :xv material. ( ( H\l TAI QI \ JUNE 27. 2«. 20 r 5 The date for the Walkertou Cha , tauqua for 1920 has been if t"' June 27. 28 and 29. Tl is a : I thorized by th<- association a’ ’ 1 castle. Ind . word having l« on re--1 cei\''d to that effect by Rex W. W. Clouse, secretary of the local ; ' i . zation.

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LARGE AUDIENCES ENJOY ENTERTAINMENT Gl\ EN I NDER Al SI’K’ES OF ( LASS OF 1920 I’HURSDAI AND FRIDAY EVENING. All Aboard With Jackie, given under the auspices of the Class o 19" » of the Walkerton high school, under the direction of Mrs. M. S. Denaut and Mrs. Charles Naughtin, assisted by other members of the school and some of Walkerton’s excellent outside talent, xvas greeted by capacitv houses both Thursday and Friday evenings. With MrS. TJeHam ami " Airs. Naugtin in charge the artistic success was assured from the start, and the entertainment in many respects would have passed creditable comparison with those of the regul r city circuits. Jackie, who in his dreams vis? ; the ports of foreign lands, xvas cn itably played by James Shockm The comedy parts we/e well take - Worrell, Francis Wolfe, Russel Ho - teter and Mrs. Fallis Rees. Tl tetler and Mrs. Fallis Rees TL • Gypsy Serenade by A. L. Rogers and solos and specialties by Mrs. Gus Kerchaert and Mrs. H. Chappell xvere greatly enjoyed. Especially charming in the song sketches and costume dances xvere Florence Place. Julia Denaut, Olive Bailey. Helen Shirley, Esther Lynn Bailey and Regina Denaut. Little Dorothy Naughtin’s superior talents as a dancer xvere given effective display in Valse Caprice ai d the Buddha dances. The station agent, soldier boy and news boy were given respectively by Willard RupeL Grant Bodine and Arthur Shirley. Fallis Rees impersonated the maharajah, xvith Mary Place, May Lenhart and Claire Place as throne favorites, Robert Worrell and Stanley 'Wolfe, attendants; Helen Goppert. Kathryn Shockney, incense bearers and Josephine Ward, Ethel Bierley and Dorothy Hudelmyer, temple maidens; Margaret Hinkle and Edna Anderson, censor swingers. These, with priests, dancers and soloists and others all in rich and beautiful oriental costumes and varied lighting effects, made the India scenes among the most enjoyable. Winsome and graceful in the Japanese costumes and in the Chinese and other chorus xvork xvere Eleanor Gruske, Lila Millei, Goldie Miller. Ethel Divine, Gaynell Winner. Thelma Hudelymyer. Esther McCabe, Helen McCabe and others. The little Japs xvere fetchingly portrayed by Marjorie Ryder, Marjorie Holser, Margaret Ewing. Rosemond Nusbaum, Hortense Shirley, Emily Paul, Ruth Ake. Ruth Patterson .and Vera Ake. Little George Denaut in oriental costume gave two numbers, winning the most enthusiastic applause of the evening, so that he xv s oblised to respond with an encore, giving "Wild Women.” his well remembered success of last year. The appropriate and enjoyable ?i---cidental music -nd accompaniments by Mrs. M. S. Denaut. and the capable stage management of Mrs. Charles Naught in. xvere leadine factors in the enjoyable success of ■ the entertainments. CELEBRATE FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY The fiftieth xvedding anniversary ot Mi. and Mrs. Harrison Hardy xx :s celebrated at (heir home south Walkerton March 31. and a I number of relatives and friends xv. rpresent to enjo.x th< happx* t■. ! with Mr. and Mrs. Hardy. At n-' >. all sat down to a fine dinner serx d in courses ,the table decorations (■• ing ferns ami sweetpeas. The children present xvere: Loi i~, ' Harley and Mrs. Myrtie Fouts. Thei • ■ xvere present sexen grande hikii • n and two great grandchildren. Th> guests xvere: Mrs. James Kerr ; ■' ; daughtei Helen, Terre Haute, inti ; Mrs. Joy Younly, River Park; Miss 1 Esther Fay Hardy, Mishawaka; M s. Frank Collmer and son and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rambo, South Per 1; Mr. and Mrs. Munroe Plummer d Mrs. John Plummer, Lakex ille; xfi. and Mrs. \nthonv Turner. W: . . r- ! ton. THE DEATH RECORD St i< kley ' William Stickley, son ol John and Christine Stickley, was born in Miami county, Ohio, Oct. 22, Ix 41, and died at his home near Walkerum April X, 1920, al the age of 78 ye; s, 5 months ami 17 davs T ' w.-’" -vi to the youngest of a iamilx ot ten ‘ children, ail ha ving passed to the beyonJ. He came Io Indian;! in 1 856 a <! has been a resident of this x iein ’ lor more than half a century. When the civil xvai broke out he, xvith his seven brothers and two brothers-in-law. an wend Lincoln’s second c. 11 for volunteers, enlisting in Co. C. 2 Ith Indiana (•-imeni He wasc.ken prisoner and spent sexen months in the confederate prison. He xvas parolled and upon his return ho ie xvas marri'-d to Miss Margaret E. Carlyle of the Island Sept. 24, 1 To this union xvev horn ten children, four of x\ horn hav< preceded ’ him in death. hi 1883 he united with the Island M. E. chore? and has alwaj'S lix' d in tin faith ami hope o’ a Im - d ihereafter. He xvas a member of Cie Jesse Coppock R. Post. . . ; <m! is - ; Toss his m fe. fi.e daugl ters, Mi's. .John Hm::> Mrs I>. L. Bower., Mr IW. E. Bit’ll ;:nd Mrs Henry Can-, [of W; !k* rL n. an.! Mrs. Jesse C.. [of llambt On*' so’g Charh StickL > o’ Whiting. Ind.. •(’ o I grandchild run, 2 great-era udch i!d <■ .and a Tio t of iPlaKvcs i d ! f rionds. Funeral si n ices were held home at 2 o’clock p. m. Sunda' . R v. W. W. Clouse offici. 'in;. Bur?' n I Woodlawn cemet< ry.