Walkerton Independent, Volume 47, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 January 1922 — Page 1

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SCHOOL NOTES OF INTEREST General Notes. We‘wish to call attention to the fact that the third number of our lyoeum course will come on Tuesday evening, January 31. Dr. W. R. Cady will give his illustrated lecture on “The Birth and Death of Worlds.’’ Mr. John Flack took up the duties of school janitor on last Saturday morning. Report cards for the differnt grades were given out on Wednesday. Opening exercises in the upper six grades were in charge of Rev. Leahy on Tuesday morning of this week. The building of a well rounded and balanced life was urged by the speaker. He also spoke to the boys and girls of th<e third and fourth grades. High School Notes. Theodore Yocum has withdrawn from school. Miss Claire Place was a visitor on last Wednesday. Mr. Broman’s geometry class started the work in Solid Geometry Monday. Walter Denaut has ientered the U. S. History and American Government class. A class in Commercial Arithmetic will begin work on next Monday. Mr. Cripe will teach this class. Are you a subscriber, of the Echo? We need 30 more subscriptions. Grade Notes. Two new pupils were enrolled in the first grade, one in the second, one in the fourth and one in the fifth grades on Monday. Luella and Zella Atwood withdrew from the school on last Friday. They have moved to South Bend. Mrs. Munn visited Rooms I and II on Monday afternoon of this week. TYNER FARMERS’ FEDERATION MEETING Speaking and Miscellaneous Program Good Attendance. The assembly hall of the Tyner high school was full to the limit Friday evening, January 13, for the January meeting of the Tyner division of the Polk township Farm Bureau; men, women and children having turned out in full force to enjoy the program which had been arranged by a committee appointed in December by Chairman Louis Schmeltz. Some rare talent was exhibited in a couple of playlets ana pantomimes which had been arranged and coached bj Miss Velma Lautzenhizer, the talented English and Music teacher of the Tyner .high school. A few remarks from the County Agent, V. V. Clarke, led to the appointment of a committee on community work; and a few remarks from County Assessor Porter resulted in a committee to help standardize the work of assessment in the townhip for the coming year. To cap the climax an issue of the “Tyner Blabber” was read in full, which aroused much interest and enthusiasm. The next meeting will be held at Teegarden, Jan. 27. TYNER HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. The following students attended the Young People’s conference neld at Plymouth Saturday and Sunday: Ruth Kitchum, Zelma Nash, Velma Cochran, Pearl Gulling, Bernice Schmeltz, Hazel and Wiibur Yoi £, John Thompson and Paul Bilby. Paul Bilb; regrets very much that the machine Dr. Fixem introduced failed to .make the requuired change —a bi; baby-doll. Poor Paul, he wanted to be more like Mary ACce. The "Seniors gave xhe program at the Fai .ners’ Federation meeting held last Friday even lag m the high school auditorium. Several have reported that they enjoyed it very much. Oh! ye weary housewives! When you are wondering with what to fill your pies just call Velma Cechran and ask for her famous pie filling "something like that.” Zelma Nash can tell you about the tasfe for Zelma knows. Zelma Nash and Velma Cochran spent Friday night with Hazel York. Bernice Schmeltz spent Friday and Sunday nights with Pearl Gulling. You Will Find at Jackson’s Plumbing Shop. Pumps and screens, well pipe and pipe fittings, also a general line of plumbing goods, black and galvanized sheet metal. All jobs of plumbing done promptly and at reasonable • prices. Jesse Jackson. 7tmswp. Renew your subscription today.

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W ■X Bishop Frederick D. Leete. METHODIST HOME COMING MEETINGS IN WALKERTON A A Week’s Program To Be Given In Honor of Event. The work of decorating the Methodist church of Walkerton will be completed this week, and it only ' takes a look at the interior for -one to be convinced that it is a work of real art. The committee that had charge of overseeing the decoration* ] is composed of the following persons: . Mesdames H. S. Dowell, A. D. Win- . ner, Chas. Worrell and Henry HudelniMer and Messrs. C. E. Houser and ‘ John Henry. They are highly gratl- ( Tied with the expressions of approval that have been made, and feel that j their labors have not been in vain. A week's program has been prepared in celebration of the achievement, and an invitation is extendea . 1 to the public and former residents i ( to attend the meetings. They will ' f start next Sunday morning, and close on Sunday night, Jan. 29. The music for thu meetings will be . , under the direction of Mr. Rhea Wright, and a chorus choir has been i. practicing special selections to sing i 1 during the week. Former pastors 1 ( and other noteable speakers will appear on the program, prominent among them will be Bishop F. D. Leete, of the Indiana Methodist Area. Bishop Leete will spieak on Sunday evening, January 29. The program in detail will be as follows: Sunday, January 22. 9:30 a. m. Sunaay school; Prof. 'J. B. Munn, Supt. 4; 10:30 a. m. sermon; Rev. Honiei ( P. Ivey, Whiting, Ind. 6:15 p. m. Epworth League: Don aid Worrell, pnesiAnnt. 7:15 sermon; Rev. Homer P. Ivey, Whiting, Ind. Monday, January 23. 7:30 p. m. sermon; Rev. J. L. Albritton, D. D., Peotone, 111. Tuesday, January 21. 7:30 p. m. sermon; Rev. George L. Reedy, Kewanna, Ind. Wednesday, January 25. 7:30 p. m. sermon; Rev. William 1 L. Hargrave, Morrocco, Ind. Thursday, January 20. 7:30 p .m. address; “The Task ol 1 the Church of Today and of Tomor- । row.” Rev. J. L. Gardne r , D. D., . ’ South Bend, Ind. Friday, January 27. 7:30 p. m. Special Program; 1 Under direction of Mesdames Derf, , Spencer and Wright. Sunday, January 29. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school; Prof. J. 1 B. Munn. Supt. । z 10:20 a. m. ser - ion; Rev. W. E. ■ 'McKenzie, D. D., South Pend, Ini. ! 2:30 p. m. First Quarterly Confer- 1 ence. 6:15 p. in. Epworth League; Don-: 1 aid Worrell. President | 7:15 sermon; Bishop Frederick/ DeLand Leete, D. D., L. L. I)., India-) 1 napolis, Ind. 1 SENATOR NEW TO i VISIT SOUTH BEND 1 Senator and Mrs. Harry New of ' Indianapolis will be in South Bend ’ next Tuesday and will address a meeting of the women of St. Joseph county in the auditorium of the Tribune building at 3 o’clock p. m. Mrs. Orn, state chairman of the re/’ibli- 1 can women’s organization, will also < be present to talk before the meeting. ; Every lady of St. Joseph county is I earnestly requested to attend this . gathering. 1 Being informed in the schools of 1 the dangers of lack of nutrition, tne children of this place on arriving : home immediately make a grand 1 rush for the doughnut jar. ’

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922.

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ONIONS PROFITABLE , CROP THIS YEAR t This Crop Together With Peppermint । Is Adding Greatly To The Prosperity of the Community. Onions have proven one of the most profitable ciops for the farmers in this vicinity this year. The yield in many sections near Koontz lake and the Kankakee valley was around 1 400 bushels per acre and the majority of gtowers sold their crops at $1.40 to $1.50 per bushel. The price has now advanced to $3 a bushel. The fertile muck lands north and j west of this place are unusually well । adapted to the growing of onions and peppermint and they are a far more j profitable crop than grain at the present market prices. Peppermint oil has dropped from its record price of $8 a pound a year ago, to $1.35, although even at this figure it is a most profitable crop on account of the small expense of cultivation in comparison to growing other crops. NEWS OF THE CHURCHES ; United Brethren Church Sunday school 9:30. Morning worship 10:30. Junior meeting, 2:30 p. m. Evening service 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening ’ at 7 o’clock at the home of Samuel Cormican. Ladies’ Aid meeting all day at the church. All the members of the Ato are kindly requested to come. J. W. Lower, Pastor. I’resbyterian Church. The Evangelistic meetings which have been held since Jan. 8, have been well attended by the people of. the comm'unity. We ought as christ- । ian people congratulate ourselves that the churches of the community j should be willing to cooperate in j evangelistic efforts for the better- j ment of the community. The church which is ready to join hands ana carry on its work above-board is the . church that will commend itself to the right-thinking people of the com- ( munity. Rev, Leahy will held his last sei< vice as announced heretofbre on Sunday morning, the 22. A strong heart-to-heart talk will be given and the message promises to be the strongest ; yet delivered. There will be special sinning at both the services next Sabbath. You ' ant to come and help keep the ieterest of the meetings to the end. We W( re fortunate in securing the services of Rev. Lea । for these; meetings. And the children as well as the parents will long remembre the ^tory and uplifting instructions he has imparted unto us. Teaching and preaching services from 10 to 11:30 a. m. and at 7 p. m. The choir is to meet in the church at the close of the services Friday evening for rehearsal. Rev. L. R. Giroulx, pastor. Honest But Not Encouraging. In reply to a dunning letter sent by a Washington firm, a Georgia customer wrote, “Now be pashent. I ain’t forgot you, and as soon as folks pay me. I’ll pay you, but if this was judgment day and you were no more prepared to meet your God than I am to meet your account, then you sho going to hell, Good-bye.” Surely, money spent for advertising is like dynamite, the way it ( scatters the news of business to all ( corners. (

FARMERS’ SHORT COURSE TO BE HELD AT LAPORTE A two-day Agricultural Short Course will be held in LaPorte at Wolfe Hall, Jan. 24th and 25th. Among the notable speakers will be: Prof. G. I. Christie, Director of Agriculture at Purdue University, Miss Mary L. Matthews, Prof. A. G. Phillips, Prof. W. A. Ostrander, all of Purdue University; Mr. Finley P. Mount, of the Advance-Rumely Co. Mr. R. A. Hayne of the International Harvester Co. These men are all experts in their line. There will be no charge for admission. Everyone will be welcome. Studebaker’s Reimbursed For Loss of Liberty Bonds. Liberty bonds belonging to the Studebaker corporation of South Bend stolen by two employes, the majority of which were subsequently destroyed will uot be lost by the corporation. An order of the treasury 'department reimburses the corporation for $232,000 principal and in- ! terest was issued thus saving the Studebaker company from any loss other than expense of investigating the disappearance of the securities. PUBLIC SALE Ira Braman and M. S. Howe will sell at public auction on the Howe farm, 2^ miles north and 1 miles west of Hamlet, Monday, Jan.. 30, commencing at 10 a. m., horses, cattle, hogs, poultry, farming implements, etc. Russell E. Mangus will hold a ' public sale at his residence, 4 % 1 miles west of Lakeville, 1 mile south and 3 miles east of North Liberty, on Tuesday, January 24, commencing at 10 a. m., and will se i horses, cat- . tie- hogs and fanning implements. W. J. Farrar and sons will hold a public sale on the Gore farm, 4 miles west and % mile north of North Liberty, 1 mile south and 2 miles east of Mill Creek, % mile west of Free Bridge, Thursday, Jan. 26, commencing at 10 a. m. The following property will be sold: Cattle, horses, shoep, hogs, and farming implements. W. E. Schaulin and F. A. Farver will offer at public sale at the farm of W. E. Schaulin, 1 mile north and one mile west of Nor ,L: ’ Wednesday, Jan. 25, commencing at 12:30 o’clock, cattle, hogs, horses, poultry, etc. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m. Russell E. Mangus will hold a public sale at his residence, 4 % miles west of Lakeville, 1 mile south and 3% miles east of North Liberty, selling 3 horses, 20 head of cattle, 23 head of hogs, 10 ewes, and a lot of implements. Martin Hunsberger will sell at public auction at his residence, 1 mile north and 2 mile east of Lakeville, 3 % miles west and 1 mile north of Wyatt, Wednesday, Feb. 1, commencing at 10 a. m., horses, cattle, hogs and farming implements. The Indiana and Michigan Electric company, operating in St. Joseph, Elkhart and other counties in Indiana and Michigan, has asked the public service commission for authority to sell $300,000 of its preferred stock to reimburse the company’s treasury for expenditures made in improving its plant.

iACTIVE CAMPAIGN TO tNFMt URUHIBITION South Bend city officials and coun ty officials were after violators of the prohibition law Saturday night and several raids were made in the city and various parts of the county. Six arrests were made, .all but two being n the city. Glen Kugler of near Niles, and Fred Rynas of south of Lakeville, were taken into custody. Prohibition officers from South Bend made a hurry-up trip to Walkerton Saturday night in response to ' a call. A pint of liquor was found ’ in a yard but no incriminating evidence was found. An active campaign is to be waged in the county against violators of ’ the prohibition law. Sheriff Duck has asked the county commissioners for two more deputies and an automobile to be used in chasing down suspects. . South Bend K. of P.’s To Build . Home. The Knights of Pythias of South ■ । Bend have decided on building ahome 1 - for the lodge. The plans now being ; considered are for a six story build- ; ing to be eretced on the lodge’s property at the corner of Jefferson and Lafayette streets. The two upper stories are to be occupied by the order and the remainder of the building is to be rented for offices and commercial purposes. The lodge is one of the largest in the state, hav- ’ ing about 1,500 members. Ingenuity of The Bootlegger. Two hundred cocoanuts which conjtained a pint each of Jamaica rum i, were seized by federal agents at a Minneapolis railroad station. An i i ’eye” of each cocoanut had been bor- ,■ ed out, the nut filled, and a burnt ; cork stopper placed in the hole. MASONIC BROTHERS HAVE : AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE I I ’ i ’ r hree candidates received the Eni tered Apprentice degree in the 31a- - sonic lodge Thursday evening. At ■ the close of the meeting the brothers > i v4ere treated to a surprise, only three ■ members of the lodge knowing tne treat that awaited them. Forming 1 in line of march, two abreast, headea by Doc Tracy and Doc Miranda, the 1 ’line of shadowy figures, which might 1 have been taken lor the Ku-Klux Klan, moved mysteriously around several blocks in the wrong direction ’ to keep the wondering crowd , guessing and f inally switched off to Avenue F and marched to the. home dos John Klingerman, where they ■: found a cheery welcome and an ■ । elaborate spread of good things to eat.. [ Thirty-two sat down to what was a 1 veritable banquet, the menu being 1 fried chicken, boiled ham, mashed potatoes, gravy r , salads, pie, cake, coffee and various other appetizing dish- - es all of which wtere prepared by Mrs. ! Klingerman in a style that evidencea ’ her expertness in the culinary art. The happy banquetters lingered at the table until nearly 12 o’clocK, 1 finding it a difficult matter to break away from such a pleasant and hospitable affair. > The occasion was planned by Mr. , and Mrs. Klingerman and was their - treat to the lodge, the members o. - which fully appreciate the hospitality r and courtesy extended by the genial : host and hostess. r ; Candies made fresh every day at the Candy Kitchen. o6tfw

FARM BUREAU OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC Os FUTURE Confident of Substantial Gain In Membership of Bureau. Officials of the St. Joseph county Farm Bureau are sanguine that the desired increase of membership will be obtained. They point to the splendid meetings held in Greeae and Liberty townships last week as evidence of the spirit which is bbhina the movement throughout the county. As the campaign proceeds greater becomes the enthusiasm, it is declared. Farmers who have not been identified with the farm movement Since the systematic educational drive has been on are now offering their applications to township chairmen. 1 uis assertion was confirmed the other night at the meeting in the North Liberty high school, when one team captain said that several farmers had come to h(m and explained they had hever realized what they were losing by staying outside the bureau. The same experience is true ol workers in Greerte, Clay, Union and othei townships. Earl Bettcher, chairman of the Liberty township unit, has divided the work of his territory into school districts, each in charge of a team captain. He explained that the plan would be followed throughout the township until every farmer had been personally interviewed and the purposes and benefits of thie organization fully told. The opinion was expressed that the unit would be materially strengthend, if not doubled. Bettcher Reported that the sentiment in favor of the bureau was constantly growing in favor. He pointed out a number of the things which ' it had made possible for the benefit of members and called attention i the big program of national, state . and local activities now under way. [ He reminded the audience that the county bureau was a vital and integral part of the great national organ- । ization and that each member was an important unit in achieving great common good. One of the most enthusiastic and largest attended meetings since tlxe ' membership campaign was inaugurated was held in Gleaners’ nail, Greene township. hem Robinson, 1 chairman of that unit, arranged and carried out a highly interesting and ‘ I informative program. | President Thomas H. Jackson, of 1 the county farm bureau, gave an il- ; luminating talk in which he review’.ed what had been accomplished for । the benefit of the farmer in the way of national and state legislation. He jpoinaed out, despite the protests of the railroads? that the American I Farm Bureau Federation, of which 1 ; the county organization was a unit. ( j that the freight rates of gv%in and । hay had been reduced which had alk ready resulted in saving to producers and consumers many millions of dollars. He warned farmers that now was the time to maintain a steadfast and solid front. Conditions were rapidly crystalizing to the point " where agriculture was coming into । its proper and deserved recognition, jhe said, and to falter would prove disastrous to the great program of national benefits. Worth C. Harder, formerly connected with the Washington bureau } of the Associated Press, told of th« r change in the status of the farmer a ’ few years ago and now. He urged } jundivided support to the farm bureau t poiijed out its manifold a<l''an r 'tages. The part which .h fam won: r iare taki :; in making ihe movement c i ; success b< comes mo’ c apparent a: icorm iuniuv gatherings. They ar» > | ■ turning out in increasing nuinbierf ■and th ir deep int« rest is i. electee t in the questions they ask concerning } various phases of the movement Team captains declare that as a dit rect result of this interest that a , number of applications for member [ ship have been received, which otherwise would not have been galled. Bureau officials are unable to say t just how long the campaign will continue, but intimate if the present progress is maintained that, every section of the county will be cover- ’ ed by Feb. 1. Noted Bainter Girl. Miss Fay Bainter, whose picture is ' shown in the rotogravure sections of > metropolitan papers, is a Bainterr town girl, born in the old stonf 1 building near the Bainter mill, where her father lived and owned the old mill. Miss Bainter is playing “East t is West” from the Atlantic to the r Pacific. —Goshen News-Times.

hasdimW* ROADJiJILDING Sends Message to Delegates Attending National Congress at Chicago. SAYS THE TASK IS ENORMOUS Colonel Bowlby, President of American Road Builders’ Association, Makes Plea Against Billboards Along the Public Highways. Chicago, Jan. 18.—No single public improvement has done more for the general good of the country than the ! development of our highway system. President Harding told the delegates attending the national good roads congress, which opened at the Coliseum, in a personal message brought to Chi- : cage by Coi. H. L. Bowlby, president , ox the American Road Builders’ asso^ ciatidh. ; The President's message said: “There is now pretty nearly universal'agreement that no single public s improvement lias done in recent years, s or will do in coming years, more for the general good of rhe country than ■ the development of our highway sysi tern. The task is an enormous one,: but better methods both in physical 1 construction and in the relations of I the community to highway developl ment have oeen taking form in a most ( encouraging way. “Your organization has been a chief contributor in this direction, and it ia 1 with much pleasure that I ask you to • extend to its members my best wishes -for their continued success.” The congress opened in the Coli- _ seum with more than 10,000 delegates in attendance. Colonel Bowlby toll! the congress that the advent and development of the American Road * Builders’ association has had much to - do with making the industry what it is. i A new campaign against roadside t billboard advertising similar to that which a few months ago embraced scores of well-known men in every ? large city in the country will be • launched in the opening speech by Col. e H. L. Bowlby, president of the association. Unsinlrtly and Dangerous. "Our highways are the most beans tiful, durable and economically maiufained of any in the world,"’ he said. "It is to be regretted that their beauty i is marred by so many advertising e signs. “Billboards along the roadway con- | stitute a public nuisance. They de- ’ j stroy the beauty of the highway, im- ’ | pair the vision of motorists in danger--1 ’ ous places and add to the difficulty 1 j of controlling traffic,” he said. “Many states have already created f legislation prohibiting them on any _ part of the right of way.” he con tinned. “I should like very much to see this association pledge itself to r ! eliminate them.” i He also urged the association tc e I start a movement to put an end tc f i the dangerous grade crossing of raila i roads. Talk on Road Program. | MJlny prominent authorities will ad- • ! dress the convention on the $223,000,1 I 000 road program of the Middle - West. s An exposition embracing $1,500,006 _ of labor-saving machinery is held in „ conjunction with the convention. The government has several interesting displays. e o KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS .I DISTRICT MEETING f The Knights of Pythias of the - Thirteenth district held their semiu annual meeting at LaPorte Tuesday •» afternoon in the K. of P. club rooms, a Charles E. Pommert, of South Bend, d district d yuty, had ch; ce of the ■i meeting. The state officers an- - nounced to be present were: Grand Chancellor Harvey Thompson of Indn ianapolis; Grand Clranc lor, Ralph a Caylor, of Mishawaka; and Crane* t Keeper of Records and Seal, Robert e A. Brown. A big meeting of Crusade lodge in 2 South Pend was attenaed by a numg her of the state officers Tuesday ■ evening. BIRTHS. ■ A daughter, named Meredith LaVerne, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Travis, Jan. 18, 1922. y ‘ To Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Tener, 1 a son, Jan. 11, 1922. t I To Mr. and Mrs. Clell Hardy, a y son, Jan. 18, 1922. Commission Government at ^Michigan City. On Tuesday of this week, the coms mission-manager form of government if went into effect at Michigan City. •- This was the only city in the state e where this form of government carrie ed, although elections werte held in a d number of other Indiana cities. How ;t successful the plan is at Michigan e , City will be watched with interest by iothier towns.