Walkerton Independent, Volume 47, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 January 1922 — Page 4

THE INDEPENDENT , Published ever) Thursday by THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS CO. f inoorp-iratid) Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD CLEM DeCOUDRES. Business iMgr. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. Entered at the postoffice at Walkerton as second class matter. January 26, 1922. - " I The death of Pope Benedict XV. removes one of the finest and strongest characters in the history of the aawal throne. He was a man of great firmness of character and keen intellect, as «evidenced by his masterly handling of church affairs in his trytng position during the world war. It required a man of great Christian soul and statesmanly calibre to ac- ! complish what he did. He will be creditably known in history as the gr^at war pope. A successor to the ) late pontiff will be elected Feb. 2 by the college of cardinals from among th nt r number, as is the custom. Cardinal Merry Del Val, a native of Spain, and Cardinal Maffi, of Italy, are among those likely to be prominent as candidates to succeed Pope Benedict Dr. John Thompson, pastor of the First Methodist church of Chicago, n»*erta that Christ, if on earth today would approve of divorce. Undoubt- 1 edly he would in many cases. Why BOt? There is a great deal of discussion on the divorce question, a large part of it not much to the paint. It would be contrary to reason and a cruel injustice to compel one person to live with another who was degraded and unworthy. There are divorces and divorces. Some of them are of the fake order while others are a matter of giving wronged people their just dues. The divorce question cannot be treatea as a general-propdsition but must be considered in the light of exceptional . rises. ‘ * An influenza epidemic of wide scope and severe type prevails in many parts of Europe. There are

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■ ' $29. 50 Graceful Lines in a Comfort Shoe for Women Without departing from harmonyin line, the Cantilever shoe conforms to the natural contour of the foot. Flexes with the instep, sustains the arch without use of appliances, gives । firm, restful support to the small foot bones. ’ In Cantilevers one walks with an | easy, swinging carriage—a natural charm of movement. Come and see | how good looking and correct shoes f can be.

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hundreds of cases in New York and other eastern cities but the disease is said not to have reached the epidemic stage. Incoming ships are being carefully inspected at Atlantic coast ports to guard against importations of this virulent disease to our shores. This country has suffered severely in the ast from European epidemics of this character and we can’t afford to take any chances. ' The expenses of the railroads are to be reduced millions of dollars an nually by new working rules laid down by the United States Railway I.abor Board, affecting 300,000 employes. Now the railroads should be made to reduce their passenger anl freight rates in order to help lower the cost of living to these employes as well as to the genral public. Nothing has been accomplished by the railroad companies towards getting back to normal conditions until tins is done. । t A big coal strike looms about next March, Secretary Herbert Hoover warns. The present wages of the miners are to be reduced April 1, when the presnet wage scale agreement expires, and trouble is likely to follow between the operators and miners. It would seem quite lonesome without a good healthy strike on or one in immediate prospect. Peoria Surviving Prohibition. In Peoria, 111., formerly a great । distillery center, bank clearings have increased $15,000,000 since prohibition. The thirteen distilleries in and near Peoria, are now used for othei purposes, chiefly the manufacture of ifood products and the three breweries there have also gone into other lines of business. Poultry Show Feb. 1 to 4. The Marshall county Poultry ana Pet Stock Association will give an exhibit at Plymouth Feb. 1,2, 3 and 4. A very competent judge has been secured for the event and a liberal premium list prepared. Those in Marshall and neighboring counties j interested in poultry and pet stock •are looking forward to an interesting show. I Phone us your news Items.

$50.00 | Man! | Do You Limp cr Smile When Walking ? Men who wear Cantilever shoes walk with a smile. They step out with easy carriage, ankles straight and steady, feet arched with 'natural g grace, (’antilever shoes have a flex- g ible arch —no stiff steel brace to s cramp. g Cantilever shoes are made to fit g and wear not to break in. Profession- £ al men throughout the United States wear them and endorse as shoes of S health. g

LOCAL NOTES • Everything that’s good to eat. Phone 62. A. N. Trost. ; Miss Sarah Steele of North Liberty was the guest of Miss Goldie Faulk- ; l ner over Sunday. j The Walkerton Candy Kitchen Is , excavating for a larger basement for the purpose of putting in a hot water heating plant. ( Buy Hess Stock Food by the bucket. CARTER’S Drug store. Ask prices, less agents 40% extra • 10% off jut now till Jan. 31, for half cash, balance in spring. Write s now. Goblesville, Mich., Nurseries. 2tj26wnl How about trying a pound of the ' famous Del-Rose brand. Boneless Herring? 25c in sanitary tin boxes. A. N. Trost. j Our Tyner correspondence reached us too late for publication this week. । Correspondence should be received not later than Wednesday to insure publication. Mercury 2 below zero Thursday night, which will make our readers in Florida and California feel rather jubilant over their escape from this frigid clime. But it’s only 54 days till spring. Big lien will call you early. E. V. DERF, the Jeweler. Formerly mother used to be anxious about the danger that the kids would get hurt by explosions in the chemistry class, but now she is wor , rying for fear Dad’s home brew will ~ blow up. Good Fancy Stationery. CARTER'S Drug store. The women’s meeting announced for last Tuesday evening in South Bend, which was to have been addressed by Senator New, was declared off owing to the sudden death of Mrs. Hence Orm, chairman of the women s organization. RESPECT YOUR MONEY, BUY A CHEVROLET. wn 1 | A i^int conference of county farm I agents of this district wil be held in 1 the office of E. J. Bird, farm agent 1 of St. Joseph county, Feb. 6. Mat- ; ters pertaining to the spring cam- > paign will be discussed and other questions for promoting the organ ized farm movement will be con sidered.

HOME TOWN HELPS

TREES TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED Average Citizen is Slow to See Their Value and Usefulness to the a Community. The tree growth on the streets of the average American town or city Is ragged and unkempt in appearance, while that of the suburb or small village often is not much better unless the planting has been done under municipal control, and the plantings on a street have been confined to a single kind of tree. The telegraph, the telephone, the electric light and the trolley car have added their share toward the mutilation or destruction of the good trees that were in existence at the ; time of their coming. Faulty methods of pruning have caused disfigurement and ruin. “Success follows the careful planting of good trees which are given adequate protection and timely attention,’’ says Farmers' Bulletin 1209, Planting and Care of Street Trees, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. “Every tree should be trained to Its proper form while young, so that severe pruning will not be necessary later. Guards are necessary, too, for several years. “To the mutilation of severe pruning has been added the destruction of many trees in centers of business because they excluded a little light, or made the store less prominent, or were somewhat in the way of using the sidewalk for merchandise." BOOM IN BUILDING INDUSTRY Movement That Is Practically General Must Have a Favorable Effect on Business. A There is at present a gratifying improvement noticed in the building and leating Industries in this country, ac?ording to E. L. Stock, prominent in tuilding and thuimial circles in this ?ity ami Baltimoiv and governor of the Fifth district < f the International Association of Rotary Clubs, reports the •Vashington Star. "It is gratifying to note the Improvement that has taken place in recent months In the building industry," Mr. Stock said. “Due to the resdjastment of price conditions which , has been under way, in addition to a loosening up of money for construeI tlon operations, we are feeling a revival of building operations that will rive a favorable etNct upon business I In general. In fact, this condition I should serve somewhat as a barometer of conditions generally throughout d the United States. New construction 1 Is now running well ahead of the aver- ; tqre for a good many years past, . md all imlbathais point to an I Im reased activity in this line.” Community Renaissance Comes. j A community renaissance has come ! and not too soon. Here and there big j cities and small towns, farm areas j nnd village circles had fallen Into a j tatterdemalion state. What wonder j If one of their townsmen traveled I abroad and came back snd was conj seious of the home neighborhood's |- nudity ami dirt? Perhaps ar. observ--1 Ing newcomer, school teache? or <ft»c- --) tor, who had seen better conditions : elsewhere, was enlightened on the ) subject of local welfare and by tactful suggestion, keeping himself in the I background, proposed this and that ; community enterprise and consequent I group activity. The chief constructive point gained . tins been to put a community task In 11 sight; to Inspire unified consciousness ' of working in nnd for their own town, i, with an organized pulling or lifting I together. What remains is a deep'l seated habit of community planning, a ij forward-looking local Improvement 11 program, the readiness to be and act like Wordsworth’s “cloud, which when I it moves moves all together.”—Quincy I L. Dowd in Chicago News. Beat Coke Shortage With Oil. I Because of a coke shortage due to ' war conditions. Austria was obliged to turn to some other fuel for heating : cupola furnaces. Oil seemed to be the i only promising medium, and its trial j ns an alternate produced some astonI ishing but desirable results. The experimental furnaces were equipped ' with two burners and a necessary complement of air pipes. No other ■ alterations were made. The tests dls- । closed the fact that the coke charge, when <>ll was used, was reduced by j 11 pounds to each 200-pound iron I charge. The oil required was a little I over two pounds, and the melt was acI compllshed in from one-third to oneI half the usual time. —Popular Mechan- ! les Magazine. Ownership of Homes. America is the greatest nation of I home-owners the world ever knew. Even though many home owners had I to weather some financial storms in I order to hold on to their land titles, I they are well repaid when it Is con- [ sidered that the average man who I owns his own home pays but SSO a । year in rent, if we look at the interest I on the investment, plus the taxes and I repairs, as rent. Contrasted with this, the man who does not own his own I home and is forced to pay rent gets I rid of a good-sized fortune every year. Must Publish Reports. County and town clerks, also j school boards of various towns, will I publish itemized accounts of theii re--1 ceipts and expenditures. This is ac- ) cording to a law passed at the special' j session of the legislature in 1920 j and not heretofore exacted. Tney , ) will be read with interest by tax pay- ( erff. • Phone us your news items.

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