Walkerton Independent, Volume 49, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 July 1923 — Page 3

LocalNev^ Clem DeCoudres and wife of North Liberty were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Go bn.

GEORGE WYMAN & CO. Come And See Us. South Bend, Indiana Store Hours: 8:30 to 5:30. Saturday closing during July and August, 6 P. Al.

Mercerized Damask of Desirable Quality, 59c _ Summer temperatures r \ necessitate frequent changes of table linens 'iMl & and the replenishing of / ) supplies is facilitated here /taW — ' ' *[>^4 by a pleasing selection of mercerized damask. In W I Sp the 58-inch width 59c; • ® 64-inch, 69c; 72-inch, 79c. Mercerized All-Linen Damask, 95c Damask, $1.69 Blue and golden yellow Table damast of unborders make these differ- bleached quality and good ent from the usual. Os prac- weight. Several patterns for tical quality. 64 inches choice. 64-inch width, wide, 95c. $1.69; 70-inch, $1.95. Pattern Cloths, $5.50 to $lO Denydale Linen Pattern Cloths are of imported quality, fine, and soft. A variety of floral patterns to choose. 72 x 72 inches. $5.50; 72x88 inches, $7.50, $8.50 and $lO. Napkins to match these cloths, 22x22 inches, $7.50. Mercerized Linen Crash, 21c All-linen unbleached crash with white and blue borders is 16 inches wide and of wanted weight, 21c. At 29c At 38c Silver bleach all-linen Very excellent is this allcrash in the 16-inch width is linen crash of extra heavy of desirable quality, 29c. 20- quality with red and blue inches wide, 38c. borders. 38c and 40c. Japanese Lunch Cloth, $1.25 For everyday use these lunch cloths printed in blue Japanese patterns are desirable. 48 inches square, $1.25. Japanese Print Toweling, 29c Several patterns of Japanese toweling may b chosen in the 16-inch width,'29c.

Carl J. Millard and wife of Chicago were guests of relatives and friends here over the week-end. GOOD CLEAN COAL, LIME AND CEMENT AT B. I. HOLSER & CO.’S.' s29tfw

TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN I Have Never Joined, Neither Do I Intend to join the Organization Known as the Indiana Farm Bureau Onion Exchange. My name has been used without my knowledge or consent. CRAMSHARNESS P. S. lam capable of looking after my own business.

Miss May Ward sp*nt last weea end in South Bend visiting relatives and friends. Glen Stillson and family attendee I the Nappanee-Argos baseball game in Argos last Sunday.

rm 3 ® LL4/A 3^o^^ Linen Huck Towels, 59c Hemstitched at both ends and in the 18v36-inch size these towels are indeed exceptionally desirable at 59c. At 29c, all-linen glass towels hemmed at both ends and ready for use. At 19c, cotton buck towels with blue and red , borders, 17x33 inches. At 30c, double thread Turkish towels in the 18x 36 inch size. 30c each or three for SI.OO. At SI.OO All-linen buck towels of very fine quality, with satin borders and hemstitched ends. 19x36 inches. sl. This Store Closes Saturdays at 6 P. Al. During July and August.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage and ebiddren left Monday morning for a two weeks motor trip thru northern Wisconsin. Miss Grace Nash of Epworth hospital came home Saturday evening for a three weeks’ vacation from her hospital duties. Fred Talcot and family and Richard Talcot of Chicago are spending two weeks at Koontz lake in the Elzy Smith cottage. A big 2-pound can of Blossom pork and beans, just the thing for a quick lunch or a picnic party. Only 22c per can. H. W. GOHN. John Faulkner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hostetler drove to Hammond and East ChKago Sat-

urday to spend the week-end with relatives. j ATTENTION ONION GROWERS— 1 Get your orders for onion crates in now. $25.00 per 100. See A. L. 1 Rogers or W. S. Rhodes. * Hoosier Crate & Ladder Co 4twjyl9 Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Coffin of Detroit arrived lit re Tuesday morning to spend the Fourth and week-end’ 1 with the latter's parents, Mr. and ; Mrs. Ed Shirley, and family, and other relatives. Mrs. John Hartsoch ami son. Theodore. of Ray, North Dakota, are heie for an indfinite stay with the former's daughter, Mrs. T. E. Gordon, and family. Theodore Hartsoch is employed with the Studebaker corporation at South Bend. Goddess of Liberty, judging from her profile on newly minted American dollars, has adenoids, according to Dr. Wallace Harold Barnes, clinic instructor in medicine at Stanford University Hospital. Dr. Barnes said that he noticed her nose is pinched and that her month is open, a sure sign, he averred, of a<i*»noid4 Arrangements are now being made and the preliminary work is being , done for the erection of a new addi tion to the Hamlet schoolhouse The j new part is to be an auditorium and ; gymnasium but of course will have i some class rooms. It is to be designed by Freyermuth and Maurer of | South Bond, who met with the Ham- I let-Davis joint school board last Thursday evening. Senator Smith is looking after the legal matters connected with this work and everything seems to point to an early beginning. Official announcement has been made of the decision of directors of the National Retail Hardware Dealers Association to move their head quarters from Argos to Indianapolis in the near future. The Retail Assocation proi»oses to present and donate to the town of Argos the fine headquarters building it will vacate. This generous gift to be regarded as a permanent memorial to the founder of the bequesting institution. Melvin Lake Corey, and as an expresson of the regard and appreciation the association holds for Argos that was 1 dear to the heart of Mr. Corey.

A. L. Dupler and family left Tuesday for Payne, 0., tqr spend the Fourth with friends and relatives. Mrs. Marion Landon and children of South Bend are spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Burger of South. Bend spent the Fourth here the guests of the latter’s brother, T. E. Gordon, and family. For these hot days try one of our Malted milks. They are cool and refreshing and have real food value. GORDON S CAFE. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. barter returned from Sullivan, Ind., last Friday evening where they had been visiting relatives for the past few days.

Mr, and Mrs. L. D. Young, formei _ B. & O. agent here, moved their household goods to Cromwell, Ind., f Monday where they will make their jj future home. Mr. Young being B. & | O. agent at that place. William Lowe Bryan, president of I Indiana university, was elected presi- I dent of the Indiana Sunday school I council of religious education at the | annual convention of the organiza- g tion held at Indianapolis recently. | C. M. Dowell and wife of Hunt- g ington, Ind., returned home Friday g after spending several days hero I visiting the former’s parents, Dr. a and Mrs. IT. C. Dowell. A part of f their vacation was spent at Kalama- ' zoo, Mich., where both families vis- ■ ited Mrs. Dowell'S sister and family. ( Autoists insisting on parking ma- ( chines on state highways and failing | to leave 18-feet clear roadway from | the center of the road—or in other i words whose parked cars interfer with two-way traffic, are inviting . court arraignment, heavy fine and possible imprisonment, John D. Williams. director, announces. Os the 6,662,17*> firms and Individ-, 1 uals filing returns for 1921 only* twenty-one had incomes exceeding ! $1,000,000. This represents a de- : crease of twelve from the number I receiving million dollar incomes Ln I 1920. Only 6.28 per cent of the population paid income taxes, while trie i previous year. 6.85 per cent received income sufficient to require the filing । of returns. New York bore the largest total income tax burden of any state, with Pennsylvania and Illinois ranking second and third in order. More than one hundred ladies of Knox and vicinity, of the Queens of I the Golden Mask, the woman's auxil- ( I iary to the Ku Klux Klan, an organI ization which is said to stand for the satm principles as the Klan, paraded thru the streets of Knox last Tuesday night. A number of attractive Houts with sign and banners, lead by . the Knox band followed by a num- ’ ber of ladies on foot, made up the , parade. After the parade they retired I to the ball park, where a number of , 1 candidates were taken into the order. | The public was admitted to the park ; ; and privileged to witness the initia- I tory work.

! Sheriffs of the state have authority ’ to “stop and search a moving autoniobile’’ if they have reason to believe the car contains Intoxicating liquor, according to an opinion submit- । ted to Fred Henke, sheriff of Vanderburg county by the Attorney General. , The state paced 18,000 bass min- , nows in Lake Maxinkuckee last week. J. P. Walter received the minnows and they were placed in the moss beds on the west side of the lake near the ice houses. They came from the state hatcheries at Bass Lake. There were 13,000 small mouth bass and 5,000 large mouth bass.

— 1 A ' - ■ ' _■ ■ ■« ■ ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■ 3 ■ ■■■«'■ ■ ■ ■'sl “ w For the Fruit Season g Extra large Granite Fruit Press and Washers f i Kettles j ar Fillers and Wrenches | - Aluminum Kettles , | Pans and Dippers * unnels, etc. : FRATER & KARR | “ Walkerton, Ind. Phone N 0.72 ■

t I c/ ^7 Build I W 4/ Well | I iSS/h with | I Lumber The essential qualities of a home, and which determine how | it shall be built are: First, protection from heat and cold; then g comfort, convenience, and ventilation. Appearance, durability, low first cost and upkeep are factors, too. ft Wood is the universal and most acceptable home building j material. All builders understand building with lumber. It is | easiest to work, lowest in first cost and imparts to the structure g a natural, home-like appearance. j Lumbe is nature's provision for our comfort. ft - "nducts neither heat nor cold, and an occasional coat of will j brighten and preserve it indefinitely. Before you can build well with lumber, a wise selection of W design must lie made. Examine our many plans of distinctive homes before building. | Walkerton Lumber Company

I. A. Finch and family of North Liberty, Mrs. Elinor Kreider of Troy, 0., and Mrs. L. G. Finch of Mt. Morris, 111., were Saturday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Finch. Manufacturing output of the Ford Motor company during the month of May reached the enormous total of 201,038 units, it has just been announced through the Ford News. Miss Thelma Snyder, daughter ol Etsel Snyder, underwit an operation for gallstones and appendicitis at Epworth hospital at South Bend last Thursday. Her condition is reported as very good.