Walkerton Independent, Volume 50, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 January 1925 — Page 1

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COUNTY AGENT PLANS BIG MONTH FOR FARMERS Three Institutes And Three Schools ' Have Been Arranged For Kurai People. Six different Farmers institutes and schools have been arranged for St. Joseph county for January according to announcement by E. C. Bird, county agent. These meetings will be held in various parts of the county. The placing of the local institutes is entirely in the hands of the local people of any given community. If some localities do not have them it is simply because there is not enough local interest to secure the programs which are offered by state and county extension forces, at a negligible cost. Three institutes will be held in cooperation with the Farmers Institute department of Purdue University, at Lakeville, Madison township high school and at Tamarac Grange hall. These are largely local or township affairs managed by a local committee who work with the County Extension Agent and the Farmers Institute staff of Purdue in arranging for the one and two day programs. Three local schools of a county wide nature are also included in the January program. The first of these is the Poultry School to be held at South Bend on January Bth and 9th. Prof. P. G. Riley of Purdue will conduct most of the instructional work, which will be in the nature of demonstrations and lectures. On January 21st the Round Up of the Home Economics Clubs of St. Joseph coun* ty will be held as the windup of a special Clothing project which the clubs have been working on during the past season under the direction of Mrs. Helen V. McKindley of the Home Economics Dept, of Purdue. On January 22nd and 23rd the first St. Joseph county Dairy Institute is being planned. Feeding and Animal Diseases will constitute the program and the first day will be devoted to economical feeding and the last day to disease of the dairy cow. Along this line Dr. Wickwire of the Bureau of Animal Industry is expected to appear and O. C. Bowes of Pittsburg, an authority on the subject of milk and diseases related to the dairj industry. One of the ser-1 ious problems of the dairyman in St. ^osm>h county is the disease which • big fteeaat toll of the calf i crop. -*^£ontagious abortion.) Con- | siderabie time will be devoted to this disease and the causes and way j of prevention and control. Reservations for Poultry School. Reservations are fast coming in for th# St. Joseph County Poultry school to be held on January Bth and Sth. The discussion of poultry disease problems and the raising of baby chicks will hold the center of the discussion. Prof. P. G. Riley of Purdue who himself owns a flock of 2GOO white leghorns, will conduct the work. The production of winter eggs will come in for a share of the time of the meetings. The work consists of lectures and demonstrations and is so arranged as to be of interest to farm flock owners, commercial poultrymen and amateurs •who are interested in back yard flocks. Admission is by ticket, which may be secured by registration at the county agent’s office in the court house. This may be done by mail, phone or in person. Indications are that the full quota of 200 will be listed and as soon as that is accomplished the list will be closed unless additional seating capacity can be provided. There is no charge for registration which is open to all citizens of the county, both men and ' women. Among other plans for the Poultry school will be the outlining of a local plan for the testing of flocks for white baccilary diarhea, which is a persistant disease that kills many baby chicks in St. Joseph county. Prosector Appoints Deputies. Harry Taylor, Prosecutor elect who will take office today, Jan. Ist, has announced the following as his appointment of deputies: Andrew N. Hindebrand and Edwin W. Hunter for South Bend and Glenn M. Hunter for Mishawaka. Mr. Taylor will maintain his office at Room 202 Pythian Building, with a conference room in the Court House. POTATO ( KEEK FOLKS THE NEW YEAR By Edgar A. Houser. Another year has passed, another year Has drifted with the shadows of the ! night. Crossing the portals of a noisy world i The joyous bells proclaim amid , blare and light, _ The new year with its banners al' . unfurled. The new year with its gist of newer thoughts. Great deeds undine, new visions to aspire. Young feet to guide, and helpful; hands\ to lend. To those thats fallen in their life's । desire. To them and all the world to be a ' friend. Each year a stepping stone to great- j er things. The wheels of commerce turning ; night and day. While overhead men travel in the ' air. And voices heard a thousand miles ! away; O new year what deep secrets hidden there?

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SLATE LEGISLATURE ; TO HAVE BUSY SESSION ; Many Interests Ready to Present Their Favorite Legislation And To Fight For It. A big, full program of legislative . measures is confronting the members of both houses of our State Legislature as they meet for the next 6U । days to consider the welfare of the state and to make our laws. One of the measures that is certain to come before the legislature is a co-operative marketing, bill, which will be sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau federation. A co operative marketing bill was passed by both the houses in 1923 but was vetoed by Governor McCray. Tne farm bureau federation, at its annual state convention last month again pledged itself to the principle of cooperative marketing and called ' for the legislature to take up the question. Another fight over the speedway hill to prevent holding the 500 mile auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Decoration day is in j prospect. The bill was passed by both i houses at last session, vetoed by ! Governor McCray and failed to pass j over the governor’s veto. The Ind* , ana Department of the G. A. R severely criticized McCray for his veto. The “fifty-fifty” bill which wou*l provide for a dual organization of men and women in each politico, party organization, is certain to bob up again. It was defeated at the last session, but women’s organiza j tions of the state are again calling I for representation on a 50-50 basis ! in party councils. A remodification of existing n- I qnor laws to plug up weaknesses iv i the present prohibition enforcement ! system will be urged by the Indiana ! Anti-Saloon league. Pointing to the alarming number j of bank robberies in the state during i the past two years, the Indiana Bankers association will be squarely behind a bill for tT e establishment of a state constabulary. The constabulary bill was voted down two years ago. Measures providing for the regulation of motor bus traffic will come up although bus owners want all regula- ; tory legislation help up for two years • while a state commission invest!- j 1 gates the problems of motor bus ! ’ transportation. Another proposal will be for the ; elimination of grade crossings on in- ; terurban and railroads as the only means of cutting down the terrible toll of dead and injuried from grade crossing accidents in the state each year. Labor organizations will sponsor ' amendments to the workmen’s compensation law, while women’s organizations are preparing to fight for amendipent of the child laboi - law. Both Klan and anti-Klan factions in the legislature are getting ready for a bitter fight over the parochial schools When the Klan measure requiring all children of school age to attend schools supported by general taxation is introduced the anti- : Klansmen will counter with a mea-1 sure which would excuse pupils in public schOols for a certain period each week to receive religious instruction. Anti-Klan members are also expected to be active in working for a bill to abolish hors thief detective associations and for stricter regulation of the sale of fire arms. Sponsors of the county unit education biirwill be just as active as they were last session, while the town- j ship trustees association is already j making preparations to ficht the bill to abolish their office to the last. 'Give Insurance Policies For Xmas Employes of the Calumet Gas ana Electric Company which recently ac* quired the local light company, received insurance certificates as ■ Christmas gifts, from the company. ' The insurance certificates, ranging front SSOO to SISOO were delivered on Christmas eve to every em- ! ploye who had been with the company since last June. The amount ot j the policy was determined by tne । length of service The practice of giving insurance certificates to employes began las«. ; year in the Calumet Gas and Elec- ! trie company The insurance is made possible ar the low iate provided by the company through the group insurance policy reecntly brought in vogue by j insurance firms. The policy termin-, ates if an employe leaves the com- , ' nany’s service, but arrangements can < j then be made to transfer it to the . I usual life insurance policy. — K. Os P. Installs Officers - The Walkerton lodve Knights of; Pythias held installation services for ' the newly elected officers for 1925, ! at their club rooms Tuesday night. : The following men were installed- | Norman Fults, Chancellor Com- j , mander. George A. Fisher. Vice Chancellor, i Lon Rogers, Prelate. Grover Spahr, Master of Work. C. A. Fish, Master of Finance. W. Ray McDaniel. Master of Ex-j ; chequer. I Rhea Wright. Inner Guard. M. J. Griffin, Outer Guard. Claude Stull Master of Arms. It has been suggested that the । man should not go over Niagara Falls j :in a rubber ball until the landing [ place has been raked for tacks. > Start that Saving Habit this New Year.

WALKERTON, INDIANA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1925.

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i SEASON CLOSED ON WILD DUCKS AND GEESE, JAN. 1 Rabbit Season Ends January 10. State conservation officials pointed out that while December 20 marked | the close of the lawful hunting sea- | son on all kinds of wild game other than rabbits and waterfowl, the season for taking fur bearing animals continues to and including February 10. Rabbits may be lawfully killed until January 10, bui the closed season on wild ducks and geese starts January 1. According to George N. Mannfeld, I fish and game division superintendent, the law permits killing 15 w r ild ' ducks and eight wild geese a day during the open season. There is no bag limit on rabbits. The conservation department has and will continue to make a hard fight against fur bearers during the fall months prior to opening of the season for such, and before the advent of cold weather. Mannfeld explained. Killed before nature has i caused their pelts to grow thick and ’ the hair set firm as protection । against the severe winter weather, the pelts are practically valueless in the markets, whereas if these same animals were taken legally, they could not have been killed before | that period of winter when the pelts ; would have been in prime condition. ,It is such wastes as this that the j department is striving to overcome I both by law enforcement and matter i of education. :— I Common Phrase Once Had District Meanins In olden times in many parts of England, pnrllcuim ij du/ing the feui rial period, the poor living on a lord s I manor or estate were allowed to go ] into the manor woods or forest with a i hook and crook to get wood for fuel, j What they could reach they might I pull down with their crook. This was ' a precarious way of procuring fuel, j but the privilege was eagerly sought. • Boundary stones, beyond which the ■ '‘hook and crook folk" might not pass, were to he seen of late years in some old forests. However, this custom does not satisfy the present use of the phrase, “hook and crook’,” which does not simply tnean in a precarious manner, but at all hazards, ill or well. The custom referred to is described ; in the Bodmin Register of 1525. in ■ which is this statement: “Dynnmre , Wood wsps ex er open and common to ; (lie inhabitants of Bodmin to bear । away upon their backs a but den of ■ lop, crop, hook, crook and bag wood.” Society was once solicitious for the children from the standpoint of the home influence. That was before they became the home influence.

I News of The Churches Church of (iod There will be preaching at the i Heilman residence Sunday forenoon ’ and afternoon. Rev. Samuel Strang of Lapaz preaching. t nited Brethren Church J. C. Albright, Pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Morning worship at 10:30 a- m. Junior C. E. at 2:00 p. m. ' Evening worship at 7:00 p. m. Prayer service on Thursday even- i ing at 7:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal Friday evening at 7:30 p. m. _ j I Presbyterian Church J. Budman Fleming, Pastor. Jesus therefore said unto them, i Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ex- ■ cept ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, ye have, no life in yourselves. John 6:53. Sunday, the first in the New Year, i What will you do with it? Bible Study at 9:30. Sacrament ot tne Lord’s Supper at 1 10.30. , Christian Endeavor at 6 and the first chapter of ‘Torchbearers in I China.” Evening worship and sermon at I 7:00. i Ladies Aid Wednesday January 7,1 at the manse. Miss Sarah JDenaut. assisting hostess. Methodist Episcopal Church F. J. Beisel. Pastor. ' Habits make or break us. Therefore in our New Year’s Resolutions let us resolve to make habits which i make us. Form the habit of reading j your Bible daily. Decide in some de- > finite service daily, for your fellow ■ men, in the name of Christ. Let at- ■ tendance at public worship be the : fixed habit of your life without excuse which you would not give in j business or social relations. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Morning worship and Holy Com ' munion at 10:30 a. m. Include in your resolutions the habit of accept- ; ing every oportunity to receive the • Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Christ will meet you in the Com- ■ munion. Jesus says, “I am the Bread of Life.’" Epworth League at 6:00 p. m. Subject, “The Master’s Morning Watch.” Leader, Miss Ethel Divine. ; Evening worship at 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening 'at 7:30. Liberty Bell Rang Once More Tn order that the whole, nation I might rejoice together in the ringing! out the old year and the coming of the New Year and in the registering > of one more year to the splendor of American independence, the ringing ' of the great old Independence hall bell in Philadelphia at midnight on December 31. was broadcasted by . radio People from all parts of the country heard the bell. 1

EINAL DISPOSITION Os INDIANA’S TAX DOLLAR ' Almost Half of It Goes For School | Pi if] Kises While •ver One-Fourth । Goes To Roads. Almost fifty cents of the average 1923 farm tax dollar in Indiana was levied for school purposes, according to information received from the ■ Agricultural Foundation. Os this । dollar, 4 7.5 cents went to the support ! of education, 27.8 cents for the conI struction and maintenance of high- ' ways while the remaining 24.6 cents I ; was divided between the general । costs of government, benevolent in- ! stitutions and miscellaneous expenditures. I Other interesting facts concerning j ■ taxation in this state were also tin- ; I earthed by the Foundation, which! | based its statement on a review of ■ | selected farmers by the government. I । A study of 109 Indiana rented farms ■ covering the years 1919 to 1923 । showed an average advance in taxes । from 90 cents per acre in 1919 to ; | $1.60 in 1922. There was a slight' । decline in 1923 to $1.41 per acre, j On account of the lower rentals in ' the latter years, however, a very ! much greater percentage in increase! in. taxes is shown when figured on the basis of net rent for the two j periods. The percentage of net rent ' paid out in taxes on these Indiana ; farms rose from 12.4 per cent in j 1919 to 39.6 in 1923. According to the government in- I ! vestigation only 16.9 per cent of the rural taxes paid in Indiana during 1923 w'ent to the support of the i state government. The rent was lev- j iod and spent 10ca11y—45.4 per cent by the townships and 37.7 per cent : by the counties. Few farmers paid ■ : any Federal income tax that year, ■ j so this item is ignored in the calcu- { lation. 1 Broaching the facts for the coun- | try, the statement calls attention to i | the fact that taxes on the average , farm last year amounted to approxi- ! i mately 17.6 per cent of the net farm ! returns. Nearly seven per cent of the I gross value of all farm products ; went to pay farm taxes in 1923 as i compared with only 4.9 per cent io 1923. I LaPorte’s Xmas Gift Is A $6,000 Playground Site. The city of LaPorte received a Christmas present in the form of a ! three acre site from Mrs. Fannie ! Rumely, wife of Dr. E. A. Rumely ■of New York, and Emmett Scott, daughter and son, respectively, of 1 the late Emmett Scott who at the . time of his death nine months adwas the owner of 1,200 acres of land in Fulton county. The site, 1 valued at $6,000 will be known as ! Scott’s field in memory of their father. The land is to be used as a playground. It is situated in the heart of LaPorte. i

The Death Record Finch. Edward U. Finch, son of Martin i and Elizabeth Rupe Finch, was born i on Sumption Prairie, St. Joseph I County, Ind., Feb. 28, 1863 and died at his home in Chicago. Dec. 25, 1924, age 61 years, 9 months,! and 16 days, after an illness with heart disease. While he was yet a young lad, the Finch family moved to a place two miles west of North • Liberty, where he assisted in the ' clearing and building of a new home. . ’ • On October 21, 1883, he was married to Ida Reamer, to which union seven children were born, three of whom died in infancy. He was also preceded in death by a daughter. Mrs. Elsie Smith, who' died in 1918. In addition to his wife^ he is survived by two sons, Morrison and Glen, of Chicago; a daughter, < Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, of Oshkosh, Wise., one brother, I. A. Finch of South Bend; fifteen grandchildren and a number of other relatives. For a number of years Mr. Finch was engaged in the hay and grain business and built the Finch elevaJor in North Liberty. Later lie moved to South Bend»where he entered the coal and feed business. For the past fifteen years he has lived in Chicago where be followed the hay and feed business for a time, but later entered the real estate business. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in North Liberty. Saturday afternoon. Dec. 27. Rev. W. B. Collier, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in the North Liberty cemetery. Mary K. Bettcher. Mrs. Mary R. Bettcher. daughter of John and Eliza Ryan, was born on Harris Prairie, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Dec. 18, 1845, and died at the home of her son, Earl M. Bettcher, Saturday, Dec. 27, 1924, age 79 years, 9 days. After attending the common schools of St. Joseph County she entered the South Bend high school and later was a student at Indiana State Normal school. She began teaching at nineteen years of age and devoted twenty years of her life to that work in the schools of Indiana and Michigan. This brought her to North Liberty where June 21, 1883, she was united in marriage to George A. Bettcher. Since that time her home has been in North Liberty and vicinity. Her husband died in 191 L Mrs. Bettcher was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and its societies and of the Woman's Relief Corps. She was always interested in community and national affairs and her broad reading gave her a keen insight into the issues of the day. To mourn their loss she leaves a son, Earl M. Bettcher and his family of North Liberty; a daughter, Elizabeth Bettcher of Indianapolis; a brother. Dr. J. A. Ryan of Valpa- | raiso; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Grimes of LaPorte, and Miss Linnie Ryan of Valparaiso, several cousins, nieces, nephews and numerous ■ friends. Funeral services were held at the ! Methodist church in North Liberty :at 2 p. m. Monday, Dec. 29. with ; burial at North Liberty cemetery. Martin. Howard, the infant son of Frank ‘ and Freda E. Martin, was born j August 12, and departed this life | Dec. 21. 1924, age 4 months and 9 days. He leaves to mourn his depar" ture, a father, mother; six brothers, Richard H., Homer G., Edwin. John W., Keith F., and Harold, a twin; i two sisters, Mary Edna, and Marcella i Louise, besides a host of other relaj tives and friends. His presence will I be missed in the home and although i we shall miss him, he is at rest. , Interment was made in Tyner ! cemetery. Rev. Roscoe F. Wilson ofI ficiating. Allen. James Albert Allen, son of Enos and Lydia Allen, was born near । Crumstown. Ind., Nov. 13, 1868 and । died Monday, Dec. 29th, 1924, age 56 years, 1 month and 16 days. He was united in marriage to May Lampson, Sept. 1, 1898. To this union seven children were born, three preceded him in death, namely Anna, Ray and Raymond. His com- ' panion and four children survive him. Mrs. Chas. E. Morris of Teegarden. Mrs. Wm. Everly, Vern and Flora: two grandchildren and tXvo sisters, Mrs. Jane Anderson of Walkerton. Mrs. Elizabeth Heath of । South Bend, one half brother. Hilery Tener of near Walkerton, and many i nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Albright pastor of the Walkerton I’. I; church, officiating. Bowen. Orren James Lloyd Bowen was born in LaPorte county, March 1, 1867, and died Dec. 29th. 1924, a-e | 57 years, 9 months and 29 days. He was married to Miss Lena Holj land of Mill Creek, Ind., on January 4, 1891. Five children were I born to them. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lena Bowen, and children. Mrs. Fmd Whittaker of Whiting, Ind., Mrs. .Arthur Rivard of Hammond, Ind., Frank Bowen of Bremen. Lloyd Bowen of North Liberty, and Wilbur Bowen, at home, seven grandchildren, two brothers, George Bowen of LaPorte and Charles Bowen of Stillwell; and a step mother. Mrs. Jennie Bowen of LaPorte. , Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. C. Albright pastor if the Walkerton U ' church, officiating.

NO JANUARY IHAW fOR 1925-HARBAUGR Expect Cold, Stormy Month With Severe Sleet Storm Near Middle Os Month. (By O. D. Harbaugh.) | The year is drawing rapidly to a close under the coldest December ‘ weather I have ever experienced.. : (This is being written Dec. 28.' Though the month should go out with moderating weather, no thawing weather need be expected for some time. ‘ December has had several surprises in th^ weather line. The first half proved quite moderate for De- , cember. On the 14th, 15th and 16th the U. S. Weather Bureau was forecasting a cold wave for Indiana, setting zero and sub zero temperatures but a strong southwest storm crossed arms with the h^h North western and for four days the conflict raged in the west in one of the worst sleet and snow storms in years and it was not until the 20th that our first zero weather was recorded with everything one beautiful glare of ice. A day or two of moderating weather and then the coldest Christmas since 1878. and now today, the 28th, the thermometer registering 23 below zere, a December record as far as I know. Fnrr years ago today it registered 13 below. Probably before this reaches the public more snow will have fallen and before a north west breeze, the Mercury will no doubt find sub-zero I readings soon after the 3rd or 4th. ! Moon is at first quarter and over the equator, moving northward the Ist. This increasing, northward moving moon, will no doubt keep the temperature a trifle higher than during the Christmas week and with a full moon on the 9th as well as fartherest north same day, will come the warmest part of the month. As we have often stated, a full moon and a northern moon means the warmest part of a month, so any January thaw that we may reasonably expect may be looked for near the full moon, say between Sth and 15th. Yet we don’t look for one this year—but instead, owing to a Mercury center under a Venus period, we look for a mild period that will wind up in a rain, sleet and snow I blizzard that may equal our December sleet storm, between Tsth and 19th, and then quite cold as the moon is speeding southward until the 22nd and at new the 24th which in weather lore spells cold. Those who have closely observed the weather will remember that iast October and the forepart of November were exceptionally fair, 26 days of continued fair weather al! under our last regular Mars period Now we are running again into a Mars period and as the general trend of the weather, say from the 18th to 25th of January', so wiil be our February and March weather. If quite stormy and cold, we may expect the following lo week's te-he _ j quite wintry; if open and slushy we may expect a more open winter. Note this point carefully. As for ourselves we are planning j for an “old fashioned” winter. I To sum up January’ in a few words we list five storm centers when j storms should reach Indiana first with rising temperature, followed by rain, sleet and snow and then a high clearing barometer and lower i temperature out of the Northwest. For Indiana these dates are within a day or two of the 6th. 11th, 16th, 23rd, 27th. ; The greatest earthquake strain falls Ist to 3rd, 9th to 12th, 16th to 17th, 22nd to 25th, the la=t falling near the eclipse of the sun. I Again we hope we may be wrong in predicting a cold, stormy January ' with no thaw out. The U. S. Weath- • er Bureau with its hundreds of reporting stations scattered through out the United States and Canada, i reporting by wire and radio daily, often misses the weather 2 4 hours ‘ahead, so we hope not to be too . harshly judged if we fail when our only guide is the relative position of । Old Mother Earth, the sun. moon and the planets Vulcan, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. We are frequently asked if we figure out all our planitory configuartions that we use and we answer ■ “No indeed.” These are all figured out by the Navy Dept, at Washington for the Nautical Almanac and these are then i used by the foremsot Meteorologists in the United States in the preparation of the almanac I use in localizing ail storm periods for Indiana. । I have the permission of the editor to state that copies of this alman_ ‘ ac may be secured from me direct for rhe sum of 35c. “Know the weather a year ahead. What to plant and when” is my ‘ motto. Jud ire A. B. Anderson Receives Promotion Federal District Judge A. B Ander; on has been nominated by Pres* dent Coolidge to nil the vacancy left by the death of the late Judge Francis E. Baker, in the Court of Appeals, Seventh district, which era- • braces Indiana, Wisconsin and IDinois. Elevation of Judge Anderson, cen-^ tral figure in many noted cases of federal litigation, including the Lo& Angeles Dynamiters’ trial and the trial of Gov. McCray • f Indiana, 'a year aero, was decided on six months ago, but the question of his successor presented a probb :n. ns party leaders in Indiana <■ 1 • not agree. Robert C. B ' Gibsor county will fill ated by the promr erson to .the Court

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