Walkerton Independent, Volume 50, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 January 1925 — Page 4

CEIVROLCT 1925 Beistle Auto Sales Co. Home of the Chevrolet North Liberty, Ind. ;• gmtffliiiiimiiiiiiiiimtmiimmiuimiiitimiiimiiiiiiiiiimittmiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii^ I s । • •• 8 I ' I I . >WOjs^ । I x IMer^ I i months! I T I I COAL Do not wait until the bin is empty. Phone today and let us fill her up. We have the kind § and grade of coal best suited to your needs. I I | Walkerton Lumber Co. j —■ _ — sHiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiniiiNiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiig

a mo. I TAKERS r special at- > all calls g ssistant Walkerton 1 SLICK & CURTIS Attorneys and Councellors At Law Notary Public and U. S. Pension Attorneys Settlements of Estates, Abstracts of Title, Real Estate, Loans, Insurance and Collections. -fjiacsy umzzgj /belief is found \ f.cPLz £j^VAHTOHA foi’ \ I'Siomdch, Liven Md : * Boive! ti'ouble, Kid- ; M boUleXf t JAJTONA , %y and wdtch th^nesultS Sts MEDV°- llfc iRAH- RAPID 3, MICK IgKr ji 5/ fibutofsA

JHV Why leaves / fell in Autumn? \A^ f S \f f A At ’ V * qJh/ —/because in autumn the sap descends to the roots and removes from the leaves their lifegiving nourishment. Therefore they wither, dry and fall to earth. Whatever the time of year J^ r i&teoT“ Epsom Salt Is a seasonable aid in keeping the body fresh and fit. Furetest Epsom Salt is absolutely pure, because by a new refining process all irritating elements are removed. There- ! fore it is really easy to take. Especially good for elderly people and those of middle age. One of 200 Puretest preparations for health and hygiene. Every item the best that skill and care can produce. CARTER’S 77 Z? Drug Store

THE INDEPENDENT January 1, 1925. J, BIBLE THOUGHT [ —FOR TODAY—! E I Bible Thoughts memorised, will prove a t priceless heritage in after years. E <W— —2——— -it—— fl^^nuniininiiniiniiEninninJDji ^n.-nrr: n* nrrm-^j-nTTm tnS^gN A BENEDICTION FOR THE NEW YEAR—The Lord bless thee, anu keep thee. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious un* to thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. • —Numbers 5.24-26. EDITORIAL 1 AM THE COUNTRY WEEKLY By Bristow Adams. I am the Country Weekly. I am the friend of the family, the bringer of tidings from other friends; I speak to the home in the evening light of the summer's vine clad porch or the glow of the win- ; ter's lamps. ! I help to make this evening hour; j I record the great and the small, the varied acts of the dajs and weeks that go to make up life. I am for and of the home, I follow those who leave humble beginnings whether they go to greatness । or to the gutter. I take to them the । thrill of the old days, with wholesome messages. I speak the language of the common man; niy words are fitted to his understanding. My congregation is larger than that of any church in town; my readers are more than those in the school. Young and old alike find in me stimulation, instruction,'entertainment, inspiration, solace, comfort. I am the chronicler of birth, and love and death—the three I great facts of man’s existence. I bring together buyer and seller, J to the benefit of both ; I ahi part of the marketplace of the world. Into t the home I carry word of the goods ; whith feed and clothe, and shelte», ■ apd which ^minister tq Comfort, e«e ; knd hetUtb arid happiness.* • 'i am the wprdof the week, the • history of the year, the record of • my community in the archives of the ■ state and nation. ■ I am the exponent of the lives of • my readers. j I AM THE COUNTRY WEEKLY. IT’S A NEW YBAR. : Today marks the begining of the ■ last year of the first quarter of the • 20th century. It is New Year’s Day. : Our merchants are all busy taking 8 j inventory, in an effort to determine E , how much business they have been 81 able to do during the past twelve 8 months, and whether that business • will show a profit or loss, and how 5 ’ much. E It is an excellent time for individE uals to pause long enough to take E j stock of their personal and family S; affairs in order to determine their S true standing. How do you stand 11 financially? Has your saiings ac- = count increased during the last : year? Are you paying your wa> as : you go or are you letting your : creditors carry you along? The first ; of the year offers an excellent oppor- ; tunity to square things up. E New Year's Day has come to be a E day of resolutions. A fine idea, if E the resolutions are honestly and E sincerely made and tin n kept. By = all means make your resolutions, if S i you have the stuff in you to carry • them out. A resolution lightly made. : with out an honest effort to keep : it, had better never been made. It S'weakens character to fail in carry- ; ing out purposes. •i 1925 will present many difficult- ■ ies. To some these difficulties will be ! the Supreme test. How are we going ; to meet them? Will we have enough • reserve character, enough stamina, • sufficient good habits of life and • moral backbone to withstand their ■ onslaught? ■j Yes, it's a New Year. How will • j we start it? DAWKS SYSTEM YVORKING ; j History will probably- record that ; i the greatest piece of work ever per- ; formed by three men and following a great world war was the working out of the reparation plan by I>egal Advisor Owen D. Young of New York, Businessman Dawes, our new rice-president; and Banker Robinson of Los Angeles. Their report on reparations dim the various nations following four years of world war cataclysm, anc» then adopted and agreed to at the London conferences, is being livea up to by the various nations and carried into effect. Germany, owing the largest bill , of reparations of any nation in the । j world, has for three months past ] paid her regular installments to i j Great Britian, France and other r countries according to schedule, a i I total of 227,000,000 gold marks, I even paying for the American armies . of occupation. One plain young American business man, Seymour Parker Gilbert, ' A gent-General for reparations pay- ■ ments for Our Country, is adminis- • tering the entire reparations plat*. / Was there ever such a demonstra j lion of the superiority of American !| business ideas to the methods of [ world politicians, leaders ami diplo- « mats? LKAVE CHILD LABOR TO STATES President Coolidge refuses to sup- ' port the child labor amendment to |! the federal constitution, whicn “ would give Congress jurisdiction '! over labor of all persons under 18 j years of age. | The child labor amendment ad- | vocates will try to force every legislature in session this coming year | to submit this quostion to a vote the people. Massachusettes and some other states have buiied the amendment under enormous negative majorities, taking position that it is a question for every state to deal with. Business organizations, some 40 organizations of manufacturers ana about 80 state and nation:’’ oruan izations of farmers and hund ’ < f ; chambers of commerce and bi '’sscciations are opposing this twenti- ' eth amendment. j The federal child labor amendment would create a new department at Washington with an army of officials traveling al! over the United

States and telling families of good g American citizens how to bring up E their children and issuing permits whether boys and girls up to the age E of 18 shall be permitted to labor, and under what conditions “DO YOU WANT TO BE SHOT?” | “Can’t say that 1 do,’’ chances | are would be your reply. Then be b cautious with firearms and warn | those around you to be likewise j Carelessness is the cause of the great* p er majority of accidents with firearms and yet how many of us handle E firearms as if they w’ere the most | harmless weapons used by man- 0 kind. This paper hopes it will not | have to report a single shooting ac- q i cident in this district in 1925, and in order to carry out this wish, for q your own sake as well as that of p your parents and friends, pay strict | attention to the following: G Never have a loaded gun in the I house, automobile op vehicle. Make sure at what you are shooting. A man’s life is a sacred thing q and if you take it you will never p forgive yourself for it. Never walk along with your gun 0 cocked—not even when you are S alone. Unload your gun when you come £ out of the bush and see that your t friends do the same. • | Never point a gnn at a person [ under any circumstances. Fate often f spoils fun of that kind. A SAFETY’ FTRST— NOW—IAM>K ■ AND LISTEN The time of the year is at hand t when users of automobiles have I their winter storm curtains In place j and these curtains materially affect t the driver's visibility and his hear- S ing as well. It is much easier therefore for a I car driver to get on the railroad ( track at this time of year without | having his attention attracted by an [ approaching train either by eye or $ ear than it is in the fair seasons. I Now if ever STOP, LOOK, LISTEN £ at railroad crossings. | A very notable decline in the. i numbers of fires in Indiana in the | first ten months of the past year is revealed by statistics compiled by the state ftremarshal's office up to November 1. The records show u total of 3,997 fires from January i to October 31. which is 1.250 or a little over 23 percent less than in the corresponding period of 1923. In an effort to decrease the number of violent deaths in Indiana. Sen. Oliver C. Holmes, of 14ike county, has announced he will introduce a bill in the state legislature to license the sale of firearms in the state. The bill which he proposes to Introduce would license aJI firearms and put increased restriction on the use of such weapons. Along about this season of the | year the old man is inclined to r doubt •whether there is a difference f of even one letter between I’a and J pay.

-Punchettes- ' 1 js&tj * * Well folks, its about the time of i year to call in the resolutions com- ' mittee and see what it has to offer 1 for 1925. So, if you will all get ■ quiet now and give y; ur attention , we’ll have the report rra l. Mr. President: The Punchette club resolution committee for 1925 I begs leaf to make the following re- ; port of resolutions drawn up for the mutual benefit of both our “Ed” and his constituents. For His Constituents. We, the subscribers of thss i>aper > and readers of this awful kofumn 1 do solemnly pledge ourselves to the | following resolutions for the year 1925. I—To not get sore when Ed takes a crack at us. 2—To hand in, phone in, take in, teH m all items of news when we i go any place, have company, attenu i a funeral, wedding, party, or any i other exciting event. 3—To keep the home paper sub- । scription paid up in advance. 4—-To pay all other bills due the ' grocer, butcher, church, etc., at least | once per mo. j s—To buy it at home, if possible. 6—To support all worthy enter- ; prises. I 7 —To be a Home Town Booster. • always. I B—To keep our lawns mowed during the summer and our houses painted. 9 To support the local schools, । its officials and teachers. 10 —To kill old man grouch and to put in his place. Lotta Sunshine. 11- To drive carefully and watch our step (on the gas) at all times, particularly at R. R- crossings. 12—-(for the Mrs.) Remove the “knock” from the rear seat when Hubby is driving. For Ed. I Wo. “Ed” conductor and engineer iof this Kolumn. in recompense for ' the above pledges on the part of our good supporters, do hereby agree and swear to the following code o) resolves for 19 and a quarter. 1— To make this kolumn and thi I paper the best published in thi town. 2—To tell the truth always bu not necessarily all of it, 3—To deport O. T). Harbaugh, ot •• eather man, to regions unknowl if he sends us any more 22 beld ■ zero weather or breaks down of phone yrires. 4 —-To print only the news thaF fit to nr’nt. s—To hide no more Hiddn Checks. *

Along With the New Year Comes Ellsworth’s Ransack Sale Semi-Annual Clean-Up of —Odds and Ends —Broken Lots —Remnants . . —Discontinued Numbers —Slightly Soiled Goods —lncomplete Stocks Etc. - AU at Sharpest Reductions Sale Starts; j Friday, January 2nd 9 O’ clock • A South Bend, Indiana

6 To give all paid up subscribers ! a good send off wh«-n occasion presents itself 7-—All others ? ? ? ? 8 To boost our local schools, churches, lodges. business houses and town always. M»dther Itenolutlon. Commissioner Claude Ezekiel , Houser called at our office early! New Year's morning and left the followiac note pinned to the door. Dear Ed— Print in your good newspapers this week the following resolutijn which I have made and sworn m in the absence of Milo ; Bruce Slick. Resolved! That I. Claude Ezekiel Houser, Commissioner of St. Joseph County, Western District, will do all in my power to ’ have tie Liberty road paved all the way f»m Koontz Lake to South • Bend md to have South Bend made ; a subirb of Walkerton and to have i

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HORIZONTAL . An 111-Bred fellow. 1. Long piece of Metal. B. Small boy. 8. Little child. 0. Marsh laud. 1 Ocean. 3. To Rap IJghtly. 5. Drills. .7. Scanty. 10. An Adverb. 11. Town in Rhode Island noted for its magnificent summer homes. 23. Pass from place to place. 24. An inclosed seat in a church 25. A Catmint. (Botany.) 28. Past. 32. 5 1-2 yards. - 35. A man’s name, (abbr.) 36. Fragrant. 39. Plural of I 40. Neat in appearance. 12. A bond or hindrance. 44. Exclamation of disgust. 45. An insectivorous flying mammal. 47. A soft lumpy mixture. 48 A snare. 50. Minute drops of vapor. 51. A dress fabric. "2. Radio broadcasting station. VHRTICAL 1. Pertaining to dogs.

I the court house moved to the Lake Erie commons in Walkerton. P. S. I think this will put me in good with everybody and maybe I can be elected Governor next time. C. E< H. HAPPY NEW YEAR, FOLKS.

2. Anno Domini (abbr.) 4. Near. 5. To turn, as a wh^l 6. A meadow. * 7. That is,— 9. To tack on. 10. Fellow of the Royal Society, (abbr.) 11. Point of a Compass. 12. I’art of verb "To Love" (Latin) 14. Wooden pins 15. A Tag. 1 6. Modern. _ 18. A sea-eagle. 19. Decay. 22. River in Italy. 2 1. A vegetable. 26 Covering of seeds of certain plants. 27. A color. 29. A Rodent. 30. A short song. 3 1 Railroad (abbr.) 22. Street (French) 33. Man who attends to horses at an Inn. 34. Possessive case of She. 37. A circuit 28. Often. 39. Texture of thread-like material. 1 41. A m^tal vessel. i 43. To drag. 46. Ante Christum (abbr.) 49. Note in Musical Scale 50. To Act.

i Ka ■tmn ^Take a box wit A you If you have headache, backache, toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, sciatica DR. MILES’ Anti=Pain Pills will give you quick relief. A package of these pills in your pocket or in your shopping bag may save you hours of suffering. Your druggist sells them at pre-war prices—2s doses 25 cents. Economy pack* age, 125 doses SI.OO. Wk 1 _ A i Different Colors of Paper Many businessmen have a system of using different colors of paper for different printed forms, thus distinguishing each form by its color. We can work this system out for you, using 3 DM3 the Utility Business Paper, and you will find that it saves you time and money. Let us show you the advantage of standardizing your paper and your printing. Independent-News Co., Inc.