Walkerton Independent, Volume 50, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 January 1925 — Page 5

IM 11 mi mini 1 tisbm a«a^^a । h n ji.i I IB 3 i I J A* I I W ’ II \ Ibl (>^. 1 , x ’*4 I > I x v t vv I Have a Purpose In Mind It is easy to save if you have a purpose in mind. There are always so many ( things you would like to have. Select M one. Save until you are able to possess E it. Then start saving again for some- w thing else. You will learn the value of the saved S dollar which leads to independence and happiness. State Bank of Walkerton ®fi^2®oc®i!ffi!fi!!®o®ft?lE®S^ra^!arny2yQyn)f^^ S 5 M. 1 . | I I - - For-- | I Sugar Curing and | Smoking I I Home Killed Meats I and Sausages Use | Wright's Liquid Smoke | I and | Wright's Ham Pickle | I I Carter’s Drug Store | — H »* ^e^caJoL Store 33!3®^3®2iaaEiai3®aia^'a^'2i3®aaaaiaafa®aaaa^^&^^ Pay Cash and Pay Less AT THE Walkerton Cash Market

SAV s, -u^th SAFETY i DRUGSTORE ■ ~***‘~—" Bt Absorbent Cotton in the patented package highest quality cotton, thoroughly sterilized and kept permanently clean in the- special dustproof box. You are safe because hands only touch the - cotton taken out. You save because this is the most economical way to use cotton. 20c and 30c The kind your doctor uses. Carter’s Drug Store T7i» Star* Walkerton, Indiana

• ; j —— ।. SLICK & CURTIS . 1 Attorneys and Councilors At Law Notary Public and V. S. Pension Attorneys Settlements of Estates, Abstracts of Title, Real Estate, Loans, Insurance and Collections. - < '*■' . h Dr. W. C. Wisenbaugh Office In Denaut Building WALKERTON, INDIANA Tuesdays and Thursdays . . ■ - 8 a. m. to 6 p. rn. Evenings by Appointment i 1 DR. W. F. MIRANDA Office Hours 8:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. i * Telephone 24 Phone 84 B.l.Holser&Co. for QUALITY COAL y - -—him —

Local Nev^f Hot and cold lunch at all hours. SHIRLEY'S. E. S. Baker was in South Bend Tuesday on business. Rhea Wright was a business caller in Chicago Friday. Mrs. Ina Koontz spent the weekend in South Bend visiting friends. Balloon tires, disc wheels and automatic windshield wiper, regular equipment. 1925 Chevrolet. wn Don’t forget the Waffle supper at Hudelmyer hall, Wednesday evening •lan. 21, from 5 to K o’clock. Rev. J. Budrnan Fleming has । purchased a 5-tube Neutrodyne radio receiving set of Rhea Wright, local dealer. B. F. Harden and family were calling Sunday afternoon on Mrs. Harden’s father, J. A. Zeller, at Hamlet. KILN DRIED CORN MEAL. KILN DRI K D BUCKWHEAT FLOUR AN D WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR AT HOLSER’S. We have some very good bargains in used Chevrolet and Ford touring cars. Prices and terms are right, wn Beistle's, North Liberty. Mrs. Margaret E. Brown returned to Michigan City Monday after spending two weeks here, the guest of her son, Earl Brown, and family. James and Baraev McCabe will soon qualify for the Radio bug house club, having purchased a 5tube Neutrodyne set of Rhea Wright Presbyterian Waffle supper, Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, 5 to X | o'clock. Good waffles, good music, 50 cents. Hudelmyer hall. Mr. and Mrs. Clem DeCoudres of North Liberty and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Finch were guests of Mrs. Susanna DeCoudres in South Rend Sunday. We will have a car of Pocahontas lump coal in the first of next week that we will sell at $7.75 off car. Walkerton Cement Products Co. Phone 33 The Walkerton Post American Legion will hold fts regular meeting in the Trustee’s office, City hall I building, Friday evening. A large attendance is urged as the election of officers will be held. A number of Walkerton young people attended a birthday surprise party on Miss Helen Goppert at her home last Friday evening. Refresh meats were served at the close of the evening. Transportation was furnished by Lloyd Taylor who hooked a pair of bob sleds behind an automobile. The Auto Shew season. which formally opened in New York Fri day. brought a new attraction to Broadway a Ford final assembly line in full action, producing new Ford cars at the rate of one every few minutes. The famous old thoroughfare never saw anything like this before. NOTICE- From this dat* my price or horse shoeing will be reduced. Get my prices on wagon and buggy repairing and bring in your work now before the spring russ begins. I am prepared to do any ! kind of acetylene welding. Owen Dowty, 3tj29wp Walkerton. George Denton of Evansville. ( Democrat, defeated hv Benjamin Willoughby, by only cne vote, has taken the prescribed oath of office. Denton took the oath as a precautionary measure to collect his salary from the date of taking of fice in the event his suit to compel) acceptance of corrected returns from Howard and Sullivan counties, is successful. Dr. J. S. Sprague of South Bend, formerly of North Liberty, stood the final cut in the U. S. Veterans’ bureau office in the Chamber of Commerce, i South Bend when Harry C. Travel- i bee, co-ordinator, was released from ( duty and ordered to report at the! Indianapolis office of the bureau. Dr. John S. Sprague and his assistant will remain on duty. The spelling of LaPorte as two words with a capital “P” became; official when the Post Office Depart- i ment ordered the change, according to a telegram front Representative A. J. Hickey of the Thirteenth District. Several years ago city officials declared that La Porto should be spelled with a capital “P”, but the Post Office Department did not recognize the style at that time. Driven, evidently, bv thq desire to buy iclothes and go to Indianapolis to le^rn the art of the beauty shops Olive McGriff, 15 years old, daughter oi George McGriff of near Argos cashed a check for S2OO at the j Marshall County Trust & Savings bank in Plymouth, by forging her uncle’s name, David McGric, to the check, and also forged the name of Mrs. M. K. Servis, as an endorser of the check in order to get the money.' The fact became known in time to stop the young lady before she had had time to carry’ out all her plans. DuCo Finish in pleasing color cominations. 1925 Chevrolet, wn Indiana, home of the American Legion, has been selected with Illinois as one of the first states Tor the: inauguration of the $5,000,000 Endowment fund movement for disabled soldiers and the care of war orphans, Thomas McConnell, neyly installed state commander, • •has announced. “This state, I am sure, wiP not be slow in responding to this great movement which has the endorsement of President Coq^idge and his leadership as chairman of tbe national honorary committee, McConnell said.

Home made pies at SHIRLEY’S. John R. Harden was home from South Bend over Sunday. Dry plate disc clutch, fly wheel and clutch enclosed. 1925 Chevrolet. I wn Waffle supper Hudelmyer ball, Wednesday evening, Dec. 21. 5 to S o’clock. Lloyd Harden of South Bend was ! ! calling on his uncle, B. F. Harden ' and family, Sunday afternoon. The rear springs are fifty four inches long and under slung on tin* rear axle. 192 5 Chevrolet. wn • J. W. Sicer of New Albany is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hudelmyer and family this week, j' Cash paid for false teeth, dental i gold and discarded jewelry. Hoke ' Smelting & Refining Co., Otsego, j Mich. wnljl26 1 Miss Florence Jacobsen of Hins- । dale, 111., has been spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Axel Jacobsen. The intermediate class of the United Brethren church will have a pastry sale Saturday, Jan. 17. at the Rearick & Divine store. Itw There are in the neighborhood of । 75 cases of small pox in Warsaw, according to Dr. P. G. Fermier, Leesburg, county health physician. Arthur Thompson, age 7, son oi Mr and Mrs. Robt. Thompson, has a light case of scarlet fever. The 1 family was quarantined Saturday, j The Indiana & Michigan Electric company and the Twin Branch Power company, both having headquarters in South Bend are to be consolidated. At the meeting Monday evening of the Bremen City Council the wages of the fire chief were raised to s3o i a year and the firemen will receive $lO a year. Try a load of Old Hickory range ! coal at SO.OO per ton Good for 1 range or heating stove. Walkerton Cement Products Co. Phone 33 Let’s fill up the new school gym- I nasium Friday night and s.e th* first game of basketbail played on i the n< w floor. It will be a big event ! and you will want to br there. The legislative committee of the! Indiana Teachers' Association de-* cided to support and work for the 1 adoption of a counD unit bill in the coming session of th. legislature, at | a meeting hold at the riavpool ho- | tel in Indianapolis, recently. Liquor caused 39<» deaths in the ( first 11 months of 1921 Health Commissioner Bunerson estimated. He said that 239 of the victims died i from moonshine poisoning while 151 murders, suicides and fatal accidents were caus-d by drinking Rev. and Mrs J W Nlell of Mtdaryville.'ind . form. rlv of Walker-I ten. stopped oft h* r. Tuesday for a few dav-’ visit with friend- They I were returning from t’hica-o vheir । Mrs Niell had teen taking treatment at the Wesley Hospital. Her condition is xery nhu h improved. I The corner stone of the Hamlet Methodist church will be laid next Sund.'O, January I*. immediate!,} follow ing the Sunday morning ser- I ' ic.-. The service will be tn charge of the trustees. A special sermon w ill be delivered by th* i jms’ ••• Rev O. P. Manker. M Harvey Smith had a narrow escape last Monday while driving to South Bend. His car skidded near the Bloomer school and turned I completely over an embankment. ! and landed with the wheels in the air. Although some damage was done the car. Mr. Smith crawled out । uninjured. Virgil Jackson. Harry Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence, Garland Lawrence, Orest Farjrar, Ra? M right, Ray Walters. Henry Kerchaert, \\ m. St. Clair John Hardru, Devon Smith, Miss Helen Goppert. all of Walkerton, paid Sid. the Shaving Kid, a visit last Tuesday evening.—Hamlet Items. Starke Count* Republican. i Delphi, Ind., is one of the three sites now under consideration by the ( government for the location of the new Federal industrial institution (authorized by Congress to take care jof Federal women prisoners. Other sites are in West Virginia and ; Pennsylvania. Senator James E. Watson and Representative Fred S Purnell, have been active in advocating selection of the Delphi site. A new $250,000 state hospital for women which will receive patienti. from every’ county in Indiana is the I New Year’s gift tc Indiana university by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H .Coleman of Indianapolis. They have previously given $75,000 for lb* endowment of three chairs in the Indi- I ana university school of medicine,' and $25,000 to the Riley children’s hospital which is a part of the university. The citizens of Hamlet have organized a good cheer club. This club has for its purpose the taking care of the needs of the people who are unable to meet their necessary re- ; quirements, especially at Christmas time. Money will be donated by every’ good fellow of the community to make every member in a family who are unable to meet the demands of “Good Old Santa Claus.’’ a real for sure Christmas with gifts and a basket of eats. At this holiday time eight families were remembered but next year the club will be able to take case of all the needy. Jacob S. Short, was elected president. Forty-five years ago the first electric street lighting system was installed. and the honor belongs to Wabash, Ind. The light cluster was installed on the top of the county court house and special trains were run to that city and correspondents of the leading Chicago papers and those of other cities were present for the momentous event. Over 10,000 people were present to witness dhe lights when they were turned on. And now not a half century late*, there is scarcely a hamlet in the country that is not illuminated by electricity. Yes. and countless farms as well.

Drink Hot, Cbpcplate at Shirley’s. Fire protection is everybody’s personal problem, not only the obligation to go and help in an actual conflagration, but also to help in preventing tires. Individual initiative, energy and ambition, the driving force which j has built this nation, is the great { agency that is today remaking farm ( life in America and making it pleasant for both boys and girls to stay’ ' on the farm. Announcement is made of a county it oung People's Sunday school conference to be held at Tyner, January 2 4 and 25. These conferences are always interesting and lively events Young people and leaders are expected from schools of all denomtu atlons over the county. State leaders are to have parts in the programs, i Movement to permit I.ake Michi-! gan steamships to dock at Hammond ' thru immediate development of the I Grand Calumet river has been set I in motion by the Lake county delegation to the rivers and harbors convention held in Washington last week. The delegates succeeded in having the project endorsed by the other 700 delegates who attended the conference. LOST—lngersol watch, with gold chain, some place between Walkerton and Louis Kelver’s. ltw P Samuel Frame, j SALESMAN WANTED-- Prefer I man with auto acquainted in St. ( Joseph and adjoining counties. Op- ; portunity for hard worker to establish business paying S2OO and up- , ward per month. Stetson Oil Co., ' Station E. Cleveland, O. Itw FOR SALE—Mint farm. 160 acres, ' price $75.00 per acre. Inquire of , 2fwpj22 A. O. Yerrick. FOR SALE—63 acre farm, 2 miles from Walkerton. Price reason- ' able. Easy terms. Write Noah Miller, Milford, Ind. 2twj22p FOR SALE—I7 pigs, 10 weeks i old. John S. Krause. ’Phone 107-G. Walkerton. 2twnp FOR SALE Young Holstein cow, ■ will be fresh in a few davs. Rhone I 107-H. 2twjlsp h. Bricker. FOR SALE Ton Ford truck, ANo. 1 shape. I. H. C. feed grinder. , Hw George Fisher. Have you seen the new 5-tube At- , water Kent Radio? or talked with ,an owner of one? Arrange for free demonstration. RHEA WRIGHT. WANTED Young men and wom- , • n to learn Morse and wireless telegraphy. and railway accounting. We train thoroughly and procure positions with big salaries. Great opportunities for advancement. All expenses low; can earn part. Write today for free catalog. School established fifty years. DODGE’S TELEGRAPH INSTITI’E, Indiana Avenue. Valparaiso, Ind. w6tfl2 FOR RENT or Sale 120 acre farm. : I 2 miles southeast of Walk- • ton: . l>o house and lot in Walk<>rton \ttrac»Ke terms to right parties. M. j Henderson, 325 21st St., Tok do. < <hio w i -ts FOR SALE 40 acre mint farm, 9 miles northwest of Walkerton. Write Edward Rhoade. Bremen, Ind. Jlswtf FOR SALE Five five-year old cows. Telephone Tyner, Ind. 3twnlj22p P. W. HAAG. FOR SALE Empire milker and , 1 1-2 H. P. Kerosene International engine, nearly new. Cheap if taken at once. Phone 92 Walkerton. wnitfd2 4 Leßoy fi.- Tischer. Guaranteed hosiery, samples your (size frt-> to agents. Write lor proposition paying $75.00 weekly full time. $1.50 an hour spare time, selling guaranteed hosiery to wearer; must wear or be replaced free. Quick sah s. repeat orders. INTERNATIONAL STOCKING MILLS, Norristown, ,>a - wn1j103715 INUSBAUM & CO. UNDERTAKERS We give our special attention to all calls I.ady Assistant Phone 83. Walkerton

I EVERY WEEK | | We Are Installing New. * RADIOS • in This Community People are fast coming to realize that there is no investment they can X make that will bring them so much of real pleasure, first class entertainment X and a wealth of good wholesome knowledge and information on a thousand X questions, as the purchase of a Radio. X The average Log of the Radios we sell and install contains from. 75 to 100 X | different stations. Selectivity, why there is none better. Reception, you can X ■ hear the best programs of Boston, New York, Montreal, Dallas, Denver, X i Winnepeg, with ease. Get a badio receiver today and enjoy the wealth of lec- X ■ tures, sermons by the biggest preachers of the world, music by the best or- I ■ chestras, vocalist, and organs. You have everything at your finger tips with ■ i one of our sets. ‘ I B ; B • And Remember—We service all our 1 adios and guarantee good reception. * X , Let Us Demonstrate. | | Rhea Wright |

I Follow the Crowds See for yourself how our Suits, Overcoats, Shoes, etc., are priced right now. The reason would fill a book, but - [ we’ll tell it to you in just 4 words— W’E MUST RAISE CASH. Investigate it will surely pay you. ARE YOU WEARING EDMONDS FOOT FITTERS, the wonder shoes of the year? They are better than any $lO shoe made. Allow us to demonstrate them to you. I I Reiss Clothing Store i Walkerton, Ind. Bank Statement

No. 467 WILLIAM I. ROBISON, President. ARCHIE L. DUPLER. Vice-Pres. i MILO B. SLICK. Cashier. i Report of the condition of the Farmers State Bank, at Walkerton, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on Dec. 31st, 1924. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $174,713.59 Overdrafts 402.30 U. S. Bonds 4,336.93 Banking House 12,043.90 Furniture and Fixtures 4.474.84 Due from Banks and Trust Companies 11,904.99 Cash on Hand 8,067.59 Cash Items 112.48 Trust Securities 36,600.00 Total Resources 252,656.62

FARMERS STATE BANK ^^|§||^ Coal Lime ffl Cement Sewer Pipe WlSj^fW Brick Asphalt Roofing Cement Blocks WALKERTON CEMENT PRODUCTS CO. Phone 33 . W. S. Rhodes, Mgr. Lest You Forget — Renew That Sub

LIABILITIES Capital Stock—paid in 25,000.00 Surplus 10,107.39 Demand Deposits 72,089.34 Demand Certificates 69.604.92 Savings Deposits 33,852.67 Bills Payable 5,000.00 Trust Investments 36,600.00 ’ Other Liabilities 402.30 Total Liabilities 252,656.62 State of Indiana, County of St. i Joseph, ss: • I, Milo B. Slick, Cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Walkerton, • Indiana, do solemnly swear that the ■ above statement is true. MILO B. SLICK. * Subscribed and sworn to before me • this 10th day of January, 1925. : (SEAL) • J. Willis Cotton, Notary Public. My commission expires Julv 15, 1928.