Walkerton Independent, Volume 51, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1925 — Page 1

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4AKtVIUE WINS OVER WALKERTON NET TEAMS Capt. Bierley’s Men and Girls' Team Forced To Bow to Giants While Walkerton Beserves Win 18-9 It was an off night for the Walkerton hardwood court artists last Saturday night when they were forced to acknowledge the supermacy of the Little Giants of Lakeville on the latter’s floor, in two games out of three. Whether it was the low ceiling of the Lakeville gym, the superior (playing of the Little Giants or the “scarlet fever’’ scare that was responsible for the outcome, is undecided. It is a fact, however, that Coach McClaflin’s men were unfit physically for the hard came Lakeville gave them, Capt. Bierley and “Sandy” Nusbaum being decidedly off color. In spite of the handicap, the Walkerton lads started in the lead and maintained it up until the last two minutes of play when dame fortune smiled on the Lake village artists and allowed them to win by a single point margin, a foul shot in the closing period of the game. The final score was 19-18. At the end of the half, Walkerton was leading 119. Cripe was honor man for the locals getting 4 field goals and 1 free shot. Bierley added 5 points. "Nusbaum 2, Lawrence and Sheaks each annexing one via the free route. “Bailey scored highest for Lakeville, getting 14 points. Logan made she other five scores. The scoring in the girls game was a contest between Shirley of Walkerton and Shupert of Lakeville, with experience favoring the hitter. Their scores were 18-10. Hodson added 10 points for Lakeville and Johnson one for Walkerton, making the final score 28-11. It remained for 'tne Walkerton reserves to save the locals from a complete shut out. “Skeet” Place was the handy man with the ball, sinking the sphere thru for 9 points; Vermillion and Shultz added 3 each, Wills 2 and Spahr 1. Bricker was substituted for Shultz. 'Cap* Gard was the Chief contender for Lakeville, garnering 3 baskets from the floor. The next game will be on January 8. iBISNOP W. R. MILLfR WILL GIVE BIBLE TALKS Will Show Illustrated .Slides or Bible Land. Bishop W. R. Miller has been secured to deliver his famous .course of six lectures in the Church of the Brethren at Qak Grove church, begnning Monday, Dec. 28, and closing Sunday, Jan. 3. Some 60 views will be thrown on the canvas each evening. These 360 views are the result of ten visits to Bible Lands, the lecturer making four and his brother six. The best of these 200,000 miles of travel will be used on the canvas during the week, closing with an account of their capture by the Arabs, as pris.oners for 8 days. A rare opportunity to know your Bible. A free will offering will be taken . each evening. Walkerton Boy Forging to the Top Hale Byers, a former W alkerton boy, son of Brown Byers, B. A O. j conductor, living at Garrett, Ind., is maxing good as a musician, according to L. A. Rogers, who submitted ■ an article from the South Bend News Times as proof of his assertion. Many people in Walkerton will remember Hale as a mean little rascal, who sold newspapers for Ed Shirley. To quote the article by O. O. Mclntyre, in part: "New York—There are a dozen collegtates who have stepped from I the campus into $25,000 a year jobs in Gotham. They are very much “on their own” and won their places I without parental pull. Knowledge ■ they acquired at college is paying I golden dividends. I’ve chucked my last chuckle at a raccoon coat and saxophone. For these seem to be their sole equipments for a joust with life. The lads are saxophonists with sundry high-| priced jazz bands that appear at several different places during the the day. _ j Hale Byers, a few years removed from an Illinois college campus, is garnering S6OO a week as a saxophone orchestra leader at the nightly exercises conducted by Barney Galant in his« village stadium.” MARRIAGES. Sponsoßer-Msv Mrs. Anna Mav of Walkerton, and Mr. Austin H. Sponseller of Plymouth, were married at the parsonage home of the First Christian church. South Bend, on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19, at 3 o'clock. Rev. Elmer Ward Dole, officiating. Mr. ; and Mrs. Sponseller will make their home in Walkerton. I PUBLIC SALE On Saturday afternoon. Jan. 2, at 1:30 o’clock at the Isaiah Bickel residence in North Liberty, we will j sell a Ford touring car. 24 chickens, pome household goods, etc. Clyde H. Bickel. Adm. Charlotte Bickel. ! A good line for future use: As' cynical as a tom cat.

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News of The Churches Methodist Episcopal Chinch । F. J. Beisel, Pastor. “I am thinking of you today, because it is Christmas, und 1 wish you happiness; and tomorrow, because it will be the day after Christmas, I shall wish you happiness; and so on t clear through the year. I may not be able to tell you about it every day, because I may be far away, or because 1 may be very busy—but it makes no difference. The thought and wish will be just the same Whatever joy or success comes to you will make me glad. Without pretense, and in plain .words, good will to you is what 1 mean, in the si irit of Christmas. — Henry Van Dyke. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Do your share to keep up the Christmas spirit. 207 were present dust Sunday. Morning worship at 10:30 The Lord’s supper will be observed at , this service. Jesus said: “This do in remembrance of me/' An opportunity will be given at this service for any who desire to unite with the church. 1 Epworth League at 6:15. The attendance is keeping up fine in these meetings. Oome and get into the spirit of the challenge. I Evening worship at 7:00. Theme: “The New* Year.” Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. Bring your Bibles. | Official Board meeting Monday evening, 7:30. I A Call to Worship | Christmas in 1925 is past but the need and duty of worship continues. Church worship is of primary im- । portance in Christian living. I The soul must be surrounded by influences which tend toward its spiritual development or worship in spirit and in truth is impossible. Roosevelt said; Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest si>ort the .world affords. I The First Presbyterian Church of Walkerton offers you a place to worship by the side of others and a field of battle where you can take । your stand for right by the side of others. Sunday is always a busy day from 9:30 in the morning to 8 in the evening'- Come and see how active a bunch of earnest people can be. I “The latch string hangs out.” United Brethren Church J. C. Albright, Pastor. Some one has said, in relation to Col. Ingersoll, ‘‘God does not settle i accounts with infidels and blasphemers every Saturday night.” Read , Eccle. 8:11. j Junior Christian Endeavor at 8:45 a. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Morning worship at 10:30 a. m. Evening worship at 7:00 p. m. Club Enjoys Christmas Program — A •Chrstmas tree and decorations in holly colors lent a festive appearance to the Community Club rooms last Friday afternoon, and the Christmas spirit was carried out in the responses to roll call and other features of the program, comprising readings by Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. ■ Grigsby, a vocal solo by Mrs. Sears and a poem of welcome by our new , member. Mrs. Dolman. Business pertaining to the municipal Christmas tree and the season’s charities was transacted. Letters of appeal from needy families were read and met with hearty response j by those present, each giving twenty- 1 five cents toward the basket fund. A vote ,was taken pledging the purchase of a five dollar tuberculosis health bond by the club. It was voted to postpone the next , regular meeting of the club from , Jan. 1, to Friday, Jan. 8, at which . time the annual election of officers will be held. All the members are j urged to keep this date in mind and j attend this important meeting. The meeting closed with a pleasant social hour and gift exchange. Wild Game Season Gloses Next Thursday The lawful season for hunting all kinds of wild game in Indiana, except rabbits, wild duck, geese and I brant, closed on Saturday, Dec. 19, it was pointed out by George N Mannfeld, superintendent of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, instead of on December 20, as the law reads, due . to the fact thpt the twentieth fell on Sunday. This means that quail ! shooting, whi h is the principal game bird found in Indiana, was one day j short of the customary open season. । Wild ducks, geese and brant, may ; lawfully shot to and including De- ' cember 1, while rabbits may be killed until and including Jan. 9. It is' unlawful to Till coot after December, i 19, as this bird is not a waterfoul : and the season for shooting it closes I at the me time as lawful quail j shooting. Fur-bearing animals am 1 not classed as game and the season ' for taking the same remains open un-| til February 10. —— —, iStores Close Every Night In Week But Two The following Walkerton firms have agreed to close their stores every night in the week except Wedi nesdays and Saturdays. This will be in effect beginnng, Jan. 1 to April 1. 1926. H. W. Gohn, A. L. Dupler. Rearick & Divine, LaFeber & Son, ; Law-pence Meat Market, and the | Walkerbon Cash Market. The two clothing stores already observe this rule.

WALKERTON, INDIANA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925.

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WILL JEST CAUSES OE RADIO LADING Twenty Observation Stations Will Chart Findings To Aid In Study. Investigation of “fading” on a I scale never before attempted in the । United States will be made in midJanuary at twenty observation sta- . tions it was announced by J. K. । Smith, of the Stewart-Warner corporal bon. Hitherto such experiments have j been carried on in isolated sections । of the country between two or at most three stations. There is still no explanation of why signals should be stronger in winter when static electricity leaps out of one's hair or , sparks out of the rug at one’s feet, and weak in summer when there are apparently no static charges in the things about us, according to Mr. । Smith. | The Stewart-Warner observation posts will chart readings on selected j ' distant stations every two minutes I during the period of the tests. The I results will be averawed and plotted i on a map similar to that issued by the government weather bureau. “By a comparison of ‘fading’ and the static curves with those of the U. S. weather map it will hr* possible to determine the effect of weather on such phenomena/' said Mr I Smith. The plan to hold the tests originj ated in a discovery that Chicago reception this year has failed to follow । the accepted rules. There have been j several clear, cold nights on which it has been impossible to hear stations 500 miles distant. On the other hand, there have* i been warm, wet nights entirely free I from static and perfect for broadcast ; reception from distant points. Walkerton School Selected For Studv j j The national Education Associa- । tion through the Research Commitj tee of the Commonwealth Fund is attempting to measure the length of . elementary education throughout th^ , United States. Six hundred school systems in the forty-eight states have been request j ed to furnish data for this commit- i tee. Twelve of these school systems are located in Indiana and the Walkerton Public Schools are in this list I Already the Walkerton schools j have furnished much data on the i length of school term, in what grades lis begun the study of many points ' Sin English, grammar, geography, j arithmetic, history and government, i | Information is also given as to the J i amount of time devoted to such | ; parts of the work. A complete age- i grade able was furnshed and data 'on the preparation and training of the teachers. A little later standard tests will be provided the Walkerton schools i by the Research Committee to meaJ sure the quality of work done in j ' elementary schools with a nine ' month term with the quality of work ; being done in other states with the same or varying length of term. A ; 1 report from ths committee will be j sent out which will help check some ; wastes in elementary education in j Indiana. Walkerton considers it a ’ distinct honor to be one of the twelve school systems called upon I to help in this work by the Research ; Committee. Doctor Charles H. Jud<’ of Chicago University is chairman of this committee. We are convinced that digestion is tho great secret of life.and that character. talents, virtues and nnalities are powerfully affected bv beef, mutton, piecrust and rich soups.

Santa Claus Will Arrive Here at 7:30 i North Pole, Dec. 23. 1925, Special to Walkerton Independent: Santa Claus will arrive in Walkerton at 7:30 o'clock Christmas Eve, j driving his rein leer sleigh Have all I the kiddes, that have been good, present for he wants to see them and give them some of his gifts. It is 98 degrees below zero up here at the pole and the snow is 7 2 feet deep, so that travel will be a little hard and ' slow, but Santa left several days ago. anil said he would be in Walkerton sure on Christmas Eve. ' Have all the folks ready at the Christmas tre? whfn he comes as he ' can't stay long. Be sure to sing the Christmas carols for he likes them so much. He thinks Walkerton is a dandy town and appreciates all the good work the Community club is doing there. He said the new srogan adopted by the Walkerton Chamber of Commerce, “Walkerton, where smiles and business meet,’’ is oue of j the best he ever heard of and he I wants to see every body smiling । when he arrives. Good luck to nil, Mrs. Santa Claus. The Death Record Bloeksom James Bloeksom died suddenly on Dec. 20, 1925. He was the son of Amos and Susanah Bloeksom, ami was born “eh. 24, 1859, near North Liberty, in the spring of 1 879 he. with his mother and one brother, left or central Kansas settling near Cawken City, and later moved to Norton Center, Kansas. Ho later lived in Oklahoma. Texas and N^w Mexico. * In 1917 he came back to North Liberty where he made his home. He leaves two nephews, Clarence and i Verlin Bloeksom. near Walkerton. I and one niece, Mrs. A O. Bernhardt. ' and a host of friends. He was always • kind hearted and a helping friend Funerl services were held from , the Christian church. North Liberty. Tuesday afternoon. Rev. T. H. Mason officiating. Burial was in the North Liberty cemetery. I Schroeder. I Lewis Schroeder, aged 56 years, i and 6 months, for many years an । invalid, passed away at the home of i his brother. J. M. Schroeder, near Tyner at eight o'clock. Monday evening. December 21. 1925. Funeral services were held in the j United Brethren cnurch in Tyner at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with burial in the Tvner cemetery. I Mint Growers Lav Plans For Next Year Looking forward to another profitable season, the growers through the St. Joseph Valley Mint Growers ! association, have ordered one hundred car loads of soft coal to be used in the distilling of the oil. Many car loads of potash for fertilizing purposes have been purchased. This was a great year for the growers, the oil averaging S2O a pound. The peak prices reached $29. In 1&24, the price received was only ' $5 a pound. It then was retailed to | the consumer at from sl4 to sls a J pound. The St. Joseph association has been organized little more than i three months’ but during that time । the members received more than $750,000 for their oil. The high price obtained was the result of the small yield and of organized marketing. Only about 250,000 pounds of mint was obtained from tne southern Mchigan and northern Indiana field, which normally produces 700.un0 pounds or 75 per cent of the entire country’s yield.—Plymouth Pilot.

PASTMASTERS HOLD MEETING IN LAKEVILLE Over One Hundred Attend Annual Meeting. More than 100 past masters of the ! Masonic lodges troin South Bend, Mishawaka. Elkhart, Goshen, Ligonier, Bristol, Bremen, Nappanee, I,akeville, Walkerton, North Liberty, New Carlisle, Michigan City, and LaPorte were in attendance at the annual meeting of the Actual Past Masters Association, held at Lakeville Monday night. Dinner was serv id by the Lakeville chapter. Order of Eastern Star. -Vs originally organized the association included 15 charter members, of wihom only five are still living Os these, F. V. Urquhart, of South Bend, was present at I-akeville. The present membership is 2 39. The official degree was conferred on eight recently Elected worshipful masters. Besides these men, 14 for mer presiding officers were enrolled as members of the association. IL A. Stein, of Michigan City, was , elected president, Wm. Miller of New Carlisle, vice-president; C. E. Stull. I of North Liberty, marshall; and R j H. Ixmgfiftld of South Bend, secretary i and treasurer. The 1 926 meeting I will be held in Michigan City. __ Fleet ric Ra vs Spur Hens To Double Duty Gone are the good old days when I hens with a penchant for scratching | and a reluctuanee for laying eggs can get away with it. Why? Electric- I ity. Science has taken another stride forward in the interest of efficiency I —a stride that will be dear to the i fanners’ hearts. It has found away ' to make the hens 'produce more; eggs. Experiments just concluded in ' treating the reluctant biddy with ul-tra-volet rays have proved successful, I Hens who formerly did nothing but; scratch have renewed their acquaint- - anceship with the nest after a few' treatments under the special lamp, j and invariably they have left a “nest । egg.*’ And in some instances, hens given । this treatment have been -known to lay as often as twice a day. Should Produse Own Christmas Trees Indiana should grow Christmas trees at least in sufficient quantities ; for its own needs. This can be done, and with pro- : fit. especially in view of the large i area of waste acres now available and the present retail price of the : shipped product. Trees best suited for the festive j holiday are now gathered in Maine ■ Vermont. Canada, Michigan, and I Minnesota, and due to the quaran- ■ tine of some areas, ravages of in- ; sect pests and high freight rates which discourages some sources 'Of supply, prices have advanced nearly 3 0 per cent this year. According to Charles C. Dean, state forester under the Indiana Department of Conservation, trees most suitable for Christmas are Nor,wav spruce, white spruce, balsam fir and Douglas fir, with preference being given the Norway spruce. Unfortunately none of these species are native to Indiana, so the alternative is to grow them and assure at least Hoosier people a sufficent supply at a reasonable price. The Norway spruce lends itself admirably to Indiana soil and climate. Every man longs for an opportunity to display himself—that’s the reason it is easy to get men to march in a parade.

Xmas Seal Sales Reaching High Mark — When a summary was made of re- ' ceipts from the sale of health bonds j and Christmas Seals on Monday ' evening of this week it was discovered that one the hundred and eighty dollar mark had been passed. As a whole the response to the invitation sent out through the local schools to buy health bonds and Christmas Seals has been most generous. Eax h | grade and teacher in the school has i been very enthusiastic and as this item goes to press we can say th t we have had a one hundred percent response from each family represented is the school in purchases of seals. If all outstanding health bonds are purchased we will reach the two hundred dollar mark. Telephone your report today to a local teacher. Honor Roll In addition to the names appearing on the honor roil in the la t two i :es of this paper we have the llo' ing who ha/e purchased on or more dollars in seals or he 'th bonds; I^eßoy Ti ch w; Dr W p randa. Independent Oil Co., Fn/' <v McCauley, Community Ch’b, one health bond; Glean'-s, one he/t‘ i bond. । Rural Sc’ ools Make Good Reccrd — ' The four rural schools in Lincoln , Township have made a splendid record this year in the sale of ChristLeague in the 1926 program. The four teachers, .Misses \nna Mechling I an t d Mary Hardy. Mrs. Kathryn \waid and Gran’ Steele, started the work in the township with the purchase of a five dollar health bund. Thru the schools there was sold to residents in the township Christmas Seals to the extent of $21.49. Several families in the township sent funds direct to county headquarters and requested that credit be given the rural school of their district. Complete returns are not yet available but as early as Dec. 14, five ' dollars had been credited to the rur- | al schools from these mail sales. At 1 the time this notice is written the | rural school record indicates a total | of $31.49. Read Sunday School Lessons Each Issue Do your children read the Sunday School Lesson published each week in this paper? Do you read it? Many of our readers tell us this is one of the best departments of this paper and one that is followed closely in each issue. These lessons are prepared by the Rev. P. B. Fitzwater of the Moody Bible Institute faculty at Chicago. Although he is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren, he is heartily interdenominational. Nine different denominations are repre- ■ sented on the faculty of this institu- • tion. It has been noted that the Reverend Fitzwater’s writings clearly reflect the wisdom of the broad stu- ■ dent combined with the affability of the Christian man. Such authority and ability are combine! in the Sunday School Lessons he prepares, and all readers I young and old find much for them in ! his department. Turn to today’s lesj son now and see what it offers. American Legion To Hold Smoker-Feed J The Walkerton Post American Le- । gion will hold a special smoker-feed ' meeting in their hall over the Gus . Reiss store on Friday night, Jan. 1. I An effort is being made to have every i member of the post present for the ' meeting and a special invitation is j extended to all ex-army boys, wheth ; er members of the post or not, to attend this good fellowship meet- , ing. At the last meeting Ray Bowers i was elected commander for 1926 and Harry Parker, vice commander. The remainder of the officers will be electi ed at the smoker-teed meeting, Jan. 11. Earthquakes Peril America s Big Cities About the last thought, probably, that occurs to the average American is that he may be living in an area of i earthquake danger. As a matter of j fact, earthquakes occur in the United States every year—many of them. More than that, writes Arthur Selwyn Brown, Ph. D.. LL.D., in Popular Science Monthly, they c cur in places tlial point to (he exist-, nee of definite lines of earth weakness passing through or near some of our greatest cities. New York. Washington and Boston, for example, lie along one of j these lines, and cons intently are not | removed entirely from the danger cf l earthquake | Other similar lines are founc • stretching across the continent from southern California to the Atlantic coast, sweeping up through the Mis slssippi valley to the Great Lakes cleaving the center of New England Within these areas live millions of people. A study of the annua) reports of earthquakes In the United States shows that there is an important line of earth weakness starting In the southern parts of California, tracers ing Arizona, following the thirty-fifth degree of latitude, sending a spur up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, then running eastward to the sea, ami thence following the Atlantic coastal ranges up to Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

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INTERESTING NOTES EROM OUR SCHOOE ' ■ Schools Give Christmas Program This Afternoon in Gxmnasium. The schools closed this afternoon for the holiday vacation period, which will end on Monday moruing, January 4. Grades one to eight entertained their parents and friends in a Christmas program given in the gymnasium this afternoon. Each grade contributed two or more numbers io this program. Following the program each of the grades returned to the home room where the Christmas tree was enjoyed and an exchange of gifts occurred. Donovan Beisel who is attending DtPauw University this year wa a high school visitor on Monday afternoon of this week. The high school history classes had spe 1 reports on outside current readings on Tuesday and enjoy- * 1 e n b t on t 1 true or false tests on Wednesday co' ering much of tne w<-; ’ oe •-ecu’ school year. Mrs. Hahn was a visitor in the first grade room one day last week. Pupils in high school remem’ - ■ ■ed Mr. R. O Bohn and Clyde Me nrly with Christmas Greetings this w--k-Mr. Behn is at Healthwir ar! Clyde is recovering from a fractured arm. Teachers are planning to spend a part of the holiday vacation as fallows; J. B. Munn and family wi” ■. it relative, and friends in Angola . nxi Freemont, Ind ; Mr and Mrs. S. P. Sears will visit home folks in Terre Haute and Worthington; AV. R. McClaflin will join his family in Indianapolis; Miss Lois Coy will also return to her home in Indianapolis; I Miss Frances Venen will spend the ■ vacation with her people in Spring- ■ boro, Pa.; Miss Doris Crafton goes fa Newqpoint; Miss Cleo Dirrim tO'Hamilton and Miss Grace Engle fa* Bluffton, Ind, for Christmas witlP’ . their relatives. When school reopens we are promised three big evenings of basketball on the Bth, 15th, and 22nd of Janu ‘ ary in the local gymnasium. MadP son, Hamlet and North Liberty high • . schools will furnish the opposition. . Keep these dates in mind. The next number of the school lyceum course is scheduled for Tues . day evening, Jan. 12. The program ' on that occasion will be given by Mr. : Frank Coad, entertainer extraordinr ‘ ary. The following is a list of Mr. । Coad’s repertciie, which consists of dramatic readings, plays, etc. The ; Music Master, Within the Law, ; Smiling Thru, Laddie, and original - impersonation of every day folks. . You will enjoy this number. , ■ i DAIRY EXPERT EAVORS ? i ' EAll CALVING ON EARM Farmer Has More Time To Cure For Them And Prices Are Better On Milk Products. Fall calving instead of spring calving on the average farm, and 'especially the dairy farm, was vig- !. orously advocated by Prof. H. H. Kildee, widely-known dairy expert, in ’; a talk broadcast for the Radio Farm ■ School. Prof. Kildee is head oi the ' animal husbandry department of the lowa State College. । ' “While the practice of the average Middle Western farm in having the larger number of cows fressen in • the spring that they may produce । milk during the pasture or cheap : i feed season, is also in keeping with Nature's plan, experienced dairymen > have found that they can go Nature ■ f one better by planning for fall ; calves or at least a distribution of the calf crop throughout the year,” Prof. Kildee said. He then presented ' the pro and con of the question in , this graphic manner: i “If the cow freshens in the spring, her production is added to the large volume of milk already produced at this season of the year with the result that a further surplus is added to a flooded market, reacting unfav- , orably on the price. Then there is serious interference with proper care, feeding an 1 management of the 1 cows during the busy season incident to crop production and harvest. Finally, there is the decreased milk and fat production through the year which is a result of spring freshening, for flies, hot weather and scanty i pastures produce conditions that are j unfavorable to milk production and the comfort of the cow The fall freshened cow, on the other hand, gives maximum production on dry feed and silage, and when the production declines in the spring, she is turned on grass whicii , slim ,lat"s a larger milk flow. Hf .re, cows with reasonable care produce satisfactorily during the winter t a time ' hen the other work is no* so rushing and the farn r ’: - -'u le time to care for and milk '-um. Authorities have claimed thaT 10 to fat will be produced by cow- *■ at calve in the fall compared to the same cows calving in the spring. I This, coupled with the fact that the ■ market for dairy products generally better in winter than in ny other season, speaks volumes tn favor of fall freshening.” NOTTE Due to the great danger incumed in boys and girls hooking their selds on behind automobiles and riding on the streets, it has been thought wise to forbid al! such action. Boys and girls will kindly refrain frona such practice. The cooperation of all p-rents is asked. H G Brinley, Marshal.