Walkerton Independent, Volume 62, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 July 1936 — Page 8

■■■ II ' - ... - — ' * l'|j«< 7 }!"/•/ < MDRMICK PEERINOEWS -— _ • '; ; "Goodecwptreiit makes a good farmer bet!»; *-p üblisheuj^ - ~.>■ <. Sfe The Silo Co. • North Liberty Walkerton Sooth Bend tf«' - a.*. VoL XI; No. 2» Thursday, .July 16, 1036 Special Clearance —On AilPerfection and Florence Oil and Gas Pressure Stoves You’ll never have another opportunity like this. We want to turn this investment into cash and want to move every stove at once. We’ll sell them to you for as low as $2.00 down, small monthly payment, with no interest or carrying charge. Don’t wait. Come in today to take home one of these fine stoves. Liberal allowance on your old stove. ■ n See Us Today For That , New WASHER IrSTTH You’ll like these sea- [W. tures that are found only ——. — - in the Seed Queens. ■ 0 Safety-roll wringer. j | _ Bowl-Shaped tub. 41 Double walls to keep gBUR i water hot. A Steel chassis construction. These washers are gas engine or electric motor driven. We will be glad to give you a demonstration of these wonder washing machines. These too, are sold on easy terms. ^tARM RADIO PRICES REDUCED We have two 1936 DeLuxe Zenith 6-volt farm radios which we will sell at less than cost. Remember only 2of these. Come in today. Cash or terms. HORSES - HORSES - HORSES We have a good selection of horses at our farm now. If you need an extra horse better buy nowbefore prices advance, as they are bound to do. We have lights and heavies, all colors and sizes. The Silo Co. North Liberty — Walkerton

EST. OVER 30 YEARS Don’t Wear Glasses . . if you don't have to. Let us examine your eyes and find out. l(montre|b OPTOMETRISTS 222* S. Mich. St. 4-7771 Broken lenses duplicated tn our own laboratory. Masonic WALKERTON LODGE. F. & A. M No. 619. Regular meetings the first Thursday of each month. Visitors welcome. Garland A. Lawrence, W. M. Roy W. Gindelberger. Secy Dr. W. M. Denaut DENTIST OFFICE HOURS 8:3v—11:00; 12:30 —5:00 Closed Friday Afternoon 7:00 —8:00 Wed. and Sat. Evenings Other Evenings by Appointment I S. A. Nusbaum UNDERTAKING I Sp * ial Attention to all I Calls I Lady Assistant I Phc »e S 3 Walkerton

A HEN HAS NO BRAINS She’ll eat whatever she can pick up. She does not know that an egg is 66% Water — 13% Protein 9% Fat — 12% Mineral —And she does not know that in order to lay an egg every day she's got to get the same proportions of these elements in the raw materials she takes into her crop. That’s Why We Recommend Hoosier Poultry Feeds Holser-Palmer Company Quality Seeds - Fertilizer Some One Wants It And can put it to good use. And you can realize a little pin money by advertising it for sale. You’ll be surprised how quickly your used furniture is sold.

Correspondence BIT. VERNON Mr. and Mrs. Gu, Kerchaert and ' daughters, Mr. and Mr< Kay Kami’ j man and children, and Mrs. Fred Schneiber spent Sunday in Elkhart.! Mrs. Alice Seibert, who has been visiting there for several weeks, re- i turned with them. Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Mangus, of i North Liberty, were Sunday guests । of Mr. and Mrs. 11. F. Goppert. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Messner, of i Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward । Henderson, of Toledo, Ohio, spent j Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Stahly. Miss Helen Martin is visiting relatives at Peru, and will spend several days at Indianapolis and Turkey Run State Park. The Mt. Vernon Community Club will hold its annual picnic at Washington Park in Michigan City, next Sunday, August 2. AH members and their friends will meet near HitBand stand in Walkerton at 9:30 a. m„ standard time and proceed in a body. JORDAN Twenty-two neighbors and friends surprised Mrs. Wilder Cox Friday afternoon. Helen Seitz spent from Thursday until Saturday with Edna Walter. Miss Mary Hardy and Adelaide Millard are spending the week at Koontz Lake with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Vincent called on home folks Sunday. Charles Daube and family spent Saturday evening at the Elmer Pope home, Chesterton. Mrs. Emma Jenkins is visiting with her sister, Mrs. R. M. Wiley. Robert Cox, of Mishawaka and Arlie Cox, of Knox, spent Sunday at the home of Wilder Cox. Grace and Kenneth Cox. who have been al the Cox home a week, returned home with their parents. Jolin McDonald and wife and Mrs. Addie Reamer called on Mrs. C. 1 . McCarty. Charles Van Winkle and wife and Miss Sarah Rupel wire Sunday visitors at the Byron Rupel home. Welcome Knowlton and family entertained the Morgan family reunion Sunday. Mrs. Jennie Hardy- and daughter, Genevieve and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hardy, of South Bend, called at the McCarty home, Sunday. Miss Anna Hutchinson visited th past week with Mrs. I na Steele and family. Shi is a returned mission ary irom China, on her way home to Maryland. She spoke at th. North Liberty Church ot th. Brethren Sunday morning and in the ex ening at the Pine Cteek church. Otto Schmeltz and family and Clarence Waiter and family attended the Waiter reunion Sunday at the old Walter homestead, near Lal az. One hundred and twenty-live were present. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lambert and Mrs. Nellie Henshaw visited Sundar with Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler, near Plymouth. TEEGARDEN Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Ringle and children spent Sunday in South Bend with Mr. and Mrs. John Ringle. Raymond remained for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. Tillis Stanton and children, of Grovertown, called on Mr. aud Mrs. Owen Litchfield Sun day evening. Dwere Jones was taken to th* Parkview hospital, Sunday seriously ill. He has inproved but still remains in a serious condition. Mr, and Mrs. Millard Lemert and children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Aldrich. Ivan Morris attended the Sarb r reunion at Plymouth, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Thayer and daughters, were dinner guests of Herschel Bolenbaugh and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Lemert announce the birth of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Horn by and son, Gerald, of Wanatah, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hornsby of South Bend, and Mrs. Eva Bates and son. Wayne, called on Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hornsby Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Murble Maxson and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. John Aid rich called on Jim Dare and family, of Walkerton, Sunday evening. The First Brethren Sunday school i will have a picnic at the Plymouth Park, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Matz and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. George Matz an i family, and Mrs. Goldie Feathers, of South Bend, wen dinner guests of Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Matz Sun | day. GRO' RTOWN Mark Uncapher of Chicago wa< here Saturday looking after business matters and calling on friends.

Attractive Shelter House at Pokagon Park in Ideal Setting for Picnic Till?- ■ Mi * . ... EXb> ^3'*-’'.. r bfe-s ■- ■■ • -

This attractive shelter house at Foka-on state park, on U. S. 27, five mil* s north of Angola, is an ideal j \ • for the family picnic and has b< i one of the most popular of the improvements completed in the park. On a high, wooded bluff, overlooking Lake James, the shelter is close to the bathing beach and the picnic and camping areas. Pokagon state park, named for

Mr. and Mrs. George Trapp wet* i in South Bnd last Thursday. Mrs. Geneva Tousley spent the week end in Walkerton, the guest of ! Mrs. Julia Tousley and Mrs. Bet-i nice Waul. We \e marked upland-corn off the i list, charged to “Dry Weather; "cow ‘ peas, a flop, dry weather; bumper little potato crop, dry weather; ; I ruck patches wiped out, lack o’j moisture, dry weather and hot sun j combined; in fact, “hot sun” was a I factor in all of it. Most of the. ; drainage fiends are hollering fin j irrigation Never mind, “we ll all ’ get to liebin by and by. Martin Johnson was seized with i a se\ere attack of appendicitis last Saturday morning. He was rushed] to the Marshall Co. Hospital, Ply- I mouth, and operated on at 10:09 | o'clock, whi n it was found the ap- I pendix were ruptured. Though in : serious condition. Mr. Johnson was । reported some better Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mart Anderson call-! ed on S. C. Reinhardt. Tuesday’ as- | ternoon. They were on their way ; home from a ten-day trip to var- I ious points in Colorado. SU,VER STREET J. H. Burkholder took dinner with ; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Buss and son. ; Orville, Thursday. There was a large attendence at the Roush and Olinger reunion Sun- : day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | Melvin Roush, with 162 present. On file Buss, Roy Stump and their girl friends motored to Michigan City Sunday morning where they attended Sunday' School services and enjoyed a picnic dinner at the park. I W. A. Morris of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. M S. Morris took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Buss Thursday. It happened to be threshing day. 'I he relatives and friends had a real surprise on Albert Kring Sunday, it being his birthday. A bountiful dinner was served at the noon hour. Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Morris called on Mr. and Mrs. Rus •11 Narag<m an I family Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Buss motor ed to Nappanee one dav last wc k where they called on friends. Quite a seriou accident took place at Teerardop Tuesdnx evening wh n Joe Beninger and Milo Matz co ■ ran together. Mr Relinger wa badly hurt and the doctor wa< called. Mr and Mrs. M. <. Morri: and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Roush calh-d on Mrs. Amanda Johnson Monday e\' ing. Mrs Johnson -eeim to In im proving some. Mrs Cudm'i of Tv ner I- assisting in her care. The work on the new hou^e of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Russ i proi r- ssjpg well with Jim McComb as manager. It. will Im> r« adv to move into in few weeks. Orville Russ called on his grand parents. Mr. and Mr- M. S Morri Tut sday evening. YELLDW r wk Mr. and Mrs Melvin Raughman spent Sundav at Winona Lake Mr and Mrs. Rnsr-oe Man; cs ami Mrs. Ella Mangus were Sunda guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan St< • '■ of South Bend. Earl and Glen Row are ill with the mu mps. Mr and Mrs. Perry Whitehead were week end guests of Wes Bert", and family. Mr and Mrs. Russell Holland and Thad Whitinger called upon Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Peters. Sunday afternoon. John McCombs spent Sunday w it 1 ' his parents. It is always fashionable to be sensible.

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“Blackie" Pinch-Hits for "dork If "Blackie" female Great Date belonging to Georg* Beyerlein, ol north of Knox, could speak, do probably tell you that while hunu<umay get splendid baby sen Ice from the stork, she had to find her ow i out in the woods. The big dog has never had any pups of her own. so she apparently decided to do something about ii last week-end. Saturday morninshe did not show up to help Beyer lein with the chores. A search for her found the bi Dane mothering a half-grown oppos sum. She carries it around and cuddles it just as if it were her owe pup, even refusing to eat or drin > unless she has “her pup” with her. —Starke County Republican Rivers and ('reeks Drain Ground Monday the gauge at Kankakee river on road 30, west of Hamlet showed 3.3 feet of water in th*

the Indian chieftain whc jtice ruled over the northeastern part of Indiana, has an area of nearly a thousand acres and borders on Lake James and Snow l akes, both of which are known so their fine fish ing. Bathing beaches, boating, hiking, horseback riding, and nature study are among the outdoor sports which may he enjoyed by the visitors. Buffalo, deer and elk ure

HOBgE S s e The milk cow w ill harvest the ( crop cheaper than most farmers, j Why not give her a chance? Pyrethrums and phlox, which have bloomed, may be cut back now and , fertilized for further bloom. A fertilizer, using liquid manure or a ! fertilizer made by mixing 50 pounds I of bone meal with 20 pounds of am- ' monium sulphate, should be scratchi ed in to the soil about the plant ai I the rate of four pounds for each lUO 1 square feet of bed. Also heavy I watering should be provided if late ! summer bloom is desired. Limberneck among poultry is । caused by the birds eating decayed ilesh. Keep the grounds free of . : dead animals. The hen, like all animals, likes to relax in a cool, shady place. She will live a happier and more productive life if this convenience is provided for her. Japanese barberry bushes are harmless and should not be contused with the common, rust-spreading type. The harmless kind can be recognized by its small smooth-edge leaves, reddish brown bark, usually single spines, its berries in singles or twos, and its low graceful habit of growth. Many of Indiana's erosion problems can be solved by protecting woodland on the steeper slopes. Always milk the cows w i h cL an. dry hands. NON RI MhEN I NOI K E Estate Cause No. 4524 State of Indiana. County of S; Joseph, ss: In the St. Joseph Superior Court No. 1. May 'leim, 1926, Allie C Ki* for, Adm ;::- 1 atrtx ot th* - oaf <>■ .1 icob Ki* :ei. a ■ ■ - John Kiefer. Be It Known, That th» abOße named Plaint th has tiled in the of- . flee of the ( rl. of said Court her complaint against said Defendant m proper affidavit that aid Defendant John Kiefer is a non resident of trie tion is a petition by said adminis- [ tiatrix, to n il real estate belonging to said decedent for the purpose or making assets for the payment of estate debts. ’■.■’til < 1 I ■ t ri.i I n KARL W. DU BAIL. Clerk B\ Thomm E. Bath, Deputy Roy Shen* lan, Att’y tor I‘laintifl. 31 w a 6 A wife mxer quits until she’s ■,made her husband sorry that he

depth and tie width of the rixer U LaPorte counties 2 1 hours each day and night. It coni, s from the uncr*< k- hav* long ago dried up. There cept in the lakes, and these will be mud holes if conditions prevail in the next few v. ars as they ha\e in the past. Alr.ady on* half this county is almost a desert and has long ago be< n abandoned by agriculture. The older farm* r- will L 11 you that good crops were once grown on the sand in this county. Now only the lower lands are productive. Dam the ditches and rivers to t certain height and maintain th*' proper under ground water level here and we can regain much that has been lost. Starke County Republican.

kept in tightly-fenced corrals and game fish are propagated in a series of hatchery ponds. The shelter house pictured above and many of the other improvements in the park are the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a company of which is established in the park. Hotel facilities are available at Potawatomi Inn which overlooks the lake.

JIU A Carload of Allis Chalmers Tractor - cvThey’re Ready to Work for You Power fanning means more economical farming for you if you do it the Allis-Chalmers way. Here is a tractor built to take care of your needs and to do your everyday work without stress and strain. It isturdx in construction, easy to handle, and will give you years of satisfactory service. Why feed a barn full of horses this fall and winter when an AllisChalmers tractor will do your work and do it more efficiently, at lower cost. (’mne in and look at this tractor, note its points ( f superiority and let us demonstrate for you the advantages of Allis-Chahner. Walkerton Supply Co. Buick and Pontiac Sales and Service J

SOBS IF3W I ’ ■ • pn i ns ’I sh ! 1 H O' « i J SR I r -ssf Affggfe&t! KI I:I^‘VMM h T a him rs * < -w * X s’*oW 5 ’*0W W C i jl! I I il “M[ H* W r - “-“i ■ ft J When a car has no vibration point at any speed, it naturally can’t be topped for smoothness. When it sets an official mark of 22 miles to the gallon, it is all you could ask for economy. The Pontiac Eight is all that and more—America also calls it the most beautiful thing on wheels! *One of 11.000 Pontiac owners who recently have written voluntary letters of praise about their cars No paid testimonials' WALKERTON

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