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nr ü-ü ip WEEKLY REPUBL CAN Oeuniy Recorder Plymouth. Indiana; Thursday, march ihi9m. VOLUME 56 NUMBER1I CiL i ""L" BmJ V- FIGURES They Are Duplicates peared in the Changes For About. March 9 The publication in the Republication yesterday of the report of the state accountants on the con duct 'of the county farm was perhaps a surprise to some but not at all t luv?? nuv " - x i L 1, ..nnifn on1 if XV Q Q made as 11 lk: C2 iichcu auu 1 iWa. tin nommpnts beinff made as usual in such cases. Thi may be accounted for in a. degree by the fact that Mr. Kruyer's daughter is in the office of Mr. Dehority, the chief accountant. The accountants set out an item ized statement of the receipts from the sale of products from the county farm, as shown by the receipt stubs Summary of expenses of Marshall 1909 inclusive. Year Maintenance Labor Repairs Physican Total -J9ÖÖ" $1745.37 $132735 T984 $15000 $3320.96 1901 2523J27 1444.10 7778.10 200.00 5156.20 1902 3416.50 1413.10 1100.12 200.00 - 6232.32 1903 3226.19 1628.12 1038.44 - 225.00 6117.75 1904 3583.40 1580.99 403.04 180.50 5747.93 1905 3924.4S 1810.82 379.05 234.45 6348.80 1906 3770.85 1710.69 199.49 5681.02 1907 4361.92 1755.18 317.10 203.32 6640.52 1908 4802.78 1886.35 459.94 210.05 7359.12 1909 3833.05 1965.06 202.11 200.00 6200.22 Total Receipts $ 1C0.93 40).96 227.25 676.75 287.31 495.45 181.18 1500.89 1500.89 Total Expense $3p.9G 5156.20 6232.32 5747.93 6348.80 5681.02 6640.52 62000.22 6200.23 Year 1900 1901 1902 TSÖ3- 1904 1905 1906 1907 1909 1909 L VERDICT DECISION REACHED AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK MONDAY NIGHT AF- TER ABOUT FIVE HOURS DELIBERATION 22 WITNESSES HEARD Prosectuor Unexpectedly Dismisses Case Against Jacob Kephart for Cruetiy to Animals Liquor Cases on Today. The jury in the case of Laura Barcus against Gus Weissert for damages on account of an automobile accident gave the plan till a vprdict for $600. All Monday afternoon was spent in the arguments on the case and the jury took the 1 matter about six o'clock. At eleven o'clock they had arrived at & decision, made a sealed verdict had left it over until Tuesday morning when at nine o'clock it was given to the judge. All the evidence in this case was completed Saturday. There were 22 witnesses examined ,and . the trial was a very interesting one. Many spectators were in court each day. This was the first automobile damage case which has been tried in this court. Attorneys Logan nd Martin dale appeared for Barcus and Kellison and Stevens for Weissert. The State has continued until next term ihe case of grand larceny against Sidney S. Hardy. - The tases against Grant Hanes and du BARGUS 600 CI 01 H ofThose Which Ap Chronicle Last Fall the Better Brought in the auditor's and treasurer's offi ces. This statement is exactly figur for figure, line for line and total an tota as it Chroncile 1 was published in th Chroncile last fall. The totals to , , . , 01 1 . ine receiPls are us wuunsr- TVal tYit- 19ft0 $ 109.93 Total for 1901 400.90 I - nnff ni" Total for 1902 1 227.25 Total for 1903 689.tr Total for 1904 676.75. Total for 1905 287.75 f Total for 1906 495.43. Total for 1907 . 18L1 Total for 1908 1069.27 Total for 1909 1500.89 County Infirmary for years 1900 to Average cost per inmate $ 72.19 109.89 132.12 22.25L 104.50 141.08 13556 166.01 167.25 151.22 Harvey Miller and Ed. Shipley for violation of the liquor laws were set for trial today and Hanes is on trial. The cases against Chas. F. Shadel are set for trial "Wednesday and Thursday. Theprosecutor has very unexpected ly dismissed the cases against Jacob Kephart for cruelty to animals. on the ground that he did not have evidence enough to convict. This seems a sur prise to those who know of the mat ter. The decision in the partition case of Redick and others against Redick and others resulted in this distribu tion : , Cora Rouch $327.86: Emma E. Redick $327.80; Hubert Redick $327. 86; Omer Redick $327.86; Fred Redick $46.83; Blanche E. Burkey $46.83; l Maud R. Jacobson $46.84; $46.84; Hazel Redick $46.84; Daisy Mav Walters 46.84; Wilbur Redick $46.84. LETTER FROM THE WEST Earl Corbaley Tells of California and About Some Plymouth People There Now. Earl Corbaley, formerly deputy postmaster in Plymouth, writes an interesting letter from Ixs Angeles to J. A. Yockey and f amity. Earl is bookkeeper for the California Fruit Growers Exchange, and tell3 of the extensive ' Combinations of fruit growers and dealers to dispose of their product. All the growers of each section are in an association. Then these small asociations combine into larger associations and these bigger ones into a still bigger one called the California Fruit Growers Exchange. He says Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ross were thereto see them. They had been in Washington, but he got sick and came Bäck to California, He will go again to Washington, .where he is to meet Albert Snyder and they are going up into Canada . Mr. Ross wants a big ranch. Mr. B. C. South worth has been up to see him and also to see Harry Man-in. Fred Linken helt works not far from where Cor baley does and they see each other often. . v . California is the country for atrto- Average rso. of inmates 46 45 . 47. v55 45 42 40 44 41 mobiles, Earl says, as there is no day in the year they cannot be used, and the rich men buy a new one every year. The new roads in the country are just like pavements. Mrs. Jilson recently took dinner with the Cor baley family and expected to leave the 15th for Chicago. D. A. R. Meeting The Daughters of the America Revolution were the guests of Mes dames Humrichouser and Erwin an Miss Lois ilumrichouser at th Humrichouser home Friday night Twenty-three members and one gues Miss Wooldridge, who is visitin Miss Morris, were present to enjoy the occasion. After the opening prayer, Mrs. Geo Thayer in appropriate speech present ed, in behalf of the chapter ,a beauti ful souvenir to each of the two mem bers who are soon to leave Plymout for new hone of their own elsewher Th gifts were solid silver cold mea forks with the D. A. R. emblems o them and engraved with the momo gram of the ones to whom they wer presented, Miss Lois Humrichouse and Miss Edna Tanner. After the business all repaired t the Plymouth Inn where they wer sprWl ft rlpliVirm flinnpr. The tabl decorations wre in green for St. Pat rick's Day combined with the Ameri can flag The ladies returned to the Humric- houser home for the evening program Mrs. Tanner read a paper on the stor of the Revolutionary War, from th Boston Tea Party to the Declaratio of Independence. Miss Lois Thomp son reviewed the D. A. R. magazine Miss Francis Emerson sang the ori ginal song from which Yankee Doodl sprung. This was found in an ol song book. Mrs. J. C. Erwin had found wit Mr. Goodyear of Inwood an old news paper published Jan. 4, 1800 at th time of the death of Washington The paper was the Ulster Count Gazette of Ulster County, Pennsyl vania. It was printed with the heav column lines of mourning and con tained much interesting detail abou' George Washington, although no nearly so much as the live newspape of today would contain. One peculia circumstance was that Mrs. Brook found in its columns the name of on jf her own ancestors. The newjyrvajge, lias '"been" framed "oetweetT glass s that both sides can be read and is a most interesting heirloom. FOR BACCOLAUREATE ADDRESS Rev. Frank O. Fraley Chosen by Senior Class After Much Excit ment In Many Meetings. The Senior class of -the High School has chosen ev. Frank O Fraley to deliver the Baccalureate ad dress June 4. Th plale has not yet been selected but may be in the audi torium of the Washington Bchocl buildin i rr ' Thre were three different meeting of the class before the matter waj finally settled. Considerable bitter feeling was 'aroused ,and for a time it was feared the class would be torn asunder; but this has all passed over with the decision and the 31 members of the class will sit down together as peacefully as lambs to hear the baccalaureat discourse. ; i 1 1 " 'mi t'l is '4 M Form 2 IL A. James, Winner of W. K. KeIlo;2 National Cora Trophy for 1910 Taken Sick at Wanatali Sig Mayer was taken suddenly sick at Wanatah Tuesday with indi gestion. . Word .was sent to Plym outh and Mose Lauer and Dr. Stephens went and brought him home. OW GIVE 10 LICENSES THIS TERR1 OF COURT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS USB THEIR POWER TO REJECT APPLICANTS FOR UNFIT NESS MANY FAIL. 5 FAIL IN PURPOSE Bogardus and Hudson of Culver Lemert of Teegarden, Vogel anc ' Hanes of Plymouth Not Al lowed to Start Saloons. The board of commissioners ad journed Thursday afternoon after four day session which was notVd fca its bearing on the liquor question Five applicants for liquor licens were refused license bcause the boar thought they were unfit to run sa loons. Only Geo. . H. Kruyer and Jas Schnltheiss were granted license i Plymouth, Shipley, Vogel and Hane being refused. li Whenever an election is ordere in any territory as provided in' thi act, the board of county commission ers shall not issue any new license to sell intoxicating liquors in the ter ritory for which such elections is or dered until such 6uch election i held, and then only. in event that sue. territory votes against prohibitin the sale of intoxicating liquors. In the arguments Wednesdayit wa stated by both Adam Wise and S. N Stevens that it lay within the pow er of the commissioners to sa whetbexPlynjuth would ' go wet o dry. If the action of the board wa such as to commend itself to tbe vot ers of the city, the vote would b wet; if not, it would go dry. It i felt that under the law just quote the board should not have grante any licenses in Plymouth or in an of the townships from which peti tions have been filed, until after th elections have been held. In orde to technically avoid this section th board held up the order for the elec tions until after they had complete granting licenses. License Fess Paid. Each of the licenses has paid th county $200. The town board o Bremen has fixed the amount of th feo there at $300, which is the high eit they could make it. The Plymout sity council may make the fee her $500. Under the law both Breme and Plymouth' would be $200. Saloons Open Mr. Kruyer opened his saloon wit in a few minutes after he receive hi3 licence Thursday forenoon an Mr. Schultheiss did likewise Thürs day afternoon. Even if Plymout votes dry these men can run for 9 days after the date of the election. The board has thus given saloons t Plymouh for 120 days in spite of th wish of the voters. WANTS $1000 OF GUS WEISSERT MRS. ISAAC BARCUS SEEKS RE LIEF FORTNJURY CAUSED B FARMER'S AUTO RUNNIN INTO BUGGY MONTHS AGO. SEVERA , The jury in the case of Coope against the Winona Interban Ry. Co returned a verdict for the railwa last night at 8:30, after being ou about two hours. Today a large number of peopl Were in court attending the trial o Luara Barcus against Gus Wrisser for damages. About nine month ago Mr. Weissert ran into the Barcu buggy from behind with his auto, o the Laporte road. Mr. and Mrs Isaac Barcus were both thrown ou and she was injured. She asks fo $1000.' The jury selected is, Ober Berkey pile, Joseph K. Barts, Wm. Pool Chas. Boy er, Anthony Alberts, J. W Seiders, Philip Working, Arthur S Long, Jno. Rentschier, C. W. Manv' Peter Lequire, and John Listen??lt. i . Obituary of Mr?. Elizabeth Elder Mrs. Elizabeth M. Humphrey Eide was born near De Graff, Logan count Ohio, Nov. 30, 1833, and departed thi life at the home of her daughter, Mr L. D. Baxter, at Plymouth, Indians, March 8, 1911, at the age of 77 year three months and eight days. She came to Indiana with her par ents in 183S and they settled on 3 e. v, r: i rr I i ui in iitur i lerceiuii, xyosciusko coun ty, where she was reared and was onq of the esteemed young ladies of th day, she , being the only daughter o rs. Humphrey. Her fath er was the first judge of the court la his county. Miss Humphrey wa united in marriage to Mr. John Elder in 1853. He came to Kosciusko coue ty in 1840 and himself and campanion were schoolmates from early life To their union were born seen son and three daughters, the oldest daugh ter dying in infancy. The seven sora are R. H. Elder, passenger conductce on the Rock Island Ry., Lewis H., mechanic of Pratt, Karis., James W a mechanic and Frank E.. of tha Adams Express Co., both of Ft Wayne, Charles C, railway employee of Tolliston, Ind., David A., mechani Hind John O., farmer both of Etmi Green. The two daughters are Mrs J. W. Rabitt, of Denver, Col., and Mrs. L. K. Baxter of Plymouth. In 1871, Mr and Mrs. Elder move to the farm three miles Eouth o Etna Green where they lived for thirt six years and reared their family. It 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Elder moved tq Men tone and in 1908 the ' companion and father died, there being 53 year between his death and the death o the infant daughter, which shows th extreme good health of the family After the death of her father tla home was cared for by Rhoda, thai youngest daughter, who so ably f'urn ished a home fcr her mother. O Dec. 30 last they moved to Plymouth The first two weeks in the city wer greatly enjoyed by the mother, whe sh was stricken down by a complicat ed disease and has been a constan sufferer for the six weeks until he death. She became a Christian an united with the U. B. Church a Etna Green a number of years ng and lived faithfully untir the end During the past ten years she w?8 no able to attend services. On Monda last she began to arrange for the end Her reqnst was that her sons shoul act as her pall bearerrartfieTaH413 his for their father. She also desired t be lai J2 rest by his side, Accord 'nglv thö fnner! iook place at th M. E. church at Mentone Friday arch 10, Rev. S. H. Yager ofneiatin ""he service was attended by a larg circle of riends and relatives includ ;ng her three brothers, Messrs, Joh M., Robert M., and James C. Hump 'rey, all of Pierceton. I. 0. O. F. Work in first degree Thursday 'ight Mar. 1G at 7:30. Let. all Odd "ellc -rs be present. 0 y-v.O Form 3 World's Best Ear of Cora J for 1910 Executive Committee Meeting i A meeting of the Executive Com mittee of th Marball County Sunday School Association will be lield on Saturday, March 18 at one P. M. at the home of Mrs. M. E. Humo. All interested S. S. workers ar urged to attend. 0. S. Ellis Co. Pres. At the same time and place a meet ing of the Center township S. S. As sociation .will be held. All officers of the Association and S. S. Superin tendents are requested to be present. Center Tp. Pres. Republican ofSca for the best si!i bills. f II ELECTIONS err m mm Qi ill II i Hilm Ii Ii i ill I VL I I VII IVIIIIIVJII J I Commissioners Find All Petitions Good But Grant Liquor Licenses Before They Fix Day For a Vote Many Believe Action Illegal. New License Applicits. John F. Cahill, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, and Henry Freyman have published their notices saying they will apply for liquor license at the next term of commissioner court. Mr. Cahill wants to open a saloon in the Grand Hotel and Mr. Freyman 's location is in the south half of tht Metsker building, known as the K. P. block, justsouth of the Kyser harness shop. TEEGARDEN A. F. Burke was in LaPorte on business last Friday. Miss Edna Brown of New Carlisle is visiting here this week. I Mrs. Walter Lehman is snendinsr this week with her husband in Chi cago. . . ' ; Joe Klinedinst and five of Eugene Skinner's children are seriously sick with scarlet fever. Mae Metcalf was called from South Bend Friday morning on account of the sudden illness of his wife. Our Supervisor is improving the rough roads by having them dragged. Mrs. Rebecca Myers of Plymouth visited her brother Alex McDaniel, who is in poor health, several days last week, ', . ', ' ' Walter Davis of Sopkane Wash., sick mother, who has not improved any since being paralyed a week ago. Music Sale 1 Popular Music 5c a copy, Saturday March 18. Houghton's Music Store. HOW TO RID YOUR SEED OT SMUTWHICH RUINS MANY CROPS AND INJURES ALL THE REMEDY GIVEN Purdue University Agricultural Ex periment Station, Sends Out Valuable Iformation for Benefit of Our Farmers. ' Were your oats attacked by smut last yearf. Are .you using those oats for seed? If so, the formalin seed treatment should be applied to such oats before sowing, even if only a small amount of smut was present, inorder to prevent the disease in this year's crop. Oat smut causes an enormous an nual loss, the country over, and In diana's share is much too great. --It should, and can be prevented. Cause and Nature of the Disease. Oat smut is a disease caused by a microscopical organism, a fungus, which entirely destroys the heads of the affected plants. This fungus lives and grows within the tissues of the affected oat plants entirely invisible from without until the diseased plants begin to head out The smut fungus then enters the young "would be" kernels an J destroys both them and the accompanying chaff and mass esof worthless black, powdery mater ial are produced instead. These powdery""masses consist of innumer able, minute spores (corresponding to PREPARE KM FOR SPRING - OAIS SOWING March 9. The county commis sioners today, set Friday, March 31, as the day for the option elections in Pymouth, Union, Polk, Tippecanoe and Bourbon township. But before this was done liquor d censes were granted to a number ,o applicants as follows: Bremen: Otto Walter, Oliver IIoopl and Mart Parmenter. Tippecanoe: Riley Dauson. I.apaz: John D. Thayer. Pymouth: George H. Kruyer an James Schultheiss. , , The applications of Bogardus an Hudson of Culver were refused on the ground that they were not fit per sons to conduct a saloon. Francis M. Lmert of Teegarden and Ed, Shipley of Plymouth were also refused licenss on the same grounds. The applica tions of Vogel and Hanes of Plym outh were continued oveT until next term. Attorney Herb Hess appeared for the remonstrants of Polk township, and a vigorous fight was made in this case. Mr. Lemert brought a numbtr of "good farmers of the ' community who swore that he as a fit man to run a saloon. The attoney however, brought to the court's attention tho the facts of Mr. Lemert'? irregularit ies in the past conduct of his place and the commissipners sail be was unfit to run a saloon. j Aside from the Lemert case, ther. was no fight made "on the applicants and the commissioners took the mat ter in their own hands subpoenaed witnesses, and examined them. seeds) of the smut fungus. These smut spores are blown about by the wind to sound kernels of the healthy oat plants near by, and remain on them ijeady to take advantage of the situation when such oats are used for seed. When such oats are sown the attached smut spores germinate under the same conditions and at the same time that the oat kernels do, and the fungus, by its very minute, tube-Iika growth, penetrates into the tissues of the very young oat plant Here the fungus thrives, drawing its nourish ment from its host, and grows up within the oat plant through the sea son. When the latter heads out, the heads are entirely destroyed. The kernels and chaff are largely if not entirely, changed to black, powdrey masses, the spores of the fungus. These spores are thus ready to be blown about to sound oat kernels and carry the disease to the next year's crop. . The Remtedy. If the seed oats can be so treated as to kill thev smut-fungus spores clinging to them and yet not injure the growing quality of the oats themselves, then such a treatment is successful and shoul! be applied to seed .oats wherever there is danger from smut. Both in specially con ducted experiments and in ordinary farm practice the formalin seed treat ment has been repeatedly founo to fulfill both of these requirements ad mirably. It not only has the merit of being highly efficient, but it is safe, inexpensive, and easy of application. The treatment is as follows: Formalin Seed Treatment After the seed oats are well clean ed with a faning mill, spread them out on a clean floor or canvas, or m a tight wagon box. While shoveling them over sprinkle them, until thor oughly moistened, with the following solution, which may be mixed in a barrel and applied with a sprinkling can; oe pound (about one pint) of formalin (40 per cent, formaldehyde, procurable at drug stores) thoroughly mixed with 50 gallons of water. Con tinue to shovel the oats until all ker nels are evenly moist, then cover tho pile with clean grain bags or canvas and leave covered at least two hours The formaldehj-de gas thus confined, and evenly distributed through the pile, kills the smut pores, but does not injure the oats. Afters the two hours, uncover and spread out the oats to dry, stirring occasionally with a garden rake, or otherwise. When . Continued on page 4. I A i f