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County TrcorttT WEEGCLY CAN VOLUME 57 PIiYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1911 NUMBER 23 DIGIT MEED l FELT FOR HE BRIDGE County Council Should Not Delay Action In Matter Hope That Improvement Might Include Also Cement Bridge On Michigan Street. The County Council was called to meet on Tuesday, June 6. The chief reason for their coming to gether was to take action on the mat ter of a new bridge to replace the old worn-out Brownlee bridge over Yellow river, just south of the Pennsylvania railway, in Plymouth. This Brownlee bridge was built a long time ago, over forty years ac cording to the recollection of W. W, Hill, and has been one of the im portant crossings of the community all this time. About fourteen years ao it was repaired by the city. For! the past nearly four years it has been out of commission unsafe for the use of vehicles and they have forbidden to cross it. The structure has been used only as a foot bridge. The public generally does not understand the need for this bridge. All that section to the southeast, .south and southwest of the city whose people come into Plymouth by the Michigan road, want this bridged Whenever they have grain to take to the elevator or wish to haul grain or- other stuff from the elevator, they must now . come under the Michigan street viaduct, up through the business part of town and then back under the Center etreet viaduct. It is the : same dieagreeable thing whenever stock is brought to the stock yards. It must be driven through the busi ness streets, yvhich both the stock . and the people will agree is not agreeable Ito either. This biidge is also used by all the children south of the railway who go to the ' Webster school, and is needed by every delivery wagon in the city. Four years is certainly long enough to be without a brrdge of the importance of this one, and it is believed the County Council will not hesitate to make the appropria tion for its rebuilding. THE LEGAL QUESTION, There is a legal question con nected with this proposition which has been puzzling the - minds of 'some. It is whether the city or the county should build the bridge. City Attorney Judge Hess has fully investigated this matter, and since his opinion on the rights and - duties of cities is as good as can i be had anywhere, it ought to put at rest any thought that the city should build this bridge. The Judge Bays the law is that the county may build a . bridge of this kind and that after it is uilt the city must keep it in repair. : The Brownlee bridge, being beycnd repair, it is only a question of building a new -one. Of courso the county does not haye to build it, any more than - they have to build any other bridge anywhere in the county. That is merely a question of whether bridges are needed. A CEMENT BRIDGE. ' It isTioped by a large number of people in Plymouth that the County Council wiil see its way clear to make not only the Brownlee bridge. but to make a more lasting and extensive improvement in the city. It is hoped that they will take away the old Michigan street bridge and replace it with a cement one the full width' of Michigan street. This kind of a bridge would last for . all time ahdlzave the continual cost of repair in the way of new plank end paint. It vrculd also avoid - tho dirccrcua cccccticn at this bridge on days when a large num ber of people are in the city. The present Michigan etreet bridge could be moved down stream to make a good structure for a Brown lee bridge site. Whether .this is the best business proposition or not the Council can soon figure out, but it is one that ie freely talked of and approved in Plymouth, and a plan which w( uld meet the hearly approval of a very large number of our citizens. T.T YOODMEN KEEP MEMORIAL DAY MEMBERS OF PLYMOUTH CAMP HEAR SERMON AT U. B. CHURCH BY REV. YAGER AND MARCH TO CEMETERY Plymouth camp o the Modern" Woodmen of America kept the annual Woodmen Memorial day Sunday. In the afternoon they met at the United Brethren church and listened to an excellent sermon by Rev. Mr. Yager. The pastor's subject was "Great ness", and out of this he told the story of what Jesus Christ taught to be the real greatness of this life the giving of ourselves to the ser vice of others. This kind of life was exemplified in the order or Woodmen, he said, because of the many neighborly things the lodge was doing. The U. B. choir very kindly sang for the meeting and the lodge extoends thanks to them. After the sermon, between thirty and forty Woodmen were in the march to the cemetery, where the ritualistic service of the order was given by Neighbor Gove. Each member carried a bouquet of flowers and besides these there were several large bouquets which were put upon the graves of the two Neighbors who lie in Oak Hill. Neighbor Nick Fleck brought a very large bunch of fine roses, and these were much appreciated bv all the order. After the march back from the cemetery the members had some re freshments at Massena's restaurant and at Hill's cafe. An Even Brake. The Plymouth Clippers romped away from the Bremen aggregation to ball players Sunday afternoon at the fair, grounds to the tune of 4 to 1. The ground was in good i'rd;tion in ßpite of th Itavy rin ear'y in the morning ail the weath er was ideal for baseball To tkesn conditions Tas added r. srappy gam5 which nice things -ntelrestiiig through' 6ut the nine ina:.i.gs. The it lian oen in tjmmoui rant While the Clippers were winning their contest . tjie Ball and Co 's. team were being treated to defeat at Lakeville by the score of 15 to 5. Attends Reception To Bishop. Rev. .F. O. Fraley went to Chi cago today where tonight he wiil attend a great reception to Bishop Wm. F. McDowell and wife in the gymnasium of Northwestern Uni versity. Bishop McDowell has just returned from a rnissionary trip around the world. r Surprise Teacher. A number of the pupils from Miss Edna Wilcox's room met at her home yesterday afternoon and gave her a surprise. They presented her a beautiful hand-painted plate. Miss Wilcox in turn gave the children & treat. - - SOME 1IQRE DIVORCES. Business of Circuit Court During Last Tew Days Case of Chas. Miles Dismissed. The case of Chas . Miles, filed some time ago, and over which there was at the time quite a furor, has been dismissed without any ac tion in the matter by the court. Mr. and Mrs. Miles are living together again and this was thought to be the best settlement of the family trouble. Elnora Jordan was granted a di vorce from Milton M. Jordan. Julia Stuck was granted a divoree from Chas. F. Stuck. They have two children aged five and eight. Mrs. Stuck was granted custody of one child and Mr. Stuck the other. The court will not permit her to marry within two years from date of divorce. Justice C. P. Holloway was ad mitted to the bar. Mr.' and Mrs. Wm. Murphy have, adopted Ruth Carter, an orphan child. Albert W. Boss was appointed sruardian of Frederick J. Boss, who is now at Longcliff. Mr. Boss has an estate of about $1,000 to be cared for. POST OFFICE 5 2400 YEARLY POSTMASTER STEINER GETS NOTICE OF GOOÖ INCREASE IN WAGES FOR PLYM "TV- OUTH BUSINESS. TO BEGIN JULY 1ST Office Now Pays $205 a Month, the Receipts On Specials Amount ing To About $60 a Year. Postmaster Monroe Steiner las re ceived & nice little notice from the Post office Department at Washing ton that the salary of the Plym outi office has been increased from $2300 a year to $2400 a year. The new salary begins July 1, which is the first day of the Government 'a new year. Whether any increase is to be also applied to the deputy postmas ter isas yet uncertain, but if such a thing should happen, the deputy has his "hand out" ready to grab it. Uncle Sam is a pretty good boss. He always pays according to th business done, and as the business oi me -rjymouin omce nas increas ed, he also increases the pay. He appreciates so good a postmaster and force of clerks as those in Plymouth and when he sat down to write a letter to Mr. Steiner he grinned k big grin as ht urged the aforesaid gentleman to please accept a Jittle more money for the work he was doinsr. Mr. Steiner seem, inclined to give all the credit for the good work of the "office to the boys who handle the mail. He savs thev hare done the work and should receive the praise. The office will now pay $205 month, there being about $60 a year for extras such as speci.il delivery letters, etc. D.A.Rj Jane Meeting. The June meeting of the D.A.R. society was held with Mrs. H.A. Lo- pan and Miss Nettie Corse of South Bend Friday night. Eighteen mem bers were in attendance and an cn joyable time was had. After a love ly dinner at the Plymouth Inn, a short program was given. The his torical review "on "The events of the war during' 1776" which was to have been prepared by Mrs.Willey, was omitted owing to her absence. The July meeting will be held with Mis3 Olive .Thompson who will soon return home from Chicago for the summer. SALARY PLYMOUTH 801 HONORED BY GREAT STATE PROF. A. N. HUME. WELL - - KNOWN HERE CALLED TO SOUTH DAKOTA AGRI CULTURAL COLLEGE. HAS FINE TRAINING Goes From Illinois School With Which He Öas Been Associat ed For Many Years. Many people of this county and :ity will be interested in the fol owing from the Prairie Farmer: Among the last instructore to eave the University of Illinois to go :o other fields is Prof. Albert Nash Hume, who for several years has been identified with the Colege of Agriculture at Urbana. Professoi Hume had made many friends throughout Illinois and adjoining states who will regret hij leaving. Professor Hume is a native of Indiana, his birthplace being Plym outh. His boyhood and earlier years were spent about that place, his main agriculural experience be ing gained on a small farm which was purchased by his grandather from the government. Acting upon his determination for an , education he selected a course in agriculture a Purdue University in . 189ß. com. Dieting same four years later. His first experience after leav'nz there was as dairyman at the school for the feeble minded at Fort Wayne, ind. After a short time he was call ed to the North Louisiana Experi ment Station, Calhoun, La., as dairyman and stockman where he obtained a first hand acquaintance with southern conditions. He re turned to Purdue University in 1901 to complete a year .of post graduate work. The following year he received his degree of Master of Science from Purdue, and then ac cepted a position as instructor in agriculture at the Winona Agricul tural Institute. After one year's service there he was called to the University of Illinois as an instruc tor in crop production at the Col lege of Agriculture and assistant in crop production in the Experiment Station. For practically five years he has retained thi3 position, except that after three years he .was ad vanced to the position of associate. In the fall of 1908 the University granted him a leave of absence to pursue studies at the German Uni- versities along the crop production line. After spendin? two years at 9f Leipzig and at the University of Gottingen, he completed his thesis required for graduation, and ; in December, 1910, was granted a doc tor's degree. Returning to Illinois last fall ho took up his former duties and has recently accepted a posi tion as head of the Department of Atrrononiy in the SOuth .Dakota State College in the South Dakota Experiment Station: He will assume his new duties -about July 1st. Evidently Professor Hume regrets leaving Illinois as much as his associ ates regret to see him go, but like wise they see a larger field for his work under the newer conditions ha has . selected. In leaving Professor Hume says: "It is not for me to say that I am .glad to go away from Dlinois. The leaving of friendships and of associations such as I'have enjoyed here must always be a rather pain ful process. The opportunity for growth and development in the new er state of South Dakota is, how ever, large. I go there with the same abiding faith in agriculture that-1 havealways had and the same belief in the destiny of the people who dwell on land. In all states it is our duty to look after the interests of agriculture as a business and, moreover, to safeguard " in every possible way the highest interests a rural citizenship." Two New Grandpas. Grandpa Thayer and Grandra Lor ing are the two newest grandpas in in the city. RELIEVED OF DIAMOND. Jewel Valued at $175 is Stolen Prom William Everly When Visitor at Motor Races in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis News has the fol lowing to say about a theft which was perpetrated on one of our citi zens at the automobile races at Ind ianapolis on Tuesday. "William Everly, of Plymouth, re ported to the detective department, last night, that he was robbed of a diamond shirtstud, valued at $175, at the - speedway, yesterday afternoon. According to Mr.Everly, he stood up in his seat and ordered two bottles of pop, and while reaching over to pay for the pop somebody loosened the diamond pin and escaped. The Everly 's shirt front. Leave for Colorado. Mr. and. Mrs. Chas. Gerrard and son left Thursday for Colorado where they will be for some time. They went by the way of Kansas City, Leadville, Denver and other points to Gypsom, which will be their home for some months at least. Mr. Ger rard has not been in the best of health and he thought the climate of that state would help him. REV. FRALEY PLEADS FOR LARGER LIFE TELLS SENIORS HOW MEN OP THE PAST WITH VISION AND inspiration have pone the great Things. HEAR BACCALAUREATE Large Crowd Assembly In Spite of Hot Weather To Honor High School Class and Speaker. The Methodist church was filled Sunday night to the doors by the the large crowd of interested people who came to hear the baccalaureate sermon of Rev. Mr. Fraley. The platform and pulpit had been dee crated profusely with flowers and green and presented a pretty ap pearance '. The anthem by the choir was pleasing, and especially so was the quatet sang by the Misses Boss, Mr. Hubert Tanner and Mr. Eld ridge Thompson. This was "Praise Ye the Lord," taken from the Elijah Chorus. In his sermon Rev. Mr. Fraley plead for the lager and more noble life. He took his text from Psalms 18:19 "He brought also into .a large place,' ' and following out this theme made an interesting and in structure sermon. By the lives of Miltiades, Demosthenes, Moses, t he Old Testament Prophets, Peter, Columbus, Livinghouse, Booth and others he showed how a strong pur pose in a life impelled by strong and rjghteous motives have done the great things of the world. But he did not leave the usual impression that one must do some wcnderfil hinf which a. the world knows in order to be truly great. Greatness is quite as often found in doing many of the little things of life, doing them well and with the right spirit. The prince of Germany, he said, wears on his shield the words, "Ich Diem", "I Serve" which principle filling his life make him really prepared to rule when he is called to the throne. So it will make any of us prepar ed to live the truly great life. There is not much use for the young man v of had habits today, said the preacher. Every corpora tion or business establishment of note will shut the dcor in the face of the young man who drinks or who has allowed himself to be drawn downward .by the lower vices. Marriage Licenses. Floyd Hindman', -26, Bremen to Mollie Brockman, 21, North township PETITI! FOR NEW 11IIZED ROADS General Movement for Better Highways Reaching Out In Every Direction From Plymouth Four Petitions Now , Being Signed By Many Interested. Bosworth on Board. Frank W. Bosworth has been ap pointed by Judge Bernetha as a member of the Library Board, to take the place of L. J. Hess, who resigned! Culver Church Damaged. The Evangelical church at Culver was struck by lightning Saturday morning at six o'clock. About $50 damage was done by fire and water. TRUSTIES FAIL TO COME AND VOTE DEMOCRATS TAKE CHANCES AT LAW VIOLATION WHEN THEY SEE THEY ARE ' DE FEATED AND REFUSE TO AT TEND. X -Taking the advice of Democratic attorneys, four of the democratic township trustees today deliberately chose to violate the law, and re fused to attend the meeting of trustees for the purpose of elect ing a county superintendent as the provides they shall do. The five republican trustees were there all day, ready to act as soon as a quorum was present. Trustee Jonathan Wolfe was too sick to be present, so this left the republicns in the majority, but without a quorum to do business. Had the trustees met as they should,, there is no doubt that Mr. Steinebacb would have been reelected. The only way this could be defeated was the way chosen by the demo cratic trustees. The recent law, made by a demo cratic legislature expressly to fit the Marshall county situation, has resulted in no benefit after all. Just what the outcome will be Health Notice. What does the fly ordinance mean! It does not single out the fly as the only thing against which the warfare is instituted, although he is guilty of every thing with which he is charged To get rid of the fly to the extent that is positively within our reach, we are getting rid of 75 per cent of the sickness that woud otherwise be fall us this summer. The fly is be gotten by our will and consent. He is born, bred, lives, moves and has his being in filth, which we have without stint, placed within his reach and invited him to come in. He is on very familiar terms with us, his progenitors. He enters our homes unbidden, laden with disease germs taken from his filth heaps, takes the first place at our tables, and has the first taste of the best, crawls over our butter and plunges bodily into our milk. Why should he not, when we have so generously provided -him a comfortable home in our back yards and alleys. The design of the ordinance is not so much a tirade against the fly as it is against those d:sease-produeing conditions that generate and sustain the (fly. . - Health Department. Anti-Saloon Speakers Here Sunday. Two Anti-Saloon League speakers will talk in Plymouth next Sunday. They are Mr. B. C. Min ton, state attorney for the League, and Mr. Richard Spetnagle of South Bend, district superintendent of the League. In the morning they will occupy the Methodist and Presby terian churches, and at night the U. B. and Christian churches. ,; The biggest piece of road im provement news which has come to Marshall county is that just now four different petitions are bein? circulated for the macadamizing of four different highwaj-s leading out from Plymouth in every direction. The first petition is for a road beginning at the end of the brick pavement at the viaduct on South street and running thence west oa South street, out the Pretty Lake road to the Howe corner, thence south to the Liggett school house. This will make about three miles cf road, an 5 the petition calls for it3 order and construction by the coun ty commissioners under the three mile act, without any vote or other delay in the mater. It is to be 25 feet wide in the city and 12 feet wide in the country, , All the other petitions are alsa under the three mile act recently passed by the legislature. One of them calls for 5, macadamized road leading east from the Rve bjitj about hreS miles over a notorious ly tad highway. Another is north on the Michigan road, and the fpurth is for a road south three miles on the Michigan road. These petitions are being rapidly siirnd by those interested, both in the country and the city. There must be fifty or more petitioners on each paper, and these have al ready been secured on one of them. .These petitions will not be pres. ented to the board of commissioners until their next term. END OP CIRCUIT COURT. April Term Closes Saturday O11I7 Small Amount of Business Done Last Few. Days. 1 The April term of the Marshall circuit court closed Saturday. Not much business of importance was done the last few days. The defendants in the Wm. H Myers ditch petition have asked for an appeal to the Supreme court. The Marshall County Trust & Savings Co. filed their repoit aa receiver in the Wickizer-McClure Co. of Argos. Permission was given the receiver to buy a linotype machine or "to purchase more type as they thought best. Geo. Reitinger has filed a motion for a new trial in his suit against John Susebnd, administrator of th Joseph Reitinger estate. Rettie Parish dismissed her cas against Eben Parish for divorce.: Margaret Wilbur was given ft divorce from Henry A. Wilbur. Frank C. Armantrout had hia title quieted to. lands, against Chas Shoemaker aud others. - . . Sunday Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Miles enter tained Sunday at their country homt a mile and a half south of town, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Buck and sons, Mr. and Mrs. C. Firestone, Oliver Soice, Mr. and Mrs. John Losey. The afternoon was spent in roam ing through the beautiful woods and natural fem beds. All report fine time and a most excel Ien dinner. If there is one place more than another that people like to ga it is to the home of Mr. ard Mrs I Daniel Miles. ; '-; Letter Box Moved. y A letter collection box which' formerly stood on the corner of Walnut and Washington streets haJ been moved one block "ttest so that it is now to be found on the corner of Plumb' and Wasnington streets, iust southeast of the- School House. Postmaster Steiner beUevcs that it 1 will serve the people better here., j