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Volume 21, Number 41
Carlin & Carlin, Publishers
Celina, Ohio, January 19, 1917
THE
CELT
huder
Representative from Mercer,
on Many Committees
State Senators Holland Berry Get
Chairmanships-Many Bills
Damped Into Hopper.
dkficnhe for the homk
Presidential woman suffrage, ab
Kent voting. Reparation of state and
national ballots and rotation of name
on primary ballots are among the 87
bills dumped Into the hoper at the
first call for bills In the house of rep
, resentatlves on Tuesday. No bills
were Introduced In the senate.
The first bill Introduced was the
one Initiated by the Ohio State Fed
eration of Labor to oust liability In
surance companies. It was referred
to the labor committee.
One bill passed the house and sen
ate. It was by Representative Cow
an, chairman of the finance commit
tee, appropriating money for salaries
of members and employes and inci
dental expenses. The total appro
priation is about $340,000, of which
1164,000 is for first year salaries of
members.
Living Cost I 'robe
Representative Clark, of Warren
offered a resolution to provide for a
joint committee to Investigate the
causes of the high cost of living. He
also Introduced a bill for the estab
lishment of a bureau of markets un
der the state board of agriculture, as
recommended In messages of both
Governor Cox and Willis.
Establishment of a hospital for the
treatment of crippled children, at the
expense of $60,000 the first year and
130,000 the second year, Is provided
In a bill by Sprague of Scioto.
Hoy of Jackson and Cain of Noble
submitted bills to increase maximum
death awards of the state industrial
commission from $3750 to $7000.
A bill by Myers of Cuyahoga would
raise the personal property tax ex
emption from $100 to $500, while
one by Shinn of Williams places it at
$300. Lustig of Cuyhoga would es
tablish Eastern time for Ohio. Wil
dermuth of Shelby will continue eff
orts of predecessors to convert Lo ra
mie Reservoir into a state park.
Texbook Uniformity
Hill of Licking introduced bills to
put all county officials in office the
first Monday in January after elec
tion. Cain of Noble submitted the
perennial bill for county uniformity
of textbooks.
About a dozen bills would give ad
ditional or extended protection to
game, particularly quail. An equal
number of measures would increase
the pay of jurors from $2 to $3 a
day.
Dr. Hoy of Jackson, sworn enemy
of civil Bervice, proposed two consti
tutional amendments. One Is to
abolish civil service. Anotner pro
poses the other extreme of placing,
without exception, every- appointed
state officer in the merit service. A
bill by him, designed to do away with
civil service, would limit the tenure
of all state officers to two years.
Speaker Hopple, of the House, on
Tuesday also announced the different
committees ot that body.
The name of our representative,
Fred Huber appears on four commit
tees, as follows: Codes, Common
Schools, Public Parks and Works,
State and Economic Betterment.
Minneapolis Journal
One common objection to owning
home distant a half hour or more
from down town Is that the distance
makes night meetings and entertain
ments difficult to attend.
jectlon often turns the scale in the
choice of a home from life In the
open to that n some crowded section.
In fact, It tends powerfully to make
a chronic, crowded renter of that cit
izen who otherwise might have been
a self-reliant home owner.
The argument, however, is not
well sustained. In American cities
and villages the home has serious
need of defense against the night entertainment.
At this particular moment the craze
for entertainment Is a menace to the
home. It has come to be a dissipa
tion that not only consumes time and
so shuts out more valuable and pleas
urable activities, but it creates as well
TREE
nor
:vi:ll lithfji league
elects officer
jntertatn-1
Thi. ob. Mercer County Boys Earn Free
Trips toCoiumbus
And Farmers' Week Meet at O.S.
U.-St. Ilenry Girl Is Also
Awarded Honors.
The Hopewell Luther League last
Sunday elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, Rev.
r . O. Kelts: vice president, Mary Sle-
bert; secretary, Freda Regedanz;
treasurer, George Smith; soliciting
committee Florence Luth, Lydla
Slebert, Harry Meyer; program com
mittee Klcka Frabm, Hazel Kege-
danz. Flora I'lerstorfT; committee on
resolutions Lena Kegedanz, Edna
Luth, Ieltoy Luth; literary commit
tee Rev. Reitz, Mary Luth, Wilson
Meyer, Hugo Willrath.
EASTERN
Paper Notes That Gov. Cox Is
of Presidential Size
grange MATTERS
Mercer
degree
Center
Thurs-
And Ohio Likely to Fnrnlsh Next
Democratic Candidate-Uer
Commanding Position.
HOSPITAL NURSE ItKSHi.NS J Oil
Included In the 170 boys and girls
who will be given free trips to attend
farmers Week at the Ohio State Un
iversity at Columbus from January 29
to February 2 will be Chester Hansel,
Olen Brookhart, Frank Severns, of
Celina, all of the Pig Growing Club,
and Mracella Slilrack, St. Henry, of
the Iome Makng Club.
They are prize winners in the
Boys' and Girls' Club contest which
was held at the county fair by the
Miss Maude Crawford, of Paulding,
who has been head nurse at the Otis
hospital, since the founding of that
institution a couple of years ago, re
signed her position last Tuesday. Her
place has been ll lid by a Miss Bow
man of Lima. Miss Crawford was an
Ann Arbor graduate and very cap
able, and won many friends among
patients at the hospital and those
with whom she came In contact In
a discontent with the healing quiet of hi0 State University in co-operation Tuesd
home life. It robs the family of Its
opportunity for meditation and social
Intercourse. What profit can there
be In the constant following of enter
tainment that leave nothing on the
memory but a beautiful or thrilling
blur, a hunger for more of the same
stuff, and a distaste for the quiet hour
about the reading table?
In a modern city every night offers
from one to a score of public meet
ings of high quality, to say nothing
of numerous glittering entertain
ments. No one can attend them all.
Information is not the highest good
for man. Man was not published as
an encyclopedia. Too much enter
tainment becomes dissipation. Delib
erately locating the home a half hour
away from temptations to entertain
ment may be an act of the wisest kind
of social piety.
INDEPENDENT
Farm Institute for Montezuma Is Be
lli)? Arranged Corn Show for
Boys Contest for Girls
with the county and district superln
tenuents of schools and the county
fair association.
At Columbus the boys and girls
will be divided Into groups and be In
charge of guides and chaperones.
Special programs have been arranged
for the boys as well as for the girls
and a number of trips will be made
to points of special Interest In and
around Columbus.
The boys will Judge several differ
ent classes of livestock and compete
for gold and sliver medals
The girls will be given instruction
In the big food laboratories of the
new home economics building and
will have a chance to bear the gener
al program of the women's sessions.
They will receive silver medals for
their achievements In the county
contest.
In addition to the special boys' and
girls' program, the delegates will
have an opportunity to attend all of
the other sessions of Farmers' Week
and see the various exhibits. Pro
grams for Farmers' Week are being
sent out from the Agricultural Col
lege Extension Service, Columbus.
city. She went to Rockford on
ay evening, where she visited
over Wednesday, with Miss Anna
Shultz. From there she went to her
home at Paulding.
ALMOST
Three Thousand Dollars Overbid by
Mercer to District Hospital,
According to Examiner
the
the
Our old friend Otis Monroe, of
near Montezuma, while in this office
last Tuesday afternoon, notified us
that speakers were now being secur
ed for an Independent Farmers' In
stitute to be held by the farmers of
Franklin township about the first
week in February.- A grand program
is being arranged and many different
contests will be given among which
will be a corn show for the boys and
bakng contest for the girls. Prizes
will be given the winners. There al
so will be an oratorical contest for
the boys and girls.
Full details and complete program
will be announced In these columns-
later.
COURT MATTERS
Judge Miller Assigns Cases Covering
Period from Januury 22 to
February 21
DECEMDER
Distribution of Liquor Tax Shows
Divisions That Participate in
Booze Money
, State Senators, Holl and Berry
from this district, have been appoint
ed members of several important
standing committees in that body.
Holl was made chairman of two com
mittees Banks and Savings Socie
ties and Villages. Berry was made
chairman of one Federal Relations.
Both Berry and Holl are members of
the Drainage and Irrigation commit
tee. The committees on which they
wer placed are as follows:
Berry Agriculture, County Af
fairs, Drainage and Irrigation, Feder
al Relations, Judiciary, Roads and
Highways, Taxaton, and Temperance.
Holl Banks and Savings Societies,
Constitutional Amendments, Drain
age and Irrigation. Finance, Fish
Culture and Game, Geological Sur
vey, Prisons and Prison Reform and
Villages.
The December distribution of the
liquor tax has just been completed by
Cotlnty Auditor Steinbrunner. The
division is as follows:
State $3627
County Infirmary 2418
The township and corporation
tals amount to $6046.42, which
divided as follows:
Burkettsville
Celina
Coldwater
Chickasaw. . . : . . . .
Ft. Recovery
Montezuma
St. Henry
Liberty township
Granville township. . .
Gibson township
Marion township
Washington township.
Butler township. . '.. .
245
1715
698
245
486
245
245
490
245
245
976
245
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HOLIDAYS
This Year All Fall on Week Days,
Giving Opportunity for Bois
terous Celebrations
The following cases have been as
signed by Judge Miller, beginning
next Monday:
Monday, January 22 State of
Ohio vs. E. B. Ylngling; jury.
Wednesday, January 24. State of
Ohio vs. Mart Johnson; jury.
Thursday, January 25 State of
Ohio vs. W. A. Nichols; jury.
Monday, January 29 Jacob Henne
vs. George Henne; jury.
Tuesday, January 30 Economy
Hog and Cattle Powder Co. vs. A. J
Baumgartner et al; Jury.
Wednesday, January 31 Fred
Tobe vs. Eros Barker; jury.
Friday, February 2 S. M. Hess &
Bro. vs. O. C. Ford; Jury.
Monday, Februray 12 I. F. Raud
abaugh vs. The Incorporated Village
of Celina; court.
Monday, Februray 12 Eliza
Springer, guardian vs. George Baker
et al; court.
Tuesday, Februray 13 John
Grier vs. County Commissioners;
court.
Wednesday, Februray 14 Incor-
poarted Village of Celina ' vs. Frank
Benke, as treasurer; court.
Thursday, Februray 15 William
Borger vs. Bessie Borger; court.
Thursday, Feb'y. 15 Maggie Ry
bolt vs. Earl Iva Rybolt; court.
Thursday, February 15 Paul Duff
vs. Meady Duff; court.
Thursday, Feb'y. 15 Bertha Res
er vs. Forest May Reser; court.
Friday, Februray 16 Charles
Zumberge vs. County Commissioners;
court.
Friday, Februray 16 Edna L.
Gamble vs. David C. Gamble; court.
Monday, Februray 19 John Kra
mer vs. Herman Zumberge; court.
Wednesday, Februray 21 Frank
L. Dabbelt vs. The New Bremen &
Minster Oil & Gas Co.; court.
Mercer county has overpaid
amount of $2,848.86, Shelby
amount of $2,154.44 and Van Wert
county the amount of $1,583.27, as
their share of the apportionment for
carrying on the work of the Lima
District Tuberculosis hospital, accord
lng to the report of Edwin E. Hall,
examiner, which was filed with Thom
as A. Welsh, Allen county auditor.
Allen county still owes as her part of
the apportionment $2,019.46 and
Auglaize county owes $2,884.37.
Balance In the bank on April 1, 1916,
was shown to be $1,682.80.
A remarkable record was attained
by the board of trustees of the hos
pital. In the conduct of affairs during
the time covered in the inspection
and the report shows that only a
small amount is to be turned back to
the hospital and that it because of
misinterpretation of some of the sta
tutes by the board. Members are
Prof. C. W. Williamson, of Wppako
neta, secretary; J. D. Johnson, of Ce
lina; Dr. J. W. Costello, of Sidney;
Dr. Oliver Stelner, of Lima; B. C.
Conn, of Van Wert, treasurer; and
Dr. C. A. Files, medical superinten
dent.
VICTIM OK MOKPHIXE ADJUDGED
I.N SAMS .
Mrs. Clara Rhoades of this city
was adjudged insane by J.) is. utis
and Langel at a hearing before Pro
bate Judge Raudabaugh Wednesday
morning, and was taken to the State
Hospital, Toledo, by Sheriff and Mrs
Pumphrey. Mrs. Rhoades is a mor
phine fiend and her failure to obtain
the drug in the last several years has
made her a complete wreck. She has
been in the hospital twice before
within the past two years.
CHARGE
Of Forgery Placed Against Coldwater
Veterinary, Who Is Bound
Over to Court
A. H. Dabbelt, veterinary sur
geon, or coldwater, was arrestea in
that village by Sheriff Pumphrey yes
terday noon ,and brought to this city
to answer to a charge of forgery.
He waived examination at a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace Scran
ton and was bound over to court in
the sum of $1,000. Unable to fur
nish bond he was lodged in jail.
Dabbelt is charged with forging a
check on his father-in-law, Joseph
Schweiterman, at the Peoples Bank,
Coldwater for $300.
Washington, Jan. 16. In a lead
ing political article yesterday the
Washington Star discusses Ohio in a
manner evoking considerable Interest
from the members of the Ohio colony
here.
Declaring the republicans are pre
paring for a finish fight with the dem
ocrats for possession of the state, a
fight In which Senator Warren G.
Harding and Oov. James M. Cox will
be central figures, and concluding
with the statement there Is a definite
campaign on to groom Gov. Cox for
the democratic presidential nomina
tion, the article says:
"In Ohio politics is absorbing a
great deal of attention these days
from both democrats and republicans.
The republicans, after their humiliat
ing defeat last November, losing the
presidential electors, the governor
ship and the United States senator
ship are bendng every effort toward
rehabilitation of the party.
"Senator Warren G. Harding and
National Committeeman Hynlcka are
the commanding figures in the party
organization.
"Progressive republicans are affil
iating In greater numbers with the.
regulars, are getting Increased recog
nition in all the councils of the party
and there is growing evidence of a
more cordial understanding between
the hitherto clashing factions.
"It is noticed the sphere of influ
ence in republican councils is now
Hamilton county (Cincinnati) instead
of Cuyahoga county (Cleveland),
where Senator Hanna and Senator
Burton so long fixed It. The old Han
na machine has almost entirely dis
appeared and former Senator Burton
has removed to New York; to become
d bank president.
"Moreover, the political complex
ion of that part of the state has
changed. Once a republican strong
hold, it is now democratic.
"Myron T. HerricVs leadership
went a-glimmerlng when he could not
control Cuyahoga and his own terri
tory, and lost the senatorship. Akron
and Columbus went democratic and
the republicans fell back to Cincin
nati, where they have dug themselves
In.
"Senator Harding's leadership has
grown with his prestige. First gov
ernor and then senator he has con
stantly kept in touch with all sections
of the state. His fellow republicans
were gratified at the highly favorable
Impression he has made as presiding
officer of the republican national con
vention at Chicago, and be is now,
its is said of national importance.
"Ohio republicans claim their state
will cut a large figure in presidential
politics, first because it is now one of
the doubtful of the important states,
after being so long safely republican,
and mutt be taken into account in all
future calculations on the electoral
college.
"The democrats also are figuring
on Ohio brink prominent in the next
presidential campaign and they are
grooming a candidate in the person of
Governor Cox. They declare him a
'coming' democrat of national calibre.
"He has powerful backing in the
state, not the least valuable of which
is that of R. F. Wolfe, millionaire
owner of two influential newspapers
in Columbus. It is said that there
is already a definite campaign in
progress in behalf of Gov. Cox for the
democratic presidential nomination."
D. W. HankliiH, Deputy of
County, accompanied by the
and tableau teams of the
Grange, went to New Bremen,
day evening, Jan. 11, to Install offi
cers. After the Installation a deli
cious lunch was served. About 30
from this place went in automobiles,
any tne chief diversions on the way
over and back were punctures, blow'
outs and engine trouble.
Friday evening, Jan. 12, Worthy
Master Harvey Shimp Installed the
following officers at Neptune:
Overseer E. E. Hall.
Lecturer B. F. Lutz.
Secretary Oreal Piper,
RUT
To Sue State Brought in Case
at Lima
Treasurer W. H. Townsend.
Stewart T. B. Fisher,
Assistant Steward Mrs. Bessie
Thomas.
Chaplain Mrs. Edith Severns.
Ceres Mrs. Ruth Dine.
Pomona Miss Mary Lewis.
W W. Williams, who was elected
Master, was unable to be present on
account of sickness
The third number of the Grange
lecture course was given by the Hen
ry Co. Tuesday night, Jan. 9. Mr
Henry is a magician cartoonist, and
sand-painter and an artist in his line.
The entertainment was one of the
best of the course, and was greatly
enjoyed by all present.
J lie rourtn number of the course
will be given Wednesday evening,
Jan. 24, by Thomas Suleeba ,a Meso
potamian. Mr. Suleeba lectured at
.Neptune a few years ago, and those
who heard him at that time are ex
pecting something interesting and
worth while.
FORMER
toil mi Lady Develops Talent for
Story-Picture Writing, Two Pro
ductions Being Accepted
Bellefontaine has a writer of mov
ing picture scenarios in the person of
Mrs. Horace Soloman, who with her
husband and son reside at 105 West
Auburn avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Solo
mon have but recently moved here
from Lima, Mr. Solomon having tak
en a position as a painter in the shops
of The Joseph Hantgen & Son Co.,
south Detroit street. Mrs. Soloman
has had two scenarios accepted, "The
Uncultured Rose" and "The Scar of
the Tongue," the latter a racing play,
and each is five reels in length. Nei
ther has been produced as yet but it
is expected that they soon will be
and it is the plan of Mrs. Solomon to
have theip shown at one of the mov
ing picture theatres in this city.
It is a natural gift with me to write
a scenario," said Mrs. Solomon, when
questioned about the manner in
which she has accomplished her
work. "I have carefully studied the
pictures and have a real love for
them. I am now working on several
that I hope to finish soon, but the
two that have, been accepted were
easy for me to do." In "The Uncul
tured Rose" Mrs. Solomon has writ
ten the story-picture to be the natural
life of a girl who was brought up in
the slums of a large city who in the
finality meets her grand-parents and
relates to them her trials and sor
rows. The beauty of the young wo
man and her triumphs are told in the
last scenes, said to be very beautiful.
Mrs. Solomon regards scenario
building as distinctly woman's art
and to that end is putting her talents
having marked success for the short
time she has devoted herself to it
Bellefontaine Examiner.
Mrs Solomon was formerly a resi
dent of this city, she and her hus
band at one time operating the Met
ropole and Bijou theatres.
Grows Out of Claim lor Beaver
Damages, Resulting from
Reservoir Overflow.
Attorneys John G. Romer, I. F.
Raudabaugh and S. S. Scranton were
at Lima last Monday, arguing a mo
tion before the Court of Appeals on
the question of right to sue the
state. j
The question arises over actions of
some fifty land owners along the Bea
ver Bottoms west of the reservoir to
recover damages to crops, when the
water of the reservoir over-flowed In
July, 1913.
The action in court Is known as
Albert Palmer for himself and others.
against the State of Ohio. Plaintiffs
claim the state negligently permitted
the water in the reservoir to rise be
yond a high water elevation and ov
er-flow, destroyng their crops. The
total damage aggregates about $25,-000.
In 1913 the people of the state by
majority of amout 90,000 voted into
force the constitutional amendment
of privilege to sue the State. The
States Attorney General's Office has
held the amendment is not effective
because the legislature failed to pass
necessary legal legislation, and be
cause of this techincality the matter
has laid dormant in the courts, and
now is before the Court of Appeals
for a decision on the voice of the
people.
COMMISSIONERS
Itoad Improvement Petitioned for by
Marion Pond and Others Filed
Other Business
A.ND A SALOOXLESS TOWN
FIRST NATIONAL SELECTS
OFFICERS
CELINA MEN
Figure in Election of Board of Direc
tors of Wapakoneta Artificial
Refrigerating Company
A meeting of the stockholders of
the National Artificial Refrigerating
company known as the "Narco", was
held Tuesday morning at the plant in
the southeastern part of the city, for
the election of directors of the com
pany. Roy E. Layton was the chair
man of the meeting, and A. J. Brown
secretary. The number of members
of the board of directors was Increas
ed from seven to nine, and the fol
lowing were elected: Edmund
Brandt, Walter Mersman, Arthur
Glesler, Frank Andrews, H. G. Fish
er, A. J. Brown, A. A. Klipfel, Ed
ward Mersman And Oscar Meals. Mr.
Glesler was elected president and
general manager; Mr. Brandts, vice
president; A. J. Brown secretary and
A. A. Klipfel, treasurer. Auglaize
County Democrat.
YOOGiM STUDENT
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS
Elyria, Jan. 16 -Police throughout
northern Ohio tonight were asked to
assist In finding 19-year-old Edith
Edwards, Elyria Business College
student, who left home to attend a
picture show Sunday evening. She
has not been seen or heard of since.
Sheriff Pumphrey and Marshal
Duncan were both notified of the dis
appearance of the girl and asked to
be on the lookout for ber.
After jotting down the resolutions
he intends to break in 1917, Mr. Av
erage Citizen, according to time hon
ored custom, then gazed at the new
calendar to find out what day the an
niversary of his birth falls, and then
the days which the holidays of the
year are to be celebrated. One thing
that he will note with pleasure is that
he will not be cheated out of a day
off in the coming twelve months as
none of the holidays fall on Sunday.
In the present year two holidays
are celebrated on Mondays. They
are New Year's and Lincoln's birth
day, February 12. Labor day, which
falls on Monday, will be September
3. Tuesday will be honored with the
celebration of the 1917 Christmas.
July 4 will be ushered in Wednesday
as will be Memorial day. May 30.
The holidays which come Thursday
are Washington's birthday and
Thanksgiving, which like Labor Day,
changes only with the date. In 1917
Thanksgiving will be November 29.
Other days of the year which are
not kept as holidays, but which are
generally observed in a social way
are Valentine day. Wednesday, Feb.
14; May day, Tuesday, May 1; April
Fool's day, Sunday, April 1; St. Pat
rick's day, Saturday, March 17; Col
umbus day, Friday, October 12 and
Halloween Wednesday, October 31.
The directors of the First Nation
al Bank of this city, chosen last week
by the stock holders, met last Mon
day and organized for the ensuing
year by re-selecting the following offi
cers: President, James H. Day; vice
president; J. E. Hattery; cashier, C.
H. Howick, Assistant cashiers, J. P.
LeBlond and T. A. Weis; tellers, John
Spriggs and Grover Howick; book
keepers, Russel Hattery and Miss Ef
fle Fanger.
The directors are: J. H. Day, J. E.
Hattery, C. H. Howick and W. E.
TouVelle, of this city, and J. H. Ro
mer, of St. Henry.
The ten year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Judson Carmichaiel, Washing
ton township, was severely burned
about the face and hands last Sun
day afternoon when he attempted to
use coal oil to start a Are In a stove.
CHILD SUSTAINS FRACTURED
KXEE
YOUNGEST
Bank President in the Queen City,
but then He Hails from the Best
County in the State
Coldwater Chronicle
The city of Portland, Indiana, for
the first time in its history, is now
entirely free from bonded indebted
ness and this was brought about un
der Democratic management.
XEW AUTOMOBILE TAGS EV
EVIDENCE
The three year old daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. George Sill, Hopewell
township, sustained a fracture of the
right leg above the knee, when she
fell from a chair last Sunday afternoon.
ONE DEAD; OTHER STILL
UNCONSCIOUS
St. Marys, Jan. 18. Late on Wed
nesday, John W. Burkhart, 70, over
come the previous night with carbon-
mon-oxlde escaping from a hard coal
heating stove, remained unconscious,
with many chances against his recov
ery. Mrs. Burkhart died while sit
ting In her chair in the same room
wth Mr. Burkhart
BURKETTSVILLE FARMERS'
INSTITUTE
IN-
A good program is in making for
the annual meeting of the Burketts
ville Farmers' Institute, to be held
at that place next Monday and Tues
day the 22nd and 23 rd. The state
speakers will be G. F. Aldrlch, of
Helena, and Mrs. Ida Durbin, of
Fredricktown.
EASTER SUNDAY COMES EARLY
Easter Sunday, 1917 falls on April
8. Ash Wednesday .the beginning of
Lent, will fall on Februray 21st. All
Fool's Day will occur on Sunday,
April 1st. The fact that Easter Sun
day comes early fs making the milli
ners plan for early openings while the
old weather prophets predict an early
spring and successful harvest - year.
If they guesa no better than the win
ter prophets, spring will be found in
the lap of summer. - Bue here's hoping.
WILL RETURN TO WAPAK
Elza McDonald, formerly employed
with the Western Ohio Creamery Co.,
in this city, who left Wapakoneta to
locate on a farm near Celina, has dis
posed of the farm and will return to
this city. He has taken an interest
in the Swife and company cream sta
tion on Wlllipie street. Wapakone-
tft Diiily News
Mr. McDonald disposed of his farm
last fall and purchased the F. V.
Short property, in Brookside, West
Logan street, where he now resides.
AND HASN'T SALOON TAX TO
FALL BACK ON
Cincinnati Enquirer
Edward F. Roemer yesterday was
re-elected Presideht of the Cosmopol
itan Bank and Savings Company for
a second gear's term. Mr. Romer
who is 37 years of age, is the young
est bank president in the city. His
rise in the banking world has been
rapid. He was formerly Assistant
Cashier of the First National Bank of
Celina, Ohio. He was State Bank
Examiner for four years, and in 1912
was elected Secretary and Treasurer
of the Cosmopolitan. He became its
president last year. He resides In
Norwood and is a man after former
President Roosevelt's heart, as he is
the father of eight young men.
The 1917 automobile tags have
made their appearance on the streets
of Celina. They are yellow and
black in color and of the same size
as those of last year. The numerals
take up most of the surface of the
plate, the word "Ohio" being on one
end and the figures 1917 on the oth
er. It is evident upon examination
that not a great amount of license
fee was spent for the tags, and that
automobile owners for this year at
least will decorate their machines
with an emblem designed more for
its usefulness than its beauty. In
stead of the glazed surface of last
year, the tags are simply painted
pieces of metal.
A case of diptheria was reported
Tuesday in the vicinity of Erastus.
The schools closed and also the re
vival meeting which were in progress
have been discontinued to prevent the
spread of the dangerous disease. So
far only one case has been reported
and that a small boy who has been
attending school. Daily Standard.
Coldwater Chronicle
The village of Rockford is taking
the necessary steps to pave three
more streets with the coming of
spring. xneir enterprise is io oe
commended, and with these improve
ments completed Rockford will nave
the cistlnctinon of having more pav
ed streets than any village in the
county. They also have a number of
the best imnrovJ nignways in me
county leading into that village.
They have a way of going arter im
provements and business pullers for
the town that is worthy or mutation.
It is Improvements that largely make
a town.
Miss Leona Dickman, book-keeper
at the J. A. Long Co. poultry house
in this city, severely sprained her
back and her left wrist, In a fall at
her home, East Wayne street, Wed
nesday noon.
NOT MAD
Just Want to Thank Board rublicly
for Way Assessment Was
Handed Them
MUSIC LOVERS
To Be Given Treat Next Tuesday Ev
ening, When Noted Soprano
Appears at Opera-House
Marion Pond and others last Fri
day presented a petition for the im
provement of a public road on the
following route: Commencing at the
Red school house between Sections 29
and 30; thence north following a pub
lic road between Sections 29 and 30,
19 and 20, 17 and 18, Dublin town
ship, to where it intersects the Addy
pike at the west quarter post of Sec
tion 17, Dublin township, and there
terminate. Also to commence at the
section line between Sections 19 and
20, at the south east corner of Sec
tion 19; thence west following a pub
lic road between Sections 19 and 30,
to the township line between Dublin
and Blackcreek township, and there
terminate. Said road to be 35 feet
wide. The petition was ordered filed.
The following pensions for Blind
Relef, quarterly payments .were al
lowed:
Nancy J. Royce, $30; Mahala John
son, $18.75; Oliver Leonhard, $18.-
75; Mary Painter, $30; Delbert
Rhoades, $30; Eli Bricker, $30; J. L.
Ford, $25; Mary A. Hurless, $15;
Christie Howick, $18; Wm. Runkle,
$30; Samuel Hammond, $15; Chris
tina Kyle, $15; Caroline Brinkman.
$30; Margaret Rogers, $35; Lucy
Vaughn, $24; Gep W. Bush, $30;
Theodore Hauck, $30; Mary A. Bor-
off, $20.
C. S. Younger presented his bond
as Probate Judge in the sum of$5000,
with J. E. Hattery, A. M. Riley and
S. A. Bowman as sureties. Same was
approved and ordered filed.
A bill of D. W. Frick, J. P. costs in
case of State of Ohio va. Varwick,
for $19.95 was rejected.
The following claims were allowed
and are now payable:
John M. Hale, services mem
ber Election Board 15 50
Art Metal Construction Co.,
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ITIIICA
Conservatory Glee Club to Appear at
Washington Lecture Course
Next Friday Evening
John Sudhoff and Seb Meyers, of
Liberty, gave us a call Wednesday af
ter they had visited the Treasurer's
office to pay their rent. They were
not exactly mad, but they wanted to
thank the Commissioners publicly
through our columns for their assess
ment on the Sudhoff ditch, which was
ordered on in one payment. Mr.
Sudhoff's assessment on 85.80 acres
totaled $401.25. Mr. Myers' on
42.95 acres was $187.25. The assess
ment on the old S. D. Fennig farm,
156.50 acres now owned by Henry
Post, was $267.60. Some assess
ment, eh boys. Almost $5 an acre
on John's farm and better than $4
on Seb'a.
Miss Marie Kaiser, the popular
American Soprano will be introduced
to a specially invited audience of
prominent musicians and music lov
ers next Tuesday evening, January
23, at the City Opera House by Mrs.
Bertha Gilberg Shelllch.
Miss Kaiser has had an enviable
experience as a concert singer for
one so young. She has appeared as
soloist with the Handel & Haydn So
ciety of Boston, the Brooklyn Ora
torio, the Liederkranz, of New York,
the Springfield Orpheus Club and a
large number of the prominent mus
ical organizations.
The lovely quality of her voice, her
perfect control, superior musicianship
and artistic stature, combine to place
her among the most able artists on
the concert stage today.
Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, West
Logan street, are the parents of a
baby girl born last Saturday.
. The second number of the lecture
course at the Washington ""township
High School takes place on Friday
evening, Jan. 26, when the Ithaca
Conservatory Glee Club are scheduled
for one of their great entertainments.
"A whole course packed in one ev
ening," is the way the chairman of
one committee wrote the Bureau re
garding the program by the Ithaca
Conservatory Glee Club. And he
told the truth, for the Glee Club SING
quartettes, duets and solos. They
present "Peter Patlin," the oldest
known, written in the fourteenth cen
tury, costumed and given as in the
days of old; or if you prefer opera to
drama the operetta "Cox and Box"
will please you. The Rural Road
Choir makes much melody even
though they do not look it. They
read, they sing, they play piano and
violin. Indeed the Ithaca Conserva
tory Glee Club IS a wole course In
one attraction. But in all their hum
or, the Conservatory Glee Club Is
dignified and clean, maintaining the
highest standards of Lyceum art
Miss Ella Weis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Weis, of Dayton, for
merly of this city, who was recently
operated upon for appendicitis, has
been moved from the hospital to her
home, but her condition Is such that
she is still unable to walk.