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v. VOI2 XXIX; YEAR 1 V- 'T i V-' --vl 7: i ''C- liBiliHi ST TV I I II I i I IjTIKS DeKalb Motor Club Hefd Meeting In Butler. Last Friday'' Evening And Appointed Committee TO Lv i.IJ In the Plan for Marking, the County Road and Point, Out the Danger Meeting' i was 'V'ery Well Attended The regular meeting of the De-Kalb Motor. Club was held at the Butler Hotel last Friday evening. There was a good attendance from over the county and -various activities was discussed, as related to better highways in DeKalb county.

cThe meeting took the place of a dinner served in the dining room' of the hotel and there were thirty-four in attend ance. Will IL Willennar, president of the club, presided at the mettins and asked Herbert C. Willis of Waterloo to take charge of the order of discussion. The subject of better highway mark ings for county roads was taken' up and discussed at length. On motion a committee was appointed to confer with the county commissioners vwith the matter In view of marking the dan-1 dangerous places on all county roads.

The committee appointed is composed of. Schaab of Auburn, D. B. vVanFleit of Garrett, Harry Kees of St Joe, Dr. W.

R. Newcomer of Water loo and W. H. Willennar of committee arranged for a meet ing this week and expect'to be active in the matter of securing better high way markings in DeKalb county. It was pointed out that if the roads were properly marked it might result in saving one, or more lives which would be worth all the cost to pro vide for proper markings.

CORN BORER IN 25 TOWNSHIPS IN THIS SECTION OF STATE Frank N. Wallace, of Indianapolis, state entomologist and JCaffrey, of Washington D. government en- tomolosist in charge of the corn borer department held a conference Thursday at the Hotel Auburn and also vis ited a number of ii.7ected areas. According to Mr. Wallace twenty- five townships in Indiana are now af- I fected by the pest, Mflford township injEinsidel and Lucile Houser.

The-men LaGrange county being the latest dis covered to be Infected. According to the surveythere are nine townships in DeKalb, ten out of twelve in Steu ben, five in Allen and one in LaGrange ThsJ-e Is no further danger of the spread this year, Mr. Wallace stated. The danger now i3 from mechanical means, that la from transporting corn which has been infected.) Further in- vestljation will continue and If more area is afTected it is probable a quar- antine will be established and a labor- atory set up in this locality. Albion Doctor Under Arrest Newspaper 1st atches from Baltl-l more, announce the "arrest of Dr.

J. W. Morr, of Albion, for the death' pt Mrs. Mary Grovel, aged 40, who died from injuries suffered when Tshe was struck by Dr. Moor's auto.

Dr. Moor told police the woman ped in front of his machine and that I was unable to stop in time to avoid I striklng her. He was released on his own recognizance. O. E.

S. Meets Tonight The O. E. will meet this evening in regular session. At the close of the business part of the meeting there 'will be tw initiations.

Alt the members are "urged to attend vthis meeting. To: VLii Our Cts 3 i -beautiful Queen Ilarie'of Boo- feania sails next week for oar chores and has plans perfected for a tour of the United States that will bring "her to ptxr state. Plans 'for her reception will be made as -soon as dates of her tour axeman-tounced in Ilew York," Activities of the Have AI- ready Started Under Leadership of JMiss Mary Indianapolis, Sept. 1 Under the leadership of Miss Mary Sleetb, -vw, Wfc Woman's Department of the Repub lican State Committee, a state-wide effort is being started to increase the activities of women in the politlca: campaign. Miss Sleeth is writing to all Republican county chairmen.

urging them to enroll as many women worker as possible in each commun ity to a8si8t in ecorta to poll a large vote this year. Discussing her plans for organiza tion work Miss Sleeth said. "In -the election of 1924, 87 per cent of the voting population "of our state voted thereby causing Indiana to lead all the I states or. tne union in the percentage jot votes cast. fThis is a record that 1 every citizen of Indiana may I with justifiable pride, but we are out to improve that record In this cam palgn.

O-r highest type of women! In com munity and we propose to conduct I this campaign in such an efficient and dignified way as i to 'reflect lasting credit on" Iloosier i "WhenTour votes are cast next No- vember, it cannot be said of Indiana women that we are not interested in the ballot or in our responsibilities of citizenship. I personally am in this work to perform a patriotic duty by supporting the' principles of Re publicanism and- I know that the thousands' of Republican women workers Indiana are actuated by these same state V. lViTEr.LC 3 Two Married Women of Fort Wayne Coupled with Two Other Men Arrested in Waterloo rA dsgraceful drunken fight took place in th Waterloo cemetery last Thursday evening when two couples of Fort Wayne, who had been driving about Waterloo fan automobile, drove out on North Centor street and when they reached the cemetery one of the women wanted to go 'into the cemetery. The women were Florence were Jack. and Charles P.

Reem. When the woman did not re turn to the car Reem went to the cemetery to see, ter.rne otner woman went when neither of them' re turned, A general; fight ensued Milton Keller who livee just south of the cemetery, was around his dace with a lighted lantern. He went to the cemetery on hearinf the screama of the women. Keller strucn. Reem in the faca with his lantJin knd badly mutilated the face of tho guy.

The Bght broke up and the partici pants started for town although one of the wonlen said she would not go in" the car again. Night Police Eberly was called and with. Deputy Nick Grimm the couples were placed under arrest and sheriff Morr cvme after them. Later they arraigned iff court. The women and Reem were fined $15 and costs, amounting to $45.70 anl Theurer was arraigned in the cir- cult court on a charge driving an automobile while intoxicated.

1 He plead not guilty and Is In jaU await ing trial. Evangelical Church E. C. Kunce, Pastor Remember a glad hand welcomes you to worship here. Sunday school; at 9:30, Preaching at 10: 30 m.

Quarterly conference at the County Line church Friday evening, and Sunday, evening. Sept! 5, F. C. Berger, presiding elder of the Ft. Wayne district will be the bpeaker.

Three services will be held here in Waterloo' Sunday, 12. Rev. E. W. Prae tortus; general secretary.

of Sunday and E.L. C. E. work will bring to us three challenging messages. Christian Fellowship during -the, noon hour will be In the form of a basket dinnen-t Special music will be arranged M.

E. Church Labor Sunday the pastor will preach "Labor. Sermon" in- the morning. 'All other servlcs as nsual." Farm' -Slgn i A new ri and very attractive sign has been, placed tn the front yard at the John Kiplfnger farm northeast of which reads' the "Bird and Farmdale with the names of Mr J' and' Mrs. John Kipllnger below.

It is unique in its design and well are In Readiness for the 'Opening of School and High School Building Ready pnr AVrri I ChwiiCUa arm it aanaaata mmm Enrollment. Expected Large This Year Rural School's' to be" Combined with the Water-, y- -loo Schools The Waterloo schools will open next Tnesiiav Siit' 7. Sunt W. Miiatarrl announces that the school buildings are in readiness and that; everything is in shape to start 'off with vim and he expects that the enrollment will be considerably increased this year. The new high school building will be opened at the beginning of the term and the' high school pupils the grammar department will enter the new bigh school; building, -whfle grade and I primary- pupils -'will utva ViV4 i vuuuiuf nf th tearheV hv Wn km.

ployed for the year and it is expectd that? verythlng i w91I start off with harmony and that there will be no interruption during: "the "school year. 'Fred will be custodian of the new. htgff school' building and Wm. Rose has been, employed as custodian I of the grade school building. following text books will 1 be changed McCall's Speller complete, Our English, Books 1, 2, 3, Bringham McFatland Essentials of Geography, Books 1 and Physics in Every Day Life-7-Henderson.

Classes taking up the work will be required to" get the books. i The forenoon of the opening day of school, will be used to enter and make classifications. There', will be no scool in the; afternoon of the first day. The following Is a list of the teach H. Mustard, superintendent.

I F. E. principal. O. W.

Fee, languages. Winks, vocational director. Erma FausetV-'. household science. Miss Atleen Fisher, music and art Clarence 8th grade.

Mrs. Wt H. Ettinger, 7th grade. Mark B. Shull, 6th grade.

vMiss Irene Duesler," 5th grade. Miss Mary Bonfiglio, 4th grade. Miss Erda Robinson, 3d grade! Cora Stanley, 2d Miss Bloonvlst grade. Winners of 925 Judging Team Every county, should be, represented the Indiana State Fair with their earn out for the winning prizes the udging contest at the. Indiana.

State Fair. It is a high for any county to have the winning team. Winners of last year's contest were from LaPorte county. They are' from: left right: Lee Whitzell. Leonard Whotk4 and Delbert Hassen.

mr Feed Cows Liberally to MakQ Dairy Profitable The average dairy cow- consumes about "15 pounds of feed per day' of what we call ration- that Is, the food required to keep the cow alive, and to replace We might say -It Is "theboard bill of the -v -y Now7 if the cow can consume SO pounds of feed, then we are interest ed In the 15 pounds which is not used for maintenance, but rather for production. If the. cow 'consumes 45 pounds. then we -are' Interested In the SO pounds that jehe consumes and uses for Sucba cow, -as a will make twice the profit of the one that con sumes 30 pounds, so It Is very plain to. see -what we need Is an animal that will' consume large quantities of food and turn it to' profitable nse.

Woald it not be wise to market more of our corn by feeding It on the farm vand retaining -he valuable prod- act or fertilizer thus equalizing farm labor and al together" making a more economic and dependable line of production? With the present high vain of land, strict economy in production must -be studied carefully if the land: la made to return fair earning oa its value. 's Buildings Telephone Business Shows increases '5 Lines-'- In thev State Taxes have doubled and I today 'the tax per' telephone Is gener- I ally 94.98 per telephonedLabor costs, i tor commoaisoor iitb uicreasea irom have gone up from 5. to .55 and .60 per houry operators' wages, have In creased from $15 and SIS per. month to $40 per month and Batteries. have np from 18 cents each to 35 cents each; "tele- bavf, greased from 7.50 to It'll Cft fA.nlAnhAnaa diit a $11.50 for telephones such as used in Waterloo to from' average to $18.50 for" phones suchvas.

nsed on Dusmess pnones. iron wire, nas gone up" three cents to eight cents per pounds gone up from 100. to 200 per cent Crossarms have increased 60 cents each to "u-" 1- Per oser 10 WOT 10 ve nours nine. hours What has happened in (he telephone business has happened in other lines of. business.

Ask; the housewife j.whether food stuffs cost the. same as before the war; Does the doctor charge the same' as he diditenyears ago, How about the taxes you-pay are they as low as they were before 'the; war The telephone company pays $15 'per day for taxes Alonei" "Gasoline has gone up from 12, cents to 22 cents with two "cents extra for road i. endeavor of telephone company to keep costs down has failed, as it has done: in every other business. The" only wonder- Is that they have beenf -able to- carry on as long as they have at the -now in effectual to the benefit ita sub scribers." CVEdSCLEP.CnJECTISnsBi L'-'-r-: Court Holds That State Has Right to Change Route Original -Case to be' Heard Friday Oyerrulng the objections by the attorneys for Ora Bohler and Ro-zella Smurr In the condemnation pro ceedings, 1 Judge A. F.

Biggs, sitting as special judgeIn the DeKalb circuit court last Friday held that the state has a 'right fo change the of a highway and to condemn inuds for Uxe yV.y'p-.j. original condemnation proceed ings were set for tomorrow morning in the DeKalb circuit court at which time the proceedings wfll be examined and if, found -to be regular three appraisers will be appointed to place a value on land so' The land owners who have will then be given a right to make an' ap peal to. the appellate', court. In which case, they will be required to furnish a bond for costs and damages, LA GRANGE COUNTY-TRUST CO.t TO HOLD ANNUAt1 PICNIC The annual picnic of the 'LaGrange County Trust will be held Cedar Lake in LaGrang'el. county on Labor Congressman Hogg will be one -ot the speakers and the public is invited to attend the pienje.

Grandpa Agaiw ry-yscj-Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dun can, yesterday fore noon, son, second chfld Postmaster C. H. Fee i is 1 grandpa r' A Youthful Taixan A Jackie: istronfi'f8 of Gresham.

lost four days and three--? nights In thtiy Oregon mountain range, sustained himself- witb "berries nd fish, fizhttnfe always to--. "find hit way home, is today at hon and unharmed. He be came 'lost whfle on a fishing trip -with his older brother. Searcher found track of a lion 'Mil 'vKI; 1 5 "which had. been following hinv o.rr?rv vli'LU Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Arrived 'i In Waterloo Saturday EvenTnif arid Motored to Fort Wayne pi ftve Tnr ivmi Mrnr i No Unmistakable Terms When He Spoke Briefly at Auburn a Crowd In Front of the DeKalb County Court House CoL Theqdore Roosevelt was In Wa terloo last Saturday evening His visit here, was brief.

Arriving N. Y. train No. 23 from the. east, and being over forty minutes laite, he was hurried away from the station here although there nearly two hundred people gathered to get a glimpse of the distinguished visitor.

The colonel was first greeted as he alighted from the train by Herbert C- Willis, who was chairman' of the reception 'com mittee of newspaper men appointed to met the colonel iand escort him to Fort Wayne. Through the courteous arrangement made by Milo Garrett, pos( master at Auburri, 'arrangements "were made with the Auburn-Auto for furnish ing new sevens passenger "car and driver to take the Roosevelt party, to Fort Mr. Watson, superintendent of the drove the car and received many flattering compli ments on the complete detail and re finement of the fine sedan car. i There -was a caravan of five automobiles which left the sta tion here for Fort via Auburn. When the caravan reached the court house the drum corps was playing martial music and the cars stopped.

Col. Roosevelt stated that he could not turn down such an invitation to speak and he alighted from the car and was Introduced by, Mr, The colonel spoke very, vehemently on the world court and league of nations, and said that he hoped that people of this state would be very careful think ing, and not allow anydne to make them believe that they wanted World Court, and that so long as this country. Cla big enough and smart enough to run our own business there is no need for such an allied pact that will, entangle our sovereignty with that of any. foreign country. -J' After stopping ten minutes the cara van started for Fort Wayne where the distinguished visitor was taken to the keenan hotel" where he 'was a guest of honor; at a dinner which was at tended by twenty-five prominent peo- pie.

Among those in attendance at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. MQo Garrett of Auburn and Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Willis of Waterloo. vV In the evening CoLTRosevelt made commendable address, at the lMaje8tic theatre before an audience that packed the theatre.

He poke on the- World Court -and League of Na tions and entered into a thorough dis cussion of 'the subject. He was heartily- applauded by his audience several times Those Visiting The n-diana State Fair Wilt I Find It Recreational as 7 Well as Educational There' will be the. high-class Sheea- ley Carnival, probably, one of the largest outdoor, amusements There will be; the' great. Grand Circuit Racing" and Derby Day, Horse Palling Contest, Horse Shoe Con test, Horpe Show at night '''Jj the and the great vaudeville tunts; the best that the Indiana State Fair Board could" purchase for enter-. tainment of the crowd -that will ylalt day and; nighLi Also there rlll be big- special fireworks in-front of the grand stand every The fair this year; win open on Sept I and.

close on Sept il, giving eight big days of. srne kind of entertainment going on atvall times. The High-School Band contest on Saturday. Sept? 4the American Legion Band sontest on Tuesday, Sept; 7,: i.All this great entertainment you will get. out at; the Sute; besides the great dducatlonal.

ThVhyslctin'a Life. The study" or; medicine is an en trancing su bject i ts practice requlrei an array of whose; mere, con-I temptation staggers the mind. On must meet violence with gentleness, jbigrailtude' with equanlniity Insult with' slander with silence The physician's life is a daily exemplification of the Golden Rule. The very sensitiveness 'that Inspires sympathj' with pain "and misery is' a weapon la the' hands of Ignorance and malic wherewith they -deal dreadful wounds, wounds which must be endured silent Jy. Resentment can have no place la the physician's mind.

Equanimity must be maintained in the face of ml apprehension and abuse. From "Re-; creations of a Physician," by Stuart M.VChIfihoIm.'M' Dl 'W- HElIO r.1. CEHTA DIED Cancer Proves Fatal. After Long Suf- firing -Funeral wilt be 5 Held A 1 Waterloo Saturday Mr. RenovMaurlce Centadied at the home of Mrs.

Centa's mother, Mrs. Emeline Wittmer at 4:30 o'clock this morning, after a long illness of cancer. Mr. Centa was born in; Bludenz Austria, Sept, 151889. He was the son of John -t and Elizabeth "Heller Both of his parents died while he was a He was educated in the schools of 'his native country.

After the death of his parents he went to South America where he lived six years before coming to -the United States for the purposef seeking high er education in this country It was on Nov. 22, 189r when he first came to the United States: and he entered Tri State college at where he made the acquaintance his' He was married Sept. 13, 1916 to Miss EttaWittmer-Vof and they at once moved to; Anaconda, MonL, where Mr. Centa held a posltlon-with the. Anaconda and Pacific'Hy in the 'eneineerine '-denartment; nA at the time of his death was assistant engineer for the railroad.

VBesIdes" the widow one son, John, survlves. So -far as Is "Mr. Centa has no relatives living in Ilfs death occurring on. Sept, his age at the "time of his death at '36 years, '11 months and 17 Several years ago he began to fail In health and with a complication of ail ments cancer developed, which caused his although, be made ia hard fight to overcome the iU'effects of the disease. With he came to Waterloo last spring, and have since made' their home here, with her mother, Mrs.

on Union street, a ''r- Mr. i Centa wasi mnn "mfinui ta'ste and' was very quiet In his man ner, but very. capable In his line of work, and was' a very kind and devot ed husband and The funeral, will be held from the Wittmer, home on Union street Saturday, aftemocn. irJ FC SAFETY Peppermlntv Growers Hold Oil for Better County is up to Normal Somewhere around six or se'vjen thousand pounds of peppermint of distilled this year, is now stored in the National Bank vault in LaGrange for safekeeping," and most It. is Insured against loss by theft or otherwise, says the LaGrange Standard.

This stored poundage is likely to be Peppermint i oil is quoted at from to ten dollars -a ponnd atHhe present time, but those who are familiar with -the conditions in this country and among the growers abroad, are of the opinion that the price will go considerably higher within, the coming few weeks, possibly, to fifteen or eighteen dollars a pound. Prices last year- were around twenty dollars -or more a pound, but thlswas the result of anusual competition among' the buyers rather -than a nat ural rise' to be credited to' yield or market conditions. We are told that while the acerage in the United States Is larger this year than' it was In the production is not np to the average! This is not the situation in this immediate however 'On the contrary, the yield in LaGrange county Is close to the average of other 'seasons. Mrs. Melissa McCurdy Dies at Bucyrus and" Harrison Daniels were called to Bucyrus.

Ohio to at tend tbe funeral of Mrs. Daniel's sister, Mrs. Melissa Lower McCurdy, which was held Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.

C. L. Daniels went with them and returned home Tuesday evening. was burned in a terrible, manner and practically all of his clothing, was burned off of the body He was rush ed to the Souder hospital in Auburn where he died Thursday afternoon. The deceased" was a son of the late Carey: Beidler, -and a grandson of the latei Mr.

and Frank' Beidler. with whom the deceased made his home the greater part of his at their home in Waterloo. The deceased was born in Brimfield, Ind, and was 29. years of age on June "16 lasL He was in the Mexican i border service and also in the World war. On his return from the service he was united in marriage' to Grate of Au-' burn, where he" has resided for the' past six years.

He also leaves three Bert W. Beidler of Arthur Beidler of Toledo and Fred Beidler of Marion, Oho. AUBURN AUTO COMPANY TO OPEN ANOTHER PLANT Announcing an expansion program the Auburn Auto Co, will open an other plant In the near future at Con- nersville, Ind, for the. manufacture- of -six-cylinder Four and. eight cylinder cars will be made' at Auburn as in the past and the executive ofaceW of the company will be' maintained -) there also.

company has announced the purchase of the building of the Ansted Engineering company, of Anderson, which has been in bankruptcy for three years. The com-, pany contemplates taking over the factory of the Lexington Motor com- r) pany at Connersville, which Is also In federal receivership. E. L. Cord, president of the Auburn Auto com- pany, Bald the factory facilities; in Auburn were becoming inadequate.

The production for next year calls for! 25,000 A' new 150,000 stor- age plant is now. being built at Au -burn and another building will be erected next year. new line will be added to the Auburn models, it was -stated, with, the manufacture of taxi cabs to be known as Saf-T Cabs. Fire Department' Called A Are alarm was turned in from the" home of Chas. Smith on Washington at Bhortlr after o'clock last evening.

A quick run was made to the home but the fire was" extinguished before the department arrived. The fire started from defective electric light wiring. 4K tkn. tmmjmm avfatnra wtiA giant Sikorsky planer They are Thev nlan to cook dinner in New Ready fot HopNew YorI to Paris vi 9 NiW York to Ptrlt Mil Kw will pilot the great triple-motored Captain Berry. Fonk and Snodv.

york and eat it fa Faris, G32S Marlon Fatally Burned When Gasoline Torch Exploded at A Auburn Last" Week FOHEQAL HELD C.1 Deceased Spent Boyhood Days In Wa-terloo- Parents Grandpar enta Both Dead Leaves v' Wife and One Son The funeral service tor the late Marlon Beidler was held In Auburn last Saturday afternoon under auspic- es of the American Legion, of which he was a membel. The deceased was 29 years of age, He.leaves 'a wife one son, Wayie Marion, aged six; Mr. Beidler met a tragic death. He had been employed, at the Gladiator Manfg. Co.

plant In Auburn operating a stamping press. In order to make the stamping easier a gasoline torch was being used to heat the steeL In some manner an explosion occurred i -Wednesday forenoon and the burning liquid was; thrown Beidler. and two other workmen, the -latter two less Beidler rushed out of doors and across the street on a lawn vhere he rolled in the grass in order to extinguish the Blank-. thrown over him'; and the flames' were finally extinguished." He 1 wife -Wa uai r-ii. as'r:.