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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Merger of Calumet Cities.

An effort Will be made next
winter, it is said, to procure the
passage of an act to effect the
merger of all the cities and towns
in the north part of Lake coun-
ty, comprising the Calumet re-
gion, into one municipality, says
The Gary Post. The measure will
merge the cities of Gary, Indiana
Harbor, Fart Chicago, Hammond
Whiting, Hobart, Miller and
East Gary into a single munich
PATTY. The act will not merge
them at once bin will enab them
to form a municipal union. which
is consIded inevitable. The fu-
ture great city of the Calumet
will embrac all the territory long
the lake shore from the Illinois
state line to the eastern line OF
Lake county and as far south as
Griffith, running a straight line
east and west. Approximately
TINS great manufacturing and rail
road territory will embrace city
twelve miles long and seven miles
wide, containing eighty-four
SQUARE miles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
DANGER OF SAN JOSE SCALE
Will Only Take Few Years to De-
stroy Hundreds of Trees.

In response to an inquiry, Prof.
Troop. of the Purdue experiment
station at Lafayette states that the
sour cherry is the only Indiana fruit
tree that is practically immune 20
the San Jose scale which has in
fected and destroyed many fruit
trees in and aoIi Goshen. At the
present rate of progress the scale
will have destroyed all of the apple
and pear trees in this vicinity with
in few years. Maple trees are sell
dom infected with the scale but the
summer in Chicago and other place
and to some extent In Goshen a moth
has desposited eggs which have de-
veloped into caterpillars and these
have been very destructive to the
leaves. For the most part the eggs
have been deposited on the trunks
and lower branches of the hard ma
pie trees. The eggs are enclosed in
mass of threads which made the
nest look like small patch of cot
ton. Even this late in the season it
would be profitable TO destroy these
nests us protection against the
nests another year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
LONDON AND NEW YORK
American City Will Soon Have
Largest Population in
World.

London, Sept, London Is
perilously near following behind
New York in the matter OF popu
lation, according to figures just
complied over with the United
States census and New York city
health department estimates. The
figures are:
New York 4 ,440, 1891
London ...........4, 15S,217
London has been growing very
fast in the last ten years, but
New York is growing much
faster owning to- her enormous
immigration from Europe amour
ting to more than 100000 a
year. The increasment OF London
population comes heavily from
the country districts OF the Unit
ed Kingdom. 1t is believed here
that a census of both cities taken
as OF June /, 1911, will Show that
New York has slightly the lar
ger number OF inhabitants, and
has thus become the biggest me-
tropolis in the history of the
world. This is of course on the
assumption that London does
not meantime take IN more of its
outlying territory. The areas OF
London and New York now com
pare as follows:
New York .2O9,21S acres
London SIG acres
No close comparison between
the landed wealth of the huge
two cities is possible on account
of the different methods of taxa
ton. The municipal taxes OF NEW
York are applied to the same pur
pose as the local rates in London.
But in New York, as well as
throughout the United States,
the capital value, or market value
of both real and personal pro-
perty is the basis of assessment
for taxation. In London and
Great Britain. on THE contrary,
the annual value or renting Tin
cofe) value of real property only
is the basis. for municipal taxa
ton. They may be described as
general property taxes. The form
er are assessed and collected in
the same way for all kinds of
property. while the latter are
levied on bank stocks the per-
miuf receipts OF foreign insur-
ance companies and mortgages.
The latest comparative figures
OF valuation are: New York. So
42O,0O0,000 realty, 520,0OO,OOO per
sonalty.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
The Editor Laughed

Said the groceryman &c the
butcherman 1T is really a sin
that you buy your salt on whole
sale plan and don't give me a
chance to handle the tin. Then
llied him back to the grocery
store and quickly an order sent
for a few choice hams for the
family use and box OF fish for
Lent. Said the clothing man to
the hardware man:
You certainly don't do right
when YOU get suit OF an east
ern house, with my big stock in
sight" But the clothier wanted
a new steel range, and it came as
his neighbors know, in a box he
tried to hide in the barn and
marked Gee Hawbuck & Co."
The business men then calNed a
meeting to see where the trouble
lay, and they all agreed twas
the editor man and not the devil
to pay.
Why don't he roast the city
stores and fakirs, they said and
stand by them who patronize
him and give him has daily bread
So they drew up a contract long
and strong for the editor to pur-
sue, and waited on him with a
spect grim, as he solemnty dug
for news, but the editor laughed
a big horse laugh, till the gang
all took to the woods, for twas
written on axle grease letter
heads that came with a bill OF
goods.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Warning to EXTREMISTS.

Colonel Roosevelt's speech at
OsawstOmie seemed to carry him
very far into the progressive
movement, but he warned ex-
tremeists,
/ do not want our people to
follow men whose intentions are
excellent, but whose eyes are a
little too wild to make it safe
to trust them, he said.
Another sentence which Col.
Roosevelt put into his speech ex-
temporaneously brought forth ap-
plause from the crowd. He said !:
NO man should make prom
ise before election that he does
not intend to keep after election.
and IT he does not keep it, hunt
him out
The people gave his words an
Interpretation of their own and
The burst of cheering which broke
out when they heard them was
one of the widest of the dav.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Institutes Held Too Early.

f. G.. Bunnell. a department
head under DR.. Robert ]. Alley
superintendent of public instruc-
ton. has visited fifteen teachers
institutes. including Marshall
county, this summer and has
come to the conclusion there
should be a change of season for
this sort of pedagogical work.
In many places it has been
exceedingly hot during institute
week and although the. efforts OF
instructors and teachers have
been uniformly good, the physi-
cal conditions have been such as
to make effective work impossi-
ble," he said.
II am coming to the conclusion
that institutes should be held lat
er in the year. More professors
would be available then. In the
summer hundreds of teachers are
attending normal schools and can
not be present at Institutes,
Thus the county institute is los
ing its inspiration and benefit
to the teachers"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
OSTRICH AN AMERICAN BIRD
Oroves Coming from Africa Find
CongeniaI Home In the West.

The western stockman and farmer
is of necessity pioneer, and by
nature anything but conservative,
says Will Robinson in the Review oil
Reviews. Not satisfied with revolu-
tionizing methods of growing grain,
raising fruit, and breeding demesti-
Gated animals. he has invaded the
domain of the sportsman and trapper.
In Texas he is breeding bunaloes
and crossing them with cattle in
Oregon he is raising Chinese pleas
ants. on Alaska islands be is farm
ing foxes, and now, the --latest thing
he is growing ostriches In Arisona
and California as calmly ~ hi.
grandmother raised chickens in Con
necticut.
In 1882. an enthusiastic adventure
in the by paths Of commerce, fillec
The hold of a steamer bound for Ne,
York with, it Is said, 80 ostriches
Imagine a drove Of these gigantic
birds, weighing from $50 70 500
pounds each, accustomed to sunlight,
the open range, and frsah air, tightly
packed in wet, dark. lily ventilated
pens, on floor that pitched an,
tossed increasingly. Small wonde.
that the voyage was q time of horror
and death for the birds. All but a
pitiful remnant persisted on the way
From New York the survivors were
shipped to San Francisco, where onl!
arrived alive. After time the birds
Underwent another enforced journey
This time to a farm near Anaheim
IN sunny southern California, where,
a, last, the wanderers found a con-
genial home.
During the next four years three
more importations from south Africa
were made, the total aggregatin.
about 10 birds: forty-four Of which
brought over by Mr.. Edwin Cawston
were destined to become the ancestor.
of fully rs per cent. of the ortriche-
now in America. The last shipmen
from Africa was made in 1901. wheh
twelve gigantic Nubtan birds were
brought TO the Pan American exposi
tion. At the close OF the fair. tbs
herd was divided; half Of the bird
being shipped to an ostrich farm IN
south Pasadena, Cal. and the remain
ing six TO the Salt River valley, Ari
IONA.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Call for Judicial Convention

lie hcpuDiicdlS VI MdTSHdlI COuu-
ty are hereby called to meet In
their respective townships on
Saturday Sept, 10, 1910,
for the purpose of eleeting delegates
and alternate delegates to the Judi
cial convention to be held in Ply
mouth, Ind, on Sept, 10, 1910, to
nominate a candidate for prosecuting
attorney for the 41st Judicial dis
trict. The meeting will be held at the
following places and times;
Union-Culver at 2 o'clock p. M.
West-West school house at 10 o.
clock A. Nj.
Polk-Tyner at o'clock p. NJ.
North-Linkville at o'clock p. M.
German-Bremen at 2 O'clock p. Nj.
BourbOn-BOurbOn at 2 clock P. M.
Tippecanoe-Tippecanoe at , o'clock
p. M.
Walnut-Argos at o'clock p. M.
Green-Kingdom school house at 2
O'Clock p. NJ.
German l, bourbon 2, Tippe..anoe :.
Tie arp3rtionment of delegates
will be as follows:
Union !, West l, Polk l, North j.
man l, Bourbon2, Tippecanoe1, Wal
nut 2, Green1, Center4, Totals.
S. c. Loring, chairman
S. E. Boys secy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
DEATH OF MRS. MCLAREN
Former Plymouth RESIDENT and
Wife of Late Judge Dies
at Peru.

The remains of Mrs. j. ID. Nc
Laren were brought here Tues
lay Tor burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
Mrs. McLaren died at the home OF
~ sister Mrs. Lintz i'll Peru Sun
day, after sudden illness. Mrs
James Deloney received word few
lays ago, that Mrs. McLaren was
critically i'll, and could survive only
a short time. News of her death came
Unexpectedly to her many friends
in Plymouth.
After 1.-THE death of her husband
the late Attorney John ID. McLarer
three years ago, Mrs. McLarer
shortly married l.. ID. Staley OF
Peru, and removed TO that city
After short welded life, they Sc
perated. and Mrs. McLaren obtained
a divorce, and resumed her former
name. She made her home with hel
sister Mrs. Lintz.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
TAKE GAME
FROM YELLOW
MICHIGAN CITY
PLYMOUTH BOYS TAKE CON
TEST IN ELEVENTH INNING
AND ARE HANDED BUNCH
OF LEMONS
Suit Will be Brought Against Mana
cement of the Wet Burg
for Contract
Money

The Clippers with delegation of
fans. went to Michigan City, Mon
day and in spite of raw weather,
and rawer treat .nent won from the
team of the wide wide open town,
four to one, in eleven innings.
1t seems that the town, of "too
much Soo4.," has lomething the
matter with its head, anyway, Val
paraisO. LaPorte, and all other good
fellows are warned to keep their
distance from the robbers roost at
the north end of the state.
After trying to rob the Clippers
of their game, wherein they were
out-played at every turn, the mana
cement of the Michigan City team,
robbed the Clippers from contract
money, which had been agreed upon
before the game. Manager Ormond
has communication from the mana
.er of the harbor team, offering the
Clippers $500 guarantee, or one
half of the gate receipts. Ormond
took the $500 offer, and a game
was arranged. After the game oul
manager was presented with the
nunifcent sum of $4,000, which the
home manager said was half of tn,
receipts. and failed to come across
farther. Suit in the courts will bt
brought on contract, against the
Michigan City management, for re
covery of the sum agreed upon.
I'm regard to the game the Clip
pers outplayed the Michigan City
bunch from start to finish. The score
should have been / to o, in nine inn
ings. The local umpire showed hi
stripe in the first inning, when tn,
first runner was called safe OF
first. who was tagged so hard by
Glen Ward. that he fell on the frs
BAG. That man scored the only on,
registered by the yellow streakers
Plymouth tied in the third, and con
tinued so until the eleventh, wher
with the bases full. the Michigan
CITY catcher muffed a throw an,
C. Ward singled for two more, an'
the game ended four to one. TIL
game deserves no further mention
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
BAN ON
HIGH SCHOOL
FRATERN|T|ES
SCHOOL AUTHORITIES OF
INDIANA URGE ENFORCE
MENT OF THE LAW IN
STATE
State Statutes Provide That no
Fraternities Shall Ex-
list in High
Schools.

The school authorities of Indi-
ana have urged upon the various
school boards of the state that
their attention be called to that
statue of Indiana laws, leading
as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for the
pupils in any of the elementary
or high schools of this state to
form secret societies, fraternities
or other similar organizations,
i nsuch schools and the board of
school commissioners or board of
trustees of any school town or
city and the trustee of any school
school township, and the superin-
tendent of any school, are hereby
required TO enforce the provision
of this act by suspending, or, if
necessary expelling a pupil in
any elementary or high school
who refuses or neglects 10 obey
such rules or regulations or any
of them.
Continuing the communication
call attention to the desire of the
school authorities that parets
should combine with the local
heads OF education to Stop this
evil OF fraternities in high school
and saws they should po TO the
limit in enforcing the wise law
forbidding high school fraterni-
ties. Fraternity life subjects the
youngster to great temptations
and perils, breeds snobbishness
and involves an expense which is
a real burden TO many of the
parents. Many friendships and
associations may be formed that
will have a bad effect on charac
ter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
DANCE WE'LL ATTENDED.
Farewell to College Boys at Apollo
Club Has Twenty Six Couples.

The Goodbye Hop" given i'll
honor of the Plymouth lads who wfl
leave for college within the next few
days, at the Apollo club, Monday eve
ming, was attended by 20 cou-
piles, and a fine social time was enjoy
ed. Music was furnished by Sorth
Bend talent. Among the out -of-iowh
visitors who attended the dance we're
the Misses Helen Neu and Hora
Wink ard Messrs. Louis Erwin and
John Parks, of Bourbon, Floyd Sher-
land, Of LaPaz, Messrs. Louis Fricrd
and Thomas Brown, of Logansporr,
and Miss Katherine Brosnahan, of
Pierceton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
PUBLIC DEBT
ON INCREASE
IN NATION
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES CON-
SIDERED THE NATION
AL FUND is ON AN
EVEN KEEL.
Statement for August Shows Big
ger Receipts and Working
Balance Than for Pre-
vious Month.

Washington, Sept. 3-Wlth ar
increase of $3,273,325 in the pub
lie debt and total deficit of ST.
81. 46S. 0S the United States trea
ury closed the second month OF
the fiscal year, keeping on an ever
keel. all circumstances consider
ed, with a working balance Of
$50, S26, 051,23 on hand and the
general fund down to $50, 523,-
207.53.
The increase in public debt
which is complete turnover OF
100000 in round numbers
from the month of JURY, is due
largely to an excess of national
bank deposits over redemptions
The general rule OF excess of ex-
penditures over receipts during
July and August is also a con-
tributor.
Those who have observed close
ly the fluctuations of the working
balance during the last month at
feet TO find satisfaction in that ii
is a Shade better than at the close
of July, even if there has been a
drop drop OF approximately 49,
100000 in the general fund. The
deficit, too. of $17,000,00O is a
round $4,000, 900 under what i:
was year ago, at this time, and
a progressive condition is apparel
in the comparison of receipts and
disbursement with those of this
date in the last fiscal year.
August Receipts More.
The total receipts in the month
OF August were S54,969,253.6f,
roughly $5,oOO,OO0 better than
than those of the proceeding year
Disbursements, on the whole
and in the face OF natural con-
dition whichbears upon a good
showing still give evidence of the
economy policy which has become
one of the first considerations of
the administration. With drain
of about $2,500,000 month for
the Panama Canal, the ordinary
disbursements for August totaled
S5S, 53S, 1874, running a shade
ahead of the same month
last year. $1O,OOO,0OO under last
month and making Sl26.95O.f9
for the present year, about 3d.
600. 900 better than the record for
the same time a year ago. The
Panama Canal expenditures for
this year are brought up to &c.
91S. 365.S0.
For the month alone the gov
eminent goe into the third month
behind on the ordinary receipts.
Customs receipts jumped up 81.
OOO. 900. and about $4,000 came
in from the corporation tax. In
ternal revenue netted 100000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
AUGUST BIRTHS
OUTNUMbER
THE DEATHS
VITAL STATISTICS FOR PLY
MOUTH DURING THE PAST
MONTH SHOW No CONTACT
GUS DISEASES
Four New Arrivals in the City in
August While Three Death Are
Recorded During
Period

There were four births and three
deaths in the city of Plymouth dur
ing the month just closed. No eases
of contagious disease were recorded.
The births were Margelia Evelina
Baugher daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Baugher, born Aug, 9TH.
Elizebeth Lucille Boyer daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Boyer born
Aug, Il tn. Helen Pauline Houghton
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Houghton born Aug, 18th. -kreigh-
baum, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Kreighbaum born Aug, Dist.
All were females. Two births III
July which were not recorded be-
fore were Mildred May Greggs daugh
ter of Schuyler and wife, born July
18th, and Hunter son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Hunter born July 9Th.
The deaths during August were
Marjorie Williams aged , years and
10 days died Aug, 1st Julius Nj.
Hart aged ) months % days died
Aug. 9TH and George Craige aged 10
years ) months and days died Aug,
10th.
City health officer Martin stated
to a reporter for the Tribune Tuesday
that number of local physicians
are laying themselves liable to pro-
secution for the hardness with
which they report vital statistic to
thte City board of health, as requir-
ed by law. Three cases OF scarlet
fever have been reported this month
All three are in the family of Carl
Ebert, and the home has been plac-
ed under quarantine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Warden Reid Dead

James ID. Red. warden of the
Michigan City state prison died
suddenly Friday night from
heart disease from which he had
suffered for two years. His sud-
den death was due to excitement
caused by a fire in the prison.
He was one of the best prison
officials in the United States,
and was model public servant
whose place WIN be hard to fill.
He was well know in Plymouth
and throughout the state.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
GLEAN|NGS AND GOSSIP

Five books of fiction are published
daily in this country.
A cork carried 200 feet below the
surface of the water will not rise
again.
The condition of the Cologne Cathe-
dral is again causing serious appre-
nension.
In the Russian army the death rate
each year Is almost equaled by the
number of assertions.
German East Africa has been rails
ing sisal hemp since 1893 from plants
imported from Florida.
A barber in the Bronx who halls
from Italy has a sign painted on his
window "Barbitonsorial Parlor.'
Australia will borrow 100000 for
railway construction. rolling stock, de
velopment of the gold fields and other
public works.
A test was recently made in Eng.
land of steam engine designed to
work at pressures OF as high as 1000
pounds to the square inch.
Leaf and twig diseases, difficult to
combat, are gradually lessening India's
annual production of coffee.
The Brooklyn IN. W Edison sys-
tenn is at the present time supplying
the current equivalent to 100000 16-
candlepower incandescent lamps.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08

less than last month. The gov
eminent goes ieto the third month
of the year with a grand total OF
81 ,746,676,S1l.S3 cash in the treas
ltry.
National bank notes outstani-
ing amount to .$717,321 ,051, an
increase during the month OF
about $5,000,00O and an increase
of about $19,000,OOO over year
ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
The Bremen Game

Holman, the left fielder for the
Bremen team, won the game for
that aggregation against theClippers
when he connected for single off
Love, in the ELEVENTH inning, scoring
Vonosch. and setting up final
score of two to one, with the Clip
pers claiming the small end. In that
inning VOnasch got to first by ground
ing oWard well off first, and land
ing the base, when Ward played slow
Love covering the sach. A. Car
5iner was out with high foul TO
Al Love behind the bat, +. Gardner
tanned their, and Vonasch steals
second. Holman then comes for his
smach which was through short stop
and brought the capering Vonasch
over the home die for the winner
Walters erded by grounding out to
G. Ward, una;sisted. One lit and one
run. The Clippers could not make
Unnecessary rally and were out, one
two. three. In the last half of the
unlucky frame. TheClippers connect
ed for their run in the fourth, which
was the first score of the game. g.
Ward drew free pass off Yockey
and stole second OH the easy Vonasch
who overthdrew that base, passing
ward around TO third. Rickenbaugh
struck out. Troutman singled in
right field scoring G.. Ward, Ruse hit
on the carpet to Yockey and is
down at first. One hit and one run
The ARGOS tied the score In the
eighth in "A long frame. fitzpatrick
is out on a grounder to Rickenbaugh
who assisted TO Ward. Yockey got
safe when AL Love muffed the third
strike, and stole second. Laundeman
sacrifices out short to first. G.. Car
biner singles over second, scoring
Yockey. Vonasch is safe when Klaus
sky muffs his grounder, A. Gardner
ends by laying carpet hit to
Kautsky, out to first. One hit one
run.
Burwell of Bourbon twirled for
the Clippers, until the ELEVENTH when
Lee Love took the mound. Burwell
pitched clever game, but was out
pointed by Yockey for Bremen.
Yockey struck out eight men, and
allowed only three measly hits. Bur
well famed five, and was slugged
for nine safes. The plucky Burwell
found himself in several holes with
a runner OH third but pulled out of
them all nicely, and the only score
registered off him, was an earned
one in the fourth. An analysis of
that inning, lays thte fault of the
score to catcher Love, who put the
man on base by muffing the third
strike.
Sundays exhibition was as fast
a game of ball, as has been played
here this year. The Bremen boys
won because of the purpose party
which they sprang, as always hap
pens. Noone expected to see much
of a ball game against the ARGOS,
and the attendance was not large.
Everyone was of the opinion that
it was to be a sort of scrub game,
and Love was to be saved for the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
Death of Past Grand Matron.

The death of Mrs Pauline Som
mers. Past Grand MatrOn Of the .. h.
S., of Indiana for 1908 occurred yes
terday a. Valparaiso, Ind. 1t is the
request of Valparaiso Chapter that
Plymouth Chapter should attend the
funeral on Friday, Sept. 9, at 2 p. Nj.
Those who will attend please notify
the Secretary.
Mrs. Julia Blain, Secy., o. E. S.