Piqua Daily Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1917, Piqua, Ohio UJj March When a merciful referee slopped the bout Hie fourth ivas helpless and the decision of first actually to put the Cave Man out of Chip is now after Jjcs PEOPLE'S BY 24 FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE UNITED PRESS FLOOD STAGE March Hood stage in tho Ohio river is ex- here as the result of heavy ruins last night when of ail inch 1'eli. The river registers 413 rising inches an Fifty feet is Hood Oil KNOW WARMER MARCH 13, 1917. VOL. 11. NO. 64. Judge Decision Tax Payers Appreciate Opinion o Judge Walter of the common i in a j on the subject as to the advisability of the county commissioners in re- I fusing Charles N. county the amount requested by pay salaries and the him legislature could be made to the common pleas for additional allowance ai court fixes the Previous j to last year the commissioners no voice in the matter is not a question of salaries but ilio number of deputies to be to I he tax county commissioners think court that the amount estimated is little in The objection is that the work of the the i excess of which they have auditor's can be accomplished There is little difference in by less The court said that had 1 the amount of salaries j the duties of the arc many and the court There is no objection to the salaries j requiring skill and for the gave an opinion always decided the but at the arc very modest and low which should be of great interest was to consult with as compared with those paid in other tho tax payers of the Lhe Commissioners and ascertain There can be no objection to Needs Six The county auditor thinks ho needs six while the commissioners are of the opinion that four are j duplicate and in a county where there and by cutting off two deputies are many municipalities the size of Lo The Troy News gives a same the commissioners complete they had any objections and review of the which is as In a very lengthy and exhaustive decision in common pleas court day morning Judge Walter D. Jones granted the application of County Auditor Charles N. Peters for an ad- or a total of 000 for the salaries of clerks and deputies in his Judge Jones said that the case one of unusual interest and that the court had taken time for tion and he was glad that he had reached a satisfactory had always At the last session of the ture the law was which made it to give the notice that they had to prove or disapprove the The court was evidence and get power of the court Examined Judge Jones said that he had ex- the reports of other counties and had taken pains to make com- A large part of the labor of the is keeping up the tax there would be little be- tween the amount allowed by the the tax duplicate is but in counties where there are to hear I the amount towns and cities the work is not so ed. The commissioners by Agricultural sections in fixing the amount is 1 Hun limited the number ot deputies Allow to be employed and specified what they should be The county commissioners cannot regulate the over the number of deputies in any county In the present case the disapproved the They allowed some done so. as he had learned of j much less than is j and their salaries as tnc law quoin which had influenced held a hearing provides that each officer has the him in the final Thc sub- and sousht and that all fight to say what he shall be stance of his remarks in rendering i thc arn Conscientious in j Judge Jones then cited the opinion the decision j aml tho 110 i of the circuit when Judge Thc application has been made un- I at The provisions of the statutes Thc dor the provisions of the which sets out the amount which of the county auditor's office can he appropriated by the county j tilc year arc more than county livan was on thc in a Dayton which was to the effect that the officer fixes the number of deputies and their said Judge less work than the towns and cities In the latter thc property is changing hands oftener than in the Then the of a county cuts no ure in the work of the Darke county has 20 townships and Miami only 12, but the size of the county does not explain thc work of thc H is thc Miami county is 23rd in the list of counties in the state in tax 25th in population and in Lake county is thc smallest with Clark yet both hav Tlie county com- missioners had first fixed the amount at the largest amount lowed by the but later increased the total allowance County Auditor The county auditor has shown how much was which was or twice the amount which the county j commissioners first 1 the amount j lowed by the commissioners is not j sufficient to pay the salaries of the and that now bis is doing the work formerly done by the tax By resolution the county had limited the number of deputies to four and their salaries fixed as first second third and fourth The salaries of thc deputies as by the county auditor first 1.380; second third fourth and fifth sixth The county auditor says that he is unable to secure deputies for less than those Previous to year we had a law to set apart not less than 30 per cent of thc receipts of the office but the scale so fixed was adequate to is and with thc same of population Miami county vould have 20 So the lumber of townships is no Gets Important To determine the amount of ness is to get thc number of tax ers and how they arc divided between the towns and cities and the rural Thc standard ot a town population and there are five towns in Miami county which have an of in Darke county with a population of 32.1GO has only 10.773 living in Of Miami county's population are in Piqua there are while Troy has besides those in West Coving Pleasant Hill and Sr the work of keeping up the tax cate in Miami county is much greater i than in Darke Vinton i ty a population less than that of hut has 12 Ross county has 20 townships with a less population and a tax rate which is one-third less than that of Miami Madison county has a lation less than that of Troy and Piqua Yet thc deputies in these counties arc pain more than iu Miami Montgomery county large tax reports 12 the lowest salary is being The court said that tn iviv ill of the commissioners can fix the The largest county sufficient to all expenses ot bc noL scc how thc work was done the office and at the same time turn over to the so that the increase would not be a burden aggregate amount to be paid and they can do indirectly what they not no But in this case it population of to the j unless clerks were who did while the average in Miami not in the The same s true of Clark The ics argue in favor of keeping up the force in the said the Acted iu Good Judge Jones stated that he d the commissioners acted in good faith and do not wish to cripple the auditor's office by decreasing the force and employing cheap The auditor deserves the credit and he would not ask for the allowance un- less it was absolutely He knows better than any person how many deputies he It has been said that all are not employed all tlie So it is in all So when the auditor says he needs six deputies he should know and Judge Jones believe he should have The court said that he had known hanks at one time where there was only the ier and a which now employ ten Have No It has not been shown that the work in the office can be done for less and it is absolutely impossible at this time to decrease the work in the The tax laws have been shattered and this court and the court of appeals have been reversed relative to the road An entire new taxing code has been enacted and it will increase the duties of the auditor's office and with it the tor cannot get along with the present The law provides that if essary the auditor shall employ more No one can read the law without being convinced that the work of the office will be more To cut down the force ply cannot be done and if it is not sufficient Judge Jones said that he would be ready to increase the ance at any time it is shown to be PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL ITEMS School Gardening Even the school children are ing to try to reduce the high cost Many are going to have cant and door Nearly eighty worth oE seeds has been sold to the school children this year at greatly reduced Many are also going to im- prove this year at greatly reduced Many are also going to im- prove the yards about their homes by planting rose and As in the past will be awarded for the best There will be an unusual number oC gardens to the great sale of HAS HAD PLENTY OF ARMY LIFE WEEKLY RIFLE CLUB SHOOT Monday evening 12 members of the Piqua Rifle Club were present at their range in the competing in the weekly and a great improvement shown over the shooting of last M. IT. Lytle and T. J. affiliated with the ing the total membership up to 14. Monday evening was Mr. first performance on the 25-yard in- door aud taking this into con- sideration his shooting was having beaten a number of members who been shooting every week for the last two The out of a possible were as Elmer Coan of Sidney came to Piqua Monday evening and found that the quality of intoxicating liquor on tap in this city is far more convincing than that sold in a young was placed un- der and Tuesday morning round him before Mayor where lie entered a plea of guilty to an in- toxication charge and was fined lie was allowed two weeks Lo He had appeared in the local court once Coan stated that he had served in the and was in the service eight His carriage showed the effects of military Mayor informed Coan the best policy is not to disgrace the array by getting Coan had been along the border and was He stated he had a. plenty of the army life in the South and was glad to got back to God's Coan stead poor water and an over supply of rattle snakes were to keep him up North in the The young man was when dismissed from police and the who by the way is a Spanish American war gave the low money to buy a ticket to 1 no person shall be permitted to use j I set lines or fish with more than one 1 j It is a well known fact that many persons do what is known as pot is they go out in aj or fish from the with a string of lines or a great ot Another clause states that no son shall be permitted to troll any or said water for That docs away with the net which is allowed to trail along behind the A note is added to the proposed ordinance which reads more than one pole or set line are permitted no person shall be permitted to catch less than five inches in The opening section it shall be unlawful for any person during the period of each year and including May 1st, until and in- chiding June 15th. to catch or by hook or fish of any kind or or to fish or hunt for fish with any device in tho Piqua Canal or the lakes or ponds connecting A careful study of the proposed ordinance as framed by those who prepared it shows that the clauses seem to be fair to SPECTRE OF WIDE It STRIKE PASSES OVER FALLS TOWARDS MOTHER EARTH Mar. spectre of the threatened wide strike that disappeared al the close of the session last mer when the law was pushed through congress loomed with all their in any al that may Chief spokesman for the four indicated today that a formal statement regarding the hoods position may be up again One point however was emphasized by the brotherhood who will confer with the railroad heads in New York In event of hostilities there will lio no Should a strike be ed war come strike would be called off brotherhoods will not climb to victory on nation's W. G. W. S. C. ter and S. b. the four big i against anv the military in in- Coincidental with its stand to help out in case of the labor presided over by Samuel took a firm position against in taking this a difference was drawn between and universal it was voted also to demand that rich and poor be treated with equivocal sameness in any universal service plans war heads might de- cide The council likewise voted High cost of living is getting it in thc neck these and so is the fellow who is speculating in Monday found the bottom dropping out of the and finds the local grain dealers offering for the golden when j Monday the market stood at 51.05. Within ten days thc market has dropped fifteen as for a time wheat stood at per Potatoes Take Drop Then the gold value of the n coming down to a silver standard 1 basis and instead of being placed in The Girls Last the gave a very quaint and interesting program of Irish songs and readings in the High The company of six each of it is said would be able to give a program Miss Rita the leader of tlie gave some delightful im- and The en- tire company gave several of the best known of the Irish and there were two op three good violin The next number of the Metropolitan which will be here April 3rd, will be just as as the Killarney Girls and their coming is looked forward to with eager NO GREAT REASON FOR MUCH WORRY RIVER IS WELL WITHIN BANKS conference of the nations leaders of labor who are deckling what parts shall be in any war continued ominously on the neither confirm nor deny that a strike call will bo issued said As evidence of their determination not to embarrass the in an the brotherhood without voted with tho labor council unanimously to uphold a resolution expressing the willingness of more Reasons for the strike as explained in Cleveland Saturday arc that labor conditions aro according to even worse than they were when the Adamson law s averted in earlier .In the event of a it. is be- conditions at this time would be even in view of high food prices than when the strike ed last A strike before it was ed also might tlie called Hetrick Bryant Putnam McNamnra O. H. 83 1 1 Hirt Geiger McGee Kelly Sullivan The medal 4 fi 71 0 35 K 8'.) 7S SI in 5 4? 42 winners S vSO ss 60 7-r> fin 52 for P Tot 1 5 si SI ss ss 41> 74 the 284 274 049 236 217 178 With much agitation going on in regard to the proposed fishing in this and with many persons of the opinion that boating in row boats and motor boats must stop during the month of the ordinance as proposed by those in favor of it show that there is no such intentions and that boating should bc permitted while there is no clause which prohibits the use of live bait or stops Thc intention of the new auco seems moro for tho purpose of giving the who enjoy i o'clock fun of an opportunity of i i ing out and practicing so that they will be in shape for thc fishing that I in big bodies of j ft is also by those in favor I of the that the use of the lly and lure will save the minnows as tho instead of going Since 1013. and everytime a heavy rains comes thc public around this neck of the woods starts to worrying and fretting as to tho height the river will Thc Great Miami thanks to stops taken by immediately lowing the flood of 1013, which re- in islands of trees being re- has taken care of itself cr well and is doing so The various stages of the river Tuesday indicate that it will not come near the eight foot The Time of Heading Height Morning i 7 o'clock 1 S o'clock o'clock i o'clock than members of organized extra session of since it labor as represented by the would bo impossible for senators and hoods and the American federation representatives from far-away states of labor do their bit do to reach Washington on Oold ring thc potato is in j great danger of once again jing as a food for the hungry price wholesale stands at thc selling price is around thc j This looks bad for thc if there is one in thc who has a cellar full of the and is holding on to them for a per bushel Onions Still Firm Onions arc hanging at the same i old price of twelve cents per and therefore arc still strong on the high With pork and beef coming just once again the good old times will sure bc with The fall in prices also indicate that and not of had much to do with the boosting of Report Cards The pupils of the high school are filled with for Tuesday noon the report of the first six weeks the new semester arc to be given The result of their work will be The grades of some may not come up to their tions while others may pass their ex- The cards will be home and signed by their and then returned to the i BOTH SIDES WILL BE HEARD BY STATE BOARD OF HEALTH CLARK'S ATTORNEYS ARE CONFIDENT Musical Concert Both the band and orchestra aro preparing for a grand concert to be given about the middle of Each organization will play several pieces and there will be several com- I bination This will be the first public appearance of the band j that is of any and a 1 attendance is pieces have been received and tho public is promised many good cal The proceeds aro to be used to buy musical instruments for the high well It is expected that the hearing at j citizens of Piqua win have nn opportunity to appear before the state board of health for Columbus will a few esting and important It. will to the state board of the purpose of if such a policy is the reason the should not lake action in that is unanimous in 0 o'clock o'clock 6. o'clock 6-3 Hush Crook Steady The fact that Hush Crock is not dropping at the timo of going to press indicates that the Great Mi- ami river wil koep on going up for There is no forcing the City of Piqua in building a now water Last fall thc city defeated an enormous bond issue for a now wa- ter A majority was in favor of a ncv n many i new water ing up the small creeks for the purpose several hours at getting will purchase j danger from a Hood as the water Tho next shoot will be hold day March 10th. of getting artificial Another important clause in the proposed ordinance is that in which tall was 1.20 Dayton reports that the rainfall in that was not very show to tho state board of tho de- sire for a new but tho ference of rests in the tion of what kind of a system must bo i Another thing which will also be system while tho minority j interesting to thc state board of was also in favor of I that Piqua is unanimous in but desired an the desire for a new but the Mr. Dietrich's Talk Mr. Dietrich's talk given day telling of his trip to Kansas was very Attorneys for Albert con- j of the schools he had murderer of Harvey i ed in Kansas City and St. oC how the students took such great pride in the school marshal of are still confident that Clark will not go to opportunity to have something to difference say as to tho maner of which should bo Even it is found that many persons who were opposed to thc bond are in favor of a new wa- ter but are firmly convinced that a filtration is not what is needed hi They a of kind rests of a in the tho electric chair on thc morning of 22nd. The fooling is that before the time of tho electrocution arrives will have another trial and his mental condition will be found of such a nature that Clark will be sentenced question of what kind of a system to life in some asylum for the in- must be 1 Another thing which will also be 1 At the present time Clark rests in interesting to the state board of will be some entertaining no doubt upon the of zens as to what fair play OE Page the death cell at the He takes his situation in a most calm evidently having the utmost faith in his ability to save him from the electric would refrain as much as possible from it in any Ho also spoke of the studious attitude of the In one high school visited there was no regular study but the pupils did their studying in the class rooms while tho other classes were Tho courtesy of the pupils in showing strangers through the buildings was also And much to our he said that one high school did not play at but played which was ao well attended that the games were played on the stage of the
