Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 16 December 1927 — Page 2
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MTTNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1927-
THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic M-eekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muucie, Delaware County and the Sth Congressional District The 1, only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
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Entered ae second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Poatoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, December 16, 1927.
The Alcoholic Test
Avoirdupois, age, hospital records, previous condition . of servitude and ability to spit accurately at a fly having c been recognized by the city administration as important items of the civil service code, it occurs to us that there should be some addenda to the rule laid down by City Attorney Roons. Several members of the Hampton police force have been fired for drunkenness and the federal agents working here say they have evidence that members of the force still on duty become pickled whenever they feel like it. The new rule book of the board of safety should be amended. Applicants Tor jobs on tiie force should be required to pass a denatured alcoholic test. No policeman should be hired without the endorsement of the city attorney, guaranteeing that he can carry three gauges of jackass whisky without making a jackass out of himself and the administration that employs him. If a feller can’s carry his likker like a he-man he has no business on the police force. •
under supervision of the secretary of state, not only evaded the law, hut broke it, last year when he was caught drunk,
with a gallon of liquor at Alexandria.
Instead of instantly discharging Sharp, Schortemcier simply suspended him for thirty days and then put him back
to work.
Three weeks ago, when federal oflicers complained that Sharp was mixing up in liquor deals here, he was sus^
pended again for eight days.
Whether or not he was put back to work, nobody seems to know, but of course he will be if he escaps a prison sentence. If he has to go to jail or to Leavenworth, the secretary of state will probably give him another leave of absence during his unavoidable absence and put him back on
the job when he gets out.
Schortemeier might make a hit talking about law evasion in some community that had not had such striking evi-1 dence of the contempt in which the law is held by Schorte- c
meier himself.
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ted a platform scales. If a city attorney weighing around 159 pounds can think up such a clever plan of qualifying contractors of public work, just think how much more the people would have to
pay for their streets if he weighed! ..... , ^ rr „ 300 pounds and was free from W ashington,. Dec. 16. ihc rewarts, corns and ingrowing toe-| sumption o?f production of Ford
nails.
Grover Bishop Sues Former Ind.
Says Ford Output
Will Aid Business i fj.. r .- |
Flowers or a lovely blooming plant for the Christmas gift always please.
automobiles, Secretary Hoover t j Thursday said, promises to be a ^ | benefit to the business situation of the entire country. TD should have good effects on employment generally, both direct and indirect” jhe asserted. ‘‘It is a matter of sat- . (isfaction not only to Ford buyers,
treasurer] J iaviGSt b41 to ai1 wh ° wau t t° see
“ ° employment conditions satisfactory
in the United States. I believe that is the feeling even among Mr. Ford’s competitors in the automo-
Cal Told ’Em
Aokomo, Ind., Dec. 16.—Joseph
Herron and Grover Bishop, re- bile industry.”
ceivers for the American Trust Co.
of this city closed by order of the state bank examiner, have filed suit against Ora J. Davies, former state treasurer, for fll.500 alleged to have been unlawfully collected by Davies on state money deposit-1
Measles were introduced into the Fiji Islands when the king visited New South Wales in 1875. and his son and servant with him caught
the disease.
Age of oil paintings can be
Hundreds of beautiful plants, Begonias, Cyclamen, Xmas Cherries, Primroses, etc., from 75c up. Lovely baskets of lasting flowers and colored foliage from 75 cents. CHRISTMAS WREATHS A very large assortment at the price you want to pay. Made of Magnolia, Ruscus, Galax or Box-, wood with large cluster of lasting flowers priced from .$1.00. Holly, Mistletoe, Laurel and Southern Smilax for your Xmas decorations. 1 :
jed in the defunct institution. The j judged roughly by X-Ral examinasuit alleged that while treasurer jtion because painters of different
periods
The Second Table.
It must be humiliating for Hoover, Dawes, Lowden, Curtis and other aspirants for the presidential nomination to know that Coolidge can junk any one of them at the eleventh hour if he wants to. Notwithstanding the active “booms’' started immediately after the second “I do not choose” statement, the candidates will all fade away if the president decides when the Kansas City convention meets to take it again, after all. If Coolidge finally rejects the nomination, which we still doubt, the one named by the convention must go before the country as a candidate who received a nomination merelv because another refused it. This, if you ask us, ought to be humiliating, especially as the candidates know that Coolidge is able to take the candy away from them not on his popularity, but because his federal machine, plus the hidden boys who pull the strings, are in control of the situation. The popular fancy always turps to the political eagle whose talons are sufficient unto themselves. It is hard to picture one of the animals sitting distant as the Hon feasts, wearing .the skin of the king of beasts as the surfeited lord of the juiiglb invites lesser fry to help themselves to the
leavings. ' *
These Are Not “Wilson Notes” The opep letters exchanged between Councilman Allen, ehainiian of the “investigating” committee and D^Botkin, president of the Municipal league, are enlightening U> the public. ^ . First, Dr. Botkin writes Mr. .Allen ottering the services of the league to prove the Friedley charges, if the investiga- ' tion is to be an honest one. ' Then Allen comes hack with the statement that the vjcpmmittee has no power to subpoena witnesses and even If it did there is no.money to pay them. . The response of Dr. Botkin incorporated a section of law proving that the committee does have the power to subpoena witnesses and take sworn testimony and thaiUhe city might have had money enough to pay the expenses of the investigation if it had not invested so heavily in worn Qi.il* Irucks* - i f j . . - i . t i ■ i The Municipal league was right in its decision to ignore the meeting of the investigating committee Tuesday night. There was no honest purpose back of the committee. If Dr. Botkin had appeared before the session, il is not unreasonable to suppose that City Attorney Koons would have foreclosed debate except as it might have proved, or disproved, the rumor that J>r. Botkin had a bad cold
in the spring of 1892.
The utter futility of getting anywhere before the committee in any matter affecting the integrity of ahy admin istration department was demonstrated Tuesday night when Mr. Shuttleworth honestly appeared before the committee and was insulted by a cross examination concerning
his physical condition.
At the meeting of the council Monday night, held for the purpose of discussing the proposed $1,500,000 intercepting sewer and garbage reduction plant, former City Controller Cal Faris put a decided dampener on the plan proposed by those who have been promoting the idea. In a few well chosen words, which he. backed by figures and statutes covering the question, Mr. Faris made it very plain that the plan proposed, of doing the work under the supervision of a sanitary commission, is absolutely un-
workable.
Members of the council admitted that under tile present laws it would be impossible to complete the work under the plan proposed, but indicated that the next legislature would provide a law that would make the plan workable. - It was agreed that the river was a disgrace to the city of Muncie and that something ought to be done about it, but the general, run of citizens will very likely object to.the starting of such an immense project, with the expectation' of bringing it to a happy conclusion through the legislative act of a general assembly which has not yet even been r elected. ! 1 It may be that the intercepting sewer and the reduction plant will become a reality some time in the future, b^t it is quite unlikely that the wild eyed plan of jumping into it blindly, on the t heory that the next legislature will pass some sort an enabling act, will be adopted even by bur rather unthinking council. We now have a fine sixty thousand dollar bridge, “some place on White River.” which was erected on that plan about four years ago, and has never been used, -dr the principal reason that no roads lead up to it, and that no provision had been made for their construction when the bridge project was started.
of Indiana, Davies, collected from the American Trust Company at 1 per cent commission on all state
have used pigments of
varying density.
The Phoenicians, who first
funds deposited with the hank, ap- . brought the alphabet into Europe, propriating the money to his own lused it chiefly in keeping business
account. records.
Floral Artists
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i Why Not Try Ira? , It has been almost a year since Judge Dearth sent a , gang of armed policemen out on the hunt of newsboys employed by the Post-Democrat. One of the policemen, Ira Pittenger, who is charged ! with assaulting one of the boys, was arrested for assault \ and battery. 'This ease should be tried. There is no excuse for its further postponement, even if the policeman did act on orders issued by the judge himself.
Kresge Sells Beer Equipment and Profits Go to Drys, Charge Weld
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Washington, Dtc. 1,3.—The wetsimentation of fruit jalocs; whiskey. are asking where S. S. Kresge, De-! ,, ? <fktail * beer * a,e champagne _ . . , .. glasses; decanters, cocktail shak two it five and ten-cent store | orai bottling and corking machinbs lionaire, got the $500,000 he recent- ; , m | other "equipment necessary in ly ■ donated to the, Anti-Saloon diatilling, homerbrewing and winoLeague war chest , I making is featured in the house “Will funds for this donation be furnishing department of the derived frofn profits obtained by Krpsge-owned department store or Kresge in the sale of beer, hootch has been, and was up to Saturday
Order Now. Earl F, Randolph, Mgr. Phone 20SJ
Cars on 'Track 208 Hoyt A Muncie. Ind,
and wine-making accessories sold in his department stores and five and ten-cent emporiums?” the Association ' Against the Prohibition Amendment asked in a statement. Association workers evidently visited a large KrcSgo department store in Washington, for the statement declared; “An olahorate display of wine kegs, wine presses, patented bung accessories, to assure potent fer-
night. .
“While wrapping a cocktail shaker for a customer, who ordered it by that name, the sales-woniim said; - > > “ ‘We liave sold huge quantities | of these “milk shakers” since prohibition jvas .enacted, and the demand, always brisk in Washington is greatly Stimulated when tbe congressional session opens and the Christinas rush begins.’ ”
NOTICE
TO TAXPAYERS BOND ISSUE
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Imported Joker
An imported speaker told Muncie Kiwanians 'Thursday night that the country was saved from Bolshevism because of the confidence the people have in the courts and , the knowledge that they will get justice. Brother, you’re
not talking to Muncie.
False Whiskers Next ^ Attorney Stoneberger, who has an ingrowing peeve > against professional jurymen who hang around the court house looking for a job, let one of them slip by on a jury ‘ this week, according to the Press. The attorney had been “knocking them off” the jury 'as fast as they came in. Finally one was brought m by a j deputy sheriff to fill a vacancy. He wore a pair of.-goggles. ' He was a stranger to Stoneberger so be took' a chance on
him and let him sit.
The stranger then removed his goggles and?proved to , be one of the “regulars.” “They’ll be corning in next with false whiskers, 1 suppose,” says Stoneberger. Jury service is a duty imposed upon good citizenship, but becomes a joke when court attaches persist in summoning chair warmers looking fbr a
throe dollar a day job.
lit the matter of determining to issue Bonds by Delaware County. Indiana, for the. purpose of providing funds for the construction of a Bridge across White River at the west end of Washington Street, jn the City of Muncie, in Delaware County, Indiana. Notice is hereby given the Taxpayers of Delaware County, Indiana, that the Board of Commissioners of Delaware County at their , regular meeting place on the 6th day of December, 1927, determined to issue Bonds exceeding Five Thousand Dollars. The amount of Bands proposed is Ninety-five Thousand ($95,000:06) Dollars, bearing interest at four ( t%) per centum per annum. The net assessed valuation of all property in Delaware County, Indiana, is $98,988,105.00 and the present indebtedness without this issue is
$-'7,912.50.
The proceeds of such bond issue are to be used for the construction of a Bridge across White River at the West end of Washington Street, in the City of Muncie, Delaware
County, Indiana.
Ten or more taxpayers, other than those who pay poll tax only, who feel themselves aggrieved by such determination may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners for further action, by filing a petition therefor with the County Auditor on or before the expiration of twenty-nine (29) days from the, 16th day of December, 1927. ' Given by order of the Board ph
Commissioners.
W. MAX SHAFER. Auditor. Delaware County, Indiana.
Dec. 16 & 23.
Schortenieier’s Bad Break Secretary of State Schortemeier spoke this week be- - fore a local civic organization. The burden of his thought ; was that Indiana's greatest curse is law evasion.
Durward- Sharp, of the stat e motor • police appropriations hs
follow's: '' ' , - Clerk of Circuit Court; All other operating expense Current charges Comity Auditor: AI! other operating exp. County Recorder: AH other operating exp.
County Sheriff:
Services personal All other operating exp. County Coroner: Services personal County Assessor: All other operating exp. Prosecuting Attorney: All other expense
Circuit Corut:
Services personal Current charges County Court House: All other operating exp.
County Jail:
All other operating exp.
Children’s Home: Services Personal
All other operating exp. County Cummisaioners: Services Personal All other operating exp. Current charges
No further appropriations to 5 be considered or made by the Delaware County Council at this date,
except as herein set out.
Done this 16th day of Decern her.
1927.
W. MAX SHAFER; Auditor, Delaware County, Indiana. Dec. 16 & 23. BOARD OF WORKS
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| city administration
AUDITOR’S OFFICE
NOTICE
To the Delaware County Coqncil of Delaware County, Indiana.
Dear Sir:
You are hereby notified that the Delaware County Council will meet in the Council and Commissioners’ Room, at the Court House, in the City of Muucie, Delaware County, Indiana, on Tuesday, the 27th day of December, 1927, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock; by request of Delaware Board of County Commission-
else by the as the chief
[essentials to statesmanship and the ability to govern the affairs of the common herd. There is some evidence that the citizenship of Muncie were rarely discriminate in the city election of 1925 in selecting for public office men whi) .appraise ability only as it is associated with the power to catch a greased pig or lift a
saw log.
The real way to select councilman and city attorneys, is by weight. The architect of the city hall made a mistake when he oniit-
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