Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 27 January 1933 — Page 6

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933.

DELAWARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Circuit and Superior Court Allowances, subsequent to publications, December 17th,

and December 30, 1932.

Repair Free Gravel Roads.

Robie Hirons, salary 150.00

Thad Witt, r f g r. Theo Van Fleet, r f Frank Shock, rig

Tom McAllister, r I g r.

Arthnr Franklin, rig

I Geo. Wentz, r I g r Walter Hodson, r I g r.. 'Ora Yeagy, r I g r I Harry McAllister, r I g r iCarl Hancock, r I g r... | Herbert R. Fuson, rig .Albert Reed, r I g r iElmer Stewart, r I g r.. ,J. W. Ellis, r I g r Roy Sutton, r I g r John Pugsley, r I g r Marshall McKinley, rig Homer Jeffrey, r I g r.. Raymond Plummer, rig

Clay Reed, rig Hershel Jeff re;

21.35 29.05 12.75 13.00

4.00

14.00

6.00 3.20 1.50 5.80

33.25

6.40 5.40 7.20

10.80

7.20

10.80

8.00 7.20 7.20

42.50

Hershel Jeffrey, rig 42.50 Wm. Robinson, r I g r * 2.40 John Cassell, r I g r t.... .80

! Baldwin, r I

James Baldwin, r 1 g r Earl Hensley, r I g r..

' * g r-

I g

Earl Baldwin, r

Baldwi

John Whitaker, r Carl Baldwin, r I

2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40

Jessfe E. Graw, r I g r

Gene Baldwin, r I g r 2.40 Clifford Hensley, r I g r 2.40 Onis Hensley, r I g r 1.60 Orville Martz, r I g r 1.60

Ted Snodgrass, Geo. W. Miller

I g r. I g r..

1 g

Miller, rig

Forest E. Hiatt, r

Chas. Johnson,

John Johnson, r I g r.. Geo. Black, r I g r Ed Keller, r I g r... i... Allen Benadum, r I g r. Jess Clevenger, rig r,. Clifford Reasoner, rig Tom Ice, r I g r Frank Crouse, r I g r..

Forest Hiatt, r I

28.00 41.20 29 80

5.60 5.60

19.60

4.00 4.00 3.90

32.80 14.80

1.20 4.25

Urbon Lusoy, rig r. 4.25 Hancel Turner, r I g r 1.50

Sam Guinnup, r 1 g r

Henry Richards, rig r 12.00 John Brimhall: r I g r 12.00

Ike Harry, r I g r H. Reid Bowers, r I g r Orland Trout, r I g r. C. A. Marker, r I g r.. Raloh Richman, r I g r Harvey Jackson, "r I g Kenneth Miller, f I g r

Eugene Hirons. r I g r 57.23 Henry Williams, r I g r 53.55 Hobert Hirons, r I g r 50.40

Ernest Johnson, rig

Jim Moore, rig

Jim Niccum,

lie H

2.40

11.90 112.50 125.95 56.70 45.68 53.65

Charlie

Willard Cox,

1 8 r

ouse. r I g r..

r I g r

Fred Buffer, r I g r. Allen Jackson, rig Cecil Case, r I g r.....

Del. Co. Nat'l Bank, r I g r 1.40 G. A. Umbarger, r f g r 2.38 V/ilbur Keesling, r f g r......, v . 1-60

51.08 53,03 48.83 5’. 98 49.53 30.45 15.10

2.40 1.40

‘ngj.

John Taylor, R. D. Layer, r

F.ectors Supply Co

rer,

g r.

I g

rs S

A. B. Ho' Smith Co

over, rig oal Feed Co

Earl c. Knotts, rig Auto Equip. Serv.i Co

r f g r..

2.40 SI.79 1.25 5.75

.75

10.32 •>( 7R

I g r r r I g r

United Parts Co., r I g r 21.76 Heckenhauer & Son, r I g r 10.30

Rodger Yohey By. Eqp. Co., rlgr. Arthur B. Cassell, r I g r Everett E. Cassell, r I g r Henry Windsor, r I g r S. M. Peterson, r I g r Del. Co. Nat'l Bank, r I g r G. M- Waite, r f g r. •Muh,; Bkg. Co., Eaton Br., rfgr., Hqrlev Harshman, r I g r

H»rle Merrii Philip’ Coonie

prill Wilson, rig

ilip- Wilson, r I g r......

IV.'. < ..

Coonie Blair, Jr, D.. Murray,

I g

Ji D. Murray, r f r r..,. 3.00 Von Craw, r I g r.... S.C0 CwrlyCraw, r I g r.,.. 7.60

Qmer Phllabaum, rlgr Cha v Ralins. r I g r Heff; Studebaker, rig r Cledith McCammon, r I,g r Wm.. Wine, r I g r. •. FranK .-Shock, r I g r.Oi....... Dtis Norton, r I g r....-Perry-Fpstnight, -r- t g r.„ S. M. Pjeterson, r I g r.^., W. E.,- Wine, r f g r. Raymond Oren, r I g c.. v.. Frank Freer, r I g r Will Paries, r I g r George Daughty, rig r Homer Anthony, r I g r

‘ g r

I g r ' I g

Joe Thornburg, r f g r. Marian Oxley, rig

7.00

15.75

5.60 3.00

43.00

1 60

40.77

1.14 7.20 3.00 3.00 3.03 3.00

Carl Swingley, r I g r Irft McAllister, r I g r Wm. Rector, r I g r.. Frank Kennedy, r I g r Elmer Kennedy r I g r

Dave Parks, r I g

Chas. Oxley, Otis Norton. Henry Cline, Perry C. Orr,

Kenneth Swander, Robert Bowen, r f g

I g I g 1 g

rlgr. ider, r I

11.50

4.00 4.00 2.00

c 5 30

■7.65

; 7.65

7.65

64.00 39.00 28.24 25.55 12.80 10.80 12 80 12.80 10.80 12.80 12.80 12.80

2.00 2.00 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.60

£0.50 18.45

8.GO

14.40 14.40 29.40

Delbert Bowen, r I g r...t 35.50 George Fostnight, r 1 g r 4.80 Perry Orr. r I g r 3.60

Perry Orr, rig

Otis Norton, r I g r.... F. E. Thornburg, rlgr P. E. Thornburg, rlgr James Shaler. rig r.s.. Walter Shreve, rlgr.

r..

, * 8 I g r

8 r

Shreve,

Wm. H. Boyd, rig

Clarence Elsworth, Harry Hornback; Perry Fostnight, Frank Shock, r

Widj. -eiupcsasca, r I g r Wm. Lqphart. r I g r Albany .JLime Stone Co., rlgr.. Muncier. Water wks. Co.,' rlgr. G, Tires, r I-g r iJax.'Zclgler & Bros., rlgr Robie'$m>ns, r I g r. Iud>: Gen-- Ser. Co.-, r I g r Hj ,W* iTaylor Co., Inc., rlgr.. Tfr* Aufiia W. M. Co., r I g' r.. Eaglb Poiijrdiy Co„ r I. g r

Co., r I g r......

K#Rnir;Mo«. Co., rlgr.. ludi Bell Tel., Co., rfgr f;ouHer»;Bi 3. I. Co., r I Mtuarto Y/ ; S. &r G. Co ind. Motors Corp., r I

,• r I g r.

lotors Corp., r I g r Albany Lima Stone Co., rlgr.

16.20 6 60 13.50 14.00 5.00 47.60 25.60 56.10 71.40 45.05 14,45 1.50 11.93 5.25 70.08 15.75 293.50 2.91 5.08 18 17

.88

5.26 19.25 4.65 45" 64 ‘ 23

y Lima

Manpie &. = & L. Co., rlgr. 2 9 Ottaadard Oil Co., rlgr 331 „5 Magic City ?ui>. Co., r I g r 215.53 Lincoln 0.1 Bel. Co., r I g r 303.49 8»m Smith, bright repair 95.00 Mel Chwifant, budge rep 70.00 Arthur HiaU; biiduc rep 79.00

70.00 70.00 43.35

5.00

10.50 68.50

F. Sollcrs, bridge rep

Ray ivIcKinnis, bridge rep

Sam Smith, bridge rep Mel Challant, bridge reo 43.20 Artintr Watt, bridge rep 43.20

ANNUAL REPORT CLERK-TREASURER. Annual report ol the clerk-treasurer of

the town ol Yorktown, Indiana, showing

receipts, disbursements and balances ol

all lund!

the year ending December

-• ■ foi

ursei

the town

an<

Yorktown lor

1932.

Disbursements for 1932.

Marshall’s Salary $ 978.00 Trustee’s Salary 225.00 Clerk’s Salary 200.00 Legal Service 200.00 Street oil 329.63 Gravel and stone 266.45 Hauling stone and gravel 257.20 Hauling Trash 79.05 Cleaning and mowing grass in park 19.40 an street 333.52

Labor Health

Printing .... Street lights Hall lights . Telephone .. {Coal [Firemen Salaries

33.00 47.17 624.96 24.40 30.75 23.25 148.80

firemen Supplies 109.57

3ond Premiums

Supplies

onvi

eying Prisoners . elund show licenses ent lor Hall

Recei hand .

eposltory Interest

iBalance on hand

ipts Jan

50.00 . * 6.46 . 8.80

3.00

90 00

$4,088.41 .$ 747.87 . ’ 3.83

Gas Tax ’ 520.38 'Advance Draw 1,300.00 Borrowed from bank 247.50 Rec’d from County Auditor 1,244.84 Dog Tax 12.95 Show Tax 3.00 Telephone refund 1.20 Oiling on traction line 17.50

for 1932. . 1, 1932 .

I $4,099.07 {Balance in bank Dec. 31, 1932 ...$ 10.66 State of Indiana, Delaware County ss: Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and lor said County and State, Hershell Watkins, Treasurer and Clerk of Yorktown, Indiana and says that the loregoing statements are true and correct. (SEAL) HERSHEL WATKINS, Clerk-Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day ol January, 1933. C. C. CUMMINS, Notary Public. My commission expires Sept, 23, 1933.

CITY ADVERTISEMENTS

43.20 18.00 42.00 53.48

4.82

14.40 18.85 574.91

7.45

170.98

Clycfe Recto^bridgerep. .7!^ Fredus Shoemaker, bridge rep Grover Knotts, bridge rep Eaton Lumber Co., bridge rep.... Knapp Sup. Co., bridge rep Muncie Hardwood Co., br rep... Muncie W. S. & G. Co., br rep.. Arley E. Shirk, r I g r

Clerk.

Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp A. E. Boyce CoJ, exp iiu.au Bertha Arbogast, salary $ 60.78 Glen Miller, salary 69.85 Ondavere Petro, salary 69.78

Auditor.

A. E. Boyce Co., exp 38.13 Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 9.65 Mildred E. Irvin, salary 79.24 Ada Williams, salary 66.74 Miriam S. Reed, salary 62.50 W. Max Shafer, exp 14.56

Treasurer.

Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp A. E. Boyce Co., exp Carl F. Losh, exp ^ .....

Recorder.

The Miller Bryant Pierce Co., exp Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp A. E. Boyce Co., exp Merritt Heath, exo

Sheriff.

Fred W. Puckett, bd pris Fred W. Puckett, per diem Fred W. Puckett, mileage. Fred W. Puckett, exp Fred W. Puckett, trans pris

A. E. Boyce Co., exp 25.05 Ind. Bell Tel Co., exp 20.04 J. Morris F. Leech, salary 125 00 Leslie B. Corn, salary 125.00

Surveyor.

Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 6 50 C. A. Penzel, exp 2 50 H. K. Morrison, salary 1 112.00 Indpls. Blue Print & Sup. Co., exp. 88.34 Superintendent Schools. Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 8.20 LaVaughn S. Duke, salary 84.00 Lee O. Baird, salary 34.80

Coroner.

Clarence G. Clarence G.

Assessor.

Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 8.70 Prosecuting Attorney. Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp A. E. Boyce Co., exp Board Children’s Guardians. A. E. Boyce Co., exp 7.85 Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 8.95 Lola Wells Kiger, salary 127.60

9oui

ala

8.20 3.50 2.75

30.00

C.50

.55

5.00

1,919.60

8.00 9.66

■ 15.00 242.40

Piepho, exp 29.50 Piepho, per diem 18.00

9.05 3.28

Court House.

Melda Batten, salary J. A. Butts & Son, exp.

Otis Elevator Co.,

57.00 92 98

Co., exp 41.17

R. M. Jones & Son, ex$> 2,00 Isaac Wingfleld, exp 9 os

Ernest C. Dawson, exp.

Cent. Ind. Gas Co., exp Muncie Water Wks. Co., exp.... John Burnam, exp... k A. E. Brown, exp Ind. Gen. Ser. Co., exp

igh Co., exp custodian

ion, custodian

I. Gen. Ser. Co., es M. Kimbrough Co

ersi

Ind. Gen. Service Co

'Arthur Jones, McClellan Fri

2 25 liSO

13 10 38.40 31.00

6.bo

104.29

9.50

75.00 75:00

Jail.

mg.

Kemp Machine Co.,

Bell Tel.

J. F. Downing, exp. Ind. "Bell Tel. C exp.

Cent. Ind. Gas Ind. Gen. Ser. Co

:le er

C. M. Kim

.0., exp.. .

Muncie Water Works Co., exp... Carpenter Mach. Co., exp

ibrough Co., exp

H. R. Tnets, exp. .

t. X ilcio, C-\M ••*•••• Jos. A. Goddard Co., exp

J. A. Butts &

expense '715.37

27.50 .65 12.80 27.00 51.60 21.19 1.00 5.40 32 75 13.30 78 73 53.00 21.00 21 15 43.53 31 98 403 34

lary

exp.

Son, exn.

Marie JVL Puckett, saiai, Muncie Water Works Co.,

Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp Johnson Hardware Co., exp Jos. A. Goddard Co., exp Ind. Gen. Service Co., exp

Infirmary.

Oliver Miller, salary Bessie Miller, salary Janie Kieler, salary Clarlbel Miller salary H. B. Dunkin, salary Alpha Foist, salary Charles Curtis, salary Minnie Cur:is, salary ,. r Margaret Rhiker, salary

Elsworth Barlow, salary James Green, salary Milton Webb, salary

Economy Shoe Store, exp. Ind. Bell Tel Co., exp Cent. Ind. Gas Co., exp... Jos. A. Goddard Co., exp. . H. R. Theis, exp Corwin Carmichael, exp... F-. ; D. Jester, exp

Chas. L. Nihart. exp’... M. L. Meeks & Sons, ex] John W; Patterson, exp

F. E. Wright, exp Eagle Coal Co., exp m , ,, Bakery, exp

er & Co., exp i Oil Ref. '

’rac. Ligi ’he Marx ,oose Will

Ind. Reformutory, exp.... Selma Sheet Metal Shop, J. A. Butts & 'Son, exp...

Turridr’Coal Feed Co., exn....

_... .j. Co e , cp

:s & Sons, exp

atte

exp....

Singers Bakery, B. Heller & Co., I ineoln O I Ref

Trac. Light & Pwr. co., exp... The Marx Co., exp Loose Wiles Biscuit Co., exp Ind. Reformutory, exp Selma Sheet Metal Shop, exp.

WCrdaSury-Elliott Gr. Co.

Children’!

Martha E. Gamble, e: Dr. H. E. Bibler, M.

ey.

!XP.

exo. D.. exp..,

Martha Yockey, exp Ida Koontz, exp Lepta PerdiAu, exp

Blanche Nicholson, exp.... Elizabeth Neff, exp Gertrude Jfockey, exp.,...

150.00 60.00 75.00 10.00 45 00 .55.00 40 00 45.00 5o. or 45.1.0 15.00 7.85 16.70 13.40' 127.00 93.09 4.80 18.13 4.75 57.50 57.50 7.31 130.85 102.90 35.63 8.65 164.47 10.24 28.DR 3.53 7.21 121.27 43.15 2.25 j

125.00 22.50 34.53 45.00 45.00 45.00 45.00 35.00 35.00

18.80

22.50

2.50

7S ........ 22.50

. ...... - v/u.. cXp 32.20 Martha Yockey, salary 40.00 Ind. Gen. Service Co., exp., 138.24 Colorcraft Co., Inc., exp 17.18 A. E. Brown, exp 72.15 Chris Carstens, exp 2.80 Williams Plumb. & Sup. Co., exp.. 471.74 Ind. Bell Tele. Co., exp 20.00 Jos. A. Goddard Co., exp 89.80 C. M. Kimbrough Co., exp 20.36 Knapp Supply Co., exp 30.52

Martha E. Gamble, exp

Meigs Optical Co., exp 8.00 Ernest C. Dawson, exp 46.85

Interesting Statistics By CONTROLLER LESTER E. HOLLOWAY

An appraisal of the Muncie a;” Water Works Co. as of August 1, 1932, made by the Engineering

standard 0 on^c’o e ^ex "" 4 8 56 Department of the Public Service

andard Oil co., exp 8.50

Virginia Coal Co., exp 282.45 Commission of Indiana shows Ihe H. R. Theis. exp 33.55 . ... County Attorney. ^ ^ total tangible fixed property v. ithAttendance officer. in the city limits at a valuation ot

r di

our

Wh. Bales, salary

\ttendi

jSS 1: K.': SSS”.(1,519,920. The same report shows SK $ dSb. ’SS tn« "actual valuation of these

ittorney. ^ ^ properties with the depreciations

Poor

Wm. T. Lesh, sala . Health Commissioner.

S. G. Jump, salary North. States Life Ins. Co,, exp.. Edna Williams, exp Pansy B. Cumpton Howell, exp.. Abbott Laboratories, exp James M. Atkinson, exp ...... Fred Price, exp W... Blanche M. Jump, exp C. H. Wright, M. D., exp Owl Drug Store, exp Weight and Measures Insp.

J. E. Green, exp 26.60 Ind. Bell Tel. Co., exp 6.50

Tuber Indig.

p 239.28

sp., expense 2,741.00

County Advertising,

adi

deducted at $1,281,452.

I These valuations are made up of pumping station land, steam

84.04 24.00 25.00 25.00

^eoo 'power pumping station, boiler

6.66 15 00

42.50 57.41

Ind. State Sanatorium, Ella P. Kehrer Hosp., expens

Ldvertisi

23.48 185.73

icie Press, po adv 92.52 Muncie Star, expense 153.69

t, expense 497.09

31.15

County Agricultural Agent.

M. E. Cromer, salary and exp 161.11

Muncie Star, co adv. Post Democrat, co ad Muncie Press, co adv

uncie

Post Democrat, expense A. E. Boyce Co., expense

County Agricultu

iry

Althea Harvey, salary ... Election Expe

Wilbur Fisher, expense

Muncie Glass & Paint Co., exp...

Premium Official Bond.

W. G. Van Arsdol, prem D. M. Galliher Co., prem Harry B^ Retz, prem

n, prem

Refund Tax.

v t

Charlie S. Kern. Re __IP

O. W. Storer, refund

Soldier Burial.

M. L. Meeks & Sons, buml Jones

seks

M. L. Meeks & Sons, bur Johnson

M. L. Meeks & Sons, bur Tuttle.

M. L. Meeks & Sons, bur Moore.. J. F. Kimmel. burial Broyles.... J. F. Kimmel, burial Chalfant....

Insanity Inquests.

Mable B. Ringo, expense Fred W. Puckett, expense Fred W. Puckett, expense

4.50 2.23

95.00 20.00

7.50 7.50

14 96 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00

5.00

89.42 294.42

5.00

21.92 26.00

6.00

K. E. Puterbaugh, expense 3.00 A. E. Brown, expense 13.55 Buster Brown Shoe Co., expense... 5.50 Mable 3. Ringo. expense 5.00 E. T. Cure, expense 6.00 Karl T. Brown, expense 6.00 Chas. A. Jump, expense 3.00 Mab'.e B. Ringo, expense 5.00 Chas L. Botkin, expense 6.00 F. W. Dunn, expense 6.00 T. R. Owens, expense 3.1)0 Moffitt & Piepho, expense 20:00 A. E. Brown, expense 16.40 Fred W. Puckett, expense ; 16.92

Tne ^Keller Co., expi

Mable “

Mable B. Rii

W. Pucl

a Ford, expef

J. C. Silvers, expem

ago, exper

Fred W. Puckett, expense.. Bertha Ford, expense ...

Slivers, expense

E. H. Hall, expense ..

plant, reservoir .tank and standpipe, pumping station, equipment, purification system, distribution mains, hydrants, Dieters, office equipment and other sources of assets of the water works in the City of Muncie. The largest item in costs of reproduction are the distribution mains, then the meters, the purification system, and the. steam powder pumping station equipment. The water mains are listed at a depreciated valuation of $972,289, the meters show a depreciated value of $102,875, Ihe purification system, $92,018, and the station equipment, $71,886. The civil city of Muncie pays more than $26,000 each year for hydrant rental alone to the Muncie Water Works Co. A large percentage of these hydrants will not be touched during that period ami thus the expense of maintaining such unused hydrants would be' small. Of course, the hydrant is essential to the city when it is needed for fire protection but the cost per hydrant to the city totals a large amount, for interest on the investment when it is learned through the above report that the

B. Ringo, expense Board Children’s Guardians. ill.. Guar., ch in home

B-f. Chll. Guar., ch in home Whites Ind. M. L. I., ch In inst.. Bd. Ch Guar., mothers pension.. Indpls. Or. Asy.. dep chil

Poor Relief.

Thos. V/. Milter, Mt. Fleas, twp..

sh twp.

§0 00

'5.00

725,50 513:00 83LP3 23 25

1,732.29

452.10

1,200.0j

1R9.59 440 02

8.40 6.50 7.00

os. V/.

r *"r!e '•L V'’r'r'''ttr" Wa„,.

■1. Osenbaugh, union twp... R. N carmsciiuci, Pez*y twp...

Alley ••T. Shirk, Niles twp

Superior Court.

Ind. Bell Tel. Co , exp . Y. M. C. A., exp. West Publishing Co., exp

Circuit Court.

Ind. Bell Tel Cc , exp: Co:: & Paris, c: p John W. Dr.:goo’ exp Frank Sheoar’d Co., exp West Publishing Co., exp Nossett Brothers, expense West Publishing Co., expense West Publishing Co., expense Witness my hand and official seal,

27th dry of January. 1.933.

(SEAT W. MAX SHAFER. Auditor Delaware County. Indiana.

56.10 lO.'-O 2o.3$

5.5. 4..'3 6.00 4.75 9 80 this

Brittella Bass, exp

Janies Bros., exp Walter Perdieu, salary Car) Forkner, salary ’

Ida Grantham, salary 45.00 Bessie Wilson, salary 30.00 Essie W'illiams, salary .' 15.00 Herbert Benadum. salary 30.00 Ed Bond, salary on nn

Irtd. Bell Tel. Co., exp. 1 .' AV E. Brown, exp.:..' Martha Gamble, exp ...

JCis. A. Goddar Virginia Coal Co.,

ley

rd Co„ exp

ekp

H. R. Theis, exp...: 1 .. ind. Gen. Ser. Co., exp Muncie Glass & Paint Co., exp... C. M. Kimbrough Co., exp Max Zeigler & Bros., exp

30 00 10.15 21.03

8.85

56.68 146.05 31.30 61.52

1.48 6.09 2.16

ANNUAL REPORT OF CLERK-TREAS-URER OF TOWN OF EATON, DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA.

General Fund.

Balance on hand January 4, 1932 $3,712.65

Receipts: \

Depository Interest Gasoline Tax Township Trustee lor Fire Runs License Fees

Taxes

Miscellaneo Bank Divide

us ... lends

29.30

728.77

393.31 16.00

2,678.34

27.04

1,516.71

Total Disbursements:

Salary of Trustees

$9,102.12

416.00 260.00 195.00 89.29 61.98

Salary

Salary of Clerk-Treas

Legal Service and Bond

Premiums f. Printing Office Expense and Supplies ...

Salary Health Officer and

Supplies .....i.; k . 101.42

Salary Marshal and Street

Comm 1,300.00 Compensation of Firemen ..... 404.00 Labor on Street and Alleys ... 319.36 Material on Streets and Supplies. 49.33

Miscellaneous Supplies and

Expense ,372.95

Transferred to E. Light and

Water Funds 902.83

shifted to another column and he

began again.

| “Some repentent thief, whose identity probably will never he learned, returned the life savings they had stolen from the aged !couple a few nights ago. Sheriff the of David and Sarah Pelham which |Bill Stilmen found the money in

At the present rate, the Civilmail and promptly returned it City of Muncie alone is paying 2' fo hs rightful owners . . . Deputy per cent each year on _the total & ee d laid down the paper

cost of reproduction for the entire water works company. It can be

valuation of hydrants within

city limits is $32,213.

determined from this that the city could purchase the water works plant at its present value and pay for it in 50 years from the civil cities expenditure for water alone. Also, there is the school city and

down the paper and

turned to Sheriff Stilmen. “Say, Bill,” said he, “it sure

was a coincidence, wa’n’t it—if ;iack Pelham hadn’t been killed he might have been there when those robers stuck up his grand-

parents that night.”

“Sure, a coincidence,” said

the county, the township, and ap-,Sheriff Stilmen as he picked up proximately ten thousand resi- the paper and hid his face hack

denee users within the city limits of its sheets.

that pay water bills. Ten thousand home users of water in Muncie at minimum rate of $1.25 per month would total $150,000 in actual receipts during one year. The civil city will pay approximately $30,900 per year and the schools, the county, the township, the hospital, and the larger industries of Muncie would contribute an additional large amount for water. At the present rates the city of Muncie could purchase the water works plant at its present valuation, pay for it within a period of fifteen years from the profits attained and have a source of revenue for the operation and costs of government each year which would relieve the burden of direct taxation. Also, it would He the first step toward the construction of the much talked of intercepting sewer and disposal plant allowing better health conditions for the city and placing the burden of payment for the sewer proportionately among the users. Such a condition exists in Dayton, Ohio, and a portion of eacli user’s water hill could be usedi to retire the indebtedness created from the construction costs of the sew r er.

tures Syndicate.)

If self government is granted to the Philippines, how in heck are we ever going to find jobs for the sons of our leading politicians?

No. son, a harem is not a place where they sprout whiskers on men, although it may be possible that, hair-lips originated there, due to having to kiss so many wives. — oiSince reading of the dirty trick played by Ham, son of Noah, on his father, our latest New Year’s resolution is, to eat no ham sandwiches during 1933.

Talk about present living expenses being high and maybe they are, but just imagine King Solomon having to buy new hats and cigarets for his three hundred wives.

Lots of people lied of hunger (Turing the five days Senator Huey Long was endeavoring to talk the Senate to death. If PcstDemocrat mail subscribers have a date mark following their names on the paper or wrapper, which reads 1932, their subscriptions are past due. See the “Special Offer” adver1 tised elsewhere in this paper.

COINCIDENCE

By RUSS RENNAKER

Total ! 2 V $4,472.16

proposals ^Balance on Hand January 1, 1933 $4,629.96

Electric Light Fund.

City of Muncie, in the State of In-

diana, invites sealed

for the COnstl UCt ion, in said City, Balance ■on Hand Jamiary, 4 1932 $ 676.21

according to the respective im- iReceipts:

provement resolutions below men-. Klferred F^m ‘ Gen. 'FMnd!: tioned, and according to the pians, Bank Dividends 96.49 profiles, drawing and specification ; Total $2,497.89

therefor 011 file in the Office Of Disbursements:

said Board of each of the public j St L?ghtf C ?.. and .. T0W . n . HaU ... $1,704.05

herein below de- i *’ —^

Balance on Hand January 1, 1933 $ 793.84

Water Fund.

For Paving of a ’Balance 6n hand January 4, 1932 $1,750.58

Washington Street ‘ Commercial Sales

ito

improvements scribed, towit: 1R-73I5, 1933, part of West and a part of

Meeks Avenue, in-

cluding that part of the roadway across the Washington Street

Depository Interest Taxes Refund From Barrett Law Fund Transferred From Gen. Fund Deposits for Water Taps .... Bank Dividends

2,536.32

4.12

2,120.04 347.37 563.96 75.00 19.16

Bridge, from the center of ChqrlJ'y Street to a point in said Meeks ^ Avenue, 675 feet distant theije- ■

from. >'1!

has been no collusion in any way

, Total $7,416.55

disbursements:

Stock Retirement and Coupons 4,305.00 “ah ‘ “

Department of Public Works Office of the Board City Hall, Muncie, Ind. Notice to Contractors and to the Putolic: Notice is hereby given, to the public and to all contractors, that the Board of Public Works of the

affecting said bid, according tp the terms of Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th, 1905. (Acts 1905, p 219) All such proposals should be sealed, and must be deposited with said Board before the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon of the 14th day of February, 1933, and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for the sum equal to 4wo and one-half per cent, (2 1-2%) of City Civil Engineer’s estimate which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Eunice Carpenter, Clerk. Jan. 27 and Feb. 3.

If PcstDemocrat mail subscribers have a date mark following their names on the paper or wrapper, which reads 1932, their subscriptions are past due. See the “Special Offer” advertised elsewhere in this paper. o With all their faults, a Congress and a chamber of deputies come in handy when their country needs an alibi.

Total $6,135.37 : Balance on Hand January 1, 1933 $1,281.18 Barrett Law. (Sewer Fund) Balance on Hand January 4, 1932 $ 970.56

Receipts:

Waivered Assessments

“Hello—Sheriff Stilmen? This’s Pelham—David Pelham, north of town. Come out here as fast as you can, Sheriff! Somethin’ awful has happened . . .” The few words, spoken in a weak, quavering voice came from the telephone and then suddenly broke off into silence. Sheriff Stilmen grasped the instrument more firmly in one-big, brown hand and worked the hook up and down frantically with the other. Not another sound came from the now silent telephone. “IPs old man Pelham—somethin’ wrong!” Bill Stilmen slammed the receiver back on its hook and sprang to his feet. Didn’t say what the trouble was—clxipken thieves mor’n likely!” The sheriff was pulling on his coat. So was Jim Reed, his deputy. “He sure sounded mighty excited if you ast me, Jim. Let’s get goin’.” The sheriff and his deputy made for the outside door and the more or less ancient car that served as the official vehicle. David Pelham and his wife, Sarah, a highly respected and much loved couple, lived almost six miles straight north of the little county seat of Streetsville. Bil Stilmen pushed down on the foot accelerator until it would go no farther. The rickety old cav sped along the highway at an amazing speed. Just three miles north of Streetsville the double tracks of ithe New York Central crossed the highway at almost a forty-five decree angle. As the flying automQr bile approached the crossing, Jim Reed touched the sheriff on the

arm.

‘Better take it easy, Bill,” he ^houted above the rattle of the car hnd the whistling wind, “it must he ’bout time for the Monarch, Limited—an’ ain’t no use o’ taken’ a chance with that speed demon.” “We got plenty o’ time!” shouted back Stilmen, never for a moment taking his eyes from the )svhite ribbon of road ahead. “She’s due here .at ten twenty-two—jt \wa’n’t near ten yet when we left an’ we been movin’ right smart rapid ever since, Jim.” Nevertheless Sheriff Stilmen did slow the car a trifle as they Reared the crossing. It w r as a bad place and both men caught a

403.20 970.56

Bank Dividends

Total $2,344.32 Disbursements: Refund to Water Department . 347.37 Bond and Coupons Retired .... 876.89 Refund Overpayment of Assessment ... 13.13 Total . ... $1,237 39 Balance on Hand January i, 1933 $L106.93 nditures Balance

on Ha Total Receipts and Expenditures All Funds. Balance on Hand January 4, 1932 $7,110.00 Receipts, All Sources 14,250.88

Total $21,360.88 Total Expenditures $13,548.97 Balance on Hand January 1, 1933 $7,811.91 CLARENCE R. BROWN, ClerVTreasurer.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. To the taxpayers of Center Township De S".%““SV “Xd «>..* the edvisory Board of Center Township, Belaware County, Indiana, will hold a public hearing at the hour ol 7:30 p. m., on the 1st day of February, 1933 at Room 432, Johnson Block, Muncie, Indiana, for the purpose of determining the necessity of procuring a temporary loan for the Townshlo Fund in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars and for the purpose of determining the necessity of procuring a temporary loan for the Special School Fund in the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, said loans being in the name of said Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana. carl e ross> Trustee, Center Township, Delawar#

County, Indiana

ounty, Indiana. „ „ Brady & Watson, Attorneys for Town-

ship.

Why trade the war debts for

after the third drink.

a chance to get to a windor in time to see a great big machine pullin’ out of the front yard ’fore

[ called you.”

“AU right,” said Stilmen professionally, “they can’t be far yet —an’ I stand a chance o’ runnin’ ’em down. There might have only been one of ’em, too. Jim, you stay here with these folks tonight an’ I’ll send fer you in the mornin’.” Sheriff Stilmen drove from the Pelham place away from town in the direction the old gentleman had indicated the other car had gone. At the first cross road he turned from the highway. There was a chance, thought he, that the robbers might pull onto a side road and park their car. A mile from the main road he turned into another road leading back to town and parallel to the highway. Just as he made another turn and headed for the main road again he was startled suddenly at the sight of a red tail light directly ahead of him. At the same time he heard a motor roar and the little red light began to draw away from him, sailing down the road at what must have been a tremendous speed. At the turnpike“the car ahead turned toward town and a quarter of a mile behind, the sheriff wheeled his own speeding car around the corner in pursuit. “I can’t catch ’em,’ he thought, “but I reckon as how I can see which direction they go,” and he tried to coax another mile-per-

hour from th old machine.

A good half mile ahead of him, now, the lights of the other car became 'pJmost indis/tinguishable. Suddenly Stilmen leaned forward and listened. A cold chill ran down his spine. The piercing shriek of a locomotive whistle came to his ears! Not just one toot, but a great, long scream!

The Monarch Limited!

In two minutes Sheriff Stilmen had stopped his car a hundred yards from the crosisng and was running toward the tracks. The train had come to a stop a long way down the track and was now backing up. In the few brief moments a number of other cars had stopped along side the road. Hoarse shouts could he heard and faintly a woman’s scream! Parts of an automobile were strewn for a great distance along the road. Suddenly as Stilmen ran toward

REDUCE WASTE AND SUFFERING

Indirect Cause of Fire is Always the Most Important The American people customarily burn up about $500,000,000 worth of property each year. About 10,000 human lives are included. This is a tragic burden on every community. Each fire adds to the toll in lost jubs, lost business opportunities, human sorrow and suffering. In depressed times, when jobs are at a premium and taxation at a maximum, and when the nation sorely needs every business, we still burn up about $500,000,000 worth of property annually. During the first ten months of 1932, fire loss was approximately $5,000,000 greater than in 1931, a year in which the waste was practically the same as in the preceding three or four years. Can Be No Question. If fire waste works a great hardship in normal times, what is its effect in an era of depresson? There can be no question but that the destruction of homes, factories and places of business is not only an obstacle in the way of recovery but an abetter of more hard times. The indirect cost of fire is always the most important. A factory burns —men are thrown out of work, hardship, distress and poverty result. Fire prevention is both an obligation and a duty that the citizen owes to himself, to his community and to the nation. Nearly every fire is caused by carelessness—because someone neglected to give the little time and the little money tha would have been necessary to eliminate a hazard. Do your bit in the cause of fire prevention and save human suffering. ROBRINGPETER TO PAY PAU1

Average Tax ReducUo Program is Farce and Misrepresentation In your left-hand trousers pocket you have the sum of fifty dollars. In your right-hand pocket is another fifty. For a period of time you spend entirely from the left pocket, until the fifty suffers alarming depreciation. Then you begin spending from the right pocket. Would you consider this economy and reduction of expenses? You certainly would not. It is unimportant whether the dollar comes from one pocekt or another, whether your left hand or your right hand parses it out. But, when tax commissions and politicians announce a program ot tax reduction, it usually does precisely what had been described above. From One To Other. lit takes a dollar off the property tax and puts another dollar on the income tax. It shifts burdens from an inheritance tax to a sales tax. It discovers intangibles taxes—sup-

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glimpse of three small, white,

ghost-like crosses at the edge of [object at the edge of the the right of way as they flashed partly concealed beneath

posed to lower some other tax, but

, ,, „ „ .increases the total volume of tax 3*- v ', 1 er 1 c ’ , , us e /J" s f : n , llI,on money taken from individuals and

industry. And so it goes.

. , , ,. The average tax reduction profendei. He stooped and g,. am j s a f arce anc ] misrepresen ur, T _ ^ n ,^ a .? ie< ^.. SC|ua , ie ’ tation. It robs Peter to pay Paul

molished ^picked it

tin cigar box! Thrusting it under (It doeg not r6COgnize the fact that his coat Bill Stilmen hurried on. I there ig but one tQ lower taxeg Two of the train crew were carry- _ to spend less money .

ing a limp form around where the great locomotive headlight made | the track-bed as bright as day.

He’s dead!” said one of the j n rfAi men as the sheriff bent over the V 31106110 1 fieatef

still form. There was no need to _

make an examination to know Sun ” Mon ” Jan ’ 29 - 30 that the trainman was right. Big CHAS FARRFI L

JANET GAYNOR in “The First Year”

by. A mile nearer the Pelham home the deputy spoke again. ‘Old man Pelham an’ his wife live out there by themselves,

Jim?”

Jim Stilmen pushed his foot .dowm again before he answered. Yeh. Used to keep a grandson, you remember, but he’s been gone for a good many years now—went to Chicago or some big city as I Recollect it—ain’t never been back

since he left, I guess.

The six miles were driven with-[tears welled up in the sheriff’s nut a stop rind in a comparatively [eyes as he stood there, silently few minutes Sheriff Stilmen was,aware of the grim tragedy which pushing open the door of the Pel-ihe had witnessed. Slowly he took ham cottage. jhis eyes from the white, drawn “They took it alj, Sheriff; Ever’ face there on the cinders of the

cent my woman and me’s saved track-bed.

fer the last twenty year!” | Three days later Sheriff StilIt took Bill Stilmen but a brief men and his deputy were seated moment to get the details. A at the antique desk in the little 'masked figure had suddenly en- office. Jim Reed was reading aloud tered their little kitchen while from the Streetsville “Gazette”.

“Funeral services,” he read ‘were held yesterday for Jack Pelham, age 36, at the Cedar

the two of them sat at the table and demanded all their money. The old gentleman told how his

wife, threatened by a pistol, had (Creek church. Young Pelham was

territory of the debtors? We’d just told the robber where to find the’killed la&t Tuesday night at the get a lot of new debt dodgers. old tin cigar box in which was crossing north of town while reMost of the liquid assets now kept their years’ savings. I turning to the home ef his grandare the imaginary kind that develop “An’ then,” concluded Mr. Pel-1 parents for a visit after many

ham, “he left all at onst an’ I had years of absence . . .” His eyes

Tues., Wed., Jan. 31, Feb. 1 JAS. DUNN SALLY EILERS in “The Dance Team”

Thurs., Fri., Sat., Feb. 2-3-4 TOM KEENE in “Beyond the Rockies” Comedy — News

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