Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. e -- i ■ ii i Published Event Evening. Except Sun day. by 1 LEW G. EL L I NGH AM. t Subscription nates. t Per week, by carrier >.lO cen.3 Per rear, by carrier so.oo I Per mouth, by mail 25 cents' Per year, by mail ... .$2.5 ) Single copies 2 ce:its 1 Advertising rates made known on ; application. I Entered at the postoffice in Decatur i Indiana, as second c' .ss mail matter . J. H. HELLER. Manager. I AS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. 1 _ —.. .. <rrv’" "•> <» Tblp'd’XCX I ) Farmers are stgnt. me They see a future to Decatur especially with the facto.y additions ~ now pr. missed. They figure and figure j rightly that a little idle money invested in a lot will rapidly increase in 1 value in a very short time. Several have already pledged themselves, and < i others have the matter under consid- , eration. It is a good investment as an investment, especially considering

the bright prospects that are in sight. In addition to an investment, the raising of a factory fund has several other merits to residents of Decatur. Huntington has already raised over thirty-two thousand dollars by popular subscription. Think of it. Business men, real estate owners and others ] digging down into their pockets for sums of $2,000 down to SSOO, and placing these various sums into a fund to give manufacturers to locate i there and bring additional population, i To them it is simply a business proposition. Here it is nothing but cold, hard business, and every resident can afford to give the amount required for a lot ,to get the advantages of manu- 1 factoring. The list is growing and is the best evidence in the world that Decatur is peopled with the sort of pushers that make a city, and make the best kind of a city at that All in all, they do the right thing. They do their part and will sit up at all hours of the

Some Bargains Yet! Amongtfie following, if sold soon possession may be had not later than April Ist. Well improved 80 acres, 3 miles of city $0,400 80 acres, g od soil,ia Union township, good buildings S6OOO 80 acres all cleared aid and ditched, 5 miles south of the city. Good buildings, prices and terms right 40 acres of good land 6 miles from the city $2300 60 acres west of Pleasant Mills $3,000 120 acres in Kirkland township, fine farm, seven miles from Decatur on pike and near school 160 acres, well improved farm good buildings and soil $85.00 an acre. 60 acres 2 mi'es of the city. 80 acres three-quarter mile of jCraigville. Good bargain and possession on short notice. 40 acres in sec. 16 Root township $2400 100 acres, good farm. • SO per acre 118 acres cn interurban 3 miles of Decatur could easily be divided into small farms, will be sold at right price if sold soon. 20 acres on the state line east of city SI2OO black soil J. No buildings 50 acres in Kirkland township, 6 room bouse, frame barn, 7 acres of woods, ditched, near school, a bargain if sold soon. 40 acre® 3 miles of city, all cleared, wel! fenced. 5 roomed house, smail frame barn, well and wind mill, price $2,600 80 acres in Washington township, fine farm and a good bargain if sold soon. Can give possession before April Ist. 80 acres north of the city $45*X) SO acres 3 miles of city, fine improvements, pike and school. Sold at a bargain andjpoe-ession on short notice. Good 40 acres in Washington tp, fine soil 4| miles of city for $3 00 42 acres 2| mi’es north of city, quarter of trails from graded school and interurban. Good improvements S3OOO DAN EFWIN. Comer, Monroe & 2nd. st. DECATUR, IND»

night planning to make Decatur an important business point. The printed list of pledges is evidence of the truth of this statement. It will take more pledges, however, to raise the money necessary. There are several hundred names that should be in the list, but it is safe to give odds that before this Pledge Committee quits the field, the list will be complete. The Fifty-ninth congress is dead but the evil it did lives after it. It was the ‘Two Billion Dollar’ congr ss. It spent approximately that much of the people’s money. The last session, beginning Dec. 3 and ending March 4 —a brief period of three m.:a;hs —appropriated $919,948,679 for ;ho fiscal year 1908. Tais is an increase of $4 ,359,-134 over the appropriations for the fiscal year 1899, made at the first regular session of the Fifty-ninth congress, which covered substantially the entire expenses of the' military and naval establishments on account of the war with Spain. The salary grab bill passed by the

last session of congress, increasing the pay of senators, representatives, the vice president and speaker and the members of the cabinet, cost the people more than a million dollars a year. LOST —A brindle bull dog wearing collar with name ■‘Jack’’ on. If found please return to Baker & Anderson's restaurant and receive -e---ward. 62-.lt FOR SALE—Fifteen shoats. Inquire of Frank Kern. R. R. 12. 63-ts FOR SALE —Two 2-year-old geldings. One is a bay weighing about 1350 pounds; the other a gray weighing about 1000 pounds. Geo. W. Cramer, R. R. No. 8. 63-6 t True & Runyon have the only line of new waists in the city. All crisp and no old styles to put off. , If you are in need of awning, tents, cots, camn stools, etc., call on Linn & Patton and get prices. Corner Market and Rug gstreets, Decatur. Phone No. 334. 37-30 t

SHOW YOUR COLORS Buy a lot. Wear a ribbon and show your neighbor that yen are a loyal supporter of New Decatur. Be a Booster.

ELKS CAME TO LIFE With Patched up Team and Met Defeat PLAYED THREE GOOD GAMES K. of C. Bowlers Warm Up After the First Game and Take the Last Twc. STANDING. Played. Won. Lost. Pct. Pqstoffice 49 37 12 .755 Elks 29 15 14 .517 Klondykes .. ..51 26 25 .515 K. of C 54 24 30 .44 4 Palace 41 18 23 .139 The Elks appeared on the scans last evening for the first time in several months, their opponents being the K. of C. team and as a result the K. of C. boys were able to pull out cf the last hole by winning two out of three games, and the percent of the Elks was diminished to a certain extent, although they still retain their hold on second place. The bowling ci the two teams was practically equal, and the contest was not determined until the last man bad bowled, the K. of C. team winning the last game by the narrow margin cf eleven pins. All the games bowled by the Elks were over the 800 mark, and with a little more practice and regular bowling the Elks would easily be in the race. The scores: ELKS. Petersen 180 203 170 184 Klein 168 157 199 175 Rosenthal 150 154 137 147 Mangold 163 144 133 146 France 159 180 161 167 Totals 820 838 806 K. OF C. Wemhoff 157 145 179 160 Johns 174 134 156 155 Colchin 243 159 133 173 Niblick 132 156 168 152 Berling 154 156 181 164 Totals 860 750 817 Arrived from Little Rock Last Night

COLD SETTLED IN HIS ARM And He Was Given Two Weeks to Recuperate—Will Join Team Again at Ft. Wayne. Tom Railing returned home last evening from Little Rock, Ark., where he spent two weeks in the training camp with the Boston American league team, with whom he was endeavoring to make good as a pitcher. He was sent home by Manager Chick Stahl to recuperate and get in shape to join the team when they play at Fort Wayne, April 5 and 6. this being due to the fact that he injured his arm while working out with the team, catching cold in the same. His arm is slightly swollen, but Tom is by no means alarmed, and is confident he will be in condition to join the team at Fort Wayne. Stahl praised his work highly and regrets his being unable to work out. He was given his choice of remaining with the team or coming home and chose the latter. His many admirers are in hopes no serious results will follow his Injury, knowing that this is the only fact that would exclude him from fast company.

NOTICE TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS Notice is hereby given to the property owners on each side of Madison street from the west line of First street to the east line of Seventh street, and to the property owners on both sides of Third street from the south line of Monroe street to the north l.ae of Madison street, that the Conunos Council of the City of Decatur, Indiana, formally adopted a resolution to improve said Madison street from the west line of First street to the east line of Seventh street and Third street from rhe south line of Monroe street to the north line of Madison street, that on the 28th day of March, 1907. at 7 o'clock p. m„ tne common Council will, at the council room, hear all persons whose property is affected by the proposed improvements, and will decide whether the benefits that will accrue to the property to be assessed abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvements and to said city, will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed Improvements. By order of the Common Council, made and entered of record, March 7. 1907. • SEAL.) C. O. FRANCE. 59-12 - City Clerk.

WALL STREET PANIC CONTINUES No One M<t-h Scared, But Price of Stock Drop. New York, March 14. —Notwithstanding the fact that some of yesterdays prices were the lowest points hit by the quotations in the market since the panic cf 1901, there was no great excitement in Wall Street, early today. Hard blows were struck yesterday but it was the big fellows who were punished an wd IsiaDO who were punished and wails are not expected from those quarters. The bleating lambs had a’wsl all been shaken out of the msd'-.t The panic is taken to mean that the railroad crowd wanted to scare Roosevelt and that since the president didn’t scare a little bit, the scheme failed. Losses in all stocks, however, continued throughout the day. At eleven o clock Reading took another tumble fr m 113 to 106. Amalgamated also hi’ the tobbogan dropping from 98 to 91. A MERRY AFFAIR Was Little Brice Thomas’ Birthday Party SHAKESPEARE CLUB MEETING Christian Aid Society to Meet With Miss Acker—Other Church Society Events. Dainty pink and green decorations, happy faces and room ringing with laughter and gayety, characterized little Brice Thomas' charming six-year-old- birthday party given at his home on Third street by Mrs. Thomas. Twelve little friends were invited from 2 to 5* o’clock and they came in full force armed with beautiful gifts to do honor to the great event. The dining room table was bright with pink and green garlands of crepe paper coming from the chandelier to each corner of the large table. In the center of the table was a great bowl of many kinds of candies prettily entertwined with green foliage. On one side of this was an elegant birthday cake, mounted with six pink and green candles. On the other side was a bowl of fruit. At each place were individual napkins, beside which were placed cookies in the shape of monkeys, horses and elephants as little favors. Various games, such as pinning the tail on the donkey, occupied the afternoon. At four o’clock Mrs. Thomas assisted by Mrs. Burrell, served a birthday supper, containing every dainty that a child would want for such a day. Covers were laid for twelve. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas presented Brice with a pony and cart which delighted him very much. The little guests were: Georgie Schug. Dickie Durkens, Winfield Maddy, Miller Ellingham. Richard Reiter, Robert Colter. Clarence Smith. Fanny Heller, Ralph Tyndall, Dickie Heller, Helen; Walters and Brice Thomas.

The Shakespeare Club had an interesting meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Helen Blossom on North Second street. The hostess had an unusually good paper on the subject of Graft, while each member had snb-topics. The next meeting wi>l be held at the home of Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb on Wednesday afternoon. A six o'clock dinner will be given this evening by Miss Ina Everett. Miss Minta Acker will entertain the Ladies* Aid Society of the Christian church on Friday afternoon in compliment to Mrs. Henry Laughrey, at her home on First street The March section of the Ladies’ Mite Society of the M. E. church will entertain the ladies and their friends at the home of Mrs. McKean on Fourth street. Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Ail ladies are invited to be' present and spend a social hour. Mesdames Tague and Reid will be hostesses at the meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Prebyterian church at the home of the former on , Friday afternoon. * Mrs. Al Burdg entertained the Mesdames Florence Bain and Rena Huffman at a twelve o'clock dinner today. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church have decided to postpone the social to be given, until March 22nd, instead of giving it this coming Friday eveninng. A large crowd is expected. o_ See True & Runyon's nice new line of ready made waists. They are

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THE PRESIDENT NOT WORRIED He Does Ncft Fear a Panic —Some of the War Widows Who Draw Pensions. Washington, March 14.—The first examination for places in the consulcr services under the new regulations of the State depaitmeut is being held. Eighteen vacancies are to be tiled by competitive examination. Up to this afternoon twenty-five applicants for these places had presented themselves. No one appeared from Indiana, although the members of the delegation in congress from that state have received many letters from constituents ambitious to enter the service% The new regulations shut out any applicent who can not speak at least on modern language in addition to the English, The politicians who heretofore have been, able to get men into the consular service regardless of qualifications are not at all pleased with the new order of things. Washington, March 14.—Secretary Loeb said that the railroad presidents who are to see the president have not yet fixed a day for the meeting. No word has come from the group of railroad magnates since the hurried . isit here of J. Pierpont Morgan on Monday night. It can be said authoritatively that the president is not at all worried over the representations of these heads of railroads that a financial panic is likely to result unless the administration gives some assurance that it is not to crowd the railroads further. Washington, March 14.—Lucretia R. Garfield, widow of President James A. Garfield, stands at the head of the government's pension roll. She recives a (feck for *1,250 every three months, or in the course of one year *5,000. The second largest pension paid by the government goes to Irene Rucker Sheridan, widow of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who receives *2,500 a year. Apoline A. Blair, widow of Major-Gen. Francis P. Blair, and Marv S. Logan, widow of Major-Gen. John A. Logan, each receives *2,000 a year. Men's sandals, 60c; boys' sandals, 45c; youths’ sandals, 40c; misses sandals, 30c; Childs' sandals, 25c, All rubber goods at cost.»J. H. Voglewede & Son, opposite court house. Be sure you see the new spring goods at True & Runyon s before you make your spring purchases.

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| OUT THEY GO Look for a home in Southwestern North B Dakota, the land where fuel famines are impossible, land of big crops, fat cattle, sunshine and contented farmers; an alg ways reliable crop country You should ■ select 160 or 320 acres of the sl7 an acre land frem our tract of 85,000 acres. Write to WM. H. BROWN & CO, Mandan g North Dakota, or 131 LaSalle St , ChiIcago. for maps and facts. Low excursion rates March 19th; April 2nd. and 16th, 1907. See ( L.E. WATSON Decatur, Indiana Representative Rubber!

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