Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1907 — Page 4

II BBS Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day at 2 o’clock. BUFFALO STOCK MARKET. EAST BUFFALO, N. Y„ May 3.— Receipts, cattle, 4 cars; market steady. Prime steers @56.00 Medium steers @55.50 Stockers to best feeders... @54.40 Receipts, hogs, 20 cars; market steady. Mediums and heavies.... @56.85 Yorkers @56.85 Pigs @56.90 Receipts, sheep, 20 cars; market steady. Best spring 1amb5........ @57.90 Wether sheep @56.25 Culls, clipped @55.00 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago markets closed today at 1:15 p. m., according to the Decatur Stock & Grain Exchange. May wheat 81% July wheat 84% May corn 50 July corn 50% May oats 45% July oats 43% May pork $15.70 July pork $15.95 PITTSBURG MARKUS. Union stock yards, Pittsburg, Pa., May 3. —Hog supply, 10 cars; market setady. Heavies @56.85 Mediums @56.90 Yorkers @56.90 Light @56.90 Pigs @56.90 TOLEDO MARKETS. Changed every day at 3 o'clock by J. D. Hale. Decatur special wire service. Wheat, cash 83% July wheat 83% September wheat 85% July oats 51 September oats 51 July oats 45% September oats 43% Rye 70% STOCK. By Fred Scheiman. Lambs, per cwt [email protected] Cattle, per cwt [email protected] Calves, per cwt [email protected] Cows, per cwt [email protected] Sheep, per cwt [email protected] Hogs, per cwt @16.00

COAL—PER TON. i Hocking lump $4.25 Virginia Splint 4.50 , Domestic Nut b.OO ( Washed Nut 4.50 Pittsburg lump 4.00 Pocahontas 4.75 Kentucky Cannell 6.00 . Anthracite 7.50 , (Charges for carrying coal—2sc per ton or fraction thereof; upstairs, 50 ! cents per ton. I OTHER PRODUCTS. By Various Grocers and Merchants. ' Eggs, per dozen 15c Butter, per pound 20c Potatoes 50c j Lard 9c I GRAIN. By G. T. Burk, successor to Carroll Elevator company. Big 4 White Seed oats for sale or exchange to farmers. Wheat, No. 2, red $ .71 Wheat. No. 3, red 70 Oats, No. 3, white 36 Barley 39 Rye, No. 2 55 Clover Seed 8.00 Alsyke 6.50 Timothy seed 2.00 No. 1 Timothy hay, baled 13.50 j No. 1 Clover hay, baled 11.00 No. 2 Mixed hay, baled 12.00 No. 1 Clover hay, baled 12.00 Corn 58 Corn, white, per cwt 43c@51c Machine husked corn, one cent less. JACKSON HILL COAL. By George Tricker. (Wholesale.) A- or 2 Jackson Hill lump, f. o. b. mine, $2.50, f. o. b. ecatur, $3.70; cook stove nut, f. o. b. Decatur. $3.70; Hocking lump, $1.75, f. o. b. mine; Hocking lump, $3.05, f. o. b. Decatur; Splint lump, $1.55 f. o. b. mine; Splint lump, $3.10 f. o. b. Decatur. 4, MARKET NOTES. Corn —*4 cent lower. Receipts at Chicago today: Hogs 17,000 Wheat 21 cars Corn 126 cars Oats 167 cars Cattle 15.000 Sheep 5,000 Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 14,000 Oats 36 cars Wheat 204 cars Corn 220 cars

WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC. The Oak Roller Mills quotation. Oak Patent uour 13.60(5 $4.00 Bran, per ton $20.00 Middlings, per ton 20.00 Rough meal, per cwt 1.00 Kiln dried meal, per cwt 1.50 Screenings. No. 1, per bu 60 Screenings, No. 2, per bu 40 Cop feed, per ton 20.00 Wheat, No. 2, per bushel 71 WOOL AND HIDES. Bv B. Kalver & Son. 'Phone 442. Wool 23c® .27 Beef hides 7c Calf hides, B@ls lbs ® 9c Sheep pelts 25c® $1.50 Tallow 4’4 o DEMORCAT Want Ada Pay Big-

THE COUNTY ROADS (Continued from page 1.) commonly known as McKnight's run, and one near Joseph Hill’s and one across the twenty-four-mlle creek near Evans’. The said bridges be built in the form and manner in which the bridge is built near Alexander Smith’s. May 3, 1837, the sum of six hundred dollars was appropriated out of the three per cent fund for the building of a bridge across the St. Marys river at the town of Decatur and Samuel L. Rugg procure a plan for the construction of the river bridge and be able to report at the next regular session. In September, 1837, proposals were received for the construction of said bridge, and on examination it was found that Enos N. Butler’s proposal was the lowest, and was for S6OO. Upon consideration by the commissioners it was ordered constructed and completed according to plans July, 1838; but in May, 1838, it was ordered that the plans of this bridge be so modified as to admit of putting in ice breakers on the upper side of said bridge. From this time on, new county roads and changes in the state roads were petitioned for in avery marked degree. Jacob Hufter was the first surveyor of Adams county. An order was issued by the county for sl2 for payment in full for surveying the new county road in Wabash and John Cotterbein be allowed three dollars for three days’ service as viewer, Z. Smith be allowed four dollars for three days’ service and pay, J. Simison for chaining, Robert Simison be allowed sev-enty-five cents for carrying chain on said road one day and Theron Harper be allowed two dollars and twentyfive cents for blazing said road. From this time on new townships were organized and many county roads were petitioned and contracted for. We find the names of Benj. Blossom Alex. Smith. Benj. Brittson, Geo. Dent, Joseph Hill. Ezekiel Hooper. Robert Fisher. Alvin Flagg. Robert Lord, H. Fuelling. Peter Studabaker. Elijah Skinner, Robert Tisdale. Morningstar and Andrew Wise as being the earliest petitioners and viewers. The records of the clerk, treasurer, auditor and all state and county roads w’ere kept in one volume from the organization of said county from Jan. 1836. to Sept., 1845. On examination of the old records we find the following: In June, 1845, three viewers met at the home of Samuel Patterson and after being duly sworn proceeded to blaze and viw the location of a county road at a stake in the center of the Ft. Recovery and Decatur state road in Blue Creek township. The road was located for several miles and coming to a large swamp which they could not ride over, they examined the proposed route on foot. Some distance farther they found it impossible to proceed and they recommended the permanent location of said road changed and if said road be established in another direction to Goddard s mill, it will conduce to the benefit of the citizens who are residents of that section of the country. This is only one of many such incidents. The sturdy pioneers began to realize that rapid development of a new country was only possible through good roads. From 1850 to 1875 many old roads were vacated and new ones I located along section lines and where they were of the greatest public utility. In the year the Piqua road was planked from St. Marys. Ohio, to Ft. Wayne. It was constructed of 8 foot planks, laid crosswise on three stringers. It was built by a stock company. Some people invested nearly all they had and never realized one cent of dividend. Toll gates were stationed every 5 or 6 miles, requiring the users of the road to pay toll for the repair of : said road. It was a beautiful road; but not very substantial, as by the close of the war it was nearly worn out. Another mode of improving roads in the fifties and sixties was by putting small logs crosswise of the roads. These roads were known as the corI duroy roads. Some of the pieces of * the logs of these roads are still found ’in excavations for improvements on 5 > newly constructed macadam roads.

About the year 1883 rhe first gravel roads were constructed in the southern part of the county. This mode of road improvement continues to the present time. In 1893 the first macadam road was constructed in Adams county of crushed rock. This road is known as the Decatur and Bluffton macadam road. The law requires each macadam road to be named; said names are usually derived from pioneers, cities or villages. The Decatur and Bluffton road is eleven and a fraction miles in length and was constructed at a cost of $34,950. At first the construction of macadam roads was strenuously opposed by the tax payers of the county; but not so at the present time, as there are fifty-three completed, seven or eight under construction and fifty •jetitions are on file at the auditor's office waiting further action of the board vs commissioners. There are

675 miles of public roads in said county; 101% miles are improved with gravel; 113% miles improved with crushed stone. The average cost of gravel roads per mile is $2,000 dollars. Average cost of macadam roads per mile is $3,200. The total cost of improved roads is $567,200. Thirty-three iter cent of the roads are improved and at the present rapid I progress, the per cent will be greatly increased. L’nbiased visitors, in making tours across the state in automobiles, express themselves freely that they find splendid roads; but those traveled over In Adams county surpass any they have ever been on. Recently a government inspector paid this county a visit to gather facts concerning the road facilities for continuing rural route services. His report to the department states that Adams county has more good roads than any other the same size, in the United States. No wonder our tax rates have greatly increased and our farm lands more than doubled in value during the past few years. Good roads are indicative of a high state of civilization. The improvement in the condition of the common highways proclaim, in mute yet unmistakable language, the advancement In the civilization of a county. Highly specialized industries, which usually attend upon a high state of civilization among a people, seldom flourish where means are unprovided for a quick exchange of commodities. As the standard of living in a community rises, it soon finds expression in a demand for better roads, roads suitable for the gentleman’s saddle horse, for the family carriage, for the salesman's road wagon, for the deliveryman's autocar, and for the pleasure seekers' and tourists' auotmobiles. We are in a great wave of progress, and it pays both the merchant and the farmer to give the matter of road building much attention. BARN FOR RENT —Located on Adams street, contains five stalls. Call at Tyrrill blacksmith shop. Monroe street, Decatur. 109-3 t o DISTURBED THE CONGREGATION The person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by continually coughing is requested to buy a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

See Lettie Kintz for all kinds of Art needlework, material, teaching, etc. Lessons Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, from 1 to 4. Madison street. 84-ts. 0 NOTICE TO BREEDERS. Smart and Rock. Smart is the Chas. Ahr Belgian stallion that Jacob Huser aud William Scherer have purchased and Rock is the well known Huser horse which he kept at Monroe three first days in the week, and at Berne the last three days of the week. Ransom Smith has been employed to care for these horses. 98-lmo NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. We are pleased to anounce that Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. NOTICE. I will put in any cement sidewalk within the corporate limits of the city of Decatur according to the plans and specifications for 12*4 per foot, and will guarantee the same for three years. JULIUS HAUGK. 104-61 o $1.25 to Toledo and return via Clover Leaf Route every Sunday, ts Buy your CIGARS AND TOBACCO from TIM CORBETT He carries over 75 brands of 5 and 10 cent cigars and everything in plug, fine cut and scrap tobacco. You will find your favorite brand there fresh and c’ean. Farmers Attention Just received a load of high-grade fertilizers and in order to sell it quick I will sell it cheap. Inquire John Schinnan, at City Coal & Feed Yard. ’Phone 240. HOLLIS! ER F Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets * But.’’ MMldn» x 6<ay Fecols. Brln«s Bolden Heaitn and Renewed VWw. K specific for Constipation. Indigestion. Llvaand Kidney tmnblee. Pimples, Ec 1. Impun. Blood. Bad Breath. Sluxgisb Bow, ieadacbe and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea In tab let tom. 35 cents a box. Genuine made te Houjstsu Pnca COWASY. Madison, Wis. BOLDEN MJCGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPV

1 Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is best for women and children. Its mild action and pleasant tasve makes it preferable to violent purgatives, such as pills, tablets, etc. Get the booklet and a sample of Orino at THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. 0 _ Money to loan on farms at low rate of interest. No commission. Partial payments allowed and interest stopped. DORE B. ERWIN, Tues & Fri Attorney-at-Law. o Mrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sullivan Si:.,Claremont, N. H., writes: “'About a year ago I bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. It cured me of a severe case of Kidney trouble of several years' standing. It certainly is a grand, good medicine, and I heartily recommend it.” THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. Take your horse to the Fasulon stables and have him clipped for $1.50. Phone No. 11 and they will call for him. The progressive up-to-date horse owner always clips his horse in the spring. The decreased cost of feed, labor of grooming and the better health of clipped horses are facts no horse owner can overlook. 107-12 t o ■ The expenditure of $1.50 for clipping a horse will improve his appearance and value many fold. It works wonders in looks and health of any horse. The Fashion stables have installed an electric clipping machine and will do your work satisfactorily while you wait. 107-12 t ""Kidney complaint kills more people than any other disease. This Is due to the disease being so insidious that it gets a good hold on the system before it is recognized. Foley's Kidney Cure will prevent the development of fatal disease if taken in time. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO,

Farmers! Attention! J. . ■ .’*? - ' fl Stop and think! Be honest with yourself. You will have to say J. N. can get you just as much for your property as anybody. Thanking you for your past patronage for the last five years, I still remain, Yours for a successful sale. J. N. BURKHEAD Monroe, Ind. Phone Call Central at Monroe for my residence. BROOK -ts' L=?*l IMPORTED BELGIAN STALLION will stand at the Hosier Barn in Decatur on Friday and Saturday of each week during the season. Will also stand at Monroe on Monday and Tuesday of each week and at my residence, two and one-half miles west of Pleasant Mills on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This horse has a firstclass pedigree. Service, $15.00 to insure colt to stand. JACOB RAWLEY, Owner. R. R. No. 10. Decatur. Ind. GOAL Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Rock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. J. D. HALE Phon. r» Cor. Jefferson and 2nd Sts.

Toledo, St. Louis 4 Western Railroad. East. No. 6. Com. Traveler, daily. 5:22 a.m. No. 2. Daily Mail, ex. Sun. .11:42 a. m. No. 4. Daily Express 7:00 p m. No. 22. Local Freight 1:25p. m West. No. 1. Daily Mail, ex. Sun.. 5:53a.m. No. 3. Daily Express 10:37 a.m. No. 5. Com. Traveler, daily. 9:12 p.m. No. 23. Local Freight 10:37 a.m. CHEAP EXCURSIONS. Via Erie R. R. to points in the west and southwest. On the first and third Tuesday of each month, we will have on sale, both one way and round trip tickets at exceedingly low rates. Call on Erie agents for particulars, or write O. L. ENOS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Marion, Ohio. C. L. WALTERS ATTORNEY AT LAW Office over Brock’s tin shop Second Street. Decatur, Indiana SEE Haefling & Ernst FOR ALL KINDS OF Electric Wiring WORK GUARANTEED Capital Surplus $100,000.00 20,000.00 FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR - INDIANA P. W. Smith W. A. Kuebler, President Vice Pres C. A. Dugan, T. J. Durkin Cashier Asst. Cashier F. W. Jaebker Teller Deposits Resources $490,000 $650,000 auctioneer" HABBT DANIELS Decatur, Indiana. R. R 8 LIVE STOCK AND FARM SHE AUCTIONEERING. A JPEUAIY Your Boslnes solicited. Call 'Phone No. 13E Line Decatur 29**

/ HARPER\ / KENTUCKY \ WHISKEY \ for Gentlemen / \ who cherish / Quality. / For Sale By JOS. TONELLIER IOS. B. KNAPKE CALL ON Citv Trucking Co. FOTI STORAGE TRUCKING, Etc. Heavy Work a Specialty Phone 412 CHAS. MILLER

Cures Biliousness, Sick IR IkT fl Cleanses the system Headache, Sour Stom- | | FT | |\| | j thoroughly and clears ach, Torpid Liver and ■ ■ ■ ■ R W sallow complexions o Laxative Fruit Syrup pi ”. pI “XXT HOLTHOUSE DRUG COMPANY

A Successful Sale Will be the result if you employ an Auctioneer that KNOWS HOW to manage your sale. 12 years of almost daily experience enables me to i get you the highest prices for your property. Office over Burn’s Harness shop. I have no other business. FRED REPPERT THE AUCTIONEER All Farmers Attention

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JOHN SPUHLER. FOR THE NEXT 2 0 DAY S WE WILL SELL OUR Famous Incubators and Brooders AT A REDUCTION OF 20 PER CENT FROM

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JANIERS Janiers the Great Pearchon Norman Horse will stand this season of 1907 at his old stand known as old H. D. Fuelling’s Farm. Terms: sl2 to Lire 20 Days A sure Foal Getter. HENRV F. FUELLING, Owner and Keeper. R. F. D. No. 3. CEMENT'wbRiTuUARANTEED. - We are ready to take contracts for all kinds of cement work, such as concrete foundations, sidewalks, cellar floors, etc. Where we furnish the material, we guarantee the work. Send us your orders, or call us by phone. No. 556. BUTLER & BUTLER, Decaur, Ind.

John Souhler The Livestock and General AUCTIONEER will get you the high dollars for your property Call early for dates. “Phone I ?' sidence 53' | Office 430

the catalogue price while they last. We are compelled to do this in order to make room for our new machinery that will arrive for the manufacturing of our incubators. Here is an opportunity for you to get one of the famous Keller Incubators and Brooders at prices that will never be offered you again. We will have a machine hatching Saturday, April the 27th, at the factory, and will have the chicks in the Brooder at the factory showing its workings, and caring for the chicks. Remember that the special discount i 3 for the 20 days only. Come early and secure a machine at these prices. Every machine warranted perfect. This Special offer expires May 15th.

Reliable Life Insurance Reasonable Cost $9,500,000.00 GUARANTEE AND RESERVE FUNDS Cost on $1,000.00 In 1906 was Age 21 $5 25 I Age 40 SIO.OO Age 30 $7,50 I Age 50 $12.50 Other Ages in Proportion Established in 1879 The Banker’s Life Ass n. Des Moines, lowa J. Z. Brickley, Diet. Mgr. Bluffton, Ind. Eye Ear Nose Throat Glasses Fitted also special treasmen for Diseases. Lungs Kidneys, Stom ach and Rheumatism, Cancer treated. J, N. Younkin D. 0. M. D. TOCSIN, IND. p. j. hylahT SANITARV PLUMBING □pxtthnig Steam «’ Hot Water Haatinf US AMD COWIRATIOR fUTURfS 23 Honroc St. phnat 35®