Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, b ymail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. REFLECTIONS OF THE HOUR. If the smelling committee of the city board of health would draw one long breath in the alleys and backyards in the business section of the city, they would be ready for hospital care. Let’s clean up. The merchants of a neighboring town have been pretty slack advertisers for some time and Sears, Roebuck and Co. recently spotted the town for easy picking and sent in over 500 of their large catalogues at a cost of postage alone of over SIOO. The mail order and large printing houses watch the country papers like hawks and when they find a town with sleepy, dead merchants they pour in their dray loads of advertising. The house situation in Decatur is not clearing up very rapidly. Demands for places to live is a daily experience nowadays, and what is more serious, is the fact that the real demand has not begun yet. Fifty or more homes will have to be provided between this time and fall. Who will start the ball rolling? Mr. Dealer—The “catalogue houses ’ are everlasting at it; it is their untiring energy that brings them business. They are “pounding” at your customers all the time. Are you doing anything to counteract this activity? Some merchants are and they find it pays. You can keep your trade at home if you make it clear to your customers that it is to their interest to trade at home. Japan is to have a world's fair in 1912. This settles the question of war. It will be so busy in getting ready and so long in paying the deficit that' it will have neither time nor money for fighting other nations.— Indianapolis Star.

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FROM THE JUDGE Richard K. Erwin Writes Us Another FROM DENVER THE BEAUTIFUL Tells of His Visit to Various Cities in Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. Denver, Col., July 7, 1907. Fried Lew—Here we are this beautiful morning. In my last letter I left off in our trip at South McAlister, I. T. That is a city of 6,000 or 7,000 people, right in the heart of the worst agricultural district in the territory, but has unlimited supply of coal and iron, and is called the Pittsburg of the Southwest and is the county seat of Pittsburg county. They now have a very fine territorial building or court house; the best hotel I saw in the territory, a better hotel than any city of Indiana, outside the Claypool at Indianapolis. It is five stories in height and modern in every respect, and cost $300,000. The Masonic Temple is a large three-story building and basement, and cost SIOO,OOO. They have their Scottish Rite conclave here and a membership of several thousand, a great many of the Indians being 32nd degree Masons, so they tell me. The most of them in that vicinity do not present that appearance to me. The Elks also have a very fine home costing $30,000 or $40,000. The mystery to me is how this city, as indeed all the other, cities of Indian territory and Oklahoma, are going to keep up, as they seem to be so far ahead of the country surrounding them. From McAlister we went to Oklahoma City. This is the wonder of the age, and the highest example of the “boom” cities of the present century. From open and desolate prairies, it became in eighteen years a city of 40,000 poulation and is still growing rapidly. Here I met George A. Matliack, who for some time prior to last December, was a partner in the lawbusiness with Henry Eichhorn, of Bluffton. He has established a fine business in his profession for the time he has been here and politically is “right in the swim.” It would be useless for me to undertake to describe all the things of interest in and around this city, but suffice to say they have everything here that belongs to a modern city of the 20th century. From Oklahoma City we went to Elßeno, stopping on our way at a small town called Yukon. At Yukon I met Sam Major, who was formerly a clerk in the Big Store at Decatur. He is in the restaurant business and is doing nicely. Here are two brothers in this town in the general store business, who are said to be the wealthiest men in Oklahoma. A very peculiar coincident occurred here. I was invited to a home, and in this home is an old organ which my mother formerly owned, and which was sold at the administrator's sale in 1880. We only stopped a part of a day at Yukon and then went to El Reno. Here is another of those modern “boom” cities, but in my opinion its possibilities for the future are equal to any of the others I have visited, owing to the fact that it has a veryfine farming country around it, besides it has recently located some extensive manufacturing plants. One a pottery plant from Akron, Ohio, the only one in the southwest. Many other industries have located at this place, including the One Minute Washing Machine company, managed and largely owned by Frank Hocker, an Adams county product. He is making plenty of money. Young Andrews is also here in the barber business, married and is doing nicely. The Rock Island railroad is making this a division point, and are building round houses and other buildings to the extent of $200,000, the city having given them a bonus of $40,000. This is the point where the two divisions of the Rock Island crosses, one running from Chicago to Dallas, Texas, and the other from Memphis to Armarilla. They have their train dispatchers here, and have a larger force than is kept in their Chicago office. On the whole, this is a likely city, and being only 30 miles from Oklahoma City, will always be its rival, with a fai r show for supremacy. They have a fine horse and mule market, several wholesale houses, one of which Judge Macey, with a number of others, formerly from Winchester, are interested in. We then came to Enid. This is the county seat of Garfield county, and in the heart of a very fine farming community and is a fine city, fine large buildings, street car line, horse and mule market, banks and trust companies. and is withal a very pretty city with wide streets, partly paved. From Enid our task of doing Okla-

homa and Indiana territory was at an end. The greatest blessings and advantages they have Heaven only can bestow. Their greatest curse is the carpet bagger. It is to his interest to keep them out of statehood, and with his pull among the Republican politicians of the North, are liable to succeed. The greatest joke I heard while in the territory was Charley Landis’ speech on the fairness of the Republican party in gerrymandering the state of Indiana for legislative and congressional purposes and said “look how we do it,” but forget to tell them that in doing so they had disfranchised onefourth as many Democrat votes as they have all together in Oklahoma. She is a great state and has a population of busy hustling, active people. Back to Kansas, again striking Wichita, from thence to Horen. This was formerly the home of J. W. Teepie, who owned a quarter section of land which corners with the town. This locality is the finest farming district we have seen so far on our journey. Take it from Hutchinson to Kingsman and then east to Wichita, and in this triangle of thirty by fifty by forty miles and the farms cannot be beaten in the country. The lands are worth from S9O to $l5O and none for sale at that price. Kansas has enough wheat to bread the world, if she can get the men to handle it. At every station along the road were farmers inquiring for harvest hands, and were offering $2.50 per day and five meals. We left Kansas last Thursday and cam to Colorado Springs. Col., which I will tell you bout in my next. Yours, R. K. ERWIN. o CLUB ANNIVERSASY (Continued from Page 1.) her eleventh birthday' anniversaryyesterday afternoon at tw-o o’clock. Miss Winnifred had planned an unique feature for the afternoon’s amusement. As each guest arrived she was handed a clothes pin and a prettysheet of colored paper to make and dress a dolly, after each was finished they took them to grandmother Ferry, who is staying with the daughter, Mrs. McMiller, and who will be 93 years old her next birthday, and she awarded the prise to the one who had made the best doll. Miss Hazel LaDalle proved the leading doll dresser. At a later hour of the afternoon delicious refreshments were served by the charming little hostess. A company of ladies numbering twelve are being entertained at the home of Mrs. J. T. Merryman this afternoon in honor of Mrs. June Quinn, at a thimble party. The small tables were very prettily arranged in the yard and at -six o’clock refreshments of three courses will be served. o —, SLIDE FOR LIFE IS DANGEROUS Bluffton Boy Injured Trying to Imitate "Dare Devil” Myers. Ever since “Dare Devil” Myers made his “thrilling, awe-inspiring, hair-raising, death-defying,” etc., slide for life, at the carnival the other week, the small boys of the town have been giving performances along the same line. Considering the kind of contrivances used it is a wonder that some haven't been killed, but all have slipped through without an injury, until last night. Ray Kershner, a son of Henry Kershner, living on east Washington street, has had one of the contrivances in operation for the past week. Last evening he decided to give an exhibition for the benefit of some friends. Mounting to the “awful aerial heights,” as the carnival spieler was wont to say, Kershner started down the wire. He was up about ten feet when he started the slide and had gone but a few feet when the wire broke and Kernshner fell to the ground. He struck on his back, and it was thought for some time that he was badly hurt. A doctor was summoned, but found upon examination, that nothing serious had happened, much to the relief of Kershner's parents. The practice of this is dangerous, more so than was the performance of Myers, as the rigging used by the boys is mostly unsafe and though Kershner escaped from what might have been a serious accident, some boys will eventually get hurt while duplicating the “awe-inspir-ing feat of the intrepid Myers.”— Bluffton Banner. It will be the original ‘g ad hand” that the Elks of Indianapolis will extend to the Elks of Indiana when they stop in that city ot July 13, to be entertained for a short time before the departure of the Indiana Elks special train that will bear the lodge men to Philadelphia. A great ciowd of members of the B. P. O E. are expected to arrive in the city on Saturday, and they will be entertained until 7,: 45 Saturday evening- -the time for the train to leave over the Pennsylvania line —by the reunion committee of lodge No. 13.

SPEED PROGRAM Three Big Races Scheduled Each Day HARRY GROVE SUPERINTENDENT The Purses Aggregate Tw e nty-Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars —Big Bunch of Entries ExpectedThe speed department of the Great Northern Fair this year :s in charge of Harry O. Grove, and from present appearances, the races will be the best ever seers in this section of the state. There is a trot, pace and run on each day and the purses aggregate $2,250. Already there have been many inquiries and the management believe the biggest string of horses ever in Adams county will be quartered on the fair grounds the last week of next month, the date for the big event. The Great Northern belong to the American Trotting association, and all races will be governed by their rules. Stalls and straw are furnished free for race horses. Entries are expected to start this way soon and the races alone this year will be well worth coming miles to witness. The speed program as announced will be as follow-s: Wednesday, August 28 — 2:24 trot, 3 in 5 $350.00 2:19 pace. 3 in 5 350.00 % mile run. 2 in 3 75.00 Thursday, August 29— 2:25 pace. 3 in 5 $300.00 2:30 trot, 3 in 5 300.00 % mile run, 2 in 3 75.00 Friday, August 30— 2:19 trot, 3 in 5 $350.00 2:15 pace, 3 in 5 350.00 % mile run, 2 in 3 100.00 o — SPEND TEN DAYS IN CAMPMISS SUSAN GLASPELL IS WISE Gives Her Lady Friends a Few Don'ts That are Right. Miss Susan Blaspell. of Davenport, la., recently gave the clubw-omen of i her city some interesting facts in relation to the newspaper business .and included in her paper were some very valuable “don’ts” that tJill meet the I approbation of every newspaper man. ! Thy ought also to meet the eye of | every person who has to do with the , newspapers in an unofficial way and be followed. Here they are: Don't come to the newspaper office Thursday with something that happened Monday. Come on Monday. Don't come at two minutes of 3 ’ o’clock wnen the paper goes to press at two minutes after. The assassination of the president of the United States would be resented at that hour. Don't ask a reporter to run a column of reprint stuff which may serve your cause, but has practically no news value, and then when you have a good live story give it to the other paper. The reporter will not like that a bit. Don’t go to the managing editor and ask that a legitimate news story be kept out. It would be just as unreasonable and just as indelicate to go to the banker and ask him to give you. money or to the lawyer and ask him to give up one of his cases. A newspaper is a business enterprise. When you ask it to keep out news, you ask i it to injure its' own business. Don't blame the reporter if something you gave him or her does not appear. It is not the reporter’s fault. The city editor is the court of last appeal, and he works on the principle of the survival of the fittest. The fact that your committee is going to do some thing may be very important to you, but the fact that some girl drank carbolic acid is more important to the city editor. Don’t say, “I can't understand why the papers make so many mistakes.” If you had ever been in the business, you would say instead, “I think it one of the miracles of the age that newspapers can do that amount of work under that amount of pressure and make so few mistakes.” ———— o Talking of stingy folks, a man in this town one time subscribed some money for the church. He was a member all right, but he was what some folks call a little “near.” So in a few days he met the preacher and told him he would like to see that the subscription, for said he: “I subscribed some money for the church, I am afraid I got the wrong figure first; I meant to set down 25 cents, and I fear I got the 2 last instead of first.” The preacher hurried from his presence fcr fear he would say something not down in the book of rules. Ralph Behringer returned today from Celina, where he wad visiting with his parents for a short time. He reports everything lovely at Celina.

Governor Hanly Will Enjoy Soldier ; Life in Camp. ; Governor Hanly has decided to ; spend practically all of the ten days i of the state encampment of the In- , diana national guard at the camp, be- ; ginning Wednesday of next week. . This will be the first time in recent , years that such a thing has been done.. ; The governor will have his own tent. > and will remain at the grounds night , and day. Col. Fred Gemmer. the ; governor's secretary and a member of ■ his staff.will be at the camp at night. , though he will be at the governor’s ; office during the day. Several of the < members of the staff will follow the , example of the governor and spend , the entire ten days in camp; others ; will be there several days at a lime, . and the entire staff membership prob- , ably will be there Sunday, July -L ( when the militia will pass in review . before the governor. — oA NEW CONSERVATORY. Prof. A. K. Shauck, of Indianapolis, ; will open a new school in Ft. Wayne , for the study of the piano. His wife. ’ Dr. Lydia DeVilbiss Shauck, recently opened an office a tthe southwest corner of Wayne and Clinton streets. Prof. Shauck, who has been a teacher for twenty years in Indianapolis, will have his studio in the school in the same building. —Ft. Wayne News, I July 10. 1907. Prof. A. K. Shauck is noted as a writer of popular music. Several new productions from his pen will be published shortly. o Col. Dick Townsend, of Peoria, Illis in our city visiting with his mother on Marshal street. Dick is running a hotel in Peoria and says that he is doing well. He will look after a fewbusiness matters here and will return to his home Saturday evening as his hotel demands every minute of his time and attention. - ■ Paint OiM Values Ji « The practical painter f says, Patton’s Sun-Proof ■ J J Paint is cheap paint for a good house because it lasts twice as long. It’s good paint for a cheap house because it beautifies and preserves it. PATTON S F^paints* represent the only true principle of scientific paint making, combining the highest degree of beauty with the greatest covering capacity and durability. They are dependable paints. They do not lose their lustre. They do not peel, crack or chalk off. Book of Paint Knowledge and Advice (free ) SW?”'R'7i:WA;-c cg.

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