Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. -•"i 1 Published Every Evening, Except Sun- . day. by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. > Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents ‘ Per year, by carrier *5.00 j Per month, b ymail 25 cents ? Per year, by mall *2.50 Single copies --2 cents — — — —“ Advertising rates made known on j application. -—l'— —— ' I Entered at the pbstoffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. SAME OLD STORY Same old telephone, same old song, sung at the same old time —buy and sell butter and eggs today at the same old price The buyer and seller is not supposed to know that competition is stiffled. Keep it dark. The market buying price on butter yesterday was sixteen cents a pound. One dealer sold a soft shelled | customer a pound for twenty-eight cents. That’s going some. A farmer has handed us a few questions to propound to the market trust.' But honestly, they are so well directed that we are ashamed —for the trust —to give them publicity of space in the Democrat. The Democrat is getting some very clever editorial notices these stren- i uous days. But we care nothing for ■ them. We are neither seeking no-. toriety or a medal for dashing bravery. We are only interested in making De-,

SATURDAY, AUG. 20 WE Wl L BEGIN TO MA L STATEMENTS TOj THOSE OWING SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTS TO THE DAILY AND WEEKLY DEMOCRAT Any of our subscribers adverse to receiving statements should settle their subscriptions before AUG. 20 Either call at the office or mail a bank draft, check or postoffice money order. ADDRESS DEMOCRAT DECATUR. IND.

catur the best town in its class. The Democrat has covered many columns in booming Decatur as a manufacturing place, that the city may grow, taxable values increase, and business expand. The latter is the chief stock in trade of the merchant and he should be vitally interested in attracting buyers. The business of Decatur merchants will retrograde unless they place a free and open market at the command of the farmers, who want 'to trade in Decatur. It is the only I solution of a problem that is yearly i cheating Decatur out of many thou- ’ sands of dollars in business. OVER THE TELEPHONE King Bee—Hello. High Private —Hello, my Lord. King Bee —Pay 15 cents for eggs today. High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee— Pay 16 cents for butter today. High Private —All right, my Lord. King Bee—Sell eggs for — cents today. High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee —Sell butter for — cents today. High Private —All right, my Lord. King Bee—Permit no customer to falsely accuse you of being any part ’of a trust. High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee —Tell them. too. that that i paper is going to be run out of business for lying on us fellows. High Private —All right, my Lord. King Bee —That last statement is I the truth with the bark on. I have ,it fixed.

High Private —All right, my Lord. King Bee —Brace up. This little stink will not last long and then we will have fat picking. High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee—Good bye. High Private —Good bye, my Lord. NOTICE. All person assessed in the Maggie Miller Ditch in Blue Creek township take notice that ten per cent of your assessment on said ditch is due and payable at the county Surveyor’s office on the last Saturday of August, 1907. and one installment of 10 per cent on the last Saturday in each month until said assessment is paid in full. L. L. BAUMGARTNER, Supt. of Construction. A PARTY TO NIGHT Mrs. Dr. Holloway to be a Hostess MRS. DUGAN TO ENTERTAIN To Spend Sunday in the Country——Miss McLaughlin to Sing—A Birthday Party—Other NewsMrs. Dr. Holloway will be hostess at an evening party this evening given in compliment to her daughter. Mrs. Bertha Winch, of Ft. Wayne, to a large company of ladies. Fourteen ladies and gentlemen will be entertained tomorrow at a twelve o’clock luncheon given by Mrs. C. A. Dugan at her home on Monroe street. The Misses Agnes Voglewede. Bertha Kinney, Agnes and Frank Radamacher, Lillian Meyers, Loretta Ceaber. of Ft. Wayne, are going to spend the day tomorrow in the woods, situated two miles on this side of Willshire, along the river. The girls intend to take every necessary article that ■will be needed for fishing and having a general good time. Tommorw morning at the Methodist church Miss Mabel McLaughlin, the guest of Miss Marie Berry, will render a solo, during the morning service.

In honor of Miss Vera Eady's eighth birthday anniversary was given a delicious four-course dinner this noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eady at twelve o'clock to the party of her little friends, who were: Agens Eady, Celesta Eady. Geraldine Cross, Irene Eady .Mamie Cross. Agnes Eady. Marion Cross. Clifford Eady, Harold Eady. Bertha Crass, Frances Eady. Rollin Cross. o DECATUR’S CHURCHES ST. MARYS CHURCH. First Mass at 7 o'clock Standard time. Second Mass at 9 o’clock Standard time. Vespers at 6:30 o'clock Standard time. GERMAN REFORMED Sunday school at 9:30. Lesson, “The Tabernacle.” Ex. 40:1-13. 34-38. German service at 10:30. Text, Jeremiah 18:4. “The vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it." Christian Endeavor Society meets at 6:45. Evening service conducted in English at 7:30. Text. 2 Cor. 5:1. A Triumphant Certainty. We cordially invite friends and strangers to worship with us. Louis C. Hessert. Pastor. UNITED BRETHREN (Cor. Madison and Ninth Sts.) Rev. Daniel B. Kessinger. Pastor. Sunday school at 9:15. Sermon “What is your life?” at 10:30. Y. P. C. U. at 6:30. Sermon, "Practical Religion,” at 7:30. Everybody cordially invited to attend each service. EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:15. A Van Camp, superintendent. Missionary prayer service at 10:30. Young People's Alliance at 7:00. Preaching services at 7:30. The funeral service cf brother Ashley Mann, who died on Friday afternoon will be conducted from the church on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

WHAT A HEADACHE ! t A Miserable Exhibition of Base Bali J PORTLAND A STRONG BUNCH 1 i The Game Yesterday Gave the Fans ‘ a p a jn—lt is Hoped That They , 1 Will Come Out of It. < 1 STANDING. 1 Played. Won. Lost. Pct. Portland 6 5 1 -833 Richmond 6 4 - Decatur 5 3 2 600 ] Van Wert 6 2 4 .303 f Kokomo 6 2 4 333 Bluffton 5 1 4 .200 j One of the most miserable exhi- ( bitions of base ball that the locals , have played so far this season was witnessed yesterday at the local park , when the leaders of the Indiana-Ohio ’ league, Portland, defeated us by a score of four to three. They won the ( game in the last two innings, after . the locals had a lead of three to one. ( That the loss can be charged up to ] any one in particular cannot be said, as the entire team played dopey, in- ] different base ball, the kind that utrerly disappoints the fans and forces , them to leave the park with a bad ( taste in their mouths. The local fans cannot be credited as being hard los- , ers. and the players should bear this ( in mind, for the Lord knows they have , had just cause to kick during the past , two months. All they ask is that the members of the team play ball from the start and show them their heart < is in their work, and they will be royally treated by the lovers of ball. What the fan wants is his money’s , worth and no more. The game started , off in excellent fashion. Portland scor- , ing one run in the first and then being ( shut out until the eighth, when by clean cut base ball they batted in two runs, thanks to several errors, and in , the ninth they managed to push across the winning run. The locals ‘ made their runs in the first three innings. when they got next to Romine’s delivery, and batted him at will.when he was relieved by Hunt, the fun ceased, and there was nothing doing after that. We must give Portland much credit as a game bunch of ball players, who never say die, and who play just as hard when they are in the rear as when they are leading the procession, and are always out to win. With Captain Hunt, base ball is a matter of business, and he endeavors in all respects to protect the people he is working for and such should be the case of every man who is playing ball for a living. Cheer up. boys, we know you can play better base ball and we want to see you do it, so dig in. Umpire Burke, the latest addition to President Klings staff of umpires, held the indicator, and showed excellent judgment and his fairness was appreciated by all. We might say President Kling his mad? a very good selection. Portland. Nam?. AB R H PO A E Parker, 2b ... 5 1 0 1 2 0 Brambough, 3b 3 11 4 4 0 Hurst, If 3 0 0 2 0 0 Durham, cf .. 3 11 1 0 0 > Brambough. rs. 4 1 2 0 0 0 iCarmony, lb .. 3 0 0 11 0 0 i Harms, c .... 4 0 1 6 11 : Thomas, ss .. 4 11 0 2 2 ’ Romine, p ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hunt, p 3 0 0 2 4 0 — — — — — —I Totals 33 4 6 27 13 3 Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 5 0 1 4 4 1 Pierce, cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 Wallace, ss .. 4 0 2 1 2 2 Burns, If 3 11 0 0 0 Weber, lb ... 4 11 12 0 0 Wav, rs 4 0 0 0 0 0 Railing, p .... 4 0 1 2 2 1 Witham, 3b .. 4 1 2 1 6 0 ! Winger, c .... 3 0 0 7 2 0 i Totals 36 3 8 27 16 4 Portland 1 0000002 I—4 ■ Decatur 0 1200000 o—3 k Summary— Two base hits —Witham. Behringer, I Thomas. Base on balls—Off Railing 2; Romine 1. Struck out —By Railing 7; by Romine 2; by Hunt 2. Hit by pitcher—Hurst, Winger. Brambough. Passed balls —Winger. Wild pitch— Hunt. Left on bases—Decatur 8; Portland 0. Double plays—Witham to Behringer to Weber, 2. Umpire— Burke. VAN WERT LOST. 1 Richmond, Ind.. Aug. 2. —Richmond ■ t defeated Van Wert this afternoon. ! ; Hard and timely hitting by Morris, ’ | Wilterwood and Fisher was responsiI ble for Richmond’s runs. Richmond 20010000 x—3 5 2 Van Wert.O 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 o—2 10 2 Batteries—Fisher and Jessup; Hay and Hilltnger. BLUFFTON EASY. Kokomo. Ind., Aug. 2. —Kokomo won an eleven inning game from Bluffton today. Kokomo ....0010000200—4 5 6 Fluffton ...00003000000—3 6 2 Batteries —F. Cotningor and Orr; Hull and Bpicer.

NORTH DAKOTA LANDS. , One of the best indications of the future prosperity of this state is the tremendous influx of farmers from the middle states adjoining South Dakota. When the best farmers from Illinois, Indiana. lowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska are thronging to this state, it shows that agricultural industry is taking deep root and in a short time this country's |agricultural products 1 will be doubled and probably trebled The class that is coming is composed of sturdy, Industrious and experienced farmers who bring with them improved and more careful methods of farming. It does not require any argument to demonstrate that the eastern farmer will not abandon the land on which he has lived for years unless he expects to better his condition. When he comes to North Dakota and finds that he can buy better land here than he is tilling in the further eastern states for anywhere from *ls an acre up, he immediately sells his *IOO to *l5O an acre land and buys from six to eight times as much land in North Dakota. It's simply a business proposition, which he is not slow to grasp. It is something more, however, to the farmer with a large family. It enables him to assure the future welfare of each member of the family. It enables him to largely increase his income during the years his children are growing to manhood and womanhood, to gratify himself and them with many luxuries and necessities that have been heretofore out of his reach, and above all to give them the best education. There is nothing circumscribed in the life of the farmer in North Dakota. When the price of land can be cleared with the sale of first season's crop it follows that they are generally prosperous. They are. The North Dakota farmer lives one of the most comfortable and easy lives of any farmers on earth. The great railway development that has been going on in the state for the past few years has brought many additional millions of acres of land within easy reach of the railways, and consequently into a position where they can be cultivated and their crops marketed at a minimum of expense. The great system of roads that traverse the state are pushing their feeder lines in all directions, and when their comprehensive plans have been completed there will be few sections of the state that are not within a few miles of a railway. Not that the absence of he railway has been an obstacle to the farmer. The soil is so rich and the yield of wheat so abundant that many of them found it exceedingly profitable to haul their grain fifty or even sixty miles to the nearest shipping point And yet with only a fifth of its land under cultivation, the value of the agricultural products per capita in North Dakota is the highest of any state in the union. The states farming interests have been tremendously developed by the extensions of the railroads. This has resulted in the extension of its markets to a degree that was not even thought possible ten years ago. It is a fact that it costs less to take grain or its products from' North Dakota to Liverpool than iro.a any point in lowa or Illinois, except from points bordering on Lake Michigan, and it is only a matter of time when Atlantic liners will be able to take on their cargo at Du uth. thus bringing the North Dakota farmers within 300 miles practically of the tide water. It is a difficult thing for any person to comprehend the development that I is going on without actually visiting the state. Hundreds of towns have sprung into existence within the past two years, where before were only miles upon miles of prairie And there is nothing of a mushroom or "boom” character about these towns. The way they are piling up wealth In North Dakota is another thing that few people are cognizant of, and yet the figures are interesting and impressive. It is not any more the land we are used to hearing about as burdened by mortgages. The mortgages have been paid off, and now the farmers have money in the bank. In 1960 the state had only twenty- ; seven national banks, with a deposit of *5,039,730. In 1906 the state had 120 national banks, with a deposit of *10.135,782. ( In addition it has 186 state banks, . and the deposits in these are undoubedly in excess of those in the national banks. This is a pretty good gain, and yet the last census gave the state the 1 honor of being the wealthiest in the union and the one with he largest in- ’ come per capita according to population. Here is another little pointer about ! the state. The total value of its prop- ; erty is more han *l,ooo,Qvu.OOu- Without a single city of the first class, according to eastern standards, it has thirty-six shippiug points on one railroad alone, the freight receipts of which exceed *106,000 a year a piece. This indicates how wealth is being accumulated.—June Bonds and Mort- ; gages. See L. E. Watson, Diet manager for further particulars.

There is Pleasure In Op to Date Fishing Tackle The fellows who African STEEL Z — " V "V that touches jheir arehec oming bast” and brag ... k each Vear. about quantity re- . lJvij C „„ a li un? We can please all gardiess of qnali- / ~ tfo7 fah caught. tin ' is 01 are out of har- — with our liM__oj Fishing Tackle SGhafer Hardware 60~ have vol ordered your COAL IF NOT IT IS TIME, We have the best of all kinds at the right price. HARD COAL from the SCRANTON MINES. If you want SOFT COAL take a look at BLACK NANCY. THE PRIDE OF VIRGINIA—new to this market. DON’T FORGET US WHEN YOU WANT Building /Material ANYTHING NECESSARY FOR HOUSE OR BARN Decatur Lumber Co. Decatur, Ind., July io, 1907. Special Fifteen Days K r - Annual Clearance Sale 1 *1 For the next fifteen days the Keher Incubator Company will conduct their annual clearance sale of their _ “ y famous Keller Incubators and Brooders, at the priees here named ’ ■'■■„ f ur the number of machines here mentioned, or as long as these machines last: Seventeen 120-Egg Incubators, Catalogue price *lB. While they 1a5t.*12.50 , Eight 170-Egg Incubators, Catalogue price *22.00 15-00 , Five 200-Egg Incubators, Catalogue price *25.00 18.75 ; Six 100-Chick Broders, Catalouge price *12.00. While they last at .. 7.50 , Four 200-Chick Brooders, Catalogue price *16.00 10.00 One 300-Chick Brooder, Catalogue price *20.00 14.00 The above prices are for the machines here mentioned, and we make these bargain prices for the purpose of getting things shaped up for our , next years’ product, which we hope to be able to begin the manufacturing , of by the time these 15 days are up. Now is your opportunity to get one of t these famous Keller Incubators and Brooders at prices that cannot be equal- . led anywhere for a high class machine. These prices are good only for I the time above stated, or while this number of machines lasts. Each ani - every machine guaranteed new and to be as repreaented. I Address all orders to The Keller Incubator Company, • Box F. Decatur. Indiana, U. S. A.

i RURAL ROUTE TEN. Boys get your bells ready, a wed- - ding will occur soon. ' Miss Orpha Jacobs was called to f the bedside of her sister, Mra. Ollie Jacobs, at Maryland, who is in a very serious condition. Mr. and Mrs. Azie Tucker spent 1 Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry i Smith and family. j , Mrs. George Dellinger who has been ' seriously Hl for the past few weeks, is reported some better. Mr. Samuel Shepherd visited his t sister. Mrs. Philip Summers last Sunn day. - Miss Tiny and Nellie Lammiman _ were the guests of Mrs. M. Stevley and family Sunday. f Preaching services at North Plasant , Valley was largely attended last Sun--5 day evening. There will be an ice cream social at tne North Pleasant Valley church r Saturday evening. August 3. Everybody cordially invited.

C O ft L Feed and Seeds Peninsular Portland Cement Gypsum Bock Wall Plaster We make a specialty of furnishing HIGH GRADE CLEAN COAL that will burn. "" I J. D. HAI * PIIOXI* » Cor. Jefferson and 2nd Sts. The Eagle Saloon Madison street, north of Court Hout* L. L. BHELINE, Proprietor . Best liquors, fine winse and cigarsgive us a call.