Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 207

COURT HOUSE NEWS Quiet Title Case was Filed Today MACADAM ROAD BONDS SOLD Issue of $12,680 Goes to Old Adams Courty Bank at Par, the Only Bidders. Nancy Passwater has filed suit against Thomas W. Passwater and twelve others and the unknown heirs of several of them to quiet title in a forty acre tract of land located in Blue Creek township and which she purchased in 1861 from one Moses Hemrick. Schtfrger and Smith are attorneys for the plaintiff. The jury commissioners, H. P. Moltz of this city and L. L. Dunbar of Linn Grove will probably meet tomorrow or next day to draw the jury for the September term. County Treasurer Lachot at ten o’clock this morning, as advertised, offered for sale the bonds of the East Jefferson Macadam road in Jefferson township. Only one bid was filed, that being by the Old Adams county bank, who offered par, $12,680, for the issue. Their offer was duly accepted. The recent advance in money values has caused a slow sale for road bonds. A few months ago they were eagerly sought after and good sized premiums were offered, but its different now. Another cause is the fact that other counties are pushing the macadam road business and the market is overflooded with this class of bonds. o_ THEY RAISE THE FILTHY WEED Jay County Getting Famous in Raising T obacco. Jay county is coming to the front as a tobacco county. This year several farmers south of Redkey put out trial patches of the weed and are now being offered about S2OO per acre for the crop. Harvey Dull has 10 acres, Andrew Reynolds 5 acres, Phil Barger 5 acres and John Simpson at Fairview, 10 acres. The stock is over five feet high and the leaves very broad and long. Several buyers have been over the fields and say the soil Is best ever found for manufacturing tobacco. Next year there will be a large crop raised and a cigar factory may be located at Redkey. —Portland Review.

STRUCK BY ENGINE Cash Andrews the Loser of Three Horses INSTANTLY KILLED ON TRACKS Wandered on to Clover Leaf and Was Struck by Early Morning East Bound Train. \ Cash M. Andrews, a well known farmer living on the old Stoneburner farm near Peterson, lost three valuable horses Saturday morning when they strayed onto the Clover Leaf tracks and were struck by the east bound five o'clock train. The three animals were instantly hurled into eternity causing a loss of several hundred dollars. A committee called by the section boss appraised the loss at SSOO. Mr. Andrews will demand a settlement from the railroad because of the fact that they had no cattle guards at this point and failing to secure satisfactory payment will probably bring suit. Mr. Andrews valued the horses at even more than the appraised estimate and can hard!) replace them for that amount. — HARRY STRAUB IS IN JAIL. Harry Straub has again landed behind the bars. It will be remembered that he was arrested some time ago for assault and battery. He was released with the understanding that he was to pay the fine that was imposed as he could make the money. Straub paid part of the fine, but has let the remainder go unnoticed, consequently he will remain with Sheriff Meyer for six days and thus satisfy the demands of the law.

BIG PAPERS FEEL THE STRIKE - - , <* Their Daily Issues Contain Few Sen. sational Items. A casual glance at the head lines of any big city daily paper will convince the reader that something is wrong. The headlines are to be seen in any number, but the matter is very tame according to the way the men on the big paper look at the situation. There are very few references made to any sensational news, but essays on farms that pay, raising bees for profit, how to shear sheep, rid hogs of flees, keep lice out of chicken coops, how to get a bigger yield of potatoes to the acre than wheat, how to manage the market and many other kindred subjects are now dealt with. The big dailies are carrying more local news to the outside world than ever before, all because a telegraph operator was fired in California when he held up business. The telegraph companies say they have the upper hand of the situation but the operators are still out and the companies are endeavoring to transmit messages by mail and express. In the meantime the American newspapers are afflicted with a dearth of live news which is heartrendering in the big offices.

LUMBER IS SCARCE The Price will Probably Never Go Down CHEAP LUMBER HAS PASSED Great Waste of Building Material Has Caused it to Increase Rapidly in Price. Will the price of lumber go down? Well informed men think not. Just now the government is investigating the lumber trust, but the prospect is that a reduction in the price of lumber to the consumer will not result from any action that may come as a result of the government’s investigation. If the country’s supply of timber had been conserved for the last fifty years; if the federal government hud adopted twenty-five years ago some such forest policy as it is now enforcing and if states had followed such an exampie set by the federal government lumber would today be selling for one-half what it costs the consumer. The danger now is that lumber —wood in all forms —will go to a considerably higher price in the years to come unless the policy of forest preservation and forest extension is carefully carried out by both the federal government and the several states. The forest lands of the United States are owned in three separate whys: First, by the government of the United States, to which belongs the national forests; second, by some of the states, and third, by private owners. The private forest lands exceed in area those of the states and the federal government combined. As a rule the privately owned forest lands have fallen into hands of monopolistic concerns which are not likely to take any steps toward preservation, reforesting or extension. It is certain that the privately owned forests will sooner or later be gutted for the money there is in them. Some of them are being held back today with the exception that higher prices will yet prevail. So when one considers the supply of timber and the increasing demand for it it becomes plain that lower prices for lumber are not to be expected. Rapidly as the population of the United States has increased, the lumber consumption has increased more rapidly. According to the latest statistics, the United States is now using annually 400 board feet of lumber per capita, while the average for Europe is only sixty feet per capita. 1 J. S. Kellogg, of the forest inspection service, who has made a careful investigation of the timber supply of the United States, reaches the conclu- i sion that, the forest area of the coun- i try is sufficient, if rightly managed, < to produce eventually enough timber to supply every legitimate demand. I He argues that if the present forest : area is taken in hand there is no rea- 1 son why it should not some day be i brought up to the point of yielding an I annual increment of more than thirty i cubic feet an acre, which, he says, t would supply the quantity of timber s now consumed. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, August 27, 1907.

NO CLUE IS FOUND Fruitless Man Hunt for Ossian Man MR. TAYLOR CAN’T BE FOUND Man Well Known Here Has Been Absent Ten Days—Gravel Pit Wa s Dynamited. Yesterday Sheriff Lipkey went to Ossian to aid in the search of Cornelius Taylor, the demented man who mysteriously disappeared from near that place a week ago Saturday. For the last week every effort hag been made by his family to locate him but they have not been able to get eve a the slightest clue. The fact that a thorough hunt was to be made was given out Saturday and Sheriff Lipkey found about 150 men awaiting him at the interurban ■station. He immediately took charge of the crowd which he strung out for nearly a mile along the track with orders to keep about twenty feet apart and work slowly westward to an abandoned gravel pit about three miles from the railroad. Several men were appointed to take charge of the various crowds and the whole country in which it was though likely the missing man might be was carefully scoured. After all of the ground had been covered, it was decided to dynamite the abandoned gravel pit on the Prough farm. Three charges of the explosive were set off in the hole but they failed to reveal anything. The other pits in the vicinity will be dynamited tomorrow’. Several theories are afloat about Ossian as to the whereabouts of Taylor, but his family are inclined to believe that he either committed suicide in some out of the way place or went to Harrisville, 111., where he worked at one time. It is thought that more circulars, bearing the man’s picture, will be sent all over the surrounding country, so that if he is still alive there will be no chance for him to go much farther and lead to his capture. —Bluffton Banner. o In a letter from some of the Oden colonists it was stated that Friday and Saturday a terrible storm visted that, resort. Two launches were upset and swamped. When the letter was sent the storm was still raging.— Bluffton Banner.

THE OPENING NIGHT / Vaudeville Week at Bosse Opera House LARGE CROWDS IN ATTENDANCE Every Act a Special Feature and the Audience Were Delighted—Continues All Week.

The vaudeville show at the opera house last night was well attended, and everybody went away well pleased. The dainty little Primrose Sisters were well received and responded to several encores. Mr. Louis Holthouse pleased the audience by his vocal solo (illustrated song) Louis is certainly there with the goods. Ed Norton, the great black-face comedian caught the audience right from the start and kept them in a constant uproar by his funny sayings. The Great Cunninghams, Bob and Daisy, were well received. Their funny sketch held the ‘audience spellbound for 20 minutes. They are cretainly a good pair of funmakers, and their fun factory could work overtime if necessary. The Fantastic LaDeiles, Fred, Clifford. Hazel and Mildred, were certainly well received, and surprised quite a number of the audience that had never seen their act. Mr. LaiDelle this year carries his own special scenery and electrical effects, together with all new working paraphernalia. His son Clifford and his two little daughters, Hazel and Mildred, are great accessories to his act and the family make a fine 1 stage picture. His act alone is worth the price of admission. The picture , man showed his ail right. The show ' as a whole is well balanced and be- . speak for them a good week’s business.

REUNION OF FORTY-SEVENTH It Will Be Held in this City on October 9th. The twenty-fifth annual reunion of the forty-seventh regiment Indiana Volunteers will occur in this city on October 9. There are but eight or nfoe x>f tt#ie fortjy'seventh boys in Decatur, Wells and Wabash counties having the largest percentage of the surviving members of this famous regiment. A program for the day will be made later, and which will include a patriotic address by a local speaker. However, it does not take much of a program to entertain the boys who wore the blue during that memorable and critical time. o A LITTLE POLITICAL GOSSIP. The democratic list of candidates for governor promises to be increased this week if rumor be true, by the announcement of the candidacy of Charles Girard Conn, of Elkhart, and Frank F. Hering, of South Bend, both of whom have had the matter under consideration. Mr. Conn served one term in congress during the first Cleveland administration, while Mr. Hering has made two races for congress in the Thirteenth district, against Congressman Brick.

THE ENTRY LIST Many Fast Horses Entered for Races RAIN WAS A WELCOME ONE Grounds are Beautiful and Everything is in Readiness for Tomorrow’s Opening. The displays of merchandise are complete. Every' pen in the stock buildings are filled with sleek, fat hogs, horses, cattle and sheep. The poultry pens are overflowing, the Midway is a busy scene, the race track is in excellent candition, the race horses in fettle form, the ticket men and police are at their posts and everything is in readiness for tomorrow morning, when occurs the real opening of the biggest of all the Great Northern Indiana fair. It will be children’s day and the crowd is sure to be one of the largest ever present on the first day. The rain last, night was delightful, necessary and greatly appreciated by the association. It laid the dust, brightened the trees and grass and the park appeared more beautiful than ever this morning. If one thinks the fair this year is not the best ever, he should change his mind and at once. All day’ hundreds have visited the grounds and every one speaks in highest terms of the bright outlook. We have mentioned the various attractions ferquently and all our readers know the features of the big events, shows, races, ball games, etc. The awarding of premiums will begin tomorrow’ morning. The entry lists for the week is:

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28. 2:24 Trot. Lottie MJ. A. Schuster Laura DavenportH. K. Towbridge Ithuriel KingO. W. Hale Equor A. C. Hardison Bob B. E. Wilson 2:19 Pace. Fred PatchenH. K. Towbridge Birth Mark Mack Geath Silver Ore Foley Bros. Marie King Henry Mibro Blue Fornian T. Rarick Lady Hamilton C. W. Hate Black Maid John Rex Stephen DecaturJ. W. Stephens LectionL. H. McLean THURSDAY, AUG. 29. 2:19 Trot. Lottie MJ- A. Schuster Laura Davenport... .H. K. Towbridge Birdie Gallant W. W. Holmes Bob ... B. E. Wilson High Henry N. Clark 2:15 Pace. Blue Fornian T. Rarick Lady HamiltonC. W. Hale Stephen DecaturJ. M. Stephens Main Line Pearl CoastmanJ. S. Numan (Continued on page 2.)

A DOUBLE TRACK Will be Improvement on Clover Leaf FROM TOLEDO TO ST. LOUIS Made Necessary by New Business Following Purchase of Chicago and Alton Railroad. The purchase by the Clover Leaf of the Chicago and Alton, is one of the greatest surprises in railroad circles in recent years and by making the purchase the Clover Leaf has taken a place in the front rank of the great railroad corporations of the country. The announcement is not based on mere rumor, for T. P. Shonts, who is not only president of the Clover Leaf, but the head of the New' York interborough system, admits that it is true, although it is explained that the sale of the Alton to the Clover Leaf is tentative, and that the conclusion of the deal is contingent only upon the government’s granting immunity to the Alton system In return for the evidence furnished concerning the rebates granted the Standard Oil company, upon which Judge Landis based the normous penalty recently imposed upon that corporation. “The story of the tentative purchase of the control of the Chicago and Alton by the Clover Leaf is true," said vice president Ross. “All the details of the negotiations were worked out some time ago, and all that remains is for the actual sale to be made. “The control of the Alton by the Clover Leaf means that the additional tonnage handled by the Clover Leaf will be enormous, because the combination of the mileage of the two systems will give the Clover Leaf important connections in the west and northwest heretofore beyond its reach. The handling of additional tonnage has already been made possible by the improvements on the line between Toledo and St. Louis, but if the present deal goes through it will probably be necessary to double track the entire Clover Leaf road in a short time.

Jonathan Kelly, of Van Buren, was . a caller in our city today and left i this morning for Geneva, where he will be the guest of friends and relatives for several days. MRSrSTEELEDEAD Life of Another Lady Pioneer is Ended HERE SEVENTY-THREE YEARS Her Father Was One of the Old e st and Wealthiest Land Owners of this Section in His Time. Mrs. Washington Steele, the aged mother of Williard Steele, and one of the pioneer women of the county, died at seven o’clock last evening at her home at the park. Had she lived until today she would have been seven-ty-five years old. For some time she has suffered from Bright’s disease, and other ailments common to old age, but her trouble only assumed a serious stage during the past few days. Death finally relieved her last evening. Mrs. Steele, whose maiden name was Polly Zimmerman, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1832. When she was

two years old she came with her parents and six brothers and sisters to this county, her father locating in an old log house up the river about a half mile from the David Studabaker farm. Her father was a pioneer of the real sort, and kept adding to his claim until at the time of his death he owned more than 1,600 acres, which was divided among the children. Mrs. Steele was married April 3, 1853, to Washington Steele, who died a few years ago. Four children were born to them, two sons and two daughters. Mrs. Steele was a kind old lady, and beloved by many who knew her. The I funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock from the Methodist ehurch In this city.

WOMEN USE TAR AND FEATHERS Apply it Liberally to Habitual Drunkards in lowa Town. Bayard, lowa, Aug. 27. —Bayard is worked up to high pitch of excitement and the entire town is speculating as to the idenity of a gang of women whitecaps who administrated a coat of tar and feathers to six drunks picked up in the streets. As the climax of a bitter prohibition fight, a town drunkard received a sticky coat last week and the ultimatum was sent broadcast that similar treatment would be the portion of every man who allowed himself to become intoxicated. The women have banded together in a law and order league, and it is said that more than half the wives and daughters of the town belong. Pickets sighted the wabbling men, they were quickly surrounded by a good-sized crowd of veiled women and hustled off to a convenient spot. After summary treatment the men were sent home with a promise of similar punishment if they got drunk again. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winteregg returned to their home at Berne this morfnlng after Visiting with Sam Schindler and family over night. They arrived here last night from Grabill, Indiana.

A GREAT COUNTRY Mexico Rapidly Coming to the Front THE CLIMATE IS GREAT Advantages There a'e Many and the Opportunities Good for Investors. Americans in general have a very distorted idea of conditions existant in Mexico. Few people, who have not spent some time in the neighboring republic, know that life and property are as safe there as here, and that the opportunities offered to an enterprising person are by far greater than in our own country. Magazine and newspaper articles written by tourists, who spend a few days or weeks in the country, are largely responsible for this general ignorance of true conditions. Climatic•ally' speaking, nearly the entire republic is ideal. The larger cities are all on the tablelands, ranging from 4,000 to 8,500 feet above the sea level. This elevation is sufficient to prevent any extremes of temperature and the rapid changes so well known in Indiana are unheard of in Mexico.

The city of Oaxaca, the capital of the state of the same name, is said by authorities to enjoy as nearly a perfect climate as can be found in the w’orld. The temperature ranges between 60 and 75 degrees the year around, seldom going below or above those marks. In fact it may be said that Oaxaca enjoys all the advantages of both the temperate and torrid zones without their respective disadvantages. Oaxaca is a city of 40,000 people about 300 miles south of Mexico City. It is in the heart of one of the most wonderful mineral countries on the continent and is rapidly becoming the metropolis of the richest portion of the country. The entire country is very well policed and there is a much smaller percentage of lawlessness than in the United States. The gendarme (policeman) is a familiar figure in every Mexican tow’n or city being stationed on each corner. A day and night force prevent even the slightest infraction of the law. The rural districts are policed by mounted officers known as “rurales,” their efficient work have made them famous the world over.

The people are divided in three great classes known as the upper, middle and lower classes. The upper is composed for the most part of the landed members of society. The middle class is formed of that portion of the population who have enough education to hold the ordinary positions in mercantile enterprises, while the lower class are those who do all of the manual labor. The upper class are very well educated. invariably speaking one or more languages Other than their own and are in every way the equal of other nationalties. The middle class are hard working people, pleasant to meet and always polite and respectful. The members of the lower class are employed in menial capacites entirely. [They have little or no education, but are hard workers and never quarrelI some. | Paul Wooten.

Price Two Cents

MONEY MARKET Eastern Bankers Draw a Breath of Releif INTERESTED IN JOINT DEBATE Both Bryan and Beveridge Discuss Labor—An Order Against Mail Ord e r Houses. Washington, August 27. —It is expected at the United States treasury that the bank call issued yesterday will help to ease up the money market through the east, where there is still something of a pinch. In anticipation of a call most of the banks built up their reserves in order to be prepared to make a good showing on call day. Immediately following a call they make a practice of letting out a good deal of this money that has been temporarily tied up. This call was looked for two or three weeks ago and toward the latter part of last week some of the banks got restless because it was not issued. Washington, August 27. —John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, while here attending the meeting of the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor, expressed much interest in the joint debate between William J. Bryan and Senator Beveridge on “Labor,” which appears in the September number of the Reader magazine. Mr. Mitchell occupies the position of a non-partisan-critic for he declares that he CannCfr see “that legislation to relieve the wrongs and conserve the rights of workingmen is dependent on the success of any political party.” Washington, August 27. —The postoffice department is determined to put a stop to the abuses of the sample copy privilege extended to the publishers of the country. These abuses come mostly from the large mail order houses and from fake publications no legitimate publisher is going to be injured. o Rev. J. H. Curry and wife left on the 5:45 via Erie for Coshocton, Ohio, to attend conference. After conference they expect to be gone on indefinite time visdting relatives and friends at Columbus, Ohio, that place being their former home. Enroute home they will stop at Urbana, Ohio, to visit with relatives there.

DOING BUSINESS Decatur Packing Com- | pany Well Equipped PAY HIGH PRICE FOR STOCK Decatur Market for Cattle and Hogs is Bound to be the Best, While the rough edges and kinks have not all been straightened, yet the Decatur Packing company are fast getting on their feet and will soon be in position to test the capacity of their plant. Few people here realize the volume of business that this concern can and will do, and in addition it creates a market for cattle and hogs that will be unsurpassed in this section of the country. Even now they are crying for more marketable hogs and will pay the price to get. them. Farmers should begin to acquaint themselves with the Decatur Packing c<. ’pany, and also with the needs and requirements of their institution. They are already daily making shipments, and these shipments will be increased as they grow older in a new Decatur Enterprise. Yesterday they slaughtered thirty-five hogs and these were shipped and sold to the home markets. The Fort Wayne and Springfield company have placed an order for a refrigerator car. which will be used exclusively by the Decatur Packing company. This will enable them to reach nearly every city around here, which they propose to do. In the meantime farmers, both far and near, should raise lots of stock. The company desire us to emphasize the fact that they will pay the highest market price.