Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1908 — Page 4

■ ■ ■ DEMOCRAT ■ ■ WANT COLUMN. ■ ■■■BBiaiiiaaasa WANTED FOR SALE CHEAP—Two fresh cows Also one driving mare in foal by the famous stallion Wane. A. M. Fisher 48 fit FOR SALE THRESHING OUTFIT FOR SALE— I have a threshing outfit, consisting of one 18-horse power New Huber engine one 32 54 Huber Separator, complete outfit, run one season, will sell for 31.600. or will sell separate. A. W. Werling, Preble, Ind.. P. O. Box 55. 19-30 t FOR SALE —Horse. Buggy. Phaeton. harness, robe, blanket. Will sell on nine months time without interest. R. K. Erwin. 33-12 t FOR SALE —Home made bread, cakes and cookies. Inquire R W. Poling, west Adams street Phone 344. 45 6t LOST AND FOUND LOST—A gold bracelet with initials of F. M. engraved on the outside between the Park hotel and central school building. Return to this office and receive reward. FOUND—Ladies' brown kid glove. Inquire at this office. FOUND —A small amount of n? wy Owner may have same by inquiring of Marshal Bohnke and desc*it>mg same. FOR RENT FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, furnace heated and electric lights. Inquire at 347 Mercer avenue. HAWKS’ BURDOCK Creates apettte. purifies the blood, cures rheumatism, kidney, bladder and stomach troubles. Large one dollar size bottles for 35 cents. For sal* by Holthouse Drug Co. eodMaylß o _ To stop that pain In the back, that stiffness o the joints and muscles, take Pineules. They are guaranteed Don’t suffer from rheumatism, backache, kidney trouble, when you get 30 days’ treatment for 31.00. A single dose at bedtime proves their merit. Get them today. Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY BIG

Hello! Mr. Purchaser are you aware of the fact that there are two essential points, when it comes to buying, namely Quality and Price? If not, don’t you think jou had better wake up and in the future make these two points vour motto? The policy of our store has been and always will be "The best Quality of goods for the least money” and in so saying we think we ar e able to substantiate our argument with facts. Every one during these times are looking for the best goods for the least money, and no one can blame you, for it is business. Our store is filled with goods of the best quality and we know that we con save you money, if you will only let us. Call and look our line over and be satisfied for yourself, that w e know what we are talking about, and make us prove IL Gay & Zwick FuueralDirectors, ’Phone 61

Why don’t you smoke the “Perscription Cigar?” That’s a fair question. Why don't you? Yes, sir! We repeat it—Why don’t you? Others smoke them ar-d like them. Because they are just a little better than any other 5c cigar on the market. Make us prove it. The Holthouse Drug Co F. M. SCHIRMEYER is prepared to make LOANS PROMPTLY oh Farm Mortgages at —s—- — CENT INTEREST

In advance. When such plans are •trade we shall find that. Instead of Interfering, one use can often be made to assist another. Each river system, from its beadwaters In the forest to its mouth on the coast, !s a single unit and should be treated ss such. Navigation of the lower reaches of a stream can not b* fully developed without the control of floods and low waters by storage and drainage. Navigable i-hanneis are directly concerned with the protection of source waters, and with soil erosion which takes the materials for bars and shoals from the richest positions of our farms. The use of a stream for domestic and municipal water supply, for power, and In many eases for irrigation must also be taken Into full account for Nation*! Defense. The development of our Inland waterways will have results far beyond the immediate gain to commerce. Peep channels along the Atlantic and Gnlf coasts and from the Gulf to the Great latkes wilt have high value for the national defense. The use of waterpower will measurably relieve the drain upon our diminishing supplies of coak and transportation by water instead of rail only will tend to conserve our iron. Forest protection, without which river improvement cannot be permanent, will at the same time help to postpone the threatened timber famine, and will secure ns against a total dearth of timber by providing for the peqsetn.it 4 on of the remaining woodlands. Irrigation will create the means of livelihood for millions of people, and supplies of pure water will powerfully promote the public health. If the policy of waterways improvement here recommended is carried out. It will affect for good every citizen of the Republic. The National Government must play the leading part in securing the largest possible use of our waterways; other agencies can assist and should assist but the work Is essentially national in its scope. What Congress Should Do. The various uses of waterways arf now dealt with by Bureaus scattered through four federal liepartments. At present therefore, it is not possible to deal with a river system as a single problem. Bnt the Commission here recommends a policy under which all the commercial and industrial uses of the waterways may be developed at the same time. To that end. Congress should provide some administrative machinery for coordinating the work of the various Departments so far as it relates to waterways. Otherwise there will not only be delay, but the people as a whole will fail to get from our streams the benefits to which they are justly entitled. The Commission recognizes that the eost of Improving our inland waterways will be large, but far less than would be required to relieve the congestion of traffic by railway extension. The benefits of such improvement will be .large also, and they will touch the

We Repair anything that is repairable, and can sell you any electrical fixture or appliance and do any kind of Electrical work. When you want it done see W. G. SPENCER 214 Monroe St. ’Phone 474 PICTORIUM Charlie Paints. M.jgic Drawing Room. Song—“ All for You." |2.50 in gold will be git an away by Stoneburner every Monday evening to the holding the lucky number. Find missing word in this ad and get 5 tickets. JNO. STONEBURNER, Prep.

daily life of our people at every point ■siting the interests of all the States and sections of our country. The cost and the benefits should be equitably distributed, by cooperation with the States and the communities, cor poratious. and individuals beneflcally affected. I heart:ly concur in the Commission's recommendation to this end. Such cooperatroa should result in united effort in carrying out the great duty of improving our Inland waterways. While we delay, our rivers remain unused, our traffic Is period: -ally congested, and the material wealth and natural resources of the country related to waterways are being steadily absorbed by great monopolies. Schemes of Corporations. Among these monopolies, as the report of the Commission points out. there is no other which threatens, or has ever threatened, such intolerable Interference with the daily life of the people as the consolidation of companies controlling water power. I call your special attention to the attempt of the power corporations, through bills introduced at the present session, to escape from the possibility of Government regulation in the interest of the people. These bills are Intended to enable the corporations to take possession in perpetuity of national forest lands for the purposes of their business. where and as they please, wholly without compensation to the public. Yet the effect of granting such privileges, taken together with rights already acquired under States laws, would be to give away properties of enormous value. Through lack of foresight we have formed the habit of granting without compensation extremely valuable rights amounting to monopolies on navigable streams and on the public domain. The repurchase at great expense of water rights thus carelessly given away without return has already begun in the East, and before long w-.ii be necessary in the West also. No rights involving water power should be granted to any corporations in perpetuity, but only for a length of time sufficient to allow them to conduct their business profitably. A reasonable charge should of course be made for valuable rights and privileges which they obtain from the National Government The values for which this charge is made will ultimately, through the natural growth and orderly development of oar population and industries, reach enormous amounts. A fair share of the increase should be safeguarded for the benefit of rlia gjgcuie. fnmi ■ laLor springs. TUe proceejs fr.ns after the cost of administration and improvement has been met shonld naturally be devoted to the development of our inland waterways. Valuable Natural Aaset. The report justly c*Ks attentiontothe fact that hitherto our national policy has been one of almost unrestricted disposition and waste ot natural resources, and emphasizes the fundamental necessity for conserving these

MISSING WORD CONTEST

A Small Boy can ask questions that will make a wise man f eel foolish. But Here’s a Question that the wayfaring man though a fool need not err in answering: What store heats all stores in making Bargains in high grade goods at low grade prices? Here’s An Answer WINNES SHOE STORE The Shoers

Netting Ail sizes and htiighths from 1 foot to 6 faet in height We have a fine large stock of Ward Fence Co’s Poultry fence in stock, 4 ft., 5 ft., and 6 ft., in height. SCHAFER'S Up-to-date Hardware Store

Time Will Tell Time proves all things, and will prove the wisdom of having your property INSURED against loss by fire. DO IT TODAY. Gallogly & Lower

resources upon which our present and fntnre success as a nation primarily rests. Running water is a most valuable natural asset of the people, anfl there is urgent need for conserving It for navigation, for power, for Irrigation. and for dosuesUe and municipal supply. The Commission was appointed to obtain information concerning ocr waterways as related to the general welfare. Much work -as done, vet more rema ns to be done before a plan for their development ean be prepared in detaiL We need additional information on the flow of our streams, the condition of channels, the amount and cost of water traffic, the requirements for terminals, the area in each watershed which should be kept under forest, and the means of preventing soil-waste and the consequent damage to our rivers But it is neither necessary nor desirable to postpone the beginning of the work until all the facta are obtainable We have suffered heavily tn the past from the lack of adequate transportation facilities. and unless a beginning is made promptly we shall suffer still more heavily in the future. Mississippi Iccp of Sea. Being without funds or an expert staff, the Com miss on has confined itself to principles affecting the whole problem and the entire country. Ils rvport is a plea. In the light of actual facts, for simplicity and directness in dealing with the great problem of our inland waterways in the interest of the people. It submits bo specific plans or recommendations concerning even the most important projects. The first of these of course concerns the Mississippi and its tributaries, whose commercial development will directly affect half our people. The Mississippi should be made a loop of the sea and work upon it should be begun at the earliest possible moment. On'y less important is the Atlantic innet passage, parts of which are already under way. The inner passages along the Gulf coast should be extended and connected with the Atlantic waters. The need for the developing of the Pacific coast rivers is not less pressing. Our people are united in su-port of th? immediate adoption of a progressive policy of inland waterway development. Hitherto our national policy of inland waterway development has been largely negative. No single agency has been responsible under the con gress for making the best use of our rivers, or for exercising foresight in their development. In the absence of a comprehensive plan, the only safe policy was one of repression and procrastination. Frequent changes of plan and piecemeal execution of projects have aHI I further hampered improvement. A channel Is no deeper than Its shallowest reach, and to improve a river short of the point of effective navigability is a sheer waste of all its costs. In spite of large appropriations fre- their Improvement.

’ CONDITIONS OF CONTEST: I In several of the advertisements on this page there has been a word left out purposely. Read each ad carefully and see if you can find the missing words. To the first person who finds those and brings or sends them to the Democrat office we will give one dollar in cash. Write on one side of the paper, giving the word and the name of the firm from which the word was missing. Write your name and address plainly on the paper. Seal in a plain envelop and bring or mail it to Miss Pearl Burdg the Missing Word Editor Democrat. Don’t telephone. No answer will be received before 7:30 o'clock a. m. on day following the publication of these advertisements. No winner today—s3.oo tomorrow.

Do you know that we handle the finest line of Buggies and Surreys in the city, brands as the Studebaker, Echart, Laporte, the feenuine Moyer and other good makes. Come and look over our line and be convinced. Laman & Lee

our rivers are less serviceable for interstate commerce today than they were half a century ago, and in spite of the vast increase in our population and commerce they are ou the whole less used. Definite «m«l Progressive Policy. The first condition of successful development of our waterways is a definite and progressive policy. Th’ second is a concrete general plan, prepared by the best experts availab’*, covering every use to which oui streams can be put. We shall not succeed until the responsibility for administering the policy and executing and extending the plan is definitely laid on one man or group of men who can be held accountable. Every portion of the general plan should consider and so far as practicable secure to the people the use of water for power, ir- ! rtgation. and domestic supply as well as for navigation. No project should be begun until the funds necessary to complete ft promptly are provided, and no plan once under way should be changed except for grave reasons. Work once begun should be prosecuted steadily and vigorously to completion. We must make sure that projects are not ndertalcen except for sound business reasons, and that the best modern business methods are applied In executing them. The decision to undertake any project shonld rest on actual need ascertained by investigation and judgment of experts and on its rela-| tion to great river systems ar to the general plan, and never on mcr« clamor. The improvement of our nland waterways can and should be made to pay for itself so far as practicable i from the incidental proceeds from water-power and other uses. Navigation should of course be free. But the greatest return will come from the increased commerce, growth, and prom perity of our people. For this we have already waite I too long. Adequate funds should be provided, by bond issue if necessary, and the work should be delayed no longer. The development of our waterways and the conservation of our forests are the two most pressing physical needs of th« country. They are interdependent, and they shonld be met vigorously, together, and at once. The questions of organization, powers, and appropriations are now before the congress. There is urgent need for prompt and decisive action. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A Possibility. Old Nancy Doane was noted for the striking originality of some of her ex- \ pressions. One day she was talking about the utter inanity of another old ■woman in the neighborhood, and she ■aid: “I never see her beat! She'll lop down in a cheer, an’ there she’ll set an’ set an’ set, doin’ absolutely nothin’ ter hours an' hours, day after day. 'Pon my soul, I sh'd think she'd mildew!”

RIVERSIDE LUMBER YARDS Are you ready to hare us figure on bill of lumber that you expect to use this summer in making much needed repairs? If so we can at this time save you money, if you will let us. If y OU expect to build we would be glad to furnish you estimates free. See us at once. Kirsch, Sellemeyer & SOnS Decatur, Ind

The Best Insurance is that placed in a company who settle losses promptly. Ours do and we have proven it for years past. Let us write your policy. Graham & Scott We certainly appreciate your patronage Onr Motto is —“The Best Goods for the Least Money” FURNITURE anl undertaking Meyer Presdorf 4 Moses Day Phone 90. Night Phone 525,

m»aiaa>" an g THE MARKET J reports. J Accurate prices paid by Decatur. merchants for various products. Corrected every day at 2 o'clock EAST BUFFALO N T, Feb 26.— Market steady. _ _ J Prime steers Medium steers ' ; Stockers to best feeders.. 634 '•"> Receipts, hogs 40 cars; market steady. Mediums and heavies .... @M-T0 i Yorkers 634.70 Pigs I SHEEP i Best spring lambs 63750 . Wether sheep Cull*, slipped (;34.00 CHICAGO MARKETS. i July wheat May wheat j July corn ■ May corn 60*4 ■ July oats 64% I, May oats 52 j < PITTSBURG MARKETS. I Feb. 26 —Hog supply. 10 cars; mar- . ret steady. Heavies 634.60 Mediums 616.7® Yorkers 6 34 70 Light 616.70 ] Pigs 63650 ( I TOLEDO MARKETS. Cash wheat 98% May wheat 98% Cash corn 60 May corn . 61% Cash oats 53 May oats 53% ' I PRODUCE. By Decatur Produce Co. Butter 20c Eggs 18c | Fowls 8c Chicks 8c Ducks 7c Geeee 6c s Turkeys, young 12c ‘ Turkeys toms 9c 1 Turkeys, hens 9c ", HIDES. a By B. Kalver and Son. I Calf hides , 7c a Beef hides j c *

IMk Ji - sTC jßfe ? - CT c. 1 A DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU befoj ” y 1101 &PttillS ° Ur priCe6 where else? You are old C m6 ' cement ’ Plaster, coal, etc., somedifference tn quality . enoagh t 0 know th at there's a mighty lot of as there is il teaXffi Tt 1 th * ference i n the prices, too thel * 8 al’ays more or less dis Then, as you can always mt est prices, why aren't you making aßd best here ’ at the !ow where we sit, it look= like & miStake by not baying here. From Tn’t P., ’ 4 . ’ Wefe P"® 111 * “P a good thing. I . old<,!ctlest »« TELEPHONE™ LUMiE » COMPANY — — DECATUR INDIANA

Did You Ever pleased look in your ‘ feS Uce wh « you tell her you Series Fred Mills store? There’s a reason and a good one—our lt ne is always fresh and clean. The ladies know it. ’Phone 88 . fREOV. MILLS Grocer ’Phone 88. ~~>r received -- Boots They - * fresh from the factory N ° W 13 tte time * set a pair ™ twice as long as ordinary boots. J. H. Voglewede 4 Son . °PP°«ite Court ,H OT .

, Tallow 4e Sheep pelts 25c©|1.00 Mink Se©33so Muskrat &c@2Bc Coon l°c@3i 25 , Skunk -••[email protected] DECATUR GRAIN MARKET. Niblick and Company. ; Eggs ..IBe > "Butter go,. ' Yellow ear corn 3 79 Mixed ear corn White oats .47 Wheat so Rye .65 Barley .65 Timothy seed 1.79 Prime red clover 2059 Alsyke 850 o PRICES ON COAL. By Girt Reynolds. Furnace coal 37 59 , UTieetnut coal 50 Hocking Valley 4.00 Brazil block 4.25 West Virginia splint 4.59 Massillon lump 4.50 Wash nut 4.00 o KEEPING OPEN HOUSE. Everybody is welcome when we feel good: and we feel that way only when our digestive organs are working properly. Dr. King’s New Life Pills regulate the action of stomach, liver and bowels so perfectly one can’t help feeling good when he uses these pills. 25c at Page Blackburn drug store o — HAD LOST HOPE. L. G. Botkin, Paris. Ky.. say a: “I had no hopes of saving my bogs, as some of them could not eat. I drench'd them with Bourbon Hog Cholera Remedy and did not lose a hog." Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o GREAT SUCCESS. F. P Clay. Jr., Faris, Ky., says: “I have had great success with Bourbon Poultry Cure. On several occasions have cured chickens that were too sick to walk or stand up. Have lost but one old chicken this vear.” Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS. PAY BIG — oNEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor. Me . speaking of Electric Bitters, says: “It is a neighborhood favorite here with us.” It gives qulcX relief in dyspepsia. liver complaint, nervousness, weaknes sand general debility. Its action on the blood, as a thorough purifier makes it especially useful as a spring medicine. This grand alterative tonic is sold under guarantee at Page Blackburn drug store. 60c.

SAY A o you going to build this year* f so, it would pay you to look over our cement blocks, which are at P*esent being extensively used all over the country in the build■ng line, and ar e proving to be e real article; Make inquiries of the Decatur Cement Roof Q nd Block Company. Look! Here! Look! Look for the missing word. While °o : ug for the missing word, why ®°t look for an auctioneer that as graduated from all branches * auctioneering and will do your ] r successfully or no pay. NoahFrauhiger Preble, Indiana