Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat Published Every Evening, uuept Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM’I — ■ - Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 19 cents Per year, by carrier ss.'.‘) 1 Per month. by mail 25 cents " Per year, by mail $2.50! | Single copies 3 cents . Advertising rates mace known on application. ■; Entered at the postc2.ee at Decatur,; 1 Indiana, as second-class mail matter , J. H. HELLER. Manager. ' ■ BuS NESS AFFAIRS r OF THE CITY AND COLNTY Adams county is going some. Her ' tax rate for county purposes is the

lowest in the last quarter of a century, and among the lowest in the state, improvements considered. She is also out of debt While this is stretching the truth just a little, ytt she has the money available for the payment of every cent of her bonded indebted-! ness, and after January first this money will be set aside and will draw interest until paid out in the settlement of the last of our bonded debt We are all proud of such a record, and we congratulate those at the head of our county government for hastening the day when Adams county would clean the slate and free herself from the tangling alliances in paying bonds and interest. It is a clean slate.i There has been no robbing of Peter to pay Paul. AU the expenses of the county has been met. and there is ; not an outstanding unpaid order : agajast the county. Nine years ago there were twenty thousand dollars'] of these orders, and the bonded debt ( was forty-five thousand dollars, but it ; is all paid, and while the county '.ax . levy has never been excessive, still . it has been further reduced. It is due j solely to an economical administration of the affairs of the county, to < the good finacial and business man- 1 . agement of the business end of ourj county government, and we cotigrat- •

A List of Bargains Carefully read this st- It conta rs maay good locat or,* at reasoaable price*. We can offer you a large number of other properties, many o' which have just recently been put upon the marxet. By making invest.gallons. at once, you may sa.e money on you' purchase. The Snow Agency, - - Decatur, Indiana. Phone 230 IN ACRE LOTS. SMALL FARMS. ETC, ETC.

No. 777—As Acre and a quarter tract with good f-'.ur room house, cellar, fruit trees, stable, etc, on good public road SBSO-00 No. 7S8 —Is a one acre tract near the ! corporation, plenty of fruit, good story and a half house on traction line $1325X0 No. 787 —Is a well improved five acre tract within a half mile of Decatur, good water, story and half house.. $1,250.00

No. 7S3 —Is an eight and three quarter acre tract an public road, joins Decatur corporation has fair improvements $235040 No. 759 —is a well located 15% acre tract near the city, ordinary house, good barn, and some other buildings would accept good small property as part payment!.s3,ooo.oo No 743 —Is a fifteen acre tract well

We have also a la-ge number of other tracts at from $90.0C to $*25.00 an acre. And vacant city lots some on brick streets in good locations at reasonable prices.

No. 792 —Is a single stray residence • of six rooms on Market street, city > and cistern water, brick sidewalks, alley tot JSQC.uC No. 775—1 s a comfortable cottage on south Ninth street, good location.! •itoy tot - SBS=.CO No. 4«5 —Is a comfortable cotatge on north Third street, city and cistern water, electric lights, good sewerage. fifty feet frontage, good stable. etc 1625.03 No. 755 —A large convenient cottage

on Tenth street, near Madison street, brick sidewalk, city and cistern water, good sewerage. $1.000.00 No. 77$—Is a new fire room cottage on Line street, two porches, drove well, cistern, full lot, near traction line ... $1,15000 x»o. 73$ —Is a modern seven room story and a half residence on brick foundation in southeast Decatur, electric lights, etc. No. 80f Is a well arranged story and a half residence on water and gas ,

I ulate the officials in charge for their I efficiency. and we congratulate the I people and taxpayers in having them. Congratulations are also due the Decatur city council, as they too. are proving their business ability in more •ways than one. Notwithstanding the great inroads made upon the city debt, notwithstanding the payment of scores of accounts against the city, they chai • tenge the admiration of their friends I by a thirty cent reduction in the city | rate of taxa tic®. For the coming year the rate will stand at one dollar and fifty-seven cents, as against one dollar and eighty-seven cents which helped comprise the famous four-forty. With this thirty cents reduction the affairs of the city were never better or cleaner than they are at this day

and date. Whatever else may be said about the present members of the city 1 council. they have a clean bill of sale when it comes to taking care of the finances cf the city, and of transactI mg its business in a business way. ; There is co secret about the present city debt, or of the men who made it, ' or of the men who fostered it and per mitted it to grow in sire and volume. lof the men who spent the most o' , the money paying interest at the 10. . cal banks and permitted city orders to fioat and city bonds to go unpaid, of I the men who permitted the city credit ,to be entirely withdrawn and the city disgraced. This is all a matter of I city history, and the present council are entitled to the credit of redeeming it and making it possible to pay its debts. For the fiscal year ending Jun 39th last the postoffice department had a deficit of 329.99M99. The deficit the previous year was $16,090,990. Large numbers ot experts have been employed to find out what the trouble is. It is altogether probable that the deficit for the next year will show an increase, at least to the extent of the money paid out to the experts Democrat Want Ads. Pay

I improved on traction line, good tarn, comfortable house, good poultry farm $2,500.00 No. 806—Is a well located twenty-two acre tract near Decatur corporation. Is on main stone road, nice building sites, well fenced, tiled.- $2,100.00 No. 78 9—ls a well improved twentytwo acre tract about a mile and a half from Decatur, all new. and good buildings No. 794 —Is a well located €7 acre tract near Decatur cm stoned road.

Good land, wen drained, and some good buildingssllo.oo an acre No. 866 —Is a good eighty acre tract close to market, on stoned road, new large buildings, good water, etc.— at S9C.OC an acre No. 791—1 s a wen located eigh-y acre tract near traction line, oa stoned road, has at least SLSM.OO worth of good buildings at $62.53 an acre.

i lines, on traction line south, stable. I two full lots I No. 778 —A comfortable large cottage, ’ on good sewer, on south Tenth . street, good barn, drove well, fruit maple shade, etcs■’.7so.oo No. 785 —A well built seven room res- j idence on stone foundation in south j Decatur, on water and gas lines, i electric lights, etcs2,2oo-00 No. 752—A new well built story and. a half residence on north Third | street, cellar, electric lights, city |

water good sewerage, etc. .$2,300.00 No. 786—1 s a new seven room story' and a half residence, on traction I line, brick street, good cellar, stable. ’ etc. $2,756.00 No. 807 —Is an up-to-date ten room: residence on the brick street, about) three squares from the court house, I two cellars, hot and cold bath com- f plete, furnace, electric lights, goodj stable, plenty of fruit, weathered * oak and natural wood fiaah, is well . located and a desirable property $5,000.00

COUNCIL MEETING They Held Their Second Session Early this Morning SOME SPECIALS They Fixed the County Levy at Twenty-Eight Cents The Adams county council held their second session at an early hour this morning, approving their work of yesterday, ana tms placed the final seal upon their labors, and an immediate adjournment was taken. The special appropriations asked for and granted were for a bridge over the Mathias Miller ditch in Blue Creek township |7OO, Shoemaker abutments in Hartford and Wabash townships $1,250. Beery abutments in Kirkland and Washington townships $450, repair of the lob ditch bridge east of Geneva SSOO. repair of the Johnson bridge in Blue Creek township 37*. railing for the Linn Grove bridge $250, repair of the Romm bridge in east Washington township 3225. repair of the Friedheim bridge 5375, J W Shifferly bridge in Union and St Marys townships, public advertising $390, blacksmithing 325. repair at jail $75, winding clock $75. bridge and road repair $559. attorney for the poor $75. Em street sewer $17.59. Inspectors at the local option election $54, refund of liquor licenses $495.34. insane $228.25, miscellaneous $293 99, road grader $29. change of venue costs sljooo, water meter for the court house and jail $199. book type writer for the auditor $275, safe for the auditor's office $399. The finishing touches to the labors of the county council came in adopting the tax levy, which was dene by making the county levy twenty-eight cents, and gravel road repair ten :-rs The sinking fund levy was abolished entirely.

SICK A LONG TIME Fred Conrad of Ma gey. Died at Nine O’Clock this Morning WAS WELL KNOWN A Wife. Four Daughters and One Son Survive the Husband and Father After a chronic ailment covering a period of many years the death of ! Fred Conrad of Magiey, occurred at nine o'clock this morning. The de- ; ceased has lived in Magiey for a long itime and is well known by the popi ulation thereabouts, and during ail i this residence was a model man and ’ stood well with every one. During much of this time his health has been ailing, but he stood it bravely and seldom complained of the fates that ‘afflicted him. He leaves a wife, four daughters and one son. and besides them there are friends without number who mourn his death and the loss of a fearless and well tempered man. The funeral will occur from the Reformed church north of Magiey, and the Rev. Synder will officiate and speak work of encouragement and

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good cheer to those who survive and moan his death. Frederick Conrad was born in Germany. September 1. 1846. and at the time of death was sixty-one years and seven days old. The funeral services will be held from the Reformed charch. north of Magley, at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon o— BABE DIEO THIS MORMKG Twin Daughter cf Mr. and M-s. Simeon Bowers Dead —The Funeral. Naomi Florence, infant daughter of I Mr and Mrs. Simeon Bowers, of Kirkland township, died this morning at five o'clock after aa mness of about a week. The babe was one of a pair of twin girls, the pride of the home, and to add to the grief of the parents, the other babe is quite iIL Both children have suffered for a few days with summer ailment. Little Naomi breached her last today. The other babe is some better today, and there are hopes for her recovery. The funeral services will be held from the Beery church Thursday afternoon at 2:39 o'clock. ONE MORE CHANCE Curtis Johnson Sentenced to Prison, but Sentence Was Suspended COURT HOUSE NEWS A New Divorce Case —Two Marriage Licenses —Suit on Note Was Filed A new case filed by Hooper i Lenhart was Ruth Gariock vs. Harry E Gariock. suit for divorce They were married December 19, 1993, at Keystone. Indiana, and lived together until June. 1999, when the defendant abandoned his family. Creel and inhuman .treatment and drunkenness are also alleged A divorce and the custody of the five year old son are asked by Mrs Gariock. A morriag-a license was issued to Benjamin Rice, aged 21. son of David Rice of near Monumouth, to Bertha Bischoff, aged 17. Curtis Johnson, who has been in trouble so frequently during the past ten years, and who served a term at the reformatory has one more chance to evade prison. He was arrested several months ago for burglarizing th- west end saloon and spent the summer in jail Late Tuesday afternoon, he appeared before Judge Merryman and plead guilty. He was fined five dollars and costs and committed to the state prison at Mich-

igan City for a term of from one to eight years. Sentence, however, was suspended, so long as the young man refrains from the use of intoxicating liquors and otherwise behaves himself. He win have to report tt> the prison officials regularly and on his first offense will be sent to prison. If this punishment held over his head lor eight years don't reform him. nothing probably will.

The petition of Frederick and Elizabeth Affolder to adopt Luella A.older, a babe, was presented and granted the child being ordered adopted as prayed. Anna Holider vs. Edwin C. Holider et al, set for Tuesday, September 14, on motion for allowance. Joseph D. Beery vs. Stephen Wilken et al. deed reported and approved and commissioner discharged. Agenettie Aspy vs. Andrew J. Pyle et al quiet title, deed reported and approved, and commissioner discharged. John F Law-on vs. Catherine Miller et al. partition, appearance by A. P Beatty for Catherine Miller on final report. A marriage license was issued to Edward L. Engelking aged 30, a traveling salesman from Fort Wayne, to Margaret Zeser. aged 36, of this city. Hooper & Lenhart filed a new case, W. W. P. McMillen vs. John Jacob Myer, suit on note, demand SIOO. William F. Pyle, administrator of the estate of Jemina A. Bair, filed a report of the sale of personal property and a petition for an order to sell real estate. Before Special Judge R S. Peterson George Shroll. administrator of estate of Joseph Shroll, filed a re-appraise-ment and a report of the sale at real estate. L C. De Vos* appeared tor John Shroff.

A JOINT SESSION The Commissioners Attended a Meeting with the . Bluffton Board Today THEY OPENED BIDS L. O. Bears & Co. Will Budd the J. A. Engle Macadam Road Commissioners Laughlin. Miller and Zwick, accompanied by County Attorney Lutz, went to Bluffton on the morning train, they going to attend a joint session of the two boards. Bids were opened for the construction of the J. A Engie macadam roai. which will traverse the highway between Hartford township, in this county, and Nottingham township in Wells county. L O Bears A Co., the contractors of Geneva, and who also are building the eastern part of the interurban grade between Geneva and Linn Grove, were the lucky bidders. Fallowing is the bids: L. O. Bears A Co $5,699 69 James Croat :e 6.224 99 Abe Hesber 5A26.5') Wilson Heller Daniel Hunticut 6,090.00 Rufus Meshberger 5.828.90 The members of the board returned from Bluffton on the noon train and have been busy all the afternoon attending to the many important things In closing the affairs of the September session. They have succeeded in wading through considerable business during the time they have been together The members of the board will go to the county farm this evening and will stay over night and also a port of the day tomorrow, when they will see the threshing of the grain at the county farm This event is one that usually finds the board at the county farm. The commissioners set a date for a special session at which time they win receive and open bid* for the construction of the bridges and abutments, which were made a special appropriation by the county council. The object of the special session is because the beard wants to get all the concrete work done before the cold weather interferes. The date is set for Monday, September 27. Bids for the safe and book type writer for the auditor's office and the water meters for the court house and jail will be received the first day of the regular session, Monday, October 4th.

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A HEARING TODAY (Continued front page 1.) home of Mrs. Geo. B McConnelty, one of the big hearted women of Vermilion who has helped give the town the name of the “underground railroad" for fugitive children from the home. Humane Agent Lawrence had Sprunger arrested and placed the girls in the custody of Mrs. M(-Connelly Then, on behalf of Glau. who wanted to adopt bis grandchildren, the suit was started to investigate conditions at the orphanage. He charged sanitary abuses and that children were cruelly treated. Pa Sprunger, as the children are taught to call him. is an elderly thick set man. His speech is slow and careful.

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REDUCED THE PRICE For buggy tire $3 50 and good vote done at the BuMer Bros shop M First street. 314-laj o CANE AND MOLASSES MILL OPPH I am ready to operate my cine ik molasses mill, located oa the Pjeiht< road north of town Will nu mry day. Price sixteen rests per zailot. I Jacob Weidler. ’n-4t ARRIVING DAILY Fresh oysters come daily to Anerson a Dolch restaurant 214-3 t FOLEYS KIDNEY PIUS fba Bacaacnc Kiomum: Saactt