Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1911 — Page 3

THE POPULATION OF HOOSIERDOM Cities Ire Growing Al Expense ot Smaller Communities. COMPARED WITH 1900 CENSUS One of the Meet Significant Pointe of the Report on Indiana Juet Made by the Director of the Ceneue Is the Fact That the Rural Districts Are Not Holding Their Own In Population. Washington special: Indiana's census returns may be accepted as proof of the oft repeated assertion that the tendency of the modern population shift is toward the cities. While the population of the state as a whole has increased at about a normal rate during the past decade, it is true that more than half the counties In the state show a decrease in population. While most of this decrease is due to the undoubted tendency toward the closer communal relation that is found in the cities, the failure of natural gas has had the effect to decrease the population of several of the counties in the gas belt, where a large industrial population was compelled to seek elsewhere for work upon the closing down of many factories that depended on gas for fuel. E. Dana Durand, chief director of the census, has just made announcement of the population of the state by ■counties, townships, and incorporated places, cities and towns. Os the latter there are 473 in the state, 49 of which contain more than 5,000 population. Os the ninety-two counties but thirty-six show a gain in population, as follows: Gains in Population. Allen county, with a population of 93,386, has gained 16.116 In the past decade; Bartholomew, 24,813, a gain of 219; Cass, 36,368, a gain of 1,814; Delaware, 51,414, a gain of 1,790; Elkhart, 49.008, a gain of 3,956; Fayette, 14,415, a gain of 920; Floyd, 30,293, a gain of 175; Gibson, 30,137, a gain of 38; Greene, 36,873, a gain of 8,343; . Henry, 29,758, a gain of 4,670; Howard, 33,177, a gain of 4,602; Huntington, 28,982, a gain of 81; Johnson, 20,394, a gain of 171; Knox, 39,183, a gain of 6,437; Lake, 82,864, a gain of 44,972; Laporte, 45,797, a gain of 7,411; Lawrence. 30,625, a gain of 4,896; Marion, 263,661, a gain of 66,436; Miami, 29,350, a gain of 1,006; Monroe, 23,426, a gain of 2,553; Morgan, 21,182, a gain of 725; Newton, 10,504, a gain of 56; Noble, 24,009, a gain of 476; Orange. 17,192, a gain of 338; Porter, 20,540, a gain of 365: Randolph, 29,013, a gain of 360; St. Joseph, 84,312, a gain of 25,431; Scott, 8,323, a gain of 16; Shelby. 26.802. a gain of 311; Starke, 10,567, a gain of 6.434; Tippecanoe, 40.063, a gain of 1,404; Vanderburg, 77,438. a gain of 5,669; Vermillion, 18,865. a gain of 3,613; Vigo, 87,930, a gain of 25,895; Wayne, 43,757, a gain of 4,787. Less In Population. Adams county, with a population of 21,840, has lost 392 in the past decade; Benton, 12.688, a loss of 435; Blackford, 15,820. a loss of 1,393; Boone, 24.673, a loss of 1,648; Brown, 7,975, a loss of 1.752; Carroll, 17,970, a loss of 1,983; Clark, 30,260, a loss of 1,575; Clay, 32,535, a loss of 1,750; Clinton, 26.674, a loss of 1,528; Crawford, 12,057, a loss of 1,419; Daviess, 27,747, a loss of 2,167; Dearborn, 21,396, a loss of 798; Decatur, 18,793, a loss of 725; Dekalb, 25,054, a loss of 657; Dubois, 19,843, a loss of 514; Fountain, 20,439, a loss of 1,007; Franklin, 15,335, a loss of 1,053; Fulton, 16,879, a loss of 574; Grant, 51,426, a loss of 3,267; Hamilton 27,026. a loss of 1,888; Hancock, 19,030, a loss of 159: Harrison, 20,232, a loss of 1,470; Hendricks, 20,840, a loss of 452; Jackson, 24,727, a loss of 1,906; Jasper, 13,044, a loss of 1,148; Jay 24.961, a loss of 1,857; Jefferson, 20,483, a loss of 2,430; Jennings, 14,203, a loss of 1,554; Kosciusko, 27,936, a loss of 1,173; Lagrange, 15,148, a loss of 136; Madison, 65,224, a loss of 5,246; Marshall, 24,175, a loss of 944; Martin, 12,950, a loss of 1,761; Montgomery, 29,296, a loss of 92; Ohio, 4,329 a loss of 395; Owen, 14,053, a loss of 1,096: Parke, 22,214, a loss of 786; Perry, 18,078. a loss of 700; Pike, 19.684, a loss of 802; Posey, 21,670, a loss of 663; Pulaski, 13.312, a loss 0f.721; Putnam, 20,520, a loss of 958, Ripley, 19,452, a loss of 329; Rush, 19.349, a loss of 799; Spencer, 20,676, a loss of 1,731; Steuben, 14,274, a loss of 945; Switzerland, 9,914, a loss of 1,926; Tipton, 17,459, a loss of 1,657; Union, 6,260, a loss of 488; Wabash, 26,926, a loss of 1,309; Warren, 10,899, a loss of 472; Warrick, 21,911, a loss of 418; Washington, 17,445, a loss of 1,964; Wells, 22,418, a loss of 1,031; White, 17,602, a loss of 1,536; Whitley, 16,892, a loss of 436. Incorporated Cities and Towns. 1910. 1900. Advance 416 .... Aetna 161 •••• Alamo 209 241 Albany 4,289 2,116 Albion 1,213 2,324 Alexandria MH Alton I" 238 Altona ......... *4l

I 1910. 1900, I Ambia 359 438 Amboy 521 402 Anderson 22,476 20,178 Andrews 957 746 Angola 2,610 2,141 Arcadia 990 1,413 Argos 1,088 1,307 Ashley 639 1,040 Atlanta 876 1,000 Attica 3,335 3,005 Auburn 3,919 3,396 Aurora 4,410 3,645 Avilla 579 658 Bainbridge 449 431 Batesville 2,151 1.384 J Battle Ground 443 150 Bedford 8,716 6,115 Beech Grove 568 .... Bern 1,316 1.037 Bicknell 2,794 J Birdseye 439 476 I Bloomfield 2,069 1,588 I Bloomingdale 528 505 i Bloomington 8,848 6,460 Bluffton 4,987 4,479 Boonville 3,934 2,989 Boston 122 134 Boswell 814 824 Bourbon 1,163 1,187 Bowling Green ....... 336 432 Brazil 9,340 7,786 Bremen 2,008 1,671 Briant 469 384 Bristol 535 546 Broad Ripple 770 487 Bronson 300 177 Brook 1,067 677 Brooklyn 572 .... Brooksburg 150 149 Brookston 907 949 Brookville 2,169 2,037 Brownsburg 876 676 Brownstown 1,492 1,685 Bunker Hill 668 568 Burnettsville 489 497 Butler 1,818 2,063 Cadiz 209 253 Cambridge City 2,237 1,754 Camden 557 .... Campbellsburg 666 672 Cannelburg 300 280 Cannelton 2,130 2,188 Carbon 493 951 Carlisle 850 699 Carmel 626 498 Carthage 873 1,028 Castleton 194 199 Cayuga 911 832 Centerpoint 414 -600 Centerville 1,019 785 Chalmers 513 462 Charlestown 864 915 Chesterfield 285 .... Chesterton 1,400 788 Christney 524 513 Churubusco 870 884 Cicero 990 1,603 Clarkshill 463 539 Clarksville 2.743 2,370 Clay City 1.213 1,503 Claypool 408 399 Claysburg 380 116 Clayton 497 .... Clermont 205 .... Clifford 210 233 Clinton 3. 6,229 2,918 Cloverdale 624 445 Coatesville 472 .... Colfax 801 767 College Park 103 .... Columbia 3,448 2,975 Columbus 8,813 8,130 Connersville 7,738 6,836 Converse 1,164 1,415 Corunna 318 .... Corydon 1,703 1,610 Covington 2,069 2,213 Crandall 133 137 Crawfordsville 9,371 6,649 Cromwell 520 .... Crothersville 1,038 765 CrowrVoint 2,526 2,336 Culver 810 505 Cynthiana 610 502 Dale 583 624 Danville 1,640 1,802 Darlington 780 727 Decatur 4,471 4,142 Delphi 2,161 2,135 Diamond 1,070 .... Dillsboro 425 465 Dublin 704 698 Dugger 1. 226 •■■■ Dunkirk 3,031 3,187 Dunreith 181 Earl Park 609 563 East Chicago 19,098 3,411 East Connersville .... 706 556 East Gary 484 .... East Germantown .... 302 305 Eaton 1,428 1,56, Edinburg 2,040 1,820 Elberfeld 138 .... Elizabeth 238 271 Elizabethtown 350 407 Elkhart 19,282 15,184 • Ellettsville 676 708 Elnora 96 1 008 Elwood 11-028 12,950 English 583 649 Etna Green 431 Evansville 69,647 59,007 Fairmount 2,506 3,205 Fairview Park 630 ... ■ 1 Farmersburg 1,H5 Farmland "7 870 Ferdinand 827 .... 1 Fishers Station 188 Flora 1' 386 1.209 . Fortville Hl 152 1 Fort Branch 1.182 ’ Fort Wayne 63,933 45,115 Fortville I. l ™ Fountain City 448 , Fowler 1-491 I- 429 1 Fowlerton 293 .... ’ Francesville 729 596 Francisco 40, Frankfort 8,634 7,100 , Franklin 4 - 502 4 > oo ° . Frankton 936 1,46 Fredericksburg 271 281 Fremont 694 JO9 French Lick 1.803 260 • Fulton 296 Galveston ’ >JB • • • • I • Garrett 4 >J« I 5 I X".:::::::::::::: -■•’« ! JX:::::::::: S »

1910. 1901 Glenwood 266 Goodlaud 1,105 1,20 Goshen 8,514 7,81 Gosport 776 72 Grandview 735 82 Greencastle 3,790 3,66 Greendale 697 47 Greenfield 4,448 4,48 Greensboro 250 28 Greensburg 5,420 5,03 Greentown 1,166 1,28 Greenville 227 30 Greenwood 1,608 1,50 Griffin 275 Griffith 523 Hagerstown 936 86 Hamlet 579 43 Hammond 20,925 12,37 Hanover 356 37 Hardinsburg 254 21 Hartford 6,187 5,91 Hartsville 358 43 Hazleton 648 75 Hebron 821 79 Hillsboro 528 56 Hobart 1.753 1,39 Hope 1,223 1,08 Hudson 390 55 Huntingburg 2,464 2,52 Huntington 10,272 9,49 Huron 197 Hymera 1,515 Indianapolis 233,650 169,16 Ingalls 322 54 Jamestown 590 64 Jasonville ....) 3,295 Jasper 2,196 1,84 Jeffersonville 10,412 10,77 Jonesboro 1,573 1,82 Jonesville 213 24 Judson 141 IE Kempton 600 Kendallville 4,981 3,35 Kennard 449 41 Kentland 1,209 1,04 Kewanna 728 64 Keystone 242 2; Kingman 535 Kirklin 699 61 Knightstown 2,008 1,94 Knightsville 1,081 1,11 Knox 1,644 1,4 f Kokomo 17,010 10,64 Lafontaine 683 Laconia 82 11 Ladoga 1,148 1,11 Lafayette 20,081 18,11 Lagrange 1,772 1,71 Lagro 463 41 Lakeville 227 Lanesville 290 3: Lapel 1,045 81 Laporte 10,525 7,1 Laurel 503 61 Lawrenceburg 3,930 4,4: Leavenworth 690 61 Lebanon 5,479 4,4' Leesburg 401 3! Lewisville 446 4' Liberty 1,338 1,4 Ligonier 2,173 2,2 Linden 556 5 Linton 5,906 3,0 Little York 195 2 Livonia 197 2 Lizton 224 Logansport 19,050 16,2 Loogootee 2,154 1,3 Lowell 1,235 1,2 Lynn 917 7 Lynnville 297 Lyons 993 Macy 320 3

Madison 6,934 7,835 gsj St ffi Marengo 686 700 | t. W IVI Marion 19,359 17,337 jg I Ln I\l ▼ I ® SE. : , :::::::::: Ji .■’■■lE $5.00 and under, cash in hand. A credit until October Ist, 1911, jg Matthews 688 4 ’--- i will be given on all sums over $5.00, purchaser giving note with ap- E| Medaryville 710 2 -• || proved security, without interest. Three cents off on the dollar tor cash, | Mentone 728 757 11 ■' 11 '"" "'" " ' ' , , Michigan City .. ::::: iwl i4,2|8 Goods will be on display on Thursday and Friday before day of sale, || Michigantown 395 417 — ' — '*” Middlebury 600 572 =& 11 | SCHAFER HARDWARE COMPANY | Miller 638 .... Jw. Millersburg 428 481 o WE SAVE YOU AIONEY W Millhouse 211 265 ZF°.:::::::::::: “ «= ffi Fred Reppert and John Spuhler, Aucts. i„ji an a *& “X” ka ‘S J:” ft Beecher Meibers and Fred Fruchte, Clerks. (Jecatlir, IBuldlld. |g Modoc 261 221 =EEE 2 E SuEEE N„p» rt “™ T. EE E= «» « SSEEEE S ~S S S? Montgomery ' . 511 616 Noblesville 5,073 4,792 ?? eyv * ® 780 628 Sheridan... 1,768 1,795 Versailles.. ™ 507 Montfcello y 2,168 2,107 Normal City 1,122 868 Pr ' nceton 6,448 '6,041 Shirley 1,519 381 Veva E i-‘ Montpelier 2,786 3 405 North Judson 1,143 944 Moorefield \E 94 113 North Liberty 681 504 Remington 982 1,120 Shoals 1,015 683 Wabash 8 ,6 87 g'gjg Mooreland 455 309 North Manchester .... 2,428 2,398 Moores Hill EE.... 424 338 North Salem 569 599 Reynolds 377 393 Silver Lake 493 504 Walkerton 1,008 i 037 Mooresville . 1,608 974 North Vernon 2,915 2,823 Richmond 22,324 18,226 South Bend 453,684 Wallace 1 16 Morgantown .'.' 667 .... Oakland City 2,370 1,991 JH'jKevfew 440 • ••■ South Peru 866 495 Walton 579 Morocco 927 920 Oaktown 608 .... Riceville 1,302 1,098 South Whitley 1,176 1,113 Warren 1.189 15’3 Morristown 622 565 Odon 1,064 U 23 * sln S Sun 1.513 1,548 Southport 352 285 Warsaw 4,430 8 ' 987 Mt Auburn 167 163 Oldenburg 956 957 J* Vel E ark I’°o3 1 ’° 03 “• Spencer 2.150 2,026 Washington 7,854 g - 51 Mt ’ Ayr 231 .... Oolitic.., 1,079 .... Riverside 863 .... Spiceland 622 590 Waterloo 1,167 124 | Mt Carmel 142 143 Orestes .’ 420 778 oachdale 849 942 Spring Grove 122 113 Waveland 676 6(8 Mt ' Etna 148 175 ; Orleans 1,367 1,236 oann 447 631 State Line 194 174 Waynetown 734 757 Mt Vernon 5,563 5,132 . Osgood 1,169 1,035 R° a “ oke 699 536 Staunton 746 693 West Baden 746 Muncie 24,005 20,942 Ossian 661 529 R° ch ester 3,364 11.421 Stinesville 497 288 West College Corner.. 432 392 Munster ... 543 ....( Oterbein 652 .... Rock P°H 2 > 736 Straughn 543 186 West Harrison 281 394 Nappanee 2,260 2,208 I Owensville 1,237 1,019 R° ck y ille , 1 ’ 943 EE 4 > 113 3 - 118 West Lafayette 3,867 2,302 Nashville 354 393 ) Oxford 1,010 949 ” oßeda e Sulphur Springs 209 262 West Lebanon 642 688 New Albany 20,629 20,628 i Palmyra 252 .... ? TJ® 1 h? Summitville 1,387 1,432 West Terre Haute.... 8,088 651 New Amsterdam 134 200 I Paoli 1,278 1,186 x e : C a c st^ e .EEE 3,s sr.EEEE: 2 2“® - - soS «« New Chicago 105 .... Patoka 657 710 ®E Joe 39 J Tell City 3,369 2,680 Wheatfield 857 gG6 New Harmony 1,229 1,341 Patriot 340 408 ' a co- Tennyson 371 302 Whiteland 343 334 New Haven 1,038 950 Pendleton 1,293 1,512 St. Mein rad 538 525 Terre Haute 58,157 36.673 Wh tewater 112 155 New Market 334 .... I Pennville 800 773 ® a amonia 169 168 Thorntown 1,508 1,511 Wh ting 6,587 3,983 j New Middleton 145 167 p eru 10,910 8,463 ® a ' 2,233 1,993 Tipton 4,075 8,764 Williamsport 1,243 1,245 New Palestine 450 446 Petersburg 2,170 1,751 ® al 'E "* 201 Troy 510 599 1 New Pekin 246 .... Pierceton 817 886 ” 3,209 2 - 716 w 4,268 3,706 I New Providence 350 .... pinevillage 352 279 p,? E lO ,1" Uniondale 189 Windfall 899 957 New Richmond 464 357 Pittsboro 408 .... aE‘E ' 1,2(4 Unlveral 'y Heights.... 102 .... W ngate 446 457 New Ross 296 284 Plainfield 1,303 .... 1 E! u P land 1.080 1,208 Willow e?» 536 Newburg 1.097 1,371 Poneto 208 332 3 „® " Vanburen 1,189 965 wniXZnn t 659 Newpoint 341 451 fort Jul ton 1,060 1,101 (L«OS 6,445 Veedersburg 1,757 1,638 wSn.ff PUci 1 8 : 3 1 ‘ 4B

;; B ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ PUBLIC 34 iBE 87 W, AUCTION SALE! | I SATURDAY, APRIL 15th. I 94 00 — - 90 9K S R Rain or shine, under shelter if it rains. Auction begins at 10 o’- « « B clock sharp at our Store in front of Buggy Salesroom, at Decatur, g ;; S Indiana. We will start this sale at 10 o’clock sharp, on account of jg « S the additional amount of merchandise and stock we will offer. This S *" H will be the best and largest sale we have ever attempted. 63 VV “t FORTY BUGGIES-SIX CARRIAGES g “ Just received, all new styles and up-to-the-minute. New style beds ;g S R paint and tops. Every vehicle guaranteed exactly the same as if sold « R at private sale. We would like to have you look these buggies over || 160 8 before the sale, at our salesroom. Here is your chance to buy bug- “ W gies and harness at your own price. These buggies are all new jobs & £ H and all high grade in every respect, manufactured by the well known g S Michigan Buggy Co., and Union City Carriage Co. g .35 “ | LIVE STOCK | ■■ • 8 We will offer 6 head of horses, good drivers and draft horses, 1 cow “ » and calf, full blooded Holsteins. 2 other good fresh cows. >OO —- — ' “I FARM MACHINERY f ™ Including Grain Drills, Hay Loaders, Disc Harrows, Corn Planters g 8 Corn Plows. _ J )71 _ _ - -I SPECIAL I i We will offer at this sale many other articles not mentioned in this g S R bill. Call and look these goods over, as this will sure be a wonderful |f ::: 9 opportunity to buy new goods at the low dollar. !1! ® — l-S