Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 163.

DETAILED VALUE I Os Various Townships and Towns as Set Out in Ab- 1 stract Sheet. MORE THAN MILLION Are Four Rated—Assessors’ Books Show Wealth of the. County. The total amount of taxable property In the county, 1513,955,175, dis tributed over ti e 212,615.52 acres o’’ Adams county, with its total of 3,595 polls, is distributed among the town-. ships and towns as follows, according to the abstract made by the auditor from the assessors’ books for this year, as given in Monday’s paper: ffnion township—No. acres, 15,823.87; value of lands, $477,440; value of improvements, $92,810; value of lands and improvements, $570,250; average value of lands per acre, $29.95; average value of lands and improvement per acre, $36.04; value peranal property, $172,155; total value '♦t.-ab!e property, $742,405; value of r *<a2» exemptions: polls. 159. E ■ ’ No| acres. 22,232.19; value of land*- 4634.735; value Improvements, sl3B.''. val 1 lands and improvement $7" No. city and town lots, 77: i...e of lots, $1,550; value of im proven ents, $3,650; value of lots and improvements, $5,200; average value of lots, I ♦0.12; average value of lots and improv unents, $67.53; value of personal pro, rty, $253,270; total value o {taxable roperty. $1,031,490; 'sire of mortgage exemptions, $41,025: rolls. 204: avenge value of lands per acre. $28.59; ave ge value of lards and improvement $34.77. Preble—No. acres. SIF. •• "7.17; value of lands, $467,228: value >’ improvements, sin2.?ie; value lai. 2 and improvements. $569,5.30; svera. per acre, $31.03: average with in >rovements. $37.82: No. city and town ’ots. 26; value of lots, $485; value of m-proven'-n‘~. $8,555; value of lots « u 4 improvements, $9,010; value of p, ■- sonal property, $311,675; total val it. of taxable property, $890,245; value of mortgage exemptions, $19,625; aver age value of lots, $18.65; average value of lo’s and improvements, $347.70; polls, 183. | Kirkland No. of acres, $15,481.03; value of lands, $504,085; value of improvements, $95,510; value of lands and improvements, $599,595; average per acre, $32.56; average with imnrovements. $38.73; No. city and town lots, 27: value of lots, $275; value of improvements. $28.15; value of lots and improvements, $30.90; average of lots, $10.20; average of lots and improvements, $114.44; total value of taxable property, $824,610; value of mortgage exemptions, $38,650; polls, 164: vabie o' - personal property, $221,925. Washington—No. acres, 22,311.15; value of lands. $757,170; value of improvemenis, $129,715; value of lands and improvements, $886,885; average value of lands, $33.93; average value of lands and improvements, $39.75; ( value of personal property, $247,595; i total value of taxable property, $1,134,-I 480; value mortgage exemptions, $63,-; 625; polls, 232 St. Mary's—No. acres, 15,090.65; value 0' land- $481,435; value of improvements. $82,075; value of lands' and improvements, $563,510; average per acre, $31.90; average per acre with improvements, $37.34; No. city 1 or town lots. 141; value of lots, $35.70; I value of improvements, $13,490; value J of lots and improvements, $17,060; j average value of lots, $25.32; average with improvements, sl2l.oo;'value of personal property', $167,960; total value of taxable property, $748,530; value of mortgage exemptions, $53,630; polls, 173. Blue Creek—No. acres. 15,330; 71; value of lands, $482,430; value of improvements, $76,365; value of lands and improvements, $558,795; average per acre, $31.47; average with im provements. $36.45; No. city and town lots, $345; value of improvements. $1,115; value of lots and improvements, $1,460; average valie, $21.56; average value of lots and improvements, $91.25; value of personal property, $139,010; total value of taxable property, $699,265; value of mortgage exemptions, $46,015; polls, 176. Munroe —No. acres, 22,788.03; value of lands, $762,715; value of improve- j meats, $161,089: value of lands and ( improvements, $923,795; average val-

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lue lands per acre, $33.47; average j land and Improvements per acre, j $40.54; personal property, $360,360; : total value of taxable property, $1,284,1..,,, value mortgage exemptions, $82,270; polls, 280. I Flench- -No. acres, 15,101.60; value of lands, $471,770; value of Improvements, $108,230; value of lands and . "”?rt;«ementß, $580,000; average per ! acre, $31.24; average per acre with improvements, $38.40; value of per- ! tonal property, $198,635; total value I of taxable property, $778,635; value of 1 mortgage exemptions, $35,070; polls, 137. Hartford—No. acres, 15,198.54, value of lands, $487,235; value of iuiprovements, $92,320: value lands and . improvements, $579,555; average per 1 acre, $32.05; average with improvements, $38.13; number city and town lots. 70; value of lots, $4,030; value of Improvements, $14,840; value of lots and improvements, $1.8,870; value of personal property, $311,510 total value of taxable property, $909,935; value of mortgage exemptions, $26,900; average of lots, $57.57: average with improvements, $269.57; polls, 231. Wabash—No. acres, 22,149.02; value of lands, $688,550; value of improvements, $120,100; value of lands and improvements, $808,950; average of land per acre, 31.10; with improvements, $36.52; number of city and town lots, 120, value of improve ments, $3,690; value of lots and improvements, $4,890; average per lot, $9.96; average of lots and improvements, $40.70; value of personal property, $217,970; total value of taxable property, $1,031,810; value of mortgage exemptions, $56,705: polls, 213. Jefferson township—No. acres, 15,304.42; value of lands, $471,965; value of improvements. $71,810; value of lan is and improvements, $.543,775; ave’ ;e per acre. $30.81; with improvements per acre, $35.53; value of personal property, $158,365; total value of taxable property, $702,140; value of mortgage exemptions, $48,350; polls, 178. City of Decatur —No. acres, 433.71; value of lands, $25,930; value of improvements, $24,690; value of lands and improvements. $50,620; average per acre, $59.73; per acre with improvements, $116.47; No. city and town lots, 2,111; value of lots, $586,305; value of improvements, $636,335; value of lots and improvements, sl,222,640; average, $277.73; average per 'ot with improvements, $579.17; value personal property, $622,910; total val--1 taxable property, $1,896,170; value of mortgage exemptions, $95,145; polh "69. | Mot ''e (town) —No. acres. 10.52; value o' lands, $1,570; value of improveme' 3, $5,910; value lands and improvem i.'ts, $7,480; average per acre, $144. It; with improvements, $711.02; No. dty and town lots, $175,value of loti, 17,500; value of improvements, $: 55; volue of lots and improvements, '■> > 755; average per lot, $42.88, avera ;f lots and improvements, $227.1 valve of personal property, $35 ’0; total value of taxable property, $ '3,015; value of mortgage exemptions, ’:3 s ? 90; polls, 61. Berne —No. acres, 12' ; value of lands, $9,060; value of iir.i r ements, $12,800; value of lands ant mprove--1 ments, $21,950; average 1. .13 per: acre, $74.14 average of lands .a cl im-j provements, $179.65; No. town 1w.1.l 677; value of lots, $66,520; value of improvements, $202,240; value of 1 a 'and improvements, $268,760; avera , per lot, $98.40; average per lot wit.n Improvements, $397.00: value of per sonal property, $481,405; value of taxable property, $772,115; value of mort--1 gage exemptions, $18,795; polls, 229. Geneva —No. acres, 224.69; value of lands, $9,800; value of improvements, , $16,335; lands and improvements, $26,135 average per acre, $43.75 value of lands and improvements, $11,631; ( number of lots, 510; value of lots, $45,740, value of improvements, 855; value of lots and improvements, $178,595; average per lot, $89.67; average per lot with improvements, $350.18; total value personal property, $171,445; polls, 206; total value taxable property, $376,175; value mortgage exemptions, $13,795. —_ o BAND CONCERT. The band will play tonight on the streets and the concert will no doubt be attended by many. The boys have some new music perfected, and will present the same for the first time tonight. — _ 0 YEOMAN NOTICE. Attention is again called to the fact that the memorial service of the Yeoi men which was postponed from last 1 Sunday, will be held next Sunday, July 1 14, at the hall.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, July 9, 1912.

WAS HELD UP Clyde Death, Night Operator at the Clover Leaf, Forced to Yield. A SINGLE THUG Held Up the Office and Secured s22.s3—Confident of Thug’s Identity. A bold robbery was perpetrated early this morning when a single thug held up Clyde Death, the third trick operator at the Clover Leaf I railroad station and secured $22.53 for j his trouble. Death was just completing reporting a train in his block, when he look-1 ed up and through the window on uls ' right saw a man pointing a revolver I at him. He was forced to throw up ; his hands, but thinking it a joke began ! to laugh at the thug, who insisted j strenuously that he do so. Death ■ threw up his hands and was backed away, and the thug tried two of the' windows In an effort to get in. Being ' foiled in this he made a quick dash, into the interior, and hoisting the. ticket window he crawled through there. Backing Death up in a corner he searched him for keys and then conducted a futile search for the “office gun” which he could not find. He faced Death to the wall and unlc. ked j the cash drawer, where he secured, the $22.53. With a warning that Death was not to turn until 3:30 he' opened tlie door and dashed out.! Death turned and saw him run around the box cars on the siding. He called the night police, who conducted a search, but could find no one. Although the thug was disguised by a white handkerchief which he had tied around his face he was partially i recognized and it is certain that th° ' work was done by a citizen here. Oth- ! er employees are confident that this work was done by the same fellow who held up Stoneburner some time' ago, and Oswalt three successive 1 times. A railroad detective is expect-' ed on every train, and he will stay j until enough evidence for a conviction is secured. This is the fifth robbery at this of-. flee within a period of three years, at each of which the thugs secured something. GET ThF BALLOTS Special Subsidy Election Inspectors Called Today for Their Supplies. TO VOTE THURSDAY Tn Washington Township for $35,000 Subsidy to In- i terurbar Company. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke was j lusy today handing out the ballots I an . election supplies to the inspectors ■ of Washington township, wno will serve Thuradnv, July 11th, at the j special '‘lection to be held to deter-1 mine wb ’i her a subsidy of $35,000 | will be < ted to extend the Fort' Wayne & Springfield railway south from ibis fit. The following inspectors called fm their supplies: South Wash;, 'ton—Charles O. McKean. North Washing n—John A. Har-I vey. First Ward “A DecaUx- Jvbnj Lose. First Ward *'B uk Gass. Second Ward “A H. Stou Q . Second Ward “B”—Sam Butler. Third Ward “A’’—D. N. Firwin. Third Ward “B”—Joe McFarland, Sheriff Durkin has also filed with the county clerk his appointment of | two deputies for each precinct, to serve as election sheriffs as follows: N. Washington—John Green, Washington Miller. 9. Washington—Alex Brandyberry, John Chilcote. First Ward “A” Decatur—Elisha Reynolds, Fred Avery. First Ward “B” —Dan Cook, Dan ■ Kitson.

I Second Ward “A”- Elijah Walters, Adolph Hoffman. Second Ward “B”—Barney J. Melbeta, C. T. Rainier. Third Ward "A”—Lewis Wise, Will Helm. Third Ward “B“—John Steele, Phil Summers. o SHOWER OF METEORS FELL in Northern Indiana —One Gave Brilliant'Light Here. | Many people Ip this city saw the I meteor, a brilliant light shown, for a second in the southern sky about 9:30 o’clock Monday evening as it dropped. It made a bright light, like that of an engine headlight, and in fact was mistaken for one. It was visible here only a few seconds. It is in all probability one of a shower of many, one ; falling at Muncie, another at New j Castle, and another at Anderson The j Muncie Star says: "What is believed to have been one . of a shower of meteors illuminated ' the heavens Monday night about 9 I o’clock and it is said, struck the earth ! at a point along the C. & O. railroad, I east of this city. The meteor had a long tail and in appearance resembled : Halley's comet, which appeared q few ' years ago, except that the meteor last night was much more brilliant. It 1 was possible to read a newspaper in the light made by the visitor and many people became frightened at its sudden appearance. A rush of light, a long brightly illuminated streak, a loud hissing noise, and the visitor partially buried Itself at some point along 1 the tracks of the C. & O. railroad, ' east of the city. Such spectacles have often been witnessed by the old residents, but not lately has a meteor fallen so near this city. After striking the ground they are practically harmless as no dangerous gases escape from them. So far as scientists know they are only small pieces of the sun which become detached and are hurled out into space traveling at an inconceivable speed.” o SUBSIDY ELECTION THURSDAY. Everything in Readiness—Tickets are ' Printed —It's Up to the Voters. j The voters of Washington township ! and the city of Decatur will have an election Thursday of this week. At that time you will not be called upon to say whether or not any man shall hold office or to decide the merits of Wilson, Taft or the Bull Moose party, but the question to be decided at that | time is whether or not you will vote i to the Fort Wayne & Springfield railroad company a subsidy of $35,000. The traction company agrees if this | is voted to build the road south at I once and have a contract with a firm which agrees to do so. The tickets were printed at this office last SaturI day under the direction of CommisI sioners D. E. Smith and B. W. Sholty, and have been delivered to the various inspectors. Everything is ready. It’s up to the voters of the township. A FORWARD MOVEMENT Is Being Taken by Indiana Village For Epileptics. | The Indiana Village for Epileptics I is making a forward movement, not only in the erection of new buildings, and the construction of roads, but a crop record is also expected this year. Last week eighty-two big loads of I clover hay were put up and not a drop iof rain fell on any of it. There re- ■ mains 125 acres of timothy meadow to harvest a little later. Forty acres as rye is being cut, and I it is a good crop. Os wheat there i but twenty acres; this is th'.;., but has big heads and a good g-uin. With forty acres of oats, 3T ? acres of corn, and 27 acres of nr -atoes the state of Indiana will ♦ ,ve no occasion tn bo ashamed '■ its Henry county farm. Twr of the cottages completed reI ce:,uy are "now furnished and are ! ready to open. Each will accommo- ] date 22 persons and these will be admitted a few at a time. The state is asking bids for the construction of a driveway from a point on the New Castle-Muncie pike, (just south of the Blue River bridge) to Colony No. 3. This road will be about 1,000 feet in length, and will be graded | wide enough to permit the building ' of walks, on either side Work preliminary to construction of big service building is going for ward rapidly, and the heavy foundation will be started in a few days. No excavation for foundation is required, other than for the footings, as the bottom of the basement will be one foot above the natural surface of the ground.—Newcastle Times.

A FINE EDIFICE New $21,000 Church at Harvard, 111., Built and Dedicated UNDER THE AUSPICES Os Rev. E. A. Allen Formerly of This City—ls Pastor at That Place. The Harvard Herald, of Harvard, 111., of the date of July 4th, gives a verjr complete account of the dedication of the fine new First Presbyterian church, erected at a cost, of $31,6)0 and dedicated free from debt on June 30th, being built by the tireless efforts of the pastor, the Rev. E. A. Allen, former pastor of the Presbyterian church in this city. The new building, which is of dark red vitrified brick, takes the place of the old frame structure which was built forty three years ago, and many of those attending the dedication of the first church were present at the dedication of the new and modern structure. A fine pipe organ completes the church, and besides the main auditorium, there are choir space, Sunday school room, prayer meeting room, class rooms, basement, dining room, gymnasium, furnace and fuel department, storage rooms, etc. During the past forty-three years, there have been thirteen pastors, the Rev. E. A. Allen being the present pastor. August 14, 1911, marked the date of the present church building being commenced and it was completed, the money obtained and dedicated at a cost of more than double the original cost in less than eleven months. ■ While the membership generally j worked with unusual zeal to obtain | the new edifice, the bulk of the work, however, fell upon the building committee, the members of which include Rev. E. A. Allen, who has achieved a triumph that is sufficient if he does no more in this line during his minisistry, for he has performed a service for which he is entitled to the lasting gratitude cf a grateful congregation and an admiring constituency of friends in and out of his church. THE SCHOOL FUNDS Auditor Has Made Apportionment of State and Local Funds to Various TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES And School Corporations— Money Will be Ready Last of Week. County Auditor H. Pi. Michaud and Deputy Paul Be- iiigirtner have completed the -aeet showing the apportionm nt of the state school fnnds, togelner with certain local school funds ! which will be the second draw for the school trustees. This will be ready for the various trustees as soon as the funds are received from the state which may be the last of the week or ti e first of next week. The total amount received from the state was $14,916.58. This is added to the congressional township revenue in the sum of $55.25; to the funds from liquor licenses, $1900; to the dog tax funds, $473.64; all of which is awaiting distribution. The sum of $16,145.54 from local tuition funds has already been taken out by the trustees. The total sum including that received and to be received is $33,991,01, or a per capita sum of more than $2,596 for each of the 6,874 school children of the county. This is apportioned as follows: No. Children Amt. Blue Creek 369 $1659.32 French . 366 1464.38 Hartford 360 2207.46 Jefferson 366 1314.63 Kirkland 294 1457.52 Monroe 800 2697.56 Preble 381 1130-00

' Root 432 1824.25 ” St. Mary's 365 2270.82 Union 316 1354.38 Washington 449 2011.09 Wabash 454 2332.00 ■ Herne ....a 391 2721.65 Geneva 333 1874.44 Decatur 1218 7668.50 o PHIL SCHUG INJURED. bell With bcatiold at New Berne K. 5 of P. Home. Monday forenoon while at work on - the new K. of P. building at Btrne, a scaffold upon which Philip Schug was standing, broke and let him fall about fifteen feet through the jolnsts onto the sleepers below. He received severe injuries, his left forearm being badly bruised, besides a combination fracture of the ulnar bone, two ribs 1 broken and internal Injuries, the ex- . tent of which has not yet been as certained. He was carried home by a number of men, wh«re he will be compelled to remain a few days and B will not be able to work for some ’• time at best. AT DEATH’S DOOR 1 1 Mrs. Blanch Elzey of King- ’ fisher. Oklahoma, Not t ! Expected to Live. L ’ HAS BLOOD POISON i Stepped on Rusty Nail—- ■ Mother, Mrs. Rice, Goes t i to Her Bedside. i > Mrs. Blanch Elzey, wife of Elmer 1 Elzey, formerly of this city, but now ' of Kingfisher, Okla., is lying at death’s door from blood poisoning and a message to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. • P. Rice, Monday evening stated that 1 her condition was critical, and for ’ them to come. Mrs. Rice left over , the G R. & I. this morning byway of [ Fort Wayne to oe at her bedside, i Some time ago she stepped on a rusty ’ nail, the injury failing to heal proper- ’ ly and later poisoning set in and i spread through her entire system, , with but little hope of recovery. Word was received earlier in the day, telling of her condition, which was answered by her father at once that her mother would leave for her bedside. The second disclosed the serious stage and Mrs. Rice made arrangements to leave at once. Miss Blanche Rise, as she is more familiarly known here to her friends, is held in high esteem by all, and previous to the departure for the west resided in this city. That her recovery may be speedy ia the wish of all. ■ William Drake of Union wnship this morning early receiv. j a , .essage from the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, telling him to come a. once, ' but gave n~ further particulars relative to the summons. Mrs. Drake has for several weeks been a patient j there, having been operated upon for j an affliction, and up to Sunday was doing nicely. At that time Mrs. Levi I Mumma, a daughter, who visited her, reported on her return home that she was not quite so well, but thought nothing serious, as their daughter at ■ the hospital has been keeping them J in close touch, and no word of any ' alarm had been received by them. ’ Mr. Drake left at once in answer to - the message and to ascertain the cons dition of Mrs. Drake. ; O 1 WILL DOWLING HAS RESIGNED. ■ Leaves Telephone Company After 3 5 Years—Herman Ehinger Succeeds. c Will Dowling, who has been employ- - ed as collector and assistant manager -of the office work for the Citizen’s - Telephone company, has resigned, • same to take effect July 20th. The t place has been taken by Mr. Herman - Ehinger, who is now on the job, s learning the details. Mr. Dowling has I been with the company nearly three ! years, has proven very efficient and popular and leaves the company with the good wishes of every one. ! His future intentions will be mention- : ed later. ; o Mrs. Frank Carroll entertained Mrs. Frank Buell of Frankfort, Ind., and Miss Vera Hoffstetter at 12 o’clock dinner today.

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PROMISES KEPT 8 • 9 — 0 - Democratic State Officials 1 Make Payment of $l5O-, 000 on State Debt, ’ FIRST IN SIX YEARS 1 i Have Also Paid for Many t Improvements and Have Reduced State Taxes. ? i 5 Indiampolis. Ind., July 9—(Special . to Daily Democrat) —Another promise has been fulfilled by the democraia now in control of the machinery of ’ the state government of Indiana. The 1 auditor of state has completed send- ‘ ing out the warrants for payment of $150,975 on the state debt of approximately SBOO,OOO, due in 1915. The j democrats were able to make this pavk ment, in spite of the fact that under democratic management the total state tax for all state purposes was reduced one and one-half cents on the SIOO By the plan now being followed by the democrats, an additional $150,000 will be paid on the debt in December. By this means, the state officials will be able to have all the debt paid by the time it is due. Under the terms of the debt, It Is all now payable, and the democrats are reducing the state expenses in the measure that interest is saved on the amount raid. Governor Marshall, as president of the state board of finance, said today the payment of the sum on the debt was the result of careful planning on the part of the state officials charged with the handling of state finances. He pointed out that in addition to paying the sum of the state debt, $100,009 was paid in the state fair coliseum bonds, and heavy interest was paid on Vincennes university bonds, inheritances aii from former administrations. “The state officials charged with the state finances went about their business in a business-like manner,” said the governor. “We saw where state expenses could be reduced without impairing their efficiency, and proceeded to reduce the expenses. We saw' we could get along with a lower tax rate, and Towered it. We saw we could run the state business on tho moneys collected for that purpose, and caused to be enacted a law providing the state debt sinking funl should not, as formerly, be used far any other purpose The str.ee institutions and the state off s have not suffered because of t'lfc proper economy we asked tc have enforced, and the state her begun to pay Its just debts. It Is very gratifying to the members r.t the finance board to see that its carefully laid plans have been carried out, and that we have been able through careful administration of state affairs, to fulfill our promises of economic administration of state affairs.” The $150,000 principal of the state bonds paid off was held by the Greenwich Savings bank, of New York. The payment of the debt is the first made since January, 1906. o SISTERS’ RETREAT \ To Last Five Days, Being Conducted This Week. i ■ The annual retreat of the Sisters . of St. Agnes opened on last evening > at the home of the sisters here and - with thirty sisters from surrounding cities in attendance. Rev. Fr. Cyril a Carmelite father of Fond du Lac, Wis., an able retreat master, is Pi charge, giving the several talks each I day. It will be brought to a close on Saturday morning. Sister Aveline, also of this city, but who was removed as musical instructor from the academy of music, is at Fond du Lac, Wis., the mother house, for the annual retreat. STAR FEATURE. The Star theater will feature Thursday evening of this week the three thousand foot film entitled “Tracked by Bloodhounds", showing the world famous race between the steamers Natchez and the Robert E. Lee, winding up with a realistic explosion of the steamboat boilers. Many familiar slavery scenes will be accurately depicted and the south will be pictured as it was before the War of the Rebellion. Admission 10c to adults, 5c to children. Ane night only: