Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1913 — Page 3

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i igorWEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Mite Society—M. E. Church Lawn Christian Aid- Mrs. c. <’ |.^ l(lS Saturday. Social—Henry Kruoekeberg home AND THEY WERE NOT JOKES. Whether they are Intended for Jokes, or to be taken as serlm:., •dopn," the correspondence c o |. umn of some city newspapers show how ridiculous ( Or how p a . thetici some people are in their dependence. For instance we picked up a Cleveland paper yesterday and rend: "| am going to take a •vacation requiring several hours’ travel on a train. Wbid-i you advise mo to take sandwiches along for a lunch, and how many?" Another <s, “There is a hay who winks at me every time he sees mo. How shall I treat him?'' Another one was-going to a box social and wanted something nice suggested for the lunch she was expected to take. Still another one. incredible as it may seem, waa written by wife ns follows: “My husband Is a railroad man. He was trans- ! lerred for a time to the mountains to work with a construction company. He was gone about thirty days. I have learned that during that time he greatly neglected his personal appearance Do you think there Is any excuse for it? Some one. who.read suggests that if he had “spruced up” a bit during that time, she might have had reason lor suspicion, but certainly no cause to complain if lie fell below par” \|liile working. Why no learn to be indei>endent in deciding the small matters of life. If you cannot decide the small things of life for yourself, how 'an you expect to take care of the big ones when they come along? Mr. and Mrs. W H. Fledderjohann, who leave tomorrow morning for a month or five weeks' camping outing at the lakes near Evarts, Mich., gave a farewell supper last evening to a number of friends Guests were: Mrand Mrs- Frank Mason. Mr. and Mrs R. O. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs \\ ii Richards, Ralph Mattax, John Evans. . Jecrey, Huldah Loser. Mr and Mrs. Fledderjohann will be accompanied by their children, Ruth. Meriem, Bertha and Julius. For a summer month, when many are gope, and those who are left lack, energy and interest on account of | tile heat, the meeting of the German! Reformed Ladies’ Aid at the home of: Mr*. Ernst Schlickman yesterday aft ernoon was unusually good in attendance and interest. There was no program, however, the devotional* and business occupying the time before the social period. Several visitors: were present Mrs. Schlickman was assisted by the little Misses Angelin.' Firkes, Naomi Mayer, Gladys Hoff man and Naomi Lord in serving the refreshments. The soft, green fronds of many ferns made the C. A Dugan horn very cool-looking and inviting for the ’ J>arty of Thursday afternoon, when Mis* Naomi Dugan entertained the Tri-Kappas. the (’hantieler Set ind other friends for her house-guest, Mis* Natalie Webster, of Chicago The ferns were twined and banked about the large open stairway and used effectively in many other ways The tfrls brought their sewing, and while some busied themselves with this laurite pastime, others played cards at the little tables placed about the various rooms, where the r< fn »hi h ncheon was later enjoyed. Among the guests were the Misses Irene and Justine Cook. Helen Runyon and Marjorie Postal of Bluffton, who motored over, returning last evening. The Misses Irene Cook. Natalie Webstei umi Naomi Dugan >’nve been classmates at Ferry Hall. Lake Forest, 111-1 Miss Webster left this morning for Bluffton to be Miss Cook’s guest and Miss Dugan will Join them there Mon day. Mies Grace Miller has arrived from Chicago and will spend her vacation with her mother, Mrs. L. C. Miller. Miss Miller, who is a talented trntsiclan, has been in Hut »"’ 1 prior to going to Chicago several weeks ago, had been In New Yoi . City. — Mrs. Lew Hammond ami children. Lola, Carl and Ethel, left on the ) 1. car for Monmouth to visit with then daughter an<r‘sfst4r. Mfs. Curt britxinger.

1 '' '■ " club enjoyed a delightful ■ Hues, with refreshments la , tl1 " ho ""' of Miss Catherine •Utley lust evening. Lucile Smith lias gone to '•"tie to be tile guest of the Martin uiith family ove. the week-end. The Westminster Guild and the Kniyhts of King Arthur will have a this evening on the George Patitison lawn on Line street. A very Jolly, good time is antclpated. — -o—- --’ BOB’’ MOLTZ DIED TODAY. — ' 111 ’■ Moltz Is dead. Did you know Loli' If you did you liked him. He | ''.‘as the white bull dog which for i three years has tieen one of the reg’ir and trusty employees of the Deca- ; tur Packing company’s plant hero. I Be had almost human intelligence ! end could catch a chicken quicker ■ a dozen men, and would handle . tl"in in such away that they would not be hurt. He had more friends than any dog in town and his owner. | Harry Moltz, feels really bad over his death. He wag injured several months ago while at work and his . < oath resulted from that injury- .. ... _ o —— REMAN WITHIN CALL. Il'nited Press Service) New York, X. Y, July 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Gr.rrupson and Lee this afternoon or•■ered the local leaders to remain within call in case of a sudden derision to call a strike of trainmen j and conductors. CANCELLED LECTURE TOUR. il’nited Press Service) Washington. 1). C. July 18—(Spec- : ia! to Daily Democrat)—Secretary of State Bryan announced today that I' 1 ’ li:n! , ancelled afl lectures arranged for next week or any other time during the stay of Ambassador Wilson. “ho is here for a conference with President Wilson and Secretary moneyßryan- Charges of using pule i lie money for private telegraph tolls was made against Ashurst of Arizona by Bristow of Kansas. The charges were made as a climax of a bitter squabble over Bristow’s resolution of . Bryan. Charges of using public' taut problems before the state department wore made by Bristow, v lio claimed Bryan should devote all his time to state matters. BEET SUGAR PLANT Mrs. Ellingham Visits Big Sugar Concern at Greeley and Tells About it. MORE OF HER TRIP Ts Colorado Was Ironed Out it Would be as Large in Area as Texas. In proceeding letters I have been describing things thut were new and strange to me. but at least one day spent in Colorado I was among familiar scenes. It would not be fair to judge, the state by her scenic attractions and mineral wealth, alone. Tiu-se things do not make a state great and all her people prosperous. Is is by her agriculture that her wealth must largely bn measured. Boulder is not far from Denver, situated in Boulder county, it lias an ideal location. Some of the most gorgeous scenery found in ffie Rocky Mountains lies on her borders, yet i one may view from an elevation acres of rich farm land. It seems nature has been over generous in this county of Boulder. The average I annual yield of sugar beets to the acre is fourteen tons. From forty to seventy bushel* of wheat are raised. '.Haifa is another valuable crop there and four cuttings a year being possible. Peas are an imported pro- ■ duct. Farming is almost all done by irrigation and tliey ’nave here a genergus supply of water for that purpose. This lias also been claimed to furnish electric heat and power. Valuable mines of gold and coal arc being d< 'eloped. Deposits of building stone, commercial clay from which ' brick, tiling, pottery and china are made Gass and oil wells. I did not sec all this 1 just took a few items out 01 a little pamphlet some one handed me, a thing 1 seldom do i when writing these letters- I tell, 1

usually, only the things I see and learn first hand, but I believe this information is more than true for the pamphlet failed to do Justice to the things w B Ju see. people o f Boulder were so enthusiastic about their city and country, | felt sure it must be as good or better than It looked The boy wlio drove un around was from Indiana, and he could not be induced to say he wanted to go back, I made up my mind if 11 was better than our old Hoosier State It iiad -to go some,’’ Ju addition to her natural advantages, Boulder has the State University. This institution offers a six weeks summer course. The work done at tills time may lie applied toward a degree. The Colorado Chautauqua and Summer school have beautiful grounds joining the city. Summer guests are accommodated in tinsplendid hotels or may live in tents or cottages. Boulder Is truly, "The County of Opportunities ” Greely was our next stop, mid | Greely knows how to do tilings, if I not the whole town the host part of I it was at the train to extend the I right hand of hospitality. We felt .it home the minute we set foot lii the town It was a worth while town, too. with broad clean streets and side walks and attractive buildings. A park, and the parks are so restful, they are just open spaces of beauti- , ful trees and grass, in the center of the town was used to entertain us. Here again we had a most delicious iiincli, alter which we drove over the country in autos. | saw all I am telling this time so I know it is the truthI was interested in the Alfalfa fields I they are so beautiful and the sugar; beet, acres upon acres of them, they are tended by foreigners, whole families work in the fields and earn splendid wages, so that they soon buy a few acres and are on the road to prosperity. We passed a wagon load-' ed with peas. Tliey just mow down tlie vines, load them like hay and take i them to the factory where machinery shells and sorts them, the vines arc : used in some way for feed I think. I cannot remember all the processes and ways of doing things, because I am not a farmer, as much as I should like to be. I missed our good looking Indiana corn fields and asked abo.it it They said, they could make so much more with other crops, it pa d . to buy their corn, I suspect that irrigation has something to do with it. ■ . It seems the crops they raise are so . successful because they can use the water when it is needed, but it is necessary to understand just where and how. The cherry orchards were! loaded with delicious looking fruit- [ So many places I noticed bee hives, 1 honey is a paying crop in this country.! The farm houses were very good looking, but again I missed something. It ' was our big barns. They said, they did not need them, the atmosphere , is so dry, they leave tilings out. Everything in and around Greely cer- ■ tainly looked as if nature was yield-1 i ing a beautiful storein tlie late afternoon we reach d \ Fort Collins where the State Agricvl- ' tural College is located. It is situated in tlie’ rich valley of tlie Coclie la J Foudre river. Here we saw an im- > mense beet sugar plant witli curious divice for floating the beets into ' the factory. I couldn’t understand how it was done Tlie drive out thro’ ’ the country was most delightful, as i it had still different features from | any other place we had seen. Tlie Agricultural College, is. I should say, about the most important institution in the state. We can vouch for tlie ) efficiency of the Domestic Science deI partment. They served an excellent dinner on the campuu. which was at . least irnrtly prepared by tlie domestic , science class. Colorado farmers, re- . cognize tlie value of scientific farming. Here they have an advantage > over older states, as tliey will be able to use th*ir soil without impoverish- .- ing it. We had nil looked forew.ud to seeing this institution which holds such a high place in the esteem of 1 the people of Colorado and we were 1 not dissapointed. Space doos not al- ' low me to tell of all the profitable 1. products such as small fruits and 1 vegetables- Also the annual raising ;,i industry. It is certainly a country i where life may be lived at its best ' by those who are wealthy enough to ' live without work or those who desire 1 to make a living from tlie natural resources of tlie soil. In tlie evening a theatre party was given at the Em41 pire theatre, an attractive play house, ' and here wo had one on Colorado. The play was "Freckles ’’ We Indlnmi , • people swelled witli pride and said nt : ' least, you can’s boat us when It comes ; to producing literature, and there ■ was no one to toll an “ironin' " story ' ! n>ch as our Toxas friend got t ired of. - ! Some Colorado man was telling how u mik'li better Colorado was than any >' other state, when he got to Texas nil t! wondered what lie would do about tlm si size, he was equal to the occasion and e' said, “if Colorado was ironed out it u would be twice ns big as Texas." I,| MRS. ELLINGHAM. ,

DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEET AT NEW ALBANY Enjoyable Gathering of Newspaper Men. POINTS OF INTEREST VISITED Hoosier Editors and Their Guests Receive Royal Welcome at Every Point Visited. On Thursday, July 10th, three special cars, filled with members of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association, their families and guests, left over the Indianapolis and Louisville traction line for the midsummer meeting to be held at New Albany, on the 10th, 11th and 12th. Quite a number of prominent men and women of the state accompanied the editors’ on thei. southern trip. Perhaps the most distinguished of their guests was Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, wife of the governor of Indiana. The first stop for entertainment was at Seymour, where the hospitable citizens of that thriving city served luncheon at the New Lynn Hotel. The welcome address by Mayor Allen Swope and response by spokesmen for the writers were appropriate. The visitors left with a kindly feeling in their hearts for the citizens of Seymour. Arrive at New Albany. The editorial party reached New Albany from Indianapolis at 5 o’clock in the evening and were transferred to Silver Hills cars, which carried them to Oakland Heights, the suburban home of Frank Gwin, former president of the association, and the former home of his fatherv honored in life by the members of the association, of which he had been an active and influential member. Oakland Heights is one of the picturesque spots, with its beautiful and varied scenery, of Southern Indiana, and the stay there was thoroughly enjoyad by I the visiting hosts. Here refreshments were served and the assignment of visitors to the homes where they were i to be entertained were made. Returning from Silver Hills the party was taken to Glenwood Park, w-here dinner was served in the pavillion, over three hundred being seated at the tables. The pavillion was handsomely decorated with pennants, bunting and American flags. Thousands of roses, the gift of Anders Rasmussen, decorated the tables and were carried away by the ladies as souvenirs. The Novelty Quartet rendered selections .during the dinner. The public meeting followed the dinner, and was held in the Chautauqua tent in Glenwood Field. Adam Heim- ' berger was master of ceremonies. The address of welcome was made n ■*” y.. s,.- * . • • .-j, f T 1; -o'"’ 14 "■ "Is? ; j ( - OLD CAPITOL HOTEL. CORYDON. by James W. Dunbar, and the response by Charles J. Arnold, of Greencastle, president of the association. A musical program was given by John Peterson, bass soloist, accompanied by Miss Anna Louise Korfhage and Miss Margaret Aline Rowe, harpist, and the meeting closed with an address by Congressman John Adair, of Portland, Ind. Governor Samuel M. Ralston was to have spoken, but was unable to leave Indianapolis. Any number of the citizens of New Albany deserve special praise for the manner in which the publishers and their guests were entertained, but more especially to R. W. Morris, secretary of the CTuirnber of Commerce, and Frank Gwin, publisher of the ihildic Press, are tliey indebted for ■ their comfort and splendid entertainment at New Albany. Visitors Go to Corydon. Fifty automobiles left New Albany old capitol of Indiana, which nestles capitoi of Indiana, which nestles I among the hills of Indian Creek. The town was alive with important Hoosiers. Nearly every home in the town was decorated in honor of the occasion and the people vied with one another in their welcome of the visitors. It was here that the state was born in June, 1816. where the session of the constitutional convention was held under a large elm tree known ever since as the “Constitution Elm.” On Friday, July 11th, a great meeting was held under this historic old tree, when nearly 300 democratic editors, their families and guests, together with hundreds of citizens of Corydon and Harrison county gathered to listen to the proceedings ! which consisted of the welcome adI dress by C. W. Thomas, of Corydon, a former member of the association, and the response was made by the old soldier member of the association, A. B. Crampton, of Delphi. Also America i Was sung by the large crowd led by T. J. Hudson, of Corydon. The “Constitution Elm” was wrapped in the stars and stripes up to the limbs and this, together with tho patriotic song and address, wrought the enthusiasm of the crowd up to a high point.

Then the editors went to the “Old State House” where the business meeting of the association was held. The Old State House. Senator E. B. Stotsenburg, of New Albany, was on the program to deliver an address on “Indiana’s Birthplace,’’ but on account of the illness of his wife he could not be present. However, he sent his speech in manuscript form and Hon. Homer L. Cook, speaker of the Indiana legislature, read it to all who could crowd into the historic old structure. It was a well prepared article, and was full of interesting facts about Corydon and vicinity. Senator Stotsenburg urged the editors to favor the purchase of the “Old State Capitol,” and the square upon which it stands as memorial as a part of the centennial celebration of Indiana's admission into the union which Will be held in 1916. Other speakers of the day including Congressman Adair and Senator Yarling, also heartily favored this proposition. Harrison county must soon erect a new court house and if it is erected upon the square where the “Old State House” stands this building would have to be and the people of Harrison county, and many others .■wwO ui HHI—IHH H H "CONSTITUTION ELM.” CORYDON. over the state, think that the state should take the responsibility of preserving the “Old State House” for j future generations. The building is constructed of lime- ' stone rock quarried from the Indian Creek hills. The walls are laid three and a half feet into the ground and | are two and a half feet thick, and it i will stand for centuries. It is in a good state of preservation, having recently been repaired on the inside. ! Harrison county is rich in historic > facts connected with the events of a I hundred years, and more, ago. This historic old town also figured i prominently in the civil war, the only battles of Corydon and Gettysburg being the mily conflicts of that war ; fought north of the Mason and Dixon | line. It was fifty years. July 9, 1913, I : since the battle of Corydon, known as ' I the “Morgan Raid.”’ , A feature of the entertainment was a chicken dinner served by the women | of Corydon on the court house lawn. It was here “the first lady of Indiana” declared in a brief, but appealing ■ manner that “every editor likes a woman who can give him good fried ■ chicken, good biscuits and peach I cobbler.” “No woman should be afraid i fior ashamed of honest work,” said Mrs. Ralston. “It is love in the home , I of every man that counts. Had I been j requested to make a speech here to- ! day instead of Mr. Ralston, I would ; i have felt that I could not do justice ' to the splendid men who are members ) lof this association. Indeed, I have I : been told that the editors of Indiana j are so progressive that when they go ' ! to bed at night they meet themselves i ■ getting up in the morning.” Lew M. O’Bannon, publisher of the ! ' Corydon Democrat, assisted by the hospitable people of Corydon proved themselves to be good entertainers. On Kentucky Soil. In addition to the hospitality of the people of New Albany and Corydon, j the Hoosier editors learned something j j of the method of entertainment of the | people of Louisville. At 4 o'clock in , ! the afternoon the editors were the I I guests of Gen. W. B. Haldeman and j , Benjamin Haldeman of the Courier- j Journal and the Times. They were I : shown over the plants of those two | newspapers and were served with I luncheon in the counting rooms of the Courier-Journal. Dennis B. Goode, , head of the Louisville Convention and I Publicity League, looked after the enI tertainment of the editors for that j organization. Following the entertaini ment at the newspaper offices, the ed- , jtors were taken to Fontaine Ferry, Park, where lunch was served, fol- ( lowed by a theatre party. At Jeffersonville. On Saturday morning the party left New Albany and journeyed to Jeffersonville where they visited the government depot and later were the guests of Major David C. Peyton, ; superintendent of the Indiana rei forinatory at noon luncheon. This visit was one of the interesting events i of the outing and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Off For French Lick. At 2:00 p. tn. on Saturday the visitors boarded the Monon train for French Lick Springs, where they arrived in the evening. Hon. Thomas Taggart, whose guests they were to , be over Sunday, was at the hotel to meet them and extend a cordial wel- ! come to one of the beautiful spots of . the state. I 1

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