Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1915 — Page 2

!T IS NOW TIME TO TAKE OUT YOUR 1916 LICENSE GET YOUR BLANKS FILLED OUT AT THE OFFICE OF THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. It is necessary that you have the 1916 license numbers on your automobile January Ist. Your motorcycle also needs them. Ail blanks filled out here and sent in to the Secretary of State. Licenses are now jbeing issued for next year. Come in. HOMER H. KNODLE, ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSF, Notary Pul lie. Sunday Excursions from DECATUR to Bluffton, Marion, Kokomo and Frankfort via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE See H. J. Thompson Agent for Particulars -ju—.tiii —-I — ■■»»■■■■■■■■ w t ■ — ■ ni«—m 3 Preparedness | J The motor car owner who takes ad van- r r tage Our batter y serv ’ ce no w doesn’t. w Jr have to worry about what is likely to KT J ' ‘ i happen later. J Holthouse Fireproof Garage § w Free inspection of any battery at any time SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES TO Winter Tourist Destinations VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE See Clover Leaf Agents, <nrwrite Chas. E. Rose, G. P. A., Toledo, for particulars. Democrat Want Ads Always Bring Results.

PUBLIC SALE

As I am going to move from my farm and go into other business I will offer at public sale, regardless of price, at my residence on Mud Pike, south of Decatur, next to the old County Fair Grounds, on what is known as the Hank Meyers farm, on Thursday, December 23, 1915, beginning at 9:30 o’clock a. m., the following property-to-wit: Seven Head of Horses: One gray mare, 8 years old, sound, weighing 1500 lbs.; sorrel mare. 4 years old, sound, white main and tail, weighing 1250 lbs.; sorrel mare, 4 years' old, weight 1350 lbs; gelding, 3 yrs. old, iron gray, sound and an extra good one; bay mare, 12 years old, work in all harness, family mare, weight 1400; one driver, 4 years old, lady and city broke. Eighteen Head of Cattle: Ten head of extra good Durham milch cows, red cow, 5 years old, extra good butter cow and fresh; Jersey cow, fresh, also a good butter cow; roan cow, fresh; spotted cow. fresh, 4 years old; spotted cow, fresh, 8 years old; red cow, 5 years old, will be fresh in May; red cow, 3 years old, fresh in May; red cow, will have her second calf the first of March; red cow, 6 years old, will be fresh in May; red cow, 4 years old? will be fresh in June; 3 extra good 2 year old Durham "heifers, 5 head of younger cattle. Seventy-five Head of Hogs: Nine brood sows, bred to have pigs from Ist to 15th of March; Berkshire boar, 62 fall shoats, weighing from 40 to 50 lbs.; 950 shocks of good yellow corn in field, 50 big fodder shocks, 12 ton of hay in mow, 6 ton of Clover hay, the balance good mixed hay; 1 Round Oak Base burner, good as new, and other household goods. Farming Implements: One 't'urnbull wagon, hay ladder, com bed and stock rack .pombined, good 20th Century manure spreader, Keystone hay loauer, Thomas hay tedder, Mil-

JOHN J. LIMENSTOLL J. J. Baumgartnei - and Harry Bunn, Ossian, Aucts. W. A. Lower and Willis Fonner, Clerks. z Lunch will be served on grounds.

waukee mower, 6 foot cut, si* foot cut clover buncher, nine hole disc, John Deere corn planter, used two seasons, fertilizer attacher. can be used on any corn planter, new delivery rake, good doublet disc, good fanning mill, good land roller, set of dump boards, John Deere walking plow, Oliver Star w’alking plow, 2 good spring tooth harrows, 1-horse corn cutter, 60-spike tooth harrow good spring wagon, Union City sur rey, top buggy, with storm front; Jamesville breaking riding plow, 2 corn cultivators, corn shelter, a pair of good bob-sleds, 800 pound platform scales, 2 good sets of heavy work harness, 1 double set of driving harness, set of single driving harness, and some good collars of all sizes, 4 good hay slings, 140 gal. of good apple cider vinegar, 100 gal. hog fountain, 5 hog sheds, 3 lifting jacks, 1 ten foot and 3 six foot galvanized hog troughs, sev-enty-five gallon feed cooker, self hog feeder, double shovel plow, float, single shovel plow, 40 rods of hog fence, 1-horse cultivator, good vise and work bench combined, good grindstone, 2 good gasoline and oil tanks, grain cradle, log chains, double trees, 3- , horse eveners, 4-horse eveners, neck yokes, shovels, spades and rakes, forks, scoop boards and hog hanger, two-wheel cart, hog chute, hay fork, rope and pulleys, hog step barrel, wheelbarrow, good porch swing and numerous other articles not mentioned. Terms:—All sums of $5.00 and under, cash in hand; over $5.00 a credit of 12 months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security, the last 6 months only bearing 6 per cent interest; 4 per cent off for cash. No property removed until settled for.

GET FRESH WATER FROM SEA Only Source of Supply Available to the Inhabitanta of Island In Persian Gulf. Quite often one hears a foolish per son compared to I.arabee’s calf, which it is said swam the river to get a drink. It is not always so, however, for there is a laud where people dive deep in the ocean to get water Sounds funny, doesn't it? In the Persian gulf, about twenty miles from the Arabian coast, is a group of islands, the largest of which is called Bahrein. This island, fthieh is 20 miles in length and 10 in width, is low and sandy in most places, but here and there an oasis rich in date palms dots the island with spots ol green. "The Mountain of the Mist" in the center rises to the height of 400 feet. The 8,000 people who live in Manamch. its largest town, are mostly Arabs of the fanatical Wahabi sect. Fish and seaweed are their chief food and the only fresh water they have to drink is brought from springs at the bottom of the sea The natives, with goat-skin bags, dive to the bottom and holding tho opening down upon the bubbling spring, swim to the surface with their bags filled with sweet water. The extensive pearl fisheries for which the islands nave always bean famous is their one great IndusI try. The Dutch Reformed church has long maintained a mission station upon the island and that has been possible because Bahrein is under Brit ish protection. HARD WORK BRINGS SUCCESS Few Achieve Anything Really Worth While Without a Struggle for Its Possession. Anything you may get without a struggle is worth little. Keep this in mind when you are engaged in some difficult task and see if it doesn’t help you to stick. Things easy to do are the things sought by the easy-going kind of man who never climbs to any height. Perhaps he puts up a good bluff of doing hard work, but the deception hurts himself the most, and sooner or latei he has to pay the piper. Natural ability helps some folk to gain prominence, but without hard work it will not go far. It is not the pupil who learns his lesson the easiest' or in the shortest time who amounts to the most in after life. The quick to learn often have to work the hard est to retain it. When you think of the different members of your class in school you know now that it is mostly the “grind’ who has made the great and real success, not the boy who could recite on a minute’s notice and spent the rest of his life in mischief. The real "smart boy” you used to know is generally working under the man who was once known as "dense” or "slow.’ Stick to your job. Common Kind of Desert. A fond mother was assisting her lit tie boy the other evening in the mas tery of his geography lesson, and coming to ttee description of a desert, which formed part of the lesson to be memorized, she quoted the words of the textbook to the effect that it was “a barren tract.” The little fellow repeated the phrase after her, but his air of mystification showed that he hadn’t the slightest idea of the meaning conveyed by the group of words, and the better to reach his understanding, she endeavored to simplify the description by de fining it as "a place where nothing would grow.” The boy’s face brightened with the light of awakened Intelligence, and the mother, proud and expectant, put the question: "Now, Johnny, what is a desert?” Prompt came the response: “Pa’s bald head.” The Successful Wife. It is becoming more or less rare to hear of an ideally happy marriage, and this state of things "gives one furiously to think,” as they say in France. It may be due to the fact that, although love is easy to gain, it requires tact and care on a woman’s part to retain it. So many girls think that, directly the wedding ring is actually their own they need no longer trouble themselves to be as charming to their husbands as they were in courting time. The girl who wants to become a thoroughly happy wife, Roving and beloved, must tax her strength and patience to attract and please her husband, regardless of the worries of everyday life, to show a smiling face in trouble, to be a real “pal,” and to bear and forbear. These efforts must inevitably be crowned with success, and the effort is well worth while. — Exchange. Work Requires Skill. One of the spectacular features of the work on the modern steel building which always attracts the interest of the spectators is the adeptness of the man at the forge, whose job consists of heating the rivets to the point of redness and then tossing the glowing metal to a workman somewhere in the vicinity. He catches it and drives it into a hole awaiting its reception. In its heated condition the two ends are then clinched by a few blows of the hammer. Occasionally these meteorlike missiles go astray, and are likely to do some damage, unless they are looked after. It has been found that a bettor way of accomplishing the practice is by means of a chute.

NUTICK. Tc Property Own?rs Aids* Knuth l'sr«t Street Improvement. Notice In hereuy Riven that the common council in hihl for the City of Decatur, Indiana d)d on the 7th day of December, 1915, adopt a preliminary a cessment roll in the matter of the Improvement of South First street, from the south line of Adams street to north line of Oak street; said improvement is intersected by the following named streets: Adams street, Rukk street, Oak street. Said assessment roll, with the names of property owners and descriptions of property, subject to be assessed, with tlie amounts of prima Cade assessment, If any has been made, is on silo and can be seen at the office of the city clerk. Further notice is also given that said council will on the 21nI liny of December. at seven o'cloc k p. m . at their council rooms in said clty>eceive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed ai-ninst the property respectively on said roll, and will determine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum. or in any sum, at which time and place all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be hoard. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of December, 1915. (Seal) 11. M. De VOSS, 11-18 City Clerk. i i ——- . NOTICE. To Property Owners Along East Hogg Street Improvement. Notice Is hereby given that the common council in and for the City of Decatur, Indiana did on the 71la day of December, 1915, adopt a preliminary assessment roll in the matter of the improvement of East Rugg street, from the east line of Mercer avenue to the east line of Fornax street. Said improvement is Intersected by the following named streets: Mercer avenue. South First street and Fornax street. Said assessment roll, with the names of property owners and descriptions of property, subject to be assessed, with the amounts of prima facie assessment, if any has been made, is on file and can be seen at the office of the city clerk. Further notice is also given that said ■council will on the 21m1 Day of December. 1910. jit seven o’clock p. m., at their council rooms in said city receive and hear rejnonstrances against the amounts assessed against the property respectively on said roll, and will determine the jiucstion as- to whether such lots or Jtracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement in the named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum, or in any sum, at .which time and place all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of December, 1915. i Seal) H. M. DeVOSS, 11-IS City Clerk.

_____ I ■ Who the Republican Presidential Candidate Will Be As Foretold by 685 REPUBLICAN EDITORS FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA The Editors of THE LITERARY DIGEST have made a country-wide inquiry of Republican Editors, Senators, and Representatives to learn their choice for the Presidency. The result of this poll is published in THE LITERARY DIGEST for December 18th. Issues, platforms, and candidates are suggested and discust and the chances of victory analyzed. Every shade of Republican sentiment is reflected, and all sections of the country are represented. Altho one Illinois editor claims that The Republicans Can Elect a “Yellow Dog” next year, yet he and his colleagues state that it behooves the party to pick a man who will not shrink in size before the nation’s grave problems that loom in the immediate future. There are four “favorite sons” who show unmistakable strength. Included in the article are Exclusive Statements From" Senators Smoot, Works, Warren, Renyon, Catron, Clapp, and Sherman, and Numerous Congressmen This poll is by far the most comprehensive analysis of Republican hopes and expectations for the coming Presidential campaign that has been made. Not the least interesting phases of it are the views, convictions, and speculations as to What the Progressives Will Do . The exclur’ve and timely article outlining the Republican Party’s views upon their candidates, policies, and platform, is. by no means the only feature in the issue of “ The Digest for December 18th. As usual, there will be found a wide sweep of news of intense and general interest, among which may be mentioned-

A Presidential Peace-Message in War-Time The Eastern Freight-Flood Points of Friction with Japan Germany’s Mysterious Peace Hints Surgical Operations to Musical Accompaniment Three Nobel Prizes for Americans * — -

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two German Captains Who Depart Chicago’s Quest of “Union-Graft” Revolts in India A War of Tendencies How to Cure Bad Habits W here are the Christmas Stories of Yesteryear?