Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1917 — Page 3

Look At lhese Bargains ft ~7 44 pairs Patent j • / Vamps, Cloth Top, J ; I Lace or Button, $F j* 31 pairs Patent ‘x /* and Gun Metal, Lace or Button, with Low Heels, $2.98. Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER

§ WEATHER FORECAST ■ M » Fair, warmer, except txereme south portion: Tuesday part cloudy, probably rain north portion. Miss Florence Jolly left this morning for Arcola for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Twigg, of Bryant, passed through the city enroute to Fort Wayne. Misses Margaret Moran and Neva Brandyberry have returned from a visit at Portland. Nevin Crowell ?.j employee of the Democrat office motiHud to his home nortlf of Fort Wayne yesterday. Mrs. Clarence Baxter returned to Fort Wayne after a visit here with her mother, Mrs. Ward Cline and other relatives. Mrs. L F. Schroeder and son, Sylvester, went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Schulte. Mrs. Owen Davis is working on the Herald this week in the absence of Miss Agnes Gillig who is taking a weeks vacation. Mrs. Ansel Bremerkamp and daughters, Helen and Margaret, and Miss Grace Battenberg were visitors in Ft. Wayne Saturday afternoon. Mrs. B. Miller and granddaughter. Ruth Pelkey, returned, to Fort Wayne this morning after a visit here with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Parent. Mrs. Lilly Porter, of Parker City, who attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Blackamore. at Sturgis, Mich, came yesterday and stopped at the J. R. Porter home enroute home.

The Home of Quality Groceries WHill II tit nT"'~rr° Bulk Rolled Oats, lb 7c Bulk Pearl Hominy, lb < -: c Bulk Flake Hominy, lb J” c Pure N. Y. Buckwheat Flour l ’’ c Whole Wheat Flour \ 7c Self Rising Buckwheat, Pancake and Corn Cake Flour, pkg ?? Scotch Barley, pkg. ..10c Braneta ...15c. 2 for 25c Pearl Tapioca, pkg.... 15c Mince Meat 10c; 3 tor 25c Minute Tapioca, pkg. .15c Talcum Powder .5c Sweet Pickles in Mason Jars, each • • • •• l» c Sweet and Sour Pickles, in Bulk, doz., 10c and lac We pay cash or trade or produce. Eggs 40c Butter, 30c to 42c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. &I- Depot ’Phone 10S <

I THE I | "WHITE STAG" | I EXTRA MILD CIGAR I Sis really a remarkable smoke lor the money- || Ask your dealer about them. H

i Mrs. John Beal and Miss Roeella ! Mills went to Fort Wayne Saturday > afternoon. Mrs. H. F. Dauer went to Fort 1 Wayne today to be with her sister, Mrs. E. Essig who is very ill. The George Morris and Fred Bell families of Bluft-.0r., visited here Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. French Quinn.' Miss Tonk Meibers returned this I morning from Portland where she spent Sunday with Miss Ruth Whipple A change of venue from Squire Kintz to Squire Lenhart’s court was obtained by John Trimm Friday evening. Mrs. Dan Niblick returned this morning from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henneford at Vera Cruz. W. S. Weldy, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harden, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Berger, motored to Fort Wayne Sunday where they were guests of the Louis Yagle family. Miss Alvena Smith of Berne, Mrs. J. E. King and Fred King of this city spent Sunday in Convoy, Ohio, visit- : ing relatives and friends The party motored through. Mrs. L. F. Merillat and children, Jeanette and Claytou, returned last night to their homes in Fort Wayne after a visit since Friday with her mother, Mrs. H. F. Dauer. Mr. Merillat motored here to get his family. Fred Ahr returned Sunday morning from Baltimore, Md., to which place he accompanied a shipment of horses purchased by the government. He stopped at Washington, D. C. and saw many of the government buildings, including the capitol and reports a good time. Wilson Beery made the trip with him.

Mr. J. 8. Bowers spent Saturday and Sunday with bis family in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Charles Weatherhogg and Ross McCulloch, of Fort Wayne, were here Friday evening as guests of the C. A. Dugan family and visited the sugar factory. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred latwis and Mr. and Mrs. David Shelter of Huntington were in the city a short time last evening visiting with Mrs. R. Briner at the Decatur hospital and other relatives. Reports of the adjutant general’s office show that there were 929 men accepted for service in the regular army on November 15. This makes a total of £50,899 acceptances since April 1, 1917. B. G. Hinckley, of Boston, Mass., has been named to assist L. A. Snead, of the apportionment and distribution section of the United States fuel administration, in all matters relating to coal and coke for New England. With the closing of navigation o nthe Great Lakes the fuel administration will arrange to have special shipments of coal made to New England. At Kansas City an electric interurban railway has been tried out, with gratifying results, a coin-operated sem aphore intended for way stations where cars do not stop unless signaled. To operate the signal, one places a nickel in the slot and presses a lever This actuates the semaphore arm, >gnites a red lamp, and issues a five-cent ticket to the prospective passenger.— From the December Popular Mechanics magazine.

A story comes from Wood eovv.ty in which it is stated that several good women residing in the counts between Bowling Green and Findlay were robbed by fake inspectors, who armed with false papers, claimed to be food inspectors and possessing the power to look over the canned goods that had been stored away. They infoimed her that she had more canned goods on hand ti an she was entitled to hold under the law, so they took the surplus away in Ihr; automobile. Citizens who are visited by such ’’inspectors’ are urged o summon the sheriff of the county or the police, and L ive them turned ov?r >0 the federal authorities as imposters.—VanWert Bulletin. When testing seeds, it is necessary to count them and then space them evenly on moist sheets of blotting paper. A device has been developed which does the work accurately and quickly. It is used in conjunction with a vacuum pump operated by exerting pressure on a foot pedal, and consists of a metal contrivance having a square, flat surface with 100 small perforations. When this is brought in contact with a quantity of grain and a partial vacuum created, the suction draw s a kernel over each of the orifices. By then placing the instrument on a blotter and releasing the pressure, the seeds are deposited in regular order on the sheet. The device is illustrated in the December Popular Mechanics magazine.

In an article which Marguerite Clark has written for the December American magazine, she says: “Two weeks ago I was in a moving picture theater with my sister, watching one of my own pictures. Behind me sat a woman who was telling the men next to her all about me. She was one of those persons who are wise to everything. She knew so much about me that you would have been surprised that one head could hold it all. According to her, I was fifty years old, had been three times married, and had worked in pictures ever since they were invented. We fully expected to hear her talk about my children. but she leftirthe theater before she got to them. The fact that I did not look fifty she attributed to tlie fact that I spent most of my time beI nig massaged, enameled and what not. If I did all the things the good lady accused me of I would never in the world have any time for pictures.” There is an article about a newsboy of Seattle, Wash., in the December American Magazine. The newsboy has built up a good business in selling papers, and he says: “There s another thing I train them to do, too. and that’s to speak distinctly. No ‘uxtry pape’ stuff goes with me, for I learned along time ago that plain speaking sells a lot more papers than loud shouting that nobody understands and so pays no attention to it. I insist upon my salesmen finding out the names of their regular customers whenever it is possible, and remembering them, because I’ve found it pays to be able to say, “Hello, Mr. Collins, here’s your P. I.’ (Post Intelligencer), or ‘How are you. Mr. Ellis? Want your Evening Times?’ 1 also insist upon their being polite even under trying circumstances: and I urge them to practice making change whenever they get a chance until they learn to do it quickly and correctly. Nothing annoys a custoi met- more than to be kept waiting for his change.”

BUTTER F/\ ££ L. MARTIN CO m &OVERLEAF CRE/iMffla HUNTINGTON .-Wu DECATUR W > t MARRIN INDIANA INDIANA < > INDIR NR Volume I. Number 3. Decatur, Indiana November 19, 1917.

j DISHONEST MEN H In the Creamery Business j Causes Suspicion to Fall on Honest Firms. The question has many times been 9 asked, “Why is there a variation of « from one to two cents in the butter--8 fat prices offered by different creamU eries?” This is an every-day occurt> reuce and one which has caused more •? suspicion as to the honesty of the 8 creameries than any other phase of 8 this business which is rather compliH cated to one who has had little exit pei ience with them. To undo this M feeling of suspicion we will endoavg or to explain just how and why g creamery prices vary. 5 Ninety-five per cent of the dependH able creameris base their butterfat g prices on the market which in this U section of the country is made in X Chicago, and at the present time H watched very carefully by the gov--3 ernment so that there will be as llt9 tie speculation as possible and to 8 keep the price at a point which will y net a fair profit to the dairymen and X also to the creameries. g As the creamery business in this 3 locality is practically in its infancy, 9 many things have happened which 8 have caused the farmer to be susy picious of many of the creameries. X For example high quoted prices and 3 unfair tests have been very injurious S to firms doing a fair and honest busig ness. This method is being quickly 8 forced out of use by the farmers « themselves who are fast learning the g intricacies of this line of business 3 and can tell if they are getting a fair H deal. We advise and request that 8 farmers make a test of their butter4 fat before bringing it to the market ■ > and then compare the tests. We are '] positive that our test will compare 3 favorably with the tests of the indi--3 vidual. 8 We all know that a dollar is worth 8 only one hundred cents and when U you are quoted unreasonably high 3 prices there must be a catch some--3 where. Patrons have told us that 3 when they shipped to creameries that 8 were offering such high prices that 8 o forty pound can of butterfat in our 8 crepmery weighed only thirty-eight : 3 or thirty-nine pounds in the fellow’s | <* creamery who tried to fool his pa-1 3 trons with his eye-catching prices. 3 Low tests is another common meth--8 od used in making up the money lost U in offering higher prices. K Let us get together and force the 8 dishonest creameries from the ranks « of business. We want the confidence 3 of every one of our patrons and if at 3 any time our business transactions \ 3 are not clear to you we want you to | $ ask about them. We can answer you 8 truthfully and therefore are afraid of 3 no question you may ask us. Most I' creameries are doing all they can to 3 increase dairy production by giving i 3 every farmer what is coming to him. ! it This practice has made our success, j 8 THE MARTIN-KLEPPER CO. 8 W. A. KLEPPER. a::aaar.w.:tt:3tx«:;tn;«:w:

An appeal to the American people, I especially the children, to discon-' tinue the hoarding of pennies, nick-j els. dimes and other minor coins and invest them in war-saving sertiflcates and wartsaving stamps is made by Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint. “The time has come for the passing of the penny bank,” Mr. Baker said in a statement. “These receptacles, which are to be found in half the homes of America, will be made superfluous by the issuance by the government, beginning December 2, of war-savings certificates, warsavings stamps, and thrift stamps. Investment in them may begin at 25 cents. Applications for more than $552,000.000 of life insurance, Secretary McAdoo announced today, had been received by the military and naval division of the bureau of war risk insurance, of the treasury department, up to the close of business today. This represents a little more than one month’s operation of the war insurance act. Under the law, soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses in active service, in addition to the family allowances and death and disability compensation furnished by

CONFIDENCE IS BASIS OF TRADE We want you to feel that whenever you send your cream to us you are getting the best possible price and feel that the test is as fair as can be made. We do not wish you to have this confidence so that we may be able to “beat” you. That is not the policy of our business and of this fact our old customers are well aware. Our object is to have our business relations as satisfying as possible to both of us. You cannot have this confidence by simply reading it in print. You must bring your products to use and let us prove it to you. We Want Your Confidence—You Have Ours ■tiw b Decatur, Ind. CREAMERIES ’Phone 50

CONSERVE FEMALE BREEDING STOCK. No branch of the live stock industry can long survive unless the breeding stock is carefully maintained. Due to the exceedingly high cost of feeds, many farmers and dairymen are now seriously considering the proposition of disposing of their dairy herds. The demand for meat is so great and the prices paid for all classes of animals for slaughter so high that when dairy stock is sold it is converted into meat rather than transferred to other farms for the purpose of producing milk, it is imperative that a campaign be waged, immediately, urging the farmers of Indiana to conserve the dairy breeding stock. No greater service can be rendered to our country by the men of the farms than to realize the importance of this principle. CALF FEEDING. The farmers throughout the state should be shown the advantage of rearing their calves upon some material more economical than whole milk. The practice of permitting calves to nurse their dams, whether they be dairy or beef cows, after the milk becomes fit for human food should be discouraged. The present value of butterfat is such that it is not economical to permit it to be used in a feed for live stock. HERD TESTING. The great variation in the ability of dairy cows to produce milk and butterfat is common knowledge. The inefficient producer must be replaced by a cow of greater ability. It will not be wise, however, to sell the poor cow until a more efficient one is available to take her place. CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES. For BUTTERFAT gladly received at this office or at the MartinKlepper Creamery. PRICES FOR THE WEEK Butterfat at our plants 46c Butterfat at our stations 44c Butterfat on routes 43c

I the government life insurance up to I SIO,OOO, at a rate of from 65 cents | a month at age of 21 to $1.20 a I month at age of 51, for each SI,OOO of insurance.

PALACE TODAY THE TALK OF THE TOWN MORRIS & THURSTON In the new musical comedy hit “PARADISE VALLEY” The Show Beautiful 25 PEOPLE 25 With 12 LITTLE ANGELS 12 “extra ADDED ATTRACTION KIMBALL & KENNETH i Banjo Entertainers I SPECIAL TONIGHT See The Alter Cigar Store Automobile driven on the stage and given away. • Coming Thursday — Hugo Jansen i Presents •THE FASHION SHOP” ; With Star Cast and Beauty Chorus i of Broadway Models and Biq Keith Bill PALACE THEATRE, FT. WAYNE >

VINOL MADE THIS RUN-DOWN WOMAN STRONG ! Her Signed Letter Proves This. Read it Keene. N. H.—“l was all run down, had no strength, no appetite and a bad cough, so that a good deal I of the time I was unfit for work. My druggist told me about Vinol. I took it, and my cough soon disappeared, my appetite improved and 1 am strong and well again.”—Mrs. Inne Davis, 50 Russell St., Keene, N. H. Vinol is a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy which creates an appetite, aids digestion, enriches the blood, and in this natural manner creates strength. Wc guarantee it. Smith. Yager A Falk, druggists,) Decatur, and at the best drug storu in every town and city in the country. Democrat Want Ads Pay

RAISE CALVES By Hand and Save Butterfat for Market—Use Skim Milk Instead. The practice of raising calves by hand is increasing In localities where improved dairy practices are properly understood. A decided prejudice exists, Ln many localities where dairying is little practiced, against this method of raising calves, due, probably, to the usual inferior class of stock produced whenever this method of feeding is first used. This condition is usually not the result of the feeds, but, rather, the manner of feeding. The lack of proper information, together with carelessness on the part of the feeder, is laigely responsible for the inferior class of calves often produced by hand feeding. The commercial value of butterfat prohibits its use as a feed for live stock. Its value in a ration is very low as shown by practical feeding experiments. Calves reared on whole milk are, usually, in a higher physical condition but not further developed in growth and muscle tissue than those fed on skim milk. After six months of age, it is difficult to note a difference between calves fed whole milk and those properly fed skim milk. As soon as the calf is eating freely from the bucket, a small amount of hay should be provided. An extensive consumption of dry roughage is desirable for best development. The type of hay to feed will depend upon the health of the calf, to a ceretin extent. If the leguminous hays, such as alfalfa, clover, soybean and cowpea, do not produce scours, nothing better need be provided. However, quite frequently the laxative effevt of the leguminous hays makes it necessary to discontinue their exclusive use. A mixture of oat straw and alfalfa or clover, ar the exclusive use of prairie or timothy hay, is recommended for calves of dedicate digestion. After a calf has reached the age of eight or ten weeks, it should be able to assimilate all classes of hay without evil results. The hay should not be before the calves constantly nor fed in too large quantities. It should be fed in a -onverient rack to prevent waste and ,U1 refused material should be removed before a fresh supply is given. WARM WATER VALUE Warm drinking water for the dairy stock will save feed and also benefit the milk flow. It saves feed because it does not draw on the vitality of the cow as does the cold water. It benefits the. milk flow because a cow will not reach her maximum production unless she drinks water abundantly. This she will not do if it is ice cold.

;WLY?WONTBE! People Notice It Drive Them Off with Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets A pimply face will not WMbtwass you , much longer if you get a package of Dr. 1 Edwards’Olive Tablets. The skin should e begin to clear after you have taken the | tablets a few nights. Cleanse the blood,thc bowels and the I: ver I r>- Edwards’ Olive Tablets, the suej cessful substitute fbrcalomel; there's never any sickness or pai-t after taking them. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just aseffectively. 1 but their action is gentle and safe instead : of severe and irritating. No one who takes Olive Tablets is ever cursed with “a dark brown taste,” a bad breath, a dull, listless, “no good” feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad disposition or pimply face. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Dr. Edwards spent years among patients afflicted with liver and bowel complaints, and Olive Tablets are t'.a , immensely effective result. I Take one or two nightly for a week. See how much better you feel and look. 10c and 25c per box. All druggUs. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.