Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1918 — Page 3

> —at 8:00 o’clock this evening E ’ STOP and ask yourself whether the shoes you have been I wearing all day were comfortable. If not, make a t resolution to come here and have a “Footograph” | taken of your feet and be fitted w ith comfortable f shoes. ■L Charlie Voglewede | THE SHOE SELLER

I WEATHER FORECAST I mix tn:;:::::::tjuut'.tn: :::::::::::::« ■jft Fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday. K Orene Schuhz went to Ft. Wayne for a visit with relatives. , Floyd Hunter arrived safe in Frame according to word received by relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sutton went to Fort Wayne Saturday for a few days’ visit with their daughters. Hilda Kirchner was accompanied to her home in Fort Wayne by her aunt, Miss Clara Bieberich who will visit with her sister, Mrs. Applegate. Who remembers when we used t’ smuggle liver int’ th’ house A pyramid o’ grapefruit makes a swell decoy fer a rolled oats restaurant. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis News. Mrs. Luella Thorsness and children returned Saturday afternoon to their home at Kerkhaven, Minn. They visited with the Thompson and Jesse Niblick families and other relatives. Miss Agnes Meibers, stenographer| for the Peterson & Moran law office,' left last night for Washington, D. C*. where she will take a |>osition as typ-' tsi in the aircraft production department of the government. I The wheat is about ready to h.trI Vest. The rye is coming along nicely. Oats never looked better. Seed selection and favorable weather Fas given us an excellent stand of corn. Now let's husband our resources and put them to work winning the war for humanity and democracy. Join the War Savers army. Enlist now!

The Home of Quality Groceries FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS we offer FANCY CALIFORNIA DESSERT PEACHES Large cans, Clings or Yellow Free, for winter use, Per dozen 82.40 Canned Hawaiian Pineapple, sliced, per dozen. | sl-80, $2.00, $3.00 Red Beans, can ... .10c Wash Boards ..... .25c Catsup 15c 10 Qt. Galv. Pail ..-.15c 15c Extracts 10c 12 Qt. Galv. Pail . ...60c Pure Fruit Preserves, Fruit or Berries, a bargain at, jar 25c We pay cash or trade for produce: Eggs, 32c. Butter, 25 to 35c. M. E. HOWER North of G. It & I. Depot. Thone 108

SMOKE THE "WHITE STAG" SEGAR Wc know you’ll like it. Put it to the test of taste today—NOW. THANK YOU.

Mis. Anna Laman and daughters ’are visiting in Fort Wayne. Mrs. A. IL Parker and children, of Fort Wayne, are guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Steele. Mrs. Jesse Niblick who has returned home from the hospital in Fort Wayne is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Koontz, of West Milton. 0., motored here for an over Sunday visit with Mrs. C. R. Hammeil and family. Hugh Hitchcock has gone safely across to the fighting side, according to announcement received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hitchcock. Mrs. Jesse Brenneman returned Saturday afternoon to her home in Fort Wayne. She visited here with her mother. Mrs. Mary Spade and other relatives. Velma and Gladys Peterson returned to their home in Como after a visit here. They were accompanied by their cousin. Sylvan Baker, who will visit there a week or so. A twin dahlia bloom is a very unusual floral freak that attracts much attention. It was grown on a plant raised by Mr and Mrs. William Hoffman, of South Eleventh street. The flower shows two fully developed heads on one stem, growing like the Siamese twins. Too much importance has been given to Thrift Stamps. They are all right in their place. But do not make ihe mistake of thinking you have done your duty when you have bought a Thrift Stamp when you should have bought a $5 W. S. S. There is no patriotism in trying to deceive yourself and your government.

The Barnum & Beiley circus will show in Fort Wayne on July 11th. The war saving stamp campaign is developing a number Os new orators and they are making a. good record. Khaki covered Testaments are presented free of charge by the Y. M. C. A. to soldiers who will agreeto read them. Have your friends subscribe for the Daily Democrat. They’ll enjoy reading the war news, county and statd doings. Miss Marie Wertzberger returned to her home at. Hummond. She visited here with her aunt, Mrs. Clarence Baughman. Two thousand five hundred meals were recently cooked and served in twenty-four hours at one Y. M. C. A. hut in London. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Woods have word from their son, Ulysses, that he, is packing his equipment with the expectation of being sent across sea soon. George Cramer, assistant manager of the Morris five and ten cent store at Portland, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Cramer. Thousands of American soldiers are studying French under auspices of theNational War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. It is a part of their army training. Mr. and Mrs. W L. Ruggles of Warren are guests at the home of their son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stewart, of South Third street. Mr. and Mrs. George Mclntosh, of Toledo, 0., formerly of this city, have received word from their son. Lohnas, that he has arrived safely in France. He was one of the boys of company “A”. The Queen of England has presented one hundred volumes to the Anterice Expeditionary Force Library of the American Y. M. C, A. for the use of the American troops in England and France. Cold-storage specialists of the Bureau of Markets are assisting the quartermasters corps of the army and navy in handling problems connected with the movement and storage jf butter and frozen Iteef. No charge is ever made soldiers or sailors for writing palter or envelopes in a Y. M. C. A. building or hut. Millions of letters ate written weekly on stationery bearing the Red Triangle insignia of the Y. M. C\ A. Bart Schraluka, employed at the Cadillac restaurant. East Main street, Fort Wayne, returned this morning to his work. He spent Sunday here with his family. Mrs. Schraluka accompanied him to Fort Wayne to attend to business matters. Dwight Peterson. Paul Blackburn. 'Alex Sutton and Walter Krick who have been In graining at Fort Sheriden. 111., for a month, will be home this week, according to word just received. The boys are all making good and , enjoying the experience.. The Ladies Home Journal this week has a cover picture of a number of the boys. Renewing their appeal to Americans ■to increase production of poultry and eggs, the specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture in a meeting at Kansas City in June adopted a platform of production with the following aims: Keep better poultry; select healthy vigorous breeders: hatch ewly; preserve eggs, except for hatching: cull the flocks; keep small flocks to supply the family tables; grow as much iambry feed as possible; eat more poultry and eggs and preserve the meat supply. Bea use of the surplus of velvet beans in the south efforts are being made by the Bureau of Markets to acquaint dairymen and feeders of live stock in the north and east of the value of velvet-beau meal in feeding live stock. Experiments have been conducted at southern experiment stations indicating that this meal is an excellent feed for cattle, horses and hogs, and it is pointed out that I because of the high prices of mill feeds velvet bean meal should be used more generally by dairymen in the north and cast. In view of war-time conditions the canning season presents the iirohle.n of how much fruit and how many i vegetables can lie prepared for future' use without, overstepping the regula-1 tions governing the use of sugar or the - conservation of food. “May the house-1 wife pat up an unlimited supply of canned goods and not be accused of hoarding?” in response to the question John R. Munn, chief of the Canned Goods Division, United States Food Administration, said: "The food administration urges the canning of foodstuffs in the home to the limit of home consumption. If it is desirable to pul up more than one year's supply the food administration can have noj objection, but cautious the calmer lliai, there may tie spoilage ami loss if the preserved foods have to be held ov"r a long period “

I China Is sending centribuMene toward the six Y. M. C. A. huts that are .. maintained in France for the Chinese 5 labor army. Billy Myers, employed at the General Electric Works, Fort Wayne, spent Sunday here with his parents, I Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer. Judge D. E. Smith is here for a few , days to look after business after sev- . eral weeks at Rome City where he j and his family are summering. French cinema agents are gatherI ing up the old John Bunny films to . use in Northern France to make the . isfllus laugh. The films are shown in Y. M. C .A. huts. i The storm Sunday played havoc i with a number of shade trees over the . city, did considerable damage to the traction line and otherwise caused con . siderable loss and inconvenience. ‘ The first two American w*omen kill- ’ ed in active service were both Y. M. C. A. canteen workers. Miss Winona C. Martin of Rockville Center, L. I. ' and Miss Marion G. Crandell of Alai meda, Cal. Dick Heller left Saturday evening for Camp Steever. Lake Geneva. Wis., where he enters today the Boy’s Train ing Reserve under regular army officers. He will remain two weeks being one of 100 Indiana boys given this opportunity. Iris Elizabeth and Mary Arthclda Acker, of Fort Wayne, arrived for a two weeks’ visit with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Acker. Iris Elizabeth is recovering from illness, tuberculosis of the hip, and is able to walk about again. Mrs. Peter Braber ami daughter, of near Berne, went to Fort Wayne to call on her sister, Mrs. Jacob Graber. at the St. Joseph hospital, where she was operated upon. She is getting along well and will be home this week or next.

Mrs. C. A. Dugan and daughters and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler arrived home this afternoon from a motor trip to Chicago where they visited with the A. R. Morton family: and Elkhart, where they were guests of the W. H. Naehtrieb family. Oscar Hoffman and Oscar Lankenau have returned from Kansas City where they attended the national meeting of the Rotary club. It was a great week thoroughly enjoyed and the boys report that they feel like they never want to miss another of these great, conventions, which was attended by 5.000 live wires from over this and other countries, delegates being present from England. Canada. Cuba ami other countries. The town of Poneto, six miles south of Bluffton, is to have a new elevator. Thomas Flynn, owner of the B. G. & C. traction line, which he is junking, said today that the elevator at Linn Grove, which he Ixnight from the Studahaker Grain & Seed Company after his purchase of the B. G. & C. property, is to be moved to Poneto. and from that point will handle grain shipments over the latke Erie & Western. —Bluffton News. The pulpit of an Ohio church is r be filled by a woman whose husband is serving as a Red Cross chaplain. Mrs. Ethel Wayne Kendall, of Danville. Ohio, will take the place of her husband, the Rev. Percy M. Kendall, as pastor of the Church of Christ Disciples, and will receive his full salary. “Mrs. Kendall has been engaged in various forms of religious executive work for many years.” said Mr. Kendall. "She has been active in the Christian Endeavor field and tn Bible school work. She has had charge :>f the junior church in ihe Bible school in Canton. Ohio. Mrs. Kendall Ins made tours for evangelistic work and has frequently addressed church audiences in the interests of missions. I know that, the congregation will be well cared for in my absence, and I feel confident in leaving all the church duties Io her." Secretary McAdoo officially corrects a statement appearing in various newspapers that the Fourth LibI erty la>an will bear interest at the tate of 4Vi per cent. He states that ro thought lias been entertained of issuing the bonds of the fourth loan i t a higher rate than 4'4 per cent It is interesting to recall here the secretary's appeal in his Third Lib i rty Ixian speeches that the rate ol I interest for government loans be sta j bilibed at 4'4 per cent. He said tbei < that as an intelligent people wt . should make a stand ■for the finan ,’(ing of our government during th< period of the war at a stabilized rati of interest, naming 4’4 per cent as the proper figure, so that all business and investments might be adjusted 1 on that jority Leader Kitchin he strongly (Urges stabilizing the rate at 4’4, pci coat. The secretary of the Ireasury ' has also asserted he did not think that the patriotism of the American '* people was measured by the rate of ■ interest on a government bond, and the support the people gave the Third Liberty Loan seems to have justified his belief.

40-Year Loans on Farm Lands Under new Government Plan which pays off entire debt during period of loan qpHE Fletcher Savings and Trust Company of Indianapolis has ~ organized, under the Federal Farm Loan Act, a joint stock land bank and received from the Federal Farm Loan Board a charter authorizing it to lend money on Indiana and Illinois farms under the Government’s amortization plan. Under this plan a small payment is made each year upon the principal of the loan —so that at the end of 40 years, the principal, as well as the interest, has been paid and the debt wiped out Loan will be made only for 40 years, cipal that the loan will be paid off at the thus doing away with the expense and end of 40 years. risk of renewals incident to loans for 5 years or less. After five years from the date of the loan additional payments for the reduction or The borrower will pay $66.46 annually extinguishment of the principal debt may for each SI,OOO he borrows, the interest be made on any installment date. rate being 6 . Applications will be given PROMPT atThis annual payment includes interest tention and if accepted will be closed withand such sum for application on the prin- in the shortest possible time. Your local bank is ready to receive applications for and make loans of this character through our Joint Stock Land Bank, which is the only one in Indiana. Consult your local banker. He will be glad to serve you. Or, if there is other information we can furnish, write to us. jfletcljer anti ITrust Company INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

NO APPLE SHOW IN 1918 Because of war conditions, the executive board of the Indiana Horticultural society has decided not to hold an apple show this year, according to announcement today by H. H. Swaim, secretary who is co-operating with the extension department of Purdue University this show which has been an unusual vent has been a potent factor in the aggressive campaign of the society during the past eight years for more and better Indiana apples. As a result of the society’s work many new orchards have been start-

| New Arrivals In I SUMMER DRESSESI I All the Newest Styles to Select From I I New Veils In Plaids, Stripes and Figures Priced from I | $4, $5, $6, $7.50 to SIO.OO g | Percale Dresses at from $2. to $3. | | Gingham Dresses at from $3.00 to $7.50. I I ALL COATS AND SUITS | |AT A BIG REDUCTION LM $15.00 | / I $15.00 I ...sio.oo ti' E $22.50 ill | $17.50 I $17.50 I /it $13.50 J y J / EW VOILS IN THE AT 25c, 35c. 50c, sl. H I ( (J 5. SEE OUR SELEC v » I ICK & CO.I

ed and the production from these will continue to increase for many years while the old orchards are coming to the front in the present food crisis. Although the shows have been discontinued. the society will not relax its educational efforts. The annual meeting will be held as usual and a special meeting for gardeners and truck men from the north part of the state will Ims held in Elkhart county in August. Similar meetings will be held later in the season in important fruit producing regions at which exhibits will be shown and various prob-

leins which confront the growers will be djscuslsed. Persons interested in such meetings are urged to address the secretary Mr. Swaim at Purdue University.

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