Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1920 — Page 5

Snow or Sun>|j| g shine, Girls 3re Uy ’ ng _ These Pumps There is no let up in our business on these dainty Black Kid Pumps at SB.OO. This new instep feature makes them fit like a glove and gives the wearer something distinctively different from anything shown recently. Take a look. Charlie Voglewede The Store Ahead.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*>* ♦ ABOUT TOWN ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Bernard Keller, employed at the G. E. in Ft. Wayne, spent Easter in this city with his parents. Fred Strohm, of th city, delieverod to Albert Meyer, one of the Adams county storm victims. $153.00 he had collected in this city for the relief of Mr. Meyer and his family Mr. Meyer, who is a renter, lost about everything he had in the big blow one week from Sunday, and besides was injured to such extent he can do little, it any. work. Mr. Strohm said h< found people quite willing to contrbute.—Bluffton Banner. With the petition filed today by the Indiana Bell Telephone company with the Public Service commission, to merge all the companies recently bought in Indiana by the Bell, comes the announcement that C. A. Breece of Bluffton, former manager of the United Telephone company of this city and now general surerinte rfimi. of the Bell Telephone company in Ind: ana. with headquarters at Indiamip- 1 olis. —Bluffton Banner. The board of Wells county commissioners yesterday took action of a petition siu-ned by all th" township trustees and-more than 500 fret holders of the county, asking for an increase of $876.83 in the -alary cf County Superintendent A. R. Huyett >. At the present time Mr. Huy-’ e rt

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ceives $1,408.50 per annum and the. increase was voted upon by the trustees > in accordance with law. Each trustee set down the amount he believed the increse should be and this total was divided by "nine” the result being $876.83. Sums ranging from SSOO to SI,OOO, the limit by law, were sug--1 gested by the trustees. —Bluffton Banner. The Samuel Fuhrman family this morning received a box of fine oranges from their niece. Miss Stella Reppert, at LeVerne, Cal. The oranges were unusually delicious and of fine quality. 1 One in the box weighed one and onehalf pounds and was fifteen inches in circumference. Richard Deininger went to Fort Wayne this morning to resume his studies at C. C. H. S. after spending his Easter vacation at his home in this city. MARRIED IN WYOMING Mrs. John Beery today received word of the marriage of Miss Luva I Stoneburner, daughter of Mr. and Mr-. John Stoneburner, former residents of this city, and Mr. Rolland Waltz. The wedding took place Easter in Wyoming. Miss Stoneburner is well known here. FOR SALE—Two milch cows, one with calf by side. Two colts, one 3 years old and one 4 years old. James Brown, Jr., 3 miles south of Peterson. 82-4tx

r DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1920.

ABOUT THE BICK Mrs. Hervey Steele of North Eleventh street, who has been confined to her bed for several weeks, is improving nicely and will be able to be up soon. 1 The J E. Anderson family of South Winchester, have the mumps. Thoso suffering from the malady are Mrs. Anderson and Edward, Florence and Ina. All are improving. I Lyman R. Blossom of Willshire fell this morning and sustained injuries. The extent of injury could not be ascertained. L. F. Munnna, who has been sick for the past week, is able to sit up. NOTICE! There will be no Sunday school ac the Calvary Evangelical church SunI day on account of the Evangelical .conference being held at Decatur. OTIS E. SHIFFERLY, Supt. Two Roads Sold (Continued From Page One) Mercer county were in joint session with the Adams county board this • morning relative to the building of the Beecher road in Jefferson township, • Adams county and running into Meri cer county Ohio. The two boards will ‘ meet on April 19th and go over the ■ proposed route. 1 The Adams county board will also 1 meet the Allen county commissioners 1 on April 20th for the purpose of decid ' ing what action will be taken in the matter of the Barkley road in Union township, Adams county and joining i the Allen county line. i The following contracts were awarded for the furnishing of supplies at i the county infirmary: Groceries: . Fisher & Harris, $103.64: Dry Goods: ■ Niblick & Co., $113.78: Bread: one and one-half pound loaf. Miller’s Bakery, ( .12c; Tobacco: Fisher & Harris, 1 $11.54; fence posts: square, ,55c, red I cedar, .44c, Decatur Lumber Co.; hardware: fence, $1.25 per rod, Schafer I Hardware Co. The board will more than likely be in session tomorrow as they have much work to transact. Election inspectors for the different precincts will have to be appointed and action taken in the matter of ten or a dozen roads which the board is figuring on selling next month ADDITIONAL SOCIETY The Junior class of K. H. S. gave! a party in honor of their friends which was held at the home of Beatrice Ireta Dettinger April 2. Bunco and Hearts were played after which a delicious two course lunch was served, consisting of sandwichers, baked beans, pickled eggs and pickles and cake, ice cream, hot coffee and ! mints. Then other games were play- ■ ed and good music was furnished by I guests and members. The Ouiga I board was also an object of interest. All departed at a late hour and reI ported a good time. “Poor Freshies , need a pension, Sophomores get all honorable mention. Teachers get all the mone;<; Seniors get all the fame. 1 We Juniors nine have to take all the 1 blame.—Contributed. M. E. CHOIR, NOTICE! < The members of the Methodist 1 church choir are requested to meet at the church Wednesday evening at 1 7 o’clock. All members please take ‘ notice. t LEGION TO MEET I All members of the American Legion and all ex-service men are requested ' to meet with the G. A. R. and the Spanish-American war veterans at the G. A. R. hall tonight to. make arrange- 1 ments for the memorial day services. I COULD NOT BEGIN TO TELL ALL "I could not tell you all the benefits I had from the use of Foley’s Honey and Tar,” writes Miss Rose Florke, 1 209 Hawkins Ave., N. Braddock, Pa "I had a cold in my chest and fearing it would cause pneumonia I tried Foley’s Honey and Tar and it was not long till I felt relieved. I hope others suffering from severe colds will try it.” Many such letters have been written tbout this time-tried, reliable family medicine for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Sold everywhere. i ru-iu .T-rw ' - * ■■■ c ' —nr -,r- . I IL. .

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STOP THE WASTE Dr. Carleton McCulloch Aspires to Governor’s Office Because He WANTS TO CORRECT The Wasting of Money by State Highway Commission—People Burdened Indianapolis, Ind., April 6. — The state highway commission of Indiana in 1919 awarded contracts for 113.429 miles of paving at a rate of approximately $6,191 a mile more than the basic average cost of similar paving to Marlon county in the same period of time. These contracts cost the state of Indiana $702,238,239 more than similar but better paving would have cost had it been obtained at the same basic average price per mile that contractors received tor paving done in Marion county in 1919. The state highway commission ha. designated 3,200 miles of highway for its control. If these highways are paved at the same ratio of cost that prevailed in 1919 they will cost the state $19,811,200 more than Marion county has dem ontsrated is a fair price for them. These and other statistics which show beyond a doubt that the present highway commission of Indiana it spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for which the state is not get ting value, are contained in a detailed report of the operations of the commission which has been prepared foi Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, democratic candidate for the nomination for gov ernor. Dr. McCulloch says that the informa .tion furnished him is sufficient tc . warrant a complete investigation o; I the affairs of the highway commission ' and a determination of why the staff i is spending so much money for whai ! appears to be an inferior type of roa< paving. “I have frequently been asked wh: I desired to be governor of Indiana,' said Dr. McCulloch. "It is such things as are container in this report on the highway commis . ion that move me to desire that place I am led to believe that the taxpayert of Indiana are being burdened witl a tremendous load that may be legally : imposed but is neither necessary not ■ morally right. I want to go into th» ' governor’s office for the purpose of putting an end to such things as the favoring of contractors at the expense of taxpayers, for the purpose of seeing that every dollar of the state money spent brings to the state a full measure of value.” The comparisons of the cost of road paving which have been submitted to Dr. McCulloch disclose: In 1919 the county of Marion built one course cement concrete roads twenty feet wide at an average cost for paving slab of $24,611 a mile, and reinforced them with steel. The state highway commission built one course cement concrete .roads 18 feet wide without reinforcements at a cost of paving of $29,201 a mile. Had the county roads been only IS feet wide, it is fair to assert tiiat they could have been built at a cost for paving of $23,010 per mile. In this event the difference between the reinforced cement concrete paving costs in favor of the county roads would have been $6,191 a mile and the total having to the state on the paving of the 119,329 miles of state highways paved would have been $702,238,939. This comparison of the cost of highway paving when done by the state

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commission and when done by the Marlon county commissioners is neither exact nor is it exaggerated. The difference between the roads built by Marlon county and the roads built by the state highway commission Is vast. The principle differences are these: 1. County roads of the one course reinforced concrete' typo are reinforced with steel laid In the concrete. State roads are not reinforced. 2. County roads of this type run rom 18 feet to 30 feet wide. State roads have heretofore been coniine.l to 18 feet. - In none of these comparisons lias the cost of preparation of the foundation or Bullgrade of the road been considered. Comparisons are based solely on the cost of the actual paving, which is in accordance with specifications that prove the county roads to, be the better when they are laid. Marion county, in 1919 actually built I steel-reinforced, two course cement concrete pavements at a less cost per | mile (ebnsidering width), than the! state highway commission built ii . I famous one course, non-reinforced,' cement concrete road surface? On the unit yard basis of costa if road slab, the county’s contractors would have collected $27,126 a mile for 18 feet, steel reinforced, two course concrete pavements had they laid this! kind of road where the state spent $29,201 a mile for one course cement concrete pavement without reinforcement. In other words, the basis of payment on which the contractors laid two course steel-reinforced cement concrete pavements 20 feet wide for Marion county was only $929 more per nile than the basis of payment on vhich the contractors laid one course cement concrete, without reinforcenent and only IS feet wide for the state highway cojnmission. Thus it is realily seen that Marion ounty obtained for $929 more per •nile than \yas paid by the state: 1. A road pavement two feet wider 2. A pavement reinforced with steel 3. A pavement consisting of a first ■oursc the equal if not better than that obtained by the state. ‘ 4. A pavement witli a two-inch tor ervice course of hard material ca ible of withstanding more traffic than my highway yet built by the state commission. This vast excess cost of paving when it is done by the county can be ittributed to plain inefficiency < i worse on the part of the highway •ommission of Indiana, whose expenditures are all subject to the approval

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— of Governor James P, Goodrich. It might be argued that State highways uro less easy of access than thore In Marion county and the costs, of transportation of materia! is greater, but this argument will not hold water because: 1. Marion county ium long been known as u county in which road building costs are higher than in tiny other county of Indiana. 2. In many places where the state roads were built the sources of material are mose accessible than in Marion county. 3. Tlte state offered trucks at a rental of $5 a day to contractors in I which to transport their materials. 1

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— 4 Labor gets a lower rate for road work In any other county than Marion. 5. The whole cost of transporting material on the state roads was not equal to the $6,191 difference a mile between the state and county roads. TO MEET WEDNESDAY The ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul society will meet Wednesday after noon witli Mrs. T. J. Durkin on Mercer avenue, it is requested that the ladles bring scissors, thimbles and needles, to assist in making comforters for the storm sufferers, AU mem- | hers please be present. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG!