Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 18, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1920 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER ..Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Associate Editor and Business Manager JOHN H. STEWART City Editor Subscription Rates Cash In Advanca Single Coplea 3 cents One Wenk, by carrier 16 cents One Year, by currier $7.60 One Month, by mail 45 cents Three Mouths, by mall $1.25 Six Months, by mail s2.2‘> One Year, by mail $4.00 One Year, at office $4.00 Advertising rates made known on application, ' Entered nt the postofllce at Decatur. Indiana. M second elm s 'natter.

Gompers, Hughes, Coolidge, Bryan. Harvey, Hoover and others are in the procession of leading minds invited to consult with Mr. Harding at Marion this week and after it’s all through the president-elect will have to finally and defintely make up his mind that he was right or wrong during the recent campaign Which shall it be? " 1 " You can still add your name to the membership of the Red Cross in Decatur and you certainly ought to. It is fine to have such an organization when we need it and we need it all the time. Without argument you know the good work of the visiting nurse and the great help of the Red (Toss in times of need. Why not add your dollar and your name today? Decatur is to have a Kiwanis club, a real asset to any city. The Kiwanis gnd the Rotary clubs in the various cities of this country have demonstrated their worth In assist- j ing every good movement, modestly i but effectively and it is pleasing to 1 know that this city is to have an other splendid organization of this ' kind. The Chicago Tribune warns the 1 country that Japan is really and truly' ' preparing for war against this coun- 1 try. It is not a sensational story, but <

Bigness Necessary for Service IN some farm operations, in many manufacturing lines, and, more particularly, in refining and distribution of petroleum products, lai;ge scale operations are essential to insure maximum economy and service. The production of crude oil varies but little on account of seasonal changes, and . the refining processes are continuous operations. < The consumption of petroleum produets, however, varies widely with the season. In summer, consumption far out-strips production, while during the winter months the reverse is true. To prepare himself for the summer rush, the oil refiner, who is ambitious to render a maximum service, must operate his refineries at full capacity throughout the year, and must provide adequate storage to take care of his surplus output during the winter months, and store it against a day of maximum demand when the country roads and city boulevards are crowded with machines, and the farmer has his tractor in the field. To perform this service requires the investment of huge sums of money, and the maintainance of a complete organization at all times. I The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is ambitious to be a leader in the petroleum industry. It is ambitious to render to the people of the Middle West as near a perfect service as care, thought, and adequate resources can devise. I Ip carrying on its business, the Company has invested more than 185 million dollars; it operates four large refineries in which it manufactures the many varieties of petroleum products needed by the consuming public. It operates 3215 bulk stations, more than 1000 filling stations, and a fleet of nearly 4000 tank delivery trucks. • Its permanent organization consists of about 23,000 efficient loyal men and women, working under one head, to render a service which makes it possible for you to get a gallon of gasoline, or a quart of oil, or a pound of grease, when you want it, and wherever you may be. Standard Oil Company (Induma) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago - a .2357

’ contains numerous facts to support its contention. Japan will learn a sorry lesson but .just the same, it would us . all wars ure, be expensive in various , ways for this nation. Perhaps, after • all, we need the league of nations and , the disarmament of the world. The visit to Decatur today of the ■world famed sculptor, I’otupeo Coppint, who will be u guest of the Rotary club is considered an honor by those who know of the wonderful uccess nt this great man. He has been the artist who has produced some of the greatest statuary work m this country, a big man in a big work and the local club is to be congratulated on the privilege of enter- 1

. taining him. At present his big work ■ Is that of completing a wonderful i monument at the University of Texas i at a cost of a quarter million dollars and a work of art that will stand for centuries. Decatur welcomes him. According to the IndianapoOs Star the republican leaders of the state and members elect of the legislature, have finally discovered that the taxes in Indiana have doubled during the past few years. It’s true of course and the queer thing about it is that no one believed it during the campaign. A number of instances are now given where the people in cities are paying more than double and the state levy this year calls for $115,000,000 in the state as compared to $57,000,000 five years ago. Sure it's doubled and worst of it is that it will continue to increase under the centralized plans. Just now there is nothing to do but pay and make resolutions for the future. Perhaps another time the politicians will not be able to throw so much sand in your eyes. The county farmer’s association of Blackford county- has adopted a resolution urging the coming legislature to dispense with the state 1 commission and to abolish the office

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of county superintendent. While we with many others believe the state highway commission law needs revision we also believe it would be a serious mistake to dispense with the county road superintendent and revert to the old manner of road supervision. In tills county with eight hundred miles Os mucadum road and an investment of two million dollars it would be wasteful not to have an officer whose one and only business is to maintain the highways. During the past years a number of plans have been tried but none have proven so satisfactory as the present one which with perhaps a few changes will continue to be the most popular that can be drafted. New laws and changes are some times expensive aud just now we don’t want any needless waste. N Bluffton is having a rather interesting discussion over whether or not the gymnasium and other school prop- j

erty should be used for properly supervised fiances. It has waged into a combat of forces for and against the proposition. Mothers, many of them who understand their children and are not of yesteryear, favored it ;pid the effort was supported by the Woman's club of that city. The ministerial association with of course many enthusiasts opposed it on the grounds that to dance is sinful. The latter won out last evening when the school board voted to stand by their previous orders against permitting dancing on school property. We do not believe dancing is a grave evil though it often becomes so because of the lack of proper, regulation and chaperonage. However, until every one agrees to that a school board can scarcely do other than was done at Bluffton for the schools are maintained by all citizens and there should be no division as to policies. Otherwise, the schools must suffer.

Deputy Sheriff Hoy Baker accompanied William Philip Smith to the epileptic village at Newcastle Monday. Miss Florence Holthouse was detained from her work at the county clerk's office yesterday because of illness. WILL PREACH SUNDAY Rev. R. Elliker, of Tamms, 111., will preach at the Reformed church next Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Elliker is one of the young ministers of the denomination, %nd the public is invited to hear him. RICKETS DID THIS. Before this five-year-old Vienna girl was operated upon in the American Convalescent Home her leg was even more horribly deformed from rickets and she was in constant instead of intermittent pain. Now at least her leg is straight again, and by degrees she Is jelearnlng to walk. Rickets is the aftermath of under-nutrltlon, and it Is to cut down the barrowing prevalence of such disease ns this among the children of Europe that eight American relief organizations are making a joint appeal under the name of the European Relief Council tor funds to succor the millions that face a winter of horror. They are the American Relief Administration, the American Red Cross, the American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution committee, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the Knights of Columbus, the X, M. 0. A, and the X. W. C. A. The urban population of the United States is about 4,000,000 more than file rural, while in 1910 the rural was about 7,000,000 more than the urban.

The (J lad Hand Was Extended from page one) forty-five miles southeast. The trip has be|n a revelation for the wondfirt of Mextyc/aro bWond description Torn asunder revolution after revolution, her railroads destroyed. her manufacturing industries demoralized, she has in the past six months risen Plioenht-like from the ashes of ten years of bitter strife —and today—holds up her head and extends a hand of hearty welcome to her neighbors on the north to enter her gates ami assist in rehabilitating her country. ifer hospitality has been unparidelied, the glad hand has been extend cd everywhere Uo her guests of honor and all acclaim they will go.homo bearing a message to their people that a new star has arisen in the constelation of republics—The New Mexico. Sincerely, J. E. THOMAS. The cost of the British army of occupation *on the Rhine was 3,600,000 pounds of sterling a year.

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