Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1922 — Page 2

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NOTICK OF PUBLIC I.HTTIWG. 4 Notlcs Is hereby «lvtn that the ,“< Hoard ot I’onimissjensrs of Adai i » g county. Indiana will receive bide for. the construction ot a inacadamleed > road In Wabash townehlß. In ea d county, known u« the John Felty ineeadain road, up until ton o clock * m Tweettay, February TJb. at tha rriftilur meeting <X eald Board ot Commleeionerr. held lit the City Os Decatur, Adams (.ounty, Indiana, rd blds will be received for the construction of said road In with the plane. «P»‘ Ifiiatlom. end reI port of the viewers and I which are now on file In the Auditor" office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. I A bond must accompany each bld In twice the amount of the bbl Bled, conditioned on the falthhll Porto™)- 1 once of said work, nnd that the bidder, It awarded the contract, will enter Into contract therefore and com- , pieie same accordinK to such contract | - and In accordance with the bond filed. , Al) bids shall be made so »» to give the Amount for which *iui<i road will, be constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the engineer In charga not to exceed eighty per , cent of any one estimate, out of tho funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all ) b ‘ U *' MARTIN JABERG, Auditor of Adamo County, Indiana > 9-16 131 NOTICE OF PUBLIC I.ETTINtI ] Notice Is hereby given that the! Board of Commissioners of Adams County. Indiana, will receive blds for I the construction of a ma< adamlscd I | road In French township, in said < oun-1 ty known as the Abe Blbersteln tna-, cadam road, up until ten o'clock a. lu, on .. . . Tuesday, February Tib. tI»M, at the regular meeting of said Board of Coinmlsuloners, held In the city of I Decatur. Adams County. Indiana, sealed blds will be received for the i construction of said road In accord. | ance with the plans, speciltcatlong and report of the viewers and engi. I near, which are now on file In the Auditor's office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone A bond must accompany each bld t In twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned on the faithful perform- • once of said work, and that the bld- , der. If ■ awarded the contract, will enter Into contract therefore and t complete same according to such eontract and In accordance with the bond ‘ filed. , ( All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will he constructed for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the engineer In charge not to exceed eighty per l r ent of any one estimate, out of the , funds to be hereinafter raised by the ‘ sale of bonds as required by law. 1 •«hc Foard of Commissioners re. serves the right to reject any and all < blds. MARTIN JABERG, Auditor Adams County, Indiana. • 9-l( 23 • NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING. , Notice Is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adams ■ uuntv. Indiana will receive blds for 1 the construction of a macadamized , road In St. Marys township In said .■ounty, known as the Wm. H. Brod- ] beck macadam road, up until 10 o’clock a. m„ on Tuesday, February 7th, IICTa. at the regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners, held in tho city of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, sealed blds will be received for the construction of said road in accordance with the plans, specifications and report of the viewers and engineer, which are now on file In the Auditor's office of said county, said road to be built of crushed stone alone. , A bond must accompany each bid In twice the amount of the bld filed, condition.'.! on the faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder, If awarded the contract, will enter Into contract therefore and complete same according to such contract and In accordance with the bond tiled. All bids shall be made so as to give the amount for which said road will be cunstrpeted for cash, payable on estimates to be made by the engineer In charge not to exceed elghtv per cent of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the sale of bonds as required by law. The Board ot Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all blds. MARTIN JABERG. Auditor of Adams County, Indiana ' -16 28 NOTICE OF PUBLIC LETTING, Notice Is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Adame County. Indiana, will receive blds for the construction of a macadamized road iu .St. Marys township. In said county known as the Harry Hay 1 Macadam Road up until ten o'clock a tn. on. T.lcsdny. February Till, 11122. at the regular meeting ot said board of commissioners, held In the City of Decatur. Adams County, Indiana, sealcd bide will be received for the construetion of said road in accordance with Hie plans, specifications and report of the viewers and engineer which are now on hie In the Auditor's office of said county, said road to bi built of crushed stone alone. A bond must accompany each bld In twice the amount of the bld filed, conditioned on the faithful performance of said work, and that the bidder. If awarded the contract, will enter into contract therefore and complete the same according to such contract and in accordance with the bond nled. 1 AU bldfl shall be made bo as to rlvb , the amount for which said road will 1 lie constructed for cash, payable on t cßlirnates to be made by the enßlneer In charge, not to exceed eighty per • ‘•nt of any one estimate, out of the funds to be hereinafter raised by the ' ot as required by law. Ihe Board of Commissioners rebids* 8 th<> r,<ht t 0 any and all MARTIN JABERG, Auditor, Adams County, Ind. < —T' J

gour Chicago t’isft at fJje 4 MORRISON HOTO * * THE HOTEL OF PERFECT SERVICE" , " » and the O t-IbSACE GARDERT ICHKAGOI WONDER RBUURANTII lfT=? 1 H. , , ' ] YOUR MORNING SHOWER will do you a world o( good—ask vour doctor! It in refreshing am! invigorating and you will feel its good of- ’ feels all day long T/rf ue vi-,c« HD i uMo-.atc shower bi, a in your bathroom. If should ba s part of your wuipaient. 1 P. J. HYLASU West Monroe Street <

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR • MONDAY. John T. Kelly's Sunday School ('Ugg—Roy Baker. 7:30 Woman’s Club. TUESDAY. Tri Kappa—Misses Dorothy and Ramona Smith —Fort Wayne. W. M. A. and Otterbein Guild—U. B. Parsonage, evening. Young Women's Missionary Circle — Mrs. Bob Gerard. WEDNESDAY. Ladles' Aid Society of the Reformed Church—Mrs. C. E. Baughman. Bachelor Maids—Leona Bosse. So-Cha Rae, Miss Florence Bremerkanip, 6:30. Pythian Dance—Postponed. Historical Club-Mrs. Tom Vail. Shakespeare Club —Mrs, Emma Daniel. THURSDAY. Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. James Elberson, 2:30. FRIDAY. M. E. Indies' Aid—Church parlors. M. E. Ladles’ Rummage sale—Library building. SATURDAY. M. E. Ladies' Rummage sale—Library building. Mrs. Bob Garard will be hostess to the Young Women's Missionary Circle at her home at 510 Jefferson street, tomorrow evening at 7:15. All members are especially requested to be present as business of importance will be discussed. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Snow entertained yesterday for the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary Hoskinson. The guests were, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Porter and daughter, Mrs. Velma McGill, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter and son. Will. + Because of the basketball on Wednesday evening at the gym betwene Monroe and Decatur, the dance announced by the committee, given for the knights, sisters and their friends, has been postponed until a week from Wednesday, ♦ The Historical club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Tom Vail. Mrs. Teeple will have the program. ♦ The Ladles’ Shakespeare club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Emma Daniel, on North Second street. Mrs. Shafer will have the paper. + Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Snow, had as their guests at Sunday dinner yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Porter and son William S. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Porter and daughter, Mrs. Velma McGill of Decatur. The time chosen for this meeting was the eighty-third birthday of their aunt, Mrs. Andrew J. Hoskinson, mother of Mrs. Snow, who at the present time is making her home with Mrs. Snow. A sumptuous dinner was served and a very pleasant day was spent.by all in attendance. Grandma Hoskinson received some very appropriate birthday cards, flowers and useful presents, which will ever remind her of her eighty-third birthday, and that she still occupies a brilliant niche in the memory of her acquaintances and friends. Mr. J. O. Manly of near Peterson, Ind., was the lucky of a birthday surprise Sunday The afternoon Was spent in visiting, listening to music and taking pictures. Those present were: Mr. .1. O. Manley, Myrtle and Harry Manly, Marie and Willia Jones, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Manly and daughter, Edna, Violet, Mildred and Mabie of Adams county; Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Sheets and sons Gale and Carl Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Girless and son George Edward, Mr. Dayton Hurless, Mr. Leo Hennessey and daughter Marjorie. Mr. and Mrs. William Oechste anil children Lola, Clifford, Dulcie and Alice Marie, all of Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Manly and daughter Maxine, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Julian and son Elmer of near Bluffton, Ind. e A SUCCESSFUL MEETING. Mrs. C. V. Connell Speaks on the Health Crusades. The entertainment and Better Health meeting held Thursday evening, January sth at the Scbnepp School in Union township, taught by Xariffa Barkley was very successful. A large number of patrons and visitors being present. Recitations and songs by the children were much enjoyed as were the songs in which everyone took part. Mrs. C. V. Cotmell of Decatur, spoke on the "Health Crusades" and her talk was much appreciated by all. After the program a spelling match was held In which many took part. Vernon Brodbeck, being the winner, wis given a pie for a jjrize. The ladies brought a goodly number of plea and these with applies were served. Everyone reported a good time.

DF.CATIJR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, JANI’ARY 9, 1922.

INDIANA WINS TWO. Bloomington. Ind.. Jan. 9.—Two Big (Ten Conference championships, one of which was also • Western Inter- 1 j collegiate championship, came to Indi- ' I ana University during the year ending November 19., according to a report on Big Ten championship tournaments received here by Athletic Director E. , 0. Stiehm. The State University won the West , ern Intercollegiate championship in wrestling. The Crimson also carried off Conference honors in the singles events tennis tournament, through the stellar playing of Frit* Bastian, of Indianapolis. Illinois won first in track and field events. Dewey Alberts of Illinois, broke the conference Indoor high Jump record with a leap of 6 feet inches. J. Murphy, of Notre Dame, clearing the bar at 6 feet 2‘A inches, broke the Big Ten outdoor high jump record and H. Huffman, of Michigan, hurling the javelin 178 feet 4 inches, broke the conference record in that event in the same meet, Illinois also won the crosscountry championship. Chicago took high honors in swimming events, when E T. Blinks set new marks in the 40, 220 and 100 yard swims. The Chicago team also won in gymnastic competition and in the tennis doubles events. A summary of the Big Ten competition shows that Indiana University with two championships, ranked among the leaders. For a number of years Indiana has led in wrestling and prospects arc bright this year for a repetition of the honor. The Crimson mat men are being coached by Jack Reynolds, welterweight wrestling champion of the world. Misses Celia Andrews and Maude Howard and Messrs. John Baumgartner and Jess Cole, spent last evening In Fort Wayne. STANDARD AMERICAN ANNUAL 1922 World Almanac Complete in Every Detail. The full texts of the Four Power Pacific Treaty, the Three-Power Agreement on Naval Armament, the AngloJapanese Treaty, and the Irish Free State Treaty are contained in the 1922 World Almanac, together with an account ot the important doings of the • Conference on the Limitation of Armai ment held at Washington, including i the American naval proposals in full, as well as the addresses of President Harding, Secretary Hughes, Premier Briand, Mr. Balfour and the other I plenipotentiaries. The Chronology, or diary of events, covers happenings all over the world, day and the ■ list of deaths includes every man and woman of note in every country who passed over during the year. The Almanac gives tables from the 1920 Cen1 sus showing how many Japanese, German, Russians, etc., there are in each . State in the Union together with full tables, by States and by ages, covering' illiteracy, school attendance, etc., to-. ■ gether with the number of males and ■ females, State by State, of voting and . of military age, naturalized and alien. The tables on farm values, crops, mort- ■ gages and the like are complete. There ’ are valuable census statistics covering i all the chief cities in the United States. The population and area data cover every county on earth, with lists of 1 rulers, Premiers and Cabinets. The i transportation tables cover canals and . railways and the trade tables cover the imports and exports of all great na- ' tions. The calendars and other astron- • omical information; the tables of ali titudes, weights and measures; the weather records, the Dictionary of Bio-graphy-all are revised to date. The > election figures and the New York City I and State data are fuller than ever. The book should be in the hands of every merchant and banker, every pupil and teacher, every American. , The Work Almanac is published by The New York World. Price 50 cents, postpaid.

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WONDERFUL TRIP John Troutner Family Has Traveled 2,756 Miles to Bellingham, Wash. IN AN AUTOMOBILE Scenery Was Beautiful-Left Bobo October B—Sixteen Days on Way. Bellingham, Wash., December 4, 1921. To Decatur Daily Democrat, We are sending a story ot our trip. As severa of our friends and relatives want a copy, we thought we would send it if you have room, we would be glad to have it published in the paper. We take the paper ourselves and would be lost without the home paper for our home has been around good old Decatur for years, ’til now. We left Bobo October 8, 1921 arrived that day near Wanata, Ind., and camped for the night; left there October 9th, had a bad muddy road that day; got to a lovely little tourists' camp ground at a Silver Fox farm; had fine water, it was near Zion City, Wis., left there October 10, traveled most of that day along Lake Michigan a beautiful drive. I got that day to Neernah, Wis., and camped forth

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nlglH. Left there October 1U > rived at Stanley, W1... the aame da> and camped in TourUt. Camp groan —an old fair ground; bud good ® BB | uudacamp kitchen with a cook stove, electric lights and tabes nnd chairs. I Uft there October 12 and arrived nt a excelsior, Minn There they have a flne camp ground with camp « with two oil Htoves. electric lights, long tables in the kitchen and benches, a ’ each side to sit on. Left there ber 13, and arrived that day at Apple ton. Minn., camped in camp grounds t there. They have camp stoves in the < open, have no kitchen but have e.ec ; trie lights and water. A very pret y < little town. Left there October 14th . • and arrived at Ispwich, S. D.. that day i 1 They haven't much of a camp groum i I —a little grove by a lake, a few seats i I and a couple cots to lay on. is all they > have. The next morning we heard » wolves by the pack howling; sounded ’ rather scarry to us, but we were per--1 fectly safe. We left there October . 15 and arrived at Wataga, 8. D. They • have a real nice camp ground along 1 the river. They have water and stoves • built out in the open. Left there t October l«th and arrived at Westmore. ' Mont. They have just a camping : place, water and one electric light. , Left there October 17th and urriv--1 cd that day at Forsythe, Mont. They i have a camp ground in a beautiful park v with a camp kitchen with a long stove; heand good water. We left there Octo-

-*, "X 5 IM w ™i«. Twy • b '“'“ ' ..4. »».•»•«“ w « "r ;.; V. look -iver.l ' ,n„ ...y I There they have « nice camp s furnaces to cook on. electric lij it «»' i and travelled that day tbrom, ( ful mountain sceneries. the Continental Divide with an elmeast of Butte. Mont. Arrived that du> ... neer Lodge Mont. There we visitei‘friend, and spent tlm afternoon and night with them. October 20th and travelled all day through the mountains and camped that night at Superior. Mont., tourists camp ground. Had water and little stoves in the open. We left there October 21st and traveled through the mountains all day, came over a mountain four miles from botton to top. It I certainly was a mountain. We had to go nearly all the way up in "low. We passed several cars that had stopped and were “cooling off.” After you get up half a mile or so every little way there would be a big sign, reading. ! "Tow team at top of hill,” and when we got to the top, sure enough there was a little shack. A man remained at a shed barn with horses ready to go down to pull up the cars that could not make the hill. He also has gaso-

line there for sale; charges per gallon for It and if you are out of g H , you are glad to get it at any price, for you are miles and miles from a town We heard about It and "gassed up" be. fore we got there. This mountain is between Suttles, Mont., and Mullan. Idaho, It the BHter Root Summit. There we came over wh at is called the Fourth of July canyon. We camped that night six miles e Mt of Spokane. Wash, travelled that day through miles and miles of desert, there we saw the first wild eagle any of us had ever seen. It was as large, if not larger than a turkey gobbler, it sat on a telephone post. We stopped the car and looked at it; then made it fly. Well, It was the largest w|j bird we saw flying. Got that day to Coumbla river. Ferried across and camped that night lat Vantage Ferry, Wash. Left there October 23. Travelled another half day through desert, and then came to the mountains again. Arrived that day at the Snoqualmie Pass, with an elevation of 3,010 feet. It is a beautiful national forest. Arrived that day at Snohomish, Wash., camped in their little camp ground. Camp ground was about all they had. We left there October 24th and arrived at Belling ham. Wash., home, and our speedo ' meter registered just 2,756 miles from 1 Bobobo, lnd„ to Bellingham. Wash. J There are other interesting things (Continued on page tivel