Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1922 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Holler—Free, and Gen. Mgr E. W. Kampe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouze—Sec'y and But. Mgr Entered at the Pontoffice at Decatur Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier >s.o€ One Month, by mail 36 cents Three Months, by ma11...... xl 3100 Six Months, by mall >1.76 One Year, by mall ’ $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage ad ded outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building. Kansas City, Mo THE COST OF STATE ROADS: — Bob Tucker, well known newspa per writer recently sent the follow Ing story to his papers, showing some of the things to be explained by the republicans in their ten days to be devoted to Indiana affairs: — “The highway commission spent more than $8,000,000 last year. Ol this $4,400,000 for maintenance alon of the state roads. This is said to b< an average of $1,250 a mile. It is pointed out that under a Democratic highway law, the county highways are maintained at an average cost of $200.00 a mile. The average cost of maintaining county roads in Indiana is $160.00 a mfle. These state ments are vigorously refuted by rep resentatives of Governor McCray’s administration, who maintain that such is not the fact. The pamphle l issued by Chairman Chambers con tains a comparative statement of maintaining the roads in« various

counties by the county and state. For instance, in Adams county the cost is $160.00 a mile tor county roads and $1,420 for state roads. In Allen conn ty, roads 'cost $404.00 %nd state roads $2,035. In Vanderjjurg county tlu county roads cost $314 and state roads cost $1,043. In Vigo county state roads cost $1,093 and county figures, the Democrats maintain prove conclusively that the Republi cans have been reckless in expenditures of state funds. “These matters are to be presented by the Democrats in every communi ty. Chairman Chambers says that practically the entire campaign, sc far as the Democrats are concerned, will be made by Indiana men and women. He declares that this is in line with the wishes of the Democratic party. On the other hand tjw Republicans will have the help o' many speakers from outside the state who are being booked by the national committee and other political organizations.” SMALL PROFITS: Any one who has ever milked acow, raised celery or fought cut worms will be interested in a story related to The News by an Indiana farmer who seeded nine acres to wheat and kept account of his receipts and expenditures. He paid $25 for fertilizer and sl9 for seed wheat. The rental of a dpill cost $1.25 and cutting $9 or $1 an acre. The yield amounted to 145 bushels which cost $11.60 to thrash at 8 cents a bushel. A load of coal for the thrasher cost $4.72, twine $3 and haul ing to market $4. No charge was made for the farmer's labor, for overhead, taxes, interest on the value of the land, depreciation or anything else. The cost, on that basis, of raising nine acres of wheat was $77.57. The farmer sold 105 bushels at 98 cents, keeping forty bushels for seed and bread. The total receipts, therefore, With the production costs substracted this leaves a profit of $25.53 and forty bushels of wheat. If the farmer had charged himself with the value of the wheat his profit would have been $64.53, or about $7.10 an acre. If he had counted labor, taxes, etc., a loss doubtless would have been shown. The farmer is told to organize his farm cm a business basis, to keep

careful records of what he earns and i spends, to count in the items that | are used in figuring profit and loss, in industry. These figures often show a loss, and yet he generally continues to farm year after year, making both ends meet because he throws! in his own labor and often that of! other members of his family.—lndian-I apolis News. The appointment of Harry FritzInger to be postmaster in Decatur will prove generally satisfactory. He was unopposed by any person in his party and is popular among the business men and the patrons of the office. As chairman of the republi- I can party for several years past, he has given of his time and effort and under the plan of selection of post master has earned the plum. He is capable and will try to please. He will succeed John W. Bosse who for I eight years has had charge of the | local office and has made good in' every way. When there are few if any complaints yre know the work is I satisfactory and the conduct of the office under Mr. Bosse has shown! ability and a desire to serve the public. He retires with the good will and the approval of the people of the i community. The meeting of the Industrial Club | last evening was well attended and i the reports show that the membership has increased in a most satis-1 factory manner the past two weeks. I Now each member is asked to secure one new one which should be easy mil which will make the memberahip | about 300 —where it ought to be. ' Such an organization of men, forget- I ting personal feelings, meeting com- i I petitors and working for the good of I the community is bound to get some-I1 where.

With the vote doubled in Maine! the results were about the same as I before in an average year. In other words under the old method the re publican majority would have been I reduced to about 12,000. All things j considered the indications favor the] democrats as was expected due to | the disatisfaetion over the times and ‘ the failure of congress to make any kind of a record worth talking about. Major League Umpiring Said to Be Very Bad ( By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor) New York, Sept. 9—(Special to the | Daily Democrat) —One of the teams I in a promineint league lost a game recently by a rather lop-sided score That night in a hotel the manager of the losing team met the president of the league. "Soandso is the rottenest umpire 11 ever saw,” the manager opened the conversation. “He robbed us out of the game this afternoon. Why don’t I you get some umpires that can see?” The L. P. replied that he thought the umpire had nothing to <io with it. inasmuch as the winning team had scored ten runs i» one inning. "He gave three terrible decisions and let in the ten runs,” the Mgr., came back. About three weeks later the same manager Let the L. P. in another city. “Do you know where I can get a shortstop better than the bum I’m | playing?” the Mgr. asked. The L. P. told him he knew of several that might be bought, but he I thought he had a pretty good one. I “Why that bum made three boners I in a game three weeks ago and cost ’ us ten runs. He didn’t know where! to throw the ball and when it got | there it wa, too late.” "I thought that was the game you . were robbed out of by the umpire? i You told me about it that night in 1 the hotel.” “Couldn’t expect me to say I was | was wrong, could you?” he replied I Commissioner Landis has received' so many complaints about umpiring | in the major leagues this season that i he interviewed the baseball writers ] for their opinions. He was told that] the umpiring was the worst seen in : many years, but that no particular] team had cause for complaint, be- j cause they wot as many good break? ! as bad ones on the decisions. <■■■ With the exception of a very few I umpires, no one ever admits that the field judge is right on a close decision, The grand stand officials never consider that the umpnre is in a much better position to see the play. The trouble is that tome umpires are diplomats and some are antagonistic in

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their attitude. Last year one of the pitchers on the New York Yanks got in a fight with the partner of the most populari umpire in the league. It looked like a free-for-all with the players of both teams gathring around and with the pitcher insisting upon taking a crack at the umpire. The whole scene was ended when the partner of the belligerent arbiter walked to the pitcher and said in a cool voice—" Leave the field for my sake, won’t you?” The pitcher calmed down in u minute and left the field. If the umpires are really bad this I year it. might be because there are I

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too many old veterans wearing the blue uniforms. An umpire can lose : his eye just as well as a player and he can get slow In the legs just as ; quickly. The umpires who can get around the bases with a fast play are in the minority and it is hard to give a deision from a distance when a player hits the dirt and goes into the bag with a cloud of dust on a low throw. Figure the number of umpires who have broken into the big leagues in the past three years. Perhaps that ! is the reason tor the complaints. ———— • — s_s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—3—s S—S—S—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

COMPELLED TO DIO UP MONEY DUE GOVERNMENT AS INTERNAL REVENUE Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 11—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Managers of north- I era Indiana baseball teams, dance 1 hall proprietors, and others are being compelled to dig up money due the government as internal revenue tax and overlooked by (hem last year. Bank deposit records, made assessable to Deputy Revenue Collector O. ( R. Zollinger of this district have re- , vealed descrepeneies which are now I being rectified. The management of the Mentone ’ baseball team was found to be short , $49.95 in the amount due the govern

I ment, this assessed against donations and funds received from concessions on which the management did not ■ understand that a tax was necessary. WANT ADS EARN—$— $— $ WANT ADS EARN—4—4—♦ - - — • Mrs. Keach Tells How She Got to Know Rat-Snap "Have always feared rats. Lately noticed many on my farm. A neighibor said he just got rid of droves with RXT-SNAP This started me thinking. Tried RAT-SNAP myself. It killed 17 and scared the rest away. RAT-SNAP comes In three sizes Three sizes, 35c, 65e, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Holthouse Drug Co., Lee Hdw. Co., Schafer Hdw. Co., Calloww & Kohne, W. W. Parks, U ill <hire. Ohio.

NORTHHERN INDIANA IS FURNISHING MUCH MEAT F ° R EA ?L ERN Mark£ ts Warsaw, Sept 13.-Northern l DdUni I farming communities are furnlshi i hundreds of carloads qf cattle ho * and sheep that are converted tnu meats for eastern markets, after boi./,' shipped to the East Buffalo stock yards. Several carloads of cattle an , hogs are shipped each week fr Ofl Leesburg in Kosciusko county, « B| ) many carloads of cattle are being ah,,' ped to eastern points by a (n -op.> ril live farmers associaMon headquarter at Paekerton. $-S—t—WANT ADS EARN—