Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1923 — Page 4

DICATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by I THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pros, and Gen. Mr E W. Kampe—Vtce-Pree. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holtbouse— Sec'y and Bue. Mgr Entered at the Postoffice at Eecatur, Indiana, aa second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 ceDtl One Week.by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $6.00 One Month, by mall 35 cents Three Months, by mall 1100 Six Months, by Mail < One Year, by mall ......;3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage ad ded outside those sones.) Advertising Ratos 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 Here's hoping for each of you the very best one ever. May 1923 be filled with all the happiness and prosperity it is possible to chuck into twelve months. We have . resolved to do our very best |o |fle you a better paper than ever, to do all we can for the splendid community we represent and we most respectfully solicit your assistance and Help in doing this. , Never did a new year break with brighter prospects than this. The lull of the past two years seems to be passing rapidly and with the coming of spring many activities should open here and over the country. New organizations are being made, and interesting announcements will be giy-1 en out during the next couple of weeks. Take your part in affairs and help make your community the best Have you secured your 1923 auto ( license plates’ Remember that local officials have decided to enforce the law after the 15th, giving tWO| weeks in which you can secure the. plates and license. With a branch here in Decatur where you apply and I get tile plates at once there is no I reason for any one being without j Don't put it off if you want to drive l your car. The ship subsidy bill seems to have . been lost in the Washington shuffle I and the promise made by President j Harding that it would pass within a w'eek after the special session was called seems to have been much the same brand of premiss ns was made ; in lowa when he was candidate for president and said his first order after becoming president would be to return American boys from the Rhine. They are there yet. Fifteen ships unloaded seven million dollar’s worth of whiskey in the

I The Cort I I T-H-E-A-T-R-E A New Year Treat Extraordinary I TONIGHT TOMORROW OW. GRIFFITH ■£> featuring DOROTHY MHWMMIW 'and gl LILLIAN ■ GISH I lox News Orchestra U‘ ltcels 15c and 35c < *■* . * ' • ♦>

New York porta and the government i weakly declares It was duo to the | fact that a police boat was broken down. Pretty rotten, we'd say for there i;< no doubt that the booze was unloaded to |H-rtzilt wholesale distri butiou of liquor in time for the New Year celebration. Such acts la wha*. makes every oue disregard law to a more or less extent and lose respect for those in authority. Indications are that 1923 will .bring a closer relationship between this naiton and foreign powers. Recently Senator Borah changed Ills attitude and in a speech on the senate floor declared that he had turned his face to the future. He offered an amendment calling for a world conference but was induced to withdraw it after being informed that he was beating the president to it. It looks like progress. Give better service should be the resolution of every persons whether he be In business, a manufacturer, a laborer or engaged in any other pur suit. Service is what counts and it is so easy to be courteous and the results so much more pleasant that we can't see why every one does not decide to start the New Year with the idea in mind to be 100% efficient in giving service. Doing a favor for the other person is always a good ■investment. Let’s all start today. Renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat and do it this month. IWe want and need your support Have your friends subscribe. For The better paper, the better community, i You can nearly always judge a city and county by her newspapers and that's why you should support your local papers. We are striving to give you all the news all the time and to print such features as will be of most interest. We will appreciate suggestions and contributions. Cali us if you have news items. We want to i boost you and we want you to boost ’ us. Let’s make it a big year. That this community has improved ■and is better now morally than, in the , old days is best demonstrated by the report of Sephus Melchi, retiring sheriff, which shows that during his lour years in that office he had but [157 prisoners. In the four years I previous to that the number in charge of Sheriff Ed Green was 201 and from 1911 to 1915 Sheriff Thomas Durkins had the custody of 742 prisoners. Some improvement and the surest proof that this is a law abid- ! Ing community. The average during Mr. Melchi's term was a prisoner each ten days. THREE RIVERS —Fifty thousand dollars was paid for one strawberry plant by the R. E. Kellogg company . of this city.

DECA’IUR DAILY DEMUCHAI, MONDAY. JANUARY 1. 1923_

[ Sheriff and Assessor Assume Office ] a 'tr' "W, Kz.. t II JOHN BAKER, sheriff zjMMERMAN, assessor John Baker assumed office as sheriff of Adams county today. The custody of three prisoners were turned over to him last night by the retiiing sheriff Sephus Melchi. He and his family have moved into the jail. William Zimmerman was at his desk early this morning, having assumed office as County Assessor and he stated that he would be glad to meet the taxpayers of Adams county. Both county officials were elected at the November election. Two Retiring County Officials

J» *** V SEPHUS MELCHI

Sephus Melchi retires as sheriff of Adams county after two successful terms of two years each. To prove that lawlessness and drunkeness is on the decline in Adams county and has been for the last four years, Mr. Melchi. during his four years, had only 157 prisoners in the jail, compared to 291 during Sheriff Ed Green's term and 742 during tiro four years that Thomas Durkin was sheriff. Sheriff Melchi was,called to Magley yesterday to make an arrest of a woman, who it is said Is demented. He turned three prisoners over to the new- sheriff, John BaWt, last evening, two women and one man. Robert Schwartz retires as county commissioner from the third district after six years of efficient service. He was chairman of the board for two years. Two Officials Begin Second Terms

ÜB TfflHkxw: sHft. ... g|it k W &■■ JyF J DICK BOCH

Dick Both began his second term as count}’ surveyor and Dr. L. L Mattox of Geneva started on his second term as county coroner today. The; were re-elected last November.

Faces of Three New Officials at Court House (Continued from page one) cutive term as prosecuting attorney. He was elected for the first time in 1918 and has represented the state in ' all cases brought before the bar of I justice since taking office. Begin Second Terms Dick Boch began his second term as county surveyor today. He has been one of the busiest surveyors who ever served in Adams rounty, having supervised the building of 25 to 35 roads during 1922. Carlisle Duell will continue to be his deputy, assisted by Dick Tunneller. Dr. L. b. Maltox of Geneva also begun his second Itenn as county coroner today. William Frazier Has Fine Record (Continued from Page One) During his eight years in office Mr Frazier has appraised approximately $270,000,000 in property values. I Four years the average appraisement | totaled $20,000,000 per year; three i years $50,000,000 and one jjjar S4O„-

ROBERT SCHWARTZ

: * A IL ly .' B " T ~ ImHi DR L. L. MATTOX

000,000. It is a vast job and a thankless one to perform the duties as I county' assessor and the salary is meager but Uncle Billy has been on the job each day and always smilingly looked after the work with a smile for every one. In addition to the regular job of appraising,- Mr. ' I Frazier has reported valuations on - more than two hundred estates 1 providing the figures from which in- | heritance taxes could be assessed. , During his eight years in office I Mr. Frazier added more than a half ■ million dollars worth of taxes' to the , tax duplicates which was missed by the township assessors, which more than paid his salary. Mr. Zimmerman, who succeeds ,Mr. , Frazier is well qualified for the place land will make an efficient and faithful officer. —— ——•—— < hies \\hi\e Elk, Indian lecturer ami hogd of the tribes of Columbia,' is on his way! to England fb present to King George tlie'fcrievanees of the. Indians of the i’;mific\'baht of Canada. He'is a Carlisle ; grpjluate and accompanied the Prince of AVales on his American tour in 1919. The Indians of British Columbia desire many i reforms, chiefly in the direction of facilities for education.

i'r ' board OF ADAMS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS J/ I I Ji li ■ '

’ A jfl ' J| it Ernst Conrad

The County Commissioners met at the auditor's office this morning and re-organized, electing the sew J ' ber Ernst Conrad, commissioner from the first district, chairman of the board. B. F. Hreiner is the «econd district, while George Shoemaker of Geneva a -sumed office today as commissioner from the ttai| trict He was eletteu last November and succeeds Robert Schwartz who was a member of the board six ■ - : ~ I

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ . ♦ AUCTION SCHOOL NOTES + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Col. R. M. Elston, one of the popular students and a go-getter on the auction bloc, came 2500 miles to attend the Reppert school. He says he figured that the best was what he wanted and that he felt every auctioneer could improve by five weeks' under Col. Reppert. He has had two years' experience at Grand Junction. Colorado, and after his term here will locate at Durango. Colorado. He is; an experienced breeder, feeder and salesman of stork and will win for he lias all the qualities of a successful auctioneer. He will prove a live wire citizen and a good booster for Durango. Col. C. A. McAnarney, of Council Grove, Kansas, an auctioneer of ex • perience who has specialized on pure bred sales, assisted in the first sale at the auction school rooms here Saturday. He is attending the Reppert Auction school and is one of the fellows with a future assured judging from his success Saturday. 1 o — 1 Buildings of the University of Vici; ' na are becoming unfit for use due to neglect and lack of money for repairs I The roof of University Hall has not I been repaired before the war I and the rain is coming through, loost ening the plaster, cracking the mouldings and staining the fine frescoes'

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B. F. Breiner

I with dampness. , ALL OVER INDIANA Fort Wayne— Lillian Tanbrook has started a suit for SIO,OOO damages against the F. W. Wool worth Co., here which she alleges wrongly ac-

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I <r gj/ George Shoemaker

cusetl here of phasing a cowtJl '•■.■•i t'' i',t ’■ half dollar.' Peru —"Wisteria” Indianai J ton pullet owned by Mrs ■ ■ Weiner, of this was awa J first prize al the Detroit pj show.