Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1923 — Page 4

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Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building. Kansas City, Mo. The only proof that t.priug has not arrival, is the garden. It doesn't look exactly healthy for a real "blown in tlio bottle" spring season, now, does it? Harvard University professors are advorating the establishment of dividing American society into two classes, and some one suggests they probably mean those who have attended that seat of learning and the.'e who have not. Painters of this territory are urged to cooperate with the business men in the painting of store fronts. More than sixty business houses are to be brightened up, and it is hoped every painter will make an extra effort t meet the demand. Another thing that will help th< , appearances down street would be the white washing of the trees about the < ourt house and other where they are most noticeable. ■ Take a look at those around the old I five point corner and notice how ' much better they look. It would be I fine if the county commissioners would start it and it wont cost: much. Let’s go! All together for ■ the best looking as well as the best business town of five thousand souls fn the middle west. It starts next Tuesday—" Clean-up I Week" in Decatur—and We are going | to do it. The campaign this year will be better than ever liefore, fori it includes painting up and fixing up down town, cleaning the yards, the streets and alley, painting of tin ! phone and telegraph poles, installs-; tion of ornamental light posts.; hauling away of rubbish ami many other features. If you don't catch the Spirit after things get going, you are a dead one sure, enough. Let’s makes it snappy. Everybody will be doin’ it. It has been suggested and with considerable argument which appeals, that the old town pump, relic of the days long ago, should be tak cn away and replaced with a drinking fountain. It is seldom used, there is not even a cup there for the use of the thirsty, and it's time

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to improvs that corner. It ths fountain is not practical, tbo well should be abandoned altogether, for it's an eyesore and causes unfavorable comment. The attention of thu county commissioners is culled to it and we are sure they will act in the right spirit. . -BU'ML" i T Brother attorneys, members of fra tevnal societies, boy scouts and friends of Judge John C. Moran will aid In the search today and tomorrow for some trace of him. Parties will start from Fort Wayne and Decatur traveling towards each other and search every nook ami corner of the farm lands between the two cities. Adams county people will meet at the court house and there is no doubt that there will be hundreds of volunteers for the duty. Be-

sides this, every clue is beiag follow- ■ cd, and the police are continuing the I hot in Fort Wayne. t i The world court is the child of the , bague of nations, is supported by the league which fills vacancies, elects judges and maintains it. Just ’ how we can belong to that any length • of time without being a part of the ’ league is rather funny and, of course, ' I next to impossible. It’s just slipping ■ in through Uie back door. Os course, Jim Watson hasn't agreed yet. He thinks the high tariff is all that is n -cessary to make times good, and .on any other question he becomes narrow, and there are those who feel he is considerbly wrong on his tariff attitude. Time will tell the whole story and will show who is right and who is wrong. More than sixty business houses I will paint up, the proprietors having i I signed the agreement to brighten .the fronts. The work will start , 'I i \t week and be rushed along as |r. pidly as is possible. It will make j I this the best looking and brightest l.city of five thousand in the middle I w est and is a worthy movement. A |;.mmittec composed of W. A. Klepj ] ■ r, Fred Reppert and E. W. Kumpe I • csterday canvassed the downtown (i:strict and the result was ninety i r cent in favor of the plan. Along v it!) this, many business houses will' h it up new signs, new awnings and it .hervviso make the entrance to their II lace of business more attractive. . U’s a real step forward and one | Iv. Inch will have a good effect for 1 v ars to come. —. — Ku Klux Klan Parade at Fort Wayne Tonight Fort Wayne, April 28. —There will be no interference with the Ku Klux Elan parade here this evening as long "as the affair is conducted in an orderly manner" it was announced n>st night by William Moeller, chief] of police following a conference with : Mayor William J. Hosey and the | 1 - ard of public safety. Chief Moeller said no orders have' been given him to stop or interfere] with the klan parade tonight. "As . ]long as there is no law violated and' .' long as there is no threatened disturbance violence or riot, the parade will not be disturbed” the chief! I added.

'! Tells of Trip I 1 I The following interesting letter from Misti Kate Touhey to her brother, James, tells of a wonderful trip she recently made to old Mexico. Her 1 desreiptions are splendid and we are 1 sure our readers will enjoy the trip . with Miss Touhey: Tant Angeles. Calif., 3-31-23 Dear Brother:-— ' It was recently my good fortune ’ and great pleasure to be the guest -of my very good friends. Mr. and Mrs. , S. E. Williams, on a truly wonderful aum trip down to San Diego und into Mexico. I know you will be interest ' oil. and while I am afraid this will prove a lengthy letter, it. must necessarily be if I only tell youu half of what I saw. Mr. and Mrs. Williams I knew very wi ll in Indianapolis where they were very successful in the hotel business. They left there some 5 or 6 years ago and were equally as successful in the same business in Portland. Oro., Oakland. Calif., and in January of this year they located in this city. They are what I call "the salt of the earth.” Warm hearted anti most generous with their hospitality, sharing their good fortune and pleasures with their friends, they drive a Franklin sedan car. in which you ride with all the comfort of a rocking chair. So the 500-mfle trip which we made was indeed a great pleasure. We got an early start out of Los Angeles, leaving sharp at 7 a.m. The direction is east and south and for 55 miles we travel through the fruit i belt. Orange trees blossoming and bearing at the same time, scenting all the air with fragrance. Lemon orchards, fig orchards, and miles , ami miles of walnut groves. The highway is paved as smooth as marIde and takes us through Whittier. ( Fullerton. Anaheim, Santa Ana and Tustin, at which place the fruit belt , ends, or rather the valley ends, the hills beginning to close in and remain with us until we reach the old I Mission of San Juan Capistrano and beyond clear to San Diego. San Juan Capistrano was founded Nov. 1, 1776. by the father of all the California Missions—Father Jitnipero (pronounced “Honopero”) Serre. I presume the usual temporary buildings of straw, etc. were constructed and in Feb. 1797, work was begun <n the church and buildings, the | ruins of which now stand. It was j j robabiy the finest of all of the California structures. It was built of quarried stone in the ihape of a Roman cross 90 ft. wide and 180 ft. long. It hail aa arched roof and 7 domes but only the ruins of 2 now ' remain to be seen. In the [earthquake of 1812 the tower fell and [crushed one of the domes, the whole [mass of masonry crashing down upon the congregation attending mass ami 13 were killed. The priest escaped as by a miracle. In 1797, San Juan, under the. good padres, was in a thoroughly prosperous condition. In 1800. the records show, Indian converts to the number of 1046. horses and cattle 8500, and 17,000 sheep. In November 1833, Gov Figueroa, seiiiiarizcil this great Mission and then ' began the wreck and ruin. When (this work of secularization was comiplcted in 1845. the pueblo had only a. population of 113 souls and the I beautiful mission buildings and grounds were sold for >7lO. Gone forever were the days of peace, industry and plenty. Gone, scattered to the four winds and many dying of starvation, were the good Indians, who trusted anti loved the good padres, who had taught them how to till the land and such useful trades as carpentry, masonry, smithing, etc. Today there stands only remnants of the beautiful artades and arches—a crumbling mass of ruins. A very worthy effort is being made by the old Landmark Club of California to restore the old church ami the garden is kept up, at the time we were there being a perfect riot of flowirs iu bloom. • We resumed our journey and, winding around the hills, there suddenly burst upon our view the blue waters of the Pacific and we follow the coast line, now for 70 miles. A most marvelous panorama of beauty confronts the eye and thrills the soul. To the Jett, as we travel south, are ridges gradually rising in height ami stretching away as far as the eye can follow. To our right the ocean, as sapphire blue as the cloudless sky above it. Continuing along the i highway, which for the real highway of the padres) we soon reach "Old Town" Sail Diego. Here is where the Mission of San Diego, the first of the 23 founded in California, was established by Father Serra. July 1. 1769. The floats with L Spanish soldiers and supplies recruited from the missions in Mexico

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u lauded iu beautiful San Diego Bay. I but Fatbar Berra cama overland walkI Ing every atop of the way. Two great i palm trees, »ajd to be the first planted I m California mark the spot where j the mission and presidio first alood, but one of the trees tiled soum time ago and in its place they have erected a hugh cross, which stands on the ■ brow of the hill overlooking the high- ' way. The other palm tree still lives. latter the Mission wus removed to a ■ beautiful little valley south but I did 1 not have (ho opportunity nor lime to visit the ruins. At “Ohl Town" part of the ruins of the first old adobe church still remains and is enclosed in the present church built over it. Here also is ‘‘Ramona’s Marriage Place” a long low adobe building built in the Spanish style around an op'-n patlto or court. In this building, it Is said. Ramona, the Spanish maiden. and AHcmindro, the Indian, were mraried. The pathetic story of that tragedy has been fittingly described by Helen Hunt Jackson in her book "Ramona.” I remember reading it years ago and little dreamed then I would bo passing over the same ground. Tile city of San Diego is located 5 or ('< miles closer to the Hay. and from the roof of our hotel that evening. it seemed to have the apperance of lieing built on ground gradr.'lly rising higher from the shore. In the lend leaked harbor, Point Loma extending far out into the sou on one side and Coronado Island on the other, many V. S. warships are usually at anchor, but at this writing the Pacific fleet is in maneuvers at Panama. Here is the U. S. Naval Repair Base, North Island the home of Government aviation, both army and navy. They are completing a >2.500,000 U. S. Naval Training Station and hero also is the U. S. Marine Base, which they claim to be the finest in America, and the Naval Coaling Station, U. S. quarantine station and Fort Roscrams. We crossed the ferry, a ride of 5 or 10 miniites. to Coronado Island, which is practically owned by Spreekies, the sugar king. I remember of some telling the story some years ago that a father was showing his little son the sights around San Diego. The child, much interested in the line buildings and parks, would question his father as to the ownership and the answer was always "Spreekids.” Finally they came to the ocean and much excited the little fellowasked “who owns the ocean, father?” and he answered "God, my son,” which seemed to puzzle the little child until he burst forth with "well, how did He get it away from ‘Spreekies'.” The Coronado Hotel is certainly a drcam of luxury set mid beautiful surroundings. The furnishings are elegant in most exquisite taste. A wonderful view of the ocean may be had from every room and one can sit out'on the great veranda overlooking grounds glowing with tropical and semi tropical flowers and trees. I am told it only costs you 130.00 per flay to be the guest of mine host, Spreckles. At 7 p.m. that evening we started tor Mexico. Tia Juana being only 14 miles distant. As it was night I can give you no idea of this quaint little Mexican town, except Main st.eet. If you over mentally pictured a raw western mining town back in the ‘lays of 49, it would seem to me that (hat picture would now perfectly tit Tia Juana. Nothing but woollen shacks of one story each—every other door a saloon or a. gambling joint. Here in Tia Juana horse racing is conducted from the latter part of December of each year, until about April 1. We were there on Tuesday ami the previous Sunday the purse was >30,000. That was the big event, ami of course attracted thousands, but Tuesday night, things were rather fjuiet—sort of a lull after the storm. However, things are wide open at all times —not the slightest pretense being made to shut off the view of (he bars anil gambling joints. In one little shack we stood and watched so many different, games being played, and money, scados of it, being played and lost so rapidly and regularly that I almost grew dazed, believing it impossible. Women, along with men, were playing stud poker, Mexican monte, rolling dice at >25.00 a throw. No attention whatever is paid to sightseers, all are too intent on the game. It is not Mexicans that are playing—presume they never have ‘ the wherewith. It Is Americans that support Tia Juana, Americans from ’ every state in the Union. Everything ' is wide open, no doubt with the full cognizance of the Mexican officials. ’lt prestude tv certain.’per ' cent * of/tl|s 1 receipts in 'demanded ami paid, and ’ every oilce in a while; to shake down more graft, there, are rumors of .a 1 regular cleanup. However, it really • never takea place. As 1 see Tia Juana r it exists for three things ofily—horse 1 racing, booze and gambling. Crossing the border one is stopped J by our officials first, where you are

required to register your car, the number of people in it, and the time of t entry- Not 10 feet away the Mexican I Government, in all Its wjesty, la . represented, and that official also must have the same intoruiatiou. A . sort of an examination is made to j see that you are not taking anything in and the same thing when you re- . turn. Also further ou the road, on the American side, your car Is stopped i to see that you have not anything in I your possession that you should not , have. Next flay, after a sightseeing tour of ■ San Diego, we started on a 58 mile I mountain drive. On my way to California I often saw automobiles crawli Ing along mountain roads and I wished that I, too, could experience (hat pleasure. My wish came true on this trip for It was u continuous climb, winding in and around sharp curves, sometimes completely doubling back to make a higher grade. Wo readied a height of 4200 feet ami for miles and miles there seeincil to be no habitation of any kind. Sometimes we saw herds of cattle grazing in the little valleys between tin- hills and 1 presume there are cattle ranches there. The highways and roads are marvels of road building and I experience a great wonder how it was eve possible to construct them on such grades. Thursday morning at 7 o'clock we started ou our return home and again paused for a few minutes at San Juan Capistrano, at beautiful La Jolla where there are some great sea washed caves, at Torrey Bines where a peculiar pine tree flourishes and no other place in the whole United States, and then a straight drive for home. 1 forgot to mention that along this road we passed a bean ranch of 104,000 acres, the greatest and largest bean ranch in existence. Here will soon be planted, they are now preparing the grounil, miles and miles of navy beans, lima beans, Mexican frijoles. Can you imagine 104,000 acres of them. I presume that 1 will recall many other items of interest that I should tell you about, but for the present I must bring this letter to a close, imping you will enjoy the reading as 1 have enjoyed the writing and that all is well with you. Love and best wishes from your sister. Kate Warren Principal Is Appointed to New Job Huntington. April 27. —Rex M. Potters, for four years principal of the Warren school, has been chosen by John M. Rousch. trustee of Huntington township, to be head of the new township high and consolidated grade ( school, which will be opened next fall. Potters was selected from al field of 20 applicants. Mr. Potters! has been an instructor in Huntington college summer school at various times iu addition to his duties at. Warren. You can get Standard Nut Hutter (colored) at Gilpin’s Grocery, phone 464. We AH Live Sermons. We imiy n->t fill pulpits, but cncb of us lives a sermon —some sort of ! sermon—every day.—Forlves Magazine. ]

“Going up” Men’s \\ Clothing to be v Voa W**er. We only wish we could slop it but we cannot. The writing’s on the Wall in woolens and 1 within two months every manufacturer of Mens *' Ready to Wear Clothes is going to advance prices Do you kmrw what this means? Just this; i I THAT this enormous stock is your protection. THAT we are not a°' n 9 to raise so much as , an eyebrow until we have to pay more. 1 THAT you can select one or two suits from this stock of a thousand and get in under the j wire of Saving. 3 ' Yes- bad news is coming—but everv ‘'l olll ' t has a silver lining and here it is in these Micliat s , Stern suits ala double saving now. 1 Don’t wait -it’s better to believe the truth i. than to say six months later —“believe me, i. •’./ > J !! ■ ! Wish I had!” ;i Tefub T-Ayeo Go J sette# clothes k>» less J money-always- silk hose , . • DECATUR - INDIANA*

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