Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR PAULY DEMOCRAT PubllrtM I very Evening Keoept Sunday by THE OECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Free, n*d Gen. Mgr. 0. W. Kumpe—Vice-Pre*. i Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthoueo— Bec’y *nd Bna. Mgr. Batered at the PoetoSlce at Decatur. Indiana, u second class matte-. Subscription Rates Single copies 1 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier........... *6.00 One Month, by mail 86 cents Three Months, by mail 1100 Six Months, by mall $176 One Year, by mail w , 83.00 One Year, at office »• 83 00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those tones.) Advertising Ratos Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., Now York City N. Y Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. ’ The only proof that spring has not arrived, is the garden. It doesn’t look exactly healthy for a real "blown in the bottle’’ spring season, now, does it? Harvard University professors arc! advocating tho establishment of dividing American society into two classes, and some one suggests they probably mean those who have at-j tended that seat of learning and those who have not. _■ _■ ■ . Painters of this territory are urged to co operate 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 1 meet the demand. Another thing that will help the appearances down street would be the white washing of the trees about. the court house and other places, where they are most noticeable., Take a look at those around the old five point corner and notice how much better they look. It would be fine if the county commissioners would start it and it won’t cost much. Let’s go! All together for the best looking as well as the best business town of live thousand souls in the middle west. It starts next Tuesday—“ Clean-up Week" in Decatur —and we are going to do it. The campaign this year, will be better than ever before, for it includes painting up and fixing up down town, cleaning the yards, the. streets and alley, painting pf the , phone and telegraph poles, installation of ornamental light posts, hauling away of rubbish and many | other features. It 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 i 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 taken away and replaced with a drink- 1 ing fountain. It is seldom used, there is not even a cup there for the use of the thirsty, and it’s time I

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tc improve that corner. If the fountain is not practical, the well should be abandoned altogether, for it's an eyesore and causes untavor- . able comment. The attention of •. tho county commissioners Is called ’ to it and we aro sure they will act in the right spirit. Brother attorneys, members of fra- • ternal societies, boy scouts and l) friends ot Judge John C. Moran will •jaid tn the search today and toinor--5 row for some trace of him. Parties will start from Fort Wayne and Dell catur traveling towards each other ’ and search every nook and 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. Besides this, every clue is being followed, and the police are continuing the hunt in Fort Wayne. i The world court is the child of the , league of nations, is supported by the league which fills vacancies, elects judges and maintains it. Just how we can belong to that any length 'lof time without being a part of the league is rather funny and, ot course, imxt to impossible. It's just slipping |' i In through the back door. Os course, .lint Watson hasn’t agreed yet. He I'hinks the high tariff is all that is ■ i cessary to make times good, and 'on any other question he becomes . !narrow, and there are '.base 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 ' will paint up, tho proprietors having I I igned the agreement to brighten . I tile fronts. The work will start , it: st week and be rushed along as 1 ■: -ipidly as is possible. It will make 1 Illis the best looking and brightest ■' city of five thousand in the middle! west and is a worthy movement. A'. mmittee composed of W. A. Klep- ( per, Fred Reppert and E. W. Kampe yesterday canvassed the downtown '• district and the result was ninety P' r cent in favor of the plan. Along with this, many business houses will j, put up new signs, new awnings and 1 1 i t her wise make the entrance to their]* ■ lace of business more attractive, i' ' * J It’s a real step forward and one , ■ hich will have a good effect for ( ! years to come. 1 o !<u Klux Klan Parade at Fort Wayne Tonight t Fort Wayne, April 28. —There will Hie no interference with the Ku Tilux L i Klan parade here this evening as It ! long “as the affair is conducted in an : i orderly manner" it was announced 1 ist night by William Moeller, chief -of police following a conference with Mayor William J. Hosey and the * board ot public safety. Chief Moeller said no orders have been given him to stop or interfere J with the klan parade tonight. “Asp I long as there is no law violated and 1 1 'as long as there is no threatened dis- 1 i'urbance violence or riot, the parade ' ! ..ill not be disturbed” the chief ' Lidded.

I Tells of Trip | I The following Interesting letter from Mias Kate Touhey to her brother, .lamew, tells of a wonderful trip she recently made to old Mexico. Her 1 desreiptions are splendid and we are I sure our readers wdll enjoy the trip with Miss Touhey: Los Angeles, Calif., 3-31-23 Dear Brother: — It was recently my good fortune and great pleasure to be the guest ol my very good friends, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Williams, on a truly wonderful auto trip down to San Diego and into Mexico. I know you will be interested. and while 1 am afraid this will prove a lengthy letter, ft must neces sarily be so if 1 only tell youu half of what 1 saw. Mr. and Mrs. Williams 1 knew very well in Indianapolis where they were wry 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, Ore., 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 and most generous with their hospitality, sharing, their good fortune and pleasures with their friends, they drive a Franklin i-edan ear, in which you ride with all the comfort of a rocking chair. So the 500-mile trip which we made was indeed a great pleasure. We got an early start out ot Los Angeles, leaving sharp at 7 u.m.« The direction is east and south and for 55 miles we travel through the fruit > belt. Orange trees blossoming and bearing at the same time, scenting j all the air with fragrance. Lemon; orchards, fig orchards, and miles ( and miles of walnut groves. The highway is paved as smooth as marble 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 re- 1 mrin with us until we reach the old; Mission of San Juan Capistrano andbeyond clear to San Diego. San Juan Capistrano was founded [, Nov. 1, 1776, by the father of all the . California Missions—Father Junipero (pronounced “Honopero") Serre. I , presume the usual temporary buildings of straw, etc. were constructed and in Feb. 1797, work was begun on the church and buildings, the ruins of which now stand. It was , probably 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 ISO ft.]' long. It had an arched roof and 7| domes hut only the mins ot 2 now ■< remain to be seen. In the pi eat j earthquake of 1812 the tower fell and, 1 crushed one of the domes, the whole.' mass of masonry crashing down upon i the congregation attending mass and 43 were killed. The priest escaped ; ns by a miracle. In 1797, San Juan i under the good padres, was iu 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, secularized this great Mission and then began the wreck and ruin. When this work of secularization was completed in 1845. the pueblo had only a population of 113 souls and the 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 and 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 arcades 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 and the garden is kept up. at the time we were there being a perfect riot of flowers in bloom. Wo 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 tho eye aud thrills the soul. To the left, as we travel south, arc ridges gradually rising in height and stretching away as far as the eye can follow. To our right the ocean, ag sapphire blue as the cloudless sky above it. , Continuing along the ’ highway, whft h is '(idled Bl Camino (Spanish for the real highway of tire pudres) we soon reach "OM Town" San 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 boats with Spanish soldiers and supplies recruited from the missions in Mexico

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r landed In beautiful Sun Diego Bay, ? but Father Serra came overland walkI ing every step of the way. Two great E palm trees, said to be the first planted I in California mark the spot whore j tho mission and presidio first stood, but one ot the trees died some time ago and in its place they have erected ’ a hugh cross, which stands on the ■ brow of the hill overlooking the high--1 way. Tho other palm tree still Ilves. Later the Mission was removed to a ’ beautiful little valley south but 1 did 1 not have the opportunity nor time to visit the ruins. At “Old Town" ' part of the ruins of the first old adobb 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 iu the Spanish style around an open -patito or court. In this building, it is said. Ramona, the Spanish maiden. and Allesandro, the Indian, were mraried. The pathetic story of that tragedy lias been fittingly described Ity Helen Hunt Jackson in her book “Ramona.” I remember reading it years ago and little dreamed thou 1 would be passing over the same ground. Tlie city of San Diego is located 5 or 6 miles closer to the Bay. and from the roof of our hotel that evening, it seemed to have the apperame of being built on ground gradually I rising higher from the shore. In tlie I land locked harbor, Point Loma extending far out into tho sea on one side and Coronado Island on the other, many U. 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 here also is the U. S. Marine Base, which they claim to be the finest in i America, and the Naval Coaling Station, V. S. quarantine station mid Fort Roscrams. We crossed the ferry, a ride of 5 or 10 minutes, 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 ron the sights around San Diego. The child, much interested in the hue buildings and parks, would question his father as to tho ownership end the answer was always “Spreckles.” Finally they came to the ocean and much excited the little fellow asked “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 i dream of luxury set mid beautiful surroundings. The furnishings are i legant in most exquisite taste. A I wonderful view of the ocean may be •lad from every room and one can sit out on the great veranda overlooking grounds glowing with tropical and semi tropical flowers and trees. I i:m told it oply costs you $30.00 per day to be the guest of mine host, Spreckles. • At 7 p.m. that evening we started for Mexico, Tia Juana being only 14 I miles distant. As it was night I can | give you no idea of this quaint little Mexican town, except Main street. If you ever mentally pictured a raw western mining town back in tlie ' days of 49. it would seem to me that that picture would now perfectly lit Tia Juana. Nothing but wooden shacks of one story each —every other ' door a saloon or a gambling joint. Here iu Tia Juana horse racing is conducted from the latter part of i December of each year, until about] April 1. We were there on Tuesday! and the previous Sunday the purse] was $30,006. That was the big event, and of course attracted thousands, but Tuesday night, things were rather (quiet —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 ol the bars and 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 1 almost grew dazed, believing it impossible. Women, along with men, were, playing stud poker. Mexican monte, rolling dice at 825.90 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 epen, no doubt with the full cognizance of tlie Mexican officials.1 presume a certain per cent of the 1 receipt* in demanded ead paid, and 1 every once in a while, to shake down ■ more graft, there are rumors ot a 1 regular cleanup. However, it really 1 never takes place. As I see Tia Juana r It exists for three things only—horse 1 Teeing, booze and gambling. • i Crossing file border one is stopped >I by our officials first, where you are

, req'rtred to register your car, the ntta- . ber of people in it, and the time ot t entry. Not 10 feet away the Mexican ; Government, in al? its majesty, is! i rt"presented, and that official also; must have the same Information. Al , sort ot an examination is made |o see that you are not taking anything I In anti the sumo thing when you return. Also further on the road, on the American side, your car is stopped to see that you have not anything in your possession that you should uot have. Next day, after a sightswing tour of Sun Diego, we started on a 55 mile mountain drive. On my way to California I often saw automobiles crawling along mountain roads and I wished that 1, too, could experience that pleasure. My wish camo true on thia trip tor it whs a continuous climb, winding iu and around sharp! curves, sometimes completely doubling back to make a higher grade. We reached a height ot 4200 feet and for miles end mile* tliere seemed to be no habitation of any kind. Sometimes we saw herds of cattle grazing in the little valleys between the hills and I 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'dlock we started on 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 Pines where a peculiar pine tree flourishes and no other place in the whole United States, and then a straight drive for home. I forgot to mention that along this road we passed a bean ranch of] 104,009 acres, tlie greatest and largest bean ranch iu existence. Here will soon be planted, they are now preparing the ground, 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, j hoping you will enjoy the reading as> I have enjoyed the writing and that all is wel\ witli 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 j fall. Potters was selected from a field of 20 applicants. Mr. Potters has been an Instructor in Huntington college summer school at various times in addition to his duties at. Warren. " * You can set Standard Nut Butter (colored) at Gilpin’s Grocery, phone 461. We All Live Sermons. We nui.' not fill pulpits, but eneb of us lives m sermon—some sort of sermon —every day.—Forbes Magazine.

“Going up” Men’s \ Clothing to be a 1 J higher. ( Wf only wish we could stop it but we \l cannot. ' x r W The writing's on the Wall in woolens and >< > w ithin two months every manufacturer of Men s k J'lw Ready to Wear Clothes is going to advance prices r r' 0 '" ' —My/’, 5 to 15'1? Do you know what this means? Just this; THAT this enormous stock is your protection. THAT we are not going to raise so much as an eyebrow until we have to pay more. THAT you can select one or two suits from this stock of a thousand and get in under the wire of Saving. Yes bad news is coming—but every cloud has a silver lining and here it is in these Michaels Stern suits ala double saving now. Don’t wait—it’s belter to believe the truth Hum to sav six months later —"believe me, 1 ‘ W i s h 1 had!” Go xs> J BSTTEXCLOYftes FOX LESS JMONEY-ALWAYS— SILK HOSE • DECATUR • INDIANA*

MEASLES AT WARSAW Warsaw, April 28.—Several hundred case* of measles have been reported to J. G. Fermier county health , officer in the last few weeks. Many adults are afflicted with the disease. Twenty-two imptls one room in]

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