Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Holler —Pree. and Gen. Mgr. E. w. Kampe-- Vice Pre*. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holtbouse—Sec'y and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 3 cents ((lie Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail sl-<>U Six Months, by mail ~.51.75 One Year, by mail 13.00 One Year, at office 33.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added 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. Rite Kansas City, Mo. It is estimated that Edison s brain is worth fifteen billion dollars. Sounds like figures from a state tax board, fixing valuations. Mexico now promises to seize a large portion of the holdings of Mr. William Randolph Hearst in that country and what will be said about them in the Hearst press will make interesting reading. Good thing President Wilson is out of office for he would sure be charged with manipulating it. If Roy Couch, the state house custodian is short $8,400 why he plated under arrest? Taxes are high now and what makes the people grumble is when they have to pay money into the state officered by men who pad pay rolls and put the extra money in their pockets. The thing to do is to show the public that such work is now approved. Gary has rejected the city manager form of government by a vote of two to one. In 1919 th elaw authorizing such a form of government was passed by the state legislature and there was much joy among those who for years had espoused it. A dozen or more cities voted on petitions and turned it down. One lone municipality voted for it —Michigan City—and they are said to be good and sick of it. Evidently the people of Indiana are satisfied witli rule by parties which after all makes for the best government. The men who promised Dempsey $300,000 and the extras for a fight at Shelby. Montana have discovered it's some job to shake the people down for a half million. With the fight date five days off they are short $273,000 and unable to find it. The dope that the fight may not go has caused many sports to change their minds about making the long trip and the whole thing is in the air Now comes the attorney general of that state who 'says Dempsey will fight or give back the $200,000 he has salted away and there may be plenty of c opy for # the flock of neyspaper men who are enjoying the wonderful climate of the land of cowboys. According to David Lawrence the people of the west like President Harding personally but they feel he doesn't get results and they shake their heaffs ominously when asked what they think about next year's election. They can't see that there has been much improvement so far as the farmer i§ concerned and they Os course you expect to get back safely on all fours but one of your tires may get crippled—such is the luck of the highway awaiting every man. Take an extra tire along—we'd say take two, you can't be certain when you’ll need ’em. Vulcanizing and Retreading The Shop That Gives Your Dollar a Long Ride STEPLER BROS. Accross from Interurban

can't see any advantage in belnt able to borrow when they can't mcel interest on what they owe now and pay tuxes and live. The "dirt" farm er who discussod the 85 cent wheal market when it costs $1.05 to sow and harvest and haul It told the pres idont that what they want more tbau anything else is a market and a chatice to earn some money to reduce ’ their debt. A lot of good common i ) sense in that it seems. < ■ ■—..l ■■■- ...i—- --’ It is announced by scientific au- > I tborities of San Quentin prison that J they have discovered scopolamin, u new drug which makes it hniHissihle to tell a He if you swallow a grain or two. Now for some fun. It will be interesting to get the real bonest-to-goodness opinion of some of the deacons on the wet and dry question. it will be a clarifier of all politics for many a man will get twisted with his political Barty platform when he attempts to tell the people his views under the influence of this truth telling drug, women will discover who loves them and who doesn’t and men will secure the real standing in the mind of friend wife. There should be a grand rush to secure control of scopolamin for it brings new difficulties to many. How many want the truth known all the time? Taxpayers will be much interested in those bills the state highway commission says it is going to render to Congressman Fred Purnell and Highway Commissioner Earl Crawford for the painting of their private automobiles in the state highway garage. Aside from why the great state of Indiana has to borrow a congressman's automobile while he is in Washington, as the commission says was the case with Purnell, the taxpayers very likely would like to know: Is 'it going to cost Purnell and Crawford as much to have had their cars painted with State materials on State time in a State gqrage as it does the less fortunate car owner who goes to a private paint shop? Are the bills to include a charge for garage overhead, such as light, heat, rent, bookkeeping, etc.? If the answers are “l»o” the taxpayers might conclude they are on the losing end of the game. If one official has a right to do it, so have others. There are a lot of officials in these seventytwo State departments.—lndianapolis Times. GENEVA NEWS Mrs. Sam Renner and son left for Muncie Wednesday where they will visit for a few days with her daughter Mrs. Ruth Twigg, and family. Miss Cora Chrisman, who has been visiting with her father, C. M. Chris man of this place, and also with relatives in Celina, Ohio, for the past six months, returned to Kansas City last Tuesday afternoon where she has employment. Several from Geneva motored to Bluffton Wednesday evening and witnessed the parade of the Ku Klux Klan at that place. Dr. and Mrs." L. L- Mattax, accompanied by Mrs. Harve Brown, motored to Hartford City Thursday to see their daughter, Mrs. Harry Lynch. The latter is greatly improved and' is expected that she will be able to leave the hospital next Saturday. Morris Everett is the name of the boy baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Whiteman Wednesday. Mother . and baby are both doing fine. A fairly large crowd was in Geneva Wednesday evening end attended the carnival. “The Great White Way," which has been here all week. It is under the auspices of the local band and the latter organization will apply the money thus made to their fund for new uniforms. , The Lybarger pool has not been very popular the past several days as only a few have gone in since the cooler weather began. However, previous to that time it was crowed c most of the afternoon and early in r the evening. i o $-- S—S—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s ALL WOODMEN 1 _____ Ail assessments due mqst be paid on or before the last day of this month. 153-3tx M. M. Schuitz. 0 Use Deering Twine. Buy it lat the Schafer Hardware Co. 151tC

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1 ——————— l , Alaska Was Good Buy For The United States Washington, June 29. —When President Harding visits Alaska in July he will inspect one of the most profitable real estate buys in history. Purchased by Lincoln's secretary of state, William Seward, from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000, the territory is now netting Uncle Sam a profit of about 700 per cent per annum. When Seward made the purchase, cynical Americans dubbed it "Sewards Folly” and agreed that he could have spent the money more profitably in buying from England the exclusive right to sell ice to th e Canadian eskimos. A study of the statistics of trade between the United States and Alaska . in 1922 proves who was right. During the year 1922, Alaska shipped to the United States products valued at $48,599,139. In 1921, it shipped products worth $34,559,532 ind in 1920. $57,742,997 from seven to eight times its purchase price. These figures ar e exclusive of shipments of gold arid silver, which, astounding as it may seem to those ‘who dream of Alaska as ji treasure house of |ffei’Rrtis metals and little else, amounted to only 57.431,875 in 1922 and $7,350,092 in 1921. i' Canned Salmon Leads Heading the list of goods shipped from Alaska to descendants of the, 1 cymes of Seward’s time, during all the three past years, was canned salmon, the doughboy’s “goldfish,” 220,- 1 785.073 pounds of it valrted at $29.187.626. Every soldier in the A. E. F. 1 will swear that they shipped 100 times that much to France in 1918, but the trade statistics shatter this belief, proving 1922 to be the banner year in the canned salmon industry. The second article of importance n Alaskan products shipped to the United States was copper ore, matte ind regulus, worth $9,833,414 "in 1922 tnd $14,006,477 in 1921. The third important exported product was "furs other than sealskins" which netted the trappers $2,747,101 in 1922. Sealskins exported in 1922 .otalled 32,005 skins valued at $814,190. The only other products whose diipments from Alaska in 1922 totalled over $1,000,000 were companions of the canned salmon, dried, smoked and cured fish whose export'd value in 1922 was $2,402,914, and all canned fish other than salmon, val- ; tied at $1,395,267. Valuable Export Field From the American businessman's point of view, Alaska’s value to the i United States is in its importance as ’ a market for his products rather than as a source of raw materials however i valuable and remunerative. The trade I statistics show that “Sewards Folly” ' is a valuable though not enormously 1 important export field. In 1922 its purchases from the 1 United States totalled $26,777,806; in 5 1921 $19,274,215, and in 1920, the ters ritory's banner trade year, both in ’ Imports and exports, $36,876,855. 1 The principal articles purchased 1 from American manufacturers during 1922 in the order of their value low: ’ Tinplate and manufactures thereof $6,113,271 Machinery, mining pumpj iug etc - 2,013.326 a Petroleum products 1,733,315 Lumber 1,658.734 Tobacco ... 723,032 Explosives 627,002 i* I The bulk of the trade of course was in foodstuffs and clothing, for Alaska is totally dependent upon outside ♦ <

sources for the principal food pro'ducts, her development not yet having turned into agricultural channels. If Alaska wer e a great nation figuring her prosperity in terms of trad? balances, the territory would congrat- ( ulate herself. In all the years of her recent development it has sent more i goods to the United States than it i has bought, ample proof that "Seward was right.” OBITUARY j Wm. McMichael was born in Trum- < ble county. January 17, IS7I, May 24, 1923, age 72 years 4 months 7 days. When but a small boy he came to Van Wert county / with his parents and settled on the place known as the Josiah Myers farm. When about 17 years of age he started out to make his own way through the world. In the year 1873, November 6, he ‘ i was united in marriage to Margaret Elizabeth Park. To this union 7 chil♦i dren were born. 4 sons and 3 daughters of which 1 son son and 1 daughter preceded him recently in infancy. ' He leaves to mourn his departure 1 an aged and bereaved companion, 2 1 sons and daughters, 2 half bgpthers, ' 15 grandchildren 2 great grandchil- ' dren find a host of relatives and 1 friends. He was a good companion ’ and lather but firm and resolute in ‘ jail his ways. He was a member of the Methodist ' Episcopal church of Fletcher Chapel ’ , and was always faithful to his duty. J 1 I He was also class leader for a num-1 her of years. Several years ago the 1 church was abandoned and since that 1 time in his declining years had not attended church much, only-on fun- 1 eral occasions. His Bible was his daily stand-by. He reared his family under Christian influence. We all feel deep in our hearts that he is safe in j the arms of Jesus. ' Dearest father thou hast left us And thy loss we deeply feel. , But tis God, who hast bereft us; | He can all our sorrows heal. j Funeral was conducted by Rev. i Thomas Weyer, of Van Wert, Ohio, at i the Wren U. B. church, interment j at Van Wert Woodland cemetery. , UNCLE SAM SETS FIRE TO HOUSE AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! IT’S FOR TEST! i Washington, June 29. —There’s one little brick building in the United : -States that might be termed a “fire , bug’s-’’ paradise. Every week or two the structure i is fitted up as an office, a home or a factory and burned. The fire department is never called, nobody is ever arrested for arson. The insurance adjusters never inspect the remains. But —through a dozen holes in the fireproof walls and roof thermometers are inserted. A handful of scien- , lists keep a dose watch on the ther- , i momeler readings at various stages. And after the data are collected—for the little brick building is located ( at the govenment’s wonderful labora- ‘ tory. the Bureau of Standards —the J experts have information upon which to determine the necessary heat which must be withstood by building materials to make a big office or fae‘itory structure fireproof. It is not infrequently that the news | papers carry stories of fireproof build- i ings destroyed by fire -of crackling walls and twisted steel melted by the flames. ® The Bureau of Standards is con- ’’ ducting experiments to make the tail L buildings of the large cities • absolu- ! tely proof against any tfre. With the knowledge of the heat 8 which must be withstood by steel. a brick, concrete and other building maH e terials in baud, these various mu-'

terials are constructed into walls and set as the front of furnaces, where a ' ticmcndous degree of heat is generated. Th,e burning point ot the 1114terial is noted, after which the brick or steel is further perfected to obtain a higher resistance to heat. o— — Gaine Wardens Arrested 149 During Month Os May Indianapolis, Ind.. June 29. — (Special to (he Daily Democrat) —One bun-' dred and forty-nine persons were ar-1 restejl in May by wardens of the state) conservation dapartment for violat-, ing state fish and game' laws, the ■ monthly report of George N. Mann- ■ fold, shows. Os this number 128 were, convicted and paid fines and cost j aggregating $2,565.15. In May 1922 wardens arrested 125 and 117 were convicted paying fines and costs amounting to $2,222.30. Mr. Mannfeld points out that thestate warden service is exceedingly I efficient and that rapidly the fish and game law violator is brought to time , in Indiana. The result is, he says,' that today Hoosier public waters are ' nationally known for the excellent i sport they afford the angler . Records i in his office show -that only 20 arrests were made in May 1918, a period prior to the creation of the pres-, ent conservation department and when the and game division functioned as a separate state office. From 55 arrests in 1919, the latter half of the year when the department functioned, the May arrests have increased to 149 this past May. o ——- Worrell-Pyle Wedding Held At Geneva Monday Geneva. June 29. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The wedding of Miss Virginia Pyle .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pyle, to Frank J. Worrell of Fort Wayne, was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents at high noon Monday. Rev. Gillespie, of Columbia City, pastor of the local ■ Church of Christ, officiated. Proceed-' Ing the ceremony. Mrs. O. D. Arnold : sang several approptiate songs. Miss Dorothy Laßue played the wedding march as the bride, groom and their 1 attendants took their plffces under the arch formed of roses and ferns. She continued to play softly during the reading of the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thompson, of Battle-’ creety, Mich., acted as best man and bridesmaid, while little Misses Katherine Rose and Betty Ann Pyle and Elaine Teepie were flower girls and ring bearers respectively. The latter led the> wedding procession carrying the ring in a lily. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white pus.tey willow taffeta and carried a bouquet of pink rose buds. Mrs. Jack Thompson also wore a charming dress of printed crepe. Immediately following the wedding, a dainty lunch was served. Tije new-ly-weds, accompanied by the brides- ■ maid ami best man.’ then left lor Fort Wayne where they will make t|)ejr future home. x o I Ironing Board It is an excellent idea to cover botl) sides of yogr irioqjqg board ini stead ol just one —yten use one side ! for dark, (jerge materials that colojf and slain and the other fqf while articles. Keep the botjrd in a bag made just to fit it. All Shades All file shades or red. from pale pink to the deepest crimson are to be very much in demand for fall, particularly in millinery. $-S—WANT ADS EARN—S-?—s

DEMOCRAT WANT ADS GET RESULTS I Sale On Humming Bird Hosiery and Dresses $1.50 value Hunuuing Bird Hosiery z,.. @ pair SI.OO value Silk Hose. @ pair .• HllC ■ Every Dress and Skirt at a reduction of 2O'{. ‘ (,et your supply now. as I am leaving for the New fi "' Mrs. M. Moyer 131 North Sth Street Equip Your Car With I Lion Cords The motorist who equips his car with LION CORDS soon learns that they can be depended on in every way. They are able to grip any kind of a road, and will always stand up under any amount of hard usage. Best of all, they last considerably longer and deliver trouble-free mileage. I LION CORDS are low priced; drive up to our store today and let us equip your car. — I Lion Associated Store 224 S. 2nd SL Decatur asgsau —=-! =L-e-j. i Ij 111 I ■ ■ II When you see the Races July 4 — at - Fair Grounds, Van Wert See the program through Buy a seat in the grand stand and there watch the races, hear a fine concert by the Van Wert American Legion band and enjoy up-to-snuff fun-stuff the Van Wert county Y. M. C. A. boys have lined up for you. I Races Start at One O’clock Two trotting races, two pacing | races and one running race by horsemen and horses, all anxious I to please. Fair Ground (iates Open z All Day Aiimission io Uil’ grounds, 25c each for all a,|jpvc 15 years of age. Automobiles free. j Ad.mission to grand stand, 25c t ach for all qhljvc 9 years of age. . V Plenty of shade and an abundance of cool drinking water. ; -,|( i Louie for a day of eylcrtainnienl and rest. s W. A- MAIUyEH. Secretary Van Wej’l County > (I Fair. Van Wert. Ohio.