Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR PMLY DEMOCRAT PubbabMl Kvtry EvsnlM »«c«P‘ Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller— Pres and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Hotthouae— Bec*y and But. Mgr Entered at the PoatoSlce at Decatar, ladiana, aa aecond cl*** aaattar. Subscription Rates Single coplea j... • cents Ona Week, by carrier 10 cents Ono Tear, by carrier ... 86-00 Ono Month, by mail 36 cents Three Months, by mail JI ™ Six Months, by mail U-75 One Year, by mail »3.W Ona Year, at office (Price* quoted are within first and aecond sones. Additional postage ad ded outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter ik Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City M. Y. Ute Building, Kansas City, Mo The showers have been plentiful and every one is hoping for a couple of weeks of dry weather, it wo can get it the corn, beet and other crops will be large and' profitable. We are all pulling for it. Thirty-two graduates from the class of 1923, Decatur high schools will enter college this fall, That's a wonder ful showing and some difference since a few years ago when the average boy or girl was lucky to finish high school. It is probable that nearly a hundred from this county will attend college this year. Governor Pint-hot save the government will not permit an anthracite tie up and urges a settlement of the strike which is due to come Saturday. Up to date neither side has weakened

— however and it is doubtful if they will. Just what plan will he used by the government to prevent the strike has not been made public hut the users of anthracite are taking the governor at his word. More than two hundred teachers are attending the annual institute here this week. They are welcome to Decatur and every oue will make an effort to show them- how glad we are they are here. They have important work to do during the year, teaching the children of Adams County and preparing them for the activities of life. The program as worked out by County Superintendent E. S. Christen is an excellent one, from which they will derive much in the way of knowledge and "pep" for the big job they are about to tackle. A little girl who is less than four years old and known in the pit lure world as "JJaby Peggy” is to receive a million and a half dollars a year for three years and a $500,000 bonus according to information just given out. It shows the tendency to crazy expenditure of money. If she couldn t get that amount of course her parents would work her for a hundred or two a week and be delighted. The money must be paid eventually by the public and much of it will probably go to the smooth guys who act as her agents. There is no chance for any one to earn any where near that amount, much lets a .baby girl.

Local men are putting on a Labor Day eviOt here next Monday when auto races will be given at Bellmont park. It takps nerve and much work to do this an<l the men behind the enterprise are deserving of support. They arc trying to put Decatur on the map and furnish for the people of this community a dean entertainment. Every citizen should buy a ticket, and should boost for the races. If it is a success you can expect a similar event in the future and It ought to lie. Indications are favorable They have a good program, have advertised for a.

radius of a bundrod niilos. there are many entries, a good program is aekured. crowds arc coming from nearby cities, it looks like a winner. Its up to you to help. Hiram Johnson. victim of bis own megalomania in l#2o. is now the victim of "burglars." He says that the mournful letter published the other day iu which he conceded Mr. Hard-

Ing's renuminatlon—the letter wav dated Juno 11- aud lamented his weakness in yielding to the “old rotten crew." was prigged from the pri- , vate office of the chairman of the r. Republican state central committee ' of California by a man described as "tho chief supporter in northern California of Herbert Hoover." Mr. Hoover is one of Mr. Johnson's permanent , obsessions. A former laborer for the ’ cause of righteousness, and the aai j tional statesman to whom Mr. Johnj son Is justly dear, says that the letter I was obtained "in ordinary course of 1 business." What does an innocentlike Senator Johnson among politicians and enemies so unscrupuloua? It is true that, according to tradition, he onee had a machine of great smoothness and power; but in an unhappy moment he followed the generous impulses of an unsuspecting soul and accepted the escort of tho old guard. They accompanied his boom to Chicago, resumed control of the “organization,” shut him out from his own house. After such ingratitude, a little bit of political “burglary" ought not to excite him. If he fears “California more than New York," that must be because in his own state i he has no stanch and powerful advocates like our own George Henry ' Payne. These betrayals of his confi- ( dence ought to be a lesson to Mr. i Johnson. He should surround himself < with isolation, a good policy for him. 1 if not for the United States. Indeed, . without any effort on his part he , seems to be getting more aud more ' isolated politically, it 'is too bad. ‘ however, that betrayal and burglary should make him their victim. ( o 1

< | Soil Survey of S | Adams County | Description of the Area Adams County is situated in the northeastern part of Indiana. It is 1 bounded on the north by Allen Conn- 1 ty. on the east by the State of Ohio, on the south by Jay County, and on ' the west by Wells County, 337 square 1 miles or 215,680 acres. 1 The tophography, as is typical of gliM-iated regions, is varied, ranging from flat and depresses to hilly. Most 11 of the central part of the county is a level to slightly undulating. This sec- c tion is bounded on the north by an uneven morainic belt which follows ® the course of the St. Marys river and v on the south by the still more uneven moraine along the Wabash riv- 11 er. On the northern side of the u Wabash river, in French and eastern Wabbsh Townships, are found the I most uneven topographic features in I the county. In the southwestern part, of Hartford Township is a low-lying area known as the “Lob," whch terminates 7 or 8 miles southwest of eneva in small lakes. Though artificially drained by means of large ditches, a. large proportion in this J area is still inundated in times of high water. The drainage of the southern part of the county is into the Wabash river and of the northern into.the St. Marys f river, both of which flow in a north- j westerly direction. In Adams county i the St. Marys river carries three times 1 as much water as the Wabash. In the ( more level section of the county the j natural stream courses have been i

straightened, widened, and deepened. ■ and large artificial ditches have been j constructed to assist in carrying off tbe drainage water. ' A few settlers entered the territory ' now included in Adams County as j early as 1820, but immigration to this ( region did not become important until f about 1834. The county was organ ■ ized in 1836 and Decatur, situated t on the St. Marys River, was made { the county seat. Most of the scttlets t 1 were from the more eastern States, ‘ lint some settlements were made by French Swiss and Germans coming ' directly from Europe. According to the census the popuB lation of the county in 1910 was 21,u 840. In 1920 the number had decreas- , ed to 20.503. a loss of little more than

1,000, all of this loss being suffered - in the rural population, which was 17,- , 269 in ISIO and 15,741 in 1920. . All Jbe urban population is in Decatur, a town of 4,762 persons. Here are located several manufacturing industries, among them being the only bept--1 sugar factory in the State. Berne, - Geneva.- and Monroe are the next larg- , est towns. Numerous smaller villages and hamlets are scattered over r the county. The county is served by three

’ steam railroad* and one electric rails road. The Grand Rapid* £ Indiana Railway traverses the area from uorth to south, passing through the largest towns. Both the Erie and the Tolo- ? do, St. ijouis & Western Railroads » cross tii« county from east to west ( through Decatur. The Fort Wayne A Decatur Traction Line connects Decatur and Fort Wayne. There are ‘ no steam or electric roads in the ; northeast and southeast parts of the . county. All other parts are within a reasonable distance of shipping points. Except in these two local! tins. ulso. the county is well supflit- ' with hard-surfaced wagon roans, umv stone, some of which is obtained from quarries along the Waltush River, is " chiefly used as surfacing material. The milage of improved roads is increasing each year. The towns and villages have good high schools, and well-built modern school buildings have been erected throughout the county. In some instances district schools have been combined, thus offering better facilities. Climate The climate of Adams County is subjected to wide variations in temperature characteristic of all northern Indiana. Thus the minimum temperature, recorded in January, is —23 F. and the maximum, occurring in August, —IO6"F. The mean annual temperature is 50.3" F. The mean annual precipitation is 37.23 inches, of which 10.30 inches fallfall during tile months of March to May and 11.30 inches during the i>eriod from June to August, inclusive. Although the precipitation is fairly well distributed throughout the year, droughts not infrequently injure crops, unless care is taken to employ proper methods of cultivation The average annual fall of snow is 24.7 inches. The average date of the last killing frost in the spring is May 5, and of the first in the fall October 6. giving a normal growing season of 154 days. The latest recorded date of a killing frost in the spring is May 31. and the earliest iu the fall is September 11. — o NEED MORE POLICE — ) City Councilman of Gary Demands More Cops for Protection. Gary. Aug. 28. —City Councilman Whitlock has demanded more police protection for the city of Gary. The unusual number of holdups in recent weeks, he says, is due to the inadequate number of patrolmen walking beats. "The force is so small that many districts are patrolled only once a night and the rest of the time they are left to the mercy of any thug who come* along,’’ Whitlock declares. “Eight holdups and burglaries have j ecourrod in one street \vithin a few , weeks." Wm. A. Forbes, chief of police, ad- , mits that the force is too small to | cope with the situation. —_ 0 _ —

COMB SAGE TEA INTO GRAY HAIR Darkens Beautifully and Restores Its Natural Color and Lustre at Once Common garden sage browed into a heavy tea. with sulphur and alcohol added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark wad lux uriant, mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get the ready-to-use- preparation hnprovedj by the addition of other ingredients a large bottle, at little cost, at drug; stores, known as ‘Wyeth's Sago and; Sulphur Compound," thus avoiding al lot of muss. While gray, faded hair is not sinful,' we all desire to retain our youthful! appearance and attractiveness. By darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one can tell, because it does it so naturally so evenly. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and drawl this through your hair, taking one! small strand at a time; by morning all gray hairs have disappeared. After; another application or two y'our hairj becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft, and luxuriant and you appear years younger. Greek (ieweral Killed Athens, Aug. 28. —General Tolini,! president of the the commission for* delimitation of the Greek Albanian frontier, was assassinated touay by a party of unknown gunmen who bushed his motor car on the Santa Quaranta highway. His chauffeur. Sergeant Major Scorti, and bls aldo do camp, Coaatti, weye also killed. Officials arc doing their utmost to apprehend the guilty parties. Mrs. ®. K. Bell and daughter, Cath- ■ erinc, have returned to their home iu Fort Wayne, after a week's visit with relatives am! friends.

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, AUG. 28, 1923.

Gene Stratton Porter Writes “The White Flag” Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter's newest novel, “The White Flag," is likely to have her usual large following of enthusiastic readers, whatever may be said about It by tho colder critics. It departs widely from her previous writings dealing with tangled thickets, the birds, the crawling things and the flowers of Indiana wastelands in that it deals almost exclusively with people. Though the book does not directly say so, it Is supposed to be drawn from the author's own experience of small-town life in Indiana. Those familiar with such life in this state and elsewhere cun readily recall counterparts of the characters she portrays, and the matt-rial is handled with a good deal of fidelity to the actual, although toward the clo.-te of the book there is a letting down to melodramatic levels. The time is in the days before the automobile. A small troop of school children romp through the early pages of "The White Flag,” but it is not a juvenile story by any means, for the children grow up, emerge from high school, and with their fathers and mothers become woven into the social fabric of the small town. There are two family records followed in detail. One Is that of Mahlon Spellman, wealthiest merchant of Atwater; Mrs. Spellman, a woman of refinement; Mahala Spellman, a model daughter, who grew into a lovable and self-reliant young woman. Another family is that of Martin Moreland a country banker, who harvests his riches by foreclosure of notes and mortgages and plays a role of villainy with those who come in contact with him; Mrs. Moreland, a wife he wildered by the authority of the banker; Martin Moreland, Jr., “a chip of the old block." Some of the other characters are Edith Williams, a.disPetetr Potter, a village grocer; Jason contented heiress of much wealth; Peters, a youth of doubtful parentage and a community helper while he serves in the grocery and Marcia Peters, the village washwoman and a victim of the bankers immorality. Still another and an important character is “Crazy Becky,” who. dominated by her mental delusions, carries a white flag of purity about the streets, waving it in blessing over those she permits to pass under it. The power of the Moreland money is the dominating influence in the village. it gives the banker control of the public schools, opens the way for his brash-son to run in social riot over the town, and it is his money that enables the banker to tear down the fortunes and social position of the Spell

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surreptiously provides for her. But when the banker discard* her, ahe begins life again with her head up in another town of the county. It is Moreland money, too, that is the pri mary cause of the mental distress of “Cruy Becky," who declines to wave her emblem of purity over all mem her* of the bankers household.

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