Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1923 — Page 3

NEW CORYDON I Mrrs. Frank Betz, who was serious 'lv 111 la” 1 we *k. Is somewhat Improv "pied Hlß’y and family have re , turned from a visit with Illinois rel ' ativ”' The missionary program given at the Lutheran church last week, was Hjc ef<llngly KOO'l. The local pastor rpv. Haley and Rev. Weatenberger o Portland, were the principal speak era. Wm. Fogle and wife took their son Lloyd back to the St. Joe hospital in p orl Wayne Saturday. The young st or was kicked in the head by a horse about three months ago and had to he operated on at that time hut during the last three weeks it has caused him considerable trouble and another operation was deemed necessary. The operation was per formed Monday at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Chas. Davidson and children spent several days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Betz Miss Doris Buckingham, who is em ployed in Portland, spent the week end at her parental home. Emerson Wall and wife are the parents of a baby daughter born ont day last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Adams and Mrs. Martha Knoslke of Bryant were among those who called nn Ray Buck Ingham Sunday. Bay remains about the same. Mr. Bowers, the local high school teacher, resigned Friday and return cd to his home in Muncie. Rev. Haley is substituting until another teacher can be secured. Miss Miriam Snyder spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Martha Smith. Mr. and Mrs James Kurtz have re turned home after a pleasant visit with relatives at Elwood. Mike Spangler and Carter Woodruff figured in a head-on collision at Burk's corner last Wednesday evening. No one was hurt but both truck and Ford are in the shop for repairs Butler Woodruff and Mr. and Mrs Orville Buckingham assisted Parker Woodruff with his butchering Satur day. • Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davidson and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Snyder and daughter. Pauline, ate Sunday dinner with Frank Betz and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Markley and daughter. Mildred, of Bluffton, called in the afternoon. Mrs Edward Kuehm and children, who have been visiting at the Wm. Fogle home, returned to their home at Chilecothe, Ohio. Saturday. v Miss Ina Woodruff attended the switch board for Mrs. Burk Saturday. A dinner was given for William Fenttrs Sunday at the home of hi daughter, Mrs. Harry Buckingham. Ail his children came with well-filled baskets and a good time was enjoyed by all. Among those present were Ellis Butcher and family, Otto Centers ami family, of Pennville. Henry Muth and family, of Geneva, and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kelly. The Methodist people are practic ing for a Christmas entertainment which will be given on Sunday even ing before Christmas. All tire cordial ly invited to attend. James Snyder was at Portland three days last week working at the postoffice. Miss Vivian Buckingham will be brom lit home from the hospital Mon day afternoon. o Using Timber Faster Than It Is Grown Now Greensburg ,Ind., Dec. 12.--Indiana is us ng its timber four times fastei than grown, and unless remedia nieas res are forthcoming, future generations wiil either suffer a limbo famine or pay exorbitant prices, lion Willfani A. Guthrie, of Indianapolis told Rotarians here Monday evening speaking at a lunchean. Mr. G .thri is chairman of the state conserve’icocnin.iusion. He was followed i>? Frank N. Wallace, state entomoios- ' for the conservation department, win advise<l Decatur county people r< ■ ird ing proper trimming of shade tie's According to Mr. Guthrie we us-*: 90 percent of our original timber s'.iim in the last seventy years. Lates statistics shows is evcess of 2.000. ti Idle and unproductive acres in Ind iana chiefly in the Ohio Valley, tba should by all means be growing tin ,ler - It i.i original timber land, la’ 1 Was cut over and the big m'sl ik made agriculture infeasible and un prof.table, so after a few meager < r,»p: 't was abandoned. This land if ri forested would be declared in year; tom.. ni )t O niy produce much oft!: "iPded timber but save our people ml ion of dollars annually in t'reig ra’e; fo r export timber. Tim speaker showed..by /tai’ tics that 47 percent of the whole are °f I rown county, 33 percent of II i’ sn n. and 28 percent of Jennings eontn not farmed, while in Tipton count' Pss than one-half of one-percent o * c reage is idle. He advocated puttin'

. K *,‘ l '"" ~< r " s "> w '"’k growing hard 8 ami urtp'd counties to Mls | Ht ln ' ' gPn, T«I ent for ntate re. ?" S,,te oWnf ' ll lan,U < ’ ” '>t ptircham in many connos for not to ixem-d $lO an acre. ' ”hiou eg . OH •»►•< iiMiii u IH2 .| 1 ••»«- Mllzens 'Phone .*„ .... , ’ ty of Ilenitur. do * :i ! Y" 1 - B- Burford, .to J I 'to'thoure, C|,.|k- < le>rh a| || 11— ohu It, N,.|„, ~ , Pui.Oti '’aonil HariH.il. do Vter Gan',.,. ailll Tl . urors <HTi,,. 1 ’• •artln .1a1.,.|-v And * i- I?"'-' ii; p; allow A- Kohn,. T,eusm-ei-'s utfi-e expense .. I. L. McConnell. Record.-, .< , . !<k Both. Dln-iies Nlr*fh-Ih pnert Co <|n ’o no L. M: lll ..x,"'cX„"r "L 1 ’mn'' n p"'-''.' 11 ?' K ' " » '•• li.rold Mattox, do ;■ Heller. Co. Attv. Mine) nnl •MTx .-r |.ri jee) urn.- h Winneee. Wash. tp. r, eiee ■H. - . „„ntv Hospital, do ist S. McCrory, do (l(l I- KHh r. <L. , , ' * '»u ft H »n v »‘ >ii(i i .. I’nirlor do - ?■ *»■ do r.ono S < nemlcnl Co do "I'd 'ontln-ntal che-»i, n | do "(tnn ~”■”1 --n Mfg-. co., do t.-,' ls ,' i v ' "jrislon. do yr, no y.l honx.. |. Co. do O’-’h. !,, > c.,.. K . f,,.,., , . H.U-- -m l Jail' 1-. e- ■ nehle- Co , Jail "r or'h W-vp-n Ms ■ ( y, , L , '.J 'h-l'den Smith do Ve.atur I.iimb-r Co., do i-i'at ’.I M-.-rd.y, County l-'arin .; .hi ov lilftle. do jr.nn il.l'i stump, do 1( , Vn.i Rerger. do „„ o-.-n.-e Vfnsmt-r do o<UIO tenry Sehlegel do j > no Covert, do 4 no V. I-.. Manxes do . Uan.’-ird Oil Co., do fol >e atm- Fotin. Fur. * M.-h, Co.; (1(1 . . . 1 0 . ° “ v k At Co., do Tames Hurst, do “ r/75 . 'I .i!l\ ;■<, tin l’, mi 'eeatnr Lumber Co., do 5 15 Millers Rakery, d> Wutschler Packing Co., do 19.40 'etcr Kirsch, do 20.70 Tollhouse St hulte Co., do 74.X0 unanda Moats. Board of Guard. SJ)O 4rs. Sam Hark less, do 10.00 <ydia Johnson, do 10.00 ladle Foreman, do 10.00 Xnr.a Garner, do 10.00 lolda Gaunt, do . 10.00 .lay Andrews, do 15.00 drs. H. M. <’rov/nover, do 15.00 •Hiiyc Hagerty, do 15.00 Wrn. braper, do 15.n0 \nna Tricker, do . 15.00 Stella Hehble, do 25.00 \atie S' hrot k, do 30.00 '••4n< •• b.,1 ui<i;i!iii. d > ' . ” Kuebler Co., do 2". 1 Irani County, do . 171.00 '<uelder Co.. Insanity p.lO ’. Bernstein, do 5.G0 Jay, Zwick & Myers, Burial 91.00 democrat <’o . Leva! Adv 29.05 Vlams Co. Witness, do 14.40 id of State Charities, State C!i iriti-’s 2 30 ’has. liOn&reabergx r, Bri Ige Supt. 1’.x.00 T. L. Graber, do 1 .0 •» •i< k Roeh, -Io I »-7o lulhis Hau.ick. Rental IX.OO Yost Bros., Lewton Bridge .IHJG.OO l ime' Crosbio, Hlngger Rridye 25X.00 Yost Bros., BoHenbacher bridge 205.00 , Wells County, Change of Venae 90.05 »emo<o';B Co.. Pros. 'ttv. I.on Lewis Frth hte. Rd. of Guardians 1.7" > Weshber.w Bros. Radertsrher Ac Braun 2577.3 X ’hrist Yoder, do . 70.00 ’hil Sauer, Sauer road 1.H;5.0‘) ''ennis Striker, road L 5 . Lrnst Striker. St-ik ••• road "" Geo. \V. Fennie K- Sons, do X975.X J 1 Warren M. Striker, do 12X.00 . r Jrn.'t Canroa.l, Itnads 20.25 ’ Wm. Bunner, Hi<h.vi>s 19.00 ’. P. Troutner, (io 1"3.25 , Geo. Geels, do . 1X7.09 1 cilne Hart, do :;I '° .JOtt Rfly. do fVermon Miller, du 2"7 2.» 1 1. A. Hower, do l-it.o" i’d .Miller, do ‘ :l . ! 1 ’ ’•>! L. Foreman, do r C. Beer, do F 50.19 V.-H Snell. .1.. • Geo I. Case, do .>l.l •

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12. 1923

I I .--I < >Mt.Tinvyi>n, i|<> 21)1.f,11 luhii F. Munn, ,j (l 74 m 1 11, 1,1 -' Svllilng, 110 O.tlo Mlln Ha i.-s, do SOO.ll . I ',, Auvsburgiu-, i| (l Inl.'iu , M 11 Rittner, <|o 42.00 Cm roll X- Son, do ' Hr--nor l.nnibor Co., do . r,1.7f» simolmd on Co., do :t; ir, 1 01, hill Ri-oH.. do fil 4X 1 0., >l« "I 1 . •’•'■'l I- Miinh-v, do 141 no . ‘ 1 Colon 1 M u i,.0 h, do ■ >|»; <lll 1 i" '-ii M Striker, I vin rood <; ■> • 1 •M'?hl»r'!,-r Bros. M.iznlin rond W»>7 martin jabf.iki, Auditor 1 O-- 1 , i i 1 NuriCF. TO IIIIIUI KS 1 1 1 Noth-,- i- hervhy glvan that tlm | , i-oic'l oi c onivlxslnnerH of Adamn I'ouuty will on January 7th. 1024, r.-- < • ' ' bl"- for- li|,;dio- tn 1,0 llso I ttl - H"' Counit Inhriui-v forth,. till',-,-i month h.gintilivr January 1 1024 i 1 MARTIN JAREL'tI ' ■' Auditor. ’ - —O ( Policeman Admits Robbing Gandy Store On 11 is Beat 1 i ■ ,i .’ St. I.mii.i, ii,.,.. 1: > ispm-iai t() ll; ,n v I > Democrat) Pirrolman Gustavo Vol! 1 , mrr. stripped of Ills police uniform hi 1 a prison i - j ll today confessed to rohb 1 i ill'.-, a cantiv store on his be.Tt, accord I , ini' to police in pecior who < x:imin<-d 1 him. 1 i , i Vollmer implicated another patrol i man, Jes, ph Turner, who was arrestj id. Turner denied knowledge of the i robbery. ' Ar < tof the two patrolmen follow- ■ > il ditcrovery of an obsolnte typ • of police coat button at the side door al which tile robbers gained entrance. | 1 i Vollmer's overcoat was fotii.d to have- , similar buttons, ont of which was , 1 missing. i • ; To Examine Teeth Os Bluffton School Pupils A tlei.tal examination of all student ;* j in the Bluffton sclmols started Tues- ! day morning by the lor-ul dentists, i and they have made a chart for ea b ' student, silting out just the condition in which his of her teetli are , found, with recommendations to the J parents a ; to the prop-r treatment, I if any is needed. There is nothing ' compi.l ory about this, but the in-j ’ formation furnished will be vabiable i to stiiih nts and parents, as it will ' i ail attention doubtless to some needJ i d treatment that otherwise would not i be lealized and would be neglected. The dentists make their examination i entirely free, receiving no payment from tile school hoard or parents for I „ i , ; Kentucky Girl Wns National Essay Contest II Washington, D. ('. Dec. 12 —Mlssj i Dorothy Louise bob'-ris. Harlan. Ken-, f' tu kv, high s ho.d girl, is announced ii . ii by the Highway Edu ation Board as . winner of t’m 11. S. Firestouo Four " Year.' I'niversity Scholirahip offerd for tile best e.say entered in the) '' fourth annual good roads essay con,’ijest. KIDDIEStOLDS - ’ should not be “dosed.’’ Treat them externally with — ; ■ WiCKS V Vapoßub Over 17 Millinn Ja» Uud Yearly

■am— ■■ ,u ■ I ■■■naw,, i ,I^l- MMBv u ■ Adopt Bond Ordinance For Limberlost Drain Portland, liec. 12—The county com mlssloners have* nduptvd the bond ordinance for the dredging or the William Welhnon, or Limberlost drain In the northern part c.f tlie c ounty. Th ’ amount of the ordinance is $20(148.1& according to announcement made today by County Surveyor Teeters. The improvement 01 the drain w.i, tor a dlstunce of thirteen miles. The matter of restricting heavy hauling on the county roads during wet weather, wbhh was to have been disposed or by the commissioners, was postphoned until next month, owing to the fact that th* new law, governing sued, infracl ions, does not become effictlve until next month. However thei.- is a law to penalize people for heavy hauling on soft roads, bit it is no tas rigid as the new law passed by tlie last legislature. o Fai inei' Grows I Jis Third Ton Litter Le der E. Foster, of Honcock county i as successful in producing his third ton litter of hogs, the litter havi g weighed 23G7 pounds, the day who i the litter was 180 days of age. Till, is the third ton litter for Mr. l oafer, tlie first two having been produce d last year weighing respectively 2'50 and 2300 pounds. This year’s littc war. one of purebred Durocs. Tlie ration fed to tlie sow before farrowing time was made up for most part of corn, oats and tankage, alfalfa el linseed meals with a limited amo int of tankage. After farrow i”g lime with bran, middling) corn oats tankage, and bluegrass pasture. Foster’s goal 'vi. i to produce* a 3000 pom 1 li"er. Having ailed to accom Ii h it tin's ' ini' he has al r eady se t ..boat t-i do ;t next y -,>i, .entity igetd E Crore.t reports. T at there is a high "mortality rate' among ton 1 tt *r contestants in Aela ns county is evidctnt by the fact that out of the. eighteen who started in the contest last r.j ring, o 'lv three tini: bed with ton litters this fall, the hea.ien t weighing 2150 poiini: In vie v c.f the fact that a number ot farn <-ri persist in raising scrub litless and claim that scrub slo 1; gain as last ami as economically as pure bn d i it remains that each litter which has crossed the ton murk in this coun-

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ty thus far has been a purebred. The three Adams county farmers who won gold medals for ton litters this year will receive* their medals at a meeting to be held next Tuesday afternoon at the county agent s offie- •. James H. Wiley, of Purdue, will be present and h-.id in tip. ( ||s i its.-doim. Tin- medal winners will give accounts of how their litter ■ were fed and cared for. o ■■■■ — I. I . Student Journalist Wins Honor For His Work The most outatandlng pieeo of ,■<>! :

CHRISTMAS SHIRTS- [ ' his size, his patterns, ' W from his kind of a store. I * I <.|r 1 Jlf Over a thousand bright “new since Thanksy K* n giving” shirts. \ ve-Ixae Th® kind of patterns he will wear on the • /l I I LiHk* 1 /- * most important occasions. lie-man materials Ii ' I w *9 meet the laundry without'losing so YI \ . much as a hutton. If ton haven't thought of giving shirts, re—j’K member this; next to his underwear they are the S ■ closest things to his heart. |lI sl-00 SIO.OO 'W •*ss' ve one — R * ve ree — B ’ ve s * ,ir,s - . BKESS SHIRTS GOLF SHIRTS I)AY SHIRTS MOTORING SHIRTS Tefub-T-Myeo Go BETTER CLOTHES FOR LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS- • DECATUR • INDIANA •

* ■ !■■ I * .——l [lege jniirnHlirm In the United States ‘ was cn'diti'd nt a recent Minneapolis i mooting of Sigma Delhi (’hi, national profe-HSiomil journaliatlc farternlty, to James Elliot, sophomore* at Indiana Unlve*rnily. lb* ri'ioiveel a golel watch as a prize* for his nrtie h s In the J. 11, Dally whlih we re hi-ld largely r<*i sponslLlH for the <‘st:il>lishme*nl of a nominal student f'*e> for atheltle-, niualc !al ami dramatic ,*ve*nts during the* year lat the* statu Unive-r.iity. o Te*rre> Haute Afte*r seriiug ai I'uperlnh’nde'tit of the Methodist j t'e nteiiiery church Sunday school for

I twenty-seven years, Dr J. IL Hall II resigned, I (’eilun.bus—t’llfforel Grove, convicti e*d on a liquor e barge liked the county i Jail so well that be voluntarily nerved i one day more* than hln thirty elay sent-e-nee according to sheriff Arbuckle.

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