Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1923 — Page 2

| ni-I- -- - -■ . - — -• ■ r - ' TI ** l -- , ' HAUL TONS OF SUGAR BEETS FOR SWEETS| ft”?-- - -d» •v, • - ‘ > I . ■ ■ «£ <’AMUh4U<M»4 m * _ "" I MBtf)* >*- 1 HPIjhBI -.. a . ** ?'f; i a/ v- H» * i *-Zi.r « b, .L >Kx_ .X KaWMMMMNMaMMCMtMMHUMOaKM M ,= (.<• SV Mil'S On. ~f th< wt. N-st joint <>n the Northwestern Region is the sugar beet switch run at ;. . ,•-. ti>,, • : iti.i > t .in> crows on this run are a good nature.! bunch, however, even though they sotneiretch in the atoVe pictuli- at the left are J. Walton Berg (sitting), brakeman; J. K*Mtl . nii.iu. tor, 1,. it. Saiiii' on brakeman; H. McGuire, engtnetr.an, and J. f, Ahem est so a picture of the beet loading machine and a huge pile of prospective sugar a’ . ; • ~ . ;..,.( workers in the fields. ihihiished through courtesy of The Pennsylvania News.

Ijfc, the vast rttgar .ane fields oft ('uha. th« -u«*r beet acroage along I Hit Grain! Division M>uth of I Fi. Wuimv. Ind. ha* been the source I ot a liitafM. tivn !** himdv h wweet tooth, ! .n;.plving hundreds of car loads of »s <ts t .r the manufacture of that 1 Sin ■■ the first <>( th tol.er, carloads I of sugar m-vts have been arriving at I th~ hugh IV.atur. Ind., refinery until] As-nt Merry'r report shows that up | to Due. *. a toll of 1.16** cars had I bcea received. This number shows! an ex.« ptiousl increase in the cars i received over that of last year. The I records of 523 she wthat up to j Keeps Train Crew Busy The movement of these shipments I extend* over a brief period of time, necessitating the assignment of a switching ■ ato move the ears from | siding* and/> •.dhccting lines into | and out of th- refinery. Conductor I W. S. K -.utz and Brakemen J. Wai | ton L-l J Klingcnle rg> r and L. R. Sampson were assigned to the run i this y.ar, assisted by H. McGuire, engineman I F. Ahern, fireman, and C. E. lmbo-1 . rpetial duty man. To their lot f. 11 v task of handling one | z

WRITES LETTER I FROM N. MEXICO M. M. Frisbie Writes Interesting Account Os Tour Through Southwest M. M. Frixblw, tornur tmstnes* man' of Bluffton and well known here, who j left a few weeks ago with his aunt Mrs. Anna I’afton. of Topeka, Indian*. and Mis* Alina Brown, daughter of Mr and Mrs. S E Brown of this ! < tty, for a motor-trip to California, has written ah imeresting letter to the Dully D»imwr»t, telling ai/ui their enjoyable Hip The letter Is as follows: “Deming, N. Mux. • Dec. 9, 1923. “Daily Denim rat, “'‘Decatur. Indiana. • "Duar Friends hack heme:-— “We planned to drop you cards occasionally on our trip but the time slipped away so rapidly and we have spent the time 'ruldter necking.’ People are so foolish who drive thronugh the western toontry at a. rate of 25 or 50 miles an hour. Many of these pass us and when we meet them in tamp we find they have missed most of the beautiful sights. If they wish to travel that way. better I hop a train for they thus avoid many ' dangers which tome to careless driv-i era. “1 boast when it ctui.es to careful driving and enjoy it first becKttse we want to see the beauties of nature; and second because it is safer. Six miles out of La Junta we saw the top of a mountain which was eighty miles away and the first sight of Paton Pass one of the most beautiful ih the world. The pass is 25 miles wide and we took two hours while Jiioet people drive it in les* than an hour. We started out in a mist and h snow storm which was . very disugreenble but after going above the clouds the sun shone beautifully. The pass has a fine gravel road and .three cars can travel abreast most of Ute way and while very thrilling at tithes* very interesting ahd there is no need to fear if careful. "We have come over some other pusses, canyons and detours most

■ of the largest sugar beet movements recorded in the operation of the rej finery. . z A conservative estimate shows i that approximately 2.733 carloads will I have been shippeu into Decatur by Jan. 15. wl.en it is thought the sea- ! .on will terminate. In addition to i th. 1 large acreage located near Mon* roe, Geneva. Berne and Portland. Ind.. ‘ a considerable number of consign- , mints are being received from points 'on th. Ft. Wayne and Logansport ■ Divisions as well as from those 10-1 1 rated on the Clover Leaf and Erie 1 lint s. Use Open Top Cars The beet seed is sown on well tilled I ground in early spring, usually from ! May 15 to June 1. A four-pipe drill ! with the rows 22 inches apart is used I As soon as the beet plants are about j two tn.lies above the ground, a mach- | inc. known as a lister, is run be- | tween the rows to- loosen up the 1 ground ami exterminate the weeds | and grass. In early October the beets I are ready to he harvested and a machine, called a lifter, is used to I loosen the ground and roots of the ! beets for the • pullers?’ They are I then pulled out of the ground and I the tops a portion of the roots aqd

ldaagerous and thrilling and almost | indescribable. If you have ever visited a motor dome and the “Comet" at Fort Wayne just put the two together, and you have a bird’s eye view of some of the places we have passed i over. “The- lacßajnda Pass was one never ito be forgotten. We came down snake fashion and the most abrupt j turns 1 ever saw; in sac t I stopped , at one thinking it impossible but 'the Good Maxwell’ macle ’er alright. “We left Dodge City, Kansas, Nov. 27th in a snow storm ami have seen j snow every day since. It makes beautiful mountain scenery. We have' c hanged our route quite a little, j From Los Lunas we are coming this; way to Douglas, Ariz., where we will slip out of the United States into old’ Mexico, then hack to Phoenix and’ fover the Sunkist highway. We tan into a heavy suow west of la s Lunas and about 60 tourists are ti ml. now n tin- mountain top [and are suffering for total and from 'the weather. We just missed it and' it was storming haru when we reached here last night. There tfere about foity in eatnp here last night but i most of them have traveled on but , our plan is not to travel on Sunday! ■ _so we are staying put today. I want-; !ed to tell more about Butte Dam 1 , which is three-quarters of a mile long. ■We drove over and back 305 feet. high and ii creates the largest artifi-j ■cisil body of water in the world, over, 15 miles long. One can hardly con-; ceive the- immensity of sueli a .d’ cicture i which cost the government $500,000. j The dam was built for irrigation pur-, poses and irrigates to ElPaso, Texas.j We find “T. B.” hospitals all through this country. Sante Fe is the oldest and quaintest city we have visited and we park-4 ed an extra day to take it in. The; old and new museums, federal build-i Ing. Lal.ond:' hotel and t’ae city ini general were built of mud. though tht; natives cdU it adobe. The Scot-, tish Hit" nncV the capital buildings are the only oge* that resemble e’ast--1 ein architecture. ‘ Another mighty interesting placej was “Elephant Butte- Dam" near Hot; Springs and Hot Springs itself. I -am . peculiar enough that 1 wanted .to vhow why they called it Hot Springs and I found out. I look a bath in a field, ill a box the size of n bath tub with natural fine white sand as the 1

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any clinging soil is removed. The beets are then taken to the I railroad stations, weighed, and dump*' ed into an elevator which automatically loads the«n in hoppers or gondoi las for shipment to the sugar refinery. ■ At the refinery, they /re unloaded ; by means of a large clam st. J’, and I I thrown into chutes that lead to air , elevator w-hich lifts them into the grinding room. Beet Pulp Also Sold Each year the sugar beet crops are j contracted for at a certain price i and should the mark.-. 1 take an upward trend, the growers are given the benefit, which is known H’S their "bonus.” The price for the present ■season was $7.00 per ton. Sixteen i pounds, of sugar are refined from each hundred pounds of sugar beets. I The remaining pulp i; very vain-1 i able as a stock food and is usually , . j shipped before the close of the refining season, as is the refined sugar. i About 10U cars sugar and thirty i ! cars of pulp have been shipped from Decatur since the- opening of the , plant. An extra switch run is platted in ■ service at Decatur each year to take I l care of the large amount of trafficI | during the beet seaspn.

— — — I bottom. 1 can't tell you of half the ; interesting things we have seen but hope to tell you some day. Sincreiy, M. M. FRISBIE. o MUCH PETROLEUM Indianapolis.. Dec. 15 —Approximately 500.0b0.000 gallons of petroleum lie locked in the tight embrace of a share formation in an area in eluded in Jennings. Jefferson. Scott, Jackson, Clark. and Floyd counties, according to T. M. Kingsbury, assistant State geologist. The state formation average 100 feet deep is generaly. near the [surface that itcould £ej>trip mined” j with blasting powder and steam ' shoxels on a large scale, Kingsbury ' said. It is rich in petroleum, c'omparing favorably with similar deI posits in Utah and Colorado, and exists in a remarkably pure state. Less than five percent of the entire bed is composed of layers of material ' net bearing oil. he said. A comprehensive study made of oil shale situation in Indiana by John It. Reeves, of the department of geology at Indiana university shows that i the oil could be extracted from the j shale at a cost which would be com-; ! mereially practicable if conducted on a large scale. Conditions are favorable for sueli development aqcording to Reeves' report. I Reeves has developed a retort at i Bloomington which may be operated 'at slight cost above the actual labor; involved in care of the retort. After [a i oal fire has started distilling the j shale, gas arising from the shale is ;ied back under the retort and burned to continue the. distillation. The’ shale average about 11.4 gali lons of oil per ton of shale, according t to CAT DIED A NATPURAL DEATH; Elkhart. Ind.. Dec. 15 —The death I lof •’Princess Pat”, an cut | ov.iied by Huth Alayiicld, Elkhart. ■ was due to natural canfees and not [ to poison, alleged by the owner of the , ‘animal to hate been administered by * Mrs. H. Roy. a neighbor of th* Mayfields’ according to the decision' lof Judge Walter Waiter In the Elk-i hart city court. An c^usiut'i“ 'i matl<- I” ph- iians failed tn reveal any trace of p<>i- . son in the cat’s stomach. -

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CLUB CALENDAR Saturday Pastry sale Reformetl Ladles Aid at Old White Meat Market «n Monroe street, 9:30 a. m. Monday • .Monday Research Club —Mrs. J. C. Sutton. .Monday—Phi Delta Kappa meeting Delta Theta Tau— Mrs. Harold Con roy. Woman's club—Library, 7:45. Tuesday Psi lota Xi sorority Christmas party—Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, 8:00. Epworth League Social at M. E. church. 7 p.m. Mary and Martha class of M. E. church —Mrs. Phillipi. — Tuesday—Dorcas Class of Evangelical ehprch, Airs. C. E. Hocker 7.30 p. m. Delphian dlub—Old Adams County Bank. I Wednesday Wednesday —Historical Club —Mrs. Sam Hite. Wednesday—Shakespeare Club — Mrs. Dan Sprang. ] So Cha Rea —Miss Helen Gass. i Tri D. —Miss Marcella Kern. Thursday Calvary Evangelical Ladies Aid Society—Mrs. Clara Hays. Friday Minnehaha Club- Hall, after lodge.i Hrs. C. E. Hocker, will be hostess! i io the members of the Doras class oi ; the Evangelical church at her honp 1 1 lon South First strebt Tuesday evenj ing, 7:30 o'clock. There will be elecI lion of officers and the annual Chnstj mas tiKchange. All members are invited to be present. * Mrs. F. E. France entertained th- 1 members of the FridaNight Club at a lovely six o'clock dinner of I pretty appointments of pink roses Hast evening at her home on Mercer I Avenue. The home was attractively j decorated in Christmas fashion and ’ appropriate music was furnished ■ througout the diner. Five hnudrod was played aftdr the dinner anr Mrs. J. I* Kocher won first prize and Mrs. John Peterson was awarded the consolation prize. The guests were Mesdames J. L. Kocher. Harry Moltz, L. A. Graham. John Tyndall, C. A. Dugan, George Flanders. D. 13. Erwin, Dolly Durkin. D. M. Henslpy, Pohn Peterson John Heller .the Misses Arina and Eliza ■ Carlisle, Eva Acker Rose Christen. At the meeting of the Hen Hur Lodge last evening the election of officers for the ensuing year was held. The election resulted as fol Iowa: chief, Mrs. Adam Wise; past chief, Harvey Daniel; Judge Fern Hoeneisen; teacher. Dr. Emma Charles; scrib, Mary Artman; keeper of tribute, Emma Burk; captain. Russell Baumgartner; guide. Glen Lux; inner gate keeper. Rose Venis; outer gate keeper, Ellen Brothers; painisj. Ruby Baker. The appointment of other officers will be made at the time of installation, which will be held the second meeting in January A Christmas program of recitations music, and contests will 1-e given Friday evening at the hall, after which a pot luck supper will be served. All members are requested to attend. * The Minnehaha Club will meet Friday evening after lodge for the annual Christmas exchange of gifts. During the social hour the hostesses, Mesdames Grace Reynolds, Ben Hoagland, Irvin Elzey and Anna Augenbaugh will serve refreshments. ★ The Pocahontas lodge will hold a wat<\ part;, on New Years eve at the Red Men hall., A table lamp will ■ be given away at this time*, on which I tickets are being sold at twenty-five i cents each. The lamp is on displayin the Beavers & Fryback furniture store window. A good program is being arranged for the evening. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. C. D .Teeple entertained last evening at a six o’clock dinner in honor of the birthdays of Mr. Teeple and Mr. Will Arnold. Mrs. Will Ar- | nold am* daughter. Elsie, and Mr. and | Mrs. C. E. Peterson were guests be- ] I sides the honored guests. Mr. aTid i Mrs. Teeple were entertained at the,. I Arnold home list year. At the meeting of the Xadies Aid I society of the United Brethern church ; at the home of Mrs. V. S. Drummond. ' a report, of the bazaar, which was { held last week was made. The amount \ jof $155.00 was. turned over to the ; treasitrtr and an amount to by >nri’-; Icd in yet. Three comforts were ! knotted by the ladies. Mrs. Del Lftke *

Mrs. Roy Mumma and Mrs. Ben Hoagland will be the hostess tor next mouth. * The D. Y. B. class of the United Brethern church met last evening at the home of Mrs. Roy Mumma with 38 in attendance. During the bust I ness session the Christmas offering i was collected tuid amounted to s2Oi).j "-'I ing i’tm I. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swart* had charge of the program. Mrs. Zella Baker and Mrs Mattie Fisher gave two clever vocal selections after which a contest was enjoyed. Mr. Swartz, assistant teacher, presented Rev. Dotson with a box of candy. The’ hostesses, Mrs. Mumma Mrs. Dan Hill and Mrs. Del I-ake served light refreshments of ice cream and cake, j The Delphian club will meet Tuesday evening of next- week instead of | Monday evening, as formerly announc-j ed. The meeting, will be held at the Old Adams County bank. DECATUR LOSES AT KENO ALLVILLE Local High School Basketball Team Defeated, Last Night, 35-16 i Decatur high school’s basketball ( ; team lost to the fast Kendallville team at Kendallville last night by a score of 35-16. The Decatur five start-] ed out strong and held the lead for several minutes, but they began to weaken while the Kendallville players braced and took the lead. Once away in a'good lead, the quintet seemed to have things their own way. Lammiman, Decatur's regular center, did not play last 'night, on account of the injury he suffered in the game with the Inter-, national Business College team here last Saturday night. Andrews played center. The Decatur team, Coach iHoward.' and Principal Paul W. Linton remained in Kendallville last night and today will move over to Garrett, where the locals will play tonight. Nine players made the trip The Decatur girls’ team will go to Garrett this evening to play the Garrett girls team tonight, also. The lineups of the two teams last night were: . Kendallville 35 Decatur 16 Henry ~F Dorwip Thomas F Steel j Du Wan C. Andrews I Young ...G Milleri Prentice .G Wbtte '

rrr fTTVt rrrriiwvrvri mim » ww « ww i-ryvyTv- v-r-n < ■ : y i Oakland Six Sedan * i 5 i395 Tima w . 11 I. i i■! ; Why Pay More? , — Compare this True Blue Oakland Six sedan at ; its new low price of $1395 with other sedans, I both 4’s and 6’s, setting at from SIOO to S3OO more. You will see that nowhere in the rugged chassis or the luxurious Fisher-Built body has Prices Oakland permitted any compromise with Tour'in/. . $ 945 ° T Sport Touring 1095 AU we ask is that V ou rc P in and examine the ; Sport Roadster 1095 True Blue Oakland. The car itself with its new Business Coupe 1195 engine, four-wheel brakes, centralized controls ■; Coupe forFour Ij4, , i i i i • .t< - Sedan .. . 1395 and remarkably low price will amaze you—as Prices/, o. b. Pontiac h has thousands of others everywhere. : • b i OAKLAND SALES & SERVICE | ‘ 213 N. Ist st. Decatur, Ind. A oi (jenttal Moten jJ

Pullmaf, Saridwichea Place on each plate one »lic» of toaat cut in four pieces. On each quarter put a thin Mice of chicken, then u piece of bucon which has been fried crisp, and top with hard cooked eggs cut in half lengthwise. Cover all with tomato sauce, and garnish with parsley or Areas

| The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E Matinee Every Afternoon At 2:30. Evening Show 7. 0 fl Saturday Matinee At 2:00. Saturday Evening At (i :;o TA MirnT “ THE VICTOR” lU-Munl A talc of a prize fighter, a girl and a rotoance. “Don't Get Fresh,” a good comedy, with -Buddy Mes: ngi-r t Reels Fox News Hr •■■ FRIDAY lUhSDAY - RIDEBS AT WGHT „ •GYPSY BLOOD’ A big w , s tern drama A big First National featuring , special featuring Pola Negri Big Boy \\ illiams A drama of old Italy woven ... around a beautiful and inter- Wj.d horses and Western thrill esting story that wjll hold you I . l \ ie remarkable Western until last picture is shown. crania. A photopby i>; i: ~. ,1 Poli Negri's greatest picture. " ,th . mterest from “When Summer Comes” > l 5 rt to * ,nish A Good Sennett Comedy "The Skipper’s Flirtation” BILLY BEVAN - A gotn! comedy FOX NEWS Fun Galore. 9 Reels 10c-25c , FOX NEWS 8 Reels,- 10c25c WEDNESDAY and Thursday !>AiIIRDAY ‘‘MAN FROM ’ “THE LOVE BRAND” HELLS RIVER” . A James Oliver Curwood featurb'e story, featuring Rin Tin Tin. Ray Stewart Wallace Beery and ~ , . , , .. , • , For the first tnn in ti-r lift ail Star cast. the spoil- <1 am! : -till Two men fought with despera- tPr of the riep t y lln(1 ] )ers ,.|f tion for one must die. They tace to faee sV j,h t i l( , -; riin wi n struggled perilously near the es a i Uiin she ceu ] d not rule . edge of the cliff. A minute > more and both would go crash- “Takilltr Orders" ing over the precipice. Then came Rin Tin. the mighty lead- A good comedy with er oT the huskies. “F O B” Baby P--gy. Comedy with fox NEWS. “Ham” Hamilton 8 Reels v 10c-25c 8 Reels . 10c-25c CUT OUT AND SAVE FOR REFERENCE No daiiy announcement of our attractions will appear next week. Guide yourself by this program.

I I'»-want_adsearn2 i ZJ; | >—»-»-M’ANT ads Earn.. . - —O~ _____ For painted kitchen Spee-Dee it’s great Walls ' Get your reserve seat. f or lh Berne A. (’.-Leader game h nesday, Dec. 19 at restaurant. ? < H > ks ”""" .. "" —1