Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1924 — Page 5

MAY PAVE ROAD INTO BLUFFTON Road Paved Soon »>■ «-* , O ,„n.U« l»>l« «' »’ hard surface material by the " n tc hitrltw ay department during the 1 C year was launched yesterday P n hv the Itood roads bureau ’"'J o 'chamber of commerce and U about twentyin length. About ten miles f lh( . road Is now in Rood condition lln aprobably will not require paying. Th,, road belongs to the state highwav system at the present time and ig being maintained by the state. \ \V. Zimmerman, president of the Broadway State bank and the Fort Wayne Slate bank, who is the chant ber t)f commerce representative to look after the condition of the Bluffton road was elected chairman of a committee to cryetaliie the sentiment in Fort Wayne and Bluffton and adjoining communities for the paving of the road. The committee will also have charge of the action to procure the favorable consideration of the project by the highway commission. It was stated at the meeting that the state highway commission had Iwu felt out on the proposition of paving the Bluffton road during 1924 an dthat its members look with favor upon the proposal. If the taxpayers of Fort Wayne and. Bluffton I and tits’ i’s members look with I hack of the movement with sufficient vigor it was believed that the high-'

There’s usually a string to every Sale — but in this $25,000 Slaughter We Have Cut Strings - preliminaries and prices — bringing to you bargains 1N fine coods that many WENIW THIS . . CITY WON’T BELIEVE ON PAPER! $18.50 Michael Stern Suits M / $18.50 Michael Stern Overcoats . tl'j J 2 T lJ* / ZffO \\\-couhln‘l < x|> c| Io L- lair with ourx Ives unh swe were lair with , \yj jp/ ZZ Hi# vou. This skne is going tn be here next yc.ir >-wr wmildn Ih II you any- A / Sft n - X s.pl ?. 'i ir JVg./y /ffa ihingilHil would keep vou uway in the fulun. \\ hen we tell you that we t ifA' X./Jf /411 \ VljK V* I f //V <1 I':’*' disusing of and running this fine slock through a mangle we are .& \ fat \ j' ' P ? 'if / p| actually doing it. / \ z ,X> |j JO When we tell you we have cut prices as no other fine stock was cut in ‘Wwg O'H # W \\ ‘ \ * Vrcr?' r\jf J Decatur we are truthful. M / \\ \ Wf / Ww COME COMPARE you know enough about bargains to know a u 7 s’? good one when you see it and we know enough about present day go<»ds jjyg '"III AwkW « 4.4*^11 I . M i , to tell you that vou will make the mistake of your life it you don t ee.me J /yT> J 1 wF2K ( * 1 NOW and share’iu a cutting that will be the t.ilk of Dcealur within week ■ * 9 J&S9AtASBO9 WHi \ < For the Last SATURDAY of January IMW <3 We have some very special offerings :■■s t‘.b i’#"lilC? Overcoats that were $30.00; $18.50 '' •; /I .''' / Reduced to if *• ' /; I I U : ■' iM Overcoats that were $25.00; $16.50 - ’/? I// -W Reduced to.. . ' z ' XX < ‘ r'' Overcoats that were $20.00; $13./5 I i/'i 10 Suits that were $40.00; $29.75 f I! 11 Reduced to * IJr fl tg| Suits that were $32,50; $24.50 X* I lI JU Suits that were $25.00; $18.50 ,7 I ,■ •£? Reduced to „ “ r A y // f ZdH Suhs that were $20.00; $14.50. •I I // 4® Reduced to 7 ffl * ; ' -&?/ Don’t put it off longer as our sale WWit // 1 i Jf will soon close. MnK . * ■‘Wd iMK /k V.-W.2 fetuL-T-AyEO Go ♦ • ’« / ■**<.. J BCTTCR QLOT/ICS LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS--DECATUR* INDIANA* '

' way commission wil make the improve ! I meat this year. Fear was expressed by some of the men at the meeting that if the at | tacks which have been made on the I state automobile license law and the gasoline tax law succeed and those 'laws are declared unconstitutional tkat the treasury of the highway deI partment will Ke depleted to such an 'extent that the road cannot he improved this year. The Bluffton road was resurfaced 'last sumer from Ossian, a distance lot six miles south, with asphaltI macadam. The work was done by ithe maintenance division of the state highway department. The road Was widened to 18 feet at that point and would not have to be repaved in the opinion of local state highway oficials. The road is also improved from the city limits of Fort Wayne for a distance of, about four miles and would not have to be improved. NEW LAMP BURNS 94% AIR Beats Electric or Gas A new oil lamp tbit gives an amazingly brilliant, soft, white light, even hotter than gag or • lectrieity. has been tested by fin* V. S. Government and 35 leading universities and found to be superior to lt> ordinary oil lamps. H burns without odor, smoke or noise—no pumping up. is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94% air and 6% common kerosene (coal oil). The inventor, J. N. Johnson. 609 W. Lake St„ Chicago. 111., is rtffering Io send a lamp oft 10 day's FREE trial, or even to give one FREE to the first! user in each locality who will help h m Introduce it Write him today; for full particulars. Also ask him to explain how you cA get the agency, and without experience or money make >250 Io SSOO per'month. o i To Cure a Cold in One Day ) Take Laxative BROMO QUININE i Tablets. The box bears the signature | of E. W. Grove. 30c.

DECATUB DAILYDEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 25. 1921.

Independent Net Tourney To Be Held Next Month Indianapolis, Jan. 24 Plans are all! made, dates all set, in fact, the stage is set for the Sixth Annual Indiana! Amateur Independent Basket Ball | Championship, when again the Indo I pendent Champions of the Hoosier I state will be declared in a "Cham j pionship Way." Wayne Emmelniann, of this city, i who is still behind the movement,) declares that the number of teams! playing in t,he meets this year will I reach close to four hundred Twenty-eight sectional tournaments! will be held over the state anil the winners of these sectional meets will play at Indianapolis on February 21, 22 and 23 to decide the state title. Sectional meets are being held at Marshall. Moores Hill. Plymouth, Fishers. Knox, .Monticello. Angola. Peru, Morgantown. Hazleton. Midland, Vallonia, Darlington. New Augusta. Warren. Attica. New Palestine. Falmouth. Paoli, Greensburg, Bicknell Richmond. Yorktown. Cloverdale. Elkhart, Indianapolis, Wabash and Pennville. The Indiana Amateur Independent Basket Ball Association has shown rapid growth. When Emmelniann started the project six years ago, twenty teams'took part.(lt has grown by leaps and bound* and it Is expected that four hundred teams will take part this year, a gain iW a hundred quintets over a year ago. The class of ball played in the I meets is of the highest class and the j association has brought the teams to-) gether over the,entire state, making, it an organization of good fellowship ( and dean sportsmanship. Ninety per cent of the players participating on| the Independent teams in Indiana are ex-high school players, and th * project gives them an honor to play for. as when tiny weiv members of a

I school team. Last year Hie Terre Haute Jacks) i wero doclarod winners ot ths assocla ) I tion. In the year 1922 the American) Legion team of Litton won the lion-: ors, the Trafalgar Independents carried away the honors in 1921, the Anderson Y. M. ('. A. winning in 1920. ! and the Indianapolis R. M. (’. A. win- | njng the first year. Every team in Indiana playing Independent basketball, whose players ■ are amateurs, are eligible for play and ) are invited to take part in the aeno-1 elation games. Teams desiring to participate are asked to write at I once to Wayne Emmelniann, 209 W. i Washington street, at Indianapolis,' for entry blanks and full particulars, concerning the association. Many of the sectional meets are nearly filled to their capacity ami teams are asked to rush in their applications. o FIERY, ITCHY SKIN QUICKLY SOOTHED WITH SULPHUR Rowles Mentho-Sulphur. a pleasant cream, will soothe and heal skin that Is irritated dr broken out with eczema: that is covered with ugly rash or pimples, or is rough or dry. Nothing subdues fiery skin eruptions so quick- ' ly, says a noted skin specialist. The moment this sulphur prepara j tion is applied the itching stops and after two or three applications, the eczema is gone and the skin is delightfully clear and smooth. Sulphur lis so precious as a skin remedy be- ) cause It destroys the parasites that cause the burning, itching or dis- | lig; reinmit. Rowles Mentho-Sulphur ) always heels eczema right up. A small jar of Metho-Sulphur miy be had at any good drug store.

.. .. - Fight Attempt Os Dr. Thain To Venue Case — Fort Wayne. Jan. 24 Samuel D , I Jackson, prosecuting attorney will) prepare counter-affidavits to combat j the move of Dr. George Thain and Mrs Clara Ormlston. w.io face grand I jury indictment, to venue the causes from Alien county. Mr. Jackson said today that several days will be ('•■ qiuii'd in preparing the affidavits and that he will seek to convince the presiding judges Hutt there does not ! exist such bias and prejudice against , the defendants in this county as would perelude fair impartial trails In their applications for changes of venue Thain and Mrs. Ormlston base their opinion that prejudice j exists on newspapers articles. editorials and cartoons. The proceeding which resulted in the revocation of Thain's license to practice medicine is mentioned as a further evidence of prejudice. Thain is charged with having committed a criminal operation, which resulted in the death of Miss Esther Werling. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Werling, 1632 West Main street. He formerly was proprietor of the "Bloom of Youth" sanitarium on Harrison street. Mrs. Ormlston is charged with having perjure! herself in testifying before the grand jury, that the operation was not performed in her house. 1342 Swinney avenue. John W. Eggeman Is special judge for the Thain case, and Albert E. ! Thomas Is special judge for the i Ormlston case. Colerick and Hogan • represent the defendants. While in ' civil case* and murder cases changes , of venue may be taken by the mere ! filing of an affidavit, in crihilnal ' cases other than murder, the grantinn of a ehanbe of venue is discrer . Itieiiary with the court.

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