Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday bv THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. 11. Heller President and General Manager E. W. Kampe Vice-President and Advertising Manager A. R. Halthouse Secretary and Business Manager Entered al the Postollice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copies 2.cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents ■ Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.7.) One Year, by mail $3.00 ; (Prices quoted are within first ami second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates made known on application. I Foreign Representatives ‘ Carpenter X Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Filth Avenue Bldg.. New York City; N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. GROW WITH DECATUR The “boom” town is ever alluring to large numbers, in that it s seemingly offers the opportunity to grow up with the place. To i get in on the ground floor, so to speak, at first blush, prompts • great numbers to rush to the new place, where they will find many 1 ethers who had been attracted in the same manner. They seek their new home with the avowed purpose of growing up with the town and that determination, serves as an im- « petus for extra effort. If perchance the ambitions of its founders < an' realized, those with that determination to grow with the place 4 will succeed, provided the determination is sincere and a proper- 4 tionate amount of energy is displayed in their efforts. < Have you grown with Decatur; have you kept pace with its advancement and development? There has been no boom here, as that term is usually applied to the growth of the so-called mush- ‘ room cities that spring to life over night, only to fade away al- ( most as qui&ly. There has been, however, a healthy, steady, wonderful growth and advancement here for the past ten years. True i there has been no stream of prospectors added to the normal growth to cause the population to increase as rapidly as has been the case in many other cities of this size. i The growth in wealth and health has been phenominaf. The advancement in civic improvements, its streets, churches, schools, residences, factories is such that there is just cause for exceeding pride. There have lieen and are now as great opportunities for success here as there an- in those new or proposed boom towns. The opportunity to grow up with the place, to'get in on the ground floor holds as good in Decatur as the other places. If your desire to grow up with the city is real, there will lie the accomplishment. If your desire to grow up with Decatur has been sincere and rhe effort expended sufficient, you have grown up with it. The drifters who have been content to let the city forge ahead . of them, who have r>t had sufficient faith in their home to keep I

and row up with it, have that opportunity today. It may be late, it not too late to awaken to the possibilities which are so juitcnt to those who have grown up with the city. Re-ad-justment of thought and the creating of faith, may l>e difficult, but true ambition to catch up and keep up will assure the attainment. One of the first qualifications necessary for growth with the city is the knowledge of its growth. It may grow all around you in many ways, invisible because you arc not strictly a part of it. liecoming identified with tnc men and agencies that are promoting and largely responsible for the growth will give you the vision to tee and appreciate developments made and likely to be. Decatur is going to continue to grow and develop. You may if you choose grow with it. When you do so, yours and the city’s growth will Is mutual, in just the proportion in which your aid is given in the advancement and«developmcnt, will the return be by the city. If dormant, the ambition in you should lie awakened, if lacking, it should Im- created. Self interest alone asks and community interest demands that you grow with the city and that the city grow with you. ft ft ft ft The Adams County Better Roads Association is working for the liest interests of all concerned and should have* your continued supjiort. Just now they are bending every energy to secure the improvement of state road twenty-one. which runs north and south entirely through the county. If they can do that it will be more than a worthwhile accomplishment. The officers are industrious men. deeply interested in the entire community which composes the county and believe that the biggest thing right now and ; < vcral years to come is the road proposition. Give them your confidence an<l the assistance they ask and we are sure the results will be mon than wnti’factory. t ♦ w * • Dale (.riltcnlM-rgrr promises change in the tax laws of Indiana which will restore home rule to the smallest unit. He has had experience in slate office, knows the people and their wants and is capalde of giving a splendid administration. He is a citizen of the eighth district and his nomination and election would mean much to this entire wetion of the state. He asks your support in the coming primary and his friends feel he has earned it. • ft ft ft Securing a place on the main hard surfaced reads now is more important than it was to get on a steam railway fifty years ago for Uh* traffic over these roads is continuous and the cars stop when the driver wants to stop and stays as long as they like. We <an afford to spend a little lime and money to get g<sxl roads. • • • • The week of May fith is the time for the annual CLEAN-UP in Decatur. On that day the city trucks will begin hauling away thr rubbish collected in the meantime by you from your lot. If you help do it we can have a bright and snappy looking city. * * * * ll you expect t<» do any early fishing for blue gills or bass, I't ilcr Itfirry. It is pcrmiMable In Indiana only up to May Ist. After that you can’t keep them until June 16th.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1921.

Z3p>> * f Inside The Shell We're all Just clay, But we're not just all clay, A num is more than that. He's more than hulk <ind hair. There's something else in there! Something that loves ami hates, And thinks and di earns and waits, That hopes when life is fair, In darkness may despair; . Something's inside the shell That can go to heaven or hell. « Some grains of corn, you'll find When th’ husk's torn off by time; There's a kernel inside the grain That has power to live again. There's something that cannot die, Materialism's a He! There's something that won't decay, Something that lives alway, Redeemed, immortal, free, Something that's you or me, Yes, we’re all just common >day. But we're not just all day! —A. D. BURKETT ♦ TWSNTV YEAR* AGO TODAY ♦ • ♦ ♦ From tho Dally Democrat fllea ♦ ♦ 20 years ago thia day ♦ April 25. —French Quinn resigns as assisant cashier of Old Adams County bank to become manager of Paraguold & Memphis railroad. Will Rieter goes to Indianapolis as pharmacist. Schafer Hardware Company secures agency for Oldsmobile. Rosenthals defeat Japs, 4 to 0 in good ball game. Russian treasure . hip. containing *12,900,W0 in gold is sunk by Japanese. Many lives lost. A special collection of *257.<17 was taken at St. Mary's Catholic church yesterday for the new heating plant. Many from here are at Fort Wayne to hear Sousa’s band. Jack Mcibers makes bmuncss trip to Chicago. Ki: Cowan of Bobo is here on bust- . ness.

Closed Season On Bass From May 1 To .him* 16 Ipilianapolis. April 25—The dosed season on large and small mouth bass and bluegills starts May 1 and •■nds at midnight June 15. lletwwn such dates it la unlawful to take these fish from Igmsier publie waters. • This law was enactixl in 1!»J| because uns|M>rtsmai>like peopl • |. listed in taking fish oil (he n aU during the spawning period. As a protective measure to not only :-ave the game fi.-h. but to aid in reproduction. it has been a great suecess, and according to (Purge N. Mannfled. chief of the fish and gsme division of the state conn rvation d*partmeat, these spsies have multipll-d greatly since the protective season was established. Mannflvld says the rptitig sewsonv •if IS2I and 1*23 wer • very favorable for reproduction of theae flsh*>a in Irdlanu streams, but that is dee to the late spring of 1*23 4ml the roily waters mused by heavy rains and ■ strong winds.* that year was not utj dudv« tq prolific reprodm tion. Pass •pawned In I*2l now are over 10 , Inches In length, the required »ia«* before they can be lawfully taken. The Indiana law permits end person to catch 12 black bass a day and 1 if two prrsons fish front a boat th*y - may take 20. There is no size limit s on bluegills, but It la unlawful for one to take or poMMmi more than 5U of these fish any single day. FIRST PAPER MADE BY A ( HINAMAN

Who mode the flrat aheet of pnper? The credit for thin achievement, according to the America* Foreatry Ancoelution. I* due to a scholarly eunuch named T»'allun. of China, a member of the court of the Hun dynasty, In year 75 A. l>. For hi* achievement. T;> al inn. believing that old bamboo to the rank of murqoi* it paper that Ta'al-lun, bsilevulng that old Itumlmo tabiota and alylu* had outlined their uaefulnca*. act for himaclf the task Os making new writing material*. M tor thirty yearn be produced the Ural hand abort of paper, and it wa* made from the bark of a mulberry tree. Prior to Ta’ai-lun'* day. leaven of trees and vadou* burka u*ed In crude from had nerved the Egyptian*. Roman*. and other nation* a* paper Ta’allun. however, did not u»r the crude inner bark of the tree a* the final material on which to /uak* bi* 1

• erds. He did use the bark, but | merely as a raw material from which, he produced a finished sheet of paper by a series of processes which.! crude as they may seem today, were ( the forebears of paper manufacture today. HISTORY STUDENTS TO TAKE A MOTOR TRIP — Muncie, April, 25.—Twenty students of the history department of the In- I diana State Normal, Eastern division, | will leave here in June for a five-week motor trip through the east during which they will visit different places of historic interest. A professor will accompany them in the large motor bus obtained for the trip und each student will receive full credit in his studies while away. , FRANKLIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT MAY 28 Franklin, Ind., April 25. Dr. William G. Spencer, president of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale. Michigan, formerly registrar of Franklin College will deliver the annual missionary sermon before the senior class of Franklin on Sunday morning. May 25. President C. E. Goodell has announced. Plans are practically completed for the annual commencement festivities. President Goodell said. The commencement address will be made by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, head of the department of political science of the University of Wisconsin, on Wednesday, May 28. — . o—- .. ' — The aveiage American cow gives ( but half milk of the average cow in Denmark.

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