Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1924 — Page 4

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ded outside tboee sonee.) Advertising Rates Made Known on Asslloatlon. Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City, N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. These are mighty fine days and Host of our people who can't afford a trip to lake or mountains are enjnyinir them to the limit. And the crops are coming along very nicely considering the bad start. A first cla*g swimming pool will cost from 32.000 to 310,000, but It will provide more pleasure and good health than the same amount of money invested in any other way and will last for years. Remember a good town takes care of its people in every Way and this is one thing that will eventually be approved by every one. We hope the committee reports favorably. Walter Wilkinson, representing the Hoosier State Automobile Association cooperating with the Rotary club of this city, will, during the next few days, put up highway markers showing the way to Decatur. These will lie placed on the various county roads and in addition, signs for curvet, dangerous approaches, turns and railroads will be put up. This activity is mon- Important than most of you believe for it shows life and energy and an active, going community. Among Americans entitled to vote for President in November will he 4,300.000 illiterate* who can not read. And .3.000',00* of them are native born, tint import’ll resident. These figures are the estimates by National Educ-v tion Association, and are based on census reports. The voter who can not read newspapers, unless he has the papers read to him has to form his opinions from gossip he hear.;. Such has always been the rule. Pro - to! this year they have the radio t > bring candidates' speeches to them. Radio lx a new factor in national pol tics. How powerful? So many horses have been entered for the race s here next week that tra tents have been ordered to provld • places in which to care for them. Th * grounds at Bellmont Park began t> show real activity today and by Sunday will begin to resemble a falr ( ground. Everything is in readiness , for the 1921 fair and those in charge are sincere In their opinion that it will be a record breaker in every way. I Every department will be filled with I exhibits, the features will be good I »nd all that is necessary to put it over I in a gn at way is for every citfxen to I K b<x>at a n( i attend. There U nothing about the fai t thnt senator Wha«u» lu. »>„ ler ha, ‘ announced that ” iiv ” -’ whXTt:*‘ wupiau " “ as U tan He |. ra(l4eaUr j -by the fait that he tIW ? r n° h ’‘ Ur thß SCCepUn « »Ptsch J Mr. Davis or to learn what he w gIMU lor Wheeler say, he Will Senator Walsh and the democratic' ptatd ticket in Montana. The public will goop learn that Mr. Davis is noli conservative, neither is he a wild ’ progressive. He stands for the best thing* for the people, but theri must he reason in tho«e things ho esponser

. Flashlights of Famous People

Face to Face With Ambrose Swasey Engineer and World Famous Telewope Builder (By Joe Mitchel] Chapple) When Ambrose Rwasey received, in 1924. the John Fits Gold Medal the highest honor bestowed by the. engineering profession in this country, for the building of great telescopes, the founding of the engineering foundation, the invention and manu-

facturer of fine machine tools, precision instruments and military and naval range finders. It emphasized some important, bit only a partial achievement, of a useful life. In Exeter. New Hampshire, among picturesque stone fences. Am hose Swasey wax horn at ‘Port Rock Farm” December 19. 1846. He had to 1 make a living, and. denied his dream ; of attending college, he learned the machinist trade at Exeter. He made t his way to Hartford and combined his t self-education in a systematic, prac- I tical way when he entered the em- t ploy of tile Pratt A Whitey Company < machinery manufacturers. 1 In 1890 Amborse Swasey w«»nt to I Cleveland. Ohio and entered into partnership with Worcester Reed f Warner, his companion at the « machinist bench, and for forty years t they have continued partner-brothers. I under the firm name of Warner A 5 Swasey. manufacturing machine tools a and astronomical instruments u«ed ( today by leading manufacturers n throughout the civilized world. The t first great telescope which the new s firm designed and constructed wax 36-lnch for the Lick Observatory. * This instrument was erected at Mt. a Hamilton. California, under Mr. f, Swasey’s personal supervision. The Lick telescope proved so satisfactory K that th ■ Government commissioned Mr. Swasey’s firm to construct a R mounting similar In design for the 26 inch objective of the U. B. Naval Observatory, and later the firm was a instiusted with the task of design- p ing and constructing the 40-lnch tele- „ scope, ax well as the 9f> foot dome t ; and the 75-foot elevating floor for the | f Yerkes Observatory. Williams flay Kl Wisconsin. This is the largest re- a fracting telescope ever constructed In 1914 Mr. Swasev made the fnltal i f gift which established the Engineer- ,|, ing Foundation "for the furtherance of research in science and engineer- ri ing. or for the advancement In any other manner of tho profession of t t engineering and the good of man- n kind.” This way the first known In- u stance of a foundation devoted to -p engineering purposes. jr

Editor’s Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now llvinn to j 0» Mitehell Chapple, The Attic. Waldorf Astona Hotel. New York City The readers of this paper are to nominate for this Ha'i of Fame.

and he will gain the admiration and respei t of the voters between now and election day. We drove over the Harding Highway as marked from here to Wren, last evening, the route being the same as that used by the H. M. C. We

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, .IL LY 18, 1924

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AMBROSE SWASEY »ayj . ."There are three A’s I have always remembered in sequence—Accuracy, Ambition and Achievement." Mr. Swasey has served as president of th? Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. and has always taken a deep interest In civic affairs. In 1900 he received from the French Govern ment the decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for bis achievements in the design and construction of astranomical Instruments, and in 1921 was promoted to Officer of tho Legion of Honor. Connected with a number of foreign engineering and scientific societies, being an honorary, member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of ’ Winning Engineers of Great Briti.m " also of the Societe des Ingenieur < Civils de France, the British Astro- j nomical Asociation and a Fellow of j the Royal Astronomical Society, Mr. i Swasey is a man of world wide fame. Traveling -ektenxively at home and abroad, having Journeyed twice around the world. Mr. Swasey. in 1917 for the third time visited China, Interested in educational work. He j eave the Christian Association Building to Canton Christian College and a ; Science Building to Nankin I’nivers- , ity. ■ | A man with prematurely gray hair * ind beard. Ambrose Swasey has the picturesque appearance of a poet or I scientist. His skill as a workman at he bench is blended with his knowedge as an engineer, and his fatprite icience is astronomy. He has written i great deal on technical subjects. A •imple. modest and retiring personalty hfs dominant thought in life is lolng something for others. "There are three A's I have always remembered In sequence—Acc/acy Ambition. and Achievement. These triple A’s usttaly load a concentrated ’nd con 'errated aspiration on to a isefu| purpose in helping fellow-men. I'hat. after all. Is the supremo thing n Jif. . ’

I doubt If the present route will be apI proved by the national' officials and we are sure the state commission > would not take it over. The highway. . as routed now, crosses the Erie railJ way three times between here* and , I V. ren and two of them arc dangerous , crossings, including the one at Rfvarre

and just before the road reaches Wren it goes under the Erie at a very dangerous curve. If the road has the traffic expected these things are most!" important. We are Informed that the routing will be largely up to those who become members of the associa- 1 tlon and the present marking is prob- ' , ably only temporary. ] Jim Watson seems to have stirred up another hornets’ nest. Because , Bert Morgan, federal prohibition ent forcement director for Indiana, refus- ; ed to give Jim the support he asked I towards making him the republican' nominee for vice-president. Jim has 1 ' joined the bootlegger's crowd who are i insisting that Morgan must get out ! of his present position. It is reported J from Washington that Morgan will be I asked to vacate and will be assigne I 4 to another job, but Morgan refuses I to resign and if they want’ him out'l they will have to plainly “fire” hint. The matter has caused a Jot of fresh dissension in the state political camp already badly "shot" because of high taxes, the McCray muddle, the administration of the past four years, the klan and a lot of other things which [I will make it rather difficult to'unite I for a campaign. I ♦ + + + + + + + + + + ♦♦♦l + TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY + I ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦l July 18. —L. C. Hughes sells inter- II est in marble shop to Cress and ll /- — — .JI Ashbaucher’s FURNACES LIGHTNING RODS SPOUTING SLATE ROOFING ' I , PHONE 765 or 739 ' | —» I ——•—

- - Him, Il l ■!!!■■ I? 1 I TP f J \fli. I r Xd> 6* *lllll '\?s.\ ' ’ /// M° st of the fortunes in this country have '[ ?I ’ ’i built by “buying right at the right time.” *7 \ 1 hi v !»inciple can be applied directly to these ' S,R ' al ' a,UeS We re ° ffering durinff this Sa l e in ? tsh MEN Men s Palm Beach Suits Don t pass by thin op- WVII ks Ulltz portunity. Make tracks to our store and take advant- ' . $9.95 $14.95 $17.95 With summer just In its \T ] . ."" d r: n> . ;z Values fr °m $12.50 to $25 Beach Suit or Summer suit of other quality at • > greatly reduced prices AII 7 T T A , should prove most strlk- tf\ A W H/\ I «n iß X c Entire Stock of Dress Straws off :— PANAMA’S, LEGHORNS, BANGKOKS % off m y a V ance & Linn -

Beavers. Terrific wind storm does damage awnings, electric wires and ol'l buildings here. Bert Lew opens tin shop on I irst street. Thj total tax appralsment for the, city cf Decatur is 31.734, 510; Berne. 3655.960. and Geneva. 3383.6'5. Berne lets contract for electric . light plant to Fort Wayne Electric Company. Rosenthals defeat Fort Wayne Emeralds. 9 to 0. Bert Lynch of Jonesboro, Ark., is visiting here. Butter is ten cents a pound and i lard seven cents. Many friends assist Mrs. Isaac Smith of Bobo to celebrate her 56th birthday. I CITY WATER BILLS B are now due and R must he paid J on or before JULY 21st g A 10% penalty I will be added I if bills are not t paid by this date. CITY WATER | Department

“J» >» "" ” be delivered at homes where cross dogs are not chained. County Sheriff Hayes was stung when he wen ou t 0 a wood, near town to search for verted bootleggers and found some bee hunters inspecting a tree. Greensburg—Charles F. Ledger. 58. has taken out a license to marry

One of the Best Ways of saving time is by telling the truth. Can you truthfully say that you should not open a Checking Account and pay your bills by check? —lncidentally, you automatically have a receipt too! Then why not play safe and save time by opening one today? This bank invites you to— Open A Checking Account 4% Interest Paid on Savings Old Adams County Bank I J

Virgie Ludger, 55. of Indiunapon, who he had divorced. one in ten Neglecting a little wound, cut or .1 ion of the flesh may in nine ca~ ton cause no prent suffering or i„, Ut enee, but it fs the one eX in causes blood jioisomng, lo<kjaw n , 4 chronic festering sore. The r ho n ,L a safest and best course in to disinf,., wound w.th liomd Borozone Ul ,d the Borozonc Powder to completed healing wweis. Price (liquid) Sih ca and $ 1 .20. Powder 30e and Gb.- u. i,.^ 0 Holthouse Drug Co',