Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1924 — Page 2

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. E W. Kampe, Vice-Preg. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse. Sec>. & Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffiee at Decatur, Indiana, as secund class matter. Subscription Rates: Sing If t oples 8 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 15.00 One month, by mail —— 35 cents Three Months, by mail 310® Six Months, by mail - $1.75 One Year, by mail .„ - 33.00 One Year, at office 33.00 (Prices quoted are wlthn first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company. 123 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Os course its early to plan an Old Home Week for next fall but its not too early to decide whether or not we will have one so that other events can be decided upon. If it on right there is much to do and time will slip around rather rapidly > as it has a fashion of doing lately.' Lets make up our minds soon. We are still hoping that the New Year will bring us the pep and the) desire to go forward that will make us secure a paid secretary to attend to the public business of the com-: munity. He can do much if he works ten hours a day for three hundred and sixty-five days and if he won’t " do that we don’t want him. And next comes New Years day. • It’s next Thursday and we have just -a few days in which to plan our pro- • gram for 1*25. its a tine thing to do for system is always a lielpful and • progressive step. Resolute to do bet- • ter things, live a cleaner and broader • life, help your community and be a • real fellow. Even if you don't quite • conic up to the nesotatoH you will “ help if you try and only get half way. •* iiiiiih mu ■■

• Christmas is over and so far as we • have been able to learn it was one . of the happiest in the hiatory of «. this community. There were many celebrations of one sort and another. “ family reunions, the Community Tree. 2 family gatherings and old Santa visit- j ~ ed every body. One record was the 2 weather for old man Mercury was 2 down in the cellar thirteen below zero yesterday morning. It was a • beautiful day just the same and our people were happy. With Koretz in and the Yellow Kid out again, the trade balance in pwitnlliug will set be greatly displaced by justice. They march down to Joliet in solemn processions, and march home again with glad regularity. Swindlers will pocket about, 13,200,00P,000 this year, according to a recent estimate. Os this $250.000.- 1 000 is collected annually by stickups and yegg men. The rest of it goes l to too lyric stock brokers and bucketeers. Swindling seems to be a

thriving business in America. A little more government regulation in this matter is one place where we would not object.—Chicago Tribune. Rev. Lawrence Hight ami Mrs. Elsie Eweetin murdered the Utters' husband and both confessed. They were tried this week, found guilty j and given prison sentences, the man for life and the woman for thirty-live' years. They will probably suffer j more than did their victim but there ( was just enough sentiment in fho dealing out of justice to encourage the crime wave now so predominate, in this laud. Just why we permit our feeling, of mercy to override our' knowledge that th- only way to tti-p' crime is to punish it severely, we don't know, but if we don't change things soon, the pendulum will swing bank a long distance. TTI . mill The howl over tire removal <jf jj r ; Myron E. Biggs as superintendent of' the feeble minded home at Fort’ Wayne refuses to di* down and yet' there is little that can be dune. l U . #■*■o weasks *•:!! S'o-'eraur and there is little doubt

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that his appointments are to be made because of political loyalties rather : than fitness. 8o long as this does not interfere with the transaction of bus- ■ iness or does not inconvenience the I publ’c we will say or do nothing, but when it does, there will be a yell go J up that will make Jackson s admin1 istraliw rather unpopular. Even at ! that it makes us all shudder to think • that it will even be carried as far as it was in the Fort Wayne case where Ibe care of the unfortunate children 1 ( will be turned over to a man whose > | only experience has been in conduct- ! tag a farm and who knows absolutely nothing about the treatment of the feeble minded. t, Future warnings to be careful > about the Christmas tree will mean 1 more from now on than ever before i because just what has been predict- 1 Jed could easily occur, transpired in a little school house at Babb's Switch near Hobart. Okla.. Christ mas eve. l

. The school room was packed, the tots , had all said their speeches and a I Santa was distributing the treat' when he accidentally knocked a' candle over, the cotton flared up. a’ panic ensued and thirty-three chil-' dren were killed and almost that many people badly injured. It was a terrible Christmas eve event which ’ cast a gloom over the entire country, J An accident of course, but the mis- . take was in nut lieing careful enough , in arranging the tree and in trimming 1 it with combustible materials and using the old-fashioned wax candle. By degrees we are learning all these things but it seems these frightful accidents must eowe occasionally to bring us to the point of real action. It is claimed that the United States ha., as many rats as people. What d<> you think of that statistical announcement. and each one costs ths country a half a cent a day.' Figure ( that one out when you get tired of: ( your cross-word. Chicago alone lias i three million and it costs them ’l4 - ' OW per day to maintain them-?j.- ' C&fi.O&o a l ear. Efforts to ®staM’-sJi' a rat week” when we treat the

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rodonts to rat poison, rifles, dogs and cats and traps are being made and it looks like these disease gatherers, earners of fleas and plaugc ought to be shown who was boss. One editor spy’s i "flats have long been intimate! associates of man. and we must give) then credit for a good fight and a sagacious foreign policy. They have stuck fast in spite of man's efforts to dislodge them. Not only have they resisted the encroachments of these aliens, men, but they have learned to live on them. Our alliance with cats, and dogs does not help much. The allies this time are stopped.” o ,—

i-* 1 ' THE WORK-MAKER He plays when lie wakens each morning | And plays 'till he goes to bed; I Figuring with pillows—his special— I Or standing around on hie head. He don’t know the meaning of danger He’s always performing some "stunt,” And be takes with laughter, a tumble Tkai'd make a grown up man grunt. Me eats like a horse whim he's hungry And runs like a deer when he’s well; He bubbles with fun Mke a fountain His voice rings clear as a bell. Has hair needs combing — quite frequent. He leaves a distinct water-line; 1 A work-maker! Worth the world's* million a To my heart—this "boy blue" of mine! ’ -r-A. D. Burkett. '■■■ ■■ — o —— — ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦• « TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY • * * ♦ From the Dally Democrat fllee ♦ A SO year# effo this day ♦ , • *«•********•*, - i Doc 28, 1904. — Fred Richards ar-

Solution of Puml. no. 23. *0 E IToMs E EBTm A GE ■■LEG—MI. E Nj| TMS!T RO PffP.A, I NTIBB reMI E r A r® aN ( aMFc!cI A-x eMsik e p tlhcWs-OaJ o’ i eMBIp, u . t MB I E S'SffT.ANi ioe|M r ! e; rßr o t M&i ■MsFe L tBN EE DY — — H E nH—Me « T:R I ADMr;O SffLir H ElO nMx s A H 1 B—K E A ALLEBSa D O R " - ■ - . - — rives home, paroled Chriotmao day after twenty years in prison. Davis Foster, of Fonesteel. S. D„ is here for holidays. Rev. Valentine, of Cincinnati, opens series of sermons at St,. Marys church, Fred Blosser is in charge of transfer house while Chet Buhler recovers from a sprained ankie. Frank MiHs drew the 319.00 doll at' the Ecur.omy store. Eugen.' Runyon and wife of Berne j visit here. “Eli and Jane’’ at the opera house. 1 The Waring Glove Company sac- 1 tory here is closed for the week. o OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS MAS ENJOYED HERE (Continued from Page One) in carrying out the program. Chriatmas Observance Below zero weather might have made dad work a little faster in shoveling in coal, but the homes did not lack the warmth of the real Christmas spirit. Reunions and fam-' ily dinners were held everywhere and a happy day was spent in company with relatives or in trying out and

working the new toys delivered to the children by Santa the night before. Many new radio sets were delivered by Santa and those who ceived the sets or already had them were “tuning in” and getting the special Christmas programs for the cntertatamcßt of the family. Special programs were also broadcasted Christmas eve and in several Catholic cJturcbee the mid-uiglu mass was broadcasted on Christinas morning. The real meaning of Christmas was e.i'inidified iu the churches with special services and large numbers

attended the services. Programs were given in several of the ohurches on Christmas eve and early morning services were held at the Catholic. Methodist, and other churches yester-' day. It was a white” Christinas, the 1 first since 1916 and it was a happyone for all. o ANNUAL REPORT MADE BY COUNTY AGENT BUSCHE (Continued From Page One) fully 1.200 acres of alfalfa were seeded. This figure was obtained by finding the amount of seed sold by seed dealers of the county only, a con- . servative calculation being made as to the amount of seed used per aero. | 'I he soybean acreage showed a substantial increase over the year 1923. Thus far more acreage has been us- ’ ed for hay than for any other pur-! pose, although a considerable number were thresbod. The threslmd beans are sold for seed or are used in the, grain ration for milk cows or for balancing corn used in feeding hogs. Soybeans were used to quite an oktont in corn for hogging down with 1 the rorfi or for use in srlos. Ten soybean variety tests were 1 started with farmers of the county in’ • order to bring their advantages Im--fore the farmers of the neigh lx»rhuods involved and to show the cbaraeterists of the different kinds J aly three of thd demons, r | materialised satisfactorily. bad • weather conditions interfering with the remainder. Three meetings were •held at these soybean demanstrations' forty farmers, in all. attending. 'l Although 32 inen and boys entered • Hw> five-acre -com contest in the (Spring, only five finished. Adolph who won first place in ’.the contest, had a yield on the fiveJ acres of better than 70 bushels per 1 acre of mature corn. Seven boys’ corn judging schools were held in various parts of the county. 106 boys taking part. Ten ear , and siugle-ear samples were ipsed ] Tbit also served to bring (he pgorl ’.seed corn condition before the UrmJers. This increased the Interest iu better corn and h«-l he Way fov u corn club contest. Twenty-four boys ente-red the one ■ acre efttb contest sponsored by the Bank of Berne. Only twelve had their yields estimated. Vinners in the , contest will be judged by the point , method. 30 points being given sor 1 '-ieM. 20 tor W ear amulet -ptifats for record books and 16 points toy lor.est cost per bushel.

premium was Also offered the l»oy gat (wring the best bushel of seed corn, thereby. iMlticing several to gather and care for seed corn whose fathers otherwise would have none. One boy in the contest selected and put to dry 15 potato crates of seed coin from his ac^ 1 . lltghtMn boys practloed regularly in the livestock judging work suppotted by the First National Hank. Four won a trip to the Indiana State Fair, held at Indianapolis in September. Although the team did not place very high in the state contest, it is believed the real good was accomplished locally in training the boys. The ton litter club contest supported by H. P. Schmitt, of Decatur, drew 17 entries last spring. Only two finished. Otto Hoile productlng a tonlitter with 11 purebred Chester Whites. The general principle used in im- . proving dairying has been to make f<>wer cows produce the same amount .of mily as is now produced by a large nutnbnr of mediocre cows. In order to I accomplish this work has been done ■toward influencing farmers of the I county to get better cows and feed them better. From the feeding standpo:’nt, the standard 4-2-1 grain ration re< omniended by Purdue had been advised and many farmers are getting I exoeUeut results with it. The growing alfalfa aud soybeans for hay have )«lEO lieen advised in part to obtain a good legume hay for milk cows. The ."Batter Bull Special’’ assisted rnaterilally in getting the benefits of better jesws before the farmers. Seven bulls were sold directly from the train and several more are known to have been purchased as the result of the train. A cow testing association established in October in progressing satisI factorily and is weeding out unprofitable cows as well as bring out better feedings methods.

1 The four township home economies clubs of the county pursued the re- , gulax clothing projects during the year, five training meetings being held by Mrs. Helen McKinley, of the ' department at Purdue. A girl was sent to the State Fair School of Home Economics, held in connection with I the state fair, all her expenses being paid by the cluvs. Miss Helen 1 Schenck, of Pleasant Mills, made the ■ trip and won further honors by being ’ selected to return next year at the 1 expense of the Indiana State Board of 1 Agriculture.

Kight dairy-sugar beet-drainage meetings were held during the year, the average attendance being between 350 and 400. 'j Several dozens of farm record books were distributed to farmers of dhe county. Many inquiries concerning the eradictation of Canada thistles and other anxious weeds were received. Information concerning the various weed lavs was given. | 1 information as the seed was given ■ease-resistant cabbage sed was given many farmers and inquiry reveals than a number grew cabbage in ganiens where it has been practically iin jiossible to grow it for several years, dm- to the prevalence of "cabbage yellows.” I Copies of nearly 100 different Purdue and IT. S. Dept, of Agriculture bnletins have been kept on the bulle|t.in racks in the county agent’s ofjfice so rdistribution to farmers call lag for them ■ o — _ ( Big Features Os ? RADIO | Programs Today < (Copyright 1924 by United Press). WEAK, New York. (492 m) 8 p. in. IE. S. T.)—Happiness boys, (half hour) Jackson Kinsey, baritone, (half -hour). | WLS. Chicago. (345 m) 9:30 p. m. ,(C. S. T.).—Popular program. | WJZ. New York. (455 nil 8:30 p. in. <E. B. T.)—Pavlowa, ballet music, dJreiet from Manhattan opera liouse. | KGW. Portland. (492 m) 7p. m. (P. <’. B. T.)—Hoot Qwl anniversary. | WEAK, New York, (492 m) WCAP, xWashigton, (469 m) WCAE, Pittsjlmrgh, (462 in) WEEI, Boston, (303 m)W(MI, Buffalo, (319 in) WJAIt Providence. (360 tui 9 p. ri. (E. y. T.) I'ischer's orchestra. ~'■o-i.-i. Taxi. Murray Hotel. Phone 57 - '■ " o - tOAL COAL Anotlier car es fled Seal deep mine coal, Eastern Kentucky, will arrive i in this city in the next week or so. This coal ia all hand picked, clean es , all slate, stone or foreign material. ( No soot or clinkers will this coal produce. I will back this coal wHh all I my mnayrcas. i J. S. Eoweto 395t3x eud ■

Red, Watery Eyes Y’ott will be astonished at the quick rusults from simple camphor, witchhazel, hydrastis. etc., as mixed in Lavoptlk eye wash. One small bottla Lavoptik helps any case sore, red or watery oyes. Eye cup free. Smith, Yager A- Fulk, druggists.

- - - —■ - ~~ ''«7 I ' l; ‘ I ■ Ar |0: Isfe u .11 !,... ,1wb eQK I No <|l ' w.-nninu,. . lbxlrM ,. t —I «w map M'. urit: 'h : ■ MQ rcn. oruble. 1.0a:,., | ■R ’ lo ' u ‘ f ,h " vaiu '’ «f laud • vlusivn t IL information. » The Straus Brothers Co. I Home Office—l 32 East Wayne Street I Fort Wane, Lad. 8 Ligonier Detroit chieag,, ® The Straus Crothtr: Company S 132 East Wayne St., Fort Wayne, Ind. ■ Ort I Gentlemen: M | I Send me «ull details on your farm loans H Tjear i, Name | ' ! Loans R . F . D I !’ Town ■ y < ; (Print name and address clearly.) M I Second Week I of our | Thrift Savings Club I Membership Enrollment I Success depends on your ability to grasp ■ the opportunity of joining this Club and ■ save regularly for 50 weeks. Don’t put it ■ off. Everybody is welcome. | Classes to suit all purposes. ■ No cost to join. I Come in and get your membership card. ■ The Peoples loan & Trust Co. I | “Bank of Service” I I :: :: i | The ADAMS Theatre f I ♦♦ MATINEE DAILY 2:15 h ■ S OU HOY! Look who i« going Io he with h* g ■ ♦♦ ♦♦ ® ♦♦ Wesley (Freckles) Barry § ■ e ' . -u si ♦♦ in a bit; cnlri taming pictnre g ■ H “THE PRINTERS DEVIL" | ■ g Don't miss this big attraction. Yea’ll laugh and ♦$ Il ♦♦ enjoy it from start to finish. JJ S H Also—A Good Comedy and Bathe News g ■ § 5e 20c § I I r. I Sunday and Monday Attraction g | E ' • • r ♦♦ B Ihc picture you have been waiting for ♦♦ B »» Mary Bickford h I ** * H H B ’ Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall g j ♦♦ __— j § This lure played at lort Wayne recently ata h'- 1 ♦♦ ■ price and is row offered to you al a big <ed'J' i ulb | ♦-* V iifi to £23 it- x A. A A A • ♦ ♦

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