Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller, Pres, and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe, Vice Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. H. llollhouse, Secy. & Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 2 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier — *°- 00 One month, by mail3s cents Three Months, by mail *IOO Six Months, by mail *!■'•' One Year, by mail -— One Year, at office-— Id.tw (Prices quoted are wlthn first and Mcond sones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company. 123 Michigan Avenue. Chicago, REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL: — Assuming that the slate tax board s order for the reassessment of real estate iu Indiana is legal and will withstand any attack that may 1»< made upon it, the result of the board s action will be far reaching. Under the law real property is appraised for taxation every four years. New property, that has not beeu appraised. may be added to the records and improvements may be listed during the taxing periods. But a sweeping order Io revalue all of the real estate in Indiana is out of the ordinary. Real estate was assessed in l!»22. and had the order not been issued there would have been no reassess-

ineiit until next year. All budgets, whether made by township, county or state officials, were figured on a basis of present valuations. The of tichils estimated the amount of taxes that would be collected and this also was true in connection with fixing tax rates for another year. The reassessment will he made with a strong presumption in favor of lowering valuations. It is for that latrpose that the order is made a year before the law contemplated such action. This may mean a shrinkage of millions in values. Either thet will be less revenue or a material it crease in tax rates. Some property, notably agricultural, is worth' less than it was in 1932. Other properties are worth as jnuch as they were when the assessment was made. Soin classes of real estate property have even increased in value. It would' be wrong in principle to beg it cut ting valuations everywhere because new assessment has been ordered. Property rarely is, but under the lav always should be assessed for wha' I it is worth but getting that valu this year, with so many clamorin for decreases, may be difficult.— Indianapolis News. There la a movement on now to (!•• away with county infirmaries and establish one or two more slate in lirmaries, the argument being tha this can be done at a maintenance cost of about one-half what it now costs per person to take care of thi unfortunates. It is perhaps true that this cotfid be done If we don’t figure ou the cost of construction, but i w( build two homes in the state r»ov v. '• will invest millions of dollars and each e<mnty will sacrifice on tinI’nircrili, , In Id by tln-m. It may In wiw'h thinking about but wc <er tanil- ought to have more definite knew ledge than we hud on the state ri’fcrm.itory which cost three or four wtl'ion and is not near finished.

Tomorrow is the day fixed by law tor tlie opening of the session of rh< IvKislaftin' and for sixty days tlx people of Indiana will be uneasy. Ibn ' - hoping they do a better job of it than they did two years ago but since that record was approved by the recent election, tiie law makers and those boosting for Ing appro pr.itiolio, feel they have the license to i'/> ahead. It—is probable they will 1 (, k a lot about economy and then 1 about th< last week appropriate enough money to make us all groan for a < ottple of year?.. property owner be'.-eeu De i. ” - .; usd th* Alien county hue hat /

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promised to attend the meeting Friday evening when the proposed road improvement will be discussed and plans made for securing the right-of-ways. provided the proposals are satisfactory to all concerned as it is believed they will lie. Thats real cooperation. Th,' banquet, annual election and .general meeting Monday night is an important meeting and should be a very delightful affair. A hundred business men will gather to discuss plans for the coming year. Its a splendid thing for the community, everybody in it and all who take part in the efforts :♦> step ahead. An eastern college man figures it out that high prices will continue ten ’ears ami then start to descend. Isl we have to stand it ten years wc. ought to he so used to it that any , change even for the better will be a worry. 0 I « The Red-Headed Woodpecker’s Dress In a forest a selfish old woman once | lived Too si Ifish to see what was right; | ll> r iu'iinet was red and .she wore a black dress But her apron always was white. One day an old gentleman stopped at her door When she was baking, some bread lie looked very weary and asked. could he rest. And if be might, kindly, be fed * The woman broke off, a small piece of dough , Auk baked it but when it ” as done ‘Twa., ei lovelj and large she laid it

away And look i< much smaller one. I'.iit this second piece grew large as the first So she hid it also, away. And took llio tiniest, tiniest bit,— Just what on a pinhead would lay. i lint when it was baked It too was as largo A* each of the others had been; , Yet O selfish was she that she could not see I lti(s w;o one of the wonderful mens . o Ke give him ( o f a dried up I crust,— ' the size of a small carpet tack.— rheu. selfishly, after the stranger was gone She wished or even that, back ( It I were a br;d. she said to her

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sen "I’d fly after him and pick That piece of bread crumb out of his hand." — And then something happened.—so quick! She began to grow small! So did her dress! Then she changed to a red headed bird. Ami still in the forest she’s hunting that crumb And iter pecking can often be heard. —A. 1L Burkett. *♦******♦♦♦♦*« • TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ 9 ♦ ♦ From the Dally Democrat fltee ♦ * 20 yeare ago thia day ♦ ********••*•«« January 7, 1905—There will be two sun eclipses and two of the moon this year. , Miss Miuta Acker entertains Eucltcr club and Miss Carrie Craig captures first prize. Decatur City band employes J. C. Sutton as musical instructor. John Heckman buys half interest ' in Patterson flour mill for $3,0(M1. Frank Gass and Charles Lose report 33 rabbits as high score for .a days hunt. Marriage license were issued to Charles E. Crum to Miss Rose Yager. : C. ('. Rayle, of Monroe is attending I medical school at Indianapolis. Cold weather sends price of eggs to 25 cents. — o Hot air will not hurn. bat out coat will. Real West Virginia, Kentucky. Hocking Valley and Temple Anthracite Coal. Give your order to Burk Elevator Co. Phone No. 25. 304-30 t No. 169 BANK STATEMENT ALBERT RUPPERT. President. JEFF KIXJPPFENSTEIN, V. Pres. C. It. ,SMITH. Cashier. J. G. HOFFMAN. Asst. Cashier. Report of the condition of the Farmers State Bank at Preble, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on December 31, 1921. Resources loans and Discounts $107.66'1.65 Overdrafts .... 320.32 V. S. Bonds 1.198.00 Other Bonds tmd Securities 16,887.67 Premiums paid 59.46 Banking House . 3.900.00 Furniture and Fixtures 4,190.1'0 Cash and due from bunks ami Trust Co’s 29,355.03 Total Resources $163,781.19 Liabilities Capital Stock-paid in $ 25,000.00 Surplus 2.200.00 Undivided Profits—Net 612.83 Demand Deposits . 54.428.60 Demand Certificates 81,015.72 Savings Deposits 24.04 Other Liabilities 500.00 Total Liabilities $163,781.19 1 State of Indiana. County of Adams, vs: 1. C. R. Sijittb, csohier of the Farmers State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. C. R. SMITH. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of January. 1925. Charles, A. Fuhrman Notary Public, aly dymuiisoiun expires Sept. 12, 1926.

NEJDL LIKELY TO GET POST (Continued from Pago Out > legislature opening. Tho session will develop into :i matter of blocs, hold outs aud com promises among various tactions iu the eighty-four republican repres.ut atlves was freely predicted. The republicans have elgbty-foir members and the democrats sixteen in the house The republican mijority admitted to be “a little unweildly." is split into a klan and nonklan group. — -o— — Family Night At First M.E.Church This Evening Tonight will bo family night at the mid-week prayer service at the First Methodist church. The program is especially interesting and all families of the church and all members of those families are requested to at-

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tend Friends of the church are i invited to be present also. Taxi. Murray Hotel. =r:'fir t ■•r'a?'Ara’n b« ‘t&n’pU&l In thXSd. of the eoun'J lr««»^ of of Well, conntv iMlana. "a* nr ’ i " lP a " d ,. Xll NUv.nd"on/Initallmen t on the l as further fixed the n*» the day on or before am " Ibv owner or ownen of an> twt f narecl <»f land. <l»‘j»lrlnn to pa> >n Dt'i the HMM-hamcnt And di**‘ ’ff ‘ t at t or pan el of land from the Haunity ~f -'“b asseMnient. shall ti»'« 11,., rielit to do KO. ..Il pcmoii" »»* to.-tc.l »L xai.l sssc.-ments. m-irhig t<> ptiv am-li assessments In ‘"'''.'’Suhllltv Iharg. Ihefr lan.lx from all llsblli > to stieli assessments, may dCf so y paving the full amount of said assessSi. »«ld <•<..,nty treasurer on ot .said -.11 ' '

Call 4.14 t«f T“l. Uua'iTt? cS- J* Emerson Bennett. Watch Thursday’s paperJor, our Removal sale a (l> ' 5c and IQ<' -tore.

Resolution No. 1 Be it resolved, That I will put aside all extravagant habjts and expensive follies, and shall, hereafter, place all of my earnings excepting my necessary expenses and a nominal amount for recreation and advancement in a savings account drawing compound interest. Be It Further Res'olved, That 1 shall at once start a savings account by making a deposit with the Old Adams County Bank Decatur— Indiana

Removal Sale starts day, Jan. 10th. See ThurM 4 v s paper for ad. Morris 5 C store. lif —— — <>—»■■ Dance K. C. Hall Thursri., night. Beginner’s class 7i? Assembly, 8:30. Come. —rn —r— _ H