Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1925 — Page 7

I Two Grade I Near Buller I .tale htthray commission I ’’'l t. director John D. Williams. ■ |hro “ b announced the execution of I the New York I ilroad for ,hP cllmlna,ion I reloC,tl ° n | I IrtJe'first time in the history of I F .» Highway department a rail-1 I rnotmy ha. Mreed ,0 pny halt | I r ’ *atin S » highway to', I ,t " i tirade crossings. l n thia I '" m “fficiah Os the highway departI 2 t out, it would cost $150,000 I buS a ™ bway ~n' l a " OVerhe ‘" t I hi “ relocation of the highway costs , I J 50 WO. making the state and the , I f thTsubway and overhead were I Lilt each wouldl have paid $75,000. I 'separation are between Butler I " the Ohio State line and remove I L menace of overland traffic across I sable track, of the railroad. The I Lt will be completed this sumI „, pr William J. 'fltua. highway flridge I engineer, says. I SaV s Railroad Operation I By Government Was Costly I (VNtTED I’IiWSS SBIlVICEl) I Washington. Jan. 22.—Government I operation of railroads during the war I tamed the nation a net loss of $1,674.- | WOM. Director General of RailI roads Da'is reported to President I coolidge today in a final sutnmary of I the financial results of the experiI ment. I The government incurred a flat' I operating loss of $1,123,500,000 durI ing the 26 months of government conI trol. an additional cost of $536,040,nOil during the ensuing six months of the guaranty period and finally reimbursed small connecting roads at a! cost of $15,000,000. The director general was enabled , to balance the government's railroad books only after five years of adjustment of claims presented by the railroads invovled alleged loss not only ol revenue during the actual government operation but immense deprecia tion of equipment and deterioration ot property. o Fraudulent Schemes Are Being Worked In Indiana Warrants are being issued and new consternation started in this town 1 — - ,

JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE “The Half Century Furniture Store” Cut Price Furniture Sale Mi Now Going Ahead Full Blast! Buy Now and Save! u •' & ' i Wb - i I ~ i'M ' O p | 1[ WE MUST REDUC E OUR STOC K AND WE WILL SELL ANYTHING - ... - OSPWM AND ALL STOCK AT A REDUCED EVERYTHING M ARKED * ™ IN PLAIN FIGURES. IF YOU ARE EXPECTING TO ADD ANY NEW ~ L " ; TCX<-’ PIECE OF FURNITURE TO YOUR HOME NOW IS THE TIME TO MTYTn — teOaMBB ’— — AB Other Furniture Reduced o«.i t ftt ;■ ROCKING CHAIRS r B iSh Kitchen Cabinets Odd Dressers iy <| All Kinds of Rocking Chairs in any finish Kitchen tables odd < hiHoniers "*'* be ’ n * U’is sale. I’rop Leaf and End Tables _ ;i ||p A I i.,0. •«-.-< U Sonic first class bargnms in this lot. Obrtiry Tables Cedar Chests * L [ I v “ tj '•* Davenport Tables Iron and Brass Beds This is your opportunity lor a real saving. Vifl'tl « a. * — — —/ Yager Brothers Furniture Store Ophite Public Square—East Side Decatur—lndiana

| mid throughout the state of Indiana' uh people find that they are fleeced[ of money through fraudulent scheme.,' according to a statement issued to-1 day by the Hoosier State Automobile Association, which*quotes from the Logansport Press as follows—■•'Mem-! hers of the Chamber of Commerce ami citizens in general are cautioned i against representations being made In | Logansport and vicinity by agents Os the Atlas Automobile Owners Association. These agents usually claim that their contract, which looks like l an insurance policy, covers varioqs kinds of insurance. It is said the contract itself does not cover insurance. Agents are purported to charge $39.50 fpr the alleged policy covering buyers for a period of two years. According to information received at the Chamber headquarters from the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, this same company was forced to close up shop in Milwaukee because of, fraudulent representations by* representatives. The American Automobile Association, with headquarters in Washington, D. C„ and the Hoosier State Automobile Association, have i both denounced them. Before you invest—investigate." Word of trouble at Fort Wayne has been received from the Fort Wayne Business Bureau also said the Hoosier State Automobile Association. Highway Commission Saves On Cement Buying MB - -- Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —More than i $123,000 or enough to pave more than ' 4 miles has Ivrn saved in the purchase of cement for the 1925 construction program of the state highway commission, according to announcement at the commission's offices here. 't his saving was possible, says John | D. William, director, by the early con-i trading of the 1925 supply which I totals 1,230.212 barrels. Since the commission contracted for the ce-1 ment, the price lias increased 10 cents a barrel. Mr. William says that the average price obtained by the commission was' $1.75 a barrel, less 10 per cent for. each. The total amount of cement ! for 1925 to be used in paving some: 216 miles of state roads, will be near! $2,500,000 it is believed. Tin- com-1 mission several years ago adopted the J plan of purchasing the cement used on state road paving, finding it could not only buy cheaper than the contractor when it came to large amounts I

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I F ( l»ut such action assured u supply when needed. Several projects were [delayed duo to Inability of the contractors to obtain cement when they wished It. Now cement is stored 'months In advance of the time a road ■is [laved. Highways officials attribute the sudden advance in the cement price to be due to the demand being placed on the market by Illinois and Michigan state highway departments, Illinois alone is contracting 3,0(10,000 barrels, it Is said. • —— o To Study Effect Os , Sun’s Eclipse On Radio Chicago. Jan. 22. —To determine the effect of the sun's rays ou radio broadcasting, an entire braodcasting station will be taken from Chicago and set up at Escanaba. Mich., almost in the center of the path of the total eclipse of the sun. Jan. 24. E. F. McDonald, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, anI nounces. • By asking radio fans everywhere to June in on station and keep dose check of their okperiencce before. I during and after the eclipse, Mr. McDonald said ft is hoped to determine the effect of day and night, if any, on broadcasting. ‘MI is a well known fact." he said, “that the range of any broadcast!ifg or other radio station of any type is about one-tenth in daytime what it is at night. Many theories have been advanced in explanation Os this phenomenon, prominent among which is the theory that ionization of the air in the daytime, due to the sun's rays.

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causes absorption. "If this theory is actually true, and | It Is the sun's rays which cause the characteristic weakness of the signals In the daytime, then In the period of semi-darkness nt Escanaba during the total eclipse there should be a reproduction of nighttime effects." Sation WJAZ to Escanaba Radiocasting station WJAZ will bo taken to Escanaba and .will start broadcasting at 4 a. m. continuing until 10 a. m. Central Standard; 'rime. The eclipse at Escanaba be-' gins at 8:02 a. m. and lasts 1 hour. 57 j seconds. From 4 until 7 a. m., there l will be a period of natural darkness, then a period of normal daylight, followed, during the period of the eclipse, by a gradually growing dark ! ness until the maximum period of darkness of the total eclipse; then the gradual x-oming of sunlight again.

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"The effect on the radio will be [ the same whether or not clouds are present." Mr. McDonald said. “In[ [ other words, though It will not be ■ tronomers to make their complete; observations, the cloud shield should have no effect whatever on radio transmission." During the total eclipse of the sun visible in part of California in 1923, Mr. McDonald said a few radio listeners noticed that radio signals anddenly increased in intensity, and, as ■ 1 suddenly, decreased. But the reports I were so few as to preclude satisfactory scientific deductions. During the coming eclipse he hopes to get reports from thousands of radio fans.

"7* The ver y things you JMWx need at the very > pnees you want to pay. The warm underwear—the cozy outing flannel pajamas. The lined gloves the ear band caps—the 'IB heavy flannel shirts the thick wooly work V / trousers. Vw / /| These and a hundred other cold weather &l \ y // ' I needs are here—easy to buy—easy to pay for— ,1. easy to wear—and hard to wear out. f V | j T ' Woolen Hosiery Woolen Mufflers Mwt’' 4 i Dress Shirts Pajamas £ ' Z /W Night Robes Chalmers Union Suits ‘ i , Michaels-Stern Suits and Overcoats | f 1 TefuvT-lAvexb Gfo J BETTER CLOTHES FOR LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS- « DECATUR • INDIANA • ' _ —

"It is well known,” Mr. McDonald I added "that at the approach of dawn [under normal condition* the signals of distant radio stations weaken and disappear, if only momentarily, and this when there is no sign in the eastern horizon that dawn is near. It may, on the other hand, bo true i that the shadows belt is too narrow to have much of an effect to radio.” WORKERS' CONFERENCE The officers and teachers of the I Evangelical Sunday school will meet I in the parlors of the church on Friday evening at 7:15 to discuss plans ' for the year.. L. L. Baumgartner. Supt.

1 Bloomington.—The family of John (Kerr believes in a lucky star. Four Members of the family escaped uuscratched when a locomotive demolished their auto and Mrs. Kerr later Hound a purse containing $35 which she lost in the accident. — -o — Call 436 for Taxi. ts i i — -Q i ' Zimmerman-Carper Co., W. Monroe st., phone 233, will have a car of Yellow Hominy Feed here Jan. 26. Better place your order for some off Ihis car. Priced below today’s market. 21-22-21