Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Exoegt Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller, Preu, end Gen. Mgr & W. Kempe, Vice-Pr<>». & Adv. Mgr A. R Holthouse Sec'y. A Bus Mgr •entered at the Po.toffice at Decatur Indiana. second ches matter Subscription Rstee: Single copies 2 cont. One week, by carrier 10 cent* One Year, by carrier 86 °0 One month, by mail 82 cent’ Three Months, by mail |l.oi> Six Months, by mail 81-75 One Year, by mail —. >3.00 One Year, at office— 83.00 (Prices quoted are withn flrat and second tones. Additional postage added outside those sones » advertising Rate* Mad* Known by Apvlleation Foreign Representative Carper ter A Company. 123 Michigan Avenue. Chicago, • THE FARM OUTLOOK:— The bureau of agriculture econom Ich at Washington has issued a re.port on conditions ot the past and the present and suggestions for the future, the summary including the following: — For the United States us a whole, little change from the produetioi program of 1!*24 is recommended Tlie h'gh prices of wheat now pre vailing van not lie expected for th< 1925 crop, if there is a normal work crop of wheat in 1925. An increast' in the acreage of hard spring wheat is likely to result in production it excess* of domestic demand and re suiting lower prices. Slight increaser in (lax acreage, as an alternative t< increased acreage of hard sprim wheat may be made, but a large in crease in flax is liable to result in a domestic supply in excess of current consumption requirements and much lower prices. A cotton crop as larg» as last year s should be absorbed at sustained prices. Present prices therefore, should not discourage grow ers from planting an acreage as largas last year. The present high privet for corn do not warrant any increase in acreage of corn as the short cro; yf 1921 was due to weather condition: which are not often so unfavorable. On the other hand, a decrease in corf acreage does not seem advisable i: the decrease is offset by Increases ir the usual alternative crops, oats barley, or hay for sale. The short age and consequent high price of corn has resulted in such heavj marketings of hogs and reductions o hogs on farms that high prices will prevail for the next J'S months. In crease in fall farrowiugs should prove profitable as a market for the new corn crop and as a means of supplying an insistent demand foi pork. Consumption of dairy product: is being supported and cducationa’ advertising has resulted In some in crease in per capita consumption of milk. in short, producers of the major farm products should follow a program of balanced and economies' production about the same as last year. In general, the higher prices realized for 1921 products were due to reduced production, here or abroad rather than to any marked improve incut in demand. Farmers should continue Io devote available resource: to the reduction of existing indebted tiers rather than Io general expansion of production which might result in another period of low returns to farming. In making plans for 1935, farmers in cm h section should consider the outlook for all the commodities that tiny produce or can produce. Though in general marked shifts in production do not seem advisable, yet each farmer may. possibly, add to his net iiu onic for ihe year by modifying the acreage. of his crops or tin- numbers of bi. livestock in tin- light of the outlook for each of the products he cm grdw. Tori I.a a run. Wall Street gambler, who bad several big thrills when be made forty million on wheat and then a couple of more “Mien Im lost it. w'.io wrote Freuxled Finaure which star'l cd ei| l ,u,-i| people that he received i|iio lout funds with which to make bon. elf fairly comfortable, was bur led '"•ja- There isn't much to mak-

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Ing millions any way. You can't take | it with you and few people do much good because of their wealth. The real services are performed by those who have but little of this world's ! roods and don't care for that. The lowa legislature Is considering i bill which requires that warning ights lie displayed in front and in rear of live stock that is being driven along tlie highways after dark. Iniiginc old “Bossy" rigged up witli a headlight, tail light and number tag. in this state they are trying to thus decorate the vehicles of every kind Including baby carriages, but they <eeni to have overlooked the horses, pigs, cows, chickens and members of tho skunk family. •■ i— HI ip IR l ii ■■ The federal highway commission is alteringyour years in college with all expenses paid for tlie best essay on good roads. Any student in any high school may enter and those interest- 1 ed may secure complete information by making inquiry of tlie Highway Education Board. Willard building. I Washington, I). €'. Best essays of previous years, this being the sixth Tontest of its kind, may lie had by making application Io the board. Millions of people are praying and hoping that those who are making a great effort to free Floyd Collins from hi.> prison in the hills of Kentucky will succeed today, that he may be alive and that he recoveres to tell of bls unusual two weeks' experience. Forty quarts of good liquor were found in tlie home of It. E. Ruby, former dry chief, when the police raided it yesterday. And thats wliats the matter with the law. We have too many Rubys holding the enforcemeut jobs. <»f course after the week of May weather, none of wo old' timers iu this section are surprised al the present winter squall. The oue usually follows the other. ♦••♦♦♦« • • « * * * * • TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY • • From th. D.lly Demoorct flits ♦ • if! yetrs ago thia day ♦ • jif •*•**••••*** Cpuncil announces loss of sß,ooo m

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I water department past year and proipose boost in rates. Perry Clymer and Crawford Farlow <>f near Berne .have battle with onpaged bull. Bonds ordered for Monroe Central No. 2 macadam road. W. E. Smith publishes two new songs, "Rough House" and .‘‘The Farmer's Crooked Row of Corn." Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sprunger entertain crowd of Herne friends who arrive in sleds. Allen and Adams county farmers organize rural telephone company with central office at I’oe to connect with D'catur and Fort Wayne. Fred Bohnke sells two year old colt for $225. Horace Snow slips on ice and breaks thumb in fall. o (Big Features Os c RADIO Programs Today f WEDNESDAYS FIVE BEST RADIO , (Copyright 1925 by United Press) WJZ, New York. 454.3 M. and WGY Schenectady. 379.5 M, 8:30 p. m (EST)—Wauamaker organ festival with symphony orchestra and four noted organists. WEAF, New Cork, 491.5 M. WOO Philadelphia, 508.2 M, WCAE. Pitts burgh, 481.3 M, WGR. Buffalo, 319 M. 9 p. tn. (EST)—Atwater Kent orchestra. KOA. Penver, 322.4 M. 8 p. m. (MST)—Treble Clef club. WGR, New York, 405.2 M. 8:30 p. n>. (EST) —Germaine Schuitier. pianist. WCAP. Washington, 468.5 M, and WEAF, New York, 491.5 M, 7:30 p.m. (EST) —U. S. Navy band. Crawfordsville. — More harbingers of spring. A flock of robins and a white butterfly were seen here. Petersburg. — Mrs. Rachael Goodrid. 93. the oldest woman in Pike county, is dead. She camo here when i Petersburg was a settlement of only > a. few log houses. > Washington. — More than fifty men • have been added to the fqrce of loco tsotj- a department of the galttnrore i and Ohio railroad shops here.

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'dividends from all corporation stocks exempt from the normal and surtax regardless of the state whose lawn the company Is organised under. (3) is every exemption allowed w »' n computing tho normal tax when arriving at surtax, except he personal exemption, whatever I>a mny he? — I*. 4 H- 1 ■ A. (1) The tax exempt Interest should not be shown as gross receipts end also in the deductions. However ( tl„. law provides that every taxpayer ( must make a statement on his return , „f the amount of his taxexempt in- ’ tome. Yon will find « particular place pdovldcd for that purpose on the return (2) Dividends from ail corporate stocks arc exempt from the normal lax if the corporation Is organized under the law of any state In <ne United States. It is only as to divid-! ends from foreign corporations that there may be a question. (3) In ad j dtion to the personal exemption that may he deducted in computing l hr | normal lax. there are also dividends , taxable interest on Liberty Bonds, s and credit for dependents. None of these deductions, however, cun be taken in the computation of surtax. Tax Free Convenant Bonds , Q. We own a 81000 bond of the Chicago Railway Co. first 5s due 1927 f Reference to interest or taxes, printed in the body of the bond, reads as t , folows; “Payment shall be made without deduction of any tax or taxes '• which the Railway Company may be required to pay thereon or retain I therefrom under any present or fit- ; ture law of the United States or any II State. County or Municipality therein." In your opinion would wo or should we report the interest we receive on this bond as Income and be subject to income tax on it —C. B. A. The interest on this bond must be returned as income. You are en--1 titled, however, to lake a s a credit against your tax 2 per cent of the amount of the interest since the Railway Company pays that 2 per cent ! to th* government for your account. Actors' Deductions I Q. In your articles on income tax you do not state what the actor is allowed to deduct. Please advise. Are you also allowed to deduct money paid out for life insurance. —E. A. N. A. An actor is entitled to deduct money spent for meals and lodging while on the road. He can also deduct money spent, for make-up. cleaning [and pressing of clothes in perform- ’ ances, agents’ fees, dues of actors’ , associations, etc. Another deduction . that is allowed, altho very few have I .taken advantage of it, is depreciation j on properties and clothing used in I ( performances. Money paid out for L insurance can not lie deducted. Florida Resident Q. Is a person residing in the . Slate of Florida required to pay a J federal income tax and a federal in- ; heritance tax the same as one residing in the State of Pennsylvania? — M A. A resident of Florida is subject to a federal income tax and a federal inheritance tax. The state that one i lives iu ba s no bearing on the subject. , Income from American Tour i Q. I came to the United States . August 228 d last on a 20 week con- , tract, and T intend leaving for Europe at the end of Fcbrurary next. Do I have to pay income tax?— —M. V. A. Tho income that you earn from , your contract is subject to tax «s it t derived from sources within the , United States. * o—- > Train Load Os Certified Seed Potatoes Due March 1 ’ Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 11-*-Arrangc-ments have been completed for the ■ first solid trainload of certified > potato seed stock ever distributed, to j arrive in Southern Indiana March 1, I according to announcment by F. C. r Gaylord of the Agricultural Exten--1 sion Department of Purdue Univer- > sity. Tlie train will consist of at r least 25 cars. I. County farm bureaus and seed i dealers iu Southern Indiana have joined in bringing in this trainload i of high quality seed from Minnesota . with which to plant thousands of , Hoosier farm potato patches. More , than 15,009 bushels of certified Irish f Cobblers and Early Obios have been . ordered and will come by this special . train direct from growers in the , northwest to Indiana distributing , points. The train will operate along s the Baltimore and Ohio railroad . starting at Vincennes and ears will ’ be turned over to connecting rati , roads and sent by fast freight to ( their destinations. This is the first big movement of certified seed stock • his year and is the forerunner of hundreds of tars. Last year raoro than 200 eats were used by Indiana farmers in every county tn she state. Definite < hecks on 84.840 bushels of certified seed on 9.780 farms in ’ 1924 gave an average increase of 44. j bushels more potatoes than front! 0 common seed planted along side of it. J Two hundred and fifty potato club boys along the B & 0. railroad <Jurthe past year averaged 204 bushel

Ls r«al potatoes to the acre. Al! of wor« Otanted with certified need Stock. Which has been intrortuc,.(l to Indiana farmer, through the work of Purdue University. Plans To Feed Souls Os Poor Chicago Children Chicago. • (United Press! Aiming to relieve an environment of ugly home surroundings, drab streets, 'and monotonous class-rooms the life ’of thousands of shun children bene 'the Chicago Public School Art SoLlctv has placed 2,«0 big framed color reproductions of old ami modern masters in I*o city school buildings. Funds for purchasing 10.0 W more 'pictures will he raised by a series of exhibitions Imre of world famous ! paintings selected from fiO private ■ (Elections throughout the nation ' which have been placed at the dis- . ] osal of the society. I “A vivid painting entering tho life Os o. ( hold during the critical forma-

A Convenience When you pay your bills by check you have a convenient and safe method. There is no danger of loss. i. You don’t have to make change, and you always have a receipt for the exact amount you have paid. Your check stubs arc a convenient record of all transactions. You do not have to have a large account with us in order to pay your bills by check. Deposit your money here and establish the modern habit of paying by check. The Peoples loan & Trust Co. “Bank of Service” | I Join the Crowds in seeing the Greatest Picture of All Times at The ADAMS- Theatre TONIGHT—TOMORROW’ The Screen Classic of the Year JU IRVIN /ifck . WIUAT PROOUCTION B .. p I X X vajStHTto BY \ >■' ]f ( aS \ *r>oV»* ZUXO9 \ / / I I himliaiky xx/ / ’ ta'at-jO I W,TM \ / HtJl \ JACK HOLT 0V T »‘ ERNEST TORRENCE \ WGI •/ WIS WILSON NOAH BEERY f. ' 'fc; I H Matinee Each Day at 2:30. Never Anything t^ ual I 15c 35c

tiv® year, may |, c thl , Ring hi. wholq ute* M ’ cb «- Ttcken Nponßor of ‘ lh „ Nay.. ® o '*i»eK ‘•□ire ibe Mum cbiiq (ree Perviae hl. dhu, scnd u , “• * but don't Hiarve hl. „ o|ll ' ‘ cll »k Ing for hla body," ’ * '»• —-—o ■ Refreshments congiitin» canary bird sand! h * of electric light sa Uce ” served nt the eighth y ** play, tonight and ThurNdf* H. 8. Auditorium »' - h Call 436 for Taxi, CHAPPED HANdT’ ■ chilblains, froßtb!t e _L„ “"•00‘Wng. Ytsss P*** j 1 * Million J ar , ®