Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1925 — Page 4

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EOK SALE EOR"SAUE— a few good ,li,Hd 011 gtoves and coal ranges. Th# Gas Company. hJ)R SALE I wIH sell i ‘‘ IPr‘v 1 P r ‘ va 1 "; * u '*‘ my entire set of household furnishings consisting of living room, bed room, dining room and kitchen furniture, rues gas stves and numerous other articles. Miss Carlisle, 342 Mercer HYP. — I I IW ' tSE MILBURN PUNCTURE I’HOUf TUBES They cost less per mile than ordinary tubes. S R. Peoples. 223 N Ist st., distributor. Phone 84. ' 16516 x fkSI’RE YOUR TIRES against pnnm titres. Use Milburn Puncture 1 roof Tubes. If you are needing ,u 6es < 1 Phone 84, or see S. It Peoples, .23 .v Ist st., Decatur. Ind. P'OR SALE—~<'leariime sale of summer millinery. To make rom for Fab stor k My entire ladies and children s hats will be closed out at SI.OO each. Mrs. Maud A. Merriman. 222 S. 4th st., Decatur. Ind. i*’ l "'. FOR (Jl’K K SALE—1 l aclvs near G. E. plant; 6 room house, garage, poultry house, paved street. Dan Erwin. FOR h o g feed; gold medal dairy; chick developer; mash ami scratch; bran, middlnigs and tankage. Burk Elevator Co.. Phone 25. 147t6 eod FOR SALE—Used parts for Chevrolet ■•490", Overland "83,” "75.” "9° • Willys-Knight, Auburn, Ford. Oakland and Studebaker cars. Call 923 or see Herman Deirkes,lss-9teodx FOR SALE—IO Duroc shoats, weight about 100 lbs. each; 1 sow and 10 pigs. 6 weeks old. Willard Steele, Phone 542 Red. lb. L X FOR SALE—IO bn. winter or potato onions. For fall planting. Willard Steele, phone 542 Reck _1091.»x WANTED WANTED—To buy a or 6 lambs, phone 885,M... 16* --t WANTED — Four teams at once nt Waterworks. Good wages. See Orval Harruff. 168-at WANTED— County Agency deals now open for sale of Plow Aids, they harrow while you plow, every farmer buys, sella at $12.50; ten tree to each county for fall demonstrations, send for description. C. W. Booth, Greenville, Qhio. LOST AND FOUND ‘ OST OR STRAYED—A young flock w f White Pekon Ducks. If found ■Il 862-C. Pete Hess. 16812 FOR RENT >OR RENT Five room house, soft and hard water in house, at 1015 Jacksou street. Call Mrs. Jess Hurst. 167tb FOR “prefer renting for work shop. Arthur Fisher. 22. Mort 11 4lh street. Phone 528. lil’.'C'A HF. IT UNSOLVED IM> Oltll M M il. Hl THE HOIHD OF ( OMMlssloX|:n» OF 1111 ’L <ol vn . STATE OF IMH " ' Tlißt the following rules and

regulations be ami they are her.-by I made and adopted covering traffic upon the improved public highways i wild county: . 1 That the several officers or sai l county be and they are hereby ordered and directed to arrest and prosecute each and every person who shall haul | a* load over any sturnpike. gravel or | macadam road in said county, at any i lime when the road is thawing through or by reason of wet weather is in a i condition to be cut up or injured by I heavv hauling, in violation ot section fifty-two of chapter 21.1 of the Arts . of Hie General Assembly of the stab , of Indiana (Acts 1925. page 601) or j any amendatory or supplemental act thereto. Heavy limiting IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL for any person to haul over any turnpike, macadam or gravel road (the term I ‘‘gravel road'' to ineltide any road grad - , ,d and graveled with not less than one vard of gravel to eight feet in width and nine feet in length of stieh road) at any time when the road Is thawing through or by reason of Wet weather is in condition to Io- out up and Injured by heavy hauling, a load on any vehicle with tires less than three Inches In width, tile eonibin'-d weight of which load apd vehicle, including the driver, shall be more than twentv-flve hundred pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of three Inches ami less than four inches in width,, the combined weight of which load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than three thousand pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of four Inches ami less than live Inches in width, the combined weight of w.lilch load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than thirty-five hundred pounds; or on any vehicle with tires five inches or over in width, the combined weight of which load, vehicle and driver shall be more than thirty-eight hundred pounds. Any person violating any provision of this section, shall, an conviction, be lined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each load so hauled. This Includes traction engines weighing over the above limit. 3. —That at all times and under all conditions, each person, firm and corporation In the use of said improved highways of said county shall use reasonable care and prudence In driving and operating a vehicle thereon, so as not to injure or damage such highway. 4. —These rules and regulations mav be amended from time to time as the Hoard of Commissioners may deem jpst and necessary. 6.—The Auditor of said county shall cause a copy of these rules and regulations to be published for one time In the Berne Witness and The Decatur Daily Democrat. Read, approved and adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Adams County. Indiana, and ordered spread of record this, the Hth day of Julv. 1925. Signed ERNST CONRAD, B. F. BREINER. GEO. SHOEMAKER.

NOT I C E I 1 will be out of the city July 19, 20 and 21st. Patrons please : take notice. 1(i913 Dr. 11. Frohnapfel. D.C. S. E. BLACK Funeral Director Mrs. Black, Lady Attendant ■ Calls answered promptly day or night Ofiice phone 90. Home phone 727 FEDERAL FARM LOANS I Abstracts of Title. Real Estate. Plenty of Money to Loan on Government Plan. Interest rate reduced October :5, 1924 See French Quinn Office —Take first stairway south of Decatur Democrat.! N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST 1 Eyes Examined. Glasses Filled , ’ HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 6:00 : Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 f - ----- - - - MONEY TO LOAN I An unlimited amount of I 6 PERCENT , money on Improved real estate. I FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of title to real estate. SCHURGER'S ABSTRACT OFFICE. 1 133 S. 2nd St. > : o— — "o I 1 DR. C. V. CONNELL VETERINARIAN > Special attention given to cattle and poultry practice. Office. 120 No. First Street. Phone: Office 143—Residence 102 I O - Q MARKETS-STOCKS Daily Report Os Local And Foreign Markets

East Buffalo Livestock Market Receipts 1600. shipments 2850, official to New York yesterday 950; | Hogs closing dull. All grades $14.50 | $14.60; packing sows rough, $12.50; i cattle 300 dull: sheep 100 steady; 'best lambs sl4 25014.50; best ewes, | [email protected]; calves 2300; tops $ll5OO 11.75. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: July $160; Sept. $1.56; I Dec. $1.56%. Corn: July'sl.o3%; | Sept. $1,06; Dec. 87%c. Oats: July, i 44 %c; Sept. 45%c; Dec. 48>4c. — LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected July 17) Fowls JBc I Leghorn Fowlsl3c Heavy Broilers 23c Leghorn, Anemias and Black broii lers 18c Old Roosters 8c 1 Ducks inc Geese 8c 'Eggs 28c' LOCAL GRAIN MARKET (Corrected July 17) Barley, per bushel 80c | Oats per bushel 43c Rye, per bushelsl.oo New Wheat, No. 1 ....$1.43 New Wheat No. 2 $1.40 LOCAL GROCER'S EGG MARKET Eggs, per dozen 30c BUTTERFAT AT STATION Butterfat 4Qc • o o NOTH IC TO COXTIt As TORS State of Indiana, County of Jay. In the .lay Circuit court. May term, 1925. Carl WillianiH et al., ex parte, drainage. No. 18,120. Notice Is hereby given that ! the undersigned superintendent of const ruction, to whom was assigned the construction of the drain described tn the report of the engineer and drainage commissioners In the above entitled cause, will on the 28th day of July. 1925, until the hour of 2 o'clock p.rn. on said day. at the survenir's office in the court house. In the city of Portland, Indiana, receive sealed bids for the construct ion of said ditch. Certified cheek for 5 per cent of bld ■ required with each bld submitted. Contractors may bld on the work as a whole, or on each lateral separate. The right to reject any or all blds is reserved. I Main ditch. 75 stations, 1 ft. bottom 394 stations. 2(1 ft. bottom. 173,302 I cubic yards. ’ . S 3 stations, 6. 18, in ft. bottom, 15,588 cubic yards r South Branch lateral, 44 stations, 1 ft. bottom. 1,905 cubic yards ■ West Branch lateral, 30 stations 2 - ft. bottom. 2,784 cubic yards. . I Engineer's estimate, 192,579 cubic . yards open excavation, $25,570.81. Homer Teeters, 11-18 Supt. of Construction. — —0 — s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

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+ BASEBALL STANDING ♦ NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh 49 31 .613 New York 51 33 .6071 Brooklyn 41 13 .5061 Cincinnati 40 42 .488 j Philadelphia 40 44 .476 St. Ixiuis 40 44 .476 Chicago 37 47 .420 Boston r 35 x SO .412 AMERICAN LEAGUE a W. Is Pct. Philadelphia 54 29 .651 Washington 54 31 .635 St. Louis 46 42 .523 Chicago . 45 42 .517 Detroit 44 43 .500 Cleveland 4o 42 .488 New Yvrk 36 50 .419 Boston 26 59 .306 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Louisville . 62 29 .681 St. Paul ’ 47 31 .603 Kansas City 47 42 .528 Mfnenapolis 46 45 .505 Indianapolis 45 45 .500 Toledo 39 49 .443 Milwaukee 38 53 .418 Columbus 32 52 .381 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS I National League Chicago, 7; Philadelphia. 5. St. Louis. 6: New York. 1. Pittsburgh, 7; Boston, 5. Cincinnati. 4; Brooklyn. 0. American League Philadelphia. 8; Chicago, 1. New York. 5; Cleveland, 1. Washington, 3; Detroit, 6. St. Louis. 9; Boston, 3. American Association Louisville. 4; St. Paul. 6. Columbus. 2; Kansas City, 6. Toledo, 10; Milwaukee, 3. Indianapolis, 6; Minneapolis, 8. Portland H. S. Has Bright Grid Prospects Portland, July 18 — Portland high schol has bright prospects for a strong football team next fall, according to local sport fans and those in a position to know. At present, Coach Sales iis attending a school for coaches at University of Illinois. During the latter part of August the entire football squad will go to Camp Crowley for ten days of training before the football season opens. About forty-five boys are expected to go to Camp Crosley. The schedule for the season is as follows : Sept. 19 —Undecided. Sept. 26 —Anderson —there. Oct. -Richmond —there. Oct. 10 —Decatur—here. Oct. 17—Bluffton —here. Oct. 24—(Central! IT. Wayne—here. Oct. 311—Hartford City—there. Nov. 7 —Newcastle—here. Nov. 14 —Muncie —there. o Tennis Stars To Meet On Courts,At Glencoe Glencoe. 111., July 20—International stars of tennis will festoon the brick red courts at the Skokie country club here. July 19, when the Illinois state tennis tournament gets under way. Nine of the first ten ranking American players are evened,, Maurice Miller chairman of the committee announced. This will make the event one of the two big national clay court tournaments of the year. In addition to Tilden. Richards, the Kinseys, and other American tou-not-chers, J. O. Anderson and Gerald Patterson, members of Australia’s Davis cup team, are to compete. California will be represented in the tournament by "Little Bill' Johnston, the Kinsey brothers, Harvey Snodgrass and Clarence Griffin. George Lott, Jr.. Chicago's 18-year-old wonder of the courts, will be Chicago's chief contender, Luke Williams who was eliminated in the Wimbledon tournament, also is to represent Chicago B. I. C. Norton, rated as the eighth best player in America, is coming from St. Louis. Wray Brown, Missouri Valley champion, will come with him. More than 300 entries had ben received when the lists closed. Special stadia have been erected to hold the greatest crowd that has ever witnessed tennis matches in th® middle west. Competition will be in nine divisons: men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, Junior singles and doubles, boys’ singles and doubles and girls’ singles. Bill Tilden's proteges. Sandy Wiener. Walter Thomas, and the McGlyns, are to compete in the juvenile groups. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (United Press) Yesterday’s hero —Jimmy Caveney, of the Reds, who accepted 16 out of 17 chances at shortstop, helping down the Robins, 4 to fl. Dusty Mails, eccentric Cardinal

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southpaw, pitched the Oiants out.o. first place, holding the champions to tour hits, winning. 6 to 1. Tying the count in the ninth, Pittsburgh scored four runs in the tenth and resumed the league leadership, beating Boston, 7 to 3. The Phillies got away to a four run lead in the first, bnt the Cubs rallied and won.. 7 to 5. Running their winning streak to seven games, the Athletics gained a full game over Washington by trimming Chicago, 8 to 1. | The Senators lost to Detroit, G to 3? in a game which was featured by the banning of Ty Cobb for protesting a decision. Playfing with something of their old time vigor the Yanks evened the series with Cleveland with a 5 to 1 victory. The Browns moved up into thifd place in the American league by sweeping the series with the Red Sox. taking the final game. 9 to 3 - —o— ANTI-EVOLUTION MOVE UNLIKELY (Continued From Page One) it”. Dr. Henry N. Sherwood, state superintendent of public instruction, said. "Although as far as I know there is nothing in the state law to prohibit evolution, but If a trustee waned to discharge a teacher for giving instruction in evolution, he could do so. “Under the Indiana law trustees have a free hand in hiring and discharing teacher of rural schools. If an individual trustee wants to oust a teacher Because of his stand on evolution. he is within his legal right to do so.’’ The four trustees of Blackford county, in answer to a query by the Hartford City News, anounced they would discharge any instructor who taught evolution Charles Pierce, trustee of Licking township, declared he would probably have the Bibilical story of creation read at the opening of schools in his township next fall to combat the effects of the given scientific evolution its the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tenn. Gary, Ind., July 18.—(United Press) —Mary Newlin, trustee of Calumet township. Lake county, is bitterly opposed to evolution. •‘I will not have any instructor in the township schools here who teaches such a theory,” she said. Terre Haute. Ind.. July 18. —(United Press.) —"We’re not teaching monkey business in Harrison township schools,” Trustee Wiliam McCuirk of the township in which Terre Haute is located, said today when asked if he would tolerate teaching of evolution in the schools over which he has supervision. “The ony subjects taught here are those prescribed by the state board of education,” he said. When asked if he had fired anyone for it lie said that he had not.

RUSSELL SCOTT HAS NEW HOPE OF ESCAPING DEATH (Continued from Page One) Detroit telegraph operator, was Scott’s chief hope of getting free. “I was an eye witness to Scott’s slaying.” Ball wired Governor Small. “Not until now did I realize you are hanging the wrong man. Am willing to give testimony it you will send some prosecuting attorney, special agent or transportation to Chicago or Springfield. Robert Scott shot the drug store clerk”. A Small was expected in Chicago some time today to investigate Russells claim that it was hot he but his brother, Robert, that shot Maurer. George E. Gonman, the assistant state attorney, that won Scott's conviction however, expressed confidence that Scott’s hope would be blasted and he would finally go to the gallows. "We arrested all eye witnesses and got their testimony”, Gonman pointed out. “It seems incredible that this man Ball, could have been a witness and kept quiet about it all this time.” Scott was to have been hanged at 6 a.m. yesterday but a telegram to Governor Small, signed "Robert Scott saved him for a week.

EVOLUTION CASE EXPECTED TO BE ENDED TUESDAY IContinned from Page One) Chicago lawyer on Monday) After Raulston reads the affidavits, if he still believes the jury should not hear their contents,, closing arguments will be made and the jury will be- given the ‘‘fate" of John Thomas Scopes, who taught the school children of Dayton the theory of evolution. o $ -I—WANT ADS EARN—l—|—s

Chaseßum Runner Near I Summer White House | Swampscott, Mass, July I s chase after run runners by Swampscott police led up to the ya President Coolld**’* house here early today. A report by a night policeman that liquor from rum row was being lan ed on Little's Point, the small penin aula on which the president s summer home Is located, caused a qu Ck. run by police, which, nowever, failed to any smuggling. o— Martin Leads Carter 1 In Golf Tourney Finals Ixichmoor Country Club. Detroit. July 18-Russell Martin of Chicago j was three up on Keefe Carter. Oklahoma Clay, after 18 holes of play in the final round of the western amateur golf championship here today. A second 18 holes is to be played this afternoon. Hawkins Seeks Lower Bond For His Release Indianapolis. July to secure the reduction of the st>o.ooo appeal bond of Morton Hawkins, Portland, Indiana, were carried to the United States circuit court of appeals in Chicago, today. Hawkins was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for fraudulent use ot the mails and appealed to the Chicago court. Hawkins’ attorney was in Chicago to present the oral argument on the petition for lower bail. Homer Elliott, former United States district attorney, represented the government —o Marion. — Barr Medlin of Rosenburg, near Marion, claims to be the best fisherman in Grant county and exhibits nine big mouth bass, to prove it. Muncie. — E. W. Barrett, is the new president of the Muncie Independent Chautauqua association.

HI City Water Bills are due ♦ and must be paid on or before July 20 A 10% penalty will be added if bills are not paid by this date. City Water Dep’t CITY HALL. , ■■■■■■■■■■l

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He Can Who Thinks He Can It takes effort and lots of it tv do the seemingly difficult things. Many people look at other people’s possessions and say they were horn lucky. But as a matter of fact, most of . the people who have accumulated money can trace its source to a determination to save persistantly. too, can accumulate money if you think so. SAVE AT OUR BANK lntfrfs t Baid Old Adams Co. Bank. WE PAY YOU TO SAVE