Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I J. H. Heller. Pres. and Gen. Mgr.' A. R. Holthouse, Sec'y. & But. Mgr. Entered at fflie Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, us second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies — 2 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One year, by carrier J 6.001 Ono mouth, by mai1..... 38 cents Three months, by mall 11-001 Six months, by mail ——ll-75 One year, by mail >3 00 One year, at office..... $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second tones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application Foreign Representative 1 Carpentier & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue. Chicago. . * Six and a half years to get a postal : from Bluffton. Oh. well, hum, y-u-m, , y-u-m, they are getting a little speed- j 4er, don't push 'em too fast. The drugless doctors are holding a ( convention this week and some re- , porters wants to know if they buy ( their remedies in drugless drug ; stores. ( ... ... 11 The weather man is taking care cf a we who can't afford a vacation or a . trip to the lakes, mountains or sea- ♦ ide and that's mighty fine of him. Hope he don't get mad about something sillv and turn on too much of that June brand he fed us on. ( During the past year the Adams 1 County Memorial Hospital has hail 545 patients and has proven its need, and its facilities to relief suffering.l n There were 177 major operations per-. ' t formed there. Those in charge are v deserving ol commendation and praise b for tiieir excellent services. 1 Russell Scott may be crazy for most ‘ people would be who bad twice just missed the hangman's noose by a few '

hours, but the difficulty is that there are so many people crazed with thfe same bug—to rob and steal — that something has to be done. According to the recommendation of the interstate highway board, the north and south road through this city is to be made- a national road, interlinking with many of the most important highways of the country, which means that eventually it will be a perfectly improved route of great importance. D. C. Stephenson has given up all fake plans for escape from jail and Judge Hines of the Hamilton circuit court has fixed next Monday as the date for hi;; trial on a charge of muidering Miss Madge Oberholtzer. Fair enough. Let's get it over so we can forget that the state was ever disgraced by such a man claiming leadership here. —V- '*• — Though some effort;, are being made »■> start the city campaigns in some of the cities, its a hard job for the people are contented to live in peace as long as possible. A month and perhaps half that time should be long enough to discuss the issues in the average city and it will he difficult to do any thing but gum shoe before October. A letter from Ernie Williamson, secretary and manager of the Northern Indiana Fair says, “You can tell the good people of Adams county that the stage is set and every thing ready. Give me weather and I will give you the nicest fair in the middle west, so original and so filled with inovations that it is bound to please." Mr. Wlliamson • will be here next week to conclude his plans and to start an advertising campaign to cover a radius oi fitly miles each way from Decatur. Fill a red circle around the dates —September lath to 18th —that's when the big fair will be in progress. "mj Why all the fuss and feathers about the state highway commission? We hear nothing about the state board of ggrleultuie. Nor do we hear much about ths adjutant-generals office.

I Solution of Ysstsrdsy's Puxxls II ; isliLpl, _ri Wk Imail l sffli po . . MRHHRTj ■ EjgEgpjlTHQN ° ■Raqlass lalumTiAl [PA'L-A'vlrßa Sickle 1 e RO’Ejiß D [A N|E]A T W.AM* CURB ;| rod Sa ' And then a former state treasurer j did a f< w things with the state funds not altogether regular, but no investigation is heralded there with blaring trumpets. There is a lot of politics. ■The Jobs of John Williams, director of the state highway commission, and of Earl Crawford, the active commissioner, are much desired by hungry politicians who would like to have ,the dispensing of $15,000,000 a year. The politics they could work with all that money and the favors they could I hand out would be something amazing.—Newcastle Times. w’e realize that it may lake some sacrifice to give to the various drives and to meet the many demands made upon you from day to day, and this is appropo to the Salvation Army campaign for funds to be made within a few days. But. have you given any thought to the sacrifice of those .•nen and women who day after day and night after night, year in and year out, search the slums of the large cities in search of the down and outers who disguested with life and its buffetings; are desperate? Those folks also sacrifice for they give their lives in service. A large per cent of those fallen huniati beings are brought back to service and to clean pursuits. They are asking for SSOO from this city, an average which after all is very small indeed and you are asked to remember that you are never poorer because of giving to a good cause. Such subscriptions are investments. o

IBig Features Os RADIO ; Programs Today ( ' Thursday’s Five Best Radio Features CRNM. Montreal. 411—9p.m. (EST) Canada Orchestra. KOA, Denver. 432 —Bp.m. (MST) — I Municipal band concert. KGO. Oakland 361 — p.m. (PCST) Drama "the Thirteenth Chair ". WEAK. New York. 492 and the usual Thursday evening hook up—9 p.m. I EDST. Bp.m. EST and CDST 7 p.m. ! Radio arts and sympathony orchestra RC. Washington 469—WBZ. Spring field 333, WGY Schnectady 380; WJZ New York, 454 —7:30 EDST —U. S. Marine maud direct from the Sylvian Theater Washington. . o 1 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ - « ♦ From the Daily Democrat file * ♦ Twenty years ago this day « ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ August 6 1905 was Sunday. > o — Farmers Abandon drain Crops; Grow Vegetables ’ Columbus, Ind.. Aug 6—More than Bartholomew county and the easterß ' 100 farmers in the western part oi part of Brown county have practically abandoned grain growing be cause their land is not suited to grain crops. In place of grains they are raising 1 tomatoes, sweet corn, peas, pumpkins ■ and vegetables and small fruits. The products in many cases are ( canned at home with modern home canning machines and the goods are sold to wholesale grocers. 1 Farmers report that they are making from SIOO to S2OO an acre on their > land which formerly paid them from . $j to $lO an acre on grain kfops. f o , Award Contracts Fur New Buildings At Purdue U. 3 Lafayette. Ind., Aug 6—A. E. Kem- • mer, Lafayette contractor today he'd contracts for construction of the new t horticultural building and another e 1 section of the electrical engineering j j building at Purdue University. I The contracts were awarded bby the 1 i Unr ersity trustees yesterday for s2<l; ".279.

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Over the road the cars go by. On countless missions I've trudged the Rich man's motor and farmer's dray road, A cloud of dust neath the summer sky ° rief a,,d la,,ght * ha , V ® I " re ' l • At times Ive bent to the heavy load, And youth goes swinging a.ong the At times to a sorrowing house I’ve way. gone. Mourners follow the solemn hearse But whether I've traveled in hope or Sobbing that nothing than death is , , dread I knew 'twas the road which we ull " orsc ' must tread. Ovbr the road this life goes TV. For life ig |jved on lhe roj|(ls we (are Wealth and poverty, joy and care. We go and come on our missions Tottering age with its frequent sigh bent. Care-free youth with its jaunty air. Some to pleasure and some to care Proud and pleased with the thought Till the last brief day when our no doubt strength is spent. That never shall laughter and youth We go and come till our tasks be o’er give out. And we journey out to return no mo

Mary Louise Browning Goes Shopping On Avenue New York. Aug. 6 — Becoming an | heiress overnight. Mary Louise Browning, daughter of a janitor, went shopping on Fifth Avenue today. She rode in a sky blue Royle Royce with a chauffeur in front and Edward W. Browning, her millionaire daddy at her side. For yesterday she was chosen from a field of 12,000 candidates. a sa companion to the realty man’s foster daughter, Dorothy Sunshine. aged 9. Last week as Mary Spaz, of Astoria, she would have been delighted with one new dress, even if it were gingham, but ou her shopping list today were forty frocks, twenty pairs of the most expensive hosiery, ten pairs of specially designed shoes and dozens of other bits of feminine finery. * o Natural Cave Used As Storage Room For Apples Mitchell, Ind.. Aug. 6—How nature was pressed into service for cold storage purposes was demonstrated today to visitors at the annual meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society. w They inspected the immense cave on the Burton farm near here where 12.000 bushls of apples were stored Mast year. The cave was cleared and electric lights were installed last year to make it a storage room underground. The crop of 12.000 bushels from the Burton orchards was kept in the cave with very little spoilage. On the hottest day in summer when the temperature soars into the ninttes the temperature in the cave is never above iZ degrees la winter the eveq temperature of the cave is maintain-

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ed by ice to overcome sudden fluctua lions in the outside temperature. The storage room is one of the most economical in the state. • On the Burton farm the orchards al so saw an aeroplane brought into use ter dusting trees with insectitudes. The aeroplanes, flying low over the cast the iusectitudes on the trees aM in a few moments accompiised a task that would have taken days by any other method. o Gary Bank Clearings Show Large increase Gary, Ind., Aug. 6—(United Press) —Exceeding, by $7,000,000 the figure for the same uianth of last year, the July bank clearings here totaled $23.986.660. according to the monthly report of the Clearing House Association released todiy. With this new figure added, the clearings for the first seven months of 1925 have now reached a total of $150,333,712, a new high mark here. o — 1 Ford Expects To Dismantle Ships Within Seven Months Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 6 — (United Press.) —No time will be lost in scrapping the 200 shipping board vessels which have been awarded to the Ford Motor company, it was understood today at the company's offices. While -riven two years in which to complete the work it is believed not more than seven months will be required to turn the “swords into plow ■ shares" and work possibly will be i started this month. The vessels will be towed through i the canal and lakes to Ford's great i melting pot at River Rouge, where ' their demise will be completed. The i larger vessels will have to ba dis- ■ mantled to get through the canal.

Winona Sewer And ater System To Be Improved Winona lauke. Aug. 6 — (United Press.)-The town board of Winona Lake today prepared to inecj demands of Dr. William F. King, secretary of the stat? hoard of health, for Improvement of the sewer and water system. Dr. King met with the hoard last night and proposed numerous Improvements. Including cifnstruction of a new sewer system and sewage disposal plant. Steps to meet some of the recommendations have already been taken and the other requirements will he met before the opening of the Winona assembly next summer, members ot the board announced. oU. S. Loses Large Sum On Vessels Sold To Ford (I'niled Press Service) Washington, Aug *— The Upited States, in selling the 200 merchant marine vessels to Henry Ford for sl,706.000. lost approximately $150,000. 000 on the tranaction. The fleet bought by the manufacturer was built during the war at a cost of between $700,000 and SBOO,OOO cash, according to the ship sales division of t>e shipping board. The cost to Ford was $8,530 each. Ford is now the largest individual private ship owner in the world but he will not retain this honor or title long, for within sixty days the "harpies of the shore will pluck the eagle of the sea”. 0 Missing Girl Is Found Gary. Ind.. Aug. 6—(United Press! -Mary Mergle, 16. Gary girl, missing since last Thursday was located in Chicago last night. She had run away from home. —-— o— REJTERT AUCTION SCHOOL NOTES By R. E. Fortna Student Correspondent. Students of the Reppert Auction School especially enjoyed the lecture

STUDEBAKER Standard Six Duplex-Phaeton $403.33 ind 12 monthly payments of $69.72 each A Year Ahead of Its Time The One-Profit Duplex—more up-to-date than the newest "yearly models” THE Duplex Body, introduced by otude- Phaeton illustrated above, you'll find an baker in September, 1924, is a revolu- automatic spark control, safety lighting contionary new-type open car—with advantages trol on the steering wheel, 8-day clock, gasoopen cars have never possessed before. line gauge on the dash, improved one-piec* Within its steel-framed upper structure are w* special coincidental lock of igniconcealed roUer Sl de enclosures which the tlo ", a " d s,eenn « ggar ' controlled cowl driver may lower in 30 seconds without ve . n , tllator ’ completely machined crankshaft, leaving his seat - giving instant protection V, \ a ’ J*'” W nr.u —i out Sol hng her hands, and waterproof ignifrom ram. snow, cold or wmd. With equal Studebaker features _ ease the enclosures roll up out of sight So obvious are the advantages of the ° r points wWefi show Duplex that Studebaker has become the out- ± .• i j • ai v v new models now be in A announced in standing leader in the open-car field among a,™ succession. 8 cars selling above SIOOO. And any automobile expert will tell you Triumph of Studebaker Engineering at new models of necessity are engineering experiments. Only after month* nf use in Other manufacturers will undoubtedly have the hands of owners can all mechanical Haw to follow in Studebaker's footsteps. For any be eliminated. Engineers are human—and it open car today without this unique advan- takes time to eliminate mistakes. tage is obsolete. Thus, when you buy a Studebaker, you But at the time this advertisement is writ- not only get a motor car that is completely ten. Studebaker—and Studebaker alone- offers up to date, but you also eliminate all guessyou this double convenience. work and gamble. Your new car has been Another important engineering advantage tested and proved satisfactory in the hands pioneered by Studebaker is the use of gen- thousands of owners. nine, full-size balloon tires, with steering Come in today—and see the One-Profit mechanism, fenders and body lines especially Duplex which has made all other open cars designed for them. obsolete. It is called a “one-profit" car Other manufacturers are gradually fol- ecause all v 'tal units are built entirely by lowing Studebaker’s lead— but remember. St “debaker—thus eliminating the extra profits Studebaker developed this important feature and overhead of outside parts makers which 11 months ago. many other /manufacturers must pay and On a j c ~ , include in the purchase price to you. This On the StudebakiT Standard out Duplex- expkins the fine quality and the low price. H. F. KITSON 116 South Ist St. Phone 772 DECATUR, INDIANA T 1 s If 4 year

on pedigree work, which was presented Wednesday by "Uncle'' John Lotham. of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. In the afternoon the class took the trolley to the Fonner Stock Farm, to see the show and breeding herds of Holefords. '•Uncle" John Letham. the grand old man of the Hereford business. gave a Judging demonstration with the herd bull. Richard Fairfax, Jr., as a model. Eight late registrants added their names to the roll ot Fred Reppert s summer auction school Tuesday morning. They are: Zed Williams. Columbia, South Carolina; Frank Fletcher, Banff. Alberta. Canada; C. W. Dennis, Salemville, Ohio; Charles E. Snyder. Camden, Ohio; Walter Altmar, Grangeville, Idaho; Stafford Wimberly, Kearney, Nebraska: Willi i Veilhauer. Tyndall. South Dakota; and Otto Rowenhorst. Orange ( ity. lowa. The last three named are former graduates of the school and are here for post graduate )’<»rk. We. the members of the 1925 Summer class of the Reppert And ion School want the citizens of Decatur, Indiana, to know that we appreciate

GOODRICH BALOON OR CORD —Mean tires that are in a class by themselves. They give perfect tire satisfaction and wear “like Grant took Richmond.” Let us equip your car before you take that trip. National and Prest-o-Lite batteries for all makes of cars. Batteries recharged and repaired. When in need of anything for the automobile drive to the Ace Battery & Tire Shop HARRY STALEY. Prop. Sether Building North Second Strce»

-- —■ ■> greatly the most courteous and cordi;il reception which has been accorded us. on the streets, in the bu.i n(Sbs Places and in the homes. We tr that they will enjoy our .hort V |2 here as much aa we. Cordially yours. The Student Auctions..™ ——————— - — Cider Mill opens Tuesday, Aug. 11 n«l operates every Tuesday ‘-•nd Thursday until further notice. Fadlory located t, n North 3rd. St. P. Kirsch Cider Mill