Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 200, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1925 — Page 3

cfUTE VALUATiUN SHOWS DECREASE %, last Year aiik 24—'The total -,,,1 valuation of all property, ‘Til personal. In Indiana for 3 r, per cent less than the ° r Hi value of last year, accordTo a compilation given out yester“l, , h e office of the state board commissioners. it ornate was made by Prank n N’ltfsbaum. assistant nweMry of i, , ax board, after the board had om notices verifying Its final Ton in setting the valuations of -Hie utilities and corporations. According to Mr. Nnsbauras flg,bcre was a decrease of anuroilmately 4 per cent In the total valuation of individual companies .. d corporations considered by the , |at eUIX board. The total valuation tor 1925 "f all such organizations wa , j 559.654.797, as compared to M 95.161.223 last year. The decrease in the final total valuation of real and personal propfrty. filed by local taxing units, mter the state board had completed Its equalization work, was estimated at slightly more than 3 per cent. According to Mr. N'usbaum's tabulation. the tot.i! assessed valuation of real and personal property, astioesed by local taxing units, approximated $4,383,660,505 for 1925. The lotal last year was $4,469,660,505. The grand total assessed valuation of the state for 1924 was $5,362,821,*2B. rSubject to Increase Mr. Nusbaum pointed out that the total this year is subject to some increasei Within the next few months, f.eld men for the tax board will investigate the assessments fixed liy local taxing officials on corporation property, and it is probable, it is said, that the addition of several million dollars will be recommended. The tax board may order increases in such assessments at a later session. , TO ENTER INDIANA U. Caroline Chamberlain To Enroll In State University As Freshman; Many To Enter School This Fall Bloomington. Ind.. Aug. 24—An admission card to Indiana University has been granted to Caroline Chamberlain, of Decatur, and additional cards have been mailed out by the deans of the university to more than 700 other entering students. Requests for information and admlmssion to the university are larger than usual and pre-registration indications aro that the state university will ha

Imperial Syncopators Present Unique Chautauqua Programs

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DARELY is an opportunity afforded ,0 e nJ°y programs of such wide *td pleasing variety as those offered by the Imperial Syncopators on the third day of the Community ChautauQiu This band of musicians through Its annual tours and through its radio broadcasting, has become one of the country s most popular musical organ■aations. While the Imperial SyncoPators specialise on modern American rhythmic music, the Old tunes also receive their share of Attention. One Os the novel features of their program 1* what they call “Ye Olde Timers’ Contest" in which a medley of oldtun«» ar « dilpyed and the mem buy season tickets

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railed upon this year to meet th? Inrgest enrollment in its history. | Tlecent announcement that beginning courses In elementary teacher training would accommodate only ISO students has resulted in the filing of more than 90 applications In advance Additional applications are being received every day and the rolls are expected to he practically filled in bgelnning elementary tea. h-J er training courses by the official opening of the university on Sept. 14 The limited eurolltnenl In teacher training applies only to beginning classes Itr the elementary courses. Other classes In teacher training work are expected to he able toj handle all students applying, though a serious overloading of all classes in’ the school of education is expected. | The medical school, likewise, will be unable to meet iferaands. I.nst year approximately 200 oht of 300 applicants had to l>e turned away because of a shortage of laboratory and teaching facilities. The school of dentistry will hold Us freshinan pm oilmen! to 100 The college of arts and sciences will be able to accommodate all •students applying for work except in some laboratory courses of the science departments. As a freshman, the Decatur student will ho required this year to come to the university for registration and “get acquainted" activities a week before the regular opening on SeptV 14. Wednesday, Sept. 9, has been designated as the beginning or freshman week activities. The object of the advance registration*of freshmen is to clear up misunderstandings as to credentials and entrance requirements. to acquaint beginners with the campus and the university regulations, and to clear the atmosphere generally so that the new students may get down to business the first week of school.

Organized Labor Meets At Terre Haute This Week Torre Haute, Ind., Aug. 21 (Unite,l Press)— Organized labor of Indiana today/turned toward Terre Haute for five stale labor lonventions this vuek Conventions of the painters, plumbers and machinists unions opened bunday and the Indiana Building Trades Council began a two day session this morning. , The forty-first annual convention of the state federation of labor will be held Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. Officials of the state federation estimated that a total of more than 1,000 visitors will be in Terre Haute for the five conventions. Discussion of workmen's compet.aa tiou laws, child labor and prison made products is scheduled for the fed.‘ration convention. The convention will also ratify the election of T. M. Taylor, of Terre Haute, to another term as president of the federation, and the choice of other officers named In the stale-wide ballot/ng among federation members. On’Thursday night a large labor

bars of the audience, using score cards previously distributed, mark the tunes that they recognize. A Community Chautauqua phonograph record is awarded to the person having the most nearly perfect score. Another interesting feature of the program has been given the title "1861 vs 1925.” In this number, songs of our fathers and grandfathers are contrasted and vie for popularity with the audience against the modern songs and tunes of today. Many other novel features are Included in the programs which are made more pleasing by the aid of specjaJ color lighting effects. BUY SEASON TICKETS

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parade Till be hefl fngene V r>efc« \ eteran socialist leader Is «. beduted' for an address a t th* meeting Thursday night William t'reen, president of the American federation of labor, has been invited to address the convention. It Is not known definitely yvt whether he will be aide to accept the tnvitu tlon. Adoption Os Rah) (iirl* More Popular Than Boys I.ondon- i fly mall to the Uniied Press). There is it boom on In London in the adoption of baby girls. Floys are a drug on the market, hut the demand for girls for adoption Is ow in excess of the supply "The demand for baby girls for adoption is so great that if we had 200 of them we could place them in good homes al once", declared the secretary of the National ('hildrnn Adop tlon An 'Gelation. "We find that most people prefer girls for adoption he cause they grow up to he greater com fort in the home.Wopt. n wjio cannot have children of their own are eager for the companionship of an adopted daughter". ! One three year old hoy in the homo was "snapped up” recently by an

American millionaire who came to ond.m with his wire for thp special purpose of securing qn English hoy for adoption. The family already had three daughters hut no ton Artificial Sunlight Tor London Monkeys London — i United Press) — The harmful effect of London fogs and sunlean days on delicate apes and mon keys In the London Zoo are to he am ellorated by the Installation of artificial surdighj lamps in the monkey cages In the zoo. Powerful electrle lamps with quartz glass which has the. property of allow. Ing the stimulating ultra-violet rays to pass through are now being placed in cages containing the marmosets, and young orung utans and next dark days come these monkeys will bask In the warmth and light of an artificial sun, quite as beneficial it Is hoped, as the light they would get in their native haunts la Africa, Barbers Desert Men To ('ut Women’s Hair London, Aug. 24—(United Press) London Is threatened with a dearth

Prices Reduced Danse Brothers MOTOR VEHICLES Lower prices, announced on August 17th, represent the most impressive values Dodge Brothers, Inc., have ever offered to the public. Wider markets, mounting sales and steadily expanding output have made possible these reductions. They come at a time when Dodge Brothers product has achieved a new and impressive standard of excellence in four basic particulars—in beauty, in riding ease, in smoothness of operation, in dependability. Consult us today on these new prices —and the extraordinary value they represent * \ j I 0 Thomas J. Durkin Garage Distributor Opposite Court House Decatur, Indiana

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