Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1926 — Page 3

I [OH BIIILDINS’ I PLANS DEFEATED I V 3 r i 0 n County’s Million I Dollar Construction ProI gran* Is Discarded I lß dUnapolb. Ind-. S*Pt. 9.-(United ■ Press)— Marion CoUD ' ys m *U* on dollar I road building program. outlined by | ounty commissioners and engineer W Southard, was In the discard tod^ v The program was discarded by the county council at final reading of ordinances for authority to issue bonds fqr construction of ? roads under the county unit system. several factors entered into the dlsfflsdcn between th* county commisioners and councilmen when the ordinances were first read. The fact that the county has no organised road building progiam. that taxes are al ready high enough and that the county" is now heavily bonded were all brought into the discussion. Some cf the councilmen charged that the commissioners did not con <tult council members when drawing up the ordinances and stated that some 0 £ the roads petitiored were not a public necessity. The proposed program included 1 ven roads ranging in length from 235 miles to 675 miles and in estimated cost from $75,000 to $290,000. The entire estimated cost was sl,o<B.A road program extending over a number of years will be mapped at a "get-together" meeting of both councilmen and commissioners as soon as possible, County Aud tor Harry IMinn stated after the road ordinances were killed. The plan will be to construct certain roads a "cording to their importance each year. Dunn said. He stated however. that it may be several months before the two are brought together. — — " O """• *• Former Captain Os Wolverines Marries Evanston, 111., Sept. 9.— (United P.-ess.) — Announcement was made here today of the wedding of Herbert Sieger, captain of the University of Michigan football team in 1924, to Miss Dorothy Gurnett, 16 years old last May. o Dogs That Killed Cat Forced To Attend Funeral — Monterery, Cal., (United Press) — If dogs have souls, or even intelle ts adaptable to psychological suggestion, kittens of this city may in the tutor* enjoy unrivaled freedom from canine molestation. Jack and Norman Steward, young sons of the Monterey postmaster, recently were presented with a few days’ < xiiten. The pet became not only -1. d.<;- the latter becoming so boisterous ■ that the kitten died in the resultant I cornmotion. Jack and Norman rounded up the dogs, an approximate 30, and lashing tlii-m together, led them unwillingly tc. tiie kitten's funeral. Reluctant particicipants in the cortege, the dogs were still more. reluctant specators while i the fluffy body of their victim was

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lowered into its grave They were released only after the lavt handful of dirt had been sprinkled They had been given a lesson, but it. remains to be seen whether they benefitted thereby. — o OBITUARY Charles Edward Gilbert, was the ton of William and Rhoda Gilbert and was born in Decatur. Indiana, April sth, 1911. He was the third child born to brighten the home and was the first to be claimed by death and break the family circle. It was on Tuesday, August 31, 1926, that he was claimed by death and 15 years 4 months and 16 days was the total of his life spent here in the flesh Charles was of a sunny disposition and was always in a cheerful mood. 1 In 1923 he accepted Jesus as his Saviour and united with the Decatur United Brethren church. Sunday School and the midweek prayer services counted his faithful attendance, He leaves the father and mother, a brother Janies, three sisters, Viola. Clarice, and Marcella, together with other relatives and friends to mourn. He went away in youth having not yet met the cares and disappointments of other years, but youth lives on in that better country, the eternal city not made with hands. Someday all doubt and mysery Will be made clear The threatening clouds now we see will disappear And looking back with clearer eyes, O'er life's short span, We will see with wondering glad sut prise God’s perfect plan. Funeral services were held Thursday, September 2 at 2:30 o’clock from the United Brethren church. The Rev. Cecil R. Smith officiating. o High School Coaches Scarce In Southwest Manhattan. Kans. k il’nited Press) — Ccarclty cf high school scaehes in Kansas and the Missouri Valley, said to have been noticed more acutelv during the past -spring and summer, will be felt until Juno of 1929, according to Charles W. Itachman. head football and track coach of the Kansas I State Agricultural College. At that time, the college will graduate the first group of 4-year-tiained men fcr such work, warding the only bachelor ot science degree in physical education and coaching grant’d in the Missouri Valley. In the past. Bauchtuan said, the supply of high school athletic mentors has ' nut equalled the requests I ~ Grouse Season Stage Is Usurped By Women Ixmdon ((United Press) —England is fast causing to be the man-made, male-center paradise it has long been considered. With the exception of "The Times,’ | which adheared to the old tradition a* j most every morning newspaper in London. in announcing the opening <-. L--I i ward for the shooting. Some of the headlines were: “Eve Goes North for the 12th;" Women Keen for Shooting." "Eve Heads for the Moors.” In the good old days there was one invariable headline on the story as the opening of the grouse season: “August Twelfth.”

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Eighty years of honorable public service ma/ well merit recognition. And when these years are marked by supreme altruism and devotion, the greater’tbe honor. Such is the record of Taylor University, at Upland, Ind.. which has made great contribution to the educational and spiritual life of I the state. The career of this old school has been marked by alternating periods of prosperity and adversity, but it has never swerved from the highest standards of scholarship and seYvice. Thousands of teachers and preachers, and thousands more of upright, substantial citizens in every walk of life, represent Taylor University’s significant gift to the commonwealth ot Indiana. The above picture shows the Administration building at Taylor.

Bluffton Tax Rate Fixed At 80 Cents Bluffton Sept. 9. —The tax rate levy for Bluffton of 80 cents was approved by the city council Tuesday evening and ordinance was , assed approving I same. While the valuation of Bluffton is ’ lower this year than in 1925. the counI ell decided that the old rate of 80 cents would furnish sufficient funds to carry on the work ot the city. The valuation of Bluffton last year was $6,219,935 and the valuation this year is 5,763,1)00.00. The estimates of the proposed levies as returned by the council as a previous meeting are as follows: General fund 35 cents on the $100; water fund 13 cents on the $100; electric fund. 15 cents on the $100; sinking fund. 15 15 cents on the $1)(: park fund. 2 cents on the $100; total, 80 cents on the SIOO. Jacksonville Has Nine Inches Os Rain Wednesday | Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 9. —(United Press.) — Jacksonville today was recovering from one of the worst storms in Its history. Nearly nine inches ot rain deluged the city last night, plunging the city tn darkness through i flooded electric light power plants. A small stream flowing through the city overflowed its banks, marooning | several families in the upper stories Typewriting Stenographic Work If you have any extra typewriting or stenographic work I will be glad to do it. Phone 42 for j appointment Florence Holthouse i Judge J. T. Merryman's Law J— 1; ,>■'(' lit.l.r

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Urge British Royalty To Enter Who’s Who London (United States).—A respect* ful democratic movement has been started to persuade the members ot the British Royal Family to enter, with lesser mortals, that modern compend um of personalities, the English "Who's Who." The argument is that It would be a “Who’s Who." The argument is that it would be a convenience to the public. At present limy appear only in the ■ewwrgrssgesi— g»i 1 .■»: —

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expensive yearbooks devoted to the j Crown, the peerages and the companionapes, and then only briefly—prac tically a little more than a list ot subsidiary titles and honours trailing asI ter their narnea The publishers are willing enough to include the Prince of Wales alongside of the Archbishop of Wales and Hubert Wales, the novelist, but the Royal Family shows no sign of varying its procedure. , -q „ Lineman Is Electrocuted Bedfoid. Ind., Sept. 9.—(United Press)—Funeral services were being I

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— ■■ - ■ ' arranged today for Raymond Abol, 2<, . wbu was electrocuted when hit a'tii came in contact with a 2,300 volt wire t v hile lie was working as a lineman for j the interstate Public Service company. . o PUBLIC SALE Saturday, September 11, 1926 Commencing 1 P.M. Butler & Ahr Sale Barn Decatur, Indiana 25 milch cows; 25 brood sows; 200 head of shoats; 200 broodi ing ewes; some stock cattle; ' few horses. W-T-F