Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Oen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies • One week, by carrier — ■l° One year, by carrier 5 00 One month, by mall •»» Three months, by mall 1 00 .Six months, by mail L 75 One year, by mail 3 0t) One year, at office— 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Schpernr, Inc., 85 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue. New York. HAPPY NEW YEAH. May 1927 beat ali of the others heretofore to a frazzle. Write it 1927. It may look queer and seem strange at first but in a week or two you will be handling it "as though you had never heard of old ’26. . It may be just a little quiet for a few days but the 1927 session of the Indiana legislature will convene in a week or so. furnishing plenty of headlines and gossip. Renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat and help us to make the New Year the best ever. We will strive to the limit to give you a cleau and newsy and interesting newspaper and we want your continued support. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff becomes coroner of Adams county today, succeeding Mr. Harrold Mattox, of Geneva, who by appointment filled out the unexpired term of his father, Dr. Mattox. Dr. Grandstaff held the position some years ago and is a qualified and courteous gentleman. We congratulate Glen Cowan, re- , tiring trustee of Washington township 1 for his four years of very excellent service in that capacity. He has made a good record and we bespeak for his successor. Thomas Noll, who assumes the office today a similar ‘one. You can either go to Florida where . it costs you as much for a !>ed for a single night as house rent does here ' for a month or you may stay home and shovel snow. After thinking it over seriously and checking up our , bank account we have decided to enjoy the latter. A safe, sure anil excellent way to I save during the coming year is to join one of the local loan associa- . tions. You will receive dividends and your stock becomes more valuable as ’ th e surplus increases. Besides help.lng yourself by this wise investment you also aid your community by thus making possible financing of home building here. Don’t put it off, start next week. Dick Boch today assumed his place as county surveyor for his fourth two-year term. He was unopposed in .the recent election and is held in 'highest esteem by the people of the county because of his able and efficient manner of conducting his office. John T. Kelly also begins his •second term as prosecuting attorney and will represent the state for another two years. He has served the -county in various offices during his career and always with credit. Lower taxes in Adams county in 19'27 than for eight years, a worthwhile New Years greeting. Local officials have striven hard to meet all demands and at th e same time hold down expense so that a lower rate is possible. The total appropriations for the county this year are ?579,0»0 In round of which 1275.000 will be expended for school purposes and more than $160,000 for road maintenance and the payments of road bonds and interest. Adams county must provide $93,000 for state purposes which is outside the gasu-

I linn tax, inheritance and automobile ’ license fees. We congratulate the officials who have reduced taxes anl we know this act will be appreciate ! by every citizen in every township and corporation in the county. t What will Decatur accomplish as a community the next twelve months’ Its up to we as citizens for a city goes no further than the ambitions of > those who form its population. We > can do many things and should. Will ■ we? There are streets to pave, we » should add to our lighting system, j we should secure a new industry or I two, we should boost those now here, we ought to build more homes and We should increase the circle of trade for this city, thus bringing prosperity to every one. Wg are not complaining for we believe this has been during the past several years one of the very best communities in th e middle west, but we are anxious that we go forward and we believe that to do so requires some extra effort. We hope it is made.

Three old officers last evening concluded their duties at the court house and stepped out with excellent records. They are John Baker, sheriff; William Zimmerman, assessor and Ernst Conrad, commissioner of the first district. Harl Hollingsworth succeeds Mr. Baker, J. A. Cline is the new county assessor, succeeding Mr. Zimmerman, while Ernst Conrad will be followed by John G. Hoffman. Mr. Baker has served four years as sheriff and retires with „ the good wishes of the citizens of the county whom he has served faithfully. Mr. Zimmerman has completed a fouryear term as assessor and has proven an efficient and industrious officer. Mr. Conrad who has served six years and until last evening was president of the board of commissioners has made a record of service that is sincerely appreciated. The new officers are well qualified and we are sure will prove splendid servants of the people. To all the old and the new we wish a Happy New Year and success.,

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Canadian Big Game Attacked By Ticks t Edmonton, Canada, Jan.. 1 (United ' Press)—Northwestern Canada's game, ' ( notably its world renowned moose has suffered extenshe losses this season ‘ from "spotted" fever, a strange malady inducoa by an unknown species of , bloodsucking ticks. A forest ranger who spent thrtc , months on the trails of the foothill , torast reserves, traversing hundreds of , miles of little-known wilderness, reported moose had visibly decreased in number, presumably due to the strang.“vampire" tick. Other game has been affected by the ticks, though not s . extensively, the rauger reported. !<t addition to attacking all species of game, the ticks have frequently attached themselves to humans, according to reports from travelers and woodsmen. They cause a serious illness commonly described as "spotted" 1 or tick fever. The man attacked does not become aware of it until loss of i blood causes weakness, which is accom pan led by fever. Free prizes, beautifnl Indian Blankets at the auction sale, at I Hammond's Used Car Market, j Saturday, Jan. 1, 2 p . m . and ■7:30 p. m. F . g

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Vust JRdKgl THE NEW YEAR In he comes with joys and sorrows, Little has the year to do And his bundle of tomorrows, Here on earth with me or you. Like a peddler with his pack, All the days are on his back, Save with death's heartaches and son But I doubt that even he roWB Knows the mornlug’s destiny. nulgt shape ()ur owll tomorrows, He has days of mirth and gladness, What <)f . wortl ' ,oday Laughing days and days of sadness, Only we have power to say. Days for poor man and tor rich. What this day at last shall be But he knows not which is which, Now depends on you, on me. All that he can do is givd Kach of us a dav to live. M'S are on this earth together. Each of us a day to weather . Now he pulls one out and leaves it Keep the faith and battle through? To the mortal who receives it, Pride shall crown us if we do. Leaves it np to him to say Happy year? That time shall tell. What of pride shall fill the day. Ours the task to live it well. (Copyright 1926 Edgar A. Quest ___ MACADAM ROAD BUILDING LIMIT, 1927 Debt Jan. 1 Pay on debt Available for . Township Valuation 1927 in 1927 roads in 1927 Union $1,783,580:00 $ 42,106.30 $ 8.455.03 None Hoot 3/>01.490.00i 66.796.49 11.618.88 141852.30 Preble 2.571,520.00 48,500.00 9,156.00 12,086.40 Kirkland 2,127,400.00 41,476.14 8,347 96 9,419.82 Washington 9.670.900.00 136,239.84 30,946.88 88,125.04 St, Marys - 2,374,680.00 49,299.74 ’ 9,311.10 7,504.96 l«ue Creek 1,841,730.00 36,351.64 8,232.66 8,715.62 Monroe 6.203,260.00 121.494.86 24,706.54 27,276.58 French 1,974.680.00 39,384.46 7.853.44 8,002.58 Hartford 1.889.450.00 36,853.82 8,481.66 9.417.44 Wabash 3,112,190.00 63,460.12 12,742.26 11,525.94 Jefferson 1.656.740.00 33,964.08 7,733.36 6.904.08 9716.927.49 $147,625.92 $203,831.06

First Cable Linking U. S.l And Germany Since War Is! Opened For Business Today j London, Jan. I.—(United Press.) — Another step in the direction of restorying pre-war conditions in Europe took place today, when the new transAtlantic cable between Germany and the United States was opened for business. It marks Germany’s direct postwar cable connection with the new world. Estimated to have cost over $15.000.060, this new connection between New York and Berlin takes the same route as the two pre-war cables via th e Azores and" Emden. It will be recalled that the old cables were seized by the British government on the outbreak of the World War and were

diverted in 1917, one between London and Halifax N. S., and the other between Brest, France, and Saint Pierre. Miquelon. The new cable is of the ’’loaded ” type, that is to say. the copper conductor is bound with a patent alloy of nickel and iron known as the “Krarup” method, very similar to the Western Electric company’s patent ’’Permalloy” which was used with the new Western Union trans-Atlantic cable, and the working speed is expected to be quite three times that of the old cables. Stockholders and foreign ex< hange dealers in ? mlon have been looking forward to the opening of the cable with much interest, American financiers and business men are inte.e-t---ed in the project to the extent of $4,OOO.OI'O. * —" 1 ,—■■■ i (y* 1 ■ Barglar Os 3,000 Crimes Starts Prison Sentence Nyitra, Czecho-Slovakia — (United Press.) — One thousand successful burglaries in less than six years, or an average of more than thre e each week, is the record of Ivan Barilov, a Russian emigre, who has just begun a year’s jail sentence here. Barilov’s method was unique. He

pretended to be an idiot who had lost his mind, due to hardships inflicted on him by the bolsheviks before he was able to flee from Russia. He would never discuss any other question except communism, the Tcheka, and “the Russian murderers." For this reason he was looked upon as a harmless imbecile by everyone who lived in the various villages in which he played his trade. No one ever once thought of associating him with burglaries although they occurred in rapid succession, sometimes three or four in one day, soon after his arrival in any locality. —- o Bluffton.—Lester Betz, former councilman, is trying,to discover how his clothes got on fire. He went to sleep and when he awoke his clothes were blazing. He was not burned but he has been unable to find out what started the fire. Peru. — Miami county commissioners have refused to purchase the Wabash railroad hospital property here, complying with th e request, of 3,000 .au.’oad employees who insist that the Wabash lines continue the institution here. Plymouth-Valda Mae Whited has been crowned pdet laurette of Ply. mouth. She won a prize offered by a store here for the best poem concernt ng the store. Here Is the prize winning poem: i “The Five and Ten , ‘‘The clerks are courteous > “So are the tueu.’’

FARMERBURNED BY EXPLOSION Monta Starr Severely Injured In Accident With Tractor Near Fiat Monta Starr, son of Frank Starr, living northwest of Fiat, was severly burned about the face and neck and one arm as result of the explosion of a tractor he was attempting to start. The lad was taken to Montepelier immediately after the accident, where his wounds were dressed. Young Starr removed a plate on the crang case of the tractor and lighted a match to look at the oil. It is thought that the gasoline in the crank case caused the explosion. Starr's face and neck were badly burned and his left arm from the wrist nearly to the elbow was severely seared 1 . The tractor did not take fire after the explosion, and very little damage , was done to the machine. Mr. Starr < attempted to start the tractor to move I a small building on the farm at his | home when the accident occurred. I The coud“ion of the injured youth E was reported much improved yegter- E day afternoon by the attending physi- ? cian. and it is thought he will recover f .rapidly irnles complication-, set in. a It was stated that the burns were very | deep on his neck and chin. I o— — Huge Hole Swallows » 300 Feet Os Highway [ West Os Angola, Ind. | Montpelier, Ohio, Jan. I.— a huge ! prater like hole in the earth has 1 swallowed a 300-toot section of the ■ Cleveland-Chicago highway, near the 0 Ohio Indiana border an resists all es- I forts of engineers to fill it. S The fallen roadway is five miles I directly west of Angola, lnd„ and is ■ a part of the new direct route between i Cleveland, Toledo and Chicago. j! Part of a hill and a large section of I an adjoining pasture has been moved j into the hole but all to no avail. Dur- I ing the work of filling the enginers j have been startled at the behavior of i meadow land on either side. The level ! of the fields has been raised more than * 16 feet for a distance of 350 feet back I on both sides of the highway. The I ground has been broken into great sis- I sures and the fields look as if an earth- I quake had shaken the neighborhood. 1 The popular belief explaining the I Wystery is that the hole is a part of a subterranean lake which was hurried I 3,000 years ago. Engineers are of the I opinion that a prehistoric lake may j have been crusted over with lily pads. I water grasses and other vegetation, and that under the strain of vehicular traffic dating back to the days of the ox cart the roadbet tottered and with the advent of the automobile, it gave coiiipletcly. Statehouse Officials Are All Republicans Now j t Indianapolis, 31 _ less.i—The last democratic office in ' he statehouse PaWR;d to a repubUtail or ay with th e replacement of Z Hi I’ugan by Charles L. Biodcrwolf as' clerk of the supreme court. Dugan, l

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