Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1927 — Page 4

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1) B C AT U 1 DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every EvenlnQ Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO , J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bua. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Fostofflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. • % ______ Subscription Rates: Single coplest 9 .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 }ne year, by mail ... 8.00 .One year, at office— 8.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 3T> Hast Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. £ Borah is the senator from TJtah. f isn't there another and if so, who? If !P we have heard of him, we have torgotten. ft-} — - - ~ tV 4 . April fool's day with its usual g number of tricks and a pretty good £• day a: that for it marks the real start t of spring. , The president is going to Wisconsiu for his summer vacation. Perhaps lie is looking a year ahead to prevent V. a of the Lafollette oppop sitlon of 1924. March closed with mild weather and & the old adage held that when the <}, month “comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb." The month by the way was one of the finest so far as the M temperature was concerned just about as perfect as any we have ever known jfi und that goes “way back when .” — >t| Please remember that the campaign if for the renewal of subscriptions to s* the Daily Democrat will close in two ■>; weeks and we will be compelled to take from our lists the few who have I 1 k not renewed. We are hoping that we will not lose a single subscriber. We >’ need you and we want you to keep i, right ou taking the home paper. ■***

The merchants of the city of ill, Wabash announce a Spring Merchants di.sing Fair with a program which ineludes special window displays, band concerts, manufacturer's display, free Ift gifts, style show and other features including many special sales. Such JE enterprise is always helpful to a community. M■■l: T ' • " vfr C'vJtldge decide., not to be a candi ; date for another term in the white gS muse the honor will go either to WtMellon <k I,owden. Make it Mellon Mbv all means. He will carry on the K program to give the eastern manuIKfacturer protection, but refuse it to farmer aud business man of the Oinilddle west. ■tf';. The acquittal of Judge Dearth is *s6 not much'of a surprise to ihose who Si Have lieeu watching affairs in Indiana JClhe past few years. Upon his own upon the testimony of citizens of Muncie, his own neighSllbors, it looked as though he would be B|rremoved, but it should lie remembered &jjf that in such cases politics also enters P/Jaml some times has enough influence yj to even influence justice hearings. it is quite probable that the wisest folks who can rake up the money will M take no chances on a speedy settleHFment of the coal strike but will lay a supply for next winter right Hs away. ( The pricks are still very reasipn ouable but if the strike continues. H throughout the summer as seems there will be a steady inBa crease in the prices. Its worth thinkE7 ing about at least. KH The danger of the corn borer is |f serious, very much so, we may feel Ek sure or the government of this couuEns try would not have appropriated ten jjfi million dollars with which to light it. Bi That means that every farmer should ijf be sufficiently frightened to post himjf? self on how he can best help to Iff this pest which might in a few years j§£ wipe out the greatest crop of the middle west. Your county agent wifi be glad to give yon information'and to aid you in making the fight whicifi

, i should be a very determined one, no 1 difference how much trouble it is just at present. I Adams county roads arc in good condition for this time of year. Os ’ course there is much to be done, l grading, tilling in with stone, rolling and general upkeep and the men are at work. Cooperation of the people In preventing the breaking down of ! the roads by heavy hauling is appre--1 elated. The danger is not entirely I , over but will be soon and within a 1 short time all the macadam roads i should be in excellent condition. The General Electric plant here is humming these days and » glance there will convince you that business is on the forward march with them. Several improvements including the beautifying of the grounds in front of the big building, will be made. The work has started now and will be rushed to completion as soon as possible. Orders have increased the past week or two anil the outlook is very bright. Thuts fine new and should 1 make every one here pep up. Indiana collects the smallest automobile license fee of any state in the Union, excepting California and Colorado, according to a government bulletin. Those two states collect $5 and $6 respectively, while the average in Indiana is $7. lit Oregon the fee is $25, the highest of any of the states. It must be remembered that is costs money to build roads in Oregon, and some of the most beautiful scenic highways in the world are in that state. Connecticut comes second with $24. The state has only 263,000 registered while it realize:, $6,262,000. Indiana has 773,000 cars registered but gets less than Connecticut, collecting in license fees, $5,093,000. The average fee for all ■ the stales is about sl4 a car. o ■ — *♦♦*♦♦*♦♦♦**♦♦*+ + TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY + ♦ * ♦ From the Dally Democrat File + * Twenty Years Ago Thi» Day. ♦ ♦++♦♦♦♦+*♦+♦♦♦♦♦ April I.—Frost predicted for tonight

- * I’ 1 *' - • r‘ Governor Manly is quite sick. Acts <:f 1907 leceived at clerk's office. They contain just 30(1 new laws Easter Sunday was warm and clear. Many well known sportsmen attend the funeral of “Chick" Stahl at Fort ■ Wayne. Morning musical of Fort Wayne gives recital at the assembly hall ot the Decatur library. Many from here attend “The Friuce of India" at ihe Majestic. Mr. and Mr*. Robert ding v.. j He. ■Aery, Ohio, visit her.- . Tutk pc diet a! rested for selling goods without a license. Is fined sl. tind costs, which he pays and leaves town. Col. J. N. Ilurkhead, of Monroe, is goking sales. | Wool pants at $2.50 per leg at J. T. Meyer's. o ++♦++*+++***♦♦♦♦ ♦ BIG FEATURES + ♦ OF RADIO ♦ *+♦♦♦+*♦+♦+♦♦♦♦♦ i Saturday's Fivs Best Radio Features (Copyright 1927 by U. I’.) Central Standard Time. WJZ, New York, 454 and WEBII, Chicago, 370, 7:25 p. m. — New York Philharmonic Orchestra. WBZ, Springfield. 333 and KDKA, Pittsburgh, 309, 7(30 p. m — Boston Symphony Orchestra. WDAF, Kansas City, 3(16. 11:45 p. m. —Nighthawk Frolic. WEAF, hookup, 7 p. m. —“The Week Endcrs” Varsity concert, WSM, Nashville, 283. 8 p. m.—Barn Dance Program. —, — —o— — , , THE GREAT WAR 10 YEARS AGO ! i French and British announce important gains otT Somme front. Members of Congress gathering for • extra session tomorrow prove to be overwhelmingly in favor of war with Germany. Baltimore pacifist jneeting boing addressed by David Starr-Jordan is broken up by anti-pacifist agitators and Jordan prevented from continuing 1 address. ~ o- — 1 Democratic Representative From Louisiana Is Dead i i Washington D. C. April 1. —(Unit.l cd Press) —Hep. Ledislas Lazaro, Dem. ! La., died in a local hospital today. He | was operated upon several weeks ago 1 , for Hernia, and his condition sudder.1 ly became grave yesterday.

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!.—■ _-atsg’Ji!-l i l. —y-_u "* " s:u. x x x x i; x :u «• Jig » The PEOPLE’S VOICE K h a 12 This cohtnm for the use of our a H readers who wish to make sug- a a gestions for the general good a a or discuss questions of interest. K a Please sign your name to show a a authenticity. It will not be a a used if you prefer that it not be. a a a aaaaaaaaa a a a a a a a a Spring Is Near The same old story that bobs up every year about this time and I will say it is well worth reading in our Daily Democrat if each and every Citizen would only abide by the slogan which is a mighty good one but i would like to hear through our Daily Papers how the Citizens of Decatur or any other city of its size can work day after day in there own yards and alleys and then get no benefits for their labor when they have such filthy places to contend with is the people of the south part of the city have on Line Street. They have no respect for themselves or the people that have their homes and have to live among them. Now 1 am sure if the BcalM of Health would just be a little more severe on the Preperty owner that lias these places to rent on Line St. woultfbe well worth looking after. A Tax payer in ihe south part of i the city. . —- o NOTICE , There wiil positively be nothing allowed io be thrown in the trash pond on the L. C. Mills farm. Please take notice. 76(3

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j«*¥**¥**«*¥'**** ! * * * TRY TIIE * * NEXT ONE * * * ******¥¥¥*¥¥¥*** 1. lias the Indian population oi the United States t’tcreased or decreas ed since 1965. 2. Who is the dictator of Spain? 3. In golf what is the penalty for u lost ball? 4. Name the capital of Oregon? 5. Give the next line after ‘ My can-1 die bums at both ends" — 6. Give within a thousand the aver * age number of thunderstorms cecuring daily in the world. 7. Who was the last” King of Scotland? 8. What is the largest residence in the wot Id. 9. What state has the greatest density of population. 10.What* was the War of the Rose*? ANSWERS 1. it has increased from 294.574 in 1856 to 349.964 in 1926 2. Primo do Rivera 3. Stroke and distaic -. 4 Salem. 5. "It will not last Ihe night.” 6. Estimate d 44,000 daily. 7. James VI 8. The Vatican. 9. Rhode Island with 566.4 persons per square mile. 10. English civil war between thenoble houses of Lancaster and York o Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays

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