Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1927 — Page 5

PORTLAND HAS 1 WORST FLOOD IN RECENT YEARS .raWTWVBP. I !™* OXIO ,rrZiii>K. Very little ruin tell toalthough the skleu were threatening all <•<*• The wuler at,med t 0 ...cede this afternoon. Merldun afreet is under water for distance of five blocks north from ll„, vv.ildcr ator bulldiiw corner Main street is inundated for nix l‘ l | (X .](H south from the. post office building. «n<l '» b, P ~eep ,n nwßt 1g1 .,, 5 . There Is eight feet of water ln the First National bank and a like amount in the Mosaler atore. The water has invaded the boiler room ()f the Wedler department store, and two pumps have been kept working continuously to keep the water out of the store. Jlicre is six feet of water in the basement of the court house, A portion of the basement wall in the northwest corner of the building caved in this morning. All stores on Meridian mid Main streets have moved their stocks from tie basement ami first floor to higher places. The Spades grocery had 5»,000 pounds of sugar stored in the old opera house building and considerable loss will be experienced there, there being about a foot of watr in the building. Boats hit being used on Main street. The plant of the Comiuerciai-Review

111 LU The stylish University man dresses like this The suit is by Hart Schaffner & Marx in Hazel tan ’ Lapels are high and rounded; buttons far apart; low pockets; trousers with 20 inch bottoms t Necktie of maroon and orange stripes Collar attached, broadcloth shirt Soft hat of deep Hazel tan, Pigeon grey, Silver blue. Holthouse Schulte & Co.

was flooded and it was Impossible lor that newspaper to publish its regular •edition today. The plant of the Port'and Sun-Republkan was above the WUtor, however. I here are s< vetul inches of water In the waiting room of the Peunsylvuula railtoud station. tl'eensbmg About .ton eopples of! i 1 . Tri ' u "- local high school papei. have been distributed. •Numerotts requests for dedication copies have been received. aJB — - - i — „

Stock Sale at Butler & Ahr Sale Barn, Decatur, Indiana, on SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927 COMMENCING AT 1:00 O’CLOCK P. M. —Cattle—--20 Head of Milk Cows; 10 Head of Stork Cattle, including some good young stock bulls. —Hogs— L'»o Head oi Hogs. Here is a chance to buy some good feeding hogs. Also several sows with pigs by side. BUTLER & AHR Roy Johnson, Auct. 18-19

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1927.

Appointment Os Chief Os Prohibition Is Delayed Washington, May 19—(VP>—Anticipated announcement of appointment 'i of J. M. Doran, of St. Paul, Minn., prohibition bureau's technical chief, ns | prohibition commissioner wiw deferr-J j ed today. Premature publication of the Treasury department's intention to give Doratt the place now held temporarily by tiie Anti-Saloon league candidate, —— ■■ — ■■ _ . . .. . _ .. . ......

Roy A. Haynes, 0., was said to have | caused the postponement of the actual announcement. Secretary of treasury Mellon stated Doran was seriously considered for the poet, but declined comment on reports that liuynes would be virtually dismissed fiom the service. ; Some saw in the Treasury's deter-

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ment a possible desire to avoid coufilet with the anti-saloon league's executive committee, meeting here for important political discussion today. 0 — Newcastle—Dr. G. W. Swelgart, of East Chicago intends to i.tart a muskrat farm in the near future.

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