Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. HellerPre*. and Gen. Mgr A. K. Holthouee Sec'y & Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller Vlce-Preeldeut Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur Indiana, aa second class matter. Subscriptian Rates: Single copies)l -®2 One week, by carrier .M One year, by carrier . 5.00 One month, by mail — -*6 Three months, by mail LOO Six months, by mail L 75 One year, by mall — 3 0® (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. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Filth Avenue, New York. The Corn Borer Experts of the federal department of agriculture who have been persistent in their scouting through this entire northeastern corner of Indiana report the fading of the European corn borer in eleven new townships scattered through Allen, Whitley and Noble counties. There had been last year, according to the reports, the ascertained presence of the bor■r in forty-one townships distributed imong all six counties of this congressional district. It will be noted hat these late reports show that two >r three of the great corn-producing ownships of Allen county have been nvaded A few weeks since this newspaper elt impelled to regard as premature .n optimistic report from Washington letailing exterminlation of the corn mrer in this region and adjacent redons. The European borer is an inustrious and stubborn peut. Those amiliar with the life history of the orer can understand how difficult it s to destroy. It is migrant and will o where corn is grown. The governlen. has appropriated generously and as bestirred itself with energy to exerminate the borer. It is pretty well inderstood what means is most efectual in wiping out the pest. The nost important phase of the means is hat the warfare be carried on persisently. The agricultural pulhorities f Purdue University have performed ,-itli immense zeal and great intellience to stop the borer’s invasion of adiana and with good effect. Purdue 'as waging war on the borer in indina a considerable time before the ctivities of the federal government ad been enlisted. . r._>re has been maintained, nd. as we now see- with all good eason. The finding of the borer in # o many localities not hitherto inaded shows that the farmers of this art of the state have no reason to ike any feeling of security from what as been done. As we had occasion j say in a former discussion of this übject the fight must be kept up and ressed forward. It is likely to be everal yeais before the farmers of his part of Indiana can feel that they ave won the battle against the orst enemy which has ever invaded teir cornlands. The ravages of the orer have'not been in any sense disSterous in this region, but the presnee of the borer at all is the threat f great disaster. —The Fort Wayne ournal-Gazette. The Adams County Child Health loard has been duly organized with strong official staff and an execuIve board composed of men and wosen of the highest calibre whose nly objectives are to promote and mprove child health. The two hings they desire to do at this paricular time are to see that every diild in the county is immunized igainst diphtheria and follow up the survey of the children who were eximined at the clinics held in the varous townships recently. During hat survey 350 children were examined, many of whom have received jreat benefits. It is a wonderful work and a movement deserving of the sincerest support ot every one who desires that their children be strong and healthy. The slogan is 'Perfect health tor every Adams ■ounty child,” a big but a worth while undertaking in public service. Two thousand foes of tobacco, mem

hers of the No-Tobacco League met at [’ Anderson yesterday passed resolu-’ tlons designed to put "tobacco on its back” and save the boys and girls It looks a little far fetched to us but r we expect there are some people who r. just have to keep busy on the job of ll telling other folks what they must or r, must not do. We hope we don’t have to' "bootleg” our cigars but it might | happen. a | 0 Os course the reduction in valua'o 5 tion will increase tax rates. There 0 is nothing else to do. It requires a q certain sum to operate your township 0 or your town and this sum must be paid in taxes. If we spend thousands of dollars for roads and schools and other public purposes, we must meet the bonds and interest. If we have a low valuation we must expect a high tax rate, so don’t get excited when you hear what the rate will be for ' next year. If we would reduce taxes ( we must look ten years ahead and t work to that goal. ! The General Electric Company/did a total business of more than $155,0001 j 000 the first six months ot this year, showed a healthy profit and paid their 1 119th dividend on common stock yes--1 ' terday, a splendid showing by one of the greatest corporations in the world. ’ L. Ert Slack gives several reasons for accepting a $25,000 fee for defend- * ing the klan, only one of which is ’ necessary—the size, of the check ’ Few coni probably resist that .for ’a 1 few hours work. Governor Ed Jackson will need a ’ j "flock" of saddle horses to meet all . the charges that ’it is claimed will be l filed against him when the evidence from the back boxes and from Steph- '; enson himself have been given. Indianapolis business men are whiting articles on “What I would do to improve Indianapolis.” They ' | might try moving the state capitol to I some other city. That would rid them ! of many of their difficulties. II 0 ■•£¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* Saturday's Five Best Radio Features Copyrighted 927 by the U. P. Central Standard Time Throughout WEAF, hookup, 6:30 p. m.—Goldman Band Concert. WJZ. New York (454) 6:30 p. m.— Mediterraneans. WLS Chicago (345) 6:15 p. m.—Barn Dance. WHAM. Rochester ( 278) and WGY, Schenectady (380) 6:30 p. ra.— Eastman School program. WTAM, Cleveland (400) 8 p. m.—Merrymakers. Sunday's Five Best Radio Features Copyrighted 927 by the United Press WEAF, hookup, 6:20 p. m.—Capitol Theatre Music. WEAF. hookup, 7:15n p. m. — Alle, McQuhae, tenor. WPG. Atlantic City (275) 7:15 p. m.. —Elsa Alsen, operatic soprano;' Judson House, tenor. WJZ. hookup, 6:30 p. m. —Lewisohn Stadium concert, New York Philharmonic Orchestra. WJZ hookup, noon, Roxy and his gang. Monday’s Five Best Radio Features WEAF hookup. 6:30 p. m. —Goldman Band concert. WEAF hookup, 8 p. m.—Opera, “Manon” by Massenet. WJZ hookup, 5:30 p. m.—Roxy and his Gang. WRC, Washington (469) 7 p. in.—U. S. Navy Band. WOC, Philadelphia. 7 p. m.—lrish Traditional Music. o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* (By United Press) ( Briti'sh cruiser Ariadne, 11,000 tons, is sunk by German torpedo and 38 members of crew are killed. United States Ambassador Fletchl er prepares to tell Mexican officials ■ of alleged German s,py activities . within Mexican borders. July 31, 1917 Allies drive a mile deep on 15-mlle 5 front in Belgium; take 10 villages ■ and 3,500 prisoners with only slight 1 losses;, battle is known as Battle of 1 Ypres. j Germany notifies Turkey and Bulgaria she will pay all bills incurred by these countries in the campaign e of 1917-1918. s o s The new residence of Dick Boch, on e North Fifth street, is nearing completion. It will be a modern and very handsome home. Several others are contemplating building in that section 1- of the city during the tall.

Legislature Enlarges Local Officers’ Power . Greater Number Os 82 Acts Passed By 1927 Legislature Were Amendments To Existing Laws Coni erring Ad-j ditional Powers On Local And State Officials;. I wehe Intended Directly To Affect Private Enterprise.

Indianapolis, Ind., July 30 The greater number of the eighty-two acts passed by the 1927 legislature which enlarged the scope of government were amendments to existing laws conferring aditlonal powers on local and state i officials. Twelve of these acts were intended directly to affect private enterprise as was shown in a previous article. It would appear that there were enacted by the last legislature a vast number of laws designed to respond to the criticisms of those who believe that Indiana government as previously constituted was concentrated too highly in state bureaus. Anyhow, the legislature undertakes to cure that detect by conferring a tremendous lot of additional authority on local officials, with the result that there is opened tc local officials the authority to initiate public enterprises the of which would bankrupt any taxpaying unit that undertook to apply them all. These acts designated by chapters are: ‘ A Few Examples 3— Conferring city planing powers on town trustees. 4 — Empowering township trustees to purchase park lands. 5 — Authorizing third class cities to build water works. 6 — Empowering county commissioners to buy park lands. 7 — Creating maintenance funds for municipal cemeteries. 14 — Authorizing commissioners to expend sui plus war chest funds for memorial purposes. 15— Authoiizing any city to establish parking places. 21 —Authorizing township aid for reorganization of abandoned railroads. Mesic in Parks 31 —Empowering councils and town boaids to provide music in the parks. 46 —Authorizing third, fourth and fifth class cities to establish and maintain play grounds. 52 —Authorizing counties ■to issue bonds for county hospitals. 58— Empowering townships and towns to build joint schools. 59 — Granting any county the right to build a tuberculosis hospital. 62 —Extending power of board of children's guardians and their terms of office. 65 —Authorizing cities of certain classes to establish school libraries. 72 —Authorizing establishment and maintenance of county hospitals by bond issues and tax levies. 79—Empowering school units to become stockholders in enterprises for tne building of school houses. 93—Granting second class cities paw er to build sewers outside the city limits. Schoo! Stockholders 103 — Empowering school units to become stockholders in enterprises for the building of high schools. 104 — Authorizing cities with municipal utilities to spend surplus earnings on other purposes. 106 — Authorizing the dissolving of consolidated township schools. 107 — Requiring the approval of the township advisory board for the imposition of indebtedness on the township. 108— Creating a special school board ter management of consolidated schools. Ill —Organizing joint schools between townships. 114—Permitting township trustees to sell school houses and lands. 124 —Authorizing the resumption ot abandoned schools. 127—Permitting appropriations by the’ county for' the support of county historical societies. 139 —Providing for the erection of coliseums by cities of the first class. County Aid for Fairs. 143—Providing county aid for fairs. 154 —Empowering townships to improve public parks. 163— Allowing civil cities to aid school cities financially. 164— Creating water works taxing districts to provide funds for water works plants. 171 —Allowing towns to buy interest in buildings used partly for municipal purposes. 179 —Empowering townships to be come stockholders in -nterprises for the building of school bouses. 184—Providing a method for building sewers that run in and out of cities. 1 192—Authorizing tax levies for the, care of cemeteries in and about cities.! 211 —Authorizing school authorities to establish special classes and exa- ■ r Tie children for fitness to join such classes. ' - Pay of Judges i 215 —Providing for additional Compensation to judges on petition of rest-'

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dents in the unit paying It. 220 —Author!'ing counties to estati- ■ llsh public libraries. 223 —Empowering town schools to - I. mldings. 225— Creating joint high schools under school and civil tqwn units. 226 — Authorizing tax levies to assist hospitals In cities. 229—Permitting township and town ■ officials to buy and maintain fire fighting units. 238—Authorizing bridge commissions to build bridges on boundaries. 240 —Empowering townships to sell bonds and levy taxis to aid hospitsls 250— Authorizing cities to issue thoroughfare bonds to aid in city planning 251 — Broadening the power ol established park boaids to issue bonds. All Increase Cost. Above are enumerated fort; -seven different methods for the extension ot the activities of the existing governmental units. These forty-ceven methods are the work of one legislature. No ous of them may be put into operation without in some nauuer increasing the cost of goveruir nt to the taxpayer in whose taxing district they are initiated. ■(» u . - *«¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * TRY THE * * NEXTONE * MEXICO 1. VVnat former president of Mexico is again a candidate for the presidency? 2. Who iis the deported Secretary of the Mexican Episcopate? 3. What city was fired upon first by American troops during the late President Wilson’s regime? 4. What interests are most vitally concerned with a long standing argument between the United States and Mexico? 5. Name the high church official who most bitterly criticizes a new Mexican religious law. 6. Wha-t is the residence of the recently married daughter of President Calles? 7. What, country was accused of carrying on intrigue in Mexico during the woifid war? 8. What race sb most largely represented in Mexico? 9. What river forms an international boundary between the United States and Mexico? 10. Name the "Emperor” established in Mexico for a short time in the nineteenth century. ANSWERS 1. Obregon. 2. Bishop Pascual Diaz. 3. Vera Cruz. 4. The oil interests. 5. Pope- Pius XI. 6. New York. City. 7. Germany. 8. The Indian race. 9. The Rio Grande. 10 Emperrr Maxmilian. o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ - ¥ ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* July 30—Mrs. Lyman Hart, 75, dies at Monmouth. Decatur wins again from Van Wert and leads league in tie with Richmond A. R. Bell leaves for Oden, Michigan. Charles Simcokc of St. Louis is here for a visit Ohio Republicans endorse Taft for president. George Prun wil shine your shoes at the Murray if you give him the chance. C. D. Murray'and Nick Miller buy new furniture tor the Murray hotel in Chicago. Eggs are 15 cents and butter 16 cents. Mrs. Page Blackburn and children return from Rome City. Albert Walsh, murdered by burglar in Chicago, has number of relatives bf re. o Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Chase will spend 1 the week at Rome City. They will have as their guest, Miss Lucile Buhler, of ’ Marion. StomadiAchs? Do This a ’ When stomach or bowel disorder causes pains or Uffizi nausea, a little Chamber- 1 iSn ; lain’s Colic Remedy in water usually gives quick ? relief. Get this reliable L—'l remedy from your druggist Jk today. Keep it handy. For trial me, send 4 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Company, 713 Sixth M Avenue, Dea Moines, lowa. aHI Chamberlain's « GUARANTEED REMEDY FOR ’W CCOC

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A I’m telling you fellows, it’s just like this... The old bus that has been so faithful - r is good for many more miles, but yX - * Z BUT HOW DOES IT LOOK? 1 DRESS IT UP WITH A \\ Genuine OUCO W W finish and you can step right 1/1 / */ along with the rest of them. JJ. L | Don t wait. Do it now! Have the pleasure of driving the remaindet of the Summer days in a new paint job. Select the color or combination you think would look best on your car and you’re sittin pi etty for a long time to come. - No need to worry when the crash comes. You wreck em. w c fix em. Bodies and fenders straightened, window and windshield glass replaced. Tops repaired. i\o wrecK jon too big for us to put back in first class condition. • ! 4 Decatur Auto Top & Paint Co. South First Street Decatur, Indiana