Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1927 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Prez. and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y * Bu». Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vlce-Preeldent Entered at the Poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates: Single copl>« — 1 02 One week, by carrier -10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One mouth, by mall —— -35 Three months, by mall 100 Six months, by mail 1.75 line year, by mail —_________ 300 ®ne year, at office. 3.00 (Prices quoted are within flrst and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 300 Fifth Avenue, New York. fifty New York policemen .are con'lnuously used to hunt lost people. If Peru hears of that they can use it as another reason for increasing the size of their force to look metropolitan. They never will be able to convince Lindbergh that it requires ■ much preparation to get up a parade. Every where the youngster lands for a few minutes they pull one and most of them are real ones. It seems there are enough daring men willing to test airplanes in overseas voyages and that it is just a little foolish to permit women to try it, but Miss Mildred Doran of Flint. Michigan, has entered in the Honolulu flight scheduled to take off from Oakland, California, tomorrow. The last Indiana legislature provided forty-seven additional ways by which local officers can increase the cost of government, passed twelve laws having influence on private businesses, passed eighteen laws increasing the authority of state officials. AU of these will be reflected iu taxes for years to come. It is paternalism and is a specie of centralization which is dangerous and expensive. The crowd which gahered at Oliver Lake over the week end decided that the republicans ought to nominate some body for president but didn’t decide who and that there ought to be a full ticket nominated in Indiana. They failed to endorse the candidacy of Senator Watson for president or Rev. Shumaker for governor and strange as it may seem did not resolute about Governor Jackson's horse trade or the use of hard liquor as a , medicine which will cure all ills. , Most of the boys were just ‘'fishing." It costs three quarters of a billion dollars to operate the postal department, an increase of a hundred per cent, in a decade, but it is impossible to reduce that expense and few desire it reduced for the money is largely spent in salaries to the 300,000 employees and as it means better postal service, we would not have it otherwise. The rural service falls many millions short of paying for itself but it has likewise added much to the convenience of the country. It is worth some thing to know that the United States postal service is by far the largest and most convenient in the world. According to the corn borer scouts, the pests have now been located in every township in the county excepting French and it is quite likely they will be found there before the search is completed. This means we must fight, fight, fight. There is nothing so hard to get rid of as a nuisance and there is no use in saying there is nothing to it. Os course some will oppose it but the good of the general public justifies that the fight be continued. Adams county must be freed of the corn borer. Indiana must be rid of this pest for the sake of future prosperity. Don’t put it off, start fighting now and keep if up until the last trace has vanished. ..... We had no idea that taxes could) be reduced to any extent this year. We will be pleased if they can be held some where near where they are now. Taxes can only be reduced by creating Less debts. In this city we

|hliou’<l build a surplus which one of! these days would permit us to make a real reduction. If we can do that we will be reully building for a city that Is sure to grow and prosper. Industries seek those localities where Improvements have been built and paid for and where a low tax rate makes a lower overhead We cau present that condition In a few years, even beyond present dreams if we keep It in mind and continue to manage well for a few years longer. Millions of people over this and other countries will sincerely mourn the death of James Oliver Curwood at his home at Owasso, Michigan. The stories of Curwood breathed of the great outdoors, were clean and wholesome and intensely interesting. They included ’’God’s country and the Woman,” "The Valley of Silent Men,” “The Country Beyond” and "The Alaskan” as well as a number of others which were good to read and good for us to read. In this age when the trend of so many stories are along the sex. line with pages of trash better left

unprinted, it is regretted that a man like James Curwood should be called from his work jus* at the noontime of his service to mankind. A number of Indiana politicians, backed by several disgruntled material men are again agitating the removal of John D. Williams, director of the state highway commission and Charles Zeigler, a member of the board. They are urging Governor Jackson to demand their resignation and again the decent people of the state should rise up as they did before and prevent any such action. If we are to have a highway system that will compare to other states and it is very important that we do, then we must keep the hands of grafters off the commission. We believe there are improvements to be made in the Indiana highway system but we are sure they will not come through those who are now seeking to disrupt th<? commission. —o *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* TUESDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAF —7 pm. Eveready hour WEAF- Hookup 8 pm. The Cavalcade WJZ—Hookup 6 p. m. —Stromberg Carlson hour WBBM —Chicago 8 pm. Minstrel show. WGHP —Detroit 7 pm. —Schmeman’s baud. o —— *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * ¥ ¥ ¥ From the Daily Democrat File ¥ ¥ Twenty Years Ago Today ¥ *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ Aug. 15 —Stocks on New York curb drop to lowest point in history. Bluffton has lost $2,000 on its ball team this year. Luther Boylerg and Walter Baltzell leave for Standford university in California. Dry kilns at the Vail factory destroyed by fire. • Fritz Koenig placed under peace bond to protect his wife and children. Portland leads the 1-0 league, Decatur is second and then Richmond, Kokomo, Van Wert, and Bluffton as named. Mrs. Adam Buettel and daughter, Miss Addella, visited at Berne. One third of the crop of corn, rye, barley, oats and wheat raised in the United States is consumed in the manufacture of beer and whiskey. Eggs 16c, butter 18c. 0 *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*. * THE GREAT WAR * * 10 YEARS AGO * *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* By United Press London Foreign Office issues Pope Benedict’s aippeal for peace which is to be sent to all allied countries. Canadian troops storm hill 70, north of Lens and wage battle along two mile front. Hill 70 is last dominant position in that section remaining in German hands. 0 NOTICE My truck will make Fort Wayne on Monday, Wednesday and Fr.day 'each week. For prices see D. F. iTeeple. 189t9x — o .30 head of cattle, 115 head of hogs, horses, sheep and farming implements will be sold Tuesday, August 16th at Bellmont Park, afternoon and night. Sale conducted by Students of Reppert Auction School. It

LEVINE READY TO. RETURN TO AMERICA . ' .till in W >*«<*»* - ” ' - ,g. S**: ' Charles A. Levine, world’s most famous’ airplane passenger, inspects the Co 1 ' v just before be and Maurice Brouhln, noted French ace, hop off from I-rance xo America. < InUr.... e 1 I. . ———————

#¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* * TRY THE * * NEXTONE * s;£«¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* MOUNTAIN PEAKS 1. Name the world’s highest mountain peak. 2. What is tue Sacred Mountain of Japan? 3. Name the highest peak in North , America. . 4. On what mountain near Atlanta is a Confederate War memorial? 5. Is Mount Popocatepetl the highest mountain peak in Mexico? 6. What Italian mountain emitted lava which destroyed Pompe-i? 7. What is the sacred mountain of China? 8. What is the highest mountain peak in South America? 9. In what mountain range is the world's highest peak? 10. In what three American states are the three highest peaks in this country? ANSWERS 1. Mount Everest. 2. Fujiyama 3. Mount McKinley 4. Stone Mountain 5. No, it is second highest 6. Mount Vesuvius 7. Mount Taian, Shantung Province 8. Mount Aconcague, Chile Argentina. 9. The Himalayas 10. California, Washington and Colorado. ; —O yarious “Convoys” Convoy Is a ship or ships of wnr de .ailed to escort a fleet of merchant vessels, and keep them safe against ‘he enemy. Sometimes the merchant ships themselves are spoken of as the convoy. Also a train of wagons conveying supplies under an escort of troops Is called a convov __ o—;— v Weight Changes Best Between the ages of twenty and twenty-four an excess weight of ten pounds is desirable, according to an trticle in Liberty. After thirty It Is desirable to be below average weight, and after forty to be underweight Is 1 distinct advantage. O : Beginnings of Beekeeping Present-day methods of beekeeping were for a time in the dark as to their development and beginning. The long-lost manuscript which deals with this industry has been found and turned over to Cornell university. o Food From the Clouds Airplanes that fly above the Alps now supply astronomers at the Mont Blanco observatory with food. This they accomplish by dropping parachutes loaded with provisions, which are picked up as soon as they reach the earth. Food that was formerly hauled up the steep slopes of the mountains to isolated tourist huts in the Alps is also being distributed in this way. — o Famous Historian Edward Gibbon, author of the great work of history. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” was born at Putney, near London, in 1737, and died In 1794. The greater part of his history he wrote nt Lausanne In Switzerland. He returned to England and for a number of years he held a seat in the British house of commons. — (_, Brilliant Gem A stone which has a color dispersion even greater than that of the diamond is olivine, or demantoil. A bright green variety comes to us from west of the Ural mountains. Olivine has a ’ brilliant luster, but It is rather soft. o x Tart Temper A tart temper never mellows with , age. and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with constant use.—Washington Irving. \ - -

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Married Men's Lives Longer Than Bachelors' By International News Service London, Aug. 15 —Married men live on the average four years longer than bachelors iu Britain it was stated at a meeting of the Associated Bodies of Lite Assurance Actuaries here. And that is not all. According to Professor G. M. Robertson, distinguished British medico-psycho-logist, insanity is three times as prevalent among single men and women as among married men and women. Cynics have said that the lives of married men are not really longer than those of single men, they only seem longer—but this learned London doctor claims to have disproved. People should get married before they reach the age of twenty-five,” is the official advice.

AVERAGE WHEAT YIELD 15.5 BU. Total Yield Os Winter Wheat In Indiana This Year Less Than In 1926 Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 15 — With thrashing well along by August 1, the yield of winter wheat in Indiana was estimated at 15.5 bushels per acre or a total of 27.621,000 bushels as compared to 33.940,000 bushels last year, according to the report of the department ot agricultural statistics of tbe Purdue agricultural experiment station tbday. Corn is reported as two points 'higher in condition than last month but it made no more than seasonal progress so the actual improvement is not. vet y great. Planting was about three weeks late and the crcp is very backward. Estimates place the yield at 106.105.000 bushels compared with 170,528,000 bushels in 1926, of 62 per cent of the last year's crop. The apparent yield of oats declined sharply as harvest and threshing began and the estimate for this year is 56,036,000 bushels as compared to 61.524,000 bushels in 1926. Rye is yielding slightly better than was expected early in the season and the forecast is for 1,618,000 bushels. Potatoes show only an average condition but a larger acreage make the estimate 4,730,000 as compared to 3.840,000 last year. Tobacco is reported unthritfy and very backward and the condition is 18 points below average. Apples declined an estimated 100,000 Sunday School PICNIC The Pleasiinl Mills Baptist Suiiday School will hold a picnic in the Mart Jaberg woods on the old Roop farm near the old Jones school house, one mile east of Pleasant Mills, Thursday, Aug. 18, ’27 There will be wheel barrow, bicycle and foot races and a pole climbing contest, with prizes for the winners. Dinner and supper will be served on the grounds and there will be all kinds of refreshments. Social in evening. N COME.

bushels Hast month, the forecast being 1,547,000 bushels compared to 4.100.000 bushels ia 1926. The peach outlook is unchanged, with only 30 per cent of last year's 900.000 bushels crop estimated. Grapes promise sligh/ly better than last month. On reporter’s farms 77 per cent of the cows were in milk and production per farm was 100.3 pounds compared with 98.6 a year ago. Egg production was reported 40 eggs per farm with 39.9 per cent of the hens laying. o Woman Army Officer The only woman who was ever corn missioned regularly in the I nlted States army was Arabella Macomber Reynolds, who was commissioned a major by Governor Yates of Illinois In recognition of her gallant conduct ai the battle of Shiloh. Iler services are mentioned twice in General Sherman s memoirs. o Why pay rent when your rent money will pay for a home in Bellmont Park? Be at the [sale tomorrow afternoon and night, Bellmont park. It '■ —■ —O' ■ ■■ ■— Free dance at Sun Set. Tuesday evening. Music by new Brunswick panatrope; all invited. 8:30.

How Do You Spend Your Money? IF Y r OU were considering the purchase of stocks and bonds, you’d do a lot of studying before you actually parted with your money! You’d want to know about the company—its policy—its past record. Yet that money represents only your surplus. Every day vou spend money—almost all your earnings—upon the requisites of life. Are you less wise with the greater part of your money than with the smaller share? You can select the daily products you buy as carefully as your most conservative investments. Tn every store you’ll find products that vou know well. Friendly names that have stood for first quality many years. Names of products that millions of people have bought, and bought again and again. Products that these people, by their steady patronage, have approved from coast to coast. They are the advertised products. They must be full value-first quality, or they couldn’t satisfy many millions of people year after year! The other products you see are strangers. You don t know them. Few people do. They may be ? ooc l-—they may not. No manufacturer holds them up to the pitiless light of publicity. They are just ici e . . . hopelessly unknown—the “speculations” ot the world of merchandise. Invest your money for every-day things as carefully as you make investments. Select advertised goods. Decatur Daily Democrat

“SPEED-TRAP" IS THING OF PAST Indiana And Michigan Itar Motorists’ Bug Bear; Still Found In Ohio Indianapolis. Aug 12—(UP)-In 1-, tana is far ahead of Ohio In (raffle law enforcement on state roads, Charles Wolma. of the Indiana State Police department declared today u f tei an automobile tour through Ohio, Michigan and eastern Canada, in Indiana ami Michigan the old time "speed-trap" has been entirely abolished, according to Wolma, but in Ohio Justices of the Peace are still supreme and impose stiff fines on passing motorists without restriction by state officials. Wolma cited a case of which he said he had personal knowledge where an Indiana motorist bad been arrested by a deputy sheriff and sentence imposed in the next thirty minutes by a Justice of the Peace. "It was in Geneva township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where the incident occurred,” he said. "A car in front of mine was teased into speeding by a deputy sheriff, who had removed his

uniform cap and badge, and used the. old-time .stalling and racing tactics to induce the Indiana car to exceed Ohio's spcetl limit of 35 miles an hour. "The sheriff then resumed his cap, made the arrest and hailed the Hoosier into court. There the local justice C. D. Adams gave three alternatives—The speeder might be bound over the the grand jury, which did not meet for a month; he could plead not guilty, give bond and be tried a week later, or he could plead guilty, waive his right of trial by jury, put the case in the justice’s hands and be assured that his fine would not be more than one hundred dollars. There could be no appea in the latter case. "The Hoosier, who was of course in a hurry, agreed to the tatter alternative and was fined SIB.BO. Os this amount the Justice received a fee of $4.60 and the Deputy Sheriff $4.20, according to Wolma. "Indiana motorists can be thankful that the police powers of Hoosier justices have been greatly restricted,” Wolma said. "No officer in this state can make an arrest unless he is in unform and under no circumstances cau he “tease” a motorist into racing by speeding up, passing a vcitim and' slowing down until the tatter is infuriated to such an extent that he steps on the accelerator in an attempt to

escape his persecutor. "Indiana tourists had b their P's and Q's when eastward,” Wolma concluded • * understand that the spe P(l lrap *’ 1 quite general in many p urts or 0 “ —o Immense Watershed The Great Divide Is the to the watershed formed by t J »*’? momualns In British Columbia separates the rivers flnw )n . ’ Into Hudson bay from tho.. wh 72 flow to the southwest and emm Ch the Pacific ocean. P y Dto

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