Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1928 — Page 6

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HOOSIERS STILL IN “BUNION DERBY” Uy Ix-land C. Lewis, INS Staff Correspondent Aboard Motor Cruiser America with Los Angeles-New York Racers between old Lu Guna, Pueblo und Los Lunas, N. M., Mar. 27.—These middle westerners know it won’t be lonk •tow until they wil be speeding through their home districts, C. C. “cross country’’ Pyle declared as his New York bound road racers hastened down the desert trail to their twenty-four control today. Forty-eight miles, as the crow flies, is the distance between old Ixt Guna Pueblo and Los Lunas, but over the washboard desert orad the day’s i effort is far more exacting. Runners and walkers who are hold ! ing their own in the battle against time and the elements, their time for ( the Monday jaunt 33.9 miles between Grants and old La Guna and their elapsed time include John Stone. ( Marion. Ind., 5:58:30-208:39:40; Mike Kelly, Goghen, Ind., 10:03:30-302-39 flat. ' _ , Exhibition Games At Ft. Myers, Fla.—Boston Braves, 13; Philadelphia Athletics, 6. At St. Petersburg, Fla. —St. Louis, ' (N) 9; New York (A) 3. At Augusta. Ga.—Boston (A) 1; 1 New fork <N) 7. At Lakeland, Fla.—Philadelphia (N 7; Reading (Inti’s) 3. At Los Angeles—( hicago (N) 11; Los Angeles 5. At Plant City, Fla.—lndianapolis 1 (AA) 3; Cincinnati (N) 1. At Shreveport, La. —Chicago (At 10; Shreveport. 11.

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Bluffton Senior Moose Win Petroleum Tourney The Bluffton Senior Moose basketball team, with Bill Biyan and Buck Corson, numbers of the Kirkland Whippets, in tho lineup, won an invitational tournament held at Petroleum, last week-end, by defeating the Petroleum Inde- . pendents in the final game Saturday night, 14-29. The defensive play of Btyan and Pete Knoble, of the Bluffton team, featured the game. Corson scored nine points fob the winners. Jack Gerber, former Bluffton high school star, led in the scoring with 12 points to his credit. ■ — o —— — Personal* A few st Ingin* newspaper editorials directed at folks who cross streets without lookin’ right or left, an’ who deliberately an’ defiantly walk in front o’ fast movin’ cars, might save a lot more lives than hoppin' on careless di-ivers. I notice several of our farmers are goln’ f try it again this year. Hain’t hope grand?—Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. W. D. Cross, James Briggs and several others from Geneva visited here last evening. Col. Roy Johnson left Monday evening for Portsmouth, Ohio, where he will conduct an auction sale Tuesday. o Lenten Services Wednesday The Lutheran Lenten Service will bbe held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. An invitation is extended to everyone to attend. o Peter Gaffer and grandaughter motored to Fort Wayne last evening. l

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928.

IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE FORMS CHAPTER HERE (CON TIM FED FIIOM PARK ONE) the league to protect the game and fish, to encourage conservation that would restock streams and forests, reforestation, purification of streams, prservatlon of beauty spots, call that, constant attention to the great outdoors and its beauties and glories so us to broaderf and deepen the love of nature in hearts of every adult and especial! in the hearts of every child. Emphasis was laid by each speaker on the possibilities of this work in this section of northeastern Indiana, by reclaiming the Llmberlost and the making of a lake there by constructing a dam. perhaps one-half mile long, which would make a lake of a mile or two in width and perhaps five or six miles long. The feasibility of the project will be determined by engineers and the chapters of the state are already behind such a porject and behind it with enthusiasm. The Decatur chapter is anxious to have a large membership. The fees ate only $4 a year which gives to each member the excellent magazine "Out Door America." The chapter hires no quarters, but seeks to keep up interest and effort by occasional dinners and by and through its committee work, anil individual efforts. In other words, the expense of memberI ship in the league is very small and a studied effort is .made to see that such cooperation as may be needed may be always secured with no burdens placed upon members. An election of officers was held at the close of the meeting, and A. Leigh Bowen was chosen president and John Tyndall, secretary-treasurer, both of whom accepted their duties enthusiastically. A number of ladies were present at the dinner and entered Into the spirit of the league. Tentative plans were made for get-to-gether meetings with Bluffton, Portland, Fort | Wayne, Decatur, Berne and Geneva ' chapters to get behind the “Limber-

lost" project Efforts will he made to enlarge the membership and trom the attitude of those al the meeting last night it will, no doubt, he no difficult thing to have a chapter here that will be among the sttong ones of Indiana. Qf Geneva Woman’s Hair Catches In Washer Geneva, March 27 —(Special)-- Mrs. C. F. Osbun, wife of the Rev. ('. F Osbun, of Geneva, was painfully Injured last week when her hair became entangled in an electric washer. Mrs. Osbun had her hair hanging in braid* having dressed her hair in that mail ner to releive a headache. The hair caught in the cogs of the washer. Mrs. Osbun was unable to reach the elec trie switch to shut off the current and stop the washer. Her frantic calls far help brought Mrs. America Fink, a gdest in the Osbun home, to the rescue. However, before Mrs. Fink was able to shut eff the cun ent, Mrs. Osbun’s hair had been pulled into the cogs until her shoulders struck the washer inflicting bruises. Hher scalp is extremely sore. also. Hlk< r » There will be a special meeting of Rotary Troop 61 in the American Legion Hall. Wednesday evening at 7 P.M. All members are urged to be present. o New Gas Rate Applies Only To Water Heaters Indianapolis, Mar. 27. — Special) — The Indiana public service commission today granted the Northern Indiana Public Service company permission to put into effect on April 1 in Peru, Logansport. Wabash, Bluffton and Decatur a new and reduced op-

tional gas rate, Tho new rate will be available only for users of automatic gas water heaters Such customers wil) be entitled, however, to buy gas for their other ■ household appliances at this new rate. — —_ _o ■■ — Thomas Adams Visits • Decatur Monday Afternoon Thomas Adams, editor of the Vincennes Commercial and one of the • Republican candidates for governor, • was In Decatur for a few hours Monday afternoon. Mr. Adams, who is cev- > eting thV state in his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, r is demanding that the Republican regime be turned out of the state house. He state dthe expose of the klan hold I on the state government two years ago r and since that time has attracted nai tion-wlde attention as an honest cru- • sader. He was in Fort Wayne last t night, meeting friends and acquainting ■ himself with the voters. ■ o COURT HOUSE Divorcs Granted A divorce was granted in circuit court today by Judge Sutton to Walter Bockman on his complaint against Mary Bockman. The court restrainged Mr. Bockman from remarrying for a period of two years. Case Dismissed The case of Anna Spade vs. Charles Spade has been dismissed on motion ’ of the plaintiff. The case of Thompson R. Noll vs. W. H. Lichtenberger et al was dismissed on motion of the plaintiff. ■- o — To Open New Automobile Display Room In Decatur — W. H. Dettinger. well known Decatur resident and Chrysler automobile dealer, has leased the Weber building. corner of Third and Monroe streets iu this city, and will open a Chrysler agency and service station about April 1. Mr. Dettinger has had the Chrysler agency for sometime. He will have the new models on dis-

play as soon a* they can be received and hopes to have a formal opening of the new Chrysler sales room about April 15 Plans To “Dry Up” Convention Cities Washington, Mar. 27. -(U.R) - With the intention of ’’drying up" the two convention cities, assistant prohibition commissioner Alf Oftedul left Washington last night for Kansas City and Houston, the treasury re-

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