Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1928 — Page 3

I OLD HOME WEEK I ADDRESS LIST I Following is another list of names ■ I address 9 ” ot former Decatur I residents, which have been turned in ■ .„ French Quinn, secretary of the Old ■ Week committee, to be turned I o ver t<> the invitation committee: | Mrs . David M. Hensley, 1019 Nelson St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr 9 Edna Stanley, 4020 Third Ave., Eos Angeles, California. | Mr. A. H. Kohne, Coupeville, Island County, Washington. Mrs. Jttle Spies, 1422 East 94 St., Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Mary Crawford, 4020 Third Ave., Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sellemeyer, lull Maxine Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Linn Kern, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Vovert. Care Sunnyside Pres. Church. South Bend, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gerber, 4017 Arlington Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Arthur C. Lutz, 1333 S. Brooks St., Louisville, Kentucky. Mrs. Ralph Ashton, 3222 S. Clinton St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Charles Cole, 137 S. Seventh St., Richmond, Indiana. Sister Frances Clare, St. Anthony Hospital, Hays, Kansas. Mrs. Roger Swaim, Bluffton, Indiana. Miss Ruth Mayer, Cherokee Avenue, San Diego, California. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Falk, Per, Indiana. Mrs. Cordelia Reisen Sprnnger, Goshen, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer, 1652 Ijeighton Ave., Los Angeles, California. Mrs Will Keubler, 4620 Third Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Leon Crawford, Klamauth Falls, Oregon. Mrs. Veda Hensley Schick, 1019 Nelson Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. George Houseman, Huntington, Indiana. Robert D. Snider, Van Wert, Ohio. Wayne Bebout, 2420 Germantown St., Dayton, Ohio. William Henry Hockeraeyer, 515 Colerlck St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harry C. Grim, 742 Superior Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sam Novick, 4319 Beaver Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana. William B. Gay, Midland, Michigan. Floyd Andrews, 1221 Hanna Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Clarence, Stogdill, Roanoke, Indiana. Alfred Droege, 520 East Lewis Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Albert E. Mumma, * 122 East Branning St., Fort Wayne, Indiana. Chauncey Johnson, 940 Lillian Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fred I). Beery, Convoy, Ohio. Ray Gleekier, Monroeville, Indiana. Louis Baker, Edna, Kansas. 11. M. Besser, Sturgis, Michigan. 11. A. Earhart, Lapeer, Michigan. Walter Gehres, Wren, Ohio. F. W. Gessinger, Hamilton, Indiana. William Krist, 1615 Fletcher Avenue.

mi*? J ■». •• *■ DRESS UP ON DECORATION DAY NEW MILLINERY We have just received a large shipment ofNty in a wide assortment of colors, large ] and sports, all correct for Decoration ' Day and Summer wear. ALSO, NEW SHOWING OF PRINTED GEORGETTE and FLAT ( REPE dresses Ail are beautiful and can he purchased at most reasonable prues. WOMEN’S BETTER APPAREL SHOP MRS. WM. BUTLER— Madison & Bth Sts.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, Levi Mumma, • Poland, Indiana. 1 ■ N. Martin, Kalamazoo, Michigan R. r, 3 I'. Marhenke, 2135 Brooklyn Avenue, Fori Wayne, Indiana. Earl McFarland, South Whitley, Indiana. Arthur Strode, Ohio City, Indiana. R. B. Stevens, Wren, Ohio. J- IL Shuey, 628 W Creighton Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana. R. W. Wagner, 188 Saginaw St., I’ontlac, Michigan. Louis Wise, Jr., 2220 Reed Street. 1 ort Wayne, Indiana. Herman Haag, 1711 Versey Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana Oscar A. Smith, 354 Baker Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Chester O. Hower, 519 Wiley Avenue, Bluffton, Indiana. Charles Robinson. Greentown. Indiana.

Demon Rmt cannot tntrr ,to KNOT AT THE KNOT, where rust destroy* ordinary fencing, “KOKOMO PIONEER” FENCE IS PROTECTED! There ie no cracking or peeling at the knot, the moet vital spot in any fencel Every Inch of wire is LEAD AN* NEALED and heavily COATED WITH 99 H percent PURE ZINC. The knot it as evenly and heavily coated at any part of thia fine fence. Only COPPER-CONTENT, RUSTRESISTING STEEL is used in the manufacture of "PIONEER” Fence. Thit it double protection againtt rust. An exclusive feature of Kokomo "PIONEER” FENCE is the knot itself. The “PIONEER KNOTCANT SLIP! The stronger the strain. THE TIGHTER THE KNOT BECOMES. Strain breaks other feneing—it only tightens "PIONEER”’ Examine the knot and you will see why thit is true. "PIONEER” is truly a STOCK* TIGHT FENCE! Come in and see this fence and you will appreciate its superiority. Good fencing will enable you to diversify and realise increased farm profits. Extra coil in the line wires provides perfectly for contraction and expansion, necessary in changing weather conditions. "PIONEER" will STRETCH LIKE RIBBON and stay stretched. • COME IN and GET OUR FREE BOOK ON DIVERSIFIED FARM ING. IT WILL SHOW YOU NEW WAYS TO INCREASE PROFITS. Lee Hdw. Co. W. Monroe St. Opposite City Hall

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. MAY 28. 1928

Robert Fravel, * , 836 N. Mulberry St., Muncie, Indiana. Floyd lamgenberger, 1125 Fulton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Meyer, 548 Broadway, , Niles, Michigan. * Anthony Gase, Pontiac, Michigan. Herbert Loshe, Coldwater, Ohio. William Beavers, 234 N. ?? Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. an<l Mrs. Fred D. Bell, 905 Kinnard Ave., Fori Wayne, Indiana. Cal F. Peterson, 312 Dequincey St., Indianapolis, Indiana. A. W. Earehart, Oxford, Michigan. Thomas J. Dague, 1414 S. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

JL urn in your used tires now r < at good prices! Get credit for all the unused mileage in your tires. Get rid of the risk of blow-outs, skids and punctures which come from driving worn tires. Just as you "turn in” an old automobile for a / new one—you can now "turn in” your used tires 11 f for new Goodrich Silvertowns. (’/if < W 1 fV 111 NO TIRE CAN OFFER YOU MORE! I >lf I - No tire can offer you more than you get in fresh CM I new Goodrich Silvertowns. I No tread has a stronger, firmer grip on wet ■■ . I A ° b Ik jWsMCP* P Turn in your pavements or on muddy country roads. • I gj 3 old tires now. No tread gives you greater freedom from uneven, ■: » |b Goodchoppy wear, than you get in the famous hinge- i Wwe rich dealer’s center tread of Goodrich Silvertowns ulie [ e - ,,u see WV * E diis sign. No tire has tougher rubber than Silvertowns—because they are cured from inside and outside 81l tj£ r* both by the Goodrich Water Cure. ‘ ( And no tire has more uniform strength than the / carcass of Goodrich Silvertowns—made from cords, - * falwlwW ! which are accurately matched for stretch, and rubber-ized to protect them from internal friction. / A BUSINESS PROPOSITION '" W FOR US-FOR YOU V/ There is always a market for used tires—re-con* y ditioned or re-treaded. If we get them before they blow out, we can get the money out of your / fraßlßy / old tires but if you let them blow out —they’re / TpBB/ only worth "junk” prices. Turn in your old tires / now, for good prices, at any Goodrich dealer’s / where you see this sign. . / Goodrich Silvertowns I I » Staley’s Service Station 334 N. Second St. Phone 897 Decatur, Indiana “Prompt and Courteous Service” VULCANIZING • BATTERY RECHARGING CRANK CASE SERVICE I - ----- -—— •■•■••• — — — .

Mr. ami Mrs. George S. Morris, Main Street, Bluffton, Indiana. Thnmas J. Dague, 1414 S. Clinton Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Albert Lowhe, 15981,i Flaher Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. H. F. McGuire, 3931 S. Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harty K. Hetzer, 506 First Street, Jackson, Michigan. Vinco Yukovlc, Monroeville, Indiana, M. F. Winters, ' Delphos, Ohio. James F. Gay, Alma, Michigan. I* F. Myers, 411 West Washington Street, Fort Wayne. Indiana. Omro Burns, General Delivery, Oxford. Michigan.

Edison Tests Plants For Rubber In Hope O s National Security

New Yotk, —(United Press)—Thomas A. Edison has turned to sowing goldenrod seed with the ideal of pre vention of war through prepar ■ It: ■<> The octogenarian Inventir has wi',l: one move taken up the earn-e t.f the farmer, preparedness for war and opposition Io a possible rubber monopoly The gtowth of rubber on AiuoHean fauns Is his lintnediuie concern and it is n>r this purpose thnl 32 experlmeiii are being made daily al his nine-acre farm nt Fori Myers, Fla , on goldenrod and other plants. Interviewed by Wheeler McMillen, associate editor of Faun and Fireside, with Henry Ford and George Martin, of the magazine as Interested lb tetters, Edison supported the frequent ly made suggestion of the magazine that the time has come for the farmer to pay greater attention to production of industrial products.

Has 1600 Wild Plants ■'Wo want only so mut h to eat,” said Edison In agreeing that the f ind mar ! ket is limited to the st tnach's capu i city which consumption of Industrial I products has no such boundary. ‘ I am at present 'experimenting to obtain rubber for war purposes. In case of war we will he prevented from imp rting rubber, disorganizing our transportation systems as we have not enough horses; .also our military systems of transportation. This at pre sent appears to Im a very hard problem, as the price of rubber for w„r pili poses etui lie high. “I have <■ llecteil up to date nearly l.timt wild plants. The seeds of 1.400 wild plants are belli;' sown in my garden of nine acres. ■ Food Prices Too Low "So far more than SO of our wild plants have been found to contain rub-

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ern cotton lands without injury by Host. Goldenrod, plain goldenrod that grows wild and abundantly In nearly every state, Is one of the best sources of rubber I have found among native wild plants." Edis n prophesied n change in farming from mere' manual drudgery to n profession which will take its place | among Hie callings In which human Intelligence must use science, chemisI try and Industrial and financial organization of a high order. "We overproduce food, and prices are 100 I >w to give farmers a profit, so extension of non-food uses for farm products Is a sound, practicable and Important idea." he said. . — f) . . Bloomington—(U.R) Bill Moss, giant foot hull tackle, will captain the Indiana University wrestling team next season as a result of an election by lettermen last night. Moss won nine out of ten matches last season. locs ing the one by only two seconds. He is a senior next year and a former Jasonville high school athlete.