Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every tvenlng Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I. H. Heller Free, ud Gen. M«r. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y A Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Ontnred at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies I .03 One week, by carrier..._ .10 One year, by carrier — 6.00 One month, by mail —— .85 Three months, by mail — 1-00 Six months, by mail...——— 1.76 One year, by mall—— .—— 3.00 One year, at office— — 3-00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, >3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on application. National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dallies FARM VALUES:— A local business man handed us a leaflet which discusses the fact that farm owners are causing harm by their continued claims that "farms cannot be given away.” The pamphlet says: "There arc many men right now ready to buy land, men who have full confidence in land as an investment, and who have the money which was realized from the call for Liberty Loan bonds, hut who have held off ever since last tall, and who are still la-inc held off from buying by the foolish talk which many farmers are indulging in. What man will buy laud when he can hear all along the line that it can't be given away? And strange as it may seem, that kind of statement is coming from the farmer himself. Look at This Picture "Stop for a minute and picture to yourself a stranger walking along the stnh-t in oue of the country towns and stepping up to a group of men standing on the corner and saying: "‘Say, my friends, is there any land for sale, around here?’ "Then listen to the whole crowd sing out and say—"‘Yes, all the land around here is xui oaiv, uui iiubutiy ih crazy enough to buy it. You can hardly give it away.' "How much better it would be to say: “‘Yes there is some land for sale around here, but tlie owners won't sell at the prices offered.’ “That is a true statement and one that will help instead of hurt. “There are many prospective buyers who realize that good land is a safe investment at $l5O per acre, because it will yield a better net income than bonds or other investments. It is true that farming and general agriculture have been suffering from severe degression for a few years, and the farmer has had his patience and his courage sorely tried, but this is not the time Io be more disheartened or moie discouraged but, to the contrary, this is the time to buckle on the armor and take on new courage and go forth and win the victory which is waiting for those who fight to the end. Other industries have had their periods of depression and were just as sorely pressed as agriculture is today, but they survived and are in good condition now. after long fights wherein their energies were doubled and their efforts were well directed and where their ambition spurred them on to their well earned victory. The Road is About to Turn "Agriculture asks no favors. It wants nothing more than simple justice and a parity with other industries, and, getting that, it will rise to the high posit ion it was destined to occupy, and will give happiness and contentment to l.hose who follow it and will give wealth, power and greatness to the Nation.” Ralph Updike, defeated republican candidate for congress Is not meeting with much success in trying to take the place away from Louis Ludlow. A democrat who won over a republican in the recent election certainly deserves the honors and the benefits of the job. This week the supreme court denied a petition to mandate Judge Hay of the Marion

TODAY’S CHUCKLE San Rafeal. Cal. —(UP)—Charles Warner, laborer, works six dsys end apends the seventh day In jail. Judge Dela Montanya arranged for Warner tn serve a 90-day sentence on his "days off."

county superior court to appoint commissioners to recount the vole. All poor Ralph can do is to ask the house of representatives to seat him or go to work. You need no longer worry yourself trying to find out why the fish don't bite during your two weeks vacation. Statisticians havo discovered that two and a halt billion pounds are caught annually in this country and the conservation department predict that unless we are careful we will ruin the sport as well as kill off the commercial fisheries which now employ 118,000 men. The average fisherman however will have the alibi that he didn't catch them. The Indianapolis News claims that a paid-in-advance subscriber is worth five times as much as one on the notpaid list. That's why we want our list paid up for there is no doubt that the paid-up subscribers are the ones who are of greatest value to the newspaper and to the advertiser. Another tax bill which should have your thought for there is tendency to pass it, is an income tax bill for Indiana. States which have such a tax find it difficult to inteerst industries while those which have forbidden it forever like Florida and California are gaining by that position. There are enough taxes now in one form and another and we will do well to light shy of this proposed one now and evermore. Mr. Morrow went to Miami and had a little visit with Mr. Hoover and then announced he was going to return to Mexico in about two weeks. In other words he wasn't hired as secretary of state. Perhaps if those who are sent for reach the island only to fiiiu tuvy have utxii viiUStJh to h-VCp off the cabinet, the rush will not lie so great. There seems to be such a thing as a city getting too large. New York and Chicago are having their troubles in various ways, police protection, sewer problems and traffic regulations. The time may come when the larger centers will be more anxious to cheek growth than to encourage it. You have until next Friday to secure your 1929 license plates so take your time but be sure not to drive down after them later than February Ist Tlie officers have been ordered to arrest all who fail to comply with the law after the month of leniency. The Smith-Hoover campaign cost $11,000,900 or thirty-three cents a vote, the most expensive of all time and we don’t feel it was worth it. Os course the winners Uiiuk it was a bargain. The General Electric company did a total business last year of $348,848,512, a gain of $38,000,900 over the. previous year. During the last three months of last year there was a 15% gain and for the year 13%. o — • TWENTY YEARS AGO * * From the Dally Democrat Filo • ♦ Twenty Years Ago Today • Jan. 26—Petition signed by 2,108 asking for local option election in Adams county filed by A. J. Smith and E. M. Ray. President-elect and -Mrs. Taft sail tor Panama. D. L. Quinn becomes the. secretary and manager of the Coppock Motor Car company. The Tait inaugural parade will ,be the finest every given in Washington. Flank Wemhoff, of Memphis, visits here. . If. B. Heller purchases the Archbold property on North Fifth street. Hamilton, Tipton, Decatur Putnam, counties vote dry putting 65 saloons out. Ed Lui I man purchases the Case store at Magley. Rev. Hector, “the blqck knight" of York, Pa., addresses a prohibition

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Kirkland Township Has Hodern High School Building, Erected in 1917: Eauipment Is Good

In 1915, citizens of Kirkland townI ship decided that their children were entitled to all the educational advantages of other communities and a township high school was started in the fall of that year at Peterson. The enrollment was small that first year, but the enthusiasm for a high school grew and the following year, with a larger enrollment, the idea of building a newhigh school building secured momentum. In 1917 Kirkland high school was built in the center of the township and that building was opened in the fall of 1917. The same building, opened in 1917, houses the present high school of that township and there is quite a con trast between the school of the first year or two and the school of today. Kirkland high school is located on two acres of ground about 8 miles southwest of Decatur. It is a two-storv brick building, modern In every way Besides the school building there is a large recreation ground; 14 garages and a modern gymnasium. Kirkland is the only township high schcol in this part of the state which has only the high school course. The township grade schools are located in district schools at six other points in the township. The high school building is devoted entirely to the four higher grades. When a person thinks of Kirkland, he usually thinks of basketball, but a visit to the school will entirely dispell that idea. Os course. Kirkland has a basketball team ami a good one too, but the educational work is not neglected in the least. Charles Arnold, township trustee, and County Superintendent Clifton Striker have assisted in securing the best faculty possible for the school. The faculty includes Hansel Foley, principal; William Bryan, -Mrs. Edna Kirkpatrick and Charles Kizer. Mr. Foley is a graduate of Indiana University and has been head of the Kirkland school for the last two years. His faculty is rated as one of the best in this part of the state, and the high school has been accredited for many years. There is a large assembly room and auditorium on the second floor of the building, ami to the right of this room is a library, where more than 899 books ate arranged in systematic fashion. Besides the books, the school receives about 15 magazines each month and two daily papers. The library contains six sets of reference book’s of the latest editions. The room is in the charge of school pupils Margaret Straub is librarian with Mary Cover, Berneta Hoffman and Oscar Geiser as assistants. A card system is used, and the pupils are permitted to take the books home for a limited length of time. This year there are 74 pupils enrolled in the four grades. 29 of Ihe pupils being from outside the township. No transportation is furnished and those attending drive their own cars to school or walk. Fourteen gat ages have been conconstructed near the school building to shed the cars from inclement weather. There are several active organizations among the school pupils. Each class is organized with a president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer. The junior and senior classes present a class play each year to -the public meeting here. Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Watts, of Monmouth. • BIG FEATURES * • OF RADIO • SATURDAY'S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAK —Network 7 pm. National symphony orchestra. WJZ —network 8 pm. WWorks of great composers. WJZ —network 9 pm. Recital and Melodrama. WEAF —Network 9 pm. Lucky Strike orchestra. WSB —Atlanta 19:45 pm. WSB Skylark. GENEVA NEWS Mrs. Arthur Ice. of Kendallville, came Tuesday to attend the funeral of her father, Dennison Gleason. Gerald Van Skyock, who is employed at Alma. Michigan, came Wednesday to visit his mother, Mrs. Irene Skyock. Mrs. Leon Runyon and Mrs. James Fenstamacher entertained the members of the U B. Ladies Aid at the latter’s home. Tuesday afternoon. Melvin Moser has returned to Flint Michigan, after visiting a few days with his mother Mrs. Prudence Moser. Nathan Nelson, of Decatur, visited his mother, Mrs. Mary Nelson, Wednesday evening. Mr. , and Mrs. Adam Egley visited relatives in Indianapolis, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Forrest Deitch spent a few days in Indianapolis this week. Mi. Dietch was attending business Unatters. Paul Lehman, who has been a patient at the Decatur hosptal, returnci to his home Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Marauce Graumer returned from Indianapolis, Friday.

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At the top is shown the Kirkland township high school building, located in the center of Kirkland township, Adams county, about eight miles southwest of 'Decatur, Below it is shown a typical group of Kirkland high school pupils. To the right, is shown Hansel Foley, principal of the school. Mr. Foley is serving his second year as principal at Kirkland. and these entertainments are well- attended. A high schcol orchestra, for the last several years, has created a great deal of interest among the pupils and a mixed glee club was organized at the beginning of the present school year. The glee club is planning to give an operetta this year. An annual incident lias occurred at Kirkland the last wto years, in that 69 per cent of the graduates of the last two classes there, have continued tlieir education by attending some college or university. This percentage is unusually high , and is thought to be the highest of any high school in Adams county. Each class at Kirkland is permitted to have one class party a semester and the entire school has one party each semester. Besides the various school, social and dramatic activities another important phase of Kirkland school life is athletics. A few years ago, a group of enthusiastic supporters of basketball in the township formed a company and purchased the old gymnasium in Decatur and rebuilt that building on the high school grounds. The building has a large playing floor for basketball and Kirkland is the only ownship high schcol in the county which has its own gymnasium. Georgia Miss Practices Law At Age Os 19 Years Decatur. Ga. Jan. 26 —(UP) —At the age of 19, Miss Irma von Nunes is a lawyer, although she never went to law schoi 1. The 19-year-old girl was admitted to the bar recently, the Georgia regulations allowing minors over 18 to the bar provided they pass the state examinations creditably. Her first case was a divorce suit, she also has been before the state supreme court in a damage suit action

Jan. 26, 1929 DEAR FRIENDS: Business is picking up! The boss says it’s the Farr’s fine work. But I claim it's the advertising. Os course, I’m ready to admit that they do fine work here. Every-body admits that. But as Mr. Wrigley so often remarks, "I couldn’t sell chewing gum without advertising, no matter how good the gum is." I wish you’d mention that fact to the boss next time you see him. Or just call up and say “I saw your ad in the Democrat* Mr. Farr, come out and get these clothes!” If a few of you would do that, I could strike him for Jan. 25, 1929. BEN ZEEN. DECATUR LAUNDRY “The Farr VVay”

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The seating capacity of the building i is about 999. A stage also has been I erected in the building and al] the class plays and parties are held in the i gymnasium. In athletics, everyone in the comitv J knows the ability of the Kirkland, high school basketball team. Last year I under the tutelage of William Bryan, gi adnate of Kirkland high school and | Manchester College, the team won the , county championship and this year the Kangaroos have been going stronc. Besides basketball, Kirkland has a track team and school teams also play indoor baseball, in the spring and fall. There is a physical training rule still pending. Breight-eyed and cheery-faced, the young girl believes herself the youngest woman lawyer in the United States "1 never heard of any one younger, have you?" she asked the interviewer. Her father Tillou von Nunes, in whose office she practices, coached her after she graduated from high school, and so goo da tutor was he that tlie state bar examinations were passed with honor in June, 1928. Divorce cases interest her most, she said. The girl thinks folks marry too hastily and regret too soon.

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at Kirkland that » u ’ u> w “° ls physically fit- " iw,t "** tbe alum for exercise every day. In that manner every pupil «ts an opportunity for exercise and also an opportunitv to show his athletic ability. Every six weeks, the literary dopartnaiier called the "Bugle. It is put) n,',e,l in magazine form, containing ' * 16 pages, with all the aeltoo news. The personel of the paper s staff includes Sam Schladenhauffen, business manager and editor; Dorothy Isch. assistant business manager and editor: Maty Caner. treasurer; Lnthei Arnold, advertising manager; Ezra Kaehr, assistant advertising manager, Margaret AraoM, sports editor; RaDp! Andrews, reporter; Hera King, junior reporter, Robert Beery, sophomore reporter and Wahneta Sullivan ami Noah Barner, freshmen reporters. Kirkland Is said by many people of the county to have pupils who are most loyal to their school. At every athletic event, every play, every socia. event, the»tnrn-ont of pupils is nearly 109 per cent. In the community where the school Is located, much credit is given to Charles Arnold, trustee, who has shown a great interest in the sc 1001 and its work among the young people of the township. He is a strong advocate cf the best scholastic courses and he also is ardent in his support of all athletic activities of the school.

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Good Adviceis beyond Price! Thus runs an old proverb. And that it holds good on matters financial as well as everything else, there is no question. You know what they often say—“two heads are better than one." M hich we will qualify with—“yes, if the other is the wiser and the more experienced!” Money can't buy Financial Advice in this Bank. But your friendship < AN! It’ll get you counsel backed by many years experience on any financial problem - - Savings, Investments, and so on. Your confidence will be held inviolable. THIS IS YOUR BANKLET IT SERVE YOU! Old Adams County Bank

MONROE NEWS Mrs. Rola Johnson, of Decatur visiting with her parents, Mr. an(i ‘ J. N. Bulkhead, Friday. Mrs. Anna Wagoner is eonn. led her home on account of i|| Begg 0 Mrs. John Floyd ami Mrs Joiu' Crl motored to Dhcatiir, Friday .i, n they visited with Mrs Martha c-h and other relatives. L. M. Moser, of Geneva, wasabi ness caller In town. Friday IMon T Charles Small, of Purdue, was 1 ’ ness calor in town KYttluy TOo J* - John Crist made a business trip t Decatur Thursday afternoon. ' ° -Mrs. A. D. Crist, of Decatur, u. Forest Andrews visited with Mr a, Mrs. Joseph Rich Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Andrews of Mi. Robert Andrews, of Mo'ntw from Canada is visiting here for a fe* days. Jeff U’tclity, of Berne w aa a b ness caller in town Wednesday mon. Ing. Rev. and Mrs. Foster and Mrs, ti io . mas Davies attended the service, the Mennonite church. Thursday mor’, ing. Mrs. Anna Essex visited with her daughter and family, Mrs. May M son ami family at Drt-atur Tuesday Mr and Mrs. Irvin Stucky were business callers in Betne Wednesday a ora . ing;

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