Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I. H. Heller Pre*, and Gen. Mgr A R Holthouse Sec'y & Bus. Mgr Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur,j Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies _—.l .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier ..—6.00 One month, by inall....Jl——— .85 Three months, by mall — 100 Six months, by mail...™——. 1-75 One year, by mall—— — 8.00 One year, at office....— —— 8.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zor«s. Elsewhere, $3.50 one year. Advertising Kates made Known on application. National Advertising Representatives Schoerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York Chartar Member i’he Indiana League of Home Dailies

Before we build those fifteen cruisers it might be well to have a contract that the next thing will not be a conference to destroy them. They say January was the coldest in eleven ycais and we have no way of disproving it, though most folks had not noticed that it was unusual. Some manufacturer of chewing tobacco should startle the world with the advertisement of some movie or fashion leader that she likes it sweet, chews it fine and swallows the juice. The farm organization favors an increase of one cent in the gasoline tax and the license fees on cars made permanent during the life of the car. That would save a lot of trouble but would likely decrease the road funds. Well did you think to git your 192!) license plates? Time is up and from now on you are liable if you drive your car without them on. Having them in the ear or on the dresser topi will not excuse you, according to the i orders to the state police. Start February off by renewing your subscription to the Daily Democrat. We are making our annual campaign to get every member of the big family chalked up to 1930 and we want your name along with the others. We promise you a better paper if we can possibly give it to you and with your support we feel we can. The stale budget as estimated by the legislature committee for the next two years is $52,000,000 and of course that is more likely to grow than to dimish. We certainly do pay fancy prices for government these days ami the queer thing about it is we seem to like it whither we get much out of it or little. ‘'lndiana solons swat Shumaker," says a headline hut they won't be near so "rambunkious” next year when they are trying to square their votes on prohibition funds with the voters. Dr. Shumaker may not be in tins saddle then but some one will very likely and it will be interesting to watch just how they fix things up as of course they will just on the eve of the election. At least they always have. Mr. Wile, broadcasting from Washington seems a little peeved because “our fisherman president-elect” as he calls him, does not seem inclined to tell the reporters just what he will do about the selection of a cabinet and predicts that no one will know the personel of that body until noon of March 4111, when the names will be sent lo the senate for their approval. and so far as that’s concerned, most of them, except the candidates, don't care a doggone. Representatives of the General Electric here yesterday declared the business outlook is splendid and they are anticipating one of the biggest years in their history. The local factory is moving right along and their annual report shows that nearly $500,odd was iqient for labor here last year and that more limn $42,000 was paid to the city for electric current We Hk? their optimism and tilth methods ot doing business and we

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Litchfield, 111 , -(UP)- Rather than pay sl9 per month alimony to I his wife, Col. W. H. May, auctionI eer of this city, has gone to jat! I and declares he intends to remain I here Indefinitely. hope the plant here continues to prosper and to grow. We believe it will. Tomorrow is groundhog day when the little animal is supposed to decide whether we will have six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Os course its all a joke and a million ones have been told about it. Some years ago when the late Henry Krick of this county was a member of the legislature and when the republican majority had offered {numerable unreasonable bills, Mr. Krick to call the minds of the people to them, offered a resolution to change the date of. ground hog day to later in the season. It had Hie desired effect and received much publicity.

If the Indiana farm plan for relief as offered in a bill recently presented ■ and supported by a number of the senators ’and representatives, could be put over, every body would feel like making "whoopee,” but it can't | we fear. They ask drastic tax revis- 1 ion, reduction in the cost of educa- ' tion, elimination of unnecessary ■ boards and commissions and other. savings. Not only the farmer but every one else who is interested in aj lower cost of government, agrees with ' them. The next thing is to get the ; laws through a legislature that seems determined to make a new spending record. As the time approaches for consideration of candidates for the various offices in the city primary, we call your attention to tile fact that the present administration has set up a ! high standard for efficiency and progress. We are proud of the record made the past four years and we are sure that nothing has been done that can be successfully attacked. The men and women in charge of city affairs have used good judgment and the best proof is the excellent financial condition of the treasury together with the many improvements made, tile city plant is one of the best in tlie country, we have added miles of ornamental light posts, the streets have been improved and every thing is in tip top condition. All this means much to Decatur and deserves your appreciation.

**•*»*•««««•* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * •S From the Dally Democrat File • * Twenty Years Ago Today • «**¥***»•••«■» i Feb. I—Countyl—County commissioners grant petition for local option election in Adams county, will fix date tomorrow Five hundred and thirteen bills have been presented In the legislature in twenty-three days. Chicago will erect forty-six new school buildings at a cost of $8,873,000. Fred Bohnkc resigns as city marshal’ and Mayor France appoints Albert Butler. Nicholas Mothers, 84, pioneer of city, died yesterday. Indiana spent over two million dollars last yeat in the charitable and coreclional institutions. Martiage license—Frank Hurst to Miss Grace Tindal.. L. O. Bears secures contract to build the Broadstock road in Hartford t wnsbip for $2,399. Little Fraucile Lower has shoulder dislocated while at' play. Tony Confer begins duties as a reporter for the Daily Democrat. Miss Mayme Terveer entertains Machelor Maids at Eucher. i ; o — ***¥**>><«>■«*»* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO • «*•*** «««•«» • FRIDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAF —and network 7 pm. Cities service hour. WOR - and Network 8 pm. True Story hour. 1 WJZ —and network 8 pm. Wrigley Review. r WJZ and network 8:30 pm. I’liilco hour. WEAF—Network 9 pm. N. B. C. Con,t cert hour. K 0 A box of Forget-Me-Not candy ' —Holthouse's — makes a nice t birthday trift. ‘ 28-21 1 Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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MONROE NEWS Ed Engeler, of Decatur ,as a business caller in Monrae, Tuesday morning. Jacob Leichty, C. ('. Sprunger and Rufus Sprunger were business callers in Monroe, Thursday morning. ' Miss Ruth Schwartz, of southwest of town, was a caller in town, Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Crist and daughter were callers in Decatur, Wednesday evening. The Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Foster and daughter, and Miss Delojgs Izqigenberger attended the church services at

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Bobo, Wednesday evening. John Johnson, < f southeast of town was a business caller here Thursday afternoon. Art Myers, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller in Monroe Thursday evening. Mrs. Forest Andrews is visiting with her s n-in-law and daughter, Mr. end Mrs. Joseph Rich and daughter, Janet southwest of town. R. L. Spi linger attended the church services at Berne Wednesday evening. o Important Po»»e»»ion» He that hath a trf A hath an es- : state, and he that hath a calling hath : an office of profit and honor.—Benju- ' min Franklin.

WHISKEY STRUCK INSTEAD OF OIL; BOOM STARTED Unusual Discovery Reported In Jay County; Mystery Unexplained Portland. Feb. 1 Bootleggers mav become heavy investors in Indiana's growing oH boom. Their interest has been riveted on a new field here by an unusual and unexpected discovery eald to have been made by an oil operate? , while drilling a well here. At a depth of 327 feet a fluid began to flow from the hole which was dlf-1 (eraut in look and smell frnn anyth ng | that had been encountered in these pails before. It was of amber color, somewhat thicker than water and | peculiar, faintly familiar pngent odor j The drillers submitted samples to chemists. Analysis just completed shows the liquid to Im high-grade 10«» pro ( whiskey. Oil men were at a loss to account for the whiskey well until an Id Indian legend was recalled. According to th's story the “prophesy of Joseph" reached the inhabitants of this country, several thousand years as? and a huge quantity of corn was stored he:-’

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t It’s a neighbor-maker OVER in the bunkhouse the boys of the Bar-C outfit have Kansas City on the radio. In her Park Avenue apartment, the slim fingers of a famous actress turn the dials, and the same music leaps forth. Forty miles north of Milwaukee, Chris Jonsen, the dirt farmer, is listening in on the same wave-length. The same sort of thing is going on everywhere, all over the country, at ah hours of the day and night. Folks m Los Angeles see the same movies, and ride in the sarnie automobiles that New Yorkers enjoy. The- resident of Seattle wears the same sort of clothes, eats the same brand of bacon, and lives in the same kind of house as his neighbor in Portland, Maine. Advei tising has done it. Advertising, the miracle worker, keeps everyone in the land attuned to the latest m everything. It has changed the buying habits of a nation. It is the great modern force that makes neighbors of the people of far countries, that brings the best of their customs to us, and takes ours to them. —!■ r * —ii . Reading the advertisements will keep vou abreast of the times. Decatur, Daily Democrat

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