Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published (very Evening Except Sunday by THE OECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I. H. Heller..- Pree. and den. Mgr. A. R. Holthouee Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-Preeideot Entered at the Postoffice at. Decatur, Indiana, aa second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies ——l One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carriers —6 00 One month, by mail -36 Three months, by mail —— 1.00 Six Months, by mail —— 1.76 One year, by mail —- 800 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 JOO Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dallies. Wheat went up a few cents but | not because of weather conditions or anything else that counts. It boost- 1 ed because the gamblers backed it. The new money looks so good to us that we would like to have about a million of most any of the bills Now all we have to do is to figure out some way to get them on the level. Indianapolis is flooded with counterfeit five and twenty dollar bills since the races and they are still pouring in it is'reported. Probably some of the boys figured that the only way to keep somewhere near even with the hotels. Much of the corn has been planted I the past week in Adams county an 1 with anything like an even break the crop will be the best one in years. That will help iu a good many ways for in this community we depend more than many think we do on this crop. What the farmer doesn't know doesn't hurt him, fortunately; hut if we Republicans are able to fool him ; with tariff legislation again it's going to be terribly hard for us Republicans to retain our respect for him.—Ohio State Journal. 988=5 _. Decatur needs a rest room for the | accomodation of those who visit the city and we should not wait longer to make such arrangements as are necessary to secure this improvement Have you ever visited a city where rest rooms are not provided? W hat i do you think of it? What do you suppose visitors think of us? Many folks have told us they are enjoying the Quinn story on way back when in Adams county and as it goes on wo don't mind telling yon ft grows richer with the kind of Sentiment that has made this Hie splendid place to live in. Be sure to read each chapter. Several have told us they are making a scrapbook of the articles and will thus have the complete story. The New York man who sued Sidney Smith for a million dollars be gause he claimed he had been damaged that amount by Smiths funny strip on Andy (lump and who claimed that he got his idea from bis appearance following an opera ..on iu which the lower jaw wa. removed, has lost his case but he got the advertising and ought to be able to make a mil lion easily now if he can get into vaudeville or the pictures. A paid secretary of the Decatur; Industrial Association would be a great help right now. He could arrange tlie trade days, dollar days help on the fall festival, aid iu securing new industries, boost Decatur in general, earn a fair salary. Somebody working on the job eight or ten hours a day would be sure to improve conditions and help every one. This would be a splendid time to inaugurate this official. J* multi-millionaire oil I inagnate must' serve another ‘ six months sentence in jail after he has finished his present ninety days, ac cording to a decision of the supreme court, which is just about going to ruin the year for Harry. This seu- » fence-was for "jury shadowing" which means that njejj employed by the oil

-T — ' — ? TODAY’S CHUCKLE El Pa»o, Tex.. — (UP)-r IJ you feel that you are about to suffer a nervous breakdown, just fall in love and your health will Improve, t This is the advise advanced by Dr. I’. R. Outlaw, city health officer. » ! men kept coutlmul watch on th* [ jury during the famous Fall trial > Motiey helps a lot but It doesn't al ■ ways save a mau from punishment i Sometimes it works just the other I way, A half million dollar swindle, pul! ed off by a respectable Fort Wayne lady, has startled the folks of this part of the country. Her scheme was a simple one. She borrowed money ,on promise of good returns if she could put over a bond deal, then bor- | rowed money from some our else and repaid the first debt, keeping the I chain going until she. came to the place where she couldn't borrow fast enough to meet her notes. Then came the closing in. a plea of guilty and a trip to prison. These things are done i in this country because of the desire of so many to get something for nothing. It never works except temporarily. Don't invest money without talking to your banker and using your own best judgment. Carelessness costs the nation over half a billion dollars and nearly 15,000 lives each year in .fire losses alone, according to estimates made I by fire chiefs ip 150 larger cities of I the United States, as revealed by a 'recent survey. Statistics show that, last year, between 50 and 65 per cent on fires in the United States were caused by accumulations of rubbish piled carelessly iu some corner of the house, usually the basement. According to tlie survey, this constitutes one of the greatest sources of fire hazard encountered by firemen today. "No fire, except that of arson," states C. \V. Ringer, chief engineer of the fire department of Minneapolis, Minnesota, "deserves sharper judgment and severer criticism than that due to careless housekeeping habits iu the home and in business. Rubbish and litter are strictly preventable causes of fire. They threaten loss of life and extensive damage.” Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Velvet Rain spots can be removed from velvet if sponged with gasoline, always rubbing in one direction. Perfume for the Room Fill any bowl or vase half full of warm water and add a few drops of violet perfume or violet water. Lumpy Salt Salt will not form into lumps if about three teaspoonafuls of cornstarch to one cup of salt is put ip the container. ,Q ___ MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE Q To what place does the bridegroom have the bride's beuquet sent ? A. To the bride's house. Q. Should a woman personally present a letter of introduction? A. No. Only a man has this privilege. Q. At tea what article accompanies the lemon? > , A. The lemon fork. 0 ! • TWENTY YEARS AGO • * From th* Dally Democrat File • ♦ Twenty Year* Ago Today * June s—Henrys—Henry Arnold resigns as president of Studabaker bank at Bluffton and is succeeded by Ralph Todd, while C. H. Plessinger becomes cashier. San Francisco celebrates her recovery from the earthquake of three years ago. Marriage license-Russell E. Waggoner and Goldie I. Calderwood. Fort Wayne and Springfield Traction company complete laying of rails through Decatur and operate first car south of city limits. Trustee O. J. Suntan and advisory board decide to build new school house in district No. 2. Rev. L. C. Hessen and M. Kirsch attending elassis at Fort Wayne. W. P. Schrock and H. L. Center leave for Louisville to attend national Shrine meet. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Andrews of I Marion are parents of a bouncing boy.

• • •*••***«• 9 I • BIG FEATURES ’ • OF RADIO • Wednesday’* Five Beat Radio Featuri WOR—Sbs Network 6 pm Hank Sim moue Show Boat. WEAF— NBC’ Network ti pm. Concert orchestra. WEAF-NBC Network 7:30 ptm Or - cheatra, Re veil w e quartet uud sol olstg. e WOR—UBS Network 8 pm. Levi tow’s orchestra. 1 WEAF-NBC Uetwork 8:30 pm. RMA 1- Banquet Concert; Ernestine Sell it t mauufieluk. Gladys Rice, Reluald Werrenrath, Charles Marshall, r The Happiness Boys, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. , THURSDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES c (Copyright 1929, by United Press) s Central Standard Time Throughout. WABC, CBS, network. 6:30 p. m.— U, S. Marine band. ’ WABC, CHS, network, 7 p. tn. —Dee tective drama. .. WJZ, NBC, network, 8 p. m. —Jean Goldkotte’s orchestra. ;1 WJZ, NBC, network, 8:30 p. nt. — t> Tosca Seidel, violinist and , orchestra. WEAF, network and WPG. Atlantic City (273) 8:30 p. m.—N.E.L.A. 9 Convention concert, with Frie- , da Hempel, eoprano; Albert Spaulding, violinist, and Rolfe's orchestra. » —i ~Q — £¥¥**««.¥¥¥¥¥» , * NEWS FROM MAGLEY * Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reppert en1 tertained for 'dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Lies of Spencerville, 0., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knatz and daughter. Helen of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs Walter Kruetzman, Mr. and Mrs. William Kruetzman and son Loren, . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Conrad and daughter Martha, Elmer Peters and ' Otto Kruetzman. Six birthdays were ! celebrated, those of Mrs. George Lies, Mrs. Harry Gnatz. Mrs. Walter Kruetz- ' mam Miss Martha Conrad, Lewis Con- • rad and Otto Kruetzman. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hildebrand entertained for dinner, Sunday, Rev. and Mrs. David Grether ami family, i Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Fruchte and . son Dale, Edward Scherry. Mr. and Mis. Arthur Fruchte Carl Kipfer, Ralph Levy, Vernon Bracht, Misses ■ Irene Kipfer. Emma Levy. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beiberick and daughter, of Fort Wayne, Mr. and ' Mrs. Edward Borne and family, of Miss Edna Worthman and , Paul Reppert were dinner guests of Mr. and Mts. Christ Borne and family ■ Sunday. I Daniel Scherry visited with Mr. and ( Mrs. Jacob Scherry and Mr. ami Mrs. ’ Jacob Scherry anil Mr. and Mrs. Ali bert Reppert, Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Helmrich and family Miss Anna Ilelmiich and Peter Helmrich attended church services at 1 the Reformed church in Decatur, Sunday evening and enjoyed the concert given by the Arphans Home Orchestra. Rev. and Mrs. Fledderjohn and family, of Decatur, were callers in Magley. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koiter and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. James Hower on fear Craigville. Mr. and Mrs. Gettys Parmer and daughter Mabel i motored to Sturgis, Michigan, Sunday, and visited Mr. ami Mrs. D. W. Hower Mrs. Hower had a goitre removed of which she is improving nice! f Rev D. M Byerly. Mr. Mrs. f Chai lea Liby, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Miller were guests of George Miller and daughters Olive ami Emma, Tues- ■ day afternoon. i Mr. and Mrs. Milton Scherry and f.i- - wily weie dinner guests of Daniel Scherry and family, Sunday. Miss Marie Scherry has the measles Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frauhiger and family were dinner guests of Mr. cud Mrs. Lewis Kruetzman and family, Suadaj. Mr. and Mrs. William VVorthmau entertained for dinner and supper, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jseph McKeag- ■ and Miss Alma Lehrman, of Fort Wayne; also, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bloemker for supper. Rev Edward Worthman of Kukuua, Wisconsin, was a guest of Mr. and . Mrs. Milton Scherry, Thursday, tor dinner. s Mr. and Mrs. E J Miller and chi'dlen Loyd Zeal and Nettie Jean visited with George Miller and family Sunday ai-.tiuoon. i Mr. aud Mrs. Henty Bloemker er.terl tained for dinner, Sunday, Mrs. A. L. Scherry and children Kerdelia. Leroy and Elnor, of Orville, Ohio, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Edward Jaberg, Mr. aud Mrs. ■ Mar Reppert and son Milton, of Prei file. t Albert Scherry returned • home i Thursday after spending a few days i visiting relatives. Mrs. Scherry and children remained for a few days long- • er. j. Mr. and Mrs. John Hilgeman entertained for supper. Thursday. Rev, Ed- - ward Worthman, of K.ikuna, Wisconsin; Rev. and Mrs. Matthew Worth- - man and daughter, of Polan, Indiana, i Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Worthuiau and r family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst tyortliinan tin Worthman and family, <if Dee itur, Lewis Worthmuu Sr. and Miss Aman--1 da Worthman. Milton Girod and sons Glen and Ari thur visited vitii Mr. and Mrs. Otto HUdebraud, Sunday afternoon. r o i SEE NANCY CARROLL DANCE! HEAR HER SING f the theme songs of ABIE’S I IRISH ROSE ! 13413

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I Adams County, Way Back When--- ; Before 1890 V t A “Story” Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer Life And Events Which. CoHectively. Go To Make Up The Interesting History Os The County. By French Quinn.

A Decatur And Her Shade Tree* >• In the meantime Decatur was J 1 sprucing up a bit. Hack in the sev- ' ent les no street was paved. One " sewer only aud board sidewalks. No shade trees. <fo street lights. Store buildings were of wood and utterly devoid of beauty. Everybody kept a cow and a great many a pen of hogs aud butchered iu the back sard. Nine old of ten lied the ague aud milksickness triumphed in the surrounding country. Doctors Jelleff, Dorwin Coverdale and Schrock knew what to prescribe before they made their 1 visits and they kept their horses lean pulling through the mud to attend I baby cases which of course were always emergency cases and these doctors and their associates could tell stories of hardship that would rival Byrd’s expedition. It might be t mentioned that births in Adams conn- . ty during all her pioneer period i like an epidemic and many a family was of ten or more. I By and by City Attorney Robert Peterson induced the council to pass an ordinance (which was not legal * by the way) compelling people to ■ plant shade trees and shade trees I sprouted all over town seemingly . over night and it was one of the finest things ever done iu Decatur. One evening, Judge J. T. Merryman and the writer were driving over • our now beautiful town and had pretty well covered every street when ■we parked the machine and commented upon the improvements that we had noted and the changes that had taken place during the many years of our residence here. The beauty of the homes, the well kept lawns, the landscape and other gardening. the miles of modern pavements, the excellent lighting system, our public buildings, the municipal plant, the factories, old and new. all came in for review and while it may be true that the judge and the writer may have been hapiiy prejudiced yet the sum total of our comments were that our beloved town was a mighty fine place and that congratulations were

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due its citizens, living and dead, who had made it all possible. During the conversation the writer asked the judge what in his opinion i —taking the town as a whole in one mental picture—was the most striking thing in Ute picture? Promptlcame the answer,"Ti*e beautiful maple shade tree* that line every street." In our opinion that answer admitted of no convincing negative argument. The shade trees of Decatur ARE beautiful. Every street has its full ' quota. The trees seem to be of about the same diameter aud age, and tbaF tact was commented on. Promptly again the judge answered, "Do you know who in the main is entitled to the credit for the initiative in Ulis universal tree planting?” The writer admitted his ignorance. ’•Well, this is (' ■ s ■ " -oid the judge, "along ''■-j '"I Decatur had a <<>: i i ii ■■■ «i 'l'tnnts. a good many tau to ini <1 i.. '°nces and a few very good u. ■ a i- »-‘ vacant lets and these .k -es and vacant lots mixed up indiscriminautly. all her miles of streets were mud — plain mud —which accounted for the fact that even the lawyers wore boots, mi lee of so-called sidewalks, made out of boards laid sideways, step on one end and the other end flew up and hit yon on the nose, no street lights—lanterns had a ready market — and every night darkness lay upon the face of the deep and during the day the sun burned ever the city for there was no shade save for a few noble forest elms that had still been spared —the slaughter of those gigantic elms is an almost unforgiveable offense. Such was the Decatur in '75. "Decatur was a town not a city, had a town government, three trustees, a town attorney and a marshal. The Hon. R. S. Peterson at that time was the town attorney. Mr. Peterson wus one of the leading lawyers of the town and was a man of vision and good judgment. He loved the trees; he saw a great lack and he drew up a resolution, presented same to the town trustees, which resolution was

afterwards incorporated Into a town ordinance, to the effect that all property owner* were culled upon to plant shade tree* in front of their several lots, no matter whether the lots were improved or vucant. Under the leadership of Mr. Peterson the citizens of the town obeyed this ordinance til- | most universally and in most instances planted maple trees, although a number of tottonwood trees were set out that ultimately gave way to maple." The writer insisted to the Judge that that was a most interest in gstory. We both registered the opinion, which we believe most every one will back up, that Judge Peterson had done a most worthwhile thing. Many streets in the towns of New England are t * r **l*B*ll*''l~*~'~l*™ ■""I J.IIWM*— ■■■!

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bordered by noble th of lower Callforni* have t heir and the 80utlleru have their magnolia b(lt to * the maple treeg of Indian* s.,, * all beat and our little town J?* In this regard. Ulte * high 11 therefore seemed to ug (hat tt i a great honor to be the father n ‘ ! an idea and that Mr. Peterson k n“ th — the years to come theae tr ee , be loved and guard.d aud thin K of beauty and a Joy HAVE YOU SEEN it, ABIE’S IRISH ROSE! on the screen at the ADamJ THEATRE! Al