Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1929 — Page 4

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The editors are picniclng at 1-ake Janies this week-end and of course enjoying every minute of it. Indiana will lose two seats in congress and two votes in the electoral college under the new apportionment which will be bad news for some of the boys with political aspirations. As the summer comes on there is danger from dogs running around without muzzles. There is, as we have called your attention to several times, an epidemic of hydrophobia in Indiana it has been on several years and gradually increased. The safe thing is to keep the dogs at home, but if you insist on letting them out be sure to provide a muzzle. Every once in a while unexpected things happen. Occasionally we hear of taxes being reduced, light and power rates cut and other expense producers lightened but the biggest surprise along that line comes from L Elkhart where the school trustees, each drawing a salary of $450 per • annum, have asked the city council for a reduction because they do not • earn that amount. • - » A French count who can trace his « family back through nobility to the year 1031 has been arrested in New . York City for violations of the prohibition laws. He may be a count and a supposed gentleman but in this country when caught with the goods he is just a plain “bootlegger” and • subject to the same laws as any one • else. ** “ This is the month when you are ” expected to call at the license bureau - and secure a permit to drive your car. Then if you have Jhe regular • state license and tags and the money „ to buy gas with a four cent tax included you may start on your trip, provided you have enough money left to provide a spare tire. They are making it harder each year for the ■ pleasure seeker.

The prohibition enforcement pro- ' gram seems to be getting under way so far as appointment of committees is,concerned. Os course these mat- • ters are somewhat slow but sometimes they move exceedingly sure. Committees are alright but so far those appointed by the federal auth- • orities have mostly fiddled while the people waited for action. Wonder what this one will do. We love dogs and most every ope else does but that doesn't mean that we like to have them running through our gardens or tearing up flower beds that we have worked on for weeks and spent considerable money on. There is an ordinance in Decatur concerning dogs running loose and it should be enforced. It isn't fair to your neighbor to let the pet animals trespass on their ground and. destroy the work they are doing to beautify the community. |> | Two Indiana cities, Terra Haute and Vincennes voted on whether or not they would adopt the city manager form of government and both of them decided not to by a vote which left no doubt. There is of course much argument in favor of the modern business form of city government but after all the old fashioned plan of making political parties responsible,

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Popular Bluff, Mo., — (UP)— Playinr "hunt the pea" coat five-year-old Maxine Webb an operation The girl hid the pea in her ear. Efforts to remove the pea were unsuccessful end an operation was necessary.

have proven rather substantial and moat folks prefer it apparently to the new arrangement. Whatever the form of government much depends on who is in charge. The school census shows thirty-six young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one in Decatur out of employment. There seems to be no good cause for this unless it is that they don’t care to work. Several" of the local plants have been advertising for help and young men can secure most any kind of a job they are fitted for. Wasting these

years is a-thing that may be regretted In later life for its much better to get off to a start with the reputation ot being industrious. It would be a good joke on those who claim to be good citizens and who yet violate the constitution of the country, brazenly and flagrantly, if they be called upon as draftees, to serve in the army to enforce the Eighteenth amendment. There is good precedent for such action, as Thomas Jefferson, one of the great presidents of the country, and the political saint of the Democratic party, favored calling out the army to prevent smuggling. It the country cannot enforce its laws by its present force of inspectors and other law officers, it can, in emergency, place' the army on the border line of Canada to prevent bootlegging of alcohol ( from the Lady of the Snows, can put the navy to work sinking vessels which try to import liquors and can fill the air with planes to drop bombs on the stills and distilleries over the country. Uncle Sam has not commenced to fight yet, but his power would include the right and duty to call into active service the very men who claim the right to violate the laws of the country and who yet claim to be good and upright citizens. — Noblesville Ledger. MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE Q. What does "au gratin” mean? A It is a dish cooked with a brown crust and containing cheese. Q. When guests of the young folks linger does it show good taste for parents to indicate that it is time sot them to go? A. No. Q. What is the proper way to receive guests at luncheon? A. They are ushered into the living room, where the hostess meets them

Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE

Tinware To clean tinware dry it throughly after washing in hot suds, and then scour with flour and crumpled paper. Tired Eyes Mix a solution of salt water, as hot as can be borne. Wring a clean cloth in this solution and hold over the eyes. Repeat when the cloth* is cool. Fresh Olives A paitly used bottle of olives can be kept fresh if a half inch of olive oil Is pouied over the top and the bottle is well corked. — ■ O ■ —. • TWENTY YEARS AGO • • Fr»m the Dally Democrat File * • Twenty Yean Ago Today • June B—J. R. Graber re-elected superintendent of county farm. Ravy Millet, vaudeville star, visits i datives here. Fifty filthy gypsies arrive here, as ter tobbing Mr. and Mis. Henry Meyers of Allen county. Senator Beveridge gets in bad when he announces he will not vote for the tariff bill. K Charles Baxter is ill with chicken pox. J. B. Stoneburner announces he will open a great airdome on Madison street in two weeks. G. A. R. presents Dr. J. Q. Neptune with a beautiful ring for his assistance en Decoration Day for past 23 years Carl Meyer begins duties as bookkeeper at the Decatur Furnace plant, succeeding Miss Pearl Butcher who has resigned. Henry Eitingßsells ten loads of corn and two loads of wheat for SSOO. i Corbett cigar store is receiving a new coat of red wall paper.

GENEVA NEWS Mlzs Olive Rhoades and Homer Shoemaker were callers in Fort Wayne, Thursday. Mrs. (' E. Davis, of Cartilage. Mo., is a guest of her sister, Mrs. F. C. Deltch. Forrest Huntington, of Indianapolis, was a business caller in town Thursday. Guy Shoemaker, of Davenport, la., is expected to arrive in Geneva Saturday, to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shoemaker. Mrs. Richard Briggs, who has been in Fort Wayne for the past week, returned to her home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Armstrong, of Decatur, were guests of Frank Armstrong and family Thursday evening. Miss Ada Linton entered the Irene Byron Sanitorlum. Thursday, where she will be a patient. Ruth Pusey, student at Danville, is expected to spend the week-end at the home ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pusey. Mrs. F. C. Deitch and Mrs. C. E. Davis spent Thursday in Columbia City with their brother, Ed Biteman. Mrs. A. E. Chew spent Thursday in Portland. Audrey McWhinney is spending a few days in Decatur with Mr. and Mrs, Francis McWhinney. Mrs. Merle Teeple entertained several friends from Cambridge. Wednesday. Mrs. Thomas Rhoades is leaving Sunday for a two weeks visit with relatives in Sturgis. Kentucky. Rev. Farrar and Mrs. Barton will attend to the pastoral duties during the absence of Rev. Barton, of the Methodist church, Sunday. Rev. Barton, being under the doctor’s care. Marvin Kelley and wife, of Bluffton. spent Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harve Pyle. ' Brice Bauerman of Purdue, is spend ing his vacation at home. Clarence Potter is spending the week in Pontiac, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Muth and Mrs. K. F. Shoemaker accompanied Marjorie Rupley to her home in Columbia City, Friday.

• BIG FEATURES * • OF RADIO • ■ *****««••••* Saturday's Five Best Radio Features; WEAK —and .Network 6 pm. The Cavalcade. WJZ—and Network 6 pm.—Goldman band. WEAF —and Network .7 pm. Shilkret Symphony. WABC WABC—and network 8 pm. National Forum. WJZ—and Network 8 pm. Dramatization, “The Vicar of Wakefield.” Sunday's Fiye Best Radio Features Copyright, 1929. by UP Central Standard Time. WEAF, NBC network, 4 p. m.-The Continentals. WJZ, NBC network, 6:15 p. m. —Colliers Hour. WEAF. NBC network. 7:15 p. m. — George Cehanowsk. bariton WPG, Atlantic City. 7:15 p. m. — Opera, I Pagliaeci. WJZ. NBC network, 8:15 p. m—National Light Opera company. Monday's Five Best Radio Features WEAF. NBC network. 6:30 p. m — The Gypsies. WOR, CBS network. 7:30 p. m. — Daguerreotypes. WJZ. NBC. network. 5:30 p. in — Roxy and his gang. WEAF, NBC network, 8 p. m.-Sousa's Band. WJZ. NBC network, 8 p. m.—Winners of Federation of Music Clubs contest.

Hoosier Capital Not On Air-Mail Passenger Route Indianapolis, June B—(VP8 —(VP) —Indianapolis will not be on the route of the Universal Aviation Corporations airrajl passenger route from New York City to bos Angeles, to start June 14, it was announced today. The air journey on the route will be from Cleveland to Garden City, Kas., byway of Chicago, and Kansas City, along the “great circle.” The time from coast to coast will be sixty hours, including one day of flying and three nights on trains. — o Carpenters End Strike At South Bend Today South Bend, Ind., June 8 — (UP)— Approximately 300 union carpenters were back at work today after voting to accept a 30-day truce in their controversy with the South Bend contractor's association. The truce meant at least a month's relief from® the strike which i stalled ten days ago. ‘ — o — ; A Female Peacock? fn popular usage the word "peayock” is applied to any Individual olrd of the peafowl family, whether it j male or female. It Is more accurate ’o speak of the birds tn genera) ns peafowls, and call the males peacocks ind the females peahens when It Is desirable to Indicate the sex.

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Ethel Barrymore Colt is the third of this illustrious stage family io graduate from the Notre Dame convent at Moylan, Pa. She follows in the footsteps of her grandmother. Georgit Drew Barrymore, and her mother. Ethel Barrymore. This picture ot the Colt family shows Ethel Barrymore Colt 'oft her mother, Ethel Barrymore, < enter, and her brother, Samuel Col

Kiwanis May Discontinue Ban On Political Discussions 'At Meetings

Milwaukee, Wis., Jun* B—(UP) —*’ wants international —a civic club which politics always have been taboo —soon may hear the words" Democratic” and "Republican" mentioned as freely as club n: nbers discuss public affairs. The question of discarding the old political rule will be one of the many problems that will be discussed in Milwaukee June 23, to 27 when 7,000 delegates, most of them from tiie United States and Canada, gather Xor the club’s annual meeting. In an effort to promote fellowship, good feeling, and cooperation, politics heretofore hjive been banned t'rpm tiie floor of some 1,700 Kiwanis clubs. Leaders recently have observed

Adams County, Way Back When— Before 1890 A “Story” Made Up Os a Group OF Stories About Pioneer Life And Events Which, Collectively, Go To Make Up The Interesting History Os The County. By French Quinn.

The Saloon Days There was one industry that flourished in the early day in Decatur and other villages of the county, and in the 1870's and 80s grew into unreasonable proportions, namely the liquor business. For a long period Decatur counted twenty saloons within her borders and most of them did a thriving business. On a hot summer evening folks from the residence sections could get the perfume of stale beer any time they came within, shouting distance of Main street.. It has been estimated that each averaged a gross sale of at least fifty dollars a day and if so, one thousand dollars a day found its way in exchange for the cup that some folks say cheers. The calaboo-e was a favorite rendevous of the proletariat. Our old friend Tom Merryman was elected the first Ma> or of the town government and the stormiest sessions ever had in the solemn conclaves of the town council were had over the size of the license fee to be paid by he purveyors of the wet goods and three of the council insisted that SSO per annum would be enough, the other three insisting that SIOO per annum should be the toll and it was up to the new kid Mayor and he compromised on SIOO and broke the deadlock. Afterwards the town boosted this fee a little and part of this SI,OOO a day generously went to pay for extra peace officers to help take obstreperous ones to the calaboose. During all this time the W. C. T. U. were busy and Mother Doctor Holloway immortalized herself by the strenositv of her leadership of the “blue ribboners” and after many years the 20 places of wet worship “folded their tents and silently stole away.”

The Saint Mary's river whose source is np near Saint Marys, Ohio, and runs its tortuous course through Adams county and joins the St. Joseph iiver.at Fort Wayne to make the Maumee river, was named by the Indians, the river "Kekionga." This river played an important part during the exploration, pioneering and settling of this region and history is to a very large degree silent about it. From all I can gather the settlement of the region of the Saint Marys river was fraught with more peril, suffering and discouragement than any other place in the Middle West. The Miami Indians who lived here were a powerful warlike race and for a hundred years resisted all efforts upon the part of the whites to gain a foob IdldjT The little armies of the whites that from time to time sought to subdue them were always disastrously defeated. These litte armies were made up largely of very Inefficient soldiers, so many of the recruits that the different commanders were able to get were of the worst character, wornout hunters and trappers, who joined only to get fed, not to fight, and it was not until General Wayne with an

■ i however, in dis•In the solution . , . >s ’t violating the political m». !l •> t■' d'legates will be usked to co__ silication. Other problems to be discussed by Kiwanians include the care of underprivileged children. Plans for furthering the clubs’ activities in this field will be considered. Voder prevailing conditions most assistance given to needy children by Kiwanians is purely monetary, it was pointed out. Plans will be outlined at the annual meeting looking toward more personal relationship between members and children they try to assist.

army of trained soldiers came on did the whites triumph. The Saint Marys river was a ,great aid to the Indians and was constantly used by them for they could travel swifter that way. M' grandmothej, who settled- along the river in the early day, used to tell me stories gleaned by her from c rlier settlers, trappers and hunters of the fierce battles waged, the depredations of the Indians and their swift retreat by river chased by the soldiers for decade after decade. In tact the river was the "main highway” and its history full of thrills. o_, Saw the Light Early Christianity was adopted in Abys sinia in the Fourth century. "I GAINED 29 POUNDS SINCE USING KONJOIA" Noticed Improvement From The Start-Glad To Be Able To Indorse New Medicine

MRS. CHARLES SUGG “I feel better than for a long time, and I owe It all to Konjola." said Mrs. Charles Sugg. 1818 East Randolph street. South Bend. “I suffered from a complication of ailments for a long time. I had no appetite, was Undernourished, and steadily lost weight and strength. My kidneys caused no end of trouble, and 1 was subject to frequent night rising. “I decided to try Konjola, and Im-1 provemeat. started at once. I am nOw j getting the proper nourishment from ! ray food, and feel much stronger. (My 1 I weight,has increased from 126 to 165 pounds, and my appetite has improved in proportion. My kidneys have been corrected, and I no longer have to get up nights. My nerves are as strong as they ever were. I owe all this new health to Konjola, and I am glad to indorse this new medicine." Konjola is sold in Decatur at Smith. Yager & Falk's drug store and by all the best druggists iu all towns throughout this entire sectioa.

BERNE NEWS Dr. Henry Neuenschwander loft Wednesday morning for Cleveland, 0, to attend a dental convention.. Ha was accompanied as far as Dalton, Ohio, by N. G. Fnnkhauser, who will remain there, after resigning his position as proof reader ot the Berne Widnezs here. Mr. and Mrs. Menas Hirschy and sons Keith, ('lotus and Harold, of Howe returned to their home Tuesday, after visiting several days with Mrs. Hirschy’s mother, Mrs. George Gates and family and Mr. Hirschy’s mother. Mts. Leizs Hirschy The Misses Edna Suckau and Victoria Habegger spent Saturday and Sunday at the Rev. A. S. Rosenberger home at Pandora, Ohio, Mrs. Rosenberger being a sister of Miss Habegger. Mr. and Mrzr F. A. Welch, of Detroit, Michigan, arrived here Monday to visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hirschy and other relatives. Ermin D. Bixler and sisters, Mrs. A. C. Sifaith and Mrs. Albert Winteregg motored to Logansport Sunday tn meet their mother, who lias Just returned from a six weeks visit at the home of her son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank

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