Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1930 — Page 4

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DECATUR _ DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pros, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouae sec'y A Bub. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Poatofflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rate* Single copies 6 .92 Oua.week, by carrier 19 One year, by carrier 6.00 ” One* month, by mail .36 ThrSe months, by mail 1.00 Sixunonths, by mail 1.76 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere 63.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. '*• -T - Natfbnal Advertising Representatives . * SCHEERRE, INC. 35 East Wacker Drive. Chicago <ls Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies What has become of the good old days when a prisoner was safe , in prison? A Johns Hopkins professor has ; figured it out that we use only one- . third of our brains, probably basing his investigations on the mem“■bers of congress and other controlling bodies over the country. Sir John Reeves Ellerman, rich~„est man in England, yesterday observed his sixty-eighth birthday. ' but he hasn't any thing much to over. Our John D. Rockefeller has ten times as much money and is past ninety. The Supreme Court of Alabama has decided that it is perfectly I gal to hold a primary election in that state without Heflin's name on the ballot and Judge's magazine adds “it may be legal but its highly unusual." ~ Francis Shunk Brown who is running for governor of Pennsylvania thinks he ought to make it because both bis father and his grandfather held the job. If he wins it should forever do away with the adage that we run all the way out in three generations. Next Friday evening Claude G. Bowers, famous New York World editor, who needs no introduction in this section of the country, will talk over a coast-to-coast radio net .work on the modern safety prob„Temr You have perhaps heard or ’“’road Mr. Bowers opinions on politics. historical events and other matters of interest but this is entirely a n w one for him and you will hear some ideas that should be impressive. , C. E. Striker, county school superintendent should feel very proud uutei> d of the commendations rcfrom the state educational — board for the first cbass condition of schools in Adams county. Every school has been recommissioned, this" being one of a few counties in rhe state to be thus recognized and each trustee has received due praise for the efforts and results. J—Gaud net lug the schools of the - county is a big job and an import- - a® one and we are very proud of work that has been and is beftig“ done. 7“f)wight Morrow, well known statesman and diplomat, father of _ Mrs. Colonel Lindbergh and a canifirtwte for the republican nomination for senator from New Jersey has announced that he is in favor of the r peal of the eighteenth amendment. Just what his views • have been heretofore we can't vouch for but it has been generally , . understood that he was one of the rtiyest of th<> drys. Apparently he feels that on such a platform he could not be nominated or elected in a wet New Jersey and hence the announcement of his views. And what do you think of his views on state rights? The re-election of R. Earl Peters 1 as democratic state chairman will I

TODAY’S CHUCKLE'] ♦— (U.» —— ♦ Texarkana, Ark. — Rufus Slay, 22, negro, must (to to prison for 10 years because his little toe protruded from his , shoe. Slay was tracked and I j caught after stealing a S6OO | mail sack because beside each I imprint of his shoe was that ’ j of his toe. please Ills friends In this section [ of tli»> slate where it is believed ' generally that he has earned the 1 . right to continue the leadership. He has served during the last two campaigns under difficulties and with credit. He represents no clique and he devotes much time and effort to the work in and out of season. He is an Adams county product and lives uow in an adjoining county. The fight against him was made selfishly and without due cause we Iwlieve and while the result was close an analysis will show that the people of the slate still have confidence in Mr. Peters. The attack should make him fight tl\e harder and if lie has the support of the various leaders over the state, he will make a showing this year that will leave no doubt as to his ability. With an increase of 62,021,336 in its contracts for roads in the first three months of 1930 over a total of $1,221,338 in the same period last year. Indiana stands twelfth in percentage of increase among the states of the union in this field of expenditure. All of the states have awarded contracts totalling $111,101,383 in three months as against 650,910,133 in 1929, an increase of $63,191,250. Secretary Lamont, of the department of commerce. mentions this increase of tremendous importance for the economic welfare of the country. Among the advantages are facilitating the distribution of products of farms and factories, but especially the provision for employment to relieve the present conditions. It is noteworthy to see that Indiana is near the fore in availing itself of these economic advantages in the present year.—Huntington Her-ald-Press. Tlje general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific railroad recently remarked that the railroads are spending $1,000,009 a year to advertise Montana and its two national parks. He said this appeal has produced an increasing amount of travel by rail and motor. Such advertising hi one of the principal forces in building up communities that are going ahead. People read with pleasure and interest the information given by such advertising. It ert ates impressions favorable to certain states and cities. Many are influenced to visit those places, or to make horn's there, and when favorable opportunities come those desires are carried out. and they visit ami settle in such states. Here in Indiana we have a wonderful commonwealth, full of historic interest and opportunity for the future, and the better we make it known, the more people will come here.—Kendallville News-Sun. 0 * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY | From the Daily Democrat File | » < May 17 Premium lists for 1910 Great Northern Indiana fair are now in the hands of Charles E. Magley, sevretarry. Mrs I'hillip' Baker and Mrs. Thoma i MaHonco a-i Angola to at end fiinmal of uncle. Dr. J. C. Ki'nsey. Marriage llcenscs-.Jcssc Earl Butler and Miss Addie Mae Spoiler; Charles S. Cole and Miss Ida Kohne, Barn on the John Nibhck lot recently damaged by fire is being rebuilt into a modern rcsMence. Arthur Beery writes of life in the Pliillippincs. Tire comet will appear at 10-20 tonight. It is only 14,000,000 mile; away now and can lie plainly seen with naked eye. Sidewalks odered on Line, Mercer and Elin streets. Miss Dorothy Dugan hostess at it postcard party. Fred Schurger Is calling on his ! lady f. lend in Fort Wayne. o_ 1 Get the Habit —Trade at Home,

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* ■ . —— ■— ■■ — -—A - Household Scrapbook, By ROBERTA LEE Curtains Curtains will hang more evenly; if the selvage is cut from the good-' before hemming as the selvage is more tightly woven and hangs more firmly than the rest of the fabric. Boiling Liquids Boiling liquids, fruits or jellies may be turned into glass jars with rut breaking the jars if the bowl ot 1 spoon is pressed on 'he bottom while filling. Whi*e Teeth To whiten the teeth, saturate a brush with the juice of a lemon and rub the teeth hard. Do this once aweek. » «| Modern Etiquette | By ROBeRTA LEE ♦ (U.FJ ♦ Q. After taking friends to th? heater, is it necessary to take them I *o .dinner? 1 A No. Q What is a big help to a hostess who is serving without a maid? A. A tea wagon, as this can be •daced near her and can hold the j extra cups, silver, and anything ( else would be hr the way on the 1 table. Q. Is it permissible for a woman to travel alone in Europe? A. Yes. as much so as in the United States. J. W. McDAMELS, BAI) MAN’S FOE, RETURNS HOMEj (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE), in this old cabin and went away to war. A short time after he had left his pioneer wife bore him a ; son on a cold January day of that [ year. They named the lad J. W. • McDaniels. The father never returned for he fell in battle at! Marietta. Georgia, early in '65. that little cabin in Blue' Creek township was during this) Civil War period still hid away J from civilization, as we know eivi-l lization now. and the little lad | learned the lore of the woods and the call of the wild things and no dout heard all the mysterious experiences stored up even in the very logs of that cabinhhomose —of silent Indians and the superstitions of a primitive time and the restlessness of a pioneering period when men and animals were loosened from their moorings and were seeking new fields to conquer and to live. So this boy grew up and, at 18 years of age everything became too tame in Adams county, and the wild west beckoned an.d. away he went to new fields of adventure. He landed first at Dodge City, Kansas, on the old Santa Fe Trail that had long l>een the mecca of the adventurous and the year was 1881 and hero onr hero stayed awhile then on to Lincoln, Nebraska. where he joined up with the police force hut there was not enough action so on to Sidney, 1 Cheyenne County in the far western part of Nebraska and. there he got into the game right. For for-ty-five years our Adams county boy lived a thrilling life, that reads like a real ‘‘Western Thriller" or a dime novel of "Deadwood Dick, the Wild Hero of the West" and by the way the famous Deadwood Dick and our hero were great friends. What do you think would be the experiences of a man who, "Way back when," was for twentyone years a sheriff of wild Cheyenne County, Nebraska? That county was in those days pretty near the jumping off place in the land of the setting sun and folks were wilder than the pioneer days

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of Blue Creek township ever thought of. You see, the Indian folk and the animals of the forest in old Adams County in the days of the first half of the last century were eimply wild and untamed, rarely vicious, but the plains and desert places of western Nebraska in the days of friend McDaniels’ early experiences in the wild and wooly west were filled with ‘‘bad men" of ->ong and story and the nnleased primitive passions of men who knew no law nor no restraint. You can better believe that our Adams County boy got into the thick of things and some years ago before McDaniels retired a staff correspondent of the IJncolH Nebraska Sunday Star interviewed tl»e Sheriff ami got a dandy story and we will let you in on that storv. Here then is the tale: "When Sheriff McDaniels of Cheyenne County. Nebraska, brought Mr. Bartling convicted automobile thief to the penitentiary Thursday morning, adding a new name to Isis list of 150 or more men whom he had accompanied to the state's prison, he brought with him all the breeziness, all the good nature and keen knowledge of human nature that he has gained in more than 30 years of law enforcement work in the west. And he brought with him a priceless store of stories and tales of the Nebraska prairie lands and sand hills which could only be tapped by add questioning and haphazard inquiry. Not a better known man from the western part of the state could be found, not a better type of the fearless, progressive westerner exists. Even his big hat, peaked high in the true cowboy style and his collared flannel shirt spoke of the part of the state he is from and the open life he has led since he left the Lincoln police force to find fame and fortune in the western counties. "Forty years ago the west half of Nebraska was still some times referred to as an American desert and it was very properly renowned as the home of the big ranch, the cattlemen and the horse thieves. Into this young civilization McDaniels went as an employee of a stock company, settling on a ranch seven miles north of Utdgepole, which is still known as the McDaniel ranch although never owned by McDaniels. The Guardian of Peace Once in Sidney the county seat

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ot Cheyenne County, the young exipollce officer was given general charge of the morals and eonduct of that very wide open and very lively town. He was chief of police. marshall, the board of health, excise board, and general center of discipline. There are many stories yet to be t<sl of the days when Cheyenne County was more than twice its present size and ten times Its. present wickedness, when McDaniels brought order ont of chaos amt bearded bad men hi their dives, Siqce young manhoml he had a grudge against the shiftless, the boo and wild men and ft is prob- | able that there is a permanent i offer on his head from those choice i organizations. He chitins that he ' seldom bothered with his fire arms I when handling the recalltrant. Ifts cane, and lie still carries a heavy walking st®fk tin (practical purposes as wen as disciplinary ones, wan his best friend. He could I thump mightily ami heartily upmt occasion and many an obstreperous one has gone to sleep under the influence of a powerful swing of that stick. He could shoot with Unerring accuracy in spite of his disclaiming any actpiaintance With a revolver now days, and peppered tire heels of the retreating hobo with lead and kept the ties warm under the most of them. He had a hobby for horses and trained them in 'unusual ways. His tramp chasing with horses became famow In the west part of the state and was a nightmare to many a dog accustomed knight of the dust. He could sick his horse onto a stowaway like a dog and the horse would rim the bewildered undesirable a lusty race out of the city limits. He trained three horses for his own personal satisI faction and had several that were far famed for the odd things they would do for their master. Nearly a quarter of a century ago McDaniels became Sheriff. For a time he held that office in connection with his poeitioii as chief |of police. He enjoys referring to the days when he had more titles than any other one police officer ' on record. McDaniels figured prominently !in several thrilling adventures with the worst element of pioneer Nebraska in the cattle days. Two ' men stole 26 horses one night and : made a clean get-a-way. Not much . of the story’ is told by the sheriff i himself. He followed the trail of ' the bandits through many states I and that in the days when there ’ were not many’ other states to go ! through. Finally in Jackson’s Hole in Wyoming, miles from any eivl- ■ lization he found and brought back, the two men and sent them over the road. t McDaniels was on the Lincoln police force under the direction of the famous Malone and to that man he credits “all he knows of ' the business.” He was in Lincoln in the days when Lincoln was as j open as it ever grew to be and yet ;it was tame training ground for I the strenuous years that were to ■ follow in the west. For many reasons that district !in which McDaniels presided as general disciplinarian was for . years the center of much of the lawlessness of the western conn- ■ ties. The county seat. Sidney, was known far and wide as a wide open town. Some of the old saloons I and resorts are vivid memories and their location are pointed out by i old residents and McDaniels has ' figured in the history of them all. Bad men who knew no fear of I the law or law ooffleers seemed to show respect to McDaniels. It may have been the knowledge

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that l»« was an excellent shot and rather fast In handling the weapons that made him safe in dangerous company, but he declares now that he has never found a time when it wan necessary to use a gun. But he will add with a twinkle In his eye a minute later that when he was young and "foolish" he used to like to shoot the heels off an unwelcome tramp im that Individual was making iapld progress out of town. Bad men learned to give Cheyenne County and the County Sheriff a wide berth. He trained horses and his heavy cane became bywords in his section of the state and J W. McDaniels, sheriff and preserver of the peace, became the best known figure of his territory. McDaniels Is a link between the picturesque days of the past and | the more or Jess commonplace days of the present." A few days ago a short stocky man with a cane camo into the j Democrat office and staled that i his name was McDaniels, that he , had read the story in the Democrat ( of the first white man’s cabin in | Adams county and that it was more than interesting to him as l.e had be#n born there and after considerable interrogations upon the part of John H. Heller, the editor ami the writer, we were able to extract his story from him duly authenticated. Sheriff McDaniels is now near tle» three score and I ten mark but is well and still ■ sturdy and his famous cane is his | constant companion. He has come I back to Adams county, H-ke a' chicken eome home to roost. He is | living with his nieee, Mrs. F. W. | Burkhart in Blue Creek township not far from the site of the old- - What a story. He fonght the famous Curtis gang, the Rod Birds and the Hooligans. He wounded Jesse James Jr. in a personal encounter. He took over 209 bad men to prison. He has been shot seven times ami the wounds have left him crippled. He and his famous spotted horse took part in filming of the “Virginian.” He has taken men to the gallows and elec- ‘ trie chair and has laid all night in ■

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the open with hard criminate chained to him. All tn all his life h«e been filled full of adventure and romance. He never lost a man, So you can see that the old cabin story intrigued the Sheriff. Some how or other the old wild days in the little clearing at the head of; “Thompson’s Prairie" got into the blood of the little Iml of the cabin and the plains of the west in the days when the "bad men reigned" benefited by his pioneer training ami fearlessness. Nowadays, the old sheriff can sit in his arm chair s and let his memory wander from ; those early Blue Creek days in that old log house out into the world of continued adventure and be considerably grateful that through all the perils, that he has

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