Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1930 — Page 4

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Christmas, one month troin today. With this kind of weather we know that Santa Claus and his reindeer are ccming. What a swell day for rabbit hunting and according to reports cl’ Peter Rabbit had a hard time of it. Thanksgiving day should at leaat bring the spirit of thankfulness for a goed appetite. The blizzard was a little late in getting here, but when it arrived it sure made us realize that winter was coming. The state gasoline tax for October amounted to $1,705,901.44. an increase of about $34,000 over October 1929. Who said gains couldn't be made this year? Assessments of railroads, pipe pine and telegraph lines and public utilities were increased more than 19 million dollars this year, so it s hard to figure that rates are coming down. A wonderful program of interest to the farmers will be given at the Adams County Corn Show, December 8 to 13 and plans for making th- show the biggest event of its kind ever held in the county are under way. The show will be held : iii the city hall building on Monroe ; street and several hundred farm cis will participate. There will j also be a special program given by ; the women. Decatur is in need of several active Boy Scout leaders. The success of scout work and building up troops depends mostly on leaders and with a training course being given in this now it’s a fine opportunity for young men to acquaint thenjselves with the scout work, take charge of a troop and do something for the boys. Everybody can't be a scoutmaster and the man who has the qualifications, natural leadership and time to promote scout activities is fortunate indeed The republican state committee spent $90,000 and the democrat state committee sp‘.nt about $24,000, or in other words all the money the treasurer had. The democrats” carried the state by-

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large majorities, which goes to show that when victory "is In the air," money doesn't count for much. The voters have something to say in elections and when they get behind the curtain they generally ex’i press themselves the way they I' want to, regardless of the amount Icf money spent by the state com- ’ mittees. For three-quarters of a century | the state and its people have been 1 designated by the word “Hoosier.” ' The origin and meaning Os this 1 term are not definitely known. Tradition says that John Finley first used the word in his poem en- j titled "The Hoosier's Nest,” writ- ' ten in 1833, It is also asserted , that the term was originally a, southern slang expression, signify-i Inga rude or uncouth and illiterate class of people and was first I applied to Indiana people. Another explanation of its origin is that it is derived from the expression

| "who’s yere” used by a native In-' dianian when accosting a stranger. —State Tax Bulletin. I The Indiana state prison and re--1 'I jfurma.ory are expei:eni*tng some, j of the same troubles as commercial. business concerns have been up ’ i against lately. They can't sell: • their products and warehouses are [ being filled with willow baskets, ! made by the inmates of the insti--1 tutions. The appellate court has I | ruled that prison made goods can- ‘ not be sold on the market in com-1 petition to commercial manufactur-j ed products and heads of the penal institutions claim that more than 3,000 men will be idle unless they are permitted to engage in some 1 kind of work. It’s an Important question. The cry is to put the' I convicts to work and this cannot ' I I' be done unless they make some I thing which can be sold and when it reaches the market ligitimate commercial business is interferred with. What to do with th? idle inmates is a question which is not only bothering the superintendents j ■>! the institutions, but the public as well and it seems that some ■ sound plan will have to be evolved before the matter becomes more j costly to the state. - The Commua’sts marched in In-1 dianapolis yesterday and visited j; | Governor Leslie in the statehouse, i The crowd was orderly and no : trouble resulted. Their ranks were ' filled with several hundred uuem- ' ployed and a program ct eight de-1 | mauds was handed to the governor, i Among other things, the Commun I ists oppose evictions of unemploy(>d tenants for failure to pay rent; no interruption of electric, telephone or water services because of non-payments; free street car service for job seekers and free transportation, food and books for children and unemployed attending school and the opening of public I j buildings as places of shelter for j these out of work. The last re-1 quest might be granted, but as the■ first four requests deal with in-1 dividuals and commercial concerns and their policies it would be difficult to attempt any one of them. At least we do not think that a ■general compliance with their de-! mands will be forthcoming. With winter coming on and conditions\ as they are the large cities have ■ a job before them calling for sound I [and sensible solution of a difficult. ' task. - * * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY I From the Daily Democrat File November 25 -(1910— Troubadores give entertainment at Elks hall. Remains of Mrs. H. S. Porter arrive here. Her death occurred in Kansas. The law offees of A. P. Beatty in the 1. O. O. F. block are being remodelled. The J. L. Chronister store at Bobo destroyed by fire. Loss is $2,- ’ <IOO. 4 Harry Fleming and Miss Irene Barkley of Union township married yesterday. Eastern Star gives box social at | Masonic hall. The Wilson Beery family is moving from old house to new one on farm near Pleasant Mills.

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Station SCT (Santa Claus Toyland) Santa Claus Speaking: Santa reached Fairbanks just in time to make connections over the Alaska railroad for Seward where he boarded a ship en route for Seattle. All the children visited with Santa on the train and enjoyed Tautauk’s stories and played with the reindeer. Fa'rbanks is the very center of Alaska, surrounded by gold mines, rich coal depcsits and is the center of marvelous agricultural opportunities. This place is quite a contrast to Aklavik, where there were few modern conveniences, no autoHenry Fuhrman buys Decatur Packing Co., plant at receiver’s sale for $5,000. Miss Margaret Moran is visiting at Portland. Miss Jessie Winnes visited at the T. A. Gottschalk home at Berne Thanksgiving. o

• • Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA L££ , 4 Q. Who has the privilege of select ing the churvh and the clergyman ( the bride oi the groom? A.. The bride. , Q. When "cutting in" is practiced ( during a dance, is a man s responsibility for his partner lessened? A. Yes; when she is taken away , from him. his responsibility for the particular dance is ended. Q. What kind of dress should be < worn at an informal dinner? A. Any pretty dress, with special ( ; attention given to the coiffure. o Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE • 1 Ripping Buttons To avoid ripping off buttons by I the clothes wringer, fold the buttons inside the garment and hold it I , flat as it is run through the wringl er. Mayonnaise Cream mayonnaise dressing can: ; be made by adding 1 cup of cream.! beaten until stiff, to the -layonaise | dressing serve immediately or placein the ice box for a few hours. Blankets Blankets, pillows, and mattresses will last longer and be more sanitary if they are placed in the sun one day each week It gives them al fresh, sweet odor thax is very plea-! ; sant on retiring. ■ o

• 4 I Lessons In English H ♦- « I Words often misused: Do not say "I shall not accept of bis offer.”| Omit “of.” Often mispronounced: Contiguous! ■ Pronounce kon-tig-u-tia, o ns in “on.” I i as in “it" g as in "go" first u as in “unit" last u as in "us,” and | . accent second syllable. Often misspelled: Fair (just): (food, also the price of ‘ransporta- | tion.) Synonyms: Devise, contrive, invent. discover, plan. Word study: "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us in-1 [crease our vocabulary by mastering I

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mobiles, no trucks or street cars, |cr horses, cows, sheep, goats or I cats. There is a school there called ; the Alaska agricultural and school i of mines, and of all the colleges is ■ the farthest north. Near Fairbanks is one of the queerest and ‘richest bone and fossil deposits found. Santa is very happy to be aboard the ship for he and his reindeer, and the eskimos are very weary at- ■ ter their son trying journey. Santa has been looking forward, however. to meeting all th- good children of Adams county in Decatur, next Saturday. ' one word each day. Today’s wont: Tumult; agitation or commotion o f a multitude; uproar. “There was a’ wild tumult of applause.” o WHEN NEWS

Mrs. Kate Bowen is sending a few days with her sister Mrs. Eliza»eth Mi Michael. Miss Saia Dull of Ada. Ohio, spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dull. Mr. John Herl and Mrs. Allen Herl and son Doyt and daughter Ruth of Michigan spent the weekend with Mrs. Nanny Majors. On account of the illness of Mrs. Majors, Mrs. Herl and daughter Ruth will remain a few days. Gross Tope and family and Ernest Tope and family of Decatur and Mr. Clarence Feigley of Rockford, Ohio were recent dinner guests in the home of Zella Tope. Mr. Sam Hurless of Orangeville. (Illinois spent several davs visiting with relatives in Wren. He was accompanied home by his sister Mrs. Katherine Springer who will spend the winter there. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Stevens and granddaughters Patty and Rosalee Richie visited in the C. W. Frysinger home one evening last week. Mrs. Kate Bowen and Mrs. Elizabeth McMichael called on .Mrs. Frank Standiford Friday afternoon. — o _ Winter Feeding Expensive The winter feeding of big game animals is an expensive project 1 The federal bureau of biographical ! survey found that it required 82-‘ i tons of tiny to take cure of the elk ' herds at the eik refuge in Wyo [ ming from February 6 to March 2C [ and it costs over $25 a ton to gei hay in the refuge. Without this winter food the animals would ! have a hard time llirotigli the win ter.

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FLOOD OF KISSES GREET FRENCH BACHELOR GIRLS Paris Celebrates Ancient Custom on Saint Catherine’s Day By Mary Knight, UP Staff Correspondent Paris, Nov. 25.— (U.R) -Today is St Catherine’s Day and Paris stole a few million kisses in honor of the Patron Saint of French girlhood. It all was in accordance with a custom that dates back to the days of the good saint herself. Catherine is the patron saint of of those maidens who come to their 25th birthday, unmarried, within a year and thus pass from girlhood into feminine bachelorhood. In accordance with tradition, they must don a green and yellow lace bonnet today and walk the streets, supposedly in search of a husband, and allow themselves to be kissed as often as the Paris public desires. Hygiene vs. Osculation • Since France learned more about hygiene, officials have been attemting to hold the kissing ceremony within bounds, but such an old tradition is hard to kill and Parisian men are not going to give up. without a struggle, such a pleasant task. * There was little work dene in the dessmaking shops along the Rue de la Paix. There was no morning practice for the little girls in the music hall choruses and even the public schools were closed, for France takes this ceremony seriously. In many dressmakers’ garrets, where the "midinettes" work and chatter over the $3,000 gowns, the patrons, according to tradition, opened champagne and called in caterers to furnish a feast in honor of the garret's “Catharinettes.” Midinettes Race The "republic" of Montmarte and the "kingdom ” of Montparnasse organize a novel race for "midinettes" all delivery girls among the new bachelors. They must run from one hill to the other, on the opposite side of Paris, carrying a hat box. Sometimes fond admirers give the girls' lifts by automobiles, but they are supposed to run as fast as their high heels permit. And tonight they dance all night. It is tradition, and fact, that many of tlie “Catherinettes” escape the ignomy of becoming spinsters by becoming engaged during the dance. On this day. the girl has an advantage, for she is allowed to do th? proposing.

I. U. VACATION STARTS NOV. 26 Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 25. — Twenty-two Adams county students enrolled at Indiana university this semester will leave the I. U. campuses at Bloomington and Indianapolis Wednesday noon (Nov. 26) for their annual Thanksgiving vacation which extends to 8 a. m. Monday. About 92 per cent, of the university’s 4,224 students are Hoosiers, which means that a majority of th r m will be able to spend Thanksgiving vacation in their Hoosier homes. In spite of the economic depresson, enrollment at the state university this fall is only 54 short of the record-breaking enrollment of

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' lust year anJ this takes no account of 501 students who applied for admission to the medical school but who could not be accommodated. A total of 635 students made application for entrance to the medical school last September but laboratory space was sufficient to accommodate only 134. Crowded conditions in various departments of the university will be relieved to some extent by the opening of the new SSu4.OW) chemistry building which is expected to be completed early in the coming year. The new building will provide increased space needed by the chemistry department and will release Wylie Hall, now occupied by that department, for other uses. The new building will provide a wing which for the time being will be used to house some other department, but the chemistry department eventually will use the entire building. The following Adams county stu ; dents are registered at Indiana uni-

$142,780,000 SPENT BY UTILITIES (or Expansion in Indiana The demand for electric and gas service in Indiana is increasing at an extraordinary rate. To keep pace with this demand public utility companies are constantly obliged to raise new capital for expansion. In 1930 companies in the group controlled by the Midland United Company have invested in this state approximately $23,000,000 in additions and other improvements to the facilities for serving their customers. During the eight-year period, starting in 1923 when the beginning was made in the formation of the group, a total of approximately $142,780,000 has been spent by the present subsidiaries for construction and expansion in Indiana. The question may be asked, “Why don't the public utility companies finance such expansion out of surplus earnings, as is done by so many of the industrial and commercial organizations?’’ The answer is found in the fact that all public utility companies are subject to control of some governmental regulatory body. In Indiana this control is effected through the Public Service Commission of the state. Under such regulation utility companies are permitted to charge rates for their services which w ill earn a fair rate of return, generally-accepted as being not in excess of 3 per cent a year on such property as is used or useful in supplying the public service. A return at this rate is not guaranteed, however, and it requires diligent and intelligent operation to even approach such earnings. They therefore are not allowed to earn enough to pay for new construction out of current revenues. Due to this regulation and other characteristics peculiar to public utilities the rate of capital turnover is very low compared with other industries. The annual gross revenue of a public utility project rarely exceeds 20 per cent of its investment in its plant and equipment, whereas in unregulated industries the annual gross revenue may often equal 500% of the cost of the plant. This means that public utility companies must, in general, raise an additional five dollars of capital for each one dollar increase in their gross business. To obtain this capital from the investing public, utility companies are obliged to compete with all other busiue??e> requiring capital at the same time. This is why an afhliation with a well-known investment or holding company i- an asset to the operating company seeking capital. Il the tn llo for securing this money at a low cost is not opportune, tin holding company advances the necessary funds until conditions are more favorable. Even in more favorable times tin holding company is able, because of its sponsorship and because of its established financial reputation with tin investing public, to help in securing borrowed capital at the lowest possible cost. This is the third of a series of advertisements discussing the economics of the public utility business and reviewing how the public is benefited by holding company control. Midland United Company PRINCIPAL OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES: Northern Indiana Public Service Company.. .Gary Railways \.oh Interstate Public Service Company . . . Indiana Service CorpnChicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad . . ■ Indiana ■ Central Indiana Power Company’s operating subsidiary

versity this semoßter. Berne: Palmer O Eicher Fn. leal school, Indianapolis), Laura E. Gottschalk ami N.< la V. Habegger (nurses’ training school, Indianapolis I, Frank Kuntz, Ralph E. Me Claiu. Decatur: Josephine M. Archbold. Lucile C. Beqvers, John E. Dowling, Carl D. Gerber, Irene M. Gerk (nurses' training school), Helen E. Haubold. George F. Hemleks (<| ntai school, Indainapolis), Russell L. Jaberg, Kathryn A. Kauffman, Harriet E. Wallace, Martha E. Rep pert, Lillian S. Worthman, Harold F Zwick. Geneva: Eugene P. Field (den tai school), Gilbert R. Glendentng, Ruby B. Miller, Russell,H. Pusey. —•—o — Tennessee’s Firit Noire The territory now composing the state of Tennessee was*once known j as the state of ••Frankland" or ••Franklin," having been formed bv the Inhabitants of western North i Carolina in 1785.

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