Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1931 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, BUSINESS CARDS, TAND notices • 4 FOR SALE FOB SALK iwliT Essex coupe, 1926 Fort coupe, 1926 Chevrolet coupe, 193$ Chevrolet coach; 1925 Overland roach; 1926 Essex coach, and 1924 Chevrolet sedan. Frank Wreck Ing Co.. W- Monroe street. 94-titx FOR~SALE~rthree"day old Durham calf. Louis Selking, Senior. lloa;;lgnd phone, 2 long on 57. 94-3tx FOR SALE—Good Rich prepared dir) tor window boxes, baskete, etc. 15c a bushel. Decatur Floral Company, Nuttnian Avenue. Phone 100. 92-9 t eod FOiCSALE—Gladiolus, "nixed vai• | ieties. 50c a hundred. Decatur Floral Company, Nuttnian Avenue. Phone 100. 92-9 t eod FOR SA LE—Mixed bated ha y. Phone Hoagland, 1 long and 31 shorts on 36. Herman Regerfeld. 95FOR SALE—I Horton washing machine; 1 quarter horse motor; 1 seven tube Crosly radio. Inquire William Klenk, phone 719-E. 95-3 t FOR SALE—Frost Proof Cabbage j Plants. 40c per 100 J. D’. Steele, 1 ; mite east of Decatur. 95-3tx j FOR SALE—9 x 12 Guard Felt j Base rugs. $5.50 white they last. ( Sprague Furniture Company, third i door west of Post Office. Phone | 199. ' 95-3 t i FOR SALE-Reeds Yellow Dent ( corn, a few days at $2 per bushel. I 97 per cent germination, guaranteed j Wm. Rupert, Monroe, Ind. 95-13 j FOR SALE—One Short Horn Bull ejgjit months old. Dark red. Preble phone. Otto Ehlerding, Route 1 I 9«-3tx I FOR SALE 1929 Chevroiet~coach. First State Bank, Hoagland. 96-3tx FOR SALE —1929 Chevrolet coach.. Phone First State Bank, Hoagland. 96-3tx FOR SALE- -Certified Woodburn Yellow Dent. 100 day seed corn Sack, picked, rack dried, in a heated house. Disease treated and tested. Nobbed, shelled, graded, or on the ear. Joe Moser. Bluffton, Indiana Rural rou:e 4. Craigville phone. 13 on 3. April 22-24-27-x FOR RENT \ FOR RUNT—4 room cottage, furnished, on > North Fourth street. | Phone 355.' Mrs. John T. Meyers 228 North Fourth street. 95-3 t I FOR RENT —Tile building on Win Chester and Line St. suitable for a filling station. See Geo. W. Tester. ' Phone 734 96-3tx - FOR RENT —Five room house and : .bath, on .North Seventh street. John Evans. 604 North Third street. 96- lx WANTED WAITED — Trees and’ shrubbery to spray and trim; wall paper to clea.i. N. W. Frye; 1404 W. Mon- I roe Street. phone 682. 94-6 t WA NT ED — To clean rusts and wall i pajjjr, wash houses, windows and ' cteawcisterns. Phone 210. 94-3’x W-'-SfED-Old and new customers to satect dates for painting and papeTßanging. Get your work done' by au experienced man. John S. |, Cramer. Phone 429; residence, 533 1 street. 94-6txeod , WANTED —To buy an express load ' of gjapd horses. Also 100 springer cows. Call Ed Ahr, Phone 386 or ■' Lew Sprunger, Berne. 96-3t.\ ; WANTED, Some one to tare for dry ( clean agency in Decatur Address G. A. Regis, 1716 Maumee Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana. 96-2tx i WANTED —To buy couple tons of, haled straw. Peter Lehman Phone ! 875-C. 96-31 X j n Ferns Valued at SIO,OOO PITTSFIELD. Mass. —(U.RF 'ilm ' claim’ that failure to keep a warehouse at the proper temperature rosffltbd in the ruining of 16,000,000 ferns is the basis of a law suit filed "here. The Groves Fern Company seeks SIO,OOO damages from two Springfield concerns. u — Bargains tn living room, dining room suits, mat tresses and rugs. Stuckey and Co ( Monroe, our Phone number in 4s - o VOTIt E TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of, A.famS County, Slate of Indiana,! will receive seabd bids up until 10 o’.fl >rk A. M. (Standard lime! on tlie sth day of May 1931 gs follows tow'l; Painting the Meshberger River Hrjilge over tiua Wabash River, 1 inijes west of Berne, Indiana, estimate $175.00. Painting the Sliimp Biver Bridge o er the Wabash River % mile east of‘Geneva Indiana estimate $200.00. G'O)glruetion of Coal Ilin, Smith sh|<? of Court House, Dseatur, Indiana. Blds will be fir the completion oi said improvements In accordance with the plans and specif hati.ms now on file in tliy office of the Audita.' of said county. Each bld shall be accompanied by ; g personal pr surety bond In a sum, equal to twice lite amount of the bid; filed. Each bld must be accompanied with affidavits required by law i 'I he time fol tlie completion of the work will be fixed al Lie lime of: awarding i-uuirai-t. The Boar 1 will reserve tlie right to reject any or all bids. George Shoemaker Albert lleppert !’. o. Manin Board of Cotnnilssictiers Adams County Ind. Attest: Albert Ijarlow. Auditor. Adams County, Indiana. April 15-23

► YAGER BROTHERS Funeral Directors Calls answered day or night. At night, call phone 44. Day time call phone 105. Ambulance Service, day or night For BETTER HEALTH See DR. H. FROHNAPFEL Licensed (Chiropractor anil Naturopath I Riadonic diagnosis and treatment. Phone 314 104 So. 3rd St. Office Hours: 10-12, 1-5, 6-8 10 years in Decatur. LOBENSTEIN & DOAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS Calls answered promptly day or night. Ambulance Service. Office Phone 90. Residence Phone, Decatur 1041 Residence Phone, Monroe 81 LADY ATTENDANT N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8:30 to 11:30—12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p m. Telephone 135 S.E. Black i FUNERAL DIRECTOR Mrs. Black. Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night. | Cffice phone 500 Home phone 727 Ambulance Service FUNERAL DIRECTOR W. H. ZWICK & SON Mrs. Zwick, Lady Attendant Calls answered day and night Ambulance Service Phones: Office 61, Home 303 Experts Radio Service Home calls answered day or night.; Phone 250 Residence 701 ,'iirth 3rd St. Harry W. Thompson ApparntiiK'iii of tiluiiafatrater 50. 2X13 Notice is hereby-given That the i undersigned has been appoint,-,! A.lministiator of th.- Estate of John A. Fuhrman late of Adams County I deceased. ’I he estate is probably solI vent. Fuhrman Administrator April Fruchte and Litterer. Attorneys t April $-15-22 I 50 IKE TO 505-HEMDE Villi the Atlaius Circuit Ctturl 4|>ril Term, 11131. Ao. IJilll |THE STATE OF INDIANA ADAMS COUNTY: SS. Lewis A. Springer vs. Esther A. ’ Springer. It appearing from affidavit, file I I in the above entitled cause, that Es'tner A. Springer of the above named defendant is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notiep is therefor hereby given th" I said Esther A. Springer that she be i 'and appear before the Hon Judge of [the Adams Circuit Courtion tlie Ist Itiay of June 1931 the same being the I4?rd Juridical day of the next regu-l ' lar term thereof, to lie holden at tlie' (Court H 'U.-e in the City of Decatur, [ eommencing on Monday, the 13th dav I of Apri A. D. 1931 and plead by | 'a.mwer or demur to said'complaint. I lor the same will be heard and deter- ! mined in her absence. I Witness, my name, and the Seal of , said Court hereto affixed tiiis 7th |day of April, 1931 Berniee Nelson Clerk. I By Mariella I'hriek, Deputy I .April 7th. 1931 IH. M De a, Atty, for plaintiff.. April 8-15-22 | I ~ Cops Seek Goldfish Thief Salt Lake City, Utah. April 22. — ■ U.R, 1 Salt Lake's gold fish thief— I i probably a venturesome little boy ■ —is still at large. Two raids were j made on the E. E. Scott gold fish : pool. On the first visitation. 131 brilliant'fish were taken; on the! second 17. NOTH E TO TAXPA' EKS Notice is hereby given that Monday, May 4, 1931, will be the last' day to pay your Spring installment i ■n taxes. The county treasurer’s of-1 I fiee will be open from 8 A. M. to 4 (p. rn. during the tux paying season (All taxerTmt paid by that time will become delinquent and a 10% p-nal-l'y will be added. Those wh > have I bought or sold property and wish al (division of taxes are asked to come in at once. Call on tlie Auditor for errors anil !.inv reductions, ’.he Treasurer ca i make no corrections. I he Treasurer will not be respon-i slhle for the penalty of delinquent | taxes resulting from tlie ommlssion of tax-payer to state definitely on what property, they,desire to pay, ,in whose name it may be found, i:i ;what township or corporation it is situated. Persuns owing delinquent taxes should pay them at once, the law is such that there Is no optl n left fori the Treasurer but enforce the eollec-1 | lion of delinquent taxer. I The annual sale of delinquent I lands and lots will take place on the second Monday In February 1932, at lii:i)0 A M.. County orders will not be paid to anyone owing delinquent taxes. AH persons are warned against them. No receipts will be held after exIpirallon of ti ne, as tlie new deposi-i t ry law requires the Treasurer to I make daily deposits. Particular attention: If you p-iy , taxes lii more than one township (mention tlie fact to the Treasurer a'so see that your receipts call for, ■ all your real estate and personal pr perty. In making Inquiries of the Trea-, (surer icgarding taxes to Insure replyuo uot tail to include return pos-. t-age. Ed. A. Ashbaucher Treasurer Adams County Indiana. April 8 to May 2

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MARKETREPORTS DAILY REPORT OP LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS BERNE MARKET Corrected April 22. Hogs. 140 lbs. down s7.o<> I 140-160 pounds , $7.10 ■ 160-200 pounds $7.20 I 200-225 pounds $7.10 i 225-250 pounds $6.90 ! 250-300 pounds’ $6.80 ‘ 330-350 pounds ... s64>o I | Roughs—ss.7s. Stags—s3.so. Veals—sß.oo. Spring lambs—slo.oo. — EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOCK East Buffalo. N. Y„ April 22.— 1 U.R>—Liviestock: Hogs: on sale. 1.800; dependable trade to shipper and small packers: ‘fully steady; bulk desirable 160-210 : lbs., $8.15; plainer kinds. $7.60-7.75; Jone double outstanding 171 lbs., i $8.25; 230-250 Ips., $7.75-SB. Cattle: Receipts, 25; cows un- ‘ changed. Calves: Receipts. 300: vealers I I firm; good to choice, $9 to mostly i $9.50; common and medium, $5.00-1 [ $7.50. Sheep: Receipts, 300; lambs, | steady; better lots shorn lambs, i '59.50; others downward to $8 50; (shorn ewes. $4.50 down; few spring[ i lambs. $10.50-$!3.50. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE May July Sept. Dec. ! Wheat, Old .81% .63% .63% .66% 1 New, .82% ICcrn, Old .59% .61% .61% .53% j New .60% (Oats, Old .29% .30% .30% .32% ‘ New .29% LOCAL GRA<N MARKET Corrected April 22. No. 1 New Wheat 68c i I No. «. New Wheat . <i.» j New Oats 27c | I Barley .. suc : Rye ' 50i ! I No. 2 Yellow Cwrtt, . per 100 pounds 6Uc-75c | LOCAL GROCERS EGG MARKET j Eggs, dozen 13c | BUTTERFAT AT STATION i Butterfat 18c 0 First Bullet Returned Chicago, April 22. — (U.R) —The I I first shell fired at the enemy by an| American gunner during the World: War was in possession today of I ' Sergeant A’ex L. Arch the gunner who fired it. Floyd Gibbons, war correspon i dent, author and radio announcer, jto whom Arch entrusted the shell ; immediately after it was fired Oct. 23. 1917. handed it back to the ' former sergeant at a banquet last night of the Adventurers' Club. It was the first time the two men had seen each ether since the eventful day 11 years ago when at 6:05.10 o'clock in the morning Battery ■ 'c or the Sixth Field Artillery ofi (the First Division fired the first; j America nshell at a battery of Ger-1 man guns four kilometers away.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1931.

z i Highlights in Spectacular Life of Alfonso XIII, Last of Bourbons || ———|Tj 1 XI Sportsmanship covers a ( ' \ » \ \ multitude of weak- Z v 1 ■ t \ \ neuM and it wan Al- ijjr ’j f° n * o a love of «port y / IL. ~~—A that enhanced hi* pop- ] ' J*" '\ . .♦ - \ I ularity with the sportj A / \ loving people of Spain. ll Tj•*:<*♦>£&. . .<■ * * I I' I' / From hit boyhood he ***** ,v \ J been an ardent ( A > yachtsman and not only J he race at Cowes, I English Mecca of | & I amateur sailors, but he k I B did much to develop a ' ove or s P urt in -t:'T?| the country over which S HWHW he r,jled - •» w «» 't / ( >i [ )?eVvißiS»°r through his influence > that the regattas at jy.f. / S’' l Sebastian and SanI \ ■hoTn_/ tander grew from local , '.? W ' .'TR. . J( Y StisH 7/ / events to affairs of in- ’ t-f*\ \ MM 7 / ■ ternational importance :7w / / — which attracted yachts- fltWNWffiK |k--“Kj \ \ / / men from all over the WP; > , £■■ \\ 8 II world. tn his travels F \ \\ V4T I Alfonso liked to jour- » \ \\ kll T — ne * incognito, usually SWfej ' ' \\ \ \ it \ as the Duke of Toledo *lassagi fEß'S Famous Caricature- '• *'■» »» the Duke he[ e , - ■- ; • v r entered yacnting com- . —. t__ of Alfonso <^sYachtsman petition*. At b rakish Hunt v But 'ven though Al- , Automobiles, too, were fonso’s passion for * weakness of th4 yachging was such as to . sporting monarch. He inspire Massageur’s fa- '• 'V owned for, >' car » « nd mous caricature of the ' >4 , V.- W often drove himself, royal sportsman, it was , showing the same nervi. not by any mean* the / l I » . < t l v 5 ’ *x/ fW n new at tne wheel that only uport at which he . •' « l* excelled A lover of k di*tinguished him in good hor**». the King many other sport*. It maintained a stable of ’• recorded that be once thoroughbred. which W Vr? W drove 400 miles from rac ed at most of the 3BBg»ry > -y fc’Sw b.g meetings in Spam. northern coa ‘‘ »• France and England. **' e capital in 11 hours. In the latter his popu- Hi* greatest passion, i larity was greatly en- ” however, was shooting. i han.ed by his alliance .. y On his extensive estates with the royal tamlly ftV' 4 P l ' e »* rv ‘-d a great of England He also variety of game and j kept a string of polo j for days at a time he ponies and was no mean would flee the cares of exponent of the game. ,tx- state and hunt to his which he played with an »» heart’s content. King admirable daring that W Alfonso was a real caused his Ministers ) SSk sportsman and like a the gravest anxiety for * Wit sport he took the blow his safety- The reck. 'W 9K on the chin that delessnass with which he >. O ® Wy **• ■BF prived him of his kings participated in sports Zj>\ VW ship and the throne to endeared him even to z » W Xi W which he was horn as his critics, who could \_a Jg. f Kg* head of the House of not help fueling proud tc— —w — ==-? Bourbon. 4 of his courage. ' IHE IvOYAI/ L/EADI NG Av/INNER. _£_“° ! ——-;

i„ —e • I ■ TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE I i , I I | Can you answer seven of these < | test questions? Turn to page four for the answers 1. Who was John Fox, Jr.? 2. What is John D. Rockefeller’s | piincipal pastime? 8. What is a shot that strikes the ■ i center of a target called? 4 What famous institution is lo<at- : od in Threadneedle Street, London? 5. Is the water in *i’e Dead jsea | fresh or salt? i- 6. In wha* city Is liie Roxy Theal tre? i 7. W'.at motion picture comate-1 jdian has an artificial thumb? 1 I

8. What two nursery rhyme character;? went up a hill to fetch a puil of water? . 9. What State of the U. S- is nam-1 ed for Queen Elizabeth of England? 10. Name the Norseman who is | believed to have discovered the; American cantinent? Q Ancient Elms Transplanted C’.eve add. A;ril 22.—dJ.Rj-Eight American elms, weighing over 12 tons and work than 50 years old, 1 have bethi transplanted from a farm j3O miles away to the grounds of. I Severance Hall, home of the CleveI land Symphony Orchestra. —I o Rotary Gavel “Ali-Arlzona” Miami, Ariz.. April 22.—(UK— An I "All-Arizona” gavel will be, the em-| , blem of authority at the Interna-

tional convention of Rotary, to bet 1 held al Vienna, Austria, next sum-; I mer, as a gavel with a catena: i head, a mesquite handle and a cop- 1 per band has been sent the con-' ; vention committee by the Miami ;club. i o Fossil Skeletons Studied Marshfield, Ore., April 22.—(U.P.) —Fossilized skeletons found here I during excavation for the new i Isthmus Inlet bridge are being stud- ■ led by Professor Joseph B. Horner of Oregon State CoHege to determine what age and degree of civil-; ization they represent. Several. skeletons cf animals with heavy i tusks, and a heavy jawbone, unlike I any of the wild board type, were found. •

Plane Lights in Gorge Salem,, Ore., April 32.—<U.R>—In- ! stallation of beacon lights in/fam-i !ous Columbia river gorge for airI planes flying between Portland and ( Pasco, presented some of the new- * estand most difficult of installa- ! tion problems, federal officials said. | Beacon sites were established at: 23 points on the 30-mile airway. o »—- Old Geometry Book Presented Williamsburg. Va.. April 22*— (U.R) ' —A textbook on geometery uSBd by I ! Henry Hill, a student at William 1 land- Mary College in 1777, has been] presented the college library by Stuart H. Hill, New York, a descendant of Henry Hill, one of the ! 50 founders of Phi Beta Kappa. NtITU H OF SII.E OF HK VI. EST VI E In the matter of the Estat ■ of lx*wis T. Brokaw, cfeceaged. Proto sell real-estate. Notice is hereby given tiiat by virtue of an order of the Adams Circuit court, the undersigned executrix | »f tiie Estate of Lewis T. Brokaw will <»ffer for sale, at pri-j vate sale at tlie law office of Jud - ; -ion U . i t eple, Decatur, Indiana on > May the 14th day 1931, between the | iiou s <»f 1<» e’elodk A. M. anti 3 o-j • lock P. M. and continue from day i to day until s »ld. Tlie entire interest , of said decydent of the fallowing described real estate situated in Ad- > anis County State of Indiana, towit: ’ Commencing at tlie North East cor- I ner of inlot number four hundred- | ■fifty four ( 454) in J Jsepii D. Nutman’s North Western AdditioiPto the town (now cityj of Decatur,,, said ! county and state. Thence west <<n ( said north line of said iniot one < hundred thirty tvo (132) feet, thence south sixty six (66 1 feet, t > ! the south line of said inlot, thence j unning east on the south line -aid inlot one hundred thirty two > (132) feet to the hist line thereof,, ’lienee n rth sixty six (66) feet to t the place of beginning. *'i er*ns: to be sold free of liens . except taxes for 1931. due and payable 1932. ’ 8 easin & in 9 months and V* in 12 months deft red pay- > ents to draw 6 per cent interest | from date of sale secured by mort- , of real estate sold. I*urrha<er j nay pay all cash if he desires, wav-» ing valuation anti appraisement laws Agnes E. Cole, Executrix j Attorney Judson W. Teeple. April

Our New REDUCED I PAYMENT PLAN 25 Months To Pay You may borrow up to S3OO on our New Reduced Payment Plan. No endorsers. Just the signaI ture of husband and wife re- I i quired. Here’s Jhe Figures SSO monthly payment $2.00 | 75 monthly payment 3.00 100 monthly payment 4.00 150 monthly payment 6.00 200 monthly payment 8.00 250 monthly payment 10.00 300 monthly payment 12.00 (Interest Payable Monthly) | All requests receive our prompt and courteous attention. Call. I write or phone us. SPECIAL PLAN FOR FARMERS Franklin Security Co. Over Schafer Hardware Store Phone 2-3-7 Decatur, Ind. ' I

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j Wjl ■ ml 1 wl A I checking! account I L Saves MONEY I t A CAN< ELI-EO d* j is your receipt! ’ will never pay a 'twice as long a 3 -. ! have a checking acc«* Money saved! Much of y 0 11 r keeping is done ■ th < have a ent account, this eliminates the a bookkeeper AU* it’s an economy own time. saved I , Start this week , OLD ADAMS county I BANK