Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bub. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mall 35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Z.dvertising Tates made known on Application. National Advertising Representati BCREERER, INC. 36 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies With all the frozen assets in the country we don't see how it got so hot. Why worry about the weather. Another six months and congress will be in session. If Sir Kerbert Wilkins is still of a mind to go to the north pole in a submarine he should be able to recruit a crew. Dempsey is so busy booking prize fights at Reno that he seems to have lost all interest in the time required to obtain a residence there in order to get his divorce. Next week will be a good time to come to Decatur, do your shopping and benefit by the savings offered by the local stores in their July and semi-annual bargain events. Ma Kennedy and her husband are going to mane up as soon as the Rev. Guy Edward Hudson can cut loose from his other wife and in the meantime Ma serves notice on the other janes to keep away. We don't believe the yarn the beer runners told at Anderson yesterday. Why would anyone order 36 cases of beer this kind of weather and the brier drivers had the adaucity to say that the Anderson city cfficial had ordered it. President Von Hindenburg looms as one of the powerful rulers of the world and it seems that he is able to hold his people together, despite attacks frem various groups and parties. The German people lespect him and he is a true patriot fighting for the cause of his fatherland. Fresh well water is selling for twice the price of oil at Mentone, Texas, one of the oil boom towns. Oil is quoted at 25 cents a barrel while water brings 50 cents a barrel. It might be a good business proposition to drill for water, but chances are that they might strike oil again. According to the opinion of At-] torney-General Ogden more than one million dollars will be distributed to the state aid schools in the southern part of the state this year. That sum ought to help them keep the red little school houses open and please those who fought

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for the bill to tax the rest of the counties in coming to their aid. The men's chorus of Berne will •- make a distinct showing in the . Chlcagoland Music Festival next '• month in Chicago. Probably no t town the size of Berne has as many t- able musicians and singers as found in that community and their entry in the middle-west music event will' J give thousands the opportunity to 9 hear them. 5 3 5 Queen Helen of Roumanla is not ® going to let King Carol make a fool 3 1 of her. We admire her spunk and her defiance of the giddy Routnania king and believe most of the world sympathizes with her. Even if her j husband is king she is not going to play second fiddle and through her attitude proves that she is a woman to be respected and is no doubt loved by those who know her. For the third time this year the fliers have conquered the Atlantic I and landed safely on the other side. The two Hungarian men arrived near Budapest Thursday, completing the span from Harbor Grace in 26 hours, 15 minutes. Several other men are planning to take off in the next few’ days and it looks like 1931 was going to be a charm for those who dare the risks of flying over the seas and around the world. A g o vern me n t thermometer should be erected at the new postoffice building or ■on the court ] house grounds. Street thermometers are affected too much by the sun and shade and no governmenttested register is available here. We believe it would be a public service to have one of the governmt nt weather instruments erected at the postoffice site. When the railroads build 40-foot wide concrete roads parallel with ; their tracks and take over the truck business, then their business will improve. Employment will be given to thousands of men in the con etruction of the freight roads and city streets and state roads will be limited to passenger traffic. It lias been suggested that a system of roads for the hauling of freight be constructed, either on a toll basis or by the railroads and it may be one of tlie means of bringing about a new era and prosperity for all. One hundred fifty years ago this month James Watt, a Scotchman, invented the device which brought about the present steam engine as applied to rotary motion. The inventing of the steam engine and later the building of railroads resulted in great prosperity for the country and for decades new territory was opened. It seems that some method or invention will be necessary to start things giving now and the person who invents or strikes the right formula will probably be more famous than the in- . ventor of the steam engine. —♦ I ✓ ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS . I ( Below are the answers to the . test questions printed i | on page two ♦ —_—_4 1 1 English natural philosopher. 2. Robert Fulton. , 3. Telephone and telegraph. 4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 5 New Zealand. 6. United States. 7. Nictine. 8. Nihilism. 9 A colorless, odorless, tasteless, gas. 10. Building the ark I» — v Lessons In English Words often misused: Do not say, I Site has many sociable interests." Say "Social interests." Otten mispronounced: Jose | (apanish) Pronounce ho-za, o as in I no. a as in "day," accent last syllable. Often misspelled: Chute tan inI dined plane.) Distinguish from shoot. Synonyms: Workman, laborer, mechanic, craftsman, artisan. Word study; "Use a word three times and it is yours " Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Rigorous, strict; severe, unyielding. "It was a rigorous standard of rnorjallty."

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♦ REUNION CALENDAR ♦ . —4 Sunday, July 19 Summers family reunion, Lakeside Park, Fort Wayne. Sunday, July 26 First annual reunion of Myers family. Sunset park. Laisure Reunion, Lehman Park Berne. Annual Fuhrman reunion. Milton Fuhrman grove, 4 miles northwest of Decatur. Borne Reunion, Sun Set Park. Fifth annual Neuenschwander reunion .Lehman Park, Berne 121 p. nt. Sunday, August 2 De’tinger reunoon, Sunset Park j southeast of Decatur. Twelfth reunion of the Hart I family, home of Clinton Hart, 6I miles east ami 3 miles south of i Berne. Grim Reunion, Suu Set Park, j southeast of Decatur. Schafer Reunion, Sun Set Park. Bunner Reunion, Sun Set Park, I Sunday, August 9 Rillig & Reohm Family reunion. I Sun Set Park. Annual Reunion of Beinz Family,] Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 16 Seventh annual Brentlinger re-1 union, James Mankey grove I’g ] miles north of Curryville Butler Reunion. Sun Set Park. McGill Family reunion, Sun Set: Park. Smi'h Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 23 Annual reunion of Hakes Family, I Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sept. 7—Labor Day Lenhart Reunion, Sun Set Park. ] Reunion of Millinger Family, Sun I Set Park. Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LFE » «J.R) ♦ Q. When only should the postal card be used? A. The postal card, except for the ever-present picture variety, should ] be used for business purposes only. ] Q Is there any certain hour that | a wedding should take place? A. No; almost any hour of the day ] is permissible. Q. What kind of table center ] piece should be avoided? A The centerpiece that is so high ] as to obstruct the view across the table. t Q , ———————————— + Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ♦— (U.PJ ♦ Face Pimples Pimples can often be removed from the face by washing daily in hot castile soap suds. Rinse in hot water and then in cold water. A Tar Remover Remove tar from the hands by rubbing with a slice of lemon or orange peel. The oils in the skin dissolve the tar so that it can be wiped off very easily. The Gas Range The oven of the cabinet type gas i range should be o:» the side where' it will not cast a shadow over the; burners. o — f~TWENTY YEARS* AGO TODAY 'rnm the Daily Democrat File ♦ — July 18— Wedding of Miss Clara Terveer to Mr. Clem Uhl solemnized at St. Mary's church here. J. O. Sellemeyer and Lloyd Beery chase "Woman in black” who has been annoying people here but she dodges up an alley and gets away. .

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931.

I Thirty Bluffton citizens attend Baptist tent revival here. Mr. and Mrs. J H. Heller attending national editorial meeting in I Detroit. Dr. and Mrs. J. M Miller and Mrs. C. H. Colter returning from Elkhart had an all night journey because of auto tire trouble Miss Rosa Schafer of Bedford, Indiana is a guest at the home of Mr. an<X, Mrs Fred Schafer. Adams county has 212,666 a'cres of land and a total valuation on same of $13,948,488. First band concert tomorrow evening. — o PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENS HERE ON .JULY 19, 1916 t’ONT'NI i-.D FROM PAGE ONE) I Vice-President of the Library Board ] Mrs. E. J. Bailey was named to succeed her by Judge J. T. Merryman. At a special meeting, of the Li- | brary Board, May 30. 1912. the membeis expressed appreciation to the ' people of the city, who have res- ] ponded so freely and liberally in the ■ past six yeais, to the contribution ] o, a large list of periodicals to the I reading rooms The Board finds itself at this time in a better finanI cial condition, and the periodicals l will be pai l fiom the Library's own I tax funds. • March 6, 1913. Washington Town- ' ship’s residents now enjoy equal ] Library .rights with the Decatur peo- ! pie. For some time the Local Board well as the State Board, has been ; wo. king fur Township extension land this point was gained in res- | poet to Washington Township. A I tax of one cent on a hundred dol- ■ la: s was levied. For a number of years a Sub-Library in each school ] district was maintained in WashingI ton Township. Cases containing twenty five to forty books was sent to each school at the beginning of the school year and renewed from time to time. The expense of transportation to school districts was ] paid by the Decatur Library Board, i with the understanding that each I district car, 1 sot the return of the : cases to the Decatur Public Library l This privilege was finally discontinI ted tine to the indifference mani- | tested the return of the cases to the I Decatur Public Library. The citi- | sens of Washington Township are ’entitled to a free use of the books from the Public Library. October 8, 1913, Mrs. Maty Eley was appointed on the Library Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. E. J. Bailey Mrs. Eley has all Iter life taken a deep interest it: the things that make for betI er conditions in the city and the appointment, will meet the approval of all who know her. The official members of the Libraiy Board 1914: President, Mrs. John Niblick. Vice President. Mrs C. D. Lewton Setrotary, Mr. H. B. Heller. Treasurei, E. X. EhingerMrs Mary Eley M. Kirsch T. C. Corbett. June 1915, a new electric lighting ■ys'em was installed with new I chandeliers and table lights, provid- ' ing more satisfactory lighting for jail who use the Library in the I evenings. j August 10, 1915, a Bronze Plate I was plated in the Library inscribed i t- follows: ' This building was erect , ‘d in 1905 the gift of Andrew Car|n’’i... The lot was donated by I David Studebaker heirs and the citizens of Decatur. The Library is maintained by public taxation.” I BARGAINS — Bargains In living room, dining room suite, mattresses and rugs. Stuckey and Co. Monroe, our Phone number is 44 -ts

CITY’S WELLS STAND STRAIN OF HEAVY DRAIN — (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I new water mains will be laid*on] several streets of Decatur. Part of the mains will aldto i>e used for discharge lines from the new well, and these lines will be placed first. All hand labor will be use 1 in building the new water mains, instead of machinery, in an effort to assist in the unemployment situation. The new mains will be placed on Sixth street, between Monroe] street and Nuttinan avenue; on South Fifth street, between Adams and Jefferson streets; and on Adams street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Wisconsin Anthropologist Seeks Secrets of Old Race SILVER CITY, N. M„—<U.R>— Secrets of the ancient Mimbrenos. a race which lived on the upper, Mimbres river some 2,000 years pgo, are being sought b!y Paul Nesbitt, anthropologist of the Logan Museum, Beloit College, Beloit. I Wisconsin. He has returned to the Bert S. | Mattock ranch, a mile south of the Mimbres post office, where h” ' previously has made excavations. ] During previous excavations, he' discovered a one-story apartment containing 125 rooms, and found | more than 200 bowls and 200 skeletons. Three distinct periods of inirni- ' gration by these primitive peoples i Mimbres regions are revealed by Nesbitt’s excavations. I First period houses are constructed entirely underground. The homes of the second period

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rise halfway above the surface of the ground, and the final pin” l finds the race living in houses that are located above the ground. Camera of Steers Weighs 3,300 Pounds ERICSON, Neb. (U.P>-"Wonder" is the largest steer in the wot < Lean, he weighs 3.300 pounds, and his owner E. E. Huffman, believe* that he can fatten him so that he will weigh 4.000 pounds. "Wonder" is seven years old am was born on the ranch of Ralph I Clument near Burwell. From the tip of his nose to the tip of in» tail the steer measures 10 t'e t eight inches. MONROE NEWS The Foreign Missionary Society of | the Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church met at the home of Miss Ada Barnett living west of Monroe on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. E. W. Busche is visiting her 'soil Mr L. M. Busche and family 1 at Anderson Ind., for a few days. | Mrs. Harriet Graham visited rel-, I atives in Decatur on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Delcrt Beals oCF'>' l land visited Mr and Mrs. H. li For- ' rar on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Sylvan Rupert and Miss I I Francile Oliver visited relatives in, ] Indianapolis for a few days. Miss Ruth Balmer is spending 1 tlie week at Fort Wayne the guest , of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. Mrs John Amstutz and family of ] Fort Wayne is spending the week with her father Mr.»lra Wagoner. Mrs. Jennie Rainier of Decatur 1 visited Mr. and Mrs. Forest AndI rews on Tuesday. ■ Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crist entertain

( |. lUK h'er Barbara Jean Mis. S. D. Crist and Mr. Fraz.’l of Fort Wayne on Tuesday eveningMr. and Mrs. W. S Smith and Mr and Mrs. Clarence of I reble left Thursday morning on a trip through the east they will Mst relatives at Marshfield, Vermont and Auburn. Maine Mt ami Mt*- Flo>t ’ calle<3 0,1 ' friends in Fort Wayne on Wednesday evening. Miss Mardelle Hocker returned to'her home on Friday from Dan- I ] ville, Ind., where she attended Dan- ' ville college the past six weeks. Mis Elizabeth Stanley and grandson Donald Leichtly of Deiatur Visited Mr. and Mrs Raymond Crist and family on Thursday evening.

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SI N I)A>. Mondm . | Sunday Matinee 2■ an. "W Evening VICTOR McLAGLEN I LOWE. EL BREn De °« •WOMEN o| U| ° E J lht ' l,ill "'“’ileil ADDED-Good Con.eo, J and News ’ TONIGHT-Buck Jone , ■ FIGHTING SHERIFF. ’ ? ■ chapter’HEßO op The COMING July 2. ■ g L ‘O Stribling Fight' , Get the