Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1934 — Page 5

’ '" ENT ' S ” k ,>' con 'IN 1 ■ ’ ■ H"""'"""' . wheat n'ni or "“ n ’ Jw ’ Experiment Ke r W'M selections / I’ 1 , |l . i „| s multiplied // ■ *;, H.oi' --ii ""““i av, “’ 'll Sonmertnan ,»er et Trumbull wheat ”■ „ selectmn from Fulti. k' K e verv «" h b4, ‘'J ■ w cu available >W H ■ tlw < Hen..!"" cam-l.e of the 111 r H <'■■>■« — Association. I i "' iielv ,is, ‘ d \ operators and 1 ... sources of h ■ "died wheat WBW - le- "' 1,1 ■ ■ Ml,- 1 ■ k| "- anil -r-H’ ' ' ll ■" nkh,c “"" • H''<m<m- oldttmn. quality -J H; »na: ■..•-factory as tn . , hv ...... . summation as H ' :!>r-i-eleanml n. die. ■ mmitted to the --olui . *«■ t: ' l ' S ' r, ' < * m!" including buitz, —rraetically MT soft Wheat xariclies grown in SHc.it, tract •■■ these prominent although they are often ol tv Other names. In many ’h" oi-iumal varieties have *'* . uglily mixed with ita^K<’ rs thul lll ' ' denllt > u ,/"j ,t < lead in prodm . as! ter wheats in Indirr U all ,l at, th-retore very desirlines. r the grower. Freedom ,v..it and disease I l! .(t.v linr r’aut in maintain : .!> mark'> quality and com to;> price. With less ,i''o'-'C to wheat, the chinch weather hazards highly important that the best available be used. The pre-p-j ■ ■: -tmkmg smut this year BH" .risttlie- of seed free treatment to prevent its from i.rtihed seed apimliels tracing to certified seed • available through »hcat improvement program southwestern Th- use of Hie seed has marked eft.' on the quality of “ sold this year, on freedom cock!- and garlic and on the ... price of the wheat. ||g|| o .■(MT HOUSE Case Dismissed *«s tat . "! Indiana on relation of Lohr vs Hex Sheets. ' nß c m-s now the parties. <x *^B nd i* being shown to the satisof ill- . ourt that suitable - lu-.-n made and prop. s'-iured tor the maintenance the child herein, the cause is __ ■ the defendants . costs. Enters Appearance BB Orbon Stove Company vs The for the defendant, and court now rules the defendant answer. New Cases BB Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Hertha Ka. hr. etal, note. Comtiled Summons issued to sheriff of Adams County for dr-f'n ant.-. Sarah Barger, liarBarger. Ida Moser. Amos MosWilliam Troxel, Ida Troxel, reOctober 2. Orville Itauner vs. Howard Harnnote. Complaint Sunn issued to the sheriff as Adcounty for defendant, return September 29. B Special Judges Appointed Ohio Valley Rock Asphalt Co. 0. w. p. Macklin, account and Th- regular judge having counsel for one of iho defen. ■<Ums now declines further Jurisherein and the parties fall, to agree upon a special judge, court now nominates Judge of Huntington, J. Bales of ■ Winchester and W. W. Lett of as available judges herein. ■ Kentucky Rock Asphalt Co. vs ■O. u p, Macklin, et al, account ■ and bond. The parties having fail■rd to agree upon a special judge ■ hirein the court now nominates ■ Judge Kenner of Huntington. Judge Bales of Winchester and W. W. ■ Kitt of Marion, as available judges ■ herein. ■ I Ina c. Hofstetter vs Walter Hos- ■ utetter, divorce. Comes now the ■ Mrties by counsel and the regu. ■ a r judge, having been a counsel ■ °r the plaintiff, now declines fur- ■ ther jurisdiction herein and by a- ■ Sreement of the parties. Harry W ■ -luller.. judge of Allen superior B COU , rt nui nber 2is appointed speB Cla herein.

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James D. Adams, chairman of the Indiana state highway comniis-' sk>n. and Virgil M. Simmons, head of the state conservation depart-' nient, were the principal speakers at the dedication of the bridge Friday evening. The dedication ceremonies opened at 7 o'clock with music and invocation by Dr. N. N. Spear, pas-) tor of the First Baptist at Bluffton. Former judge W. H, Eichorn. prominent Bluffton attorney, delivered the opening address with a historical resume of fords and bridges of earlier days. Mrs. Flor, ence Sprunger Starr then sang, "Whiip-lAior-WiM," a song which was inspired by the moonlight on Wabash, as seen by Miss Nan San. ford, from another bridge 82 years ago. Janies A. Crosbie, bridge contractor. made formal presentation of the bridge to highway body as reptt'sentatives of the state. James A. Adams then spoke, presenting the bridge to the people Os Bluffton and Wells county. Mr. Simmons then delivered the dedication address. The bridge was christened by Miss Martha Kelley, youngest daughter of the late John W. Kelley, mayor of Bluffton at the time of his death a few months ago. Bluffton's new concrete bridge

G. E. NEWS | , „..from.... GENERAL ELECTRIC NEWS in one of the closest races in the | history of the G-E Club, Ed Yahne, ' of the Winter Street Plant, was chosen president in the official | election of officers held cn Tuesday ) and Wednesday of this week. The I other officers elected were George D. Seabold, first vice-president: Madelyn Fisher, second vice president; Ed C. Reese, secretary and Wm. Wehrs, director. Mr. Yahne formerly lived in Decatur. HOMESTEAD ARCHITECT COMPARES LOCAL HOMES (CONTINUED FROM PACTE ONE) ers In Chicago pay from >SO to $75 a month now for a similar amount of room space. Mr. Quinn predicts that in two years rents will increase by an average of S2O a month. ‘‘At the end of 20 year* of rent paying, the city man will own only a pile of rent receipts.” Four or five years ago when the small homes were being built in Chicago, the minimum cost on a

Builders of New Bridge O WWjPII Hsly i~j ' ■* *3h gaiww wB. w ■h d®L\ ■ lg g| L iMB *■ A— IS Sn sb > . » ■ b A ‘ 33 iIP% <*t ® James A. Crosbic Lawrence Crosbie The handsome new bridge opened and dedicated here Friday night waa built by the firm of J. A Crosbie & Son. this city. They have done a good job in the completion of this structure, the 435th bridge constructed under the supervision of the elder Crosbie He presented the bridge to J D Adams, highway chairman, at the dedication ceremonies.

DECATUR DAILY. DEMOCRAT) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1931.

OnlijL. I HHhwlWi .(Lw L i i 1 z jeer -x ? 'BC JJeKC. v? V R mono, j.- -.-. **'*'*B4 ’ ' ♦ • +-**—- JE ~s -■ " ' ““ - ...' - -T.- -- - | * **" ** . . z v W ■ • -''•* •'’*)"?*** _/ .' *■ * A , s ~V. V . .M.- — - 1 A w -■ <x ' s • — 1 * — ■■■'■ ' ■ ■■— X ■ Above are three views of the new 343-foot bridge over the Wabash river on state road 1 at the north edge of Bluffton. On the left above is a view of the bridge taken from a point on state road 124 east of the bridge. In the background is the interurban bridge while between the bridge and road 124 may be seen railings of the temporary bridge On the right is a closeup view taken from the north bank of the river, showing an east side view looking toward the courthouse. The lower picture shows the floor of the bridge with workmen adding the finishing touches. The three-foot guard rails may be seen on either side.

across the Wabash river on state road 1 generally declared the greatest public improvement in Bluffton in the present generation, is one of the outstanding bridges in the state, modern to the last degree, a structure to which the citizens of Bluffton, the builders. J. A. CrosI bie H Son. and the state highway

I house similar to the ones to be ; built here was SB,OOO. These con-; I tain no features which are not in-1 corporated in the Decatur develop* I nient. | The local homesteads office here ! lias received no word from Wash ; I ington since A. A. Watrotis, proi ject manager, Ferd Litterer, at- ' torney, and E. L. Middleton. supervisor of homesteads in the middle I west went there a week ago to take the bids for approval by officials of the division. It was understood when they left, that, barring unexpected de. . lays, they would not return until I the contracts were awarded. The' nien went to Washington person ally to expedite rushing through the contracts. Despite lack of definite word i from Washington, a crew of 43 relief and four non.relief FERA workers are spending the laying of tile and preparing of the road bed. The men have completed laying 2.500 feet of tile through the 1 SO acre tract. Next week the men will begin laying 8,000 feet of tile under the center of the drives. In addition to draining the road from catch basins located at intervals along the drive, this tile will be expected to drain a good portion of the park.

department of Public Workst headed by V. M. Simmons, this city may well point with pride. The bridge is a magnificent structure. the architural design combining the artistic with massive and substantial proportions. It may well be said to be built for the ageS and doubtless will be used by un-

©ciK?«r BY CHARLEY ORANT Lots o’ fellers are small potatoes because they don’t know beans. There’s plenty o’ shady livin' done under th' bright lights. T' keep th’ ball a rollin' a fol- ' ler's gotta be square. As a rule it ain’t th’ bookish preachers who speak volumes. Ho hum, when folks run you down, buck up. Too many swallers spoils many a Lark. o ♦ 4 Household Scrapbook -by— ROBERTA LEE 4 4 Laundering Shirts Use a little starch in the cuffs, neckbands, the fronts of soft shirts. They will launder much better and will keep clean longer. Polishing Tinware Rub a freshly sliced onion over the tinware and then rub vigorously jvith a dry clean cloth, to give it a high polish. Apple and Prune Stuffing Tv make apple and prune stuffing use three cups bread crumbs, pone teaspoon salt, one eighth tealspoon pepper, cne-half cup broken ■ nut meats, one-fourth cup melted ; fat, one-half cup stewed prunes, and one cup diced, and stewed apples. —o CHURCH LEADER HERE TOMORROW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) America, China, and India. The Synod owns and controls 19 seminaries and colleges (Fort Wayne Concordia being one) for the train, ing of ministers and leat hers. The churches near Decatur and of the Decatur conference connected with the Missouri Synod are, in addition to the Zion Lutheran church, of tips city, Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor; Immanuel Luther, an. Rev. M. J. Frosch; St. Paul's Lutheran, Rev. R. G. Gaiser; St. John’s Lutheran, Rev. E. R. TrueIzsch; Zion Lutheran (Friedheim), Rev. C. B. Preuss; St. Peter's Lutheran. Rev. L- J- Dornseif; Zion Lutheran (Woodburn). H. J. Reinking; Trinity Lutheran, Rev. K.

told generations long after all who attend the formal opening hafve passed beyond. 343 Feet In Length The total length of the bridge is i 343 feet aud one-half inch. The old I iron bridge which It replaces was ) 193 feet in length. 'ln width the outside measure-

■ Wyneken; Immanuel Lutheran (Soest), Rev. C. W. Rodenbeck; ! John's Lutheran, Rev. W. Aker; i Bethauy Lutheran, Rev. K. Strass--1 burg. 0 CORN CONDITION OFF FOUR POINTS (CONTINUED FROM »»AGE ONE) ! ing marked improvement in the I northern and southeastern sections. while all districts showed a 6 per cent improvement in soy beans over a month ago when ths usual gain is 2 per cent. Although grapes -were reported

Broke Bottle at Christening / I / - 4 -tn, . nr- "* Fl \ *jF I ■I * / \ tiy 1 Hr Miss Martha Kelley, youngest daughter of the late Mayor John W. Kelley .had the honor of breaking a bottle of water over a railing of ■ the new Wabash river bridge Friday night at dedication ceremonies. | ’ The was brought from the reservoir at Celina. Ohio, headwaters of the ' 1 Wabash river Miss Kelley's father was an ardent worker for the - new bridge and with the cooperation of the council threw the full I • support of the oity of Bluffton to the realization of the improvement. I

ments of the new bridge totals 56 feet. There is a roadway of 44 feet and there is a five foot sidewalk on each side. There Is a railing three feet in height on each side of the bridge, 11 inches in thickness. Four Arches in Bridge The bridge structure includes four arches of 72 feet each to span the river channel, with massive a. butments at the ends and three piers resting in the bed of the stream. The base of the abutments and pier have footings 4% feet in solid rock and -the distance from the base of the piers and abutments to the floor of the bridge is 29 feet. The floor of the bridge is six feet above the top of the arches and the intervening space is filled with solid concrete. Higher Than Old Bridge The floor of the new bridge is I M feet higher at the north end and 3*rj feet higher at the south end than the old iron bridge. Built For Flood 'Conditions i •With the purpose of preparing for possibilities of future floods the new bridge was designed and built with the conditions of the 1913 flood in mind. The tops of the arches. Contractor J. A. Crosbie stated are 14 inches above the 1913 high water stage.

above average, apple production was only 36 per cent of the 192731 average, and peaches 58 percent of the 1933 crop. The pear crop, however, is estimated at 35 | per cent greater than last year. I The indicated production of potatoes is five per cent above last year, and 70 per cent of the 19271931 average. o Need No Great Skill The six musical instruments that are considered the easiest to play are the harmonica, ukulele, tenor I banjo, mandolin, saxophone and I guitar.

I'WHAT IS‘K I ["TV H / 7.1 liJTnr..Wfr* f t 1 I Get Ready for Vegetables

Magnificent dinplays of home- I grown vegetables at club flowur j shows and fairs this fall have I given new interest and impetus to tile home vegetable garden. It is I an Institution that should not he abandoned if space possibly can he found for it. No matter liow cheaply vegetables car. be purchased In the market, the absolute top-notcli of quality cannot be bought at a Store. It must be grown. The soil for the vegetable garden may be put in shape for I spring to excellent advantage this ! fall if no more than spading and I leaving the soil to weather. In ' fall spading, do not break up the I lumps and place the soil in fine tilth. Leave the lumps which will permit the air to penetrate the earth more easily and assist in the process of breaking it up. With the winter weathering, it will work much more easily in the spring. ( If stable manure can he found. ' it is a very excellent plan to dig I it in this fall. Failing a supply of [ stable manure, compost made from decayed leaves and vege- ' table rubbish is the next best to i turn under. If autumn leaves j have been burned, save something ! from this destruction of valuable, fertilizing material by gathering the ashes and scattering them over the garden. They will provide potash, a necessary element ' in plant food, and also aud lime j to the soil. The value of autumn leaves. ■ stacked up from year to year to decay either under the influence of rains or moisture from the hose or to be hastened by chemical reagents now on sale, cannot be overestimated. They offer a fine material for soil improvement always at hand for the gathering.

IJOh 8 W“ ■ i ItmT X,' U — Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death? Gray. No. no ad of the living can call back those who have passed to the Great Beyond. But by a reverent care of their mortal remains we can show our respect for their memory, and alleviate the grief of those who remain. Such is the aim of lhe Black Funeral Home. The BLACK FUNERAL HOME S. E. BLACK MRS. S. E. BLACK, Lady Ass’t. | CLARENCE WEBER EXPLANATION 999 ls That < - om ' Ww MS £ peting Dealers Buy FORD AUTOMOBILES FOR RESALE? Obviously because they know f what tiie public wants. America’s First Choice National Passenger Car Registrations for Ist Seven Months—R. L. Polk & Co., Statisticians i FORD 358,242 CHEVROLET 335,608 PLYMOUTH 197.164 CALL: Phone 111 for Demonstration—No Obligation Al D. Schmitt Motor Sales

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II I I I >»•* The Compost Heap is a Garden Savings Bank I | The moet practical method iu to I build a bin of rough boards, unI floored, and fill this with the | autumn leaves and garden refuse, i wetting it and tramping it down , and weighting it down after the I (bin is well filled. The decayed foliage which will I accumulate at the bottom of the heap in the course of seasons is almost pure hun.us and of the greatest value to add texture to I the soil and moisture retaining ' quality. With the use of chemical I reagents, the bin of leaves will be ,) converted into a solid layer of ' thoroughly decayed synthetic maI nure of high fertilizing quality in : three months. Started this fall, it 1 will he ready for use next spring. , ’ o Get the Habit — Trade at Home