Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1937 — Page 2

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NOTICE OF D4I.K OF SCHOOL Ft NO FHOFEHTIE* Notice is hereby given, That pursuant to the law» of the State of Indiana, the Auditor of Adams County. Indiana, will offer at public sale at the east door of the Court House, to the highest bidder, al not less than the appraised value, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. on the 4th day of September, 1937, the following descilbed property heretofore bought In for the School Fund: The south half of the southeast quarter of Section seventeen <!•> Township twenty-six (26) North of Range fifteen (151 Hast, containing SO acres more or less; Excepting therefrom the following tract, to-wlt: Commencing at the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of Section seventeen (17) Township twenty-six (26) North of Range fifteen (15) East, thence west eleven (111 rods and three (3) links, thence north twenty-one and onehalf (21M> > rods, thence east eleven (11) rods and three (3) links, thence south twenty-one and one half (21%) rods to the place of beginning containing one and one-half (In) acres; . Leaving seventy-eight and onehalf (7811) acres of the aforesaid south half of said southeast quarter. Appraised at 12000.00. Also on the same day at 11:00 o - clock A. M. at the east door of the I’ourt House, will offer at public sale the following described tract of School Fund l.and to-wlt: The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section twentytlve (25) Township twenty-six (26) North of Range fourteen (14) East, containing forty (40) acres more or less. Appraised at $1500.00 Said sale will be made agreeable to an order of the Board of Commissioners of said county and upon the following terms One third, cash in hand, and the balance in four equal installments due In one, two, three and four years respectively from day of sale, bearing Interest at six per , rent per annum, payable In advance, , said deferred payments to be secured by first mortgage on the real estate B °witness my hand this 29th day of . July, 1937. ~ < .. John W. Tyndall, Auditor ( of Adams County, Indiana. July 30, Aug 6-20 , _ 0 , - COMMISSIONER'S CLAIMS • ALLOWED AUGUST 3, 11)37 < MiMcrllnneoim

I'Ort Wayne Ptg. Co. supplies 156.45 Cfty of Decatur light power 100.31 Citizens Tele. Co. telephone 67.8 C Fern E. Bierly Deputy hire .... 75. 0(j Florence M. Bierly clerk hire 34.0 C li, Remy Bierly postage 0.00 G. Remy Bierly insane inquest 120.04 Mary Cowan deputy hire 75.00 Mary K. Tyndall clerk hire .... 50.00 Alice Lenhart deputy hire .... 75.00 Jeff Liechty treas. 6% fees .... 88.64 Edwin Kauffman deputy hire 75.00 Leo T. Gillig deputy hire .... 100.00 Dallas Brown mileage 18.40 Dallas Brown Stationery sup. 1.28 R G. Detninger deputy hire ... 83.33 Andrew’ Schirack ditch expense 84.00 W. Q. O’Neall Co. do 78.<6 Clifton E. Striker sal. post. 149.83 Margaret S. Myers salary 67.50 11 E. Archbold operating exp 54 44 Mildred Koldewey salary 7o, Xn E. J. Worthman salary 00.00 Dr. F. L. Grandstaff do 29.25 WiH Winnes assessing 5.00 Dean Byerly Co. Council 20.00 Ciir»« > Eicber do - 20.00 E. J. Kenney do August Conrad do 20.00 James A. Hendricks do 20.00 Henry Dehner do 20.06 Evert Banter do 20.00 Henry B. Heller salary 30.00 4-H Club & Extension awards 725.00 W. J. Schumaker salary 100.00 Mary McClure salary 35.00 Mrs. Jtgnes DeVor Court House 10.50 Stultz Home Grocery do 39 Dallas Brow’n bd. prisoners .... 80.80 Non Ind. Public Service Co. jail 11.23 The l T S. ‘Chemical Co. do 17.7 6 Sbr? L’s Store do 125.00 Decatur Democrat Co. legal ad. 66.90 Berne Witness Co. do 67.19 S. Soldier’s burial .... 75.00 Indiana. State Sana. institutions6s.oo County Infirmary H. P. LaFontaine salary 150.00 Clara M. LaFontaine do — 23.33 Herbert LaFontaine do 40.00 Florence Lengerich do .... 37.50 Dorothy LaFontaine do - 37.50 Calvin Falb do 27.50 Clint llart operating expense 33.75 Sam Bailer do 14.00 Robert Martin do 20.81 Curt Wolfe do - 19.25 A. R. Ashbaucher do 63.74 J. A. Kiess do 2.00 Sorg Meat Market do - 16.65 Stults' Home Grocery do .... 272.06 Amstqtz Bakery do 10.35 I Eastern Ind. Oil Sup Co 36.42 JohnsOh Repair Shop do 2.75 Lee Hardware Co. do 90.55 Martin Gilson do 2.50 Niblick and Co. do 147.84 Nicholas Shoe Store do 21.80 J. E. Morris d* 2.00 Miracle Mfg. Co. do 48.23 Banco Prodi Co. do ... —. 65.69 Welfare Fund Faye Smith Knapp salary . .. 100.00 Bernice Nelson Salary 75.00 Mildred Rumschlag do 50.00 Faye Smith Knapp mileage .... 36.45 Bernice Nelson do 14.20 I-1. Wayne Ptg. Co. supplies 4.50 Faye Smith Knapp postage .... 10.00 Citizens Telephone Co. phone 4.30 Highway Repair Dint. No. 1. Hugo H. Gerke labor .. 57.00 Glenn Merica do 35.00 Elmer Gerke do 6.60 Robert Gerke do 12.00 Wm. Bittner do 14.00 Otto Fuelling do 2.70 Herman Miller do 27.65 Melvin Miller do ... 13.20 Gerhart Kiefer do 8.10 Erwin Kiefer do 6.90 Edgar Wente do 2.40 Dimt. No. 2 Herman S. Uleman labor 125.00 Harold Sauer do 106.20 Ralph Martin do 105.75 Clarence Durkin do 101.25 R. F. Sauer do . 108.00 Jake Musser do 67.50 George Loshe de 108.00 Ralph Shady do 80.50 Henry Sauer do 67 50 ,Y au , n T . Li ,'} i 8 er do 60.00 j Carl Kelley do 9.00 John Anderson do 20 50 John Cramer do \ 26.50 Earn Peoples do ASO Al Braim do 3 00 Diet. VoTa Elmer Beer labor 112.00 Hiram Wittwer do 7.20 Milo Fuehs do 11 40 1 red Liechty do 52.50 Kenneth Beer do 3.00 Homer Debolt do 1.50 Frank Major do 3.00 District Wo. 4 J. C. Augsfrurger labor 102.50 Edwin Spichlger do 104.40 r’liauncy Reynolds do 103.50 J. M. Neuenoehwa/tder do .. ... 13.50

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Amos Steiner do <2.00 Chris Roth do 13,00 Norman Augsburger do 11.J0 Jacob J. Amstuts do 2.10 Ellas McDonald do 2 00 John Mosure do ....... 7.50 Fred Mathys do 9.75 Sylvan Bauman do 7.50 Herman Mathys do 3.00 Operating Exprnar Lee Hardware Co. operat. exp 20.48 Johnson Repair Shop do J.JJ A. R. Athbaucher do 5.6Reed’e Feed A Sup. Co. do .... 13.75 11. A. Stuckey do 32.34 Dierkes Auto Parts do 13.JJ Peter Everett do 2J.00 Jacob Miller do 35.00 W. P. Robinson Co. do Standard Oil Co. do 15.80 Gerald R. Durkin do National Clyinder Gag Co. do 9.09 Hoover Pt. A Roof Co. do .... 263.00 Mo sum an Yarnelle Co. do 12.55 Ed F. Berlin* do 7.12 K. G. Delnlnger do 16.67 \\. H. Gllliom salary mileage 134.82 Yost Bros, material 231.11 Smith Construction Co. do .... 1173.22 John W. Karch Stone Co. do 471.34 Blue Creek Stone Co. do .... 1523.62 Meshberger Bros Stone Co. do 567.67 Certified this sth day of Aug. 1937. John W. Tyndall, Auditor July 30-Aug. 6 “SHERIFF SALE” In the Adu him Clrcnlt Court, State of liidinna, Cnusr No. I.M.MJ Federal Farm Mortgage Company vs William Harshbarger. Mary C. Harshbarger, Forest Harshbarger and Guy Arnold. By virtue of an order of sale to me directed and delivered from the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court in the above entitled cause, I have levied upon and will expose to sale by Public Auction at the Court House door, east entrance, first floor in said County and State, between the hours of 10:00 o'clock A. M. and 4:00 o’clock P. M. on Wednesday, the Sth day of September A. D., 1937, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years of the following described real estate to-wit: The north half of the northwest quarter of section 34, Township 25 north, range 15 east, except one acre out of the northwest corner thereof, described as follows to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of the north half of the northwest quarter of section 34 township 25 north, range 15 east, running east 13 rods, thence south 12 S rods, thence west 13 rods,

5 thence north 12 rods to the place 4 of beginning, containing 1 acre of i) land more or less; containing in all 0 79 acres, more or less, but subject 0 to all legal highways, and situated i) in Adams County, State of Indiana. 4 And on failure to realize therefrom ) the full amount of the judgment, inti terest thereon and costs, I will at ) the same time and place, and in the l manner aforesaid offer for sale the ) fee-simple of the above described ) real estate. Taken as the property ) of William Harshbarger, Mary C. i Harshbarger, Forest G. HarshbargJ er and Guy Arnold, at the suit of the ) Federal Farm Mortgage Company. > Said sale will be made without any > relief whatever from valuation or ) appraisement laws. Dallas Brown, Sheriff ' H. T. Huff and (’. J. Lutz. Attva. > Aug. 6-13-20 i o ' tnpolntment ot A.linlnlntratox j De Bonis Non with the Will Annexed 1 Notice is hereby given. That tne ' undersigned has been appointed Ad- • minfstrator of the estate of William 1 H. Graham late of Adam* County, 1 deceased. The estate Is probably sol- • vent. > Lewis A. Graham, Administrator. [ De Ronis Non with the Will Annexed 1 John I„ DeVose, Attorney. ) July 7, 1987 July 23, 30, Aug. 6 > Statement of Condition of the ) FEDERAL LIFE IXSURAItCE rOMPAXY > Chicago, Illinois ! .. ’6* No. Michigan Avenue I On the 31st Day of December. 1936 ' IbAAC MILLER HAMILTON, 1 President A. Ft. THOMPSON. Secretary Amount of Capital paid U P -- • 8 375,000.00 GROSS ASSETS OF COMPANY Real Estate UnincumbMortgage Loans on Real Estate (Free from any prior incumbrance) . 2,738,952 91 Bonds and Stocks Owned .Market Value) 2,329,003.00 Cash in Banks (On Interest and Not on In- , terest) 326,150.31 Accrued Securities (Inj terest and Rents, etc.) 270,494.69 (Other Securities Tax Anticipation War- „ r » n ts ..... 376,750.00 Policy Loans & Premium Notes 2,606,818.79 Assets Accident & Health Department 58,461.33 Premiums and Accounts due and in process of collection 459,678.13 Accounts otherwise sefured 74,982.94 Total Gross Assets 815,909.063.62 Deduct Assets Not Adtnitted $ 158,980.20 Net Assets 815,750,083.42 LIABILITIES Reserve or amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks ... 11,053,506.00 Losses due and unpaid.. 2,000 00 I.osses adjusted and not due. Losses unadjusted and in suspense . 46,420 77 Bills and Accounts unI , Paid . 22,021.13 Amount due and not due banks or other credi. tors None Other Liabilities of the Com pany Including A * H 3,888,054.43 Total Liabilities 815,012,002.33 Capital 5 875,000.00 Surplus $ 363,081.09 Total 815,750,083.42 1 STATE OF INDIANA, Office of Insurance Commissioner I *• lb® undersigned,‘lnsurance Comniissioner of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the Statement of the Condition of the 1 Bbove mentioned Company on the 31st day of December, 1936, as shown by the original statement and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto ' subscribe my name and affix my offi- : cial seal, this 9th day of July, 1937. (Seal) GEO. H. NEWBAUER, Insurance Commissioner. *lf Mutual Company so state. O i Change of orchestra Sun- . day—Sunset Dance. ■

0, HAROLD DANIELS A. M. 0 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 0 DEI'ATI H SCHOOL HOAIID () Auguat 1, 11)3(1—July 81. 1937 0 Jo.. A. Hunter. Treasurer 0 f> Heeelpl. In Special Fund 0 ('avh Balance August I, 1936 $3,162.: 0 I Temporary loan 4,500.1 Intangible tax 679.: 8 : Local taxation 29,178.i 5 I Miscellaneous receipts 368.1 5 I Total receipts $37,888.. < Expenditures during year 27,791.1 » Balance July 31, 1937 $10,096.1 Recelpta In Tuition t’mirt » Cash balance August 1, 1936 119,710.1 J Depository Interest 90.1 J Transfer tuition 5,134.: ’ Excise tax l,030|: ’ Local taxation 22,736.1 ; Common School Revenue 1,382.1 ■ Congressional School Fund J Interest 136.6 • Gross Income 15,000.( ‘ Intangible tax 530. t j Vocational Refund 400.( • Total receipts 166,150.5 Expenditures during year 42,628.6 • Balance July 31, 1937 $23,522.2 Receipt!* in Rond Fund Cash Balance August 1, 1936 $1,970.0 f Local taxation 2,690.3 Total receipts $4,660.3 Expenditures during year 2,787.5 Balance July 31, 1937 $1,872.8 > I>iNl»uri*enienta hi the Special Sc hoc Fund i Charles Alexander $ 21.5 i Alert Products, Inc 12.3 ! Henry Adler 3.4 Ashbaucher’s Tin Shop 513.3 Appelmah’s Grocery 11.1 Earl B. Adams 25.1 Adams County Lumber Co. 3.0 Walter Brintzenhofe 29.6 Richard Boring 54. Q Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 9.4 Walter J. Bockman 35.9' Russell Bowman .5 A. E. Boyce Co 65.7< Burk Elevator Co 25.6 Butler’s Garage 3.0< Tom Berry Music Co., Inc. — 34.9: P. Blakiston's Son and Co., Inc 6.1: Bauman and Long 4.2< A. G. Burke 3.71 W. Guy Brown 37.81 City of Decatur 813.4’ Citizens Telephone Co 224.54 Ben Clem 5.0( Hugo Claussen 5.11

r Ray Christen 10.0( I Chicago Apparatus Co 40.0( Central Scientific Co. 59.71 i The C. C. C. Highway, Inc .. . 1.2 C P. F. Collier and Son, Corp. 15.75 i Clerks and supplies 1,288.56 . Decatur Lumber Co 276.18 ■ Walter Deitseh 20.36 I Herbert A. Daum 6.20 . Mrs. B. W. DeVor 150.70 i Decatur Floral Co 5.0 H Doubleday Doran & Co 3.15 Drainrod Co 16.00 Decatur Electric Shop . 15.59 , C. A. Douglas Co 6.95 Frank W. Downs 46.05 Decatur Public Library 14.00 Decatur Daily Democrat 271.13 The Dubois Soap Co. 26.88 John L. DeVoss 5.06 Decatur Laundry 2.00 Erie Railroad Co 1.39 Justine Everhart 715.81 Richard Eiting 3.00 Educational Music Bureau. Inc. 81.64 Leo E. Ehinger 62.86 E. D. Engeler 89.80 Fltberson Service Station 2.08 Sylvester Everhart 165.00 Charles W. Feasel 33.40 Heber Feasel 73.00 The Frontier Press Dist. Co. 21.50 Fruchte & Lltterer 21.54 First State Bank 4,542.10 A.Flanagan Co. 33.56 Funk * Wagnalls Co. 10.60 Gas C 0............................ .. 216.49 The D. H. Goble Printing Co. 7.30 Ginn and Co. 14.33 Paul H. Graham Co 44.90 C. A. Gregory Co 16.81 Gerber s Meat Market . 4.52 General Electric Co. .... 31.04 Grand Rapids Fibre Cord Co. 3.03 Haywood Publishing Co. . 3.00 Dr. L. P. Harshman 7.50 Huntington Lab. Inc 15.25 The Harter Publishing Co. 15.20 Hall & McCreary Co 25.80 Holthouse Drug Co 10.72 Julius Haugk 703.80 L. C. Helm 43.08 John V. Heller 4.50 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 57 76 «■ E- Hite 11.39 Wm. Harrod .....' 8.00 Robert B. Hougham . 32.22 Indianapolis Soap Co 13.84 International Harvester Co. 2.06 Janitors 5 814.25 Johnson Repair Shop 116.03 Edward Jaberg 265.63 Kocher Lumber & Coal Co. 376 52 Krick Coal Co 556.19 Peter Kirsch 1.00 Kewanee Boiler Corp. 5 59 Kiger & Co 38.63 R. B. Kerr 40.00 Kohne Drug Store 71.53 H. Knapp & Son 2.75 Kee Lox Mfg. Co 41.25 Amos Ketchum 256.30 H. L. Lankenau Co 196.00 LeVay & Snyder, Inc 28.34 Ltncoiniana Publishers 3.75 The LaFontaine Handle Co. 14.50 Lee Hardware Co 144.54 J. B. Lippincott Co 18.55 W. A. Lower 28.72 Lankenau’s 95.75 Postmaster Phil Macklin .... 70.00 Milton Bradley Co. 44.60 Frank O1 Medsker, Treas. 2.00 The Maier Hide & Fur Co 10.00 Meshberger Bros. Stone Co. 61.88 The Mutschler Packing Co. Inc .85 Miracle Mfg. Co 16.79 The Morris 5 and 10c Stores 7.47 Main Auto Supply Sales Corp. 44.03 The Manual Arts Press 1.56 The Me Millan Co 9.93 E. H. Kemper McComb, Treas. 5.00 A. J. Nystrom & Co. 50.70 Niblick * Co 64.38 Nat’l. Bureau of Casualty & Sure. Under 1.15 Oxley Type. Co 16.65 Osborn Paper Co 169.86 Pyramid Paper Corp. 14.28; Remington Rand, Inc 84.10 I Polychrome Co 37.50 I Palmer Products, Inc 2.52 ’ Robert Phillips 30.00 I W. F. Quarrie & Co 71.15 I Quality Food Market 1.65 Joel Reynolds 14.85 Railway Express 1.90 Row. Peterson & Co. .... 4.81 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc 4.75 M. W. Rothert 12.60 The J. F. Riggs Pub. Co. .... 3.80 Scott, Forssman & Co 340.81 Stiver, Burdett Co 65.83 The Schafer Hardware Co 220.08 R. A. Stuckey 775 87 The Stan. Elec. Time Co. 27.70 G. A. Straub 12.00 Ellis Squier 37.50 School Supply Co 2.85 Standard Oil Co. .... 54.80

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, AUGUST 6,1937.

The Sup. Switch. 4 De. 00. 8.62 School A College Service 37.60 Reni. H. Sanborn 4 Co. . 19 99 The Suttles-Edward* Co 1 JU 64 The Spring Handle Co 60.37 Stulte Home Grocery 20.95 Oscar Sprague 4 50 .55 School Service Co 1.11 .00 The Service Caster & Truck Co. 19.42 .85 Sprague Furniture Co 104.52 .00 Smith, Plumb 4 Heating 50.42 .09 The Scafer Co 64.35 — B. J. Smith Drug Co u 6.15 .49 George Squier .. 170.00 .85 School Board 460.00 — Supervision and teaching .... 4,406.86 .64 John W. Tyndall 51.00 1). F. Teeple 3.03 .81 Talens School Products, Inc. 31.85 .58 W. A, Teel 50.00 .20 U. S. Sporting Goods Co 15.54 138 Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. 10.43 .53 University of Kentucky 3.00 .32 Mrs. Tom Venls 18.25 Vonnegut Hardware Co 19 04 Wayne Novelty Corp. 16.98 ,00 World Book Co 33 '5J 07 August Walter 14.85 ,00 John B. Wisely 28.29 Ruth Winnes 15.00 „ Otho Winger 3.00 Charles Whitman 6.25 8 Frank Young 2.00 Zion Reformed Church 5.00 Webster Pub. Co 4.22 08 Yost Brothers 29.1» 31 Total 427,791.85 The vouchers and the invoices for all payments for the school year ou 1936-1937 are In the office of the superintendent and are open at any- ”, time for public Inspection. ol Attested CARRIE T. HAUBOLD, Secretary WALTER J. KRICK, Superintendent 40 a 35 Statement of Condition of the FEDERAL LIFE A CASUALTY CO. Detroit, Michigan 60 2980 W. Grand Blvd. On the 31st Day of December, 1936 <5 V. D. CLIFF, President 90 f. V. CLIFF, Secretary 55 Amount of Capital paid 75 up ~ • $ 450,000.00 51 GROSS ASSETS OF COMPANY )0 Real Estate Unincumb)1 ered $ 144,000.00 11 Mortgage Loans on Real ’0 Estate (Free from any ’3 prior incumbrance) 11,000.001 ?5 Bonds and Stocks Own17 ed (Amortized.) 704,327.24 i 0 Cash in Banks (On InK) terest and Not on In[7 terest) 39,065.64 >0 Accrued Securities (Inin terest and Rents, etc.) 7,664.57 i 6 Other Securities 33,212.14! 0 Premiums and Accounts — due and in process of a collection .. 2,745.50 8 : Accounts otherwise se6 cured None Total Gross Assets $ 942,015.09 X Deduct Assets Not Ad- ? mitted $ 19,052.06 | ® Net Assets I 922,963.03 j LIABILITIES e Reserve or amount nek cessary to reinsure 3 outstanding risks $ 127,575.93 ~ Losses due and unpaid.... 63,133.54 t Losses adjusted and not ’ due None* Losses unadjusted and in , suspense 21,000.00 J Dills and Accounts un- I. J paid 4,250.00 J Reserve for contingenX t ies 35,000.001 J Other Liabilities of the » Company 70,414.30. { 0 Total Liabilities . $ 321.353.77 ’ 0 Capital $ 450,000.06 0 Surplus J 151,609.21 1 I I 0 Total ? 922,963.03,1 6 |t " STATE OF INDIANA, 9 Office of Insurance Commissioner 1 e I, the undersigned, Insurance Com- ' jnistyoner of Indiana, hereby certify ‘ f that’the above is a correct copy of 1 the Statement of the Condition of 1 2 the above mentioned Company on J I the 31st day of December, 1936, as 1 shown by the original statement and > that the said original statement is ) now on file in this office. 5 In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto ) subscribe my name and affix my offi- ) cial seal, this 9th day of July, 1937. i > (Seal) GEO. H. NFTWBAUER, > Insurance Commissioner. I I *lf Mutual Company so state. » ——■ H — DR. RAY STINGELY DENTIST Rooms 1 and 2, K. of C. Bldg. Phone 240 Office Hours: 8 to 12 -1 to 5 Office closed all day Wednesday.

Public Auction Having decided to quit farming I will sell at Public Auction at my farm 2 miles Southeast of Decatur or Second house North of County Infirmary, on MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937 Commencing at 12:00 noon HORSES—Bay Mere 4 yr. old, wt. 1660, Sound, Bred, a mighty fine Mare; Strawberry Roan Mare Colt, 1 yr. old, out of this mare; Bay Gelding 4 yrs. old, extra good worker, wt. 1450 lbs. These are good horses. The mare is a good, thick made mare. You will like her. HOGS—Two good White Sows due to farrow Oct. Ist; 13 Feeder Hogs weighing about 100 lbs. each. POULTRY--100 extra good White Giant Pullets. FARM IMPLEMENTS I Moline 12 Disc Fertilizer Grain Drill good as new; Moline Manure Spreader, good; Good Side Delivery Hay Rake; 5 ft. Mower in good ■ condition; Dump Rake; J-Deere Corn Planter; IHC Single Row Riding | Cultivator, 4 shovels on side, like new; Good Farm Wagon; Hay Ladders & Grain Bed Combined; Bar Roller; Single Disc 6 on side- Good Spring Tooth Harrow; Oliver 13 inch Walking plow; Dump Boards; Land Float made of 4x4’s for tractor; New Double Set Breeching Harness; 2 New Leather Collars, 21 and 22 inch; and many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. RAY SMITH, Owner Roy S. Johnson —Auctioneer W. A. Lower—Clerk.

2 . • • 1 Test Your Knowledge 7 I ' Can you answer seven of these 5 ten questions? Turn to page o I Four for the answers. — 2 | 1. What is oil of vitriol? ? 2. When was the Battle of 5 Waterloo? 3. Who owns the Fiji Islands. 4. Give the correct spelling <>f i> the word meaning a native of the ’ Philippine Islands. i) 5. What is the largest interior body of water in the world, that 6 has no outlet? 6. Who wrote "Little Women? j 7. Name the second largest 1 planet. J 8. In what year was Harvard ) University founded? ? 9. Is it proper for a mother to ) give a bridal shower for her ’ daughter? ; 10. Who was John O'Keefe? — o ’. Statement of Condition of the EXt’HESSMEN'S MITUAL LI»L INSURANCE COMPANY. New York, New York 212 East 43rd Street On the 31st Day of December, 1936 H. 1). FREEMAN, President E. W. IMSANDE, Secretary I Amount of Capital paid up • « Mutual GROSS ASSETS OF COMPANY Real Estate Unincumbered » None Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Free from any prior Incumbrance) .... 371,706.33 Bonds and Stocks Owned (Market Value) .... 6,674,480.23 Cash in Banks (On Interest and Not on Interest) 111.190.J5 Accrued Securities (InI terest and Rents, etc.) 87,046.89 I Other Securities i Policy Loans & Liens . 1,944,169.33 I Premiums and Accounts due and in process of collection 34,372.94 Accounts otherwise secured - None Total Gross Assets 89,222,966.07 | Deduct Assets Not Ad- , mitted $ 353,501.46 Net Assets 88,869,464.61 LIABILITIES Reserve or amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 86,916.205.00 Losses due and unpaid ... 25,000.00 Losses adjusted and not i due None I Losses unadjusted and In | suspense None • Bills and Accounts unpaid 29,877.95 Amount due and not due , banks"-or other creditors None [Other Liabilities of the Company 1,206,761.66 Total Liabilities 88,177,844.61 Capital Surplus 8 691,620.00 Total 88,869,464.61

STATE OF' INDIANA, Office of Insurance Commissioner I, the undersigned, Insurance Commissioner of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the Statement of the Condition ot the above mentioned Company on the 31st day of December, 1936, as shown by the original statement and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and seal, this 9th day of July, (Seal) GEO. H. NEWBAUER, Insurance Commissioner, it .Mutual Company so state. r rade in a Good Town — Decatur N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135. HOURS 8:30 to 1130 12:30 to 5:00

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’rates One Time-Minimum cherge of i 25c for 20 word* or le»». O ve 20 words. 1’ z 4c per word Two Times—Minimum charge I of 40c for 20 word, or Jew. Over 20 word* 2c per word so | the two time*. ' Three Tlmee—Minimum cherge of 50c for 20 word* or lewOver 20 word* 2!»c fer word for the three time*. I I Card* of Thank* - 3»c ; j Obltuarie* and veraea—— $)• FOR SALE FOR SALE—SISO living room suite for $125; five burner oil stove range for S3O; bedroom suite, $35; kitchen cabinet. $18; breakfast set sl2; Axmlnster rug, 9x12, S2O; two-piece living room suite, $35; Open evenings. Stucky & Company. Monroe. lso7t FOR SALE — 40 acre farm with some buildings on it and good black soil, and 80 acres with extra improvements. Modern 9 room house with lots of other buildings. Most of buildings have electric lights. % mile southeast of Craigville. Joel A. Schwartz. 184 3tx FOR SALE —4O acre farm, Blue Creek township, 6 miles east, H mile north of Berne. For particulars. call at farm. Property of Ida Fisher heirs. 185-3tx FOR SALE—O. I. C. male hope. Otto Ehlerding, Decatur, R. 1. Preble phone. ltx FOR SALE —Water tank, tower and well house, cheap, at Decatur Cemetery. Enquire at cemetery or Ben Schroyer at Mutchler Packing Plant. IS4-3t MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS —Furniture repaired, upholstered or refinished at the Decatur Upholstering Shop. 145 S. Second St. Phone 420. Also used furniture 167-30 t Fresh Potato Chips and assorted nuts daily at The Green Kettle.: NOTICE—Dr. S. M. Friedley, veterinarian. Located at R. N, Run-

- yon and Sons Garage. Phone 772. f NOTICE J My residence and office is now e located at 430 North Fifth Street. ■> 108-ts Dr. C. V. Connell, t WANTED * WANTED —To rent small house. ,| Riverside Garage, phone 741, beI tween Ba. m and sp. m. 183-3tx ’ ; WANTED —Loans on farms. East-; ern money. Low rates. Very lib- ' | oral terms. See me for abstracts : ■ of title. French Quinn. 152-m-w f i MALE HELP WANTED Own and control your own Independent business. Watkins distributors breaking all former sales records. Opening still available in Decatur for a hustler with car. We l help finance and furnish all need- , *d advertising and training. Write J. R. Watkins Co., Columbus, O. 1 FOR RENT FOR RENT — Four room modern furnished flat. Private entrance. | Phone 79. 183-3 t LOST AND FOUND LOST —Half grown yellow kitten. Anyone knowing whereabouts notify phone 1167 or 612 North Third street. 185-2 t o CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere apprecitaion for the many kindnesses. flowers and expressions of sympathy during the illness and ; death of my beloved husband. Mrs. J. W. Rice. Notice My office will be closed from Sunday. August Bth to Tuesday,; August 17. Dr. G. J. Kohne Dr. Eugene Fields Dentist Nitrous-Oxid-Gas Ane»the»ia X-Ray 127 N. 3rd st. Phone 56

k statTT.ent of Cedillo.) of U«e r <ol.l ’«hia (! .hki;mk INCE I Cincinnati, Ohio LH9 I? McMillan Streot r. •>.» xiat Dav of December, 1936 ' On th s M CROsk Pre.i<l»nt C. M FREDRK’KS, Secretary Amount of Capital jnoojo.oo. I ITkoSS ASSETS OF COMI'ANY | Ke e “Ld K * t * U . l '" lnCUm 1t.104.551.0l | 1 Mortgage Loans on Reul Estate .Free from any I prior incumbrance) 1,591,6...31 Bonds and Stocks OwnI, 1 e d (Market \alue) — 50t,.28.50 I I Cash in Banks (On In- | 1 in ' ....... teres? and Rents, etc.) 85,033.73 . Other Securities e b ‘ho n ide*s ? " ,t, S ’ C 1.005.506«» Bills Ree. Agts. Balance s g? : ■ i Due from other Cos. 5..36. <o t Premiums and Accounts . due and in process of • collection 61,426.64 ; Accounts otherwise »ecured —_____ won * t Total Gross Assets $4,313.643.95. - Deduct Assets Not Admitted —* IM»*-W I, Net Assets . ’84,283.810.65; j I LIABILITIES ! Reserve or amount ne1 cessary to , r ” lnsure „ ... -,l J outstanding risk* ...- s3.< 19,880. „ Losses due and unpaid.. None “ Losses adjusted and not - due None , Losses unadjusted and In ...... . suspense 2.659 00 Bills and Accounts un5 paid - 1,4.1.09 . Amount due and not due banks or other creditors None t Other Liabilities of the Company • *»i,»Ji>-» ■ Total Liabilities • Capital J Surplus * 108.0-0 6* I Total —• 44,283,810.65 I • STATE OF INDIANA, Office of Insurance Commissioner I, the undersigned, Insurance Com- ■ mlssloner of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct copy of ' the Statement of the Condition of the above mentioned Company on . the 31st day of December. 1936. as I shown by the original statement and 1 that the said original statement Is, ! now on file in this office. In Testimony Whereof. I hereun- ' to subscribe my name and affix my official seal, this 9th day of July, i 1937. (Seal) GEO. H NEWBAUER, I Insurance Commissioner. •If Mutual Company so state. o Pope Accused By Russian Newspaper Moscow, Aug 6—(UP)—lxvestZa. official government organ, accused the Pope today of maintaining a ; sipy school and supplying epies in fe rdering on Russia. The newspaper revealed that i numerous espionage trials of priests I are in progress or .impending and indicated that death penalties will be imposed. 0 General Land-Use Program Favored Ijfayette. Ind., Aug. 6 —(UP)r---i Indiana county committees are on record today as favoring a general . land -use program to be developed by the several governmental agri- , cultural agencies to displace eventually the agrictultural conservation programs in areas uncuited to continuing production of planted crops. The committees, by a vote of 911 to 78. made that suggestion yesterday at the opening of the two day farm discussion at Purdue Univer-1 sity. I WANTED Rags. Magazines, Newspapers, Scrap Iron, Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep pelts, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st Phone 442 : SEE OUR WINDOWS i —for an attractive ; and interesting line i of Furniture. Featuring D( INBAR Living Room Furniture, . newly styled and ot the finest quality. Beautiful Birdseye Maple Bedroom Suite, Attractive and a Beauty in any home. ZWICK’S , I Phone 61

MARKET REPORB DAILY REPORT OF LOClfl 1 AND FOREIGN i Brady's Market for Decatur Craigville, Hoagland and w ’||Wd Closed at 12 Noon. I. _ RUSH Corrected August 6. {|9 No commission and no Veals received every day ; 100 to 120 lbs. 120 to 140 lbs. jH i 140 to 160 lbs. 160 to 230 lb*. 230 to 250 lb*. ,|H 250 to 275 lbs. 275 to 300 lbs /M 300 to 350 lbs. jM 350 lbs., and up B 9 Rough* i Stage Vealers Spring lambs Spring buck lambs Yearling lambs . ■■ INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOcH Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 6 — Livestock: Hog receipts. 3.000; 95; market generally 15c bulk 160-180 lbs.. $13.55; lb*.. $13.60; 200-210 lbs. 210-225 lb*., $13.60; 225-235 $13.55; 235-250 lb*.. $13.45; 25(M lbs.. $13.50; 260-275 lbs. l 275-285 lb*.. sl3; 285-300 $12.85; 300-325 lbs.. $12.60; ::2.iM lbs., $12.35; 350-400 lbs. I 155-160 lb*.. $13.25; 150-155 sl3; 140-150 lb*.. $12.75; 130 M I lbs., $12.50; 120-130 lbs. fljß ' 110-120 lbs . sl2; 100-110 lbs.. fllM packing sows. 25c higher; $11412; top. $12.25. ■ Cattle, receipts. 700; calves. cows fairly active and fully steers and heifers, weak; steers here. SB-$10; beef cows ly $5.50; cutter*. $3.75-$5.25; ers steady to weak; bulk good i choice. sll-$11.50. Shep receipts. 1.200; i mostly 25c lower; bulk good choice, $10.50-$10.75; few. slaughter ewes steady at down. M CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE K Sept. Dec. Wheat $1.12% $1.13 $1 1H l Com 1.00 .66 % Oats 29% .30% East Buffalo Livestock W East Buffalo. Aug. 6 — ’Livestock: Hogs; 400; 40c highH Good and choice 160-220 lbs $14.fl comparable weights trucked $13.75-13.90. ■ Cattle 600; weak to 28e lowfl (Some held around sl2. Steers afl heifers sold $949.50; olhe.s ... aS ward to $7.50 and be’ow for kinds; low cutter and cutter cofl $4.50-5.75; plain light weight bufl $5.50-5.75. H Calves: 325; vealers firm and choice largely sll 50; plain afl medium SB.OO-10.25. J Sheep: 100; spring lamb tnarlfl nominally unchanged; g- «>d afl choice ewes and wether-. <iu<>tfl $11.50; small packages 65-75 lIH Trucked ins sold $10.50-11 ’>o incitfl ing buck*; fat ewes to $5.25. CLEVELAND PRODUCE Blitter: steady; extra 35. stai( i ard 35. Eggs: firm; extra grad 3 ■ extra firsts 21, current r-< • nt- 2 Live poultry: firm; hens. h> at 23; ducks, young 6 and up I ’ young small 14; old 12. Potatoes: Maryland. N< w Je I sey. Pennsylvania and Vi.c a $1.40-1.50 100 lb. sack; Ohio ne cobbler* $1.45-1.50; Long Islai $1.40-1.50 100 lb. sack; Californ long whites $2.50-3.75 100 lb sai l ; Oregon, red*, $2.15-2.25 l |hl 1 sack. FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 6 U I —Livestock: Hogs, 15c higher; 180-20" H> $13.40; 160-180 lbs. $13.30; 200-2 lbs., $13.30; 225-250 lbs. $13.1 250-275 ' lb*., sl3; 275-300 Ibi $12.75: 300-350 lb*., $12.35; 150-16 lb*., $12.75; 140-150 lbs.. #12.50 130-140 lbs., sl2; 120-130 lbs., $11.75 100-120 lbs., $11.50. Roughs, $11; stags. $9.75. Calves, $11; lambs, $10.50. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET BURK ELEVATOR CO. Corrected August 6. No. 1 Wheat, 60 lbs. or better $1 fl No. 2 Wheat, etc 1 7 New No. 2 Oats Soya Beans, No. 2 Yellow 1 " ; New No. 4 Yellow Corn ■ ' Rye 15* CENTRAL SOYA CO. Soya Beans. No. 2 Yellow ! ' o Markets At A Glance Stocks irregu'ary lower, metals firm. Bends steady; U. S- government issues Irregular. Curb stocks irregular Chicago stocks irregular. Foreign exchange firm. Cotton futures off 50 cent,bale after touching new highs for the movement. Grains lower at Chicago; whea off 2 1-2 to 3 cents a bushel. Chicago livestock; hogs strongcattle steady, sheep weak. Rubber futurec firm. • Silver unchanged in New I'of* at 44 3-4 cents a fine ounce.