Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1939 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Ineerporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Poet Office as Second Class Matter I. H- Heller President 1. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies .......4 .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 mall —. 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office— — 3.00 Prices quoted are within a radius of 100 miles- Elsewhere |3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER t CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Only seven more shopping days. Sundays out, for that 1939 automobile license. With the senate voting one way aud the house the opposite, it looks like most of the bills before the legislature will result in a tie. You have to hand it to Hoover. He still thinks the people made a mistake by voting him out of office but so far he hasn't convinced any I one else. Another list of fatalities following another week end when traffic is heavy and everybody seems to be in a big hurry to get some where and come back. There are numerous cases of severe colds over the county, bordering on the flu but not believed a serious epidemic, its the time of year when the greatest care should be taken. The United Press beat all competitors three hours and fifteen minutes on the story of the attempted assassination of Mussolini. That's gomg some and the o.u U. P. has a right to boast about it. Young men or women, desirous of civil service work will have the opportunity to take examinations along several lines soon if they secure applications from the local postoffice before March 16111. It s worth investigating. Buy yourself one of the new 1939 licenses for your car. The deadline is March Ist and the longer you wait, the greater the rush. Seventy-live per cent of the million car owners in Indiana still have to look after this little job. Please renew your subscription to the Daily Democrat by March , Ist if you receive it by mail. Under the law we must make a verified report to the government of, our circulation before April Ist and here are many details to dispose of in the meantime. Plans for a storm sewer in De- | catur that will prove of great aud lasting benefit are in progress with Howard Harbison, a Port Wayne engineer superintending the work. Ft will take care of a great need, will furnish employment for a large number of WPA , workers and further improve the ‘ best small city in Indiana. Relief agencies and employment bureaus in Lake county will have to submit to some rigid investigations by federal and county aud state officials, it has been announced. There have been many! talcs of scaudal in that section J and the sooner it is cleared, the belter for the county and the state The basketball season nears its climax. Local teams Itave or soon will play their tinal game of the schedules and then the tournaments. The next three weeks will be busy ones for the players aud

their coaches and interesting for | the fans. Who will prove the outstanding five? That's the question that will bo settled after all the (> tests arc made. Many relatives and friends here I are in sorrow because of the death t of Mrs. John T. Erance, for many • years a leader in Decatur. Her husband was a brilliant attorney. I look part (n many important i| j eases,served as prosecuting attorI uey and was considered one of the > outstanding lawyers of the state 1 when stricken just at the noonI , tide of his lite. Funeral services I • lor the highly respected lady were i held here this morning. I Nine of the fourteen committeej men serving in the territory covered by the Berne postoffice have ' endorsed Mrs. Arthur Zehr for reappointment. The meeting was called by N. C. Nelson, county I chairman, and the action was voluntary and satisfactory, establishing a feeling of fair play in making the selection. Mr. Nelson has 1 sent the recommendation to the Senators VanNuys and Minton and the appointment will no doubt be made in a few days. Spring is just around the corner aud its going to be a busy one. The past several weeks have not produced the business expected but its sure to be a great year here, with the rebuilding of the ! Krick-Tyndall plant, additions to 'two or three other manufactories, the road improvements as scheduled, the building of many homes and the remodelling of others. j Get your spring goods in met-1 chants and advertise them and go ’< along with the crowd. — A man recently released from au lj insane hospital tried to assassin- | ate Mussolini the other day and ' did succeed in shooting a guard who asked bis business. Dictators ; of course take that chance every time they appear in public and the I wonder is that so few attempts have been made for always when nations pass through a crisis there are those who feel they are doing . a great and chosen duty when they murder those in power. It has happened to three American ' j presidents aud several others have | • narrowly escaped. John W. Boehne. congressman from Evansville, has served nine , years in congress without making a speech. Finally he broke the silence aud made an effective talk . in favor of au act to make persons on the federal payrolls pay state tax and those on the state payrolls pay federal tax, a situation ' that a lot of people have wondered about. Don't misunderstand Mr. Boehne, however. He has been one of the most active and sueI cessful members of the Indiana delegation doing his work largely in committee rooms. There is a decided treud in congress and the legislature to aid the small business man, a very I creditable movement. During all I the period since the depression ' started in 1929, he has been the i "goat,” loaded down with taxes, j forced to make additional reports, to add employes, to subscribe to local enterprises and otherwise to show his leadership. We have been used to him doing that so 1 long that it lias become a custom I but after all he can only go so far I aiffi its lime he be given a little relief that will permit him to continue. — o ♦""twenty YEARS~*| AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File | Feb. 20 — D. N. Erwin buys the I Masonic, lot on south Second street for $2,000 and will erect a business I block. The George Washington steamer I with President Wilson aboard is iu a terrible storm in mid-ocean. Herb Fullenka-nip takes a position I with the Leffler Wholesale furnishing company at Indianapolis. Emile Cothic, anarchist, shoots | Premier Clemenceau through the

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I Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two ♦—— ♦ 1. California. 2. Ten years. 3. Morris Sheppard. 4. Chicago Cubs. 5. 14.7 lbs. per sq in. 6. Des'i-ti-tute; not dea-tl-tute'. 7. Federal Reserve Board. 8. John Adams. 9. Bay of Bengal. , 10. The Netherlands remained neuliai, 1. A genus of tropical American lizards. lung. Believed the aged premier' will live. Former President Taft announces he will favor the league of nations covenant. Butter prices soar 16c in past l week due to the purchase of three million pounds by the allies. Price in Chicago today was 52c

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! 3. E. J. (Dutch) Harrison 4. An upward movement of stock prices. 5. China. 6. The name for an envelope Os! I incadescent gases which surrounds the body of the sun. I 7. Lookout Mountain. 8. His 57th birthday. 9. To restrain flood waters. 10. Cape Henry and Cape Charles. — o ■ - —-- < 4 1 Household Scrapbook | By Roberta Lee Butter milk Buttermilk is one of the best 1 uismelics known. Apply it to the' face and hands. The milk may be warmed, but should not be boiled. Fire Desistant Fabric To make fabrics resistant to fire -soak the material in a solution ol | I five parts of boric acid, six Paris, of Ixirax. and 100 parts of water. ( After soaking, the favric should be squeezed out and hung up to dry. Nut Fillings When it is desired to use nuts iu cakes or candies, shell them a day I ahead of time. The air then has au

I opportunity to takeaway that dry 1 'astes of the nut and bring out the j oil and moistness which is so delicious. ; 0 \ Xo BV n c » I rstb W BRAUN C i'Jhe ttyiLy A few weeks ago iu this coluinu 1 suggested that hoi ns be eliminated from all motor vehicles. Some of my friends, in commenting ou this, i said the idea was to radical —that ' such a change would immediately cause a tremendous increase iu accidents. Would it? Whenever weather conditions are I extremely bad for driving, such as I fcg. sleet, ice and snow, communlilies pride themselves on no molar : vehicle fatalities have been reported during such a period. The reason is this: all drivers become mure careful when driving conditions are 1 bad. If the elimination of tho horn would control some of the thought-

ope in the photo is a double organdie val edged fichu designed for a "V" neck dress. The third model shows one of the old-time favorites. Peter Pan collar and cuffs. This set is brought up to date with embroidery and lace edging It is made of pique and. can. be bought m white or pastel i_L shade*."

FEAR GIRL IS KIDNAP VICTIM Statewide Search Ordered For 8-Year-Old California Girl Pasadena, Cui.. Feb. 20. <U.R) > A statewide search was ordered . today for eight-year-old Anna Louis* Sweitzer, believed by police to have been abducted by a middle-aged gardener. I The child's parents reported that ' she was last seen with a playmate Sunday afternoon at a playground | and that she hud not returned ; home last night. After they had I searched the neighborhood in vain i nd contracted the playmate they re- ! ported the disappearance to police. Police learned that Townsend Davis, 40, apart-tlme gardener at a home near the Sweitzers, fre- ' queuted the playground. They went to Davis’ home and his aunt, , Mrs. Jennie Purcell, told them he brought Anna there, packed a suit- ■ case and drove away with her in I less driving habits by slowing us dawn, then the idea cannot be too radical. If you care to write, I shall be glad to receive your criticisms or suggestions. Please write me iu care of this newspaper.

KIT CARSON - /y EVELYN WELLS<

SYNOPSIS In the spring of 1829, Kit Carson, then 19, first rode with a party of trappers from Taos, New Mexico, across the desert and into California. The men sought beaver fur which was then to commerce what gold was later to become. Fighting the Apache, harried by Mexican authorities, ambushed by the Mojave redskins, adding always i to their store of thick pelts-the party reached Los Angeles before they returned home. For one brief week Kit knew riches and revelry. At length, ''l’ll never be such a tarnation fool again,” vowed Kit, nor was he. In the fall of 1830 Kit rode again with a band of trappers, who followed what would later be the Oregon trail. Snow-and Blackfeet Indians—halted them in the region which was later to become part of Wyoming. It was during a brush with the Indians that Kit first caught sight of the beautiful maid. Pine Needle. Her father, the mighty Chief Red Bear, was to die by Kit’s hand before Kit again found Pine Needle in a Blackfeet village. He was amazed to find that her eyes were blue and bar skin a pate gold. CHAPTER IX Antoine Rubidoux had an Indian as servant whom Kit had lured (with a rifle and bundle of calico) from the Mojave tribe during his ! trip to California. This boy had been well treated by Robidoux. But one night the young Mojave stole six of Robidoux’s best horses. The trader was disconsolate. “That sneaking Mojave! Six of my best horses—worth twelve huni dred dollars. I’ve had bad luck this spring—our catch poor, and now my horses. Kit, will you go after them?” “I promised you I’d go,” Kit told Robidoux. “I’ll ride alone.” Then even Robidoux tried to dissuade him. But there was a streak in young Kit—was it integrity or I stubbornness?—that made a prom- ' ise given, a promise kept. He set out on the vengeance trail alone. He knew the Indian, handsome | and clever, a fine shot and crafty scout. The Mojave had committed a worse crime than robbery in Kit’s eyes—he was disloyal. Kit followed the impressions of unshod hoofs down Green River, over the lower plains of Wyoming to the deep gorged Colorado. A solitary figure on a splendid horse, Kit rode over the empty deserts that would be Utah into Arizona. This was dangerous country, made perilous by Blackfeet and Apache. Above the Grand Canyon, Kit smote his saddle horn in exultation. “He’s headin’ for California!” Kit vowed he would scour California to get his man. In two days he rode one hundred miles through j that lonely region. He gained, for I the Indian was driving the six stolen horses. Each day Kit saw the du-ty prints grow fresher. Then riding down an ancient Indian trail in a narrow divide in I Arizona, he sighted his man. The Indian was lying like a copper snake on his horse, looking back. Before him galloped the stolen horses. And Kit, urging his horse, thought - admiringly, “He rides like a Comanche! Who’d ever think he was a California Indian!” Kit liked an equal fight. He knew this Indian was worthy of him. The Mojave dashed full speed up the j narrow trail and racing, turned to fire the very rifle Kit had given him at his pursuer. But Kit came on. A hundred yards of rocky trail was between them. Below, a cleft gorge in five hundred feet of solid rock. Kit’s strong teeth bared in a r.mile. The Indian had wasted rifle fire—he would need cover now to reload. A turn behind j the roeks and the Indian was hidden. “Ambush!" thought Kit. Without halting his horse’s furious spaed Kjt dashed after the I renegade. i Behind the cliff the Indian, wait-

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a 1927 Buick sedan. Police said Davis was urrested two weeks ago when accused of annoying small children. He was ; released after an investigation. Before he left, the aunt said, Davis told her that he was taking Anna away at the request of her mother. He said Mrs. Sweitzer wanted the girl taken away because she was being mistreated by her father, according to the . aunt. Ralph Sweitzer, Anna's father, 1 is a World War veteran, having served in the aviation corps, aud is partially disabled. The family is of modest means. The home is in a middle-class neighborhood. o Mrs. C. E. Bell has been ill at her 1 home for the past few days

ing on his horse, fired as Kit’s horse galloped around the turn of the trail. Kit’s rifle swung upward and spat flame. Twin fires crossed from the long rifles.’ A lead ball riddled the brim of Kit’s wide hat. But the Indian from California dropped like a stone from his horse, and fell five hundred feet from the narrow trail into the Arizona gorge. Kit brought back the stolen horses to Robidoux. They hampered him, so that he traveled by night the hundreds of lonely miles back to Wyoming, always watching for hostile Blackfeet. Riding, he wondered: What if he fell into the hands of the Blackfeet? What would that girl say to him—what would she do? Would she be any different from Indian women who danced with drawn knives be-

)•, i? x vtwl Y-'M ' V. ,r ' -jig Hr r > AjgL J & A> u ? - 3 If it ain’t old Jimi” cried Kit, and began to pump the doughty of the famed and feared Jim Bridger.

fore captives? Kit, hardened to peril, recalled such stories and shuddered. Fame was riding with Kit Carson when he camo to the summer rendezvous at Green River, Wyoming, where trappers and traders gave him great acclaim. This was at the great yearly fair held in the heart of the wilderness where the Missouri traders brought goods by mule train to trade for the furs of the mountaia men. Here pelt was coin, fur was what gold would be! For the bales of otter and beaver hide stacked everywhere in the teeming camp, these lounging, roistering, buckskinned mountain men had risked their lives. Added to the excitement of trading was a tent where whiskey, brought in casks by mule train, was sold to thirsty mountaineers. There also was a monte table where men placed stakes of rich fur. “If it ain’t old Jim!” cried Kit, tumbling from his horse to pump the hands of Jim Bridger, known even in his zestful youth as, “Old Man of The Mountains.’’ “And if it ain’t Kit!” bellowed Bridger who had known Kit in Taos. Bridger had founded this camp in this year, 1813. It would become sort Bridger, the first trading post for emigrants on the Oregon Trail. Kit led Jim behind the trading tent. ... I want to ask you something confidential-like,” he began a little bashfully. "You’ve seen most of the Blackfeet bands, hain’t you?” Bridger pointed to his hair, snowy around his '.eqthery young features 6 “Blackfeet turned my hair white

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over night—time they chased nA Yellowstone way. I got purty A two quivvers full of arrows A into my carcass, Kit, and aonA ’em from Blackfeet—consarn’A “Ever see Chief Red BearA darter?” « “Pine Needle! Sure. BeaA hain’tshe? They're of the AraA branch of Blackfeet. FuzpatA married one of them. Make A wives. ..." ■ “I warn’t talking of wives," ■ swered Kit indignantly, “I was A asking. Bridger, did you knowA eyes are blue?” 3 But the Old Man showed no a| prise. Bridger could outtalk A trapper in the West with tall tA He used to tell of having been fl to explore the Yellowstone, of A ing discovered Salt Lake. Men A

veled at his tales around trap) fires—laughed at the tanned K tuckian with the fluent tongue l quizzical eye. “Jest a born liar,’’ they si fondly of Old Jim. Jim Bridger was to die, uh lieved and unnoticed and poor, I long after history would verify I “tall tales” of this venturew mountaineer. Posterity would n a splendid monument to the menu of the trapper at whose draw stories his contemporaries had wi dered and laughed. Kit was dissatisfied with Br ger's answers. He knew so lit about the mystery girl of the plat Kit did not forget her in the gap of the rendezvous. About two hundred mountain n were there, the main force of I Rocky Mountain Fur Company, eluding such famous mountain ni as Fitzpatrick, Bridger, Robidoi Joe Meek, and the Sublette broths to bargain with the beaver-hati traders from Missouri who had ci ried their goods through one thl sand miles of danger. In their tel men drank freely before open! their bales. Kit drank but little, but he was match for the eastern men at bi gaining. He knew, more than a man there perhaps, the danger! the mountains, the risks taken l the soft thick furs. Yet he his share of pelts to pay $25.00 so blanket., $2.00 for a pint of •ion beans, $2.00 for a pint of gun po der, and SI.OO for a cup of the sug he had not tasted * n over s ye * r * (To be continued) Cn»nUW tj E»« JO w»in DU'.'Wuted b» Kias S«iUir«« **