Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1948 — Page 5

MARCH 4, 1948

MRKETREPORTS th)' For ng V REPORT OF LOCAL A jgP FOREIGN MARKETS KfiiNETT, MURRAY & CO. ■ Corrected March 4 ISO to 200 ,bs - 23 00 2»o to 225 lbs 23.75 M 225 to 240 lbs 22.50 | 2 j o to 250 lbs 22.00 250 to 260 lbs 21.75 »I 200 to 280 lbs 21.00 i) I 980 to 300 lbs 20.00 I 20Q to 350 lbs 19.00 I 350 to 400 lbs 18.50 II 140 to 160 lbs v ........ 19.75 120 to 140 lbs 19.00 ( KM) to 120 lbs 17.25 ( Rougis 3501 lbs. down .....' 16.75 s 350|t0 400 lbs 16.25 4501t0 50ff lbs 15.25 5001 to 600 lbs 14.25 Stags 13.25 :| Boars 8.00 Vsa» (Wed. & Sat.) 28.00 Lambs (Wed. & Sat.) 19.00 Owe* 8.00 Yearlings 12.00 Yearlings 12.00 J KUHNER STOCK YARDS 4 C orrecte d March 4 k| 1601 lo 190 lbs 24.00 ill 1901 to 225 lbs 23.75 if! 225 'to 240 lbs 23.50 240 Ito 250 lbs 23.00 •I 250 to 260 lbs 22.'50 26f11t0 270 lbs 22.00 270|t0 280 lbs 20.75 280|to 290 lbs 20.50 1 29* to 300 lbs 20.25 SOOlto 325 lbs 19.75 1 325jt0 350 lbs 19.25 1 35* to 400 lbs 18.75 I 14* to 160 lbs 20.00 Iflolto 140 lbs 17.50 Roths 300 down 18.00 down Bo»s .1(7.00 Bwis 8.00 M<s 6.00 Lambs 19.00 Calles 26.00 Stars 14.00 ■ wholesale EGG AND ■ poultry quotation* Furnished by ■DECATUR PRODUCE CO. ‘ ‘ Phone »8P Corrected March 4 Brent receipt eggs 41 Heavy hens 28 Leghorn hens 16 Cocks .12 SttEs 16 | LOCAL GRAIN WIARKIt | BURK ELEVATOR CO. B Corrected March 4 | Beans subjeci u> cnange during day. Wrices delivered at elevator. Ask for prices. • **’* W 'gjrain: .03 per bushel less. f.o.b. farm. GRAIN PRICES ■ Adams Qounty F. B. Co-Op’s Berne-Monroe-Wiiiiam Pleasant Mills Corrected March 4 Wheat 2.42 (Its 1.20 £Sm 2.70 Beans 3.52. I*Call for rye prices. o ■Ore shipments from Minnesota llyfag 1947 totaled 62,131,362 tons.

1 iiwWiWl |Ujll INVEST IN I aXSAWHfiS SOMES I FOR SALE Modern Bungalow on N. 13th ■treet. 2 Bedrooms, Living Boom, Aieove Dinette, KitWien and Bath, Heated Garage attached. New well with pressure pump. Shrubbery •nd shade. Also 3 additional lots. |T. D. Schieferstein Phone 105 Jp You Have Property To Sell Call 1166 or 709 CLYDE TROUTNER Realty Co., 808 W. Adams BIKE Elevator Co. I pecatur ■ Peterson - Monroe N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST HOURS: 18:30 to 12:00 1:00 to 6:00 Saturdays, 8:30 p. m. _ Telephone 135 from < ROOF p CELLAR I INSURE WITH HELLER i QAttfeLinimL Phone

FOR SALE FOR SALE —F-20 tractor & culti-| vator. On rubber. Marvin Haines, Monroe Route 1. 52-stx FOR SALE —Clover hay and baled wheat straw. Fred Thieme. Route 3. 52-3 t FOR SALE — 28 model A coach with newly rebuilt motor. Phone 381 evenings. 52 g3tx FOR SALE —Radios, combinations. Zenith & Sparton. Liberal tradein. Uhrick Bros. 53-ts FOR SALE — Good wneat straw, twine tie. 4 miles south of Preble. Lewis L. Sauber. 52 g3tx FARMERS —tret your plow points sharpened at Colter Welding & Machine shop. 122 N. Ist St. 28-30 t FOR SALE —Devoe Paints—good selection. Outside, inside & barn paints. “Ask your neighbor,” he has used it. Uhrick Bros. 53-ts FOR SALE—I93B Plymouth. Clean, motor overhauled. $495. Can be seen at Davis, 1006 Hugh St. Ft. Wayne, Phone E-1554. 50-5 t LIVESTOCK — Market Report — 10:05 a.m. daily — WFTW, 1090 on the dial. Sponsored by Producers Marketing Ass’n. Fort Wayne. 46 55t FOR SALE—I 946 Nash, 600, radio and heater. Very clean. Price $15005 Can be seen after 4:30 p.m. at 916 North Eleventh street. Phone 14471. 52-g3t FOR SALE—M. E. % h.p. refrigerant compressor for deep freeze or large cooler. Like new, priced to sell. 1503 W. Monroe St. * fr* - 52-3tx FOR SALE—FuII sized corner lot. West end. New sewer. Abstract. S6OO cash. Bob Heller, Realtor, Heller Building, Phone 870. 45tf CAN DELIVER NOW — Maytag Washers, Bottle and Natural gas stoves, Deep freezers, Ironers, Refrigerators and radios. Kitchen & Son Appliances, 238 N. Second, phone 95. 17 TF FOR SALE—I94I K-7 International tractor with straight air and vacuum. Good mechanically, good tires. Equipped with tanks, sanders & fifth-wheel. 219 N. 7th St. Decatur. 53-3tx IMPROVED MIRRO-MATIC Pressure Pan. Now in stock. One sold every eight seconds. MirroThe finest Aluminum. The Brock Store, side entrance. 138 North Second Street. 31-ts PYREX OVENWARE, For everyday giving. For everyday living. MECCA STOVEPIPE, your best fire protection. Highly polished. RAPID-FLO FILTER DISKS, at wholesale prices. The Brock Store. 22-ts FOR SALE —5 room home, % bath. Utility room, with oil burner furnace. Can be bought with reasonable down payment, balance can be paid to owner like rent. Clyde O. Troutner Realty Co., 808 W. Adams, Phone 1166. 53-3 t FOR SALE — Certified Clinton oats, home-grown with germination of 98% & purity 99.98% at $2.40 per bu. in customer’s bags. Will give discount on 65 bu. or more. Other Clinton oats for sale. Walter Winkler, Willshire, Ohio. Location 2 miles east & 1% south. 47 12tx £ FOR SALE—Service station handling Texaco products. Fully Complete line of accessories including tires and tubes. Ideal corner location. Fine established business. Price $5500 which is about the amount of the inventory. Call 174, J. F. Sanmann, Midwest Realty Auction Co., Decatur, Ind. 52-g3t FOR SALE — New Idea farm wagons and hay loaders available. Gridley farm tools. 10 ft. cultipackers. 10 ft sprocket pulverizer. 2 row rotary hoes. Four wheel farm wagons. Priced to sell. G. E. & Philco refrigerators. G. E. Electric stoves. Tappan & Grand Philgas stoves. 52 gal. electric water heaters. Complete Humphrey bath room outfit, 5 ft. tub. Willshire Hardware & Appliance Co. Willshire, Ohio. 54 3t — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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FOR SALE FOR SALE — 1935 Chevrolet coach. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales. 47 ts FOR SALE — Mow of loose clover hay at Hall farm 1 mile east of Tocsin. 53 2tx FOR SALE —1937 Chrysler Royal 2 door. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales. 41-ts FOR SALE— Horton Washers. $119.95 and $129.95. Liberal) trade in. Uhrick Bros. 53-ts I FOR SALE — 1940 Dodge 2-door, sedan. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales. 47 ts WHITE SIDE WALL tires. Liberal trade on your old tires. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales, 141 So. Second. 49tf FOR SALS — We now have oldfashioned Kohmann’s salt-rising bread. Stewarts Bakery, phone 1. 54 2t FOR SALE—2—47S x 500 x 19 tires, tubes, & rims, like new. Run less than 100 miles. John Kirchner, Preble, Ind. 51-6tx FOR SALE —Several tons of choice baled timothy hay. William Michaels Sr. 1 mile west, % south Coppess Corners. Telephone 94-L, Monroe. 53-3tx FOR SALE— Building material. 7x 7- 30’ long. 2 pieces 30’ long. 6 pieces 16’ long and some 2x5 17’ long. % mile south of Williams. Hoagland phone. Paul H. Gallmeier. 53-2tx Three to Ten day watch repair service; Work Guaranteed.— Sutton’s Jewelry Store. 51-ts FOR SALE —Decatur U. S. Pullorum controlled day old and started chick now, order today. Early chicks for greater profit. With early broiler and early fall layers you will win. Order now, see Decatur Hatchery. 47-8 t FOR SALE— Beauty Rest mattresses. Lane cedar chests, Dropleaf tables. China cabinets. Dinette sets with china cabinets & buffets. Wilton, Axminster and Gold Seal rugs. Selling at prices you can afford to pay. Sprague Furniture Store, Phone 199. • 53-2 t FOR SALE — Innerspring mattresses. We have the Beauty Rest mattress, 837 coils, The Spring Air mattress carrying a 15 year guarantee. Granada mattress coils cover latex rubber cushion, quilted top mattress. Take your choice. Liberal allowance. Trade in your old mattresS. Sprague Furniture Store, phone 199. 54 2t FOR SALE—7 and 8 ft. heavy duty tractor discs; cultipackers; sprocket packers; cultimulchers; rotary hoes; spring and spike tooth harrows; tractor manure spreaders; Horn-draulic manure loaders; tractor buck rakes; lime spreaders; rubber - tired wagons; air compressors; Globe milkers; white house paint; bale tires; Simplicity & Bolens-Huski garden tractors; Deepfreeze home freezers; all sizes truck and tractor tires. New —1 Oliver Cletrac HG-68. Used—MasseyHarris 81; John Deere A; W-30 McOormick-Deering; AJlis-Chal-mers two row mounted corn picker. Craigville Garage, Craigville, Ind. 52-3 t FOR SALE — Very attractive home, 3 bedrooms, dining space, nice living room with large fire place, built-in garage with two beautifully landscaped lota. 3 bedrooms on one floor now under construction, ready for occupancy in 30 days. Buy now and have home decorated to your specifications. 2 good buys in excellent locations —well built — older homes needing some repairs — price at 4750.00 and Several small farms well located priced to sell. Building lots for sale — located east of Stratton place, west on Marshall street and north jiust off Second Street. We have buyers and need listings —Friendly, Courteous Service is our Slogan. Reliable Realty & Builders 840 N. 13th Street. i->e-cftt.ur. Indiana Phone: 7502. 55 St

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FOR SALE —Nice big lot with gas, sewage and light available, close in. Other lots on Studebaker and Mercer Ave. Schwartz j Realty, 915 W. Monroe, Phone 1398. 53-3 t FOR SALE —Kitchen cabinet, 40 inches wide, good condition, high back sink, 30 inches wide, with connections. 3 faucets. Bob Garard, 904 Monroe street. 53t3 FOR SALE —Certified Benton oats. Germination 97%. Priced right. Better have your oats germinated. A lot of oats are germinating poorly. Ezra Kaehr, 4 miles west of Coppess, Craigville phone. 48-gtf FOR SALE —120 acre farm with good building & good fences. Stables concrete and steel stanchions sold on account of sickness. Reasonable, possession given at once. Schwartz Realty, 915 W. Monroe, Phone 1398. 53-3 t FOR SALE —5 room house on sth Street all modern but heat. Small basement —toilet & bath. Nice builtin cupboards in kitchen, garage. Full size lot. This is a good location and nice place to live. Possession immediately. Schwartz Realty, 915 W. Monroe, Phone 1398. 53-3 t I FOR SALE —1 Seven room house, barn, Chicken coop, coal shed, up ground cellar % acre of land. All buildings in fine condition. i 276 acres of land, good bldg, east or Decatur. 1 five room house Monroe Ind. $3200. 7 room all modern house • with G. I. Loan, which can be assumed by buyer. 6 room modern house except furnace, double lot. 1 lot on Studebaker St. has sewer, gas, and water. 1 building lot on Walnut St. 2 lots on W. Monroe St. Building on Mercer ave. 14 % x 24%, to be moved from present site. Write or call 1166, Clyde O. Troutner. Realty Co. Decatur. Ind. 53 TF

WANTED WANTED — To rent three-room apartment or house. Phone 1205 54 b2t HELP WANTED —Girl for general office work. Apply at office, Central Soya Co. 52-6 t WANTED—-Player piano. Must be in good condition. Call 652-D. 54-3tx WANTED — Woman tor general kitchen work. Apply between 6 and 7 p.m. G. E. cafeteria. 53 g3t WANTED TO BUY—AII kinds of livestock. Scheiman’s Market. Phone 3081. 53-ts WANTED — Singer or White sewing machine, electric or treddle. Box 165 Daily Democrat. 53 2tx If you want to SELL YOUR CAR, see Chas. Stitzer, Brant Motors, Inc. 25tf WANTED —Hay, straw, loose or baled wire or rope. John Feasel. 6262 Decatur. 195-ts WANTED TO BUY— Used cars Dick Mansfield Motor Sales 141 S. Second St., Decatur, Ind. 108-ts WANTED TO RENT — House-pre-ferably country home near Decatur. Contact butcher or grocery manager at A & P. 50 g6tx WANTED — Day or straw, loose or baled. Burk Elevator Co., phone 25 or 886. 219-TF WANTED— Collie & Shepherd puppies, 6 to 10 wks. old. Also any other breed 6 mos. to 5 yrs. weight 20 to 70 lbs. All inquiries must have self addressed, stamped envelopes. 1 mile north, 1 mile east of Bluffton, Ind. Harry Reed. 49-6 t WANTED — Mimeographing work, Professional equipment. Save money on letters, sales messages, programs, forms, etc. Joan Cowan, Phone 870, Heller Building. 244-TF WANTED — Iron, paper, rags, metals, rubber, batteries, old cars and trucks. Highest cash prices paid. Pick-up service. Decatnr Iron & Metal Co., 1600 West Adams St., Phone 14892. i 234-TF THIS IS IT" — Your cnance to secure a permanent job selling a nationally distributed home appliance. An average good salesman should have a steady income of SIOO. to $l5O. per week. Should have a car for transportation. Part or full time. We instruct and supervise all of the time in our successful selling ways and metbous. If you are energetic, average intelligence, and aggressive — yon can't nites. Write box 166 c/o Democrat. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

WANTED — A fiddle aged lady for housework W a completely modern farm home. A permanent home for the right party. Reply Box 164 c/o Democrat. 53 3t WANTED—WPA toilets to clean out and repair parts; septic tanks and cesspools. Drop a card to Major Harris, Grover Hill, O. Phone 76. 34-T WANTED— We -ouy Iron, rags paper, hides, fur, grease. Also handle new and used structural steel and pipe. For quick service call Maier Hide and Fur Co. Our only address 710 West Monroe, Phone 442. 194-ts RELIABLE PERSON — Operate new stf Candy Bar machines vending Hersheys and other nationally advertised candy. Will not interfer -with present employment. Income starts immediately. $345.00 cash required. Every applicant will be interviewed. Write, give phone and address. Box 163, c/o Democrat. 52-4tx SEWING MACHINE Repairing — Let ue convert your old treadle Machine into a modern electric. We make covered buttons, buckels, machine buttonholes; Hemstitching. We buy and sell sewing machines. Boardman's 223 North First. 51 27 tx MISCELLANEOUS STABTBR AND GENERATOR service. Dick Mansfield Motor Sales. 140 S. Second St., Decatur, Ind. 173-TF FOR COMPLETE and dependable radio repair work, try our guaranteed service at reasonable prices. Haugks. 36-ts FARMERS ATTENTION—We move dead horses, cows, hogs, etc. Decatur phone 2000. We pay all phone charges. The Stadler Products Co. 15-TF O"UR QUALITY BABY CHICKS are from selected flocks, bred for high production. Start them on Purina Chick Startena — America’s favorite chick feed — built for high livability, growth and vigor. Steifel Grain Co. North First St. 51 6t APPLIANCE SERVICE — Uwe can’t fix it throw it away. We repair all makes of washers, sweepers, irons and other small appliances. White wringer rolls for all makes of washers. Arnold & Klenk, phone 163. 97-TF ELECTRICAL WIRING SUPPLIES —Let us supply you with your electrical needs, such as wire, switches, boxes, receptacles, fixtures, motors or anything that you may need. Quotations given on any job, Arnold & Klenk. F 217 ’ TI

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ROOFING AND SIDING—We are now booking orders for spring roofing & siding. Many popular colors & patterns to choose from. Also Alsco Aluminum & Thermoseal combination windows. Aluminum canopies, awnings, combination doors. Call for free estimates. “We apply.” Arnold & Klenk, phone 463. 51-ts ELECTRICAL SERVICE— Commercial and house wiring. If you are building a new house or remodeling, call Lewton Electrical Co. Also electric stove and hot water heater installation. Richard D. Lewton, phone 651-F day or evtening. 53-3 t LOST AND FOUND LOST —Woman’s suit jacket, striped yellow, red and black. Call 498 or 337. 53-3 t ______o FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Fort Wayne, Ind., March 4 — (UP) —Livestock: Hogs: 160-200 lbs 24, 200-225 lbs 23.75, 225-250 lbs 23.25-23.50, 250300 lbs 20)75-22.75, 19.25-20.25, 140-260 lbs 20-20.25, 100140 lbs 26.75-19.75; roughs and stags unchanged, boars 12 down. Calves unchanged. Lambs 22, ewes and bucks unchanged. z No cattle market today. 0 INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK Indianapolis, March 4. —(UP) — (PM A) —Livestock: Hogs, 6,000; opened slowly, later very active; early sales weights largely 160-225 lbs; steady with low Wednesday; but later at bulk sales 160-3(70 lbs2s lower; 160-225 lbs 23.75-24.00; load strictly choice 192 lbs 24.25; 225-280 lbs 21.7523.75; 280-300 lbs 20.75-21.25; 300350 lbs mostly 20.50; 350-400 lbs 20.25; 100-160 lbs 18.25-20.75; sows not fully established, indications about steady at 17.50-19.00. Cattle, 1,100, calves 400; almost entire salable supply sold; steers and heifers strong to 50 higher; several loads good 1000-1300 lbs 27.00-27.50; bulks medium and low good 24.50-26.00; about three loads medium and good heifers 24.75-26.00; cows 25-50 higher; good beef cows 20.25-22.00; can- ; ners and cutters 14.75-17.50, odd weighty cutters to 18.00; vealers active, steady; good and choice 27.50-29.50.

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Sheep, 1,000; fat lambs active, 50-75 higher than Wednesday; about two and a half loads good to choice near 99-lb. fed Texas lambs 22.75; load fed natives 22.50; truck lot choice to prime natives to 22.50; slaughter ewes scarce, quotable 1.00 higher at 11.00 down. 0 Markets At A Glance By United Press Stocs irregularly lower in quiet trading. Bonds irregularly lower; U. S. governments easy. Curb stocks irregular. Grains in Chicago: wheat, corn, oats and barley futures higher. Hogs and cattle steady to lower, sheep steady. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: March 2.66%; May 2.48-y<-2.49; July 2.28%-%; Sept. 2.2.25 %; Dec. 2.23%-%. Corn: May 2.28%-2.28; July 2.15-%-2.15; Sept. 1.96%-1.96%; Dec. 1.66%. Oata: March 1.31 %B; May 1.161.16%; July 94; Sept. 86; Dec. 85%. Soybeans; March 3.76; May 3.66; July 3.595; Nov. 2.65%N. 0 Reports Pet Pigeon Hangs Around House Mrs. Grover Levy, No. 15 Homesteads, is looking for the owner of a pigeon. She’s certain the bird is the pet of someone, but he is still too wary of strangers to be caught by any member of the Levy family. The bird came to the Levy home

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and acted as if he expected to get inside, she reported. That was several days ago and the pigeon is still there, leaving occasionally but still “hanging around in the neighborhood.” o DAIRY SCHOOL (Continued from Page l> of the gymnasium-auditorium this morning and a luncheon was served at noon under the direction of Mrs. Roy Price.

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FOR SALE or Trade 1947 Studebaker Champion R. H.—Regal Del. 1939 Chev. 1 >/ 2 Ton Truck New Bed. 1939 Chev. Coach —H. 1939 Buick Coupe—R. H. 1938 Plymouth—H. __ $375 1937 Hudson Terre. — ’4l Motor $250 1936 Ford Coach—R.__ $375 1937 Packard Sedan—as is $195 ? FRAUHIGER SALES X SERVICE 235 N. 7th Phone 3644