Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1950 — Page 4

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DBCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MMtobad Merer Rnoegt Bunday W TO DMATV* DEMOCRAT CO, {•eorporated Mntersd si the Deeat v. tod, Fuel Office a* BeeeM Clay MaUur Dick D. NeDre — PrejMent A. k Holtboeee ■“'« J. H. Haller Vice-President C. M. UoUhMM ----- Treasurer By MaO to Adams aad Adjctoisg Cmmttou: Om year, Mi Ml meMhA M-M; < rneuths. |l7». 5 Mail, bsyoad Adams aad Adjoining CuMtlsi; Om year. ; « months, M-T>; > months, MM By Cantor, M cento par week. Slagle eeptec < eeaaa.

The Agriculture Department estimates the lIM oom harvest at more than three billion bushels, Um fourth largest la history. Around her* a couple wacks of dry, hot weather Is needed to pat the finishing touches oa tho corn and soybeans. Aa early (root would barm today's aaaauaUy good prospects tor both of these crops. O ~O Congressman Jacobo of Indianapolls will probably be the next victim of pugnacious Pelger, for be tagged the columnist with. “He seems to think the Lord did a mighty bum job of creating everyone on earth except Pegler" Some fellows make a lash living 0y criticising the other fellow and never doing anything themselves to help the coentry or the people. o •— A drama that must have been worth witnessing was enacted in New York City the other day. according to a proas report. A car going along the street hit a truck moving out from the curb, causing only insignificant damage. The drivers exchanged cards and went their way. A quarter ot an hour later, the same ear hit the same truck under the same circum Stances in another part ot the city, ft would have been worth the. price of admission to he present at this second encounter. ——o — ~o~ — The No. 77 of football is back again, this time in politics. "Red" Grange, "the galloping ghost" ■whose Sliced and elusiveness won many a football game for Illinois in the twenties, is now the Republican candidate tor trustee ot that state university. On the principle <if namlng-a football player to beat a football player, the Democrats have chosen as Grange's opponent Harold Pogue, who' was .. a starhalfback ten years earlier. More of the alumni will probably remember "Red" because of his nickname. -o- 0 ■ President Truman outlined a realistic and sensible war emergency program in his talk to the people and already the legal machinery Is being set up to adtritifeter military and civilian

Does Television Hurt Ey es?

By Herman N. Bundesen. MO i THOUGH people have been Its-I fenhic to radio for years. nobody | erer worried about rhe poskfbillly | of its damaging th»ir hearing f’ertalhiy;' no sue.h ease ha« ever l>e«n reported. Today on the other hand. In an exartly parallel sitnation. many ’ twople are ask lag whether television may' not be harmful to rhe ' eyes - - - So far as I know no actual ro-| search has been done on this question but many spe< iallatx have elven opinions .to the effect/ that viewing television under ‘proper; conditions l« no more damaging toi the eyes than listening to the radio : is to the ears They have also point ed out how similar it is tn barking at a-movie Ih a theater Or to reading, a hook : — Just as it is necessary to have an 'adequate and well pfhced light , for. reading, so there are a few simple precaut ions needed to set! tip -proper conditions for' looking ! or television' . . '';' . In >he first place, don't get too close to the screen Secondly don' t view television .In a-’ completelydarkened rnoih The eve- i« some X.hat like the Jet|« of .1 camera in that, tie pupil Hi rough » hien light enters (lie eye la adjustable When there Is a great dear of Jight. the pupil aufntnati; all* «.on tracts to admit only a part of it i When the light is dim the puplD expand ,1 Thus, viewing television -in a’ completely darkened -room sets up a conflict and the pupils have dit , ffc-ulty iiiftinrtffflOlT-'rtW=’wmtrary-j---1 renditions at the sajie time--the! darkness of the ■ room and f hw i bright Image <>n the ary erm Thts attempt to make »n i<n: • adjustment ma;

legislation. William Henry Harrison, president of tho International Telephone aad Telegraph Company, will become boon ot the country's soaring arms production program. The President has authorised the federal governmeat to boost defease spending above the IP-billion mark, which means that the military will take mote of' the steel aad other materials tor weapons of war. The government is fast entering a war status sad changes in the civilian economy can be expected. Mr. Truman warned against hoarding and will use war-time powers to prevent black market operatkme. n a Studabaker Is the fourth ot the automotive industries to sign a five year contract with its 21,u00 employes, giving aa Immediate hike la wage scales aad other benefits as outlined In the G-M cost of living contract. increased production costs mean higher priced can, but the industry evb gently has taken the position that the public will pay. The primary idea evidently -Is to eliminate cause for strikes and reach a long time settlement of controversies. The country wUI watch the experiment, with hopes that it sue ceeds. — o- --o A neighborhood rumpus developed over In Cass county with the township trustee's order to consolidate schools and switch the high school students and grade pupils to opposite buildings. If the trustee personally made the consolidation decision, he may be In for a pack of trouble. Most of these school ventures are submit’ted to a popular vote of the people within the areas, affected. However, it appears that the parerts didn't set Ji very good example toward oiganixvd authority by ordering their children to stay away from classes. These matters should be settled peacefully and in keeping with the democrati principle of letting the people, vote on the proposition Then, the majority rule should prevail.

I Strain and even result In general fatigue It i*. therefore, wiser to I have Some indirec t light in the ! room so that the pupils of the eyes will contract and not be forced to make a constant adjustorient. If it is inconvenient to have in- ■ direct- light tn the room at the time 1 of viewing a television program. then the same effect may I t«e obtained by placing the tfilcvision screen against a wall that is light In color or painted in a bright color * Except when using the very small screen one should ■ never sit less than six feet away i from the screen or more than I tweive feet, when looking at a pro gram. Another important factor in viewing television programs Is to have the set properly adjusted A flickering image on the screen , gives the eye a great deal of work '•nd may Inc rease the amount of i fatigue. j, II is well to remember that the 1 hild who sits with his sac c glued 1 tci the television screen may ba . mung »<i ti’it because of bls en- ■ ’hu.-iasm 1 for the-program hm he- - ausp he may be nearsighted land <an see best .from tha’t When, the c hild persists in viewing tills program front too close a distance all the time, it is a hint tic parents that his eyes shonl’d be I examined.QUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS JR" I am thirty.six tears of ige Two years liefoll nry baby «< horn I had arthritis About i»n months before I got irreguhnt f-r -fw|y--ttn»' Sow J- feet +iiat the. | ...rtiirifis is i-oniiilg bac k. Could I 'oil se my halo " • : - Answer The fgTT'TIJJI vciir h'a ccarthritis is no reason win -»u should uo;- tore arfefeeil rout babe ,

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r»«A«S AGO 1 TODAY 0 .4 Sept. 12 — The livestock is the, feature ot today's fair program. ' Cash lans, first Decatur member of the General Electric quarter century club. Is honored at a dinner at the local plant. Paul Strickler elected president jl Decatur high school freshman class Henry Ford, who is enjoying a visit to Paris, declines to be Interviewed. Frederick “Pete” Mylolt enters Notre Dame University. Republicans are stressing the tariff question in the campaign. •— ♦ | Modorn fttyiotto f I By ROBERTA LEE I 0 t Q. When circumstances force a man to allow a woman whom he has been a<-compguying go to her home in a taxi, should he pay the driver? A- Certainly: this i« the courteous thing to do. He should ask the driver to estimate the fare, then add a Utile more, with a tip. y Should a banana he skinned and eaten with the fingers when it

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN FEATHER shuffled away obediently; Marybelle was already doing as she’d been directed. Ives opened his case when it was brought to him; he had.chloroform, but he decided not to use it. The vapora of the drug, exposed to the flame of a kerosene lamp, produced an irritating gas. He dumped his instruments into one ot the kettles Mary belle had placed upon, the stove. The girl was keeping the tire going; she sent Feather to Oil a depleted woodbox, and the water was boiled half an hour. Ives spent this time studying the wound and making nis calculations. He scrubbed his hands' thoroughly, pouring a chemical into the tin wash basin. He was concerned ..with possible Infection; this shack was filthy. Clean, rapid work would minimize Cory's danger. "There may be other lamps around." Ives said shortly. "Rustle them up.” Marybelle found two lamps In a cupboard. The wicks trimmed and the chimneys cleaned, th’e three were placed upon a shelf so that the light tell from above; Ives had Marybelle scour tin plates and put them behind the lamps tor reflectors. This done, Ives direct 'd hdF to string a rope across a corner ot the room and hang one ot the blanketa from the bunk upon it; he would have preferred a white sheet to catch the light and throw It back, but there was no sheet These things done, he placed the dkshpan with the instruments upon a chair and was ready to tall to work. He looked at Tom Feather and said then, "Get out front. Tom. Keep an eye peeled, will you ? Might be a fellow riding up on a white horse. If he cornea keep 1 him busy out there till I’m finished ” F' ft thesha.k.andMarybelle: said; "AVtiat s this about a man on a white horse?” "I invented him.” Ives said absently. "1 just don’t want ‘.Tom inderfoot when 1 really go to work.” Sb- said. "He belongs to Hammer. Suppose he heads down there and tells Carradine "that Cory’s lying helpless here?” "He won't go,” Ives said. "You've known him for a long lime?” . "All my life. He cam" up from Texas with the colonel, 1 believe. He's a sort ot pensioner. Hammer feels hun and clothes him, but he do.s as h- pl. .1. s lies raze ot Coui.-c M -*iv, he's still living in Texas, but me has lucid

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Is served whole at the dinner table? A. No: the banana Is not classid among the "finger foods." Strip )< off the skin, place the banana on ' the dessert plate and cut. ilhe ' I bite at a time, with the side ot I the fork. 'i Q. Should the woman proceed ' J first when a man and a woman ’! are to descend stairs? ! A. Yes, and also in ascending ‘' stairs. I /: - | Household Scrapbook | By ROBERTA LB* - | I 0 ~ « | Old Rust You ean remove rust which has beep allowed to remain on knife UMdes for a long tiipe. by sticking j' the blades’ upright into an onion and leaving them for some time. The blades will then clean with i >n ordinary scouring. Fish Put the pieces ot fish In th r hot fat with the skin side up, and brown well before turning. In this ’ way there wjll lie no possibility lot the fish breaking tip. as sometimes happens. Fresh Atmosphere The atmosphere of the entire . I house <au be freshened by applyI ‘ lug unslaked l|me with a ghrdeu . spray to the moldy cellar walla

momenta. Don’t let him worrjr you.” "He called you Jim.* “1 know,” he said and frowned. "It didn’t make sense to me, either. Hut maybe it will. Maybe it will." He bent to his work; he became oblivious to the girl and the cabin and the night: he sought the elusive lead, turning his head only l when he had to reach for an instrument The lamps were too near, and the blanket threw back their heat as well as their light and sweat came to blind him, but he still worked. Silence huld the. cabin; once he looked ifjito sec Marybelle across the table, she was staring fixedly at her brother’s arm, buit Ives didn't think she was going to faint Cory came to partial consciousness; a babble poured from his writhing lipa They always talked. Some of them cursed and some of them prayed; and Ives had made his judgment as to which Cory would do. and there lay the surprise. The words were formless and all tangled, but the idiom ot the ancient Book was in ■ them. Ives remembered Elisha Lund then and understood; these were the things Cory had learned at his father’s knee and they mixed Into his torment now and sustained him. Once Cory opened his eyes, and Ives wished then that he'd used the chloroform. Cory tried to raise himself, and Ives said sharply. "Li* still!" Cory sank back upon the table; his eyes closed, and fils lace was a dead man's face. A moment later Ives said. "The basin." Marybelle extended the empty wash basin and something rattled in it. arid Ives bald, "There's the plug. Forty-five. I'd. guess.” Maryljelie said, "And every man along the Seimbra pgeksl one." He rfodded .and busied himself at the bandaging. Marybelle had found very little to qualify for bandages, but the cloths had been boiled and left to dry. ar I.lves did the best he equid. When he was finished, he stepped back, the sweat coming down and blinding him. and he sluiced it away with his sleeve. Cory opened his eyes and looked hard at him and said, ”80 its :yuu’" lyes said, "Lie back and sleep, if you can. You'll be all right now.” r. . Cory muttered s-gnething but did as he was told His breathing had grown stronger; he MJ into a natural sleep, but there was a little

Lsttars laatMd Letters of administration worn issued to Leo Yager tor tho John Yager .estate, the application tor the letters revealing that the estate has a probable value of personal property of tfo.OW, end reel estate at with Leo Yager the only heir. Bond for IW.OOO Hied. Venue Filed -7“ Veriftod application tor a change of venae front tho eoonty filed by Voglewede and Andereon. attar neys for John A. Young et al. defendant at a suit to ooeteot a will and probate a former will, brought by Gretchen Smith. Bale Aatheriaed Kxecutor at the Bdvrard 0. Braun estate. Ambroee Gelmer authorised by tho coart to sell four ewes aad eavea lamho; tho property has aa inventory value of l« Metieo Filed A motloa to make the complaint more specific was tiled by attorneys Barrett, Barrett aad McNagnoy for the defendant. Anderson Bros, who are the objects of a complaint for damages filed by John Blakey and other county commissioners. Tho motloa states that the defendant to ''entitled to a definite and specific stalemoat of the alleged acts of negligence.” Complaints Filed Complaint for divorce filed by ! Dorothy jene Joyee. through her attorney. Robert O. Smith, against George Joyce, charging cruel and ■ inhuman treatment in that defendant has struck plaintig. and that ! defendant has ungovernable temper. In addition to the absolute divorce, the plaintiff seeks sole ownership of the house trailer now owned jointly by the parties In- , solved, and also custody of tlie minor child A cross complaint was tiled by the defeuadnta, Carl and Martha ' Mies; John Trout and Peter 11. i Schwarts, and after the evidence I had been beard, the couse was : -et for argument Thursday, Oct i 1». Marriage Licensee ■Elver Dawe. Hollywood. Calif , and Mabel Wittwer. Van Nuys, ; Calif. ) Richard Loe and Alberta Ver i million, both of Lime. O. Richard Baker and Agnes Fisher. both ot Decatur. Au actress has legally dropped th* names of four busbands We think it was quite a feat to remember them all. Chicago Tribune James Ituchanan was the only bachelor president. Go to tue chore:: ot your ebolce next Sunday.

ot the fever left in tt. Ives took his pulse, finding it unchanged. He said. "Later ws’ll move him back to the bunk, if we ean." He took a step and found that he staggered. "I’m d c in." He i iked the blanket down from U.c line and walked to the door and stepped outside and sat upon the silL It was always this way afterwards, this feeling of triumphant and defeated all in one. Tom Feather shaped up tn the darkness and squatted on his heels not far away. Ives smiled and said, "That jigger show up I" Feather said nothing, and tn Ives was the thought that now was the time to do another kind of digging —now was the chance that had been denied him at Hammer yesterday and at this cabin earlier tonight He thought: He knows . . he knows . . but he was empty with the feeling that the things Tom Feather knew might be as tangled and aimless as the words that bad fallen from Cory’s delirious lipa Tet the feeling was also strong in him that he stood now before a closed door that might be opened by his touch, and In a last moment of hesitancy he womlered If he wanted that door opened. Then he said softly. ’Tom. speak up. It's me—Jim. You remember Jim?" Feather held his alienee a moment longer, and then he said in a voice of bewilderment. "You're a sawbonca I looked In the window and watched you. You ain't Jim. Jim was no sawbones What in tarnation wax It made me think you was Jim?" Ives said desperately, "Keep talking! Tell me about Jim!" Feather said, "I'm all mixed up again. I should have knowed* when you sent- me for the black case. A sawbones!" He came to a stand and shambled off. and Ivee let him go. There was no way of bringing Tom Feather back; the 'llstance was more than the width of a stump-strewn clearing—the distance was infinite. Marybelle came to the door and stepped out She seated herself beside Ives and loaned her shoulder against his, and suddenly he knew that this night had taken aa much toll of her as it had ot him. He was struggling with his own disappointment. but there was room for sympathy In him He put his arm around h»r shoulder and drew her close and let her weight lie against him. (To Be Cons inked? oaf

Hobart Myors Hoads Democrats At Bern© Berne. Sept. 1J — Hobart Myers, manager of tho Clauser aad Myers upholstering and furniture firm here, has been named Democratic ' hairman of the city of Berne. The appointment was made by the three Democratic precinct committeemen. l>eonard Baumgartner, Paul Stably and Elmer Winteregg. Myers will call a Democratic convention here soon at which time

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CHARTER FIFTEEN THEY SAT in silence for a long time, the night around them, but in Marybelle s nearness was as much eloquence aa Ives needed. Once, aa a uuy, he bad built a raft and poled It along the bank ot the Bom bra, and it had been easy going and he was master ot the raft. But sometimes he became absorbed in a blue jay's chattering or a cloud formation or a Utt ot dust bn a distant butte, and at such times the raft edged out into the current, and he felt the insidious gnp ot the river and knew he was being pulled beyond his depth. He had the same sensation now. The gtrl was here, seemingly exerting no influence upon him. seemingly as quiet as the pools along the Sombre: but he eotild feel the current Still, he kept his arm around her. Bhe said, Tm tired." He was reflecting upon how close they had grown in such a short time. He recalled their first meeting. Had been meant to short-cut to each other, to arrive directly at some destination without tortuous windings? Yet she did not interest him, really, not aa Marybelle Lund, a woman and desirable. He was thinking that she belonged to one faction and he to another; bo had pitted himself against Colonel Carradine that afternoon. yet his lot was irrevocably cast with the colonel, and he had a wounded scalp for proof ot iL But perhaps he and this girl wanted the same thing, peace along the Sombra, and perhaps they were already allies in that cause. He said. "Marybelle?" "Yes?" she said sleepily. "What is it you want out of I'b-”’ . - «. , _ She needed no pause for reflection. "Tlic same aa any woman. Security" '■ r He said, “A home and a huebehdT’Chlldrcn ?, -Ground tn plow with no need to have a rifle handy ?" She snid. “One way or another, a man woqjd probably always need his rifle. I can’t change that So 1 won’t worry about it." He turned this over In his mind. "Then tt doesn’t really matter to you whether Carradine imports gunmen ?“ "It matters, yea, But what can I do about it. I. was only a child when 1 learned that 1 couldn't shape people to my way. I gave that up long ago. Now I spend most o( my time thinking of myself." Re said. That » seUUh'.” “Ncs it's just blunt." she said.

a slate will be eelected to represent tho Democratic party at the dty election io be called here soon. The date for the election will bs fixed by the present town council. The Republican party will Mme a city chairman soon. The first cows were introduced Into the United States tn ISII in Jamestown colony. Lack of cows was said to have had a bearing on the high death rate among the Pilgrims, who failed to bring any with them/

The sleepiness was gone from her voice. "Men fool themselves into the notion that they think in a larger sense than women. Actually, men are after the same thing 7-ae-cunty. But they reason that they have to gain security by crowding their neighbors. A woman is more direct. She narrows her need down to essentials. Is that so wicked? " He said, "But you fetched me up here tonight tor Cory's sake And for something bigger. I hoped. Cory, dead, could have set the nesters on the warpath." "Cory's my brother," she said "He's quit a bit ot a fool, but he s my brother. That's what I’m thinking about It his staying alive keeps the homesteaders from oiling their guns, so much the better. Does that answer you?" He said slowly, "I'm trying to put all the pieces together and make some sense out of them." She laughed. "You’re trying *0 see me as a reflection of yourself. That's what any man does when he meets a woman who interests him. And you're interested." "I'll not deny it," he said. “But 1 want to believe that hardness of yours ts only a pretense." "I’m shameless. Doc." she sifd. "You might as well know that I’ve set my cap for you." He had to smile. He remembered the potatoes he’d taken for payment tor his services in Oregon. He said, "I’m a poor bet—a mighty noor bet. I>o you know how much security you’d get out of a saddle Iwg sawbones?" "All I’d need, If the sawbones were you. Doc. You see, it's more than a matter of four walls and food on the table and a new dress to Wear to a dance. You’d give me the real security that all of us are after—the security of knmving 1 was owned and therefore would be protected because I'd tie the most priechss of all "properties. Yea. Doc, I'll have security when 1 have you." "And it will never matt A- what the rest of the world is doing? Even when the flames lick at our own doorstep?* “You’ll do the worrying about that, and I'n help you whenever 1 can. That's the way It’ll be. No, I'm not completely heartless. I’m just practical. That should make a nne balance between us." He said, "You're amazing! Amazing!" She began to speak again, her voice suddenly far away and dreamy: she spoke of Minnesota and she spoke of the Dakotas. He •aw a God-tearing father and a work-worn mother and a brother

TtTBSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1»M»

112 From Borne To Attend Colleges Berne. Sept. 12 — The biggest exodus In history of local young people to colleges and universities has started. At least 112 l<M-al young people will continue their education at some higher institution of learning. The most popular places are Bob Jones College at Greenville. 8.C., Indiana University and Fort Wayne Bible Institute. Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays

with wildness in .hlhi: he saw desolate quarter-acctipns and min pitting themselves against the adamant earth, and tattered wagons silhouetted against a setting sun. and a people trying it further west. L’ncarpeted floors were in her talk, and skimpy meals and tilted outhouses and hair ribirms at'Christmas time and mail order catalogs bulging with things that were always beyond rear h. Desolation and emptiness — these things were painted for him; and he remembered his own boyhood and Hammer's house, and it became a (>alace by comparison. When she had finished, the ghost of weeping was in her voice. She said then. ’ Don’t think me made of iron. If my father could sink his roots here and keep them planted, that would make m- happy.' Any man should own at least a* much earth as he needs to be hurled in. Yea. I'd like peace along the Sombra. But I've seen all this before: I’ve sat in w wagon mid had my mother tell me not to look back bccaurc if f had. I would have seen our shack tn tlamca. I know that may happen again. Do yon wonder that I'm looking for a different life?” He shook his head. "1 wonder if you'll find it. Or is the de.' at Something inside you, something you’ll never be able to run away from T’r .She said, "I’ve won lered that, too. I’m noT a' aya- sure of mytclf." . Beth stood up! In the light thaJL fell from the open door’.vuv. he looked at her inti'ntiy; he rn's. 1 bit hands and put them on her ahoiilders, bin eyes grave, hi ey. kindly. "Good luck, little gill,” he said. . Hch am lie turh/d ropui' h. "Who’ll ml Clio luik, lx,. 1 |; . mc:n> '.r r I vc. got my cap Set tor you." Cory;s voice reached them; it was an incoherent nitim’iic. but it touched Ives and awoke the medico in him. /He stepped inside the shack. Cory was trying to turtfion his side: his bandaged arm picvented him. Ives -said. “He should be put back in the bunk? 1 He stepped to the door and cupped his h ulls to his mouth and called, “Tom! Tom Feather!” He listened then; the wind murmured in the pine tops, somewhere a distant creek gurgled, an owl slid by on silent win :.--, hunting. Ives turned back into the shack. - ’ "He.: g-irz." he y d f Jo