Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1956 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT *“• Chafe HoitnOUM e«.o«M»a*a vwrwwy *1 mraw Subscript tan Rfttsoi By Mall to Adams and Adjoining Counties: Ost year, AJma^and’Adjoining Ootmttoet Oao year.

Attend th* Clnrcfc of jh>W choice Bunday <0 0 f Prediettone are tor -oeldef weather and rain In Indiana, starttan Saturday or Sunday. UaVM are etartins to toll dad there are other indications that toayb* Butnmet Ml about mr. .. ■ o «-o You hav* natU October 8 to* register so yon will be eligible to vote in the November Motion. Yea mast register It you have moved since the last election or it you have not voted in two elections. 0 ,' "O” — The Milwaukee Breves In the senior baseball circuit are holding on doggedly to a slim Ibad over the Brooklyn Dodgers tor the right to play the Yankees in the 1958 World Series Cincinnati, third team in the Standing is a close third and most of the Decatur baseball fans an pulling for one of the two middJawest teams to win. ——o —-a— Interest in Church activities in the Decatur area never has been higher. Moot local Churches have announced their fan and torly winter programs. Ministers, although they go about their wort quietly and without much fanfare are doing a great job in Decatur. This city has less juvenile delinquency than any comparable northern Indiana city. Each Sunday morning, hundreds of Decatur young people attend the various Sunday Schools. It’s a wonderful influence and it is a big factor in making Decatur the flue city it to. o o Whether the'people of Indiana desire eastern standard time, which is our present daylight saving time, or central standard time which to used nine months of the

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year to most of southern Indiana will be voted on at the November election. A ballot has been prepared by the state board of election commissioners end ths results of the voting will be preeented to the IHt legislature. The vote will not be binding and will be used only as a guide for the legislators In wrestling With' the time question. o o - ■ ■ City officials are planning Immediste action to Improve the electric power potential here. It to believed likely that a part power purchase contract will be Worked out with Indiana-Michigan Utility soon, irith a high possibility that come day all of our electricity Will bo purchased. It seems to be the local solution. Investment in new equipment, either diesel or steam, would run into the millions and there is little doubt that under present conditions, power can be purchased cheaper than it can be manufactured in a small plant. ■ ■" '0 •—<»— Adams eduaty eonsmisstoaers have received suggestions recently that the 270 acres of farm land at the County Home be sold, and that only the Home be maintained. This procedure would follow action of many couhty boards in Indiana, where it has been found to be unprofitable to operate a farm in conjunction with ah infirmary. The Adams county farm has lost money in operation for several years, it has been pointed out. Adherents of the proposal to sell the farm land also say that th* land again would be placed on tbq .lax dupllftate, instead of being tax free. It you have an id«a on the proposal, you are Invited to commdhjcate your opinion to any of the three present count? commissioners.

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*“ -* * r - 20 Years Ago Today Sept. IS—Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Peterson, Mrs. H. N. Shroll, Miss Jessie Winnes, Mrs. c. V. Hilyard, Mrs. Will Winnes, Lester Johnson and Rev. Homer Aspy are dele--gates from Decatur Baptist church to Salamonia association meet at Warren today. Roy Hall, Chicago business ex, ecttive, to named president of Central Sugar Co. - Funeral services are MOW today for Charles Voglewede. All local retail stories are closed during services. Mrs. Martha Meibers sues city for 8600 as result of a sidewalk injury sustained in a tall. Miss Martha Calland leaves for Dennison college at Granville, O. Today’s temperature reaches 97 degrees for third consecutive day. COURT NEWS Marriage License Everett Roy Hilligoss, 59, Pendleton, and Eleanor Bertha Winsenread, 44, Indianapolis. Complaint Dismissed The complaint for damages by Justine Brlte against Kenneth Singleton has been dismissed on motion of the plaintiff. Excused from Jury Three more persons have been excused from petit jury duty for the September term of court. They are Forrest Beer, Walter Roop and Arthur Farlow. Cause Continued The complaint for damages by Lorene O. Woods against the A. B. C. Coach Lines, venued from Jay county, has been continued on motion of the plaintiff. The cause had been set for trial by jury Sept. 17. o Appraisers Appointed On a resolution by the city of Berne requesting the appointment of appraisers, David A. Lehman.

SYNOPSIS In Wild West Days, Narcissa Kull traveled by Stagecoach to Coyote Creek, in northeastern Montana, to marry Emil Jacobsen. One passenger became obnoxious in his attentions to •Ser—Do If Kinney. He bragged of being the richest and most powerful man in the territory, and told her to ■ Hit Jacobsen and marry him. Narfend off Kinney. When the stagecoach stopped at Coyote Creek Emil was not waiting for her. "Looks like your feller didn't show up," Kinney said. "When you change your mind, let me Sai'Shint—murdered only minutes before. On the way they had beard a horseman passing swiftly but keeping out of sight. ° Dr. Eklund thought of a haven for Narcissa—a position as housekeeper for Tom Armington and Tom's two wild young orphan daughters. They are meeting Tom now. CHAPTERS "you folks kind of take my • I breath away, but you’re sure heaven-sent and welcome as the birds in spring." Tom Armington said earnestly. “I’m sure the girl* will love you. Miss HUH—” : . The girts afforded visual proof nt that moment. Attired in floorsweeping nightgowns, they burst out of one of the rooms and stared briefly, two yellow-haired, tousle-headed youngsters who, their appraisal completed, hurled themselves upon Narcissa with squeals of welcome. "We heard!” they chorused. ■We weren’t asleep! Oh, Miss Narcissa, are you really -going to stay with us? That’ll be just scrumptious!” » She was down on one knee, her arms about both of them, laughing in response to the ardency of their welcome. “Looks like this was the best notion you ever had, Doc —and you’ve had a tot ot good ones since -you hit this country," Armington said gruffly. "I sure won’t forget.” "I think I deserve a little of the credit, here," Eklund protested, and Peggy and Patty ran to give him a double hug and quick kiss before dragging Narcissa away with them to their room. She turned tor a moment before the door Closed, and het warm, bright glance met his and lingered. Armington looked at him in surprise. "Kind of takes a man’s breath away, - he confessed. “What did you say had happened to Jacobsen?” Eklund told him, and Armington looked grave. "Murder?" he repeated. "I don’t like it. You got any ideas, Doc?” T“Maybe, but they’re only ideas." Eklund sighed. "I've got to be getting to the fort and reporting it, Tom. Hl be back here tomorrow to vaccinate all of you." He explained about that, then drove on. It was nearing midnight now, but to his surprise, lights still glowed brightly at the post The sentry at the gate Challenged, then, recognizing him, waved him past , "WhaVs going on here?" Eklund asked curiously. “Dance*” the sentry explained. “Big ball, they call it. Just breakin’ up now, I guess.” Ens ©1968. Bourtgy A-Curl, ...yr.’-” - »

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Leslie fiprunger and Robert C. Speicher have been appointed to appraise a deep well pump which the city desires to sell. Estate Cases Proof of the publication of notices of appointment and final settlement has beea filed in the estate of Emanuel Neuenschwander. The final report has been submitted and sustained and the executor has been ordered to make distribution. Proof of tne publication of notices of appointment and final settlement has been filed for the estate of Emilia A. Tonnelier.

viously he gazed to what duty had forbidden. “Lucky for you, maybe.* Eklund nodded and . drove ahead. It had been seven yearn since Ns had been a part of this sort of life, «£ martial, clamor and all that went with tt. Unconsciously he straightened the sag in his shoulders, as if bracing them against some hidden foe, • a • Light, girlish laughter came to his ears, wafting across the starstudded night. It brought the half-remembered words of a song to his mind— drifting, like a vapor, on the soft summer air! He saw her then, dressed in white, an elfin figure in the gloom, moving beside the staid, blue-clad figure of her brother the major, commandant of the post Some things tn life were hard to believe; and it seemed almost Impossible to him that a gay, friendly girl like Helen Blake could be sister to such an impossibly stuffy man as Harlow Blake. She squealed suddenly at sight of him, and came racing across toward the buggy, gathering up her skirts to run better, giving glimpses of trim ankles fringed by the Ihce of petticoats. Eklund halted the team and swung eq the ground, feeling a rush of pleasure that she should do this, knowing that she would do it as quickly for any one of a score of other men. It was just her way, and it meant nothing. But she was young and vibrant and beautiful, her hair a nightblack cap above uptilted nose and mischievous mouth, and she placed both her hands in his and looked up at him in a manner both provocative and bewitching. “Dr. Erd Eklund! What possible excuse can you give, sir, for arriving just as the ball is. ever? 1 warn you, it had better be a good one!* “About the only one that I can give ,is that I’ve been out of town a few days, and didn't even know there was to be a ball,” Eklund explained. “Will that do?” “1 suppose it will have to, you being a doctor,” Helen Blake said. "But 1 missed you horribly! 1 was saving several waltzes for you. Have you come thus belatedly to make your apologies?" “If Pd been sure of seeing you, it would have been worth the effort,” Eklund retorted gallantly. “But truth compels me to admit that I’m here on business. With the Major.” Major Blake had come up by then, taking his time in doing so. He stood observing them with a carefully expressionless face, from which it seemed all human emotion had tong since been wrung. If the perfect soldier should be an automaton, then this man ought to qualify, Eklund thought wryly. Though only about a dozen-years his sister’s senior, they might have belonged, not to different generations, but to separate ages. Blake’s voice was carefully precise. I. TliC.. ptibHsTier ot the book. Reprinte iiatributed b» Kinc Features Syndicate

The final report and the report of distribution have been filed and approved. The executor has been discharged and the estate is closed. Fender Skirts Are Stolen From Auto Harold Summers of Decatur reported this morning to city police that fender skirts were stolen from his car sometime Friday night while the ear was parked at the Decatur Youth and Community Center.

“The hour grows late, my deer. 1 If the doctor has something which he wishes to Me me f i about —" Tm sorry to trouble you at this hour. Major, but it seamed Important,** Eklund ruylnmwl **rU make it brief." With an inclination of his head, '■ Blake led the way toward bis office. Helen made a mouth at her brother's back, shook bar head, grinned at Eklund, and hurried to join others who were not far away. “Come sometime when you can see me, and not on business,” the i invited, and was gone. Not until they were seated tei side the office did Blake up on k. i "Im?” he queried. “There are two things," Eklund * explained. “And you should know i them, Major. The other day I ■ came upon a sick old Indian — I fortunately living alone, in a re- . mote cabin. Today my worst i fears were confirmed. Smallpox." i For once, he had startled the soldier out of his calm. Blake’s head jerked, then he had control ; of himself. i “I’d appreciate the details,” be i said calmly. Eklund supplied them, then i waited. The major pondered briefly. “Fortunately, as you say, be is off by himself," he said. “Appar- , ently there is nothing to be done, 1 i beyond what you are doing. You spoke of another matter?" “Yes. On the way out there, l 1 stopped to see Emil Jacobsen. He had been shot—less than an hour before my arrival I left him in his cabin. You will want. , to investigate." I ••Shot? Killed?” “■BpPhave 00 notion wbo mijHMave done it?" EiKid had foreseen that quesi tion. Knowing his man, he did not temporize with his answer. “I hadn’t known that he had any enemies. And I wouldn’t want to guess, when It would have to be only that" “Thank you, Doctor. FH send a sergeant and a couple of men out in the morning to bring in the body.” He stood up, terminating the interview. What thoughts might lie behind that impassive face there was no way of telling. Wearily, Eklund returned to his waiting buggy and drove back to town. He was desperate- o ]y tired, and in need of sleep. There would be plenty to do on the morrow. He’d hoped, in view of his news about the Indian, that the major would suggest a conference with the post physician, but be had said no word. His own plans, he found, must wait a while. He had no sooner breakfasted, cooking his own : meal as he usually did, and stepped out of his door than a messenger arrived. “Kinney wants to see you," be said, and jerked a thumb. “Now!" That was a summons which flew men would think of ignoring. After yesterday, it would have added significance. (To Bo Contimood) ed by Spadial fcrmMML

Three Vehicles Are Involved In Wreck Three cars were damaged and one driver was arrested as the result of an accident on North Second street Friday at about 9:30 p.m. Ronald Corson, IT, of Monroe route one, and Lucille Bodie, 29, of Decatur route one, had stopped to permit a third vehicle ahead of them to back into a parking place. Stanley Alger, 17, of Decatur, hit into the rear of the Bodie car, knocking It Into the rear of the Corson vehicle. Damage was estimated kt >4O to the Corson car, (75 to the Bodie car and (150 to the Alger vehicle. Alger was. arrester on a charge of reckless driving and will appear in justioe of the peace court Tuesday.Auto Damaged When Vehicle Hits Cow A Holstein cow owned by Lawrence Grote of Decatur rout three was not injured when struck by a car Friday evening but damage to the car, driven by Robert E. Harvey of Decatur route three, was estimated at (300. The accident occurred at about 7:30 pm. Friday on a county road in Union township about a mile west of state highway 101. The cow was crossing the road and apparently walked into the path of the Harvey car causing the ear to sidewipe the animal. Adams County Woman Injured In Wreck Mrs. (Hen M, Myers of Berne route two, is being treated at Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital for injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Peru last week. She was a passenger in the car driven by Mrs. George Baumgartner, also of Adams county. The two had visited relatives in Logansport and were on the return trip. Mrs, Myers suffered a erushed left knee and a broken bone in the left leg. Her condition is reported satisfactory but she will be confided to the hospital for several weeks. Mrs. Baumgartner was not injured.

UYWOPSTB . In Wild West days, Narcissa Hull BttVwaESS‘«S3!!'B marry Emil Jacobsen. One passenger tSXMfi3t WtHSSWi tag the richest and most powerful him h Na? jilt Jacobsen ana marry nun. Narcissa found comfort tn the presence of Dr. Erd Eklund, who helped her your feller didn’t show up." Kinney said. "When you change your mind, found him—murdered only minutes before. On the way they had heard a horseman passing swiftly but keeping ° Dr° Ekfund thought of a haven for Narcissa—a position as housekeeper for TOm Armington aad Tom’s two wild young orphan daughters. He left her there and reported Jacobsen’s murder to Major Blake, commander at the near-by army post Next morning a messenger tells Ekhind, "Kinney wants to see you .. . Now!" CHAPTER 6 EKLUND found Dolf Kinney in his office in the rear of his big Rocky Mountain Saloon, and characteristically Kinney came abruptly to the point “Well, what did you do with her?” ■ "You’ve heard that we found Jacobsen dead?" Eklund countered. “The news is all over. But you didn’t leave her there?" “Naturally not She’s working at the Armingtons' now—looking after Tbm’s girls." Kinney appeared startled at this development, but, after mulling it over, not particularly displeased. “Not a bad idea," he grunted. “You and me can do business, Doc." "What do you mean?” "Just what I nay. Always say what I mean, and generally mean what I say. Heard about the medico out at the fort?" “Dr. Philpott? What about hlmT** “Called East yesterday. Rode thirty miles to catch the stage. Seems his ma is pretty sick. Since his enlistment ia up, he won’t be coming back. Told the major so. That leaves you as the only sawbones tn this whole section of country." •The army will soon get to a new medical officer." “Ho, they won’t, and I’ll tell you why. Because you’ll be that officer." Eklund was startled. After a moment, he fait inclined to laugh. “You’re mistaken on several counts, Dolf. in the first place, the army doesn’t do things that way. In any case, 1 wouldn’t be interested in the job." “I usually know what I’m talking about Don’t forget that 1 used to be a scout for the army, and 1 still have some close ties with them. I furnish most of the supplies tor the post, as well as owning the store and trading post here in town, rm recommendin’ to the major that he give you the job, since a medico’s needed right now, and it would take weeks, maybe months, to get a new one in. You can live here to town, and look after the post st the same time. He’ll do what I say." Knowifig Major Blake, that •naif a brash statement. On -■ ■ 'I C 2M6, aouseor A Qua

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me other hand, there was no I question that the major did defer 1 to this man’s judgment on a sur- 1 prising number of matters. That < was as surprising as it was hard to understand. i *T still wouldn’t be Interested I in the job," Eklund said patient- 1 ly. “I’ve plenty to do now.” i > i bMatoer ancoosiderabie differ- i eace in your wages.” i "That doesn’t interest me.” 1 "Just the same," Kinney insist- ’ ed confidently, “you’ll take it.” < "What makes you so sure?” “I usually get what I want, i and I want you in that job. Pre i got my reasons. We can work i together on some things. And if ' you work it right, as I say, you’ll I not only get some extra money, l you’ll get a lot” i 'Tm afraid Pd be less inter- i ested than ever.” Kinney’s next remark appeared 1 irrelevant. I “Chickamauga was quite a 1 battle," he said. "I was there.” Ekfund surveyed him with suddenly sharpened interest. “Were I you, now?” he wondered. “1 sure was, Eklund—same as i you. The main difference between I us is that I didn’t do a sneak . that night. Tm not down on the books for desertion in time of ! war.” -Silence ran between them for , what seemed a long time. Ek- | lund’s face had lost some of its color; otherwise, he gave no sign. “Well?" he asked. "I thought 1 knew you when . you first showed in this town, last winter," Kinney went on. “I knew I’d seen you before. You ’ were Captain Davidson in those days, and a powerful good fighting man, they told me. What , made you desert, I don’t know, i But you did it, and just in case t it might come to handy to' know, I’ve been doing some checking. ( I like to know such things. Well, 1 was pretty sure at first, and > I’ve been certain of it for the . last month. If Harlow Blake ‘ guessed, he’s the kind of man j who’d take a lot of pleasure in t seeing that you paid the penalty , —and it still holds. You know . that too.” Eklund nodded gravely. There k was no point in denying or dissembling. AU that Kinney needed I to do was make a report to the t major. Arrest would foUow, and it would be easy enough for them k to establish the fact that he was Davidson, a deserter In time of I war. He’d almost certainly pay with his life. Up to yesterday t he might have made a fight, or 3 might have moved on. But something Was changed since yester- . day, and the coming of Narcissa I Hull. He couldn’t run away—not again. There was too much to j do, too many reasons for staying. 3 “Looks like there’s not much j choice,” he said. There’s never any when I want something," Kinney said 3 flatly. “But don’t let that worry 9 you. We'll get along fine—and if hell starts to bust loose in this country, you’ll be better off in 3 with me than any other way.” 5. . . j Threat was implicit in the words of Dolf Kinney, a threat t against Narcissa as well as Hmi self. If there was also promise, Distributed By Kins IM book. Reprint* < lac_ poMisber of Feataras Sian dinate

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it was not of a reassuring nature. Eklund was sober-faced as he set out on this day’s round of activities. He’d come to Coyote Creek half a year before, attracted partly by its remoteness from the world he had known, partly by the country itself. R was wild, savage, but there- was rugged strength and stark beauty in the Rockies rearing to the west, untrammeled space hero to their east. And hero he had stayed. Once he’d run, and on that score he had no regrets. But a man could run only so far, and never could you outrun destiny. Today, despite the bright sun that flooded the earth, it was as though thick fog had blanketed out the stars by which a man must steer. __ He fought a brief battle with temptation, and lost. After all, it would be only courtesy to stop at the Armington ranch oa hie way to the post, to inquire how everything was this morning. Likely thero’d* be questions that Narcissa would want to ask. In any case, he wanted to call there. Peggy and Patty, attired in levis, came flying to greet hint before the buggy had pulled to a halt. Narcissa, more sedate but smiling, was at the door of the house. He found himself smothered in a double embrace, covered with kisses and cries of rapture. “We want to thank you, Erd, for bringing her here!” Peggy Cried. "It’s the nicest thing that ever happened to us!” ••If we didn’t say thank you last night, we do now!” Patty added. “I think you’re just the nicest man in the whole world—next to Papa, of course!” “You seem to have made a hit,” he said, once the girls had dashed away on some new Impulse. “If there’s any glory, it's splashing over on you." Narcissa laughed. “But they are dean.* She sobered, as though ashamed of her gaiety. T can never thank you enough zfor what you’ve done for me,” she added. “If a doctor's duties ware ag half so pleasant, or rewarding, the field Would soon be woefully overcrowded," he retorted. *1 just stopped to ask if there la anything that I can do.” "What about —Emil’” she asked. The major promised to attend to whatever has to be done. Pm going out to the fort again now." “You’ll let me know—foe tee funeral?” “Os comae, ft W«i probably be tomorrow.” Major Blake confirmed that, an hour later. Everything would be done with military precision, since it had fallen into his hands. He seemed a little shocked at Eklund’s suggestion that M would like a chance to peefcm an autopsy. —- — “Is that necessary? 1 understood you to say that tee cause Os death was a gunshot wound?" “That’s the reason," Eklund explained. Td like to have a look at the bullet that killed him. There's only a slim chance that it*U ten anything, but it might And that was inurtteK* (To Bo CUMNWWfo