Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1957 — Page 4

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Let’s think back over the last couple of months. We've had some heavy rainfall, even of flood proportions and we’ve had a few hot days, but this summer's weather has been pretty nice and we have had very few exceedingly hot days. Where in the world could we find a better place to live? ■i. o o. , Make trading in Decatur a habit It will be the best and most economical move you have ever made. Compare prices at local commodities with those of neighboring cities. You'll find that if you buy in Decatur, you’ll enjoy a big savings in almost every instance. - Several midwest .safety organizations are sending out their annual warnings to motorists that schools will soon start and drivers should use caution, especially when approaching school areas and when passing school busses. Motorists generally observe the school caution signs and laws pertaining to the passing of school busses. o o ■■ If you are contemplating the purchase of a new automobile this fall, now is an excellent time tn make the deal. Vary shortly, your present automobile will be a year older and dealers are reducing their present stocks as quickly as they can. Indications are that there will not be many drastic changes in the 1958 models of most popular cars so right now is the time to make your change to a new and better car, and incidentally, you'll get better deals right here in Decatur than any place in northern Indiana. An Indianapolis superior court judge has been selected to sit in the cases of four former state highway employes charged with accepting bribes in the highway scandals which have been under investigation in Indiana for the last several months. History of such cases reveals that eventually the people will sit in judgment at the next election. Hoosiers play their politics hard every day of the year, but they want it played honestly. The big steal which has befallen our state should be kept clearly before the people until the Citizenry can decide tiie charges.

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On Friday noon, 97 men will be graduated from the Reppert School of Auctioneering and these men will return to their homes in almost every state of the Uhion and every province of Canada. It has been a fine class and many everlasting friendships have been made between students, Decatur Citizens and faculty members. The Reppert school is recognized as the greatest of its kind in the world and graduates soon become leaders in their communities and a high percentage of them are most successful. We will miss their familiar chant but we wish everyone of them success in their new field of endeavor. It is interesting to note that another term has passed and not a single student has been unruly or had a brush with the law. Students always are carefully screened and undesirables are removed before the term starts. Friday morning will wind up another successful term of the famous school. O '"O" - Unofficially Decatur's tax rate is fixed at $5.72 for Washington township and $5.78 for Root township. These are probably the highest in our history and a quick took at the requests of the var ious taxing units repeals that almost every department of government thought of everything but the taxpayer and his ability to pay when compiling the giant proposal. The requests have several hard hurdles to meet. First the County Council will get a chance of cutting the various requests and then the board of review will get an opportunity. Either of these bodies can reduce but not increase the proposals. Finally, the state tax board will review the budget and then the rate will become final. With all due respect to all of our officials, we can’t make ourselves believe that these rate fixers would spend their own money in this manner. Perhaps a 20 or 25 percent reduction across the board would be in line. At least there will be a public notice stating the time of meeting of each hearing, prior to final actions. You should plan to attend these meetings, because, don’t forget, they’re spending your money, and now is the time to get the proper relief.

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Chisel On Use Os t State-Owned Cars State Cars Driven For Personal Use INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — It may not be a major scandal, but lots of Statehouse workers think it’s a shame some of their fellow employes are tempted to chisel on the use of state-owned cars. It’s apparently just too easy to use state cars for running to the grocery, or driving to the lakes for a weekend. It’s also a snap to use credit cards to buy gasoline — at taxpayers expense—for use in private autos. Nobody is accusing anybody in particular, and the fact that such things are possible has been known for years. But the spotlight was turned on the problem this week when State Purchasing Director Clarence Drayer said the number of state cars was “an outrage" and Chairman Ruel Steele of a highway study subcommittee said a probe would be made of credit card abuses. Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers also ordered some of his deputies to turn in their cars because of alleged abuses. Drayer said he needed his state car “like I need a hole in the head" and other officials conceded privately they could do without theirs, too. 2 Million For Gas A new inventory showed Indiana owned 3,051 vehicles as of this week, but State Insurance Department figures showed 4,308. The best available figures—for fiscal 1955-56—showed nearly 2 million dollars was spent for gasoline, oil and lubrication. Included was $314,251 worth of gasoline and oil bought on credit cards. State officials said it would be impossible to learn how much at that went for non-state driving. The State Highway Department had the greatest number of vehicles—6oß cars and 1,316 trucks. State law says elective officials get a state car "if the duties of his office require driving about the state.” Department heads get cars if they travel more than 60 miles a month on state business, according to law. Other employes must travel more than 1,200 miles a month. In all cases, gasmline and oil can be bought either at state highway garages, or through cred-

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CHAPTER 28 NELA REACHED the end of her string on the Sunday afternoon before we started fall roundup. The day was a cold one, too cold to be comfortable outside. The previous week had left the first frosting of snow on the peaks of the Sangre de Cristos, and I had found a skim of ice on the norse troughs each morning. The *aspens on both sides ot the valley were bright patches of orange, And even here, along the creek, the cottonwood - and willow leaves were turning, a few falling so that they made a dry rustling under our feet Nela pounded the dirt with a closed fist, crying out at me: “I can’t go on. Will! It isn’t any way to start a marriage! By the time you get back from Leadville, there won’t even be enough leaves on the brush to hide us. Are we doing this because we don’t want to hurt Sarah and Dad, or because we're cowards?” "Both, I guess,” I said. “I’m a bigger coward when it comes to Sarah than anything else.” "I know," Nela said bitterly. “You always think of her first, but it’s time you were thinking ot yourself. And me.” She had a right to be bitter. Maybe we should have cut every tie the day we returned from Canon City. I still wasn’t sure, but from Nela’s tone of voice I knew we couldn’t put it off any longer. “All right,” I said. "Let’s go tell them now.” She looked at me to see if I meant it. "You're sure you want to?" i “No, but it’s got to be done.” i "What will Sarah do?” "I don't know. She can’t fire me and she can’t run me off, because I’m half-owner of the ranch. And she won’t go to your dad.” "He knows that." she said. •Their affair was like a firecracker that just sputtered out. I guess they* never did really love each other.* "Well, we’ve got to face facts,” I said. “Sarah won’t want another woman in the house with her. Or, even if she says she’s willing, she’d make It impossible for you to stay." Tm sure she would" Nela agreed. “So we've got one of two things to do. We can build another house and I can go on rodding the Box P, or we can cut loose and start somewhere else.” "I’m not afraid," she said. “We’ll cut loose.” I rose and helped her to her feet. I kissed her and held her for a moment, and for that moment I could not speak. I loved her I too much. 1 was lucky, just as Ben Sawhill had said on the day we were married, to get Nela;

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it cards issued by oil firms and charged to the state. In practice, most elective officials and some department heads get a new car every two years. Hite ’Fringe Benefits* Drayer claims Indiana has “cars transportation should not be added hanging out of our ears" and to high-paying jobs as “fringe benefits." One state official said he knows lots of employes “take their car home with them and drive where they doggone well please.” H e said he would complain publicly but "there are too many highlyplaced politicians who would...(at this point he made a throat-cut-ting gesture)." Another official admitted h e drives his state-owned car sometimes on personal business, but he added: "As long as the other guys are doing it I'm going to do it, too. But it’s not right." One solution, suggested by Drayer. would be car pools from which cars would be checked out in the morning and locked up at night. Another might be requiring license plate notations when gasoline is bought with credit cards. One elected official said he was considering turning in his state car because he never used it. But he hesitated for fear of alienating others who felt they had a legitimate need for state-financed transportation. Arrives in Japan Mr. and Mrs. Howell Duff have received word from their youngest son, Donald, stating that he had arrived safely in Japan. According to the letter, he and a group of other young servicemen planned to spend last week-end sightseeing in Japan. 1 ■■ A?’ 1 ' Reckless Driving Charged Motorist Joseph Albert Martz, 34, of route 6, was arrested by city police at 12:32 a.m. today, following an accident on Winchester street. Martz was driving south in the 400 block of Winchester street, when he attempted to make a left hand turn. Before he could begin the turn, however, he struck a truck owned by Doyle E. Rich, parked on the right side of the street.

lucky to be loved by her, and lucky that I hadn’t married some other woman. But because it was hard for me to say things like that, 1 just held her in my arms and looked at her. hoping she could see in my eyes what was in my heart. Nela smiled and said, •‘Let’s go beard the lion and lioness in their den.” We walked up the slope together, her arm through mine, for now we didn’t care what they saw or said. Just before we reached the house, I said: ’There is one thing. I’ll be gone for two or three weeks, depending on luck and weather. You’d better stay with your dad until 1 get back.” “Os course,” she said. T wouldn’t fit on roundup very well.” We went in. Mathers was in the middle of one of his monologues. Sarah sat by the window sewing, plainly bored. There had been a time when she was impressed by him and hung on every word, but that time had been long gone. These Sundayafternoon dinners had become habit as much as anything. Mathers stopped, irritated by our entrance. We had not been gone as long as usual. "Get cold?” he asked. “Yes,” Nela said, “but that isn’t why we came back. We have something to tell you.” Sarah laid her sewing tn her lap, stuck the needle through the cloth, and looked at me. I think she expected to hear we were engaged, which would still have given her time to break us up. 1 said. “Nela and I were married in Canon City, last month.” Sarah’s face went deathly white. A cry came out of her as if she were choking; then she whirled her chair around and wheeled it into the bedroom as fast as she could and slammed the door. Only then did I look at Mathers. He surprised me by crossing the room and holding out his hand.' “Congratulations." he said. “I should have foreseen this, but I didn't I have only one thing to say. you’re getting the finest girl in the world, and I hope you prove worthy of her." “I aim to,” he said. Nela kissed him then, and began to cry. "I was afraid you wouldn’t feel this way,” she said, and sat down and wiped her eyes. “I hate weepy women, but I guess I’ve been worrying about this too long.” Mathers patted her awkwardly on the head, then walked to the window and took out his pipe and began to fill it. "To tell the i truth, I don’t quite know how to take it If you had said you were going to get married, I’d

Damage to the Martz vehicle was estimated at S2OO, while damage to the truck is SSO. Martz has been charged with reckless driving. and is to appear in J.P. court at 7 p.m. Friday. Prosecutor Flays State Police Raids Says No Authority For Gambling Raids GARY (UP) — Lake County Prosecutor Metro Holovachka late Wednesday charged that Indiana State Police did not have authority to stage gambling raids in the Calumet area without obtaining warrants from his office, Holovachka expressed his views in a letter to Lt. Charles Sutherland. acting commander of the Dunes Park Post. Sutherland has led plainclothes detectives and uniformed troopers in four raids within the past week. Two of the raids were in Gary, and one each in East Chicago and Whiting. Several persons were arrested and fined and a large quantity of gambling equipment was confiscated in the surprise raids. Holovachka also sent a copy of the letter to Michael Kuhn, justice of the peace at nearby Schererville. Kuhn has been issuing the warrants to Sutherland to legalize the raids. Holovachka said all warrants must be processed through his office. according to state law. In the letter, he listed a series of court decisions upholding his contention. He said any warrant not processed through his office was not valid. At Indianapolis, State Police Supt. Harold Zeis said he had read a copy of the letter written by Holovachka. "The state police to a police department who want to uphold the laws of the state of Indiana.” Zeis said. “They have seen certain law violations committeed in the state of Indiana and have made arrests for violations of these laws. They have reported these violations to the judiciary or the prosecuting attorney of the county involved and are standing by to report and testify to the fates drawn in these violations.” If you have something to sell o: rooms for rent trv a Democrat Want Ad. it brings results.

have had a little time to adjust myself; but now I find I already have a son-in-law, and, I suppose, a grandchild on the way.” "No, but 1 hope you will soon," Nela said quickly. . T knew you would want it that way,” he said, “and it’s right and proper. But it presents a problems* Beeson. As Nela nas probably told you, 1 cannot help you financially. So my question is a natural one. How will you be able to support ■ family?” “I have a little money,” I said. “If 1 don't stay here. I’ll get a job.” Irritated, 1 added, “We never expected to live off you.” He didn’t act aa if he had heard me. He stared at his pipe, his face troubled, and now his thoughts seemed to turn inward. “I’ll lose my housekeeper," he said. “She’s a good one, Beeson, a very good one. So that makes you the winner in every field ot action.” 1 said, “You didn’t expect Nela to stay with you all her life, did you?” “No, of course not I wasn’t thinking ot that You have called me your enemy. Unfortunately, you have been proved right in your predictions. Our drops did not mature. Perhaps It was the season, but the fact stands. Over half of our people are gone. Only the farmers are left besides me and Scott There is talk of moving onto your range and Costello’s and Brahms'. Those who are doing the talking are men who will vote to dissolve the society and divide our assets.” “I’m sorry—” I began. "No, you’re not sorry because you have bc<n proved right and no man is sc*ry in a case like that . . . But now you are taking from me the only person who is vital to me, so I am very much alone. It will be an effort to adjust myself. As for my promise to keep my people off your range, I will keep it if I live." He glanced at the bedroom door. "However, there is a possibility you will no longer be connected with the Box P.” , . "I’m half-owner,” I said. “One house and two women?” He shook his head. "It would never do.” He lighted hk pipe casually, and some of my old respect for him returned. Though he had admitted he was on the brink of disaster, he still retained an air of dignity and confidence. In spite of all that had happened; I found myself feeling pity for the man. "I won’t share my men with anything or anybody! You should 'know that by now.” Sarah Pardee Is going to announce. Continue "Gunlock” tomorrow.

More Violence In Dairymen Strike Strike Is On In Central New York ALBANY, N.Y. <UP>—New violence was reported in central New York today in a strike by dairymen for a price Increase for their milk. The Onondaga County sheriff's department said some strikers have poured gasoline into milk cans being brought into Syracuse plants. Deputy Sheriff Harry Thompson said all available officers have been rushed to spots in the county where strikers were dumping milk from non-striking farmers’ trucks. An empty milk tank truck was fired on Wednesday night in Columbia County. State police said three shots hit the tanker. The truck driver, Richard Blair Bayside, said he thought the shots came from an automobile following him on a highway near Kinderhook. Troopers were making a search for the car. Organizations representing most of the dairy farmers in the New York milkshed said the dissident producers cut off only about 5 per cent of normal deliveries. The Farmers Union and the Dairy Farmers of America, which claim a membership of 9,000 out of a total 55,000 New York state dairy farmers, are trying to obtain an increase in farm milk prices from 12 to 15 cents a quart. Farmers now receive about 9.5 cents a quart. Trade in a good town — Decatur Jack Smith Property for Sale. Corner Jefferson & Seventh streets. 5 rooms, one floor, full basement. Priced to sell. Close to Churches, Schools and uptown. Roy S. Johnson & Son, Auctioneers — Real Estate. Phone 3*2623 or 3-2796. 191 t 3

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