Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1959 — Page 4

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A new industry, which will employ about 200 persons at the outset and will bo in production in three months, has been brought to Kendal! ville, Joe Gaskill, publisher of the Kendall ville News-Sun, told us Saturday. s' The four groups given credit for bringing this industry to Kendillvalle were: Indiana-Michigan Electric Company, the local Chamber of Commerce there, their local bank, and Kendall ville Factory Sites, Inc. Regardless of our personal feelings on the matter of public versus private power, it must be noted that new industries have been attracted to Berne, Geneva and Kendillville by private power interests during this past year. « ■■. ~ If Decatur is going to compete as a city for population 4 business, and industry with other cities in northern Indiana, we will have to do something we are not doing at the present. . Decatur already has an active Chamber of Commerce pushing industrial expansion; an active bank, and an active group which has a site available for industrial expansion. %. . What Decatur does not have is a company or organization with interstate and intrastate connections to help these three organizations find new industries. We need this very badly. If there is a public power organization which can and will do thi3, it should be contacted immediately by local persons interested in maintaining locally-owned public power. Let’s get it to work. - If thre is not, we must either form one, or consider the lack of one as a powerful reason for voting for the sale of our local facilities. There is another reason to consider selling which has not received the amount of attention which it deserves. The city light plant-is controlled by the city administration. In the past, numerous mistakes in management, which did not seem to be mistakes perhaps, but were nevertheless, have been made by both Democratic and Republican councils and city administrations. We have no way to control this—we know from ex-

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perience that we will always have good and bad administrations as long as they are chosen democratiodly. The policy will not be a long-term one, and the local plaht will not attract the manager, consequently, who can put the local company on its feet, and keep It there. Undoubtedly there is a “point of no return” which a locally owned company reaches; at this point it must << either purchase its power, or sell its facilities; if it doesn’t , it can delay the sale perhaps for five or ten years, but only at the serious risk of losing considerably more in sale price each year than it gains in revenue. Closing the steam plant will reduce by tens of thousands of dollars the sale value of the property. The big question is, haye we reached that point now, or have we passed it? ' There are, of course, still serious problems involved if the city does sett. One of these, not satisfactorily explained at present, is what will be done with the money received. If it can be, and is, set aside to draw interest to reduce taxes until it can be used to pay off the sewage bonds, it would benefit the city. But this - must most certainly be spelled out concretely to the people of Decatur before the sale is made. The people will never permit a $2 million tax levy without knowing where the money is going. They should not permit a $2 million sale without the same qualification. The non-constructive “stories” and vicious rumors of those who oppose the sale have certainly injured their position with the thinking public. If most of the memhfcrs of the groups which wish to retain the plant are no more constructive than those who are spreading these rumors, they will never be able to run the lines at a profit, even if power is purchased. And some are even talking of the diesel or steam facilities, rather than purchase power! The Decatur Daily Democrat has maintained, and will continue to maintain, for the time being, at least, a completely open interest in the power sale question. All letters, which are responsible, will be published regardless of the side of the question taken. Last week a letter containing irresponsible statements with no basis in face was published by error on the part of the editor, and is much regretted, as it cast dispersions upon the mayor, who will actually, like the city attorney, lose |4BO a year in salary rather thm gain from the sale. _ * ——■ ■». UI.IWMII

WHA f HAS HAPPENED Rheda Marsh left her New England home to cross the country to marry a man she hasn't seen for three years Her oetrothed Elisha Slocum. Be missionary among Indians near Fort Cass Wyoming She faces the likelihood ol being stranded at St tfdi*. which shf reached with the Rev- Jeremlar Shandy as her escort For Rev Shandy nar been unable to persuade .-Ms orethsi fie*- t moiwtalntrader to arrange for Rhoda to travel West under the protection of e oack tram. Jim Shandy cooked up a echeme with Sherman Randall of the American Eui Co., which is • rival of Jim s employer the Rocky Mountain Fur Co, to rook the latter company, and not* has reason to regret It. If the AFt trader* ret to the RMFC secret reodetvous first, ftm may kef 10% of the profits' hot he m»v also lose its life For he has spotted trappers Mordeca' Prlre and Ree Semple whom ne supposed to be tn the motintalns They -sn unset his rams To ret rid of Mordecal he lopes Mordecal • drink and the trapper recovers “onsclmreness tc find himself m stewtboat esrortlne Rhods Marsh ’JiJjJJ lone tnumev or the Missouri When Mordecal discovers Ree Semple * PMseneer on the same boat he mans to abandon Rhode to Ree’s sere. Meanwhile Jim Shandv Is summoned to the American Pur Co office and told to leave Immediately for me mountains to Insure that the RMrv pack train la delaved. . . CHAPTER 10 PM SHANDY went back to his office in the Rocky Mountain warehouse and summoned a messenger. “Boy ” he said, “you set down to the Rlvermen’s House as fast as you ekn Find Bill Kerr and Mike Nesmith. Pel) them I want to see them right away. Right away, understand?" Shandy dismissed the boy and began to figure what he needed for' the trip' Most of the equipment was right nere in the warehouse Kerr and Nesmith might cost him moire than they were worth, out they were fairly reliable cutthroats with more than passing knowledge of prairie life, and they certainly vere thickbeaded enough to carry out his orders without questioning the reasons behind them. They showed up fifteen minutes later. Within two hours, Shandy was bn his way. • • • The Rosebud was tied tor the eight to a small island two hundred yards from the west bank of the Missouri. Mordecal Price stood on deck, staring at the dark water. Rhoda Marsh was asleep tn oar shelter. Three stokers who got up now and then to keep the boiler fired, and some pork eaten sound asleep oil the stem, were the onig people left aboard be--Btdc«s him. All the others were on the island, sprawled around a Ore. listening to Ree Bemple tell stories. It was a wonder Rhoda wasn’t over there too. they way she and R»« had been making us> to-each other lately. Tonight was the time. She wouldn’t go with him, Mordecal was sura Then it wouldn't be Me fault She’d se safer am

the boat, with Ree, anyway. It wasn’t her fault that Shandy had used her. She was a real fine woman . . . But* that had nothing to do with the vhole business. Jim Shandy, damn his thieving •heart, had dumped her on Mordecal to keep him from getting near* the Rocky Mountain* train. It smelled tike a fish eater's camp: Shandy meeting there tn the Beaver Palafie with them American Company thieves, after he’d sent out a Rocky Mountain train that w' crippled, according te Ree, by having poor animals; Mordecal losing everything but his pants and getting rushed out ol St. Louie when tils brains was all numb. Just before that the American Company had been buying mules by the acre, and then working aB night at their warehouse. Sure, they were busting out a pack train, there was only one place where it was going. too. Ree wasn’t working with them. He hated thelT guts and they had no use for him. Who was he working for, spying around tike he’d been doing? For Shandy? Someone on shore began to play a mandolin. The boatmen tending the boiler sneaked over to have a listen. They would nave howled like fiends if they bad seen how free Mordecal made with their lines a tew momenta later. He cut rope to bind together firewood for a raft He lowered the raft over the side and secured It. and then jwent forward and scratched on the canvas where Rhoda was sleeping. “What Rhoda stuck her head out of the shelter. “Get up real quiet We’re leaving the boat" “When?" “Right now. Can you swim?” Rhoda was silent for a time. “Yes. out —” —-t-i “Good. Get ready. And. you can’t take that pile of foofaraw you brought along.” Mordecal knew she was staring hard at him through the darkness. “You’re actually saying we’re go* tng to leave the ItosebM tonight?” , “Yupl Right now." That ought to do it, Mordecal figured. No j white woman that ever was bon , would crawl out ot a warm bed , and swim the Big Muddy at night i He grinned to himself. It was - sneaky but It would work, and It would leave Ree stuck with Rhoda. i “Why can’t 1 take my bag- , gage?” Rhoda asked., ; : ”1 got only a small raft to float ; stuff on." I "Make It bigger then. 11l he i ready la ten minutes, but I’m taking all my baggage." “You mean you’re going?* - Mordecal’s satisfied grin Mid Into t a heap. i “If this Is the way it has to be

20 Years Ago Today Feb. It, lill — the two-* 16 rjr farm home of torn Noll, former Washington township trustee, was completely destroyed by fire. An eight-room house near Chattanooga, 0., owned by the Central Sugar Co. of this city, was destroyed by fire. J. S. Newcombe, of the Indiana state highway department, spoke on traffic safety at an assembly of Decatur high school students. The Shakespeare dub was entertained at the home of Mrs. Dora Lower. Fifty-five members of the Gecode club enjjoyed a novel Valentine party at the G.E. club rooms. COURT NEWS Divorce Cases In the case of June Baker vs Adrian Baker, the defendant was ordered to pay weekly support to the plaintiff and to pay into the clerk of the Adams circuit court the sum of S2OO for the benefit of the plaintiff's attorney. The restraining order filed by the plaintiff was approved. Janean Kay Grogg was granted an absolute divorce from Donald D. Grogg. The plaintiff was awarded the custody of the minbr children, and the defendant was ordered to pay support and attorney fees. Complaint Case A complaint for damages has been filed in the Adams circuit court by Marie Lambert against Lawrence A. Michel, and Faye Michel. A summons was ordered issued to the sheriff of Adams county for the defendant returnable March 2. Petition Case The case of Calvin Coppess, etal, petition for drainage, ex parte, the hearing was set for March 19 at 1 o’clock. — Condemnation Case The case of the State of Indiana vs Karl W. McOmber, and Myrtle T. McOmber, husband and wife t Paul W. Reidenbach, Bonnie Lou Reidenbach, the defendants were ordered to pay back to the state the sum of $309. Estate Case The final report was Hied in the j estate of Capitola E. Clark. A notice was ordered issued returnable | March 9.

done, Pm going. You’re supposed to know your business, so I won’t argue. Make the raft big enough to carry my things." Mordecai rose and walked away. She wasn’t bluffing. Now what was he going to do? He made the raft bigger. Shortly afterward JBhoda began, to carry her heap of plunder over to him. “It ain’t going to be easy," Mordecai said. "Yes, 1 can see you’re making it as difficult as possible." “You can stay with the "and be forever getting to Fort Caa, certainly to late that I would miss Elisha ? You’ve tried every way you could to discourage me, Mr. Price, and 1 know you were sure 1 wouldn’t leave this boat tonight. Ree warned me that you’d probably suggest something Uke this." "He did, huh?" Mordecai muttered •If this te the way It must be, I I’m going—unless you decide to back out" Hell was afloat and no pitch hot. Mordecai damned Ree and the stubbornness of the woman in the same thought. Now she had him over a log. and his pride wouldn’t let him squeal tor mercy. He slipped over the side, down Into the water to his chest as he held to the mooring line. “Let your plunder down. Give me the rifle last thing." She towered her luggage. Mordecai lashed It on the raft. On the very top of the pile he tied his rtfle and his own meager traveling equipment "Let’s go,” he said. She was scared then, and her voice showed It "I—l can’t see the raft" Mordecai climbed back te the deCk. "You going or not?” He heard the rustle of garments. Rhoda thrust a pile of skirts at him. In the dim starlight he saw the whiteness of her legs. By Old Caleb! She had stripped to the breechclout! •What are you doing, woman?" "1 can't swim in ekirta" Rhoda wont to the rail. She hesitated; With an armful Os skirts and his mouth hanging open. Mordecai stared at the pale nakedness of her lega "1 can’t see the raft," she said. . .. . the voices of men that hSd broken away from the crowd on the island made Mordecai look • over his shoulder. The stokers were coming back. "Git!” he said. 1 cant see down there." Mordecai picked her up. She gasped and tried to fight away from him when his wet buck* skins touched the flesh of her legs. He dropped her over the side. She grasped again when ehe struck the waber. Mordecai MM down the rope. She ead found the raft and was clinging to it (Contimuei Tomorrow;

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