Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1959 — Page 4

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An Inside View Purdue University is the 13th in size in the United States, and second only to Indiana University in size in the Hoosier state. Modern buildings at West Lafayette have mushroomed in the past ten years to such an extent that former students cannot even recognize the area. Its growth, like that of all universities, has been tremendous. Agriculture and engineering are the main departments at the northwestern Indiana school. Monday, County agent Leo Seltenright and the editor made a 12-hour tour of the campus, and were given an inside view of its operation by the agriculture department. First a visit was made to the new digital computer, or electronic brain, similar to Univac. In the old days, students used to stand in lines for weeks registering and filling out cards. Now it is done by this machine, which can enroll 100 students an hour. Complicated problems that would take an office force years to compute can be added in a matter of hours by the interesting “overgrown pinball machine.” . * In the horticulture department research on dwarf tomatoes with a short growing season, mechanical pickability, large tomatoes but small vines, and diseaseresistant characteristics, were shown to the group. By a new seeding process, 30 tons to the acre can be raised in Indiana. This new development may well rescue the faltering tomato-raising industry in Indiana. The new veterinarian’s school was toured — this will open next fall with an already-selected class of 50 students, carefully screened to prevent dropouts. The school building will not be completed for nearly a year, but will include wonderful research and study facilities. At one of the 16 farms occupying 6,000 acres, we saw Herefords being studied under different feeding conditions, to determine how much and what kind of male and female hormones, or tranquilizers and in what combinations, will best raise the efficiency of feeds. An interesting fact to Decatur, the soybean center of the world, is the fact that Purdue researchers are convinced that a basic ration of soybean meal mixed with corn, and about 25 trace minerals and a few vitamins added, will provide the most economical feed possible for cattle. Indiana is no longer a corn and hog state—it is a corn, soybean, and hog state. Your county agent can keep you posted dn the very latest research from Purdue, and other agricultural research centers, if you just ask him. Fifty years of progress in animal nutrition is now available, permitting your steers, for example, to gain more weight faster and at less cost than was imagined possible a short time ago. Wonderful experiments in small grains are now being conducted—to Improve alfalfa as corn was improved, by hybriding; to develop a palatable strain of reed canary grass, which is the most adaptable of all the grasses; to see if wheat straw standing is a limit to wheat production; and many other fascinating problems, the solution of which will enable the farmer to compete better in our changing economy. Climax of the tour was a short and personal,speech,, to the 25 or so present from Dean Earl Butts, of the department of agriculture, in which the well - known former undersecretary of agriculture gave his beliefs on what is necessary in the changing world of farming.

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Purdue Agronomist Visits Local Farms Lester Smith, Purdue extension agronomist who specializes in pasture grasses, made his first visit to Adams county Monday, and visited seven local farms. First on the agenda was the Gerald Strickler farm, which includes a field of birdsfoot trefoil on the southwest corner of the farm, used as pasture for his Angus herd. 1 Smith and Leo Seltenright, county agent, then visited the Luther Yager farm in French township, west of Berne. Yager has three or four fields of birdsfoot on which pastures he rotates his herd of 480 sheep. Birdsfoot trefoil is an excellent permanent legume pasture, since it does not cause bloat, weathers well in dry or wet years, and stands wlel, some pastures having been seeded 19 years ago. On Elmer Isch's farm, the fiveyear trial plots of nine varieties of alfalfa and six varieties of trefoil were examined. Each plot is about 15 feet wide and 100 feet long. They were seeded by hand. A stop wais then made at the Hugo Bulmahn farm, where a field day for tractor-track planting, and other forms of minimum tillage, will be held next Tuesday. A fine patch of birdsfoot trefpil was observed on the Norval Fuhrman farm. One of the best fields visited was that of Bill Fritzinger, of Root township. Fritzinger has a dairy herd and a few sheep on his trefoil. Jrefoil, while not a fast starter, is a deeprooted perman-ent-type legume, very suitable for grazing. Native varieties, while a little slower starting than Italian varieties, graze better, and last longer. At the Warren Nidlinger. Jr., farm, some problems of grass silage were discussed. Smith was quite pleased with his first visit to the county, and pointed out that Adams county had a good pasture program in general. Minor Accident In Decatur Tuesday A minor accident was reported to the city police department Tuesday at 4:25 p.m. that occurred at 167 N. Second street involving a parked auto. According to the city police report, the mishap occurred when a car driven by Dorothy Christener, 34, route four, Decatur, while headed south on Second street, struck a parked auto owned by John F. Everett, of route two, Ohio City, Ohio. The accident occurred just south of the Monroe and Second street intersection. Damage to the Christener auto was estimated by the investigating officer at S3O and damage to the Everett vehicle was listed, at 45. Eagles To Observe' 12th Anniversary The Stephen Decatur Aerie No. 2653 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will celebrate its 12th anniversary Friday and Saturday. The state project for 1959 is helping underprivileged children by contributing to “Home on the Range” and the Eagle memorial foundation. A round and square dance will be featured Friday night on the program, with music furnished by the Indiana Play Boys. Concrete Drain Tile Drain Your Land With Concrete Tile Won’t crumble or shale under frost. Firm and strong. We Manufacture 3” -5” -6” -8” DRAIN TILE CALL or SEE Decaliir Ready-Mix, Inc. PHONE 3-2561 USE Hi i'COWCRbte

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20 Years Ago Today 0 — —o May 13, 1939— Adams county residents paid $238,418.29 in coupty taxes in the spring installment. Prof. E. L. Yeager, of the psychology department of Indiana University will speak at the annual banquet of the Adams county I.U. alumni Monday evening at the Rice hotel. Four societies of the St. Mary’s Catholic church have donated a portable talking machine to the Catholic schools for visual educational purposes. Four hundred students of the public and Catholic high schools attended the dance given by the recreational department of the WPA. —“ ; George Heare was reelected president of the Zion Senior Walther league. Other officers are Lloyd Conrad, vice president; Linda Marbach, secretary-treasur-er; Oscar Lankenau, zone representative, and Viola Ellsworth and Ellen Mailand, sick committee. City Officials In Chicago Meeting Mayor Robert D. Cole and city engineer Ralph E. Roop left this morning for Chicago, where they will discuss two city problems with Consoer-Townsend, Inc., construction engineers for the city. First problem will be a few minor changes in the city sewage disposal system before it is finally accepted by the city. The gas burners in the cellar of the building seem to be the wrong size, and apparently high water at the time of the recent floods put one of the filtration beds out of operation, causing a slightly bad odor in the immediate neighborhood of the plant. This can be corrected within a week, it is hoped, so that final acceptance will be at the next city council meeting. The other prob- , lem to be discussed is the extension of the south school sewer to the Krick-Tyndall property to the west.

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Presents Trophy Case To Fire Department The city fire department was presented with a trophy case last evening by Elmo Smith, of Smith -Drug company, Cedric Fisher, fire chief, said today. • ,The case, formerly used as a showcase, was presented to the local fire department at 5 p.m. yesterday. The case will replace the small case now used to display the many trophies won by the fire department in water ball competition and other events. Driver Is Killed In Freak Car Accident NASHVILLE, Ind. (UPI) — Augustus Reed, 73, near Bean Blossum, was killed in a freak car accident on his farm Tuesday. State Police said Reed was driving along a lane on his farm with a long fence post protruding from a window. One end of the post caught on a tree, and the other end struck him in the neck. Munci6 Child Dies From Severe Burns MUNCIE, Ind. (UPI) — Wilma Jean Ingram. 14-months-old daughter of the John Ingrams, died in Ball Hospital Tuesday of burns suffered late Monday when she overturned a frying pan. The child was burned severely about the face, arms and hands.

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COURT NEWS Complaint Cases By agreement of both parties, the case of Mel Liechty, doing business as Mel’s Realty Auction company, vs William M. Stavenlk and Frieda Stavenlk, was set for trial June 4 at 9 o’clock. A report was filed by the payroll department of the Fruehauf Trailer company in the case of Fruehauf Employees’ Federal Credit Union vs Arthur Krauss. On a motion by the plaintiff, the defendant’s motion to make more specific and to strike, in the case of Marie Lambert vs Lawrence A. Michel and Faye Michel, was set for argument May 27 at 2 p.m. A motion to strike was filed by the defendants in the’cSSebf Harry Hartman, by Gerald Hartman and Lillian Hartman, father and mother as next friend, vs Larry N. Parker and Neil A. Parker. A motion to strike part of the plaintiff’s complaint was filed by the defendants in the case of Alice Mae Beitler, administratrix of the estate of Howard Beitler, deceased, vs the board of commissioners of the county of Adams, Wendell L. Abbott, Gerald W. Vizard and Mabel 1. Vizard. Estate Cases The schedule to determine the inheritance tax with reference to the county assessor was filed in the estate of Fred M. Engle. The final report was-Qted showing the net estate to be $6,202.07. A notice was ordered issued returnable June-5. The administrator’s final report

Policeman Requests Leave Os Absence Al Nern, Decatur city policeman, has requested a six months leave of absence from the police force for reasons of health. He has serious back trouble which has been aggravated by riding in the police car. was filed in the estate of David Depp. A notice was ordered issued returnable June 9. In the estate of James Parrish, the schedule to determine the inheritance tax was filed with reference to the county assessor, showing the net estate to be $30,213.74. zThe final report of distribution was filed in the estate of Fred R. Tonnellier. A certificate of clearance was filed. The sureties and administratrix were released. The estate closed.

Public Auction THE THOMAS J.»DURKIN PROPERTY 437 Mercer Avenue, Decatur, Ind. SATURDAY, MAY 16,1959 1:30 P.M. Property will be sold on the premises at Public Auction to the highest bidder. Inspection invited at any time before sale by contacting the Auctioneers. Possession can be arranged to fit your needs. House is situated on a large lot with 102 foot frontage on Mercer Avenue and is 98 feet in depth and has a driveway strip from the rear line 68 by 12 feet to ftbst street. There are 5 rooms downstairs and 5 rooms upstairs, bathroom, basement with furnace. An ideal house for large family or one that is adaptable to conversion to a multiple dwelling for income purposes <R-2 Zoning). TERMS & CONDITIONS— Twenty per cent down day of sale, balance cash on delivery of Warranty Deed and Merchantable Abstract of Title. Statements made on day of sale shall take precedence over any contained herein. Not responsible for accidents. Ned C. Johnson — Auctioneers — Bill Schnepf Phone 3-2796 Decatur, Ind. Phone 3-9147

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