Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1904 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT < — EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER 11.00 PER YEAR IN Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mail matter. "OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY JUNE 30,1904. COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor 0. D. LEWTON For Treasurer JOHN F. LACHOT For Sheriff ALBERT A. BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S. FALK For Commissioner First District DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN WHO WILL IT BE? U ninstructed. - 460 For Parker 2*o For Hearst 160 For Cockrell (Missouri) 36 For Olnev (Massachusetts) 32 For Wall (Wisconsin) 26 For Grey (Delaware) 6 Total 994 Necessary to nominate 663 Necessary to defeat a nomination 332 The Ligoneer Leader comes out with an illustrated edition in honor of their twenty fifth anniversary. The next in order is the democratic national convention which is due in St. Louis one week from next Wednesday. Harry New brings back the intelligence that the Chicago convention cost but sixty thousand dollars. The amount .is insignificant, but it causes us to wonder what a good onejwould cost.

Now is the time to Buy Land West of the Missouri River in the Missouri Valley From $5.00 to $15.00 Per Acre

Come and get a piece of this land whil the price is right, in a thriving populated community. Farming lands are always high. We want the people in Morton county. They can make money. Lands alone will double in value in five years. Help yourself and help us. MOST PROSPEROUS.—T. H. Anderson bought 245 acres in Ramsey county three years ago at sl2 per acre The first two years the land netted him 525 an acre, and last year he bought an 80-a«. re tract adjoining his farm at -Bzs an acre. He seeded 75 acres of this with flax, from which he threshed 1.725 bushels and sold it for 52.242.50 or $242.50 more than the land cost him. He had 268 acres in flax, wheat, barley, oats and speltz. which he sold for an aggregate of $5,026, or more than his entire farm cost him. A RENTER in the older states is the most foolish man on earth. He can buy a farm in North Dakota on terms so Lis yearly payments will be less than he pays for rent now. Quit renting and own a home. You can't do it where you are. Come to North Dakota. Sheep in North Dakota is destined to become one of the leading industries of this growing state. Morton county alone has 14 Creameries. There is an inexhaustible supply of coal in Morton county. Where can you invest your money elsewhere that will bring in such returns as are promised in Morton county. If you don’t join the excursion Juiy sth you will be sorry. Remember this. Joe Bremerkamp, of Decatur, you all know him, helped make the government survey of Morton county. Ask him concerning the land. Don’t be afraid to come in and ask questions. We are ready to give any information tn our power. If you can pay S3OO to S4OO down and S2OO to S3OO yearly why not own your own home instead of renting? Talk the matter over with your wife or son and reserve a seat in the cars July sth,

See Dick Townsend for Excursion Rates, July 5, 1904. Office with Clark J. Lutz, over first National Bank, Decatur, Indiana.

Grover Cleveland announces his retirement from political activities, which will cause his boomers for the presidential nomination to go away back and sit down. The supreme court rendered an important decision yesterday, in declaring unconstitutional the law extend ingthe term of certain county officers. The decision is one that effects near ly every county in the state in some way. John Sharpe Williams, the minority leader in congress, will be temporary chairman of the St. Louis con vention. He will completely answer the speech of Elihu Root and give the ' country something to think about for the next four months to come, The advance will take up their residence at St. Louis Friday and from that time on there will be something doing in the world's fair city. Indiana and Indiana democrats will cut considerable ice in this convention. Those politicians and statesmen who are worrying about the intentions of President Roosevelt in 1908, need not loose heart. What the voters of the country will do to him in 1904 will not leave a fragment for him to ever dictate another national convention. According to an assignment of seats for the St. Louis'convention there will be 10.804 seats. One thousand will go to the delegates, one thousand to the alternates, \ seven hundred to the press and the remainder to any sucker who can get his fingers on a ticket. The Parker managers claim 526 votes for their favorite on first ballot at the St. Louis convention. On the second ballot they expect Missouri. Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maine. West Virginia and Ohio to get into the Parker band wagon and cinch bis nomination with 689 votes. This is the way it looks on paper. Jim Goodrich the g. o. p. state chairtnan is mad. He'is mad because Senator Fairbanks was nom inated for vice president and the cause of his wrath comes from the fact that Indiana with a candidate can not hope to demand so much in campaign funds. This is statemanship with the g. o. p. brand blown in the bottle.

r ’ — I r■■ J . j I .. . . . ' ‘ r , I * A sheep farm on N D stock farm We can get you land on navments of from S3OO to SSOO, balance in three to five years. We can help you get the sheep. J Dick Townsend will be in the office of C. J. Lutz, over First National Bank, every evening until eight o’clcck. Come and Get a Booklet Free, Describing land in North Dakota.

The efforts of the g. o. p. national convention to inject a little life and excitement over the nomination of Presidentßoosevelt wasa signal failure The nomination was made, and it was las spectacular as it was possible to ! make it. but still it lacked the life that such occasioss give to the nomi- ! nation of a candidate for president. The real meaning of this listlessness ■is already causing the managers of the Roosevelt ship of state large ’ chunks of missgivings. The Democrat takes tff its hat to the Indianapolis Star and bows its hnmble thanks for the favor of telegraphic reports of the Chicago convention. In addition we might truthfully add that the Star did excellent service for themselves during that great event. Louis Ludlow is always interesting and jhe remainder of the Star special service were also features of merit. By the way. the Indiana newspapers are becoming quite metropolitan and up to snuff. The death of six members of the Indiana senate since last election, and the fact that four of them are holdovers, puts elements of doubt in the Republican power to control that body, as considerably [ more than half of the members I must be elected next November, | and some of these in normally Democratic districts. This, with the supreme court's knockout dealt to the extremely partisan legislative reapportionment, does not leave the dominant party with the smooth sailing of tha past several campaigns.—South Bend Times. Word was received Sunday by Mrs. Minta Meyers of Wren announcing that her sister Miss Mabie Dull who has been visiting at Seattle. Wash., for several past with her brother wa> very I bad sick and that if they ever expected to see her alive to corne at ’ once. The message did not state what was the cause of her illness ! but it must be something very. serious from the tone of the tele-1 gram. Mrs. Meyers has not as vet started for that place and is expecting daily to receive some farther news from her. Miss Dull is quite well known here.

11 The name of the Hon. Samuel M. 1 ■ Ralston is again being seriously cons I sidered with the democratic gubere' natorial nomination, and in this the s Democrat takes an unpardonable a pride. Mr. Ralston is one of the e most gifted democrats in the state. - worthy and able to be governor of Indiana or president of the I nited s States. He is ever a patriot and a f democrat and aschief executive would e add dignity and honor to the state, his party and himself. Additional interest will be added to I the St. Louis national convention by S the determination of Tammany to invadethe convention and impress the \ delegates with the importance of f nco'it.atiug Vavor McClellan for the j presidency. Judge Harman, of Ciu- ’ ciuuati, is also holding himself in j readiness to be a receptive candidate. Thus it will be seen that next week I I much will be doing in the political ' | world the making of the next p esi- ’ dent of the United States. Tne Indianapolis News and Chicago Record Herald are among those republican newspapers who ' i characterize the national g. o. p. platform as adroit and audacious. Now let the democrats assemble in j St. Louis and display a sample of ■ guinine statesmanship in the formulation of their platform of princinles. that done the masses who a j love truth in political parties will see to it that victory crowns the j efforts of democrary in 1904. It has been many years since the nomination of a presidential ticket aroused so little enthusiasm among republicans as has the nomination of ; Roosevelt and Fairbanks. One reason for this, perhaps, was the absence of a contest at the convention, and another is, the whole proceedings at Chicago : were of the machine order. The bosses had arranged the program and it was carried out to the letter. A little enthusiasm was created at the convention through the efforts of several popular leaders and orators, but the applause was more in the way of personal compliments to them than to the candidates to be named. All over the country the lack of interest and enthusiasm is apparent owing to the unpopularity *of the candidates and a growing distrust of Roosevelt, j — Columbia City Post.

It seems that jthe Hon. John W. Kern has a good sized boom on for vice-president, the same to l>e O. K d by the St. Louis convention next week And to make matters all the more jiggered, the Hon, John refuses to accept something that has not been given him. All this is exciting and will tend to add additional interest to the onlv politic- ’ -how of the mem or able season of 1904. Indianaq as again been honored by a national convention by the naming of Senator Fairbanks for vice president. The senior senator played a good game of politos and hopes to invade the next national convention as an aspirant for the presidency. All this ambition is worthy of the honest efforts of the genial statesman who played the game. This year however we hope that other plans will materialize and that democrats and the demo cratic party will win victory for their cause and candidates. , I I ■iWII I ~ '■■Hl— The recording angel has performed the last sad rites over the Huntington Journal. The ceremonies were simple but effective, death being due to a lack of the proper nourishment. In the demise of the Journal it again brings to mind that in the revolution of the newspaper business even a long line on the filthy dollar will not save a ! newspaper from the damnation .bow-wows. CharlesE. Lovelace the editor is a bright writer and dej serves to preside of the destinies of a progressive and prosperous newspaper. CONRT PROEEOINGS. Charles Ewell was appointed guardian for -Olga Huffman and : filed bis bond. —o — Attorneys Erwin & Erwin have filed a suit in circuit court here entitled Louis Boknecht vs. Homer D. Lower, complaint on note, | demand SIOO. —o— B. F. Boerstler guardian for D. F. Boerstler was granted right to sell real estate and Henry Stetler and Joseph D. Berry were appoint- : ed appraisers. —o — Appliction for appointment of executor of the estate of William Beeler were filed by Enos and j Daniel Beeler who also filed the ■ required bond of S3OOO.

The oase of the State v S n Webb, Bert Votow, John Jones Marion M. Winsted the G enPT boys bound over to court f or riot & ] ing. was filed at the clerks I today. —o— Alexander C. Taggart etal™ 1 Northwest Virginia Oil Co. SpPPi|l '] final report filed and approved and balance of $173.58 ordered paid ( 0 E. H. Nicholas. Receiver dis charged. . —o— Nicholas Gosser vs L. W. Luckey et al. Motion to retax costs of Frank Foreman, ordered taxed to plaintiff in sum of $427. Report of deed by commissioner DeVoss deed approved. -o-‘ In the case of W. P. Bart ling vs . , W. C. Cochran and John Smitley, Judge Erwin indicated that he ■ would sustain the demurer but wifi not. give his opinion definitely until the first day of the term. —o—- " Another special session of court was held Monday with but little business and Judge Erwin decided to dispense with the special term system and accordingly there will be no more court until September. ‘ _o_ Squire J. H. Simth and Dr- S. , D. Beavers, W. P. McMillen and P. B. Thomas held an -inquest yes- - terday over Mrs. Eva Moyer of this city whom they declared of unsound mind and reccommended her acceptance at the Richmond asylum, where she will be taken as I soon as posisble. She was an in- [ mate of an asylum at Columbus Ohio twenty years ago but had shown no signs of her old trouble ’ until three months ago. W. E. Smith has received a letter ' from Fred Mayer who is at Indianapolis, stating that he had just returned from a six days trip at the World’s > fair and while there had the pleasure • of playing the “High School Bells”, which is a composition of music by Mr. Smith, on a 5165 Gibson maudolin and that the music made a decided bit with the music professors there. The playing took place in the Manufacturing building. Fred says he expects to be home in two weeks.

MORTON COUNTY, North Dakota, lies in the Missouri River Valley, just across the river from the State Capitol. Has ample rain fall, good rich, black soil, heavy clay subsoil. A large part of it is underlaid with lignite coal, in veins from two to thirty feet deep. Has creameries, elevators flourmills, splendid schools. Flax yields well, so does wheat, oats, barley, millet, corn, potatoes, brome grass, macaroni wheat and speltz. Has most nutritious grasses, has fineclimate, has best stock-raising country. Is known for its pure water. None better anywhere. Homeseekers to the number of 100. COO went to North Dakota during 1903, and the year 1904 promises as many. No State is more prosperous. WHY PAY RENT IN THE EAST when your Cash Rental there for One Year will Buy a Farm here that will Make You Rich in Five Years? FREE TICKETS.—If you buy land from us we will allow for your ticket. Don’t forget tc mention car tare when you purchase land from us. Bring us the receipt for the tickets you purchase from your Railrcad Station Agent. The climate of the Missouri Valley is very much milder than any other portion of the state The soil there is a rich black loam with clay subsoil. Fortunes will certainly come to those securing these lands. North Dakota lands are worth twice what they sell for today. We can locate you cn a homestead of 160 acres, and sell you the adjoining 160 acres or more for little money. Get your feet on a piece of North Dakota dirt while the price is right. Don’t wait for the other fellow to get the best. Come in and see us and get a free Booklet and read what people are doing in North Dakota. A FARMER in the older states who has his farm mortgaged for one-quarter to onehalf its value, could sell out and have cash enough left to buy a good farm in North Dakota which would increase in value and make him rich. Buy now —prices are advancing. The very best cattle shipped to Chicago are from North Dakota.