Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1907 — Page 6

A wash woman has left her husband because her husband swore at her when she asked him to hook her waist in the back. She does not al- j lege that the man was crazy, however. Mrs. W. A. Colter and little daughter visited several days last week with friends in Berne, Ind., and returned to their home in Schumm, Friday. They were met at Decatur by Mr. Colter. —Willshire Herald. Starus Bros., of this city, have received one of the four new touring cars recently ordered by the firm. The four machines will cost SIB,OOO, and the order is one of the largest on record in Indiana. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Congressman Gilhams has been advised that the petition for a summer rural mail route for the benefit of cottagers at Rome City has been taken up by the fourth assistant postmaster general, but no decision has been announced regarding it. The lawyers of the state will now get busy and see how of the new laws have a loop hole in them so that they will be rendered ineffectual. While one set of men enact new laws another set is. at work seeing how they can be made Inoperative. In spite of the cold weather the fruit crop is not In such a bad way as has been reported. It is true that many of the buds have been killed, but there remain on the trees enough buds to insure a good crop if nothing worse happens than has happened so far. An exchange says: “What do you think of an artist who painted cobwebs on a ceiling so truthfully that the hired girl wore herself into an attack of nervous prostration trying to sweep them down? This caused an editor with some experience along this line to remark that there might have been such an artist, but there never was such a hired girl. Ferdinand Efflnger filed suit at Bluffton against the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company, demanding SI,OOO damages. Eflinger alleges that one of the company’s interurban cars running at twenty miles an hour, frightened his horse a mile north of Bluffton and caused the complainant to be thrown on his face and shoulders into a ditch beside the roadway. Complaints that have been made to the mayor relative to the depredations of the young army of dogs that infests the streets of Bluffton, caused him this morning to declare that unless the owners of these animals took some steps to keep them confined at this time, there would be a dog ordinance framed that would be drastic enough to fully cover the situation.— Bluffton Banner. Everything is now in readiness for the big horse sale tomorrow, and it promises to be a beauty in every respect. The spacious barns are now filled with fine horses and more are expected to arrive this evening. The sale will be cried by Fred Reppert and this feature alone lends interest to the event. If you are in need of a good horse, attend and put in your bid and you may buy something. J. O. R. Campbell, of Jefferson township, is now a full fledged Veterinarian. He received his diploma of graduation from the Chicago Veterinary College, March 29th, and went from Chicago to Lexington, Illinois, to practice for a few months with Dr. Welch, with whom he practiced a year ago. Dr. Campbell expects to locate in Geneva sometime in the near future. —Geneva Herald. Figures compiled at he office of the bureau of statistics show- that 1,122 persons were adjudged insane in the year 1906. In the year 1905 only 950 persons were declared to be of unsound mind. In 1904 the number was 1,105. Reports to the bureau show that in 1906 in the courts of the state 27,981 civil cases were filed. This is almost 1,000 less than were filed in 1905. The number of cases disposed of in 1906 was 24,602. Mrs. Jere Torrance, of Marion, formerly Miss Lucile Bryson, of Decatur, will be here Thursday for a visit with Miss Carrie Kapp. Mrs. John Dailey, of Decatur, formerly Miss Dessie Beery, will be here also as a guest of Mrs. W. W. Rogers. Miss Kapp and Mrs. Rogers and their guests, with members of the Delta Sigma Phi, will form a theater party to the Senior class play, and after the show the party will be entertained at a luncheon at the home of MisS Kapp.—Bluffton News. Dr. Cook came home last night from Indianapolis, where he was called in consultation over the illness of Miss Elizabeth Dougherty. Miss Beth was taken to her home in Indianapolis from DePauw University and the family physician thought she would probably have to undergo an operation. Dr. Cook was called from here, and after holding consultation it was decided that an operation would not be necessary. It was thought that after a brief rest and treatment she would be able to resume her studies. There were no symptoms of appendicitis.—Bluffton News.

Mrs. Costello, wife of Dr. Costello, ssoocapanled by her little daughter, Agnes, attended the graudatlon exeri cises of the St. Mary’s high school Thursday afternoon. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. A Kansas man asserts that he re- 1 cently saw a rat with horns. As the authorities Insist that the prohibition 1 law is being enforced in Kansas, there must be something radically wrong with the soda water in that state. John Lehman went to Decatur on Wednesday with a pike petition, to have the road from the old cheese factory west of town to one mile north and then west one-half mile to school house No. 9 macadamized. — Berne Witness. Gay & Zwlck have on exhibition at their mammoth furniture store a newly invented mattress that is attracting the attention of .all. The mattress is something unique and promises to fill the bill in every respect It will pay you to stop and look at it. Custodian Jacob R. Graber of the county farm Friday morning sold to David Gerber, nine head of steers for $722.70. The farm also has ready for market over sixty head of hogs. This stock was all raised at the farm and shows partly at least why Mr. Graber is busy a greater part of the time The new daily newspaper to be stated at Huntington by Thad Butler is to be called the Huntington Times. A company to publish it has been incorporated by Thad Butler, John S. Glenn, H. E. Rosebrough, George S. Morris, Morton Stults, H. D. McClelland and Henry F. Kase. The crop reporting board of the bureau es statistics of the department of agriculture, from the reports of the corespondents and agents of the bureau finds the average condition of winter wheat on April 1 to have been 89.9, against 89.1 on April 1, 1896, 91.6 at the corrsponding date in 1905, and 85.3 the mean of the April average of the last ten years. , Henry Hower, of Jewel county, Kansas, is in our city the guest of friends and relatives. Mr. Hower formerly resided in this county and will be better remembered by the elder generation. He is one of Kansas’ prosperous farmers and says he enjoys the west immensely. He will remain here for a month visiting with and greeting old friends. Rev. Wells closed the fourth year of his Geneva pastorate last Sunday and is at Logansport, this week attending the annual conference oi the M. E. church. The church has prospered in all ways during Rev Wells’ pastorate, and at this time, more than ever before in the history of the church, the conditions are most promising. Should Rev. Wells return to this charge he will no doubt be given a hearty welcome by all. —Geneva Herald. Pursuant to opinion submitted by Attorney General James Bingham, Secretary of State Fred Sims has decided that under the new automobile law now effective, owners of automobiles regularly registered will not have to make application for new numbers. The act of ■ 1907 provides for larger and different figures for automobiles to be placed both on the front and rear of the machines. The attorney general holds that while new numbers must be secured, it will not be necessary to pay the license fee of $1 again. W. A. Klndlesparker, of Rich Valley, has filed a ten thousand dollar damage suit against the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company, as the result of an injury sustained four years ago. Klndlesparker •was employed by the company to grease curves and while at work near Peru became unconscious and fell to the track, where he was struck by a car, and* his left arm cut off. The plaintiff claims that the company’s employes, who ran over him, knew of his condition. The green bug is cutting some figure at the present time in the price of wheat Some of the farmers in this couty discovered a green bug vhich resembles the bug often seen on the fruit trees or rose bushes, at the root of the wheat last fall, and the same bug is doing business all over this county discovered a green bug grown. The bug eats off the roots of the plants and thus destroys them. The bugs and the frost together have about used up the crop on many farms and as a result the price is beginning to rise. If all the business of the country could be done by mail, there would be mighty little work for a lot of persons. The farmers cannot send his eggs and butter to the mail order houses. Fresh vegetables, fruits and berries are not taken by the mall order houses. Chickens cannot be exchanged for groceries, and so on through he entire list of farm products. After all is said and done the 1 farmer is largely dependent on his i home town for a market. It would i hus seem that self-interest would 1 suggest that the home town be en- > < couraged to the extent of buying ev-I1 ery home and farm need of the local t merchant. 7 j

The horse sale was a crackerjack Friday, and something like one hundred and fifty head of horses were disposed of and will now go to new homes. A number of foreign buyers irere present, and the bidding was spirited. Auctioneer Fred Reppert handed out the talk and his efforts always brought the required amount. The next sale will be held in two weeks. A. C. Butcher, of Monroe, has answered the stamp problem to perfec- 1 tion, and his results are absolutely I correct in every respect. He admits I that he spent some time in figuring I out the result, but that in the end I he was rewarded with the results I that proved out to be correct. His I answer to the problem is in our pos-l session. I The work of stringing the wire on I the interurban through the city was I commenced this morning and should I be ready for use by Tuesday of next I week. The new track has all been I laid and the work of refilling and I putting back the brick is now under I operation. It has been discovered that under I a law enacted by the last legislature I now in effect, that every legal voter I in the state must pay a poll tax. Un- 1 der the old law all legal voters be- 1 tween the ages of twenty-one and sis- 1 ty were required to pay poll tax, vo- 1 ters being exempt after reaching the | age of fifty years. , The contract for the construction of the new bank building at Monroe was let Friday evening when the directors held a meeting and received bids. The competition was strong and the bidding was close. The contract, however being let to George Brewster, of Berne, his bid being $12,697. This was for the building alone. The spec- 1 ifications calling that the same be I constructed of cement block and brick. I Vince Bell was in the city today get- 1 ting recorded the deed to a property I at Craigville, which he recently pur- 1 chased from the heirs of Mrs. Lu- 1 cinda Sautbine, deceased. He has oc- 1 cupied the house for the past month, I moving there from a farm in Adams I county, sold by him last fall to John I Hyrely. He has also bought a farm I near Craigville, placing it in chargel of his son, H. H. Bell. —Bluffton Ban- 1 ner. Frislnger & Co. Monday will ship! a car of horses to Aberdeen, South I Dakota, for sale purpose. They have I secured a fine car and all they now I lack is some one to accompany the I animals to their destination. Any one I desiring to make this trip and wanting I to get a squint at the western coun- I try can secure their transportation I free of charge. Any one desiring to I grasp this opportunity may do so by I calling at the above named firm’s of- I flee over the postofflee. An unusually large audience heard I Mr. Amos W. Butler, of Indianapo- 1 lis, president of the State Audubon I society, last evening in the assembly room of the court house, when he spoke on “The Migration of Birds.” He reviewed the evolution of the varous bird families in the state and showed a thorough knowledge of the life characteristics and habits of the ivory-billed woodpecker, the raven, the wild ducks, turkeys and pigeons long since replaced by other species now common in the state.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. The Ninth Congressional district of Indiana continues to be the banner rural route district of the state. On April 1 the Ninth district had 225 routes. The Sixth district comes second, with 194 routes; Eighth district is third, with 193 routes. The Thirteenth district is fourth, with 191 routes. The other congressional districts fare as follows: Second district, 179 routes; Fourth district, 170 routes; Eleventh district, 166 routes; Twelfth district. 164 routes; Fifth district, 173 routes; Third district, 102 routes; Seventh district, 36 routes. Under the new laws it is possible for the commissioners to order gravel road 15 improvements with a great deal less red tape than formerly. Especial provisions are made for roads covered for a distance of three miles by rural routes and for roads three miles in length connecting two other roads. The state is coming to the rescue of the postoffice department in the matter of good roads for the rural carriers and while the postal department threatens to take away, any routes on roads that are not up to date, the state is making it easier to get road improvements. The farmers of this county are generally well pleased with the outlook for a good wheat crop. It is safe to say after consultation with a number of those well able to judge, that at least seventy-five per cent of the crop in this county Is in good condition. The remainder of the crop is poor. A few farmers have plowed up their wheat to sow the ground with oats. The late sowing caused the most of the failures. There are some fluids that will make a full crop, due (also to late sowing, and for the not enough seed was sowed. Perhaps (less wheat has been plowed up this spring than in several years. The acreage is larger than last year. '

SCHOOL ENUMERATION LAWS Are Very Strict—Set* Out the Requirement*. The law governing the school enumeration,now about to be taken, Is very strict and sets out minutely the requirements which must be observed in every particular. Following are some features of the law: “In making the enumeration, the trustee, or person so employed, shall distinguish between the white and colored children, enumerating them in separate lists, and shall list the names of parents, guardians, heads of families, or persons having charge of such child or children, male or female, shall list the full name and give the exact age and the sex of each child so enumerated, and shalf secure the signature of either parent, guardian, head of family, or person having charge of such child or children, who shall certify to the correctness of the same under oath. “He shall include in such list all unmarried persons between the ages of, six and twenty-one years, whose parents, guardians, heads of families or persons having charge of such child or children are actual residents of the corporation. “He shall in his list such unmarried persons between six and twenty-one years of age as ate dependent upon themselves, and not under charge of parents, guardians or heads of families, and shall so designate such persons in a separate list, giving in cities the street and number of the residence of such persons. “He shall not include in such list any person residing temporarily in j his township, town or city for the • purpose of attending school, or who are members of a family staying tem- ■ porarlly in his township, town or city, but whose actual residence is else- ' where.” • •< —> o Robert Garard, a son of. Mr. and Mrs. George Garard, received notice this morning from Chicago stating ' that he had been awarded a prize amounting to >74.04 for solving the piano puzzle and that draft for that amount would follow in a few days. This is the second prize that has come to Decatur during the past two months.

■rolled splendid average ■Also Made High Individual Score for I His Team—Manafield Won the I Big Conteat. I George Klein, manager of the Pallace bowling alleys here, won merited ■fame at Ft. Wayne Wednesday night, ■when he played with theVanWert team ■in a contest against Mansfield for a side ■bet of S4OO. Klein had a high score ■of 233 and an average ror six games lof 185, leading his team easily. Over ■ $1,500 side bets were posted on the ■ games which were witnessed by a ■ number of fans from this city. Dyke ■ Frislnger was called as a substitute ■ for Van Wert, but was not used. Both ■ teams broke even in the high team ■ score, each rolling one game of 941. ■ Three games of the series were rolled ■in the afternoon, Mansfield taking ■ them by a total of seventy pins. The ■ night series was won by Van Wert ■by a total of nine pins, not enough ■to overcome the afternoon lead of ■ Mansfield. Anliker, of Mansfield, had ■ the high individual score, 236, and ■ Klein was second with 233. The to- ■ tal scores were: Van Wert, 2,571, ■ Mansfield, 2,641 in the afternoon ■games and Van Wert, 2,764, Mansfield ■2,755 in the evening contest. The ■two teams will likely be matched ■again soon. ■ ■CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS. ■ St. Mary’s School Buildings to be EnI larged. ■ The contract for the new additions ■to be made to the St. Mary’s Catholic ■church property was let last evening ■there being but three bids submitted ■for the work, and were as follows: ■Mann & Christen, $5,925.00; W. H. ■Myers, $6,654.00; and Fred Hoffman ■ $7,733.00. At the conclusion of the ■reading of the bids it was announced ■ that the contract would be let to ■ Mann & Chrisen, they being the low■est bidders. The plans and speciflcaItions call for elaborate improvements ion the present school building and ■ upon the sisters home and when the I same are completed will be among I the finest buildings in our city. The I contractors, Mann & Christen, expect Ito start to work on the improvement las soon as the weather will permit I and push the same to compleI tion as rapidly as possible. I ; -O — ■ NEW LAW IS FAR REACHING ■ Pure Food Bill Makes .Trouble .for Egg Dealers. I The pure food law will be far reachling in its effect if it is rigidly enforced. At this season of the year and during the summer months there are many bad eggs put upon the market and sold to confiding customers. Heretofore grocers have never “candied” the eggs they bought to test their soundness and consequently have borne considerable loss from bad eggs. It is thought that under the new law not only will the farmer who sells the eggs be compelled to give all good eggs, but likewise the grocer must know that he delivers good eggs to his customers. If the grocer is compelled to deliver good eggs he will be compelled to test all the eggs he buys. The matter is being seriously considered and it is not known yet what will be done. Plainly, the only fair way for farmer, groper and customer, law or no law, is to test all eggs so that everybody along the line will get good, sound, fresh eggs.

— tl —. INDICTED GRAND JURY Geneva Man Charged With Getting Fire to the Haviland and Ault Slaughter House. Russel White, a section hand living at Geneva, has filed bond for >SOO for his appearance in court this term to answer to the very serious charge of arson. He was indicted by the November grand Jury, and it is said the evidence to be presented against him vMll be rather strong. The indictment is in three counts; the first i setting forth the statement that on I August 1, 1906, said Russel White uni lawfully, feloniously, wilfully and maliciously set fire tb and caused to - be burned a certain bulding, located at Geneva, valued at SI,OOO, and , owned by Christopher Haviland. The ■ second count alleges that Haviland and one Byron Ault were owners of the building and the third count fixes the value of the building at $1,200 instead of SI,OOO. The case will come to trial some time in the latter part of this term and will ho doubt be the most interesting criminal case of the term. Prosecutor Heller will represent the state and attorney D. E. Smith will defend Mr. White.

■ • M // ; Bl i V WO. z »HI Hr “ 1 J I*-, f 3 9? ‘ ’ST . €. T js l * e F '-'•» /->rticul"7, of re To”. ■ c'nSir.-j that | ; cur ■ -aranco r.bovc , ST Then C'.othvra t i.i the clothUxclv. • c styles are 1 xj '’• n<h Ir f r'.o-hcr ft d-sii —ers t dv. hc r ainty. he s 1-v ol materials, the thcrovrh ehr nlrmg by special Clothcraft process, the thoroughness cf care in the making—in every detail—secure ;ou in CLOTHCRAFTjgf « clothes.thatutsrt right, stay r'ght. .43 r vcr >' eol / pr'cernemnfuil I dollar's worth of I satisLction. Holthouse, Schulte & Co. MEETING PLANNED IN SPOKANE) ' I Will Be Held the Middle of Nek Month to Hear Report of the Committee. • , Spokane, Wash., April 12. —Conmerclal organizations and representative interests of eastern Washington, northern Idaho and will be invited by L. G. Monroe, secretary of the Spokane chamber of commerce, to send delegates to a public convention in Spokane the middle of May to take action on the report of a commit tee committee composed of F. H. Mat on, C. Herbert Moore and N. W. Durham to the chamber of commerce and 150,000 club, relative to the creation of a new state. The report reviews the conditions which brought about the present unnatural geographical arrangement, advances reasons for the construction of a new state and suggests the boundary lines. To bring the question before the people of the three, stages, the committee makes these suggestions : “The 45th degree of latitude, or the present northern line of the state of Wyoming extended, be designated as the northern boundary of the state of Idaho, and the 120th degree ®f longitude, or eastern boundary. of the state of California, carried north until it intersects the 45th degree*of latitude, be designated as the western boundary of the state of Idaho, , and that the eastern California line carried to British Columbia be designated as the eastern boundary of the state of Washington, thereby leaving a new state to be hereafter named, and from which a central city should be selected as capital, said state comprising the panhandle of Idaho, north-

eastern Oregon and eastern Washington. This proposition should not come from any town or locality, but should be brought from all the principal towns north of said 45th degree of latitude, and if possible to secure their consent and approbation, then the matter should be taken to tre principal towns and cities south of the said 45th degree of latitude to secure, if possible, their co-operation.” — — — The weather clerk, who, by the way, has very little regard for the feelings of the dear public and just about as little for the calendar which says that it is now spring. On Epiday the gentleman got hold of the wrong lever in the weather power IL house and turned on a few snow storm scenes that were not equalled in' the dead of the winter months. I He did a beautiful job of lightning change work, too, for one minute the sun would be shining and the next the snow would be flying so thick in the air that one could scarcely see fifty feet ahead. . The spring Arbor Day proclamation will be issued in a few days by Gov. * Hanly. Two days, April 21 and Oct 20 are set apart by law in this state as arbor and bird days and in his proclamation'THie governor will aste 1 a general ohMrvance . Ofi . April 2h wherever and that of thL schools hatt« Jkwfriittn include the niaWlng of trees I