Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 4 July 1907 — Page 1

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rBACKED BY SUBSTANTIAL MEN iAgreo to Employ One Hundred Vlen Jor Five Years—Work Will Soon Begin. eDecatur Commercial club have sd the Coppock Motor Car com- , now doing business in Marion, ma. This new factory addition ises to some day rival some of largest motor car plants in, the try. They make a specialty* of mmercial car, which is used for ring purposes. It is a car that st replacing the horse and dray, there are several reasons why is so. In the first place the price of horses and grain makes use unprofitable when compared the motor truck. Another feaof their manufactured product is ■ power, a two cylinder, two cycle ►r capable of great power and dng capacity. e Coppock Motor Car pompany ipitalized at SIOO,OOO, with $60,000 up. The members of the comare Mr. F. Gartling, Mr. Earl kett, W. H. Wiley, Harry Ward, 7. Coppock, W. N. Myers, H. F. lolds and J. H. Schaumleffel. y one of the above named gentlea men have fought the fight and won. They each have been engaged in busiEs and succeeded. They are solid I substantial business men, and Decatur has been especially favored i in securing this industry and by addjing this galaxy of business gentlemen (aose who now live here and are ting for Decatur in season and of season. ailing and Schaumleffel are end in the grey iron foundry busiand have factories at Marion and e Haute, Indiana, Kanakee, 111., Cleveland, Qhio. They have been essful, and are easily leaders in grey iron industry. Brackett , and Ward are owners of : the Ward Fence Co., one of the largest concerns in the country in the i Manufacture of wire and iron fencing. ( The product is shipped to every state i in the union, and- the firm have a . world-wide reputation. Mr. Ward, of this firm, was the incorporator and promoter and for a long time was the . panager and treasurer of the Kokomo Jtpel and Wire company, a million dollar company. Mr. . Brackett, of this firm was for many years sue- , lessfully en gaged in the wholesale upland r tail hardware business. He | (o promoted the Petoskey and Bay are gas plant, the capitalization hg $240,000. j. W. Coppock is the inventor, and >earances now indicate that he is most successful one. For many irs he was with the Western Motor r Co.,’at Logansport, and also with person Bros., at Kokomo. His long >erience, together with his knowl;e of the business, enabled him to ce the Coppock Motor Car on the rket V. S. Wiley is a lawyer, secretary the Marion Commercial club, bees is interested in many manufac(■turing enterprises. He is solid and ■substantial and a good business man. ®He will move, here and assume the ■management of the new Decatur ini 3 ''Work upon the buildings will begin ■within two weeks. Their main faclltory building will be 60 by 200 feet, lland either at the end of eighteen ■months or sooner they will erect anKother building 50 by 100 feet. They ■i-Kwant to complete from fifty to seventyMllve machines next year, and are anx■ious to get .to business in their new ■Decatur factory. In their 'contract ■with the factory committee they ageee t Ko work 100 men three hundred days Kin each year for five years. They are Kall business men and it is their injKtention to push the business and ■make it one of-the leading industries Bin its line. Decatur people will wel■pome them with open arms and wish ■mem prosperity in abundance. ■bf Q no vote was taken at tosession, it is the impression at ■Upland that Taylor university will re■main there. The board of trustees Kneld a-meeting today and, without ac■compllshing anything definite, adKjourned to meet again Tuesday. The ■meeting was given over entirely to a ■liscussion of the proposed removal of <■_#? university to Muncie, and there ■rere warm arguments on both sides W the question. Grant A. Dentler, of who is firm for keeping the ■diversity at ’Upland, was not present Hr the meeting. He left recently for trip through the West. Marshall ■vUliams. of Marion, was present to him—Marion Chronicle.

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OF THE U. 8. GOVERMENT Theory is That Eatables Are Better When Cooked for Long Time at a Low Temperatur*. Washington, July 2. —If there is anything that the housewife dreams about in the summer tlmedt is a fireless cooker, and that is just what the department of agriculture is introducing to the farming community in one of its bulletins. Os course, it sounds almost too good to be true, but the department says that experiments have been made, and the fireless cooker has delivered the goods. The theory is that many eatibles, especially those that are boiled, are better when cooked for a long time at a low temperature than they are cooked for a short time at a high temperature. Vegetables keep more of their flavor and nutriment by the slow method, and meats of all kinds are more tender and palatable. And another joy is that a mere fraction of the fuel, is used in the process. The contrivance that the department has been experimenting with comes from Norway, and is known as the “bay box cooker.” Any man can make one for himself. The cooker has been in use in Nor. way for a long time, and was a part of the Norwegian exhibit at the Paris exposition in 1867. It is simply a box, lined thickly with straw or hay or newspapers, with a close-fitting nest that will hold a tightly covered bucket. The bucket contains a chicken or a piece of meat or anything else that is to be cooked. The bucket is placed on a fire, its-contents brought to a boil, and then the bucket is tightly covered, dropped into its nest in the hay cooker and covered up. It is allowed to stay there without any other source of heat two or three times as long as would ordinarily be required. The heat of the boiling water is retained by the, hay-filled box, and the cooking is done at a minimum expenditure of fuel and labor. The bulletin says that the scheme of slow cooking is an old one, Count Rumford having devised a cooking box of much £he same sort many years ago. It has also beto found that eggs placed in boiling water, covered and allowed to stand, were perfectly cooked by the time they were cool enough to eat. SUSTAIN JUDGE ERWIN DECISION I Board Voted Favorable on Thirty-One New Petitions—Total Expenditure - WHI Be $200,000. Bluffton, Ind., July 1. —The county commissioners in regular session here today voted favorably for the construction of 31 gravel roads, granting all of the petitions on file, which have been hanging fire for several weeks. There has been a big fight on the proposition to build new gravel and macadam roads in this county under the new law, which provides for the construction of roads and the cost be-' ing taxed against the entire township. The fights against improvement are waged as a rule in townships in which there is a-city, as it , pays at the same ratio on its assessed valuation as farm property. In Harrison Township, this county, for instance, the city of Bluffton will pay about 75 per cent of the entire cost. When the petitions were first presented here the commissioners, acting upon the advice of the county attorney, refused to order viewers or engineers for the roads, and an appeal was then taken t 6 circuit court, and the next step was a change of venue to Adams county. Judge Erwin rendered a decision in favor of the petitioners and instructed the commissioners to appoint viewers and engineers. < The fight has not yet been’ dropped, it is said, but a test case will be carried to the supreme court. There are many more petitions in circulation in this county, and. they have simply been held off awaiting the action of the commissioners on the first bunch of petitions. t Some sections which have already built,roads under the old law are also fightlhg against helping to build new roads, as they say they had to pay for their roads themselves when they were built. The entire cost of the 31 roads will be $200,000. - 1 ' -o— Mrs. Lawrence Tester returned to her home at Rockville thls morning after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tester for several days.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 4, 1907.

CRUMPACKER WOULD ACCEPT | The Nomination for Governor—Value of Log Stumpage is Increasing Owing to Scarcity . Washington, July I.—Represents, tive Chaney, in writing to a friend in Washington concerning the Bedford situation, expressed nimself very' for. cibly as follows: “Any other material for the public building at Bedford than Indiana limestone is not to be thought of. Bedford is the original home of the oolitic stone, and this stone is recognized throughout the country as a superior building stone. To put up a building at Bedford of any other material would be to disgrace this stone in the eyes of the building world and humiliate every citizen of that good city. “Moreover, there is no material for such a building that will beat this stone for durability, architecture or cheapness. The stone for this proposed building will not exceed a cost of $9,000, and it is right here on the ground. “Why, to send off from home for building material when you have the best kind of material at home is a crazy performance, and especially so at Bedford. I would rather Postpone the proposed building altogether than to have it built of foreign materials.” ,The property owners of a site in Bloomington who have been on a dick, er with treasury officials have withdrawn their proposition and the government lias not a single piece of Bloomington property in sight, on which to erect a federal building. It is not known here just what action will be taken in the matter to get a suitable site, as there seems to be no dispisition in Bloomington to hurry the matter along. Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, while in Washington last week, said that if an Indiana convention should do an almost unheard of thing by offering him the nomination for governor, he would feel so highly honored and under such obligations that he could not refuse such a nomination. “But Indiana people don’t do things that way, so I am perfectly safe in making such a statement,” said the congressman from the Tenth district. Throughout the country the value of log stumpage is increasing. The average value per thousand feet, board measure, for the United States increased from $2.18 in 1900 to $2.59 in 1905, a rise of 41 cents, or 18.8 per cent. This advance in the cost of stunipage added $11,472,115 to the total cost sawmill material and increased the value of lumber propor- _ tionately. The increase is due not so much to a present shortage in the supply of lumber material in the country as a whole as .to the fact that the available supply of log stumpage is rapidly being bought up and with'drawn from the market. In Indiana the rise in stumpage values is due directly to the growing scarcity of sawmill material for immediate use. First Assistant Postmaster-General Hitchcock has added one additional postoffice clerk in the Martinsville office at S6OO a year. Treasury officials have let a Contract to Fred Saifiofiial, of Vincennes, to supply the Vincennes federal building with coal for this fiscal year for the su!m of $297.60. o * - ELECTRIC THEATER IS SOLD Kemp & Jone® Sell Out to Schmuck z A MfHer. The new electric theater, owned and operated by Messrs. Kemp and Jones, of Winchester, was sold Tuesday a. m. to Mr. Schmuck, of Portland, and Mr. Miller, of Greenville, Ohio. The new proprietors assumed control of the business at once and they will, as far as they know*at present, remain here permanently? These gentlemen come to our midst highly recommended, and they will conduct the show the. same clean and reputable man- i ner as it has been in the past, and they will no doubt get their share of the patronage. The retiring firm 1 members will return to Winchester, - where Mr. will resume his du- ■ ties as a school teacher. • . Q .— i Mrs. Touhey and son James return- ' ed to their home at Muncie tills morn. ' Ing, after being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hyland for several week.,

| Includes Various Amusements, Also Owners of Candy Slot Machines, Drays and Hack Lines. J* Commencing with July Fourth, today, the ordinance passed some time ago by the common council regulating the licensing of picture shows, bowling alleys, skating rinks, slot machines and drays, will be in full force and effect, and those engaged in these respective businesses and who are unabl tto show a license bearing the signature of the mayor, will be forced to close their doors until this ordinance has been fully complied with in every respect and for each and every offense to the contrary, the owners are liable to a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than twentyfive dollars. The ordinance is very broad and takes in considerable territory and effects many people who probably are unaware of the fact that they will be violating the law and for the benefit of all concerned they had belter read the ordinance, Which is published for the last time in another part of this paper and they can thus tell whether or not they are being hit. On all bowling alleys, skating rink or- moving picture shows a license of thirty dollars a year has been assessed and this entire amount must be paid before they will be permitted to run their respective places of busi. ness with protection. On any automatic weighing machine either on the sidewalk, doorway or in front of any place of business or in any waiting room or depot, or any chewing gum or candy machine within the limits of the city, are subject to a license fee of ten dollars, whidh must also be paid in full before they will be permitted to be operated. A further license against drays, hacks, and omnibuses was levied, this being five dollars for a dray drawn by a single horse or ten dollars for a dray drawn by two horses, five dollars for a hack or omnibus drawn by. one horse and ten dollars for either that is drawn bV two horses, or other motive power and it also applys to every vehicle that is used for hauling goods, wares or merchandise or for the hauling of persons or passengers for hire. In connection therewith the mayor is granted a fee. of fifty cents for issuing these licenses and it is within his power and authority to fetate what class of vehicles, machines or shows are governed by this ordinance. The ordinance is along the same line as adopted by a number of the surround, ing cities and in a manner protects every one effected, and the city officials will be instructed to see that tjhe ordinance is complied with in every respect. The Marshal will undoubtedly call upon those who are affected by this ordinance and will ask to see their license and unless they are able to show the same to him they will be taken before the mayor and given an opportunity to tell their little tale of woe. The mayor, however, informed jus today that owing to the Fourth being a national and legal holiday, the ordinance would not go into effeqt proper until July sth. ■ - I — - > o GRACE HURST THE VICTIM I Has Been 111 for Several Years, Recently Lost Her Eyesight and Now Suffers this Injury. •' - ~ I i , • " ;; - '■ ■„ Miss Grace Hurst, the youngest , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, who has been an invalid for years and who some time ago lost ' her eyesight, was painfully injured ‘ Monday night by falling frdm the porch and as a result both bones in her left limb were broken. The girl had been on the porch and was attempting to get into the house and i after getting up started in the wrong direction and stepped off the .porch, a distance of about three feet, causing the bones in the left limb to break. , Dr. J. S. Boyers was summoned and j the injuries dressed and as a result ( she will be confined to her bed for some time to come. The accident is a sad one in this case as the child ( had always been weakly and for sev- ( eral years has been unable to distin- ( guish any object, certainly enduring ( more than her share of pain and suf- 1 sering. The many friends hope for ( her a speedy recovery from this re < cent Injury. ] —a Miss AgneS Mylott is confined to her home with symptoms of appendicitis. <

BISHOP WILL GO TO PANAMA As Secretary of t«e Commission— Hindu Students Want to Be Distinguished from Common Negro e s. Washington, July 2. —The United States Senate is a voracious consumer .of. coal. Daniel M. Ransdell, of Indianapolis, sergeant at arms of the senate, has just awarded the annual coal contract for the senate wing c' the capitol. This year, as has bought the best quality og' thracite and it cost 40 center-'’ n more than last year. The bought is 4,500 tons and at \ J contract. price of $5.88 a ton, the cost of heating and lighting the senate wing of the big building for only one year amounts to $26,460. It costs more to run the electric lighting plant than it does to supply heat for the senators. vThe president has appointed Frank Walsman postmaster at Batesville. Thomas H. McSheehy, of Logansport, and B. Saunders Bullard, of Dodgeville, Ind., have been admitted to the naval academy at Annapolis. Col. Daniel M. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of the senate, is at Atlantic City, where he is regaining his health. Secitelary Taft today announced that it had been filially decided to establish permanently the office of secretary of the Isthmian canal commission on the isthmus and Joseph B. Bishop, the present secretary of that body, will proceed* at his earliest convenience to Panama to establish himself there. ¥ If the negroes of the South will take to wearing turbans and the long flowing robes of the 'Orientals the race question may be solved so®far as the railroads are concerned. The suggestion comes from Secretary of Agri, culture Wilson, whose genius in making two blades of grass grow where one had grown before, was called upon to plan'for a tour ftf four Hindu students through the South. The students, who are now the guests of the government, want to visit the cotton fields, -but it quickly that they were in danger of being forced to ride in compartments in Jim Crow cars provided for the negroes. As the youjkg men are of high caste they could not be subjected to such treatment, and the outlook seemed desperate until Secretary Wilson proposed that the Hindus lay aside their American clothes and wear their turbans and robes. So attired they are promised the best railroad and hotel accommodations. — -o JOHN HARKER DIED TUESDAY Lived Near Watt and Was Well Known in this County. John Harker, aged seventy years, died Tuesday morning at his home near Watt, Ohio at eleven-thirty o’clock after an Illness of several years’ duration, death resulting from cancer .of the stomach. He was one of the most respected citizens in that section of the country, being a well to do farmer whose friends were innumerable. Mr. Harker was well known in this city, having come here often to do his regular business and trading and his many friends will be grieved to learn of his sudden demise. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the house at two o’clock and interment will be made in the Watt cemetery,. Ball Meyer and Presdorf will have charge of the funeral. — O— ' "■■ ■ THE JULY SESSION ENDS. Bids Accepted for Supplies at the County Farm. Bids for painting the court house and barn at the county farm were all rejected, and blds ordered for another try out. Bids were ~bpened for supplies at the county farm, the successful bidders being Smith, Yager & Falk for drugs; Holthouse, Schulte & Co., clothing; Gay & Zwick, furniture; NL blick & Co., dry goods; Everett, Hite & Co., groceries; T. R. Moore, oil; Schafer Hardware Co., and Decatur Hardware Co., hardware. The board completed the business of the session at noon yesterday.

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k WERE OUT EIGHTEEN HOURS - Claim Filed—Hunters’ Licenses Issued —Some Probate Work—-the Board of Review. B. W. S 1 -»lty has filed a claim of $6.06 q”, -ie estate of William H. .ristina R. Niblick admin- - The claim is for costs in 1 Ar , jase of State vs. George Worden, * ed before Mayor Coffee in September, 1903, and whom Mr. Niblick 1 bailed. The fees were sold to Mr. t Sholty. t Jacob Drake, administrator of the ’ estate of Simon Taylor, has filed an 5 inventory of the personal property, ’ showing a total of $968.49, also a sale t biU for $1,018.64. J James O. Wyatt, guardian for Emily Wyatt, filed his final report, showing c the disposal of the original amount and Interest, a total of $113.13-. Hunters’ licenses have been issued c to Charles F. True of this city, Byron 1 F. Ault, of Geneva, and Sherman P. Kunkle, of Monmouth. The board of review will close their ’ "work of going over the mortgage as- • sessments for the townships today and on Friday will begin on he cor1 porations, which will require several ' days. ’ The jury in the case of Andrew ■ Miller vs. the G. R. & I. railroad com- ' pany, which has been on trial in the ’ superior court at Ft. Wayne for ten " days, disagreed. They retired at 4:15 Tusday afternoon and were discharged at 10:30 Wednesday morning by ! Judge Heaton. The jury stood eight for the plaintiff and four for the de1 fendant. The case was a damage suit ' S3OO being demanded. O *2— A FLOUR MILL CO. ORGANIZED [ • f Capitalized at SIO,OO0 —Will Remove Linn Grove Mill There—the Company is a Strong One. Monroe, our hustling little sister town, six miles south of here, is apparently composed of hustling business men and located as it is, in the heart of the best farming community in the world, bids fair to become a thriving city. Recently they built a large creamery, which is doing a splendid business, a new and substantial $25,000 bank has been organized, a lumber yard was established this spring. It is the only town in the county win) will give a genuine oldfashioned Fourth of July celebration and now they come to the front with another SIO,OOO industry, the Monroe Hay and Grain Stock and Milling company. The articles for the incorporation of this concern have just been prepared by attorney D. E. Smith and the board of directors have .selected as /follows: President, x John Rich; secretary, M. L. Oliver; treasurer, W. T. Waggoner. The company is composed of Monroe business men and a number of the best farmers of that section of the county. They have a deal on to purchase the big flouring mill at Linn Grove, and remove it to Monroe, where it will be rebuilt and Improved and where they will engage in a general milling business and will also buy hay and grain. The company is an exceptionally strong one and will no doubt secure their share of this business. At the rate Monroe is going this year, a few more strides will make it one of the best towns in the state. o MR. FERRY TO LEAVE PREBLE. Promoted to Management of Larger Plant for Standard. Manager Ferry, of the Standard Oil station at Preble, has been transferred to Griffith, Indiana, where he assumes a similar position at a much larger plant owned by the same company. The transfer is a promotion, deserved after many years of faithfuland competent service and carries with it a handsome increase in salary. 'Mr. and Mrs. Ferry have lived at Preble for many years and have a large acquaintance here and elsewhere oVer the county, who wish them a ontinuance of prosperity and success. They will leave in a few days for their new home near Chicago. -

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