Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1908 — Page 3

Mo<l«rty of ’Women >lv makes them shrink from ths 0* J questions, the obnoxious ex- **. n < and unpleasant local treats which some physicians consider ’LI in the treatment of diseases of ,Bi ' yet, if help can be had, it is *“■ submit to this ordeal than let grow and spread. The trouble . .ften the woman undergoes all *' and shame for nothing. ilnd-N! women who have teen ’p" fi r . Bierce’s Favorite Prescrip•ri\ ,n °f cure ’ disd»*fS£ <> N'il t * ie examinations inra’ is no other . -v sure and safe,for deii.-.atq i y'i. 'favorite Prescription." It "UTmg drains, irregularity and v, weakness. It always helps. It ‘ always cures. It is strictly nonJolie, non * secret ’ * te ingredients .printed on it* bottle-wrapper; coni bo deleterious or habit-forming k and every native medicinal root ring into its composition has the full nementof those most eminent in the schoolsof medical practice. Some vese numerous and strongest of proanal endorsements of its ingredients, found in a pamphlet wrapped nd the bottle, also in a booklet ma iled en request, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of do, N. Y. These professional ensments should have far more weight ' a ny amount of the ordinary lay, or professional testimonials. ,e most intelligent women now-a-daya ion knowing what they take as med- , instead of opening their mouths like ; of young birds and gulping down Ifver'isoffered them. "Favorite Preition "is of KNOWS COMPOSITION'. It e s weak women strong and sick en we I - ■ Pi.-r Medical Adviser is sent fret Jceipt of stamps to pay expense of ing on 'i/. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Bld. N. Y., 21 one-cent stamps for pasoverid. or 31 stamps for cloth-bound, jjek consult the Doctor, free of charge itter. All such communications are sacredly confidential. pierc'-'s Pleasant Pellets invigorate regulate stomach, liver and bowels. By Nellie M. ElHngham. fore beginning my story of WestCanada I should like to take those care to go along on this trip rd our special train and introduce i to the representatives of the 1 aiiaii government who accompanus. also to our commanding ofMr. W. F. Parrot, of lowa. Evnerning we were awakened by his ;ant voice “first call for breakeverybody ready’’ and every one ate breakfast at 6:45 in the ”Qeacematzin” hurried out, as they r forty-six more hungry people d be ready to take their places rty-five minutes. There were four for each of the two meals hir'd on the diner. Every one cf the Ireii and fifty who occupied the Pullman cars were good natured people, ready to enjoy anything came along. The call would come (body out for a drive, and everyscrambled, jumped into any kind onveyance that happened along drove away to see whatever of est they had to show in that cular locality, generally it was it. We came back sometimes with i sheaves of wheat tied with ribprinted with the names of the i from which it came, bottles of it, bags of wheat, wheat, everye wheat. The way we flew around g to see everything this wonderountry had to show us made me t of the pictures in the moving re shows at Stoneburner’s and ek and Millers. We owe much le pleasure of our trip to Hon. . White, inspector of U. S. agenCanadian Government, Ottawa, da. and Hon. C. W. Speers, gencolonization agent Canadian mment. Brandon, Canada, who npanied us on the entire journey Igh Canada. We w r ere at liberty ik them any questions we desired knowing the country thoroughly, were able to explain whatever ranted to know. Every courtesy ‘xtendod to us. At noon we were ded with the most substantial appetizing dinners. They were i lunches, but that is not what were. The tables looked like do when an Adam? county farnvites you to his home on Sunday e was always an orchestra to o the pleasure of the meal.speechwelcome by the mayor and leadlitizens to which various memos our party responded with a good will, for vast and wonderb Canada Is her people are the of all. Cordial, whole souled. sous, believing in their own fubnoyant with the hope of great s to come, yet enjoying life in , ®er. more orderly way than we i Tnitod States. Everywhere we , the bright eyes and red cheeks . tally of the women, and they • handsome women, 100. When , his sermon last Sabbath ; Wilcox declared that soil and ( te had as much to do with the ( 'rance of the people as it bad , the products of the soil, mv ( hts went back to Canada, and I < D <t«d it must be their natural , sty that keeps them from adver- . ‘>t as a Warranted “never to fail” f f shop. However, the secret of r ' s the good health engendered by j fl”* rp - invigorating air. If we ar- j la t a place at seven in the morn- ( ten at night they out the band, f f town we visited had a band, and s one, too, and had a little cele- s on. sometimes it took the form I dance, sometimes speech making, 5 f in daylight, always a drive or i nobile ride. But I must not do t

like the-Record-Herald man. All along the n' ne ° f travel 1 had noticed by ‘t me WB ?! PerS a partv men from some „i the great dailies and magatines of the United States had hTn making a tour of the country and bad been entertained in the various town, tn Lm *\ Vlßlte<l A Recor <i Herald in which their man bad devoted a full! page to Canada, happened to fall into ' mv hands. I was delighted, thinking ~ might get some valuable informa ti°n from it. However, he seemed to have been principally Impressed with the good things he had had to eat and drink, and the people with whom he had traveled, one of whom was Hon Arthur Hawkes, of the Canaian Northern R. r. j do not b]ame hjm for either. We had Mr. Hawkes with jus for two days, and besides being a splendid courteous gentleman, he is a thoroughly well informed man on everything pertaining to Canada. He has a forceful convincing way of telling things that makes one remember them, for instance, when he told us the sample of wheat he was showing—he had a special car decorated with all kinds—-but this particular brand was in a tin wash basin, yielded fifty bushels to the acre and weighed sixtyfive pounds to the bushel. I for one remembered it, although I hadn’t an idea before whether it ought to yield sixty-five bushels to the acre and weigh fifty lbs. to the bushel. The Record-Herald man seemed to think Canada and the United States would annex each other through their mutual admiration for mint juleps and Scotch high balls. However, the mint ju'ep and Scotch high ball part of our population is not what they want in Canada: it is what we would like to give them. They want the good, honest. capable farmer and business man. Everywhere they told us the farmers from the States were the best settler they had. and we told them we had the best in the United States right here in Adams county. They have land to give away, land to sell from three dollars an acre up to fifty. As Mr. Hawkes said it’s worth a hundred, but we sell it for four. I wish I could give you an impression of the Canadian wheat fields. As far as eye can reach to the right and to the left, rising up to meet the blue of the sky is the unbroken fields of golden grain. Most of if was cut and shocked ready for the threshers the latter part of August, being their harvest time. As we looked and thought of the wealth each year produced from that rich black soil the marvelous growth of the towns we visited, and the railroad over which we were traveling, did not seem the fairy tale it had before. The Candian Northern R. R. way has a record of building a mile a day for twelve years. Fort Frances in the Rainy River district was our first stop in Canada. We were to have had some time in Winnipeg, the Chicago of Canada, but owing to a wreck which I have mentioned before, we were compelled to miss both that city and Portage la Prairie. We arrived at Kamsack early Wednesday morning, Aug. 26th. and as it was our first glimpse of a Canadian frontier town, we were much interested. Soon after we left this town we began to notice the thatched roofs of the Doukabor homes. Mr. Hawkes kindly explained their history. manners and customs to us. Their religious fanatisism has been much exaggerated by the newspapers. Only a. few of them having gone on the nHgrimage generally sunnnsed to have been the whole settlement. They are an industrious, economical c'ass of ncople. Their land is well kent and they are exceptlonallv kind to animals. The story that thev work their women to the plow to save their hor=es was emphatically denied by the Canadians. When they first came to Canada from Russia they were so noor thev had no animals, so perhaps fifty women would get hold of a plow and null it. The men have all the latest improved machinery, but the women still use the mest primitive methods of doing work, washing in the river in the old fashioned wav. They have accomplished what, no other communitv have ever been able to do. Eight thousand of them live in a commune, that is hold everything in common, each drawing whatever is necessary from the general fund. Mr. Hawkes predicted that when the first Doukabor woman wore a feather in her hat it would be all off Each family would then have to look out for itself. The women do exquisite drawn work, which in the early days of struggle to get a foothold was quite a source of revenue to the community. We passed a great many small lakes or rather ponds on which were hundreds of wild ducks. The sportsmen in our party wished for their guns and a little time. We arrived at Humbolt a hustling little bus-1 iness place, at noon cm Wednesday, August 26. Here we found ready one of those appetizing meals already referred to. The land around Humbolt sells from ten to fifteen dollars an acre and is adapted to mixed farming.. We arrved at Saskatoon at 17 o’clock 5 o’clock p. m. Saskatoon, the word has a little jingle all its own, and the town is a wonder. Five years ago it

was open prairie except for a few draggling houses. Today it is a J town of seven thousand, a railway cen- q ter and distributing point. Beauti- I fully situated on the banks of the s Saskatchewan river with broad streets, o gtod sewerage and pure water. There 1 i are three large school houses,ten hotels 1 fifteen churches, three hospitals. The steres looked good to me. One meat a market especially attracted my atten- 8 i tion. The counters were of white mar- 1 ble from the floor up, all fittings be- ’ ing nickle. Nothing could be bought f ip Saskatchewan province after six a o’clock. Tha t is the law and laws f are made to be kept in this country. ’ Everybody respects and obeys the law « which is a mighty good thing. The s hotels in a town of seven thousand a seemed a great many. They were all c large buildings, well kept and well s furnished. There are two reasons why t every town in Canada is well supplied 1 with good hotels. Many people are coming, some seeking homesteads, others investment. A man to obtain a t license for the sale of liquor must run 1 a hotel with at least fifty rooms, i There are no buffets, salcons or other < . places for obtaining drinks excep-. at t the hotel bars. Saskatoon has i.lso « two daily newspapers. If there is one t thing more than another the people s , believe in it is printer’s ink. Our train i . looked like a well stocked job print- 1 ing established every time we re- < . returned to it after being in a town i i for an hour. If any one who reads i ■ this article would like to know more i . we can surely supply him with liter- t , ature. giving full particulars. In the i , evening a reception followed by a < . dance was tendered us at the city hall, i A doctor’s wife who had formerly liv- ' , ed at Rochester, N. Y„ told us how I . much she liked the country. She said 1 I she missed some things she had at . home, but the opportunities in west- 1 Canada were so great it entirely ] t overbalanced other considerations. ; . Saskatoon will scon have seven rail- i . roads, the most important one being a ! branch road, the ownership of which , has not been entirely determined, that , is, whether the government will build , and lease it, or grant the franchise s to a corporation. This road will run ( directly to Fort Churchhill on Hudson Bay, thus shortening the distance . to Liverpool many thousand miles. As t Europe must always be Canada's best f grain market, the towns along this j road will be wonderfully benefitted by 5 its construction. I (To be continued.) — - o t The old Riverside house, located ] just west of the Monroe street bridge ( is being torn down. For over a half century it has been a landmark in , Decatur and for many years was used as a tavern. For a score of years ' past it has been used for various pur- , poses, a store building, residence, blacksmith shop and for most every- ■ thing imaginable. A few weeks ago the building, which has been frequently remodelled was gutted by fire and Mr. Briener decided that it was not worth rebuilding. Accordingly this morning a force of workmen under the supervision of Mr. Briener began the work of tearing down the old frame. A glance at the skeleton of the house shows that in the olden days they constructed them to last. Mr. Briener will at once erect a frame building on the site to be used as a blacksmith shop and has had several offers from parties who want to rent same. The contract for the. new shop will be let within a few days. Horace Hotthoff accompanied by Dr. J. M. Miller went to Fort Wayne Monday a. m., where an operation was performed upon Ethel, the youngest daughter of Mr. Botthoff. The girl has suffered two attacks of appendicitis. She became quite ill a few weeks ago with the same ailment and an operation was deemed necessary. Dr. Miller, cf Decatur, and Dr. Van Sweregen, of Fort Wayne, performed the tedious task at Hope hospital Mon- 1 day morning at 8:30 o’clock and her speedy recovery is assured. Robert D Roeryi formerly of this . city, now auditor of Hettinger coun- , ty, North Dakota, arrived in the city , Saturday for a visit with friends and 5 relatives. “Bob” w r as chosen to take ( the North Dakota, state exhibit to! f various state fairs and after exbib- t iting same at Indianapolis, he pro- £ ceeded to Vincennes, where the exnioit is at the present time. The , display consists of all the material resources of the state, including the best of grains and other products. 0 Mr. Beery will remain here for a short A time after which he will return to a Vincennes and from there go to h i Springfield, 111., to attend the state ,tl j fair to be held at that place. There is is net a doubt as to the popularity s 'of Robert in Hettinger county. He t' has not only been selected county b auditor two times, but was chosen by ’ state officers to represent them at h the fair, an honor well appreciated by the former Decatur boy. C ' The Ward Fence factory is operat- a ing at full b ast at present in ac d effort to meet the demand for the r p output, 1 "

Messrs. Med Miller and True R. I Fristoe are making all preparations to j open a moving picture show to the , Decatur public in the near future, the t same, in all probability to be located < on north Second street. These gen-' j tiemen are contemplating installing : the most modern amusement place' j in this section and they expect to ! s conduct same in a manner that will appeal to the people in general. Besides being musicians of note, Messrs. a Fnstoe and Miller are thorough bus- i iness men. The nest of music will be t furnished during the performances, J and in fact every department will be far above the average. Mr. Fristoe went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to j engage a man to sing the illustrated f songs. These gentlemen have secured ar. excellent outfit, consisting of opera , chairs, picture machine and other par- f aphernalia and they expect to open t their business to the public in the £ near future. t o t Charles Helm, grand patriarch of , the I. O. O. F. encampment, has, for the first time during his term in office, made an appointment of a represen- j tative to the sovereign grand lodge, ( an action which has rarely been nec- ; essary to make since the organiza- , tion of the order It is for the rea- . sen that past grand patriarch, L. G. Akin, of Indianapolis, who was chosen i to represent Indiana at the meeting of the law making body, has been rendered incapable of fulfilling the position, on account of ill health that the appontment became necessary, and after his resignation, Mr. Helm appointed Earl R. Perrin, major general of the patriarch militant branch as his successor, he residing at South Bend. Mr. Helm’s term as grand patriarch expires n November and the following year he will be grand representative from Indiana, a further honor which he deserves. In the capacity of the highest office the state affords in I. O. O. F. circles, Mr. Helm has made a creditabe record. He has assisted in instituting many new chapters and his work has been efficient indeed. o Herman L. Center vs. Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry. Co., damages $250, motion filed by defendant for an order against plaintiff to make each paragraph of complaint more specific. The Edward L. Arnold et al drain petition was submitted, finding that petition is in legal form and in all things sufficient and referred to L. L. Baumgartner and Charles Morrison and Joseph D. Winans, who will meet at the country clerk’s office on Friday, September 25, to qualify and will report their action to court on October 15. — Louis Keller, indicted by the grand jury for permitting persons in his saloon on July 4, 1907, appeared and plead guilty and was fined SIO.OO and costs. W. A. Lower, as administrator of the Massius M. Dailey estate, filed an inventory and a petition to sell hay press at private sale and same was ordered. Earl B. Adams and L. A. Graham, both of this city, have been appointed notaries public and filed bonds for SI,OOO each. Christopher Byer et al transferred to Monroe Myer a tract of land in Blue Creek township for $2,600; Susan Kirk et al sold a farm in Wabash township to Henry Decker for $1,0(10. The case of Joseph Wolfe vs. Washington Wolfe, for appointment of guardian, has been dismissed. A marriage license was issued to Henry Hogist, aged thirty-seven, a salesman at Reno, Nevada, and Augusta Kirchner, aged thirty-one. of this county. Mr. Hcgist was borii in Baden, Germany. o - Wiliam Bell, son of V. D. Bell, of : Cralgville. was in Bluffton Thursday ' afternoon and said that after a visit at home he will return to Elkhart to ‘ work for Dr. I. W. Small. He has charge of an automobile and horses ’ belonging to the doctor. Mr. Bell is the young man of small stature who t attracts much attention on this ac- c count wherever he may go.—Bluffton i News. D. E. Studabaker landed seven firsts on his Hereford cattle at the Fort . Wayne fair, losing only in two classes, aged cow and bull. He sold his show herd last year, but last fall bought in the Wesley Woodruff bunch, and this is the lot he is showing. He has four 1 show steers, all of them good enough to put on display anywhere but the balance are beef stock. At that he has won in nearly every fair he has ex- r bibited—Bluffton Banner. a The Bryan and Kern Thirty-Cent j Club of Union township will meet it the Brodbcek school house Thurslay night and a great time is ex- F pected. It is assured that many new ( e members will join. I*'

French Quinn, one of the best known men of Decatur, was Friday morning admitted as an attorney of the Adams county bar and took the oath to support the constitution, etc. He was duly examined by Attorneys A. P, Beatty, D. D. Heller and C. J.' Lutz, who approved his application I and recommended his admission. James M. Robinson, a Fort Wayne attorney and former congressman from the 'twelfth district, was attending to legal business in the Adams circuit court today. The case cf the Citizens’ Bank, of Portland vs. Rosa E. Smitley et al. foreclosure of mortgage, demand $1,850 was heard Friday and a finding made of $1,815.82 for the plaintiff, as first lien on property. It was further found that E. L. Bryson holds a second lien for $286.37, and that the executors, Brandt and Brandt hold third lien for $844.17. The property was ordered sold. A demurer was vigorously argued Friday by attorneys in. the case ! of Conrad D. Gallmeyer. trustee vs.' Edward Gallmeyer et al, injunction, quiet title and damage suit. The attorneys are D. D. Heller & Son, J. C. Sutton, J. M. Robinson, C. J. Lutz and Dore B. Erwin. A new case was filed Friday by J. A. Jaqua and W. F. MacGinitie attorneys for plaintiff and entitled the Fulton Hardware company of Portland vs. Michael O. Kraner and Irene Kraner, suit on note, demand S2OO and foreclosure of mortgage. The notes were given last November, three for SSO each with six per cent interest due in sixty and ninety days and six months respectively. Samuel Simison has transferred to Fred Scheiman 46 acres in Monroe township for $3,500. Smith and Ulman, the Adams county breeders of Hereford cattle, took a dandy bunch of premiums at the Fort Wayne fair, where they show’ed against six herds. They took first on aged bull, bull calf, aged cow and calf and second on two-year-old and yearling bull, and twoyear-old and yearling cow, and were awarded first place on exhibitors herd, an honor that is highly appreciated by the owners of this fansy herd. The firm have been getting their share cf ribbons wherever they show, having taken five out of nine firsts at Portland and five out of eight firsts at Van Wert. With out doubt his bunch of Herefords arc as near perfect as any in the country. A letter received yesterday from big Toni Railing is to the effect that the season in the southern Michigan league has closed, and he has accepted a position in the Flint Automobile works, at an enviable salary. As it will be remembered Tom started the season with Springfield and for several weeks acquitted himself grandly on the center mound, winning hard fought battles against the best clubs in the Three-I league by close margins. Early in the season, however, his arm was injured in some manner, and he was greatly incapacitated as a twirler. He was transferred to the Bloomington club and remained there but a short time when he was released to the Flint, Mich., team, where he has since played. Since being at Flint, Tom has played phenomenal ball. He has played the outfield and his batting average was .408, a record surpassed by but few in the country. In all probability he will go back to the Three-I next spring and it is hoped that his arm will be as good as ever when he re-enters the game. New’spaper advertising that is tried this week and discontinued next is usually too expensive to be classed as a real success. Salesmen employed at irregular intervals only would be expensive for the same reason and no sensible firm would thing of employing help in this manner. To be successful store advertising must be continuous and persistent. The advertising wheel must bo kept going, and if the grist was less today than was expected it may double the anticipations of tomorrow'. Judge Heaton, in the superior court, this morning hoard arguments on a demurrer of the defendants in the injunction suit of J. W. Edwards against the tbwn of Monroeville and its trustees. The matter was taken under advisement. Mr. Edwards is in the poultry business at Monroeville, and the town board passed an ordinance forbidding the killing and picking of chickens in the town limits. Edwards had a place prior to the passage of the ordinance and claims it is in sanitary shape, and he applied for an injunction to prevent the enforcement of the ordinance. Barrett & Morris appear for the plaintiff and Breen & Morris for the defenlant.—Fort Wayne News. Attorney Frank Cottrell and George Paiflee, of Berne, were business callers in our city today’and returned to their home this afternoon.

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A fire occurred at Pleasant Mills at noon Friday which for a time threatened to almost wipe that town out, and the fact that the air was heavy and still alone accounts for the fact that at least five or six house which were on fire are now standing. The blaze | broke out at 12:15 in the rear of a big barn owmed by Cris Fortney and located just at the rear of his big store building. The fire is said to have originated from some matches in the hands cf several children who were at play there. The barn was filled with clover hay and within a half hour was in ruins. A Clover Leaf engine w r as standing on the tracks and sounded the alarm w’hich soon brought out a number of the populace, who formed a bucket brigade and began the work of fighting the flames. Notwithstanding their efforts the blaze 1 spread to other buildings and the Fortney store, the house and barn of ' Dr. J. W. Vizzard and two other dwellings, beside the Fcurtney barn were on fire at the same time. All were 1 slightly damaged, and a good sized hole was burned in the Vizzard barn but all were soon under control. The - damage to the Fourtney barn was t about SI,OOO fairly well insured. The ? fire caused quite a little excitement 1 for a half hour. 1 Muncie, Sept. 18. —The election here 1 yesterday was the warmest event of ' the kind ever held in Delaware county and the democrats are jubilant ovI er the fact that the usual republican *- majority of from 3,500 to- 5,000 was s reduced to 272. The campaign, e though short, was square on the state s issues, and llocal democrats Insist e that Tom Marshall will carry the e county in November. Lewis G. Cowv iny (Rep.) defeated Otto Williamson e (Dem.) by a majority of 272. The ’• election was to fill the seat of Oliver n Marmichael, republican representative it who resigned. Muncie is the chief n city in Delaware county and was the 3- scene within a week of an address J- on county option by Governor Hanly ’■ and a temperance address by Mr. Watd son, the republican candidate for govr ernor, in which he attacked Mr. Mars shall. Following is the vote cast for g representative in Delaware county t two years ago: William Sunderland e (Dem.) 3,800; Winfield S. Moyer '- (Dem.) 3,820; James M. Fitch (Rep.) e 6,186; Oliver Carmichael (Rep.) 6,154. :- Carmichael's plurality, 2,334. Brown and Summers, the Monroe real estate dealers, have closed a II deal in which 160 acres of Adams county realty belonging to B. F. • Brown goes to John Hocker, the confl sideration being $14,000. They also e sold a twenty acre tract belonging to 5 B. F. Brown to Matthias Thomas for 7 $1,900. 5 Agent F. F. Boltz reported a sale of ’ 188 tickets to Fort Wayne on the spe- ’ cial train at 8:10 this morning. An- ’ other crowl will probably go on the regular train at 10:13 and these with A the crow’ds handled by the interur- ’ ban will make the Bluffton delegation A to the Fort Wayne fair number sevA oral hundred. —Bluffton News. The big bank barn of Ernst Stoppenhagen, a farmer of Wells county, living near the junction of Allen, Adams and Wells counties, caught fire about noon Thursday while they were threshing and was totally destroyed. It was with great difficulty that the house was saved as the house and barn are situated very close together. The Ladies Aid Society of the Ossian Presbyteriarf church, are perfecting arrangements to dedicate L. F. Wilson’s barn on October 6th, with a drama entitled “The Scientific Country School.'' The cast of characters, uiiity three in number, will be the largest cast that ever appeared before an Ossian audience. Mr. Wilson's bam is nearly completed and it is expected that by October 6th the barn will be ready to be turned into an opera house. As the structure is thirty-eight by one hundred and forty it is expected that the building will accommodate all who care to attend, and an exra effort will be made during the next few weeks to advertise the coming event and to make it the greatest show ever given in our little town. —Bluffton News. Mrs. P. B. Thomas and daughter Carrie and Miss Gertrude Holthouse are spending the day at Fort Wayne.