Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1909 — Page 5

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*'■ Training the hand to obey the mind, fitting young men to help do the world’s work In industrial lines where skilled workmen are required, Is doubtless receiving more attention than any other phase of the newer education in this country. Andrew Carnegie has with many millions endowed an Institute for training young men in the trades, and schools of this character, both large and small, are being founded in many states. The whole effort is to the general end of providing more ■killed workmen among the masses of i young men, to help them to higher earning power and a better level of living, and through this development their employers will have a larger and better output with which to meet the * ever growing demand for their products. To insure his future, to place himself beyond the poverty which besets the day laborer Is the incentive which induces the young man to enter axe of these trade schools. To get better workmen and mope of them, without having to do the training in his own shops, is the Incentive which has prompted the employer to help establish these schools. It Is doubtful If any of these schools to the United States- Is exciting the attention of organizations and men most

* Corner of Pressroom, Winona Technical Institute.

Interested In this sort of training, or Is receiving encouragement from young men in the way of enrolled students, that is being bestowed upon one of these institutions in Indiana—Winona Technical Institute, at Indianapolis. It was not the first technical school founded in this country, It is true, but it is one of the pioneers, abd is regarded as a "trail blazer” In this sort of education by embarking in it on • most extensive -scale, in the magnitude of its equlpihent, in the number of students and graduates, in helping young men to help themselves, arid iri following out numerous lines of industrial training never before attempted. The Winona Institute has the only site* easeful school for training Iron moulders in the-world, the,paly school of lithography in North America, and it has one Os two scheols.for tUeaettere tn the United States. It will before many months have the only school in the world for the training of hotel stewards and diets. If its other departments are not the newest, they are among the largest and most successful to be found in the United States. Winona Technical Institute is to large degree a public enterprise, although ft does not depend upon the state government for an appropriation. Neither is It an institution which pays profits to stockholders and individuals, ,nor fancy salaries to those in immediate charge. The means with which it began its career in 1904 came in the form of public subscriptions amounting to a total of >154,000, which went for the purchase of the splendid tract of ground and buildings now occupied, not far from-the heart of Indianapolis. To equal degree, too, it is a national Institution, for since its beginning gifts in the fonn of money, equipment and general support have poured in upon it from all over the United States. The Institute is also international, for its student body Kps been made up of young men from all over the world, and every clime of North America and every state In the union have been represented by students in the workshops. : , Profiting from experiences in the Civil War* the United States government in 1865 began the construction of arsenal, or storage, properties in different sections of the country. One of the most extensive was established at Indianapolis. The site was then on the eastern edge of the city, but now the city hds grown entirely around it A heavily Wooded tract of seventy-six acres was chosen for the arsenal, and on it tn< ovMiuntnt built m&Miv< buildings, two large residences and two or three smaller structures, all of •tone and bricks -with alate roots and costing about >?sfiH«. so IHI thg. EFSZSS'E ■property at Indianapolis tater'a great ■trade school originated With the pub|Hc spirited men who had promoted the

nataed. The people of Indiana raised the money among Individuals who gave from a few pennies to many thousands ot dollars. \ In the fall of 1904, the organizers of Winona Technical Institute began the training of young men tn the Industries of peace In a place where the government had made and housed its accoutrements Implements of war. With comparatively little changes the buildings are splendidly adapted to - trade school uses. Since the property capae into the hands of the Technical Institute more than >350,000 worth of improvements have been added, all of this money coming from organizations and men of the United States who ,hftve unbounded faith in the idea that If young men In these strenuous commercial times are to be taught trades it must be done In trade schools, and not under the old apprenticeship methods. Some of the equipment fund has gone Into heating and water systems which are buried beneath the surface of the institute's grounds, in an electric power and lighting system, the old government powerhouse being outfitted with equipment which makes It one of the most complete stations of Its kind In Indianapolis, supplying all of the buildings

r on the grounds. 5 The largest building put up by the i, government was used fer storage and f the manufacture of soldiers’ clothing i and other equipment. It is one of the . largest and best made buildings In 1 Indiana. It is now the Graphic Arts t building, with three enormous rooms, - one on each floor, and each 56x160 t foot. The first floor is used by the t School of Printing, the second by the - School of Lithography, and the third r is used as a chapel and library. The I old bdrracks, where the Arsenal's r forces slept and ate, is now the Instl- •’ trite's School of Pharmacy, the seventh . largest of its kind in the United States »• in point of numbers. The govern- • meat's barn, a fine old building with t a picturesque setting of trees and epa- ■ clous grounds, has been remodeled I for the School of Tile-Setters, where i young men are taught the laying of I tile floors, the building of fireplaces 1 and ornate manties. The building ■ where in arsenal days grim bld cannon ’ Was kept is being turned into great - Schools for Building Trades and Ma- ! chinisis. Adjoining it is a large building of brick and steel which the Na1 tional Founders' Association built at a cost of 110,000/ and which houses i the School for Iron Moulders. The old commissary Is now the paint shop. There is an-orchard on the grounds, a vineyard, many flower beds, lines of cement walks and drives which in long, graceful curves eonneet the buildings, all of them put In by the government,"and the property has Immense possibilities for future development. , , A large portion of the equipment fond has gone into machinery, implements and raw material for the use of the boys in the workshops. The School of Printing contains >60,000 worth of equipment. It cost 1125,000 to fit up the School for Iron Moulders; >28,000 has gone into the working plant of the School of Lithography, and other departments are fitted up on a similar scale. It costs about >60,000 a year to operate the institute. All of this ' money has come from associations and Individuals who have become con- 1 vinced that the skilled workmen of' tomorrow must come from such an Institution, that such a system of ; trade schools cannot hope to become , self-supporting, for they only serve their purpose by helpfog young men without means to acquire practical , trades. For alt that It now has In the way permanent buildings and equipment,which outrank /without exception any ! I trade sehoor in the United States, the Institute ■ occupies but little of It* 1 grounds. All of the buildings are on ' the south half of thp neventysix acres, * with ample room for as many more. / If ho rforth half of tiro-tract is undeveloped, and on its broad acres are' ' commanding sites for a score of great ’ buildings: Measured by Its develop- 1 stent Id Ifo 'flittfive years, the lristi- < foto hM only made a beginning. Its I present workshop capacity is 1,060 stro, dents, and fts future promises to ,fovolop foe foremost system pt trade schools to be found iri the union. It ling 1 from Honolulu, Hawaii.

r, I. ■ , . i■„ Make of clgar H * C ° LCH,N Is the best there is by far. Memory lasts and you desire another And long to give one to brother. These cigars you can never forget— Best for the money you have met—' Here is made the “Evening Star," The best In a five cent cigar. , These are finest line of cigars sold; The taste of these smokes never grow old. The “La Sena" a ten cent smoke, we its praises sing Os all cigars this one is king. If you would feel cheerful and bright ? Try one of these cigars before night. We are in receipt of a letter from A. P. Beatty who Is making an extended trip and visit In the west. The letter was written fromjOakland, California, where he visited relatives for some time. He left there Saturday for the Seattle exposition, and will visit many other places In that country before returning. The letter in part says: "I expect to leave herejor Seattle on July 31. San Francisco has changed very much since I was there In 1905. No one who has not seen the city can comprehend the great loss of property occasioned by the earthquake and fire of 1906. There are still acres of burnt district vacant, where a little over three years ago stood buildings that cost from >25,000 to >IOO,OOO. It is remarkable howmany new buildings have been constructed since the, fire, and they are still building very rapidly. Considering the bard times we have had and are having at this time. The people here complain of hard times more at this time than they do back home. I am feeling fine, but it is very cool here after the sun goes down. Cool enough for an overcoat. The ladles wear their wraps and furs here the year around. I am just across the bay from San Francisco, and ocean breezes cool and pleasant through the day, but rather cool tn the evenings. There has not been a night that I.have/not slept under heavy covering, both here and at Los Angeles, but the days are much warmer atf Los Angeles than here. I expect, to preach home the latter part of next month. \ “Yours truly, A. P. BEATTY.” BAD SHOEING Always cripples horses Crippled horses cause a loss. It pays to have them well shod ■ No matter what the cost Milt Leavell is a horseshoer And is an artist in his line His scientific horse shoeing Gives satisfaction every time. As we listen to the music , Os the anvils merry ring With praises of his workmanship It’s echoes seem to sing; So rememebr well our counsel < Before this leaves your, sight— AtLeaveil’s shoeing .shop ' ‘ They do your work just Fight J MILT LEAVELL, v Horseshoeing, 314 Monroe St Mrs. Rosanna Buhler, widow of the 1 * late Jacob Buhler, now residing with her son Emanuel Buhler at Marion, and who until five years ago was a life long resident of Adams county, is lying at death's door according to a message received this morning and she can survive but a few days at the most, The afflicted woman who has passed her seventy-fifth birthday is suffering from a complication of ailments peculiar to old age and she is gradually growing weaker "with the passing of each day. She was .taken suddenly worse yesterday and the attending physician gave out the sad hews that early death was inevitable. Jacob and Albert Buhler, her two Decatur sons, have received the pews with regret, aS have the many Adams county friends of the estimable woman. Mrs. BUhler will be Remembered as one who during het life has been very active. For many years she was engaged in carpet weaving here and she enjoyed the Work very much. , o Mrs. C. C. Miller and daughter Wilma returned to her home at Anderson today, after a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Snow. ’ 1 ’ ... WHEN HAVING PLUMBING DONE Employ a mechanic at the tradeGet men who do work, high grade; Smith, Christian A Smith is where, . they tell ' f good work done; low prices as well, , They employ only workmen of skill; Those having license their place to fill. .Hwy use material each Pertinits ~ - wajf, .. ; . In plumbing only the beet will pay. They do plumbing old work and new, < G*s, steam, hbt water- heating, too; f your pipes spring a leak and need ... repair .. •». 1 Call, this firm, they are always there. They solicit your work, jobs large] ( AwLtfwbwtot .or* to.il. J BMITH. CHRISTIAN A- SMITH. Plumbers, W. Monroe St Phone 447. <

■" . ■ James Doherty, better known to his many Decatur friends as just plain Jim, is how a resident of Boston,where • he goes ag the manager of the Boston branch of the International Heating • company, The position is one of the ■ best to;be' given by this company, one of the largest and one of the best ot its . kind in the country, and it is a safe bet that Jim will be there with the goods. This branch has charge of all the business for the company in that section of the country and Mr. Doherty Is the man who will push and make It expand as 10 never did before. Mr. Doherty and wife were residents of this city and during that time he was manager of the Decatur Furnace company. They both were well received and still have many friends who will wfeh them the best that is going. From here they went to Chicago, where a position was given Mr. Doherty with the International Heating company, and this advancement, one of the best at the disposal of the company, came within a short time, i Their friends will be glad with them and wish them well in Boston. . Q . By the terms of a business transaction consummated Monday evening Hepry Krick Is the possessor of the beautiful Frank Gast property on Mercer avenue which he will occupy October first. Negotiations have been under Way for this transaction for several days and an agreement was reached late last evening. Mr. Gast who recently disposed of his cigar business has considered moving Westward for some time and now that the deal, has been closed he, with his family, will leave about October first for Washington, where they will locate permanently. He will probably engage in the timber business. Mr. Gast came to Adams county in 1873, and has since been a continuous resident of Decatur. Nineteen years ago he started a cigar factory and subsequently manufactured a number of favorite brands which found ready sale in Decatur and surrounding towns. He continued in this business until last May, when he disposed of same to Lose and Thomas, he having done a lucrative business during the time that he owned it Mr. Gast after the sale of x the store started a handle and spoke factory near the Decatur Packing company plant, and the plant has been'in full operation since. In fact he has secured orders which will require six months time to fill. The factory will be sold in the very near future, as several buyers are already negotiating for its purchase., The innumerable friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gast and family will regret to hear of their intended departure. Their abode in Decatur has been nothing but pleasant, and the friends of the family can only be counted by the number !of their acquaintances. Mr. < Gast has contributed to the success of Decatur, He has built two beautiful homes, and during his business career has done much for the advancement of the ‘town. The companionship of himself and family will be sadly missed. Frances Gast will soon enter upon college studies, where he will equlp hiinPelf as an electrical en-. gtoeer. He la a brilliant young man and will without doubt succeed in that line of work. The field for elec-. trical engineering in the state of Washington boundless, and that is one of the Incentives Which prompted Mr. Gast to move there. — The school board had an organization meeting Monday night, inwhfth they elected the same officers as last year, Dore B. Erwin president, F. V. Mills secretary, and A. H. Sellemeyer treasurer. They each givea five thousand dollars bond for,the faithful performance of their duties in this official place. The board have been quite faithful and have also done good work with the public schools of this city, and it Is not varying from the truth to say that the present year will note even greater progress and success. ,, t The board done another thing tl.at night that show their fitness. They have had considerable permanent im- ; provements to make at thji various - school buildings, but In the face of it, their levy for school purposes for this 1 coming year will be three cents less than their levy last year. The board set the time for the op- ’ enlng of the Decatur public schools < for their fall term, the date of the ’ opening being Monday, September >, < only five weeks away. This win be a 1 xeart breaker for the boys and ’Em 1 girls who wish that vacation time I wottld last 4 • ■ ■ .— / ■ b Superintendent Rice who <lll have-1 charge of tile schools the coming year < has rented the 8. J. Miller property 1 oh Winchester street, and* will move < here some time about the middle of t thia mo« Ah. During t>e bjti<Acqualnty! I an£e our people have made with Mr. d Rice, they are firm in the belief that i he will make a success of the schools t and be a welcome addition to our i citizenship. I a i

I TO SKETCH i The human face divine s And draw the life-like portrait fine i To stamp the features as displayed ; In every tint of light and Shade » This Is Moser’s art, and well he can s Thus represent the youth or man, t The peerless beauty, aged daffie, > i And lovely matron all the name; ' < i The baby’s/picture, nice and cute,, j Moser makes them just to spit. i His work, all admit, is first-class. ~ No artist can his work surpass. I His prices never are too* deaf . So get your photos taken here. E. MOBER, ) Photographer, Jefferson & Second St. . . I Quite a delegation of Lutherans left i the city Tuesday over Erie, theygoi ing to Laporte, Indiana, where they . will attend what they term a Synodical Conference, and which will hold 1 . sessions there for several days. Rev. Dornself, Bauer and Jaus, all of whom , hold charges in this county, nave gone to the meeting. Besides these,' , many of the laymen also are there and in all Adams county Lutherans I will be well represented. Tais cunference embraces all the territory in ,'bcth states of Indiana and Ohio, and' it is expected that between five an l ' six hundred ministers and members will be in attendance. While there services will be held, and at other 'times business sessions will be the order of things, and at these sessions provisions will be made for the varlous branches of their church work. It is expected that the Adams county colony in attendance there will all be home by the last of the week. I That the K. P. lodge Will soon be one of the leading orders of the city both in Membership and appointments Is evidenced by the fact that they will, within a few months*, take into their fold one hundred candidates, ’ the initiatory work to serve as a dedication to their beautiful new home, , Which is under construction at the present time. Tuesday members of Kekionaga lodge received a notice instructing them that they had been appointed as one of a committee whose duties will be to secure candidates for the big class to be given the. work in December. Many have already < attached the|r signatures to application cards that they may be made members of the organization and enjoy the sociability of the lodge and the privileges of its new home. The home will be completed by De- ’ qember unless present plans fail and when completed it will be a monument of beauty, and commodious ’as could a building be. The building, .heating plant and furnishings will represent the expenditure of at least >14,000. The heating plant within itself will cost about fourteen hundred dollars and - all rooms will be heated by steam.

I "A — 0 I An important election was held in Decatur Tuesday. The polls opened at ten o’clock at the Old Adams County Bank, itj being the day for their an* nual election of directors., Previous to the hpur named for the opening of the election the directors met and wound up the business for the year just closed, which by the way was the most prosperous in the history of this great banking institution. The board closed their business by the passage of a resolution declaring the usual five per cent semi-annual dividend, and in a few days more the stockholders will be in possession of this amount in interest upon the face of their holdings in stock. The old board of directors were re-elected, they being C. S. Niblick, E. 'X. Ehingen Mat Kirsch, John Niblick, J. 3. Bowers, Henry Hite and W. J. Vesey. Likewise the old officers were re-elected and- they are C. S. Niblick preisdent, Mat Krisch first vice president, John Niblick second vice president, and E. X. Ehinger cashier. All of them are gilt edged, and their retention means that the Old Adams County Bank will continue to grow and expand, be a great bank for a great city, and what is more will continue to make dividends for its stockholders. - ' ; —- £ —o ; — The safe for the Citizens' Trust company has arrived and now the trouble of removal from the car and placing in the Lafayette Ellis room will begin. .The safe is a monstei, weighs eight arid one-half tons, and ought to hold -secure the-valuables that will be placed tn the custody of this trust company. Their furniture has also been purchased from . Attica bankers, biit the .time of possession ta[ etKl in doubt R was thought at the time of 'purchase that shipment oouM be made the first of tills month, but it is not known as yet whether this can be done, it is hoped by the company that they- wiH bb able to have everything in readiness for- opening thia now financial institution by the first of September, but whether they dq or not, depends entirely upon their receipt of this furniture. A foundation will be built and the safe set In position kt once and this part of the work will be over

—r— — ; A FEW MORE OUT IN MADISON Six Saloons Thera Quit Business this . Week. There will be another shifting of . the option scenes in Madison county this weke and a half dozen more saloons wlll go out of existence. Eleven ' r o’clock next Wednesday night wHI : sound the death knell fop six saloons that will pull down the blinds and - turn the key in the door for at least two* years. Three of these saloons are located in Anderson, two in Frankton and one in Elwood. The Ahderson places to close this week their licenses expire August 4 are those kept by Charles Diltz, George Lividgston and Fred Brown. The Elwood saloon that goes out of business iis the one kept by George HutchinsOn.—Anderson Bulletin. — —o The Methodists are sprucing up. i Painters are now busily engaged in spreading the paint on the parsonage, which was in sad need of such a tonic. It will look fine when the work is done, which will not take long. In addition to this, committees from the church are wrestling with the matter of frescoing the church throughout, and also placing of a heating plant there that will keep the shivers down when the' blasts of winter resemble anything but a hpt day on the third of August. The frescoing will embrace the whole interior of the church, and will be a much needed addition to the appearance of this house of worship. For some time the membership have been discussing a building project, Which will finally terminate in an addition to the present church or, an entirely new structure. This win be delayed for the present, but ft win not be long until such a project is undertaken. The church is much too small for the present needs of the congregation, especially for the Sunday school needs, but these improvements will likely be delayed for another year or so. - The last will and testament of Herman Dierkes was filed for probate the same being witnessed by John Sprague and John G. Hoffman. All real and personal property is given to the surviving widow, and at her death it goes'equally to the four children, they being Henry eleven years old, Detrick nine years old, Herman six years old, and John four years old. The widow is named as executor and to her is given entire charge of the management of said estate,with the privilege of disposing of any of it. if such a necessity should exist. Clerk Haefllng issued a marriagp Dcense, it being taken out by Harvey Meyer and Lizzie Hubner, both residents of French township, and where

they have a number of friends who i will wish them happiness and other • things too -numerous to mention. ’ John T. Meyers transfers to Martin . Worthman' house and lot tn Decatur, ! the consideration named being ,1501 Butch reand Armantrout filed a * new case in the Adams circuit court, > the title of which is Earl Burley vs. i The Peoples Union Oil company. Thrf I complaint alleges the non-payment of 1 >579.85, that amount being due for I labor -and (work performed. They , want a judgment for the abOve amount - Dell Locke of the Bliss Hotel company, has filed suit against J. L. Sny- . der, who formerly conducted a shoe store iri one of the rooms of the hotel building for >SOO damages for alleged violations of the terms of his lease, i —Bluffton News. 4* -o A force of workman are busily engaged at present tearing down the big gas tank which was constructed by the Kerr-Murray company in the Nuttman addition. It will require at least six weeks to place the tank in condition to hold gas, and will as previously stated, cause the expenditure of >2,000 extra *by the contracting firm. ATZ A STEELE For ten years or more Have run a buggy and harness store In Decatur they take the lead ‘ When goods of this kind you need. They cater to horses and have always made A specialty of goods, high grade. It whip, harness, nej, collar ®r pad, you’ll find [You can get what you want any time. They handle buggies, second hand and new/ Arid all the very best makds, too. Affrifite for Anderson and Butler buggies—best of makes— t . One which with* good drivers always takes. Wanting anything in horse goods on Ats A Steele call They’ve the line sure to please all. ATZ A STEELE, New and Second Hand Buggies, Harness, Whips, Etc. North Second Street J /