Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1909 — Page 8

f OM—W *'■< NOTICE TO GRAVEL RO*D CON-] TRACTORS. ?' ■ ' . t . - . ■ 4 It * I State of Indiana, County of Wells, ss: Notice la hereby given that the I Board of Commissioners of Adams county and the Board of Commissioners of Wells county, Indiana, in joint session will, at 9 o’clock a. m. on - i Wednesday, September 8, 1909, at Commissioners’ room in the court house In the City of Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana, let the contract for the construction of the proposed stone road on and along the boundary line Between the county of Wells and the county of Adams, in the State of i Indiana, petitioned for by James A. Engle et al„ and described as follows, to-wit: Said highway being particularly described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of section eight (8) township twenty-five (25) north, range thirteen (13) east, and running thence south on and along said county line highway between sections eight (8) and nine (9), seventeen (17) and sixteen (16), township twenty-five (25) north, range thirteen (13) east, to the southeast corner of section seventeen (17), township twenty-five (25) north, range thirteen (13) east, which said county line highway is two miles in length. ' Bids shall be for the completion of said road in accordance with the profile and report and plans and specifications therein set out which are on'file In the auditor’s office In Adams county, Indiana, and In the auditor’s office in Wells county, Indiana. All bidders shall submit With their . said bid their bond payable to the v State of Indiana in the penhl sum equal to double the amount of their bld filed, with approved surety, to be approved by the said boards of commissioners; said bond shall be conditioned for faithful performance of the work bld on according tothe plans and specifications. and profile of said road; said bond to be for the benefit of any person or corporation who shad suffer any loss’or damage by reason at any failure or neglect of any such * bidder or bidders to enter into proper contract awarded them by baid Boards of Commissioners or to (tarry out the same In any particular or to pay for any labor or material tnehetbr that shall have been furnished hither to him, dr any contractor, agent or superintendent under him or them. 6 Said improvement shall be let as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder by said Boards of Commissioners, who, however, reaelw. tlte X, to reject any or all blds nlhft. Time for completion of said road will be fixed by said Boards of Commissioners at time of entering into contract for said work. . , ’ Witness my hand this ,2.lst day of December, 1909. , v , 0. D. GARRETT, . Auditor Wells county, Ind. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Adams county wta tjW, Board of Commissioners or Wells county. 82-3 t ■■ ° ; NOTICE TO BIDDERS i, Notice Is hereby given that bids will be received by the board of commissioners at their September session on Monday, September 6, 1909, . ’<• . - rLt' Li? * ' • for the following supplies for use at the county infirmary: Groceries, Salt and Mill Feed, Oil and Gasoline, Drugs, Dry Goods and Shoes, Hardware, Tol \ bacco and Harness. Bidders will be expected to furnish, additional goods ift needed, at the prices stipulated in their blds. henry zwick, Board] of Commissioners. Attest: H. S. Michdud, Auditor. 34’2.1 . --O Ill 1 APPOINTMENT OF r ADMINISTRAf - TOR. ’ Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned Ms been appointed Administrator, with the will annexed, of the betate at Henrietta Schmitt, late of Adams county, deceased. Thq estate is probably solvent WILLIAM D? CONRAD, Atta. 30, 1909. Admr... David E. Smith, Atty. 35-3 t •'7-h- ' ■' ■ ' o-—- — 1 — :; /Ralsias White Wydmjottes. W. E. Johnson & Sop, Lexington, Ky., say: “Last yetur we lost one entire hatch of fine White Wyandotte ehickens from white diarrhoea. This year we have given our chickens Bourbon Poultry Cure in their drinking water and have ndt lost any?’ Sold by H.. H.-Bremerkamp. _—.— —o —-—- '• Miss Ruth Thomas is at Fort Wayne -’o , <3 . ■ »?■ „• j visiting her grandparents.

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Nature Gives Tlmaly Warnings That I No Decatur Citizen Cap Afford V to Ignore. Danger Signal No. 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pah i and foamy, or a thick, red, ill-smelling urine, full of sediment and irregular of passage. Danger signal No. 2 comes J from the back. Back pains, dull and Meavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick : kidneys and warn you of the approach of dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and cure them permanently. Here’s Decatur proo f : John Wagner, retired firmer, 309 N. First street, Decatur, Ind., says: “I was greatly bothered with kidney complaint years ago, but it finally disappeared and did not give me any further trouble until the past few months. Then my back began to ache'and the kidney secretions passed irregularly, especially at night. Hearing Doan’s Kidney Pills highly recommended, I procured a box from! the Holthouse Drug Co. and after) a short use my kidneys were In a healthy condition anef my back had ceased to ache. I feel that it is my; duty to endorse Doan’s Kidney Pills." For sals', by all dealers. Prfce 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,’ New York, sole agents for the United States. | Remember the name —Doan’s— and take no other. — ■ ——oNATURE’S REMEDIES FOR DISEASE. Nature provides more effective remedies in tne roots an| herbs at 0e ;l field than were ever produced from', drugs. , , Thirty years ago, Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., discovered and gave ( to the women of the wdrld a remedy'] made from roots and herbs, which j has proved more efficacious in curing women’s diseases than any other medicine the world has ever known, and’, today Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable J Compound is looked upon everywhere < as the standard remedy for ills. ] o — . 1 NOTICE POULTRY RAIBER3 I I Alonzo Thropp, Mt Carmel, 111., ’ says: “I was losing on an average of fifteen fowls a day with cholera. After giving the first dose of Bourbon Poultry Cure all around to my 1 flock I never lost another fowl.” Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. ' ——o— _ FINE STOCK AT THE FAIR . / Because of the rush of entries of 1 'cattle and sheep of such quality that they could not be refused, the man- ' agement of the great Fort Wayne fair i which will be held Sept 14-18, has been forced to enlarge the cattle and sheep barns at the grounds. Among the cattle exhibits will be the famous 1 herd of Herfords frorii the Studabaker farm, at Bluffton, and the Smith farm, at Decatur, ahd a great herd of Aber-deen-Angus cattle from the Wilson, farm, at Muncie. ' — o - d? Mrs. EdnA Mhyer is, spending the afternoon in Fort Wayne. ’ When Mr .and Mrs. M. H. MltterUng, of Warsaw, returned to their home Sunday. evening, ‘ a£tqr ifig church ' services, |hey found' the .. ityuse in darkness, although they had ' left y.a kerosene lamp , burning. on a dresser In bne of the rooms. An investigation revealed the. that ■ the lamp had exploded and after de-; stroyih’g a large piece of tjie carpet 1 and charring the dresses bfeaklng.the i mirror and burning (he woodwork in ► the room, the blaze had died. out. ’ WANTED—Lady bookkeeper; must be competent, and give reference to Igcod moral character. Apply at office Monroe Grain, Hay & Milling Co., Monroe, Ind " ltd-ltw.

f>ecatur, Ind., Aug. 30, im Editor Democrat-Since the reopV of this city have been kind enough to allow me to hold the office of city treasurer since September 1, 1898, 1 feel that'it is my du|f as their treasurer to .vender them a little extra service. If you will allow me the columns of your paper, I will greatly appreciate the privilege of giving the public a complete account of the receipts and disbursements of the city treasury from September 1, 1898, to July 81, 1909. I am a firm believer in the publicity of public affairs, and believe that by laying down the facts .before the people that they will enable n/to establish firmly the policies of the city on a business basis. Municipal affairs can only succeed when regulated by an intelligent and wideawake people. I mean a people who know a demagogue from an honest man—a people who know that the spendthrift theory cannot be worked on an economic basis. We have people enough in this eity to care for her interest, if they only have a chance to get at the facts. Therefore I feel it my duty to open the treasurer’s record to every voter. I have watched the city affairs for the past eleven years and have concluded ■that our greatest troubles come from bad business systems. We have suffered considerable by erroneous methods that lack the qualities of economy. There is only one way to win |in this business proposition. ,The .revenues of the city must be cared I sot. The indebtedness must be cut (down, and the enormous (pteresis must be saved to the, people , instead of the bondholders. With the above objects In view we Will show you where the money goes «gd in future articles we will attempt to show you how at least to keep some of ft from gotag. In the following you will find , the receipts and disbursements of the city treasury from Sept. 1, 1898 to July 31, 1999: Receipts. Disburse, general fund ....$ 5,192.90 8 2,345.16 .License 2,927.00 (Interest fund .... 2,662.85 3,008.04 . Misc. streets and sewers 3,848.11 3,321.46 Sinking fund .... 469.91 ( Fire department. > 287.10 Salaries 2,772.18 Streets, general . 3,018.56 Electric lights ... 5,747.98 ' 4,407.99 Water works .... 9,345.26 10,632.05 Temporary loan. 19,000.00 17,900.00 Money in treasury I ' July 31, 1899 .. 1.501.4 T — Total 149,194.01 349,194.01 Money in treasury (t Aug. 1, 1899 . 4 1,501.47 ' a ’ General) fund ..... 5,316.42 I 781.96 ’ Streets, general.. 3,493.0, Sinking fund ... 480.01 . Interest fund ... 2,720.08 4,036.04 Licenses 3,100J)0 Fire department. 221.96 Salaries .... .... , 3,355.7€ Electric lights .. 6,326.75 4,653.87 Water works .. 10,052.51 11,976.25 Misc; street and sewers .. 4,265.64 3,623.84 Temporary loans.; 20,400.00 19,500,00 In treasury Ju’y 31, 1900 J...... 2,520.17 TotAl . • 454.162.88 $54,±62.58 Money in treasury ~ Apg. L 1903 .| 2,520.17 v General fund .7.. 5,548.12 526.70 Streets; genpntf-.. ’ i',1t6.48 Licenses' . <‘ : Fife- department.? • 104.50 Salaries .... .... J 4,597.51 Interests .. ..... 2,778.07 2J14.95 Sinking: fund >.?. ? ! 490.24 941-32 Electric lights .. 6,680.31 '5,3'77.02 Water - works .... ,9.i71.’/7' 12',378:27 Misc; street and sewers ... ... 3,202.86 *4,467.76 Temporary : loans.. 20,500.00 19,400.00 Money in treasury ’ July 31, 1901 .. 2,689 ; ,93 Total ....453,883.04 85'3,883.04 Money in treasury ’ Aug. 1, 1901 ... .8 2,689.93 $ 751.76 , General fund .... 7,029.01 Fire department.. 216.45 . Licenses .. 3,418.25 '.' J i Streets, general . . 2,430.95 Interests 3,027.17 5,062.76 Salaries 4,168.45 Sinking fund .... 244.14 500.00 Electric lights 5,879.22 4,324.43 Water works .... 12,324.79 12,628.41 Misc. street and sewers 4,599.95 4.22J.48 Temporary loans.. 17,000.00 19,500.00 Money in July 31, 1902 .. 2,401.71 Total . 456,212.46 956,212.46 , Jdopey in treasury , Aug. 1, 1902 .4 3,401.71 General fund .... 6,723.51 | 1,745.75 Streets, general .. 1453.89 Licenses ..... ... 3,945.60 1 Fire department. 396.90 Interests 3,262.24 4,469.68 Sinking-fund .... 1.702.58 1,000:00 Salaries 3,836.33 Electric lights .. 7,067.09 4.770.82 Water works ... 11,916.60 13,496.49 Misc. street and sewers 3,094.13 3, 296.66 Temporary loan ~ 12,491.56 17,491.56 Money in treasury h ! A.

„„ .. w* >. TOUI .......A452.604.92 852,604.92 f Money in treasury 1 Aug. 1, 1903 4 752.84 General fund .... 7,049.82 8 2,885.53 , Streets, general.. 2,224 28 f Licenses ........ 4,157.84 3 Fire department. i,027'.36 - Salaries .... .... 2,948.52 y Electric lights .. . 8,141.99 8,081.23 ) Water works .... 7,608.92 7,924.93 r Sinking fund 1,753.31 1,695.93 . Interests 6,335.72 3,11548 > Water works bonds 1 and interest .. 3,840.00 - Special streets and sewei*B .... 1,697.29 I Misc. street and 1 sewers 25,699.08 24,977.05 i Temporary loans. 12,000.00 16,000.00 • Money in treasury t July 31, 1904'.. 476.65 - T » Total 875,196.81 875,196.81 > Money in treasury >1 Aug. 1, 1904 .4 476.65 I General fnnd .... 7,630.92 8 2,629.30 • Streets, general.. 804.61 [ Fire department . 884.15 > Salaries 1,345.99 I Licenses .... ... 4,392.00 i Interests 8,842.55 370.87 Sinking fund 819.28 1,849.52 Water works .... 5,357.55 4,708.32 Electric lights ... 9,916.32 10434.33 ; Streets and severs miscellaneoim .. 9,620.52 1 Specie street# ' J* and sewers 4,322.90 4.288.3 T Water works bonds and interest ... ; 9,562.02 ’ Money in treasury July 31. 1905 .. 7,544.06 Total ...... .-351,378.69 861478.69 Money in treasury .. AUK. I. 1905 .4 7,544.06 General fund .... 7,261.94 8 5,996.15 Salaries .... 1,626.16 Licenses . 4,057.00 Fire department. 488.90 Sinking fund 2,763.99 2,296.18. Streets, general.. 547.24 Interests 6,988.80 4,468.90 Special street and sewer fund 3489.91 Water works bonds and interests .. 6,670.60 Electric lights .. 13,196.59 18,123.32 Water works ..... 6,766.39 4,794.01 i Water meter x.. 344.50 Streets and sewer®miscellaneous .. 4,043.06 3,374.47 Money in treasury July 31, 1906.. 8,567.31 •, Total ... . • • .356,956.24 856,656.24 Money in treasury } Aug. 1, 1906 .4 5',567.31 General fund .. 11,764.32 319,849.86 Streets, general.. 313.56 Lieqises .... ... 4,025.50 Salaries ...S .... 1,31645 Interests 4,852.36 Fire department.. 47.00 Water works bonds and interest .. 8,544.51 Ringing fund, ...; 9,866.00 10,338.75 Refunding bond sale ..... ..’.. 20,000.00 Electric lights .. 15,988.24 20,755.77 Water works? .... 7,866.17 14,913.90 Special street and sevrer fund. 3,129.86 3,437.18 Water meter fund 284.90 647.80 Streets and sewers miscellaneous .. 23,736.08 Water works ex- ■ ■ tensions ....... . 647.19 Judgment fund .. 237146.: 2,284,7, ’ Money in treasury iJuly 31, 1967; .. 5,827.48 I J Total .. . . i . 4112,999.088112,999.08 Mopey in,treasury . Aug, L 1907 . 4 5,827.48 , General fund ■;••• 10,566.56 812,987.63 • Licenses ' . .... 3,872.50 >' Water .works extension fund .. 1,448.71, 940.53 , Judgment fund .. 2,424.44 2,510.82 ■ Fire .fund ........ 932.25 I Interest fund ..... 4,288.95 Water works fund 28.00 76.60 > Sinking fund .... 4,730.83 3,803.99 Special street i! and sewer .... 2,653.78 2,800.89 Electric lights ... 20,786.74 22,532.24 >! Water works .... 8,798.67 8,624.56 > Water works bonds 5 and interest .. 4,436.23 ) Streets and sewers ) miscellaneous ... 16,804.36 16,753.24 1 Money in treasury July 31, 1908... 7,691.54 , , ) Total ... .... 483,158.27 >83,158.27 Money in treasury i 1 Aug. 1, 1908.... 8 7,69114 - General fund .... 11,693.41 815,143.81 5 Water works bonds and interest . Water works exten5 sion fund 932.07 1,314.74 9 Special street and.newer fund. '1,889.86 958.0 f 0 Interests .... ... 4,366.8’ 8 Fire department. 1,889.86 300.0 C 0 Sinking fund .... 4,631.90 3 Judgment ••• 186.42 175.21 9 Electric lights ... 22,954.47 23,066.6! Water works .... 8.596.66 9,143.4 j 6 Streets and sewers 5 miscellaneous .. 15,569.96 16,343. ii Money in treasury

. "V /f?"" ' I recapitulation and will deal vrith the floatinf orders and judgment fend. I The city finances i lever were In better I I shape than right now. The city’s condition can be bettered by looking forward and not backward. i W. J. ARCHBOLD, at, Trmurw. -■ ———O'.. I ( Miss Miriam Belberich returned to 'Fort Wayne. | Mell Rice returned this afternoon > from a business trip to Fort Wayne. R. E. Peters is working in tow interest of the Democrat at Willshlro today. ‘ Harry Jeffries will arrive home to1 morrow from Rome City, where he is spending a few days. 'Chas. Bell, of Fort Wayne, Is in the city looking up friends and also attending to business. Miss Bertha Smith Is visiting with ( relatives at Sturgis, Mich. She will be gone for several weeks. i Miss Della Deam has returned to i her home at Bluffton. G. E. Burrell of north of the clty> ' transacted business in the city. Prof. Wittomrt returned to his home Hat Berne after being here on business i during the tay. I The Misses Agnes /and FtolA -ißadamacher went to Portland to Jin the fair today. J Misses Ruth and Charlotte Herman# went to Bluffton today 'for a short visit with friends. ! Miss Mae Berllng and little sister, Mathilde, returned this noon from a i short trip to Bluffton. ' > Miss Flossie Wilcus, of Ossian, who has been visittoff atjss Maud Cowiy, has returned to her home. Miss Gaynelle Bunn, of Ossian, has returned to her home after a visit 1 lHth C. J. Weaver and family. 5 H. C. Andrew's returned to his home ! at Monroe this afternoon after attending to business in the city. Mrs. Mary Artman, daughter Ruby, are taking In the fail at, Portland, , and also visiting with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James Zimmerman returned to their home at Peterson after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Moran. Miss Leona Opliger returned to her home at Linn Grove, after visiting in the clly with her' brother, Mr. L. E. Miss Bertha Kohne and Vera Ehlflger went to Portland to attend the fair this afternnrr and will return this evening. Mr, and Mrs. Wilbur Drake came home from Goshep, where, the former ; has been visiting with relatives for some time. . i Herman Miinger went to Berne, where he will distribute samples of corn flakes for the company’s affveri rising agent x, O. D. Cartwright who has served as agent at toe Clover Leaf for toe r past month, left this morning for his ’ home at Mraion. , j Miss Neva Haugh returned to her ) home at Portland, after several weeqs’ visit with Mr. and. Mrs. S. W. Smith ; east, of the city. j ;; Mr. Waddell, the fiuick man, who conducted an agency tor the company ' here the past summer, was here to* day attending to business affairs. 5 Miss Coiesmith, of Delphos, who has ’ been visiting with Chas. Ervin and family, accompanied by Miss Blanche Ervin went to Delphos’ this noon. , Tomorrow will be the big day at the J county fair and qulto 4 * huffiber of people from ttys city and' county are preparing to attend. They will ; : ko,on the morning train over the G. 1 R.&l. , The first frost of the season is 0 said to have occurred last' evening 5 and according to Harvey Smith toe melon man, it was a good one for a t) starter. However, it did but slight \ damage to the growing garden stuff, g because of the fact that everything is so dry. * • 31 Mrs. Glass, an experienced hairdresser, and Miss Mary Closs of this 4. city, have opened a beauty shop at the Closs hbme, 26 north Third streqt, and 4 will do shampooing, hairdressing, man- _ leuring and give massage and scalp 7 treatment Office hours have been announced for from two to four and'from 7 to 8:80 p. m. 6 The fact that there has been no grand jury ordered will mean that 0 some other means will have to be devised for the disposition of the cases 4 against Manson Reiff for running a blind tiger, which resulted from the >5 raid made on the place by Detective ;7 Clark and the local offleres. It 0 was supposed at the time of the raid that there would be .affidavits filed, but as none were filed ,at that rime It was then generally supposed that ir> the cases would go over until the next is -reeting of the grand jury. Now with rn g-and jury the officers of the civic 3 Hre will probably take some aqtlon. . X.ffton Banner. .

JeeUnr Pile, ar/iermnjl "rored wwka b, th. or ttl. treatment. Fissure Fistula, Catarrh, Inflammation, Ulceration, Prolapsus, j I Constipation, Bleeding, Blind and 1 Itching Piles are cured as if by magic. Ask your druggist for it, of setta di- j rect to t - S. U. TARNEY, Auburn, tod* Markets East Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 1, 1909.— (Special to the Dally Democrat)—Receipts 1760; shipments 1140. Official to New York yesterday 760. Hogs closing strong. Medium and heavy—Bß.4o@ 88.5 V. Yorkers—Bß.3o®Bß.4o. - Light Yorkers—Bß.lo®Bß.2o. Pigs-88.00. : Staffs-85.5W86.50. J Sheep—2oo’ steady LtmijMigheri jfops 88,00. | May wheat \_oßfc September wheat 1.07% December Wheat 1.1)7% ■ corn ■'* September oats 48% December oats 38% CHICAGO MARKET*. . ' '• August >L— May whefit*. | .97% December wheat 93% September wheat 97% May corn 47 September corn 44% December corn V\.. .55% September data .36% December Oftts 36% May eats 39% . . T PRODUCE. . By Decatur Produce Oft 88,59 ' • Fowls ,4...... <>.•.«•• ..«••••.••• ••■RE Ducks .....8e Geese ~Bc Turkey;, ..... .... .<.llO Spring chicks .....4.. .lie iflo Chicks v...... jj-lfio H. BERLING. ...<> Butter ...Wo * Fowls . ; 10c Ducks •♦•• So {Turkeys ...‘ lie Bpring chickens Ho Chicks ;.. r ...... 100 B. KALVER < CO. Wool, merchantable ............ .Im ' wiiaeo ...« 00*0,. >Met .1® ■- Sheep pelta ............-'.lsc to fl Tallow 4 ceata - ON COAL. . Chestnut cotal >7is Hoeklng Valley West Virginia splint .......... 4.00 Wash nut• .f.• • 4.00

- > " — CURES Stac CHICKENS. Mrs. J6W F. Wagers, Richmond, Ky., .sayh: ''About a month ago quite a number df my chickens were sick with distended craws and I thought sure they would ah die. I gave them Bourbon Poultry Cure and never lost «F chicken.”' Sold by H. H. Bremer-, kamp. —" ifr.trw -0 In a Pinch,use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE A powder to shake Into your shoes. It cures hot, tired, aching, swollen, sweating feet and makes walking easy. Takes the sting out of corns and bunions. All druggists 25 cts. Don’t accept any substitute. r O— K you have pains in the bad, Vitaary, Bladder er Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb cure far woman’s Ills, try Mother Gray*! Australian-Leaf. It is a safe and nev-er-falling regulator. At Mruggista or by mail W eta Sample padage FEM. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. T, , — -o Here la Relief for Women. Mother Grey’s Sweet Powder* for Children. I • ” IT ■ * Successfully used by Mothe* Gray, | nurse ft'Sib Children’s H York, Curb (Feverishness, Bftf Stomach, Teething Disorders, rofre and ! .ste