Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1909 — Page 1

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COUNCIL I’ WACRIIW WAjdllji flwE. •-. v "•'•«.•<*£' ■■ ;.' s ?• ; v ' ®', V — — . SKJißfx- ter* ,’ ’■■ V * *■?. <•>.;. t Much Business Transacted Last Evening—Woods & Haugk Claim Allowed. BY A RESOLUTION : Watchman Will be Placed at Jeffetson Street Crossing 7 of the G. R. &I. —< /, r Every member was present at the regular session of the city council I Tuesday evening and considerable business was transacted. Before closing! it was decided that at the next regular meeting the newly elected officers should be sworn in and file their bonds so that they will become officials the flrat of the year, thus avoiding an extra meeting for this purpose. City Clerk Wemhoff has received notice from Mr. Dehorlty of the state accounting board that the forms have not been completed for cities and towns and that therefore the new law will not effect them before January 1, 1911. The first thing taken up Tuesday evening after the minutes of the and which is now asked from the city approved was the bill of Woods & /'/.•Haugk for $822.89, the amount of the reduction tn court of E. Fritzinger’s assessment on North Second street The engineer’s report on the Frank by the contractors. Mr. Lutz repre- » ? seated Woods & Haugk and explained his understanding of the law. A vote on a resolution appropriating the amount asked for was adopted, Chris-1 ten, Burns and Hale voting “yes,” and Martin and Chronister voting “no.” The engineer's report o nt he Frank Brown sewer And the assessment roll were fllbd and notice ordered to property owners. The street commissioner was empowered to purchase crush, ed stone to fill up holes where nec-essary-in the various streets. Proof of publication of notice for bids for temporary sidewalks oh Mercer avenue was filed' but there Was riot a bid. The street .commissioner’s report for the past year was filed and referred to the street and sewer committee. Peter Gaffer reported that the Gaffer altey sewer In the’ west part of town Is ngt In Working order and the matter was referred"/to Street nnff X7 sewer committee, who will test same at once and take some action toward repairing it* A petition sighed br Jacob Eady and fifty other residents of the west lirt of town wife fifed asking for a watchman at the G. R. & I- - crossing on JOfferaon street The matter was referred to the street committee who will offer a resolution at the next meeting providing for this protection. It is said the crossing ds a very dangerous one. A petition for a brick sidewalk four feet wide, on the West side of Cleveland street and beginning at Oak, was referred to the street committee. The report of the water works committee that they hake bought 500 feet of new hose was ordered spread on record. The proposition of extending the electric light ' • lined to the county farm was referred to Superintendent Mylott, who will appear before the board of commissioners to talk over the same. It Is 'likely that the county and Frisinger • & Co. will arrange to build the line 1 and use the current. Rebates on H- 1 quor licenses were made to J. J. Ton- 1 nelller, $22.93 and to J. B. Knapke, ' $417. Bills were allowed as follows: ' L. C. Helm, fire chief. ....$ 81.00 Waterworks, pay roll 76.92 Chas. Heckman 2.00 Bass Foundry Co. 39.37 "Union Qll Co 35.27 Fort Wayne Electric Co IHT44 < Quaker City Rubber Co.- ....... 5.00 ' M. J. Mylott, pay roll . 247.00 W. G. Nagel Electric Co 86.83 General Hocking Fuel Co. 78.44 ' Fort Wayne Oil Supply Co 13.65 i Sunday Creek Coal Co 200.92 ‘ True & Runyon 45 ! •’ Edmund A. Cole &Co 108.65 1 Chicago & Erie Co. 121.75 Harruff ...... 20.00 L. L. Baumgartner 32.00 ! Henry Stevens -... 15.08 J William Geary ........... 10.00 Amos Fisher 50.00j ‘ D. F. Teeple ........ 49.24 1 L/7 ' /7& "7 /-A V

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H. Kooken 50.00 Henry Stevens 8.50 Krick & Tyndall 79.58 Decatuf Furnace Co 12.00 Wells-Fargo Express Co. ....... 8.65 C. U. Dorwln, pay roll 257.25 John Bolinger 284.65 Kelzer & Co. 685.00 AGAR MUST GO TO PRISON. Princeton, Ind., Dec. B.—Henry E. Agar must go to prison. Judge Clements in the circuit court overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced the prisoner to a term of from two to fourteen years in the state penitentiary, fined him $lO7 and disfranchised him for two years. The verdict was received by Agar without motl on add without comment. I It Is probable he will be taken to Michigan City Thursday by Sheriff Skelton. ® OMIIUD. 11 ’ ± Ninety days were given in whlch to file a bill Os exceptions and Agar says he intends to appeal, but it fe said this friends are advising him to serve I I the minimum time, believing the for-1 gery and Conspiracy cases pending I I would then be dropped, though the [prosecution has made no statement to that effect. , ' * ~7— FOB WATERWAYS Some Congressmen are Getting Together. THEY DO NOT LIKE IT Some of Taft’s Appointments Do JNot Wash Well. Washington, Dec. B.—Representatives Dixon, Cox and Boehne, of Indiana, whose congressional districts border <m the Ohio river, were invited tme Longw’Sh o^.Cincinnati evening for a .caucus on Ohio river Improvement matters. Mr. Longworth sent invitations to every member of congress whose districts adjoin the Ohio river, from Pittsburg to Cairo. In hid the Cincinnati congressman said:. tais been suggested that It would be wise to have an early meeting pf the members of the.house whose districts the Ohio river to talk over ways and means of procuring speedy legislation for .Rs improvement and forming, if possible, an organization for this purpose. In view of the. approaching waterways convention and the fact that the matter may be touched upon Ih the president’s message, it seems to me that this'would be an Oppbiittme’time for the’ meeting.” Indiana delegates to the rivers and harbors congress are arriving on. pveryAmong today’s arrivals were Perry A. Randall, of Fort Wayne, who Ja especially interested in the Michigan imd Erie ship, canal waterways scheme via Fort Wayne, and Thomas R. Mottet of Angola. Washington, Dec. B.—-Some of the republican senators and representatives are more than half Inclined to quarrel with President Taft because hd'has shown such slight regard for the pointments up to this time. Privately these senators apd representatives say they are gUd to see the " president selectinif* people on merit, but every man in public life has at : his heels many constituents who feel that they.are entitled to a share of ' the federal patronage, and so the members of congress have to make a show i of indignation how and then. Within the last ten days a few of the older i members of the legislative body have, i taken it on themselves to otter the 1 president some advice. One of these i men, a senator from a middle west i state, admits that he Informed the president that If any more democrats ’ were appointed to federal office from that state during this administration the republicans might as well shut up shop. According to the story as Iti 1 Is told the president gave one of hls ( i hearty laughs and said he hoped the 1 situation was not that critical. — . O* 1 '' 11 — < The Catholic school children en- i joyed a free day from their duties to- J day on account of the holy day. |i Miss Celia Kinney has gone to Fort , Wayne for a several days’ visit with i her aunt, Mrs. T. F. Golden. i

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* »'*■ i"' ; - - ' ' " i '' CHECKSWEREGOOD Frank Runyon of Berne Was Held at Fort Wayne While They Looked Him Up. 7 JOKED WITH POLICE And the Fort Wayne Senti* nel Calls Cashier the Village Cut-Up. ■ ' ' ■ ' ■ • • *■ .< The Fort Wayne Sentinel’s Comic page editor is responsible tor the fallowing: ■ Down at Berne the bank cashier must be the village cut-up. This la I borne out by the fact that he answerled a lefer from the police depai rtment Ife which information was sought about [some checks found on the person of Frank Runyan in away to indicate that he is a facetious cuss anyhpw. Runyan poked his countenance-oyer the transom of one of the doors of an apartment, occupied by “Dutch Grace” White and she had hystericsand sent for the police, or to be more correct she totted the police first. Runyan had been having a good time and when he started on jhe round-up he blew his map and couldn’t locate himself. He had three checks on him and the police got him and a letter was written to the People’s' State Bank at Berne, asking some Information and informing the officers that Runyan .was in custody. “Don’t treat him rough. The checks are all right Ha, ha, ha, per cashier” was the answer written on the same sheet the police used to write the letter. Runyan broke a glass at the White place and she had an attorney there to collect for her. It was adjudged by the court that Runyan pay sll for getting drunk, pay for tiie glass be broke anUSkhebe held in custody , until the smtoifeff wfth. ...J.... .... TIME TO SETTLE -J • *? • ’■■■ City Attorney Ordered to Collect All Poll Tax Due the City at Once. . * Ki .i . HE WILL FILE SUlfe ■7 :> 7 ■:■■ ■'< ' u." -.'7 ..■■ 7’: ■ ‘77 .. . The List of Delinquents Includes Large Number of Well Known C&ens. .77'' 7*j'*■ ’ ■ Street Commissioner Harry Kooken filed his report at the council meeting Tuesday night and among other facts disclosed thereby Was the one that there are In the city ot Decatuf exactly 769 men, able bodied, between the ages of twenty-ohe and belonging to the fire department and not haying served the country as a soldier, whose duty it is either to work out or pay street poll tax. His report also contained the Information that of this number _ 158 have not, yet comb across with either the labor or the money. He turned over to the council the names of these and It would surprise many to know that the list includes a number of the prominent citizens. The list handed to City Attorney L. C. DeVoss, who was Instructed to give one notice to each party and If the same is not paid at once to begin suits. He will do this, and if any of the boys wish to avoid trouble and save costs they should call at his office and settle. Just as sure as you do not, you will have to tell 1 why before a court. If you owe, it’s up to you. 0 - ■ TO THE DIRECTORATE. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. B.—lt Is con- 1 sldered probable that Perry A. Randall, of this city, president of the Toledo, Fort Wayne and Chicago Deep Waterway association, will be elected to the directorate of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress at the lat- •< ter’s annual convention In Washington ' this week. Mr. Randall has been ask- 1 ed if he will accept such an election 1 and has accepted. He will deliver an < address before the meeting. <

STATE, COUNTY, CITY OFFICIALS Invited to Hear Dr. Powers on Uniform Accounting. Washington, Dec. B.—Responding to cordial invitations from Indiana state, county and city officials and representatives of leading business organizations of Indianapolis, Dr. Legrand Powers, United States census chief statistician sot agriculture, will visit Indtfefepolis on the loth and 16th of this pfenth and deliver three addresses ttore on the subject of* the adoption of .miform accounting in national, state and municipal affairs. Dr. Powers received joint invitations from the Indiana state boar# of accounts and the State association of township trustees, the -Merchants’ Association and the (femmercial Club of Indianapolis. All these organizations are to meet in the fofiiana city on the dates named, and they have arranged tor joint meetings Web will be addressed by Dr. powers. In addition to the membership Os these bodies the meetings will be attended by distinguished men ln businfes -and profession and also by city eounty officials from all over the. SILVER WEDDING r V • ' 1 —~ ■ Celebrated Royally by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marschand Last Sunday. THE PREBLE BAND Was Present and Dispersed 7; Fine Music—Fine Dinner and Supper. -3'7 ■ '1 11 ■* One of the happiest times in Preble township in some time was the silver Wedding anniversary celebration .of and Mrs. JQd Marschand last Sunwhich date this worthy couple had ’ arrived at the twenty-fifth year lof thMr Wppp married life. In accordance With this event the celebration took place at their home, seven and a half miles northwest ot this dty, and was &rtlcifcted in by a tidrife number of their many friends/and in spite oT the bad -weather without, jollity anrfgbod cheer reigned in the Marschand home. At 12 o’clock a royally good dinner was served In the dining room, which was decorated In a beautiful way for the festive occasion, And again, in tiie evening from 6 tifti i?crqck supper was served. The happy hours between were passed by d&ncisg and toe playing of must©. Special mention should be made of the music by toe Preble band, as flnq.a band of muslciahß’ $s can be found any where in old Adams county. This band comprises Gust Conrad, Henry Gallmeler, Ru-dolph-Bunck; Martin Buuck, Herman' Reese, Adolph" Stoppenhagen, Conrad Frod Doehrman, Otto Conrad/ Herman Miller, Herman Stoppenhagen, August Bloomenberg, Martin Bleunenberg. The band made a very nice appearance as it matched, and the hymns played during the day were beautiful end Inspiring. Mr. and Mrs. Marschand. were the recipients of many fine presents and good wishes from their friends, who, best of all, wished that the years of the couple might be many. At a late hours, as the. band sounded forth the strains of “Home, Sweet Home,” the company dispersed for their homes, closing one of the best days of their lives. Those who were present were: Mr. and Mrs. David Llby, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest. Doehrman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cline and family, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Smith of Geneva, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuhrman, Mr. and Mfe. Conrad Doehrman, Mr. and Mrs. A. Fuhrman. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Conrad and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gallmeier, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Buuck and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bowman, Messrs. Christ FuhrmUn, Theodore Munson of Fort Wayne; Fred oehrman, Lafayette Swygert, Fred Wagoner, Adolph Doehrman, J. Johnloz, of Fort Wayne; Noah Marschand, Stanford Wagoner, Woner Marschand, Mrs. Sophia Daugherty of Fort Wayne; Mrs, Nick Wagoner, Mrs. Sam Sovine,' of Fort Wayne; Misses Goldiq Daugherty, Maggie Marschand, Edna Sovine, of Fort Wayne; Leota Smith, of Geneva, and Anna Gallmeler. Many others could not be present on account of the inclement weather.

WILTED LETTUCE! Steam Pipes at Greenhouse Out of Ordr During Tusday Night. REFUSED TO WORK Large Quantities of Lettuce Suffered—Loss Not So Great as Feared. What Was feared to be t three or four hundred dollar loss at the Moses & Ernsbetger green house Wednesday is recovering, and it; is thought that tho loss now will be- Very riight All thia was due to the very severe weather and tiie failure of the steam . pipes to distribute the warmth properly, causing the freezing of several houses o? as fine lettuce as ever put forth shoots and thrived under glass. The greenhouse is heated at night by steam from the greenhouse engines at tiie north side, and all night the engineer put forth his best efforts to keep up the pressure and make the supply, equal to the demands of the zero weather. The pipes distributing the steam’ to the various portions of the green house, however, were out of order, and all efforts to get them to feed properly were unavailing. It was with despair that the men watched the drooping of the plants and at an early hour that morning it was thought that the loss would reach several hundred dollars. During the morning the plants revived, however, a d it is now thought that the bulk will be saved. The most damage was done in the afterpart of the night, and to the products on the south Side, though that on the north side was also touched. The flowers escaped with no damage and the lettuce was the chief thing touchI led. Moses « Ernsberger have gaiaed a wide Teputati<m > as growers iff tuce, and every day ship a’large quantities to the markets In surrounding cities. ' installedloiler To Keep Water in Gas Tank From Freezing During the Winter. ’' , ■• * J." J• ' ; • NIGHTS AND DAYS. ' .* 7? - '■ v* • • l. .j*#/'-- '■ ’ ' . ■ Will Probably be in Charge of Frank Bosse—Timely Installation. .’7'7 7. . Workmen under th# Supervision of Jack Monahan were quite busy Tuesday installing a new boiler at the large gas tank of the Indiana company, located on the Nuttman land northwest of the city. This boiler is necessary for the generation of steam for the purpose of keeping the water in the tank from freezing during the days and nights of cold winter months and will be in use both day and night. Frank Bosse, living near the tank, will probably be in charge of the boiler. That the water In the tank is “some bulk" is evident from the fact that it cost the company about $97 to fill it with water from the city wells. Mr. Danfer, superintendent of the plant, of Fort Wayne, was in the city yesterday conferring with Mr. Monahan and Mr. Hullholland will arrive in a few flays to view the work also. The boiler, it sebms, was installed just in time to save the tank from the present" extremely cold snap. oDEATH OF A RELATIVE. John Woy left this morning for Ashley, Indiana, where he was called by the death of his slster-in-daw, Mrs. Samuel Bonebrake, an aged and well known lady of that place. Mrs. Bonebrake’s death occurred Tuesday morning following an operation for trouble of long standing. The operation revealed a cancerous condition, and' death was inevitable. The funeral will be held Thursday morning.

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I BIG SHIPMENT OF CANDY. r I Talk about candies. Anderson & Dolch have received the biggest shlpiment of candies ever received in Decatur, and it is now on display at their place of business. The attention of church committees and school teachers, who always make glad the hearts of those under their direction, is especially called to this shipment of , candles. This firm, as every one knows, always has the best and biggest supply of Christmas sweets, but I this year it is bigger and better than lever, and their prices are just as low as they can possibly be made, ami that means lower than any other firm in Adams county, because of the big lot which they purchased. So if you want a good supply for your church, school, or for your own family, you better go to .toeir place, of business at once, because their help is continually walt- : Ing on candy customers, and you want . yours before the cream of the stock Is gone. They will also have a fine line of Christmas trees which will be sold at prices to suit your purse. — HELD AN ELECTION e Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling Company Re-Elect Its Old Officers. A PROSPEROUS YEAR ! Frenk Heiman President and M. L. Oliver Secrtary and Treasurer. I■- ' . Monroe, Ind., Dec. B.—(Special to » Daily Democrat) —The annual meeting of the Monroe. Grain, Hay and Milling Company was held Monday, , with nearly all stockholders present at the counting rooms of tiie Monroe State , Bank. The business of the past year [ was gone over and the election of . officers to serve for tiie ensuing year . oceured. The old board of directors / / , was re-elected, consisting seven of the best men in the county who win again guide this institution to the * success which It has attained in the 1 past and the prospect for a successful . business has never been brighter, due • to the untiring and energetic efforts of the efficient manager, M. L, Oliver, : who has done all in his power to make this elevator one of the best paying institutions in the state. The officers re-elected to serve for tiie ensuing / year, consisting of seven directors, are: Frenk Heiman, president; William T- Waggoner, vice-president; M. L. Oliver, secretary-treasurer; Peter Ri6h, John Rich, Alfred A Ayers and John P. Nusbaum, directors, all of whom are worthy and capable business men and we predict that with their cooperation and the business qualifications at their managers that the amount of business will exceed that of the previous year. Following are a few items which may be of interest • to our farmers and others Interested . in she plant of the amount bought and . shipped from this place and the enor- • mous sum of money paid qut during the past year: There were 326 car 7 t loaded and shipped, averaging one car for each working day. For this was paid out $112,338.79, making an aver- , age of $354.59 for each day. Besides this handsome sum, the manager by close margin and knowledge of financiering, was able to pay to the stockholders ,a. 5 per cent dividend which is considered a good showing owing to the high prices paid to the farmer for their products, which they marketed at this place. No one but those Interested in grain and hay business can form any idea as to the straining df the business capacity at such a time. Monroe certainly can feel proud to number among its busi--1 ness enterprises such an institution as the Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling 7 » company, with such a magnificent showing for the year’s work and what it means to the farmer of the surrounding country to bring his products ' of the farm here and receive therefor the highest possible jjrlces and the prosperity of the mill is due to the o _ fair and honest dealing of the plant. . May the coming year be as successful / as the past one. Y6u can buy the Satong lamp mantles and chimneys at the Mayer Varsity store. Come in when in need of one. Also the celebrated labor-saving I noodle cutter.