Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1911 — Page 2

THE DlFkt. »E. Suppose a man. fathei of a family of three children, and earning |3.00 a <j;i\ taken sink 'tilth tuberculosis. What does it cost him to get well, and what would H cost each person in the United States to have prevented him from ever having had the disease. Here are a few of the leading items of expense, to him in getting cured: Six months’ treatment in sanatariurn 1250.00 Care, family of four at W.OO per week for six months.... 192.00 Loss of wages for six months, at |3.00 per day 432.00 Total 1874.00 Now what would have been the man’s share in the prevention of tuberculosis? ‘An ounce of prevention” in the proper care of the body.. SOO.OO A study of some literature on the prevention of tuberculosis. which can be secured free of charge 00.00 A timely examination by a doctor 3.00 The purchase of 100 Red Cross Seals as a share in the general preventive campaign against tuberculosis 1.00 Total 14.00 How much did the man lose? The lesson of the Christian Women’s Board of Missions, on Jamaica, was carried out in an interesting way Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. M. Fisher, according to the program heretofore published, the attendance being unusually large. After the lesson, the quarterly missionary tea was in order, that being served at the table in the dining room. Mrs. Fisher was assisted in pouring the tea by her niece, Miss Mabel Weldy. The Ruth Circle of the Christian church held a splendid meeting Thursday evening with Miss Ada Stevens, a general social time, with delicious refreshments being in order. The circle decided to hold no more meetings until after the evangelistic services which begin January Ist, the Misses Mildred and Vivian Dawson to be hostesses next. Besides the members of the Thimble c'jh, guests were Mesdames W. L. Lehne, J. W. Tyndall, J. H. Heller, Earl Coverdal?, Ward Snook and the Misses Bertha Helle" and Schwartz, who were entertained in a pleasing way by Mrs. Roy Archhold Thursday afternoon, the usual needlework being in evidence, this being laid aside for the tempting refreshments served. I T"e Needlecraft club was enter-tai-.-r; '’elightfully F,y Miss Sue Mayer Thursday evening. While some busied themselves with their sewing, other- Tail ed, and vc. ■■’ and ins’-u-uent- i mvsir was rendered ’r.-y the Misses F ■ ”.d Naomi M . " . ’ ‘i ors, unti’ the luncheon ing refreshmer.'; ’.ere served. The

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next meeting will be the annual y Christmas party in two weeks, this a to be given by Mrs. f Martin Welland i. ■ 1 The Woman's Home Missionary' soil ciety of the Methodist chujch was en--1 tertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. ■. C. D. Lewton, who was assisted by s Mrs. P. G. Hooper and Mrs. J. T. Mer- : ryman. An interesting review of the year’s work was given in a paper by J Mrs. D. D. Heller, and there was a good paper also by Mrs. J. D. Hale, a 0 good talk by Mrs. G. H. Myers and others, with a vocal solo by Miss Ma--0 rle Allison and a piano duet by the - Misses Nellie Nichols and Vera How- ) er. The attendance was quite large, a the ladies also conducting an ex- .- change. A very enjoyable day was spent by ) a number of young ladies on Tuesday of this week at an old-fashioned car-pet-rag bee. held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Finley Bryan The day was ) spent in sewing carpet rags and in pleasant conversation and music. At ) noon a sumptuous dinner was served by Mrs. Bryan and daughter, Alta, to which each and every one did ample justice, including Iva Meyers. ) About 4 o’clock the rags were wound • into balls, all amounting to twenty- ) five pounds, after which pop-corn and apples were passed around. An unexpected and amusing incident took - place in the living rooms as the young , ladies were preparing to leave for • their homes, when the two faithful • dogs of Miss Victoria Merriman and : Mrs. Bryan got into a very serious . fight over which should be the master of the house, frightening the girls ■ into every direction. The dogs were ■ finally separated and Mrs. Bryan hid her dog in the bedroom. The girls recovered from their fright enough to | thank Mrs. Bryan for the fine enter- j tainment. Those present were the 1 Misses Venora Tinkham, Victoria and Beryl Merriman, Iva and Frances Meyers, Lulu Riff, Agnes Longenbarger, Caryl and Fanny Baughman, Bessie Rhodes, Cora Young. Orpba Burkhart. Bertha Burnett, Cora Davies, Alta, Manola and Faye Bryan and Mrs. Emma Bryan.—(Contributed, by one who was there.) The Ladies’ Aid society of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church of Preble met vlth Mrs. Daniel Biebericb Wednesday, when all kinds of sewing was done. Dinner was served at 12 o clock. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. Kock. Mrs. Goede, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bieberich, Mrs. Will Jaeuker, Mrs. Marie Hoffmann, Grandma Meier, Mrs. Susie Buuch, Mrs. Will Grote, Mrs. Margaret Wefel Mrs. ’ Christ Bieberich, Mrs. Will Macke, j Mrs. Theodora Ewell, Mrs. Will Lin--1 aemeier, Mrs. Koenemann. Mrs. Hen- ' ry EhJerding. They next meeting will . be held in January with Mrs. William J. Bieberich. —- ■ A very t leas nt surprise party was aad at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- , iam Sehnepp and family of Convey. Tuesday evening for their son, Lec-n- ■ -.rd. the occasion being his twenty first birthday anniversary. "be surprise was a good success, having been ■ arranged by the family. A host oi ■ his friends came in to enjoy the evening. Sociable games, music and singing were the enjoyment of the evening. A two-course luncheon followed, served by Mrs. William Sehnepp and Ola Beard. The following guests were present: Messrs. John Miller, I Francis Krick, Walter Cox, Ford [ Stump, John Weaver, Francis Miller, Huston Lee, Dee Murphy, Philip Lee. Ollie Seteler, Cephas Lee, Leonard y -hnepp, Henry, Dallas and Earl Sehnepp; Misses Othal Foley, Rilla Miller, Hazel Foley, Bessie Baxter, Florence Miller. June Stump, Mildred and Dorothy Sehnepp, Ola Beard, Cora Dor aand Flossie Manley, Mr. and | Mrs. Orval Foley and daughters, Bernice, Lucile and Mabel, and Mr. John Quitsman of Gifford, 111. They all departed at a late hour after having ad an time, wishing Leonard many more and happy birthdays. —Contributed. Miss Clara Snyder of Magley, a stulent at Heidelberg college, Tiffin, 0., . r at home for her Christmas vacation. She was the guest of Miss Lucy Fruchte last night. o— In charge of Chief Engineer Barnaby of the Grand Rapids and Indiana railway, a force of engineers began ; Friday a. m. the laying off of the ■ temporary tracks tor the sugar plant. At the same lime a gang of workmen tnder Mr. Doty began the actual work lof laying the new track. About twenI ty-five men are now as busy as they | can be getting ready the preliminary i work on the site for this new big in- ! dustry. They will complete the work within a week or so and by that time I ’he sub-contracts for the various • buildings will have been let and the I work on these will immediately start. : "he materials will arrive about the | rst of the year and as was stated I previously the Mg thirty-acre plat will ' <■ covered wittrmachinery and building material within a short time. The

.1 first building to be erected will be s the boiler and engine house. From I. now on until the plant starts the i grounds north of the city will be a s very busy place. The G. R & I. are i- at this time building two temporary . tracks, one between the main building ;■ and boiler house and one between the - main building and car sheds. Later, 9 about four car tracks will be built for r permanent use. t j—i SAYS IT’S A DOG. 1 Pups Let Loose Grow Up Like Wild 9 Wolves. Not ridding the country east of the . city of its wolfish terrorizer, in the killing of the ”dog” or “cuyote," a short time ago, the farmers of that vir cinity again got busy and killed anr other animal, very similar in looks to - the other. The beast was brought to . ■ this city, where it caused considers- ! | ble comment. It was taken to D, M. i Hensley, the expert, for an opinion as : to what it was, and he pronounced it I nothing more than a dog, which had , roamed about wild, so long that it - came to partake of the wolfish qualities of that animal. It is said that I some time ago, a pasenger on a train • through the country east o fhere, let some pups out of a basket, and these ■ J pups grew to dog-hood, running wild : I about the country, subsisting on fowls, and other game, which it could j - kill, and that these two beasts killed, lately are these dogs which have. • roamed about wild. o ENJOY FINE BUSINESS. The Bluffton Cement Products company is one of the leading in- 1 dustries of Bluffton, ■although it has J been located here but a few years, I , The plant is one of the best for its 1 size in the state and work turned i out here is not excelled by any factory of its size. Since locating here, the plant has given employment to various numbers of men and has also aided materially in putting Bluffton on the map from the number of shipents, and to the many points where they have customers. The company is composed of J. B. Holthc use of Decatur and W. A. Markley of this city, Mr. Markley having active management of the plant. At present the plant is only running a little over half. the regular force Bluffton Banner. Both owners of the plant are Decatur people, Mr. Markley, for a number of years having been employed in this city before going to Bluffton from here, while Mr. Holthouse is also a resident of this city. nA series of meetings have been ar- j : ranged for Saturday and Sunday at 1 which Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley of Lib- 1 . erty, vice president of the state W. i C. T. U. association will speak in the 1 interests of the W. C. T. U. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested 1 in the work, to attend the meetings An effort to reorganize the local W. C. T. U. auxiliary will be made. The , meetings are scheduled as follows: Saturday, 3 p. m. —Baptist church. Saturday, 7:30 p. m. —Evangelical : church. Sunday, 10:30 a. m.—Christian church. Sunday Afternoon —Mass meeting, at Presbyterian church. Sunday, 7 p. m. —M. E. church. A general Invitation !* ■’xvnded to all. A silver offering wil be taken I Saturday evening and Sunday afterI noon. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. S —Only one out of every four murderers in Indiana is Caught and convicted, according to figures compiled from reports made to the state board of health. Thus, it looks like murder is not sur-. rounded with such danger after all. • These figures in the hands of the board cover the years 1907-8-9-10.' They show that in 1907 there were 122 homicide cases in Indiana and that seventy-nine arrests were made and ■ j forty-six persons were convicted. In . 1908 there were 122 cases, with ninetytwo persons arrested and forty-six convicted. In 1909 there were 109 ■ homicides. There were sixty-seven , • persons arrested and forty-three were - 1 convicted. In 1910, 121 homicides r were reported, with sixty-three arrested and thirty-one convicted. In Indianapolis, since January 1, - 1909, there have been fifty-three murv ders. Thirty-one persons were arresti ed and fifteen escaped. The other sev--9 en either killed themselves or were . shot in evading arrest. i o i Pocahontas —Mrs. Henry Stevens, i- number assembled at the hall for the y election of officers Thursday evening y , and a good time was enjoyed by the i- many present It was also decided at k this time that the district meeting of e the Pocahontas lodge will be held in s this city, the exact time not as yet e being set, but to take place some t. time in the spring. The officers electe ed Thursday evening are as follows: d Prophetess—Mrs. Alice Whitcomb. II Pohahontas —Mrs. Henry Stevens. I- Wenona —Mrs. Anna Hencher. e Keeper of Wampum—Mrs. Flora

e Patton. a I Keeper of Records —Mrs. Al Burdg e Pawhattan —Mr. A! Garard. a— — b The Eagles, at au enthusiastic y I meeting held Thursday evening, ; elected the following officers’for the b! coming term: ', | Past Worthy President —Leonard r Merriman. I Worthy President —G. S. Burkhead. Worthy Vice President —Doy LehI man. Worthy Secretary—Joel B. Knappe. i Worthy Treasurer —Frang Gass. Worthy Chaplain—Frank Keller. Inside Guard —J. H. Meyers. ?1 Outside Guard—Frank Foughty. t' Trustees—Pink Ball, Charles Omi lor, Frank McConnell. The installation of officers will be - the first meeting night in January, > 1912. > -o - At the meeting of the G. A. R. . Thursday evening the new officers for i the term were elected. These will be installed in January. The following I excellent staff was elected: Commander—Thomas W. Mallonee. Senior Vice Commander —John B. Jones. Junior Vice Commander —Daniel Kitson. Quartermaster —F. F. Freeh. Sergeant—C. T. Rainier. . Chaplain—J. R. Parrish. Officer of the Day—D. K. Shackley. Patriotic Instructor —J. D. Hale. Officer of the Guard —William Wet- ' ter. Delegates—A. J. Teeple and William Wetter. Alternates —F. F. Freeh and Daniel Kitson. Trustees—B. W. Sholty, J. D. Hale, S. B. Fordyce. FUNERAL HELD. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Joseph E. Andrews took place Thursday afternoon at 1 ■ o’clock from the late residence, West , High street, Henry H. Webb of the First Church of Christ officiating. In-. terment was made in Green Park cemetery. The death of Mrs. An- ! drews occurred Tuesday evening, fol-’ lowing a lingering illness. The fol-' | lowing were among the relatives in attendance at the funeral services, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Fickel, and two sons. John and Charles, of. Continental, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs., George Bailey of Geneva. Mrs. Kate! Harter and Miss Sulalia Bailey of Sal-i amonia, Mr. and Mrs. David Owens of , Continental, Ohio. —Portland Sun. c - — Early in 1912 tne> postoffice department will issue some new stamps. 1 Among the changes announced is that I the head of Benjamin Franklin will < be removed from the one-cent stamp | to be replaced with the likeness of George Washington. The portrait of, President Washington will appear on ; the one-cent, two-cent, three-' , enr. 1 four-cent, five-cent and s’ stamps. Hereafter the eight-cr: . I cent, 15-cent, 50-cent and $1 •’Min, which now bear the "ortrait of Wash ington. will display • at f ’ Franklin. The governmen’ is- es a J 2 stamp, dark blue in color, with the portrait of James Madison, and a s.' stamp, dark green, with the portrait of John Marshall. These two stamps are to be discontinued and the new issue will contain no denomination higher than a dollar. A few changes in stamp colors will be made, although not in the issues which are widely used. The two-cent will remain crimson. The one-cent will remain green, but there will be a change in design, because of the removal of the Franklin head. The Washington portrait will be displayed !in the same manner on the on-cent as it is at present on the two-cent stamps. On both the one and twocent issues, however, there will be this important change: The denomination of the present stamps is ex- ; pressed in words. On the new ones • numerals will be used in each of the : lower corners, except in the highest II issues. i The three-cent stamp will remain s light purple, tne rour-cent, brown; i the five-cent, dark blue; the six-cent, - orange, and the eight-cent light green. In the ten-cent, however, which is now , a bright yellow, a dark shade of the ■ same color will be employed.. The 15- - cent stamp, which is now a light blue, - will be changed to a soft gray. At • present there are three blue stamps, the five, the 15-cent and the $2. Twc of them will thus be eliminated. The J 50-cent stamp will remain a dark pur e f»le and the $1 stamp a dark brown ? The four-cent is also a brown stamp e but the difference in shade makes t them distinctive. f In the new Franklin stamps ths n words “U. S. Postage’’ will be placet t in a curved line above the portrait e In the Washington stamps these t- * words will remain a straight line. The : | new issues are now on the presses a' ). the bureau of engraving and printing The postoffice department is pre paring to issue a new registry stamp a an idea of Postmaster General Hitch

' cock It is the first time in the his- < I tory of the postal service that such a , stamp has been issued. The design is striking and will serve instantly to c identify the character of a letter or ?. parcel to which It is attached. It will e be or ordinary postage stamp size, the j frame being rectangular, with an in; d ner circle, which will Inclose an eagle with outspread wings perched upon a 1 rock. Above the circle will be the i-, words “U. S. Registry," and below I the circle will be the words, “10 cents •. J 10. M The government has issued a new postal card, which is now on sale. Mt is known as the foreign postal card and will sell for two centq. A pori- trait of General Grant adorns the stamp on this card. It represents e Grant at the age of 47, one year after ’, he was elected president. | The portrait appears inclosed in a j frame, the inner lines of which form .. a rectangle with corners that curve r inward. Above the portrait and fol- ? lowing the curve of the eclipse are 5 the words “U. 8. Postal Card." and below the portrait the name "Grant.” The denomination of the card is ex- . pressed both in words and numerals in the lower corners. The stamp also 1 bears the words “Universal Postal • Union, United States of America,’’ in I English and French. YOUR’E AN ANIMAL. Don’t Forget it. Says Dr. J. N. Hurty, State Health Secretary. 1 Muncie, Ind., Dec. B—" You can neither be happy nor successful unless you are a good animal,” said Dr. ,J. N. Hurty. secretary of the state board of health, addressing 500 high school students here as a part of “health week" observance. "No man I or woman can amount to much who forgets that he is an animal and that his vital wants are animal wants. You never heard of a 4 deer or bear shutting himself up in a highly heated and poorly ventilated house, and neither f aave you ever heard of a bear nor a deer dying of tuberculosis. But you i have heard of monkeys dying of coni sumption after they have been placed . in captivity and made to breathe the foul- air that human beings breathe almost every cold day." o The wedding of Asa Smith and Miss Anna Passwaters of Blue Creek township, which took place Thursday •evening at 4:39 o’clock in the countyi clerk’s office, ’Squire Stone officiating,! , will doubtless end the paternity pro- j ■ eeedings brought against the young ( I man by the bride, thus ending in a . satisfactory way, a strange case. It will be remembered that the young lady had been missing eight weeks or so from the home of relatives with | whom she lived in Blue Creek township, and when no clew to her strange disappearance could be gleaned, her • father, George Passwaters, of New York, was notified. He came at once, and arriving here November 13th, no-! tified the officers, who immediately began search. As she was known to have been driven to the railway station in compat"' with Sm'th, he was immediately connected with her disappearance. An item in a Ft. Wayne paper, announcing the birth of to Mr. and Mrs. Asa Smith at the Lutheran hospital, gave the officers here a clew, and going there with the girl’s father, found that the mother of the j babe, which was then about a week or so old, which had been christened Earl, was the missing Anna Passwai ters, -who, according to the statement , of the hospital attendants, had been entered there in September under the 1 name of "Mrs. Asa Smith.” The pai ternity proceedings against Smith » - ' were thereupon brought upon the re--1 turn of the officials here. Smith being 1 released upon giving bail, until the C time of the trial, which was deferred until Miss Passwaters w’ould be able to leave the hospital and attend the trial. The wedding Thursday will end further action on that charge. The s babe, which is the innocent cause of the trouble, was with the couple at 1 the ceremony, and is now about a 1 month, old, and is a very fine babe. The exceeding youth of the bride, ’ who was but. sixteen years of age last [ ’ March 7th, makes the case a rather 1 sad one. The groom is twenty-seven ' years of age. e 0 i3. ATTENDS CONGRESS. .t George Wemhoff returned home 5, Thursday night from Chicago, where o he was looking after some business e pertaining to his monumental estabr- lishment here, and being allowed a i. short time of leisure, he in compan? p, with Will Gillig of that city, a former ?s Decatur man, attended the nineteenth annual water ways convention, being ie held there from the sth to the 9th d People of all standings in the business t. world are in attendance from all parts ie of the U. S. and the present gatherie ings will surpass ail others in past it years. Speakers of the best ability g. and acquainted with the irrigation e- necessities of the great west are p, scheduled to speak on each day and h- inestimable knowledge In this line is .

>- being derived at all hours of the.greai| a meeting. Thursday the governor oi 1 : Arizona was the principals speak p - ed of the day and this afternoon Gil r ford Plnchot, numbered among the 1 most learned men on forestry In the s country, was the speaker. . - —u - j; There are many letters In. the i Christmas mails addressed to Sants. » Claus and many, no doubt, wondde [ how these are delivered. Hdretofort- » these have been sent without question to the "dead letter” office, and are, 11 ’ all probability, in the course of time, 1 destroyed, together with the hopes of I the little senders, if they but knew ■ of the fate that befell their picas for » Christmas cheer. The postoffice in- > structlons this year, as received by ’ Postmaster Lower, state that all letters deposited In the postoffleev bei tween the dates of December 16th and 1 January Ist, and unmistakably ad- » dressed to Santa Claus, may be handed over to some charitable organlza- ■ tlon for philanthropic purposes only. I In case more than one charitable organization asks for letters they may be equally distributed among them. i In this case it will plainly be seen ' that Christmas will be provided for I the senders, just as much as though 1 they had gone to the “for sure" Santa, Claus that lives somewhere itr Utopia, far beyond the reach of the mail carrier. The local office receives very few letters addressd for Santa Claus, but In large cities, thousands of these missives from poor little folk fibod the mails. The mails of the local office are increasing day by day with the holiday approach and it is not known yet whether extra helpers will 1 be necessary to help in the holiday rush. o The triumph of several weeks’ study and practice by a chorus of sixty members of the high school will be in their presentation of the comic opera, "The Captain of Plymouth,” at Bosse’s opera house, this being the third number of the lecture course. With tuneful music, a good plbt, appropriate costumes and sceiric advantages, the opera promises to surpass all attempts in-this line ever given fn the city. Miss Bess Schrock, as manager, has been assisted in drilling by - Miss Clara B. Williams, teacher of English, and Dr. Fred Patterson, while the Misses Esther EVans and EVma Houk, served as pianists. The-opera will begin at 8 o’clock. The cast is ' as follows: CAST Miles Standish, who is wonderfully j like Caesar—Robert Peterson. John Alden, the diligent seribe—Greg Neptune. Elder Brewster, who believes life is only sorrow —Charles Brodbeck. Erasmus. Mlles’ right bower —Sherman Beery. Wattawamut, chief of Hie Pequots—- ■ Rex Sowle Pecksnot; an Indian messenger—- ’ Dwight Pederson. Richard, Stephen and Gilbert (lads of the colony)—Dwight Lachot, Dan Tyndall and Forest Vail. Priscilla, the fairest maiden in Ply- ' mouth —Ruth Patterson. Kotonka, an Indian princess—Naomi Dugan. Mercy, an elderly American girl— Gladys Kern. Charity—Margaret Mills. Patience —Florence Meyers. PLYMOUTH GIRLS. Florence Myers, Nellie Daniels, Reba Quinn, Effie Miller, Lillian Rice, Nellie Myers, Eola Gentis, Gladys Mangold, Leah fiensley, Helen Fonner and Mary Frisinger. •i INDIAN MAIDS. ' Gladys McMillen, Ruth Bowers, Dori othy Dugan, Crystal Kern, Olive 1 Perkins. Estella Perkins, Nellie Bark- : ley, Ruth Myers. Agnes Sellemeyer, “ Agnes Eady, Zelda Snitz, Gladys Mey--1 er, Esther Enos, Lucile Smith, Ethel ? Smith and Veda Hensley. * INDIANS. 1 Rex Sowle, Erwin Merry, Huber ? Fonner, Theodore Braden. Dalias El- - zey, Kenyon Walters, Walter Corbett, t Frank Lose, Kenneth Vancil, Cecil i Cole and Owen Edwards. SOLDIERS. i, | Virgil Krick, William Bowers, Joe t McConnell, Paul Myers, Jeese Cole, r Edgar Vancil, Guy Kidd,. Clarence i Fledderjohann, Milton Yager, Ben Teeple, Daniel Falk and Floyd Butler. With the sale of Red Cross Seals in e progress in almost every state and e ' city of the United States, the Nations al Association for the Study and Pre-i-1 vention of Tuberculosis Is Issuing the a : following instructions to its fifty thou--7 sand paid and volunteer workers enr | gaged in selling the seals, and to the h j millions who will buy these holiday g stickers for use on their Christmas i. mail. I s | The postoffice department has aps | proved of the Red Cross seal design, ’-[and they may, therefore, in accord■t ance with order No. of the posty [ office department "be affixed to the ren verse side of domestic mail matter.” e Red Cross Seals must be placed only d on the back of letters and not on the s address side of any packages that

lore goittg through the n> al |. T 7 may ba placed on the back of a ], or package as may be desired p ery ona Is urged to use them since cfeery seal is a bullet in the n . 1 against tuberculosis. Cara should be exercised in sendi raerohandUe through the mails n/ 8 place seals over the string with wh|\° the package is tied, since this ~ , [the package against, inspection *' subj.eeta it to tirst-class poatage ' Red Cross Seals may be used J? on. th* reverse side of mull matt ’ sent to Austria, Germany, Great 1)7 aln and most of the British Colom' except India and Australia. Q a ** mala, Uruguay and Portugal to- .ulmit mail bearing non-poatu! stamps. Red Cross Seals may be used on th. face of checks, on bills, on legal dot-’ mentis, and on any commercial p apt J These Christmas seals are not good for postage. They will not carry any mail matter, but any kind of mail mat . ter will carry- them The slogan of the campaign this year is "A Mm io|l ’ for tuberculosis from Red Cross Seak 1 Every letter or parcpl sent out during the holiday season should bear one w more- seals. —_ WILL BE GOOD. Fast Wrestling Match Scheduled Fot Coming Saturday Evening. Sports of the city will be given jj opportunity Saturday evening of wij. nesting something in the line of spon that they have not seen for some time when two big championship wrestling matches will be pulled off at the Hoste opera house. The match will h? tween Chess Bechtol, welterweight champion of the U. S. army and stati of Ohio, and J. S. McGill, 175-pound champion of Middlebury, Ohio. Aj. other will be between Jim Owens oi Lima, Ohio, and Frank DeWitt of Ft j Wayne, two of the fastest in their line J tn the ring today. Two best in thru. fails will be the winner and sporu,’ should not fail to see this match, if | they like amusement of this kind. A communication from Edwarj; ' Barrett, state geologist for Indiaja., gives the following information that : will be of interest to many of oar readers at this time: Early last spring I began tions with the U. S. bureau of soils, I *b Washington, D. C., looking to w. I operative work in the soil survey, now being conducted in this state by myself and assistants. I am pleased to announce that arrangements have been consumated with Milton Whitney, chief of bureau of soils, W?«hinf- ' ton, D. C., by which his departuM j will assist in the Indiana survey next ■ year. This arrangement means that tht I field force on the soil work next year will be mote than double, and tW some of the best geologists and soil men of the U. S. bureau of soils will - be sent to Indiana. It means, too, | that the means for conducting the work will be more than double and. that , in addition to the supervise, that I shall be able to give it, the? ’ work will have the benefit of the experience and criticism of the best. ! men in the soil work in this couriry I The government, of course, will pay the salaries of the men it sends to Indiana. “It is my. purpose to devote w thirds of the-funds of this departnent to soil work next year, and I desire-1 very much to awaken an iitfcrek among, the fru'mers and i - ness met of Indiana in this great -rk. ‘ At th* meeting of the Adams Couth. ty Medical association held Friday e>» ening. ah the office of Dr. W. E. Smtt on Third street, was held the annual election of officers. Without exception the staff that has st > 1 the pa® year was re-elected, as fellows: President —Dr. P. B. Thomas, IN<* tu-r. Viee President —Dr. M. F. ParM Monroe. Secretary and 'Treasurer -D r - C. Rayl, Monroe. The board of censors, whose W it is to inquire as to the standing '* new members, etc., will be arito illtelater by the president. Friday evening was a din l ''* l sion, when reports of ca se! heard. Th* February meet will e with Dr. J. 8. Boyers, the pap« r ,0 ‘ given by Dr. Thomas. D r - J,l} 0 Portland will also read a paper o school inspection. Those present ■ day evening w ere Dr. Rayl d’ 0 I roei Drs. Boyers, Beavers, Th°®"| Costello, Miller and Smith o I city. ! JUST LIKE A TRUST MAGNATE- I In the second grade of the P I school the teacher saw a lit* e I pass a note to a little girl rO , | aisle. On opening it she rea • I kathleen w>] you be my I one girl ondt but'she wan^ d p ells -| thing it saw. George. -T‘ ie eator.