Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

SCHOOL TRUSTEE CHOSEN * Robert D. Patterson Unanimously Elected

CITY COUNCIL MEETING Office of Secretary Board of Health Dispensed With Quite an Amount of Business Transacted by “City Dads” Last Night. It requred but one ballot of the ' city oouncil last evening to select h member of the school board. Robert D. Patterson being successful and 1 receiving the entire vote. He will j assume the plaoe occupied during the past three years by W. J. Myers and begins his official duties within five days. The board will meet soon to organize. Last nights council meeting was a long one and quite an amount of business was transacted. Mayor Coflee presided and every member was present. Clerk Hower read the minutes of the meeting of May IT and May 31 whioh were approved. The specif! cations for new side walks on Monrue street were adopted, all voting aye but Fordyce. The specifications for side walks on Decatur street were presented and deferred to next meeting night. Engineer McKean was ordered to give grade on Decatur street side walks. The purchasing committee were authorized to purchase a gradebook. The street commissioner was authorized and instructed to employ men and proceed at once to clean up Fourth and Monroe streets and the catch basins. The petition of Sam Emerino and others for a street was filed and jeferro 1 to committee, Mayor Ciffee filed his report for the period from Jaunary 1 to Juno 1 showing an inoome from saloon licenses, Buckskin Bill and street fakors of #1529, and same was approved. Mr. Gaffer then moved that the judiciary committee investigate the water works ordinance in regard to plumbers paying a li cense fee, motion carriod. Frank, Bell made a proposition to the city to sell them a safe and same was referred to the purchasing committee. Upon motion the services of the secretary of the board of health were dispensed with and A. (1. Holloway, sercetary was allowed his salary to date. Bills wore allowed as follows: John Coffee pay roll $ 88 17 D F. Teeple drayage 11 26 Isaac Zimmerman guard 6 15 D F. Teeple drayage 5 25 D watur Demoort printing 5 40 A. Htoneburner polloo 3 00 John Thomas labor 25 68 C. M. Kenyon printing 9 20 W R. Burkhead drayage 85 John Trim drayage 1 25 C. K. Bell express 25 Noah Looh goods 11 60 F- V. Mills brooms , 400 Amos Fisher salary 45 75 Jaoob Mangold salary 45 00 Ooorge Steele W. W. payroll 223 55 *M J. Mylott E. L. pay roll 203 60 Democrat printing 50 John Smith chairs 60 John CoiT(s> pay roll 45 84 AToo E. McKean salary 40 00

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DR. BERGMAN Former Berne Doctor Dies at Mount Cory. Ohio. George Bergman of Portland has received a dispatch apprising him of the death of his uncle, Dr, Noah Bergman, at Mount Cory Ohio. He formerly lived in this county and was at one tin.e engaged in the practice of medicine at Berne. Berne people will remember Dr. Bergman, as be and liis family lived here until about nine or ten years ago, at which time they moved to Woodburn, where he was postmaster, and afterwards to Mount Cory, Ohio. Mr. Bergman was one of the first doctors in Berne.—Berne News. NEW SIDE WALKS — Specifications Filed for Monroe Street Walks Will be Twelve Feet Wide From First to Third Street.—Six Feet Wide on Rest of Street. City enigneer has prepared the specifications for sidewalk on Monroe street from the river bridge to the G. R &I. railway and same were adopted at last nights council meeting. From the bridge to First street and from Third street to the G R A- 1 railway the walk* shall be built six feet wide commencing at‘ho property line and extending into the street six feet, the side of the walk next to the curb to bo three inohos above the curb line and said walks to be laid with slope of a quarter of an inch I rise to the foot from side next to street to outside of the walx. From First to Third streets the walks will be just the same as the others but will lie twelve feet wide instead of six. The walks may lie Constructed of brick, sawed stone or cement and the speoioliations inolude instructions for oacli of these. The walks must have a foundation, six inches iti depth and all material must be inspected before used by the city engineer who must also accept and approve the work when completed. The work will no doubt begin at once as the property ownors have been wuifing the plans and many are ready too proceed. GET THEIR SHARE Clover Leaf Make a Specialty of Through Freight Business. It is said that the new manage ment of the Clover Loaf is not making any strong effort to got passenger business and will not bo much of a factor in tho world’s fair bush ness from eastern points but that every ff ort is being made to got through freight business. Last winter tho road hauled eighty live per cent of the dressed moat taken out of Kansas City to eastern points. Sunday there were four extra oast bound moat trains and about dozen freight, trains were handled during tho day.

DECATUR, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1904.

TOURING MICHIGAN Daniel Erwin Writes Us From Cadillac Tells of the Cities, Country, People and Their Habits as they Appear to a Hoosier. Cadillac, Mich. June 4, 1904, Editor Democrat, Decatur, Ind., As announced in your issue I left home June 2 arriving here after 12 hours ride, unttended by any special incident other than tho usual ones on R. R. trains; faces all strange the handsome and homely fats and leans and no doubt rich and poor with no two alike, one variance from any other trip ever made was the train was not crowded with the unfortunate “Sneezers” ooming this way for hay fever, accounted for I presume by the lateness of the sneezing season in Indiana. This to some, seems away north but it is but a short distance and but little different from Decatur Ind., exoept in the age and development of the countrys. It is | but 260 miles to the north on the G. IR.& 1. Cadillac customs do not I differ materially from Decatur, I see some young men walk with hands in both the hip pockets of their trousers and they get the usual forward tendanoy to the corners of the coat tail when walking with hands in front pockets of pants did not see any drunks but some smoke cigarettes and are enough up with the times to blow the smoke through their nose. The city customs here resemble Chicago very much as I see they have notices posted in various places prohibiting the frequent practice of expectorating on the sidewalk, another resemblance is the use of seven day brinstone matches and one dollar

hills. This is a very beautiful city located on the east bank of Lake Mitchel a charming little lake tilled with fish water and pine logs and surrounded by good farming country the principtl produot b.nng po t.itoes and berries. It is estimated there have been about one million dollars paid out hero on last fall potatoes crop alone. A] single report of the good results of potato raising is given hv the cultivation „f 12 acres near here from which | the producer sold $1500.00 worth of potatoes receiving 90 oents per bushel, th ; s is an ordinurv yield hut of course the prioe is much in advance of other years. This years crop is being planted now, oats all sown and up, grass and pasture looks ] very fine, wheat looks thin this year and but little corn is being planted as this oountry and soil is not adapted to raising of corn. Cadillac has a population now of neur eight thousand and the county seat of Waxford Co. the streets are very wide many of them paved and much more is being done this season. Manufacturing is the principal industry there being located here (many large factories employing hundreds |if men, this city claims the largest flooring factory in the world. One industry outside that of lumber is tho large chemical works whioh manufacture principally wood aoohol. This otiy possesses 'every modern improvement necessary for the convenience of the inhabitants, such as electrio lights, water works, fire department etc. down to first class police force. There are a number of doctors here but only 5 or 6 lawyers. I had the pleasure of seeing the rural district to the west and south of hero in company with Judge Chittenden driving around tho luke and off into tho oountry for 15 miles.* Wo observed where the land is cleared fenced and farmed, tho crops aro looking fine and wo find all kinds growing exoept corn,

Far out from the city I see the begining of what I conceive will he a good farm, a small house and the first field being cleared for a potato crop. It struck my fancy and I admired the energy of the young man who waj working in the clearing near the road. I asked the Judge to stop and called him to us he came and I shook his charcoaled rough caloused hand and looking into his honest sun burned face with the expression of industry economy and determination to succeed 1 I was very forcibly reminded of the early life of my own father and his associates and the hardships which he and others endured during the early days and pioneer years of Adams Co. I questioned him although he did not seem mnoh inclined to talk, he was satisfied wirh his lot and hopeful of success. I learned some of his history and holdings, he had bought 120 acres paid $25 cash last fall had worked and paid $125.00 more last winter, had built him a cheap cottage of plank and would crop 4 or 5 acres of potatoes this season. We passed the cottage, the wife was doing some washing on the shady side and some children played about their door. I learned from him his name which I noted in my memorandum and that he had come from Jay Co. Ind., and if providence blesses him and his with

health he will suoceed. By this in-1 terview lam reminded that many young men with little means might come here and so practice the habits of industry that within a few years they could own good farms and live independent. He was to pay hut $8 per acre for his farm on long time payments .Some of the advantages of such a location would be. your neighbors chickens would not i bother you nor would the gossip of the wife, cause you any annoyance neither would the frequent calls from the next door keep you from work for there was no other habitation in sight. We passed on and finally into the city called Cadillac the beautiful which justly deserves the title she possesses. Before seperating we drove down over the city which is dotted with some very costly and handsome dwellings some of which is said to cost as much as forty and fifty thousand ’ dollars, the streets are very wide and the lawns are large and as neatly kept as any I ever saw. I left this city after this very pleasant experience and genial hospital- 1 ity of Judge C. C Chittenden j whom 1 had never met lief ore and am going into another oounty of which I will write. With kindest regards. lam in capital letters Yours Truly Dan Erwin. WHY IS IT? — Railroad Business not as Crowded as Last Year. A yeur ago at this time the question of getting oars with which to handle business was a serious one. It had been strongly intimated boore that not only were cars short, but motive power was lacking, and even track space was not adequate to the needs. The reverse is about true at the present time. There is a plethora of everything. The per diem plan of oar servioe oharges bad been introduced to assure a prompt movement of equipment and immediate unloading. Now the railroads, having adhered to these rules for a long time, and rigidly are getting a little lax. There is no disposition to bo arbitrary and in fact, car service chargt s are sometimes waived altogether for the purpose of pleasing tho ship! pors. The plethoric condition of equipments is especially seen in the coal and ooke trades. Last year coke shippers oould not get oars and two months ago they had to ship in open oars. Now there is no question about car supply. Last month embargoes were placed against tho shipment of ooal to tho lakes,and now tuoso embargoes are being lifted.

BOARD NAMES TEACHERS Complete List of Successful Applicants

DROP IN OIL Market Prices Tumbles Another Two Cents—May be End. Another fall in the oil market came this morning and today the quotation of Indiana oil, instead of being 1.08, at which point it has stood for several weeks, is chalked up on the local market boards at $1.06 The drop is, as usual, a blow to local oil producers, hut, always ready to look on the bright side of every question, the oil men in Adams county see something in the last, drop from which they gather hope that the fall is about over and an increase is about to begin. Since Indiana oil began tumbling it has always dropped at the rate of 3 oents for each time, while the decrease in price today was hut 2 cents. This fact insignificant enough injitself, has caused many of the Adams county oil men to hope that possibly the end of the fall is near at hand and a raise in the price of the product may he looked for.

ENGINEERS WORK Traction Line Through Geneva Looks Assured Geneva Business Men at the Head of the Railroad Enterprise. The solidity of the business interests and the business men of Geneva oould not bo more forcibly illustrated than in their apparent success in organizing and financing the proposed interurban that when constructed will traverse the territory from Celina, Ohio, to Marion, Indiana, passing through Gonovu.Montpelior and several other good towns. The principal organizers live in Geneva and the corporation thus far is composed almost solely of Geneva men, 8. W. Hale being the president. Nearly all the right of way between Celina and Montpelier Hhs boon tukuu and the engineer* are now busy muking the survey. They are in touoh with the proper element in the money world to almost insure the carrying out of the project as now contemplated. If they succeed it will not only be a money maker, but it will he a matter of much pride to those who made it possible for Geneva to boast of its standing in the business wofld. WILL BE GOOD Tho entortuinmont to be given at the Methodist ohurch tomorrow evening by the Arion Quartett for the benefit of the Esther society will he a raro treat and you will be tho looser if you fail to attend. This quartott is one of tho best in Indiana] will give an enjoyable evening of music and song. One of tho features wili ho sevoral readings by Rev. E. H. Pontius of this city, a membor of tho quartett.

NUMBER 127

GRADES NOT ASSIGNED Prof. Raymond Hill Given Commercial Department Several New Teachers for the Grades. —Janitors Also Chosen Last Night. The hoard of school trustees met. last evening in an important session, their buisnesg boing to select the teaohers for the Decatur schools for the ensuing year. There were many applicants and we are assured by the trustees that the task was no easy one. The list as made public this morning is follows: High School C. E. Hockor, city, principal; John B. Dutjhor, city; Rose L. Dunathan, VanWert, Ohio; Emma Byerly, Knightstown, Ind.; Raymond Hill, Decatur, Illinois, commercial teacher. Grade Principals. Jonas C. Tritcli, Arthur D. Suttles, John R. Farrish. Grade Teaohers. Mary Miller, Lizzie Peterson, Boss E. Congleton, Grace Coffee, Blanche Reynolds, Dora Steele, Rose Egan, Nellie Winnes, Fannie Rioe, Golda Stoler, Della Sellemeyer, Eva Acker, Lula Jackson. Janitors. Michael Werzberger, Will Hurst, William D irvacter, Chaunccy Stetson. The selection is a satisfactory one and sho.vs but few changes except where they were made necessary by resignations. Mr. fTil] who takes the commercial department is said to he well qualified for the position and is attending college at Indianapolis at presort to better prepare himself. The other high school teachers are all well known hero und have proven their ability. The grade list includes severs I new ones, all of whom are from Adams oounty. Tho assignment of the teachers to their grades will he made within a few weeks. GREAT TRIP Rev. John C. While will Probably Retarn Next Week. Judge R. K. Erwin is in receipt of a letter from Rev. John C. White, who just now Is covering the greater jiart of tho Paoifto slope. He bears the glad tidings that tho trip is one of a life time, and just now is seeing Portland,Hoattle, Taooma and several other of th< beautiful cities of that great and glorious country. If all goes well i he will return to his homo, friendi i and charge, here ulx>ut the last day . of next week, after which with i . renewed energy he will take np hii 1 pastorial work. His weloome homt f will be of tho sincere and eordia. i. kiwi.