Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1904 — Page 4

Weather Forecast. Indiana—Partly cloudy Monday, showers and cooler in central and sooth portions; Tuesday fair, warmer, light to frosh north to east winds. MARKET REPORT. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BT E. L. CARROL, GRaIN MERCHANT. New Corn yellow $ 63 New Corn, mixed 61 Machine shucked one cent less. Oats, new 39 Wheat, No. 2 95 Wheat, No. 3 92 Bar lev 40 Rye No. 2 45 Clover Seed 4 90 Aisyke @ 5 00 Buckwheat 48 Flax Seed 60 Timothy I 95 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at l:15p. m today, according to J. D. Hale’s special wire service, as follows: Wheat, July 854 September wheat 801 Wheat. Dec. 80| Coni, September 48| Corn, December 44| Oats, J uly 38' < late, September 311 Gate, Dee. 32’ July Pork 12 72 Sept. Pork 13 62 July Lard 6 42 Sept Lard 7 15 TOLEDO UKAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur Special wire service. Wheal, new No. 2, red, cash—ll 00 July wheat, 89| September wheat 86| Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash. 49} Corn, July I'*; September corn 50j Oats. Cash 424 Oats, July 40l September oats 32} Rye, cash 68 OTHER PRODUCTS. BT VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz I 15 Lard 7 Butter, per pound 10 Potatoes, new 1 25 Onions 75 Cabbage per 100 lb 1 50 Apples, per bu 80 Sweet Potatoe, per bu 75 STOCK. BT FRED SCHEIMAN, DE LER Lambs 5 00 Hogs, per cwt •_ ft 25@ 4 75 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3| 4 Calves, per lb 3j $ 4 Cows 2 @ 2} Sheep, per lb @ 3

I Now is the time to Buy Land West of the Missouri River in the Missouri Valley 1 From $5.00 to $15.00 Per Acre

£ Come and get a piece of this land while % the price is right, in a thriving populated fl community. Farming lands are always fl high. We want the people in Morton fl county. They can make money. Lands S alone will double in value in five years, jj Help yourself and help us. * MOST PROSPEROUS. T. H. Anderson dft bought 245 acres in Ramsey county three « years ago at sl2 per acre. The first two ■¥ years the land netted him $25 an acre, and ■ last year he bought an SO-a< re tract adjoina ing his farm at $25 an acre. He seeded 75 fl acres of this with flax, from which he threshfl ed 1.725 bushels and sold it for $2,242.50 or fl $242.50 more than the land cost him. He fl had 268 acres in flax, wheat, barley, oats and I speltz, which he sold for an aggregate of fl 55.026, or more than his entire farm cost him. A RENTER it the older states is the fl most foolish man on earth. He can buy a fl farm in North Dakota on terms so bis yearIv pavments will lie less than be pays for fl rent now. Quit renting and own a home. fl Von can’t do it where you are. Come to g North Dakota. a Sheep in North Dakota is destined to befl come one of the leading industries of this •® growing state. Morton county alone has 14 fl Creameries. There is an inexhaustible supply of coal in Morton county. Where can you fl invest your money elsewhere that will bring fl in such returns as are promised in Morton fl county. If you don’t join the excursion fl J uly sth you will be sorry. Remember this. K Joe Bremerkamp. of Decatur, you all fl know him, helped make the government butfl vey of Morton county. Ask him concerning fl the land. Don't l»e afraid to come in and ask questions. Wears ready to give any fl information in our power. fl If you can pay SstOO to SIOO down and fl S2OO to S3OO yearly why not own vour own fl home instead of renting' Talk the matter fl over with your wife or son and reserve a fl seat in the cars July sth,

J See Dick Townsend for Excursion Rotes, July 5, 1904. Office with Clark J. J Lutz, over First National Bank, Decatur, Indiana.

Beef Hides, per lb. 6 1 ish 8 @ 13 POULTRY. ( BT J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS Chickens, young per lb—-6|@7 Fowls, per lb 6«r 6} 1 Ducks, per lb 6@7 < Young Ducks 6@7 , Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb. 5(g,6 Geese, young, lb 5@6 HAY GARK.ET. No. 1 timothy hay(baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 1 clover hay (baled) WOOL AND HIDES. BT B. KALVEB A SON. Wool, unwashed 18t023 Sheep pelts 25c to 1 10 Beef hides, per pound 06 Calf hides 08 Tallow, per pound 034 ; OIL GARKET. Tiona 11.72 Pennsylvania 1-57 Corning., 1-3" New Castle 1-44 North Lima IXB I South Lima 1.03 | Indiana 103 Whitehouse 1.02 Somerset 1.06 Neodasha, (Kan.) 1-25 . Barkersville LO9 Ragland 66 COAL—Per Ton Anthracite I 7 51 Domestic, nut 4 OC Domestic, lump, Hocking 4 OC Domestic lump, Indiana 3 8C Pocahontas Smokeless, lump 5 5q GARKET NOTES. Liverpool market closed steady Wheat, g cent higher. Corn, J cent lower. Receipts al Chicago today: Hogs 36001 ' Wheat 6 can i Com 424 car* Oats —126 ~nr« i Cattle 17000] Sheep 18,00; Estimate for tomorrow: Hogs 18 00 Wheat 21 can Corn 209 ear* Oats 214 arNOTICE TO FARMERS and others who want stone laid. I will do your work for from 40 to 60 cents per perch, according to size of wall. Willis Grose. lOld £)R. P. L. FRITZ Dentist Office above Holthouse, Schulte & Co.’s cli.thing store. DECATUR. INDIANA.

I ' . < " jH ■ j ;S> : '■ _-4> " ! ’ l ' ■'*' "**” ** A sheep farm ou N D stock farm We can get yon land on payments of from $309 to SSOO, balance in three to five years. We can help you get the sheep. Dick Townsend will be in the oflice of C J. Lutz, over First National Bink, every evening until eight o’clock. Come and Get a Booklet Free, Describing land in North Dakota.

WANTED AT ONCE—At stone ' quarry by the Springfield Traction Co. five teams. Private funds to loan on city prop erty at lowest rate interest. Priviege of partial payments. The De-1 oatur Abstract and Loan JCo. 257dtf | Ten thousand dollars private funds left with us to loan on Decatur real estate,first mortgage. Low rate of interest. Will lu.n in .sums of SSO upwards. The Decatur Ab- j struct and Loan Co. 257dtf Eyes Examined Free and Headaches Cured by Dr. J. Burke & Co. of 221 S. Michigan St. South Bend, Ind., Who Has Never Been Excelled in Fitting the Eyes where ethers have failed. Will be at the Burt House soon. WA.TCII FOH. 13 ATE I vll®l J I Handling Money is our business. We’ve been doing this successfully fur years. The First National Bank DECATUR. IND. would like to handle your account. It will give it the same careful attention as its many other accounts. A Bright Feature about our system is that the little account receives the same attention as the big one. We don’t discriminate. All are treated alike. Why not become lietter acquainted with us? It will pay you to do so.

'Phones —Residence 312. Office 103. Send your dates in early. — Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English, German, Swiss am: j Low German. DECATUR, INDIANA. MONEY TO LOAN THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN COMPANY. (incorporated) A large sum of PRIVATE MONEI has been placed with us to loan or city property and farms. No delay ;or red tape in making loans. Lowest rates of interest. We are able to close all loans on the same day of receiving application. Will loan i . <ums of 150 up, on one to five years time, with privilege of partial payments. This i company can also furnish abstracts of title on short notice to any piece of , real estate in Adams county. THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN CO. Rooms 3 and 4, Studabakei block. 257dtf INSURE WITH THE “Graham Agency Company” One hundred companies failed as ' a result of the Chicago and Boston conflagrations, and others | have failed because of Baltimore, j But the “Graham Agency Com panies” paid in full the "loss in i the above fires, and have never i failed to pay 100 cents on the 1 dollar. GRAHAM & LOWER, AGTS. Office over Tague’s Shoe Store. L. E. DOLCH, Solicitor. Phone 239.

Whose Roof Are You II v. Under? J > Why not buy a lot and build a cottage of your own. Building lots from SBO.OO to $500.00 in good location. : : : No. 823. is a pice building lot on High .street at (22 No. 3SI. A large lot on Mercer street, good location, brick side-walk, at 1325. No. 325. Is an Improved lot on South Market street; good brick side-walk, large fruit trees, nice location, *4lO. Nj- 329. Is a business lot on North Second street, near Monroe. (I.HOO. r*-icvn»nl other irood building lots not herein advertised. The following are a few of ' the largeuumberof the recently listed properties uow on sale by the Snow Agency. No. 327. Is a convenient small cottage on North Third street. On gas and water lines, near school. Price *450. No.SU. A five room cottage on North’Eleventh street. Full lot, brick side-walks, maple shade, summer kitchen, etc, Prices** «5s No a nice five room cottag® on Indiana street. in good location. House has electric lirhtt telephone. cistern and city water, small stable, some fruit trees, summer kitohen park and tine maple shade. Price *1 050. No. 316. An eight room, story and a half residence on south Eleventh street. Summer kitchen, stable, city and cistern water. Two lots 11,200.00. I No 328 a six room storv and a half residence property on full lot in the village of Preble. Good stable and comfortable residence. Price *1.000.0). I No <2O Is a42 acre tract in Preble township near gravel pike This is an improved i fair feScJs large bank barn, wind wheel, dwelling house etc. Good average land Price *3.000.00. I No. 315. Is a45 acre tract near Decatur, in good location, near the Piqua road; fair quality of soil—no buildings—price 162.10 pt r acre. iNo 31 M I* a 115 sere ira't on the stone road within a mile and a half of a good town of about | N mi popuiailon in Adams county. The improvements conMH of drove wed and wiud pump, dwelling house, cribs etc. 1 rice for next thirty days. *4,. .00. Snow Agency Phone 230 Decatur, Ind.

ROY ARCHBOLD, DENTIST. I, O. O. F. BLOCK. ’Phones—Office, 164; residence 246 Insure Vour Property in the Decatur Insurance Agency Gallogly & Haefling

Farm For Sale—Known as the Bottenfield farm in Kirkland township. For further information call on H. J. Dilling. Decatur, Ind., R. R. 12. 134dwlm Schurger & Smith Attorneys at Law Abstracts of title made to order. Farm and city property for sale Private money to loan at the very lowest interest, with privilege of partial payments. Office in Niblick & Allison Block over Everett & Hite grocery store east of Court street, Decatur, Indiana. Give us a call before you invest elsewhere.

MORTON COUNTY, North Dakota, lies in the Missouri River Valley, just across the river from the State Capitol. Has ample rain fall, good rich, black soil, heavy clay subsoil. A large part of it is underlaid with lignite coal, in veins from two to thirty feet deep. Has creameries, elevators flour mills, splendid schools. Flax yields well, so does wheat, oats, barley, millet, corn, potatoes, brome grass, macaroni wheat and speltz. Has most nutritious grasses, has fineclimate, has best stock raising country. Is known for its pure water. None better anywhere. Homeseekers to the number of 100.000 went to North Dakota during 1903, and the year 1904 promises as many. No State is more prosperous. WHY PAY RENT *N THE EAST when your Cash Rental there for One Year will Buv a Farm here that will Make You Rich in Five Years? FREE TICKETS.—If you buy land from us we will allow for your ticket. Don’t forget to mention car fare when you purchase land from us. Bring us the receipt for the tickets you purchase from your Railroad Station Agent. The climate of theJMissouri Valley is very much milder than any other portion of Hie state. The soil there is a rich black loam with clay subsoil. Fortunes will certainly come to thosesecuring these lands. North Dakota lands are worth twice what they sell for today. We can locate you on a homestead of 160 acres, and sell you the adjoining 160 acres or more for little money. Get your feet on a piece of North Dakota dirt while the price is right. Don t wait for the other fellow to get the best. Come in and see us and get a free Booklet and read what people are doing in North Dakota. A FARMER in the older states who has his farm mortgaged for one-quarter to onehalf its value, could sell out and have cash enough left to buy a good farm in North Dakota which would increase in value and make him rich. Buy now ■ prices are advancing. The verv best cattle shipped to Chicago are from North Dakota.