Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 February 1920 — Page 2

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fHE (,REENCASTLE HERALD

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 19i u -.

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HERALD Entered as Second Chtss mail matter •t the Greencastle, ind, postoffice.

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POUTICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR REPRESENTATIVE—W. E. Gill, of CloverdaJe, announces to the Democratic voters of Putnam county, that ho is a candidate for the nomination for representative ol Putnam countyo * FOE SHERIFF—Fred Lancaster of Madison township, has announced his candidacy for sheriff of Putnam county, subject to the decision of the Democratis primary election. May 4, mo.

FOR SHERIFF—Allen Eggers, of Jaskson township, announces that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Putnam county, subject to the decision of the Primary election, May 4, 1!»20.

FOR SHERIFF—Edward H. Eitlejorge announces to the Democratic voters that he is a candidate for the nomination of of sheriff of Putnam county, subject to the decision of th^ primary election, May 4. o FOR SHERIFF—Vermandes C. Hurst of Greencastle announces to the Democratic voters of Putnam county that he is a candidate for the nomination of sheriff, subject to the decision of tho Democratic primary. May 4, 11120. o FOR SHERIFF—Will Glidewell, o? Warren township, announces that he> is a candidate for sheriff of Putnam county, subject to the decision c? the Democratic primary election, May 4, 11)20.

HELD FAST TO THOSE FISK Indianapolis Man Was Taking No Chances of Losing the Vr.zes He Had Secured. Tom Oenolln, of the railway mail service, tells a thrilling story of how once upon a time he was templed and fell; how in the early hours of morning be slipped away to a "posted” stream and drew from thence five of the most beautiful bass ever seen. Tlie climax of Ids story reads thus: "The glorious day was peeping and creeping through the silent trees when l gathered up my bunch of beauties and started homeward. I had not gose far when I laid them In a clump of grass while I filled my pipe. When I started to pick them up again lo and behold they were gone. A slight stir under a nearby hush brought visions of some prowling thief and 1 threw myself prone upon the hush and clutched for the place where the fish might be. Thot is when 1 awoke and gathered myself up from tlie bedroom floor where I lay clutching u jangling alarm clock.” Mr. Genoliu thus ends the story: “The tragic and unbelievable part of my story Is yet to be told. The day after Hie incident related 1 went to the pool concerning which I had dreamed and there 1 fished precisely Is I fished in my dream and I caught five beautiful bass precisely as 1 had caught them in my dream and, lastly, I returned home with them, hut not once did 1 lay them down in a dump •f grass.”—Indianapolis News.

CLEVER TRICKS OF BOOTLEGCERS Maine Variety Have Many Dodges to Fool the Federal Agents.

FOUNTAIN SYRINGES USED

FOR SHERIFF OF PUTNAM COUNty—Sure vote for Jessy M. Hamrick, at the Democratic primary, May 4, 1920. Your vote appreciated.

FOR SHERIFF—Of Putnam county, E. S. (Lige) Wallace of Greencastle announces his candidacy for sheriff of Putnam county, subject to the decision of the primary election, May 4, 1920 - " - -O-^— —— FOR SHERIFF—Harkins L. Jackson of Greencastle, formerly of Miarion township, announces that he is a candidate for sheriff of Putnam county, subejet to the decision of the Democratic primary election, May 4. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Por commissioner of Second district, Reese K. Buis of Marion township announces his candidacy for commissioner of the Second district, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary election, May 4, 1921). FOR COMMISSIONER—Third district, David J. Skelton of Washington township announces his candidacy for commissioner of the Third district, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary election, May 4, 1920. FOR COMMISSIONER—O. A. Day of Marion township. a»ifi««nces to the Democratic voters of Putnam county Bis candidacy for commissioner of th e Second district, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary election. May 4, 1920-

CALL FOR A NATIONAL CRY Graat Need in Thie Country, ’Tia Said, for an Explosive. Expres-

sive Yell.

American audiences are charged with being unresponsive and apathetic, particularly in patriotic outdoor demonstrations. Americans are not incapable of making loud, loyal noises, and not averse therets. Hut rarely is a parade staged in this city that does not move throughout a large part of its course between silent lines of spectators. The result is sometimes so depressing as largely to neutralize the desired effect of the parade. The will to cheer doubtless arises ail along the line, but there is no short and easily exploded yell known to us. “Hurrah,” Is (lie traditional American word for cheer, but no man will venture Its use In public, unless In the wake of a cheer leader who prefaces It with a “hip, hip, hip!” Even then the usual response testifies that this method of cheering is getting rusty. There is no lack of cheering on an American football field, nor at any kind of a demonstration on a college campus. Tlie reason for this is that /nod, expressive, explosive yells have Seen devised for outdoor use. And ftecause they do explode, and because they stand for something, the American public likes to use them. They also like to follow n good yell leader. America needs a national yell. The man who can coin one will do tlie country a great service.—Minneapolis

Journal.

“Walking Speakeasies” Are the Hardest to Catch—Liquor Is Cached in Odd Places by Itinerant Venders. Buffalo. X. Y.—John M. Evans, who says he has had years of experience In enforcing the prohibitory laws In the state of Maine, stopped off In Buffalo, says the Courier of that city, for a few hours and related aome Interesting methods of conducting the liquor business under strict enforce-

ment.

Mr. Evans told of many ways of handling “wet” goods used by "bootleggers.” but not one of the hundreds with whom he lias come in contact ever used a bootleg as a depository for his stock in trade. "While the name still sticks to Individuals who defy the liquor law outside of regular saloons and kitchen barrooms, tlie bootleg full of booze ceased to be when the high hoots with loose tops went out of style. Wat Easy to Get Booza. “Up to tlie time of the passage of the Webb law by tlie federal government a few years ago," Mr. Evans said, “providing for the labelling of all ‘wet’ goods handled by express companies and other common carriers,

i si'll only by the bottle to those they t

j knew very well, while others would

| sell only by Hie drink, going on the I

I basis that liquor in a man's system eould not lie produced as evidence. In the latter places the saloon keeper usually kept a pitcher full of booze under the liar handy to the sink. Sevcml convictions were obtained in I

j such cases, however. The combinn- j | tlun of finding a whisky glass, tlie '

| odor of liquor and the presence of a I drunk or two in tlie liar room being | sufficient to convince the Judge, j "I he wiser ones would have two | pitchers, one on each side of the sink, j one full of ammonia and one full of i whisky. One sweep of the arm would j dump them both Into the sink. The odor of the ammonia would prevent the odor of whisky to he noticeable and the contents of the sink could lie analyzed only as spirits of ammonia. “All the saloons tn the stale were filled with Ingenious 'lihles,’ most of which defied detection. When a ‘hide’ was discovered It was generally tlie result of some disgruntled employee giving the thing awa^. They range in capacity from ‘hides* large enough to hold a half-pint close to the bar Itself to false cellar walls behind which ten barrels might lie concealed. Most of Hie saloons had large and small ‘hides,’ the smaller ones being filled up daily from (he big one by

the I hiss himself.

“Some of the ‘hides’ consist of tanks set inside of hewed-out girders in tlie floor above. These were connected with a small pipe which generally ended in a little ’office’ right off the bar. You would order a pint, the bartender would return to the ‘olticc,’ close a door, remove a calendar from the wall, behind which w as a lit He disguised gnscock, from this he would remove a cap and draw off the required amount. Other stores of booze were kept in the tanks of flush closets, which could he flushed from behind The bar In case the searchers got ton

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it was a comparatively easy matter | dose and the evidence would go down

F«r the Otifdren. Too much care cannot oe exercised ia selecting a cough medicine for children. It should be pleasant to take, contain no harmful drug and most effectual in curing their coughs and colds- Long experience has shown that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy meets their conditions. It is a favorite with many mothers.

si Rst Rinr tor the herald

Improved Stereopticon.

A recent development of the stereoptlcon operates automatically, throwing upon n screen a certain mimlior of lantern-slide views, usually 4ti, but TOO or 200 nr more by special adaptation. The apparatus Includes a 1,000 candle power nitrogen tungsten lamp, condensing and objective lenses, and a small motor to be connected to a lamp socket on either a direct or alternating current circuit. Tlie machine shifts the slides autoniiiticnlly. allowing ciu li pieture tn remain on the screen 12 seconds before being re-

placed by the next. The outfit with j one on tlie back,

screen, slides, etc., packs Into a .suitcase, and is especially fitted to enable the traveling salesman to show goods by picture, though also adapted for educational displays, home entertaininent and a great variety of other pur-

poses.

Valuable Tree. A giant kauri tree has been logged by the Queensland forest service and tlie timber sold for $1,000. It was known as Bell's tree and yielded 17,000 superficial feet of timber in five huge logs, and the logging costs amounted to 6500. The net stumpage came to twelve feet <1 Inches per 100 super feet. Hud the tree been smaller a higher prize would have been realized, as few saw-millers cared to handle It. This giant of the forest was offered to a timhei-getter for .%’{() on the stump, being at the rate of less than 20 cents per super feet, twelve years ago.

On Blaker’s Day. Charles bad ln , en going to kinder fnrten about two weeks. During tills time the children had been taught the song “When the Sun Wakes Up at Break of Day." The little fellow liked '.t very much and tried to sing It at home. The children had been told about Mrs. Blaker living above the kindergarten and that she could hear them singing. This fact, with the words of the song made a deep impression on Charles. When be reproduced the song at home, this Is what be Insisted was correct: "When the Sun Wakes Up on Blilker's Day.” Cause for Gloom. Jim—Why does William Wlndjam mcr look so glum? Tim He was showing off his ullegoii French before tlie family and tl*e IVciii h i'iai'1 mistook it for Russian.-^ Tlie I lone Sector.

to get a plentiful supply of liquor from Boston wholesalers, and even after that most of the bootleggers managed to smuggle In by water or automobile, and there were some who concocted a mixture out of alcohol, water, burnt sugar and a dash of tabasco, which they passed off on many an unsuspect-

ing victim.

"Tlie hardest bird we ever had to contend with was putting out booze for years. We knew lie was doing it, but we could not get the goods on him, and it was n long time before we got him, even after we were wise to his system. This was his system: “At night he would load his overcoat up with pints, half-pints and occasionally a quart. These he would plant, one in a pile of clapboards in a lumber yard, another In a junk pile and still another under a doorstep or in a rubbish barrel In an alley. The next day his customers would come to him, pay him for their purchase, and he would direct them to the near-

est plant.

“Wo began to be suspicious of him after a woman reported seeing a man remove a bottle from the muzzle of one of the two historic cannon that guard the Soldiers' monument. Finally we trailed him at night, watched him sow his crop, harvested it and

then placed him under arrest. Strangers “Not Wanted.”

“We were unable to get n conviction against him, although the fellow was not working and had no visible means of support. It was not until we caught him napping with a couple of stool pigeons that we finally convicted him. In order lor the system to work out 'coll the hoot logger must lie well acquainted with his eustomers and have their confidence in a large degree. “Another popular method of dispensing the hard stuff was through a couple of fountain syringes, suspended front the shoulders one in front and

They would till a

llask or serve by the drink as desired. “When things begin to get too hot for the pocket peddlers,” Mr. Evans continued, “they solicit business till each order one at. n time by taking the customers’ money, going to the Hide ami returning with the goods. I doubt If there Is sufficient trust In one's fellow man for th!« system to work out successfully in a city the

size of Buffalo.

“We have picked up men with n considerable -dock of booze on their persons while to all appearances It did not spi'in possible that the Individual could have more than a flask or so. - “In the days before the form-fitting clothes, when long coats and peg-top trousers were In style, many a suit was tailored with huge pockets in the trousers, and sometimes Inside the coat under the arms. “The blind tiger, so popular in the South, was never used much in Maine. Its only recommendation Is that It offers more or less safety tn selling to strangers. You put your money through a small opening In a wall and out through the opening comes a

drink.

B«er Was Too Bulky. “The methods used by saloon keep, ers to keep out of the clutches of the law were almost ns numerous as those of bootlegging. The first step of the saloon keeper when the lid was damped down was to eliminate beer and ale all together, as it was too bulky to handle In the event of a mid. In those days near-beer was a much despised and little known article In Maine. But when the district attorney haled all saloon keepers who possessed a United Htntes license before the grand Jury and fattened the county's iretisiiry by about $500 a head, they begun to take more kindly to near-beer, ns It proved an alibi for the federal tax. "In dry spells some saloons would

the sewer. "Some had their main ‘hides,’ on adjoining property that would not be covered by the search warrant, to which access was had by mentis of secret doors and subterranean pas-

sages."

Beer Sold Openly. “\\ hat about 2.7o per cent beer?” was asked. "Ever since 2.75 per cent beer was brewed.” he replied, “it has been on sale openly in Maine. Fruit stores and small stands of all kinds paid 625 for a federal license and put In a stock of bottled beer, while the saloons sold the bottled and draught goods both. If the saloons have a right to sell it because it is nou-iu-toxiratlng and if It Is non-intoxlcat-lag I can’t see the necessity of carrying an excessive tux. I can't see what Is there to prevent sodu fountains .,r anyone selling 2.75 beer after paying the federal tax of $25. "I’rohlhitlon In Maine for ninny years was a Joke except for occasional spasms of enforcement just before au election when the party in power figured that they needed votes or the county treasury needed money. It Is an Interesting game to chase the evaders and I anticipate It will be even more so in the event of nationwide prohibition.”

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j Engineer Refused ; to Spoi( This ‘ Lie’’ ; f 0 J PIncliurst, N. <\—-Tin* ilHVr- J * (‘ru o paid tu gulf hero is Iniiui - t J si\,.. Miss Mi'ti’lllf Ki'Htlllg nf * * thf Agawam Hunt club, luuikcil ' , her drive to the railroad trucks « J near tlie club house just h« a J t train was coming along. t J The engineer, leaning out of J » tin* call window, saw the hall • J conic to rest between the rails. J t s.iw it perch Itself upon an ideal • J but precarious tee In the form £ * of a tiny pile of cinders, grasped * t tin* situation and the airbrake | < control nt tin* same time null * t brought the train to a Midden « J < 1 he pnssriigorH may hrve been * J slightly shaken up in tin* prnc- J * css, but Miss Keating's He was * J not disturbed. The train waited *J * until n good recovery shot bud * t been played and then resumed ) * its journey northward to less ' considerate climes.

WAX FIGURE OF “PUSSYFOOT”

ZUYDER ZEE TO BE RECLAIMED Work on $125,030,000 Engineering Project Will Start This Year.

American Prohibition Worker It Put Among “Immortals” in London. London.—A wntf figure of W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, the American prohibition worker who recently sacrificial an eye to the “dry" campaign In England, lias been placed among the “Immortals," in Mme. Tussaud's museum of win figures. The figure representing “Mr. Johnson has a patch over the injured eye. Mine. Tussaud's establishment, which has been running for mure than half u century, 1ms come to be almost a national institution. In It are to he found the liusts and statues of people of all periods who have achieved fume or notoriety.

Pitch From Fir Tree*.

Portland, Ore.—Pitch Is soon to lie extracted from Oregon firs in un effort to restock the country’s waning supply of turpentine. A permit, the first of its kind, lias just lieen Issuial by the district fon*ster to allow the extraction of pitch from Douglas fir timber on Hki acres near Dlxstoa In the Ump-

qua national forest.

PROVIDE LAND FOR 300,000 Dike Thirty Miles Long Is Part of Plan to Add New Province to Holland—Area of 827 Square Miles to Be Reclaimed. Tlie Hague.—Work Is to begin this year on tin* reclaiming of the /.uyder Zee, one of tin* world's greatest engineering projects, by which it Is proposed to restore to Holland within .To years what was once hers but w-as taken away by storms of many centuries. When flic work is finished not only the original land will be restored, but many thousand acres which always have been beneath 'the sea will be ready for cultivation. According to pre-war estimates the entire work of reclaiming tin* Zuyder Zee would have eost approximately .«siH.S0n.O00. but. with the increased cost nf labor mid materials in the ln*d six years. It Is believed tin* cost will be well In excess of 6125,000,000. The work will he done and paid for by the slate, through special loans, and the stale, through rental of the land reclaimed, expects the scheme to pay for itself within a few years, and thereafter yield a handsome revenue. Will Support 30(^000 Persons. Tile total amount of land to lie reclaimed will bo S27 square miles, which will constitute n twelfth province of Holland, capable of supporting a population of TOO,nod. and "herein several cities of ancient trading fame are expected to he restored to commercial Importance. The engineering workjs now well under way. Centuries ago, at the beginning of the Christian era, when tin* Romans had their settlements In Holland, much of the space now occupied by the Znyder Zee was land and the south part of the present sea was a bike, railed Flevo. Northwest tempests swept the North Rea. washing away the tract of dry land between the sea and the lake. One large, shallow body of water—the Zu.viler Zee—was formed. The towns situated on its bank throve ns the merchantmen came into their ports. But as ships became larger and of deeper draught, traffic was diverted to deeper *.rit«, leaving the once famous towns on the Zuyder’s shore mere fishing 'Hinges, whirl) they are now, while Anisti rtlum’ti commerce came to her through a canal leading direct to the North sea. To Build Dike Thirty Milea Long. Dr. A. A. Beektnnn of The Hague, who has devoted nearly all his life to the Idea of reclaiming the Zttyder Zee, explained tin* plans to the Associated Press correspondent. 11** is now a member of tlie state council which will carry out the worl;. “’The first thing to do,” said Doctor Beektnnn, "is to construct a gigantic dike to keep out the North sea. This will be TO miles long, stretching from WTerlngcn to the Frisian coast, where the wSter ranges tn depth from 8$ to 11 feet. It will he everywhere 16 to 17 feet above the sen level. There

"ill be a double irnck railway on top of the dike. Its construction will take nine years and its cost, by pre-war estimates, will be more than 62<),OO0. 4 000. “The total surface to he reclaimed Is 827 square miles. There "ill remain a lake of 000 square miles, which will act as a reservoir during tin* periods when, owing to norlliwesie-n storms, the water of the River Ysscl iinil of Ihe ennuis cannot be emptied Into the North sea. The "liter of the lake will hi* let out into the North sen -through five great sluices st the Wicrlngen end of the dike. •'Most of lIn* land in In* reclaimed now lies IT feet beneath the sea level. Part of it is expected to be dry witiiin I I 'ears, as pumping out will begin ns soon as tin* dike is completed. The fast of thi* lend is expected in I e dry within 55 years.”

I 4--.-................ N. Y. Hostelry Opened in 1812 Closed by Dry Law New York.—Prohibition closed the doors of another famous hotelry, the Eastern hotel ut the Battery, which was first opened shortly after the war of 1812. Solid mahogany beams form tin' framework of the structure, nuc of the oldest on the Island of Manhattan, Many prominent pi sons made their headquarters at tlie hotel, including Robert Fulton, steamboat inventor; Daniel Webster, Commodore Vnniln hilt. Jenny I.Ind, P. T. Barimni and General Grant.

Cnromc Constipation-

NOTIUE OF SALE OF SCHtiOL PROPERTY

The undersigned Trustees of Fio..d School Townsnip, of Putnam Ccan-

There are people "-no never have ty> indiana> hem , y givt .. )l0lut . hilt

a movement of the bowels w ithout it is produced by a cathartic. Most of them have brought that condition on themselves by the use of mineral waters and strong cathartics that take t oomuch water out of the system and aggravate the disease they are meant to relieve. A mild laxative tonic like Chamlierlain’s Tablets affords a gentle movement of the bowels that you hardly realize has been produced by a medicine, ami their use is not so likely to be fol- i

he will, on the 28 day of Februa ., 1920, at the hour of 10 a, m., at ice site where the school budding «■ • • inafter described i.-. located, wil! fer, for sale at public auction for not less than two-thirds of its appraised value, the school building asd other buildings located in School District number <i, in said township. A frill of sale will be made to the pur-

chaser thereof.

Witness my hand and *eal t

lowed by constipation.

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2nd day of February, 1920. j . EDGAR WILSON, Tn.de 1

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