Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 168, 17 July 1922 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922.

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$74.38 IS AVERAGE

DDinc nun in vein

rniuL i hiu in iLHn FOR LAND IN PREBLE EATON. Ohio, July 17. Average iprice per acre paid for Preble county real estate within a year was $74.38.

according to the annual Btatlstical report of the county recorder's office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, prepared and filed by County Recorder T. F. Ogden with the secretary of Etate. The report shows there was a total of 695 deeds recorded, involving 22,067.46 acres of land andrepresenting a valuation of $432,473.13. Eighty-five of the 695 deeds were for agricultural lands, for which more than one dollar consideration was paid and Involved 4,523 acres and represented a valuation of $336,457.18. Sixty of the total deeds were for city, town and village lots and carried a valuation of $91,245.95. Two deeds

were for mineral, oil or other lands and the valuation was $4,770. The remaining 548 deeds represented one dollar consideration transactions, involving 17,544.46 acres. Mortgages Recorded Mortgages recorded exceeded by 141 the number canceled. The number recorded was 525 and the number canceled was 384. The mortgages 1 given exceeded by $1,023,482.53 the land valuation of those canceled. Of the total number of mortgages recorded, 306 were on agricultural lands. Involving 22.955 acres, and the valuation was $1,834,074.50. Of the remaining mortgages given, 208 were on city, town or village lots, representing valuation of $235,039.30; while the other 11 involved mineral, oil or other lands valued at $53,295.74.

Mortgages given totaled in valuation

42,122.409.54 and those canceled had .! .,-,! ..tin.. 1 flOO 017 fit

Mortgages Canceled Of the mortgages canceled, 232 were on agricultural lands, involving 17,922 acres, valued at $911,867.64. Of the remainder, 150 were on city, village or ; town iotSj, valued at $180,659.37, and 'two were on mineral, oil or other lands valued at $6,400. Fourteen leases were recorded, of which 13 involved city, town or village lots, and the money consideration was $3,110. The remaining lease was on 50 acres of farm land and the consideration was $645, or a total of $3,755 paid for leases.

MACHINE GUNS USED BY GUARDSMEN IN STRIKE

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Machine gunners from the 103d Infantry in the yard of the Chicago and Alton Railroad at Bloomington, 111., prepared for any emergency that might arise. Following the report that strikers were going to use firearms and machine guns to prevent strikebreakers from going to work, guardsmen from the Illinois National Guard unit have been mobilized and ready for action.

More Millions for Roads By FREDERIC 4. HASKIN

CITY HEALTH OFFICER POINTS OUT DANGERS OF GAMP IMPURITIES

Camping and the simple life is not always as care-free as some people seem to think. "A camper has to be careful of a number of things," declared Dr. C. E. Duffin, city health officer, Monday. "Lots of people forget that when they are camping things are more liable to get dirty and contaminated then they are at home." Every thing that is to be kept should be screened, because of the contamination of insects or flies Dr. Duffin advised, as they can collect filth and disease just as easily in the country as in teh city, because of the greater

number of barnyards, and dead ani

mals that are left unburied.

Everything should be screened, to X.keep the flies off, then everything

should be cleaned up so that there will

be no breeding places for additional

flies. Must Watch Children.

Of course the youngsters should be

watched to see that they do not get

into poisonous weeds, like poison ivy,

and that any cuts or bruscs are at tended to.

For such needs the camper should

take a little adhesive tape, tincture of iodine, and some gauze bandages. But ventilation and water have to be looked after particularly. Usually the ventilation in a camp takes care of itself, but it is good to think about it once in a while, he said. Water Supply Problem. Water furnishes the greatest problem to the camper. "Most of the surface water near here is contaminated in some way or other," 'he declared. "In tho larger streams the sewage of th cities is dumped, while in the small

er streams contamination results from j dead or. decaying matter that lies in or near the streams." Even a short stream that runs but a little way from the spring that gives it birth may be , deadly, because of some dead animal that ha3 fallen into the stream. , Springs, the doctor said, were usually safe, but could not be depended upon. If the water which comes out of the spring seeps through any contaminated matter while in the ground all of the impurities may not have been lost. A barn or outhouse on a hill above a spring may spoil it for drinking purposes.

WASHINGTON, D. C. July 17. Within three years the United State3 will have a system of highways su

perior to that of any other country in

the world. This is assured by the new Post Office appropriation bill,

the present fiscal year and $15,000 per mile thereafter.

Of the $190,000,000 authorized, $50,000,000 is available for the fiscal year which began with this month, while

$65,000,000 and $75,000,000,. respective-

fir DEMAND FOR LUMBER VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 17. Demand for lumber continued greater than production during the weeK ending June 10, according to the weekly review of the West Coast Lumbermen's association.

provisions of which include three items aggregating $190,000,000 to be expended under the state-participation plan in the construction of hig'a-grade roads within the period indicated. In addition to this, approximately $10,000,000 will be devoted to building of roads in the naional forests In 23 states.

These new authorizations are ex-1 pected to result in the construction of more than 25,000 miles of the federalaid roads. Previous appropriations have provided for 46,000 miles which are completed, in course of building or projected and approved, which will make a grand total of 71,000 mr.es, or nearly 40 per cent of the 180,000 miles contemplated in the system of roads now being outlined a mileage almost as great as that of the first class railroads of the country. With the rapid increase In the use of motor vehicles of all kinds it Is a tax upon the imagination to estimate just what this will mean by way of, a solution of the transportation problem of the nation. It Is conceivable, however, that if this development continues the time will come when a railroad strike will be anything but the menace it is now regarded. Food and fuel supplies of the cities will not be cut off, industry and commerce paralyzed, movement of mails tied up and the farmer barred from his market? by a breakdown of rail transportation

if everv state is criss-crossed witn a

network of fine highways that make the truck a real competitior of the

freight tiain. No longer will there be such a thing as rural isolation. The tendency toward the congestion of the population in large centers may be checked. Tho back to the farm movement will be given a real impetus. Life will be made easier and more enjoyable for many millions, and relief may be found for strains and stresses in the economic adjustments of society that have been growing more serious in recent years. Wide Field for the Work What might be done in this line ot work is apparent when it is stated that

there are at present approximately

two and one-half million miles of pub-j lie rural roads in the United States. t

Of this total less than 12 per cent, or about 299,000 miles, are improved with any sort of surfacing, while the mileage of permanent, well-built roads of the kind that is being constructed where the government furnishes part of the money seems almost negligible by comparison. The average cost of construction of the federal-aid roads has been $17,120

per mile. The expense of the work has been decreased materially within the last year and the new appropriation bill reduces the maximum participation on the part of the government from $20,000 to $16,250 per mile for

ly, will be expended during each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Previous federal appropriations for roadbuilding have aggregated $350,00,000, of which about $287,500,000 have been spent To this the several states have added expenditures of approximately $380.; 000,000, making a grand total of $667,500,000 as the outlay to date for mod ern highways.

,Ve $50,000,000 for the current year have been apportioned to the various states as follows: Alabama, $1,035,614; Arizona, $702,188; Arkansas, $836,095; California, $1,641,399; Colorado, $894,-

117; -Connecticut, $320,599; Delaware,

$243,750; Florida, $591,217; Georgia $1,331,972; Idaho, $625,691; Illinois

$2,164,187; Indiana, $1,305,904; Iowa, $1,401,915; Kansas, $1,401,521; Ken

tucky, $944,786; Louisiana, $664,660; Maine, $463,440; Maryland, $427,086;

Massachusetts, $730,784; Michigan,

$1,499,688; Minnesota, $1,415,731; Mis

sissippi, OD.ZIi; Missouri, l,toZ,USO; pPTmcv vard! ln, nil or-r. i t I -

iuuuuuia, i,uoi,ioi, .iNturastta, r 054,126; Nevada, $635,624; New Hampshire, $243,750; New Jersey, $628,581;

New Mexico, $793,216; New York. I $2,464,299; North Carolina. $1,190,556; North Dakota, $776,476; Ohio, $1,882,003; Oklahoma, $1,168,266; Otegon, $788,443; Pennsylvania, $2,265,969; Rhode Island, $243,750; South Carolina, $707,492; South Dakota, $802,707; Tennessee, $1,096,461; Texas, 2,950,115; Utah, $566,278; Vermont, $243,750; Virginia, $971,219; Washington, $735,806; West Virginia, $534,906; Wisconsin, $1,263,211; Wyoming, $623,078.

Of the ten millions that are to be spent in building forest roads the largest allotment goes to Oregon, where $2,270,000 have been set aside for the the building of 210 miles of roads, while $1,246,197 will go to California for only 50 miles that will be extreme ly difficult of construction. Virtually all of these roads will fit into state and county systems and therefore in most cases will connect with ard ex

tend the system of federal-aid hieh-

ways covering the entire country. States Must Maintain Roads Federal-aid roads must be maintain

ed by the several states, and if any of them fail in this obligation til government funds for new projects may be withheld until such delinquencies are made good. All the states are required to maintain adequate highway

departments and funds to supplement

the money from the federal treasury must be placed under the direct control of these departments. The type of surface constructed must be ade

quate for the traffic anticipated, wita reasonable grades, curves and other features. All federal money must be expended on a connected system of highways constituting not more than

seven per cent of the total mileage in

each state and divided into primary or

interstate roads and secondary or In

ter-county roads. Elimination of the problem of railroad grade crossings is one of the things sought by the

provisions of the new law. In all

roads constructed in part with government money every effort must be made, and additional expenditures are authorized, to avoid the dangerous crossings that annually take puch a toll of human lives. An illustration of what a menace grade crossings may be is found in a road between two small towns in Alabama, Ariton and Clayton. In. a distance of 25 miles the old road crossed the railroad 14 times. Under the direction of expert engineers the federal-aid road will eliminate 13 of these crossings. "Plan now the financing of highways for the future and place highway transportation, which has come to be an indispensable part of our national life, on a firm foundation," is the advice

given by Thomas H. MacDonald to every voter, taxpayer and legislator. Mr. MacDonald is the chief of the federal bureau of Public Roads. "We are starting out to construct a tystem of highways such as no nation ever before constiucted. The nearest ap

proach to it is found in France ana Germany, and the area of neither ot those countries is as large as Texas.This great undertaking is entered into because highways are not a luxury, but supply a real service, have a real earn

ing capacity, and nave become a national necessity." When and where man first began to build roads is not known. That it was long before the beginning of authentic

history is certain. Furthermore the

construction of such works as the pyra

mids of Egypt and the great walls and hanging gardens of Babylon could not have been accomplished without the existence of roads for the transportation of materials and supplies. But whatever the beginnings cf road building it appears that it has been

left to this country to carry the art to its final fruition. We are leading the world at the present time and the

policy that is being carried out meets with 6uch widespread popular approval

tnat tnere is no likelihood of its be ing abandoned.

LACE MITS ARE WORN WITH ALL NEWEST FROCKS

Police Court News

SPEEDER FINED

Ralph Saxon, charged with speeding cn South Twelfth street, paid $1 and

costs in police court Monday morning

wnen he entered a plea of guilty. ASSAULT CHARGED

Rollie Simmons Monday morning was charged with assault and battery as the result of an altercation at the

His case will come be

fore the court later in the week. He is charged with assaulting J. A. Claw-

son. FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS

Claude Eller and George Ross each were fined $1 and costs for drunken

ness. Both men were arrested Sun

day, Eller at First and Kinsey streets, and Ross on North Nineteenth street.

DE VITO ARRESTED Rocco De Vito, who is already un

der a suspended sentence of 60 days

on a liquor charge, was arrested Mon

day morning on another charge for the

same offense. His case will come up

on fTiaay.

AGED OHIO JUDGE DIES

PORT CLINTON, Ohio, July 17. Judge David R. McRitchie, 86 years old, well known in Democratic circles in northwestern Ohio, died at hi?

home here yesterday. He was a member of the Port Clinton board of edu

cation for more tnan 25 years.

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DOLAN RE-ELECTION

TO BE DECIDED BY BOARD ON THURSDAY

Final action on the re-election of County Agent J. L. Dolan will be taken Thursday by the county board of education. Members of the Wayne county farm bureau Saturday night unanimously endorsed Mr. Dolan. Representatives of the bureau from all parts of the county attended. Members of the farm bureau alleged

that C. O. Williams, county superintendent of .schools, was trying to block

the re-election of the present county

agent.

A. L. Baldwin, of Webster, severely

criticized the reported attitude of Mr.

Williams. Mr. Williams was blamed by farm bureau members for reported discouraging of the re-election of Mr.

Dolan.

gressive farmer would try to carry out a definite plan on a one year lease, no good merchant would change his clerks in the middle of a selilng campaign, and we cannot hope to accoiu plish anything in this work if we change agents now. If we unhitch the horse in the middle of the stream ana try to swim out, we will drown." Work Accomplished "This office has started pig, calf and corn clubs, soil testing, seed testing, wheat treatment, and other activities that will probably fail . altogether, if the leader is changed now." Mr. Williams was reported as having told a representative of Purdue that there would be no quorum of the board of education on Thursday nor thereafter, until Purdue saw fit to make another recommendation. "I am sure you are mistaken In thinking the board of education, or even any number of its members can be dominated by one man," said Charles Jordan, one of the board members, in presenting his position. "I came here to learn how I should ast my vote and have been convinced it should be cast for Mr. Dolan. If

any votes are controlled, mine is not

It was alleged that Mr. Williams

made statements concerning the atti- one, and it will be cast on July 20 for

Shades of our fastidious grandmothers, lace mits are being revived. Paris started it, of course, and New York quickly followed suit. This very modern creature in her black canton crepe frock with its ornate sleeves wears white lace mits reminiscent of long ago.

Bumble bees work overtime in Alas

ka. In the absence of darkness, they have been found going about their

business at 10:30 at night in Fairbanks.

tude of Richmond organizations, which

were denied by representatives of the organizations; that he made contradictory statements regarding the attitude of the township trustees; that he visited only one farm bureau official, found him in favor of Mr. Dolan, but reported that "every farm bureau official he had visited had agreed to Dolan's removal;" that Mr. Williams had claimed that "Purdue university had practically withdrawn its recommendation of Mr. Dolan and stood ready to approve any one of several waiting agents," when only Mr. Dolan had been recommended. Commends Dolan Tom Coleman, state county agent leader, stationed at Purdue, announced that he had no intention of withdrawing recommendation of Mr.

Dolan and that no other agent was immediately available. Mr. Coleman spoke in strong approval of Mr. Do

lan's work. "We felt that the fight for this office has been finished forever last year," said President Everett Hunt, in opening the meeting. "I regret very much the necessity for calling this meeting tonight." "It is the history of Wayne county

that we have never had a county

agent for more than a year, before Mr.

Dolan's arival in the county. No pro-

Mr. Dolan."

To Visit Trustees Ralph McMinn, Center township trustee, made a similar statement. "In addition to Mr. Jordan, there is certainly one other vote that is not controlled. I have not changed my mind since the last meeting of the Center township farmers when I told them I would vote for any agent recommended." At the end of the meeting, representatives of the townships all agreed to appoint committees to visit board of education members who were not present at the meeting, and to acquaint them with the decisions ot the meeting. Confidence in the attitude of the trustees and their faithfulness to previous pledges was freely voiced by

a number or speakers.

At Bibi Elbat, In Russia, cne oil well is said to have produced three and three-quarter millions of barrels in thirty days.

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