The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 34, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 September 1965 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY . .. .. /c_* Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat. 1907) *** M,,ford *“ ( Into The Mall-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 Democratic ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Bdiior and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Manager Box 8 Syracuse, I nd., — 46567 Valeria aa Second ru— matter at the Post Office at Syracuse. Indiana Subscription: $4-00 per year in Kosciusko Cocnty; $4-50 Outside County

EDITORIALS HOW TO KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE

If children were taug-ht in the home by their parents and in the schools and Sundav schools by their teachers, one simple little rule of action, think of the sorrow and suffering it would save, not to mention the countless millions of dollars. This rule of action wouldn’t require any new laws, it wouldn’t cost a dime of taxpayers money, and it would reduce the cost of law enforcement and court trails. Respect for the rule would eventually become automatic with most children as they grew up.

COUNTERFEIT PROBLEM

"We thinks" they dost assure a bit too much — those soothsayers official and private who keep telling us that the silverless, “klunk” quarters now being minted are and ever will be every bit as valuable as the clinking silver variety to which we are so long accustomed. If the mineral content really has no bearing on a coin’s value, we wonder why such an otherwise intelligent fellow as Alexander Hamilton failed to argue against using sliver and gold in our money in the first place. -And when we test mathematically the contention that a coin which can be minted for only 2c. because it contains no precious metal, has and will continue to have the same value as one made with silver at a cost of 23c for some reason it doesn’t balance out. Maybe we need a course in ■modern math. We’ll grant that a silverless quarter

ABOUT THOSE P.O. ENVELOPES...

Announcement that the United States Post Office Department was increasing immediately the price of its plain and printed stamped envelopes cafne as no surprise to us, nor probably to any other printing firm in the country. Trying to compete with the federal government on printing stamped envelopes has been a thorn in the sides of printers for many years. You just can’t compete against someone who is selling a product at less than his cost and still hope to buy beans for your family’s table. According to «jv‘*rd from Cleson Weldy, Wakarusa postmaster, the new lading is aimed at eliminating a $3.3 million loss in the postal envelope sales each year. For many years, the post office department has maintained that it hasn t intended for stamped envelopes to be a money-maker, and that envelope printing is taken on bids each year with the low bidder getting the nod for the printing contract. What it has failed to mention, however. is the fact that the post office department has been turning right around

I FA RM j : «?l NOTESIGiSr=I

By DON FRANTZ Coan ty Agriculture Agent Buyers at 4-H dub livestock have been invited to attend a barbecue in their honor on October 15 at the fairgrounds the event is financed by the 4-H members that sold livestock through the sale and much of die planning work is being done by the sale committee. The sale is one of the of the 4-H year with over 300 youngsters taking part in it has been very’ successful. It has greatly strengthened the 4-H livestock program. The club members and committees have been very appreciative of the support they have been receiving and have for several years wanted to show their appreciation. ... Several groups are helping in the staging of the event. They include the Agnus Association, the Cattlemen’s Association, the Sheep Improvement Association and the 4-H Council.TWO FIELD DAYS are on schedule that will help decide on the vajue of narrow rows of corn and soybeans. A narrow row corn field day wiH be held October 13th at the Purdue research farm northwest of Lafayette. The following day, October 14 is set for the Pin-nev-Purdue field day at Wanatah. THERE WEREa total of 34.6000 little trees delivered into the county this spring from the state nursery for erosion control, windbreaks and reforestation purposes The trees are gown by the state department c£«r»tta> Medaryville and

Wednesday. September 29, 1965

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There wouldn’t be so many news reports of murder, robbery,. kidnapping, rape, purse snatching, automobile stealing, l etc., etc. And what is the rule of action that would reduce our vicious crime record, if it became part of the thinking of children when it was taught to them daily by their parents and schools, along with suitable illustrations of what it meant ? Rule _ “Keep your hands off other people and other people’s property.” It’s that simple to keep out of trouble.

dropped into a vending machine may bring forth quite as much candy, chewing gum or tobacco as will one of the old—fashioned variety. But we’ll wager two of those new quarters against one of old kind that most of those who now insist that there is no difference will one day lie checking their change as they approach that vending machine and will deposit the klunker instead of the clinker if they happen to have one of each. _ Probably the most vivid proof of the difference in value between the silver and the silverless quarters is the fact that no sooner had the new ones begun klunking out of the minting machine than politicians began arguing over how to spend the extra money Uncle Sam will acquire by making Coins for 2c and selling them to American citizens at 25c. That strikes us as a sort of counterfeit problem.

and reselling the envelopes at below their cost. Very few successful business have ever, prospered in this manner, and we doubt they ever will. When a private business continues to lose money on its product, it isn’t long before the bankruptcy referee is called in and he divides up what assets — if any — are left. Why, then, is it fair for a tax-sup-ported organization to take the tax monies that printers ( or anyone else) pays to them and use these funds as a weapon to cut said taxpayers’throats? We refuse to believe that this deficit in the stamped envelope service has come about in the last year or two— or even in just the past 10 years. This isn’t the only phase of American business which is plagued with this type of “unfair” competition from their own tax dollars, but it is a phase with which we are acquainted and know a little about. Now if further action could be taken to get more governmental agencies and bureaus out bf competition with other private business, it would be a further boost to the nation’s economy.

ere sold as seedlings or year old ; transplants. The cost at this early stage is tow -and they are sold at i cost prices. °n a county basis the Extension ; Service and Soil Conservation offices make it joint effort to han-. le the orders and have the little i trees aS far as Warsaw where they j are picked up by the persons ordering them ! Orders for 1966 plantings may be made during the whiter months ; for April delivery. LN NEXT WEEKS column I will devote the space to a digest of the new Indiana Dramage Law which I will go into effect January 1. SOME .PLANTS actually come into their own in winter, says Don Scheer, Purdue university etension horiculturist Winter doesn’t have to create drab environment around your yard, plant which can be planted this fail to add beauty through this winter. Evergreens, of course, are the basic ingredient for winter odor. But you’ll need something more for accent One of the best is the redwig Dogwood. It grows as a shrub and erposesks red twigs after leaves fall. It is partiedariy good m front of an evergreen background, and will stand out when snow covers the ground. For something a little smaller and more delicate, try Sempervivums or Creeping Sedums. Both are colorful in winter and fit will around rock gardens, patios and steps. However. Scheer says, true collectors’ items are the plants which bloom outdoors in winter. These are Christman and Lenten roses. plants with large buttercup-like blooms. Christmas roses have white flowers, grow about 15 inches tai and

DAIRY COWS ! TESTED Daily cows in area herds have been credited with recently completed lactations under official production testing rules of HotstemFriesian Association of America, their actual performance records are: Uneeda Rag Apple Dandy Delia '3782129. a ten-year-old. produced 17.120 lbs. of milk and 691 lbs. of butterfat in 357 days. Uneeda Delia Foves Pet 5178568, a three-year- ' old, had 17,770 lbs of mild and 674 Itts. of butterfat in 305 days. Uneeda .Ormsby Prince Ida 5012774, a fourI year-old, had 16,310 lbs. of milk and 651 lbs. es butterfat hi 319 davs. Uneeda Pjea' Fobes Betty 4710662, a six-yedr-old, had 17,860 lbs. of milk and. 642 lbs. of butterfat in 305 days. Ail are owned by Olover Hibschrnan and Sons, Syracuse. These new production figures may be compared to the estimated annual output of 7,880 lbs. of milk and 285 lbs. of butterfat by the average U. S. dairy cow, notes the national Holstein Association. Purdue university supervised the sampling, weighing and testing op- , erattons in cooperation with the , Holstein organization’s herd and breed improvement programs. ft bloom anytime from November to March. Lenten roses are dark purple similar to Christmas roses and bloom frmo February to ApriL

SESQUICENTENNIAL SCHAPBODK By J. M. Guthrie " MJwW assistant director : z Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission

Most of us are familiar with the legends pertaining to Vikings settling in North America and possibly ' spreading into the interior, sevI eral centuries before Columbus made his discovery. Less known are legends about a iWelsh expedition to this continent almost three centuries before the discovery’. Truth is stranger than fiction but I at times it is difficult to tell which lis which. Take the case of white Indians of North America. Too many legends exist, brought : down from too many sources to ignore the possibility of white men living on this continent for a long time before recorded history admits it. In the writings of George Binder (London. 1787’. the Rev. John P. \ Campbell (Chillicothe, Ohio’, .Gen. George Rogers Clark. John Filson, (Cotton Mather, George Croghan, leapt. Abraham Chaplain (of Clark's army in Kaskaskias 1 , and others, can be found references to white, bearded savages living among the | Indians of North America. Gen. Clark said he received information from Tobacco, chief of the Piankashaws and Col. (Alexander?) McKee stated that he received information from the great chief, Cornstalk. concerning tribes of white men in this immediate area. Thomas A. Hinde, on May 30, 1824, wrote a most interesting letter, quoted by Jacob P. Dunn, in which he stated: “In 1799 six Soldiers’ skeletons were dug up near Jeffersonville. Each skeleton had a breast-plate of brass, cast with the Welsh coat-of-arms, the mermaid and harp, with a Latin inscription, in substance: ‘Virtuous deeds meet their just reward.’ One of these plates was left by Captain Jonathan Taylor with Hubbard Taylor, of Clark county, and when called for by me in 1814, for John B. Campbell, ol

| Wednesday Afternoon Club Enjoys Pictures Os India The Wednesday Afternoon dub met at the home of Mrs. James Kirkwood on September 22. Mrs. William T. Jones Jr., president, presided at the business session. Roll call was answered by each member telling about seme interest-

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White Indians

Chillicothe, Ohio, who was preparing notes on the antiquities of the west. I was informed that the' breast-plate had been taken to Virginia by a gentleman of that state. Strong tradition existed for many years around the falls of the Ohio about a tribe of white Indians which occupied the country. This occupancy’ w’as terminated by a war with red Indians and the whites were driven, after many battles, to an island in the Ohio River. Eventually the island was taken and all ■ white people were annihilated. Gen. Clark stated that there w’as an immense Indian graveyard below his home in Clarksville, and he w» told that it contained bones of ancient white people. Other tales remain in many parts of the country. Rev Morgan Jones, in 1660 was captured by the Tuscaroras and taken among the Doeg people on the Pontigo River, near Cape Atros in the Carolinas. There he found the Doeg tribe speaking Welsh and he preached to them in that language and lived with them for several months. George Catlin, artist-explorer, was much interested in tribes of the upper Missouri and said that some of them, from the color of their eyes and hair seemed to be more allied to the white race than the red. He even thought that he found traces of the ancient British language among them. The early French said that some among the Padoucas and Matocantes were white people and very warlike. The Creek Indians knew and respected them for they were numerous and strong. Early travellers asserted that the Mandans and other Indians, some 700 miles up from the mouth of the Missouri, were nearly white and had many Welsh w’ords in their language. Some suggested that Mandan is a corruption of Madawgwys, or followers of Madawc.

mg place that she had visited. A great many told of places in our state of Indiana. There were 15 members and one guest, Mrs. Louis Kuilema. present. For the program Mrs. Kirkwood appeared in a beautiful blue satin cheongsam, and told about part of her trip around the world and showed film she and Mr. Kirkwood had taken in India. The

It has been suggested that the j far advanced dwellings such as Casa Montezuma and Casa Grande were planned and built under supervision of white men for the natives had a legend that a white, god- | like man, whom the called Montezuma, appeared amongst them and instructed them in the ways of civilization and construction, then disappeared. He promised to return but never did. The basis for all this can be traced to one Prince Madoc, son of Owain Gwynedd, king of Wales, f Madoc had several quarrelsome brothers and in the year 1170 got timber from the woods of Snowdon in the valley of Nant Gwynant, built two ships and sailed westward to fine peace in a new’ land. ’ Sir Thomas Herbert (in - 1626’, wrote that Madoc (or Madawc’ reached Newfoundland, established a fort and left men there. Madoc then returned to Wales and built a fleet of ten ships, attracted numerous men, women and children and sailed off with them to firmly establish a new kingdom. With him were his brothers, Einion, Riryd. and Idwal, and others were to follow once he became firmly established in the New’ World. Madoc and his people were never again heard from in Wales. George Burder. writing in London in 1787. stated that a tomb was found in Mexico. In Welsh was inscribed on it, “Madoc op Owen was I called. Strong, tall, and comely, not enthrall'd With home-bred pleasures; but for fame. Through land and sea I sought the same.” . > With all the references we in 19&> I have on Prince Madoc it seems in- • credible that research cannot es- ■ tablish some firm information and , truth about these people who came to America in 1170 a.d.

pktures. of the beautiful scenery and buildings, presented quite a i contrast to the pictures of the poor ! natives. During the social hour refreshI ments were served from an attracti ive table, decorated with roses : from the Kirkwood yard. The next I meeting will be October 6 in the . home of Miss Katherine Rothens burger.

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PRIVATE SALE OF REAL ESTATE The Lake City Bank, as Administrator of the estate of Merl Summy and as administrator of the estate of Pearl C. Summy, wall offer for sale at 10:00 A.M. October 16 at the Lake City Bank all the real estate belonging to the said estates. The land will be offered for sale at private bids subject to rebidding, but for not less than appraised value. Terms of the sale are cash, 15% of the purchase price payable upon acceptance of bid, and the balance payable upon delivery of Administrator's Deed and evidence of title. The real estate will be offered in three parcels as follows: Tract I. The East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 14, To worship. 33 North, Range 5 East, containing 20 acres, more or less. Tract 11. The East Fractional Half of the Northeast Fractional Quarter, being government lots 3 and 4, in Section 24, Township 33 North. Range 5 East, containing 104, 72 acres, more or less. Tract IH. The North part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 33 North; Range 5 East, bounded as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 15, thence West 180 rods, thence South 40 rods, thence East 40 rods, thence South 20 rixis; thence East 80 rods, thence North 60 rods to the place of beginning, containing 25 acres more or less. LAKE CITY BANK, Administrator