The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 38, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 January 1908 — Page 1

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HIGH SCHOOL ENTER PLEASES Persona who attended the [high school entertainment report that the program was excellent and that all the numbers- were thoroughly en- ? joyed except perhaps the’Hiawatha tableaux which were marred by the noise in the rear of the bouse. The ‘-Minuet” and the “Virginia Reel” by the girls with powdered hair and colonial costumes were very pretty; the song “Red Wing” ■ was thoroughly, appreciated. The Indian sketch put on by the * boys brought down the house. All toe younger boys in the house wanted more. “The Courtship of Miles Standish” was well played, Lee Cory as Miles Standish; Sverre Nielson as John Alden and Georgia Strook as Priscilla, deserve espeoia) mention for the excellent manner in which they portrayed their respective characters. . . The tableaux from Hiawatha were beautiful. Mrs. Alta Brown read the lines as the tableax and the manner in which the thought was brought out m the reading, along with the costumes and pose of Hiawatha, Minnehaha, and others made them very effective. The effect of the whole program was gdod,. The receipts were fiftyfive and a payment of forty dollors was made -on the piano, leaving an indebtedness of fiftyeight dollars. The high* school has certainly done-remarkably well in reducing a debt £of tw,o hundred and twentyfive dollars to fifty-eight dollors in two years Dr. Willis Eugene Everette, of Tacoma* Wash., a scientific writer of this city asserts that the entire Pacific coast as far north as Alaska may expect seismic disturbances between the * full moon of January and the full moon of August. He says the unusual cold: weather in the Northwest is due to the fact that the Japan current has been throVvn out 1500 miles to sea and the coll weather wtll continue until the current rights itself.

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Want Another County. A bill will be Introduced into the general assembly of the'state creating a new county in Indiana tp be oonjposed of the townships of Baugo Cleveland*, Osolo and Concord in what is now Elkhart ][oounty, It is proposed to call the] new county Lincoln county and make'JElkhart the county spat, with a "circuit court. It is also proposed to have the new county break away from the thirtyfourth and and form a new judicial circuit to be known as the fortieth. Those who favor the bill say fifty of the ninety-two Counties in the state have, less than 23,000 population while forty-two counties have an exooss of that number, The population of Lincoln county would be 23,000. The bill is looked upon as a joke even by Elkhart people. Few people would be benefitted by the new arrangement outside of some lawyers and politihians in Elkhart, Taxes in the townships affected would necessarily be higher than at present. HOMER TOM’SJOME BORNS The residence on the Luoy Edgel farm southeast of Milford and occupied bp Homer Tom was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, Mr. Tom had built a fire at about five o’clock and a few minutes later fire was discovered breaking the roof and it is supposed the fire originated from a defective flue. ' . s It was impossible to save the household goods with the exception cf a bed and some small articles. This is the second fire this family has experienced within a year. No insurance was carried on the building. We were unable to leatn whether the goods were insured. Ollie Horn the Goshen ball player who is known to Syracuse ball player who »is known to Syracuse persons has signed to play with Vincennes in the E asternlllinoi league. Rev. Rothenberger returned to Syracuse on Monday after a business visit in Warsaw, Rev, Rothenberger has almost recovered from a serious attack of stomach trouble.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 21, 1908.

11l DEFENSE OF ' TRUSTEE LANTZ I - f Almost every one |of our exchanges has’’” reproduced the article which appeared in the Warsaw Union some weeks ago relative to the shortage of our townehipjtrustee and we feel it our duty while we have had no conversation with Mr. Lentz to say tbtt he never failed to make his annual report of receipts and expenditure and each showed a balance in favor of the township and as our best informant tells us Mr. Lantz never used a dollar of the iownsnip money for his private use within the eight years of his administration, but left it in the bank In view of these facts how can it be possible there can be a shortage at all.—Milford Mail. The Journal was one of the papers which prinsed a report of Mr, Lantz trouble and as we wish to be Absolutely fair we reproduo the above. The impression [we gained from the'-report was that Mr. Lantz bad not appropriated funds to bis own use, but failed in some cases to take necessary legal steps in the expenditure of township money. j Barnhart Makes “Hit,” Tfee Indianapolis News has the following to say of the effect of Barnhart’s first speech: j ‘ Henry A. Barnhart, the new democratic member of the house from the Thirteenth Indiana district has made a favorable impression not only on bis colleagues from Indiana, but on the members from other states. His first speech io the house—that in relation to the Federal court bill this week—was bis introduction to the membership of the body. Whe he had finished both republicans and democrats joined in the applause. There has always been a good deal of talk about ;tbe house turning a cold .shoulder to a newcomer, but as a matter of fact itjs always ready to extend encouragement to a man of ability—a man who promises to be useful- Mr. Barnhart had not been on his feet one minute until the members present saw that here was a manjof ability, and the decision was quickly reached to give him a good round of applause just to show bow itfelt about him.” With two strong men—Barnbart and Shively—in Congress from ttie Thirteenth district, our interests will be well taken care of. A Splendid Record. ;r ■■ —7 E. H. Upson who lives at Oak Grove has an eighty acre farm. He rents bis fields, and devotes his time to fruit growing, bee culture and poultry raising, He has 200 pear trees, seventy-five cherry trees and, fifty peach trees and prides himself on being the only possessor of a quince orchard having fifty, trees. He started in last spring with fifteen colonies of bees and has increased them to thirty colonies. He has taken off 1,510 pounds of honey during the past season. He started in this fall with ninety hens oil his 1908 batch and since the latter part of November they have averaged two dozen eggsidaily Mr. Upson not a dairyman but takes great pride in bis cows. He only three cows but keeps them right. As these figures show, for 1908 he sold 3493 pounds of cream which brought him 1225.37, — Pierceton Record.

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Prevents Consumption. Announcement bas\ been made that assure cure'orjrather]a preventative for consumption has been’diecovered by Dr. Randle C. Rossenberger, holder of the ohair of bacteriology at Jefferson college, Philadelphia. The tuberculosis germ can be really [found in ths blood long before it reaches the lungs; that it is then in][a] condition which makesTt readily] amendable to destruction by simple treatment and fresh air, and that it will soon be possible to use a 'perfect anti-toxin which will stamp the disease out entirely. By Dr. [Rosenberger’s discovery consumption, the greatest scourge of modern times, dwindles down the easiest treoted disease in existence. Dr. Rossenberger has tested his discovery and his method upon 150 cases in none of which was there a failure. Each Death Costs $740. It was given out today that after five years of hotly contested litigation settlements had been made in the oases >of thirty of the deaths caused by by the Iriquois theater fire. It is stated that $750 a case is to be paid by one of the.firms responsible for the construction of the theater, the proseoutions against the company in these cases having been withdrawn from court, In one instance a man who lost his wife and children in the fire received $750 for eaob death. Many other suits agaiost firms and individuals interested, in the theater are still pending. The number of unsettled oases is estimated at ovet 400. THE 6000 ROADS CAMPAIGN . In a report sent out the bureau of Good Roads says: “We mapped out a oampaign to know ’where the money was going—those munificent sums that were being paid—supposedly—into the road fund to be used for road building and repairing. The reports made by the different. parties investigating their respeotiye counties were: “AIL of the money that is being paid in for road purposes is being used on the roads.” Here then was the solution and the text is:« “The money is being dumped on the highways.” How with this as a basis for further investigation we have discovered the proof of the text which is this: Our very best gravel roads represent less than one" half the money they cost and for the proof of this statement we have official tables and estimates taken from actual and careful tests with the following results: “It costs 1.25 to SBO per ton per mile to haul a load over our common roads, $.17 to S2O per ton per mile for hauling over our best gravel roads as compared to hauling the same load over a good macadam road at a cost of 8o to 10c per ton per mile.” The state of Connecticut has a yearly appropriation of $1,000,000. New York has a yearly appropri--ation of $5,000,000. The last Pennsylvania legislature •appropriated $10,000,000 for building and improving the public highways. Utah aiul Wisconsin will make similar appropriations this year. In fact nearly every state in the union has adopted some form of state aid for the improvement of their public highways* Indiana will continue to wade mud until some legislator comes to the aid of the public with a bill providing for suoh an appropriations. / Autmobile Chea p. For Sale, a one cylinder Cadillac | newly painted and all parts m good condition. It must be se-n to be j appreciated. Inquire at Foundry * office.

BIRDS AND INSECTS ONJHE FARMS O. P. Dellenger of the Winona Agricultural School in an address at the recent Farmers’ Institute said: “Farmers and in fact we all are interested in what amount of our income shall go for taxes. It is a question that ie always alive. The tariff just now occupies our attention and will for/eome time, yet it is surprising bow little attention we pay to a tax that makes all others look small and j unimportant. I mean the* tax Insects collect from the farmer, The total value of farm products last-year was $8,000,000,000 Insects—if estimates are correct, and ail admit they are too low—took over $1,000,000,000 as their tax and this may be said to fairly fepresent the yearly tax they levy. $1,000,000,000 a yearl it is difficult to realize whatvit means. Ten dollars apieoe people, yet one often meets, not only men of other professions but farmers as well, who think it is a waste cf time to study insects. “Just one word as to why the bild population has so greatly.diminished, Men and boys with guns have played their part in the destruction but they have not been the largest factor. Cats take 2,500000,000 birds annually or about fifty to each oat, ThefGermans say the oat is the greatest enemy of the bird life. Next to the oat conns the English sparrow, another introduced pest. Every farmer should rid himself completely of this pest .” Mail Order Thoughs. JWIJI J. Hayner, publisher of the Burley (Idaho) Bulletin, believes editors and subscribes should use a bit of common sense in dealing with the mail order evil. *He says: When the mail order house sends a mail order catalogue to your house, draw an easy chair to the table where the light will shine fu 1 upon its pages and puton your glasses that no bargain may escape your eye. What a wonderful book it is to be sure; wonderful for what t does not contain, as well as for what it does. We miss some things we would be glad to see. Where is their offer to payj OBB h or exchange goods for your wheat, oats corn, potatoes, and eggs or hay? How much do they pay for cattle, sheep and hogs f. o. b. at the depot? How much tax will they pay to support your schools and educate your children, for improving roads and bridges, the support of the poor of the ooubty, for the expense of running of the town, county and state? On what page is the offer to contribute money to the ohurch or aooept south side water certificates in exchange for goods? What line of credit will they extend to you when your crops are poor and your money gone, when through illness or misfortune you are not able to eeud “cash with order” for your clothing, farm tools and other goods? 1 Where is there offer to contribute to your Christmas entertainments? In brief, will they do anything to provide a market for what you have to sell, and thereby keep up the value of your estate? Will they do anything for social, ohurch, school or government support, or do they take your dol lars out of the community, with no return except the inferior good® you buy? Every citizen in Wolcottville, who'is interested in the growth and development of the town, should th'.nk twice "before sending cash out of this community .to a m*di orde*J house. Choice farm hans at 5 cercei t CORNELIUS & BUTT.

Three Weeks Old. Talks? “Hello, papa!” These words, tittered by a three-weeks-old baby startled not only the parents of the child, but the doctor and a. nurse. The doctor, T. Mitchell Burns, is busy perusing his scientific works trying to account for the case, which is the most unusual | case that has oome to his notice. The baby is Helen Marie, daughter of William Wagner, a former policeman, She, is developed physically and [mentally far beyond her age, and is one of the most beautiful babies ever attended by the doctor. Ability so utter understandable words at.her tender age is her most remarkable accomplishment.— Denver Tribune. Second Hand Store. We have started a second-hand store in the room next door to fearfoes Bros, and have on baud a good line of second-hand goods, all in the best of conditions. Big bargains. Grisamer & Bott. ANNUAL ICEIrYEST NOW ON The annual iqa harvest jof the B, &O. railroad is noy? ot>, a large foroe of men being employed. The company ie shipping the entire supply to division points. The ide is of excellent quality and several hundred car loads will be,taken out, To Coffee Consumers. The purchaser of a package of Pierce’s Golden Bleed Rio Coffee will find enclosed m every package a beautlful stereoscopic picture of different scenes in all parts of the world free. Send 10 signatures out from the side of wrapper and 25c and we will mail postpaid an elegant stereoscope. Signatures are also g-ood for premiums on list of same fn package,, ■ Durham Coffee & Spice Co., Lafayntte, Ind.

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FIRE DESTROYS . SHIDELER HOME At about 2:00 o’clock Saturday moaning fire originated from a defective flue, totally destroying the house owned by Edward. Gordon of Randoul, 111., and occupied by Mr. Shidler and family. The household effects and clothing were also destroyed. Mr. Sheidler was suddenly awakened by the cracking of the burning timbers and upon investigation found the entire second story was in flames, He hurriedly removed his wife and child to a place of safety and then .potified J. C. Druokamiiler, who at once hurried to the fire bouse and sounded the alarm. The fire laddies, assisted of our town people lost no time in getting to the scene of the conflagration with the hose carts, but the fire had gained such great headway that the total destruction of the building was unavoidable, A high easterly wind blew great sparks of fire to adjoining buildings, especially the Warren Rentfrow property, which is just acoross the alloy, end it took great effort® to save it*. . Mr. Shidler, we. understand, carried no insurance uud his loss Js . total, bat th? L-uiiding Was insured • tor $650 with the Ohio Farmer through -th-* agency of Cornelius & Butt.

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