The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 5, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1908 — Page 1

News of Syracuse and Kosciusko County

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COMMERCIAL W GETTING BUSY ... I ' • T • Meeting Wednesday Night Had Good Attendance and Work Planned. COMMITTEE, ON THE FAIR Our .commercial club is not a one, as some have expressed themselves as believing. There are many things connected with the improvement of the town that cannot be d« ne in a Say or wc-k or mouth. Carefully laid plans judiciously execu e l always take time, and we believe that further’ concerted action on the part/ of oar business men and oitiz >11.3' will accomplish more m the fuluFe than they have in the past. We have many things to look to with pride that the-club has done. Every citizen of Syracuse should hfelp the club in ever.y little way tfaat appears, and then great things are possible. It is hard for mqn to make sacrifices of time and money when theV do not see direct returns. Tqe Indoor Fair now under preparation for June 4,5, and 6 will be a rattling success if all of us go at it to win, out. It gives everyone a chance to show his loyalty to the town, in/which he makes his living, anjd an appreciation of the done and efforts made by live club to make Syracuse a grow.'\wg commercial center. The committee of general arrangements for The Indoor Fair are Dr. D. S. Hontz, F. W, Greene and J. W. Messimore. These men can do nothing without the combined assistance of the people. The club has confidence in the people to the >. exhV/jthat when another opportune ’ to forward the work at hand, they will be um and doings When you are soiicired to lend a hand, don’t say “No,” but Push Forward! Efforts are being made to make the water way more passable at the railroad bridge and also to open the Pickwick Park road m some manner agreeable and profitable to all concerned. It is not too early to exhort the people to talk ajbout Syracuse and the Fouith of July. It is the intention of the commercial club Fourth of July, 1908, at Syracuse more glorious than any in the past. It can be done in a manner that will leave no bad effects. Get to talking and inducing all your nearby friends to see you here on The Fourth of July. ' A. L. Cornelius, manager of the Fourth of July celebration has named the following executive committee:

\ SEE RISE |» : J H|o • X ’ f V< i Fine Turnouts Phone 75 Reasonable Rates I suraousG Liven ana F66d Barn ? Henry Snobarner, Proprietor. | Special Attention Given to Home Trade. * Main Street - > Syracuse, Ind. ?. . .

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F. W. Greene;, Eli Bushong, J. D. McNutH’J. E. Kilgore, John C. Druckatoiller. Warren Colwell, Emory Strieby, J. ,W. Rothenberger and D. S. Hontz. Memorial Services. - The exercises at the Church of God On Sunday were well attended and appropriate to the occasion, After a song by the choir, Rev. Thompson offered the opening prayer. Another song was sung and a collection taken for Rev. Bumpus at the suggestion of Command 0 !’ Sm.th.. Mr. Bumpus then made some fitting remarks in the pUr; bees of the day, ai d brought out the fret clearly that we owe much to the grand army now fast ft r the noble struggle which they endured for the pres rvalion of the -Union. Sijrelv r.ur patriotic people v ho have many years in prospect can sec the necessity of taking steps towards relieving the old soldiers from taking active part in these memorial services. Then they-may rest in the knowledge of the%actthat they will be remembered when the Grand Army of the war of 1861-65 is no more, The writer is impressed with the thought that though nolle sacrifices were made in the upholding of the Monroe Doctrine in Cuba in 1898 the 100-days war does not compare with the battles of brother against brother. latter was much more vital to this country than the former. Father Bumpus closed his address with an exhortation to join tire army of the Leader of Men, not to die but to livejafter our struggles upon earth. The services closed with “America” by the congregation and benediction by Rev. C. E. Bo>er. Opening o£ Episcopal Chapel. : . . Bishop John Hazen While will hold services' at AU Saints Chapel at Vaster Pkrk, Wawasse on Sunday next as follows: Holy Communion at 8 a. th; morning services at 10:30 and vesper services at 5-p. m. Everybody .is most cordially invited to attend all these services; •| ■ ' ' Notice to Ail Parents, It is the desire es the decoration committee that . you see that the children get plenty of evergreen and flowers. Don’t neglect this, for we owe it to.the living and dead. Marriage Licenses James E. Whitehead, Rushville, to Jcjssie Hill, Milford, Ind. jqhn Is. Sloan, Syracuse, Ind., to Malinda Snellingberg, Warsaw, Ind. The Hon. Thomas R. Marshall of democratic nominee for Governor, will deliver the address at the Memorial services at Kendallville .Saturday.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY-28, 1908.

THE NEW SYRACUSE STATE BANK Briel Diograpliy of tlie "{Juicers and Directors of* tlie New Organization Recently Perfected,

The new State Bank of Syracuse, after taking ■ over all the assets of the old Bank of Syracuse, business May 11, with a cash capital of $25,000. It is proposed, by its officers and directors, to make of it an institution representative the progressive spirit of the new Syracuse that shall be strong enough to take ca-eof all the legitimate and worthy business interests cf the town, and to this end it solicits the support and co-operation of cur people. The Syracuse that is to be began building about 1900 and is yet in its early infancy. There are plans now in contemplation that," without doubt, will in due time material : z°, which warrant the prediction that, in the not far" distant future, it will be the largest town in Kosciusko County. To aid in the .accomplishment of this end nothing will be more helpful or more necessary than a strong, secuse and yet liberal banking institution, and that the new bank is to be all of these 'the personnel of its officers and directors is a sufficient guaranty. THE OFFICERS. For more than forty years Mr. Silas L. Ketring has been most prominently identified with the business interests of the town. Beginning his mercantile career in the store owned here by Hon. J. H. Defrees and conducted by S. F E’senhour,. Tie soon began business for hjmself, in partnership with his father, Adam Ketring’,’who died in 1879.

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Always careful and conservative, his financial growth has been steady and sure during all these years, and now, at the age of 62, he fintis himself in possession of a very comfortable fortune, ard is ready to turn over the more arduous and trying work of the bank to others, though in the position of president lu’s counsel and directiQn will be invaluable -to it. His success is well earned, apd it is hoped that he may live many years to enjoy the fruits of it.

DECORATION DAY SERVICES . ■■ , < Program Arranged Will Be Interesting—Open Air Concert. . The Decoration Day services for this Saturday promise to be more interesting than heretofore. All citizens owe it to the memory of the dead and to the living to turn out on that day in a goodly number. The; lodges will assemble at their respective halls and go to the opera house in marching order. Promptly at 2 o’clock the program will begin as follows: Song, selected. Invocation by Rev. Wm Simons. Introductory address by the chairman, Major Fletcher E. Marsh. Recitation, “Stand By the Flag,” by Gladys Pefflcy. Address by Rev, Chas. H. Murray of Leesburg. Song, selected. Benediction by Rev. 11. L. Herendeen. Commander Smith desires at the close of the exercises in the hall to take a few minutes to effect a per-

Mr. Aaion A. Rasor, vice president and assistant cashier, was born on the farm on which his father, Mr, Noah Rasor, still resides three miles west of Syracuse, 43 years ago. At the age of 20 years, haying compitted the work of tLe common schools, he began teaching, Mhich avocation he followed for fourteen years, in th's county. In 1901 he was elected trustee i t this township and served in that office ar,til 1903 wh-n he res gned it to accept tie office of clerk of the c'rcu’t court at Warsaw, to which ■ ffice he was chosen in 1902.

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By habits of thrift and economy Mr. Rasor has accumulated a competency, and the manner in which he Las always conducted his own business and the affairs of others intrusted to him is sufficient assurance th.it the bank wou/d bs secure under his management. Mr. W. M. Self, cashier, is really a product of the town of Milford (we are forced to admit that that burg has, now and then, done a creditable thing) though he was always abcutas well known i.i Syracuse as be was at home.

Mr, Self’s modesty and our own preclude,us from saying what we feel impelled to say about him personally. But one thing certain; of all the good things Mr. Ketring has done for Syracuse, for no one of them are we under greater obligations than the swiping of Mr. Self from Warsaw (which .hasn't any virtuous ones to spare, goodness knows!) and bringing him here to become a permanent resident of bur town.

manent organization known as The Syracuse Memorial Association, which has been mentioned before. This should by all means be done, as was evidenced by the small squad of veterans at the services Sunday. The line of march will be as follows: Syracuse Band, Lake X lew Post, ,G. A. R., school children, Pythian Sisters, Ladies of the Maccabees, Rebekahs, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Knights of the Maccabees and Modern Woodmen.> The line will proceed to the cemetery, where the children will place wreaths, flowers and flags upon the graves of the soldiers. After the line iff dispersed at the public square, a flag drill will be given and the band will give a short concert, interspersed with singing by the <Syracuse Male Quartet. It is desired that all be prepared to deliver their part in the day’s services with promptness, so that all will be orderly, and consequently the more interesting. A special invitation is extended to members of orders present from other towns to take vart in the parade. The best plac&in town to buy your summer underwearat A. W. Stneby.

THE DIRECTORS. Mr. Jos. F. Dolan has been a resident of Syracuse since the grading of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in 1873, employment at which work brought him here.

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.Mr. Dolan has always been liberal towards anything that promised to build up the town and community. And by careful and prudent conduct of his own busicessiaffaiis he too has A'' ' f accumulated a considerable fortune, as fortunes go in towns the size of Syracuse. John Stillwell istlhe owner of one of the finest farms io that best of all farming.neighborboods of this section, “ Solomon’s Creek,” near Benton, where he has res’ded for many years, and of which neighborhood he is probably The- mostly highly respected citizen. Not only are his business methods above criticism, but so is hisjife Mr. R. N. Desjardins, formerly »a member ol the Chicago Board of Trade, retired from active business life three years ago, purchased a fine farm on Wawasee Lake south of Syracuse, built a splendid new house on it land settled down to enjoy the fruits of an active business career. He has made many friends here and is a valuable and welconu addition to the community. These are the men that are to manage the affairs of the new bank. Their reputations are behind it, and their combined wealth is sufficient to make it one of the strongest and safest institutions in this part of the state. And every one of thsm is interested in the progress and upbuilding of the town a.nd the community. It is up to our people now to give them thpir support by keeping their money on deposit here. If everybody will co-operate with them a bank will be built up of which we will all be justly proud, and which will’s of incalculable assistance in the making of the Syracuse that is to be.

Will Build Cottage. Elmer Newell, of Goshen is ar ranging to buUd a new cottage at Wawasee. It will be located on the north side just west of the Hoops cottage. Unwelcome Notoriety. Many of the towns around th s section are trying to share with Laporte in her present unsought notoriety. Warsaw now comes forward with the. claim, that a Mrs. Jennie Hinckley who at anetime conducted a matrimonial bureau in the county seat was none other than the notorious Belle Gunness.North Webster Auto. Co. The North Webster Automobile Co. is an institution recently organized manufacture autosr at that place. The' machine which they will plao.e upon the market is the result of much study on the part of members of the present company, and has many features ot merit. , The company has recently placed an order for their machinery >and also ordered stock for ten machines. It is claimed the machine! are good sellers, and the future seems bright.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES

Farmers Receive High Prices For Their Dairy Products-, Average Crowing,

CREAMERIES GOOD THING

There are approximately 6,000 creameries in the United States, making a total of 500,000,000 pounds of butter annually. The average net price per pound paid farmers for butter fat ranged from 4 to 5 cents higher in 1907 than in 1906. This would indicate an increased return of 20 to 25 million dollars to-the patrons for the year just passed. An interesting thing about the creamery business is the fact that 1,800 of the 6,000 creameries are cooperative plants, and the number of co operative creameries is constantly growing. The greater number of creameries that have gone out of business for one reason or another in the past few years have been the individual creameries, owned by individuals and corporations. Something over a thousand creameries, mainly* in the Middle Northwest, have reported the results of the pasiyear's business to. the Department of Agriculture. These re- ; orts are ne'atly all from sections wheru the local creamery (either cooperative or individual) predominates. Careful estimates have been made from these reports which show that the net price paid farmers for butten fat at these creameries averaged between 28 and 29 cents for the year 1907. The lowest price paid was in June, when the average was between 24 and 25 cents. These prices are true only for the local creamery, which receives its cream or milk direct from farmers' wagons, where there is neither commission to pay for buying cream nor fieight or expreSfUoharges for transporting it to the churning plant. Commission and freight average from 2to 3 cents per pound. Farmers selling cream to agents who have to ship the cream; to distant churning points may expect to receive 2 to 3 cents less per pound for butter fat than prices paid by local creameries. The United States Department of Agriculture is desirous ot getting additional information concerning the net returns farmers are receiving where, by reason of their location, they are obliged to sell th/ough oream-bu)ing agencies ratht/ than to a local ureamery.

J “IN THE SPRING”! 1 §1 — - ■ 1 /■ S I will be able -to serve the || indulgent public with the | 1 I of sodas, phosphates | | and cream.. Everything clean and convenient. | j !■ Bring your Pr6scrip- | I 11 here. We will | .. JfWF com Pou nd it properly. | ■ — -- - '■ ■ d== .. I GREENE’S DRUG STORE I t SYRACUSE ■

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It is requested that all farmers wdling to assist the Department of Agriculture in'secunng information on this point will mailj to the Department at their earliest convenience a report of .the net price per pound received by them for butter fat for each monjh during 1907. If original statement slips giving pries per pound can be forwarded, these will be copied and retarded upon request. Correspondence should be addressed to the DairyJ Ji vision, Uaited States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. A Lemon—What? \ Last wo-k Ihe Journal received y from Preston H. Miles, win is at the r normal’ school at. Angola, a letter written in imitation of Artemus Ward. His father, Geo. W. Miles, asked us not to print the letter and wrote Preston that he had done so, giving as a reason that he feared its publication would do violence to his reputation as a philosopher. That letter brought the following reply which we have secured permission to print: Angola, Ind., May 20, 1908. Dear Papa: Ruth handed me your letter this evening and I am now in full possession of its contents. I don’t know, but I suspicion that I am not quite old as you are, £hd lam glad that things are as they are, because by this lime, had you been a “proud indulgent parent,” your eves covered with pride instead ot spectacles, my reputation would be positively nihil. I confess, (and 1 believe there is virtue in the confession) that (to use O. W. Holmes’ expression) I was a victim of the poisoning type-metal. 1 was not satisfied with having broken in that fractious steed, Pegassus, and having put Pythagoras, Socrates, Zeno and a few of the other back number philosophers in the shade; with having outwitted Irving for ktyle, but I also wanted -to have a tablet ip the hall o£ fame as an infernal humorist. Woe was the day! Your own son K t Preston. Married at Warsaw. lofan L. Sloan of Syracuse, and Miss Melinda Snellingberg were united in marriage at the home 'of Rev. Carpenter in Warsaw on last Saturday. ■ Johnnie and “Nellie” are too well known to need further comment, and their many friends join The Journal in wishing them all kinds of happi ness in their wedded life.

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