The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 February 1911 — Page 1

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INDIANA'S ANTIQUATEDROAB LAW Indiana still clings persistently to the ancient laws which provide that the Road taxes may be worked out. This law even provides that the tax payer may work out his portion at any time between the first of and the last of December. The Road supervisor cannot force this work to be done at one time, every tax payer can use his own convenience about it. This law is a fraud and a joke, a tax as about two milion dollars is annually levied, outside of incorporated towns and cities, for the re-' pair and maintaining of roads. It is conservative to say that not over 25 cents on a dollar of the tax levy for roads, that may be worked out is judiciously expended on the roads. Why is this antiquated system continued? The answer is simple and easy. There is assessed against the Railroads and other public service corporations in Indiana about four hundred thousands dollars in taxes for roads. This tax should be paid in cash, but is farmed out to contractors who deliver the receipts, to the Railroad Companies showing that the amount has been worked, for about 80 cents on the dollar. The contractor sub-contracts with local people to work out this tax, or obtain the receipt signed by the supervisor, the best way he can, at about 50 or 60 cents on the dollar. These main contractors are generally credited with making from $60,000 to $70,000 per year net. These gentlemen are shrewd able men who don’t propose to be put out of business and this is why these rotten laws are still on the statute • books of Indiana. They are maintaining a strong lobby to defeat road laws now before the legislaturewhich will if passed, put Indiana in line to judiciously spend the two milion dollar now assessed for good roadsThe railroads are not the only ones who shirk their duty and render the present system a joke, most communities make a pic-nic of working out their road tax and no efficient work is done. The auditor of Vandeburgh county says that 10 percent of the good road tax is efficiently put on the roads. Everybody who knows anything about this subject knows that the present system is a farce and a fraud. If you want our Road laws reformed write or wire your Senator and Representative to push House Bills 80 and 81, Senate 10 11. Make it strong, and do it QUICK. Indiana Good Roads Association. A new line of Embrorderys and lace. A. W. Strieby. ,

B Stack of Groceries t , is required to meet the de- / I mands of a rapidly growing Jr \ i/ business. Do you for one /■Jraraw/ minute believe • that our * ' tra^e would continue to infl m. : I X crease if our groceries were m CiP m^i c nP lt c ”* . 1 jrf ' k | not : 0F standard QUALITY? Os course you don’t. So why not try the grocery store that suits so many other people? You certainly want good groceries as well as they. Our prices enable you to get them. SIEDER & BURGENER. Syracuse, Indiana

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I A VICTORY F&R WOMEN. Out in Seattle, Washington where women were recently given their votes, Mayor Hiram C. Gill has been recalled. A few years ago, the recall was unknown. So were the woman voters. By-eo-o perations of both these new features of government, Seattle has rid herself of a big police scandal. Mayor Gill, with his chief of police, was accused of farming out the vice privileges to a syndicate and collecting a large percentage of the receipts accruing therefrom. It was one of the first really decisive victories for the women voters, who were unusally active and stood in lines at the election booths. To their votes is directly attributed the defeat of the mayor and the election of his successor George E. Dillings. With the recall on one side and the votes of the women on the other the .officials of Seattle have but one course cut out for them—to toe the mark. It was a question of morality and not of politics to be settled in the western city, and, the women voting, there was no other result possible except a victory for morality. It was a foregone conclusion that the side of civic righteousness should win, Syracuse Young Man Honored. The following copied from Friday’s Indianapolis News will be appreciated dy the friends of one of our worthy and highly esteemed young men James W Brady, of Syracuse, a senior in Wabash college, has been honored by the Calliopean Literary Society of the college. The tryout of the sdciaty to select three representatives and one alternative for the affirmative Wabash team that will participate in the coming triangular debate between DePauw university and Indiana university will be held tonight, Brady is sick at Culver Union hospital, and but for this fact he would take part in the tryout. In view of the fact that he is versatile as a debater, was a member of last year’s Calliopean team in the dual debate with DePauw, the society has unanimously voted to award one place on the team to Brady. Ten members of the society are to try out the other two places, A Correction. In last weeks publication we stated that M. W. Johnson pastor of the Church of God had resigned. We wish to correct this statement as Mr. Johnson advised us that the report was not true. He left Saturday for Wheeling, West Virgina, where he will take treatment in the Haskins hospital after which time he will come back here.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1911.

FROM OUR FRIENDS IN MONI/iNA The following letter, from M- 3. J. J. Ross although riot written for mblication was such a pleasure t< us that we decided to print ext’ acts from it, knowing that it would i-e of much interest to all their frit nds, some of whom do not even k aow where they are located since j ring west. When they left here a x>ut two years ago they went to N >rth Dakota. From there Mr. Ross ’ 'ent to Montana and entered a d rim Mrs. Ross joined him there last lay and the letter tells the story f ’em then until now. I closed an eight months t :rm' May 28, 1910, and left North Da ota the 30th, arriving here the folio 'ing morning at 4:20 a jn. ’Tho ery tiresome, I enjoyed the trip as the scenery was so different from a ly I had before seen. The towns here remind on i of mining and frontier villages we ave often read about. Chester is pi >bably seven to ten years old, whi h is quite ancient for this region. It is not much larger than Leesburg but has several banks, newspa iers, hotels and quite a few stores. Jay met me there and we looked like an emigrant outfit for sure. Our trail lay ten miles to the n >rtheast, over a prairie which rises; ,radually by benches and dotted here and there by shacks, many of the pretentious size of 12x16 or here about. The land was unbroken save in few instances. I was unabi ? to indicate our place until we had fully arrived and found George trar sferring the household effects via wheelbrrrow, from the tent in v hich they had been living to our n ?wly erected home a few feet north. 7ery happy and proud was I as for the first time I crossed the threshc d of our own home. It is quite impos sible to describe the chaos which prevailed therein. Lumber, shavings, ti inks boxes, dishes, foods, etc., strewn promiscuous I donned my regime itals and finally cleared a path. That night slept on the floor in solid comfort. At that time, the house was only partially roofed, no stairway o upper floor, windows and doors £ st in and rough siding only coverin , the uprights. Sufficient ventilatior was thus assured and the advisabil ty of the theory of practically slo ping outdoors was questioned. Espe< ially when, within a few day s the temperature lowered and the wind blew a gale. Those busy days, fore )oth, and we tasted somewhat of the rials and privations of pioneer life. Since we are expecting our I irniture in the spring, we pure) ased none but makeshift, of the : sorebox kind. A rocker would seei i the acme of comfort. Our home 14x22 is located on the corner of section lines crossing and faces south and east, as most buses do in the west because of the gi iater warmth. It is two story hip r< ofed, two rooms above, and two I riow, with open stair and cellar. Life offers greater pleasures than iving in a house built over one’s lead? for a steady diet of sawdust, havings and nails becomes monotc nous. Our home is not entirely com] luted yet but we add to it from tin e to time. Uncle Sam has kindly loam I us 320 acres of land on which t< residence for five years with othe conditions, is required. Our first year expired Dec. 10. Our land li ;s in section 18 and 19, township 33, *ange 7 E., and is a mile and a quar er on the east and three quarters oi the west. The southern part is i flat and the northern rolling. Jay broke and planted 15 acres of oatj, 25 acres of wheat and a good sized garden and we realized fror the output some pasture not for oir own

but neighbor’s stock, chiefly, few j potatoes used for dessert and some onions and radishes we might swallow whole without choking. Never in the history of the country, was there such an exceedingly dry year. Good crops were grown in some parts of the state but in North Dakota, where mose farmers raised several thousands bu. of wheat, besides other grain, on 160 acres, there was practically nothing. For months the boys hauled water, from reservoirs and springs, as great a distance as six and seven miles away making the trip nearly daily. In many places even that distance may be several miles closer than it can be gotten underground. The procuring of water is the great problem here and a good well or spring will increase the value of the land many hundreds of dollars. ’Tho many strike water at a depth of less than 20 feet, from 200 to 500 is not uncommon. A neighbor on a hill south, paid some drillers over a thousand dollars, boarded them, furnished the casing and coal for the engine, hired a man to haul water for it constantly some eight miles, and has nothing but a hole in the ground some 550 feet deep to show for his expenditures and labor. Our well is 250 feet deep and has over 100 feet of water in it. It is the result of our third attempt, We are caring for two cows, three calves, four horses, seventeen chickens, a pig and a pup. Except in the coldest weather, the.stock feed on the prairie night and day and the cattle usually are fed no grain. Many of the native stock are never sheltered. Sheep are still numerous, one man often owning thousands. Every few miles, in some of the coulees, are dams made to lurid the snow for the summer and near them are corralls for the sheep and shacks for the herders. *fhe ranchers resent settlements for they use government land for grazing. Our trading points are Chester, ten miles and Joplin, five. The latter place, less than a year ago, was used as a sheep corrall and now is a flourishing little town. Foreigners predominate everywhere and I think there is not an American in Jop" lin. In face I know of but • one person, besides ourselves, who is straight American and even we are of mixed blood several generations back. Prices soar like aeroplanes: butter and eggs 45 cents, lard 19 to 22 cents and goods by package or pound five to ten cents higher per. Pennies are not current. Stamps are change at the Postoffice. I mean to make a mighty protest along this line some day. This is certainly a land of magnificient distances'and glorious scenery. It’s a real inspiration to mount a hillside and gaze around. Near at hand on every side, lies the rolling prairie, with here and there a little homestead and stock peacefully grazing, an indication of the farmer’s, faith in the country. Some five miles to the southeast nestles the little village, Joplin, and a few miles beyond it, Inverness, while back of these like a sleeping monster, tower the Bear Paw Mtsover sixty miles distant. Directly south is Eagle Butte and north west less than fity miles, Gold, West and Little Buttes and the The Farmer’s Haystack, division of the Sweet Grass Hills. I think there is not a single month in the year that snow dose not lie upon them *at some time. There is claimed to be considerable timber on the mts. and gold, coal and copper in them, besidesjgame as deer, antelopes, wolves, rabbits, grouse and prairie chicken. Thus far we have seen but an occasional rabbit, gopher, or coyote. From Fathers Ross’s place the view is the finest ever. From there also, one can see Chester, ten miles, and the Rockies and Little Rockies. George's heme to • dupltow of

. ours. Jay helped build four homes besides our own buildings this summer and has developed into quite a carpenter. He has made doors, large and small, shelves, a panel and medicine case and is now at work on a kitchen cabinet. He is also a shoe cobbler and blacksmith and a well driller and an all around handy man. (continued next week) ii Local and Personal! N. C. Isenberger was home Sunday. Mrs. Otis Butt was at Goshen Thursday. Miss Mary Ott was at Goshen Friday and Saturday. Hugh McPherson came home from South Bend Thursday. _ A. H. Blanchard was at Warsaw Monday transacting business. Claude Niles of South Bend, spent Sunday with his family here. Ralph Vail and wife visited Mrs T. S. Sheffield Sunday afternoon. Iman Rookstool and family were the guests of Sophia Rookstool dayMiss Cora Crow spent Sunday in the country at the home of Charles Myers. Chas. Juday and family were the guests of Chas. Bunger and family Sunday. Milton Rentfrow and Francis Ott were at Goshen Saturday on business. Mrs. Elisha Hess visited with relatives and friends at Goshen Saturand Sunday. Sam Akers sr. and wife visited with friends at Nappanee Saturday and Sunday. Will Gibson of Ligonier visited with his sister Mrs. T. H., Clemens, and husband over Sunday. Mrs. Rinard Calbaugh and Mrs Ernest Tom left Saturday for a short visit with friends at Warsaw. John Gans moved Monday on the A. M. Jones farm near Wawasee, formerly owned by John Snavely. Edward Miles left Tuesday for Indianapolis, to spend a few days with his brother, George Miles, and family. G. W. Bundy of Auburn was in town one day last week to visit his mother who had been sick for sev eral weeks. Glen Young and family visited at Goshen Sunday. Mrs. Young Went to Warsaw Monday morning before returning home. For Sale—One good work mare in good shape, $35 if taken at oncO, 1 good 1-horse wagon $lO. D. B. Hamlet, Syracuse, Indiana. Chas. Snyder, wife and daughter, Helen, and Elza Rittenour and wife were the guests of Verley Lung and family in the country Sunday. For Sale—One 14 year old brood mare, one 1 year old colt and one 2 year old draft mare. Phone 4114 Milford exchange—Guy Fisher. The infant daughter of Walter Kime died at 4 o’clock Monday morning. The funeral was held at the house Tuesday at 1 o clock. The Misses Violet'e and Vera O’Dell, Lillian Hamman and Hazel Vorhis were the guests of Miss j Blanche Strieby at dinner Saturday.' Syracuse Power and Light Co. are rebuilding two miles of their high tention line between Syracuse and the power house on the Syracuse end. Mrs. A. H. Blanchard aud daughter Ruth left Monday to spend a few days at Fort Wayne and with Mrs. Blanchard’s mother and sister at Berne*

TWO READING CIRCILES. It is not often that a town three times the size of Milford can produce two reading circles, but this is true of Milford. The Columbian Reading Circle is an organization of ladies known to the people for a number of years, and a few years ago the second was formed called the Sorosis Club. Each organization publishes a year book and is governed by the constitution thereof. Each organization holds <heir meetings once each week, namely on Monday evening. The topics discussed each evening require deep thought, and the search for information has a tendency to fam'iiarize each member with the best productions of the best authors. We say we are proud of the two organizations for we are sure an elevating influence is going out from their work that is not only telling now, but Will be felt for many y ears to come. There is a friendly relation existing between each circle, and frequently one club entertains the other. —Milford Mail. Brother Groves need not think Milford is the “only town,” though

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