The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 5, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 31 May 1923 — Page 1

VOLUME XVI.

WARBLINGS FROM LAKE WAWASEE Weekly Review of Happenings Around Lake Wawasee Briefly Told (By Mrs. Amanda L. Xanders) Last Sunday Bishop confirmed a class of at South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin of Fort Wayne spent the week end at their cottage on the south shore. Mr. and Mrs. Honeywell of Wabash are in their cottage and entertaining at a small house party. Dr. Oren Oneal of Chicago spent several days last week at his cottage adjoining the Inn. to superintend the erection of an iron fence. Charles Marquiss of Chicago spent the week end with his family,* who are occupying the Sudlow cottage for the season. Mr. Marquiss also celebrated his birthday during his stay. Formal Opening The formal opening of the season of 1923 on Lake Wawasee was marked by two important public affairs. The first was the opening of the large new dancing pavilion on the south shore, known as the Waco, on Friday evening. May 25. Early in the evening automobiles began arriving and continued to arrive from every direction until the enlarged parking space was all taken and cars were parked way beyond the limit set by the owners. Hey came from all the nearby towns and the country around. The pavilion was decorated with King Tut fringe. ft«tooned from rafter to rafter across the center of the building. Hundreds of yards were used. The fringe was made of all colors of crinkled paper, cut in narrow strips, that gave the appearance of long fringe. The glare of the fifteen electric lights in the center of the building and those around the B)des was subdued by long round shades of paper streamers, or of fringe of the same paper. The appearance presented was the French blending of color rather than the pronounced shades of Egyptian color, which always include ebony or black. The dancers were in informal dress, sport, afternoon, and a few evening gowns. A double orchestra furnished the music, and the two pianos were played as by one man, so perfect was the time. The pavilion runs parallel with the lake and is connected with ♦the sea wall by an eight-foot cement pavement. A wide pier extends out into the lake and two large launches were anchored there. Roughly estimated, there were about one thousand people inside and as many more outside The informal opening of the South Shore Inn took place Saturday evening. There was a goodly number from the summer colony and from the nearby towns. The hotel grounds show much care and is the beauty spot of the south shore. o -

TROUBLE AT DEWART LAKE A temporary dam placed in the outlet at the northwest comer of Dewart lake some months ago is said to be the cause of a bitter controversy among the owners of land around the lake. The obstruction. for which no one admits responsibility, has backed up the water at least four or five feet, it is said, and has been the cause of an overflow of the pastures on the George Tom farm.

The controversy reached its climax Tuesday when**parties interested blew out the obstruction with dynamite. It is said that as fast as the stones and concrete were blown out they were thrown back into the stream and the obstruction was partially restored. Richard Lieber, head of the State Conservation commission, has become interested in the controversy and Las offered his assistance in settling the dispute.

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GASOLINE TAX AND NEW LICENSE LAW | ■ • Auto owners in Syracuse and vicinity might well begin to whittle a point on their tieversharps and begin figuring on what’s in the matter of their license fees for 1924, according to a statement issued by the Hoosier Automobile Association. “It is quite a way’s off, but a lot of good folks are going to have a dime bank or ,something in the way of a ‘kitty’ if they expect to have sl7 or S2O or $22 or $24 where heretofore they have needed but $5 or $8 on their hip when it comes to buying their 1924 plates,” says the statement. Quoting from a recent issue of the Hoosier Motorist, the official magazine of the organization—the auto association points out that the 1924 fees will be from 60 per cent to 300 per cent higher. “The 60 per cent increase applies to cars of light weight, tike the ones made byq a gentleman named Henry, whose last name, we believe, is Ford, and may not be such a jolt to flivver owners, but the hard shock comes to the somewhat heavier type cars. Cars of the Buick, Cole, Nash, Hudson and Studebaker class will range in fees around sl7 for touring models up to $22, and $24 for closed models. These cars heretofore have been paying only $8 license fee,” the motorist states. “Ths 2c gasoline tax will raise at least $3,500,000 from motorists in 1924," it is declared. “The increased license fees will raise $7,000,000 more out of the pockets of auto owners. A million of gas tax goes to the various counties, which may not built even a single additional mile of good roads leaving the net revenue to the highway commission of $9,500,000 from license fees and gas tax in 1924, to which is added a 1c general property levy, estimated on present Valuations to raise $653,341.50 —or a total of $10,183,341.50 for a highway system of the state. When federal aid obtained on a dollar-for-dollar basis, this sum is almost d0ub1ed—517,807,785.82 according to the most conservative estimates we have been able to reach. From this total sum, however, must be deducted the cost of maintaining the state system and that means that some of the federal aid available for 1924 cannot be used during that year. Motorists who have been accustomed to flirting with the "mule" while it is white are advised of the severe penalties now' covering such cases. Whether the "mule” is in the driver s head or whether contraband liquor in his car—it is going to be severely expensive, the Hoosier Motorist points out. “Under the English bill, drivers convicted of operating a motor vehicle when under the influence of liquor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding SSOO to which shall be added (note the “shall") imprisonment in the county jail or state farm for not less than ten days, or' more than six months. On a second or subsequent offense the offender would be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not less than one year or more than five years. Also, it is the duty of the judge to see that the secretary of state shall revoke the license of such offender for a period of one year. The law against transporting liquor in any vehicle makes it a felony with punishment of from one to two years and a fine not exceeding $1,000.” “Increased penalties against speeding provide for a fine of

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not to exceed SIOO for the first offense and on second or subsequent offense a mandataory jail sentence of not less than 60 days or more than six months must be added.” o A SANITARY SURVEY The state board of health is planning to make a complete sanitary survey of all the lake resorts, outing places and tourists camps in the state of Indiana, and to adopt rules and regulations to govern establishment and maintenance of sanitary features in connection with all resorts and camping places, according to an announcement recently received by Dr. P. G. Fermier, county health commissioner. The water and sewage division of the board is equiping a laboratory truck with complete apparatus for making analysis of the water and milk supples and focd and for laboratory investigations of sewage disposal. This work will be in charge of L. A. Geupel and will include a complete investigation from a laboratory and engineering standpoint, as well as a complete field survey of all sanitary conditions surrounding these places of resort and recreation. According to Dr. Fermier, the service will be available to Kosciusko county at places where water is used for bathing and where outing places are maintained during the summer season. In the lake region the laboratory will be established temporarily at a number of strategic points and from these centers every feature of water supply, milk supply, sewage and waste disposal, handling and distribution of foods will be observed. Every feature having to do with sanitation, health protection and disease prevention in connection with these popular resorts will be taken care of. The field survey work began the first of this month and will be followed as rapidly as possible by the work of the traveling laboratory. The work will then be extended from the lake resorts to the numerous temporary pleasure resorts and outing centers that are becoming so popular throughout the state, and also to the many tourist camps w’hich are regarded as a modern necessity in view of the large automobile tourist traffic irt and through Indiana during the summer months.

MARY A. VAWTER DEAD Mary Augusta Vawter passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clark Green, on Saturday, May 26. Short funeral services were held on Sunday, May 27, for her many friends and neighbors and on Monday morning the remains were taken to Vernon, Indiana, where funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church, with interment in the cemetery there. Rev. Wm. Master, pastor of the Zion, church, preached the funeral sermon here, the choir of that church furnishing the music. Those from this city who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Gans. Mrs. Jerry Hamman, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Connolly, Mrs. Minerva Eagles, Mr. and' Mrs. W. T. Colwell, Marion Self. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Kitson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P- Dolan. o — BUYS OVERLAND SEDAN John Beck has bought on Overland'’sedan of the Syracuse Auto Sales.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923. •

EXERCISES OH . MEMORIAL DAY Hon. Ezra W. Grahrjn of Warsaw Delivers a Splendid Memorial Address Memorial Day was fittingly observed in Syracuse. It being a bright, sunshiny day, the occassion brought many visitors from the surrounding territory and the streets in the business section were crowded with automobiles. Exercises were held in the vacant lot adjacent to the school house. Melvin Dillon, Commander of Hugh Sloan Post No. 174, American Legion, presided at the ceremonies. The following program was rendered: “America,” by the audience. Invocation by Rev. S. W. Paul. Chorus, by Community choir. Reading in part of the G. A. R. ritual by Maj. Fletcher E. Marsh. Chorus, Community choir. Address of Hon. Ezra W. Graham, of Warsaw’. Solo and Chorus, Community choir. Thirty seconds of silent prayer. Song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by the audience. Benediction, Rev. F. H. Cremean. After the conclusion of the above program, the audience, headed by the school band, went in column to the cemetery, where further ceremonies were had, and decorating the soldiers’ graves. Members of the G. A. R. were taken in automobiles to the cemetery. "Taps” concluded the ceremonies. We are unable to publish Mr. Graham’s speech in full, but will give a few excerpts of his masterly and well prepared address, which gives a history of the first observance of Memorial Day, as follows:

“It is with | deep sense of the solemnity of this occasion that I have accepted the invitation of the Hugh Sloan Post of the American Legion to address you upon this Memorial Day. “Ever since the year 1865 it has been the custom, practically all over the United States, to devote a day in the spring of each year, to decorating graves of departed heroes and honoring their memory. “The first Decoration Day was observed May 1, 1865, in the city of Charleston, S. C., the idea having originated in a little negro school just outside the city, near what was known as the Race Track burying ground, the last resting place of Union and Confederate soldiers alike, who had fallen in the fighting about the city of Charleston. John Redpath, a newspaper war correspondent, who had accompanied General Sherman on his famous march to the sea, and who after the fall of Charleston had been assigned to look after the opening of schools for negroes, early in April of ’65 in the course of his rounds noticed the little negro children picking bunches of wild flowers near the burying ground, and the idea came to him it would be a fine thing indeed to devote one day soon to decorating the graves of the soldiers, which at that time were sadly neglected. “Accordingly he spoke to the children of the school about it and the idea was received with such enthusiasm that he decided to try to interest the public generally. During the next few days he proposed his plan among the residents of Charleston and it

became so popular that a committee was named to take over the arrangements. “May 1 was decided upon as the day for the first decoration and at the appointed time ten thousand people carrying flowers met in a central spot, and singing hymns, marched to the old burying ground, where they reverently decorated the graves of friend and foe alike, who had been buried near where they had fallen, each fighting for principles in which they so believed that they counted as naught the sacrifice of life itself in their furtherance. “Such was the first Memorial Day. “The idea became so popular in the succeeding years that community after community set one day aside for the purpose. In 1868 at a G. A. R. convention, General John«A. Logan suggested that as far as possible the country celebrate on one day. His suggestion was favorably received and May 30 was decided upon, as by that time spring had come to all parts of the country. “State after state passed legislation making Memorial Day a legal holiday and now forty states celebrate May 30 as a day sacred to the memory of the men who served in all wars, even as on that first Memorial Day the last resting places of the men of the North and South were decorated and their memory honored. “As I see it, the purpose of celebrating this holiday is that we may pay well-deserved tribute to the memory of departed heroes, and in the sober content-, plation of their sublime dedication to principles of union, liberty, free government and pure Americanism, draw a new inspiration of patriotism, loyalty and love of country.” Mr. Graham deplored deeply the Governor’s veto of the Memorial Day bill which was passed at the last session of the state legislature. The bill was intended to prevent all desecration of the day by prohibiting games, sports, races and contests at which an admission fee is to be charged.

DEATH OF C. J. REILLY C. J. Reilly, for many years superintendent of the Sandusky Cement Co. at Syracuse, passed away Saturday at his home in York, Pa. The remains were taken to Cleveland, Ohio, where interment was had Tuesday. J. P. Dolan and Postmaster L. T. Heerman attended the funeral services. o BIRTHDAY SURPRISE The employes at Sargent’s Hotel perpetrated a little surprise for Mrs. Sargent Tuesday evening, May 29. The occasion was her birthday, and to make the day more memorable for her the employes served ice cream and cake and gave her a number of useful gifts. CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY Robert Lepper, entertained about a dozen of his young friends last Thursday, May *24, in honor of his eleventh birthday. The young folks took a big picnic supper and went to the woods to eat it. Mrs. Lepper chaperoned the crowd and all report a very pleasant time. “more 'fords C. R. Hollett, the Ford dealer, received a carload of Fords on Monday, which are being delivered to the purchasers.

COMMENCEMENT AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY Bloomington, May 28.—Kosciusko county students attending Indiana university will participate in various events on the program of the state university’s ninety-fourth annual commencement exercises. , The commencement program opened Wednesday, May 23, with the senior convocation and the senior reception by President and Mrs. William Lowe Bryan, and will close with the commencement address by Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of Pittsburgh, and the presentation of degrees Wednesday, June 6th. More than 450 degrees will be awarded this year, according to incomplete lists of candidates for degrees. Students lacking only a few credit hours of graduation will participate in the commencement exercises and receive their diplomas in October. The baccalaureate address is to be given June 3, by Dr. Charles Gilkey, pastor of the Hyde Park Baptist church of Chicago. The Senior Day ceremonies June 4 will include flag raising and ivy' and tree planting, the senior peace pipe ceremony, class oration. and the presentation of the class memorial. An all-universi-ty exposition, showing the work done by the various departments, an art exhibit by T. C> Steele, a circus, class reunions, theatricals and various athletic even! 1 , ir> cluding a basebal game between Indiana and Purdue, are on the program for the entertainment of hundreds of returning alumni, relatives of the .graduates, and students who will stay over for the commencement ceremonies. The regular spring semester will not close until Saturday before the final commencement exercises on Wednesday. The tentative list of candidates for degrees and the major subject of each candidate from Kosciusko county has been announced by the university authorities as follows: Leah Ballict, English, Edna Brown, history. Warsaw; Dari Wood, physics, and Milton Leckrone, medicine, of Silver Lake. Kosciusko county students enrolled at the university for the spring semester * are as follows: Warsaw; Frank Grandy, Joseph Headly, Leah Balliet, Geo. Bowser, Dale Brown, Wilma Gillespie, Emma Grabner, Harry Hall, Sheldon Keefer, Earl Klinger, Grace Liebrock, Russell Minear, Wilson Smith Edna Browni Atwood; Theodore Koontz. Claypool; Peter Blue. Pierceton; Albert Bloom, Kath- ! erine Leifer, Dorothy Leifer and I Robert Miller. Leesburg; Ernest Byrer. ! Syracuse; Emery Druckamiller, | Donald McClintic, Harry Riddle, I Orland Strieby. Silver Lake; Dad Wood, Miltl on Leckrone. : Winona Lake; Dorsey Willis, . Helen Huffman, Madge 'Eckhart. Mentone; Artella Kisler, Ruth j Nellans. Burket; Edson Von Dorn. Milford; Marjorie Klinger and ! Edwin Neff.

SYRACUSE WINS The Pierceton All-Stars were defeated by the Syracuse Grays on Decoration Day by a score of 16 to 8. The Merriam Tigers will play here next Sunday, June 3. — —-O— — Cakes, pies, doughnuts, cookies salads, baked beans, etc., fresh each day at the Sign of the Ket-5-lt

SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. , — ■ A common expression is, “I won’t build now, as cost of construction is too high.” Incomes have increased proportionately to the cost of construction, and the man who does not demand every new-fangled contraption can build with his present day income and have larger margin left than in 1913. Do 6 not blame the present building costs entirely to lumber and labor. Remember that in nine cases out of ten your J.deas of what you want have expanded with your income and you would not be satisfied today with the 1913 bungalow. Taxes at SIOO, insurance at S3O, repairs and upkeep at SIOO and 7% interest on a $5,000 investment amounts to SSBO per year. If you pay SSO a month rent for nine years you have $5,400 worth of rent receipts that are worth nothing. If you put SSO a month into a home for five years, even if it was necessary to cut out a few theater parties or clothes to make up interest, etc., until the property was paid for, you would have an asset probably worth more than $5400 at the end of nine years and your family would have a roof over their heads which could not be taken away from them for mere failure to pay a month’s rent. Do not kid yourself. You can own a home as well today as you could ten years ago if you want to do it. It is hot the cost of building that will prevent you, but it is the cost of satisfying your inflated demands for luxuries and modern extravagances.

Suppose a new friendship enters into your life. If the man or the woman is worth anything to you, they ought to be worth a great deal. They ought to advance and quicken your development as you theirs. They ought to make you more complex and more systematic with the great mankind. One knows —he is a poor person who does not —how delightful the first .rush of feeling is, when as yet we only hope we have found another friend, another' soul which can touch ours. ' Old things become new; it is like dew upon a thirsty meadow. Fresh faculties are developed; a fresh eagerness seizes on the old. The dull places of the spirit suffer enchantment Music—“sounds which give delight and hurt not”—plays about the path of life. We look forward tp exploring a new soul as men who have found a new continent. The newspapers have recently been filled with numberless accounts of stock swindling operations. The old saying that one sucker is born every minute is apparently more than borne out. The average man knows nothing about investments and too often seems adverse to securing advice. ‘lf the uninformed citizen, before giving up his hard-earned money for a scheme about which he really knows nothing, would consult. a bond house or banker and learn the actual facts in the case, the fake stock seller would soon disappear. — — — KI KLUX KIAN MEETING » ■■ • An open meeting of the Ku Klux Klan has been scheduled for Saturday night, June 2, on Main street. A speaker of national reputation will be present and everybody is invited to this out-of-doors meeting. • — o BIRTHS A girl, Ruth Arlowene, weighing fit pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rarig on Monday mornine at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Meek. 0 Dish washing is a different job —with Blue t>evil Cleanser and Water Softener. 5-11

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