The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 July 1923 — Page 1

. VOLUME XVI.

WARBLINGS FROM ■ UiyMEE Weekly Review of Hap pea lags Around Lake Briefly Told (By Mrs. Amanda L. Xanders) Churcli Service* AH Saints Chapel, the only church on Lake Wawasee, will - have the following services during the season of 1923: Early Communion .... 7:30 a. m. The Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D. D. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon 10:30 a. m. In charge of the Archdeacon of the Diocese, the Rev. H. Russell White. These services are for the benefit and spiritual uplift of •very person on •or near the Lake. Come and let us worship together. N. E. A. Aanual Meeting I , . The National Editorial Asso-. * ciation will leave Chicago on a special train Sunday evening, July 8, at 5 o'clock, for its 28th ( annual meeting and three weeks outing through the scenic wonders of the East. Members from all parts of the West will meet in Chicago and will be entertained by the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. at a dinner party given in the Terrace Garden of the Morrison hotel. The itinerary includes that stupendous work of nature. Niagara Falls, and ends with five days of wonderful entertainment in and around that stupendous Work of man. New York City. W. H. Perrin of Lafayette will spend the week end on the lake. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Haywood of Lafayette are in their cottage at Pickwick for the season. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. White of Noblesville opened their cottage on the South Shore last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pentreath of Clinton will open their cottage Saturday on the South Shore. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cowgill have for their guests over the 4th and week end. Mrs. Pettit of Wabash. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Schnabel and daughter Suzanne of Louisville. Ky.. are guests at the South Shore Inn. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mullen. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Neumeyer of Indianapolis are guests at the Fargo cottage Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Law have for their guests over the 4th and week end. Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of Indianapolis. Dr. and Mrs. Oren Oneal had for their guests over the 4th, their son, J. L. Oneal. wife and two children from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Conrad will have for their 4th of Jhly guests Mrs. Conrad’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Charles of Kokomo. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Norton of Fort Wayne are house guests over the 4th and week end of Mr. and Mrs. W. Noll on the North Shore. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Remy had for their guests over the 4th. Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon of Jackson, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Dalton of Warsaw. Mri and Mrs. R. E. Adams of Indianapolis motored up to the lake last Saturday and will occupy their cottage recently purchased from Mrs. Ann Hooven. Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Blount of Wabash are in the Mellinger cottage for *the month of July. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Blount of Hoiyoke, Mass., and two children will be their house guests all of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bastian of Miami, Fla., who are in the McMahan cottage, have for their 4th of July and week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Diehl of Covington, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. C EL Jeffers an< family of Indianapolis have just returned from an extended mo tor tnp through the east anc have opened their cottage on th< South Shore for the season. The] tore for their house guests Dr

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and Mrs. W. E. Kennedy of In- ’ dianapolis. Eugene Boyts, son of Mr. and ’ Mrs. John Boyts has been con- , fined to his room for three weeks with rheumatism, the result of an operation. Everything is bei ing done for him that medical science can do and we hope to see Eugene fully recovered in as short a time as possible. Miss Clancy received a cable message this week from her sister, Mrs. Elmer Apperson, who is now in Paris. France. Mrs. , Apperson recently went* abroad with a party of friends, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peacock and daughter Miss Dorothy and son Charles D. 3rd, and Mr. and I Mrs. Wilmot A. Harbach, all of Chicago. o MOTORING IN INDIANA Indianapolis, July 2.—With the public on wheels, figuratively speaking, because of the advanced state of motorization brought about by splendid state highways that link ren»otc and primitive districts to throbbing municipalities and industrial • centers, the Hoosier state, abundI ant in scenic beauty and histone sites, is now looked upon as the playground of the middle West, declares Richard Lieber, conservation director of this com nonwealth. The tourist business is responsible for a golden stream of wealth since Indiana established a state road system, making accessible the state's many primitive beauty spots and has, in the last five years, assumed such proportions that it is utterly impossible to make even a reasonable estimate thereof in dollars and cents. Admittedly, however, it is a tremendous business and constantly growing larger as excellent state roads are pushed into remote.and isolated districts and the state conservation department continues to develop . and hold for posterity, rare scenic spots and state parks. Cities < and counties have followed the ; load of the auto tourist. ( Half a hundred cities, cogniz- , ant that a tourist business will mean augmented wealth, for their municipalities have established camp sites and stop overs. Many of these have numerous conveniences for the gasoline wayfarer, such as supplies for machines, sell staple groceries, provide campfire sites, water, fire wood, etc. A visit to any of these camps finds them m season crowded with tourists from distant states. Because two great transcontinental trunk lines—the National Road and the Lincoln Highwaypass through Indiana, thousands of tourists are brought to the state each season. In additi a the state highway commissi hi has made interstate connections with Ohio. Michigan. Kentucky and Illinois of northern states who each winter hearken to the call of the southlands, find the Hoosier roads ideal for returning north byway of Louisville, and a great bulk of Florida traffic routes this way toward Indianapolis and thence east or west over the National Old Roads Trail Along with the interstate and national traveler attracted to Indiana by its numerous beauty spots—in excess of 100, as listed by the conservation department —Hoosier citizenship in the main may be said to possess the wanderlust of travel. o IN OLD ELKHART Eighty five years ago Elkhart . was a village of only 300 inhabitants. Land was selling at 115 . per acre. There was no church J. in the place nor no saloons. Mer chants sold liquor by the quart f the same as vinegar. One mail i was received weekly on the route from Ft. Waynt to Edwardsburg and the only newsf paper in the county was the w Goshen Democrat, which was edr ited by Thomas H. Bassett The s narrator states when Tom was .. sober the paper came as regularly as the sun; when otherwise it came otherwise. H BOUGHT OVERLANDS d e Geo. Krieger and John Stout y bought Overland touring cars of r. the Syracuse Auto Sales.

r EARLY PIONEERS (By L. A. Neff) IX. Making a Johnny Cake The writer has often heard people argue and dispute how a johnny cake' Was made. I do not believe there is a person now living in the state of Indiana that < has ever seen or ?aten a piece of real johnny cake. •Tradition* says, and also pioneer history, first every family had a johnny cake board on hand ready for use. i The johnny cake board was a | thick clapboard about three feet long and seven inches wide, shaved smooth with a drawknife. : Cornmeal was mixed into a sort < of dough, and cracklings were 1 mixed in with the dough. < 'Now a crackling is that part < of swine or hog fat that refuses i to go into lard. If no crack- ( lings were to be had, then a light i mixture of beef suet was stuck ] about in the cake. j This dough mixture was skill- t fully laid on the board and pro- i perly spread out, then the board was propped up in front of a 1 good hot fire. When baked al- j most through the use of a case 1 knife liberated the cake from the board; then it was turned so j the other side could be baked. ] Some of the old pioneers said ] that as old as they were they ( would w’illinsrly ride several * miles to breakfast with some old j lady-who understood the art of ( baking a johnny cake. But alas! , —for human progress has banished the good old johnny cake t and substituted light rolls, corn j batter cakes and buckwheat 1 cakes. s Every family that pretended j to keep house had a bake oven out of doors. ? How was this bake oven made? j Quite a few readers might ask. ( The writer when a small boy ? stood by and watched his grand- } father Whitehead build a bake j oven for his mother—long years { ago, to be sure! The first bake } ovens were made of clay. First , a foundation was made two feet high, by setting posts in the ground, one at each corner. A j capping was then put on, next ] a floor was laid of split boards j —when sawed boards were not ( to be had! Dirt was placed on f this, then covered with a stiff « coating of clay about five inches ‘ thick. This was sleeked over by ( hand or paddle—if there was no trowel to be had. ( Now the floor was ready for ( the oven. A stiff well mixed clay was made, mixed with short cut straw or grass. The oven was built of this clay, in the shape of a goose egg, cut in half, lengthwise; a square hole was left in 1 front for a door, and a small round hole was made at the rear end to let out smoke and extra heat. f 1 To get the inside shape and to prevent accidents, the builders * laid up dry bark the shape of the ! inside of the oven, and over this bark form the clay and straw mixture Was applied. The oven was then left to dry for several 1 days. The bark was then fired and burned out; this completed the oven and at the same time heated it for baking. During the operation of baking, the oven having first been cleaned of the ashes, the door was closed by a piece of plank and the round hole in the rear was closed to keep in the heat When brick began to be made, the ovens were made of bricky First a foundation was made as described before, then a form was made of fine sand and the bricks were laid up with mortar. For several days the oven was left to dry on this form, then the sand was raked out and the oven was ready to be fired. At that time a baker had no thermometer to tell her how hot her oven was. I have often watched my mother throw a pinch of flour in . her oven and she could tell by ( the browning of that flour how hot her oven was. (•What I mean by tradition are things that happened before we were born and told us by our parents and other early pioneers and settlers.) —o— If you are planning for a special party, why not go to "The Sign of the Kettle.” , 10-lt

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1923.

FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF STOCK FBW DELIVERED Indianapolis, 2.—With the season for game fish propagation a month late, Indiana’s four state hatcheries Operated under direction of the fish and game division of the state conservation 1 department, delivered the first consignment of stock fish to public waters on June 20. "Our output of black bass will 1 not be as large as last year, due ' to unfavorable weather condi- ’ tions,” says George N. Mannfield superintendent of fisheries and 1 game, "yet we believe we can fill most applications for stock fish,” Mr. Mannfied says that * for the first time since Indiana established hatcheries for arti- * ficial production of fish for 1 stream stocking, this year the division suceeded in propagating ‘ some channel cat. This work was 1 done at the Riverside hatchery 1 under supervision of William ’ Brodenkecker, an experienced fish culturist, and there will be a limited number of this species ' for distribution. In a letter to more than 160 1 fish and game protective assoc- 1 iations in the state, the 50.000 ‘ members of which co-operate ‘ with the conservation depart- * ment to augment stream and lake fishing in Indiana, Mr. ( Mannfeld says, by adding channel 1 cat fish. The state now propagates eight species of game fish ‘ for public water stocking. These consist of the small and largemouth black bass, rock bass, blue gills, crappie, yellow perch, wall- 4 eyed pike and channel cat. A ‘ few carp and gold fish are also ’ raised as food for the parent ‘ game fish held at the various ! hatcheries. 1 About 1,000 adult game fish 1 are kept on hand for propagation ‘ purposes, and in order they receive proper and sufficient food ! at all times, it is necessary to 1 have rather largp quantities of ! food in reserve, because often the 1 streams are at flood stage and ' hatchery employes cannot secure ! minnows. Mr. Mannfield announces that ’ the first shipment of 10,000 black bass fingerlings from the ‘ Riverside hatchery were planted ' in streams in Shelby and Decatur counties. The second shipment went out on Friday, June ; 29, and went to Clay and Vigo counties. Deliveries from that time on until the season closes each hatchery will make plants each week in public waters of the state. ■ _— o . BOUGHT FORDS C. R. Hollett, the Ford dealer. ( reports the following sales: Touring car to J. C. Ritcheson, North Webster; Roy Klink, Jacob Kern and Chancey Hibner, Syra- , cuse. Roadster to John M. Muffley and Arnsy Hammon, North Webster. Coupe to Mark Smokes, New Paris. Sedkn to Glada Schlabach, of Cromwell. o SYRACUSE LOSES The Syracuse Grays went down to defeat when they met the Polish Merchant Club of South Bend last Saturday at Syracuse Park. The Grays piled up nine fat, big goose eggs and the final score was 5 to 0 in favor of the visitors. The Merchants got 7 and the Grays 9 hits. Bases on balls, off Sally 0, off Byland 4; struck out by Sally 6, by Byland 12. o NOTICE Persons having Canada thistles should cut them at once, in compliance with the law. I would appreciate, if persons knowing where these thistles grow on the public highway, would either cut them or notify me. Bert Whitehead. 10-n . Trustee — W. C. T. U. The W. C. T. U. will meet on Tuesday, July 10, with Mrs. J. P. Dolan. The subject will be the social welfare of the soldiers and the birthday of their national president, Mrs. Gordon.

THE CHRISTIAN HOME (By P. S. Nielsen) I. We are Christian, we belong to the Christian church. We take pride in our work in the church, for the poor, for the mission. We sacrifice on our allowance for the necessaries to maintain our home table and home comfort in order to provide means for our minister of the church and his household. Our place in the pew of our church is occupied regularly, and in all we are or believe we are a true and faithful Christian, well worthy of following Him, as members of His visible church on earth. A well known physician, a man of long experience and long practice, writes the following: "In my visitation at the homes of my patients I am appalled at the number of families that I find distracted and divided by quarrels, nagging, spitefulness, bitterness between husband and wife and brothers and sisters. And this is a locality where all or close to all are members of a church. I wonder often if in any way their unhappy homes could be made to see the beauty of the ideal home life. Is there any way in which so many unhappy homes could be made or changed into abodes of peace and unselfishness. It is a tragedy I witness as I come to know certain circles in the course of my professional intimacy with families that do not conceal from me as they do from the minister or other acquaintances the inner secret of their unhappy existence.” This is a strong language from a man who is not at all morbid in his observations. But is it not true? Is jt not a fact there are homes where nagging and bitterness and strife are a, big part of the daily experience? It is not a secret, but unknown to many pastors, that many families in his parish, thought by the average acquaintance to be ideal, are in reality almost destroyed by inner dissension. A friend recently confessed that his heart was almost broken to discover an estrangement between a man and wife, members of his church, who he had always thought were almost perfect examples of what a husband and wife ought to be. They were contemplating divorce and were only dissuaded by the united efforts of the pastor and relatives. Unhappy homes! Oh, how many, within and without church circles. There is only one remedy. There is only one hope and that is, put Christ on the honored seat at home. Without Christ and His love in the home there is danger. We are Christians, we call ourselves Christians, and perhaps would resent any remark about our Christian standing, but let us remember this: A Christian man is a man whose life is inhabited by Christ. A Christian woman is a woman whose life is inhabited by Christ. We are only the houses. Christ is the guest. Christ looks through us, speaks through us, works through us. We live, yet not we. but Christ lives in us. That is Christianity. Christianity comes into human life. It means that Christ lays hold on our senses, employs them as the channels of grace, uses our eyes, our hands, our voices, all our features and powers to reveal Himself to others. That is our creed, the Biblical creed, the same yesterday, today and forever. A Christian is a man who will always seek to shdw the world the likeness of Christ. Can such a man and such a woman entangle themselves with strife, unpleasantness and quarrels in the most fioly place on earth, the Home! O : GET IN THE MOVIES A moving picture camera man will be at Lake Wawasee on Sunday, July 15> to take motion pictures at various points around the lake. He desires to have the views animated by as many people as possible, so here is that long-dreamed-of chance to become a movie star —to see yourself in the movies. The pictures will be shown at the Jefferson Theatre in Goshen on July 18, 19 and 20.

BABY HEALTH EXAMINATION Baby health examination will be held at Winona Lake in the Christian Temple July 9 to 13; hours from 8:30 to 12:00 a. m. On July 13 and 14 a child health council of all northern Indiana health agencies will be held, with special demonstrations. to which the public is cordially invited. Monday, July 9—Warsaw and Winona Lake, and Scott, Jefferson, Seward and Monroe townships. Tuesday, July 10 —Warsaw and Winona Lake, and Plain, Etna, Prairie and Washington townships. Wednesday, July 11—Warsaw and Winona Lake, and Plain, Tippecanoe, Jackson and Lake townships. Thursday, July 12—Warsaw and Winona Lake, and Harrison, Van Buren, Franklin and Turkey Creek townships. Mrs. Sol Miller is chairman for Turkey Creek township and Mrs. Frances Neff for Van Buren. Parents residing on the lake should bring their children. —o EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN With the undeniable sentiment against child labor, it is shown by the census of 1920 that 1,060,858 children under the age of fifteen were at work in the United States. Os this number it appeared that 378,063 were between the ages of ten and thirteen years. The people of the U. S. seek to set up and maintain a high standard for those who desire to enter their country from the lands across the seas. What are they doing to maintain the standards of the native sons and daughters who are to be the future voters and legislators? Let every thinking man and woman in the United States ask, this question: Am I in favor of child labor? With the question answered, action toward the end desired should be instant and determined. Russia with all its objectionable features does not permit a condition such as exists in America. And who is responsible? O, : DISLOCATED SHOULDER Roy Hire, who is employed at Stroh, had the misfortune to dislocate his right shoulder a week ago Saturday. Roy was driving to Syracuse that evening in his trusty Ford to spend Sunday with home folks and on the road he met another car with glaring headlights. Jn order to give the approaching car the customary part of the road, he misjudged the distance to the right and his car went into the ditch, turning Lizzie on the side, causing Roy to receive a dislocated shoulder and an injury to his wrist. He is now at home recuperating from his injuries o ENFORCED VACATION F. A. Bornmann, who is employed in Chicago, is "enjoying” an enforced vacation. While motoring in Wisconsin about two weeks ago he alighted from an automobile and in doing so tore the ligaments in his right knee. On account of this little mishap, or whatever you want to call it, he is enforced to walk slowly on crutches. ‘This means three months vacation,” Mr. Bornmann remarked to the Journal editor. Mri Bornmann is now with his family on the lake. o— WERE ENTERTAINED The members of the Senior and Junior Aids of the Evangelical church were delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Sargent at the Sargent hotel on Wednesday, June 27. A delicious threecourse dinner was served at the noon hour to about forty guests. A boat ride was one of the pleasant features of the afternoon. The day was fully enjoyed by all present. o — BAKE SALE The U. B. Ladies Aid will cont duct a market at Schick’s plumbi ing shop Saturday, July 7. I Baked .goods and chicken and noodles. $-2t

NO. 19.

SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. "Oh, if I could only live my life over again!” How often we hear this vain remark! Now, just suppose that when you were fifty, you should touch some magic lamp of Alladin’sand suddenly learn that you were growing young again; what do you think you would do? You think perhaps, that you would do a great many things differently and much better. But, we wonder if you—if anybody would. Well, it’s perfectly easy (and natural) to say so, for you jolly well know you’re not going to get to touch that lamp and grow young again. The only way we have of judging others in this case, is by ourselves, and we hold that you would travel just about the same old path, drab or primrose, if you had it all to do over again. You would stub your toes on the same old stones, and sneak away from school to the same old creek and go home with the same old wet head of hair, and get licked in the same old way; you would get the same old grade and learn the same old trade, fall in love with the same old girl, and make the same old promises, which the would believe (?) in the same old way; then you woud go to the same old preacher (if he had touched the lamp,) and you then would settle down to the same old workday life, and grow to be the same • old man, and make the same old foolish wish that you could live your ife over again. You have a few more years, we hope, so why not try to live, during that time, to the best of your ability, and gain happiness by making others happy. Live in such a manner that when you do pass out, there will be tears of genuine sorrow shed. Profit by the mistakes you have found in your self-inventory and live the rest of your life as you wish you had lived in the past. But, all joking aside, wouldn’t it be great sport to turn backward the pages of the book of time, and just be a kid again? Who was it that packed your dinner pail writh pie and cookies when you were a kid going to school? Who covered your books with calico and darned your mittens . with wool? Who patched your pants with dad’s old duds? Who scrubbed your dirty little feet with soft soap, and washed out your mouth with soapsuds when you used some naughty word? Who was it, in the spring, that gave you sulphur and molasses? Who worried, saved, and finally sent you out into the world with a boiled shirt, in a small satchel, and a bright twentydollar gold piece sewed in your undershirt, . right over your heart? Who taught you to speak your first piece in school? Who carried in the kitchen stove wood while you played with the boys? Who gave you your life, and who watched over you for years? Who talked Dad out of trouncing you? You know, my man, better than anyone else knows. If this earthly angel is with you now are you returning her rightful reward? You know who we mean. A Chicago student nurse asked and received a $20,000 verdict against one of the staff physicians in the hospital in which she was training. $20,000 is too much for a kiss. Syracuse girls do not ask that much—most kisses are given for nothing. ~O~ , Classified Ads pay both—seller and buyer,