The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 July 1923 — Page 1

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■■ WARBLINGS FROM . UK UNMET Weekly Review' of Happenings Around Lake Wawasee Briefly Told (By Mm. Amanda L. Xanders) Church Service* Ail 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 every person on or near the Lake. Come and let us worship together. EDITORIAL MEETING | Mrs. Amanda Xanders, our Jake correspondent )as gone to Buffalo. N. Y.. to »ttend the National Editorial Meeting. This accounts for the absence of lake news this week. GIANT OF THE PIANO Joseph Lhevinne, the eminent Russian pianist, who appears in recital at Winona Lake. July 27, /-as been called ’Giant of the Piano” and the “Titan of Technic and Tone," because of his extraordinary qualifications in the domain of digital proficiency, dynamic control, poetic feeling, delicacy of touch, refineu.ent of interpretation, tonal beauty, conception, power and intelligence which form a composite musicianship almost unparalleled and which has compelled the unanimous verdict of the press as to his supreme mastety of the instrument. From a number of prominent artists available as an addition to their roster Evan and Slater, managers of Mme. G»lli Curci »nd Tito Schipa, selected Lhevinne by virtue of the fact that they considered him one of the most colossal figures in the piano world of all time - one whose future promises to be even more scintilatingly brilliant than ever. Lhevinne is world renowned as an artist of superior attainment. Since he won the Moscow gold medal at the age of seventeen and the Rubenstein prize at ” Berlin, he has coursed on the ■wave of success with phenominal continuity. He was accorded immediate recognition at . his American debut which was ar outstanding event of the season of 1916. Special programs have been arranged for this se*son to synchronize with the desires of the music lovers of the country, based upon the same sincere endeavor to serve and advance the high ideals and purposes of musics art as has always marked the career of this master pianist. To hear this genius of the keyboard is a privilege, fbr whether as a soloist with a great sym phony orchestra or on the recita’ stage he is an irresistable vita’ , force and always brings a mes sage that is vital and universa’ in its appeal. •' o THE PESKY MOSQUITOES Mosquitoes are making life moat miserable for residents of this community during the eve ning hours. The invading host' of proboscis pushers get on the job early and their offensive if severe. The voracious little pests are making life most unpleasant for front porch visitors and have taken much enjoyment from lake outings. The rains several weeks ago. followed by the unusuallv hot weathei hitched out millions of the pest’ in a short time. It must be re membered that "the female oi the species is more deadly thar the male.” The male feeds or plant life and the female make an attack on man to satisfy hei appetite.

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1923 EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE JULY 23-28 ’ The annual Epworth League ’ Institute will be held at Oakwood Park on Lake Wawasee, beginning Monday, July 23, and 8 ending Sunday. July 29. This will probably be the last institute of the Northern Indiana -conference held on Lake Wawasee. As our readers well know, property on Webster Lake was purchased last year on which a tabem»cle with a seati ing capacity of 1,500 will be built. It will be the future home of the league for its annual summer institutes and ' | meetings. The change was found 1 f necessary when the membership in the league outgrew’ the Wawasee property. In the Northern Indiana conference district are more than 200 ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and more than 100.000 members of the Epworth Le«gue, all of whom will be entitled to use the new site. Home sites at the lake are now being sold by the committee. These will be sold only to memj bers of the church as the colony I will be exclusively a religious community. Webster Lake, in the eastern part of Kosciusko county, is one ,of the larger lakes in the northern part of the state, and is about fifteen miles from the Winona assembly. The 100-acre tract of land on the north shore of Webster Lake varies in height above the lake level from three to fifteen feet. The shore line is a little more than a mile long. Numerous springs and several flow’ing wells, some of which reach a height of fifteen feet, provide the water. Half way along the shore line the committee plans to establish a public bathing be«ch. In addition to the property bought by the conference. John Kline, owner of the property, has given the conference sixtyfive acres of pasture land in the rear of that bought and eighty acres of the lake, including an undivided half interest in Kline’s island. At present more than 100 homes are situated along the shores of the lake, most of them being owned by Methodists. These are all on the south and east sides. North Webster is a thriving village at the west end of the lake, with a bank and several stores which take care of the needs of the community. The atmosphere at the lake has always been religious. Mr. Kline, owner of a greater part of the property around the lake is the founder of one of the churches at North Webster and has consistently refused to sell his land to any one who might start an enterprise of which the church workers would disapprove. Directors of the association are: The Rev. W. B. Freeland, of Wabash, District Superintendent; W. W. Wiant, of Mishawaka; F. A. Hall of Kokomo; Charles Tinkham. of Peru; Elwood Starbuck, J. Cj White, W. W. Martin of Ft. Wayne; Ben Kendall, of Logansport; Fred Thornburg, of Elkhart. APPRECIATED the flowers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bornman thank the Ladies Aid Society of ' the Lutheran church for the beautiful basket of flowers they ' sent him a few days ago. Mr. Bornman is recovering slowly from the injuries he received a month ago when he stepped >ut of his automobile, tearing the . ligaments in his right leg. r COW AND CALF so ri t cents I. W. James, of Benton, driver of the Goshen-Nappanee bus line ■ has discovered he «/as the winner ? if a cow and calf given away at ’ the Nappanee baseball club car ? nival i week ago Saturday. He 1 paid 10 cents for SBS worth oi s live stock. UNDERTAKERS DINE ? h Twenty-three undertakers frorr f the county and surroundins n towns, to the unmber of twenty r three came over to Syracuse anc s enjoyed a chicken dinner at The !T Sign of the Kettle on Wednesdaj of but week.

KOSCIUSKO NEARLY DRY 9 "Kosciusko county is one of e the dryest counties in Indiana,” <|eclared E. H. Kimball and W. >- A.Ray, federal prohibition eni forcement officers, after spending three days in Warsaw lookt ing for moonshine stills or other -of liquor law violation. ? The federal officers accom--1 panied constantly by sheriff Milo J Maloy, scoured the entire couni ty during the past three days. - They were armed with numerous J tips, some of which led to places J where violations had evidently - occured at some previous times 1 and others which failed to proI duce any evidence. The officers ‘ ended their search temporarily ■ on Friday evening without making any arrests. While admitting that this county is ex1 ceptionally dry because of the untiring vigilance of Sheriff Milo Maloy and other public officers, the federal agents feel that there still are some violations and expect to return from time to time to aid the local officers in keeping the community cleaned up. GUESTS ENTERTAINED Miss Rhoda Marrow, cashier of the La Fontaine bank, was a guest of Mrs. C. E. Wilcox this week. On Tuesday Miss Blanche Sprague entertained Miss Marrow and Mrs. Wilcox at dinner at The Sign of the Kettle, and Mrs. Leacock joined the dinner party as guest. Tuesday evening Miss Marrow and Mrs. Wilcox were dinner guests of Mrs. Sargent at Sargent’s hotel. Mrs. Leacock was hostess to dinner at The Sign of the Kettle on Wednesday, to Mrs. Wilcox, her guest and Miss Blanche Sprague. Miss Marrow left for Winona Lake on Wednesday evening to join her mother for the remainder of the week before re-,, turning to La Fontaine, this state. o— NEW SPEED BOATS ON LAKE "Miss Liberty,” a fast speedboat. was last week launched at Lake Wawasee, by William Noll, Jr.’, of Ft. Wayne. "Miss Detroit II,” a one-time famous boat owned by Gaar Wood, of Detroit, is also on the lake, brought here by the Teeters of Hagerstown. Indiana. These two in competition with the Walter Wideley boat, powered by a 250 H. P. Mercedes motor the mahogany hulled Griffin craft and several others, promise some interesting racing before the season closes. ,—o I’OW BITTEN BY SNAKE B. 0. Mabie lost a valuable cow several weeks ago. caused by a bite of a poisonous snake. The animal was bitten on a Friday and it lived until the following Saturday evening. The spot on the udder, where the snake had bitten, began to turn black and ’ the swelling spread over the I cow’s body, closing the. eyes shortly before the animal expired. : o HOSTESS TO BRIDGE CLUB i ——— ( Mrs. Sol Miller was hostess to • the bridge club on Friday ever ning. a Th® guests from out of town were: Mrs. 0. S. Forester r and Mrs. J. W. Riddle of Toledo. 1 Ohio, Mrs. Fred Walters of Wa--1 bash and Mrs. Esther Walters of * Wawasee Lake. -o s FAMILY PICNIC DINNER Mrs. Honora Miles entertained r at a family picnic dinner on SunB day at her home here. Those [ from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Wise of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith of Cromwell f and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith and family of Kendallville. O ; WANTED n The Journal offers a steady g position to boy or girl with high f- school education to learn the d printing trade, to assist in office e and reportorial work when ney cessary. Apply in person ai the Journal office.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1923.

, EARLY PIONEERS f (By L. A. Neff) XI How chimneys were built ir ‘ pioneer days, or from 1810 tc . 1830, chimneys were built oi . wood and stone, for the art oi r brick making had not reached this wooded country. Some oi . those who immigrated from Vir- > ginia might have seen a brick in . their native state which had been exported from the old coun--5 try or Europe. There is no man . living who can testify to the fact . that brick was made before this j time. The chimney or fire place . was built nearly across the house . never less than seven feet wide in the clear. The first section . of the chimney run up a little higher than the mantle piece which was a stick of oak timber about one foot square «nd six feet high. It was walled inside up to that with stone and clay, then the chimney narrowed very fast to about three feet square and was built from there up with what was then called cat and clay. j First a stiff clay was made mixed with short cut straw or grass, then some oak timber was split in two, a kind of lathe similar to fence pickets. The balance of the chimney was built up of first a layer of clay, then a round of sticks, then clay and so on until the height was obtained. the clay all the time covering the sticks inside and out about three inches thick, the sticks showing the ends about four inches, then a pole was set across the chimney inside on which were hung small cranes on which to hang pots and kettles for cooking, boiling soap and heating water. They also had the old fashioned longhandled frying pan in frying pancakes. When one side was done the pan was drawn from the fire, two or three quick motions were made to loosen the pan cake and then by a sudden twist up which nobody**except a woman could do, the cake was lifted in the air so as to turn a sommer sault and was cautrht in the pan with the done sideup and then finished. It is said the gentle sex frequently had discussions upon the pancake frying art contending that no woman could get a diploma on the pancake frying art until she could toss a pancake out at the top of the chimney and run out at the door and catch it in the p»n before it hit the ground. In after years, brick was used in building fire places, using very near the same form as those built of clay. The writer has never helped or built a chimney or fire place but has torn a number of them down which were built in the old log houses built by the first pioneers, o —- S. S. CONVENTION The annual School Convention of Benton township will be held at the Methodist church at Benton on Sunday afternoon. July 22.. at 2 o’clock in the afternon. Miss Fannie McOmber, county superintendent of the young people’s division, will have charge of the session. A report of the township officers will be given after the song and devotional services. , after which the election of officers will be held. This should be an inspiring . meeting of the young people in the township. Everybody wel- . come. c o PORCH PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bornman entertained a number of friends I at a porch party at their cottage . on Lake Wawasee on Monday j evening. Those present were: j Mr. and Mrs. Emil Mondschein I of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. 1 Brunjes and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. j Brunjes and children. o —- If you are in need of score cards, you will find an extra fine assortment At The Sign of The r Kettle. 12-H » © e “Ninety and Nine** at the 2 Oakland Theatre, Wednes* ~ day and Thursday, July 25 and 2ft.

CROP REPORT FOR INDIANA There is a slight increase tn the acreageof corn in many n Indiana coutuies, while in others o ? decrease is arnsrei.t. The lats *er i« true especially in the f -out**’-vest-5-n part cf the s , :.t«* d where Hood conditions a 1 f »rtim:m «■ rains kept farmers - frem viorki ig their fiel ls. A n .ate also prevented oats i «ee<ting o some extent, aid - part .)* this acreage w< nt m*o 1 corn. The t itii <• the state is t 481 3.J06 acres an! is an ms ,-rease oi ! per ••• t over last e y<-.'»r. e The •< r.F '• a H 0 ., July b 1, was 85 per cent of normal and t indicates a total prod i ::oa of b 178,779,000 bushels compared s with ! »5. 0 bushels, the r r.i'al “sc.n- last v« a- and c a five-year average of 181,607,- ? 000 bushels. The stand generally . is fair to good, but the growth is very uneven due to irregulal ‘ planting and replanting dates. * Plants are of good color and 1 fields in the northern partYf the state are generally well culs tivated. In some sections of the southern part fields are quite foul. Chinch bugs and cut 5 worms are operating extensively : in some sections. The condition of winter wheat 1 in Indiana July 1, was 84 per I cent of normal and indicates a ■ crop of 34,201,000 bushels com- : pared with 29,754,000 bushels I harvested last year and a five- - yenr average of 34,608.000 bu- ! shels. A severe hot spell during ! the week of June 18th caused some of the fields to ripen pre--1 maturely and many blasted ’ heads and s hriveled grains are evident in the northern part of ’ the state. Much of the wheat in the southern part of the state was cut during that week. But : few reports of insect damage 1 were received. The spring wheat crop in Ind- ‘ iana showed a condition of 80 per cent of normal on July 1, ■ from which a total production of * 64,000 bushels is forecast. All wheat remaining on Indiana farms July 1, amounted to 1,192,000 bushels or 4 per cent of last year’s Crop. The condition of oats in Indiana July 1. was 80 per cent of ‘ normal, from which a total crop of 53,923,000 bushels is forecast, compared with 28,770.000 bul shels harvested last year and five-year average of 69,747,000 bushels. The crop was planted . somewhat later than usual because of cold, wet weather in March and April. The hot ’ weather during the week of June 18th did some considerable damage in the northern part of ’ the state where the crop was just heading. Chinch bugs 1 were reported in a few localities. •The condition of barley in Indiana Julv 1, was 77 per cent of uormal from which a total crop I of 4.149,000 bushels is forecast, > compared with 714,000 bushels . harvested last year and a five- ’ year average of 1,522,000 bushels. ‘ The condition of rye in Ind- ; iana July 1, was 89 per cent of normal, from which a total crop ’ of 4,l49.ooobushels is forecast. compared with 3,816.000 bu- , shels harvested last year. The potato acreage in Indiana ’ shows a slight increase aver last year and is placed at 75,000 acres. The condition July 1, was 91 per cent of normal and indicates • total crop of 6,416,000 bushels compared with 5,624,000 bushels harvested last year. .The sweet potato acreage in Indiana is practically the same as a year ago and amounts to 1 3,000 acres. The condition July s 1, was 91 per cent of normal and e indicates a total crop of 349,000 f tons, compared with 25,00 tons - bushels harvested last year. 1 The condition of tame hay in [• Indiana July 1, was 71 per cent “ of normal, from which a total crop of 2.460,000 tons is forecast, compared with 3,734,000 tons B harvested last year. The wild e hay condition last year July 1, e was 84 per cent of normal and indicates a total crop of 26,000 tons, compared with 25,000t0ns e produced last year. , w The forecast for the production * of apples in Indiana on the July ’ 1, condition amounts to 4,265,000 bushels of which 640,000 bushels

I is estimated to be the commer- i ci a l crop. Last year’s total pro- 1 duction amounted to 4,148,000 bushels of whi;h 831,000 bushels represented the amount for commercial purposes. The soy bean and cow peas very materially increased. In many pla-es the acre.ige was more than doubled «nd, to extent, will take the plare *f '■•usk inns arc about the acreages in Lid’uia have been eas a mor.,.* a? \ [’h. hot ( in June doing hut little ; d;r> age„ :c c- iSmall fruits generally are of | excellent quality and better than average. , The sorghum cane acreage is slightly below last year, but the • condition is good and points to about the average production of ( syrup at this time. DON’TS FOR SWIMMERS Don’t go in the water unless . you know how swim well en- , tough to reach shallow water at ( any moment. Ability to swim a j few strokes is not enough. j Don’t enter the water, no mat- ( ter how good a swimmer you may be. unless you are in good j physical condition. Many per- , sons have been drowned because they attemped to swim j their heart action was not right. ( Don’t enter the water soon j after eating. Give your food time to digest. A good rule to j follow is to stay out of the water for at least two hours after a> meal. Take advantage of the op- ! portunities that are offered to; learn how to swim. Don’t try to ] swim across a stretch of deep' water just because you see! some one else do it, unless you ; are Sure of yourself and your' ability to reach the other side. J1 Don’t raise any false alarms, L as though you are in danger,! when you are not. This causes ] other swimmers to fail to heed < genuine cries for help. 1 o ( EVANS REI’NION 1 The children and grandchild- : ren of Evans reunion were: Mr. 1 and Mrs. Pery Carmican and four . sons, Lawrence, Elias, Delbert < and Donald of Nappanee; Mr. t and Mrs. James Mick and five i children, Phyllis, Clarence, Mabel t Ralph and Fredrick of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Flynn and three children, Eldon, Cecil and Fay of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. < Flay s Mick and two children, Thelma and Walter of Defiance, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kehr, granddaughter of Mrs. Evans, of Goshen. o POINT WELL TAKEN One of our business men said to us this morning, that he had noticed there was no applause at < the band concert Wednesday evening after rendition of a num- • ber. The point is well taken. The band boys will appreciate an applause, then why not give it! ' —o COMING Children of the all-prayer < Foundling’s Home of Louisville, Ky. There will also be singing and speaking. Message on prayer by G. C. Cromer. At the Evangelical church on Friday evening, July 20, at 7:45. Admission free. PLEASE OVERLOOK THIS The Journal is not up to the usual standard due to the shortage of experienced help. We are trying to organize a competent force, and hope to succeed soon, hence overlook our shortcomings. —o TREATED HIS CLERKS > 1 E W. Gresso, a merchant in < Warsaw, brought twenty of his | clerks to Syracuse last week andj treated them to a chicken din- I ner at The Sign of the Kettle, i o BAKE SALE 1 The Senior Ladies Aid of the Evangelical church will give a | bake sale at Strieby’s seed room, < Saturday July 21, beginning at 10 o’clock. 12 *lt —o Subscribe for the Journal ’

NO. 12.

SOME THINGS TO WE ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Generally speaking, there is now a job in this country for every man who wants one. This holds true in almost every community. The mayor in one enterprising city of 50,000 people is determined that the industrious members of the community shall profit accordingly, without having to support any idlers. He is having a list made of all the able bodied loafers in town and holding it for future reference. The loafers are duly warned that if they apply for help next winter as many of them have done in ' previous winters, there will be “nothing doing” This is a commendible policy, if carried out with proper discrimation. It is a historic American principle,, handed down from colonial days, that “he who will not work shall not eat.” There is less need of that drastic rule now than there was in the days of pioneer hardship or during the recent war, yet it is just as it ever was, and as wholesome for those to whom it is applied. Did you ever pause in the Syracuse postoffice long fenough to take a squint at the waste basket, or the floor shortly after a number of people have received their mail? If you have you were probably struck by the number of circulars and form letters that littered it up. In fact, you doubtless were struck with the fact that many of them had been thrown in the basket as soon as they were removed from the envelope, the recipient never even taking the trouble to give them the second glance. But did you also notice that you don’t see anyone throwing the home town newspaper, “The Journal,” in the waste basket or on the floor? Did you notice that newspapers are always carried away instead of tossed away? Well< right there is- a mighty good in favor of advertising in t’..e newspaper. The circular letter—a costly form of advertising—goes into the waste basket. Tae home-town paper goes into the home. Remember this, and spend your advertising money accordingly. A cancer is anything that corrodes, corrupts, or destroys. The ■human cancer of the worst type is the person who, although he was born in America, derides his government for this or that, making slurring remarks about her institutions, and in a roundabout way seeks to destroy or undermine them. He or she is even worse than the other human cancer, who born on foreign soil, comes to this country and preaches the doctrine of hate and bloodshed and carries out his or her distorted beliefs in acts of violence. We have room in Syraenuse for the foreign-born man or woman who wants to live honestly and happily and help build up the community. We have room for the American who takes pride in his country and its schools and churches and other instituti. but there isn t room -here for the human cancer v.ho> seeks w h ,ld back, distort or destroy any good instituun or any good movement sheltered under the American ting. A Chicago judge gave four speeding motorists choice to go to jail or quit driving for one year. They chose the latter. A good precedent. There should be some way to detect the speed fiend before he does / any damage, and deprive him of the right to drive. Failing in that, the riext best thing is to withdraw his driving privilege when he is found out. Only it might be better to double the tlfing up and send them to jail and deprive them of the right to drive too. Something has to be done —that’s, certain.