The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 13, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 July 1923 — Page 1

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WARBLINGS FROM . LAKE WAWASEE Weekly Review of Happeaiag* Around Lake Wawasee Briefly Told (By Mm. Amanda L- Xanders) Ckiirch Service* , All 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. Rus sell White. These sendees are for the benefit and spiritual uplift of •very person on or near the Lake. Come and let us worship together. „ MAMMOTH INCUBATORS Last week the Silver Lake Egp Farm and Hatchery, of which C. I. Bashore is owner and prop rietor. sold their two mammoutt incubators of nearly 20,000 egy capacity to the Milford Hatchery. Mr. Bashore immediately ordered a Smith Electric incubator of 47,000 egg capacity which is the largest machine of this kinc. built. It will take 130 cases of eggs which weigh more than three and one half tons to set the machine at once. At $12.0( per case it means over $1,50( worth of eggs yi the machine all the time. During the past Season Mr. Bashore has not beer j able to fill near all his chick or decs and could do very little custom hatching for lack oi space. During the past season Mr. Bashore has paid farmers having food pure bred flocks hundreds of dollars more for their eggs than they would have receiver at market prices. For next season he has engaged a man whe knows chickens, to collect eggs from a wide territory to supply the required 15JD00 eggs each week. Last week chicks were shipped to Virginia, Oklahoma Tennessee, Michigan and Illinois. This tvatchery is affording the farmers in the vicinity <rf Silver Lake a great opportunity tc realize a handsome profit from their hens if they will just raise pure bred stock of the high quality required. Right at this time Mr. Bashore is shipping in eggs from Ohio because he can not secure them nearer home. , BEE INSPECTORS AT WORK These are busy days for the bee hwpectorswtoployed by the state conservaHonk department, under direction of Frank N. Wallace state entomologist Seven inspectors are at work at the present time, Mr. Wallact •aid. They will work in Kos •iusko. Noble, Whitley, Porter. lake Jay, Boone. Allen and Mon roe counties throughout July, according to the program. The swarms throughout Indiana will not produce more than one half of the output of honey they did last year it was said The white clover is not nearly sc plentiful, having been killed last Winter, and the rains have washed out the nectar, Mr. Wallace added. syracSedry The public fountain on the bank corner has gone dry on ac count the electric pump forcing the water going “flunky." The Germans say. "caput” Os course visitors, and our people, too. are consequently missing a cool drink, but we have promises that the pump will be repaired or a new one put in. SYRACUSE WINS ' Ligonier was given nine goose •fcgs last Sunday by the Grays score being 6 to 0, in a wel pkyed game. Bases on balls: By Byland 1 by Chiddester y 5. Struck out: By Byland. 12; b) Chiddater, 8.

uowld, Wm. T. Sept 22 The Syracuse Journal Syractxae’s Slogan* “A Welcoming Town WitK a Beckoning Lake.”

MUTILATED MAIL Tuesday morning several paL trons of the post office were sur- » prised to find mutilated mail in their box. The mail clerk had thrown a letter pouch and a sack s containing papers off the train, but not far enough. The sacks were drawn under the moving train and the wheels did the rest. Postmaster Heerman and his able assistant Mrs, M. L, Sherer were busy putting the torn . letters together, making inI quiries of the patrons when addresses were not intelligible on account of the mutilated condition of the letters. Some could ‘ not be delivered and if anyone I of our readers expected a letter and later found out one had been sent, it is possible that it was a victim of the cruel car wheels. As far as could be learned no ' valuable letter or documents were mutilated, but if any oi our young girls miss a love let ter, better get busy with the party at the other end and have him write another. A letter from Mrs. Amanda L Xanders, who is attending the N. E. A. Press Congress at Buff- | alo, which was intended for pub lication was so badly mutilated that it could not be used. o —- HIGH PRICED FISH Bass under 10 inches are nov worth $14.80. At least this is the value put on them by Squirt Bell. Chester Earl and Albert Sheri at Bremen and Irvin Holler oi Milford were fishing in Dewart Lake Tuesday. They bad gooc - luck and it is reported the} caught about 300 little bluegills and one bass under 10 inches ii size. For violating the fish laws Game Warden Harry Towne had varrants sworn out against the three men, which were served by Constable Ocal Craft and wh< brought the lucky fishermen before Squire Bell. Upon a plea oi guilty a fine and costs, amount ing to $14.80 each, were assessed o— PURCHASED NEWSPAPER Preston H. Miles, former pub lisher of the Syracuse Journal, has purchased the Imlay Ci tv (Mich.) Times, and is making preparations to move his familj and household goods to that city. He expects to print his first issue next week. We are indeed sorry to see Mr. Miles leave Syracuse, but what u jur loss wil be Imlay City gain. We certainly can recommend him and his esteemed family to tht citizens of Imlay City and he wil ?ive them a good paper. Tht Journal washes Mr. Miles goot luck, prosperity and happiness in his new location. DRIVING NEW CARS Mike Nugent is the owner of a new’ Studebaker. Ross Osborn is driving a new Willys-Knight. W. G. Connolly has purchaser a Jewett. — -<>■- — 1 TO MEET SATU RDAY The Wawasee Protective Association will have their annua 1 meeting Saturday. July 28, at 7:30 p. m. at the South Shore Inn. Every member is urged to be present. $350,000 “GAS” TAX Collection of the state gasoline tex. which is to be used for build ing roads, will amount to about $350,000 for the month of June. The cost of collecting the tax will be about $375. J bake sale _ « The Missionary Society of the Church of God will hold a bake sale at Hedges* Battery Shop on ' Saturday, July 28. Market open at lOo’clock. —* o — HOSTESS TO BRIDGE CLUB. e Mrs. Hallie Holloway was s- hostess to the bridge club at U her home on Friday evening. A six o’clock dinner was served. U ’ —-o — DoaH mbs “Mastere M Mea" y at the Oakland TMn Aagwrt Ist and Mb

FAILED TO DISPLAY LIGHTS Lack of lights on their cat parked at the side of State Road 6 near Greensburg, was reI sponsible for tw6 young men of that city being seriously injured according to a traffic accident report just reaching the state highway department. Details gathered in the highway office show that the young men pulled to the side of the road to repair a flat tire. A car approaching from the rear and about to meet another machine coming in the opposite direction was running with the dimmers on. The driver failed to note the presence of the parked car, owing to absence of light, struck it and it was hurled onto the two men repairing the tire. Both were seriously injured and unconscious for many hours. State highway officials are doing all in their power to make stste roads safe, but they must co-operation of the public, A. H. Hinkle, superintendant of maintenance contends. No one should attempt to park along a heavily traveled road at night without displaying a light. While this accident is very regretable, yet it appears obvious from information reaching the department that the injured parties were responsible. The car approaching with dimmed lights was operated according to law for the driver was trying to pass the approaching car and had reduced his lights so as not to embarrass the driver. Had tht parked car displayed a tail light it is very probable the accident ‘would have been averted. o AUTO COLLISION An auto accident occurred Monday morning about 10 o’clock near the Crow's Nest on Lake Wawasee, resulting in the serrious injury of Miss Jesse Fritz daughter of Mrs. Fritz, who con ducts a tearoom at the Crow's Nest. Two cars were going in op oosite direction, one a Fore driven by Miss Fritz, and the >ther a Jordan, also driven by t woman. Suddenly a shephert dog jumped in the road, barking is the Jordan car was moving along. The driver of the cai tried to get out of the wav to avoid hitting the dog and at this moment a third car passed which stirred up the dust considerably. This caused the driv >rs of the Ford and the Jordar cars not to see far enough aheac and in the next instant there was a collision. Miss Fritz was badly injured the blood rushing from hei mouth and was unconscious wher picked up. A physician wa.< summoned from Cromwell to attend to her injuries. The occupants of the Jordan car, twe young ladies from South Bend received minor injuries. The oc cupants of the third car, which had just passed, did not know that an accident had occurred, was soon out of sight. The Ford and Jordan cars were badly wrecked. —o . COLLIDED WITH STREET CAR Rev. T. H. Harmon, while drivhis Ford Sedan in Warsaw, col tided with a Winona Lake car last Friday morning. The front bumper and axle on the Ford were damaged. The collision was caused by the brakes of the Ford refusing to operate. —. , ■ -o— HAD FALL Mrs. G Q Bachman met with e mishap a few days ago when the porch swing in which she was sitting, came down. She struck her head on the floor and for a while she was dazed. A physician summoned, but fortunately there were no serious results from the fall. —• ENTERTAINED Mrs. John Brunjes entertained a few friends at her home on i Tuesday evening. The occasion , was her birthday. - — bought overland * Earl Hainan has bought ar t Overland touring car of th< Syracuse Auto Sales.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1923.

g PARKING OF AUTOMOBILES r Autoists insisting on parking e machines in state highways and failing to leave 18-feet of clear f road-way from the center of the j road—or in other words whose s parked cars interfere with twoe way traffic, are inviting court arraignment, heavy fine and possible imprisonment, John D. Wilf liams, state roads’ director, an- » nounces. r Mr. Williams says that the i highway commission is deter- » mined that state roads shall be , open to two-way traffic, and does . not propose to permit traffic to , be blocked, checked or there be an open invitation to accidents ; through careless and unthought- > fill motorists parking cars over ! half of the right-of-way. Persons found needlessly parking cars under such conditions will be . prosecuted in accordance with . Sec. 2311 Burns’ Revised Status, 1914, which, fixes a maximum . penalty of SSO and imprisonment from ten days to three months for one found guilty of obstructing highway traffic. Mr. Williams called attention that records compiled weekly in his department show that many highway accidents are directly caused by machines being left in the right-of-way on heavily traveled roads. Most people do this thoughtlessly, he said, but such a condition does not remove the handicap and menace to traffic; neither does it release guilty ones from responsibility. Picnickers, fishermen, and others, often one wishing to make a repair on a car or tire, park machines where fills are narrow and block traffic seriously. The generally excellent condition of state roads naturally invite high speed, and few people but will agree that it is a patent fact that state roads are crowded with every form of automotive vehicle for many hours each day and night. Corigestion naturally occurs because of the carelessly parked autos, and often drivers who delight in stepping heavily on the gas, meet at places of obstruction. The inevitable happens and often a life hangs in balance or pays toll. Always there is more or less damage to property and unnecessary hazard to all passing a car so parked. o PLENTY OF GAME Hunting of small wild game ind birds in Indiana the coming season will be exceptionally good because there is an unusual number of quail and rabbits, according to George N. Mannfield. superintendent of fisheries and game for the state conservation department. In a report to the commission Mr. Mannfield says that from every part of this state he receives the same reports relative to quail. They are exceedingly plentifu. Squirrels too, are numerous, and also rabbits. Prevalence of wild life in the state to such an unusual extent can te contributed to a better law’ observance, Mr. Mannfield declares. This he sums up in the statement that the public has a better understanding of why wild life must be protected in reproductive seasons and are cooperating with the department, and that the activity of the wardens make many would-be violators desist for fear of arrest o HORSE SHORTAGE Indiana farmers must go back to colt raising or there soon will be a serious shortage of horsei power in the state, according to ; George G Bryant, agricultural t statistician for the United States t department of agriculture, i The tax assessors’ lists indic- . ate that the farmers generally . are raising fewer colts each year » in all portions of the state, Mr. Bryant said. One of the .reports showed that only about 250 colts 1 were raised in Kosciusko county last year, while approximately 600 are needed each year to keep up with the demand. 1 CHILD’S THUMiTtORN OFF The thumb on the right hand Magdaline Harter, four-yearold daughter of Jacob Harter of Miln ford, was torn off when her banc e was caught in a haysling being used by her father.

I ONION GROWERS MEET ? Indiana onions are to be sok i co-operatively this year. T his r • has been settled, according to the e! announcement of the General Or e!ganization Committee of Onior - Growers, formed by the Indiana - Farm Bureau, that has beer - carrying on the campaign aftei - meeting at Warsaw last Saturday The committee together with the county organization com s mi ttees, and officials of the State - and National Farm Bureaus, cani vassed the returns from the cam--5 paign and announced that more > than sixty per cent of the acre f age was under contract, exclud > ing dealer acreage as not beim - “commercial onions” in the lega ’ meaning of the contract. > Notices are being sent out tc s all members that the minimun s has been secured, and the con i tracts go into effect at once. , The Farm Bureau apd general or i ganization committee has beer instructed to proceed at once ir • securing commitments for fin • ance, personnel, storage and equipment, subject to the ap i proval of the board elected b? ‘ the onion growers who have signed up. In this way no time will be lost and the associations and the Exchange will be read; to function time the croj • is fully matured and ready foi harvest in good keeping condi tion. The onion marketing systen is modeled on the same plan tha' has been so spccessful with th< onion growers of Texas, with the Burley Tobacco Growers of Ind iana and Kentucky, and with the producers of many other fam products and no great difficult} is anticipated in working out the mechanics of handling Indian* onions in orderly fashion, in? stead of the individual dumping method heretofore employed. LINCOLN The Lincoln highway is "the longest street in the world.” It .s over 3300 miles long and eon nects New York and San Fran cisco through 11 states. In the first nine years of its life ovei $47,000,000 were spent to mak< this a national highway. Main tenance in 1922 cost nearly sl,370,000. The amount expended on improvements was over $6.000,000. It ■is estimated that $20,000,000 more will be necessary to bring the nation s “Main Street” to a condition tc permit easv and uninterrupted transcontinental. travel. The Lincoln highway, it is claimed, serves at least 60 per cent, of the population of the United States. It is dedicated as a permanent national memorial to President Lincoln. PIT George Colwell is recovering from injuries received last Friday at the McClintic, Colwell & Gordy gravel pit. A heavj chain broke and fell from a high pulley, striking Mr. Gordy on the left knee. Three ugly gashes were cut, which rendered Mr Gordy unable to walk. He was taken home and a physician summoned who attended to his injuries, relieving the pain and reducing the inflammation. Mr. Colwell is able now to be around on crutches. —-o DO TELL On a dark and “Willys Knight” a "Pathfinder” set out to locate the "Chevrolet” On this trip he was forced to “Ford” the “Hud- , son”and “Dodge” "Overland ’ in his rush to make a "Paige” in history. With a lo»d of "Saxon' he was struck by a “?«««« . Arrow" and was knocked “Cole. 1 ’ ° WANTED i The Journal offers a steady r position to boy or girl with high r school education to learn the r printing trade, to assist in office > and reportorial work when necessary. Apply in person at the Journal office. To sweep linoleum in the or--1 di nary way is simply scattering 1 the dust Slightly moisten a square of flannel, tie ovelr the broom and then sweep, and you J will be surprised at the amount of dust that is taken up.

FRATERNAL CONGRESS d The annual meeting of the s Nationaal Fraternal Congress oi e America will be held at French ■- Lick Springs, Indiana, August n 27, 28, 29 and 30. a The National Fraternal Conn gress of America is an organii zation of the fraternal insurance ’. societies of the United State.ti and Canada, the subordinate • bodies of this organization having e a membership of more than six • million people who carry life - insurance to the amount of more e than Ten Billion Dollars. These societies have local bodies in every city and town in the United States and Canada, anc the results of the work of the Congress are of local interest - everywhere. Prominent speakers on the program of the National Fra ■ ternal Congress for this con vention are Hon. James E. Wat son, United States Senator fron Indiana, Hon. Samuel M. Ralston United States Senator from Ind iana, Hon. Harry Arthur Hops New York, Management Engin eer, Barney Pearson of St Louis and F. C. Walpas of Cedar Rap ids, lowa. This Congress was organizei twenty-five years ago and ha.’ been continuous in its w’ork fo> the benefit of the insured mem bers of the several societiec Several billion dollars have beei paid in benefits to the deceasec members’ beneficiaries which ha. made possible the maintaining o' the home after the bread winne. has passed away; the support of the aged, and the education ol the orphan. The assets of these fraterna societies are invested in bonds the money from which ha* • srected school houses, built road: ind streets, and other public im provements which mean so muci to the health and prosperity oi our Nation. o KEEPING FARM BOOKS Agricultural colleges through out the county are trying han to hammer it into the heads o. farmers everywhere that their is a business the same as any thing else, and that there is jus as much reason whv the farmer should have a system of book keeping as there is why othe business concerns need and musi have it. Haphazard farming buying without keeping track o:> expenditures, or selling withou keeping track of revenue re reived, isn't the roan to sucess ir farming. Take the men abou Syracuse who are most successfu in raising and selling live stock grain, poultry or fruit and you’l find that they keep a pretty close tab on what they buy ant what they sell. As a result the) know more about how to plan foi the future; when to tighten up oi when to loosen up. And it's satisfaction, too. to be able t< tell by looking back over tht books just how prices shift fron year to year. Get some kind ol a book, no matter how poor yoi may be at figures, and make ar attempt to keep tab on your finances. It’ll pay big in the long run. i o SOUTH SYRACUSE W. W. Cripe of Goshen was ir our city yesterday. Mrs. Lemmings is now making her home in Goshen. Mr. Wagner of Michigan was visiting his daughter and family Mrs. Dehart and mother callee on Mrs. Daniel Warbel Monday afternoon. Don’t forget the regular ser vices at the U. B. church. Come and hear something worth while Elmer McGarity, who is living on what is known as the Wes. Ott farm was in ottr city Saturday. Mrs. Jane Laughlin, who has i been visiting her daughter, Mrs. s Crown and Mrs. Routson at Elk- ; hart and Mrs. Smith at Goshen ■ for two. weeks, has returned j home. Mrs. Yoder and her sister, Mrs. Wortsbaugh, who has been away - shout nine months, visited Mr. ( and Mrs. Dan Warbel Sunday i afternoon. We surely were glad i to have our old friends with us i again. t o— Subscribe for the Journal.

NO. 13.

Isol w TO i W ABOUT . Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them o n * the Surface. “Why don’t you run these gosc sips into their holes—why don’t you skin ’em alive?” That’s what a citizen asked us a few days ago, the very same question 1 that has been asked us dozens of times. And our answer was the Tame always, that if we could rid the community of gossips, we’d devote whole pages to the work. To our mind the greatest menace to any community is a chronic gossip. Fire isn’t so bad —you can build back when fire destroys. Floods only cripple business for a short time. The Sun comes out, the water vanishes and business goes on as usual. But when the gossip has gotten in his or her work a reputation is blasted beyond repair >r a business is injured forever. Worst of all it isn’t money the •ossips rob people of—it is hapliness. A hint of suspicion here >r a shrug of the shoulder there, ind a morsel of gossip is started >n its w’aj\ that like a snow ball, grows larger the farther it goes. J’iilhlly it assumes mountainous iroportions, and crushes some innocent victim, someone poweress to prevent the circulation of false testimony. Consider the merchant who ad, vertises. There is a reason for his doing so. If his goods were not w’orth advertising he would not spend his money in advertising them, for merchants cannot spend money ip that w’ay unless they jet dividends on their investnent in the way of increased sales. The mere fact that a dealer offers you something through the '’olumns of this paper is in itself an evidence that the article s worth having, for if it would lot stand inspection, he would lot be calling everybody’s atention to it. He would.be like 3arnum—waiting for a sucker to :ome along. r Life to each of us consists mainly of what we make of it. We can cast the soft rays of sunshine and happiness over our existence, or we can fill our lives with the shadows of greed and avarice, and insatiable longing for those things which we may not possess. Syracuse is our home—the place where most of our lives will be spent—where memory is dear to us. Shall we seek to cast out what there is of spirit and greed and mspiciion, and ungenerous rivalry among men? Shall we supplant it with one as kindness, of tolerance, and of good will toward each other? Shall we make honorable thrift the watchward of our community? It is the ideal existence, and is possible to any community where the people have the will and the c6urage to follow the path of honor and gentleness wherever it may lead. Over in Monroe, Indiana, a boy was fined $9 for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. The town marshall has iss ted an order that young boys must keep off the sidewalk, or be arrested. In Syracuse the young boys ride their bikes on the sidewalks and nothing is done to stop it. Some day a bicycle rider will run into a pedestrian and then there will be trouble. The town authorities should issue the same order as did the marshall in Monroe. Arrest and fines will help the boys off the sidewalk with their bicycles. —o In the old days the difference of a nobody and a somebody was in the blood. Now it’s in the bank. i Counterfeit SI,OOO bills are in circulation, the secret service warns. Watch your SI,OOO banknotes, brothers.