The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 37, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 January 1924 — Page 1

\VOLUME XVI.

SVMCUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of late rest CoaeerniiM Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Exams (like Caesar) came, saw, and in some instances, conquered. Last Thursday, along with our other examinations, our* knowledge of the Music Memory Selections was tested. Eleven numbers were played, of which we were to give the title, the composer and his nationality. In many cases the answers were gratifying; ip other, fearful and wonderful. Monday marked the beginning of the second semester's work. Tlie forenoon was spent in ‘’building’’ a program and in giving assignments. Classes began at one o’clock. The new classes started at the mid-year are: Plane Geometry. Commercial Arithmetic, Civics, <and English Grammar. J Wednesday afternoon of last week two films were shown in the assembly room; a three-reel comedy entitled “A Duke for a Day” and an animated “Andy Gump Flat-Hunting” The teachers of the first, second and third grades have invited the parents of the children in these grades to come to the school building Friday afternoon at twosthirty. They hope in this meeting to become better acquainted and by discussing questions of interest to both .parent and teacher to gain ideas which each mav use in dealing with the child. Music will be furnished by the children of the three lower grades. The following students have been neither tardy nor absent during the first semester Paul Le Count. Senior; Ruth Blanchard, Monroe Kehr. Meredith Tom Juniors; Frederick Beery, George Hoekher. Phyllis* Miller, Louise Snobarger,. Sophomores; Harold Bobeck, Robert Brown. Harold Juday, Ray Kehr, Elizabeth McClintic, Freshmen; George Hire. Prentice Kindig, Emora Ketring. . Helen Leacock. Lucile Lantis, Ray McClintic, Clarence Mick. Natheta Sloan, Claire Pfingst, eighth grade; and Phyllis Druck-j amiller. Raymond Kitson. Paul Miller. Ralhp Miller. Anna Priest. I Eugene Snavely. Mae Swank, seventh grade. Chapel exercises were conducted Wednesday morning by Rev. Mr. Dustin who spoke on the importance of specialisation in ones life work, citing, examples in the lives of great bible characters. The basketball teams played at Millersburg last Friday night with scores as follows: Millersburg first team. 26; Syracuse, 7: Millersburg second team, 3; Syracuse. 25. Friday night, January 11, a double-header will be staged in the local gym between the Syracuse and Cromwell first and second teams. Cromwell has strengthened her line-up by the " addition of new men since the beginning of the second semes ter and she hopes to blot out , her recent defeat at our hands . Syracuse likewise has new men, so wgood game is assured. _o Ll\ E STOCK SHIPMENTS The Farm Bureau Shipping Association of Jefferson and Van Buren townships did a very good business from January, 1923 to January, 1924. according to the report of Jacob Bucher, secretary and treasurer of the Association. They Shipped 3.295 hogs, 611 calves, 157 sheep, 29 cattle, making 43 decks, which brought back to these farmers $50,468,81, “Go thou and do likewise*” Even better baseness is expected toe coining year. Most of the stock is naw being shipped to the Producer s Cooperative Association. — ■o—, — w. c. t. r. The W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Akers on Tuesday afternoon. There was a good attendance. At this meeting preparations were made to <relebrate the fourth anniversary of the organization on Sunday, ed. from January 16. to January 20. as this date falh on Sunday instead of a week day. and for jewon it was bettor to hold the celebration on pear in the weeiL

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STATE DAIRY MEETING TO BE HELD IN PURDUE ■ 1 The annual meeting of the ) Indiana State Dairy Association, which will be held in connection with the Farmers’ Short Course at Purdue University, Thursday, r January 17, will include several I prominent speakers and a discussion of many subjects of special importance to dairy farmers. ... An address of welcome to be • given by Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president of the University, will ■ be followed by a response by W. ■ O. Mills, member of the Purdue ■ Experiment Station, Station Ad--1 visory Board and former Presi--1 dent of the Association. B. B. ! Morgan, Chesterton, president of 1 the Indiana Dairy State Associ- ■ ation, will give an address of general interest to dairymen. G. A. Williams of the extension de- ’ partment will discuss cow testing association work in Indiana 1 and announce awarding the 300 1 pound club medals. H. 0. ’ Maughn of ’the National Dairy ' Council of Chicago will talk on the increasing consumption of dairy products. Dr. E. B. Hasj kins of Indianapolis, who is in charge of Federal Tuberculosis ’ Eradication work in Indiana. [ will speak on the modified area L plan. Prof. O. G. Lloyd, head cf the Farm Management Department will report a study of , the co-operative marketing •of . dairy products in Indiana. Karl t B. Musser, secretory and treas- . urer of the American Guernsey i Cattle Club, will consider the i value of breed organization and extension work. A. A. Hansen . of the Experiment Station will , give methods for the control of t noxious weeds affecting dairy ! cattle. Professor J. J. Davis, I head cf the Entomology department with give recommendation for the control of ox warbles and 'flies on the dairy farm. These talks which will continue from 9:15 o’clock in the morning until 3:45 o’clock in the afternoon, will be followed by a business session. Hie annual banquet will be held at 6:39 o’dook at the West Side M. E. church. Prof. 0. E. Reed. Chief of Dairying at the Michigan Agricultural College, and former head of dairying at Purdue, will be the speaker of the evening. AU farmers attending the Farmers’ Short Course, who are interested in dairying, are invited to attend these sessions of the Association. ROUND TABLE CLUB On Monday evening the ladies of the Round Table Club were entertained at the home of Mrs. HL E. Plqtcher. There was a fair attendance and an interesting program rendered. The roll call was answered by each member giving a New Year resolution. These were timely and interesting. Most of the evening was spent in practicing svne special songs out of the club’s new chorus song books The “original stuff” listed on the program was successfully carried out by Mrs. Court Slabaugh and Mrs. Chas. Bowerox. , BERTRAM—PISTON Paul E. Bertram. Jr., and Miss Anna Marie Piston were united in marriage on Saturday. December 29, in Philadelphia, Penn. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mra Julius Piston, of Philadelphia, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mra Paul E. Bertram. Sr., of this city. The newly married couple arrived in this city on Sunday morning, and will make their home with his parents. Mr. Bertram. Jr., holds a position in the Syracuse Cabinet Co. ' * - -— BASKETBALL Cromwell first and second teams will play Syracuse first and second teams at the local gym Friday evening. January 11. First game will begin promptly at 7:30. Cromwell has some new players and it is said are going Friday night to taste the sweetness of revenge. ,»„■ ...i.,.. i' "O 11 11 ' 1 * ; WILL INSTALL OFFICERS ! The Pythian Sisters will install officers on Friday evening, January 11. Important business ; will also be tmnsacted. I I , I, ii Qi i 111 I library Board meets A called mating of the libra-1 ry board wes held at the library on Saturday evening. ft J, lb w . - I. JaL2 » '

PURDUE GETS HOLSTEIN 5 SIRE OF FAMOUS STRAIN • ■ ■■ » The Dairy Department of Pur- , due University at Lafayette, Ini di&na, has recently made the ad- > dition to its Holstein herd of a , two-year-old son of King PieterI tije Ormsby Piebe, the well • known Sire owned in the Hargrove A Arnold herd in lowa. • This bull is a two-year-old of good type, and has a splendid pedigree. His sire has become widely known through the excellent type of his offspring. During the last descendants of King Pietcrtije Ormsby Piebe have won 254 first prizes and 91 championships at state fairs and national shows throughout this country and Canada. In addition he is transmitting high production to his daughters as can be seen by the fact that he now has fifteen yearly record daughters, a three-year-old daughter with 1,017 pounds of butter in a year, and four other daughters with more than 800 pounds of butter in a year. The dam of King Pietertije Ormsby Piebe 33rd is Forbes Hengerveld Colanthus 2nd, with a record of 31 pounds of butter in seven days as a four-year-old, and a later record of 927 pounds of butter in a year. She is from one of the best foundation cows in the Hargrove & Arnold herd, Forbes Hengerveld Colanthus. This cow has a yearly record of 920 pounds of butter as a ten-year-old, and is the dam of three daughters all having yearly records. An interesting thing in connection with this pedigree is that in addition to the splendid type and high production bdhind this bulk the average butterfat test of the “ three nearest dams of this bull and the five highest producing daughters of hrs sire is 3.79 percent, decidedly higher than that of the average of the K. P. O. P. 33rd will be used as junior herd sire in the Purdue herd and will be bred to the daughters of Paul Forbes Butterking. brother of lowsMa Sir Ollie, National Dairy Show grand-champion of 1919, senior herd sire in the University herd now. - o ** . OFFICERS INSTALLED Syracuse Lodge No. 454, F. & A. M., at a special meeting last Friday night installed the following officers: W. M. — W. T. Colwell S. W. — Sam. Searfoss J. W. - E. L. Strieby Treasurer — James Searfoss Secretary — Hallie Holloway S. D. — Harry Culler J. D. — Kimber Wcife . SL- S. — John McGarity J. S. — R. G Howard Tyler — W. T. Bowld ELECTED OFFICERS The Wednesday Afternoon Club elected officers last week when the club met at the home of Mrs. B. F. Hoy on Wednesday ' of last week. . They are as follows: President, Mrs. Stephen Freeman; Vice-President. Mrs. L. A. Seider; Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. R. N. McMichael. The club started on the study of Well’s Outline of History, which work will occupy the remainder of the club year. LAKE RHSIDENCE ON FIRE Saturday at about noon the W. T. Colwell cottage on the lake < was discovered on fire. Mr. Colwell. fortunately- d that time arrived home from Syracuse. where he had gone to transact business, and with the aid of Mm Colwell formed a bucket brigade and soon extinguished the blaze, but it was necessary to use an ax to cut a few holes to get at the fire. o — UNDERWENT OPERATION Linden, the seven year old son of Rev. and Mm W. Eller, was taken to Elkhart on Tuesday by his parenta where he underwent an operation for appendicitis Tuesday forenoon at the hospital there. BLACKSMITHING • 1 Ido blacksmithing *ll kinds, also woodwork. Open 6 days a Ismelr old shop. |37-pd J. Couto o * Flowers bring showers of gladiness you’ll agree. You can buy [Narcissus bulbs at the Tea Room [as well as wafers and tea. 37-lt

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1924. - - - ■■ -

- = MANY HOUSIWFVEB NOW [ CAN SOME FRESH MEAT Why is Hie . housekeeper of - the present <By converted to • meat canning? There are three i rcasona First, she can preserve • meat for sumdier use. when she I must drive several miles to a butcher shop, then worry for fean it will become tainted be- ‘ fore she can Use it Canning lends variety to the diet through out the year. Second, it is ready for use in fifteen minutes, a roast, spare ribs or round steak, and therefore is a “life saver” in an emergency, and every housewife experiences such occasions. Third, <$ she can preserve meat for future use that in many cases she might find it necessary to eat to save. The verdict of many home canners of meat is, that if possible, the canned meat is better tha<f the fresh meat, say Purdue University home economics extension workers. Alt this season of the year when rabbits are so tasty, many housewives are canning some for the busy season when the young chicks, garden, housecleaning and spring sewing consume their time and energy.. These may be f ried or roasted, placed in the can and sterilized as any other meat. Chicken may be fried, stewed or made into stock. Prepared this way it will add variety as well as serve for emergency didheSt Methods and time table for the canning of beef, pork, chicken and rabbit may be secured by writing to the /AgrP cultural Extension Departinent, Purdue University, and securing Leaflet 104? “Canning Meat.” —o BOARD ORGANIZED The Kosciusko county board of commissioners reorganized for business on Monday, When Fred A. Mellencamp. the new member of the board, took the place of Conrad D. Longenecker, whose term just expired. Charles D. Beatty, of Plain township, was selected as president of the board: . Attorney fNeijett Rasor. son of Mr. add Mrs. A. Rasor, was named as county attorney for the coming year by the new board, Attorney Bertram Shane, who has been county attorney for a number of years. o ISSUING OF AUTO LICENSES Roy Henderson, in charge of the Kosciusko auto license branch office in Warsaw, has only issued about 800 licenses up to Monday of this week. Last year up to this time about 2000 licenses had been issued. The slow business is attributed largely to the fact that the majority of auto owners are waiting for the supreme court to decide the question of the constitutionality of the new license law, which has been declared unconstitutional by Judge Oare in St. Joseph superior court. Mr. Henderson has received a communication from Secretary of State Ed. Jackson in which it ( was stated that final decision on i the constitutionality of the law 3 probably would not come for sev- , eral months. Few, if any of the ( 800 who have secured licenses ] here, have paid under protest, i The dead line for the use of 1923 { licenses is sat for February 15. o ( REPORT ON ROAD WORK . County Highway Superinten- j dent C. A. Helvev, who has charge of the work of keenin" ( the 166 miles of county roads in 1 good condition during the past ] nine months, has made a summary of the expenses of his of- ( flee. The total expenses for the ( work durinv the period was sl6. 739.93. A large part if this sum , however, was spent for trucks and other equipment which is, still in fine condition. The ac- ; tual expense of maintaining the ' ro*ds was nerhaps around sll. . 000. Os this amount 61.623.60 , was paid for labor. $2,749.40 for ( teams. $6,656.39 for machinery ; and t«nls.. $314.68 for expenses, $3708.98 for travel and hauling. 1186.70 for office exnens. $654.13 for sunerintendent’s expenses and $859.95 for salary of superintendent. RETAIL FOOD COSTS During the month from October 15. 1923. to November 15, 1923. 22 of 28 cities showed increases in retail fond nriees of from 1 to 3 per cent. Six cities showed decreases. — oAdvertise in the Journal

CREAM GRADING REPORT* • TO BE MADE JANUARY 16 ; A report of the four- > day plan of grading cream will > be given by Professor H. W. . Gregory. Chief of Dairying, in ! connection with the Farmers’ ; Short Course at Purdue University at 8:30 o’clock on Tuesday morning, January 16. The Indiana plan of grading cream, where a premium price is paid for cream delivered within four days, provided it is free from objectionable flavors and odors, originated about a year ago and has already attracted the attention of creamery men in many states, because of the successful results obtained in this state. In addition to a study of cream grading V. C. Manhart of the Experiment Station, will discuss the experiments performed at Purdue on the production of quality cream- Methods of producing quality cream will bje given.. < The production of quality cream and a Successful cream grading system will have a great influence on the quality of Indiana butter. AU dairy farmers attending the short course should attend such a program devoted to the study of the production of quality cream and butter in order to learn how to produce quality cream and receive a higher prince for this product. o TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS January 1, 1924, marks the beginning of the period for filing income-tax returns for the year 1923. The period ends at midnight of March 15, 1924. Heavy penalties are provided by the revenue act for failure or wilful refusal to make a return and pay the tax on time. Form 1040A, heretofore used for reporting net income of $5,600 and less, from whatever source derived ,has been revised in the interesrts of the largest class of tax payers*-—wage earners and salaried persons. Reduced from six pages to a single sheet. Form 1040A is to be used for reporting net income of $5,000 and less derived chiefly from salaries and wages. Persons any part of whoseSncome is derived from a business or profession, fanning, sale of property or rent, though the amount is $5,000 or less, will be required to use the larger form, 1040. The use of Form 1040 is required also in all cases where the net income was in excess of $5,000 .regardless of whether from salary, business, profession or other taxable sources. It being impossible to determine at this time which form w is desired, copies of both forms will be sent, taxpayers who filed individual returns for the year 1922, and may be obtained also at the offices of collectors of internal revenue and branch offices upon written request REPORT OF OIL INSPECTOR Aaron A. Rasor, oil insi»ector for about four counties of Northern Indjana, during the past year has inspected a total cf 7,374.076 gallons of oil and gasoline. Os this amount 30.579 barrels was oil and 118.215 barrels was gasoline. The inspection fee charged by the state is three-tenths of a mill per gallon. The total collections by Mr. Rasor was $5. 952.38. of which $2,272.83 went to the inspector as salary and expenses and $3,679.55 was turned into the state treasury. Figuring the average value of gasoline at 20c and the average 1 value of coal oil at 14c the gasoline used in the four counties for ' a year was worth $1,181,150.00 and the coal oil was worth $213. 479.00. The tax on gasoline, which goes to a road fund is 2c per gallon and a total of $118,250 was naid on gasoline in the four counties, making- an average of $29,553.00 to each county. Ffom that it is evident that auto owners of Kosciusko county, through the gasoline tax. paid about S3O. 000,00 into the state treasury for ' road work during the past year. . ICE BOATS Philip Hedges and Irwin Bishop had their new ice boats on Syracuse Lake for several days. These boats are built in the shape of airplanes and need only wings to be ready to fly. Last week Phil Hedges* boat went through the ice in deep water and he and his companion had a cold bath. With great difficulty the boat was raised. Sunday the same boat hit a boat house breaking off the runners and “tail”.

REGIONAL BASKET i BALL TOURNAMENT ■ 1 Bl.xxmington, Ind., Jan, 7.—The 1 quesJon of whether the Indiana . 'high ..vhool regional basketball i tournaments shall be held in the ’ universities this year as in the . past or shall be moved to high r school centers is being put to a i vote of high school principals by r A. I* Trester, secretary of the j Indiana High School Athletic As- . sociation, it became known here , recently. [ U. E Smith, bursar of Indiana . university, who has had charge I of local arrangements for high t school basketball tournaments since the first tournament was . started by LNU. back in 1910, states that he has issued the us* ? ual invitation for the tournament . and that preliminary plans for , the event are in progress. Merle _ Abbett, well known basketball ’ coach and principal of Bedford, ’ has taken a stand against the ’ proposed move, and other school 1 officials have reported here that they are opposed to a change. The advantage which a high school team would have in playing the regional on its own floor and the lack of facilities for conducting the regional tournament in high school centers are given as reasons for the opposition. One school official pointed out that a large majority of teams winning sectional tournaments are those playing on their own floors. If the regionals are held in high school gymnasiums, it is asserted that the home teams will be compelled to play away from home, and it is feared that this will detract from local interest in the tournament to such an extent that it cannot be financed. Visiting teams in the regionals at Incliana and Purdue universities are by committees of university students who are alumni of the high schools represented and in many cases are friends and relatives of the players. Organization houses throw open their doors to the high school visitors and entertain them in groups. The inspirational value of a trip, to the universities is great and often results in the high school lad continuing with a higher education where 'he had previously intended to go no farther than the high school, say local men. So far as known here, there is not now a high school gymnasium ‘ in the state with a seating cap- < acity of more than 2500, and few ' of that capacity, while the Indiana university gymnasium will , accommodate close to 4000. INDIANA’S POISON PLANT ’ Specimens of a plant that ‘ poisons cattle and milk will be * exhibited before the Indiana. Dairy Association at its annual 1 meeting on Thursday. January ; 17, 1924, at Purdue University. , In addition the poisonous prop- . erties of the plant, together with an explanation of the . symptoms in both animals and man,, will be described by Albert A. Hansen of the Purdue j extension staff. The plant in question is white • snakeroot, a common woodland | species in all parts of Indiana j and the cause of considerable * loss of stock in the Hoosier J state. The subject will be of ’ particular interest to the dairy c association since experimental _ work has demonstrated that the white snakeroot poisons milk • and there is little doubt that snakeroot poisoned milk was the cause of the dreaded disease known as milk sickness during < pioneer days. Several reports s of milk sickness have reached Purdue lately, the most recent t one from. Fountain County s where several cases have been traced to white snakeroot found x in woods where cows had graz- | ed. -1 COU) WAVE PASSED ] For several day 'last week the J thermometer hovered around 10 ’ to 15 degrees below zero, and the 1 strong wind made it nearly nnbearable to be out doors. Sun- . day//however, the temperature moderated, and the mercury jumped ue to 15 above zero and * more on Monday. This break in ’ the sudden cold weather is wel- s corned by everyone. Our plumbers were kept busy . Monday thawing out frozen water < EASTERN STAR LODGEJ * The Star lodge will « meet bn Monday night, January s 14. All officers and members J

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(SOME IMS TO iMunir Review of Things by the Editor p'' > As He Sees Them on the -A > • -T ■ Tomorrow is not youra. The future does not belong to yotv Man has the crumbling too rhent in whith to dream or do and the record of a year is only the aggregate of all of them, • There is’ none worthy of the name of man who does not wish to make a better record, in the year whose gateway has just been passed than he did in the one which ended when the clock Struck twelve, No woman but wisheq. to achieve more; in the majority cd instances not in her own person —-but in that of a husband 0* one who may become her hubband, or a brother or a father. ’Business success may be the goal in view, but whether the gain sought be material advan-. tage, or if it be moral growth i#r spiritual enrichment—whether ft be the gathering together in barns or laying, up in heaven—the task of today must be done today; it cannot be done IW. T t Opportunity is of the moment npt of the future; it is the duty immediately at hand no matter not the mysterious opening of a hitherto concealed door, but is the thing that needs to be done now, the doing of which is progress. s More men fail of success because of neglect of the duty which, confronts them than for any other reason. The task is esteemed beneath their talent, too mean with which to soil the hands; or the good to come from it is not deemed sufficient recompense for the effort Thus one opportunity after another, is neglected. t ■. Dreams of large tasks with ’■ larger rewards take the place of strengthening performance, and when the record of another year is made up it is az unsubstantial as the preceding or less so, for as purpose weakens from day to day from tack of exercise, so it does from year/ to year. The man who would crown his life with success must strive earnestly. Each day must be the epitome of a life of effort, and each hour and moment the epitome of the day. He can build for . the •future only with today’s material. He can-, ipt use : it When it has become yesterday’s or then it will be * departed from him. He must “act, act in the .living present.” There is no other. time for it. The man who would do better in the coming /ear than in the last one mu9t begin today and do what is before him as though it were the last work of his life and he had but this day * 1 in which to do it. He must da his best with it. for only by doing each task well is perfection reached or approximated. If eaeh day’s work is done in thia, way and in this spirit the record of the year will be satisfying —perhaps better than sathfying. an incentive to higher things in the one to follow. So much is going on these days that children are quitting school to see it.—Ed .Howe That sounds like an Abe Martin paragraph. It has a whole sermon boiled down. School children in town don’t usually advance in their books .. as rapidly as school children in „ ; the country, and this is probably the reason. There are so many things to keep the child excited over, so many , places to' go; to many activities to take part in. t . v The country boy. if for. ; \ tunata may go to school half the tithe, or a third of the time, f j and* when he becomes a man he goes to town and takes the ptace .of the boy who had to go to school from the time he was six till he is grown. Hence the countrfr boys are nmnmg the *** People are real greedy. Just as we read about the poultry saving the country, along comes a day. The next be to insist on enough grehse to fry them in.