The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 January 1924 — Page 1

’ The Syracuse Journal

VOLUME XVI.

SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. « "The Last Days of Pompeii," a six-reel Him based on the novel of the same name by Bulwer Lytton is scheduled for use in the aJiool next week. Tais ular picture which was produced in Italy is of historic as well as dramatic interest and gives cne a more vivid idea of the setting and events than the book does. The high school and 6th, 7th and Bth grade students will be given the opportunity of seeing the film during school hours. The picture will also be shown in the Assembly room Tuesday evening, Jan. 29 th, beginning at 7:30. at which tinacHbe patronage of the public will be appreciated. A small admission charge of fifteen cents for adults will be made. ; (Children below the 6th grade will be admitted free. ], School children of ’the 6th grade and higher will be charged ten cents admission *if they attend the night entertainment. Special music will be furnished 'during the evening. Don't forget the time and place. - Two games of basketball are scheduled for Friday night. The high school girls' team will play a team com nosed of the teachers after which the boys will meet the Mentone team. The Seniors have selected "Fif-ty-Fifty” as their class play and will soon begin work on it. ‘The Juniors will alio give a play and ere considering a number of plays from which they hope to make a selection suited to the class. The Rev. Mr. McMichael of the Lutheran church spoke to the students Wednesday morning on the. development of the church between the vears 300 and I‘KK*. He read Matthew 16:13-18. calling attention to the verses on which the church makers its claim that St. Peter founded the church at Rome. He then told in a very interesting wdy of the early organization of the church, th** missionary movement, church coT’ncils. monasticism and the in ouisition, covering, as he jwiid, a thousand years of history in ten minutes. - ■ * '*•' Sophomore Luiwheon The Sophomore girls served a two course luncheon in the Domestic Science dining room at noon Monday. Miss Hayward, who is leaving soon for New Jersey, was the guest of honor. All the girls were seated at the table with the exception of Margaret Free nan and Louise Snowbarger, who acted as efficient waitresses. Virginia Bachman made a charming hostess and kept the conversation lively and interest-

i nf. A bowl of Nasturtiums in the center of the table added to the attractiveness of the affair. The menu was as follows! First Course Salmon loaf; Escalloped Potatoes Parker House Rolls; Jelly; Tea. Second Course Fruit Salad Cake L. o_— DOINGS OF THE WOODMEN Just what the local Cam? No. 10519, Modem Woodmen of America, has done and is doing is best told by the following figures furnished the Journal by Sherman Stuard, clerk of the Camp: Received for assessments in 5 years and 4 months, $4,193.60 paid out for death chums during the same period, $5,500. The installation of officers of the local camp did not take place last Friday on account of the ah- . sence of several of the newly elected officers. - ——o TO DISMANTLE PLANT the Rissman-Levey Co. of Chicago have purchased the buildings and machinery of the Sandusky Cement Co. The buildings will be dismantled and all machinery knocked down arid sold on the premises aa far as possible. Those wanting material would do well to call on E. J. Meyers, who has charge of dismantling the plant and selling the material. — o I O_ E. S. The Order of Eastern Star will have their regular meeting Monday evening. January 28. Refreshments win be served.

TIPPECANOE DITCH CASE ON TRIAL The Tippecanoe River ditch case is on trial before special Judge Adam Wise in the Marshall County circuit court at Plymouth. A great volume of evidence is being introduced by the remonstrators, the State Conservation department and the I‘iaac Walton League to prove that the ditch, instead of being a benefit, would be a real injury. G. W. McCarter, of Warsaw, former engineer, was on the stand for more than two days was an important witness for the remonstrators. He said that thf proposed ditch would not take care of the overflow in ffeshet svasons; that 15 per cent W the lands in Kosciusko county along the Tippecanoe have drainage; that said lands are best adapted to forestation and grazing, and that they would not produce more diversi fied crops after draining than they do at present, and that it would lower the level of Huffman’s lake and Crystal lake, as well ast all adjoining lakes in Kosciusko and Marshall counties. Lindsey Blue, ex-surveyor of Kosciusko county, testified that four bridges would have to be removed and rebuilt: that the center pier of the Nickel Plate Railroad Company’s bridjre would have to be taken out. and that lands affected by the ditch would not be more productive than they are now. LOST Two games, Friday night to our old rival North Webster when she brought over her first and second teams .and defeated ours. The second team game was fast and snappy, especially after Ketring and Mabie were put in. They seemed to revive the pep of the game. In this game Rex made a basket by jumping with his opponent and tipping the bait into the basket. This is the first tftne this year that any of our players have done this on our own floor. The final score was 8 to 11 in favor of Webster. The first team’s game was fast and harder fought than the second team's game. Neither side was able to get very far in the lead at any time but the half closed with Webster leading 13 to 10. Tbe second half opened with Syracuse bringing back her speed. She soon tied the score and took the lead. This got Webster nervous? and they buckled down to work and tied the score again. Then both teams showed some fine work and all either side got after that was a few free pitches. The whistle blew with the final score 18 to 20 in our opponents’ favor. Thes games were well attended. but be sure you are there next Friday night and see us leave the stains of defeat on the hands of Mentone. Reported by Diaz.

o_ CHAPEL SERVICE The pastors will lead the morning devotion in the high schoolon the following dates: January 30. Rev. Eiler, February 6, Rev. Dauner. February 13. Rev. Dustin. February 20, Rev. Cremean. February 27. Rev. McMichael. March 5, Rev. Eiler. • March 12, Rev. Dauner. March 19, Rev. Dustin. March 26. Rev. Cremean. April 2. Rev. McMichael. April 9. Rev. Eiler. April 16. Rev. Dauner. April 23. Rev. Dustin. April 30, Rev. Cremean. — _—o. BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McMillan on Wednesday, January 23. a daughter. Mr. McMillan is the printer and linotype operator at the Journal office. Mr. and Mrs. McMillan recently came here from Marble Rock. lowa, where he was Connected with a weekly paper, and where Mrs. McMillan, before her marriage was i teacher of the seventh anti eighth grades in the public school there. They are residing in Mrs. Noah Isenbarge r’s house in the north part of town. BRIDGE CLUB The members of the Bridge Club will go to the Sign of the Kettle this evening (Thursday i and joy a six o’click dinner. The affair will be m the nature of a valentine partv, and from there the ladies will go to the home of Mrs. L. A. Seider, where the evening will be pleasantly

Syracuse’s Slogan, "A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

SYRACUSE ATHLETE ON L U. BASKETBALL TEAM Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 2L— The cream of last year’s Indiana high school basketball talent is represented on the Indiana university freshman new team, for: which Roy A Klink, of Syracuse,: is a candidate. Many names on the roster of the Crimson beginner’s squad are familiar to Hoosier basketball fans who followed the great indoor sport in the high schools las* year. The list includes names of men mentioned on mythical all-state high school ■ teams, men who were team ; tains, and players who gained; state-wide reputation for their general ability. Included in the group of players who were honored with allstate selections are: Jones, Wolfe, and Wampler, Vincennesr; Benzel, Bedford; Borden, Franklin; Vigui, Lawson, and Nessel, Marion; and Krueger, Bloomington. The list of captains takes in practically the same group with the addition of Ross. Howard township. winners of Kokomo sectional: Johnson. Huntington: Ijoward, Remington; Eviston, LaFontaine; Campbell, Linden; Brown, Camden: and Kidd. Brazil. With such an arrav of material, Indiana athletic officials are looking intn the future with optimism. This year’s varsity basket ball team is composed largely of juniors and sophomores, and will remain practically intact fori next year. The addition of the; freshmen will instore a powerful j reserve strength to an already | powerful varsity. R. J. Ferguson, who served as assistant fSotball coach last fall, has charge of the freshman basketball candidates, and under his direction the "RhiniesT have been drilling regularly. Leslie Mann, head basketball coach, probably will start using the freshmen in scrimages against the varsity this week. The freshman squad bns been cut from 130 men to fifty men and will be reduced further as| the season advances, according to Coach Ferguson. A good chance to land a regular berth on the final fresh man squad of thirty men is held out, for the Syracuse athlete.

W. C. T. U. CONVENTION The W. C. T. U. convention which was held in the Church of God on Sunday afternoon, was well attended. Although the thermometer was below zero, a goodly number of those interested in this work wended <= their way to the church to listen to the splendid program that had been prepared for the occasion. There was only one unfilled number on the program, caused by the forced absence of Mrs. Ada Patton of Warsaw. The address of the afternoon was made by Rev. Wm. L. Eiler, pastor of the United Brethren church, who spoke in stirring words on the subject of giving the eighteenth Amendment a square deal. The double trio, composed of members of the Lutheran church choir, sang some very appropriate and pretty songs. Another good musical number was given by die Brotherhood of the Methodist church, on the subject of "The Victory Depends on You.” Rev. R. N. McMichael, pastor of the Lutheran church, could not be in the city and on this account he was unable to take part in the program. "It’s in the Constitution and There to Stay,” was the timelv subject of the solo by Mrs. Floyd Hedges. In clewing the program, J. P. Dolan made a short talk, mentioning among other things the remonstrance that was carried by the interested temperance workers in Syracuse eighteen .years ago, and in looking back over those years, Mr. Dolan said, many of the workers in that band have passed away. o * AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT

Harry Lung, of Lake Wawasee. whose numerous escapades have brought him into court frequently in recent years, is again in trouble. He was arrested several days ago on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor and was locked in the county jail at Albion. According to reports, Mr. Lung caused considerable commotion at the jail by attempting to upset a red hot stove and making an effort to break out of jail. He has been released on bond. o— For that friend of thine on the day of Valentine have you ordered home made candy? _ , Or if you make your own and want boxes gladly shown, just drop in The Kettle if handy. 39-lt

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924.

B. F. HOOPINGARNER DIED SUDDENLY Fred Hoopingamer received a telejmm announcing the sudden death of his father, B. F. Hoopingamer, at Tampa, Fla„ at 8 o’clock this (Thursday) morning. • o WORKMEN FIND SKELETONS Workmen employed in grading off a hill on the north side of Tippecanoe Lake on Thursday uncovered the skeletons of at least fifteen persons.. The bones were all in one pile. Some were large and some small, indicating that the bodies were those of grownup persons and children. About a dozen skulls were counted. Numerous theories have been .advanced regarding the probable origin of the bones. One theory is that the skeletons are those of Indians and that the bodies may have been placed in one grave following a bloody Indian battle. It is also suggested that there may have been an epidemic and that many died at one time and were buried in the same grave. Others say that there was a custom among the Indians to open graves and add bodies and this may hage been the burying spot for some tribe or family which resided in this section before the whites moved in. The bones are believed to have been buried • more than 100 years. j The hill which is located near ; the point formerly known as ' French’s Landing, is being cut jdewn by the Northern Lakes De--1 velopment Company, which I owns 65 acres in this section. The ground is being dragged to the low ground near the lake, where a three-spot fill is’ being made. The hill is 40 feet high and contains between 40,000 and 50.000 feet of dirt. The dirt is being moved at the rate of about 500 feet a day and it is planned to have the work completed by early spring. The reclaimed ground will be converted into a park to be known as Tippecanoe Park. A row of maple trees will be planted 4&fbet from the shore line and[ a public promenade will extend the eqtire distance along the shoreline. Behind the promenade, a distance of 70 feet from the lake shore, will be platted lots which will be placed on the market next season. It is planned to have the work completed bv June 1. The Northern Lakes DeveVmment Comnanv is composed of W. Bell and J. H. Rohr, whoyrecentIv purchased the Stonv Ridge hotel at Cripplegate Heights, Lake Wawasee. 4

OFFICERS INSTALLED Review No. 51, Woman’s 1 Benefit Association, installed their officers last Friday evening for the ensuing year. Mrs. Frank W. Greene was the installing officer Ind Mrs. C. C. Bachman ant Mrs. B. F. Hoy t|ie ceremonial marshals. Following is the list of officers: Commander —Mrs. R. E. Pletcher Lieutenant Commander —M rs . Fred Self. Past Commander —Mrs. Frank Klink. Collector —Della Otis. Chaplain— Mrs, John Meek. Ladv at Arms—Mrs. Oral Craft. Sentinel—Mrs. Ella McPherson. Sargeant—Mrs, J. Byland. Before the installation Geo. H. Hopkins, state deputy of the M. W. A. and I. M. Imhoff of Peru, • gave a talk on fraternal societies, ■ especially on Woodcraft.

SLEIGHING PARTY Chute a number of people are taking advantage of the excellent sleighing just now. The condition ofthe roads are perfect for this old time On Tuesday evening the couples* enjoyed a bob sled party to Ligonier, where they spent the evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Ott: Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Harkless, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rapp and Mr. and Mrs. George Xanders. Refreshments were served by the host and hostess before the sleighing party returned home. -o - - CELEBRATED BIRTHDAY William Beckman celebrated his sixty-second birthday anniversary Tuesday. In honor of the event a party of the older people of Grace Lutheran church "dropned in” unexpectedly on him Tuesday evening and helped him top off a celebration in proper form.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR 1924 Indianapolis* Ind., Jan. 21 — The third pavement letting in the 1924 construction program will be held on Saturday, February 2, at which time the state highway commission will open bids for slightly over 65 miles, John D. Williams, director, announced today. The commission todate has placed under contract approximately 120 miles to be paved, together with some 38 miles- for, grading and construction of small bridges under 20-foot span, in the 1924 building program. Projects listed in the February 2, letter follows: Louisville Road. No. 1, from Sellersburg to Memphis in Clark county, 6.1532 miles. Louisville Road, No. 1, from Memphis to Underwood in Clark county ,8.785 miles*. Yellowstone Trail, No. 2, from Warsaw to Union Church in Kosciusko county, 6.499 miles. Yellowstone Trail, No. 2, from Union Church to Troy school bouse in Kosciusko and Whitley counties, 5.834 miles. Yellowstone Trail, No. 2, from Troy school house to Columbia City in Whitley county, 6.980 miles. Yellowstone Trail, No. 2, from Columbia City to Allen count v line in Whitley county, miles. Yellowstone Trail, No. 2, from Whitley county line to Lincoln highway in Allen county, 7.35. miles. Lafayette Pike, No. 6, from Lebanon to Thorntown in Boone county, 7.736 miles, Lafayette Pike, No. 6, from Stockwell to Jackson highway in Tippecanoe county, 8.095 miles

S. C. HUBBELL DEAD The following is taken from the Warsaw Union: Schuyler C. Hubbell,, 55, presi dent of the Warsaw Gas Company and widely known as a corpoation lawyer, died Thursda.evening in Epwortrh hospital ir South Bend, of pneumonia, fol lowing an illness of about jtw< weeks. He was moved to Sout! Bend on Wednesday from Ann Arbor, Mich., and it was though 4 he had improved to such an ex * tent that recovery was assured Word from Ann Arbor oh Janu ary 7, stated that Mr. Hubbel’ wa? in a dying condition. Hr rallied, however, and was able tr srtand the trip to South Bend. Or Thursday afternoon he had r sinking spell which was followed by death. The remains were tak en to his old home in Goshen where burial took place Saturday afternoon. s Mr. Hubbell was born on ? farm several miles north of Syra cuse in Elkhart county. Wher he was sous years old his fathe’ died and at the age of 14 he mov ed with his mother to Goshen graduating from Goshen hig’ school. He graduated from th* law department of the Univer sity of Michigan in 1895 and wa< admitted to Z the practice of lav in Elkhart county. He identified with the firm of Davis, Hubbell and Davis and in 1901 he entered the firm of Miller. Drake and Hubbell, at Goshen. Twelve years ago he moved to South Bend where he practiced law. specializing in corporation matters. He was very well know in Warsaw.

COMMITTED SUICIDE Isaac Hoover, a bachelor, living about two and one-half mjle c west, of Syracuse, committed Suicide about noon on Tuesday. January 22, by hanging himself in the barn. He had been living with his sister. Miss Rebecca Hoover, who found the body of her brother. A note was found in the clothing saying trouble had caused him to take his life. Just a few days before he bought some property in Syracuse and had paid a hundred dollars on it. He was in comfortable circumstances. The deceased was between 55 and 60 years old.

BOYSCOUTS ——’ ■ • The Boy Scouts will have a meeting in the basement of the Lutheran church on Tuesday evening, January 29. at eight o’clock. The parents are invited to attend the meeting. « o ICE HARVEST The ice harvest was at its height at the beginning of the week. All ice houses have been filled with a fine quality of u-e from ten to twelve inches in thiflmrm-

INDIANA TO PURCHASE GAME RESERVES

Indianapolis, Jnd., Jan. 22.— Because hunters through purchase of a dollar license permitting a year’s shooting provide 70 per cent of the division’s revenue and we are desirous of giving them a greater return for their money, steps will soon be taken for purchasing game reserves, George N. Mannfeld, chief of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, said today. Selections naturally will be,made in the most isolated and more densely wooded portions, and acquired as funds permit. Mannfeld said that so far hunters cf the state have received chief direct return through an abundance of game directly due to strict law enforcement by the warden service. He points out that it is impractical for a state to attempt to reproduce wild life other than by law enforcement which permits natural reproduction in closed seasons. To the contrary millions of small fish are propagated by the department annually at small cost and used for stocking public waters. Game birds may be purchased at SBJOO a pair but it is poor economics to do so and then have them shot on, the basis of a dollar a year license. Game continues to increase annually in Indiana as a direct result of an efficient warden service. Conservation officials believe that if the department acquired waste areas at smalj cost they can be turned into very profitable game reserves* and it will only be a short time until they would be well stocked through natural reproduction in the closed hunting seasons.

STATE GASOLINE TAX --- - X The state 2 cent gasoline tax produced $2,552,754.11 in revenue for the state government during the first six months of its operation according to a report submitted to Governor McCray reently by Charles C. Benjamin, head of the gas division of the state government. The tax became effective June 1, and the six months period ended November 30. Figures on the imount of tax collected during December will not be available for several days. 4 Using the experience of the -Mx-month period as an.indication if what the tax may be expectxl to produce in a year, it is estimated that the total collections by next June 1 will be%pproximately $5,000,000. The total expense of collecting the gasoline tax for the first six months arapunted to only $3,47122.

NEW DOLLAR BILL Meet a strange looking and kind of stuck-up dollar bill, don’t be alarmed, but take it, rs it is worth its face value in gold. The latest creation of the U. S. Treasury has made its debut in our circulation. It’s a lalapaloola, all dolled up in a new dress of blue and black, the figures standing out like sharp silhouettes against a clear background. The seal is in blue, as is also a large numeral “1”. Also the word “one” is spelled in full and scattered Over the new certificate. There’s not so much hand work on the new certificate, but the clear, sharp engraving stands out in bold relief, and it’s simply different. So if you run into one of these welcome little strangers, remove your hat and give it a fitting salute and salaam—and then go out and spend it.

PUBLIC SALES Eaten Kline, residing on the Andy Guy farm, will have a public sale on Tuesday, January 29, offering horses, cattle, hogs, farm machinery and other articles. Read the ad in another column. E. L. Baumgartner will offer his real estate in Syracuse and household goods at public auction on Saturday, January 26. For particulars read the ad on another page. o — LYCEUM COURSE Granville Jones, headliner orator, is coming to Syracuse on Monday evening, January 28. This is the third number of the Lyceum course. The lecture will be given in the high school auditorium. —— oTheory is all right only when it passes beyond the stage of theory.

SOME THINGS TO . THINUBOUI F Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them oa the s The average mart no longer has a “Sunday suit of clothes," but he owns an automobile or is buying one on the; installment plan, according to a survey made by the National Af»sedation of Retail Gothiens. "People don’t seem to care much about clothing any more. And one state is about as bad as another in that respect," although New York, Texas and lowa are particularly mentioned in illustration of the tendency to sacrifice good clothes for the sake of automobiles. Even more than this has been asserted in other quarters, and doubtless with good reason. Even physicians have been quoted as saying that large numbers of people are now denying them.<?lves proper food, in order to own automobiles and pay for "gas’’ and repairs. And yet, in view of the decreasing price of automobiles due to immense sales and the rivalry of competing manufactifrers, it would no longer seem Io be necessary for the average American either to go hungry or lack decent clothesi in order to own and keep up a showy car. Presumably the real sufferers a$ found only among the "white collar’’ classes who, though under present conditions they are receiving salaries inadequate f|fr even tolerable existence, nevertheless yield to a craze that loads them with debt and makes of life a much harder struggle than it might be. The religous war is to be ripi gretted, particularly at thii time when the church is looked to as the real key of world peace. Christianity has been A failure where the spirit of its founder has been greedily devoured by its followers instead of being spread among all, as He would have done. What difference does it make how ykn worship your God if ypu follow his teachings? The telephone in & prominent merchant’s store rang the other day and he answered itu A voice inquired: "Who is this?” The man recognizing the voice of his 8-year-old son, replied: "This is the Smartest man in town." “0," said the child, “they gave me the wrong number.** J*.

Congress is supposed to sent the people of the United States. The people are undoubtedly a unit in favor pf tax reduction. The Secretary of the Treasury sfeys it is feasible. Hie president urges that it be done at once. Congress has no good excuse for\delay. If you tell a girl that she da& ces divinely, she is much pleased; but if you were to tell her that she is a little angel, she would not like it. On the other hand, tell her she dances infernally and she will be offended; call her a little devil and she will think you’re wonderful A South Bend man sent t&fe following testimonial to a medicine company: "Gentlemen:— My wife took a bottle of your medicine and die& I ’am married again. Please send me another bottle." There is a surplus of keepminded people who can poirtt out the defects in our town, but a big shortage of the folks who will take hold to remedy these fault*. - . Scientist says cave women used to cook with one single kettle. That’s nothing. A lot of modern women do all their cooking with a can opener. In New York girls are robbing men at the pistol point. In Syracuse they do the same thing only they don’t need guns.- •* Emil Coue, the Frenchman, is coming to America again. Evidently to make us better and better. It is not till one is over fifty that one thanks God for every happy fare one area

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