The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 March 1924 — Page 4

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL —7 — Published every Thursday at Syracuse. Indiana Entered as second-class matter on May 4th. 1908. at the postoffice at Syracuse. Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd. 1879. * I tAea^erican pr^ss ASSOCIATION I SUBSCRIPTION RATES One yeat in advance 12.00 Six months Three months Single Copies 05 H. A. Buettner, Editor and Publisher t’iara O. Buettner, Associate Editor STAFF of CORRKSPON’DEXTS tfra. Crist parr........F0ur Corners Mrs. Ross Rodibaugh. .North Webster Mrs. Wm. Sheffield West End Mrs. Calvin Cooper ...Gilberts Mrs. Henry Rex Solomon’s Creek J. L. Kline Tippecanoe Minnie Robinson Pleasant Ridge Mrs. Ernest Mathews White Oa> Mrs. C. Richcreek.. ’Colley’s Corners Thursday, March 6, 1924. “I Uov aot what th truth nay be, I tell It is ’twas told to me."—Editor. ADOPTED RESOLUTION Following is a resolution adopted at the union services in the Evangelical Church, Syracuse, Indiana, March 2, 1924. "Whereas, there is now pending before Congress a bill authorising the establishment of a second Federal Judicial District in the State of Indiana, and "Whereas, we believe that .there are no outstand ipgHieed> that call for the calendar of the present Federal Court showing that one Federal Court is sufficient for the needs of the State of Indiana, and w "Whereas, we believe that the a establishment of another Federal Judicial District in the State of Indiana is not only unnecessary, but would tend to lower the Efficiency of law enforcement, in the state, and "Whereas, we believe that the results would not justify the additional expense incurred. “Therefore, be it resolved by the members and friends of the several churches of Syracuse, In diana. in union service assembled this Second day of March. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-four, that “We register our protest against such legislation, and that "We respectfully petition the! honorable Senators from the State of Indiana to not only against the impending bill, but; also use their influence with other Senators tc defeat said legislation.” j — o — HARLAN STOLLER 1 NJIR ED Harlan Stoller, son of Mrs. E. E. Stoller, was injured Saturday morning while, assisting Theo Beer in making his milk and cream deliveries. The accident occurred in front of the Kilverthome. Harlan had taken a bottle of milk to that residence and Mr. Beer was in; the act of turning his car around, when Harlan ran out in the street to get into the machine • Just at the time Mr. Beer staitcd to back up the car and did not see the boy or did not th'nk he I had time enough to return. The, pavement was quite icy at this particular spot and Harlan, running toward the car could n<»t stop on the ice in time to avoid the accident. The car knocked him down and one of the rear ran over his leg, bruising it badly. It was thought at first that his leg was broken bvt after taking a picture of it. it was found that no bones were fractured. Milford Mail. ■ —-o— DISS WHILE PLAYING CARDS Angola, Feb. 28.— Tve got the best hand. None of vou can beat it,” said Harry Wheaton, 89. seated at a card table in a pool hall here. ’’All right let’s go,” he snid as he led. His head sag ged forward and he was dead of heart ailment. PYTHIAN MEETING A district meeting cf the Knights of Pythias will be held in Mishawaka, Friday, March 14. o— The total number of votes received in the referendum on the Bok Prise Peace plan up to Feb. 15 was 514.318. Os this number. 449,558 voted for the plan and 64,750 against it The committee has decided not to close the referendum until March 15. —.————q The worst season for roads in Northern Indiana is at hand, and traffic using state roads other than hard surface types is warned bv the state highway commission to use precaution and good] judgment during this period of the year. 'O ■ Now is the time to file mortgage exemptions. Butt 4 Xanders. 45-lt, ■

INDIANA FOREST AREA DECREASES The holdings of landlords in Indiana increase as our forest area decreases That*there is a very close and important relation between Indiana forests and the I holdings of landlords is not farfetched, and is an important phase of forestry that has been neglected. As one journeys throughout Indiana hig attention is directed to the manv decadent and empty dwellings in the rural districts. In the rich agrieulfrrrfal districts the old homesteads have been re n 1 aced by more cbmmodious homes in more desirable relation ’o rood roads, schools!, churches and other conveniences. The old homestead became the home of a tenant. He was regularly emnloyed on the farm of the landlord or by neighboring farmers during the sumnjer months and during summer and winter months worked at various tasks. When improved agricultural machinery came into universal use. and forests began to wane, the tenant was out of a job, at least nuch of his time, and was forced to move to the city. Statistics show that our rural population isi steadily decreasing. In many of our counties the decrease dur ing the past twenty years .amounts to 10 to 19 per cent, while Brown County, one of the hilliest counties, has had a de crease of 28 per cent. In out hilly counties there is mother reason for this exodus to ‘he city. When the hill farmer .tarted his farm he sawed and ?old enough timber to erect his buildings. In a few years he was able by farming in the summer time and working in the forest in the winter time to pur chase and pay for his farm equipment. Soon "taxes got high” and "times got hard,” simply because the virgin soil fertility has been exhausted from the hills and now ven with commercial fertilizers he is not able to make "ends meet.” His forest area has so decreased that there is no longer a lucrative job m the woods all winter long. He struggles along year after year. His farm implements wear out and his buildings become decadent He can not rebuild because his» forest has depleted and he has no savings account. He is forced to sell out nd move to the city. Since his buildings are worn out and his and is sp poor that capital would not lie justified in renewing them the land passes into the hands of I a more prosperous neighbor or ! absent landlord. Thus slowly I but surely our poorer class of j land as well as the' richer is beng, absorbed and joined to larger tracts. | If every landowner would maintain a reasonable part of 'his farm in woodland, the fores 4 would furnish the owner his fur’ every year, which would enable him to utilize all of his spare time during t’e winter month* :to a go<vi profit. In time, when his» buildings need repair or re placement he would saw and sell enough from his woods for i his purpose. A woods on a farm : is the safest "building associt ' tion” known, and no farm should be without a forest. o DEATH OF (’. R. BAXTER Clark Robert Baxter 17, lof Mr. and Mrs. John W. Baxter, who was in his third year in Goshen High School anil who was a member of Gos-vn High School basketball, footbail, and track teams and of Goshen High School band, died at the home of his parents at 8 o’clock F ndiy evening of heart failure, after illness of less than two hours, Mr. Baxter returned to his home at 6 o’clock Friday evening after having spent the day at the Goshen sectional basketnail tournament at Gojflcn High School He was on ♦he fl»or in uniform but did not play. Soon after he reached home he complained of not feeling well, but did not retire. Lying on a couch he slept for a short time. As the father entered the room he discovered his son was gasping for breath and. physicians were summoned. As a Goshen High School athlete Mr. Baxter was unusually successful. He had been picked as a guard on the 1923 all-state high school football team. Surviving are his parents and one brother, Edgar. Funeral services were held in Goshen High School auditorium Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. o BIRTHS A son was bom on Saturday, March 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hughes. A nine pound son was born on Monday, February 3. to Mr and Mrs. Willard Laughlin. Mr. Laughlin is employ ed in Wilt’s box factory. o Don’t be too. hasty in taking offense w*hen people turn the cold shoulder. Find out the reason and correct it

GOVERNMENT CLAIMS RAILROAD LANDS One of the most important governmental activities is the effort being made to compel the Northern Pacific Railroad to give the Government a quit claim deed for national forest lands in Montana, Idaho and Washington, valued at $30,000,000. The dispute grows out of the huge land grants made by the government to help build the road. The Government gave every alternate section, but in many cases the read claimed and took more, and also took sections- along braacn lines to which they had no title, .’resident Cleveland recovered nillions of acres of these lands, bvt through political manipulation the titles have been partially, perfected. It is alleged that the railroad lid not sell its lands for $2.50 an acre, as required by law, and that t likewise failed to comply with he conditions of public sale and that thousands of acres of land erroneously described as mineral were turned back to the Government and good land obtained in ■xchange. It is also alleged that the railroad sold land thus delated for $136,118,533, while it 'ost the road only about $70,000,00 for construction. It is also laimed 1,500 miles of the road was not built within the time necified and the lands were hereby forfeited. In addition to 11 this, it is claimed that the Northern Pacific was erroneously flowed 1,500,000 acres too much nd that for this the Government ;hould receive the $1.25 an acre vhich railroad obtained for. t. The forestry service makes a laim for money due the United States and for the return of the f. 000,000 acres which it still ■lai ms. TAX REFUND Rev. W. A. Sunday, of Winona .ike. paid an income tax, $6,163 n excess of what was due the rovemment and has received a efund for that amount. Rev. Sunday’s case was one of 263,320 n the country in which income ‘ax payers received refunds.

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PARAGRAPHIC BITS ■ ABOUT HOME FOLKS Notes the AVeek on the Coming and Going of People You Know. C. R. Hollett was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. Howard Bowser and Mrs. Sol Miller were Goshen visitors ;n Wednesday. Mr. and Mra D. L. Gibson were quests cf Mrs. Dora Reed in Albion on Sunday. •Mrs. Jeaiie Williams of Chicago spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. J. F. Brickel. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Geyer and laughter, Thelma, spent Sunday in Elkhart-with friends. Mrs. Mary Stuckey of Leesburg is here visiting in the home of her brother, John Dillon. Mins Margaret Bell Atz of Goshen was a week end guest of her sister, Mrs. L. A. Seider. Mrs. Joe Jarvis of Bristol is .isiting in the home of her brother,’’John McGarity, in the •ountry. „• Dr. and Mrs. Young and daughter, of Milford were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Brunjes. g. Mrs. Harry Hire commenced her duties as casihier and saleslady at the Jet White Groceteria □n Monday. The Heme Missionary Society of the Methodist church met with Mrs. George Ellis on Wednesday afternoon. — Mr. and Mrs. James Casebeer and Mrs. Maude Updyke of Garrett were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bowser. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Cable, vho moved here recently from Chidago, took dinner on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brickel. Little Robert Parson spent last week in the country with Mr. and Mrs. Nat House. Mr. and Mrs. Parson have only lived in Syracuse since last week. Mr. and Mrs., .George Xanders and children and Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Holloway and daughter spent Sunday in South Bend, guests of Mrs. Ira Plough. Little Lois Insley, 14 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Insley, is recovering from her illness. She suffered from convulsions on Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Auer moved their household goods to Syracuse last Thursday from near Ligonier. They are occupying the T. L. Hammond residence on West Main Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. *J.'v Leeman moved their goods here from Milford Mst week and are occupying the residence they bought pf Chas. Parson, on North Huntington Street Mr. and Mrs. Ixm Lutz of Milford are visiting this week with Mrs. George D. Bartholomew. Mrs. Lutz leaves today (Thursda v for California, where she will’ visit her daughter. Mrs. R. N. McMichael spent Saturday and Sunday in Springfield, Ohio, where sihe went on matters of business, education, incidentally visiting a number of friends at Wittenberg College there. The Art Club met at the home of Mrs. L. T. Heerman on Tuesday evening. A paper was presented by Mrs. Hallie Holloway on the subject of Indiana .artists, and a lesson in polychrome work was given by Mrs. Alldean Strieby. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Brown were considerably alarmed on Wednesday when they discovered their baby had swallowed swine poisonous disinfectant. The child is just able to walk around and in some way got hold of the poison. However, physicians say the child will recover. A number of members of the Wo m a n’s Benefit Association went to Garrett ors Friday night and attended a meeting of the Association there. The occasion was an “interurban meeting” and play, given by th©, ladies of the order there. Those who went from here were: Mrs. Fred Self, Mrs. Frank Greene. Miss Della Otis, Mrs. Frank. Klink, Mrs. D. L. Gibson. Miss Ethel Kehr. Miss Ruth Miller and Miss Neva Meek.

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IN OUR CHURCHES Grace Lutheran Church Men of all ranks and stations in life came to Jesus during His earthly life, and He had something to give every one of them. He had something for the blind man, the lame man, the suffering wo.man, the centurian’s servant and the nobleman’s son. He still ha*i something for everyone who comes to Him. He had something for the nobleman’s son, and He will have something for you, if you come to Sunday School next Sunday morning. There will be no preaching services Sunday. Catechetical class Monday evening at 6:30. "Study Hour" every Tuesday evening at the church at 7:30. A discussion of the great principles and doctrines of Christianity. Subject next week, “Jesus Christ, and His Work.” Open to everybody. The Ladies Aid Society will give a supper in the church basement. Friday evening, March 5. R. N. McMichael. Pastor. Evangelical Church Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship, 11 o’clock. Evening Service, 7 o’clock. « Prayer Service and Bible Study Class, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Pastor’s class for Primary and Junior boys and girls, Saturday, 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, March 5, marked the beginning of Lent, a fortyday period (excepting Sundays) beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with the Saturday proceeding Easter. ’More and more the churches of Christendom are observing Lent as a season of special devotion and attention to the spiritual life. Such observance helps to develop a more thoughtful, 'earnest and reverent attitude toward the higher things of life. It is not the form or the method that counts so much as the spirit in which we participate. As planned we expect to close the Lenten season in a two weeks preEaster service, beginning April Sixth. We welcome you to these services. W. J. Dauner, Pastor. United Brethren in Christ "The secret of a man’s failure or success is to be found inside and not outside of the man himself." Next Sunday is Seminary Day in St. Joseph Conference, and Rev. F. B. Parker, of Ligonier, will speak in Syracuse at the morning hour, and Rev. C. K. Saylor, of Solomon’s Creek, at Concord at 7 o’clock. These men are good speakers and will bring messages of helpfulness and power. The pastor will speak in the morning at Solomon’s Creek, and in the evening a| Burr Oak. GET THE HABIT-COME TO CHURCH. W. L. Eiler, Pastor. Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Morning worship at 11 o’clock. At this service there will be the baptism of children. We wifi be favored with some special selections appropriate to the occasion by friends We feel that this service will be impressive and helpful. Epworth League at 6 p.m. Evening service at 7 o’clock. This service will be instructive and entertaining. We will hear ! about the Gospel in strategic centers in the United States. There will be five speakers. Don’t fail to attend. We extend a glad welcome to all. F. H. Cremean, Pastor. o Judge Gary says that abolishing the 12-hour work day has increased the cost of production ten per cent. He did n-'t say whether ten per cent had been passed on to the .'.'nsureer, but as that is the rule it is taken for granted. •< side of tie? question is dlustratcd »n the fact that in Youngs-. >wn. Ohio, bank depos’t? sh*»w an increase of $10,000,900 durii.g tat- past Mear, and tne manufacture's have but little trouble in obt-.in-ing all the labor necessary.

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| REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS > 1 I (By Houton C. Frazer) Herschel D. Harkless to Sheldon Harkless, 19-100 a. on Main St., Syracuse, sl. Epworth League Institute to Hewlitt Davis arid Edward A. Wolf, lot 19, blk. B, Epworth Forest, S6OO. Same to John and Mae Heddens, lot 31, blk. A, Epworth Forest, S6OO. Same to Warren M. E. church, lot 35, blk. C, Epworth Forest, S6OO. Same' to Harlan M. E. church, lot 15, blk. I, Epworth Forest, $l5O. Same to Bluffton M. E. church, lot 35, blk. J, Epworth Forest, S4OO. Same to Wm. H. and Elizabeth H. Bockman, lots 17 and 18, blk. G, Epworth Forest, S4OO. Anna E. Juday to James M. Juday, lots 1 and 6, S. and W. Ad,, Syracuse, SI,OOO. Epworth League Institute to Warren E. and Eprn Oliver, lot 30, blk. C, Epworth Forest, $250. Same to GlAra B. Rohrer, lot 53, blk. C, Eoworth Forest, S6OO. Same to Nellie E. Patten, lot 21, blk. H, Enworth Forest, SIOO. Same to Albert E. and Mary E. Baur, lot 38, blk. A, Epworth Forest, SIOOO. Same to Charles M. Walters and Charles Kreighbaum, lot 55, blk. C, Epworth Forest, S6OO. o For the first time, railroad tax accruals passed the $1,000,000 mark daily, the total for the month of November exceeding $30,000,000.. Since 1919, taxes paid by railroads have exceeded the amount paid in dividends to stockholders. O_ ;— Mortgage exemptions. Butt & Xanders. 45-11

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NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS State of Indiana, Kosciusko County, ss: In the Kosciusko Circuit Court February Term, 1924. Henry E. Leslie vs. Sadie Leslie. Complaint No. 15894. Now comes the Plaintiff, by Warren T. Colwell, attorney, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit of a competent. person thal said defendant, Sadie Leslie, is not a resident of the State of Indiana; tha’t said action is for a divorce and that said non-resident is a necessary party thereto. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, I'asit warned, that unless she be and appear-on the 13th day of the next term of the Kosciusko Circuit Court, being the 21st day of April, 1924. to be holden on the Ist Monday of April, A. D. 1924, at the Court House in Warsaw, in said County and State, and answer, or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in her absence. Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal bf said Court, at the office of the Clerk thereof, in City of Warsaw, Indiana, this' 19th day of February, A. D., 1924. RUSSELL H. BUTLER Clerk Kosciusko Circuit Court. 43-3 t o Henry Ford has 163,000 men on his payroll. It is estimated that not more than 30 millions of people work for wages or salaries or profit and of these Mr. Ford employs! one in every 200. No one has yet heard him complain about wanting immigration bars let down in order to get labor to keep his industries mbving. o . Journal want-ads are investments that pay dividends.