The Syracuse Journal, Volume 18, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1926 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. . Having won the games at Atwood and Claypool last, week tie Syracuse H. S. basket ball team will be the only team in the county to play in the tournament at Mentone, Friday and Saturday, that has not been defeated this year. Here’s hopeing they will come back undefeated and with the well earned cup. Your support by being there will help. The Juniors have their pennant now and it Ins been put up on the side wall. The colors ar? purple and gold and are , very effective, 1 » Mr. and Mrs. White, the sinking evangelists conducting services at the Methodist church now. entertained the junior and senior high school last Thursd' morning, with a few songs. We hope they will come back again before thtey leave. The high school art class is doing Batik art work and are making some pretty silk scarfs. This is test week again but the tournament will make us forget about them until next week when the papers will be given back and the report cards given out. The Physics class has begun the interesting study of electricity and have performed a few experiments but nothing very Shocking has happened yet. The Public Speaking class is progressing very well Mid its members are becoming interest ing sneakers. There are nineteen in the class. Some members of the English 12 class are quite accomplished. One distinguished member ha? developed what the teacher called a "horse laugh ”

CIRCUIT COURT JURORS Following >sre the names of the jurors drawn for the February term of the Kosciusko Circuit court which will open Monday, February 1: PetH Jury John Rusher. Pra rie township. M. E Lawrence, Warsaw. Jasper R. H over. Washington C. M Christian. Harrison. L. N. House, Tippecanoe. John Elder. Scott. Irvin FJ. Parker, Seward. Edward Conrad. Scott. Ira Gans, Warsaw. Isaac Unrue, Turkey Creek. Ocal Craft, Turkey Creek. Chester Engle, Clay. Grand Jury James Correll. Monroe. C. E Heckman. Jackson. Mat Rittenhouse. Warsaw. E4 Hoagland. Warsaw. Geo. Myers, Harrison. I, S. Minear, Lake. • • — —o —— KILLED RY TRAIN

E. W. Dock. proprietor of the Modern Bakery. Warsaw was in stsntly killed at 6:40 o'clock Friday morning- when the bakery delivery tru/k. which ’he was driving, was struck by a west bound Pennsylvania passenget train at the Washington street grade crossing at Warsaw. The truck was completely demolished and the chassis, along with Mr Dock’s body was picked up by the pilot of the engine and carried a distance of five blocks, before the train was stopped. < Mr. Dock had just made e delivery of bread at the Klingel grocery, corner of Washington and South streets and was beaded north towards the business se> tion when the accident occurred The train which struck his delivery truck. was seventeen minutes late and ws traveling at a high rate of speed. County Coroner, R. E. Pletcher conducted the inquest Saturday and rendered a verdict according to the facts above stated.

LATEST IN FLRMTVKE William Beckmann was at the Furniture Market last week at Chicago, and ordered the most beautiful and latest designs in all kinds of furniture, including steel furniture. which ■% the latest and is very beautiful. Special attention was given to the very latest in floor and bridge Junior and table lamps, which will be on display about March 1 at Beckmann’s new furniture store. Date of opening of the new store will be announced later.

TfiE “Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.” ,

BASKET BALL The Syracuse high scho 1 teams won their games with Atwood Friday and with Claypool Saturday. The score follows: Atwood seconds FG FT PTS Auglin 4 3 2 8 Norris 1 2 4 Snyder . ...j 0 0 ® Snyder 0 0 9 Cure ........ 0 0 0 Shipley 0 6 9 Harley t ...... 0 0 0 Toial 1 4 4 Ifc Syracuse seconds FG FT PTS R. Codsh.dk * 0 11 Crow 0 0 0 Kettring 6 0 12 Klinerman . L -0 0 0 H, Godshalk ...... 11 Bushong 0 0 0 Bachman 11 Tta.l . ~3 19 Atwood FG FT PTS Rov'nstmo 0 1 • 1 Smi.h j ....... 2 0 4 Wolf 7 0 14 Burt 1 0 0 0 Yeiter 9 0 0 Unrue ... % . 3 0 6 Total 12 1 25 Syracuse FG FT PTS Auer 4 0 8 iloe’cher ....2 0 4 Connolly 3 2 8 Rddle ...., 4 1 9 Shock 3 0 6 Snavely ....: 0 0 0 Total ~ 1® 3 35 Claypool sec’dsu FG FT PTS R. Shoemaker .....2 0 4 Carr | 1 . 1 3 Ropham 1 Reece .... r 0 0 0 Vidleman 0 0 0 Decker ...L 0 0 0 L. Shoemaker 0 0 0 Jeston 0 0 0 ; L ■. ___ — Total .. .4 2 10 Syracuse, seconds FG FT PTS Or w I 1 0 2 Kiingaman -.4 0 8 Cettring ....3 0 6 H. Godshalk 3 4 10 R. Godshalk 0 0 0 Bushong .......... 0 0 0 £ Bachman 11 3 Total .....12 5 29

Next Friday and Saturday the •ounty tourney will be held at Mentone, and although we think Syracuse chances are good there ire several good teams in the •ounty and any one of them is • possible winner. We have this to say, h wever, that the team to beat Syracuse in this tourney vill.be the best in the history of yosnusko county basket ball. Tie single sessions tickets at he tourney this year cost 50c. the season tickets $1.50. Any nember of the team will furnish .ou with a ticket any time before 9 a. m. Friday. _—_4 o—• ——— HW THEY STAND Team W L Pct Syracuse 8 0 1000 Atwood ....;9 2 .81 • Milford 4 1 .800 •Sidney 6 4 .600 Pierceton 7 5 .583 C1ayp001,...8 6 .571 North Webster 5 4 .556 Leesburgs 7 417 Seaver Dam 3 6 .333 Burket L 4 9 .30? Mentone 3 8 .273 Silver Lake -2 7 .222 Etna Green 3 11 214 This percentage clujmn does not include games played with )ther than count}’ teams.

o. R >. NOTICE The Eastern Star Chapter of this city has been invited by the Warsaw Chapter to come to that city next Tuesday night, Feb. 2. and attend a meeting of that Chapter. This wiU be the first meeting and opening night of the new Eastern Star building in Warsaw. It ia requested that all of those from this Chapter who wish to go will be at the Masonic hall here at 5:30 o’clock. All cars will leave promptly at six o’clock for Warsaw. — RADIO TEST This week is International Radio week. Several of our radio fans have tuned in on foreign stations. It is said that one “listened in” on a program in Spain and another in London. ■ .|i --o Had you thought, one and ail, how easy it would be just to call. Though your need might be but little we try to supply

• EDITOR PRAISES WORK OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS More and more the real worth of the Agrindtural Experiment Stations of America are being recognized not only by the leaders in agriculture but also by the man on the land, whose work they benefit directly. The spirit or trend of the times in this regard is shown by an editorial which appeared recently in The Breeders Gazette, one of the livestock and farm publications of America. The editorial follows: "Important services have abundantly justified the establishment and upkeep of our agricultural expei rment stations. This thought oc urred t: us while we were examining :.he remarkable series of exhibits at tie Grain and Hay Show, held a fortnight ago m connection with the International Live Stock Exposition. To that department the experiment stations and agricultural colleges in a number of states contributed mem rable educational displays* Whoever, studied thOm learned something worth knowing. No one possessor normal sense could see. read and hear, in the presence Os these displays, without receiving valuable infonnation. Prominent amongst the exhibits were samples of the f 60 new grains originated my the experiment stations. It is impossible even aproximately to estimate the value of these new varieties and types to American addition, of course, the stations have originated or improved dozens of vanties of fruit, vegetable fiber, and fl ral crops to say nothing of their animal husbandry work. New conditions demand new or improved plants and animals that are more efficient than the old. The stations are emphasizing in farm crops resistance to diseases, high-yielding heredity and other values which growers nay obtain and perpetuate t.\ their profits. Our soils today are different, in their chemical md humus content, from those of a generation ago. Their bacterial flora alsp is different. Due io these differences, their capacity to hold water and heat and their responses to tillage, fertili•ers and weather are different. Plant s cieties under domestication develop diseases and parasites. whkh seriously affect their 'conomic usefulness, and thereby reduce the growers’ returns. "It is an endless and everchanging war which farmers and stockmen require to wage in order to maintain the health, vigor, vitality and reproductive qualities of either old or new agricultural plants and the* breeds of farm stock. Without the invaluable aid of the experiment stait would be a losing war. is the key-fact which The Gazette would "drive home” in this connection.”

MEN’S MEETING A audience greeted A. H. Sapp of Huntington Sunday afternoon at the M. E. church, which was the second of the men’s meeting scheduled for this winter under the auspices of the local Ministerial Association. His subject was “Tre Man and •she Church.” He brought out same very interesting points as to the relationship of man towards the church. The next meeting will be held sometime in February. The date and the name of the speaker will be announced later,.

GROUNDHOG DAY 0 > Tuesday. February 2. is groundhog day. According to tradition he will come out of his den, and if he sees his shadow he will at once retreat and remain in seclusion for six weeks w' i?h means six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, he will re/n>in in the open, which means spring is close at hand. If you do not believe this wait and see. o NASH SALESMAN F. V. LeCbunt cf Syracuse has taken a position as Nash salesman with S. G. Moyer & Son. the Nappanee Nash agents, Mr. LeCount is an experienced salesman and will make a good addition to the Nash sales staff. •— COMMUNITY sale Keep in mind the community sale, which will be held Friday. January 29, at the Insley tarn. Sale eminences promptly at 12 o’clock noon.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1926.

GREAT HOME INFLUENCE Two yerrs ago there were few ready made radio sets on the market* Today there are about 140, ranging from crystal receivers selling as low as $4.00 or $5.00 to the elab rate superheterodynes, costing hundreds of dollars. » Mr. F. M. Steers, president of the Megnovox Co., says, "Radio •as a necessity for the home is I recognized. A home without a receiving set will soon be rare indeed. The missing of broadcasts by day or night will be considered as serious an injury to the American people as failure to read newspapers, magazines and book s. Manufae urers are spending large sums of money for research and experiments to perfect the receiving set and •gain simplicity of operation. The great advancement of thfc single di?4 over the endless number cf dials and other operating devices of the earlier sets, is an example of what has been done in radio engineering. It is now possible by a simple turn of one d*al to get a station. This ad vaneement is a wonderful advantage to people not blessed with eyesight ak well as those in outof the-w?jy r places where sere ice and instruct! "n are not available, as it enables them to operate their sets to the best advantage. "Our children, long before they read or write, will understand the spoken message from radio receivers and gain a foundation for an education that their parents had no opportunity cf securing. - This will mean a better education for the coming generation and will be due directly to the radio and its simplicity of operation.” o O. E. S. INSTALLATION

The Eastern Chapter met on Monday evening for installation of the new officers. However, before meeting time, the Chanter members went ,to the Methodist, church in a body and attended the revival meeting, wyfch is in progress at that cj'yirdh. Following are the new offirers: Worthy Matron,. Mrs. Marv Hoy; Worthy Patron. J. McOrity; Associate Matron. Mrs. Catherine Klink; Secretary. Mrs. Fannie C. Hoy; Treasurer, Mrs. Ida Hamman; Conductress, Mrs. Ada Crow; Associate Condi stress, Mrs. Nora Wilcox; Chaplain. Mrs. C. Beery; Pianist. Mrs. Leona Pletcher; Ada, Mrs. Elsie Gibson; Ruth. Mrs. Marie Bertram; Esther, Mrs. Clara McGarity; Martha, Mrs. Lelia D. Greene; Electa. Mrs. Hatt e Bowersox; Warder. Mrs. Blanche Wingard; Sentinel. W. T. Colwell. Mrs. Sol Miller acted as installing officer Mid Mrs. Heerman acted as installing Marshal. NARROW ESCAPE Ralph! Method, who is employed in a Goshen factory, narrowly escaped serious injury in an automobile accident in Goshen. Mr. Me th oil turned out to avoid hitting an automobile parked at the curb and collided headon witS the trolley car. He was blinded by the snow and thought the interurban car was headed in the opposite direction. His macHne was badly wrecked and Method was slightly cut by flying glass.

SALE DATES Emil Huber has sold his farm known as the John Neff place. 1| miles north of Syracuse and will have a public sale on Wednesday. February 3. Mrs. C. L. Chamberlain, residing 1$ miles west and i mile sv'vth of Ligonier, known as the Frank Wood ferm. will have a public sale on Tuesday, Feb. 9. - B. A O. REPORT The operating revenues of the B. 4 0. railroad for the month of December were $20,496,257 and the operating expenses for the same period $15,227,377. leaving a balance of net revenue of $5,268,880. The net operating income for the year 1925 amounted to $43,034,087. TRUSTEE’S REPORT On page 8 will be found the report of Bert Whitehead, trustee of Turkey Creek township, showing the receipts and disbursements for the year 1925. _—o BIRTHS AND DEATHS During November 37 births . and 20 deaths occurred in Kos- ! eu'sko county. The stork is still in the lead.

WHY INDIANA SHOULD CRW MORE TIMBER Pointing to a profit made off rimber cut from a small forest area owned by the state and known as the Clark County Forest, under conditions presenting handicaps because about the same expense was incurred that could equally have cared for timber on a much larger reu?rve. Chrrles C. Deam, state forester under the canserva ion department, raises the question, "why not ’more state forests in order to assure Indiana a perpetual source of income?” Mr. Deam explains that the larger trmber from this area of 3 500 acres was removed in 1907 and 1908, and that small cuttings are being made each year from second growth. About 100 acres were cut over this season, and black and scarlet oaks fashimed into cross ties. Cuttings yielded 15 to 18 ties per acre and were marketed at a net profit to the state of about fifty cents per tie. In the opinion of Mr. Deam Mid other conservationists, the state should own several thousand acres of forest land and produce timber the same as an individual operates a farm and produces crops. It is unreasonable t> contend that the individual will be satisfied with raising timber on land suited to agriculture .because the timber crop is too slow. But foresters declare that the state' can make a splendid inves ment buying at small cost the idle and unfertile lands unsuited to agriculture, and producing thereon large nuantities of the much needed timber f r which the whole nation stands in crying need. Deam points out that the state forest is situated “in a country where only smaller agriculture pr jects are under way. The land actually devoted to forest produ tion is extremely scabrous and never could be farmed profitably. There is a vast acreage ail along the Ohio river valley similar in topography. that now lies idlp. If the state owned this land, and it can be obtained at small cost, it should be planted to forests rred in the course of a few years a steady years inc me would be derived, for much of this land already contains some timber that soon will be of sufficient size for marketing. Again, if the state ow-ned large timber tracts from which a considerable annual cut was possible, then small power mills could be operated in the woods, and the actual cost of getting timber to the markets in large quantity w uld in the end be a saving over removing it by present methods from a small area. o INSTALLED OFFICERS

The members of Kosciusko lodge. No. 230. Knights of Pythias, met in regular session last Thursday evening. The following officers were installed by Depute Grand Chancellor, W. T. Bowld. Q C.—H. A. Buettner. V. C. —Harry Clemens. Prelate—Delos Weaver. K. of R & S —Ernest Buchholz. K. of F.—Melbem Rapp. Exchequer—Ross Oslkutx. at A. —Monroe Kehr. I. G.—Wayne Hoekber. Oi G. —Paul LeCount. This (Thursday) evening there will be work in the Rank of Knight- All officers and members ars urgently requested to attend. . o -

FOLLOWING INDLANA Oklahoma has adopted a terminable permit law for the regulation of its public utilities. It is the latest state to join the march of prgress, following Indiana. California U>uta&a, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Ohio, Colorado, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. Oklahoma hopes through the new law to stimulate the mvestmen t of capital in utility development .rithin its borders. An Illinois committee has recently been in Indianapolis studying the Indiana law. — o . COLORS OF THE R AINBOW The expression, “all colors of ’ the rainb w” is frequently heard, but few know the exact colors, of which there are seven, of the rainbow, Here is the answer s Under the spectrum the ra'n- - bow discloses these colors: blue, s yellow, violet, indigo, green, orange, and red.

FARM PCaVER CONFERENCE The 8 Farm Power Conference scheduled for February 1 to 6 by the Agricultural Engineering Department of Purdue University promises to be the interesting one that has ever been conducted by the School of Agriculture. The trend of power farming has taken decided advancements in the past few* years and this conference wall enable those attending to come into closer con-! tact with those elements which apply especially to the mechanical side of puwer farming. Latest models of tractors, threshers, harvesters and feed grinders will be placed in the laboratory for demonstrations and instructional R. B. Goss of the Agricultural Engineering Department who is in charge of the Conference has : arranged an interesting program on which will appear a number f speakers of note in the power f irming world as well as those form the university. Those wishing to attend this ’ Conference should send in appli- • ::r ions which may be obtained from County Agents or local I tractor and implement dealers, i Registration will take place on I M nday, February 1, from 8:00 to 12:00 o’clock in the Agricul- i tural Engineering Building.. Q DEATH OF SAM BUSHONG Samuel Edwin Bushong, residing about 2 miles northeast of Syracuse, died last Friday after a lingering illness of cancer. j Decedent w’as the son of Joseph- and Catherine Bushong, and was bom September 18, 1872. reaching the age of 53 years, 5 months and 4 days. He was united in marriage to Alpha Unrue. October 18, 1894. To this union 5 children were born. They are Mrs. Arthur Robinson, Chicago; Joseph E. Bushong, of Elkhart; Mrs. Chas. Bell, Samuel Bushong at home, and Mary, the Utter now deceased. There remain to mourn their loss the wife, 4 children, his mother, several grandchildren and many other relatives. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the home, Rev. J. H. Royer, pastor of the M. E Church officiating. Interment in Syracuse cemetery. v o POULTRY BLUE BOOK OUT The sixty-four page edition of the 1926 Poultry Blue Book is now available for distribution to those who a copy. This book is published by the Indiana State Poultry Association, contains thfe only plans available without charge of the improved Purdue 20 foot Shed Roof Poultry house. It als contains a reprint of the latest Purdue Extension Bulletin on Growfing Chicks. Other features of educational interest are the list of available Purdue Bulletins, and Short articles by officers of the association. Advertisements of the leading Breeders and Hatcherymen are given in its pages* and this book furnishes a real source of information to the pr spectave purchaser of baby chicks and breeding stock. Free copies may be obtained by writing Paul G. Riley, secre-tarv-1 reasurer. Indiana State Poultry Association, Lafayette. Indiana.

TELEPHONE SERVICE 0, I A man recently stated to long distance at Greenfield, that he had lost his bag the previous night at a small town in Ohio. He did not know the name of the town or of the hotel at which he stayed there. He did know ’t was first town west of Cohmbus bn the National Road The call was filed at 3:50 p. •n. At 3:55 p. m. the man wap speaking to the hotel at Alton, Ohio, where he had stayed. How was it done? The operator called three of four points on the National Trail west of Columbus, and in less than five minutes located the hotel at which the man had left his bag. - ■■ —o —— NAVY RECRUITS WANTED

After a year of very limited recruiting the United States Navy is ag’iin open to an unlimited number of qualified men. Recruits must be American citizens between the ages of 17 and 35 years, must pass a physical examination and have lettersfof reference. Those desiring information should call on or write to t v e Navy Recruiting Officer, Navy Recruiting Station, 24 S. Illinois SL. Indianapolis, Ind.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Poor Old Grandad It may be that Grandad never sawr a movie, a .jail game, or listened to a radio set or owned a flivver. He never had to wait in a barber shop until a girl got her neck shaved and he never went in swimming with the ladies; he never smoked a cigarette and he never had his nails manicured or his toenails doctored; he never drank near-beer and he never divorced Grandma; he never had a dark-browm taste in his mouth next morning and he never shot a filling station bandit. Grandad never took physical culture lessons and he never slept in a pair of pajamas. There are a lot of things that Grandad never did. But did you ever stop to think that he was never behind with his work and that he was always right up 1 to the scratch when it came to paying his bills? And also that a lot of his offsprings could get a lot. more, out of life if they* could say the same thing for themselves? The Fnd Is Convng Here is bad news. The finish of the earth is in sight. Its career aS»an independent planet is to end. This is no prediction of a Millerite or one :f those mis-g.-ided residents of Long Island w’ho expected a few months ago that the termination of earthly affairs was imminent. Os course, when thte two join it will be more disastrous to the earth than to Jupiterj. Hie big can always swallow the little with comparative impunity. When .is this merger to take place? Oh not for 500.000 000.000 y ars. There is still plenty of thne to pave and repave Hun-. t’ngton street, and build a comm mity building (we have none at present) several times, so the work might as well go on w’’ ’’out paying much attention to the Chicago pr.fessor. Out They Go Handy Man-—Say. man, yer neighbor’s chickens have been in ver yard agin—want ’em shooed out? “How long have they been in?” "Oh, ten minutes ’er thereabouts ” “Well, give them five minutes more and if they don’t lay any eggs—out they go.” ] All those in favor of a ermmunity building will please hold up their hands. r • » » ™ ••All those opposed to* the proposition will dolhe same:

This is the season when the Americans turkey gets it in the neck and he can’t even appeal to the world court. Unless somebody soon gets excited about the hard cal strike, it will be a fizzle. Rome wasn’t built in a day. That’s where a lot of these Florida towns have her beat. You never have to advertise a mistake. Your friends usually look after that part of it Money talks—but we have so little of it we can’t even hear it whisper. A man may work for all he is worth and yet not work a great deal. Picking up a horsehoe is not good luck if you pick it up with a tirey It's a cinch that auto thieves will observe the muffler cut-out law. Experience is something you get whether you want it or not. A family tree isn’t worth a darn unless it produces peachest Woman may be the weaker vessel, but man is often broke. Our happiest times are when we don’t know it. Fear and failure are synonyms.

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