The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 July 1927 — Page 1

VOLUME XX

CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS Happening* Throughout The County Briefly Chronicled In this Column. Learning that Mrs. Clara Robinsen. a widow with nine children who has been drawing S4O a month for the care of these children has used the money on herself instead of for the care of the children, the board of county commissioners has stopped paying this sum direct to Mrs. Robinson. At a conference held Saturday by the board with Mrs. Anna Switzer, county probation officer, it was decided that arrangements are to be made with Claude E. Robbins. Washington ! township trustee, for the paying out of money necessary for the feeding and care of the children. The campaign to rid Kosciusko county of the noxious weed, the - Canadian thistle, was started j {Saturday by Prosecuting Attorney William G. Loehr in filing complaints against four farmers of Harrison and Franklin townships. Defendants in the cases filed in the court of Justice J. S. • Cain, are John Blue. 58 acre farm; Bterly Parks. 40 acre farm; Walter Lackey, 80 acre farm, all in Harrison township, and Clem Jones, an 80 acre farm in Franklin township. The defendants pleaded guilty Monday and were fined each $lO and costs. An affidavit has been filed in the court of Justice J. S. Cain, Warsaw, charging Homer Van Curen with profanity in the presence of Mrs. Anna Switzer. Kosciusko county probation officer, and L M. Hartman. The swearing is alleged to have occurred on the porch of a summer boarding house on Lake Wawasee on July 7. Mrs. Switzer filed the complaint with Prosecuting Attorney William G. Loehr. His trial was had Wednesday. He was found guilty and fined $3 and costs. It is generally believed that the wheat crop in Kosciusko county will be above the average. Rye and oats is also expected to yield welL The hay is said to have been the heaviest in years. Alfalfa produced hay Inabundance and second crops can soon be cut The outlook for com is not bad despite the late planting. The com is now growing very fast and should turn out well if he frost holds off this fall. The outlook for potatoes is promising.

L R Eherenman, principal of the Milford School and Ray Kuhn, principal of the Pierceton school left for New York early in July where they entered Columbia University. They are taking a special training course which requires several summer courses to complete and when they have finished the course both men will receive a master’s degree. The summer course covers a .period of six weeks. Warsaw fishermen will soon be able to make big catches of bass in center, Winona and Pike lakes. Seven cans of baby bass were brought from the Wawascc fish hatcheries at the order of Elmer Funk, secretary of the Isaac Walton league, and were being placed in the three lakes, around Warsaw. i —4—— William Wiggins, a poultry dealer was found not guilty by Mayor John G. Hansman in the Warsaw city court with selling rotten eggs to Clarence Cox. proprietor of Ford’s Grocery on June 17.

The Kosciusko County Bankers Association held their annual picnic at Tippecanoe lake Wednesday. NHW DIRECTORY Our job department has just turned out the new directory for the Syracuse Home Telephone Co. The directories were distributed this week to the subscribers. TICKER BODY FOI’NDI The badly decomposed body of a may was found near Gary by three girls on a picnic. Is it the Ihxlv of Frank Tucker, missing Warsaw cigar clerk? The case is being investigated. - o The best kind of love for children is the kind that is mixed with common sense.

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slog<nri"A Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

REV. J. H. ROVER WINS WHIPPET ECONOMY TEST’ With the Whippet economy test being conducted by the Syracuse Auto Sales brought to a close Saturday, Rev. J. H. Royer of this city was announced the winner of the first prize of $lO. His gasoline mileage was 77.6. The second prize of $5 was won by Floyd Disher. His mileage was 72.4. L. T. Heerman captured the third prize of $3. His mileage was 64.8. The car was a four cylinder Whippet sedan. There were 32 drivers entering into the contest. Each driver was given one pint of ethyl gasoline. It was thdn up to him to get as many miles as possible. The route traveled was as follows: Starting 4 miles south of Syracuse on the North Webster I road through Syracuse on Main ' Street to the Frank Sloan corner, then south to the south end of i the Jonathan Sloan farm, thence back over the same route. Following is the list of drivers I and the result of their test: Driver Miles per Gal. I Don Rozelle , 45.6 Orval Klink 49.2 Doris Hummel 37.6 J. Levine 32.8 Jake Kern 37.6 Hilary Bachman 40.8 Chas. Godshaik 37.6 Glen Walton 40.0 Harry Schultz 33.6 L A. Seider 48.0 Jos. Bushong . 40.8 Dan Klink 40.0 Ernest Bushong 51.2 Roy Miller 53.6 Leo Druckamiller 33.6 Roscoe Howard ....58.4 Mrs. Orval Klink 60.0 H. J. Maines ...40.2 Roy Klink 59.6 Chas. Bachman, Jr 54.4 John Bowser 53.6 Ernest Buchholz 51.2 Roy Niles 32.3 Othello Disher 60.0 Ralph Miller ...58.4 D. F. Gibson 36.4 Christine Rapp 62.4 Rev. Floyd Hedges 58.4 Floyd Disher 72.4 Bob Lepper 62.8 L. T. Heerman 64.8 Rev. J. H. Royer .77.6 Average. 49.2 miles per gallon.

ANOTHER TEST This is an age of speed and tests and breaking records. Saturday, C R. Hollett, president. treasurer and general manager of the Hollett Motor Sales, conducted an economy test, that is to make a test how far a Star car would or could run on a pint of gasoline. Several of our local celebrities and experienced drivers took part in the contest with the following result: Driver Miles on Pint Harry Schultz ...7.7 (61.6 miles per gallon) Ernest Bushong ........... -9.5 (72.4 miles per gallon) Ernest Buchholz 7.6 (60.8 miles per gallon) Rev. Floyd Hedges ......... 8.5 (68 miles per gallon) Philip Hedges w.. 8.6 (68.8 miles per gallon) > The above were Star fours. Year old Star six ...7.9 wowtilvorhis Miss Rubydean Vorhis and George Raymond Worth, both of Elkhart were married at seven o’clocq on Saturday evening July l<x at Castle United Brethren church, at Elkhart. Rev. C. J. Roberts performed the ceremony. The bride’s mother, Mrs. Ora Vorhis witnessed the ceremony. The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rentfrow of this city, and attended the public school here before going to Elkhart. The groom holds a position as fireman on the New York Central railroad. After an automobile trip to Chicago to visit the groom’s father, the newly married couple will be at home in Elkhart.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE There will be a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the library on Thursday evening, July 21, at 7:45. Business of importance. By order of the President. BAKESALE The ladies of the Church of God will hold a bake sale at the Plumbing Shop on Saturday, July 80. Chicken and noodles. Bring containers. 12-2 t THE CORN BORER o The com borer has reached Syracuse. He was found Monday in the garden of Miss Alice Baum.

'Prosecutor Loehr’s Answer to an Article in The Prairie Farmer

There has come to my attention an article in the Frairie Farmer of July 16 and reprinted ia the Warsaw Union, July 18, 1927. which in fact is a covered attack upon our Court and upon Judge Royce’s policy of suspended prison sentence for first offenders in certain cases and of which I have approved or made recomenilation. r | I should like to the public right as to facts dtod some circumstances .especially in the Walter Graff case. A certain female reporter for the Prairie Fanner who signs “P. M.” was in Warsaw a few weeks ago which was four months after the case in question. She on hearsay evidence, out of court, took it upon herself, [without ever seeing the defend- | ant, to decide the case in her own . mind and in this her self constituted court decided that Judge [Royce and I had made, a big mistake in the disposition of the Graff case and she demanded and insisted that Graff’s suspended sentence be revoked and that he be sent to prison at once, so that J. L. Hibschman, L. N. Kitson. W. A. Winebrenner and Frank McKrill could collect the reward ( which her paper offers for the j apprehension of chicken thieves j if sent to prison. Bit this man) having received a suspended sen- i tence. not going to prison, had 1 cut them out of the dash reward, i The. investigation and reports i on Graff Showed that he has kept his word to date and had gone j straight, was law abiding, and; working to support his wife and three kiddies. The purpose of the law is not to torture people but to help | them to go right and to reform, i To now send him to orison when * he is doing his best, in going t straight and word to the Court and to the prosecutor, would be the worst kind of double crossing, and thit is not our record and never wall be. When a man gives me his word and keeps it, tho he is a criminal, I am in .duty bound to keep my word with him. and I will do it regardless of the reporter “P: M.” ■ j Many of her statements are not the facts. Fitst, the chickens were Buff Orpingtons, not R. I. Reds. Second, ‘these chickens were not taken all at one time, but there were three or four trips at different dates, therefore separate offenses. The twenty-two chickens taken on January 27th was the largest nuihber taken at any one time and was the one on whkjh the petit larceny charge was based. No witness saw Graff take them. All that the evidence would prove was that Graff sold some chickens that he had not raised and that Hibschman and Kitson were missing some, but they did not know how many. Neither could go on the witness stand and swear that Graff had taken them. They said for us to arrest him and make him prove himself innocent. I told them the law held a man innocent until proven guilty and that we would have to prove our case and not he. Under these conditions not knowing but suspecting the thief, I prepared an affidavit j vs. Graff for dealing in poultry i without a license and had it filed . in Simon Bell’s Justice Court at Syracuse. There Graff let it out 1 that he might have stolen the. chickens. Then later he agreed! to plead guilty arid save the tax i payers of this county the cost of [ a trial, if we Would recommend a, suspended sentence, which was' done. Kitson and Hibschman and I I think Winebrenner and McKrill'

“Try First at Home” Is a Good Motto for all to Hee

Try first at home is good advice for all of us, and it applies in many ways. The schooling the youth may get away from home, so far as it applies to the grades taught at home is concerned, is no better than can be found right here. Our teachers are as good as those found in other schools, and the textbooks are largely the same. Our churches offer the same religious advantages as are offered elsewhere, i I Our social activities meet the needs of our people as well as, or better than, the social activities of other places. < [ The enchantment of distance is Very, very often a false sister. But “try Hrst at home” applies ■

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927.

were all in court at the time and the first objection they ever made w’as months after when they found out that if Graff had gone to prison they might have gotten the reward. Then it was that this female “P. M.” wanted ‘.'raff double crossed and I refused to do so and in her anger she wrote the article about it to vent her spleen. Altho she used the former prosecutors name in her article, I do not believe that he personally had anything to do with the publication of it, for he said personally to the Court and to me both on the day that Graff was sentenced and also after this female left town that the Graff case had been properly handled, and he would have done the same. I will say that each case as it comes up must be handled with dispatch in light of the facts with our best judgment and when one is settled turn to the next case and settle it right to the best of our ability, and this I am trying to do and will continue to do. I feel that our Courts policy is correct, that it is better to save men from crime and to society and for their families than it is to send them to prison, if they will reform, keep their word and become good law-abid-ing citizens. The law gives a dog one bite before he is declared vicious but some revengeful folks are not willing to give a man who has misstepped one more chance to| do good. I feel that the lawj should be as fair with a man as with a dog. I wish it were possible to have all law violators under suspended sentences, then if they persisted in going wrong we could revoke the suspended sentence and send them to prison without the expense upon the county of a trial. I would much rather that all would obey the law. Signed, William Gray Loehr, Your Prosecuting Attorney. THE LOYALTY CLASS The Loyalty Class of the. Evangelical Church met in the church parlor, Thursday. July 14, to transact business for the month of July. The meeting was called to order by the teacher, Mrs. Hire. “The Old Rugged Cross.” was sung as an opening hymn, followed by saying the Lord’s Prayer in concert. It was moved and seconded that the class would purchase rings as a class emblem. The next meeting will be at Oakwood, August 4, 1927. Ice cream and cake were served by the hostess. _o THE CHANNEL OPEN 1110 new channel is now open. Boats coming from Oakwood can take the channel from the left to Syracuse lake and lafTu at the cleair, and many other® high in BIRTHS AND DEATHS In the June bulletin of the Indiana State Board, of Health, just received, shows 47 births and 23 deaths in Kosciusko county for the month of May. BAKE SALE Committee No. 1 of the Lutheran Aid Society will hold a bake sale at Klink’s meat market on Wednesday. July 27. beginning at ten o’clock. TTiere will be for sale, fresh berry pie, cake, cookies. chicken and noodles. Bring containers. 12-pd

especially to the things we buy We want good stores in this home town of ours. Such stores are an asset to the community, and that means an asset to each individual The fact that we have good stores means that we have a good town in which to live; a live, up-to-the-minute market place that makes for general prosperity for the people of the community. For our merchants to keep good stocks of merchandise for our convenience, for them to make fair prices, they must have our confidence and patronage. When we give them th is we are but helping ourselves, adding to our own convenience and well-being. The merchandise our merchants offer is fully as good as that offered elsewhere. Their

CARE OF TIRES With the touring season now at its height, the mechanical first aid of the Hoosier State Auto Association issues a few timely hints on the care of tires. A laige portion of car owners consistently neglect their tires. It might be supposed that the makers of tires would with good reason rejoice in this fact. Instead. however, they have gone to some trouble and expe use through their organization, the Rubber Association of America, to put before the car owner correct information about their proiut a: 4 i.ow U " kngnst possible life out of it. The association points out that the chief factor in the life oi any pnumatic tire is the air contained within it. Under-inflation destroys more tires than any other one factor. It causes rapid tread wear and fabric breaks. When a casing is run flat or much under-inflated, the extreme twisting literally tears the tire apart. The remedy for most tire troubles is proper inflation. This means maintaining the correct pressure at all times. A drop of more than three pounds in a balloon tire before inflation will cause any or all of the serious results of under-inflation. See that the nut at the base of the valve is tight and that the valve inside is firmly screwed 'down. Do not guess at the pressure. Always use an air guage, making certain to get a balloon tire air guage for balloon tires.

SAFETY FIRST Young man. Stop, look, listen! The train is coming. If the bethrote pledge does not hold your sweetheart away from the caresses of the other fellow now, the marriage vow will not keep her out of the arms of the other man after while. The few words of the preacher will change neither her disposition nor her heart and what is true of her is equally true of yourself. So look for the cars! “Better be slow and safe, than speedy and sorry.” _o SENT WRONG LETTER The wife of a Syracuse business man is visiting in the east. The other day he received a letter from her. As a dutiful and loving husband he answered it the next day. A day after he discovered he had made an error. He had enclosed the letter she had written and kept the one he had written. No telling what will happen when she comes home. o BABY FISH Last week 2,000 baby fish were placed Wawasee and Papakeechie lake; The shipment came from the Fort Wayne hatchery. One thousand large mouth bass, 2 and 3 inches long, were placed in each lake. COMMI NITY THEATRE Chas. Hutchinson has made arrangements whereby the Community Theatre will again be opened. The photoplay, “Fig Leaves” will be shown Saturday. July 23. o NOTICE In addition to marcelling and manicuring, I am now doing public typewriting of all kinds, letters, sermons, abstracts, or anything in that line. I will appreciate any patronage you may give me in the future and thank you for your business in the past. Phone 844 Neva Foster. Near Depot 11-2 t

prices are as equitable as those offered in our community other than the dollars they can take out of it, and for which they put nothing back that affects the general good of the community. Our merchants help materially in making possible our schools, our churches, our social activities. They help to pave and keep our streets. They maintain a market place for our farmer neighbors. They aid in maintaining our property values. Our merchants are a vital part of our community. When fthey prosper, we, as a community, prosper. When we patronize them we patronize ourselves. Let us, each and every one of us, “try first at home” when we need anything. t

I NO ( LOSE!) SEASON ON PINE SQUIRRELS j Red squirrels commonly called pineys or pine squirrels are not :■ protected by a closed season un- [ der Indiana’s new game laws. In I view of the old law, repealed by [the 1927 legislature, protecting • all squirrels during closed season, I considerable confusion and misunderstanding prevails, according to George N. Mannfeld, fish and game superintendent. State conservation officials pojnt out that because some peop'e can not distinguish red squirrels from gray or fox squirrels protected by the law, it has resulted so far this spring in numerous arrests when hunters were found possessing such species as it is unlawful to kill in closed season. They describe the I red squirrel, piney or mountain | jack as it is often called, as hav1 1ng a coat of rusty red with white on breust a.nd belly. The red squirrel may be shot at any time The new hunting law established the open season for gray or fox squirrel shooting from August 1 to November 1 and imposes a bag limit of 5 squirrels for each hunter per day. The old law which held a month longer or until December 1, had no bag limit provision. In view of the seeming general contusion about botn kinds of souirrel to be shot and the law as regards the bag limit, etc., Mr. Mannfeld has advised hunters to become familiar with the new statute, as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to pursue, take, catch, or kill, or to possess (exoept for breeding purposes under certificate from the Superintendent of Fisheries and Game) any squirrel from the first day of November’of any year to the thirtyfirst day of July (iboth dates inclusive) of the succeeding year, It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill, or possess (except for breeding purposes as above provided) tfnore than five squirrels in any one day during the open season above provided It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to sell barter, trade, offer to sell, purchase or offer to purchase any squirrel (except for breeding purposes as above provided). But this section shall in no respect nor in any of its provisions apply to red squirrels commonly known as pineys or pine squirrels.” The above law is printed, on page 93 of the 1927 acts of the General Assembly which became effective May 16. 1927, with Governor Jackson’s proclamation.

DEATH OF MRS. JANE AKERS Jane Phebus was born in Piqua. Ohio, on April 1. 1835, and was the daughter of 31100188 and Margaret Pnebtfs. When a small child she, with her parents, brother and sister, moved to Indiana, making the trip in a covered wagon. On November 23, 1854, she was united in marriage to Levi Akers. Three sons and two daughters were born to this union, Amanda, Elbridge, Elizabeth, Charles and Sam. The husband and four of the children have preceded Mrs. Akers in death and the one daughter Elizabeth remains. Mother and daughter have lived together for the past seven years. Two and a half years ago, she, with her daughter, moved to Elkhart. Mrs. Akers had been in fairly good health until recently when she b<~ran to fail. Tuesday morning, July 12, she was stricken with paralysis and never regained consciousness and on the following Thursday morning, July 14, 1927, she passed away at the home of her great-granddaughter. Mrs. Ralph Rohleder, at Elkhart, being 92 years. 3 months and 13 days old. She leaves one daughter, Elizabeth Walerius, 14 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren t o mourn her death. Interment was made in the Syracuse cemetery Saturday. The funeral party reached the cemetery about 3:30 p. m. and were met by a large number of old and young Syracuse friends of the deceased. » At the grave side, the clergyman in charge, as per request of the deceased and of the family, gave a lucid, as well as pleasing, exposition of the principles and beliefs of the Christian church of which the deceased was a member. BAKE SALE The Evangelical Indies’ Aid will hold a bake sale at Melbern Rapp cleaning room on Saturday., July 23, at 10 o’clock. ’ 12-lt

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Woman’s During the past few years the women of America have contributed in no small measure to our national prosperity by eliminating kitchen waste and conserving in matters of dress. They have also wielded a tremendous influence in teaching menfolk and inculcating in children a spirit that in one generation has changed America from the most wasteful nation in the world to one of the most prudent. The economies achieved along these lines have opened the way to a larger and more important field of endeavor —the conservation of the natural rescources. It is peculiarly women’s work because men are notoriously slow to move and the time is short. We need a public sentiment for the policy of conservation of natural resources and the substitution ’of a policy of national economy for one of waste in this direction. Our public forests, lands and waterpower properties are rapidly disappearing with but little if any benefit to the public. What has occurred in the past may be viewed as the inevitable consequence of our favored situation and the superabundance of our natural riches; but for the future any such complacent view can lead only to national impoverishment and disaster. Reform must begin with individuals before it can spread to the mass and the spirit of intelligent economy can be inculcated successfully only by the women of the country. It is their-opportunity for a great constructive work. Tax Exempt - Tax exempt securities are said to create a serious national problem. But what about the tax free dollar that is sent direct from Syracuse to the mail order house? No part of that goes into building our schools and streets or keeping up our town. Twas Ever Thus Mary had a. little hen, But she was very queer, She laid like fun when eggs were cheap, ■ And stopped when they were dear. A colored couple down in Louisiana had four sets of twins. The first they named Pete and Repete the second pair Kate and Duplicate, the thiril pair Max and Climax, and the fourth pair More and Nbmore. ' It’s all right for some people to try and be slim and go on starvation diet, but don’t overlook the fact that it was the fatted calf that got mention —not a skinny one —wheh the boy came home Now that flying across the Atlantic has become an established fact the next thing you know some'oody will actually be squaring a circle or perfecting a perpetual motion machine. I- f This is the season of the year when many a man imagines he looks well enough in knickers to be mistaken for a movie star. Now we know why a boat is called “she.” It is because they are painted and have new rigings all the time. It used to be the fire department that displayed the most hose, but —well, it’s different now. It is hard to judge a man by his clothes, and it is actually impossible to judge< a woman that way these days. \ It is getting to be about as dangerous to climb an Alp as it is to go motoring on Sunday. For Sale —A live baby at the Red Arrow Auction, July 30.

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