The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 May 1930 — Page 1

•JI&OiuK by Arthur Brisbatie BIRDS AND MEN WOMEN ALWAYS PIONEERS 48 YEARS’ WORK. THANKS ♦ A NEW PLANET At the Red Bank (N. J.) railroad station, two large flag baskets and two pasteboard boxes with holes to admit air were filled with carrier pigeons. A railroad m£n opened them, freeing four or five dozen birds. “I don’t know where they come from or where they are going,” said he. "They are often sent here to be turned loose. I suppose they go home.” The beautiful birds, descendants . of Wild Rock pigeons, found in steep Swiss canyons, flew up in two groups and for more than ten minuter; circled round and rpund, regaining their sense of direction. i Presently the two flocks,< united, flew off together ov'er the roof of the S. S. Thompson General Contractor’s building in a northeasterly direction. "They always go over that building, after they fly around ten or fifteen 1 minutes to make up their minds,” said a bystander. ■Presently flocks of young humans released from their educational cages, will be turned loose in the world. It will take them more than 15 minutes to decide on direction, and many will never reach the destination . Some day when men shall have lived on earth as many million years as birds have lived, will be born with a sense of direction and know which way to go. Oklahoma" unveils a fine statue to the pioneer woman. Women have always been earth's real pioneers, in ideas and action. Ear back in the Stone age they had produced all the grains we know by developing the seeds of wild plants. They tamed female to provide milk for their children, planted srnrdens. changed human beings from a nomadic to a settled life. They are the pioneer of the frontiers arid pioneers in ideas and in religion. The influence of mothers on their sons and in the last million years has changed men from prognathous canniblee to semi-civilized n|oney-grub-bers. It is a great improvement. William Manck, forty-eight years a letter carrier, absent only one week in forty-eight years, retires. His apperiors shake hands with him and are photographed doing it . That's kind, tout Uncle Sam might do more. He might give William Manck and other faithful servants of the post office a generous pension on which they could live ' comfortably when their hard work is done. And without waiting for them to be worn out, he might give them generous pay, which he does not do. Professor Shapely, director of the Harvard Observatory, hears from Canada that another planet, sailing around our sun, hitherto unknown to us, has been discovered. How many are there in our celestial family? How far out to space 4oec the family reach? Our ignorance prove* the extreme youth of our “thinking race.” Only a very young and ignorant baby is able to tell how many sisters and brothers it has. Our newly discovered planet neighbor, circling around the sun, far out beyond Neptune, is the most interesting thing in the news. We are only a little more than 90000,000 miles from the sun. This new planet about the size of our earth, is 1,335,000,000 miles from the sun. Multiply that by six- and you will know approximately the length of the far-off planet’s journey around the sun. On that planet you must live 3,200 earth years in order to be one year old. To see the new neighbor, look now. It will be visible with earth’s telescopes only about a hundred years longer, and then be hidden for 3,000 years, while it finishes one of its own years. Japanese custom compels each person to speak with great humbleness of his own achievements. The clever Japaneses statesman, "Wakasuki, who got everything for Japan that he wanted, gave nothing that he didn’t want to give, writes his government lamenting bis “inadequate ability,” calling his work “regrettably insufficient” and winding up, “I am ashamed.” Interesting news from Russia. Stalin, boss of Bolshevist, celebrates the new commercial treaty with Britain by ordering nine British automobiles, costing from thirteen to fifteen thousand dollars each. When Stalin and other Russians feel that a $15,000 car is necessary, that’s a sign bigger than a man’s - hand. It means that somebody is beginning to enjoy wealth, and means nothing good for Communism. AU the powers, you are told, agree that it is desirable “to humanist submarines.” Very desirable, but how? The young lady in the comic opera sang: “Shoot him gently, Oh, so (Cntisuad Last Psge)’

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BOARD FOR PRIMARIES APPOINTED Election Board Named For Service—Heavy Vote Is Expected Due to the unusually large number of candidates in the field and the interest aroused by their campaigning, an unusually large vote is expected at this year's primaries, which are next Tuesday, May 6. Inspectors of the election board received notice of their appointments yesterday and that of their assistants. • A. L. Miller is inspector for the first precinct, Mrs. Maude Traater for the second, and George Colwell for the thirdjudges for the first prectinct are: Perry Dull, Wilmet Jones, ’Clerks; Mrs. Zella Leacock, Mrs. Ashley Miles; Sheriffs, Ike Clingerman and Dan Neff. ‘The library is the location of the first precinct polls. For the second precinct, Guy Bushong and Bert Whitehead will serve as judges; Mrs. Mary E. Unrue and Miss Janice Rapp will be clerks; Sylvester Coy and Jerry Hamman, sheriff. Voters of the precinct will cast their ballots at* the Jim Traster home. For the third precinct. Judges are Rev. Foust and Mrs. Ross Osborn; Clerks, Mrs. Lou Mann and Mrs. Dean Jensen; Sheriffs, Russell Warner and £ E. McClintic. Third precinct polls are at E. E. McClintics. Voters of the first precinct are those who 1 ive withih the boundaries from: The corner of Carol and Huntington streets, up Huntington to the county line; east on Carol street to the lake and in the water to Greider’s point, straight south to the township line. Everything east of this is the first precinct. The second precinct . boundaries run: Down. Huntington from .the County line north of town to Railroad Ave., west on Railroad Avenue to the south end of Main street, out I the North Webster road to the Haskill Grissom corner, and from there south to the. township line. Everything west and north of those lines is second precinct. The third starts: At the corner of Carol and Huntington streets, takes the south Side of Carol street to the lake, the dividing line running I i nthe water to Grieder’s Point, south to the township line. Everything west is in that precinct. From Carol the line goes South on Hui»ting|on to Railroad Ave., west to the foot of Main street .then south on the east side of the North Webster road to the Haskill Grissom corner, south frdm there to the township line. Everything to the east is in the third precinct. A qualified voter at the primary election is a person 21 years of age, or who will be 21 years of age on the day of the next general election; who is a citizen of the United States, and who is on the day of the primary a bona-fide resident of such precinct. The Journal will post on the office windows election return* next Tuesday evening. o DARR FUNERAL WAS MONDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for Mrs. George Darr were held Monday afternoon, at the Solomon’s Creek church. Rev. Hubartt officiating. Mrs. Hattie Darr, aged 58, died in the hospital in Elkhart Saturday morning. She had been taken there for an operation, the Monday before, but her condition was so serious no operation was performed. Death was due to cancer. Mrs. Darr had lived near Syracuse all of'her life. She was a member of the Solomon’s Creek church. She bad been in ill health for more than a year. Surviving her, besides her husband, George Darr, are her three children, Mrs. Albert Zimmerman, Louise and Ralph Darr, two grandchildren, Junior and Juanita Zimmerman; three brothers, Perry Bunger of near Syracuse and Chales and Frank Bunger of Millersburg. , —: o FIRE SURVIVORS NOW IN NORTH CAROLINA Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Marsh, survivors of the fire in which Major iMarsh lost his life, when his home on Lake Wawasee burned last February, are established in their new hone in Anderson, N. C., according to information received from Mrs. O. L. Cleveland this morning. Mrs. Marsh's mother said, “Virginia’s letter says they are so happy in their new home. She asked me to send her piano to her, and I have jurt shipped it south."

Mail It Away Edition t In order to welcome back to Lake Wawhsee you who experience its pleasures each year, and iii order to invite you who have put off your visit here, to come to see this resort for yourselves this summer, this edition of the Syracuse Journal is being mailed to you. Owners and managers of the beautiful hotels on Lake Wawasee know June as the month of conventions, when various organizations come for. meetings, other groups to organize, bridge players come for luncheon parties, to add their number to that of vacationists at the lake for week ends, weeks, and all summer enjoyment of fishing, boating, swimming and golf on Lake Wawasee. Old residents of Syracuse know May as the month when firing makes its loveliness felt so that the last weeks of school in larger cities, seem intolerable to the young people; as the month mothers and fathers make flying'trips to summer homes to get those in readiness for their occupancy the moment school is dismissed for weeks of vacation. Then young Indians are rushed to Wawasee where they are turned loose to play in the sunshine on the historical fields and beaches that real Indians made their homes for such ages that relics of them are still found. This Mail-It-Away edition combines the welcome of Syracusfemid Lake Wawasee folk with information as to hotgr accomodations,-cottages for\jent, property available to new comers; busine||/houses where needs of summer friends are filled. The distance around Lake Wawasee and its adjoining smaller lake, Syracuse Lake, is 20 miles. Most of the way is paved, the unpaved sections being improved gravel roads. A souvenir copy of this Mail-It-Away edition will be sent to any address in the United States if requests are received immediately.

CARS ARE DAMAGED IN WRECKS SUNDAY Two* automobile accidents happen-1 ed to local people Sunday, resulting j in no injuries fortunately. Mrs. Guy Houston and her childrien, Dorothy, Frances and Eugene, were being driven to Marion, Ohio, to visit relatives by Morris Windsor, Mrs. Houston’s nephew, from Indianapolis. According to Mrs. Houston, it was early Sunday morning, and there was little traffic, but they stopped ; for the signal light at Main and Van | Buren streets, f When they started up of lights, their car was crished by a truck belonging to the Doswell Floral Co., of Fort Wayne, she. said. Both the truck and the Houston machine were badly damaged. The driver of the truck said he didn’t know what he must have been thinking of at the time to against the red signal, Mrs. Houston said. The Houston car was taken to a garage to be and the Houston’s returned .to Syracuse rather than continue on to Marion. The Floral Co. sent them back home in another car. Harold Shock, accompanied by Lawrence Schlecht were in Shock’s car Sunday evening when it was side swiped by another car on the bridge at Benton. No one was injured and the car was not so seriously damaged but that it could be driven home. — o : TAX DEADLINE IS MONDAY MAY 2 Monday, May 5, is the last day for , payment of taxes. After that it will cost 10% more, According to today’s announcement from the State Bank of Syracuse, where taxes of residents here are paid. Monday is also the deadline for filing mortgage exemptions to reduce taxes with the county auditor. Tax remittances sent through the mail must be marked before ,or by midnight of May 5, officials state, or they will be considered as delinquent and will not receive the benefit of the 10% discount o Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman and Mias Lillian spent Sunday in Elkhart M guests of the W. D. Gans family.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1930

AIR TRAVEL TO LAKE IS RESUMED The air travel to Lake Wawasee last summer, was resumed this year, when yesterday afternoon, J. H. Nelson, vice president of the Hudson Motor Company of Illinois and Dr. Murphy of Chicago, flew from Chicago here. Mrs. Nelson and their son who is in ill health, have moved to their summer home known as Toothpick House in Highland View Gardens. A visit from the specialist is necessary for the boy once a week. So, the Doctor flew out from Chicago yesterday, returning by air.. ,as his appointments permitted but a few hours absence from the city. Mr. Nelson comes to the lake for week ends here. ATTEND PARTY IN GOSHEN SATURDAY A number of Syracuse friends went to Goshen Saturday evening, where the were guests at the bridge party given by Mrs. Ben Julier. It was discovered at the qlose of the playing that Syracuse players had won prizes. Mrs. Kenneth Harkless won first, Mrs. Christine Rapp, second, and Mrs. Millard Hire, third. Syme use guests of M rs. Julier were: Mrs. L. A. Seider, Mrs. Joe Rapp, Mrs. Orval Klink, Mrs. Kenneth HarkleSs, Mrs. Millard Hire, Mrs. C. W. Howard, and the Misses Gertrude Hoch, Christine R&pp, Helen Jeffries. Miss Ida Deardorff of Chicago was there; Mrs. Jeanette Robison, and Mrs. Louise Tiedman of Goshen. , —o — HOSTESS TO CLUB The Wednesday Afternoon Club held its last study meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Harkless in Pottowatomie Park .yesterday. The subject of the study was John Drinkwater. His life and Criticism of his work was given by Mrs. A. Pfingst. His play, “Abraham Lincoln” was reviewed by Mrs. Frank Green, Mrs. Joe Rapp and Mrs. C. R. Hoy. . The Club plans one more social meeting before .the summer vacation.

LONG’S CAR TURNS OVER-NO ONE HURT Mr. and Mrs. Mart' Long narrowly escaped serious injury Thursday evening when their . Car turned oyer on Washington street, near the Elmer Miles corner. Mrs. Long was only slightly bruised. The car’s fenders were jammed. The Long’s had just left the Bushong Beauty parlor, when the accident occurred. Mr. Long said he didn’t know if lights had blinded him temporarily, or just What was the cause. After turning the corner the first thing he knew, the car was on its side in the ditch. People rushed to help the car occupants immediately after the car turned over. Margaret Smith had been roller skating near the home of her uncle, Wililam Bowld, and she saw the accident. She rushed to call the Bushongs, and the Bowlds. Elmer Miles hurried out as did Ernest Bushqpg. Just “then a car of young men stopped and these, G. Simcox, Tad Ketring, Bill Stetler and Vern Fikel assisted the others in righting the machine. Mr. Long was able to drive it to the garage for necessary repairs.

RIDDLE’S RETURN HOME AFTER VISITING FAMILY IN NEW MEXICO

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Riddle returned home last Wednesday, having spent the last 18 days in New Mexico with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Field at Deming, and their son Donovan' Riddle at Santa Rita. Mr. and Mrs. Riddle had planned so many times this year to go out west and had to change their plans, that this time they left without sending Word to either their son or daughter that they were They first went to Deming, arriving there in the morning after Mrs. Field had left home for the school where she teaches. So they were a surprise for her when she reached home that evening. The next day the party drove to Santa Rita where Donavan is. coaching athletics and teaching manuel training. During their stay in New Mexico they drove some 600 miles visiting points of interest. One town in which Mrs. Riddle was especially interested is the town of Tyrone, a former copper mining town, but now deserted. It

Weatherman Is Blamed bv Fishing Party This fifteenth year of fishing Or Lake Wawasee the week before th< , season closed didn’t prove the luckj year for the Eli Lilly party of In dianapolis. Two years ago the fish ermen caught 156 bass. This year they caught—not so many. The weather man is being , blamed rather than any decrease in the fishing skill of the party. Cold rains and strong winds 'made the open fire j place more desirable than the opec I boat. And the chart hung on the ! living room wall of the Lilly home, i showing each day’s fishing record i for each member of the party, has , several blank spots this year. ’ The promised spring weather ol j before Easier returned in time foi i the fishermen to finish this year’s j season with a two-day’s catch of fish | to be taken home. ; George Denny’s name on the chart j this year shows he caught the largest bass during the interrupted Week of fishing. Charles Latham’s . record shows that he caught the most. Both size and number are so different from previous years that the fishermen refuse to announce weight I and the count of their catch this year. . In the party from Indianapolis who came last Wednesday with Mr. Lilly (Continued on Last Page) WOMEN’S PARTY SERVED BY MEN Eighty-eigjht attended the Mothers and Daughters banquet/given. by the Brotherhood, at the Methodist church last Thursday evening. The pro? ceeds of the banquet are to be used to re-decorate the parsonage. The men of the Brotherhood organization prepared and served the dinner at 6:30. Cakes had been baked by some of the men’s wives. One angel food cake in particular was asked for repeatedly by the guests, with no results. 'lt was later learned that the “cooks and the waiters” had hidden it for.their own enjoyment at the second table. Guests had met in the church auditorium, and mothers and daughters went down stairs together when John Harley announced that dinner was served. Gdests were seated at the table, and a pledge for mothers and daughters was enacted by girls representing such qualities as companionship, trust, patience and so forth- Then the pledges were read by the mothers and daughters holding lightejd candies which had been furnished them at the tables. . ' Those w’ho enacted the qualities necessary for the perfect mother and daughter relationship werje: Miss Shirley Miles, Miss Mary Jensen, Mesdames Harry Grieger, Byron Connolly, Walter Smith of Warsaw, A. J. Armstrong. Following the banquet, a program was enjoyed by the guests who returned to the Auditorium. Miss Janice Rapp played two Qrgan selections. Then Mrs. O. C. Stoelting gave .the address of welcome, which was answered by Miss Lilljan Hamman. Mrs. M. Smith sang two solos, and Mrs. Preston Miles gave two readings. Miss Rapp played two other organ selections, and then the one-act play, “Uncle Billy’s Mistake” was presented. The players were the same as those who had presented the show for the Junior-Senior banquet, With the exception of Mr. Timberlake who had gone home to Carthage, 111. Ned Harley took his place. Others of the cast were: Mr .and Mrs. L. Barnhardt, Miss Stuckman and William Gants.

is beautiful, she says, built oh the top of mountains. The home are of stucco, built on the Spanish type of architecture. u The city hall and stores of the j town were in excellent condition, as were these homes, not even a win- ' dow being broken. The buildings are looked after by three care takers, employed by the copper company w’ho may re-open this deserted village if the price of copper ever goes up to the place where it will pay to mine what remains there. Mrs. Riddle says’ out in that dry country people always go on picnics “To The River.” The river is usually dried up when the party gets there ' but they can imagine themselves at I the water’s edge, while picnicing at, the side of the river, bed. The Gila river they visited had some water in it, and the Membres I was quite a river, had nearly as much, water in it as in a ditch at*home here' Mrs. Riddle said. The country being dry aoid rocky, (Continued from page One)

COTTAGESOF . LAKE PEOPLE OPEN EARLY » ■ ■ ■ ' • Warm Weather Brings Residents Back To Summer Homes Following a record season of bliz- ; 1 zards, Syracuse and Wawasee are preparing for a record sumitier sea1 son. , | When winter’s back bone was defii'j nitely broken three weeks ago, sumi mer residents began coming back to the lake district to go over their summer homes and check up on~t+re ■ needs for the coming season, ’ and, during the week end visit, to catch bass. Several fishing parties planned for the last two weeks in April became discouraged by the weatherman and gave up trying to coax the fish from the lake to their open, wind swept, rain-washed boats, and decided to wait until the fishing season re-op-j ens June 16. . . j During the intervening week-ends j wives are planning that husbands I am! children, will help in the re°-op- | enijrg of Summer homes, in .planting | flower gardens. Wives feel they can ; be pressed into -service with fishing forbidden by law/ The fishing season closed yesterday for six weeks. The law protects species of fish I found in the lakes, and streams of of’the state during the breeding season. Any other time, residents of Kosciusko county may fish in the county without purchasing licenses. J A fee of SI is charged for fishermen who are residents of the state. Others pay’s2.2s. ■■ Breeding grounds were staked off March 20, by the State Fish Hatchery, These posted points on the lake were forbidden to fishermen. The fishing forbidden time, period on these extends until July I*. Summer residents and others who know Wawasee’s fame came last week end for a final try at catching bass before the season closed. Among these were: Ralph Nash of Kokonlo, who purchased the- Fred Hart property on [ the north side of Lake Wawasee not so long ago. Mr. and Mrs: Nash I moved there last week from their former home on the south shore. . • i Mrs. Thomas Edgell, accompanied I by-Mrs. N.atson, of Chicago, came to 1 her summer home in Pottowatomie Park Tuesday, of last wee% to spend a week there, before she finally moves to her summer home for the season. Mr. Edgell joined her Friday for a week of fishing. Mrs. Frank Remy and her mother, *of Indianapoli;;, canie to Wawasee ■ this week end, to join Mr. Remy who I came earlier to his summer home on I the south side of the lake. , Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Harwood and Herbert Baj’tels of Marion .spent the week end at the Harwood cottage near the South Shore Inn. * Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Jones and I guests .spent the week- end at the Jones cottage near W-aco. Following the fire at the Dwight \ (Continued on Last Page) / CHIMNEYSBLAMED AS FIRES’ CAUSE Three fires in the last two weeks. i have been blamed on chimneys. The ! alarm was sent in from the Columbus , Disher home last week, but Mr. Dish- ! er had put out the blaze on the roof before the fire 1 truck reached there. I Friday afternoon the alarm was sounded, and the fire truck was * , rushed to the home of Pdte Plew, on. Smoky Row. It was necessary to , chop away a portion of the shingled roof which was smouldering, the fire ( being caused by a burned out chimney. - , ’ Sunday about noon the alarc was again sounded, and the fire truck . rushed this time to put out a blaze on ' the roof of the Frank Bushong home, I on the road to Milford. •—— —4—o— , ■ - OLD PUMP REMOVED, NEW ONE DUE SOON During the past week, the old Deming pump which pumped city water for years, was torn out, and will be junked, making way for the newly purchased pump which will be installed within a few days. When the new one was in place, the , one at present giving service will be I repaired and kept ready for emergencies. • In removing the old Deming pump, the suction lines were exposed, in 1 order to discover if there were, any I leaks in it, and to get it in readiness for the new foot valve which is to be put into the well.

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