The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 January 1931 — Page 8

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FOR RENT—Radios, several good ones. Inquire of Owen R. Strieby, phone 845. 4-ts RADIO — Something wrong with your radio? Call Owen Strieby. Phoneß4s. 17-tl FOR SALE—One large quarter of beef. Telephone 236. Victor Niles. It OFFICE SUPPLIES— Typewritei ribbons, for all makes of machines, carbon paper, typewriter paper, card board, blotting, tags, etc., for sale at the Journal Office. ts. LEGAL FORMER— Wills, mechanic's Liens, Mortgages, Assignment of Mortgages, Options, Bill of Sale, Quit Cl.im Deed, Notice to Quit Tenancy, etc, for sale at the Journal Office, ts

The State Bank of Syracuse •••••••• Capital and Surplus $50,000 “OUR. BANK” Safety Deposit Boxen For Rent . 11 " ' " 11 " - <■-. . . • cII I.m -■■■—■ . . , • The Royal Stores | SYRACUSE NO. WEBSTER j Phone 192 Phone 17 j X i X DEAR FRIENDS:- , | We have come to the end of the J year 1930—and although the going has been somewhat stormy and the x way rugged,, we have arrived safely - | and we think have profited by the unusual experiences. t We have tried hard during the x past year to serve you better by giv- _ ing you better merchandise at lower prices and having the merchandise you called for. Our business made a S nice increase over 1929-and we take - I this Qpportunity of thanking you for J the part of your business that you gave us, whether is was little or t much. x We hope you had a Merry Christmas and that the New Year will bring you.a bountiful harvest of rich. blessings. J Our sincere desire is to serve you better in 1931. t x Yours for a greater service, W. G. Connolly |

Specials for Saturday Soap P. and G. 10 bars 34c Rice 4 pounds 25c Corn Flakes 2 large pkgs 20c Chipso One pkg i 18c Milk Ferndell, 3 cans -25 c "' ■ ■ Peas 4 cans 28c Soup Tomato, Plimpkin Little Elf, 2 cans —24 c <■ f ’ £ - . / • e Seider & Burgener

SOUP SUPPER. The Pythian Sisters will serve a soup supper, Jan. 9, at 5 p. m. Chili, vegetable and oyster soups, cabbage salad, bread and jelly, pickles, pie and coffee. 25 cents. ' NOTICE. Stores in Syracuse will be closed every evening except' Saturday, until April Ist. TRY A JOURNAL WANT AD

Set DWIGHT MOCK —for — Vulcanizing and Acetylene Welding Battery (’hnrehix and Repairing South Side Lake Wawasee (on cement road) ALL WORK GUARANTEED? Phone 504 Syracuse

PAST YEARS (Continued from page One) chases more and more to current needs. The universal drop in industrial production was followed by in-■ creasing unemployment and a de-| cline in consumers’ demand in both! foreign and domestic markets. Toward the end of the year these cumulative forces were rapidly running their course and the apparent retardation in the rate of downward movement in several basic indexes of, business supports the belief that the ■ elements of recession have now spent i most of their force. Twenty Per Cent Lower. The effect produced by the worldwide depression can be seen in the year’s indexes of business. The Federal Reserve Board’s index of industri-l al production, which comprises all the basic mineral products and all important groups of manufacturing goods, which, therefore, is the most comprehensive single measure of industrial activity, fell approximately 20 per cent below the level of the preceding year. Compared with the highly prosperous year of 1928, however, the decline in production L slightly less tnan 13 per cent. Exports Fall Off. Exports of manufactured goods as well as total exports declined in value approximately 25 per cent, refla- i? lower prices and the marked shrinkage in purchasing power abr >id which followed upon the rapidly weakening price levels and the universal contraction in industry. ■ » significant in thTs connection is the fact that our capital exports living the second half of this year have shrunk to negligible proportions. Qn the basis of quantity our exports for the current year have declined about 20 per cent .from last year’s high levels. Imports, whi h fell off approximately 30 per cent in value from 1929, showed a drop in quantity of only 15 per cent. Thus our purchases and consumption of foreign goods have fallen but little below the levels of previous normal years. This great disparity between the value and quantity of pur imports redeems the drastic price declines in raw materials, semi-manu factured products, and foodstuffs, which constitute approximately twothirds of our total import volume. Leaders Co-operate. While the forces of contraction were running their course the severity of the movement was happily tempered by certain ameliorative factors. Last year, immediately after the stock market crash, the president called a conference of business and labor leaders with a view of effecting the greatest possible degree of co-operation during the period of readjustment. The successful outcome of this and of later conferences is reflected in the almost total absence' of industrial disputes during the present year and in the maintenance of existing wage levels, Disturbances such as characterized previous periods of depression have not arisen this year, although the contraction of purchasing power and declining price levels have resulted in the curtailment of industrial,operations and the consequent discharge of many workers. For the year as a whole factory employment was about 15 per cent below the high levels of the preceding year, but the decline inthe number employed during the current year has been relatively far less than in similar preceding periods of depression. Employers have evidenced a conscious determination, so far as possible, to maintain their working forces by distributing available work through part-time. Building Curtailed. Building, operations generally have been sharply curtailed along with the.contraction of industrial activity, but the effects of this shrinkage in building have been tempered by a more than ordinary volume of construction on the part of public utilities and federal, state and local governments. In accordance 4 with the plans brought to fruition by the White House . conferences, railroads and utilities set out on an Expansion program which called for the expenditure of nearly three and a half billion dollars. At the same time public works and highway construction undertaken during the year aggregated a similar additional Amount. The increase in such projects, it is estimated, has provided employment for about 2v0,000 additional workers who would otherwise be unemployed. Total new capital issues during the 1 1930 declined approximately 25’per cent as compared with the previous year. Foreign issues were confined almost entirely to the first half of the year and their later decline has closely reflected rapid price recessions and attendant economic disturbances abroad. Furthermore, the year’s decline in construction, amo v unting to approximately 20 per cent, was an important factor in the lower level of capital issues. The initiation of an extensive public works program during the last few months has led to a marked inctease in state and municipal issues during the closing months of the >ear. j|| Banks Generally Strong. Ip the financial markets the past year has been featured by a substantial decline in securty prices from the relatively high levels to which they recovered last spring. Brokers’ loans have been liquidated since the beginning of the year by approxima-l tely 40 per cent The Federal Reserve member banks have diminished their indebtedness to the Reserve] Banks by almost 80 per cent, as com-l pared with 1929. Although the effect

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of falling security price levels and i unliquid portfolios have led to bank suspensions in certain localities, the' banks of the country generally are in a strong position. Consumers Buy. I Considerable encouragement is as-1 forded by the fact that, consumer buying has held up to relatively stable levels. Sales of department and : other retail stores for the year have : fallen only 7 to 10 per cent below the . large volume of 1929. About half of this decline in dollar volume is attributable to the lower price levels [for retail goods, so that the quantity lof goods purchased by consumers has 1 probably been only 4 per cent less than in the preceding prosperous year. Wholesale commodity prices, particularly prices of raw materials and agricultural products, have declined sharply during the past year and for the year as a whole averaged about 10 per cent under the 1929 level. Accompanying this decline the cost of living index has also fallen so that it is now- about 6 per cent bethe levej of a year ago. \ Boom to Come. Earlier periods of depression, such as those of 1893 and 1921, were characterized in their later phases by the reaccumulation of savings which had been expended in the preceding boom period and "by the wearing out of previously purchased goods, which caused a general buying movement on the part of the consuming public. That we are now approaching sucli a period is indicated by several significant facts. On the one hand savings deposits have been progressively accumulating while business written bylife insurance companies has been maintaining a fairly even pace and has reached a total for the year almost equal to the high level of 1929 and above the total for 1928. At the same time stocks of department stores have been sharply reduced and there are some evidences of recent expansion or retail buying. While it is impossible to forecast at what time unmistakable evidences of improvement in business will Occur, it is clear that we have. reached a point where cessation of further declines and beginning of recovery may reasonably be expected. , To Lead Recovery. In a review of business activity in 1929 which was issued a year ago, attention was called to the high level of industrial output for the year as a whole and to the’fact that during the closing months activity in some lines of business was in recession. “It is impossible, of course,” the statement concluded, “to forecast what temporary ups and downs may occur, but the nature of the economic developement o fthe United States is such that one may confidently predict for the long run a continuance of prosperity and progress.” Despite the sharp curtailment of economic activity, during the past year no evidences have appeared which would justify a revision of this statement. There can be no that the inherent strength of btfr economic structure will enable onr country to lead the world in a vigorous recovery fom the present depression as we have done in the past. o —— Maybe hard work never harmed apy one, but we’ve never noticed any very marvelous benefits from carrying out a couple of tubs full of ashes. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gants entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Poyser, of Goshen, and Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Hire and Henry Tully.

ORDINANCE FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1931. Ordinance Number 338. An ordinance appropriating moneys for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the several departments of the town government of the Town of Syracuse, Indiana, from the first day of January, 1931 to December 31, 1931, including all outstanding claims, obligations, and fixing the time when same shall become effective. ’ Section 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees-of the Town of Syracuse, Indiana; That for the expenses of the Town Gov- . ernment and its institutions for the period from January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1931, the following sums of money are hereby appropriated and ordered set apart out of the funds herein named, and for the such sums herein appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures authorized to be made during this- period, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and provided by law. Section 2. That for the above said period there is hereby appropriated out of.the General Fund of said town, the following; GENERAL FJLND. 1. Services personal. . . No. 11 Salary of trustees : S 150.00 No. 12 Salary of Clerk 75.00 No. 13 Salary of Treasurer — 75.00 No. 14 Salary of Marshal - --— --—- 14(10.00 No. 15 Salary of Health Officer,;— 25.00 No. 16 Compensation of Town Attorney .— 50.00 No. 17. Compensation of Firemen —— ——300.00 No. 18 Other compensation ~ —-- 600.00 2. Services Contractual \ No. 22 Heat, light, power and water — No. 23 Printing and advertising — 300.00 No. 24 Repairs of buildings and equipment 400 00 No. 25 Services other contractual 300.00 No. 31 Office supplies 100.00 No. 32 Other supplies —-... 900.00 Nb. 42 Street, alley and sewer 800.00 No. 51 Insurance and official bond premium 200.00 No. 52 Improvement assessments against the town _; 200.00 No. 53 Properties --— 50.00 No. 54 Bonds and interest ——— — 1550.00 No. 54ANew fire house 3000.00 And out of the Street Fund the following: No. 55 Salary Marshal — 540.00 No. 56 Wages Street Laborers 600.00 No. 57 Repair of Equipment ———2oo.oo No. 58 Supplies - 100.00 No. 59 Material L 800.00 Section 3. That this ordinance shall be effective and in full force on January 1, 1931. Passed by the Board of Town Trustees of the Town of Syracuse, December 16, 1930. Attest; A. L. Miller Harry Clemens Town Clerk James M. Searfoss I Robert Strieby Board of Town Trustees. ’■ . -

THIS IS (Continued from Page One) show a substantial cause why the lowest bidder should not be awarded the contract, the board can do so, according to law. The board" did right in giving the contract to the Gas Construction Company. | But it seems that if any person or project is connected in anyway with Syracuse that person or project does not have a chance in Warsaw. There ought to be some way to make the politicians in Warsaw ‘ at least do justice to Syracuse. Write this down someplace where you don’t forget it and——Use Your Ballot. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Whereas—it has pleased the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, tq,sumI mon to a state of endless duration our worthy and beloved brother, and a charter member, WARREN E. RENTFREW We, while bowing with submission to the inevitable decree, that dust shall return to the earth, as it was, and the Spirit shall return to God, who gave it, deeply deplore the severance of another link from our fraternal chain. Therefore, be it resolved—That in the loss of our Brother, Kosciusko lodge, No. 230, K. 6f P., loses, a faithful member and the community at large, a valued citizen. And, be it further resolved—That we extend to the bereaved family our sincere sympathy and as a tribute of our affection, the charter of the lodge be draped in morning for sixty days, and a memorial page inserted in our minutes, and that a copy of the foregoing be ordered printed in the Syracuse Journal, and a copy presented to the family of our deceased Brother. Signed: ERNEST 0. BUCHHOLZ, A. J. THIBODEAUX, HILARY BACHMAN, Commiittee. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Mr. and Mrs. P. W, Soltau spent Christmas in Goshen at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Rookstool. Charles B. Franklin of Fort Wayne is spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Chester Hill. Mr. Franklin and his son Ross spent Christmas with friends in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Cripe, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schlecht and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Norris spent Christmas with Van Cripes in Elkhat. Laucks Xanders, home on Christmas vacation from the Howe Militaryacademy. entertained 12 friends, at a dance, given at his home last Saturday evening. Miss Lilly Baum spent Christmas in Garrett with her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Sealey Baum. She left Wednesday and returned Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Eyer and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Morgan and daughter, Fran-k Pinkerton and Forrest .Roberts had Christmas dinner with [ Mr. and Mrs. Neal Pinkerton and daughter, of Warsaw.

ORVAL G. CARR FUNERAL DIRECTOR AMBULANCE SERVICE PAUL CORY, Assistant d. Syracuse, Ind. Phone 75

I IN OUR CHURCHES ! I i —j ZION CHAPEL. Rev. J. E. Shaw, pastor. Sherman Deaton, Supt. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service, 10:30 a. m. < Evening service, 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening 7 p. m. U. B. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Nicodemus, Pastor. Sunday School, 9:45 Al M. Gerald Bushong, Supt. Morning Service 11 A. M. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH A. J. Armstrong, Minister. W. G. Connolly, Supt. Church School, 9:45. Junior League, 11:00. Morning Worship, 11:00. CHURCH OF GOD. Geo. L. Chapman, Pastor. Sunday School 10:00 a_ m_ Preaching in Syracuse every second and fourth Sunday in each month at 11, a. m. and 7 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday Public invited to all services. CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN. Evangelist J. Edwin Jarboe, pastorLeonard Barnhart, S. S. Supt. Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Rev. Manley Deeter of New Salem will preach at 11 a. m. Rev. Garrison, Pastor of Milford M. E. Church wilLpreach at 7 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Kline in charge of music. EVANGELICAL CHURCH R. G. Foust, pastor. t P. W. Soltau, Gen. Supt., H.. M. Hire, Asst. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Morning service, 10:45. , u Evening services 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting each Thursday evening at 7:00 p. m. The public is cordially invited to the services in this church. o— . GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH A. H. Arbaugh, Pastor. Vernon Beckman, S. S. Supt. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. _ Congregational meeting at 7:00. This is our annual meeting for the transaction of business and election of officers. Every member should he present.

Let It Be ResolvedTHAT WE, the undersigned, after trying other coal hereby agree and swear, never to use any other coal than DISHER’S OLD VIRGINIA RED ASH OUR ground for taking this stand being, that, it is cleaner, makes no clinkers and less ashes, there being LESS THAN A BUSHEL TO THE TON Signed THE PEOPLE Os This Community Syracuse Feed Mill «» . • . - ■ Flour Feed Coal Salt Ice W. L. Disher Phone 98

Notice To Telephone Patrons On October 1, 1930, the following collection schedule will be in force in all exchanges: * o (1) After the discount date established by the Public Service Commission, no further toll service will be given anyone whose account is unpaid, until settlement is made. The discount date is the same as heretofore. (2) Should the account be unpaid at the end of the month, service will be disconnected. , (3) Fifteen days after the close of the current month, a disconnected telephone will be removed. Bills are due on the firsts day of the month, and may be paid any time after that date. The discount date is the last day they can be paid to secure the discount, and is not the date when they are due. Please take your discount CENTRAL LAKES TELEPHONE CORPORATION

BATHS. . Dr. Warner has installed a Mineral Bath in his office. Lady attendant. Phone 176, Goshen. GEO. L. XANDERS ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Settlement of Estates Opinions oiy Titles Phone 7 Syracuse, Ind. Fire and Other Insurance R ADIO DOCTOR SERVICE and SUPPLIES SCREEN GRID RADIOS All Guaranteed OWEN R. STRIEBY PHONE 8-4-5 Syracuse, Indiana TO BRETZ FOR GLASSES Nevin*. pretz OPTOMETRIST GOSHEN, INDIANA. Room 30. Hawiks-Gortner Bldg. CRYSTAL Ligonier The Best All Talking Pictures Wed., Thurs, Fri. Dec 31-Jan. 1-2 “MIN and BILL” Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery the screen’s greatest personalities in one great picture—-Min and Bill—ten happy-go-lucky" water front characters, who take love and laughter where they find it. One minute wou’ll be screaming with laughter, the next you’re brushing a tear away. Don’t, Don’t Don’t miss this one. Sat. Jan. 3 “THE LOCKED DOOR” A gripping fast moving drama of present dav New York, starring Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stauvoyck and William Boyd. ’ Sun. Mon. &Tues., Jan. 4-5-6. “PAID” Joan Crawford has never been better than in this fearless love story, with Robert Armstrong and Marie Prevost. The censors says—Adults Only—Also find selected short subjects. W*;d & Thurs. during Jan. & Feb. Closed. Guest Tickets are Discontinued.