The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 26, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 October 1932 — Page 1

TRIM by Arthur Brisbane EARTH GETTING FLAT SAFETY FIRST MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY B. Franklin's Sun Bath

The top of Pikes until recently 14,109 feet above the ocean, is 4 inches lower now. Melting of the ice cap and erosioh make the difference. ‘ * Slowly all mountain peaks are coming down through the action on the rock by frost, rain, snow, wind. In the* earth will become absolutely round and it may be necessary here, as it is supposed to be now on the planet Mars, to dig canals big enough to hold the waters of our oceans. If the earth were perfectly round the water would be one mile deep everywhere. But don’t worry about your real estate J that flatness is millions of years off. The (National Safety council supplies information on accidents and the Metroldpitan Life Insurance company wisely scatters the facts. South Carolina is the safest slate in the Union, as regards accidents. Automobile accidents, ,of which a majority could have been prevented by thought and common sense, rank first in causing death. F'or every victim ' of an airplane tragedy, there are fifty victims of automobiles. However, it should be remembered that there are thirty million automobiles running around, with the risk of bumping into each other, and comparatively few airplanes flying. If the depressi* !l has not mad* > i entirely" dizzy, you may .complete the process by studying the ’‘mathematical side of biology,” latest thing in .science. The new science of “mathematical biology or evolutionary mechanics” is fascinating, if you can understand it. Genes> which are ‘‘units of heredity in the chromosomes and determine life’s evolution,” inarch forward along mathematical lines, You will be surprised t-> learn that scientists, at will, are.breeding flies of all sorts, including a fly that is femule on one side and niale on the other. More than five hundred years before Christ, Pythagoras, a. Greek philosopher of Samos, made “.Mathematics the principle of all existing things ” Turn for relief i Pytha goras if you find modern in.lhemalical biology too deep; A letter written by Benjamin Franklin in 1768 reveals the interesting fact that the wisest of the, early 1 Americans believed* in taking: air baths. The “sun bath” had not yet arrived. “I find it agreeable to my constitution to bathe in cold air. i 1 rise early and sit in my chamber without any tlofhes whatever for half an hour.” iVanklin’s remedy for insomnia Was to have a second- bed always ready and move to the second bed to change the mental altitude. Canada and Britain have finally ar- j ranged Canada’s tariff wall to favor trade with England, the mother country. The United States can offer no objection, once the forty-eight states that make up this countryfavor each other with absolute free trade. The Canadian prime minister, Mr. i Bennett, explains that the United States “tariff wall closes United States markets t Canadian agricultural producers.” Those producers will remember, with more or less gratitude, that they still have the use of the Panama canal, letting them reach Europe quickly and cheaply by water. That canal, built by United States money, charges British and other foreign .ships no more than it does United Slates ships, an extremely foolish arrangement. Studying birth statistics, A. F. Dutton shows that the ’ child of a father seventy years old has 50 times better mental chance than one whose father is under forty-five. A father of sixty gives his child a ten times better chance than" if the father is under forty. The father of Pitt, who was chancellor of the exchequer at twenty-one and prime minister at twenty-five, was fifty-one, and Samuel Johnson’s father was fifty-three. p From this depression will come many .things much needed, and in the long run more important than the depression. Our government in its process of “shoveling out millions” finances many useful enterprises. It will buy 562.000.000 of California bonds to help finance a bridge from San Francisco to Oakland, which will be the biggest bridge ip the world. Six thousand men will be employed directly on the bridge, 6,000 more indirectly, in industries supplying materials and equipment. * The total cost will be $70,000,000. Long after this depression is forgotten that bridge will be serving people from all over the United States and paying its way. The Potsdam Tages Zeitung prints a passionate appeal to the former (Continued on Last Page)

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COTTAGE AND BARN BURN IN 2 FIRES I Gunderlock Cottage and Henwood Barn Destroyed. Another fire of unknown origin, of which there have been many this summer in this section. destroyed the barn and its contents, two strawstacks and the silo at Frank Hen- ; wood's farm south of tow n, Sunday afternoon about 5 o’clock. According to Miss Lucille Hen wood after dinner the family hud gone to j visit Indiana’s largest tree in» its autumn coloring, growing near Leesburg. They had returned home about ,3 o’clock but no one had occasion to go near the barn. Woodrow Beasley, who works for .Mr. Henwood had" gone after the cows to bring them to the barn for the evening milking. On his way J back with the cows he noticed the smoke coming out of the barn. He rushed to the house, and Miss Henwood said when they went out the smoke was coming out all around the roof. Miss Hen wood said they hurried to the barn and opened the door to get the tractor out as it was just inside the door. The smoke thus released swept out. They were able to attach the tractor to the rear of Miss Henwood’s machine with a log chain and -he pulled it out of the barn. Nothing else was saved. Fortunately the animals, chickens and so forth w%re out of the barn at the time but a tractor binder, tractor plow, tractor disk, two-row corn plow, a mower, corn planter, hayloader, alfalfa hay and straw were burned. Also the silo and silage, two straw stacks and oats. *• Miss Henwood said two pigs which had been beneath the straw stack rushed out when it got hot 4 and escaped with a scorching. Fruit trees near the barn were scorched. The loss is only partially covered by insurance. Cottage Burns. Monday evening about 8 o’clock neighbors near his cottage on Papakeetchie telephoned George Gunderlock who lives near the Slip that his cottage was on fire. By the time he reached there it was burned. No alarm was turned in as the Cottage was beyond ' saving when the fire was discovered. Gunderlock said he had not been near the place for several days and the cottage was not occupied No one’ has any idea how the fire started. The-Joss is Covered by insurance. SALARIES CUT AT TOWN BOARD MEET At it* regular meeting Tuesday -evening, the town board reduced the salary of the town marshal from S9O a month to $75 a month, and that of the night- watchman from $45 a month to $35 a month. The reduction is to be effective from the first of November. The $2,000 cut in the town’s budget, which the tax adjustment board made at it* meeing in Warsaw, made the reduction in these salaries imperative. The town board also decided at this meeting that another conference should be held with the Northern Indian* Public Service Co., for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the. company Will give another reduction to the town for electrical energy used for street light*. - The town received a reduction in rates for street lights last-May from the company, but the reduction in the budget makes it necessary to ; curtail expenses, and as over one J third of the budget is used to pay for street lights, the town board feel* an attempt must be made to reduce this item. An announcement was made at the regular meeting that the county is going to re-floor, paint and repair the Front atreet bridge. A truck load of flooring was unloaded Wednesday at the bridge. After a discussion as to the beet way to repair the surface of Boston streets and other streets/ the. board decided to hire McClintic, Colwell and Gordy to grade the streets. ON FRESHMAN TEAM BLOOMINGTON. Ind. — Laucks Xanders, of Syracuse, was named a member of one of the starting lines in the freshman football exhibition game here Oct. 14. He plays guard and is ojtfe of the outstanding members of the Hoosier frosh aggregation this fall.

To Be Prizes, Cider, Pie-eating Contest and Parade Hallowe’en Business men have donated prizes to be given the best impersonations in the big annual, Hallowe’en parade, to take place in Syracuse the evening of Oct. 31. Arrangements have been made to furnish cider to the crowd, and to furnish enough pies to fill those who will take part in the pie-eating contest. There’s to be a prize for the largest family,. for the best couple, for the best witch, hobo, ghost, clown, twins, negro, Indian, cowboy; as well as other prizes. Fallowing the big parade there’s to be a mock wedding with much ceremony. And then comes the big mock political rally, when a violent Democrat will make a speech urging support of Republican candidates, and when a fiery Republican will give an oration in favor of Democratic candidates. And those impersonating presidential candidates will be introduced for the crowd to give these big rhen a hand. Judges, prizes and further news of the Hallowe en celebration will be announced in next week’s Journal.

APPLE BLOSSOMS BLOOM 3RD WEEK IN OCTOBER Sheldon Harkless is showing an apple blossom on a tree in his yard this third week of October, with colored leaves decorating the trees, dead leaves falling.- and smoke curling up from burned dry leaves. ( r He found the apple blossom, not on a branch of the tree in his yard Tuesday morning,, but on ;a short sprig growing right out of the trunk of the tree. Mr. Harkless said Mrs. Harklesss mother, Mrs. Rosenbarger planted that tree 35 years ago and it never acted that waj- before. The apple tree in the yard of Mrs. James Peffley, which had blossoms late last year, had another branchful of blossoms this October too. But autumn is here despite the apple blossoms, because the sunshine of Sunday showed, groups of would be nut gatherers (flustered about every tree of nuts in this vicinity. —i o—— — WILL MAKE GAME PRESERVE AT LAKE When the pheasants were placed near Boner Lake, last week, by the conservation department, property owners there agreed to make it a game preserve and post “No Hunting” signs all over the land there, so rabbit hunters won’t shoot pheasants by mistake w'hen rabbit season opens in November/ • The land is owned by Maxwelton Manor owners, Charles Crow, Chas. Beck. A. P. Jones, Bill Conrad and George Xanders. According to Xanders, the, state man who delivered these ring neck pheasants said that the country about Boner Lake was the best he had seen yet for the birds, on account of the undergrowth jhere. Frank Woods, who raised 20 pheasant* at his home on Kale Island had released these bird* at Boner Lake, and after the second group had been placed there last week by the state, golf players pn Maxwelton saw several of these birds out investigating the golf Os the 25 birds the same day near the South Shore Golf course qne appeared near Roy Brown’s home the latter part of last week. It had been crippled in some way so that it could neither fly nor walk. They fed it with the chickens, and it seemed tame, but on recovering the use of it* crippled leg the first of this week it disappeared. It is hoped it joined the rest of the covey.0 BIRTHS ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hite are announcing the birth of a son, Charles Dean, on Oct. 13, at the home of Mrs. Hite’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mullen. The baby weighed 8 pounds. Relatives and friends here have received the announcement of the birth of a daughter, .Maxine Jeanette to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rasmusson in Sylvania, O. Before her marriage, Mrs. Rasmusson was Miss Cleo Phebus of Syracuse. Mr. and Charles Dean are announcing the birth of a son, Tuesday. The baby only weighed 3 pounds and 14 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hughes are announcing the birth of a son on Tuesday.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2«, 1932.

LOST WOMAN FOUND AND RETURNED HOME Qijite a little excitement was caused Tuesday afternoon when a woman became ill in Thornburg’s drug store. She couldn’t remember her name or where she was from. After several hours in the doctor’s office she went out to sit in her machine to see if her memory would return to her. Then she decided to start for home which she had saicL was “somewhere on the lake.” • It was shortly before 6 o’clock, and dark, and when she started her car she just missed striking Louis Heerman, who was crossing the street. He decided she wasn’t fit to be on a traveled highway in that condition, and at Heerman’s suggestion Mrs. Porter and Monroe Kehr started after the woman to bring her back to town. She got as far as the Ligonier road cutting from Road 13, beyond the Road 6 crossing, without striking anyone, in spite of driving mostly on the side of the road belonging to oncoming traffic. She was stopped and finally persuaded to return to Syracuse, though she said she was on her way to Cromwell. A traveling bag in her car was opened and some medicine found in an envelope in the car. On the envelope was the name of a doctor at Wolf Lake. A telephone call by Louis Heerman to him obtained the information that the woman had been in the hospital there the day before, that she had friends in Ligonier. When Heermari telephoned to-them, Mr. Williamson came after her, Tuesday evening, and took her home. Her yame, Edith McCoy, was learned. She was staying at the east end of the lake with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. William' Harris, who had rented a" cottage there. 0 TO BUILD 2 MORE SUMMER COTTAGES Two more lake lots have been bought and construction of homes is to begin this fall. Mr. Williams from Elkhart has bought one of the lots on Black stump point near Waco from the Stein estate, and the lot was staked off Monday for work on the cottage to commence. Mrs. Olds, who has spent the past eight summers in her cottage near Mr, and Mrs. Harry Fishack's, bought a lot from the Stein estate Monday and plans to have work started at once, to have the house roofed before winter weather sets in. These two new cottages will be located near that of Charles Miller from Anderson, who bought his lot on the point from the Stein estate. Work on the new brick building at the hatchery has progressed so that it was roofed the first part of this week. — O Mrs. Nora Wilcov was sufficiently recovered from her illness of last week to go home with her daughter, Mrs. Lowell Pefiey, to Churubusco, Saturday, to spend this week there.

OIL SHOWING AT WELL IS PROMISING When Work Suspended Well Fills with Oil « and Water. Gas was brought in op the Wehr rly farm at 349 feet this morning. The gas is developing about 180 pounds pressure but the volume had not been determined when the editor visited well at 10:45 this morning. Royal Miller said that the well will be drilled deeper as it is only in the cap rock over the gas strata. This will be done 1 to determine how much volumne the well will develop. / Water which leaked in yesterday has not been sealed off and drilling will not be resumed until the water is sealed off. Miller was slightly scorched in a small explosion this morning. When the well was opened a piece-of burning paper was accidentally dropped in the hole. The flame shot over the top of the derrick, they say. A small pipe with a valve has been put on the control head and the gas is touched off when anyone asks to see the gas. It burns with a roar. On Friday when the oil well of the Kosana Oil Co., known as Wehrly No. 1, was opened up after several weeks of inactivity, some oil was found floating on the water which had collected in the hole made by the drill. « Officials of the company immediately .ordered a control head and valve which Were secured on the casing, Tuesday this week, and drilling was resumed yesterday morning. Officials of the company said that they believe that the hole is only a few feet above the oil bearing rock strata. The hole was 340 feet before were suspended, and was in\gray shale. So far the log of the well shows 304 feet of glacial drift; 29 feet of gray limestone and seven feet of gray (shale, probably of the Devonian age. (Continued on Last Page) TRINOSKY INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Alvin Trinosky, 17 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Trinosky, who have just built a cottage in Oakwood Park, was injured in an automobile accident, Sunday- night, when the car of his uncle, Men'll Adams of Whiting was demolished when struck by the machine of Judge Burris of Goshen, near the Pooley farm on State Road No. 2. Judge Burris was driving towards Goshen and Adams and his nephew were driving towards Syracuse when -jthe crash occurred. It is reported that the judge’s car struck the Adams machine, causing it to turn over times into a ditch. The Burris machine is said to have gone through a fence into the yard of the Pooley home. Adams was not injured but Trinosky received a scalp would. Judge Burris suffered minor cuts and bruises. When Judge Burris agreed to purchase a new machine for Adams, Monday, Adams said no charges would be filed against the judge. The father of young Trinosky is a Western Union road man now at La Pax Junction. They decided to settle on Lake Wawasee and Adams had been here from Whiting assisting in the building of their cottage. The car had been won by Adams' wife in a newspaper circulation getting contest and Adams insisted the style and coloring of the machine which replaced the wrecked one must be the same. Prosecutor James R. Nyce of Elk-. hart county said yesterday that charges will be filed Thursday against Judge Burris as a result of the prosecutor’s investigation of the accident. 0 — ■ SECOND SHOOTING CHARGE IS FILED William Rarig,„76, released a few weeks ago from Michigan City where he had been sentenced for from one to 10 years for the shooting last year when Harry Cleveland was injured, has been called into court on the second charge. This is the charge of assaulting Frank Rosenberry. Rarig gave bond of $3,000 when taken to court Friday.

DO YOU REMEMBER—I— 1 20 Years Ago. When William Bare and Sam Sear- ; foss completed the big new launch | for Roy Miles? S’ * # 115 Years Ago When’announcement was made of i the marriage of Faye Bernice Mock and Jesse Adams Parsons? 10 Years Ago When the five schools of TurkeyCreek township and the school of Syracuse joined in holding a school and community fair? » • • •» Five Years Ago. When Warren Rupie sold his residence to be moved from the property so he could start building a filling station? O—ON LAKE WAWASEE' Carl McKeehan, Roy Roberts and Frank Maker, viewers for the newPickwick road were favorably impressed with the project when they inspected it Saturday morning, and will no doubt recommend to the county commissioners that the new road be taken over by the county l and the old road vacated. The viewers’ formal recommendations to the county ,in (regard to the road will*be made at the Novepiber meeting of the county commissioner?. Workmen from this vicinity have been busy on Kale Island this week, employed by W. E. Long who has had islands , made in the channel formed by the new road.. On one of these cement work has been laid for the new waterfall, fish pond and lilly pond. Among thos6- employed there are George Wandel, Carl O’Haver, Jesse Rex, James Searfoss, Merton Meredith, Hugh Causer, Bernard Skidgell, Irve Rarig and Vern Brown. Last week Russell Droke had the house which formerly stood, at the grocery across the road from the Wawasee Slip, moved to' its new location, the lot which Droke bought! from Ike Mellinger. Lester Mock pulled the house along the lake road last week, using his tractor. It has been placed on its foundations and Mr. and Mrs. Droke plan to move into it as soon as final work is done on the house. It wrss moved w-ith all of its furniture in it. Mr. and Mrs. M. W* Macy went to Lafayette, Saturday, to visit John Macy, .who is a freshman at Purdue this, year, and to ! attend the football game. , Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sears and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nevin of Muncie spent the week end at their cottages on Kale Island. , Mrs. Martin, and Mrs. Polsjhon of South Bend were guests of Mrs. Henry Grieger last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Rgbert Beard Jr., spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long. Mr. Long, w-ho Spent last week at his summer home, returned to Chicago the first of this week. Mrs. Long and her sister and niece remained here. The bride and groom, Mr, and .Mrs. William Aiken of Goshen spent Sunday with her father, Vern McDermott. Carl Tuttle and Matty Katzer attended the football game at Indiana University and Miss Ruby Mellinger and Walker White were among those from this district Who attended the game at Purdue. Mr. and Mrs. Jack. Chappel and children and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Peffley of South Bend spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Solt. The party enjoyed a picnic in the woods near Solt’s. Among the lake residents who spent Sunday- at their lake homes were: Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Harwood of Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Deister and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Merrill of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrad of Kokomo; Mr. and Mrs., John Kayser of Wabash; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gingrich of So. Bend. A. W. Emerson and two daughters went to Marion, Friday, returning Sunday. Mrs. Emerson’s mother remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Becker and children of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. Ike Mellinger were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger, Sunday. Mrs. Cleeder closed her lake home last week and returned to Marion. Mr. and Mrs. George Mullen, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Fred Hipskind last week, left Tuesday for their home in’Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Hipskind plan to spend this week end in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Heil and son Ralph and Miss Florence Werrit from South Bend were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Wandel, Sunday. 0 Mrs. Lydia Deardorff spent Monday in-Goshen with her daughter, Mrs. Ben Julier.

COTTAGE IS ROBBED OF FURNITURE SSO Reward Offered by Bartlett, Man Robbed. Property Valued at not, less than .8200 was stolen this week from the Gates Ajar cottage, located near the Wawasee Slip, the property of Thos. Bartlett, 1701 South Main street, Goshen. The theft was discovered last week by a son of Bartlett, who with friends came from Goshen to have a wiener roast, - Investigation made Friday by Sheriff Harley D. Person showed that entrance was gained by breaking in the back door of the cottage which resulted in the thief, or thiev-. es, taking away an entire truck-load of furnishings. - Among. articles discovered missing were: One double bed, with bedding: bedding from three other beds; one dressing table; one vanity table; one chest of drawers; one Elko Twin outboard motor; all linen in. the cottage; 100 Victrola records; ice trays to the electric refrigerator and one bathing suit. Mr. Bartlett has offered §SO reward for information leading to the . arrest, and conviction of the thief or thieves who broke into his cottage. / —o)-4--—-( SENIORS’ PLAY WILL BE ON OCTOBER 28 The Senior class play, StepHusband,” a three-act comedy is to be presented in the High school, Friday evening, Oct. 28. In the cast of characters are: Harriet Bachman, as Mary Marshall, an incurable romanticist'; JJV Kindig, as her husband; Joe Freeman Dr. Niles, her husbarjd pro-tewif BettyWard as Sylvia, her friend; Isabelle Boose as her Aunt -Eminy; Bessie Byrd as her cousin; Gertrude Fleming as her maid; Wayne Fisher as » dn ex-convict; Maurice Lung as the cop. P . As the story,goes, Mary had! a habit of spuming “whoppers” and one of these was the one that her ; husband was wallowing in luxury, even to the point of keeping a butler. This story her well-to-do aunt hears and pays her an unexpected visit. So Mary has borrow, house fur- ‘ nishings to hide signs of poverty, press her husband into service as butler, as aunty has never met him; find a stranger to, serve as husband.N Her maneuvers almost land poor ' husband in jail. The tough but sentimental jail-bird, a comic maid and a policeman help the fun along. Its promised the play is to be one prolonged laugh, L _ o—■—'—-——, RENTFROW WILL IS SET ASIDE BY JURY l After a three days trial, in circuit court in Warsaw, yesterday afternoon, the jury returned a verdict in favoY of Emma Rentfrow, widow of Warren E. Rentfrow, who con-, tested his will, and the will was set aside. During the trial is was brought out that the will made in December 16, 1930, did not mention the name of the widow. Mr. Rentfrow died Jan. 2, 1931. Mrs. Reintfrow alleged her /husband was of unsbund mind when the will was made, and was unduly influenced. The heirs in the will are Milton Rentfrow-, a brother, and Amanda Deeter, a sister, and fiieces and nephews. Sol Miller of tht will. The estate was vauled at SIO,OOO. Among the witnesses called from Syracuse for the trial this week were: Charles W. Howard, Lena Bauer, Ora Vorhis, Jedda Vorhis, Nita Kline, Mary Hamp, Glen Deeter, Ada Crow, Charles C. Crow, Amanda Rentfrow-, Dr. C. R. Hoy, C. E. Brady, Sol Miller Phyllis Auer Marjorie Connolly Silas Bauer, Lena McDow’ell, Mary Weeks, Ethel Cory, C. J. Kline and Harve Cory. 0 LAST MINUTE NEWS. Funeral services for William Butt, who died last night will be held Saturday afternoon from the home of Mrs. Walter ‘Kegg, with Rev Armstrong officiating. Burial will be in Syracuse. The body will be at Mr. Butt’s home until Saturday noon.

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