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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
RUSHING BRIDGE
APPROACHES

TT RANK G. LINGENFEI,.
Z TER. city engineer, an
ls---J nounced Thursday that
completion of tho approaches
to the Delaware st. bridge over
Fall Creek viii be rushed. He
hopes to have them finished be-
fore winter.
That's good news to north side
motorists and bus patrons who
have fractured store teeth, reIig-
ion and spinal columns in trying
to get on and off that bridge. But
they will DO skeptica.
Those approaches have been
rushed for almost u year, accord
ing to official announcements.
without arriving. one thing and
another prevented their passing
the conversation stage. Mean
while, bridge users give life-like
limitations Of Eliza crossing the
ice or Hannibal crossing the Alps.
Last winter the Delaware st.
bridge was completed and opened
with speeches, music and eclat.
The presence Of heavy municipal
dignitaries made the event a civic
triumph Of sorts. After which the
structure was left for months in
lonely majesty with a morass at
each end.
Apparently it did not occur TO
municipal officials until long after
the opening that a bridge needs
Observation-Disclosures it is o. mere
civic vanity, an empty artistic and
engineering triumph
No postgraduate seer was re.
Quired to foretell, when the Della.
ware bridge project was started,
that ultimately approaches would
be needed. That was self evident.
And IL wouldn't have taken super
human ability TO have planned the
improvement so completion Of
bridge and approaches would have
conceded. sl&7
Perhaps it would have been
contrary to Hoyle and tradition to
have rushed all parts of the work
at once. At least it's the habit
Of Indianapolis street Improve
ments to stretch out interminably.
They are like long freight trains.
The engine puffs past amid cheers,
then a year later the caboose rat
ties round the bend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

would have been to blame?
Perhaps the law prescribing a
minimum age limit for drivers
may be foolish. Some children of
Il and 10 are more expert in
handling a machine than some
adults. Still the Legislature fixed
the limit at 16 after mature de-
liberation, in the belief such limit
would promote highway safety.
Foolish or wise that's the law
and it deserves the same obedience
and respect as any other statute.
Boys Of IA or Is rarely own
motor cars. It is only by permits
sion Of parents or complaisant
elders that they violate the law
Can such parents or an orphans
home expect to teach their chill
dren respect for law when, with
their consent, their children break
a law?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
BY David Dietz
NEA Service Writer


TT HE pioneers on the last
frontier are not only engaged
- in finding out much that is
new but frequently in disproving old
ideas as well.
Another old idea that has just
been punctured is the belief that the
Indian population of America Is
rapidly dying out.
DR.. Edgar L. Hewitt, director of
the School for American Research,
has just finished a survey of the
Pueblo and other Indiana popula-
tons of New Mexico.
He finds that the population of
the Pueblo villages has increased
22.2 per cent in the last ten years.
1t now totals 1866.
Only one village showed a de
crease in population in the past ten
years and that was as the result of
an influenza epidemic.
Dr. Hewett also finds that a num-
Der of communicable diseases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
Death of Sir Adam Beck

patron of commemorate philallthro-
pies.
But early in life Adam Beck
dreamed a dream. 1t gripped him
Its vast possibilities, it's crusading
call, inspired him. He consecrated
himself to its accomplishment.
And, gradually, the great hydro
electric power project, built on the
principle Of public ownership and
operation, came into being-and
grew. There was need of visioned
leadership. There was need of or
ganizing skill. There was need of
amazing capacity for hard work
There was need of .ndomitable
courage. There was need Of ruth.
less lighting qualities. l'tere was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
SCIENTISTS FIND THAT INDIAN
POPULATION IS ON INCREASE

thought to be prevalent among the
Indians are no more so than among
the white races.
He also finds that the dances and
other ceremonials are not on the
wane but are undergoing a revival.
In the cases where certain features
.of these dances were objectionable
in the past, he says that the Indians
are willingly agreeing to modifica-
tons suggested to them by govern
ment officials.
T~ HE day when the average
| citizen viii own his own air.
IL plane as he does his own auto
today is apparently drawing closer.
A club has just been formed in
London known as the London Aero
Club. Its membership is composed
of citizens who want to learn how
to fly their own planes.
Two members of parliament are
included in the club.
m ROFESSOR ACHARD Of the
IL French Academy of Medicine
IL has just completed an in
vestigation of the consumption Of
alcohol in France.
In 1918, when there were war re-
strictions stin in force. the consump.
ton was 100000 gallons.
In 1924 the con sumption was o.
100000 gallons.
Professor Achard says that the
consumption Of alcohol is rapidly in
creasing among the women of
France.
This is due, ne says, Ito the gen
eral tendency of the female to imi-
tate the male, other aspects of the
phenomenon being the boyish bob.
the masculine cut of clothing and
the readiness with which women
take to cigarets."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
COURTESY
TO TOURISTS

1OBEttL =. INt1OADSs pItSl-
X dent of the Hoosier Motor
Club, in a recent statement.
protests illegal searches Of auto
mobiles on the highways by
sheriffs, deputies, constables and
other officers trailing rum. The
club offers 10 prosecute test case
to curb such activities.
Indiana is losing millions of
dollars annually because tourists
hesitate TO enter the state for fear
of illegal search and humiliation,
says the statement.
Courtesy to tourists is urged by
public and civic agencies. Ways
and means to advertise Indiana
and encourage outsiders to visit
the State and linger a while are
being discussed.
We beckon them with one hand,
rifle their pockets, automobiles
and luggage with the other-while
shifting their breath-searching
for contraband liquor. That's
courtesy with trimmings.
OF course, search Of out-ofSta
automobiles without warrant, au-
thorlty or reason is rough on the
tourists But they can escape such
indignities. They can-and do
keep out of the State.
The real sufferers from Off
cious dry enforcement, that stops
and searches automobiles and
tramples through private homes
at the whim of petty officers, are
the citizens Of Indiana who have
TO live with that sort Of thing all
the time. IIoosiers need worry less
about the discourtesy Of such
searches to tourists than Of the
invasion Of their own sacred,
private rights
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

a T t er supplies.
The driver Of the
car. and none OF
his companions,
was Of legal driv-
ing age or pos
sessed a permit
to operate a
motor vehicle.
Just n bunch
Of children oper-
ating an automo-
bile on the high
ways, with the
G o n n iva nee Of
their responsible
guardians, o n
trary to State
law. If they had
been killed in the
accident w h o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
(From The Toronto Globe

IN HE greatest Of us-if great
ness means worth, capacity,
GJ vision, initiative, tireless en-
ergy, creative enthusiasm and en-
during public SERVICES gone.
: Adam Beck needs neither eulo-
GUM nor memorial in marble. His
epitaph is writ in deeds" His mon
ument is on the highways and in
the homes.
He was blessed with a generous
share Of this worlds goods. He had
social position He was a spol u
man. Life logically might have led
him along easy and pleasant lines
2. gentleman 'dabbler in politics,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
CHILDREN
AS DRIVERS

Tive boys, from an orphans
r home near louisville Qnd0
- narrowly escaped death the
other day when the automobile
containing them was wrecked by
a railroad train at a grade cross
ing.
They had been sent, in one of
the institution machine, to town
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

What is the derivation and mean
ing of the name Elsie?
The name means mirthful. 1t is
from the Welsh.
Does one have to pay a duty on
second hand clothing sent to Ger
many?
There is a duty on second hand
clothing at the same rates that are
applied to new clothing. The only
exception is for goods sent to some
charitable Institution in Germany
for distribution by that organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
Tom Sims Says

The leaves are turning on the
trees; the moon looks like a piece
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
APPEALS FOR
GLEN ENCY

IT1HE State board Of pardons
has received Ill petitions
- for clemency this month
from prisoners in Indiana penal
Institutions. This is only an aver
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

INDIANAPOLIS sheiks are alarmed by
the rerort that Arabs in Palestine have quit
smoking.
THE stage-stricken young man of the fu-
ture will be advised to start his training in
Kentucky caves
MAYOR SHANK lost the solid hay-fever
vote for his future political operations when
he trimmed the appropriation for weed cutting.
A FORTUNE awaits the inventor who dis
covers use for worn out safety razor blades.
Any top of a medicine cabinet will produce
plenty for experimentation purposes
INDIANAPOLIS budgetng is transacted
on the sliding scale The boys in the mines !"
set their totals impossibly high and their su-
periors, with dramatic flourish, WELD the prun-
ing knives.
YEWKANT fourishes in Ohio as well as
Indiana. State Senator George H. Bender, who
said he could name 500 places in Cleveland
where liquor could be obtained has been ar
rested because he refused to point them out to
prohibition officers. Every man policeman,
say Yewkantists
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

Mary had a little
lamb, which al
ways got into n
jam, about which
nobody gives a
dern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
a Courageous Stand

TT1REDERICK E. SCHORTEAIEIER, Secre-
III tary Of State, took courageous step
when he instructed State highway policemen to
confne their law enforcement efforts to the di-
rection Of traffic, their only function under the
law.
The statement of Schortemeier followed
complaints by the Hoosier Motor Club that
tourists were avoiding Indiana through fear of
having their automobiles searched for liquor.
Of course, Schortemeier will be criticised
by some on the ground that he is opposing pro-
hibition. AS a matter of fact, he simply is try
ing to enforce the law
1t takes courage to follow the law in In
diana nowadays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

49, =
fall poetry.
Blankets a + e
high, and coal is
too, if winter does
come, oh What'll
we do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12

Twinkle. twinkle,
little eyes, look
ing thoughtful and
so wise, like a
couple of mince
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-12
Liberty Iss All
Bottled Up
Editor Times:

zNE3I1'a NIT
T. der Bresi-
dent back
by der Vite
Houses und der
Yilber, Mitchell
und Owsley bat
ties royal, dings
bin m @ ofin g
along und bin
gotten V ar nier
und hotter eff
ferry day. Der
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
New Dover Opera House

Friday and Saturday - Everybody
has come to think of Tom Mix as an
actor in Western stories. Which is a
natural enough conclusion, for he has
been doing them rather consistently.
His experience particularly fits him
for cowboy roles. But most people
would take with a grain of salt the
statement that the William Fox star
can play the part of a tragdian. There
is sufficient proof that he can put
across comedy with rOllicking air all
his own. 1t remains then for him to
express convincingly the deeper emo
tiOns on the screen; which he does in
Zane Grey's "The Last of the Duanes"
Of course the entire picture is not a
tragedy, but there are moments when
the wellsprings of feeling are intense
ly touched. One of the strongest sit
uations ensues when Tom finds a gun
with one cartridge exploded. He had
previously given it to the girl in the
tale for her protection, while he had
gone to seek a permanent shelter for
her. At sight of the empty shell, he
recalls her words, "I'll never let them
take me alive" Here is tragedy
stark, creeping, immineent-and Ton
Mix portrays the scene with all the
human reality of man who has lost
his dearest possession. Those who SEE
"The Last of the Duanes' will be able
to give testimony that the Fox sta
has added another laurel to his dra
matte crown Does Tom find the CIR
alive Well, it's all in the story ant
the finish is too good to spoil by re
vealing it now. But here's something
to remember-the delectable Marial
Nixon is the girl.
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
WILL CLOSE SUMMIT BRIDGE
Traffic Across Canal at Summit Bridge
to be Shut of Soon

Notification was made to Levy Court
last Tuesday by the State Highway
Department that the reconstruction
work now under way by the govern
ment on the Chesapeake and Delaware
canal will probably require that the
present crossing at Summit Bridge be
removed about the middle of Septem-
Der, thus throwing highway traffic
crossing the canal to St. Georges and
Chesapeake City.
AS the date of completion of the
new bridge is not expected before Jan
uary /, 1926,this inconvenient state of
things will have to be put up with un-
til then at least, causing an increased
congestion at the two crossing points,
which are now crowded with traffic,
especially on week-ends and holidays.
Every Evening.
The above news item appeared in
Wednesdays Every Evening, and ow-
ing to the Importance of this bridge
and the heavy traffic that crosses it
daily its removal will cause a great
deal of inconvenience, not only to the
residents of that immediate section,
but likewise to a large number Of peo-
pie throughout the State.
Efforts will be made to prevent this
bridge being removed, and already
several meetings have been arranged
in different sections of lower New
Castle County to discuss this matter.
There has been a great deal of dis
cusson during the past few months
about the bridge being unsafe for
travel, due to the fact that the con-
tractors in excavating for the new
bridge had undermined the fOunda-
tions of the old one, and if this is true
the bridge should be closed, but it is
the general opinion that the bridge is
to be closed to enable the contractors
to make more rapid progress, and if
this be true the public should not be
put to the inconvenience Of driving tC
either st Georges or Chesapeake City
Md, to cross the canal.
Those in charge of this operation
should not lose sight of the fact thai
they are imposing a great hardship
and inconvenience on hundreds of peO
pie in closing this bridge.
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
Gbe Screen
At The Strand. Smyrna

Saturday-Anne Douglas Sedgwick's
novel, "The Little French Girl" the
present sensation in the world of lit
erature, comes to the Strand Theatre
next Saturday as a Paramount picture
that promises to be even more pOpu-
lar than the book. Herbert Brenon
directed the production, which fea-
lures Alice Joyce, Neil Hamilton,
Mary Brian and Esther Ralston. The
story is one of Alix Vervier, the little
French girl, whose mothers mode of
life makes a suitable marriage impOs-
sible for her in France. She goes to
the home of friends in England. How
she finally finds happiness despite the
past and differences in social stand
ards between the two countries makes
''The Little French Girl" high class
picture entertainment.
Monday Tuesday, Son of His
Father was the first Harold Bell
Wright novel ever to be serialized. 1t
ran in McCalPs Magazine circulation
2,250,000.) The public, which is turn
ing away from the gaudy fiapper to
the age-old ideal of wholesome Ameri-
can manhood and womanhood, will
find honest enjoyment and real re
freshment in "a Son of His Father"
Wednesday-Leatrice Joy and Ern
est Terrence are featured in "Tht
Dressmaker from Paris" Paul Ber
directed the production, which deal
with a little French girl, a messenge
in a modiste shop. She has ideas o
some day becoming a great designe
herself and, to further that ambition
enters a contest, the winner of whicl
is to study in the establishment of tn
foremost creator of fashions in Paris
Smyrna times., 1925-09-02
SOY BEAN GROWERS TO MEET
Four of Farms in Vicinity of Mary
land University to Show Methods

L our OF arms III lCiHlly Ol hdAy
land University to Show Methods
Soybean growers Of Maryland and
other nearby states, who are expected
to attend the sixth annual field meet
ing of the National Soybean Associa-
ton at the University of Maryland
tomorrow, September 3, will be made
acquainted with much valuable infOr-
nation that has been acquired by the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station, through various tests with
the sOybean crop.
The meeting, which will be a three
day event, is expected to bring large
delegations of growers and scientists
from the middle west where the organ
ization has its greatest strength
Growers of the crop in the east, how
ever, and particularly in Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia are being
urged to attend and take advantage
of the instructive program being
planned.
Meetings of the association are
scheduled for September l, 2 and 3.
The first meeting, September l, will
be held at the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture experiment farm
at Arlington, Va, where approximate
ly rs acres of sOybeans are under test.
On the following day, the growers will
visit the farm of Harvey S. Clay,
president of the Virginia Crop I'M
provement Association, near Mount
Vernon, where various sOybean dem
onstrations will be examined. Septem-
Der 3, the members of the Association
will visit College Park, Md. An all
day program has been arranged anc
addresses by DR.. A. F. Woods, presi.
dent of the University of Maryland
will be delivered to be followed b!
. talks on different phases on the soy
bean industry by L. j. SOmmer anC
John T. Smith, of Illinois; w. J. Dav
is, Georgia; V. V. Vestal, Indiana; E
J. Delwicke, Wisconsin; w. f. Ayers
Mississippi; and J. E. Barre, of tn
United States Department of Agri
culture.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-09-23

It takes Redwood Falls products to make
things 90 even in other cities-say for instance
Fairmont. Mrs. G. F. Luedtke, the woman VINO
put across the biggest annual convention OF
the Minnesota Federated Clubs has ever had
is none other than Redwood Falls former Eliza
beth Bissell. Of course woman OF Mrs
Luedtkes stamp would make things go under
any conditions and against any background but
we are Just bit inclined to think that because
of her wears of girlhood training spent in the
midst of the capable women of Redwood Falls
she was just little more capable than she
would have been had she always lived in Fair
mont. However, and then some, Mrs. Luedtke
did tremendous piece of work with poise and
charm which not only endeared her to the visit
ing women, but which increased the affection and
esteem in which her own townswomen held her
With Mrs. Luedtke at their head Fa1rmont wo-
men can do just anything in the wide world they
set ont to dove have a feeling the task they
performed last week was only sampie-sizeo
package of their ability.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-09-23

Down in Rock County the thirteen banks have
made an unanimous agreement that none Of them
shall in the future draw up documents of any
kind without making charge for it. That seems
right and proper to an innocent bystander. Every
bank devotes hours to the making out of papers
of one sort or another from the simplest affidav-
it to income tax reports, and in the majority Of
cases they get no financial recompense whatever.
1t seems fair that they should be paid. Incl
dentaly it is little hard to see why the bankers
have permitted themselves to be burdened with
these duties which distinctly belong to the at
torneys of their respective towns. In fact it is
quite evident that occasionally about the best
service banker can do for his client is to refer
him to attorney. This is the lawyers field of
labor and why should the banker cut in on it ?
However, if he does do the work, and his client
is satisfied with unprofessiona service, the point
of payment for such service seems we'll taken.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-09-23
FLAPPERS AND SUCH LIKE

A pprehension over the younger generation
~ which has replaced consideration of thu
4 tariff as a sidewalk subject, is based OF
a comparison of this generation with the pre-
cedng one. Without going into any discussion
of the conclusions reached, let us apply the
same comparison of the contemporary elder gen
Grafton with its predecessor.
Cast your mind back twenty-five years and
ponder what the community would have
though. of man who left his work to chase a
small pill around the pasture in hot sun.
That's what our elders do in 1925.
Consider what the deacon would have said
had your grandmother tripped into church
with bobbed hair peeking coyly out from her cute
little dice box hat.
Try and visualize the uproar if ma had skip
ped out just before dinner and returned with
the complete meal in tin cans, or if she had
scurried home from afternoon of uplifting
the poor in the Sixth Ward and raised halla-
ballo because the barber didn't shave her neck
satisfactorily.
Imagine pa belonging to lodge that in
cluded man who showed modern moving pic
lures to children, or who sold poison liquor to
youngsters.
If you can imagine all these impossible
things and survive, are sure you will agree
that what this country needs is someone to take
care of the fappers just rounding the tender
age of 20 and someone to keep eye on the
young sheiks of 60 who are beginning to look
like they won't amount to much-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-09-23

Charles B. Cheney writes in The Mime
apolis Journal that tax reduction is no idle dream
in Minnesota. The process is actually under way
with important results, shown in tabulation
made public by the state tax commission Inc
figures show that farmers of Minnesota are pay
ing less taxes this year than last year, in 70 OF
the 81 counties. The reduction is general and
for the state as whole it averages 10 per
cent tax saving According to the tax commits
sion tabulation, 46,540,492 acres of unplattea
land in the state paid average tax for 1928 OF
1871 cents an acre. The 1924 taxes, payable this
year, dropped to an average OF 7O.2 cents an
acre. In other words, the state wide tax reduc-
ton campaign saved farmers of Minnesota 3d.
676,698 in their tax bills this year, on the land
alone Adding the reductions on personal pro-
perty their saving compared with last year pro-
badly will amount to 100000. Tax commits
sion figures were made for the years 1917, 1919
1921, 1923 and 1924, and show the average tax
per acre paid in each county on unplatte lane
The figures are in cents and fractions Of cents,
per acre.