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The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Income Tax

The revenue act Of 1924 provides
that losses. not compensated for by
insurance or otherwise are deduct
ible If incurred in trade or business,
in any transaction entered into for
profit though not connected with the
taxpayers trade or business or If
arising from fires. storms, ship
wreck, or other casualty, or from
theft"
Losses connected with the pur-
chase and sale Of merchandise are
ascertained by means of inventories,
which are required whenever in the
opinion of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue, their use is neces-
sary in order clearly to determine
the income of any taxpayer.
A manufacturer may be compelled
to scrap machinery because 1t has
become inadequate. He may deduct
the loss sustained IL he has sold or
otherwise permanently abandoned
the old machinery.
If a taxpayer demolishes a build
ing used in his trade or business and
replaces it, he may deduct the loss
sustained. But If he acquires as the
site of new building. land upon
which is located an old building, dem
olition of the old building is not con-
sidered loss, therefore not deduct
ible.
Losses connected with transactions
entered into for profit" not con
nected with the taxpayers trade or
business must conform closely to the
wording Of the statute to be allowed.
For example. lawyer may purchase
an apartment with the object Of de-
riving an income from the rental.
A physician buys shares OF stock on
which he hopes to make g profit.
Both sustain losses upon subse-
qaent sale which are deductible, But
if either should sell his residence,
which at the time of purchase was
bought without the inteltion Of re-
Sale, the loss, if any, is hot deducti-
BILE, because 1t was not a transaction
entered into for profit. Similarly.
loss connected with the sale Of an
automobile bought for pleasure Or
convenience OF the taxpayer can not
be QeQu ctedszt 49, i .sss " =ss \
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

RIGHT HERE
IN INDIAN
P,y CAyT0RD MET, CON
BY GAYLORD NELSON
Home Rule

REPRESENTATIVE FRENCH
Xxi CLEMENTS of Evansville
will introduce joint resolu-
tion this week providing for larger
measure of home rule for Indiana
cities.
May it soon become a reality! The
present system, whereby city coun-
ellis can't wink their eyes without a
State law, doesn't promote admins
trative efficiency.
Recently the Legislature wrestled
with the question of salary increases
for fire and police chiefs of Indian
apolis. BY what stretch of the
imagination does that question affect
the peace and dignity of the State
of Indiana?
This week it is expected a bill will
be introduced making the two-pla-
too1 system for firemen optional in
cities Of the fourth class. 1t is now
compulsory. What difference does
it make to the State how such cities
organize their fire departments?
The people OF community
through the city council-can deal
with such purely local problems
more effectively than Joviars with
cloud-encircled brows perched in the
Statehouse.
Yet now the bulky State law-mak-
ing machinery and one hundred and
fifty men must do what half-dozen
city couneilmen could do in five min
utes.
Municipal home rule would relieve
the Legislature Of the flood of local
measures. 1t would remove from
city affairs the old curse of absentee
landlor1ism--and would effectively
black one eye of paternalism.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

Name the members OF the school
board2
Charles r. Yoke, president; Chas.
L. Barry, Fred Bates johnson,
Adolph Emhardt, DR.. Marie Haslep.
Have any bonus certificates
been sent out yet? How many
have been received in the Vet
Grams Bureau? How many are
being sent out each day and how
many are received each day?
Approximately 100000 bonus GER
tif1cates have been sent out to
World War veterans and about l.
100000 applications have been re-
ceived. About 10000 certificates are
being mailed out daily. and 9,7O0 APP
plications are being received daily.
Did Anatole France leave much
Of a fortune and how was it
willed?
Press reports say that he left over
one million at present exchange
rates. amassed solely through his
books. Half his estate goes to his
widow and half to his grandson. He
left nothing to charity.
Who was the breeder of Lad
die Boy" the dog owned by the
late President Harding?
Marshall sheppy. s41, w. Wood
ruff Ave-. Toledo, Ohio.
Who was Bloody Mary" and
why was she SO called?
She was Queen Mary Of England,
daughter OF Henry VIII, and elder
half sister Of Queen Elizabeth. She
was SO called on account of the per-
secutions carried on by her against
the Protestants Of the time.
How are Postoffice inspectors
appointed?
From men already in the postal
service. Civil Service examinations
for this position are given to postal
employees upon the request OF the
Postmaster General.
What is the longest railway in
the world?
The Trans-Siberian Railway, Is
has 6,4Sb miles Of single line main
track. The line is from Leningrad
to Vladivost0ck.
What is The area Of the Sahara
Desert?
1t is estimated at over three and
ons-half million square miles.
Was there ever Secretary of
the Navy killed on a war ship?
Yes. Or Feb. 2s, 1874, Thomas
Walker Gillner was killed on. the II.
5. 8: Rrtaceton Ia the pot6rnac
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

An attractive costume for. a cold
night is a bunch Of blankets thrown
over a bed and tucked in.
The United Ststes has about $4,000
miles Of concrete road, but 1t seldom
reaches to where you are going.
Even though New Orleans is rated
our second largest port 1t Is not a
second-rate port.
Just to prove that the world i'm
proves, men of the fifteenth century
wore rings on their thumbs.
Every State has a college Of phar-
macy. which teaches more than put
ting oil of Juniper IN alcohol.
Feeding your goldfish on metal
polish win not improve their com
plexion. &
An atom is so small 1t cannot be
measured, and more than likely
thinks germs are elephants.
The United States has more than
15,000,000 telephones, ard enough
wrong numbers to last for years.
Most of the new spring styles will
have very simple figures except on
their price tags.
The Government spends more than
ten millions yearly or about $40 per
bootlegger, to enforce prohibition.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
L0Ue
BY HAL COCHRAN

by HAL COC6fAN
I often have wondered; do folks
really know what love, in its full
measure, means. It's something
that comes to us all here below, in
our youth, in our age, in our teens.
The love OF our kin is just born IN
the soul; love that there's nothing
can sever. It's naturally and deep
hearted and whole, and something
that lives on forever.
But what of,the love that we give
fellow men? IT'S friendship that
leads us to find it. It comes to us
over and over again. There must be
real reason behind 1t.
Faith is the thing, when you add
it to trust. When other men have
that in you, their friendship Is some
thing immune from the rust that
gathers when friendships not true.
A man who is. for you, in good
luck or bad. and blots out your
sorrow time scenes. is likely the
answer to feelings you've had-what
fellow-man love really means.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Courtship

| ~ ADAL PLovAN, a musician
of Hammond, wooed ardently,
- extensively. and, alas! un-
successfully. The parents of the
damsel intervened and prevented the
marriage.
The other day he sued them to re-
covery $4,000. which he alleges he
spent in counting their daughter.
Perhaps he's musician, but he pro-
poses to thrum a discord on that
family's bocketbook nerves.
If he is successful his action may
pave the way for more effective pro-
lection Of frustrated Romeos in the
future. Present game laws don't
apply to them.
At best Romeo embarks on a pre-
carious career when he goes a.
wooing. He alienates his masculine
friends, spends time prodigally,
and endures large emotional and
financial drain, on a blind gamble.
Even IL he wins he may lose.
Something is needed to stabilize
the trade. Perhaps 1t will help If a
court holds that Romeo, who has
been squashed by maiden or her
family can recover from them his
actual expenditures. 7~
A gill wouldn't dare lightly to dis
miss a methodical wooer who carried
a memorandum book in which he
entered; flowers $1.50, candy $1.O0,
car fare 7c." That would be a re-
minder that she might have to pay
the bill.
The suit opens a field OF interest
ing possibilities. However, courtship
probably win continue uneconomic
and inefficient. A peck Of moonlight
outweighs all the gravity OF the
Supreme oCurt.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

and steam-roller tao
tics, would snort at
that legislative frin.
These be degenerate
daysl
Probably in dis
tricts where rug
ged virtues are stil1.
worshipped-- where
Adams apples, bold
and unafraid, pro-
strude above collar
less shirt and
men chew their to-
bacco with master
full conviction-the
-
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
CITY MANAGER
To the Editor Of The Times

TO the Editor Of The Times
T would like to express my
4 thoughts in regard to putting
. our city on a business basis.
| agree with you on your past
articles that were in your papers as
to what city government should be
like.
I think this city should have a
business manager for several rea-
sons of my own. 1 also think the
people Of this city will agree with
me on my subject.
First, 1t would cut down a lot of
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
No Place for a Poor Man

The costs Of being elected to pub
lie office have multiplied tremen-
dously, and it takes the wealth of a
wealthy man to make an effective
campaign A poor man must put
himself in the hands of wealthy men
or moneyed Influences in order to
make a thorough campaign-- Sen
ator Walsh. Dem.). Massachusetts.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Hard Fought Liberty

1t is strange. but It is true that
almost every step which has been
taken toward human liberty. ap-
parentIy the natural state OF man
has been taken upon and over the
pulseless forms Of battle~slain dead,
and blood-stained flags are almost
the only symbols that signal across
the ages the accomplishment Of fun
damentaI governmental things TO
this latter our Constitution was the
greatest and most notable excep
ton, War. indeed, opened the way
for its creation and acceptance but
It Itself came into being through cr.
derly ard peaceful processe =
pas ravoautian o peANe eH
resensa tive <fFsft (pe 1e
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
A PIace for the IStrong

I never found more highly de-
veloped civilization in all my rounds
than we found in the Territory Of
Alaska Strong men, courageous.
intelligent, honest, and struggling
there in that ungentle climate for a
livelihood. Noble women, with
their children around them, trying
to make homes in Alaska They
say that the tinfid never start to
Alaska and that the weak die on the
way, and I am inclined to believe
that is true.-Representative Rankin
.Dem.). Mississippi.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Telling 1t
to Congress
As It Was to Bel

The original design was to make
Washington as distinguished from
all other capitals Of Government in
the world purely a seat of Govern
ment, where the business Of the Gov
ernment would be transacted. 1t
was provided that instead Of having
lot of ramshackle buildings be-
tween the Capitol and the White
House. there should be nothing but
official buildings. - Representative
Wood Rep.), Indiana.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
CooperaHv@

1t has been the departments view
that the best remedy for the market
ing evils lies in the extension Of
cooperative marketing and in the
better organization of the distribu-
tors at the terminal markets Re
port of the Secretary Of Commerce
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
The Safeguard

From the days when Lincoln in
this House opposed President Polk
and the Mexican War during the
wars progress down to the days
WREN, as President, he led the fight
against human slavery, Independent
thinking and uncontrolled legisla-
ton have been the best safeguards
of human rights.-Representative
Frear RepA. Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Hostess

TT RS. MAX G. MURRAY has
IMl been selected for the post of
G hostess in the Indiana House
of representatives. This is the first
appointment of the kind in House
history.
How Uncle Joe Cannon, and other
exponents of wicked he-man politics
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
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tial--EditOr
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03
Tom Sims Says

An attractive costume for cold
night is bunch of blankets thrown
over a bed and tucked In.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

y ADAL PLOVAN, a musician
of Hammond, wooed ardently,
- extensively. and, alas! un-
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-03

|" HE school building at Clarks-
Ill burg-a suburb of Jefferson
@J ville-burned Saturday night
Will, q l0oo - con 0n0 TS1,1 4ox.... L :
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
Soy Bean Oilmeal Is an
Excellent Poultry Feed

Tests at the Indiana experiment
station covering four years and In
volving 900 single-comb White Leg
horns and Barred Rocks proved soy
bean oil meal equal to tankage or
meat scraps for laying hens. Mineral
matter must be added to the soy-bean
oil meal. however, to make up that de-
nciency.
The Purdue standard basal ration
was used In the tests. II consists of
grain, 100 pounds OF corn, 100 pounds
Of wheat, 80 pounds Of oats and mash.
30 pounds Of bran and 80 pounds Of
middlings. To this was added 80
pounds Of tankage or 85 pounds OF
meat scraps or 45 pounds OF soy-bean
oil meal plus 10 per cent Of minerals
or 475 pounds OF whole soy beans
plus 10 per cent OF minerals.
The mineral mixture consisted Of %
pounds OF steamed bonemeal. "a
pounds OF finely ground limestone and
10 pounds OF salt. The addition Of
mineral matter ls necessary to pre-
vent a great growth Of fat.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture considers soy-bean oil
meal an excellent feed for growth and
egg production
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
Sanfs Life

BY J. A. wALDRON

IT Tradition advises that q scarcif,
= Of men may always be expected a
summer hotels. And feminine expert
ence must verify tradition. for who
does not know that women at leisure
find Irritation a vocation7
But wherever men are lacking and
women are Idle and must fan back
upon their sex. they are lmpulsed to
form friendships with one another, or
atieast TO get together In association
that passes for friendship. And some
times friendships formed by women 10
strange places survive social and other
differences that would be fatal al
home.
AT the Hotel DeImar the breakfast
hour on a certain sultry morning DIS
closed some twoscore women with but
three or four men. Some OF the won
en- we're dressed for tennis. others for
golf. several for other outdoor exer.
else, and but few had that purp6seIess
aspect that sheer laziness gives.
One very pretty young woman. upon
whom the eyes Of others 10 her vi.
entity turned with admiration or envy.
according to the ages OF the gazers,
for her sartorial style supplemented
natures endowment. was oblivious TO
all about her AS she daintily nego-
tiated her breakfast she apparently
found Joy in a letter which she read
and read again. And as she rose from
the table she held the letter open as
though II had not exhausted her In
terest, strolled out upon a piazza and
settled comfortably In a chair.
Another woman. older but still at
-ractlve and elegant In dress. had re-
yarded the young woman with q pc
.uliaF interest. and. following her.
ook a chair near enough to indulge
her impulse to become acquainted
They fell into conversation without
anything whatever OF each
'ther. But In such circumstances
lames mean nothing. and formallty Is
gnored.
II suppose you are alone. as I am"
aid the elder woman with a smile.
For the moment yes. / expect
ONE one this afternoon"
II had hoped" said the elder with
sigh. that we might get acquainted,
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
Crowding During Winter
Is Harmful to Poultry

Quite number Of farm poultry
raisers make the error Of housing too
many hens and pullets together dur
ing cold weather. Hens viii lay as
well II yarded and well cared for as II
on free range. But they dare not be
crowded when they are confined.
If the hens are being fed and forced
for egg yield alone. we must get them
into winter quarters IN their pens
early IN the fan and keep them there
without changing them about. Intro
ducing new hens Into the flock Of lay
Ing birds always causes more or less
eonfnsIon. and this helps In decreas-
ing the number Of eggs laid.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12
POULTRY
FA
PATTERNED POULTRY
\ BEST FOR MARKET

II Is well known that during the fan
months there Is relatively little fresh
killed young poultry on the market,
because the season for brollers has
passed and the great bulk Of the roast
ers has not yet reached The market.
Therefore. prices Tot welI.fattened
young STOCK are excellent.
Farmers and Commercial poultry
men should never think OF disposing
OF their market poultry In an unfat-
tened condition, says the Department
OF Agriculture. This rs true whether
the birds are sold live or dressed, and
Is apparent since much better prices
are paid for well fattened stock than
where the stock is taken directly on
the range. Farmers throughout the
country lose many thousands Of dollars
through not properly fattening their
stock The birds to be fattened should
either be placed In boxes, stalls, open
pens or In fattenlng crates where they
are kept for a period Of two or three
weeks. The size of the birds Is an Inn
portant factor, because a bird that
weighs from three to four pounds usu-
ally fattens more readily than the
smaller bird. The larger the bird when
the fattening period starts. the short
er the time required for fattening. A
three-pound bird can be fattened quite
well In three weeks, whereas a bird
weighing four pounds when put In the
fattening crate. could probably be fat
tened in about two weeks.
Birds are best fattened on mOis-
tened ground grains. Several good fat
tenlng rations have been used, one OF |
which Is as follows; Equal parts, by
weight, OF cornmeal. ground buck
wheat and middIings. Another good
fattening ration is composed Of two i
parts cornmeal. one part crushed oats
and one part middlings. A variety OF
grains Is good thing, although corn
meal Is particularly valuable for fat
tenfng purposes. Whatever fattenlng
mixture Is used, It certainly should be
moIstened with sour skim milk, using
enough milk TO make the mash Into
thin batter which VIII run out Of the
pail when the birds are being fed. MIX
not only improves the palatabfity OF
the mash. which induces greater con-
sumption, but II also improves the
quality Of the flesh. 1t should be used
whenever possible. for 1t not only has
good fattening properties but also
tends to keep the birds in good health.
When the birds are properly fattened
they should each gain about one pound
in weight; therefore, there is not only
a larger bird for market but the price
per pound Will be considerably higher
than where the birds are not fattened.
There is no excuse, therefore, for not
fattening cockerels and culled pullets,
and this year It should be done early
because OF the increase In grain prices.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

and perhaps be companionable.
know no one here. and one 80 seldom
dnds congeniality
"We can be friends just the same"
said the younger. THE one l expect
Is to remain but day OF so. He will
return later. l am to be married
soOn," she added, blushing.
"Ahl II Is strange I am 30 Inn
pressed by you'll And as you have
confided a secret suppose It Is a
Iecret--I shall tell you something Of
nyseIf." They drew their chairs
closer. 81 am here to forget--or try
to forget-an unhappy episode In my
life"
ssI suppose we must all have unhap-
pIness some time. Fortunately have
escaped II, and shall not anticipate It."
There may be persons who never
know It. hope 1t may pass you by
"You are stlll young, and think
you are OF q buoyant spirit" said the
younger woman with an approving
glance. -What episode In life can
prevail over the VIII to seek happi-
nessf"
ssTrue as to some things But with
the affections and a life that has
seemed settled yet Il broken 1t Is diff
ferent."
aYou have been disappointed In
lover The tone was one Of pity.
~Yes. Or in marriage. Sometimes
Il means the same thing. Sometimes
love and marriage have no Intimate
relation. You feel for me- That
proves you are In love"
-Ahi" The younger woman's ex-
preston was an eloquent Affirmative
Then listen, When you are mar
rled. cherish the love Of the man who
loves you. Never be careless OF It.
Some women do not realize upon their
opportunities. may have been care
lesn. / may have thought that what
seemed settled would never be dis
turbed. My husband drifted away
from me. / may have assumed too
much. But could not stand rivalry.
I divorced him. and he never moveV
TO defend himself Surely that was
q confessional"
The younger woman was disturbed.
but her will to friendship was not at
eected. She took the others hand
aNo woman who loves a man can ex-
cuae rivalry she said. Then she
rave a little cry. and rose. HE has
come on an earlier train, AZ felt
sure he wouIdl" And with a happy
cutter she started TO meet a well
groonea man Of about forty who with
ouick. nervous steps entered the piazza
with = searching glance
Thessnnile as he approached left him
wheu he recognized the elder woman.
VINO rrumpled Ia heg cbeAr IL falnt
fcnpxFsena.s
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

All the little people for whom the
tree blooms and bears Will be delight
ed with toys and ornaments made
from crepe paper printed with figures
of children Ornaments. like those
pictured, are made by pasting the pa
per to cardboard and cutting the fg-
ures out. A bonbon wrapped In paper
IL tied to each one OF them with baby
ribbon, which also serves to hang
them on the tree.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

Gay little beauty doctors are these
up-to-date powder puffs. and ideal
Christmas gifts. By means of water
color paints narrow ribbons, -laces
and tiny flowers, ordinary powder
.puffs are transformed into these
whimsical affairs that portray saucy
flappers or demure maids. One side
OF the pun is decorated while the
other makes Itself useful.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-11-12

II never occurs to Santa Claus to
leave pretty ribbon fancies out OF his
head at Christmas time-he merely
varies them little each year Herr
are garters made OF rit bon shirred
over fiat eiHsttcs and trimmed with
lace ruffies set with ribbon flowers. A
corsage flower Of folded ribbon, set
gerie blossom are also pictured
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-01
MOTHER LOVE RACES
DEATH TO YOUNG SON

TULSA, Dec. 1.--OP)--Mother love
is racing with the death angel over
the rails Of the Santa Fe Railroad be-
tween Award. Oklahoma and Los An
gcles.
Mrs. Alexander II. Kerr Of this city,
in a long distance telephone conversa-
ton with authorities of Los Angeles
hospital. late Monday was told that
her youngest son. Billie. age 10. lay
ut the point of death through acute
appendicitis and that there was one
chance in 100 TO save him by an oper-
alton. She sanctioned the operation
and an hour later. aboard special
Frisco train, she left for Award, 1Sl
miles away, to meet the Missionary,
crnck Santa Re express to Los An
Eeles.
: She will arrive in the California city
Wednesday night. She will be KEEP
posted en- route MS TO her sons con
tlition.