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j. n. Edwards, Police
man Extraordinary

TC7UPPOSE the burglar, slipping out Of
- your window with your silver in a bag,
met a policeman. Would the policeman wait
till you had entered a complaint at headquar-
ters9 You certainly hope not
A majority of the city supervisors in San
Francisco decided to let the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company have the electric power for
which the people had spent $50, 100000, instead
of distributing it directly to the people as the
Government s water power grant to the city
required.
First, however, the majority supervisors
wrote the Interior Department asking if it
would be all right to do this
Then, after few days, they got impatient
and went ahead and signed the contract
What will the Department of Interior do
about it?
Assistant Secretary John H. Edwards,
handling the matter, says he sees no need to
do anything There is no need Of ruling on
the legality of the contract he thinks, now
that it is signed He doesn't have to give or
withhold permission, because they didn't wait
for him to do so, he says. Of course, if some
one complains that the law is being violated
ah then watch him act
Meantime the power is being turned into
the private company's transmission lines. The
people are losing their power and their money
and every day decreases their chances of get
ting them back.
The Interior Department, in fact, has
ample power to act without waiting for some
citizen to complain. 1t is the government s
grant that is being violated AS an official of
the Government department. whose duty it is
to enforce the terms of that grant, Edwards
has more direct interest than any single
citizen of San Francisco could have
And he doesn't have to wait for any Of
fetal notification or protests, if he wants to do
his job.
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bids would only amount to Sl94.
A small item certainly to a body
that has the spending of millions
of dollars annually. Perhaps IT.
isn't worth saving.
However, the school board is
constantly bemoaning the de-
bilitated State Of the school
treasury. 1t is volubly and osten-
tatiously committed to rigorous
economy.
In order to provide funds for
needed new school buildings, main
tenance, salary and operating es-
Inmates are being pared to the
bone. Days have been spent go
ing over the plans for the new
Shortridge High School and sweat
ing inches off the dimensions of
it's rooms to reduce the cost of the
structure.
Under the circumstances, when
every dollar the board can lay its
hands on Is NEEDED to provide
adequate facilities for Indian
apolis school children, a saving of
1874 on the coal bill is not to bs
sneezed at.
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Campaign Promises
end the South Side

W1ILLIAM H. FREEMAN member OF the
wv board of public works, in discussing the
contention of the south side that it is receiv-
ing raw deal in the matter of public I'M
provements, stated this piece of wisdom:
GA campaign promise is not public ne
cessity'
To our way of thinking, campaign prom
Use is the most useless thing in the world so
far as the public is concerned.
Mr.. Freeman meant, we take it, that be-
cause candidate promises thing shall be
done is no reason to believe that there is
public necessity for doing that thing
Also, we might add, because a candidate
promises to do thing is no reason to believe
he will do it if elected.
Campaign promises rise up to haunt office
holders. There still remain a number of citi-
zens with the unreasonable idea that officials
should be held to their prediction promises.
Nothing could be further from the situa-
tion. Campaign promises are made for vote
getting purposes only. They should be forgot
ten Immediately after election. The successful
candidates forget them, so why shouldn t the
rest Of us.
For instance, Hon. Sam Lew Shank who
will continue for several months to be mayor
of our fair city, went into the then Democratic
wards Of the south side and told them that
"you folks down here haven't been getting a
square ue7l. By golly, we are going to see that
you get things just like the north side or
words to that effect.
And the south side elected Lew and the
north side voted against him.
Things went along more or less smoothly
for couple Of years. Meanwhile good part
of the south side had joined the Khan and Lew
refused to join. Then Lew decided to run for
Governor. The Khan couldn't see it and the
south side voted against Lew.
Score, election for Lew and one
against him.
Then Lew moved up on the north side. He
got himself a house in Golden Hill and pro-
ceeded on a movement to obtain a part of
Golden Hill for park purposes.
Then he started movement to obtain for
the city the Stoughton Fletcher white elephant
known as Laurel Hall In fact Lew, now that
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
.By GAYLORD NELSON

the bridge is under construction.
The old bridge has been totter-
ing on the brink of dissolution for
years-a menace to traffic. Be-
fore starting and during the
paving work, highway officials
knew the decrepit bridge would
have to be replaced by modern
structure.
If negotiations with the railroad
company were so easy why
weren't they started year ago?
Why did the highway commission
have to wait until all the rest of
the work on the road was done
before taking up the bridge
question? With a little foresight
the whole improvement project
could have been completed at the
same time.
AS it is State Rd. % has a fine
stretch Of paving and a detour.
And no road is better than its
detours.
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HIGHWAYS
AND BRIDGES

HE State highway commits
sion AND the 1. c. Railroad
have reached an agreement
to replace the old wooden bridge
over the railroads tracks on State
Rd. %, south Of Indianapolis. with
a modern concrete structure to
cost $4,000. Construction will
start at once.
Tho agreement between the
comm ission and the railroad was
reache after only three weeks of
negotiation. Which establishes &
record for speedy action, accord
ing to highway officials.
Pavement on State Rd. %, be-
tween Martinsville and Indianapo-
ns-in progress more than a year
was completed about a month
ago. With the completion of the
bridge it will be perfect stretch
Of highway.
But for several months there
will be q bumpy,- profanity-in-
spring detour on the route while
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TOO MANY
LAW ENFORCEMENT

TIRED C. CAUSE, former
r judge of the State Supreme
IL Court. at the annual meet
ing Of the Indiana Bar Association
Wednesday, condemned self-con-
stituted law enforcers and private
agencies engaged in apprehepding
violators of particular statutes.
at is the duty Of each citizen
to obey the law, but the duty of
enforcement is upon those regu-
larly chosen for that purpose by
methods prescribed by law" he
asserted. IF public officials do
not do their duty, then get those
who do"
We r, reached a condition in
this COUNTRY in which the regu-
larly constituted officials hardly
play speaking part in the drama
Of law enforcement. Swarms Of
private and volunteer agents fill
the picture
Each new law regulating ,condct
raises another crop of amateur
cops for its enforcement.
If a law is passed to prevent
cruelty to angleworms a society
Is formed for it's enforcement and
volunteer sleuths prowl abroad to
catch villains who crop the ears
and tails of angleworms or i'm
pale them on fish-hooks.
In Indiana horsethR detectives
abound to prevent the kidnapping
of Dobbin. State motor police
chase speeders. Volunteer vigi-
lantes are organized against bank
robbers. The Lords Day Alliance
patrols the lakes and streams to
harry Sunday fishermen. The
Anti-Saloon League yields an in
dustrious mop on damp spots. The
list might be extended Indefinitely.
OF course. the reason. for all
these special agencies, treading on
each others heels. Is the failure
Of the duly constituted authorities
to enforce all laws. But official
agencies can't enforce all laws
there are too many.
The Government can't. be ex-
pected to do everything from regu-
lating stellar traffic in the Milky
Way to weaving the babies with
out the help Of volunteer law en-
forcers.
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By Walter ID. Hickman

~ HERE is a dancer on the
variety stage by the name Of
- Grace Elder. She and her
girls go in for masculine i'm
PRESERVATION. doing the steps that
men generally 90.
Miss Elder and her girls appear
first dressed as male mites, evening
clothes and the like. They go in
for tap dancing with Miss Elder do
ing an impersonation of Eddie
Leonard that is the real goods. This
is no false alarm impression.
The thing that admire most in
Miss Elders act is the simplicity
and the ease with which the act is
mounted and presented. 1t looks
cool and so do the dancers. There
is lot of class in this act. A hot
weather delight.
Robinson and Pierce are present
ing something new in vaudeville
the sight Of a man quarreling with
his wife. Method Of delivery makes
this act popular.
Amateur Mite in London" ism {
as funny as 1t might be. 1t is full
Of hokum, but not the brand that
makes one howl. The operate trav-
esty is rather well done. Murray's
American Beauties turn out to be
trained dogs. Larry REILLY sings
Irish songs and tells Irish stories.
He goes over with ease. The movie
is Silent Pal"
At the Palace today and Saturday.
l. T. T.
Other theaters today offer: Light
min" at English's; Crest and Far
rel, known as THE Two Sheiks, a"
at the Lyric; Jack Meehan in The
Passing of Wolf Mclean" at the
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cells of the bones.
This has been known for a long
time. 1t was obvious at once, there
fore, that children with ricketts, must
be given a diet rich in calcium and
phosphorus.
But it was found that something
was wrong with the internal reac-
lions of the child with ricketts, so
that his bones failed to absorb the
mineral matter.
Now il has been discovered that
either the feeding of cod-nver oil
or the exposing Of the child to ultra
violet radiation will cure and pre-
vent ricketts,.
This discovery has opened UP a
new line Of research which may
la2d to even more amazing discov-
e-ies.
Scientists want to know why a
dose Of cod-liver oil should have the
same effect as violet rays.
Accordingly experiments have
been undertaken TO study cod-liver
oil. It is now believed that reac-
ton goes on when cod-liver oil is
absorbed by the human system which
results in the oil Itself giving off
ultraviolet rays. These rays cause
the bones to absorb the mineral mat
ter thev previously refused.
III OW old is the earth? This Is
LII one of the problems along
the frontier Of science.
The National Resear,cl, Council
has appointed crmmittee Gallo the
committee on tie Deterrlinate~a OF
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Best Friend
BY Hal Cochran

@ HO do you turn TO for good
IWI common sense. and who does
your thinking that's clear or
that's dense? Who, after all, rules
the things that you do? The answer
is no other person than YOU!
Other folks, maybe, can give you
advice, but YOU are the one who
must stop and think twice. Yours
is the credit, or yours is the blame,
when Hopping to failure, or rising
to fame.
Stored in your brain there is some
sort of force that acts as the rud-
der that's steering your course.
Keeping it busy is wise, you will
find; you simply can't move till YOU
make up your mind.
Honestly, now, II the whole world
stopped dead, could you and would
you keep going ahead? Worthy the
man who can stand all alone and
always get by himself, on his own.
Turn to yourself on all things.
when in doubt. for YOU are the
one who should figure them out.
After a while, you'll find out, like
as not. that you. your own self, are
the best friend you've got.
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service. Inc)
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STOP AT
CROSSINGS

ri ARION COUNTY officials,
IMI at recent safety meeting,
considered the possibility
of requiring interurban cars to
stop at all main road crossings.
The succession of fatal crossing
accidents recently has aroused
them.
It has been conclusively proven
that crossings where highways AMI
rail lines intersect cannot be used
simultaneously by automobiles and
interurbans. Two bodies : cannot
occupy the same space at the same
moment without discomfort.
Nevertheless, many hopeful
or careless motorist thinks other
wise. He tries to use a crossing at
the same time as an interurban.
Usually an instant later he finds
himself grasping a harp instead of
a steering wheel.
Therefore, in the interest OF
safety either the automobile or
Inc rail- NenlCle IIlOSL supp
If an interurban is compelled to
stop at every main highway In
tersection, it might as well throw
its schedule IN the waste basket.
1t will spend all its time start
ing and stopping-getting nowhere.
Its passengers will get a vacation,
not transportation.
That plan would be about as
logical as to expect the earth to
pause every few minutes in her
journey around the sun to let a
shooting star cross her orbit.
A regulation to compel either
highway or rail traffic to come to
a full stop at all crossings wouldn't
prevent accidents. Crossing safety
depends on individual prudence
and vigilance, not on unenforce-
able general rules.
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leave a party all It has to do l. cry
while.
Remember the old fashioned girl
who screamed when you saw %,
picture in a bathing suit3 N
As YOU look so are you going And
IL you keep looking backward you
will go that way.
Changing your mind too fast may
get II twisted.
women's clothes may be the most
sensible. But a man can't drop
clgaret ashes down his collar.
Distance lends enchantment ex'
cept when you are out Of gas
Some clouds have silver Innings
and others are silver coated.
kissing too much may make
your nose fiat.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service, Incl
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Of \ the board
claimed the high
err priced coal
was the better.
The superin-
tendent Of build
inSs and grounds.
who Is pre-
sumably familiar
with the type Of
coal best adapted
for me in the
schools, recon-
mended accept
ance Of the $5.32
bid. His recon-
mendation was
ignored.
The difference
between the two
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PRICE OF
SCHOOL COAL

THE Indianapolis school
board Tuesday awarded a
contract for $3.50 tons Of
West Virginia Coal at a price of
s5.37 per ton. Another bidder Of
fered the same kind of coal for
1892 per ton.
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Grace Elder Minds Not the
Hot Weather While Dancing

Isis; Marry Me-" at the Ohio; THE
Light of Western Stars" at the
Apollo; Just a Woman" at the
Circle; Head Winds" at the Colo
NAL, and outdoor events at Broad
Ripple Park.
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Two methods
for the proven
ton and cure of
ricketts, have
been discovered.
ricketts, Is a
failure of the
bones Of the
body to grow
nard.
In normal
children, the
soft bones be-
come hardened
through the de-
post of mineral
matter, chiefly
calcium phos-
plate in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-10
MEDICAL EXPLORERS FIND SIMPLE
REMEDY FOR ricketts, in CHI DREN
Ultra Violet Rays or Cod
Liver Oil Relieve
Dread AiIment.
By David DietZ
NEA &er1.icp Wfiter

RI ICKETS, one of the most
Tx serious diseases of early child
hood has been conquered.
Such is the message from the
medical outposts upon the last from
tier, the frontier Of science.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer TO any ques
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
inton, d c.. inclosing 2 cents In
stamps for reply Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive per.
gona reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confden-
tiRl--Editor
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Tom Sims Says

Most Of these clinging vine
women are poison Ivy.
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From what kinds Of grasses are
the most important hays made
and how much nutriment does the
average hay contain?
Hay is term applied to a con-
siderable number of cured crops used
for feeding farm animals, the most
important hays being made from the
various grasses (timothy, meadow
fescue, meadow foxtail. bronze
grasses. etc., legumes Glover, al
falfa. etc., and cereal grains frye,
oats and barley. The different crops
are usually cut from hay before they
have fully ripened seed as generally
speaking the nutritive value> in.
creases up to this time and decreases
afterward. Hay contains more nu.
tritive material In proportion to its
bulk than the green crops from
which it is made. 1t has been con.
centrated by the evaporation Of a
large amount of the water originally
present. 1t contains fairly large
amount of carbohydrates. both nj
trogen free extract and crude fibre,
and a considerable amount Of pro-
tein Animals were at one time win
tered on hay alone, but now it has
been found that, although they can
be maintained on hay alone it is
advisable to supplement the diet
with grain or other concentrated
food.
Where and when was the first
factory of Importance For the max
ing of artificial ice erected?
1t was erected in 1856 at New Or
leans, La. BY 1870 three other fac
tories were located in southern
! States.
Who was "Iaeo"?
A character in Shakespeare
Othello, a calculating and malignant
person, the ancient enemy Of Othello.
whom he secretly hates while re
tanning his confidence. In revenge
for imagined wrongs he skillfully
| cOncOctS evidence WHICH COHNIHCes
Otheno of the unfaithfulness of his
wife, Desdemona. Othello in jeal-
ousy murders Desdemona, and stabs
Tago when the plot come to light.
Is it possible to purchase from
the government copy of the War
Message of Woodrow Wilson?
A copy may lie purchased from
the Superintendent Of Documents,
Government Printing Office. Wash
lngton, D. C. for five cents. The
title of the booklet is The War
Message and the Facts behind 1t"
Where are the Government Navy
Yards?
The United States Navy Yards
are located at the following places:
Portsmouth. n. H.; Boston, Mass.
Brooklyn, N Y; Philadelphia, Pa;
Washington. D. c.; Norfolk. Va:
Charleston, S. c.; Mare Island, CAL;
Bremerton. Wash, and Pearl Har
J ..ar. T. H.
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You W o u ] q
think an auto
speeder W o u ! d
run instead OF
walking W h g n
afoot. but he
doesn't.
Don't hesitate
about telling n
man you wish 70
m a r r y his
daughter. T h Q
chances are he
wishes you would
too.
Babies have ad-
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Babies have ad-
vantages. " men
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he has become north slider, has, according to
many south side residents, forgotten all about
the south side.
The south side forgot its enthusiasm for
Lew and Lew forgot his campaign promises to
the south side.
Such is life in politics ridden city.
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Where and when was the first
factory of importance FOR the max
ing of artificial ice erected?
1t was erected in 1856 at New Or
leans, La. BY 1870 three other fac
tories were located in southern
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-05
JOIN ILLINOIS FARMERS

Indiana Wheat Growers. Associ-
alton will unite with the Illinois
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD

no wI B08&St'E f Nay I 66s3 MHaEE e. 1895
of N PSc wd aSEFs0g o sSSs Ike c R t II n
apolis., Indiana, that it is desired and
qeemed necessary to make the following
of Indianapolis, as authorized by the fol-
lowing numbered Improvement resolutions
adopted by said Board ON the 9th day of
May 25, 1926
r ITPPgg;oveTmept Rsso d% On NJ S9r 1874
AVENUE
ror From q, north properly line OF first alley
nor T2 Sun 81 acR FSRarsN line of second alley
s sTgsdnS and the o alley p With
Iaid on . e-inch gravel concrete founda.
3d ahe 81 Il TSpe oE bg n sfa &c a ndi psR
on 4inch ASP OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES concrete base l" TO
Mss n IT, II end nm
stone Marginal Stone; constructing ! catch
aa neS d s2'e D S9 wsS nee n
shown on plan, Note; the contractor
Must ncds all III the aSoas named tems
and the replacement of the pavement in
$500 iss ssEs sssdalS ~ water; ses sever and
ertY line, where not already In
~ w CO SA0Wh oAA QAeAl ediO do
Ali work done in the making Of said de-
scribed public improvements shall be in
accordapce with the terms and conditions
bSred. adopted by the Board of Public
Works on the above named day, and the
cihcations which are on file and may be
seen in he office of sale, Board of Public
at The ssid POarq q PTbliqG Works has Ss
p. m. at its oifce in said City as the
time and place for Tho public considera.
which time. said Board or Public Works
will hear all persons interested. or whose
property is liable to be assessed for said
Improvement and will determine whether
the benefits to the property liable to be
equal the estimated cost thereof
By order of the Board Of Public Works
CHARLES E. COFFIN.
w. II, FREEMAN
NJ. J. SPENCES,
Board Of Public Works City Of Indian
May 20 and June 8. 1928.
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LEGAL NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD

mo Indianapolis, Ind, May 20. 1925.
Public Works of the City of Indianapolis,
INDIANA, that on the 9th day of May,
192o, they approved an assessment roll
the following described public improve
ment as authorized by the Improvement
Resolution named
F4R PpVe enemy EeNSe nRTg IN no h21S1
SEVENTH STREET.
east ro Of M aeS sTtSs line of fret alley
east of Meridian Street - 'eeO"u Siies
AsBaE trading nd gazing the alley With
Brick, laid on 6,inch gravel concrete
foundation from 6 inches of property limo
70 inches OF property line to a uniform
Also. extending all water, gas, sewer and
Other. private service connections to prop
erty line. where not already in.
All to be as shown on plan and as
Persons interested in or affected by said
described public Improvement are hereby
notified that the Board OF Public Works
1925. p. m, as a date upon which re-
monstrances will be received. or heard.
against the amount assessed against each
and will determine the question as to
whether such lots or tracts of land have
been or will be benefited in the amounts
sum that than named on said roll.
Said assessment roll showing said prima
facie assessments. with the names of
owners and descriptions Of property sub
ject to be assessed is on file and may be
seen at the office of the Board Of Public
CHARLES 3. COFFIN.
W. H FREEMAN.
NJ J. SPENCER,
Board Of Public Works, City OF Indian
Nav 6oth.Iun 5th 1908
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Deputy Coroner William A. Deep
pers said today that Mrs. Martha
Stevenson 81 OF apartment 206
Penn Arts apartments Ill r Six
teenth st had probably died Of a
heart attack Mrs. J. J. Rapp, and
daughter, 202 e. Eleventh ST., made
several attempts to visit Mrs.
Stevenson Thursday, and when she