The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10


BY Nell Gordon
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 10.
A visit to Martinsville on State
Rd. %, would hardly be complete
without a trip to the ponds where
eight million gold fish arc raised
annually. Unfortunately the road
leading to the fishery is unmarked
except for a small sign, much dis
colored and hardly discernible.
nevertheless hundreds Of cars had
found the turn "by the clay bank
two miles east Of the city as it was
described to me.
The gold fish are raised in small
shallow ponds and as one ap-
proaches, the water appears to take
on a reddish hue. like a pool Of
blood. This is from the many
hundred of tiny red gold fish swim
ming under the surface. I asked
how the shipping was done when
the fish are sold to the numerous
stores.
1--WE ship in cans with a ventilated
cover and a large base. In these
cans the little fellows arrive safely
all over the world, apparently none
the worse for their long journeys.
We instruct the railroad people as
to the feeding and there is very little
loss. Here at the ponds we feed
four times a week." explained Roy
Ostler, a fish nurse.
Goes to GospOrt
Leaving Martinsville I continued
down through Paragon and Gosport.
A cement marker and the sign
"Gosport on the ten o'clock line"
which is to the right of the road
just before the village is reached,
attracted my attention. AS on most
of the highways in the State, the
weeds were high and the marker
almost hidden from view. 1 en-
CURED from a family who were
mending a tube by the roadside as
to the significance Of the slab but
they pleaded ignorance.
1 walked to a nearby house. The
woman explained that iC had some
thing to do with the Indians.
II know that whatver it was it
went right through my kitchen, but
have never heard it explained by
anyone who knew enough about 1t
to understand it themselves, was
her honest If indefinite reply.
Tells Indian Story
Hiking to the village I arrived at
the drug store of j. NJ. Cooper. who
was very busy dispensing sodas. Be-
tween customers I managed to OBJ
tain the following story from him:
I'm the early day, when the Gov
eminent took over the land from
the Indians only part was being ia
KEN" he said. "A survey was made
by the Government which the In
dams refused to accept and they de-
manded that sun survey be made.
A starting point was chosen, and
when the sun crossed that point,
which was at 10 o'clock il the morn.
ing, a line was drawn for many
miles, the Indians relinquishing to
the Government all the land north
Of the 10 o'clock sun line. The date
on the marker is Sept. 80, 1902"
Hiker Studies Rocks
A short distance from Spencer I
met a young man who was hiking
across fields to study the formation
Of the rocks. He had driven from
Dayton, Ohio, and parked his car
several miles awa%nfrom the high
way where I met him. When I
asked for his name and story of
his study Of the rocks, he modestly
FFaplied:
ely name IL Bennett and -"
; 1yton my home at present Il err
not looking for publicity and would
rather you F--ould keep the e act ma
ture of my research a secre>, but
am willing to tell you what l know
about the stone in this locality, if
you wish.
II presume" he continued, "thGt
you are often told that a manufac-
turing plants is the largest in the
world or a certain product is the
only thing of it's kind in the world
and all that. Being in the news
paper game you have learned to dis
count the largest in the world stuff
but when i tell you that down here
in these counties there is a rock not
found in any other part Of the world
I mean just that. Indiana is the only
State and Morgan, Monroe and
Lawrence are the only counties in
the world where oolitic stone is
found. Very little is known of the
early formation of this stone, but it
is believed it was made from mil
lions and millions of little bugs,
called oolitics. Undoubtedly where
the rock now is was once a lake.
With the drying Of the lake which
was caused by some unknown event,
the bodies of these millions Of little
wateY bugs remained where the lake
was and in time became hardened
into stone.
Describe Formation
1.-THE rock formation lies in the
shape of a boomerang and reaches
from Spencer through Bloomington,