Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1910 — News From Wheatfleld Taken From The Kankakee Valley Review. [ARTICLE]

News From Wheatfleld Taken From The Kankakee Valley Review.

Postmaster Harry Brown, of Kniman, was a visitor here Friday. M. J. Delehanty and Chas. Jahn were business visitors at Rensselaer Saturdays Senator Abe Halleck, of Rensselaer, was a business visitor here Monday, and called to see Col. Marble. W. O. Nelson and family returned from California Mpnday, and will again reside at Wheatfleld. Photographer Nelson will open a picture gallery in the Ocker building, one door south of post office. The Masonic Lodge here , held a special meeting Tuesday evening, and conferred ( the second degree. Harmon Clark has opened a restaurant and lunch room in the building formerly occupied by McGlinn’s Saloon. John McGlinn, of Texas, writes that his daughter had an accident recently vfhile riding horse back. She fell, pulling her elbow out of place and breaking her arm in two places about the elbow. Teachers in high school have been working day and night for the last two weeks fitting the pupils for next semester. Classification and graoa(ition have been unique problems so far, yet the solution to entangled matters is in sight. This has been a serious impediment to certification, yet matters are clarifying now. Squire VanDoozer’s court was in session Monday to decide a case where Fred Batzka was the complainant against D. R. Miller for payment for work, and the' defendant filed cross-

complaint making Wm. McNeil crossdefendant. The case went to a Jury and the verdict given against McNeil. Supt. Lam son will make the diploma examinations counj; for about onethird. The other two-thirds will be based upon grades made upon the Ihemes and the grades made in .eighth grade” daring the year. Teachers will report to Mr. Lameon an Itemized account of the pupils’ records made in school this year. In case of doubt grades made by an applicant, when in other grades will be sent the superintendent. This is the most equitable ruling that has been devised in Jasper county.