Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1910 — The Benson Family Reached Attica in Safety. [ARTICLE]

The Benson Family Reached Attica in Safety.

The Attica Ledger prints the following story of the trip of the Benson family from Rensselaer to that city. The Republican noted the start of their journey at the time. Three weeks ago Monday, a family consisting of father, mother and three children stopped in front of the Ledger office and asked for information about houses to rent. We told them the old, old story, no houses for workmen. Something peculiar about their looks aroused our curiosity-i We asked some questions. An unusual story developed. The family was named Benson, the father's name being Benjamin. They had been living at Rensselaer but work there had given out, and they decided to come to Attica, as the rumors of the big work done by the brick factory and the car coupler works were persistent there. The household goods were loaded into a car and the freight prepaid to Attica. But when that was done, there was too little left in the family purse to buy tickets down here, and they decided to walk. They walked the entire distance, about fifty miles. The three boys stood the trip as well as the parents. They had two high-wheeled baby cabs and the children rode in them most of the time. The boys are aged seven, four and ten years. Tire, father is little, black eyed and wiry and so is the mother. They are as optimistic a family as one finds. Their trip took them three days. Mr. Benson said that'•whenever they Would get tired they would just sit down and rest awhile. It is good to know that in Attica they at once, found work and that their hopes of better times down there do not seem to be disappointed.

Between 200 and 300 visitors arrived in Richmond yesterday to attend the sessions of the Indiana Municipal league, which opened there. Mayor W. W. Zimmerman delivered the address of welcome, J. Fred France, former mayor of Huntington, responding. Last night" addresses were delivered by Thomas C. Knotts, mayor of Gary; Lemuel Darrow, mayor of Laporte, and Mrs. M. F. Johnson, president of the Richmond Art association. Civic improvement was the theme.