Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1911 — GUN CLUB STARTED WITH TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS. [ARTICLE]

GUN CLUB STARTED WITH TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS.

Trap Shooting to Be Revived in Rensselaer by Number of Sportsmen, Who Start Ball Rolling.

A representative of a leading powder company, after some correspondence with local came here Thursday and Interested twentythree gentlemen in\ forming a gun club for the purpose 6f trap shooting The name of the gentleman who came here was W. D. Stannard, who has been scooting traps for twenty years and is one of the best shots in the country. He reports a marked revival in the shooting game within the past year‘and stated that many golf and country clubs are going in enthusiastically for trap shooting. Mr. Stannard has shot in the larges’ cities of this country and has a number of trophies won from some of thi best shots in America and which he prizes very highly. He holds the record for long runs at the famous Watson park in Chicago, where he made 348 targets without a miss. After thai great performance he made another run of 154 on the closing day of that meet. He also has a number of runs of 100 or more.

Among the sportsmen who will take up the organization so well started here are Everett and Clint Brown Cleve and Harry Eger, L. A. Harmon, W. H. Brenner and others. The membership will be open to all who care to Join for a short time and a committee will be selected shortly to secure grounds, buy a new trap, purchasetargets, etc. It is intended not to indulge in too much shooting to start with, but to shoot only a limited num ber of shots on each day at the start, thus encouraging the * beginners as well as making the cost materially less. This club can be made a big suc-cess'if-about 35 or 40 members can be secured and with the start made Thursday there seems a prospect of a big membership.

I£ that cough a tight one? Rub on Camfolium. Long, the Druggist sells it

R. B. Porter, formerly of Hanging Grove township, who came here today to bury his father-inlaw, S. H. Howo, reports that he had a very successful year at Newton, 111. He lives on a farm and had an excellent crop.

The only place in the city where you can buy 3 quarts of fancy cranberries for 25c is at John Eger’s.

Moving picture theatre goers got their money’s worth and then some Thursday night. The Lyceum ~210Scenograph Co’s, show at the Jincess proved a big crowd bringer and there was only one criticism to the show and that was that there was too much of it. The house was crowded for the first show and about two hundred were in waiting. The three films were of splendid merit and they v&re run on a machine brought here by the owner of the service, which operates much slower than the average machines. The main picture was “The Last Days of Pompeii,” beautifully enacted. The Rex also had a double program and will during the time that the special pictures are beihg shown at the Princess. He had excellent numbers and two songs by Harry Eger and Miss Madeline Ramp. He gave three shows to good houses.

Isaac Miller, who has lived in Jasper county for twenty-seven years, and on the Jake Rich farm In Barkley township, for the past eight years, has rented, a farm near flora and will move there next Monday. The Rich farm will be tenanted by John Turner, who will move here from Secor, 111. Mr. Miller is a member of the old Oerman Baptist church, commonly known as Dunkards, and his move to Flora is largely to get in a neighborhood where there are more of bis religious faith. His brother, Tlra Miller, who has been an invalid for eighteen years, is now at the home • f his sister, Mrs/ Jacob B. Flora, In Dunn county, Wls. When he was 17 years of age he was Injured In the back and lower limbs by a heavy stone falling on him. Paralysis to the lower part of his body resulted and he has been unable to move his body from the waist down since that time. Since going to Wisconsin he has suffered seven or eight strokes of paralysis, and at one time could move no part of the body and -.oould not even talk. His heart action kept up, however, and now he is greatly improved, has recovered his power of articulation and only a few days ago wrote a letter to his brother. He expects to be moved to Flora and again take op his residence with Isaac in the spring. _

In 1910 we handled 16 carloads, of floor, more than all the balance of the merchants in Rensselaer handled. We are not trying to boost ourselves as a better merchant or beftOr salesman than others, but give the credit to Arlstoa flour that haa, made us more friends than anything we have ever handled. We have just unloaded our first car for 1911 and If you have never tried It, we want you to give It a trial. We will return your money If It Is not the best flour made.

JOHN EGER.