Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1911 — Page 1

No. 31.

CIK Princm theatre pIU Jew 1 I.T.TPS, Proprietor. WatflU nil Wpaoa Bray »ay

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Trustee Selrner, of Oillam township, was in town today. B. J. Gifford, of Kankakee, was a business visitor here, today. Born, Friday, Feb. 3, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Spangle, on the Halstead farm. Take a roller skate at the new rink Wednesday evening; in Leopold’s room, southwest corner-of square. The Womans’ Home Missionary society of Trinity M. E. church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Geo. Ketchum. Miss Sadie Cody came down from Saturday afternoon and ac companied Miss Vera Parker home for an over Sunday visit. Mrs. T. F. Clark and Jesse Cowgill, of Battle Ground, returned home today after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Col vert and family. Dr. H. L. Brown made a business trip to Evanston, 111., today. The Monnett hotel there is doing a good business under the present tenant Mrs. John,Hutton and two children returned to Crawfordsville today after a visit of several days with her sister, Mrs. Torbet and family, north of itown.

Mrs. Anna Stathour returned to Lafayette today. She had remained for a few days’ visit after attending the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. H. S. Hoshaw. , A crusade started hy the Hammond Times against disorderly houses in West Hammond has resulted in>those places being all closed up and the inmates driven from the town. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jouveuai, of Chicago, are spending the winter at Tampa, Pla. She is a sister of Mrs. C. George, and writes that the weather has been delightful there. Mrs. Frank Shide had a bad spell with her heart Sunday night and ft was feared could not live through the night Today, however, she is very much Improved and able to be up again. C. A. Radcliffe, who had been attending the automobile show in' Chicago, stopped off here Sunday for a short visit with the parents, of his wife, as be was on his way back to Louisville. A roller-skating rink will be opened Wednesday night, February Bth, in the Leopold room, southwest corner of square, by Messrs. Wm. Taylor and Fred Buse, of Lowell. Admission l*0c; skates 25c. The Postal Telegraph Co. linemen have completed their work here aud went to Monon today. The postal line through Rensselaer is built to last and the poles are probably the best ever erected through this country. In town they are above all other wires, telegraph, telephone and electric light. Neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs Uly Iliff, of Jordan township, gave them a pleasant surprise one evening last week. Mr. Iliff and family will move shortly to their new home in Nebraska, about 100 miles west of Omaha, and their many friends tried to impress upon them the regret so generally felt at their departure. William F. Battler came to Rensselaer today for the '-Burt-Hay woou Co., of Lafayette, and will hereafter make this territory. He succeeds Herman Weibers, who has been promoted to the assistant management of the Burt-Haywood plant Herman had been coming to Rensselaer for several years, and his acquaintances here will be pleased to learn of his promotion. A display of the' equipment of a modern United States soldier may be seen In the window of E. D. Rhoades A Son’s hardware store. Two stacks of rifles, a number of sabres, the pouches used by a soldier when it rains or when he sleeps on the ground, the ammunition, both service and blank, the soldier’s dress uniform, the service hat, the canteen, haversack and the cartridge belt and suspender support; also several photographs taken at various points where Geo. H. Hoekyn has presented the play, showing various poses of the play. The window has attracted considerable attention And is helping the sale of tickets.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM ' —♦ — ■p* USUAL GOOD PICTURES ana ..Til" i nn tovo.'

Have your seats reserved for the militia play now, at Jessen’s. Mrs. C. L. Lough ridge went to Mudlavia Sunday for a week’s treatment at the baths. J. A. McFarland left on the early train this morning for 'Warsaw' on a business trip. Those who have purchased seats for thq militia play should have them reserved now. The board is open at Jessen's. . Five checker players had a lively contest Sunday which resulted as follows: Hill 6%; Stevens 6; Maloney 3%; Thomas 3; Snyder 1. Don’t miss the war drama at *'ie opera house Wednesday evening. It will be one of the best home talent performances ever given in Rensselaer. If you want a good Jersey milch cow you should attend Isaac Parker’s big public sale on Wednesday, February 15th. He has some of the best milkers inthe country. * ■ M. O. Sayler, who held a public sale on Jan. 30tb, expects to move to Monta Vista, Colo., soon. In the meantime himself and family will reside with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Sayler. His sale was a quite good one. One cow, a Guernsey, brought s9l. His father bought it, but Joe Branson gave him a hard chase. One team brought $442.

About 5. or- 6 Inches of snow fell Sunday afternoon and evening, the most snow of the winter at any out time so far. A strong and variable wind made the storm very disagreeable and the snow is badly drifted. Today looks dark enough for more snow and a light mist fell and caused a light coating of sleet over everything this morning. Mrs. Charlotte' George is in receipt of a letter from her sister, Mrs William Teagarden, of San Antonio, Tex., in which she tellft visit in that city on Feb. Ist and 2nd of the “Miss Ananias” company, in which Augustus Phillips is the leading man. The a great hit in that city and Gus came in for a great amount of newspaper praise. Mrs. Teagarden entertained him while there and he stated that San Antonio was one of the most beautiful cities he hatT ever visited. John Bruner has rented the Robihson property now occupied by Ed Kirk and family, it is understood, and will move there shortly. The house Mr Bruner and family now occupy, which is the L H. Myers property on Cherry street, will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jacobs, who now live in the J. T. Randle property. It has been rumored that the Randle property will be occupied by Hon. Jesse E. Wilson and family, who will come here from Washington, D, C., soon after March 4th, but we are informed that arrangements to rent the house by Mr. Wilson have not been made. The strike condition in Gary remains unchanged, except that both strikers and their employers have set out on what looks like a long struggle. Determined to get away from the influence of the unions and to support the “open shop” condition in all trades the Gary contractors’ association has opened up' an employmeut bureau at 462 State street in Chicago and many non-union men were expected to start work this morning. No further riots nor resorting to violence were reported up to Saturday night and suspects had been arrested by detectives for former attack' on non-union workmen. Both sides are preparing for a long struggle. W. V. Porter and Delos Thompson arrived home Sunday afternoon from their Florida trip. They spent considerable time at Jacksonville, where Louie Fendig is engaged in the real estate business and went hunting out of that town for Jack snipe and quail but did not find them so numerous as they had been lead to believe they .would be before they went there. They took a guide and a cook and spent five days on a deer hunting trip about one hundred and twenty-live miles below Jacksonville. They caught sight of several deer but owing to the thick growth of palms they found It very difficult to get a shot at them. They got one, however, and had venison steak at the hotel for a week after returning to Jacksonville The temperature in Florida was tine, ranging from 80 to #O. Altogether they had a very fine trip. Calling cards at the Republican.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1911.

Grand and Petit Juries Drawn for February Court.

The following men have been drawn on the grand and petit juries for the February term of the Jasper court, which convenes next Monday. The grand jury has been called for the first week and the petit jury for the second week. GRAND JURY. Abe DeKoker, Keener. Wm. E. Culp, Mllroy. Wm. Banes, Carpenter. Harry E. Gifford, Barkley. Omar Kenton, Newton. Edward Bellows, Carpenter. PETIT JURY. D. R. Brown, Kankakee, John S. Holliday, Wheatfleld. Thomas D. Clark, Wheatfleld. Fred B. Rishling, Carpenter. James Haniford, Keener. Herbert Farls, Gillam. John Bill, Jordan. 6. F. Tillett, Gillam. Barney Kolhoff, Barkley. S. E. Sparling, Marion. Chas. O. Spencer, Keener John W. Baker, Barkley. Orville Hitchings, Hanging Grove. - W. L. Wood, Union. Alfred Hoover, Marlon. Sol Norman, Union.

Representative Guild Will Introduce a New Ditch Bill.

Indianapolis Star. Representative J. R. Guild of Medaryville will, introduce a bill In the legislature providing for the cleaning and repair of dredge ditches in this state. Under the provisions of the bill the judge of the circuit court will have supervision over the work and making assessments to meet the cost. This bill provides that under the order of the court the county surveyor will make an estimate on the work necessary and approximate the cost. All work is to be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder. The cost is to be assessed against the property on the prorata basis of the original assessment for construction. “There is no law now on the statutes to govern the cleaning and repair of dredge ditches,” said Mr. Guild. “In the northern part of the state there is more than 100 miles of ditches, constructed at a cost of more than $500,000, and no way provided for their repair and majntainance. We are now constructing another ditch which will cost $350,000 and the greaPTieed is to provide 'some system for keeping the ditches in a condition to carry away the water from the farm tilings. "We have ditches which are practically closed on aocount of willows growing along their banka and which have not been cleaned since their construction. Under , the present system each farmer whose tiles empty into the main ditch is supposed to do some work, but the system has failed and unless some way of clearing the main ditches is provided the entire drainage system of the northern part of the state will soon be worthless.” The bill to fie introduced was prepared by the farmers •of Pulaski, Starke and St. Joseph counties, and has been accepted'by a large majority of the dredge engineers of the northern part of the state. Representative Bedgood of Lafayette will introduce a bill graduating the penalty on delinquent taxes on real estate. The tax will provide that a delinquent tax receipt may be redeemed by the owner of the property within thirty days upon the payment of the cost of advertising and other expenses and 3 per cent interest on the actual amount paid out by the purchases. After the thirty-day limit has expired the owner may redeem the property upon payment of cost and ten per cent up to the time * deed is made two years after, the purchase of the delinquent receipt. After a deed has. been made the costs and the taxes 'become a principal and may be redeemed at face value with interest at 10 per cent.

Brother of Dave Elder Died Suddenly of Heart Failure.

George Harvey Elder, best known as Harve Elder, died suddenly of heart failure at Monticello Monday morning at 6 o’clock. He was a brother of Dave Elder, of Rensselaer, and Dave and his wife.'and Mrs. E. L. Hammerton went to Monticello on the afternoon train today. Harve livid iu Jasper county prior to twenty years ago. Ho was a teamster at Monticello. He was about 55. years of age and leaves a widow and three children

James A. Keister and Mrs. S. J. Kendall Harried in Chicago.

James A. Keister, a well known farmer of Jordan township, and a widower of several months, was married in Chicago last week to Mrs. 8. J. Kendall, a niece of William Bedford and Mrs. Jack Warner. They will reside on the groom’s farm in Jordan township.

Emil Johnsons sale takes place Friday, Feb. 10th. He has a good list of staff, including some extra line dairy cows. See sale list In this paper. If yon want to see some good cows, attend Emil Johnson’s sale on Friday, February loth.

POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS PROVE SURPRISE TO ALL.

Hitchcock Finds First Months S;tvings Better than Any in British History and Will Ask for $1,000,000.

Washington, Feb. s.—“lf the necessary appropriations were available I would establish postal savings banks tomorrow in'soo additional cities and towns of the United States” This statement whs mnde rmight by Postmaster General Hitchcock in view of reports th’ s far received concerning the first months operation of the postal savings system. The reports are most gratifying to' Mr. Hitchcock and to the other officers of the postal havings service. They are regarded as demonstrating that the new system has already passed the experimental stage. The certificate of deposit plan, which is an innovation in the transaction of postal savings business is shown to be admirably adapted to its purpose. It is found to be readily understood by depositors and easily handled by postmasters. The total deposits in the forty-eight existing postal banks for the month of January will amount to approximately $60,000. This is an average of about $1,200. Assuming that this average* will be maintained throughout the year, the aggregate of annual deposits will be close to $750,000. This, too, will be the situation in the small offices where the banks ai‘e in operation. It is assumed by uic officers of the system that the deposits will be correspondingly greater when the Service is extended to firstclass offices.

The average amount of deposits being received at each office, as indicated by the January returns, is larger than the corresponding average for »be British system of postal savings depositories in 1908, the most successful year in the history of the system. A large majority of the depositors in January were foreign Ameri many of whom have been in the habit of sending their savings to their native countries for deposit. An important result of the system, therefore, is to diminish the outflow from the United States of such fundd. In view of the. successful operation of the new system during the first month, Postmaster General Hitchcock has recommended to congress th<> appropriation of $1,000,000 to be immediately available for the extension of the postal savings system to a considerable number of postofflees, the patrons of which are clamoring for the new banks.

Postal Bank at Princeton Proves Drawing Card.

Princeton, Ind, Feb. 5.—“-The Princeton Postal Savings Bank has completed its first month of business, paving opened Jan. 3, and Postmaster Tichenor and Bank Clerk W. E. Simpson have made their monthly report to the government. While they can make public no part of the official report, they are more than pleased with the amount of business. There is scarcely an hour in the day that several depositors are not seen at the postal savings window, and while many of them are only adding to accounts, there are also many new deposits being started, Each week seems to have brought a little increasing briskness at the window, especially among women and children, who are large patronizers’of the savings cards and stamps by means of which they can save a dime at a time.. Many working men and boys, especially those of foreign birth, deposit regularly each pay day. Postmaster Tichenor continues to receive letters from out of town people containing money for deposit, ona .letter recently from a large city containing 8100, but he is compelled to return all such money, as dnly from regular patrons of the office can deposits be accepted at present. "If all the new postal banks are being as well patronized as the Princeton bank,” said Posctmaster Tichenor. today, "I feel sure the department will have no reason to doubt the ultimate success in this country.”

Fred Yeiter and Miss Edith Stiles Married Sunday Evening.

Ihred Yeiter, the contractor, and Miss Edith Stiles were married Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the home of the-groom, north of the railroad, by Rev. C. L. Harper. They will reside In bis home in Rensselaer.

Marriage License.

Oodfred D. Yeiter, born Tippecanoe county, Ind., November 15, 1866, occupation cement worker, residence Rensselaer, second marriage, first dissolved by divorce September 16, 1910, and Edith Stiles, born Remington, Ind., BepL 27. 1876, residence Rensselaer, Ind., second marriage, first dissolved by death March 16, 1910.

Finnan Thompson will hold a big sale at the Thompson farm near Paiv on February 22nd, selling a big lot of dairy cattle, horses, sheep and brood sown. Prompt service in furnliihlDg sal* bills, at The Republican office. .

Prettiest Moving 1 Picture Show la the City. M* WABVBB, Proprietor.

NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

After suffering Internal injuries in a fall on an Icy pavement, Abraham Ocker, a pioneer resident of Osceola, St. Joseph county, died in a hospital at South Bend. He was 73 years old and had lived on one farm in Penn township nealy all his life. TWo girl babies, born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walls of Arlington, west of Rushville, although twinß, will have different birth anniversaries. One Was born a few minutes before midnight, while the other came into the world shortly after midnight the next day.

yr A new trial was denied Walter Dipley and Goldie Smith, convicted slayers of Stanley Ketchel, the pugilist, by Judge Skinker in the circuit court at Marshfield, Mo. The prisoners will be taken to the state prison at Jefferson City pending an appeal Ho the supreme court. An overdose of patent medicine, taken for relief from headache, caused the death of Arch Carpenter, a wellknown young man of New Albany. He was 37 years old. Carpenter was a member of New Albany Eerie of Eagles and was a soldier during'the Spanish-American war Earle Roby, aged 24 years, brakeman on the Vandalia line out of Logansport died early Saturday morning at St. Joseph’s hospital In Ft. Wayne, following the amputation of an arm and a leg, the limbs having been horri bfr crushed when he was run over by a freight train. He was unmarried. ~ 11

The old town of Brookline, Jnd., which has produced more grv,at men than any other town of similar size in the country, has 132 more Inhabitants now than it had in 1900. Its population by the census just taken is 2,169. Ten years ago it had 2,037 inhabitants, and in 1890 it had 2,028. Aroused by the .recent attack on Agent Draper, of tbe Indianapolis Southern, who was slugged at midnight and robbed of over $2,000, and by the many cases of petty thieving, tbe Bloomington city council has purchased tbe famous Bedford bloodbounds of Sheriff Geiger of Lawrence county.'

C. Baker, 77 years old, a civil war veteran, went to Wabash from Marshall county to wed Miss Anna Samantha Bowsman, 43 years old. He paid for her trousseau and went with her to a department store to select it. She tried on the outfit, and so well did it please him tbht' he telephoned for a minister and they were married in the store. David I. McCormick has drafted a bill which will be introduced in the general assembly to appropriate SI,OOO to defray the expenses of Indiana’s participation in the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. The celebration will be held July 1, 2 and 3, 1913. Indiana had six regiments ih the battle of Gettysburg. The Nineteenth Indiana Infantry opened the battle on the morning of July 1, 1863

Fifteen head of good horses and 12 head of cattle will be sold at the Isaac Parker public sale on Wednesday, February 16th.

Clk ford Mb' 1 vjpimi—nfl II J**", n'GHPWCXDquAUTY WM \ " a tow nuSocMt < 4-Cylinder, Shaft-Driven Touring Car S7BO Complete ; When we say COMPLETE, we mean magneto top, glass front, speedometer, live lamps, generator and tools. Over •140 worth of eqalpment*. John JH. Knapp, Agent Phene IM. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. ASK FOK DEMONSTRATION. FORD REPAIRS IN STOCK. 11

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ — PICTURE. The Coder Sergeant's Hone, war drama. ■ ••—-• • •- ;- SONG. Oh, Yon Speanhiat Klddo, with the Wrlgley Eyes. By Harry Eger.

WEATHER FORECAST. Snow, followed by clearing late tonight; colder Tuesday, probably fair.

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Back to The Farm.

There are many evidences that the city man, wearied with the neverending struggle for existence in the crowded centers of population, has begun to think about the green fields of the country and a little farm of his own, where he can spend his later years in independence. Evidences multiply , too that a decided change is coming in the mental attitude of the farm youth on the subject of life on the farm. Daily there is growing an appreciation of the dignity of farming as a profession. In preparation for a life in the country, thousands of parents are sending their sons to the various agricultural colleges, and an increasing number of these students are from the cities. The farmers themselves in many localities are taking up the short term scientific courses provided by numerous colleges. The United States Government,. through its Reclamation Service, is providing land, and the Department of Agriculture, the stated in their experiment stations, the railroads with their lecture cars and exhibits, are ail encouraging the back-to-the-farm movement Throughout the land there are thousands of people now residing in the cities and towns who are studying farming with a view ultimately of removing to the country. Today they are simply book farmers, yet it is surprising bow quickly these same people make good when they go into the game In real earnest On many of the irrigation projects of the government the managers report that a surprisingly large number of city bred folks have taken up farms. A crop census of the farms furnishes reassuring evidence that the city fellow is more than holding his own, and in some instances has been more successful than many of the experienced farmers. These successes are not exceptional. The reports show a very small percentage of failures on the part of settlers of all classes. This fact, when taken in connection with the statistics of the commercial agencies which show from 50 to 75 per cent of failures in all other professions, should tend to accelerate and encourage greatly the much desired efflux from the city to the country. The farms of the government are contributing a new crop of citizenship. In its efforts to promote the building of homes in a region long regatded as worthless, the Reclamation Service at Washington, D. C., Is receiving the hearty co-operation of the press at the entire country.

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