Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The Home Grocery sells Bon&no. Get screen doors of the J. C. Gwin Lumber Co. Mrs. Rice Porter and baby returned this morning from a visit of several days at Goodland. Our screen doors are the best; hang right, wear longest and the price is right J. C. Gwin Lumber Co. Miss Ethel McCarthy went to Terre Haute today to visit her brother. Dr. Frank McCarthy and wife. The Rowels House is again opened for the public. Rooms and bed, day or night. J. W. Childers went to Delphi today for a short Visit with his father and brother. Bonano—served hot —is fragrant bracing, satisfying and extremely nourishing. A real food drink. Pauline Knauff, of Denver, Colo., is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A 1 Catt. Mrs. Firman went to Chicago this morning for a visit of a couple of days. For Sale—A single driving family horse, lady and children broke, the best broke horse in Jasper county. Fred Phillips.

Mrs. H. B. Coburn and baby, of Fort Wayne, came this morning to visit her sister, Mrs. W. I. Hoover, for a week or more. Hiram Day returned to Toulon, 111., this morning, having received further adverse reports about the condition of his mother’s health. Rev. J. C. Parrett returned this morning from Kentland, where he assisted last night in the ceremony of installing Rev. Wharton as pastor of the Kentland Presbyterian church. Don’t wait until the house gets full of flies to put up screens. If your old ones are not flrst-dlass, order hew screen doors of J. C. Gwin Lumber Co., phone 6. Chase Kelley came in yesterday for a short visit with Rensselaer relatives and his old friends. He-is still working life insurance and has his home and headquarters at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Mrs. E. W. Hickman received a letter today from her husband, who underwent an appendicitis operation at the Chicago hospital Monday. He was able to writs it himself and is getting along very well.

Bonano, the hot fruit drink, l»> t distinctive drink. Though similar in some respects to coffee, tea, chocolate and cocoa, it is in other respects quite unlike them. Possessing the good qualities of all these drinks, it has none of their harmful qualities. Prank King has purchased of Chicago parties the former AugiiSl Rosenbaum property on Cullen street, which was recently vacated by Mrs. J. W. Pierce, 'and will occupy it in. a couple of' weeks. He expects to sell his Elm street property, where he has lived for a number of years. Ray Markin, son of George W. Markin, the Pleasant Grove storekeeper, who has been in South Dakota for two or three years, and who i* n*»w engaged In the bakery business at Parkston, that state, was married recently to Miss Inez Bavis. His friends here will wish him much happiness

The Evening Republican.

, TONIGHT’S PBOGBAM ■■ PICTURES. A - —« ft * . THE BURGLAR’S FEE PARADISE LOST comedy Vv,/; j/ ’ .' i.

There was a fine shower yesterday over south of town and at Remington and a ways south of that there is said to have been a real good rain. The rain reached to ML Calvary cemetery, south of the college, but had about petered out there. In town there was the faintest sign of a sprinkle. Sixteen candle power electric lamps, two for 25 cents. Peroxide hydrogen, regular 25 cent bottle, 10 cents. Window screens, beechwood frames, 20, 25 and 28 cents. Ready mixed household paints, can 10 cents. Child’s garden set, rake, hoe and ehovel, set 10 cents. JARRETT’S VARIETY STORE. William Timmons, who went to Longmont. Colo., about three years ago, and engaged with others in the garage business in that city, has sold out his interest and severed his connection with the company. It is understood that Will may return to Rensselaer and engage in the garage business again. He is an expert and will get work wherever he decides to embark in business. H. R. Kurrie was down from Chicago yesterday, op. more properly, down from Parr. He‘has been looking after his farming interests in Union township for the past week. said that he knows the depot plans are being worked on and that it is expected to have the depot contract let by July Ist. Some people will be skeptical about that depot until they see it built and the trains stopping there and The Republican is asked about every day, “When ate they going to start that new depot?’’ Mr. and Mrs. James Overton, Jr., have gone to Winnebago, where Jim will again engage |o ditching. That place was her hostowprior to their marriage and they expect to reside there permanently. Her sister, Mlbb Lulu Nagel, who lived with her since last January, left last Sunday for, Augusta, M&ine, where she will live with relatives. George Hurley expects to return to Winnebago before long. Ditching wages are higher 'there and ditching is done the year round.

Miss Josie Miller expects to spend the summer at Indiana university, where she will complete her first year in medicine. She is undecided whether she will return IB 1 the fall and take up her second year work or teach another year and then resume her college course. Mlbb Miller expects to complete the college medical course and to engage in practice. So far as we know, no other Rensselaer girl ever selected medicine as a profession, although Miss Florence Neal, whose parents lived here for some time, took a college medieal course after leaving here.

A man and his wife were caught red-handed stealing chickens from the farm poultry house of Roy Ford, west of Brookston, Wednesday night, and about twenty of the neighbors gathered and discussed the proper thing to do. The sheriff was called from Montlcello and arrived at about midnight The culprits lived in the neighborhood and are the parents of five children and after discussing the matter for some time, it was decided to turn them loose on the promise of good behavior. The man is an industrious worker and the woman a good housekeeper but bad habits have driven them to the very door of the penitentiary. William Augapurger has concluded the purchase of a tract of land in Minnesota, for iffelch he contracted when he and Charley Dean visited there a few weeks ago. The farm consists of 280 acres and is 7 miles north of Mankato, a city of about 15,000 people. Mr. Augapurger will move from Jasper county next spring. He is a good farmer and Jasper county can ill afford to lose him. He is the owner of a line and well improved farm Just west of the county farm, which he will probably sell. His object in moving was to acquire more land. Mr. Augspurger has always taken a deep interest in fanners’ Institutes and is the kind of a farmer that helps develop any country.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAT 19, 1911.

Sidney Holmes Likes H. Dak.; Lets of Grain Planted—Fine Rains.

Sidney Holmes writes from Jamestown, N. Dak., to let his old Jasper county friends know what conditions are there. He says: “I like th's country fine and think if we had come here 15 or 20 years ago we would have been riding around in an auto now. The spring has been a little backward, but since beginning in the fields have only lost two days. There has been an abundance of kuoistur? so far; had a big rain last week, and another yesterday afternoon and last night We have out 470 acres of wheat and will sow 30 more; have 34 acres of oats sowed and up fine, and will sow 100 acres more and will plant 100 acres of corn. The wheat is all up but the last days’ sowing. It, will be a grand sight to see so much wheat at harvest time, as there are no fences betwwen farms and thus it looks Just like one great field as far as the eye can see, with houses every mile or two apart The land is rich and any one wanting a home in the northwest would do well to invest here, but let everyone como and see for themselves, is my advice. The land is advancing and in a few years will be as high priced as it is in Indiana.' Mr. Holmes encloses a slip from the Jamestown Weekly Alert, which describes a twelve hour rain there a week ago last Wednesday. The paper states that the rain wps not badly needed but it was timely and the farmers are wearing broad smiles in contemplation of an abundant crop.

W. H. Whittaker Making Good As District Workhouse Head.

W. H. Whittaker, former superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory, and now superintendent of the District of Columbia workhouse, is being heralded by the people and press of the national capital as the champion boarding-house keeper of the world. He has made a report to the District of Columbia commissioners, in Which he says that the per capita cost of feeding the inmates is $3.77 a month, 12 cents a day, or 4 cents a meal. It is agreed that Whittaker has solved the cost of living tfhen he can board husky, able bodied men on 4 cent.) worth of food at each meal. “It now costs us about 12 cents a day to feed each prisoner,” bf said. “But when we get to raising our own products, as we are planning to do, the cost of feeding the prisoners will be reduced to 7 or 8 cents a day for each man.” He gives them threequarters of a pound of meat a day, all the potatoes and bread they can eat, coffee twice a day and butter once.

Mrs. William Lee Victim of Consumption—Short Illness.

Mrs. William Lee, whose condition was briefly mentioned in a recent issue of The Republican, died this Friday morning, at her home in the east part of town. Quick consumption was the cause of death. She leaves a husband and two small children. Her death is a very unfortunate occurrence and is a sad blow to the husband and the little ones.

Dr. M. D. Gwln has started a reviewing course in medicine in Chicago, going there every'Wednesday for the purpose of attending clinics. He is taking a general course, although specializing to some extent in a diagnosis of chest and stomach diseases. Howard B. Peacock has resigned his Job at Milliron’s restaurant He has had a lot of trouble with an infected toe, resulting from an ingrowing toenail and fears that he will have to.have the member amputated. He went to HAmmond today to visit his sister, Mrs. O. C. McClure, and will then go to a Chicago specialist to have his toe examined, and he tben contemplates going to Florida to visit for a couple of months with his father, Erastus Peacock, who is living there. According to the government weather record kept at Bt. Joseph's college the highest mark in the shade yesterday was 91 above zero, which was three degrees cooler than the day before. Today Is another scorchei and it would be almost unbearable if it were not for a good breeze thu: has been blowing ali day. One local thermometer registered 95 in the shade at 12:30 today and it Is probable that the government thermometer will show about the same. The forecast is for local thundershowers and cooler for tomorrow. We ara hoping for a big rain but the clouds in today’s sky don’t Indicate much more than a shower. -

PURTELLE RENTS OFFICE; ASKS FOB RIGHT-OF-WAY.

Premotor of Electric Bead Says Be Will Start Construction at Oaee If It is Procured. Eugene Purtelle met a dozen or so people in the east court room Thursday night. Probably a, few more would have been there if it had not been for the school entertainment and one or two other But there was not very much enthusiasm when he made his announcement and there la not apt to be very much enthusiasm following the developments of the meeting. However, you can’t tell. Mr. Purtelle says that if a committee is appointed and the right-of-way procured he will begin construction. lie did not offer to soil any stock and did not say where he intended to get the money. He mad 3 the plain statement that he wants the right-of-way procured through Marion township and that when this is done he will start a gang of workmen on the grade for the road.

Rensselaer does not stand to lose a cent on the Purtelle proposition so far as we are able to figue out. If the right-of-way is procured the transfer of the land will hinge upon the building and operation of the railroad and there is no one here that would be foolish enough to purchase any stock in the road in its present state of promotion and place the money in Mr. Purtelle’s hands. He is not asking this and the proposition is simply one of boosting and he will find that Rensselaer people are ready to do this with a will, just as soon as they are given any assurance that Mr. Purtelle can make good. He proposes to build the road from the south line of Marion township through the city of Rensselaer and west to Mt. Ayr, passing straight through Newton township. He is taking similar steps and making similar promises to start work at Mt Ayr if the right-of-way is procured. He will ask later that it be procured in Newton township and will ask that a subsidy be 'voted there. The tax paid In this township wilt not be available until the road is completed through the township and trains run over It. The subsidy can not be paid in Jackson township until the same conditions are complied with. Mr. Purtelle indicated that he expects to build this much of the road for a starter, and to operate trains over it, between the south end of Marion township and through Rensselaer to Mt. Ayr and to the north part of Jackson township. This would make the subsidy in Marion and Jackson townships available, amounting to approximately $50,000. Sixteen miles of railroad might be built cheaply for $160,000, including a power house and one or two cars. Mr. Purtelle acts as though ha considers it possible to build that much road. Those who have'heard his plan consider it very vague but are Milling to grant him all the hope ha wants experimentally. He claims that he has let a contract for a continuance of the work between Chicago Heights and Dyer and that he will rjm his road northward to Dyer as fast as l\e can. That may be very slow progress but if it ever gets there it will be a good thing for Rensselaer. He also says that he will continue tht work southward as fast as he can, running it to Remington and then to Wolcott and Lafayette. ■ Without any disrespect whatever, we may compare Mr. Purtelto to J. Rufus Wallingford, and some people think he Is just the kind of a man to build a railroad and a lot oi others hope he will be able to do It. He has rented the corner suite of rooms in the Pythian building, over the postofflce and will establish his headquarters there, furnishing the rooms and keeping some one in charge all the time.

President Worland of the Commercial Club stated Friday night that he would appoint a committee to procure a right-of-way provided he could find one that was willing to act. He has talked to a number and most of them are too busy with private business, but Col. Fred Phillips, who is always ready to give of his own time as a booster, has promised to be one member of the committee. President Worland says that be will decide upon the matter within a day’s time. Should iir. Purtelle be ablq to carry out his plans it is probable that a change in the route through Rensselaer would be rendered necessary by the decision to go by thn way of Mt. Ayr, instead of north through Union township. To follow the first rottte would require crossing the Monon twice and it would not need to be crossed at all in order to get to Mt Ayr. There should be no great difficulty

WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair, except local thundershowers tonight or Saturday; cooler Saturday. May 20.—Sun rises 4:39; sets 7:14. Maximum 91; minimum 65.

DR. H. LANDON HEADS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

Dr. E, C. English Vice-President and Dr. M. D. Gwin Secretary of Hew Organization. Jasper county physicians met Thursday afternoon and organized the Jasper County Medical Society. Dr. Hannibal Landon, dean of the medical profession in Jasper county, and a practitioner for many years at Remington, was elected president; E. C.* English, vice-president M. D. Gwin. secretary and A. R. Kresler, treasurer. ■ ... i. The society starts off very auspiciously, and it is probable that every doctor in the county will become a member of the society, although Dr. Wells, of DeMotte, was not heard from. The society set the first Tuesday evening of each montit as the date for regular meetings and at the June meeting it is intended to have a noted surgeon from some Chicago hospital addrdss the members. Drs. Washburn and Gwin have been members of the Newton county socle ifftor a number of years and will transfer their membership. Jasper county was one of five in the state that did not have a medical organization. Members are affiliated both with the state medical society and with the American Medical Association.

SMUGGLEMAN GOT EVERYBODY; SCHOOL PLAY DELIGHTFUL.

Little Folks So Charmingly Performed That Big Audience Applauded Them Vigorously. “The Smuggleman” won the hearts of the big audience of school patrons that packed the Ellis theatre Thursday night Costumed to represent various characters in the tales of childhood, and singing and speaking so gaily that they brought smiles of delight to all the parents and all the audience. The play was enacted in Fairyland and the plot briefly told concerned the “Smuggleman,” who with his gnomes, would steal out at night and capture little boys and drag them to hls mountain home. The mothers had warned the boys of the dangers of the dark, but one. day they decided to go on a strike and that night they assembled on the green and the Smuggleman and gnomes caught them, bound them together with a rope and hied away. The frightened mothers appealed to the fairy queen and she set a trap for

the boys’ captor and caught him in an enclosure of holly houghs. His punishment was to live henceforth in Fairyland* and become a good fairy. Various characters familiar in childhood stories were represented Vnd they sang and spoke so charmingly that the audience responded with much applause. Little girls dressed as ponies and driven by boys dressed as knights, fairies, mothers, grandmothers. boys, gnomes and various other characters blade a chorus that proved quite powerful for little voices and the tunes were catchy, the words were plain and there was not a thing in the program that did not speak to the credit of Miss Troll, the music tekgher, and the various grade teachers who aided her. Financially it was all that could be hoped for. The reserved section of the house was sold out before supper and many were turned away. Along with the many words of praise that are coming to Miss Troll, comes the unwelcome announcement that she will not be with us next year. Report has it that she will be married soon after tbe close of school here. She will always be remembered by the scholars and the friends of the school as a very able teacher and a great enthusiast for the welfare of the schools. M The receipts were $43, which was good, considering the small admission price. Bonano is as Inspiring as coffee, as refreshing as tea, as full of up-build-ing qualities as cocoa, yet it never palls upon you. Fresh almonds, pecans, and English walnut meats, at the Home Grocery

in getting the right-of-way. If the road is constructed it would prove very valuable to the lands adjoining and land owners will be quick to see this advantage. Let us give Purtelle one good, final push and see if he can malm good. It won’t hurt us a particle and might, yes, there is a chance, do us a lot of good.

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BoifStno Better Than Tea or Coffee. i. / \ A lady writes us: "I like BONANO exceedingly well, in fact better than tea or coffee. I could use it aR the time. Tbe first cup I did net like at all, but now I would not be without it” Original of above in our Aids. All published are voluntary and unsolicited. Trial package makes 10 cups. Sent postpaid for 2c stamp. International Banana Food Co., Chicago, ill. —-- m i■■■■■ YOU NEED SOME NEW ROCKERS We have for yonr Inspection the finest line of Furniture that has ever been offered tn Jasper County. We specialise on ROCKERS just now. Como and see them. Perch Rockers Sewing Rockers Parlor Rockers Library Rockers All kind of Rockers We hare some excellent bargains in Rugs, too* Just the thing for adding a tench of newness to that old rot|i|| D. M. WORLAND Furniture and Rag Man. | wti : AUTOMOBILE LIVERY. I The undesigned Is new engaged In the Ante Livery business. Leave orders at the I Willis Supply Co. i. ■■■■■■ inl . . Calling Cards at The Republican.

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