Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1911 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Reed McCoy made a business trip to Chicago Wednesday. Orlando Mannen helped R. C. McDonald cut oats Tuesday. Mr. Price will ndt lower the old hotel building, as at first proposed, but is going to fill In the yard with dirt, with a gradual slope up to the house. Misses Ethel Parker and Dora Phillips went to Monticello Wednesday, where they will visit with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Ray McDonald, and also J. H. Montz and family. John Herr fired up his threshing machine Monday and threshed out his own wheat and then pulled down to the Lawler ranch, where he has the job of threshing all the grain on-* that place.

Robert Drake shipped his cattle Tuesday night, and also a load of hogs. The cattle were in excellent condition and should command the top price. Ed Cook went with Mr. Drdke to get a view of the stock yards. Considerable hail accompanied the rain Tuesday afternoon and especially in the north and east part of the township. Some of the corn fields showed considerable damage, the blades being quite badly beaten up. However, the effect will not be serious. J. H. Montz and son Will were up from Monticello Tuesday to .get their binder. It Was left here last spring when they moved. Mr. JMontz’s aged mother, who makes her home with him, fell out of the room door a week ago last Saturday and sustained some very painful injuries, breaking one bone in her wyist She is recovering nicely from the shock for a woman of her age.

Esperanto as a world language was indorsed Tuesday by speakers at the Christian Endeavor convention at Atlantic City, who declared that the language Would do more for universal peace than any number of peace treaties, Resolutions or Hague conferences. The convention indorsed the efforts of the Esperanto society of the United States to get congressional recognition of the language and recommended the study of Esperanto in the, public schools.