Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. • New potatoes are down tp 38c a peck at the Home Grocery this week. Hugh Gamble made a business trip to Monticello today. ' < Home made lard, 12%c per pound at Roth Bros. sx'pslX: Ben B. Miller was over from Mt. Ayr today. > Help your friends. Get the votes by trading at the Home Grocery. W. F. Smith and family autoed to Crown Point this morning to attend the fair. New sweet potatoes are no# fineselling this week a 5c a pound at the Home -Grocery. Kenton Parkinson and Van Moody went to Lafayette today to attend the fair. Hogs are $2.50 higher, but we will sell home made lard at 12%c per pound. ROTH BROS. George A. Peters arid Miss Florence Godshall went to Lafayette today to attend the fair. A good time to shoe up for school now. while Lon Kiser is closing out, north of the depot. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kinney returned yesterday from a visit with his parents at Mulberry. Mrs. Frank Lher, of Lafayette, came this morning to visit Mrs. Martha Smith. 1 Miss Martha Parkinson returned this morning from Brook, where she visited her Brother, Dr. Wallace Parkisop. Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson left this morning for their home at Terre Haute, after a visit here with their daughter, Mrs. J. B. Martindale. Mrs. Willis Kirkpatrick, of Kentland, who has been visiting Mrs. C. W. Hanley, went to Monticello today to visit Mrs. Emery Sellers.C. M. Blue, assisted, by John Culp, will conduct his hamberger and ice cream cone stand at Monticello tomorrow. Mrs. Charles Tulley returned to Elkhart today, after a short visit with her husband, who is working at the match factory.

D. M. Worland is taking a vacation and spending it at Martinsville springs. He will be absent about two weeks. Mrs. L. B. Fenner left this morning for her home in Burwell, Neb., after a month’s visit here with her parents, Mr. apd Mrs. Eli Gerber. Guy Gerber is home for a visit with his parents before taking up his work as instructor in the commercial department of the Hartford City public schools. Rev. O. F. Jordan, of Evanston, who has been spending his summer vaca-. tion at the home of his mother in Barkley township, was called back there today to preach a funeral. JL Efb is having a fine new barn built on his Barkley township farm. John Maxwell is doing the work. The building is 40x40 feet in dimensions and is oak framed. Mrs. A. Metzger and grandson, Roy Israel, returned to Lafayette this morning after a visit of six weeks at the home of C. F. Stackhouse and other relatives. Mrs. Ruth E. Stephenson and daughter, Miss Anna, of Monticello, and Mrs. Harry Johnson and daughter Mabel, of Erie, Pa., returned to Monticello today, after a short visit here with the former's son, Chas. A. Stephenson, and family. James E. Brenner, who has just returned to Annapolis, Md., from the summer cruise of midshipmen, will be home in a few days for a visit of a month with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Brenner and other relatives and many friends. Will H. Adt will have two yearling colts in the show ring at the big Des Moines fair next week, competing for a purse of 1600. These are Criterlan colts, one of them but fifteen months old and weighs 1,480 pounds.—Kentland Enterprise.

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The Evening Republican.

Mrs. Ernest Clark went to Delphi this afternoon for a short visit. •— W. R. Lee made a business trip to Lafayette today. Miss Jessie' Bell returned to Vermillion, 111., today, after a summer’s visit here with Mrs. Arthur Watson. John Gleason returned to Rockville today, after a visit here with his brother, T. G. Gleason, and his sister, Mrs. Nora Worden. ft " ' -■ Charley Wasson came 'yesterday from Winchester for a short visit with relatives and friends. He was accompanied by Bob Perry, who left for home this/morning. Twenty-seven Hungarians were dumped off the train at Roselawn Wednesday evening and will be put to work by Purtelle on the Thayer grade. According to Purtelle he would have 75 at work Thursday. Miss Clara A. Peters, who was stationed here as an optician for some time, stopped off here today to visit Mrs. Frank Foltz. Miss Peters is now located at Monroe, Wls., and has been visiting relatives in .Lafayette. J. H, S. Ellis went to Chicago this morning to try to close up for the horse show attractions. He has been in communication with different companies and hopes to find a good one for the horse show week. Will H. Ade returned last week from Dakota, and two loads of draft colts purchased while there arrived Monday. Mr. Ade picked up the colts in a Russion settlement and believes them to be the best bunch of draft colts ever brought into the county.— Kentland Enterprise.

Mrs. W. 8. Day returned this morning from Laporte, where she has been for the past two weeks at the home of her son Omar and wife, where a baby boy arrived recently. Omar is getting along nicely with his work there and has recently received a substantial promotion and is going to the front rank with the Rumley engine works. I. N. Persinger, a real estate dealer from Brownstown, Ind., was a Rensselaer visitor today. Brownstown is strung out over so great a: distance that another postofflce is required for the town and it is called Ewing. That is where Mr. Persinger gets his mail. He subscribed for The Republican and expects to do some business in Jasper county. ' Thanksgiving Day this year will be the last day of November. Since this is the fifth Thursday in the month there was some doubt as to whether the President would select it or the 23rd day. He has not yet issued his Official proclamation, but has indicated that he will make it the last Thursday. College football teams were anxious to know on account of making their schedules. Last spring a good Hudson automobile was abandoned near Montmorenci and it was taken to Lafayette and an effort made to find the owner. No one claimed the ownership, however, and the machine was sold at public auction a few days ago to pay the expense incurred for storage, etc. The city bld it in for $l6O and will use it as the fire chief’s car. It will require about $l5O to put it In condition. Frank Bower took his departure Sunday for Argentine, S. A, where he will enter the employ of the J. I. Case company. He was uncertain whether he would be in the automobile or farm machinery sales department. The entire expense of the trip is defrayed by the Case company and the ocean voyage from'New York City will consume twenty-nine days. Frank Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bower, of Pine township.—Fowler Review.

Eugene Purtelle promised when in Rensselaer a few days ago that he would get everything squared away in a few days and would be here either Aug. 25th or 26th to take up the checks issued the flrsf of July and which are still unpaid. He did not show up here today and if he should fail to make good tomorrow there will be only a few days remaining to bring action against Purtelle for criminal liability. Deputy Grand Chancellor A. H. Reading has arranged a Pythian pilgrimage to Wheatfield one week from tonight to attend the Knights of Pythias lodge at that place. A team of the local lodge, of about twenty-five members, will assist in the initiation of twenty-five candidates,) which will be the largest number ever taken in at a regular session of the lodge in this part of the state. The party will go by auto.--Valparaiso Vidette, of Thursday, Aug. 24th.

Ent®re« January L 18S7, as Mcoatf-claaa mall matter, at the port eflloe at Benaeelaer, Indiana, under the art of March 3, 187».

RENSSELAER, INDIANA,''FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1311.

FOUNTAIN PARK CHAUTAUQUA WILL CLOSE SUNDAY.

Sunday School, Sermon, Afternoon Lecture and Entertainment WEI Be Program of Last Day. The seventeenth annual session of Fountain Park Chautauqua will be brought to a close with the Sunday meeting, which will be one -of the busiest days of the entire session. The program for Sunday includes Sunday school at sermon by Dr, Calhoun at 11:30, reading at 2:15 by Miss Mabel May, a lecture entitled ‘‘The Tyranny of Truth,” by Edgar F. Daugherty, at 2:30, and a concert at 3:30 by the Apollo Concert Co. and Bell RingerS.* At 7:30 in the evening a song service will be conducted and then will follow another concert by the Apollo company. Then will come the farewells and adjournment. The Apollo Concert Co. wil make its first appearance Friday and give concerts that day, also Saturday. Another big crowd is expected for the Sunday service if the weather is favorable and the rain of today should put the roads in fine condition for travel.

The United States navy will soon be augmented by the sister dreadnoughts, Florida‘and Utah. The former will be placed in commission Sept 15 and the latter , probably a few days before. Mrs. A. P. Burton and Mrs. H. W. Jackson at the home of thp former, north of town, entertained about sixty ladies Thursday afternoon. The guests had been invited to visit “The Garden of Allan,” and hardly knew what to expect. They ' were greatly entertained and considerably surprised when Mrs. Luella M. Wilson, president of the Stevan School for Girls, of Chicago, described to them her visit to the Garden of Allah, Saharra desert, Africa. Mrs. Wilson has traveled extensively and is a woman of pleasing address and held,the closest attention of the ; guests. Miss Bel Laßue played delightfully on the piano. R-.dreshments were served. The new. depot construction is progressing very nicely. Six new brickmasons came in from Chicago last night and went to work this morning, making seven in all. They will rush the work as rapidly as possible and should have it ready for roofing within ten days or two weeks, if favorable weather ensues. Not all bricklayers will stall on coming to a dry town. Another mechanic, who claims that he knows, states that the trouble at the depot was that the contractor did not want to pay the scale and searched for his masons in the saloons where a lot of boozers in all trades do their loafing. The scale is $7 per day and as soon as that wage was paid, good mechanics responded, and they don’t give a rap whether beer is sold in Rensselaer or not

Occasionally expert accountant) make mistakes. Two. of them weri over the books of Trustee Folger, of Barkley township, and gave him credit with running his office conservatively and found ail his accounts correct in every particular. They filed their report, making a charge of |8.34 each for the examination. The report returned by Chief Dehorlty to the advisory board showed the charge to be $8.34 each, or 116.68 jointly. But they collected through the office of the auditor and treasurer $10.34 each, on the basis of the old law. As Mr. Folgpr will have this to pay, he would like to know how he is going to come out in the deal. Peculiarly, Dehorlty certified both the report showing that $8.34 each was allowed, and the claim for $10.34 each. If a trustee would make a blunder like that he would have a lot of trouble on his hands. John stack was in town a short time today.' Work on the C. C. Randle ditch has been suspended for some time on account of there being no water to float the dredge. Work can not be resumed until there is water, which may mean a delay of several months. Mr. Hack’s son'Will, who is a partner with him in the dredge business, is in charge of the work on the Jungles ditch and good progress is being made. There is a tendency to cave in the sand where they are now working, but it is expected to back over the ditch when completed and clean It up, and Mr. Hack says bb has no doubt that it will retain itself after a second going over. At the highest ground, the banks will be leveled with a grader and a large, hole dug alongside for the earth that is taken from the channel. This, Mr.' Hack thinks, will not only lighten the work of con? struction, but overcome a great deal of the difficulty frdm caving where there la a good deal of sand.

Mennonites Get Option on Big Tract Near Gary for Trucking.

The whole region to the east of Gary, especially that part of it lying between Goodrum and Chesterton, will be turned into a great truck farming country if the plans of the Mennonites are carried out The members of this religious sect take to truck farming like ducks take to water, and they have secured options on several thousand acres of land in the territory mentioned. Owing to the fact that the Air Line will shortly pierce the country between Goodrum and Chesterton, excellent facilities will be offered to supply the whole dalumet region with the products of truck gardening. There is no finer land in the country for the purpose than the land of Porter county.* Already there are many fine fruit orchards there and the vegetables grown cannot be excellend by any in the country. Few details regarding the proposed Mennonite colony have been learned as yet. The options on the Porter county farms were secured quietly and it was not known until the last few days that any such great movement was on foot. The coming of the Mennonites will add hundreds to the population of Porter county and probably some to Lake, as these people will doubtless spread over into the eastern part of the latter county in the course of a few years. In truck farming only a relatively small farm is needed. One man can only garden a few acres. Although the people have not bought the farms yet, it is believed in Chesterton that they are coming, in the near future, but owing to the largeness of the proposition it may take soni'e little time yet to work out all the details.

Triple Murder at Booneville; Father, Mother and Son Victims.

Richard Lee, aged 52, his wife aged 49 and their 17-year-old son Clarence were murdered some time Wednesday night or early Thuisday morning in their home at Boonville, Warrick county, Ind. Their heads were crushed in with an ax or hatchet, and then their home was fired in order that the murder might be covered up. Wlilliam Lee, aged 21 years, the oldest child of the murdered couple, is thought to have committed 2 the crime, and is held in jail awaiting the result of the investigation begun by the prosecuting attorney and the coroner. The day before the murder the Lees had sold a piece of property at Newburg, and had given money to their son, who was to be married the next day to Miss Mona Taylor, of Newburg. He complained that they had not given him as much as they should and it is believed that in his infuriated frame of mind he took the lives of his parents and brother. William was an idler and his indulgent mother had kept him supplied with money. They did not want him to get married and they did not want to sell the little property at Newburg, which gave them a small but permanent income, but he induced them to sell it and then complained that he was not given enough of the money from the sale. There is strong circumstantial evidence that he is the guilty party and the jail where he is confined is heavily guarded to keep a mob from lynching him.

Timothy Seed Brought Flue Price This Year—$6 Per Bushel.

How would you like to have a few loads of timothy seed? Over at Francesville a few days ago the price was $6 per bushel, and Granville Moody and Whiter V. Porter sold their crop at that price. Mr. Moody had 175 bushels and got $1,052 for it. Mr. Porter’s seed amounted to 83 bushels and brought $496.72, an allowance being made for the sacks. Ross Porter was a partner with his father in timothy seed and took it from the Jordan township farm to Francesville in one load. It is not often that a farmer takes one load of any produce to market and gets a check for $496.72. A number of other farmers had some timothy seed, but not many of them got $6 per ton for it. Fred Llnback sold 60 bushels for $5.50 per bushel. ’f'**

Marion Township Sunday School Convention Sept. 3.

The regular annual Sunday school convention of Marion township will be held in Rensselaer Sunday afternoon and evening, Sept 3rd. The general state secretary, J. N. Burnie, will be with us. Full program in next week’s issue of The Republican. JOHN L QWIN, Chairman.

“The Story of Berkey & Gay” By WILBUR D. NESBIT Appear* in the September Numbers of MUNSEY’S and THE SCRAP BOOK It is an informative account of an institution which is a part of American history. It tells also how Grand Rapids won its reputation as the Furniture City of American and how it has held it. It’s worth reading.

Crumpacker Speaks on the Record of Republican Party.

In the closing hours of the congressional’ session, Representative E. D. Crumpacker took the floor, and in a stirring speech reviewed the accomplishments of the extra session. He said in part: . “This session of congress closes with a series of triumphs for the president that has not been surpassed in modern times. The republican party, under courageous and capable leadership, is growing in popular esteem every day, and its triumph at the general election in 1912 is mortally certain. ' “Repeated attempts were made by the democrats in the house and a coalition of democrats and disgruntled republicans in the senate to embarrass the president, but every such attempt was a signal failure. Every scheme of that character afforded an opportunity for the president to get before the country, in a clear and emphatic way, the real attitude of the republican party in relation to the vital issues in the politics of the country. J “They were his opportunities, and he made good use of them.' The Hamans in the house and senate were industriously engaged in building a political scaffold on which to hang the president, but now they find themselves suspended between the heavens and the earth upon their own scaffold. They were hoisted with their own petard."

Weight of a Bass.

How much does a bass weigh? Now, someone is going to spring that old joke of “as much as its scales show,” and you will have another guess. .. < • Lots of fisherman guess at anywhere within a pound or two of a correct estimate, usually being willing to stretch it a little, at that. Of course, there is no absolutely perfect way of getting at the weight without scales, although an estimate somewhere within a half a pound or so* may be arrived at by measuring the fish. When a bass measures 10 inches in length its minimum legal size, it weighs approximately eight ounces; 11 inches, 10 ounces; 14 inches, one pound, eight ounces; 17 inches, two pounds, eight ounces; 18 inches, three pounds,, four ounces; 19 inches, four pounds, two ounces; 20 inches, four pounds, twelve ounces; 25 inches, seven pounds, eight ounces. It is a safe rule if a bass measure over 25 inches in length, to declare that it weighs anywhere from eight to ten pounds and stick to it, for everyone will believe it. But the man who catches a 12-lnch fish and tries to pass it off as a twopounder, is a prevaricator and ought to fall in the lake.

8. E. Nicholson, formerly of Kokomo, and author of the Indiana Nicholson statute, has been appointed by President Taft a delegate to the Thirteenth International Congress Against Alcohol ism to be held at The Hague next month. Mrs. Nicholson will accompany him and they will make an extended European tour. An exploration of the route of the proposed canal from Toledo by way of Fort Wayne to Lake Michigan has been decided upon by the National Waterways commission. Hearings will be conducted at Fort Wayne. The commission will start on the expedition from Toledo Nov. 1. It will travel by river to Defiance, Ohio, and thence by autos to Fort Wpyne and Lake Michigan. The state pure food law, so far as it relates to butter fat in milk, was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by Squire Luther C. Abbott, of Richmond. The case In which the ruling was made was brought by Deputy State Drug and Food Inspector Bert W. Cohn agaidst Harry Hodgin, a milk dealer, the affidavit alleging that Hodgin sold milk which contained less than 3.25 per cent of butter fat. A Classified Adv. will sell II

F WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled local showers tonight or Saturday. Aug. 26.—Sun rises 5:21; sets 6:42.

The Issue Defined.

“The statesmen who tried to put President Taft in a hole, prepared a pit for themselves/’ says the Lafayette Journal. “The unholy alliance between democracy and self-seeking republicanism turned out just as all such alliances terminate. The democratic leaders had only contempt for republicans who, would act as traitors to their party; they had the greatest respect for those republicans who stood by principle and fought the open battle. This regard for the adversary of the open fight has always been held, while contempt for the traitor has always been entertained. The President by his firm stand, has called, attention to the principles of his party, and democrats of congress respect him for it Those few republicans who played into the hands of democracy had a final choice between republicanism and democracy, and they stood by republicanism. The issue is now clearly defined. The argument - over the tariff has enabled the democratic statesmen to get a great many ‘tariff speeches in the mail without postage, and now they can go forth and claim that they tried to revise a tariff. That they tried with no ghost of a chance is a matter of importance; they have made the grandstand exhibition and they can talk about it. The insurgent republicans were ‘played for suckers’ by their supposed democratic friends. The Issue is now clear between protection and democratic free trade.

Chas. H. Yarwood, aged 52, and a deaf mute, was instintly killed at noon Wednesday, when he stepped in front of a string of cars being switched into the yards of the HaskellBarker Car works at Michigan City. His body was cut in two. The man was pushing a wheelbarrow of castings and did not notice the moving cars. Laporte will on Labor Day have the honor of entertaining the members of the state executive committee and the state advisory committee of the Y. M. C. A., and the general secretaries of the various local Young Men’s Christian associations of the state. It will be a great «mnt in Y. M. C. A. circles of Indiana.” Harry Embree, a member of the state accountants, is dead at his home in Princeton blood poisoning, caused by scratching his hand on a book in the county office in Terre Haute, where he .was making an investigation. The Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction company has given notice of an advance in passenger rates, by which the charge will be the same of on steam roads, 2 cents a mile.

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