Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1911 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

George Bond, Jr., has been quite sick for a few daya- - X. - Millie and Tillie Rlngeisen spent Sunday at Wm. Zabel’s. XXXX John F. Price unloaded a car of tile last week, to put in on his farm. Mr. and Mrs. John Woosley visited relatives over near Palestine Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller spent Sunday with Arthur Williamson and family. Mrs. J. R. Phillips went to Monticello Thursday tor a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ray McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker and Mrs. Mary Parker went to Roselawn Sunday to spend the day with Felix Parker and family. George W. Hobson and son went to Chicago last week and bought some farm horses, mostly brood mares, to be used on the Vanatta and Rose farm. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bussell spent a short time with Mr. and Mrs. O. Mannan Sunday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Christianson and family, of Chicago, came down Friday evening for a visit of a few days with Mrs. Christianson’s sisters, Mrs. Simon Cook and Mrs. S. W. Noland. Some of the farms are quite uneasy about sowing their wheat, as it is said the fly is working on the wheat that has come up. So most of them will wait for a few days yet, probably not until we have a frost. A frost now would be a benefit to the corn. The recent heavy rains have Interfered somewhat with Contractor J. B. Moore's road building in White county, making the roads too muddy to haul over, also making too. much water in the pit. The proposed stone road in this township to connect the Rensselaer road with the White county road, is to be sold Tuesday. This will be a fine improvement and there is nothing that adds more to the beauty and benefit of a. community than good roads. The township alone is going to build considerable stone yoad, with township road tax and some road funds. The trustee bought nine car loads of crushed rock at the Monon quarry to be used on our roads this fallz