Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1912 — Page 1

No. 8.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Fresh head lettuce at Rhoades* grocery. That home made candy at Leavers y bakery is delicious. Try it. Earl Bruner has returned to Parr and resumed work for W. Lu Wpod at the store. ... ... Better get in for some of that fine sorghum at the Home Grocery. 75c a gallon while it lasts. Miss Lydia Sands returned to Lafayette today after a visit with her brother, C. M. Sands and family. M. R. Hawkins returned to Rosston today after a visit of a week with Clint Beck and family,, of Barkley township. The 6 for 45c can special at the Home Grocery is a good one, and is for all this week. Ask about it when you order. Mrs. Russell Prince, of Pleasant Ridge, is spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Smith, ’net north of town.

Dr. I:M. Washburn will move about Feb. Ist to the house now occupied by Judson Maines and family. Mr. Maines will move to the country.

County Assessor John Q. Lewis went to Indianapolis today to attend the nnhunl meeting of the county assessors, which meets Wednesday and Thursday. -- ’

Harry Ar rick continues to Improve, says the Monticello Journal, and will probably be well enough to be moved from the doctor’s office to his home In a few days.

Misses Elizabeth Spitler, Jane Moody and Martha Long returned to Western College for Girls at Oxford, Ohio, today, after a three weeks’ vacation at hornet

At Parr, the Parr Creamery Co. is putting up about 175 tons of ice. They started this Tuesday morning. The ice Is procured from a pond in H. R. Grow’s pasture, about a mile and a half away. The ice is about 10 inches thick.

Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Kindig returned to Monticello today after a visit of several days in Rensselaer, during which time they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rowles. Dr. Klndig preached at* the Methodist church last night

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Maxwell, entertained last evening at a 6 o’clock dinner the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, son Fred and daughter Marie; Charles O. Robinson, of Mitchel, S. Dak., and his mother, Mrs. George Robinson.

f The Hammond Times states that a temperature of 22 degrees below zero, recorded Saturday night was the coldest in 45 years. The Times is doubtless mistaken. About thirty years ago the mercury registered from 30 to 35 below on several occasions.

Remington poultry show starts today and continues throughout the week. H. C. Dippie, of Indianaoplis, is to be the judge. The show Is being held in the Austin block. Merchants have offered a number of prizes in addition to the cash premiums.

Eugene Purtelle has been heard from again. He was at Logansport a few evenings ago to confer with the commercial club. Laboring men at Logansport should be put wise to Eugene's methods and caused to demand their wages in advance. The Remington Commercial .Club - has been organized. About thirty-five baisiness men and citizens attended ‘ the first meeting. C. H. Peck was elected president; James Washburn, secretary, ■MW Hicks, treasurer Several committees were appointed. The general improvement of Remington will bd the alm of the organiza- -- tion. The next meeting will be held ’ on the evening of Jan. 17th. . Have your piano tuned by Otto ■ Brann. Leave your order with any of the band boys.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM : —• — . A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. REASON WHY. SAVE lOUB COUPONS*

Try some of Leavers home made candles. ~ \ If you want a dependable flour at a commendable price the Home Grocery’s “Best” hits the target >1.40 a sack. ■ The Ladies of the Grand Army will hold their installation of officers on Thursday afternoon al 2; 30. A full attendance is desired. "The Rest Ever” home made bread, cinnamon loaves, cakes, doughnuts, rye and graham bread and Boston baked beans at Mrs. Green’s bakery Order the day before. Phone 477. Z Miss Avallne Kindig, oldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Kindig, of Monticello, is teaching school at Yorkville, 111., this year. She teaches German, Latin and music. Miss Geraldine Kindig is attending Northwestern university, this being her second year there.

The repair parts for the public library boiler arrived this morning and are being installed but it is not probable that the library will be opened before Thursday morning. The primary grade of the public schools will not leport until Thursday morning unless sooner nottiP d by phone.

Parker Childers went to Monon today and this afternoon will bring back overland two or three head of horses Dennis Gleason bought there and which will complete a load which will be shipped from Rensselaer tomorrow. Mr. Gleason has been buying horses in Jasper county since the seventies, before there was a railroad here.

Marion Gwin, who proved Up a claim which x he ’ still owns near Bell-! Fourche, S. Dak., and who has been spending the summer in Wyoming and Nebraska, working with a city water works construction company, arrived in Rensselaer Saturday and will visit his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin and other relatives here for an indefinite time.

Mr.’ and Mrs. A. Woodworth, who visited for some time with their son Will in South Dakota, have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Sprague and family at Gibbon, Neb., for the past several weeks, and are now under Quarantine at the Sprague home ’here. Mr*. Sprague and little son have the smallpox. This will probably delay their trip home for some time.

Charles O. Roblunou, of near Mitchell. S. Dak., who was called to Rensselaer by the death of his father, George Robinson, informs us that he will move from the rented farm h? has.been occupying to a Quarter section he has bought not far from Mitchell. His address after March Ist will be Lumas, S, Dak. Chkrley was unable to remain here long, owing t? the many things that demand his attention and will leave for Mitchell tomorrow. —■ '

We have received a copy of the Winchester Herald which gives an extended account of the banquet given by James P. Goodrich, formerly republican state chairman, to his class of the Presbyterian Sunday school. Eighty-eight men attended the banquet, which was given at the Randolph hotel, which is conducted by A. J. Brenner and son Will. A six course dinner was served,, and the Herald says: “Landlord Brenner received many congratulations for the excellent feast which was served. Few banquets have been served with as little confusion.” . .. f '; ’ Tomatoes are scarce and the market is high, but the Home Grocery has a big lot of especially fine ones at only 10c a can. . ' Advertising is an/ investment, not an expense. Advertising placed in The Republican becomes a profitab'o investment, whether large or small. Try a classified advertisement and be convinces!. ~ r 'n i,i in mi > i ii,’ A . o Feel languid, weak, run-down? Headache? Stomach "off’’?—-Just a plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones'liver and stomach, promotes digestion, purifies tho Wood.

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IENSSELABR, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1912.

A Sawmill in the Rockies

Pagosa Springs, Colo., Jan 1 Editor Republican: Thinking that an article about a sawmill a little larger than George Haste’s was might interest your read ers, I have decided to try my hand at "writing it up.” Under one roof is the log mill proper, consisting of two saws and a cutting capacity of 7,000 feet per hour, the carriage being handled by steam and the ratchet setting being done by the same means. After leaving the saw the lumber and slabs pass down the steam rolls, the lumber going to the left, the slabs to the right to the lath mill, which has a capacity of 25,000 lath every ten hours. Every slab that will make lath is used here; those that will not and are clear of knots go to the hog (of the Arkansas type, I think) who chews them up and makes dust for the boiler furnaces. After leaving the live rolls the lumber goes to the edger where all bark is cut away; thence to the "cut off” inclined table consisting of four drop saws, this being capable of cutting a board of any length from four feet up, next it goes to„the surfacer, where the rough is taken off of one side; there is a surfacer for d'i-

jnension timbers and it cl nans all four sides at once. There Is also a railroad tie saw table of three saws, capable ot cutting two ties at once. The logs are unloaded in a pond and/towed into a chute, then dragged to the saw floor by a chain, here they run up against the kicker, a professional, and he starts them down the skidway to the saws, but before arriving there they come in contact with a "nigger” who knocks them around with his head and nose until thew are on the carriage in position for the saw. He also uses his head and nose to turn them on the carriage. An engine with a horse-power capacity of four hundred, pulls all these various machines and some more besides. His flywheel is twelve feet in diameter; his first or main bejt is leather doubled, not a lace in it, is three feet wide and about sixty/iong and cost $550. I shall not try to estimate the amount of belting but the mill is about two hundred feet square and is all bejts (leather and rubber) and chains below the floor and when I'am down there I have to look out for my hat because I only have one. In speaking of belts and chains I mention them as they hang on their pulley, thus being double. There te one dust chain 150 feet long which carries, the refuse to a waste pile where it is burned; another carries the dust to the furnaces, of which .there are six and what they do not use is carried on to the dust house; then there is another chain 50 feet long running from the dust house to the boilers which is used only, when the mill is not running. There is a dry kiln Of 40,000 feet capacity and a planer of nine machines. About sixty men are employed in the mill and yard; and two logging camps of fifty men each. Now listen, little folks, be-

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10 Cent Social and 25 cent Supper.

Section No. 1 of the Ladies' Industrial of the M. E. church will hold the regular monthly 10-cent social at the residence of A. Halleck, Tuesday evening, Jan. »th. ■ - ~~ • Beginning at 5:30 they will serve cream chicken, mashed potatoes, cottage iheese preserves, lettuce sandwitcues, chop picklea, coffee. pie abd mints for 25c. A prognun has been prepared. All are cordially invited to both afternoon and evening '.

By M. L. PASS

cause I am going to tell you something about the houses they have in these logging camps where the men do nothing but saw and haul logs and loaa them on the cars. Let me tell you first that they do not call them houses,but Instead they are “shacks.” They build these shacks on logs first sloped one end like a sled runner, so when they want to move they hitch eight horses to them and up they go on, the log cars, mama, babies, dishes and all. Some kid may get its head cracked but never a dish because they are granite Now, how woulff you like to live in wbcls a shack? - Referring again to the mill and camp, there is a Thomson-Houston dynamo of one hundred and ten volts •wd carrying about five hundred incandescent and six arc lights. Ten houses are supplied with lights,‘twenty are not and there are eight for singly men. only./A system of Waterworks is maintained and every house has its hydrant. A hotel (cookhouse they call it, but we call It the International, because all nations are represented) boards the homeless men and a company store supplies all the necessaries of life. One of the logging camps is three miles away but will soon move nine miles farther; this by rail, about two-thirds of the distance by a straight line. The other camp is ten miles away and both have telephonic connections with the mill office. Two locomotives, forty-eight log cars and twenty-five men are employed in this railroad work. The organizer and maintainer of this vast enterprise 19 A. T. Sullenberger, a German by birth, but distinctly U. 8. by adoption. He has been in the sawmill business for twenty-five years and has been eminently successful. He is fhst as good a railroader as mill operator and whenever there is a man shy, there is the place to look for A. J. The company is regularly organized and includes business men of both Colorado Springs and Pueblo but Mr. Sullenberger is president and general manager. His son Lawrence is his assistant and also surveyor for the company. They also build and maintain their own railroads. The company owns twenty-nine thousand acres of land, one-half of which is still timbered but the other part is clear of mill timber and for sale at from three to six dollars per acre and suitable principally for sheep grazing but about one-fourth is excellent for dry farming aiid in some instances can be irrigated. There is an engineer and fireman for each shift and your humble servant Is fireman on the night shift We clean the grates and flues, keep up the water pressure and sufficient steam to save the “hog”, the “kicker” and the “nigger" from death by freezing, but this is no joke, as on Dec. 26th at 7 a. m. the U. 8. thermometer stood at 30 degrees below zero and the following morning at 37 and at 2 p. m. the same day wis 20 above; see the difference ?

Knights of Pythias Lodge Will Have Work This Evening.

The Kpights of Pythias lodge, which has be6ij having considerable work tor several months, will work in the Rank of Knight Tuesday, initiating al’ eligible to receive that rank. A full attendance of yaembershlp is desired. . Cheapest accident Insurance—Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil. Stope the pain and heals the wound. AU druggists seU it , « !

UNION EVANGELISTIC SERVICES TO BEGIN.

Three Leading Protestant Churches of the City PUa Three Weeks’ Active Campaign. The Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian churches have planned a series of union evangelistic services to begin next Sunday evening and to continue for three weeks, holding meetings every night but Saturday. The local pastors of the three churches, Rev. C. L. Harper, of the Methodist; Rev. J. C. Parrett, erf the Presbyterian, and Rev. W. G. Winn, of the Christian, will do the preaching, while Horace J. Kurtz, a singing evangelist of Chicago, will aid during the meetings.

The meetings will be held the first week at the Methodist church, the second week at the Presbyterian and the third week at the Christian- Nj announcement will be made as to which minister will deliver the sermon any night The three preachers will be constantly on the job and one of the aims of the meeting will be to biot out any denominational lines as far as possible. The aim is to bring men and women and young people into one or the other of the churches and to improve the spiritual condition in the city and surrounding country. Persons desiring to unite with any one of the churches can do so. The three ministers are all anxious to make the meeting a big success and to have the co-operation of all the citizens. To this end they have asked tfiat. all business houses in the city be closed after 7 o’clock in the evening and all have compiled and a list is published elsewhere in this paper. It is hoped that social events of all kinds will be dispensed with during the meetings. AH may aid the merchants who have signified their willingness to close at 7 o’clock if they will do their shopping earlier in the day. Make It a point, hot only for the convenience of the merchants but al so as an aid to the ministers wno

hope to have a revival of unprecedented interest. With all the church workers in the three churches and all Christian people united for the same result,- with a choir of all the singers of all the churches and with the energetic direction of the three ministers the meeting should result in much g >od and in an increased membership for all the churches.

Ice Packing Caused Busy Scene For Several Days.

At noon today Frank Kresler, the city ice man, had completed the packing of two of the three sections of his big ice house, on the bank of his ice pond, near the stockfarm bridge, at the southeast border of the city. In the third section*were several tier;, of ice left over from last year. Mr. Kresler has decided to remove this from the house and replace it with this year's crop which is clearer and bet* ter. This will cause a delay of about a day in starting to fill the third section. The ice is now 11 and 12 inches thick and as clear as a crystal. Mr. Kresler says that many have Informed him that it is the best ice they ever saw harvested in Rensselaer. About forty men have been at work on the job and there have been no accidents except that Joe Jackson fell into the pond a couple of times. A little thing like that, however, don't cut much of a figure with Joe, who has been one of the busiest hands on the job. All will be pleased that Mr. Kresler. has secured a good and adequate supply of ice. The demand in Rensselaer increases year and there are not only more users in the city but in the, country also. Mr. Kresler Will again supply both of the meat markets and also the soft drink emporiums and restauranta.

Celebrated Mrs. William Shellhart's Fifty-Fifth Birthday Anniversary.

Sunday was the 55th birthday of Mrs; William Shellhart, living in tiw west part of Rensselaer, and the event was celebrated by a surprise carried into execution by a number of relatives and friends. Those present were; Mr. and Mrs. William Shellhart, Mr. and Mrs.? John Sbellhart, Mr. and Mrs. J, C» Passon, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Casto and Mrs. Evans, the latter of Marion. The ten grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Shellhart formed an inter - esting part of the party. A sumptuous dinner was spread and .a splendid time enjoyed by aH. Mrs. Evans is a slstepda-law of Mrs. Passon, whom she visited from Saturday until Monday. ' papers for a nlckle at The Republican

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Have Given Up Building Of High School addition.

.The school board after a thorough discussion have decided to give up the erection of the assembly and gymnasium addition to the old school building, for which arrangements were made last spring and for whlea planA werft accepted and the contract let in July. The cause for the action was the present congested condition in the grades as well as the high school. Should this condition prove permanent, as is expected after th? match factory Is completed and in operation, it is certain to mean that additional room for the grades will be necessary. This is being relieved at this time by using the basement of the public library for the primary grade but the addition of thirty’ or forty more scholars would cause another overflow with no place to go. The board was of the opinion that ■* larger achool building might be nec-c-tary and were afraid that If they went ahead with the assembly addition it might not be sufficient to relieve the crowded condition in the grades and that still another building might be deeded, which would make a great expense. They declded. therefor, to let the matter stand for a time, and they found Hiram Day, who had contracted for the new building uncw r a protest, willing to have the contract canceled. Accordingly they gave Mm written notice of the'abandonment of the project If the city’s growth iaw the appearance of J ments will probably be mMWRfcf a new school building either next year or the year following. - or printed, may be' had st

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