Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1912 — Easter Market. [ARTICLE]

Easter Market.

The ladies of the Christian church will conduct an Easter market and apron sale. 'Date and location announced later. _ A. S. Laßue adds to the list of robin red breast testimonials today. He saw one at hiß residence on River street. The groundhog has speedily resented the intrusion of these spring harbingers, however, and plans a cold wave to show his disapproval. —- John N. Baker, of Barkley township, is of the opinion that in some places in Jasper county the quail stood the hard winter and the big storm very well at any place where there was a chance to get some feed. He had some shocked” grain and reported seeing a big flock only a few days ago. There are quite a number of prairie chickens, according to Trustee William Folger, of Barkley township. Some persons, however, who had several coveys of quail on their farms report that they hav.e not seen one since the blizzard. The weather forecast is again in favor of the groundhog theory. The slightly warmer weather is to be of short duration and not much warmer at tirai, for the snow which fell yesterday is almost all with us today. Tonight we are promised or rather threatened with more snow and a genuine cold wave. This is not calculated to inspire trade in spring hats, but that is about the only advantage that the men are able to see to it and the eoja Wll* ape-apt to preclude a number of fancy feathers from the millinery purchases this spring. Frank Randle and family, who have been living at Clarks Hill for several years, during much of which time be has been a' travelng salesman, although engaged in the mercantile business at his home town, are spending about two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Randle, in Rensselaer. Frank has sold ont Ms business at Clarks Hill and the same passed into the hands of its new owner Tuesday of this week. On March 19th Mr. Randle and family will leave from here for Medford, Oregon., where they expect to make their future home. Mrs. Randle’s health has been quite poor and a visit to Medford two years ago proved very beneficial and they determined to go there to live. Frank does not know in whi>t business he will engage but probably as a.salesman. George E. Marshall and Chas. Hensen and fnrilies, formerly of Rensselaer, live at Medford and Mr. Randle also has relatives there. barren W. Washburn and wife and son Bret came over from Goodland last evening for an over night visit with bis brother, Dr. I. M. Washburn and family. Warren went, lit with some other Goodland men, last year in the fanning of a large tract of Couth Dakota land, using a motor plow in the work. They had out a large acreage of flax, but the weather interfered to some extent with harvesting it and the enow came on before they cauld get It threshed and they had to stack it and leave it ih the fields, building feneetf around it to keep out the stock Which runs at large'there* The man whd is looking after It for Goodland parties writes back some discouraging reports, saving that stockmen torn their cattle out and. then cut the fences around the flax stacks and drive their stock there for feeding. -As this is practiced In the night, there seems to he no remedy, and the owners are not hanking, much on their Rrat season's crop.