Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — Page 4

Far Sal®—‘Good piece linoleum 9 feet square. First class condition. See Wil Ham Davenport at postoffice. For Sale-One 3-year-old black mule, rangy, well boned, good looker, win weigh 1,200; two 2-year-oldblack mules, good ones. P. T. Hordeman, phone 507-G. Two miles east of Parr. Address Rensselaer, R. D. 2. ——— - 1 • ■ For Sale—Cheap, some cypress hotbed sash. King Floral Co. For Sale—Farm of 40 acres, good house, small fruit, some timber, good well of water, 7 miles of Wolcott. Inquire of A. F. Griswold, R. D. No. 4, Remington. For Sale—6 year old. mare, good rubber tire buggy and set of single driving harness. Russell Harmon, Parr, Ind, Phone 521-D. For Sale—Six young brood sows, will farrow soon. D. L Halstead, R. D. 3, Rensselaer, Phone ML Ayr 54. For Sale—2% tons of baled timothy; 325 a ton delivered. Phone 62. For Sale —House for sale on monthly payments. Why pay rent when you can buy on installment plan, and soon own your own house? Arthur H. Hopkins. . For Sale —3 conveniently located five-room cottages, at right prices and on easy payments. Firman Thompson. For Bale—6-room cottage in north part of town, lot 150x187, good well, large chickenpark. E. L. Hammerton, Phone 375. . ..g X—-'-5? ■ . For Salo or Rent—Possession at once;. the Hemphill livery barn in Rensselaer; a good paying business. Inquire of Jack Hoyes, R. D. No. 1 or phone 505-D. For Sale —I have divided the Monnett land facing the gravel road Into 10-acre lots, and will offer these for sale. This land is within one mile of town and will make ideal homes. For prices and particulars call on George F. Meyers or J. J. Hunt. For Sale—Oliver or Jewett typewriter in good condition and price reasonable. Arthur H. Hopkins., For Sale—Small property south of Christian church known as Harrison property. See George A. Williams. For Sale—A house and lot Inquire of E. A. Aldrich. WANTED. Wanted —Ypur meat trade at the Northside Meat Market Deliveries to any part of the city. Phone 545. FOR RENT. For Rent—My modern 8-room residence on Front street Will be vacant May Ist B. -S. Fendig. ' For Rent—l 3 acres, 6-rodm house, good well of water, all kinds of fruit, adjoining corporation of Rensselaer to the northwest George Ott Phone 513-H. 'W '■ ■ ■ For Rent—Good >room house, 4 blocks from court house. J. C. Passons. ——— » iELECTRICAL REPAIRS. - ' For electrical repairs and wiring, .call Ray Delmer, Phone 151. AND EGGS. Eggb— Buff Plymouth Rock eggs from prize-winning pen. Hazel ett strain, >1.50 and 13.00 per 15. R. P. Johnston. 2440 Kossuth street, Lafayette, Ind. BUTTERFAT. ——" l f ■ - W. H. Dexter will pay 30c for butar fat thia week. * MISCELLANEOUS. Blcyele and Motorcycle Repair Shop —Three doors south of Rensselaer Garage. James C. Clark, proprietor. Fruit Spraying—Trim your fruit trees now and get ready for sprayipg. I have an automatic sprayer and will do your work right and at reasonable prices. Leave your order now. W. J. Holmes, phone 322. MONEY TO LOAN. The Union Central Life Insurance Co. has made a big appropriation of money to be loaned on good farms in Jasper county and offers a liberal con tract without commission. John A. Dunlan. Agent AUTOMOBILES. The Tory Latest, a real 1913 car, on Our floor for delivery now. The Maxwell Mascotte Touring car. toot Wilmas. Jlfcrawqff The Michigan Central railroad, under the New York Central system, is gradually equipping all Hnes with long distance telephones. The telephone has proven far more successfol than the telegraph, and is gradu-

DRAINAGE NEEDED ON BOTH SIDES OF KANKAKEE.

Mere Swamp Land North Than South of River—Assessments Based on Benefits Derived. X;. ' Two weeks ago The Republican copted an article from the Crown Point Star which stated that Attorney Otto J. Bruce was preparing a brief for the supreme court for the remonstrators in the Kankakee river or Marble ditch case. The Star’s article went to say “all the land north of the Kapkakee river in Lake and Pbrter counties within a distance two miles has been assessed to drain the marsh over in Jasper county and these land owners feel that'll is a case* of Peter to pay Paul, especially after the great marsh on this side has been drained at the expense of the north side farm owners, and they have reasons to have a ‘grouch’ when aslpdEto assist the neighbors on the othei ® de -” ' That was the falsifying burden of the ill-informed editor, who evidently sought to show his affection for the Browns and Pinney and a few other large land owners and did not take the pains to - tell the truth to the readers wf his paper to do it. The Republican copied the article without comment, feeling certain that it would not pass without some reader taking it up. Today we received a letter from R. H. Morehouse & Son, who live north of Wheatfield, and who probably know the Kankakee river section, so far as it refates to Jasper. Starke, Porter, Lake -And Newton counties, as well as any men living, not excepting the expert mlsrepresen tative on the Crown Point Star. Mr. Morehead writes as lonows: “We were disappo’nted that you did not comment on the article recently copied from the Crown Point Register, which so badly falsified the status of the land on both sides of the river. We figured that the reason for your failure to reply to the Article, was because you were not familiar with the north side of the river. There is more land to be drained in Laporte county than there is in Starke county, while in Porter county there are two vast pieces of marshy land running back fourteen miles from the river. In Porter county, all along the river there is an average of about four miles of land to be reclaimed by the drainage of the Kankakee river. Porter county has five large dredge ditches from five to eigljt miles long and one, in particular is 15 miles long, but they do not take care of the water along the north side of the Kankakee river and which can only be reclaimed by the construction of the proposed Marble ditch. As to Newton county on the south and Lake county on the north, both will be vastly benefited by the ditch. Lake county has thousands of acres of marshy land running back from the river on an average of about five miles.

The watershed or division of the flow of water in Porter county is 14 miles from the river, while the watershed on this side is only 7 miles frow the river. This being the case, and if is so proven by every fair survey ant by all unbiased people who have investigated it, don’t you think that the north side should help do this irainage? Survey shows that it is lowjr on the north side through Porter and Lake counties than it is on the north side through Jasper and Newton and the Star’s statement that the north side is objecting to helping the south side do the drainage is as foolish as it is false, for drainage commissioners have equitably fixed the basis of asses&ment and the court has passed upon their report with a few modifications." Mr. Morehead does not enter any further into the discussion, but it can be depended upon that he has said exactly what is true. Any person who has made a trip through the Kankakee country knows that there is vastly more waste land north of the river than there is south and that the dykes and ditches that have been build on the north side have failed to reclaim the land. Any person who knows anything about law and justice knows that it would be impossible for a court to assess land for the construction of this ditch on any other basis than the improvement it would receive, and the statement of the Crown Point editor that Lake and Porter counties were being assessed for a drainage scheme that would help only the lands on the south side of the river is inexcusable idiocy. There was just one question to be determined of importance and that was the feasibility of the ditch as it related to the possible benefits in comparison to the construction cost. This was afirmatlvely decided and later the equity of the assessments were passed upon. The construction of this ditch means so much to land owners in the valley that we are surprised that the Browns and Pinney have fought ft at all, and it would ordinarily be surprising to see a newspaper opposing the improvement, but in the case of the Crown Point Star, Jong regarded as the exponent of sleepy hollow journalism, there is little wonder. The wholly false state-

EITHER WOULD DO.

“I consulted a fortune teller, and was told to marry Jack.” ,r What fortune teller did you look him up in—Bradstreet’s or Dunn’s?”

GOOD FOR SMALL STAKE.

It was during his annual fortnight by the sad sea waves that he met her, and ere many days had passed he was madly in love —nay, desperately—ln love. “Ah,” he cried, as they stood on the silent river pier, ‘‘l am poor, and you are rich! But true love levels all things, and” “ft cannot be!” she interrupted sadly. \ “Then this must be my last , resort!” he exclaimed passionately, and drew forth a gleaming revolver from his breast. ’ Critically the fair maiden glanced at the shining weapon. “It seems all right,” she said encouragingly. 4 ‘You should be able to get five or six dollars on that!*’

THE DIRECT ROUTE.

“They say she spurned his offer of marriage.” “She did- She found that he was dependent upon a rich uncle, so she married the uncle.’’—Detroit Free Press.

THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

He—l see that the first woman victim of the aeroplane has tumbled to her death In France. 3he —Mercy! 1 wona'ir how she v>as dressed. —Cleveland Plain Deal--gft— ~

NOTHING ELSE.

“Well, you may say what you like about young ministers being inexperienced, but I have nothing but praise for our young pastor —nothing but praise.” “So I observed,” remarked the man who passed the plate.

Christian Church.

The Putman, Tuckerman Evangelistic Co. will begin an evangelistic campaign in this churctfsSunday This team is composed of specialists in all branches of Christian activities. The Sunday school, choir, young people’s work and the fundamentals in the Christian religion will receive attention at the hands of these special workers. Bible school 9:30. Communion and Worship 10:45. Young people’s meeting 2:30. Christian Endeavor 6 p. m. ■Preaching by Evangelist Patman at 7 p.m. Large chorus choir and special music each night. Services to begin* promptly each evening at 7:30 o’clock.

Methodist Church.

Sunday morning sermon by Mrs. Fell, “Two Railroads to Eternity.”— illustrated by maps. Children’s 2:30. Young People’s meeting 3:30 aqd public preaching services 7 p. in. Services every afternoon and evening next Week. You are invited to these services. Remember, there will be preaching Saturday night, March 23.

Baptist Church.

Sunday school 9P:30 a. m. Preaching at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p. m. Morning subject, “Success Out of Failure.” Evening, “SiftetF But Safe.” A. S. Cross, Pastor.

■ , i The design for thirty-two modern steel cars has been completed at the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona, Pa. The cars will differ from the ordinary ones in that the superstructures, the side parts and the roof will be of steel.

CASTOR IA For infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the zXv S/tyfj " Signature of

ment shows a ready willingness to misrepresent the condition in an effort to play the part of a sycophant to a couple of rich land owners who are trying to find some legal loophole to forestall a great reclamation project started in Jasper county. The supreme court will doubtless give the briefs the most thorough consideration and if that is done, the decision of Judges Hanley and Marvin will be sustained and the ditch constructed and the great Kankakee valley will be made to blossom as a rose.

A Classified Adv. will sell it

Doings in Newton County as Told in Kentland Enterprise.

Warren T. McCray has leased the new garage to C. J. Macon & Co., and the same will- be opened April Ist Mr. Macon formerly located at Muncie, • Fred Beld|iouse and Harvey Messman, of Rensselaer;, were guests at the home of Herman Messman the latter days of the week. W. O. Schanlaub was in Chicago Tuesday. He is having additional trouble. wlj.h his eye, and in this he has the sympathy of all. Miss Margaret Fettig and Miss Dulcie Dykeman, of Roselawn and Miss Ruth Miller, of DeMotte, were guests of the Misses Burton Saturday' and Sunday. , ' ‘ . Will H, Ade reports the purchase of a fine young imported Belgian stallion from Sowers & Son, of Huntington. The horse was received at Crystal Spring Stock Farm last Thursday night. George Sawyer, of near Brook, is reported quite low as a result of a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. M. C. Sawyer was over to see him Saturday and Sunday. Conda Stucker, of Mt. Ayr, is being favorably mentioned as a candidate for county treasurer. There is “narry” a member of the g. o. p. in Newton county that the writer would rather see holding down that job. It is reported that work on Jackton township’s new stone roads will begin shortly, a piece of news which will be gratifying, doubtless,. to those wtjo are able, to hark back tq the time when the tax for said roads was voted. Mrs. Frank M. Ross has been honored by the appointment as chairman of the executive board of the Woman’s Clubs of the Tenth district of Indiana, and met with the board at Hammond Tuesday to have the appointment ratified. Luncheon was served by Mrs. J. M.. Turner, vice-chairman of the committee. The annual district meeting will be held in Kentland in May, and the program will be in' charge of Mrs. Ross. Democrats are constantly -doing something to cast suspicion on themselves and discredit their party. Judge D&rroch,“AttbrneyT. ByCunhinghain and Deputy Sheriff Dowling visited a barbershop Tuesday morning and had their mustaches shaved. After hearing the comments of a v few friends along the street they wished most heartily that the “recall” was in operation. Asberry Strole dropped into town with his flowing beard and looked on the bunch in disdain. Mr. Strole started his whiskers and his politics about the same time, and says he doesn’t propose to change either.

The revival meeting last night under the leadership of Mrs. Fell was full of The?audience was large and eager for the Gospel message given under the subject of “War,” from the text 1 Tim. 1:18 and 2 Tim. 2:3. “War a good warfare” and “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” The speaker spoke of. the honors of war, and then went to the spiritual application of the lesson, saying that the greatest war that we can engage in is the war over precious souls. This is the greatest war in all the world. Are you engaged in this warfare? Ane ybu warrlng ira a good soldier of Jesus Christ? Are you under the flag of the Cross? We are either for Christ or we are against Him. If you once was in this warfare and have deserted, get back into the ranks. Get back into the true warfare. Are you as a family divided in this warfare —some in Satan’s cause and sbme for the Master? Let all join Christ’s army and fight together in this war for souls for the Kingdom of God. Preaching tonight by Mrs. Fell, at 7:30. Come and help In the service.

This is the season for magazine canvassers and neighboring newspapers are warning people against “fake” solicitors. Several have been defrauded here during the past years and it is always safer to patronize the local dealers, who will be able to give you favorable clubbing rates. Make strange canvassers prove that they are honest by showing their authority from the publishers or else do ize them. A magazine solicitor for McClures, the Delineator and the Ladies Home Journal is said to have made a big haul at Gary and .to have failed, io send the magazines to all who subscribed. An increase in wages was announced by the large cotton manufacturing companies of Rhode Island Monday. The amount of the increase which will go into effect March 25, was not made public. The mills employ about 20,000 operatives. Peter Howe, 89 year® old, credited with running the first locomotive into Chicago, is reported dead at his home in Sandusky, Ohio. Howe Was born in England and came to America when he was 15 years old. He immediately took up railroad work. John W. Noble, of St Louis, who was secretary of the interior under President Harrison, is seriously ill frofii weakening of the heart He is 81 years old. ■ -

Terre Hante Normal to Arrange For a Large Attendance.

In order to fully accommodate all high school students the Indiana State Normal has arranged to start three sets of classes the coming spring. The .first wil I begin Monday., March .25. and end Friday, June 14. The second will begin, Monday, April 22, and end Friday, July 12. The third will begin Monday, May 20, and end Friday, August 9. In eack of these classes ample provision will be made for all classes of students. To secure 12 or 24 weeks’ certificate it will be necessary that students be in attendance the full time. The regular summer quarter wil’ begin Monday, June 17, and end September 6. During this time regular 12-week classes wil be organized to suit the needs of the students.

The fourth class postoffice at Kramer, Ind., has been advanced to the presidential class/and the salary of the postmaster was fixed at >l,loo'a year. _________ Enough potash to supply the United States probably for thirty years has been discovered by government scientists in the bed of what was Searles’ lake, San Bernardino county, California.

Representative David J. Foster, republican, of Vermont is dead after an illness of three weeks. Mr. Foster was first stricken with grip, which developed into pneumonia and terminated fatally in a Jew . hours.. All the demands of the 200,000 mln ers in the bituminous coal fields of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for a 10 per cent increase in pay and shorter working hours were voted down by the operators at Cleveland Thursday. In a special recommendation to con gress Postmaster General Hitchcock urges immediate extension to rural letter carriers who may be injured in the line of duty, the same priveleges and compensation as now provided by law for injured railway mail clerks. The political policy of the democrats with respect to the tariff was revealed Thursday when Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee reported a bill for the revision of the wool schedule. The bill is that which was passed by the house last summer. The United States government has sent John H. Armington, the local forecaster of the Chicago district of the weather bureau to the University of Notre Dame to install new instruments for recording and reporting weather conditions for northern far diana. Ezra Fix is another good man gone wrong. He has moved out to the farm and is preparing for a hard summer’s work. Of course, Mrs. Fix will have nothing to do only the little housework, milking, tending to the garden, and looking after the chickens. —Boswell Enterprise. Ben Lewis, aged 35, business manager of the Quincy, 111., Journal, committed suicide Thursday afternoon. He turned on the gas in the bathroom at his home while the members of the family were away, and was found some time afterwards by his wife. The reason for his act is a mystery.

A novel shower for a newly wedded couple was given to Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Keats, living near Greenfield. Itwas called a “chicken shower” and each of the eighty guests presented the couple with a live chicken. They received eighty hens and two cockerels, enough to stock their farm. Mrs. Minerva A. Saunders, who had the distinction of having read more than 6,000 novels during her thirtyfour years’ service as librarian of the public library at Pawtucket, R. 1., is dead. She was 74 years old. She read every novel that came to the library before allowing it to go on the shelf. Twelve hundred dollars, a record price for Wisconsin cows, was paid by Charles D. Ettinger, of Tinley Park. HL, to M. H. Tichener for Thelma Glenwood, a national dairy show champion, at the second sale of the West Moreland Guernsey farm, near Oconomowoc, which was attended by 150 buyers from the north central states. Thelma Glenwood has a record of 750 pounds of butter for one year. R. E. VanGundy, who recently purchased a large farm east of Enos, moved this week from Rensselaer to the Geo. Graves house In the east part of town. Like any up-to-date man who comes into a new community, he at once made his way to the Courier office the day he arrived and subscribed for the local paper. He and his wife are splendid young people and we should make them feel that they have come to a town of friendly people—which they have.. They are active workers fa the Christian church.—Morocco CourA healthy man is a king in hte own right; an unhealthy man an unhappy slave. For Impure blood and sluggish liver, use Burdock Blood Bitters. On foe market 35 years. |LW a bottle." -

Rev. Postill's Farm is in Jasper county Near Rensselaer.

Attica Ledger. Rev. C. W. Postill, who finds time between sermons to do the hard work ..toward managing a good-sized farm which he owns up in White county, reports a splendid prospect there for wheat His heart is fa the country and when he is superannuated from the ministry he will retire to his farm and spend his last days in peace and happiness. When it comes to investment he believes in Indiana lands in preference to those of the west or south. Eight years ago be bought a rather unpromising farm and at once began to practice some book farming which he had been Imbibing from Purdue bulletins and other sources. When he tiled all his fields the neighbors thought he was burying good money but a few years later when they saw the results they began to wake up and are now busy draining land. He has used a scientific rotation of crops and as a result has built up the soil, until it is far better than it was when it was originally broken up and is yielding ample returns. Land not as good as his all about his place has been selling at greatly advanced prices and one farm near his but not so good sold recently for $l5O per acre —more than treble what he paid for his land.

D. A. R. Meeting.

The D. A. R. Will meet Tuesday afternoon, March 26th, at 2:30 o’clock, with Mrs. G. E. Murray. The following program has been arranged: Music by Mrs. J. L. Brady., A paper entitled “Washington’s Inauguration,” by Mrs. W. C. Babcock. Another paper, “America’s First Public School,” by Mrs. Frankie Bostwick. Mrs. J. L. BRADY, Regent MAUD DAUGHERTY, Secretary.

J. B. Edmondson, of Indianapolis, chief assistant in the department of geology, at the statehouse, has resigned his place, to become associate editor of the Farmers’ Guide, an agricultural publication published at Huntington. Mr. Edmondson recently graduated from Pursue university. He will assume his new-duties March 15th. “Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until I used Doan’s Ointment The result was lasting.”—Hon. John R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala. Miss Virglna Brooks and the staunch legion which has battled for pure politics and city government in West Hammond for some time dug up the “rooster” banners ‘Tuesday night and; paraded the streets. This was by way of proclaiming that they had nominated their ticket against strong opposition and with the heaviest vote ever polled in the little city. Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas’ Eolectic Oil for such emergencies. Two sizes 25 and 50c at all stores. Indiana has more miles of improved roads than any other state in the country, with Ohio a close second, followed in the order named by New York, Kentucky, Illinois, California and Massachusetts, according to statistics gathered by the office of public roads of the department of agriculture. Indiana has 24,955 miles of improved roads. Luke E. Wright, former secretary of war, before the Helm investigating committee Monday as a witness In the ease of Maj. Robert B. Ray, an army paymaster, passed responsibility for Maj. Ray’s escape of a court martial to former Chief of Staff Gen. J. Franklin Bell. Gen. Bell Is now fa Manila. BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanking doe* not cure children of bedwetting. There in a constitutional cause for thl* trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box W„ Notre Dime, Ind., will send tree to any motitar her successful home treatment, with full ' Instructions. Send no mosey, but write her today If your children trouble you in this way. Don't blame the child, the chances at* It can’t help It. This treatment also cure* adults and aged people troubled with urine dlfflcultles by day or night.

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