Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1912 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Westfall, east of Francesville Sunday. Another big rain or two and the acreage of oats this season will be very small, as many farmers have not even sown a single grain. B. J. Gifford has a new dredge at work south of the Monon track, and has dug as far south as the wagon road. It is his intention to continue this machine on southward indefinitely. But he is hardly likely to have a train run over his road south o( McCoysburg for a few weeks at itpU.Wolves are again doing considerable damage here. Wash Lowman and Will Murray have each lost several sheep and lambs. Charley Bussell, having seen a wolf killing a lamb northwest of McCoysburg a few days ago, got a single shot at the wolf, which came near bringing it down. The other barrel of the gun had been fired and not reloaded. (Wash Cook dragged the road between his home and McCoysburg Saturday forenoon. This is an excellent way to smooth up the roads and should be made a compulsory act, that it Should be the duty of each supervisor to have the roads dragged every two or three weeks during the spring and summer months. Then it would not be long until rain would have very little effect on the roads.