Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Former Rensselaerean Writes Interestingly From Spokane. [ARTICLE]

Former Rensselaerean Writes Interestingly From Spokane.

Spokane, Wash., April 29, 1912. The Rensselaer Republican, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir: , Inclosed find a check for $1.50 to pay my subscription. We have been away from Rensselaer for over five years, but still we like to read The Republican. It gives us news of our old home town we could not get any other way. While Mrs, Thornton and I are not old, it makes us feel like old folks’ for we only have one of our children at home now, and it makes It seemlmpre lonesome for us as the four children have left Spokane in the last year. Our daughter, Mrs.. T. E. Willey, moved up in Stevens county*, 50 miles north of Spokane, on their ranch last winter; Henry has lived in Spokane since he was married until lately, but on account of his health, he had to get permission to leave the store tor a few months, and has gone up into the mountains at Oroville, Wash., and will stay this summer until September. ! Albert was sent to Seattle the first pf the year by the firm he works for, getting a promotion to city foreman of Seattle. Emerson Joined the V. S. Cavalry last summer and is in San Francisco at the present time. Mrs. Thornton is having quite a time with sciatica; sometimes called sciatic-rheumatism. She was in bed four weeks and has to use crutches for the last six weeks, and we cannot tell how long she will have to use them. I am feeling better and weigh more than I have for years. I was district officer of the Electrical Workers for about a year and have seen a great deal of north Idaho, eastern Oregan, Washington and British Columbia. While. I think this is a great country, the real estate men have overdone things by boosting the prices of land out of reason, and killed the opportunity for people with small means to come out here and make homes for themselves, by getting the unimproved land for what it is worth. There is lots of new railroad work in this western country going on, but most all other improvements are at a standstill. All of the Jasper county people living here that I know are getting along very well. --•••*•. Very Respectfully, U C^LjrHORNTON. ehick starter, cracked corn, oyster shells, beef scraps and other poultry feed sold by Hamilton k Keilner. - :