Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1913 — John Morgan Attending S. S. Indoor Track Meet. [ARTICLE]

John Morgan Attending S. S. Indoor Track Meet.

John Morgan went to Indianapolis today th attend the indoor track meet under the auspices of the Marion County Sunday School Association. It was to have been held last Tuesday evening but was postponed on of the high waters. Morgan was a contestant in the events last year and fairly cleaned the platter. One of the largest rice fields in the world is to be planted by the Armours on a large part of their holdings on tlje Feather river near Nicolaus, Cal. At present more than 3,000 acres have been plowed and checked In readiness for the planting of the seed, and before finished it is planned that 12,000 acres will be devoted to raising rice. St. Michael’s church, recently ded icated at Hamburg in the presence of the emperor, claims the largest organ in the world. It Is oyer j 57 feet high and is divided into five stories. The organ is played on five keyboards. Two electric motors, each of five horsepower, supply the air pressure. Dr. Ernst Julius Berg, head of the department of electrical engineering of the University of Illinois, resigned Saturday and will assume the duties of consulting engineer of the General Electric company and head of the electrical engineering department of Union university at Schenectady, N. Y.