Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — Page 1

No. 96.

GAYETY AIRDOME WILL OPEN SOON

B. F. Barnes Expects to Start Popular Outside Motion Picture and Vaudeville Theatre in May.„

B. F Barnes, who gave Rensselaer a number of very excellent vaudeville attractions" at the Gayety Airdome last summer, announces that he will run the putside theatre again this year and if the weather -warms up sufficiently he expects to start it about the middle of May. Motion pictures from a high-class film house, and carefully selected vaudeville acts will again be introduced. Manager Barnes hopes to secure an especially good attraction for the opening and to have a week of clear weather, so that all will have an opportunity to witness the initial performance.

Another Step Taken in Preparation for Will Fight.

The complaint which Dr. A. R. Kresler, as guardian for Regina Burris, will have filed by Attorney John A. Dunlap, is being prepared and will be placed on file, quite probably, within a few days. A step in the direction was taken last Saturday when on request of the counsel, Dr. Kresler was named as the guardian of Miss Burris in the probating of the Gifford will. ' Attorney Dunlap has associated with him as counsel for Miss Burris, E. B. Sellers, of Montieello, and some of the local bar.

We give you a better suit at sls than you have been getting at $lB or S2O. Ask the man who wears one. TRAUB & SELIG. We sell Oliver gang, sulky, walking plows and cultivators. HAMILTON & KELLNER. For a cigar that is Rich, Fragrant and Delicious in Flavor and Aroma, try the COMET (sc). Made in Rensselaer. ■ ' -•

Reasons why you should buy your Spring Coat and Ready- * to-Wear Dresses of The G. E. Murray Co. , We are showing the most complete line. We show you only one coat of the same style and color. 4 We will save you from $3 to $5 on the purchase.

The Evening Republican.

RUE PRIEST DIED MONDAY, APRIL 14

Former Rensselaer Young Man is Victim of Paresis Resulting From Heart Trouble.

Rue Priest, 42 years of age, son of Robert Priest and for many years a resident of this city, died in a sanitarium at Elgin, 111., Monday of last week and his funeral took place Thursday at the Elmwood cemetery, Chicago. : Rue moved to Chicago with his parents many years ago and had been quite successful in that city. He-was stricken with paresis several weeks ago and was removed to the sanitarium* the doctors pronouncing his disease incurable. He was in the sanitarium less than two weeks when death came, resulting suddenly from valvular heart trouble. He leaves a wife and four children and his mother, his father having died several years ago. Although his, condition was poorly for some time he had arranged his business affairs in fine shape and his family \yill be left in very comfortable circumstances. His pother arid wife are named as joint executors of his will, and he had converted his property into cash and good securities. , Rue Priest will be remembered by all who went to school in Rensselaer some twenty-five years ago. He was a very popular young man and a very worthy one and his untimely death will cause sorrow among all his old acquaintances here.

District Convention of The Christian Church.

The district meeting of the Christion church is being held at Winamac, the first session being this Tuesday afternoon. The meeting will continue over Wednesday. Rev. Winn went over from here and is on -the program for the address Wednesday evening, his subject being: “Place and Power of the Bible School in the Economy of God.” Gary L. Cook talks the same evening from the subject, ‘The New Crusade.”

Pure-Wool Suits, $9.00 to $25.00. TRAUB & SELIG.

Entered January 1. 1897, aa second class mail matter, at the post-office at Rens-stlaer, Indiana, under th,e act of lfarch 1, 1879.

A number of real estate sales have place during the past few days, by which small tracts of land near Rensselaer have changed hands. The most important, probably, was the sale by Mayor Geo. P. Meyers of the 22-acre tract he bought three years-ago of the Chicago Training School, a part of the Cordelia Monnett estate, just south of the Monnett Home, on College road. The purchasers were Augustus and Fred Phillips and the price was S2OO per acre. The land will be cultivated this year but it is eventually expected to plat it into lots and thus make an important addition to the city and to the Fair View addition which Fred Phillips platted last year. Another sale of acre property was made by I. N. Warren,'who sold to Charles W- Platt and daughter, Agnes, 2 acres at. the east edge of Rensselaer. The price paid for this was $250 per acre. Mr. Warren bought ten acres of Geo. E. Marshall, about six years ago, at this time paying $205 per acre for it. He since sold 114 acres to M. L. Hemphill and retains 214 acres, which is on the market. Leslie Clark bought of Postmaster Clark, of Morocco, two Jots on South Weston street. Mr. Clark had owned them for several years. Barber Frank Haskell broke into the real estate business and made the sale. Mr. Clark will put the lots on the market, as he bought them simply for speculation. G. J. Jessen, the jeweler, made the most important real estate purchase of the week, having bought of H. O. and E. T. Harris, the former bank building on Washington street. The building will be remodeled to suit the needs of his jewelry business and he will*occupy it as soon as the alterations are made. B* N. Fendig, the shoe man, will then occupy all of the room now shared with Mr. Jessen. The price paid for this building is understood to have been $5,000. The building has 'been leased by and refinished for the Farmers’ State Bank, which was not started when the deal for the purchase of the First National went through. The two new garages are being hustled right along: The Shafer building at the corner of Cullen and Cornelia streets, will be rushed with all haste and will probably be completed and occupied by the time the automobiles begin passing through for the big 500-mile race at the Indianapolis course on Decoration Day. The foundation is being built, the brick are on the ground and the steel has beep promised. The Kurrie garage, which J. L. Willis is to lease, is also showing much activity, and will be pushed to completion. The foundation is being made for the cottage Mrs. Laura Michael is to build on North Cullen street, and Mustard & Otterberg will rush this job along. house belonging to Mrs. Ezra Clark on South Weston street has been turned half about and moved slightly to the north and two new rooms are being erected in front of it and a neat cottage made, which Ilarve Robinson, of The Republican office, will occupy and which he

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1913.

REAL ESTATE IS SHOWING ACTIVITY

Sveral Sales of Small Land Tracts and Town Lots and Cansider- , able Building Going On.

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“There Is a House With a Bathroom” was an expression at one time calculated to arouse interest, but now, conditions 1 1 ■ i .XV are entirety different. To J j I | * | * build ahouse without a bath- ~1 | | T , room merely raises a ques- ~| | T |ft [\ |///|V-Na-tion as to the good judg- | J—- V&tiJx&'lMtJri • ment of the builder. People f /£niTysrm r~ know that he has eitljpr not _1 I //tj l IW| *—- considered or else misjudged _ fig* A fan' I \V| the importance that an up- —' . «* mifi | to-date bathroom has in —r\ i|Y\l\\~T~ I increasing the value of the A~Wjf* 111 y\Y_—l— | house, both as to renting 1 | ft 111 \\\^ — landI — and selling value. 11, l\~~ L_J Ini For the finest plumbing T_LjJ-r r-*- Ii 1 l\'J^ equipment at reasonable cost — l— *- II 111 we recommend 'StandawT _ 11 LH r plumbing fixtures and will be pleased to show you the many artistic designs in which they are made. Ask •' for illustrated hookiet. 'Stuilwrt' "Usemorc” Um«r E. D. Rhoades & Son Rnsstla«rp Indiana

F. E. LEWIS HEADS GIFFORD RAILROAD

Chosen General Manager—G. H. Gifford, C. J. Hobbs and N. G. Halsey Associated With Him.

A meeting of the board of directors -of the Chicago & Wabash Valley Ry. Co. was held in the company’s office in this city last Wednesday, at which time several matters of importance were discussed and disposed of. The meeting was principally called for the purpose of selecting some one to take the place of the deceased president, Mr. "Gifford. Since Mr.-Gifford’s sickness there has really been no one in authority to take'his place and several matters of importance have come up from time to time, with no one in authority to act, and matters have come to a point when it was necessary that some one be appointed with sufficient knowledge of the details to take up the work where Mr. Gifford left it, and we are pleased to learn that F. E. Lewis, superintendent, of- Kersey, Ind., was selected by the board- as general manager. His long connection with the railroad, and his intimate knowledge of the details of its affairs, well qualified him for this position, and it will be good news to his friends and patrons of the road to learn that he has been selected to fill this important position. The new position carries with it a good deal of responsibility, owing to the strict legislation under which the railroads are now held, and also the many rulings of the Interstate Comnyjrce Commission, and the Indiana Railroad Commission, but we are sure that Mr. Lewis will be able to fill this position and manage the affairs of the company with satisfaction to the board. The new position will no doubt carry with it quite an increase in salary, and he already -has quite large interests in the road. Mr. Lewis will have associated with him, in addition to the board of directors, Judge Gifford, of Tipton, Ind., who is the executor of the B. J. Gifford will, and also Mr. N. G. Halsey, as secretary-treasurer, and Mr. Hobbs as chief engineer. Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Halsey have both been connected with the. road for several-years, and will be of much assistance in the carrying out of the details of the work. He will have his office in Kersey, where he can be close to the work, but no doubt will spend part of his time in the office here.

Buttermilk for Sale. Upon the opening of our butter factory we will have for sale from to 2,500 gallons of buttermilk pet week. This makes an excellent hog feed and the entire output of the factory will be sold to the highest bidder. Bids can be made by letter or verbally. RENSSELAER CREAMERY, W. E. Harris, Manager. The TRAUB & SELIG label on a suit of clothes is an absolute' GUARANTEE of Pure All-Wool fabric; add-tested; cold-water shrunk; hand-tailored; correct style. THE BEST VALUES IN RENSSELAER OR VICINITY. Hamilton & Kellner sell Ralston Purina chick starter and Blatchford’s Milk Mash lor chieks.

Peck Boy’s Mother Glad to Have Him Returned Home.

Marshal Shesler arrived home Sunday morning from Kankakee, 111., to which place he had taken Hubert Peck, the young man whose strange actions led Nfghtwatch Critser to think he contemplated suicide by jumping oil the Washington street bridge. The boy’s mother, who had been a former schoolmate of Mr Shesler, was glad to get him back and willingly paid all expenses. The boy formerly lived in Jasper county, being a son of Hiram Peek, who died after the removal of the family to Kankakee. Mrs. Peck is a sister ot P. P. Morton, of Goodland, The boy was in an insane asylum two years ago and his mental condition is bad. He acted peculiarly at Kankakee last week and officers saw him standing by the river there as though he was going to jump in. They apprehended him and took bim to the police station and he slipped out from there and came here. His mother was left in comfortable circumstances when his father died.

James W. McEwen Considerably Improved in General Health.

James W. McEwen, for many years publisher of the Democratic Sentinel, is considerably improved this spring, both in his physical and mental condition and has made several trips up town during the past week, being accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Fannie Bostwick. He is a little bleached by his long confinement at home and chafes some because of his inactivity and talks about starting his paper again. This, however, will not be posible, as during his long indisposition his office was dismaritled and sold and the old office room has been rented and a family occupies it as a residence. Ask the man who wears our clothes about them. Then come and see us and get the best PureWool Suit of Clothes that your money can buy. TRAUB & SELIG. Hay 45c per bale. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

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, •, WEATHER FORECAST. Local showers or thundershowers tonight or Wednesday; warmer tonight.

Says Removal of Old Fences Is Big Aid in Beautification. “I can give you a suggestion/’ said a citizen this morning to the editor, "on how to help beautify Rensselaer.” Told that we would be glad to receive it, he said; “Advise the removal of old fences. They are the most unsightly things in the city, especially when old vines and weeds &row up beside them.' Many of the fences served a purpose at one time, but that was a long time ago and now they should be removed. It will surprise the owners of the property themselves to see the splendid improyment that will result from the removal of old fences. The lawns are more easily tended, there is additional J ground for cultivation, and the beautification is marked. You will confer a great favor on the city and do much toward the movement If you will urge this matter in your paper.” So" forcibly did the citizen make his statement that we feel that we can no better state it than to quote in substance his own argument He is right and we hope that all read- ; ers of The Republican will adopt his suggestion.

NOTICE. Now is the time to prepare and get ready for your flower beds. Work plenty of well-rotted, not fresh, fine -manure into the soil. We will have a fine lot of geraniums, coleus, and many other blooming and foliage plants for the lawn; cabbage and tomato plants for the garden. Will be ready about May Ist. KING FLORAL CO. Oh yes, he got that swell buggy at Hamilton & Kellner’s. They certainly sell an elegant line of buggies and carriages., Everything fashionable in Spring Clothes at prices to make buying Easy. TRAUB A SELIG.

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