Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1914 — Page 1

No. 176.

STREETS TO BE OILED WITH TARVIA B

Council Lota Contract for Oiling of Streets to Sherman White, of -4 i Brook—Salaries . Raised. . . R . • —■ All members except Councilman 7 Kresler were present at the council meeting Monday evening. Only one bid was presented for the oiling of certain streets and Sherman White, of Brook, was awarded the contract. Tarvia B, a kind of asphalt preparation, is to be used. The price is to be 4% cents per square yard. ■ The salaries of the employes at the city plant were raised. Superintendent Chamberlin will receive rfn increase from SIOO to $125 per month, and the wages of the other employes were raised from sls to $17.50 per week. 2 ——-A- r-esolution for a district- sewer on Webster street was adopted and August 10th w*as the date set for hearing objections. A resolution was passed providing for the lowering of the sidewalks at the Fendig property on Washington and Front streets and the city clerk was instructed to notify the property owner of same. The Reston cemetery trustees reported the sale of certaiin lots and the mayor was authorized to exe“JEuie'deeds Hot same, The following claims were allowed: Corporation Fund. W~R Shesler,' sal marshal . .$30.00 Frank Critser, sal nightwatch 30.00 Moses Leopold, sal atty ••• 75.00 - C M Sands, treas 10.00 G H McLain, prem. on insur. 39.00 Road Fund. Chester Zea, sal city teamster 30.00 John Albfertson, work on st. 7.00 Vern Robinson, same ...... 24.00 Harrington Bros, corn, oats 17.70 J C Gwin Co., sewer 124.01 Wm E Dee Co., catch basins 92.00 Nees & Seamon, sidewalks .. 90.48 W Frank Osborne, ser city en 38.00 Healey & Clark, pub notices 24.50 Harvey Casto, wk catch basin 3.85 Water Fund. C W Eger, water sup 11.00 Healey & Clark, pub notices 11.54 Park Fund. Tom Cox, work on parks .. ; 8.00 Electric Light Fund. C 8 Chamberlin, salary 50.00 XT E Malone, same ....... k . 30.00 'Dave Haste, same .... .7..... 30.00 fiiek Hartman, same 30.00 Tom Hoyes, same' ........... 30.00 Jesse Gates, haul coal 21.00 C W Eger, mdse light plant 26.31 J C Gwin Co., lumber...... 2.48 C M Sands, ft. paid 1.97

SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO HOLD UNION PICNIC

Thursday Is the Day and Kanne’s Grove the Place—Big Time Is Promised All Who Attend. Don’t miss it. The annual Sunday School picnic is to be held next Thursday, July 30th, at Kanne’s grove It te a union picnic off all the Sunday Schools off Rensselaer, the James school thrown in. Committees from all the churches have been making the arrangements and it promises • to be an event worthy the attend* anoe of the old and the young as well. The Sunday School pupils are to meet at their respective schools at 10 o’clock in the morning. Later all will march to the eourt house and the transportation will start from there. Kanne’s grove is only a short distance from town, being just west of the-old Peacock prop* erty. - Dr. W. L. Myer and'J. D. Allman are today circulating a paper asking the business houses to close up between the hours of 11:30 and 4:30, so that businessmen and clerks can attend the picnic. The* public can help in this matter by doing their shopping before the hour of 11:30 or leaving it until after 4:30 in the afternoon. Every person wants to assist the Sunday Schools and they can be a big help by giving the merchants relief during the hours stated. '3 '. '. 'i Remember, old and young are invited to the picnic. There will be swings, hair games, baby racks, horse shows and an ice cream cone for every person, also a great big picnic dinner. Come on and go and make the 1914 picnic a memorable one.

Next Excursion to Canada On Tuesday, August 4th.

% Several are going on this, trip and if you are intending looking over Canadian lands let the agent, Theodore' George, know thia week. Mr. Topping, a representative of the Canadian Pacific railroad, will be here all week and can furnish you with any information desired. Round trip to Calgary, Alberta, from Chicago, $46.50. C j ~'T ’ Most disfiguring ekln eruptions, scrofula, pimpies, rashes, etc., are due to impure blood. Burdock ®bbdßitters agaeleaiurtngbluod tonic, is well recommended. |LOO at all stores.

The Evening Republican.

Had Sixty Acres of Wheat That went 36 Bushels Per.

Walter V. Potter* who has been raising wheat for some years on his Jordan township farm, had out 60 acres the past year. It made 36 bushels to the acre. His oats made an average of only 23 bushels. Wheat Is worth 73 cents a bushel, oats about 30. Thus his wheat was worth $26.28 per acre and the oats only $6.90 per acre. Mr. Porter stated recently that his 8-year average on oats was only about $8 per acre. With a crop of wheat every four years any farmer would be better off than raising oats every year. Probably the experience of every farmer is about the same. Will Hoover had oats tfiat averaged 34 bushels to the acre. The average year will probably not exceed 25 bushels per acre, if, indeCd. it wffl be "TWr year it Was jpbout the same. The threshers are busy now and reports Will come'in frequently, In all probability. So far the Hoover oats yield is the largest we have heard ot Mr. Porter marketed 1,800 bushels of his wheat as soon as threshed, at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator, and it was burned In the fire Saturday night. The elevator firm, however, carried sufficient insurance on grain to cover the entire loss of all farmers.

Attorney CT 0. Spencer. 4 Entertains Friends at Tip Park.

0 Monticello Journal. ~~ 0 Hon. Chas. C. Spencer ds enjoying life this week as the genial, jovial 0 host to a party of Itetlnguished 0 men, all warm friends, at Tippe--0 canoe Park. The men began to ar--0 rive yesterday, and one or two will 1 not get here until almost the last 0 of the week. The guests are: 8 Geo. B. Lockwood, editor of the 0 Indiana State Journal, Muncie. S 0 Frank E. Littleton, general attor--5 ney of the Big Four. Warrum, ex-city attorney 0 of Indianapolis. ' , 4 Nat C. Wright, publish erof the Toledo Blade. 0 CD. Hunt, the Sullivan attorney who ran against Cultop for con--0 gress. 0 Prof. J. E. Beeson, superintend--0 ent of schools at Ogden, Utah. ® U. Z. MoMurtrie, treasurer of 0 Grant county. 0 F. Huston, financial editor of the 1 Chicago Evening Post. < 8 Chas. A. Houts, U. S. district at- ’ tomey off St. Louis. Mr. Spencer reported tried chicken tor dinner yesterday, -but will 3 give out no schedule tot tomorrow. He says let each day and Bert s Thompson, the chef, provide as occasion may bring'forth. The only thing that is certain is that they have ( enough watermelons for at least three days, as he Shipped c down 18 of the largest in the mary ket and supplemented them with a a crate of muskmelons.

Delbert Beekman Becomes Asst Cashier at. State Bank.

Delbert Beckman, who has been a clerk tor several months at Traub & Selig’s clothing store, has accepted a position as assistant cashier of the State Bank and began work at the bank Monday; Charles M. Sands, who is the assistant'cashier at this time, will remain with the bank until about the first of September, when ho Will Center upon the practice of law. Mt. Sands ’s city treasurer and te a graduate of the state university law school. He located in Rensselaer after his graduation and accepted the position as assistant cashier of the bank only as a temporary employment, always intending to re-engage in practice. He was a candidate ffqr prosecuting attorney at the recent judicial convention but the nomination went to Reuben Hess, of Kentland. Wilson Bussell, of McOoysburg, has taken the place left vacant at William Traub’s ojothing store.

Ruffians From DeMotte Broke Up Show at Kniman Monday Night.

Eight men, all said to be full of booze, went from DeMotte tq Kniman Monday evening And entered the tent where the Short Family was giving a show. The performance was about half over and the large audience was enjoying it very much when the ruffians entered and one of them is said to have raised a beer bottle and threatened to hit Mrs. Short, one of the show Women, over the head with it Several Kniman people interposed and prevented serious results, except that the excitement ran so high that the show was not resumed. It Is quite probable that the men will all be arrested. One of the men is said to be a married man living in Rensselaer.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1914.

BUSINESS SUSPENDS FOR S. S. PICNIC

Practically Every Firm Signs Pledge to Close Doors From 11:30 : ~ x - to 4:3oThursday. The Sunday Schools of Marion township have secured a pledge from the business houses tor in almost complete suspension of business Thursday between the hours Ot 11:39 and 4:30. It will be the nearest to a complete suspension of business that has occurred in this city for many years. The business and professional, men of the city are practically all identified with the churches and Sunday Schools and they responded to the request to close with a good will that proved their 'hearty cooperation in the big union picnic plan. The pdenie will take place at the Kanne grove, Justw-est otf town, the south side of the river. The picnic will be conducted on slightly different lines from previous pienites, with a view to lightening the work on the women as much as possible. The following suggestions should be heeded: Bring well filled baskets. Bring knives, forks, spoon and plate for each member of your family or party: paper plates are best. Do not bring any table linen; tables will be covered with paper. Basket owners must take care of their own dishes, etc. Ice cream wil 1 be for sale Off the grounds. One free ice Fream cone will be given to each child present. Transportation will be furnished from the court house to the grove between the hours bl 11 and 12. All w(ho have automobiles, buggies, carriages or hay racks are asked to furnish them to take the crowds to the picnic and to bring them back. Don’t Jorgrt to take as many as you take out The merchants have signed the paper to close during the hours stated. Now it is'up to you to make your orders today and Wednesday, so that all delivery boys can get their work done and get out to the picnic. H you must have something Thursday order it very early or let, it go until after 4:30. This is your chance to aid the Sunday school movement. Don’t fall to go to the picnic; it is your opportunity for a delightful time in a good cause. You can start to Sunday School next Sunday, if you haven’t been going before. . *

Joe O’Connor Injured by Stepping on Glass at Hammond.

Joseph O’Connor, son of John O’Connor, who has been employed ala a bridge builder for some years and who lives at Hammond, suffered a painful injury tost Saturday evening while at,the railroad dhops at West Hammond. He stepped on a piece of glass, Which penetrated his shoe and passed between the cords of his toot and embedded itself just below the ankle. He tried to pull the gla.s out but it broke off and he went to a physician’s office, and the doctor put in an hour and 20 minutes getting it out. The piece which Was removed was 7-8 of an inch long, an eighth of an inch thick and a fourth of an inch wide. Joe will be laid up tor a week or ten days.

X. L. Hollingsworth Fined For Not Having Auto License.

E. L. Hollingsworth was fined $1 and carts, amounting -to $6.50, by Squire Irwin last Saturday for not having procured a 1914 auto license. Mr. Hollingsworth carried a card On his machine which said “License Applied For,” but this was not in compliance with the law and the prosecution followed. It is said that there are one*or two others who have failed to procure licenses and that they will be prosecuted the first time they are caught without the 1914 tag.

Former Christian Church Pastor Died at Spokane.

~ Bev. B. E. Utz, who was pastor of the Christian church of this city some twenty yeans ago, died of pneumonia on July 22nd at his home in Spokane, Wash. After leaving Rensselaer be went to college at Drake University, S Des Moines, lowa, for some time, and for nine years was pastor of the Christian cihunch at Spokane. He was about 48 years of age, t* «<- - i ■ * A •

Notice to Cut Weeds.

Notice is hereby given to the land owners on road district No 4 that they must cut weeds, brush, etc., along the sides of the road adjoining their property between -now and Aug. 20th. Keep track of ttare and credit will be given. If not done by date specified work will be ordered and charged to you.—E. C. Maxwell, Aset, Supt ~—~~~

A CtaMiflod Adv. will find It

EDGEWATER CAMPERS HAD A FINE TIME

Returned Home Monday Evening From Short Sojourn at Popular Monticello Club House. The young lady campens returned home Monday evening from Edgewater, on the Tippecanoe river near Monticello. They reported a most (Delightful outing, with nothing i» mar the pleasure of the brief stay there. , They occupied the time boating, bathing, reading, dancing and fishing. Not a fish was caught, but one of the girls dectared that , she had a bite, which is almost enough to make a good fish story. Misses Maurine Tuteur and Cora Bruner received a ducking just as they went to push a canoe from the bank, but they had on bathing suits and the incident lost half of its charm. . Saturday Mrs. E. T. Harris, Mrs. G. F. Meyers, Mis. Granville Moody, Mrs. A, F. Long and Mrs. *J. D. Allman and Messrs. Cope Hanley and Floyd Meyers made an auto trip from Rensselaer to Edgewater, taking baskets filled with the best in the alnd and a great spread Was enjoyed. On Sunday Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Gwin called at the damp and Jake Moore, Cope Hanley, Lon Healy and Fioyd Meyers also made a visit there. Fried chicken was the main course at the Sunday dinner 7 lt a fine outing and all were greatly pleased with Edgewater.

HAWKINS ELEVATOR DESTROYED BY FIRE

Structure Was Loomed When Fire, Supposed to Be of Incendiary Origin, Was Discovered. Fowfler, Jufliy 28.—The Gilbert Hawkins grain elevator at this place was totally destroyed early this morning by a fire that was discovered about midnight' The blaze had been confined to the interior of the large sheet iron structure and notice of the fire was not taken until nearly the entire elevator was in The value of the building Was $30,000, about fifty to sixty per cent of which was covered by insurance. .The flre is thought to be caused by an incendiary. This wtos the largest of a string of elevators owned by Mr. Hawkins. It was located on the south side of the "Big Four tracks. At present there was not a great deal! of grain in the building, as it was being cleaned out for the new crop. The wind was from the north and the efforts of the firemen were to save the corn cribs to the south of the elevator. At a late hour this morning it was thought that these could be saved.

St. Joe Fire Department Gave Splendid Aid Saturday.

The St* Joseph’s college fire department rendered valuable aid at the elevator fire Saturday night. They made a run from the college to the elevator with their hose cart and 1,000 feet of hose and worked like beavers to assist the Rensselaer company and to protect the property surrounding the elevator. The citizens of Rensselaer certainly appreciate the work and the kind spirit which prompted it. There were two other calls for the fire department Saturday night, one coming at 12 o’clock, when the residence property of George Collins, near five-points, was discovered on fire. The other was at 2 o’clock, when a shed in the rear Of Mias Saylor’s property, occupied by E. W. Hickman, was discovered ablaze. It was the busiest night the fire company has ever had, but it was nothing compared to what might have happened had there been a high wind.

Surprised Mrs. Lorinda McGlinn on 69th Birthday.

Mrs. Lor in da MeGlinn was 69 years of age Sunday and the event was celebrated by a surprise dinner at her home on Cornelia-street. D. E. Grow, one of her son»ln-law. planned the event and it proved a most effectual surprise and a very enjoyable occasion. The dinner was one of the finest the guests bad ever set down to. There were in all thirty present, including children and grandchildren. Among those present were: John McGlinn and family, of Lowell; Ralph Brown and family, of Brook; C. A. Giufdy and family, of Fair Oaks; Floyd Cox and wife, df Roselawn; Frank Garriott and wife, of Fair Oaks; D. E. Grow and family and Frank Cox, ' of Rensselaer. ~r-

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Mrs. William Warren returned to Chicago Heights today after a visit since Saturday with her parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. D. S. Alter. Attorney M. B. Beard, Wm. A. Winters and John Dunn, of Wolcott, were business visdtors in Rensselaer today.

Mias Grace Halleck, of DeMotte, and Miss Nellie O’Connor, returned last evening from a visit of two weeks with relatives at'Hammond. W. C. Milbron is remodeling the interior of the Rex theatre and is putting in new seats, preparatory to opening the theatre in about two weeks. F. E. Brown, who has .been in business in Minneapolis, Minn., for some time, is visiting his sister, Mrs. E. C. English, and today made a business trip to DeMotte. ■Miss Jessie Lang went to Indianapolis yesterday for a brief visit. Bhe will return here for a longer stay before going to her home in the west. ’ —■ —■ That Canada thistles and quack grass can be eradicated by growing hemp is the opinion of A. L. Stone, of the College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin.

Charles Henrotin, first president of the Chicago stock exchange and one of iteQfounders, died Saturday. He was one off the promoters of the Chicago World’s fair. * \ William Forbes, for fourteen years in charge of the house press gallery in Washington, was Saturday appointed assistant * superintendent of the Gary police station. The Michigan supreme court Saturday found the National Cash Register company of Dayton, Ohio, guilty of unlawful restraint of trade and imposed a fine of SIO,OOO. Senator Shively has received about 75 applications for appointments to places in the United States marshal’s office. He te referring all of them without recommendation to Mark Storen, the newly appointed marshal.

Harold Noweds, who was operated on at Nt. Luke’s hospital in Chicago recently, was sufficiently recovered to be removed to the home of his grandmother, Mrs. E. Smith, in Chicago, the latter part of the week. The operation Is expected to materially benefit his feet, which were crippled by infantile paralysis. —j. . Will Thompson, of Gibbon, Oregon, is visiting his sister, Mrs. C. W. Duvall. Mr. Thompson lived here at one time, but this fe his first visit here in thirty-five years. He is in the stock business In Oregon, and brought a carload of sheep to the Chcago market yesterday. He Bkiirar**. t'hA ixytllltl tliv liiWl lk“v 4JTX Flltup" Ww highest it-has been for some time and struck It at just the right time. He expects to remain here a few days for a visit with his sister and old friends. Itching piles provoke profanity, but profanity won’t remove them. Doan’s Ointment is reeommended for ItoMng, bltaaW of proving piles. 50c at any drag etore.

Bernard Fran krone - and Aloys Feldhaus, two religious students at St.. Joseph’s, went to Louisville, Ky., today, to enjoy a vacation at their home.

The prohibition state committee has bought an automobile, and from now on throughout the campaign, this year, the machine will carry speakers all over the state for prohibition meetings. Mis. Jessie Taylor, of Milwaukee, who 'has been visiting her cousins, Mrs. W. C. Mlltiron and Mrs. Hafe Warner, for several days, left this morning for Wabash to vteit relatives. / Mrs. F. W. Tobias has been visiting at Mooresville for several days and Mr. Tobias joined her there today and they will probably visit relatives in Ohio before returning home. The brick for the triangular space near the postoffice arrived and were placed Monday, the contractor having them layed with greater precision and the job is now practically completed and the Street wfll be opened within a d'ay or two. Mrs. C. O. Smith and little son, Malcolm, and Misses Marie Byam and Vivian Alton returned to Evanston today after a vfeft of several days with the former’s sisters, Mrs. Milt Roth and Mrs. W. H. Mackey. Mr. Smith was her? over Sunday. Masters William AHen, of Goshen, and Stanley Paul, of Stoughton, Mass., came today to visit F. B. Learning and wife and other relatives. Today Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Learning, of Lafayette, are spending the day with Ms parents. The new $2,000,000 steam-driven slab mill of the Illinois Steel compan was placed in operation Saturday. It can roll twenty-five ton Ingots. Heat that formerly escaped from open hearth stacks furnishes 20,000 horsepower for the mill The class of 1912 of the Rensselaer high school held a picnic at Nagles’ grove yesterday afternoon. After the picnic the class attended the picture show in a body and after the show spent a pleasant evening at the home at Miss Maurine Tuteur. Seventeen were present

Charles M. Johnson, of Indianapolis, has been designated by the state department and accepted by the Dominican republic as a financial expert to untangle the complications Which involve European interests and threaten American intervention. 4 . Losses totaling more than 1,000,000 have been sustained by Michigan fanners as the result of the army worm pest, according to an estimate made by Prof. Rufus H. Pettit, head of the department of entomology of thb Michigan Agriculturla college. I, .... Ina speed trial held before Judge Sturtevant at San Francisco, Lasher T> ea linker I**-* ll QA -rr nt rq ■■ -tw-tao- -■ stenography only two years, wrote 284 words a minute, which was as fast, as anybody in the- room vouM read to hHor bmt write.

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