Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1915 — Page 1

No. 42.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS 11 l A big Thursday Night Special. ' ‘The Floating Call” This photo play is making a big hit in the larger cities. Tomorrow afternoon and evening commencing at 2 o’clock, Damon and Pythias in 5 parts. The ehariott races, the old temples and the innumerable scenes that the 5,000 feet of film will disclose will be interesting and enjoyable. .As the cost of running this greatest of photo dramas exceeds $75.00, we are in consequence necessitated to spring the schedule of.prices in order to.break even. Adnrrasion fee, 25c and 16c.

Presbyterian Church Cafeteria.

Dinner will be served in church dining parlors Tuesday, Feb. 23, beginning at 5 p, m. Menu. Stewed chicken 10c Baked beans and horseradish. .10c Mashed potatoes and gravy ... 5c Noodles 5c Spaghetti 5c Baked beans .. 5c Potato salhd 5c Cold slaw 5c Dill pickles lc Cucumber pickles lc White bread ...... 2c Corn bread 3c Butter lc Pie • 5c Cheese ....... ...... .... lc Icecream .... 5c Cake 5c Coffee *»., 5c Home made candy. The public is cordially invited and strangers in the city especially invited.

Notice to Rebek&hs. All .members of the Rebekah lodge intending to attend the Damon and Pythias show Friday should do so in'the afternoon," as the door of the Hefbekah hall will the door of the Rebekah hall will bers should be in the hall at that hour. OOMiMriTI/E.

Have Your Trees Sprayed Now.

I have purchased a Hurst power Sprayer and will be ready to spray youT trees on and after March Ist. cotton and San Jose scale are kiHting the trees ia Rensselaer and* attention should be given to them before the leaves get out. I am prepared to kill the ctotton scale on thie maples and San Jose scale on fruit trees and will guarantee results. Prices reasonable. Leave orders alt Republican office. rnTAnR.T/RS HALLECK, Pair Oaks, Ind.

party. Mer nusoana was ior many years a member of the faculty of Indiana university and alfterwaid became superintendent of public instruction and resided in Indianapolis. “Home Run” Baker, star third baseman of the Philadelphia American League baseball team, has decided to retire from the diamond and wil lnot appear with the team this season, according to an announcement made Tuesday night by Manager Connie Mack at a dinner of the Philadelphio Sporting Writers’ association.

, come to T greatest ; will send t ► r of tk i ia new ' •; j w and fte 'on price* led It aad ill ot ■a, no llee. roe. You llnatr.'ced tie ac my can also all. today y ms Apa**^Dur . t car • iuv***

Clean Tour Wall Paper.

' I will be able to take care of your wall paper cleaning whenever you want it done.—W. A. Davenport, Phonje 437. -

Wall Paper Cleaned.

«. R. Wright and Jesse Scott, expert wall paper cleaners, will be in town a few days. Don’t fall to have toour wall paper cleaned while they are here.—Phone Free Wood, Phone 570. ‘ ..

LYCEUM COURSE DATES.

Feb. 25—The Boyds. March 17—Weatherwax Bros. April 7*—Bargelt A Op. , L Business dull? Therss“7l itera tonic at hand. Try Republican advertising. V;

The Evening Republican.

Woman in Fit of Anger Sets Fire to Her Dress.

Mrs. Robert Ward, of Norway, near Montieello, is dead as a result of having poured kerosene on the front of her dress and set fire to it. Her husband remained out late last Monday pight and she had retired. When he returned home they had some words and she tried to kill herseLf. He threw his overcoat about her and smothered the flames but she had inhaled • the fire and her mouth and throat were badly burned and she died Wednesday. Her body was badly burned from the knees to the.chin.

Township Assessors to Meet Here For Supplies March Ist.

County Assessor G. L. Thornton has called the township assessors to meet at his office in the court house at 1 o’clock on Monday, March Ist, to receive supplies and to make up the schedule that will be the basis for the annual assessment of personal property. Land value swill also be established this year and the. assistant assessors are also requested to meet.

Gifford Schools Closed On Account of Contagion.

County Health Officer Hemphill has closed the Gifford schools on account of the scarlet fever in the families of Wesley Walker and Sheridan Logue and the fact that many others had been exposed. No new cases have developed. but it is very probable that there will be some from the large number exposed and every precaution should be taken.

Rensselaer to Play Game With Lowell Friday Night.

Rensselaer will play Lowell at basketball Friday everting, Feb. 19, and this is apt to be the last night game of the year. The game will take place in the high school gymnasium, beginning at'B o’clock. The advertising calls attention to the “newly organized high school band” and a parade of the business streets is to take place at 7:15. Twenty-seven vessels, including four flying the American flag, already have sailed from New York on voyages which will bring them within the war zone marked out by the German admiralty in the waters about the British Isles. The date set' by the Germans for the beginning of their operations against shipping is Feb. 18. The Slectro Steel Co., of JPJtfcsburg, asked by the foreign trade commission to /bid on a contract to furnish part of an order of 1,000,(XX) drop forge shells valued at $4,000,000 wanted by the British government, has declined to make an estimate. The value of the contract offered to the company was Estimated at $450,000.

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; slowly rising temperature.

Don’t Wear A Trass! After Thirty Years’ Experience I Have Produced An Appliance for Men, Women or Children That use niiy irate <a sermon on Presbyterian colleges. All most cordially invited to be present.

Basket Ball R. R S. vs Lowell This will likefy be the las game at night this season t Friday, Feb. 19 High School Gym 8 p. m. • *. •♦*s'<*** * Buy tickets now - 156 Bay tickets at door -25 c ■ , - - - : Hear the High School Organized Band. Torchlight Parade 7:15.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1916.

The Passing of the Kankakee

For the four months just past Dunn’s Bridge, one and threefourths miles north of Telit, Ind., has been the scene of immense activity. As a result of this activity, 75 miles of crooked, marshy, beautiful Kankakee river will soon be transformed into 29 miles of big ditch, capable of carrying away the surplus water of early spring and changing, the already popular (Marsh Region of Northern Indiana” into a region of greater interest to progressive f armers and ‘business men.

Early last fall the contract for this work was let to the R. H. and G. A. McWilliams Co„ of Chicago, and by this contract they agreed to take out 5,000,000 cubic yards of dirt for the price of 5V* cents a yard and to finish the job by Dec. 1, 1916. In a very short time 'material for the construction of the first and largest dredge began to arrive, and Mr. J. iM. Allan, a man with broad dredging experience and a gradu-* ate of the University'of Wisconsin, was placed in charge. The- first timber was sawed on Oct. 15 and gan, with the construction men on the job hardly aware of the fact, for they were already busy making way for a smaller dredge with a yard and a half dipper to dig the seven lateral ditches, averaging onehalf mile in length and 24 feet in width. The big boat is designed for a 100-foot ditch and with a 3V 2 yard dipper will throw out 125,000 cubic yards of dirt per month. The hull alone with a length of 110 feet, 46 feet wide and 8 .feet deep, contains 150,000 feet of lumber and with all new and up-to-date machinery, represents an enormous outlay of money. In addition to the work just de-

F. W. Bedford Has Pneumonia And Death Seems Near at Hand.

Fritz W. Bedford is now in a very critical condition, pneumonia having attacked him while he was weakened as a result of his fractured leg and his advanced age. Indications are that he can not live many hours. Mr. Bedford broke his leg on Nov. sth and has declined slowly since that day. He is in his 87th year.

TENNIS NOTICE. All tennis players in town meet tonight at 6:46 at the office of Dr. M. D. Gwin to consider Organisation and the building, three courts for general use. The county farmers’ institute will be held ip Rensselaer Friday of next week, Feb. 26th. W. S. Day, president, and Chauncey Wood, secretary, are making the arrangmnts and the program will be printed in a few days; -- ' The United States has been asked by the Dominion government to place guards on the American side of the international boudary at highway and rail approaches to Canada, it was learned Tuesday night. The request was made through the British ambassador at Washington. 'Nellie E. Aley, wife of President R. J. Aley of the University of Maine has been appointed state Chairman of the woman’s peace

iu<ii vJfisciH tins hay uf.ssuivtu. Feb. 17th, 1915. V. J. Crisler. John A. Dunlap. Apples bananas, leaf lettuce, nute, candies, flowers and fresh fish at Osborne’s store, Phone 439.

Butter! Butter! Butter! ' , , —sssssssssssm Gold Bar Butter is without ai» equal. Tlte only butter sold in Rensselaer that is made of whole milk cream. The milk is hauled to our creamery at New Troy, Michigan, by the farmer, and separated at the creamery; the cream is then sent to our factory at Chicago, and made into butter. This butter is in the pound prints within 24 hours from the time the milk is taken from the cow. Our prices this week in 5 pound lots 30 l-2c; under 5 pounds 33c. W; H. Dexter Co -r‘

! scribed, there is yet to be built another' large dredge near the Gifford railroad bridge, for work further down the river. These three boats with their accompanying coal barges of 60 tons capacity, gasoline tow boats and cabin boats, will cost about $90,000. At present the dredge is working up stream to connect with the first Installment of ditch brought to the Starke county line several years ago. Then it will drop back and resume digging at Dunn’s Bridge, the center of the river at that point being almost the center of the ditch. The possibility of the work injuring this place as a summer resort is very slight, for what small amount of dirt that is thrown out, can in many places be leveled back to make a better frontage for the lots.

Two new features of construction have been used by iMr. Allen, namely, the use of a derrick for placing heavy timbers and machinery, and the use of electric boring machines. The power for t.he latter was furnished by the dynamo, later to (be used for electric lighting on boaid. Besides this work, which is one of the largest jobs of dredge construction in Indiana, Mr. Allen has had charge of various other big work from New York to San Francisco. He was in charge of the first contract of the San Francisco fair, that of filling in the grounds; also the filling in of the city of Cairo, Ill.; the construction of the New York barge canal, and the dredging of the Mare Island navy yard channel, California. The R, H. and G. A. McWilliams Co. is the largest company in drainage work in the United States, keeping in operation about forty dredges in the south and middle west.

Kankakee Township Farmer Sold Wheat For 73 Cents.

William Fitzgerald was down from Kankakee township as a member of the jury this week. He has out 90 acres of wheat which*he says has wintered well and at present indicates a good crop. Of course, it is a long time before the harvest and plenty of chance for trouble intervening, ’but there was very little the Hessian fly in the fall and that is the most menacing of all the wheat troubles. Last year Mr. Fitzgerald raised 2,000 bushels, which he sold right from the machine at 73 cents per bushgl. Had is been possible to foresee the raise it would have amounted to $1,500 or more to have held,for the high price.

Colds and Group in Children. Many people rely upon Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy implicitly in cases of colds and croup, and it never disappoints them. Mrs. E. T. Thomas, Logansport, Ind., writes: “I have found Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to be the best medicine for colds and croup I have ever used, and never tire of recommending it to my neighbors and friends. 1 have always given it to my children when suffering from croup, and it has never failed to give them prompt relief.” For sale by all dealers. y C Stareopticon Sermon. Next Sabbath evening, at the Presbyterian church the pastor will

■“ ifiVreAH season of the year than apples and fancy -apples are cheap at the present time, 12.50, $2.75 and $3 a bbl. 20c, 25c and 30c a peck. JOHN BOER. Try our Classified Column.

President of Rowland Ladles’ Aid Gave Banquet to Members.

The Ladies' Aid of Newland with their husbands enjoyed a grand banquet at the home of their president, Mrs. S. L. Jordan, in honor of her 62nd birthday. The table fairly groaned under the weight of chicken, sausage, pickles, potatoes, etc., with a huge fruit dish filled with onions as a center piece. The hostess 'failed to raise enough onions so she was given an “onion shower” which she fully appreciated. Of the 42 persons present, they were from. One lady kindly furnished music on a Victrola. She had a good collection of records and the croud enjoyed them. There was a full chorus when the hymns were sung, there being some extra good voices, and it was very impressive. After the music came what they called “harmless amusement.” A paper. having some joke on each man present and it was .funny when it came the other fellow’s turn. The ladies tied two comforts. They are arranging for a bazaar in the spring. It is a union aid and they are working together with a tire less energy. The efforts of a well regulated body of Christian wok ers is bound to meet with success. After the sun began sinking low the hostess was bid good bye with many wishes for returns of the day. —A Guest. . _ .

Hints to Housewives.

Sweep the dirt under the kitchen cabinet. The room looks just as clean and it takes elss time than to take it up in a dustpan. If ever it is necessary to choose between an afternoon at the bridge club ad cleaning up the house, always choose the former. Buy something from every agent that comes to the house whether you need it or not. It makes business good for the agent. Let the pet dog sleep on the ifoot of the 'bed on colcl nights. It gets the covers full of hair, hut the dog likes it. Neglect to fix the furnace when going .out on a cold day, so that uhe fire can also go out. To make the biseuits into which you have forgotten to put baking powder more palatable, throw them out and mix another hatch, adding the baking powder. Use as many eggs as possible when, the price is high. It Increases the cost of high living and thus enlivens domestic conversation. Have dinner late the night you are going to the theatre. It adds so much to domestic felicity and the ,oy of the play /when it is necessary to break one’s neck to get into one’s seat before the play begins. In the summer time, when the weather is uncertain, leave all the windows up when you go away for ;h eday. The rain will destroy the finish of the hardwood floors, but the house will be cool when you return.

“The Best Laxative I Know Of.” "I have sold Chamberlain’s Tablets so several years. People who have used them wil ltake nothing else. I can recommend them to my customers as the best laxative and cure for constipation that I know of,” writes Prank Strouse, Pjuitland, lowa. Por sale by all dealers. C NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between V. J. Crisler and John A. Dunlap, under the firm name of V. J. Crisler & Co., has been by i»u-

Revival Meetings Methodist Church Special Sermons by Rev. Paul C. Canuck Everybody Isvited

Our Classified Column Continues to Expand.

Republican classified advertising •has established itself firmly as a medium (for exchange and we are proud of the fact that it has reached the two-column stage. Our pride is so great that we ask your pardon because we are * trifle swelled up about it. This is the season when poultrymen, and there are a number of good ones in Jasper county, are advertising --eggs, cockerels, etc., and this is the season for advertising corn, clover seed, farming tools, horses, cows, etc. We established a very low rate on this advertising when the classified column was first inaugurated and the rate has never been increased. The wide circulation of The Republican places this advertising before many eyes and the results are remarkable. The farmer who- is not using it is overlooking an opportunity to place what he has to sell before a broad purchasing market. We have for the spring season 'provided a new classification that df “poultry and eggs,” and we hope to 'have many new advertisements in this class during the next few weeks. ■ : • *•

Washington-Lincoln Celebration By Womans’ Relief Corps.

The ladies of the W. R. C. held a combination Washinjgton-Lincoln celebration Tuesday afternoon in the G. A. R. hall. A program was given consisting of readings, and a “Historical Contest” A unique feature of the afternoon consisted of a post-card menu. It was composed of about a dozen post eards with appropriate pictures and verses and was sent to the Corp by the two members/who are spending the winter in Florida, Mrs. Geo. Meyers and Mrs, Wm. Bennett. After the program the ladies feasted on a generous supply of ‘ce c-.faiu, doughnuts, coffee and home-made candy. mu in ViaolfKlar fhia

YOL. XXX.

terms SI,OOO down. Remainder long time.—Arthur G. Catt FOR SALE—6O acres, ten acres timber and remainder black corn land in cultivation, on main road near school and station. Fine outlet for drainage. New four-room house, barn and well. Terms SBOO ■ down. Long time on remainder. Priee $75. Inquire at First National Bank. FOR SALE—22O acres improved Newton county land, four miles from market. 160 acres under eulti vation and best tiled quarter in western Indiana, balance meadow and timber pasture. Fair improve ments. Price $75 per aero for quick sale. Reasonable terms to right party. If interested write or wire J. A. Wells, Aledo, 111. FOR SALE—Hedge fence posts, 20 cents each.—lndian School. Phone 83. FOR SALE—S. C. Buff Orpington eggs, $1 per 15; $6 per 100. Also Rhode Island Red eggs, 50c per 15, $3 per 100.—Fred Linbaek, Phone 906-D. Pleasant Ridge, Ind. FOR SALE —Jersey cqw with oalf by side', also a bred yearling i Jersey heller.—George Hopkins, east part ol town. ~ FOR~SAtE- Second hand build - ing material, sills, windows, doors, etc—A. Leopold.