Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1915 — WALT MASON The Poet Philosopher. [ARTICLE]

WALT MASON The Poet Philosopher.

I bought some rags of Tailor Skaggs, and paid him when I got ’em, he wept with glee, “For now,” said he, “I’ll pay my bills, dod rot ’em.” So on the run he took the mon, and paid .the corner grocer, whose trade was bad, and who was sad, because the wolf drew closer. This made him smile, and for a while the man of teas and sages, thought cheerful thinks, forgot the kinds, and paid his clerks their wages. And Billriam Burk, the old head clerk, put up some thankful phrases, his wife was ill—the druggist’s bill had worried him like blazes. The druggist cried, “Doggone your hide, I thank you for these rubles. I’m in the hole and need a role to ease my weight of troubles.” The druggist paid the winsome maid, his first assistant, Annie, and just for luck she blew a buck for roller skates for granny. And thus my scads brought help to lads and girls beyond the counting. Much trouble ceased, and joy increased, and kept on mounting, mounting. You see, my friend, if you should spend your coin with local dealers, you’re spreading glee and ecstasy to beat the sunshine spielers.

Persons are complaining about boys molesting flowers and indulging in vandalism by plucking and pullins them up. Boys are trespassing and subject to arrest when they do these annoying acts and they should be admonished by their parents that they must not go into the yards of others to pull flowers. So many are growing flowers now that there should be a pride, even among the younger boys, for a more beautiful Rensselaer, that would make them respect all who grow them too much to ever destroy a single one. We have another shipment of our famous Maxwell hair n£ts, 2 for sc. Also a superb 5c net. Burchard’s 5c & 10c Store. Willis Samuels, a progressive citizen who liyes 4 miles north of Remington, has treated about 300 feet of the north and south road past his residence with oil. The effect is excellent and it seems to us that either oil or tarvia might be used with economy. The tarvia experience in Rensselaer last year proved that where properly applied and that was by no means all over the city, it served as a great binder. Probably it is not the equal of oil as a dust preventative but it is much superior as a preservative. The repairs ex- » pense to our roads is something like $25,000 per year and teams are kept busy -all the time hauling rock to fill up chuck holes and auto tracks. The finely pulverized rock is blown into the adjacent fields and the heavy cans with chains scatter the fine rock and soon wear holes in the roads. The commissioners might profitably experiment with both oil and tarvia and possibly it would prove much cheaper than the continual rock repairs and make a vastly better road for all kinds of travel.