Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1915 — HANGING GROVE. [ARTICLE]

HANGING GROVE.

Your correspondent has received a postcard picture of a scene of the six Peterson brothers, living near McAllister, in Marinette, Wis., and is just as they appeared while hauling ties during the winter of 1914-15. It is remarkable that these six brothers have always worked together and each one has spent every winter in the woods since being old enough to handle a saw and ax. They were in camp five months the past season with an average crew of 15 men and eight head of horses. The length of a working day was from 5 o’clock in the morning until after dark, regardless of storm or cold. During these five months they cut and hauled a distance of 6 miles, 24,800 ties, 300,000 feet of logs, and 15,000 posts. The oldest brother, Eddie, manages the business affairs, and he does so with remarkable case. This is the same county in which James Lefler is located and these boys and their parents are their nearest neighbors. ■ _ -

Boone township, including the town of Royal Center, Cass county, voted "dry” by 207 majority Tuesday. Danville, county seat of Hendricks county, voted dry by 96 majority, an increase of 26 over two years ago. Wherever temperance is tried it is maintained by increased majorities.