Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1915 — Nature Produces Charms That Hops Can Not Equal. [ARTICLE]

Nature Produces Charms That Hops Can Not Equal.

Lake County Star. A visit to Rensselaer last Sunday discloses the fact that that city is run at a minimum cost in every department—and the people here are so good that Mayor Spitler has long since “fired” the city marshal. The place is as “dry” as a powder horn and there were ho indications that blind pigs were running at large. In fact, the citizens appeared to be a God fearing lot and scarcely a business house of any sort was open for business. Rensselaer is a model little city, considerably less in population than Crown Point, and her citizens point with pride to the able manner in which the city business is conducted, and also to the fact that very seldom has the county jail an inmate. The streets are immaculately clean, lawns are beautifully kept and two small parks tastily arranged with flowers are among the very first sights that greet the traveler. Of course a sign “that made Milwaukee famous” would look -better to some of the motorists, but the good people of the little city are more proud of the things that nature gives them, than of the-results that “hops” produfce. The city conducts its own electric and water plant at a profit and .gives its citizens a, flat rate of 8 cents per kilowatt—four cents lower than the rate in ihis city.