Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1915 — Remington Press Says Our Folks Did Not Attend. [ARTICLE]

Remington Press Says Our Folks Did Not Attend.

The Remington Press comments on the attendance at Fountain Park from neighboring towns, and states - that “our own county seat," meaning Rensselaer, as being conspicuous by their absence. The Republican understood that a good many people went from Rensselaer to the park on each of the Sundays during the session and thinks the estimate of “a dozen” far below the actual number who attended. But if The Press was right ia its estimate even then we question-the propriety of mentioning it. Year after year Rensselaer has patronized Fountain Park with great liberality and usually on the big days v there have been many dozens there and our people have been in entire sympathy with the association. The Republican has had a standing offer to President McCullough for a number of years that we will give one column of space each day to the Fountain Park assembly if some person on the grounds win furnish the copy for it, but with the exception of one year this was not taken advantage of. This year there was very little advertising done for Fountain Park in Rensselaer and possibly the attendance was affected in that way. However, the chautauqua came just at a time this year when plans were being made for the visit of the Lincoln chautauqua here and on the last clay of the Remington chautauqua there was an excursion to Chicago and the only one held so far this year. Then there is another matter that affects the attendance from Rensselaer and that is the inconvenience and expense of getting there for those who do not own automobiles. Then thrashing is under way over here and farmers .generally were at that last Sunday. We trust that the expressed view % of The Press is not the attitude held' by most people at Remington and it is probable that in future years there may be more in attendance.