Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

G. J. Jessen was a Chicago visitor today. Fritz Mecklenburg was over from Watseka Sunday t.o visit home folks. Montpelier and Harrison township will continue dry by recent elections. Jerry Sampson, of Indianapolis, came this morning to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Johnson. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery went to Rockford, 111., today to visit her relatives for a week. The Womans’ Home Missionary Society of the M. E. dhurch will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. F. A. Turfler. . We have a lot of empty vinegar, molasses, lard and pork barrels to use for cider, sorghum, krtut or pork barrels. JOHN EGER. Mrs. E. C. English went to Glencoe, Hl., today for a visit of several days with her sister, Mrs. L. F. Hopkins and family. Thursday is Riley day. The distinguished poet will be 62 years of age and all over the state, especially in the school rooms, he will be honored by celebrations. Mrs. Harry Stubbs, of Erie, 111., who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Tullis, at Parr, accompanied Mrs. Will Price to Otterbein today for a visit. The. number of known dead, reported dead and persons missing in the Louisiana and Missisisppi storm of last Wednesday is 549. The property loss is placed at $12,000,000. iL'and slides on the Panama canal continue. Saturday slides occurred which will delay the reopening beyond Oct. 10th. The date for opening can not positively be set.

Finley P. Mount, receiver of the M. Rumley Co., and the Rumley Products Co., has filed .petitions in the federal court for their sale as going concerns. It is shown that creditors plan the purchase of the two concerns. Special Judge John W. Hanaq, of Lagrange, came this morning to make some allowances in the Borntrager ditch, which, as special judge, he ordered established and still has jurisdiction over. Mrs. J. M. Wasson went to Hammond this morning and will visit her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Wilson and family there and then go to Berwyn, TH., to visit another daughter, Mrs. A. E. Coen and family. Trustee Burr Porter, of Carpenter township, came over this morning to attend the meeting of the township trustees. He reports that his father, J. J. Porter, has been poorly for the past four or five weeks but is some better at this time. Harry B. .Smith, who has been spending about three weeks with C. M. Paxton and family, will go to South Bend this afternoon to visit other relatives. Mr. Smith is an old newspaper man and was an almost daily visitor at The Republican office while here.

Piano Lessons. I have made arrangements to start a class in instruction on the piano at once. Inquire at H. R. Lange & Son’s music store. —H. R. Lange, Jr.

D. L. Halstead Raised .Big Crop of Good Onions. David L. Halstead, of Newton township, got into the onion business this year and very successfully, too. While thousands of acres were drowned out Dave raised something near 500 bushdis per acre on 9 acres of his farm in Newton township. He is now placing in B. Forsythe’s storehouse between 3,000 and 4,000 bushels. B. F. Forsythe furnished the crates. The present 'price of onions is about 75 cents per bushel and indications point to a rapid increase in price. Mr. Forsythe exPects them to be ?2 per bushel by spring. If this is the case Dave will make a small fortune from his 9 acres. Dr. W. L. Myer to Attend Meeting of Dental Society. Dr. W. L. Myer, president of the Northwestern Indiana Dental Society, will attend the meeting of that organization at Bluffton Thursday and Friday of this week. He will preside at the sessions of the society. He will go to Frankfort Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Myer, Who will also go with him to Bluffton. They will return by way of Flora, spending Saturday with his people there and returning home Sunday. Several prospective investors at the Springer ranch weer brought out from Chicago Sunday and Harvey Moore took them to the ranch via auto. L. H. Pierce, who is managing the Prentice store, the former VanArsdel store, was visited yesterday by his wife and son and his brother, Chas. S*. Pierce and wife; all of Valparaiso. They drove down in an auto, took Mr. Pierce and went into the country for a picnic dinner. C ASTOR IA Ita Infrato an* Children. ItoKWTMlmMHplmt Beam CM