Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1916 — Page 2

Roselawn Was a Bearded City Sunday; There’s a Reason.

Recently a Rensselaer barber moved to Rose lawn, and heroin lies a tale as Shakespeare would Jjave .sipd. The said Rensselaer barber proved to be so efficient in his work and courteous to his patrons, that the one barber the town had formerly possessed was forced to abandon his chosen lield of work and look to something more lucrative for ins daily -bread. In the meantime the new barber went merrily ahead; happy in Ins new surroundings, with not a* cloud in the sky to blight his future. But it seems that the >oung fellows of Roselawn were used to getting-their shaves on Sunday mornings preparatory to ciftortaining then 1 best girl uurmg the day. Act 2, Scene—Shop of Rensselaer barber. Time, Sunday a. m. Enter the villain with officer’s star on his _ manlj? “Close 'lhis '-shop orI’ll have the law on you,” said this august personage. What could the poor barber do, for he had the Sunday closing law behind him? The shop was full of customers at this time awaiting their Sunday shave —but they didn’t get them. They raved and ranted, but "the minion of the law had foiled them, and stalked majestically away with lias chest protruding and chuckling to himself at his clever ruse, while the waiting customers hurled maledictions in his ■wake. Who was the officer? He was the fellow who ran the barber shop at Rosolawn before the advent of the Rensselaer barber in the field.

ELDERLY MEN, ATTENTION.

Extra heavy weight all wool suits sls. Extra heavy odd trousers $3. Soft warm underwear $1 to $4. — Hilliard & Hamill.

NOTICE. After Saturday. Oct. 28, I will deliver no orders amounting to less than one dollar.—James Snedeker. SERVICE. Ours is a . clothing store of service —First, last and always. Come in, get acquainted.—Hilliard & Hamill.

The Yellow Bus j. Rensselaer-Remiiigton Bus Line Schedule 2 TRIPS DAILY Lv. Rensselaer 7:45 am Ar. Remington 8:30 am Lv. Remington 9:10 am Ar. Rensselaer 9:55 am Lv. Rensselaer 4:00 pm Ar. Remington 4:45 pm Lv. Remington 5:15 pm Ar. Rensselaer 6:00 pm FARE 75c EACH WAY. BILLY FRYE, Prop.

HUQHES AND FAIRBANKS. >. FOR GOVERNOR James P. Goodrich, of Winchester. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Long Term) Harry 8. Ne<w, of Indianapolis. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Short Term) James £. Watson, of Ru sh vi 11 e. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Edgar D. Bush, of Salem. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Ed Jackson, of New Castle. FOR AUDITOR OF STATE Otto L. Klaues, of Evansville. FOR TREASURER OF STATE Ux McMurtrle, of Marlon FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Ele Stansbury, of Williamsport. REPORTER OF SUPREME COURT Will H. Adams, of Wabash. FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT Horace Ellis, of Vincennes. FOR STATE STATISTICIAN Henry A. Roberts, of Carmel. FOR SUPREME JUDGE, SECOND DISTRICT David A. Myers, pf Greensburg. FOR SUPREME JUDGE, THIRD DIBTRICT Leween M. Harvey, of Irjd ianapolis. , FOR APPELLATE JUDGE, NORTHERN DIVISION E. A. Dausman, of Goshen. FOR APPELLATE JUDGE, SOUTHERN DIVISION i Ira C, Batman, of Bloomington. ~L For Representative in Congress WILL #t. WOOD. For Joint Representative "TV™— — WILLIAM L. WOOD. « For Prosecuting Attorney REUBEN HESS. For County Clerk, JESSE NICHOLS. For County Treasurer CHARLES V. MAY. For County Recorder GEORGE W. SCOTT. For County Sheriff BEN D. MeCOLLT. ■ ' r For County Surveyor ED NESBITT. For County Coroner ~ Dr. C. E. JOHNSON. For Couaty Commissioner Ist District HENRY W. MARBLE. For County Commissioner 2nd Dlstrlot D. S. MAKEEVER.

New Suit Filed.

l»avid L. Halstead vs. John Harfsson. Suit to set aside contract and temporary restraining order. The plaintiff sots out that in August he purchased a • second-hand Auburn automobile of the defendant upon his r that the auto could be converted into an automobile truck, that it had been rebuilt at the Renss dacr Garage and was in first class condition. At the same time that the automobile was bought Halstead purchased some hogs of Hansson. The price of the. automobile was S3OO and the hogs S4O, and Halstead gave his note to Hansson tor $340, due one year from .date with eight per cent interest after maturity. After buying the auto Halstead started to convert it into a truck at the residence of Hansson, when he alleges he discovered the auto not to be in good condition and in good working—order/tfasrt the- cylinders were wx»ni out to such an extent that there was no compression and that said engine would not develop power to any extent, by reason of which said automobile could not oe converted into an automobile truck. Halstead then ceased work and informed Hansson of the condition of the automobile and demanded that the note be returned, which demand was refused, and the present suit is the result. The plaintiff asks for a temporal-/ 'restraining order restraining the defendant from negotiating or otherwise disposing of said note during the pendency of the suit, and that upon a final trial that the contract for the purchase of the automobile be rescinded and the note ordered delivered up and cancelled. The hogs were also *6ft with the defendant.

CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES.

The best men’s clothes on earth for the price. For instance, all wool 18 oz. serge suitS, $16.50, worth s2o_ Smart styled pinch back suits $lB. — Hilliard & Hamill.

FOOTBALL SCORES.

Rensselaer 33, Fenger 0. Pine Village 12, Decatur, 111., 7. Hammond 20, Sheridan 0. Anderson 13, Elwood 6. Fort Wayne 6, Cincinnati Celts 6. .Northwestern 10, Chicago 0. lowa 24, Purdue 6. Ohio .7, Illinois 6. . Wisconsin 13, Haskell 0 Michigan 9, M. A. C. 0. Hammond 7, East Chicago 7 (end of first quarter).

HILLIARD & HAMILL

A clothing store for young men, age 4 to 80 years. ' Not overlooking the men who are past 80 years. ”

OVERCOATS.

—Ovei'coats, Overcoats, utsters, pineh backs, bal maroons, motor coats, astrachan collar- overcoats, all sizes. Men’s, $lO to S3O. Boys’ $3 to sB.

NOTICE OF ELECTION. Slate of Indiana. County of Jasper, ss:The State of Indiana to the Sheriff of Jasper County, Greeting: I, S. Spalding Shedd, Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, hereby certify and cive notice that at a general election to he.-held at the legal voting places in said’ County on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 1916, being the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Said month and year, the following officers are to be voted for and elected, to-wit: Two presidential electors at large, One presidential elector from the first district, One presidential elector from the second district. One presidential elector from the third district. One presidential elector from the fourth district. One presidential elector from the fifth district. One presidential elector from the sixth district. One presidential elector from the seventh district. One presidential elector from the eighth district. One presidential elector from the liin-th district. One presidential elector from the tenth'dlstrict. One presidential elector from v the eleventh district. One presidential elector from the twelfth district. One presidential elector from the thirteenth district. Two United States Senators, long and short terms:-™ : —-- ' 1 " Governor. Lieutenant-Governor., . Secretary of Stgje. Auditor of State! Treasurer of State. Attorney-General. Reporter of Supreme Court. State Superintendent of, Public In_sjTuction. State Statistician. Supreme Court Judge, Second District. Supreme Court Judge, Third District. Appellate Court Judge, Northern Di- \ ision. Appellate Court Judge, Southern Division. Representative in Congress from the Tenth Congressional District. : Joint-Representative from Benton, Newton and Jasper Counties. Prosecuting Attorney for Thirtieth Judicial Circuit. County Clerk. County Treasurer. County Recorder. County Sheriff. County Surveyor. County Coroner. County Commissioner, First District. (•County Commissioner, Second District. Ilf AjA In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Jasper Circuit Court_at RenSselaer. Indiana, this 17th day of October, 1916. (Seal). ' :*TC=r S. SPAULDING SHEDD, „ Clerk Jasper Circuit Court. By CHAS. MORLAN, Deputy. The above is a true copy of the original certificate and notice of election. BEN. D. MeCOLLY, Sheriff) of Jasper County,

Notice to Corn Growers of Jasper Co. For the guidance of those corn growers contemplating entering exhibits at the corn show to be held January Ist to 6th, 1917, the following official score curd will govern the judging: Points 1. Uniformity of ears ....10 2. Shape of ears 10 3. Length of ears (standard in county 3 iVi inches) 10 4. Color of grain and cob 10 r». Tips of ears *> 5 6. Butts of ears .... 5 ! 7. Kernels—a. Shape 1C b. Indentation 5 Uniformity 10 8. Seed condition .. . 1‘ I 9. Proportion of grain to cob 10 Total points 100 For the purpose of determining shape, size and vitality of kernels of an ear, two kernels sMe by side may be removed from the middle portion of the ear. It has been suggested that in connection with the corn exhibition a free lecture on corn growing be arranged for, and if this is desired ,by the farmers, and others, it is requested that the coupon below be filled out and mailed as early as possible to J. M. Sauser, Box 722, Rensselaer, so the committee in charge has some basis to work on.. If possible, I will attend the free lecture on com growing to be given about Jan. 4, 1917. N ame Township Boys’ sturdy wearing suits and overcoats, nobby styles, $3.50 to $lO. Mackinaws $3 to $6, shoes $2.50, $3. Wear Well stockings 2 for 25c.—Hilliard & Hamill. Everet Gardner came today from his home in Kankakee, 111., to visit his sister, Mrs. Leslie Miller and family for a few days. COMING EVENTS. Election, Thanksgiving Day, Xmas, Hilliard & HamilPs Ford party. A classified ad of three or four lines wil lcost you but a quarter a week, 6 daily and 2 semi-weekly insertions. Mrs. B. R. Ko*/es and little son, Robert, came today from her home in Flora, Ind., to visit her sister, Mrs. J. W. Sing and family for a week. Miss Sophia Smidt returned to her home in Lafayette today after spending Sunday visiting her. sister, Miss j Frances Smidt, at the home of Firman Thompson. Mrs, Mark Barnes returned to her home in Kokomo today afteh visiting her grandchildren, Jack and Doris Larsh.

CHAS. W. PLATT CEMENT CONTRACTOR I have purchased a new cement mixing maahine and am ’now prepared to do all kinds of cement work, Including blocks. -4 • Ask for prices. Phone 366

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS LOUISVILLE RY. Rensselaer Time Table. In effect October 3, 1915. SOUTHBOUND. Louisville and French Lick. No. 3 11:20 pm Chicago and the west, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville and French Lick Springs. No. 35 1:38 am Indianapolis and Cincinnati. No. 5 10:55 am Louisville and French Lick, : Ndir 37 ...11:17 am Indianapolis and Cincinnati. No. 33 pm Ind’plis, Cincinnati and French Lick. No. 39 .5:50 pm Lafayette and Michigan City. No. 31 7:31 pm Indianapolis and Lafayette. NORTHBOUND. No. 36 Chicago /.. .4:51 am > No. 4 Chicago 5:01 am No. 40 Chicago (accom.).. .7:30 am No. 32 Chicago 10:36 am No. 38 Chicago --v..........2:51 pm No. 6 Chicago 3:31 pm No. 30 Chicago 6:50 pm For ticket- and further information call on W. H. BEAM, Agent.

RENSSELAER MARKETS.

Corn—B3c. Oats—44c. Wheat—sl.so. ~ Springs—l4c. Hens—l4c. Eggs—29c. Butters at —34 %c. Turkeys—lßc. Ducks —11c. Gees©—rlOc. .'f, ■ Boosters—6c.

FARM & GARDEN

DOES THE FARM PAY? Demonstrators Point out the Difference in Results Between Good and Bad Management In every community there are certain number of farmers who have found for themselves how to make a good profit from their farms. They are now being used by county agents as practical object lessons for their less successful neighbors. Under what is known as the farm management demonstration plan, the county agent analyzes the systems that these men have adopted, compares them with the practice on farms that pay less or not at all, and learns in this way the factors that make for successful farming in a given community. He is then in a position to say: ‘‘This is the kind of farming that pays. If you don’t believe me, look around you. It’s not a theory, It’s a fact.” The demonstrations of this kind that the Department of Agriculture, cooperating with the state colleges of agriculture has made already, afford some striking instances of the difference in results between good and bad farm management. Recently 04 groups of farms in 19 states were studied in order to ascertain what the farmer , obtained for his year’s work after deducting the interest at 5 per cent on the value of farm and ether capital—in other words, to find out his labor income or wages. In each of these groups, which included altogether 4,400 farms, the conditions were reasonably similar. In each group the farmers were divided into five numerically equal classes according to their labor incomes. It was found that although the average labor income for all the groups was only $387, the average for the farmers in the first class— that fifth of the farmers who did best —was sl,421. In the second class it was $642. The last class—the fifth of the farmers who were least successful—got nothing for wages and lost, on the average $517. That is to say the investment on the amount of pioney represented by their farm, stock, and equipment would have been $517 more than the farm returned them. It should be borne in mind in this connection the labor income is merely the farmer’s wages and that the family has in addition, besides interest on investment, the use of the farmhouse and such fuel and food as thje farm supplies free of money cost. Other demonstrations {iave produced similar results. In moit any northern community, one fifth of the farmers are making approximately SI,OOO a year more than the average and $2,000 more than the least successful. This is not luck, nor is it altogether, or even chiefly, a question of the individual farmer. Further analysis will

show that the successful men are following certain methods adapted to their conditions and that the unsuccessful are not. It is the business of the county agents and farm management demonstrators to ascertain what those methods are and to point them out. ** How this can be done is shown by a study of a farm which, for the sake of convenience, can be called the Baldwin farm. The owner’sf labor income one year was minus s4s—his income was $45 less than the interest on his farm and equipment. That year ihe average labor income on 193 farms in the same community was $l9O and jor the 25 more successful farms $750. There were however, other differences whijsh did account for it* Baldwin had 51 acres in crops, as compared with an average of 68 and for the best farms 93. He fed practically all his crops to his 11 cows and 2 horses, but the receipts from butter and milk from each of his cows 1 * averaged only S3O. On the average farm there were 6 cows, giving average receipts of $44, and on best farms eight cows, with average receipts from .each of $62. The other farmers with their larger crop acreage had a surplus of crops to sell. Baldwin, With as good yields as the others per acre, had practically nothing to sell, and the stock to which he fed his crops was too poor to give him profitable returns. .. The important thing for Baldwin, said the demonstrators when they had scertained these facts was to weed out his herd, to keep a record of the production of each cow and to get rid of those which were costing him money. The next thing was if possible to rent or buy a little more land so that the size of his business would be more commensurate with its equipment. He and his horses were capable of farming as much land as his neighbors, and by not doing it he was wasting his time just as his cows were wasting his- feed: Such demonstrations of course, arevaluable only for the community in which they are made. They cannot be taken to mean that it is better to keep 8 cows than 11, to sell crops than to feed them, or to cultivate 90 acres than 50. They show, however, that there aj§,ja v lways profitable and unprofitable ways of running a farm in any community, and that if a man s is losing money in return for hard work It will pay him to learn from his neighbors who are making it. It is in helping him to do this that the county agents are now finding one of their niQjjt useful functions,

Good Measure

“I can’t see why these wise fallows are fooling around with spineless cactus !’’ declared Gowse. “I don’t discern any good in and I don’t know anything wonderful about it. Spineless public men are common enough to take away the glamour of that kind o' thing and spineless cactus aren’t worth anything anyway. “Boneless cattle would be a lot more to the point. Hang it! I think the butchers and stock men are cullivat ing as much bone as possible in the meat these days. A dollar’s worth of steak makes a much neater bundle and is easier handled when it is most ly bone, and I think the cattle are bred to have the heaviest kind of bones, also.’’ “Perhaps you’re right,” answered Meeker. “But steaks have to be small so the people can get them into apartment house ovens, you know. There wouldn’t be room for a good, old-fash-ioned steak in a modern kitchen, much less on the modern range. It's the same with coal. I think they have a kind of compressed coal nowadays, too, a little of it weighs so much. “Why, when I was a boy and had to go down into the basement Saturday morning and haul coal around and pile it up in the basement there used to be the biggest mountain of coal for a ton that you ever saw! It used to take two whole Saturdays to put it away. But a ton of coal now!’’ “Well,” said Gowse, “I’ll guarantee that the coal nowadays Is no heavier than It used to be when I was a boy. The coal they used to bring us was heavy enough, as I know mighty well, for I used to hafS to carry two buckets at a time to be burned in a grate on the second floor. Science hasn’t made any very rapid strides toward the production of a coal that is any heavier than it was in those days.” “You weren't very wise. Now if that had been me I would have hunted up the smallest buckets in town to carry that coal in, and they would have had good high bottoms in them too. I was wise to all such tricks when I was a bpy." “That might have been all right for you, but I had to get done. I had a. long program for every Saturday and I had to carry up a certain amount of coal as the first part of the program. So I had to carry as much at a time as possible. I piled it up good and high in each bucket. There was nothing stingy about me. Those buckets were overflowing. Every time 1 hit the banisters or the wall on my way up some of the coal would roll out of the bucket and down the stairs, brim-brim! “A steak falling on the floor of a kitchenette in a modern apartment couldn’t make more noise- than the lumps of that old time coal made when they slopped over and rolled down several flights of stairs.’’

Badly Scared. —A young lady nnrctr~3:aßflTetrT>y a young man staying at the same house, was kissed by him one day, greatly to her indignation. “If you dare to kiss me again,’' she said, “I must tell my father.” Kiss her again the ardent lover did. Upon this she fled to her father’s room, where she happened to find him examining a gun. “Oh, papa,” she exclaimed, “do. run downstars and show Mr. Muchlove your gun. He is so interested in guns.” “Very well, dear,” was the good natured reply, and down went the unsuspecting father. At sight of the girl’s parent armed with the gun the young man'fled precipitately. His Dear Young Friends. “Ah—h’m—my dear friends,” said the statesman, who had kindly con sented at the earnest solicitation of the superintendent to address a few helpful words to the Sabbath school, “looking back over my long career I am convinced that the only way to win success is to deal honoiably with one’s fellow men, to follow the dictates of conscience, to heed the teachings of the golden rule and to walk in the straight and narrbw way. But—ah! —would any little boy or girl like to ask me a question?” “Well, say,” spoke up one of the dear young friends, “aint you kinder sorry you didn’t find it out sooner?’' Sailed on the Websterian The bank cashier disguised, was boarding the steamer with his loot when he noticed a man standing’ by the rail who looked like a detective. “Do you think that when he sees me on the seas he will sleze me?” he of his accomplice. “I apprehend you need not apprehend that he will apprehend . you," responded the other comfortingly. During a particularly nasty dust storm at one of the camps an English i ecruit ventured to seek shelter in the sacred preceincts of the cook’s domain. After a time he broke an awkward silence by saying to the cook: “If you put the lid on that camp kettle you would not get so much of the dust in your soup.” The irate cook glared at the intruder, and then broke out: “See here, me lad. Your business is to serve your country.” "Yes,” interrupted the recruit, “but not to eat it-"

A woman would have no use for money except for the fact that it will buy almost any old thing she Bets her heart on.

REARING CHICKENS

Specialists Offer Suggestion* For Brooding and Feeding Young Chicks Brooding with hena is the simplest and easiest way to raise a few chick* tns and is the method which la used almost exclusively on the average farm. Artificial brooders are necessary where winter or very early chickens are raised, where only Leghorns or other nonsitting breeds of poultry are kept, or where large numbers of chickens are raised commercially. Sitting hens should be confined to slightly darkened nests at hatching time and not disturbed unless they step on or pick their chickens when hatching. The eggshells and any eggs which nave not hatched should be removed as soon as the hatching Is over. Hens should be fed as soon as possible after the eggs are hatched, as feeding tends to keep them quiet; otherswise many hens will leave the nest. In most cases it is best that the hen remain on the iiest and brood the chicks for at least 24 hours after the hatching Is over. All the chickens should be toe-punch-ed or otherwise marked before they are transferred to the brooder or brood coop so that their age can be readily determined after they are matured. The brood coop should be cleaned at least once a week and kept free from mites. If mites are found in the coop, it should be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with kerosene oil oi crude petroleum. From 1 to 2 inches of saud or dry dirt or a thin layer of straw or finb hay should be spread on the floor of the coop. Brood coops should be moved weekly to fresh ground, preferably where there is new grass. Shade is very essential in rearing chickens. Chicks are usually left in the incubator from 24 to 36 hours after hatching r without feeding, before they are removed to the brooder, which should have been in operation for a day or two at the proper temperature for receiving the chickens. A beginner should try his brooding system carefully before he uses it. After placing the chickens in the brooder they can be given feed and water. Subsequent loss ill Chickens is frequently due ing received while taking them- from lie incubator to the brooder. They should be moved in a covered basket or reoeptacle in cool or cold weather. TJ»e capacity of brooders aLd hovers is often and one-half to two-thirds of the number of chickens commonly advised will do much better than a larger number. The danger from fire, due frequently to carelessness and lack of attention, is considerable in cheap brooders and hovers, while there is some risk in the best grades, although proper care will reduce this to a minimum. Individual hovers in colony houses or several in one large house are giving quite general satisfaction on small poultry farms, while the pipe system of brood ing is commonly used in large commercial poultry plants and where extensive winter brooding is done. Gaso- 1 line brooders, brooder stoves burning engine distillate oil, and a separate individual hover heated by a coal fire are coming into more gone ral use, each with a capacity varying from 200 to 1,5000 chickens. These large individual brooders are used in colony houses, and when the chickens are weaned the colony house is used as a growing coop, which requires a smaller investment than the long piped brooder house and allows one to rear the chicks on range to good advantage. The best temperature at which to keep a brooder or hover depends upon position of the thermometer, the style of the hover, the age of the chickens and the weather conditions. Aim io keep the chickens comfortable. As the operator learns by the actions of the chickens the amount of heat they require, he can discard the thermometer if he desires. When too cold they will crowd together and try to get nearer the heat. It is possible to state for each case at what temperature the brooders sl|t>uld be to raise voung chickens; however, it will run from 90 degrees up to 100 degrees In some cases, as some broods of chickens seem to require more heat than others, an average being 93 to 95 degrees for the, first week or 10 days, wlmn the temperature is gradually reduced to «5 degrees for the following 10 days, and then lowered to 70 degrees or 75 degrees for as loug as the chickens need heat. Young chickens should be fed from three to five times daily, depending upon one’s experience In feeding. The young chicks may be fed any time after they are 36 to 48 hours old, whethj er they are with a hen or in a brooder. The first feed .may contain either hard boiled eggs, johnnycake; stale bread, pinhead oatmeal, or rolled oats which feeds or „ combinations may be used with good results. Feed „ the bread crumbs, rolled oats, or Jobfittycake mixtures moistened with water, five times daily for the week, then gradually substitute for one or two feeds of the mixture finely cracked grains of equal parts jby weight of cracked wheat, finely cracked com, and pinhead oatmeal or hulled <>ats, to (which ahout 5 per cent of cracked peas or brokeit-riegand 2 per cent of*charcoal, millet, or seed may m added. Commercial chtek-feed may be substituted If desired. The above ration can be fed until the chicks are two weeks old, when they Bhould be fed on grain and a dry or Wet mash mixture. ,