Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Met at Court House In Interest of Increasing Crops. [ARTICLE]

Met at Court House In Interest of Increasing Crops.

Following the call by Governor Goodrich last week, in which he asked that all counties 'hold a meeting at their county seats on last Saturday for the purpose of discussing plans for a greater crop acreage during the coming year in order to prepare for the war with Germany, County AgentLeaming held a meeting in the court room at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. Mr. Learning acted as chairman of the meeting and in a short address stated the purpose of the meeting. A. H. Hopkins then gave a short talk on the storage of food and What could be done through home .gardens. Representative W. L. Wood, of Parr, spoke of the war and the hostilities that would ensue and urged that everyone help in any way that they could and especially urged that there be co-operation among the farmers. He also told of the value of mass meetings of this 'kind arid thought that a .great deal of good would be derived from them.

Henry Paulus spoke of the better farming association and the relation it had to the movement and w hat it is doing along that line. Charles M. Sands encouraged city gardening and told how the bankers could help out in giving credit to worthy farmers. Messrs. Amsler, Jackson, Hemphill, Sayler, Parkinson, Yeoman, Crockett, Wood and Porter all responded. The majority of these men were old soldiers and related incidents of the civil war and stated that we were much better prepared to meet the enemy at this time than they were. A motion was made that another meeting be called at 'the court house Saturday, April 14, asking that all townships send in .a. delegation and that all trustees, merchants', farmers and teachers turn out at this meeting. Editors Babcock and Hamilton and County Agent Learning were appointed on the publicity meeting.