Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1917 — Page 1

No; 189.

FIVE ENTER TRAINING CAMP

RENSSELAER WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED IN SECOND TRAINING CAMP.

Five of Rensselaer’s young men left Sunday evening for Indianapolis, where they will enter the second officers’ training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison. They are to at the fort this Monday forenoon. n They were Cope Hanley, son of Judge and Mrs. C. W. Hanley; Charles M. Sands,-clerk of the city of Rensselaer; Woodhull I. Spitler, justice of the peace; Max Kepner, formerly a mechanic in the Central Garage, and Joseph A. Meyers, formerly with the Jasper County Democrat. Our prediction is that every one of these men will get good commissions at the end of the three months* training. Meyers has already seen considerable service, having entered the Royal Marine Light Infantry in London and served six years in Egypt and Chine. He was in the siege at Pekin, China, in 1900. This service was undoubtedly helpful to him in getting into this training camp and wHI-be of great assistance in winning for him a good commission.

USE WHEAT FERTILIZER.

The government is urging that the largest possible acreage o 4 wheat be sown this fall- A price of $2.00 is guaranteed to the farmer for the 1918 crop. Insure a large yield by using fertilizer. We have a very special fertilizer proposition to make to thq farmers of this vicinity. Come and see us whether you are thinking of buying fertilizer or not.

KELLNER & CALLAHAN.

Abunelanc. of MonoVI can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate 5 per cent and my limit is SIOO per acre.—P- D. Wells, Morocco, Ind. Hopkins' City Transfer Lino. Transfer business formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call Phones 228 or 107.

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TODAY AT THE STAR THEATRE Theodore Robert* in The American Consul • I*o ~~"A--Burton Holme* in Real Bohemia Travel. Uae Home Missionary Benefit Ticket* ' Today. ' / TUESDAY • A Metro Comedy Drama by Nigh and Hawley , IN r life’s Shadows —: -•—■ — - WEDNESDAY Mabel Trunnelle and Robert Connu in The Martyrdom of Phillin. Strong In addition see Pearl White in two reel* of x THE FATAL RING. ThU Episode is Full of i Thrill* and Action. '■ • Admission 5c and 10c*

The Evening Republican .

Cull the Poultry And Save Feed.

The average poultry , flock of Indiana needs culling, claims the poultry division nf Purdue University. Travel over the state this summer has shown that a number of superannuated old hens still exist in too many flocks, eat expensive feed and don’t lay enough eggs to pay the feed bill. They are like the boarder cow. It seems common practice to cut down on the feed when it would be better to cut out undesirable stock and abundantly feed the good ones. , . at. The pullet year is the most profitable part of the fowl’s life. Only the exceptional hens can be kept through a second winter at a profit unless they have additional value at breeders. Hens on the farm now over two years old should be at home or sold. If the farmer doubts his ability to distinguish a hen s age he can put one hog ring on the right leg of each bird as she ends her pullet year. This is inexpensive and easy of identification. > If feed is scarce as well as expensive, then it will pay to sell all the voung roosters that won t make money and all the stunted, undersized and slow growing pullets. Anything that will not Jay or grow profitably should be sold, leaving their feed for poultr ythat is more Pr< The females that have just finished their first year should be sold as soon as they quit laying, unless for some raeson or other a few must be kept as next year’s breeders. The Purdue experiment station has found that 11 October Ist be the date for culling, 95 per cent of the birds that had been poor layers would be pretty well moulted and show the yellow color in beak and shanks. The good layer would either not have started moulting or would be ragged, but in good vigorous condition with all her beak, shank and skin color “laid out and absent. The early moulter was the joor layer and will seldom get back nto laying before the late moulter and then not until near Christmas time. The late moulter was. the heavy layer and is the kind to use for breeding. , . Cull the stock and save the feed, but cull the right ones.

WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler tonight north portion; cooler luesday.

Soldiers Lost Saturday And Won Sunday Game.

Company M figured in an even break in the Saturday and Sunday ball games. The team went to Monticello Saturday and met the White county soldiers and met a 12 to 7 defeat. Elder, who started to pitch, surrendered to Bowman in. the third inning. Both were’hard hit, as also was Davis, who pitched for Company C. The final score was 12 to 7. The game was played before a very large crowd, it being the annual old settlers’ gathering, which was held at the city park, where the soldiers are camped. This park contains 20 acres, the Tippecanoe river running along the side and Brearley’s Run passing through it. The affair was given a military tone by a visit from the splendid band of the Third Regiment from South Bend, and by a parade following the ball game. ' . Sunday "the Wheatfield Regulars were defeated at Riverside park by a score of 12 to 5. Brouhard worked well for the soldiers and had his supEort been a little better might have ept the Kankakee Valley team from tallying. As it was they got eight scattered hits, while the soldiers pounded Fisher and Maloney for a total of 14. The errors were minglec with a number of sensational catches and good fielding feats. The crowd was small. E. Spiegle and H. Myers were the arbiters. If the soldiers are here next Sunday it is probable that another game will be played, but Indications now point to them being sent to Fort Harrison that time.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917.

FINE ROME COMPLETED

REYNOLDS AND DONEGAN GIVE DINNER IN MAGNIFICENT RESIDENCE. One of the bright spots in Rensselaer Sunday was over on Ave., at the new home, of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds. Soon after 10 o’clock in the morning automobiles began to park in the spacious grounds and by noon the verandas and lawns were alive with relatives of the famous pair who had come from all parts of Indiana to enjoy the feast which Mrs. S. R. Nichols,Earle’s mother, had prepared for them. Many. Rensselaer folks dropped in during the afternoon, especially those who are old friends of the Reynolds and Raub families. After dinner musical programs were staged and some clever music and singing was enjoyed, Mrs. Earle Reynolds at the piano. Miss Elinore Raub, of Indianapolis, Miss Maud Reynolds and Miss Helen Reynolds and Mr. Charles and Clyde Raub entertained the guests. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Raub, of Chalmers; Charles Raub, Chalmers; Clyde Raub, Chalmers; Mr.-> and Mrs. Lee Reynolds, Chalmers; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Raub, and children, Elinore and Edward, Jr., of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. George Wolverton, Miss Maggie Wolverton, Guy Wolverton, of Walnut Grove Stock Farm; Mrs. Ella Baker and son, Burdell, Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. George Raub and family, of Logansport.

Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds moved into their new home last Friday. The house has virtually been rebuilt from top to bottom and extensively remodeled throughout. The roof is of the latest style of Neponsett Twin shingles, while the inside is finished with all quarter-saWed white oak. The jall room is beautifully decorated, the walls and ceilings being all oil paintecL-on canvas, the Chicago firm who had the court house job, doing the work. The colorings and design throughout is in harmony with Reynolds and Donegan, who are famed throughout the world for the elaborate and artistic dressing of their act. ” Those who must get credit for the work on this home are: Carpenter work, George Mustard, who has always had the contracts for the other Reynolds buildings. The outside painting ”by Henry Smith.

Heating and plumbing by Somers & Cornwall. C. W. Rhoades & Co. installed the electrical work and fixtures. In the rear of the home one can almost see a real menagerie, beautiful birds of plumage of all kinds, both wild and tame, are seen fluttering to and fro in the wooded park in the rear. One feature of this lot is three Thibet land Lady Amherst Pheasants. The cockerel is one of the most beautiful bigds ever seen in these parts and was purchased by Mr. Reynolds at San Diego and shipped here last spring, the lot having won the pheasant first prize at the Pan American exhibition last year. ... . Reynolds and Donegan will leave for a tour of the east and middle states about the middle of September. Mrs. S. R. Nichols and Maud Reynolds will remain here. Miss Maud will attend school again here this winter, while Helen will go with the act.

HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. C. W. Rhoades was able to leave the hospital Sunday. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Twidell, of Oklahoma, was taken quite sick while her mother was visiting relatives at Kniman. The baby was brought to the hospital Sunday evening. All other patients are reported to be getting along very nicely. Miss Marjorie Vanatta went to Marion, Ind., today for a week's visit with her father, Judge Vanatta. R. L. Budd, of Union township, met with a very painful accident Saturday by being crowded against a nost by his team of horses. He had the muscles torn from several ribs. Th® injury, while painful, is not thought to be serious.

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Indiana Guard to Mobilize at Post.

Practically the entire Indiana national guard, now under arms at home stations throughout the state, is to be entrained for Ft. Benjamin Harrison as soon as a supply of cots and clothing sufficient to take care of the needs of the thousands of men is received from the war department. The guard will remain at Ft. Harrison until it is equipped and until orders are received to transfer it to its training camp at Hattiesburg, Miss. This announcement was made by Harry B. Smith, adjutant-gener-al, who said he would aeLjinder permission from the central department of the war department, granted some time ago, to remove the guardsmen from their home stations to Ft. Harrison.

A report that the water supply at the Hattiesburg camp was deficient and another that equipment for the Indiana troops had not arrived there were responsible, it is understood, for the change in plans with respect to the guard, which, originally, was to have proceeded from home stations directly to the southern training camp. General Smith said he could not tell how long the guardsmen •would remain in camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison after they arrive but he said they would be fully equipped to war strength at the local post. He could not estimate exactly how many men will be affected by the order. A large supply of tents and tent poles—enough to house the entire national guard of the state —has arrived at Fort Harrison from the war department and the troops will begin entrainment for the fort as soon as a supply of cots and clothing arrive, General Smith said. Several units of the guard already have left Indiana for the Hattiesburg training camp to assist in preparing the southern training camp for the remainder of the Indiana troops. Whether the action taken by the ad-jutant-general will result eventually in the Indiana guardsmen remaining at Ft. Harrison for training until they proceed to France is, of course, not known at this time. Company M were expecting orders this week to move on to Hattiesburg and this latest order will be a disappointment to the boys, as many of them have been at Fort Harrison in the past and a stay there has no special attraction for them. A notice posted at Camp Kurrie a day or two ago forbids the men to leave town. This order was given in expectation of receiving orders to entrain Monday or Tuesday.

County Superintendent Sterrett Held First Examination.

There were twenty-nine applicants who wrote on the teachers’ examination here Saturday. Four of these were for high school licenses and the manuscripts were sent to the state department of education. Eight othed applicants were writing to remove conditions. An applicant who fails on not more than two subjects may rewrite on just the subject on which they have failed. Superintendent Sterrett has finished grading the manuscripts left with him and all but four receive passing grades. Some of these have conditions that can be removed on the examination which is held for that purpose on the last Saturday of this month. Superintendent Sterrett is very anxious to use as many resident teachers as possible and the thriving business done by teachers’ agencies in placing foreign teachers m the schools of this county will undoubtedly be diminished under his administration.

Public School Teachers For Year 1917-1918.

High School. C. R. Dean, superintendent. W. F. Kratli, principal. L. Waive Mallary, Asst. Principal. Harriett' Shedd. Grace Norris. G. H. Clevenger. Anna Younger. Mabel Gregory. r One position unfilled. Grammar School. W. S. Dimmett, principal. Jane Parkinson. Ethel English. Addie Harris. . Primary Building. Minnie Hemphill, Principal. Helen Lamson. Marie Winn. Lucille Phillips. Tillie Malchow. Cela Anderson. -- Florence Ryan. Special Teachers. Grace E. Stover, Music and Drawing- . Harry Forster, Manual Training. Mabel Atwood, Domestic Science. School opens Monday, September 3.

Warning to Coal Barons.

Harry Al Garfield, coal administrator, has given warning that all the machinery of the government will be used to carry the benefits of prices the president has fixed on coal, through to the consumer, and that if necessary to accomplish this end, the government will take over the mines. Mr. Garfield declared the government would not have its purposes thwarted on any technical grounds.

Naw Case Filed.

Sept. 27. Settle Wedeles Company, a corporation; va F. M. Abbott. Complaint on judgment. Demanc >125.00 and costs. Harold Fidler went to Terre Haute today for a visit.

The Neighborhood Corner.

A department .of Farm Welfare, conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning. “The Neighborhood Corner” is a new department established by the Jsaper county papers with the hops that it will be of service to progressive farmers and their families. Ask Siestions and send in up-to-date ideas at will interest others. The department is yours; make good use of it. Lima Pays—A dozen or more farmers of the county applied ground limestone to portions of their farms last spring to demonstrate the result? to the communities in which they live. Practically all of these demonstrations show up at the present time. James Amsler, near Rensselaer, finds that in his cornfield where the lime was applied, the corn has been better all through the season. It has a deeper color and has made a greater growth. At husking time the difference in yield will be reported. Mr. Amsler will be glad to show the field to anyone who is

interested. Al Daugherty applied lime to a part of his cornfield at the rate of one and one-half tons per acre. The difference is so plain that Purdue has requested sample stalks for an exhibit at the state fair. In the corn field of Henry Paulus, several leaves were picked at random from the limed portion and compared with a like number from the uniimed. The former were decidedly greener and stronger looking than those from the unlimed portion. In the clover field a check on August 24th showed that the unlimed portion. yielded at the rate of 3920 pounds per acre, while the limed portion produced 4760 pounds, or 31.4 per cent more? Other results will be published from time to time. Plan. for the Stock Show.—Rens-. selaer is to have a live stock show this fall promoted by the County Livestock Breeders’ Association. President Fred Phillips has called the committee in charge to meet at the office of the county agent next Saturday, Sept. 1, to complete the plans. Anyone interested is invited to be present. The meeting will start at 2 o’clock.

Registered Cattle Purchased.Addison Patkinson, James Leathermna and Ed Randle have purchased 27 registered Shorthorn yearling heifers for the boys in the county calf club. These animals are of exceptional quality and will be valuable additions to any herd. Still a few more applications will be considered before they are turned oyer to the committee to decide upon the fortunate young men who will receive animals. Hereford Meeting at Wheatfield.— The Wheatfield Center Farmers’ Club meeting of the evening of the 30th will be turned over to the Hereford men of this section of the state. O. S. Bell, of Parr, Fred Phillips and Ray Thompson, of Rensselaer, and W. H. Ambler, of Winamac, will be among those appearing on the program. Warren T. McCray was expected but has found it impossible to attend. Insect Enemiys.—Cabbage worms. Kaiser bugs and other insects are taking their usual toll in the truck regions of the county. A teaspoonful of Paris Green to twelve quarts of water will be effective for the worms and nicotine sulphate will spell death to the lice or Kaiser bugs.

The North Union Farmers’ Club is full of life, and is outgrowing its meeting place. The members are planning for a good meeting at Virgie on the evening of September Ist. The Parr Farmers’ Club is planning for the biggest meeting in its history.on the evening of September 6th. Better be there and keep up with the procession. A number of Hereford breeders of this county expect to go to Winamac to join the Pulaski County Breeders’ Association on their coun;y tour next Saturday. It is a good idea and all who can get away should make the trip. Fertilizers pay on wheat. Have you purchased yours yet? About one-third enough army horses .have been listed to make it worth while to send a government inspector here. If you are intending to list army horses for sale it would be courtesy to do so at once and not keep the other farmers waiting. Eggs are comparatively cheap now. Next winter it may be a different story. Have you used the “water glass method.” Full directions at the office of the county agent.

Teachers Institute.

The regular teachers’ institute convened here this morning. Dr. S. F. Gingerich, instructor in English at Ann Arbor, Mich., gave an address this morning. Supt. C. Ross Dean made the address in the afternoon. At 2:30 this afternoon the annual reception is to be held. The 1 music is in charge of Miss Loravine Votam, of Chicago. All sessions are being held in the high school auditorium. Tuesday’s program will, be as follows: , 9:45 Devotional—Rev. McDaniel. 10:00 Music—Viss Votaw; ’ 10:30 Address —Prof. Gingench. 11:20 Vocal Solo —Miss Votaw. 11:30 Adjournment. 1:30 Music—Miss Votaw. 2:00 Agriculture in Rural Schools —Mr. Stewart Learning. 2:30 Rest. , . . 2:40 Address—Prof. Gingench. 3‘30 Preliminary Institute. (Gillam, Walker, Union.) 4:30 Adjournment. f Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Banta passed through here today, returning to their home in Chicago from a visit with relatives in Logansport-

MARINE’S LIFE IS, A VARIED ONE.

Ralph Sparks, Who Recently Eniiated la That Sarrica, Write* of Day’s Duties. .Ralph Sparks, of Monticello, the former Jasper county school teacher, who is stationed with the U. S. marines at Quantico V*., awaiting orders to leave foi France, ha* written friends the following very interesting letter of life in the marine service: “Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 18. “Away down east in Virginia on the banks of the Potomac nver and adjacent to historic civil war battlefields, there is an interesting and somewhat exceptional cantonment. It is at Quantico and is the home of the U. S. marines who are to participate soon "in the European war. Here are to be found marines from Mare Island, the Pacific training camp, a* well as marines from Port Royal, the Atlantic camp. Upon their arrival here from these camps the marines are formed into regular infantry, light artillery and machine gun companies. It was my good fortune to be assigned to the regimental machine gun company of the 6th Regi-

ment of Marines. 1 say good fortune because this duty is considered to be just a little more important, technical, varied and interesting than ordinary infantry duty. However, we are required to be more Or les* efficient in. infantry drill and work and have a part of our daily routine set aside for infantry drill and bombing and bayonet exercise. “Our day begins with reveille at 5:30 and ends with taps at 9:3u. The work of the day is divided into periods for drill, bomb throwing, bayo-, net exercises, trench digging, gun school, lectures and machine gun maneuvers, so that we, instead of getting tired of it, really enjoy our work very well. Indeed, this great variety of duty and action is what makes the marine corps such an efficient and attractive service. “We are armed with the Lewis automatic machine gun, latest model, and which gun is the very best light type machine gun in the world. Each gun is manned by a crew of eight men and we have sixteen guns in our company. This gun is capable of firing 600 rounds a mjnute and

you see is quite a'formidable weapon, [t is interesting to learn the gun, its mechanical construction and potentiality. We all must know our gun, every part by name and its function and be able to take it apart and put it together again in a very few minutes, and dq it blindfolded. In our drill with it, it is mounted on t twowhcel carriage pulled by two marines. An ammunition carriage, also drawn >y two marines, always accompanies it. To drill with these seem* rather grewsome, for we must preserve absolute silence and do much of th* drill at double time. With each crew there is a signalman and a rangefinder. The latter is my especial duty and it is quite fascinating. Focu*ing the finder on various object* and finding their distances and then mapping them is not ordinary work. “All of us, or rather, 1 suppose, most of us, are quite enthusiastic about our work and anxious to ba, transferred to scenes of action. Knowing our country’s need, we are prouu to be in this service and are trying to live up to the reputation of the marine corps and to be semper fideli*. Semper fidelis is the marine motto “RALPH SPARKS.”

Off For Teachers' Institute.

Charles M. Blue and Agnes Kahler went to Crown Point this morning, where they will attend the Lake county teachers’ institute this week. Miss Kahler will teach the coming year in the grades of the Dyer school and Mr. Blue will have charge of the highland schools. Miss Mary Goetz est this morning for Kentland and will attend the Newton county institute there this week.

LARGE FARM FOR RENT. We still have a large fam for rent. Rensselaer quartan. Write or phone, James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches, Rensselaer, Indiana, Phone 387.

GAYEIY TONIGHT Pathe Presents ROBERT EDSON IN BIG JIM GARRITY s Part Pathe Gold Rooster Play. TUESDAY Edison Conquest Pictures Present SHIRLEY MASON IN THE UTILE CHEVALIER WEDNESDAY WHEN SORROW. ’ WEEPS with mary mcallister.

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