Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1917 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

All home print today. Read the inside pages. « Mrs. H. L. Ballard entere dthe hospital today and will undergo an operation this afternoon. All of the patients at the county hospital are reported as doing well. Mrs. C. J. Steel, of Gary, Ind., returned to her home Thursday after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Putts. , %• , - Mrs. William Burch, who was in Rensselaer to see her son off for Camp Taylor, returned to her home at Fair Oaks Thursday evening. Mrs. Thomas Bissenden and .children left this morning for Kankakee, 111. Mr. Bissenden will leave in a short time for that city and they will make that theifc future home. L. W. Higgenson, who has been making home in Rensselaer for the last two years, has bought property in Remington and will move to his new home in a few weeks. Mrs. Laura B. Fate and Mrs. Ida Harrod went to South Bend this morning, where they will attend a house party at the Woolverton home. They will return, here Monday.

The Press and the Remington merchants are to be congratulated upon the amount of advertising contained in this week’s issue of the paper from that town. The best sign of a dead townis— fee-lack of wide-a vertising merchants. No better evidence of a progressive, up-to-date, prosperous city can be furnished than tne amount of printer’s ink used efficiently—and effectively by the businessmen of that city.

The Rensselaer band will go to Mt. Ayr this evening for the purpose of giving the byo days’ stock show there, a boost. The show opened today.’ The town of Mt. is expecting the people from the surrounding territory to attend and help make the show a success. The program for the two days includes music, speechmaking, parades and contests, interspersed between the judging of horses and cattle.

Isaac Glazebrook returned from Gloster, Miss., Thursday evening. Mr. Glazebrook made the trip with Wm. Porter and Leslie Clark in Mr. Porter’s car, but returned by train. Mr. Glazebrook was very much impressed by the conditions he found there and states that the farm which Mr. Porter is to manage is a fine one. About the only thing Ike didn’t like about the trip was his part in helping push the car over the hills. “Hereafter,” says Ike, “when I want to make a trip you will find little Isaac riding the train and not an automobile.” Presbyterian Church ~ •> Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Sunday School. 10:45 Morning worship aftd sermon subject: “Attending to Business.” 7:30 Evening worship and sermon, subject: “Faith not Fear.” 7:30 Thursday evening Round Table and Prayer service, subject “Work”. Gen. 2:1-3. John 4: 34-38; 5:17.

Barnard Ditch Remains Unsold; No Bids Low Enough. The proposed sale of the Barnard ditch, which was to have occurred Thursday afternoon, did not take place. This is the ditch in the northern end of the county which is to be improved. The sale of the ditch is jjj the hands of C. J. Hobbs. Despite the fact that there were a great number of bidders on hand, there were no bids low enough, which the attorneys could receive. The contractors at the present time are much discouraged owing to the high price of coal and other materials which they must use and they have many unfinished contracts on their hands at the present time. The lowest bid was for 10.7 c per cubic yard. The estimated cost of the improvement was placed at 7c per cubic yard by the engineers. The sale of the ditch will continue and~ts~still open to bidders^ —Those who have the sale in charge feel that within a short time they will be able to dispose of it as the estimated cost. No horse owner should fail to carry a certificate of enrollment in the columns of The Republican. Desired results will fellow.