Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1918 — County Officers To Have Hours Shortened Temporarily. [ARTICLE]

County Officers To Have Hours Shortened Temporarily.

In an effort to aid in the fuel conservation movement, it has been decided to dose the offices of the county officers at four o’clock each afternoon. The offices will not be opened until nine o’clock in the morning, although the court house will be opened one hour earlier. It is believed that this movement will create no hardship on the public. The work of the county officers at this time of year is not very heavy and it is felt that all necessary business can be transacted between the above mentioned hours.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maines who have been visiting relatives here for the past two weeks, left today for Hume, Missouri, jhe Maines Brothers have sold their large ranch near Three Forks, Montana. Walter may locate near his brother, George, who lives in Missouri and Judson is thinking of locating in New York state. The many friends of the two families would be delighted. to have them re-locate here. Mrs. J. V. Wilson, who had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry Shumaker, returned today to her home at Independence, Kansas.