Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1918 — Page 1

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No. 55.

STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEY STARTS THIS EVENING

The barrier will be lifted on the state basketball tournament at Bloomington this evening when the speedy Martinsville quintette stacks up against the crack five from Rockville. Bloomington and Richmond follow the above named pair one hour later. These will be the only, two constests run off this evening, but before some of us have breakfast tomorrow morning the teams will be at it again. Montmorenci pries off the lid on Friday’s activities when they lock with Muncie. The tournament will continue throughout the day Friday and will windup Saturday evening. Many are speculating on the probable winner and the majority of them favor the present champs, Lebanon to repeat. There are probably more great basketball teams in this years tournament than in any previous tournament held in Indiana. Lebanon, Anderson, Martinsville, Rochester, Montmorenci, Wingate and Emerson are all wonderful fives, but some of these clubs hook up with each other early so some are bound to be eliminated soon. Emerson and Lebanan, the two teams that met in the final “last year, are picked by the Lafayette Journal writer to stage the final clash for the crown Saturday night.

THURSDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

David Zeigler underwent aij operation today for the removal of his tonsils. Mrs. Harold Wikstrom underwent a major operation today. - rMs.Rebecca Robinson is not quite so well today. She is quite delirious at times and eats but little. Frank Parkison and Glenn Sanders were able to return to their homes Wednesday afternoon. The other fourteen patients are all getting along very satisfactorily. It should be noted that the hospital is almost filled to capacity. There are fifteen beds and there are at this time fourteen patients.

See The Reo-Rex-C-Dan at Scott Bros, harness shop. Reo Motor Car Co., of Chicago, Inc. See Chas. Peflep for trees, vines and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For spring delivery. If you have lost any stock, call A. D Pado’itt. Phone <ls CHURCH OF GOD. F. E. Siple, of Oregon, 111., will conduct the following services at the Church of God, Saturday 7:30 Bible lesson. Sunday 9:30 a. m. Bible lesson. Sunday 10:45 a. m. .sermon. Sunday 7:00 p .m. sermon. Everybody cordially invited to all these services. 1 Mr. Fred Bartels and family for a number of years much respected citizens of this county living near Newland, have rented their farm and are moving to Hobart. He will be employed as a policeman in the Gary Steel Mills and will make the trip to the Steel City each day.

NEW PRINCESS THEATRE Selected Program*. We are trying to give you a Variety. That’* Why Our Program* don’t bear the Ordinary sameness. TONIGHT Blue Ribbon Feature. EDITH STOREY and HARRY MOREY in “Money Magic” Also Good Comedy. 6 Reels. All Seat* 10c. Friday—The Super Deluxe Picturization of BAYARD VEILLERS Great'Broadway Success “Within the Law” ** 9 Reels. Matinee, 10 and 15c. Night, 10 and 20c. < '

The Evening Republican.

The Neighborhood Corner.

A Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning. Annual Meeting Well Attended. R. A. Parkinson, of Barkley township, was elected president of the Jasper County Better Farming Association at the annual meeting March 2nd. Mr. Parkinson is a well known farmer, stockmen and banker of wide experience. Moses Sigo, and M. J. Delahanty were elected vice-presidents and P.H. Hauter was elected secretary*. After listening to reports of the work for the past year and addresses by Profs. Schwab, Jones, Henry, Pipal and Gaddis, a definite plan of work was outlined for the coming year. This plan includes demonstrations! and project work along the lines of soil and crop improvement. Livestock, gardening, farmers’ clubs, industrial work, farm management, and home economics. The complete program will be published in circular form for distribution.

Shorthorn Directors Meet.

Plans for a fall auction sale of Shorthorn cattle were made by the director’s of the County Shorthorn association last Saturday. This will be the first of the kind held in this county. The directors also decided to visit all herds of the locality in order to get in better touch with the conditions.

The seed situation looks more encouraging thari at any time in the past. The Washburn Grain co., at Remington has bought in a considerable quantity of seed which it is selling at cost. A carload of government corn is on the way to the county which will be distributed by Babcock and Hopkins. The county seed stocks committee feels that it will be able to handle the situation if farmers will take the corn promptly as delivered. Jasper county seems to be about a month ahead of other counties in realizing the true situation and has been able to get seed at reasonable prices thus far but the prices are raising rapidly and the supply will soon be exhausted. The committee states that it is imperative that each farmer find out how much he needs and place his order at once.

Mr. T. W. Logan, who has been in the county this week in the interests of increased hog production, reports some very good meetings. “It is not too Icte to increase pork production” says Mr. Logan. “By giving attention the sows and pigs by supplying plenty of pasture and by properly supplementing corn with tankage and tankage substitutes, pork can be produced very profitable this season.”

Oats Smut Treatment Means Dollars.

Jasper county farmers can divide about $124,000 among themselves after harvest the coming summer if each man in the county who sows any oats this spring will treat his seed to prevent smut. Approximately 62,000 acres of oats were grown in this county last year and the average yield was 44 bushels to the acre, giving a total yield of 2,728,000 bushels. Providing this oats brought on,ly 50 cents per bushel, and the price is now near sl, it would mean an increased value of $124,000 to the crop in this county alone and three and a half million dollars to the entire state. Figures obtained from Purdue University shows that the average increased yield in thirty-five Indiana counties after seed has been treated., to prevent smut is four bushels to the acre. The total financial return for this county was based on this figure assuming that the increase would be the same here. However, the four bushel statement is merely the average, the actual figures varying from three to eleven bushels according to the county and the previous condition of the crop. The cost of treating the seed is only three cents an acre and the return $2 per acre on the average.

Home Demonstration Agent Arrives.

Miss LeVerne Geyer, newly apponited home demonstration, agent, arrived last Monday to take up her duties. She will at once organize a campaign to increase the use of substitutes for wheat flour. Her services are availible for organizations desiring demonstrations of this nature.

Seed Corn Situation.

Hog Meeting Held.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY,. MARCH 14, 1918.

HOUSE HALTS NEW DRAFT BILL AS CROWDER MARKS TIME

Legislation to change the system of apportioning men by making the basis the number of men in Class 1, instead of the population of states, was held in the house Wednesday with the filing of the adverse minority report by members of the military committee, and by the statement of Chairman Dent that the measure would not be called up until after Secretary Baker’s return from France.

This will delay the second draft, as. Provost Marshal-General Crowder has announced that he will go ahead with it until the law is changed. At the time the minority report was filed General Crowder was before the senate military committee urging speedy consideration of the measure and of another to require the registration of all men attaining 21 years of age since last June 5. He appeared greatly concerned when he learned that the legislation was checked in the house. The senate has passed the bill to change the basis of apportionment and is expected to pass this week the measure registering younger men. The house committee already has filed a favorable majority report on the bill changing the apportionment.

HOW MANY DOLLARS DO YOU MAKE?

We want several good live hustling boys and girls to help us sell Reo Cars in Rensselaer. No need to neglect your studies—Just learn all you can about the Reo Car and then talk it to your friends. Bring names of prospective buyers to me at Hotel Makeever—lf we can sell a car to the party whose name you have given you will receive SIO.OO. Bring your prospects to us and we will show them the car—let them drive it and ride in it—And if we are able to sell them, you will receive regular salesman’s commission. A. G. HIGHT, Representing Reo Motor Car Co., of Chicago, Inc.

Hats of becoming shape, smartly trimmed and possessing a distinctiveness that will please the taste of the most discriminating. Misses Jones and Briney. Mr .and Mrs. William Childers, of Conrad, were here today. Their daughter, Mrs. Harold Wikstrom underwent a very severe operation at the hospital this afternoon. THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE oUPPLY COMPANY of Ren> selaer, Ind., will sell you a guaranteed tire for SI.OO profit, each. Any size. Also gasoline at 1 cent per gallon profit. The Watson Plumbing Company sells Kokomo automobile casings. Guaranteed 5,000 miles. L_.;.—u _— More than 6,000 women are employed in combing the battlefields in France, where everything is being salvaged. Even old boots are being picked up and made to do duty again. If you have a house for rent, rent it through the Classified column of The Republican.••

THE NEWEST SPRING MILLINERY HATS OF BECOMING SHAPE AND SMARTLY TRIMMED. EXCLUSIVE MODELS -FOR THE WOMEN WHO REQUIRE DISTINCTION IN DRESS. OUR . FORMAL OPENING WILL OCCUR MARCH 22ND AND 23RD‘ Misses Jones and BrineySECOND FLOOR ROWLES AND PARKER DEPT. STORE

Home canning, household conveniences and club work are also projects which will be developed.

AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN GERMANY

Nearly four years have elasped since the bloody struggle began in Continental Europe, which apparently began over the assassination of two members of the Royal Family of Austria; but as the days passed by and the struggle became more fierce it developed that the military power of Germany was behind the war for the purpose of adding territory to her empire, at the expense of the weaker nations on her border that would enable her to conquer the world.

Prussian militarism has" predominated in Germany and the larger portion of her territory has been added by force, at the expense of the conquered. She wrested from Austria the beautiful province of Celicia without a cent of’ remuneration. She took from Denmark the provinces of Showleweg and Holstein. She took from France Alsiace Lorraine. She has conquered Roumania, Lithewana, Translvanna, Eucrenea, Finland and the larger portion of this territory has been added to her empire by a treaty of recent date.

Servia, Belgium and northern France are helpless. Russia, in her present disorganized condition, is at the mercy of that military, brutish army that the Imperial Government of Germany has organized to subdue Thesia and the remainder of the world if possible. The United States of America was obliged to enter the war to protect her citizens, her honor and her rights on the high sea. She has furnished a home for German subjects who have lived within her borders in peace and happiness and prosperity. Many of the German people in America left the father land for the reason that they objected to the military service thAt they were obliged to give to “ the German government if they -remained in Germany. j We take the position that the greater majority of the people of German extract who live in America are able to give to this nation a greater service by establishing to the best of their ability a German American propaganda in Germany, in order that the rank and file of the German people might see the light, might have a more perfect vision of American civilization, and we believe that kind of a propaganda should be organized in every county in the United States. Let every German who believes that Democracy should be established in Germany precipitate in explaining to friends in Germany that the Kaiser and von Hi'nderburg and the whole military autocratic system of Germany is driving them to the slaughter pen. Break the news to them that the United States of America did not enter this war for conquest or for indemnity, that it was not the will of the American people to make war, but to defend the right of a free people, to protect the weak, show to them that American civilization is that right is might, and that America, American manhood, American money and all that America stands for will fight until that point is won—“that might does not make right.”

Let every German American be an American. If he is, he will willingly give his people in Germany the facts concerning the war that is possible for him to give, and when he shows to them that nearly five million of their best soldiers have perished, that they were largely made up from German provinces outside of Prussia, and when the people of Germany have learned that Fritz ,and Julius and Paul, and many of their fellow soldiers, will never again return home; that those who have been waiting for them will never again see their faces; that they have long since perished, yet their names appear as alive. And when the provinces of Germany outside of Prussia realize that the cause for which they have given their blood, was a false representation, made by the military powers of Prussia that ruled the German Empire, it is then that the German provinces will awaken to the sense of their duty, but possibly too late to retain any power in the Empire, that Prussia and her military power will go marching on at the expense of i her weak sisters. It is our duty, and our whole duty, to impress this thought on the ' minds of the German people as much as itis our ability to do. • W. L. 'WOOD*.

ROAD SCHOOL A SUCCESS

EXCELLENT ADDRESSES HEARD BY LARGE INTERESTED AUDIENCES. The road school hefid in this county Wednesday of this week was a most interesting one and was well attended. County Road Superintendent Sylvester Gray and his assistants were here besides a large number of interested citizens. Prof. Ray C. Yeoman, a former Jasper county boy and one of whom we are all certainly proud, gave two most excellent addresses. Prof. Yeoman is with the highway department of Purdue University and besides his addresses he displayed a number of very instructive pictures. These pictures presented in a very forceful and concrete way many of the defects in our present roads and our manner of taking care of them. At noon the road superintendent and his assistants and a number of the members of the Rensselaer Merchants’ Association had as their guests, Prof. Yeoman and L. H. Wright, chairman of the Indiana’ state high commission.

This informal banquet was held at the Makeever house with Samuel Fendig, chairman of the merchants’ association presiding. Mr. Wright was called upon and made a‘ short but very interesting and instructive address. The other meetings were held in the circuit court room. Prof. Yeoman made two addresses, one in the forenoon and the other in the afternoon. He gave many valuable- suggestions along the line of road building and upkeep. Hon. L. H. Wright gave a most excellent address explaining the new Indiana highway commission law. Mr. Wright is the chairman of the Indiana highway commission and is also the master of the Indiana State Grange. The latter organization is one of the greatest farmer organizations in this county. He is a farmer and owns a farm in Bartholomew county about ten miles out from Columbus. At present he lives in Irvington, where he has two daughters in Butler University. The salary of the chairman of the

Indiana state highway Commission is very small, but Mr. Wright is giving his duties the most of his time and, is in the work heart and soul. Some of the points brought out by his address were as follows: “Our greatest expense in this state is the money invested in eduction. The next greatest amount of money derived from taxation is spent in building and maintaining roads.” Before the automobile and auto-trucks the roads were used mostly by the people locally who built them and paid for them. Now, sixty-five per cent of the travel on the main highways of the state is by those who under the present law do not contribute either to the building or the repairing of the roads they use. There are as many miles of road in those townships in the state that have a very low taxable valuation as those that have a very high valuation. The state highway law passed by the last legislature in a very imperfect form attempts to distribute the money over the roads of the state. In ten counties of the state the assesed valuation is about $518,000,000 while the ten of the counties having the' lowest assessed valuation

the property listed for taxes is about $1,139,000. Indiana has about 60,000 miles of public highways. Of this about 38,000 miles are improved. Many of the roads in counties having small valuation are used by automobiles and heavy truck from the large cities located in the ten counties having the large valuaticn as given above. Many of the public highways are no longer to be considered as county roads but they are better designated as state or national thoroughfares. If they are such then the money for their erection and maintainance should come from state and national taxes. The Indiana highway commission has planned the improvement of three highways. One passing through the state from noyth to south and tw'o passing through the state from east to west. These roads represent a total of about eight hundred miles and it will cost some $2,0Q0,01‘0 to improve them An attempt will be made to complete two hundred miles of this work this

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year. Besides the money contributed by the government fur this work, their is a great advantage in securing material from the standpoint of price and also the ability to have same delivered as needed. The government is very anxious that the main line roads in the country be put ?n the very best condition possible as much of the war materials will be sent from inland to the sea board in large auto-trucks. Mr. Wright said th?.t with about 3,; 00 miles of improved roads every county seat in the *tate could be ,<• ch« . It wllbe 'a prove day in In i.ai.a when the;: roads can be im- ?<. with ce iv-’-.t brick or a ; halt The great economic value of improved road can be realized by the following: Where the traction cost on a cement road is SI.OO, the same traction cost on a brick or macadam road is $2.36, on a gravel road it is $2.75, on a dirt road it is $3.35 and on an oiled macadam road it is $2.83. If the educational interests of our state are our greatest concern and if by giving this important matter our first and foremost attention we have placed Indiana in the front ranks, should we not give due attention to this next most important thing, the building of improved highways.

Misses Jones and Briney will hold their Spring opening beginning March 22 at their millinery parlors on the second floor of the Rowles & Parker store.

WEATHER. Thunder showers this afternoon or tonight, colder, much colder south portion Friday; fair, colder south portion.

DON’T WAIT FOR THIS to happen before bringing weakened tires to us for repairs and rebuilding. It costs far less to prevent blowouts, rimcuts, etc., than to repair them; it nets you more mileage per dollar invested in casings, and it may be the means of avoiding a serious accident. Try it for Economy, Satisfaction and Safety. MILNER’S TIRE SHOP Phone 218. East Side Courthouse Square.

I Tune and Repair PIANOS and ORGANS If you have an instrument that need* attention call P. W. HORTON Telephone 24-D

AT THE STAR THEATRE Properly Presenting the Beet in Photoplay*. TODAY HAROLD LOCKWOOD in “THE HIDDEN SPRING” From the novel by Clarence B. Kellard. Its a Metro. Admission 10c. FRIDAY— Perfection Pictures present TAYLOR HOLMES in “THE SMALL TOWN GUY” It’s a comedy. Ford Weekly. s’. i .jyt\ SATURDAY—Big Double Show. MARGUERITE SNOW and KINGBAGGOT in . “THE EAGLE’S EYE” World Brady presents KITTY GORDON I In "“DIAMONDS AND PEARLS” Admisaton 10c and 15c.

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