Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1919 — Page 1

No. 289.

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR EDGAR D. BUSH Republican Candidate For 1 Governor will speak at the Court House in Rensselaer, Indiana Friday Evening, Dec. 6 7:30 P. M. EVERYBODY INVITED

JOHN MOORE STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.

John Moore, of this . city, was stricken with paralysis last Friday while he and his wife were visiting with their son, Victor Moore, and family, in Hammond. He is reported to be in a very critical condition, but further than that no definite information has been received here. Has son, Joseph Moore, and daughter, Mrs. Alfred Randle, went to Hammond Monday evening. > Capital and labor have one thing in common —our money.—New York Evening Sun.

WEDNESDAY Tom Moore "Go West? Young Man” _ ■ <0 THURSDAY Gladys Leslie "Miss Dulcie from Dixie” ALSO BIG V COMEDY "Submarines and Simps”

The Evening Republican.

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE —2:15 NIGHT—7:OO —TONIGHT—TUESDAY "The Hoosier Schoolmaster” FORD WEEKLY

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News.] Miss Tawney Apple’s uncle, who has been watchin* a railroad crossin’ fer about thirty years, wuz fired t’day fer bein’ a signal failure. Th’ only time you git enough t’ eat in a restaurant is •when a new’ clerk that don’t know th’ game waits on you.

TEMPERATURE. ; The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. December 2 30 22

FRIDAY Dorothy Dalton , jn——. "The Lady of Red Butte” / SATURDAY* Robert Warwick —in—- " Secret Duty”

■FN-88FI-AF.lt, INDIANA. TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 1919.

SELL THEIR RIO GRANDE FARM

LOCAL MEN SELL THEIR RIO GRANDE FARM AT PROFIT OF $350 PER ACRE. :

Harvey Davisson and Eli Arnold returned from their trip to the Rio Grande valley of Texas Sunday. While there Mr. Davisson sold the sixty-four acre farm which he and D. S. Makeever purchased last year to a man from Galesburg, 111. They purchased the farm for a little less than S4OO per acre and spent about $2,500 on it in setting out an orchard while they owned it. They received $750 per acre for the farm, thus clearing up a small fortune on, the transaction. The purchaser was at once offered a profit of $6,400 for the land, but refused to sell. The adjoining farm of fifty-three acres has just sold for S9OO per acre. Over three hundred prospects went to the valley on the last excursion and a large per cent of them purchased land. Vern Davisson, who took the trip with his father, remained there, and -is--—quartered-—-at-—the—C«se dePalms and will remain there for some' time for the benefit of his health. He has been troubled for some time from the effects of the gas received from the Germans in the late war and hopes to receive relief during his sojourn in the warm climate of the valley.

CELEBRATING 86TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH.

Abraham Leopold is celebrating the 86th anniversary of his birth today, December 2, at his home on South Front street, having been born in Germany the second day of December in the year 1833. When about twenty years of age Mr. Leopold emigrated to this country and, like all emigrants, his worldly possessions were few, consisting of a silver dollar and the clothes he wore upo nhis back upon arrival in this country. The purchase of a loaf of bread reduced the silver dollar to ninety-five cents, and from that ninety-five cents Mr. Leopold built his present comfortable fortune. After a few months spent in the east, Mr. Leopold located in Chicago, where he remained until 1863, at which time he came to this city, where he has continued to reside since that time.

PRICES CONTINUE SKYWARD FLIGHT

LUXURY BUYING IS IN FULL SWING WITH PUBLIC DISREGARDING VALUES.' ’ % New York, Dec. 1. —Despite the various- campaigns to bring down the high cost of living the cost of foodstuffs and clothing have contitnued to climb during the past month, according to the report on business conditions of the second federal reserve district board for November, made-public here tonight. The average advance in the price of the principal necessities of life was given at 1 % per cent. 1 Reports from retail trade, it was stated, indicated that “luxury buying was in full swing, and the repressive, effect of the war on perscfnaL expenditures had disappeared completely." ‘"Never has there been so much spending, such a demand for expensive articles and such disregard of prices,” said the report. The buying public is showing “almost no resistance” to high prices, the report continued, which added that “the buyers are either completely indifferent or they accept the higher prices as quite to be expected.”

CONTINUED “DRY” AND “COLDER.”

Summer time flies, and there’s a way to make winter hum—buy that car on a 90-day note and March will be here before you know* it. Success with the prohibition issue has prompted a drive on tobacco. This campaign will fail. They won’t be able to find 2.75 per cent tobacco in anything sold nowadays. Franklin owners need no alcohol and only a very little fuel. "Hard winters don’t worry them. THOMPSON & KIRK.

NOTICE TO MILK PATRONS.

Owing to the high cost of producing mUk throughout the winter months, we are obliged to increase the price of our milk to 14c per quart and 8c per pint, effective this date, December 2. SAMUEL DUVALL, E. J. DUVALL, CONRAD KELLNER.

Things will never be hopeless if the union always bows to the Union. Philadelphia North American.

COAL BINS RUNNING LOW

DEALERS ISSUE WARNING AS BLACK DIAMONDS DISAPPEAR. Rensselaer is threatened with a fuel famine of a very severe nature, and that in the very near future is the prediction of local coal dealers who are v viewing the rapidly disappearing piles of coal in their yards with genuine alarm. The dealers assert that they are proceeding cautiously in the sale of their coal that a fair distribution of what remains may be made among our citizens. They state that at the present time the supply of coal on hand in Rensselaer is so low that it is no way sufficient to care for the heavy demand that is being made for it and that only in emergency cases are they filling orders. An inquiry made among the dealers today revealed the fact that the supply is practically as low as it was at any time during the period of the war, and that from present indications there is no relief in sight. The dealers ask that the citizens co-operate with them during the present emergency, and that they order coal onlj when it is absolutely necessary, that those who are really in need of coal may not be deprived of it because their neighbors have hoarded it. Occasionally a carload of coal reaches the city, but it is soon gobbled up. One firm 'expected a carload some time today, and one carload was received in the city Monday. Other cars will be here later on, providing they are not confiscated en route, as has been the case in one or two instances since the beginning of the present emergency. Just what the outcome of the fuel shortage at this time will be is hard to tell, but it is certain that before winter is over the situation will be as bad or worse than during last winter, and it behooves all of us to do everything possible to conserve the supply now in our bins »and in the hands of the dealers. Chicago’s theatres and churches have been closed on account of the shortage, and it is probable that public meeting houses and non-essential industries will follow within a short time. Many factories in all parts of the country have already been forced to close down, and it is only a matter of time until the entire country is back to the war time fuel basis.

400,000 MOTOR CARS IN FIVE YEARS.

Dodge Brothers Again Achieve Record for Rapid Development of Great Industry. When Dodge Brothers motor car number 400,000 rolled from the assembly line and swung around the factory test track for a final inspection bqfore delivery, it marked a manufacturing achievement of exceptional importance in the history of the motor car industry. The achievement is unique Because4oo,ooo motor cars were produced and marketed during the first five years of operation, which is a record in the automobile industry. Less than five years ago, on December 4, 1914, to be exact, the first motor car bearing the Dodge Brothers name plate was shipped to a bona fide purchaser. It was the first material evidence of Dodge Brothers’ determination to devote their wide manufacturing experience Tothe production of complete motor cars. Since that day the shipments have been growing in volume until, a few days ago, the 400,000 mark was reached. In 1914 Dodge Brothers works covered approximately twenty acres of floor space, and even then was considered one of the large manufacturing plants of America. But unit after unit has been added with unfailing regularity until the original twenty acres have grown to ninety ,and . the number of employes to more than 18,000. The first hundred thousand car was completed October 31, 1916, the second on October 31, 1917, and the third on December 13, 1918. Car number 400,000, which is a four-door sedan, was allotted to Thomas J. Doyle, Dodge Brothers dealer in Detroit.—Advt.

ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD ALL DAY DISTRICT MEETING.

A district meeting of the Odd Fellows of the 37th district will be held in this city all day Tuesday, December 9, and those in charge of the meeting have arranged for an interesting program throughout the day. All the subordinate lodges and the Rebekah members of the county are asked to be in attendance. All Rebekahs are also asked to bring lunch for themselves and family.—Advt. W. E. Rheau went to Reynolds today. ■ Too many persons in this country are enjoying the right of free screech.—-Brooklyn Eagle.

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MARKETS BY WIRE.

[Furnished by Farmers’ Grain Co., H. H. Potter, Mgr.] Chicago, 111., Dec. 3. Live Stock Market*. Hogs—Receipts, 64,000; carry over, 9,000; market 30c lower; top, $14.30. Cattle —Receipts, 33,000. Sheep—Receipts, 27,000. Indianapolis hog receipts, 15,000; top, $14.00. ■» Grain Market*. Dec. corn opened at 138 3-4 and 1-4; closed at 141 3-8 and 1-8. May corn opened at 132 1-2 and 133; closed at 135 1-2 and 3-8. Dec. oats opened at 75 1-2; closed at 77 7-8. May oats opened at 78 1-8; closed it 80 1-8 and 80.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Snow flurries and colder tonight; cold wave in south and east portions. Wednesday, partly cloudy, colder in south portion.

IN THE 15TH CENTURY.

Spain lamented spending less than SB,OOO backing Columbus’ fool notion to discover America. And we remember when father was treating the family royally by spending SIOO for a new “undercut” carriage. Going to cost Mexico a d sight .more than Spain if. they finance Carranza’s fool ideas. But, of course, everything is higher now. Dad can’t begin to satisfy the family on less than an Oldsmobile or a Franklin. A “day off” means nothing but an “off day” to most of us. THOMPSON & KIRK.

NOTICE TO VAN RENSSELAER CLUB MEMBERS. The first semi-monthly club dance will be held Thursday evening, December 4th, at the club rooms. Only members of the club and their guestsareinvited. ■

STAR THEATRE TONIGHT ADOLPH ZUKOR present* “THE OLD HOMESTEAD” ALL STAR CAST A Special Production A PARAMOUNT PICTURE The story of Denman Thompson’s “THE OLD HOMESTEAD’’ hardly need* repetition to any American. The peaceful country life which is broken up when the son leaves, and the old man’s search f°f him which is rewarded on Christmas Eve, are as Psalms from the Bible in many a home. ' . “THE OLD HOMESTEAD” has played to millions of people on etage and screen. Have you seen it? See it again! Did you mis* it? See it now! It may be your last chance. ’ ALSO BILLIE ARMSTRONG —to— t “HOP THE BELL HOP” A SCREAM FROM START TO FINISH! DON’T MISS THIS BIG BILL! PRICES —Adults, 20c-2c; Children, lOc-lc. NINE-REEL FEATURE THURSDAY! GET READY—IT’S A WONDER! ’

ASK INCREASE OF PHONE RATES

LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY APPEALS TO SERVICE COMMISSION FOR INCREASE. In appealing to the Indiana public service commission for an increase in the rates of the Jasper County Telephone company, W. L. Bott, proprietor of the utility, is simplyi 1 following in the enforced footsteps of scores of other telephone plant operators throughout the state who have found it difficult to operate their plants at the same old rates as before the war with the present high prices of materials and labor prevailing. Mr. Bott, through his attorney, has appealed to the Commission to set aside a day for the investigation of the local plant to determine and fix a reasonable rate of charge for the petitioner for the service rendered the patrons of the Jasper county lines. Mr. Bott states that he has been forced to take the above step through necessity and that he can no longer operate his plant under the same conditions that -he.- has. done in the past and still give the patrons the service which they have been used to without operating at a loss. Mr. Bott further stated that for the past several months he has kept his plant at the same standard of efficiency, although losing money, rather than to reduce the efficiency of the service. “Materials and labor have reached an almost prohibitive figure,” said Mr. Bott, “and it is useless for me to attempt to operate my plant onthe same basis as when materials, labor and everything else that goes into a plant are from four to five hundred per cent higher than they were two or three years ago. Added to this are the losses that an owner of a plant suffers through storms each winter and which he alone bears, and it can readily be seen that we are entitled to a raise in our rates. At the present time many of our employes are on the verge of quitting unless they are granted increases in their wages, and I cannot say that I blame them. During the year 1918 we operated at a loss of something over one thousand dollars, and had it not been that the government permitted us certain concessions we would have operated at a loss still larger than that. During the present year some months have found us facing a deficit and others have shown a little profit, but on the whole it has been a very unsatisfactory year. Our books are open at all times to the public and if there are any who care to investigate the conditions under which we have been operating they are welcome to do so.” “We, afe leaving it entirely to the service commission,” continued Mr.' Bott, “and have not asked for any certain stipulated per cent of increase in the rates, leaving that to the discretion of the commission board, and if they see fit to grant l us an increase under such fair conditions, then we believe that the patrons of the line will feel that they have been fairly dealt with and that they will continue to give us the same hearty support that they have in the past.” It is not known just how soon the commission will set aside a day for the hearing, but it is believed by Mr. Bott that it will not come before some time in January. The hearing will be held in this city and patrons of the company will be welcome to attend the hearing.

There will be a box social at the Aix school in Union township on Saturday, December 6. A cordial invitation is extended to all.— GLADYS OGLE.

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