Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — Page 1

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Qhe HOOVER - ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER IT BEATS.... AS IT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS It with only be a few weeks until you will begin figuring on housecleaning. Carpetings require more than an electric vacuum cleaning to rid them of thdr dirt. They should be electrically beaten to dislodge embedded grit. They should also be electrically swept to collect stubborn, clinging hairs, threads and lint. Only the hoover performs these three essential! cleaning Inf] It also is GUARANTEED to prolL long the of any ° r That is why The Hoover is the / most popular electric cleaner and I why you hear it praised so highly I I £=i by its users. J- WRIGHT

METHODIST MEETINGS.

The audience at the Methodist church last night taxed the capacity of the auditorium. Prof. W. Breaw (pronounced Bree-ah, with the accent on the first syllable) was present and lead the singing. He has made a splendid impression and will do good substantial work. The Rev. R. O. Kimberlin preached another splendid sermon on “The Baptism of Christ.” His sermons are listened to with the greatest, interest and profit. The subject tonight will be “Christ and His Problem.” Epworth League members will take supper together in the church dining room at 6:15. A short prayer meeting will be heH in the north room of the at 7:10. We invite any who have friends in whom they are interested and any who wish to pray for the success of the meet* ings to attend this meeting. A good leader will be secured. This will take the place of the cottage meetings. . The public is most cordially invited to attend any and all of the meetings.

NEW SUITS FILED.

Cause 9189. Maude E. Francis vs. Joseph E. Francis, action, divorce. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff and defendant were duly married October 21, 1911, ana lived together until April 1, 1919, when they separated and lived apart until Jan. 1, 1920, when they lived together until March 3, 1920, when the said defendant, without cause, abandoned the plaintiff. The complaint further alleges that defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. That as the fruit of theiA marriage was born one child, viz. : Lois Francis, age seven years, for which the plaintiff asks the care and custody. Cause 9190. John R. Hileman vs. John B. Vail et al, action to quiet title.

Temperature The following io the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. March 9 35 28 March 10 49 33 ■' ■ ■ - ' • —

pharles Brand, of Remington, was a passenger out of here this morning on the Monon for Chicago.

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE—BiII - NIGHT—7«OO ~ —TONIGHT— Dorothy Gish ‘Out of Luck’ —THURSDAY—OLIVE THOMAS V-X. - *' -< -/ •/ “Upstairs and Down’’

The Evening Republican.

“HOBO” SEASON WORKER SAID TO BE EXTINCT

The hobo whose labor was sought by farmers at harvest timers now an extinct character in America, according to the American land service which supplies seasonal workers from the city for farm work during the slack seasons. Prosperity, prohibition and even the wartime “work or fight” order are attributed by farmers as causes for the disappearance of “weary willie.” A delegation from Ulster county (New York).Fruit Growers Association has appealed for help in harvesting the next fruit crop. Similar appeals have been received from other organizations.

AUXILIARY AMERICAN LEGION.

Mrs. Ora T. Ross and Mrs. Chas. G. Spitler will be hostesses to the members of the auxiliary of the American Legion at the home of Mrs. Ross, Saturday, March 13, at 2:30 o’clock. • . . , All members are cordially invited to come'. The following musical program has been arranged for:. Piano Solo__ Linnie Bird Raines Vocal Trio Mrs. Dunlap, Mre. Rex Warner, Miss Daugherty Piano Solo Helen Warner Voice Numbers ' Min. Edson Murray, Mite Wallace, Mrs. Kenneth Allman Piano Solo Mrs. W. I. Spitler

Give ma a chance to sell you a city lot for a bouse. Phone 147. Several from Jasper county will go to Indianapolis Friday at which time General Leonard Wood will be in that city for the purpose of meeting the county managers from over the state. If you are going to ateist in making Rensselaer “THE CITY BEAUT&’UL” by planting flowers and shrubs, call J. H. Holden, Phone 426. " Mrs. C. Earl Duvall returned /from Rockville Monday where Mr. Duvall is in charge of the sale in which he is closing out Mrs. Duvall’s ladies’ furnishing store. She reports that the sale is meeting with splendid' success. That thrombosis evidently has not affected the President’s kicking foot.—Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont. , v ■ ■ ■ ' * ;

UNMKLAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH W, !»»>•

FANDOM EYES BLOOMINGTON

HIGH SCHOOL WORLD AWAITS CLASHES—FRANKLIN H. S. RULES FAVORITE. ~ LjILU. With the coming basket ball tournament which is to decide the standard bearer among Indiana high schools for the coming year but a few days away, two to be exact, there is a great deal of speculation among the followers of the great winter pastime as to what team is the most likely to come through and obliterate the “hopes of the other twenty-five championship contenders.* Each school which has a team that has survived the district meet feels that their representative is the one that will 'be the best able to stand the gaff and drag down the banner emblematic of the state high school 'basket ball championship. A feeling of confidence pervades the atmosphere of twenty-six Indiana towns and this spirit of confidence will last until Friday mofning at least, when the contestants get the flag and dash into action. By noon Friday some teams will have already had their hopes dashed on to the rocks of despair and it will continue in that manner throughout the remainder of that day and Saturday. One team alone will be joyous—the one that emerges from the final game unscathed. , It’s a long way to a championship crown in any field, but sport critics with their usual reckless abandon are rushing headlong into the prophets field, swayed in many instances not by their judgment but

by their prejudices. Among the starters in the weekend classic there are four teams that seem to stand out loftily above the shoulders of what are termed the lesser lights. These favorites are Franklin, Columbus, Anderson and Emerson high school, of Gary.At a glance it must be admitted that the winner of the flag should come from this quartette of ton notch performers —'but it is the well-known dark ponies that are always likely to tack thecontents of the dope bucket galley west th«t are causing many of the critics to be more reserved m their 'opinion, and it is these same uncertain performers that always add zest to any sporting event and give it the spice of uncertainty _ that creates the interest and continues, to lure the followers of the pastime year after year. Always there is some unheralded team that is likely to rise up and smack one of tne sure things on the crown with a hefty wallop while the crowd watches in a dazed . manner. Its a grand old pastime with the element of uncertainty taking the lead from the opening spasm until the curtain drops on the two nnai monarchs of the two-day gnnd. On season’s form the winner or the crown should be Franklin a team that has bowled over its opponents with a crushing, monotonous regularity. The downstate five apparently are a powerful aggregation composed for the most part of seasoned veterans. They present a brilliant, flashy attack and are a powerful scoring machine, sturdy as Gibraltar on the' defense. If there Is such a thing as a sure thing bet it is Franklin and only by the freakiest sort of luck can she be kept away from the final gS The most likely opponent of Franklin for the final affair is Columbus, who, however, must weather the storm of Jefferson high school of Lafayette, Technical of Indianapolis and Hartford City, providing, of course, that .those three teams do what is expected of them. If not Columbus, thenit should be either orEmerson that faces the flashy Franklin five in the nightcap.

OVERSEAS ROMANCE TO CULMINATE IN MARRIAGE

The engagement of William Doris Crooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crooks, of this city, to Miss Sybil Crispfan, of Aberdeen, Scotland, has ■been announced, the marriage to occur in the very near J future Miss Criapfan completed, tong overseas journey Tuesday, amv ing in Rensselaer last evening. The marriage of the young counle will ’be the culmination of a romance which started when Mr. Crooks visited Scotland while a member of the American Expeditionary forces during the late war. . , . .. Following their marriage,, the young people will continue to make this city their home. Mr. Crooks being employed by tne Hilliard & Hamill clothing store.

ABE MARTIN.

(Indianapolis' News.) .Even bein’ th’ choiceple has trebled In price. “We’re certainly a resourceful nation, declared Tell Binkley tfday. “Prohibition is only a few months ole an’ already we kin make it faster, than they kin find it”

WONDER WHERE CHARLIE IS?

Mo/ 9186. Henry Horner Co.

LIGHT AND POWER SITUATION

ENGINEER CHAMBERLAIN SUBMITS CAREFULLY PREPARED REPORT. The Republican undertakes the publishing of the report or Engineer Charles Chamberlain 'to the city council of Rensselaer relative to the needs of the city in. added facility in the way of electric current. The report is of considerable length and will appear in installments. It will be of vital interest to every citizen and tax-payer of this city. The following is the first of Engineer Chamberlain’s report: Ao requested by you I* will respectfully submit the following two plans for consideration for the betterment of our City Water, Light and Power Plant. I do this .with the view of maintaining our present good service and also good service for the future at reasonable cost to our citizens and patrons. The fast increasing, load on our station by the demand for electric power and lights, and also the immediate demand for electric current for cooking purposes which is being asked for by many of our citizens, and recommended by the Public Service Commission of Indiana makes more current generating capacity, necessary. I feel that it is time to recommend and suggest making plans the purpose qf installing some new, large and more modern machinery iff our present plant. Or the installation ■of -the largest and most efficient machinery that latest engineering practices will permit, by building a new central station on the line of the Monon Railway. One of the two plans must be decided upon at an early date by the city council and the citizens of the •city, if we expect to meet the demands for current which is being demanded of us. I will give you some facts and figures., of the two plans as I find them at present and for the future as near as one can tell at this time. Our coal at present prices is costing us $2.25 per ton more now than it did when odr present light and power rate of 8, 5 and 4 cents per killowat hour was scheduled with the Utility Commission a few years ago. . We will never again see the days of cheap coal, so let us get ready to economize on the most expensive and most valuable article that will be used in either of the two stations. • , , . Being able to make electnc current at reasonable prices should be one of our strongest elements in building in a small city. Labor conditions in the large cities will force the establishment of small factories or branches of the large factories into outlying small cities. The branch factories will probably be small institutions, and it does not pay to operate power plants m them. Such factories will gladly become power and light subscribers of the central station. And the ability to get this kind of service should influence the location of many factories of this character. Electric Range Date, „ (Compiled from Several Authorities). The Pacific Power .and. Light Company report a detailed investigation into the cost of cooking by electricity. The results obtained by the investigation indicate that the average family can cook electrically for about $3.00 per month with electricity selling for 3. fl cents per killowat hour. This company now has a total of 201 electric ranges connected with its lines. Milwaukee Electric Railway and

Light Co, shows the average consumption of current for cooking to be below one killowat per person per day. Others show the cost of cooking at 3 cents per killowat hour to the first two in the family, 31.50 each per month, each additional person in the family >I.OO per month. The Advantage of Electric Ranges. The possibilities of using electricity for cooking purposes are rapidly being recognized by the public service commissions and some utilities. •

The gas, gasoline and oil stoves in many places, are being replaced by the electric staves and undoubtedly the electric range will maantain its superiority over the gas and oil range, as it is more sanitary, no smokes or gases and does better cooking due to the fact that there is less shrinkage. Food does not dry out in electric ranges, and the results are more like to cori over gas, oil or coal for purposes* It ur convenient. All that is necessary to start the coo*ing operation is to snap a switch or press a button. It is cleanly, no smoke, soot, ashes or dirt. Km a labor saver, in that it eliminates I । dirt from pots and pans. It ». safe. There is no danger from I 'E& to* produce a eteady, even I sr having three , control., each giving

H S' H Hats T N SPITE of sky-high costs of fur and silk and leather, your Spring 'H. & H. hat will be of the same supreme quality that has always distinguished it. H. & H. hats stand for Quality first, last, and all ' the time. ' 'New Spring styles now being shown. 111 I rji

are manufactured and can be placed on electric ranges are desirable as well as economical. The clock thermostat, and fireless cooker arrangements enables one to place the meal in the oven at their convenience, setting the dock and thermostat. The electricity will be turned on at the proper time, and continue until the oven is of the desired temperature. Then the thermostat will stop the current flow and the meal will be prepared by the fireless cooker method at the proper time, though the housewife may have been away or busy with other duties for some hours. Four principal reasons have been the cause for delay of the electric range. I will enumerate them as follows: v ... 1, High first cost including purchasing price and installation. 2. Anticipated big operating cost. * 3. ' Statistics with present method lof cooking. , \ 4. Loss in disposition of old ‘ equipment. All of these reasons will be gradually overcome, and the main reason will be overcome rapidly with a central station that can furnish current at reasonable prices and in quantities to. satisfy the demands of our citizens. (To Be Continued).

DR. C. E. JOHNSON IN HOSPITAL

Dr. C. E. Johnson is laid up at the hospital with a wrenched back. He injured his back in lifting one of his patients at the hospital. He will be at the hospital for a few days, it is - thought.

notice. / ' ; Miss Elizabeth Regan will conduct the Health Culture dub class in the woman’s waiting room at the Court House, Friday evening, Mairch 12, at 7:80 o’clock and the young people’s class at the same place at the usual time Saturday morning. ' ✓

. \ . WEATHER. Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Probably local rains. .

G. J. Jessen and W. C. Babcock were in Chicago today. ;

STAR THEATRE -TODAY—- u * jBillie Rhodes -inTheLambandtheUon’ - “Th. Lamb” was “Boots”—a girt waif reared a band of thieves „ ‘The Lum” the master thief, who iormi her 13m a father. How “Boots” was captured and became tangled up in the ~**?***» of a society queen and the sensational way in, which “The Lion A SPLENDID PICTURE PATHENEWS ■ was. no* V ' —<n~“ wvpjjjnw p•»

NEW HAMPSHIRE GETS BEHIND GENERAL WOOD

Manchester, *N. H., March 9.—The native state of Major General Leonard Wood will send to Chicago a republican delegation pledged to vote for him so long as he is a candidate for the presidency. At today's primaries the Wood-pledged ticket for delegates at large defeated by a big majority an unpledged group of four and a fifth canmdate pledged for Senator Hiram Johnson. The unpledged men won in only one city, Dover, the home of Fred, N. Beckwith, one of the unpledged group. The Wood men won easily in the first congressional district and were unopposed in the second district. The democrat* elected three district delegates pledged for Herbert Hoover, one in the fifth district and two in the second. The other democratic delegates elected were unpledged but are generally considered favorable for Hoover.

MARKET BY WIRE.

(Furnished by The Farmers Grain : Market, H. H. Potter, Mgr.) Live Stock Market. Hogs-—Receipts, 18,000; carry over, 9,700; lower 10c; top, >15.50. Cattle—Receipts, 7,500. Sheep—Receipts, 8,000. Indianapolis Hogs, 6,000; top, May oats opened at .88 1-4 and 1-8; closed at .88 1-8. uiJuly oats opened at .76; closed at .76 and .75 7-8. May corn opened at 1.45 3-4 and 1.46 1-2; closed at 1.47 1-8. July corn opened at 1.39 1-4 and 3-4; closed at 1.40 7-8 and 1.41 1-8. - Sept corn opened at 1.35% ana 1.86; closed at >1.37.

■ Helen. Warner went to Lafhyette this afternoon where she will be the guest of Bernice Long and will attend a Theta dance tonight. ' — H. W. Gilbert and Fred Peck went from here to Indianapolis this afternoon to attend the Automobile show. Miss Clare Raise, of Perry, la is here for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Parker Miss Raise W a former schoolmate of Mrs. Parker at Northwestern University. - ■——— Theodoe F. Leonard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Leonard, of Medaryville, has been granted a radio license. He attends the high school in'this city. _, —.— — ■Mintie Williamson, who is in charge of the Schlosser Brothers cream station here, went to Monticello to attend a banquet this evening given by the district manager, J. H. Hibner to his employes. > 1 1 - Don Wright, who has been in St. Luke’s hospital, Chicago, where he was being treated for broken down feet, returned home to da y. The condition of Mr. Wright’s feet is due to his service in the United States navy, i ——— Mrs. O. A. Lucus of Florence, N. C., who had been the guest of Mrs. Donald Beam, went to Monticello today. Mrs. Lucus was called back to Indiana on account of her brother at Medaryville being very sick with influenza, from which fie has recovered. Mrs. Lucus formerly Min Georgis LadvOD and was a teacher in the Rensselaer schools last year. v— — air ■ I I IJ . . — Charles S. Chamberlain, superintendent of the city light and power plant, went to Crawfordsville tolain will continue to Indianapolis where he will be joined Thursday will look after matters in the capital city relative to our proposed new city light and power plant What ha sbecome of the talk indulged in some years the desirability of annexing Cuba.— Los Angeles Times.

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