Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1906 — Page 6

The Manager Of the B. & A.

By VAUGHAN KESTER.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. I—Dan Oakley, Manager of the Buckhorn and Antioch railroad (known as the • Huckleberry"), receives two letters, one telling him that bit convict father, Roger Oakley, has been pardoned, and the other that General Corniah, the owner of the B. & A., is about to visit Antioch. ll—Oakley visit* Dr. Emory and meets Constance Emory. Other visitors are Griff Ryder, owner of tbe Antioch Herald, and Turner Joice, the local artist. III —Oakley tells General Cornish that in order to keep tbe car shops running a cut in wages is necessary. CHAPTER IY. THE next morning Oakley saw General Cornish off on the 7:15 train, ffnd then went back to his hotel for breakfast. Afterward, cm his way to the office, he mailed a check to Ezra Hart for his father. The money was Intended to meet his expenses in coming west. He was very busy all that day making out bls new schedules and in figuring the cuts and Just what they would amount to. He approached his task with a certain reluctance, for it was as unpleasant to him personally as it was necessary to the future of the road, and he knew that no halfway measure would suffice. He must cut, as a surgeon cuts, to save. By lopping away a man here and there, giving his work to some other man or dividing it up among two or three men, he managed to peel off $2,000 on the year. He counted that a very fair day’s work. He would start his reform with no particular aggressiveness. He would retire the men he Intended to dismiss from the road one at a time. He hoped they would take the hint afid hunt other positions. At any rate, they could not get back until he was ready to take them back, as Cornish had assured him he would not be Interfered with. He concluded not to band the notices and orders to Miss Walton, the typewriter, to copy. She might let drop some word that would give his victims an Inkling of what was in store for them. He knew there were unpleasant scenes ahead of him, but there was no need to anticipate. ’When at last his figures for the cuts were complete be would have been grateful for some one with whom to discuss the situation. All at once his responsibilities seemed rather heavier than be bad bargained for. There were only two men in the office besides himself—Philip Kerr, the treasurer, and Byron Holt, his assistant. They were both busy with the payroll, as It was the 6th of the month, and they commenced to pay off in the shops on the 10th. He bad little or no use for Kerr, who still showed where he dared in small things his displeasure that an outsider had been appointed manager of tbe road. He had counted on the place for himself for a number of years, but a succession of managers bad come and gone apparently without its ever having occurred to General Cornish that an excellent executive was literally spoiling in the big, bare general offices of ttie line. This singular indifference on the part of Cornish to his real interests had soured a dis|>osition that at its best had more of acid in it than anything else. As there Avas no way in which he could make his resentment known to the general, even if he had deemed such a course expedient, he took it out of Oakley and kept his feeling for him on ice. Meanwhile he bided his time, hoping for Oakley's downfall and his own eventful recognition. With the assistant treasurer Dan’s relations were entirely cordial. Holt was a much younger man than Kerr, as frank and open as the other was secret and reserved. When the 6 o’clock whistle blew he glanced up from his work and said: “I wish you'd wait a moment, Holt. I want to see you.’’ Kerr had already gone home, and Miss Walton was adjusting her hat before a bit of a mirror that hung on the wall back of her desk. “All right,” responded Holt cheerfully. “Just draw up your chair,” said Oakley, handing his papers to him. At first Holt did not understand; then he began to whistle softly and fell to checking off the various cuts with his forefinger. “What do you think of the <»l>, Byron?” inquired Oakley. “Well, I’m glad I don’t get laid off, that’s sure. Say, just bear in mind that I’m going to be married this summer.” “You needn't worry; only 1 didn’t know that.’’ “Well, please don’t forget it, Mr. Oakley.” Holt run over the cuts again. Then he asked: “Who’s going to stand for this? You or the old man? I hear lie was in town last night.” “I stand for It, but of course he approves.” “I’ll bet he approves,” and tbe assistant treasurer grinned. “This is the sort of thing that suits him right down to the ground.” “How about the hands? Do you know if they are members of any union?” “No, but there’ll be lively times ahead for you. They are a great lot of kickers here.” “Walt until I get through. 1 haven’t touched tbe shops yet That’s to come later. I’ll skin closer before I’m done.” Oakley got up and lit his pipe. “The

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plant must make some sorFof a showing. We can’t continue at the rate we have been going. I suppose you know What sort of shape it would leave the town in if the shops were closed.” “Very poor shape, I should say. Why, it’s the money that goes In and out of this office twice a month that keeps the town alive. It couldn't exist a day without that.” “Then it behooves us to see to it that nothing happens to tbe shops or road. I am sorry for the men I am laying off, but it can’t be helped.” “I see you are going to chuck Hoadley out of his good thing at the Junction. If he was half white he’d a gone long ago. He must lay awake nights figuring how he can keep decently busy.” “How do you think it’s going to work?" “Oh, it will work all right, because it has to, but they’ll all be cussing you," with great good humor. “What’s the matter anyhow? Did the old man throw a fit at the size of the payroll ?” “Not exactly, but be came down here with his mind made up to sell the road to the M. and W.” “You don’t say so!" “I talked him out of that, but we must make a showing, for he’s good and tired and may dump the whole business any day.” “Well, if he does that there’ll be no marrying or giving in marriage for me this summer. It will be just like a Shaker settlement where I am concerned.” Dan laughed. “Oh, you’d be all right. Holt You’d get something else or the M. gnd W. would keep you on.” **l don’t know about that. A new management generally means a clean sweep all round, and my berth’s a pretty good one.” In some manner a rumor of the changes Oakley proposed making did get abroad, and he was promptly made aware that his popularity in Antioch was a thing of tbe past. He was regarded as an oppressor from whom some elaborate and wanton tyranny might be expected. While General Cornish suffered their Inefficiency, his easy going predecessors had been content to draw their salaries and let it go at that, a line of conduct which Antioch held to be entirely proper. This new man, however, was clearly an upstart. cursed with an insane and destructive ambition to earn money for the road. Suppose It did not pay. Cornish could go down into his pocket for tbe difference, just as he had always done. What the town did not know and what It would not have believed even if it had been told was that the general had been on the point of selling, a change that would have l brought hardship to every one. The majority Of the men in the shops owned their own homes, and these homes represented the savings of years. The sudden exodus of two or three hundred families meant of necessity widespread ruin. Those who were forced to go away would have to sacrifice everything they possessed to get away, while those who remained would be scarcely better off. But Antioch never considered such a radical move as even remotely possible. It counted the shops a fixture. They had always been there, and for this sufficient reason they would always remain. The (lays wore on, one very like another, with their spring heat and lethargy. Occasionally Oakley saw Miss Emory on the street to bow to, but not to speak with. WJille lie was grateful for these escapes he found himself thinking of her very often. He fancied —and he was not far wrong—that she was finding Antioch very dull. He wondered, too, if she was seeing much of Ryder. He Imagined that she was, and here again he was not far wrong. Now and then he was seized w’ith what he felt to be a weak desire to call, but he always thought better of It In time and was always grateful he had not succumbed to the Impulse. But tier mere presence In Antioch seemed to make him dissatisfied and resentful of its limitations. Ordinarily he was not critical of his surroundings. Until she came, that he was without companionship and that the town was given over to a deadly Inertia which expressed itself In the collapsed ambition of nearly every man and woman he knew had scarcely affected him, beyond giving him a sense of mild wonder. He had heard nothing of his father, . and In the pressure of his work and freshened interest In the fortunes of the Huckleberry had hardly given him a second thought. He felt that since he had sent money to him he was In a measure relieved of all further responsibility. If his father did not wish to come to him, that was his own affair. He had placed no obstacle in his way. [TO be continued)

SHROPSHIRE RAM LAMBS FOR SALE.

Good enough to head «ny flock; at farmers’ prices. Thomas E. Bred, Remington, Ind. R. R. 3. ’Phone 2-79. The Democrat for job work.

EVAPORATING APPLES.

I* th* Extenvlve Fruit District* *t Western New Turk. In fruit districts, such As in western New York, where apple growing is done on a large scale, there are large evaporators in every town where farmers may sell their windfalls. In some seasons when the crops are large and prices low entire crops are shaken from the trees and sold In this manner, often the grower realizing as much for the fruit as to pick and ship it in barrels. There are also small evaporators made for farm use. These are made of wood, with a system of racks, fitted one above another, upon which to pul the sliced apples. A stove below furnishes the heat, and ventilators are made In the top of the building by which the heat is regulated. These dry houses are made of different sizes and from eight to forty bushels of apples may be dried In twenty-four hours. The difficulty with these farm evaporators Is to obtain the necessary help with which to do the work. The work cannot be so economically done as w’ith the large evaporators, and they are going out of use to a large extent, beyond providing for family or, local needs. - - - . George T. Powell, a New York fruit grower of note, describes in American Agriculturist a drying house he put up four years ago. It is 20 by 30‘ feet, two stories, with an L 16 by 20 feet. This is not down in the sketch, but it extends out from where the platform is shown. This addition is used for paring, trimming, slicing and fumigating. There are two rooms below, each 20 by 20 feet, In which furnaces are placed with a system of pipes running around the rooms near the top, which carry and distribute the heat to the floors above, upon which the apples are spread. Two large towers are built through the roof which carry a strong draft, thus drawing the heat up rapidly from the furnace rooms below. The entire cost of'this building was SBOO. He has turned out in a season

ELEVATION OF DRYING HOUSE.

sixteen tons of white stock and five tons of chops and waste. With another furnace room and drying floor, several more tons of chops and waste could be dried. The chops are apples too small to be pared and are run through without paring. The waste consists of cores and parings. It requires four tons of coal a week to run the two furnaces. The chops and waste will usually pay for the coal. The summer and autumn apples are too soft to' be of any value for evaporating. About Sept. 15 he begins on ttie greenings and earlier winter varieties. When running up to full capacity it requires ten people to handle the work, a day man to run the slicing, to attend to the furnaces and do the general work' and one night man. Two parers will run through the machine a hundred bushels a day, while six women are required to trim the apples, cutting out bruised spots and pieces of the skin that the parers missed. Crop Report. The national crop reporting board finds from the reports of correspondents of the bureau of statistics, as follows: —i — Preliminary returns show the acreage of corn planted to be about 95,535,000 acres, an Increase of about 1.524,000 acres, or 1.6 per cent, as compared with the estimate of the acreage planted last year. The average condition of the growing crop on July 1 was 87.5 as compared with 87.3 on July 1. 1905, 8.6 at the corresponding date in 1904 and a ten year average of 86.4. Tbe average condition of winter wheat on July 1 was 85,6 as compared w-lth 83 last month, 82.7 on July 1,1905, 78.7 at the corresponding date in 1904 and a ten year average of 79.4. The average condition of spring wheat on July 1 was 91.4 as compared with 93 last month, 91 on July 1, 1905, 93.7 at the corresponding date in 1904 and a ten year average of 88.2. The amount of wheat remaining in the hands of farmers on July 1 Is estimated at about 46,053.000 bushels, equivalent to about 6.6 per cent of the crop of last year. Sugar Beet Seed. V. K. Chestnut of the Montana station reports co-operative tests with beet growers in which Klehiwanzlebener beet seed produced In the state of Washington and secured by this department was distributed in Montana. Tests of the beets showed that the richest lot contained 22.8 per cent of sugar. The largest estimated yield of sugar per acre—s,B2s pounds—was obtained on the station farm. Vllmorln Imperial, French redtop and Utah sugar beets, grown In comparison with the Washington Klelnwanzlebener seed, were Inferior in every particular, with the exception that the Utah grown seed showed a purity 1.08 per cent greaten than the Klelnwanzlebener. The average of twenty-two beets grown in various parts of the state from this seed contained 16.9 per cent of sugar with 82.78 per cent purity.

Shabby’ Houses It does not pay to let good property decrease in value for the want of a little paint. And. painting need not be the costly item it so often is. It is a question of good paint skillfully applied. . Get a good painter and have him use Eckstein Pure White Lead (Made by the Old Dutch Process) mixed with Pure Linseed Oil. Such paint will not peel offc There are some good paint pointers for the house-owner in our booklet. Sent on request. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY »JIO State Street, Chicago, HI. For sale by first class dealers. Wabash Special Bargains. SPECIAL HOMESEEKER RATES—WABASH Practically one way plus 92.00 for the round trip to pointe in Kansas. Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Colorado and Texas witn a maximum rate of *27.55. SUMMER RATES TO WIMONa LAKE. IND., VIA THE WABASH SYSTEM. Rate from Lafayette $3.85 limited to 15 days. $4.40 limited to return on or before October 81st. Tickets on sale daily from May 10th to September 80th. THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE TO BOSTON. First-class rate 930.05; second-class 918.40 via Wabash. TRIPLE DAILY THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE TO NEW YORK. First-class rate 918.05; second-ciass 917.00 via Wabash, Both 'phones. DIVERSE ROUTES PERMITTED ON WABASH TICKETS. All Wabash tickets reading from Ft. Wayne or points west of Fort Wayne to Detroit or east will be honored at option of the passenger as follows: Directrail line; Detroit and uffalo or Northern Steamship Co.'s steamers, Detroit to Buffalo; rail to Toledo and boat to Detroit. Tickets In opposite direction have same options. Meals and berth on steamers extra. Stop* oversat Detroit and Niagara Falls on all through tickets. The Wabash offers their patrons excellent free reclining chair cars as well as ladies’ high back day coach service. Daily tourist sleeping coach service via the Wabash from St. Louis. "To answer questions is a pleasure." Ask them. Address, THOS. FOLLEN, Lafayette. Ind. ’ Pass. & Tick. Agt.

$6.00 TO MACKINAC ISLAND And Return Via the Wabash, Saturday, September ist. Time of train. Leave Lafayette, Train No. 8.. ..5:59 a. m. “ Delphi, " "'....6:22 “ " Logansport, “ “ ....6:52 " “ Peru. " “ ....7:20 “ Arriving at Detroit 12:01 (noon). ($6.00 round trip.) The D. <fc C. steamer “City of Mackinac”-leaves promptly at 5 p. m., arriving the next evening at 7:15. Tickets will be limited to ten days and will be honored on any regular boats returning. State rooms will accommodate two or three persons. Price of lower $1.50 and upper berth SI.OO, or entire state room $2.50. For Btate room reservation and other information apply to nearest Wabash ticket agent or write, Thos. Follen, P, & T. A. Lafayette, Ind. LOOK HERB! BARGAINS! A splendid farm of 120 acres, $2,000 would not cover cost of new buildings. Sells soon for $37 per acre. We have other farms listed in tracts of 40 acres to a section. If you wish to buy as good a farm as can; be found in northern Indiana, address, H. H. Wynant, Box 87. San Pierre, Ind.

Dr. Chas. Vick, Eye Specialist. This ia an age of Specialists. The ability to do one thing and do it well is more to be commended and ia of more benefit to Humanity than to do many things and none equal to the beet. We limit our practice on the eye to the errors of refraction, of which we have made a special'study for over thirty years. Office in C. H. Vick’s fruit store, next door to express office, Rensselaer, Ind. 5 PER CENT LOANS. We can positively make you a loan on better terms than you can procure elsewhere. No “red tape.” Commission the lowest. No extras. Funds unlimited. See us before borrowing or renewing an old loan and we will save you money. IRWIN & IRWIN. I. O. O. t. Buildlnr,

PROF. JOSEPH BAUNACH, TEACHER OF HUSIC, PIANO, VKJLIN and VOCAL. ParLaMM. »i. RENSSELAER, IND. Edward P. Honan, * t *. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abatracta, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in dl tbe courts. Office over Fen- - . RENSSELAER, INDIANA - Judson J. Hunt, in, Mos, loons ond m isicie. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stairs In Odd Fellows annex, opposite court house. Wm. B. Austin. Arthur H. Hopkins. Austin & Hopkins, Law, Loans and Real Estate. Loans on farms and City property, personal security and chattel mortgage. Buy, sell and rent farms and city property. Farm And city fire insurance. Attorneys for American Building, Loan and Savings Association, Office over Chicago Department Store, - RENSSELAER. IND. - , ■ -■ * ■ - - J. F. Irwin S.C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

U. M. Baughman. Geo. A. Williams. Baughman & Williams ATTORNEYS at law. Form Loons, aosiiocis ono insuronce. Loans on improved Farm Lands and City Property a specialty. Collections and Notary work promptly attended to. Office over First National Bank, ’Phone No. 829. Rensselaer. Indiana nu» fcltm. o. a. artveaa. a. aaaata Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in tbe County. RENSSELAER. IND. GEORGE E. HERSHMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. \ Abstracts. Insurance and Loans, on both farm and city property. A set of abstract books in office. Office in I, O. 0. F. Building. Phone 348. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA. Ira W. Yeoman, •ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, ... Indiana. Law, Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over Imes’ Millinery store. Rensselaer. Offiob Phons 177. Rbsidbnor Phonß) life M. D. Gwin, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office opposite Postoffice, In Murray’s new building. Phone 205, day or night. W. W. Merrill, M. D. Eciecnc Physician ana suraeon, RENSSELAER. - - INDIANA. y Chronic Disease* a Specialty. A. N. Lakin, H. D. Physician and Surgeon, DeMotte, . . . Indiana. ’Phone DeMotte, Day or Night.

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Chicago to the Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville, and French Lick Springs. Rensselaer Time-Table, ■n Effect Feb. 25,1806. South Bound. No. 81—Fast Mai 1?....... “sUa.2 » ..... . North Bound. tss.Mail.. 6:36 p.m Im $2 Chicago 2:57 p. m ‘No. 46—Local freight 9:55 a. tn •Daily except Sunday. . 1 ' {Sunday only, _ll stop at Rensselaer for pawetrgers sos Lafayette and South. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let off passengers from pointe south of Monon. W. H. McDoel, Mddtn. M’g’r. Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic Jd'g’r. OHIOAOO. W. H. Beam. Agent. Rensselaer.

Bell Phone 181. Lafayette Fhone 879. WABASH Arrlval and departure of trains from Thk Lafayette Passenger Statiom Twelfth and Erie Streets In effect Sunday, May 3.1906, 4 ;80 a. .. _ No. 9. Toledo & Pittsburg Ex. da..9:41 a.m No. 8. Buffalo Mali, daily 5:59 a.m No. *6. Mail and Express, daily 8:59 a.m No. 4. Continental Limited, daily..9:lo p.m No. 94. Atlantic Expresss. dai1y....8:86 p.rn No. 80. Peru Ac., ex Sunday 7: 40 p.m „ GOING WEST. No. 51. Springfield Ac.,ex.Sunday..6:Bo a.m. No. 9. Kansas City Fast Mail daily.B:l6 a.m No. 7. Mail and Express.dally ...1:97 p.m No. 1. Continental Limited, dai1y..1:57 p.m No. 5. Fast Mail, daily ..7:51 p.m No. 8. Western Express, daily.... 11:56 a.t» No. 6 does not. run between Ft. Wayne and Detroit I No. 9, Eastern Express daily, has through, sleepers St. Louis toBoston; St. Louts to NewYork, and buffet sleeper St. Louis to Toledo, Vertibuled free reclining chair car, St. Louie to Buffalo. Dining car serving meals. No. 4, Contlaental Limited, daily, ha» through Pullman sleeper. St. Louie to NewYork and Boston. Coaches St. Louis to New York without change, Dining car serve* meals. No. 6, Mail and Express, daily, has connection with sleeper at Toledo for New York and Boston via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and New York Central R, R. No. 8. Through sleeper to New York City, via D. L. AW. Ry, Chair car to Buffalo free. Sleeper to Detroit and Buffalo. No. 1, Continental Limited, daily, same service as No. 4. No. 8, Western Express daily, has sleeper* Toledo, Boston and New York to St. Louisa also 9 free reclining chair cars to St. Louis, and St, Louis to Kansas City and Omaha. No. 5, Fast Mail, Coach Toledo to St. Louis. Does not carry baggage. No. 9. Coaches and chair cars to St. Louts, through sleeper and free reclining chair care to Kansas City without change. |teamship tickets sold to all parts of W- C. MAXWELL. A. G. T. M. C. S. CRANE. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent. H. V. P. TAYLOR, Asst. Gen. Pass, and Tkt. Agent, St. Louis, Mo. THUS. FOLLEN. P. & T. A.. Lafavette. Ind. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official business at his res’, dence on the first Saturday of each month: also at the Shide schoolhouse on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between tbe hours of 9 a. m.. and 8 p. m. Persons having business with me will please? govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Goodland. Ind. R-F-D. CHAS. E. SAGE,.Trustee. Milroy Township. The undersigned, trustee of Milroy township, attends to official business at his refldence on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address. McCoyeburg. Ind. W. C. HUSTON. Trustee. Nowton Township. The undersigned, trustee of Newton township, attends to official business at his residence on Thursday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address Rensselaer. Indiana. Phone 96-A Mt. Ayr Excbange. W, B. YEOMAN. Trustee. Union Township. The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official business at his residence on Friday of each week. Person* having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address. Rensselaer, Indiana. R. F. D. 9. HARVEY DAVISSON. Trustee. CHY. TOWWSHIP MD COUHTT DIBtCTORf.; CITY OFFICERS. •Jww-i - - J. H.S. Bills C* epk - ......Charles Morlan Treasurer-., .. James H. Chapman Attorney Geo. A. Williams Civil Engineer ..t.: l. Gamble Fire Chief C. B. Steward OOUNCILMEN. Ist waM .Henry Hildebrand Jdward j. y. i rwln M ward 1 ... Eli Gerber At Large C. G. Spitler. J. P. MoColly COUNTY OFFICERS. Charles C. Warner ...John O'Connor Auditor J. N. Leatherman Treasurer S. R. Nichole Supt. Public Schools ...’.’.'”i^ul” n County Assessor John R, Phillipa COMMISSIONERS. 2nd Distflct Frederick Way mire 3rd District .....Charles T. Denham Commissioners' court—First Monday of each month. * COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIFB. Washington Cook -...—... Hanging Grove w - Coppees .Gillam Albert Bouk „...Walker Grant Davisson Barkley Charles F. Stackhouse .Marion Charlee B. Sage ~ ................J0rdan W. B. Yeoman Newton Henry Feldman ..Keener Charles Stalbaum... Kankakee Robert A. Mannan Wheatfield William , C. Huston .yZ.Mllroy Harvey Davisson -Union Louis H. Hamilton, Co. Supt Rensselaer B. C. English .Rensselaer George Bess*. - Remington Geo. O.Stembei .WhswSSud Truant Officer ....... N. Littlefield, Rensselaer JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney . ..... R. O. Grave* Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November.