Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

VWork on the Remington and Catpenter stone roads was commenced this week. The stone is being shipped in from Logansport and the streets in town irilf, be covered first, we understand, jfntm Jones, Ves Richards, Earl Chestnut and Peasley Clark of Rensselaer, are at work there, the two former time-keeper and grade work superintendent, respectively. In renewing bib Subscription to The Demoorat, Unde Felix French of Hutchinson, Kan., says: “We had a cold April and May so far, but the past few days have been warm and has brought corn and potatoes up'in fine shape and has been good on the wheat. Fruit is all killed. Farmers have cut the first crop of alfalfa. lam still as good a demoorat as ever but they don’t haye much show in Kansas.” The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruoe Hardy fell head first from an upstairs window while at play at their home at the west side of town Monday, but fortunately alighted in a bucket of clothes whioh broke the fall and shh was uninjured. Her head was wedged in the bucket, however, and but for Mrs. Fred Phillips bearing her smothered cries and going to her rescue she would probably have soon died of suffocation. * Says the Ft. Wayne News: “The_ hardships of the American farmers who were induoed to take up their residence in Western Canadafought to prove a wholesome warning. Conditions there are too crude and primative, crops too uncertain, and winters too severe to warrant farmers quitting their holdings here for a gambler’s chance in a rough new land. Land sspeculators and transportation companies have painted an alluring picture of the possibilities of the great northwest, but hard experience has taught dupes that possibilities are not certainties or even probabilities,”

The battery of field artillery on its way from Ft. Sheridan, Chicago, to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, mention of whose coming was made in our last iosue, arrived in Rensselaer at about 3 p. m.j Saturday and went into camp in the ball park, south of the river. There were about 100 men and about 180 horses and males, with 4 cannon, aminition and camp wagons, etc. They attraoted considerable attention Snnday and quite a munber of people from neighboring towns and the surrounding country came in to see what Uncle Sam’s artillery soldiers looked like. A pick-up ball team in town played a scrub nine of the soldiers, and defeated them by a score of 6 to 3.

the continued cola, backward spring oats are said to be looking well in this section of the state. Wheat is generally poor in Indiana and many fields have been plowed up in the.wheat belt and planted to oorn.XJ. M. Wasson tells us that he was out to his farm southeast of town a few days ago and save that they have twenty acres of fine wheat, the best he has seen afiy plaoe between Rensselaer ana the Ohio line. There are several other good fields of wheat in the county, but it will not be as good as last year. Corn planting has been in progress the past two weeks, probably more being planted this week than last. The g£pund is in very good condition but ia too cold yet for com to start readily. Slight frosts fill Sunday and Monday mights>/_ 15O,000XXX) bottles of Coca-Cola sold in 1906. On sale at Vick’s 4 Btates. The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, for only $3.00. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson, a son. May 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chapman of Cincinnati, Ohio, (formerly of Rensselaer) a daughter.