Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Ml Ayr will have an after harvest festival, Sept. 5 and 0. The big sale will continue to Saturday night, Aug. 31. • Chicago Bargain Store.

W. L. Bringle of Newton tp., left Tuesday for a few weeks visit with relatives near Anatone, Wash. Vern Shook has returned from Spokane, Wash., where be has been prospecting. He did not find anything to suit him there.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Ropp, Mrs. D. E. Tanner and John Williams attended the I. O. O. F. pionic at Lowell Saturday.

A big rain fell here Monday night, putting a stop to threshing and rock hauling Tuesday. Scarcely enough water fell at Remington, however, to lay the dust. Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Postill of fowler are visiting his sisters, Misses Grace and Fame Haas this week and making some improvements on his farm near Surrey. The postoffice safe at Lowell |tvas * blown open on Thursday night of last week and $76 in cash and two pension checks were stolen. No clew to the theives.

l Delos Thompson received another new automobile Wednesday. It is a 24 borse-power Premeir runabout and its cost is $2,250. He still has his $3,000 White Steamer.

Bert Hopper, the carpenter, is preparing to accompany U. M. Baughman to Colorado Springs, Colo., and is now loading hisgoods. Prof. Sandifer will occupy the property he vacates.

Judge Hanley’s horse got third money in the race it was entered in at Crown Point Thursday. It won the second heat. Duvall Bros. Raimore paced in a race there agaih yesterday.

Rensselaer now has a sureenough merry-go-round, E. V. Hansford and.E. M. Parcels having traded for one and set it up on the J udge Thompson corner, south of the Makeever House.

The finance committee for Kentland’s proposed horse show was given the marble heart when it went around to solicit for the necessary funds to give the show, and as a result it has been declared off.

Goodland Herald: The oats crop around Goodland will average about 22 bushels per acre. The poorest yield that has been reported was 18 bushels. A very few fields have yielded as high as 27 to 30 bushels.

The anti saloon sentiment is being put in shape to do business at Knox, Starke county, and remonstrances were circulated and numerously signed for filing, if successful, at the September term of commissioners’ court.

Two excellent Bhows held forth at Ellis’ opera house this week—- “ The Trust Busters” Monday night, and “A Millionaire Tramp” Tuesday night. Both were much above the average and played to very good houses.

Monticello is 675 feet above sea level, Delphi and Rensselaer 668, Logansport 606, Kentland 684 and Winamac 716. The highest point is at Winchester, 1,101 feet, and the next at Newcastle, 1,045 feet. —Monticello Herald.

Mrs. W. H. Beam and son Don and Mrs. Abel Grant left Monday for a visit with relatives in Los Angeles, Cali. They will also visit Spokane and Seattle, Wash,; Portland, Oregon, and San Fran* cisco, and will probably be gone about a month.

Cards are out'Tor the wedding of Miea Ellen Donnelly to Mr. William Fletcher Ramey, to take place at B*p. m. next Tuesday at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. J)onnelly, on Cherry street.

C. A. Roberts haß had a big new porch built aoross the entire front and west side of his residence. It is made of cement block pillara and ballustrade and cement floor. It is a great improvement to the property. Thos. Driver of Barkley tp., left this morning for Michigan to investigate the lands of the Michigan Home Colony Co.,in Montmorency county, near Lewiston. • If pleased witl| the outlook he will probably sell out here and invest and locate there. John Casey of Fair Oaks tellß us that he gathered 120 quarts of blackberries on the old John A. Smith farm/ On the 15th he. pioked 31 quarts. He and Mr. An4crßon picked 48 quarts one day. Mr. Anderson is 69 years of age and Mr. Casey 63.