Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

George Meader. finished threshing Tuesday night, and on 50 acres will have 30 bushels per acre, in the south part of the county the reports are not so good, some fields going as low as 15 bushels. They had extreme wet weather later In the south than the north part of the county.— Benton Review.

Horace Marble, Simon Fendig imd Malcom Clark came down from Wheatfleld Wednesday morning In Mr. Marble’s auto. At Kniman they picked up John Myers, the Kniman merchant, the visit being a purely business one. They reported a fine rain in the vicinity of Aix, water standing in the roadway at that point.

Thomas Knight of Yukon, Oklahoma, is visiting his brother James Knight, and old friends here. He left some six years ago for this new country with but little of this world’s goods, and now has 80 acres of land paid for and stocked, with good buildings and his granery having a capacity of 2,000 bußhels. He is more than pleased with his location. $

Fleming Farls of Canyon City, Oregon, was here Monday and Tuesday to visit his relatives. He is a brother of John T. Faris of Gillam township, and left this county some thirty years ago, going to Kansas when everybody was headed for that state. From there he went to Oregon. He is a cousin of C. P. Wright, and his grandfather, John Faris, was one of the first settlers in this part if Indiana.

The stone road men are now at work on north Jefferson street, spreading the stone. During heavy rains Jefferson street Just north of Clark is so low now that it is a pond of water from one to one and a half feet deep, and now it is being plowed out deeper on either side, so that it will no doubt be two to two and a half feet deep. It was uncrossable during high water, and now it will be absolutely so.

4,1. A. Glazebrook fell through a hole, caused by his stepping on a 4>ad piece of sheeting on the roof of Frank King’s barn in the north part of town, where he was at work Tuesday, and no doubt saved himself from being very badly hurt. His leg going through the roof saved him from going to the ground, in which case he might have fared much worse than he did, as it is he has a Very painful hip.

The north and south ends of the county got a little rain Tuesday evening, but scarcely a drop fell in Rensselaer. It is becoming very dry all over the county and corn on high ground is beyond redemption. On the lower ground, of course, It will stands lots of dry weather, but farmers are saying that there must be rain soon or a great deal of corn will be 'ruined. Pastures are extremely short because of the drought. "KJohn N. Baker of Barkley tp., <4)mmenced threshing what promises to be the record-breaker wheat crop so far reported this year, as he has threshed some Tuesday that weighed out close to 40 bushels to the acre. William Folger, a neighbor, hauled a load of 73 bushels of this wheat to Pleasant Grove, and when within a mile and a half of the station one ol the tires came off one of his wagon wheels and he went on to town and home again before he discovered the tire was lost.

In the big fire “tourney” at Clinton, lowa, last week which our Fire Chief Montgomery attended, state records w r ere broken and world’s records weVe almost reached. One team of horses from Sioux City made a half mile run, the men laid 150 feet of hose, break coupling and put on pipe ready to throw Water in one minute and fifteen seconds. Fast as this time was the Clinton team on the closing day made the half mile run in 1:03 2-5, only 4-5 of a second slower than the world’s record. In the “hitching” contest, where the men must be in their bunks on the second floor and at the sound of the gong slide to the ground, hitch and run the team 150 feet, was done in ten seconds. This is certainly going some.

Spring and summer Jackets % the marked price to close out. Chicago Bargain. Store. CATTLE WANTED. We have room for fifty cattle and some horses, on blue grass pasture, plenty of water and shade. Phone 527-B. J. W. STOCKTON. Wanted-—A good young Jersey cow, eithef recently fresh or to be fresh within a few weeks. Inquire at The Democrat office. For Sale Two-year-old high grade Jersey bull. C. L. PARKS. R-3. Rensselaer, Ind.