Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERS.

MILROY. ! Mr. Bivans was in Wolcott Tuesday. J ' . ■ Charles Wood came home Sunday to visit relatives. Ernest Miles spent Sunday in Morocco with Clifford Morrow. Miss Belle Southard attended institute -at Rensselaer this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks ate dinner Sunday with John Southard’s. Mrs. Bivans spent thia, week in Rossville, 111., visiting old neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parks and children are visittftg relatives in Chicago. Mrs. E. Underwood spent Tuesday in Wolcott with Mrs. Scripture and family. , Mr. Degman and Lud Clark and families ate dinner Sunday with Geo. Castor’s. Mrs. Fred Wetzel and children of Clifford, Ind., are visiting Effie Underwood this week. Roland Stewart, Vern and Roy Culp and Earl Foulks went to Fountain Park Sunday evening. Wm. Grey of Monon and Oscar Berry of Lafayette called on John Southard Sunday afternoon. Charles Gallagher and Misses Vesta and Elsie Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and son James took dinner Sunday with Oliver Hamilton’s. Mrs. Kate Harner of Kingman, Kan., visited her sister, Mrs. G. L. Parks Sunday and Monday. Mr. Parks accompanied her to Rensselaer where she wilt visit.

FAIR OAKS. Arvel Bringle wCnt to Rensselaer Monday to attend institute. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Miss Culp’s Wednesday evening. IF. R. Erwin attended Fountain Park Assembly a few days last week. Lola Moore arrived home the first of the week from a week’s visit with friends in Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwine of Lafayette came up Sunday and visited at Willard Rice’s. A few of our militia boys went to Indianapolis the last of the week to attend camp. Peter Clark and family of the Tolen ranch went to South Bend Tuesday to visit his mother for a week.

Supervisor Goff and Trustee Kight are having the road graveled south and east of town, having had the gravel shipped in. James Clifton has accepted the position janitor of the M. E, church, and it has taken on a different appearance since. James-*Wildrick, who has been working on the gravel road for a couple of months, has taken a job of ditching for Jack Lawler. M. I. Gundy and wife and babe went to Clauacar Monday to visit relatives a week. Fish Gilmore is in charge of his store during their absence. Miss Francis Davis and Miss Della Turner of Wheatfield came down Wednesday for a few days visit with Amy Bringle and other relatives and friends. Mr. Hazel and family of Winamac came down in their auto Sunday and took dinner with their old friend, Mr. Meeks, who moved here in the spring. The gravel road contractor has had considerable trouble with the engine the past week. He expects

a new one in a few days, which was bought in Laporte. Rev. Peterson filled his regular appointment in the M. E. church Saturday night.-He will conduct a series of tent meetings at -Roselawn the next three or four weeks. John Liggett brought some of the finest and sweetest water and muskmellons to town this week that have been in our market for a long time. He raised them oh C. L. Eggleston’s farm south of town. Francis Burns, who uas been working down about Remington, came up last week and visited his half brother and family, Lou Stowers. Lou is not making any gain in health but is slowly failing. Mr. Nelson and wife, who have been visiting his sister, Mrs. Cottingham, the past week, returned to their home at Brookston Saturday. Miss Dottie Thompson went home with them for a week’s visit, and while away will visit Dr. Fyfe and wife at Wheatfield. G. H. Hillis, trustee of Colfax tp., Newton county, has secured Miss Nellie Delhi of Salem, Ind., to teach the Gleason school this term. She has taught two other terms in the same township, and the fact that she has been engaged for the third time is evidence that she is a successful teacher.

We see by last week’s Mt. Ayr Pilot that the people of Jackson tp., have been awakened to the fact that they are helping to pay for other stone roads in the county, and have decided to get on the progression wagon, and are going to build some stone roads that they can use while, they are paying out their money. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was over last week and closed up a deal with Walter McConnell, wherein he disposed of all of his hay near town. Not a ton of it is to be sold until it is all stacked and measured, notwithstanding there are several here in town that are in need of hay and would take it out of the stack or bunch and save the stacking. We have been having about a week of cold nights which are hot good for pickles. The people in this community who have raised pickles are making a great deal of complaint about the way they get their pay fpr the pickles. We have been informed that their amounts are sent into an office in Chicago every so often and are then inspected and then if all right are sent to the company’s office in 0<... Louis and there get another inspection, and finally gets into the farmers hands. On account of this it is said quite a number take their pickles to Parr where they get their check the same day, drawn on a Rensselaer bank, which certainly would be more satisfactory, and our’s i will likely be a drawback next year for pickle-raising.

NORTH DAKOTA LETTER. T. F. Brusnahan Writes From Hamilton That He Is Well Pleased with the Country. Hamilton, N. D., Aug. 29. F. E. Babcock, Editor Democrat, Dear Sir: —I wish to say to my Jasper county friends that I am more than pleased with my new 320 acre farm here in North Dakota. Am close neighbor to Harvey Davisson. My wheat and oats are all in the shock and I am cutting barley, and I expect to thresh this week. I can count five tn, resiling machines running in sight of my house. It is a grand sight to see so many large fields of wheat, and wheat is yielding as high as 35 bushels per acre. The elevators are paying $1.05 per bushel and wheat is weighing

over 60 pounds to the bushel. Some yields of oats are also very good. I wish my friends could see this country while the grain is yet in shock. This country has an abundance of everything, second crop of clover is knee high and this soil cannot be beat. There are a great many finely improved farms here. Wm. Baker of Rensselaer purchased a finely improved half section farm one mile from me last week. I feel very grateful to Harvey Davisson for making my deal. There are several Indiana and Illinois people here. I am located three miles from Hamilton and four miles from Bathgate, ao. Dak., and 8 miles from the county seat. All are good towns and good markets for everything, good roads, churches and schools. There are great opportunities here and it looks to me like a man that works here will do well. Teams with driver is getting $6 to $7 per day; isiingle hands $3 per day. A person can surely plow to their heart’s content here, neither rock, stumps or hills here, and long “throughs.” .. T. F. BRUSNAHAN.

clow & Hendricks. A partial list of our lands that we -are offering for sale in Ransom county. We only give a few of the many bargains we have in first class lands, and with our wide experience and acquaintance throughout the county we can always help you find a snap. Come and see us. No. T. 320 acres, 3% miles from good town; 70 acres under plow, balance prairie. A* fine hay tract and very good soil. If broke up and sown to flax would half pay for the farm first year above expense. Price S3O No. 2. 160 acres. All under cultivation, very best of soil. 7% miles from town. No buildings (except granary.) Price S3B per acre. No. 3. 160 acres 5 miles from town. Lays gently rolling; black loam with clay sub-soil. Price S4O per acre. No. 4. 160 acres all under plow. 4 miles from Elliott. Very best of soil. No buildings. Price $41.50 per acre. No. 5. 320 acres. Lays very fine and the very best of soil. 140 acres under plow; balance prairie. - 4 miles from town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 6. 3“0 acres well improved; good set ouildings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from town. Price $47.50 per acre. No. 7. 320 acres well improved. Good buildings and practically all under plow. 4 miles from good town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 8. 320 acres 5% miles from town. Lays very fine. 135 acres under plow; 160 acres fenced. No buildings. Here is a snap. S3O per acre. No. ». 800 acres well improved. Fine set of buildings, good soil. 450 acres under plow; balance can be broke; one-half section fenced with 3 wires and cedar posts. 6% miles from town. This is a snap. $32.50 per acre. /No. 10. 480 acres. This is one of the finest farms in the county. 6 miles from town, good 10-room house with furnace heat; fine large barn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under culti-

vation. Price for quick sale $47.50 per acre. No. 11. 160 acres. All prairie; lays fine and good soil. Price s3l per acre. No. 12. 320 acres, 4 miles from Lisbon; lays gently rolling. All prairie and it’s a snap. S4O per acre. No. 13. 160 acre, all prairie. 8 miles from Lisbon. Very best of soil; lays gently rolling. Price $32.50 per acre. No. 14. 160 acres, all under plow; lays gently rolling; very best of soil. This is a snap. $37.60 per acre. No. 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently rolling. Very best of soil. Good buildings. Price for quick sale $36.50 per ; acre. - All the above lands are subject to sale, withdrawal, or. change in price without notice. We have cheaper land where the soil is not quite so heavy that has always raised good crops. Nearly all the above list have possible connection with R. J*. D. and Telephone. School houses and churches are many throughtout the county, as the map will show. If Interested, do not fail to write us for particulars. CLOW & HENDRICKS, Lisbon, No. Dak.