Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1911 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

colony at Omak. He is considerably impressed with the stories from that section and he thinks it lpa.s a great future... Mrs, Wm. Weston entertained several house.guests at her home this week, among whom were Mrs. Grace Pumphrev and Mrs. Philo Clark of Rensselaer, on Monday. Mrs. Cloyd Fletcher of Terre Haute and Mrs. Clyde Fletcher of Chicago, and Gertrude Fletcher of Kentland Wednesday and Thursday. The Republican puts up a howl to high heaven because The Democrat got the job of printing 1,600 telephone cards at $3 less than the Republican bid for 1,500. But when The Democrat objects to the disreputable, dishonorable, and pernicious methods employed in letting the high school annual contract to the Republican at $45 more than The Democrat’s bid. that is playing the baby act. If The Democrat bids less and gets it, we have committed the unpardonable sin. If we bid less and don't get it—through divers reasons—we have sinned again. Verily, “Consistency, thou art a rare jewel.”