Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Bloomingtoi| voted wet Wednesday by 23 votes. Dave Overton has returned from a prospecting trip to Kansas City and Omaha. Robert Michel and S.* R. Nichols were in Chicago on stock selling business Thursday. Mrs. Will Huffman and daughter went to Chicago Heights for a few days visit with relatives. David Yeoman went to Lafayette yesterday on business, and from tehre he will go to visit his two sons. Dal and James at Ambia. The first annual commencement of the Monnett Academy took place Friday at 2 p. m. This school is to be known m the future as the Watts de Peyster school. Mrs. E. G. Warren of Lawton, Okla., accompanied by her son and daughter, are spending the summer with her mother, Mrs. Mary Troxell, of Demotte and other Jasper county relatives. There was much more rain fell Monday night out southeast of town in the Andy Yeoman neighborhood, than at Rensselaer. Quite a little hail fell also, cutting the garden truck down badly. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Williams returned Thursday from their auto trip to Springfield, 111. They were accompanied by Misses Mary and Obigail Davidson of Carthage, 111., Mrs. Williams’ sisters, Harold Clark, who has been attending the deaf mute school at Indianapolis, returned home Thursday accompanied by his mother who went there to attend the graduating exercises Wednesday, William Keen, son of Trustee Albert Keen of Wheatfield tp., also returned from the school. O. K. Rainier of Lafayette, who recently purchased the N. Littlefield property, will occupy same about the tenth of July. He \\jas here Wednesday making some arrangements. Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Gwin, who had been visiting in Lafayette for the past several days, returned to Rensselaer with him. J The Babgpck & Hopkins elevator was burned six weeks ago last nig'ht and yet the grain is still burning, although it is pretty well burned out how. Messrs. Babcock and Hopkins are still undecided as to whether they will put up a large transfer elevator or a medium-sized house and eliminate the transfer business. Through some misunderstanding a copy of the Decoration program was not handed The Democrat until too late or the Saturday issue, and the Wednesday issue was too late to use it. We make this explanation that Democrat readers may know why the program was not published. In matters of that kind it is better to hand in the copy direct than to trust it to someone else. J. J. Weast, Dennis Marquie, Charles Saidla and W. W. Francis, who have been the Bowker fertilizer agents here, left Wednesday for Cincinnati, Ohio. Thursday they will go through the factory, and then take in the sights of the city. Friday a boat ride on the Ohio river, and other amusements. Saturday seeing sights in old Kentucky, and returning home Saturday night or Sunday. C. F. Mansfield of Monticello, 111., who owns the farm occupied by John Walters, was here Thursday investigating the use of alfalfa on the Pullins farm. Uncle Charlie Pullins told us Thursday he expected to begin cutting a crop of alfalfa in a few days, and expects to cut two more crops anyway from his field in town before the summer was over. Mr. Mansfield expects to use this variety of hay extensively next year. Farmers tell us that the dry May has practically “done” the hay crop, and no amount of rain from now on can brihg it out to an average yield, although, of course, it would help. Oats have also been damaged in spots, and wheat has been hurt considerably in ■ some places by the drought. Corn is all right and is looking fine. With a few good rains distributed through Jthe season it should be a bumper | crop in Jasper county.