Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1912 — Page 2

THE JiSPER COUNTY OEMOCRiT f.E.BIBCOCB.EDiroBIBDPOBUBBIB. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Advertising rates made known on application. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311. Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday -Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 1912.

BEAUTIES OF OUR “PROTECTIVE TARIFF.”

Governor Foss has sent a special megsage to the Massachusetts legislature directing its attention to the serious strike conditions at Lawrence. He says: ’

It is’alleged that, for years, the employers have pursued the policy of bringing into their mills the cheapest grade of labor obtainable, in this or in foreign countries, and by fines and other methods, have reduced wages far beotw that decent standard which American citizens should enjoy. The Journal of Commerce (NewYork) says that ‘‘this sounds strange in view of the fact that the woolen industries of Lawrence are afcnong the most highly protected against the products of the ‘pauper labor of Europe.’ ” It is (Sbiange, but no stranger than the revelations of the ■distress of the steel workers that Mr. Brandels and the department of commerce and labor are giving us, of than the recent revelations that alien laborers and their families are. being .imported by the trust for sugar beet growling, and, with their wives and children, are impressed into a bondage as bad as Slavery. It seems to be turning out that in most instances wherein the people of the country have been taxing themselves to maintain American labor on a high standard trusts have pocketed the tax and lowered the status of the laborer. The high protective taxation which has made woolen clothes so costly that many i>eople in this country can not wear them, and has forced others to go u to silk as a eiubstiitute, has not reached the worker! Mr. Joseph J. Ettor, spokesman of the strikers’ subcommittee at the conference in Boston, addressing a mass meeting in Faneuil hall,, said: What is' the strike about? They week. No. The question is not say it is about the fifty-four-hour fifty-four cm .fifty-six hours.. It is the reduction of wages to $5.50, which meant death. This, of course, is the expression of a labor pleader. But he was not far astray on the matter of wages. The government investigation of 30,454 woolen workers in al! mill departments in fourteen states 11.4 per cent, received less than 10 cents an hour, and 56.1 per cent, from 10 to 15 cents, or a total of 66.5 per cent, received less than 16 eents an .hour. Of the women workers 63 per cent, received less dhan 14 cents an hour—most of them 8 to 12 cents. Reduce these figures to nine-hour days. Then deduct the loss of working time from numerous delays, caused by waiting for repairs in machinery—to say nothing of sickness—and then make the further deduction.s for tlhe “fines and other methods’’ by which Governor Foss points out, the actual wage is further reduced. How can men maintain “American 'homes,” or women mia.intaiin eyen themselves.”— Indianapolis News.

THE AWKWARD DETAILS.

Roosevelt Will Have No Path of Roses to the Nomination. A national convention is a thing of rules and precedents. It Is not a lot of cowboys got together to yell, tut a gathering of delegates who must proceed under a fixed order, work through officers and committees and pass from one step to the next with due regularity. And before they nominate a President they must adopt a platform. That is as invariable as it is sensible. Convictions must be expressed before candidates are chosen. Now, w>hat is the Platform Committee at Chicago next June bound to report? On the Roosevelt supposition, the platform would have to be punctuated at the moment with denials and deadly annotations. It would be something like the following: "We 1 record our warm approval of the high-minded and patriotic administration of President Taft—and we are going to pit<£ him out of the window as soon as the Roosevelt stampede begins. I “We invite Special attention to the noble work for the peace of the

world wrought by a republican President in negotiating treaties of universal we propose to nominate the man who denounced them as reeking with hypocrisy. ■ “We are fully resolved to uphold the hands of President’ Taft in enforcing the law against'trusts —and then we will ask the country to vote for a candidate who has declared that course to be nonsensical. ' 1 ■

“We cordially and proudly approve William Howard Taft—and now tlhe party will please note the ease with which Theodore Rciosevelt will knock the stuffing out of him.” This is not purely The hard situation will be much as above set forth. Dancing on a rope over the gorge of Niagara, or swallowing swords, would be child’s play compared with what the republican convention will have • to do if it se f s out to praise the President ard then do him to death. —New York Evening Post.

BIG PUBLIC SALE On account of failing eyesight' I am compelled to quit farming, and will offer at. Public Auction all of my stock and farming implements at my place of residence, 7 miles north and 3 miles east of Remington,- 5 miles south and 3 miles east of Rensselaer, (4 mile east of Sharon and 12 miles west of Monon, on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1912, <» Head of Horses-—I team extra good brood mares, the bay 7 years' old, wt. J 450 the gray 11 years old. wt. 1 4 50, both in foal by heavy draft horse; 1 bay mare 12 years old, wt. v about 1 400', in foal by heavy draft horses. These are all extra good brood mares.. 1 black 4-year-old gelding, fine double driver, wt. 1000; 1 gray filly, 1 year old; 1 bay filly, 1 year old. All of thesehorses I guarantee to be sound. 5 Head of Cattle—l red cow 7 years old, to be fresh by day of sale; 1 red cow 8 years old giving milk, be fresh in spring; 1 6-year-old (4 Jersey, giving good flow of milfc to be fredh in spring; 2 red 6-year-old cows, be fresh by spring. Hogs and Sheep—l brood sOw, wt. 200, have pigs Ist of April; 3 brood sows, bred. 16 head of good well-bred- sheep, all due to lamb April 1. . • Farm Implements—l g'earless hay loader, only loaded 80 acres of hay, good as new; 1 narrow tire wagon; 1 top buggy; 1 open ’ top buggy; 1 2-section steel flexible hairow; 1 14-inch walking plow; 1 double set of work harness, good as new extra heavy; 2 sets of single buggy harness, 1 set almost new. Hay—9 tons good timothy; 4 ton of clover hay in stack. A credit of 11 months will be given on sums over $5, with usual conditions; 5 per cent off for cash. FRANK MELROSE. W. H. Kenyon. Auctioneer. Sale begins at 10 o’clock a. m. Hot lunch on grounds.

BIG PUBLIC SALE As I am going to move to Wisconsin, I will' sell at public auction at my farm 8 miles east and 2 miles north of Rensselaer, 6 miles west and 2y 2 miles south of Francesville, 1 mile north of McCoysburg, known as the old Samuel Parker place, 1 mile east and 2% miles south of Pleasant Grove, beginning at JO o’clock a. m., on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912, 12 Head of Rorses and Mules— Consisting of 1 black mare 9 years old, wt. 1500, bred to J. K. Davis horse; 1 roan mare 9 years old, wt. 1400, good family horse, safe for any woman to drive; 1 match team brown geldings, 8 and 9® years 1 old, wt. 2500; 1 brown mare 6 years old, wt. 1200; 1 coming 2-year-old colt; 2 coming yearling colts, good ones; 1 mule coming 2 years old; 1 black gelding 5’ years old, wt. 1300; 1 bay gelding 10 years old, wt. 1200; 1 sorrel gelding, 12 years old, wt. 1200. All of the above horses are absolutely sound and good workers. 23 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 12 head -<of good yearling cows, will be fresh in Mardh and April;/ 1 polled Durham bull, coming 2 years old, a good one; 1 coming 'yearling bull, registered Durham; a fine calf; 9 calves coming 1 year Old, good ones, 7 steers, 2 heifers. 42 Good Breeding Ewes— -Due to

lamb in April. Fann Implements—Consisting of 1 wagon; 1 corn planter with J. 1. Case fertilizer attachment, a good -one; 1 McCormick mowing’ machine and McCormick rake, good as new; 3 cultivators, 2 Averies with gopher one new John Deere, one Tower' gopher; 1 lowdown oafs seeder; 2 hog racks; 3 sets of. work harness; 1 hay derrick; 1 hay gatherer; 1 U. S. separator, a good one; 1 disc with trucks; 1 3-ho.rse disc with trucks;- 1 2-section harrow; 1 walking plow; Bradley corn planter, with J. I. Case attachment; Champion binder, 6-foOt cut; Studebaker wagon; hay rack; cultivator; forge; horizontal blacksmith drill; crosscut saw; some .household goods and other articles too numerous to mention.

A credit of 10 months will b*f given on sums over $lO, with uslal conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. i. N. Mccurtain. Fred Phillips,. Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk Hot lunch on ground. Many Children are Sickly. Mother. Gray’s Powders for Children break up Colds in 24 hours, reliexe Feverishness, Headache, •Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and* Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample -mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

The WORLD'S MOST PERFECT EAR of CORN

Unique Story o/its Discovery k FMS TOK, Tlriß QKEAT I

“Just a countryman—that’s all,” is the way the grower of this remarkable ear of. corn, Mr. Fied C. Palin, styles himself. . Though he is admitted" to be, pne of the leading corn experts in the country—one whose services are? greatly in demand as a judge of corn exhibits, Mr. Palin asks for no greater honor or distinction than to be known as a plain Hoosier farmer, and while he openly professes a reasonable pride in the achievement of growing the famous ear of corn which was adjudged the most perfect ever grown, it is without a shadow -of ostentation.

The World’s Greatest Ear of Corn

\ Palin's Corn Flake Yellow. (Named after winning the W. K. Kellogg SI,OOO Trophy.) A HYBRID—The seventh year production. PARENT PLANTS ( Male—Reid’s Yellow Dent. ( Female—Alexander’s Gold Standard. ■’‘DIMENSIONS—Length, 105$ Inches. Circumference 794 inches. Number of rows, 20. Length of kernels, 94 of an inch. Width of kernels, about % of an inch. Thickness of kernels, 1-6 of an inch. Arrangement, very uniform, kernels y running in straight rows the entire length of the ear without a misplaced grain, holding their length well to the ends of the ear, tip being well covered with dented grains. Weight, 20 ounces. Estimated proportions —corn, 92 per cent; cob, S per cent.

The champion ear of corn was not an accident. There can be no greater lesson in the value of careful study* and painstakihg selection of seed and breeding than the experiences of this same Palin. The farmer who thinks he stands a chance to go into his corn field and by a piece of luck pick out an ear which Nature has fashioned even more perfectly and with it wrest the honors from this Indiana man, cannot do better to disabuse his mind of this fallacious notion than to read the story of Palin and his champion ear.

Fred C. Palin.

In the first place, Palin knows corn. If there were no more proof of this fact than the bare story of the development and discovery of the champion ear, it would be enough. And in proof of this fact, here is the story as he told it himself. “It was in November,.. 1910. and we were just harvesting oui crop. The weather had been good, but we were a litfle late with the harvest. The men were going through the fields with the wagon -in the usual way gathering the corn, and the harvest was a promising one. “We have a sort of corn show at my farm all the time and there is always Jan award for exceptionally good ears of corn—ears sufficiently true to type to permit of their being exhibited. Therd is a small box on’ every corn ’wagon in Which the most perfect ears are thrown. These, when properly selected, constitute the seed corn, and among these more perfect ears we occasionally find an ear that we ate willing to exhibit in a contest. “On the day the champion ear was found, I was at the house and at dinner time one of the men brought it in and laid it, with a number of other ears, upon the window sill in the well room for me to take and put away in the seed house, i ’ ■ “‘Well,’ I said, ‘do you think you’ve got a good ear there?’ - ■ “It looks to me like a good ear,” ’ he said. “What do you think of it?”,’ > ’“I picked it up and looked it over. ‘Well,’ I said finally,’ ‘I think it is the most perfect ear of corn I ever saw. It’s good enough to win the W. K. Kellogg SI,OOO trophy this year at Omaha.’ "And I was confident the moment 1 saw it, and looked it over, that I held the' trophy winner in my hand. So much so that when 1 .left for Omaha to exhibit the ear, I took it out of ’my grip and showed it to* the station agent with ‘the words. ‘That’s the ear I’m going to win the, sk,ooo trophy with.’ ” So there’s the story of the’Cham- . pion ear as Palin told ' it himself. 1 And on the strength of it Who will say that Fred C. Palin doesn’t just-

ly merit the title, “The Man who Knows Corn.’? But that s not all of Palin’s story. He tells it willingly, though modestly. for he knows that his story whenever told is a source of great encouragement of the thousands of farmers who never had a better chance than he ■ had himself, Palin was born and brought up on a farm near Newtown, Ind. He has never owned a foot of farm land in his life, and the 360-aore farm on which the champion ear of corn which won the Kellogg Trophy was grown is a rented farm. Mr. Palin’s real experience as a

farmer began about sixteen years ago. He had been on the road' as a grocery* specialty salesman. 1 when he took a notion that he; would rather be an agriculturist, so he took a few short courses ati Purdue University and rented a' portion of the farm he now occu-l pies. Nine years ago he began care- ! full}; breeding this new variety of corn. For two years 'he planted two rows of Reid’s Yellow Dent, 1 then two of Alexander’s Gold Standard, detasseling the Gold Standard From > the detasseled rows he picked for seed only the ears carrying the characteristics he wanted to 1 eproduce, planting these in breeding plots and maintaining careful selection, so that in“ nine years time he had developed a well-settled type. The Palin champion ear was the first winner of the W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy, a handsome silver and enamel cup made by Tiffany of New York at "k cost of SI,OOO. Mr. Kellogg as the originator and manufacturer of Toasted Corn Flakes naturally has a deep interest in the development of the higher grades of .:<corn, for the company of which he is president, the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co., requires ten thousand bushels of corn a day for the making of its product. The Kellogg trophy was offered to be awarded in annual competition for (.he best single ear of corn until won twice by the same producer. The fa that the Kellogg product is made only from selected wihite corn, while the winning ear was of a pronounced yellow type, was a peculiar feature.

The Kellogg trophy was won in 1910 at Columbus, Ohio, by R. A. James, of Charleston, 111., with a ipagnificient ear of Reid’s Yellow Dent, but not so perfect an ear as that which originally won the trophy and which has become known as “the best ear of corn ever grown.”. The next award of this trophy will be made at the next National Corn Exposition, which will be held in February, 1913, at, Colum-

bia, S. C. It is planned to make this exposition much broader in scope than any held in the past, and consequently a longer time will be required for preparation. Special buildings are being erected for the exposition, the main building to be 400 by 167 feet, ground measurements. The show will last ten days. The state of South Carolina has appropriated $40,000 for the expenses of the exposition and the prospect is that Dixie., will “do herself proud” in an effort to make this exposition the greatest of its kind ever held.

FARM BARGAINS. 60 acres—Near, station and school, at heart of dredge ditch, all level, productive land, in cultivation except five acres jji timber. Improvements are a good two-story fourroom house, good small barn and good well. Price $45. Terms, S7OO down. 80 acres—All black land in cultivation, near school and churches, touches large ditch, a fine outlet for drainage and is all in cultivation. Improvements are a good two-story six-room house, good barn for ten horses, steel tower windmill, with good well and 25 bearing fruit-trees. Only $45. Terms, SI,OOO down. 21 acres—Four blocks from the court house. 165 acres —Highly improved, half mile of the corporation of this city. Will pell in small tracts from ten to 80 acres at right prices. 599 acre ranch—Good improvements. Will trade or sell on easy payments. 160 acres in Kansas, 160 acres in Arkansas, a mortgage arid other property to trade ror rand or property. Will put in cash or assume. GEO. F. MEYERS.

BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence on the H. O. Harris farm “0(6 miles west of Rensselaer. % mile south and 1% miles ast of Mt. Ayr; 11 miles east of Morocco, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m.. on TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1912, 7 Head of of 2 black colts coming 3 years old; " 1 brown horse 8 years old, good one, automobile broke wt. 1000; 1 gray mare 5 years old, wt. 1400; 1 gray mare 5 years old, wt. 1200; 1 bay horse, 9 years old, wt. 1100, lady broke. 9 Head of Cattle—Consisting of" 1 Hereford cow 5 years , old, fresh in spring; 1 black, calf by side; 3 heifer summer calves, Here fords; j 4 steers summer calves, Herefords, good ones. i 28 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 25 shoats, wt. about 80 to 100; 3 ■ brood sows, 2 Poland Chinas and 1 Duroc, bred to pure blood Berkshire boars. 10 Head of Sheep—Consisting of 10 ewes bred to pure bred . Hampshire , buck. v Farm Implements—Consisting of 1 Deering binder, 8 foot cut; tongue trucks, good as new; 1 Superior disc drill, 7 foot practically new; 1 1 McCormick mower 5 foot cut; 2 .corn planters; 1 Oliver gang plow; 1 John Deere potato digger; 1 Case check rower, 80 rods wire and fertilizer attachment; 1 Moline, with 80 rods wire; 1 farm wagon, broad tire trippie box; 3 riding cultivators, good ones; 2 sets farm harness; 1 7-foot Budlow spader, good as new with trucks; and other articles too numerous to mention. This sale is given to reduce stock on account of dividing the ! farm, and all the articles enumerated with positively be sold. A credit of 10 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. P. B. DOWNS. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G, Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on ground.

BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction on the William Washbum farm in Jordan tp., .4 % miles south and 4 miles west of Rensselaer and 4 miles east of Foresman, commencing at It: 30 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2S, 1912, 11 Head of Horses and Mules— Consisting of 1 bay mare 7 years old, wt. 1.400; 1 black mare 7 years old, wt. 1400, in foal; 1 black mare 8 years »ld,\ Wt. 1300, in foal; 2 black geldings coming 3 years eld,, wt, 2300; 1 black ’gelding coming 2 years, wt, .900; 1 black driving mare 11 years old, wit. 1100; 2 mules 12 years old. wt. 2300; 1 bay horse foaled by Nelson. coming 1 year old;' 1 black mare cost by Gabon, coming 1 year old. ~' -

4 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 1 fresh coW, calf by side; 1 cow 3 years old, will be fresh in April; 1 steer calf 2 years old; 1120 lbs.; 1 steer I year old, 500 lbs. 7 Head of Hogs— 'Consisting of 1 brood s>ow due to farrow’ April 1; 6 shoals, wt. 90 lbs. each. Farm Tools, Implements, Etc.— Consisting of 1 Deering binder, 8 foot with trucks; 1 Osborne mower, 6 foot; 2 Oliver sulky breaking plows; 2 Avery cultivators; 1 Janesville No. 5 conn planter,. 80 rods wire; 1 J. I. Cash cultivator; 1 disc; 1 spike tooth harrow; 1 Advance endgate seeder; 1 Cordon wagon, with double box and combination bed; 1 2-horse sled; 1 open top buggy; 1 buggy pole; 1 set of britching harness; 1 Oliver steel breaking walking plow, No. 404; 1 double shovel plow; 1 scoop board and other auticles too numerous to mention. A credit of 10 months will be given on sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash JAMES AV. -BROOK. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. .- Hot lunch on ground.

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thl ? head notl ces Will be pm>for Lcent-a-word for thfc flrsl ,^" cent Per word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keen-ing cash should be sent with notice. No Ce oh * c 4 epted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two o? more times, as the case may be f" Where replies are sent in The Democrat s care, postage will be charged BUCh rep,,e ® to M anted—To rent a good 4 to 6 room cottage, centrally located. Small family and will be steady tenant. Enquire at Democrat office or phone 315. For Sale—Oliver or Jewett typewriter in good condition and price reasonable.—AßTHUß H HOPKI*s. ■ Wanted—Married man with small family on farm, will furnish h<Aise and garden.—JOHN BIBL, GoodX laind R-l, or phone 157-M, Brook X Ind. - For Sale—Best mercantile business in this city not over $3,000 required. See me at once.—E. L HOLLINGSWORTH, at First National Bank. _ For Sale—Large span draft mares I years old, one heavy in foal New Webber wagon complete and new. SSO set of brass mounted harness, HARVEY DAVISSON phone 499.

\\ anted—-Strictly temperate, well dressed, single man, G-entiile, 21 to 30 years of age; to travel with a manager and solicit. Chance for advancement. Address E. C. CLARY Gen. Del., Renselaer. For Sale—2s ton fine bright timothy hay in barn on my farm on gravel road in Gillam tp. Hay scales in the barn. Call John Watson’, tenant on fanm or owner at Rensselaer.— JUDSON J. HUNT. For Sale—Barred Rock Cockerels, noted for size and shape, bred from a direct line of prize-winners; fine red heads no frozen combs reasonable. If in need look at them.—D. A. BICKEL, Remington, Ind. fll For Sale—Good Timothy hay 3 miles from town.—Enquire of C. H. PORTER, or phone 130. fg Wanted-Sivork on a farm with house to live in by married irian. - MACK SHIELDS, Rensselaer, Ind - •• j 29 Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums un to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. lor Salo Good 4-foot wood at $2.25 per cord on ground, % mile north and 2 miles wqst of Su-rey. JOS. KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, or phone Mt. Ayr exchange. ' ts Wanted—Good men to sell the Rawleigh Remedies in Indiana territory. Some good first-class territory available. See or write me at once.—O. N. HILE, The Rawleigh Man, Repsselaer, Ind. f 4

anted—Woodchoppers and postmakers. Pay good prices.—DURANT & HEFERLTNE, Rensselaer Ind - ml Farms For Sale^ —I have a number of farms for sale in different parte of this county and adjoining counties, and I have made up my mind to devote my time to the business Therefore if you have any farms or town property to sell or trade give me a chance and I will give y OU a square deal.—JOHN O’OONNOR, Ex-sheriff Jasper county, Kniman. Ind.

. For Rent— The room now occupied by The Jasper County Democrat, which will be vacant about March 1. This room is now fitted up with two water' motors, shafting, etc., which can be bought very cheaply of The Democrat, and one wanting a room with light power can step right into a room already equipped.—A. LEOPOLD. For Sale— -Barred Rock Cockerels, the world’s greatest strain.— THOMAS E. REED, R-3, Remington, Ind., Phone 79-J. ts Legal Blanks— Warranty and quit claim deeds, real estate and chattel mortgages, cash and grain rent farm leases, city property leases, releases of mortgage and several other blanks can be purchased in any quantity desired at THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Road tax receipt and order books are also kept in stock.

I flnl thn ' v “ h0 “‘ Delar I IrfPl HIP Without Commission I tlvl 11lv < Without Charges for H < Making or Recording Instruments. ; W. H. PARKINSON. Notice of Administration. No. 873. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Coiurt of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of Sarah E. Lane, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. — The Trust & Savings Bank of Rensselaer, Ind., Administrator. Jan. 15. 1912.

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