Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ALL EYES ON MICHIGAN. | ATTRACTIONS OF THE FRUIT BELT, [ a . ATTENTION has been widmy attracted to Michigan's Fruit Belt <by .tne; superior flavor of ks fruits, by its wide range of staple crops, by .■■its advantage in marketing bein'. doer ted at the ’hub of the Nation’s popu ation and commerce and by greater profits to growers because of no irrigation expense, .biro rail all is plentiful. The U. S. Dept, of Agriculture defines the Fruit Belt as the narrow strip of country in the Southern peninsula I ordering lake Michigan and extending 10 to 30 miles eastward, and as having a climate that enables cultivation'with a success impossible in otthi * regions of the same latitude not similarly protected, by the influence of the Lake Michigan which modifies the prevailing, winds frpm the west.

THE CONDITIONS that here pro duce better apples, peaches, pears. I'urns and cherries are also especially favorable for potatoes ami all vegetables. peas, beans. cereals, grasses, clover and alfalfa. The foed problem is here solved by the diversity of crops. The corn crop, as shown by statistics, compares favorably with yields of states in the corn belt and makes stock raising profitable; but beyond the need for stock there are a number of other crops more profitable. Poultry thrives in the freedom front vermin; r.o place is better for sheep, and dairying ’is becoming more profitable every vear. GREAT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT is going on' in Michigan’s Fruit Belt. The awakening is as much in diversified farming as in fruit growing. Retarded until late years by lumber interests, the over-population of the part of the U. S. surrounding this district is how forcing tillage of its every acre. ' ' ' NO OTHER SPOT in Michigan is being developed as rapidly as the district in Ma-on, Manistee and Like Counties. known as t'he Swigart Tract. Farmers, fruit growlers. poultrymen, tiruck growers and stock men are buying and settling tin this tract in sudh large numbers I t wice each mont h a special Pullman car, and frequently two cars are required for their accomdation. • THIS TRACT is especially favored In its location in the middle of this Fruit Belt", in its transportation by four railroads and a number of steamsftiip limes, and in its

JOIN THE NEXT EXCURSION. Excursions leave Chicago at noon. Tuesday, April 23 and May 7, on the P. M. Ry, Train passes through Michigan City (P. M. depot only) at 1:25 P. M. and Benton Harbor ht 2;30 P. M. Round trip, rate from Chicago, Michigan City and Benton Harbor to Wellston, Michigan, $6.00, get tickets after boarding our special car. Fare rebates on puchase. Please notify us as early as possible so can provide comfortably for aST, Teams and guides free. Good accommodations at Michigan headquarters. ■ ■ ’ <■ ■ ” . .. FULL PARTICULARS can be had by addressing GEORGE W. SWIGART. Owner, 12U.» First National Bank Building, Chicago, 111., or hia agent C. J. DEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana.

Kanne Bus Notice. Hereafter our bus headquarters will be at Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Calls may also be made for us at Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342 or at the Rensselaer Garage, phone 365. We make all trains, answer alt calls for city trade and, solicit a share of your patronage. Respectfully, KANNE BROS - ' > u ■ Bicycle and Motorcycle Repairing. I have opened up a bicycle and motorcycle repair shop in the t»ld Goddard building three doors south of the Rensselaer Garage, on Front street, and solicit your patronage. Wfl keep tires and other supplies on hand—JAMES C. CLARK. ts Always keep and best bred pullets for the home flock. There is also a good demand generally for nice pullets in the fall by those wanting them to keep. Get rid of all undesirable stock and miss no opportunity for improving the flock. The disposition of a horse is bred tn him. He may have behind him long generations of heredity, that had bad manners in it. they will crop out, but a good deal of the disposition of a horse is a matter of development by the people ‘who handle him. » One on the Teacher. “Willie you may correct the sentence ‘Where was, I at?”’ "I don't see anything wrong with It, ma’am.” ' "You do not?” "No, ma’am; it’s correct sometimes, anyway.” L "Will you give me an instance in which it is used correctly?” i “Yes’m. ‘Where was’l at three ! o’clock yesterday afternoon?’” | I ■ —————— Misplaced. ■ “Fred queered himself with Mayme wpen he tried to pay her a compliment on her hands, of whose smallness'she is very proud.” "What did he say?” "She led the conversation adroit;ly as usual to the subject of little I hands, and he told her that hers, were simply great”—Baltimore Star. , • Advertising Crimes. “A merchant runs a ‘card’ in his local newspaper, and calls that ‘advertising.’ A manufacturer timidly tries a one-time order in a bargain magazine, and calls that ‘advertising.’ Another sends a pretty Christmas present to his big customers, and calls that ‘advertising.* These are only the crimes of advertising.”—Curtis Publishing Company.