Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — Marooned for 18 Days. [ARTICLE]

Marooned for 18 Days.

In a letter of a few days ago ordering her paper changed to Vincennes, where’ they recently moved from the country near by, Mrs. H. W. Daviss says they were in the recent high water there. They lived 5 % miles from the Wabash, but for 18 days there was from one to three feet of water under their house. The only way they got mail was by its being brought out to a country store in boats. Great damage was done by the water, and the wheat in the river bottom? was practically all drowned out, and Mrs. Daviss stated it would be some time befojp any spring planting could be mone.

Mrs. Da vise is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hurley of north *of Rensselaer. Says Report Is Not Correct. The item regarding the prisonmade binder twine having been all sold out, which was published in la*st Saturday’s Democrat and has been going the rounds of the press, is not correct, according to Warden Fogarty, who says they will be able to supply the demand for twine up to harvest time. “The statement that we are sold out is entirely false, as we are keeping on hard at all times 2,000,000 pounds en*or use of the Indiana farmers,” he says.

Just who is responsible for report that twine was all sold out W 6 ari? unable to say, but think the statement first appeared in an Indianapolis paper and may have been inspired by the twine trust, A movement Is on foot to get up enough orders about Rensselaer 3T a carload of this twinej the tetter from Warden FofeaHS is in response to an regarding this, Tht' WaHMi Says: “Get up your carload wad rest assured that we will the oTder whenever you desire. The minimum weight for a tfffKoad is $30,000 pounds, or 15 tons.” ■ , . ''