Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1912 — Page 8

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Dan Hopkins called on Gertrud# Kolhoff Sunday eve. Grover Brown spept Sunday with his parents west of Rensselaer. Bessie Gordon spent Sunday afternoon with Ethel Marlatt. Grover Brown is the proud owner of a new horse and buggy. Chris. Morganegg and, wife spent Saturday afternoon in Rensselaer. Newt Jenkins was seen in oui locality last week. Come againn, Barney Kolhoff has had some painting done on his buildings this ■week. Lillie Brown and Pauline Zillhart spent Sunday with Bessie McElfresh. Mrs. J. W. Marlatt and children were Rensselaer goers Monday atternoon. W. A. Green, and family spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Schreiner. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Saidla spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Emmet Pullins. Aunt Mary Pullins of Rensselaer is spending this week w'ith Mrs. Charles Pullins. Wm. NLsus and wife and balllfea spent Saturday night with W. A/ Green and family. C Mrs. Barnett of Chicago is spending ihe week wtth her brother, fv. Zillhart and family. J Mrs. K. Zillhart and sistf/-in-law spent Sunday afternoon' with Mrs. George McElfresh. Mrs. Ruggles and daughter of Morocco spent Saturday and Sunday with S. Lowery and family. Mrs. Charles Grant has the painters to board this week who are painting the buildings on the Frank Foltz farm. , Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Ed Price and family. Luella Green spent Wednesday with her sifter, Mrs. Fred Schreiner, who is very sick at this writing. Mrs. Kate Kolhoff and daughter Gertrude assisted Mrs. Cade Potts to cook for threshers Wednesday. Lester Schreiner and Yern Taylor of South 1 Newtod spent Wednesday night with George McElfresh. Mr. Schreiner is introducing the imperial self-heating flatiron, for which he is agent,

UNION.

Threshing is, or soon will be, the! order of the day. ! Michal Schultz sold a cow to John Stibbe last- week. Wesley Faylor was a Wheatfield caller Wednesday evening. Scott Cooper and family called on Peter Wolfe and family Sunday afternoon. Mrsv J. W. Faylor and Mrs. John Miller attended lodge at Parr Wednesday night Mts. Todd and Mrs. Millspaugh have company from their old home state this week. I. F. Meader and family and Bessie Faylor motored to Fountain Park Wednesday. Miss Lena Schultz called on Olga Schreeg Sunday afternoon. Who else was there, Olga? Harvey Dexter, son Chauncy and Wallace Miller were Rensselaer callers Thursday morning. Ernest Comer and Watson Humes attended the Progressive convention in Rensselaer Wednesday. August Kruger and family are occupying their new house and are beginning to build their new barn. Miss Mary Reeder left yesterday for an extended visit with her brother, Waitman, of near Goodland. There will be am ice cream social at Virgie this afternoon ih the school yard, for the benefit of the Sunday school and church. It has gotten so windy through here that William Schultz has decided to put up a wind mill to water his cows and chickens. \

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B, D. Comer, wife and daughter, and two nephews from Arkansas, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Comer, Spent Sunday at Fountain Park. Those on the sick and injured list are: Bertha Gasaway, who is down with malarial fever; Harvey ‘Cooper,who hias blood poisoning in one of his. hands; and John Hill who was kicked in the face by a horse. All are reported on the mend.

TRUST GRIP TIGHTENS

MEAT BARONS REACHING OUT FOR OTHER FIELDS. Plan la to Exploit Argentina and Australia—Dissolution of Trust Will Not Bring Relief to Consumer. It is announced that the “beef trust Is no more.” Attorneys for the N,il|ional Packing company have notiflstf the government that its constituent companies have taken over their properties. The Swift Interests get the G. H. Hammond company, the Omaha Packing company plant at Chicago, the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision company and the United Dressed Beef company of New York. J. Ogden Armour takes over the Fowler Packing company, the Anglo-American Provision company, and the New York Butchers’ Dressed Beef and Provision company. Morris & Co. get the Omaha Packing company’s plant at South Omaha. While it is an excellent practice to be optimistic It may be well to withhold approval of the dissolution. The beef trust escaped punishment only recently, so why capitulate now? Representative Klnkead, a New Jersey Democrat, is not much of an optimist. In a speech in the house delivered before the announced' “dissolution,” Mr. Klnkead urged the removal of the tariff on meats, as he believed that the proposed dissolution would not relieve the consumer. He said: “The packers . . . exported last year more than a hundred million dollars’ worth of meat, but there was no competition from without If we defeat the beef trust and reduce the cost of meat, which has been felt by every man, woman and child in this country, let us remove the tax from all meat. Let imports come in from Canada, Australia, Argentina, Mexico or from any other country, and there will be hope for relief from the exor bitant prices now exacted. More than two years ago there was agitation for the Importation of meat from Argentina. Then, as now, the American packers said that home production was falling off. hi part, they were right. But later it became known that the speakers were constructing plants in the southern republic, thus attempting to forestall any move to relieve the situation in the United States by importing meats from Argentina. About the time the government lost its case against the beef trust at Chicago, attention was called ,to Australia. Americans were reminded that Australian meats are regularly shipped to England, so why not to the United States. Now comes the following cable from London, which speaks for itself: “A dispatch to the Chronicle from Melbourne says that Australian meat exporters are alarmed at the news that the Swifts are setting up big meat packing works at Brisbane, and ask the government to Interfere to protect trade againßt the American trust methods.” The reader can not help but wonder whether the situation thus presented would have confronted the American householder today if the Sherman anti-trußt law had been enforced froin the beginning. The trust would then not have grown so strong as to reacli out and threaten even the possibility of foreign competition. ,

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STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. KERN LAWYER IN BOMB CASE United States Senator Will Be One of Attorneys for 51 Defendants in Dynamiting Conspiracy Trials. Indianapolis, Aug. 16. —United States Senator John Kern will be one of the attorneys for the fifty-one defendants in the trials, which are scheduled to begin in the federal court October 1, and are expected to continue for two or three months. In addition to employing Senator Kern, it has been learned that recently there have been negotiations carried on with J. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, another prominent Democrat. Whether Lewis has definitely given his answer has not been learned! W. N. Harding, counsel for the iron workers, and a member of the committee named by the indicted men to select additional counsel, is now in Chicago. Y. M. I. Select Indianapolis. Terre Haute, Aug. 16. —Indianapolis proved to be the favorite of the seventeenth annual conventicm of the Young Men’s institute, which adjourned after a three days’ session In Terre Haute. Besides being honored 1 with the next convention the capital j city delegates succeeded in electing j their men to nine of the possible fifteen grand officers. Patrick Hanlon J of the Wayne council, Indianapolis, j was elected grand president to succeed James Deery of Indianapolis. The other officers elected were: Joseph C. Seyfried, Indianapolis, first vice- j president; Edward Hayden, Indianap-: oils, second 1 vice-president; Michael T. Cummings, Indianapolis, secretary; James Curren, Brazil, grand marshal; James McCaslin, grand treasurer; I Rev. Father W. A. Maher, Greencastle, grand chaplain. /. •••'•’. . ■ ' .-I . _ ."j Asks Removal of Pastor. Elwood. Aug. 16. —Because he instl-, tuted a system in his church whereby every member who refused to pay' church assessments was to be dropped from the congregation, the members of the Methodist Protestant church are circulating a petition asking that Rev. E. C. Corn be removed from the charge here. That the poorer mem-' bers might be retained, a reserve fund ! was fixed from which the dues of the needy were to be paid, but it Is complained that such a fund makes the unfortunate members feel as though they were appealing to charity. The affair is the more serious because a new church is in the course of erec- j lion. ■ f Fatally Shot by Friend. Peru, Aug. 16. —Ray Moon, fourteen years old, was perhaps fatally wounded while playing “Indian" with Earl I E. Jarvis, sixteen years old. the latter\ shooting his companion with a revolver. The boys were at Moon's home. Jarvis hid in a dark bedroom and when his companion entered and shouted “Big Injun, where are you?” the Jarvis boy replied. “Here I am," and fired. He said when arrested that he did not know the pistol was loaded. The victim said he did not believe he was shot intentionally, so Jarvis was released. Father Bats Ball; Kills Son. Valparaiso, Aug. 16. —During a baseball game between the Hurlburt and Boone Grove teams, at the former place, Ray McGinley, ten years old, was struck on the right temple by a ball batted by his father, Robert McGinley, who was playing substitute on the Boone Grove team. Young McGinley was at short for the Hurlburt team and a liner went through his upraised hands. He was rendered unconscious and remained in that condition until death occurred. Valparaiso Alumni Meets. Valparaiso, Aug. 16. —The annual reception and banquet of the alumni association of the Valparaiso university took place. More than 600 guests were present. Professor John A. Anderson of Johns Ijlopkins university gave the address. Talks were also made by Mrs. E. D. Crumpacker, Valparaiso; Ralph McGee of Shawneetown, Ill.; Samuel C. Farrell of Fort Wayne; Benjamin Rice of Bloomingtop. Ind.; Judge William Johnston Of Valparaiso and others. 3ody Is Found Along TYack. Peru, Aug. 16. —William Wallace of Seymour, Ind., was found along the C. & O. track in this city by Policeman Robert Hunter. The head was found twenty feet from the body, which was considerably a coat pocket were found a Prudential Insurance policy and a card issued Jtjy Aerie No. 655, Order of Eagles, of Seymour. It is supposed that while riding on a passenger train he went to the car platform and fell. Contractor Is Killed. Laporte, Aug. 16. —August F. Hargrave, a well-known contractor, was killed when he was taiocked from a wall to the sidewalk, 28 feet below, his skull being crushed. He was directing the hoisting of material when he was struck by a beam and hurled to kis death.

IDEAS FOR HOME BUILDERS

Mr. 'William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to Wniiam A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The building of small cottage houses has lately assumed the dignity of an art. Adjacent to large cities are suburbs that may be reached by surface trolley roads; and in the vicinity of all the larger cities are outlying residence sections where stearn roads make a specialty of carrying city workers back and forth at very low fares.

Usually the prices of suburban lots range from S4OO to $1,500, including sidewalks and sewers. There are lots for more money, and there are lots for less money than these figures stipulate; but they are not in active demand. You can’t get something for nothing; and when the price is exorbitant. sales are few. Prices vary a great deal in different parts of the country. There are suburbs where SI,OOO lots have all the civic improvements, including gas and pavement; while in other places you are lucky if you get a good-sized lot having sewer connection with the privilege of building your own roadways and sidewalks. But for those who are tired of living in cramped, badly ventilated quarters in the city, there is suburban relief if they are willing to put up with a few minor inconveniences In exchange for the greater comforts of pure air, bright sunshine, a lovely garden with beautiful flowers, and—which is better than all the rest —an opportunity to secure perfect health. The two little cottages represented were designed especially for newly married people who wish to commence life under the best social conditions open to them on a salary such as the ordinary clerk or office man receives. ' The first cottage is a little square box of a house, 25 feet 6 Inches In

width by 26 feet 6 Inches In length. As the floor plan shows, the Interior Is laid out In three rooms, with pantry and closets, besides a large coat closet which may be made into a bathroom either at the time of building or afterwards. A little house like this may be built for such a small amount of money that any young man could build It and pay for It in a few years at about the same cost as rent. In the meantime he could Improve the property by planting the lot to choice flowers and the best kinds of fruits, and probably sell It to advantage if he wanted to do so. Slightly more elaborate is the next plan. It is 26 feet in width by 30 feet 6 inches in length, and has a

First Floor Plan.

large chimney with a fireplace in the living room. There is a very neat open stair gofhg up out of the living room to the second floor, which is laid out to accommodate a family of two to four persons. This little twostory cottage is very attractive in appearance both outside and inside, as it coifiprises some of the most valuable architectural effects, such as usually are intended to embellish larger and more pretentious houses. The pro-

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jection from the dining room adds a great deal to the appearance, whether it is used for a seat or for a built-in sideboard. It is useful and looks well in either capacity. This little cottage is supposed tp have a good cellar and a hot-air furnace for heating. It is so small that the grate in the living room and the range in the kitchen will keep it comfortable, except during the colder winter months, so that the coal bill will not be very heavy. The living room is a fine, big, attractive room. , It Is worth very careful attention at the stairway end. There are possibilities of building a comfortable cozy nook under the turn of the stair, with a hood over it which will add greatly to its appearance as well as its comfort. A seat placed by

the side of an open stair is draughty unless protected in some way. You don’t want* a door to shut off the draught, because you wouldn’t like the looks of it, and because one great value of an open stair is the service It renders in the way of ventilation. There is always a current of air going up or down. The air goes up when the air in the living room is warmer than the air upstairs, and this may

be taken advantage of to keep the air In the small house pure and wholesome.

With Mr. Greenly in Europe.

Mr. Greenly was traveling in Eur9pe. He had plenty of money, abounding good nature and an almost inexhaustible fund of combined trust and ignorance. On the railway platform at Heidelberg he was rudly jostled by a student “Look here, young man,” said Mr. Greenly, surveying him with some disapproval but no rancor, “you hadn’t ought to crowd me so. I’ve got a right to stand here, same as you have.” The student gazed at him haughtily for a moment then: "I am at your service at any time and any place,” he said, in precise English, with a strong German accent. "You are!” and the beaming American hooked his arm within the other’s and got a firm grip on his coatsleeve. "You’re just the man I’ve been looking for. You carry this holdall, will you, while I tackle the suitcase? Do you charge by the hour or the piece?” —Youth’s Companion.

One of the most amusing of recent “reminiscence” books is “The Spice of Life,” by “Thormanby.” He has some capital legal stories to tell. He knew a learned counsel once who always boasted that he looked twenty years younger than he was, but he had an awful blow one day when he was crossexamining a very self-possessed young lady. He wanted her to tell him the age of somebody she knew, or at least to make a guess at it, but he couldn’t get a satisfactory answer from her. > “Come, you can generally form an Idea of age from people’s looks,” he said, coaxingly. “Now, how old would you say I am?” To which • the lady replied: “You might be sfxty by your looks; but, judging by the questions you ask, i should say about sixteen!"

Second Floor Plan.

Rude Girl.

ORCHARD COMES INTO FIGHT

Matter of Excessive Protection on Sugar Is Something Appealing to Every Housewife. The reduction of the sugar tariff will meet with strong opposition from the beet sugar states. But that opposition can be lessened greatly if the champions of cheaper living will take the trouble to point out a fact hitherto overlooked. By a queer coincidence, the states which figure most prominently in the production of beet sugar—California, Colorado, Michigan, etc. —are likewise the states with a large and growing fruit industry. The tariff, which is a subsidy for the beet grower, is a direct tax on the fruit grower. It directly discourages the canning and preserving of fruits. Not all the fruit of any district ran be sold fresh. The market and crop both vary from year to year. The invariable tendency is to produce a surplus, and then, if possible, can or preserve that surplus for sale later. No housewife need be told that a large amount of sugar is needed in preserving and even in canning fruits. Whatever raises the price of sugar raises the cost of fruit preserving and canning; thereby raising the cost to the consumer, and at the same time narrowing the market. The sugar tariff adds not less than $1.50 per hundred to the cost of sugar. Probably it adds the full amount of the tariff, about $1.90; for cane sugar is used almost exclusively in the fruit Industry. The weight which this lays on»the fruit canning industry may be Imagined. If the "sugar states” are made to understand that subsidizing the sugar beet means taxing the orchard, they will not be so strenuous in defense of the sugar trust. —Chicago Journal.

Tariff Legislation Prospects.

With conferees of senate and house agreed on the form of tariff bills to be passed, nothing now stands in the way of most desirable and commendable action by congress. Of course, President Taft will veto the measures. In spite of all his promises and pledges and all his protestations against "Indefensible” features of the Aldrich-Payne act, he will stand pat. In spite, too, of the fact that the main features of the bills to be passed are in’ accord with the recommendations of Mr. Taft’s personally conducted tariff board, the chief executive will obey the behests of the trusts and nullify the action of congress. The majority in the lawmaking body will have done its duty. Next November, the nation will overturn the existing order of things at the head of the government and elect a president whose sentiments and action will be in harmony with popular demand.

Dolliver’s Rap at Aldrich.

The late Senator Dolliver of lowa, by clever retort and brilliant repartee, could hold an audience attentive and spellbound during the recital of the dryest statistics of a tariff discussion. He was one of the small band of insurgents who fought valiantly on the floor of the senate against the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act. The last speech he delivered in the senate before his death, in 1910, was a scathing arraignment of that bill. He spared no terms in his denunciation of the measure. And he evoked peals of laughter from a hostile and 6ullen audience by declaring: “The past year witnessed two events of unusual interest —the discovery of the north pole by Dr. Cook and the revision of the tariff downward by the senator from Rhode Island. Each in Its way was a unique hoax.”

Concerning Arrows.

Roosevelt says that William O J. Bryan is fond of shooting arrows at the sky. Well, that is better taste than to be fond of shooting arrows at one’s friends. Ask “Dear Maria,” and the representatives of the practical Harriman, and Elihu Root, and William H. Taft what they think about it. Besides, criticism of'this kind comes with a particularly bad grace from Mr. Roosevelt. Every arrow which ever brought down real popular applause for the rough rider was stolen from the quiver of William Jennings Bryan. When Mr., Roosevelt starts Ut be bis own arrowmaker, he achieves nothing more note-: worthy than the recall of judicial decisions and the good trust.

One Thing Made Certain.

The futile tariff board has one good deed to its credit. Its dilatory but elaborate report has proved by figures that schedule K is thieving schedule,’ and that the bill that Mr. Taft vetoed was an honest bill. . Now let the Democrats in the house go ahead with the elimination of the robber tariff. Let them make terms With the progressives of the senate — any honorable terms that will help toj put an end to tariff thievery.

When the Democrats Triumph.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says the program of the Bull Moose party is unique: “An unbounded personal ambition, coupled with an arrogant will and heated temper, is its mainspring. It Is not an enterprise calculated to travel far or to have peace in its own ranks. But the hag.ty will learn only by experience. Results will fit the; folly, as time will soon show.” And the time, as we undestand it, is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.