Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — GO ON TRIP TO MT. VERNON. [ARTICLE]

GO ON TRIP TO MT. VERNON.

Indiana Corn King Boys Make Visit to the White House. Washington. January 22. -President Wilson today shook hands with the champion corn growing boys of Indiana, and told them he was mighty glad to see them. Accompanying the boys to the House were Z. M. Smith, of Purdue University; H. L. Rogers, superintendent of schools of Pulaski county, and George Birk, of St. Joseph county, the grandfather of one of the boys. The boys in the company were Clarence C. Birk, of St. Joseph county: Everett Schjenker, of Deleware county: Basil Stultz, of Boone county: Francis J. Hammond, of Spencer county: Raymond Mulvey, of Tippecanoe county; Ralph Bishop, of Pulaski county; Delbert Lov- . ett, of Marion county, aud Gordon W, Reap, of Bartholomew county. I This afternoon the boys made a (Visit to Mt. Vernon. Tomorrow each boy will be introduced to the, mem- • ber of the congress fromAhis dis- ; trict, and the entire company will call on Vice-President Marshall and I Speaker Clark. In the afternoon a I visit will be made to Ft Myer. Saturday forenoon the acting secretary iof agriculture, Mr. Galloway, will i present to the winners in the corn { growing contest their dip;->mas. That 1 afternoon the company will make a . trip to Annapolis. The party will leave here for home Sunday morn- . inR - i' ~ 4 I An armload of old papers for a i nickel at The Democrat office.