Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — Page 7

INDIANA GOVERNMENT DISPLAYS AT THE FAIR

Commonwealth Will Show Educational Work at State Fair. The extensive and effective educational work that is being done by various departments of the Indiana state government for the benefit of the Hoosier people will be shown by elaborate exhibits at the Indiana State Fair the week of Sept 7. These departments are going far in their work of enlightening both farm and city people to the end of better and more economical living conditions. Sony? of these exhibits have been seen at the fair for years, showing improvement at ever} - fair, and visitors have found the displays to be sources of information of direct help to them. The newest of these exhibits will be made by the state fire marshal, the purpose of which will be to enlighten the public on how to prevent losses by fire. The exhibit will be along the lines of one given by the National Association of Manufacturers in New York last May, and many manufacturers of fireproof material will contribute to the exhibit at the State Fair. Numerous pictures of large fires and of fire hazzards over the country will be shown. The fire marshal s department will display charts showing both national and Indiana fire losses, causes and suggestions of prevention. Pictures will also be shown of buildings that the fire marshal has condemned, rubbish conditions as they prevail in many places, and which always threaten fire loss. Model and bad flue construction will be another subject in which all builders will be interested. In the manufactured displays will be fire extinguishers, fire alarm system, fireproof doors and window shutters, exits and asbestos ware of many kinds. One manufacturer will show a model fireproof home with siding, shingles and other unburnable material. The Indiana State Board of Forestry will have an enlarged exhibit at the fair which will interest all city and country home lovers who would grow and protect trees. The exhibit will also show how to treat woods to prevent decay, and in its display of woods the State Board will show how these Hoosier-grown materials of less expensive kinds may be substituted for the more expensive and less prevalent species. The State Food Commissioner will again have a large exhibit showing honest and dishonest weights and measures, displays of impure drugs and adulterated foods, all of which have been gathered by the inspectors from the open markets of Indiana cities and towns, and through the exhibits the public may learn how to protect themselves from the practices of fraudulent manufacturers and dishonest dealers. - The State Entomoligist has for years been doing effective educational work among Indiana people by displays at the fair, especially in bow to combat the parasites and diseases which attack orchards and gardens. Specimens of insect enemies, examples of diseases, methods of spraying and when and how to use spraying materials, make this exhibit of immeasurable value both to farm people and to city nature lovers. A special feature will be insects and plant diseases that are prevalent in Indiana this year. The boys’ judging contest, conducted by Purdue University experts, will be one of the best educational features for the youth from Hoosier farms. The State Board of Agriculture also offers S2OO in the Purdue corn growing contest, to be awarded at the corn show at Purdue next January.

HONEST HORSE RACES

Speed Program at Indiana State Fair Week of September 7. Honest horse races in which every horse has opportunity to show his speed, as well as every driver to show his skill, will mark the trotting and pacing events at the Indiana State Fair the week of Sept. 7. As in other years, the fair's races will be free from the influences of bookmakers and pool manipulators, as no gambling will be permitted. Every horse will go on its merits. This is the kind of racing the people of Indiana have always shown a preference for at the state fair, making this preference known by heavy attendance in the grandstand. Hundreds of talented horses will start in the races, the purses and stakes amounting to a total of >30,000. The purse in each race is SI,OOO, and for the three-year-old pacers is $4,000, and for three-year-old trotters is SB,OOO. The events for the five days follow: Monday, Sept. 7 pace, 2:15 trot, 2:20 pace for three-year-olds and under. Tuesday, Sept 8 pace, 2:J?5 trot for three year-olds and under; 2:07 pace. Wednesday, Sept. 9 2:13 trot; Western Horseman stake for three-year-old pacers; 2:24 trot. Thursday, Sept. 10.—2:12 pace; 2:10 trot; Western Horseman stake for three-year-old trotters; 2:09 pace. Friday, Sept. 11. pace; 2:07 trot; Free-for-all pace. The races will begin at 1 p. m. each day. The Indianapolis Military Band will give concerts, and vaudeville features will be seen between beats.

INDIANA BREVITIES

Brazil.—The blacksmiths of Clay county woke up to the fact that almost everything else had gone up in price except the fees for shoeing. So they organized a county-wide association and announced through the newspapers that it will cost more to have horses shod in the future. New Albany, Joseph Cockran, twenty years old, son of George Cockran, a farmer in Lafayette township, six miles north of here, was killed instantly by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. He was attempting to remove the gun from the when the trigger caught and discharged the load into his breast. Fort W ayne—Local telegraph companies have notified Fort Wayne patrons that telegrams will now be received only when written in English and French and only for transmission to England, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, some points in Russia and a few points in South America. Anderson —The Salvation Army entertained 60 poor children of the city to a picnic at Mounds Park. George Condon, twenty-eight years old, has been arrested, charged with stealing $7 from the home of Frank Garrett Y’hile the family was away from home. The police say Condon confessed to the robbery. Laporte.—An affidavit charging James Sett of Michigan City with first degree murder was riled in the Laporte circuit court by Prosecutor Hopple. Sett is alleged to have shot and killed Allen Pearson of Michigan City the evening of August 3. Pearson is alleged to have become infatuated with Sett's wife and a quarrel precipitated the tragedy. Washington.—The local police are looking for a farmer who fired three charges from a shotgun at an automobile on a public highway. Six of the shot struck Miss Nellie McCain, one of the four occupants of the automobile. It ig believed the farmer thought the auto party was trying to raid his watermelon patch. Miss McCain was not badly injured. Indianapolis.—The Indiana Society for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis is greatly pleased because of the recent installation of eight new sanitary drinking fountains at the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument. These fountains take the place of the old public drinking cups, which the society has long considered a public menace. Columbus. —Charles Allen, colored, of Indianapolis, is in jail here charged with bootlegging at the Bartholomew county fair. The arresting officers say they saw the negro sell a, half pint of whisky for 65 cents. When arraigned in the city court Allen pleaded not guilty, but he was fined $5 for contempt of court, when he abused a “stool pigeon” who caused his arrest? Hartford City—Clarence Graves, son of James Graves of Jackson, Miss., former resident of this city, was arrested here as an army deserter and will be returned to Fort Berry, Cal., from which place he deserted last November. Graves has been here three weeks with Jack Smith, another deserter. Smith was not apprehended. Graves will be taken to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. Indianapolis.—Delegates to the convention of the International PhotoEngravers’ union in session at the Claypool hotel and their wives and represetntaives of various business houses in Indianapolis employing engravers were entertained at a banquet at the hotel. Short addresses were made by some of the officers and visitors. A diversion was caused when one of the guests complained that the chicken served him was tough and the waiter, head waiter, maitre hotel and chef in turn were called upon to explain. Finally the farmer who raised the chicken, Harry Porter, in the role of Brown county “rube,” was called in and after he had given a suitable explanation proceeded to give his favorite dissertation on Brown county. Zionsville. —Rev. Ernest C. Wareing of Cincinnati, associate editor of Northwestern Christian Advocate, spoke at Zion Park. Before starting on his sermon, he gave a brief review of the present European war in which he lauded the German nation as the most energetic and progressive of Europe and declared that the present struggle is only the result of the aroused jealousy of the members of the triple entente. War is the dcourge of God, the breaking up of unperfect civilization and its preparation for the crystallization of his righteous plans and purposes, he said. Rev. Wareing spoke at night on the modern call of Christianity. The services marked the Closing of the twenty-third annual park assembly which has been in progress for the last 18 days. The management announced that plans are already on foot for a larger and better meeting for next year. Lawrenceburg—A number of dogs killed and maimed 97 registered Southdown ewes on the stock farm of Britton E. Senour, about twelve miies south of this city. Mr. Senour shot and killed three of the dogs. Then, with several other sheep raisers, he started on a dog hunt and shot 16 stray and ownerless dogs. Farmers owning dogs have been notified to keep them tied or muzzled. Marion.—Jules Vlronet, age sixtyfive, committed suicide at his home tn Gas City by discharging a shotgun with the muzzle held against his left side.

THEY LAUGH AND FEEL PAID FOR IT

That’s Experience el Preacher Who Says Things Complimentary About Corwine. Frederick E. Hopkins, pastor Pilgrim Congregational Church, Chicago, says: “1 have heard all of the lead ing humorists and entertainers during the past twenty-five years, and there is not one of them that could make an audience laugh as much, and feel as well repaid as after listening jlo Tom Corwine. All that lie does is original. He Imitates nobody. He does not relate a lot of old stories told for years by other people. He is not a crank nor a faultfinder, but a first class Christian gentleman. No committee need have any fear of his not making good or of having to apologize for anything he may do.” Tom Corwine will appear on the Lincoln Chautauqua proglam in this city the second day, in the afternoon only.

PANAMA-PACIFIC LECTURER GREAT

One of the Many Things They Say .About Coming Chautauqua Man. The nation has finished the Panama canal. Perhaps the most interested section of the nation is the Pacific coast, and of this section the most interesting state is California. The entire enterprise from its inception with photographs of men who have had to do with it will be graphically shown and highly illustrated by Frank Gunn

Brainerd the evening of the third day of the Lincoln Chautauqua program. The Fort Scott (Kan.) Daily Tribune says of Mr. Brainerd: “The audience listened with intense interest ♦ ♦ • Mr. Brainerd is an orator for two reasons: He was born an orator and he has something of tremendous importance to say.” The subject is big, the interest in it everywhere is intense, and the speaker on this occasion is abundantly able to present the entire matter.

MARGARET GILES ON BIG PROGRAM

MISS MARGARET GILES, CONTRALTO.

The part of Azucena In “D Trovatore” was taken by Margaret Giles, an unusually gifted singer, and the difficult musfc encountered in this exacting role was’delivered with Authority and effect—Louisville 1 (Ky.) Times. Miss Giles will appear in this city on the Lincoln Chautauqua program on the sixth day. She is a member of the National Grand Opera Company, which will sing the preludes to Congressman Fred 8. Jackson’s addresses.

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