Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1915 — Collection of Ditch Assessments. WEDNESDAY APRIL 7, 1915 [ARTICLE]

Collection of Ditch Assessments.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 7, 1915

In the matter of the petition of Alexander M. Stewart, et al, Ditch Cause No. 128 of the Jasper Circuit Court. To whom it may concern: You are hereby notified that the assessments levied for the construction of said ditch are due and payable at the office of Chas, M: Sands in Rensselaer, Indiana, as follows, to-witi Ten per cent of said assessment is payable on May 10, 1915, and ten per cent thereof on 10th of each and every month thereafter until sa!d assessment is fully paid. _ The remittance may be made to the said Chas. M. Sands by postoffice money order, express money order, bank draft or check. .v DEVERE YEOMAN, Superintendent. Chas. M; Sands, Attorney.

The Democrat was established in April, ISPS; and has a large circulation in both Jasper and surrounding counties. It is all home print, standard width 13 eixis; ti-coiunin quarto, and ig published twiee-a-week, Wednesday's and Saturday's, reaching all parts of county on rural routes; on day of publication. A network of rural mail routes covers practically every section of Jasper county, which is the second largest county in Indiana in area, and is a splendid stock and agricultural county. RENSSELAER, its county seat, is located 73 miles southeast of Chicago, on the Morion, arid 14 passenger trains arrive and depart from this station each day. Rensselaer has a population of -.500; its principal business streets are lighted with boulevard lights, and we have more miles of paved and macadam streets and cement sidewalks than any city of like size in the state. It has , four large . brick • school buildings, five churches, two newspapers, a fino. municipal water,, light an<! power P 1 ant, llouring mill, three r:Odern garages, three lumber yards, five coal yards, and practically- all lines of other business are represented here. The county has over .200 miles of improved macadam roads, and a network of stone roads extend out from Rensselaer in every direction. We are on the direct automobile route between Chicago and Indianapolis and’Suiftny thousands of tourists pass through our c-ity during the touring season.

SHOULD SEE INDIANA -A GOOD SUGGEST]OX INDEED. A touring bureau having for its slogan -“See New York First” has been organized by an automobile association in the state named. Has Indiana anything of the kind? v lt might well have as a part of the movement to “see America first” that has gained so much life since the habit of going to Europe was so suddenly interfered with. ■lndiana - is well worth seeing; comparatively few people know how exceptionally beautiful many parts of it are or how varied are its attractions. The level stretches of the north, dotted with numerous lakes, and the picturesque hills of the southern half of the state have a scenic charm that travelers exclaim over with delight when they find their counterpart in other •'lands.

Many individual tourists go on Y>leasure expeditions here and there over the state, but is there a systematic effort to encourage this travel? A central bureau that would provide Toad maps, give information as to routes, inns and special points of interest and would get up automobile excursions would doubtless be welcomed and encouraged by the army of Indiana owners of motor cars. India nians should know Indiana. Indianapolis Star.