Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1916 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

'''' ''' "’' -” " , . PERSPKf D\ E VIEW OF JASPER < OI'NTY’S PROPOSED NEW HOSPITAL

j None but the illiterate have es- | raped the reams that have been j written about the woeful ineffiiciency l of our governments—national, estate. ! county. cifv, town and village. Nor T•••,. ■■. —■; —; -.. /;. . . —•• —- could one > ,-cape the endless discussions as to how it should be improved; ‘numerous devices for increasing rfliicieney, froin the initiative and referendum to a strongly centralized government } have been suggested and many of them tried. Out of the entire discussion one fact rises clearly and distinctly to mind we have Outgrown our swaddling clothes. A very excellent illustration of this is the increasing importance of the community—a realization of the very important part I be individual has in shaping the destinies of the community, and, at I least as important as this, the part the community itself must play if we are to move forward at all. A few short years ago it was many, many miles to the nearest hospital, and people looked upon the hospital as just about the last station on life’s roadway. Gradually we came to realize the unmeasurable benefits of these w<ihderful institutions, that they were not so much a place of last resort, but more a place where all can have the immediate benefit of the best. Consequently it has come to be a necessity for any well equipped community to possess itself of a proper place to aid and. cure for its citizens who are in need

I:EXSSELAEIt FARMERS’ GRAIN COMPANY See the committee having charge of soliciting the sale of stock in the Rensselaer Farmers’ Grain company and subscribe for a few shares before all are taken, and receive better prices for your grain. xx