Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1916 — Page 8

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

REMINGTON. (From the Remington Press.) REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE No. 318 East bound I 7:38 a.m. No. 331 West bound 9:01 a.m No. 340 East bound | 5:09 p.m. No. 319 I West bound | 5:33 p.m.

Esau Hart went to Earl Park this week to visit his son George and wife. John Shesler of Chicago spent Saturday at the home of Mrs. Mary Bickel. Mrs. H. J. Kannal and daughter of Rensselaer were Remington visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Lois Rich of Goodie nd visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Blood, on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt and sons of Rensselaer were guests of his parents Sunday. Misses Christine and Helen Foster went to Chicago Thursday for a Short visit with relatives. Mrs. Joseph Graham, who has been very seriously ill for several weeks, is now considered out of danger. Mrs. Albert Taber of Bl.iffton is spending two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bressner, southwest of town. Mrs. Charles Bonner and daughter Elizabeth went to Sanouich, 111.. Wednesday for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Miss Grace Taylor of Chicago came last week for an extended visit with her grandmother, Mrs. A. Hicks, and othef relatives. Maurice Peck, wife and daughter left this Thursday for a several weeks’ visit with Max Price and wife at Charleston, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. 11. J. Landes and Mrs. Walter Lee and daughter of Crecent City, 111., spent Tuesday with Mrs. Mary Bickel and family. Mrs. Lee Rush and children went to Peru this Thursday at which place and at Windfall she will spend a couple of weeks with her sisters. Mrs. N. C. Volz of Chicago and Miss Verona Hall of DeWitt, lowa, visited their cousins, the Stitz brothers, several days the last of the week. Lewis Ford, wife and children, who have been visit in ; ; rela’tves here the past fortnight, ’•eturned to their home in Newport, Ky., this Friday morning. Ernest Johnston, south of town, had the large bone of his arm broken Saturday while harnessing a horse. The horse kicked him as he was fastening the traces. Born, Thursday, July 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Warner, north of town, a daughter, Sunday. July 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wycoff, south of town, a daughter. C. H. Peck and Dr. Robinson went to Peru Tuesday to attend a big ■‘shoot" for two or three days. Mi. Peck reports that he broke 148 out of 150, and had a. tie score. A. Atwood got a bad fall from the top of a load, of hay at the Biddle farm Wednesday. He sustained some pretty bad bruises, but no internal injuries, it is thought. Mrs. Eliza Bartoo, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Freed, at Danville, Ind., since her return from Florida, came Saturday evening for a visit with her son Luce and family. Lil tie Jeanette Murphy of Chicago was the guest of her uncle, Edward Bellows, and family the fir.t of the week, returning to Rensselaer Tuesday where she will visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bellows, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gumm, daughter Lilli*n r.-> I Esau Hart returned the latter part of the week from their visit with Ed Bond ami family near Fai niville, Va They went there with' Mr. and Mrs. George Hart via auto, stopping at Washington on the way rt, making a d"ive of about 7,200 miles. ' Ben May reports the buying of 20 head of hogs from Frank Roberts of west of town which averaged 272 pounds each. The rate paid far these porkers was $9.35 per hundred, and the bunch brought Mr. Roberts $508.64. Yet there are sor.’e farm-

1 ),* »ls r-< u ‘-F T'CRp ►*< -—. 0 | Fresh Butter | | and Eggs | are very , particular $ £« as to where we buy our $ £« butter and eggs. Only $ £< those farmers whose & $ products we know arc $ $ always right can deal $ $ with us. £< £< *♦< You can profit by our dis- »♦* »$< crimination if you trade here. ►*< And you can be sure that $ V we are just as particular >♦« p about where we get our d creamery butter as we are $ B a,bout the dairy butter. C” Our prices stand comparison. $ FRANK ROWEN Phone 202

ers who think tn c .t it does not pay to make a specialty of raising hogs. On Monday evening, July 10, Miss Lelift* Lilvea- was surprised at her home north of town by her classmates of the class of 1914 Everyone had a jolly good time, and. at a late hour partook of a dainty supper which they Lad brought along. Following this came races and a spin along country roads in the moonlight, after which the class departed. having enjoyed the evening immensely.

LEE Mrs. Katie Culp spent Sunday here with Grandma Smith. Several from here attended Mrs. Eli Wood’s funeral in Monon last Saturday afternoon. Uncle David Culp and wife spent Monday night and Tuesday with her brother, Leroy Noland. The ladies of the Home Missionary society met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Joseph Stewart. Mrs. Leroy Noland’s sister of Missouri came Monday evening to make them a two weeks’ visit. Uncle David Cub ami wi'e came Tuesday evening and spent the weekend with their son James and lyMrs. Warren of Parr and Mrs. Grant of Rensselaer, two sisters of Alvin Clark, were here Sunday to visit him. Mr. Jacobs and family of Chicago came Wednesday evening to visit their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stewart. Last Sunday afternoon O. A. Jacks and wife took Mr. end Mrs. Frank Eldridge to Monon and called on Uncle Tom Eldridge and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Paris Robinson and son and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Saltwell of Gillam spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rishling. Misses Edna and Edith Brock, Eva Hoult and Pearl Clark are four of our young ladies that are working in the thread factory in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clark went Saturday morning to Kankakee, 111., to visit their sons, Thomas and Harley, and returned Monday evening. Mrs. Eva McCashen and children were here over Sunday helping care for her grandmother while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clark, were gone to Kankakee, 111. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jacks and Mrs. O. A. Jacks and Miss Agnes Stiers autoed to Shelby last Saturday night and attended quarterly meeting, returning that night.

Her Left Side Hurt. Mrs. Laura Beall, Plattsburg. Miss., writes: "Last April I got in bad health ; my left side hurt all the time. I bad symptoms of Bright’s disease. I took Foley Kidney Pills and feel all right now.” They quickly relieve backache, rheumatism, aches and pains. Bladder troubles, too, are corrected by this remedy. Sold everywhere.—Advt.

PINE GROVE Elmer Shroyer cut wheat for John Dale Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Baker autoed to McCoysburg Sunday. Bluford Torbet cut wheat for Everett McCleary Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Shroyer and Mrs. Theodore Snow were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Torbet and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shroyer, Mrs. William George and Mrs. Homer Lakin called on Mrs. Charles Shroyer Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. William Hayes and family spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott. The HaTes children and Charles* Torbet attended the surnrise Sunday afternoon on Robert Scott. Chloae Torbet returned home Friday after a week's visit with her brother, J. B. Torbet, of ne?r Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet and family took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. William Hayes and family Sunday. E. P. Honan is giving Lis farm house and bam a coat of paint, which improves the place considerably, Mr. and Mrs. John Dale and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Torbet and daughter Ruth were guests of Mrs. Sarah McCleary and son Everett Sunday.

MILROY W. B. Fisher’s spent Tuesday evening wth George Foulks’. Mrs. G. W. Foulks spent Sunday with her brother, J. R. Clark. G. L. Parks and family visited the Halstead farm Sunday afternoon. Clell Clark and Frank May took care of J. R. Clark Sunday night. Fred May’s and Clell Clark's called on J. R. Clark Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lud Clark and mother, Mrs. Fred Saltwell, were in Remington Wednesday. Mrs. Charles Harwell and baby spent Tuesday with her parents, Mr. Mrs. C. E. Clark. Mrs. George Foulks attended the funeral of Mrs. Eli Wood in Monon Saturday afternoon. Clell Clark and family and Mr. and Mrs. Fred May took dinner Sunday with I. J. Clark’s. Mrs. Alta Stewart and Miss Ava Griswold assisted Mrs. Belle Parks with her work Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Foulks spent Sunday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse English. Miss Helen Kenyon of Oxford arid Miss Eunice Brand of Remington visited last week with G. L. Parks and family. A still-born baby boy was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clark. It was buried Sunday in the Milroy cemetery. Mrs. Frank May visited her brother, J. R. Clark, Thursday. He is still suffering with rheumatism and is confined to his bed or chair,

when lifted into the chair. Mr. Kendall is still helping care for him in the day time and it takes two or three men at night. 4

POSSUM RUN Dessie Hodge spent Sunday with Essie Comer. We got another big rain in these parts Wednesday. ■ Mr. and Mrs. George Heil and G. H. Comer autoed to Winamac Sunday. Nile Britt spent Saturday night ajid Sunday with relatives at Giftford. Marie Barkley spent part of this week with her sister, Mrs. Clyde Davisson. •' • Mrs. David Bennett and children called on Mrs. G, H. Comer Tuesday afternoon. Howard Abbot has been spending a few weeks with his brother Willard and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cover and children called on Ike Mallatt and family Wednesday evening. Mrs. Willard Abbot and children and Howard Abbot spent Tuesdc* with Bowman Switzer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ores Cunningham and family and Russel Reese spent Sunday afternoon with T. J. Parker and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Johnson and family and Frank Phillips spent Sunday with T. J. Parker and family. A football game was played and ali enjoyed themselves.

McOOYSBURG Mrs. T. B. Stevenson took Sunday dinner with Mrs. Owen Barker and family. Eva Johns, who sprained her neck in a fall from an auto last Monday, is slowly improving. Lawrence Blunk purchased a fine ngw' buggy Wednesday evening. Who’ll be the lucky girl? William McDonald and family are spending three or four weeks with friends and relatives at Lacross. Alice Stevenson and Erbin Simmons spent Sunday at Chalmers with his cousins, Joseph L. Cole and Effie Cresse. Miss Florence Bussell, daughter of Charles Bussell, was taken last Monday to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, for an operation for appendicitis. Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. Ida Willetts Wednesday. A large number was there and all enjoyed a fine time. The Aid will meet next with Mrs. Charles Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker and family of near Gifford ate chicken dinner Sunday with Charles Ferguson and family. After dinner they all took an auto ride.

PLAGUE KILLS 24 CHILDREN

New York Authorities Attempt to Quell Panic Among Residents of Boroughs. New York, July 14. —City officials have turned their attention to quelling the panic caused among residents of all boroughs by the epidemic of infantile paralysis and the fear that the plague could not be controlled. The terror has already caused immense loss to property owners. Entire blocks of tenements in which the disease has appeared have been deserted. Twenty-four deaths was the official record for 24 hours, an increase of seven over the day before. Of these, 18 occurred in Brooklyn. There are now 682 cases of the disease being treated in hospitals, most of them io Kings county.

PAYING UP

(By Walt Mason.)

How lovely is that gent who never owes a man a cent, that he won't gladly pay; whose glance is not severe and chill, when you present you- little bill upon collection day. He scans your little bill and cries, “It is a pleasure, bless your eyes, to deal with folk like you, •who charge a reasonable price for shredded prunes and boneless rice, and other things we chew. Just wind a smile around your neck, while 1 sit down and write a check, with my large fountain pen; yen sold me good and honest junk, and I am glad to pay the plunk, the kopeck and the yen.” This man may be a homely skate, he may not wear his sideboards straight, his necktie may be red; he may have warts upon his ear, his awkward feet may interfere, and bald may be his head. Bat men will say he’s quite in style; they'll praise the beauty of his smile, the contour of his nose; they’ll overlook his features mean, and say, “We’ve really never seen a than with finer toes.” No man is., ugly when he hauls his bundle from his overalls, and blithely pays his bills, who pays the tailor for his duds, the washerwoman for her suds, the sawbones for his pills.

Notice of Steel Bridge Letting No. 2899. Notice is herby given that on Tuesday, August 8, 1916, the board of commissioners of Jasper county Indiana, will receive sealed proposals tor the construction of a steel bridge vver the Bass ditch, on the nortl and south highway between section 13, township 32 north, range five west, Jasper county, Indiana, and section 18, township 32 north, range four west, in Starke county, Indiana. Said bridge to be built according to plans and specifications on file In the auditor’s office. All bids to be on file by 2 o'clock of said date and to be accompanied by bond and affidavit according to law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the board of commissioners of Jasper and Starke counties, Indiana. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Ja.sper County, Indiana.

The above Is a picture show worth while. A crop can be no better than the land on which it grows, which is another way of saying that fertilizing pays.

FINE, FIRM, AND FERTILE

Should Be the Condition of the Wheat Seedbed to Insure Maximum Yields.

A fine, firm, fertile, early prepared seedbed Insures the largest crop of best quality wheat. When wheat follows oats, barley or other early harvested crop, plow the land from 4 to 6 Inches deep as soon as the preceding crop is removed and work down each half day’s plowing, before leaving the field. Harrow or disk the field after every rain or as often as crust forms, until seeding time to kill weeds and to retain the soil moisture. Ideal seedbeed preparation consists tn disking, plowing, again disking and harrowing. Up-to-date farmers are following this system especially when there is considerable organic matter to be plowed under. Always cut up coarse material before turning it in the furrow, otherwise it interrupts the movement of moisture upward, mak* ing an air space which allows drying out. By plowing early and maintaining a soil mulch, moisture is retained which favors quick germination. From one to several weeks will be gained in the sprouting and growth by a thorough soil preparation. The Kansas experiment station found a gain of as much as 21 bushels of wheat when grown on land plowed seven Inches deep July 15 and then kept well worked until seeding time, over land that was plowed the same depth September 15. Perhaps there would not be such a great difference in favor of early plowing in the more humid climate of the eastern states, yet even there is pays to prepare the seed bed thoroughly and early.

A WHEAT SEED PLOT

The live stock man uses his strongest and best animals for breeding purposes and sends the weak, inferior and off-type individuals to the block. First-class, prize-winners of approved type are secured only by breeding to the very best animals the farmer can secure. This same principle applies to seed wheat. You cannot harvest No. 1 or 2 wheat by sowing No. 6 or No. 7 seed. Use only plump, heavy sound berries of one variety and discard all off-type seed just as you do with the poor, weak, delicate and offtype live stock. A pure variety of wheat can be secured and kept most easily by maintaining a seed wheat plot, since it offers an ideal way of testing and keeping the seed pure. The seed plot should be just large enough to furnish seed for the main crop. It is best on account of diseases to have the plot amoved some distance from the main field, and treat the wheat on the seed plot for smut, have it free from disease, and thus save treating the seed for the main crop. Rye, cockle, and other weeds are more easily kept out of the seed plot than out of the main field. Just a little extra care in handling the seed plot will give you pure wheat that yields more bushels per acre, grades high on the market, and sells at a premium when marketed for seed.

WHEAT A HARD DRINKER

Every pound of wheat requires an average of 450 to 500 pounds of water to carry it from planting to maturity. Early plowing and frequent working of the seedbed helps to retain soil moisture. A light harrowing or disking early in the spring cultivates the wheat and forms a soil mulch that prevents the escape of winter rains so needed by the wheat when filling and ripening. Experiment stations have found that wheat, well supplied with available plant food or growing on rich soils, can produce a bigger crop with less moisture than it can on a poor soil or on one not well supplied with available plant food. Wheat on rich soils continues to grow even if the supply of moisture is scanty. Supplying available plantfood to wheat enables it to produce larger yields on the same amount of water. This is especially important when the rainfall is below normal. Organic matter holds water like a sponge and releases it to the wheat for germination. In the spring it holds the winter’s rains until the wheat needs them for final growth and ripening. A supply of sufficient moisture at filling time often makes a crop. The farmer cannot make it rain at this critical stage, but he can keep up the organic matter that will hold the Beason’s rain until needed.

THE PROOF IS IN THE SACK

THE HESSIAN FLY DOOMED

If Every Member of the Community Aids in Fighting This Pest.

Two years ago a farmer in central Missouri lost his wheat by the ravages of the Hessian fly. It set him thinking, and if losing a wheat crop won’t make a man think, you and I are wondering what will. And his thoughts run along this line: “If I give the wheat a good start to make it vigorous and strong, it may outgrow the fly, for it is mostly the weaker stalks which the fly attacks. Hence I’ll feed my crop and keep it healthy, just as I would my hogs to help them ward off Infection from cholera.” So this man set to work and plowed deep and early. He harrowed every few weeks to conserve the moisture and kill the weeds and planted about the usual time for that locality. At this place he decided to make an experiment, fertilizing one-half of his field and letting the other go as he had before. The following spring there was a sight to make the most skeptical a believer that feeding the crop pays. We examined both the unfertilized and the fertilized, in the former the stalks being filled with “flaxseed,” while in the latter few flies were found, and the damage was so slight that it was scarcely noticeable. This does not mean that fertilizer will keep the fly out or kill it, but it does mean that the plants made strong, vigorous and early maturing will resist the ravages to such an extent that the loss will be comparatively small. The result? —more wheat, better prices and a prosperous and contented grower.

LIEBIG’S FOUR LAWS Announced by the Noted German Chemist Fifty Years Ago. 1. A soil can be termed fertile only when it contains all thp materials necessary for the nutrition of plants, in the required quantity, in the proper form. 2. With every crop, a portion of these ingredients is removed. A part of this is again added from the inexhaustible store of the atmosphere; another part, however, is lost if not replaced by man. 3. The fertility of the soil remains unchanged if all the ingredients of the crop are given back to the soil. Such a restitution is effected by manure and fertilizers. 4. The manure produced in the course of farming is not sufficient to maintain permanently the fertility of a farm; it lacks the constituents which are annually sold in the shape of grain, hay, milk, and live stock.

SOW MORE SEED

The quantity of seed wheat to sow to the acre should be varied according to size of kernel, condition and fertility of seedbed and time of seeding. From six to eight pecks per acre gave the best results in experiments totaling 33 years at the Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma experiment stations. The tendency among most growers is to use too little rather than too much seed. The Ohio Experiment station says: ‘‘We have commonly found the better quality of grain where the amount of seed required to produce the maximum crop had been used; and where land was not occupied with wheat to its full capacity of production, the product has been of inferior quality. Similar results were reached, whether the wheat was grown upon rich, gravelly, alluvial soil or upon a clay soil inferior in natural productiveness.”

POOR SEED WHEAT EXPENSIVE

Poor seed wheat cannot produce a good crop. If but four seeds out of five grow, it means four heads of whea», where there might have been five. Poor seed wheat is so dear in the long run that no one can afford to drill it. The biggest profits come from a wheat that yields well, grades high, and sells well on the market

Farms For Sale

35 acres, on dredge ditch, pike, R. F. D., telephone, school, near station. Six-room house, outbuildings, fruit and well. All black land well tiled. Price $87.50; S6OO down. Consider live stock, vacant lots or small property. i 100 acres, well*located, all cultivated except 25 acres timber pasture. Six-room house, outbuildings, fruit and well; soil half black and half sandy. Price $45; SBOO down. Will take live stock or property. 80 acres, four miles from Remington. Four-room house, barn and other outbuildings. Good well, some fruit. A good proposition at only $75; $1,500 down. Might consider good trade. 160 acres, all black prairie land joining dredge ditch for outlet. On main road, R. F. D., telephone, halfmile from pike, two miles of two stations and three churches. There is a good six-room house, large barn, cribs, chicken house, fruit, windmill, large silo, improvements all new. Price SBS. Terms, $»3,000 down. Will consider good trade. 98 acres. This is a good corn, wheat and clover farm. Lies on dredge ditch, has some tile; 80 rods from school and station, and on pike road. There is a good five-room house, fair barn, cribs, deep well and fruit. Price SBS. Terms, sl,500 down. Might consider good trade. 40 acres, on main road, in pasture. There is no improvements. There is about 25 acres black prairie land and remainder timber. Price $45. Terms, S3OO down. Will consider good trade. 400 acres, of well located, nice black prairie land which can be sold in one body into smaller places. A bargain at $75. 160 acres in Canada, well located, fine prairie land. 145 acres improved in Brown county, Ind., and 115 acres improved In Washington county, Ind. All clear and good title. Will trade any or all for land here and pay difference. Onion land as good as the best in small tracts at a low price.

George F. Meyers Rensselaer, Ind. Birth Announcements. July 12, to Mr. and Mrs. John Garriott of Union tp., a son. July 13, to Mr. and Mrs. John Tilton, on the B. D. Comer farm north of Aix, a daughter. Corn Dodger shoes makes life .more pleasant for your feet, $3 and $3.50. —HILLIARD & HAMILL. Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper county, state of Indiana, executor of the estate of William Reinhertz, late of Jasper county, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. WiLLIAM J. REINHERTZ, Executor. July 13, 1916. jIE-22-29

NOTICE OF BOND SALE Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of July, 1916, at the hour of two o’clock P. M., that the undersigned township trustee of Union School Township, Jasper county, Indiana, will offer for sale, at his office in Parr, Indiana, an issue of Thirteen Thousand ($13,000) Dollars of bonds of Union School Towmship, Jasper county, Indiana. Said bonds to bear date of August first, 1916. in denominations of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars each, extending through a period of thirteen years, the first of said bonds maturing July Ist, 1917, and one bond each six months thereafter, said bonds to bear interest at' the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, said interest falling due semi-annually on July Ist and January Ist of each year being the maturing dates of said bonds. Said bonds are issued for the purpose of building a one-story and basement brick school house in Parr, district No. 7, in Union township, and also.a one-story frame school house in Virgie “in district No. 2 of said township, pursuant to the statute in such cases made and provided and an order of the advisory board of said township authorizing the borrowing of said sum of money, and the sale of bonds therefor, which order was made June 27. 1916, authorizing their issue. Said bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder for cash, and for not less than their par value. Bidders are required to state the numer of bonds bid for and the gross amount that they wMI pay for the bonds, and accrued interest to date of transfer. Eac.i bid must be accompanied by certified check of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, made payable to George H. Hammerton. Trustee of Union Township, of said county and state. The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved. Dated this 30th dav of June. 1916. GEORGE H. HAMMERTON, Trustee of Union Township, Jasper County. Indiana. j-1-8-15 coodrich / iSk BLAC * * Safety Tread ‘lli tires K ■wH will brin& I Me YOUR CAR Si UP-TO-DATE g|■ p The tough Mfr-ami? black treads cling to slip|pery streets I VBM II j u s t lik e a *' I HWbH “are f° ot * I WBm, // Come to us for Inr oHix? Goodrich Tires 'W®?' Inner Tubes, Jdwlly Accessories \ and everything \ that’s best for 11 16 Automobile. W. I. HOOVER & SON