Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — Page 2

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IRE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT G. M. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 811 Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflce at RensseIndiana, under the Act of March 3, 18<9. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. advertising rates s P} a y 12%C Inch Display, special position.... 15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion..sc Readers, per line add. insertions. .3c U ant Ads—One cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks—Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. All acounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted for first page. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916

THE QUESTION OF ROADS

Although there were many who did not approve the idea of federal aid in the construction of roads, now that this aid has been provided for by law it is urged that all Indiana associations, groups or individuals interested in the subject of Improved roads consider immediately the steps to be taken for the creation of a state highway department. Such a department must be established before this state can participate in federal aid. The Hoosier State Automobile association and the various good road organizations have been at work along this line for some time. They are doing what they can, but the movement is of such importance that a general intelligent support from the public is necessary.

The federal law, which became operative only a few days ago, sets aside $5,000,000 the first year, $lO,000,000 the second, and so on until, in 1920-21, $25,000,000 will b* available. While this is a large amount, it is very small in comparison with the sum which, it is expected, will be spent by all agencies, nation, state, county, township and city. The American Highway association realizes that the success o r failure of the federal good road law depends on the manner in which the states meet their responsibilities. It is estimated that, this year, a total of $300,000,000 will be spent in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges. Recognizing that there is gross waste in expenditure and a perplexing diversity of methods, the American Highway as sociation has entered on a campaign of education. It has prepared a general outline of systems, a <’?- scription of the most improved types of highways and a digest of state

laws governing highway departments. Assuming that, in this work, the association has in view only the improvement of American highways Indiana may be able to learn some thing of value. The good roads bureau at Washington is ready to supply individuals with information covering the general situation. Th? various congressmen who voted f<• * national aid are willing, doubtless, to supply their constituents with data. Use should be made of ail these opportunities, for Indiana, has before it an urgent subject. A state highway department, in the charge of a nonpolitical engineer, should be established. State road laws should be revised so as to rank with the best. The waste and inefficiency in Indiana road construction at present are Scandalous, Unless the system is improved, and a state engineer obtained, federal aid will be Worst? than wasted - -it will become simply another “pork barrel.lt is up to the states to demonstrate ’he worth of co-operation.—lndianapolis News.

The big newspapers of the East, of all political beliefs, especially in New York and the New England states, are saying lots of things editorially and otherwise reflecting, the popularity of Woodrow Wilson and the feeling of confidence that he will be re-elected. At the same time large parts of the Republican press, notably such newspapers as the New York Herald and the New York Tribune, have been declaring that Mr. Hughes must do certain things to set himself right. These newspapers have been most insistent in stat>ng that Mr. Hughes has been receiving the support of so many different selfish interests that it is up to him to set himself right before the people. One Of these newspapers- has even gone so far as to suggest he should name the men he in ends to place in his cabinet, thus to show the world that he is not controlled by undesirable organized or personally directed selfish interests. "Poor Mr. Hughes; ’ said a Republican who supporting him. “He has things in his own public record just as any man has, and it is usually a record calling for some explanations. Why should he be required to name a cabinet and cany the sin.-, of the whole bunch. Anyhow why would this not be promising jobs and constitute a violation of the corrupt practices act?”

Republicans are still trying to find something to say in answer to the fact that Democrats have paid off the Republican state debt of several hundreds of thousands. Mr. Hughes is also looking for an issue to talk about. He talks about the Mexican policy and Republican and Democratic papers are saying he ought to tell the people what he would have done. They want to know if he thinks we should have gone to war and sacrificed a few hundreds of thousands of America’s young men when there is an easier way and one without bloodshed. They want to know if patience without bloodshed is not better than impulsiveness with slaughter. The European situation is a picture from which neutral countries cab draw valuable lessons.

THE ROSEBUSH

(By Walt Mason.)

The bush whereon the blushing rose, when things are favorable grows, is looking sick and blue; to kec; the bis?. from going dead, ! give it arsenate of lead, and Londm. purple too. 1 wash the stem with ketosene, and dope the leaves with Paris green, and other compoundt weird: and as I use the i oisoned dope. I feel the shriveling of hope and tears stream down my beard And as I toil I wander why the lovely things must always die, without a good excuse; the Jimpson and the mullein thrive, the coQkleburs arc still alive—you cannot cook theii goose. A Keats will perish in his youth, while some old cross-roads bard, forsooth, will live two hundred years; a horse dies early, as a rule, but for a century the mule will wag its misfit ears. The cow that gives all kinds of milk, whose butterfat is fine as silk, wiil seek the railway track, and there she'll stand and chew her gums, ■ htil a locomotive comes, and tele.-, opes her back. With thoughts like these I stand and spray my dying rosebush every day, and know it's all in vain, for everything that’s lovely dies, and man can only swat the flies in sorrow and in pain.

Down on Mexican Border.

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Grande river, -which is about seven miles from the camp. “Two pumps average 420,000 gallons of water a minute into a reservoir, where it is filtered into a great irrigating canal that is about 4,000 feet from camp, and from the canal to the camp water is sent through pipes by two force pumps. “Eighteen thousand gallons or water are sent into these pipes each hour and there ate five large tanks, each with a capacity of 15,000 gallons, where water is held in reserve in case of accident to the pumps. In the camp are 100 hydrants for kitchen use. There are 4 5 bath rooms, each 45 feet long, and these rooms contain an aggregate of 625 shower baths. The completion of this water system means that the Indiana soldiers will have plenty of good water for all purposes. “Sunday, the first the Indiana troops spent away from home, was a day of restful quiet end dreamy indulgence except with those trooos who'arrived Saturday and who were busy getting their camp in order. Religious services were held in different regiments and some soldiers attended church at Mercedes, Donna, McAllen and other nearby towns. Every Indiana soldier has in his heart a memory as sweet as the tender love of home and in every tent and under every shed and in every building was an Indiana soldier writing to those who were back in Indiana, and the mail that will leave the camp tomorrow will be so large that one big mail wagon can not transport it.

“The postoffice on the grounds was swamped. The Western Union Telegraph company will open an office at the camp some time this week and the soldiers may receive ard send messages from the camp instead of going to Mercedes, three miles away. ?<or did the boys Lave such crowds of Sunday visitors as they had at Fort Harrison because there are not as many people in the entire Pio 'lrande distiln and if there were they could net get to the camp at he present tihn “The 'lays, of course, are full of disadvantages—the heat, the files-) the mud —but the nights are superb.

Bland’s Band and Orchestra aHWwg*. IK* ***■ ■ ■ ta - » S IW X fcwLi [j a W • HHT" & ilB. HHMMnn oy W HMM . * is Jft * Ch ’T”’“ «*"”“■ ««on. in which the Lincoln System operates it has audlences ln the ten or more states one of the Bland Companies. are favor^V!.?^ 11 ° f a ChautauQua seaßon without at least companies in our program for the fourth day* Thev will nnn g the largest and strongest of the Harrie Bland At Lincoln Chautauqua, Rensselaer, August 10 to 15 Inc,

A new moon is in the sky and the stais are thick and bright and after Ups the night is full of tranquil beauty. In the soft mellow haze the sentinels are seen walking pos, and here and there are little groups of khaki clad soldiers talking of the folk back home and wondering ~rf the children, wives, sisters, mothers and sweethearts are worrying about them. ’ There is no need to worry about these boys. They are doing well and are as happy as the heyday superb and daring youth can be. There are no banshees stalking through the silent city of tents, but once in a while is heard the screech of a bob cat or a low, inexpressibly mournful, long drawn out, shuddering wall That tells that a Mexican lion is loi tering in the vicinity, for there are wildcats, leopard cats, Mexican lions and an abundance of wild deer and wild turkeys in this locality and the nimrods from Indiana • are getting ready for a deer hunt and lion chase as soon as they get things straightened around to it.”

Centennial Memorial Medal Cast.

The much anticipated centennial memorial medal, designed by Janet Scudder, is at hand, the first meda to be cast having been received. Done in delicate low-relief, the medal shows on one face an allegorical representation of “The Admission of Indiana to the Union”—Columbia welcoming Indiana as a state —while small, yet clearly modeled and forming part of the design, are to k seen the quaint first state house and constitutional elm, both still standing at Corydon. On the other face is the familiar Indiana state seal, b improved and made more artistic under the refining touch of Miss Scudder's skilled fingers. The medal committee and the commisson a’-t delighted with the medal. There will be an immediate issue of 918 numbered proof medals, having the personal signature of Governor Ralston, and enclosed in a handsome book containing descrip five articles on Lie centennial and the development of the state. The plan of allotment is to have nine of these medals sold by each member of the commission and nine sold in each county of the state, through the county centennial chairman. The price of this autographed copy is 55. There will be a general issue of the medal alone at $1 each.

Peculiar Watches.

The person of average experience is more or less familiar with watches which strike the hour, watches with illuminated dials, stop watches, watches with ei\L orately ornamented faces and cases and other watches which differ from the ordinary watch; but a watch collector, Willard H.V’heeler, has lent to the Central museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science a collection of ©7 watches any one of which is sufficiently peculiar to deserve a place among historic watches. The idea of the collector in limiting the number was to outline the history of watchmaking rather than to ex hibit freaks, but among the speci mens are some with unique qualities and romantic histories. The watch developed naturally from the large encased clock which stood in a cabinet. Clocks became smaller so that they could be hung on the wall, and finally small enough to occupy only a little space on the mantelpiece. Then some practical soul carried one on a string about his neck, arid there came a demand for further reduction in size. Tnese personal clocks were

elaborately jeweled. The English Puritans wished watches, but they could not wear *he conspicuous time pieces common to their age. There upon Tompion, the foremost clockmaker of England, devised the pocket timepiece, new known as the watch. Tompion was the official watchmaker to all the royal families of Europe, and since each king demanded something different and was able to pay for it, there are a large number cf freak Tompion watches Tompion became so famous that upon his death England honored him with a slab in Westminster abbey along with her noted men. But Tompion knew nothing of the stem winding watch; that came in the 18th century, as did also the repent er, made to strike the hours automatically. One Ox the most admired watches in the collection was made by the English wa*chmaker, Thomas Mudge, for Ferdinand VI. of Spain It has three cases--the outer being of leather for hunting and other outdoor pastimes, the second of plain gold for wear about the palace, and the inner of gold incrusted with jew els. On state occasions the two out er cases were removed and the inner exhibited for the gratification of Fer diand’s love for display. Another was made in Switzerland in 1 790, richly enameled and inlai 1 with pearl, and inherited in 1800 by the Manchu emperor, Kea-king. Th* story goes that it remained in the Imperial palace in Peking, on the queen’s dressing table, until during the Boxer rebellion the palace wasacked. The chief feature of the watch is a fountain which by the movement of small bits of glass cn delicate wires is made to appear to flow. This is tnougut to have cave 11 the eye of a looter, who took the watch from the palace and sold it to an employe of the German emba’ty in Peking. He sold it to the Berlin collector, Marfels, who sold it to Wheeler. J’ One watch with an almost tragic history was made by Henry Lou. Drosz, the French watchmaker, whe went to Spain about the time of th; Spanish Inquistion. This watch is wound by shaking, and when he ex hibited it to the Spaniards, who had seen nothing but key-winding watche and few of them, he was accused c practicing black magic. In vain did he declare that when he shook the watch he was merely winding it. They contended that he was shaking up the evil spirits. He was tried convicted and sentenced to death. But the bishop of Toledo pointed out to the court that if the wa*'-' was really operated by evil spirits it would never need cleaning, and it •was shown that Drosz’s watch wouid stop if not occasionally cleaned. H? was therefore released. In the collection are watches n_‘ many shapes—flowers, mandolin - skulls, crosses, rings and butterflies. One of Swiss make contains 1,74' matched pearls and 158 turquoises. And there is a huge watch worn by Lord Nelson, hero of Trafalgar, and another engraved with the name ~f George Washington.—lndianapoVs News.

Manuel Gonzales or Guay max Mexico, used to make his living bgoing to jail for a certain railroad company. Every time the railroad offended Mexican justice Mr. Gonzales was arrested by the authorities, bailed out by the railroad and Lis fine paid by them. This was done to prevent the arrest of employes whose time was too valuable to spend in jail.

ToNight! GAYETY AIRDOME PEARL STEVENS PRESENTS HER “Honeymoon” Girls Musical Comedy Co. In that laughable musical comedy riot, The Frolics of 1916 Beauty Chorus Singing and Dancing Funny Comedians Pretty Girls Two Shows, 8 and 9p. m. Admission 10 and 20c fcifiea® [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a- word for the firsl * l ?®. ertl< ’ n - 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keepln* cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FOR SALE lor Sale— Good Jersey cow giving good flow of milk, and Jersey heifer. Will take good note.—G. F. MEYERS j ls-19 For Sale— Six-room house, walks, deep well, electric lights, nice lot. Price $1,000; S4OO downjtake live stock.—G. F. MEYERS. ts For Sale— An oculist’s trial case, containing full set of lenses, tools, etc. Cost 5160, but will part with same at a very low figure.—C. H. VICK, Rensselaer, Ind.- ts For Sale— Bo acres level land, near school, village and three churches; five-room house and outbuildings. Trade for property or stock. Price 545. Sell on easy terms. —GEORGE F. MEYERS. For Sale— Red, white or bur oak lumber, sawed to any dimension desired, 518 per thousand for all building material; 4 miles west es Rensselaer, on county farm road A. M. YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3, phone 87-G, Mt. Ayr; or see John Zellers, sawyer. ts WANTED ' Wanted— Have buyers for farms in Marion, Union, Barkley, Jordan and Newton tps. See us.—GEO. F. MEYERS. ts Sales Representative Wanted—Nationally known manufacturer of high grade paints and varnishes wants a direct sales agency representative in every town in Jasper countv. No stock, no money invested, liberal commission. A dignified, pleasant and profitable opportunity to ‘‘cash in on your spare time and secure a steady income. Men or women of good character, favorably known in their locality and with the desire to make good should write for details. We give selling helps, business plans, etb.—NATIONAL SALES MANAGER, Frederick C. Kuhn 601 Canal Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. MISCELLANEOUS Storage Room— For household goods and other light weight personal effects. Large, dry quarters, and will take goods for storage by month or year.—THE DEMOCRAT

FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance—Fire and lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 533-L. Farm Loans—We can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high as 60 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay In getting the money after title Is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. flfif fhfll Wlth<rat Delay ’ if I I 111 l Wlthout Commission I Uul IllU Without Chargee for W Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON

Cases of strong me! who faint at the sight of a drop of blood are fairly common. An extraordinary case is recorded by a doctor who was called in to attend a man who had a fainting attack <?s a result of slightly cutting his finger. On inquiring the business of his patient, <1 transpired that the man was a butcher! Though used to animal bloodshed, he could not bear the sight of human blood, and always worked in strong leather gloves to prevent accidents. —Answers, London.