Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE [ARTICLE]

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Benton Review: Abdul all the o?.«. crop in' Benton county is in the' shock and thrashing will begin next week. Reports from different parts of the county state that the yielo will average about id ' vshels pe> with a heat's crop of straw. rhairman Hayes of the state Re publican committee is ending out tearful pleas to members of the Progressive party urging them to join with the Republicans in helping to wrest the offices from the Demc rats, but his appeals are falling upon deaf ears. M. A. Hoag has purchased the T XV. Burton resort on the Kankakee river northeast of Lake Village and has taken possession. This is one of the most popular resorts on the river, and *t will not lose any of its popularity under th*> management ot Mr. Hoag.—-Momeneo Reporter. Brook Reporter- Amos Agate, who made the adjustment in the loss at A'. XV. Miller's place, says that there was S6OO insurance on the barn, S6OO on the corn and SIOO on the corn crib and the total estimated a loss of $3,500. The loss is a heavy one for Mr. Miller and comes at a bad season of the year.

County Superintendent Henry J. Reid and family of Monticello started Thursday morning in their auto for Detroit. At that city they will be joined by Mrs. T. W. O’Conner and children and Will O’Connell. The entire party will then take the lake route from Detroit to Niagara Falls. They expect to be absent about two weeks. The town of Knox, county seat o Starke county, is to have free mail delivery beginning August 8. Two carriers will be employed at S6OO per year each to start with and there will be two deliveries each day. The last census gave Knox a population of 1.644 and it is probably one of the smallest towns in the state to have free mail delivery. Monon News; Ernest Pike, son of Clinton Pike, residing in the nortpart of town, was overcome with heat at 5 o’clock Monday evening, while shocking oats on the Baugh farm east of town. Dr. Reagan was called and found the yourg man suffering from the effects of the heat. He was soon relieved by the usual treatment in such cases. At a meetiug of the building com - mittee of St. Joseph church Friday evening a contract was awarded lor the building of the new* parsonage. There were a number of bids submitted, and the contract was let to Frank Schuster for SB,IOO. An addi tional contract for heating and plumbing was let for $1,404.90, and electric wiring for $195.50. Work is to start at once.—Kentland Enterprise. Clay W. Metzker of the Plymouth Democrat, who recently resigned from the board of trustees of the tuberculosis hospital at Rockville, has been appointed by Governor Ralston on the state board of trustees of the school for feeble minded at Fort Wayne, succeeding the Rev. Anthony Ellering, resigned. Joseph Bundle of Zionsville has been appointed successor to Mr. Metzker on the board of the state tubercular hospital. The local merchants have been obliged to replenish their supply or binder twine several times. Rens selaer was the closest place where it could be obtained, showing that oui neighboring towns were in about ths same condition as we were. While most of the straw is short there seems to be a thick stand, due no doubt to the fact that many put in a heavy crop of seed thinking it would not all grow. At any rare we will have a heavier crop with the increase of the straw.—Brook Re porter. Mistaking a large dog that ran across the street in front of his machine for a child, David Gershuny, 1700 North 12th street, Lafayette', who was driving in his Ford car with his little six-year-old son at quite a rapid rate, gave the wheel a sharp turn to the right and the car struck the curb, bursting one of the rear tires and causing the machine to tur nturtle. The boy was caught under the car and received injuries from which he died in a few moments. The father escaped with minor bruises. What is believed to be a record price for a carload of Benton county hogs was received by Tillman Owens of Pine tp. Last Thursday morning he had a load on the Chicago market that sold for $10.15 per * the carload netting Mr. Owens the high sum of $1,981.97* Had not

two of the largest hogs died on way from the Owens place to the station the load would have brought over $2,000. The president of the commission company that sold the load said the check tendered Mr. Owens was the largest that had ever been paid for a single carload ol hogs by the company. ML Owens was present when the hogs were solo and returned home last Friday morning.—Benton Review.