Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1916 — LETTERS BBS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS BBS FROM OUR READERS

A Letter from .Michigan. Buchanan, Mich., Sept. 3. Editor Jasper County Democrat: Buchanan’s biggest event, or the season was the opening of the Electric Steel factory Friday night sos public inspection. Both the new and old factories were handsomely decorated and lighted with hundreds of lights. There were guides to show the visitors through the factories and explain things of interest to them. This was done by the. company to give Buchanan and surrounding country the correct idea of what this enormous industry was doing and would do for Buchanan and vicinity. The entertainment began at 7.30 with a band' concert, which ended with the raising of the flag and the band playing the "Star Spangled Banner,’’ after which there* was some speech making. Buchanan and surrounding country presented Mr. Clark of the Electric Steel company the cup of good will, for which Mr. Clark gave them tlfanks and said that it was essential for the company to have the good will of Buchanan and surrounding country; that the aim and object of the Electric Steel company was homo building; that employment would be given to hundreds' of men, 'enabling them to pay for homes. After this ice cream and cake was served to the visitors and free dance given in the new factory building. A band and orchestra from South Beni furnished the music. I was pleased to learn that some more .Jasper people bought homes near Buchanan, the beautiful, last week. I have run across several people here from Rensselaer and Jasper county, some of them caving been heritor the past 20 years. All are doing nicely and are well satisfied. We have had an extremely dry, hot summer, only having had two good rains since March. But our country stands drought well. Small grain is good; corn fairly good; wheat threshing out 30 -bushels per acre; oats GO bushels per acre; Ray crop from one and one-half to two tons .per acre. While there will not be but a small amount of truck raised, the peach crop is reported to be the best in many a year; also a heavy pear crop. Grapes are not good; crop only about one-half, but the prices will be good. Pickle crop poor; biggest part goes for dill pickles.—A READER OF THE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.