Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — Page 4

EXCLUSIVE j M 111 Mackinaws Sale of 1/UVClll 0 Cravenettes Bradley ill IIIITVft || AR Sheep Coats Sw^ rs QUALIII otlUr Co^ o s ats Sweater Coats C. Earl Duvall Rensselaer, Ind. Hats and Caps Now Boys, For Your Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats We are now showing the greatest lines in our city and they (Pan (\ can not be duplicated by any firm in town. • Suits and i Overcoats for the little fellow, the young fellow, the middle \y "/ Ji/ aged fellow, and the older fellow. If it’s new it is from J t Az / our store. We now have on display over two thousand f u ' samples to choose your fall tailor made suit from, and it is U \ '-f good advice to come now and pick your suit and have \ I your measure taken so you will get your choice. Every suit guaranteed to fit and hold their shape. Il M \ All the newest shapesand styles now on dis- |\|\ play in Stetson and Kingsbury Hats. I \\ WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE SALE AND AGENCY FOR I II > BRADLEY /J M SWEATERS AND SWEATER COATS M | I ?f° r men < young men, boys and the little fellows, and if they I* Wil: v are s °ld by any other firm in our city they used unfair means to get them. You should see the little fellows fur collar KJL astrakhan overcoats, they are just swell. Our fall and winter stock is now here and is the most complete of any in the city. Now is the time to look our lines over. /A ■ ■ Collegian and Frat Suits a Specialty DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP C. EARL DUVALL Phone 411 Rensselaer, Indiana

HIGHWAY DEPT. NECESSARY

—■■■■. . . .. I Is Ruling, Otherwise Indiana Can Not Get Federal Aid. ' Washington, D. (’., September 9. ' —Senator Thomas Taggart has re- j ceived an official ruling from the' department Of agriculture to the effect that it will be necessary for! the state of Indiana, through its' legislature, to create a state highway department such as is contemplated in the act providing for federal aid in the building of roads in the various states and territories, before that department can co-op-erate with Indiana in the distrib tion of federal appropriations. Senator Taggart was strongly of the opinion that, with the assent of the governor of Indiana, the state could proceed immediately to cooperate with the _ federal govern- 1 ment, the legislature at its coming session to create the machinery: necessary to comply fully with this act. In this view he was sustained by Senator John H. Bankhead, chairman of the senate committee I on postofflces and post-roads, which ! committee framed the act. However, the department of agriculture has ruled otherwise and Senator Taggart said today that it is up to the legislature of Indiana to pass legislation under which advantage can be taken of the federal aid. Senator Taggart points out in this connection, though, that Indiana will not suffer financially because of tjiis delay, as the money which it would have received immediately, had it a state highway department, will be available in full when such department is established. The ruling of the department which Senator Taggart has received Is in full as follows: “Under the terms of section 1 the governor, prior to the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after the passage of the act, is authorized to assent to Its provisions on behalf of the state. Such assent by the governor would not alone, however, enable this department to ex-

tend federal aid to the construction of roads in Indiana. It is the view of this department that it can not co-operate with the state of Indi- ' ana except through a state highway deparment. This is apparent when the provisions of the act are considered. “Section 1 authorizes the secretary to agree with the state highway department upon the roads to. be constructed and the method of construction. Section 6 requires the highway department to submit project statements setting forth the proposed road, and to furnish surveys, plans, specifications and estimates of the same. It also requires for inspection and approval by the secretary of agriculture and provides that payments shall be made by the secretary of agriculture, to such official or officials or depository as may be designated by the state highway department. “Furthermore, section 3 of the act provides that if a state has no i highway department, its apportioni ment shall be available for expendiI ture in that state until the close iof the third fiscal year succeeding ' the close of the fiscal year for which I such apportionment was made. This j further indicated the intention of | the congress to require, as a condi- ! tion to federal aid, the existence of a state highway department and affords’ ample opportunity for any state to comply with the terms of the statute and avail itself of the benefits. “As the state of Indiana has no higTftvay deparment, actual co-oper-ation can not be undertaken until such a department is established. This will not involve any loss of the apportionment to that state, If a state highway department is later established in accordance with the provisions of the statute. Delay in the establishment of such a department will result in the accumulation of the state’s apportionment until the state Is prepared to undertake through a highway department the actual co-operative steps called for in the act. If the delay in

the establishment of a highway department should extend beyond the period above set forth, reapportionment of the money , apportioned to Indiana will be made to all of the states On the same basis as if the apportionment were being made for the first time.”

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Lincoln's Question a Poser for a Lawyer Opponent. Colonel Waters, who died in Kansas City recently, had practiced law longer than any other lawyer in Kansas' City. He was admitted to the bar in Macomb, Illinois, before he was twenty-one years old. Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer practicing in the same district then and '.Vaters rode in the same circuit with him. Once Colonel Waters retained his friend to help him in a case. The opposing lawyer demanded one of their witnesses should an-1 swer a certain question with a direct “yes” or “no.” Lincoln contended the question could not be answered in that way. “There's no question on earth that can’t be answered with a direct ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ ” declared the lawyer. “You take the stand for a moment and I’ll show you,” said Lincoln. The lawyer took the stand and Lincoln asked him: “Have you quit beating your wife?” The lawyer became indignant and Lincoln repeated his question. The judge, laughing heartily, insisted the lawyer must answer. With the aid of Lincoln, Waters won the case. Lincoln charged him $25, a large fee in those days.

Protect Your BuilOmgs From Light* ning By having them properly rodded. Sixteen years experience in the business and never have had a building damaged from lightning that I rodded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me or phone 135 or 568.—F. a. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts.

Keeping a Car. Economists with a passion for analyzing figures have a fertile field for study in the automobile statistics prepared by the United States department of agriculture. To say that last year there were 2,445,664 more vehicles registered in the United States and that the owners paid $18,245(718 in registration and license fees is the smallest part of the story. 1 o boast in lowa there was one mo'or vehicle for everj’ sixteen inhabitants is to testify to tne farmers’ prosperity, which has been no secret. But how much of the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in automobiles is productive investment for the owners? How much of it represents expenditure for pleasure that brings no economic return? How far has the automobile contributed to economics in business? How much has it added to the general cost of living, in the promotion of luxury and ease among all classes of people? In the creation of new industries and new occupations for wage-earners? To make up a balance sheet for the whole nation would be an endless task. Before it was begun the figures would be out of date. There was an increase of 734,325 motor vehicles in 1914 alone in the United States. Some day, however, a social survey revolving around the automobile must be made. Everything else connected with the family .income and the family expenditures has been tabulated, turned over and scrutinized. It still remains to be settled positively what is the minimum wage on which a respectable American, faithful to modern standards of living, can keep a car.— New York Worfd.

Live whitensh and carp are shipped from the Great Lakes in an express tank car. This tank car la equipped with covered metal tanks. Thus 10,000 pounds of live fish can be accommodated in one car. Air Is forced into the water to keep it fresh, and the fish reach their distant market in good condition.

HERE THERE and EVERYWHERE

Alfred F. Knepp, who for seven years has been publisher of the Chalmers Dispatch, has leased the plant to W. T. Walts, an employe, and it is understood will return to the ministry. New York city is in the throes of a street railway strike and business is partially paralyzed. There is a prospect of a sympathy strike, in which event all the union workers in the city in all trades will be called out. The postcard which enthusiastic San Francisco pro-Germans sent to “Kronprinz Friedrich, Verdun,” during the early days of the world’s greatest battle, has come back, bearing a neat French inscription, “Pas encore arrive a Verdun,” or, in plain English, “He hasn’t got here yet.” Abe Martin says: “Miss Wanda Moots, who is t’ marry Mr. Oscar Shoots t’day, will be th’ first thick, reg’lar sized girl t’ be led t’ th’ altar here in two years. Th’ old Danube waltzes have replaced th’ Green River trots at th’ Acme Dancin’ academy by order o’ Constable Plum.”

One of the most unusual “freaks of nature” ever shown is on display at Logansport, a panel of “curly” walnut, 16x36 inches. The grain of the wood forms almost perfectly two childish faces, facing each other. The ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair and the shape of the face are outlined. The piece of walnut was sent as stock to the Logansport Furniture company. Roger W. Babson of Boston, a life-long Republican and America’s foremost statistician and financial expert, announced Saturday that he would vote and work for the reelection of President Wilson. “It is because Mr. Wilson seems more interested than Mr. Hughes in the moral side of such questions as banking, shipping, railroading, tariff, labor and relations with other nations that I now intend to vote for him in November,” said Mr. Babson. Mrs. A. J. Thompson of Kentland has had her left leg amputated. The same was broken in an auto accident near Bedford on May 20, and had not healed properly and infection made amputation necessary. In the car with her at the time of the accident was her husband and daughter, Miss Greta Thompson. The latter suffered a broken, leg and internal injuries and died in a Chicago hospital June 22. Mr. Thompson has not fully recovered but gets around by the use of crutches.

Three high school teachers—Miss Edith Ellenborg of Marion, Illinois; Miss Anna Kirkland of Urbana, Illinois, and Harold Gentven of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin—-were struck by an interurban car and killed Friday afternoon at Muncie, Illinois. The party had come from Champaign to inspect the new high school being constructed in Oakwood township, they having been engaged for the school year. On the way to Muncie they passed a Big Four train which wag making so much noise they did not hear the car coming. Mrs. Lydia Ault Shrake of Madison, Wisconsin, draws a pension because she is the widow of a soldier who, 104 years ago, helped fight the nation’s battles in the war of 1812. As the aged pensioner and many times a grandmother sits today at the age of 102, leaning forward on her cane in her cottage among the Mississippi hills, her wrinkled face kindles almost with the smile of youth at the news that the call to arms has again been sounded. Her husband saw service in the war of 1812. 'Her five sons were in the Civil war, and numerous grandsons in the Spanish-American war. It is stated that Mrs. Shrake has 170 living descendants, and is the head of six generations. As the result of the collapse of the new central span of the Quebec bridge, the largest cantilever suspension in the world, eleven men lost their lives Sunday. The bridge stands on the site of the bridge which collapsed on August 29, 1907, with a loss of seventy lives. The central span which fell Sunday weighed more than 5,000 tons and was 640 feet long. It had been towed to the gap on pontoon bridges and was being raised Into place, 150 feet above the water by hydraulic jacks. When about 15 feet in the air and the boats had been removed the structure suddenly collapsed and fell into 200 feet of water in the St. Lawrence river. The property loss is $6,000,000.

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For Sale—One of the best located residence properties in Rensselaer, 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, bam and other out-b'Uildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire property. Terms if desired. For farther particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Good, modern six-room dwelling, with pantry, full size basement, macadam sreet, cement walks, well, cislern, good barn, chicken house 12x80, cement floor; 7% acres of ground, lies just inside north corporation limits of Remington. Possession can be given in November. For further particulars and terms call on owner—MßS. J. B. THOMPSON, Remington, Ind. o-6 Cash Register—National cash register, model 1030, registers from 1 cent to $5.99, used about three years but looks and is just as good as a brand-new machine.- Price on this register was advanced to $125 soon after it was purchased by The Democrat. We are getting a larger register and have the option of selling this or trading it in. Will be sold at a bargain if taken in the next ten days.—Call at DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Peonies for Sale—Owing to the death of my mother and having sold my place, I am forced to sell my collection of fancy peonies, consisting of 28 of the best varieties known to the peony w’orld, every color and combination of colors. 50c for large roots. Also have several hundred tall red May flowering tulip bulbs at 25c per dozen. Send check with order. September is the proper time to set out peonies. —CHAUNCEY MCCULLEY, Remington, Ind. o-l

WANTED Teams and Hands Wanted— We will start filling our four 5“00-ton and other silos next week and can use a number of extra teams and hands.—J. J. Lawler. See JAS. E. WALTER, Supt., Rensselaer. Phone 337, s-16 Wanted— Men to cut brush and girdle trees.—THOMAS LANG, 1% miles southwest of Surrey. Phone Rensselaer 955-C. g-14 FOUND~ Found— l9l6 auto license number. Owner may have same by calling at DEMOCRAT office and paying 25c for this ad. Found— North of Rensselaer, near Aix, recently, Illinois auto license number 724 4 7.—Call at DEMOCRAT OFFICE. 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 ol 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 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN Farm Loans— Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. I flnl fhul Wlfchout ml IHr Wlthout Oommiaalon I UUI IllU Without Charges for H k Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINBOH