Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1916 — FAIR OAKS [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS

Health is still generally good in our village. Bert Warne is running a fresh meat wagon nowadays. Mr. Allen has repaired his auto and is again ready for livery work. “Uncle” J. C. Thompson's wounded limb is troubling him considerably nowadays. W. S. McConnell pulled into his garage a few nights ago with a brand-new Ford. B. T. Clenenger was in Fair Oaks the latter part of the week to look after his interests. Mrs. J. C. Gilmore moved from the old Keener property Wednesday into the Wilsean property. The dredge men expect to get through and ready to pass back through the railroad Sunday. Emerson Smith has been busy for several days building the basement walls for Mr. Young’s new house. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Davis of . near Demotte came down and took Sunday dinner with Abe Bringle’s. Les Warne and family and Jacob Trump visited with relatives a few days last -week at Buchanon, Michigan. Herbert Bozell spent several davs last week in Chicago with the apos-j tolle mission and at the Moody institute. Lon Moffitt succeeded Frank Hosted last week as tower man at the depot at night. Husted was sent to Delphi. C. A. Brlngle and wife of Remington came up Saturday evening and spent until Sunday evening ! tr

Arthur Ropp went down about Bloomington Tuesday morning to engage in carpenter work for the International Signal Locking Co. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was in town Wednesday looking after his interests here and sizing up the dredge ditch which is being cut through his land. William Cottingham and family, after a month’s stay with his parents here, in which he helped care for his father, returned to their home at Momence last week. William Fritz will move this week from Enos Moffitt’s property into the Tolly property in the north part of town. Enos will take possession of his place at that time. Frank Teach, who has the contract to build the Wildrick stone road in Newton county, arrived at the Lawler switch Monday with his equipment. He will begin to get his track laid as soon as possible. The new minister, Rev. Hensler, occupied the pulpit in the M. E. church Sunday. He read from the eighth Psalm. His subject was taken from the second chapter of Hebrews, eighth verse, and he gave a splendid talk. Abe Halleck, Green Thornton, Swaney Makeever and others from Rensselaer came up Monday evening and pulled the feathers out of the eagle’s tail and started him to squawking, hut we haven’t as yet heard of any converts from their discussions. The Prohibition brigade, which was billed to reach this place at 11 o’clock Monday, arrived one hour late, with the principal speaker very much under the weather. So much so that he had

to refrain from speaking and remained at the hotel until evening. The report came recently that Morris Gorman, who has been the chief man on the Lawler ranch near here the past two or three years, had severed his connection with same and will move as Soon as he can get possession of his house, which will probably be in a few days.