Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — Page 2

■ -■ '? hi/ißrighten Up the Farm IJt / Get rid of the oil lamps that are a constant fire menace, and put in electric J / ■*■ fighte. "'Voii can have them just as Steady and just as safe as in anyjcity. // No matches; no lamps to upsets na(langerj>4 any kind. "ta ~—‘-One of these simple outfits will provide you just such light at little cost. It will give power to fun your pump, feed grinder, and some of the Other light machinery on the place. And it will enable your wife to have an electric ifon, an electric vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, and to save much work. No experience is run the Western Electric Fann Lighting Plant ? Here’s the whole outfit —generator, storage batteries and switchboard. It can be placed anywhere that is Convenient for hitching up to your gas engine. Run your engine a few hours twice a week, and it will generate and store up in the batteries all the electricity you need. Costs little or nothing to maintain, except for engine fuel. No trouble. No danger. Guaranteed by the makers of the Bell telephones. ELECTRICAL SHOP L. A. Mecklenburg ££jS ♦ Estimates on I fullyhGiven.

HE JASPER COUNT? DEMOCRAT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephone* Office 315 Residence #ll Entered as Second-Class. Mail Matter June 8, 1908. at the postoffice at Rensselaer. Indiana, under the Act of March 3. 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. ADVERTISING KATES Display . 12%c Inch Readers," per line first Insertion.. 5c Readers, per .lino a ,’d. insertions. .3c Want Ads- —0.16 cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash 'must accompany order unless advertise/ has open account. Card *of Thanks-—Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Gash with order. All amounts t’.'ie" and payable Grat of month following publication, except want ads a*nd cards of thamks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted far first page. SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1917.

THREE PLAGUES

There are three great plagues afflicting The people of the United States —and the world-—►which could be wiped out by a there fraction of the effort, genius, money and discipline that are required in conducting a great war. They are typhoid, malaria and tuberculosis. Typhoid is the easiest killed pest Of the three. It has been banished from the United States army ami almost banished from the huge arid densely packed armies of Europe. This has been, accomplished by vaccinatjon, but careful disposal of the sewage will eradicate the disease ariywhere. It is - the * least aesthetic and the most needless of respectable ailments. Malaria, like yellow fever, is a mosquito disease.. Dr. William C. Gorgas is authority for the statecent that even in Panama malaria /an be abolished. Certainly in our own Country it ought to be as easy to frep- human beings from “chills” as to free cattle from the Texas fever, and the latter work is. going forward splendidly. The gain ip health and. working power which woiild result from this liberation is enormous. - Last and greatest of this trio of curses is tuberculosis; the oldest, the deadliest, the hardest to abolish. In fact, tuberculosis can. not be abolished until civilization gets rid of the sort of health-breaking, character-destroying^'poverty which' is maintained in” city slums and their village equivalents. We must make healthy, not only our hous'te. but everybody’s house, if we mean to fight free of consumption. Perhaps this is a blessing in disguise, one of nature’s grim, merciless, irastic methods of compelling us to. let air and sunlight into every hunan habitation. Consider, if you can, what the, vorld would be like with these

three plagues abolished. Nqj energydestroying “ague,” no typhoid, , no wasting intestinal fever, no gasping victims of tuberculosis. Twenty years would be more than enough to accomplish the whole work if a nation went at the task with half the enlightened patriotism that France has shown in the war, and success in such a- work would do more to-enrich "the world than the great conflict has done to impoverish it. *. Does it seem Utopian to dream that'some day the human race will wake ni> and attack its re;jl enemies in proper fasTiiori? - ' \

RALLY OF “DRY” DEMOCRATS

Bryan Accepts Invitation to Speak in Meeting January 19. Willipm J. Bryan will speak in Indianapolis the afternoon of Friday, January 19, under the auspices of the Dry Democrats of Indiana. This announcement was made Thursday afternoon by James 11. • McGill of Valparaiso following a conference of the executive committee of the Dry Democrats’ organization in the Claypool hotel. The Bryan meeting will be a state-wide affair, open to the general public . and to which will be invited, especially, . the Democrats .of Indiana. The subject will, be ptohi bi t ion and’ the meetin g is one in the cahipaign to make the Dotiycc* cratic party the dry party in Indiana. g - f ■ Mr. McGill went to Washington {two weeks {ago and conferred with Mr. Bryan. At that time the latter said he would hold January 19 open for the Indiana meeting and , immediately on his return Mr. McGill called the executive committee together to consider arrangements I for the meeting. ~ ' ; Special .invitations ‘will probably be ’sent to all the Democratic memj bers of. the legislature’and to the ! members of the state organization. , Several congressional districts ali ready have indicated an intention i.to send a strong delegation to Indianapolis for the meeting and it will not be surprising if what at first was planned as a conference l of Democrats turps out to be one of the greatest demonstrations witnessed in Indianapolis for some time. - . ‘ “<■ When Bryan was in Indianapolis some two months., ago and con- , ferred with ‘ the ‘Dry Democrats who were thep organizing, .the movement to make the party dry. there were some Who did n6t take Bryan seriously in his n/ohibition advocacy. Since his appearance in Washington, D. C., artiere he was sgiygn .one ovations of his life, even the ir Indiana are taking notice and are coming to realize that William J. and the Dry Democrats of the state really have started something. Several chairmen from Various congressional districts reported in Thursday’s conference that the or-

ganization work was well under, way, Pink Bast of WoMhington, ope of the . wheel-horses of Democracy in his Community, showed he hadn't been loafing on the job in the Second district where he has ah organization well way in each county, Dan Pyle’ of South Bend reported progress in his district and several other chairmen made encouraging reports. The Seventh district (Marion county:) has Judge" Clarence \yeir fig its chairman. —Indiana Forum.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

■ ■ j : 7" Oh, happy day when I began to put. my doubloons down in brine! Whjle you with fear, the future scan, a soul serene and calm -is mine. Long was I slammed around by fate, the dregs of sorrow oft I drank, before I got my 'head on straight, and put some guilders in the bank. I -used to blow my money in as fast or faster than ’twas earned, /and one could fill a good large bin with iron dollars that I burned. I blew in every kind of pelf," the mark, the kopeck and the franc, before I tumbled to myself, and put fay moidores in the bank. And then I always, lived on prunes, was up against the, ragged edge, until, to salt down my doubloons,-I made a large, brassmounted pledge. ' Sin,oe then on "rosy paths T tread, and merrily I whoop and yell; T do not fret, 1 do not dread the dreary old JI. C. of L. I buy my car new rubber tires, and pour rich gas into its tank; he has all things that he desires, who puts his rupees in 4,he bank. ■- : ‘

(ALL FOR REORGANIZATION

Of Democratic Committee of the City of Rensselaer.

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city in Indiana,- constitute the ‘Democratic city central committee ■’of such city by, virtue <»f the 1915 primary elections of Indiana; ami Whereas, in many cities in Indiarfji city central' commit t ees .'have failed to organize as contemplated by said primary election law, and Whereas, it is necessary that each Democratic city central committee shall organize On Or before January fl, 1917, by the election of a 'chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer, \and such other officers or sub-committees as eafh may degjn necessary to perfect its organ izit) ion. Now, -therefore, be it _ ' -■ - Resolved, that the present Democratic chairman of each Denibcra'tic city central committee be and he is hereby requested and directed to call a meet+ng, on or before Janu-" -ary fl; 19 17. of the> Democratic preci net committeemen elected at the Ma rch ■ print ary, 1.91 fl. re presentin g precincts, in whole or in part in their respective cities, and at said meeting, to -bj^ifield at -some, convenient place in his city, the following officers and committees be elected; A chairman. ‘it vice-chair-man, -a. secretary and a treasurer, and such other 'officers -or sub- oom - mittees aS may be deemed necessary' to perfect said organization. Resolved further, that Jin any city where the present Democratic citv chairman fails- or refuses to call said meeting, then and in that event the Democratic, county chairman of the county in which said citv is located, shall perform the duties herein prescribed to be performed by the city chairman. And in -the event a city and county Chairman shall both fail to perform their respective duties •■As herein set out. then the Democratic district chairman of the district in which any such city is located, shall perform the duties herein prescribed to' fib "'performed by sq.id city and coiinty chairmen. Resolved further;- that the provisions of.this resolution apply'only to the organization of Democratic city central committees not heretofore organized under the primary election' law. or to Democratic city central cpnintititees organized since the Alarch primary of 1916. Resolved further; that a copy of this resolution be sent by mail to each Democratic countv and -district chairman, and to each Democratic newspaper of Indiana. BERNARD KOR BLY. Democratic State Chairman. CHARLES "SALLEE, Secretary. Pursuant/to the foregoing resolution a meetihg of the Democratic precinct committeemen, any pant of whose precincts tie within the city limits of-Rensselaer, is hereby called to meet at the office of the Jas 1 per County Democrat , on January 6 at 7:30 p. m. jj j. a. McFarland, Chairman of the Old Organization.

The world’s greatest hydroelectric plant, planned, for India, will deliver water to the turbines at a pressure of 680 pounds to the square inch. The Lord Jpves an honest man, but he is not around tagging them as such. ‘ . Perk up, dad! Christmas will soon be here—and so w*.ll the bills. Charity rubbed in is doubly humiliating. . Cut out the pity. Soft speech does not always indicate a soft head. - > ■ . South Africa’s diamond industry is to be revived. . .. ' L.

COMMISSIONERS’ . ALLOWANCES Followin'' - ere y the allowances made by xhQ Board of Commissioners of Jasper coun'ty, Indiana, at their special December, 1916, term" Jesse Nichols, salary clerk . . $125.00 Clark & Hamilton, sup same 17.50 Jasper Co. Tel. Co., same 7.55 Levey Bros. & Co., same. ,1,25 J. P; nammohd, sal', etc aud. 625.00 Jasper (’<% Tel Co. sup same 14.55 Levey Bros. & Co., same. . ! 1. .">0 Chas, V. May, sal. treasurer . 562.50 Mrs. C Morlan, matron ch 10.00 ,1. ’ L. Griggs, fireman c" h 53.00 Chas. Morlan, janitor c h.. 50.00 Warner Bros, ’sup sajnp. .> . ' 12,00 Fitch Dustdown Co, Same. . 7.00 Somers & Cornwell, h- 46.75 J. C. Gwin & Co, sup same 17.36 Wallace Bros: Co. same. .. . J 1.45 E. W. Hickman, same. ... 5.25 A. Grant; same 3,04 City of Rensselaer, same.. 3 2,41 Same, same ............. 87.50 Harsh & Hopkins, same. . 3.10 Levey Bros. & Co., sup same 246.00 Chas. V. May, exp. same.-. 17.03 Clark & Hamilton, same.. 3.00 Jasper Co. Tel. Co., same. . 8.00 Geo. W. Scott, sal recorder 425.00 Same, additional salary .5 117,75 Jasper Co Tel Co, exp same • 7.50 B. D. -MeColly ‘ sal sheriff... 350.00 •Same. sheriff’s : per diem ." . 24.00 Jasper Co Co, exp same 9.55 Levey. Bs. &• C 0.,, sup survyr 18.00 Jasper Co Tel Co, same.. 7.70 Ernest Lamson, sal co supt 108.00 Same, exp same .....; .. . . 20,00 Clark <Sr Hamilton, same.. 7.00 Jasper Co Tel Co, same. . . . 8.55 Mrs E Lamson, assist same 3,75 G. J, Thornton, sal co assr 150.00 F. ill. Hemphill, sal c hlth of 53,15. Auto Sales Co* exp coinmis 4.75 G A. Williams, sal co atty 100.00 c. B. Steward, pr din probpf 120.00 Same, postage same ...... 2.00 Ralph Donnelly, repairs c h 24.30 K. T. Rhoades & Co. same 44.5-8 Rensselaer Lumber Co, same 17.70 Ralph Donnelly, same jail. . 3.00 Jasper Co'Tel Co, same. ... 7,45 Warner Bros, same 3.75 E. W. Hickman, same.... 3.25 K. T. Rhoades & Co, same 11.60 City of Rensselaer, same. . 16.20 Larsh & Hopkins, same... 15.90 Grant-Warner Lbr Co, same .90 Hamilton & Kellner, same 28.05 S E. Kershner, labor co fm 2.00 Mrs. Webb Hiatt, same.... 16.00 James Shelly; same ... ~ . 16.60 A. R. Kresler, physien, same 3'6.00 J. ('. Gwin & Co. sup same 50.47. Ross Ramey, same ...... W.lO City of Rensselaer, same, , 4.0 4 H. F. King; same 8.75 Seot-L..Bros.' same .60 Jasper Co Tel On,-same-. . . . 3.00 L. j, ,Mons gomery, same.. .. . ; 3.00 Hamilton & Kellner, same. . 3.00 C. W. Eger, same 3.40 Julia E Work Train School, care poor children. ..... 201.60 Clark <& Hamilton, pub F. F. Babcock, same ... . .10.10 E. I>. Nesbitt, bridge engr ' 41.40 j V. R. Porter, same. .... . DOO i Mrs. Belle McCarthy, care. poor children • 16.00 Mrs. Fae Petty, same. .. . 17.60 F. Medland.. const hospital. 3,0.00.00 A, W. Coen, architect same 300.00 I D. Allman; exp same.... 28,65 E. Baggot Go, same . ..... 10,00 Com’wealth Edison Co, same 42.47 Leslie" Gwin., .hb-ttnlihs? :•.• • • ■ 3.00 W. a; McCurtain, same. . . . 5.00 J. Daniels, grade No. 2907 ..l,097;00W. V. Porter, bridges 295 02953 1,570.00 C. A. Hensler, acct brg 2966 125.00 F. M. Williams, grd 2825.1,475.00 Trees. White co, ehge venue 106,00 C. B. Steward, exp prob offi 49,30 Jasper Co Tel Co, exp ct rm 7:30 (’. A. Welch, sal co com.. 56.25 H. W. Marble, same. . ... . 56.25 D. S- Makeover, same. .., . . 56.25 Logan Wood, bridge engr . . 16.00 J. P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County.

Care of Mouth and Throat

Avoid a sore throat. It’s the forerunner of many ills. One who develops the sore throat habit pays the price later in life in rheumatism, appendicitis and many other diseases. A good atomizer and a soothing oH spray are splendid investments. Various throat specialists recommend their use after a dilsty drive, after being in a crowd, as at church or school, or when there is the slightest indication of inflammation. Put the nozzle of the atomizer between the tightly closed Hps, breathe in while pressing the bulb; keep the lips closed and breathe out through the nose. This method makes the spray reach many small passages that would not otherwise be reached.

Quilts and Comforters

Quiltmaking time is here. Try this method this winter: Use a good quality of material for the covering, one 1 that will not wear out in. many years; save a piece to baste over the end of the comforter to be taken off and washed when soiled. Use well washed and teased wool for filling instead of cotton. Wool costs twice as much, but gives five times the warmth and wears practically forever. Make some of the comforters of fine feathers. If you dampen the feathers a little they are easily handled. Put the down filled comforter out on the line in the shade on a windy day and it will fluff up again.

The Sickroom

In case of sickness the patient’s room should have in it only the necessary pieces of furniture—bed, one chair and table—no carpets and no draperies. It can then be easily kept clean and sanitary. Scrubbing should take the place of sweeping, and the dusting should be done with a clbtlTVrUhg out of a disinfectant solution. Care used in the sickroom and about'the things used by the patient will have much to do with checking the spread, of disease.

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O. L. Calkins * Leo Worland ■I ■ ./.*'*’• Funeral Directors . Calkins & Worland Office at D. M. Worland’s Furniture Store. - Phone a 5 and 307 Store Phone 23 RENSSELAER, ? INDIANA

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will 'practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fajr. < - RENSSELAER, INDIANA. . ; SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George-A. Williams. D. Delos Dean. WILLIAMS & DEAN “ LAWYERS All ' court matters promptly attended to. -Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. Collections. -Abstracts of title made' and examined. Office in Odd Fellows Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. dr. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oftice Flours: 10 to 12 A. M. •• “ 2 to 5 P. M. •• " 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdays—--5 A. M. to 2 P. M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA fTh. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fevers. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-R RENSSELAER, INDIANA

E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. I louse Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA . JOHN A-. DUNLAP lawyer (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary, in the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16 RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A, T. Still. Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello, Ind. . Office: 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOE JEFFRIES . CHIROPRACTOR Graduate Palmer School of Chiropractic. -Chiropractic Fountain Head, Davenport, lowa. Forsythe Bldg. Phone 576 ’ RENSSELAER, INDIANA H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Latah & Hopkins’ drug store RENSSELAER, INDIANA

PIONEER Meat Market EIGELSBACH & SON, Props. .. , ' . 1 Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES The Highest Market Price Paid for Hides and Tallow

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OHICAQO, INDIANArOLIS « LUUISVILLB RENSSELAER TIME TABLE NORTHBOUND - \ No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:51a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01 a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 Indianap’s to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 Indianap’s- to Chicago 2:51p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati 1:38 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville 10:55 a.m. Chicago to Cincinnati 11:17 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Indianap’s 1:57 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette 5:50 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati 7:31p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville 11:10 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor ...Charles O. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney .Moses Leopold Marshal ".... Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborne Fire Chief....... J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden.. ..J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Ward .......Ray Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3rd Ward,. Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge, .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. . COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk... Jesse Nichols Sheriff. .B. D. McColly Auditor... .j,........J. P. Hammond Treasurer,.'. Charles V. May Recorder ......George Scott . Surveyor ..... ... ,'.E. D. Nesbitt Coroner. Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. .G. L. Thornton Health Officer .. Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd Distrist D. S. Makeever 3rd District... Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davi550n.......... .Barkley Burdett PQrter..........Carpenter James Stevbns Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John Kolhoff R. E. Davis..... ..Kankakee Clifford Fairchild .Keener Harvey Wood, jr ....Marlon George Foulka Milroy John Rush .'..’....Newton, George Ha-mmerton. Union Joseph Salrin Walker Albert S Keene........Wheatfield E. Lamson, Co. Supt... Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, —Rensselaer

TRUSTEES’ CARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trustee of Jordan Township attends to official business at his residence on the first' and third Wednesdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address —Rensselaer, Indiana. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

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