Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Fire dooms thirty structures every ■hour; 720 structures every day. is to have street names painted on the corner lamps. woman has been appointed assistant attorney-general of Colorado. It is estimated that in twelve’ years Boston has lost $3,049,244 in poll taxes. A state-wide hydro-electric plant has been proposed for erection at" Niagara Falls. ; ' When you want a real good lead pencil—something better than you can get elsewhere —try the pencils for sale in the fancy stationery department al. The Democrat office. In effect, a recent bulletin of the United States department of agriculture asks why the American farmer can not put straw ( to the same use as it is put by the European farmer. In Europe the farmer ■knows as well as tjie American farmer that straw is not liked by stock, but instead of burning it, or otherwise wasting it, the European farmer chops it up, mixes it with beets, mangels, silage or other feeds, and makes it so palatable that it can be fed to good advantage. ' v.