Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — Page 2

THE JASPER GOONTY DEMOGRftT F. E. BABCOjCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office Sls Residence tll Entered ae Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffiee at Rensae leer, Indiana, under the Act of Marell «. 1879: r published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. ADVERTISING KATES Display ....... Inch Display, special position. . . .15c Inch, Readers, per line first insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add. Insertions. .3c Want Ads— One cent per word each insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks —Not to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. All acounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisement accepted f«r 3 rat page WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1917

PATRIOTISM

Patriotism is a deep and soulfelt love for one’s native land, it is a feeling that makes the heart beat fast and the blood surge through our veins when we look upon our national emblem and there read liberty, justice and freedom. And when our country’s safety is imperiled, patriotism causes us to take our stand there beneath that banner, resolved rather to color it with our lifeblood than to behold it sullied or desecrated by a foreign hand. Yes, such is true patriotism; such is a commendable and a praise-worthy patriotism, a patriotism which every American should have at heart. Still, many people have rather absurd and extraordinary ideas concerning what it means to be patriotic. Many of these will go out on the streets and .tell you how zealous and anxious they are for the country’s welfare and how much they condemn the man who would refuse to answer his call to the colors an<J play the cow r ard. Yet, soon after, when they see that

a conscription bill may probably be passed, they rush to arms, not to the arms of their country, but to the arms of some lady friend find seek refuge from enlistment in the bonds -of matrimony. This ‘is your lou d-m out he d pa t r lot,. brave in words, but a coward when deeds, are demanded. Arid you will find that he who k'Pt quiet a while ago will go willingly and IraVely to his country's aid when he finds that she is r' s.lly in- need of his services. He, it is, who is truly patriotie, hu JI is who will in the long run, v, -rd off ifom our shores the threatening- inv. der. His irf' a true patriotism.—The Cheer (St. Joseph College). '' - ‘ . •

NEW APPARATUS FOR- DIVERS

Air f eck I‘l:u es Worker’s Ba.se of ■ Operations at the Bottom. | A recent development Of the apparatus of deep sea diving is the j , air lock, a German invention. This*! is a steel chamber —-it is made in ' all sizes for two or mote divers—-j which is lowered, to the sea.’<s bottom (limit 325 feet) to become, the diVer s base of pperations. The chamber is, of course, connected' with the surface by the usual air hose, containing. telephone cable,! etc. It contains all the modern improved tools used by the diver in his work and serves as a ready and convenient refuge in case anything’ goes wrong with his suit or apparatus. The advantage of the air lock over the method of “ working from the surface are described in an illustrated article in the Scientific American. The diver, says • the ■writer, is enabled to use the selfcontained diving suit, r “Equipped with this, he is cumbered with no air hose, and can not be suffocated by the failure of the hose or the formation of a kiak in it by current or other means. He carries his own air with him in a compression chamber strapped to his back. * * He has an air purification circuit, by means of which the carbonized air which he exhales is passed over caustic soda 0 r potash, restored to its pure state by chemical reaction, and returned to his nostrils. This operation is repeated indefinitely. Finally, he is much less at the mercy of the rapid currents which are so common under the surface. • • The effects of strong cur■rents upon a vertical cable are to drag the diver up to a higher level and make a sharp kink in his cable and hose. This danger is eliminat- •

■ed by the air lock, for the latter i can be lowered to the level on 'which the diver is to work making all his connections horizontal.’’ — Kansas City Star,

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

I saw a young man fired on ApnbwO; .lie never will he hired .by his old boss again. When first he started in at beeswax store he seemed like one who’d win the laurels by the score. i For he hacl push and vim, he was no sluggish poke;, lie waved an activei limb, and left a trail of smoke. All this was passing well, but after .sundry moons, his head began to swell, as young heads swell, eftsdons. He thought the beeswax store-would close if he should quit; the. Old Man was a bore, and he alone was It. Now, when a young man feels that he’s the prop of trade, that all the plunks and wheels by his address are -made, he’s walking to a fall, his feet will hit the dump; and when too late ho’ll bawl that he was such a chumpr He travels verst and league, he'keeps the payementhot, his spirit, knows fatigue, his head has shrunk a lot. He has no job as yet; he may get one next week; and when he does, I’ll bet, we'll find him. pretty meek.

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED

The time was when the spring girl always had her eye on th'e fellow who had a good driving horse, but the fellow who has an automobile holds over the fellow with a horse so far now that there is no dbmparison. A girl could tell her fellow by the way he drove up to the door, or by the sound of his buggy, but now she simply listens for the “honk” or sniffs for the smell of gaseli&e. There is one handicap yet as to running an auto, it requires both hands, but this may be obviated later on. The tandem bicycle was not a howling success as a means of locomotion to the young people although it was,touted to the skies first, and there may be brighter days yet for the old sorrel and top buggy if the girls of today and tomorrow are anything like their mothers of yes-terday.—-Exchange.

SCRAPS

There have been several instances Of sleeps lasting twenty years. Bracelets were worn by women in Egypt at the time of the Pharoahs. Montclair soldier boys, are to have a chiropodist and a trained nurse for their feet. Shifts caused by the war hate enabled England to develop its top and phonograph industries. A “submarine kiss’’ is one given under water while bathing. It was invented by a Chicago preacher. There 'are now registered in Ca’iforhia more than 200,000 motor 'cars, or one for every fifteen people. A census' has been’ ordered in of all’ shoes- —-working, [walking, riding, sporting, : evening, I sandals and slipper:-.

Sixsupposed “Jack the Shipper” victims in I’eun ylvania were yo.ung girls who confessed they cut their own hair to get their names in the papers. Venezuela, has a tree the stem of which contains a milky fluid which flbws Out when a notch is cut. It is known locally as. the cow. tree or milk tree. It was long contended that the story of “Lorna Boone,” by Black- ' more, had no foundation in fact, but now- it is declared that the • i picturesque region of Exmoor really jcontained a family of. Boones, the i originals in romance, if not of dis? I grace, of the people described in i the hook. . ‘ .

Women of the press have been fighting lately for the abolishment of the long-standing ruling that;no women are to be allowed aboard coastguard cutters. Two New York newspaper women who recently tried to board one of the cutters which was going out to meet a steamer were refused permission to ride on the boat on the grounds that it was a dangerous undertaking. “Hang your paternal solicitude,” wired one of the women to the officials at Washington. “Business women want a square deal from the government. They have brains and sense to judge for their own safety.’’ It has been decided that women reporters may have" the same privileges as men in this respect provided they sign waivers releasing the steamship companies from liability for injuries they may receive in climbing ladders up the ships’ sides; - ’ . i ■

'Christian Science Christian Science services at 11 a. nt Sunday In the auditorium of the public library. Public cordially invited. ts

CONSCRIPTION PLAN IS MISUNDERSTOOD

PERSONS CALLING FOR VOLUNTEER SYSTEM ALONE MIGHT SEE DIFFERENTLY AFTER INVESTIGATION. CONFUSION IN CONGRESS Administration Wishes to Give Chance to More Than -500,000 Men to Volunteer. WASHINGTON. A misapprehension of ihe intents and purposes of the government in raising its army of more than 1,000;000 men seems to be responsible for a sentiment in the congress that is decidedly antagonistic to' the administration plans. This misapprehehsipn is as widespread in Indiana as in any other state in the Union and is largely responsible for the uncertain attitude of the "Indiana delegation toward the raising of the new army. For the benefit of the hundreds of persons in Indiana —some of them meh of " the highest intelligence and who follow closely affairs in Washington—who have been writing numerous letters to the Indiana, congressmen urging that a chance ought to be given patriotic men to volunteer for service before they are drafted, the plan of the administration for the raising of its army is herewith set out: ;.; . The government proposes to permit 517,000 patriots to come forward and enlist. The men will fill up the regular army and the national guard, but they will enlist for the period of the war only, and thus will not in effect be enlisting in the regular army or the national guard.

Volunteers Come First. While this volunteering is going on, the government proposes to begin the registration of all-men between nineteen and twenty-five, on the basis that each of them is equally responsible for service to his nation. When the seven or eight million men in this class are sorted out—those being physically incapable of service, those having dependents and those employed in necessary industries being eliminated—the government will select 500,000 of the remaining two or three million who will tnake the first army under the principle of universal obligation to military service. All this will take some time. In the meanwhile the government proposes to work night and day to get in shape the regular army and the national guard, augmented by as many recruits as volunteer for service. While many advocates of the volunteer-sys-tem are saying that 517,000 recruits can be. obtained in fifteen days, army officers doubt whether they ever will be obtained. At any rate, the volunteer system is to have a thorough tryout. With a thorough tryout it may prove as offensive to those who have been shouting that the volunteer system isuest, despite the word of experts the world over that the volunteer system is as antiquated as the musket.

Second 500.000 Men. Even if the United States should get- the 517,000 1 volunteers that it j needs to fill up the regular army ami' national guard, it will have to have i immediately another . 50.0,000- men to 1 make tip the balance of the army of • more than a million men. If the i government should wait for I,'Ue.nfp volunteers. as. some Indiana people; would have it do, then it ■: “ m ' train and equip an army in anything short of five years: ; . ' . The military affairs committee of the, house, composed in large j rt of pa<<-..st-s end persons Out of sympathy .with, the war deparimen*, has repeatedly p< rmi.it ed the injures-ion to gain ground that under tl/e war dep. rtment plan there is no room for the volunteer system. On the contrary,, the war' department has made full provisions ffdr this system in depend-, ing on it to fill up the regular army and national guard. Fortunately, however, the organization of the new army is not entirely dependent on getting all of these 517,<>00 men. for if it were the United States might never get an army.. Those persons in Indiana who have been bombarding their > congressmen with letters and telegrams, urging them to vote against a conscription bill, would do well to investigate, the war department plans. In nine cases out of ten a perusal of the communications sent by these persons shows that they are unfamiliar with the plan that is proposed. That is why they are against it. Those few who dp know definitely what is proposed are for the war department plan. It must even be said that there are a number in the Indiana delegation in Washington who do not themselves understand the plan proposed. Agitated and disconcerted by the many letters from home, they are declaring that they are here to represent their districts and vote for what their people desire, without ever once stopping to think that the people who are communicating wijh them might be on the other side when they are better informed. Another hard class that the war department is having to deal with is the class which wishes to permit every Tom, Bick and Harry in the United States to form a regiment, or a company, or a division, on, what not. This is simple to explain, but hard to defeat. In every case, Tom. Bick and Harry wish to be elected to command the units they are raising. It is easy to see what this would lead to if the war department approved it.. The government would find that it had an army like a mushroom composed of a legion of poorly organized, poorly officered' and halfstrength units which compose little short of a mob.—lndiananolio

TREAT SEED POTATOES

The Prevalence of Scab ton the HighPriced Seed Potatoes This Year Makes It Imperative That They Be Treated With Chemicals Before Planting. ’ [National Cm 3 latirsvtaeat Stole*.] . While the operation of treatins’vis comparritiveiy simply, ■ Hose. atteri tien must be given to the direction and details followed ■ absolutely. Your care les.-ries.- may mean ruin ®f the po-, tatoes or dancer to children or stock. Simply—Be Careful. ‘ ; According to your conditions and equipment, the seed potatoes may be treated in crates, loose in barrels or in sacks Treatment must fee done before the potatoes are cut or sprouted. The commonest method is to mix one pint of formaldehyde (be sure it is full strensrhi with thirty gallons, of water. Soak the seed stock in this solution for two hours, just before you are ready to start cutting. This solution may be re-used two dr three tim.es, if no time is lost between batches, One Of the easiest ways is to place the solution in a barrel and place a sackful pf potatoes in it at a time. • ” , ■ |

Corrosive sublimate is an excellent Chemical .to use, arid will kill rhizic- , tonia aS well as scab, but it is a deadly poison and must be kept where children or stock will not get it. All ves- ■ seis used with this material should be carefully cleaned afterwards. If you prefer this, use four ounces of corrosive sublimate to thirty gallons Of water, and sdak the potatoes for an hour and a half. The powdered chemical shlould first be dissolved in hot water and then added to the main i solution. Do not use metal vessels. After treating, the potatoes should be promptly washed in clean water until all traces of the solution are gone, and they they should be carefully dried, tile sooner the better. It only takes a little time and very little money to treat all your seed potatoes by either method, and it pays bie in larger yields of better potatoes, free from disease.

Profit in First-Class Seed Corn.

[National Cron lufwaHt Sank*.] I have been able to raise 30 bushels of choice seed corn on acre seed plot. For this seed I received an average of $350 per bushel, which makes a return of $lO5 for this seed alone, in addition to 40 or -50=odrt bushels left for feeding purposes. I have black loam soil that has always been in the highest state of fertility. I apply a heavy coat of stable manure in the fall plow the field early in the spring, times and harrow until a firm seed bed is obtained. For seed, I used eighteen of the choicest, highest testing seed ears which I could secure. On May 21st I planted, checking corn into hills forty-two inches each way. At this time I drilled in 450 pounds per acre of a high-grade fertilizer. The corn was given the very best of care, and as a result of this intensive cultivation and the balanced plant-food ration, it matured by the 15th of September, at which time I picked the seed corn and put it on drying racks in a heated drying bouse so as to be in first-classed condition for J. Black, Burlington, W:s.

PROPER SEEDS

There Fs Still a Fair Supply Quickly Available'. [Nation! C"OS Sc-v T ?*J A many of our fanrars will net plant -heir full acreave t' u? ' year oh account of a supposed f’,orta.ge of seeds. Vv? are informed by the wfeole.sale iseedsffian in the. country and the various experiment ■ stations in the states, that there is still a moderate -supply of apd certein kinds of corn on hand for quick shipment. Potato is going to be the hardest seed to obtain. However, in most instances, potatoes can go in last. The advantage of a State Potato Growers’ Association was never more apparent than now.

OUR PLATFORM.

[National Cras-la>Broven;eat Seniee.l The four fundamentals following are being taught where grain is a factor: First.—Establishment of one variety of each kind of seed best adapted to soil and climate. Second.—The fanning and grading to obtain a uniform seed, free from trash, immature grain and weed seeds. Third,—treatment of ginin diseases by use of formaldehyde, etc. Fourth. —Testing for vitality of all seeds with the assistance of the school children of the community.

WHISKERS ON BARLEY.

[Nation?, t Crop Inprowneat Senrteo.J ' Considerable- complaint has been made in the past on account of the obnoxious character of thfe beards of barley during harvesting and subsequent handling. This objection has been largely removed since the introduction of the binder, self feeder attachments to threshing machines and self straw stackers. There is little danger in using the straw for feeding or bedding for stock. -

FARMING COMMUNITY QUESTION.

[Ncti««at Crop Inpraveaießt Sanlec.] Far be it from us to urge the farmers to do anything more than they are already doing, but in case any of our farmers are prevented from planting their maximum acreage through the lack of money, labor, power or seeds, it is a public question and we ought to help them solve it immediately

LOCAL LEADERSHIP

Somebody Must Take the InitiativeAre You Willing to Serve? [National Crop Improvement Service.! Many- agricultural plans are like a sky rocket. They make a fuss going up and blow up a few stars and descend like the stick. The reason of this is because few men cab make a continued effort. They will get up a little scheme but at the first discouragement, their energy wanes and there is nothing, to show for their activity. Yet it cannot be said that this sort of energy is wasted. Like the overlapping waves of. a tide, public opinion is being formed. Things which were ignored when crop improvement began its propaganda, are now adopted as a matter of course. Local leadership is the weakest spot in this work. Somebody must take.the initiative but it is not necessary that one man should undertake the whole thing. In every community there are bankers, commercial clubs, farmers clubs, granges, institutes, millers, grain dealers and public leaders of various kinds who can unite their efforts on a few specific things and after successfully tackling one problem be strengthened to tackle cabers.

HORSE LABOR ON FARMS.

[National Crop Improvement Service.l On the grain- farm the heaviest work for the horses comes in April. May and iri August, September and October. The rest of the time there is practically nothing for the horses to do. But enough horses have to be kept during the year to take care of the work during these busy months. When averaged up the horse on the grain farm only works three hours a day, These figures were secured in an investigation by the Minnesota Experiment Station, under the direction of Thomas Cooper, now director of the North Dakota Experiment Station. In this same investigation it was found that when the crops are diversified, the horse labor is better distributed. There is less work for the horses in the seasons that are the busiest on the all-grain farm, and there is work or the horses when there is no work for the horses on the all-grain farm.

MORE BEANS.

[National Crop Improvement Service.] A ff'—irr in TTiil brl 111 l"d" Minn , planted twenty acres of beans from which he received 377 bushels, selling them in the field for $1,185. This is not the highest record. The Michigan men and the Colorado men and, in fact, all states are turning to beans with a great deal’of success. There are three main principles to be observed in the control of weeds. They are: first, preventing the weeds from going to seed on the farm; second, preventing’ the weed seeds being brought to the farm, and third, in the case of perennials, starving out the underground parts by preventing them from making top growth.

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FOR SALE One team 3-year-old mules, broke, weight 190 0; 1 bay horse, 5 years old, wt. 1100; 1 brown mare, 10 years old, wt. 1050. JOSEPH TRULLEY, Rensselaer, Ind., R-4. Phone 945-B. m 7 Chevrolet “490,” good as new. Bargain.—M. I. ADAMS & SON. ts 1915 Ford touring car in good shape.—M. I. ADAMS & SON. ts Rug and carpet weaving outfit, a money-maker.—T. W. BISSENDEN. Phone 2 67. mlO My residence property on McKinley avenue. Will sell at* a bargain. —L, STRONG, ’phone 173. m2l Billion Dollar Grass Seed—sl.so per bushel.—MAßK HOYES. Phone 951-1, R. F. D. No. 1. m 26 Setting Eggs—White Wyandotte, 50c and 75c per setting.—MßS. JOHN KOHLER. Phone 938-C. ts

Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. ts Overland 5-passenger auto. Good condition. Payments to suit purchaser. Phone 45. — L E. M. LARUE.tf Rock Island corn planter, good as new, with 80 rods wire. Guaranteed in fine condition. —JOSEPH ZICKMUND, Rensselaer, R-3. Phone 92-M, Mt. Ayr.ms Team of mules, 9 and 10 years old; team of colts, coming 3 years old, broke to work, and 1 5-year-old horse. Will sell on time.—JOHN LONERGAN, phone 955-F.tf Four Shorthorn bull calves, ranging in age from 11 to 13 months.— W. H. WORTLEY, Rensselaer, R-4. Phone 949-H. . t

At the Phillips auction sale, southwest corner of court house, Saturday afternoon, April 28, one 1914 model 5-passenger Ford automobile. a2B Cut flowers, potted plants, bulbs, cannas, tuberoses, caladium, gladiola, tomato plants and pansy.— OSBORNE’S GREENHOUSE, phone 439. - m 2 A brown driving mare, 9 years old, weight 1000 lbs., also a good rubber tire buggy and set harness. Will sell outfit cheap.—LEONARD KEISTER, Rensselaer, Indiana, m 3 Remington Typewriter, No. 7, with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and is practically as good as new; cost $l2O, will sell at a bargain.—THE DEMOCRAT. Five-passenger Automobile in good running condition, electric horn, Presto-lite lights, top, good tires, two practically new; extra inner tubes, jack, etc. A bargain if sold soon. Will demonstrate.—F. E. BABCOCK. ; . 50,000 to 75,000 Feet of Oak lumber, consisting of 2x4, 2x£, sills, inch boards, ’plank and bridge material. Price from sl2 to $lB at mill, with exception of bridge plank, which is $25. Also' have white Oak posts on ground at 7c each. Call J. N. BICKNELL, phone 64 2, Rensselaer. ts 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, barn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire property. Terms If desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT.

Bees—l have for sale twenty strong hives of Italian bees. Price $3 per hive, cash. Each hive, if the season be favorable, will give from two to four swarms. I will sell May and June swarms for $5 per stand. Men who assume to know claim that a hive of bees should be in every orchard and pickle field to pollenize each bloom and thus produce a large crop. The old saying, “A swarm in May is worth a ton ” of hay, and in June a silver spoon,’* may hold good- this year.— FRANK FOLTZ.

WANTED 50 More Girls and Women Wanted —A. Roth Co. contemplate installing 40 more power machines in their Rensselaer factory. If you desire employment send your application at once. — A. ROTH CO., Rensselaer, Ind. m!5 Sewing—Spring sewing wanted at home for boys apd girls.—MßS. ELLA RISHLING, Rensselaer, ml FOR RENT 80-Acre Improved Farm, 2 miles southeast of Wheatfield.—HAßVEY DAVISSON. A Dandy Suite of iOflice Rooms over The Democrat office.—F. E, BABCOCK. ts 5-room house, newly papered, 2 lots, garden, close to square; $7 per month. —FRANK FOLTZ, phone 129. _tt Good 7-room house with bath, city water, electric lights, cellar, garden, etc.; 4 blocks from court house. Small family preferred.— J. W. MAUCK, phone 4 78-White. ts The Five-Room Flat over The Democrat office, city water, bath, electric, lights, etc. To small family only.—F. E. BABCOCK. Phone 315 or 311. Wo have room for about 250* head of stock for the season on the J. J. Lawler pastures near Fair Oaks, plenty of grass and water. Cattle, all ages, $1 per month; horses, $1,50 per month for season. Call or see superintendent, James e. Walter. Phone 337. ts

MISCELLANEOUS Notice to Breeders—My stud books are in the hands of Gus Grant, and all bills due me can be paid to him or to the Trust & Savings bank.—W. H. BARKLEY. ml 8 Butter "Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any s quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or other goods in The Democrat building. Terms reasonable. —F. . E. BABCOCK. Phone 315 or 311. Typewriter Ribbons — The Democrat carries in stock in its fancy stationery department the famous Nedich make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 65e each. Will be sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. ts

FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans. —JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance —Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L. ts Farm Loans —I 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 & SON. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on , farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO. —E. P. HONAN. r I (Ini Hin Without Delay, i<PI lllr Without Commission, I I Vi 111 U Without Charges for H ’Making or Recording Instruments. . W. H. PARKINSON,