Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — Page 2

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CONSTITUTION ACT ATTACKED

Henry W. 'Bennett, president of the State Life Insurance company, , is the plaintiff in a suit which has been prepared for filing in the Marion county superior court, attacking the constitutionality of the law passed at the repent session of the legislature c .Hing a constitu-* tional. convention- Attorneys for Mr. Bennett ■in the proposed action are Charles Martindale of Indianapolis; Ben Crane Of Crawfordsville; Eriory B. . Sellers of Montitcello ard" Samuel Parker of Sooth Bend. Mr. Martindale said the I complaint will re filed when the governor issues' h.s proclamation declaring the acts of the legislative, session 'in effect This. will. ■ probably ■ be within the next week or two. | It will be an injunction suit, in “ which -the -court will be asked to restrain the se retary of state and all county clerks in the state from preparing ami-printing ballots for the. special election, at which delegates to the cepsiitutipnal convention are to U' tleo-j n-xt September. It will al-.--.. ask that the judge of the circuit court o? Marion county be-enjoined from appointing election inspectors, for the special election in xh,.-. county. The law directs the of circuit courts in all the counties to appoint the inspectors,'and •Mr, Martindale said ■a ’ r g .-ding-■'■the'-..'Marion-circuit/ court wunld' determine -the cneitifu . r .’.l ihe judges in the state. The w.ll be based cn the ground th ' 7 - - - ' ‘ > . constitutional con- - It will allege the legislature culy. such powers as are ■ . j by die present cbn.-- ■ n, ami that there is noth- ' ing in the <•' •■•iritlox ’het ccnUrs

that power to call a. constitutional convention t :-s*s 'in the people alone, and that the people have not delegated ’.hit ?dW to any other agercv •• Vr. Martindale &tsd Ar.' r . ' • n!y_!iimself in the suit and ti.it ’here were no interests "behind l.lm. To keep the court costs in the. case down to. a minimnat. attorneys for Mr. Bennet* asked E?e Stans- • bu'ry, ' attorney-general, to' request all county clerks in the state to waive service of the summons in • the case, and -Stansbury ~ has written letters to the c’-rks suggesting that" they CO reply with this request.

MORE FARMERS AND MORE FOOD

For many years now ‘he young men have been leaving the farms and crowding into the cities. The result is that the cities are congested with idle men and the farms are idle for lack of men. We are compelled to feed not only our own people but the allied nations fighting Germany as well — and the men to raise the food are not on. the farms. The allies are suffering for food, and we are facing a tremendous shortage even for our own consumption. Does the prospect look inviting to you? Are yon doing your part to relieve this condition? Back to the farm—it needs you. In these days of scarcity of foodstuffs there is no room for the professional beggar or the hobo. Give htm a hoe—or the boot India’s peanut crop is said to be phenomipally large this season. But . to Ahstitn te a peanut |

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Equal rights and equal fights for all: Spuds, beans and bullets—-they win! ' •■Farm or arm—and both are vital necessities. ! -Sir, the United States are present or accounted for!” ■ No work, no eat,is the slogan. The war leaves h<r roqni for slackers. . Uncle Sam’s gun may be slow to fire, but it has a powerful long reach once it does let go. 1 If your old Star Spangled Uncle keeps on kicking lip the dust, he’ll soon be lending a cyclone. I Put the prize fighters in the ■‘army. Their strong arms would be ! valuable in pearing spuds.

-Millionaire youths are coming right to the front,” we read. Good! The poor boy is already there. Following the flag” with some i young bloods is confined to attaching it to the front end of their autoi mobiles, One serious defect is noticeable [in the selective draft law. It should have included food speculators and the idle rich. If your boy balks at using a hoe, escort him to the woodshed and do unto him as you were done by in your own youthful days. It may pain him, but it will train him — and he’ll hustle.

The billions of money the United ’States are lending the allies will be ;spent in this country for food and ‘war supplies. That means work for everybody left at home and good money for work. Well! Chicago packers are willing to accept government price regulation. ISo are we—and we sincerely hope it will regulate not only the, price of meats, but of every other blessed ; thing we eat, wear and use, A J few are becoming rich at the price iof pauperizing many. With a foreign war on our hands and possible famine staring us in the face, every man in the United ■States who is physically and menj tally able should be required to ■either fight or work. If a chronic

loafer is found who will neither fight nor work, then iji is incumbent upon the authorities to take him into custody, put him in a field and’ compel him to. aid in the production [of the vast quantities of foodstuffs ■ that are required to keep the Wolf from the American door. No sentiJnient or friendship should b© allowed to sway those whom we have placed in authority over us, for the public welfare must predominate over every other consideration. To put the case bluntly, Americans , must work pr starve. The cost of living is becoming intolerable. Upon even the flimsiest' excuse prices of foodstuffs are. : rc ’.l'd. and if no excuse exists they are .boosted on general, jirinciples. : Millions of. people who are depnd; - t u: -n tjieir-' daily labor find it ...I ~t impos-ible to keep soul and body together. In hundreds of thousands of cases their vitality is ii •; Ing away from pure lack of ■ <-it j. no'irishment. Yet 'in the . very face of this the insatiable food speculators and profit grabbers are

turning- the' screws tighter every day. There appears to be but cue way in which this sucking of the blood of humanity can be stopped, and that is for the government to take prompt action- and fix a maximum price at which every" article of food is to be sold, and in fixing the maximum the price, should be first scheduled down to normal. The feet that a scarcity in foodstuffs exists should not be accepted as an ■excuse for allowing prices to remain at their present outrageous i figures. And the s>ime action should he taken with reference to every [article of necessity that we use. What can the women of our town ido to help win, the war? She can do much —many things. The principal thing she can do, however, isto reduce: the cost of her own table by increasing the production of garden foods at home. Every penny’s worth of food she raises releases just that much that can be devoted toward feeding some other person who has no place for a garden. In addition to feeding the people of our, own country we must supply food for the people of England, France, Russia and Italy, in which countries so many people are fighting that they can not produce enough food to keep their people from starvation. While the head of the family in this city is conducting h ! s business affairs, the wife and young sons and daughters can do much in the garden, and in this crisis it will be a signal honor for them to do sb. When you see a woman planting and weeding and caring for her garden you will know that there Is a woman who has principle as well as pluck, and one who places the welfare of her country above the soiling.of her hands. “

IVAR AND THE DAIRY COW

, <h No program of preparedness for the impending food supply in the present national crisis is Wise or cbmplete without sharp emphasis or conserving and increasing our national stock of’ dairy cows. We must, of course, bend all of oqr efforts to the prevention of a war shortage in foodstuffs of all kinds, but, when prices for beef begin to rise, dairy cattle must not. be - slaughtered nor dairy feeds ’diverted to other uses. The dairy cow is mankind’s greatest friend. She produces mans best, most serviceable food, and one of the cheapest, * _ . '' x \ ''; ■ A 1,2 00-pound steer, ready for market, contains only about 360 poll fids oh actual food. A dairy cow at two years of age begins to produce and yields thereafter about 900 pounds of edible nutrients in the year and will continue to produce the same amount for' seven year's. That is, she produces, during her actual life, 6,300 pounds of human food. It takes seventeen steers to produce the same amount of human food as a dairy cow duces during her lifetime. I am indebted for these figures to Prof. R. M. Washburn of the University of Minnesota, and he adds the very pertinent statement of the greatest import in the present situation, viz: “The steer, before he pays for any of the food he has consumed, is in debt to his owner for two gears’ feed and, upon payment, ceases to live, while the cow pays for her food daily as she goes.” It seems to me,- therefore, that in any program of preparedness in national food supply, the first and foremost consideration should be given to this remarkable natural food-making machine, the dairy cow. On behalf of the consumer, the widest publicity should be given to the bulletin issued by the United States department of agriculture, dealing with the great food value and economy of milk and milk products, and showing milk to be an economical food even at a price of 15c per quart. “In energy-giv-ing power, one quart of milk is equal to eleven ounces of sirloin steak, or three-fourths pounds of round steak, and one-half eggs, or 10.7 ounces fowl,’’ says the bulletin.

Our people should bear in' mind, also, the significance of the insist- ( ent appeal made to the German | reichstag by Fjieid Marshal von Hindenburg. He called for fat—; fat — : fa€-—fat for his soldiers, and fat for the weakened people. The' fate of Germany may hang upon the..j question of fat. At no time in history figs the value of fat assumed . so ominous a meaning. ’ j A plentiful stock of dairy cows; means not only the quickest, richest and most continuous transformation of feed into human food;-but, above all, it niearis a daily depend-! able supply of butterfat —-the best of all fats —and forestalls the possibility of such deep distress as is experienced in the shortage of fat in Germany. .

A three-year-old steer,, ready for market, contains only about 200 pounds of total fat, while a fair dairy cow will produce, in her 6,000 pounds of milk, 800 pounds of fat -yearly or 2,100 pounds during her lifetime; a steer s 200 pounds of fat in’his life. A continuance of the shortsighted and erroneous attitude of our people on the price of milk and milk products will discourage dairying, and can only result ultimately in a serious . shortage of one of our most essential food products. The tendency of. our farmers is to quit dairying and send. their cows to the butcher, rather than perform irksome service without profit and often at a loss. In consequence, our stock of dairy cattle is lower today, per 1,000 population, than it has been in forty, years. As a nation, we may well be alarmed over the certainty of further depletion, when further rises in the cost of feed and shortage of farm 1 labor make the production of milk wholly unprofitable or a losing venture at the very time when milk, butterfat, and the products derived therefrom should be the country’s greatest safeguard and reliance.

Moreover, further retrogression in dairying means a shortage in animal manure, lowered soil fertility, a lower yield per acre of cereal products, an excessive rise in the price of all foodstuffs coming from the soil and a serious derangement of- our economic life. It spells distress in its keenest form. It appears to me, then, to be the immediate duty of the government to keep stable; to stimulate dairy production by intensive education of the farmer, to the dnd that he may increase rather than decrease his stock of dairy cattle, "and by equally intensive education of the consumer as to the food value and relative

economy of milk. If it becomes necessary to take governmental action safeguard our food supplies, the first decree of be issued, in my judgment, should be most vigorous and ceaseless efforts to prevent the slaughter of productive dairy cows; and. our next concern should be an upward revision of the price of milk based upon the cost of production, and a fair profit to both producer and distributor. Assured a rich supply of milk, plenty of butter and cheese, a nation Can laugh at starvation blockades.—R. M. Dunn, president National Dairy Council.

GERMANS CONTINUE RETREAT

Allies Still Successful in Attacks Aloni; All Fronts. The British and Germans throughout Monday were still engaged in violent lighting for possession of the town of Bullecourt, midway between Arras and Gambrai, and also in this immediate re•gion at Roeux and between Fontaine and Reincourt. The British forces now are on the- northern, western and eastern .outskirts of Bullecourt, leaving only the southern part of it available for a retreat of the Germans still inside the town. Unofficial reports have asserted that the British entered well into the town and that hand to hand fighting was going on. Monday Saw no continuation of the heavy infantry fighting of Sunday night northeast of Soissons, in the region of Moulin de Laffaux and along the Chemin-des-Dames. although the artillery continued roaring a mighty duel. The French here everywhere are consolidating their’ gains and preparing for a fresh thrust against the German lines. Greek troops, followers of former Premier Veriizola in conjunction with the French forces have occupied Bulgarian positions on a front of more than three miles in the Serbian theater and repulsed Bulgarian counter attacks delivered in an endeavor to,annul the advantage. This announcement, which was made by the Paris war office, 'is interesting inasmuch as it shows j for the first time that the followers of Venizelos actually are under

arms with entente forces? fighting tn Macedonia. The American flag is to fly over the American contingents on the battle front in France at the earliest possible moment. Nine regiments of engineers, approximately 1 8,000 men, are to be sent to France to - aid in keeping open the lines of communication between the front and the rear. For the first time in several months a German airplane has dropped bombs on London. The missiles, fell in the northeastern part of the city, killing one man and wounding another man -and a woman. Slight material damage resulted.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT

Sound PURE BRED Stallion No. 17 (Standard Bred) (La ws of Indiana-,1 913, Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion BEN T.EVEY, No. 38717 American, owned by Orson Peck. P. O. Mt. Ayr, Indiana, county Newton, described as follows: Color and m arks— Black, white left hind foot; breed, standard bred; foaled' in the year 1901, has been examined in the office of the secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, arid it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or company recognized as standard in accordance with section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment law. The above named stallion has been examined by Dr. Jz N. McPhail, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit to be free from t,he transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment law. C, M. McCONNELL, Pres. C. H. ANTHONY, V.-Pres. (Seal) Not good unless countersigned by 11. E. McCartney, secretary. Renewed in 1917 within the time specified in section 8 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment law. Void after January 1, 1918. STAND FOR 1917 BEN LEVEY will stand for season of 1917 as follows: Thursdays at Mt. Ayr; Fridays at Hemphill’s Stallion barn. Rensselaer, Terms—sls to insure colt to stand and suck; $12.50 to insure mare to be in foal. Moving from county or disposing of mare, service fee becomes due apd payable at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. Mt. Ayr, Ind. ORSON PECK.

Would be pleased to do your •o’ Carpenter Work Large and small jobs given the best attention. Edward Smith : Phone 464

Charles G. Spitler, President. j’udson j. Hunt. See’y Treasurer. Edward J. Randle, Vice-Preadent. Charles jEL M.U-, As_'t The Trust & Savings Bank Report of the condition of THE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK of Rensselaer, Indiana, the close of business on May 1,1917.

RESOURCES Loans and Discounts .. . $ 280,989.0 3 Overdrafts 525.46 Bonds rind Stocks. ... . 2,202.00 Company's Building ... 10.0v0.00 Advances to Estate’s. , . v 212.94 i : ?> 'rem Banks and Trust Companies ..., 22,429.26 Cash on Hand. .... ... 10,703.98 Cash Items . ... 10,690.90 Current Expenses ... . 3,393.30 Ir.tertvt paid . • 923.73 Total Resources ~..5342,072.54

State of Indiana, - . county of Jasper, SS: ' J. Huhtp Secretary-Treasurer of The Trust & Savings Bank Of Rensselaer, Indiana, do soleniidy swear that the above statement is true. JUDSON J. HUNT. Subscribed rind ? .o: a to before me this 7th dav of Mar, 1917. [SEAL] LURA I. HALLECK, My commission expires January 8, 1919.

RYAN DITCH SET FOR MAY 21

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finds defendant incapable of managing" hes estate and appoints .R. A. Parkinson guardian. Bond SSOO. John Meyers of Wheatfield appointed third member of county board of review. Emeline Cummings vs. Stella Inman et al. By agreement cause is dismissed at plaintiff's costs, except as tp deposition of Mrs. Fernauld, which are tb be paid by defendant. Elizabeth Johnson, adm. Evidence heard and judgment for defendant. M. V. Brown vs. George H. Hammerton, Sol Norman. Charles A. Rowen and L. L. McCurtain, the Parr new church case. Judgment for plaintiff for $1,526.78.

FOR SALE

Our fine assortment of potted plants, ferns and vines will be here about May 3. Every plant guaranteed to grow and free from plant lice and disease. Tomato, cabbage and cauliflower plants, 5c a dozen. —KING FLORAL CO. Phone 216Green.

FRESH FISH Fresh fish received almost every -day—pike, perch, cat, trout, etc. Delivered to any part of the city free. Phone 647. —CHARLES LEAVEL. ts

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FOR SALE Tomato, cabbage, pepper and celery plants.—C. W. RHOADES. Phone 148. - .ts Chevrolet “490,” good as new. Bargain.—M. I. ADAMS & SON, ts Straw’terry plants, 50 cents a hundred.^—MßS, O- M. PEEK. Phone 947-F. m 3 Rug and carpet weaving outfit, a money-maker.—T. W. BISSENDEN. Phone 267. mlO My residence property on McKinley avenue. Will sell at- a bargain. -—L. STRONG, ’phone 173.m21 Billion Dollar Grass Seed —SIJSO per bushel.—MAßK HO YES; Phone 9-51-1, R. F. D. No. 1. m2-] Setting Eggs—White Wyandotte, 50c and 75c per setting.—MßS. JOHN KOHLER. Phone 9 3 SAL ts Four Shorthorn bull calves, ranging in age from 11 to 13 months. — W. H. WORTLEY, Rensselaer, R-4. Phone 949-H.-Overland 5-passenger auto. Good condition. Payments to suit purchaser. Phone 451—E. M. LARUE. ts Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. ts One team 3-year-old mules, broke, weight 1900; 1 bay horse, 5 years old, wt. 1100; 1 brown mare, 10 years old, wt. 1050. —JOSEPH TRULLEY, Rensselaer, Indiana, R-4. Phone 945-8.m!2

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 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. mJ 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. BABCOCItI ’ 50,000 to 75,000 Feet of Oak

LIABILITIES a.-itaf Stock 25,000.00 Surplus ; .... .. 35,000.00 Undivided Profits . . ... 1,105.97 Dividends . Unpaid .... . • 50.00 Interest^; '.Discount-.' ahd. ’ Other Earnings .... . 8,184.73 Demand Deposits ... . . 225,466.86 Time Deposits . . 41,126.88 Savings Deposits ... ... 4,232.29 Reserved sor Taxes. ... 1,905.81 . ; ■ ; . - S . -.. .. . . ■ Total Liabilities .... $342,072.54

lumber, consisting of 2x4, 2x6, 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 642, Rensselaer. ts

One of the Best Located Resi- * dence properties in Rensselaer, 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, bgrn 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.

WANTED Man to invest SI,OOO and take charge of our service station as manager. Salary $25 a week and commission. Address O. C. HILL, 1“9 N. 12 St.. Richmond, Ind. ml 2 Tractor Plowing—Want some one who Las tractor to plow about : 200 acres of ground. Communicate ,at once with JAMES E. WALTER, , manager of J. J. Lawler farms, Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 337. ts 50 More Girls and Women Wanted -—A. Roth Co. contemplate installing 40 mere power machines •in their Rensselaer factory. If you desire employment send your application at once.—A. ROTH GO., I Rensselaer, Ind. ml 5

FOR RENT 5-room house with garden, in Fair Oaks.—LEWIS SMITH, Newland, Indiana.ml 2 SO-Acre Improved Farm, 2 miles southeast of Wheatfield.—HAßVEY DAVISSON. A Dandy Suite of Office Rooms over The Democrat office.—-F. E, BABCOCK.tf 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 478-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. We 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, including . cows and heifers, $1 p r 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 quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts Storage—-I 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 65c 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. L ADAMS. Phone 533-L. ts - " II ■ ■ ■ ,1 Farm Loans—l 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 farmNo 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. I flftf Htftl V,ithont Delay. Lu| lllr Commission, Lt Ui 111 V Without Charges for J IUrV or Recording M Hei I Instruments. HlUlll I J W. EL PARKINSON,