Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

Buy your gasoline engines Of the Watson Plumbing Co. ts Harrison Casto returned Monday from a week’s visit with friends at Rockville. / Charles Malchow is having a new bath room added to his residence on Kannal avenue. The Hayes four-wheel corn planter is the best on the market. —WARNER BROS. Nehemiah and Ray Hopkins and A. D. Gilson returned Friday from a business trip to Frankfort. Home wanted for bright 12-year-old girl of good parentage. Enquire of C. B. STEWARD, probation officer. Mrs. A. Woodworth returned Sunday from a ' several weeks’ visit with her son Vaughn and wife at Omaha, Nebraska. Work on Frank Kresler’s new residence on Front street is moving along rapidly and it is now ready for the plasterers. * Mrs. Edward Sheets, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. J. Hurley, of Aix, returned to her home at Indiana Harbor Friday. Among the Chicago visitors Saturday were Devere Yeoman, E. M. Graham and Miss Tillie Malchow, a teacher in the Rensselaer schools.

Shipments to be made every Wednesday of Panama hats to be cleaned and re-blocked.—THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB. S. H. Cornwell has moved from the Saylor cottage on Vine street to the Mrs. Eleanor Adams house, corner of McKinley avenue and Cornelia street. Harry Watson’s new bungalow on Park avenue is well under way. It is being built of cement blocks and will make a very neat and comfortable home when completed. If your Willys-Knight starts hard when it’s cold, take it to the Vesta station. They will clear up your trouble in about onq hour’s labor. —RENSSELAER GARAGE. Mrs. Rufus Knox and little daughter of Chicago came dow.n Sunday for a couple of weeks’ visit swith her father, N. S. Bates, 'and sister, Mrs. W. J. Wright.

Mrs. W. H. Beam went to Chicago Saturday with her little grandson, Don Merica. Mr. Merica has a good position in Chicago, to which place they recently moved from Kokomo. Miss Bertha Snodgrass went to Rensselaer Thursday morning on account of the illness of her fathe ( r, who, it is thought, was stricken with an attack of paralysis.—Morocco Courier.

The fine new residence of Attorney John A. Dunlap, on the corner of Washington street and College avenue, is now practically ready for occupancy and is one of the best and most handsome homes in Rensselaer. Miss Mary Porter and Myron R. Bates, both of Mt. Vernon, South Dakota, were married April 12 at Sioux Falls, lowa, according to ■word received here. Miss Porter is the second daughter of Bruce Porter, deceased, formerly county recorder and a resident of Rensselaer, and she has many warm friends here who extend best wishes. They •will resids"on a farm Mt. Vernon.

Earl Ticen was up from Frankfort Sunday visiting friends. Mrs. Louis Eisenberg spent Sunday in Chicago with Mr. Eisenberg. The PAIGE car is sold by the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not buy one now? ts John E. Trulley was down from Hammond Saturday and Sunday visiting friends and relatives. Joe Reeve, Edwin Robinson and Forest Morlan of Chicago Sundayed here with relatives and friends. Miss Jane Land of Chicago, who had been visiting Mrs. K. T. Rhoades, returned to her home Mopday. The old reliable Hayes fourwheel corn planter is still superior to all. Ask your neighbor.— WARNER BROS. The basement and foundation is completed for the new dwelling Mrs. Nelson Randle is erecting on McKinley avenue. Miss Blossom Browne spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Adair at Rensselaer. — Delphi item in Lafayette Journal. Mrs. R. M. Gregg, who had been here with her aged mother, Mrs. Margaret Pullin, went to her home in Chicago Saturday for a brief stay. .

Among the Chicago visitors Friday were'Drs. English and Kresler, Nelson Shafer, Dr. J. Hansson and Mrs. Frank Kresler of this city and Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Galbraith of Remington. If you are going to plant any late potatoes—we will unload a car of round, white Rurals, the best late potato grown, Friday. bushel bags at $3.25 a bushel. — JOHN EGER. m!2

Among the Lafayette visitors Sat-, urday were Alexander Merica, G. E. Murray, Edson Murray, E. M. LaRue, Don Beam and Frank Hardman. The four young men made application for positions in the officers’' training ,camp. Anybody wanting trees, ornamental or fruit, see Charles Pelley, Rensselaer, Indiana. Every tree or shrub guaranteed to grow and true to name. From the Guarantee Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y. Trees. replaced this fall free of charge if they die this spring. ts- ■" — — 1 j ■ —•— E. D. Rhoades went to Louisville, ■ Kentucky, Friday to accompany his daughter, Mrs. C. A. Radcliff, and children here. Mr. Radcliff is a captain in the national guard and has been called for service, and his family will remain with her parents here while be is aw’ay.

The extensive improvements being made to the home of the late Benjamin Harris will make it, when completed, one of .the most handsome homes in Rensselaer. The house has been greatly rerpodled, a heating system installed, a fine large porch added, a commodious new garage built and the old barn and other outbuildings totn down and removed. Luther Burbank made two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, which was a great thing for the farmer. Vesta makes one battery last the life of two, a saving of 50 per cent for the auto owner. If you need hay see Luther, but If you want a battery as good as the rest of your car, let the Vesta man explain to you the difference in batteries. RENSSELAER GARAGE.

Get a hot air furnace of the Watson Plumbing Co. -ts Miss Madeline Abbott went to Lafayette Saturday for a short visit with Miss Jessie Burton. Misses Grace and Fame Haas were at Gary over Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Oglesby. Charles Weller of Ashley, Michi-! gan, came Thursday for a visit with; his sister, Mrs. L. E. Barber. | I. N. Warren was in Frankfort the last of the' week after some machinery parts for his tile factory. I John R. Gray, who had been at Gloster, Mississippi, for the past three Weeks, returned home last Wednesday. Clyde Davigson, who is working on a dredge near Lacross, returned there Saturday after a short visit with his family here. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Porter went to South Bend on business; Friday, returning home Saturday.: They made the trip via auto. Frank Prevo of Bedford, a former resident of Gillam township, was here several days the past week on business, returning home Monday.

Attorney J, M- Milner and family of Indianapolis came to Rensselaer Saturday enroute to Remington on account of the death of his mother. The Ladies’ Aid of the Parr church will hold a bazaar Saturday afternoon and evening; May 12, in the basement of the church. Refreshments served. m!2 Mrs. Clarence Bowman, who had been in Chicago viiiting her father, Ed Oliver, returned here Monday and reported the latter as improving slowly from his recent sickness. Simon Leopold, who had been in Colorado for the past several months for the benefit of his health, arrived home Friday night. He isj very much improved and apparently i quite recovered. / Our Fair Oaks correspondence of week before last, mailed at that, place—as shown by the postmark! —on April 26, reached us Saturday morning—just eight days in coming ten miles. • i Nehemiah Hopkins and Del Gilson went to Chicago Monday after a sixteen-passenger Studebaker bus, to be used in the city transfer business the former recently purchased of W. F. Frye. Omar (3sborne, employed in the valuation department of the Monon, is at Lebanon and Noblesville this week listing the land belonging to the railroad in the counties through Which the road passes.

Leo Worland went to Indianapolis Monday to take the examination for embalmer’s license. , The -examination will last about three days and Mrs. Worland and little daughter will visit her parents at Francesville during his absence. Mrs. Margaret Pullin, who has' been confined to her bed for the past several weeks,' is gradually growing weaker and the end is apparently not for away. Her three daughters, Mrs. Fate, Mrs. Herrod and Mrs. Gregg are with her most of the time. ........ A. E. Shafer, accompanied by T. M. McAleer of Milroy township and Wernie Sanders, were in Detroit last week and returned with three Maxwell autos. Mr. Shafer wanted to secure several more cars but the factory is now over 40,000 behind with their orders and it was impossible for him to get any more. At the same time he was at the factory* over 400 other dealers werei there after new cars.

A salesman for a large battery concern spent a day with us last week advising us to put in a service station for their battery. His main argument was that we wouldn’t get enough battery repairing to keep us alive with the Vesta line. We don’t want a big repair business for we figure such a business would be founded on dissatisfaction. To enjoy a healthy business our customers must be satisfied, both with the action of their battery and the service we render. This does not mean we do not repair batteries, fbr we. do, and we, do it right, but when every car is equipped with a Vesta battery there will be very little repair work needed on the battery itself. We figure we will be busy keeping the generators, regulators, wiring, etc., in perfect condition. —. RENSSELAER GARAGE.

• Clifford Bever was over from , Francesville to spend Sunday with his family. ' ! L- -- ;: ■'. George Hurley left Monday for Mapleton, Minnesota, where he will . do some ditching. —_ . Misses Gladys Reeve, Lesta Wasson and Bertha Daniels were Chicago visitors Monday. | Mrs. Harrison Warren left Saturday for a "visit with relatives at Foyt Wayne and Peru. . ? I Miss Hazel Lamson, a teacher in i the Indianapolis schools, spent the week-end here with home folks. Mary Jane, little daughter of Dr. 'and Mrs. H. L. Brown, is now able ‘to attend school after a week’s illness. P. B. Downs was at Battle Ground Monday attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Jamison.

F. D. Burchard went to Indianapolis yesterday to make application for admission to the officers’ training camp. Mrs. William Arnott and son Donald visited over Sunday with his sister, Mrs. William Willetts, at McCoysburg. N. S. Bates expects to leave next week for Minot, North Dakota, to spend the summer with his daughter, Mrs. Albert Bouk, and famjly. We will unload next Friday, May 1 11, a carload of Wisconsin round, white Rurals for late seed iff 2 bushel bags, at $3.25 a bushel.— JOHN EGER. " m!2 Seed corn is high priced and you want the most accurate planter mafle. This is the Hayes fourw.heel planter. - Ask your neighbor. —WARNER BROS.

: Among the Chicago visitors Monday were E, P. Lane, John Eger, , Gerald Jarrette, Joseph Zickmund, j Mrs. Roy Lewis, Mrs. T. M. Callahan and daughter Cecelia, Ellen Gwin and Mrs. Fannie Wasson and daughter Lesta. J. Zeigler of Los Angeles, Cali- , fornia, was here over Sunday visit'ing his adopted daughter, Mrs. Theressa French, who is employed at the county hospital. On Monday he went from here to Danville, Illinois, to visit other relatives.

Mr. arid Mrs. Don Beam, E. M. Laßue, Frank Hardman, ErneSt Moore, Venus Crisler and Ji M. Warner were among the Lafayette goers Monday. The latter went to Champaign, Illinois, from Lafayette to drive G. E. Murray’s car home from that city. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watson accompanied by their niece, Maine Watson, drove to Chicago Heights Sunday afternoon to see. the former's father, Henry Watson, who is quite; sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe McVoy. They returned home Monday.

Potatoes, which have been retailing here at SI a peck for some time, were 10c lower yesterday. One dealer quoted two and a half bushel bags at $3.25 a bushel, it is said that there is still a large quantity of old potatoes on the market which must be moved quickly or they will be almost a total loss when new potatoes come in.

i A writer in the Saturday Eve- ! ning Post recently referred to a 'small town where they still had hitching posts for farmer customers. Well, Rensselaer, Indiana, has hitching barns for their customers and the boys. Now, Mr. Farmer and boys, just think of this and hitch to one of Roberts’ Wagons or Buggies and you will have the world's best. On Front street, Rensselaer.—C. A. ROBERTS. • ts “If you are a patriot, tie up your dog!” This injunction has been issued by the police of Brazil. Al- ; ready, they say, they have received 'complaints from many gardeners that roving dogs are causing damage to their gardens. This injunction should • also he followed here and in all other towns, for dogs a do lots of damage to gardens by rrnhing through them, mashing down young plants and in many cases digging holes in the ground.

Simon Fendig 1 was down from Wheatfield yesterday. fc ■ . ■ Mrs. Fae F. Petty, a teacher in the Fair Oaks school, has gone to Bloomfield, Indiana, to spend the summer vacation. - .: J *,■■■■<- ......... r . Quite a heavy frost fell Sunday night but it is not thought that it was cold enough to damage the fruit to any extent. tz ■ . oj • Yesterday's markets: Corn, $1.50; oats, 65c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 6Sc; oats, 39c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75c. Lake county, up to Monday, haff sent 1,603 recruits in the various branches of the army, 504 of whom were from Hammond alone. During the March term of the Lake superior court at Hammond, which ended Saturday, fifty-five divorce cases were filed, more than one a day. H. R. Lange, who has conducted a music store in this city, for the past two years, has decided to quit business here and return to his former home at Laporte. There will be a meeting at the Navy League Comforts committee headquarters Thursday afternoon for the purpose of organizing for Red Crosg work. All ladies are urged to be present. Well, the carnival last week was the cause, it seems, of one divorce case having been brought already in the Jasper circuit court, and perhaps others will follow later. Rensselaer should put a ban on such shows and keep- it on.

A. A. Fell and William Hallihan, the Remington Chalmers automobile dealers, were over yesterday afternoon. Mr. Fell stated that Mrs. Fell is still receiving x-ray treatments and goes to Indianapolis .about once each month to take same. She is very much better than she was a year ago, her many Rensselaer friends will be pleased to learn. Saturday’s Hammond TimesJack Vanatta, who quit his job at the Gary ’ interurban ticket office, Gary, to fight for France, has been killed in action. News of Vanatta’s death was received today by his brother Edward, who is train master for the Gary interurban. Soldier Vanatta enlisted in the 173rd Highlander at Hamilton, Ontario. He was killed in action in France.