Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1917 — Page 2

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Children Cry for Fletcher’s

CASTOR IA

I’hs Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his / sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-gocd ” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. . W hat is CASTO RI A Castciia is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops, and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains •nsicec. Opium, Murphi. ? nor other narcotic substance. Its age ’s i:e guarantee* For more than thirty years it has beer, in constant use for the relief of Constipation,' Flatulency, ■Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea —The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The iUnci Yoa Have Always Bought THE r; IMTAO OOM RAN V, NEWVOHK €!T V. . /

i JW GOW DEMDGRRT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF * JASPER COUNTY SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917 Leng Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 311 Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter June 8, 1908, at the postotlice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. * ADVERTISING KATES Display .12 %c Inch Display, special position. . . .15c Inch Berniers, per line first Insertion. .5c Beaders, per line add, insertions. .3e 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 Unes, 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 fer Wrgt page. _______ SATURDAY, AUG. 4, 1917

HAVE WE A DOUBLE STANDARD?

One of the most incomprehensible features of - American life is the strange conception which many people have of what should constitute public honesty. Public funds are looked upon as something in the nature of spoils, the rightful property of him who is shrewd enough to annex them. 1 Now we have no reference here to the public official who resorts to the very ciude. expedient.o.£defaulting. He is a bungler and deserves all of the punishment possible to inflict upon him. Rather, we refer to the amazing system of graft that is so openly and defiantly practiced in almost every community in the land, and that by people who would be quick to resent any slightest question of their probity. Take, for instance, Mr. Jones, (a purely fictitious personage). He is one of the most substantial men of his town. His word has alwayk been as good as a bond. No hint of crooked business methods has ever been breathed against him. He is' regarded as scrupulously honest and above board in all of his dealings. , But Mr. Jones is elected to some office wherein he has the custody of the people’s money—that is, the spending of it. Now what do you see? Why, the sickening spectacle of an hitherto honest man “grafting’’ on the public. Deals are made that he would not for one moment have considered in hjs capacity as a private citizen. And it is noticeable that they all tend to his own or his friends’ advantage. It, is a bite

here and a nibble there, until,in the long run he has consumed many loaves in excess of what was his legitimate portion. And the strange part of the circumstance is that Jones would indignantly resent any reflection on his integrity. Now, why was Air. Jones not just as scrupulous in his public acts as in his private dealings? Is it possible that we American people have a double standard of honesty well as morality? Is it, wrong to filch from one and right to filch from the many? And another strange feature of the case is that Mr. Jones is as highly respected after he retires from office as he was before he assumed it We submit that Mr. Jones was and is essentially an honest man, but with a wrong perspective, He is, . unf.orfunat.eiy, possessed of that all too common idea that the pubs lie is <i cow, and' should Im well milked in order that she may not dry up. We should change pur perspective. We should require as scrupulous honesty in public as. in private life. The'funds of a commonwealth are just as sacred as are those of a customer, or a client, or a ward, and should be so considered. It should be just as reprehensible to allow “leaks’’ in public business as in private affairs; just as wrong to graft from an individual as from th© public. There is but . one standard of honesty, and that is—HONESTY.

WILL BUY HEIFERS FOR BOYS

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county along food production lines that has been so warmly received as this. plan to bring in pure-bred livestock and that he considered it a wonderful opportunity for the boys to secure the services of skilled men in buying their foundation animals. It was decided that County Agent Learning should continue to receive app licet ions for heifers tip — nnl : ! the middle of October. The livestock association officers will then select forty or more from this nr.ruber who will receive pure-bred Shorthorn yearling or heifer calves, each boy giving his note for the cost of the individual he receives.' These will be kept by the boys until October, 1918, when they’ will

SEND FOR THESE RECIPES How to keep corn for winter use without canning, so you may' have fresh corn all winter. This corn will not spoil in any temperature and does not need to be sealed. How to make jellies, jams and marmalades using one-third less sugar than is called for ordinary recipes and preserving the true flavor of the fruit used. How to cook prunes without any sugar and yet have them sweet. I use no drug to keep them. Will refund money if not as represented. I will' send the three recipes above mentioned to any one sending me 25 cents and a selfaddressed and stamped envelope. MRS. ELSIE CROCKETT < 274 Humboldt Avenue <-r DETROIT, MICHIGAN

TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

be sold at anctioh, the boys to receive the difference between the selling price and the original cost The plan has the two-fold purpose of increasing the number of purebred livestock herds in the county and stimulating an interest among the boys in better agriculture.

DRAFT CALL MADE BY LOCAL BOARD

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54 182 Joseph E. Hallett 55 501 Vernon R. Stearns 56 4G Lawrence L. McDaniel , 57 1020 William E. Marlin , 58 1099 John W. Mills 59 223 Louis W. Misch 60 117 John Walstra 61 602 John G. Kooy 62 390 Ernest Smith 63 75 Evert J. Kimble 64 772 . Harry Hayes 65 721 Frank E- Biggs 66 786 Joseph J. Thomas 67 . 280 Frank W. Goss 68 972 Carl Weickum 69 983 Louis A. Miller 70 757 Othel Caldwell 71 966 Woodhull I. Spitler 72 868 William H. Minniear 73 332 Joseph F. Nagle 74 379 Crawford L. Bates 75 542. Herman Goepp 76 194 Lottis S. Franklin 77 874 Delyin J. Babcock 78 552 John W. Erwin 79 298 Orvel W. Baxter 80" 675 Jesse H. Beecher 81 1148 Menno S. Chupp 82 343 Otha Spriggs 83 982 Jerry A. Branson 84 726 Joseph Roesch 85 15 John R. Shields 86 905 Glenn Overly 87 933 Firman Thompson °BB 452 James O. Thomas 89 355 Louis J. DeMoss . 90 530 Samuel E. Brandenburg 91 .809 John Kriz 92 1114 Charles-P. Potter 93 645 Oscar J. Paquette 94 218 Oscar J. Stembel 95 • 620 Frank K Mosier 96 550 Perry F. Naylor 97 574 Tunis'Snip, Jr. 98 ■ 31 Omer Meyers 99 981 Clarence V. Sayers 100 770 Albert R. Ramey 101 882 Fletcher D. Minniear -102 677 Harold L. Fidler 103 749 Orla Clouse 104 525 Clarence A> Garriotr .105 760 Arthur Battleday 106 183 George R. Laßue 107 56 Fred R. Hine 108 792 John Lonergan 109 5 Charles Marchand 110 350 George Rex Ott 111 54 Frank J. Boes 112 870 Grant >Lutes > B. D. McCOLLY, Chairman. JESSE NICHOLS, Clerk. Date of posting of notice, July 31, 1917.

MEETINGS OF FARMERS’ CLUBS

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checking up of the results of the oat- smut demonstrations started by its members last spring.. This work has been in charge of County Agent Learning and F- J- I'ipal of the plant pathology department of the Un rd uo experiment sta<i’'n. Thirty-two farms in different parts 'of the county were used as demonstrations. Most of the farmers treated thei r seed oats with formaldehyde last spring, leaving untreated check plots on their farms- for comparison. A few treated all their seed and other£tifl not treat any. The results show that the thirtytwo farmers seeded 1-466 acres of oats. The average per cent of smut on the treated plots was .22 per cent while the average per cert on the check plots was 5.5 per cer.‘. Many of the farms showed less than .001 per cent of smut in the treated plots and wherever the percentage ran as high as .1 per cent it was invariably found that bulk formaldehyde had been purchased by the farmer. The demonstrators increased their yields of oats .an average of ninety-three bushels per farm by the use of the formaldehyde treatment. The average cost for material was less than $1 per farm and the labor expended was slight, The figures indicate that the us*- of. the trealnient on' all seed bats in the county would have increased the production this year by about 1 iimi bushels, vallied at over $11",000. \ Many:- demonstrators also increased vigor of treated plants due to . the fact that of heH disease- hsi'de from the smut were arrested.

In Speaking of the matter Mr. Pipal said: “The losses from smut in northern Indiana are below the average this year. While there was a loss of 5.5 per cent, the average annual loss is about 14. I have just come from Monroe county where the loss ran as high as 34 per cent in many fields." The association made nd attempt to carry out a campaign to induce all farmers to treat their seed oats last spring. These demonstrations were carried on with the idea of securing data which could be used in a county-wide project of oats smut control to be taken up next winter. - County Agent Learning ..reports that enough material has been obtained from the trials this year to prove convincing to anyone who will study it and expects that in a few years the practice of treating all small grain seed will become general.

A bill has passed the United" States senate appropriating $lO,(»00;000 for acquiring soda nitrates for fertilizer and the sale of the same lo farmers at cost. Reduced delivery service will be put into effect by th© Indianapolis merchants this week, enabling customers ,'w£,o wish to carry their purchases home to buy them <at a cheaper price.

Would be pleased to do your Lawn Mower Sharpening. I have, installed the latest Improved power-driven Lawn Mower Grinder, at bicycle shop, east side of public square, in Milner’s tire shop.-—JAMES C. CLARK, phone 218. ts Our ossified 0a Imepwigf, \ (Under this head notices will b« -ptib fished for 1-eent-a- word for the ttrsl insertion. 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional 'nsertion. To save book-keopln* cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times —as the case may be —for 2i cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FOR SALE For Sale —Registered Shorthorn buII.—CLARENCE GARRIOTT, phone 922-R. al For Sale —Very cheap, small driv-

BIG RESOLUTION SALE ' AT Duvall’s Quality Rensselaer, Shop Indiana C. Earl Duvall STARTING SATURDAY, JULY 28 and lasting till August 11 inclusive, we will give big reductions on everything we have in the store in order to reduce our stock and turn it into CASH, as we need the money. Now is the chance of a life-time to save money on your fall clothing, Look At the Prices We Are Giving:

Sweaters and Sweater Coats 331-3 per cent off of regular prices. Hat Sale Stetson and Kingsbury $4.00 Stetson hat, sale $2.98 3.50 “ “ 2.48 3.00 Kingsbury, sale 2.15 2.50 Red Seal, sale 1.89 2.00 Wilton, sale 1.29 Panama Hats at Wholesale $5 00 Panamas, sale $3.75 4.00 Panamas, sale 2.98 Cap Sale All SI.OO Caps, sale price 85c All 1.25 Caps, “ 98c All 75c Caps, “ 58c

Now is your chance to cut the high prices of all Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Wear for Fall. COME TO THIS SALE C. EARL DUVALL Rensselaer, = - = Indiana

ing mare, drives single or double. —J. M. ALLEN, Fair Oaks, JgJiana. phone 950-F. v"® 1 For Sale —At a bargain, good building lot on Webster street, 753 180, in block 42, Weston’s addition, 3 blocks from court house. — M. I. ADAMS & SON. ts For Sale —-96-acre farm, improved with house, barn, new concrete silo 7 2 wells;’ 3 miles to railroad town, R. F. D. All under' cultivation except 15 acres timber for pasture. i Will take part cash or trade, terms on remainder.- —BOX 93, Fair Oaks, Indiana. R-R 2. a-14 Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. tl Butter' Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts Remington Typewriter, No. 7, with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and is practically as good ai new; cost $l2O, will sell at a bargain.—THE DEMOCRAT. 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 i desired. For further particulars call or address B'. care THE DEMOCRAT For Sale —Five-col. quarto Vaughn Ideal press, $35; No. 10 Midget furniture cabinet, $3; ~ No. 15 double case stand, will hold 28 full size cases, $3; several news and italic job cases, practically good as new, each 50c; 2 5-col. twin chases, each $2.50; 4, 5-col. single chases, each $1; 140 lbs. 9-pt.

Men’s Suits 25.00 suits, sale SIB.OO 20.00 suits, sale 15.00 18.00 suits, sale 13.00 16.50 suits, sale 12.00 15.00 suits, sale 10.98 12.50 suits, sale 8.98 12.00 suits, sale 8.48 10.00 suits, sale 7.45 Boys’ Suits 10.00 suits, sale 7.45 8.50 suits, sale 6.45 7.50 suits, sale 5.98 6.50 suits, sale 4.98 6.00 suits, sale 4.45 5.00 suits, sale 3.98 Men’s and Boy’s Overcoats at a big reduction, and it will pay you to purchase now.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917.

body type (Barnhart No, 6 4), cases included, $25; 25. lbs. ,6-pt. body type.’ (Barnhart No. 64), used but very little, SB, case included; font each 6,8, 10. 12, 18, 24-pt. Cheltenham Bold Italic, $lO, cases included; font each 24. 36, 48-pt, Barnhart Oldstyle, $8 for lot, cases included; font “ each 12, 18, 24, 36, 48-pt. Adstyle, sl2 for lot, cases included; font 3Q-pt. Clarendon Extra Cond., $2. with case. Above type all in good condition- and is little worn. —THE DEMOCRAT, Rensselaer, Indiana. » ts FOR RENT For Rent—We still haye one large farm for rent.-—JAMES E. WALTER, manager J. J. Lawler ranches, Rensselaer., 'lnd. Phone 337. Pasture for Stock —I have some pasture for 20 head of stock. —GAIL MICHAL, Tefft, Ind.,<R-l. a-5 FINANCIAL Money to Loan —5 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—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 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. I flnf fhnl Without Delay, Mr I If Without Commission, Du |IV I Without Charges for H (Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON.

All Straw Hats in this sale at one-half price. Children’s Wash Suit sale $2 wash suits, sale $1.68 1.25 wash suits, sale 98c 1. wash suits, sale 79c 75c wash suits, sale 59c 50c wash romper, sale 39c Sweet Orr Overalls $1.50 Overalls, sale $1.35 1.25 Overalls Excelsior 1.13 1.00 Overalls “ 89c 1.50 Jackets, sale 1.35 Regardless of the advanced prices on Children's Overcoats we will sell every coat we have for wholesale prices.