Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — Page 2

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TIE JRSPER COBNIY DEMOGBHT 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 Mall Matter June s. 15-38. at the postdffice at Rensselaer. Indiana, Under the Act of March 3, 1873Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. ADVERTISING KATES Display . .’. Display, special position. ... 16c Inch Beaders, per line first Insertion. .5c Readers, 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 haa 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 for first paze. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1, 1917

A NEEDED LESSON

With the clouds of war looming darkly over the country; with plots and counter plots against the peace of our people; with food disturbances in the large cities; and with the price booster stalking abroad in the land, truly it is a time when the sober sense of the American people should be called into use. But we are unlike any other people on the globe. There seems to be something in the very air we breathe that makes for a different outlook on life from that of any other country. No other land can vie with Us in the vastness of its

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resources. The increase in our national wealth during the last two decades would make Croesus appear at piker, find beside our own magnificence the glories of Solomon are as the moonlight to the radiant orb of day. Our strength and our resources are boundless and limitless. But because of these very facts we find ourselves as a people standing on the very brink of national disaster. We are the most confidently careless people on earth, hence find, ourselves now engaged in a gigantic conflict and lamentably unprepared for the task before us. What boots us that our resources in men and material are so vast? Those resources as are the latent heat of coaly— undeveloped and unmobilized. A strenuous campaign of preparation is on, but the one absolutely essential element —time--is in a great measure denied us. Then we are the most magnificently wasteful people in the world. Beside our national extravagance, the prodigality of kings is as pinching economy. And this trait, too. is threatening to be our undoing. Having by our own royal extravagance consumed much, and by shipment from- the country consumed much more, we find ourselves facing a demand for unlimited supplies and with practically empty storehouses. What matters it that other crops may be raised? That same -element—time—-may be denied us e’er the insistent demand is upon us. The remedy? Several.

In the first place, export nothing that is urgently needed in this country. But perhaps you say that the European nations must be fed. Granted, but are we under obligations to feed them and let our own people suffer for food? And was it by any act of ours that the bulk of their -men are now fighting wiieu they should be at peace and producing? It is well to care for our allies to the limit of possibilities, but our own interests' must take precedence. Next,’-get after the price booster. If there is any particular class of

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humans—if su.li they can he called (k —-to whom prison garb would be actually becoming, it is these gentry. Without mercy themselves, they deserve none; without pity, they can expect none. Void even pf a sense of justice, they should have meted out to them the justice of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." Then, let America go to work in earnest- —-work with the soil. Let us not be satisfied with increased crops this season,: but let us plan for even greater increases for years to come, in order that the nations of the eaith may be fed and wstill have enough left for our consumption. And when we produce it, let us conserve it and not waste it. If the experiences .through y we are passing shall have the effect of teaching us a rational economy they will be well worth the price It is a lesson we need and should heed.: • . ‘ < ■

MANY CARS AVAILABLE BUT LIE IDLE

There is a perceptible lull in freight movement at the present time. Switching crews in the local yards are working shorter hours than has been the case for some time. Empty cars are accumulating and in some instances railroads are refusing to accept empties from other roads. . ' Apparently the efficiency methods that have been adopted by the railroads of the country are beginning to make their effects noticeable. It is likewise barely possible that the food embargo that became effective a few weeks ago is, in a slight degree, responsible for the altered conditions. Nevertheless it is v gratifying .to know that something has made available a surplus of cars for th- re will soon be demand for every one of them, When the new army is mobilized there will be vast quantities of freight to. be moved to various parts of the country. It will bo but a few weeks until one of the greatest crops ever produced in the United States will begin to find its. way to market and then every available car will be in demand for months. << . It is to be regretted, however, that at this time these idle cars are not engaged in hauling fuel to the various chief points of distribution. This might have been- done if the proper control had been provided for the operation of the coal mines of the country. A great many peo-

ple are delaying th© purchase o f their winter fuel, hoping that a more reasonable price will be secured later. But it is probabale that legislative delay has made impossible adequate relief measures for the coming winter,, for the excuse will he offered that the cars are needed tft haul the crops and the coal barons wifi find it possible to -continue their reprehensible robbery of the public at a time when the householder must pay the extortionate prices demanded or freeze." Just now the mines are full of coal, the sidings full of empty cars and the public full of ire. Under the circumstances an empty freight car is an abomination in the sight of the victims of extortion.- —Lafayette Journal.

If congress succeeds in reducing the value of government “pork.” will the price of the commercial variety go higher? EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS Come to think of it China forgot to change rulers again last week. Carranza, poor devil, is a back number. Even the joke depart - ments are dropping him7~~ Let us hope that while Russia is in the reform business she will take a shot at her language. An upward tendencj- is announced in men's clothing. Bah! Who wants to look at a manis leg? Perhaps, however, John Barley, corn is wondering what part of the German army walked over him. The bachelor is the only man capable of telling how to manage a wife. The married man knows it can’t be done. We might, with excellent results, include 'congress in the draft. Then they would have to obey orders and do something. Since it happened East St. Louis officials have been claiming that most of the rioters were from Missouri. So are we. Since the draft, those cities that returned padded census reports have been busy explaining what has become of their population. We are in favor of a press censorship if' the censor will forbid any newspaper 'making any reference to the White House pickets. When the government finishes with its other investigations It

should look into the cßns-;r-*?y between the weather mas and the coal barons. If you have borrowed This "xser from your neighbor., be sxrfe to return it when finished reading it. He subscribed becanse he wanted it. The embargo, properly .enforced, will convince some s-xalied neutral countries. that there is 1 limit, to Uncle Sam’s “open-cocr’" jolfcy —as it shoflld. - .. ■“Avoid, kissing 'if jon .woaM ■ hare a beautiful Tn©mh.“ says f j“.an Russell.•■"■ Bul'ULil'.dm ft i»- --®osßlybeautiful .mouths that are kissed.. Xo harm in th..'< ■ there? . Speaking of the u-rtxc in East St. Louis. we are remln-i-d that wjust recently waxed el&qaent > advice to Great Britain.-,; as tp the settling of the- Irish quesduuAmong the charge? xEainst a southern sheriff whom his .TpeitstfClients are trying-12 '-m.cve :m-m office. is that . he sznokes- tirarer.?. The cuss should -cultivate a few real vices. . Sir Williafh Osler, ;m I- sm-t of medicine in Oxford /university, fe sixty-eight years old. It he cruel to call attehti-cm -to' -the. fact that this i? the same Dr; Osier- who contended that a mar's was ended at fifty. :nd 'that he should" be chloroformed-

PHILOSOPHY OF WAIT MASON

Bill. said,-. <?ne • February first, when he turned loose his submarines, “Now, by? *h- s.t'ref iiverwurst. I'll show the wrrM what warfare—means. I’ll'show "he world that German might is master of the land and seas; TH .this meet annoying fiuht, and :rxr -rtrf Britain to her knees.." ' And Germans took the kaiser’s, wr-f' they , T> v ■ ' ' ' said:. “He'll surely -cut ~r.e grasshe is a peach, he is a bird. aui what he says will come to gdss.” They tightened up their T->s a notch, convinced -they'd.' <-»k m.e allied goose, sur-T^ 7 tzemselves to watch old England Pegging for a truce. The weary month?" have .rolled away, on every sta .her vessels float, and England's mightier today than when th- U-bcuts soughs goat, “Six week -. -r ss . will do the trick,” the tr'-er relf his hopeful dupes; •■•111 make rfiefr ocean commerce sick, tri Ehfftburg will can their troops.” I wonder what the Germans say., as they toil on with t mbi'Haig and Neville jknwk the isy and other stuffing from th-ir relts. I wonder if they do not hike to battle filled with deadly r: r~; I wonder if they, wouldn't llkfto gut the kaiser in a cage.

BIG FIRE IN TRANSFER YARDS

Loss Is. -- Estimated at » Half a Million Dollars. Hammond; Anfensi 1-—-A U '- 000 fire in the Uihacag®, Indiana eSoutherh freight transfer yxT-S- st Gibson, between Hatnrncmd m<i East Chicago early today. oat every fire department ~in'tteCiinmet region. It was one of the costliest fires ever - -'fcaown here. More than 100, <-.ars. loaded, were .destroyed. The ear? were on transfer tracks too far from the water sonree and eoald not be reached. The four railroads , affected by the fire are the New York Central, the Michigan Central, tie I*>ifana Beit line and the Chicase. Tndfim and Southern. The fire started from a leaking carboy of snlzhTrie acid and swept throzgh three transfer buildings, destroyed 115 .eais. ;.and two miles, of trackage ' Ne (trne was seriously injured. I—e Joint efforts of the fire departnenis from East Chicago, Gary, Hammond afid. Whiting were required to control the flames. The transfer yards are said -to be the largest in the world.

SCRAPS

There are 139,955 motor &is eh Kansas. ' Africa is'' three 'times , larger '''thin' Europe. There are ip,Cf , o. ; i’99 . hecr&es in the United States. Grasshoppers hare Ueer s®~mi at sea 1,2 00 miles from any JaaadL Most -army cooks prefer tW kerosene stoves to those .wood; At least 9.000 gardens . were planted last spring in N~w York city. , - ' The world's cc>nsumj<iwn of tea has tripled in the last thirty years The report of a gun a mil* away takes a full fire seconds to v reach the ear. Negroes in the United Stites a taxable wealth of abpat fsff.000,000. . - ■ ’ . , A refrigerator made of. wsseret* cools by the action of water Sowing over the sides of the derace. A million and a quarter nsrsesand mules hare beer exported for war purposes since "the fall of 191 A

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The latest idea for speeding up the automobile calls for propellers in addition to the usual gear to help it .over the ground. One-fourth of the crops of Spain are : reduced oh; irrigated lands; al-, though only 6 1 per cent of the 'nation's cultivated land is irrigated. T_e autoped, which is a motor on which the operator stands as it. glides' along the street, has been tried by the Washington ‘postoffice and has been found to do good service. The Russian flag flies over onesixth of the earth’s land surface, to protect 182,000,000 souls, representing sixty-four racial and tribal divisions and speaking more than TO tongues. y Amelia E. Barr, who celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday last s ring, has been writing for almost sixty years, and in that time has written seventy-seven books, though the first was not published until she was 50. EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office □ver . ’Fendig's Fair, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW. REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loans. , -Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA » ~ George A. Williams. D. Delos Dean. WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS All court matters promptly attended ux Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office in Odd Felldws Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. DR. I. M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M. “ “ 2 to 5 P. M. •• “ 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdays—--5 A. M. to 2 P. M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA

F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fevers. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite th* Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. Phons No. 16 RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. StilL Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-B p. m. Tuesdays ' and Fridays at Monticello, Ind. Office: 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA H. L. BROWN DENTIST OSes over Larsh & Hopkins* drug store RENSSELAER, INDIANA iiHli Undertakers DIOR IND HOUSE DRAWN HEARSE AIBUIfiKCE SERVICE Kones: Residence 5? omce 23

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CHICAUQ, INDIANAPOLIS A LOUISVILLC RV RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In effect February, 1917 NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:51a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 Indianap’s to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 Indianap’s to Chicago 2:51 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati, ! 1:45 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville ! 10:55 a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Cincinnati! 11:18 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Indianap’s 1:57 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette 5:50 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati 7:31 p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville 11:10 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor..... i. ..Charles G. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer... Charles M. Sands Att0rney.......... .Moses Leopold Marshal Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborne Fire Chief...... J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Wardßay Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias WardFrank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. / COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriffß. D. McColly Auditor.......J. P. Hammond Treasurer... Charles V. May Recorder George Scott SurveyorE. D. Nesbitt Coroner.. Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. .G. L. Thornton Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist DistrictH. W. Marble 2nd DistristD. S. Makeever 3rd District Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court nieets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION •——4 Trustees Township Grant Davissonßarkley Burdett Porter..... Carpenter James StevensGillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grov* John KolhoffJordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Harvey Wood, jr ...Marlon George FoulksMilroy John Rush... Newton .George HammertonUnion Joseph SalrlnWalker Albert S KeeneWheatfield E. Lamson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, £ Rensselaer

t TRUSTEES’ CARD. JORDAN TOWNSHIP The undersigned trusted of Jor- ( f dan Township attends to official business at his residence on the < > f first' and third Wednesdays of each 1 month. Persons having business < > I with me will please govern them--4 selves accordingly. Postoffice ad- ° (dress —Rensselaer, Indiana. Second and last Saturday of each month in Williams & Dean's i• law office. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee. o ♦-♦ ♦ ♦»♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ Your Tribute to the Departed should take the permanent form of a monument. Let us show you some designs that will come within your means whether they be small or large. Our monuments are artistic whether they are of little or great cost. So do not delay putting up a stone because you think you cannot have a nice one with the means at your command. We will supply one in good taste for probably less than you expect to pay. Will H. Mackey Rensselaer, Ind.

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