Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917

The WEEK’S DOINGS

W. H. Barkley was down from Chicago on business the last of the week.

The PAIGE car is soia Dy the Auto Sales Co. at Remington. Why not huy one now? ts

Everett Marlin, who is quite sick with typhoid fever, was taken to the hospital Friday afternoon. Miss Grace Waymire went to Joliet, Illinois, Saturday to spend several days with relatives there. Miss Lulu Fleming of Chicago is spending her vacation here With her parents Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming. Ralph Crawford of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, a nephew of ,Mrs. B. J. Moore, has been a guest at the Moore home since last week.

See Charles Peftey for trees, both ornamental and fruit, for fall delivery; every tree guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge, ts

Guy Watson went to Hoopeston, Illinois, Saturday to work in the canning factory. Help is said to be very scarce and wages accordingly high. Joseph Francis went to Burnett, Illinois, Saturday to attend the funeral of his only sister, Mrs. William Hill, which was held. at Oakwood, Illinois.

The Misses Mary Gant and Irma Jarvis of Attica, Who had been visiting friends in this city, went to Parr Saturday to spend a few days with friends there. Mrs. Bert Hopkins and Mrs. I. M. Washburn left Saturday for Chicago, and frolm there will go for a week’s outing at some of the Great Lakes’ summer resorts. Mrs. Oscar Nelson and three children of Colerain, Minnesota, who have been visiting John Guss and family near Virgie for the past month, will return home Saturday. Sanol Eczema Prescription is a famous old remedy for all forms of Eczema and skin diseases. Sanol Is a guaranteed remedy. Get' a 35c large trial bottle at the drug store. ts E.. J. Hewett of Moline, Illinois, whose wife and daughter had been here for two weeks, the guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming, joined them Saturday for a visit at the Fleming home. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Washburn and son Howard and daughter Helen and Mrs. Clyde Hurt of Kentland were in Rensselaer Saturday enroute to Bass Lake to enjoy a week’s outing. Lacey Gwin arrived here Friday afternoon from Galveston, Texas, for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin. Mr. Gwin’s two sons, Heath and Jackson, are Doth in the United States navy, on a torpedo boat destroyer now in European waters. Mel Griffin, who is employed by the Edward Valve Manufacturing company at East Chicago, came Saturday for a few days’ visit with his family. Mel’s sister, Mrs. George Gilliland, of Wayensville, Ohio, came Sunday to visit him and family. Mel had not seen her for thirteen years.

Annual Gillam Township Home Coming Sunday, August 26 Independence Church An All-Day Session with a Basket Dinner Address by Dr. Geo. R. Grose President of Depauw University 10:30 a. m. All former residents of Gillam township are urgently invited to attend.

J. L. Smith was down from Wheatfield on business Saturday. Mrs. Matt Nesius went to Chicago Saturday for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Steward are spending a few days with friends in Kokomo. Miss Viola Quail of Chicago spent Sunday here with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Holden. —w... Mrs. Mattie Wasson went to Hammond Saturday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Jesse E. Wilson, and family. Lay in your supply oi hard coal now, $8.75 per ton at the bin. You will be making a good investment —FARMERS’ GRAIN CO.

Mrs. James Norris and daughter Grace w r ent to Indianapplis Monday to meet Miss Marguerite Norris, all returning home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rowen of Otterbein, who had been here for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Carl Somers, and family, returned home Friday. I will deliver your gasoline and kerosene for household use. I also have special high test gas. Call Red Cross station. Phone 340. — RAYMOND R. McKAY. ts John Guss was in from Virgie Monday and said that they had had no rain in his vicinity for twentyone days and that corn was suffering badly as a consequence. Among the Chicago visitors Monday -were C. P. Moody, Dr. H. L. Brown, Mrs. Ora T. Ross’, Bradley Ross, A. K. Yeoman, Devere Yeoman, Don Wright and Don Beam. Eyes examined and glasses ground by optometrist of years of practical experience in one of the best equipped' exclusive optical parlors in the state. —DR. A. G. CATT, Rensselaer, Ind. Over Long’s drug store. ts A good rain fell in Barkley township and on east of there Monday afternoon.' ' In fact, rain fell all around Rensselaer except possibly on the northwest. Indications were favorable yesterday for more rain, and it would not come amiss. Max Kepner, who was second alternate for the second training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Which opens next Monday, will be given the opportunity to take the training, two of the successful candidates being unable to attend.

Do you get up at night? Sanol is surely the best for all kidney or bladder troubles. Sanol gives relief in 24 hours from all backache and bladder troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed remedy. 35c and $1 a bottle at the drug store. —Adv. ts

F. Guy Barnard of Lochiel was a guest of H. E. Hartley Monday. Mr. Barnard reported that he had a sixty-acre field of oats that averaged 98% bushels per acre, and that thirty-eight acres of this field yielded 3,819 bushels, a little better than 100 bushels per acre. Among the articles contributed to the market held at Warner Bros, hardware store Saturday by the young ladies who are raising funds for Company M, were four boxes of ripe strawberries, given by J. M. Sauser of west of town; Mr. Sauser has the ever-bearing variety and can have a strawberry shortcake almost any old time he wants it. State Representative W. L. Wood was down from Parr Saturday. He thinks that unless the coal operators see the error of their ways mighty quickly and agree to accept a reasonable profit for their output we will have a special session of the legislature and laws will be enacted which will bring therm to time. The public has been held up for the past several months for exorbitant prices on coal, simply because the operators and middlemen have 'had the nerve to do so, and for no other rea.soA whatever, and Mr. Wood thinks the matter should be corrected and that, too, without further delay. By the way, Logan is doing his bit toward feeding the world this year, and he will harvest 200 or more bushels of potatoes and from 300 to 400 bushels es navy beans.

TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Tomorrow is “Bryan day” at Fountain park, Ellis Jones of Remington was a business visitor in the city Monday. - Emory Mills was here from Muncie Sunday visiting his mother, Mrs. Anna Mills. * C. A. Crisler of Rollins. North Dakota, came Monday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. James Hemphill. Mr. arid Mrs. W. V. Porter were called to Coats, Kansas, Sunday by the serious illness of the former’s brother-in-law, Fred Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Paulsen of Harvey, Illinois, former residents of Wheatfield, were here Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tilton. E. L. Harp, who had been at Rockford, Illinois, for about two weeks working on the new government cantonment camp, returned .ere Friday. Mrs. W. L. Myer and daughter Margaret went to Dayton, Ohio, Monday to join Miss Jane Myer and visit friends. All expect to return home the last of this week. r Carr Bros, of Newton township thrashed 4,950 bushels of oats from eighty acres, one field going better than seventy bushels. They also had 462 bushels of wheat. The Chicago chapter of the D. A. R., of which Mrs. W. B. Austin, formerly of this city, is president, will present a $1,890 ambulance to the government hospital corps. We have plenty of hard coal and advise you to lay in your supply now. We are selling it for $8.75 per ton at the bin, and the price is almost certain to go higher.— FARMERS’ GRAIN CO.

When you have, Backache the liver or kidneys are sure to be out of gear. Try Sanol, it does wonders for the liver, kidneys and bladder. A trial 35c bottle of Sanol will convince you. Get it at the drug' store.—Advt. ts

Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Jones & Baumrucker, jewelry merchants or Chicago, drove to Rensselaer Sunday for a surprise visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery, but found the latter away from home. Mr. and Mrs. Jones returned to Chicago Monday. “Billy” Frye, who runs the bus line between this city and Remington, has purchase a new bus to accommodate his growing patronage. The new bus is comprised of a twelve-passenger body on a ton and a‘ half Republic chassis, which will more than double his carrying capacity. John Shelhart and faimily of near Winamac spent Sunday with friends and relatives here. Mr. Shelhart reported a light frost in his neighborhood Friday night that left . its mark on the corn blades and tomatoes in the muck lands, but thinks that no appreciable damage to crops resulted.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holderness and three children of Chicago drove to Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. Holderness and children will spend the week with friends here, but Mr. Holderness returned to > the city Sunday, and was accompanied by B. J. Moore, George Collins and George Scott, who returned home on an evening train. Firman Thompson, one of the big land owners near Parr, after having been hit pretty hard with poor crops the past few years, is right “in the swim” this year. He will have somewhere between 7,00'0 and 9,000 bushels of wheat, it is estimated, and several thousand bushels of oats. It is thought that the value of his small grain will be in the neighborhood of 525,000, and if old Jack Frost will only stay in hiding for about six weeks longer he will have several thousand bushels of corn. Afr. and Mrs. William Hoppe and daughter came by auto from Burlington, Wisconsin, a distance of 165 miles, to visit his sister, ■Mrs. Werner Miller, and family and other relatives last Tuesday. They also went as far as Frankfort to visit his cousin, Rev. William Hordeman. and friends in Lafayette. They were accompanied to Lafayette by Misses Dean Miller an,d Loretta Nagel Thursday. Mr. Hoppe and family left for home Monday, taking with them their niece, Miss Dean Miller, for an extended visit. i

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears -- _ the rz Signature of

Arthur Battleday .was in Indianapolis on business Monday. Caylord Long went to Pontiac, Illinois, Monday for a visit With relatives. Mrs. Mort Murray went to McNabb, Illinois. Monday for a visit with relatives. M. L. Spitler of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, camte to Rensselaer Monday for a visit with relatives. Thomas Cox recently underwent an operation in a Chicago hospital and is reported U> be recovering nicely. A large number from this city attended the Chautauqua at Fountain park Sunday, and reported an excellent address by Ernest Wray Oneal. , J. J. Montgomery let a heavy tire extinguisher fall on his foot Friday, breaking one big toe. Ute has since been obliged to get about with the aid of crutches. Delos Thompson left yesterday for Winona, Minnesota, to look after a road contract in which he is interested. Mrs. Thompson is visiting relatives at Battle Creek, Michigan. < , Wayne Clouse was here from Omaha, Nebraska, over Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Clouse, and his brother, Orla Clouse, who has been drafted for military service.

If your auto is not working properly, call on C. A. Roberts and feed it some “Gas Peps.” They are a wonderful tonic for healthy machines and work like a dose of physic on a “sick’’ one. ts

Jake Moore and Howard Clark went to Detroit Sunday and after taking in a ball game expected to journey on to a few Canadian points returning home the last of the week by way of Chicago.

Woman’s friend is a rarge trial bottle of Sanol Prescription. Fine for black heads, eczema and all rough skin and clear complexion. A real skin tonic. Get a 35c trial bottle at the drug store.—-Advt. ts

One of the best yields of wheat reported is that of Adolph Onken of Gillam township, who had four acres that yielded fifty-six bushels per acre. Mr. Onken sold the wheat for $2.20 per bushel, realizing about SSOO from the four acres.

Now' that the Catholic Sisters have returned from their trip, they will be at home and ready to resume their classes in instrumental music. Anyone contemplating taking music lessons is most cordially invited to call or telephone No. 40. a 23

Mr. and Mrs. A. Av. Cornwell and children of Gridley, Illinois, visited here froiini Thursday until Monday with his brothers, S. H. Cornwell and family and Ardis Cornwell, the latter a member of Company M. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell returned home Monday but their children remained for the week. Edwin Gerhold a member of Company M suffered a broken collar bone Friday evening while wrestling with Lee Rothrock. The fracture was reduced by a local physician, and Gerhold will probably be unable to take part in the drilling for several days. The wrestling bout was a friendly one and the injury purely accidental. Mrs. Russel Strawbridge and little daughter, who had been here for some time visiting 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long, went to Sylvan Beach, Michigan, Saturday. They will be joined there by Mr. Strawbridge and after a week’s visit there with- his. sister will return here for a further visit before returning to ' their ■ home at Niagara Falls, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cloud of Peru drove to Rensselaer Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron. On Sunday they all drove to Chicago and on Sunday afternoon visited Fort • Sheridan, which presents a most interesting view with its thousands of soldiers. They returned here Monday forenoon, Mr. and Mrs. Cloud leaving that afternoon for their home. Mr. and Mrs. J J. Montgomery and Miss Mabel Nowels visited the aviation field at Rantoul, Illinois, Monday, leaving here Sunday afternoon and driving as far as Paxton, Illinois, Sunday and going on to Rantoul Monday morning. Returning by way of Danville, Illinois, Covington. Attica. Fowler and Goodland. They ran into a local shower near Buhkley Sunday atfernoon that made the roads so slippery that they could make but little progress for some time, and had to put on chains and run five ipiles on low speed, when they again found dry roads.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Oram of Logansport spent Sunday here with Leslie Clark and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Beam came down from Chicago Saturday and spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Bertha Daniels, who is em u ployed in the office of C. M. Sands, is taking a two weeks’ vacation which she is spending at different places in the country. O. K. Rainier spent the latter part of the week at his farm near Chalmers. Oats are not quite as good down there as some of our best here, as a rule, yet his eightyseven acres- imado an average of sixty-two bushels per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Roe Yeoman and -son returned to Georgetown, Illinois, Monday after a visit with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Yeoman are residing at Georgetown temporarily where Mr. Yeoman is in charge of some extensive improvements being made by the Cement Products company of this city. .

The Company M ‘ ball team defeated the team from . Company C of Monticello Saturday afternoon by a score of 11 to 1. The Company M boys struck a fast ipace at the- very beginning of the game and did not let up until the foe had been vanquished at the end of the ninth inning. The Company M team will go to Monticello for a return game. , Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday afternoon the strong Wheatfield team will play the soldiers at Riverside park. Postmaster John L. Rohde of Hammond, who was married last week to Anna M. Middlecanup of Kniinan, was in the city yesterday, lie having not yet returned home since the Wedding. Mr. Rohde is a former resident of Jasper county. althoiUigh most of his life has been spent in Hammond, where he has been engaged in business for many years. However, his early boyhood was spent in Walker township, where he lived for several years before returning to Chicago, his birthplace.

-r--, 'EE [zEzqtS —*jil| Geiyour Hauling U| g done in Daylight. g TXISPENSE with costly, plodding horses. Get a I I Smith Form-a-Truck. Haul the same loads as 58 2 teams now haul—in half the time. When J*| you go to town make the trip in one-third the ft . time required by horses. Hauls Anything—Anywhere e Don’t take your horses out of the fields for hauling. Don’t delay farm work. Smith Form-a-Truck will do work of four (■> horses—at half the cost. Costs no more than a good team and Qp harness —$350. Save two drivers’ wages. Farm help cost is going up. Never in the history of America has it been so high. Use Smith Form-a-Truck for hauling milk, grain, crops, feed, few manure, lumber, coal and everything else on the farm. p* * Save 20 Acres g I Government Agricultural statistics show that it costs $441 a year to feed and stable four horses—that they eat the entire 9g Mg feed raised on 20 acres. Care—veterinary—medicine—shoeing fig —bedding—all cost extra. ON 2d' Smith Form-a-Truck will save all this money costs but gjg Horses eat whether they work or not. And they work only 100 days a year. Smith Form-a-Truck costs you nothing while idle. 2|g & c - T° n Mile The lowest hauling cost in the world. Less than 8c per ton mile —exclusive of driver’s wages. 6,000 to 8,000 miles per set of gv tires —12 to 18 miles per gallon of gasoline—l 2to 15 miles per hour. jg . F° r Six Cars |S| Now use a new or used Ford, Maxwell, Dodge Bros., Chevrolet IR Buick or Overland chassis with a Smith Form-a-Truck attach <■* ment and get a fully guaranteed, powerful, strong, 1-ton truck Kg K a II S CENTRAL GARAGE ig RENSSELAER, INDIANA

The little daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. William Folger of Barkley township, who has been quite sick with intestinal trouble, is better. —x.., ■ Yesterdays rtensselaer markets: Corn, $1.50; oats, 47c; rye, $1,5,0. No price quoted on wheat. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 80c; oats, 42c; wheat. $1.35; rye, $1 • . A ,_ Mrs. Ida Pierce and daughters. Miss Gladys and Mrs. Elmer Seller, of Greencastle drove up Saturday in their Saxon car and will spend the week here with relatives and friends. - j ' . T. -■ ' Mr. and Mrs. Zern Wright and little daughter returned home Sunday evening from a week’s vacation, which they spent In camp on th<? Kankakee with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wood and daughter Ruth and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Stebbins, going from there to, Lake Maxlnkuckee for the week-end. Russel Nowels, a son of Arthur Nowels of Columbia. City, came down from Chicago the last of the week to visit, his grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Wasson. Russel was at Fort Sheridan during the first officers’ training camp, and was commissioned a second lieutenant, and expected orders to report at Battle Creek, Michigan, in a few days. Alban Coen, another grandson of Mrs. Wasson, who came early in the draft list, has made application for a place in the second camp. While returning from Fountain park Sunday evening Amos Davisson of Union township tan his auto into the ditch. The car was damaged slightly but none of the occupants was injured. Mr. Davisson had turned out*tor pass another car and just then a horse and buggy, which he did not see, turned in ahead and to avoid striking it he turned his big Cole-B'squarely into the ditch, after shutting off the power. The buimtper of the car struck a, telephone pole and bent back against the radiator, punching a small hole therein. The front of the frame and one fender was also bent slfghtly, but the damage to the car was not serious.

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