Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1917 — Page 2

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BLAZING THE WRONG TRAIL

One of the leading farm, journals of the South is authority for the statement that in the rural high schools of North Carolina 7,000 children are Studying Latin, while only 700 are studying agriculture. The significance of these figures are not grasped until we learn that of the pupils attending high school in this country not more than 1 per cent ever reach the college or university. When we assimilate the further fact that the high schools do not and can not impart a working knowledge of the Latin language, we begin to appreciate the utter foolishness of an educational system that forces u'pbn children the study of a dead language from which not one in 7,000 will ever benefit. The above figures may vary in other states —-we hope they do. But they serve to call forcibly to our attention a glaring fault in the school system of the United States. Any system that requires hoys and girls (who in many cases can ill afford the time and means to attend even a high school) to waste from a quarter to a fifth of ,their school life on a study that will never benefit them in Jife’s struggle, is, not a blunder—it is a crime. - ' • • Copaider , again. Of the- 7,000 Latin there are only 700 StsHtyfag agriculture. These figures may vary in other states, but aoy one familiar with the ?yatem of this country knows proportion of our rural vavj girls who secure a com- *.'.**• “

petent education in agriculture is lamentably small. / » And what is the conclusion? Why, that we are wedded in our schools to a fossilized, petrified and antiquated system that ordains that. in order to acquire an "education'’ one must be conversant with a language that is so everlastingly dead it has not .been generally spoken on earth in the last -laW years. And this while the crying, burning needs of the hour are sidetracked as of minor importance.

It is time, for the rural population of our country to arise in their | might and demand that the schools, cease educating their children away/ from the farm. The professions are overcrowded and the trades are -in even worse! Condition. The farmer’s Job is the only one .in this land that promts--a career without the paralyzing; competition to be met in other lines. Yet instead of being ‘trained for efficiency in this great calling our youths are compelled tp fritter away their time on a course of study that, to be in any sense beneficial, must be followed through the college or university—-which the very smallest pe.- cent of them ever reach. The day of the antiquarian the dreamer, the mummy, is past in this country. The age demands action, and the mind that is not trained to it in capital letters is doomed to be left at the starting wire.

WORK THE ROADS

One of the most pressing questions in the country- districts at this season |s the working of the neighborhood roads. Usually the main thoroughfares are taken care of by the county or township authorities, but there are many crosscountry and neighborhood roads that never see the road Overseer and his crew. These are up to the people themselves to keep in passable condition. In years past our people were possessed with a notion that the care of the public thoroughfares was a matter for the state or county entirely, and that -personally we need not concern ourselves further than to pay our taxes or intribute our assessed quota of labor. Of late, however, we are awaking to the fact that the roads are in fact our roads, and that neglect of them is neglect of dur own erty. They are one of our greatest assets, more especially if they be good roads. They are doubly important just at this time, when the item of transportation is one of the greatest questions confronting the country. The urge has gone out from Washington that the American people use their best endeavors that their every effort be made to count to the full, th at no effort be wasted. From one end of the land to the other the crops wilj soon be moving over the country roads. If these roads A are what they should be, motive power will be expended to the best advantage; if these crops are dragged through mud. gullies and over rocks and stumps, much of the motive power will be

wasted- —and ‘waste” is the one word we are urged to eliminate from our vocabulary.

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Sundance, Wyoming, August 19. F. E- Babcock. Rensselaer. Indiana: Have been somewhat dilatory in writing my “next ’’ but will give at this time a brief account of the xSohtinuatiph" of our journey as to 'scenery, agriculture and general appearance of the country and cities through which we passed. We left Elwood. Nebraska,' on the Ihth and returned to Holdrege, where we took the train bn the main line of the Burlington for Denver, where we arrived at 7:2') a. m. the morning of the 14th. all feeling , fine and’ ready for a day’s, sight-seeing. Denver is a nice, clean city, situated at the foot of the mountains, and. at this time is filled with tourists from all parts of the country, many of them traveling via auto and .'being equipped with tents and -camping .outfits, and. appear to be having enjoyable' times. We first went to the Daniels & Fisher's tower, where we got a bird’s-eye view of the city, and it was an imposin’ sight as we could see oyer rhe entire city: see its streets and avenues running at almost every angle: its parks, of which there r- a . its‘fine business blocks; the state capitol; its tine residences with their well-kept lawns, and last but not least, the :nion depot,, which is one. of the / finest we have; ever seen: The .tower from which we got this view is a nineteen-story structure erected on the corner of a business block and is of itself one of the prime attractions of the city. The proprietors of the block, who conduct a department store.,business.'issue passes which entitles the holder to go- to the top via elevator. which is taxed to the limit much of the time,. - -

As we neared the city we .passed the stockyards. ' where . we. had a ‘ fairly good view Of them, and while , this was early in the morning there J were quite a number of cattle, horses and sheep in the pens, indicating that this is a live stock market of considerable importance, but’-a rather miniature affair in comparison with the yards at Chicago. In the afternoon our party divided. Reuben and his wife making an auto trip oyer the Lookout mountains, on the summit of which they saw the grave of Buffalo Bill, which is marked so that' all pass-; | ersby may be sure and have their, j attention called to it. They ret ported a very enjoyable trip ex- | eept .that Mrs. Reuben said that the, altitude they reached inter- ; sered somewhat with her respiraf tory organs, many persons being simnlarly affected when first reaching very high altitudes. Myself and wife went out to the •city park and museum of natural : history, where we enjoyed several hours viewing the park and its many attractions. In the center ot the park is a beautiful lake, comi Prising perhaps fifteen to twenty acres, the water of which is as clear as crystal, and at the western end is a large bathing house. One thing' the., park seems to be lacking is flowers, of which there are very few. But the lake is surrounded by well-kept lawns, dotted ■ here and therewith clumps ofi many kinds of small shrubbery hs well as many large trees, making very inviting shade.

But what interested us the most was the museum. It is in a large, substantial stone building at the eastern end of the park and situated upon quite an elevation,- and the admittance is free. But no one is allowed to take a camera or kodak inside the building.' l We do not know why they object to having pictures taken of the exhibits. The management must have some good reason. The exhibits are composed of almost all kinds of nature’s handiwork. Many specimens of animated nature, which have passed through the taxidermist’s hands, are on display. They consist of numerous kinds of animals as well as of the feathered tribes. But perhaps what interested us the most was the mineral display. There is mineral of every kind. I presume, known to the world. Not only of the Western country, as we might suppose of a state institution. but specimens from all European as well as other foreign countries. There were exhibits from the eastern - states' and we saw many specimens from our own HOosier state, most of them from near Crawfordsville. There were a number of skeletons of extinct animals and part of one Which I- cannot pass without special mention. I cannot recall the name as I had never heard of such an animal ever being in existence. ■The skeleton is not’ complete, but among the parts found is the thigh bone, which will measure fully five feet in length and at the ends fully twelve inches in diameter. These parts were found in Colorado. It would be impossible for me to describe the various exhibits of rock formations, stalectites, minerals in natural and refined condition and the thousand and one other things to be seen here, but will say in passing to any on visiting Denver, by no means, fail to visit this museum as you will see there in one day what it would take la world wide journey to see if each specimen was viewed in its native country. So much for Denver. As” our trip to Denver was made mostly in the night we saw nothing of the country through which we passed until ; we reached ’ Fort Morgan, about sixty miles east of the city. This is in an irrigated

TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

‘•The Neighborhood Corner”, is a new department established by the Jasper county papers with the hope that it will be of service to progressive' farmers and their families. Ask questions and send in up-to-date ideas that will interest others. The department is yours—-make good use of it! Lime Pays A dozen or more farmers of the county applied ground limestone to portions of their farms last spring to demonstrate the results .to the communities in which they live. Practically all of these demonstrashow up at the present time. James Amsler, near Rensselaer, finds that in his cornfield where the lime was applied, the corn has been better all through the season. If has a deeper color and has made a greater growth. At husking .time the differences in yield will be reported. Mr. Amsler will be glad to show the field to anyone who is interested. . Al; Daugherty applied lime to a part of his cornfield at ■ the rate of 1% tons per acre. The I difference is so plain that Purdue has requested sample stalks for an j exhibit at the State fair. In the ■cornfield of Henry Paulus several leaves were picked at random from the limed portion and compared with a like number from, the unlimed. The former were decidedly greener and stronger looking than' those from the unlimed portion. Tn the clover field a check on August 21, showed that the unlimed portion yielded at the rate of 3.920 pounds per acre while the limed portion produced 4,760 mounds or 31.4 per cent mor". Other results will be published from time to time.

Plans for the Stock Show Rensselaer is to have a livestock show this fall, promoted by the County Livestock Breeders’ association. President Fred Phillips; has called the committee. in charge, to meet at the office of the county agent next Saturday to complete the plans. Anyone interested is invited to be present. The meeting will open at 2 o’clock. Registered Cattle Purchased Addison Parkison, James Leatherman and Ed Randle have purchased twenty-seven head of regis-

district and is devoted principally to the production of alfalfa and sugar beets, both of -which appeared to do extremely well. Much of the land lying too high for Irrigation is planted to navy beans’ and they appear to indicate a very good yield. The part of Country Pot susceptible of irrigation is used principally for ranching, and we saw many herds of cattle in fine condition as a rule, mostly Herefords, but consisting principally ot cows, calves and coming 2-year-olds. This seems to be the condition of the cattle business all over thet-section through which we passed. In fact we have only seen two small bunches of aged-steers, possibly thirty head up to the present time. We left Denver at 7:20 in the evening of the 14 th enroute for Sundance, Wyoming. We left the tyain at Lipton and completed our trip to Sundance by auto, a distance of thirty-two miles. Since leaving Holdredge we have traveled through portions of four states, namely, Nebraska, Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming, and as to soil conditions they are very similar. Nebraska and the portions of Colorado we saw are somewhat similar as to surface conditions with the exception that the. northern portion of Nebraska was much rougher than the part of the state we first saw, and also the part of Colorado through which we passed We passed through the border of the Bad Lands of South Dakota, and they surely are rightly named, as they consist principally of immense hills, almost mountains, and practically void of vegetation. Much of Wyoming through toward Newcastle and Lipton is similar in character, but smooths down somewhat as these towns are reached. Now as to crop conditions. After we crossed the Mississippi at Burlington, lowa, the drought has been continuous throughout the territory of our entire trip. So far as we have seen there is no prospect " for a corn crop and from what we could learn these conditions are general throughout the entire West, with some exceptions of portions of Nebraska and lowa. We are* now at our cousin's, C. R. Yeoman, and family, where we are enjoying ourselves sightseeing, having already made a number of trips to the country adjacent to the town. Will describe this portion of the country in our next. Well, we do not miss our meals, but, O, we miss our home papers. Respectfully, R. J. YEOMAN. On Board the Chicago, August 3, 1917. Dear Uncle. Ed, Aunt Lena and Irene: Today is my last day on board the ship, as we land in Bordeaux tomorrow at 6 a. m. if nothing happens to us. Day before yesterday off the northern coast of Africa we ran into a terrible storm, and we also had a submarine scare, the details of which, in brief are: The signal whistle blew and everyone rushed to the main deck with life belts, rations and water, where the life boats are always' ready and half lowered. But I was peacefully asleep in

tered Shorthorn yearling heifers for the boys in the county calf club. These animals are Of exceptional quality and will be" valuable additions to any herd. Still a few more applications will be considered before they are turned over to the committee to decide upon the fortunate young men who will receive animals. Hereford Meeting at Wheatfield The Wheatfield Center Farmers’ club meeting of the evening of August 30 will be turned over to the Hereford men of this section of the state. O. S. Bell of Parr, Fred Phillips and Thompson of Rensselaer and W. H. Ambler of Winamac will be among those appearing on the program. Warren T. McCray was expected but has found it impossible to attend. Insect Enemies Cabbage worm s, kaiser bugs and other insects are taking their usual toll in the truck regions of the county. A teaspoonful of Paris green to twelve quarts of water will be effective for the worms and nicotine sulphate will spell death to the lice or kaiser bugs. The North Union Farmers’ club is full of life, and is outgrowing its meeting place. The members are planning for a good meeting at Virgie on the evening of September 1. The Parr Farmers’ club is planning for the biggest meeting in its history on the evening of September 6. Better be there and keep up with the procession. • A number of Hereford breeders of this county expect to go to Winamac to join the Pulaski County Breeders’ association on their county tour next Saturday. It is a good idea and all who can get away should make the trip. Fertilizers -nay on' wheat. Have you purchased yours yet? About one-third enough army horses have been listed to make it worth while to send a government inspector here, If you are intending to list army horses 'for saloyjt. would be courtesy to do so at once and not keep the other farmers waiting. Eggs are comparatively cheap now. Next winter it may; be a different story. Have you used the “water glass method?” Full directions at this office.

my cabin and didnt’ wake up until Vern Davisson and a Red Cross nurse missed me and came rushing in to see if I was there; and say, you know the rest. After I got my eyes open and realized what was wrong, say, I beat the whole bunch back to the upper deck, and I didn’t lose any time, either, if I was only half awake. This* letter is written in the heart of the dangert zone, as we are off the coast of Spain, and tonight will be our last on the water if we make a successful run across the bay to Bordeaux, France, where we hope to land at about 6 in the morning if we have no delays and manage to get by the submarine patrol. I am feeling fine, and haven’t been seasick yet, which I don’t think I will now. The steamer “Chicago” is a French liner and is run by a French crew and gunners; there are about 200 on board in the same outfit we are with, all nice fellows, and like one big family. Well; I will write you again after our arrival in Paris, where I want you to write me sometime. With kindest regards to you all I am, Very resp. yours, SAMUEL. P. S.—Tell Frank Critser the fishing is good out here; we see sharks, -porpoises and whales every day. Tell Frank after I get settled I will write to him sometime.

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AUGUST 29, 1917.

ojA Our-4g=» dassifieOßa I. [Under this head notices win bs published for 1-cent-a-word for the firs* Insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional 'nsertion. To save book-keeping 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 2k 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—The William Daniels farm of 200 acres in Barkley township.—KOßAH DANIELS, Agt.. Rensselaer, phone 299. ts For Sale —A snap, 160 acres pasture land, S2O per acre; located 2% miles from station, in Jasper county.—HARVEY DAVISSON. ts For Sale —Five acres inside the corporation; improved street, well tiled and in alfalfa; $1,400. Easy terms.— G. F. MEYERS. ts Good Recleaned Timothy Seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. tl For Sale—Located 4 miles west of Milan, Ind., 4 0 acres, 9-room house, barn 40x50, tool shed, corn crib, hen house, good orchard; all under ifence; all tillable land. Price $3,000.—J. P. VAWTER, R-2, Box 88; Milan, Indiana. s 5 For Sale—Real bargain, improved" 80-acre farm, new 5-room house, new barn, 3% miles from Wheatfield, Ind.; $35 per acre. Will take live stock first payment, easy terms on. balance.—HAßVEY DAVISSON, phone 246 <jr 499. ts

Remington Typewriter, No. 7, with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and is practically as good a* new; cost $l2O, will sell at a bargain.—THE DEMOCRAT. Fertilizer—See Thos. E. Reed for fertilizer for your wheat crop. I can furnish 3 per cent potash. I sell the best fertilizer made. Write or phone and I will call and see you.— Remington, Ind., R-3, phone 79-J. . . Srl6 For Sale—2Bß-acre farm in Mississippi, 2 miles from railroad station. Price $5,000. Will sell on easy terms or will trade for town or farm property. This farm is improved and is a great bargain and this price is only good to October 2. If you are thinking of locating in the South it will pay you to investigate.—HAßVEY DAVISSON, ts 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 if 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; 2 5-col. twin chases, each $2.50; 140 lbs. 9-pt. body type (Barnhart No. 64), cases included, $25; font 30-pt. Clarendon Extra Cond., $2, with case, good shape.—THE DEMOCRAT, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts

FOR RENT For Rent —We still have one large farm for rent.—JAMES E. WALTER, manager J. J. Lawler ranches, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 337. LOST Lost—On Jackson highway between Shelby and Rensselaer, two 33x4 nearly new Goodrich tires, one on rim. Liberal reward. Return to MAIN GARAGE. MISCELLANEOUS Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or other goods in The Democrat building. Terms reasonable. —F. E. BABCOCK. Phone 315 or 311. Taken Up—Yearling steer came to my pasture recently. Owner can have same by proving ownership and paying charges.—ELlAS ARNOLD, phone 913-F. ~ Butter j Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts 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 to any address on receipt of price. ts FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans. 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. —e i ; „ I flftl llial Without Delay ’ I r<rl lllr Without Commission, I Uul ll'b Without Charges for ■y ‘Making or Recording I instruments. I W. H. PARKINSON An armload of old papers for five cents at The Democrat Qffice. ,