Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — Page 2

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1 JASPER com DEMOCRAT —_a T ■ F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 811 Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflee at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3. 187?. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print Newspaper in Jasper County. ADVERTISING RATES Display 12%c Inch Display, special position. ,15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion.. 5c Readers, per line add, inser.. . ,3c Want Ads—l 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 lines, 50c, Cash with order. All accounts, due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. .No advertisements accepted for the first page. M WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1917.

PRACTICAL FARM CO-OPERA-TION

This is admittedly an age ,of improved machinery and advanced methods in farming. No longer is it possible for the man who farms by the old methods and with the old tools of our fathers to compete with his more progressive neighbor. If he undertakes it he is sure to go down in defeat. But right at this point the advocate of advanced methods and improved machinery is met' with a staggering opposition. Thousands of small farmers tell him point blank that they can not afford the great outlay, of money necessary to stock their farms with the latest labor-saving implements! _v And it is the solemn truth. They can’t afford it. It would bankrupt them to undertake it. What, then, is the answer? One word—co-operation! Cooperation in buying and using the more expensive implements. Consider the number of days in the year you would use a wheat drill, or a disc, plow or harrow, or a binder or a mower, or any ope of a large number of implements that are absolutely essential to successful farming today. The Uni+ed States department of agricultura has figured this out, and the r esult is calculated to make one think twice—and then again. The department estimates that on the average small or medium sized farm the following implements are used annually the following number of days anti fractions thereof: Walkfag plow, 19.2; sulky plow, 14.7: •prfng-tooth harrow, 6.6; spiketooth harrow, 3.1; disc harrow.

4.2; grain drill, 4.6; land roller, 4.7; corn planter (one row), 1.9; corn planter (2 row), .8; corn cultivator (one row), 4.1; corn cultivator (two row), 5.6; mower, 3.1; hay rake, 2.6; grain binder. 3.4. 7, It will easily be seen that unless a man is so well-to-do that he could afford to have capital tied up and lying idle, the plea of the small i farmer that he can not afford the modern tools is the sober truth. Ruf • there is a remedy in . co-op-erative ownership. In fact, the plan is in operation in many sections of the country and is found to work admirably. A glance at the list will convince anyone that there is not an implement there that could not be shared between two or three farmers, and many could be made to do service for five or six—some, even, for a much larger number. What, then, is the necessity for each one burdening himself with a heavy outlay to provide all of the needed tools when the burden can just as well be distributed among a number with the same’ satisfac-

tory results? Aren’t there a number of farmers in this community who could profit by this plan? If you do not want a partnership ownership, fearing possible disputes and resultant ill feeling, let one buy a corn planter, another a drill, and so down the list. Then lend back and forth, and you get the same results. But make it co-operative, decide in advance just what tool each is to buy, and get everything that will reduce your .expense and increase your yield. Think this suggestion over, friends. One or two or three hundred dollars saved on equipment could be well invested in livestock and other crying necessities on many farms. It is safe to say that ,no other class of people in the country carry as much “dead” capital as do the farmers —the very class who can least afford it. The logical way to release this capital and put it to work is through co-operation as above outlined.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Some people’s bides are so thick you* can take it off layer by layer and they never miss it. We protest, however, that the proposition to conserve used tin cans isn’t fair to the goat. “Disarm,” says By all means, but make the other fellow disarm first. He started it. Strange, indeed, that no one has thought to harness the shark and employ it in submarine warfare. When all other measures fail, we might fill the army up on raw onions and sick them onto the enemy. ~ A contemporary wants to know who took the “pot” out of potatoes. It would be more instructive to know who took the “eat’’ out of wheat. * When a neutral country decides

to enter the war on the sidd of our allies, the next thing to be decided is the size of the loan we are to grant her. “What is life?” inquires an inquisitive reader. And right there we balk. We’re hanging on like grim death and asking no fool questions. President Wilson has decided that conscientious scruples need not disqualify a man fram active service in road building. Right shoulder, shovels! A prominent editor has been threatened with death, in an anonymous letter, because he condemned the draft resisters. He should protect his rear—no danger in front. Having exhausted every other subject for sensational slush, certain newspaper writers are now engaged in the kindergarten pastime of mobilizing the hoy scouts for war. There is nothing strange in the claim of .an European scientist that he can make diamonds from phips. Many a “chip off the old block” has turned out to be a diamond in the rough. Never lend money to a stranger. Steer him gently into the back yard, hand him an axe, and discourse learnedly on the angelic beauties of manual labor. Blit don’t lend him money.

That Dutch scientist who built a room with vacuum walls to give him quiet, went to unnecessary trouble and expense. Most any business house that doesn’t advertise could meet his need. Through the investigations of the railroad war board it h9,s been iiscovered :hat the car shortage i: on a par with most of the other “shortages” in this country—-ready-made for the occasion. Nicholas Romanoff, one-yW czar of all the Russias, has beert sent to Siberia. He may now be able to confirm his opinion of the unreasonableness of his former subjects in objecting to the climate of that country. . 7- r What shall, we do with the fooVi price boosters? There is no place in heaven for them, for that is reserved for human beings. We can’t send them to jail, for that would be cruelty to the other inmates. Hell won’t have them, for the devil refuses to associate with anyone worse than himself. What shall we do with them?

The fellow who will repudiate bis obligation to his country in this supreme crisis of its history will repudiate any other obligation, it matters not how sacred. If he will evade' his duty to his government, he will evade any other duty. If he permits “conscientious "scruples’’ to stand “between him and a performance of his duty, his conscience will work likewise on any other occasion as well. He will bear watching.

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Carrie D. Short returned here Monday from a trip through the West, and after a short visit with relatives will return to Omaha, Nebraska, to make her home. E. L. Hollingsworth has purchased a fine new Hudson “SuperSix” automobile. County Treasurer May is also driving a new Studebaker, purchased of the local agent. Del Gilson. James Spate, a member of Company M and who was discharged recently because of a missing finger on his right hand, is seeking re-enlistment and went .to South Bend yesterday for examination.

The Boy Scouts hiked to the farm of Charles Reed Friday evening, where they camped over night and returned home in the morning. There were about fifteen of the boys present and they were in charge of»Scoutmaster Asa Mc-< DanieL R. B. Harris, who was reported to be in a very critical condition Saturday and Sunday, rallied somewhat Monday aDd since then he has shown some improvement, although his condition is still quite grave and there is little or no hope of recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bruner of Morocco, who expect to move to Baroda. Michigan, soon, spent Sunday here with his parents. Other guests at the Bruner home were

TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Formaldehyde Gives Good Results “I’ll tell you, that formaldehyde treatment for seed oats is all right,” said %V. H. Wortley of Jor-| dan township the other da}'. “The oats that I treated yielded about ten buehels more than those that I did not treat. Although there was only about 3 per eent of smut in the untreated oats there was much more difference to be noticed. The treated oats were thicker on the ground, had longer and stiffer straw and the grains were heavier than my untreated oats.” This experience is rather common among men who use formaldehyde to treat their seed oats for smut. Prof. F. J. Pipal of Purdue says that in the treatment of plant diseases we are at about the ' J quinine and calomel” stage which physicians used in treating human disease fifty years ago. Formaldehyde not only prevents smut, but it controls numerous other plant diseases, the nature of which is little understood. Experience has brought out the fact that it is profitable to use formaldehyde even if no smut exists. A Successful Hog Breeder John R. Lewis left this week for the Indiana State fair where ,lse will begin the show season which will take his herd through the leading fairs of Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, and which will end with the International at Chicago. The herd, which consists of forty head, is in the pink of condition and is expected to make a creditable showing for the county. Livestock improvement is making such rapid strides in all parts of the country that every farmer must have at least one class of purebred animals upon his farm. Are you preparing to do your part in improving our livestock? Your Teacher. Teachers’ intsitute is over and within the next few weeks the schools of the county will be opened. Many of the teachers wil be new to their work and to the communities in which they will live. Can you nqt help make your school better by showing a friendly interest in it during the critical first few weeks? Be a booster for your school and you will be well repaid. Lime and Crap Production. Henry Paulus spent some time last week in looking over the lime demonstration plots of the county and made some interesting discoveries. On the farm of Henry Gowland of Marion, he found a good catch of young clover on the limed portion and a very poor one where no lime was applied. On the E. P. Honan farm in Barkley a narrow unlimed strip in a field seeded to Mammoth clover last

Mrs, Jerome Martin of La Fountaine, Indiana, and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Meyers of Texas. The citizens of Goodland turned out in full force Saturday and gave a rousing and enthusiastic retfeption to the members of Company M. In the evening the soldiers were treated to a feast, the memory of which will follow them wherever they may go. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chizum, who had been spending their vacation visiting friends at Oxford and Lafayette, off here between trains Monday on their way to their home in Chicago and visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Reeve, daughter Gladys and sons, Joseph and Robert, and Miss Krawford, a nurse, who had been visiting here in the Reeve family for the past five weeks, went to Chicago yesterday morning. The former three spent the day there, while Robert expected to make- a few days’ visit with his brother Joseph. Thrashing has been progressing rapidly the past few days. A heavy rain fell here Sunday forenoon about 9:30 o’clock, but the weather cleared immediately afterward and most of the thrashing machines were able to resume work Monday. Monday and yesterday were clear with seasonable temperatures, and at the present time there is little or no indication of frost in the near future.

NOTICE We pay the highest price for veals, live or dressed, and all kinds of produce. Phone 160 Black.— H. A’ QUINN. s2B Notice ot Ditch Petition. To Whom It May Concern:— Notice is hereby given that a ditch petition has been filed with the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper county. Indiana, and that the petitioners in said petition has fixed on the 24th day of September. 1917. as the time for docketing said petition. Therefore, this notice is given to all the following named land owners and corporations of the filing of said petition and the day set for docketing the same: Lewis S. Alter. David A. Augsourger. Thomas Brien. W. D. Bringle. Edward D. Bellows. Frank J. Babcock. Alonso Buckley, L. Elmer Brown, Harry M. Brown, Nancy E. Brown, Caroline E.

spring will produce only a small proportion of crop that will be secured on the limed area. “Clover and lime,” says Mr. Paulus, “are what we need to build up most of our soils in this county.” Gillain Club. The Gillam Farmers’ club will meet at the Independence church this evening. The principal topic for discussion will be “What Benefits Are We Receiving From Our Club.’’ Here is a chance for a good, lively meeting and everyone is invited to go and take part in it. Parr Club The new committee of the Parr Farmers' club has arranged for a bumper meeting to be held at the school house tomorrow evening. Come out and show the committee that the club is the best in the county. Fertilizers for Wheat “If your Tan<F ■wtir~FtTsduce~"sTfy' bushels of corn per acre, you can use 200 or 250 pounds of acid phosphate as a fertilizer for your wheat this fall,” said C. C. Mar-, tindale, the wheat expert, who spent two days in this county in the interests of more and better wheat,” but if it is not that Strong I would advise you to use enough bone meal to give the wheat a good start in the fall. Bone meal and acid phosphate make a good combination.” Better Farming Association Meeting The semi-annual meeting of the Jasper County Better Farming association will he held on the farm of President Henry Paulus next Saturday, beginning at 11 o’clock. A basket picnic will be spread at noon. The program will consist of talks from extension specialists and the main part of the day will be devoted to the discussion of results obtained to date and to making plans for further work. ’Bring your family and come. Everybody welcome. A plarty will leave the court house for the picnic grounds at 10:30 and would be glad to have you join. Will you let the lice kill your cucumber vines? Nicotine sulphate is death to plant lice. Home drying is as important as home canning. Now is the time to'lay in the winter supply of dried fruits and vegetables. A' Hereford Story “I bought a registered Hereford heifer two years ago for s3so,’’ said i one of the cattle breeders of this county the other day. “Not long ago a man from lowa offered nfe SBOO for her and another man of- , sered me SSOO for the calf that she produced. They are worth a good deal more to me than that and I am going to keep them, although SI,OOO profit on one cow looks mighty big to me.”

Buck, Anna Barger, Zephimiah Corbin, John A.. Coen, Arthur Coen, Eliza O. Corey, James Cooper, William E. Cain, Victoria Conrad, Anna Clandon. Henry Deno, William Esson, Charles Ellis, Mary Eck, Anna Eck, Frank Eck, John Ferguson, Aison A. Fell, John Fenwick, Caleb Friend, Frank Fenwick, William Gushua, George Gibb, Frank W. Goss. Emma Goss. Richard Garvey, Myrtle E- Gladden. Christian J. Guth, Peter Guth, John W. Hitchings, Spencer Hamilton, Joseph Hottler, Frank Holscher, Eliza Burgess Hunter, Joseph Hall, Jr., John Hudson, Dexter R. Jones, Merritt Johnson, Newton Lyons, John B. Lyons, Oliver M. Lyons, Guy Little, Alva J. McCashen, Alfred E. Malsbury, Edward L. Meyers, Charles Meadle, John Y. May, George H. May. John C. Marshall, Christian Nofzinger, Peter Nofzinger, Catharine Nofzinger, Francis Cl- Price, Lymon Raymond, James F. Ross, Peter A. Rowland, Frank L. Roberts; Edwin O. Ropp, Lewis Siminonin, John Siminonin, Joseph Sommer, John Stack, James Shaefer, Charles E. Sage, Warren W. Sage, Charles W. Spencer, Charles Tebo, Dudley Tyler, William Washburn, Florence E. -Wingard, Julius L, Wood, Libbie Wood, Lucy Wickersham, Philip Weller, George Wortley, Joel Zimzel, the Trustee of Carpenter townshhip, Jasper county, Indiana; the Trustee of Jordan township,' Jasper county, Indiana, that your lands are described in said petition as affected by the proposed drainage. That said petition asks for the construction of an open ditch by means of a dredge upon and along the following described route, to-wit: Commencing on the south line of section 8 in township 27 north, range 7 west, in Jasper county, Indiana, near the southeast corner of said section and in the line of Alters Creek, also called Mosquito Creek, and running from thence in a northerly and northwesterly and westerly direction following wherever practicable the line of Alter’s Creek, or Mosquito Creek, and the line of the Eck ditch, across sections 8 and 5 in township 27 north, range 7 west, and across a portion of section 32 and across section 31 in township 28 north, range 7 west, in Jasper county, Indiana to the county line between said Jasper and Newton counties, and continuing from thence in a northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly direction, following the line of the Sage ditch across portions of sections 36 and 25 in township 28' north, range 8 west, in Newton county, Indiana, and across portions of sections 30 and 19 in townstab 38 north, range 7 west, in Jasper westerly direction along the line of Sage ditch, (formerly called Mosiflßo Creek) and across section 24, in township 28 north, range 8 west, in Newton county, Indiana, and terminating at a point near the southeast corner of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 13, township 28 north, range 8 west, in Newton county, Indiana, which point being the source or beginning of the Mosquito Creek Lateral of the Borntrager Ditch as established in the circuit court of Jasper county, Indiana, and where the proposed drain will find and have a good and sufficient outlet in said lateral to said Borntrager ditch. ALFRED ECKMAN, JR., ALFRED ECKMAN, SR., ' FRANK ECK, HENRY DENO. ELMER BROWN. A. E. STICKNOTH, H. G. SIMSHAUSER, WESTER BOWDY, JOHN ECK, WM. GLADDEN. ' GEO. T. PUTT, CARL DAVIDSON, WILLIAM KEEN, CHRIS SICKINGER. WILLIAM T. CORY, GEORGE BUCH, E. B. HUNTER, By Robert Ormiston, Agt. Petitioners. Jasper Guy? and Williams & Dean, Attorneys. * 22-29

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 191 IS

Ussifedi'fEl FDgpfTfgpil 1 [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the first Insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. 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 2i cents. Where replies are sent in Tbs 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 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 For Sale—Located 4 miles west of Milan, Ind., 40 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, 3y 2 miles from Wheatfield, Ind.; $35 per acre. Will take live stock first payment, easy terms on balance. —HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 246 or 499. ts Remington Typewriter, No. 7, with tabulating attachment. Machine in splendid condition and looks and Is practically as good as 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. s-16 For Sale —288-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 pries asked for entire property. Tferms 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—Six-room cottage electric lights, soft and 'hard water in house. Phone 216 Black or see RUTH SAYLER, Cullen and Elm streets. ° s 6 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 stor? age of light household or other goods In The Democrat building. Terms reasonable.—F. E. BARCOCK. Phone 316 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. Typewriter Ribbons—The Democrat carries in stock in its fancy stationery department the famous NediOh make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 65c each. Will be sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. -ts

FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 633-L. ts Farm Loans—l can procure yon a five-year loan on your farm at 6 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. HCXNAN. flrtl litAl Wlthout Delay, Mr I inP Without Commission, l 1)1 lllU Without Charges foi H ’Making or Recording Instrument*. 7 W. H. PARKINSON If it’s anything in cardboards, cards, envelopes or papers of any kind The Democrat undoubtedly !t