Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1917 — CLEANED from the EXCHANGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

>’ Governor James P. Goodrich is reported to be slowly improving, with his general condition much bettdr than a few days ago. His chances for recovery are now very good. { - - At the annual conference of the United Brethren church held at Butler, which closed Monday, Rev. C. A. Slclcafoose was assigned to Brook and Rev. C. R. Smith to Morocco. More than fifty cases of typhoid fever have appeared in South Bend since September 1, and the health authorities have ordered that all drinking water be boiled before using. Prof. Henry Baker Brown, sixtynine years old, founder and president of Valparaiso university, died at bis home in Valparaiso Sunday night. Death resulted from a stroke of apoplexy which the well-known educator suffered five years ago. Prof. Brown was personally known to thousands of his students and was beloved and admired by all. Robbers obtained S3O in pennies, some silverware and a revolver when they broke into the safe of the Farmers’ bank at Brookston early Friday morning. The thieves failed to gain access to an inner compartment of the safe in which lay several thousand dollars. An old suit ease, bearing the name “George Patternson,” was left In the bank by the intruders. The foremen of the different departments at the Monon shops at Lafayette have been granted an increase in salaries from $3 to sls per month. The general foreman received no increase. A bulletin was placed in the shops Monday morning announcing the increase. Many of the mechanics were making better wages than the foremen and the latter asked a raise in keeping with their positions or be granted their old positions as workmen, , * • > The huge potato crop which the federal forecast indicates will be produced in the United States this year means that this important food staple will be cheaper, and makes it. possible for families that had to cut down on potato consumption because of high prices to restore the tuber to a prominent place on their bill of fare. The forecast, based on reliable estimates from all parts of the country, places the total potato yield at more than 4 67.000,000 bushels as compared with 285,000,000 in 1916 and 360,000,000 in 1915.