Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — Page 6

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BRICK ROARS MOST DURABLE

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in this respect. Bui Xew . Yark state has probably dope srose toward improving its main roxte ♦han any other state in the Ux.i-:a. and one ean travel from one eae?. of the state to the other over roads built under supervision of the New York State Highway that are simply a dream, :aj wafle the people there will te.i yeti t-i----there Jias been a great tei. “graft"’ in building these roate and possibly there has in fact we have sometimes heard suth things intimated regarding our ovt etene and gravel roads —l~ey have got something to show for fib-ear BMHsey, in part, at least, that is the envy of the people of ether stales who travel over their stale roauftsL Apparently New York has mei out tarvia, concrete and brick in the several years it has beew boilding its so-called state toads, ani every intelligent man there w3Il tell you that brick laid on a coocre-ee base is far ahead of ye< i tried. One will find hundreds of stiles of brick roads in New York state and they are laid so evenly that one would almost imagiae be was driving over a concrete sidewalk. Bo smooth are they, , They are standing the wear and the weather. | and there is no expense for ■ upkeep whatever. These roads extend through the valleys, over the hills and along the hillsides, and apparently everywhere they are standing the test. For most part they are apparently twenty feet wide and most of them have a concrete gutter on each side. They have hut little crown, perhaps two aaei.es. One is unable to give any definite idea as to their cost per miSe because of the heavy expense >f grading in the construction of these roads, something that would be eliminated almost entirely aa a practically level country like our own. -

The concrete roads—and eae will find several huhdred miles of them in New York state, built under the satae supervistea and by. state aid- —are all right when new. and it may be that the later constructed roads will “stand ®p" better than those built a few ‘years ago—but many of those i&at nave been built a few years we fttaad had scaled off badly in pLaoes. and in some few instances we noted where attempts had bee® made to repair them by spreading larrui and fine crushed rock over the damaged surfaces. There are also hundreds of mites of tarvia roads in New York state, roads built of crushed rock with, heavy applications of tarvia c-a the top layers. This sort •®f road is also generally about twenty feet "Wide and as it is kept in repair it makes a very good road. However, it is an endless source o* expense, and unless it is .gave® constant attention soon berocnes fall of holes and ope of the worst sort of roads imaginable. <We s-traek several miles of such rood just west of Fremont, Ohio. It had apparently been a fine road when first completed but had not been given regular care and the tzmj crust had broken through and the road was a mass of holes fro» the size of one’s fist to that of a peek measure and some of fitens Several inches in depth. )

In New Yew state eat* few xLiles of tarvia road hak a mam in elkirse of it who is constantly eanploryed. He drives one horse hitcheS to a light lumber wagon and a !iz fastened to the front end off his wagon bears the words “Patrol No. —He carries a tarvia, a large dipper and zort of a wagon box filled with fine crashed stone. When he comes .to '2 place in the roadway where the crust has broken through he pours some tarvia in the hole and ffiHb it with crushed . sl«»e- or' ricgversa. In' this way m©sr off. the tarvia roads there are kept is fine repair and are almost as sntoofth as asphalt. Perhaps on:-*- each year or two the road is eoEEjletely

HARVEY WILLIAMS AUCTIONEER Remington, - - Indiana Yours for Honest Service —■. ■ Am dating a large number of sales for coming season and if you intend to have a sale it will pay you to see me. SatisfactiH taraiteH Write v ptoM fir Otis at my expense ■ • £L-g~a. 'J \

covered with a new coat of tarvia ever which . fine crushed rock i< thinly scattered. These state roads, as previously stated, are built under the supervision of the New York State iHighway mission; and all dangerous places are guarded by heavy posts to which are spiked 2x6 or 2xß plank, all of which 'are painted, white. Dangerous curves are preceded by. warning signs informing 1 the driver of what is ahead, like this:- “Danger! Sharp curve 500 feet ahead”; “Danger! Narrow bridge .ahead’’;. “Danger! Bad turn ahead, strand claxon,” and many other warning signs so that one need pot get in bad if he will but heed the warnings placed on posts at a safe distance from the dangerous ’.corner. Practically every crossroad is provided With guide posts so that one cannot go estray if he will but “read the printed directions," These fine roads have cost money, vit is true, but we do not believe a man can be found who would be willing to have them taken away and the comparatively small sum they have cost him be returned to him. They have made it possible for the people residing on or adjacent to these roads to bid defiance to the weather and get out in any and all seasons of the [year. They have made farm life more enjoyable and more endurable. while a farm lying along one of these roads will sell for much more than it would before the road was built or much more than farms lying off a state road. In fact, the advance in value of the farms along state roads will more than pay the cost* of all additional taxes [ assessed against the farm for the ■’ construction. They enable the cream, milk and other produce buyers to come right to the farmer’s door in their auto trucks and take his product at a good price without any trouble or loss of time on his part of hauling it to ' market.

Many new roads branching oft from, the trunk lines have been ordered and a great many of them have been built, but new constrac■ion has been light the past two years by reason of scarcity of labor and in many instances no bids have been received at all. It is hoped to pash construction after the war is over. While the auto trucks and the tourists- will wear out the tarvia roads, the brick is immune to their travel, hence we agree with the permanent highway experts that brick is the only material suitable for ear trunk lines of travel, and speed the day when we have such a road running north and south the entire length of Jasper county, built under state supervision with national, state, county and township aid.

MUST OPEN DEPOT AT THAYER

PnMic Service Commission Huies Against Monon Railroad. The public service commission of Indiana has returned a decision in the case of James R. Craig et al vs. the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisvine Railway company. The ease as filed by Craig et al asked that the depot ate Thayer be reopened and put in a state of repair and maintain in reasonable condition its combined passenger and freight station in Thayer. The station was closed down on May 1, 1914, and since that time the citizens of Thayer have been -forced to go to Shelby or Roselawn to transact business with the railroad company. Prior to this date the company had maintained an agent at rhe Thayer station for twenty years.

Artificial silk, which has been on .the market for about five years, is being used extensively not only in ; cloth mil’s, but in hosiery manufacture. The total consumption of. ice ream in the United States for the -ear 19.16 has been estimated at Quarts at a minimum .value of 580,000,0b0.' Subscribe for The Democrat.

COLONEL WANTED THAT BIRD

Prospect of Turkey Dinner Made Him Overlook Any Little Dereliction of the Drummer. During the Civil war one of the drummers, while the regiment was on the move, had a penchant for foraging 0n his own account, and the chickens had to roost, high to, escape his farreaching hands. Whenever night overtook them this drummer had a good supper provided for himself. On one occasion he had raked in a couple of turkeys, and had put them into his drum for convenience In carrying. When the regiment was halted for the night the colonel immediately ordered dress parade, and the drummers were expected to beat up. The forager made his drumsticks go, but the quickeyed colonel noticed that he was not drumming. “Adjutant,” said the colonel, “that man isn’t drumming. Why ain’t he drumming?” The adjutant stepped up to him, saying: “Why ain’t you drumming?” “Because,” said the quick-witted drummer, “I have got two turkeys in my drum, and one of ’em is for the colonel.” The adjutant went back, and the colonel asked, “What is It?” “Why, he says he has got two turkeys in his drum, and one of ’em is for the colonel.” Up to this point the conversation had been carried on in a IoW voice, but when the adjutant reported, the colonel raised his voice so that all could hear: “What! sick is he? Why didn’t he say so before? Send him to his tent at once.”

SEES FINISH OF SPARROW

Writer Suggests That Information That They Are Good to Eat Be Widely Distributed. The polemic concerning the sparrow goes merrily on with letters in the press in favor and in reprobation of tlie saucy little bird. The Art World is taking part in the discussion. We read: Granted that the sparrow and starling are undesirable immigrants, what are we to do with them? As Sydney Smith with serious face to the economist anxiously asking "What shall we do with our raw materials?” answered boldly: “Cook ’em,” so we say to those who grumble at sparrow and starling: “Trap ’em, fat ’em, eat ’em!” This is far better tactics’ than the war of extermination suggested by one man, since instead of appealing to a few reformers whose labor would have to be paid for and their energies con-, fined to a few places, it enlists young and old in the primeval game of hunting for food. In the Bronx it is almost impossible, despite the law, to save any birds from the ravages of the Immigrant Italian. Let the news once get a start that sparrow pie is as good as’ robin pie and the result is certain. The balance will be re-established, the sparrow put in his place, viz.: the pie, and the native song birds will be relieved of a worse enemy than cats.

Croesus.

Croesus was an ancient king of Lydia, a country in Asia, who lived about 500 B. C. No estimate ever was made of his wealth, but as he had great opportunities to accumulate, it probably was large. He seems to have been a purse-proud man and a braggart, for history relates that when Solon, the great Athenian lawgiver, visited him, Croesus hiade an ostentatious display of his treasures and pressed Solon to acknowledge him as the happiest of mortals. But the story goes that the wise old Athenian answered : “Count no man happy before his death,” a saying which has passed into a modern proverb. Many years afterward, when Croesus was defeated in one of his long wars and was taken prisoner and was about to be burned alive, he recalled Solon’s prophetic remark and saved his own life by telling the story of Solon’s visit. His captors were so impressed by the story and the spectacle of his broken fortunes that they released Croesus, but he never had a chance to boast of his wealth again.

What Might Have Stopped Her.

Robert had spent much of his summer in his father's new car, and was quite well versed in automobile terms. About seven o’clock one night a friend telephoned she was coming over to spend the evening. She lived only six blocks away, and, as always, would walk. But by 8:30 she had not arrived, although we knew she had started, for her mother had telephoned to speak to her, thinking she was at* our house. “1 thought that girl was coming over here tonight,” remarked Robert, playing on the floor at my feet. “I’m afraid she isn’t coming,” ! said ; “she must have stopped somewhere on the way.” < “I guess she had a puncture,” said Robert, casually.—ChicagohTribufte.

This Enterprising Age.

What are we coming to? If people in Los Angeles can hear a New York concert over the phone, as was done in connection with the Mendelssohn Glee i club golden anniversary, why not develop the idea practically? Then Mrs. Hi Fyfe in Seattle will ring up the Metropolitan opera telephonic box office and say to the operator : “Switch me on for the second act of I want to entertain some guests after dinner.” In that way the papers throughout the country could have their critics “cover” the New York, Boston or Chicago musical events. And if the critic disliked the performance—simplicity! Just ring off. »

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

60 acres. On Main road, half mile from pike and mile from station, school and church; is on R. F. D. and telephone line. This farm is all black land, in cultivation except eight acres In timber adjoining buildings. The outlet for drainage is good. There is a new five-room bungalow with nice porch, barn for four horses, six cows, grain and hay; hog house, chicken house, all new; a good well and young orchard. Price SBS. Terms, $1,500 down and long time on remainder. 43 acres. In Barkley township. This farm lies on main road, near pike, R. F. D. and telephone line. It is well tiled and all in cultivation, except two acres in timber. There is a good small house, good barn, good well, and plenty of all kinds of fruit. It is hickory and burr oak soil. Owner will sell on good terms and might take property as part payment. Price $75. 120 acres. This farm is on main road and half mile from pike. 65 acres in cultivation and is heavy clay loam soil, with good outlet for drainage. 55 acres is in pasture and mostly pole timber. There is a new eight-room house and several outbuildings, a large bearing orchard, lots of walnut and hickory trees. Price $65. Owner will accept property or smaller tract of land as first payment and give long time on remainder. Or tyill sell on terms of $1,500 down. 83 acres. On main road, near two stations and in good neighborhood. 35 acres in cultivation and now in good crops, remainder pasture and timber. There is a large barn, three-room' house, a young orchard and good well. There is 15,000 feet of lumber on the farm that goes with the place. Price $45. Owner will sell on terms of S6OO down and long time on remainder. Or he will take good property as first payment. 90 acres. This farm lies on main road near station, pike and school. It has a set of fair improvements, good well and is all level black soil with clay subsoil, and is in cultivation except pasture ground the house, which is a hickory grove. There is some tile and is near the proposed Ryan ditch. Price $75. Owner might take part in good property. 120 acres. This farm lies eight miles from this city and in good neighborhood, two mixes from station. All black land, except 15 acres, 10 acres timber. The buildings are common, consisting of four-room' house, barn and well. This is a bargain at $55. There is a loan on this farm of $3,000, due in three years. 53 acres. Near pike and station, all in cultivation and all tiled and good clay subsoil. There is a sixroom house, barn, well and seven acres in alfalfa; in Barkley township. Price $65. Terms. 200 acres. This farm is well tiled and all good grain land, in cultivation except 40 acres in pasture containing about 20 acres of timber, but is all good land. It is on public road and mile to pike. There is a large new two-story cement block house, large barn, good well and other improvements. Price SBS. Owner does not live on the farm and is not situated to look after it. She will sell on terms of $2,500 down and long t’me on remainder. Or she will accept a clear smaller farm or clear property as first payment. This farm is a good one and well situated in good surroundings and has good outlet for drainage. 75 acres. This nice little home lies on the Jackson highway four I miles out from this city. It is in a closely settled community ! and in one of our best neighborI hoods. It is all good grain land, all in cultivation and well tiled. There is a neat five-room 1 house, a nice barn and other outbuildings, good well and windmill, lots of fruit and nice shade. Price $125; terms, $2,500 down and suitable time on remainder. 156 acres. This farm lies on pike.road, two miles from station, school across the road, has R. F. D. and telephone. There is a ten-inch tile that heads at line of this farm, giving fine outlet for drainage. 130 acres is in cultivation and remainder pasture; the pasture has some timber on it; 140 acres of this farm is level and deep black loam soil, remainder little rolling, and lighter soil. There Is neat five-room house and substantial and roomy barn, plenty of fruit, a good well and other outbuildings. The fencing is mostly new. There* is a loan on this farm of $10,500 that runs long time. Owner will trade his equity in this farm for smaller farm, good property, Western land, hotel or merchandise.- Price sllO. Or will sell on payment of $2,000 down and suitable time on remainder. Describe fully and price what you have to offer. 40 acres. This tract of land lies on public road and mile from pike. There are no improvements except fence. There is about 25 acres in nice black prairie land that has

A revolving . rack, suitable for holding rolls of oilcloth, is fitted with measuring and cutting devices. The rack holds fifteen rolls of oilcloth. * A wide fertile area will be reclaimed by the construction of a thirty-two-mile canal in Natanzas province, Cuba.

FARMS FOR SALE

GEORGE F. MEYERS

never been broken and has been used for pasture; the remainder is in timber. Ther&ds some saw timber on it. enough for frame for house and barn. Owner of this land will sell on terms of S3OO down and long time on remainder. Or if purchaser will build good house and barn they can have good time on all the purchase price. This is a chance for one having, limited means to get a nice home. Price $45. This land lies four miles from good town with elevator and high school. 31 acres. This is a splendid tract of land and is beautifully situated. It is all good heavy loam soil, fine for all kinds of grain and grasses and splendid for truck. It is all in cultivation and is all in oats this year, which has been sown to timothy. There is a pike road along the west side and there is a couple of acres of a nice rise facing the pike, making a nice place for buildings. There are no improvements on it except fence. On the south line there is a dredge ditch that gives fine outlet for drainage. It is 80 rods from village and station and school. Price $75. Terms, SI,OOO down and long time on remainder. Or if purchaser will build neat house and barn it can be arranged to give good terms on the entire amount. 120 acres. This farm lies on pike road joining station and at head of dredge ditch. It is all in cultivation, except eight acres timber and 20 acres in pasture which could be broken. It is mostly black soil. There are two sets of improvements on this land. One set consists of good five-room cottage, good small barn, chicken house and other buildings; the eight acres of timber lies back of barn and is fenced for hogs. There are two good wells. The other set of improvements consist of fair fiveroom house, small barn, well and lots of fruit. Price SBS. Terms, $2,000 down and suitable time on remainder. Owner would accept clear property as part payment if not too far away. 80 acres. This farm lies on public road and less than mile from pike, and is on R. F. D. gnd telephone line. There is a dredge ditch that touches one corner of the farm that gives fine outlet for drainage. There is a new fourroom house and small new barn and good well. This is all black land except a few acres and has 60 acres in cultivation and 20 in pasture, which has some nice young timber. Owner will sell on easy terms. Price $75. Owner might take some clear property or live stock. 120 acres. This is a rich piece of soil and lies four miles from this city. It is on main road near pike. Is on R. F. D. and telephone line. It is all in cultivation and nice bluegrass pasture. It is gently rolling enough to drain well. There is good outlet for drainage and two large tiles pass through it. There is a good five-room house, fair barn, good well and bearing orchard. Price $135. Farms around this one are priced much higher. This belongs to an estate of four heirs and must be sold for cash. 100 acres. This farm lies eight miles out from this city and on main road, fourth mile from pike. Ha* telephone, R. F. D. and near church and school. This farm has 85 acres of good black loam land adapted to all kinds of grain and 15 acres a little rolling. Part of this land is in pasture and has nice bluegrass. There are a few patches of light timber in the pasture. The farm has good outlet for drainage and is near large ditch. There is a good five-room house and a number of serviceable outbuildings, a good well, windmill, tank and good bearing orchard and lots of small fruit. Owner will sell at $75 and on terms of $2,500 down. Owner might take part in clear property. Owner lives on this farm. 40 acres. This little farm lies on main road joining station and village, is near school and fourth mile from pike. It has good outlet for drainage and is all cultivated except small grove near buildings. The soil is productive and partly black land and part sandy loam. There is a comfortable five-room house, barn and outbuildings, good well and lots of fruit. Owner, will sell this farm for SBS, on terms of SI,OOO down and suitable time on remainder. 100 acres. This farm lies six miles from this city and is well located, being on the Jackson highway. It is on R. F. D. and telephone line. 75 acres is in cultivation, which is well tiled and has large tile outlet on the farm and is good grain land. The remainder is in pasture and has some timber On it but mostly small and scattering and well set to bluegrass. There is a three-room house, large new barn and good well. Price $92.50. This farm has a loan on it for $6,500 that is in easy payments and has long time to run. Owner will trade his equity for smaller farm, live stock or good

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property. Owner fives on this farm. 200 acres. Three miles from this city. This is a fine body of com and bluegrass land and. is all in grain except same in bluegrass pasture. Il is all EtUabie. It lies on main road near pike, on R. F. D. and telephone. It has fine outlet for drainage and is well tiled. There are two sets of improvements, all in g-cdi. condition. Fencing is also good. Owner lives on this land. Ike set of improvements ct'Zmists of good sixroom two-Etsrr house, cement walks, large harm. doable cribs, tool sheds and * tot of other outbuildings. good well pumped with gasoline engine, which also furnishes power for other purposes. There is lots of fruit and good shade. Price >155. We have a large tract of deep black soil that is especially adapted for the raising of onions and potatoes. There are many large fields of onions now growing on this kind of land in this county and will make large yields to the owner. We will sell this land in small tracts at a maeh less figure than most of this kind of land has been sold at Also will give terms. 75 acres. Tills is a splendid piece of land and a good home. It lies in well improved neighborhood, on R. F. R, telephone line, pike and fo®nth mile to country store, two-moan school house and church. The toad is tiled and all in cultivation and all good grain land. There is a good two-story eight-room honse, good new barn and a number of out-build'ngs, fruit, good wen and wind mill. This farm lies six miles from this city and is ocmpsed by the owner. Price $135. Terms, down. 240 acres. This farm is a good one and lies on main road that is to be piked and one mile from pike now built that, leads to all parts of the country. This, farm has been used as a stock and grain farm. It is level and all in cultivation or bluegra® pasture ready for the plow, except three groves, in all about 3® acres. It is all good grain land and 16# acres in deep black soil and remainder is lighter soil but productive. It has good drainage. hawing large ditch through it- There is a good sevenroom house. g®r-i horse barn, two good cattle sheds, double crib, granary, work shop, milk house and several more cwachuildings. There , are three weEx, two windmills, tanks and good rearing orchard. The fencing is good. Owner of this’ farm lives on it and his age and health is cause far selling. He offers it at the Bow price of $67.50. Terms, s3.®®# down and suitable time on remainder. Or he would consider dear property or smaller piece of land not to exceed $6,000 as part payment. . 100 acres. This farm lies on main road which is to be piked and is two mEes from station. It is all black land in cultivation except ten acres pasture and timber. It is now mostly in corn, has 15 acres of wheat and some oats. It has fine outlet for drainage, having a good graded road on west side and a new dredge ditch on the south and east line. There ,is a five-room house. good sized barn, erib, work shop, chicken honse, well honse and good well. The buildings are in good condition and not old. Owner lives on this farm and hgood reasons for selling. Price $75. Terms on half. 8 0 acres. Owner of this farm lives on it and to a carpenter and desires to work at bis trade and offers to trade the farm. There is a loan on this farm of $3,300 which runs for some years. Price of farm $75. Owner win trade his eoulty for dear property or small tract of land. This farm Kes on public road and near poke, three miles from village and station. It has good outlet for drainage and is in good neighborhood. 50 acres is in cultivation and is black grain land; 30 acres is in pasture and has some timber tat could be easily cleared. There Is a comfortable five-room house, large barn, some other buildings, good well, windmill and frail- Describe fully what you have to offer. 78 acres. This fe a good farm and all in eEßtiwnttom except a few acres in grove. It to level to gently rolling and has creek running through it which furnishes good drainage. It is well tiled and is a heavy loam sdH. It has good fiveroom house,, good roomy barn and a number of cutbufldings. a good well and lots of fruit. This farm is in well seltped neighborhood and near school and drareh. Price $95.SC acres. This farm Kes three miles from this city and is one of the best farms in the county. It is al] deep. htoek loam soil and splendid grain and grass land. It is slightly ndfing to sake it drain nice and is well tiled and has two large outlet taS? through it. There is splendid sax-room house, good barn,-.;, doable crSte -aaafl .: several other outbuEdtogs. good well, cement walks, large orchard. Price $lB5. 1

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