Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1917 — Page 3

« SATURDAY,, OCTOBER 6, 1»17.

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

fAir oaks Health continues good in our village, and everybody is busy. Frank McKay came down from Gary and spent Sunday with his family. The thrashing is not all through yet, but will finish pip in a day or two with nice weather. Mrs. A. M. Bringle visited her son Arvel and wife at Remington from) Friday until Tuesday. J. E. Walter, the Lawler foreman, is making his rounds this week with a brand-new Ford. Cora Dewitt and wife, who had been tenting in Will Roudebush’s watermelon patch the past month, returned home Saturday. Can Manderville is talking of emigrating to some other*locality in the near future. Maybe he will, but we are from Missouri. It is reported Alison Keesa, who run the Cottingham pool room and soft diink shop, got cold feet and emigrated last week. Al Blake rented the place and is now proprietor of same. Our school held a "hard time” social in the Gundy hall Friday evening. All reported a good time. The financial part amounted to about S2O, which will be used to purchase a basket-ball equipment. There was a carload of lumber unloaded here the latter part of the week that had been treated with creosote to floor the three bridges across the Washburn lateral and the Moffitt ditches, east of town.

G. I. Thomas, wife, his sister, Mrs. James, and her son and Orval Thomas > and family of Remington autoed to Virgie, where G. I. has a farm, and then to Fair Oaks and looked over his property here Sunday afternoon. Everett Erwin of Dem Otte, who had been working on the F. R. Erwin dredge for some time, resigned last week and took the physical examination and passed it O. K. and went right on down to “Kaintuck” to take training for the war. The new school house contractors have already received one carload of brick and one of gravel. They are now waiting on the well diggers for water to work with. 1 The well outfit was landed here the latter part of the week and will probably be put to work in a few days. The Morocco Courier states that the sheriff and prosecutor and town marshal of Kentland made a raid on Pat Miller’s place of business near the old Beaver lake region over a week ago and got four barrels of beer, but why they, didn't get Pat is the question, as he was just as much in evidence as the £per, it is said. Enos Moffitt, who went to Montana last spring and took up a claim, returned to Fair Oaks Wednesday evening. He says it has been very dry out there this season and crops are short. He was at his brother Bruce’s through the harvest season and -the crops there were, very short on account of dry weather.

WHEATFIELD

R. A, Mannan was a business caller at Crown Point Monday. Ouir soldier boys, when they get home, will be expert housekeepers. C. E. Bus'h of Kersey is working at the carpenter trade in the vicinity of Baum’s Bridge. Mrs. Bert Vandercar and children visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bush, Sunday. The pastor of the Catholic church filled his appointments at Wheatfield and Kniman Sunday. Dewey & Hewett are busy filling silos at this writing. They have an entire outfit, ensilage cutter and engine. Remember the Wheatfield Stock show Saturday, October 20. Make this day a holiday. All come and have a good time. Quite a few houses are being built south of Baum’s Bridge to

PUBLIC SALE OF 7(1 Immune LargeJType 7fl ill POLAND CHINA SWINE lU FRIDAY, OCT. 19, ’l7, at 12 M. At the Sam Kindig residence, 2 miles north and 2i£ miles east of Kentland, Indiana. Sale will be held under cover, rain or shine. The offering, consists of spring boars and gilts, also a few yearlings, all of the big-boned, stretchy, prolific, smooth type. They represent the best strains of the modern large type Poland China, and are descendants of 1,000-lb. boars of national reputation. Considering the world’s shortage of meat and the bumper corn crop why not buy some of these good hogs and raise some 20c pork? i For catalogs, address _ B. L. Shonkwiler, or S. G. Kindig, Kaub, Ind. Kentland, Ind. Lunch on Grounds

accommodate those who wish to work in the river timber this winter. Col. Finn of Tefft was in Wheatfield Monday evening, wearing an up-to-date Van Dyke beard. He would pass as Justice Hughes in a Republican Oscar Turner, who had been clerking in the Pinter general store the past few years, has embarked in the cream and feed store business. Oscar is a fine fellow and we, with his many friends, wish him success. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiseman, Jr., who had been living close to Baum’s Bridge the past few months, returned to South Bend a few days ago where he intends to work in the Studebaker shops and thus get a slice of those big wages. All factories need men badly. Peter Dollinger, who had been in Wisconsin attending the funeral of his father, returned a few days ago. Mr. Dollinger states that the corn in the section of the state visited by himi is almost a total failureowing to the cold weather last spring and during the summer. Lou Misch sent his friend, , a postcard, showing a Kentucky Democrat driving a pair of mules to an auto to gasoline. As ——- was the originator of the idea, he would like to know why that son of Andrew Jackson is using his patent without paying him for the right? Please investigate, Lou. . . i£•

GIFFORD

Jesse Grimm loaded a car of onions here Sunday. Gladys Elliott spent Saturday night with Elsie Haniford. Miss Opal Hankins spent Monday night with Pearl Stockwell. Mrs. Blanch Akers spent the past week with her cousin in Chicago. Reuben Snyder returned to Illinois this week with his parents and two brothers. Earl Parker and family of Kersey spent Saturday and Sunday here with relatives. We all thought Tom Thumb was dead, but we got to shake hands with him Monday in the onion fields. A number of relatives gathered at the home of Jesse Nuss Sunday to the number of thirty-five. All enjoyed a fine time. Mr. and Mrs. Tine Perkins returned to their home at Winamac Sunday after spending a few’ days here with relatives and attending the funeral of the latter’s sister. Chester Caster has sold his store in the - Odd Fellows building to John Bicknell of Daniels is the clerk, and he is improving it nicely. We wish him success. Friends and relatives, to the number of about forty, of Mr. and Mrs. Nate Keen gathered at their home at Gifford Sunday. After a hearty dinner, which all enjoyed, the younger members of the party engaged in the usual game of baseball and the older in talking of earlier days.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY

Maybe also, Bill, you should ged you a new bunch of spies. Hein? Jay Makeever attended the Northwest Indiana M. E. conference at Valparaiso last week. By far the largest acreage of wheat in the history of Newton county is being planted this fall. Newton county will hold its annual corn and poultry show at Kentland December 11, 12, 13> and 14. < IS A Chicago newspaper defines truth as being the exact opposite of anything the German autocracy swears to. “Brook wins jug race.’’ —Brook Reporter. We don’t doubt it. brother. Long experience, etc., etc. Especially etc. Jacob Schanlaub of North Man-

Chester contemplates buying property in Morocco and locating in that town, we are informed. According to the old adage, “Half a loaf is better than none,” which, by the way, cannot be said, dear Maud. about some poems that have been writ. Work on the new school house at Mt. Ayr is progressing quite rapidly. At the present rate of speed the building should be completed along about the first of January. A negro, whose name the writer has been unable to learn, was killed in Morocco Friday of last week by being run over by a train. The man was employed on a farm near Enos. # The later garden variety Of tom fool is now at the bat. You will recognize him when he tells you that the garments made by the Red Cross women are turned over to certain individuals and sold by them to the sojdiers at a profit. Frank Makeever, living near North Star, has lost four or five head of cattle within the last ten days, due. it is believed, to their having eaten some poisonous plant. Dr. E. R- Schanlaub of Morocco and Dr. Kannal of Rensselaer administered treatment, and it was reported Tuesday evening that no further trouble from the disease was anticipated. "Baseball season is over,’ says the Keqtland Democrat. Yes, and it should keep right on being "over” until the close of the present war at least. There are entirely too many young men today wasting good time playing baseball, football, golf and what not, who ought to be over in the trenches killing Huns or doing something at home to help the boys who are there and those who are getting ready to go. Farmers whose corn escaped the frost should make it a point to put up a few extra bushels of seed corn this fall. There will be little or no real sound corn in the frost belt, and, as a result, farmers in that region will have their seed to buy next spring. Put up a few extra bushels and sell it to your less fortunate neighbor for just enough above regular market ntice to pay you for gathering it. Be a good fellow and' help whip the kaiser. As to whether the recent frost did or did not materially damage corn depends largely on the location of the corn. The central and southern part of Newton county escaped with little or no damage, while hundreds of acres of corn in the northern part was practically ruined. As an instance of the damaging results of the frost north of here, Mr. Hillis of Colfax township. who had out several hundred acres of corn, is reported as hav, ing said that he will have no corn at all.

We see by the papers that a movement is on foot take up the question of writing letters to the toys at the front and in the camps. Well, yes. but how about the person who has the devil-given faculty of writing a letter that makes the recipient feel blue as indigo for a week after reading it—who begins a letter with a groan, rqins in every depressing scrap of news, carefully omitting the good, and winds up with a still louder groan. By all means write to the boys if yon can say something pleasant and interesting. but if you are a naturalborn dispeller of human hopes and ambitions you will best serve your country by mailing your stuff to your old uncle or aunt, who probably won't live long anyway.

SOUTH AMERICA

Mrs. Fred Saltwell was a Rensselaer goers Saturday. Mrs. Fred S&Jtwell called on .Mrs. Albert Dolfin vfednesday. Fred Dobbins is sowing rve for Mrs. Lilli® Mitchell this week. Don't forget Sunday school and preaching services next Sunday. Mrs. Fred Dobbins spent Monday with her aunt. Mrs. Lillie Mitchell. Mrs. Lillie Mitchell and Mrs. Albert Dolfin called on Mrs. Saltwell Sunday afternoon. Misses Julien Dunlap, May Robinson- and Jessie Dolfin visited from Friday until Sunday night with Miss Dollie Blankenship.

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(From the Journal) Charles Owen of Remington spent Tuesday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Owen. , Mrs. Amen Osborne has been spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hermansen. Mr. and Mrs- John Barker of Lebanon and Sadie Petry were guests at *<'• Gilbert Barker home last Sunday.' ' Mrs. William Johnson went to Monticello last Saturday to visit with her daughter. Mrs. Lon Curtis, over Sunday. Cora Lanam went to Gary Monday of this week where she wi’l spend a few days with Mr. and i Mrs. Scott Lanam. .Mrs. George Haymaker returned tp her home in Madison, Illinois,! last Saturday after a five-days visit with the Ira Fetter family. J. D. Gettinger went to Mooresville, Indiana, Saturday to visit over Sunday with his daughter, ’ Mrs. Ola Thomas, family. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Reighter of j Saunemin, Illinois, are here visiting i Dr. and Mrs. Hackley. Mrs. Reighter is a cousin of Mrs. Hackley. .1 Several of the Gillam young people attended the wedding of Miss Katherine Abler and Lawrence Sheets at Reynolds Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. Mr- and Mrs. P. T. Robinson and son Ray and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stevens spent Saturday night and Sunday with William Querry and family at Hurbnrt, Indiana. Dorothy Coppess, tour-year-old

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

60 acres. On Main v road, half mile from pike and mila 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 acrep 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 will 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 be 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 around 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 mites 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 $2,5C0 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.

FARMS FOR SALE

75 acres. This nice little home lies on the Jackson highway four miles out from this city. It is in a closely settled community and in one of our best neighborhoods. It is all good grain land, all in cultivation and well tiled. There is a neat five-room bouse, 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 ot this farm, giving fine outlet for drainage. 130 acres is in ctiltivation 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

GEORGE F. MEYERS

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard'; Coppess of Gillam, died Monday i morning after having been ill sey-< erad weeks with cholera infantum. | The Herman Bremer, John Ant-, cliff and Lewis White families, also' Misses Florence Guild and Benita Petry took their .dinners and surprised the Harper Malcolm family last Sunday. L. H. Selmer bought two Shorthorn cattle at Murice Winn’s sale

never been broken and has been used for pasture; the remainder is in timber. There is 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 tour 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. and telephone line. There is a dredge ditch that touches one corner of the farm that gives tine 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 ifi cultivation and 20 in pasture, which has some nice young timber. Owner will sell oh 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 live-room house, fair barn, good well and bearing orchard. Price $135. Farms around this orie 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. Hat 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 Ilves 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 al) 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

at Lucerne, Indiana, paying the fancy price of $1,025.00 for two head —$600 for one and $425 for the other. John Selmer bought one for $395, and Gus Selmer added one to ihis large herd at the price of $4lO. These cattle will be shipped to Medaryville in a few days. Medaryville bids fair to be one of the fancy cattle markets of the world when we have such men as L. <H. Selmer, Theodore Selmer,

property. Owner lives on thii farm. 200 acres. Three miles fron this city. This Is a fine body o corn and bluegrass land and is al in grain except some in bluegrass pasture. It is all tillable. It liei on main road near pike, on R. F D. and telephone. It has fine out let for drainage and is well tiled There are two sets of improvements, all in good condition. Fenc ing is also good. Owner lives or this land. The main set of improvements consists of good six room two-story house, cement walks, large barn, double cribs tool sheds and a lot 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 deei black soil that is especially adapted for the raising of onions and potatoes. There are many largt fields of onions now growing or 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 much less figure thar most of this kind of land has been sold at. Also will give terms. 75 acres. This is a splendid piece of land and a good home. It lies in well improved neighbor hood, on R. F. D., telephone line pike and fourth mile to country store, two-room school house and church. The land is tiled and ali in cultivation and all good grain land, There is a good two-storj eight-room house, good new barn and a number <of out-build’ngs fruit, good well and wind mill. This farm lies six miles from this city and is occupied by the owner. Price $135. Terms, $2,000 down. 240 acres. This farm is a good one and lies on main road that if ‘to be piked and one mile from pike now built that leads to all parte of the country. This farm has been used as a stock and grain farm. It is level and all in cultivation or bluegrass pasture ready for the plow, except three groves, in all about 30 acres. It is all good grain land and 160 acres in deep black soil and remainder is lighter soil but productive. It has good drainage, having large ditcb through it. There Is a good sevenroom house, good horse barn, two good cattle sheds, double crib, granary, work shop, milk house and several more outbuildings. There are three wells, two windmills, tanks and good bearing orchard. The fencing is good. Owner of this farm lives on it and his age and health is cause for selling. He offers it at the low price of $6 7.50. Terms, $3,000 down und suitable time on remainder. Or he would consider clear property or smaller piece of land not to exceed $6,00(1 as part payment. 100 acres. This farm lies or main road which is to be piked and is two miles 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 rfome 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, crib, work shop, chicken house, well house and good well. The buildings are In good condition and not old. Owner lives on this farm and has good reasons for selling. Price $75. Terms on half. 80 acres. Owner of this farm lives on it and is a carpenter and desires to work at his 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 will trade his equity for clear property or small tract of land. This farm Hee on public road and near pike, three miles from village and station. It has good outlet for drainage and is Ir good neighborhood. 50 acres is ir cultivation and is black grain land, 30 acres is in pasture and has some timber but could be easily cleared. There is a comfortabh five-room house, large barn, some other buildings, good well, windmill and fruit. Describe fully whai you have to offer. 78 acres. This is a good farm and all in cultivation except a few acres in grove. It is level to gently rolling and has creek running through it which furnishes gooc drainage. It is well tiled and is t heavy loam soil. It has good fiveroom house, good roomy barn ant a number of outbuildings, a gone well and lots of fruit. This farm is in well settled neighborhood ant near school and church. Price $95 80 acres. This farm lies thref niiles from this city and is one Of the best farms in the county. Ii is all deep black loam soil ant splendid grain and grass land. I is slightly rolling to make it drair nice and is well tiled and has tw< large outlet tile through it. Then is splendid six-room house, goo< barn, double cribs and severa other outbuildings, good well, ce I merit walks, large orchard. Prlci | $lB5.

John Selmer, Gus Selmer, William Vollmer, Herschel Young and. K. B. Clark in the Shorthorn 'business, and Dal Prevo, Ott Greiger, Charles Maddox, Lester Guild and Charles Guild in the Hereford business. - If it’s anything in cardboards, cards, envelopes or papers of any kind The Democrat undoubtedly has It.

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