Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — Page 2

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SENATOR LAFOLLETTE

“Treason” is an ugly word. As applied to Senator LaPollette it may or may not be rightly used — only the senator’s own heart can answer that. But of one thing a large majority of his countrymen are morally certain, if not positively disloyal, the senator is to say.\t;he least very iinprudent. Unless his personal life apd actions can effectually give the lie to his accusers, he would seem to be in a most unenviable light before the country. He has systematically labored to block the wheels of the government machinery ever since, in opposition to the will of himself and a handful of his colleagues, the congress declared a state of war to exist between this Country and Germany. No doubt he claims sincerity, but sincerity ceases to be a virtue when it degenerates into mere pig-headed opposition to the will of the majority. We very much fear that the trouble with the senator is, he is a poor loser.

CAPT. GEORGE GUYNEMER

Where is Capt. 'George Guyhemer? Has the brilliant and daring Young life gone out, and do his bones lie bleaching on some lonely hill or has his body furnished food for the fishes? Does he lie in some nameless grave, or will he yet return to those who love him and mourn him? These are the questions all France is asking. Scarcely more than a lad, of frail and delicate nature, in the two years of his career as an aviator his record reads like the most lurjd fiction. By his own individual efforts he has brought down fifty-two enemy air-; planes. No undertaking was too desperate for him to undertake. His 1

name has been written high on the scroll of fame, and wherever the brave spirit may be, its luster will never be dimmed while earth and heaven honor the heroic soul.

THE HARVEST MOON

During the last days of September and the first few in October the world was bathed in the rays of the harvest moon. The peculiarity of the harvest moon is that it shines throughout the entire night, rising just after sunset and staying on duty until the orb of day has made his appearance.. This schedule is followed for several days. Why the deviation from the usual schedule, none seem to know. In the countries of Europe its brilliant light has always been utilized more or less to “save daylight” in the harvest operations. It has also been favored by lovers presumably since Adam wooed Eve in the Garden. The harvest moon figures largely in the folklore of many of the northern countries.

HENRY FORD, PATRIOT

When asked for the terms on which he would turn over his big eastern assembling factory to the government for use during the war, IHlenry Ford replied, “No terms at all; take it.’’ Of course, there are those who will belittle the act with the remark that he can well afford it, but it was none the less a princely act of loyalty. And it stands out in such vivid contrast to the actions and words of many professedly loyal people that is especially noticeable. Mr. Ford did all in his power to prevent this country going to war, even going so far as to subject himself to ridicule in his efforts for peace. Now, however, that his country is into it, his brains, his energy, his resources and, we doubt not his life as well if it were required, are at his country’s order. Of such stuff are patriots made.

EDISON, THE SILENT

For -many weary months now the world has been asking itself the question, “What is Edison doing?” and as yet there has been no definite answer. We are assured in vague terms that he is perfecting some device or devices that will have powerful influence in terminating the conflict, but the months drag on and we are as much in the dark as ever. We are mysteriously in- J formed that he has discovered or isolated or located or "invented some kind of “ray” that will burn; up a battleship or a town at a dis-! tance of many miles, but that “ray’j has not yet illuminated our dark- j ness. It may be that one or more j of his discoveries are already in! use. If so, why not let the public ! know? Surely the bare that our faith in him is not mis- J placed, could work no harm. Seriously, the American people need all the encouragement they can get in the days that are before them, and if Mr. Edison’s genius is still working full time it would help us to know it.

St. Patrick didn’t have anything on prohibition when it comes to banishing snakes. It’s rare you hear of_ a snake-bite in a bone-dry state.

GET ON A CASH BASIS

Stop the extension of credit. Stop tempting a man to buy something j he don’t want because it can be. charged up. Stop charging a manj more than he ought to pay for what he does want, because you give him | credit. v Let the merchants of Indiana j pursue a practice that has developed the greatest merchants of the world. Nothing succeeds like cash, j No honest merchant who. works sincerely for the best Interests of his' customers has ever found anythingj that could beat the cash in advance! system of doing business, and the' sooner our merchants realize what benefit they would derive from an all cash business, the sooner we shall approach something nearer to the proper business conditions of our state. Truly, it is hard to discontinue the customs that have prevailed for years, but if ever there .was a time to make this change and insist upon* cash in advance, that time is here now. Money is plentiful and will certainly be more so with a big percentage of the farmers, and the high price of merchandise will prevent extravagant buying. The domestic economy being advocated by our government will naturally affect the purchasing desires of many, farmers, and by restrictions of this sort, it is going to be easier for them to pay cash. Where you find it absolutely impossible to make the customer see the justice and advisability of a cash transaction, then our advice is that you tell that customer to go to the bank and borrow money at legal rates of interest, so that he can take advantage of your cash prices. This can be done now better than at any time in our recollection and once installed, the system will never be discontinued by the merchant who really wants to do a high class and honest business.- - Business Chat.

NATION NEEDS MORE POULTRY

Secretary of Agriculture Calls on Industry to Increase Supply. The secretary of agriculture points out the importance of increasing poultry on the farms in the following letter transmitted to the American Poultry association through Mr. Harry M. Lamon: “I hope that the coming meeting of the American Poultry association, which you will attend as a representative of the department, will be highly successful and productive of good results. I need not point out that an adequate . supply of foodstuffs is essential to the effective prosecution of the struggle in which we are engaged. We must not only supply our own needs but we must endeavor to meet in part the needs of the nations with which we are co-operating. The poultry industry can render very great service to. the nation in this emergency. The production of poultry is one of the best means of bringing about a quick increase in the meat supply of the country. In many sections, particularly in the South, the number of fowls on individual farms can and should be very largely increased. If the improved methods which have been worked out by the experts of the state agricultural colleges, the experiment stations, and the department of agriculture were generally adopted, many of the problems confronting poultrymen would be solved or minimized. The department is co-operating with the industry in many directions and stands ready, of course, to render any assistance it can.'*

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

The cool October is sad and sober, she makes me have a tear; while leaves are falling she is recalling the passing of the year. I hear her saying, “The year’s decaying, the flowers are dead and gone, the rose and lily; the nights are chilly and frost is on the lawn.” I hear her sighing, “The year is dying, and man must blow his roll, must make a payment on winter raiment, and slate that’s nicknamed coal.” I hear her calling, “The rain is falling and freezing on the moor; cold winds are heading this way; the sledding will be tough for the poor.” Her voice is dismal; a grief abysmal is in her mildest tones, and, never resting, she keeps suggesting decay and mouldy bones. My life is sober; it’s reached October, it’s autumn soon will pass; the winds are saying, while round me playing, “You’re next! All flesh is grass!” My winter’s coming when I’ll quit thrumming a lyre for a reward; in all my fooling and festive drooling there is a minor chord.

When you are all run down and want to spend a real quiet time, go to the store of the merchant who never advertises. —Business Chat.

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I can't go so ft* fr©at with you; t_. The reason why—what matters it? Perhaps I am too <4i, or stiff To do your out eg bK. > It breaks my bears to stay behind; I’d give my eye* for half a chance To |CTna«h the Ktter't hellish plana With you out there io France. / You’re going iaio trench and reek, ,To fei r.y- aa»i crashing shell;. . . God plans your work in heaven, but You work, it emt in heii. Ton felt the caU assd left your all. Your loved e&es and your babies, too; But then, the Hun snarled at our gates; The fight eras up to yoo. The Han was wallowing in crime; Beneath its claws lay tortured Truth; The bleeding world erted out to you. To give your strength and youth. I’ve seen your cewatSeos thousands -go With neither n-wsy boast nor brag, And your brave eye* shone with the gleam Of o-ur attar-studded ttag. We cannot pay for blood you shed. Nor buy davcthm such as yours. But we can stated behiad you. bOT^ As long as life endures. Tout pain shall be our travail, and The ones yon lore shall be our care; ' .Our work and sacii&e is here. While yours is over there. i We’ll ni»fc» our brains and dollars count; We'll bu3d this righteous fight upon Our billions pahs owr hearts and prayers ! To break the bloody Hun. Old Uncle Saws' needs, tub out there; Though we can't fight, we’ll heed hi* call To lend and. Iff need be..to give Yoa boys oar last sad al We can't go to the front with you; But money, which iMfwe fool called trash, | Shall flow tor yeas," who stand, between j Us and the Kaiser's lash. : You are the red-Nwd barrier j That stands between us and the curse That struck down sortered Belgium, And maybe what is worse. Cofpit os us to the finish, boys: Till purse is fiat and hene is bare: There’s naught too much to do or giv* For you who fight out there. “JOHN MARTIN.” (Editor. John Martin's Book,)

KELP TI E RATION WIN

The United States has never yet known defeat or failure. Shall it be overwhelmed now for lack of money? Every loyal crtiaen of this great democratic republic will answer with a thundering “No!” But it takes money and more money to win victory, for we must send our soldiers abroad to fight this war in Europe rather than our own country. The harder we strike the sooner the war will be over, and the greater the response of the people to the government’s call for funds the harder we can strike. War means sacrifice to us all; to some the supreme sacrifice of battle; to others the honor of giving our undivided loyalty to the nation and support to our men in the trenches. If you can’t go to the front, give your financial support; buy Liberty bonds. This is no hardship, no real sacrifice, for these bonds are the safest investment in the world, backed by the combined wealth of every man, v*oman and child in the country—llo,000,000 of them—and the nation is no wealthier than its people. Now is the time for all good Americans to buy Liberty bonds.

LET US PLEDGE LOYALTY ANEW

By CLIFORD V. GREGORY,

Editor the Prairie Fanner. Farmers this year have been blessed with one of the greatest crops this country has ever raised. Prices are far above normal. This combination of large crops and high prices has made fanners prespesroos to an unusual degree. Our country is fighting the battle for justice and democracy'. It is fighting that our homes, our families and our institutions may be safe for generations to come. Immense amounts of money are needed to finance thewar. We cannot all don the khaki and march to the front but we can all do our bit to finance the great armies we are raising. Let us as farmers subscribe so liberally to the new Liberty Lean that we will set a high mark for the whole nation to follow. Let ns pledge our loyalty anew by sharing our prosperity with Unde Sam. We have now on display the greatest lines of tailoring in the state—the Kahn Tailoring line from Indianapolis, Starrs-Schaefer Co. line from Cincinnati and Majestic line from Chicago. They do make beautiful garments and the prices are reasonable.—Duvall’s Quality Shop, C. KARL DUVALL. The territory of Alaska has gone beyond any other state or territory of the Union in the limitation of the hours of labor, a recent act providing that "a period of employment for all wage earners and salary earners in the territory of Alaska shall not exceed eight hours within any calendar day, except in cases when life or property is in imminent danger.**

MONEY TO LOAN Oi Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Crops or Farm Implements Terms to Suit You. WALLACK & BAUGH, SB£S*«i

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, management, Etc., required- by | the act of congress of August i 24, 1912, of the Jasper County Democrat, published ■ semi-weekly at- Rensselaer, Indiana, for October, 1917, State of Indiana,) County of Jasper)ss: Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid. personally appeared F. E. Babcock, who, having been duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the publisher of the Jasper County Democrat, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, postal laws and regulations. to-wit: 1. That the name and address of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business manager is: Publisher, editor, managing ed : - tor. business manager—F. E. Babcock, Rensselaer, Indiana. 2. That the owner is—F. E. Babcock. Rensselaer, Indiana. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security bolder- owning or holding 1 per ce ;£. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities are—Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, Indiana, mortgagee. F. E. BABCOCK. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of October, 1917. (Seal) JUDSON J- HUNT, Notary Public. Mv commission expires April 14, 1921. "

We are only beginning to understand why BernstoWf shed tears on being dismissed from this country. The field for his peculiar brand of diplomacy was so rich.

Notice to Contractors of Sale of Highway Improvement. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will, at the commissioners’ court room' in the court house jn the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, on'November 6, 1917, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m. of said day, receive sealed proposals for the construction of a highway improvement known as the B. F. Forsythe et al stone road in Marion township. Jasper county, Indiana, cause No. 3003. Report, profile, plans and specifications for said improvement are on file in the auditor’s office of said county. Each bid must be accompanied panied by bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the bid, as provided by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. (Seal) 'JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County, Indiana.

Notice to Contractors of Sale of Highway Improvement. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will, at the commissioners’. court room in the court house in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, on November 6, 1917, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m. of said day, receive sealed proposals for the construction of a highway improvement known as the B. W. Ellsworth et al stone road in Barkley township, Jasper county, Indiana, cause No. 3009. Report, profile, plans and specifications for said improvement are on file in the auditor’s office .of said county. Each bid must be accompanied panied by bond in a sum equal to double the amount of the bid, as provided by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. (Seal) JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County, Indiana.

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CHICauO, iKUMKMr-uUi • louiavillC RV RENSSELAER TIME TABLE NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati t'o Chicago 4:51 a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 Indianap’s to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 Indianap’s to Chicago 2:61 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31 p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati | 1:46 a.m. No. 6 Chicago to Louisville | 10:56 a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Cincinnati! 11:18 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to lndianap’s I 1:57 p.m. No. 39' Chicago to Lafayette | 5:60 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati I 7:31 p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville! 11:10 p.m

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERB Mayor Charles G. Spltler Clerk .....Charles Morlan Treasurer....... .Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Marshal ......Vern Robinson Civil Engineer.... W. F. Osborns Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden....J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Ward Ray Wood 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3rd Ward Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Krealer JUDICIAL Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERB Clerk Jesse Nichols Sheriff g. D. McCoUy Auditor .....J. P. Hammond Treasurer Charles V. May Recorder George Scott Surveyor E. D. Nesbitt Coroner Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor.. .G. L. Thornton County- Agent. .Stewart Learning HeaUii Odicer..Dr. F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd Distrist D. S. Makeever 3rd District Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of §ach month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdett Porter; Carpenter James Stevens Gillam Warren E Poole. .Hanging Grove John Kolhoff.. Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild Keener Harvey Wood, jr •’....Marion George Foulks Mllroy John Rush Newton George Hammerton Union Joseph Salrin..... Walker Albert S Keene Wheatfleld M. L. Sterrett, Co. Supt. Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, Rensselaer

TRUSTEES’ OARD. ♦ JORDAN TOWNBHIP The undersigned trustee of Jor- ~ dan Township attends to official business at his residence on the < > first and third Wednesdays of each month. Persons having buslneaa 11 with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postofflce ad- ' ’ dress—Rensselaer, Indiana. (( Second and last Saturday of each month in Williams & Dean's < > law office. JOHN KOLHOFF, Trust##. ■ > e » e—♦ —• —•—♦—♦

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law Abstracts. Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE A INSURANCE 5 Per Cent Farm Loana. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA George A. Williams. D. Delon Dean. WILLIAMS & DEAN LAWYERS All court matters promptly attended to. Estates settled. Wills prepared. Farm loans. Insurance. Collections. Abstracts of title made and examined. Office In Odd Fellows Block RENSSELAER, .INDIANA. DR. I. M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M. “ “ 2 to 6 P. M. ** •* 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdays—--5 A. M. to 2 P. M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. H. HEMPHILL _. PHYSICIAN AND 3URGEON Special attention given to Typhoid, Pneumonia and low grades of fevers. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-Hi RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. / Phone No. IS RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. Still. Office Hours —8-12 a. m., 1-1 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monti cello, Ind. Office: 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA H. L BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug stora RENSSELAER, JNDIANA