Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — CUT WOOD FOR CHARITY BOARD [ARTICLE]

CUT WOOD FOR CHARITY BOARD

Local Patriots Render Good Service With Ax and Saw. A meeting of some of our more expert local wood-dhappers was held at Mose Leopold’s office Thursday evening for the purpose of getting nip a party to go out to Jay Stockton’s place yesterday and level his forests and haul the wood to town and turn it over to the charity board for distribution to the poor families of the city as needed, Mr. Stockton donating the wood. As a result those pioneers in woodcraft, V. -J. Crisler, “Dickey" Benjamin, O. M. Sands, Mose Leopold, E. M. Honan, Vance Collins, Livingston Ross, Rice Porter, Harry Swartzell and about twenty others; —-four sled loads in all—went out to the Stockton farm yesterday morning, and it was barely possible that not a tree would be left standing in Newton township by late afternoon. However, the hoys have the right, spirit and if scores of others w'ould but follow their example we could laugh at any such thing as a fuel famine in Rensselaer no matter whether any coal is brought in or not. \ This wood, The Democrat has later learned, is being hauled to the Rensselaer Lumber Co s. yards, Manager Donnelly having donated space for same, and it will be sold to those needing suel —after The charity cases have been looked after—and the proceeds turned over to /the charity board. It is. the intention to continue tb’cut and haul the wood for three or four days, and a goodly sujyply oulght to be Secured in that time.