Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Page 8

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

LEE Xalph Overton is 'flick with pneu«nia. Miss Agnes Stiers and friend Bpent Monday here with her folks. Walter Jordan’s little son Robert !• very sick with pneumonia. Rev. Bromberg was entertained &t G. A. Jacks’ home over Sunday. Mr. and Mts. E. Gilm/ore were ♦ailed to Monon on business Wednesday afternoon. Most of the young people attended the play given at McCoysburg last Saturday evening. Word was received here Wednesday that Mrs. George Holeman of Monticello had suffered another severe attack of appendicitis.

POSSUM RUN Some fine sleighing we are having. Francis Marion called on G. H. Comer Tuesday morning. Lemma iHurley called on Orpha and Myrtle Parker Saturday. Jasper Cover called on Otha Bpriggs Wednesday morning. Elmer Shroyer and Dell Ropp called on Jasper Cover Tuesday afternoon. T. J. Parker and son Everett helped Lyde Ward make a sled Wednesday. Essie and Wayne Comer spent Friday evening with the Hurley young folks. Mrs. T. J. Parker and daughter Myrtle spent Thursday night and Friday with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Johnson and family of Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Caldwell and daughter and “Grandma” Braddock and Carl Stockwell spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. John Price. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and son of near Aix spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cover and family. John Price and E. A. Merrill butchered Monday. Those that spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Parker of near Medaryville were Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Parker, Everett, Orpha and Myrtle Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parker and family and Elsie Haniford.

SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Allen’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for painful, smarting, tender, nervous feet. It takes the eting out of corns and bunions. Over 100,000 packages are being used by the American, French and British troops at the front. Sold everywhere, 25 c.

MT. AYR (From the Tribune) Orson Peck is suffering with neuralgia in the face. Miss Nina Nichols of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, came Monday to attend the funeral of her grandmother. Wednesday will be wood-getting day when a number of men will go to the Makeever woods and get a supply of wood for the United Brethren church. Ed. ICanne of Rensselaer was in town'Monday and reported the stores all closed in that town in accordance with the fuel saving edict that went forth recently. Mr. and Mrs. VanDeinon and baby Jack left Saturday for their home in Monticello. They will return as soon as the weather grows warmer and work is permitted to be resumed on the school building. Mrs. Alice Hopkins accompanied her son Pfrimtmer to his home at Donovan, Illinois, Friday. Saturday they were in Morocco for the purpose o»f filling out the boys’ questionaires. Mrs. Hopkins returned home Saturday. Among the other misfortunes brought on by the extreme cold weather was the loss by freezing of many lots of potatoes. Many cellars that heretofore have always been frost proof failed to protect the tuber and other content* through the recent blizzard. C. L. Nichols of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Arthur Nichols of Leßoy, Illinois; Samuel Nichols of Benton Harbor, Michigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Sluseer and two sons of Villa Grove, Illinois, and John Nichols of Morocco were all here for some time during the last sickness and death of their mother, Mrs. Nichols, who had been making her home of late with her daughter, Mrs. George Corbin.

HOW’S-THIS 1 ; ' We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. t Hall’s Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine acts through the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the poison from the blood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall’s Catarrh Medicine for a short time you ■will see a great improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall’s Catarrh Medicine at once and get rid of catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. i F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Renslelaer Commercial club to Emil Besser, January 4, pt sw 20-29-6, Marion, sl, q. c. d. - Emil Besser to James Lucas, January 21, pt sW 20-29-6, Marion, *MOO. John Bunning et ux to Cornelius -fiekema et ux, January 23, sw sw 26-32-7, 10 acres, Keener, S7OO.

Sale bille printed while you waft *t The Democrat office.

14 SPIES SHOT IN U. S.?

Member of American Defense Boclety Makes Statement. New York, Jan. 25.—Fourteen spies have been shot since America entered the war, C. §S Thompson, member of the executive committee of the American Defense society, declared at a luncheon given by that society. It Is Information the public should know, he said. Two of those suffering the death penalty were from Detroit, Thompson asserted. Washington, Jan. 25—Major General Crowder, judge advocate general and provost marshal general of the army, said if any spy had been executed in the United States be had never heard of it.

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

From the ‘‘Sunny South," James K. Garriott, in renewing his subscription for The Democrat, writes from Fayette, Alabama, and says; “We are having the coldest weather here that’s been known for twenty years, it is said. Rain and sleet a-plenty. I can come as near as ‘Father’ did walking upon the water down here. The ice will bear up in many places. Give my best regards to old-time friends. I am feeling fine.” From the Frozen Lake Regions. Under date of January 22, John W. Clouse writes from Buchanan, Michigan, and says: “We are having the most severe winter weather known to the old settlers for the past sixty years. Thermometer has ■gone to 16 below zero a few times and we had a severe blizzard which piled the snow ten feet deep in places, completely blocking the. railroads and country roads. Several factories at Buchanan closed down and sent out hundreds of men to shovel through the drifts and cut wood, and travel is mostly opened up again. The farmers and the factories have the task of keeping Buchanan in fuel, as very little coal has been shipped here and it only went a little way toward supplying the needs. James Reed (formerly of Surrey) has got a buzz saw at work in his timber and is dbing his hit toward keeping Buchanan in fuel. “We had the worst season all around that was ever known, here ; No real summer weather at all and the early frost in September destroyed all crops except 1 wheat, oats, hay and potatoes, which were good. Yet the farmers are prosperous. Several renters in my neighborhood have bought and paid for farms of 60 to 65 acres besides building large barns and making other Improvements. The farmers who work hard miake good. “This part of Michigan lies twelve miles from Lake Michigan and is in the fru.it belt, being well adapted to fruit growing and all kinds bf field crops, medicinal herbs. Some of our farmers put out as high as ten acres of Golden Seal and some as much as 200 acres of peppermint. Dairying also pays well. A large part of the' milk produced here goes to South Bend. “All Jasper county people are well pleased and doing well.’’

PUBLIC SALK The undersigned will sell at public sale at his farm, 7 miles north and 5 miles east of Rensselaer, 2 miles west and 1 mile south of Gifford, beginning at 10 a. m., on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918, the following property: 14 HEAD OF HORSES 34 Head of Cows—All good milkers, will be fresh early in spring; 9 yearling calves, 4 heifers, 5 bulls, the calves are 3-4 to 7-8 Hereford, good ones; 1 full-blood Hereford bull, will be 2 years old in spring. 5 BROOD SOWS, ALL BRED Farm Tools and Household Goods —2 wagops, gang plow, corn binder, 6-foot Milwaukee binder, mowing machine, 1 McCormick self rake, hay rake, turning cultivator, disc cultivator, 8-iloot disc, 18-foot harrow, 3 sets of double harness, 1 set of single harness, l new cream separatSr", 1 Rumely Oil-Pull, 15-30; 1 Ford 5-passenger 1915 model, 1 Hayes corn planter, 1 roller, 1 manure spreader, l heating stove, dining room table, side-board, churn, lard press, incubator. 5 Dozen Chickens. Terms —lo months credit will be given on all sums over $lO, notes to draw 6 per cent interest if paid when due, if not paid when due, to draw 8 per cent interest from date; 4 per cent discount for cash on all sums over $10; sums of $lO and under cash. HARRY E. GIFFORD. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. Ray D. Thompson, Clerk.

MR. RANDLE COMES TO FRONT

Tells His Friends and Neighbors of His Experience. Every Rensselaer resident should read what Mr. Randle says, and follow hfs example. He has used Doan’s Kidney Pills and speaks from experienpe. Is there any need to experiment, with imitations or untried kidney medicines? Nelson Randle, retired farmer, N. Main St:, Rensselaer, says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills at different times when suffering from a lame and aching back and other symptoms of disordered kidneys. I got Doan’sj at Fendig’s drug store and they soon brought relief from the backache and other kidney ailments. I do . not know of a case where Doan’s Kidney Pills have failed to prove of benefit.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills —the same that Mr. Randle uses. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. -

THE TWICB-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Triignphic Ripirts From Maly Parts of tin Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UHIiSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. DESPERATE SITUATION AT GARY Gary, Indiana, January 23. —Deep gloom looms ahead of steel workers who patronize Gary’s 160 saloons as the supply of keg beer will come to an end today. No more beer is expected during the freight blockade ancl what little bottled beer remains la now up to 20 cents a bottle.

WILL ASSIST MARKET HIGHWAY

Twenty-Seven Counties Havd Promised to Provide Quota. The state highway commission has received notice from twentyseven of the forty counties in the state through which the various parts of the main market highway system laid out by the commission will pass to the effect that these counties will raise their share of the highway money, necessary under the new state highway law, to supplement the federal and state funds for the building of these roads. The counties which have not yet signified their intention to co-oper-ate in the road-building program are Allen, Bartholomew, Clark, Floyd, Fulton, Hancock, Lake, Laporte, Marshall, Miami, Lawrence, Spencer and Whitley. Counties that have agreed to provide the county quota of the funds necessary include Clay, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Elkhart, Hamilton, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Marion, Martin, Noble, Orange, Porter, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, St. Joseph, Tipton, Vanderburg, Vigo, Warrick and Wayne. ,

TRIBUTE TO FORCES IN FRANCE

General Pershing Proclaims Them Rest in the World. Washington, January 23.—There never has been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives as the American soldiers in France, General Pershing said in a cablegram to Secretary Baker in reply to inquiries as to the truth of reports of immoderate drinking among the men. General Pershing’s message was made public by Mr. Baker in this letter to Governor Capper of Kansas: “You may recall writing to me several days ago concerning ‘persistent reports’ as to the immoderate sale of liquor among our forces in France. My impression was that these reports were not well founded in fact, but I felt it my duty to convey their contents to General Pershing, and to ask him to communicate with mle as to the facts. You will be glad to know that I have just received the following words from the commander of the Amerioari expeditionary forces: “ ‘There has never been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives as our American soldiers in France. They have entered this war with the highest devption to duty and with no other idea than to perform those duties in the most efficient manner possible. They fully realize their obligation to their own people, their friends and the country. “ ‘A rigid program of instruction is carried out daily with traditional American enthusiasm. Engaged in healthy, interesting exercises in the open air with simple diets, officers and men like trained athletes are ready for their task. Forbidden the use of strong drink and protected by stringent regulations against sexual evils and supported by their own moral courage, their good behavior is the subject of most favorable comments, especially by our allies. ‘ - “ ‘American mothers may rest assured that their sons are a credit to them and to the nation, and they may well look forward to the proud day when on the battlefield these splendid men will shed a new luster on American manhood.’ ’’ If you have a member of your family or an employe now in the U. S. service, call at The Democrat office and purchase a Service Flag and hang it in the window of your home or place of business. At present we Shave three sizes of Service Flags in stock, 15c, 25c and 75c, respectively.

BEEF CATTLE BARN AND PEN FOR BULL

Designed to Provide Plenty of Hay Storage With Large Feed Room. HAS MANY CONVENIENCES TOO These Include an Automatic Food Hopper, Covered Barnyard and Breeding Box—Suggestions for V :• Handling Bull. Mr. William A Radford will answw questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries^to William .i,. R&4ford. No. i 027 TTs.ii ,e aveliue, Chicago, 111., only Inclose two-cent stamp fo{ reply.

By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

The beef cattle barn shown In the Illustrations is designed to provide a considerable storage for hay with convenient feeding arrangements for a good many cattle. The construction follows the plank frame type which utilizes only stock sizes of lumber which can be obtained in even the smallest Of lumber yards. This type of construction has become very popular in all parts of the country and It has many advantages, which are now generally known and accepted. This design provides for a basement under the whole barn with windows along four sides. A gambrel roof on the self-supporting plan covers the main building, with the peak of the roof pushed up high enough to make an extra large storage mow. On the east side of the barn is a shed open at the front, but closed in completely at one end and partially at the other. This part of the barn Is commonly called a covered barnyard. The foundation under the main bam Is a 12-inch concrete wall, with 24-inch footings. The wall Is high enough to make a 9-foot basement. With the

a wind-proof joint. Metal battens are used and the entire surface is afterwards painted. Along the north side fence is a shed roof to give further protection against wind and also to keep one side of the yard dry during a rainy time. The south fence, on the barnyard side, is made of heavy boards, four and onehalf feet high. The bull stall Is only about eight feet square, made like a box stall with a manger across the front, A drop door across the whole length of the manger may be opened and hooked up at feeding time or during pleasant weather. This door is also used to reach in to snap the bull lead into the ring in his nose. There is a plank extending along the front side of the exercising yard fence, so that the attendant may lead tlie bull to the breeding pen without entering the yard. The plan of arranging three gates at the far coriier of the bull pen Is an ingenious safety device. There are two gates between the bull and liberty, both opening in. If by any chance the fasteners should be unhooked, the weight of the gates hold them shut, as the Incline of the hinges pitches towards the posts. The fasteners on all three gates are bolts that may be reached from the raised plank steps. The exercising yard is 24 feet by 32 feet. This makes good quarters for the bull during the greater part of the year. The small box stall /Is made warm and comfortable for cold weather. A sliding door operated by a lever from the plank step opens or closes the bull stall. When It is necessary to clean the stall or the yard, the hull is fastened Into the breeding pen. «" ; ■.,; - - j

Io connection with this stable arrangement and the covered barnyard with Its feed racks and watering trough, which keep the cattle under cover when the weather Is rough and stormy, there should be a system of outside yards and paddocks where the cattle can be aired and exercised when the weather Is fit. This plan also includes a well designed bull pen. Very often a valuable bull, one that Is prised very highly, commences to show signs of bad temper when he is about three years old. Breeders of, live stock recognize that aged bulls of known prepotency are almost priceless to a breeder. A bull must not be closely confined, because he needs exercise, fresh air and companionship. Solitary confinement has ruined many good bulls. The nail plan drawing shows a suggestion

for a bull pen to be built in connection with this barn. It Is built along the north side of the barnyard, as an extension to the stock shed. In fact, the bull stall is built in the end of the stock shed and the yard extends 38 feet beyond. Good solid posts are planted 6 feet apart on the north line of the barnyard and a tight board fence is boarded on the outside and battened to make a wind break. The bottom of the wind break is made of coarse concrete, extending from post to post, the concrete being made flush with the outside of the posts, so that the boarding can be lapped down over the concrete to make

Floor Plan of Cattle Barn.

concrete floor in place there is 8 feet 6 Inches in the clear above the feed alley floors. There are rows of mangers in this basement running crosswise, so that each alley opens into the covered barnyard. There are feed racks in the shed and a watering tank at one end, so the cattle can feed and drink at any time. There are chutes from the storage mow to carry alfalfa hay directly to the feed racks in the covered barnyard. These chutes may be stuffed full of hay and it will feed down automatically into the racks, feed hopper fashion. As the cattle eat the hay from below it keeps sliding down. This arrangement is scientifically correct. The hay is not mussed over until it is eaten. The chutes are full of hay, which prevents an upward current of air from carrying the breath of the animals to contaminate the hay In the chutes. As an extra precaution, a slide door may be arranged at the upper; end of each chute to be closed each time after the chute is filled with hay. This method of feeding alfalfa to beef cattle is one which should be carefully considered, for it has many advantages over a less systematic and easily-handled system of feeding. Beef cattle to grow and lay on fat in the winter time must have great quantities of fodder. Concentrates are all right in making up rations, bnt they must be diluted with roughage.. By keeping fresh alfalfa hay and nice bright straw before the cattle within reach all the time and richer feeds given regularly In the stable, they will help themselves and mix up a ration that will keep them growing continually.

Bull Pen Floor Plan.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 98, IMS

Make Believe

The girl In the tight little hat bbA’ the draped veil restrained a frown «f annoyance when In tripping down the station steps, she overtook the youag woman in the large picture hat Md imitation ermine. “Why, Jessie!” cried the girl In the big hat, as the other attempted to go past. “How mean It was that I didn't know you were on this train 1 I; haven’t seen you for ages I Are you shopping?” “Well, yes,” admitted the girl with the draped veil falling into step. ‘Tin so busy there days I had to drop a dozen things to come downtown! But one does have to have clothes —such a nuisance!” “That’s the way I feel about It,” ad* mltted the other. “I’m looking for a dress myself. Where are you going to look first?” “Oh, in all those exclusive shops,” the girl in the small hat rejoined with o tiny judder. “I simply c»n«» staH(r the places where they have no Indlvldv uality and where, when you do find something, you meet sixteen other women with the same thing on l I cannot be happy in a gown unless It is for me alone —Arthur thinks I have the most distinctive style—■” The other girl gave a shriek. “Ar» you still going with Arthur Dfirkwater?” she cried. “My goodness l t should think you’d get tired waiting and hoping—” “I am not in such a hurry to marry as you seem to be," tartly said the girl In the small hat. “Poor Arthur! Ha told me all about how he had to stop calling on you because you so evidently were trying to rush him into a propos—•” “I’m going to try the shops first, too,” hastily Interrupted the young woman in the big hat, quite as though the other had not spoken. “I want something out of the ordinary." “It is simply Impossible to buy a serge dress that is presentable under fifty dollars,” said the girl in the small hat. “I want something terribly simple and yet distinguished looking—” “I know precisely what I want,"' broke in her friend in the big hat. “I saw one in Mme. Pheleepe’s window— In that terribly exclusive little arcade you know —and it was only sixty dollars and looked worth a hundred, an<X it had—” “Mme. Croops, whfere i go mostly," languidly broke in the girl with the small hat, “never exhibits her frocks in a window; mercy, no! You’d never know there were dresses for sale just looking in ! She has the most wonderfully exclusive clients —” “Mme. Pheleepe makes a special study of me,” confided her friend, sweetly. “She says she is always delighted when she finds some one who needs an individual style and can wear it 1 I’ve heard that your Mme. Croops buys lots of her things at sales and Just marks them up—” The girl In the small Hat laughed amusedly. “I suppose her enemies in business tell all sorts of things,” she remarked. “She Is making such a marvelous success I might as well sen what she has In evening gowns while I’m there, I suppose. I want something in tulle and silver —just a little simple dance frock for about eighty or ninety. But I must get the serge today.” “I may get a satin frock instead of a serge,” chimed in the girl with the big hat. “Serge really is frightfully common. “I suppose because It is cheaper than satin. A severe black satin frock has such an ajr and I can carry off those strictly tailored things. But I won’t touch a satin under four dollars a yard—l hate those sleazy cheap ones!” “Oil, dear me!” cried the girl in the small hat, stopping short. “I’m so sorry! I’ve just remembered I’ve got to call at the optician’s for mother’s glasses —and I did want you to go with me to Mme. Croops! No, dear, I wouldn’t dream of having you stop with me, because there’s no tellinghow long I’ll have to wait!” “Maybe it’s just as well,” sighed the girl In the big hat and imitation ermine, prettily. “I must run right around and see about those opera tickets before It’s too late! I’m just as disappointed as I can be! I wanted you to see the lovely things at Mme. Pheleepe’s!” Ten minutes later the girl in the small hat and the girl in the big one hated each other for life with a deadly hatred. For they met in a frenzied search through the racks of sls serge dresses in a basement sale. —Chicago Dally News.

Macaroni and Meat Hash.

801 l a quarter of a pound of macaroni ; drain and put it Into a buttered casserole, adding a little clarified sausage fat. Push the macaroni to thesides of the dish and add a sprinkling of grated cheese. Fill the center with chopped cooked meat of any kind, with which a little sausage has been mixed. Moisten with meat stock. Place in the oven until hot throughout. Serve in the casserole. _ t