Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — Page 2

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lit JftSPER 601111! DEMOCRIT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY : Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 311 Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March X, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print New*, paper in Jasper County. advertising RATES Display .12%c Inch Display, special position. . 15c Inch Readers, per line first insertion. .5c Readers, per line add. inser.... 3c Want Ads—l cent per word each Insertion; minimum 25c. Special price if run one or more months. Cash must accompany order unless advertiser has open account. Card of Thanks— Not te exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. All accounts due and payable first of mogth following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. No advertisements accepted for the first page. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1918

TRUCK ROUTES ARE MAPPED

From Inland Manufacturing Centers to the Atlantic Sealmard. A pathfinder car has started on a new lap of mapping out army truck roads for the government, one official route having already been laid out from Detroit to the Atlantic coast and another from Buffalo to the seaboard. The car will go as far west as the‘Mississippi river and will map routes from cities-in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. When this trip is completed the government will have four main highways forming connecting links

STALLION FOR SALE Black Prince IBIIU ‘ BLACK PRINCE is a high-grade Percheron stallion weighing 2000 pounds. Foaled in 1913 and is a sure breeder, making him a very desirable draft animal. He has a number of colts in Jasper county that speak for themselves. Our reason for parting with him is the fact that both my boys, who care for Black Prince, are in the draft age. Horsemen wishing one of the best Percheron stallions in this section are invited to call and see this horse. Residence 1 % miles north and 1 mile east of Parr. £ AUGUST G. SCHULTZ

between the great manufacturing centers and the Atlantic seaboard. Motor trucks on their way to France will follow these routes.

CAPACITY OF MILLION POUNDS

Smokeless Powder Plante to Turn Out That Quantity Daily. Plans and contracts are completed for the construction of two smokeless powder plants, each to cost approximately §50,000,000. The estimated capacity of each is 500,000 pounds of powder a day, and from 10,000 to 15,000 men will be employed at each plant. The initial output at each factory is expected not later than next August. Much of the product will be available for the allied nations.

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that city, had recommended an increase of 25 cents a ton on coal there to be effective only until April 1, and says Indianapolis has a lower freight rate than Rensselaer but that prices—before this raise was recommended —were as high or higher than the prices here. As a matter of fact the prices in Indianapolis are no criterion to go by here. But. for the sake of argument, let us suppose they are. Dr. Jamison recommends the increase of 25 cents per ton, as he says, because, the dealers there are required to make “one-half and one-ton deliveries to all parts of the city under the most disadvantageous conditions.” Do you know what it means to make deliveries to all parts of a city like Indianapolis without any additional allowance for distance or for delivering a half ton ? A reputable Indianapolis gentleman who was in Rensselaer Monday informed us Monday evening that the dealer who. supplied him had to haul the coal four and one-half miles, from the Monon tracks. In many instances, no doubt, to deliver to all parts of the city the dealer has to haul it five and six miles, perhaps eight and ten miles!

In Rensselaer three-fourths of a mile will cover the. most extreme distances and the average is not half a mile! Does this make any difference? The Democrat is also informed by Assistant- County Fuel Administrator Mose Leopold that when the state council of defense met in Indianapolis, Fuel Administrator Fendig called on Mr. Woolen and said,' “Why, I find coal prices here are about as high as in Rensselaer, and you have a lower freight rate.” To which Mr. Woolen, the state fuel administrator, replied, “Wei!, suppose we do have a lower freight rate. Coal might come in here absolutely free o>l freight and still the? retail price be legitimately higher than in Rensselaer, where the overhead expenses are much lower, Ar i in the little crossroads stations where it is handled as a side line the overhead expense would be much less than in Rensselaer,” This is very reasonable and can be comprehended at a glance. The very ground on which an Indianapolis coal yard, is locate.!

might cost more rental for one year than several blocks of ground could be bought for here. Also, the item of delivery would be much less for an extreme distance of three-fourths of .a mile than ’Where it is from five to ten times that distance. Mr. Woolen also told Mr. Fendig, said our informant —who said he, Leopold, opposed the 35 cents per ton binning allowance when it was made—that this binning item was wrong and could not be allowed and charged up to the ppblic; that only the actual cost of binning—whicli was then 10 cents per ton where the dealers had bins next to the track-—could be allowed; and

the fact that one of the five dealers here had to haul his coal from the car to his bins was his misfortune and the public could not be held up for an additional 23 cents per ton because of this. Yet, if this binning charge was ever reduced, the public has had no information of the fact nor has it benefited thereby, for §6 per ton has been the price charged for the poorest quality of mine run coal sold here since the prices were fixed by the fuel administrator—so cents per ton more than the liberal prices fixed and published by the fuel administrator. But, speaking again of Indianapolis prices, the Republican editor, in his attempt to spread a little more I camouflage, neglects to say that Dr. Jameson said in last Wednesday’s News, page 4, column 3, in response to a request from State Fuel Administrator Evans Woolen for “a report on the prevailing retail price of the grade of coal being most ' largely used in that city at the present time: In pursuance of your request for 1 a report on the prevailing retail price of coal that sells in the largest , volume in this city, I would reI spectfully state that Indiana lump and Indiana mine run are about the I only grades of coal that are in the market at this point, and these being in very limited quantities, there being in the bins of all the dealers at this time less than 2,000 tons. The average price is about $5.40 a ton delivered at the sidewalk. These i deliveries have been made in quan- , tities of half a ton and one ton, ex- ' cept in a few special cases where 1 deliveries Of two tons have been permitted. Now it was delivered to all parts of Indianapolis at the above figure, i Delivering at„ the sidewalk —they : would just as cheerfully shovel it into one’s bin where the purchaser had one—means that a great deal of the coal sold in a large city must be carried upstairs of into houses built so closely together that a wag'on cannot drive in to the yards, for there are no yards in many instances, and it is up’ to the purchaser to hire it carried in at his own expense. The Republican editor read this letter of Dr. Jameson’s to Mr. Woolen, but was too unfair to mention it. Now $5.40 a ton is- GO cents less than the Rensselaer consumer had to pay for a very poor quality lof mine run coal, and the freight rate from the mines to this city is but $1.07 a ton, with -3 cents a ‘ ton war tax and $ 2.3 5 per ton, at j most, for this mine run at the ■ mines, a of $3.42 f. o. b. Rensselaer, leaving $2.68 profit for handling it! The sniveling appeal of the Republican editor to the public for sympathy after he has been exposed is disgusting, to say the least. He betrayed the public—for a newspaper owes a duty to the public that is greater than the personal interests of any -one man or set of men, and especially its editor —and now he wants its sympathy because of his great patriotism and the fact that he has “a son in the war.’ 1 Well, The Democrat man has two sons in the war—or in the training camps in preparation therefor—but he is not playing the fact up as a continued story. . Of course, well admit the Republican editor’s son)

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got over to “the other side” before our sons, but there may have been | some particular reason Tor this of which the Rensselaer public, at, least, is conversant.

WRITES FROM TRAINING CAMP

all is likely to have been furnished by the government——Ed.) i I have been told by the lieutenant; that he would fix me up the first of the week so that I can take the i ' test for truck driving, and if I am' ' lucky 1 hope to get a job soon. I understand there will be 30,000 men begin to pour in here after February 15, so I believe it will take lots of trucks to supply their needs, j These men will be supplied by the ' draft, of course, and large mess halls, shower bath buildings and 1 tent floors are being built to accom- . i.iodate them. I have also heard that the entire tent site is to be ( oiled to keep down the dust when ( the wind blows. These drafted men certainly do not have much I kick coming, because the governI ment is doing its best to make • things as comfortable for them as i possible. i In a letter written February 14, George says: , Things here are going along pretty smoothly with plenty of hot weather and sunshine. Am able to gain a few pounds weight and then go out and take a sun bath and sweat down to normal again. I do not believe I have felt better I than 1 do now for a long time. We ! get plenty of sleep and eats and Ido not do much but loaf around 1 the greater part of the time. Since installing the piano we stick pretty close to quarters as there are several good players in the squadron and we are rarely without music. j Last night Lieutenant Joe Myers ' chine around to say good-by, as he j is leaving today for Fort Sill, Ok- ■ lahoma, to take special schooling prior to going to France, he said. He went in and saw the lieutenant about me and I am going over this

afternoon to take the trade test as a truck driver. (Mr. Myers is Itrom Rensselaer and was employed as linotype operator on The Democrat for about three years. He attended the officers’ training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison last fall and was commissioned a first lieutenant. He was sent to Camp Travis—several miles from Kelly Field—San Antonio, but was recently transferred to the camp where George is stationed and the latter in a former letter wrote of their accidental meeting and how glad they were to see each other. They have since met frequently. —Ed.) This morning 1 was examined for tuberculosis. The examining officer had me look at the ceiling while he placed his hands over my eyes and removed them now and then. He also tapped me on the knee with a small hammer and asked a few questions. I do not know whether I passed or not, but think I did.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

REMINGTON (From the Press) Ike Peck df Bluffton came Friday evening for a visit with his brothers here. ■Mrs. Chester Besse of Wolffott was a guest of the George Besse family Friday last. Mrs. Mollie Burling of ■ Colfax, Wisconsin, is the guest of Mrs. Andy Eller this week and last. Miss Loretta Lattimore and Miss Katherine Besse went to Ft. Wayne Wednesday to attend a millinery Opening. Born, Friday, February 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Ward Patnpel of about 16 miles Southeast of town, a daughter. Mildred Pefley of Rensselaer came over the latter part of the week and spent several days with Remington friends, returning home the first of the week. Mrs. Henry Seeks and Mrs. Vern Hensler went to Chenoa Friday to attend the funeral df their aunt and visit their brother, Mr. Walter Crabb, and family. Russell Lock, the little son of Mr.-1 and Mrs. Will Lock, is very sick with pneumonia. Miss Nora Detrick, of Goodland is helping her sister, Mrs. Lock, to care for him. The infant son of Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Greene died at the home of Mrs. Greene’s mother, Mrs. Belle Greene, February 7, and was buried in the Remington cemetery, Rev. E. F. Lilley officiating. Miss Busey returned to Remington Saturday morning after a five weeks’ visit with friends and relatives at Veedersburg. She says they did not get the heavy fall of snow there that we did here. Mr. Greenwood and family removed Wednesday from the Milner property in the west part of town, into their own newly acquired residence in the east part of town, formerly the Wm. Townsend property. The editor has moved from the former Wm. Townsend property into the former Barnes property. Good houses to rent are a scarce proposition in Remington, and we had to take just what we could get—nothing choice about it. Lieutenant Lee Greene of Camp 1

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THE HARMONY GLEE CLUB.

The haunting charm of four male voices blended in a perfect harmony has an appeal unlike that of any other music. It stirs to dreams of romance; it kindles, the fires of heroism ; it revives the memories of long ago. Nothing can take its place. The demand for a standard male quartet is perhaps the most constant of all in the Lyceum field. The Harmony Glee ClubMs.a really great male quartet. Its members have filled five successful seasons. Their en-

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semble singing is as nearly perfect as the exquisite blending of splendid voices can make it. Each member is also an accomplished soloist. But they are more than a great singing quartet. Each man is an entertainer, whether it be the Scotch dialect stories of Mr. Ballantyne, the pianologues of Mr. Schmidt, the character songs of Mr. Jones or the unroarious comedy of Mr. Brown. Each fills its own important place on the program, adding richness and variety to the entertainment. When to the above you add the full mellow music of the wonderful instrument, the organ chimes, played by all four meh, you have a combination'of grandeur and beauty, of power and sweetness that will never be forgotten. CHRISTIAN CHURCH, FEB. 21 AT 7:45 P. M.

Cody, New Mexico, came Monday evening to spend a few days with his wife and little daughter, who are making their home for the present with her mother, Mrs. Belle Greene/ Mrs. Greene was formerly Miss Anna Greene. Mrs. Nat Foster oif Basin, Wyoming, is visiting her brother-in-law, Mr. John Jordan, and her nephew, Warner Elmore, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Foster were Remington residents something over thirty years ago, going from here to Elwood and from there to Basin, where Mr. Foster died five years ago. Word comes from Maurice Eck, who is stationed at Camp Grant, that he has been promoted and is now a corporal in the U. S. N. A. Carl Leatherman and Will Schaeffer two of our lads at Camp Taylor, also sign their names Corporal Leatherman and Corporal Schaeffer. This speaks well for our Remington boys. John Hoops, a well known resident of White county, southeast of Remington, until a few years ago, when he moved to his farm near Albion, Indiana, died the first of the week and the remains were brought here Tuesday (for burial beside his parents in Remington cemetery. He was about sixty-two years of age. The services at the grave were conducted by Rev. Warriner. IMiss Ida Beal left Sunday morning for a short vacation with friends at Chalmers, and at Crawfordsville with her brother Charles and family, and incidentally to attend the wedding of his daughter Ruth, who was married Thursday, February 14, to Mr. -Herbert Smart of Indianapolis. The best wishes of her many Remington friends at this, her old home, go with the young couple in their new life.

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper county, state of Indiana, administrator of the estate of Francis M. Hayes, late of Butte county, North Dakota, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. W. F. HAYES. January 19, 1918. Administrator. f 6-13-pO

OASSITIOA rLp—f EL. T Hinder this head notices wm ba published for 1-cent-a- word for the firsl Insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional 'nsertlon. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-flv* cents, but short notices coming within ♦he above rate, will be published two or zdbre times—as the case may be —for 21 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FORSALE For Sale >3 tons good timothy hay in Alva Potts barn. —AFRED LONGSTRETH, Phone 939-H, f-21 For Sale—Several hundred split white oak posts at my Barkley township farm.—Dß. A. R. KREgLER. m-9 For Sale— A. few fine Plymouth Rock cockerels at $2 each. Also a pen of six pure-bred Buff Orpingtons, five pullets and one cockerel—510.00 for the pen; a bargain in any of the above stock.— A. D. HERSIHiMAN, Medaryville, Ind. f-23 For Sale —Four Poland China Brood sows (bred), four gilts, one boar, 75 pounds; one bull calf two weeks old; ten tons timothy hay in barn; forty acres stock, pasture.—For address, call The Democrat office, m-10 For Sale—Second-hand feed grind* er in good condition. Will

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erate with 3-hcrse engine.—WATSON PLUMBING CO., Rensselaer, Indiana. For Sale—A Webster’s New Inter, national Dictionary, almost new and very little - soiled, sheep binding and good paper. Publisher's price sl2; will Sell for $8 cash. —■ JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. For Sale —One cow, registered; 3 heifers, one yearling, two 2-year-olds, Shorthorns, all recorded.— JOHN ECK, Goodland, Ind., R-l, Phone 161-H. f~ 2l For Sale —Standing timber, 2 miles west of Surrey; also 5 head young horses. Wood choppers wanted, and one 2-year-old full-blood Shorthorn bull wanted.—JOSEPH KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, phone Mt. Ayr, 92-D. f-26 For Sale —600-acre farm 1 mile from Gloster, Miss., nice city of 2,000 population. Farm is well improved. Located on Prentice highway, a macadam road being built from McComb to Natchez and which intersects with the Jackson highway. Price S3O per acre. — HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 21C or 499. M Notice to Owners of Dairy Cows— Riveredge Dairy announces the last season olf the successful Jersey bull, A. J. C. C. 130677, sired by the celebrated Diploma’s Firm Lad, which fact speaks volumes in Jersey aristocracy. Only a few cows solicited and none wanted where owner does not intend to raise his heifer calves, as the annoyance of public stand is maintained solely in the interests of Jersey cattle in this vicinity. Small fee, but cash terms onIy.—RUSSEL VAN HOOK. Pure-bred cattle only. f-28

WANTED Wanted—Load of pole wood delivered. Phone 315 or 401Green. Wanted—Girl for general housework. Good wages. Call store or house at once.—WM. TRAUB. Wanted— Veals, live or dressed. — Phone 160-black. —H. A. QUINN. Wood Choppers—We are paying $3 per cord for cutting 4-foot wood. J. E. WALTER, Mgr. J. J. Lawler lands,. phone 327, Rensselaer, Ind. False Teeth —We pay up to sl2 for old or broken sets. Send parcel post or write for particulars.—DOMESTlC SUPPLY CO., Dept. 14, Binghamton, N. Y. ts

MISCELLANEOUS Own Your Own Home—The Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association makes loans to those desiring to buy, build or improva homes, on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Pay off that mortgage on your property by our plan, or build a home and let the monthly rental you are paying your landlord pay for your home. Call at our and talk this over with our Secretary, D. DELOS DEAN, Odd Fellows building, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts Attention Farm Owners—The Walker Township National Farm Loan association can loan you money any place in Jasper county at 5 per cent on thirty-six years’ time. Meet us at Walker Center school house in Walker township the first Saturday night in each month, or call or write V. M. PEER, Sec.-Treas., Fair Oaks, Indiana, or WILLIAM STALBAUM, Pres., Tefft, Ind. ts Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household or other goods In The Democrat building, Terms reasonable.—F. E. BAB’ COCK. Phone 315 or 311.

FINANCIAL . Money to Loan.—CHAS. J. DEAN A SON, Odd Fellows, Building. Rensselaer. ts Money to Loan—s per cent sane loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. tl Mutual Insurance—Fire and Light* nlng. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 535-U tl Farm Loans— Money to loan on farm property in any sums up ta SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. I H fil Ihnl Wlthout Delay, Lui inp Without Commission, Hu I lllb Without Charges f»l Hr Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKTNBOW

PUBLIC SALE POSTPONED Owing to rain we postponed our sale, which will be held at Mr. Clark’s residence 1 mile south and 1 mile west pf Lee, on Friday, March I,’lß commencing at 10 o’clock a. m.» Rain or Shine i ■ 8 Head off Horses 40 Head of Cattle 63 Head of Shoats weighing from 70 to 135 pounds 3 Brood Sows Farm Implements, Household Goods, Canned Goods, Etc. EVERYTHING SELLS 1 5-passenger Ford Car USUAL TERMS—SEE BILLS J.R. CLARK & J. E. DBNALSOfe