Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1918

HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FOUR CORNERS F. W. Fisher is having some tile put in on his home place. J. W. Henry of Valparaiso came over Monday on business connected with his last year’s corn crop. Charles Peregrine has sold his store at Tefft and will give all of has time to farming and cattle raising. The wind of last Saturday moved a>md damaged R. A. Miamian's barn at Wheatfleld and one for George Turner at Tefft. If you forget to attend the D. W. Myers sale one imdle southeast of Wheatfleld Tuesday you will miss the chance of the season to purchase some fine Chester White hogs —25 bred sows and 25 shotes. Tuesday, the 19th. Also 25 head of cattle. James Smith has purchased the old Neier farm from. Harry Neier, it is reported. This will save James the expense of building, which takes money these days. This farm lies north of the Smith home and is worth more to Jaimes than to anyone else. The boys at Camp Shelby have been ordered to send their trunks home, and F. W. Fisher received his son Warren’s trunk Saturday, also a letter dated March .9, that they were yet at Hattiesburg, but did not know for how long; said their company was the finest in the world. - George Ferguson drove Mantaukey Monday out to his farm with a prospective buyer. George had a short drive to make and intended to 'pick up the parties and bring them back to town, but they gave George the go-by and walked to Tefft. Mrs. Bill, a lady of somie sixty years, the wife of Lafayette Hill, and the mother of nine children,

PIONEER Meat Market EIGELSBACH & SON, Prop* Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna AT LOWEST PRICES The Highest Market Price Paid for Hide* and Tallow

Swift & Company Publicity At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Commission there was introduced correspondence taken from the private files of Swift & Company,which showed that the Company had been considering for some time an educational advertising campaign. The need for this publicity has been apparent to us for several years. The gross misrepresentation to which we have recently been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business, relying on the fair-mindedness of the American people. The feeling against the American packer is based largely on the belief that the income and well-being of the producer and consumer are adversely affected by the packers* operations, resulting in unreasonably large profits. Swift & Company’# net profit is reasonable, and represents an* insignificant factor in the cost of living. For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift & Company were as follows: *\ - S&les trrnnnnnn Profits tm $34,650,000. ■ This is equivalent to a $3,465. profit on a business of $87,500. ®lf Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser would have received only one-eighth of a cent per pound more for his cattle, or the consumer would have saved 1 only one-quarter of a cent per pound on dressed beef. Swift & Company, U. S. A.

eight of whom are now living, and who lived on a farni near the Starke county line, died gnd was buried Tuesday in the San Pierre cemetery. The pall bearers were her six sons. The family is highly respected and has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood.

Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children

For Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and are a pleasing remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers for 30 years. They never fail. At all druggists,* 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. —Advt.

INDEPENDENT CORNER

John Hill is on the sick list. John Reed butchered this week. Dan Wolfe spent Sunday with Rex Binge. James Hill, Jr., was a Kniman goer Tuesday. Miss Mamie Binge is recovering from the grip. Thomas Florence was a Demotte goer last week, Frank Binge helped Robert Smith haul hay Monday. Miss Maude Hill is helping Mrs. A. Putt this week. Mayme Binge and Lola Hill spent Friday with Dorothy Hill. Miss Margaret Shuey is recovering from a sprained ankle. James Hill, Jr., and Frank Binge were Demotte goers Saturday. Miss Ethel Hill is staying with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Crownover. Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Binge spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Hill. Miss Fay Williams and brother Winnie spent Sunday with friends at Kniman. * George Binge, who has been working for Roy Johnston, returned homie Tuesday evening.

TELLS WHY CHICKS DIE.

Save all your baby chicks. Simple home solution prevents white Diarrhoea. Cures sick chicks over night. Write E. J. Reefer, Poultry Expert, 801 Reefer Building, Kansas City,. Mo., today for free chick book. A million people have read this free book and raised their hatch. —Advt.

GIFFORD

Walter Cover was a visitor here Tuesday. Lon Daniels spent Saturday with Charley Walker. Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Everybody welcome. James Britt hauled our school a load of wood Tuesday. Dice Zook has moved from Demotte to his property here.

John Bicknell of Rensselaer was, out to his store here Monday. Mrs. Rosa Lambert helped Mrs. Helen Haniford paper Tuesday. Art Akers of Moody was a visitor in our bu-rg Saturday between trains. Miss Ethel Nuss called on Misses Sylvia and Hazel Lambert Sunday. A road 'grader was run over the rock road here Tuesday, which put in it fine condition. Miss Vesta Brown, Miss Ruth Kennedy and brother autoed to Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs. Robert Grimm and daughter Clara were Rensselaer callers on Thursday and Friday. Greeley Comer and family moved last week from Laura to the Stockwell farm east of here. Misses Ruby Keen and Leota Obenchain called on Sylvia and Hazel Lambert Tuesday evening. Mrs. Clifford Roller of near Medaryville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Haniford and son. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Fisher at Kersey last week and left them' a girl. Miss Flota and Airy Myers, who have moved from Parr to the William Markin farm west of here, were in our burg Saturday. A farewell dance will be given at Reuben Snyder’s Tuesday evening. Mr. Snyder is preparing to go to North Dakota for the benefit of his health. Nate Richards has moved onto one of John Eger’s farms and will work for the latter. Glen Ward of Rensselaer is also moving to one of Mr. Eger’s farms.

GOOD ADVICE

A Rensselaer Citizen Gives Information of Priceless Value. When you suffer from backache, Headaches, dizziness, nervousness, Feel w r eak, languid, depressed, Hlave annoying kidney and bladder disorders; Doy you know what to do? Some Rensselaer people do. Read the statement that follows; It’s from a Rensselaer woman. Testimony that can be investigated. Mrs. R. E. Scott, Van Rensselaer st., says: “I have used Doan's Kidney Pills whenever my kidneys become disordered and I give them credit for the excellent health I now enjoy. By putting my kidneys in good condition Doan’s have saved me from the suffering I used to have from the steady ache across my kidneys, pains in my back and other symptoms of kidney trouble. Doan’s Kidney Pills are fine and I advise anyone troubled as I was to use them.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Scott had. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.— Advt.

WRITE AND THEN WRITE AGAIN

(By George Ade)

It is “mail day’’ at a camp in France. The boys are crowding up to a hole in the wall and reaching out for the precious letters as a miser clutches for gold. They may have marched through London or they are within three hours of Paris, but what is a secondary metropolis compared with the old home town?

4 THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

The Russian situation and the views of Lloyd George and the crop prospects in Italy measure very small alongside of news about father and mother and Aunt Lib and the local ball team and the girls who sit on the front porches and knit. Can you put yourself in the place of the boy who has to back away with these words singing in his ears, “Sorry, kid, but there’s nothing for you.” All the others*’’ squatted around, simply eating up the messages from back there, and he off by himself, blue as indigo, wondering what is the idea and why they have forgotten him. If you know a boy at the front, write to him. Don’t wait for a month after he goes away or it may be two months after he says “goodbye” before he gets the first letter. Send the letters chasing after him as soon as he starts. Make them cheerful and don't be afraid to put in all the local gossip and the fool cat-and-dog news of the neighborhood. Don't tell him you are worried about him. Tell him he’s all right and that you’re proud of him. No need to urge him to avoid being killed or wounded. He feels the same as you do aboqt getting shot up. Don’t compel his immediate relatives to do all the writing. Let him know that all of his friends are thinking of him and are strong for him. Probably newspapers in wrappers will not go through to the camps as promptly as letters, so- clip out of newspapers all the items that you know will interest him, and add some editorial comments of your own, and send them firstclass. Drop some kind of a message into the post every few days so that, even allowing for delays and sidetracking, he will not have to wait through long stretches of lonliness, with no cheerful greeting from the people who are in his thoughts every day. When a lad is thousands of miles away from home for the first time, his sentimental regard for all of his kin and cronies becomes hugely magnified. 'He waits with an aching eagerness for the letters from home. Don’t throw him down. Let him find at least one happy letter in every mail.

CLEAR MONEY WITHOUT INVESTMENT

That Is wliat the Nappanee Silo Agency offers. We desire Farmer Agents who are acquainted with the farmers in their locality. There is absolutely no investment and the commission is paid in CASH. Some of our agents have stopped their other business, and spend their entire time selling silos; others only go out a few days a year with our traveling men and still clear uip a few hundred dollars without detracting frotm their other work. We have a genuine proposition to offer if you are in a good farming section where we are not represented. A postal card will get you the information^ NAPPANEE LUMBER & MFG. CO., NAPPANEE, INDIANA.

The Neighborhood Corner

Department of Farm Welfare Conductsd by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Annual Meeting Well Attended R. A. Parkinson of Barkley township was elected president of the Jasper County Better Farming association at the~ annual meeting March 2. Mr. Parkinson is a wellknown farmer, stockman and banker of wide experience. Moses Sigo and M. J. Deiehanty were elected vice-presidents and P. H. Hauter was elected secretary. After listening to reports of the work for the past year and addresses by Profs. Schwab, Jones, Henry, ..Pipal and Gaddis,' a definite plan of work was outlined for the coming year. This plan includes demonstrational and project work along the lines of soil and crop improvement, livestock, gardening, farmers’ clubs, industrial work, farm management and home economics. The complete program will be published in circular form for distribution. Shorthorn Directors Meet Plans for a fall auction sale of Shorthorn cattle were made by the directors of the county Shorthorn association last Saturday. This will be the firist of the kind held in this coiunty. The directors also decided to visit all herds cff the locality in order to get in better touch with the conditions. Seed Corn Situation The seed situation looks more encouraging than at any time in the 'past. The Washburn Grain Co. at Remington has bought a considerable quantity of seed which it is selling at cost. A carload of government corn Is on the way to the county which will be distributed by Babcock & Hopkins. The county seed stocks committee feels that

Hampshire Sow Sale! Wednesday, March 20,1918 Gayety Airdome, Rensselaer, Indiana Head of Choice Hampshire Sows and Gilts bred to high quality prize winning boars to farrow in April, May and June will be in this sale. These sows and gilts are not in show condition, but excellent quality and in condition to bring profitable returns to the purchaser. These sows should be kept in this county and those desiring brood sows should attend this sale. Probably the last opportunity of the season to buy good brood sows worth the money. John R. Lewis & Son. J.N. Leatherman

Cold, rain, wind., aml dampneM brine out the rheumatic aches. An application of Sloan’s Liniment brings quick relief. No rubbing. It penetrates. Generous sized bottles.

it will be able to handle the situation if farmers will take the corn promptly as delivered. Jasper county to be aboutr a .month ahead of other counties In realizing the true situation and has been able to get seed at reasonable prices thus far, but the prices are raising rapidly and the supply will soon be exhausted. The committee states that it is imperative that each farmer find out how much seed he needs and place his order at once.

Hog Meeting Held Mr. T. W. Logan, who has been in the county this week in the interests of increased hog production, reports some very good meeting?. "It is not too late to increase pork production,’’ eays Mr. Logan. "By giving attention the sows and pigs by supplying plenty of pasture and by properly supplementing corn with tankage and tankage substitutes, pork can be produced very profitably this season.” Oats Smut Treatment Means Dollars Jasper county farmers can divide about $1 24,000 among themselves after harvest the coming summer if each man in the county who sows any oats this spring will treat his seed to prevent smut. Approximately 62,000 acres of oats were grown in this county last year and the average yield was 4 4 bushels to the acre, giving a total yield of 2,728,000 bushels. Providing this oats brought only 50 cents per bushel, and the price is now near sl, it would mean an increased value of $124,000 to the crop in this county alone and three and a half million dollars to' the entire state. iFigures obtained from Purdue university show that the average increased yield in thirty-five Indiana counties after seed has been treated to prevent smut is four bushels to the acre. The total financial return for this county was based on this figure assuming that the increase would be the same here. However, the four bushel statement is merely the average, the actual figures varying from three to eleven bushels, according to the county and the previous condition of the crop. The cost of treating tthe seed is only three cents an acre and the return $2 per acre on the average. Home Demonstration Agent Arrives Miss LeVerne Geyer, newly appointed home demonstration agent,

For Little Folks JHL Milder Ills y V vV —when the food disagrees, the play JiiJTm has been too strenuous, or the dreaded *4 \if Mk| colds are taking hold—the housewife (WiA yT f of experience has a tried remedy at hand. It has proved her helper for * J many years, and she knows its value. Peruna Tablets Are A firm Quick Aid /J I ' ' J They regulate the disturbed digestion, free the overloaded stomach, overcome the cold, remove the catarrhal conditions and rebuild the strength. Peruna Is A Reliable Family Remedy It has proved that in innumerable can home for all catarrhal trouble and wherever a needed, in conhaven’t used it in this form, get a box THE PERUNA COMPANY '

arrived last Monday to take up her duties. She will at once organUo a campaign to increase the use of substitutes for wheat flour. Her services are available for organizations desiring domonstrations of this nature. Home Canning, Household Convenience and Club Work are also projects which will be developed.

iHIHR Why not insure your cars when we can carry your insurance for Fire, Lightning, Wind Storm, Theft and Collision for about $1 per SIOO. I also have several farms for Bale or will trade on town property. If you need anything in Insurance or real estate, see me. Walter Lynge Phone 455 Rensselaer, - Indiana 111 01) yyyvvvot lit ii m ii! etii ■ REUSELAEV, 111.

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by tha Judge of the Circuit Court of Jasper County. State of Indiana, executrix or the estate of Caleb Friend, late o* Jasper county, deceased. Bold estate is supposed to be solvent. MARY FRIEND, Executrix. Rensselaer. Indiana, March G, 1918. W. E. Harry, Attorney. m 9-16-21 Try The Democrat’s Want column. You will be most agreeably surprised by the results.

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