Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1918 — Page 2

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Children Cry for Fletcher’s The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for oyer thirty years, has borne the signature of ' and has been made under his per/s* sonal supervision Bince its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children —Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Throps and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea} allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural Bleep. The Children’s Panacea —The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Jy Bears the Signature of AT XJp A X In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CINTAUH COM RANV, NEW YORK CITY,

he m coDHir demogrit F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Telephones Office 315 Resldenoe Sll Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflce at Rensaeuer, Indiana, under the Act of March t, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. The Only All Home-Print New*. paper in Jasper County. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR advertising rates Display 12%c Inch Display, special position. . 15c Inch Readers, per line first Insertion.. Be Readers, per line add. lnser. ...Sc 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 to exceed ten lines, 50c. Cash with order. No advertisements accepted for the first page. All accounts due and payable first of month following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1918

RELEASING TRANSPORTATION

We have seen the question of freight transportation discussed in the. papers as a most important one. We know theoretically that Uncle Sam needs every • possible cubic foot of rajr space to carry to the seaboard wheat, sugar, meat, army clothing, artillery munitions, and an infinite number of other essentials. . When the railroads have 'brought these , to the; seaboard, every possible of (seagoing freighters is needed to carry them abr'oad for t'lie use of our army and the use of our allies. All this we realize, but without the feeling that it has any personal application, to ourselves. If we look into the matter more closely, however, we will find that we can do A good deal to help Uncle Sam out and forward his plans. | . '■

All freight ear space that we can save from- our own needs can he utilized directly for the purposes of the country. If we can .eat foods that are grown in our own locality a certain amount' of car space is released. This can be used in carrying commodities to the seaboard or in bringing fuel or material to factories which are doing work for the government. - If ’ in purchasing we can select goods made in a near locality in preference to a distant one we are allowing the railroads to substitute a short haul for a long one. If we can use products of our own country instead of imported products we are releasing* ship space. An instance recently given to the public will show this. Makers of candy and ice creajn have been required for some mdnths to lessen their consumption oil sugar 20 per cent.

Mr. Hoover tells us that this reduction lias released 50,000 tons of shipping for the use of the government. The shipping so freed has been used partly in carrying wheat to/Belgium and partly in carrying coal to New England factories which produce war gopds. Let it become one of your wartime principles to use home products arid local products toward your needs wherever possible. The transportation space saved by an individual or a family is necessarily small, hut as in all kinds of conservation it is the aggregate which counts. You will feel satisfaction in the knowledge that you are doing your best in your individual capacity toward helping out the government and meeting its needs.

BIDDING FOR LABOR

The most serious problem that confronts this country these days is that of labor and labor prices. As the former becomes scarcer, the latter rise, until already in many lines the workmen are drawing wages that shame a congressman’s salary. We are told that this is unavoidable—but is it? When we get a close-up view of labor conditions we are inclined to believe much of tlie great rise in wages is unnecessary. Not that we would for one moment oppose an honest wage for any workman, but that all must admit that the matter is becoming serious, . Perhaps the most pernicious in--11 uexrce in th€ labor situation is that of competitive bidding for labor. This is particularly noticeable in industries engaged in producing government supplies. Whenever, in these industries, there arises any scarcity of the labor supply, wages are immediately forced up a notch. It is no uncommon thing to hear men who, only a short while ago, ound it difficult to earn a dollar a day, boasting oU six, eight and ten, and eagerly looking out for offers even higher. Tlie natural result of these com ditious is that in many lines labor has become so scarce *as to seriously threaten their continued operation. In many lines of industry these abnormal wages are an impossibility. It would .mean bankruptcy. But to some extent they must be met, and the problem is—how.? '

If our government will kindly inform us how the farmer, for instance, is to retain a man who is offered eight or ten dollars a day on some government or semi-gov-ernment works, it will confer a great boon to the million of perplexed agriculturists—and others. Must the remedy be government regulation of wages?

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Our American aces will certainly be able to give the'German knaves the very deuce. Is it not strange that the portion of the Austrian empire which has the most food is still Hungary? .Strange that ex-Czar Nicholas has not thought of sharing the lecture platform with the other ex-celebri-ties. • Potatoes may be baked, boiled, stewed or fried. The only essen-

tial point is that they should be eaten. “Work or fight’ y, the command. We have all seen people Who can do both at once. Winch should they give up? Khaki and navy blue are the only wear, and the road leading east is the traveled way. It is a long road, for it ends in Berlin. Ex-Presidents Taft and Roosevelt have met and bulled the hatchet. Teddy can spare the hatchet conveniently as long as he retains the big stick. Lloyd George says “the next few weeks will be a race between .Hindenburg and President Wilson.” We, will bet on the President. He has the build of a good runnjgr, Jje is not weighted down with the trappings of autocracy, and best of all, he has an enthusiastic crowd to root for him.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

You ask me when the war will end, and sadly I reply, “I fear it will not stop, my friend, till pigs begin to fly'” A flippant answer, you will say, to come from my fat tongue; but every hour of every day I hear that question sprung. I am no seer in spangled robe, no wizard full of gall, who looks into a crystal globe and tells what will befall. Xo prophet’s mantle came my way, the mystic’s power to lend, and so I really .cannot say just when the war will end. Oh, I can see so far ahead as any com•anon swain;, and when the morning sky is red, I know there will be rain; arid I can tell by sundry Signs when there’ll be snow and sleet; along such cheap forecasting lines I simply can’t be beat. But when yam to my lair ascend, along nvy stairway steep, and ask me when the war will end, “Search me,” I say, and weep. In politics I can predict the votes cast, more or less; George Harvey’s flaunting plumes are picked, when I begin to guess. And once I won a full-size cheese, as good as cheeses are, by guessing just how many peas were in a grocer’s jar. All guessing contests I attend, in this and other lands, but ask me when the war will end, and I throw up my hands.

GEO. MUSTARD GETS CONTRACT

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granary 29x40, 20-foot posts. Mr. .Mustard is also building a couple of coal storage sheds dor the county at the south side of the Monon tracks, near where thevold water tank used to stand. One shed 14x70 is completed, and the other one, 14x50, soon will be. Other proceedings of the hoard for the June term—all business being finished up Monday—follow: Through some error outside bridge companies were notified by the county surveyor that the bridge lettings would be on Tuesday, it is said, and they were not here to bid Mbnday, when the lettings were made. Therefore no bids were received Irom outside the county. Walter V. Porter of Rensselaer was awarded contract for bridges, four an Carpenter township, at $331, $240, $749 and $338, respectively, and two in Jordaji township at $l,lOO and S4OO, respectively, Morrow & DeArmond of Tefft were awarded contract for one bridge in Kankakee township at sl,l 98.50, and two in Walker township at $1,210 and $995, respectively. Joseph Lane filed his resignation as superintendent of the Lane stone roads in Newton township and Roseoe Halstead was appointed superintendent in his stead. In the F. J. Slight stone road, Charles R. Peregrine et al filed a petition asking that the improvement be completed with gravel, owing to the difficulty in securing stone, and It was so ordered by the board. Money bun & Son were allowed $982 on the W. L. Wood gravel road in Union township. In the Joseph Kosta gravel road petition tlie viewers were granted an extension of time' until the first day of the July term to file report. The highway petitioned for by the Northern Indiana Land Co. -was ordered established on the report of the viewers. Also the highway petitioned for by Michael Kline. In the. Arthur Kresler petition for ditch the board found for Henry Amsjer, one of the remonstrators, and reduced his assessment $l6O. Board found against other reniqnstrators and ordered the ditch established with K. D. Nesbitt as superintendent, Remonstrators Henry Amsler, George Parkinson, Thomas Clifford and J. A. Larsh object to finding and pray an appeal to the circuit court, which appeal is granted and thirty days given for perfecting same. " In the George M. Myers ditch, September 11 was fixed as limit of time for paying assessments before bonds would issue." Final report was filed in the .7. IV. Phares ditch, showing amount collected to be $2,497.35, and paid out $2,483.10. Amount refunded, -$14«J25. Final report also filed in the Firman Thompson ditch, showing amount collected to be $670.80 and atnhunt paid out the same. Iu the 0 Frank Nesius ditch the county treasurer showed assessments collected amounting to $4,470.85', and total uncollected assessments were $5,221.40. Bonds ordered issued for latter amount The county treasurer also showed

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in the Milton P. Roth ditch collections of $5,443.74 and uncollected assessments amounting to $6,152.87. A. J. Sargent petition for ditch. Cause docketed and continued for objections. September 30 was fixed for the limit of time for paying assessments in the Ed. Oliver ditch, after which bonds will issue for unpaid amount. The board of county hospital trustees reported the purchase of the John O'Connor property, adjoining the hospital on the south, at $3,500, which was approved and ordered paid on approval of abstract. ■Contracts for poor farm supplier were let as follows: John Eger, groceries, $24 7.30; G. E. Murray Co., dry goods, $l3B-85; Eisrelshach & Son, meats, 150 lbs. roast at 27c lb., steak at 33c. R. H. and G. H. McWilliams - were allowed $3,120 part ( pay on bridge in Keener township, j —S-. C. Irwin was appointed justice of the peace for Marion township to serve until after the election, when new justices are to be elected. The board leases ground of the Monon railroad company for the erection of coal sheds, at $lO per year, no specified length of time. George M. Wilcox, superintendent of the farm and poor asylum, filed his report for the quarter ending May 31. showing K> Inmates of the poor asylum, 8 males, 5 females. The receipts for the quarter totalled • $2,412.36 — $137.86 for hogs sold. 52.110.10 for com and* oats, $l5O for one horse and $5.40 for cream. The expenditures for the quarter were $1,548.53, ieavifig a net surplus of $563.83. Interest on county funds for the month of May as reported by the various depositories, follow: First National bank, Rensselaer, $252.05; The Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, $24 4.30: State bank, Rensselaer. $207.23; State bank. Remington, $166.94; Bank of Wheatfield, $67.23; total, $038.74.

RAISE MORE SHEEP

Necessary for Sake of Economic Welfare and Independence. i Steady Decline Is Shown in the Industry in United States in Recent Years. Washington.—The sheep industry In the United States must either adjust Itself to the' changed economic conditions of this diy or continue the decline which has been Its portion in years past. Such is the conclusion reached in a rei*ort is>fied fey the sheep and wool industry by the committee on statistics and standards of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. / The principal remedies suggested In the report to arrest the present steady decline in our production of sheep are, first, the use for sheep grazing of the. agriculturally worthless and cheap cut-over timber lands of the North, Northwest and South; second, the more general and systematic raising of sheep on farms, where sheep raising has been hitherto neglected largely because of frontier competition; and third, continued use of the great ranges of the West to their full capacity. It can be done. It is a question of education. In 11*00 we had in the United States .SC* sheep per capita. In 1917, the figure dropped to .40 per capita. In 1890 we produced 4.29 pounds of wool per capita. In 1917 only 2.72 pounds per capita. We import now 50 per cent of our wool consumption. We ought to produce that at home ;*aad we can if we wilL Sheep increase rapidly—from 50 to 100 per cent annually as compared with the number of ewes. There is every reason, in the opinion of the committees, why, for the sake of our economic welfare and independence, we should act on the fact that we can raise enough sheep if we will, and reap advantage and profit in. so. doing.;-.;

One of the most, responsible and important duties in the British service is that of the British sea seonts who guard the coasts of England. The sea scout movement was an outgrowth of the boy scout movement and it Is increasing in numbers rapidly. The members must be boys of great responsibility and resourcefulness, as at many stations they are in sole charge. Photo shows two of them firing a rocket signal to warn a lifeboat crew of a vessel in distress. If yon want a good typewriter at a bargain price, see those at The Democrat office.

FIRING DISTRESS SIGNAL

LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

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they have lots to think about. Will close, hoping this finds you all O. K. Your son, VBRN C. DAVISSON. * P. s. —Expect to move again in six or seven days, but not far. Somewhere in France, May 2, 1918. Dear Father and Mother: I am 'writing this on a flat car in my. ambulance. We are loaded on the train and moving somewhere. This is the second night and one day traveling. My car is shaking so much I can hardly write. We had some job loading the cars, especially the kitchen. I received the tobacco, writing paper, fountain pen, pencils, candy, cakes, etc. Thanks very much. 1 am trying the pen out on this letter. Well, I heard the trainman say, “unload in five minutes,” so I guess we a*e there. Will continue tomorrow.

We unloaded last night about 10 o'clock and drove in convoy about twenty-five kilometres to a little town then got Into our cars and slept; up early and had breakfast. We beat our division here so we will have to wait about two days on them. One of the packages was broken open and some tobacco and polish missing. The other one is alright. Have had one nice day lately, the only one for a long while. Have had lots of rain, the grass arid trees are green here now and when the sun shines it is the most beautiful country I ever saw. The thing that troubles me most is not being able to get good drinking water in most parts''Of France, therefore we are supposed to drink the “vinrouge’ or red wine, and I have not yet learned to like it. We have to medicare the water to kill the germs before we can drink any. I guess I will order a keg of beer and strap it on top of my ambulance with a rubber tube and mouthpiece leading down to a handy position by my seat.

I only got about two or three hours sleep last night, so I will hurry this up and grab a little sleep before noon. I don’t suppose we will stay on this front much more than one month because our division will be all shot to pieces, then we will have to go to some other front that is quiet to rest up and recruit up to war strength again as soon as (censored) pulled back and new ones take their place. This is the -most terrible place on the whole battle front now. The English pushed the boche back about five miles here just before we got here. I have begun to think the Germans 'wjll wiggle their last before snow flies this year. Oh yes, on the way here we passed through one town that the Germans injected (censored). Back where we left on May 1 is an American aviation camp of little fighting planes, and when a boche comes over he never gets back home. They shot two down in five minutes and they both fell right on the aviation field. The boche aviator asked who shot us down; the Frenchemen shook their fists and said Americans. The boche were so mad they almost had a fit. The American aviators are using French machines and the boche thought it was the French w<ho had shot them down. The boche were used to coming over and playing around; open up their machine guns on the French and the French did not bother them much, so all at once the camp changed to an American camp and the American aviators surprised the “boche birds.”

Is Lonnie Davisson in the aviation yet ? I heard he ihad enlisted in the aviation branch. Is Lewis likely to be called? I hardly think so. It is very poor sport, this war game. How many fighting men do you think''the U. S. has over here now? yYe have no idea, can’t find out anything, but it looks as if there are quite a good many. I will not get a chance to write very often now for a while but will write when I get a chance. Will close with love. Xpur son,

VERN C. DAVISSON.

[Under tto\« head notices win b« published for 1-cent-a-word for the ✓first Insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional -nsertlon. To save boolc-kespln* cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-flvw cents, but short notices coming within *he above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 21 cents. Where replies are sent In The Democrat’s care, postage will bo charged for forwarding such replies to the adver User.!- ■ FOR SALE For Sale —A 12\18 tent, new, will sell at a bargain.—WO RLAXI) & SONS. j-S For Sale—Ford touring ear in good running order, new tires, shock absorbers, newly painted. Price right.—C. McCULLEY, Remington, Ind. - j-4 For Sale—Sattley combination cultivator and one 8-foot Johnson binder, both nearly new. —JOSEPH KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, phone Mt. Ayr exchange, 92-D. ts For Sale —“Old Sol” auto spot light, cost $lO, will sell for $5. See HUGH KIRK at Rensselaer garage. ts Butter Wrappers—Vegetable parchment butter wrappers in any quantity desired, either plain or printed, at The Democrat Office, ts For Sale—l Shorthorn bull, 700 lbs.; 3 young horses; 1 Perkins windmill, steel tower, complete.— JOSEPH KOSTA. phone Mt. Ayr exchange, P. O. Fair Oaks. ts For Sale—An Oliver No. 3 typewrit.

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er, thoroughly rebuilt, new rubber roll, new ribbon and all in first-class condition. Price S3O, monthly payments if desired. — THE DEMOCRAT., ts For Sale —Ten acres splendid land, good buildings, in this city; price right. Sixty-five acres, fair buildings, on pike, R. F. D., telephone and school; price $45. Easy terms. Alight take some trade.- —GEORGE F. MEYEftS. tE For Sale —Good 5-room house, with electric lights, well house, coal house, and other outbuildings; two blocks from court house. —JOSEPff FRANCIS); , SR., phone 911-M. ts For Sale —Brand-new “Quick Meal” 3-burner gasoline stove at much less than cost.—T. A. CROCKETT, ■phone 490-White. J-S For Sale—A Webster’s New International Dictionary, almost new and very little soiled, sheep binding and good paper. Publisher’s price sl2; will sell for $8 cash. — JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Second-Hand Typewriters One Smith Premier No. 10, with tabulator, back spacer, wholly visible, one or two-color ribbon, a machine practically good as hew in every way, S4O; one Smith Premier No. 2, and one Smith Premier No, 4, both in excellent condition and will do as good work as ever. Priced S2O and $25. —THE DEMOCRAT.

One of the Best Located Reel* dence properties in Rensselaer, 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two Improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, barn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth pries asked for entire property. Terms if desired. For further particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. Typewriter Ribbons — ‘The Democrat carries In stock in Its faney stationery department the famous Nedich make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters. Price 75c each. Will be sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. tl For Sale—6oo-acre farm 1 mil# from Gloster, Miss., nice city of 2,000 population. Farm 1b well Improved. Located on Prentlco highway, a macadam road being built from McComb to Natchez and which Intersects with the Jackson highway. Price s3(b per acre.— HARVEY DAVISSON, phone 21$ or 499, - ' ts For Sale—B-ply Litho Blanks. Wd have on hand several hundred sheets 22x28 8-ply litho blanks, coated 2 sides, that we will sell in lots of 5 0 or more at $6 per 100, which is less than cost a year ago. This board was ordered for a special purpose, but customer changed order and it was not used. Is put up in 50-sheet packages and has not been broken. —THE DEMOCRAT. tl WANTED \ Wanted—Work on farm by 12-year-old bov. Enquire of MR. AND MRS. DOLPH DAY, Rensselaer, j-6 Wanted—To buy a good general purpose mare or horse.—ALBERT DUGGINS, Rensselaer,. R-l, phone 916-M. ts Cream Wanted—Have recently begun buying cream &t Parr and will pay best prices. Also have 1 5-year-old mare, wt. about 1100, In foal, and some shoats and brood sows for sale.—J. S. LAKIN, Parr, Ind., phone 932-G. ts

Old False Teeth Wanted; don’t mat* ter if broken —We pay up to 15 dollars per set. Also cash for Old Gold, Silver and broken Jewelgy. Check sent by return mail. Goods held 10 days for sender’s approval of our offer.—MAZER’S TOOTH SPECIALTY, Dept. A, 2007 S. 6th St., Philadelphia, Pa. J-S FOR RENT For Rent—s-room house, good garden patch, •in Fair Oaks. Also have, motorcycle in good running order for sale of exchange for a horse.—LEWIS SMITH, Newland, Ind. , j-15 For Rent—My house on Park avenue, 2 blocks from postofflce. electric lights, city water. —MARY JANE HOPKINS. FOUND Found—Saturday, in Rensselaer, a small purse containing money. Owner can have same by calling at The Democrat office and paying for advertising.—THE DEMOCRAT.

MISCELLANEOUS For Exchange—4o acres of improved land in Pulaski county for a good thrashing outfit.—WILLIAM POISEL, Medaryville, Indiana, j-15 Storage—l have two rooms for storage of light household oq othef goods In The Democrat Terms reasonable. —F. E. BAB COCK. Phone 315 or 311. FINANCIAL Money to Loan.—CHAS. J. DEAN 41 SON, Odd Fellows, Building, Rensselaer. |f Money to Loan—s per cent fann loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. tl Mutual Insurance—Fire and Lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS. Phone 533-L ts Farm Loans—Money to loan Ml farm property In any sums up tq SIO,OOO. —E. P. HONAN. I (|a{ Ihftl Wlthout Deity, nil I fir Without Commission, I UUI lIIU Without Chargee f«f n[ Making er Recording rrnu™. i Subscribe for The Democrat,