Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

* Tefley pays the highest prices lor raw furs.—PHONE 475. ts Bert Amsler is a late purchaser of an Overland touring car through the Dr. Hansson agency. Ray Parks and John Parkinson ■are visiting Harve J. Robinson at Liberty, Mississippi, this week. Vincent Quinn and George Powers went to Gary Tuesday for a (visit with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Quinn. Mrs. L. B. Malone and two children of Monticello came Wednesday for a visit with the Tul Malone family. We have it—that good old Aristos flour. Try a sack and have some of your good old pre-war bread. —EGER’S GROCERY. J-25 Ross Ramey purchased of James Snedeker his grocery store on Mo Kiifley avenue, near the old depot, and took possession of same a few days ago. Joseph Norman of Union township caught a red fox Tuesday in a steel trap and brought the animal to 'town with him Wednesday and exhibited it on the streets. Leave orders now for fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, etc., for spring delivery. All trees guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge—CHARLES PEFLEY, phnne *475. • Stanley Lane has received his discharge from the service at Camp Meade, Maryland, and arrived here the first of the week. Stanley is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane of Newton township.

Frank Sommers, who the past year farmed the Vincent Eisele farm just west of town, will move on one of the Welsh Bros, farms In Jordan township about March 1. Mr. Eisele’s son, * William and wife will occupy his farm west of town. iMisses Margaret Babcock and Gwendolyn Kannal left Wednesday morning for Florida, where they expect to spend the remainder of the winter at Tampa and St. Petersburg. They are stopping off enronte at Nashville and Chattafaooga, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia. On their . return trip they expect to visit Washington, D. C.» and other eastern points.

John Eger was in Chicago on business Wednesday. Mrs. E. H. Shields left Thurs-. day for a visit with relatives at Brook and Morocco. Miss LaVerne Geyer, Mesdames W. C. Babcock and W. H. Beam spent Wednesday in Lafayette. Victor Hoover visited relatives in Delphi a few' days this week, and his brother, Don, at Longcliff Wednesday. David Warren, who had been employed in Chicago for several months, came the first of the week for a visit with 'relatives. Emmet Hollingsworth left thC first of the week for New Orleans, Louisiana, to join his parents who ,are spending .the winter there. Miss Nellie Sawyer returned to her home at Monticello the first of the week after a visit here with her aunt,' Mrs. H. H. Potter. J. V. Keiper of Plymouth came down via Chicago Tuesday evening for a short visit with his aged father, Theodore Keiper, and other relatives and friends. * Private William H. Minnear received his discharge from the service last week at Camp Taylor and is now at the home of his parents, southeast of town. Elmer Daniels, who has been stationed in the Q. M. department at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for the past several months, received his discharge and returned home Wednesday evening. We have just unloaded another car of salt in barrels and also in 50, 70 and 100 lb. bags, that you can haul in your car. Also 50-lb. blocks of salt, the ideal *salt for stock, at 60c. —EGER’S GROCERY. 1-25 Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were Mrs. E. C. English, Mrs. Z. A. Cox and two children, Samuel Fendig, Milton Roth, J. J. Hunt, W. J. Wright, A. F. Long, Mrs. J. F. Irwin and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walter.

Word has been received here of the birth of a son to Mr. and Ira Coe of Chicago, on January 20. Mrs. Coe was formerly Miss Ethel Perkins of this city, and Mr. Coe was a former instructor in the Rensselaer high school. Mrs. O. A. Jones received a letter from her husband, who has been with the American troops in France "for nearly a year. The letter, was written December 27, and was the first letter she had received from him since the armistice was signed. Worland’s ambulance went to Kersey Tuesday night and brought in to the county hospital, Jesse Ballinger, who was suffering from pneumonia, following the "flu.” Wednesday it made another trip to Kersey and brought in Mrs. Ballinger and baby, who also have the influenza. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cook entertained a number of Relatives at their home in Jordan township last Sunday- in honor of Sergt. Victor Michael and- •wife. Sergt. Michael is a son of W. P. Michael of Jordan township and was only recently discharged from the service at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. He has rented a : farm near Gilboa, Benton county, and will move onto same about the middle of February.

Private El«a Bwlm. who was recently discharged from the service, la suffering from Influenza. Mrs. Fred Waling. - Mrs. Alice Potts and Mrs. Arthur Powell went to Logansport Thursday for a visit with relatives. Rev. E. W. Strecker attended a Methodist convention In Chicago the first of the week, returning home Wednesday evening. Duplicate order books, Fairbanks scale books, etc., carried in stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department Pete Scheurich of the U. S. 8. Nevada, is spending a short furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scheurich, Sr., near Surrey. W. C. Babcock and son William, Jr., attended the banquet given by the Columbia Club in Indianapolis Tuesday evening to the grain men of the state. Budd C. and Mies Jennie Sterlett returned to their home at Rockfleld after t short visit here with their brother. County Superintendent M. L. Sterrett. f John O’Connor of Kniman, Jasper county, was in Kentland Tuesr day on' .business, and spent a few hours with his old friend, Henry Burton. —Kentland Enterprise. A civil service examination Will be held in Rensselaer on February 15 to fill the contemplated vacancy of postmaster at Kniman, the compensation of wnich office was |258 for the last fiscal veor.

The local councl of Knights of Columbus gave an enjoyable smoker and card party at the. parochial school hall Wednesday night in honor of the soldier boys who have returned from the service. If you are having any difficulty in getting fancy potatoes, try. our northern sand grown kind. They are all large, even sized and extra fine cookers. Try them, >1.50 per bushel.—EGEß'S GROCERY, j-25 A Kankakee, Illinois, paper states that William Baker of Fair Oaks, was found near the Illinois Central railroad one night the first of week badly bruised uip. It was not known whether he had fallen from a train or bumped oft by an engine. It said Baker had been on a spree and when found all his money was gone. Don Beam, who had been stationed on the U. S. transport Von Stuben, as a member of the marine band, received hiq honorable discharge fsom the service and arrived home Thursday morning on the early train. He was met in Chicago by his wife. Don Weight, who is also stationed on this boat, has not received his discharge’ as yet. I 49. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan received a letter a day or two ago from theij; son, Ist Sergt. Edward M. Honan, who has been stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas, for some time, saying that .he expected to be discharged from thjo service yesterday and would go to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he has previously had a good position awaiting him.

The 150th field „ artillery regiment composed of Indina men and which is a part of the "Rainbow Division” of which several Jasper county boys are a part, is now billeted at the world famous bathing resort at Bades Neuena.hr, Germany, where they are occupying the big hotels and having one helofagoodtlme. The Democrat has two letters in another column from -soldiers quartered there. S. F. Wood, a former resident of Rensselaer* and who lost a leg several years ago in a traction engine accident at the James Yeoman farm in Newton township, met .with another accident recently at Laporte, where he is employed as chief engineer at the county power and heating plant. He was leaving the plant on January 6 and, the sidewalks being very icy, he slipped and fell, breaking his go.od leg. above .the knee. He was in quite a serious condition for a couple of weeks, but is now considerably improved.

Mis* Rose Keeney went to Williamsport Thursday ior a visit with friends. Yon can still buy a rood rub-ber-tipped lead pencil for a nickel In The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department A child of Charles Elijah of Morocco died yesterday morning but at this writing no particulars concerning its death had been learned. Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, 11.12; oats, 58o; wheat, $&11;' rye, $1.45. The prices a year ago were: Corn, $1; oats, 77c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.65. Representative W. L. Wood has introduced a bill to regulate amah loan business to make 2 per cent a month the maximum interest rate on loans up to S2OO. Try some of our new pound paper, “Thistle Linen,” carried in stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department Envelopes to match are also carried.

, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner of Valparaiso, accompanied by Lieut. James E. Brenner and wife, left here Thursday for Winchester, after a visit with the George Long family. The 309 th trench mortar battery, the first unit of the 84th division to return from overseas, is now at Camp Taylor. The unit is composed almost entirely of Indiana men. Senator Ratts has been gone one I better on a dog bill by Representative Given, who proposes a license I fee of $4 for male dogs and $7 for females, with $lO for each additional female.

The Democrat is instructed to change the address of two of its north Jasper subscribers from Wheatfield to White Butte, So. Dak., —August Brietenbauh and O. p. Braddock —who have just movthere. In renewing his subscription Mr. Brietenbauh says “we are all feeling fine and having fine weather out here.” A freight wreck a short distance south of Dyer Thursday about noon caused all the Monon trains to detour north from Monon until 11 o’clock yesterday, when the first train came In from the north. The wreck was on the north bound local, and several cars were derailed, but Agent Beam did not know the cause of the wreck. Jesse Ballinger of Kersey, who was brought to the county hospital early Wednesday morning suffering from pneumonia, died at about 6:30 Thursday morning. He was about 44 years of age and leaves a wife and ’ the youngest of whom, with th" mother, are also patients in the hospital suffering from Influenza. The funeral and burial took place yesterday. •

“Wilson s Russian rian Accepted,” said the big headlines in Thursday’s dispatches from the ■peace conference. All of which goes to show, as The Democrat prophecied, that your Uncle Woodrow would be the dominent figure in this, the greatest history-mak-ing conference the world has ever seen. “Powers recognize people’s right to direct own affairs. Organized factions incited to declare truce and confer with Allies on agreeable policy,” continues the headlines. “Associated powers recognize revolution but not counter revolts. Ask demoralized nation to send envoys to Princess Islands by February 15 to close up chaotic conditions.” The antl-German language bills in the legislature has brought out the pleasing fact that a large number of the members favor the elimination of the teaching of any foreign language in our public schools. -This is precisely what should he done —if one wants to learn French, Dago or Hun, let him go to colleges or special schools where the lingo is taught and pay for the instruction out of his own pocket. Do not saddle the cost on the common taxpayer who supports the public schools. English is good enough for the public school system and we hope the legislature will abolish the law requiring that any foreign language be taught In. the schools at public expense.