Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1919 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY T, 1®1».

THE UNIVERSAL CAR We are experienced, and know how to give service to the owners of Ford cars. We have the same methods, machinery and skill that they have in the • Ford factory, and we use the same Parts lhade by the Ford Motor Company. Ford owners are doubly guaranteed by us as to the reliability of our service on Ford cars. Don't try to Jo ft yourself; bring your car here. Incidentally we are getting a few Ford cars and are able to make fairly good deliveries. Touring Car, >525; Runabout, >500; One - Ton Truck Chassis, $550; Coupe, 1750; Sedan, >875. These prices f. o. b. Detroit Central Garage Co. Phone 319 Rensselaer, Ind.

The WEEK'S DOINGS

P. D. Wells was over from Morocco Saturday. The Priscilla Sew club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Fqnk Foltz on Grace street. The old Saying about “rain on Easter, rain for seven Sundays,” has proven true so far this year. Thompson Ross returned to his home in Chicago Monday after a short visit with his mother, Mrs. Ora T. Ross. Mrs. James D. Babcock returned to her home near Bluffton Monday after a week’s visit with relatives and old friends here. Dr. A. C. Merry of Mt. Ayr took the train here Monday for Indianapolis to attend a meeting of the state board of health. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nowels have moved Into rooms with Mrs. Frances Hopkins and daughter Gertrude on Park avenue. Mrs. E. C? Maxwell returned home Monday from Dunkirk, where she had spent several weeks with her son Ernest and children. She brought two of his children home with her. Mrs. Earl Parsons came up from Logansport Friday to spend the week-end with her mother, Mrs." James F. Irwin 1 , and was joined by her husband Sunday, both returning home Sunday evening.

Devere Yeoman was home from Indianapolis over Sunday and returned Monday via auto, accompanied by his wife and mother, who will remain there for the welcome home celebration for the 150th field artillery today. F. M. Hershman of Walker township was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Mr. Hershman has as yet not fully recovered from injuries received recently when a horse he was riding fell with him and dislocated his shoulder. Mesdames J. W. and H. E. McConahey of Chicago came Saturday for a visit with the former's mother, Mrs. Henry Randle, and other relatives. Mrs. H. E. McConahey returned home Monday, but Mrs. J. W. McConahey remained. for a week’s visit.

Go-Opsrative Meat Market Phone 92 North Side Public Square We are buying high quality U. S. government inspected meats and selling same at as low a price as possible and'make a legitimate profit. We Invite Your Patronage

Horton Bros, played for a dance at Wolcott Saturday night Yesterday's local prices on eggs and butterfat: Eggs, 40c; butterfat, 57c. George Constant of Indiana Harbor visited friends here Sunday and Monday. Harold Wickstrom and little son visited Mir. and Mrs. Carl Harsha at Lafayette Sunday. James Warner, who has a good position in Gary, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wolfe of Haimmond spent Sunday here with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold.

J. J. Montgomery went to Lafayette Monday and drove home his Maxwell roadster which he has Just had newly repainted. The warm showers Sunday brought out the leaves on shade trees wonderfully, and they are nearly full leafed now. Mr.’and Mrs. H. L. Hendricks spent the week-end with relatives at Lowell. They were accompanied home by Mrs. A. H. McCoy. Richard Beck of formerly of Rensselaer, and a brother of William Beck of this city, arrived from overseas last week. Mrs. Lloyd Hopkins of Mt. Ayr went to Marlon Monday to attend the commencement exercises, her sister being one of the graduates. Mrs. Nathan Keene returned to her home at Gifford Monday after a visit with her father, John Ulim, near Jlemington, who is in quite poor health. F. A. Gruver, who is now employed as superintendent of a line construction crew near Bellefontaine, 0., spent Sunday with his family here.

Mr. and Mrs. John Roadruck returned to their home at Morocco Monday after spending several days here with the latter’s mother, Mrs. E. J. Morris. A son was born Saturday evening to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Osburn of west of town. Grandpa Osburn now has five granddaughters and three grandsons, two of the latter, Including the latest arrival, have been christened Norval after their grandad. Attorney John A. Dunlap left last week for Dallas, Tex., to join his wife and daughter. Who have spent the winter there with her parents. He will probably spend a couple of weeks there and will be accompanied home by his wife and daughter.

Miss Helen Worland, who had been in Denver, Colo., since last November where she was taking a nurse’s training course, returned home last week. She will probably continue her studies in a hospital in Chicago after a visit here witji her parents. Her sister, Miss Alice Worland, who went to Colorado with her, will remain there for a time yet. An attempt was made to rob the Farmers’ State bank at Mexico, Ind., last Saturday morning, but the “yeggs’’ were frightened away after having blown the outer door of the vault. They were discovered in the bank by the nightwatchman of the town, and a revolver duel followed' during which several shots were exchanged without effect on either side.

Dr. J. HUnsson, B. N. Fen-dig and James Hallagan were Chicago goers Monday.Walter Lynge and family attended the funeral of a relative at Momence Sunday, A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wilson at Hammond, making their fourth child. Mrs. J. W. Childers Is attending a state meeting of the Woman’s Relief Corps at Elkhart as a delegate from the local order. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wynegar of South Bend spent Saturday and Sunday here with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Grant. ’ Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, 11.55; oats, 65c; wheat, >2.30; rye, >1.55. The prices one year ago were; Corn, >1; oats, 70c; wheat, >2; rye, >2.

Drs. Edgar Duvall of Knightstown, and Paul Millar of Indianapolis drove up in the former’s automobile and spent Sunday with relatives here, returning Monday. Misses Gertrude Jackson and Rose Luers left Friday for Washington, D. C., where the former will take up a government position, and the latter will visit her sister, Miss Lucille Luers, who is emipJoyed there, and will also visit relatives at Trenton, N. J. A deputy from the state Are marshal’s office has been working in Rensselaer for several days, and as a result it is understood the building occupied by C. E. Prior’s poultry house has been condemned and some other places practically so, including the building occupied by Kuboske’s garage. The Central garage was ordered to install steam heat, it is understood. Virginia, the little 2-year-old daughter of Paul Norgor, died at the county hospital Monday morning about 4 o’clock after an extended illness. The little one’s mother died last October from influenza. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of its grandparents, Mr and Mrs. George May, in Carpenter township, and burial made in the Remington cemetery.

A ROUSING WELCOME HOME

Will Be Given the 15Oth F. A. at Indianapolis Today. It is estimated that 100,000 visitors will be in Indianapolis today to help the capital city properly celebrate the home coming of Indiana’s unit in the famous Rainbow division, in which are several Jasper county boys. Quite a number of Rensselaer people expect to go down, and in Newton and several other counties special trains will be run to carry their delegations. This unit left Camp Merritt Monday afternoon and reached Indianapolis yesterday. After the big parade and ceremonies in the capital today they will go to Camp Taylor to be mustered out of the service.

RENSSELAER ROOFING CO. Will cover your buildings with any kind of asphalt fire-proof roofing or shingles. Gravel roofs laid or. patched. Tin roofs painted. Our roofing is cheaper “than cedar shingles and lasts longer. Laid over shingles or over tight sheeting. With our prices you don’t have to put off fixing your leaky or wornout roofs until fall. Contracting for laying cement blocks or brick chimneys. Office on Cullen, street, first door north of McFarland’s grocery; phone 62. ml 4

North Side GROCERY OPEN EVENINGS till 10 o’clock Farmers, bring in your eggs any evening; we will treat you right. Ross Ramey Proprietor PHONE 565

THE TWICE-A-WEfIBK DEMOCRAT

The World’s Next Step

NO. • National VaaltT and <h. of Nations

By CLARXNCX U 8P«»D (Written for nod Approved by the Illinois Branch of Lea<ue to Enforce Peace.) It Is a strange thing that In America, a nation thal consistently bus shown it has no desire to oppress the weak or rob its neighbors, there should be any opposition at cli to a league of nations designed to prevent others from doing the things which the overwhelming majority of us recognise as wrong. The honest, law-abiding citizen does not object to state or national laws against murder or theft because he thinks that at some time he might be sufficiently enraged or be reduced to such poverty as to desire to commit these crimes. Instead he lends his Influence toward having laws passed which will provide restraint for the murderer and give care to the poverty stricken. Yet we find people even in the United States asking such questions as, "Are we going to permit anybody to tell us when we can or cannot go to"war to protect our rights?" or “Are we going to send our troops across the ocean to die in Europe or Asia at the behest of some power superior to our government?” This is national vanity, pure and simple. We are going to do Just those things whether we want to or not. We have just got through sending our troops to Europe to die in a war that we did not want It was forced on us against our will by Germany. Our men died and our treasure was expended to an extent wholly unnecessary Just because “we minded our own business or sat around acting, as we fondly imagined, on our own initiative. As a result we went to war when our enemy was ready and we were not, and we sacrificed thousands of lives and billions of dollars which might have been saved had there been anything like a league of nations in existence in 1914. Let’s go back to the outbreak of the European war and study that a little. Germany was in direct alliance with Austria and Italy. England, France and Russia had an "understanding." Germany wanted war. She thought the time had come when she could risk battle with France and Russia at the same time. She knew Austria was with her and thought Italy was safely on her side. Her diplomats told her that England would not fight She did not dream that the struggle would even last long enough to drag the United States into it. Japan, Canada, China, Australia, Greece, Brazil she diyonnted. Serbia and Belgium she >ifflt seemed quite certain to the Germans that they could accomplish their purpose. • Now suppose there bad been Jn existence at that time a league of nations. Assume, for the sake of argument, that Germany had corrupted Austria to the point where she knew that Austria would be with her. But suppose Germany had known that England, the United States, Italy, Japan, Brazil and China and all the other nations would have taken sides against her, not one by one but all at once and with all their power, do you think for a moment that Germany would have dared to start the world war?

And suppose again that Germany had been insane enough to start a war, even knowing that all the world might come In, don’t you think that the United States, If It had been a member of the league of nations, and with the approval of that body had voluntarily Joined In the war the day the German' troops crossed the Belgian frontier, would have saved thousand® of American Ilves and billions of American dollars by Its prompt cooperation? What hope would Germany have had If all the nations ’ which finally were dragged In agaipst her one at a time had combined on the first day to coerce her into behaving like a civilized state? The war would probably have been over In four months Instead of four years. And though we got from this league of our own creation a summons to attack Germany the first day she misbehaved, and compiled with It, we would have been acting with just as much freedom of action as we finally did. We had to go to war whether we wanted to or not. We could not protect our legitimate Interests nor could we keep our self-respect and stay out. And when that international community Is one that we ourselves have helped to create and that is doing our will, why should we want to refuse its summons?

You will hardly find a patriotic American citizen today who regrets that we entered the war, in spite of all it cost. You will find thousands upon thousands who regret that we did not enter sooner. And yet at the same time you will find thousands of patriotic Americans —many who think they are the most patriotic of all — who cannot abide the idea that there should be any organization higher than our own government, which could tell us when we ought to go to war—as if, in these days of the Interdependence of the whole world, we had any choice in the matter. National' vanity which causes opposition to a league of nations is a good deal like individual vanity which would make a man resent the presence of a policeman on the street because that policeman might prevent him from doing something he didn’t want fanyhow. or direct him to do something 'he was just about to do of his own '(accord. ' .

We are In the market for more CREAM, EGGS AND POULTRY One trial will oonvlnoe you that OUR PRICES ARE HIGHEST OUR SERVICE IS BEST Rensselaer Creamery & Produce Co. AT WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE

INTERESTING HIGHWAY TALK

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Carpenter township, and to connect Rensselaer with Kentland and Monticello It would be necessary to build 12 miles north from Remington. This would make Rensselaer some 20 to 24 miles nearer to Crown Point, the county seat of Lake county, than is Kentland, which is also trying to get an IndianapolisChicago line through Newton county, and is a big factor tn our favor of having this line established through Rensselaer. Mr. Wright said it was practically certain that a road would be established between these two cltles. apd it would seem that there could be no argument over which was the shorter and better route. The counity unit law was intended to build roads at county expense connecting up other improved roads, and not for roads that would be designated as ’‘state” roads; also to build such connections in the poorer townships, etc. The three-mile road law is still in effect, however, and townships as a urit can continue to build roads under that ,law. The speaker thought it was best not to attempt to build any main line roads under the county unit law until we saw what the highway commission was going to do in our county in the way of designating some of these as state roads; that the business men, county commissioners and county council should get together and lay out a county system of roads to be built under the county unit law that would be of the most benefit to the county os a whole. To this end a committee of seven—James A. Washburn of Remington; Judge C. W. Hanley, Mayor C. G. Spitler, County Surveyor E. D. Nesbit, County Highway Commissioner Gray and F. E. Babcock of Rensselaer, and County Commissioner H. W. Marble of Wheatfield —was selected by those present at the meeting to meet with the commissioners and county council yesterday afternoon end try to formulate such a system. This committee will also work for the location of a state road north and south through Jasper county, to connect Rensselaer with Crown Point. Mr. Wright answered numerous questions at the close of his talk and everyone present had a very clear idea of the alms and purposes of the law and commission when he had finished. A rousing vote of thanks was given the speaker for coming here and giving the talk.

IS YOUR CHILD’S BIRTH OF RECORD?

It Is Important That It Should Be To prove his age and citizenship. To prove his rigfat to go to school. To prove his right to work. To prove hie right to an inherttan CO To prove his rigfat to marry. To prove fais right to hold office. To prove his right to secure passports for foreign travel. To prove Shis mother’s rigfat to a widow’s pension. The War and Birth Registration The drafting of thousands of men for military service has emphasized the need for more complete birth registration. Young men have been confronted with the

M. Kuboske and James Walters are going into the GARAGE Business together. They are planning to build a fine garage building soon.

J. t. Gil M [ GO. have those SELF-FEEDERS FOR HOBS Advocated by the Bitter Farming Association

necessity of furnishing proof of age and citizenship, and have found proof lacking on account of faulty laws or imperfect enforcement of the law. Provisions Birth Registration Lawn The law requires that the baby’s birth be reported by the physician, the nurse or midwife in attendance, to the health officer, or town clerk, who reports it to the state board of health. It you are not sure that this has been done for your baby, write to the state board of health, and if they have no record they will send you a blank on which you may record the child’s birth yourself. It is not too late at any time, and may be very important flor him in the years to come. Register Your Child’s Birth Now See that the oblld la named before the 4th of the month following date of birth. A large percent of birth records have no Christian name, thus making a worthless record in future years. See to it that the records of Jasper county are complete. The health officer has tried to •make these as complete as possible, but is handicapped because parents are careless about naming the child.

blacksmithing. Blacksmith shop in former GrantWarner dumber building. Horseshoeing, plow work end repairing. Shop managed by A. J. Doan. M-11.

Our Annual TURNER EXHIBITION Circus Day Collegeville Under Auspices Athletic Aesocietioa Nev( Features Horizontal, Parallels, Horae Drills, Wire Walking Clowns and Pyramids Our Specialty Hson ond W Moy ll 8:00 p. m. College Auditorium Admission 25c

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