Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

E' Yesterday's local prices on eggs land butterfat: Eggs, 50c; butterfat, 65c. C AMrton Trulley bought a 120-acre farm 7 miles northwest of Plymouth ■’last week, and bls son Joseph will femove onto same next week. John V. Lesh and son Russell ■ were in Chicago Thursday to con- £ suit a specialist regarding the letter's health, which is very poor , Indeed. * W. H. Beam has closed his home temporarily and taken rooms in" the Earl Reynolds house on McCoy avenue which he and son Paul will occupy for the winter. \ Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, $1.30; oats, 65c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.27. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 80c; oats, 60c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.45. W. C. Rose of east Barkley is building a fine, new, up-to-date ▼llla just west of the farm residence, which will be occupied by his son Edward when completed. Grant Warner accompanied the party consisting of Leslie Clark, ' J. J. Montgomery and W. V. Porter to Mississippi Thursday. They expect to be gone about three weeks. The first consignment of surplus army (foodstuffs ordered through the Rensselaer postoffice about two months ago, has arrived and was being delivered to local purchasers yesterday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cook and baby of McCoysburg returned home Tuesday from a visit with Mrs. Cook’s father, Rolla Johns, at Mesea, Ariz. Mr. Johns has been quite sick, but is now improving. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Firman Thompson, Mike Kuboske, William Traiub, B. N. Fendig and Dr. J. Hansson of this city and Attorney H. R. Hopkins and Dr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy of Goodland. C. D. Nowels of Parsons, Kan., in renewing his subscription for The Democrat, says: “We have had it very dry here ever since I was in your city, the middle of August, but are getting nice showers now. There will not be as great an acreage of wheat put in this fall as last fall, on account of drouth. Business is generally good and land is looking uip rapidly. Wishing you and your paper continued success, I am yours truly,” etc. Ben b/ Miller of west of Mt. Ayr was in the city Wednesday forenoon and took back with him a set of sale bills from The Democrat office for his sale, to be held next Friday. “Uncle” Beh' recently sold his farm and bought a place in Nappanee, Ind., and will now sell off all the rest of his property except his new Olds eight automobile with which he will gad about the country and show the natives of Elkhart county what a Newton county farmer can do when he gets a good attack of autocitis.

Im criticising the action of Republican senators in delaying the peace treaty and league of nations covenant, the Indianapolis News (Rep.) of Thursday evening said, among other things: “It is three months tomorrow since the treaty was submitted to the senate. If things continue to go as they are now going it will take the senate as long to reach a vote on it as It took the peace conference to make it. A patient country is demanding action, and is quite unable to see why there should be any further delay.’*