Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — NEWS from the COUNTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEWS from the COUNTY

VIRGIE L. R. Zellers returned to Hammond Sunday. Mrs. T. J. Mallatt is on the sick list this week. Ancil Potts was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Thomas Florence went to De' motte Tuesday. The George Cover family is stih on the sick list. M. Lenon visited home folks at Camden over Sunday. Elvin Potts / returned home from Attica Saturday evening. John and W. W. Zellers were Rensselaer goers Friday. Dr. Norby is the proud possessor of a brand-new “Tin Lizzie.” Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clemens called on the C. A. Harrington family Sunday. James Hill and family took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crownover Sunday. Miss Patience Florence took dinner with Misses Elsie and Jessie Zellers Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zellers came down from Hammond Friday to

attend the wedding of the latter’s sister. Miss Flossie Wiseman. Miss Flossie Wiseman and Mr. Firman Pettet were married at the latter’s home Saturday. WALKER TOWNSHIP Boes Bros, have purchased a Ford touring car. The Ford agent has been making frequent calls in this vicinity lately. There are several cases of the grip and flu in this locality at present. Louis Warren and family will move soon onto" the Lewis Fritts farm. Frank Fenzel of Chicago came last week for a visit with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Salrin of East Chicago, who had been visiting with the former’s parents, Mr- and Mrs. Joseph Salrin, returned*’ home Monday. MILROY Lud Clarks called on Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saltwell Sunday evening. Fred MaCurdys moved to Monon Tuesday. We are sorry to lose these good neighbors. Mrs. Saltwell, who has been in poor health for. some time, now seems to be improving at this writing. Quite a few relatives and friends

from Chalmers and Battle Grounu attended Mr. MaCurdy’a sale Thursday of last week. The Aid served lunch at Mr. MaOurdy’s sale and had the drawing for the comfort. Mr. Busier of Wolcott held the right number and was the lucky winner. Mr. Allman of Lafayette came Monday to assist his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Snyder, with their butchering. He returned home in the evening. Mrs. Ed Grlest was called to Twelve Mile, near Logansport, Jast week to see her daughter Hazel, who was visiting her brother there and was very sick, but she was able to return homt Sunday, though still- in poor health. Everett Clark went to Gardner, Kan., last wek and brought back his brother Howard who, with his mother and sister, had been spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Clark, Mrs. Clark and daughter Edjth having gone on to Colorado.

FAIR OAKS Health is quite good with us nowadays. Mrs. Peter Wood visited relatives in Chicago last week. Uncle Josiah Thompson's condition seems to grow gradually worse. Paul Karr was a business caller in Chicago a few days the first of the week. Rev. Todd delivered a splendid senmon from the M. E. pulpit Sunday evening. Prof. Campbell and family were guests of Cal Burrroughs at Shelby last Sunday. Pat Miller of Colfax was a visitor in our town from Saturday until Sunday evening. Bert Warne butchered a mighty fine beef Tuesday, which he will sell out to the public. Uncle Pete Wood has invested in one of those famous Fordson tractors to farm with this season. We are short one teacher in our schools this week, Mrs. Sterrett being absent on account of sickness. F. R. Erwin got another carload of coal last week which he divided up among the people and the schools. Enos Moffitt was a business visitor In Rensselaer Tuesday. He will move back to town about March 1. James Clifton Is talking some oi moving out onto the Hufficker ranch, where his son Bud is feeding cattle. , Mrs. Geary aud daughters and Aunt Hannah Culp and Joe Winslow attended church at Virgie Sunday afternoon. Frank Husted and son, who-went to New York some time ago to attend his mother’s funeral, returned to Fair Oaks last week. Ray Swartz, who lives in one of the Abe Bringle properties, has rented and will move out into Sam Potts’s property along the gravel

road, where Herb Bozell lives. Herb Is thinking of buying a farm. Jess Garriott and wife will leave here in a few days for the west to take up their work on ft dredge again for the coming season. Joe Brown of east of town was taken down with the flu Tuesday and sent for Sam Kettering and wife to came out and take care of the Stock. We are still having nice winter weather, thawing some through the day and freezing again at night. This is quite hard on the wheat, however. z Joe Kosta got tired of riding in his old Ford so he sold It and bought a new one. That’s right, Joe, we are living in a time of progression. Andy iHtopklns moved Tuesday from the old Blankenship farm west of Parr, now owned by Joe Kosta, onto another farm owned by Joe about 2% miles north of Parr.

NORTHERN JASPER It takes a wise guy to be a mindreader. The James Keene family is quite sick with the flu. Mr. Cook of Lacross was a Wheatfield caller Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Minor were in Valparaiso Thursday buying furniture. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stalbaum are the proud parents of an eight-pound boy since Fob. 3. A woman always has th’ Inst word because phe’s got th’ perseverence t’ hold out for it. The Ed Schrader family at Dunn’s siding has the flu, Mr. Schrader and Pearl being quite sick. Mrs. Frank Neier visited a few days with her sister, Mrs. Gulbranson, at iWebron, who is quite poorlj.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Grube and George Heil and family took Sunday dinner with relatives at Gifford. Mre. Hugh Gaffey, who bad been at the Pinter home for some time, left Saturday morning for Chicago. On account of sickness she was unable to go sooner. We bet the party who took the wrong basket of groceries Saturday enjoyed a pleasant day Sunday making fudge and smoking up the 65 cents worth of tobacco, the basket contained. Wm. Davis and Art Anderson, in company with two girls, attended the dance at Wheatfield Friday night. Now they won’t tell who the girls were, but just ask us and see if we know. Dr. Fyfe conies over from Valparaiso several times a week to see his patients. The Clark families. Bush family and Mrs. Jake Heil are all under his care, all except Mrs. Hell having the grip. Isn't it queer how the boys plan the best way they can to look attractive to the girls. Now the Boes brothers and Warren Fisher are added to the Ford purchasers within the last few days and still the girls don’t understand why. The Zlck sale held Monday anu the Rasmussen sale Tuesday were both well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen will <muve at once into the Schrader building in Tefft, and Mr. and Mrs. Schrader will move to the Lakin farm, which they recently purchased. When any of the Rensselaer fellows are driving their automobiles out in the country several miles from town and happen to pass a fahner stalled in the road with, his car they usually pass on thinking he is only a hayseed and they haven’t the time to waste on him. But when one of the city dads, such as Ben Forsythe, gets hung up for about three hours, as was the case a few days ago, when he was up In the north end, he hailed' every farmer who chanced along to ask 'him what was the trouble with his car. He had everything Imaginable causing the trouble, but was so confused for fear the other city dads wcfuld find it out that he never thought of being out of gas, and after cranking for over two hours, finally listened to one of the farmers whom he stopped, and upon examining his gas tank found it empty. Then, after paying another passerby $2 to run into Wheatfield for gas, he was soon ready to start out again, but asked his rescuers “not to tell on him.”

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Frank L Hoover et ux to Eugene W Lang, Jan 3, n% se, se sw ne, 13-28-7, 100 acres, Jordan, $2,200. Frank Lessig et ux to Verlie Spencer, Jan 26, e% nc, 34-32-6, Wheatfield, SB,OOO. Judson J Hunt, exr Cynthia A Barnett estate, to Charles Lucter-

hand, Dec 6, Remington, pt nw, 30-27-6, $6,800.