Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

W. R. Now els went to Mathews, Ind., Friday to attend a Baptist meeting. Miss Agnes Braun, superintendent of the Roth garment factory, spent the week-end in Chicago. Mrs. Lyman Peters and baby of near Monon spent the week-end here with the Alfred Peters family. Mrs. George Neal went to Marion Saturday to visit her husband, who is stationed there for the present. C. W. Coen of South Bend came Saturday to join his wife, who had teen visiting relatives here for several days. Miss Minnie Madin, teacher in the Battle Ground schools, is visiting Miss House and Miss Newton at the Monnett school. Ray Yeoman of Indianapolis came Saturday and visited until Sunday afternoon with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Abbott of Indiana Harbor came Saturday for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long and George Long and family motored to Valparaiso Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner. P. W. Clarke will occupy the new room in the rear of the Farmers & Merchants bank building, fronting on Van Rensselaer street, when completed. A fleet of 11 Kissel cars, south-* bound, from the factory at Harttoid, Wis., passed through Rensselaer Monday forenoon, the driver? stopping here for lunch. a .■ George Crockett visited his wife at St Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette, Sunday and found her doing remarkably well; in fact the doctors said that if she kept up the percentage of gain that she* had male during the few days previous she could come home in about two weeks. M,s. Crockett received many flowers fnra friends and neighbors Sunday.

Miss Mamie Bever visited friends in Lafayette Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Leo Wolfe of Hammond spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold, v Mrs. John Nowels visited her daughter, Mrs. Joe Luers, at Kouts from Friday until Monday. Mrs. Stella Ketchum and daughter returned home Saturday from spending the winter in California. Paul H. Worland directs us to send him The Democrat to Denver, Colo., where he is now sojourning for the benefit of his health. Mrs. J. B. Wolfe and son of Newland left Saturday for Waupun, Wis., in response to a message informing her of the serious illness of her son. Victor Hoover and S. H. Cornwell drove two new Dodge cars through from the factory at Detroit, Mich., Monday for the Hoovpr & Son agency. Rev. C. D. Royce of Rockville, a former pastor of the Methodist church of this city, visited here the latter part of the week witlj Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown. J. W. Taylor of near Remington, who with his son and daughter have been spending the winter in California, directs us to send his Democrat to Seattle, Wash.

Fifteen automobile®, representing an aggregate value of approximately $20,000, were stolen in Indianapolis during the week-end, according to reports made to the automobile detective squad Monday. Only three of the machines have been recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Newt Pumphrey and son of Columbia Oity and Mrs. Pearl McCord of Indianapolis returned to their homes Monday after spending several days here with the mother of the latter two, Mrs. Elizabeth Haus, and other relatives and old friends. James Britt and son Frank drove down from Niles, Mich. w Sunday and returned yesterday. While it has been a very wet, cold spring with them, grass, rye, wheat and alfalfa is looking splendid and is far ahead of that here or any place in the counties north of us. Chet Zea moved last week back to his former place of residence, over the city fire house, and Ellis Thomas, who had been living there while city marshal, moved into the Joseph Francis property on south Cullen street, near the stone quarry. Chet is once more back on his old job as city marshal, which he filled very acceptably for several years.

Sol Norman, -Al Witham and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gunyon drove up to Buchanan, Mich., Thursday, returning Friday. Mr. Norman says that wheat and grass are looking fine there. Wheat is high enough to hide a rabbit in places and cattle have been turned out. It has been quite wet there, however, and the greater part of the oats and barley is yet to sow. At the Indiana Polled Hereford as-> sociation sale held at Indianapolis recently, William Stalbaum & Sons of Walker township purchased the top young bull of the sale. Transmitter, by King Jewel 20th, a bull that attracted a lot of favorable attention and comment at the sale. This is the best Polled Hereford bull ever brought to Jasper county. Mr. Stalbaum has a herd now of 26 head of Polled Herefords, one of the largest in the county.

Mrs. K. T. Rhoades was in Lafayette Monday. Miss Lulu Rowen visited friends in Lafayette over Sunday. Holden’s Greenhouses will fill your orders for Flowers on Mothers’ Day.—Advt mlO Will Adams of St. Cloud, Minn., came Sunday to see his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Adams. Lemuel Stockwell of Hobart spent the week-end here with his brothers, John and Carl Stockwell. W. A. McCurtain will go to Chicago Heights, 111., Saturday to cry a sale for James Pierson. W. H. Ranchfuss of Peterson, N. J., was the guest here Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jeffries. Robert Miltiron of Indianapolis spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mllliron. Ed Oliver, now of New Orleans, La., was in Rensselaer a short time Sunday while enroute to Laporte on business. Paul Overton and family went to Hammond Sunday where he has secured employment and where they will make their future home. Miss Oka Pancoast, teacher of the Bowling Green school, closed a very successful’term Friday with a good program and a big basket dinner.

Misses Frances Folger, Edna Reed, Catherine Chamberlain and Daisy Knaur went to Muncie Monday to take a 12 weeks’ course at the state normal. Mrs. Mattle Dyer and daughter Wanetta of Wolcott and Grist Dyer and wife of Remington visited the former’s sister, Mrs. Ell Critser, and family Sunday. Misses Bertha and Alice Daniels, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, drove down from Chicago in the latters’ automobile and spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Konah Daniels. Frank Geitzenauer, Robert Smith, Dick Potts, James Zickman, Joe Messman and .W. C. Mllliron left Monday for Detroit, Mich., to drive through new Ford cars for the Central Sales Co. John Eger has been confined to the house since Saturday with a severe attack of pleurisy and grip. His doctor says that he is doing nicely, however, and it is only a question of a few days until he gets out again.

Work on the side walls of Charles Pefley’s new garage is well under way. It is quite a large and commodious structure, but if Gum puts in a service station for the sale of “Boss” Murphy’s “Liberty Fuel" it will probably prove Inadequate to accommodate his customers. The Cement Products Co. of this city has given up installing a branch factory at Goodland to manufacture tile for several large jobs they have contracted in that vicinity. Instead they expect to purchase a large truck and trailer, manufacture the tile here and haul them over to Goodland via truck. Mrs. Gilbert Albin and little son Albert returned home Friday from St. Louis, Mo., where the latter is taking treatment for the straightening of his foot. It is thought tha treatment will effect a complete cure] He will have to be taken back to the institution for re-examination and further treatment in about six weeks. We have had fine weather for the past several days, except that it has been quite cool of nights and has not warmed up enough through the day to make it comfortable outside except in the sun. The farmers, however, are very busy in their fields with plowing for corn and a few oats are yet being sown. “Cloudy, with showers,” is the prediction for today.

For some unknown reason The Democrat packages for Parr, the Parr rural route and Gifford failed to reach their destinations Saturday. The packages were sent up on the milk train as usual Saturday morning, they tell us at the Rensselaer postoffice, and were therefore evidently carried on past their destination, for which there was no excuse whatever except pure carelessness.

T. E. Campbell, manager of the Co-Operative Meat Market, has bought the C. E. Osborne property on south Weston street, and Mr. Osborne moved to the depot restaurant, which he is conducting. Mr. Campbell, who is now living in the Fred Tyler property on north Weston street, will continue to reside there for the present, having rented .the Osborne property to William Holmes, who is also .employed in the Co-Op-erative market.

Rev. J. B. Fleming was at Delphi on business Monday. Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 37c; butterfat, 63c. Mr®, Anna Morrow is quite seriously sick at the home of her son Frank, south of town. Mise Ruth Ames went to Chicago Monday for a week's visit with Mrs. Wallace Miller and other friends. Mrs. Eleanor Adams, who has been quite sick for the past two weeks with heart trouble and other complications, was reported quite a little better yesterday. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, $1.70; oats, $1.05; wheat, $2.80; rye, $1.90. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.55; oats, 65c; wheat, $2.30; rye, $1.55. / Gravelous Hansson went to Chicago Sunday evening where he will be employed for a time in the sales department of the Elgin automobile company, for which car his father has the agency for three Indiana counties —Jasper, Newton and Pulaski. The Are company was called out Saturday afternoon to the home of John Halsema, in the northeast part of 4own. Sparks from a defective chimney had set fire to the roof and before it could be extinguished a hole was burned therein. The property belongs to Mrs. Evaline Timmons.