Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL — *- Happening* In the Nearby Citle* and Town* —Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localitie*. HOTEL AT WAWASEE IS BURNED Second to Be Destroyed by Fire There In Pa«t Few Month*. The Vawter Park hotel, one of the largest summer resorts at Lake Wawasee, situated on the south side of the lake, was burned last Friday afternoon by fire which Is believed to have resulted from a defective flue. The hotel contained about 75 rooms and was constructed more than four years ago to replace the leading hotel of the lake which was destroyed by fire. The, hotel building was owned by J, E. Boyts of Goshen. The loss is estimated at about >75,000. Last fall the Wawasee Inn, ' the second largest hotel at the lake, wa* destroyed by fire. The inn has never been rebuilt and this leaves the popular summer resort with only a few small hotels. The residence property of I. E. Honeywell, which was one of the show places at the lake, a short distance from the Vawter hotel, also was burned down.