Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Margaret Ensminger of Fountaintown, Ind., is visiting* her brother, D. M. Worland, and family. J. B. Ashby and daughter, Mrs. Salome Millen of Mt. Ayr were visitors in the city Wednesday. Mrs. John Hemphill and little -daughter of Oak Park, 'lll., came Wednesday for a visit with the I. N. Hemphill family. Mrs. Ida Pierce and “ ’ daughter Gladys and little grandson, Marion Sellers, of Greencastle visited relatives and friends here this week. Mrs. Mabel Stroman and daughters. Hannah and Evelena, left Wednesdayfor their home at Lenox, S. D., after a visit with relatives at Remington. Dr. and Mrs. Lowell Snort and •children of Chicago are visiting here this week with Mrs. Snort’s mother, Mrs. C. H. Roberts, and other relatives.

Mrs. Jay Lamson went to Mulberry Tuesday for a visit with her sister. Finnan Thompson and R. D. Wangelin were in Indianapolis Wednesday on* business. । । We now have another car of “Fat Back Hog Feed.” — IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS, phone 456. a 7 Maurice Gilbey returned to his home at Crawfordsville Wednesday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Grenard. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gray of Remington returned home Tuesday from an extensive western trip, including Yellowstone national park. Miss Ruth Wood, who is employed as librarian at Champaign, 111., is spending her vacation here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wood. Among the Chicago goers Tuesday were C. W. Eger, Mr. Folsom, Mrs. Alfred Donnelly, Fred Feldhaus, Laban Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilcox and Harry Swartzell. Harvey Williams, the Remlington auctioneer, was over Thursday to attend the Leatherman-Lewis hog sale. C. W. Horner and Ellis Jones were also over from Remington Thursday.

Mrs. S. C. Robinson and son went to South Bend Thursday for a visit with relatives. Sugar 22 cents per pound, any amount desired. —ALEX CASSELL, Morocco, ’ Ind. a 7 Miss Carrie Welsh went to Demotte Wednesday for a few days’ visit with relatives. Mrs. Alex Quinn of southeast of town went to Ottowa, 111., Thursday ‘for a visit with relatives. Mrs. C. G. Newby and Miss Grace Haas left "yesterday for Pittsburg, Pa., for a visit with their sister, Mrs. P. H. Smith. Mrs. James F. Irwin went to Brlnghurst Thursday for a visit with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parsons. Rose Moore, who is employed in a drug store at LaGrange, 111., spent the week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore. Mrs. Winifred Lynch of Flagstaff, Ariz., came Wednesday evening for a visit with her brother, John Braddock, and wife and other realtlves. Mrs. W. W. Lyman and children returned to their home at Valparaiso Wednesday after a visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Charles W. Porter. Mrs. F. E. Mauck and daughter Pansy returned to their home at Muncie Thursday after a visit here with her father, D. H. Yeoman, and other realtlves.

Among the Chicago goers Thursday were Omar Wilcox, M. J. -Kuboske and son Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, Mrs. Donald Beam and Miss Roberta Scott. John Galbreath returned to his home in Peru Wednesday after a visit here with his father, A. J. Galbreath, and his brother, Warren Galbreath, in Barkley township. We are now carrying a small stock of Overland repair parts which we expect to build up with the demand from Overland owners.—MAlN GARAGE, the Best tn Rensselaer, a 7 G. P. Snedeker and family of Barkley township drove to Dowagiac, Mich., the first ok the week to visit Mrs. Snedeker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Ropp, and also to look after the! rfarm near Buchanan. W. D. Bringle and Joe Long, with H. W. Kiplinger and friend, Mr. Wood, of Gary, drove up to the Kankakee Tuesday and bagged quite a nice catch of fish, the best one being an eight-pound salmon, which was indeed a fine specimen. Letters remaining In the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ended July 31: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Budd, Mr. Wm. Geurnerich, Mr. Hiram Smith, Mrs. M. E. Wood. If not called for above letters will be sent to deadletter office Aug. 16. The fire company was called out at about 7 o’clock Thursday morning to the home of William Simons in the northeast part of town. A defective flue had started a small blaze on the roof, which was extinguished bV neighbors before the arrival of the firemen.

After a stunning supreme court decision, a three-weeks extra session of the legislature (for which an appropriation of 120,000 was made), a good deal of excitement and even more talk, the tax situation appears to t/e just where It was before anything happened.—lndianapolis News. Edwin Robinson, Misses Ada and Edna Robinson, Miss Nell Ryan, La. ban Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Myres. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Braddock and their guest, Mrs. Winifred Lynch, of Flagstaff, Ariz., expect to leave Sunday for the upper peninsula of Michigan on a week or 10 days’ outing and fishing trip. They will camp out enroute and expect an enjoyable trip. .XtlXb The coal control act of the recent special session of the legislature has an emergency caluse and this law is now in effect. All dealers, both wholesale and retail, are required to take out a state license under this law and the price that can be charged will be regulated by the state board of accounts, in whose hands the enforcement of the law is placed. • ; h ' D. F. Maish of Frankfort came up Thursday and went on to hia farm in Union towpship where they were getting ready to thresh. Mr. Maish said that the wheat # down about Frankfort was very uneven and fields turned out all the way from 6 to 25 and 30 bushels to the acre, but the oats are the best they raised In several years. Politically speaking, the situation there, both state and national, never looked more promising for Democratic success. —

Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 41,* butterfat; 56c. Mrs. John Randle of Reynolds spedt Thursday here, the guest of Mrs. Hettle Nichols. Misses Grace and Bessie Coughlan of Lagro visited here this week with Mtss Edna Robinson. H. A. Scott of Pittsburgh, Kas., visited here the first of the week with his aunt, Mrs. Clara Coen. Miss Florence Gorham went to Detroit, Mich., Tuesday to spend her vacation with relatives and friends. Miss Ruth Rainier of Indianapolis came Thursday »for a visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier. Miss Catherine Halsema returned to Peru Thursday after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Halsema. Michigan City, Ind., increased but 430 in population in the last 10 years, having now 19,457, a gain of 2.3 per cent. Miss Myrtle Gerth will return to her home in Indianapolis tomorrow after a two weeks’ visit here with Miss Ruth Gorham.

Miss Alice Shehan of Monon and Mrs. Max Kitterman of Cambridge City were the guests of Miss Marguerite Norris here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brusnahan and children of Crown Point were here Thursday to attend the burial of Mrs. Thomas Brusnahan of Gordon, Wls. Mrs. Christie Vick and little daughter left Tuesday for their home In Seattle, Wash., after a few weeks' visit here with her mother, Mrs. Anna Tyler. Why not buy a home In Rens-i selaer? See C. W. Duvall, who baa a number of good homes for sale, priced to meet any sized pocketbook. Phone 147. s-10 Zea lost quite a bit of clothing and some household goods In the blaze at the fire house Monday afternoon. Fortunately he carried insurance, which will partly cover the loss. । | <

N. S. Bates, who had been a patient in the Hahnemann hospital in Chicago for several weeks, Is improving nicely and is now at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Rufus Knox, in that city. Mr. and Mrs. George Mauck of Hammond are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mre. L. D. Mauck. George has been under the weather a little of late and Is trying to recuperate away from the' odors of the stagnant waters of the' Calumet. Senior Hopkins, now of Indianapolis, where he is employed in the bond department of the FletcherAmerican Co., spent Wednesday and Thursday here visiting relatives and old friends and also looking after some business matters for his company. Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and son John, Jr., will leave Sunday for a week’s visit with relatives at South Haven, Mich. Their son Paul wilt drive them half way, where they will be met by Mrs. Healy’s brothet from South Haven, who will take them the rest of the way. Joseph Pullins and family moved into the William Warren property on north Cullen street Wednesday, and Mrs. Everal Smith and family will move into the Mrs. Ed Rhoads property, vacated by Pullins, which she recently purchased, as soon as her goods arrive from Sidney, N. Y. A B. Gibson, superintendent of the employment bureau of- the Pullman Palace Car company, was the guest of his old friend, Capt. J. L. Haglns, last Sunday. Mr. Gibson* has been in the employ of the Pullman company for the past 35 years and will soon be retired on a pension of >sl per month. Eugene Lang has traded his 80acre farm four miles south of town to Hiram Day for his residence property on north Cullen street, Just norta of the railroad. Mr. Lang expects to move to town and occupy the property and will move Into his property on Weston street, which he Is thoroughly remodeling. The farm was taken in at $16,400 and the Day property at SIO,OOO. The “blue sky” law enacted by the recent second special session of Gov. Goodrich’s “best legislature In 50 years,” has no emergency clause and will therefore not become effective until about Oct. 1, it is said, when the proclamation of the governor putting the laws in effect is issued. This will give the vendors of worthless stocks and securities two more months in which to unload thertr wares on the sucker list.

We pay the highest market price for good, sound mining wheat. —IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS, phone No. 456. a? And still it continues dry about Rensselaer, no rain to speak of having fallen here for about three weeks. Mrs. Kunes of Chicago Is visiting here this wAek with her sister, Mrs. W. J. Rains, and uncle, M. I. Adams, and family. Mrs. J. D. Martindale and daughter Maxine went to Terre Haute Tuesday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson. Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, |1.37; oats, 65c; wheat, *2.28; rye, |1.65. The prices one year ago were: Corn, >1.75; oats, 64c; wheat, >2.11; rye, 1140. —— * Owing to the tact that it is such a busy time with everybody and the attendance was therefore very slim, the Leatherman-Lewis Hampshire hog sale was called off here Thursday afternoon after only a few animals were sold. A 1 babe ot Mr. and Mrs. Chester Olewlnskl of Newland died Thursday morning and the funeral was held at the Catholic church yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock and burial made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. It is said that a rumor was in circulation this week that the Rensselaer grain elevators had closed down on account of having filled their bins and being unable to secure cars for shipping out grain. The Democrat is asked to correct this report. They have both been doing business right along and do not expect to have to close down at all.