Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — Page 6

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Rr vw#®%£ It > ■ /B■' ( Feeding the Ghosts • When a stockman feeds a scrub, ghosts of the scrub’s neglected and starved ancestors share his food with him. Fanciful as this may sound, it is none the less true. t A pure-bred shows more gain in tender, wellflavored meat from 100 pounds of feed, because, with generations of good breeding and good feeding back of him, he is haunted by none of the scrub’s ghosts. The pure-bred in the feed pen is an economy to the stockman. From the pure-bred come choicest steaks, juiciest roasts, at lowest cost to the consumer. You’ve noticed how a grass-fed If you’re not yet convinced that steer of good breeding will often out- pure-breds can makeyou money, you weigh and outsell a corn-fed scrub of should read The COUNTRY GENthe same age. TLEMAN and learn what registered cattle ard doing for farmers all over With the present narrow margin the country. Successful breeders and between the growing cost and the feeders everywhere are enthusiastic market price of beef, it is your duty readers. It’s not preachy, but it’s acto yourself, to your family, to your curate, fair and interesting, and it community—to raise only the ani- does a thorough job of presenting opmals that make the beef that brings portunities for greater profit. Just a price that pays you a profit on SI.OO brings 52 issues, full of practiyour investment. Don’t waste good cal helpfulness and wholesome inborn on poor steers. spiration. Indiana Shorthorn Breeders Association W. B. KRUECK, Secretary R- F. D. No. 6 Angola, Indiana 1 THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Philadelphia, Pa. I’m glad to tee you pushing our organisation with good advertising. And here’s my dollar for a subscription for one year, fifty-two issues. The two go well together. (My Name) — — (My Address) — — ■ 1 (Town)— — (State)— ;

What Will You Do Xmas For Starving Children of Europe

To Herbert Hoover the deaths from starvation of babes and little children has been the outstanding horror of the war —and he has seen all its phases. The carnage of artillery, the hand-to-hand grappling la No Man’s Land as dusk yielded to dawn, the frightful suffering in improvised field hospitals and the pitiful maiming and blinding of men destroyed in useful faculties but permitted to live —all these are forgotten when puny arms of hungry little ones are stretched for food that is not. The $33,000,000 which the European Relief Council seeks ’ with which to save 3,500,000 children in Central Europe does not mean three meals a day even to those vzho are already deformed and stunted by insufficient feeding. Of the amount, $10,000,000 must be use! for medicines and hospital supplies. The $23,000,000 available for food will buy ONE MEAL A DAY ONLY but upon this the frail bodies can be built up to sufficient resistance to disease to live until the next harvest when it is hoped each country can care for its own. It Is Mr. Hoover’s own plan that a large part of the money be raised at Christmas time. It is his beautiful idea that at happy American Christmas dinners there will be invisible guests, who are the starving babes of Europe. If YOU are willing to entertain one of these invisible guests—made in the image of the Christ Child who came poor and hungry—fill out the accompanying coupon and send five, ten, one hundred dollars, more if possible, to your unseen guests.

Take Coupon and Ysur Gift to the Nearest Banker or Remit Direct to Sol S. Kiser, State Treasurer, Meyer-Kiser Bank, 136 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.

EUROPEAN RELIEF COMMITTEE Herbert Hoover, National Chairman SAVE A LIFE CERTIFICATE In the name of little'children I have loved there will be at my Christmas dinner table invisible guests who are the starving babes and children ,of Central Europe, to whom I herewith send Dollars for food and medicines that they may live. (Name) (Address) —. Ten Dollars Buys One Meal a Day for One Child of 3,500,000 Little Ones Who Perish Unless America Saves Them. Five Dollars Pro- ‘ vides For One Child Five Months. One Dollar Will Keep a Child Alive One Month.

Ten dollars will keep a child for ten months or until the next, harvest. Already Koumania and Servia have recovered and are feeling and clothing their orphans and needy children. But in the areas where Mr. Hoover’s representatives say that halp is most urgently needed is no hope save from America. The $23,Q00,000- needed will not pay for one modern dreads nought battleship. But it will hold life in 3,500,000 children who will be factors in public opinion in later years, and America’s gratitude to and love for Fran so because of aid in the’ Revolution will be duplicated in the friends America will make by this big-hearted generous gift. Eight organizations that have been working in the affected countries have combined in this appeal that there may be no duplication. They are American Relief Administration, American Red Cross. American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Knights of Columbus, Young Men’s Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association. For every dollar of American money spent for food the countries whose children will be helped will spend two dollars for expenses of transportation and distribution. More than 100,000 business and professional men in Central Europe are serving without •>.pay. No freight will be charged against the $33,000,000 for ocean or rail shipments. No part of the expenses of the campaign to raise the money is charged against it. Every dollar goes for food or medicines or supplies.

THE TWICE-A-WTEK DEMOCRAT

SCRAPS

The state opera and the state theater in Vienna, formerly subsidized by the crown and now by the republic, show a deficit of about 26,000,000 crowns for the year. As a result prices are to be Increased heavily.- In the old days the best seats were 7 crowns, while now they are 75. Boxes formerly cost 80 crowns, as against a minimum of 500 now. Gallery seats have risen correspondingly, and now sell at 18 crowns.

A weapon newly adopted by the police of New York City is a pocket machine gun that weighs only seven pounds. Its barrel is less than a foot long, so that the deadly instrument may be concealed on the person. It is described as a sort of cross between a pistol and rifle, is of 45-caliber and fires automatically as long as the trigger is held back and the cartridges in the magazine last. This remarkable gun is extremely simple in construction, having only fifteen parts, and can be taken to pieces or put together without any tools.

To consider only a few of the more valuable ships now lying at the bottom of the ocean one might turn to the Irish sea first of all, says the Chicago Journal. Off the north coast there are the California, Laurentic, Tuscania and Audacious, while to the south there are the Lusitania, Arabic, Folio, Hesperian and Anglo-Columbia. In the Bristol channel He'the steamers Falaba, Glenart Castle, Armeran and Mantola, and off Plymouth are the Afric, La Negra and Formidable. At the entrance of the English channel there are many important wrecks Including the Laconia, Ohio, Kansas and Kleber. There are st’Hl- more valuable hulls and cargoes in the southern waters of the North sea, including the three battleships Aboukir, Kressy and Hogue, off Yarmouth.

NOTICE DITCH ASSESSMENTS

Notice is hereby given that all land owners assessed for benefits for the cleaning out of the Moseley ditch, owning ladd in Jasper county, if they desire, can pay their assessments. to B. Frank Alter, drainage commissioner of Jasper county, at the surveyor’s office in Rensselaer, Indiana, ad follows: One-tenth Dec. 18, 1920; one-tenth on the third Saturday of- each succeeding month thereafter until the full amount is paid. b. FRANK ALTER, d22-4t Drainage Commissioner. Best Job work at Democrat office.

SWIFT PLANES FLY TO CUBA

First Air Mail Service Between United States and Foreign Country. ALSO CARRIES PASSENGERS Runs Bitwwn Key West and Havana, Crowing in an Hour the Gap Which Takes Steamers an Entire Night to Bridge. New York—Regular air mall service botwVeu the United States and a foreign country U now being carried on as surely as regular trans-Atlantic ship tuall service. . Every day since November 1 huge aeromarlne-nsvy cruisers, freighted with several hundred pounds of mall and ten or twelve passengers, have been running on schedule between Key West, Florida, Havana, Cuba, crossing in an hour the gnp which takes a steamer an entire night to bridge. The big flying boats travel through the air with the sureness of a locomotive along Its rallp or a steamer across a smooth sea, for they were specially built to fly over oceans for long distances and have been subjected to a very rigorous test by the United States navy before being placed In the service. . Testing the Air Yachts. As a means of testing their stamina and reliability the two aeromarine cruisers were flown down the Atlantic coast from New York to Havana, a distance of 1,600 miles. Just before the Key West-Havana mall service was inauguarated. The 1,600 miles were ticked off behind them as regularly as a watch marks off the seconds, although no effort was made to try for a speed record. The big cruisers can do 100 miles an hour, but this Is not unsurpassable speed for a plane by any means. The aeromarines, with their luxurious cabins and other fine passenger facilities are not racing planes but air yachts designed to carry passengers swiftly, yet in comfort. According to reports reaching New York, the big air crulaers, named the Pinta and Santa Maria Ln honor of two of the caravels of Columbus, “hopped” to Norfolk, Va., on the first day of the journey and there permitted the score of passengers and the members of the crewa to see something of the town. Manteo, on the Island of Roanoke, where Virginia Dare, the first white child bom in America, first saw the sun, wus the next stop, but it was not wholly because Virginia was bom here that the big ships glided down to the water. It was near Manteo, on Kill Devil dunes, that the Wright brothers made the first flight in a motor-pro-pelled airplane. That was In 1903 and the flight lasted but 59 seconds and was only for a few hundred feet. Stops were also made on the southward tour at Southport, N. C.; Georgetown, S. C.; Charleston, S. C.; St. Augustine, Fla.; Fort Pierce, Fla., and Miami, Fla. The aeromarines completed their first mall-carrying tour to Havana on November 1, alighting in Havana harbor amid the cheers of a crowd which seemed to be the entire population of the city. Five hundred pounds of mail was delivered on the Initial trip. This amount Is 21,000 letters. Each latter bore a stamp indicating that it traveled by the first airplane mall service between the United States and a foreign country.

Description of £he Planes. The planes used in the flight have a wing spread of 104 feet, are 50 feet long and are powered by two 400-horse power Liberty motors. They differ from navy planes of. the F-5L type In that they are equtfiped with two cabins, each of which is furnished in mahogany, with silver .fittings and finishings which compare with those of a millionaire’s yacht. The main cabin is forward of the wings, and contains six luxurious reclining chairs, upholstered In brown leather, each beside a large porthole, shaded by old blue and gold silk tapestry curtains. The operating compartment is next, and behind it is the after cabin, furnished as a club compartment for cards, writing, smoking, etc. The passengers who made the flight southward included officials of the company and their wives, two women writers, a nine-year-old boy, and others. After the first flight the passengers came to regard their tour in much the same light as a cruise In a big yacht, save that the swiftly-changing scenery from two to three thousand feet up is far more interesting and fascinating.

Could Not Fool Blind Man.

Americus, Ga.—Henry Otin has been carrying a chain because he could not make a blind man take a newspaper clipping for a $1 bill. Otin’s conviction was brought about when Ed Jenkins, blind coroner of Sumter county, unerringly rejected several slips of paper handed him in court and identified the one Otin had passed him for the dollar note. Judge Harper assessed Otin’s punishment at twelve months on the chain gang.

An Earthly Eden.

Mount Olivet, Ky.—-When Circuit court convened the docket was blank and adjournment was Immediate. The grand Jury met* but didn’t bars anything to consider. _ A

In an address before the Ottawa association, W. O. Carson, inspector of public libraries tor the province of Ontario, Canada, said the province now has 426 public libraries, which, tn proportlosrtjo population, is the greatest number of any states or province in the world.

BIG PUBLIC,SALE As I am going to quit fanning and stove to town. I will sell at public auction at my firm, 7. miles south and 3% miles west of Rensselaer; 5 miles north and 3% miles west of Remington; 5 miles north and 4H miles east of Goodland, and 2 miles South and 4 miles east of Foresman, commencing at 10 a. m. on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1920, 12 Head of Herses and Mules— Consisting of 1 gray horse 9 years .old, wt. 1400; 1 brown mare 7 years old, wt. 4400; 1 pair of roan horses 4 and 5 years old, wt. 3706; 1 bay horse 5 years old, wt. 1400; 1 gray home 5 years old, wt 1850; 1 bay mare 4 years old, wt. 1000; 3 brown mares 1 to 3 years old; 1 mule 4 years old. 48 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 15 bead of good milch cows ranging from 3 to 7 years old; 6 2-year-old w steers; 7 2-year-old heifers; 6 1-year-old steers; 3 1-year-old heifers; 10 spring calves, 6 steers and 4 heifers; 1 full-blood Shorthorn bull 2 years old (registered). 30 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 5 Big Type Poland China brood sows, (papers furnished) extra good ones; 1 Du roc brood sow; 23 shotes ranging from 60 to 125 lbs.; 1 Big Type Poland China bour (papers furnished). Farm Implements, Etc. —One wide Ure wagon, goods as new, with in box; 1 low-wheel running gear; 1 40-in. wagon box; 1 spring wagon; 1 trailer, extra good; 1 hog rack; 1 carriage; 8-ft. Johnson binder; 7-ft. Deering binder; 1 McCormick mower; 1 International hay loader; 2 hay racks; 1 manure spreader; 2 discs; 2 spaders; 2 16-ln. sulky plows; 2 gang plows, 12-in. and 14-in.; 2 walking plows; 1 Black Hawk corn planter with fertilizer attachments and 120 rods of check wire; 1 Deere corn planter with fertilizer attachments and 120 rods of check wire; 2 harrows, 18 and 20-ft; 1 harrow cart; 1 riding cultivator; 1 2-row Janesville cultivator with gopher attachment; 2 Tower gophers; 1 broadcast seeder; 1 endgate seeder with cart and box; 1 fanning mill; 1 feed grinder; 1 band corn shelter; 1 tank heater; 1 DeLaval cream separator; 2 200-egg incubators; 2 sets of good work harness; 20 tons of good timothy hay in stack. Terms—A credit of 11 months will be given on all sums over 310, purchaser giving note with approved security, bearing 6 per cent interest from date of sale if paid when due, if not so paid to draw 8 per cent from date of sale; 2 per cent off for cash. Sums of 310 and under, cash in hand. THOS. E. REED. Harvey Willihms, Auctioneer. Charles G. Spitler, Clerk. dlB-22-25 Lunch by “Big Sip.V

CHOICE 408 ACRE MICHIGAN FARM AT AUCTION Located 4 miles north of Buchanan and 6 miles south of Berrien Springs, on the Buchanan and Berrien Springs road. Sale will be held in connection with a big stock and implement sale on same farm, on MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1920. The farm is in Buchanan township, Berrien county, and the soil is a good quality gravel and clay loam with a small portion of sandy loam; is in one continuous piece except an 80 acres across the highway from the main farm. All but the 80-acre tract runs back to the St. Joseph river, there being about a mile and one-half of river frontage and the river banks are high at this point and consequently no danger of flood and there is a gradual slope of this land toward the river, thus affording good drainage; is nearly all under cultivation and all crops adapted to the section thrive upon the land. There are three sets of buildings upon this farm: On the south farm there is a fair 7-room frame house, large bank barn recently built and is one of the best In the county. ‘ This place has windmill and sufficient tanks and other outbuildings. The next farm has a strictly modern, 10room house, except furnace, windmill, good large barn, which has recently been modernized; it is also a bank barn; there is also a targe tool shed, and lastly there is a modern hog house about 30x80 feet. This building was recently built at an expense of between $7,000 and SB,OOO. On the north farm there is a fair 8room house, two barns, one a bank barn; there Is also a good silo of recent construction. This farm is fenced and there are two live streams running through it, making it an ideal stock farm, particularly for hogs, and then the land is good corn and alfalfa land. There is a railroad switch on farm, affording the receiving and sending of carload lots without a haul to town. —W. A. McCURTAIN, Auctioneer.

PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence, 4 miles north and 4 miles east of Rensselaer, 1 mile east of the Smith cemetery, on the -former "Doc” Nichols farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 19'20, the following property: 9 Head of Horses and Colts —Constating of I bay hdrse coining 5 years old, ’. 1600, sound; 1 bay mare

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 32, 1920.

Hamy Williams Auctioneer Livestock, Real Estate and Farm Sales Liat your sale early as I sell nearly every day during the eale season. Write or telephone at my expense. Remington, - Indiana Telephone 3-B

coming 4 years old, wL 1460; 3 black horses, well matched, coming 3 years old, wt. 1350 each; 1 black mare In foal, wL 1500; 1 black colt coming X yean old; 1 black colt coming 1 year old; 1 bay hone, wt. 1400; 1 gray horse, wt. 1200, lady broke. 18 Head of Cattle —Constating of 1 red cow 6 years old, fresh in February; 1 light red cow 9 years old, giving good flow of milk; 2 spring heifer calves; 1 Hereford oow 8 years old, fresh December 28; 3 coming 3-year-old Hereford heifers, all with calf, and good ones; 1 yearling heifer; 1 Shorthorn cow 4 years old, fresh in February; 1 cow 4 years old, fresh In February; 1 cow 4 yean old, giving milk; 1 heifer 1 year old. 15 Head of Pigs—Weight 30 lbs. each. Wagons, Implements, Etc.—l Birdsell wagon and rack, broad tire; t* Deering binder, 8-ft.; 1 Osborne mowing machine, 5-ft; 1 hay rack; 1 Keystone disc 7-ft. 1 Rock Island disc 8-ft; 1 flexible harrow with riding attachment; 1 3-sec-tion lever harrow; 1 Emerson gang plow, 12-in.; 1 Janesville sulky 16-in., all in good shape; 2 riding cultivators; 3 sets of work harness; 1 set single harness; 1 endgate seeder; 1 phaeton buggy; 1 Independent binder, 7-ft. cut Terms —A credit of 12 months will be given on all sums over 310, purchaser giving bankable nqte with interest at 6 per cent if paid when due. If not so paid to bear 8 per cent Interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit Sums of 310 and under, cash in hand. JOHN SCOTT. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. E. P. Lane, Clerk. . Hot lunch on grounds.

PUBLIC SALE 120-ACRE FARM AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Having decided to move away, I will offer my well improved farm at public auction, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920, sale to commence at 11 o’clock, sharp. Farm is located on stone road 30 miles south of Valparaiso, 18 miles north of Rensselaer and 4 miles south of Wheatfield. It consists of 120 acres of good farm land nearly all tillable, and is known as the old Fred Karch farm. 15 Head of Cattle —Consisting of 4 milk cows, two will be fresh soon and two will be fresh la spring; S heifers, mostly springers; 3 2-year-old steers; 3 yearling calves. 2 Heavy Draft Colts —1 yearling and 1 suckling colt. 12 Head of Hogs —Consisting of 9 pure-bred Chester White gilts, bred to registered Chester White boar, big type; 1 yearling pure-bred sow, bred; 2 shoats. Some Household Goods —1 120-egg X-ray incubator, nearly new; 1 Clark Jewel 3-burner kerosene stove, practically as good as new, and other articles too-numerous to mention. Terms —Ten dollars and under cash in hand; over 310 a credit of 10 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security bearing 7 per cent interest from date if paid when due; if not paid when due, 8 per cent interest from date; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. „No property to be removed until terms of sale have been complied with. Terms on farm will be given on day of sale. LEE W. JENNINGS, Owner. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. H. W. Marble, Clerk.

f. t> W. A, McCURTAIN AUCTIONEER Rensselaer, Ind. A real, live, livestock Auctioneer. Eight years’ successful experience. Have a wide acquaintance among the buyers. It pleases me to please everybody. ? Terms 1 Per Cent. Call Rensselaer, 4«7Creen, for listen