People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — THE ROCK MUST GO. [ARTICLE]

THE ROCK MUST GO.

<n«nlractcrs Sow at Wark oh tlie Vtan’kakee Ledge. Momence Press. All uncertainty about the long-talked of rock cut in the river seems to have come to an end and by next week the work will be well under way, Thursday evening J. D. Moran, president of tile! contracting company. D. J. Ryan, foreman and B. H. Hubbens, the time keeper for the company, all from St. Paul arrived and immediately began preparations for their work, in the way of hiring help,- securing boarding places, purchasing supplies, etc. Work would now be under way were it not for the fact that a car load of tools from St. Paul have got lost in transit and Mr: .Moran spent the two days of this tVefr’k tracing up the machinery. Other preparations have been pushed and three assistant foremen and several other men arrived yesterday. The company will employ all the help they can get and find boarding places for up to a limit of 350 or four hundred. They expect to work at least 150 and try to have 250 men. A more favorable time for work has never existed. Not only is labor plentiful but the river was never so low at this season of the year. The absence of picnics at Island Park and the fact that there is no railroad work going on this year are both favorable to the work. It is the intention to begin work at the lower end of the contract, just above the south railroad bridge, and work up stream to the upper end of the ledge near Simond’s ice house. The Upper dam is being closed up so as to leave a dry channel foY the first section of the work. It is a part of the compromise with the C. & E. I. railroad company that the drainage commissioners shall put in a new dam sufficient to make summer boating at the Island, and also build a stone 'dock or landing around the head of the Island. This will cost several thousand dollars, but the exact dimensions have not been determined upon. The stone will be mostly piled along the I. I. I. track with the view of shipment. Had the contractors been a little sooner they could have closed a contract for several thousand loads to the Three I which the latter have contracted for at Kankakee. The railroad company may yet take a good share of the stone. Incidental to the river improvement here the big land owners along the upper Kankakee are now organizing an enormous drainage district, embracing parts of four counties. The object is to straighten and deepen the channel of the river from English Lake to Momence. It is proposed to do the work with an enormous dredge cutting forty feet wide and eighty feet deep, and run it through twice, making an eighty-foot channel through all the cut offs, and make the river practically in a straight line. One word describes it—“perfection.” We refer to DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, cures obstinate sores, burns, skin diseases and is a well known cure for piles. A. F. Long & Co.

Hummer School. The Jasper County summer school will convene Monday, July 31. 1893, in the Rensselaer High School building, and continue isl session four weeks. The work will be adapted to the wants and needs of the teachers. Classes will be organized in all of the Common school branches and pedagogy. Review classes will be formed in any of the high school studies if five or more of the students desire. The adopted text bookswill be used. All other texes will be. helpful as references. Tuition will be $1 per week, $4 for the term. For further information cal. on or address the instructors, El W. Bohannon, superintended Rensselaer schools, or J. Ft Warren, county superintendent. Little vegetable health producers: DeWitt's Little Early Risers cure malarious disorders and regulate the stomach and bowels, Which prevents headache and dizziness. A. F. Long & Co.

Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time to get bargains for cash. Ignorance of the merits of DeWitt’s Little Early Risers is a misfortune. These little pills regulate the liver, cure headache dyspepsia, bad breath, constipation and biliousness. A, F. Long & Co. I have made arrangments to loan a large amount of money in sums of five hundred dollars or dny multiple of that sum on five years time at 6 per cent interest and five per cent commission on farm loans. l-4t M. F. Chilcote. Some will say B, F. Ferguson can’t make you a loan, but call and see him. He .has unlimited resources afid capital from which to make loans, 6 per cent interest at the end of the year. De Witt’s Witch lluzel Salve cures piles. De W’ltCs Witch Hazel Salve cures turns. De. Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures sores. De W'itt’s Hitch Hazel Salve cures uicers. A. F. Long & Co. Notwithstanding our wonderful carpet and umbrella trade we still have a very nice assortment to select from. Pouter & Wishard. Dr. I. B. Washburn, the optician, handles the celebrated Trolley’s Kohinoor eye glasses, the best made. Attention is called to the ad, “See Again as in Youth,” in another place in this paper. Jay W. Williams is still located at the old stand with the largest and finest stock of furniture to be found in this vicinity. You should speak quick if you want the Pilot eight weeks for ten cents, as the offer will soon be withdrawn. Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time to get bargains for cash. A McCoy & Co’s Bank is prepared to make farm loans in amounts of S3OO to SIO,OOO for five years, with privilege of partial payments. Interest six per cent, and a reasonable commission for making the loans. Money ready as soon as abstract shows good title. Hemphill & Honan are selling out to quit business. Now is the time to get bargains for cash. Isaac Glazebrook still handles the celebrated binders and mowers. Give him a call. Hemphill & Honan are selling out as fast as possible, going to quit business. Now is the time to secure bargains for cash.