Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1905 — Chance for Carpenters. [ARTICLE]

Chance for Carpenters.

There _is a chance for Indiana carpenters to get work at good wages on the Isthmus of Panama. The United State government is seeking the services of carpenters who are willing to go to the Panama Canal district and build quarters for workmen. The government offers 58 cents an hour for regular work, and time and a half for overtime. Transportation will be free from New York, where the men are to report, and wages will begin for the time of reporting for duty in New York. Fine Pears for canning and preserving only 95 cents a bushel at Laßue Bros.