Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — About an Old Time Resident [ARTICLE]

About an Old Time Resident

A little more information about the Wm. Kerns, who drove through from here to Oregon, w ith ox teams, some 53 years or more ago, may be of interest to many of our readers. When he first located in this region it was on the farm in Newton Tp., on the poor farm road, now owned and occupied by J. R. Parkison. A log house b lilt by him still stands, and is thought to be the oldest house still standing in Newton township. It was built in 1842. Kerns after wards moved to a farm north of town, and finally to the town itself where he was interested with Sranley and Clark in a mill here. Two of his wives are buried in ti e southeastern corner of Weston c ■met* ry, and he had still another when he left here. The land he took up in Oregon was only four miles from Portland, which city now'probably extends all over it. ajjd if the family retained it, has made them rich. Try our Snow Flake flour, every sack guaranteed only *1.20 a sack. Laßue Bros.

Mis. L. M. Imes has just returned from an extended tour among the millinery houses of New York and has brought back from New York city the largest assortment of exquisite french creations in hats ever shown in Rensselaer. Her opening will be a continuous one. throughout the entire season, and the styles she carries, are something entirely different from anything seen here liefore.