Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1907 — Page 2

- ' ' THE Rensselaer Republican Dallytand Ssmi-Wsskly. Tke Friday Republican Is the Regular Weekly -r-' Edition. ■ CEO. H. HEALEY, Editor tid M’r I? - J '' • , - -- A.. . ■ - Subscription Ratos Sally, by carrier,........ .10 cents a week by mall $3.75 a year Sami-Weekly, 1 year in advance... 11 50

HuGH TH. Miller Available Man.

There are many good men seeking the republican nomination for governor, and newspapers are each day besieged with lettert'from the headquarters of candidates portray ing their qualities. Ic is difficult among them to select the best, but after some deliberation the Republican has decided that HjighTh. Miller possesses ever; requisite of a good candidate and a qualified executive. His native talents have been brought out by years of college schooling, he has served with “honor in the state legislature and his service as Lieutenant-Goveror has added to his long list of friends and given him extensive training for tiie office. Mr. Miller has many acquaintances in Rensselaer and all regard him as a] man of highest honor, free from any taint during his several year in politics. 1 With Mr. Hugh H. Miller at the head of the republican ticket the honest voters ot In iia ia]could feel rare that law ulfillment and good business methods would continue.

State Health Board Reviews Fair Oaks Cases.

The monthly Bulletin of the State Board of Health has the following comment to make on the diphtheria case 1 * that occurredjat Fair Oaks in Septemper and'October: Dr. M. B. Fyfe, of Fair Oaks, reports as follows: “A family in thia locality has lott three members from diphtheria. Whet the last one died I made an examination of the throats of the rest, nine in all. None of thia number seemed to be sick, but all had red throats and are probably infected. The head of the family’refused to permit the administration of antitoxin.or even the use of antiseptic (solutions in the throat and nasal passages. It aeems strange to me that the head of a family does not desire to have everything possible done to save the lives of his children. How long should quarantine be kept up in this instance!”

In our reply to Dr. Fyle we called his attention to the fact 11 at this householder, who refused to permit the administration of antitoxin to his children whew affected with diphtheria, was not so widely different from the general citizen as might be supposed, for it seems to be true that infectious^diseases abound (more or where and the people are apathetic. They can not be aroused to apply prevention. They generally will pay any sum for care, it cranky to do anything gfor pre▼entiou, aud yet all of the time they admit that an Jounce .of preve tion is worth a pound of cure. In regard to length of quarantine, Dr Fyfe was informer! that the circumstances surrounding .each cate would govern. The law says that quarantine shall be continued “for Buch 'line and in such way as is necessary to he spread of infection.” In such an instance as thia, if in immediate command, we would have the house thoroly disinfected and carefully inspect ■nd disinfect each remaining mem bar of the family. If no symptom «r indication of an infectious disease could he found, then quarantine Would be discharged.

Dependable Fruit Trees.

Perrons wanting first-class apple and pear trees, true to name and unplaced If they die any time w jth in twelve months, should see the mdereigned. For 14 years I have the agent of the Greentog Nursery On., at Monroe, Mich., *Drf I osw gvaruntee Amir goods as Mricdy high dues. Lac me know 0 yon eoßtemplate hurting any kind - f Bam'l El Yeoman.

That Iroquois Drainage

> At the present titne the question of drainage is one of great importance to Jasper county and adjoining counties. Especially the pro posed improvement of the channel of the Iroquois river, below the presenrdrainagtTsystfem.For nearly Thirty years I have studiedthe drainage question, from every standpoint I could. Have made experiments, taken many measurements, tested old rules, and , made some new ones. Have studied the laws and customs of making assessments for drainage improvements. -•? Now let us note a few facts: The stream’s marshes and swamps were here before man came here. The man that bought the wet land, bought it with that encumbrance on it; bought it cheap, i. c. at a low price, because it had this encumbrance on it and he expected to make an additional payment, to get good farm land. The man that buys the high dry land pays a good price because it is ready to use without a second payment in way of drainage. But our present laws and customs reverse this and makes the high land pay to drain the low land. , '

If a man nature by hastening the flow of'water so as to make more df it oii low land then that land should be made help take care of this extra water. But what is sauce for the goose surely ought to be sauce for the gander. If at some trouble and expense the high land reduces the amount of water so that a less amount is discharged on the lower lands then should hot the lower land help in this expense. “What, assess for work above you?” Yes, certainly, if it benefits the lower land. Now this is the case of the Iroquois at the present time. The work now nearly completed is a direct benefit to all the lands within high water mark of the river its entire length and not a dollar has been paid by this land for this improvement. Some of our good neighbors along the lower Iroquois are ready to deny recipving any benefit but are ready to claim great damage instead. Let us figure on, and recall a few facts. Not many years ago, fully one third of the area drained by the Iroquois above Rensselaer was a marsh, covered with standing water. Now suppose a big rain or several in near succession comes, the water raises in the marsh outlet to the height of say two feet. The outlet of these marshes is i,ooo feet or more in width. Now i ,000 feet wide 2 feet deep makes 2,000 feet sectional area. Now as it moves to lower ground the channel narrows until it reaches the actual measure at the state line where it is a width bf ioo feet which is the actual width of the river at the state line. Now to accommodate 2,000 feet of water it will have to be twenty feet deep, with equal velocity.

Such was the condition a few years ago. Now let us take the conditions of the same basin when the drainage system is completed. Suppose the same amount of rain should fall, the same amount of water runs into and falls on- the marsh lands tl)e dredge ditches are filled the 4 to 6 feet of very porous soil and muck has absorbed all the balance of the 2 feet of water and distribute the same to the ditches as fast as they can carry it away. The main ditch we will suppose 50 feet wide and is filled to a depth of 10 feet. Here we have a stream of 500 feet seetiohal area, instead of 2,000 as in the former case. Now who will say that 500 feet for 8 days is worse than 2,000 feet for 2 days. N,ow I fee! very confident the lower Iroquois will never see as high water again as they have seen.

When rolling land with little standing water or land not porous enough to readily absorb water is drained by open ditches it is liable to increase flood waters on low grounds below it. But in this codhtry this additional flood is soon reduced to normal or below by tile drainage. < \ 1 ‘ ‘ Like horrieophthic remedies “what produces a condition also cures it.** If clearing and drainage produces floods, more thoro drainage and especially tile drainage will reduce them in fact do more to reduce floods than anything else. Again the conditions of the drainage system now being cor-

structed and the one proposed are entirely different. ~ Above is a flat level country held back by a rapids. By cutting thru these rapids fall can be carried .back many miles to the benefit of all the lands aboVe. At the same time the flow is limited by a moderate sized ditch. From the foot of the rapids to the' state line and probably to the out■fiFFiriTo" the Kankakee the fall is comparatively uniform. Any drainage work on this'part of the river wduld only accelerate the flow of water over one section to the direct expense of all below that improvement. The very reverse of the work above the rapids. Again if the rriarsh lands of the upper river have done Work that have reduced the •, floods below, why shonld they be asked to pay to open up a channel many miles below, and how will a little work on ■ the channel below benefit land 75 to 100 feet higher and 15 to 2 5 tniles above. If this bogus idea of going to the limits of the water shed for any drainage works is not soon abolished we will soon be called on to level the Mississippi river or repair the j,etties ©n the gulf coast. Let the dead bury the dead and let the low lands do their drainage. In some states the God given right of water totjjlow down hul is recognized but not in Indiana. I would make one suggestion: If the parties below want to sue for damages they had better do it soon, that is, before the damages occur. If they wait until damages actually accur by the drainage above they will be waiting when Gabriel blows his trumpet.

LEWIS S. ALTER.

Rats, Plague Carriers of India.

Before plague makesits appearance in a house the rat mortality generally gives warning and a case occurs among the people in a house near which rats have been found. The people haw now come to know that there is some connection between the rat mortality and the occurrence of plague cases In a certain locality. The rats go about from one place to another and they carry infection from place to place and render the task of controlling plague, when it is once spread, very difficult. It therefore necessary that the public should cooperate with the health department to destroy as many rats as possible. The rains have now stopped, and, as it is the breeding season for rats, the present is the Attest occasion for a campaign against rats. —Bombay GazettA

An Interpolation.

The old-time revivalist often possessed a gift of gentle satire which stood him in good stead. At a Maine camp-meeting long ago a young man made himself so obnoxious during a prayer that the old preacher rounded off one of his sentences rather abruptly. "Now, Lord.” he then continued, without a trace of irritation, “we pray that Thou wilt in tfc£ mightiness of Thy power take that young man in the fourth seat and make his heart as free from sin as his head is from sense.’’ — Youth's Companion.

Careless.

**oh, George, dear, our wedding must be postponed.” “No, darling, no. It must not be." “But it must, George, dear. Father has lost all hla money in the market.” “You are right, dear. You are right. The wedding must be postponed. I neven. thought it of you, Mabel. I never thought that you would have such a careless father.” —Detroit Free Press.

Setting Himself Right.

“Here is the man, your honor, who was caught stealing the hog.” “Caught in the act?” "Yes, sir.” “Jedge,” said the prisoner, “dat man is lyin’ to you. It wuz in de fence corner whar he kotched me!” —Atlanta Constitu tlon.

For Exchange.

80 acres of good unimproved land, , t-ee of incutuberance. to exchange for Rensselaer town property. See owner W. R. Lee. \

Get your Christmas presents at The G. E. Murray Co’s, and get votes. - • Come in and see us we will show you the finest lot of furniture io Kenvelaer. Jay W. Williams. Fresh cream puffs, lady fingers, niaccaroous, angel food at the Little, Gem over Saturday and Sunday. Fruit cakes for Christmas at Bchmitter’s bakery. Buy your wife one of those nice princess dressers st Williams.’* Holly at Cleveland’s green house. . ir . • All kinds of surety bonds, court, depoaitory, contract, public official, fidelity. Written promptly by Harris & Harmon, Agents, d vJani Rensselaer, Ind.

Professional Cards Physician and Surgeon Offic® over Murray’s Department Store. Phone 205, Day or Night. DR. I.M. WASHBURN Physician and Surgeon Makes a Specialty of Diseasestof the eyes. I Fits Eyes for Classes Renmelacr. Ind., DR. E. C. ENGLISH; Physician and Surgeon Nirht and day calls riven prompt attention Reeiaeiice Phone 116. Office I’hone, \TI. ’ ' , BetueMaer. lad- ? ' DR HARTZELL Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon Chronic diseases a specialty*.' In" StooatOti j Williams block opposite court house. Phon e j|o. Rensselaer, Ind. * 1 "W Physician and Surgeon DkMMteJml. i All calls promptly l Anatrered 'day .or nigh t 'Phone house or office, DeMOTTB, IHD. DR. F A. TTJRFLER Osteopathic Physician " Room/j' J faurnfy Btiildlng RENSSELAER, - INDIANA Phones r ’ n K s . on 3°° I Residence—3 rings on 300 Successfully treats both acute .and chronic diseases. Spinal curvatures a specialty. .. -a.,.,. J. F. Irwin S. >C. Irwin IRWIN & IRWIN Law, Real Estate and Insurance 5 Per Cent Farm Loans Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. Ransuelaer, Ind.

Wm B Austin Arthur H. Hopkin AUSTIN & HOPKINS Law, Loans, and Real Estate Loans on farms and City property, personal security and chattel mortgage, Buy sell add rent farms and city property. Farm and city fl e insurance, Office over* Chicago- Bargain Stare.- . . ’ RENSSELAER, IND* ~ E. P. HONAN Attorney at Law Law, Loans, Abstracts, In-sirance and Real Batata. Will practice in all the Courts. Al) business attended to with promptness and dispatch. Rensselaer. Ind. J. J. HUNT Attorney at Law L <aue. Office in Jasper (Savings and Trust Co. MOSES LEOPOLD Attorney at Law. Abstracts, Real Estate, Insurance Up stairs Northwest corner Washington and Ven Rensselaer streets. Rensselaer, Ind. Frank Foltz Charles G. Spitler FOLTZ & SPITLER (Successors to Thompson & Bros.) Attorneys a* Law £<aw, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts am Lo-ms. Only set of Abstract Books in County Rensselaer Ind. wTtl parkison~ ATTORNEY AT LAW Insurance. Law, Real Estate. Abstracts and Loans. Attorney for the Chicag.o Indianan •ire & Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the Courts. Office in Forsythe bldg., on Washington st. Rensselaer, ind. CHAS. M.-SANDS Law, Collections and Abstracts Office: Room 1,1. O. C. F. Bldg. Phone. Office 140 Rensselaer, Ind

H. L. BROWN DENTIST Grown am bridgework and tee it. /, without pl a t e s a ■'£, special ty. VjfWlflf All the A* ** latest methods in Dentistry. Office over Larsh’s Drug Store. Gas administered for painless extraction Notice of Dissolution. Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 4, 1907. The firm of Grant & Rowen. composed of T. W. Grant and Frank Rowen, conducting a grocery and merchandise business in Rer»selaer, jasper County, Ind., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Frank Rowen retiring from the firm and T. W. Grant will continue the business. All debts of the firm an to be paid by T. W. Grant, and to him are to be paid all moneys due the firm. ' Signed T. W. GRANT, Dec 10M7-24 FRANK ROWEN

! 5 ’ t «•J A' 1 r,'' ’ 60 Acre Fam for Sale. Known as the old. Cover farm, 10 Lion, good house, barn, bog house, hen house, etc., all under dtfltivation except some timber; drilled well, orchard, on gravel road, rural free delivery. For further peurtaOalar call on or address Geo. A. Cover Rensselaer, Ind., B. B. 2. .OJ vM i • .1

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Holiday Goods r; MF . IT will do you good to look over Long’s Holiday Goods. We have everything on display now ready for your thing complete in the way of Books, .Toys, Teddy Bears, I*' Dolls, Toilet Sets, Jewelry, Fine China, in fact anything L you want. If we can’t please you, no use looking any L. further. Have a look, whether you'want'anything or not. ? we are always glad to.show our goods. Yours for a Merry Xmas, i A. F. LONG, Druggist

I Lumber | ■ - aasEHnHHSMonaei ■ We have never before been so entirely prepared to handle ■ I all departments of the building trade as we are this year. X The prospects of increasing building this year has caused ■ us to lay in a larger line than at any previous period, and ■ > we have the largest stock in the country. ■ Cement, Eime, Plaster, Brick, Ladders I I Sewer Pipe, Rubber Roofing I Believing that we can sell you your bill for either new or I j repair work, we confidently ask that you H call and get prices. Q Il Estimates on all Bills, large or small, Cheerfully Furnished. I Rensselaer Lumber Co. | Accross from Depot. Telephone No. 4.

I THE STATE BANK | ■ Of Rensselaer, ■ ■ ’•* Located on the Comer of Washington andJVan ■ II Rensselaer Streets. * ■ ■ DIRECTORS ? Z JOHN EGER, President. DELOS THOMPSON, Cashier ff* t; LUCIUS STRONG GRANVILLE MOODY ' J WARREN ROBINSON S This bank does a general banking business. Loans money on g| Z » all kinds of approved security. Buys notes, pays interest on Z deposits, pays taxes for customers and others. W ■J THIS BANK WILL BE GLAD TO EXTEND EVER ■ * S FAVOR TO ITS CUSTOMERS CONSISTENT WITH J JSAFE BANKINGJPRINCIPLES. K •J iff lU V* > • 1 »BB t. Ml4Blf ■tBI f ■f fßlff f JL rBTBTBT*BT TWTBTZTBTB FOR CHRISTMAS ■.■!. •> 3 ,1 . J,,”" RNW„ Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Chains, Hooks, (Uses. Prices reduced for this Month only. Examination & CpnftMltation Free. SniT sßii OnP * . • t,,.. n Clara A. Peters, w»ta-«io t tki t .. M’f'MJ 7fft ,1 r - ’b <. r . ■ ••