Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1908 — Independence. [ARTICLE]

Independence.

Mrs. Wm. Cooper, of Gifford, has the measles. Ed Oliver wgnt to Wolcott on business Sunday. Picking pickles is the order of the day in these parts. Ed Oliver is building fences on his place near Newland. Simon Cooper spent Saturday afternoon with Ernest Rees. * Miss Eva Gorbet is working for Mr. Donhelly of Rensselaer. Wm. Watson, of Medaryville, was the guest of Ernest Rees, Sunday. Miss Maude DeMoss spent Sunday evening with her uncle, A. A. Corbet Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rees and baby spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oliver. We had a nice rain in these parts Saturday, which we were beginning to need. M; _ .. '. , ' Miss Maggie Torbet, of Indianapolis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet. Mrs. I. D. McCormick and children, of Hagerman, N. Mex, are visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Jordan. B. J. Gifford is tearing up and removing bis dredge boat from east of Newland and is going to quit dredging. Mrs. Elisabeth Swisher and child* ren, of Gifford, spent the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Gorbet, before moving to her new home at Beech Ridge. Wm. Rees and A. A. Gorbet a’e running a force of eight men ditching on Mr. Eastburn’s farm. They find Mr. Eastburn has as good a subsoil as ahy land in the county. The ditch is about seven feet deep.