Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1908 — Additional Monday Locals. [ARTICLE]

Additional Monday Locals.

Michael Phalen came down from Roselawn this morning and again took up his quarters at the Makeever house. He says that he has about decided that there is no better place than Rensselaer. c Mrs. Geo. fit. Landis and Mrs. Harry Boothroyd, of Monticello, returned home Saturday, after a short visit here with the former’s daughters, Mrs. Mel Abbott and Mrs. Floyd Robinson. Miss Alice Drake, who has been spending the summer at her mother’s home near Rensselaer, went to Chicago this morning. She Will teach at Maywood, a Chicago suburb, this year, her school beginning tomorrow. Stewart Hammond, the aged father of Joseph Hammond, visited the latter several days last week. Mr. Hammond enjoys the distinction of being the second oldest continuous resident of Jasper county, Uncle Davy Jones being the only living resident whose coming to this county antedates his. —Remington Press.

Parmer D. Wells, who . was admitted to the Jasper county bar some time ago, is now employed in the law office of W. H. Parkinson. Both of these men are very much Inclined to inventive mechanics, Will having the new automobile friction- gear and Parmer having the adjustor fen* the cultivator fenddr, and it is probable that between law suits they will invent other things. They will have the advantage of being their own patent attorneys. Prof. Samuel E. Sparling, who severed his connection with Wisconsin University at the close of the last college year, was very pleasantly surprised one day last week when he received a visit from Profs. Richard T. Ely and Henry C. Taylor, of th?£ university. They were on their way ,to the blue grass regions of Kentucky, traveling in an automobile, and they came somewhat out of their way to see their former fellow member of the faculty of that college. Ely is director of the school of economics, history, political science and sociology, and is the author of twenty-five or more books on economics and other subjects and his works are laigely used as text and reference .books in the largest colleges in the country. Prof. Taylor is at the head of the department of agricultural economics and the commercial department of that university. Their trip is for the purpose of research and study.

Andrew Hawn, who returned from Wyoming Tuesday, after a visit with Dr. and Mrs. Traugh, reports conditions to be flourishing with them. The Dr. has 2,000 sheep and expects to market 800 lambs soon The report early in the spring that the river near there was going dry and that the crops were not going to turn out good was a false one. Andy brought home some samples of wheat and a large sugar beet from' Clymers farm and they are on exhibition at the National Bank. Andy says that Dr. and his good wife are getting younger each day and the Dr.‘ is mhaving the time of his life hunting, fishing and herding his large flock of sheep. The Herald expects a letter from Dr. in which he will tell up how much better western life is than a bare existence here. Dr.‘ and Andy went fishing and made quite a large catch, at least Andy is telling some awful fish stories. Roy Shepard, who went to Wyoming about three weeks ago, and Joe Crowden,. who went out there with the Traughs two years ago, will start home about October Ist on horseback. They expect to reach Goodland about December Ist if they have no bad luck. —Goodland Herald.