Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1908 — They All Like Mitchell. [ARTICLE]

They All Like Mitchell.

Frank Kressler returned Tuesday from his visit to Mitchell, S. Dak., where he and his brother, Dr. A. R. Kresler, have a 480 acre farm. He was accompanied there by Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Porter, who will remain for ten days or more, visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Clark. Frank had a pleasant week’s visit and found them all contented and enjoying a fair share of in their new home. Especially do these people who bought land there a year or more ago seem to have struck It rich, and most of them have had an opportunity to sell out at a very substantial increase in price, but they are all thinking that the price of ■and there is certain to go considerably higher and they are holding to their original purchases. Land buyers and prospectors are there every day, and Mr. Kresler states that one day last week there were 36 prospective buyers there in charge of two Mitchell agents. Ollie Garrlott, formerly of Aix, farms the Kresler farm, but only had 160 acres of It under cultivation, this year. .

Sam Parker raised 1,500 bushels of wheat, which he last week had an opportunity tw contract for 94 cents, but he decided to hold them for the dollar price. He also had 3,000 bushels of oats and has out 110 acres of corn. Mason Kenton, who has been farming land belonging to his brother, Jasper, last week bought 360 acres, paying $47.50 an acre for it. Fritz Zard was recently offered $65 an acre for the 320 acres he bought at $57.50 last spring. Will Clark raised a good crop on the 160 acre farm he had the past year, and has rented a farm of 320 acres for the ensuing year. Mitchell, which is a city of about 10,000 people, is now a temperance city, the eleven saloons having gone Jasper county people are all well pleased with their new home and with their investments and Frank says that not a single one of them talks about returning to Jasper couni y, except to visit

Mr. Marshall has been a student of ancient history. Is It possible he Is | posted better on the Institutes of Jus tlnian than on the acts of the Republican party In his state? He asks: “Why this sudden zeal on the temperance question?” There Is nothing sudden about It For four and thirty years the Republican party has been filled with this zeal, as its platforms since 1874 and Its performance In offioe since 1896 testify. More interesting than that, however. Is the new fact made patent by Mr. Marshall In the shadow of the Terre Haute Brewing company's plant, that he Is with the beer-makers and whisky sellers, body and soul. If In office, he would veto any bill passed by the legislature which had not their approval. Goodbye to oounty local option or any other kind of oommuulty self-government, if Tom Marshall be governor of Indianal Stephen T. Comer to Rtnhoid Teaks, setf et ux, Sept. 21, pt was 13-30-7, 79 acres. Union, $4,845. A woman seldom gives much trouble about being led to the alter, but once peat this a fallow has a herd time keeping her toet out of his back!