Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Ehrhardt Wuerthner, jr„ was in town yesterday and tells us that he believes he had one of the best 1 clover seed yields In the county [this year. Thirteen acres thr's’red out 46 bushels and 16 pounds, which is a little better than 3% bushels to the acre, if there were any better yields he would like to have it reported. Frank Crosscup is attache! to Co. I, of the 10th Indiana r’giment, aid that is the company now stationed at the barracks. Thursday of this week they are to start on a 200 mile hike, going to Richmond, Ind., and back So he will get some stiff hiking experience to begin with. He is well pleased as far as he has experienced regular army life. Emerson Coen, who recently joined ; the United States navy, and who is located at Newport, R. 1., writes back that he is mighty well pleased with the navy. He has made the f o b >ll team, and he svys it is “some team ” Emerson was one of the Staig, of tip Rensselaer high school and athletic teams and has the two quail les so essential to a good football player, viz. speed and nerve.

• ■ II ■ ... ■ ■ —— • - Frank Goff is down from Fair 0 ks today. He has been handlings the Fair Oaks pickle station this year and reports that at that station they have taken in IS,OOO bushels of pickles, for whicß they have ' paid out to the farmers the large sum of $9 000. The plant there is the property of the National Pickle Co. and they are so well pleased with the re ult at that place that there is a probability that they will erect a finishing plant there. True Woodworth brought a migh y fine flavored and large peach to the Republican office this morning. He I had expected when he built his new barn last spring to have to cut the tree down, but later determined to save it, and he yesterday picked a bushel and a half of very fine peaches from it. There was certainly an ' abundance of peaches- raised in this ' locality this year, but very few trees ' produced the quality that Mr. Woodworth’s has. • ...» ' —l*»— "I V I I I I ' ■ II It is probable that several of the newspaper articles that discussed the possibility of Representative Meeker’s refusal to vote for the county option bill, were not well founded, for Mr. Meeker voted for the temperance measure at every stage. The temperance people of Jasper county rh uld let him know that they appreciate this and letters commending his action' should be written to him. His address is Monticello, and he should be flooded with letters of approval.

New corn is quite apt to start at the remarkably high price of 75 cents per bushel, and a stock feeder at Lafayette" has made an advance purchase of 13,000 bushels at that price. Many farmers living hear Rensselaer are estimating that they will have from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre, x but there are also many fields that will not make nearly that much and an average of 18 or 20 bushels for the entire acreage planted is not tar off. If corn does start at 75 cents It is not improbable that it will reach the dollar mark before another crop is raised. Miss Alice Banta, whose burial took place at the Osborne cemetery Mop-, day, was about 48 years of age, and had spent much of her life in this county. Her home was in Chicago, but for some time she had been with