Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

han4 for their May meeting; the county board of education, consisting of the trustees, was here; the township assessors were here to respond to a call to meet the state statistician; the election inspectors appeared with their reports of the Saturday election and tax payers were on hand from all over the county to settle with the county treasurer, it being the last day for settlement without the penalty. Mrs. Mary E. Lowe returned" Tast Saturday from Koss, Mich.,, vfhich is just across the line from Wisconsin, where she owns 400 acres of timber land. Jim Lefler also has 400 acres near her land, and himself and wifr have i been there for the past few weeks. He is clearing up some of the timber and Mrs. Lowe thinks they both have a fine proposition there. Jim and his Wife have been boarding at a hotel since they went there, but will occupy a house on Mrs. Lowe’s land as soon as it is completed. A letter received by relatives from Ray Osborne, stated that his father, J. Frank Osborne, who recently underwent the operation at a Chicago hospital for cancer, is now feeling fine and is suffering no pain for the first time in several months. As before stated, it was necessary to remove a part of the bone of the left jaw and this will considerably disfigure him, but he will be able ts largely cover it up by letting hb beard grow. He will probably not return from the hospital for some time yet. Probably the most symmetrical tree in this city is a plum tree in the yard of C. W. Duvall. Its highest point is two or three feet below the gabel end of the house, and its lowest branches are just above the head Of a standing man; high enough to permit the grass to grow beneath its liberal shade. The large branches jeave the trunk near the ground and spread out as evenlj as though trained in the direction ir which they were to go. The thick branches and heavy foliage make the tree resembl§ a semi-spherical ball. Now the tree is In full bloom and is the admiration of all who see it.

The K. O. K. A. baseball team is quite an active organization and under the instruction and guardianship of Rev. Parrett are becoming a well organized team. Cope Hanley and Tom Padgitt are the catchers, Virgil Robinson and Howard Clark the pitchers, and Fred Rhoades, Fred Hamilton, Noble York and two or three others furnish the balance of the team. Last week they defeated Simon Thompson's Thunderpumpers and yesterday they played them another game with an 11 to 11 score They will fce pleased to meet other teams and will give some of the older teams a hard tussel. Minus Irwin/ the Brookston baseball pitcher, who occupied the center of the diamond for Loweil for three years and made it the best team in northwestern Indiana, is pitching for his home town this year. So far he has pitched three games and not a score has been made off him. Last Sunday and the Sunday before he pitched against the Lafayette Y. \t. I. team, and they garnered three hits in the two games. Irwin is 39 years of age. He would like to come to Rensselaer this year if a good supporting organization could be procured. Rensselaer people would patronize a good ball team this year, and it couid make some money. A "peerless leader” is all that is needed. Jesse J. Fry, formerly of Roselawn, arrived in this city yesterday He is now with a railroad company that is building 750 miles of road in Central America. Ko Is greatly in love with the country, over whi ih he has traveled extensively on horseback. He was in Honduras recently when the metropolitan papers were printing stories about the horrible insults that were being heaped upon American citizens there. He pronounces these stories altogether false and says they are simply manufactured out of whole c'oth to rospond to the public desire to read sensa tional stories. He says that a man or his wife are safer in Honduras than they are in Chicago. He unqualifiedly pronounces the Palmer stories In the Tribune as without foundation. , • We are thp only store in town that Is now and have been for years selling the leading brands of 5 cent cigars 3 for 10 cents. JOHN EGER. Beef loaf, chicken, ham and tongue sandwiches at John Duvall’s restaurant Lunches at all hours.