Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

inside the curbings on the improved streets and some blocks are almost ruined by the carelessness or Indifference of one property owner. The dirt lays in great heaps and hollows and irregular tufts of grass and weeds grow up and mar • the blocksof the street. There is a city ordinance, we believe, that requires property owners to look after these things and if they were compelled to do so, the town’s appearance would be greatly imfcrqved And much money saved, as for several years the. city has men To cut the grass and weeds that the property owner should have cut himself 'The spacious parkings betvfefa the street and the side waits on Main “arid Division streets matte that very eus i£s b - UtrfT- aoH .j];v sipi wlae street a very beautiful boulejY* (£p -'alL £T • 0 7071;* ya,rA, arid most of the property owners" have put their parking in order. It has been neglected some on Weston street. On other streets where E£Y?•. I Xfejpg there is no curbing the grass could he kept put and a nipe grass plot established by early racing and frequent; mowing. If pride fails to bring about the desired result the ordinance that • ■ i r requires it should be enforced. t T^.. 0 O ii lit 1

• to.isJ-jiae T ■ “Doc” Hoover Is at Wolcott on business. Be?t Overton m&de a business trip! "to hafayqtte todayZern Wfigiit was at Watseka, 111., on buslrieis’ yesterday. Louis Brown, of Idavllle, Is visit-! ing his son, Claude Brown, and family. Why don't yoq take your eggs to B. S. Fendig? He pays the highest cash market price. Mrs. Elmer E. Malone, of Monticello, came yesterday to visit her; mother, Mrs. Shields. B. S. Fqndig witl pay J 1 cents for hens, 25 cents a pound for 1 pound! to 2 pound spring chickens. "T,"", 1 1 1". fiT Mrs. Roy Chissum and baby, of Englewood, are visiting her perentsv Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. Mrs. Alice Mlll6, of Zionsvllle, Ind., arrived this morning to attend the funeral of her father, William King. S. E. Sparling, C. C. Warner and Firmon Thompson are today attending a stock breeder’s meeting at Purdue University. Judge Hanley went to Hammond today to otecupy the bench In the superior court and make up the issues in the Gary liquor cases. Mrs. C. W- Piatt and her mother, Mrs. Henry Zacker, of Surrey, left this morning for a visit with relatives at Iron Mountain, Minn., and in Wisconsin. ■ ll ~ ■ George Barnes, Monon night operator at Fair Oaks for the past three years, has resigned his position to take a job as traveling man for a wholesale firm. As the wool season is about to begin you will do well to call and see B. S. Fendig. Do not call him on the phone as he will not give you best prices that way. Rev. H. L. Rindig went to Evanston, 111., today as conference visitor at the M. E. theological commencement at North Western university. He will return Wednesday.

Pat Lally, of Michigan City, was visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs. G. M. Robinson, and other relatives here yesterday. He had stopped off here on his way home from the G. A. R. encampment at Crawfordsville. W. R. Shesler went to Watseka, 111., today to see his brother-in-law, who haß just returned from the Mer\v Hospital, Chicago. His mother, Mrs. C. W. Shesler, accompanied Mm for a visit sister at Milford. 111. The town cbuncil of Francesvllle is considering the, proposition of lighting the tbwn with electHcity. The plan under consideration is to secure jthe lighting power from Montlcello, where a power plant has been installed and Is operated by the water forces of the Tippecanoe. Tony Strickfaden, brother of Geo. Strickfaden, and one time a bartender in his brother’s saloon in this city, and later engaged in the saloon business for himself in Monon, is said to be near death’s door in a Lafayette hospital. Tony was a lively chap and had many friends here., but {if has bepn | had shape for the past three years. His eyesight became impaired and he went almost mttf* v Jfow he is suffering from an »hic«»s that can not be removed by gn operation.