The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-18
FRIDAY LOCALS.

day morning where he has some |
matters of business to attend to.
Prof. HI. w. Owens returned to his
home in Chicago Friday morning. |
He conducted the Mozart chorus in
their rehearsal at the Olympic club
rooms last evening.
In a number of cellars where
potatoes and apples were stored, it
is found that places that were in
other years considered safe and sure
to keep, have been beaten by the
cold this time, and many bushels Of
vegetables and fruit are frozen.
Water Works Superintendent
Ashley and his assistant had a cold
job repairing a leak in the water
pipe at the corner of Washington
and Plumb streets Thursday, but
several houses were thrown out of
water, and it had to be fixed. The
public will be given attention as
fast as work can be done, consider
ing the weather, and should be pa
tient, for Mr.. Ashley is doing his
best to reach all places as fast as
possible.
By all the known signs this ought
to be a lucky day for starting on
a journey, and the many friends Of
Fred Myers and his son Thompson,
are hoping it will prove so for
them. Our ex-County Treasurer has
purchased some land near Arcadia,
Florida, and having settled up all
his business affairs in a manner to
his liking, will try the south for
season. Fruit that is suitable for
the land will be planted, and if the
venture proves to their liking they
may conclude to remain perma-
nently in Florida. Time will tell,
and we shall look at least occasion
The cold weather has caused much
trouble with the water pipes in
both business houses and residences.
Pipes that freeze hard will burst,
and when thawed out flood the
rooms. Connections to hot water
plants freeze up, and in some cases
the whole heating apparatus is
rendered useless. In the residence
of C. L. Morris the heating plant
cannot be started until repairs come
from an eastern city, and this may
take several days before it can
, reach here. In every plumbing es-
Enlistment in the city the crews
have been doing double duty. and
are really asking for respite from
the many calls.
A sequel is that which follows, a
succeeding part, a continuation Of
the story. We told in our issue of
Wednesday, Jan. 10, of a little
switch engine which was sent down
from Fort Wayne to push the heavy
coaches of train No. 5, on the
Pennsylvania road, from where they
were stalled east of the city, to
Plymouth. We told of the right man.
full way in which the little engine
took up the task of dragging those
ears to Chicago. Poor thing-it had
to clay down on the job" finally,
but it made the eeffort. It now ap-
pars that the engine was so excited
and f.!gcty when getting ready to
start, that it clear forgot that a
fagman had been stationed east to
prevent any accident, and neglected
to cali him in, but pulled CALAMITY
away with its load. The disguised
member of the train crew was COM
piled to take a later train, over
taking his mates at Wanatah. Verify,
railroading is hard business in zero
weather
We are asked how Lloyd Hill
came out in the national contest of
the Travellers Insurance Company,
in which he held first place for
some weeks. The bulletin shows
that of the six cities engaged in the
contest Chicago led in the volume
of business. Mr.. Hill, it will be re-
membered, has only been stationed
at his Chicago Office for a few
months, and hence was not con-
versant with the business of that
city. Also, the company had made
an arrangement by which policies
were advanced for extra payments
made on old policies, that had been
carried for a term of years. This
gave an older agent great advant-
age, and in the final count up an
other man stood slightly in the lead
and Mr.. Hill was given second place
This standing shows that the best
work was done by Mr.. Hill, consider
ing the handicap of being q new mar
In the field, and in the future Older
agents will have to do something tt
Uaor~ obooI 20 T1ov1 H,Il