Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1913 — After Farmers Who Hauled Heavy Loads on Soft Roads. [ARTICLE]

After Farmers Who Hauled Heavy Loads on Soft Roads.

: Acting under instructions from the county commissioners two road supervisors near Goodland caused the arrest of a number of farmers who hauled heavy loads when the roads were soK were arrested, the road supervisor getting them with the goods on by going to the elevator at Perkins’ Switch, where they had marketed shelled corn, and getting the weights. All were taken before Justice Baer and each was fined |S and costs, totaling SH3O each. The farmers kicked after the fine was assessed and called Deputy Prosecutor Davis over from Brook and he succeeded in shaving the fines down to $10.25 each, by throwing off part of his own fee and the supervisor throwing off all of his. Great ruts are reported to have been cut in the roads, damage amounting to many times the fines. Fred Schultz’s sale in Union township Thursday will be a big one Read the list in this paper.