Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1915 — Page 1

Mo. 61.

Consecration Week at the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. S. A. Griffith will preach every evening at 7:30

SURVEYS COMPLETED AND WORK TO COMMENCE

Lafayette Dispatch Says Building of Lafayette and Northwestern Will Be Pushed. Lafayette, Ind., March 12.—Surveys for the Lafayette & Northwestern railroad, a proposed interurban line from this city to Kankakee, 111., have been completed, and a force of engineers and estimaters is preparing for the construction work. Stakes have been set the entire distance. Actual construction has. begun west of Pursue university. H. F. Schelhaus, a Purdue graduate, is chief engineer. George M. Sewell, of Wabash, superintendent of construction, will arrive here next month to begin the grading. O. L. Brown, general manager, says the road expects to depend on the freight business for a large part of its revenue. The road will tap territory that is now without railway or interurban service, and it is the company’s intention to haul grain, fruit, liwe stock and garden nrodace. The line, as proposed, begins in this city and runs to Montmorenci, then northward to Wolcott and on to Rensselaer. Mr. Ayr, in Newton county, and Morocco arc also included. From Morocco the line will continue through Iroquois county, Illinois, w Kankakee, connecting with a lino to Chicago. Newton county will soon vote on . a $40,000 subsidy for the road.

Fanny Crosby Song Service At the Presbyterian Church.

Next Sunday evening the choir of the Presbyterian church will give a program of hymns, solos, etc., using the compositions of Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer, and the pastor will give a short talk on her life. Everyone invited. Market Day Specials at Duvall’s Quality Shop. Be sure and buy, as you will save money. C. EARL DUVALL.

Have Not Sold Out.

The report that I have sold out my interest in the poultry and egg business of Bishling & Herath is without foundation, and I will still be .found at the old stand. A. R. BISHLING.

LYCEUM COURSE DATES.

March 17—Weatherwax Bros. April 7—Bargelt & Co. t Tailor made suits from the 13th to 20th for $15.50, SIB.OO and $20.00. And think of it, Extra Pair Trousers FREE with suit „ ' C. EARL DUVALL. Try 8 cans of those solid packed -whole tomatoes for 25c, and you will buy more. JOHN EGER.

THE WEATHER.

We have put on sale 400 dozen cans of tomatoes direct from the factory. No. 3 cans of solid, red, whole tomatoes, the kind that has been selling for 15c a can, this lot at, 3 cans for 25c. Try them. JOHN EGER.

Bargains in New and Second Hand Pianos.

In order to make room by March 15th for my stock of pianos now at Laporte, I will ghte some big bJT- * gains in slightly used and second hand pianna. These pianos are almost as good as new and will be sold at a bargain. Open evenings until 9 o’clock. H. R. LANGE & SON, ~ Van Rensselaer Street, north of Rowles & Paricefs. $15.00 suits for $9.95 at Duvall’s Quality Shop on Market Day, March 18ttU C. EARL DUVALL 2'- 1 1 T-1* ‘—r— - —V’—*;

The Evening Republican.

SUPREME COURT REVERSES RYAN DITCH CASE

Finding of Court Means Further Delay in Construction of This Big The supreme court has handed down a decision reversing the decision of the lower court in the Ryan ditch. This case was commenced before Judge Hanley in the fall of 1912 and after being partly heard by him a change of venue was taken and T. B. Cunningham, of Kentland, was appointed to try the case and it was disposed of in the lower court. An appeal was then taken by Delos Thompson, Oscar Moore and others. The case was ordered advanced for decision in the summer of 1914 and was argued before the supreme court in November, 1914. There were several propositions involved in the appeal. One was as to whether or not the changing of the original route from one coming down the Gifford ditch to the one finally agreed upon to come down the Pinkamink, was legal and the court has decided that it was proper to change the route, new notices having been given and the petition amended to conform to the Pinkamink route.

The matter most relied upon by appellants for a reversal was the lack of jurisdiction of the court for the reason that Almira Stockton filed affidavit for change of venue which was refused, but from such information as we have at hand the court did not reverse the case upon that ground. The reversal was made upon the ground that the decisions and order of the lower court referring the report back to the drainage commission with instructions to amend same by deepening and narrowing the cut through the rock was an invasion of the powers of the drainage commissioners and that neither remonstrator or petitioner could change the specifications or the court upon his own motion as the right to fix the specifications was wholly in the power and authority of the drainage commissioners and no one else.

Judge Hanley was on the bench when the report was referred back with instructions to make the changes in the specifications, and shortly thereafter a change was taken from Judge Hanley and Mr. Cunnnigham was appointed. It is presumed that when the case comes back that the order of the supreme court to the lower court will je to grant a new trial and that the case will again be before Judge Hanley for trial unless a change of venue is taken and that all persons having remonstrances on file will be permitted to again introduce proof as to their assessments and in fact will result in a new hearing of the case. From the language of the decision it is not likely that another appeal will be taken as the court has decided the propositions upon which the former appeal was based and that un- 0 less some new error occurs that the hearing of the remonstrances in the lower court will end the case. G. A. Williams and Frank Foltz were attorneys for the petitioners and were allowed an attorney fee of SIO,OOO. W. H. Parkison and A. Halleck represented the appellants.

Your Child’s Cough is a Call for Help Don’t put off treating your child’s cough. It not ohly saps their strength but often leads to more serious ailments. Why risk? You don’t have to. Dr. King’s New Discovery is just the remedy your child needs. It is made with soothing, healing and antiseptic balsams. Will quickly check the the codl and soothe your child’s cough away. No odds how bad the cough or how olng standing, Dr. New Discovery will stop it. It’s guaranteed. Just get a bottle from your druggist and try it .. . 2

Christian Church.

9:30 Bible-school and adult classes. 10:30 morning service. Special music by the choir. 7:00 evening service, evangelistic sermon.

Consecration Week at The Presbyterian Church.

Beginning Sunday there will be one week of consecration services in the Presbyterian church. There will be special services on Sunday and all next week the Rev. S, A, Griffith, of Goodland, will be here and preach every evening at 7:30. There will be nothing exceptional or sensational in the sermons or in the advertisement of these services, but everyone who desires to worship God and learn more of Him is invited to come.

Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

“I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to my customers because I have confidence in it I find that they are pleased with it and call for it when Again in need ed such a medicine,” writes J. W. Sexson, Montevallo, Mo. For sale by all dealers. C We sell the Hoosier and Advance endgate seeders. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

RKNSSILAIR. INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1916.

HER LONG ILLNESS ENDS IN DEATH

Madie Drake Dies of Tuberculosis After Illness of Three Years. ' . Madie, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Drake, passed away Friday night at 12:15 at her home in this city. She had been a sufferer from tuberculosis for the last three years and during that time has been confined to her home most of the time. She was one of the most popular young ladies in the city and her death will cause much general sorrow. . - „ Miss Drake was a member of the graduating class of 1910 and had a wide circle of friends among the young people. Besides her mother, she leaves to mourn her death two sisters, Mrs. Jack Jones, of Cambridge, Ohio, and Miss Nellie Drake, of this city. Also two brothers, George and James, both of Chicago, and a host of friends. The funeral will be held Monday morning at St. Augustine’s church. The body will be sent to Chicago and interment made in Sag Cemetery.

Home Desired For Little Girl Eleven Years of Age.

Truant Officer Steward desires to find a home for an 11-year-old girl who for some time has been a ward of the county and kept at the Julia Work home at Plymouth. The girl has accepted the training at that home in a satisfactory manner and Mrs. Work assures Mr. Steward that she is a mannerly and pleasant child. Some person can do a good Christian act by giving her a good home.

New Crisis Threatens.

The condition of anarchy in Mexico has reached its highest pitch since the present revolution began. Mexicans entered the home of John O. McManus and murdered him. President V.i.son has sent a note to General Salazar and ordered him to punish those resopnsible for the murder.

German Liner to Be Held.

Secretary Daniels announces that the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, now interned at Boston, will not be allowed to leave that port. The armored cruiser Brooklyn has been ordered to patrol the coast to guard against violations of neutrality. The Prinz Eitel Friedrick at Newport News* undergoing repairs, will not leave port until the war is over.

Typhus Grips Servia.

Servia is suffering from a dread disease known as typhus, resembling typhoid and recurrent fever. No remedy is known for the disease and the death rate is very high. An American physician named Cook has succumbed to the disease. Nine American Red Cross nursed have been stricken with the disease.

WEATHERWAX BROTHERS' QUAR TET.

The Weatherwax Brothers* first pub lie work was In the fall of *96, when they sang throughout northern lowa In the notable McKinley campaign. They made such a hit everywhere that year that there was as Immediate de mand tor them to do other public work.

This quartet, In addition to vocal music, also appears In a trumpet quartet which always brings forth the admiration of those who love rich, heroic

WEATHERWAX BROTHERS,

music. Trumpets are comparatively seldom Mod on the Lyceum platform, and it is a treat to bear them when well played. The trumpets which they Me were made specially for this quartet. As to their vocal work, all four brothers have fine voices and have had years of practice together, which has Moulted in most excellent harmony. They have all been natural musicians from their infancy, and as some one has truly said, "Their voices have ■ decided family blend.” A unique feature of this organisation is that then an two readers in the company. . At Christian Church Wednesday Eve., March 17th.

X EASTER SUNDAY APRIL • ■ ■■ ■■ — •”’ 'V' 7 4TH 1915

LANDS IN JASPER VALUED AT $19.50

State Tax Board Completes Tabulation Showing Assessed Valuations Throughout State. The state tax board has completed a tabulation of the assessed valuation of • farm lands, stock and some other items of personal property, showing the assessments in every county in the state. Land in Jasper county has an average valuation of $19.50 per acre. The state average is $25.30 per acre, so Jasper county’s average is $6.80 below the average. Considering that land is assessed for about 40 per cent of its true value, land in this county would be worth on an average $48.75 per acre. A comparison of the valuations of farm lands, stock, etc., in several counties in the state might prove interesting and are here published. Farm Lands. Jasper $19.50, Benton $52.00, Newton $28.60, White $24.50, Starke $11.40, Lake $56.00, Pulaski $15.10. Horses and Mules. Jasper $94, Benton slOl, Newton sll6, White SB7, Starke $83.50, Pulaski $74. Cattle. Jasper $46, Benton $42, Newton $38.60, White $29.30, Starke $31.30, Pulaski $32. »- . Hogs. Jasper $9. Benton $9.30, Newton $9.30, Whits's7.4o, Starke $9.90, Pulaski $6. Sheep. Jasper $4.50, Benton $5.50, Newton $4.60, White, none reported, Starke $3.20, Pulaski $4.70. Automobiles. Jasper $333, Benton $350, Newton $275, White $270, Starke $272, Pulaski, no report. Farm Implements. Jasper $45, Benton S6B, Newton $l5O, White ssl, Stajrke s3l, Pulaski $33. x

Household Furniture. Jasper $57, Benton S6O, Newton $75, White S4B, Starke $27, Pulaski S3B. There are some queer disparities shown by the tabulation and in the few counties mentioned here occur some differences in assessments that seem unaccountable. In Jasper county horses are assessed lower than in Benton and Newton, while cattle are assessed higher. White county shows a lower valuation on all personal property than any of the neighboring counties, cattle being assessed at only $29.30 per head, or $16.70 less than in Jasper county. White county is one of the most important cattle counties in Indiana. \ In farming implements the assessments again show great disparity. In Jasper county an average of only $45 per farm and in Newton county $l5O per farm. Newton county, by the way, was much the. highest in the state, Carroll being the only other one to exceed SIOO. Starke shows an average assessment of only $27 per home on household furniture, the lowest shown in the state. Of cowse, there are a good many, saloons in Starke county and that generally means a number of poorly furnished homes. The comparative table prepared by the tax board shows the need of some method of equalization in the assessments, a matter that should be taken up without delay. ~ ■ 1111 ..."'■y * See the Coriss back styles in the Kahn Tailoring Co. line from Indian apolis. Be sure and let us take your measure. Perfect fit guaranteed. C.EARL DUVALL

Try our Glassified Column.

CVERYONE likes to be suitably attired on Easter Sunday. They like to get into new duds and sally forth in fine raiment because it’s Easter, the day of days for good clothes, and because it’s Spring, the time of the year when the desire comes to throw off the old clothes worn during winter and be arrayed in keeping with the trees, the grass and the flowers. I am this Spring, more than ever, able to take care of your wants. TARTAN CHECKS, Plaids, all the latest shades in cassimeres, worsteds and serges, and the Largest line of plain and fancy blue serges ever shown Prices fom Fifteen Dollars to Fifty * Fit, workmanship, and absolute satisfaction assured. We are now taking advance orders —we’ll have them shipped when wanted. H. B. TUTEUR.

NEWLAND TO AGAIN HAVE SOIL MEETING

Prof. Henry G. Bell, Who Spoke There Last Year, Will Speak Again March 27. Jasper county farmers have a great treat coming in the shape of a great soil institute to be held at Newland on Saturday, March 27th. A special train will leave Rensselaer at 8:30 by way of McCoysburg and return at the close of tha afternoon’s session. Two meetings will be held. The forenoon session will convene at 10:30 and the afteronon meeting at 1:30. Professor Henry G. Bell, of Chicago, who spoke at Newland last year, will deliver two lectures and give one illustrated talk. Between 400 and 500 people heard Professor Bell last year and this number should be considerably increased this year, for the professor does far more than talk, as he brings to us at the close of a successful season of farmers’ institutes work in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, a traveling soil school with a full equipment of expensive and original apparatus. His first talk is on Printiples Underlying Soil Fertility. In this lecture he does not tell you how to test a soil for acidity. He makes the tests on the ground. He does not tell how water rises in soils, he carries apparatus which shows the wafer actually rising before your own eyes. He does not tell how humus helps to aerate soil and holds moisture , but pours solutions of colored plant food materia Ithrough humus soils actually showing how they retain the material through humus soils actulow for the passage of air through soils. He does not talk in a far off way of soil bacteria but brings them along and shows them to you. The first half of the afternoon lecture is on the elements of plantfood. With him, Professor Bell carries all •f the elements of plantfood. He shows potassium burning on water, also hydrogen burning. The lectures have many popular features but down beneath it all is a world of good hard practical wisdom that makes for bigger, better crops and greater profits. The second part of the lecture will be illustrated and treat of the manufacture and use of fertilizers, dealing especially with our local conditions. Professor Bell is well equipped for this work. Before taking up his present work he was a member of the faculty of the lowa College of Agriculture and head of the Farm Crops Department of the University of Maine. With him travels Mr. J. W. Henceroth, a schoolteacher of long experience and an agricultural graduate. These men. will be able to spend some time in personal consultation.

'.. Mirrisfe License. / Chauncey James Dexter, born Rensselaer, Ind., June 21, 1890, residence Rensselaer, occupation farmer, and Wilda Leone Greene, born Remington, Ind., March 16,1889, residence Remington, occupation school teacher, first marriage for each. " FOR SALE. ' At the Rensselaer public sale on Market Day, four high grade Holstein heifers, from dams of splendid milking quality. Also one coming yearling horse colt, a dandy.. R. L. BUDD. , ■ —~ ' • Our new stock of buggies has ar* rived. See them before you buy. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

HARRY THAW IS ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY

Jury Brings in Verdict This Forenoon in Favor of Defendants. Special to The Republican. New York, March 13,The jury hearing the evidence in the case of Harry K. Thaw and co-defendants, charged with conspiracy as a result of Thaw’s escape from Matteawan . Hospital, brought in a verdict of acquittal at 11 o’clock this morning. Thaw was on the stand in the early part of yesterday. Following the statement of his counsel and attorneys for the state, Justice Page instructed the jurors that unless the evidence satisfied them definitely that Thaw and the co-defendants had carried out a deliberate plot, neither he now them could be regarded as guilty of conspiracy.

Four Teams Now Left In Big Basketball Meet

The state basket ball finals being held at Bloomington today, shows that the race has narrowed down to sou teams. The second round was run off this morning and the semi-finals will be played this* afternoon. A message received here today showed that Thorntown had put Rochester out of the fight. Fairmount Academy defeated Evansville, a dangerous contender, and Montmoreci continued their fast pace by defeateing Bluffton. The four teams left are, Montmorenci, Fairmount, Thorntown and Manual Training H. S. of Indianapolis. Thorntown and Montmorenci are doped to play the final game tonight for the championship.

Methodist Church.

Sunday school 9:30. Preaching at 10:45. Junior League 2:30. Epworth League 6:00. Preaching 7:00. Dr. Curnick will preach both services. Rheumatism Yields Quickly to Sloan’s You can’t prevent an attack of rheumatism from coming on, but you can stop it almost immediately. Sloan’s Liniment gently applied to the sore joint or muscle penetrates in a few minutes to the inflamed spot that causes the pain. It soothes the hot, tender, swollen feeling, and in a very short time brings a relief that is almost unbelievable Until you experience it. Get a bottle of Sloan’s Lin ment for 25c bf any druggist and have it in the house—against colds, sore and swollen joints, lumbago, sciatica and like ailments. ,Your money back if not satisfied, bn' • does gire- almost instant relief.

Registered Eight Times.

John Burns, one of the men arrested in the Terre Haute fraud cases,, admitted Thursday on the stand that he had registered eight times at the election last fall. He is one of the 88 who have pleaded guilty. F. S. Robey, an attorney for the defense, has been forced to quit the case on account of illness.

Former Legislator in Prison.

A prison sentence of one to twelve years has been imposed on Calvin R. Worall, a former attorney of Bloomington, Ind., and later a member oi the state legislature in sentenced on the charge of kidnapping two girls and holding them for . ransom. Worall has been living in Oregon, where the crime was committed. ' . _

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