Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1905 — TOWNSHIP COMMENCEMENTS. [ARTICLE]

TOWNSHIP COMMENCEMENTS.

Frank G. Bigelow, the Milwaukee banker who recently stole over $1,000,000 has, on a plea of guilty of violation of the national banking laws, been sentenoed to ten years at hard labor in the Federal Penitentiary at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., the sentence beginning at noon Saturday. The McCoys, who got away with nearly half a million of their depositors’ money, more than a year ago, are still breathing the free air of liberty and not one penny dividends has been paid to the hundreds of deluded victims. By the time the trustee gets paid for his stewardship and the attorneys get a slice of the assets, it is hoped there will still be a few dollars left to divide among the many dupes ot the MoCoys. But when this will be is still very problematical.

In The Democrat’s report last week it stated that the receipts for the poor farm for the quarter ending May 31, 1905, were 1724.04, and expenses $520.26. The report of receipts itemized are as follows: Maroh 10, J. E, Flynn, 4S» bu. 47 lb. wheat at $1.02 per buahe1........... .S4OB 90 Ben Kins’, hay 12 50 J. Pa rkl n son, hay 2187 Jam ex Yeoman, 20 head hogH.Mpercwt 215 00 J. H. Ounyon. hay 4 27 Total $724 04 The report of stock on hand shows, among other thing, 9 cows and 100 hens, and all reports show about the same as to these two items. There has not been a report made for a long time of any butter or eggs sold from the farm. The Democrat does not believe that the inmates of the poor asylum get tonst and eggs more than once a day, at least, and nine cows ought to make more butter than oould possibly be consumed there. In fact, the butter and eggs alone -ought to buy every dollar’s worth of groceries consumed on the farm, during the spring and summer at least. The writer has seen produce from this farm unloaded at stores in Rensselaer, and, notwithstanding that this produce belongs to the taxpayers of Jasper county and to no one else, not a dollar's worth has been reported that we have sen, and wo have looked the reports over carefully, too.

James Darlymple, the municipal ownership expert of Glasgow, Scotland who came to this country to show Chicago how to manage her street railways under city ownership, has given the advocates of publio utilities the cold ohills by saying that his observations here have convinced him that publio ownership of this kind is not practicable in this country; that there is too much politics in everything here to ever make such management a success. In this The Demoorat has not the least doubt but the Scotchman is entirely oorrect. Under our system of placing political pets and ward heelers in charge of the management of such utilities, eoonomy and fitness out little figure, but the fellow who has performed some political service or who is able to buy a position from the ward heelers who have the giving ont of the places, get the position of trust and responsibility. We. do not know of any instance of munioipal or publio ownership in this country that is really a success, notwithstanding all the loud talk to the contrary by those who are sharing in the many orumbs that fall from the publio ownership table. Equal servioe can

and would ‘-be furnished at one-| third less cost under private ownership and also pay good dividends on the investments if city councils would bat insist on a schedule of rates and service when granting such franchises.

Following are the dates for some of the township commencements and the names of the graduates: Newton township, Saturday June 17, at Saylorville school house, 2KX) p. m. Graduates— Pearl Parks, Fred Miller, Jay Wiloox, Alpha Kenton, Elizabeth M. Lane, Ralph M. Hammond, Jane O. Makeever. Alice Parks, Russel Saylor, Goldie Gunyon. Union township, Saturday, June 17. at Parr, 8 o’clock p. m. Graduates —Clayton Moffitt, Halley O. Alter, Ray Williams, Grace Price, Frank S. McCurtain, Curtis Herrod, Grace Barkley, Roy Gundy, Maybell Sellers, Nellie Garriott, Pearl Price, Blanch Babcock, Opal Thomas. ' Marion and Barkley townships, Saturday, July 1, at the Christian church atValma, at Bp. m. Graduates, Marion tp. —Orla Clouse, Hope Hurley, Lawson Bruce, Jesse M. Gray, Mable Hoyes; Barkley tp. —Pearl Bull, Ethel Walker, Lura E. Reed. Jordan township, Saturday evening, June 24, 8 o’clock, Mt. Hope church. Graduates —Ross Bringle, Lela Grace Reed, Omer C. Iliff, Anna Branson, George E. Sage, George Wenrick, Edna Williams, Orpah Hall, Jerry Tullis.

Just received, our Hominy Meal at Rensselaer Feed Store. Bring in your eggs, highest prices paid. Fen dig’s Fair, $9.90 silk shirt waist suits, all colors, $7.50 to July 4th, at the Chicago Bargain Store. We want your eggs, highes market price paid. Fendig’s Fair. For Rent—loo acres of hay; 60 acres timothy and 40 acres wild, will sell the hay and rent ground for pasture; 3 miles south and 2 miles east of Rensselaer. Luers Bros. Rensselaer, Ind.