Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI,OO Per Year.

TAXES DOUBLED.

County Council Fixes Levy at 71 13-20 Cents. 32 CENTS MORE THAN LAST YEAR Also Present Mose Leopold SIOO for Prosecuting Old Case Against McCoys, But Continue Sellers’ Request for $260. The Jasper county council adjourned Wednesday after granting all appropriation asked for except the little matter of $260 which E B. Sellers wanted additional to the SI,OOO already paid,him—the contract price as stated at the time—for prosecuting the McCoys. Mose Leopold, the deputy prosecutor here and secretary of the republican county central committee, was allowed SIOO for hie services in the above case. The total appropriations made for the year 1907 are $70,724,54, and the increased levy for nil county purposes is 32 cents over last year, making the highest levy, we believe, ever made in the history of the county, and almost double the levy of last year. This, with the special levies for ditch, stone road and other improvements, added to the township levies, will make taxes something fierce next year, but when you get hold of a nice ripe lemon squeeze it until the juice is all extracted; with favorable seasons and lots of hard work and selfdenial, the lemon —which in this case is the taxpayers —will gather another supply of juice and be ready for another squeeze next year. Among the appropriations made was $4,000 for grade and SI,OOO for bridge at the Kankakee, north of DeMotte, and $1,500 for a stone crusher. It is the intention, we understand, to crush rock here for the repair of gravel and stone roads adjacent to Rensselaer, using river rock. Special additional appropriations were made for this year as follows: J. H. Allman, bal. azieu'g Carpenter S 18 80 James Bullis, same. Jordan 2 50 W. D. Myers, same, Walker 2 50 G. L. Thornton, same, Newton 3 CO Sprinkling streets about public sq*re 45 00 John Eger, supplies court bouse 10 48 Rent and tolls for sheriff's telephone 30 35 Dr. H. J. Kanijal 3 00 Bridge Carpenter tp 250 00 Same, same 375 00 Same, Wheatfield 500 00 Repair Lawson bridge 1,300 00 Same, Carpenter's creek Range Line 50 00 James Yeoman, mealselectiou board 4 30 Dr. Kresler, med. ex. Sarah Marion.. 5 00 W. J. Wright, coroner's fees. same... 5 00 C, H. Vick. destroying fish net 5 00 E. B, Sellers, att’y McCoy trial. #260, (cout.) Mose Leopold, same.. 100 00 County asssessment Iroquois ditch... 1,328 93 Same, Evers ditch.. 14 18 Same, construction Seifert Ditch.... 37 50 Road and school laws 18 00 Janitor Teachers’ examination 12 00 Grade over Gifford ditch 100 00 Salary county council <0 00 Expense council Keener road 8 75 Repair basement sheriff's residence and wall in boiler house 65 00

ABOUT “COLD STORAGE."

Overwhelming Sentiment Here Is to Give the “Dry Town” a Fair Trial. There has been some rather indefinite talk of the establishment of a “cold storage” joint in Rensselaer after the terms of license of the present saloon-keepers expire. Judging from what The Democrat is able to learn of the sentiment of the people of Rensselaer there is an almost universal feeling that a fair trial should be given the “dry” season we are about to try, and this feeling is entertained by a great many people who did not sign the remonstrance and who have always rather favored the saloon. Now that it has been voted “dry” they want a fair test made of the matter and let the public determine which is' best, the “dry” or the “wet” plan. . A “cold storage” here would in a measure, at least, thwart the will of the people, and it is to be hoped that nothing of the sort will be started. The city council have the power to fix the license for such an establishment at 81,000 per year, while some attorneys contend they may refuse license if the applicant has not first secured a county license, which of course is impossible here. A license of SI,OOO would probably deter anyone from attempting

to start a joint of that sort here, as they can sell only in five gallon lots, and if you are opposed to having anything of the kind operated you should speak to the members of the council and endeavor to get them to place the license at the highest possible point, if they do not care to refuse to license it altogether.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Last Tuesday, Sept. 4, Mr. and Mrs. James Tor bet, of Barkley township, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. They were married in Thorntown Boone county Ind., and resided in that county 22 years, where all but one of the

ten children were born. They I then moved to their present home where they have been loved and respected by all their- neighbors. This fact was quite evident by the way in which all came and helped to Keep the anniversary. The occasion was one of much enjoyment, and the weather was perfect. The house was decorated with ferns and flowers. Dinner was served in four courses, covers being laid for 48. All of their ten children were present except the oldest daughter, Mrs. Harry Beck, who had recently removed to Missouri, and whose absence was much regretted, it being the only break in the family circle. Among those present were Mrs. Dickey and daughter Miss Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Torbet and daughter, all of Indianapolis; Mr and Mrs. Crate Cragun, of Lebanon; Mr. and Mrs. John Dale, of Darlington: Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe and Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hcftian, of Rensselaer. Music was furnished by grapbophone and piano music by some of the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Torbet were the recipients of many nice presents, among which is a handsome dinner set, given by the children jointly. No one style of gifts prevailed, but linen and silverware and china were in prominence. The occasion is one which will remain a joyful remembrance to al) partook of it, and that they may live to celebrate many more such anniversaries was the wish of those present.

AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.

While the Newton County teachers were enjoying an automobile trip last week at the expense of the county superintendent, one of the autos, in turning out to avoid running into the machine ahead, which had turned off on another road, ran into a tree and was completely wrecked and the occupants more or less bruised, Miss Nora Bringle, daughter of Jesse Bringle, of Mt. Ayr, being the worst hurt, being bruised considerably and having one knee badly sprained. The wrecked auto belonged to Will McCray, of Kentland, and was being run by a young man named Wildasin.

The first big shipment of ladies’ and children's fall coats now on at the G. E. Murray Co's store. Come to the fruit market on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. IB and 19. Chicago Bargain Stork. ■ " lr ~ 1 ■■ '•■■■ ...» Farm for Rent:— l6o acres near Rensselaer. Enquire at this office for name of owner.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, September 8, 1906.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The country schools open Monday. o Nine marriage licenses were issued last month, against 3 for the month previous, and 4 for August 1905. —o■ Work of grading on the Parker

Birdseye view of central part of Rensselaer, looking north from Court House tower. (From J. A. Sharp's "Souvenir of Rensselaer.")

road, northeast of town, on the Marion-Rensselaer stone road system, was begun this week. Rock hauling will begin next week. The report of the retiring-city treasurer was filed with fneWlerk Tuesday. It shows a total of $11,207.52 on hand- Sept. 1, and turned over to his successor, Mose Leopold, who has given bond in the sum of $20,000, with A. Leopold, B. F. Fendig and Judge Hanley as sureties. 1 —° — The special school house election at Wheatfield Saturday resulted in a vote of 50 for building a joint town and township school house to 9 against. The bonds to be -issued by the town, $5,000 4| per cent, SI,OOO payable each year fyr gve years, were sold Monday to Mrs. E. T. Biggs $54.50 premium. —o — Considerable complaint has been made regarding the construction of the Nessius ditch, in this and White counties. It is said that the dredge has lain in the ditch some three winters and dammed the water up in the rear, causing the ditch already dug to fill up with sand, dirt and sediment and after the contractors had received their 80 per cent estimate, Now one of the tile laterals is being put in of tile that are said to have lain on the ground through a couple of winters at least and been damaged greatly, while the ditch where the tile empty is filled with sand and other sediment some three feet higher than the tile outlet. As a consequence of all this the property owners along the improvement are "kicking.” —o — Marriage licenses"issued: Sept I, Milbron Griffin of Rensselaer aged 80, occupation cook, to Maggie Lowman, also of Rensselaer, aged 32, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sept. 3, John H. Mahle of Washington, 111,, aged 27, occupation railroader, to Christenia G. Gangloff of Rensselaer, aged 27, occupation dressmaker. First marriage for each. Sept. 4, Charlie Harmon of Rensselaer, aged 28, occupation clerk, to Cecile McKenzie, also of Rensselaer, aged 27, occupation, housekeeper. First marriage lor groom, second marriage for bride, first husband having died March 11, Sept. 5, Fred E. Arnott, of Rensselaer, aged 28, occupation clerk, tolrepeM. Lutz,also of Rensselaer, aged 25, occupation seamstress. First Carriage for each; Sept, 5, Clyde C. Hess, of Lake Village, Ihd., aged 24, occupation

farmer, to Elsie May Htmgin also of Lake Village, aged 22, occupation school teacher. First marriage for each. Sept. 6, Austin White of Demote, aged 40, occupation laborer, to Susan Jane Otis, also of Detootte, aged 39, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for groom, having been divorced in 1901; third marriage for bride, •first husband having died and having been divorced from second husband in May, 1906. —o. — The September term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday. Following are the names

and places of residen.ee of the grand and petit jurors. (S. W. Hamilton whose place of residence is given as Wheatfield, is now a resident of Illinois,) GRAND JUBOBB. Geo. Marion T. W. Wants Rensselaer Wm. Daniels Rensselaer A.C. Pancoast Newton J. R. Mallatt .Union Thos. A. Spencer Milroy PETET JURORS. Yeppi Hanson Gillam Benj. Barger Jordan Schatzley Wheatfield ‘ChetDexter Carpenter J. W. Marion Gillam Chas. Stalbaum Kankakee Chas. W. Reed Barkley Wm. O. Williams Union Mark Reed Jordan Marion Freeland Newton Wm. Gasper Gillam John I. Gwin Union John Poole .Rensselaer L. D. Mauck Union S. W. Hamilton Wheatfield Randolph Wright Newton The grand jury will not be called, it is understood, but the petit jury is called for the third Monday of the term.

SEPTEMBER NUPTIALS.

VMr. John H. Mabie, of Washington. 111,, and Miss Christina Gangloff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gangloff, east of town, were united in marriage Tuesday morning by Rev. Father Meyer at his residence. A reception was given at the home of the bride’s parents Tuesday evening. They will reside at Washington, lUV Fred Arnott, a clerk in 'the grocery department of the G. E. Murray Co., store, and Miss Irene Lutz were united in marriage at 8 p. m., Wednesday at the home of the bride’s mother on South Weston street, Rev. H. L. Kendig officiating. Quite a large company of relatives and friends were in attendance and a wedding supper was served after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Arnott will residp with Mrs. Lutz for the Mr. Charles Harmon, clerk m the clothing department of the Chicago Bargain Store and Mrs. Cecil McKinzie were united in marriage at the residence of Rev. Father Meyer Wednesday morning at 8:30. After the marriage a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. BroWn, on Milroy avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon are now away on a brief honeymoon, visiting relatives in Illinois after which they will return and take up their residence in Rensselaer. Pencils, tablets, book straps and all little school supplies at Murray’s. Special grocery sale to begin Saturday, Sept. 8, and lasts two weeks to Sept. 22nd. Obicago Bargain Store.

TALL CORNSTALKS

But Who Has the Tallest? Is the Question THE DEMOCRAT WANTS TO KNOW. A Large Number Already Entered the Contest and There Are Many More to Follow. - • ... ' *V» * . ‘ * ■; ~ j - J, Interest in The Democrat’s cash premium contest for the tallest stalk of corn grown in Jasper county is manifest in every neighborhood and hamlet in the county, qpt so much for the premiums offered as the desire to know who really will be able to produce the tallest stalk of corn and what its height will be. There probably was never so much tall corn grown in this county as the present year, the weather since July 1 having been all that could be desired for this great king of cereals, and it has just sprung up by leaps and bounds until it is almost necessary to look twice to see the top of some of it. We would like to see every township in the county represented in this contest, and many entries from each township. Remember the name of each contestant or exhibitor, together with the height of the stalk entered and the place of residence of the exhibitor, will be published in The Democrat of Saturday, Sept. 22, and this'list will prove interesting to every reader of this paper, whether he resides in Jasper county or some other section of the state or United States. Even though you may not expect to win a premium—which is a small matter and is offered merely to stimulate a little more interest in the contest —if you have some extra tall corn—and every farmer has this season—bring it in and have it measured and get your name in the list and show to our hundreds of readers in distant states that Jim Smith nor John Jones were not the only farmers who raised tall corn in Jasper county this year. No one is barred, be he democrat, republican, prohi or “pop,” the only condition being that the corn must have been grown on Jasper county soil. For premiums and conditions see next page of this paper.

QUIT WORK ON JORDAN ROAD.

Contractors Will Not Finish Up South End at Present, Owing to Hitch In Bond Sale. The contractors on the Jordan stone road finished up the north end of the road Thursday, but will do no more work until next spring at least, owing to the unfortunate bitch in the sale of the bonds. It is expected, The Democrat is informed, to take the matter before the legislature the coming winter and have the proceedings legalized, after which the bonds can be sold and the work of finishing up the south end of the road be gone ahead with.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The Rev. Chester Birch of Winona Lake, will begin a series of Gospel meetings in the Presbyterian church, Sunday, September 9th. Mr. Birch is a speaker of unusual power, and all who come to hear him will be amply repaid for their trouble. In addition to his preaching, Mr. Birch sings the gospel and touches the hearts of his bearers with the beautiful music of his cornet. Everyone is invited to attend these meetings.

BIRTH ANNOUNCBfIBNIS.

Sept. 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoshaw, a daughter. August 31, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Murphy, near Surrey, a son. August 29, to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Frye of Chicago, formerly of Rensselaer, a daughter. Sept. 5, to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Benbow of Parr, a son. Sept. 5, to Mrs. Thomas Brynes of Vincennes, Ind., at the home of her mother, Mrs. Gish, near Sharon, a daughter. Fancy peaches 75c to $1.25 Sept. 18 and 19. Chicago Bargain Store.

Vol. IX. No. 23

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Proceedings of the Regular September Term. The board of commissioners finished the business of the session Wednesday and adjourned. Following is a report of the proceedings, except claims allowed, which latter appear on another page: Advertisement ordered for letting contract for two new bridges in Keener, one in Milroy and one in Union on first day October term. Contracts let to Pan-American Bridge Co., for new bridge in Newton tp. at $1,650, and to Attica Bridge Co. for new bridge in Carpenter at $550. J. C. Porter was appointed superintendent of the Marion-Rens-selaer stone roads, with A. H. Hardy as assistant No. 1, and Wm. Ervin as assistant No. 2, all to give bond. Foltz & Spitler were allowed S2OO attorney fee in this road improvement also. There was allowed $883.32 on estimate on Hanging Grove stone road improvement; $726 88 on Gillam road and $588.68 on Jordan road; $5,447.92 on Iroquois ditch; $1,641.37 on Moffitt ditch. Mary M. Potts et al, petition for ditch; referred back to ditch commissioners for amendment. Henry Amsler et al, petition for ditch; no objections filed and assessments are confirmed; referred to Stephen A. Brusnahan as superintendent to give bond of SSOO and ordered to proceed with construction at once. Service account approved and ordered paid; Foltz & Spitler allowed attorney fee of SSO to date. Daniel S. Makeever et al, petition for ditch; referred to ditch commissioners, who are to meet at source of ditch Sept. 17. Bids for coal for county use rejected and notice ordered for receiving new bids. Petition of Chas. Stalbaum et al for gravel road in Kankakee tp., signed by a majority of the adult land-owners of said township. D. D, Gleason, J. A. Sigler and Sam Luce appointed viewers, C. J. Hobbs engineer, to meet Sept. 17. Special gravel and stone road assessments were fixed as follows: Keener, cents on each SIOO valuation; Hanging Grove, cents; Gillam, cents; Jordan, cents; Marion, —■ cents. Fees of county officers reported for the quarter were: Auditor, $40.10; recorder, $357.50; clerk, $94; sheriff, $58.15. Contracts for poor farm supplies were let to Porter & Kresler for dry goods, clothing and shoes, at $43.66 and to John Eger for groceries at $102.31. Henry Kolhoff et al, petetion for highway in Jordan tp.; Thos. Walter, W. M. Snedeker and Ike Walker appointed viewers, to meet Sept. 10. Thomas Davis et al, petition for improvement Jungles ditch; referred to ditch commissioners. Andrew Grube et al, petition for highway in Wheatfield township; referred back to viewers for more specific report. Thomas Driver et al, petition for vacation of highway in Barkley tp.; remonstrance filed by V. P. and Mary C. Yeoman and Elias Arnold; Robert Drake, Clyde Randle and Joseph Stewart appointed viewers, to meet Sept. 17. Liquor licenses granted to John McGlinn and Wm. F. Weese at Wheatfield, no objections being made. Wanted. —A compositor with two or three years’ experience, at this office. Call or write.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. These subject of the Sunday morning services at the Christian church is “What is Worth While?” In the evening “God’s Redeeming Agency.” Sunday School at 9:30 and Christain Endeavor at 6:30. All are welcome to these services. f TRINITY M. E. CHURCH. Next Sabbath is last of this conference year. In connection with the morning service the pastor will baptize and receive new members. In the evening the subject of the sermon will bo: “Things Done and Things Undone.” Everybody cordially welcomed. Car Gold Medal flour, the world’s best, just received, on sale at only 91.10 per sack. Saturday, September Bth, to September 22nd only. Chicago Bargain Store.