Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

Q> SI.OO Per Year.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday.. —Q Township assessor Vandercar. T. F. Maloney, C. R. Peregrine and perhaps a few others were down from Kankakee tp., Tuesday on business before the board of review. \ The Lake county council has at last appropriated $90,000 for remodeling the conrt boose at Crown Point. With skillful manipulation no doubt enough extras can be run in to swell the cost when completed to $200,000.

The American Lubric and Refining Co., have recently given a . mortgage for $75,000 to Warren Nichols, trustee, on their property at Asphaltnm, in this county. The executing of mortgages seems to be about all the activity shown in the “Jasper county oil field” at present. Through an oversight the following marriage license was omitted from the marriage license list as heretofore published: Jnne 12, Roy Odle of Whentfield, aged 21, occupation farmer, to Maggie Ellen Tilton, also of Wheatfield, age 17, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. 1

County Commissioner Fred Wsymire has recently bought 120 acres of land of B. J. Gifford in section 26, Barkley tp., paying therefor 94,616. Carey Eastburn ' of Benton county has also bought 400 acres in section 25, Barkley, at 915.384; and John N. Baker 160 in section 13, Gillam, 93,000.

D. H. Yeoman was at Logansport Monday on business connected with the ditch contract which he and A. V. Farmer have near Royal Center. Their dredge that has been working up in Wheatfield tp., is being taken down this week and shipped to their new job. Mr. Yeoman states that almost 8 the ditch is uncompleted, which they have to dig, and that they will probably have to get another dredge, in addition' to the one they now have, to do the work. The contract price of thier job is about 930,000.

Not much has been said of late regarding the dredging ot the Iroquois river as far down as the C. & E. I. Railroad river bridge south of Brook, but it' seems that the parties that have been pushing the matter are not letting it rest in the least but are busy at work. This week a corps of surveyors are busy at work running lines and depths for the proposed dredging, deepening and straighenmg of the river bed. They have made their headquarters here this week and are nearly through with their work. From what little can be gleaned it seem! that the parties backing the work are confident that the river will be dredged and say that it will be of great benefit to the land along the river. The land owners down this way, however, do not agree with them and when the time comes will undoubtedly put up a fight against the work. —Brook Reporter, luotead of trying to delay or defeat this much needed improvement it would be better for those who have any such ideas in their heads to go to work and carry the improvement on west, as the petitioners in this case have done. The supreme oourt has reversed the lower oourt in the case of Ella L. Riley, wherein John W. Winkley and Ella L. Riley of Monon were arrested several

months ago, charging them with executing a false deed. Winkley and Mrs. Riley were convicted of the oharge and are now in prison. The former did not appeal to the higher oonrts but Mrs. Riley did. whether this decision will have the effect of setting both free, without having to go through trial again, we are unadvised, but it would seem that this would be the case. Miss Kate Rogers, formerly of Rensselaer, now of Monon, the notary public before whom the deed was alleged to have been executed, has brooded over the affair 1 until she has gone insane and was taken to the asylum a few days ago. New suits filed: No. 7176. Andrew Enopinski vs. Josephine .

Knopineki; suit for divorce. . The complaint states that the parties were married Oot. 3, 1900, andkeparated Deo. 1,1901; that defendant had a vile and vioious temper, was quarrelsome, would ourse and swear, called plaintiff vile names, throw's poker at him one time and frequently chased him With a batcher knife; that believing her to be a pore and virtuous woman, which she claimed to be, plaintiff married her, yet three months and four days after said marriage a child was born to her, while they were living near Sheldon, 111., and that defendant tried to induce plaintiff to kill said child, and tried herself to kill it, plaintiff protecting it from her. This child' was given to a family in Jasper county after they moved back to this county, the complaint states It is also averred that defendant was nntrue to her marriage vows and consorted with lewd persons, against the protests of plaintiff.

No. 7177. Leona V. Taber vs. Albert P. Taber; suit for divorce. The parties to this action reside at Remington, and were married Nov. 80,1902, when the-defendent was 19 years of age and plaintiff 16, and separated—so the complaint alleges—March 5, 1907. Failure to provide, intoxioation. oruel and inhuman treatment, gambling, carousing and squandering bis money on and associating with lewd women is oharged; frequently staying away days and nights at a time from plaintiff and child—born May 9, 1906—and consorting with gamblers, drinking men and lewd women; that daring the year of 1906 out of all his earnings he Bent plaintiff but $lO to purchase - necessities for herself and child; that the night previous to the separation defendant remained away from home all night with (the name not being given) a lewd woman of an unchaste reputation and admitted to plaintiff that he had been with said woman and openly boasted that he had been unduly intimate with this woman; that because of his failure to provide she was compel! ed to subsist on the bounty of her grand-father, who is J. O. B. MeDougle, an old and respected merchant of Remington, who was compelled to pay doctor bills and buy herself and child the necessities of life. The complaint asks for the custody of the child, Oscar W. Taber.

No. 7178. Joseph Hessling vs. David D. Gleason; suit for damages because of injury to plaintiff’s left hand, loss of thumb and mangling and disabling by reason of assisting in operating a circular saw mill for defendant in March, 1906. Demand 93,000. No. 7179. Floreuce Ethel Gillam vs. William D. Royalty et al; action to quiet title. No. 7180. Indianapolis Brewing Co., vs. George Strickfaden and Samuel M. Larue, by the firm of Strickfaden & Larue; suit on account. Demand 9145.08.

SALOONS NOT A NUISANCE.

Supreme Court Having So Decided On One of The Judge Art man Decisions. The supreme eourt has reversed a decision on the question of a saloon being a nuisance in a case from Noblesville, wherein it was deoided by the lower court that it was a nuisanoe. It will be remembered that a few circuit judges and also a few boards of county Commissioners in this state have so held. Judge Artmen of Lebanon was the first to render a decision along this line, and a few other judges have since held with him. The following is an abstract of the decision: (i) The sale of intoxicating liquor at retail to be drank on the premises in a place kept for that purpose by one who bolds a license duly issued to him under the statutes of this State, does not constitute a public nusiance, per se, within Sectip* 534 of the criminal code (Acts 1903, Page 584). (2) A saloon is a public nusiance only when kept in such a manner as to violate the law, to the damage to the pubKCr«incea public nuisance yises only from unlawful acts. (3) The ■fiquor license law of 1875 (Burns 1901, Sections 7276 et seq.); as amended by the Nicholson law and later laws (Acts 1907, Page 27), is constitutional, and the question of its validity is not an open one in this State. (4) The courts can not make or change laws, but only declare them as they exist. . '

If you want fine and cool shirts for hot weather with soft collars W® have a fine assortment from 60c to SB.OO each; Don’t buy bofore seeing what we have. Duvall & Lundy.

Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, June 29, 1907.

4TH OF JULY PROGRAM RENSSELAER, 1907. 0:00—Band concert by Deßaugh's 20th Century Band of Chicago 10:00—Grand Industrial Parade, led by Deßahgb’s 20th Century Band 11:00—Speaking by Father George Heldman of St. Joseph’s College Indian school. 12:00 M Dinner. Tanks of free ice water will be provided in Milroy Park where those who desire may go to eat their dinner 1:00 The Great Leighs, Lester and Grace, in a musical act entitled "The Musical Maid and the Juggling Tramp.” I:3o— Exhibition Fire Run by Rensselaer Fire Department * -45 —Water Fight by Fire Company 2:, S—Trick and Fancy Bicycle Riding by Comical Clawson 3:oo—The DeMatoes, Handcuff Experts and the Mail Bag Mystery, a sensational European French Novelty. A standing offer of SIOO for any canvas mail-bag produced that will hold the lady longer than 50 seconds. Police officers and citizens are invited to bring handcuffs and pad-locks. 3:30 —Baseball Riverside Park, SSO purse. Monticello vs. Chalmers. 3:45 to 5:00--Street Sports 100 yard foot race— Ist prize SI.OO shirt, donated by Duvall & Lundy; 2nd watch charm, donated by Long & Hardman. 3rd SI.OO straw hat, donated by G. E. Murray & Co, Fat mans’race 200 pound* or over—lst prize, SI.OO shirt, do nated by Chicago Bargain Store; 2nd, 25 cigars, donated by John Eger; 3rd: pocket knife, donated by Warner Bros . 4tb, pocket knife, donated by Wm. Eger. Boy’s race around court bouse square, 15 years old and under—--Ist prize, SI.OO fire works,donated by E. V. Ransford; 2nd, cuff buttons, donated by lessen, the jeweler; 3rd, tie pin donated by P. W. Clarke; 4th, straw bat, donated by Porter & Kresler, too yd 3-legged race for boys 12 years old and under—tst prizepocket knife, donated by Warner Bros.; 2nd, hat, donated by Louis Wildberg; 3rd, suspenders, donated by Rowles & -7~ Parker. Tug of War, 5 men on a side—Box Little Indian cigars, do, nated by The Little Indian Cigar Co. s:oo—The Victors, Rae and Charles, in a revelation in bag punchrag and boxing, a scientific and instructive exhibition. 6:oo—'Supper. 7:oo—Band concert and trick bicycle riding by Comical Clawson 7:30 —The Leighs in an entire change of program B:oo—Opening of the Alhambra Theatre. 9:00 —The DeMatoes in an entire change of program 9:30 —The Victors in a new act.

UNION VESPER SERVICES. Beginning with next Sunday Union Vesper Service will be held at the court house square at 6:30 p. m. The order of service for next Sunday are as follows: Hymn. Invocation, Rev. J. C. Parrett. Hymn. Scripture Reading. Hymn. Address on "Christain Patriotism.” “Patriotism and the State,” Rev. H. L. Kendig. “Patriotism and the Church,” Rev. G. H. Clarke. “Patriotism and Old Glory,” Rev. J. C, Parrett, Hymn. Benediotion, Rev. G. H. Clarke.

UNION TOWNSHIP COMMENCEMENT.

The annual commencement of the Union tp., publio schools will be held at U. B. church, Aix, Ind., Saturday evening, June 29, at 8 o’clock. An interesting program will be rendered. There are 8 graduates, 14 gold star pupils arid 1 gold medal pupil, as follows: 1 GRADUATES. Helm Mender Zelah Wiaemno May me Smith * Chauncy Dexter Bessie Myers Lillie Barns Ferae Casey Estyle Myers GOLD STAB PUPILS. Bliaa Thompson Otto Casey Boy Marshall Bather Wiseman Floyd Marshall Owen Swalm Willie Priee Clara Switser Ralph Lakln Max Sohult* Patienoe Florenoe Etta Cooper Ferae MoColly Ferae Casey Gold Medal, Lille Baras 'j/

SAD NEWS FOR THE BARBER’S TRUST.

Lake County Star: Van Sherman of this place, a barber by trade, has after a long trial, made a paste that will take the place of razors in taking off bait and beards and can be operated by anybody. It is perfectly harmless. Can be eaten or put in one’s eye without any bad effect whatever, and after hieing spread on the face and allowed to dry, which takes from five to tdn minutes, the face is left cleaner of whiskers than a barber could do it. Nothing disagreeable is felt from it, and the skin is left perfectly dean and soft. Many trials have been made and it has proved in every instance all that is claimed for it. It will be cheaper than barber’s prioes and he expeots to soon pot it on the market, with the guarantee that it will do better and deaner work than it is possible for a barber to do. ‘

THE CITY COUNCIL.

At the regular meeting of the oommon council Monday evening all members were present and the following business was transacted: Marshal instructed to put in catch basin at corner of I. N. Warren’s property on South Cullen street. R. A. Parkison re-elected member of school board for term of three years. City engineer instructed to lower corner stones in street at corner of Tyler and Paris properties. Supt. of light plant directed to sell cinders at 25 oents per load. Resolution adopted for new sidewalk on Franklin street, north of railroad. Claim of Dr. M. D. Gwin of $ , for services in scarlet fever cases was referred to city attorney for opinion. y Matter of oatch basin on Susan street near Mark Hemphill’s property, and sfdewalk on College Avenue in front of Geo. Ketchum property, was referred to proper committees. In matter of purchase of a small dynamo for light same was referred to light committee and supt., for investigation. Contracts were closed with J. C. Thrawls and W. F. Osborne for putting in the College and Vine and the Cullen and Forest street sewers which were awarded them st the last previous meeting. The following claims were allowed:

Corporation fund. H*r*V Wiltshire, cleaning chimney city bull 00 W. 8. Parka, marshall 30 00 Thomas, night watch 25 00 Chaa. Morlan, c1erk...... 25 00 A. L. Branch, coal and feed 23 96 A. M. Harrison, rent hose cart bouse.. 18 00 H. L. Gamble, engineer 13 50 Thompson Bom, asaisstin eng. 2 28 ROAD FUND. Mart Murray, labor 15 25 O. 8. Baker, mowing weeds .-. 5 « Chua. Fox, burying h0g.... 53 A. L. Branch, repairs for m0wer........ 328 Cheader Zea, 1ab0r..,, 25 00 Etactile Light Fund, cinders 78 00 ■ ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlin, salary go 00 - 30 00 MeU Abbott, salary , 3000 Shlrely HlUCoal Co., coal .V....\‘."180 16 ' VeBt * rn Flectric Co., supplies.... 40 76 Standard Oil Co., oil M 79 General Electric Co..supplies 20 00 Moeea Leopold, freight j 87 Ro hauling ooal .... 353 go electric light imp. fund. Firet National Bank, principal and interest on loan 30 Bd Hopkins, salary 30 00 Gould Co., supplies........ 2 82 Bd Handle, work on main a qo ““*••• - ..Zl tSO Mueller Mfg. Co., supplies jg 44

MEAT PRICES TOO HIGH.

The present prices received by the oattle and hog growers do not justify by any manner of means the outrageous retail prices oharged for meats. With live hogs at only six cents per pound there is no justification for charging the consumer 25 cents per pound for ham or 20 to 25 cents per pound for baoon. The same may be said of beef, mutton and veal. No doubt the meat trust is largely responsible for the high prices of the “finished produot’’ and block meats in the cities, where it regulates both the price paid for the raw material and the dressed meats. There is altogether too muoh difference between what the grower receives and what the consumer has to pay.

BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.

E. V. Ransford has traded a business block that he owned at Frankton, Ind., and his brick store room and stock of goods west of the postoffice here, together with the residence property he owned on Scott street, to H. W. O’Neil of Jennings county for a 400 acre farm near Queensville, Jennings county, and a 22$ acre truck farm and an 80 acre farm, both also in Jennings county, and a4O aore farm in Clarke county. Tnere are two sets of fine improvements on the big farm and 165 acres of fine wheat now almost ready to harvest. Mr. Ransford gets one-third of this year’s' crop. C. P. Wright engineered the deal for Mr. Ransford, and both parties expect to sell or trade the property they secured in the transaction.

A SWELL BANQUET.

Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Washburn, E. L. Hollingsworth, H. R. Kurrie and Miss Edna Thompson attended the banquet of the Indiana Society of Chicago Saturday night which was held at the palatial home at Oak Park of John Farson, a well known Chicago banker who is a native Hooeier, hailing from Union City. Our former townsman W. B. Austin is a member of this society and was chairman of the invitation committee. G. K Hollingsworth and other former Rensselaer people are also members. This annual banquet surpassed all previous efforts both in the elegance of the spread and the program rendered. Plates were 92.50 each, and about one thousand people, former Indianians, were in attendance.

A LETTER FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

Berthold, No. Dak. June 24, 1907, F. E. Babcook; — I thought I would write you something about this section of North Dakota. Everybody is breaking sod nowadays and some are seeding Bpring breaking down to flax. What grain that is already sown, is growing fine. Wheat, oats, barley, flax and speltz are growing as well as could be desired. All garden truck is simply fine. We have onions, peas, beets and beans that are hard to beat Potatoes are fine, so is the corn. We have about an acre of the early sweet or sugar oorn planted. Here is something of a surprise for you. All of the gardening is growing fine and we still have some snow left from last winter. You may not believe this but nevertheless it is so. This section was all open prairie two years ago. But now you can count 30 or 40 shacks all around here that yon can see. The publio land is about all taken around here. There may be a few 40-acre plots yet and possibly a few 80’s and a 160, but they are soarce and rather rough. As this is alt th at is of any importance I will close. A Reader.'

See Murray Co’s, big ad on another page. They make some great money saving prices. fi & E Granulated sugar, 21 lbs for SI.OO, Monsoon flour at $1.25 and Gold Medal at $1.40 is less than we could buy it now. Chicago Bargain Store. Baths’ home grown strawberries are on sale at McFarland’s grocery. Call and get them fresh from the vines. Remember the big sale now on. Chicago Bargain Store. The big mid-summer clearance sale is down at Murray’s where they always do things right.

Vol. X. No 13

INTERURBAN RIGHTS

Much Divided Supreme Court Decides What They Are in -s. L Part in Cities. NOT AN ADDITIONAL SERVITUDE , ________________ Can Ran Without Penalty as Long as They Rnn Only as Street (Kb.. Cars—State News. ,j

Indianapolis, June 27. —The interurbnn railroads won in the supreme court on the main proposition that the use of the streets by their cars la no more an “additional servitude” than their use by the city street cars, as long as they are operated within the city like street cars. But the court holds that whatever special damages they inflict on adjoining property by running so fast as to shake down, houses, or by the improper operation of their cars in other respects, must be paid. Unanimous Only on One Point. All of the judges express the opinion that interurban cars cannot be excluded from the streets by abutting owners, the owners having a right, at most, to recover damages. The decision was by a majority only of the five judges, two of them contending that the mere nse of the streets by laterurban cars gives adjoining owners & right to damages as in the case of steam railroads. The fact that “freight” or express cars are run by the interurban railroads is discussed at length, but is held to make no difference in their right to use the streets. Two Justices In " Agreement.

The court reversed the judgment sustaining the demurrer of the Union Traction company to the complaint of Lottie Kinsey, asking damages for the operation of interurban cars in College avenue in Indianapolis. An opinion of forty-three typewritten pages by Judge Jordan is.concurred In by Judge Montgomery, but does not meet the approval of the other three judges. Three Other Opinions Written. Judge Hadley writes an opinion of twenty-four pages, and Judge Glllett another of eleven pages, while Judge Monks “concurs in the conclusion of Judges Hadley and Gillett that the running of interurban cars In the city streets is not an additional burden and that appellant is not entitled to recover therefor: and also in their conclusion that there are allegations in the complaint which sufficiently charge a special injury to appellant’s real estate caused by operating said road under the rule In the Mordhurst case.”

PUKE POOD LAW HITS THEM Batchers Who Use “Freeze ’Em" Are Fined—Flies Cost » Restaurant Keeper Ten Dollars. Elwood, Ind., June 27. Professor Frank Owen, of the Frankfort schools, now deputy state food inspector, came in Elwood and caused the arrest of three men on the charge of violating the pure food law, in that they were using a preparation known to butchers as “freeze ’em” in Hamburger. sausage, etc. B. F. Keller was flned'ffTo and costs on a plea of guilty. Peter I>owns was fined on two charges,and FredTJlnnder was charged witli selling impure Hamburger and assessed a nominal fine on bis plea of guilty. Joseph Burtanger, a restaurant keeper, was fined $lO for exposing his pies to the counter flies. Owens went from here to Tipton, where he inspected five butcher shops, and caught four of them using “freeze ’em.” They pleaded guilty and paid $lO each.

Given Ten Days to Pay Up. Indianapolis, June 27.—A decree 7>v agreement was entered In the federal court in the suit of the city of East Ohleasro to quiet title to certain light and water properties In East Chicago. The decree provides for the sale of the properties of the East Chicago Waterworks company, the East Chicago ami Northern Indiana Water company, the East Chicago Light and Power company ahd the Lake County Water and Light company, provided the indebtedness of these companies Is not paid within ten days. Just Simply an Honest Citizen. Wabash, Ind., June 27.—W. W. Coburn caused a sensation when he appeared before the Wabash county board of review, announced that the assessor had neglected to list his property and asked that it be assessed against him. The personal property conid Upt have been found and it wa* not to protect himself that he appeared. but merely because he thought, he ought to pay taxes on all he owned. NOTICE. The Public Library will be closed on* Sunday during the months of July and August.