Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

BAND CONCERTS AGAIN.

A band made up of old players in the former bands here has been organized and will give regular Thursday night concerts during the summer, commencing with Thursday night of this week. Subscriptions of about SIOO per month have been guaranteed to partially pay the players for their work. Come out next Thursday night and hear them.

BITTEN BY RATTLESNAKES.

Mrs. Silas Toombs of Barkley tp., a widow aged 70 years, was bitten on the band by a rattlesnake Monday shortly after noon while out hoeing melons. Before a physician could be got there the hand was badly swallen and the poison had begun to work on her system. The wound was cut open by the doctor and antidotes applied, and she is recovering at this writing. Still another case of rattlesnake bite occurred in Wheatfield tp., Monday, it is reported, Herman Clinger being the victim. He was bitten on the arm while out in the field and was hurried to Wheatfield where plenty of the official antidote dispensed at Mike Bernicken’s was given, and the patient is now as frisky as ever.

FILTHY BAKERIES IN HAMMOND.

State Food Inspector Says Various Rules of Health Board Are Be* Ing Violated. The state food and drug inspector is preparing to prosecute numerous proprietors of Hammond bakeries and other violations of the food and sanitary laws. They have failed to observe bis instructions on a former visit of inspection and now he will prosecute them. Asked by a Hammond newspaper reporter regarding the condition he found on hie first visit of inspection, Mr. Tucker is quoted as saying: “I found the laws being flagrantly violated every time I turned around. All the samples Qf milk I took up were found to be below the standard. Many of them were found to contain formaldehyde, borax and other preservatives and adulterants.^-We found formaldehyde in ice cream. This would go to show that the adulteration was made at the farm, as most of the ice cream manufacturers get their milk directly from the producer. I found that butchers were using phosphates to preserve their meat. Most of the samples of lard that we bought was not lard at all but a compound of various foreign ingredients. “There was hardly a bakery in Hammond or vicinity to which I could give a clean bill of health. Little attempt was made to comply with the laws of sanitation and some of the bake shops I inspected were positively filthy. I find now that little attempt has been made in the direction of reform along this line and the only thing left to do is to prosecute. “I picked up dozens of eggs offered for sale as ‘fresh’ which had been taken out of incubators and from under setting hens, after it was discovered that they wouldn’t hatch. “The law which provides that all food stuffs displayed on side walks shall be protected from dust, flies and other contamination, seems to have been regarded as a joke, not only by the dealers but by the consumers. “Another rule of the state board of health based upon the state law. that seems to be ignored by farmers, express companies and meat dealers, and that is the one regulating the shipment of carcasses, whole or in part. The law provides that those carcasses or portions thereof shall be encased in ' clean white cloths before shipment. I haven’t saw a carcass of veal shipped into Hammond treated in this way. Any day you pass the express offices or railway stations you will find dead calves piled on the side walk or on trucks. They have been killed at the farm disemboweled, the head and feet chopped off and sent to market in stuffy express oars and allowed to rot in the sun before they reach 1 the consumer. Go by some day and shake one of them and see how many blue flies make thier escape, see if you can count them.”

Too can buy a mice light summer suit at Rowles & Parker’s now for 17.95, $9.95 and $11.95. These suits sell regularly from 110 to sls.

MARY CHANGES.

Work of County Board of Equalization. . BANK ASSESSMENTS.OF COUNTY, And Complete Report of Proceedings of Board at Its Annual Meeting Which Ended Saturday.

The Board of Review closed its work Saturday and adjourned sine die. Following is a report of the changes made in assessments as appears of record: The county auditor, in view of the fact that the tax officers of some neighboring counties have intimated that they would go before the State tax board and try to have Jasper’s real estate assessment raised, was ordered to go before the State board and insist that no increase be made. The county board investigated the assessments in bordering counties and believe they have equalized land here on an equitable basis with such counties, and that the State board ought not change the figures. Realestate assessment changes: Walker, raised 20 per cent; Hanging Grove, reduced 15 per cent; Barkley, raised 12| per cent; Jordan, all west of center line of Sec. 19, 30 and 31 raised 50 per cent; rest of township unchanged; Milroy, reduced 10 per cent; Kankakee and Keener, divided into seven classes each (plat filed with Board’s report) and assessments fixed at $5, $7 50. $lO, $12.50, sls, 117.50 and S2O, respectively, per acre (except sections 1. 2.3,9. 10, 11, 13. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and ne| 21, all in Keener. which are unchanged); Wheatfield, also divided into seven classes and assessment fixed at $5.65, $8.45, $11.25, $1405, $16.90, $19.70 and $22.50 per acre, respectively; Union, placed in nine classes and assessment fixed at $6, $9, sl2, sls, $lB, s2l, $24, $27 and S3O per acre, respectively (except the three tiers of sections on the north which are unchanged.) Live stock changes: Cattle in Rensselaer and Barkley; raised 20 per cent; in Keener and Kankakee.reduoed 25 per cent; in Wheatfield reduced 10 per cent; in Carpenter raised 10 per cent. Horses in Wheatfield town and township reduced 20 per cent and raised 20 per cent in Keener. The assessments of the various banks of the county were fixed as follows: First National, Rensselaer.s3s,B2o State 41 25,860 Sav. & Trust Co. “ 18,430 Re'mingtbn National.' 17,500 Wheatfield Bank 9,560 Bank of Remington 8,820 Individual assessments changed as follows: Geo. A. Williams, Rensselaer, imp. SBOO to $500; Thos. O’Meara, same, 1330 to $150; Romine 1., and Juno I. Kannal, same, SI,OOO to $500; Eva Morgan, same, S6OO to $500; J. M. Bell, same, $1,200 to $900; Harry Murray, same, S6OO to $500; . Dickinson Trust Co., same (K. of P. building and lot) $9,000 to $6,500; Robert Minks, same, (Nowels hotel block) $7,500 to $5,000; L. Hildebrand, same, (brick livery barn) $3,300 to $1,850; Sam Fendig, same, (merchandise) $2,000 to $2,500; Porter & Kresler, same, (merchandise) $2,900 to $2,400; G. Garrison & Co., Remington, (merchandise) $3,500 to $2,500; C. H. Peck & Co., same, $4,500 to $5,000; Myers & Myers, Wheatfield, (merchandise) $6,000 to $5,000; Anna Barger, Jordan tp. (imp.) SBOO to $600; J. F. Bruner, lot 3 block 2, Rensselaer, $l5O to $75; Clarence Babb, Carpenter tp., (land) $1,540 to $1,340; Chris. Rousch, same, (land, ne 4-27-6) S2O per acre to $lO per acre. Complaints of J. E. Brady, B. Forsythe, A. J. Abbott and E. W. Culp were dismissed. It was found there were 8,236

Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, July u, 1907.

head of horses and mules in the county and 17,790 head of cattle, as follows: * Horae*. Cattle. Hanging Grove.... 450 857 Gillam 570 1099 Walker 458 1192 Barkley 890 2507 Marion 919 2393 Milroy... 262 558 Rensselaer 328 166 Jordan 800 1333 Carpenter..... . .. 963 1300 Remington 155 75 Newton 771 1737 Kankakee 286 661 Wheatfield 355 577 Wheatfield (town).. 85 137 Keener 382 1487 Union 562 1706

SPRING THIS ON HIM.

Girls have been advised that if their best fellow overstays his time when he comes to see them, spring this on him and if he does not ‘‘take a tumble” be is too stupid to ever call again, says an exchange. Here it is: Take any number between nine and one, multiply by nine, cross out left hand figure, add thirteen, add the number you started with and watch the young man's countenance.

SCHANLAUB DECLARED ELECTED

The meeting of the township trustees of Newton county Wednesday, called by the Auditor, was not attended by any of the five republican trustees. The five democrats were there add it was decided on legal advice that W. O. Schanlaub, the democratic candidate for county superintendent, bad been duly elected at the June meeting by reason of the illegibility of the old superintendent, Mr. Kellenberger, who had declared he was not a candidate, and had sold his property and was preparing to move away. After this decision was reached Mr. Schanlaub gave bond arrd made a demand on Kellenberger, who is still holding the office, for the keys to same, which was refused, and the matter will be settled in the courts, it is said.

BUT THE MUSIC WAS “PUNK.”

It is the consensus of opinion that the music here the 4th was “bum.” The band would no doubt have been able to play loud enough to have beeh beard if they were in an opera house and all was quiet, but for the 4th of July celebration they were simply n. g. One thing, there were not enough pieces in the band to make much noise, and the only strong feature to it was the price, about $160.00. This experience with a city band will be remembered, however, and is not not likely to be repeated, The Democrat wants to apologize to its readers for any words of praise it may have said about this band previous to the celebration. It is said that the going away of some of the members of the college band prevented the attendance of the College Band, which is to be regretted, as it is a good band and would have helped wonderfully in giving, us an abundance of music.

WHAT IT MEANS.

Frequently you pick up one of the local papers, and after glancing at the head lines, wearily thrust it aside, remarking, “Nothing in the paper today.” Did you ever stop to think what that phrase —“nothing in the paper today”—means, asks the Carthage Democrat. It means that in the webk jest passed that no misfortune has befallen one in our city, that no fire has wiped out a neighbor’s worldly goods, that the grim angel of death has crost no threshold of a friend, that no man driven by liquor, hatred or fear has taken the life of a fellow human, that no poor devil, .haunted by the past or the misdeed of some other has orost the divide by his own hand, that many things that ought not to happen have not happened. 80 the next time you pick up a paper that doesn’t announce a tragedy give a little thanks instead of grumbling because there is no news.

Fpr Sale:—Lots of good celery plants. Charles Ramp, ’Phone 14. Rensselaer, Ind. Light weight summer suits at from 10 to 25 per cent discount at Rowles & Parker’s Big Double Store. The Sharpies cream separator runs < the easiest, skims closest, lasts longest, less pieces to wash than any other and our guarantee at the back of it. B. Forsythe.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7182. Petition of Jessie M. Grant to change her name to her maiden name of Jessie G. Makeever. —o — Trustee Sage of Jordan tp., is preparing to build another new school house this season, in the Bullis district which will make all the eight school houses of that township practically new. Notice for bids and notice of sale of the old building will be found in another column of The Democrat. —o— County treasurer-elect J. D. Allman has bought U. M. Baughman’s handsome residence on North Cullen street and will move his family here about the first of August. The consideration was $3,000. Mr. Allman has sold his Remington property to John R. Wilson, a prominent farmer of near that place, for $2,300. The boilers at the heating plant are being cleaned and the old flues taken out and will be replaced with new flues. A coating from | to J inch thick covered flues and boiler, caused from the city water used, which is said to eat out boilers very fast. The expense of putting in the new flues will probably be S3OO or S4OO, but it is thought a great saving in fuel will be effected. ' Marriage licenses issued: July 8, John Smith of Rensselaer, aged 23, occupation railroader, to Verdia Sharp, also of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Knot tied by Squire Irwin at the clerk’s office. July 9, Charles Westerhouse of Jasper county, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Birdie Gertrude Gwin also of Jasper county, aged 25, occpuation housekeeper First marriage for each.

THE CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening and the following business was transacted: City treasurer instructed to purchase a bond register for use in treasurer’s office. Matter of connecting the sewer on North Main street to Makemself sewer referred to the sewer committee to have connection made. City marshal instructed to deposit dirt from streets inside of property line of Milroy Park and to cut brush on north side of Washington street, near river bridge. Contract for the improvement of Division and Main street approved. Superintendent water plant instructed to instal a water tank near Gwin’s lumber yard. City marshal instructed to notify George Ketchum to put in cement walk in front of his property on College street. The ; following claims were allowed : * CORPORATION FUND. H, L. Gamble, city engineer 11 20 W. S. Parks, marshal 30 00 E.M. Thomas, nightwatch............... 25 00 M. D. Gwin, salary sec board of health.. 25 00 John Barce, insurance..... 19 50 BOAD FUND. Cheater Zea, labor 25 00 Mort Murray, work on street 20 75 O.S-Raker, 5ame............ ... ... „.... 9-00-Chaa. Baker, 5ame..,.......' 76 John Hordeman, work on sewer 1 00 Chas Platt, same.... .................. 1 OO Al Fletcher, m0wing............ 16 25 Allie Fletcher, work on street 1 50 Arthur Fletcher, 5ame.................. 275 Ray Park5,5ame.......... 3 00 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkins, salary 3000 Gould Co. water supplies 4 82 H Mueler Mfg, Co same 6 28 Moses Leopold, int water bonds 288 72 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND * C. 8. Chamberlin, salary 50 00 Dave Haste, same 30 00 Mell Abbott same 30 00 Globe OU Co., pecking 6 38 Illinois Electric Co., supplies 82 22 Western Electric Co.,same . 7 80 Coen A Brady, bale hay 35 Moece Leopold, freight.. ........... 50 75

We pay the express and Elgin top price for cream, loan you cans and give you as hood or better test than elsewhere. Chicago Bargain Store. An armful of old papers for a niokel.

HORSE THIEVES AT KENTLAND.

A horse and buggy belonging to Ed Arnold was stolen from a hitch rack in Kentland Sunday night. No trace of the thief has been found. It is said that over a hundred horses have been stolen in northwestern Indiana in the past three months, and it is believed an organized band of horsetheives are at work throughout this section. Two horses, we believe, have been stolen from Goodland recently. No trace of any of the stolen horses has ever been found.

ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN.

A very heavy rain fell again Wednesday night, raising the river pretty well toward the top of its banks. Thursday afternoon it became cooler and yesterday was bright and pleasant, and it is evident the rain is-over. Farmers say that the heavy rains the past week have greatly benefited oats and pasture, but has not been so good for corn as much of it needs working badly, especially on the lower grounds in the north part of the county, and the rains have kept them from the fields.

DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING.

Lightning struck the barn of T. F. Dunlap near Surrey, Monday, doing slight damage. The barn of Mrs. Laura Michaels’just south of town, was also struck, and the barn on Mrs. E. J. Morris’ farm in Jordan tp. Probably $lO will cover the damage in any of the cases, as none were set on fire. The barn on the S. H. Howe farm, on the north side of the road on the White county line in Hanging Grove tp., was struck by Ightning Monday afernoon but not badly damaged, the building not igniting. A little girl that was in the barn at the time and a horse were knocked down by the shock, but a boy standing in a doorway near the horse was not affected at all.

AN OLE TIME SOSHUL.

The Sunday school of the Baptist church will give an Ole tyme Soshul at the Parr church FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26. “Come in rags, come in your tags,” but not in velvet gown, or you will be fined the usual sum. Read the program and all kum. BEWLS AND REGERLASHUN First, Every womin what comes must ware a poverty dres and apern, er something ekelly erpropriate, and leave her poodle dorg to hum. Second, know gent with biled shirt and dood koller will be aloud to kum onless he pays a fine of five sents. Fines Fer Wimmen. No apron ................2 sents Kid glove 2 sents Hats with flours er fethers .....2 sents Earring plane 1 sent Earring dimon 2 sents Trimmed apern 2 sents Velvet gound 10 sents Frnger wring 3 sents Glasses 2 sents Silk dres.. 5 sents Wul dress 3 sents Ornamental hairpins 1 sent Waring new dres 5 sents Fines Fer Men. Blacked butes 1 sent Watches not Waterbury.......... 1 sent Chawing gum 1 sent Stovepipe hat 1 sent Stand up koller 5 sents Patent lether shoes, pinted t0e5....2 sents Fumery .1 sent Buttoehole bokay 5 sents Glasses 2 sents Creased trousers 2 sents Silk ty 2 sents Makin luv er flirtm 2 sents Rusets shoes .1 sent VITTLES. ‘ Koffy and Switchess, • . Ice cream and Kake • Kum at Kandle Ligbtin and stay Til Bedtime. No Obstreprous or Bad Boys Premitted.

A FOUNTAIN PARK COTTAGE FOR SALE. My new cottage at Fountain Park is for sale if taken at once. For particulars call on or address, B. F. Spencer, Remington, Ind. CAR LOAD OF HORSES FOR SALE. A carload of Colorado horses, consisting of yearlings, two-year-olds, three-year-olds, Percheron stock, and a few brood mares, are on sale by O. A. Powers at Knapp’s livery barn in Rensselaer. These horses will be sold at reasonable prices for cash or a bankable note, ♦ ■ ■ 11. .... .. You can save $ $ by leaving your cream here. Chicago Bargain Store.

Vol. X. No. 15

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE 4TH.

Who Contributed the Funds for the Celebration, and What It Was Spent For. Following are the names of those who subscribed to the 4th of July fund, and the amount of each contribution, as well as funds received from stands, etc. Every dollar was collected that was subscribed except one, which will be paid as soon as a member of the finance committee can see the subscriber. The expenditures are also given: Receipts. B F Fendig JlO 00 W J Wright ... 200 A F Long 10 00 Bruce White... 200 B Forsythe 10 00 L M Imes 2 00 G K Murray Co.. 10 00 Dr Brown 2 00 Little Ind. Cig. Ce 10 CO JH 8 E11i5...... 2 00 G W Goff ..10 00 Vance Collins.. 2 00 Mrs Rosenbaum. 10 00 J C Gwin >2 00 Lit. Gem Bakery 10 00 Frank King..., 200 J J Eiglesbach... 10 00 C A Roberts.... 200 Roth Bros 10 00 Grant ARowen 2 00 Allie Vick 600 DM Worland . 200 Foltz A Spitler... 500 Irwin A Irwin. 200 Jasper Co Dem.. 500 W SParks.... 200 Rensselaer Jn’al 5 00 J W Tilton 2 00 Rensselaer Rep.. 500 MB Price...... 200 Rowles A Parker 5 00 John O'Connor. 1 50 J W Williams.... 5 00 Dr English 1 00 J F 8runer....... 500 Dr Kresler 100 ED Rhoades 500 Dr Washburn.. 100 First Nat Bank.. 500 Dr Merrill 100 Jasper S A T Co. 500 Dr Miller 180 State 8ank....... 500 Freeman Wood 100 John Eger 5 00 Chas Dean 1 00 Porter A Kresler 500 DH Yeoman... 100 W H Eger 500 J H Perkins.... 100. T W Haus 500 E M Parcels.... 1 00 Warner Bros 500 R P Benjamin 100 N Schmitter 500 Flynn A Collins 1 00 Vernon Nowels.. 500 A L Branch.... 1 00 J A Larsh 5 00 Frank Haskell 1 CO Duvall A Lundy 500 LH Hamilton.. 100 Scott Bros 5 00 W H Timmons.. 100 Rens Lumber Co 500 S P Thompson. 1 00 Babcock A Hop's 500 CC Warner.... 100 Coen A Brady.... 500 John Q Lewis.. 100 Fred Phillips ... 500 PTHordeman. 1 00 Fendig A Jessen. SCO L 5tr0ng....... 100 Sam Fendig 500 Donnelly Bros.. 100 Duvall Bros 500 GeoF Meyers.. 100 Leek A Son 500 J N Leatherm’n 100 M H Hemphill.... 500 E Hickman 100 Chas E Hemphill 500 JC Carmichael lOb J M Knapp 500 J H Thornton.. 100 Joe Jackson 500 N W Reeve.... 100 PW Clarke 300 W Robinson... 100 E S Rhoads 300 Hiram Day.... 100 L Wildberg...... 300 J H Chapman . 100 J A McFarland... 300 N Littlefield.... 100 A H Hopkins 300 John Barce. ... 100 B K Zimmerman. 3 00 J Montgomery.. 1 OO W H Mackey 300 Wm Barkley... 100 Hempbill 8r05... 200 Mattie A Sharp 100 F B Ham 200 Mary Myers ... 100 J A Grant '2 00 E P Honan 1 00 F E Warne....... 200 B SFendig , 100 Dr Turfler '2 00 Mose Leopold.. 100 Pr Gwin 2 00 G D McCarthy.. 100 GTV Rhoads 2 00 Matt Worden.. 100 Dr Meyers 2 00 John Healy 75 Wood A Kresler.. 200 Edmon Hollan. 50 Baughman AW. 200 Total subscriptions, 390 75 Received from stand privileges.. 127 00 Bal. left over from last year 32 50 Grand total of receipts $550 25 EXPENDITURES. Printing, and adv. in outside papers...( 29 99 Orlan Grant, exp. fire show 35 J. J. Montgomery same g 79 Same, ladder, rope and belt 42 00 B. Forsythe, exp fire show 3 99 E. V. Ransford. same gQ Rowles A Parker, same 413 Joe Larsh, same.., j qq Wilbur Hoshaw, same j qq Warner Bros., same . j E. D. Rhoades, same 39 Firman Rutherford, lumber, same.... 10 00 Sam Fendig, bunting, same... 1 qq B. E. Fendig, fireworks, ttags, etc., for sanic.,., .........® ...... 11 90 Debaugh Band 110 00 Carfare 5ame...... 30 00 J. F. Bruner, board sums 12 50 H. F. Parker, telegraph telephone. 150 John Albertson, carrying chairs...... 25 B. F. Fendig rent ball park and balls.. 750 Chas. Elder, work on band stand 2 00 DeMateos, street act 60 00 Leighs, same ..... < w co Victors, same 50 OO Clawson, trick bicycle rider 10 00 Ballgame . M Compared with last year’s celebration the total receipts are about SBO more than last year, while the expenditures are about the same amount greater than last year. The Pompeian ladder used in the fire show and the lumber, etc., used on the band stand have been donated to the city, which will receive the benefit thereof. There are a few bills still outstanding, but there will probably be enough funds to settle all legitimate claims.

Wanted:—Good farm hand, job by the year; married man preferred. Enquire at The Democrat office for name of party. J. O. Porter willl write your tornado, cyclone, wind-storm, tire and lightning insurance on both live stoct and buildings. Now is the time to insure in an old and reliable company. 22. Try a Sharpies cream separator before yoq buy. Phone 36 and we will give you a free demonstration. Chicago Bargain Store. Now is the time to buy your summer suit, special discount at Rowles & Parker’s big clothing and shoe store. The Democrat for job printing.