Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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BRYAN DAY SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE FOR FOUNTAIN PARK.

Arrangements have been made by the Fountain Park mangement (or a special train on the Panhandle road for Bryan Day, August 14, by which people along the Monon road north of Reynolds can take the train passing Rensselaer at 10:55 a. m., connecting at Reynolds with the Panhandle special arriving at Remington at about noon. Returning special train will leave Remington after the erercises so as to connect at Reynolds with the LafayetttyMichigan City train, connecting at Monon with the train that arrives in Rensselaer at 6:35 p. m. This will afford an excellent opportunity to hear Mr. Bryan at a reasonable expense for transportation.

RENSSELAER TEACHERS 1907*8.

The oity schools will open Mon* day, Sept. 2. Following is the oorps of teachers engaged: I. N. Warren, Supt. J. H. Gray, Prin. Edith Shedd, English. Edith Marshall, English and History. Rey C. Woodworth, Physios and Chemistry. Ernest Tillman, Biology. Charles Sandifer, Mathematics. Milocent Work, Latin. - Bertha Newton, Latin and German. Qneen Perry, Mnsio and Drawing. Leah Knox, Seventh Grade. Clara Parker, Sixth Grade. Ethel Sharp, Fifth Grade. Tillie Malchow, Fourth Grade. Minnie Hemphill, Third Grade. Lora Bruce, Second Grade. Aetna Lebo, First Grade. Minnie Tinkham, First Grade. Clothing values the greatest event of the season, Big sale Aog. 10 to 24. Chicago Bargain Store. A three burner gasoline stove, In good order, for sale. Jambs W. Brown.

JASPER COUNTY LAND VALUATION RAISED FIVE PER CENT.

The state tax board raised the real estate valuations in this county five per cent. Benton county was raised 7 per cent, Lake 10 per cent, and White 3 per cent. Newton was reduced 3 per cent and Pulaski 5 per cent. The average valuation of lands and improvements in Jasper and adjoining oounties per acre now is: Jasper.... 119.33 Benton 54.97 Lake 30.85 Newton 29.33 Pulaski 14.82 Starke 13-25 White 26.54 Eentland is the only town in this immediate vicinty whose valuation was changed by the state board, and it and Hammond waß increased 10 per cent. Outside of the Marion county assessment of 169.18 an acre, the assessment of the Benton county land is the highest, $54 97, the only other one that averaged higher than SSO an acre. Crawford county was the lowest, $4.98; Perry was next, $6.02; Brown next, $6.06, and Orange next, $9,08. All the others were over $lO an acre.

FOWLER’S OIL WELL.

The oil well is resting. At a depth of eight hundred feet a second flow of water was found. The work was then to ream out this hole so that the oasing could be driven down so as to shut off the water. This labor had almost been completed . when the tools stuck. Since that time the force has been fishing. A fishing rod is expected today from Muncie that will enable the freeing the well of tools. When this is done, there is about two weeks’ work ahead and then?—Fowler Leader.

PAY THE MILLER.

All accounts due the firm of Flynn & Collins not paid by the 15th of August will be placed in hands for collection/ We need onr money.

Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, August io, 1907.

POOR YIELD OF OATS.

Charles Sohleman, on the Char* lie Malcbow farm west of town, commenced to thresh oats Tuesday and three loads were hauled to the elevator. They were green, wet and in no condition to thresh, and the elevator would not reoeive any more of them, so the machine was stopped. Mr. Schlemau says he had a good growth of straw, in fact straw enough for 50 bushels to the acre, and they looked good when cut. However, only yielded about 20 bushels to acre. A few others commenced threshing Thursday and so far as learned the yield is about 23 to 28 bushels per acre, and th.e quality is poor, only testing from 20« to 24 pounds to the bushel. ' Alex Hurley of north of town, had a yield of about 23 bushels. Wm. Murray, on the Rensselaer Stock Farm, just east of town, on good ground, had a yield of 27 bushels. No others have got far enough along to give any figures.

BOUK-BATES.

Mr. Albert L. Bouk of near Norwich, No. Dak., and Miss Lessie D. Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates, were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents in this city Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, Rev. 6. H. Clarke of the Christian church officiating. The wedding was a quiet one, only the immediate members of the family being present. After the ceremony the newly wedded couple took the 9:55 a. m., train for the groom’s home in North Dakota, where he has jnst built a good new farm residence for the reception of his bride. Mr. Bouk is a formor school teacher of Jasper county and whs also trustee of Walker tp., for the past three years. He is a young man of exceptionally good habits and is highly respected. The bride was born in Remington but has lived most of her life in Rensselaer and has taught for some years in the city schools here. She is a highly respected young lady and The Democrat joins the host of friends of each in wishing them bon voyage.

MRS. ALFRED McCOY DEAD.

Expires Suddenly From Heart Failure At Home of Her Daughter Near Queen City, Mo. Addison Parkison received a telegram about 2:15 p. m., Thursday from Queen City, Mo., stating that Mrs. Alfred McCoy had died suddenly from heart failure and would be buried there this (Saturday) afternoon. Mrs. McCoy was a sister of Mr. Parkison’s, and with her husband, Alfred McCoy, the ex-banker of Rensselaer, had been living with her daughter. Mrs. W. A. Rinehart, near Queen City, for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Parkison left yesterday to attend the funeral. Deceased was some 75 years of age and had resided in Rensselaer practioally all her life up to a few months ago. She was held in high esteem here and it is generally understood was in favor of turning over to the creditors all her interest in the real estate owned by the McCoys when their bank went to the wall, and was only prevented from so doing by her husband. No doubt the worry jover the bank failure, the prosecution and conviction of her only son, T. J. McCoy, now serving sentenoe in the Michigan City penitentiary, shortened her days and hastened her gray hairs in sorrow to the grave, to be laid away among praotically strange people in a strange land. Truly, the way of the transgressor is hard.

A JOKE ON THE BOYS.

Monon News: Two young ladies of Monon, who do not want their names mentioned entertained Messrs. Rex Warner and Jno. Ellis of Rensselaer.

160 table oil cloth lie per yard, Aug. 10 to 24. Chicago Bargain Store.

PRINTER WANTED,

The Demoorat has an opening for a good, steady printer. To one who is honest, capable and has no bad habits, a life position can be given at a good salary. A middle-aged married man preferred. In writing state experience and wages wanted.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Winamao, the county seat of Pulaski county, has olimbed on the water wagon, winning out by • majority of 86. The last of the Present licenses will expire June I, 1908. The anti-saloon forces there state that they will not rest until every saloon in the county is closed. —o — Wortley & Fenwick of Jordan tp., were awarded the contract last week for the new Bchool building in said township at No. 6, for $865, complete except furniture. The old school building at No. 6 was sold to Mr. Beckman of Jordan for $66.25. The new building is to be completed by Sept. 15. The contract for a well at No. 5 was let to Charles Bentley of Brook for SIOO. —o — An effort was made this week to defeat the saloon remonstrance filed from Monon some time ago, and the 327 remonstrators were summoned before the board of commissioners of White county Monday. The grounds for the attempt to knock the remonstrance out was that the paper was signed with type-writer, but the courts have declared such signatures legal, it was alleged, and the remonstrance was held good. —o — New suits filed: No. 7186, James H Chapman vs. William Nowels; complaint on note and foreclosure of chattel mortgage. Demand S2OO, No. 7187. George W. Jones vs. James N. Leatherman, auditor, and Samuel R. Nichols, treasurer of Jasper county; complaint to cancel certificate of tax sale. No. 7188. William B. Austin ▼s. William J. Ballinger and Mattie M. Ballinger, his wife; suit on note and foreclosure of mortgage. Demand S4OO. No. 7189. Ray McCord and Hanna McCord, vs. Samuel M. LaRue et al; suit for damages on a real estate deal. Demand S2OO.

Mrs. Luella Collins of Kankakee tp., was declared insane last Friday and application made for sending her to Longoliff. The unfortunate woman’s insanity takes the form of melancholia, is restless, sleeps but little and has a tendency to suicide. She sits about gazing into distance and cryihg a great deal of the time. The first signs of insanity appeared last April when taken to Chicago to undergo an operation for female trouble in a hospital in thut city. She is 25 years of age and was married to Jesse Collins about two years ago. There are no children. The Remington-Carpenter tp., stone road contractors assert that they will recommence work on their contract there next week some time. Mr. Thompson went before the county commissioners Monday and held a confab with the board. He wanted to know, he said, if the board would stand by its record made last month regarding size of rock to be used, it having been reported, he said, that Supt. Besse had stated that he would accept nothing smaller than it inch rock for the top dressing. The board informed him that the record was made to be stood by, and it is expected that there will be no further clash unless too large a percentage of dust is used to satisfy the superintendent. —o — A Remington gentleman who is interested in our roads being kept in good repair requests us to call attention to the fact that the newly improved part of the Range Line road is filled with deep ruts that fill with water every time a rain comes and remains there until it evaporates, softening the entire road bed. He thinks the road should be repaired at once by filling these ruts with top dressing crushed stone, rather than by scraping the rock up from the sides. Unless the repairs are made at once, he says the heavy hauling of oats during the latter part of the month and in September will cut the road up in very bad shape. Road repair is like most anything else, “a stitch in tims (load of rook) saves nine.”

Marriage licenses issued: Aug. 6, Albert Louis Bouk of Norwich, North Dakota, aged 37, occupation farmer, to Lessie David Bates of Rensselaer, aged 31, occupation school teacher. First marriage for eaoh. August 6, Alfred E. McCoy of Walker tp., aged 49, occupation farmer, to Maggie M. Stockwell, also of W alker, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for each, wife, of male having died in 1899, and husband of female in 1903. August 7, John Bush of Rensselaer aged 43, occupation laborer, to Anna Hinton, also of Rensselaer, aged 37, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female, she having been divorced from first husband in February 1907. —o— Follo wing is a report of the proceedings of the county commissioners at their regular August term:

Thos. Davis, et al ditoh; board find against remonstrators, to whom costs are taxed. Preliminary report referred to drainage commissioners to proceed with the work and file final report on or before August 20. Final report made in E. P. Honan ditch and same is ordered established with E. P. Honan as superintendent. Fletcher Monnett et al ditch; assessments confirmed and ditch ordered established with Carey L. Carr as superintendent, to give bond of SI,OOO. Foltz & Spitler allowed attorney fee of S7O. ..... „ Wm. J. Reed, et al ditch; no objections filed and same is referred to drainage commissioners for final report Sept. term. James L. Babcock ditch; assessments approved and ditch ordered established with John E. Alter as supt., he to give bond of S6OO. Foltz & Spitler allowed attorney fee of $75. JohnJ. Borntrager ditch; petition referred to drainage commissioners M. B. Price, D. W. Waymire and John W. Nowels, to meet Aug. 22. Frank Fenzil ditch; referred to same parties as above, to meet same date.

James M. Hallagan ditch; referred to drainage commissioners Prioe. Waymire and R. B. Harris, to meet August 19. Frank W. Fisher, et al, petition for open ditoh; Granville Moody, O. A. Moore and John R, Lewis appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 19. George Wesner, et al, petition for highway in Walker tp.; J. H. Tilton, John Biggs and Andrew Misch appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 17. Requisition for supplies for poor farm for quarter ending Nov. 30 approved and notice ordered given for letting contract. “In matter of appropriation of money to ajd in the construction of the Lafayetee and Chicago Railway. Petitioners present petition and cause submitted. Board after being duly advised find that petition is signed by more than 25 freeholders and voters of Marion tp., and same is found sufficient. It is ordered that the polls of Marion tp., be open and the question submitted to the voters of said tp., on the 10th day of Sept. 1907, and the auditor is directed to give notice as provided by law. Improvement found of public utility and same is ordered spread of record. Inspectors appointed as follows: Ist Precinct, Emerald Aldrich; 2d Precinct, Charles Dean; 3d Precinct, Chas. Morlan. J. H. S. Ellis and E. P. Honan appointed as election commissioners.” Above is the complete record made in the proposal to vote a subsidy for the above railroad.

Get your threshing coal at Branch's. Gasoline stoves oleaned and lawn mowers sharpened. James W. Brown. INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE NOTICE. All patrons who do not pay their telephone bills by the last day of eaoh month will be charged a penalty of ten per cent. Payable at the Rensselaer State Bank or at my offioe at the Makeever House, J. F. Bruner, v Manager. Subscribe for the Demoorat.

VOL. X. No. 19

NOW WANT A SUBSIDY.

Election Called to Vote $40,000 In Marion Tp., for Electric Road. ' The proposed Lafayette-Chioago electric road matter has taken a new turn this week, when petitions were circulated and later filed with the coonty commissioners asking that a l£ per cent tax be voted in Marion tp., and Rensselaer in aid of said road. This will yield aome $38,000 to $40,000 and the election is ordered to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The proposed* issue of stock would not sell, it is said, as few people here wanted it, so the present tack was taken, and it is likely that all other townships through which the road may pass, if constructed, will be asked to also vote a subsidy, which in the aggregate would reach several hundred thousand dollars.

WATCH FOR IT.

On Friday, August 23 a series of great white buildings will be erected at Riverside Park in Rensselaer. These structures will contain a world of exhibitions, hundreds of novelties, a la World’s Fair. There will be seating capacity for many thousands of people, bands playing, great crowds, parades, horses gaily decorated with costly and unique trappings, riders, acrobats, chariots and charioteers, flags flying, great pomp and dash of color, superb blending of gold and silver costuming, etc. Before going farther, however, it should be understood that these great white buildings are the immense white tents of the Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows Combined, and world famed Trained WUd Beasts Exhibitions, that comes with a menu of brand-new attractions circus and menagerie wonders.

"BRYAN DAY” AT FOUNTAIN PARK.

While Mr. Bryan’s lecture at Fountain Park next Wednesday is not along political lines, a large number of his political supporters in this county—which means every democrat in the county—will turn out to hear him, as well as hundreds of republicans who admire him for his high moral standing and sincere honesty of purpose. It is not often that the people of this community are able to meet so distinguished an American citizen as Mr. Bryan, and no doubt the assembly grounds will be packed to see and hear him. We understand that Mr. James K. Risk of Lafayette, member of the democratic state committee, and Thomas J. Barnes, president of the Jackson Club of Lafayette, have an appointment to meet Mr. Bryan at Fountain Park on the above date to confer with him about coming to Lafayette at a later date to address the Jackson Club, and that all the democratic editors of this district have been invited by Supt. Parker to be present and act on the reception Committee.

KENTLAND HORSETHIEF IS HERE.

Brought Over Tuesday Morning and Confined In Jasper County Jail. The reward of $l5O offered by Newton county people for the arrest of the horsethief who has been stealing so many horses at Goodland and Kentland of late, prompted the Illinois officers to turn the thief, Frank Didie, who was arrested at Paris, 111., last week with five stolen horses in his possession, over to the Newton county sheriff. _v Newton county having no jail) Sheriff Stoner brought Didle over here Tuesday morning and he is now in Jasper county’s jail where he will remain until the October term of the Newton circuit court, when he will likely get the full penalty for his crime, which is imprisonment for from one to 14 years and a fine not exceeding double the amount of the value of the stolen property, etc. Sheriff Stoner while here took Fred Ellis, the Brook insane man, to the asylum Tuesday, deputy sheriff Joe O'Connor accompanying the sheriff to Longcliff.

20 lbs H & E granulated sugar for SI.OO. A guaranteed first class flour $1.20 a sack at the big sale Aug. 10 to 24. Chicago Bargain Store. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. August 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Crowell, in town, a daughter.