Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of laterest to City sad Country Renders.

Corn, 50c; oats Sso. ■ Miss Mildred Spitler is visiting n Cbioago this week.

One. of C. W. Davall’e oil wagon oreee died Saturday. I A. Harmon of Pontiao, 111., via* 4liaUed bis sons here this week. t Miss Ida Milliken of Boston, sMass., is the gnest of Mrs. F. A. Roes.

Norman Lally of Michigan City, formerly of Remington, visited here Sunday.

Miss lima Robinson of Indianapolis is visiting relatives and friends here. ,

Sklr. and Mrs. Leo Tuteur of Indianapolis, are visiting relatives here this week.

Mrs. Charles Morlan and daughter Doris visited relatives in Bedford this week.

Mrs.. Frank Cooper of Indianapolis is visiting relatives in this vicinity for a few weeks.

Mrs. Frank Barton of Rodfork, I. T., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Garland. Misses Clara Parker and Tillie Malchow are spending the week at Buffalo and Niagara Falls. A R. M. Moore of Trafalgar is visiting his sister, Mrs. Joseph Yeoman, here and relatives at Mt. Ayr.

E. W. Kolb of Omaha, Neb,, is is here visitiug his mother who ib in poor health from kidoey trouble.

The White County Old Settlers annual meeting will be held at Monticello next Saturday, Aogust 31. /

Walter lines, one of the Chicago telegraphers out on a strike, is here visiting his father,* W. J. lines.

Harry Lesh of Edmon, Mich., is visiting the family of Elias Arnold and other friends m Barkley tp. V--Mrs. C. A. Roberts was confined to the house a few days this week with erysipelas of the face and neck.

A few Rensselaer sports went to Crown Pointt Wednesday to see Duvall Bros, and Judge Hanley’s horses race.

Mrs. Elizur Sage of Newton tp., broke her left arm above the elbow Wednesday afternoon, the result of a fall.

Mrs. Sarah Ketchum, who has been visiting in White Pigeon, Mich., for several weeks, returned home Saturday.

I- New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Gifford, 1; Rosblawn, 1; Rensselaer, 1; Tefft, 1.

Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kohler of Chicago spent Sunday with his gtrents, Mr. and Mrs. John ohler oithis city.

Duvall Bros, horse Raimore won three straight heats at Crown Point Wednesday in the 2:85 pace. The purse was $250. (

The postoffice at Dayton, Tippecanoe county, was robbed of S2OO in cash and S3OO in postage stamps Monday night.

The stone road contractors are grading several of the streets in Rensselaer preparatory to covering with the crashed rook.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramp returned Sunday from a few days' visit with the family of their daughter, Mrs. N. Krull, of Kentiand.

Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Kenton left Tuesday for Janesville, Wis., where they will visit a few days on their way home to Mitchell, So. Dak.'

J. D. Baboook and daughter Lizzie of Bluffton are visiting old friends here. He says the oats crop in his locality is no better than here.

Tuesday’s Monticello Journal Mrs. Knight and daughter Ora, of near Rensselaer are here visiting with her daughter. Mrs. John Adams, Jr, and family. Mrs. D. S. Makeever and daughter Ruth of Newton tp., left Tuesday to visit her brother Thomas Randle near Hope, Kans. They will be gone about ten days. F. B. Meyer has shipped the drug stook, which he recently purchased at Kentland, to Rensselaer and will store it here until he decides upon a location or disposes of same.

Ml Ayr will have an after harvest festival, Sept. 5 and 0. The big sale will continue to Saturday night, Aug. 31. • Chicago Bargain Store.

W. L. Bringle of Newton tp., left Tuesday for a few weeks visit with relatives near Anatone, Wash. Vern Shook has returned from Spokane, Wash., where be has been prospecting. He did not find anything to suit him there.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Steward, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Ropp, Mrs. D. E. Tanner and John Williams attended the I. O. O. F. pionic at Lowell Saturday.

A big rain fell here Monday night, putting a stop to threshing and rock hauling Tuesday. Scarcely enough water fell at Remington, however, to lay the dust. Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Postill of fowler are visiting his sisters, Misses Grace and Fame Haas this week and making some improvements on his farm near Surrey. The postoffice safe at Lowell |tvas * blown open on Thursday night of last week and $76 in cash and two pension checks were stolen. No clew to the theives.

l Delos Thompson received another new automobile Wednesday. It is a 24 borse-power Premeir runabout and its cost is $2,250. He still has his $3,000 White Steamer.

Bert Hopper, the carpenter, is preparing to accompany U. M. Baughman to Colorado Springs, Colo., and is now loading hisgoods. Prof. Sandifer will occupy the property he vacates.

Judge Hanley’s horse got third money in the race it was entered in at Crown Point Thursday. It won the second heat. Duvall Bros. Raimore paced in a race there agaih yesterday.

Rensselaer now has a sureenough merry-go-round, E. V. Hansford and.E. M. Parcels having traded for one and set it up on the J udge Thompson corner, south of the Makeever House.

The finance committee for Kentland’s proposed horse show was given the marble heart when it went around to solicit for the necessary funds to give the show, and as a result it has been declared off.

Goodland Herald: The oats crop around Goodland will average about 22 bushels per acre. The poorest yield that has been reported was 18 bushels. A very few fields have yielded as high as 27 to 30 bushels.

The anti saloon sentiment is being put in shape to do business at Knox, Starke county, and remonstrances were circulated and numerously signed for filing, if successful, at the September term of commissioners’ court.

Two excellent Bhows held forth at Ellis’ opera house this week—- “ The Trust Busters” Monday night, and “A Millionaire Tramp” Tuesday night. Both were much above the average and played to very good houses.

Monticello is 675 feet above sea level, Delphi and Rensselaer 668, Logansport 606, Kentland 684 and Winamac 716. The highest point is at Winchester, 1,101 feet, and the next at Newcastle, 1,045 feet. —Monticello Herald.

Mrs. W. H. Beam and son Don and Mrs. Abel Grant left Monday for a visit with relatives in Los Angeles, Cali. They will also visit Spokane and Seattle, Wash,; Portland, Oregon, and San Fran* cisco, and will probably be gone about a month.

Cards are out'Tor the wedding of Miea Ellen Donnelly to Mr. William Fletcher Ramey, to take place at B*p. m. next Tuesday at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. J)onnelly, on Cherry street.

C. A. Roberts haß had a big new porch built aoross the entire front and west side of his residence. It is made of cement block pillara and ballustrade and cement floor. It is a great improvement to the property. Thos. Driver of Barkley tp., left this morning for Michigan to investigate the lands of the Michigan Home Colony Co.,in Montmorency county, near Lewiston. • If pleased witl| the outlook he will probably sell out here and invest and locate there. John Casey of Fair Oaks tellß us that he gathered 120 quarts of blackberries on the old John A. Smith farm/ On the 15th he. pioked 31 quarts. He and Mr. An4crßon picked 48 quarts one day. Mr. Anderson is 69 years of age and Mr. Casey 63.

Tuesday and Wednesday nights were .almost cold enough for frost. We must have all of next month yet to mature much of the corn in thiß oounty, B. F. Ferguson reoeived notice of the arrival of a son at the home of bis son, D. M. Ferguson, at Ratbdrum, Wash,, last Thursday. Dee has been married three years but this is their first child.

John and Tom Bissenden returned Thursday from their trip down the Wabash. They sold their house boat at Vincennes, as far south as they went. They report having had an excellent time. They were gone about two months.

Word was received here Saturday of the death of Geo. W. Pullins at Spokane, Wash. He died of typhoid fever. A wife and small baby are left. He was a son of Joha Puilins of this county and had been in Spokane for about a year. r

Regular prhaohing service at the Barklpy M. E. church Sunday. This is the last service of this conference year. The pastor requests that the membership be present, and all others are invited to worship with us. Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m.

L. Wildberg was in Chicago a few days this week consulting a specialist regarding a kidney and bladder trouble that has been bothering him. An operation was decided upon and he went from there to Peoria to have his brother-in-law, Dr. Weil, perform the operation.

A big dinner was given at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin near Pleasant Ridge Monday in honor of “Grandfather” Gwin, whose 89th birthday anniversary it was. About 40 were present, including children, grand-children and great-grand-children. They presented him with a suit of clothes as a remembrance of the ocoasion.

The remains of the 8-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lakin of Hegewisch, 111., was brought here for burial Sunday and interment made in the Catholic cemetery south of town. The babe died Saturday at Demotte, where it was taken the Thursday previous for treatment by Dr. A. N. Lakin, a brother of the babe’s father.

Theodore Hurley went to Marion Monday to enter the soldiers’ home. He is in poor health and will receive medical treatment in the hospital there. Three of his young children will be sent to the soldiers’ orphanage at Knightstown, while one, it is said, will be cared for by his last wife, to whom he was recently married.

Prof. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub of this city, a few days during the week. The matter of school superintendent in Newton county will come up for settlement in court at the October term, and in the meantime Will will resume his old place as head of the Morocco schools.

Joseph Durant of Grand Rapids, Minn., came Wednesday for a few weeks visit With relatives here. Joe has been away about three or four years, most of which time he has been working in the lumber regions of Minnesota. While it sometimes gets down about 58 degrees below zero there, he likes the work and will return after his visit here.

R. C. Woodworth, who had been hired as teacher of physics in the city eohools lias resigned to accept a similar position at Kewana, 111., at an advance of sls per month over, what he was to reoeive here. Rosa Dean has* been engaged to take Miea Marshall’s place,, we understand, bnt at this writing no one baa been secured for the other vacanoy.

Elljs Jones of Remington, drove <jver Monday in his new Holzman auto-buggy. The machine is shaped like a baggy and runs very smoothly, giving him no trouble whatever. "It being on regular sized baggy wheels with the box and seat mounted at about the regular height of buggy boxes, one escapes the dust that a lower machine gets the fall benefit of.

Bessie Mae, youngest child and only daughter of James and Emma Humnert of two miles north of Rensselaer, waa born in Clinton county, Indiana, April 19, 1906, and departed this life August 19, 1907, of oholera-infantum at the age of 1 year and 4 months. The funeral was held Tuesday at 4:30 p. m„ servsoes at the grave conducted hy Rev. B. F. Ferguson. Interment in*Weston oemetery. ,

. J. W. 8. Ulrey, who is still holding a, position in the census deKrtment at Washington, 'came onday for a six weeks’ visit with relatives and friends here and ia Newton oouhty. Mrs. Ulrey, who has been here since last spring, will return to Washington Vith him.

* A hearing of McCoy bank creditors, to act on the petition of the trustee to sell some of the political notes and political overdrafts of old Mack’s sheepskin bank, is oalled for Sept 3, at the office of Referee Bowers in Hammond. The sale of the paper will be held here at a later date.

Fowler Leader: A trade conveying to Peter Nomensen, of Livingston county, Illinois, the four,? hundred and eighty acre farm in Jasper county belonging to Mrs. J. F. McCormick and children was made in Fowler Wednesday. The purchase prioe was near forty thousand dollars.

Monday while Mr. and Mrs. John Gwin of north of town, were in Rensselaer, a young horse they were driving became frightened at a small boy with an express wagon on the sidewalk and turned about short and threw Mrs. Gwin out of the buggy. The buggy wheel passed over her but she was not seriously injured.

According to the Monticello Journal Abe Woosley, Mart Sommers, Everett Potts and Otto Herbert of near McCoysburg were fined and costed a total of $46 last Saturday for inbibing too much Monon firewater and then coming over to Monticello and blowing their breath on the rarified atmosphere of that dry town.

W. A. McPherson, a Monon baker, was given an order for a cake, “large enough for the whole family,” for a big family reunion at Battle Ground last week, and the mammoth that he turned out weighed 175 pounds, was oblong in shape and three stories high. He used the whites of 45 dozen eggs, 49 pounds of sugar, 21 pounds of butter, 9 quarts of milk, 49 pounds of flour and 21 ouncee of baking powder in mixing it and 50 pounds of sugar was used in the icing.

Oats threshing is well along in this township, with no material change in results from that previously announced. From the best information gathered the lowest jield in the township was 16 bushels to the acre and 28 the highest. Those operating threshing machines refuse to give our the yield of their runs furthethan giving an approximate average of from 20 to 25 bushels, and their unwillingness to talk would indicate that these figures arplenty high.—Kentland Enterprise.

Delos Dean, who has been stopping at Fountain Park with some Rensselaer relatives, was hurt considerably last Sunday while sliding down the “slide” at the Park. This is an arrangement made of ropes and pulleys, located near the merry-go-round, in the old fair ground part of the grounds. Delos was sliding with another boy when he lost his hold and fell a short distance to the ground, the other boy falling upon him. He was rendered unconscious but revived after a time and was not dangerously hurt, it was thought.

A. Leopold returned from Hammond the first of the week after a short visit with his daughter, Mrs. Raobael Wolf, who with her husband returned last week from a visit in Europe and at Mr. Leopold’s old home in Germany. His sister sent baok with her several family heirlooms and relics, among which was a band-made gold necklace, worn by Mr. Leopold’s mother, and which bad been in thtf family over a oentnry. Also a heavy solid silver gold-lined goblet to Simon Leopold; a pair of silver sugar tongs to Mrs. Smith; a silver salt cellar to Mrs. Mary Fendig and a pair of heavy gold earrings to Miso Rebecca Fendig, and several other ancient articles to different members of the family.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. e August 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Miohael Jungles of near Kniman, a son, The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, for only $3 00. a-Many Behind Her. Qreenfleld, Ind., Aug. 2?. —Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the centenarian, who died In this connty, besides being 100 years old, was a remarkable woman in many ways, ghe leaves forty grandchildren, seventy-one great-grandchildren and eleven great-great-grandchildren. She never' rode on the steam or electric passenger trains. 1 Tbs Demoorat for Job work.

Notice of Filing of Estimates for 1908 Notice la hereby given ths* the Estimates of the Board of Commissioner* of Jasper County, and the various County and Township offioere of the expenditures for the year 1908 are now on file In the Auditor's office of Jasper County, Indiana. The amounts of said estimates belnr as follows; Total estimate of Oounty Commissioners for the various expenditures of the oounty... *25098 31 Payment interest Court House Bonds 5*3130 Expense Circuit Court 6080 00 4 Insanity Inquests 444 00 Salary Clerk Circuit Court and expense of office 1888 SO Salary County Auditor and expense of office 2137 00 Salary County Treasurer and expense of office 2504 86 Salary County Recorder and expense of office 2613 40 Salary County Sheriff and expense of office .'. 1830 00 Salary County Assessor and expense of offioe 625 15 Per diem County Surveyor and expense of office 2100 15 Per diem County Superintendent and expense of office 1725 00 Per diem of County Coroner and expense of office 321 00 Total expense County Poor Asylum and Farm 3200 00 Supplies Township Assessors 230 70 Per diem Township Assessors and Deputies 2300 00 Total *5944719 JAMBS N. LBATHBRMAN, Auditor Jasper County.

NOTABLE DAY FOR CAPE COD

Ten Thousand People in Town to See the Sights. The day was noteworthy in the historyof Cape Cod. The monument, which will rise to a height of 250 feet, will commemorate the first landing of the Pilgrims on American soil, their six weeks’ exploration of Cap Cod bay In search of an abiding place, and the signing of the famous compact on board the Mayflower, as she lay l at anchor in this harbor, Ten thousand people were crowded into the little town, had. every opportunity to see the president, and at least one-third of them heard his remarks. At the conclusion of the first part J of the exercises on the hill, which in- : eluded, besides President Roosevelt’s | speech, addresses by James Bryce, the British ambassador, and United States Senator Lodge, and Representative William C. Lovering, the Masonic ritual in connection with the laying of

the cornerstone of the monument, was carried out by J. Albert Blake, of Boston, grand master of Massachusetts, and VTlIUam B. Lawrence, of Medford, past grand warden, made a brief address on behalf of the grand commander.v. Following these exercises a banqnet was held In the town hall and later the president was conducted to Odd Fellows’ hall, where he waj introduced to more than 200 Provincetown and Gloucester fishermen. The president spoke to them, commending their tabors and the way in which they performed them. At the conclusion of his remarks President Roosevelt was driven to the wharf and boarded the Mayflower, which sailed at 4 p. m. on her return to Oyster Bay. She was saluted by the eight warships of the North Atlantic squadron under command of Rear Admiral Davis, which lay at anchor just outside the harbor. The Mayflower was accompanied by two torpedo boats. It is expected that the monument will be completed in about two years.

STANDARD OIL'S PAMPHLET

Mends It Out to Its Stockholders and Denies Guilt. New York. Aug. 21.—While President Roosevelt was telling the people at Provincetown, Mass., tliat he intended to send to prison certain‘'malefactors,” presumably the Standard Oil people, those people were sending out a pamphlet to the company’s stockholders in which it is declared that the Standard Oil is innocent of any real violation of law and is the object of a conspiracy between the administration and the press “uplifters.” Referring to Judge Landis’ decision, the pamphlet says: “If the Judgment in question be allowed to stand, the company will be forced to pay $20,000 (that is, fifty times the value of the oil) for every carload carried over the Alton coud during two years at an open 6-cent rate —a rate used over three competing railroads for from ten to fourteen \eare.

“The trial judge refused to allow proof that the 6-ceut rate had been Hied by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and was therefore a legal rate. He refused to allow proof that linseed oil. for iustance, was carried at 8 cents He Insisted that 18 cents was the only legal* rate for oil, when no one had ever paid it, and when It was authoritatively sworn that it did not apply to oil.” The pamphlet def-lares the presss is “swayed alike by socialistic outcry from below and political pressure from above.” and continues: “As proof of the latter, it may be noted tlint In the president’s message of May 4, 1900. attack was made on the Standard jOll company for the purpose of forcing the passage of the bill remitting the duty on denatured alcohol a measure In which the company was not interested. On May 17. 1006, the issue of Commissioner Garfield’s report on petroleum transportation, a tissue of old misrepresentations, was timed to Influence the Hepburn rate bill, then before congress. “On May 20, 1907, while Judge Landis had still under consideration the judgment in the Chicago and Alton rate case. Commissioner Smith’s partisan report on these line* was made public. The commissioner’s second report on the petroleum prices and profits, a wholly false deduction from Incomplete facts, was sent In advance to the press for publication on Aug. 5, in the knowledge that Judge Landis would pronounce judgment Aug. 3. Here surely Is evidence of a combination Influencing all sources of public opinion, disturbing the orderly disposition of Justice, sanctioning in advance, and supporting when made, the most sensational opinions and judgments hostile to the company.”

Daring Highway Robbery.

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H. Hicks, paymaster for Scbaum & Uhlinger, a textile machine mannfneturing company, was held up in the afternoon by three highwaymen in the northeastern part of the city and robbed of a satchel containing $6,000. The men were pursued and one of them was captured after several shots had been fired at him. The other two men escaped with the satchel.

Empress of Germany Injured.

Wilhelmshohc, Germany, Aug. 22. The Empress Augusta Victoria, while walking in the park here, slipped and fell, injuring a vein in her left leg and making it necessary for her to remain in bed for some week!: Ail her majesty’s traveling engagements have been caneeHed.

Daughter of Senator Newlands Dead.

Berlin, Aug. 22.—Frau Frances von Bredow. daughter of Senator Francto G. Newlands. of Nevada, and wife of Lieutenant Leopold von Bredow, of* the cuirrassiers of the guard, formerly an attache of the German embassy at Washington, Is dead here after a long Illness.

Death of Postmaster McElroy.

Washington. Aug. 22.—A telegram from Delaware, 0., reports the death there of Postmaster MeElroy of the national house of representatives. He was 75 years old and had been ill for several months with an affection of the heart.

Steeplejack Falls 448 Feet.

London, Aug. 22. —John Goldie, the famous steeplejack, fell from the top of the Towend chimney, which is 448 feet high and the highest in the world. His body crashed through the roof of the works and was mutilated beyond recognition.

Deposed Mayor Kills Himself.

Louisville, Aug. 22.—Hon. Paul G. Barth, who was recently deposed as mayor of this city, shot and killed kimself.

CHICKEN COOP.

It la Built to Stand Level, Facing Downhill. I have adopted the plan of substituting a large roosting coop for each thirty or forty chicks as soon as they are large enough to roost. This is made from a dry goods box four feet long, three feet wide and three feet high, 'the front and bottom are removed. Two strips are nailed perpendicular on the front corner, projecting a foot below the bottom of the box. This raises the front and gives the roof the necessary pitch when facing a downhill po-

HILLSIDE CHICKEN COOP.

sition, explains a writer in American Agriculturist. Two strips nailed on each side form a support for perches which are fastened together by crosspieces so all may be removed at one operation to be sprayed. We move this coop twice a week, and It is always clean and fresh. The open front and bottom seem a little risky, considering the possibility of wandering cats, rats or weasels. Blit we are willing to run some risks If we can fill our own and customers' pens in the fall with large, robust stock. This one plan has enabled us to produce Orpingtons well up to standard size, which some fail to do. The accompanying sketch of coop will explain Itself. Aid to Fruit Growers. Perhaps the greatest aid to successful fruit production today Is co-opera-tion. Many small lots of good fruit are sacrificed In the wholesale market of our large cjties because they are lost sight of In >he great bulk of stuff arriving. Large consignments receive consideration that is scarcely worth while to give to a few odd or packages. It would be a great tage in shipping if the growers'at one point could co-operate and send their fruit not as small Individual consignments. but as car lots. Commission merchants are glad to come to the growers and buy at the railroad if they can buy from a company, society or exchange, bnt they have not the time to hunt up growers to buy small lots. An association of growers can employ an agent to keep in telegraphic touch with market prices, while few Individual growers can. An association can secure uniform grades of fruit and can do a large business under a known brand. Baskets and fertilizers can be obtained by shipping associations at wholesale prices. Cars, rates and concessions can be obtained from the railroads by an association that no single Individual could hope to Maryland Experiment Station. - ***» ’*■»