Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1908 — STILL “WET.” [ARTICLE]

STILL “WET.”

Remonstrators Lose Out In Kankakee Tp. TWO NAMES SHORT Of MAJORITY. And Failed To Make Much Effort to Regain Loss Sustained By Withdrawals. There is still one oasis in the Jasper county "desert,” notwithstanding the general opinion that when the proper time came Kankakee township would line up with her sister townships of the county and knock out the saloon at Tefft. A remonstrance was circulated and more than enough names secured to it todo the work, but the other side got busy and got about ten of the signers to withdraw—it was found on comparing lists that there were about that number of signers in the list of 44 witbdrawls filed last Thursday—and this seemed to cause the parties who had the remonstrance in charge to lose heart, and little or no effort is said to have been made to get any of these names back on. As a result some two names were lacking, it is said, of constituting a majority, and the remonstrance was not filed at all. It was talked some of objecting to the issuing of a licenses for “cause” but this too was abandon- j ed, and Mr. Timmons was granted license without any objections being filed whatever. Kankakee will still be the only wet township in the county, for another year at least. It is stated that the fact of there being a tough joint just across the river in Porter county, where it is reported booze is being sold at any old time and to all who apply who have the price, influenced many not to sign this remonstrance and caused some to withdraw their names who did sign. Other matters before the commissioners, who finished up the work of the term Tuesday and adjourned, were:

Drainage commissionersgranted to April term to make report in Jerry Shea ditch. John Eger awarded contract for furnishing groceries for poor farm for next quarter at 1117.18; G. B. Porter, clothing and shoes, at $57.45; Roth Bros., meat at $18.25. T. J. Lamson ditch; Robt. Parkinson of Jasper county and King Hamilton of Newton county appointed viewers, to meet at office of J. M, Hufty, J. P., March 26 and qualify and report at April term. C. F. Stackhouse, trustee Marion tp., granted permission to extend additional poor relief to S. R. Shreeves, not exceeding sls per quarter. Fred Karch, trustee Walker same to Amos Goff, same amount. The county treasurer’s report to the County Board of Finance showed $194,278.72 in the county treasury March 1, Notice ordered given for receiving bids on first day of April term for two new bridges in Milroy tp., bids filed being rejected. Supt. makes final report in the O’Meara ditch, showing charges of $3,799.47 and credits of $3,64784, leaving a balance of $151,63 which is to go to Wm. Zink, superintendent, for services.