Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The county jail is still empty, and Sheriff O’Connor hopes this condition, will continue to the end of his term. Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 5 per cent interest and no commission other than office charges. Write him. • Only two marriage licenses issued so far this month, and the month half gone, too. Evidently Jasper county marriageable young ladies are not exercising their leap year prerogative. —o — Myrt B. Price is handling his right fist these days with much care and apparently great affection. He says it is rheumatism, but the probability is he is getting what Is coming to him for not keeping the promise made repeatedly, that he would get married if re-elected to the Surveyor’s office. This promise has been broken no less than six times, and it will take a pretty sore hand, and for long time, to even the score. Now if County Assessor Lewis is the efficient and impartial official that The Democrat has always believed him to be, he will do his duty by placing on the tax duplicate the “omissions” of property by two of the syndicate owners of the Rensselaer Republican that this paper has pointed out, one of which dates bqck every year for a number of years. The tax-paying public will await his action in this matter with considerable anxiety. Owing to sickness in his family Austin Rathfon of Walker tp., could not serve on the County board of feview, and S. T. Comer of Union tp., was appointed and has been serving in his stead. It is mighty hard work, this job, but Steve Comer and Frank Welsh will probably be able to hold out the full twenty days, thanks to their being inured to hard labor through many years experience on the farm. Providing, of course, the supply of chewing tobacco and cigars in town holds out.

The republicans at their convention at Lake Village Wednesday nominated Elmer R. Bringham of Goodland for auditor; William McCarthy of Washington tp., for treasurer; Henry Wolff of Brook for sheriff; G. G. Lowe of Brook for surveyor; Elmer Skinner and S. H. Dickinson for commissioners; Janies Wilson of Kentland for coroner. Whether it was the quality of the water up there that confused the delegates is not reported, but a democrat was nominated for coroner, Dr. Bassett, and then the convention had to rescind its action and find a republican for the place. Only a few Rensselaer politicians attended the convention. Congressman Crumpacker was there but “Jim” Watson flunked. “Hank” Taber, a former saloon keeper of Roselawn and “Billie” Right, a Lake Village saloonist, had a fight in which considerable blood was spilled but no serious damage was done. The saloons both did a big business and had Jim Watson’s picture prominently displayed In their places of business. The saloon men are all “fur Jim.”