Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1908 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7328. Charles Bowers et al, vs. Jacob Eppler et al; action to quiet title. Transcript from Newton circuit court. « o The “long dry spell’’ in the marriage license business was broken Saturday, when one license was grafted, making three for the month, and the first issued since June 6. —o— Myrt B. Price was taken to Mudlavla Tuesday in an automobile to take treatment for rheumatism. This disease started in his thumb, and has spread to almost all of his body. At this writing he is suffering a greatdeal of pain. 1 —o— An evening session of the circuit court was held in the rooms of Myrt B. Price, county surveyor, Monday. The Hodge Ditch case Is on hearing, and Mr. Price was too sick to go to the court room, so the court room came to him. The case had not been finished when we went to press, in fact is likely to last two or three days yet. —o— Constables Ropp and Robinson went up into Union township yesterday to arrest John and Henry Cooper, Peter Theis and Charles Fish, who, it is alleged, committed an assault on the person of Lewis Harrington, the agent at Zadoc, last Sunday. If apprehended their guilt or innocence will be inquired into by Squire Irwin, and if they are visible to the naked eye they will be apprehended all right.

I —°— “pMarriage licenses issued: June 27, Arthur William McAully of Chicago Heights, son of Thos. J. McAully, aged 22, occupation mechanic, to Lennie Fern Alter of Union tp., daughter of John E. Alter, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. S' June 29, Arthur Willie George of Jasper county, aged 20, occupation farmer, to Whilminla Henricks of Goodenow, Hi., aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. 4*June 30, Russell Sluyter of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation barber, to ■ Anna M. Adams, also of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation seamstress. First marriage for each.

Joe O’Connor and Gus Grant went up to the Kankakee river north of Wheatfield yesterday to get John Muffley, who has been acting strangely of late. He is an old bachelor, and owns a 40 acre tract adjoining the river, but >he claims to own the entire surrounding country, and it is alleged has driven neighbor boys away when driving up the cows, on land that did not belong to him at all. He has a very loud voice and it is said makes life hideous with his howls at night, or whenever he takes a notion to yell, which is often. His sanity will be inquired into before Squire Irwin when the deputies arrive with him.

—o — The Republican still fails to explain why The Democrat should be assessed on its personal property, including claims due it on account, and the Republican editors should be given Immunity baths by the Board of Equalization. Why should not darkey be assessed on his apalry and chickens, clocks, watches, etc., and the military editor be assessed on his chickens, clocks and watches, and both of them on accounts owing to them, as well as The Democrat man? Why should they not be assessed on money on deposit in bank—-if they had any—the same as any other business men or individual? These are questions the average taxpayer will do well to ponder over. —o — Automobiles t are a luxury rather than a necessity. The owners want the fanner to provide good roads for them to travel over; many of them crowd the farmer and his team off Into the ditch as they go scooting by regardless of law or the rights of others; the farmer’s wife and children don't dare to drive to town in many Instances because they are afraid of meeting one of these "devil wagons,” and yet they are assessed in Jasper county at about one-eighth to one-tenth their value while the farmer’s horse is assessed at full half value. The

Democrat has no. fight against autoists, but it does really think that their machines should be assessed on the same basis of value as the farmer’s horse. At the request of several readers The Democrat publishes the vaiua-" tion placed on the several autos owned in Rensselaer March 1, as shown on the assessment sheets: Dr. Wasteburnoo “ English 100.00 " Kresler 76.00 “ Turfler 4 00.00 “ Gwin 100.00 Delos Thompson 350.00 F. B. Ham 150.00 Harry Parker 50.00 B. F, Ferguson 100.00 6. G. Spitler.... 300.00 Farle Leek 100.00 T0ta1|1,575 These machines a total investment of about $12,000. The question of raising these assessments was taken up by the board of equalization, but it was decided to leave them as they were. The above includes but one machine each assessment, while we believe Delos Thompson and Dr. Turfler each had two. The Jasper Co. Telephone Co., machine and C. S. Chamberlain’s - and Dr. Kannal’s machines seem to have been omitted also.