Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1908 — THE COURT HOOSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOOSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ; The county officers celebrated yesterday, by closing theif offices. | o The Christmas rush for marriage licenses was conspicous only by its absence. O' Joe Thomas of Newton township, was pulled over to Morocco last,Saturday and fined to the amount of 122.50 for violation of the game laws. From the meager reports of the matter we have been able to get, the prosecution appears to have been more in the nature of spite work than any laudable desire to have the game laws observed. The people in that neighborhood with whom we have talked regard the prosecution unjust, as Joe is said to have asked for and received permission to hunt on the lands of the very farmer who caused his arrest. —o— The county commissioners were in special session Wednesday to let the county stationery contracts and to allow claims.

In stationery classes 1,2, 3, the Burt-Terry Co., of Lafayette was the only bidder, and was awarded contract for same. In class 4 Healey & Clark and F. E. Babcock were the bidders. On the face of the bids there was but $1.66 difference. All letter heads and envelopes are required this year to be of Strathmore Parchment paper. The bid of the latter specified the weight at 20 lbs to the ream, and submitted samples, while the former bid did neither. The matter was continued to the January term. Sheriff O’Connor reported fees earned to the amount of $589.26 since last report. ——o►— New Suits Filed: Patrick Hallagan vs. Charles Pattee and John Pattee; suit on note and chattel mortgage. Demand S2OO. No. 7884. Frank E. Babcock, a' taxpayer of Jasper county, Indiana, vs. The Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana; appeal from the Commissioners’ court. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the editor and publisher of The Jasper County Democrat a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Jasper county, Indiana, that said Jasper County Democrat is the only leading Democratic newspaper printed and published in said Jasper county, Indiana, and as such leading Demcratlc newspaper published the rate of taxation for the year 1908 of the State, County, and Township taxes for Jasper county, Indiana. It also states that one James W. McEwan without authority from the treasurer of said Jasper county, Indiana, printed an alleged notice of the rate of taxation for the year 1908 in the Democratic Sentinel which is not a leading newspaper of general circulation in said jasper county, Indiana, that said Democratic Sentinel is not recognized by the Democracy of Jasper county, Indiana, as a representative newspaper of its party; that the Democratic officials past and present of the Township and county in said Jasper county, Indiana, do not recognize said Sentinel as its representative, in this, they refuse to publish legal, notices in said Sentinel, but on the contrary publish all legal notices in and county in said Jasper county, Indiana; do not recognize said Sentinel as its representative, in this, they refuse to publish legal notices in said Sentinel, but on the contrary publish all legal notices in the Jasper County Democrat; that the Democratic County and Township Central Committees recognize the Jasper County Democrat as the official newspaper of the Democratic party in said county, in this: by publishing all the calls for Township and County meetings and conventions in said Jasper County Democrat, and further by resolutions at said conventions officially declaring the Jasper County Democrat to be the official newspaper of the party, in Jasper county, Indiana; that said James W. McEwan filed an illegal claim with the Auditor of Jasper county in the sum of $65.00 for printing

and publishing said rate of taxation for the year 1908 in said Democratic Sentinel which illegal claim was allowed by said Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, at the December session 1908 of said Board in the sqm of 365.00 which said allowance was illegal and unwarranted; that this affiant is entitled to receive the allowance made by the Board of Commissioners and now demands the sum of 365.00 the amount due this affiant for printing and publishing the rate of taxation for the year 1808, State, County, and. Township Taxes for Jasper county, Indiana.