Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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JUD WILL HAVE TO GET A NEW HAT BAND.

Remington Press: Judge Hunt and wife came over from Rensselaer Wednesday and took the train for Sheldon to attend the wedding of a friend at that place.

EXCURSION RATES JULY 4th.

The Monon will sell round trip tickets to all local points on July 3,4, o, good to return up to and including July 6, at 1% fare; no special fare less than sl. These rates will also apply to all other lines in the Central Passenger Association territory.

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO SUNDAY, JULY 11.

The Louisville division of tfce Monon will run an excursion to Chicago Sunday, July 11, and the. rate from Rensselaer will be $1 for the round trip. Excursions on the Louisville division do not usually stop, at stations north of Monon, but this train will stop at Rensselaer and Lowell—at those two stations only,

TOM WRITES TO FRED.

Fred Gilman received a letter frota Thomas McCoy Monday in which he stated that his intentions were to go west after a brief visit in Chicago. Mr. McCoy was released last Saturday morning instead of Friday as was announced in last week’s Herald. Tom claims to be much broken in health and is going west to. regain as much of it as possible for a man of his age to regain.— Goodland Herald.

M. L. STERRETT GETS FIRST PRIZE

• In Scholarship At State University , Commencement Last Week. L. Sterrett of Delphi, a former teacher in the Rensselaer schools, who graduated from the law ✓ department of the State University last week, was awarded the first cash prize, $l3B, in scholarship. Mr. Sterrett had been married but a few days before to Miss Nellie May of near Wolcott, and the college president, in awarding the scholarship prize to him, in a pleasing manner mentioned that the winner had captured two prizes in one week, a wife and the scholarship Mr. Sterrett’s many Rensselaer friends congratulate him on ais high honors with which he has graduated.

HE PAID THE BOARD BTLL.

A deputy sheriff from Hammond came down here last Friday on the lookout for a young man who had some time ago jumped a sls board bill at that place. He learned that the fellow was working for the telephone company at or near Remington, and was driven over there and saw him. The young man turned all colors of the rainbow when he saw the deputy, whom he knew by sight at least, and he soon raised $37.50, the amount the bill had grown to with costs, and handed it over, and the deputy went 'back smiling. The poor widow whom the man had attempted to defraud, the deputy said, had all • she could do to make both ends meet. The man had got behind in his board and told the woman he was going to Gary to secure employment, and would send her the money very shortly. Instead he came down here and secured employment and it was only by accident that his whereabouts were lately learned. It pays to be honest with boarding house keepers.

BROOK TO HAVE AUTO FACTORY.

I>A company is being organized at 'Brook to manufacture automobiles, and about half of the $25,000 capital was subscribed in a few hours. The primary object for organizing was to take up the Parkison Transmission Gear, a patent of W. H. Parkison of Rensselaer, who with his brother, Dr. Parkison of Brook comprise the Parkison Gear Co.V It is the Intention to put up a machine fitted with this gear and give it a thorough test. If found practicable they will be manufactured on a larger scale next year. Work on the first car will commence within 30 days and it is expected to have it ready to demonstrate in 90 days. The car will be patterned something after the Chalmers-De-troit, 35-40 horse-power, 5 passenger, and sell at about $1,250. It is to have 34 and 36-3% inch wheels, which, with the transmiß- , slon gear, are the prominent features it will have over other makes of cars. The Democrat hopes the car will be a success and that/ the Parkison boys will make a heap of money out of their transmission gear.

JASPER COUNTY CONTINGENT PROSPERING.

Mr. and Mr*. A. G. W. Farmer returned last week from spending the winter with their children in

Oklahoma City, Okla. They are visiting with relatives and friends here at present, and are undecided just what they will do about starting to weeping house. Mr. Farmer likes Oklahoma City very much. His sons Albert and "Worth are both doing well there. Albert' is in the real estate, insurance and loan business, has a fine office and keeps five men and one stenographed all the time, and part of the time has two stenographers. They are busy every minute, and do a large volume of business.

Worth is traveling for an insurance company most of the "time, gets $125 per month and expenses. He, too, has an office there and employs a stenographer. U. M. Baughman is in the real estate business by himself and is doing a fine business.

WORK OF BOARD OF REVIEW.

Complete Report of All Changes Made In Assessments. The Jasper County Board of Equalization ad jou Tried Saturday. Following is a report of their proceedings: Two horses, one assessed to Andrew Misch and. one to John S. Misch of Wheatfield tp„ were taken from the list on request, as both were killed by lightning. Additional improvements of John O’Connor in Walker tp., were assessed at $175. Assessment of mortgage note of SIO,OOO held by James W. Toyne on which foreclosure proceedings had begun, reduced to $6,000 on showing that the land was not worth more than $7,000. Assessment of the bank stock of the various banks of the county was fixed at 70 per cent, totals as follows: State Bank. Rensselaer.. $28,040.67 First Nat., Rensselaer. . . 46,797.00 Jasper S. & T. Co., Rens. 19,595.76 Bank of Wheatfield 9,100.00 State Bank, Remington.. 17,541.88 Assessment on G. M. Wilcox stock of goods at Parr reduced from sl,500 to SI,OOO. Dr. John Hansson objected to assessment of his medical books and surgical instruments in Jasper county, claiming they had been assessed in White county. County assessor Instructed to confer with White county assessor regarding same. Automobiles omitted from assessment sheets were assessed as follows: Blanchard Elmore, Remington . $340 Dr. A. P. Ranier, same 340 Geo. Worden, same 50 Otto Schrader, Tefft. ......... 30 0 The assessment on the 210 head of cattle on the Nave ranch in Wheatfield tp., was raised to $3,600. Assessment of B. S. Fendig in Rensselaer was raised from $1 700 to $2,200. A. R. Kresler and John W. Marlatt appeared before the board and objected to the assessments fixed on their automobiles by the board June 23, raising said assessments from $275 to S4OO, and $l5O to $340, respectively. Board declined to make any change.

HANK SOAKS OLIVE JANE

On the Crock With a Butter Plate Draws $lO Pine Prom Squire Irwin. The beautiful romance of Hank : and Olive (also the butter dish) j was shattered Friday night when the cruel Henry sloughed his tootsiewootsie with a butter plate. The parties are William Henry Gray and his wife, Olive Jane Beezy Gray, who resided in the north part of town. The latter had been at Motion for several days, "spreeing around/’ Gray alleges', and Friday she came back to pack up and vamoose. Life was one merry-go-around of pleasure till the faithless Olive listened to the pleas of her fond parent, William Beasy, begging her to come back to his board, and two weeks ago she packed her Saratoga and hiked to Monon, leaving both Hank and papa to shift for themselves. Finding that she could no longer love him she did the next best thing and insisted on a division of the household effects which consisted of one bed, one table, two boxes and. three plates. There was no trouble in dividing the bed, table and boxes, but the plates—Olive claimed the lion s share, and Hank said nay. In the scuffle that ensued Olive catne out with a divided nose and upper lip; and Hank came out with a flat pocketbook. They were married only March 29 last, William Henry being 35 years of age and Olive Jane 17, but sad is the in their dream of love in a cottage, and unless Hank agrees to sleep in the hay mow there will be no reconsiliatlon.

Mr. H. S. Hayner, the expert piano tuner and repairer, from Chicago, is in the city. Patronage reapectfully solicited. Leave orders at P. W. Clarke’s Jewelry store.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1009.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Attorney W. H. Parkison will pull the long feathers out of the eagle’s tail at the 4th of July celebration at Brook Saturday. Jefferson tp., Newton county will hold a special election on Friday next to vote on the proposition of building another Macadam road in that township. Smith & Thompson secured a contract at Sheldon, 111., last week for the building of 10 miles of stone road, the contract price of which was $32, TOO. Benton Review: Judge Saunderson placed an order for a Buick “tourabout” some weeks ago, and is expecting the arrival of his new machine almost any day. The adjourned term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Wednesday, July 7, with Judge Wason of the Carroll-White circuit on the bench, to hear the Borntrager ditch matter.

The compositor made the Democrat say Saturday that the case of the Town of Remington vs. . the Panhandle railroad was set for oral “agreement” in the appellate court Oct. 26. It should have said oral “argument.” Judge Hanley returned Saturday from Hammond where he has been hearing the Gary remonstrance case in the Lake Superior court. The remonstrafors took a change of’ venue and the case has been sent to Porter county, which will delay the matter several months, precisely what the liquor dealers did not want. —o—Fowler Republican; The grand jury has been summoned to do a little work on Saturday, June 26. It is generally understood that they have been called for the purpose of indicting John Hirzel who wrecked the mitten factory here about eighteen months ago. The time in which indictments could be returned against him will expire before the regular grand jury w'ould convene next winter. The county commissioners held a joint session with the commissioners of Benton and Newton counties at Fowler Monday to take action in the matter of the improvement of a section of road on the co..t,;y line along the southwest corner of Jas per county abutting the other two counties named. When this piece of road is improved it will make the entire south county line gravel or stone road.

Frank Foltz was over at Fowler last Friday and Saturday as attorney for plaintiff in the divorce case of Della Parks Brooks vs. Howard Brooks, a well known young farmer residing south of Remington. About 30 witnesses were heard on both sides and the court house wgs crowded with spectators, about two-thirds of whom were women. The divorce was denied, and the sentiment over there seems to be that the parties ought to live together, which Mr. Brooks is willing to do. The custody of their one child, a boy of 10 years, will come up in court - there in October, and it is thought by many that the parties will reconcile their differences before that time and go to living together again. I. N. McCurtain of near Parr accompanied his brotbef Simon McCurtain to the asylum at Longcliff Saturday. The latter is subject to epilepsy, and has been in the asylum some eight months heretofore. While there, with proper care and diet he was much better, and came home some time ago on parole. It is difficult for hiß folks to keep him from eating anything he wants, and he had become so bad again, that it was found necessary to return him to Longcliff once more. He is probably not a proper subject- for Longcliff and application will likely be made to take him to the "Epileptic village” in the southern part of the state as soon as that institution is. in shape to receive such patients.

New suits filed: No. 7463. Eugene W. Sawyer, M. D., of Chicago, specialist in morbid growths, vs. Philip Blue, administrator of the estate of W. W. Harstell, M. D., deceased; claim for medical treatment from June 22, 1894, to April 4. 1908, including visit to Rensselaer, 1870.00, less a credit of SSO paid at time of visit to Rensselaer, May 17, 190$, leaving an alleged balance due of SB2O. No. 7464. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co* vs. Warren Rob-

inson, et al; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand $2,000. No. 7465. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., vs. Noah Elmore, et al; suit to foreclose mortgage. Demand, $1,500. No. 7466. Charles N. Brown vs. ■Celia E. Brown; action for divorce. The parties were married July 1, 1907, and separated Jan. 4, 1908. Cruel and inhuman treatment is charged, flirting with other men and telling plaintiff of her love for them and non-affection for him, is charged. On or ribout Jan. 4, 1908, defendant left plaintiff and went to Baltimore, writing plaintiff frequent letters of the good time she was having, drinking and living in a riotous manner and receiving the attetion of others she preferred to him, that she had sold her jewelry and mbst of her clothing and spent the money for drink, and that she did not intend to return to him. Plaintiff alleges that R m nis belief that defendant is living a low' and vicious life. Plaintiff resides at Wheatfield and gives his occupation as telegraph operator. Defendant's maiden name was Celia E. Haskins, and she is now alleged to be in Baltimore, Md.

BAND CONCERT TO-NIGHT.

White & Hickman, C. G. Spitler, Ed Duvall, John Knapp and Dr. Turner will bring the Wolcott band over Wednesday night for a free concert. The band is composed of 25 pieces, and an excellent concert is assured.

RENSSELAER CHECKER PLAYERS SKIN HAMMOND.

Rensselaer wiped out the defeat administered by Kentland week in a grand win from Hammond Saturday night at the Carlton Hotel. Stevens lead for Rensselaer with a total of 13 points, and Barnes for Hammond with 14.5 points. The others as follows: Thomas ....12 Turner ... 9.5 Hill ..11 Barnett .. 8.5 McFarland . . 9.5 Hauser .. . 7.5 Bloom 9 Meyer ... 5.5

DROWNED IN SEA OF MUD, WAS Y. M. I.

Captain McClain and his covey of Wrens drove the boys from the Lafayette Young Men’s Institute Into the black mire of Riverside ball yard Sunday afternoon. Little Sullivan, the Y. 31. I. wonder, that was, was chased off the lot and 3lorrow tried to dish out the puzzlers, but Bolin, Nlorgan and McLain hit almost at will. The Wrens were considerably strengthened by the acquisition of Bolin, who got four hits out of five times to bat and played a first class game at the initial corner. No sensational fielding was done on account of the wet condition of the grounds, both sides playing well under unfavorable conditions. The Oxford team defeated the Y. M. I. only 4 to 1, and the game ranks us with the top-notchers. Score here Sunday 8 to 1.

CITY COUNCIL MEETS.

A Few Sidewalks Ordered and Batch of Claims Allowed. The regular meeting of the Common Council was held at the clerk’s office Monday night with all members present except Councilman Spitler. Following is a report of the business transacted: City attorney ordered to prepare resolution for sidewalk on south side of blocks 42-43, Weston’s add. and block 16, Leopold's add. on west side of block. (This latter walk is on Scott street and the former just south of Mrs. J. W. Williams’ residence. ) City marshal instructed to notify Mrs. W. H. Eger to put in sidewalk on Cedar street, along her property, within two weeks. Mose Leopold directed to look up record on Grace street and find width of same and report to city engineer. Supt. light plant instructed to exchange old transformers* for new ones, the city to pay difference in cost. The following claims were allowed:

CORPORATION FUND. W. S. Parks, marshal $30.00 E. M. Thomas, nightwatch.. 25.00 .Mose Leopold, treasurer.... 75.00 Chas. Morlan, clerk 25.00 Rens. Fire Dept, serv 2d qr.. 78.00 Same, disability ftind 3.00 John Eger, mdse fire dept. . . 5.45 ROAD FUND. Chet Zea, labor with city team 30.00 Farl Chestnut, work on street 21.00 •Jeac Smith, same 17.60 LIGHT FUND. „ C. S. Chamberlain, salary. . . . 50.00 Mell Abbott, same, 3 weeks.. 45.00 Dave Ha-vte, same. ......... 45.00 C. Thomason, work on line.. 4.00 Tom Hoy**, same 17.46 John Eger, mdse It plant. .. . 8.17 Mt,. Leopold, ,'t and drayage.. 25.68 FUND. E<J Hopkins, salary 3 weeks 45.00 M. Leopold, treks., bonds pd. 288.72

Road The Democrat’s clubbing list on another page.

GANDERBONES FORECAST

FOR JULY. (Copyright 1909 by C. H. Reith.) Ten little patriots 10 Planted a mine 1 Under a billy goat; - Then there were. 9 Nine little patriots Gathered about 1 To see if a large Cannon cracker was out 8 Wholly undaunted, The balance were strong 1 To blow' up the iceman When he came a10ng........ 7 All the survivors Were perfectly bug 1 To see what some powder • Would do to a jug 6 Six little patriots. Game, for a’ that, 1 Tied a pinwheel To the tail of a cat 5 Five little patriots Overly skittish 1 Showed the grown folks What we did to the British. ... 4 Four little patriots Sought to determine, 1 If the Irish hold sizzers As long as a German 3 All the survivors Were fairly agog l To touch off a skyrocket Tied to a dog.. 2 Two little patriots, Vied, being boys, 1 To see who could make The most singular noise \ I One little shaver, The last to be nipped, 1 Lighted the fuse in his Cannon, and slipped. .. . ..... 0

July is the month of human progress. * As there can be no progress unless everybody is hot and mad, so it is to July that we must look for getting anywhere at all. “Heaven for climate, but hell for company,” Said the prophet. June forever, but July for growth, says your Uncle Ganderbone. The'ancients esteemed July above all the other months. To Rome it gave imperial Caesar, the fightinest man who ever lived. Marc Antony, who changed the name of the month from Quintilis to July, said that if Caesar had opened his eyes anywhere else on the calendar he probably would have been a mollycoddle and Rome would have had woman’s suffrage. The Celts, who have made fewer mistakes than any other race, made July the beginning of the year, and John Hancock, who was first to sign the Declaration of Independence, said that credit for the stampede to that historic revolt did not belong to him. but to the weather. ’

The lowly worm Will take a brace And slap the robin In the face; The liquor man Will utter cries And kipper half A dozen drys; The hot consumer, What with thrusts. And bio vs, will kill Himself some trusts, And the swimming pupil, Burned and red, Will chase his dad ArOund the shed. To all of which nobody much can make the least objection. We never shall get anywhere except in that direction. We never shall do anything to Aldrich and his tariff until the meek insurgents rise and take somebody’s hair off. We never shall reform a thing until we have a ruction in which we get our dander up and compass some destruction. And while most everything is out with a chip upon its shoulder, we wish that money would somehow become a little bolder. We’d like to have a dollar bill jump out upon and fright us, or a hundred dollars, we will say, come close enough to bite us. It’s been a good while now, too long, the common people find it, since money did not run on sight, with its tail jammed down behind it.

However, and be as it may, The tadpole in the bog Will thank whatever gods may be For making him a frog. The bobolink will dwell upon Such bllSs as we are in. And the sun will sail the summer skies With the perspiration in his eyes And dripping from his chin. Upon the Fourth, as patriots and patriots’ descendants, the usual burnt offerings are due to independence; and having shot each other up to our own satisfaction, and shown the foreigners at hapd Just how we look in action, we’ll pile the victims in » heap, unfurl the flag above it, and ask Japan and all the rest if they want any of it. > The chances that they will are scarcely worth elaboration. If we

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could shoot like that ih only decent celebration of what some friends of liherty long laid upon the shelf, once did for us, what would we do for liberty itself? This will be about the last year that the Fourth of July will be observed to any great extent. Fireworks are already forbidden in many cities, and within another year the movement will probably have spread wherever parents desire to preserve their children. There is, in fact, a much better day in the month which can be observed without injury to anyone and to much better purpose. This is St. Swithin’s Day, which comes on the 15th. The object of St. Sw'ithin’s Day is a concerted prayer for rain, and if the prayer is answered it is supposed to rain daily for the next 40 days. Wherever St. Swithin’s has been observed in this country, it has already become a formidable rival of thd Fourth. Indeed, it is said that they do not compare for enthusiasm, which is not surprising, for as a rule what we really need in this country in July is rain, and not liberty at all. After the 22d the month wdl be under the influencee of Leo the Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, and a day or so later it will also come under the influence of Sirius the Dog, which begins rising with the sun and ushers in the Dog Days, While Leo the Lion, Sirius the Dog and Teddy the Bear are settling it among themselves, Congress and pretty nearly everything else will adjourn to its hole and occupy itself vith prayer and an occasional peek out. And then or thereabouts the month Of August will be due, And the wicked get a warning taste Of where they’re going to.

ANOTHER PIANO FACTORY ASKS TO LOCATE.

H. Dearn accompanied by E. Pizzaro, president of a Chicago firm manufacturing pianos and pianoplayers, was in conference with the directors of the Commercial Club Monday. They will submit a written proposition on their return to Chicago which will be in substance as follows: They agree to erect a twostory brick building, 60x150, with an engine room and boiler house in addition, to employ 50 men and pay out $200,000 in wages. In return they ask $15,000 and 4 acres of ground. The baking powder© factory was found not be as represented and no - effort will be made to locate them.

THIEVES RAID ICE BOXES.

Put To Flight at Rev. J. C. Panett’s By James George. Petty thieves called on eight families Friday evening and relieved them of their supply of milk, eggs bread, etc. The raid was started at Prof. I. X. Warren’s, and followed m succession to W. H. Morrison’s, Dr. E. C. English’s, Mrs. M. Medicos’, Rev. Kindig’s, H. L. Kiplinger’s, B. K. Zimmerman's and Rev. Parrett’s, where they were put to flight by James George, who was passing by and saw them trying to effect an entrance in a closet. At the latter place they escaped with ah umbrella and two loaves of bread. Nothing but edibles and drinkables were taken, and it was probably the work of young boys.

A $75,000 FIRE AT KNOX.

Knox suffered a big fire loss Sunday night, which started ifrom an explosion of some kind in Dr. H. S. Stoddard’s dental office. Six modern brick blocks and the Commercial hotel, an old frame landmark, were entirely consumed with most of their -tents. The loss is placed at $75,Knox is said to be the only county seat town in the state without water works, and in case of fire the inhabitants are practically helpless. Through the combined efforts of the local and North Judson fire departments, the flames were stopped at the Fltz hotel before that structure was damaged. Water was taken from the tanks of Nickel Plate reight engines, which were hurried to the scene by the railroad company. During the progress of the fire several persons were overcome by the intense heat or injured by falling walls. Henry F. Schricker, editor of the Knox Democrat, had a narrow escape from death when the Lundin block collapsed. He was on the roof of the building when it gave way, but clung to a fire wall until rescued and was not seriously hurt. The following firms lost all or a part of their stock: Truby & Pettis, barbers; A. L. McKinney, real esEdgell, shoe store; Charles Wlndiseh, grocer; J. A . Arnsdorff A Co., department store; William Slidinger, tailor; Pierson & Lundin. geueral store; J. P. Leslie, restaurant, with the total loss $75,000. There is insurance of about $50,600.

It is good, Swift’s bacon and lard. —Home Grocery. Look at G. B. Porter’s low prices on oxfords, at the Cash Store.