Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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WILL VOTE SATURDAY, AUG. 14

In Carpenter iTp., nn Railroad Subsidy Proposition. FIFTY-FIVE SIGN THE PETITION Asking That Such Election Be Held —Levy of 1 Per Cent, On 1900 Assessment Basis, Asked for—f Other Proceedings In Commissioners* Court. • . . x • The county commissioners finished up the work of the July term Tuesday and adjourned. Following is a report of their proceedings, not given in Wednesday’s Democrat: Petition for railroad election in Carpenter tp., and the town of Remington to vote 1 pdr cent aid to the proposed Lafayette & Chicago Railway, signed by George Besse G. I. Thomas C. B. Townsend W. E. Holland . Wm. A. Lock J. W. Lock Ellis Jones A. G. Lucas H. Landon W. L. Rich Samuel Bowman Hugh Treanor Dennis O’Reilly W. C. Hallihan "W. L. York R. H. Crowder John Jordan E. Besser M. A. Gray W. Townsend Thomas Harris Jasper Guy J. R. "Wilson W. D. Rawlings M. J. Sigo John J. porter "W. C. Smalley Chris Christianson D. H. Roades ’ John Zehr C. Cheek Wm. Sharkey M. F. French c. R. Griffith Levi Hawkins Wm. Hawkins Ira J. Grant BenJ. N. Glass Wm, Broadle J. G. Mortis ‘ Thomas Beasey Joseph Turner C. W. Homer Wm. R. Puckett. Jr. M. O. Stokes Adam M. Hotallng Geo. StoUdt Bowman Geo. W. Jones John W. Powell C. Soms rank Jordan C. B. Johnson George Hensier George Griffin was presented and found sufficient,' 1 and the board designated Saturday, August 14 as the date for holding said election. Contractors on Remington-Car-penter stone roads allowed $1,634.40.

Auditor directed to give notice for letting of contract for coal for county use. Geo. W. Davisson petition for ditch; J. F. Payne appointed as third viewer, to act with drainage commissioners, to meet July 12. Painting contract of doors and windows to court house found completed. Claims of Winamac Bridge Co., for S3OO balance on new bridge in Milroy tp., and SSOO for wooden pile bridge were continued. Chas. T. Otis, et al, petition for highway in Keener tp.; John O’Connor, Henry Meyers and Joseph Smith appointed viewers, to meet July 23. John Smallfelt, et al, petition for ditch; cause docketed. Petition for new bridge in Keener tp.; notice of letting ordered. No bids received lor making an examination of county records and auditor directed to re-advertise. Jesse Nichols was re-appointed Supt. of the county poor farm for a period of two years from Sept. 1, 1909, at a salary of S7OO per year, the same he Is now receiving. No record whatever was made regarding the chaiges • of Wallace Marshall cf the Lafayette Br.dge Co., against the Winamac Bridge Co., and just what is proposed to be done in the matter we are unable to say.

FIRE DESTROYS BARN ON LAWLER RANCH.

Fire of unknown origin destroyed the barn, an old structure, and a few outbuildings on the former Thompson ranch northeast of Pleasant Ridge, now owned by Lawler Bros.,- of Chicago, Tuesday night. A mulo worth S2OO, a horse of less value, four tons of hay, 76 bushels of corn and some other feed and practically all the farming tools were destroyed, Including most of two new binders recently shipped down from Chicago and which had never been unboxed. A part of the boxes were saved. . The farm is occupied by John Reed as tenant, and the fire was discovered at 11:20 by two neighbor children who were passing by, but the flames had gained such headway that the greatest difficulty was experienced in keeping the flames from the large corn crib that stands nearby. The loss will total $2,000 to $2,600. 011 of the tools, plows, harrows, discs, corn harvesters, selfbinders, etc., except two manure

spreaders were burned and rendered valueless by the flames. The three other buildings were a smallshop, a tool shed and a cow barn. J. J. Lawler came Wednesday from Chicago to make arrangements for the rebuilding of the barn and to secure tools for the oats and hay harvest which begins soon. The barn and contents were partially covered by insurance in the C. B. Steward agency and the insurance is between $1,200 and $1,300.

TALK OF MORE IMPROVED ROADS.

The Democrat is informed that there is some tglk in north Union of trying to have the connecting link between the Otis gravel road in Keener, the Wheatfleld-Kankakee stone road in Wheatfleld and Kankakee tps., and the north Marion gravel road built In. The latter road now runs up to the south side of section 30 in Union, and what is being talked of is extending this straight on north to Kersey, and thence east to Wheatfleld, a distance of about 11 miles in all. This would go % mile west of Kninaan, and we understand that C. T. Otis wants the link built west to connect with the Keener gravel road- The building of these links would connect up all of Jasper county with improved roads, either stone or gravel, and would mean a great deal to that section that is pow without such conveniences. The matter is yet in the embryo stage and it may be some time before enough can be interested in the project to insure the building of the roads.

SALOONKEEPERS REFUSED LICENSE

Lake County Commissioners Turn Down 32 Aplicants. At the meeting of the county commisioners of Lake county this week the Anti-Saloon League succeeded in getting in a great deal of effective work by ditching thirty-two liquor license applications, some by technicalities connected with the printing of their applications and notices; others by remonstrance and a few being undesirables. Henry Lassen, proprietor of the Lassen pavillion at Cedar Lake, was successful in obtaining a license Monday after several unsuccessful attempts in the past. Bob Russel and two other Cedar Lake saloonkeepers were turned down by the hoard, after a successful fight had been made by the Anti-Saloon leaguq lawyers against the granting of licenses to them.

HOW TO KILL CANADA THISTLES

Henry Grow and Wm. P. Baker have had a little experience with patches of Canada thistles on their farms north of town, and have reached the conclusion after trying various methods to get rid of them that the only sifre means of killing them is to pull them up by the roots before they go to seed. This is not so much of a job if taken before a farm becomes badly afflicted with the pests, and when the ground is reasonably moist they do not pull hard. With an old pair of mittens on to protect the' hands a great many can be effectually got away with in a short time. Farmers should watch for these thistles in going to and fro about their farms and whenever one is seen it shouldsbe pulled up, before it has a chance to go to seed and spread and make hundreds of others. “A stitch In time” in this matter will save many times “nine.”

REMINGTON J. P. COURT BUSY.

Remington has occupied the stage of court action in Jasper county this week, and one culprit was given $3 and trimmings while the other was turned loose. One of the Vallnskls. of south of Remlgton, bought a ticket to Montlcello Saturday of Panhandle agent Coleman. As near as we can learn he discovered some time later, perhaps after he got to Montlcello, that he was $6 short, and on his return, accused. Mr. Coleman of short-changing . him. The latter denied it, and said that his accounts did not show any overplus, Which would have been the result had he made the mistake—for no one who knows Mr. Coleman would believe for a minute that he would intentionally short-change any one. Vallnski was mad, however, and assaulted Mr. Coleman, striking him three or four times. He was arrested and fined $3 and costs. Gub Meyer was arrested and put in the town lock-up Monday night charged with drunkeness. He had his trial Wednesday and the evidence was cross-wise. The high court of Carpenter tp., however, thought Gus had the best of it, and told him to go free, and now Gus is talking about suing the town for damages.

Royal flour—nothing quite so good—Home Grocery.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1909.

MUTUAL ’PHONE PROSPECT GOOD.

Is Being Talked In All Parts of the County. EVERYONE HEARTILYIN FAVOR And the Proposition Is Likely to Take Definite Shape In the Next Few Weeks—Would Be No Trouble to Get From 500 to 1,000 Farmers In Jasper County to Take Stock In the System, Is the Belief Of Many People We Have Talked To—Experience On a Small Scale In Newton Tp„ By a Mutual Company.

The proposition to establish a mutual telephone system to take in the entire terrieory of Jasper county, as urged by The Democrat two weeks ago, is meeting with growing favor all the time as it is being talked up in the various towns and neighborhoods. The Democrat continues to get letters from all sections of the county favoring the plan, and many farmers and others from different sections drop in to let us know that they are “fur it” and are ready to do anything they can to help it along and will gladly take stock whenever it has reached the point where subscriptions are asked for. It takes some little time of course, to get to that point, to get where we will go ahead and organize. Little details in knowing just how to proceed to organize, what to make the shares of stock, etc., etc., and other matters must be looked into so that the leaders in the plan will have something definite to go before the people with. Mutual telephone companies are no experiment in Indiana, in fact there are scores of such organizations in successful operation in the state, and the universal reports we get from them are that they are an unqualified success; that the patrons get better service and for less money than with the div.vu companies. To most of our people, however, the idea is new; they know little or nothing about how to proceed to organize and establish such a system. The propositon also to make the system county wide as fast as the lines can be constructed is different from a small system, and means quite a big thing, but one which can be accomplished, and practically every farmer in the county who so desires can be connected up with the county seat and with every other farmer in the entire county, and with long distance and other towns and county seats. Larger mutual systems than this will be, are now in successful operation ; we will have the experience of others to help us out. The writer expects to personally visit some of these larger towns where muttial systems are in operation and publish the experience they have had with theirs, securing the information from both the patrons and the telephone officers. Several farmers in the west part of Jordan tp., are connected with the Brook mutual, and all the patfons of that line with whom we have talked; —many of whom we are personally acquainted with—are loud In their praises of the service and rates given them. They echo the universal sentiment wherever mutuals are In operation—"better service and lower rates.” We promised to say something this week about the farmers’ mutual line in operation west of Rensselaer, in Newton township and herewith give a few facts gained from an intervew with one of the prominent patrons of the line. About seven years ago ten or a dozen farmers in Newton township got together and put up a mutual telephone line connecting their farmhouses. The work of setting the poles and stringing the wire was donated by the interested parties, oak poles cut from their timber being used, and Wm. Halstead did the necessary wire work. Their phones cost them sl2 each, but they are cheaper now. During this seven years they have had absolutely no exfibnse except for replacing batteries occasionally—a Bmall item. For five years they were connected up through the Mt. Ayr exchange and got both Mt. Ayr and Rensselaer for $5 per year. This contract was a verbal one, and the party who made It with the company says his understanding was that It was to be for 20 years. The company however, said it was only for five years, and wanted to double rates—-

make it $lO per year—to continue. The mutual, Itoe patrons said NO, and since last summer they have had no outside connection and can only talk among themselves. This line has given excellent service and the best of satisfaction, and the late James Yeoman, who used to live in that township and used a phone a great deal in stockbuying, often remarked that he got much better service on the mutual line over the county and to Mt. Ayr and Rensselaer than he did over the Jasper County Telephone Co. line—he having both phones in his house. Charles Hammond, his son-fin-law, succeeded Mr. Yeoman on the farm, said the same. Every patron was well pleased. f. Tfl e poles on this line are now getting old, being but cheap oak ones In the beginning, chopped from the adjacent timber, and now need repair. The patrons of this line would gladly welcome the organization of a mutual telephone company in Jasper county, and every one of them would take stock in such an organization—it is no experiment to them. Next week we shall try to give ’he experience of one or mpre larger mutual systems-

MISS. SHEDD BUYS MOODY PLACE

S. S. Shedd has purchased Y* e Granville Moody brick residence ind ground, at the end of Cullen street, about seven acres. Consideration $6,000. The property used to be generally known as the Charlie Starr property, as Mr- Starr built the house and owned it for several years. It is at present occupied bv King Davis. j

A. J. BOWSER GETS DIVORCE.

Courts Grant Decree to State Senator and Editor. Valparaiso, Ind., July 6. —Judge McMahan, in the Porter circuit court, this morning granted A. J. Bowser, editor of the Chesterton Tribune, and senator from Porter and Lake counties, a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Antoinette Bowser. Cruel and inhuman treatment was charged. No fight was made by Mrs. Bowser, as both agreed to the isuit and the amount of alimony was arranged out of court.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

On Sabbath morning the pastor will speak on the subject, “The Supreme Business of Life.” Everyone is cordially invited to be present.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.

R. C. Minton, state attorney for the Anti-Saloon League, will speak at the Christian church on Sunday morning. Come out and hear him.

LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING.

At 6:30 next Sunday evening, on the court house lawn, Mr. R. C. Minton of Indianapolis, will address the union vesper service- This meeting will have for its purpose the better enforcement of the prohibition laws in Jasper county. If it should rain, the vesper service will be held in the Presbyterian church at 7:30 p. m.

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO SUNDAY, JULY 11.

The Louisville division of the Monon will run an excursion to Chicago Sunday, July n, 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 tiain will stop at Rensselaer and Lowell—at those two stations only.

Buy bread at the Home Grocery. X A off ribbons, laces, embroideries, shirt waists, etc., at \he Chicago Bargain Store. Oil 10c, gasoline 15c. Home Grocery. * Last call, Saturday, July I7th, positively the last day of the Chicago Bargain Store. Do you eat Olives? The Home Grocery has a fine line. Special bargains in elbow length gloves to close out, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. H. S. Hayner, the expert piano tuner and repairer, ffrom Chicago, is in the city. Patronage respectfully solicited. Leave orders at P. W. Clarke’s Jewelry store. A new stock of men’s work and dress shirts, worth 50c to $2.00, closing out now at 38 cents to $1.26[ at the Chicago Bargain tSore. The Democrat and tne Indianap. oils Daily News, each a full year for only $3.60. Last, call, 50 cents on the $ sale to Saturday night, July 17, at the Chicago Bargain Storo.

SENATE VOTE ON TARIFF IS 45-34

Insurgents Stand With the Democratic Members. PROTESTS TO VERY END Beveridge and Gore Make Speeches, the Indianan Declaring That the Pledge of Downward Revision Made tb the People Before Election Had Not Been Kept and the Blind StatesOklahoma Denouncing the Protective System. Washington, July 9.—The tariff bill passed the senate by a vote of 45 to 34. Here is the vote in detail: Yeas —Aldrich, Borah, Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Bulkeley, Burnham. Burrows, Burton, Carter, Clark, (Wyo.), Crane, Depew, Dick, Dixon, Dupont, Elkins, Flint, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Hale, Heyburn, Johnson, (N. D.), Kean, Lorimer, Jones, McCumber, McEnery, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles. Scott, Smith, (Mich.), Smoot, Stephenson, Sutherland, Warner, Warren, Wetmore—4,s. Nays Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead, Beveridge, Bristow, Brown, Burkett, Chamberlain, Clapp, Crawford, Culberson, Cummins, Daniel, Dolliver, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier, Gore, Hughes, Jofin6pn, (Ala.), La Follete, McLaurin, Martin, Money, Nelson, Newlands, Overman, Owen, Shively, Simmons, Smith, (S. C.), Stone, Taliaferro, Taylor—34. Beveridge's Final Speech. The failure of the senate to keep the promise made to the people by the Republican party respecting a revision of the tariff downward was the theme of Senator Beveridge as the debate on the pending bill was drawing to a close. “Our votes," he said, “shall be cast In harmony with our party's pledges as voiced by our party’s leader and the nation’s president.” Suggesting that the “insurgents” would cast their votes on the final passage of the bill In conformity with their previous action, Beveridge said they would do so, as a notice to the conferees to bring back a bill in which there should be decreases of duties. Beveridge was answered by Senator Aldrich who said he had often seen men interpret their own judgment as the judgment of their party. Gore Denounces “Protection.” Senator Gore delivered a final denunciation of the entire system of protection as exemplified in the bill. He compared Aldrich to the shepherd of a hungry flock, saying that his lambs had all been tamed until they would eat out of the hand. Some had even taken to strong drink, taking as “theirn” crude and refined petroleum. Suggesting that the president should promptly veto the tariff bill in fairness to his campaign pledges, Gore added: “Then it may not be so far stretching a prophecy to say that the next president of the United States may be an ‘African. 1 ’’ Tobacco Restrictions Removed. The removal of the restrictions on the- free sale of tobacco in the hand as provided in the amendment of Senator Bradley, which was adopted, is the result of many years of agitation. It is a live question in the tobacco growing states and has been the subject of many representations to congress. The prohibition of the present law, preventing freedom in the trade in tobacco in the primitive state, is paid to have been responsible for the forays of “night riders” in Kentucky and Tennessee. The present law permits the tobacco grower to dispose of his product, but does not allow hiH vendee to transfer it without paying a tax of 6 cents a pound. Other Tobacco Provisions Retained. The Bradley amendment authorizes any one, the grower, any person to whom he may make transfer, or anyone else, to sell tobacco in the Land without paying a tax, but requires that when the sale exceeds ten pounds, a record shall be kept for the benefit of the internal revenue service. The other provisions of the tobacco schedule were retained. These imposo a tax of 8 cents a pound on chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff; of $3 on cigars weighing more than throe pounds per thousand; with Increases for high grade cigars running up to $9 per thousand; of 75 cents on cigars weighing three pounds or less; $3.60 on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand, and $1.25 on cigarettes or not more than three pounds per thousand.

CORPORATIONS TO FIGHT TAX

Possibility of Bond Issue Is Worrying Party Leaders. Washington, July 9.—Confirmation of the expectation that the corporations will seek to hold up the collection of taxes under the corporation tax bill, if that measure is enacted, by an

appeal to the courts was given here by dn official of the treasury department who refuses to be quoted by name. The possibility of suspension of this expected large source of revenue and the possible necessity in that event of a bond issue has caused concern, not alone to the treasury officials, but to political leaders who point to the political consequences attributed to the bond issues of the Cleveland administration.

Lou Dillon Is In Russia.

Moscow, July 9.—C. K. G. Billings of New York has arrived here with Lou Dillon. He intends to give an exhibition of Lou Dillon’s speed and stylg, but will not compete for prizes*

The remainder of the stock of the Chicago Bargain Store will be closed out in the Rowles & Parker rooms after July, 17th.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7467. William L. Nowels vs. Josiah Reed, et al; action to quiet title. The county jail is again without an occupant, in the taking of John Tlgler to the poor asylum. Attorney and Mrs. Geo. A. Williams returned Thursday afternoon from a month’s visit at the former’s old home In Ohio. Thomas E. Reed of Jordan township bought of his brother Mike, of Jennings county, the latter’s 40 acres of land in Jordan, paying sl,400 therefor. —o— Marriage licenses issued: July 7, Edward F. Smith of Wheatfleld, aged 29, occupation farmer, to Jennie Nevia Jackson, also of Wheatfleld, aged 25, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. John Tigler, the aged insane man from Gillam tp., who has been In jail here for the past two or three weeks, was taken to the poor asylum Tuesday. It seems Squire Bussel’s proceedings were a little irregular for an insanity inquest finding, and the old man’s son, August Tigler, having withdraw or offering to withdraw the affidavit he had filed with the Squire, the latter so notified Clerk Warner and it was decided to turn the old gentleman over to the township trustee, and he took him to the poor asylum. George H. Hills, superintendent of construction of the Tolin Macadam road in Colfax township, let the contract Saturday to John J. Lawler for $11,448.66. W. F. Smith & Co. of Rensselaer bid $12,000-00, and the estimated cost of the road was $12,861.48. .Work is required to be commenced within ninety days and the road completed within one year. A. D. Peck, superintendent of the Bingham road in the same neighborhood, offered that, road for sale on Friday but no contract was let. Only one bid was filed and that was later withdrawn.—Newton County Enterprise.

In the Reed damage case against the Panhandle railroad, the affirming of which judgment was published in last Saturday’s Democrat, we were in error as to the amount of the judgment secured in the White circuit court, it having been so long since that the attorneys here who were interested in the case had forgotten the amount. The judgment was for $4,000,5a ys the White County Democrat, instead of $5,000 as reported by us, and attorneys for the plaintiff remitted SI,OOO on this for fear the case would be reversed because of an excessive amount, owing to the age of Mr. Reed, the old gentleman killed by the defendant railroad. The $3,000 will now be paid by defendant. The adjourned term of the Jasper circuit court to take up the Borntrager .ditch mattter, the record will show, convened Wednesday and adjourned until next Tuesday. Judge Hanley has been on the sick list for the past few weeks, but is now improving and thinks he will be able to take up business next week. It seems that it is not known whether Judge Wason of the White circuit court who was appointed to sit in this case, will be here or not. He told the clerk when here last month that he did not want to come over in July, but if they would hold the adjourned term In August he would* come over. He wanted to take his annual vacation in July. Later: We are told that the petitioners do not desire to take up the ditch matter at an adjourned term, and-that there will be "nothing doing."

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