Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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FRANCHISE GRANTED

Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., By Hammond City Council. A franchise was granted the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., last week to construct its proposed lines through the city of Hammond, conditioned that the company deposit sl,ooo.cash to i be forfeite I to the city in case of failure to accept the franchise and carry out the construction of the line, and also file an indemnifying bond in the sum of $9,000. It is a condition of the franchise that the line must be in operation between the town of Dyer and Fayette street, Hammond, within one year. This is the same company which was granted a franchise in Rensselaer last fall, and which proposed to build a line from Logansport to Remington and thence north to Rensselaer and parallel the Monon to Chicago. Should the company put up the actual “dough” at Hammond it will begin to look as if there was something more than hot air behind the proposition, and we hope there is.

SATURDAY BIGGEST DAY

In History of Rensselaer Cream Station—l,loß Gallons of Cream Received. - - Saturday was another recordbreaking day for -the Rensselaer cream station, and $934 was paid out for the 1,108 gallons of cream taken in. And this, too, with each of the five proceeding days better than 400 gallons per- day. The total for the week was 3,250 gallons, amounting in cash paid out to $2,677. Churned into butter this would make 9,880 pounds of butter. The business is growing right along by leaps and bounds, which speaks well for . the treatment Mr. Morrison is giving his many patrons, and the fact that dairymen are shipping cream here from as far south as Brookston and Battle Ground is evidence that they are better satisfied with results here than in shipping to Lafayette, only a few miles away. The business is putting a nice bunch of money in circulation in this community every day and we hope the farmers will continue to increase their dairy .herds until this industry becomes the greatest one in this section of the State.

OILED STREETS.

People of Goodland Think Them “The Stuff”—Others Think Too. Goodland’s experiment with oiled streets is proving very popular there and the business men are a unit in saying that they believe they have solved the dust problem satisfactorily in every way. Newton street, nearly a mile in length, has already been covered and Union and Jasper streets will also be oiled. The oil has only been spread on’ the main street about ten days, and it was scarcely dry last Sunday when there was quite .a number of visitors in Goodland from other towns, but everyone expressed themselves as believing that the oil method was the economical and effective way of handling the dust problem, besides greatly preserving the streets on which it is used.

Of course there is quite an odor for a few days from the crude oil, and a little common sense has to be used about tracking it, but it will soon soak in thoroughly and there is no more trouble about dusty streets. One good application does the work for a season, and the cost is but a trifle compared with water sprinkling. The Democrat would like very much to see this method used on the business streets of Rensselaer, feeling confident that betiter results would be obtained and at one-fifth the money now /expended.

MASONS TO CELEBRATE.

Morocco Masons and Eastern Star will Observe St. John the Baptist day, Friday, June 24, with a big basket picnic. A fine program has been arranged in which Rensselaer Masonic and Eastern Star lodges will take part, and a large delegation

is expected to attend from here, i The address of welcome will. be made by A. L. Clark of Morocco and response by Judge C. \\ . Hanley .of Rensselaer. Mrs. Mary E. Spitler of Rensselaer, Past Grand Matron of the Eastern Star, will deliver an address. Music and fireworks in the evening will conclude the festivities.

COLLEGE BOY ARRESTED.

Elmer Beile, a 19-year-old student of St. Joseph's college, is confined in jail in default of S3OO bond on the charge of stealing sl9 from the barber shop cash drawer at the college, which theft he is alleged to have confessed when charged with the crime. The boy’s mother, lives at Lafayette, but she will do nothing more for him, it is said, and he will likely have to 1 remain in jail until court sits in September. He came from St. Louis to Lafayette last fall, stealing the money there to come on,* it is now alleged. He got to going wrong at Lafayette and his mother put him in the college here in February in the hope that he would reform. The students, it is alleged begun missing articles almost right away, something iinusal for that institution, and when the money was swiped from the barber shop it was thought best to bring the trouble to an end by running the culprit to earth, which it is thought has been done.

ONLY TOO TRUE.

Pulaski County Democrat: A small city paying a fat bonus to locate some factory is a good deal like a pair of grandparents taking a spoiled boy to raise. By way of illustration, a couple of years ago Monticello paid roundly to secure a thread factory. The factory has been a fine thing for the town, but every time the factory sees. something it wants, it sets up a yell like the aforementioned spoiled boy if somebody doesn’t hand the factory its desired knick-knack p. d. q. Recently a couple ot lots were needed to enlarge the building. The owner would not sell two unless he could sell the three that he owned. “800, hoo, cried, the factory, “if we can’t have those lots at our price we’ll move to some other town.” So the grandmotherlike Industrial Association' hustles out and pledges itself to pay the differ-, ence in price between the two and the three lots, thus keeping the spoiled .boy from working himself into a mad fit, Freaking up his playthings and running away from home.

GARY P. O. TROUBLES.

The third head to fall in the Gary postoffice was chopped off last night when Distributing Clerk Edward Pariseau received notice from Washington that the long drawn out charges which have involved nearly the whole postoffice force had been sustained. He left the service at once.

More dismissals may be expected. So far the list of the decapitated reads: Assistant Postmaster Frank Meyer. Clerk Philip B. Swihart. Clerk Edward Pariseau. , These came as the result of charges originally preferred against Postmaster Call and Mr. Meyers. Swihart and the assistant postmaster had troubles between them, the former was suspended and in a few days a racket occurred and Mr. Meyers was in police court on a warrant sworn out by his subordinate. Then came an investigation by the Washington department which kept two inspectors busy six months who delved into charges against, the management of Mr. Call and Mr. -Meyers. The upshot was the dismissal of the former, and the elimination of Swihart. Charges of incompetency, lack of help, violations of the postal rules and red tape were made by the subordinates against their two superiors. On the other hand charges of insubordination and other things were directed against the subordinates and the postal inspectors became nearly gray-headed ttying to sift the thing out.—Lake County Times.

THE TWICE=A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1910.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Harry Folk, the court reporter, went to V alparaiso yesterday to assist in reporting a lawwsuit there. o ' County Supt. Lamson and Howard Mills left Sunday morning in the former’s auto for * trip to the following places: Bloomington, Indianapolis and Union City. They will also attend the aerial races at Indianapolis to-day. * pQallahan & Oliver of Newland trade two more good sales of Gifford lands in that locality. John Eger bought 300 acres more in section 14, making him 1,270 acres now, "and Miss Maude Spitler bought 500 acres in sections 6, 7 and 12, all in Barkley township. The Democrat has found another republican mayor in the Tenth district in the person of Dr. Schleiker of East Chicago, ensselaer and East Chicago have Rensselaer and East Chicago have the only, republican mayors in the district, while Lafayette, Monticello, Laporte, Michigan City, Valparaiso, Gary, Whiting and Hammond each have democrat mayors. —o — The brief of appellant, C. L. Bader, in the bridge graft case from this county, was filed in the supreme court last Friday. The principal argument of appellant’s' attorneys is that the instructions of the court were incorrect and that the evidence showed no “intent” to defraud the county. zVppellant also filed a petition for oral argument- in the case. - -- —o — New suits filed: No. 7614. John B. Jackson, guardian of George W. Keesling, vs. Ida Thornburg, et al; suit to set aside conveyance of 200 acres of land ,in section 20, Jordan township, conveyed by said Keesling and wife to Ida Thornburg, Laura Jordan, Clara Reese and Hildra Keesling on May 13, 1919, without any consideration whatever, it is alleged, the said George Keesling then being of unsound mind.

City Attorney J. E. Westfall of Whiting, came down Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday with his wife and children who are making an extended visit with his mother in Remington. John is a republican, but he says the democrats made no mistake in nominating John B. Peterson of Crown Point for congress. Like everyone else who krfows Mr. Peterson, he says that he is one of the finest men in the state and also one of the ablest. —o—. The Republican’s article about dhe Brook Reporter’s “Apology” reminds us of a story about an old darkey who was arrested for stealing chickens. The case was brought before the judge, and after the usual preliminaries, the old darkey was requested to take the stand, and answer truthfully every question. The prisoner was naturally frightened, and when the judge said to him, “Are you the defendant in the ease?” he answered: “No, sah, Ps de man what stole de chickens.”

—oi—County Supt. W. O. Schanlaub came down from Roselawn Saturday morning, where he had attended commencement exercises the night before, and spent Sunday with his parents west of town. His eyesight is improving slowly in one of his eyes, which has given him so much trouble for the past year and, while he thinks it will never get as strong as formerly, it will be much better than the total loss of the sight therein. It has proven a pretty expensive misfortune for Will and has. cost him about $1,400 thus far in doctor bills, nurse hire and expenses connected with running up to Chicago every few days for treatment. j Automobiles mighty nice when they work all right, but,

unfortunately they do not always do this. Monday afternoon Delos Thompson took Judge Hanley, C. C. Warner and Mose Leopold over to Sh'eldon, 111., in his 1 big Premier car for a little outing and to see how ; work was coming on with the I stone roads which . Smith & Thompson have the contract for building. It ws a nice day and 'a dandy . trip—going. But coming back the auto bucked at Kentland and had to be towed back home, a Kentland man bringing it to within about three * miles of Remington where a relief expedition from the Rens- , selaer garage met the party and 'towed them in the rest of the way. JrMarriage licenses issued: June ,H, Irvin L. Hansen of Lake Village, aged 21, occupation drainage contractor, to Ola 11. Armstrong, daughter of Charles iH. Armstrong of Kniman, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire . Irwin in the Clerk’s | ■ June 11, William Walter Roth of Monticello, aged 21, occupation carpenter, to Zehna Rosalie Rayher of Rensselaer, aged 26, occupation teacher.' First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Clarke, of the Christian church, t June 14, Jacob Weaver of Monticello, aged 70, occupation laborer, to Lucinda Roe of Remington, aged 64, occupation housekeeper. Third marriage i for each, former marriages of male having' been dissolved by death in February, 1898, and October 1909; former marriages of female also dissolved by death in Feb., 1865, and 1882. Married by Rev. Clarke at the Christian church parsonage. —o—■ ■ S. 11. ITopkins of Barkley tp., plead guilty to a charge of intoxication in Squire Irwin’s court Saturday morning and was dried $5 and costs, $9.15 in all, which he paid. Mr. Hopkins was in town Friday and it is alleged partook too ’freely of booze, and Friday evening word came to the Garage that he had his auto in the ditch on the Pleasant Ridge road. A relief expedition, went out after him and he is alleged to have resisted interference so strongly that it was necessary to tie him in his auto, and he was brought to town. After arriving here he wanted to go on home, but it was not thought he was in fit condition to run his machine, so he was not allowed to depart at once. He then became quite vociferous in his denunciation ol those present, and nightwatch Critser escorted him over to the Shirer hotel, where he remained until morning. Mr. Hopkins claimed to have had a pocketbook with some $92 in it when first taken in to.w, out on the road, and said he could find no trace of either it or the money Saturday morning.

ATTEND WOODMEN MEMORIAL.

Three auto Igads of Rensselaer Woodmen went over to i Goodland and participated in the M. W. A. and I. O. O. F. memorial services Sunday. There was quite a large turnout and the procession to the cemetery, led |by the Goodland Band, made an impressive appearance.-Several Woodmen were in attendance from Morocco and Remington also.

CORN IS VERY LATE.

Generally by the middle of June we see a corn field here and /there where the corn is almost i knee high, but this, year hone of it is more than a very few inches in height,. while some is just coming out of the ground and some is yet to be planted. Very j little was large enough to plow last week, but with a few more days of such warm, sufishiny weather as Sunday and Monday jit will almost jump out of the although none large I,enough to “lay by” by July 4th, ias usual.

$16.50 suits this week at the Quality Shop for $12.00. —.C. Earl Duvall. $lB suits this week at the Quality Shop for $13.50. —C. Earl Duvall.

RIOT AT CEDAR LAKE.

Season Opened at Resort Sunday With Broken Heads and Arrests. Crown Poit, Ind., ’June 13. — Cedar Lake’s first! beautiful summer day was turned into a sensational and shameless riot because of the picnic crowd which came out from Chicago to hold revelry at Monon Park. An officer was badly hurt and several rioters were injured. Robert Mercer head of the park’s special police was so badly cut about the head that he had to be brought to Crown Point tp have his wounds dressed. Two firrests were made by the sheriff’s deputies and the men arrested jailed in Crown Point. The affair took place where so many of its predecessors have occurred at Monon Park, the Monon railway’s pretty park on the west side of the lake where seven coach loads of pipnickers came out from Chicago to spend the day. The picnic, was given from Chicago. A drunken brawl started the melee. Two men engaged in a fight and Mercer sought to bring an end to the hostilities. Then a wholesale battle started in which the unfortunate officer was maltreated, a swarm of picnickers hastened to the rescue of the men Mercer sought to arrest. Mercer was stripped of his gun, club and star. Several men took his part and the conflict became general. Mercer was surrounded and badly beaten. His head was split open with a beer bottle and a number of the rioters were beaten up pretty badly. A nunjjxr of officers of the law then busy and Sheriff Grant’s deputies made several arrests. Mercer was taken to Crown Point where Dr. W. F. Houk was called up to dress his wounds. The arrested rioters were jailed *and will have a hearing to-morrow before Judge 'Nicholson.

STILL ADDING IMPROVEMENTS.

Improvements are still going on at the Princess Theater, manager Phillips having just added an electric exhaust fan at a cost of SIOO, which changes the air completely every five minutes, making the theater as cool and nice as you please, with the two electric cooling fans. The new fan is placed in the transom window at the rear and sucks out the stale air completely.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

R. A. Parkison Re-elected Member of City School Board. At the regular meeting of the city council Miondaypight all members were present and thefollowing business was transact ed: R. A. Parkison was unanimously re-elected member of the school board. Mayor authorized to sign contract with Shirley Hill Coal Co., for coal for ensuing year at $2 per ton for mine run and $2.20 for lump, f. o. b. Rensselaer. Firgmen present at Van Grant fire allowed $2.50 each, and Sam Roth, Chet Zea and True Wood worth were allowed $1 each; at Blanchard fire members were allowed $1 each. The following claims were allowed :

CORPORATION FUND. J. K. Davis, marshal salary. .$30.00 Frank Crltser, nightwatch... 36.67 Chas. Morlan, clerk for May. . 25.00 G. B. Porter, mdse. Fire C 0.,. 1.55 ROAD FUND Bert Campbell, city team. . . . 25.00 LIGHT FUND C. S. Chamberlain, salary... 50.00 Mel Abbott same., 45.60 Dave Haste, same 45.00 Standard Oil Co., 0i1....... 10.93 Harry Mggee, haul brick.... 20.00 Western El. Co., supplies... 22.27 Robert Wartena, wk on line. 24.13 Ehrman Coal Co., coal. . . . .112.00 Jesse Gates, hauling coal. . . . 37.22 Chandler & Taylor, boiler.. 682.90 B. F. Fendig, md5e......... 3.65 Ray Thompson, freight paid. 72.94 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, 5a1ary........ 45.00 John Hordeman, work, mains 1.50 J. B. Clow & Sons, supplies. . 9.76 Ed Randle, work on mains,. 1.30 Ray Thompson, freight paid. .75 PARK FUND. Harry Magee, work Milroy pk 6.00 Ben Hanson, same.. i 2.64

RECEIVES HIS STATE LICENSE.

Zern Wright, who recently graduated in embalming from the Barnes School of Anatomy and Sanitary Science and Embalming, of Chicago, and later took an examination at Indianapolis for a state license, received his license from the State Board of Health Monday, and the grades received are equaled by very few who take this examination, which is very thorough. Zern will be permanently associated with his cousin, W. J, \\ right, in the undertaking and embalming business in the future. O'-

HON. OLIVER H. STEWART

The Famous Temperance Lecturer,at Christian Church Thursday Night. The Christian church should be packed on Thursday evening, June lb. to, hear Oliver 11. Stewart of Chicago, a temperance lecturer of nation-wide reputation. As his speech before tht

Illinois legislature the Chicago Evening Post said: “Mr. Stewart electrified both sides of the house with his stirring address, and received greater applause (han all the other orators combined.” Mr. Stewart proposes to unite all churches and temperance ' forces in an effort to completely overthrow the liquor traffic. Admission free —Christian church, Thursday evening, eight o’clock.

Millet and Hungarian seed at Eger Bros. S2O suits this week at the Quality Shop for sls. —C. Earl Duvall. Wse the souvernir envelopes on sale at The Democrat office when writing to your, friends or business acquaintances. BOYS TAKE NOTICE. We have just received a new supply of elk skin athletic shoes. They wear and are comfortable. Price $1.50 to $2.50, depending on the kind wanted, —Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. $22 suits this week at the Quality Shop for $16.50. —C. Earl Duvall. NOTICE TO REBEKAHS. All members qL Rensselaer Rebekah, Lode, No. 346, I. O. O. F., are earnestly requested to be present at the regular meeting on Friday, June 17, for the transaction of important business. CORA COEN, N. G. L. IDA BENJAMIN, Secy. Patronize The Democrat’s Job Department for best printing at lowest prizes. Call and see! THE G. E. MURRAY CO, Beginning June 15th, we will give you with every suit of clothes you buy of us, FREE, a pair of Oxfords. SIB.OO to $25.00 Suit— $4 or $5 Oxfords. __ $15.00 to $17.00 Suit—s3.oo Oxfords. $1,0.00 to $14.00 Suit—s3.oo Oxfords. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The rate of the Indianapolis News has been raised 25 cents per year to us, And the dubbing rate of The Democrat and The News will hereafter be $3.75 instead of $3,50, as formerly. Please remember this, and in remitting for the two papers, if you wish the News, send $3.75. Read The Democrat for .lews.

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