Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1911 — “OIL INSPECTOR HONAN.” [ARTICLE]

“OIL INSPECTOR HONAN.”

Rensselaer Man Receives Well Deserved Recognition From His Party. l\Unong the appointments of the new democratic State Oil Inspector, James H Fry of Ft. Wayne, is that of E. P. Honan of Rensselaer as deputy for the district composed of the counties of Benton, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski, Starke and White. The salary depends on the amount of oil and gasoline handled by the various oil stations in the district, and is usually between S9OO and SI,OOO per

annum. Whenever a carload of oil is received at a distributing station it must be inspected before it is unloaded. For this service the state charges ten cents per barrel, onehalf of which fee goes to the state and one-half to the .inspector.

The inspector must furnish his o appartus and bear his own expenses. In this district only a part of the inspector’s time is taken up with, the duties of the office, and the appointment will not interfere with Mr. Honan’s law practice. But while there is not a very big thing in the appointment, there were many applicants, it is said, and Mr. Honan’s many friends will be glad to learn that he has been, appointed to the place. , S. E. Swaim, editor and proprietor of the Lake County News, has been appointed deputy for Lake county, where the place pays a better salary than in this district, and we congratulate Bro. Swaim on his appointment. Other appointees are: P. J. Kelleher, Nelson J. Hyde, Joseph Keller, A. W. Bowen and Charles Roth, Indianapolis; Benjamin Wolf, Mt. Vernon; J. F. Petersheim, Evansville; Mason J. Niblack, Vincennes; W. L. Slinkard, Bloomfield; Daniel Walsh, New Albany; E. W. Pickhardt, Huntingburg; John V. Lawler, Madison; Ira L. Miller, Lawrenceburg, Dennis Shea, Terre Haute; David Higgins, Danville; Frank Wilhite, Martinsville; Henry Farwig, Richmond; W. Petro, Cambridge City; John S. Hall; Westport; Chas. Mlles, Raleigh; J. E. Adair, Portland; John Hartman, Alexandria; W. P. Mariotte, Winchester; Willian Donlln, Delhi; D. E. Murphy, Kokomo; W. L. Perryman, Tipton; IJ. G. Scjilosser, Attica; W. W. Hans, Laporte; W. B. Flynn, Michigan City; S. J. Hannigan, Lafayette; Frank Downing, Logansport; W. E. Trippeer, Peru; 11. H. Hendricks, Huntington; Walter Bonge, Montpelier; J. E. McDonald, Ligonier; Charles, A. Sheets, Angola; Mrs. Mary Bresnahan, Ft. Wayne; W. A. Johnson, Churubusco; F. A. Palmer, Elkhart; Alexander Ruh, Rochester; Edward Twonlqy, South Bend, and J. J. McAvoy, Fairmont.