Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1911 — TURNED DOWN AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

TURNED DOWN AGAIN.

Wolcott and Princeton Tp., Defeat Purtelle’s Railroad Subsidy. Eugene Purtelle, the notorius deadbeat railroad promoter, was given another turn-down Saturday, when the people of Wolcott and Princeton tp., White county, for the Second time, voted down a 1% per cent subsidy for his chimerical road, by the decisive vote of 196 to 112, a majority of 84 against the proposition. Of course some idiot may go to work and circulate another petition in a few weeks for still another election and put the taxpayers over there to the expense of holding it, there being apparently no way of shutting off such things. A law is badly needed against just such things as this, and it would even be better, to have a law against voting a subsidy for any purpose. They are wrong in principle and, if there ever was any excuse for voting 4hem, that time has gone by.

The Democrat is informed that Mulder & Son of Roselawn are victims of railroad promotor Purtelle to the extent of $35. According to the story told, Purtelle had borrowed ten dollars of Hank Granger of Thayer, and when Hank insisted on repayment of the loan Purtelle gave him a check for S2O and Hank gave him $lO more in real money. The check came back to Hank and he threatened to make it warm for Purtelle, who then went to the Mulders and got $35 in cash and gave them one of his checks. Of course the check came back to them, and they are holding the check, like so many others who have trusted the fellow. We do not vouch for this story, but give it as told to us by different ones, and in view of other tricky transactions of Purtelle we have no reason to doubt it. If true, the Mulders can make it mighty warm for the promotor, and they owe it not only to themselves but the public as well to see that he doesn’t run at large any longer.