Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1911 — Page 1

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Here They Do It On Purpos`e.

Dr. A. M. Bishop, who lives at the Virginia Hotel, was discharged yesterday when arraigned before Municipal Judge Caverly at the Chicago avenue court charged with having violated a city ordinance prohibiting the opening of automobile mufflers. He told the court that he had opened the muffler accidently Chicago Recotd-Herald

Return `From North Dakota.

Harvey Davisson and family returned Monday from Hamilton, No. Dak., where they have been living for the past two years, and as soon as Mr. Sawin, who occupies his property here can get moved, they will move into same. Mrs. Davisson's health is such that they will not go back on their farm in Union tp., and it was the condition of her health that brought the family back to Jasper county. Mr. Davisson has sold out all his interests in North Dakota.

Remington Garage Being Enlarged.

W. T. Elmore was over from Remington Saturday afternoon driving one of the 1912 Richmond 30 roadsters, and it is about the classiest machine seen here for some time—nickel trimmings, battleship gray in color, dust covering over seat, in fact one of the prettiest cars of the season. Mr. Elmore said they were gong to begin Monday to enlarge the Elmore brick garage at Remington. It is now 40x60, and they will build 55 feet more on the north end, making it 40x95 w-hen completed.

Grain Gamblers Go Down.

Sam Finney, a Chicago board of trade broker, who operated branch offices at Rensselaer, Goodland and other towns in this vicinity a year or so ago under the management of Bert Hartley of GoocMand, was caught in the wheat slump Friday and was “posted” by the __ board. Pringle Wing & Co., was another Chicago firm caught in the wheat crash. Also* Pitt Brothers, & Co. of Baltimore, one of the oldest grain firms in that city. The Armour interests, who had been trying to form a corner on wheat, lost $1,500,000, it is said. The slump was occasioned by the rushing of huge quantities of wheat into Chicago from the west and the efforts of the Armour crowd to unload.

Coming to Ellis Theatre.

“In Politics,” the new Cal] Stewart play, which comes to the Ellis Theatre next Monday, makes a wide departure from any of the so-called pastoral plays that have gone before. Mr. Stewart describes the pieceas a vital, human, close to nature play, set forth in terms of interest with a message for every home in America. It preaches altruism and bestows upon all who see it, happiness and good cheer. The plot is as pure and as sweet as that of “The Old Homestead,” one of the grandest pliays ever written. A large and competent company of players will b.e seen here with Mr. Stewart. Remember the date, Monday night, Nov. 13, at Ellis Theatre. Popular prices.

SENTIMENT IS GROWING

But It Is Against Instead of for Promotor Purtelle. Speaking of-the defeat of Purtelle railroad subsidy in the election recently held in Wolcott and Prnceton tp., the White County Democrat says: “From this it will be, seen that outside of precinct one the vote .was almost three to one against the tax. In precinct 3. alone it was more than 4 to 1, which is about what it should have been in all of them. Just why almost half the intelligent voters of the first precinct should have been willing to vote, a tax on themselves to aid a scheme with so little foundation to it as Purtelle’s seems strange to persons who have. watched his devious methods.” . The subsidy was defeated n Febrtfary, 1910, by a majority of 68, and at the recent election by 84.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from Ido Various leparMs OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. * Attorney and Mrs. Jasper Guy were over from Remington yesterday on abstract business. The Newton tp. Stone road cases were to come up Monday before Judge Reiter of Lake county, but Judge Reiter has been in poor health of late and notified Judge Hanley Friday that he would be unable to come down and hear the cases at this time. Whether or not be will be able to come later or it will be necessary to secure a new Judge to hear the cases, is not known at this time.

The County Council met in special session Monday and appropriated S6OO more for a new barn at the poor "farm, making a total of $1,600. The original appropriation provided that the contractor use as much of the material in the old barn as practicable, but the bids then were several hundred dollars in excess of the appropriation. The present plans contemplate an entire new structure, leaving the old barn as it now is. The council also appropriated $4lO for emergency Board of Health, to pay road supervisors for serving notices on dog owners and killing dogs in the crusade last spring and summer; S2OO for orphan’s home and other poor institutions; SBOO for advance on circuit court ditches; SBOO for a new bridge across the R. E. Davis ditch, pne mile west of Tefft. The William Messenger, now in jail for failure to pay fine and costs for having a prairie chicken in his possession, is the same Messenger who was setenced to prison for life several years ago killing a Swede in a saloon row at San Pierre. He served thirteen years of the sentence when he was pardoned on recommendation of the pardon board. Messenger airways claimed the shooting was I dohe in self defense. While in ! prison Messenger was working |as electrician, and says he has thrown many a hunk of chewing tobacco to Tom McCoy when the latter’s allowance had been exhausted. Messenger was employed by a farmer named Johnson, over on the former Fritz Zard farm, prior to his arrest, and it was understood Johnson would be in yesterday afternoon and sign a stay bond and the prisoner would be released.

The county commissioners put in the day Monday allowing claims, many of which were election claims for services in the Carpenter and Newton tp. subsidy elections. Judge Thompson ruled several years ago that such elections were purely a township matter .and the costs •thereof should be paid by the township in which the election was held, but the county has gone ahead and paid the bills right along out of the county funds, and the people of the outside townships who have had no interest in these elections have been taxed to pay for the marry elections held in Marion and Carpenter townships during the past ten or twelve years. The law itself seems to be a little lame on this subject, but it would seem but equity fqr the township holding the election should pay the expense. The law governing local option elections specially provides that this shall be done, and the same rule

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 1911.

ought to apply to all special elections. The various county depositories reported the following amounts of interest on county funds for October: First Nat. Bk, Rensselaer.. $62.63 Trust £ S. Bk, Rensselaer. . 28.22 State Bank, Rensselaer 35.02 State Bank, Remington..... 27.54 Bank of Wheatfleldß.3B Sheriff Hoover has a new star boarder since last Friday, when Wm. Messinger of McCoysbhrg was brought here and jailed in default of the payment of a fine and costs of $51.75 for an infraction of the game laws. It seems that game wardens have been looking for parties who have, it is alleged, been shipping prairie chickens and quail from this section, and Thursday morning a deputy warden was on the north bound milk train when Messenger handed “Frenchy,” the news-butcher, a basket and spoke a few words to him. The game warden, being suspicious, interviewed “Frenchy,” with the result that after a little sweating he told him what was in the basket, but said he did not know the man’s name who gave them to him. He was to give the man the money for the birds in the evening, however, and the game warden came back on the evening train with two other deputies, and as Frenchy turned over the money they nabbed their man, taking him on to Lafayette where he was kept that night and brought back next morning. Squire Irwin being over at Kentland and Squire Bruner out of town, there was no justice here before whom to arraign him, and he was finally taken before Squire Fay at Parr. Messenger claims the game wardens assaulted him when arresting him and one big fellow hit him in the mouth, loosening his teeth in front, and cutting his lip somewhat. One arm is also discolored from the attack on him.

COURT BEGINS MONDAY.

Grand Jury Called for First Monday of the Term. The November term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. Both a grand and petit jury is called, as follows : GRAND JURORS. Geo W Bond Barkley Geo. Iliff Jordan Robert S. Drake. ... Hanging Grove John Southard Milroy C. P. Hermansen. Gillam Alfred Barlow ...Wheatfleld PETIT JURORS. Thomas Callahan Barkley Chas. Harris Jordan Fred Banes . .. Carpenter Victor Yeoman .Barkley David L. Halstead ........ Newton Grant Culp Carpenter Jerry Hess ..Gillam George Fou\ks Milroy Kenton Parkison ..... . . Barkley James Longstreth Union David A. Collins Kankakee Chas. E. Kersey. ....... . . .Keener Thomas Florence ..... .... .Union Henry Koihoff m Marion Chas. Holle Walker Rolla V. Johns .... Hanging Grove The grand jury is called for the first Monday of the term and the petit jury for ‘ the third Monday, Nov. 27.

June Hinkle Passes Away.

June Hinkle, who has ben suffering from uremic poisoning or acute Bright’s disease for the past few weeks, died at 10 p. m., Friday at his home at the Stock Farm east of town, aged 36 years. He leaves a wife but no children. The funeral was held Monday at 3 p. m., from the residence, Rev. J. C. Parrett conducting the services, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

Tom McCoy In the City.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy and son Taylor and a lady friend of Mrs. McCoy, passed through Rensselaer in a big automobile Friday afternoon on their way to Lafayette to visit relatives of Mrs. McCoy. J Returning Sunday, they took dinner wijtli Mr. and Mrs. Grant Warner. Tom is still engaged in the scalping business- in the Chicago stockyards.* This is his first visit to Rensselaer, the scene of his former financial and political triumphs, since his release from prison for his connection with the McCoy bank failure of 1904.

Both Should Give Away.

Some complaint has come regarding the giving half the road in case of an automobile coming up behind a team. The parties claim that sometimes when they come up behind a fellow with a team he stubbornly refuses to give any of the road no matter if there is plenty of room t 6 turn out. Now the law recog*nizes the rights of Both the man with the team and the man with the auto and these rights should be respected. There are plenty of men who are running autos who should be driving ox teams but all men should not be treated that way. The law says that when a man is overtaken by a faster vehicle, driving the slowet vehicle shall turn out and give half the beaten path, and in this case .as when meeting face to face he should turn out to the right.

Formerly of Rensselaer.

The Monon girl who was badly injured by a fall over a wire stretched across the sidewalk by Hallowe’eners in that town, is reported to be on the road to rapid recovery now. She is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tyner, formerly of Rensselaer. So voilently was she thrown to the sidewalk, striking on her head and shoulder, that she suffered concussion of the brain and blood oozed from one of her ears.

Six Took the Examination.

.The examination for rural mail carrier held here Saturday, ostensibly to select a carrier on Route 2, in place of Elias Hammerton, deceased, resulted in but six of the many applicants for the position, taking the examination, owing to the fact of the transfer of H. B. Murray from Route 4 to Route 2 and the appointment of J. B. Martindale to Route 4. Those who took the examination were Eph Hickman, Charles Morlan, Lem Huston, Ray Parks, D. E. Hollister and Philip Blue.

Move Back to Town.

Mr. Mrs. Smith Newell of Barkley tp., moved to town last week and will live with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bull, and take care of them. Mr. Bull is 86 and hjs wife 84 and it was necessary that someone stay with them, so Mr. Newell decided to give up farming and move back to town. “Uncle Billy” Bull is a veteran of both the Mexican and civil wars, and is probably the only surviving veteran of the Mexcan war in Jasper county. Considering his age he is quite active, and is up about the house all the time, but doesn't come up town any more.

BURN CORN, NOT COAL.

Crop Loss Due to Rot to Be Decreased by Illinois Farmers. Mattoon, 111., Nov. s.—While the farmers of Coles and adjoining counties, and, in fact, throughout the entire corn belt in Illinois, will be heavy losers because of the large amount of rotten corn in the fields, due to the excessive rainfall, «many of them have decided to use the corn that is spoiled and will shift a portion of their loss to the shoulders of the coal man by using the corn for, fuel during the winter months. There have been various estimates made as to the amount of corn in the fields that is rotten, and while they vary widely, the fact remains that the amount is larger than ever before in the history of the Illinois corn belt.

NOTICE. There will be a colored minstrel show at Parr in Wood’s Hall Friday evening, Nov. 10, at 7:30. After the show a short program will be given by hoipe talent, after which a pie social will be had for the benefit of the U. B. church. Girls please bring -pies and gentlemen come with well filled pocketbooks. x For Sale—Rhode Island Red roosters, for breeding purposes. Inquire of ISAAC GLAZFBROOK, Front street, Rensselaer. , nl2 Sale bills at Democrat office.

LAST CHANGE TO ENTER THE RACE

For 111 Donors BooutlM Moliquny Piino M ENTRIES AFTER NOV. ID Ail Those Desiring to Enter the Contest liust Get Their Names Piled Not Later Thao That Date. Any person desiring to enter the race for The Democrat's beautiful $350 mahogany piano must make their application not later than Saturday, Nov. 18, as no contestants will be permitted to enter the race later than that date. There is plenty of time for hustlers to enter the race and give the leaders a “run for their money," but it takes a hustler to win. Sitting idly by and wishing for a premium is not a method that will win in this race, as there are several entries who are/hustling to ji good effect. New* entries * now, or before Nov. 18. while working under a slight dis advantage by reason of the start the other candidates have, would still have all the advantage of “a dark horse in the race,” and many contests such as this have been won by late entries who Nbistled hard. The standing various contestants in the contest today fc: "

Id* Hurley. Purr Loretta Nagel, BnaieUw ltarlbell Mag*, Rmmrlarr lame VMM, Virgle Ethel M Flatter. Fr—Haer Alice maids, iti—«rt>ri Beme McElfresh, Rrt—clae. R-l Victoria Marsh. Reaaaetaer R-S Fairy Pollard. Rensmlner R-4 Si I KS*£»2» e,,op 11-1 Arkaaa Ritchey. Remington R-S Wilda Green. Remington Mildred Rash. Bra-rleix R-3 Mary Bice, Rensselaer. R-4 Myrtle Leavel, Rensselaer Rath E 8011, Rensselaer Elsie Smith. Rensselaer Rath Wiltshire. Rensselaer Mary Halaema, Rensselaer May Shook, Kalman Hazel Shumaker, Rensselaer R-4 Bernice Yeoman, Rensselaer R-2 Lena Trolley, Rensselaer, R-l Lacy Folks, Remington R-4 Anna Marion. Parr Edna Ward, Rensselaer R-4 Martha Critser, Reaaselaer, R-3 Lots Spencer, Wolcott Mary Gaunt. Remington R-3 Marie Moore, Rensselaer Star Route The free voting certificates given with purchases at the stores also count np quite fast, and candidates should urge their friends to be sure to ask for them with each cash purchase at these stores. • The following stores give certificates, one vote for a cent, with each cash purchase. Cut the list out, and carry it with you every time you go shopping. And ask* everybody you see to do the same, reminding them, of course, to save their coupons for YOU. The list is:

D. M. Worlaad, Pmltsre and Knp dew Eger, Hardware C. Earl Duvall, Oothtag and Gente FanWdafi B. F. Feadig, Drag Store Sam Feodig, Dry Goods Mrs. Mary Meyer-Heaiy, Millinery Scott Bros.. Harness Home Grocery, Groceries Jesses, the Jeweler Depot Grocery, Groceries B. N. Fendlg. Exclusive Shoe Dealer C. A. Roberts, Baggies, Wagons and Corn Harvcston. Spencer's Jewelry Store, Remington. Peck's Drag Store, Remington. Worden’s Harness Shop, Remington. Surrey Store, General Merchandise, Surrey W. L. Wood, General Merchandise, Parr Aix Store, General Merchandise, Air Reed’s General Store. Vtrgle Candidates should bear in mind that it is the subscriptions secured that count fastest; 1500 votes for each year's renewal, and 5000 votes for each year on new subscriptions. A five year ; renewal counts 7500 and a five year new subscriber counts 15[OOO.

Vol. XIV No[ 62.

It should be remembered by all contestants that The Democrat gives coupons with each cash order for job printing. This includes sale bills, programs of all kinds, and, ih fact, job printing of any character. ,

- Public Sates. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Friday, Nov. 10, M. A. Diits and J. S. Lakin, % mile south of Parr. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, hay, fodder and implements.

WRITE OF WASHINGTON.

lir. and Mrs. Sol Norman Met Many Former Hoosiers In Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Norman of Union tp., who recently ed from a several weeks visit in Idaho and Washington, met many former Jasper county people in Spokane and were most favorably impressed with that city. They write The Democrat of their trip as follows: We arrived borne on Oct. 24; had a very enjoyable trip and saw nearly all the Hoosiers In Spokane. Saw Sol Fendlg; Mrs. Lang and daughters; Will Adair and Frank Parker, who are street car conductors; Vernie Thornton and Dode Lang, who are working for the Washington Water Power Co., on the electric line; Tom and Ortie Willey; C. L. Thornton, who is vice-president of the electric union, who draws a salary of a hundred and thirty dollars and expenses When away from home; Ed Hopkins, who works in the carpentet shop; Alfred Grislier, retired farmer; E. J. Hurley, who works at the carpenter trade; John PihUibaum, who is a partner In a grocery store; HOHy Ramey, who works in a department store. They all sent their best regards to old friends. Spokane is a thriving city of about 140,000, although there is a panic on just now. President Taft was there one day of the InterState Fair and perhaps he "restored confidence.” I brought back a few potatoes, or "spuds,” as they are called out there, which is oue of the leadingcrops. Two of them were raised in the dry farming or "PlooseCountry,” by L. D. Yount; theothers were raised by S. H. Norman, seven miles from Spokane, on sub-irrigated land. There are almost all kinds of fruit there, and they have a fine climate. I was out hunting ttoo days; saw plenty of deer and bear tracks, but my eyes failed me when I wanted to shoot a deer. But T brought back seven deer hides.—— MR. AND MRS. S. A. NORMAN.

FOR MASTODON BONES

Woman Demands $1,500 of Man Who Found and Kept Them. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov, 4. Last week William Hubbard and a crew digging a ditch on the farm of Mrs. Zada Cooper, near *this city, unearthed the bones of a mastodon. Hubbard appropriated them, as allowed by the state ditch laws. Today he was made defendant in a suit brought by Mrs. Cooper, who asks $1,500, the price at which she values the bones.

ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following letters remain uncalled for in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending Nov. 6, 191 1 : Misses Gertrude and Lola Ray, Carl Evans, Rev. Johnsten, William Irwin, The Crescent Theatre Co., Rev. Albin Sheidler, Evert Meyers, Harry Straw, Edward Pattee. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office Nov. 20, 1911, In calling for the above, please say “Advertised;"* giving date of list.—G. E. Murray, P. M.

Some Choice Bargains.

As the building in which I am located has been sold and I am oibliged to move, I will offer some rare bargains in White and Domestic sewing machines, both new and second-hand; one W. W. Kimball upright piano; one square piano; one second-hand organ; a number of second hand bicycles from $4 up; new bicycles and tires, etc. —C. B. Steward, first door south Rensselaer Garage.

Pie Social. There will be a pie social at Wood’s Hall iff Parr next Friday night, Nov. TO. for the benefit of the U. B. church. Everybody coihe, ladles please bring pies. i r i n 9