Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — Page 7

HATERS AND CHAINS

MUCH of the value of farm animals depends tipon their control. A horse loose in the barn may injure another animal or may be injured, and the oftener he breaks loose, the harder it is every way to control him. The next time he mi/ break loose outside and destroy a good buggy or wagon. This is only one of the reasons why you should buy your halters, straps and chains at our store. If your stock is under good control you want to keep them that way and if they aren’t, the sooner you start to teach them the better; in every way it is cheaper and better to buy one good halter than several cheap ones that will break easily. sg|i§Our halters and chains are well made from the very best materials and irl the long run are worth a good deal more than what we charge for them.

Eger’s Hardware Store Rensselaer, Indiana | —> i - | On the next STUDEBAKER Wagon you pass on the road Why aren’t they split and cracked like the ordinary wagon ? Because the ordinary wagon hub is made from oak, a wood that splits and cra.-k- very easily. ahile . hubs are made from Eastern Black Birch, a very springy, tough wood, chemically treated, with great weather resisting qualities. Western birch is used by some manufacturers, but it is even poorer than oak. It is brashy and will not stand the strain. Studebaker hubs cost more than any other hub on the market, but they are . stronger and wear longer. Another reason why you should buy a Studebakar from C. A. ROBERTS,

Notice of Ditch Sale. State of Indiana, County of Jasper, SS: <ln the Jasper Circuit Court, February Term, 1912. i In the Matter of the Petition of F. Guy Barnard, et at., for Drain. Cause No. 120. Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, March 2, 1912, at the Village' of Dunnville in Jasper County, ' Indiana, at 2 o’clock P. M., the undersigned, Commissioner of Construction, 1 will offer for sale to the lowest and • best bidder .therefor, the contract for the construction of the F. Guy Barnard, et al., Ditch, Cause No. 120 of the Jasper Circuit Court. Bidders will •be required to deposit bond or certified check in the sum of SIOO.OO, as a ■guarantee that if awarded the contract they will enter into a written agreement for the construction of the ditch 1 according to the plats, plans, profiles and specifications thereof, which will be on file with me ten days before date of sale, and give bond as the law requires. The Commissioner reserves the rjght to. reject any and all bids. I FRANK W. FISHER, ! „ ' Commissioner of Construction, 1 ,P. O. Tefft, Ind.. R-R-*l. BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned, having sdd his farm and intending to leave Jasper ■county, will offer at public auction at the farm in Barkley tp., known; as the old Sol MlcCurtain farm, 5! miles rforth and 1% miles east of! Rensselaer, commencing at 10:30 aJ in., on 1 I TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912, 4 Head of Work Horses—Consisting of 1 bay mare 17 years old;. 1* roan mare 13 years old; 2 bay mares, one 5 nad other 4 years old; 1

yearling filly. 8 Head of Cattle*—Consisting of 3 cows and two coming 2-year-old heifers and 3 Coming yearlings, 2 heifers and 1 ball. About 3 Dozen Chickens. Farm Implements-—Consisting of ■2 wagons-; 2 cultivators, 1 riding, the Other walking; 2 breaking plows; 1 riding and the other walking; binder; mowing machine; disc; 1 |corn planter, used two seasons, with SO rods of wire’; 1 3-section harrow; 1 buggy; 1 hay rack; ditching tools; 2 sets work harness; 1 set double drivin-g harness, used but little, 1 set single driving harness: extra collars; grindstone; cook stove; heating stove and some other household furniture and numerous other articles. A credit of 10 months will be given on /sums over $lO, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. , . MICHAEL BURNS. ( Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. - C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Lunch on the ground. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Haw Always BougH

RALSTON A WINNER

RETURNS JUSTIFY THE CLAIM All but 138 of 481 Elected in Twenty-Five Cornuies. Expresions From Some of the Lead-" ing Democrats and Democratic Newspapers of the State. [lndianapolis - Star.] “With the returns in from the twen-ty-five counties that have elected del egatcs to the Democratic state convention, with 481 delegates elected so far, •we claim 343 for Ralston,” said W. E. Longley, of Noblesville, the Ralston campaign manager last night. "We place 102 in the Boehne column and thirty-six doubtful. “We have never based any claim on indorsements of Ralston by county committees. Our estimates are based on actual Instructions and on delegates directly elected for Ralston — > men who went before the primaries as avowed Ralston candidates, Del- \ egates known as unfavorable to Ral- j ston and those instructed for Boehne j we have credited to Boehne, or the-j opposition column. Uninstructed delegates who were elected without any ( expressed Ghoice for Governor, for j example, in counties having candi-, dates for other offices on the state ticket, we have classified as doubtful,! though we are aware that the majority of them are favorable to Ralston and still vote for him in the convention. - Raps Press Bureau. “The opposition, from the outset of this campaign, has maintained the policy of claiming all, or nearly all, delegates not instrqcted for Ralston. In my own county (Hamilton), because one township did not instruct for Ralston, the opposition press bureau was kept busy for a week proclaiming all over the state that Boehne had captured a township in Ralston’s district, in the face of the published signed statement of the three delegates of that township to the effect that they would vote and work for the nomination of Mr. Ralston. “If we adopted the same tactics, we would have to claim for Ralston all the delegates so far selected except about sixty-three instructed for Boehne in Vanderburg and Gibson Counties and a feyv scattering instructed delegates in various parts of the state. Rut we are claiming only what we can actually rely on. “Nine counties have so far instructed solid delegations for Ralston, three of which are in the southern part of the state—Martin, Perry Switzerland—yet the local newspaper o'rgan of Mr. Boehpe has failed to publish this he\ys. It will be recalled that only a week ago the Boehne managers w.ere claiming Perry because of its contiguity to the Evansville district. “On the hand, not one county outside of the First District has elected an instructed or uninstructed solid delegation for Boehne. While Ralston has carried the bulk of the delegates from the large counties of Allen, St. Joseph and Vigo, it is the agricultural counties that have given him his great lead over his opponent. It is the rural counties that have chosen solid delegations for Ralston. I can state positively that Ralston has carried all or the majority of the delegates elected so far in every county but three.” Mr. Longley noted also that Switzerland County, which instructed its delegation for Ralston Saturday, is in L. Ert Slack’s district and for that reason did not vote for Ralston in the convention four years ago.

UNFAIR ATTACKS HELP RALSTON

[Greencastle Herald.] The bitter attacks of Congressman Boehne, .of Evansville, who aspires to the nomination of Governor at the hands of the Indiana Democracy, upon the Hon. Samuel Ralston, of Lebanon, 1 his only announced opponent, have caused little worry among the friends of the Lebanon man. In fact, the unfair and unjust i charges made against Mr. Ralston have only caused his many supporters to become more earnest in their efforts toward his success. Those who have followed the political and professional career of the Lebanon man, know him to he a man of sterling character, an honest attorney,* a broad-minded scholar and a man who will listen to reason and take it for what It is worth, but who will pot be lead by any man or clique of mgn. Boone County, the home of Mr. Ralston, was the only Democratic county in the state, which sent its representative to the state legislature, with the instructions to vote against the repeal of the county local option law. As Boone County Democrats admit that Mr. Ralston is their leader, he probably could have prevented such a move had he seen fit to interfere. This one little fact more than disproves the charge that Mr. Ralston is allied with an element, which Mr. Boehne would lead the Democrats to believe. The Putnam County Democrats have not been greatly influenced by Mr. Boehne’s spectacular campaign, and, unless the name of Ralph W. Moss, the Fifth District Farmer Congressman, should go before the State Convention, as a candidate for Governor, the Evansville crowd probably will "'find old Putnam in the Ralston column when the final count is made.

NO CHANCE FOR “DARK HORSE."

[J. B. Stoll In South Bend Tlmes.J since it became apparent that the Boehne boom was ruthlessly trangled In the household of its projectors and promoters, diligent search has been made in various parts of the state for some accommodating gentleman to do service as a “dark horse” in the convention to be held at Indianapolis March 21. In so far as theso seductive invitations and importunities were heeded, they furnished what many regarded an amusing diversion and to that extent 'enlivened the humorous aspect of the situation. As county upon county throughout the state is electing Ralston delegates, in obedience to clearly defined popular sentiment,, the political virgins who have assumed to overcome public opinibn by undertaking to show |j that Samuel M. Ralston is making liis | race for Governor by using the feet I of Crawford Fairbanks and the head | of Thomas Taggart, ate becoming I -more and more desperate in the use I of their pop-guns. There is such a | thing as overdoing this sort of gun- | ning. Ambitious individuals who do j not care to stake their all on the im- j I mediate present, see the folly of at-1 tempting to accomplish the defeat of the* party’s choice for Governor by incessant yawping about Taggart and Fairbanks. Such individuals are suffl- | clently sagacious to understand that thinking men can see through this j bald subterfuge. j There is not a,shadow of doubt that 1 an overwhelming majority of - the 1 rank and file of the Indiana Demo- ! cracy want to see Samuel M. Ralston [ nominated for Governor, by reason of ! unquestionable fitness and indisput- | able worthiness and merit. In View i of this more than ordinary audacity is required to run counter to this sentiment by insisting that Mr. Ralston shall not be nominated because Mr. Taggart happens to be among many thousands of Indiana Democrats who believe this commonwealth would be benefited by the former being placed at the head of the state government. It so happens that Mr. Taggart has as often declared himself in favor of Gov. Marshall’s nomination to the presidency as he has expressed a desire for Mr. Ralston’s elevation to the governorship. Pitiable uiusl be the mental condition of individuals' who would oppose an unexceptional aspirant to office because of the overworked bugaboo that so-antbgo is enlisted in that aspirant’s - There is not a whit more reffi&m for opposing Samuel M. Ralston because Taggart favors his nomination than there is for opposing Thomas R. Marshall for president because Thomas Taggart is among his most effective and efficient supporters. Gentlemen who would some day like to be made Governor of Indiana will do well to bear in mind that the Democratic people of Indiana believe in ! the square deal and in fair play. All j attempts at political skullduggery will I surely meet with stern rebuke. There j is a fixed determination that the man ] whose nomination is desired oy an unmistakable majority of the Democratic voters of Indiana ghall be made the nominee of the 21st of March convention. There is too much at stake, in the administration of state affairs for the next four or five years, to take chances on a “dark horse” nomination, amidst excitement and confusion, superinduced by personal animosities rather than by a due consideration for the public good or the party’s best interests. This is not the time (o nominate a candidate for Governor by the dark lantern process. Ample time has been afforded to scrutinize and analyze the character and reputation of Samuel M. Ralston and John W. Boehne. Let the verdict be rendered according to the finding.

NOMINATION BY ACCLAMATION.

[Washington Special to the Indianapolis Star.] Charles B. Clarke, of Irvington, one of the wheel-horses of the Democracy in Marion 'County! whose loyalty to the Democratic party has caused him to be nicknamed ‘ Old Hickory,” dis cussing the political situation, both state and national, while spending a few days in Washington, said: “Sam Ralston will be nominated for Governor probably .by acclamation, Big-hearted, big-bodied, with a giant brain and a face on him like a benediction, he is an ideal candidate lor the campaign before us. The fight waged against him is popularizing him. The charge made against him that he is the creature of bosses finds its best refutation in his life and character. He is too well known for that kind of i campaign to succeed.” In 1908 Mr. Clarke supported L. Ert Slack, of Franklin, for the nomination tor Governor.

RALSTON LOGICAL CANDIDATE.

In a recent interview, Mr. Abe Simmons, the well : known Bluffton lawyer moils, the well-known Bluffton lawyer and a delegate at large to the Denver convention in 1908, said: 6. “Samuel M. Ralston is the logical candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket for 1912. In my opinion, the party would make a great political mistake if it should fail to place the Democratic banner in his hands during the coming campaign. He is an able, eloquent and cultivated gentleman, and if elected Governor of Indiana, will be the Governor of the whole people, and his only aim and ambition while in office will be to discharge his whole duty as prescribed by the Constitution and laws' of the state under the sanction of his oath. “He is competent, and capable to grace the chair once occupied by the sainted Hendricks, and as Governor of the great state, he will be an honor to the commonwealth. “I am for the nomination of Samuel M. Ralston, ‘first, last and all the time’."

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FARM BARGAINS. 60 acres—Near station and school, at heart of dredge ditch, all level, productive land, in cultivation except five acres in timber. Improvements are a good two-story fourroom house, good small barn and good well. price $45. Terms. S7OO down. v,,i 80 acres—All black land in cultivation, near school and churches touches large ditch, a fine outlet for drainage and is all in cultivation. Improvements are a good two-story six-room house, good barn for ten horses, steel tower windmill, with good well and 25 bearing fruit trees. Only $45. Terms, SI,OOO down. 21 acres-—Four blocks from the court house. 165 acres—-Highly improved, half mile of the corporation of this city Will sell in small tracts from ten to 80 acres at right prices. •>9 0 acre ranoh—Good improvements. \V ill trade or .sell on ea Q y payments. 160 acres in Kansas;) 160 acres In Arkansas, a__s6,ooo mortgage and* other property to trade ten or

property. Will put In cash or as--Bum - GEO. F. MEYERS. Notice of Special Meeting of County [ Council. Notice i-v hereby given that the County Council of Jasper County 1 meet in s l ,e<jlal sesmcm Monday, March 4th, 1912, at J P- m - the Commissdonf,” , Court room > *0 consider additional appropriations for 1912 and such other matters that may legally come before them. JOSEPH P. HAMM/OND, Auditor Jasper County. Glasses flitted by DR. A. G. CATT Optometrist Rensselaer, Indiana. Office over Long’s Drug Store. ■ Phone No. 232.