Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ANOTHER DRAINAGE PROBLEM

Construction ot Ryan Ditch to Affect Present Iroquois MUST BE ENLARGED IN CITY 1 Is Belief of People Who Mave Given the aMtter Though, as Present Channel Will Not Be Sufficient to Carry Increased Flow. That the construction of the big Ryan ditch, which starts in the southeast part of Starke county and finally empties into the Iroquois near Rensselaer, just; north of the Monon railroad . bridge, will necessitate the widening and deepening of the rock cut through Rensselaer, is apparent to everyone who has given the matter njuch thought. The big rains thss spring have fully demonstrated that, while the present channel here is sufficient for present needs, it can accommodate but little more water than is already passing through it, and with the continual additions that are being made in our drainage systems that empty into the Iroquois it will soon make it inadequate to carryoff the increased amount of water pouring in, and the channel must be enlarged or it will overflow its banks and do great damage to land

and property. Whether the proposed Ryan ditch goes through now- or not, it is boun-d to come sooner or later and when it does come the present channel of the Iroquois from where the Pinkamink now empties into the Iroquois—the Ryan ditch will empty into the Pinkamink and the proposition is to enlarge the latter to its mouth—will be found entirely inadequate to accommodate this increased flow. The Pinkamink empties into the Iroquois at the east side of Rensselaer, just north of the Monon railroad bridge. This is a problem that is sure to confront us in a very few years, but it ought not be nearly as expensive as the cutting of the present channel, which at the time it was put through was something of an experiment—so far as removing the rock was concerned —and many bidders were afraid of the rock work.

Says Oiled Streets Were Good Investment.

It seems the oiling on our streets will have to be done by the people thin time, if it is done. It cannot be put on by special assessment according to reports, and nobody so far is taking any interest. For two years it has been the best money spent and it is time now to put on another coat. —Crown Point Star.

Another Heavy Rain Saturday Night and Sunday.

A very heavy rain fell again Saturday night, commencing in the evening and continuing all day Sunday. In the northeast part of the county it was some heavier than here, it is said, and the ground is too wet there to work for several days yet. The water was raised in the river fully five feet I by Monday morning and the channel was filled completely to the old river bed in Rensselaer.

A Benton County Fish Story.

The floods of last week caused the water of Pine Creek and the State ditch to flow over the big Norwood and Abernathy slough in Pine township. The water was high over the road grade east of Till Owen's farm apd when it subsided, hundreds of pounds of fish were left in the upper slough.. sport was offered scores of people Saturday and Sunday. Some of the fish weighed 5 and 6 pounds each. —Remington Press.

An Editor “From Missouri.”

The Iroquois ditch case will soon have a hearing in the Jasper circuit court. Special Judge Hanan of Lagrange will assume jurisdiction. It will be worth miles going to see, that is, all the water in the river at the present time going down a dredge ditch.—Brook Reporter. . Well, come over, Bro. Stonehfll, some time during high water, and we’ll show you how nicely it goes

down the dredge ditch here, where already constructed. It used to spread out all-over the country here, same as it still does with you, but that is a thing of the past since the dredge cut a good channel through.

JAMES F. IRWIN DEAD.

Prominent Citizen Dies of Heart Failure While On Visit to Chicago. News was received here Sunday morning about 9:30 o’clock of the sudden death in Chicago that morning of James F. Irwin, which occurred at the State Hotel, 555 South State street, from heart trouble. Mr. Irwin and son Schuyler w-ent to Chicago Saturday on the 10:05 a. m., and he was in his usual health when he left here. Tihe news of his sudden death was a great blow to his family and friends. He was one o’s Jasper county's old citizens and had held many public offices of trust. He lived for a number of years in Carpenter township and served as trustee of that township for several years. He was twice elected clerk of the Jasper circuit court and served two terms as clerk and two terms as deputy clerk. He also served a number of terms on the city council of Rensselaer. He was an old soldier, and a member of the I. O. O. F„ and K. of P. lodges. * He was born near Indianapolis Aug. 4, 18 42, and had lived.in Jasper county for over half a century. He leaves a wife and seven children, Sqhuyler C„ Frances, Edward, Alice (Mrs. I. N. Warren), Maud (Mrs. A. E. Wallace), Fred and Marguerite, all of whom reside in Rensselaer except Ed, Who lives at Wolcott and operates the Irwin tile factory at that place. He also leaves two brothers, Robert of Remington and John of Brook.

The funeral! was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the house, conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper of the M. E. church, and burial made• in Weston cemetery. The Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. Irwin had been a mpmber many years, had charge of tihe burial. His age was almost 70 years. A more complete obituary will be published in Saturday’s Democrat. A. E. Waldace, Mr. Irwin’s son-in-law, and Mrs. S. C. Irwin went to Chicago Sunday afternoon, and returned Monday evening on the milk train with tihe body. Mr. Wallace gave the following particulars of Mr. Irwin’s death: He had gone to Chicago Saturday with his son Schuyler to place the latter in an instituion for a few days treatment for the liquor habit.

Mr. Irwin was sick after arriving in Chicago and Schuyler decided to bring him home. After reaching the depot Mr. Irwin fainted. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the second precinct police station and to the emergency ward, where it was thought if he was put to bed he would be much better in the morning. Schuyler then took him to the State hotel and both went to bed. Mr. Irwin got up at about 7:30 o’clock, leaving Schuyler in bed asleep, ordered,, breakfast in the case and then went out in the office and sat down. When his breakfast was ready he was called and went in and eat down at table, but instead of beginning to eat, he placed his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands. The waiter asked him if he was not feeling well and he replied “" that he was not, and got up and started to the office again. When he came out in the office he reeled, and the clerk ran from behind his desk and caught him before he fell. He breathed only a few times. The coroner pronounced death due to organic heart trouble. *

Mr. Wallace placed Schuyler in the institution to which he had intended going before leaving the city, and he will take a three days treatment there, this being the length of the institution’s period of treatment. The annual district meeting of Pythian Sisters for the Tenth district will be held at Michigan City tomorrow. Mrs. W. V. Porters ie delegate and Mrs. J. F. Osborne alternate from the Rensselaer Temple. See our standing seam Slate roofing in red and green for use on fine residences. Laid without cement. And the handsomest roof ever invented. HIRAM DAY.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from. the Several County Offices. " Attorneys Honan and Williams were in Monticello yesterday on legal business. —O— Attorneys John A. Dunlap and A. Halleck were in Kouts Monday on legal business. —o—• . Henry Misch, Wm. Grube and Christopher Salrin were among the people from the north end of the county down on business Monday. —-p —• Appellate court note: No. 8283. First National Bank of Rensselaer vs. Margaret Ransford, Jasper C. C. Appellant petitions for time, which is granted to August 1, 1912. —o —■ Charles Odom, Thomas Logan and several others from Gillam were down yesterday looking up their assessments in the Ryan ditch. The time for filing remonstrances will be up tomorrow, Thursday. May 10. Only a very few remonstrances, had been filed up to yesterday noon.

—o—. Marriage licenses issued: May 10, Frank Clark MtColly, son of James C. McColly of Virgie, aged 24, occupation carpenter, to Lizzie May Davis, daughter Of Thomas Dazis of Kniman, aged 17, occupation housekeeper. Mother of bride gives consent to issuance of license. First marriage for each. —o— '■ The Democrat was mistaken about Joe Nagel haying returned from St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette, where he has been for the past month being treated for pleurisy. He is still in Lafayette and it is not known just when he will be able to return home. Mrs. Nagel returned from there Monday afternoon and says his condition is now improving and the doctors think he will get along all right.

Kentland Enterprise: The Commissioners at their May .meeting Monday passed a resolution concurring in an action to build a new bridge across the Kankakee river north of Lake Village. Ray Seeley was directed to make a survey of the premises and draw plans for the bridge, and will report at a joint meeting of the commissioners of ■Newton and Lake counties to be held at Schneider May 17. John Reisch, a ditcher, slopped up too much suds Saturday and was unable to navigate gracefully under the burden. Yea, he became so hilarious from the imbibed flz water that he was taken under the arm of Marshal Mustard and piloted to Justice Bruner, who assessed him 15 and costs for drunkenness and public disturbance. He was found to be entirely destitute id the financial line and consequently is enjoying the luxury of the county jail as a guest of Sheriff Hoover.

—o— Samuel Boyd an inmate of the poor asylum since October, 1904, died at 2 a. m., yesterday and will be buried today. He used to live years ago with Fred Waymire’s father in Jordan tp., later living with Fred, from whose place he was taken to the poor farm. It is not definitely known what his age was, but he claimed, to be over 100, and the records at the poor farm state that he was past 90 when received there. He had a cancer on his 'face and has been in poor health for a long time. —6— One of the indictments returned by the recent grand jury was against Bruce Hardy of Rensselaer for forging a Check on his employers, Barkley Bros., a fact generally known or, believed rather, as Hardy left town while the investigation was going on and no arrest of course ■ was made. Last Friday he return-

ed and gave himself up and was released on bond. The case will come up at the September term of court It is reported that Hardy also forged some checks on Crouch Bros, of Lafayette, for whom he wirked up to a few months ago, but on- the amounts being made good they did not care to prosecute. It is said that there is a possibility of the prosecution here teing dropped if Hardy will support his wife and children, whom he had practically abandoned and who were taken home by her father, Scott Brenner of Mt. Ayr, a few months ago. The amount of the forgery here is reported to have made good by his bnother-in-ia v. Kenton Parkison of Barkley tp. The check was given to H. W; Kiplinger.

Street Carnival Harvest.

Logansport Times: George Smith, tbe Royal Center baseball playdr, found himself in . Squire Hanawalt’s court Wednesday afternoon on a paternity charge preferred by Miss Ethel Wentz, employed in the family of Mr. Moody near Medaryville. His plea was not guilty and he was bound over under S4OO bond given by his father, Herman Smith, a member of the Royal Center town council. Miss Went? says she met Smith at a street fair in Winamac.

Wedding Anniversary Surprise In Union.

Last Thursday evening while J. W. Smith of Union tp., was taking ;his evening smoke and Mrs. J. W. was hustling around about her household duties, their neighbors and friends gathered at their 'home., at about 8 o'clock to remind them of their thirtieth wedding anniversary. A bountiful supper was served at about 9 o’clock, after which they all adjourned to the parlor where the evening was spent in various amusements. Mr. and Mrs. Smith received several nice presents, and at a late hour all departed with extending congratulations for many more such happy years. xx

Took Jack Hess to Asylum.

Brook Reporter: Deputy Sheriff Howard Myers took John Hess, known to everyone here as "Jack” to the Longciiff insane asylum at Logansport, Tuesday. Jack came here last fall for a visit with his brothers and scon after his arrival was taken sick and for some months was in a vegr bad condition, and during that time his mind began to fail, and when he began to take a turn •for the better, physically his m 3 nd grew worse until he got into a condition that he scarcely knew his own relatives and while not deemed particularly dangerous yet he had to be continually watched and it was deemed advisable to place him in an institution where he would receive good medical treatment and care.

Less Than 50 Per Cent Registered Last Thursday.

in the first registration day under the rew registration law, less than 50 per cent of the voters in the agricultural districts went to the polls to register. This was true of Jasper coupty also, as the farmers here as elsewhere were so behind with their farm work, owing to the backward spring and bad weather, that they won Id not leave their work to register. They will have two more chances to register, one 60 days before the election and one 30 days before. Unless registered then they cannot vote at the November election

The average registration over the state was a little better than 50 per cent. Following is the registration by precincts in Jasper county, in the first column and the total, vote in the precinct for secretary of state at the 1910 election, in the second column, for comparison: Barkley, East... 27 117 Barkley, West. 33 121 Carpenter, East 82 159 Carpenter, We5t....... 47 120 Carpenter, South 59 148 Gillam ... .. 35i 115 Hanging Gr0ve........ 39, 86 Jordan 60 114 Kankakee 51 95 Keener . L 61 , 149 Marion, No. 1..132 241 Marion, No. 2....139 280 Marion, No. 3........ 85 175 Marion, No. 4....... .148 209 Milroy .... 22 58 Newton 57 121 Union, . North 48 129 Union, South 55 134 Walker 45. 134 Wheatfield ....120 176 Totals 1345 2881

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distent and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. Barnard sold to Frank Cones. The creditors of the John Barnard estate entered - such vigorous protest against the sale of the land in Jasper county that Guy Barnard re-opened the matter and the land was re-sold Saturday at a decided advance over the previous price. In February the land was sold to Mrs. Guy Barnard for SI,OOO plus the incumbrance, which amounted to about $13,000. On the last day of the April term of court attorneys for creditors of the estate appeared and protested that tihe land had been sold too cheap and they offered an advance of SSOO. This was refused and there was an inclination in certain quarters to contest any action which would reopen the sale. Later, however. Guy Barnard, administrator of the estate, gave notice that all might have an opportunity to bid on the property. The sale was made Saturday at the office of J. L. Dinwiddle and the property finally went to Frank Cones for $3,500 plus the incumbrance. This is a clear gain of $2,500 and means that creditors will realize about 15 per cent more on their claims than they would otherwise have done-—Benton Review.

CROWDED BANK.

Robbed by a Lone Bandit, Who Made His Escape. McLeansboro, 111., May 12.—While the Farmers’ Exchange Bank at Broughton, 111., a village 12 miles south of here, was crowded with patrons late last night a lone robber entered, fired one shot and forced John Irvin, the cashier, to hand over $2,000 in currency. Two shots were fired at him by the village marshal, and bloodhounds were soon placed on his trial, but he escaped easily by pressing a swamp.

HAS IT COME TO THIS?

George Ade Is to Run for Nomination for Governor of Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., May 10.—The Star tonight received the following from Washington: "That George Ade’s name will figure in the contest for the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana, became almost a certainty today when Representative Crumpacker in an authorized interview, proposed to the Republicans of Indiana the propriety of nominating Mt. Ade Tot* standard bearer in the coming gubernatorial campaign.” Crumpacker said that Ade would sweep the state.

ANOTHER DAUGHTER.

Of the American Revolution Is dead at Indiana Home. Columbus, Ind.- May 11, —Mrs. Catherine Brooks, 98 years old, the only known daughter of the Revolution in -• southern Indiana, is dead here. She died on the same day of the month and hour as that of her husband, Jonathan Brooks, who died in 1903. She was born, in Philadelphia, bu.t moved with her husband to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1853, where they lived for several years. Her father, John Foster, served in the war of the Revolution under General Washington. He also soldiered in the 1812 war. She retained the full strength of her mental faculties and in her declining years delighted to relate lni cidents of her childhood, one of which was that she often played in ■ the old William Penn homestead, ''near which her parents lived.

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Fancy Stationery Department.

Now, tihart The Democrat is better prepared for handling such stock, we are miding fancy stationery, which includes. invitations, cards ami announcements for balls, parties, etc., cards and card envelopes, linen finish papers and envolpes for the better class of private correspondence, tasseks and cords, also bdx i>apers consisting of note paper and envelopes ranging in price from 15 to 50 cents per box. We also have letter paper and envelopes for private correspondence in bulk. Engraved or embossed initial stationery furnished to order and at very reasonable prices. Engraved calling cards also furnished on short notice. We expect to keep this department’ stocked with the latest and best goods in the fancy stationery market, as well as some of the eheaiier grades, and Invite an inspection of hhie department.

City Council Meeting.

The common council met Monday evening in regular session with all members present, and the following business was transacted: Light committee Instructed to confer with Sup.t of light plant regarding the running of a day current on Sundays. City clerk was instructed to ad, ventise for blds on Franklin and Plum street sewers. , An ordinance fixing the salary of fihe nightwatch at S6O per month was passed on a suspension of rules, all members of the council voting in favor of the increase. (The old. salary was $50.) „ Ordinance Introduced and passed' to second reading appropriating SIOO for the Rensselaer band. Clerk instructed to advertise for bids for hauling coal. Frank Oritser was unanimously re-elected nightwatch for another year. There were no other appiicamts for the place. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. Gao Mustard, sal marshal. . . . $30.00 Frank Crttser, nightwatch... 25.00 Chas Morlan, sal clerk..... . 25.00 Am Fire Eng Co, supplies.. 41.50 Levy Broe, stamp for clerk. . .25 Sam Fendig, boots for fire Co 4.50 Gwin. & Watson, supplies..,. 1.85

ROAD FUND. Chet Zea, city teamster 45.00 Harry Swartzell, hay 23.37 B H Dillon, wk on culvert. . 1.00 Geo Heuson, same, street. .. . 1.00 C W Piatt, same 5.25 John Hordeman, same. ...... 9.25 Dick Potts, same 3.75 H B Avis, same 7.00 James Hill, same ... 2.00 W M Coffel, same..., 8.00 Levi Clouse, corn 24.60 PARK FUND. H B Avis, labor Milroy Pk. . 1.75 W. M. Coffel, same.. 5.00 LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, salary. .. . 50.00 Mel Abbott, same 45.00 Dave Haste, same 45.00 Terence Thompson, wk on line 54.00 Jesse Gates, hauling coal. ... 32.13 Standard Oil Co, oil. 40.61 Electric App Cd, supplies. .. . 18.43 General Elec Co, same. ..... 60.88 Illinois Elec Co, same. ..... R< Williamson 00, same... p ... 14.90 R D Thompson, freight paid. 150.58 WATER FUND. T E Malone, salary*. ....... 45.00 National Lead Co, pipe.,... 41.33 C W Platt, wk on main 3.90 John Hordeman, same 21.75 Gwin & Watson, labor and mat .80

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to thank the many friends and neighbors for their many acts, of kindness as well as for the beautiful floral offerings during the sickness and following death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Maribel Kays. —The Children.

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