Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1912 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from thi Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL 1 The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Sheriff Hoover took Joseph Fross to Longcliff Friday. —Or—. The county board of education met Monday, but nothing of special importance was done. —o— S. D. Clark and S. A. Austin and son were among the Wheatfield visitors in the city Monday. C. P. Wright & Co. report the sale of the VanGundy farm of 400 acres in Milroy tp., to a Mr. Spencer, an architect of Champaign, 111., for $37,000. Mr. Spencer will spend considerable money on the place in tiling, etc., it is reported. —o— As surmised by The Democrat, the “investigation” ordered by Governor Marshall in the Bader matter was a mere subterfuge. Bader was paroled and had left prison before the members of the parole board visited Rensselaer at all. What a farce. And state funds were used in paying the expense of thp “investigation.” According to Winamac and dispatches sent out, Bader was paroled the same day that Darling and Daily, members of the parole board, were in Rensselaer in the late afternoon “investigating” the case, and left prison the same afternoon.

—o — A couple of state accountants are here checking up the county offices. This accounting law was originally a good measure, but the last legislature took all the fangs out of the law. Now there may be shortages of thousands of dollars in the accounts of public officers and their constituents never hear a word of it, as the state board and the examiners are prohibited from giving out any information whatever regarding what is found, and the examiners have the power to settle any shortages they may find. Unless suit is brought and the matter there made public, of course, the people who are the most directly interested and certainly ought to know what is found, know nothing whatever about the findings, although they are compelled to pay for making the investigation of which they are prohibited from knowing the result of. To h— with such a law;

—O—. Report of proceedings of county commissioners doing’s Monday. They were still in session yesterday, and their doings will be reported in full in Saturday’s Democrat: Interest reported on county funds for the month of July as follows: Bank of Wheatfield....... $ 9.00 State Bank, Rensselaer... 47.53 T. & S. Bank, Rensselaer.. 42.68 First Nat Bank, Rensselaer. 146.68 State Bank, Remington.... 31.90 On report of engineer, C. J. Hobbs, Chas. Kain wds allowed 80 per cent of contract price of 2% miles of the H. W. Marble road in Wheatfield tp., $5,200. Contracts awarded to Joliet Bridge Co. for five new bridges at $3,395, and to F. M. Williams of Winamac for one new bridge at S9OO. Contract awarded Monon Coal Co. for coal for county use at the following prices per ton f. o. b. Rensselaer: Mine run, $2.02; Nut. $2.37; Egg, $2.47; Lump, $2.27 to $2.47, depending on size. All to be Green county No. 4 vein or Shllivan county No. 6 vein. *

— — The following delegates were selected at the stand-pat convention held here Saturday: To the state C. W. Hanley, Frank Foltz and O. C. Halstead. John O’Contfor for Walker and Kankakee, and J. C. McColly for Wheatfield and Keener. To the senatorial S. R. Nichols, C. G. Spitler, A. F. Long, Chas. Morlan, Geo. W. Foulks, John Rush, Alva McCashen and Wash Cook. This convention will meet Friday, August 9, in Rensselaer. To the representative, which meets in Monticello on August 14,

Jesse Nichols, Ray Wood, W. F. Smith, J. H. S. Ellis, G. L. Parks, Ed Grant, W. F. Michaels and John R. Phillips. To the judicial, which meets at Mt. Ayr on August 21, B. L. Sayler, J. A. Dunlap. R. D. Thompson, Frank Ham. W. P. Gaffield, Erhardt Wuerthner. Lyman Raymond and George Parker.