Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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MONON CETS GIFFORD ROAD

Deal Closed Up Here Saturday and Money Paid Over MONON NOW IN POSSESSION Announcement Made That Work of Putting Line in Condition Will Begin Very Shortly, .Also Connection Made on North End of Line. The deal for the sale of the Chicago & Wabash Valley railroad, known as the Gifford road, and extending from McCoysburg north to a point up in Lake county, a distance of about 40 miles in all, through what is generally known as the Gifford district of Jasper county, was.closed up by eGo. H. Gifford, executor, of the B. J. Gifford estate, Saturday, and the Monon is now in full possession. » Messers. Lewis and Hobbs, of Kersey, who have been employed on this road for several years, are retained by the Monon for the present at least. Announcement was made that the Monon would make some temporary repairs and get the road in condition to run local trains regularly over the line and expected to soon replace all the track with new 90 pound steel rails and connect it up with the main line of the Monon some place near St. John.

The sale of road to the Monon marks an era in the history of the section of Jasper county traversed by this road that will no doubt redound to the prosperity of that en‘ire section, and everyone interested in the future of the Gifford country is pleased to know that the road has gone into staple hands. The Democrat is informed that the balance of the $95,000 paid by the Monon was turned over Saturday and the deal is fully completed.

Telephone Co. Asks for Appraisement of Present Plant.

At the meeting-of the public service commission in Indianapolis last Friday to consider the petition of the Jasper County Telephone Company for an increase in rates, the company withdrew its petition asking for the increase and filed a new petition asking that the present plant he • appraised by the commission and that rates be fixed upon the value of the plant as it now stands. *

Mr. Plumstead at Winona.

‘ Riley’s Raggedy Man’ was given with the same childish abandon that Mr. Riley himself gives to this poem of childhood. The little people never weary of Riley’s selections, and the ’Raggedy Man’ is always a favorite. Mr. Riley wrote his ‘Raggedy Man’ here at Winona. It was written and given in response to a toast made by the JJoosier poet at a banquet oi the Western Association of Writers, given at the Winona Hotel.”—From Winona Assembly Review.

Civil Service Examinations Here April 18.

The civil service examinations for Newton and Jasper counties, to be held April 18, will be held in Rensselaer. They are to fill the positions of postmasters at Fair Oaks, Parr and Wheatfield, in Jasper county, and Mt. Ayr and Roselawn in Newton county. The Democrat previously stated that the examinations for Newton county would be held in Kentland, but a later comm'nication from the postofiice department states that the Newton county examinations will be held here.

Progressive Banquet Was a Great Success.

I i The banquet held at the armory Friday evening by ttje progressives was a success in every way. The banquet was served by C. P. Fate, and 277 people were at the tables, including fnany ladies. Several prominent members of the party from Monticello were in attendance, including the district chairman, Dr. Coffin, and B. B. Baker. Former County Superintendent L. H. Hamilton, of Rensselaer, was toastmaster, and several local progressives made brief remarks, but the principal speaker of the evening

was Hpn. Clifford Jackman, of Hunt- ~ who is a good talker "and maue a fine address from the progressives' standpoint. Toastfuaster Hamilton made some appropriate remarks at the close of the meeting which were well re-

ceived. The focal progressives were mucfi pleased over the unbounded success of the affair, and the interest shown, it being demonstrated that the progressive party is very much alive in Jasper county and will be heard from in the election in No-

. vember. The Democrat is informed that a full county ticket will be put in the field here as well as township tickets in most of the townships. Their county convention will probably he held the latter part of April.

Nice Appearing People, but Bum Actors.

The “Flaming Arrow” company which held forth at the Ellis theater Friday night, was made up of! good looking, well dressed and nice ' appearing people, but the show itself was about the poorest apology for a play that has been seen in' Rensselaer for a long, long time. ! The play itself, as rendered by this company, was devoid of all interest, I and the different acts seemed to, have but little connection. They had ' a fairly good house, but quite a number of the audience, who, with the exercise of considerable will power and against their own in-: clinations, managed to sit through I the first three acts, then got up and j left in disgust. Those who stayed! for the fourth and closing act, were only sorry that they had not fol-; lowed the people who left earlier. Ihe company had a good orchestra, and the music was good, the only redeeming feature of the entire! snow. Just why a bunch of people apparently as clean and well be-| haved as were these, should start out on the road with so poor a play'i and still poorer actors, is beyond the comprehension of intelligent people. : • :

Northwest M. E. Conference Will Be Held in Lafayette,

At a recent meeting of the district superintendents of the Northwest Indiana Methodist Conference held in Lafayette, it was decided to hold its next annual conference in that city next fall, the opening date to be September 30 or October 7. The Rev. E. W. Dunlavy is pastor of the church and will have charge of arranging the-’ program. I - was aerified to proceed to carry out the plan for a student pastor at Purdue University; The student pastor will be supported by the conference and a home will be provided ior him at the university. His mission will be to minister to the Methodist students at Purdue.

Lyceum Course? Announcement.

Ihe next number of the Lyceum course will be given Monday evening at the Methodist church. The attraction will be Ellsworth Plumstead, the entertainer and impersonator. This promises to be one of the best numbers of the entire course. With this number, the regular course will close, but the committee will give an extra number on the ~lst o’ March, the speaker being hr. Piatt. This number will be free to the ticket holders, but l to others the charge will be the same as usual.

‘•Spring Fever" Days Are Here. Friday was the first indication of real spring weather. Saturday was still warmer, and Sunday was bright and pleasant enough to start a few cases of “spring fever" and cause many to shine up the garden tools. It was a beautiful day surely, and the streets and improved roads had dried off quite nicely and brought out many of the automobiles for the first time that had been in winter quarters. Nearly tlie entire population of Rensselaer was out of doors, looking over the town or enjoying the balmy spring day from the porches of their residences.

Mill Take Moving Pictures Here.

A moving picture company from Chicago will be here tomorrow to take some office views tor Dr. Turner, demonstrating his treatment, etc., for use in his osteopath lectures’ and will also, in the afternoon, take a number of views in and about Rensselaer, including, we understand, St. Joseph’s college, students and grounds, Rensselaer school buildings and business streets, railroad station, etc.

THE TWICE=A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1914.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From Hid Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL I < • ••”“7■ Th& Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered j From The Several County Otiices. J .. ■' !' •/ ■■.. :■ ' . : : '... / Attorney George A. Williams was a Chicago goer Monday.

County Superintendent Lams m ; has been confined to the house for i a few days with the mumps.

Dr. A. G. Catt has bought a 80acre farm located in section 23, Walker tp., owned by Mrs. Helen McManus. The consideration stated in the deed was $4,000.

County Surveyor Yeoman and W. F. Osborne were in Hammond Friday on business connected with the suit pending in the Lake superior court against John Hack and his bondsmen for failure to complete the Jungles ditch in this county, which has been relet.

W. D. Bringle has bought the three lots of H. O. Harris located on Harrison street, just south of C. B. Steward's residence. The consideration given in the deed is sl,000. Mr. Bringle will build a residence on lot 8, on the corner of Harrison street and avenue, it is reported.

State Tax Commissioners Houck and Link were here Friday in coisultation with County Assessor Lewis and the township assessors. They stated that they found that assessors in general were not careful enough in assessing household goods; that in some few cases $25 was possibly too high, and in others ssu t o ? 5 -—and very few are assessed more than this sum was much too low, and that the assessors should be more careful in this matter.

Marriage licenses issued: March 13, August Emerson Butler of Goodland, aged 21 Aug. 19 last, occupation farmer, to Bertha Leia Eck, daughter of Frank C. Eck of Carpenter tp., aged 19, October 17 last, occupation ho’isekee'per. First marriage for each. March 14, Ezra C. Switzer of Barkley tp„ aged 45 Sept. 7 last, occupation, farmer, to Debbie Peterson also of Barkley tp., aged 35 May--25 last, occupation housekeeper; Second marriage for each, that of male having been dissol ed by divorce May, 1909; that of female by divorce March 6, 1914. Married, in Clerk’s office by Rev. w. G. Winn of the Christian church.

March 14, J. Addison Campbell of Albanyi, Missouri, aged 49, o<?uPation traveling salesman, to Ida J. Sundine,, of Chicago, aged 39 Oct. 25 last, occupation stenographer. First marriage for each. Married in Clerk’s office by Rev. W. G . Winn of the Christian church.

COURT NEWS

\ ; . New suits filed: No. 8197. Arthur Erickson vs. Ed Oliver, et al; action for damages on attachment bond. No. 8198. Cornelius F. Tillett vs. Ira H. Lockwoocrt action to quirt title. No. 8199. John Simonin vs. John W. Suits, et al; action to quiet title. No. 8201. George J. Steger vs. Sarah Banta, et al.; action to quiet title, , Court note from Kentland Democrat: The cases of Violet Benjamin, Blanche E. Martin and Lulu P. McKinley, all of Goodland, against the C. & E. I. railroad company for damages for injuries sustained bybeing struck by one of the company’s locomotives while crossing their track with Harlow Morton in Z. F. Kittle & Co.’s delivery wagon one

morning last fall, and each of whom had sued for $5,000 damages were settled on agreed to verdicts for sls, S3O and $4 5, respectively.

PETERSON RENOMINATED.

Only Two Regular Delegates From Jasper Attend Congressional Convention. " -

S- A. Brusnahan, Joseph Luers and Charles Harriott, of Parr; E.’ P. Honan, N. Littlefield and J. A. ,McFarland, of Rensselaer, and Frank Welsh, of Union tp., attended the congressional convention at Hammond Monday. Of this number, but two were regular delegates—Brusnahan and McFarland. S. D. Clark and George O. Stembel. of Wheatfield: W. I. Hoover and C. A. Tuteur, of Rensselaer; George Bessie, of Remington, and W. 1). Bringle, 01 west of Rensselaer, who were selected as delegates to this convention, did not attend.

E. P. Honan was made chairman o: the convention. John B. Peterson was re-nominated by acclimation. Senator Shively was endorsed for • ■ -election and Thomas L. O’Connor, on Monticello, was endorsed for the nomination for state treasurer.

Special 1 Train to State Convention.

The Monon will run a special train from Monon to Indianapolis today, Wednesday, to carry delegates to the democratic state convention, and it will be known as the “O’Connor Special.” This train will consist of baggage car and three coaches, and will leave Monon at B:2b a. pi., and reach Monticello at 8:40, stopping there twenty minutes. The purpose of the train is to carry delegates and the boosters for Thomas L. O’Connor, who is a candidate for the nomination for state treasurer.

1 his train will make it very Convenient for Newton county delegates as well as those from Remington and vicinity, who can take the morning train east on the Panhandle and make connections with the O Connor special at Monticello. While there are some seven or eight candidates for the nomina.K n for state treasurer, Mr. O’Connor is the only candidate from the Tenth district, and will no doubt receive th<- united support, as he deserves, of all of the delegates from the district. ' “

Rensselaer Physicians Adopt a More Uniform Scale of Charges.

The tollowing scale of prices for medical services will prevail until further notice; < City calls in daytime. .......$ 1.50 1 jty calls in night time. . .... 2.00 Calls in the country—s 1.50 for he first mile and 60 cents for each additional mile one way. Country calls during the night SI,OO extra. < onfinement cases will remain the same but with an additional charge for mileage. Deserving cases unable to pay will be taken care of by- any member of the society. A so-called "Dead Beat” list wi 1 be compiled and referred to .as occasion arises. Signed—- (’ E. C. ENGLISH. I. M. WASHBURN. A. R. KRESLER. C. E. JOHNSON F. H. REMI HILL. ■ ' E. N. LOY. ' M. D. GWIN. E. C. ENGLISH, Pfes’dent. M. D. GWIN, Secret a. ; v.

Lafayette Suffers Damage From Ice ami High Water.

The temporary' bridge erected over the Wabash river at Lafayette last summer at •an expense of $ 15,000, by the street railway company and and county following the disastrous spring floods, was washed out Friday night and communication between Lafayette and West Lafayette, Purdue and the Soldiers’ Home, was. cut off by street car, The damage was < aused by immense quantities of ice floating down the river and the high water. Large quantities of dynamite were used ■ riday night in the hope of saving the bridge by diverting the ice mass to the east channel, but this proved unavailing, and the structure fell into the river. It was feared that the ice would damage the work already done on the new main street bridge, which is in course of construction, the abutments for which were all or practically all in.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—'Mattels of Minor Mention From Many Places.

Kern to Leave Tuesday. Washington, March 15. Senator Kern, of Indiana, today said that lie will leave for Indianapolis Tuesday evening. Senator Shively will arrive in Indianapolis about noon Tuesday. After the state convention Senator Shively will make a hurried trip to Bloomington before returning tp Washington. He is chairman of the board of trustees of th<* state university.

Marsh Land Becoming Dry.

John Hack, the pioneer dredge ditcher in Lake county, who Is still on the job and working on the Kankakee on the "Fiefield road,” says in all his experience, ho never saw the water as low on the Kankakee as now, which is a great handicap to their work, according to the Lake County Star. The river has some water, but It is at low-water mark. It has been prophesied before now that the Kankakee farms were drying so fast that they will soon need irrigating, which will be a great change from a few years ago, notwithstanding they may have another .flood is some of the dykes burst this spring. The change in that territory in the past few years is as great in a way as the magic' cities in the north end.—Hammond News.

An Echo of the Columbia Casualty Company.

A dispatch from West Lebanon says of the defunct Columbia Casualty company, of Lafayette, in which a number of Remington, Goodland, Brook and Fowler people lost many thousands of dollars, through investing in stock of the concern: “James A, Bingham, as receiver for the Columbia Casualty Company, of Lafayette, has filed fourteen suits in the Warren circuit court against the Central bank, of West Lebanon, in an endeavor to recover cash held by the bank under certificates of deposit. The complaints list nineteen separate certificates. that a¥e outstanding, ranging in amount from $75 to $2,000, and making a total of $1 1,270.’’

Unlimited Joy Is Due After This Prediction.

Washington, March 15.- Fair, early spring weather over nearly all Parts of the country during the < owing week was promised tonight by the weather bureau. ’ The weather, will be unsettled, Monday, however,’’ said the week! • bulletin, “along the northern borer from the great lakes eastward, and there will be rains the first part of the week in the north, Pacific states. i

‘ The next disturbance of importance will appear on the north Pacific coast Monday night or Tuesday, cross the great central valleys Wednesday and the eastern statop about Friday. . This disturbance will be attended by local rains and snow's, and it will be followed by colder w’eather over the northern states easit of the Rocky mountains.’’

NOT MICH. NO, SIREE.

Gotham's Unemployed Will Neither Plant Potatoes nor Shovel Snow. New York. March 13. "Within a ! few hours after the free labor btt-l reau of the state department of agri- ■ culture closed for the day here and plans had been made to send jobless men to state farms, several hundred of? the unemployed gathered a: an open air meeting and! heard the efforts of Governor Glynn j to give them work denounced. “The Governor tells us there is work for us on the farms of the state,’’ said Joseph O’Carroll, a leader in the Industrial Workers of the World. “In reply I tell the Governor to go hoe the grounds himself. We want none of it. If there is any

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decent work, paying a man’s wages, I and you are here to get that work, and we will grasp the opportunity. Shoveling snow and planting potatoes are not in our line.” After the meeting the men marched to the university settlement and sandwiches and co."’ ■ "■’ven them. They were allowed to sleep on the floors tor the night. ,

DR. ERNEST WISHARD WINS OUT

I oriiier llensselaei* Boy’s Judgment for $5,000 Affirmed by Appellate Court, Indianapolis, .March 11.—The appellate court yesterday affirmed a judgment of $5,000 given by the Tipton circuit court, to Ernest E. Wishard against the Central Indiana nailway Company for personal injuries; The accident occurred August 2’j. 1910, when Wlsliard was attempting to cross the railroad track in an automobile in Noblesville. The railroad was making a "flying switch' with a number of freight cars.

The railroad company, on appeal, contended that there is a distinction between an automobile and a horse drawn vehicle as to the precautions a driver must take before attempting to cross railroad tracks, and that blue. courts should decide as a matter of law just xyhat precautions should be taken by one operating an automobile for his own safety as well a s that of the public. The appellate court refused to follow the railroad’s reasoning, saying: "In its last analysis the ultimate question in every case is always the same: Did the person attempting to cross the track, use that degree of care which an ordinary P’udent person won. have used, situated and circumstanced as the person who attempted to cross the track, whether on foot, on horseback, in a wagon, carriage, automobile, or any other vehicle.” The court says all of these questions are questions of fact for the Jury and refuses to decide the matter as a question of law.

NEW AMENDMENT

'Io Parcel Post Regulation Approved By I'oHtinnater-General. k Washington, March i.i.—Pos’mast< -r-General Burleson today approved air amendment of the parcel post’s regulations, under which butter, eggs, fruits,’ vegetables, poultry and other articles in parcels weighing from 20- to 50 pounds may be shipped in the first and second zones, in boxes and < rates similar to those handled by express comic nies. The amendment provides that pan-els weighing 20 pounds or less will be handled as heretofore, and must be securely packed in "such a manner as to be safely treated in bags witih other matter.

The Passing of an Old Relic.

The old single cylinder Cadillac automobile which has done service for the past few years for the Jasper County Telephone Company’s linemen, has at last gone to the j'unk piR. a b reakage in some of the machinery having occurred that will probably not be repaired. This machine was! among the first hutos introduced in Jasper county, and was originally owned by Joseph Fagot, of Remington, who bought it new several years ago. The machine caused the death of Mr. Fagot the first season that he owned it. With his two small sons lie was over to Rensselaer one evening during the summer, and. in returning home he lost control of the machine ' just after crossing the iron bridge at the big ditch a few miles south of town, and it went off the high embankment and overturned in the mud in the bayou at the bottom of the grade, burying Mr. Fagot in under it. and he was dead when removed some time later. His two sohs escaped without injury and hurriedly summoned help, but help arrived too late to save their father’s lifA .

The auto was later purchased by a party in Wolcott and finally came into the possession of the Jasper County Telephone Company, who have used it for a number of years and it has done good service. They have now purchased a Ford runabout and will use it for going out on repair and line work. ‘

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