Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1915 — Page 7

Eighteenth Annual Report of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Associat’n Of Benton, Jasper, White Counties, Indiana For the Year Ending December 31, 1914 ■ - -■ ■ ■ ' . . ’ ’ • ' insurance in force January 1, 1914 ..$2,592,350 Insurance written 1914 .. ‘ ; . 334’200 Insurance cancelled and expired 225*956 Insurance in force January 1, 1915 2,.700,594 Net gain .- 108,244 RECEIPTS •• - Balance in Bank January 1, 1914....... $ 427 01 Assessment No. 16 7. 4 844 88 Premium ................. . jj. ..... . *334.20 Borrowed money . 6,511.51 Total Receipts sl2 117 60 DISBURSEMENTS Notes and interest of 19,13 .......? $ \ 2,062.61 Loss of 1914 ...... , 9,441.84 Expenses 612.93 Total Disbursements -... $ 1117 60 LOSSES PAID 1914 Jan. 12 The Fowler Tribune, advertisement. .......... $ 1.50 Jan. 23. John A. Roth, loss on horse by fire 12.50 Jan. 23. The Rensselaer Republican, advertisement 1.32 Jan. 12. Wm. Townsend, hall rent ’ i * ’ Feb. 12. Daniel Biddle, auditing secretary’s books 5.00 Feb. 20. B. D. Comer, adjusting losses 1913.. 23.25 Feb. 20. George GwHHams, loss qf house by fire. 1,680.00 Feb. 24. John Gwilliams, loss personal property by-fire. . 193.86 Feb. 24. Robt. Finley, loss house and contents by fire. . . . 2,587.50 Feb. 25. State Bank of Remington, borrowed money. 2,062.83 March 4. Lemuel Shipman, adding machine repairs. ... . 7.66 March 12. Jbhn Bower, damage to house by fire. . . .. . . . . 19*75 •March 19. James K. Garriot, personal property loss by fire 26.25 March 31. Monticello Herald, publishing notices * 4.00 April 21. Jasper County Democrat, same. ... . . . May 5. John Gwilliams, loss of personal propertj- by fire. . 78.00 May 16. E. W. Zootrum, damage to .personal prop by fire 3.60 May 16. Joseph Sondgeroth, loss on implements by fire. . 188.25 May 20. John Giles, damage to corn house by lightning. . SPO June 9. T. A. Porter, loss on cattle by lightning 45.00 June 10. W. B. Blankenbaker, loss on cattle by lightning 100.00 June 9. Mrs. W. C. Smalley, damage to barn by lightning 10.00 June 9. Jas. K. Garriot, loss on 'horse by lightning 126.00 July 9. John Zimmer, loss on horses by lightning 56.25 July 13. W. C. Iliff, loss on cattle by lightning . 18.75 July 13. M. I. Adams, adjusting 2.00 July #3. Frank Fisher’s salary, June, 1913 to June, 1914 400.00 / Aug. 4. G. W. Porter, loss on cattle by lightning 60.00 Aug. 25. G. A. and N. J. Whipple, loss and damage by fire 39.25 Aug. 31. Richard Hall, loss of granary by fire 60.00' Sept. 10. Oxford Gazette, supplies , 7'oo Sept. 10.-Benton Review, supplies . . 6.15 Sept. 10. W. B. Nutt, loss corn house and cow barn.... 800.00 Sept. 14. Hoy Rishling, loss on horses by lightning. 77.50 Sept. 14. James Blake, damage to house by fire. . . ... . . 10.00 Oct. 16. Chester H. Park, loss on personal property by fire 115.50 Oct. 16. W. H. Park, damage to barn by fire 40.00 Oct. 27. Roy Atkinson, loss on cattle by lightning. ..... 167.25 Nov. 14. Jos. Windier, damage to house by fire. .... .... . . . Nov. 14. Jos. Sondgeroth, loss on personal property by fire 408.13 Nov. 14. Anne E. Fox, loss of corn house by fire 750.00 Nov. 14. Geo. B. Fox, loss, on grain by fire. 781.50 Dec. 14. Helena Sondgeroth, loss of barn by fire....... . 700.00 Dec. 14. B. D. Comer, loss of barn and pers property, fire 257 00 Dec. 12. Frank L. Peck, record book. 16.00 Dec. 12. W. E. Peck, supplies and registering. ......... ' Dec. 28. Checks for rebate on cancellations 15.10 Dec. 28. Advertising in 14 papers of district 21 00 Dec. 28. Thos. Taylor, adjusting 1914 5’25 Dec. 28. Frank E. Fisher, expenses, dues to State Union 9.70 Dec. 28. Frank E. Fisher, expenses to Indianapolis, Internal Revenue account and Monticello bus. ... 10 00 Dec. 28. Internal Revenue tax 1913 19.27 Dec. 28. Frank E. Fisher, stamps, reports, stationery. . 11 07 Rate for loss of 191 4 25 cents per SIOO. Average rate for 18 years 23 cents per SIOO. x _ W. I. McCOLLOUGH, President. FRANK E. FISHER, Secretary. . • Remarks by the Outgoing President of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association. The 18th annual report of the Farmers’ Mutual shows losses sustained this year to be much in excess of averages of other yeajs. The good balance in the excess fund of last vear will enable the company to meet its present obligations with a *25 cents assessment per SIOO.OO. . Tlie years experience has proven this association able to lurmsh protection against loss by fire and lightning at average cost of about 23 cents on the SIOO.OO. . All members and friends of Mutual Farm Insurance are to be congratulated that the question of a cheap, a safe and a perfectly fair system of farm insurance has been met and solved by the mutual companies. It proves that owners of farm property can have the benefit of ideal protection at a cost to them of less than one-half the price demanded by the commercial or old-line insurance companies, who operate in the same field. The Mutual In- ¥ sur^. nc ® s / stem is J u st the application of ordinary common sense methods in this line. The Farmers’ Mutual asks only for ~ a fair consideration of its claims to prove all it stands for i. e.: cheapness, reliability and fairness. With this year my work as president of the association will end, and Mr. D. W. assume that position. lam certain Mr. Biddle will assume that.hsterty3o9,flflandL7O- 5 Mr Biddle will give his best effort to the discharge of the duties he will assume in the association. He is a careful business man fully awake to every need of the association, having been a member for several years. His father, J. H. Biddle, was president during the first years of the company’s usefulness. I ask the (hearty co-opera-tion \of all mutual members with the present management so we shall continue in the benefits to be furnished by our mutual organization. W. J*- —McCOLLOUGH, Retiring President.

Non-Resident Notice. State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss. In the Jasper Circuit Court to February Term, 1915. Vivian Boicourt VS. . ' : . Lawrence W. Baker, et al. No. 8357. The plaintiff in the above entitled cause, having filed her complaint and petition therein, together with an affidavit that the defendant, Lawrence W. Baker, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Now, therefore, the said Lawrence W. Baker is hereby notified that unless he be and appear on the ,24th day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the second Monday in .February, 1915, in the Court House in the city of Rensselaer, in said Jasper County, State of Indiana, said 24th day of said term being March 6, 1915, and answer or demur to said complaint and : petition the same will be heard and determined in his absence. That the complaint, and petition is an action brought under the laws of the State of Indiana for partition of real estate situated in the county of Jasper, State of Indiana. In witness whereof I have here[SEAL] ii<ito set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 14th day of January, 1915. - ; JUDSON H. PERKINS, Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court. j-16-23-30 '

Notice of Settlement of Estate. In the matter of the Estate of William Washburn, deceased, in the •Jasper Circuit Court. February Term, 1915. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees and deof William Washburn, deceased, and all persons interested in said estate, to appear in the Circuit Court on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, 1915, being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of Margaret S. Washburn, Executrix of said decedent, .and show couse if any, why such final a'ccount should not be approved; and -heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear in said court, on said day and make proof of their heirship, or claim to any part of said estate. MARGARET S. WASHBURN, t,. Executrix. j-23-30-f-6 HUnt * > ttorney for Esta te. The Democrat will print your return card in the corner of 100 good Quality envelopes, furnish the envelopes, and mail to your address any place in the United Sates for only 50 cents, cash with order. Larger quantities at a much less proportionate price. You cannot'afford to go without your return card on your envelope when you can buy them for so small a -price as this.

November Joe The Detective of the Woods

By HESKETH PRICHARD

SYNOPSIS. James Quaritch engages November Joe as his guide. Joe and he go to Big Tree portage to investigate the murder of a trapper named Lyon. Joe decides that the murderer followed Lyon to his camp and shot him from a canoe, By studying woodland evidence and making clever deductions Joe discovers the murder'er, Highamson. Lumberman Close reports that Blackmask, a highis robbing his meh. Six lumberjacks are robbed by the same man. Joe makes a careful examination of the scene of the robbery. Close is accused by his men, but Joe arrests Chris, one of the lumberjacks, the real robber. Sally Rone, a widow, has been roooev of valuable pelts. Joe and Evans, a gam* warden, search for the thief; , Sally’s lover, Vai Black, is suspected, but Joe catches the actual culprit. Injin Sylvester. Millionaire Planx’s daughter Virginia has been abducted. CHAPTER VIII. The Case of Miss Virginia Planx. NOVEMBER JOE and I had been following a moose since daybreak, moving without speech. _ Suddenly from somewhere ahead there broke out the sound of two shots and after a minute of two more. ’’Two shots going on at steady intervals,” said Joe. “That's a call for There they go again. We’d best follow them up.” We traveled for half an hour, guided by the sound, and came-in sight of a man standing among the trees. We saw him raise his rifle and fire twice straight upward to the sky. “It’s Planx!” said Joe in surprise. “What? The millionaire you went into the woods with to locate timber | last year?” “The identical man.” As we approached Joe hailed him. Planx was a thick shouldered, stout man, his big body set back upon his hips, his big chin thrust forward in a way that accentuated the arrogance of his bulgingnips and eyes. “Ho! It’s you, Joe!” he cried. “Yes. Mr. Planx.” X “That is lucky, for I need your help. My daughter was murdered yesterday.” The words made me gasp, and not me only. “Miss Virginny!” cried Joe. “You can’t mean that Nobody would be brute enough to kill Miss Virginny!” As we walked Planx gave us the following facts: It appeared that Jie had been spending the last two weeks in a log hut which had been lent him by a friend, Mr.. Wilshere. - His household consisted of one servant—his daughter* snurse, a middle aged woman whom they had brought with them from New York—two guides and a man cook. On the previous day Miss Virginia had taken her rod after lunch, as she had often done before, and gone off to the river to fish “At 5 1 went to join her. She was not there. Her rod lay broken, and there were signs of a struggle and the tracks of two men. I shouted for Ed. the old guide. He came running down, and we took up the trail. It led us straight over to-MoOseshank lake. Thp ruffians had put her in our own cance and gone out on the lake.” I’lanx paused and presently continued: “We went round the lake and found j on the far side the spot where they bad beached the canoe. Leading up into the woods from that point, we .again struck the trail of the two men. but my daughter was no longer with them. When they left the canoe they were going light. | They must have drowned her in the lake. It’s clear Enough. Presently I saw something floating on the water. It was her hat.” “Had Miss Virginny any jewelry on her?” asked Joe. “A watch and a necklace.” “What value?” “Seven or eight hundred dollars.” “Huh,” said November reflectively. “And what did you do after finding her hat?”" “We trailed the two villains until they got on to some rocky ground. It was too dark then to do more, so we returned. Five thousand dollars if vou lay hands on them," he said. By the river the traces were so plain that any one could read them—the slender feet of the victim and the larger footprints of the two men. The fishing rod, snapped off toward the top of the middle joint, had been left where it had fallen. It seemed as if the girl had tried to defend herself with it Next we went to the lake. November literally nosed his way ,tnong. The inoccasined tracks of the , two men showed faintly here and there on the softer parts of the ground. “Looks as if they was toting something,” said Joe. “They must ’a’ carried her. Stop! They set her down here for a spell.”

AWMuer moment Drought us over the rise and in sight of Mooseshank lake. I halted involuntarily. The place seemed created for the scene of a tragedy." November had pushed on to the spot where footprints and other signs showed where the men had entered the canoe. The deep slide of a moccasined foot in the mud seemed to tell of the effort it required to get the girl embarked. ...... “They took her out on the lake and murdered her!” groaned Planx. “Dragging? There's no use dragging, that water goes plumb down to the root of the world.” ~ After that we went around to the other side of the lake and saw the beached canoe. The two sets of moccasined tracks showed clearly on the strip of mud bythe water, but were soon lost in the tambled debris of a two-year-old stony landslip over which tralling'appeared quite impossible. November was busy about this landing place for a longer time than I expected. then he crossed the landslide at right angles and disappeared from our view. Soon be came hurrying toward us: 4 . “She isn't dead." “What?” "Anyways, she wasn’t when she passed here. I have a proof here that you will think mighty good.” He drew out a little leather case I had given him and extracted from it a long hair of a beautiful red gold color. “Look at that! •! found it in the spruces above there.” ‘ I’lanx took it gently in his great fingers. He was visibly much moved. For a few seconds he held it without speaking, then. “That grew on Virginia's head, sure enough, Joe. Is it possible my girl is alive?” "She is, sure! Don’t be afeared. You’ll soon have news of her, I can promise you that, Mr. Planx. This wasn’t no case of murder. It’s just an abduction. They’d never be such fools as to kill her. They’re cuter than that. Isn’t she your daughter? They'll bold her to big ransoml That’s their game.” An ugly look came into Planx’s eyes. “That's their game, is it? I’m not a man that it ,is easy to milk dollars from.” said he. By it was growing too dark for Joe to work any longer. We crossed the lake with Planx, and that night Joe and I camped near the end of Mooseshank lake, where a stream flowed from it. * At dawn, while we were having breakfast. Joe stood up and stared into the trees that grew thick behind us. As he called out I looked back and saw the indistinct figure of a man in their shadow watching us. He beckoned, and we approached him. I saw lie was young, with a pale face and rather shabby town made clothes. “Don’t you remember Walter Calvey, November?” he said, holding out his hand. “I was with you and Mr. Planx and—and—her last year in the woods.” “Huh, yes. and what are you doing here. Mr. Galvey?” asked Joe, shaking hands. “I heard about Virginia. How could 1 keep away after, that?” exclaimed Calvey. “You’ve no cause to fret yet,” said Joe. “What? When they’ve killed ber! I’ll go with you and if we can find those”—» “Huh! She's not dead! Take my word for it!” Joe’s gray eyes gave me a roguish look. ‘‘Why, I’ve got a thing here in my pocketbook you’d give me SIOO for!” He held the red gold hair top to the light of the rising sun. Calvey shook from head to foot “Virginia's! You couldn’t find its match in Canada! Tell me”— “I can’t wait to tell you and you can’t wait to hear. Light out now. Old man Planx could make it unhealthy for you.” “You’re right! He hates me because Virginia won't marry Schelperg of the combine. He hasn’t let ns meet for months. And more than that, he’s ruined me and my partner in business. It was easy for a rich man to do that.” added Calvey bitterly. “You "go and start fftto DtrsmesF again," advised Joe “I’ll send you word first thing I know for certain.” But it was some time before he could induce Calvey to leave us. After he had gone I wondered whether Joe suspected him of having a band iif spiriting away Virginia. Presently tasked him. Joe shook his head. “He cotoldn’t have done it if he wanted to. He’s a good young chap, but look at his boots and his clothes—he iras bred on a pavement, but he's Miss Virginny’s choice for all that. We'll start now, Mr. Quaritch, just where I found that bit of gold caught in a branch that hangs over the little stream up above there. You see, she lost her hat, and she has a splendid lot of hair, and so when I could find no tracks, for they came down the bed of the stream, I searched ’bout as high as her bead. ~I guessed she’d be liable to catch ber hair in a branch.” But we had hardly started when we heard the voice of Plan® roaring in the wood below us. He was coming along at an extraordinary pace in spite of his ungainly, rolling stride. “You were right, Joe; Virginia is alive! It is a case of abduction. See what I have here.” He held a long stick or wand in his band. The top of the wand was roughly split, and a scrap of paper stuck in the cleft ' “Ed’s just found this in the canoe on the lake,” he went on. “These blackguards must have come back in the night and put it there.” “What have they said in the asked November.

must pay to get your daughter back. If you want our terms come to the old log camp on Black' lake tomorrow night. No tricks. We have ( you rounded up sure. Don’t fry .to track us or we will make it bad for her.’ ” Joe touched the ends of the wand. “Green spruce wood, cut near their camp,” said he. “There’s plenty of spruce like that right here.” objected Plans; “why do you say it was cut near their camp?” “It’s cut and split with a heavy ax, such as no man-ever carries about with him. Well, we’d best do no more tracking till we see the chaps that has Miss Virgiuuy. It's Black lake tonight, then?”’ V ■' On the way Plans made known to us his plan of campaign. It was a simple one. He would get the men into the hut and speak them fair till a favorable moment presented itself, when he would demand the surrender of his daughter under threat of shooting the kidnapers if they refused or demurred. “There are three of vs, and we can fix them easy,” said Planx. November Joe shook his head. “They’re not near such big fools as you. think them,” he remarked. We had stopped on some high ground in the shelter of the woods, from which we could see the fishing hut. Joe van-

At the Third Swing of the Light a Voice Hailed Him.

ished with his silent, Indian-like glide, his movements as inaudible as those of a ghost. In about five minutes a light suddenly sprang up in the hut, and Joe’s voice called us. As we entered the door I saw Joe was pointing to a piece of paper which lay on the rough hewn table. “The same writing as before. Listen to this: ‘lf you will swear to give us safe conduct we will come to talk it out If you agree to this wave the lantern three times on the lake shore, and that will mean you give your oath to let us come and go freely.’ ” “I told you they were not fools,” said Joe. “What’s the orders now, Mr. Planr ?” ’Planx handed Joe the lantern. “Go and wave the lantern.” From the door of the hut we watched November as he walked down to the lake. At the third swing of the light a toice hailed him. “Yon hear? They were waitlnnr in a canoe,” said Planx to me. Then followed the splash of paddles and the rasp of the fitted rushes as the canoe took the shore. Joe had returned by this time ami hung up the lantern so that it Tit the whole of the hut. Then the three of us stood together at one side of the table. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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