Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1915 — Page 2

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SATURDAY, MARCH 6,1915

MISCONDUCT IS CHARGED AGAINST JURY MEMBERS. C. J. Murphy, of Service Board, Was Defendant. Indianapolis, Ind,. March ?>.— Charges of misconduct on . the part of members of the jury in the circuit court which returned a verdict in favor of Charles J. Murphy, member of the public service commission, in the suit brought against Murphy by Tillie A. Boruin, is made in a motion for a new trial of the case -and three affidavits filed with the motion. I'illie A. Borum sued Murphy on the ground that he had leased a house owned by her in Woodruff place, and that he refused to carry out the terms of the lease. Murphy denied that he had leased the property. It is alleged in the motion for new

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trial and the three affidavits that Edward J, Gust, foreman o's the jury, who lives at Acton, and Harvey Hand, a hatter, a member of the jury, ’smiled,—sigealed and winked at the defendant, witnesses for the >’.e‘endant and the defendant’s attorIn an affidavit signed by Clara Ritter, it is alleged that Harvey Hand "smiled, winked and signaled" at = i lain witnesses for the defendant, including I. N. Harlan or his .wife. It i- further alleged in this affidavit teat Gust ■’smiled, winked and signaled at the defendant or his counsel. Similar affidavits were made by the plaintiff and Clara A. Jelf. "She’s a peach," said Hand when told what he was charged with in the affidavits. "Why, Gust and T were in favor of finding for her,” < o’ntinued Hand, referring to tac plaintiff. ‘‘l never did any of the things charged against me in those affiadivits. What do you know about that?” ’ . '. Gust was as much surprised as Hand when told about the charges in the affidavits. He said he and Hand were in favor or returning a verdict for the plaintiff when the balloting started. He said he might have smiled when a funny remark was made during the trial, but that he did not "smile, signal or wink" at the defendant or .his witnesses.

SHERWOOD IS OPPOSED

To Removal of Post masters on Recommendation of Inspectors, Washington, Feb. 27.—Representative I. R. Sherwood has refused to comply with the. request of the postoffice department that he recommend a successor to Charles R. Gerding, postmaster at Pemberville, Ohio. Postoffice inspectors have recommended that the postoffice department dispense with the services of Gerding, who is one of the first men indorsed by appointment by General Sherwood after the beginning of the Wilson administration. General Sherwood informed the department that he would not recommend another man for the office, and if it wished to consult with an< one the department should call upon Representative-elect W. A. Overmyer, in whose district Wood county will be included after March 4. "The attempt by the postoffice department, through its inspectors, to discredit Mr. Gerding and remove him from office, and three other postoffice controversies in that county, had a very disastrous effect in the county list fall,” wrote General Sherwood, "and was one of the primary reasons why Charles Hiatfiela, the republican nominee for congress, carried the county last November by nearly 1,500 votes.” General Sherwood’s resentment against the activity of postoffice Inspectors appears generally to be shared by democratic members of the lower house. ■

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WHEAT PRICES HIGH NOW.

But They Are Not a Marker to Rales During Civil War. Atchison, Kan., March 5.- Did some one say "war prices?” Who was it said that wheat is going to reach the terrible price of $1.50 before May?

"Oh, lots of the highest wheat authorities,” you answer. Perhaps, after a little thought, you .add, "And it may go higher.”

But it will have to step right along if it ever reaches the prices of 1863. In Richmond, Va., December 1, of that year, it sold for sl4 to sl6 a bushel. Or rather, it would have sold for that had there been any.

Of course, thia isn’t a parallel. The civil war had devasted the land — and there wasn’t much wheat then, anyway, if there had been, the war might have lasted longer. "Wheat prices are bound to stay up, and perhaps go a lot higher,” said a prominent Atchison mill man.

"With the great demand attending the war in Europe, the price of Kansas’s biggest crop may go soaring away out or sight, as it always does when a great war is on. The price of wheat seems to me tp be very closely related to the status of the European situation. In any event, I believe the price is destined to remain above the $1 mark until the 1915 crop comes along.”

It might be safe to say that American produce will never again reach the enormous prices of 1863. In that year apples sold for SSO to $75 a barrel; the price of butter ranges from $3 to $4 a pound; flour cost from SIOO to sllO a barrel; potatoes were priced in the neighborhood of S3O a bushel. According to the New York Tribune Almanac for 1864, the following prices were prevalent in Richmond December 1, 1868:

Bacon, a pound, $2.75 to $3; beans, bushel, sls to S2O; coffee, pound, $9 to $10; corn, bushel, sll to sl3: whiskey, $55 to $65 a gallon; onions, S3O a bushel, and other prices in proportion.

Theodore E. Fleischbein, pressman at the Champion office, has the Tribune almanacs for the years from 1861 to 1 866 bound in book form. They were given to him by the late .Major H. Haskell, who died in Denver, C010.,' four years ago. Mr. Fleischbein was at one time a stockholder in the Haskell Printing Co., associated with Mr. Haskell. A great deal of useful information, in those days hard to get, is contained in the almanacs, and much material for speeches made by Major Haskell following the war were gleamed from those columns.

School Supplies in River.

Brazil, Ind., March I.—While fishing at a remote spot on Eel river, Louis Richtsell, a farmer living southeast of Harmony, found a quantity of new school supplies, consistnig of eighteen new "coal bucketa, chart racks, a number of coal shovels, wash basins and coal tongs, in the water.

Richtsell says some of the supplies were floating, and that he waded in and recovered many of the articles. The articles bore shipping tags from Hullman & Co., of Terre Haute, and the Van Camp Hardware Co., of Indianapolis, and were identified as supplies which were sold to James A. Muncie, recently trustee of Jackson township. An investigation of Muncie’s affairs w-as begun by the board of accounts. His affairs will also be investigated by the grand jury, which probably will be called this week, it is said.

Soybeans and Cowpeas as Substitutes for Clover.

Many farmers are again face to face with the problem of what to do with the field where the clover failed last year and the question is asked: Shall I put it back to a grain crop or shall I try some kind of a substitute for the clover? If the future condition of the soil is to be considered, there is only one way to answer this question and that is to say, by all means use a crop that will come nearest to taking the place of clover. EVery time clover fails and the land is put back to a grain crop it becomes more difficult to secure a clover stand the next time it is tried, if there were no satisfactory substitutes for elover, there would be no alternative, but as it is there are at least two crops which can be used to good advantage and the man who .once becomes acquainted with their value will not worry much whether he gets a stand of clover or not. These two crops are soybeans and cowpeas and their use is perfectly practical. They will not only make good hay I to take the place of. clover but they will gather hitrogen from the air and benefit the soil much in the same way as closer would and, furthermore, the financial result will be just as satisfactory. For a number of years the soils and crop department of the experiment station has used both soybeans and cowpeas in this way on the

I niversity farm at Lafayette and on some of the outlying experiment fields with gratifying results.' If properly managed " both crops are sure and there is no longer any room to doubt whether or not they are practical,hey will not only pay as well as clover but the following corn crop wiR be just as good as on a clover aod.

If hay is needed to take the place of the clover xthjeh failed to stand, either cowpeas or one of the fine stemmed, rank growing rarities of soybeans can be used with full assurance that as large a yield of hay of fully as good quality can be secured. Last year on the Wilson farm we had about five and one-half acres of Sable soybeans which were planted about the first of June. The crop was intended for seed but the summer was ve'/J' dry and growth was slow until after the August rains. About the end of September it looked as though* the crop would hardly ripen for seed so it was cut and made into hay. The yield was 2.11 tons of cured hay per acre, which we sold directly from the field for sl6 per ton. The result was $33.76 per acre at a cost of about sll. The rest of the field, about fifty acres, including four other varieties, made an average of 16.2 bushels of seed to the acre which we are selling at from $2.50 to $3 per bushej. Corn in the same field made from forty to forty-five bushels per acre. In the case of the seed crop, we returned the straw to the land with a manure spreader and plowed it under late in the fall, and we feel that the land has received as much benefit as if five or six tons of manure to the acre had been applied. The soil preparation, for soybeans or cowpeas should be much the same as for corn. The crop may be planted with a corn planter, narrowing the rows to three feet if possible, and drilling the seeds about two inches apart in the row, which will require about half a bushel of seed to the acre, or a wheat drill may be used, using every fifth drill hole for planting in rows for cultivation. On clean ground where weeds are not likely to be troublesome, drilling solid without subsequent cultivation may be practiced. In this case a bushel of seed to the acre should be used.

For cowpeas special inoculation is seldom needed in this state but wherever soybeans are grown for the first time it is almost sure to be required. The inoculating process is very simple. Thoroughly mix about a gallon of moist, screened, inoculated soil with every bushel of seed as it is put into the drill or planter box. If seed is secured directly from farmers, a gallon of screened soil from the soybean field should be demanded with every bushel of seed bought. Most i farmers selling seed are prepared to furnish this. Planting should be done right after the best time to plant corn but both of these crops will stand much later planting if necessary, except in the case of late vanities intended for seed production. Southern seed should be avoided, except for hay production, as the southern variti.es are too late maturing for this state. There is plenty of good seed available in Indiana and neighboring states north of the Ohio river.

Ordinarily it will pay well to drill with the seed about one hundred and fifty pounds of a fertilizer containing ten to twelve per cent of phosphoric acid and four to six per cent of potash. For soybean hay production, Sable, Peking, Jet, Black Beauty or Wilson are all good. Ito San and Bat-ly Brown will make good hay but they do not make as large a growth. Hollybrook and Mikado may also be used but the stems are coarser and the quality of the hay will not be as fine. The crop should be cut when the pods are about half grown, put up in sma!4 cocks as soon as thoroughly wilted and allowed to stand for several days tlQcure before hauling. For cowpea hay the Whippoorwill, Clay, Iron and New Era are all good. The Blackeye and Black are less productive for hay. Cowpeas should not be Cut for hay until the first pods have turned yellow; otherwise the crop should be treated the same as soybeans.

For seed production in northern Indiana, Ito San or Early Brown should be used. In central and southern Indiana the late varieties mentioned under hay production may also be used. The seed crop should be cut when the majority of the pods are ripe and about half the leaves have fallen off. In southern Indiana and on light sandy soils in northern Indiana, the cowpea will make fair seed yields’ The Blackeye for the north and the Whippoorwill for the south lire leading varieties. Every farmer who needs a substitute for clover should investigate these ‘crops. It will pay. A good bulletin, fully describing varieties and cultural methods, may be secured from Purdue Experiment Station, Lafayette,. Indiana. The station can also tell where seed may be secured. A. T. WIANCKO, Chief in Soils and Crops.

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law, Abstracts, Real Estate Doans. Will practice In all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER c. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent. Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F? H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of women and low grades of fever. Office over ■ Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Resl , No. 442-B RENSSELAER, INDIANA. E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary In the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. Still. , Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello. Ind. Office 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. HORTON DENTIST Office opposite...court house square. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. ♦ —♦—» —♦ —♦ —♦ —♦ —♦ —♦ —* —♦ —♦ —♦— TRUSTEES’ CARD. i JORDAN TOWNSHIP 4 The undersigned trustee of Jor- ” dan Township attends to official ~ 4 business at his residence on the first and third Wednesdays of each <> 4 - month. Persons having business with me will please govern them- f 4 selves accordingly. Postoffice adi dress —Rensselaer, Indiana. 0 ! JOHN KOLHOFF, Trustee.

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CHICAGO. INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLgItY RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect January 3, 1915. NORTH BOUND No. 4 Louisville to Chicago.... 5:01a.m. No. 36 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 4:23 a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago.... 7:30 a_m No. 32 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 10:46 a.m. No. 38 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 3:15 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago.... 3:44p.m. No.-30 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 7:06 p.m. SOUTH BOUND No. 5 Chicago to Louisville... .11:05 a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Ind. and Cin. 11:20 a.m No. 33 Chicago to Ind. and Cin.. 2:01 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Ind. and Cin.. 7:41 p.m No. 3 Chicago to Louisville... .11:10 p.m. No. 35 Chicago to Ind. and Cin. .12:15 a.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. < CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer.. Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Marshal..W. R. Shesler Civil Engineer.... .W. F. Osborne Fire ChiefJ. J. Montgomery Fire War den.... J. J. Montgomery Councilmen Ist Wardßay Wood 2nd Ward. Frank Tobias 3rd Ward.. Frank King At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney. .Reuben Hess Terms of Court —Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. s COUNTY OFFICERS C1erk...... Judson H. Perkins Sheriff B. D. McColly AuditorJ. P. Hammond TreasurerA, A. Feh Recorder George Scott Surveyor....M. B. Price Coroner Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor....G. L. Thornton Health Officer.... .F. H. Hemphill COMMISSIONERS Ist District..,.H. W. Marble 2nd District........D. S. Makeever 3rd District Charles Welch Commissioners’ Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grapt Davisson Barkley Burdette Porter Carpenter J. W. Stevens Gillam Warren Poole Hanging Grove John KolhoffJordan Richard E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild. Keener H. W. Wood, Jr.,...... .77. Marion George FoulksMilroy John Rush.... Newton G. H. Hammerton... .Union Albert KeenWheatfield Joseph Salrin.s....Walker George A. Williams.-.--.-.-Rensselaer F. L. Peck Remington John Biggs.Wheatfield E. Lamson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, Rensselaer

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