Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1915 — Page 1

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Heavy Rain Again Sunday.

Another very heavy rain, perhaps inches, fell Sunday forenoon, and the water in the river which had fallen nearly three feet, was raised about a foot again as a result, and fields, lawns, streets, sewers and basements were again flooded. This rain did not extend very far south ■ of- Rensselaer, we understand, but little falling out at the Frank Hill farm in Jordan tp., but here and on north of town it was very heavy. It did not reach the north end of the county, either. The low ground has suffered greatly. On the rolling land it is only the low places, of course, that the corn has been cooked because of the ponds of water, but on the flat land it has been in some instances wholly destroyed. ; Firman Thompson of Parr, estimates his damage to wheat, oats and corn at $15,000. Others in that locality have suffered to a lesser degree because of smaller acreage. Firman attempted to use an engine that he got in last week especially for pulling a binder over his wet fields, but the effort ended in failure, the engine itself miring down. He then got several hand cradles and put men at work cradling the grain, but this is a slow proce’ss because of the inexperience of the men and the tangled condition of the straw. Scores of other farmers are endeavoring to save their wheat and oats by cradling them. While some of the oats on the higher grounds are standing up fairly well, other fields are so badly lodged that not one-fourth of them can be saved in some cases. The hay harvest has also been “put on the hummer” by the heavy rains, and that already cut has been almost entirely ruined by the continued wetting before it could be placed in the now or stack.

Leave for Extended Trip to the Pacific Coast.

Mrs. F. E. Babcock, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. S. M. Freelove of Goodland, left yesterday afternoon for an extended trip to the Pacific coast country. They will go via the northern route direct to Vancouver, B. C., where they take a boat for Seattle, ariving at the latter place Sunday, where Mrs. Babcock’s son, George M. Babcock, who has been in Tacoma and other points in Washington for the past three years, will meet them and be with them for several days’ sight-seeing. They will then go to Portland and other points in Oregon to visit a few weeks, then go to Santa Barbara, Cali., to visit relatives, thence to San Francisco and the exposition, returning home via the southern route. They expect to be gone several. weeks. Mr. Babcock accompanied them as far as Chicago on their way.

Ford Agency Cash Prize Likely to Be Landed Here

* Among the recent purchasers of Ford automobiles through the agency of ex-sheriff W. I. Hoover, are: Jas. Amsler of Marion tp.; Lee Meyers of Union tp.; J. F. Tillett, of Gillam tp.; Ward Hamilton of Wheatfield, and Willus Lutz of Rensselaer. The general agency in this territory is offering a cash prize of SIOO to the agent selling the greatest number of Fords during the month of July, and Mr. Hoover up to Monday was standing at the head of the list, being some six ahead of the next highest. If he can keep up the pace to the end of the month he will win out hands down.

W. A. Davenport Appointed Carrier on Route No. 1.

W. A. Davenport, for several years a deputy in the Rensselaer postoffice, has bee nappointed rural route carrier to i succeed John Daugherty, lately resigned, on Route No. 1 out of Rensselaer, and will begin his duties Aug. 1. The postmaster does not know as yet wlio will succeed Mr. Davenport in the postoffice.

Miss Elizabeth Lane Dead.

Miss Elizabeth Lane, who had been critically ill for some time with -consumption, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane, in Newton tp., at about 1:30 p. m., Monday. Her age was 25 years. The funeral will be held at 9 o’clock this morning at St. Augustine’s Catholic church in Rensselaer, and burial made in Mt. Calvary cemetery.

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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. J Sheriff McColly and W. V. Porter were in Joliet, 111., on business Friday.

The Sternberg dredge on the Borntrager ditch has been tied up for the past ten days on account of high water. The dredge is now about one mile west of Foresman. New suits filed: No. 8451. Vern W. Hardenbrook et al vs. Ed Oliver et al; suit to foreclose mortgage: Demand $13,000. No. 8452. United Talking Machine Co. vs. Oscar N. Faber; suit on account. Demand $97.57. The recently appointed Jasper county hospital board met Friday afternoon and organized by electing J. D. Allman president and E. P. Honan, secretary. The law makes the county treasurer the treasurer of the board. What is known as the thorn grove, on Grace street, east of Frank Foltz’ residence, is being considered as a possible location for the proposed new hospital.

Two farms were sold at auction here last Saturday by Auctioneer Phillips on the court house square. The farms were disposed of to settle an estate, as advertised in The Democrat, and consisted of 320 acres just south of Demotte, which was bought by C. L. Fritts of St. John, at $57.50 per acre, and 360 acres in Walker tp., which was sold for $23 per acre to John A. Goss of Frankfort.

Lawrence Parson, a Remington blacksmith, i s in jail here in default of the payment of a fine of S2O and costs, in all $45, for failure to pay his dog tax. Parson’s home, we understand is at Kokomo, but he had been working for some time at RemHe was arrested at Otterbein and arraigned before Squire ■ nson of Carpenter tp., and fined S2O and costs. He was unable to pay, and is laying it out in jail.

Marriage licenses issued: July 16 John H. Kimberlin of Rossville, 111., aged 34 Aug. 8 last, occupation railway brakeman, to Nellie Pearl Baker, of Rensselaer, aged 28 July 12 last, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first having been dissolved by divorce Jan. - 1911; first marriage for female. July 19, Lewis J. Pinter of Wheatfield, aged 30 Sept. 16 last, occupation clerk, to Catherine Klein, of Demotte, aged 30 April 5 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

Harry Beebe of Newland, was fined $5 and costs; amounting in all to $lB, in Rensselaer last Friday for assault and battery on John Chury, a 11-year-old lad from South Bend who had been working in the onion fields. Beebe and the boy were standing on a bridge over the dredge ditch at Newland watching the Waters, and for a joke Beebe grabbed up the boy and threw him in the water. Some foreigners who were washing their clothing in the ditch at the time saved the boy from drowning, as he could not swim. It took some little time to revive the lad after he had been taken from the water. A couple of the foreigners took him to £outh Bend and reported the matter to his mother, Mrs. Mary Covach, who came to Rensselaer with the lad and filed an affidavit against Beebe, with the above result. In default of payment of fine and costs, Beebe was remanded to jail.

It is stated that the College avenue or Remington road, which has been closed from Washington street to Mt. Calvery cemetery for nearly six weeks while repairs were being

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made to same, will be opened for traffic some time this week. This will certainly be mighty good news, for it has been very inconvenient to the traveling public while this road was closed. Various causes are given for the great length of time it has been shut up, such as rains, high water, delay in stone arriving that was shipped m, etc., but one of the principal causes seems to have been that the proper arrangements for making the repairs speedily were not made when the work was first begun. With the rains that we have had, thoroughly soaking up the rock for rolling, it would seem that this road should be firmly packed, and it ought not to sut up easily. A mistake was made, in our opinion, in not making it 20 feet wide, however, as far south as St. Joseph college.

Up to this writing John McCurtain, who made his escape from Longcliff last Wednesday night, has not been apprehended. McCurtain has been at and about Parr most of the time, but thus far has managed to escape the sheriff and his deputies. Deputies were up there all night Friday night and the sheriff himself

was there with deputies Sunday might, they expecting that McCurtain would attempt to visit his wife, who is in fear that he will do her bodliy harm and who had him placed under peace bonds prior to his incarceration in the asylum. Rather an amusing incident in connection with McCurtain’s escape is the fact that the sheriff had notified the authorities at Longcliff that McCurtain had said before being taken there that he would break out, and the authorities had written the sheriff in reply to his warning, and said that they would take special pains to w’atch him up. Three days after their letter the sheriff received a telegram stating that McCurtain had taken “French leave.’’

Auto Accident Near Remington.

A Kentland automobile overturned just southeast of Remington Saturday evening about 6:30 o’clock. It was driven by S. M. Noble, a former Kentland jeweler, aged about 80 years, and an old resident of Kentland, who was accompanied by his wife and three other people, a lady and two children. The occupants, except Mr. Noble, were pinned under the car, but fortunately it was a light car, and another driver coming along soon after who stopped and helped pull the unfortunates out. Mrs. Noble was injured on the right side and arm, and the other lady Was somewhat injured in the back. Willie Noble, the little grandson of Mr. Noble, got a cut in his head and the little girl w’as also quite badly cut and it was feared that she had suffered a slight fracture of the skull. Dr. Besser of Remington, attended the injured. The Ford automobile was badly wrecked.

Something Must Be Done.

Some arrangement will certainly have to be made for carrying off the surplus water that comes down from the north to the northeast corporation line of the city and sweeps off to the west and causes so much damage in the northeast part of town. It would seem that a large open ditch or a big sewer would be necessary to handle this water. As it comes in from the country and north of the city, from off the farm lands, the expense of the ditch or sewer should be borne to a large extent by the land owners in that section, it would seem. This water has certainly made many places in the northeast part of town look most awful desolate. Gardens are ruined entirely, and they form quite an item in the family expense acount' during the summer season. i t

Making Overland Trip to Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson and son, Edgar, of Grand Rapids, Mich., were over Sunday guests of Mrs. Johnson’s sister, Mrs. L. E. Barber, and husband. Mrs. Johnson is afflicted with lung trouble and they are making the trip to Denver. Colo., for the benefit of her twyßjh via prairie schooner and four horses. They left Grand Rapids about June 18 and expect to reach Denver in early September, in time for the son to enter school. They will remain in Denver for awhile until Mrs. Johnson becomes acclimated, and will then go up in the mountains.

Birth Announcements.

July 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jordan of Hanging Grove tp., a son.

Grain Cradle Swingers in Brisk Demand.

Owing to the ground being too wet to bear up the weight'of binders, quite a good many farmers having wheat still uncut were using the oldfashioned grain cradle last week and the fore part of this. Only the older natives have ever used sifch grain “implements, and the younger farmers and farm hands had to be taught. Dr. Washburn, who had about 40 acres of wheat uncut on his farm in Gillam tp., took out four cradles Saturday morning for his men to use, taking George Morgan along to instruct them in swinging the “beasts.” There was sqch a demand for these cradles, as a result of the soft condition of the fields, that dealers had trouble in securing them, there being but little sale for them in these piping times of grain binders. The local hardware and implement dealers had a few on hand which were grabbled up early last -week and more were got in by express. The editor of The Democrat used to be considered quite an expert with a grain cradle 30 or 35 years ago, and has cut many and many an acre of oats and buckwheat on the hillsides of his native heath in New \ork state, where the modern mode of cutting grain was unknown at that time. When we came to Indiana, 30 years ago, one of the greatest curosities to us waSs to see the grain binders at work, cutting and binding more acres of grain in one day than two men could cut by hand in a week.

JACKSON CLUB EXCURSION

To Cedar Lake Next Sunday—7sc for Round Trip From Rensselaer.

The annual picnic of the Jackson Club, the well known Democratic organization of Lafayette, will be held at Cedar Lake on Sunday, July 25. A special train will be run from Lafayette, stopping at all intermediate points. Time and round trip fare from each station follows: Time a. m. Fare Leave Lafayette 8:00 $1.50 Leave Battle Ground.. 8:17 1.45 Leave Brookston .... 8:29 1.35 Leave Chalmers 8:37 1.25 Leave Reynolds 8:48 1.10 Leave Monon 9:02 1.00 Leave Lee 9:10 .90 Leave McCoysburg ... 9:15 .80 Leave Pleasant Ridge. 9:20 .75 Leave Rensselaer .... 9:27 .75 Leave Surrey : 9:28 .60 Leave Parr 9:32 .50 Leave Fair 0ak5..... 9:38 *45 Leave Roselawn .....10:00 .35 Leave Shelby 10:17 .25 Ar. Cedar Lakelo:3s Returning special train will leave Cedar Lake at 7:00 p. m., Suday, July 25, 1915.

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Thanks The Democrat for Its Assistance. Editor Jasper County Democrat, Dear Sir: I wish to congratulate you on your success in defeating the railroad subsidy. It is not necessary for me to tell you how much it was appreciated by a great many others, but it will do no harm to tell you that I saw The Democrat on the streets in the forenoon when I was in town, and the men looking over it saying: “The Democrat is against the subsidy, and I am going to take it after this.’’ And so am I going to take it as soon as my subscription with the other paper is out, and maybe before.

The men out in the country say, ‘‘The Republican should be roasted for boosting the subsidy, and I am done with it; I will subscribe for The Democrat.” You can see that the rains have destroyed the biggest part of the crops. This will be a hardship on the farmers without apying out a big railroad tax. Indications are that this “boosting” will be costly for the Republican. This is from Route No. 1, and I hope you will hear from a good many other routes. Yors Respectfully,

Auto Bush Line—Mt. Ayr, Morocco and Rensselaer. Leave Mt. Ayr... 8:00 a.m. Arrive Morocco ........ 8:40a.m. Leave Morocco ........ 3:00 a.m. Arrive Mt. Ayr 9:45 a. m. Leave Mt. Ayr. ........ 9:50 a. m. Arrive Rensselaer .JO:30 a. m. Leave Rensselaer ...... . i?6b p. m. Arrive Mt. Ayr ... 1:40 p.m. Leave Mt. Ayr ......... 2:4 sp. m. Arrive Morocco . 3:30 p. m. Leave Morocco ......... 3:50 p. m. Arrive Mt. Ayr 4:30 p.m. Leave Mt. Ayr . . 4:40 p. m. Arrive Rensselaer ...... 5:30 p. m. Leave Rensselaer 7:00 p.m. Arrive Mt. Ayr 7:40 p. m. Will wait for "Hoosier Limited” if requested. Fare 75c between any two stations.—A. P. HUNTINGTON, Owner; F. A. STANDISH, Driver.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of ths Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. FIVE WOMEN INJURED When Switch Engine Demolishes a Touring Car. Lafayette, Ind., July 18.—Five women were injured, two probably fatally, today when a Wabash switch engine struck a touring car at a street crosing. Miss Arline Opp, 25 years old, sustained a fractured skull at the base of the brain. She is dying. Miss Grace Wood, 30 years old, is suffering from concussion of the brain. •'----- Miss Ethel Shambaugh, Mrs. A. L. Shambaugh and Miss Gertrude Wood were all badly hurt. The car was demolished.

Train Hits Stolen Auto; Two Die, Five Hurt.

Valparaiso, Ind., July 18. —Walter Morse of Stoughton, Mass., and Ross Brady of Boone Grove, this county, were instantly killed; James Boring of Boone Grove, suffered a broken ankle and internal injuries, and Dan Brennan and Lawrence Boring were bruised severely early today when a railroad automobile on which they were riding crashed into a switch engine at Boone Grove. According to testimony introduced at the coroner’s inquest, held this afternoon, the five men in the car had confiscated the machine and were returning from Kouts, where they had spent the night.

John Horn, engineer, and Henry Wiseman, fireman of the switch engine, whose homes are at Huntington, Ind., were painfully cut by glass from the cab windows.

Postmaster in Jail Pending Grand Jury Action.

Lafayette, Ind., July 17.—Alva McKinsey, postmaster at Independence, who, it is alleged, is short more than $2,000 in his accounts, was arrested today, charged with misappropriating public money, and was placed in jail. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner Morris Parks and waived a preliminary hearing. His bond was fixed at $2,500, and in default he was taken to Indianapolis tonight by Deputy United States Marshal Fred S. Ream to remain a prisoner pending the calling of the next federal grand jury.

Chicago Street Carmen Get liaise; 3 Cents an Hour.

Chicago, July 16.—The text of the arbitration award in the street car employes case was made public today. As announced informally two days ago the motormen and conductors receive an advance of three cents - n hour and thus become the highest paid street car operatives in the country. The wages to be paid range from 26 cents an hour up tot-35 cents. The award will mean a wage increase of approximately $1,170,000 a year. James M. Sheean, who represented the companies on the board of arbitration, .declined to sign the agreement.

Ford Company Will Refund $15,000,000 to Purchasers;

Detroit, Mich., July 16. —The Ford Automobile Company this afternoon announced a refund of approximate'ly $15,000,000 to owners of Ford automobiles who have purchased their machines since Aug. 1, 1914. On Aug. 1, 1914, tl|e company announced that if 300,000 machines were sold during the ensuing year each purchaser would receive a refund of from S4O to S6O. The 300,000 mark was reached this afternoon'. The company says the refupd is strictly in the nature of the profit distribution policy of the company.

Heat Wave Follows Flood.

Lafayette, Ind., July 17.—The Wabash river continues to rise slowly'’ and. it Is believed that the water will reach its crest tomorrow. The

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bottom lands north and south of the city are flooded and the water is 15 feet above normal. The lack of rain today and the continued warm weather leads river men to believe that there will be no serious flood.

Interurban Motorman on Final Trip Kills Boy, 17.

~ Lafayette, Ind., July -1 }i omer Wolf, 17, only son of Samuel Wolf, was killed by a Ft. Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction car a mile north of Burrows in Carroll county, lato last night. He was driving in a buggy and did not notice the approach of the swiftly moving car. E. Scott of Logansport, who was making his last trip in that capacity. He is to take a position on the Logansport police force tomorrow.

HITTING SOME THE HIGH SPOTS.

Jerry Healy Writes Interesting Letter From Colorado. Colorado Springs, Col., July 15. Mr. F. E. Babcock, Dear Sir: I left Chicago Tuesday night, July 6, at 10 p. m., over the Rock Island and Pacific. It was a very lively night in Chicago and the Liberty Bell was shown in LaSalle street station from 6 till 11 p. m., and I had the pleasure of seeing the grand Old Bell. 1 passed through Illinois, lowa, Nebraska and Kansas and arrived in Denver Thursday morning at 8:30, after a run of two nights and one day. The crops along the liyto as far as 1 could see, were no better than In old Jasper county, especially the corn prospect. The train was packed with tourists, most of them going -to the fair, Denver Is a very nice city, with fine streets and parks. They claim they have a 250,000 population. I remained there four days sight-see-ing. J took a trip to Golden City on the interurban to foot of the mountain. To reach the top you have to go up on a cable railroad, which is 2,700 feet to top, when you are up there you are. 7,500 feet above sea level. That was my first experience on top of a mountain. It was a grand sight.

While in this city I went through the state capitdl building. It is a very large, fine structure. You bet I went to City Park every night because Irinis’ band of 50 pieces played there. It is the same band that was at the Chautauqua in Remington a few years ago. They are going to the fair at Frisco to play in September and October. Mr. Innlsgets $3,500 a year for directing this band. Monday morning, July 12, I left Denver for Colorado Springs, arrived there at 10:30 a. m. Almost the first person I met was Simon Leopold. He Is looking fine and feeling good. I also run across Walter White, who now lives here. He is looking fine and doing well. Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, at foot of Pike’s Peak, form practically one community with a total population of 37,000. A modern electric railway system connects the three cities. The many scenic attractions of the region are easily reached from all three cities. Tuesday, July 13, went over to Manitou on the Interurban. It is six miles from Colorado Springs and costs 10c each way. From there I took a touring car with 15 others at $1.50 each, through the mountains. There is a very fine road up to the Cave of the Winds, which is 1,500 feet higher than Manitou, where we started. The Cave of the Winds is claimed to be the geological wonder of this country, which nature has decorated with a lavish hand. The cave is nearly a mile long and is lighted with electric lights and high power lamps. It costs $1 to go through it. it is really a wonder. From there we passed through the Garden of the Gods. , Balance Rock, one of the most wonderful of the natural attractions of the Pike’s Peak region, is a huge rock weighing hundreds of tons. It is supported by a small base of clay. Many rocks in this region are 200 to 380 feet high.

My next trip was up to the summit of Pike’s Peak, which is 14,000 feet above sea level. It is reached by a cog road nine miles in length, from Manitou station. It is very cold up there. Not much to see only rocks and sonw, but it costs $5.00, They are building an automobile highway to the summit of Pike’s Peak, which will be open during the season of 1915, I was told. It Will be the highest motor highway in the world to the top of America’s most famous mountain.

This roadway will be 20 feet wide, and will be operated as a toll road. Regular dally auto service will be established making the round trip from Colorado Springs in five hours. Round trip fare $6.50 per passenger. If one use their own auto It is $2.50 each, so you see the price is very high as well as the top of the peak. At Manitou I drank from the famous iron and soda springs. I can not say that I like the water, although a great deal of it is used. Tomorrow I am going to Cripple Creek, if the weather permits. It is 42 miles from the Springs. Everyone who has been therS*claims it is one of the best trips in the mountains. It Is about 10,000 feet above sea level. - ■ Well, Mr. Babcock, I think this is enough this time. I am feeling fine. Board and room is $lO per week; room alone is $1 per day. Yours,

JERRY HEALY.