Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — Page 7

We Sell BUTLER AND STAR WINDMILLS In Either Wood or Steel Frames. We repair and build over all broken down Windmills. WATSON PLUMBING GO. .<■ Rensselaer, Indiana

RED PAINT.

By Walt Mason.

Red paint is* pretty as pickled beets; of rich red paint let the poets sing! Red paint is good for the'rus-' tic seats, and excellent for the garden swing. We put red paint on the ham and fence, and know full well it will hold them down; red paint is good—but there is no sense in using it on the sleeping town. Red paint ; is wholesome and safe and sane, 1' i sing its worth on the stage and Stump; it's a splendid thing for the weathervane, and fine as silk for the' cistern pump. It can be used when you’d decorate the stable roof or the kitchen floor; oh, put three coats on the wicket gate, and spread it thick' on the henhouse door. It’s earned j the praises of tongue and pen, it is| far better than green or brown; it is a boon to the sons of men—but it’s no good for the sleeping town.

How We Have Changed.

Some recent speed tests have been made between Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and the stretch of 72 miles that separates these “hustling burgs” has been annihilated in an hour. There are several different ways by which a hurried denizen of either place can liie to the other very quickly and at any time during the day or night. When J. If. Beste, an English traveler and man of letters, wanted tc go from Indianapolis to Terre Haute in 1851, he had to buy a team and wagon and it took him several days to make the trip. When he left Terre Haute he went by canal and sold his team and wagon to a man who wantea to go across the prairie to the town of Chicago. Mr. Beste tells us all about this in a very interesting way in his book, “The Wabash,” which was published in London in 1855. He also tells about the election he witnessed in Terre Haute on August 4, 1851 —the identical election in which our present constitution was voted upon and adopted. This election was so pure and peaceful that the Englishman used it as a model in exhorting his fellow countrymen to civic pprity. Such was Terre Haute and such was Indiana 65 years ago. Yes, times have changed.—lndiana Citizen.

in lion Du hi s uu yu uuj u We will sell all articles in Enameled ware and Cutlery at exceptionally low prices E. D. RHOADES & SON

How Farmington Fares Dry.

For the benefit of those who might he anxious to know how Farmington is faring under the no-saloon plan, we will say we have about recovered from the effects of 45 years’ saloon domination. The last bootlegger has gone out of business, and the old soaks * * * have settled down to living pretty decent lives. Our city ‘ cop” hasn't seen a drunk for so long he is actually getting lonesome. There is not a bootlegger who is willing to run the risk of getting caught, and you couldn't get a drink of old rye in Farmington if you’d been swallowed by a boa constrictor. -Business is good and money is plentiful, and farm lands have advanced from $23/ to SSO an acre since the town went “dry” first four years ago. We lost a few old soaks who thought they couldn't get along without their drinks, but we have gained a lot of good farmers who have bought farms near Farmington and moved here, just because they wanted to get their boys in a country where there were no saloons. Several families have moved to Farmington and are living here now, and spending their money with our merchants, just because we have no saloons.— Farmington (.Minn.) Tribune.

Reprieve for the Birds.

While men are destroying each other in Europe, they are giving the wild creatures a respite. This is r.ot philanthropliv, but business—war business. Any one who can point a gun must aim it at the enemy. But the effect on the birds is all that the nipst ardent Audubon society could desire. France has prohibited all hunting and the sale of native game. Ordinarily, more than 1,000 tons of such game, nearly all birds, are sold in French markets, not to mention the quantity consumed by the hunters. , Two million pounds of birds represent a pretty heavy slaughter, and the absence of this destruction will help to re people the woods and fields with feathered folk. Belgium, in normal times, exports more than TO,OOO skylarks for food. Since most of these are trapped it may be that the destruction is not greatly lessoned in some parts of the country, but in or near the war zone birds are immune.—Chicago Journal,

RETIRING ROAD BONDS

Life of Highway. Not Economic Term of Bond, Should Determine Length of Loan

(Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture.

Teams Destroying Lawns to Avoid Mud Roads, Bennington, Va.

The proper method of retiring rural highway bonds is one of the serious problems which must be worked out by county commissioners and others intrusted with the expenditure of road funds. The three methods usually followed for meeting bonds at maturity are known as the sinking fund, annuity, and serial bond plans. Sinking Fund Bonds. The majority of highway bonds now outstanding have been—-issued as straight terminable bonds to be retired by sinking funds. The term of these bonds varies from TO to 40 years, with an average of nearly 25 years. The fund to retire them is accumulated by annual installments paid by the taxpayers, and is supposed to draw interest continuously and to accumulate a sufficient amount to discharge the debt at maturity. The interest which the sinking fund draws is usually from one to two per cent less than the interest paid for the loan. Five per cent highway bonds are common with the sinking fund calculated to draw three and one-half per cent interest. The following table shows the annual payments which, with interest at three, three and one-half and four per cent, compounded semi-annually, will amount to SI,OOO at the end of a term of years. Annual Payments. Years. 3 Pet. 3% Pet, 4 Pet. 5...... &55.3699 156.3872 184.4790 10..........87.1403 85.1208 83.1386 15 630780 51.7080 49.7928 20 37.1306 35.2499 33.4420 2a 27.3469 21.5096 23.8829 30 - 20.9128 19.2739 17.7113 There are many objections to the sinking-fund method of retiring highway bonds. It may not be possible to obtain continuously the required rate

of interest on the sinking fund to discharge the debt at maturity. The existence of the sinking fund is a constant temptation to municipal officers to use it for purposes other than the purpose originally intended. If a county, for example, issues bonds for a second object, it is easy to argue that the sinking fund already accumu- , lated may be used to purchase the new securities and the finances of the community are likely to become much confused. This is particularly true since the officers in charge of such operations are frequently changing. Sinking fund tax levies may be deferredthrough carelessness or under pressure of other needs. The sinking fund always requires careful attention, because it does not progress automatically in most cases. It has sometimes been entirely neglected. The. total cost to the community of a bond issue retired by a sinking fund will be considerably greater in the end j than the cost of the same bond issue made by either the annuity method or by the serial method. By the annuity method of Issuing bonds both the principal and interest are discharged by constant annual or semiannual payments. The amount of each payment or installment is determined by the term of the bond. It usually is necessary to subdivide the bond issue into individual bonds of SIOO, SSOO, or SI,OOO each. The resulting periodic payment of principal and interest must vary slightly because of this adjustment. Under the annuity plan the amount of principal retired

Coralline Rock Road, West Palm Beach, Fla.

is small at first and constantly increases while the interest charge decreases. The sum of interest and principal remain constant, and this is an advantage as the tax is then uniform. Serial Bonds. The serial bond differs somewhat from the annuity bond, because, instead of keeping the annual payment of both principal and interest constant, the amount of principal that is retired each year alone remains fixed. This type of bond has become more common for highway purposes in recent years, and during 1912 and 1913 the number of serial issues exceeded tjie number of issues for any other single given term. The office of public roads received reports from theso two years for $15,300,819 in the serial highway bonds, which is over 20 per cent of the total county and district bonds for which the period or term of issue was reported. The first retirement of serial bonds is sometimes deferred for a number of years The continued success of highway bonds as a means of road improvement will depend largely on whether or not the county authorities follow theso principles of sound road financing: (a) A steady and well administered system of meeting interest and providing for the retirement of bonds on maturity, whether by means of a sinking fund, by the annuity method, or through serial payments. (b) The limiting of expenditures tor road sums which are warranted by the actual saving in cost of hauling that the road improvement will effect. In this item may also be considered increased tonnage which follows road improvement. (c) Expending bond moneys only on roads of such a character that, a

satisfactory share of this money may be regarded as a permanent improvement. This means that the bond issue should not be spread so thin over an exorbitant mileage that the improvement will be largely superficial and practically disappear in a .very short time. It means, also, that a large percentage of the bond issue should go into building a satisfactory and permanent foundation for the road which will call thereafter principally for resurfacing repairs, rather than" for frequent complete reconstruction. (d) Provision for proper maintenance and repair of a bond-built road throughout the life of the bonds, so that when bonds are retired the county will still have an actual and valuable property to show for its expenditure. (e) Limiting the term of bonds so that the life of the bond will not exceed the life of the improvement.

HAULING OVER PUBLIC ROADS

Prevailing Cost in the United States Is About Twenty-Three Cents Per Ton Per Mile. The prevailing cost of hauling over the public roads of the United States Is about 23 cents per ton per mile. More than 350.000,000 tons are hauled over these roads each year, gnd the average haul is aboirt. eight miles, from which it can readily be seen that our annual bill for baiNing over the public roads is nearly* $650,000,000.

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Doorkeepers in Washington.

To a Missourian scurrying through the national capitol and departrnent < buildings then* is one thing that stands out like a .sore thumb in corn ! gathering time—the ‘•scarcity” of doorkeepers! In some instance? you may find a door left alone and helpless, without even one husky fellow to defend it from the mob that might; tear said door off its hinges and carry it away! Other doors are better cared for, having as many as three [ flunkies perched on guard, a trio of patriots vigorously drawing their pay and saying the government. This army of doorkeepers and hangers-on are under "civil service", and can not be removed—and though their teeth drop out they never drop off the pay roll except to answ'er the roll call of Gabriel!—Richmond Missourian,

Largest stock of harness in Jasper county. Come in, look them over Bargain Day.—SCOTT BROS. Notice of Filing and Docketing of Ditch Petition. In Commissioners* Court To May Term, 1916. Petition of John F. Zimmer, et al., for Public Drain, To Lenora Martin, Edward L. McFadden, Melvin T. Parks, Clayborn Parks, Martha J. Hopkins, Josi&h

T Tigg, Carl C. Middlestadt, John 1 linn. John J. Lawler, Bessie Pearl Day, Elizabeth Carlin, John Carlin, John J. XVheelen. Melyille B. Wishard, Clara Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum, Hulda Rosenbaum, Grace EShindelar, Martha J Earl. Alice Earl Stewart. David Q. Hart, C. B. Spang. Mary lSresnahan. Patrick Bresnaban. William Zacher, Wilhelm Zacher, Levi; Miller, Simeon Miller, Gideon Miller. Menno Miller. Mattie < hrisller. Fannie Borntrager, Simeon Miller, guardian of Manna Yoder and Aineria Miller, heirs of Levi L. Miller; Jennie L. Wlshard, Abraham Meyers, John If. Porter, Mary A. Sheffer, Burr 11. Sheffer, Charles A. Hopkins, Amanda Leach, Otis W. Sheffer, Mary E. Sheffer. Jesse G. Sheffer,’ Agatha Shlndelar. Mary D. Brown, Bertha Schultz, Frank Zickmund. You and each of you are hereby separately and severally notified that on the 21st day of March, A. D.. 1916, John F. Zimmer and others filed in the office of the Auditor of Jaspe*- County, Indiana, their petition in duplicate and a bond, which petition asks for the construction of a dredge ditch for the purpose of draining the lands of the petitioners and of lands shown by the tax duplicates and transfer books of Jasper County, Indiana, to belong to you and described in said petition as likely to be benefited by the improvement prayed for. The ditch prayed for in said petition is described and routed as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point about 1,851 feet west and 80 rods south of the Southeast corner of Section Ten (10), Township Twentynine (29) North of Range Seven (7) West in Jasper Conntv, Indiana, In the line of a present existing ditch, source of the Burns Ditch, then following the line of the Burns Ditch to a point near the northeast corner of Section Twenty-three (231 in Township Thirtv (30) North of Range Seven (7) West in said county and state where the same will have a good and sufficient outlet in the said Burns Ditch. Yon and each of you are further notified that the petitioners have endorsed on their petition as the day for the docketing thereof the 2d day of May. A. D.„ 1916. JOHN F. ZIMMER and Others, m-29-a-S Petitioners.