Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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. Court Reporter Wagner returned Wednesday from a few days’ visit in Chicago.

Marriage licenses issued: August S, John Dewitt of hair Oaks, aged 26 January 5 last, occupation laborer, to Fern Lillian McColly of Wheatfield, aged 20 June 22 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Spitler.

At the meeting of township trus tees of the 10th district, held here Tuesday, the following counties were well represented: Jasper, Lake, Porter, White, Newton and Benton. We had expected to have a report from the secretary for publication in this issue, but were disappointed.

Recorder and Mrs. tteorge Scott went to Chicago yesterday, where she is taking treatment for a tuber cular trouble. Miss lane I aikiso~> went to the city also to see her father, R. A. Parkison, who recenLv underwent an operation there anl will not be brought home yet so. a week or more.

The state board of tax commissioners Ais announced the appraisement on corporate property in Indiana, and it is interesting to note that Lake county leads on steam railroad valuation over Marion county, the total valuation in Lake being $19,375,602, to $13,404,585. In interurban valuation, however, Lake has but $967,437 to $9,200,787 in Marion. Jasper county’s steam railroad valuations equal sl,366,686; Benton county, $1,957,800; Newton county, $1,795,135; Pulaski county, $2,023,810; Starke county, $3,942,040; White county, $1,460,823. The grand total of steam railroad valuations in the state is $213,539,431; interurbans, $26,341,701. Two counties in the state—Ohio and Switzerland—have no railroads.

Elmore Barce, who has been sitting as special judge on Newton county bench in Williams ditch case, rendered his decision Monday. The $96,000 ditch is an important system of drainage and drains practically all the country in and around Snyder and west toward Momence. The land owners remonstrated, alleging that their assessments were too high, etc. After hearing the evidence and going over all the lands via boat and foot, Judge Barce found that the assessment area was too narrow; that the Williams ditch was practically an outlet for the Marble ditch, which is now under construction; that to avoid too great a burden on the land owners at the lower end of the river, next the Illinois state line, the viewers should take in land along the Marble ditch. Also lands should be taken in along lateral ditches flowing into the Kankakee for some distance up the river. The old report was set aside and the petition was referred back to a new set of drainage commissioners for a new report.—-Benton Review.

At Tuesday’s session of the county commissioners notice was ordered for several bridge lettings and also for a couple of grades, the advertisements for which appear in another part of The Democrat. Plans and specifications for a new bridge in Barkley tp. were rejected, and the engineer directed to prepare plans and specifications for the removal of a bridge over the Howe ditch to the Jungles ditch, east of S. T. Comer’s.

The George Naninga stone road was consolidated with No. 2874, and the advanced costs of $173.35 and $lO to the auditor was ordered paid out of No. 2874. Contract was awarded to Oris Salrin at $2,721 for the construction of the J. E. Lamson stone road in Jordan tp. Frank Nesius ap pointed superintedent. Bonds bid ered issued. Contract for Milt Roth stone road awarded to Jacob Johnson at $7,99J. William Murray appointed superintendent. Bonds ordered Issued. Silas Potts petition fbr highway same was ordered established 4*. feet in width. William Folger ditch—no remonstrance or objection on file and cause is referred to B. J. Moore, drainage commissioner, and M. B Price, engineer. Eli Arnold ap pointed third commissioner, to meet on or before first day of September term. A duplicate warrant for S2O was ordered issued to Hazel C. Meyers to replace a warrant issued in June and which had been lost or destroyed. Payment ordered stopped on original warrant.

Registration inspectors were appointed as follows: Barkley, East. ..... John Parkinson Barkley, West Ralph Johnson Carpenter, East. . .Samuel Bowman Carpenter, West Wester Bowdy Carpenter, South .Ed BellowGillam James Stevens Hanging Grove Warren Poole Jordan William Morris Kankakee . Elwood Davis Keener .Clifford Fairchild Marion, No. 1 Wood Spitl^r Marion, No. 2 True Woodworth Marion, No. 3 C. P. Fat“ Marion, No. 4 . . . . Harvey Wood, sr. New-ton Earl Leek Union, South. . . .George Hammerton Union, North N. A. McKay Walker . ;.. . Harry Brown Wheatfield A. S. Keen

PERTINENT PROBLEMS FOR TAXPAYERS OF JASPER COUNTY, NO 1.