Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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UNION TP. TO VOTE OCT. 7

On Proposition to Improve Extensive System of Roads. NO OBJECTIONS WERE FILED —■ ' To Preliminary Proceedings in Commissioners’ Court and It Is Believed Proposition Will Easily Carry. County Commissioner D. S. Makeever was quite ill the latter part of the week with congestion of the bowels, and was unable to attend Monday’s session of the board, and he was also likewise unable to attend yesterday’s session, although considerably improved. Following is a report of the proceedings of the board at Monday’s session, and the proceedings of yesterday’s session will be published in Saturday’s Democrat: In the W. L. Wood et al system of improved roads in Union tp„ the report of viewers filed Aug. 21, together with supplemental report, was presented by the petitioners. No objections nor remonstrance was on file and report was approved, and an election called for Saturday, Oct. 7th, to vote on the proposition. J. W. Faylor was appointed inspector for the north precinct. It is believed that the proposition will carry by a good large majority. The total estimate of the viewers on the five roads petitioned for is but $47,376.41, divided as follows: Road No. 1, $14,626.61; road No. 2, $6,399.75; jroad No. 3, road No. f 4, $1,590; road No. 5, $6,575.40. Contractor Walter V. Porter was allowed $1,342, full contract price, on new bridge in Union tp. Contractor A. S. Keene allowed $275 in full on bridge in Wheatfield tp. Contractor John Daniels allowed $796.85 in full on bridge in Newton tp. Contractor T. M. Callahan was allqjved balance in full of $2,079 on the M. J. Delehanty stone road in Wheatfield tp.; superintendent discharged and cause dropped from the docket. Contractor Wm. Stalbaum allowed SI,OOO on Lewis Fritz stone road in Walker tp. Contractor Oris Salrin allowed $1,600 on C. W. Postill stone road. In the William Folger ditch viewers were granted until the first day of the October term to file their report. Petitioners were granted permission to file amended petition, and it appearing that Eli Arnold was an interested party, Judson L. Adams was appointed third commissioner in his stead. > In the Marion E. Bice ditch viewers were granted until second day of present term to file their report. Same action in the petition of Robert Michael for location of a street in the town of Kniman. A duplicate warrant w r as ordered issued to M. B. Price for $52 in place of warrant drawn May 4, 1916, which had been lost, and payment was ordered stopped on the original warrant should it turn up in the future. x Jesse L. Nichols, superintendent of the county farm filed report for the quarter ending August 31, showing receipts for the quarter of $3,059.96, and expenses of $917.35. There were 10 inmates of the poor asylum at the close of the quarter, seven males and three females. The bond of William Murray for $5,000 as superintendent of the Roth stone road, with Milt Roth, Joseph Hallagan, James Hallagan and Sam Roth as sureties, was approved. N - Interest on county funds for the month of August was reported by the various depositories as follows: First National bank, Rensselaer, $139.41; State bank, Rensselaer, S7O; The Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, $51.29; State bank, Remington, $69.55; Bank of Wheatfield, $38.19. See the Kahn Tailoring company’s line from Indianapolis. Their line is simply grand and every garment will fit perfectly. Look the line over and have your measure taken. Prices reasonable. DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP, C. Earl Duvall.

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HARD-SURFACED HIGHWAYS

Building Brick and Concrete Roads - , in Illinois. The writer drove over a couple of pieces of concrete highway in Illinois last Sunday in a little trip Of 136 miles accompanied by his wife,, son George and Omar Osborne. We went via Mt. Ayr, Morocco, Lake Village and Momence to Kankakee, 111., and returned via Momence, Grant Park, North Hayden, Lowell, Shelby, Thayer, Roselawn, Fair Oaks and Parr. We met Faye Clarke, son of Jeweler P. W. Clarke, who is foreman of part of the Jennie M. Conrad ranch at Conrad. We suggested stopping for dinner with Faye, if he had fried chicken, but he said he didn’t have fried chicken nor scarcely anything else —his wife was visiting in Rensselaer—and we felt so sorry for him that we came near dividing up the big basket of fried chicken and accompaniments we had along. But it was a long way from our source of supply, and better judgment prevailed. But, what we started out to say was that a splendid trip and took us over a section of country we had never visited before. A good stone road extends for several miles directly north from Morocco, but for two miles through the old Beaver lake bed they now have it graded but not all the rock is spread. However, the dirt roads are all good now and one can drive the entire trip on “high.” The corn looks well in the BeaVer lake section. From Conrad we drove on north to Lake Village, thence west, north and west again to Momence—a very good road, indeed, but not quite all rock. • From Momence we went west and south, thence west again into Kankakee. On the south road, along the west bank of ’the Kankakee river, there is 5y 2 miles of 10foot concrete road with a four-foot bank of crushed rock at each side. This road winds along with the bend of the river about 50 to 75 feet from the water’s edge. The river bank is kept clear of brush, weeds and grass for most of the way and it is one of the most beautiful drives we have ever seen. On west after leaving this concrete road is a rock road that evidently cost a lot of mohey to build and only a very few years ago. It is about 16 to 20 feet wide and must have been a yery fine road when first completed. Now it is all cut to pieces, is full of holes and is the roughest stone road we have ever driven over. It shows conclusively that ordinary stone road construction will not withstand present traffic, and we were told that it was probable this stretch of road would be replaced with either concrete or brick next year. Returning to Momence we drove north and Grant Park, fine stone roads prevailing every place in that vicinity, but they are not traveled nearly so much as that between Kankakee and a few miles north of Momence we struck a mile oL concrete road that was put in last year. It is 14 feet wide and a dandy road, the best we have ever se§n; We were unable to learn the cost of either this road or the 10-foot road heretofore mentioned, but both were in fine shape and were apparently “standing up” well under the traffic passing over them. The 14foot road is wide enough for two rigs to pass comfortably, but 1 6 feet would be better. These roads are absolutely dustless and as smooth as a sidewalk. If concrete will withstand wear equal to vitrified brick —and if pronerly constructed we do not see why it. should not—it is superior to brick because or its smoothness and is cheaper to build, we are told. ■ — The Democrat hopes that many of our Jasper county better and more permanent roads advocates will make a trip over into our neighboring state and see what a good road looks like.

Insure Your Automobile

If you have never had an accident it simply means that your time Is drawing that much closer. Get our rates with the Auto Owner Fire Protective Exchange of Kankakee, 111. It’s the cheapest. LEE ADAMS, Agent. The school boys like HILLIARD & suits, shoes, etc., best because they possess both service and style. Their mothers like them because of that reason, too.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1916.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From till Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL . ✓ Tha Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Six marriage licenses were issued last month against five for the preceding month, eight for August, 1915. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 2, Grover Brown of Barkley tp., aged 23 November 19 last, occupation farmer, to Marie Barkley, also of Barkley, aged 20 January 29 last, occupation school teacher. First marriage for each. September 5. Harry Bell of Tulsa, Okla., aged 35 February 5 last, occupation bookkeeper, to Edith Adams of Rensselaer, aged 26 June 5 last, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. New suits filed: No. 8659. Elizabeth Johnson, admx. vs. Levi Walters et al; action to require delivery of personal property belonging to estate of Angeline Walters, deceased. No. 8660. James Stevens, adm. vs. Levi Walters et al; action to require the delivery of personal property belonging to the estate of Thomas Walters, deceased. No. 8661. Alfred Clager vs. Frank W. Johnson; foreclosure of lien. Demand S6O. A petition is circulated by Mayor C. G. Spitler of Rensselaer asking Governor Ralston to parole Ernest Speaks and Orson Lewis, confessed car robbers who were sent to the reformatory from this county on April 11. Sympathy is being felt for the wives of the men rather than for the culprits themselves. Mrs. Lewis has been working in a restaurant in Hammond but became ill of malarial fever and is now here a charge upon friends. Mrs. Speaks has been working in a restaurant at Delphi but is now employed in a restaurant in Lafayette. She is a sufferer from asthma, it is said, and it is the intention if a parole or pardon be granted to send both men and their families to the Homestake mine at Lead, S. D., where with the fine climate and the advantages there offered their wives will have better health and it is hoped to make belter and more useful citizens of their husbands. ' i A petition signed by John Hurley and 27 others was filed with the clerk of the circuit court last Saturday asking Judge Hanley to call the grand jury at the September term of court to examine witnesses to inquire into the alleged hauling of corn from the county farm by teams of D. S. Makeever past the farm of J. W. Stockton in Newton tp., in July and August, 1915, which, the petition alleges the report ot the county farm superintedent and the records of Jasper county do not make any mention of this transaction. The petition alleges that James Shelley and a hired man of D. S. Makeever are the ones who hauled said com. It will be remembered that J. W. Stockton and Ernest Morlan were indicted several months ago for having made this charge to public accountants, mention of which was made at the time. Their trials have not been had as yet. Funeral of Mrs. Quinlan Was Held Monday. The body of Mrs. Michael Quinlan, mention of whose deatn was made in The Democrat Saturday, arrived here Sunday and funer&l services were held at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Monday. Burial was made in Mt. Calvary cemetery south of town. Her age was 60 years. Mrs. Quinlan had suffered for some 10 or 12 years with rheumatism, and about a year ago she and her husband went to Pueblo, Colo., in hope of benefiting her health. They recently left Pueblo and went to Wichita, Kansas, where Mrs. Quinlan entered a hospital an 4 where death resulted last Friday. Experiments have shown that excellent paper can be made out of gfape vines.

MRS. C..R. McFARLAND ARRESTED

Charged with Shielding Friend of Shoplifting Charge. Mrs. Charles R. McFarland, wife of a former reporter of the Jasper circuit court, is under arrest in Chicago charged with shielding a young lady friend, who is also under arrest for shoplifting. Until this information reached Rensselaer it was not even known that Mr. McFarland was married. He left here a few years ago and entered the Chicago Dental college, from which he graduated recently. He was married March 20 to Miss Margaret Heath of Indianapolis, and since his graduation has been a practicing dentist in Chicago. Miss Heath's earliest recollections were of an orphanage. During her high school years she met Miss Elba Carroll, daughter of well-to-do parents, and the two became fast friends. A year ago they separated just after S400 worth of goods had been stolen from a department store in Indianapolis. Miss Carroll disappeared and Miss Heath was arrested. It developed that she was but a dupe and was released. She then went to Chicago where she met Mr. McFarland and they were married. Elba Carroll went East and after some time went to Toledo, where she met and was married to Henman Simon. Their married life lasted but a week and she left him. He knew of the shoplifting charge and communicated with the police of Indianapolis, telling them that she could be found at the home of her friend, Mrs. McFarland, In Chicago. Sunday’s Chicago Herald said of the arrest: At midnight Detective Sergeant John Ronan rang the bell at the McFarland apartment. Mrs McFarland answered. Ronan told his mission, and the young wife became hysterical. Elba Carroll reached the house soon after midnight. She saw her weeping friend. She saw the stranger. Then she walked hurriedly away. McFarland walked into the room where his wife was and saw Elba Carroll hurrying down the walk. “I heard everything,” he said to his wife. “I’ll stick to you. Don’t you worry.” To Ronan the husband promised he’d get Elba Carroll. Yesterday the Carroll girl telephoned to the house and asked what had happened. “Meet me at the Morrison hotel and I’ll tell you all about It.” McFarland told her. Detectives were at the hotel, too. Last night Elba shrugged her shoulders and curled her lips. In the same police station Mrs. McFarland was weeping.

JURORS FOR SEPTEMBER TERM.

Petit Jury Called for Second Tuesday and Grand Jury for Fourth Monday. The jurors for the September term of court were drawn Monday. Contrary to u sual custom the grand jury is not called until the last week of the term, while the petit jury is called for the second Tuesday. Following are the names of the jurors and the townships from which they were drawn: GRAND JURORS. John Scott . . ... ..... .. . . .Barkley Peter Shide Milroy William Scott ......... . Carpenter Clyde Randle Hanging Grove David Zeigler . . ......... .Newton W. O. Nelson Wheatfield PETIT JURORS. Emmet Fidler 7.. . . .... .. . Jordan Henry Kolhoff Marion Charles A. Shroyer ...., . .... Barkley James Murray .. .. .... . Wheatfield Charles Cain ...... .... .. .Marion Elmer Pullin ... ....... .Gillam Charles Beaver Jack Hoyes .............. Jordan Thoma's Logan .... .. . ...... Gillam Malcom Clark .. . ... .. . Wheatfield Joe Lane . Newton Cornelius Evers, Sr.., . ... .Keener

Railroad Men Continue at Work.

The signing of the Adamson eighthour bill by President Wilson and the cancellation of the railroad strike order, brought to an end Sunday the uncertainty and chaos that has prevailed for the past month. Along with the “no-strike” order telegrams went forth from the main offices of the railway systems cancelling the freight embargoes which had been placed last week, when the prospect of a strike appeared inevitable.

Save your children’s feet by having them properly fitted in our orthopedic department. Ask about scuffers for boys and girls.—B. N. FENDIG’S SHOE STORE, Opera House Block.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many . Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Wears Same Coat at Each of Five Marriages. Huntington, Ind., Sept. 4. —Fred Drabenstad of Brown county, while here today, told of purchasing a long tailed coat in a local store 60 years ago, which he has worn at each of his five marriages. He did not wear it on his visit here because, he said,* “It was sorta out of style.”

Cleveland Papers Raise Prices Cleveland, Sept. 1. —Effective today, Cleveland’s two English morning dailies, the Leadey* and Plain Dealer, will be spld for two cents instead cent everywhere outside of Cleveland and Cuyahoga county. The price of the two afternoon dailies, the News and Press, is raised to two cents everywhere except in the city and adjacent counties. Increased paper cost is given as the reason for the advances.

Married Her; Forgot to Divorce Her Sister.

New Albany, Ind., Sept. 5.- —That her husband has never been divorced from her sister, who was his first wife, is the charge of Mrs. Hazel Cleveland Humphreys makes in bigamy proceedings instituted here against William Humphreys, engineer of the excursion steamer Virginia. He was arrested and placed in the county jail here to await action by the grand jury. The complaint says she did not know Humphreys and her sister had not been divorced until after she was married to him on August 19 last.

Old Time Engineer Dies in Monon Hotel.

Ralph Johnson, better known as “Smokey,” engineer on the Monon, died Monday morning at 7 o’clock at a hotel in Monon with an acute attack of heart fahure. He had been called to take out his local freight run between Monon and Hammond and was so sick that he asked that a relief man be isent on the run. A few moments later he suffered an attack of heart failure, dying before medical aid could be summoned. The d6ad man had been an engineer on the Monon for the past 20 years, beginning his career on the B. & B. division at Bedford. His home is in Hammond. His body will be taken to Hammond for burial.

Glaring Head Lights Are a Menace.

One of the greatest menaces to the safety of people traveling in autos at night is the owner of an auto with powerful electric lights which he fails to dim.' His lights completely blind the driver of any auto he is meeting and in this way many machines have gotten 'tn the ditch if the blinded drivers attempt to keep clear of the machine with the blinding lights.,' The Indiang law on auto traffic does not provide for such cases, but certainly the next legislature should remedy this defect. In the meantime autoists with regard for decency or the right of another should voluntarily dim his lights when meetiqg other machines, lest the lives of others be at his door, or he is liable in a damage suit. —Lake County News.

Notice to Pythian Sisters. All members of the Pythian Sisters degree team are requested to be present at a practice meeting on Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock, preparatory to initiatory work at the ?ular meeting Friday evening. Sept. B.—MRS. M. E. BABCOCK, t M. E C. Just Think About It! Wheat that made 35'and 40 bushels to the acre it paid to use 300 pounds of 3 per cent potash to the acre, at $29 per ton. Write me what you need. I have the goods. —J. W. FAYLOR, Rensselaer, Ind., iR-2. 8-9

Vol. XIX, No. 46

OLIVER WEDS MRS. SPRINGER

“Onion King” and Widow of Late Warren Springer Are Married. The Chicago Sunday Tribune contained an announcement of the marriage of Edward Oliver, formerly of Xewland, and Mrs. Marguerite Warren Springer of Chicago," both quite well known to many readers oft The Democrat. The wedding took place Saturday at the Warren Avenue Unity church. Under the heading “Onion King and Queen,’’ appear the photographs of Mrs. Springer and Mr. Oliver, and a lengthy write-up of the marriage and the lives of the principals. However, most of the readers of The Democrat are perhaps better acquainted with Mr. Oliver's career than the reporter who wrote tho article. The article in the Tribune states that Mrs. Springer is noted for her philanthropic deeds and gifts and gites a list of occurrences in which she figured prominently. Chief among these was the announcement in 1901 that she would give SIO,OOO for an art institute site; in 1909 that she would give SI,OOO for a home for consumptives in the mountains; in 1912 offered $5 for information of the whereabouts of her son, William Springer; in 1914 sued by Architect York for SIO,OOO for failure of colony plans; In 1915 sued by C. A. Murphy for $50,000 in “mystery case,’’ a narrow escape from Mexican bandits, and the purchase of the Muncie Normal institute for $143,000. Mr. Oliver has received considerable notoriety through his onion growing oj>erations and real estate deals in this county. He has on occasions attempted several colonization schemes with wljteh our readers are familiar. According to tho Tribune his fortune is estimated at $3,000,000. The Tribune also refers to Mr. Oliver as “Colonel,” a title which he has evidently acquired since leaving Newland and is possibly borrowed from the lamented Col. Munchausen. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver will reside in Chicago at 1306 Astor street, the old home of James L/ Houghteling.

Albert Moorhead Injured in Railroad Wreck in Colorado.

Henry Nevil received a telegram Saturday stating that his son-in-law, Albert Moorhead, of Limon, Colo., who is a fireman on tjie Rock Island railroad, had been injured in a wreck and taken to a hospital in Denver. Nothing further had been heard up to yesterday noon. Mrs. Moorhead and children, who had been visitng her parents here -“for several days, had cut her visit short on account of the threatened railroad strike and departed for home Friday, but would not rea'h there until about Sunday. Mr. Moorhead, who is a son of George Moorhead of near Vernon, Jennings- county, formerly resided at Remington and also resided in Rensselaer for some time. His friends hope that his injuries are not serious.

To the Farmers of Jasper County.

We want to impress upon the farmers of Jasper county and of the vicinity of Rensselaer that we handle more cream than any other two stations in the county; that we have been in the business for several years and thoroughly understand It; that we have the best facilities for handling and testing cream and always pay top prices, giving our patrons everything they are entitled to. The more cream we handle the smaller margin we can handle it on and the higher prices we can demand from the people we sell to, thus enabling us to pay better prices to our patrons. We fcave dealt honorably with you in the past and expect by fair dealing and honest tests to merit your continued patronage. New customers are welcomed and courteous and fair treatment is assured them.—JASPER COUNTY CREAMERY, J C. Harris & Son. Proprietors. s-7

Automobile Painting.

We can make your machine look like new, all work guaranteed. We use the best paint and varnish.—H. R. LANGE & SON MUSIC STORE. The best dressed men you see dro wearing HILLIARD & HAMILL hats. Ask them about their hats.

* JASPER COUNTY SUNDAY * * 'SCHOOL CONVENTION SEP- * * TEMBER 21 AND 22, 1916, * * RENSSELAER, INDIANA. *