Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

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. County Treasurer C. V. May and B. J. Jarrette were Chicago visitors Thursday. Attorney W. H. Parkinson - has accepted an invitation to deliver the Memorial day address at Kentland next Wednesday. C. B. Steward, county probation officer, is seeking a home for a week-old baby boy. He is a fine, healthy little fellow and anyone wanting such should communicate with Mr. Steward at once.

The case of the state vs. Stockton will come up in the Newton circuit court, on change of venue from this county, next Monday. Scores of witnesses have been summoned and the case will probably last all week. ‘The Jordan township commencement of eighth grade graduates will be held at Union school house next Friday evening, June 1. There are ten graduates—‘-Curtis Brown, Mar Sale Woodruff, Tillie Reed, Dorothy Shumaker, Gaylord Sommer, Glen May, Hurshell Bice, Owen Tullis, .'Sylvia Augspurger, Loyd Delos Dunn. The hddress will be made by Hon. Charles J. Orbison of Indianapolis. County Treasurer May sold the C. L. Carr, John Borntrager and James Lane stone road bonds (Newton township) Tuesday afternoon at a few dollars’ premium. There were but two bidders, Gavin L. Payne Co. and J. F. Wild & Co., both of Indianapolis. Payne got the Borntrager ($11,400) 3-nd Lane ($9,600) bonds at a premium of $6.50 and $12.65, respectively, and Wild & Co. the Carr issue ($13,000) at a premium of $3.60. The Payne Co. bid on the Carr bonds was $3.50, and Wild & Co. bid $3 and $2.40 premuims on the Borntrager and Lane bonds.

Morgan L. Sterrett of Wheatfield, a former teacher in the Rensselaer school, is an active, candidate for the office of county superintendent of schools. Mr. Sterrett has been engaged in school for fourteen years and for five years has been superintendent of the Wheatfield schools. It is understood that I. N. Warren, former superintendent of the Rensselaer schools, and possibly others, will also be candidates for the office. The election will take place in this city on June 4, and it will require seven votes to elect, there being thirteen township trustees,, ten Republicans and three Democrats. F. A. Camblin of Morocco; who has the contracts for the iHitchings, Gorman and Lane stone roads in Jordan and Newton townships, was in Rensselaer Wednesday and is advertising for teams for hauling rock. He Stated that he expected to get busy and complete his contracts as soon as possible. He will haul from the Coal road at Foresman and Mt. Ayr, probably, as his rock will be shipped in from the North. Owing to the embargo placed on the shipping of stone and gravel in cars from toward coal mines, he said that in his opinion the contractors for the other local roads here, who expected to get their rock from Monon, would probably not be able to get stone and would therefore be unable to complete their contracts this year. It was reported, he said, that the Monon stone crushing plant had Shut down on account of being able to secure cars for shipping. His rock, coming from the North and toward the Indiana coal fields/ enabled the "stone company to secure cars, hence his expectation to complete his contracts this season.