Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Inlurtsling Paragraph Froalftu Various DipilMts OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL • The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several Gowuiy Offices. W. H. Parkison and A. H. Hopkins went to Indianapolis Monday on matters of connected with the new farmery’. hank-.. • The Democrat is reliably informed that so far the new Jasper county hospital has not been a howling 'success as a revenae producer, but that the deficit has been running something like per month, which has to be made up, of course, out of the county treasury. County Treasurer May and family attended the Odd Fellows’ memorial services at Wolcott Sunday and report that there was a large crowd of people out. The K. of P’s.of Goddland also held memorial services Sunday and as a result the attendance at the Red Cross meeting at Remington not as large perhaps as it otherwise would have been.

Marriage licenses issued: June 18, Elza Paul Swim of Rensselaer, aged 18 September 3 last, occupation farmer., and Grace Ada Wood, also of Rensselaer, aged 2d March 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under age his father. Alien Swim, gives consent to issuance of license. Married in the clerk's office by Justice Dean. There will be. a meeting of the Jasper County Livestock association Saturday, June 23, at 2 p. m. at the county agent's office. Would like to have as many breeders present as possible as we desire to get out stationery with the names of breeder members thereon, and adopt a constitution, make arrangements for the fall shows and transact any other business of importance that may come up.e— CHAUNCY WOOD, Sec-Treas. It is reported that the Dexter R. Jones farm of 2<"d acres tying about 2% males southeast of Remington, in Carpenter township, has been sold to Dudley Tyler, who has been the tenant on the farm for the past five or six years. We were unable to learn the price paid, but it was probably considerable in excess of $260 per acre. Mr. Jones died but recently and the four children, the only heirs, are all of age. The son Howard owns a farm of his own and probably did not care to buy out the other heirs in the old home place. The board of county commissioners met in special session Saturday to take up the Wheatfield remonstrance case, and after continuing in session until 7 o'clock that evening without reaching an agreement an adjournment was taken until July 2, the time of the next regular meeting. Commissioner Marble was in favor of granting James Anderson, the applicant, a license until April, ISIS, holding that the woman's suffrage law was unconstitutional, for without the woman signers the remonstrance was insufficient- Commissioner Welch held that they ,should. abide by the law until the same was declared unconstituTional, and that the remonstrance was- thereby sufficient and a license should be refused. Commissioner Makeever was non-committal and did noi vote at all. Both sides were wail represented before the board, Attorneys S. C. Irwin of this eity and R. € Minton of Indianapolis appearing for the remonstrators. while Attorneys A.- Halleck, W. H. Parkison and J. A. Dunlap were retained by Mr. Anderson. County Attorney Blue was also present and favored the granting of a license. Anderson’s license expired June 2, but he has Continued in business since, notwithstanding that a new license has not yet been granted. However, this is legal under an act of the 1913 legislature. The Wheatfield saloon fight is already assure

ing the same characteristics with which the people of Rensselaer were confronted years ago. The proposition qf hurting the business of the town in the event the ..saloon is ousted is being loudly proclaimed. The establishment of a new bank at Denfotte is also being used as-an argument in favor of a saloon at Wheatfield. ■