Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1917 — Page 1

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RYAN DITCH CASE IS COMPROMISED

Agreement Was Reached Monday Afternoon. BOTH DITCHES TO BE DUG New Reports Ordered and Matter Will Come Up at the September Term of Court. When Special Judge Elmore Barce of Fowler adjourned court the middle of last week until Monday there were indications that a compromise might be reached between the attorneys and their clients in the Ryan ditch matter. This indication proved correct, and an agreement was reached by which both the Ryan and Oliver ditches are to be combined and will be constructed, the matter coining up for final dispensation at the September term of court. ‘ In Judge Barce’s findings the report of Engineer Price was found to contain many errors and the court held that the report was not according to law, and same was set aside and a new report ordered to be filed at the September term. C. J. Hobbs was appointed engineer and former Trustee John "W. Selmer of Gillam township was appointed one of the commissioners, and Louis Timm of Pulaski county, one of the old commissioners, was retained as the other commissioner, and an agreement was reached that a report should be gotten up in the Oliver ditch and the matter come up at the September term and the jurisdiction changed from Judge Hanley to Judge Barce, making both ditches, which drain territory in the same vicinity, under the same judge. The parties who make the report in the Oliver ditch will have this report practically ready but will not be appointed until the September term, when they will be ordered to file report, one week from their appointment, say,, it being designed to have both reports in at practically the same time so that joint action can be taken. This fight—-which has been more of a lawyers’ fight than anything else, so the petitioners say:—has been a long drawn out one and everybody will be glad to know that it is practically ended. Both ditches are needed, so the affected most claim, and it will mean much to the sections of Gillam, Walker and Barkley townships to have them constructed. The Ryan ditch was petitioned for in October, 1909, and it has been in the courts eve? since. The Oliver ditch was petitioned for in January, 1913, but the matter has lain dormant pending the outcome of the Ryan ditch. Many of the farmers most deeply interested have lost more in damage by high water — some in a single season —than their entire assessment will amount to, and it is with much satisfaction that The Democrat notes that a compromise . has befen reached and both causes consolidated with the prospect of soon securing the muchneeded drainage.

REV. FRED H. BEARD RESIGNS

Has Accepted a Position as Pastor at Spencer, Indiana. Rev. F. H. Beard, who has been pastor of the Baptist church of this city for the past two years, has accepted a position as' pastor of the Baptist church at Spencer, Indiana, and will move w’ith ’ s his family to that place about the last of August. Rev. Beard tendered his resignation here last Sunday. The new position is a much more desirable one for several reasons than the one here, and while we regret to lose Rev. Beard and his excellent family from Rensselaer we are glad to know that he goes to so good an appointment as that at Spencer.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shirer, a son. July 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Upjohn of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter. Mrs. Upjohn is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth of this city. : ’

JOHN O’CONNOR TO LEAVE US

Purchases Fanners’ Elevator Business at Kniman. Former Sheriff John O'Connor has purchased the ground and property at Kniman belonging to the Farmers’ Grain company and expects to take charge of same at once. He will put in a new set of scales and be ready to handle the grain business there as soon as thrashing commences. He does not expect to move there right away but will move some time the coming fall apd will possibly get back his old home in Kniman, nowowned by Robert Michal and from which Mr. O’Connor and family moved when he acquired the property he now owns here on Cullen street. It is his intention to disof the property here. In addition to the grain business at Kniman Mr. O’Connor secures the Farmers’ Grain company lease on the ground they occupy at Virgie but the grain business there will be run for him by some one else. We are sorry c t° learn of Mr. O’Connor’s intention to leave Rensselaer, but we wish him abundant success in his new enterprise.

DRAFTED SHOULD AWAIT CALL

Ample Notice Will Be Given Those Who Should Appear* The young men of Jasper county have no occasion for undue anxietj 7 as to their appearance for examination under the military draft. According to the best information obtainable the quota for this county for the first national army, after credits for enlistments in national guard and regular army have been given, will be fifty-six. This is a much larger number than expected, but enlistments since June 30, 1917, in either do not count, and quite a number of the members of Company M are from Newton and adjoining counties, which cuts the number down that are credited to our own county. It is estimated that about 50 per cent of all drafted men will be exempted or disqualified, therefore about 112 —the first 112 drawn regardless of their draft number-will be summoned for examination on the first call. It will be well for each man to ascertain the order in which he will be called, although individual notice will be mailed to each by the exemption board five days at least before they are to appear for examination. When the examinations are completed the men who have been accepted will be instructed as to what course they are to pursue. It was expected that the mobilization would take place about the first of September, but the date will be announced definitely later on. In the meantime the men who are accepted will be at liberty to pursue their usual vocations until the call for mobilization comes. There has been no intimation as to w-hen the second increment will be called, but it will probably be several months at least. Probably not over 1,25 at most will be called in Jasper county for examination to securfe ■ the fifty-six* needed, and all those whose numbers were drawn beyond this number—in regular order, understand, not by draft number —need give themselves no concern whatever, as they will not be called up for examination even until the next call is made for troops, when they will be called in regular order in the same order as drawn now. The war department has ruled that the ranks of the regular army and national guard are open for the enlistment of drafted men upuntil the day the names of such drafted _men are posted to appear. In apportioning draft quotas, credit, was given for all voluntary enlistments prior to June 30, but there has been no indication w-hether credits will, be given for men coming in since that date. An average of more than 1,000 men a day has been reported by the regular recruiting stations alone, and counting the National Guard, it is probable that the vol*, untary system has provided Close to ' 50,000 men of the 687,000 called for under the draft as necessary to fill up the regulars and guard and create the first increment of the national army. . No announcement has been made as to what disposition will be made of this excess of credits, but it is en-

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1917

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. ...O’ Sheriff McColly made a business trip to Chicagp Saturday. County Auditor and Mrs. J. P. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. John Eigelsbach and Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Yates enjoyed an auto drive to Lafayette and return Sunday. County Commissioner Welch was over from Carpenter township on business Saturday. He was accompanied by his father, George Welch, Merritt Johnston of Goodland and Dayton Hutchings of Joliet, Illinois. The work of redecorating the interior of the court house has been completed and A. Brand & Co. of Chicago, w T ho done the work, have also been given a contract to redecorate the interior of the primary school building, also all the outside woodwork. The contract price for both labor and material for the latter job is said to be ssll. New suits No. 8787. George A. Williams, ex., vs. Esther A. Newell et al.; action to sell real estate. No. 8 788. Grasmere Land Co. vs. Joseph Hickman; action on check. Demand $l5O. No. 8789. T. M. Kinmore vs. Henry W. Milner; suit oq note. Demand $199.13. No. 1687. State of Indiana vs. Harmon N. Clark; action for assault and battery. Oscar Brenner of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who is said to have been recently married to Mrs. Fayne Nelson Black, and who with the latter came last w r eek to visit her mother, Mrs. James Nelson, was arrested at the Nelson home here last Friday on instruction from the authorities of Washtenaw county, Michigan. Brenner was charged with selling property belonging to his mother and keeping the money. Officers arrived here Saturday and the young man was taken back to Michigan to stand trial. Martin Boedman, aged 26 years, who had been working in the onion fields about Newland, was arrested Monday evening by Sheriff McColly and lodged in jail on the charge of having failed to register for the selective draft. Boedman came to Newland from over about Hopkins Park, in Newton county, and is said to have failed to go to the polls to register when parties at Newland offered to take him to the registering place. He is said to have been preparing to leave Newland and go to Chicago when arrested. Sheriff McColly has conferred with the federal authorities and it is probable the young man will be taken in charge by a federal officer in a very short time. Trustee John Rush- of Newton township, acting tinder the law giving trustees authority over abandoned or unused cemeteries, has caused the old Sayler cemetery in the east edge of Newton township, west of the county farm, to be cleaned up and put in a very presentable condition. Several of th? old and well-known pioneers of Jasper county, among them being Patrick Makeever and Isabel Makeever, his wife, both of whom were over 100 years of age, are buried in this cemetery. They were the parents of John, Milton and Madison Makeever, all now deceased, and Patrick died about 1856, aged 104 years, while his wife lived until about 1871, and was 108 years of age at death. Some of the stones are in bad shape and friends or relatives of those resting there are requested to help in the care of the cemetery by seeing that these stones are put in good shape.

The Kentland Chautauqua association experienced a deficit of $229.25, making about $2.50 for each of the local to make good, r '

ALL INTERESTED ARE INVITED

To Participate in the Tour of the County Next Week. Secretary Chauncey Wood of the Jasper County Livestock Breeders’ association has been busy with the arrangements for the auto tour of the county to be held by the association on August 2 for the purpose of inspecting the important herds and flocks of the county. The route has been selected and will pass by many very interesting places which will not be made public until they are •reached by the party. Members of the committee have expressed themselves highly elated as to the number of good aninials that they have Icated along the route and believe that the tour will do much to stimulate an interest in good stock. The will assemble at the northeast corner of the courthouse lawn at 8 o'clock on August 2, bringing with it well-filled dinner baskets and spend the entire day inspecting pure-.bred and high-grade animals. ■„ Not only members and their families are invited but all who are interested in better stock and better farming will be welcome.

MRS. ELLA RISHLING INJURED

Fell" From Motorcycle and Fractured Her Left Hip. Mrs. Ella Rishling, aged perhaps 60 years, is a patient in the county hospital suffering from a broken h’p. In company with her son Dana she had gone to Remington Sunday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Bartoo,- riding the rear of motorcycle and sitting sidewise on same. On the return trip at the sand hill in Jordan township, where Dana—who has .had the motorcycle but a short time and is not yet an expert driver —had turned out a little to let County Treasurer May pass in his car, Mrs. Rishling lost her balance and pitched forward from the motorcycle and fell, suffering a fracture of her left hip. Mr. May and family and Miss Dottie Porter of Remington, who is visiting the May girls this week, had noticed the wavering progress of the motorcycle before they passed it and the latter looked back to see how it was coming. They saw Mrs. Rishling faU and immediately stopped their car and went back to render assistance. The injured woman was picked up and brought to her home in Rensselaer by Mr. May, the extent of her injuries not being known until a physician had been called. It .was deemed best to place her in the hospital and she was taken there Monday. **

DR. C. E. JOHNSON IS REMOVED

From Lxal Exemption Board Because of Disqualification." Because of being witiqg the draft age limit Dr. C. E. Johnson, who was recently appointed as the physician member of the local examining board to succeed O. K. Rainier, Democrat- has been removed from the board by Governor Goodrich, who asked that a recommendation be made for the appointment of his successor. Accordingly Sheriff McColly has recommended Dr. E. NLoy for the place and it is probable that he will be appointed. Dr. Loy is of the same politics as Dr. Johnson—Republican—and the Jasper county board is the only board in Che state'composed of all Republicans, Governor Goodrich stated recently in reply to a protest made by the Democratic organization of the county over the naming of a partisan beard here.

LOSES BAGGAGE IN CHICAGO

Loren Sage of this city, who travels for the Arbuckle Tea and Coffee company, had three grips stolen at the Dearborn station iu Chicago Saturday night. The grips contained about S3OO in money and other valuables that will bring the total loss to about SSOO. Mr. Sage had entered the station to board the train for Rensselaer. He had placed the grips on the floor and purchased a ticket. While at the ticket window a thief picked up his baggage and made away with it. An alarm was given and the police notified, but his property has not yet been recovered. A lady sitting near saw a man pick up the grips but thought nothing of it until Mr. Sage discovered his loss and announced the theft.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT DITS OF THE UNUSUAL 1 1 i Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. SENATE PASSED FOOD BILL Leaders Hope to Get the Measure to the President in Ten Days Washington, D. C., July 23. The administration food control bill, virtually rewritten after five weeks’ bitter contest, was passed Saturday by the senate, 81 to 6. Conferees from house and senate will begin work early this week and leaders are hopeful that the measure may be in the President’s hands in ten days. A§ revamped the bill gives the President broad authority over foods, feeds and fuels, the latter including kerosene and gasoline; provides for administration by a food board of three members instead of an individual, authorizes federal fixing of coal prices; rqj quisitioning and operation of mines, and authorizes a minimum guaranteed price of not less than $2 per bushel for wheat at primary markets. The senate section prohibiting manufacturing of distilled beverages during the war and directing the President to buy gll distilled spirits in bond was substituted for the house "bone dry” provision and will be one subject of difficulty in conference.

JASPER COUNTY’S QUOTA IS 56

After Deductions Have Been Made for All Enlistments. Indianapolis, July 22.—-One district of Indiana, White county, will not be called on to supply men for the army draft. That became known last night after Jesse Eschbach, state conscription officer, had completed the task of assigning the net quotas for each district of the state after deducting credits awarded by the war department to each locality for enlistments in the army and the national -guard. Instead of being called on to supply men for the draft, White county is credited with an excess of tw*enty-one men. and that number will be distributed among the other districts of the state. White county’s gross quota figured on the basis of estimated population was 159, and it would have been called on to supply that many men for the draft had it not sent any men into the regular army or the national guard. It did send 180 men

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MANY SECTIONS STORM SWEPT

Wind, (lain and Hail Beat Down Corn, Wheat and Oats. Reports reached Rensselaer yesterday of serious damage to -crops in various sections of the county and surrounding territory by the wind, rain and hail storm Monday afternoon. This immediate vicinity escaped damage, although northeast of here in the vicinity of Newland and Gifford the damage was quite extensive. The greatest damage was done by the wind and rain as the hail storm lasted only about five minutes. However, in that brief 'time hundreds of acres of corn was almost entirely stripped. Much corn was broken off near the ground and wheat that had not been cut, oats and onions were beaten to the ground.. The storm was quite general and extended in almost every direction from Rensselaer. East and southeast of the city there was some damage and a very heavy rain, causing the Iroquois river to rise more than one foot at this point. In the vicinity of Foresman in Newton county the storm was quite severe and wrought much damage to crops, but the full extent could not be learned. A cloudburst was experienced at Laporte that left daiffage to property estimated at SIOO,OOO, and crops throughout the surrounding country suffered similarly to thoe—in this county.

EXERCISE CARE WITH WHEAT

Or the Crop May Be Lost Even After It Is Harvested. Farmers can not exercise too much care for the wheat crop, which at the present time bids fair to be one of the largest ever raised in Jasper county. Ralph Sprague, proprietor of the Iroquois Roller Mills, and, an authority on the care and handling of grains and cereals, says that one of the first essentials in getting wheat from the field to the market is to not thresh it while wet. Too much importance can not bo attached to this. Another important step is to carefully prepare the bin in which you propose to store your wheat. This can best be done by whitewashing the sides and floor of the bin, using a solution of lime and salt and made pretty strong with carbolic acid. Be sure and fill all crevices, and this will rid the bln of weavel. Weave! cause your wheat to heat, and once this happens you will lose your crop.

DRAFTED MEN ARE ENLISTING

Company M Will Probably Be Filled Within a Few Days. Carroll Wesley/ Leatherman of south Carpenter township, tho first man drafted from Jasper county, was in Rensselaer Tuesday and enlisted in Company M. Mr. Leatherman is a son of David Leatherman of this city. Company M now has 120 members who have been examined and accepted, and six who are yet to be examined. An effort is being made by the company officers to enlist as many as possible of those who are among the early ones drawn, and it appears that the company will be filled to the required number in a few days. Those who have been examined and accepted are Harry M. Hays, Howard A. Speaks, Louis J. DeMoss, William )H. Grayson and John L. Peterson, Rensselaer; Edgar J. Donaldson and Lawrence V. Alexander, Mt. Ayr; Leo 11. Blanchett, John S. Robinson, Edward W. Murphey and James L. Johnson, Morocco; Curtner C. and Richard C. Hartsock, Goodland; Harry Robinson, Louis W. Smith and Ray D. Nairn, Monon. Oscar Rogers of Monon was rejected because of defective eyesight. Those who have since made ap. plication but have not yet been examined are Carroll W. Leatherman, Remington; Curtis R. Wolfe, Jordan township; Bere 4 R. Rogers, Monon; William W. - Little, Rensselaer; Harry O. Albertson of Morocco, and one other whose fertile has not been recorded.

ANDREW J. SHEFFER IS DEAD

Funeral at Parr Sunday and Burial in Weston Cemetery. Andrew J. Sheffer, a well-known resident of this county for many years, died Saturday morning at Parr after an illness of several months with cancer of the liver. Andrew Sheffer was a son of Burr 11. Sheffer, one of the pioneer residents of the county, and was 4 0 years, 7 months and ly days old. About two year's ago Mr. Sheffer and his wife, who survives him, moved to lowa. ’Vhen his illness took an alarming turn recently they returned to this county and have since been at Pair. ‘Funeral services were conducted at Parr Sunday, Rev. F. H. Beard of the Baptist church cf this city preaching the sermon, and ‘burial was made in Weston cemetery.

Wage increases averaging 7 cents an hour have been granted 700 employes of the mechanical department of the Monon. Wild Hay—-We have a large acreage of wild hay to put up in Newton county, known as the Kent tract of land, west of Fair Oaks, on shares or by the ton. Hay ready to put up from now on.— J. J. Lawler. Phone 337. JAMES E. WALTER, Supt. ts Wanted —Good competent man for our Fair Oaks ranch with wife capable of taking care of ranch house. —J. J. Lawler. Phone 337, JAMES E. WALTER, Supt. ts y.,.-., , • Man With Tractor Wanted—We have several hundred acres we want plowed for wheat, on ranch west of Fair Oaks; ready any time after August I.—J. J. Lawler, Phone 337, JAMES E. WALTER, iSupt. ts

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