Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1917 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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DRAFT CALL MADE BY LOCAL BOARD

112 Mei «n KetlM Io ljpear Next Week. BOARD WILL CONVENE MONDAY Additional Men Will Be Called If Above Number Is Not Sufficient to Provide the County’s Quota. Notices were posted yesterday by the Jasper county conscription board calling on the first 112 men drafted in this county to appear for, examination. The men will be examined in the order drawn, and will be expected to appear that order. The sessions of the board, which is composed of Sheriff B. D. McColly, Clerk Jesse Nichols and Dr. E. N. Loy, will be held in the east courtroom at the court house, and it is expected that the work will require about three days. The first forty men drawn have been notified to appear on Monday, August 6; the next thirty-seven on Tuesday, August 7, and the next thirty-five on Wednesday, August S. Anyone desiring to make claim for .exemption should procure blank? from the local board and after filling same out properly file It with the board before the seventh day after the posting of the notice, or, next Monday. In addition to posting the notice to appear the board has also mailed individual notice to each man included in the call. The notice posted yesterday is as follow's: Notice of Call and to Appear For Physical Examination. The following-named persons are i hereby notified that, pursuant to the I Act of Congress approved May 18, 11917, they are called for military • service of the United States by this Local Board. The serial ndhber and the order number of such persons is shown below. They will report at the office of this local board for physical examination, Nos. 1 to 40 on Monday, August 6th, 1917; Nos. 41 to 77 on Tuesday, August 7, 1917, and Nos. 78 to 112 on Wednesday. August Bth, 1917. Any claim for exemption - or discharge must be made on forms which may be procured, or the form of which may be copied at the office of the local board, and must be filed at the office of this local board on or before the seventh day after the date of posting of this notice. Your attention is called to the penalties for violation or evasion of the selective service law approved May 18, 1917, and of the Rules and Regulations which may be consulted at this office.

fa & j C E NAME EgS 3 I Z' Q ' 1 258 Carroll W. Leatherman 2 458 Fred E. Robey 3 854 Ellert E. Shoemaker 4 1095 Grover M. Creagmile 5 783 ' Everett Walker 6 1117 Charles N. Webb 7 837 John H. Luers 8 337 Floyd L. Tanner 9 676 William Klinnert 10 275 Charles A. Guttrich 11 509 Jeff Randolph 12 564 Abraham Keyzer 13 945 Emil Hanley 14 596 Thomas Swart 15 536 Arthur B. Cavendish T 6 548 Ross B. Robbins 17 126 Henry W. Cords 18 784 John Duggins 19 755 William E. Keener 20 107 John Kauffman 21 616 Henry Van Wienan 22 373 George W. Bernhardt 23 775 Edgar F. Duvall 24 486 Melvin Long 25 692 Robert EL Hurley 26 600 Dirk Vander Bent 27 810 James Kriz 28 507 Clarence Bowman 29 309 Claude G. Maxwell 30 437 Fred B. Wagner 31 604 Jefferson E. Cooper 32 43 William Ott 33 1066 Harry Milner 34 924 George G- Casey 35 420 Teddie Miller 36 1014 Orville H. Crider 37 514 Samuel Wilbur 38 433 Ben May 39 10 Clyde H. Fisher 40 1045 Roy M. Burch 41 1031 George F. Moore 42 487 Harold F. Pullins 43 797 Ray D. Anderson 44 140 John A. Moosmiller 45 432 Henry R. Milner 46 18 Charles C. Sommers 47 652 Willie L Plotte 48 927 William IL Martin 49 739 Leo M. Mutter 50 601 Edward Sekema 51 1146 Lee W. Rardin 52 1103 John S. DeArmond 53 606 Albert H. Rosing

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CROPS ARE MATURING FAST

Hot Weather Has Been a Boon to Growth of Grain. People who were crying for warmer weather have certainly got good measure within the past ten days. The mercury has been beyond the 90 degree mark every day during this time and all humanity has sweltered as a result. However, the oats, which had been rather slow in ripening, have matured rapidly and fields that looked Saturday evening as if they would not be fit to cut until the latter part of this week, were dead ripe yesterday. Corn has also made a tremendous growth during these hot days and nights. Practically all the wheat was cut last week and most of the oats will be in shock by the end of the present week, although some of the farmers, who are - short of help, are handicapped for this reason. In some localities, and especially over in Benton county, it is reported that $ 5 per day is being offered for oats shockers.

YOUNG HORSETHIEF IN JAIL

Frank Ward Had All-Night Drive With Alex Quinn’s Horse. An iron grey gelding, a driving horse weighing about 950 pounds, hitched to a top buggy, was stolen from the hitch-rack near King’s blacksmith shop some time between 10 and 11 o’clock Saturday night. The horse and outfit belonged to Alex Quinn, who resides on the former A. K. Yeoman farm a few miles southeast of Rensselaer, which he purchased a couple of years ago. Monday afternoon the horse was located at the home of Ed Goetz, nine miles northeast of Rensselaer, where it had been since Sunday morning; The horse was first discovered at about 5:30 Sunday morning by Louis Muster and family and Elmer Daniels, -who were passing in an early morning auto drive to Lake Maxinkuckee At that time the horse was standing alone in the road, still hitched to the buggy. They told Mr. Goetz of the horse and he went and got it. The horse bore every indication of having been driven very hard and had also been beaten severely. Monday evening it was so lame and footsore that it was impossible to move the animal from the Goetz farm. - ; Earlier in the morning Mr. Muster and party had passed Frank Ward, 1 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ward, who live on Elm street. They boy was alone and w'as walking toward town, and was then near Groom’s bridge. After discovering the horse and later learning of the same having been stolen, the circumstances were such as to cast suspicion on Young Ward. Monday afternoon he was arrested by Sheriff McColly and taken to the jail after being identified by members of the Muster party. Throughout Monday evening the boy steadfastly maintained his innocence, but Tuesday morning he confessed taking the horse. In his confession Ward implicated two other boys. Teddy Martin and a son of Riley Miller, both about his age, but when the Martin boy was taken before him yesterday he said it was not him but another boy, whose name he did not give. An investigation leads the officers to think no one was with him when he took the horse, although there were rumors about town yesterday thp.t he was seen driving the stolen t , rig through town Saturday night and was then accompanied by two other boys. The Ward boy has been implicated in other thefts lately, it is said, having taken two auto tires from Babcock & Hopkins only a week ago and trying to sell them to a junk buyer. It is also reported that about two months ago he took two tires from Ed Randle ahd tried to sell them to H. L. Milner. It is probable that the boy will be taken before Judge Hanley some time today or tomorrow and it is also quite probable that he will be sent to the Indiana Boys’ school at Plainfield.

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

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Intsresting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Dr. E. N. Loy received official notice Saturday morning of his appointment to the Jasper county conscription board. Carroll Wesley Leatherman, son of David Leatherman, who was the first Jasper county man drawn in the draft, and who later enlisted in Company M, was rejected upon physical examination Friday afternoon on account of tender feet. Marriage licenses issued: , July 28, David Isaac of Goodland, aged 25 March G last, occupation machinist, and Julia Bessie Thompson of Rensselaer, aged 21 February 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First nlarriage for each. Married in <the clerk’s office by Rev. J. B. Fleming.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. George Foulks of Monticello underwent an operation Sunday for tumor of the breast, and is doing nicely. Little David Alter, who is suffering from palpitation of the heart and Bright’s disease, caused from diphtheria, is improving. Mrs. C. V... May was able to go to her home Saturday.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday. July 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tanner, a daughter.

SOLD CORN AT $2.12 A BUSHEL

Babcock & Hopkins-bought 1,000 bushels of old corn last week from R. A. Parkison, from his farm in Barkley township, , paying him therefor $2.12 per bushel. MpParkison usually feeds all the corn he raises, and buys considerably more, but he thought he could make more money selling this corn at the present time than in buying cattle and feeding it, and he was probably right, for it is not likely that corn this fall will be very near the $2.12 mark. Babcock & Hopkins also got in a few days ago 700 bushels of corn from Frank Welsh of Jordan township, but Frank’s foresight was not as good as his hindsight and he sold this some time ago for $1.54 per bushel.

WILL BUY HEIFERS FOR BOYS

Applications May Be Made Up to the Middle of October. Ad Parkison, J. H. Leatherman and Ed Randle will compose a committee which will purchase the Shorthorn heifers for the members of the Jasper County Calf club, according to plans made Monday evening in a meeting attended by representatives of Purdue university, the Jasper County Better Farming' and Livestock associations and directors of the First National bank, which will finance the club. It was thought that these men, with their wide experience .in the cattle business, would be able to make the selections and secure the right prices better than any others that might be named. Clarence Henry, assistant county agent leader, stated that he had been spending considerable time locating the class of heifers desired and read letters from the secretary of the American Shorthorn association and others referring him to localities where the high-class animals desired could be bought. J. M. Shanklin, livestock club leader from Purdue, stated that the idea being worked out jn Jasper county was entirely new and that be was sure it would dcvolop into one of the best things ever started to encourage the introduction of good livestock and to increase the interest of the boys on the farms. Mr-. Shanklin is in charge of making the rules governing the distribution. Henry Paulue of the Better Farming association stated that nothing has been started in the

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CROSS CONTINENT IN A FORD

Mr. and Mrs.-J. M. Jackson and daughter and son, Blanche and Frank, both grown, of Las Animas. Colorado, and T. J. Jackson an 1 sister, Miss Milda, of Veedersburg. Indiana, drove, up last week and visited until today with Mrs. Jennie Jessen anti family of Rensselaer and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hoover of south of town. The four former had driven through from Colorado to Veedersburg in their Ford car and after a few days’ visit there drove to Rensselaer. They left Los Animas on Saturday and reached Veedersburg the following Frida} r . They had good roads all the way and most of the time they camped out and did their own cooking. They made the trip of some 1,200 miles at the total expense of S6O, and this included two new tires and three hew inner tubes for their Ford, gasoline, oil, etc. They enjoyed the trip immensely and leave today for Olean, New York, some SOO miles farther East, to visit relatives there before returning home.

SIXTY CENTS FOR NEW OATS

Probability That They Will Start at Right Around This Figure. It is probable that new oats, which will begin to be brought to market to some little extent next week, will start right Around 60 cents per bushel, probably the highest figure ever before known. Not very much contracting of the new crop was done in this vicinity, the dealers here desiring to give the farnTdrs the benefit of the high price which they felt sure there would be. But over about Brook and. vicinity between 150.000 and 200,000 bushels were contracted at 50 cents per bushel, and a trifle less in some instances. Frank Hill of this city contracted several thousand bushels from his Jordan township lands, to be delivered at the Foresman elevator, at *S cents per bhshel, it is understood?* As a rule in contracting for future delivery neither the farmer nor the local buyer benefits very much. The local buyer immediately sells to the big buyers and they reap the benefit of any advance over the contract price. The big buyers and speculators are in closer touch with the real crop conditions than the farmer or the local buyer, and it is their aim, of course, to “play safe.” With corn at better than $2 per bushel oats are much too low in price now—either the one is too high or the other too low.

REPORTS ON COMPANY FUND

Captain Tuteur Makes Statement of Receipts and Expenditures. Captain H. B. Tuteur has just made a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the company fund since June of last year, when the fund was created prior to the departure of the troops for the border. An effort is being made to create another fund for Company -M before they leave here, and this report is made for the purpose of informing the public in general what was done with the money previously contributed, and also to. correct any misunderstandings th,it may have been created as to the disposition of the money. The report follows: Receipts Contributions of citizens of Rensselaer , .........................$277.07 Ration savings for Ju1y......... 104.40 Contributions of citizens of Rensselaer .... 53.42 Rebate from men on supplies , ; purchased from Block ......... 26.15 Ration savings for August 107.73 Same September and October.. .. 128.91 Dividend regimental exchange.., 50.00 Ration savings for November.... 14.83 By error Sewell account... .60 Total receipts $743.14 Expenditures Transportation of members to. mobilization camp $ 24.37 W. H. Block Co., supplies 77.50 A. E. Vandercook, groceries 3,55 Murphy & McConnell, groceries... 14.10 Same, same 64,62 i Mercedes Lumber Co., lumber, oil, rakes, etc 8.81 ,| John P. Sewell, groceries 58.80 Swift & Co., hams, eggs, etc..... 25.59 J. W. Alien, ice 12.00 A. F. Long, company account.... 6.10 South Texas Lumber Co., lumber for rifle racks :, . . ... L ••... • • 20.05 Third Reg. Exchange, supplies.,. 1.25 Same, same ..... ............ 8.20 Swift & Co., hams, eggs, etc..... 20.75 Desel, Boetcher Co., vegetables... 14.24 Roy Campbell, same 27.60 Swift & Co., hams, eggs, etc.... t . 47.06 Ice up to October 14 26.15 J-. R. Sewell, et al, supplies 4.40 J. W. Allen, ice 5.65 Swift & Co., supplies .... ... 56.80 Armour & Co., same 28.00 Third Reg. Exchange,.-same ..... 36.55 John P. - Sewell, groceries 111.96 Overdrawn November rations .... 1.56 Supplies purchased at New Orleans 11.17 Rations at Ft. BenJ. Harrison... 56.80 ’ Total expenditures $773.63 Total i eceipts ................. 743.14 Deficit ..........................f 30 49

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL •r •-’■ .../ > ■ '• ■ ■’ Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. PURTELLE IS NOT MENTIONED Promoters Endeavoring to Revive Action on Interurban Railway. Valparaiso, July 29.—John A. Shafer of Indianapolis and J. A. Price of Cincinnati, Ohio, chief promoters of the Chicago. Indianapolis and Meridian Interurban rail way, are here making an effort to revive the project which seemingly went into the discard four years ago after a complete right of way had been procured through this city and county. The two* men are visiting farmers and busiue.»' men along the line of the proposed road to ascertain what amount of shipments can be booked for rapid transit service in ease it is decided to build the line.

BUSY WEEK BEFORE CONGRESS

Vote on Dry Measure Will Probably Take Place Today. Washington, July 31. —All three of the big issues before congress—food control, revenue and prohibition —are on the congressional calendar this week, with minor questions coming up in such numbers that the leaders about resigned to indefinite prolongation of the session. The immediate work to be done on food and revenue legislation ■must be done in-committee, but before the week is over the food conferees and the senate finance committee, revising the war tax bill, hope to report out their measures. Meantime prohibition has the right of vay in the senate, which will be taken-up today, for a vote Wednesday, the resolution of Senator Sheppard proposing submission of a national prohibition amendment of the constitution. Senator Sheppard plans to open the prohibition discussion, which promises a lively contest, touching many war questions. The vote, both sides admit, will be extremely close. Dry leaders hope for about sixty-five votes, op just about the necessary two-thirds for adoption. The resolution still would have to pass the house, which in 1914 rejected a similar measure. Hearings on the $5,000,000,000 estimates for the army as a basis for a record-breaking general deficiency bill began In the house appropriation committee Monday and on yesterday the house military committee took up an alien drafting bill that to be reported to the senate.

MEETINGS OF FARMERS' CLUBS

The Parr Farmers’ club will hold its regular meeting at the Parr school next Thursday evening. August 2. The program eorfimittee announces that the usual high grade program will be rendered and invites all to attend. A meeting for the puropose of organizing a community club will be held at the school building at Demotte next Friday evening at 3 o’clock. This meeting will be in charge of a committee consisting of Dr. Y. R. Oosten. Thomas Abbring and others are in charge of the arrangements. Dr. H. J. Kannal, County Agent Stewart Learning and probably Prof. R. A. Craig of Purdue university will appear on the program. Keener is one of the few townships without a community organization at the present tim? j and many of the prominent citizens have felt that it is time to get busy. Everyone is invited to attend. The North Union Farmers’ club will hold -its regular meeting at Virgie next Saturday evening. Methods of wheat culture will be the principal topic of discussion, and every one is asked to come prepared upon this subject. The Jasper County Better Farming association has completed the

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MARRIED MEN NOT EXEMPT

Where W ife’s Parents Are Able to • Care for Her. Jesse Eschbach, state conscription agent, has announced that the fact that a drafted man is married is no cause for exemption, and that each case will be decided upon its individual merits. In the case of a man with a wife whose parents are able to care for her, the man can not claim exemption on that ground. This point has been made clear by Mr. Eschbach, who wired the department at Washington as follows: "Married registrant claims exenfption as sole support wife. Wife’s relatives wealthy, can and will support her. Is local board justified refusing exemption?" Provost Marshal-General Crowder answered: , "Under regulation number 20. paragraph 1. page 32, the wife in the class of cases stated by you can not properly be said to be dependent upon the husband’s labor for her support."

CO. M GETTING STRONGER

Twelve Recruits Passed the Physical ' Examination Friday. Twelve hew recruits were added to the roster of Company M Friday afternoon when they successfully passed the physical examination copducted here by First Lieutenant Rariden. who in private life is a practicing physician at Brookston. Fifteen in all were examined, three failing to pass. Those who were accepted and whose names have been added to the company roster were: Benjamin N. Gardner, Fowler; Charles O. Higginbotham, Ray G. Botts, Emory H- Nixon and Melville E. Patterson, Frankfoit; Ardis, L. Cornwell- and Morris ’L. Carlyle. Remington; Curtis R. Wolfe, Brook; George J. Powers, William W. Little. Ghy M. Crowder and Thomas E. Robinson, Rensselaer. Those who failed to pass were* Carroll W. Leatherman, Remington; John C. Martin, Frankfort, and Harry O. Albertson, Morocco. The addition of the above men brings the total strength of Company M to 134, which is still twenty short of war strength.

WOMEN ORGANIZE IN COUNTY

In accordance with directions sent out by the State Council of Defense the women of Jasper county have perfected their organization for taking the enrollment of the women of the county. Within the next two weeks every woman in the country will be given an opportunity to sign a card ind’cating what service she can be 3 t render if the need arises. The purpose of the enrollment is to coordinate and standardize the work of the women of Indiana along the lines of constructive patriotism. This registry of the women who are ready to volunteer their services in time of emergency will be forwarded to the State Council of Defense at Indianapolis. The following are some of the lines of service: Cooking, purchasing, gardening, poultry raising; dairying, assisting in hospital, making of hospital supplies, sewing, mending, knitting, laundering, scrubbing, office work. The following women have charge of the various townships: Barkley, Mrs. Rebecca Eib; Carpenter. Mrs. Fem Lough: Gillam, Miss Lizzie Faris; Hanging Grove Mrs. Warren Pool; Jordan, Mrs. Riley;. Trillis; Kankakee, Mrs. Charles Peregrine; Keener, Mrs. Essie Erwin; Marion, Mrs. Howard Mills: Milroy, Miss Belle Southard: Newton, Mrs. Charles Schleman; Union, Mrs. Harvey Dexter; Walker, Mrs. Gail Michael; Wheatfield, Mrs. Morgan Sterrett.

FARM LOANS, On the Twenty-Year Amortization or Rural Credit Plan. If your security is such that you could get a federal farm loan, T will make you a TWENTY-YEAR LOAN without the necessity of organizing a farm loan company. Your loam will be independent of your neighbors, as will be the approval of yowr title. No worry about renewals for twenty years. No commission for renewal each five years as with other companies. Make small payments each year and at the end of twenty years your mortgage is released. Or you may discount your notes and pay off the loan at any time. —JOHN A. DUNLAP, State Bank Bldg. al

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