Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — Page 4

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REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE Mo. 318 | East bound 7:38 a.m. Mo. 331 | West bound 9:01 a.m. No. 340 ! East bound 5:09 p.m. No. 319 I West bound 5:33 p.m.

Miss Louise Rich of Indianapolis visited Fountain Park this week.° Leonard Foster of Chicago came Monday for a two weeks’ visit with his mother and sisters. Miss Mabel Cole of Caldwell, Kansas, came Saturday for a couple of weeks’ visit with her aunt, Mrs, A. C. Tharp. Miss Gladys McGlynn returned home Monday from Terre Hautewhere she had been attending school this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Hurford James and Children of Warsaw, Indiana, are visiting Mrs. James’ half-sister, Miss Stella. Taylor. r Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hyman are moving to Mishawaka, Indiana, where Mr. Hyman begins work in a drug store August 26. Mrs. Ella Parks’ goods arrived this Thursday and she with her son Marion and wife will soon be once more in their own home. Miss Flossie Kinney of Logansport, who had been visiting Mrs. Dennis O'Connor the past week, returned to her home Monday evening. Mrs- Louella Little of Laketon,

Indiana, and Nina and Foss McCarter of Pierceton, Indiana, sister and niece and nephew of Mrs. A. P. Rainier, are guests at her home this week. Miss Mary Murphy erf Linden, Indiana, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fern Lough at the park this week. She is enroute to Santa Barbara, California, where she teaches the coming season. Mr. and Mrs. David Foster and children of St. Louis came Thursday last for a few days’ visit with home folks. David returned this week, but Mrs. Foster remained for a few days longer. Fred Hicks has purchased the Chappell place and will take possession of the same about October 1. Will has not yet fully decided what he will do,* but is thinking strongly of going to the Pacific coast. Mrs. Hattie Thomas and daughter Hazel, who have been spending some time among relatives in Michigan, returned to Remington this Thursday for a ten days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Ella Wilson, before returning to Colorado. GOODLAND (From the Herald) E. J. Foy has purchased the Mrs. Franklin property on west Jasper street. Miss Helen Constable left Sunday morning for a visit with relatives at Winchester. Indiana. Miss Nell Harper of Gary visited this week with Mrs. George Bales and family and other friends. Mrs. Mayme Runyon and daughter Ethel left this Friday morning for a trip to Niagara Falls and other interesting points. Mrs. Ort Million left last Friday for Petoskey, Michigan, where she will spend the hay fever season or until the rag weeds quiet down. Mies Leona Dunkel is visiting her sister, Miss Lorena, this week at Indianapolis, Who has a position in the Modern Woodmen office at that place.

Adjutant Major Clarence C. Bassett left this Friday morning for South Bend, where he will enter active service in the Third regiment. H. H. Downing attended the funeral of his cousin, Mrs. Mabel Fitzpatrick of Solomon, at Chicago Wednesday. Mrs. Solomon was formerly .Miss Mabel Creek. Ray Galbraith, who made 31.7 miles this summer on one gallon of gasoline in the test with a Maxwell car, won one of the SSO Liberty Loan bonds, in the sixth class. Russell W., and Donald Brings ham, well known here, have joined Company d of the Fifth regiment, Illinois National Guard, and will leave with that company for Texas next week. Mrs. Sadie Pathuisje left Monday morning for Denver, Colorado, where she will visit for the next few days with her son, Dr. Peter

Pathuisje and family. ' She was accompanied to Chicago by her son John and his two sons. Sunday Mr. and ?drs. Louis Spaulding had for their guests, -Mrs. Mgrtha Pabst, a sister of Mr. Spaulding; Mr. Frank Will, a nephew, and Mrs. William Bairston, a niece, and daughter Ethel, and Mr. George Smith. They motored here from Chicago. Mrs. Asa Murphy of Hoopeston, Illinois, and daughter, Mrs. Glenn Shufelt of Indianapolis, were in Goodland the guests of relatives. Mrs. Murphy reports that her son, J. W., has just returned to work following a several weeks’ lay-off owing to a broken arm. _____ Louis Spaulding, the best road man in the country, is going to take a few days recreation. In company with Mrs. Spaulding and Mr. and Mrs. William Keen will leave Saturday for a visit with Walter Blankenbaker in Wabash .county. They will make the trip In their flivver. At an adjourned meeting the town board purchased the C. A. Reed building that was built in 1&03 fbr the Herald office and which hM been occupied by the Goodland Garage tor. the past several years. Said room is being made over into a presentable town hall and a place to store our fire equipment. The old town hall, that

has been an eyesore for years, will be razed as soon as possible. On Tuesday there was shipped from the local Red Cross shop these articles, made since August 1: Six pairs of pajamas, 36 bed shirts, 24 nightingales, 3 pairs bed socks, 48 handkerchief pairs of knit wristlets, 3 pairs socks, 4 pairs of mti ff lers, 2 4 com fort .pillows, 24 Comfort pillow slips, 48 wash cloths, 30 scrub cloths, 1 pair operating leggings, and 88 8 4x4 in„ch compresses. Word was received here Tuesday by C- & E. I. Agent. W. E. Mitten that Number 3 and 4 our early and late Chicago passenger train, would be discontinued after Saturday, August 18. This train was put on in July of last year and for awhile it seetared as if it was going to oe a paying proposition, but railroad men inform us that the revenue on the division south of Momence did not pay for the expense of the crew by a good deal. BROOK (From the Reporter) Mrs. Albert Miller and children of Peoria, Illinois are visiting with their aunt, Mrs. Perry Gaines this week. Miss Ruth Hall of Hoopeston, Illinois, came on Tuesday for a visit with, her aunt, Mrs. H. M. Clark. Mrs. Eliza Davis left On Monday for Altoona, Kansas, where she will spend a couple of months visiting relatives.

Rev. Dillman and family and Elmer Cline and wife are spending the week at Silver Lake, where they have rented a cottage. . Howard Griggs and family with some other guests leave on Friday morning for Missouri and Arkansas. They will visit relatives and be gone about six weeks. Miss Ethel Reed, who had been taking special library work for six weeks in Indianapolis, returned to resume her work in the local library the first of the week. Mrs. Rosenthal, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ben Leopold, returned to her home in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Mrs. Leopold accompanied her home. Mrs. Wm. S. Conn and children of Champaign, Illinois, and Raymond Richards of Clarke county were guests during the week of Mrs. Jennie Conn and son Harley. Howard Williams and wife of Chicago Heights were in town on Saturday evening and took great pleasure in meeting their many friends. Business is booming in the Heights and Howard says he finds little time in which to loaf. On last Friday night chicken thieves visited the home of Chris Barton and took about half of his young fries. We had hoped these marauders were out of the country, but the auto is far reaching and once they get started they go far. Mrs. M. Foresman and Mrs. Paul Hanson accompanied by Miss Hickey. who is a guest of the latter, left on Wednesday for a stay of several days at Fountain Park. The Lawrences, accompanied by Mrs. Ben Lowe and children, Mrs. Willis Gridley and Mrs. Howard Myers also went on Wednesday for a few days stay.

Paul Weis'haar was elected president of the First National bank of Goodland last week to succeed J.. W. Oswald, whose death occurred some weeks ago. Paul is the type of business man who will hold the confidence of the public and his name at the head of that banking institution speaks well for its directorate. Enoch Horton was stricken with paralysis on Tuesday of last week and died early on Friday morning. HLs son came for him and on Saturday evening the remains were taken to his home in Virginia. The deceased was a quiet, industrious citizen who had come north so that his increased would allow him to better care for his family in Virginia, where wages are low. He I worked for W. D. Pence sor■ al- : most three years and was well liked by his employer and all who knew him. Mary Hays Kemper, oldest daughter of Samuel and Sarah Hays, was 1 born near Orland, Illinois, April 14. • 1878 She departed this life August 14 1917 age 39 years and four months. In 1890 she came with her parents to Indiana and lived on the farm north of Brook. She attended the country school while i living on the farm and completed her education in the Brook schools. ’ After completing the school work i she taught school for year. She was married to Harry Kemper January 11, 1911. To this usion was born four children. Elizabeth, Alice, Samuel and Louise. All survive her. •*

WOLCOTT (From the Enterprise) Miss Della Hufty ,of Remington ■was the guest Wednesday of Mrs. Homer Rogers. Mrs. Elmer Miller went to. Rensselaer Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Simon Cooper. Mrs. Jessie Gates of Rensselaer came Tuesday evening to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones. Mrs. Carrie Rockey of Continental, Ohio, came Wednesday to visit her brother, A. A. Hughes. Miss Marguerite Irwin of Rensselaer was the guest over Sunday of her brother, E. W. Irwin, and wife. Mrs. J. H. Delzell of Logansport came Tuesday and is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn. Miss Myrtle Middleton went to Cooksville, Illinois. Wednesday evening to visit her uncle, William Greenfield. ■ Mrs. Ella Parks and Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Hyman of West Lafayette are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Beal. Miss Hilda Mabbitt of south of Wolcott went to Kentland Wednesday, to visit her aunt, Mrs. William Walker. Miss May Harrington of Good-

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land, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Earl Easterday, returned home Saturday. Miss Emima Harper of Francesville came Monday for a visit with her cousin, O. E. Harper and wife, southeast of Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Hughes of Kokomo came Wednesday to visit Mr. Hughes’ uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hughes. Mrs. Henry Boudreau of Remington came Monday to visit E. J. LeBeau and family, and assist in the care of their son Leon, who is very ill. Miss Lois May of Rensselaer, who had been visiting her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Spencer, ■went to Remington Tuesday to visit friends. Lena Hurley of Rensselaer, who had been visiting Mrs. Thomas Mull and Mrs. Bert Wood, went to Goodland Wednesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Roy Bowley. Mrs. Charles Henning and son, John Abner, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Bright at Winchester. Mr. Henning went to Winchester Saturday and spent Sunday, returning home Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Spencer and daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lear and son Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Watson, Mrs. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cowgill and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Reames and daughter picnicked on the Tippecanoe, near Monticello Sunday. Mrs. E. B. Dibell left Monday evening for Lake Chautauqua, N. Y , where she will spend a month, going from there to 'Washington, I). C. for a month stay, and from there to New Orleans for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Anna Small, and from there she will go to Miaimi, Florida, to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Rensselaer and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and daughter of Salem. Ohio, autoed over from Rensselaer last Thursday. They stopped at the residence of Mr. asd Mrs. James Smith and took them in and the party then proceeded to the home of Abe Smith and sister, where they spent the day.

Rev and Mrs. I. W. Lowman leit last Wednesday for Silver Lake, Kosciusko county, to attend the Lowman family reunion to be held in the beautiful Sylvan park on the bank of Silver lake, a very beautiful and attractive slimmer resort. It was near this <place Mr. Lowman was raised and grew up to manhood. It was here he did his first preaching when a 16-year-old boy. FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune) Miss Hazel and Hollene Whitaker went to Valparaiso Tuesday. Frank Widener of near Monon thrashed eleven acres of rye which averaged 39 bushelh per acre. Ed. J. Randle and son Walter of Rensselaer were in Francesville on business Tuesday. Walter has just returned from a trip through Kansas and Oklahoma, without getting his confidence shaken as to the future possibilities of Jasiper county, Indiana.

The Indianapolis Star last Sunday contained a write-up and photocut of “old Pete” Starr, now of Omaha, .Nebraska, who taught school in Pulaski county 75 years ago Uncle Pete is now 9 9 years old and is county assessor of Blame county, Nebraska. When he was 24 he settled in this county near Winamac. Ferd Weltzin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weltzin of this place, who has been here for a week, left today for Norfolk, West. Virginia, where he will report for duty in the navy. During the 'past year he has been on the Florida, and up to the time war was declared it had been cruising in waters down toward Mexico, but Ferdinand is not reluctant to say at which port he will go back onto the pi ide of the squadron. The marriage of Miss Ethel Widner and Donald C. Hill occurred at the Christian church parsonage at Monticello Saturday evening at 5 o’clock Rev. J. F. Ashley, officiating. The ceremony was announced in the presence of only the relatives of the bride and groom. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Widner of near Monon, and he the son of Mr.' and Mrs. M. P. Hill, south of town. They will live on one of his father’s farms and at this vocation he will be quite proficient as he is a graduate of the agricultural department of ’Winona cellege and an industrious young man. ■

VIEDARYVILLE. (From the Journal) Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hohan andchildren of Plymouth, visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. August’ Kain. ‘Misses Florence, Nelle and Frances Ryan, Bertha Miller and Alice Guild attended a house party in Winamac last week as the guests of Misses Rhena and Nina-Aery. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Baughman, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Low, Misses Mabel Van Buskirk, Zelma Campbell, Floida Poisel, Gladys Guild and Benomi Kendrick spent Sunday at the Kankakee river. Last Sunday evening several stacks of hay belonging to Arthur Prevo and E. C. Williams, south of town, were burned. Wednesday evening George M. Hill was arrested, charged -with having set the hay afire and was locked up pend-, ing trial. He took a change of venue to Francesville and the preliminary trial is set for tomorrow, Friday. . J

ROSELAWN Charles LaCosse and family were Roselawn visitors Tuesday. Miss Dorothy Rogers is visiting relatives in Chicago this week. Merritt Collins of Hegewich, Illinois, is visiting Dorsey Kight this week. . , Miss Bess Bell returned home

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from a week’s visit with friends at Mt. Ayr. Miss Elizabeth Brand returned •holme from a week’s visit with relatives in Chicago. Albert and Charles Wiseman of south of town are confined to their beds with typhoid fever. Miss Charlotte Harris of Chicago returned home Sunday after a few weeks’ visit with friends here. Mrs. J. W. Crooks of Roselawn and Mrs. Beard of Rensselaer attended the Baptis.t Missionary society meeting at Morocco Tuesday.

Nonce of Ditch Petition. To Whom It May Concern:— Notice is hereby given that a ditch petition has been filed with the clerk of the circuit court of Jasper county, Indiana, and that the petitioners in said petition has fixed on the 24th day of September. 1917, as the time for docketing said petition. Therefore, this notice is given to all the following named land owners and corporations of the filing of said petition and the day set for docketing the same: Lewis S. Alter. David A. Augspurger, Thomas Brien, W. D. Bringle, Edward D. Bellows, Erank J. Babcock, Alonzo Buckley, L. Elmer Brown, Harry M. Brown, Nancy E. Brown. Caroline E. Buck, Anna Barger. Zepfiimiah Corbin, John A. Coen, Arthur Coen, Eliza O. Corey, James Cooper, William E. Cain, Victoria Conrad, Anna Clandon. Henry Deno, William EsSOn. Charles Ellis, Mary Eck, Anna Eck, Frank Eck, John Ferguson. Alson A. Fell. John Fenwick, Caleb Friend, Frank Fenwick. William Gushua, George Gibb, Frank W. Goss. Emma Goss. Richard Garvey, Myrtle E. Gladden. Christian J. Guth, Refer Guth. John W. Hitchings, Spencer Hamilton, Joseph Hottler, Frank Holscher. Eliza Burgess Hunter, Joseph Hall. Jr., John Hudson. Dexter. «R. Jones, Merritt Johnson, "Newton Lyons, John B. Lyons, Oliver M. Lyons, Guv Little, Alva J. McCashen. Alfred E. Malsbury, Edward L. .Meyers, Charley Meadle. John Y. May, George H. . May. John C. Marshall, Christian Nofzinger, Peter Nofzinger, Catharine Nofzinger, Francis C. Price, Lymon Raymond, James F. Ross, Peter A. Rawland, Frank L. Roberts. Edwin O. Rapp, Lewis Siminonin. John Siminonin. Joseph Sommer, John Stack, James Shaefer. Charles E. Sage, Warren W. Sage, Charles W. Spencer, Charles Tebo, Dudley ’ Tyler. William Washburn, Florence E. Wingard, Julius L. Wood, Tibbie Wood, Lucy Wickersham, Philip Weller, George Wortley, Joel Zimzel, the Trustee of Carpenter townshhip. Jasper county, Indiana; the Trustee of Jordan township. Jasper county. Indiana. that your lands are described in said petition as affected by the proposed drainage. That said petition asks for the construction of an open ditch by means of a dredge upon and along the following described route, to-wit: Commencing on the south line of section 8 in township 27 north, range 7 west, in Jasper

county, Indiana, near the. southeast corner of said section and in the line of Alter's Creek, also called Mosquito Creek, and running from thence in a northerly and northwesterly and westerly direction following wherever practicable the line of Alter’s Creek, or Mosquito Creek, and the line of _ the Eck ditch, across sections 8 and a in township 27 north, range 7 west, and across a portion of section 32 and across section 31 in township 28 north, range 7 west, in Jasper county,. Indiana to the county line between said Jasper and Newton counties, and continuing from thence in a northwesterly, northerly •and northeasterly direction, following the line of the Sage ditch across portions of sections 36 and 25 in township 28 north, range 8 west, in Newton county. Indiana, and across portions of sections 36 and 19 in township 28 north, range 7 west, in Jasper county, Indiana, and continuing in a northwesterly direction along the line of said Sage ditch, (formerly called Mosquito Creek) and across section 24, in township 28 north, range 8 west, in Newton county, Indiana, and terminating at a point near the southeast corner of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 13. township 28 north, range 8 west, in Newton county, Indiana, which point being the source. or beginning of the Mosquito Creek Lateral of the Borntrager Ditch as established. in the circuit court of Jasper’ county, Indiana, and where the proposed drain will find and have a good and sufficient outlet in said lateral to said Borntrager ditch. ALFRED ECKMAN, JR., ALFRED ECKMAN, SR., . FRANK ECK. HENRY DENO. ELMER BROWN. A. E. STICKNOTH. H. G. SIMSHAUSER, 1 WESTER BOWDY. JOHN ECK. WM. GLADDEN. GEO. T. PUTT. CARL DAVIDSON, WILLIAM KEEN. CHRIS SICKINGER. WILLIAM T. CORY, GEORGE BCCH. E. B. HUNTER. By Robert Ormiston. AgtPetitioners. Jasper Guy and Williams & Dean. Attorneys. a 22-29

Notice of Filing and Docketing Drainage Petition. ' State of Indiana.) County of Jasper) SS: In the Jasper circuit court to September term, 1917. IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF JOHN KEEFE. ET AL.. FOR THE CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NISSIUS DITCH. No. ' 143. To George E. May, Parmelia Billard. Elizabeth Hauk. Jacob Winxeler. Charles W. Beaver, Isaac J. Clark. Hannah M. CJark, Ebon P. Sturgess.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917

John Makeever, Robert H. Morrow, Jesse Davis, George W. Caster, Charles E. Clark, Emma Digman Emmqt' L. Hollingsworth, Leo Lord, Nathaniel Scott. William Scott, H. C. Southard, Albert A. Blair, William M. Miles, H. A. Walters Joseph M. Nofziger, Sol Guth, Clarence Risser, Charles F. Mansfield. Marv McCashen, John P. Walters. Flora J. Poole, Alfred Boudreau. Josephine Boudreau, Augustus D. Babcock, John H. Uphoff, William K. Armitage. David H. Flynn, Martha Flvnn, Frank Sommer, Peter Scheid. James E. Parks. George L. Parks, Homer James. Delia James, John Wagner. Marv Charles. John F. Zimmer, Jesse A.’ Tune, Thomas A. Crockett, John H. Kinney, William C. Kinney, Louisa J. Griswold, James Hemphill, James A. May, Altia Stuart. Howard Stuart, Milroy Civil Township, by George W. Foulks. trustee. Jordan Civil Townshjp, by John Kolhoff, trustee, Princeton Civil Township; you and each of you are hereby notified that the petitioners in the above entitled cause have filed their petition in the office | of the clerk of the Jasper circuit court, 1 praying for the change, repair and imi provement of the Nissius ditch, cause ! No. 99 of the Jasper circuit court, upon and along the following described route, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the line of the Nissius ditch about 100 rods east and 30 feet north of the southwest corner of section’ 26, township 28 north, range 6 west, in Jasper county. Indiana. and running thence northerly I and northwesterly to a point about 4t> rods west of the northeast corner of section 27; thence northeasterly to near the center of section 23; thence northerly to near the center of section 14; thence northeasterly to near the riorthast corner of said section 14; thence northerly about 200 rods; thence ■westerly about 160 rods to a point about 40 rods north of the center of section II; thence southwesterly about 100 rods; thence northwesterly about 120 rods to the Howe ditch at a poipt’ near the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section -10. all of said described line being in township 28 north, range 6 west, and being along and over the- line of the Nissius ditch as heretofore constructed and now existing. Also tile branch No. 1 of the Nissius ditch, beginning 32 feet south of the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of I section . 27, township 28, range 6 in Jasper county, Indiana; thence east 2.7ff1) feet; thence north 61 degrees, east 1.660 feet to the main Nissius ditch at station 307 plus 59 thereof. You are further notified that you are named in said petition as being th • owner of lands or easements which will be affected by the proposed change, repair and- improvement of said drain, and that vour lands are described in said petition. You are further notified that said petition is now pending and will come up for hearing and docketing in the Jasper circuit court on Frida v, the 14th day of September, 1917, the same being the sth day Of the September term. 1917. of. said court. : JOHN KEEFE. Et Al., .... .—/ Petitioners. Attest- (Seal) JESSE NICHOLS, Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court.