Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

hitorostlng Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Seventeen applicants took the teachers’ examination here Saturday. Murray M. Meyers and William Roy Meyers, both of Wheatfield, were sent to Purdue Friday to take military training. Ray C. Clark "of 'Wheatfield and Russell E. Critser of Rensselaer left Monday for Valparaiso to take military training. Because of Thursday being the 4th of July the county council of defense will not hold its regular meeting until Friday afternoon. There were eight marriage licenses issued last month against nine for the preceding month and nine for the corresponding month of 1917. S. D. Clark*" and family were down from Wheatfield Monday to see the eldest son, Ray, off for Valparaiso, where he will take military tpuning. ; County Defense Chairman Welsh has recommended that W. L. Bott and Mrs.. George M. Myers be appointed to represent this county on the Federal Labor board. Marriage f/censes issued: ■“ 'jnne* 29, Edward Lewis Wilson of Monticello, aged 25 February 6 last, farmer, and Sylvia Agnes Lambert of Gifford, aged 19 August 22 last, housekeeper. . First marriage for .each.

b { _ - - ' Auditor J. P. Hammond received a cabinet photograph yesterday of his son, Herbert, who is in military training in the band at Fort Hamilton, New York, and the lad is looking fine and has filled out wonderfully since joining the colors, judging from his picture. Because of the fact that the chairs that used to be .in the east court roomi and of previous years had been used for the vesper services on the court house lawn have disappeared it is necessary to hold the vesper services in the Gayety theater for the present. The writer is informed that these chairs, which werp bought and paid for by Jasper county, are in use, and have been for several months, in a moving picture show in a neighboring county, but the informant did not say what town or county. There is no record so far as we have seen of the county commissioners having sold or leased these chairs and it would be interesting to know by whose authority they have been taken from the court house and from the county. The notices df*"reclassification are being sent out to the seventy men who were taken from the various deferred classes and placed in Class 1, but The Democrat is unable to secure any information from the local draft board as to who these men are, but rumor has it that among the number are S. P. Hilliard, Ralph O’Riley, Rex Warner, Geo. Dong, Ivan Carson, Harry Eger, Ernest Ramey, Simon Thompson, Dee Adams, Orla Clouse, all of Rensselaer. We have no way of confirming this, however, as to all the mem named above. Just why so much secrecy seems to surround this information in Jasper county only, it is apparent, is beyond our comprehension. The Democrats of Jasper have been given a dirty deal all the way through in the selection of the draft board in Jasper county where they have had no representation whatever oh the board, the only county in the state, according ro.Gov eraor Goodrb’h, vit’e thi’> sort of a deal was pullel est. In .so n? instances The r.*n<?.-it has Men denied information until after it had been given to the Rensselaer Republican.- As this board may continue for two or three years or -jeore, the Democrats of Jasper county should demand representation

thereon, even th-»ugh it may be necessary to tarry the matter up to the President. It is unjust and unfair that they have been thus treated, and the ma .’er should not be allowed to centime it there is any remedy ther’jf-eA This board is supposed to be non .»san aud it is only a matter of fairness that both political parties be represented thereon.

At the regular meeting of the county commissioners Monday the business of the term whs completed at Monday’s session: The Rochester Bridge Co. was allowed $3,815, balance on Hebron grade. Charles Scott, superintendent of the T. M. Callahan stone road, was directed to file final report on or before first day of August term. Charles Stalbaum was allowed SSOO on the F. J. Slight stone road. I. W. Moneyhun & Son .were allowed $2,338.40 and $l9B, respectively, on the W. L. Wood gravel roads in Union township. Viewers reported favorably on the petition of Joseph Kosta for highway improvement in Union township, and cause was continued for supplementary report. Expense account allowed as set out in report. Drainage commissioners report favorably on the Mary Bartoo et al ditch and same was established and assessments confirmed. E D. Nesbitt appointed superintendent of construction. Ditch petition of A. <. Sargant et al was referred to County Surveyor Nesbitt and Drainage Commissioner B. F. Alter. CO. Spencer appointed third commissioner, to meet at office of John Greve in Demotte on July 9 and report at August term.

Royal L. Bussell was appointed justice of the peace in Hanging Grove township to succeed his father, Charles W.' Bussell, who has moved to Hammond. Bond filed and approved. Fees collected for the quarter ending June 30, were reported as follows: Clerk. $332.25: sheriff, $133.42: recorder, $380.50; auditor, $42Tnteres* on public funds in the various county depositories for the month of June was reported for the following amounts: The Trust & Savings Bank. Rensselaer, $217.16; First National Bank, Rensselaer, $197.28: State Bank, Rensselaer, $196.19; State Bank. Remington, $162.85; Bank of Wheatfield, $67 x 23.