Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1919 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tha Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Attorney Roy Blue of Wheatfield was a business visitor in the city Monday. Commissioners’ court will convene in regular monthly session next Monday. The contract for the construction of the Mrs. J. M. Wasson ditch was let Saturday to A. Bennema of Chicago at 23 97-100 cents per cubic yard. Work is to be started in about three weeks, and it must be completed by January 1, 1920. A suit has been filed in the Madleon circuit court to test, the validity of the new county unit road law. The suit is to restrain the sale of an issue of bonds in the Interest of bond investors, it is said, and the action will probably hold up all construction work in the state under this law until the supreme court has passed on its validity. Breed, Elliott & Harrison, Indianapolis bond dealers, are behind the*- suit, but it is understood that virtually all the bond dealers in the state are in sympathy with the action as they feel that this class of bonds effiould be tested in the courts before offered for sale to investors. County Treasurer May expects to return to Remington at the expiration of his present term, January 1, 1920. He is figuring on engaging in thd lumber business there and has purchased a tract of land just west of the Catholic church for his yards. He was negotiating a few months ago with the Johnstons, who own and operate the one yard now there, but it is understood that the negotiations fell through and he expects to establish a new yard. It is reported that Mr. May has virtually sold his fine residence here, the former Elizur Sage property, for $6,500, which, is $1,400 more than he paid for it four years ago. He built a garage and made some other improvements on the property during this time, however. New suits filed: No. 9077. Mocelyn M. Lowman vs. Harvey E. Lowman; suit for divorce. The complaint alleges that the (parties were married March 15, 1906, and lived together until July 19, 1919. Cruel and inhuman treatment is charged in that defendant struck plaintiff with his fists on various occasions and choked her, claiming his right so to do by reason of his being her husband. As the fruits of this marriage there were born two children, Mabel M., aged 13, and Ruby R., aged 10. Plaintiff is desirous of the custody of said children. Plaintiff further states that she and the children are without clothing, that defendant has the clothing of the children and of plaintiff in his possession and refuses to give up same unless plaintiff goes alone and unaccompanied with said defendant to get same. Plaintiff asks for alimony in the sum of $2,500 and SSOO per year for the support of the child'Ffen. The parties reside in Barkley township.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Etta Sumner of Barkley township is in quite a serjous condition. * Floyd Gratner of Barkley returned to his home Monday. Mrs. Frank Alter entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. Miss Lucile Phillips of Champaign, 111., had her tonsils removed yesterday. Mrs. Trevor Eger remains about the same.

CAR OF MIDDLINGS f'bh traek now. We have installed ' a truck and can deliver feed to you cheaper than you can come after it.—IROQUOIS , ROLLER MILLS. Office phone *O6; residence phones 610 and 550-Red.

STILL WORSE IN WHITLEY CO.

Pastures All Dried Up and Farmers Are Feeding Stock. James Lefler returned to Hammond Sunday after a couple of weeks vacation, during which he visited his sons, Len at Lafayette, Robert in Barkley township and Tony at South Whitley, Ind. While it was very dry here, it is nothing compared to the conditions over in Whitley county, Mr. Lefler stated. Pastures are completely dried up over there, he said, and everyone is feeding their stock, and corn is very badly damaged. Mr. Lefler is still employed as day watchman at ~ the Edwards Valve company plant in East Chicago, and is pulling down $33.60 per week. He boards and rpoms with Henry Whittaker in Hammond, who is a relative, and his work is not very bard. He is well liked and has the job for as long as he ’wants it. This is the same plant at which C. W. Duvall, also of Rensselaer, is employed. Wile has charge of the club rooms, has a good job and is well liked by both the officials and the men.

SENSATIONAL SUIT COMING

Complaint to Be Filed This Week to Set Aside Land Deal. The Democrat is informed that a suit will probably be filed in the Jasper circuit court this week of a sensational character, growing out of the sale of a tract of Texas land some time ago to a Rensselaer party. As near as The Democrat is able to learn at this writing the party here entered into a contract for a tract of land and' agreed to pay something like $24,500 for same. One hundred dollars was paid in cash and notes given—as the purchaser thinks, for $12,500, but from later developments it was probable for the full amount. An effort was made, it is said, to dispose of the notes to the amount of $12,500 to local banks, but success, as the banks thought there might be some trouble over them. Then a bank in a neighboring town was approached in the matter and, through the influence of a prominent stockholder, it is said, the bank was induced to purchase the notes, together with same SB,000 of other notes given for balance on purchase money for land in the same locality, making $20,000 in all. The purchaser got cold feet some time after entering into the deal and now refuses to pay the notps but, instead, seeks to have them declared void by this suit, The Democrat? is informed. The suit, it is said, will charge conspiracy to defraud and will make several prominent Jasper county people party defendants.

CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Little Done Except Routine Work at Monday Night’s Session. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening all members were present, except Councilman Waymire. Little was done art"the meeting except to allow the regular grist of claims. Paul Beam’s application for an electrician’s license was granted. The matter of exemption in freight rates on road material was referred to the city attorney for investigation. The city attorney was also instructed to investigate the matter of Cullen street sewer. F. J. Donnelly was granted permission to remove the horse trough and drinking fount on north side of court house, to north of railroad on McKinley avenue.

SMALL BLAZE SUNDAY NOON

The fire company was called out about I p. m. Sunday to the home of Theodore Smith, on Vine street, where a spark from the chimney had set fire to the roof. Prompt response of the fire company saved the building and only a few hundred dollars damage was done, the roof being burned almost completely off and considerable damage done by water. It was a bad day for a fire, there being quite a heavy wind and everything as dry as tinder, and it was fortunate that the flames were put out in their inclpiency. The house is owned by A. Leopold.

A free tead pencil given with every 5-cent writing tablet—hoth ruled and unruled—.as long as the supply lasts. —The Democrat.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919.

AN INCREASE OF OVER 175 PER CENT In Total Assessment off Jasper County Taxable Property ffor This Year. The following figures show the 1918 and 1919 assessment of lands and Improvements in Jasper county, and will be of Interest to the taxpayers: Land and Average Land and Average Improv. Per Acre. Improv. Per Acre. 1918. 1919. Barkley $ 1,040,780 $ 27.33 $ 3,814,750 $ 87.04 Carpenter L 574,105 47.94 4,357,210 132.70 GJLam 654,884 27.07 1,827,780 75.59 Hanging*’ Grove . . 540,960 28.43 1,376,080 Jordan 749,605 81.40 2,091,980 87.68 Kankakee 834,190 20.11 689,840 41.55 Keener .... 543,195 v 18.03 1,125,200 37.85 1,545,245 x ,48.40 .4,288,430 134.31 Milroy . * 3 * 8 Newton 714,440 32.82 2,138,240 98.10 SSton :::::: 83,145 437.60 163,670 860.19 RfflM«s3aer / 177,375 384.75 422,440 Union 902,805 25.88 2,045,150 57.48 wXr’::::::::: 15.17 1,888,870 35.90 Wheatfield 502,790 ’ 18.89 13378 Wheatfield Town. 18,210 75.57 31,400 133 - 78 Total $10,239,620 $ 28.86 $27,188,760 $ 76.66 Personal Property 8,653,970 \ Lots and Improv’ts 1,115,305 2,442.820 Grand Total. .$15,008,895 $35,128,410 To the grand hotel of lands, lots, improvements and personal property SLTJ®.? 0 lbe added: $ 4,012,310 Sleeping Car.Telephone.Teiegraph and Express companies... 152,410 Total valuation, of all property in the county $39,659,630 From this amount there will be deducted the mortgage exemption, which in 1918 was $519,855, hut will ibe considerable higher Mm year as the amount has been raised from a maximum of S7OO to SI,OOO. The increase in the value of land and improvements alone is ibb.nz per cent. The assessments of the land, exclusive of improvements, were in 1918 $25.79 and in 1919 $69.98 per acre. It will be noted from the above that the highest valuation of land and improvements per acre in the county is in Manon township,which is $134.31 per acre. Carpenter is second with an average of $132.70 The lowest valuation is in Walker township, the average in thatt township 'being $35 per acre. . . , Our average land value, inclu ding improvements, is $21.63 leas than Newton county, which is $98.29 per acre.

MORE JASPER CO. BOYS HOME

Four Soldiers of the Army of Occupation Are Back. Four more Jasper county boys have .received their • discharges from the service of Uncle Sam and reached home within the past few days. All saw service with the army* of occupation and, while tanned from their outdoor exposure, they are looking fine and husky. Art Battleday of Rensselaer came in on one of the night trains Friday night, Stanlius Brusnahan and Ernest Garrett of Union township came Saturday moirning and Lieut. Jay Nowels Sunday morning. There .are not very many more Jasper county boys overseas. Edwin Robinson, John Groom and Lieut. Frank Hardman are already across, Ross Benjamin and George Healey are on the way and Paul Worland will probably sail for home soon. •

A FEW MORE WHEAT YIELDS

Joe Nagel reports that his 7 0 acres of wheat on the Lawler land, southwest of town, threshed out 1,728.35 bushels, an average of 25 bushels per acire. It tested on an average of 59 pounds to the bushel and there was no dockage. Last year Joe had out 30 acres that made 40% bushels per acre. Adam Nagel had out 50 acres that made 18 bushels per acre, but was of a little better quality even than Joe’s. W. P. Michael of Jordan township reports 184 bushels of wheat off of 10 acres, about 18% bushels per acre. Joe Kosta of Union township had out 71 acres of wheat which yielded 1,740 bushels, an average of about 24% bushels per acre. It was of good quality and graded No. 2. It was the best wheat anywhere in that neighborhood, and we don’t know of any farmer in Jasper county more deserving of a good cr&p than Mr. Kosta.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

BAND CONCERT PROGRAM WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 80, 9 O’CLOCK PROF. TONNER, Director." . • Mar<7 ! -“National Emblem” .C. E. Bagley Fox xirot—“Chong” Harold Weeks Overture—" The Altar of H. L. King Dances —Hungarian Noe. 5 and 6J. Brahms One Step—“ Arabian Nights” William Hewitt Characteristic—“Attaque des Marines” C. Bohn Waltz—" Blowing Bubbles’,’ E. Kellette Fox Trot—“ Sweet Siamese”... .1.. ;. v .. Mary Earl March—“ Chicago Tribune” Wm. P. Chambers

LIGHT RAIN MONDAY EVENING

Helped Some, But Many Times More Rain Is Needed. A, drizzling rain, lasting an hour or more, fell in Rensselaer Monday evening. While not nearly enoiigh, it did much good as coming at night every drop was absorbed instead of being drunk up by a hot sun. Around about a heavier rain evidently fell, judging from appearance of the skies, especially over about Remington, Goodland and Morocco. The past week was very severe on the corn and hundreds of thousands of dollars damage was done to the crop. Sunday was especially severe, a, ■hot wind prevailing all day that sucked out what little vitality there was left in the stalks on the higher ground where the greatest damage had been done. Monday was also very 'hot and the rain in the evening was a most welcome relief. We need lots of rain all through this section of the state, and now that the “ice has been broken” perhaps we anay get more soon.

“MONON LUCK” AGAIN TO FORE

Engine of No. 38 Leaves Track North of Parr Sunday. Southbound passenger train No. 33, due in Rensselaer at 1:57 p. m., narrowly escaped a very serious wreck Sunday afternoon at a point about 5 miles north of Parr, A journal on the engine tender broke down, letting the trucks on the engine leave the track. The A journal on the engine tank broke down, letting the trucks thereof leave the track. The train was stopped in time to prevent any of the passenger coaches frami leaving the track and "thus averted any injury to passengers. A wrecking train from Lafayette came up and the several hundred feet of track torn up by the engine was repaired and traffic resumed about 7 o’clock Sunday evening. Several Rensselaer people were on No. 33.

PLENTY OF SPUDS IN SO. DAK.

At Least Indications Are Such Tiiat There Will Be. W. H. Barkley, who la here from Aberdeen, 8. D., visiting, says that they have fine crops of all kinds in that section of the country, and that the potato crop especially promises to be good. It is quite a potato growing section there and last fall they were selling right around 50 cents per bushel when we were paying about $1.25 for them here. This spring there waS no market for them and thousands of bushels were hauled out and dumped because the owners could not sell them. And this, too, right at a time when we were paying $2 or better per bushel in Rensselaer. Mr. Barkley states that crops are burned up in Montana and parts of North Dakota, mut In bis section they have had rains about as they needed them and as a consequence are harvesting good crops.

COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT

To Perfect Arrangements for Home Coming for Soldiers. A meeting was held at the court house Friday evening by members of the Jasper County Betterment association and a number of the business men to make plans for a celebration for Jasper county’s returned soldiers. The celebration will be held probably in September In connection with the pure-bred stock show iteld each year by the livestock association. An executive committee was appointed consisting of Mose Leopold, P. H. Hauter, G. E. Murray, Russell Van Hook, B. F. Fendlg hnd Stewart Learning. This committee will have general supervision and will appoint all subcommittees. The plans are to have two days, one to be devoted exclusively to the returrited soldiers and the other to a fall festival and stock show. A meeting of the committee was tn be held last night to make more definite arrangements, a report of which will appear In Saturday's Democrat.

S. S. SHEDD PROPERTY IS SOLD

H. E, Gifford Pays SIO,OOO for Place on Grace Street. Harry Gifford has purchased the Shedd place on Grace street, consisting of brick residence and five acres of ground, paying SIO,OOO therefor. Possession is given September 1. Mrs. Shedd and daughter, Miss Harriet, are undecided at this writing what they will do, but they do not expect to leave Rensselaer. Last week Joseph Pelsey purchased the John Poole land of 560 acres in Hanging Grove, Jasper county, through the John Kruger real estate agency. Later Mr. Pelsey sold the trket to Mrs. Anne Richardson of Pontiac, 111., through H. A. Ames. —Francesville Tribune. Emerson Matheny of northeast of town, who recently sold his farm to Eugene Lang, has purchased 80 acres of land near South Bend, paying $l7O per acre therefor.

BEEKEEPERS TO MEET FRIDAY

An. important meeting of the Jasper County Beekeepers’ association will be held at the court house next Friday afternoon, August 1, at 1:30 o’clock, according to the announcement of Frank Foltz, president of the organization. E. <l. Baldwin will lead the discussion of management for the fall honey flow, requeening and other subjects of general Interest. Representatives of the state entomologist’s office are expected to discuss (methods of disease control. The session will be open to the public and every one Interested is welcome to attend.

PLACE FERTILIZER ORDERS NOW

farmers desiring to use' commercial fertilizers this fall should place their orders at once with the Farmers’ Grain company. Please give this matter your Immediate attention so we may be able to care tor your wants in this line. —H. iH. POTTER, Manager Farmers’ Grain company. •

We will have a car of peaches Wednesday and Thursday, July 30 and 31. They will be fancy Albertas, at $3.75 and $4.00 a bushel. This will be your only chance to get fancy canning peaches this season at EGER’S GROCERY.

Vol XXII. No. 35

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of Iho Conntrj. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citie* and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities- * RACK RIOTING IN WINDY CITY (lattice Between Whites and Black* lU'snlt in Several Death*. Race riots broke out in Chicago Sunday, starting along the bathing beaches, and Monday night seven people killed and more than a score of others wounded when the rioting was resumed in what 1* designated os the "black belt" of the city. For more than five hours Monday night the five-mlle area an the south side was a battle ground of scattered fights between whites and negroes and between police and negroes, who fired from house tops, from dark alleys and other points of vantage. A "flying squadron" of pegroes raced down Thirty-ninth street in a touring car and fired a volley of shots at a group of whites. A white woman carrying a baby was wounded slightly. Mayor Thompson has appealed to the governor to send a regiment of soldiers to quell the disorder.

BANKRUPTCY NOW PREDICTED

Vienna Financial ('ireles Say That . Treaty Term* Mean Ruin. Vienna, July 29. —The financial clauses of the peace terms offered Austria by the allies are being strongly protested against both by the newspapers and by financial circles. Both these quarters go so far as to predict the bankruptcy Of Austria within a few weeks unless the financial terms are modified. The currency has depreciated so that the crown (ordinarily worth about 2TO cents) Is quoted at 2% cents, the lowest quotation in history.

AGED FARMER HANGS HIMSELF

Henry Sweaney Despondent Because of Sprained Ankle. Muncie, July 28. —Presumably despondent because a sprained ankle prevented him doing farm work, Henry Sweaney, age 77, civil war veteran living five miles northwest of Gaston, hanged himself in a rwagon ebed on his farm Sunday. The body was found by a son. Mr. Sweaney had told his family he feared his working days were over. Surviving are a' widow and four sons.

DAYLIGHT BILL FACES VETO

Washington, D. C., July 28. Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee announced today that the separate house bill proposing repeal of the daylight saving law would be reported this ' week. Opponents of the repeal legislation believe that President Wilson will veto the separate house bill for the same reason that he disapproved the rider repeal to the agricultural bill and that the -veto can not be overridden.

BIG LOAN MADE BERLIN BANK

American Credit of $100,000,000 ported to Have Been - Extended. London, July 29. —An American loan of $100,000,000 has been obtained by Martin Nordegg, representing the Deutsche bank of Berlin, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin. It was said that 10% of the loan would be deposited in foreign bonds to the German bank’s credit.

NOTICE TO DISABLED SOLDIERS The federal board will now place in training at once all men discharged from service since April 7, 1917, who are unable to follow theitr former occupations because of disability received in service. Apply to the Red Cross at Rensselaer for further particulars. a 3

VAUDEVILLE AT NEW GAYETY

The vaudeville season opdns ait the new Gayety next Friday and Saturday nights. t Singing and dancing. Several acts.