Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1919 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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CITY COUNCIL FIXES TAX LEVY

At Special Session Held Monday Night for That Purpose. At a special session of the city council Monday night the city tax levy for 1919 was fixed at a total of 45 cents on the <lo® valuation, to whidh must be added the levy of the school board of >1.14, making the total levy for the city, exclusive of county and state (axes, >1.59 on each SIOO valuation. The city levy is as follows (both this and last year's levy being published for comparison): 1918 1919 Road Fund 25 12 Corporation Fund .... ’0 Library Fund 1® 8 Borntrager Ditch ..... 2 z • • Totals $1.07 45 The school board has fixed on a total levy of $1.14, against $1.85 last year. Below we publish the levies of last year and this year, as just fixed: 1918 1919 Special School 75 30 Tuition 50 4b Special Tuition 30 14 School House Bonds.. 30 to Total ...$1.85 $1.14

CO. COUNCIL FIXES TAX LEVY

Total Levy Is 29 Cents, Against 74.9 Cents Last Year. / The county council met again Monday to fix the tax levy for this year and to pass upon the nearly $350,000 worth of county unit roads reported favorably upon by the county commissioners. The county levy was fixed at 18 cents on the SIOO ~ valuation for county expenditures proper; 3 cents for court house bonds and 8 cents for gravel road repair, a total of 29 cents, to which will he added a fraction of perhaps 9-10 of a cent to make the levy come Put even when the report of the state levy is received. Last year the levy was 74.9 —49.9; lO and 15, respectively. • ■ The reduction this year is about 45 cents over last year, but the /’Valuation, of the county last year t was $15,942,666, while under the new tax law and the recent Increase made by the state tax board over the assessors’ and county board of review’s figures the total this year is >43,543,755. . The following table shows the net assessment of the various townships and towns for last year and this, after the recent raise in assessments 'by the state tax board had been made:

AlB 1919 Barkley 1,385,029 $ 4,440,860 Carpenter . 2,070,836 6,003,190 Gillahi ... 815,785 2,328,220 (•'Jang. Grv. 804,678 2,165,315 Jordan ... 987,135 2,833,610 Kankakee . 595,965 1,436,330 Keener ... 799,986 1,964,865 Marlon ... 2,121,876 6,123,510 Milroy ... 347,085 991,330 Newton ... 960,960 2,965,135 Rem’gton . 503,010 1,154,000 Rensselaer . 1,502,986 3,579,775 Union 1,390,432 3,344,190 Walker ... 717,618 1,838,780 Wheatfild . 756,015 1,908,570 Whtfld Tn. 183,270 376,075 315,942,666 $43,453;755 There was nothing definite done regarding the county unit roads, the meeting of the council practically breaking up in a row because of the difference of opinion of the councilmen over the advisability of recommending the construction of the roads reported by the county commissioners.

As heretofore stated inVrhe Democrat, Commissioner Welch is rightfully opposing the construction at this time of the roads, or the greater amount of therm, while the other two commissioners are for them, and it is reported that at least one of the letter commissioners has been using his influence on the members of the county council to pull enough members over to put the roads through. After considerable . squabbling the councilmen left the court house by ones and ' twos, after having agreed at the beginning so the session that they would acknowledge service under the law and dispose of the matter at thjs session rather than be called back again later, until all had left. Later in the evening, after some of the workers for the roads had evidently rounded up a majority of the (members, a typewritten request was left at the auditor’s office requested the auditor to call the council together on Friday, Sept. 19, to view the proposed roads, so it is probable that definite action will be taken at this meeting Friday. The roads' reported on by the

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL ————— w* Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. An affidavit was filed Monday by Deputy Prosecutor Sands, charging Francis E. Goff of Fair Oaks with harboring a dog on which the tax had not been paid, and the case will come up in the circuit court later for hearing. Marriage licenses Issued: Sept. IJS, Walter Merrull Miller of Monon, ag4d 19 June 10 last, lineman, and Beulah Avis Trump of Fair Oaks, aged 18 Sept. 26 last, clerk. First marriage for each. Male being under age his father, Morrous Miller, gave consent to issuance of license. Married by Squire Irwin. Attorney-General Stansbury has given out an opinion that world w%r soldiers and sailors have the privilege of hunting and fishing in Indiana without taking out licenses, in accordance with the .1919 law granting them rights already granted to soldiers of previous wars, and that there is nothing in the law that requires them to carry papers showing that they are such and that proof of their being soldiers is another matter and not within, the scope of the fish and game commissioner. Fish and game laws are held in the opinion to apply to soldiers and sailors as to others in each instance except that they im ay hunt and fish without having to take out licenses. __ New suits filed: < Ed Oliver vS. Jasper County Farms Co.; action for restraining order.

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commissioners by townships and the estimated cost of each are as follows: Newton Township— C. C. Parks road No. 1.3 6,445.88 C. C. Parks road No. 2. 10,993.20 C. C. Parks road No. 3. 10,939.16 C. C- Parks road No. 4. 36,485.04 3 64,863.28 Wheatfield and Kankakee Tps.— A. Duggleby road No. 1.3 20,026.30 A. Duggleby road No. 2. 35,448.58 A. Duggleby road No. 3. 7,182.70 3 62,657.58 J. F. Mftchell, Jordan.. 3 35.Q90.46 E. R. Cook, Hang. Grv. 38,643.94 Edward Tanner, Barkley 10,647.63 W. B. Fisher, Milroy. . 19,698.75 ■C.. W. Brand, Milrey. . 15,651.00 G. L. Parks, Alilroy. .. . 17,017.00 Ernest Comer, Union.. 13,908.83 Thos. F. Murphy, _Union and Newton 14,177.81 Harvey Davisson, 3 r’ds, Gillam and Walker, 1 16,483.96 Same, No. 2 2,840.50 Same, No. 3 5,541.79 Grand total 3346,351.71 It will be noted that neither Marion nor Carpenter townships, which have a combined valuation of 316,860,475, more than onethird of the valuation of the entire county, do not get a singly mile of any of these roads,, the great majority of which are in out townships and are seldom used, at least not by the county as a whole, but which the county is asked to build, tying itself up with a bond issue of practically 3350,000 and which would shut off other county unit roads which might be needed for years to come, Marion and Carpenter townships and Rensselaer and Remington paying practically 3150,000 of this amount. The general opinion of representative, taxpayers with whom The Democrat has talked, not only in Rensselaer and Remingtqn, but in townships where the roads proposed to be.constructed are located, is that the propositions should be turned down; that while it would be very nice, of course, to have every crossroad in the eounty improved, many of the roads asked for are not of general county utility—as intended by the county unit road law —and few, if any, of them should, be built now when prices, are so abnormally high. If you are opposed to granting these petitions at this time, talk to your county councilman and let him know your views at once, as thby meetfnext Friday morning to take Some action.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1919.

RETURN FROM WESTERN VISIT

Mrs. Laura Michaels Buys Farm in Colorado While Away. Mrs. Laura Michaels and brother, W. H. Ritchey, returned "home Saturday from a visit with relatives in Colorado and other points. While there Mrs. Michaels purchased a 160-acre farm six miles from Del Norte, Colo., and only 1% miles from the fanm owned by her son George. It is Mrs. Michaels’ intention to sell her property here and move to Colorado some time before spring. Mr. Ritchey had been gone for the past three months, spending some time with his daughter, Mrs. Edna Joranger, at Great Falls, Mont., later going to Colorado, where he joined his sister and together they visited relatives at Colorado Springs, Colo., Topeka and Little River, Kan., on their way home.

BUMPED INTO BUGGY IN FOG

Owner of Rig Refuses to Accept Reasonable Damages. While returning from the Lafayette fair one foggy morning last week and driving Hugh Kirk’s Marmon roadster. Bob Smith and Paul Norgor bumped into a buggy about 5 miles south of Renssfelaer, badly demolishing the vehicle and breaking the windshield and bending the fender on the car. The young man in the buggy, whose name they say they have not yet learned, was asleep, the boys say, and although they had the head-lights and spot-light burning, he did not see-or hear them and it was so foggy that they did not see him' until they were upon him. The boys say that they were running very slowly because of the fog, and did not average 15 miles an.' hour between Lafayette and Rensselaer, otherwise it is probable that both the young man in the buggy and his horse would have been killed. As It was both escaped injury.

The buggy did not belong to the young man, but was owned by a farmer south of town, and he came in Saturday and wanted the boys to pay for same. This they offered to do, they say, offering to pay him 'what the buggy cost him two years ago. He refused to accept that amount, however, and wanted .S2O more than he had paid for the buggy in 1917. The boys refused tP pay more than they had offered and the man left, threatening to sue them for the amount he wanted.

B. J. JARRETTE’S MOTHER DEAD

B. J. Jarrette was called to Lake Webster Friday by the death of his aged mother, Mrs. James C. Jarrette, who died at 6 p. m. Thursday. Mrs. Jarrette suffered a stroke of paralysis 13 years ago and since that time had been in gradually falling health, although she ahd been able to be up and about most of this time until shortly before her death. Deceased is survived by her husbarfd, daughter, Mrs. Alice Humble, of Milwaukee, Wls., and one son, B. J. Jarrette, of this city, and two brothers, A. B. and William Warner, of Lake Webster. Her age was 73 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m. and 'burial made at Lake Webster, and Mr. Jarrette’s stores at Rensselaer and Monon were closed during the funeral. |

NOTICE Dr. Rose M, Remmek, optometrist, has returned from a month’s vacation and will be in her office every day. Eyes examined according to most modern methods and glasses fitted.—Advt. si7 No better job work produced In this section of Indiana than that turned out by The Democrat.'

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

MUNICIPAL OPEN AIR BAND CONCERT t • —————— WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 8 P- M. “The Rainbow” March “Tellcltefi” * ••••■• March “Light Cavalry” Overture "Alabama” Lullaby "He Came From Hong Kong” Fox Trot “By the Camip Fire”■ • Gavotte Dance . <- • Descriptive “Olevlne” /.March “Gladiator” . March

YES, HE FOUND PLENTY OF GAS

With Aid of a Lighted Match— Fire Company Called Out. Peter Hartle of*’ southeast of town purchased a car of a local garage Saturday afternoon and about 7 o'clock drove up to the Ross Ramey store on McKinley avenue and struck a match to see how much gasoline he had. And he soon found out, when the liquid became ignited burning his hands and face quite severely and also badly damaging the car. The filling tank, belonging to Ramey, was also set on fire and but for Mr. Ramey promptly shutting off the valve a very serious fire might have resulted. The fire company was called out but the flames had been extinguished before • the arrival of the wagon. Sale bills printed at The Democrat office while you wait.

MUCK FIRES ARE SPREADING

And Doing Much Damage to the Lands Burned Over. Trustee Pettit of Walker was In the city yesterday. There la a big marsh Are on the Dr. Turfler and Guy Barnard land east of Knlman that la doing considerable damage. James Smith had three spring calves marooned on this land from Tuesday till Friday, when Mr. Pettit’s son put on a pair of high-top rubber boots and made a search for the animals. He found them on a higher patch of ground perhaps an acre or two In extent that had burned over—the grass burned oft —and they had gnawed the roots in the ground to sustain life, but had not had any water. They were as thin as rails and almost famished. The boy chased them to the “main land,’’ through the burning muck, and they got out with only the loss of singed fetlocks and legs and will comer out all right, it is said. As soon as they got out of the fire zone they made a rush for a water hole, where they filled up on the liquid, the first water they had had In four days. Young Pettit ruined his rubber boots in his life-saving stunt, however. There are several other muck fires of smaller extent in the north part of the county as well as the one at Newland, In Barkley township, which latter has burned over perhaps 100 or imore acres of land and done much damage thereby. MORE FARMH AND CITY PROPERTY CHANGE HANDS I

George F. Meyers reports the following realestate sales made through his agency last week: 120 acres in section 11, Keener township, owned by C. G. Spitler, sold to Frank King of Rensselaer for 345 per acre; 83 acres In section 28, Wheatfield township, owned by H. R. Wood of Rensselaer, sold to John Lilly of Walker township, 360 per acre; 60 acres Ln section 25, Union township, owned by J. A. Ogle, sold to J. B. Mount of Indianapolis, 3110 per acre. S. P. Hilliard has purchased the C. C. Warner residence property on Warner street, now occupied by John Eiglesbach, and will move into same as soon as vacated by Mr. Eiglesbach. Consideration 35,000. Mr. Warner, who had expected to move into this property himself as soon as vacated, will now remain where he is. In the Nonman Warner (property. Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick of Remington have purchased of Mrs. George Stoudt, also of Remington, her tenant house on south Weston strbet, at present occupied by John Robinson, and will move to Rensselaer in the near future. The consideration is understood to have been 31,700. Mrs. Fenwick is the mother of John W. Sage of Rensselaer, and they recently sold their property in Remington and will move here to be near Mr. Sage.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. CHALMERS DISPATCH GIVES UP White County Newspaper Dies From the Lack of Support. The Chalmers Dispatch, one of White county’s weekly newspapers, has ceased publication, its demise being due to lack of local support in that vicinity. The paper was owned by the Rev. A. F. Knepp of Columbia City. Rev. Knepp managed the paper at Chalmers for a time, but later went to Columbia City to take up the ministry and leased the Chalmers office to J. S. Moyer, whft had been the editor and publisher. The Dispatch had striven hard to live, but had to g|ve up because of the lack of cooperation of the people. The machinery has been shipped to Columbia City, where it will be stored for the present, and Mr. Moyer will enter other newspaper fields.

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The schools of Jasper county are making fair headway so far this school year. The town schools at Wheatfield opened Monday. Demotte town schools will 7 open the first week in October. Trustee Fairchild has a few prospective applicants for the prlncipalship made vacant by the resignation of Prof. J. D. Matt. Freda Ferguson of Wheatfield is teaching the Gleason school in Keener township this year. Florence Frame and Rosa Feldman were returned to the same schools that they taught last year. These three country schools took up fiept. 8. - Miss Betty Royster of Rensselaer has decided not to attend Depauw again this earning year and will teach at the newly erected school building in Walker township this winter. Her school opens Sept. 23. Zona L. Custard received his discharge from Camp Custer last Friday and came through, Rensselaer on his way north to Wheatfield where he will teach the River school for Mr. Bowie the coming year. Miss Ada Huff was compelled to jemploy a substitute for> about tjvo weeks. She has been on the sick list since school convened Sept. 8. She is teaching for Trustee Postill at the south Marion consolidated. Miss Goetz is substituting for her. Trustee Postill of Marlon township is on the sick list. He was unable to attend to the township business Monday. Miss Mattle Faris has been employed at Parr to take the overplus not anticipated by Trustee Harrington. There will be three teachers at Parr from how on. An extra teacher will beused at Virgie to aid M.' M. Lenon, who has been teaching there alone. The township trustees and advisory hoards met last Monday to make the levies for the year.

LONG LOST BROTHER TIDINGS

Received After a Lapse of Over Thirty-One Years. Thirty-one years ago Mr.* and Mrs. William P. Bennett adopted John Wolf Bennett from a Cincinnati orphans’ home. John had an only brother and one sister, and all left the home at about the same time. (He was then not quite four years of age. He has never heard anything from his brother or sister until very recently his foster father located the brother near Cincinnati, and today Mr. Bennett and John will go to Cincinnati to see this brother and will also try to learn something of the Sister.

GERMANS PIN HOPES ON SENATE TREATY CONTEST

Berlin Dispatches Pointed to by Senators Opposing Action Making New Negotiations. Necessary. Washington, Sept. 13. —Cable dispatches from Berlin ar© not going unnoticed by (members of the United States senate. These senators who are opposed to a ratlflca-

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NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mirs. Guy Merriman of Jordan township was brought to* the hospital Friday evening suffering from perotOnltis and at this writing was just alive, death being expected at any moment. Later —-Mrs. Merriman died at 11:55 a. m. yesterday. Funeral arrangements had not .been made at this writing. Deceased was about 27 years of age arid leaves a husband and a 4-year-old son. She was a daughter of Morris Gosnell, who resides on the former George Pumphrey place at the northwest side of Rensselaer. Mrs. Thomas Cooper of Remington and little Robert Yeoman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yeoman of Newton township, were able to return to their homes yesterday. Mrs. Alfred Fairchild of Tefft entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. Earl Adams, Who has been a patient In the" hospital for several months suffering from a stroke of paralysis, is able to be brought down town in a wheel chair nowadays. His right side remains completely paralyzed, however. All other patients are doing nicely.

ARMY MEDICAL TRAIN COMING

Display From Camp Grant Hospital Here October 10 for Few Days. The people of this vicinity are due to get a close-up view of the work being done by the army hospitals throughout the country. Major Thos. F. Ryan of Indianapolis, who is in charge of the wo”rk of recruiting of this state, made the arrangements for the coming of this train, which is from the camp hospital at Camp Grant, 111. The train consists of four big Liberty trucks, one Liberty ambulance, one Ford ambulance, a spare part of trailer and two touring cars. The train is in charge of Lieut. Carl E. Fleener, sanitary corps, who Is recreational and athletic officer of the Camp Grant hoepital. Other officers with the party are Ce/pt. Woodhall, chaplain; Lieut. Raymond <C. Wolfe, medical corps, and Lieut. James W. James, 11th F. A., who is supply officer and adjutant of the train. Three army nurses, who served in France, accompany the train. They are Miss Lulu Mustaine, chief nurse of Camp Grant hospital, and .'Miss Belle Pentrice and Grace King. The train- also has 15 enlisted men from the camp hospital and five drivers from the motor transport .corps. Ihe party carry tents and full fl.dd equipment, Including a field range, and give a portrayal of an army field hospital under actual field conditions. They also carry a display of X-ray work, laboratory work, field, ward and other paraphernalia used by the army medical authorities The operations of these trains is a part of the program of the war department in educational work along the lines of closer cb-opera-, tion and general understanding with the public in the work of the medical department of the army and the opportunities that are offered to a young man who serves an enlistment in it. Recruits will be accepted by the train for service with the camp hospital at Camp Grant, 111. There are a numlber of places open at that post for men qualified for service and no doubt many young men of this vicinity will be Interested in the proposition that the officers in charge of the train have to offer. Ln many of the tpwns throughout Indiana and Illinois through which the train has passed local, civil and military organizations have organized committees to assist in arranging for entertainment of the party during their stay. It is quite probable that a local committee from this city will meet in a few days to- arrange for their reception and pick a camping ground. The train is scheduled to be in this city from Oct. 10 to 14. The route through Indiana includes Fowler, Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Marion, Peru, Logansport and Rensselaer. The train is scheduled to cqme here from Logansport and from Rensselaer goes to Momence, 111.

AT PUBLIC AUCTION SEPT. 20 The Gilboa Center chyrch building will be sold at public auction at Gilboa Center, 4% miles south of Remington, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 3 p. m.—Advt. s2O