Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Judge Darroch of Kentland was looking after court unatters here Thursday. George H. Gifford returned to his home at Tipton Thursday afte» looking after some business matters here. New suits filed: No. 9174. Philip R. Blue, adm., vs. Ethel Hight et al; action for partition of real estate. No. 9175. Daniel V. Comer vs. Malachi P. Comer; disallowed claim. Demand $75.96. No. 9176. Warren Robinson vs. William A. Robinson; action to have guardian appointed. The will of the late Jacob R. Wilcox was filed for probate in tie Jasper circuit court Feb. 6. The instrument was executed Sept. 9, 1910, and was witnessed by Charles J. Dean and Frank Foltz. All money and personal property are left to the widow, who is also bequeathed a life estate in the realty. At her death the realty goes to his son, Elmer J. Wilcox, and to the granddaughters of the deceased, Beatrice Cecil and Cophene Branch, one-half to each.

Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 10, John H. Lane of Rensselaer, aged 48 Dec. 15 last, carpenter, and Tillie Ramp, also of Reneselaer, aged 40 June 8 last, housekeeper. First unarriage for each. Feb. TO, Ernest Embry Nhss of Laura, aged 25 July 20 last, railroader, and Mabel Blanche Scott of Gifford, aged 17 Aug. 17 last, housekeeper. Second marriage for male, first’ marriage having been dissolved by death in 1917; first marriage for female. The latter being under age her mother, Ida Scott, gave consent to issuance of license.

A meeting was held Tuesday afternoon at the court (house for the purpose of organizing a relief committee for the benefit of the suffering in the near east. Thomas Callahan was elected president of the Jasper county organization; Mrs. John I. Gwin, secretary, and Mrs. Howard Mills, treasurer. The orphan children of the Armenian district 'have been apportioned to states and counties. Jasper county’s portion is 30 orphans, which will cost $5 each per month or S6O a year. » All fraternal, social and educational clubs will be asked to adopt an orphan. Any club of 25 members who will each pay 25 cents per month can care for a child.

According to the report of Recorder Scott to the state department of statistics, there were 703 deeds of all kinds filed in Jasper county during the calendar year 1919, aggregating considerations of $2,528,186. Of this number 5 were sheriffs’ deeds, with consideration of $12,821, and 4 tax title deeds, with a consideration of sl,577. There were 281 farm, mortgages recorded, amounting to sl,404,261, and 369 farm mortgages released, amounting to $1,135,105; 119 city and town mortgages were filed, representing $131,557, and 104 city and town mortgages satisaggregating $80,623; 16 school mortgages were paid off, aggregating $15,300, and 12 school mortgages were filed, aggregating $17.350; chattel mortgages were filed, amounting to $267,028, and 179 released, amounting to $130,655; 11 mechanic’s liens were filed and 10 were released. The new liens amounted to $1,847, and those released to $1,212. The above figures would indicate that them was a very large increase in the mortgage Indebtedness during the year, and this is perhaps true, as a large number of farms and pieces of town property changed hands and the mortgages represent unpaid purchase money.

However, and especially so with Chattel mortgages, people are very dilatory about recording releases, and it is probable that several hundred thousand dollars paid off during the year has not been released of record. The figures do not mean that the people of Jasper county are not prospering or that they borrowed more imoney than usual, except possibly, in the Chattel mortgages, where many of the larger amounts are for herds of cattle being fed for market, there being a greater number of such cattle in the county at the present time than ever before in its history, it is said.