Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1920 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

InlerostlngPsragraphsFromtho Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered by Ws From the Various County Offices. Attorney John Greve, Clifford Fairchild and Clifford Hannaway were down from Demotte on business Monday. There were 18 marriage licenses issued last month against 16 for the proceeding month and 12 for the corresponding month of 1919. New suits filed: No, 9181. Donald L. Morrell vs. Emory Barry et al; foreclosure of imtortgage. Demand $9,043.60, Interests, costs, etc. Marriage licenses issued: x Feb. 28. Glen H. Swaim of Rensselaer, aged 26 Jan. 17 last, upholsterer, and Mary Ellen Corner of Jasper county, aged 21 Sept. 21 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Feb. 28, Ernest Garriott of Jasper county, aged 25 Nov. 11 last, farmer, and Orabelle King of Rensselaer, aged 24 Dec. 22 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. W. T. Barbre. A petition is being circulated asking Jasper county to spend $75,000 for a memorial building in honor of her soldiers in the late world war. The Democrat believes this is a matter that should be postponed indefinitely. The soldiers are not asking for it, so why burden them with a debt that will take~many years to pay, for bonds would have to be issued and these same soldiers are the taxpayers of the future who would have t'hefee bonds to pay off. Instead of doing something FOR the soldiers it would be doing something TO theun) to borrow SIOO,OOO to build a thing we do not need, have no use for and would only tend toward keeping up the high prices and scarcity of labor to build at this time. Our court house debt will not be paid off for nearly 20 years yet, and with the demand for money for roads, bridges, school houses, etc., we can well afford to wait awhile at least for this building.

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday, but were unable to finish the business of the term in one day and came back yesterday. Practically all of the various road petitions, which occupy the greater part of the docket were continued for the term. The county treasurer reported the sale of additional bonds in the James Lane road, SI,BOO, and the F. J. Slight road, $2,000, to Mrs. Judith Thompson of Remington at par and accrued interest. The John E. Murphy highway in Union township was ordered established and notice of letting ordered given. In the John F. Payne road the petitioners filed a request that the contract be forfeited. Petition was granted and notice ordered given for re-letting contract. Contractor Charles Kain was allowed $1,690 on the Henry M. Rayburn road' Notice of letting contract ordered in the ‘Claude Spencer road. In the Amos Davisson road petition, cause was dismissed at petitioners’ cost; this being the same road petitioned for by John E. Murphy et al, heretofore filed. In the Michael Cline petition /or opening of highway in Keener township, deed for right-of-way was presented and approved and trustee

was ord.ered to open said highway. Final report was filed in the Henry C. DeKock ditch. Superintendent Showed a balance of $92.22 on hand after paying all claims and same was ordered prorated back to land owners! for supplies for county farm were awarded as follows: Groceries, to Clouse & Worden; dry

goods, to G. E. Murray Co., and meats to Roth Bros. Trustee of Walker township granted permission to extend additional poor relief to the amount of sls to J. Akers. Interest on county funds for the month of February was reported as follows: First National bank, Rensselaer, $121.27; State bank, Rensselaer, $127.90; Farmers & Merchants National bank, Rensselaer, $115.05; State bank, Remington, $108.19; Bank of Wheatfield, $24.43. Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer, and Farmefs’ National bank, Remington, reports not in.