Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 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. Monday is the last day for filing income tax returns. Hon. W. L. Wood, who has served the people of this representative district very acceptably in the lower house of Ae legislature for the past three terms, has announced that he will not be a candidate for re-election. John Greve and Mr. and Mrs. Jurrin Knip were down from Demotte on business Thursday. Mr. Greve stated that negotiations were under way for a milk pasteurizing plant being established at Demotte in the near future, and the prospects were quite, flattering for securing the industry.

Some 20 bidders were here Wednesday after the Barnard ditch contract in the north part of the county. The estimate was 11 cents per yard for the excavating while the lowest bids received were 16 cenlts. It was therefore necessary for Superintendent C. J. Hobbs to refuse the selling of the ditch. It is now time to file mortgage exemptions, and if you have a mortgage on y«ur real estate the filing of such will materially .reduce your taxes. Remember that it is necessary to file with the county auditor where such real estate is located in order to secure the exemption and that youi must file each year during the assessing period. ? Emmet Laßue, Mose Leopold and George A. Williams are all the Rensselaer attorneys who have thus far officially shied their hats in the ring for the Republican nqmtination for judge, but it is understood that at least two more are to get i n —John A. Dunlap and A. Halleck. It is rumored that Newton county is likely to have three candidates for the place also. The Tenth district Democrats wih hold an organization meeting in Rensselaer on Saturday afternoon. Meh. 20, in the circuit court room in the court house. This will be a joint meeting of the men and womeiT of the district, and good speakers, both men and women, will address the meeting. As many Democrats as can possibly do so are urged to attend this meeting.

Dr. Fred F. Hatch, superintendent and attending physician of the Sunnyside tuberculosis hospital, located a short distance out from Indianapolis, will be in Rensselaer today, Saturday, and will 'hold clynics in the ladies’ waiting room of the cchirt house, the clynics to be private of course. Dr. (Htatch comes here until the auspices, of the Jasper County Anti-Tubercm-losis society. The rush in the recorder's office is subsiding somewhat, but Recorder Scott is not quite caught up with the work yet. The total consideratiqns named in the deeds that have been filed for record during the first 11 days of March was $1,786,340, and for the transfers published in The Democrat for the past three weeks, $2,426,792*. This is withill less than $75,000 of the total consideration of all deeds filed during the entire year of 19 Ib. ' Newton circuit court items of interest to readers of The Democrat. The jury is not called till the third Monday of the term: G. A. Williams, administrator estate of Noble Peacock, vs. C. I. & L. Ry.- Co.; cau.se dismissed. Kate Hansson vs. John Hansson, action for divorce; set for hearing ■'Meh. 24. Arthur B. Cavendish vs. T. F.

Ransford, suit on account; set for hearing Meh. 22. John Marlatt vs. August Benniema, stilt on account; set for hearing Mclk 22. Squire Irwin heard the case of VV. T. and L. B. Elmore Wednesday wherein the former sought to secure possession of their farm in south Marion which was tenanted by James McKinney. The latter had occupied the farm for the past seven years, the last six of which had been without a written lease, and claimed the right to remain this year because he had not been notified last August to vacate at the expiration of that year, as hau been agreed between the parties. The Elmores had sold to Arthur Arnott and possession) was to be given Meta. 1, 1920, but Mr. McKinney refused to vacate, hence the action. The court found for the plaintiffs, but the defendant has .prayed an appeal to the circuit court. Attorney-General Stansberry has given out an opinion that the 1919 law exemlpting soldiers and sailors of t'he Mexican and civil wars or their widows from taxation of sl,000 from the assessed valuation of their property, where the total assessment does not exceed $5,000, applies on last year’s assessments, the taxes on Which are due and payable this year, in May and November. He holds that, as the statute went into effect too late last year to grant the exemption from the assessment in 1919, the deduction can be taken from the money to be paid in taxes tihis year for the 1919 assessmjents. These taxpayers are also entitled to the regular mortgage \ exemption. The 1919 acts applies to soldiers over the age of 70 and their widows if over the age of 60.