Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1920 — Page 1

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MRS. ANNA KING ALLISON DEAD

Passed Away Thursday Night After Extended Illness. Mre. Anna King Alifeon, aged mother ot Frank King of this city, died at her eon’s farm west of town Thursday night, and the funeral will be held today at the house at 10 a. m., conducted by Rev. Barbre, and burial will be made in Weston cemetery. Her age was 78 years. Deceased had been in poor health for a long time and was a patient in the county hospital for several weeks recently. She is survived by two sons, Will King of Medaryville and Frank King of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Oppde Wolf oi Chalmers; Mrs. Alice Mills of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Martha Worden of Wabash.

— NOTICE REDMEN! The Meeting night has been changed from Friday to Wednesday evenings. All members are urgently requested to be present next Wednesday evening, April 7, when a class of candidates will be given the Adoption Degree.—BY ORDER OF THE SACHEM. a?

STATE HIGHWAY NAILED DOWN

Despite Eleventh Efforts to Pull Road Via Mt. Ayr. In response to a long distance call from Senator Will Brown ot Hebron, who was right on the job at Indianapolis for the last week or more to see that no late hour at' tempt to pull the Indianapolis-Chi-cago state highway over via Mt. Ayr, was put through by default, Representative William L. Wood, F E. Babcock, E. P. Honan and Cope J. Hanley hied themselves to the state capital Tuesday night to assist in trumping the last card played by the opponents of the line directly north from Rensselaer and thence through Demotte and over the Hebron grade to Crown Point. / Whije the anticipated move was made, it was not very difficult to head it oft with the highway commission, which had already decided twice before on this route, nor with Governor Goodrich, to whom the last gun of the opposition was fired, and our committee came home Wednesday night with the assurance that the route they were for had been certified to the governor and been approved by him. This means that we get the road on the route desired and for which we have been working for as a unit from the start. It is the logical route, of course, accommodating many, many more people and having more towns and a larger and better scope of country as feeders. It is to be a great thing for Rensselaer and Jasper county; the greatest thing, in fact, in the history of our county, and those responsible for checkmating the political pull and monied interests of those seeking to divert the road from its logical course are entitled to the thanks of the people of the entire county. In this connection The Democrat wishes to especially commend the w 3rk of Senator Brown, who has been right on the ‘job all the time and has left no stone unturned to get this road. Others have expended much time and been to considerable expense also, but not nearly so much as Mr. Brown. The entire system of roads designated by the highway commission as state highways were taken over by the maintenance department April 1 and will hereafter be maintained and kept in repair by the state and at state expense. It may be some five or six years before the entire mileage in this county will be rebuilt with either a brick or concrete roadbed 18 feet wide, it all depending on the rebuilding progress made by the commission and the priority given this line, which will be the main line of travel between Indianapolis and Chicago and therefore should be among the earlier roads built. \

WHITLEY WHEAT REPORT BAD

W. B. Yeoman sends over a renewal of his subscription from Columbia City, and says: “We cannot get along without The Democrat for it gives us all the new? from good old Jasper. So find check for another year’s subscription. Everybody is busy sowing oats, weather is fine. Did. not get any of the big storm here. Maple syrup was a very short crop this year. Wheat looks tough; will be half a crop.”

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. Attorney John A. Dunlap has been confined to his home for several days with sickness. Today is the last day for pilng declarations of candidates for district and county office for the May primary. • Sheriff Woodworth, accompanied by Arlie Rowen and Mrs. Frank Dart, took Mrs. Arlie Rowen to Longcliff Tuesday. Former County* Surveyor Myrt, B. Price of Carpenter township spent a few days here this week with his sister, Miss Nettle Price. There were eight marriage licenses issued last month against 13 for the proceeding month and nine for the corresponding mpnth of 1919. — The total considerations of real estate transfers filed for record during the month of March —farm lands only and not including town lots — was 32,460,980. New suits filed:”No. 9197. Samuel M. Kennedy et al vs. Frieda Ken, nedy et aj; contest of will. Venued from Newton county. No. 9198. Warner T. Elmore et al vs. James McKinney; action for possession and 3200 damages. Marriage licenses issued: Meh. 30, Charles Karch of Wheatfield, aged 23 Jan. 30 last, farmer, and Fairy Elma Elliott of Gifford, aged 23 Feb. 10 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Strecker at the M. E. parsonage.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the estate of the late Charles T. Otis, who owned a great deal of land in northwest Jasper and Newton counties, is valued at $725,000, as indicated by the will admitted to probate a few days ago. The bulk of the property is left in trust to a brother and a sister, Lucius J. Otis and Miss Margaret E. Otis, 2033 Prairie avenue, with Instructions that they share the income with their sisters, Mrs. Winifred Otty Hine of Highland Park and Mrs. Grace Otis. Eventually the income is to be shared by three nieces of Mr. Otis. In addition to Republican candidates’ declarations heretofor meni tioned, the following names have been filed here: Coroner, W. J. Wright, present incumbent. PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN Barkley, West—Harry Arnold. Carpenter, East —W. R. Geier. Carpenter, West —A. A. Fell. Carpenter, South —Burdett Porter. Gillam —E. E. Pullins. Hanging Grove —William Woodworth. Jordan—Vern Bice. Keener —John Greve. Marion, No. I—Fred Tyler. Marion, No. 2—Jesse Snyder. Marion, No. 3—C. M. Sands. Marion, No. 4—Russell Van Hook. Milroy —John Southard. Union, North—N. A. McKay. Union, South —Leslie Alter. Walker —H. J. Hendricks. Wheatfield —Alex Jensen. DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Dlst. No. I—Wheatfield1 —Wheatfield and Kankakee, H. W. Marble. Dist. No. 2 —Walker and Keener, John H. Greve and George H. Marr. Dist. No. 3 —Union, H. J. Dexter. Dist. No. 4 —Barkley, East, and Gillam, C. P. Moody. Dist. No. s—Barkley,s—Barkley, West, and Marion, Precinct No. 2, Floyd Meyers and B. D. McColly. Dist. No. 6 —Marion, Precinct No. 1, and Newton, C. W. Hanley. Dist. No. 7 —Marion, Precinct Nos. 3 and 4, L. H. Hamilton and C. C. Warner. Dist. No. B—Carpenter,B—Carpenter, East precinct, Milroy and Hanging Grove. (No one had filed up to 2 p. m. yesterday.) Dist. No. 9—Carpenter, South and West precincts, and Jordan, Charles Meadel.

HORSES AND MULES WANTED

John Gleason will be here until Monday, buying horses and mules. Headquarters at Hemphill’s livery barn.—-Advt.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920.

IT ENDS OUR RESPONSIBILITY

With Mailing The Democrat at the Local Poetoffice. The Democrat is mailed at the postoffice in Rensselaer every Tuesday and Friday evenings. Such mailing constitutes delivery to our subscribers to the extent of our ability. We are not responsible for the damnable mail service that we have, apparently all over the country, and we do not guarantee any subscriber that he will ever get a copy of The Democrat through the malls. We mail them and are called upon to pay the postage, which we do, but the subscriber n.ust take his chances with everybody else. The Democrat believes that the trouble In the mail service is caused by a conspiracy among a large number of the employes —who are seeking Increases in pay—to make the service just as abominable as possible. There seems to be too much of this don’t-give-a-damness among the postal employes to render anything like decent service to the public. Of course we want every subscriber to receive his paper regularly and will look after all complaints, but when we have done thia we want the subscriber to transfer •his cussing to the postal service and give us a rest.

HIGHWAY TRUCKS ARE ON WAT

Supt. Folsom Gets Four Big “Quade” as a Beginning. Sub-District State Highway Supt. Folsom, accompanied by D. J. Babcock, Earl Hemphill, Wallace Miller and Stewart Moore, went to Indianapolis Thursday night tp drive back four big Quad trucks for use on this division of the IndianapollsChioago road. Each sub-district will have 10 big trucks to handle the repair work. These trucks are especially fitted up for this work and good jobs await a man for each truck as driver and worker on the roads, the drivers being expected to handle a shovel the same as any other employe when not at the wheel that is, he is supposed to assist in loading and unloading his truck. It is understood that the pay of drivers will be $4 per day of 10 hours. The truck drivers must be reliable men as they will have a certain amount of responsibility, probably being classed as patrolmen over a certain number of miles of road and likely have in ■ charge one or more men. According to Indianapolis papers Mr. Folsom’s headquarters will be at Crown Point. z He will be provided with a light car, which he will drive himself, by the highway commission in looking after the district assigned to him.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Lewis F. Davisson of Union towrrship underwent a major operation Thursday. Mrs. A. R. Hopkins entered the hospital Wednesday for medical attention. Miss Anna Cedarberg, student at the Monnett school, was able to leave the hospital Thursday after suffering a slight attack of appendicitis. Her mother, Mrs. Lillie Cedarberg, of Chicago was down and took her home. A six-weeks-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Price of Parr underwent a minor operation Thursday. Howiard Green was. able to leave the hospital Thursday. Frances Stoner and Maurice Hoile were able to be taken to their homes in Morocco Thursday. Mrs. Fred Simpson remains about the same. All other patients are improving.

SCHEDULE OF DOCTOR'S PRICES

At a meeting of the physicians of Rensselaer, held Meh. 25, the following fee bill was adopted to become effective April 1, 1920: Office prescriptions, $1 or more. Town calls, day, $2; night, $3. Country calls, $2 for first mile and 70 cents for each additional mile, one way. Obstetrics, $25. Consultation, $lO. Anaesthetics, $lO or more. Signed, E. N. LOY, I.’ M. WASHBURN, A. R. KRESLER, ■» E. C. ENGLISH, C. E. JOHNSON, , M. D. GWIN, - F. H. HEMPHILL.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. f HIGHWAY BOND REFERENDUM Citizens of Union Township, White County, Must Decide. Union township, Wittite county, citizens are to have a referendum to determine whether the township shall issue >190,000 in bonds for the Improvement of the Monticello “road,” according to an order of the state board of tax commissioners. The board recently declined to authorize the issue because practically all of the township “road” Is in Monticello, it was said at the state office. Those interested in the improving, of the “road” are proposing to have it improved at the expense of the entire township under the three-mile road law. The commission declined to authorize this procedure without a referendum,

BEAUTY SPOT OF CEDAR LAKE

Cedar Lake promises to be the scene this season for a real big boom In real estate as one subdivision on the east side has already been laid out into lots and on Monday Harry Griffin, representing Mr, Thistlewaite, was In Crown Point taking the intlal steps in plotting the Cedar Point tract on the east side, which will be put on the market at once, for summer home purposes. This tract, consisting of much high bluff lake frontage, is the prettiest around. the lake and • should find ready sale. Until a few years ago, when It burned down, the Thtstlewaite hotel stood on this land. — Lake County Start

MANAGER WILL LOCATE HERE

K. C. Campbell of Schneider was down Thursday, looking for a house to rent. Mr. Campbell will be the manager for the new bottling works to be established here and which, he states, will probably be in operation within the next six weeks. It is likely that Rensselaer will be their principal distributing point, as it is nearer the center of their territory than Schneider. However, the Schneider plant will not be abandoned. Mr. Campbell will locate here with his family as soon as he can secure a suitable house.

CITY SHOULD GET BUSY NOW

The state highway maintenance department does not take over and maintain state roads through cities and towns, and Rensselaer should now get busy and put the line through the city in first-class condition, by scarifying, regrading and resurfacing College avenue from the south corporation line and the unimproved part of Washington street to McKinley avenue and thence to the north corporation Une, and in the near future be ready to hardsurface it when the road outside of the city is hard-surfaced.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meh. 28, to Mr. and Mjs. John Stockwell, a son. Meh. 30, to Mr. and Mrs. William Platt, a daughter. Meh. 31, to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Foster of Newton township, a daughter. This is No. 11 for Mr. and Mrs. Foster.

BODIES IN FRANCE EXHUMED

Hundred to Be Ready for Shipment to U. S. by April 5. Brest, April 2.—The first body of an American soldier who died In France was exhumed from French soil here Tuesday at the Pontanezeu camp cemetery. The graves officials will have 100 bodies ready for shipment to Amerlcq by April 5,s the date on which a transport has been requested from the navy department.

Accused of Murdering Ohio Girl.

Steubenville, O:, April 2.—Mike Onunck, a Russian, was borught here from Ramsey and placed in the Jefferson county jail, charged, with killing Frances South, whose body was found near Adena. z

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THOSE NORTH DAKOTA WINTERS

Henry Hayea Says One Just Ended Was Longest He Ever Saw. Henry H. Hayes, formerly of Barkley ’ township, in writing to renew his subscription for The Democrat, sayss Meh. 28, 1920. Dear Friend—Will write a few lines to let you know how we wintered. I can remember about 40 winters, and would say this is the longest I ever saw. We had our first storm on the 9th of October, but it did not settle down to winter till Oct. 18, when lots of snow came and it kept getting colder for the next two months. Got to 27 below at one time, then it warmed up enough to take most of the snow off, and was not very bad long at a time till Feb. 19. A small snow came but didn't get so bad till about Meh. 1 when lots of snow and cold came for about 10 days. It warmed up and brought the water up out of the banks of the streams. Then, another big wet snow, and with the warm weather since the high water is the worst In history. Lots of stock was -’lost, bridges washed out and much other damage was done. The town of Belle Fourche is on the river and one-fourth ot it has been under water for the last two We had a very dry summer last year which left the winter grazing pretty short. Then the early winter .coming on caused a very heavy stock loss. Thousands of horses, cattle and sheep have died, and the end is not yet, as th? grass has not started. Most all the loss wae In the range country, as there was lots of alfalfa In the Irrigation project and most all stock is wintering well. We are all well and trying to keep even with the high cost of living.

TAGGART A STRONG CANDIDATE

Republican Paper Speaks Highly of Well Known Democrat. In speaking editorially of the candidacy of Thomas Taggart for the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator, the Indianapolis News says: On Saturday Mr. Taggart allowed himself to be persuaded by the state committee to become the candidate of the Democratlc party for the senatorship. It was a very happy solution for what wae, for the committee, a difficult problem. Without in any way disparaging the other men spoken of it may fairly be said that Mr. Taggart is probably the strongest candidate that could have been chosen. He is widely popular, and among members of both the great parties. During his brief term as senator he bore himself well and won the respect and confidence ot his associates. He is also a shrewd and resourceful political leader, and his services to his party in the approaching campaign will be helpful. So far from seeking the nomination, it can be said that it wae almost forced on him. There can be no doubt of the sincerity of bis prior refusals, based as they were on excellent reasons of a personal charkacter. Evidently he felt that when hi? party called so persistently it was his duty to respond, it is to his sense of party loyalty that the Democrats are Indebted for a candidate that is so eminently satisfactory to them. The state committee must have felt a great sense of relief when Mr. Taggart accepted the nomination.

IM First Christian Rev. W. T. Barbre, pastor. —A big Bible school Is the alm for Easter Sunday morning at 9:30. Rain or shine, it is to be a big day. Those not In other schools are invited. This will . also be decision day in the Bible school. At the morning service the pastor will preach on “Immortality.” The choir will render special music. The union service will be at this church, beginning at 7:30. The choir* will render an oratorio entitled, “The First Easter.” In connection with this Rev. Fleming will give a short talk on "Th? Inter-Church World Movement.” The two young people’s societies will hold a sun-rise prayer meeting at the church at 6 o’clock Sunday morning. They will have breakfast at the church following the prayer meeting. . Presbyterian Sunday school at 9:30; morning worship at 10:45. The sacrament of the Lord’s supper will be observed and the baptism of children attended to. Rev. Fleming will be here and have charge of ' this service. The evening service is a union service and will be in the Christian church at 7:30.

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Vol. XXIII. No. 2

ARE UNDER WILSON’S ORDERS

Tells Congress Troops on Rhine Are Subject to His Word. FOCH IS NOT THEIR BOSS Declares French Field Marshal Has No Authority Over Americans—Maj. Gen. Allen Proxy Commander. Washington, April 2.—American) troops on the Rhine are subject only to the orders of the president of the< United States as commander-In-chief of the army. President Wilson wrote congress in response to a reso* lutlon of inquiry adopted by th* house. The American troops and ths terrt-l tory they control still are governed) by the terms of the armistice, the president said. He disclosed that tho. American government had disapproved, plans to have the troops and the territory placed under the orders of theRhineland high commission. Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch has no authority over the American troops., the president said. Maj. Gen. Allen, commanding the forces, “has full au-i thority,” Mr. Wilson added, “to utilise, his troops for the police of the occupied, district, the preservation of order and) to repel any attack which may b* made upon him.’* Vote Monday on Peace. Washington, April 2.—A Joint resolution declaring peace with Germany, was Introduced in the house late Wednesday. Chairman Porter of the for-, elgn relations committee, presented, the measure with the unanimous approval of the Republican members of the committee, who devoted all the morning and the greater part of the, afternoon In putting the finishing touches on it. The resolution wns drafted after' ten days of conference between the senate and house leaders and consultetions with Elihu Root and John Bassett Moore and other legal experts In the Republican party. Resolution Is Constitutional. These authorities advised the con"resxlonul leaders that the form and terms of the measure come fully within the Constitution and international law, and cannot be successfully attncked on these grounds. binder the rules of the house the resolution was immediately referred hack to the foreign affairs committee, where It will be considered by the full, membership and favorably reported,. Chairman Porter announced. The Republicans originally plannedto pass the resolution through the house Friday, but at a conference with the Democratic leaders It was agreed to defer consideration on the floor until Monday. The request for this delay was made by Minority Leader Champ Clark, Representative Kitebin and Representative Flood.

INDICTED ON “LEAK” CHARGE

Washington Grand Jury Bille Against Four Men. Washington, April 2.—lndictments against four persons were returned by the District of Columbia Supreme court grand Jury investigating an alleged leak In the United States Supreme court’s decision last November In the Southern Pacific oil lands case. Those indicted are Ashton It. Embry, former secretary of Associate Justice McKenna of the Supreme court; James Harwood Graves, former assistant attorney In the department of justice; Barnette E. Moses, Washington, lawyer, and E. Millard Mayer, Jr., New York stock broker. The indictments charge the four men with conspiracy to defraud the United States of Its right of secrecy surrounding opinions of the Supreme court prior to public announcement of the court’s decision.

RUHR DISPUTE COMPROMISED

Workers and Government Agree on Plan to Settle Troubles. Dusseldorf, April 2. —An agreement was reached at Munester upon a compromise arrangement for settling the troubles in the Ruhr district, according to the editor of the moderate labor newspaper in this city. The reported compromise extends the time for acceptance of the Bielefeld agreement, with an added clause providing for amnesty for those concerned in the Ruhr uprising.

NOTICE TO FARMERS

We handle the Rumley line tractors, threshing machines and farming implements; also Western Utll4tor, one-horse tractor, at White Front Garage.—KUBOSKE ft WALTER.

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