Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1920 — Page 3

APRIL 7, 1«20. •

GO-CARTS 'T'HIS Week we are show- * ing in the window Reed carriages, Reed Strollers and Reed Push Carts. ' Also carts that can be folded and taken in an automobile. W. J. Wright Rensselaer, Indiana

LOCAL NEWS

Thomas Logan and J. B. Reed were in from Gillam Saturday. Paul Strecker of Detroit, Mich., is visiting hia parents, Rev. and Mrs. E.. W. Strecker. John Kershner of Bryan, 0., came Saturday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Paul Norman. Sergt. Bernard McGuire of Camp Grant, 111., was the week-end guest of Mrs. Alice McKay. Mrs. John Webber went to Hammond Friday for a few days visit with Mrs. Rufus Giver. Arthur Burch returned to his home ®n Chicago Saturday after a visit here with the E. J. Duvall family. Misses Bertha and Alice Daniels of Chicago spent Easter here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Korah Daniels. Mr. and Mrs. George Peters of Lafayette spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peters. Frank Critser has just completed a neat new garage at his home on Park avenue and has bought a new Ford sedan. Miss Mary Large of Twin Falls, Idaho, came Thursday for an indefinite stay with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. VanAtta.

Miss Ida Fleming of Lafayette and Miss Lulu Fleming of Chicago Heights spent Easter here with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Fleming. Mrs. George Zea and children of Hammond came the last of the week for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of east of town. H. T. Gwinn and family of Good-, land moved to this city last week and occupy one of the Mrs. A. M. Stockton tenant houses on south Weston street. Rev. Barbre left Monday for Veedersburg, to take up the work this week on one of the teams in the Interchurch World Movement. He will not return until Saturday. Miss Ruth Wood, who is attending the Illinois state university at Champaign, accompanied by Mrs. William Nlcholaus of Urbana, 111., came Friday to spend the Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wood.

General Blacksmithing Wheelright and Vehicle Woodwork Oxy-Acetyline Welding Lathe Work Key Seat Cutting and Machining; Gum Sawa, circular or Crosscut; Repair Steam Boilers; New Boiler Tubes carried in stock; Repairs for any Gas Engine built; Handle Go-Tractors, Oliver Plows, Aermotor Windmills, Tanks and Pipe. E. L. MORLAN Located In Grant-Warner Lumber Building.

W. I. Spitler of Chicago spent the week-end here with his family. W. K. Kiefer of Pittsburg, Pa., spent Sunday here with the J. H. Long family. C. F. Lowman of Decatur, Mich., came Friday to look after some business matters. Mrs. Capitola Ramey, Mrs. Ross Ramey and Ed Ranton were Lafayette goers Friday. * - - William Huffman left Friday for Mitchell, S. D., after a visit here with his daughter, Mrs. David McConnahay. Mrs. Harvey W. Wood, Jr., of Osburn, 0., came the last of the week for a visit with relatives and old friends. Mrs. William Burrell went to Indianapolis Saturday afternoon to visit her husband, who is in the Norway sanitarium. Mrs. Lesta Snively returned to her home at Indianapolis Saturday after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. George W. Hopkins. iMrs. George Stoudt of Remington took the train here Friday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. D. T Schrader, at Waukegan, 111.

Mrs. Mary Garling and daughter Eleanor of Buffalo, White county, spent the week-bnd with the Everett Greenlee family of northwest of town. Austin Haas and family of Lafayette and Misses Monta and Katherine Oglesby of Gary were week-end guests of Mrs. C. G. Newby and Miss Grace Haas. > Betty, the little 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McCracken of Gary, and a niece of Mrs. E. N. Loy of this city, died Thursday afternoon from infection caused from tonsilltls. John Gleason, the horse buyer, of Liberty, Ind., was here again the Ihst of the week and purchased another carload of horses, paying as high as |425 for one team of horses and $475 for a team of mules. Mr. and Mrs. George Morgan, who had been spending the winter in Chicago with their daughter, Mrs. Wallace Miller, returned Saturday and' have again taken up their residence in their home on Front street. In writing from Pullman, Wash., on April 1, in renewing his subscription, John Kettering, formerly of Remington, says: “Had a big snowstorm today.” It is possible that the big ’ snow which engulfed us Saturday night and Sunday originated in John’s section of the country.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Mrs. J. J. Hunt left Monday for a visit with relatives at Alton, 111., and St.. Louis, Mo. Manley Price, who is attending Purdue university, spent the weekend with friends here. Miss Bernice Long of Purdue university spent Easter here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long. Robert Loy and Robert Baumgartner came down from Chicago Saturday for a short visit with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. George Mauck of Hammond spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mauck. Clint Brown of Huntington was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown, of McCoy avenue. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Thornton and son of Brook visited over Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman of Barkley township went to Bloomington this week to attend the spring term at the state university. H. G. Abbott of Indiana Harbor spent the week-end here with his wife, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve.

Among the Chicago goers Monday were Miss Clare Jessen, Vern Crisler, Firman Thompson, Paul Worland and John N. Horton. Mrs. Kate R. Watson has sold her residence property on McCoy avenue to Noah Zeigler, it is understood. The consideration is about |5,000. Misses Grace and Hattie vVaymlre returned to Indianapolis Monday after spending Easter here witn their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waymire. ’ Mrs. Susan Maines and daughter Eva left Saturday for Olean, N. Y., in response to a telegram received from Mrs. Judson Maines, telling of the very serious illness of her husband from appendicitis. Mrs. C. B. Wells of the west part of town had as her guests Sunday her following children and families: C. E. Wells and family of Gary, Isaac Wells and family and Simeon Wells and family of this city and Dan Robinson and family of Hammond. Mrs. Everal Smith expects to leave tomorrow for Sidney, N. Y., to close up her late husband’s business affairs, after which she will return to Rensselaer and msAe this city her home. Her aged father, H. M. Shipman, will accompany her back to New York.

Leroy Templeton, aged 92, many years ago a prominent citizen of Benton county and for several years editor of the Non-conformist, a Populist paper published at Indianapolis, died at his home in Indianapolis Sunday night. He is survived by a widow, three daughters and four sons. Henry Templeton of Morocco is one of the sons. Raw furs said to be worth $5,000 disappeared from the Pennsylvania depot at 1 Hebron Friday night. Thieves broke in and escaped with the lot, leaving no clew. They also blew the safe of the Hebron Lumber company, but found no money. The furs were a shipment from some distant point to William Alyea, a fur buyer of the Kankakee river district. H. A. Fulmer, Monon station agent at Cedar Lake, was drowned in the lake Thursday afternoon at about 1:45 o’clock. Mr. Fulmer started out in a row boat for a ride, and striking rough water the boat capsized. He could not swim and was soon drowned. The young man’s home was at Salem, Ind. He was about 22 years of age and is survived by a wife.

.Three cases of envelopes, nearly 150,000, just received in The Demo-,, crat’s job printing department. These envelopes, with the stock already on hand, gives us nearly half a million envelopes of various styles, sizes and quality. All were bought before the advance of the last few months and our customers will be given the advantage of the lower price at which they were contracted. The Bible school of the Christian church had a very remarkable day last Sunday, regardless of the weather. The school had been working for a large attendance, but all of the workers were very blue on Sunday morning when they saw the kind of weather they had to deal with. However, faces brightened as the hour drew near, for they began to pour In. When the record was made it was found there Was 285 present This Is considerably above the average attendance.

THE NEW BSfcrtß ONE NIGHT ONLY Thursday Qfk April OHI The Largest and Best Musical Comedy to Play in Rensselaer in 10 Years. GUS HILL PRESENTS > With a Cast of Thirty A Chorus of Sixteen Sweet Sixteens Sevan Special Scenes Prices—soc-SI.OO-$1.50 NOTE—Thia is the original Gus Hill Production, playing Heuck’s Opera House, Cincinnati, this week.

Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 35c; butterfat, 67c. D. J. Babcock left, yesterday for Fargo, N. D., to take a job as linotype operator on the Fargo CourierNews. Dr. Wade Laßue of Indianapolis and George Neal of Laporte spent Easter here with Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue. Mrs. Herman Lange of Laporte is here for a several days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Worland. Miss Minnie Waymire, who is employed in Chicago, spent Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waymire. • L. E. Noland returned to his home at Lee Saturday after a visit with his daughter, Mrs. F. W. Fisher, of Kankakee township. Scores of automobiles got stuck In the snow on the country roads Sunday and Monday and had to be pulled out by “Old Dobbin.” Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chissom and little son of, Chicago spent Sunday here with Mrs. Chissom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. Miss Pauline Hordeman of Chicago came Saturday night for a few days visit with her mother, Mrs. Barbara Hordeman, and family. Miss Marjorie VanAtta returnee to her home at Marlon Sunday after spending a week here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. VanAtta.

Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, $1.55; oats, 95c; wheat, $2.40; rye, $1.70. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.48; oats, 62c; wheat, $2.30; rye, $1.55. According to latest reports from Michigan’s primary election, “Hi” Johnson Was about 26,000 In the lead of Wood for the g. o. p. choice for presidential nomination. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Strawbridge and two children of Benton Harbor, Mich., came Saturday for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long. Mr. Strawbridge returned home yesterday, but his wife and children remained for a week’s visit. Frank Welsh, Democratic chairman of Jasper county, was here Tuesday and Wednesday, conferring with local Democratic leaders. Mr. Welsh has one of the best county organizations in the state and is always active in political movements. He is a strong advocate of woman’s suffrage and the Democratic women of Jasper county are ready to vote now, having a good organization through the efforts of Mr. Welsh. Mrs. Welsh accompanied her husband. —Tippecanoe County Democrat. An armload of old papers for 5c at The Democrat office.

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FREIGHT WRECK AT ROSSVILLE

Train* Were Detoured From Frankfort to Lafayette. One of the most disastrous freight wrecks that has occurred on the Monon railroad in several years happened at Rossville shortly after midnight Sunday morning, when 15 cars on manifest freight No, 90 piled up just north of the depot. The train was traveling at 40 miles an hour, when a car loaded with steel bllllts broke down. Fifteen cars In the rear of It were hurled on all sides of the road and the track was torn up for a distance of 500 -feet. One of the freight cars crashed Into a box car loaded with wheat that was standing on the siding at the Rossville elevator and then into the side of the elevator. Traffic wae completely blocked and all trains were detoured from Frankfort to Lafayette over the Lake Erle & Western railroad. The wreck train was called from Lafayette. The downpour of rain during the morning greatly handicapped the crew In clearing the right of way and it was. some time Monday before the track was cleared. About a year ago the same train was wrecked In Identically the same place, when a truck on one of the box cars jumped the track. At that time, however, only a few cars were derailed. Twelve of the wrecked cars were loaded with merchandise, two with sheet steel and one with steel billits. The train.was enroute from Indianapolis to Chicago.

MORE CANDIDATES HAVE FILED

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cumbent, has no opposition for the Republican nomination. Chester A. McCormick of North Judson, former state senator from the district composed of Jasper, Newton, anif*Whlte countlee —now Laporte and Starke —has filed for the Democratic nomination for state senator from his district. Newton county has new candidates out for the Republican nomination for joint-representative of Benton, Jasper and Newton counties' — Ira H. Drake and R. C. McCain of Kentland and Jacob D. Rich of Brook. Lesley Miller, editor of the Morocco Courier, did not file for the office, it is understood. In the list of candidates filing for the nomination for state representative In the various districts of the state, we notice the name of Clarence D. Royce (Rep.), for the ParkeFountain district. This is the same C. D. Royce, we understand, who was pastor of the Methodist church of Rensselaer several years ago.

JASPER COUNTY STATE HIGHWAY

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Vernon. Previously the commission considered including the Michigan road from Madison to Versailles. Delegations favoring one or the other of the routes appeared before the commission on several occasions. At the last minute both of the proposed routes were cut out. L. H. Wright, director of the commission, said that after further investigation, the commission will no doubt Include one of other roads out of Madison. Other Important changes in the system follow: The road runiflng north from Angola to the state llrfe was eliminated and the road running from that city to the Ohio line was included. The Martinsville to Plainfield road was eliminated and the Bluff road to Indianapolis from Martinsville was Included. > The road from Bloomington to Nashville was excluded from the system • Included in the system was the road from Bloomington to Spencer, thence through Greencastle and Crawfordsville to Lafayette. The Hartford City to Pennville road was taken out and the road running north from Hartford City was included. The road from Montmorenci to Wolcott was eliminated. The Yellowstone trail from Warsaw to Hebron was taken out of the system.' The road from Rockville to . Crawfordsville was replaced by the Inclusion of the road from Rockville to Veedersburg. Richmond and Liberty were connected with a state highway. The road from Alexandria to Muncie was not Included in the system. The road from Noblesville through Anderson to Muncie was designated. The commission had considered placing the road from Brookville through Rushville to Indianapolis In the system, but this was not done. The road from Kokomo east to five miles south of Marion, thence north to Marion and' to Montpelier was Included. The road from Hammond to Shererville was added to the system. The road from Michigan City to the state line on the north was added.

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 7 Try a want ad in The Democrat.

Am afent for the QUEENOLA PHONOGRAPHS Call at my home on Sparling Aye., for Demonstration. Mathew Nesius, Phone 160 Green.

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Dat of Those Who Have Paid Subscription Account* During Week. Following are the names of those who have paid their subscription for The Democrat during the past week and, especially to those received by mall, this publication shall act as a receipt until the date on the label of their paper is changed. Those Indicated by an * are new subscribers: Conrad Schafer, Rensselaer, R-4. James Snedeker, Rensselaer. Charles E. Baker, Greenwood, Wis. Carter Garrlott, Rensselaer, R-2. W. D. Sayler, Rensselaer. H. H. Hayes, Newell, S. D. *R. W. Burris, Rensselaer. Arch Linton, Remington, R-4. John J. Eddy, Denver, Colo. W. B. McNeil, Wheatfield. John M. Ott, Remington. J. B. Thompson, Remington. W. B. Yeoman, Columbia City. ♦Firman Pettet, Rensselaer, R-2. Victor Babcock, Goodland, R-l. Grant Culp, Remington. James H. Green, Remington. Al Konovsky, Demotte. Mrs. Laura Michael, Monte Vista, Colol. x „ John Southard, Wolcott, R-8. Minnie McDonald, McCoyeburg, R-l. Dalton Ropp, Parr, R-l. James T. Walter, Wheatfield, R-L Morton Wells, Goodland, R-l. Ed Goetz, Rensselaer, R-4. •Thomas Logan, Francesville, R 5. Isabelle Yeoman, Bloomington. Ind. Earl Ellis, Rensselaer. Charles Day, Chicago. A. A. Fell, Remington, R-3. C. W Harner, Remington. John Nesius, Remington, R-4. H. E. Remley, Wheatfield. W. B. Austin, Chicago. John Kettering, Pullman, Wash.* Dolph Day, Rensselaer. Isaac Shannon, Remington. C. W. May, Remington. John Stack, Goodland, R-l. John Clager, Wheatfield. Joseph Nealus, Jr., Rensselaer, R-I. A. K. Moore, Rensselaer. Ernest Clemens, Rensselaer, R-l. John Finn, Tefft, R-l.

SUPREME COURT PUTS ITS O. K. ON COUNTY UNIT LAW.

In a decision upholding the county unit road law, handed down last week, the supreme court said: This Is a suit by the appellant as plaintiff to enjoin the defendant* from doing any acts toward the collecting or spending money for the construction of a highway under the county unit highway law of IIU. Acts 1919, page 63K The trial court sustained a demurrer to his complaint. The appellant contends that the law is unconstitutional. The court holds that the fact that the title of the act speaks of the bonds to be Issued as “county bonds while the text of the law shows that they are to be bonds of a taxing - district with the boundaries of the county, does not Impair the validity of_the law. The fact that the b° ar “ “ empowered to first view the high way and make a written report as to the utility of the project, and Is later empowered to hear remonstrances does not make the law invalid, as the constitution permits county boards to act both in an administrative and judicial capacity, while the fact that they act in both capacities will not tend to Prejudice the board while acting In Its judicial capacity hearing remonstrances. Ths taxing district created operates under the sovereign taxing power of the state and the provisions of the XIV amendment of the United States constitution ar® not applicable The fact that the law continues In effect the law permitting roads to be constructed for taxing districts with the boundaries of the townships, does not make the law invalid or the fact that the earns party may be taxed aiw oonded to the limit under both doKs not make the law invalid.

ANNOUNCEMENT E. p. Lane and D. M. Worland have formed a partnenihlp and will open a real estate, loan and insurance agency In Rensselaer, under the firm name of Worland. Their quarters will be in the new Farmers & Merchants National bank building. List your property with them. —Advt. NOTICE TO FARMERS We handle the Rumley line tractors, threshing machines and farming implements; also Western Utilitor, one-horse tractor, at White Front Garage.—KUBOSKE & WALTER. Try a want ad in The Democrat* Call Telephone 439 for Roses, Easter Lilies, Carnations, Snap Dragons, and Potted Plants for EASTER. OSBORNE'S GREENHOUSE 502 Merritt Street

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