Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1920 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LEGISLATURE STILL IN SESSION

Problematical When Second Special Session Will Adjourn., While there has been some talk that Gov. Goodrich’s second special session of the legislature within a very few months may finish up tomorrow and adjourn, it is not probable that this can be done. Many of the Republican members feel that the governor and his crowd of politicians have got their party into the hole it now is, through their efforts to make campaign thunder out of a low tax levy while at the same time boosting the valuations until everybody paid more taxes than ever before, and they do not propose to let him force through his “legalizing” measure —simply in an attempt to create a bridge to carry the party into office again—without considering the permanence of the “relief” sought. They do not favor this make-shift legislation recommended by Goodrich, McCray and Watson, which they realize Is for campaign purposes only.

JASPER COUNTY POPULATION

By Townships and Incorporated Towns in 1920. Following is the 1920 census population of Jasper county by townships and incorporated towns, showing the gain and loss of each: Gain. Loss Barkley -—1,274 200 Carpenter (inc. Remington) —1,952 16 Gillam 577 32 Hanging Grove 383 49 Jordan 592 45 Kankakee 486 80 Keener 954 243 Marion (inc. Rens—selaer) — ...8,983 291 ...... Milroy 276 10 Newton 558 27 Union 1,283 2 Wialker 761 46 Wheatfield (inc. town) —- 932 170 .— 13,961 1,013 198 Net gain in county - 915 Remington .1,044 62 Rensselaer ... 2,912 519 Wheatfield — - 382 25

Totals <.338 606 It will be seen from the above that while the total gain in the county was 915 during the past decade, two-thirds of this gain was made in the towns and all but 87 of the 606 gain made in the towns was made In Rensselaer. Marion township lost 228 and Carpenter township lost 46. Wheatfield is the only township having an incorporated town which made any gain as a township. While the township Including the town gained 170, the town of Wheatfield gained but 25, making a net gain in the township outside of 145. In the decade from 1900 to 1910 Jasper county lost 1,248 in population (good old Republican times), Barkley losing 229; Carpenter, 230; Gillam, 144; Hanging Grove, 48; Jordan, 134; Kankakee, 66; Milroy, 110; Newton, 27; Union, 38; Walker, 254; Wheatfield (including town), 124. Marion township, including Rensselaer, showed the only gain between 1900 and 1910, the net gain in the town and township being 209. Of the incorporated towns during the same period Rensselaer gained 138, but Remington lost 138 and Wheatfield lost 9. While we are not yet back to where we were when the Republicans took charge of the national government in 1896 we only lack 331 and with four years more of Democratic control we will pass the best report ever made by our county.

BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL

Mrs. George H. Landis of Monticello died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Boothroyd, in that city Sunday afternoon about 2 o’clock after an extended illness. She was 70 years of age on May 11 last, deceased is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Frank Woods of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Harry Boothroyd of Monticello and Mrs. Floyd Robinson and Mrs. Mell Abbott of this city, also two sons, Arthur Tandia of Nappanee and Howard Landis of Warren. Funeral services will be held at Monticello at a. m. today and the remains kfought overland to this city and Espial made in Weston cemetery, short services conducted by Rev. E. W. Strecker will be held at the grave.

Why not buy a home in Rensselaer? See C. W. Duvall, who has a number of good homes for sale, priced to meet any sized pocketbook. Phone 147. •"1®

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From ths Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. J. T. Hameton of Goodland was a business visitor in the city Monday. New suits filed: No. 9215. Edna M. Collison vs. Albert T. Collison; action for divorce. Venued from Lake county. Attorneys engaged in the case informed The Democrat yesterday afternoon that they hoped to finish the Oliver-Jasper County Farms Co. case yesterday. Special Judge Carr of Monticello Jill not announce his findings, however, until the regular September term of court here.

Harvey Cooper of Union township was declared insane at an inquest held last week by Drs. M. D. Gwin and E. N. Loy and Squire S. C. Irwin, and was taken to Longclifl Monday by Sheriff Woodworth. He was a soldier in the recent world war and is about 25 years of age. i _. Ernest Davis of near Kniman, who was arrested recently on a charge of wife desertion and failure to provide for his child, and released on 3300 bond furnished by his father, Thomas Davis, was arraigned before Squire Irwin Saturday and bound over to the September term of the circuit court under bond of >3OO in each case, which was also signee by hie father. Mike Kuboske was arrested Saturday for driving a car without license plates, and arraigned before Squire Irwin, where he entered a plea of not guilty and the case is set for trial this coming Saturday. It is said that Mike was demonstrating a new Dort car to a prospective customer and had his dealer’s license plates in the car, but had not attached them to the front and rear of the car, in the hurry of going out. The Williams ditch hearing was taken up at Kentland Monday at an adjourned term of the Newton circuit court, Special Judge William Isham of Fowler presiding, and on agreement of parties the court was .to go over the ground, with the attorneys, and readjust assessments, making his report tomorrow. This ditch is an extension of the Marble, or Kankakee river ditch, which has already been dug almost to the Newton county line, in dredging out and straightening of the Kankakee fiver. Joseph Reeve of Rensselaer is special court reporter on this case. County Surveyor Nesbitt was receiving bids yesterday for the construction of the Ryan ditch, but The Democrat was unable to get much information as the matter was still pending at the time of going to press. It was understood that the blds were all greatly in excess of the estimate, and the Indications were that the ditch would not sell as a result.

SHOULD READ AND REFLECT

The Democrat wants every one of its thousands of readers who think we should have a change in national administration —if there are any such —to read the editorial on another page, copied from the Indianapolis Star, the state organ, under the heading, “High Prices and Prosperity.” Digest the article carefully and then ask yourself if you . want to see the country go back to the old low prices times, with the armies of tramps, public soup houses and all the attendant evils we had to contend with.

NOTICE, TELEPHONE PATRONS!

Thursday, July 22, being the annual Benton Telephone association picnic and every regular operator entitled to go this year, we ask our patrons to limit their calls to the fewest possible. The places will be filled by mostly inexperienced girls who will do their best for you. The front office will be closed all day. —CHIEF OPERATOR.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, JULY 21. 1920.

LOOEY IS SO EASILY PEEVED

Boils Over With Wrath on the Slightest Provocation. Out heavy editorial friend Looey of the Republican gets peeved so easily that it is really amusing. Our jocular reference in Saturday’s Democrat to the well known policy of the various editors of that sheet of side-stepping or “passing the buck,” brought forth a real angry reply, one which Looey knows to be absolutely false and which he would not have made, no doubt, had he stopped to count hwhile. But Looey is naturally vindictive and'his temper often gets the better of his judgment —what little he has —and we recall one time at a session of the County Council of Defense, during the late unpleasantness with Germany, when he boiled over with wrath and made a public spectacle of this trait that was pathetic. That a great man —in his own estimation —like Looey should so often let his temper get away with him is perhaps surprising to those who do not know him intimately. The Democrat commends to him the words of wisdom of that old philosopher who said: “When angry count ten; if very angry count one hundred.” We would suppllment this advice in Looey’s case and make it two hundred at least.

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WOOD IS AGAINST LEGALIZING

Horizontal Increases Made by State Tax Board. The lower house of the state legislature voted Friday to “legalize” the illegal horizontal increases of assessments made in 1919 by the state board of tax commissioners. The vote was 63 to 30, the 30 voting against the “joke” standing 16 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Representative Wood of this district was among the Republicans voting against the bill, we are glad to see, as it gets nowhere and only complicates a situation that will be the harder to untangle the longer it goes on, able attorneys say. This bill—which has the backing of Gov. Goodrich and the Republican machine, Including W. T. McCray et al —simply postpones straightening out a terribly complicated mess until the supreme court hands down another decision in the matter on appeals taken by outraged taxpayers, which are as certain to be done as the sun is certain to rise, and Mr. Wood declined to be a party to this temporary political expediency measure, to stave off final disposition until the regular session of the legislature, for which he is to be commended. Logan is also opposed to the appropriation of 310,060,000 for a world war memorial building in Indianapolis, as the bill is drafted, and The Democrat is in receipt of the following letter from his regarding this measure:

Indianapolis, July 18,* 1920. Mr. F. E. Babcock, Jasper County Democrat. x My dear sir: Owing to the fact that I am one of the conference committee appointed to confer with the senate committee to try to agree on the memorial bill, I want my constituents to know what the present bill contains. It provides that $lO,000,000 be appropriated. It further provides that 11 trustees be appointed by the governor with authority to condemn all and buildings within. 300 feet of the proposed grounds. It gives these trustees power to use .or rent this proposed memorial building for whatever purpose they may elect. I want the public to know that there is located on this proposed ground a school for the blind, a splendid building that could not be replaced for $2,000,000, and other costly buildings that belong to the state. Why. should we make this change when the state has a spleni did location for the memorial just north of the state house, on Capital avenue? I am for everything that will per-

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

WILL McCRAY MAKE LOSS GOOD?

Farmers’ Elevator Manager Gambled in Warnie's Grain Co. Examination of the books of Lee Kelley, manager of a grain elevator at Raub, who disappeared Juno 29, show that Kelley had been speculating in the grain market and that he had lost nearly $40,000 through a Chicago commission house. The grain company may not be obliged to stand this loss, as it is said that Kelley was not authoried to deal on the board of trade. It is reported that no attempt will be made to collect from the grain company the debt he incurred, although he bought cons in the name of the company. Kelley was not an authorized agent and that fact, it is said, stops the Chicago commission house from collecting $40,000. It is said that Kelley did not take any money with him when he left. He is said to have permitted his profits on the board of trade to stand until they were swept away by heavy losses. The grain company will pay all legitimate debts contracted by Kelley.—Dispatch from Lafayette. While Republican papers have been very careful to omit this informatlon in mentioning this shortage, the “commission house” that Kelley lost this $40,000 with is alleged to be the Sawyer Grain Co. of Chicago, of which Warren T. McCray of Kentland, the Republican candidate for governor, Is vice-president.

REV. FATHER DANIEL TO LEAVE

Goes Back to Sedalia, Mo., After 11 Years’ Pastorate Here. The congregation of St. Augustine’s Catholic church was painfully surprised at the Sunday morning service to learn that Father Christian Daniel, who has been their beloved pastor for nearly 11 years, was to be transferred back to his old pastorate at Sedalia, Mo., the change to take place within a very few days. Fr. Daniel was very successful at Sedalia, which is a rather difficult place to fill, and It was apparently felt that he could be of more benefit there than here, where an altogether different class of people make up the church membership. Father Daniel has been stationed here for almost 11 years—lo years and 9 months, to be exact —and was stationed at Sedalia 7% years before coming here. The church here has grown greatly under his pastorate, a fine new priest’s residence has been, built, many other Improvements made to the church property and a fine start made toward raising a fund to build a big new church to cost perhaps $100,006, there now being several thousand dollars in this fund. Father Daniel has been very popular with his people and the general public, all of whom are sorry to see him leave Rensselaer, but wish him Godspeed in the field to which he is transferred. The name of his successor has not been made public, Fr. Wagner of St. Joseph college replying in response to The Democrat’s Inquiry ‘yesterday that it was not for publication as yet.

NOTICE The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rensselaer Manufacturing company will be held August 11, 1920, at 7:30 p. m., at the office of the president, John A. Dunlap. —C. W. EGER, Sec’y-Treas.

petuate the memory of the American soldier and the cause for which he fought, but I want to do him a favor instead of assisting men who are • not soldiers to mlake a fortune at the expense’ of the soldier and call it “patriotism.” This proposed bill will raise the value of individual land lying in the block that is described in the bill. Why not use the state lands when they are better located and vacant? Respectfully, W. L. WOOD.

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. RETURN FROM TRIP TO COAST Speedometer Shows Over 12,000 Miles Traveled by Remingtonians. John W. Taylor of Remington, accompanied by his son Russel and daughter, Miss Stella, passed througn Rensselaer Sunday afternoon on their way home from an extendeo automobile trip to the Pacific coast, and the speedometer on their car when they reached Rensselaer showed that they had traveled 12,004 miles since they left Remington 10 months ago. They made the entire trip in their Oakland car, and while traveling camped out practically all ot the time.

Their car was decorated with many old automobile license plates of different states they had passed through and which they had picked up as souvenirs. They tried to get a plate from each state, but mtlssed a few. The front of the radiator of the car was also decorated with fr pair of mammoth elk antlers wired thereto and which Russel had secured by chopping them from the head of an elk he had found dead on one of the mountains. Readers of The Democrat will remember the Interesting account of the going trip of the Taylors, which was published in this paper several months ago, and of the mention In that article of a Shepherd dog which had taken up with them while they were on the road in California and was still with them when that letter was written. Well, this dog accompanied them all the way back to Indiana and also os all their journeys in California and the Pacific coast country, riding contentedly on the running board and apparently enjoying himself as much as did the occupants of the car. The Taylors left Long Beach. Calif., last April and have since visited in Portland, Seattle and other coast cities, traveled through Yellowstone national park, spending about two weeks there, and visited many other points of interest and stopped again in Montana on their way home. While all were cqnslderably tanned of course, from their long tirp and out-of-door life, they were looking fine and Miss Stella, whose health was quite poor when they left here, has apparently fully recovered and has gained 13 pounds in weight. They enjoyed the trip immensely as a whole and saw practically everything that was worth seeing along the route.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Miss Edith Cochran of Remington had her tonsils removed yesterday morning. Leroy Anderson of this city underwent a major operation Monday and at this writing is doing nicely. Kenneth, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown of Knlman, underwent a minor operation Monday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nagel, Jr., Sunday evening. Louis Messenger of Newland underwent a major operation Saturday. “Uncle” John Stlvely, father of Mrs. Mattle Sharp of this city, was taken to the hospital Sunday to be cared for. The old gentleman is 97 years of age and is in such a feeble condition that it is thought he cannot live long. W. H. Sayler underwent a minor operation Monday and is getting along nicely. Mrs. Sayler is also Improving from her injuries. Mrs. Elmer Brenneman returned to her home Saturday evening. Gus Larsh re-entered the hospital Friday for treatment. Mrs. Elmer Bartoo returned to her home at Remington Saturday evening. Mrs. Rtelddle’s condition remains about the same. Mrs. Herbert Eib and baby, Miss Nellie Doyle, Fred Baier, Mr. Cumeford and Mr. Lehman are all doing nicely. z t

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THEY WERE STRANGERS AND WE TOOK ’EM IN

And “Fed” Them With a Fine and Coats of $9.35 Each. A fleet of 11 Ford cars were held up here Friday and the drivers haled before Squire Irwin, where they were fined $1 and costs each, $9.35 per, or a grand total of $102.85, for failure to carry proper license plates on the cars. They had on printed "In Transit” cards, rather than the official “Dealer” license plates required by law. The fines and costs were paid on pleas of guilty and the fleet departed. Of the amount each paid the state school fund gets sl, the prosecuting attorney $5 and the officers —except a small docket fee which goes to the county—get the rest. Friday night a fleet of nine NasU cars, in transit to Kentucky, were taken in on the same charge and given a like dose Saturday morning, making an even SIOO for the proas' cutor in the two round-ups. While there is no question about

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CHAUTAUQUA TO START TODAY

Buy a Season Ticket and Attend All the Sessions. The Rensselaer Chautauqua starts Wednesday afternoon, July 21, at 2:30 p. m. The programs which the Mutual Chautauqua are giving are pleasing large audiences. Large crowds are attending the chautauquas everywhere. People are ready for a week of entertainment and Instruction. One county seat town in Indiana is preparing for an attendance of several thousand people. One Indiana county had three chautauquas going at the same time last week and all were well attended. It came in the midst of their harvest, even thrashing, but the farmers attended at night and their wives and daughters in the after* noon. They felt if there was anyone who needed entertainment In the busy harvest time It was the farmer and his family. Rensselaer is expecting a large attendance because of the experience of other places. Our people like good wholesome entertainment Here they can get two hours of entertainment for 20 cents, providing they buy season tickets. Those who would help their community should buy season tickets and do so early. The band concert will be held at 7:30 Wednesday evening and the chautauqua will not begin until 8:30. The attractions for the first day are the Ricketts Glee club and Dr. James H. McLaren with his ScotchIrish wit. Rensselaer expects to go on the chautauqua map this year. .

OUR ADVISE IS “DON’T BITE”

On Any of These Stock Promotion Schemes, So Plentiful Now. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been paid out in Rensselaer and Jasper county no doubt ■in the past 20 years for “stock” in various manufacturing and other enterprises where big dividends were promised by the urbane stock salesmen, and it Is not probable that one per cent of all this money has ever been paid back to any of the purchasers of this "gilt edged” stock. Practically all of the purchasers have never got back a red cent , • If an enterprise Is a “good thing” It is not difficult to interest plenty of capitalists who are looking for just that sort of investment, and it is not necessary for the promoters to send high-salaried stock salesmen out through the country in search of easy marks. These slick promoters can make everything appear very rosy on paper, but even with real legitimate enterprises, to a large extent at least, there is always a clause in the contract by which those on the Inside can freeze out the honest investor by paying him back his money after a short term of years, if the enterprise proves to be a moneymaker, and if it doesn’t he has simply furnished the funds for the other fellow to experiment on. It is a "heads I win, tails you lose” game, and the man or woman who steers clear of all these schemes will be money ahead. Some of these days Indiana is going to have a “blue sky” law to protect its people from these worthless stock promotion schemes, and until that time at least the best pkpa is to shun ’em all.