St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 37, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 April 1897 — Page 1

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VOLUME XXII.

Drainage. After those side channels referred to in my last article, are all cut, or at least located, the appraisers sent out to appraise benefits and damages can, if they see fit, follow these streams to their head-waters, and assess all lands discharging water into them, for the benefit of this river improvement. This work is being approached very cautiously. The parties managing it are making haste very slowly. It will not do to arouse the people: if they did, the result would certainly be disastrous to this Kankakee improvement association, or whatever it is called. The first purpose of the association is to establish itself, and get its work ur<ier way. In order to do this, great caution is necessary. Right here is the danger point. If the people should become thoroughly aware of what there is in store for them in this thing, this corporation might as well say its prayers. It starts out with a sixty foot channel, knowing very well, as’every man of ordinary judgment knows, that it will be utterly inadequate to carry the water necessary to be carried, even in a very ordinary freshet. But the association must get a footing, and every move must be made with a view to keeping down suspicion. Once establisned, and the sixty foot channel cut, it soon becomes apparent to every one that the channel is too small and must be enlarged in order to be efficient. The people object on the ground of the additional expense the work will entail. But your associa tion is now established, and it suddenly : becomes haughty, arrogant and dicta- 1 torial as all corporations do, and proceeds with its work without your leave. All it has to influence is the three appraisers, who will again be sent out to appraise benefits, etc. Os course the enlargement will be al lowed and you will be compelled to pay for it; and perhaps a second enlargement will be made as I am told is already threatened in case of the Robbins ditch in Starke Co. You have now no remedy. You are in the hands of a soul less corporation, which corporation is as perpetual as is the work it does. The law creating it does not provide for discharging or disbanding it, and you will always have this association on your hands to feed and clothe in purple and fine linen. This alone should eternally damn this scheme. The next thing to be thought of after the channel is constructed is keeping it in repair. The cleaning, of course, must always be done with a dredge, as it can be done in no other way. We are smil ingly told by the advocates of the plan, that it will only be necessary to clean it every eight or ten years; but the lawsiys otherwise; and, depend upon it, your kidglove association will see to it that the law is duly enforced. There is absolutely no limit to the power of this corporation. The law empowers it to do anything and everything that may be deemed necessary to make the work efficient. My understanding is that it has power to build levees, dykes or breakwaters to prevent overflow; and put in tiles, if necessary, to keep the channel open to a proper depth. In my opinion it is one of the most complete systems of legalized robbery that ever was perpetrated on a community. _ I look upon it as a whirlpool, a vortex, that is capable of swallowing up all the surplus wealth that the affected community can produce; and if this corporation succeeds in fastening itself upon this people, there will be hundreds who are now standing idly by, or who look with’favor upon this scheme, that will agree with me. The wealth producers of this country j are fast becoming mere serfs or slaves to corporations; a condition brought about j mainly through' the operation of in iquitous laws. I would advise every person interested to procure a copy of our ditching laws, and give them careful attention: especially the law under which this “Kankakee River Improvement Company” is organized and proposes to operate. Copies can be had at the auditor’s office if there are any left. Now friends, in view of all these things, it behooves every land owner in the vicinity of this work, to constitute himself a watchman upon the walls, and do everything in his power to prevent this devil-fish from fastening its poisonous tentacles upon this community. Yours in behalf of a corporation ridden people. B. F. Rinehart. Real Estate Transfers, Martin E. Whitman to Charles Weisman et al., lot 5, Lanning's add, North Liberty, SSOO. Henry Whitinger to Oliver R. Fulmer, a tract in Liberty tp., $1,650. Isaac R. Cole to Dewitt C. and Bar bara A. Cole, a tract in Liberty tp.,53,000. Frederick Auer to Daniel W. Houser, a tract in Liberty tp., $1,600.

WALKERTON. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY

The Knights of Pythias Visit Knox. A delegation from Walkerton Lodge No 263, K. of P., in response to a cordial invitation, visited the Knox K. of P. lodge last Saturday night and took part in the work of conferring ranks upon several candidates, three being initiated in the second and two in the third ranks. The delegation left on the Three I train due here at 7:10 p. m., arriving at Knox in good season to take part in the cere- > monies. In addition to the regular ( lodge work other features, such as reci- * tations, were given during the evening ■ by a number of the Knights who were called upon in turn to entertain the company. This gave variety to the evening’s exercises and proved a very enjoyable part of the program, which did not close until about 4 o'clock in the morning. A generous banquet was spread during the evening to which the boys had free and unlimited access. The ' Walkerton delegation returned on the ! 11:20 a. m. train Sunday. The boys were highly pleased with their visit and ap । preciato fully the cordial manner in ! which they were received and enter- | tained by the whole-souled and hospit- ' able Knights of Knox. The Walkerton delegation was composed of the following Knights. । F. F. Ross, Dr. H. S. Dowel), D. N. : Hudelmyer, Geo. Ross, F. \. Brady, T. J. | Wolfe, Jr., 8. E. Koontz, C. M. Stephens, j Dr. 11. S. Denaut, Thompson Turner, A. D. Swank, \\ ill Place, Dan Brubaker, T. J. Reece. T. 11. Daugherty. Will Cook, B. E. Williams, S. I). Martin, Harry j Owen, S. S. Cowan, W. J. Atwood, Will । Clem. I he World Growing Worse. “You would shrink with horror,” said a reputable Goshen physician a I few evenings ago when engaged in con versation over the Pearl Bryan murder, to be brought face to face with the wickedness of the world, and blush with shame to know of the hundreds of cases similar to that which led Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling to a legal death on Saturday. Th’-o men, ac cording to their statements, were no worse than hundreds of others who lay claim to respectability. No physician of this city can escape the importuni ties of those in distress. They come al most daily and invariably are cautioned of the awful consequence, but go head long into the abyss of crime to hide their shame and sustain their positions in society. Talk about the world get ting better is nonsense. More crimes of this nature are committed in the community than are dreamed of by good citizens. Each succeeding year adds to the volume of crime. The world is cer tainly not getting better. It is simply not being found out. Goshen Democrat. A Plucky School Histress. Bremen Enquirer: A report comes from the hamlet of Carson, St. Joseph county, to the effect that on Monday evening, shortly after Miss Estella Springer, a young women in charge of a district school, had dismissed her school and was alone in the building engaged in making out her reports, a negro and a white man entered and commanded her to throw up her hands, at the same time informing her that if she tried to scream they would kill her. The plucky schoolmistress was frightened, but retained her self composure and drew from her desk an old broken revolver, which she had taken from a mischievous pupil. This she leveled at the intruders and advised them to retire, accompanied by a statement that she would send a bullet into them if they did not do so. This unexpected change of program startled the unwelcome guests that they beat a I hasty retreat. As to what the intention I of the two “thugs” were, in approaching Miss Springer in the manner they did is unknown. It is the opinion of some that it was robbery as the lady had just drawn $35 that morning from the town ship trustee which she had placed in her pocket book and laid in her desk. Among Our Exchanges. The LaPorte Herald fairly bristles with pithy paragraphs. As a condenser the Herald is hard to beat. W. M. Brenton has sold the Milford Mail to B. D. Stevenson, late of Moline, 111. Mr. Brenton and family will make their home in the south. Cal Sinninger, the hustling editor of the Warren Independent, has built a new home for his paper. The building must be a very substantial affair, as it is built of iron. Bro. Sinninger is to be congratulated on the success he is meeting with in the gas belt. i The Elkhart Truth has a new head and a new dress, which adds to the attractions of that excellent paper. J Call and see sample copies of the । Chicago weekly Inter Ocean and the ’■ , New York Thrice a-Week World, with ‘ which the Independent is making liberal clubbing terms.

FROM MR. PLACE. j 1 South Bend Ind . Mnreh 80,'97. Ed. Independent: t I have refrained from replying to Bro. t Rinehart s “argument" on the drainage । question in hope that others would take up the question and discuss it thus giv- ( ing us different views and prove a bene- ■ fit to all. 1 have had no fear whatever of Rinehart or any of his articles and ■ were I inclined could continue saying . “sweet and atnosin” things about him r until ho would bo entirely satisfied. I , do not think that policy would meet , public approval hence decided to drop that part of the “argument.” Not how- . ever until I gave him the privilege of making any disclosures he saw fit regarding my business methods. You observe ho has failed to disclose. His ( reference to me in his last article sounds like the drivel of an old man in his dot- , age or probably was dictated by his little . grandson. It appears to me that sufficient “personal argument” has been indulged in this matter and in the future shall govern myself accordingly others may do as they think proper. I quote from his article of March 13th. Drainage at the proper time and place and in an honest, upright way has no warmer friend than it has in me.” Again. “We , have ten dry seasons to one wet one and ' ten acres of high land to one of marsh. I You have gained one acre of low land ' ami practically destroyed ten acres of up- : land.” How inconsistent. The idea of | favoring drainage under any condition ' and still hold the view expressed in the last quotation. Again what has caused . these dry seasons in the past? It has not been tile drainage for there is not one acre of tiled land where there is a | thousand acres of untiled land in the State of Indiana. That position certainly falls flat. The position taken by him “That compact soils hold moisture better than loose soils” is erroneous. After a heavy rain has packed the soil it is proper to stir the surface as quick as it dries suffeiontly. the object being to pre vent evaporation and the consequent baking of the soil, by keeping it loose, J The oftener you cultivate the soil dur 1 ing a dry season the better it will hold j mo'sture. Right here is the gr< at secret j of the success of tile drainage. The surplus water is removed from the soil which becomes loose and lively prevent- I ing it from baking ami thus reserving ! the moisture to be taken up as needed by plant roots. Hence it is the experience of every man who has tiled land that it is very beneficial in dry as well as wet seasons. If in the past we have had ten dry seasons to one wet one with only a very limited amount of tile drainage by what kind of reasoning can a man conclude that extensive tile drainage will continue the same condition? Ibe Heve extensive tile drainage and the consequent cultivation of the soil in crops will have a tendency to better equalize the rainfall. We will have wet and dry seasons in the future as in the past. I see no disastrous results from lowering the water level a few feet. In sections of the country where the land is very rolling they raise abundant crops although the water level may be fifty or one hundred feet below the average surface. Drought is no more frequent in the elevated portions of our country than in the level parts. The strong limestone soil of Pennsylvania raise numerous crops although the surface of the state is very rolling. In the matter of straightening the Kankakee river the law is plain and may be understood by all men. It gives us fifteen years to pay for the work and surely will not cypress any one. It is fair, for a majoWy of the resident_l and owners must c»Lsent before the work can proceed ryrw’hat the majority decide to do will l>e done. No latteral stream flowing into the Kankakee river will be dredged oy our company without the consent ofl a majority of the benefited land owm rs along said stream. Men of unlimit id means stand ready to invest in Kani akee land the day that drainage is an .s---sured fact. It will open up thousands of fine farms, double the population of the valley and prove a blessing for all time to come. Respectfully, etc., L Dixon W. Peace* Republican Caucus. 1 Notice is hereby given to the repul* - can voters of the town of WalkerWn that a caucus will be held in HuJelmyer’s hall, Friday evening, April 9, 1 1897, for the purpose of nominating * didates for town offices, as follows: One trustee for Third precinct, one marshal, one clerk and one treasurer. [ Convention will be called to order at 8 o’clock. Committee. You have sample buggies from four j different factories to choose from at Maj chinery Hall. i A fine assortment of new’ veilings, also black and colored chiffon at Ida Beach’s

JNIHANA. SATPRDAY. APRIL 3. 1897.

A VARIETY. teresting Things Found Floating in Our Exchanges. A crank is a man who has a different s hobby from your own. At the end of each hair of a cat’s Weskers is a bulb of nerve fiber which makes that particular hair a very’ deli c<|te “feeler.” >A cattle man on the great Western r®)ges had a half million cattle a few Ajiths ago, but the storms have killed them and heplaces his Ks, by the severity of the winter, at a Xllion dollars.' ^he farm that pays, in Indiana, almost always has a goodly bunch of live stock upon it, for live stock converts । raw material into a manufactured pro- 1 duct that brings a good price and still leaves a valuable portion of the raw material on the farm to increase the farm’s fertility. i Worries over imaginary cares are frequently more injurious to the human mind than the actual deprivations i caused by the cares themselves. Statistics show that a large majority of the cases of insanity and premature death are caused by worry ing over evils that ! were more imaginary than real. What is man? asks an exchange. I Well that depends. If he argues poli ties on the street corner day in and day out, while his wife takes in washing, he is a fool; if he runs for office he is a hog; if an editor, he is a worm, and if a poli tii'ian well, nobody ever finds out what he is or who he is. nine times in ten only> when pay day rolls around. It was only six months ago that she | stopped on his corn, and when she apolo i gized ho said her step was so soft and light that it wouldn't crush a violet; but the other day when she asked him to make a pounder to pound the clothes with, he asked her why in thunder she didn't get in the tub and prance around on the linen with her web feet, ami not i>e howling for a pounder. L J les is said to have happened some Inhere: A man went after his calf that had pastured .ill summer am! inquir |ed the price f.>r pa-^t ti i aj'e? “Well " sa> the farmer, “I've got a bill of <7 against ' you, but I will take the calf and call it square, pr widing you are w illing.” “No, sir,” was the answer. “I will tell you I what I will do. You keep the calf two weeks longer and you can have her. Help a dog out of a dit-h. and no matter what his breed or condition, he will wag his tail almost to the breaking point and employ every means known to him to express gratitude. Help a man out of a ditch, real or figurative, and the way he takes it depends on his breed. If he is the right sort he will act very much like the dog. If he is a cur, you have made an enemy who will belittle your assistance and avail himself of every opportunity to knife you in the back. Some Definitions by Boys. The Schoolboy Magazine has collected a number of funny definitions given by boys and girls. Here are some of them: Backbiter a flea. Fan a thing to brush the warm iff with. Fins a fish's wings. Ice water that staid out in the cold and went to sleep. Nest-egg the egg the old hen measures by to make new ones. Pig hog’s little boy. Snoring letting off sleep. Snow rain all popped out white. Stars the moon's eyes. Wakefulness eyes all the time come out unbuttoned. KREGULAjg^I The Favorite Home RemeOii. For all diseases caused by derangement of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach. Keep it always in the house and you will save time and Doctor’s Bills, and have at hand an active, harmless and perfectly safe purgative, alterative and tonic. If you feel dull, debilitated, have frequent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR will cure you. If you have eaten anything hard to digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleepless at night, a dose of SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR will relieve you and bring pleasant sleep. If at any time you feel your system needs cleansing and regulating without violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. 1 'J. IL Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia.

। A smooth shave or a neat, stylish hair cut is always a sure thing at Harry Hardenbrook’s, one door north of the postoffice, Townsend’s old stand. OAK LOGS WANTED. At Baugher’s mill at once. j Job printing cash at the Independent office. Don’t ask for credit. j T. J. \\ olfe is handling the famous $1 tailor made Apollo pants. Any of their samples are made at $4. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INDEPENDENTS CLUBBING RATES. I To close out 40 gallons choice maple syrup will sell at 90 cents per gallon. A. H. Nobee. I The Independent office has blank deeds and mortgages, notes and receipts for sale. j __ Ihe Independent has secured a correspondent at Stillwell. hr. MUps nerve PLASTER. Ouly

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NOMBER 37

See the new spring hats at Millard's. Brook Farver is now able to walk on crutches. His afflicted leg, it is believed, : will be fully restored in time. The Independent and Toledo l la^’e $1.75. A cheap combination. Take advantage of the • ffer. The new car vas hats so much wor > this spring are very serviceable. See them'" at Ida Beach's. Mrs. J. Lancaster now occupies her ne yj Jmuse which was built some timepgp James Cook. Land Owners, Attention! If you want to sell your land, and wil sell it at a bargain, come and see us and we will furnish you a buyer. Kankakee Land Investment Co., Walkerton, Ind, One way settlers tickets on sale at all I. I. & I. stations on the following dates: March 2nd and 16th, April 6th and 20th i and May 4th and 18th. For full parti culars call on our agents or address, J. S. Bartie, G. P. A., Streator, 111.