The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
Indiana News
Tersely Told

lnulanapoifS.-IO prevent a loss OF
corn due 10 incapacity of dryers I'm In
dianapolis 10 care for all the grain that
has been shipped To- this market. the
public service commission has tele-
graphed TO Secretary McAdoo. director
general of railroads. as follows "Ship-
pers have flooded this market with wet
corn. our dryers are unable TO han
die II. Unless an outlet can be had
at once thousands of bushels will be n
total loss. Buffalo offers best faclli-
ties for drying corn. Can your order
be modified so shippers here can re-
consign To Buffalo To- avert this lossf"
kilograms were also sent TO Senator
New and Senator Watson. The high
or price offered for corn on the In
dianapolis market Is thought 90 have
had something TO do with the heavy
shipments
Indianapolis Resolutions pr test
Ing TO II. A. Garfield. United States
fuel administrators. against the adop-
ton of proposed policy involving IA
general Increase In mine prices. which
OF coal Jobbers. on the ground that IL
VIII penalize all buyers OF coal who
have made their purchases direct from
the mines, and protesting against the
placing In positions OF final authority
In the distribution OF coal men init
mately associated with and interested
In the coal industry" were adopted ut
meeting Of the directors and execu-
tive committee of the Indiana state
chamber OF commerce. A suggestion
that schedule for summer prices for
coal be established was also submitted
for Mr.. Garheld's consideration.
afayette.-Professlon dairy wom-
en- will be at work In Indiana for the
first time, IL the plans announced by
Purdue university agricultural depart
ment are carried out Announcement
was made that Il course In dairying for
women would be given April IL 10 May
4. Ii is said 90 be the first course of
Its kind In the United States and will
enable women TO act as cream station
operators. milk and cream testers. ice
cream and cheese manufacturers. Ii
viii enable women to take the place of
men who have gone 10 the front
indianapolis. - Indianas statewide
Liberty loan conference of all agricul-
tural organizations, which will be held
In indianapolis at the statehouse
March u. was definitely organized
when letter was sent out from the
nf To- Irfo 10,
executive heads of all the agricultural
associations In the state, calling them
10 attend the conference with the gov
ernor, G.. /. Christie. state food direc-
tor, and the Indiana state committee
on food production and conservation.
Seymour.-Residents of suburbs out
side the corporate limits of city,
who have n garden and n chicken lot,
are not farmers" according to an in
depreciation placed on the new flour
sale ruling by the federal food admin
istration for Indiana. The order re-
ceived here said persons who live in
the country" might buy the maximum
allowance of 121a pounds of -four a
week. while those who live in the |
cities" would be limited TO one pound |
a week per capita.
Observation-Disclosures has two |
chiefs of police. One is Edward Cade, |
who was appointed by former Mayor
Loehr. and who was reappointed the |
first of the year by Mayor McCoun,
and the other is Charles Rambo, who
has been serving as night patrOlman
since the present administration went
into office 60 days ago. At the meeting
of the city council Cade was dis
charged from the force on the ground
of 'inefiiciepcy.'
Terre Haute.-Afore than 90 saloon
keepers, on being arraigned in circuit
court before Clarence Royse, special
judge. on indictments charging them
with operating slot machines, filed an
swers in abatement, charging irregu-
larities in connection with the grand
jury which indicted the saloonkeep-
ers. Only one saloonkeeper entered q
plea of guilty. He was fined $50 and
costs.
Lafayette.-Sixty Purdue men have
been chosen by the commandant OF
the military department at the univer-
sitty 10 represent Purdue in the en-
gineers' reserve corps of the United
States army. The chemical depart
ment contributes Is men. the civil en-
cheering department seven. the cleo
trical engineering department IS and
the mechanical engineering depart
ment 2S.
Observation-Disclosures in the suit
Of the f. w. Cook Brewing company
against Lane r. Osborn, prosecuting
attorney. were postponed in superior
court after evidence had been intro
iuced by the plaintiffs. The case In.
wolves II test OF the state prohibition ,
aw, which goes into effect April ..
Observation-Disclosures service was
he keynote of the third annual con- :
-entiOn of the Farmer Grain Dealers :
association OF Indiana. which was held :
lere. The organization is made UP OF 8
armers interested in grain elevators =
throughout Indiana. :
Petersburg The Ohio OIL company.
It depth OF $50 feet. drilled In 4 so
,arrel oil well ON the Fair lease. six ;
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