The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-09
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leased for the building OF roads
all county attorneys. auditors and
commissioners OF the state by Gilbert
III. Hendren. state examiner OF the
state board OF accounts. Wartime
conditions and the embargo ON the
hauling OF crushed stone and gravel
practically has stopped the construc-
ton of roads. Funds amounting 10
more than S5,OO0,OO0, which will pos
sibly reach S7.OO0.0O0 In the opinion
OF Mr.. Hendren. have been raised by
bond issues and are standing idle. The
counties are drawing 2 per cent Inter
est from banks and are paying Az per
cent on the bonds. A large part OF
this money can be used for the reason
that the specific material named In
the specifications Is not available on
account of government shipping or
ders. The three-mile law does not pro-
vide for the substitution OF material.
The communication of Mr.. Hendren.
which has the approval of Governor
Goodrich, Otto l.. lauss. auditor OF
state, and NJ. Il. Foley, chairman OF
the state council of defense, grants
permission for the substitution of ma
terials, If IL is done in the manner sug-
gested by Mr.. Hendren. To avoid legal
complication a new estimate will be
made, but 1t must be made by the en-
gineer and viewers who made the orig
lnal estimate and with the APPROVAL OF
the present county commissioners and
county attorney. The price of the sub
stitute material will be based on the
the contract for the construction of
the road was let. The new and the
old specifications must De sent TO the
office Of Mr.. Hendren TO be inspected
by q member of the engineering fac
ulty of Purdue university, delegated by
President w. f. Stone.
Lafayette-Ten thousand men liv-
ing In cities In Indiana have enrolled
TO work on farms this summer, either
spending q day or two at time In
the fields or their evenings after Of.
flee or factory hours, according TO an
estimate made by w. b. Brumfiel.
state farm help specialist for the de-
partment of agriculture, whose head
quarters are at Purdue university
here. Where men cannot devote a
whole day they are urged to spend the
evenings helping harvest. Hundreds
of men, who have been unable TO get
away for full day, have enlisted
in the 'shock troops" to go out In the
evenings. after the heat Of the day and
shock rye, wheat or oats. A good ex-
ample of this work has been at Boon
vile, where forty business men have
shocked ON an average of sixty TO
eighty acres of wheat and other grain
crops in an evening, permitting the
| farmers to cut all day. Here is how
the business, factory men and others
have enrolled in few cities: One
thousand, six hundred Evansville and
Mt. Vernon, the men for service in
both counties Noblesville, 300; Num-
Gle, $50; Logansport, SIS; Laporte.
800; Bluffton, $50; Huntington, 500,
and Charlottesville, $50. Dozens Of
other counties have large numbers en-
rolled, giving Mr.. Brumfiel the basis
for his estimate.
Indianapolis.-Indi is on Il strict
sugar ration. In addition TO state
ments of quantities of sugar on hand,
dealers and manufacturers using or
handling this commodity, are required
TO give detailed information concern
ing their requirements, and subject
! themselves TO still further radical re-
strictions in the consumption of SUI
gar for the months of July, August
and September ]. +. Larger, head ~
the sugar division in the office of Har-
ry +. Barnard, federal food admins
traitor for Indiana. has prepared sup
Elementary classification that will re-
Quire nil distribution hereafter Tex
cept that for household consumption)
10 be on q certificate basis.
Franklin.-Johnson county's quota
of $4,000 worth af War Savings Ger,
tificates for 1913 was bought and paid
for in cash. Additional pledges indi-
cate that the sales for the year will
reach 100000 or more. Ninety per
cent of the families in the county are
holders of Savings stamps. A. B.
Well, postmaster at Franklin, has
been advised that this county Is the
first in the nation actually to sell its
quota. and have the money in hand
The pledge card system, which has
been adopted by the National War
Savings committee at Washington
was organized, and this plan was
largely responsible for the raising OF
the quota.
indianapolis. - Deep concern for
the corn crop in Indiana, which
was frosted June %, especially In the
northern section and extending as fal
south as Indianapolis. was expressed
during conference between Nj. h
Foley. chairman of the state council OF
defense. and T. \. Coleman. head OF
|, the agricultural extension department
of Purdue university. Mr.. Foley, who
has visited number of northern In
diana counties. said the situation was
desperate and that immediate steps
! would have 10 be taken IL the farmers