The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-22
Indiana News
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corn due to incapacity of 'lryers In In
dianapolis 10 care for all he grain that
has been shipped TO this market. the
public service commission has tele-
graphed 10 Secretary Meadoo, director /
general of railroads. as follows: ship !
pers have flooded this market with wet |
corn. our dryers are unable to nan
die IL. Unless an outlet can be had |
at once thousands of bushels will be a
total loss. Buffalo offers best facih-
ties for drying corn. Can your order
be modified 50 shippers here can re-
consign To- Buffalo TO avert this loss!
Telegrams were also sent TO Senator
New and Senator Watson. The high
er price offered for corn on the In
dianapolis market is thought TO have
had something 10 do with the heaVy
shipments.
Indianapolis.-Resol protest
ing TO III. A. Garfield, United States
fuel administrator, against the adop-
ton of a proposed policy involving
general increase In mine prices, which
would ostensibly be for the protection
of coal jobbers, on the ground that 1t
will penalize all buyers of coal VINO
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 at
n meeting of the directors and execu-
tive committee of the Indiana state
chamber OF commerce. A suggestion
that a schedule for summer prices for
coal be established was also submitted
for Mr. Garfield's consideration.
Lafayette.-Professio dairy wom-
en- will be st work in Indiana for the
first time, if the plans announced by
Purdue university agricultural depart
ment are carried out. Announcement
was made that course in dalrying for
women would be given April IL TO May
4. 1t is said TO be the first course Oh
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
will enable women to take the place OF
Dltu NHO hive SOiiC W lht AAOh''
indianapolis. Indiana's statewide
Liberty loan conference of all agricul
tural organizations, which will be helt
I'm indianapolis at the Stateh0us'
March u, was definitely organized
when letter was sent out from th'
office of Gov. James L. Goodrich TO tn
executive heads Of all the agriculture
associations in the state, calling then
TO attend the conference with the gov
ernor, G.. ]. Christie, state food dlrec
tor. and the Indiana state committee
on food production and conservation.
Seymour.-Resldents of suburbs out
side the corporate limits of a CITY
who have II garden and chicken io'
are not Farmers" according to an IL
terpretation placed on the new flou
sale ruling by the federal food admin
istration for Indiana. The order III
ceived here said persons who live l
the country might buy the maximum
allowance of 121a pounds of flour
week, while those who live In IN
cities" would be limited to one poun
week per capita.
Observation-Disclosures has tw
chiefs of police. One is Edward Cad
who was appointed by former Mayo
Loehr and who was reappointed tn
first of the year by Mayor McCou
and the other is Charles Rambo, WI
has been serving as night patrolma
since the present administration wei
into office 60 days ago. At the meetir
of the city council Cade was oil
Charged from the force on the grour
of ''inef1iciency."
Terre Haute.-More than 80 salo6
keepers. ON being arraigned in circu
court before Clarence Royse, speci
Judge. on indictments charging the
with operating slot machines, filed a
swers in abatement. charging irreg
larities i'm connection with the graz
Jury which indicted the salOonkee
ers. Only one saloonkeeper entered
plea of guilty He was fined so al
costs
I.afayette.-Sixty Purdue men ha
been chosen by the commandment
the military department at the univt
sitty 10 represent Purdue in the e
gineers' reserve corps of the Unit
States army. The chemical depal
ment contributes is men, the civil &
gineerlng department seven, the el'
trlcal engineering department Is al
the mechanical engineering depai
ment 2S.
ansvllle.-Argument In the $,
of the +. w Cook Brewing compa
against Lane Il. Osborn, prosecute
attorney. were postponed In superb
court after evidence had been init
duced by the plaintiffs. The case
wolves test Of the state prohibit
law, which goes into effect April :.
Lafayette Patriotic service W
the keynote of the third annual CO
yention OF the Farmer Grain Deale
association Of Indiana. which was h
here The organization is made w
farmers interested In grain elevate
throughout Indiana.
Petersburg The Ohio oil compaI