The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-04-19
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accepted the appointment. He will
continue To teach his class In his home
church at Winchester on n Sunday
n month and will have charge OF the
Memorial class on other Sundays that
he Is I'm Indianapolis. Governor Good
rich has been teacher of II Bible class
for - years. The class has an or
ganization of more han fifty workers.
formed on a military basis. with gen
erals, captains and lieutenants In
charge Of ten companies. There are
committees on personal work. welfare,
publicity. entertainment. finance, pro-
gram and music, and there are door
men on duty each Sunday 10 welcome
members and visitors. The class also
has an orchestra.
IndianapolIs.-Many barrels OF corn
meal will go promptly to Indiana deal
ers to be sold as Il substitute for wheat
flour. as the result of n decision by
Herbert Hoover, United States food
administrators made known in a tele-
gram received by Harry r.. Barnard,
federal food administrators FOR Indiana.
ShelbyvilIe.-The Fair association
here has elected department superin-
tendents as follows: Speed. Otto Har-
ris: horse, A. c. Howe; cattle, A.. l..
Pond swine. John Meiks: sheep. VIII
liam Midkiff; poultry. Henry Pond;
agriculture. August Schefiler; mechan-
zeal and vehicles, Joe Crum; art, d.
II CIIr. c@nhIn Et.an nj Cotton .
gates and grand stand. Thomas Bone;
straw, Elisha Sexton; marshal, Z. *.
Amos. President William vi. HUFFMAN
also announced the members OF the
special committees.
Indianapolis.-A warning TO farmers
that If they do not take advantage or
mild weather and put their potatoes
on the market. they are likely 10 re-
ceive very low prices later in the
spring, was given by Harry +. Barnard,
federal food administrators for Indiana.
Reports from many parts of the state
tell of large supplies of potatoes still
on the farms. From the Shelbyviile
chamber of n letter was re-
ceived by Mr.. Barnard telling OF the
situation in Shelby county n urging
action to prevent waste.
st. Louis, Mo.-By unanimous vote
Will III. Hays of Indiana was elected
chairman of the Republican national
committee in session here. Mr.. Hays
Is chairman of the Indiana Republlcan
state committee and the Indiana coun'
ell of defense. He is n new figure III
national politics. Hays Is a lawyer OF
Sullivan. He has held numerous I'M
portant political positions In his home
state.
acknowledgements of q tractor
company visited Alexandria TO looR
over several sites for n factory to be
brought here In the spring. TWO Tor
mer Alexandria men are Interested III
the tractor company and negotiation
have been opened with the Genera
Insulating and Manufacturing com
pany and the Imbler Fence compaD
for the purchase of factory buildings
The new factory will employ 900 men
Washington, d. C.-That Indiana
families already are making plans TO
war gardens Is reflected in calls 10
garden seed already pouring In OF
members Of congress-. Ordinarily mem
hers o. congress send out the seeds IN
discriminatory, using any list OF name
they happen to have, but this year hun
dreds of requests for seeds are CON
Ing TO them from their respective dis
tricts.
DanvilIe. Hl.-At q meeting of repre-
sentotives of n number of Illinois an
ndian fair associations held here
the Illinois and Indiana fair ut thi
Mace was admitted to the associatio
and will be on the regular circuit wit
Charlottesville, Ind; Lafayette, Ind.
Kankakee. ILL.,, and n number of othe
large fairs this year.
Evansville.-A service flag of ]
stars was dedicated at the Simpson y
Il. church here. one of the stars bein
for James Bethel Gresham. one of tn
first three Americans TO die in tn
fighting in France. The services wer
largely attended. The flag was pr'
sented i'm n speech by Mayor Bosse an
the response was made by Rev. j. v
Lenig. pastor.
Petersburg.-Many of the resident
OF Petersburg have been eating chea
fish during the last few days. VIII
cutting a hole In the ice on the eds
of the government ditch three mile
west of here, Harvey Hays found n b
fish frozen In the ice. He cleared O
the snow. and soon found others.
n few minutes he had chopped out Il
big carp and buffalo. All were froZe
ness men To expect 10 carry on a lars
civilian with the easter
part of the United States. Sever
reasons are assigned for this belle
Ii is pointed out that the unfavorab
weather conditions probably will co
tinue for some weeks, hut even Wi
his feature eliminated, as il will
with the coming of spring. the Quito,
for Indiana shipping 10 he East
not ut all bright.
NOblesville.-William Holton Dye
this city has been achieving results
his efforts 10 bring about the raisiI
of more sheep and more wool. Son
time ago he announced a plan 10 j
duce the farmers OF Indiana TO impO