The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-01-25
USE WOOD FOR COAL
Vigorous Campaign Going on in the
Hoosier State Under the
Direction of the State
Fuel Director.

OF Kansas. and vigorous campaign
is going on in the Hoosier state. the
United States fuel administration re-
pohs. Evans WOOlan, state fuel adj
minfsrratOr of Indiana has succeeded
so well in his campaign already that
In many of the counties the coal deal
ers are refusing TO sell coal to those
In the rural regions where wood is
easily available. The state forestry
department. also is cooperating. show
ing where wood may be obtained.
Sale of the Gillette Motors company
at Mishawaka to NJ w. Mix, president
OF the Dodge Manufacturing company,
mas been approved by Judge w. A.
FUNK of the circuit court at South
Bend. the consideration being S151 900.
preferred stockholders of the defunct
company, which has been in the hands
of the receivers for some time, opposed
the sale, contending that an effort was
to be made TO reorganize.
Two more Gary soldiers serving in
the Canadian army have been killed in
action in France, according to word
received at Gary Arthur Robertson,
formerly steel worker, was killed Oc-
tober 81, according to news received by
his sister, Mrs. j. Agen. The Red Cross
chapter has been notified of the death
In action of James Mckenzie. whose
father is commander of a United States
army transport and whose brother is in
AmariCan N.Lr ,,f, ali
Vimy ridge.
Nearly 2,0O0,0OO tons, or more than
has ever before been taken out of the
mines of the state, will be the total
coal production in Indiana during the
month of December according to
Chairman Lewis of The public service
commission. This record Is considered
remarkable I'm view of the fact that
during the week of December Is bliz-
Yard cut heavily into the mine output.
Fat Carey. sixty-srx employed at
the Speedwell mine, was injured scri-
ously at Terre 1Inutc when he was
struck by Frank Skaters tnxicnb.
Mrs. Sabon Smith who lives seven
miles northwest of Fort Wayne. il In n
local hospital with serious injuries re-
ceivcd when the automobile I'm which
she WIS riding went into II ditch. She
IL suffering from n fractured skull nnd
internal injuries.
Two cases of acute spinal mcnin.
gltis have appeared In Huntington
nnd IRE being closely watched
by the health authorities.
number Of National Guard officers
are due to lose their eheyrona NJ Camp
Shelby, Miss, ~ n result IT the deci.
sion OF the division efficiency bonrd. II
rulnorH of n coming Ahnkeup In the
stats of the one Hundred nnd Fifty. /
second infantry nnd one Hundred nnd /
rhlrty'ninih Infantry md The Ono
Hundred aud ThIrts.He,enth artillery /
rnrfy weight
Mnyor-clect chnrlea ". jewcti OF
announced The appoint.
mont of officials who, with him, viii
AXE oIllcc january Z, George V, tofs
In, sheriff OF Marion county, viii be-
he next superintendent of police.
Robert II, Ilryson IL recommended for
ny controller. The new lnnsor VIII
10 sworn IN on his ihlflyiourlli birth.
lns,
John MuurpW, miner IA the Ayr.
ihltp euhl milne ~ Petersburg suffered
he loss ~ n finger when N WIS cniighl
'etWepn i've enrH,
\ new automobile owned hy The
'ulek Automobile company Of Indian
polls, on The way from The fnctory
i Flint, Mnasu Wnh struck by u Luke
irle " Western passenger train 90 u
foAslng ~ Alexandria and hndlS dam
ged, The driver escaped injury
When his hrnkesiiok broke, Earl
Itlhehnrl, u cnr rider ia The Lake
'hofe gravity yard ~ Elkhnrl, foil un
he truck directly IN front of the NOV
" chr, Although his left log was
rnelured, he quickly pulled himself
NJ Of The way OF the ear thus esenp'
~ death,
steam radiator which hents the of.
90 OF the Greencastle kitchen cnbinet
'ctory nt Greencnstle exploded and
artly wrecked the office,
John stephan, age slxty,eight, died
his home la ndrews OF injuries suf-
'red the other night, when he fell
own the cellar stairs. lie was known
YER the middle West rs u dealer and
FEEDER of Poland china hogs.
Part of the brick wall and roof of
he foundry If the VI. \. Sweeney COM
my collapsed ut Jacksonville. Ten
on working inside the plnnt escaped
lthout serious injury. A slight fire /
arted, but soon was eXtinguished. I
Eleven fine pigs belonging 10 Sam
Il G.. Phillips, president of the Alex
idra bank. were stolen from his farm I
est of Alexandria.
Cyrus W. Heath of Noblesyille and \
arl Spiller OF New York. both for
er residents of Muncie, are said 10
I've bought the site of the old Ire
ont hotel here and intend 10 erect a
odern building there.
Fort Wayne wholesale grocers are
thout n grain of sugar in their ware ,
fuses. Little relief is In sight until =
e Cuban crop arrives. sometime In :
nuary. Persons having ten or more n
unds of sugar in their homes are :
ged by George NJ. Hafrner. food adj !,
A. Ill.