The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-01-11
USE WOOD FOR COAL
Vigorous Campaign Going on in the
Hoosier State Under the
Direction of the State
Fuel Director.

States. lntland Is the idteSI sldte I'D
follow the lead of the West, notably
Of Kansas, and n vigorous campaign
is going on in the Hoosier state. the
United States fuel administration re-
ports. Evans Woclan. state fuel ad-
ministrator of Indiana. has succeeded
SO well in his campaign already that
I'm many of the counties the coal deal
ers are refusing 20 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,
has been approved by Judge w. \.
Funk of the circuit court 1T 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 United States
army transport and whose brother is in
the American army. Mckenzie fell at
Vimy ridge.
Nearly 100000 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 in view of the fact that
during the week of December 10 a bliZ-
| Zard cut heavily into the mine output.
Pat Carey, siXty-sIX, employed at
| the Speedwel mine was injured seri-
| ously at Terre Haute when he was
struck by Frank Shafer's taxicab.
Mrs Sabon Smith, who lives seven
miles northwest of Fort Wayne, is in Il
local hospital with serious injuries re-
ceived when the automobile in which
she was riding went into ditch. She
is suffering from fractured skull and
/ internal injuries.
Two cases of acute spinal menin-
| gifts have appeared in Huntington
county, and are being closely watched
by the health authorities
A number of National Guard officers
are due to lose their chevrOns at Camp
Shelby, Miss, as result of the decl-
sion of the division efficiency board, If
rumOrs OF coming shakeup in the
staffs of the One Hundred and Fifty
second infantry and One Hundred and
Thirty-ninth infantry and the One
Hundred and Thirty artillery
carry weight.
MayCr-elect Charles w. Jewett of
Indianapolis announced the appoint
ment of officials who, with him, Will
take office January Z. George V. COT
fin, sheriff of Marion county, will be
the next superintendent of police.
Robert III. Bryson is recommended for
city controller. The new mayor will
be sworn in on his thirty-fourth birth
day.
John McGrew, a miner in the Ayr
shire coal mine at Petersburg suffered
the loss of a finger when it was caught
between two cars.
\ new automobile owned by the
Buick Automobile company of Indian
apoIis. on the way from the factory
ut Flint, Mass. was struck by Lake
Erie & Western passenger train ut a
crossing ut Alexandria and badly dam
aged The driver escaped injury.
When his brakestick broke, Earl
Stinehart. car rider IN the Lake
Shore gravity yard at Elkhart. fell on
the track directly in front of the NOV
ing car. Although his left leg was
fractured he quickly pulled himself
out of the way of the car, thus escap
ing death.
a steam radiator which heats the of
flee of the Greencastle kitchen cabinet
factory at Greencastle exploded ano
partly wrecked the Office.
John Stephan, age sixty-eight. dice
at his home In ndrewS of injuries SUI
fered the other night, when he fel
down the cellar stairs. lie was known
over the middle West rs dealer ant
breeder of Poland China hogs.
Part of the brick wall and roof o.
the foundry of the VI. y. Sweeney com
pany collapsed at Jeffersonville. Tel
men working inside the plant ESCAPED
without serious injury. A slight fir'
started. but soon was eXtinguished.
Eleven fine pigs belonging TO Sam
uel G.. Phillips, president of the Alex
andra bank. were stolen from his farm
west of Alexandria.
Cyrus W. Heath of Noblesville an'
Carl Spiller OF New York. both for
mer residents of Muncie. are said 4
have bought the site of the old Ire
mont hotel here and intend 10 erect
modern building there.
Fort Wayne wholesale grocers ar
without grain of sugar in their ware
houses. Little relief Il in sight unit
the Cuban crop arrives. sometime j
January. Persons having ten or NOR
,o,nds az Sugnr I'm their homes ar