The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Howard Taft

meet In indianapolis November Is, %
and 30. He will deliver an address mt
Iomiinson hall the morning of Noyem-
Der 30. The date of the annual meet
ing as originally announced has been
changed To the last three days of this
month. In addition 10 the general
meetings at p. m, November % and
-, ana at o a. m, November 80, there
VIII be numerous sectional meetings In
the morning and afternoon OF Novem-
Der ~ and 80. There will also be vari-
Gus lunche0ns and breakfasts. II prom
ises TO be one of the most notable of
the many educational symposums con-
Quoted by the Indiana State Teachers
association. Noted educators and pub
lie men of other states. as well as of
indiana, are on the program. AT the
first general association session, the
evening OF November IS, at TomlinsOn
hall, Frank O. Lowden. governor of IL
hnoiS, Will make an address. and the
inaugural address will be made by
Horace Ellis, president of the general
association.
indianapolis. - The public service
commission authorized the Wabash
Water and Light company, Wabash, TO
add 10 per cent surcharge to all bills
FOR electric light for commercial and
municipal purposes In the city of Wa
bash and surcharge of 80 per cent to
all bills for power and light for the
town OF Roam. Ii authorized the com
pany also 10 Increase Its water hydrant
charge To the city OF Wabash from $3S
TO 500 and its water charge To the c.,
Z. {. u ST. l.. railroad from the pri
mary rate Of 4 cents TO the primary
rate of cents Il 1000 gallons. The
commission authorized the Washington
Water, Light and Power company,
Washington, TO increase its gas rate TO
the primary charge of $1.40 and to col
lect 10 cents 1000 cubic feet on de-
linquent bills. 1t increased the city's
fire hydrant bill from $50 to 500 by
drant.
apolis.-Praise for the way in
which the Indiana state penal farm is
conducted and suggestions to the Hoos-
Ter authorities relative to the possible
construction of a new reformatory for
men are contained in letter received
by the board of state charities from
John l.. Whitman, superintendent of
prisons In Illinois. Mr.. Whitman, who
has had 20 years experience In prison
work in Illinois, visited the state farm
and the woman's prison several weeks
ago. In the letter he refers to the In
diana state reformatOry at Jefferson
vile and the plans now being cOnSid-
cred for the enlargement or removal of
the institution TO a more central loca-
Iion in the state. Mr.. Whitman sug-
gests that the labor of constructing the
new buildings be done by the inmates.
IndianapOliS-The Central States
Broom Manufacturers association, of
which Grant Shearer of New Bremen,
O., has been president, held special
meeting here recently. Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois and Iowa were rep
resented. The meeting was called to
elect a president, as Mr.. Shearer has
transferred his business to Oklahoma
and is no longer a member of the or
ganizatiOn. j. d. Valentine, Urbana,
o., was elected president and John G.
Reinert of Indianapolis vice president
Harry Jennine of Greenup, ILL.,, is Sec
rotary. Manufacturers say that al
though they are unable to make enough
brOOms to supply the trade there will
be no increase In prices.
Valparaiso.-Circ0it Judge Loring
handed down a decision in which he
held that person divorced In Illinois
and ordered by court not to remarry
within q year cannot be married le-
gally in Indiana before the year is up.
This decision holds hundreds of mar
riages wherein couples have crossed
from Illinois and have been married
here to evade the Illinois law to be IL
legal. Judge Loring held that the mar
riage would be illegal even though the |
couple did not return to Illinois.
Indianapolis.-The Indiana reforma-
tory commission appointed by Cover |
nor Goodrich met at the statehouse and |
selected Winfield Miller to be chair
man; Robert Bracken, vice chairma\. |
and Amos w. Butler, secretary. Other |
members of the commission are G.. A.
III. Shideler, superintendent of the in
stitution, and DR.. S. E. Smith, superin-
tendent of the Eastern Hospital for the
Insane The commission will visit the
and determine a basis on
which TO begin it's investigations.
Petersburg. = Homegrown potatoes
sold here at 50 bushel until several
cars of imported potatoes arrived.
These sold at S1.35. Home growers
then cut the price TO $50 q bushel. A
good crop of turnips is being harvest
ed. Turnips are selling at 81 bushel.
Northumberland county voted by
4 majority of 2.732 TO establish q tu-
berculosis hospital. The project was
pushed by the chamber of commerce,
which was actuated by desire TO care
for returned soldiers sick with the dis
ease as well as community cases.
Notwithstanding the last few
months 7. III. New & Son of this city
nave bought and sold 10000 bushels
IF inferior corn. all of which has been
into food by a process of
lulIing and drying. Much of it was
made into glucose