The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-01
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has been chosen as teacher OF the
business mems Bible class of Memorial
Presbyterian Sunday school, and he has
accepted the appointment. He will
continue to teach his class in his home
church at Winchester on one Sunday
n month and Will have charge of the
Memorial class ON other Sundays hat
he Is In indianapolis. Governor Good
rich has beer teacher Of Il Bible class
for - years. The class has an or
g%anization Of more than 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 to welcome
members and visitors. The class also
has an orchestra.
Indianapolis.-Many barrels of corn
meal will go promptly TO Indiana deal
ers 10 he sold rs II substitute for wheat
flour, rs the result of Il decision by
Herbert Hoover, United States food
administrator. made known In a tele-
gram received by Harry +. Barnard,
federal food administrators for Indiana.
Shelbyville.-The Fair association
here has elected department superin-
tendents as follows: Speed, Otto Har-
riS: horse, A. G. Howe; cattle. a, l..
Pond: swine, John Melks; sheep, VII
liam Midkin; poultry. Henry Pond;
agriculture, August Scheffier: mechan-
zeal and vehicles. Joe Crum art, ID.
T.. shelton; stable. Frank Cotton
gates and grand stand, Thomas Bone;
straw, Elisha Sexton marshal, I. TX.
Amos. President William NJ. Huffman
also announced the members of the
special committees.
Indianapolis.-A warming To farmers
that If they do not take advantage or
mild weather and put their potatoes
ON the market. they are likely to re-
ceive very low prices later in the
spring. was given by Harry T.. Barnard,
federal food administrator for Indiana.
Reports from many parts of the state
tell of large supplies of potatoes still
on the farms. From the S~helbyville
chamber of commerce a letter was re-
eplNeu Dy MT. DtTIdIu tciiiht Va ~
situation In Shelby county and urging
action to prevent waste
ST. Louis, Mo.-By unanimous vote
viii III. Hays of Indiana was elected
chairman of the Republican national
committee in session here. Mr.. Hays
is chairman of the Indiana Republican
state committee and the Indiana coun-
Ill - Iofo,cn Vya la n nnU fQlrp In
national politics. Hays IS a lawyer OF
Sullivan. He has held numerous i'm
portant political positions In his home
state.
acknowledgements of n tractor
company visited Alexandria TO o o
over several sites for a factory TO be
brought here In the spring. TWO 1or-
mer Alexandria men are interested In
the tractor company and negotiations
have been opened with the General
Insulating and Manufacturing com
pany and the Imbler Fence company
for the purchase of factory buildings
The new factory will employ ooo men
Washington. u. C.-That Indiana
families already are making plans for
war gardens Is reflected in calls 1of
garden seed already pouring in on
members of congress. Ordinarily mem
bers of congress send out the seeds in
discriminatory. using any list of names
they happen To have. but this year hun
dreds of requests for seeds are com
ing to them from their respective dis
trictS.
Danville. m.-At n meeting of repre-
sentatives of II number of Illinois anC
indian fair associations held here
the Illinois and Indiana fair ut this
place was admitted TO the association
and will be ON the regular circuit witt
Charlottesville, Ind. Lafayette, Ind.
Kankakee. ILL.,, and q number of othel
large fairs this year.
Evansville.-A service flag of IL
stars was dedicated ut he Simpson NJ
f.. church here, one of the stars bein:
for James Bethel Gresham. one of tn,
first three Americans To die in th'
fighting in France. The services wer,
largely attended. The flag was pre-
sented in n speech by Mayor Bosse ant
the response was made by Pey. j. w
Lenig. pastor.
Petersburg.-Many of h RESIDENT
OF Petersburg nave been eating cheal
fish during the last few days. Will
cutting II hole in the ice on the edg
of the government ditch three mile
west of here. Harvey Hays found n bii
fish frozen In the ice. He cleared OF
the snow. and soon found others. Ii
n few minutes he had chopped out tel
big carp and buffalo. All were frozen
ness men To expect 10 carry on a larg
civilian commerce with the eastern
part Of the United States. Severa
reasons are assigned for this belief
II is pointed out that the unfayorabl
weather conditions probably will cor
tinue for some weeks. but ever wit
this feature eliminated. rs 1t will b
with the coming of spring. the outlooI
for Indiana shipping 20 the East /
not at all bright.
NOblesvllle.-William Holton Dye q
this city has hean achieving results 4