The Jasper weekly courier., 1919-10-24
INDIANA
~ STATE NEWS
osesssoss ssse0 ssse seoss .

/ businc ~ session OF the state conNcn-
tion here.
Jefrersonville.--Salc Of groceries he-
gan at The retail store az The army
quartermastcr's depot ON first receipts
OF The 200 carloads OF food assigned
to this district. which includes Tie
southern half of Indiana and all of
Kentucky
indianapolis Recommendations
that three persons be- pardoned,
eighteen be paroled six receive
sentence commuations. one ninety
day parole, and that clencncy Toe
refused 10 thiriyone. are contained
In the report of thc state board of
pardons covering The boards Sopiem-
her session ana submitted to Governor
Goodrich.
Evansville - Eighteen prominent
ciizcns of Evansville have been sued
In the Nanderburg county circuit court
for delinquency ON their subscriptions
to the patriot fund The patriot fund
was organized during the war 10 take
care of The Red Cross and all other
activities and the men who subscribed
to the fund agreed To pay so much
monthly for the duration Of the war.
Wabash Bee keepers OF Wabash
county viii suffer more as "A result of
"a su-ar shortage than the average pub
lc. according to officers of the Wabash
County Bee Keepers association. Tile
men say that their bees are starving
as q result OF their failure to get crauu-
lated sugar Petitions prepared hy the
bee Keepers here which will he sent
10 The sugar equalization board, asking
that the bee men Of this county DC
,taken care of.
Indianapolis The total assessed
yaluat of taxahlcs in Greater
mdlalMols is SGl3. sl2.7O. Robert
" Bry son, city controller was
informed. The valuations of Mar
ion county have just been certi-
fed 20 the state board of aN commits
Sioners by Leo X. Fesler. county au-
Citor. The valuations of Indianapolis
property. hy townships are: Center.
S5745S4.7SO; Wayne. Si5.wiS,95o
WaShIngtop. SlG.3s934O: Warren 81.
712.Sl0. ana Perry. Sll6.S20.
IndianapoliS-The state live Stocl>
sanitary board thus far in itS cam
paign 10 have cattle herds accredited
has found comparatively little tubercu-
losi~ among Hoosicr herds Tests 90
nineteen dairy herds show only - per
cent as "reactors" that is. animals
&C. IL. IL. l.asar
herd. tested 80 per cent was rcactors.
Tuberculosisaf affected COWS are not per
mlttcd to bee used for dairy purposes.
hut may bc used for meat when ira
early stages of the disease.
Indianapolis. y. Hines state SUI
perinteudent Of public Instruction has
issued a statement to county and city
school superintcndents In which he
points out the following holidays 10 be
observed in the schools: October -.
Americanization day November 81.
Better American Speech week: No
vember 2G. Constitution day: Noyem-
Der ~. Thanksgiving day; December
-. Christmas day: January !. New
Years day; February l., Lincoln's
birthday: February %. Washington's
birthday; April 10. Arbor day May
80. Memorial day
Evansville Louis VI Kramer, a
wholesale coal dealer of Evansville.
has made the charge that favoritism
on the part of the United States rail-
road administration toward certain
coal mines IN southern Indiana j. res
ponSlble for the present coal shortage
here For some time, he says. hc has
been sending reports 10 Washington
showing the working hours of the
mines along the Southern railroad and
that these reports Indicate thar certain
mines are helng favored. In the opinion
az Mr. Kramer. the shortage Of cars
I'm the Evansville district IS entirely
responsible for the Evansville situa-
iion.
mdlanapolis.-According TO the hu
rcau of markets Of the United States
department Of agriculture receipts of
npples iu indianapolis IN 1918 We're
sil cars and shipments OF apples from
Indiana were 115 cars. During the
year this city received apples from -
states principally from Sew York as
follows. Alabama. 4 cars; Arkansas.
ears: California. Il cars, Delaware.
car: Idaho. II cars: Illinois. 81 cars
Indiana. - cars; Kentucky. ear
Maryland cars; Michigan. 20 cars
Missouri 13 cars: New hampshire ;
cars: New York. 3S6 cars; Ohio 33
cars: Oregon. : cars: Pennsylvania. =
cars: Tennessee. % cars; Utah. 80
cars: Virginia. ~ cars Washington.
80 cars: West Virginia. g cars; ,ari-
ous. car. Apples produced IN IN
diana were shipped TO various other
ritios rs follows Cincinnati. - cars
Cleveland 3 cars: indianapolis. -
cars: Memphis, = ears New York, ~
cars: Pittsburgh. > cars Chicago, l.
cars
.ndianapolls-Th new state tax
levy Is ~ cents The state levy