The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-18

few days al prices averaging Sis6.56
Ia 500 an acre.
ansville.--ILiiana day for the
centennial exposition. 70 be- held in
Evansville. this fall has been fixed
for October 10. Governor Goodrich
has promised 20 be the guest ~ the
city that day, and will bring vs. stan
with him
Columhus-The spring wheat crop
in Bartholomew county is a failure
Three hundred acres we're planted
with This variety. About two-thirds Of
the winter wheat crop has been cut
and farmers say he yield f. about
two-th'rds Of the estimate. due 10 dam
age hy smut and scab.
Gary Dan Trkplja.- Tom and Al
bert Bachelor and Red" Parker, four
II the fiye bandits who held up the
Tollesion State bank and murdered
Cashier Herman Uecker, were sen
fenced 10 the electric chair. and the
fifth. Lee Spiers. who made the first
confession. and b. Bielich accessory
after the fact will serve life terms.
RocheSter.-The Fulton County
Woo Growers association sold more
than 20.OsD pounds OF wool 10 New
York company M - 10 81 cents
pound About 20OOo pounds were
shipped from Lucernc and about 10
600 pounds from KeWanna during the
last week Wheat T. threatened 10y
scab in all parts Of the county and
smut T. doing some damage.
Terre Misunderstanding that coal
] orders FOR the first half Of the year
have kept Indiana mines operating on
I only 80 per cent of the time. L. >.
/ Penna. secretary-trea surer OF the In
| diana Bltuminous Operators associa-
/ ION has issued statement warning
| consumers ~ serious fuel shortage
\ during the coming winter. TranspOrta-
I tiOn ~ wheat. which gains priority
over fuel. Will TAX transportation 20
7 the limit. the warning said.
Vincennes say that the
I pearl industry has dwindled 10 only an
/ occasional find here because small
shells are now raken before the pearl
/ has had time 10 grow The Wabash
river has been depleted Of large shells
in the last few years. The pearl but
/ ton industry still fourishes here be-
/ cause shells. which had no market
I value q few years ago. now sell az $40
ton. when formerly So a ton was
! considered high for frst-class shells.
Fort Wayne-Election OF officers
] - IL. ~ h.. Ind In
/ Christian Endeavor Union. which held
\ its annual convention in Fort WAYNE.
resulted a. follows. President. q. F.
| Gilliom. Berne: general secretary.
| Miss Mary Roy Thomson. Indianapo-
lis: treasurer. Evan Wlliar.s. Fort
Wayne. first vice president Rev. 4 H.
Moore. Upton second vice president
Rev. j. W Lake. Warsaw. third vice
president. Rev. Hills l.. Avery. Nun
Gle
Bedford.-The Indiana Quarries
company has landed the contract for
he stone work on the Office building
~ the General Motors company at De
troit Mich. The deal Is said TO in
volve 100000 and : understood TO
be the largest single contract ever
awarded the local stone belt. II means
great activity and he employment of
many Stonemen here 10 complete the
contract. II il said that the building
will be Is stories high and cover an
area Of ground half mile In circum-
ference.
Indianapolis-T Liberty kitchens.
ar which housewives have Witnessed
demonstrations and obtained informn-
tion on home economics during the
war and since I'm Fort Wayne South
Bend Terre Haute, Evansville and In
dianapolis and the home demonstra-
tion agencies in 90 counties in this
state have closed. This action was
taken by Professor Christie Of the
agricultural extension department Of
Purdue university. which carried on
the work. because Of the little likeli-
hood Of congress making nm appropri-
alton To- carry on the work.
Indianapolis Speculation as TO The
probable length Of the special session
~ the legislature. which Governor
Y Goodrich has announced would be
called either the last week in August
or the first week IN September 10 ratify
the woman suffrage amendment 10 the
7 federal Constitution. was rife among
officials M the state capitol. Although
Y Governor Goodrich has announced his
I intention ~ making plans 10 limit the
session 20 one week and To the conSid-
GRAFTON of only the suffrage resolution
and several emergency matters. IL is
| the belief Of number OF officials that
IL will be impossible 10 adjourn the
session in five or six days.
Columbus Records Of the Barthol-
omew County Cow Testing associa-
tion show that Mazurka's Golden Gem.
the three-year-old registered Jersey.
again leads in the amount Of butterfat
produced. her yield for the month be-
Ing 73a pounds. which It is estimated.
equals sils pounds OF butter. The
record Of this COW also shows unusual
richness in milk. the 1919 pounds Of