The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-01

remain IN Monroe county. ACcorulnS
70 the census department it Is located
from six TO eight miles due east OF
Bloomington. Ten years ago The
population center was located by CEN
sus experts on the William Stephens
farm. eight miles east OF here. but
three weeks later the department re-
vised its figures and located the CEN
ter on the Showers furniture factory
site within the city OF Bloomington.
where IL has remained until now.
Twenty years ago the center was near
Columbus. and this will be the first
time I'm the history OF the United
States-that the drift has been east
ward instead OF westward.
Evansville--Coal production in the
southern Indiana district south Of The
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail-
road, from April TO September of this
year, exceeded the production in the
same period OF 1919 by about 100000
tons, according TO Harry w. Little, sec
rotary of the Southern Indiana Coal
bureau at Evansville. The working
hours during April to September ex-
ceeded the 1919 working time by about
LOO hours. The number OF working
hours in 1919 was 17.10S; for 1920
Ii was 1926. In 1919. from April 10
September 1, 977, $50 tons of coal were
produced in the district. according 20
reports 10 the bureau. In 1920 l.134.-
40 tons were produced in the period.
The reports In 1919 included some
mines in the district that are cot re-
porting 10 the bureau this year.
napolis.-Members Of the In
diana Retail Coal Merchants associa-
ton in the fourth annual convention
of the association here, were urged
by f. L. Heller, president of the or
ganiZatiOn, TO fight against the action
of the state legislature at the last spe-
cial session. creating u special coal
and food commission 10 have control
Of the coal business in the state. The
determination Of the lawmakers and
officers Of this state 10 bring the retail
coal business under the control of this
commission should be fought with all
the force, energy and resources of the
retail coal trade Of the state" Mr.. Hell
Ter declared.
Brazil.-Although coal miners and
operators have agreed on new wage
contract for the day men, the day
workers having obtained an increase
Of $50 a day, the operators have re-
fused TO enter into negotiations with
the miners of District s. United Mine
Workers of America, for n revision Of
the tonnage mining scale. The miners
committee is taking the matter be-
fore John L. Lewis. international pres
ident of the miners. contending there
is an inequality I'm the mining scale in
the block coal field. District s in
cludes the block coal fields i'm this
part of Indiana.
Martinsville-One of the largest IL
licit liquor stills that has been found
in the state since the prohibition law
went i'm effect was confiscated on
farm near the old Slime mill, north
east of this city. Michael Classy and
r. f. TOtten were arrested rs they
drove up TO the place in an automo-
bile and Dan Lockwood was arrested
In an old log cabin where 4 100-gallon
still. two four-hole oil stoves. IS bar
rels. % of which were filled with
mash. and about five gallons of vhs-
ky were found.
Anderson.-Madison county wool
growers who pooled their summer clip
nd OF IL crthf3.af IN
order of sale by the growers have been
notified that they will have 10 pay
storage from September 10. the 6O-day
period of free storage having expired
without sale. The best offer received
was 80 cents a pound. The growers
say they will not sell until the price is
higher. They have heard that more
than 2OOOO,OO0 pounds of wool are be-
ing held in Texas and other southwest
ern states awaiting higher quotations.
Indianapolis.-J 4. Eschbach.
chairman of the special state fuel and
! food commission. sent a telegram 10
the interstate commerce commission
asking that railroads be permitted 10
send coal cars TO wagon mines in or
der to relieve the coal shortage in
Indiana. The request was made after
Mr.. Eschbach had been Informed that
the municipal light and water plant
of Oxford faced shutdown on account
of inability TO get coal.
Evansville-Mrs. Elizabeth Cornell.
colored woman who gave her age as
one hundred and twenty years. filed a
registration application ar Evansville.
and says she will vote in the fall cleo
ton She is believed 10 be the oldest
woman in the state. She was a slave
In Tennessee many years ago.
anapolis--Twenty-fiv per cent
of the Indiana corn crop has reached
the stage IF maturation and will not
be affected by frost, says George G.
Bryant, agricultural statistician for
the cooperative crop reporting sery-
ice. in his summary of Hoosier crop
conditions.
Wabash.-Fire of undetermined ORR
gin destroyed the Giet tile mills at
North Manchester with a loss of ap-
proximately $4,000. The North Man.
chester fire department was called. but
was unable 10 save the building. IL