The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-04-23
INDIANA
- STATE NEWS |

Indianapolis The state highway
commission is at work formally desig-
mating the state highway system I'm
compliance with the 1910 state high
way law. Approximately so routes are
10 be Included In the system. They
will embrace approximately $500
miles. Each county seat or town OF
5000 population will be reached by
the routes. With the formal desIgnat-
ing of the system the state commission
will assume control oyer the roads.
They will be under the control of the
commission's maintenance division.
which is required TO keep up the sys-
TEN.
ADMINISTRATION painters In Lafay-
cite receive 90 cents an hour. The new
schedrre was agreed on by the build
ing trades contractors. There will be no
strike in any of the building trades in
Lafayette this year, as all the demands
nave been met. Plumbers, p~lasterers
and bricklayers will get the highest
wages under the new agreement.
They will receive 81 an hour. Carpen-
tiers will be paid so cents; electricians,
20 cents; fathers, Sta cents; sheet
metal workers, 10 cents; bod carriers.
40 cents, and building trades laborers,
40 cents.
Lafayette.-Boys and girls In In
diana are to be encouraged to grow
potatoes this season, and this will be
accomplished by organizing potato
clubs and arranging q state show,
where the members of the club may
compete with one another for cash
prizes %aggregating 5000. The show
Will be held in connection with the
annual farmers short course at Pur-
U university here in January, 1921.
MISUNDERSTANDING can no longer
keep their children out Of school on
the grounds of employing them, accord
Ing TO an Interpretation Of the compul-
sow school attendance law issued by
the state board Of truancy. In the
Judgment of the board, employment
certificates cannot be issued except to
children who are being employed for
hire. The board held that parents
tuihiot Ciupltt tutll CnlluIcn.
Lafayette.-Sheep raisers in Indiana
are not responsible for the high cost
Of clothing, according to Claude Harp
per. Purdue university sheep specialist,
and also secretary of the Indiana
Sheep Breeders and Feeders associa-
ton. who has issued q statement TO
the effect that the farmer receives only
| $685. for enough wool to make q suit
for n man weighing 10 pounds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Indi-
ana-Ohio Baseball league, composed of
six teams. was announced following a
meeting of representatives of the clubs
at Richmond. The league will open
May IL with the following cities:
Fort Wayne, Richmond, Muncie, and
Anderson. I'm Indiana, IND Springfield.
and Lima or Middleton, in Ohio, with
Dayton n possibility.
Gary.-Mrs. Fred Carter, widow of
former Sheriff Carter of Lake county,
is the first woman in the section to file
q declaration as a candidate for a pO-
| litical Office. She lives in Hammond
and will run on the Democratic ticket
for county commissioner of the First
district. Carter was killed while sher-
if in a row at Cedar Lake years ago.
HammOnd.-After celebrating nine
hours a jury in the Lake county GRIM
inal court at Crown Point acquitted
ing the death of Mrs. Harry Stipgley
and Elizabeth Younke of Hammond
last October, by forcing them off Cal
umet boulevard into Lake George, with
her racing car.
Indianapolis. The Indiana Food
to bring about closer relationship
among food brokers and TO encourage
exchange of ideas beneficial to the op-
GRAFTON of business, was organized re-
Gently at Indianapolis.
Columbus.-A minimum price of SIT
n ton for sweet corn was fixed at a
meeting of the Edinburg Community Of
Farmers. an organization of farmers
of Johnson and the northern part Of
Bartholomew counties.
Lafayette. A three-weeks' field
course on farm management, open TO
men holding q bachelor degree or its
equivalent. will be offered by the Pur-
due school of agriculture during the
period of June 1870.
Lafayette.-A son born 10 Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn LAWYER of Clarks Hill, is
well-favored with grandparents. Not
only has the child four Swing grand
parents. but seven living g%reat-grand-
parents.
Bluffton.-Food production In the VI
cinity of Button will be reduced from
% 10 - per cent by the labor shortage,
according to the county agent, who is
surveying conditions in the county.
Fort Wayne.-More than 80 persons,
injured In the tornado at Fort Wayne,
are receiving treatment In Fort Wayne
hospitals. The dead In Allen county
number u.
MISUNDERSTANDING has a popula.
ton OF 5.49s. an increase of 573. or 11.G
Der cent. North Manchester, 2.7i1 I:
increase 2S3. or III per Ell
nj. 80.