The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09


the situation. Realizing the serious
condition which faces the consumer.
the Chamber of Commerce is making
an effort TO cooperate with the coun-
" agent In finding seed potatoes and
bringing them into the county for
planting. So far, he has been ansue-
cessful in finding seed. The price OF
potatoes Is so high he said. that the
average farmer does not care TO take
chance on planting them. The aver.
age yield in this vicinity is 10 BUSH
els TO the acre. but last year the yield
did not average over % bushels II
is also said that under present condi-
lions it will cost farmer STA 10
produce 100 bushels of potatoes.
Jeffersonville.-The completion OF
weeks test for Model Segis Erica,
member of the Holstein heri of Ohio
ID. Wathen, east of this city, showed
a yield of. 622 pounds of milk for the
seven days and total of 1884 pounds
OF butterfat during that period. The
test was made by l.. III. Russell of Pur-
due and is official. The yield of butter
TAT is close TO . per cent The cow
was MIXED fonr times each "A hours
during the test and ate ordinary diet
1t il said that the yield is the highest
ever shown for any COW tested in the
state of Indiana. a yield of 1000
pounds of milk and 40 pounds of but
ter fat month is normally regarded
flrst-class production for a cow
Warsaw.-W. f. Tharp of the Unit
eel States department of agriculture,
has arrived in Warsaw TO begin soil
survey of Kosciusko county. Togeth-
or with two assistants from Purdue
! university, he will spend some time in
the county studying soils in every part
of it. They will report TO the depart
ment of agriculture. giving an analy-
sis of the soils found, where found,
the adaptahility of certain crops and
information as TO fertilization. Kos
ciusko county was selected as the first
| county i'm the north central states for
such a survey.
Indanapolis.-Of the 100000 acres
of wheat seeded last fall i'm Indiana
approximately 255,OOO acres have been
abandoned, according to the monthly
crop report. This is considerably
greater than usual on such a small
acreage and is due principally to the
ravages of the Hessian fly. A severe
winter and ice storms this spring also
did considerable damage. The con-
dition of the remaining acreage was
GO per cent Of normal on May 1. and
| indicates crop of 21.511 900 bushels.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of guilty were
entered by 90 Evansville men ar
raigned before Judge A. b. Anderson
in the federal court in Indianapolis
on the charge of conspiracy TO COM
NIT an Offense against the United
States through violations Of the Reed
amendment. Pleas Of not guilty were
entered by A. Evansville defendants.
among whom were Herbert Males
sheriff of Vandenburg county. and Ed
gar Schmitt, chief of the Evansville
police department.
MISUNDERSTANDING c. Moore OF
Marion was chosen grand commander
of the grand cOmmandery, Knights
Templars of Indiana, at the closing
session of the sixty-siXth annual con-
clave at indianapolis. He succeeds
Henri L. Condo, Raper cOmmandery
No. /, Indianapolis, who retires- Eu-
gene Vatet of Muncie became deputy
grand commander and George \. New
house of New Albany grand generals
simo.
reenfield.-HancOck cOunty's Monte
Carlo is gone A large house on hill
top just west of New Philadelphia. 4
short distance over the Marion coun-
ty line. was visited recently by .Ohn
Mulvihill, sheriff; Charles Night. city
marshall Ora Myers, mayor of Green
field. and four federal prohibition Off
GERS. No liquor was found. but ex-
pensive and elaborate gambling APP
paratus was destroyed.
3 Indianapols-Ge General orders have
been issued by the headquarters de-
partment of the Indiana G.. A r. rela-
tive 10 the forty-firSt annual encamp-
ment of the organization to be held in
Bloomington May % to %.
Anderson.-MadisOn county farmers
report that there will not be more
than 40 per cent of the normal wheat
crop i'm Madison county because Of
smaller acreage and damage by the
Hessian fly.
Hartford City.-One thousand nine
hundred and thirty-one persons of
school age. fixed by law at from six
70 twenty-one. were listed in here this
year. This is an increase Of nine over
last year.
Greenield.-The sale of rice in
stores ut Greenfield has increased
more than 100 per cent Many fam
lilies have refused to buy potatoes ut
the high price. and are using rice In
stead
Lowell-The population of Lowell.
now 1.191. has decreased 3S. loss of
l3.1 per cent in the last ten years, &C.
ccrding 10 the government census re-
ports.
Muncie.-An examination OF Della
..,.... f~,,tt 4,onss he tho pri-