The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-23
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Evansville.-The wheat crop In
Vandeiburg county may be sold TO
independent buyers, and not sold 10
the organized grain buyers, at a mini
mum price OF So busheI A grain
committee has been named by the pres
ident of the Vanderburg County Farm
Improvement association 10 determine
the best market. This committee is
composed OF one representative in
each township in Vanderburg county.
exclusive Of Pigeon township. Part of
the work of the committee will be To
investigate the outcome of the wheat
crop in this county after thrashing
time. After the yield has been deter
mined the committee will decide what
price the farmer must have TO get a
just return on his investment.
Michigan City.-Three persons are
dead and three others were badly hurt
in an accident at the Wabash street
crossing of the Pere Marquette rail-
way here. An automobile in which
! the six were riding stalled on the
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it and smashed il TO bits The dead
are Mr.. and Mrs. y. J. Lucicn of Gary
and Marvin Jester of Chicago. Il. j.
Simon of Gary suffered fractured
ribs; Mrs. Simon was slightly hurt,
and Mrs. Sophie Barry of Chicago suf-
fered a nervous shock.
Indianapolis. = Governor Goodrich
has called special session of the
state legislature to convene Monday.
July u, at l 80 p. m. The governor
in the proclamation did not set forth
the program. but the most important
subject for discussion Is expected to
be bill providing money for the
maintenance Of state institutions, sew
eral institutions having exhausted
their funds.
Lafayette.-The Indiana HOrticul-
tural society, cooperating with the
horticultural department of Purdue
university, will hold its annual sum-
mer meeting. August ), at the orchard
of the Laurel Orchard company at
Laurel. The orchard consists of ap-
| proximately 200 acres of commercial
varieties Of fruit trees just coming
into full bearing.
COlumbus-Wheat harvest is prac-
tically finished in Bartholomew cOun-
ty and thrashing will begin. The yield
will not excel 30 per cent of a full
crop. Home grown blackberries are on
the market. The crop is the largest in
the history of the county. Especially
is this true of the wild berries. Gro
GERS are paying from % to % cents a
quart for them.
Terre Haute.-Hugh Gregson was
instantly killed and Richard GregsOn,
age six, his son, was fatally injured
! when an automobile which the father
was driving struck the second engine
of double-header Vandalia passen-
ger train in West Terre Haute. Thorn
as GregsOn, age four, another son of
the dead man, was seriously injured.
Indianapolis.-Jud Louis g. Ew-
bank was named by Governor Good
! rich n member of the state supreme
court. to succeed Lawson NJ Harvey,
who died recently. Harry O. Chamber
lin was appointed to succeed Judge
Ewbanll on the bench of the Marion
circuit court. He was formerly an
Indianapolis attorney.
Columbus. - Bartholomew county
farmers are having much difficulty in
getting men to work in their harvest
| fields. The farmers are paying 50
day for men TO help in their wheat
| harvests and a farmer in search of
harvest hands offered 81 day, but
found no takers.
valparaiso.-The Knights Of Column
bus lodge here has been notified by
the state officials that ii led all of
the lodges in the state i'm membership
gains during the fiscal year just
closed. The Valparaiso lodge showed
gain of 391 per cent.
Indianapolis.-Tw prison
ers i'm the Marion county Jail, by the
! aid of well-planned delivery, made
their escape from the prison, but the
majority of the number now rest be-
hind the bars. A number of the men
are federal prisoners.
Evansville. Announcement was
made that the coal mines of the Pos
sum Ridge Coal company. of which
Jeppc Bertelsen of this city is presi-
dent have been sold TO l.. f. Fricke
and John III. Blair Of Washington for
$4,000.
observation-disclosures Pike county
does not belong TO the Posey-GibsOn
/ Cow Testing association, yet Pike
county COWS carried away first honors
| for the number of pounds of butter
fat produced i'm the month of June.
Lafayette.-The Indiana State Sol
diers' home recently celebrated the
| twenty-fourth anniversary of its dedi-
cation. Col d. B. Keller. COM
mandant of the institution. officiating.
| North yernon.-Mrs. James Boyer.
age nInety-eight, a pioneer of Jennings
county and the oldest citizen I'm the
| county. Is dead at her home in this
city.
Delphi.-The Carroll County Big
Type Breeders association has been
organized.
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