The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-02-13
STATE news


letters reaching the state conservation
commission. Chief objection TO the
law is that mink and muskrat car be
trapped from November / to April /.
while %raccoOn. fox, opOssum. skunk
and other fur-bearers are trapped be-
tween November 20 and February ..
This frequently produces conflict be-
tween trappers and the regulations.
for while 1t Is lawful to trap mink
and muskrat to April 1 1t is unlawful
to take other fur after February ..
and not ~infrequently these animals
will be caught In traps set for animals
lawful TO trap until April. Often the
must be killed. Thus the trapper is
liable to arrest unless he destroys the
fur.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Indi-
n who hav been getting by on small
personal tax returns in the past by list
ing all the household goods or farms
implements in n lump sum are due for
a jolt when the 1920 assessing period
starts. In the new sample return
forms that have been mailed TO all as
sessing officers in the state by the
state board Of tax commissioners there
appears for the first time an itemiZed
schedule of 80 household articles, and
another list of farm implements. In
making the return the householder or
farmer will be required to set out the
value of each piece of furniture or i'm
plement.
Michigan City-Thomas NJ. Batche-
Tor. Albert c. Bachelor, James III.
(Red) Parker and Dan Trkulja were
taken from the state prison here TO
Crown Point for new trials. The four
men were arrested last June following
an attempt to hold up the First State
bank In Tolleston. q suburb of Gary.
Herman Uecker. the cashier, was shot
and killed at the time n c. T.. Phil
lips. the assistant cashier, was slightly
wounded. The men entered pleas of
guilty on murder charges and were
sentenced to die.
Washington, II. c. Charles T..
O'Leary, census supervisor ut Terre
iiluN' was lHt ilNl WI NhN ihiti
census supervisors to send i'm results
of the census enumeration i'm Indiana.
O'Leary's returns. Ii was said ut the
censu bureau, were received only two
days after the returns from n part of
Manhattan, which were the first TO
be received. Allowing for the differ
ence i'm time il takes Indiana returns
To reach Washington, OLeary's returns
we're only one day behind the first TO
be received.
Noblesville.-The Hamilton county
board of education has voted not TO
adopt the salary scale for teachers
recommended by the state superintend-
ent of public instruction. Walter Har-
ger, county superintendent. told the
board that there will be plenty Of
teachers in the county neXt ear and
that there are nearly enough appli-
cants enrolled TO fill every place in the
county during the terms of 1920-21.
KokOmo.-As n result of a decision
in the Grant circuit court at Marion
the stockholders in the Farmers Mu-
tual Live Stock Insurance company
of Matthews are not liable for claims
that have long been pending against
the defunct company. \ large num-
Der of farmers il Howard, Upton and
Grant counties had taken out poll
cies. and rs Il consequence were
stockholders. AL of these were made
parties to the suit.
Goshen.-The influenza epidemic sit
uation here has become so serious that
the city board Of health issued a dras-
tic order prohibiting public funerals
and forbidding persons in any stage of
influenza To be In churches. theaters or
any other public or semi-public places.
hart county died of influenza or pneu-
monia. Many Goshen factories are be-
ing operated with difficulty.
observation-disclosures have attacked
n number of large locust groves in this
county and have killed many of the
trees that had been set out years ago
to be used for posts in the coal mines.
Farmers say the insects are multiply
ing because of the scarcity of birds
that proved on these pests. The sap
sucker and the woodpecker that once
abounded in this part of Indiana have
almost disappeared.
WaShington.-FOr the first time in
It's history the DayiesS circuit court
was convened for the February term
without Il single case on the criminal
docket. Divorce suits and personal in
Jury damage suits against coal mining
companies are In the majority on the
civil calendar. The probate and civil
dockets contain the average number
Of proceedings.
Anderson.-County Auditor Hardie
informed the county commissioner
that he bad been advised unofficially
that the state tax board would allow
no more bond issues for paved roads
I'm Madison county. Seven petitions
for roads are pending before the com
m~isSionerS.
Indianapolis.-The annual report
of the state board of charities on those
In county poor asylums. made public
by Amos w. Butler. secretary, shows