The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

give no definite assurance as TO when
fuel may be obtained. Bids for 925
tons were advertised for, and the con-
tract was TO have been awarded few
days ago, but not a single bid was
received. The commissioners were
informed by dealers that next winters
supply of fuel for county institutions
probably will have to be bought on the
open market.
Muncie.-Of the 1862 persons of
school age in Delaware county. 11,001
live in the city of Muncie, according to
the reports of school census enumer-
ators. The city shows gain of $40
over the preceding year. Lack of
dwellings, which forces hundreds of
men to keep their families elsewhere,
the school authorities say. School age
is fixed by state law as from six to
twenty-one.
Washington, ID. C.-Adjt. Gen. Har-
ry B. Smith has written to the In
diana senator's that the National
Guard officers of Indiana favor the
house provisions of the army bill On
the National Guard which would leave
the guard as it was before the war.
He opposes the organization of the
guard under the army clause of the
Constitution on the ground that such
action took too much power from the
states
AndersOn.-Thirty- eight head of
ShorthOrn cattle sold by DR.. A. f. Har-
Ian at his farm in the north part of
Madison county. brought $4,000. The
highest price paid was $1,000 for a
fOur-year-Old COW, bought by Morris f.
Jones of Culver Morris Wynn of Lu-
cerne paid $500 for two-year-old
hefer Another heifer of the same
age sold for $3.50. The average for
COWS was $3.50 and for bulls. $500.
Indianapolis.-Otto A. Boyer Of
South Bend was nominated for grand
master without opposition at the clos
ing session of the eighty-fOurth semi
annual meeting of the grand lodge, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows of In
diana. held in Indianapolis. George
e. Hershman of Crown Point was nom-
mated for deputy grandmother Elec-
ton of officers will be held at the No
vember meeting of the grand lodge.
East ChicagO.-Chauffeurs and as
police and fire departments, who are
members of the Transfers union, have
received $50 month increase in pay
while other members Of the depart
ment, who also petitiOned for an III
crease, received none. The chauf-
feurs in the police department now re-
ceive S175 a month. Captains and desk
Seargents receive $160.
English-Floyd Weathers. age thir-
teen, was shot accidentally and in
stantly killed by Richard .WeatherS,
his father, while the two were squirrel
hunting north of Marengo. The
youth had climbed into a tree to run
down a squirrel and the father, who
is about seventy years old, miStook
the appearance of the boys cap for a
squirrel.
Terre Haute.-William Wood Par
sons, president of Indiana State Nor
NAL school here. recently observed his
seventeen birthday anniversary. Fifty
years of his long life have been de-
voted to the institution Of which he
is the head. He was a student at
the school when il was opened in
January, 1870.
Acknowledgements county bust
ness and professional men, acting as
spokesman for the citizens of the
county generally. have volunteered To
lay a substantial financial foundation
for the s1.OOO.OOO Purdue University
Union memorial building. which ii Is
proposed TO erect on the university
campus.
Indianapolis.-Clyde f. Titus of In
dianapolis was elected president of
the Indiana Funeral Directors associ-
alton at the closing session of IT'S for
tieth annual convention ut Indianapo-
lis. resolution was passed declaring
that the sentiment of the association
Il 10 ulSCOuTdSt SuHuiiN luueIdlS.
ton.-Enumeration of per-
sons of school age in HUNTINGTON coun-
ty shows gain of A persons over that
OF last year according TO a report COM
piled by Clifford Funderburg. county
superintendent of schools. The total
In the townships is 1901. In the cities
the number is 3.55S.
Gary-"Sleeping Influenza" as Gary
physicians term Ii. caused the death
of nine-year-ol1 Ruth Harriet Windlad,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephran
Windlad. This is the third death from
sleeping sickness in this city this year.
Fort Wayne.-Statistics recently
complied show that deposits I'm banks
in Fort Wayne have increased nearly
S4.5O0.OO0 in the last year.
Terre Haute.-William Franklin.
age thirty-two. son Of William r.
Franklin. farmer. living east of ST
Marys. was shot and instantly killed
by Benjamin Franklin. age twenty
eight. his brother The tragedy occur.
red in bedroom at the Franklin
home. where Benjamin had gone 10
awaken another brother.
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