The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-15
INDIANA
- STATE NEWS


occh oDthlueu Dy the special IOOu anu
coal commission, according TO a state
ment made by Jesse K. Eschbach.
chairman of the commission, at a
hearing OF coal wholesalers. Repre-
sentatives of Indiana jobbers at the
hearing urged the commission TO per-
init jobbers TO charge IS their commits
sion 10 per cent OF the price they pay
for coal at the mouth of the mine.
The commission heard both operators
and retailers. This commission has
evidence" said Mr.. Eschbach, Ito show
that retailers In some Indiana COM
munities have such close organiza-
ton with Indiana operators that no
customer in certain territories can buy
q pound of coal direct from mines Or
colleries. unless the coal goes through
the hands of q retailer who collects
the regular profit"
Anderson.-Madison county farm.
ers report that more corn will be
shocked or ensilaged than ever before
because of the low price for corn de-
livered at elevators. Farmers est.
mate they would lose heavily ut the
present prices since they are below
the price paid for seed. Corn for can
ming factories is yielding approximate
ly S4S an acre. and farmers who grew
corn for packing plants believe 1t will
prove more profitable than corn for
the later market. Tomatoes for can
ming concerns have been averaging
more than 500 an acre and for the
reason that the canning plants pay
better than other markets Ii is pre-.
dicted by farmers that the acreage Of
common corn will be reduced next
year i'm favor of sweet corn and to.
matOeS.
Goshen.-Charles e Morrice of
Peru, formerly of Goshen. who sur
rendered TO the sheriff of Elkhart
county, who served warran,, issued on
thirty-six indictments returned against
Morrice by the Elkhart county grand
jury completed giving bond for $4,000
and returned TO Peru to resume the
management of cabinet company. In
dictments returned against Morrice
are grand larceny. twenty larceny and
embezzlement. six: forgery and ut
tering forged instruments. six; petit
larceny, two; larceny. two.
Washington, ID. C.-The missing do
Of Indiana's population has been found
by the United States census bureau
The population of Vgc county. in
stead of 100,03S. as announced. should
be 100.212. and the population OF
Franklin county. instead of the 14.75S
should be 1896. The discrepancies
were discovered when addition of the
totals of county population, as an
nounced, gave the state population
of ODD fewer persons than was an
nounced by the bureau Us the total
for the whole state.
SeymOur.-With favorable weather
thousands of acres in Jackson county
will be seeded 10 wheat. Most farm
ers withheld sowing until after Oc!o-
Der 3 because of the possible danger
of the Hessian fly. AS the wheat crop
I'm the county was not as good g.
usual last spring, some trouble has
been experienced I'm gettins first-class
seed and farmers who held wheat
which tested high and was free from
cookie and other weeds seeds, disposed
of II at $3.50 bushel.
IndlanapoliS-Tw Indianapolis men
were killed instantly and n third was
injured so seriously that he died ff-
teen minutes later. when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
turned over on the bluff read. twelve
miles southwest Of here, near Glens
Valley. They were on their way 10
the Indiana-Iowa football game at
Bloomington. The dead: Harry f.
Snyder. 20 years old; John A. Zeller
81 years old; Frank J. Coffey, 81
years old
IndIanapolis.-J. l.. McCulloch OF
Marion was reelected governor OF the
Indiana district KiwanIs Clubs at the
second days session of the third an
nual convention here. John n. Bro
OF the three lieutenant governors OF
the district. The other lieutenant
governors are James F. Boyer Of Elk
hart and Il. s. Alnutt of Evansville.
Indlanapolis.-A state survey OF
commercial education possibilities Is
TO be undertaken by a committee
headed by L. y. Hines. state superin-
tendent of public instruction, II was
decided at n meeting Of a number OF
Hoosier educators. A federal expert
representing the federal bureau Of
education. recently conferred with
suite officials.
Lawrenceburg. Crossed electric
light wires started fire here in the
drying house of the Rossvilie Distill.
Ing and Cattle Feeding company
The drying house and frame ware
house were destroyed. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000 and is covered by
insurance.
Seymour.-Only ten per cent of the
coal needed by citizens o. Seymour for
use during the winter ms bsen de.
Ifvered. according to dealers.
Evansville.-Weevil has been dis
covered in some of the wheat in Van
derburg county and farmers have been
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