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

made public by the census bureau.
will lose at least one member of the
congress under the reapportionment
10 be made when the congress recon-
venes, and there Is the possibility. as
revealed by them. that two members
may be lost. Under the 1910 appOr-
tionment by the congress. there is one
member of the house OF representa-
tives for each 1.S77. persons. Under
the 1920 census the population of each
of the congressional districts is shown
10 be as follows: First district. 197,-
ia; Second. 210.644: Third. 1877:
Fourth. 179.702: Fifth. 216.2S0: Sixth,
1890; Seventh. 34S.O61 Eighth. 2I6.-
342: Ninth. 1929; Tenth, 2S6. 3ST ;
| Eleventh. 203.925; Twelfth. 2O5, 4O2 |;
Thirteenth. 2S7751.
.Valparaiso.-Three men on trial for
the murder of Herman Uecker. CASH
Ter of the Tolleston State bank on
June IA. 1919, were sentenced 10 life
Imprisonment when they changed their
pleas from not guilty to guilty. Tie
men are Albert Bachelor. James II.
Parker. both of Chicago, and Dan
| Trkuija. Gary. Thomas Bachelor,
Valparaiso, who was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree by jury,
was also sentenced 10 life imprisOn-
ment. The cashier was killed when
bandit gang attempted to rob the bank
pf no
rested and were sentenced to death in
| the electric chair after a trial in the
Circuit court at Crown Point The
Supreme court granted new trial
and the cases were taken To Valpa
raise from Lake county on change of
venue
Lafayette-One hundred and fifty
farmers. bankers. business men and
county agricultural agents of Tippeca-
noe and other counties In district 3
Of the Indiana Federation of Farmers
Associations will leave Lafayette Sun
day, November Z. on q railroad tour
to Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin for the purpose of inspecting
agricultural experiment stations and
representative farms. The trip will he
similar TO that recently taken by go
Georgia farmers and business men who
visited Purdue the University of ILL.,
nois and many other places i'm the mid
die West. a special train has been
chartered.
Hammond.-Mary Misicko of this
city was arrested for operating still.
There Is nothing unusual about catch
ing mOOnshine artists these days. but
the fact that Mary is a woman, and
has only one leg. is unusual. She
probably is the only one-egged woman
accused Of operating n still since stills
came into style. The missing leg was
cut off on the Erie railroad three years
ago. Wholesale quantities Of mash
and whisky found by the officers indi-
Gated that Mary had gone into bust
ness on large scale
Newcastle.-A picnic for twins was
held recently at the home of Harry
Regor. near here. Twins were present
In large numbers and Of all ages. The
event was the first OF its kind. The
picnic was so successful that II was
decided 10 make the affair an annual
event and in time il is hoped TO ex-
pand the picnic and take In the entire
state. Persons attending the event
said they did not know there were as
many twins in Henry county as
showed up ut the Regor home.
East Chicago. - Leo Mccormick,
mayor of East Chicago. removed all
members Of the hoard Of park trustees
from that board because they had
promulgated system Of boulevards
trary TO his requests such a system
of boulevards was adopted In order TO
stop vacation Of certain streets. which
was started by the board of works in
order TO create an industrial site for
one of the leading industries OF the
city.
dianapolis-Since the active set
Element of Indiana began the timber
land area of the state has steadily de-
creased until il is at present 1904
O47 acres. or about Der cent Of the
whole area, according TO survey
made by the state department of con-
servation. Utilization of waste lands
in the billy sections OF southern Indi-
ana is suggested by the department
for the purposes of reforestation.
Greencastle.-A jury in the Putnam
Circuit court disagreed In the second
trial of Lewis ID. Lemay of Clay
county. charged with the murder OF
William Lawson. The jury stood
eight for acquita, and four for COO
viction from start TO finish. This was
the second trial for Lemay, the first
resulting in chung" jury.
Valparaiso--A farm home tour OF
the county under the direction of
Purdue university will be held in the
county on October Is. AT that time
homes in the county will be visited
and demonstrations held in house
furnishings. lighting systems. sewer
age disposals and other sanitary con-
venlences
Evansville.-Reports from various
counties In the pocket" indicate