The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-02
rndianapolis-A 1921 state hIrhw.,

program 10 cost between $4,000 900
and s3O,oo0OO0- is contemplated by the
state highway commission, according
to l.. H. Wright, director Of the de-
partment. This program is cOntem.
plated despite the feeling i'm some in
nuentlal quarters that because Of the
high cost of material and other con-
ditions this Is no time TO plunge so
heavily into this form of public i'm
provement. The huge sum will pro-
vide for the paving of approximately
800 miles of roads, the building OF
many bridges, the maintenance of ap-
pr0ximately $500 miles of roads in
the state highway system and the
overhead Of the department, Mr..
Wright estimates.
IndianapOlis.-Alle of made
quate telephone service and demand
on the part of representatives of In
diana cities that the relations among
! the Indiana Bell Telephone company,
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company and the Western Elec-
trio company be investigated thorough
u. marked the hearing before the pub
lie service commission on the petition
of the Indiana Bell Telephone COM
pany for higher telephone rates in 80
Indiana cities and towns, including In
dianapOlis and four Marion county
! towns
Peru.-Prof. George DeAluth. a gov
1fraf hoo
taking care of his 200 colonies at his
mothers home south of Peru. Profess
sOr DeMuth says there is an abund-
ance of honey and that prospects for
a good crop during the next few
months are excellent. Also the clover
crop at present is productive and with
in q few weeks bees will begin 10
gather great quantities of honey from
the Eastwood trees which have more
bloom on them now than iQ many
years.
Lafayette. Tippecanoe county
| thrasherman ut meeting recently
adopted a new price schedule. which
Is slightly higher than last years
scale. The prices set are as follows:
Rye. 10 cents a bushel; wheat, 8
cents: oats, 4 cents and clover seed,
So. Last years prices we're: Rye.
s cents; wheat cents; oats, cents,
and clover seed, $3.50. The thrasher-
men say that the crop outlook in the
county Is poor and that labor en-
plOyed in the operation OF thrashing
machines is scarce.
anapolis.-Changes in the In
diana election laws will be proposed
at the special session of the Indiana
legisl Ire and it is possible that
bill will he presented proposing the
repeal of the primary election law. IL
such a repeal bill Is presented, it
seems likely that the work of draft
| ing a new primary law to obviate
present features that seem unpopular
to some will be left to the regular ses-
sion Of the legislature in 1927.
Bloomington. = Rich deposits Of
koolin-a basic clay used in the manu-
iacture of alum cake, potteries and re-
factories is beneath the soils Of
southwestern Indiana. forming an al
most untouched source of mineral
wealth, according 10 biologists who re-
Gently made an investigation of the
deposits. under the direction of w. "
Logan. state geOlogist, and head Of
the department of geology ut Indiana
university.
Marion.-The army and navy union
mt the closing session of the annual
state encampment in Marion. voted TO
hold the 1921 meeting, which will be
held in June, at South Bend. A la
dies auxiliary was formed for the first
time and officers were elected. J. III.
MeibOOm of Garrison, National Mill
tary Home, Marion branch, was elect
ed department commander.
William n. AIDE age six
ty-one, brother of George AIDE. the au-
thor. and one of the widely citi-
Zens of northwestern Indiana. died re-
Gently at the Henrotin hospital in Chi
cagO. His life was spent at Kentland,
and he was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John AIDE, his father having been a
farmer and banker.
Chicago, ill.-Seven Especial part
ners" in the defunct brokerage firm OF
Marcuse x Co. were declared general
partners By Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands.
and as n result will be held liable N,r
the debts of the concern, estimated to
exceed S2.500.0O0. The seven include
Clement and George Studebaker Of
South Bend. Ind
Goshen The Sandusky- Portland
Cement company ut Syracuse, is spend
ing S150O00 to equip the plant for the
manufacture of cement from limestone
instead of mari. Great quantities of
limestone will be shipped TO Syracuse
from Logansport and other Indiana
towns.
Greencastle.-Dr George X. Crosse.
president of DePauw university. at the
annual commencement exercises OF
the university announced gifts to the
institution during the year totaling
S411. 045.
! Iafayette-Fire destroyed the large
Al.