The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-03
INDIANA
StateNews

has lawfully acquired may be stored
in place other than his home, would
supersede any provision to the con-
trary in the Indiana prohibition law,
Is not correct, according 70 Charles j.
Orbison, federal prohibition director
for Indiana. The two laws, the Vol
stead act and the Indiana dry law,
work together" Mr.. Orbison said. 1.-The
more drastic provision of either law
governs in any case in which there Is
G difference"
Petersburg.-Little corn is being
sold. Farmers who took their corn TO
Petersburg recently, rather than take
go cents q bushel for it, hauled It
back home and are cribbing it. Sew
eral hundred bushels changed hands
at 20 cents, but no large contracts
have been made. Buyers are not bid
ding on corn in quantity. Farmers
will ship I'm hogs and feed their sur
plus corn to hogs rather than sell 1t
at 60 and 30 cents. Some renters will
be forced TO sell but most of the corn
raiserS will be able TO hold their corn.
Shelbyville.-A flock of White
Wyandotte hens owned by Mrs. d. C..
Pfendler of Moral township, Shelby
county, won the state egg-laying con-
test for the month of October, and for
the seven months ending November l..
Announcement of the winner was re-
ceived from Purdue university. Mrs.
Pfendler has 60 hens and pullets. Dur
ing October they averaged 1872 eggs
each, or a total for the month of SIT
eggs. During the seven months these
hens averaged us eggs.
Evansville-Many men who have
been thrown out of employment in
Evansville because of the reduced
operation of some of the factories are
seeking the cornfields and will help
the farmers with the large corn crop.
Farmers are paying 6 to cents a
bushel for husking corn and at this
price even men inexperienced can
earn good wages, the farmers say.
Many farmers in the pocket" c0un-
ties are in need of help.
health announced that an investigation
of the case of the Indianapolis man
reported to be leper has been COM
pleted, and that the tests show con-
clusively he has ,leprOsy. The victim
is Robert Burdine, forty-fve years old.
The state board has charge of Burdine
and has quarantined him, his wife and
their seven-year-Old daughter in their
home
IndianapOlis.-Min prices for coal
produced by approximately 125 small,
unclasSified wagon mines in Indiana
are to be fixed by the state special
coal and food commission soon and
the commission has announced it will
hold public hearing for the opera
tors on November %, at 10 a. IN.
Terre Haute.-The next state board
meeting of the Indiana Woman's As
ISOLATION of Commerce will be held at
indianapolis February %, according
TO a decision reached by the board
here. Muncie was chosen for the 1921
convention which will be held May 8
and 10.
Gary.-Mrs. Ralph W. Ross, wife of
local attorney, has been selected
city clerk of Gary to succeed Herbert
G.. Francis, removed from office by
Mayor William F. Hodges after field
examiners discovered an alleged short
age in his accounts of S4.S7050.
South Bend.-Smallpox is again
spreading through South Bend and be-
cause of a fear of a general epidemic
the board of health was called into
session. School children and factory
employees are 10 be urged to submit
TO vaccination without delay.
Hammond-Four thousand tons of
coal In the yards of the American
Maize Products company here caught
fire in October and has been burning
for more than month. A steam
clam bucket has been working three
weeks to save the coal.
Franklin.-Edvard a. Remy, Indi-
annapolis, will be county auditor of
state when William G. Oliver of Frank
lin takes office as auditor December
/, Mr.. Oliver announced Mr. Remy
is field examiner for the state board
of accounts.
Newcastle.-Ownership of $1,000 in
gold found buried on a farm near
Greensboro six months ago by Levi
Todd. fifteen-year-Old boy, was set
tied In court by Judge Cause deciding
that finders are keepers"
Indianapolis.-pur of an addi-
ton of los acres OF land for the state
forest reserve near Henryville in
Scott county was announced by the
state conservation commission.
ansport-Evansville was select
ed as the meeting place for the 1921
convention of the Indiana Chiroprac-
tors association at a session OF its
1920 meeting here.
Indianapolis.-Th state council OF
| the National Association Of Credit
Men. meeting In Indianapolis. decided
10 hold a conference of all credit mer
Of the state in January at Fort Wayne
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT citizens viii
be able 10 buy coal at about IS a tor
from the municipal coal yards. TO b,
established. according TO Major Jane:
Barnes.