The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-02
Indiana
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| n population of $500.
LOgansport - The Cass County
Chamber of Commerce will have a sur
vey made of the Wabash river at this
point with view of using power OF
the river for an electric power and
| light plant.
GoShen.-Five regular army officers
arrived here from Kansas City to in
Spect 200 horses purchased in this vi
entity for the government. Demand
Tor army horses is so large that this
territory has been about depleted of
all surplus stock.
IiptOn.-It is predicted there will be
decided reduction in the amount of
meat produced in this county next
year. Several well-known feeders say
they will cease raising stock because
of the high price of corn and the I'M
certainty of hog and cattle prices.
Scottsburg.-The Baker overall fac
tory, new company here, began OPP
erations the past week. OveralIs.
shirts, waists and coats are being
made. Another new industry planned
Tor the city is being backed by local
capital and has been Incorporated for
100000. The company will manufac-
ture automobile tires.
Gary Charles E. Greenwald, Judge
OF the Lake county superior court
mere. decided that the new Indiana
state tax law is invalid insofar as ii
purports TO give authority 70 the state
board of tax commissioners 10 revise
or cut down tax levies made by coun-
Ties, cities, school governments, library
boards and other taxing bodies.
Wabash.-Wheat in Wabash county
has been. damaged to such an extent
by the Hessian fly, according TO re-
ports received at the county agents
office. that the 1920 wheat yield will be
the smallest in years. Fields in
which grass has started to grow will
not be touched until spring, but those
in which the wheat has been killed
and which are barren will be plOwed.
Terre Haute.-Seventeen coal mines
along the Chicago, Terre Haute &
Southeastern railroad were idle one
day the past week on account of lack
of cars. This is one-half of the total
number on that line that had resumed
operations since the recent ending of
nationwide strike in the industry
and included some of the largest fuel
producers in Indiana. Failure of Chi
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signed as the reason for the shortage.
Indianapolis-Th state board of
tax commissioners, at its fourth SEES
sion, recently ended. reduced by sew
eral millions Of dollars previous tax
assessments fixed by township, county
and state assessing officers. In Marion
county the board changed 245 out OF
2S3 appealed assessments fixed by To-
cal assessing officers. The board soon
will mail out 10 auditors of each Of
the counties the changes it has made
in each Of the other counties from
which appeals were made.
South Bend.-A northern Indiana
industrial baseball league playing Sat
urday and holiday games only, Is pro-
posed for 1920. The promoters expect
10 use South Bend and Mishawaka rs
Il nucleus for the organization, build
ing the league around the Studebalser.
Singer and South Bend Lathe works
clubs of South Bend and the Dodge
Manufacturing company and Misha
waka Wooden Manufacturing company
teams OF Mishawaka. Laporte and
Michigan City and Buchanan. Mich
will be expected TO supply the other
three teams.
Indianapolis.-The state board of
lowing bond issues: Starke county
Wayne and Railroad townships,
Slansky road. $1,000; Center township,
Shanks road, $500. Greenfield-Ci
light plant bonds. $4,000. Floyd coun-
ty-Georgetown township. New Albany
and Jasper road No. 3, $35,545; New
Albany township. Speckert road. 3d.
600. Vigo county-Otter Creek town
ship. maintenance Of road machinery,
$1,000 AurOra-School real estate
purchase $1,000. White county-Mo-
non township. school. $4,000 Evans
ville-School city. building and re-
pairs. S150,0OO Attica-Water and
power plant. $4,000.
Indianapolis.-The Farmers Nation
nj council and other farm organiZa-
tons whose officers recently sent
letter TO President Wilson urging gov
ernment ownership Of railroads. DO nor
represent Indiana farmers. according
TO officials of the Indiana Federation
of Farmers Associations. II do not
even know what this Farmers Nation
nj council is" said Lewis Taylor. sec
rotary OF the Indiana Federation of
Farmers, but ] do know that IL does
not represent Indiana farmers. We
are represented ut Washington. -. c.,
only by the American Farm Bureau,
OF which j. X. Howard Of Clemens. Ia.
Is president. And we have Informed
our congressman and senator's of this
fact
South Bend-South Bend Is no
place for loafers. Following orders
from Peter Kline. chief OF police. pa
trolmen are rounding up idle men and
bringing them before Frank Gilmore.
Judge, I'm the city court, where fhey
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