The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-16
rndlanapoIis.-A 1921 state highway

program TO cost between $4,000 600
and $30.0O0.000 is contemplated by the
state highway commission, according
to L. III. Wright, director of the de-
! partment. This program is contem-
plated despite the feeling in some in
fuential quarters that because of the
high cost of material and other CON-
+ ditfons 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 APP
Z proxImately $500 miles of roads in
the state highway system and the
overhead OF the department, Dir.
/ Wright estimates
Observation-Disclosures of made
quate telephone service and a demand
on the part OF representatives of In
diana cities that the relations among
the Indiana Lell Telephone company,
the American Telephone and Tele-
| graph company and the Western Elec-
trio company be investigated thorough
~, marked the hearing before the pub
lie service commission on the petition
of the Indiana Bell Telephone COM
| pany for higher telephone rates i'm 80
Indiana cities and towns, including In
dianapolis and four Marion county
towns
Peru Prof. George DeMuth. n gov
eminent lee expert. is here for month
taking ca e of his 200 colonie: at his
mothers home south of Peru Profess
sor DeMutA says there is an aburd-
ance of honey and that prospects for
q 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 TO
gather great quantities of honey from
the Eastwood trees which have more
bloom on them now than i'm many
years.
Lafayette. TippecanOe county
/ thrasherman at meeting recently
adopted 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, Z cents; oats, cents,
and clover seed. $3.50 The thrasher-
men say that the crop outlook in the
county Is poor and that labo. 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
legislature and it is possible that
bill Will be presented proposing the
repeal of the primary election law. If
such 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
kaOln-a basic clay used i'm the manu-
facture of alum cake. pOtteries and re-
factories is beneath the soils of
southwestern Indiana, forming an al
most untouched source of mineral
wealth, according TO biologists who re-
Gently made an investigation Of the
deposits, under the direction of W. n.
Logan. state geOlogist. and head Of
the department of geology at Indiana
university.
Maron.-The army and navy union,
1 \
state encampment in Marion, voted TO
hold the 1921 meeting, which will be
held in June, at South Bend. A Ia
dies auxiliary was formed for the first
time and officers were elected !. III.
Meiboom of Garrison, National Mill
tary Home, Marion branch, was elect
ed department commander.
Kentland.-William II. Ade. age six
ty-one, brother of George AIDE, the au-
thor and one of the widely-known 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 special part
ners' in the deeunct brokerage firm OF
Marcuse K Co. we're declared general
partners by Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands,
and as result will be held liable for
the debts of the concern, estimated TO
exceed S2,500,OO0. The seven include
Clement and George Studebaker of
South Bend, Ind.
Goshen. The Sandusky-Portland
Cement company ut Syracuse. is spend
ing S150.000 TO equip the plant for the
manufacture of cement from limestone
instead of mari. Great quantities of
limestone Will he shipped TO Syracuse
from Logansport and other Indiana
towns.
Greenca stle-Dr. George r. Crosse.
president Of DePauw university, ut the
annual commencement exercises of
the university announced gifts 10 the
institution during the year totalng
Sill .045.
Yafayette-Fire destroyed the large