The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-23
Indiana News
Tersely Told

lndianapolis.-The total of Deem
Der, 1910. settlement of the counties
With the state is $4,115,914, according
to compilations completed by Lewis c.
Johnson, settlement clerk in the Office
of the auditor of state. The total for
the December, 1913, settlement was
So S42. 26S. or S273,646 less than the
1919 figure
Washington.-The biggest real es-
tate transaction in history of Davies
county closed here when Cyrus +. Da-
Wis, attorney of Bloomington, filed
deeds with the recorder conveying l.,
OS0 acres of farm land TO Ziba Z. East
of Worthington. The consideration
was $4,000. The land lies i'm the
creek bottoms. six miles northeast of
this city.
indianapolis. Members of the
American Legion are instructed not TO
oppose German opera and Hungarian
music where the spirit, language. and
personnel are American and where no
feeling" in a bulletin issued by the
state department of the legion and
made public here by Franklin DOlier,
national commander Of the organza-
ton.
lndianapolis.-The public service
commission will hold n hearing Tues
day, January Is, for the purpose of
determining the reasonabeneSs of toll
rates and regulations authorized by
Postmaster General BurlesOn, il was
announced officially by T. T. Lewis.
| chairman of the commission. mas
| much as person to person and station
TO station calls are involved. il is
pointed cut, the hearing is of vital
Importance to every telephone user in
the state
Evansville-The 1919 internal re,.s
nue. receipts for this district total
$500. 140.S1, rs compared with $o26,-
S24.2S in 1918. The report for Jan
nary. 1913, before prohibition weat
into effect. was $1O3.4O5.79, as com
pared with S45.314.25 in January. 1919.
The December report of 1919 was $751;
S1O.95 and for December, 1918. SAL
|
lector, says the increase was brought
about by Increases in the sales of to-
bdcco.
Indianapolis.-The WOman's Associ-
alton of Commerce Of Indiana. an or
ganzatiOn of business and profession
al women in the state, has been asked
60 take part in the new savings move
ment to be started by the savings di-
vision of the treasury department.
Letters are being sent to the ten clubs
affiliated with the state association,
as we'll as all other clubs of business
women in the state, explaining the
new plan and asking for the coop
GRAFTON of all business women in the
new program planned by the govern
ment.
Greensburg.-Fo the first time in
many years. offices OF justices of the
peace. in Greensburg will be conduct
ed in private homes. w. ]. Grant and
A. s. Creath are moving their offices
FROM the Lathrop building on the east
side of the courthouse square, to their
homes, and in the future will try
cases, perform marriages and all Of
fetal business at their own firsesides.
The removal of the Offices was caused
by the forming of Knights Templar
| cOmmandery here. The cOmmandery
has leased the LathrOp building and
will remodel II for IL lodge hall.
lndianaDOliS.-A part of I new law
on the licensing of pharmacists now
is effective. The part reads: Ion and
after the first day of January. 1920,
no person shall be eligible 10 take the
examination to become registered
pharmacist until such person shall
have produced and filed such evidence
as is satisfactory to the board of
pharmacy that he has graduated from
Il school of pharmacy of good stand
ing" The act defines school of good
standiog 1t eXempts from the fore
going provision applicants who al
ready are registered assistant or reg
istereti apprentices. Many applicants
for license have filed within the last
few weeks i'm order TO be eligible TO
take the coming examination.
Indianapolis.-The state board Of
tax commissioners has turned down
the Pike county petition for authority
to issue S25O,0OO of bonds, with which
to finance the erection of new court
house The board, i'm it's order. stated
that it found $3.50 voters in the
county; that after withdrawing 1T
names from the remOnstrance. $40
remained and that the number of
signers TO the petition for the bond
issue was 2.444 The board found
also that out of total of SI4 miles
of public roads only ninety-twO miles
are improved roads in the county.
The board further finds that in addi-
ton To the demand for more improved
highways, demands for schools and
drainage purposes seem paramount
and that the amount asked for n new
courthouse Is excessive. and the board
having considered all these things now
| Gisapproves said bond issue"
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