The Jasper weekly courier., 1920-08-13
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INDIANA
NEWS
Observation-Disclosures

assembly. Post assembly develop
following:
!. The reappointment of Jesse r.
Eschbanch as state examiner Of the
board OF accounts. from which he re-
signed July u 10 resume the speaker
ship of the house Of representatives.
2. Governor Goodrich signed three
of the major acts passed by the as
Sembly-the Johnson home rule tax
act. the Tuthill-Kiper curative tax act
and the coal and food commission act
The governor also signed the state
war memorial measure.
3. The coal and food commission
was formally organized. The commits
sion is composed of Mr.. Eschbach,
Governor Goodrich and Otto l..
Klauss, auditor of state. Under the
terms of the act the accounts board
serve as the coal commission.
4. 1t became known that Charles
Fox, president of the Indiana State
Federation of Labor, would be ap-
pointed by Governor Goodrich as the
fifth member Of the state industrial
because of Il lack of funds. but the
legislature provided more funds for
the board.
>. The state board of tax commits
sioners began the preparation of 1919
assessment data to be certified TO To-
cal taxing officials i'm accordance with
the Tuthll-Kiper bill.
6. After careful study of the cura-
tive tax bill the governor and the
members of the tax board and other
state officials were of the opinion that
the measure will relieve the tax mess
efrectually and that the net result of
the application of the act will be the
legaliZation of the horizontal in
creaSeS in assessments i'm virtually
every taxing unit in the state.
AT the meeting of the coal commits
sion Mr.. Eschbach was given full au-
thOrity to administer the act and to
employ n fuel director, counsel TO the
commission and other employees. An
other meeting of the commission will
be held 70 consider organization plans
further
One of the first acts Of this new de-
tory of all coal dealers. jObberS and
operators in the state. Every dealer
i'm coal will be required to obtain a
license. The license fees are: Deal
ers, So: wholesalers, SO and opera
tors. so. There is also provided q
tax of l cent Il ton on all coal mined.
COnnerSville. - Clarence Edwards,
president of the Fayette county unit
of the Farmers federation. will call a
meeting of the members within n few
days TO discuss wheat sowing. He
ers in the county, discouraged by the
high price of commercial fertilizers
and disturbed by the uncertainty of
the wheat market. are planning TO sow
rye instead OF wheat Rye. he says.
is less favorable crop for clover
value. He says the federation will do
it's utmost to keep the county's wheat
acreage up to its usual total, which
is near $4,000 acres.
Indianapolis.-Mrs Warren G.. Hard
Ing, wife of the Republican candidate
for president. will be guest of honor
at the Indiana state fair on Wednes-
day, September 6. which will be OBJ
served as indianapolis day state
committee of 60 women is being or
ganized. Following n visit to the fair,
| public reception Is being planned for
! the wife of the Republican preSiden-
| tial nominee. The reception will be
| held I'm the wOmen's building at the
fair grounds. The visit of Mrs. Hard
| ing. IL is said. will be a nonpartisan
affair. as the committee of GO women
will be made up without regard to ro-
litical faith.
Indianapolis. emergency apprO-
priations bill. which was among the
first of the measures passed at the
special session of Indiana's general
assembly TO be signed by Governor
Goodrich. appropriates total of ST.
16S.11462. of which SS76.995.69 is to
20 TO state institutions and depart
nents for their future use. and the
auditor of state is low making war
rants for the various amounts. A to-
ial of 1921 1883, which was advanced
oy Otto KlauSS. auditor of state. out
of the general fund, 10 keep the in
stitutionS going. is appropriated to re-
imburse the general fund.
Hartford City-Farmers in Black
.ord county believe there will be q
bumper oats crop threshed. In many
parts of the county the yield. ii is es-
timated. will be as high as as 70 SO
bushels an acre. The average yield
in the county is about 80 bushels.
Indianapolis.-His whereabouts un
known to the members Of his family
for - years. John Pugh. cousin OF
Marshall Pugh. wealthy indianapolis
! land owner. who died last year. has
appeared as a claimant for share OF
tire estate of Marshall Pugh. The ap
pearance of John Pugh. believed by
relatives 10 have been dead for many
years. made necessary the changing OF