The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

in the state penitentiary ar this place.
Tie HUH girls body. bearing
ID knife wounds, was found in Eagle
Creek the day after she disappeared
Indianapolis Goodrich
signed the teachers salary bill
and the measure compelling the
establishment of the two-platoon
system in fire departments OF
cities exceeding $1,000 population.
Five other measures passed by the
special session of the legislature were
rejected. The rejected measures in
Guided the amendments TO the county
unit road law and the amendment TO
the state highway commission law
whereby contractors could collect 100
per cent of the estimated value OF COM
pleted new work. Under the constitu-
ton Wednesday was the last day for
executive action on bills passed by the
special session. The teachers bill pro-
vides for an increase Of approximately
30 per cent in salaries and establishes
$500 as the minimum that can be paid
ure was strenuousIy opposed by town
ship trustees and farmers. Senator
Oliver Kline Of Huntington, chairman
of the education committee I'm the up
per house, fought the measure on the
floor. He declared that trustees had
already made their contracts for the
coming school year and that they
would not have sufficient funds TO pay
additional salaries. Aside from lack
OF revenue to pay salaries there was
opposition TO the measure because the
minimum will tend to lengthen the
terms of school in rural communities
This was one of the arguments urged
against the bill before it's passage.
Senator Kline held. that rural children
should not be kept in school as long
as city children because part of their
education consists in learning how to
work on the farm. The governor said
that he signed the two-platoon bill
with the understanding that the fire.
men will not oppose an amendment by
the 1927, legislature extending the time
1921. Under the provisions of the act
all cities of more than $1,000 popula
ton are compelled TO institute two
platoons in their fire departments. Of
ficialS of several cities told the gov
ernor that they will not have enough
revenue TO establish the new system
by the first of the year, but that it
could be accomplished by July.s 1921.
as they will be able to make q levy
this year in anticipation of the new
expense
Indianapolis Indiana has received
more than $1.0O0.OOO worth of excess
war material to be used in the state
road building program from the war
department through the bureau of pub
lie roads of the department of agricul-
ture, according to L. III. Wright. direc-
tor of the state highway commission
at indianapolis, in letter to DR.. Clar-
ence ]. Owens. director of the South
ern Commercial congress. War mate
| rial suitable for road building pur-
poses is being distributed to the states
under a provision framed by Doctor
| Owens and introduced i'm the senate
as rider to the post office appropria-
ton bin Of 1919 by the late Senator
Bankhead of Alabama.
Anderson.-The quick action of En-
gineer Gipe of Cincinnati, o., a train
man for the Pennsylvania railroad.
saved the life of Mary Turner, two
years old. North Anderson baby.
daughter of III. H.. Turner. The child
wandered from its home and got on
the track directly i'm the path Of the
Chicago Cincinnati fast passenger
train at Anderson. Engineer Gipe
blew his whistle. but observed that
the child did not move. He brought
his train to sudden stop within a
foot of the babe.
Indianapolis. for national
and international balloon races schetf-
uled to start from the indianapolis
motor speedway in September and Oc-
tober came TO dead halt when J.
Dorsey Forrest, general manager of
the Citizens Gas company, notified
the speedway authorities that his com
pany could not supply gas TO initiate
the balloons. The critical condition OF
fuel supply is Mr.. Forests reason for
refusal. He declared that such use
Of gas at this time, I'm his opinion
would be criminal"
Indianapolis.-Seve Indiana coun
ties report an increase Of more than 81
per cent in the valuation of persona
property over the 1919 valuation, be
fore the horizontal increases were
added by the state board OF tax com
missioners In the abstracts received
by the board of auditors of all coun
ties of the state. Only Two countie.
reported a decrease In valuation. l.
Marion county the. valua tion increased
from s114,253,64O to S154.S6 400.
Anderson.-Rev. p. w. Rsidabaugh
age seventy-three, rastor of th,
Friends church at Anderson is deat
OF pneumonia at Entiat. a small towr
near Seattle. Wash. where he wa,
stricken while on a mission 10 IN,
Northwest for the Indiana Yearl,
Meeting of Friends
Seymour.-Elias bennington,
farmer near here. was bitten on IN,