The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-02-20

ships of Kosciusko county now have
fully organized farmers associations
affiliated with the Kosciusko County
Farmers association. More than 1.500
farmers are members OF the county or
! ganiZation.
Evansville.-A suit to enjoin the city
school and health authorities of Evans
vile from excluding children from the
public schools for failure To be vac
cinated has been filed I'm the Wander
burg county superior court by Grover
c. Mundy.
South Bend.-An aggregate of 276%
pounds has been gained by 80 children
who are assigned TO the fresh air
school of this city. The largest indi-
viduaI gain was 17% pounds. and the
average gain 81 pounds. Only n
pupil lost weight.
RichmOnd.-The ninth annual stu
dents missionary conference of Indi-
ana. which was scheduled for Feb
ruary 1919. has been postponed 70
some time in April because of influ-
enza at Earlham college, where the
conference was to have been held.
Jeffersonville.-The delinquent tax
sale in Clark county was the smallest
in many years. Only % pieces of
property were sold. for q total of
S453.93 delinquency. Approximately
50. 700 worth of property was redeemed
before the sale, and there remains to
be sold about $4,000 worth of delin-
quent taxes.
South BeId.-Forfeiture of the
South Bend franchise of the Chicago,
South Benz & Northern Indiana In
terurban railway was ordered by the
common council. Thomas w. Slick.
city attorney, was instructed to pro-
ceed Immediately with action where
by the municipality will take over and
operate the lines.
Gary.-AccOrding TO the estimate of
the government census director Gary's
population now is between 10000 and
$4,000. as compared with 16,S02 ten
years ago HammOnd's population is
now estimated at $1,000: East Chicago.
10000; Whiting, 10000. and Lake
county, $4,000. The population of the
county is said to have doubled since
the 1910 census.
Wabash.-E. Ii. Clifford. secretary
of the local chamber of commerce. was
instructed TO petition the war depart
ment for IL survey of the Wabash river
from LOganspOrt to Huntington, with
n xinxx- Of Ia-;,,a, 4I4 $500
so that property in Huntington. Wa
bash, Peru, LOganspOrt and towns in
between those cities would not suffer
each spring from high waters.
kOkOmO.-MOre public sales are be-
ing held by the farmers Of Howard
N adjoining counties this winter than
ever before, and in many instances rec
ord prices have been paid for live
stock, grain and implements. AT Il
sale held near here a milch COW and
calf sold for $214. A yearling heifer
sold for 800. The majority of buyers
are paying cash for their purchases.
Lafayette.-An unprecedented num-
Der of students have left Purdue uni
versity voluntarily or have been
dropped from the classes by the pro-
fessOrs during the past week. which
marked the close of the first semester
Many of the students dropped out of
school because of sickness or financial
reasons. but more than 100 were
dropped because they were down in
their studies.
Vn1ionnnnlic -naa orinn thn n1,rnn.
tiOna1 situation in Indiana not onlv
alarming but critical, the leading edu-
Gators of the state, including college
presidents. public school superintend-
entS and instructors. representatives
of commercial and civic organizations.
and ministers, me- at the StatehOuse
to devise ways and means of bringing
the situation before the public on Edu-
cation week, set by proclamation Of
Governor Goodrich for March { to II.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been
placed in the same class with several
other western states for grain car dis
tributiOn following Il request by the
Indiana Grain Dealers association, ac-
cording to q telegram received from
the car service section by Charles =.
Riley, secretary of the Indiana asso-
citation. The original order did not in
clude this state, but the telegram re-
ceived said "same instructions relative
to car supply for grain loading have
o. been granted Indiana as other
states.'
Acknowledgements c. Madison. Dear
born county farm agent, has announced
the result of the cows tested in the
month of January. His report shows
that 139 COWS were tested. % of which
/ produced more than 10 pounds of but
terfat. The Bruce Brothers herd of
10 COWS led the association with an
average of 40.4 pounds of butterfat.
Hamilton Rees' herd of IL cows was
second. with an average of 36.6 pounds.
The years results of the Dearborn
County Cow Testing association show
that there were four herds winning
gold medals by having ten cows each
making more than 800 pounds of but
terfat. Edgar Halls herd averaged
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