The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-01-16
Indiana News
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Indianapolis.-The total of Deem
Der, 1919. settlement of the counties
with the state is $4,115.914, according
10 compilations completed by Lewis c.
Johnson, settlement clerk in the office
of the auditor of state. The total for
the December, 1913, settlement was
S3.S42,26S. or S273,646 less than the
| 1919 figure.
Washington.-The biggest real es-
tate transaction i'm history of Davies
county closed here when Cyrus +. Da-
Wis. attorney of Bloomington, filed
deeds with the recorder conveying l.
$50 acres of farm land to Ziba T. 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 gre American and where no
attempt is made TO arouse pro-German
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state department OF the legion and
made public here by Franklin D'Olier,
national commander of the organiza-
ton.
lndianapolis.-The public service
| commission will hold n hearing Tues
day. January 13. for the purpose of
determining the reasonableneSs OF toll
rates and regulations authorized by
Postmaster General Burleson, II was
announced officially by H. l. Lewis,
chairman Of the commission. Inas-
much rs person To person and station
to station calls are involved, il is
pointed out the hearing is OF vital
Importance 10 every telephone user In
| the state.
Evansvlle-The 1910 internal reNs
$500, 14O.S1, rs compared with 5000
S24.2S in 1913. The report for Jan
uary, 1913, before prohibition went
into effect, was S103.405.79, as com
pared with S45.3142J i'm January. 1919.
The December report of 1919 was $751;
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3OS.39. Walter T.. Foley, local col
lector, says the Increase was brought
about by Increases in the sa!ce Of to-
bacc0.
| Indianapolis.-Th WOman's Assoc-
alton of Commerce OF Indiana, an or
ganization of business and profession
al women in the state. has been asked
TO 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,
rs well as all other clubs Of business
women in the state, explaining the
new plan and asking for the coop
GRAFTON of all business women i'm the
new program planned by the govern
ment
| Greensburg.-For the first time in
many years, offices OF justices of the
peace, in Greensburg will be conduct
ed in private homes. w. J. Grant and
! a. ). 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 it for lodge hall
Indianapolis-A part of 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 to 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
school of pharmacy Of good stand
ing" 'rhe act defines a school of good
standiag. 1t eXempts from the fore
going provision applicants who al
ready are registered assistant or reg
isterpt. apprentices. Many applicants
for license have filed within the last
few weeks in order TO be eligible TO
take the coming examina ion.
Indianapolis.-Th state board Of
tax commissioners has turned down
the Pike county petition for authority
10 issue S250,OO0 of bonds, with which
&c finance the erection Of q new court
house The board, in its order, stated
that it found $3.50 voters in the
county; that after withdrawing III
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 a total of STA 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 new
courthouse is excessive. and the board
having considered all these things now
Cisapproves said bond issue"
Newcastle.-Three cooperative ele-
vator companies are being organized