The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-12-10

the handling of live stock The coun-
~ has been divided into three units
and manager appointed for each.
Farmers having live stock ready for
delivery will inform the unit. manager,
who will advise them when the car
will go forward. The manager will
receive small commission for his
work. The freight and other expenses
VIII be prorated according to the
weight of the individual shipments.
The plan, 1t is said, Is especially fa-
vorable for small shippers who here
tofore have been required TO sell 20
buyers at unsatisfactory prices. Large
shippers either had a carload of their
own stock or were able TO sell 70 bet
ter advantage because of their knowl-
edge of market conditions.
| Observation-Disclosures Is so prevalent In
Goshen that DR.. J. N. Hurry of Indi-
annapolis. state health commissioner.
has communicated with DR.. Albert J.
Irwin. city health officer, and other
authorities, urging general vaccina-
ton orders. at one time recently
there were so cases Of the disease in
Goshen and vicinity. Persons broken
out with smallpox were found attend
ing schools and working in factories.
Recently there were 40 smallpox quar-
antines in effect in the city. Most OF
the cases were in light form.
! Terre Haute.-The opinion was ex-
pressed by Indiana bituminous coal
operators that the ruling of the Fed
eral court in Indianapolis enjoining
the Indiana food and fuel commission
from compelling ALLEGATION of Indiana
mined coal would make imperative
| the further orders of the commission.
In expressing this view Phil Penna,
secretary of the Indiana BituminOus
Coal Operators association, also pre-
dicted that Indiana consumers would
have more and cheaper coal than here
tOfOre has been available.
Observation-Disclosures in central IN
diana are experiencing trouble in get
ting men TO help gather their corn.
1t is estimated that half the corn in
this section of the state is yet in the
fields, and the farmers would like to
crib it before bad weather. Most Of
them are offering to s cents BUSH
ell and few 10 cents q bushel. At
this rate the average corn husker
could earn from 81 to 50 day, but
as rule the men are not TO be found
even at those wages.
MISUNDERSTANDING from % coun-
ties throughout Indiana met in La
fayette with William w. Weinhardt,
sheriff of Tippecanoe county, and pre-
pared a plea which they will present
to the legislature at the coming ses-
sion, asking for substantial increases
in salaries and fees. The sheriffs,
who attended the meeting, said that
they were 50 underpaid that they
cannot even meet their running ex-
penses with the salaries and fees they
are receiving.
Corydon.-Miss Ida Luther of Web
Ster township. Harrison county. has
been engaged this fall in hauling stone
for a gravel road which is being con-
structed past her fathers farm. She
picks up "nigger heads" on the farm
and hauls them TO the roads for the
first course In construction. She
! drives the team, does all the work In
loading and unloading stone, and
makes from SO to SD a day at the
work.
South Bend.-Deputy United States
marshals in South Bend served sub
|
are alleged TO have. knowledge Of q
whisky ring operating in South Bend.
The subpOenas are TO be answered De-
cember 20 and 21 in United States
District court at indianapolis. South
Bend is alleged to be clearing sta
ton for whisky between Windsor,
Canada, and Chicago.
COlumbus.-The price of new corn
on the Columbus market recently was
80 cents a bushel, and local dealers
predict it will fall lower. There is
little of the crop moving, as farmers
are selling only what they cannot
place in cribs because of lack of room.
Some dealers in southern Indiana arc
said to be Offering 80 cents for the
new corn crop.
~erre Haute.-Miners of Terre Haute
had the largest pay day on record in
this field few days ago. The First
National bank alone made up in pay
rolls about $4,000, and about &c.,
600 of it was in $50 bills. An official
of the bank said the December pay is
expected to be even larger than this
rs a result Of the miners working
every day possible to get money for
Christmas.
indianapolis tending TO
show that indianapolis, as we'll as 9TH
er cities in the country is held in
the tight grip Of a cement trust which
controls the industry, thus throttling
competition and fixing prices. was re-
vealed by an investigation among deal
ers and contractors.
Lafayette.-Firstp place in the cole
gate live stock judging contest at the
international live stock and grain show
at Chicago WAS won by Purdue uni
versity's judging team.
Noblesville.-Hanson Mabin, a negro.
is dead in Noblesville at the age OF
one hundred and four. He was one