The Jasper weekly courier., 1920-05-14
INDIANA
NEWS
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pounds of wool from this springs clip
They will offer it as single guam
tity TO the highest bidder. sealed bids
10 be received. The farmers agree 10
deliver the wool 10 some central point
in each of the counties under this
plan. The wool will be graded by
committees appointed for the purpose.
All sheep growers in the five counties
will receive letters showing the plan
of the pools operation. Each county
will have its own wool committee. A
count of the sheep in these counties
shows the following: Delaware, TO-
600; Madison. 1000; Henry. 5000 !;
Randolph. 1000, and Blackford. 5000.
indianapolis. = Rejection by the
Indianapolis Live Stock exchange of
Il proposal by the Indiana Federation
of Farmers Associations concerning
the placing of representative of live
stock shippers in the local yards was
voted unanimously at a called meet
ing of the exchange at which all mem
berS were represented. According to
Lewis Taylor. secretary of the fed
GRAFTON. and T.. L. Reynolds. treasur-
6r. the farmers will not back down
from their stand that they should
have a representative of their own
choosing in the yards To look after
their interests.
anapoliS.-Special attention was
given TO inspections of bakeries by
the food and drug division of the state
board of health during March. accord
ing tO the monthly report of l. l..
Miller, state food and drug commits
Sioner. As a result of the work of in
Spectors nine bakeries were CON
Gemned for violation Of the state law
requiring the labelling of all bread
showing the weight and name of bak-
cry where produced
PeterSburg.-Th shortage of farm
labor and the late spring will reduce
the corn acreage in Pike county 40
per cent. Many farmers cannot get
the necessary help TO put in their
crops and some farmers are selling
their farms. or are renting them and
are moving To neighboring towns and
cities. They are working in the build
ing trades or are mining. which they
say is more remuneratiye than farm
ing under existing conditions
napoliS-William Ray. cOlOred
nineteen years old. was sentenced to be
electrocuted on August ,, by Judge
James \. Collins of criminal court at
indianapolis. when Il jury returned a
verdict of guilty Of murder in the
first degree. Ray is said to have
stabbed TO death fourteen-year-old
Martha Huff, white girl, On April 19
He will be the first person to die in
the electric chair in this state
Goshen.-Ma gdaline Green. daugh-
ter of Fred Green, a wealthy resident
of Ligonier. has been ill for some time
with an ailment that has bafIled physi-
clans. She was removed To a hospital
in South Bend, where an X-ray ex-
animation showed that she had 13 ribs
instead of 12 on one side. 1t was an
n0unced. The rib was removed by
physicians and it was announced that
Slle IL recovering.
Lafayette.-ResolutiOn are being
prepared by the Tippecanoe County
Farmers association to be presented
ut the next meeting which will ask the
state legislature 10 change the state
automobile license law. The farmers
are asking that all moneys received
for state licenses be refunded to the
counties from which il was received.
instead of being divided pro rata by
the secretary of state. rs is now the
law.
Salem.-LeSs than half the number
of teachers required for the town and
county schools of Washington county
are i'm prospect for next year. accord
ing 10 the county superintendent.
! Only II applicants for teachers Ii
censeS took the examination last
month.
Washington. II. C.-Preliminary
population figures were announced by
the census bureau as follows: East
Chicago. 1920 population. 35.967; in
crease since 1910 1860. or SS.3 per
cent Charlottesville. 1920 population,
1O.139: Increase since 1910. 76S. or
So per cent.
rsonville.-Because of a short
are of labor and the backwardness of
farm work. Judge james ". Fortune.
i'm impaneling the petit jury in the
Clark circuit court excused all farm
ers from Jury service
IndiaaapoliS.-The Democratic state
committee. i'm a meeting held here,
went on record in favor of the selec-
tion OF women delegates To the ma
| tional convention. The action was
taken i'm an open meeting
Frankfort.-According 10 census re-
| turns Franklin has a population of
| II. $50. an increase of 2951. or "a .
per cent.
Indianapolis. = Governor Goodrich
| has intrusted To a committee of his
own selection the investigation of the
| charges made by Charles O. McNulty
that Indiana state farm prisoners are
poorly fed and mistreated. The board
| of state charities committee on penal
| institutions also is making an inves-
tigation.