The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-05-28
Observation-Disclosures
INDIANA
NEWS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Indianapolls.-Tw important min
ing regulations having to do with
bosses licenses and with waShhouses
have been issued by Garry Littlejohn,
state mine Inspector. with the approval
OF the state legal department and state
industrial board. Hereafter applca-
lions for hoistlng engineers and
bosses licenses will be accepted only
from American-born citizens or from
forelgn-b0rn persons who have be-
come cltizeIS Of the United States.
The other ruling requires that water,
ventilation and all accessories In mine
wash houses shall meet modern san
itary requirements.
Seymour.-Much land I'm Jackson
county Will not be- under cultivation
this year because of the shortage of
farm labor. The backward spring de-
layed blowing for corn and other work,
and land owners are unable 10 find
enough help now 20 break the ground
which they intended To plant in corn.
several large farms are idle this year,
rs the tenants moved early in the
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work in factories and the owners have
been unable 10 find tenants. The labor
shortage has resulted i'm an increased
demand for tractors and other modern
farming machinery.
Terre Haute.-The Indiana Bitum-
nous Coal Operators association,
which held special meeting here.
refused TO change the wage scale for
shot firers in mines. although an CT
fort was made by several members 70
increase the pay The present scale
fixes maximum of SIS day for shot
| firers. Nineteen mines in the Clinton
field were shut down the past week
because the men refused to work fer
this scale. Some have been closed for
several days on account of the con-
trOverSy but the number is now in
creased.
AndersOn.-WOOl produced in Mad
ison, Henry. Delaware and Randolph
counties will he pooled and bids on
the clips will be received ut Muncie
until May %. 1t is estimated that the
pool will represent 10000 pounds of
wool, 10 be delivered at places desig-
mated i'm the four counties during the
first ten days of June. Cash will be
paid on delivery. The wool will be
graded as follows: Delaine, clean ma
tive, slightly bury and taggy. Last
year wool pooled in Madison coun-
ty sold for 81 cents
Elkhart.-Mr. and Mrs. Pearl L. Nc
Clelland were instantly killed and
Clyde Johnson was seriously injured
when an automobile in which they
were riding was hit by Northern In
diana traction line car near Elllhart.
Gary.-Miller beach, on the outskirts
of Gary. will be transformed into a
miniature Coney Island Plans have
been completed for the construction
of Il five-story brick and steel hotel
and apartment building on the lake
front.
Indianapolis -" II anticipate that
within the next ten days or two weeks,
unless something extraordinary occurs.
there will be q general cessation of OPP
eratiOns by public utilities in Indi-
ana" said Paul Il. Haynes, member
of the Indiana public service commits
sion. THE situation in which Hoosier
cOal-burning utilities now find them
selves is the worst it ever has been.
1t seems 20 me that Il grave situation
cOnfrontS us
Greencastle-T DePauw Daily,
the official publication of the DePauw
university at Greencastle. has been
| suppressed for the remainder of the
present college year by faculty com
mittee. The suppression came as n
result of objection to articles in the
Daily which criticized the faculty be-
cause of its action regarding the fu-
ture of the paper
IndianapOlis-Th bureau OF indus
try of the indianapolis Chamber Of
Commerce announced that the Duesch-
berg Automobile and Motors company.
Inc. Incorporated under the laws Of
Delaware with capitalization of So
100000 to manufacture pleasure cars
ana motors, has bought site OF 1G1A
acres i'm the city.
Goshen-The fruit crop which
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size. has been badly damaged by
frostS, according to reports made by
growers of northern Indiana.
South Bend.-ArticleS of incorpora-
ton for the Indiana Tavern company
which proposes to erect hotel here
at cost of S1,50O.OO0. were fled with
the county recorder.
Greenfield.-Cornp planting in Han
cock county has been so delayed by
rains that fully one-fourth of the crop
Is yet TO be planted.
Laporte.-Bank deposits in Laporte
nave reached S10,0S5,O00 new record.
Laporte's population is approximately
1900
EvanSville.-The census report gives
the population of Evansville at S5264
an increase of 1871, or 22.4 per cent
indianapolis. = The vehicle-taking
law of 1917 does not supersede the
grand larceny law, the supreme court
held in affirming the conviction of
George Leap Of grand larceny in the