The Jasper weekly courier., 1920-05-14

county, cooperating with the farm
ers' associations of II adjoining coun-
ties. A list of prospective wool deal
erS has been obtained from PurdUe
university. and on May 26 bids will be
received by a committee appointed
from each township. Heretofore, the
wool of this county has been bought
by local merchants, mostly as an ac-
commodation to the farmers, with but
little profit to the merchants. and by
pooling the clip the dealers and manu-
facturerS can purchase direct from
the farmers. Johnson county raises
on an average of $4,000 pounds of
wool each year.
Clinton.-Five men are dead and
six injured. two probably fatally, as
the result of a gas explosion in the
Ferguson-Spears coal mine. south Of
here The dead are: Andrew Wilson
of Clinton, mine boss: John Howe of
Terre Haute. pumper; James Smith of
Clinton, Art Thompson of Terre
Haute, Frank Hughes of Clinton. The
injured are: John WhitmarSh OF Clin-
ton, Robert Montgomery of Clinton,
Stewart of Carbon. Sam Woods Of
Sanford. Jimmie Needham OF Clinton.
HammOnd.-HammOnd and the 9th
er cities of the Calumet region are
in the midst of an extensive Amer
icaniZation compaign in which heaGs
of all manufacturing industries are ac-
lively engaged. All foreigners en-
ployed in factories are to be taught
English under the supervision o. gov
ernment instructors. The teaching OF
any other language but English in
public and /parochiai schools Will be
eliminated.
Fort Wayne.-A new salary Sched-
ule for the public school teachers
providing increases Of not less than
$780, has been fixed by the board of
school trustees. Under the new con-
tracts grade teachers next year will
receive a minimum of 81 200 and n
maximum OF S1,S00 4 year For 1921
the minimum will remain the same
but the maximum will be $1,000 For
high school teachers the new schedule
fixes the minimum salary at $500
and the maximum at $4,000, giving an
increase of at least $500 TO each teach
er. Heads of departments will receive
$500 Il year more than regular teach
erS
indianapolis. TO the No
Ian bill, now in the national house of
representatives, providing for taxa
tion of l per cent on real estate valued
az more than $4,000. is being organ
lied by the indianapolis real estate
board and the Real Estate Tax league
of Indiana. Communications ad
dressed To all real estate boards of
the state, requesting that they take
steps Immediately to set before the In
diana delegation in congress the views
of real estate men on the bill, will be
sent out.
Lawrenceburg.-The Rossville Dis
tilling and Feed Manufacturing com
pany is operating its plant day and
night and is using 5000 bushels of
corn daily i'm the manufacture of in
| dustrial and denatured alcohol The
company will commence bottling 100
barrels of whisky for medical purposes
soon. The Greendale Distilling and
Feed Manufacturing company will
commence operations and will use
100 bushels of grain daily
ColumbuS.-The Bartholomew Coun-
" Farmers association has author
rZed the purchase of q large quantity
of seed corn to be used in conducting
tests in the county. The corn will be
planted in the three kinds Of soil
Later corn will he inspected and rec
ords kept of its progress and develop
ment. The tests will be conducted in
connection with the five-acre corn
growing contests 10 be held in the
county
Richmond.-Th Central Labor
council Of Richmond. at special
meeting. adopted resolutions con-
dSmning the action of the Richmond
school board in adding another month
10 the school year as means Of in
CItdSluS lit pay vi tHt ttd'i'iS. i Hc
resolutions demanded the resignation
of the members of the board
Noblesville.-The strike of 20 en-
ployees of the American Strawboard
compan.,. which has been on here for
three weeks, was declared off and
most of the men applied for their old
| jobs.
Laporte-"No new clothes for u.s.
| has become the slogan Of the boys OF
the Laporte high school. Overalls
will be the favored garb during the
remainder of the year. An overall
club with 125 members was organized
at the school.
anapoliS.-lndiana has 2SS posts
of the American Legion, according 70
| /. Russell Newgent. adjutant. who is
preparing final plans for the state
membership campaign TO close with
the national campaign. May Il to %.
Bloomington.-The recent census re-
port shows bloomington To have n pop
ulation Of 1885. an increase of p
757. or 31.2 per cent.
Terre Haute-Terre Houte now has
population of 7.757. an increase in
| the mast ten years of 133 Der cent.