The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-06

Mcdowell, the city council Of Vim
cennes, which recently passed an
ordinance compelling farmers to pay
SD day TO sell fruits and vegetables
at retail I'm the city, has repealed the
ordinance. The council took action
after an attack against the measure,
alleging that ii was drafted by three
members of the council who own and
operate grocery stores. The Farmers
Federation also took action and threat
ened 10 open a public market in one
of the downtown buildings and to sell
/ produce 10 the consumer and refuse
TO sell to the grocers. 1t is understood
/ that another ordinance will be draft
ed. with the foodstuffs clause elm
4 mated
South Bend.-St. Joseph county
wheat will not be greatly damaged by
red weevil or wheat nudge. according
TO the county agent. The experience
gained last year has taught the farm
ers 10 fight the pest. When the fall
blowing took place the burrows were
made deep enough TO bury the insect
rotating the crops is also being fol-
lowed by the farmers. There is no
fear of the Hessian fly this summer.
As result of co-operG tive movement
among farmers in st. Joseph county,
wool growers have pooled their clip.
amounting TO 10000 pounds, to be
| shipped from North Liberty to Chica-
! go.
| Shelbyville.-All grain dealers in
Shelby county have agreed on the pay
ment tC farmers of premium for
wheat which tests No. l quality The
| premium ranges from 8 TO cents a
busLel. Inability TO obtain cars for
the shipment of the grain is expected
TO result in cautious buying by the
dealers for a time. The elevator at
BoggstOwn, Shelby county, has an
nOunced TO the farmers that 1t will
buy only 5000 bushels. unless able TO
ship more, and will store grain UP to
10000 bushels for the farmers Of the
community.
acknowledgements buying and
marketing is planned by the Southern
Indiana LeghOrn association The
| chairman of the association said feed
Will be bought in carload lots to cut
down the prices. The members of the
association will ship eggs to Detroit
and New York direct instead of selling
them through local commission mer-
chants. They are paying 90 cents a
dozen in Detroit and New York for
eggs and we are getting but SO cents
a dozen here" the chairman added.
Indianapolis. = Indianapolis millers
have not been buying any new crop
wheat and have not contracted for
any. They say the chief reason is at
present that the price is too high that
exporters sold considerable wheat for
July shipment, that rains have de-
layed cutting, thrashing and market
ing and that these buyers have TO
make prices high 10 gather up the
scattered supplies ready for market,
so they can fill their contracts.
IndianapOlis.-Bills to abolish the
public service commission were intro
duced in both the senate and the house.
The senate bill, introduced by Senator
Alfred Hogston of Marion. provides
for the re-establiShment of the old rail-
road commission and the revival Of
the laws affecting that body. which
were in the statutes January l, 1913.
The house bill was introduced by Rep
resentative ROwbOttOm of Evansville.
South Bend.-Daily rains in north
ern Indiana during the last few days
have made all the farmers in the re-
gion unusually optimistic over the
crops Following poor start in the
spring because of too much water the
crops are not up 70 normal and the
prediction Is made by st. Joseph cOun-
ty farmers that the yield in corn pO-
tatoes, alfalfa and hay will be large.
IndianapOlis.-Aft two amend
ments had been adopted, the house Of
the Indiana general assembly. sitting
as committee of the whole. approved
an emergency appropriation bill pro-
viding approximately 100000 for state
Institutions state departments and
state expenses The measure was then
passed under suspension of the rules
by vote of 81 70 O.
Indianapols-The lower house Of
the legislature passed the admins
tration tax legalizing bill by vote Of
63 to 30 under suspension of the rules.
The measure, which was passed with
slight amendments. legaliZes the action
of the state board of tax commission
ers i'm making the statewide horizon
tai increases in tax assessments.
Observation-Disclosures county thrashers
have Increased their prices, according
to announcement made by the presi-
dent o. the County Thrashers' aSsocia-
ton. The new prices are: Wheat. 10
cents a hushel: oats. s cents: barley,
6 cents, and rye, - cents.
Terre Haute.-Several Terre Haute
business men have Incorporated the
Michigan Diaries company and will OPP
crate dairy farm in central Michigan.
The company is capitalized at $3.50, 00O
|. It's farm covers $50 acres. 2S4 of which
are under cultivation.
TT. Wayne-Four hundred delegates
from all parts Of the country ATTENDED
the twenty-fifth anniversary conven-
. tiop of the Luther league OF America