The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-29
Washington. d. c.-complete revised

VIII lose at least one member Of the
congress under the. reapportionment
! TO be made when the congress recon-
venes. and there Is the possibility. as
revealed by them. that two members
may be lost. Under the 1910 appOr-
/ tionment by the congress, there Is one
member of the house of representa-
tives for each 211.S77 persons. Under
the 1920 census the population of each
OF the congressional districts is shown
10 be as follows: First district. 1877
/ ia: Second 21O.644: Third. 195T1.7:
Fourth, 179.702: Fifth. 2162S0: Sixth.
1890; Seventh. 34S.061 F; Eighth. 216.-
$40; Ninth. 1929: Tenth. 2S63S7;
| Eleventh. 203.925; Twelfth. 205 4O2;
Thirteenth. 2s7751.
! ValparlisO.-Three men on trial FOR
| the murder OF Herman Uecker. cash
| Ter of the TOlleston State bank. on
June II. 1919, were sentenced TO life
| Imprisonment when they changed their
pleas from not guilty to guilty The
men are Albert Bachelor. James II.
! Parker. both of Chicago, and Dan
/ Trkuija Gary. Thomas Bachelor,
Valparaiso who was found guilty of
murder in the first degree by Il jury,
was also sentenced to life imprisOn-
ment The cashier was killed when a
bandit gang attempted 10 rob the bank
at Tolleston. The four men were ar
rested and were sentenced to death in
the electric chair after trial in the
! Circuit court at Crown Point The
! Supreme court granted new trial
and the cases were taken 10 Valpa-
( raise from Lake county on change Of
venue.
Lafayette.-One hundred and fifty
farmers. bankers. business men and
county agricultural agents of Tippeca-
noe and other counties in district 3
of the Indiana Federation of Farmers
Associations will leave Lafayette Sun
day, November Z. on Il railroad tour
to Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consn. for the purpose of inspecting
agricultural experiment stations and
representative farms. The trip will he
similar TO that recently taken by go
Georgia farmers and business men who
visited Purdue, the University of ILL.,
nOis and many other places in the mid
die West. 4 special train has been
| chartered.
HammOnd.-Mary Msicko Of this
city was arrested for operating a still.
There Is nothing unusual about catch
ing mOOnshine artists these days, hut
fh,a 60 f1nA Nrc,. fc nd
has only one leg. is unusual. She
probably is the only one-legged woman
accused of operating still since stills
came into style. The missing leg was
cut off on the Erie railroad three years
ago. Wholesale quantities of mash
and whisky found by the officers indi-
Gated that Mary had gone into busi-
ness on large scale.
Newcastle.-A picnic for twins was
held recently at the home of Harry
RegOr. near here Twins were present
I'm large numbers and of all ages. The
event was the first of its kind. The
picnic was so successful that it was
decided to make the affair an annual
event and i'm time ii is hoped to eX-
pand the picnic and take in the entire
state Persons attending the event
said they did not know there were rs
many twins in Henry county as
showed up a. the Regor home.
East Chicago. = Leo Mccormick.
mayor of East Chicago. removed all
members of the hoard Of park trustees
from that board because they had
promulgated a system of houlevards
against the wishes of the mayor. Con-
trary to his requests such q system
of houlevards was adopted in order TO
stop vacation Of certain streets. which
was started by the board Of works in
order 10 create an industrial site for
one of the leading industries Of the
city.
Indianapolis the active set
Element Of Indiana began the timber
land area of the state has steadily de-
creased until 1t is at present 1904
047 acres. or about DER cent Of the
whole area, according TO survey
made by the state department of con-
servatiOn. Utilization of waste lands
|
ana is suggested by the department
for the purposes Of reforeStation.
Greencastle.-A jury in the Putnam
Circuit court disagreed I'm the second
trial of Lewis u. Lemay of Clay
county. charged with the murder Of
William Lawson. The jury stood
eight for acquital and four for COZ
victon from start 70 finish. This was
the second trial for Lemay. the first
resulting in chung" jury
Valparalso-A farm home tour OF
the county under the direction uf
Purdue university will be held i'm the
county on October IS. At that time
homes I'm the county will be visited
and demonstrations held I'm house
furnishings. lighting systems. sewer
age disposals and other sanitary con-
veniences.
observation-disclosures from various
counties in the pocket" indicate
recent frosts aid little damage 10 the
corn crops. II is believed that with
few days OF mild weather prac-
tically all the corn i'm the pocket will
| no ,,,oHo