The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-03-25

the 1921 legislature. official figures in
the Office al Ed Jackson. secretary OF
state. show. The number is IS greater
than the total number OF laws added
by the 1919 legislature This greater
total OF new Kiws il in spite Of lie
/ fact that the number Of bills intro
/ duced in the 1919 legislature was II
! greater than the number introduced
in the session just endeu. Governor
McCray received and signed all the
bills passed by the session just enued
] with the exception OF six vetoed an..
thirteen rejected. Governor Goodrich
vetoed only three of the bills passed
by the 1919 session. but he refuses, to
receive a number of them. -Four hum
dred and sixty-four bills were intro
F., duced in the house and 3GS in the
senate at the session just ended. The
1919 record was 504 house bills I'd
80 senate bills. which shows that
while the house introduced fewer billf
tmn in 1910. the senate introduced
more. Besides the bills there were
number of resolutions. most of which
were adopted. The c.osing of the
records was accomplished when Gov
ernor McCray in the interests of econ
omy refused to receive the house bill
increasing the salaries o. county COM
misSioners approximately 100000 all
over the state.
Terre Haute.-An official count Of
the votes cast in recent special cleo
ton of District II, United Mine Work
ers OF America, which comprises most
OF the coal district of Indiana. has
! been completed. John Hessler was
elected president over Ed Stewart, his
opponent by majority of 3,707 votes.
W. ID. Horn. Terre Haute, defeated
W. y. Kelley, OF Bicknell. by vote
of 1921 TO $500, for international
board member. Other officers were
elected as follows: District vice-presi-
! dent, I. j. Roberts, of Linton; exec
utiye board, district No. /, Il. s. Bass,
WinslOw; district No >, Harvey Cart
wright, Bicknell district No. 3, James
III. Terry, Digger, and district No. 4.
Davey Jones, Terre Haute.
indianapolis three Indiana
cities of the seven from which the
seventh federal reserve district re-
ceives building statistics, showed gains
in the value of building projects in
January, 1921. over the same month
of 1920. The cities showing an in
crease in the value of building
projects were Hammond, Gary and
Richmond. "The permits for January,
1871 says review sent out by the
Federal Reserve bank, for the most
part show loss in value compared
with the corresponding month Of the
previous year. The number OF pro-
JectS, however, was greater"
Indianapolis.-The two years fight
OF a certain class OF public school
teachers, who wished to obtain under
the 1919 Vesey teacher training law
benefits to which the state teacher
training board believed they were not
entitled, ended successfully when Gov
ernor McCray signed the Leer house
bill No. lis. The teachers. aided by
politicians, won the fight, and the mo-
mentum of their victory carries hopes
also for certain teacher training
schools in the state, which the state
board believed scarcely deserved 10 be
accredited rs teacher training institu.
tons of the first degree
South Bend.-South Bends public
schools will not be opened TO the
South Bend School of Religious Edu-
cation for the establishment of courses
in religious training for the school
children of the city A decision 10
this erect was reached by the board
of school trustees, following a request
of the School of Religious Training
for the setting aside of the school
buildings for such courses after the
regular courses of the day had been
disposed Of
apOlis-Architect from all
over the United States will be invited
10 submit designs and plans for the
S15,OO0,00O Indiana war memorial
building 10 house the national head
quarters f the American Legion. DR..
L. Victor Keene, national executive
committeeman OF the Legion an
nounced. a fund of 100000 was ap-
proprated by the Indiana general as
sembly for prizes and expenses of the
contest in bills signed by Governor
McCray.
Lawrenceburg.-The stockholders of
the Lawrenceburg Fair association
have leased the fair grounds TO John
w. Zenner of Indianapolis for five
years. Mr.. Zenner will hold an old
fashioned fair. live stock. poultry and
farm product exhibit and race meet
Ing each year. he announces. The
date for this years fair has not been
fixed, but it will be during the latter
part of August or the first part OF
September
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. indictments
were returned by the Hendricks coun.
ty grand jury which adjourned here
after Il five-day session. The indict
mentS cover cases of gambling. chick
en- stealing and obtaining money under
false pretense.
Terre Haute.-Earth tremors were
felt in numerous places in the western
port ~ indiana op1 Tho ooStarD 49,.