The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-16
INDIANA
State News


anapolis.-Complete unofficial re-
turns on the vote cast for and against
l3 amendments 10 the constitution Of
Indiana in Il special state election as
reported and unOfiicially labulated.
show No. 1. which provides for the full
naturalization OF foreigners before
they can vote. was the only one TO
receive an affirmative majority. The
totals for the 1884 precincts in the
state show the following: Majority for
i. voters. 1854 majority against
:, registration. 1854 3, appointment,
4O,5S5; i, vote. 1892; ), state terms,
31.4s9: 6. county terms. 2.4+5; Z,
prosecutors terms. 1874 S. lawyers.
39.547; .. state superintendent. 1O1.-
rs; 10, taxation, 34.4S4 II. income
tax. 117,S30; l.. negroes in militia,
S3,17; l3, salaries. 81 ,436.
Indanapolis.-Th state board IF
tax commissioners. in a letter TO the
indianapolis board Of school commits
sioners in reply to the school boards
resolution demanding within seven
days approval or denial of the school
boards bond issue proposal of SSH
600 for four school buildings, sets out
that if the school board will reduce
the cost of these buildings to $500. 900
1t Will approve an appropriate bond
issue The total reduction advised by
the state board. ii was pointed out,
would save almost enough money 20
build another school building as good
as the most expensive of the four
planned. and better than the other
three.
Indianapolis.-The county tax levy
for next year was fixed at ~ cents on
each 500 of taxables. and an Ordi-
nance fixing the budget at approx
mately 81. 100000 was passed by the
Marion county council. The tax levy,
/ providing for a reduction of Az cents
from the county levy in effect this
/ year, will help 10 Offset the increased
levy ordered by the indianapolis
/ board of school commissioners and the
! expected increase in the state levy.
With the reduction i'm the city levy. the
reduced county levy will result in
about the same tax rate i'm Indianapolis
/ as the rate this year. IA total of $2.42
on each 500 OF taxables.
BloOmingtOn.-The first case eyer
tried by woman as judge i'm Monroe
county was heard by Mrs. Minnie Wal
dron, member of the bar. The case
was that of Charles Billmeyer,
proprietor of a restaurant, who was
charged with violating the liquor laws
Mrs. Waldron acted as special judge
i'm the case after the defense had
taken n change of venue from Mayor
W. w. Weaver. She found the d.
PENDANT guilty and sentenced him to
six months at the Indiana state farm
and fined him $500. Then she suS-
/ pended the fine and sentence on 4
+ promise of good behavior.
/ Anderson. The Madison county
council restored the office of county ag-
riculturaI agent after striking out an
appropriation of 50 800 for the agents
! salary, when reviewing the county
budget. The council approved S10,-
/ 600 appropriation for county Jail inn
prOvementS one day but eliminated it
the next. The tax rate for county pur
poses was increased from ID To 26
cents. and the good road levy was
raised from TO II cents.
IndianapOlis.-Thi will be the big
gest building year indianapolis has
ever known, records of the city build
ing bureau for the first eight months
of 1927 Indicate. Figures. including
August. show an increase of 81 .654 SOB
over a corresponding period of 1920.
the largest previous year. The num-
Der of permits is also about 20 per
cent larger. Forty per cent of the
years construction has been of homes,
bureau officials said
Indianapolis-M convicted in the
federal court i'm this $. te and SEN
tepced to prison hereafter will be sent
10 the federal prison at Leavenworth
instead of the federal prison at At
lanta. under instructions received by
Frederick NanNuyS. United States
district attorney at Indianapolis from
the attorney general of the United
States No reason was given for the
! change.
Gary.-Gary gasoline consumers re-
ceiyed short measure of 5,S67.29 gal
Ions in the last month, according II
the report of the city Sealer The loss
In actual cost amounted 10 more than
$1,000. Ii is estimated that 223 Co.
/ gallons of gasoline are sold here each
month Almost all the pumps We're
giving short measure They were ad-
I juSted.
Terre Haute.-The damage TO the
corn crop in the southern part of ViSo
county and parts of Sullivan county
will run high, county agricultural oh
servers assert Several thousand acres
of corn in the bottom lands of the two
counties have been destroyed either
by the intense heat or by the breaking
of the Honey creek levee and the wa
tiers spreading over the fields.
Wabash.-Approximately 400 stu
dents have registered at Manchester
college ut North Manchester, Ohio
Winger, head of the college. said. At
the summer school $50 students were
/ apraliaI Forty faaebarS GRO .annlnVa1