The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-30

administration
OF John l.. Lewis. president of the
United Mine Workers of America. More
than 40 mines scored the actions, OF
the two insurgent leaders as having
caused the greatest period of disrup-
ton ia the ranks OF the organization.
Locals No. $50 and No. 4262. of Wins
low. adopted the resolution which con-
tanned these charges: That the two
leaders were trying to destroy every
semblance of the honesty and fairness
now demanded by labor or it's employ
er through the medium of collective
bargaining; that the uprising was
prompted by the leaders selfish greed
for profits. and that the only results
from such actions can be the prepare
ton of a trail of want and misery and
the lowest standard of living for the
toilers
lndianapOliS.-Th Indiana board OF
agriculture. at Il special meeting. I'M
anlmously went on record rs favuring
bond issue. the amount To be deter
mined by the finance committee. but
which probably will 6e between $500.
600 TO 100000. for the carrying out
OF Il building program at the state
fair ground and to reimburse the state
Tor 100000 which was borrowed bv
the board some time ago. The build
Ing program includes the construction
OF new buildings and the changing of
several old buildings at the fair
ground. and the cost probably will
amount to between $250,000 and $780,
GOO Under the program. which will
be developed each year, Il new cattle
barn, To cost approximately $4,000;
4 new swine barn, 10 cost approx
mately $4,000. and a new administra-
ton building. tn cost approximately
$20,BO. will be erected.
indianapolis real estate in
Indiana will be assessed Tor taxation
next year. as whole, ut about the
same amount it was assessed for in
1919. the last real estate assessment
year, was indicated 10y the discussions
at the annual conference of the state
board of tax commissioners and cOun-
an inSiStent demand of farmers was
voiced by some OF the county asses
SOrs for radical percentage reductions
In the assessment OF farm hands next
year. it appears that the demands will
not be granted. However. i'm cases
where land is assessed for. more than
its cash value the assessment is to be
lowered. while in cases where the as
Sessment * less than its cash value it
is To be increased.
Marion. - Resolution demanding a
strict enforcement of all laws relating
to the curtailment of the use of ciga-
-retteS and tobacco coBdemning the
use of public highways for immoral
practices. asking for the removal of
all bill boards along The highways
bearing cigarette advertisements. and
requesting reduction in The land ap-
praiSement OF farm lands. were passed
at The Grant county farmers institute.
Goshen.-The Bankers Investment
company of indianapolis is forming a
stock organization for the purpose OF
erecting modern hotel on the site
Where's WaWasee inn. Lake WawaSec.
burned i'm the fall of 1919. il has been
announced an Goshen.
Noblesyillc Cold weather. the l.St
few days, during which the temporal
ture fell below the freezing point.
caused farmers in central Indiana for
the first time in several weeks to stop
blowing for spring planting During the
warm weather OF the last month most
Of them have been breaking clover and
timothy meadows. which were damaged
by the dry weather last June. More
blowing has been done in central In
diana in the last six weeks than i'm
any corresponding period of any year
i'm n long time. all of which was the
result Of The mild condition Of the
weather.
MISUNDERSTANDING in The Office
of the collector Of internal revenue
for Indiana for the first II days of
December have amounted to about
100000, bringing the total Of cOIlec-
tons for the last quarter OF the year
up to SL374,02S.S9, as compared with
$1,452.797 for the same period last
year, the collector announced He eS-
timated that total collections in his
office this year will be only about $780,
100000, or approximately $15,0O0,OOO
less than last year.
Sullivan.-The family ShOtgunS have
been taken down from their places Of
hiding in many homes in Sullivan fol-
lowing the recent wave OF theftS and
holdups and have been loaded ready
for use Most of the business men
and others who might he victims of
burglary now have firearms within
easy reach when they retire. Thet7
have been NO less than n dozen ron
berries and attempted robberies in Sui
Ivan within the last thirty days
acknowledgements trend in
prices of foodStuffS is noted by the
secretary Of the state purchasing COM
mittee in connection with bids sub
mitted for state grocery contracts
Lowest bidders have been awarded
contracts for three months period
The largest purchase was 6S.51S
pounds Of butterine at 1898 cents a
pound.
Observation-Disclosures from various