The Jasper weekly courier., 1921-12-16

McCray should call a special session.
rs proposed. Is subject Of discussion
in the statehouse. Since the last ses-
sion the governor has appointed, APP
proved the appointment Of. or caused
To be appointed. four senators and
two representatives TO other places on
the state pay roll. One representative
roll and another is dead. Whether
acceptance of another job on the
STATE pay roll or federal pay roll in
validateS tenure as assemblyman is "A
question some are asking. IL Is a
Question apart from the question OF
semblyman can be appointed 10 a
job the legislature created while he
was part of the body. The AS
semblymen and counties in question
are Cecil c. Tague. senator for Frank
lin, Jennings, Ripley and Union cOun-
ties; Maurice Douglas. senator for
Shelby and Bartholomew; Estes Dun
can, senator for Putnam and Mont
gomery; Roscoe Kiper. senator for
Warrick and Vanderburg; Chester a.
Davis. representative for Jay county;
Ray V. Gibbons. representative for
Upton and Madison; Rev. William r.
Jinnett. representative for Rush
John F. Mcclure, representative for
Madison.
indianapolis. = Automobile license
stations will be opened in 20 Indiana
cities December l., where automobile
owners may apply for 1922 licenses and
license plates without having To make
application to the secretary Of states
office. More than 10000 automobile
owners in Indiana are expected to APP
ply for licenses and plates TO these
license stations. The stations will be
operated by the HOosier State AutOmO-
bile association, but will be under the
direct supervision OF the secretary Of
states office. The cities in which the
license stations will be established
follow Hammond. Gary, Elllhart.
Logansport Lafayette, KOkOmO, Ma
riOn, Muncie, Richmond Terre Haute,
Vincennes. Evansville. New Albany,
JeffersOnville. Anderson, LapOrte and
Bedford. Licenses will be issued ut
the stations only when automobile
owners apply in person and present
their certificates Of title for vertical
ton
South Bend.-A movement was start
ed here 70 bring farmers TO reaiiZa-
ton that il would be profitable to
take up the raising of fruit on more
intensive scale. The movement was
the result of the report of the United
States census, which shows that the
number of fruit-bearing trees and
shrubs in ST. Joseph county dropped
from 965S6 in 1909 10 %, 79S in 1919.
In conducting the investigation, COM
parisOns were made with the fruit
growing county of Berrien, Mich,
where the fruit trees and shrubs have
increased from 969, ,4O6 TO 2,207,3S0 i'll
the same period. Climate and soil and
other conditions in st. Joseph county
are similar To those of Berrien coun-
ty. The only fruit TO show an increase
in the county is the grape.
Indianapolis.-NOv terms Of
the Supreme and Appellate courts will
continue until May 22. 1922. Justice
Louis H. Ewbank of Indianapolis be-
comes chief justice of the Supreme
Townsend. Judge +. \. Dausman Of
Goshen becomes chief judge of the
Appellate court and also presiding
Judge Of the second division. He sue
ceeds Judge SolOn y Enloe as chief
Judge and \. l.. Nichols of Winchester
as presiding judge for the second di-
vision.
Indianapolis Of falsifying
accounts of the Beech Grove State
bank 50 as to cover shortages amount
ing TO more than $1,000. Henry ShOen-
rock. forty-five years old, cashier,
was arrested on an affidavit filed by
Jeremiah Gray. president. He was
placed in the Marion county Jail on
charge Of obtaining money under false
pretenseS. His bond was fixed at S1O,-
600 Charles W. Camp. state bank ex-
aminer, ordered the bank closed fol-
lowing an examination of the books.
Shelbyville.-Frank Lux, a son OF
Peter J. Lux, Shelby corn champion.
was the winner OF the boys one-acre
corn contest in the district. and for the
corn show held here. Young Lux pro-
duced 1O16 bushels of corn on his
acre of ground, at a cost Of 34.1
cents a bushel. Glen PhareS, who won
second place in the show, had the
highest yield Of any boy In the cOun-
ty. He grew 1856 bushels on his acre.
at a cost OF 81 cents bushel.
-Thirty-one indictments
have been returned by the Spencer
county grand jury in session here
against members of Miners Union
Locals No. 26S of Winslow and No.
2S9 of Petersburg. accused Of being
members of It mob on October IS that
closed the Oak Knob and Fox Hill
mines at Lincoln City. The mines were
operated oh the open shop basis. The
| indictments charge riot. melting riot
and destruction OF property. il Is said
Columbus.-A health survey of Bar
tholomew county shows that 339 cases
of tuberculosis are In the county, Of
which 2l6 are In Columbus township.