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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-03-07
-DAMSKE BESEDY
~ Damska Reseda " Ceske Ma

rcd. Sini, kona schnzi kazdy
prvni ctvrtek V mesici. Preds.
Anna Vanek, 5015 Broadway,
tai. Cecilie Vlach, 1879 E. 10
.ul., Gcet. Marie Calta, 4701 Le-
ster Ave-, pokl. Anna Mikes,
4441 Douse Ave.
" Damslza Beseda " Mt. Plea
SAINT kona sch6ze kazdou po-
sledni stfedu We spolkove sini
ma E. 131 I'll. Preds. Anezka
Wunsch, 1908 Svec Ave, tai.
Ant. Trefny, 1905 Z. 149 ul.,
ucet. JOS. Wies, 13303 Coath
Ave-, pokl. Bozena Dusek,
1906 Horner Ave.
~ Damska 8eoeda ma zapadni
strans odbyva schuze kazd6
druhe pondeli ' mesici ve-
Ger. Ufednice isou: Preds. An
tonic korecky, 3447 Sackett
Ave, tai. ArnoStka Baloun,
4315 Trowbridge Ave-, pokl.
Veronika Lustik, 1882 w. Al
ul.
~ Damska Bcseda ma Buckeye
Rei., kon5 schlze treti ned6li
V mesici We spolkov6 slni ma
Buckeye Rd. Preds. Antonio
NemeGek, 2801 Z. 120. ul., tai.
Anna Hodina, 1869 Dove
Ave, 1cet. Anna Vanik, 29O8
z. ia. III,
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LCZE JEDNOTY TABORITU.
" VeIkoioze Jednoty Tabori-
til " Statu Ohio kona schuze

- vGakAeA~SS SSAs~y
til " Statu Ohio kona schuze
ctvrty utery mesici 9 hod.
veCer We Slovanske Llpe ma
Croton ul. Preds. JOS. Stibr,
$500 Mcbride Ave, tai. Josef
Kvet, 1920 Solon Ave, ucet.
Ondr. Port, 3699 f. SIS ILL.,, po-
kladnice Frantiska Matejka,
26O3 Poe Ave. S. w.
IN Lozc Sion, cis. IL, j. I. ko-
ma schuze kazdou treti nedell
V mesici V Ces. Mar. SIM. Preds.
X. Klima, 4914 Hamm Ave,
tai. Jan Kodet, Box 73, Bed
ford, O., Stop %, A,B.C. LIME,
ucet. Bob. Mark, SOB Gay
Ave, po.I. Max Straus, 1922
Skyrm CT.
NH Loze Bila Hora, els. 81, J.T.
kona SchuZe druhou nedell V
mesici V mistnosti Il Komorou-
sa na Fleet Ave. Preds. Ondf.
Port, 1854 Z. So ul., tai. Vac.
Klima, 5103 Guy Ave-, ucet.
1os. Hujer, 4635 Oakley Ave,
S. W., pokl. Jan Mikes, S0O5
Jeffyjes Ave.
NT Loze Probuzeni Taborits c.
20, J. T. kona schulz kazdy
druhy ctvrtek V Ceske SIM So
kol na Clark Ave. Preds. A
dolf Pergl, 1913 Fulton Rd.,
tai. Vac. Melen, 3345 w. so.
St., 1Cet. Fr. Hales, $3.50 W.
as. ST., pokl. Vac. Hubka,
$3.50 w. 81. st.
gT Lozc Zlata Praha, CHS. "a,
J.T., kona schuze kazdou tietl
stfeduNy meslci slni Sokola
Cleveland na Quincy Ave.
preds. Karel Kase. 1884 Bu-
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RADY c. S. P. s.

" Velkorad C.S.P.S. Statu
Ohio kona schuze posledni
ctvrtek mesici V 8 hod. vecer
v Ceske Mar. Sini ma Broad
way v mistnosti els. /. Preds.
Alois urbanec, 3347 w. 43 ul.,
tai. Vaclav Zemlicka, 1862
Mead Ave-, ucet. Jan Bocek,
3107, Essex Rd., Cleveland
Heights, poll. Em. Fingulin,
5642 Broadway, ddvernik Alb.
Obermaier, 3466 E. 1O3 ul.
Ut Rad Svornost, {. 3, C.S.P.S.,
kona schuze prvni ctvrtek v
mesici v Ces. Mar. Sini ma
Broadway. Preds. En-. Cerno-
horsky, 1921 E. 1T ul., tai.
Henry JirouSek, 3445 E. rs ul.,
ucet. Alois Huml, 3454 E. so
ul.
M Rad Zizka, els. 9, C.S.P.S.
kona schIze kazde druhe pom
deli V meslciv Ceske SIM So
kol ma Clark Ave. V mistnosti
els. l.. Preds. Karel Loudat,
3612 Fulton 3D., tai. Ant. Mia
zovsky, 1927 w. so ul., 1cet.
Fr. Kozlik, 54Oo Clark Ave,
pokl. j, Novak, $3.50 w. Sd
al.
W Rad Lidunil, ,G. 1G, C.S.P.S.,
kona schulz prvnl ! sobotu V
Ceske Narodni SIM IA Broad
way. Preds. Fr. Vondrasek,
$500 E. 55 ul., tai. En-. Fiser,
8O14. Maryland Ave, ucet. 3.
Bruzek,, 594O Engel Ave-, pokl.
Vac. Guda, 1929 e. 1876 ul.
u Rad Ceohoslavan, els, 80.
C.S.P.S. kona schuze kazdou
druhou sobotu mesici Y. Ces.
Spolkove SIM na Buckeye Rd.
Preds. Jan Tuhacek, 1927. E.
1O4. ul., tai. JOS. Habart,
1890 Z. 118. ul., ucet. Vaclav
Penc, 29O7 E. lis. ul., pokl.
Frant. Kfivan, 2945 E. 112 ST.
u Rad Cesti Bratri, els. 103,
C.S.P.S., kona schuze druhou
nedeli mesici V Ceske SIM
Sokol ma Clark Ave. Pfedseda
III. Sebek, $3.50 Poe Ave. tai.
A. Eihla, 4729 Storer Ave, IL
Get. l.. Mark, 4219 Sackett A
ve., pokl. Jos. Blaboli!, 3450
W. As ul.
W k<d Probuzenci, els. lSe,
C.S.P.S., kona schuze treti So
botu meslci Ceske Mar. ST.
nj ma Broadway. Pfeds. Emf!
Dezort, 5611 Dolloff Rd., tai.
Frank Fott, 12410 Oakfield A
vc., ucet. Jos. Pobuda, 1904
LeEecravc Ave.
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" kariinsky Strelecky klub
kona schuze kazdy treti ctvr-
tex mistnosti p. Stan. Jelin-
ka, Fleet, roh E. % ul. Pfeds.
Ant. Maxa, 5000 E. so ul., tai.
Rud. Hauser, 1856 Z. So ul.,
1cet. jos. Koza, 4716 Gar
Ave-, pokl. Jan Kopanickv,
3671 E. So. ul.
II Sdruzeni Ces. Hudebniku.
Pfeds. Rud. Prime, jednatel
FIR. Melichar, 3617 E. 104 ul.,
rid. Rud. Syarc, 8616 Folsom
Ave. Schuze prvnf patek a O.
statni p3tky zkouSka Alb.
Kebla na Mcbride Ave.
Y Dvur Zaboj, els. II, Lesniku
Ameriky, kona schuze prvni
patek mesici kazdeho ctvrt-
lett. Pfeds. Ant. Ned6lka, 3047
E. 45 ul., tai. Ant. Sanda, 1922
Z. 53 ul., ucet. Vac. Silhavy,
4121 E. 1856 ul.
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RUNE SPOLkY
" Spolek Starych Ceskych O.

" Spolek Starych Ceskych O.
sadnikl kona schuze vzdy prY-
nj nedeli lednu, dubnu, GER
verci a riinu V Ccske Mar. ST.
nj na Broadway. Pfeds. Jos.
Skalak, 1884 GroveWood Ave.
tai. NJ. Zoman, 4934 Broad
way, icet. Al, Yak, 7o16 Union
Ave. vybira clenske poplatky
a obstaraYa pohfby zesnulych
clenl. Tel. Union 2079 r. Po-
kladnik JOS Fryauff, 10206
Buckeye Rd.
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l8. cervence, II. ffjna a 16.
ledna 1922 a mezi tim die po-
treby. Schuze vykonneho W.
boru isou konany kazde prvni
pondeli V mesici, oboje v Ces-
ke Mar. SIM. PTedsednictvo C..
Mar. Sdruz. j Vykonneho vybo-
ru: Pfeds. JOS. Frcka, misto-
pfeds. K. Bernreiter, tai. v.
kral, 1894 E. 113. ul., ucet. Jo-
sefa Kupec, pokl. M. Zeman.
~ Ceska Beseda kona schlze
V ZINE vzdy pryni a treti nede-
Ii mesici a v lete kazdy treti
ctvrtek v nesici " Ceske Mar.
SIM ma Broadway. Preds. Vac.
Honcik, 4106 E. 131 ul., tai.
Jos. FrSka, 4246 E. 116 ul., u
Get. Fr. Janousek, Box 43, Sta.
d., pokl. Jan Ondracek, 5913
Gable Ave.
" Mistni Sdruzeni Svazu Svo-
bodomyslnych kona schdze ka-
zdy druhy etvrtek v mesici.
Predseda Ant. Maxa, $500 E.
so. ST., tai. Bob. Mark, 5103
Guy Ave-, ucet. Alois Huml,
3454 Z. SO ul., pokl. Fred
Schwartz, 4204 Broadway.
" Loze Osveta, els. 81, &. S. j.
kona schuze Gtvrtou sobotu "
n6sici Ces. Mar. SIM, mist.
els. 2, ma Broadway. Preds. A.
Horna, tai. Jos. Hanzlik, 3457
L. 113 ST., ucet. Bob. Jahoda,
1852 E. 55 ul., pokladnik Ma
rie Dlouhy, 1923 E. 1913. ul.
Ut Rad Volta Naprstek, els. 56,
C.S.B.P.J., kona schuze prvnf
nedeli mesici V Ceske Sfni
Sokol ma Clark Ave. Preds.
Jan Muzika, 1892 w. 81 ul.,
tai. Jos. Rak, 1902 w. 80 ul.,
ucet. al. MaSek, 1852 w. 49
ul., pokl. JOS. Pinta, 4306
Trowbridge Ave. S. w.
" Pcvecky sbor Lumir-Hiahol
kona zkousky kazdy ctyrtek V
8 hod. vecer V Ceske Mar. Sini.
Pfeds. Vaclav Svoboda, 4225
E. 128 ul., tai. Jos. V. Kopp,
$3.50 Broadway, ucet. Jerry
Anobloch, pokl. j. F. Stupka,
sbormistr Edw. Krejsa, Wash
ington Park Blvd.
" Opravci kiub Buckeye,
kona schuze kazdou druhou
nedeli V mesici We spolkove ST.
nj ma Buckeye Rd. Pfeds. Jos.
Skalnik, 1141A Parkview Ave,
tai. Frank Valdman, 1851 Z.
ia ul., ucet. Alois Vanik,
zoos E. ia ul., polk. Jan Fo-
doiil, 1926 Parkview Ave.
~ Loze Prokop Velky, els. 70e
LO.O.F. kona schulz kazdou
stfedu vecer V Ces. Mar. SIM ma
Broadway. Jaro Holes, ID. NJ,
JOS. Styblo, P. NJ, 10613 Union
Ave-, l.. F. Kriz, tai, 1891
Union Ave-, Jos. Fal, ucet.,
10105 Anderson Ave-, Stan.
Van6k, poh., 5015 Broadway.
~ Dram Sbor Tyl kona schuze
kazdou prvni sobotu V mesici
V Ceske Mar. SIM ma Broad
way. Preds. Jos. Skalak, tai.
En-. w. Pelich, 1904 Lester
Ave-. reditel AL. Klimes, 1926
=. 48 ul., Satnik J. Riedl, 5037
Perslling Ave.
" Cesky Podp. Sp. Bila iiora,
els. 2, odbyva schuze treti So
botu V mesici V Ceske SIM So
kol ma Clark Ave. Pfeds. Fr.
Dolezal, 1886 Fulton Rd., tai.
Frank Ustrnul, 1888 w. 4S ul.,
uCet. Meth. Reznik, 5107 Cliff
ford Ave-, pokl. John Svozil,
4219 Bush Ave.
Y Lesni Camp, els. 222, W.
O. w. kona schuze kazdou PRIV
nj nedeli V mesici We 2 he'd.
odpoledne V slni p. FIR. Vlka,
324l w. so. I'll. Preds. FIR.
Kebrle, 1886 W. 80. St., ucet.
Fil. Marsick, 1895 w. Al. ST.,
tai. Ant. Billy, 3442 w. Al St,
pokl. JOS. Melichar, 3317 W.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-18
BURBANK

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ G. L. Graham and
daughter, Mrs. Burkholder motored to
Ocala Tuesday with Mr.. Fred Blow.
Mrs. Clineman and son, Ray of Chica-
go went in Mr.. B0gues car. Mr.. and
Mrs. Freeland and sister reached
Ocala by way of the buss, and Bur
bank being splendid MATHEMATICIAN
for cupid, decided before the various
parties had reached the Methodist par
sonage in Ocala that in this case one
and one would equal one in the grand
sum which was fact as Mr.. Ray
Clineman and Mrs. Hazel Burkholder
were quietly married leaving for Jack
sonville for brief honeymoon.
Mr.. Burkheit from Huntington, Ind,
was here inspecting property Monday.
Mr.. H. I. Turner was the motor
boat for a groupe bent on cupids aft
fair Saturday.
Mrs. Eva L. Hitchcock is back from
Palatka after short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will LaLoude of Ocala
were the weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. v. H. Turner.
Mrs. Melt Demmick is back from a
stay in Lowell the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Hoeman. She reports
everything doing splepdidly in the
/ ebana IF cronsS and stock
/ Mr.. Ray Clineman received his val
eItine day late.
The Turner-Bl rock evenings
have been converted into cocoa-bana-
ma cake affairs and are making the
mouths of the folks water.
Mr.. McManus is all smiles over the
brief visit of his SON, Hugh also
nephew and wife with two interest
ing children from Ocala. Mr.. and Mrs.
Twin LaLoude.
2 Mr.. Fred Rickley our busy grocer of
good things for the table is reported
doing splendidly in the hospital in
/ Ocala after a serious operation.
| Mr.. Maxwell Bogue and Miss Ber-
nice of Palatka spent Sunday with
the formers parents.
A The buss will be held in Ocala until
500 to accommodate those who wish
to take in the Christian Science lee
ture by Bliss Knapp, G. L. B., of
Brookline. Mass.
4 The Rev. A. NJ Mann from Citra
had an interesting sermon Sunday,
the attendance was good Two &C
cessions Mrs. J. X. Priest and Mrs.
James Taylor.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ajax. Johnson were
in Ocala Tuesday on business.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-18

"paja bravo" The grass grows dur
ing the entire year and in swampy
sections it has been considered nui-
sance.
Flour, sand or dirt is the most eff
fective extinguisher of gasoline or
oil fires The use of water only
spreads the flames.
There are about $4,000 Indians in
this country. exclusive of Alaska, dis
tributed among some $50 reservations.
of which 10000 are full-fledged citi-
zens of the United States.
$3.50
The first dry year has cost the
United States Government and the
various state governments about ST.
OOO, 100000 in loss of internal revenue
taxes and in cost of enforcement.
$3.50
Alaska bought more thrift stamps
per capita in 1920 than any state in
the Union.
During 1919 there were 100000
marriages in the United States and
only 10000 new dwellings completed.
ss*s
There are 10000 Baptists in the
South.
The Delaware state senate has pass
ed bill making the penalty for high
way robbery while armed twenty
years imprisonment and a fine OF
$500 and forty lashes on the bare
back.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-18

.ood property is not always Access
sable to purchase, but when 1t is offer
ed for sale the opportunity should not
be passed up.
One of the finest plots OF residential
property In ocala is being offered for
sale and will be disposed OF at auction,
Monday, February 21st, at 2 p. m.
The Felton, Realty Auction Com
pany, Of Atlanta will conduct the sale
and the property offered is known as
the Henry Gordon property, on Or
anoe avenue, near the High School.
2-18-ft
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SHORT ITEMS OF USEFUL INFORMATION


In education the United States oc-
cupies ninth place, which means that
most Of the civilized world is ahead
Of US. according to offiiial report of
the House Committee on Education.
Siberia produces more fur than any
other region in the world, North Amer
lea being second.
$3.50
The West Virginia state penitenti-
airy will soon be selfsupporting. A
coal mine on state property will be
operated by the prisoners. The new
mine is now within eight feet of a
vain of fine coal which underlies 165
acres of the prison farm.
1t costs more to send bale of
goods by truck across Manhattan than
to ship the same bale from New York
to Buenos Aires.
The worlds highest peak lies in
Tibet north of the British Indian bor-
der and no European has ever APP
preached nearer than SO miles from
its base SO far as is known. Sir
Frances Younghusband, the British
soldier-explorer, will attempt to climb
to its summit next summer.
A German inventor is said to have
perfected a method by means of
which he is able to have an ordinary
cheap violin and make it the equal
or superior in tone to the masterpieces
of Stradivarious, provided the violin
is unvarnished.
More than third ofsall our Asiatic
imports comes from Japan. and more
than half of our exports to the great
est of continents goes to Japan.
$3.50
Santo Domingo is larger than West
Virginia and its interior is untraveled
and little known.
sa%s
America produces ninety per cent
OF the worlds output of Indian corn.
Argentina is manufacturing paper
from a species of bog grass called
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-02-18
NOTICE TO INCOME TAXPAYERS

A Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue will be at Ocala on the fol-
lowing days: February II, % and
%. for the purpose of assisting in
come taxpayers of this county.
The Deputy Collector will be locat-
ed at the Court House.
His services will be free to income
taxpayers. who will only have to call
upon the Deputy. to secure such in
formation and assistance as they may
require.
JAMES NJ. CATHCART.
Collector Of Internal Revenue, Flor
ida District.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Arrival and Departure of passenger
trains at OCALA UNION STATION.
The following schedule figures pub.
iished as information and not guaran.
iced.
eastern Standard Time)
.Ceahoard Air Line Railroad
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06
Farms Decrease in Indiana.

Indiana. according TO census bureau
figures for 1920 made public here, has
200, 126 farms. These farms contain
p ,O63, $50 acres, of which 16,6S0,212
acres are improved land. Since 1910
the number of farms has decreased AS
per cent. The number of white farm
ers is 204 ,554, of which 1913, 1876 are ma
tive born. OF native white farmers.
131,137 are owners. 2,251 managers and
GA, 16S tenants. OF foreign-born white
farmers, ., 16T are owners. GA managers
and 1.167 tenants. The 572 cOlored
farmers comprise SOC owners. The
number of woman farmers is $3.50.
The value of all farm property is 3d.
or, ,247, as compared with S1.SO9,-
135.23S in 1910. an increase of 6S per
cent. The value of land and buildings
is $2.653. 643.9 73. The value of land
and buildings shows an increase of 66
per cent; of implements and machin-
cry, 30 per cent, and of live stock, 90
per cent. The average value of land
and buildings on each farm is S12,937,
compared with 1890 in 1910, and that
of land alone is S1C4.57 Gn acre, as
against $6236 in 1910.
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Water Power and the National Parks

on the unanimous consent calendar
and Smith of Idaho, who is champion
ing the bill which grants an irrigation
reservoir site in Yellowstone National
park, promptly objected TO Its con-
sideratiOn. He withheld his objection
while ElstOn Of California set forth
various changes that he was ready to
make to meet objections and added:
81 would further state that, in re-
gard even TO the use of the waters in
this additional area, that subject is
covered by the water-pOwer act. and
all those waters are now available for
use under the administration Of the
water-pOwer commission | hope that
this statement will satisfy the gentle
man that all his basic objections to
this bill have been met. Unless he is
opposed TO the general proposition of
adding a new wonderland Of alpine
scenery 10 an existing park he should
permit this bill TO be considered at
this time"
After some debate Smith of Idaho
said: Ion general principles l am OPP
posed to tying up in a national park
any public lands which might be used
for the conservation of water for irri-
CATION purposes or might be used for
the development of water power; and
| therefore object"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06

III ASHINGTON.-At the request Of
w the committee on military affairs
Senator Wadsworth Of New York re-
Gently got before the senate Bill 1924,
which is in part:
'Be II enacted, etc, That in the
army of the United States the grade
of lieutenant general is hereby re-
yived. and the President is hereby au-
thOrized, in his discretion and by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, to appoint TO said grade one
general officer, who, within the United
States. prior 10 the close of the recent
war, rendered especially distinguished
service, and two general officers. who,
prior To the close of hostilities. espe-
cially distinguished themselves in COM
mand of field armies in the American
expeditiOnary forces" etc.
Senator Wadsworth said i'm part !:
THE terms cOnfine the recognition to
two generals, General Liggett and Gen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06
Farmers Groups to Confer.

A conference of the officers OF 10
State declarations of Farmers aSSocia-
tons. comprising the midwest group
Of the American Farm Bureau fedora
ton, Will be held in indianapolis
March % and 80 TO discuss general
farm problems. ii has been announced
by ]. G.. Brown, president of the In
diana federation. States represented
at the conference will be Indiana, Illi-
nois, Ohio. Michigan, South and North
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Ne
braska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. j.
Il. Howard of Chicago, president of
the national federation. and Andrew
j. Smith Of indianapolis, secretary of
the Indiana Bankers association, will
speak on the subject, The Relation
or Agriculture as Represented by the
Farm Bureau TO Other Industries"
President Brown also announced that
the directors of the state federation
VIII meet in indianapolis February %
ana % TO formulate n program of ac-
tivities of the county organizations
for the year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06

a box for shipment of plants from the
Botanical Gardens. | am frank TO say
that / have been here long enough To
get an accumulation of packing boxes"
Mr. Garner-"I should like TO ask
why it is that they put in the appro-
priation for the senate packing boxes
and not for the hOuseT'
Mr.. WoOd.-"That was the estimate
made in the senate, end the gentle
man from Texas understands that Ii
would be lese majesty to attempt any
cutting in our neighbours household"
Mr.. Smith-"Mr. Chairman, / desire
to offer an amendment, at the bottom
of page IS, 10 insert the following:
For packing boxes, $4,000. or so much
thereof as may be necessary"
Mr.. Blanton-"Mr. Chairman.
make the point of order against the
amendment. 1t is unauthorized by
law"
The Chairman-"The.C Chair sustains
the point of order"
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No Cedar Boxes for the House This Year

ENERY now and then congress con-
H siders very important and seri-
Gus subject-like packing boxes The
house was considering the sundry
civil bill by items. Here are parts of
the debate on packing boxes:
Mr.. Manu- move TO strike out
the last word. The next item in the
current law is n provision for packing
boxes. 1t was left out of this bill
think there is an item in the bill for
packing boxes for senators"
Mr. Wood-"Nine hundred and sew
enty dollars
Mr.. Mann-"It is not matter of
any very great Importance TO me per-
sonally, but / was wondering what the
special reason was for refusing to
make provision for packing boxes,
especially for the new members of the
next house."
Mr. Wood-"We appropriated $4,000
for this purpose last year. The clerk.
who has the expenditure in charge, as
certained that he could not get the
boxes without paying three times as
much as the appropriation and three
times as much as he formerly paid
for them. In view of that fact, no
boxes were purchased"
Mr.. Mann.-"The purpose of prOvid-
ing packing boxes was TO furnish box
eS which could be used in carrying Off
cial documents back and forth between
Washington and our homes, including
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06
A Federal Library Information Service
II HERE is q bill pending in con-
i gress TO provide for a library in

IT HERE is bill pending in con-
l. gress TO provide for a library in
formation service i'm the bureau of
education. Senator Mclean of Con-
necticut spoke in favor of the bill the
other day and said. among other
things:
THE bill proposes TO make avail
able 70 the federal government the
services Of the libraries of the United
States as centers for the dissemina-
ton Of information prepared by the
government for the people. The IL
braries are especially fitted TO place
government printed matter before the
people. because they are supported by
the taxes OF the people for the benefit
OF the people. and are nonpartisan in
their attitude.
If the education of the American
people with regard To the functions
and actions OF their government is an
economy measure. this bill is one of
the most economic measures ever re-
ported by congressional committees
Even If IL must be considered purely
from dOllarS-and-cents point OF
view. ii will stand The test. Sena
'or SmoO: recently said: IT would be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-06
Engineers to Fix Population Pivot.

Whitehall is the hnb of the United
States. For near it, probably on jim
ME Herrin's billy 120-acre farm. Il
mile and a half from the village, is
the new center of population of the
country rs fixed by the national cen
sus bureau. In the last decade the
center has moved only nine miles and
i'm a westerly direction. The census
of 1910 fixed ii on the grounds of
Showers Brothers company, furniture
manufacturers, in Bloomington. Now
il has moved to Whitehall, one of the
oldest settlements in that part of In
diana, which is composed of two
stores and a few houses, and which is
situated just across the Monroe-O Owen
county line in Owen county. The
population pivot may be in hog run
or a cornfield. According 10 the cen
sus bureau, which placed it S.3 miles
southeast of Spencer, il would prob
ably be on the rear part of the farm
where Mr.. Herrin keeps his hogs En-
cheering experts from Indiana uni
versity will go there in few days To
fix the exact spot. McCOrmick'S Greek
Canyon, Il state park. and favorite
! HOoser show place, is five miles
away. For the ten years the center
remained In Bloomington il was one
of the points of interest of the city.
w. f. Showers. now dead. founder Of
! the Showers Brothers company,
caused large steel pole to be erected
on the spot On top of this pole an
/ electric light has burned night and
day for ten years. In 1910 there was
/ considerable trouble in locating the
exact center. 1t was first fixed to the
| east of Bloomington. and n stone was
engraved Center of Population" and
! placed in position, when the word
came from Washington. ID. c.. that n
mistake had been made in figuring
| and that the real center was some
where inside the city limits of Bloom
ington. After definite instructions
from Washington. members of the In
diana university faculty fixed the cen
ter on the Showers Brothers company
grounds. Whitehall has a population
of approximately 80 persons. In 1910
the census fixed the number of per-
sons living there at 43. Owen county,
of which Spencer is the county seat.
has a considerable number of villages.
but Whitehall is one of the smallest.
and with the honor of being the COM
munity nearest the center of the 1O5.-
6S3. los persons living in the United
States