The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29


sion by the public service commission.
The road. which is coal line, OPP
crates in ten counties OF northwestern
Indiana. The protest filed with the
federal commission was prepared by
A. Il. Cronk. chief of the traffic divi-
protest declares there is sufficient
traffic available to make the operation
of the road profitable TO the con-
trolling company. Petition for author
! ity TO discontinue the operation of the
road was filed with the fedora! COM
mission several days ago. The COM
pany is seeking to abandon the line
on the ground that its operation is not
A., profitable
1ndianapOlis-A grade OF 100 per
cent on an examination for positions
as truant officers throughout the state.
conducted recently, was attained by
eight persons, l.. n. Hines, superin-
tendent of public instruction, an
nounced On the same examination
one man received a grade of zero,
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unintelligibility of his manuscript.
Those receiving the high grades were
III. l.. Kegerreis. Blackboard county;
Mrs. Charles +. Wilmington and Ella
Warner, Montgomery county; Della X.
Mcdonald. Dekalb county; Mrs. Eva
Green. Noble county; Alyse Willow
marlborough, Porter county; Luther
Land. St Joseph county, and Eugene
c. Splitter, Wayne county.
indianapolis. +. Jones of
Terre Haute was elected president Of
the Indiana branch of the United Ma
tiOnal Association Of Post Office
Clerks, at the twentieth annual con-
vention held recently in Indianapolis.
He succeeds III. \. Blackman of Ma
riOn. Other officers elected were:
John l.. Lott of Richmond, first vice
president; Charles NJ. Harlan. KO-
komo second vice president Miss
Marion LantZ. Indianapolis, secretary,
and \. II. Snyder, Charlottesville,
treasurer. MinOt Cleveland Of An
dersOn was again selected as chair
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Terre Haute was chosen as the con-
vention city for next year.
Anderson.-The Indiana Federation
of Postal Employees, whose fourth an
nual convention was held here, de-
cided TO change the date of its con-
ventiOns, alternating with Labor day
and independence day. Fort Wayne
was chosen Nor the fifth annual meet
ing in 1922 on Labor day. The Labor
day meeting will be compliment to
organized labor, the Federation Of
Postal Employees being affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
George W. Worthington of T. Asville
was reelected president
Kokomo.-A delegation mer-
chants. farmers, motorists anN others
met with the county commissioners i'm an
effort To ascertain why Howard coun-
~ does not have better roads. Ac-
cording 10 the chairan of the good
roads committee of the Chamber Of
Commerce $4,000 is paid annually
by taxpayers of the county for road
repair work aud yet the complaint is
general that the county has the poor
est roads in this part of the state 1t
is said $4,000 is needed for road
building equipment.
Richmond.-While losses To Wayne
county farmers from chinch bugs may
reach 100000. it is estimated that
several times that sum has been saved
To farmers as result of the vigorous
war waged on the crop pests. accord
ing To the Wayne county agricultural
agent. and his assistants. Since June
80. when the insects appearance was
first noted i'm Wayne county. crops on
approximately 100 farms have been
damaged
ianapOliS.-Ohicials of the state
department of public instruction will
60 10 the First. Second. Third and
Fourth congressional districts i'm the
next tive weeks To give the county
superintendent and township trustees
information concerning state financial
aid for poor schools, the new state at
tendance law and the new classified
ton of grade and high schools.
IndianapOlis.-On the teachers pen
sion fund board the governor has APP
pointed Thomas e. Howe of Indianapo-
lis, TO serve for one year; James NJ.
LOrimer, Anderson. two years; Don
aid Dushane, Columbus. three years
Florence Case, Marion, and Eber III.
Wolcott. indianapolis. four years.
Washington. u. ca drop of 40
per cent. for the year ending June i
i'm the cost of food in Indianapolis,
and of l per cent, for the month end
ing June 10, is shown in reports com
piled by the department of labor For
the year indianapolis led the field
Kansas City being next, with IS per
cent.
napolis.-Whether the state
board Of tax commissioners shall order
horizontal tax appraisement increases
; or decreases in Indiana counties is
10 come up for determination at six
hearings the board announced it will
! hold in the Statehouse beginning July
20.
, Shelbyville-The board of commits
sioners of Shelby county awarded CON