The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-08-26


S4.OO0.0O0 mark and By the end of the
current year will be approximately ST.
12JO0 as compared with $3,73S.O00
at the end Of 1920. the county auditor
said.
Richmond.-The city tax rate for
next year will be % cents. according
TO estimates now in the hands of City
Controller Bescher, who believes, how
ever, that certain economies will make
the final rate 90 cents. The only in
creases allowed this year by the city
council were three cents in firemens
and police pension funds.
Lebanon.-A crowd estimated at TO-
600. attended the annual summer field
meeting of the Indiana State Dairy
association. which was held here. TX
was the biggest agricultural event
ever held in Boone county and at
tracted hundreds from all parts of the
state. every county near sending dele
cations of from $50 TO 400.
SeymOur-The canning factories in
jackson county are I'm readiness for
the seasons run on tomatoes The
commercial crop of tomatoes has be-
gun 10 ripen. Recent rains have bene-
fitted the vines and the crop is expect
ed 10 be large Hundreds of acres of
tomatoes are grown i'm this county I'M
der contract with packing companies.
olumbuS-Between 200 and 300
pupils will be added TO the usual at
tendance of Columbus high school, if
the new school attendance law is en-
forced. AT II recent meeting of teach
ers i'm North Vernon. l.. " Hines,
state superintendent of public nStruc-
ton. said the new law. in his opinion,
meant that all children must continue
i'm school until they are sixteen years
| old
South Bend.-As a result of war
between bakery concerns bread re-
Gently sold i'm South Bend at the
cheapest price it has ever been Of
| fered. falling from II ents to 5H
| and cents per loaf. according To size.
The war is supposed To have been
Gems cut the price TO s and 8 cents
per loaf against the protest of COM
peting firm. The latter then forced the
price down 10 the low level as above
stated
| Bethany Park.-The young peoples
camp and conference. which was held
at Bethany Park recently as one Of
the final events of the 1921 Bethany
assembly resulted in II young men
and young women publicly announc-
! ing their intention of doing whole or
part time service in religious work.
/ Seven of these are going into the mis-
Sionary field, two into medicine. one
into nursing, four into social service.
six into teaching. four into business
and Ii are undecided.
! IndiGnapolis=U. s. Lesh. attorney
! general OF lndlaIa, submitted an Opin.
ion to Governor McCray in the Ray
Seely case in which he ruled that lit
would not be competent for one 10
hold the Office Of county surveyor and
that of q member of said board of reg
istration at one and the same time"
1t is understood that. as result Of
this Information. Seely's place on the
newly created state board for the reg
! istration Of professional engineers will
be vacated soon and another man will
be appointed
Indianapolis. - Mark Cunningham,
1 "A Ia raert. n
the cleanup squad" which. operating
by force of the new Sweet law will
undertake. speedy adjustment of all
claims of former service men. began
work in Indianapolis few days ago.
The counties will be taken as units
OF operation. Marion county leading.
What length of time the task will re-
! quire, and what the sum Of the In
| diana claims is, Mr. Cunningham
would not venture 10 guess. The per-
sonnet of the Indiana squad is not
fully revealed
Shelbyville.-The total net valuation
of Shelly county property, for the pur-
pose of taxation. for 1927. is S69. Al, =
~ auditor. This includes the 80 per
cent additional on household goods
and farming implements. which was
recently ordered by the state board of
tax commissioners, after the county
board of review had refused to make
the increase. The total amount added
10 the tax duplicates. as a result Of
this order. was S304.61O. The total
net valuation of property for the city
of Shelbyville * S13. 613.71O.
Terre Haute-NIine officials of Dis
trict No. II, United Mine Workers Of
America. are interested in new fed
eral industrial rehabilitation act. re-
/ Gently accepted by Indiana. which will
enable injured miners To get industrial
training. The acceptance Of this act
/ will reduce the number of injured coal
miners dependent on charitable organ.
izations and individuals for their liv-
ing, after being permanently injured.
The training is 10 be given at n state
school. 20 educate the miner in the
line of occupation which he is best
suited for. considering his injuries
/ Twenty-One states have adopted the
terms Of the act
/ In1iananOliS The state hiph,vov 10