The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-03-11
News
BrevitieS
From Indiana

fore he retired as governor. ordered
the remission of the $50 fines in
the cases OF five OF the six Delaware
county grand jurors fined December
81 by Judge William \. Thompson OF
the Delaware Circuit court, following
a written investigation report filed by
these jurors criticizing the conduct of
Judge Thompson. and suggesting that
he resign. The governor recommend
ed that the case of Lance NJ. Coons Of
Muncie, the sixth juror. he brought 10
the Supreme court in order 10 deter
mine the rights and duties OF Il grand
jury in investigating the cases of pub
lie officials.
anapolis.-Governor Goodrich
recently announced a number OF APP
pOintments of members of boards ~
trustees for state institutions. Charles
L. Butler of Charlottesville was APP
pointed n member of the board OF trus-
tees of the State School for the Blind
at indianapolis. 10 succeed Thomas A.
Clifton of Covington. Wood Posey OF
Terre Haute was appointed on the
board OF the Southern Hospital for the
Insane at Evansville. 10 succeed An
drew Richardt OF Evansville. John II.
Stoll Of South Bend was reappointed
on the board Of state prisons. The APP
pointments are for four wears.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mined i'm Indiana
during 1920 t0taled 25.3l9,56S tons. ac-
cording to tentative reports received
from 212 standard shipping mines Of
the state and compiled by the Indiana
coal trade bureau. Ii is estimated
that when complete reports from all
of The 219 standard shipping mines in
Indiana are in the total production
will exceed 2S.GO0.0OO tons. These fig
ures do not include tonnage from the
wagon mines of the state.
Jeffersonville. - Several successful
corn growers in Utica township. re-
garded as Clark county's blue grass
region, are not worried over the low
price of corn. for they are i'm the mar
ket as buyers and not as sellers. Many
of them had poor crops and have not
enough for their own needs. Not much
Clark county corn will be sold at the
low price because those who do not
have TO buy will feed what they have
raised to live stock.
Gary.-The United States Steel cor
pOration will have TO pay 1854. 1883
I'm taxes i'm 1921 for its Gary steel
mills. The taxes for the Gary Land
company, the real estate holding COM
pany for the corporation, will be S1J0.-
900.07. These figures were obtained
from the records in the county treas
urer's office. The records show that
Lake county had a balance of nearly
100000 I'm lis treasury at the end
of 1920.
Linden.-Owing 10 the present wave
Of crime throughout the country. the
citizens of Linden have organized a
protective association OF twenty-one
volunteer members who have been
sworn in as special constables. Fire
arms have been procured for the off,
GERS and special arrangements made
for electric lighting throughout the
night
Martinsville.-As a climax 10 a quar-
REL Walter Warmoth a farmer living
near Hazelwood. crushed his wife's
skull with heavy stick of stoyewood
and then telephoned TO n doctor TO
come in a hurry" She lived minute
after the arrival of the physician,
whose Office is short distance from
the Warmoth home.
MISREPRESENTATION ii. Baker. whose
home is near Lyons. in Greene county.
is the 1870 Indiana corn king. He
raised an average of 12S.S bushels an
acre In the annual five-acre produc-
ton contest held under the auspices
of Purdue university. according 10 an
announcement made at the university.
Lexington, Ky.-No hurley tobacco
will be grown In Kentucky. Indiana
and Ohio during 1921, and tobacco
salesfioors will remain closed for an
at a meeting Of representatives Of
farmers from all parts of the district
are carried out.
Tipton.-An organization known as
the Upton County Ayrshire Breeders
association has been perfected. The
organization is 10 promote and adj
vance the interests OF tire Ayrshire
breed In Upton county and cooperate
with the state Ayrshire association.
Kokomo.-Kokomo probably will he
one OF the first cities I'm Indiana 10
adopt the city management plan, should
this system Of municipal government
receive the sanction of the lawmakers
at the present session OF the legisla-
ture.
Observation-Disclosures Of the city
council voted TO make 10 per cent
reduction In the wages Of all city en-
ployees. effective February /.
Huntlngton.-Two hundred and thIr-
ty-four thousand dollars was paid TO
employees Of the Orton-Steinbrenner
factory In Huntington In bonuses. This
amount was cleared by 226 men. au-
fhorized at the meeting OF the stock
holders. The amount paid last Janu-
airy for 1919 work was 1891 900.
Indianapolis. - Signed statements
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