The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-04-08
INDIANA
State News


ganiZed the board of trustees Of the
state Soldiers home at Lafayette by
appointing five new members of the
board. The governor, as provided by
the law, named two Civil war vet
Grams. one Spanish war veteran. one
World war veteran and the wife Of Il
veteran. The old board was COM
posed of four members, all Civil war
veterans. The new board members
named by the governor are: Col. ID.
Nj. Foster of Fort Wayne and John b..
Lyons of Brook. Civil war veterans {;
ex-Gov. Winfield Il. Durbln of Ander-
son. Spanish war veteran; DR.. Carl
ton NJ McCulloch OF Indianapolis,
World war veteran. and Mrs. Caroline
BlackStock OF Lafayette, wife OF a
Spanish war veteran.
Nalparaiso.-Two stills rivaing in
size those used in Kentucky mountains
found IN desOlate spot amid the sand
dunes on the shores OF Lake Michi-
gan, are i'm possession Of Sheriff Pen
ninGton of Porter county. More than
800 gallons of whisky was confiscated
ana John and Charles WoOnsman
were captured in the sheriff's raid.
Booze running automobiles had
been used to transport the output of
the stills to Chicago. the sheriff
learned. The cOnhscated equipment
was appraised at $4,000.
Indianapolis.-Mrs Stoughton A.
Fletcher, wife Of the president Of the
Fletcher American National bank.
after a long period of i'll health, com
mitted suicide at her home, Laurel
Hall, near Millersville. Her mother,
Mrs. Eva Henley. who found Airs.
Fletcher's body. swallowed some of
the same poison Mrs. Fletcher has.
taken and died few minutes later.
Mrs. Fletcher, it was said by her
friends and members of the family,
had been in ill health for more than
a year
anapOlis.-Governor McCrayha
appointed George II. Barnard of New
castle and Maurice Douglas of Flat
Rock members Of the public service
commission, and has reapponted John
w. McCardle a member of the conf
mission. The governor also announced
the appointment of Fred c. Klein of
South Bend as judge of the new Su-
! perior court in st. Joseph county The
court is the second of the kind in the
county. 1t was created by the last
/ legislature.
napolis.-Governor McCray has
arranged for q conference of men who
operate farms I'm connection with state
institutions at the state fair, April 4
About seventeen of the state institu-
! tons operate farms owned or leased
! by the state and embracing nearly
10000 acres, valued at more than 49,
| 100000. G.. |. Christie, of Purdue uni
versity was with the governor when
conference may be made an annual
affair
elbyville.-Charity work in Shell
! byville, which has been carried on dur
ing the winter through the Office of the
mayor and the community heaitl
nurse. has been discontinued. Lee Il
! Hoop. mayor, announced that the ar
rival of warmer weather, and a bet
terment in industrial conditions haC
caused the decision 10 discontinue the
During the winter approximate!
$500 was spent for charity. it wa:
said.
GreenSburg.-Th American Legion
membership campaign opened in tn,
Fourth district will continue for tv,
weeks. Twenty-three posts situate,
at Greenwood. Whiteland. Franklin
Edinburg, Columbus, Hope, Elizabeth
town Seymour, Brownstown. Noun
Vernon. Madison. Vevay. Patriot. Ris
ing sun. Aurora Lawrenceburg. Oils
boro. Friendship. Versailles. Osgood
Ba,eSville Milan and Greensburg. ar,
taking part i'm the drive.
abandonment of TN
Logansport District County Agents us
ISOLATION has been decided upon b,
general agreement of the members
The decision reached by the agrcuI
ture agents places CasS and Miami
counties in'the Lafayette district. Pu
laSki and Fulton counties in the Mich
igan City district. while Wabash an
Huntington counties will becom
members of the Fort Wayne associa
ton.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. deaths oC
Cured in February than during IN
same month at any time during IN
lest six years. according To III. y
Wright. superintendent OF the div
sion Of vital statistics of the stat
board of health
Indianapolis. - Governor McCra
will plant maple tree ON the stat,
house grounds on Arbor day. April /:
\ special tree has been ordered f.
the occasion. The governor issued IN
annual Arbor day proclamation.
Indianapolis.-The annual sprln
meeting OF the history section OF III
Indiana State Teachers associatio
will be held April s and ..
Gary.-Thomas f.. Knotis first So
tier. first postmaster and first may,
of Gary i dead NJ Mayo Brothers no
nj nj M Rochester. MINI. followlr
m operation During his term. l9t
Il 4. -.