The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-28
News
BrevitieS
From Indiana


fore he retired as governor. ordered
the remission of the $3.50 fines in
tile 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 fled by
these jurors critic.zing the conduct Of
Judge Thompson. and suggesting that
he resign. The governor recommends
eel that the case OF Lance VI. CoOnS ~
Muncie. the sixth juror. he brought TO
the Supreme court in order 10 deter
mine the rights and duties of a grand
jury in investigating the cases of pub
lie officials.
IndianapOlis.-Go Goodrich
recently announced number OF ap-
pointments of members Of boards ~
trustees for state institutions. Charles
z. 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 ap-
pointinents are for four wears
lndianapolis.-Coal mined i'm Indiana
during 1920 totaled 25.3l9.56S tons, nc
N
from 2l2 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 90 standard shipping mines in
Indiana are in the total production
will exceed 2S.OO0.O00 tons. These fig
urcs do not include tonnage from the
wagon mines of the state.
Jacksonville. - Several successful
corn growers in Utica township. re-
garded rs Clark county's blue grass
region. are not worried over. the low
price of corn. for they are i'm the mar
ket rs buyers and not as sellers Many
Of them had poor crop and have not
enough for their own needs. Not much
Clark county corn will be sold ut 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 10 pay 1854. 1858
I'm taxes in 1921 for It's Gary steel
mills. The taxes for the Gary Land
company. the real estate holding COM
many for the corporation. will be S150-
900.07. These figures were obtained
from the records i'm the county treas
urer's office The records show that
Lake county had n balance of nearly
81 100000 In lis treasury at the end
of 1920.
Linden.-Owing TO the present wave
Of crime throughout the country. the
citizens of Linden have organized
protective association OF twenty-one
volunteer members who have been
sworn i'm as special constables. Fire
arms have been procured for the off,
GERS and special arrangements made
for electric lighting throughout the
night
Observation-Disclosures a climax TO a quar-
rel, Walter Warmoth, n farmer living
near lakewood crushed his wife's
skull with a heavy stick of stovewood
and then telephoned TO a doctor to
"come in hurry" She lived minute
after the arrival of the physician.
whose office is short distance from
the WarmOth home.
Lafayette.-William III. Baker. whose
home is near Lyons. i'm Greene county.
Is the 1920 Indiana corn king He
raised an average of 1888 bushels an
acre In the annual five-acre produc-
ton contest held under the auspices
Of Purdue university. according TO an
announcement made at the university.
Lexington, Ky.-No hurley tobacco
will be grown I'm Kentucky. Indiana
and Ohio during 1921. and tobacco
salesfloOrs will remain closed for an
indefinite period. If resolutions passed
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 the Ayrshire
breed In Upton county and cooperate
with the state Ayrshire association.
Kokomo.-KOkomo probably will he
one OF the first cities In Indiana TO
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 10 make a 10 per cent
reduction in the wages Of all city EN-
ployees. effective February /.
Huntington.-Two hundred and thir-
tv-four thousand dollars was paid To
EMPLOYEES of the Orton-Steinbrenner
factory in Huntington In bonuses. This
amount was cleared by 226 men. au-
taorized at the meeting OF the stock
holders. The amount paid iast Janu-
AIRY for 1919 work was 1891 900.
indianapolis. = Signed statements
have been given III. ii. Friedley. state