The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-11

HioA1hS, ASNclNcu OTuSTs from llelf
head offices at Boston. Mass, to start
their fires and 10 re-employ ali old
men and take on new men until the
capacity of the factory has been
reached. The superintendent has noti-
fed all employees Of the opening OF
the factory, which viii operate full
time. The mines around Petersburg
are again operating almost 100 per
cent, and with the exception OF low
prices being paid for farm produce
conditions in Petersburg are almost
normal. and few men are idle. The
mines are taking on new men weekly,
and there is renewed activity in the
oil fields.
Indianapolis.-Be and wines for
medicinal purposes can not be pre-
scribed by Indiana physicians. under
new regulations of the federal Trea-
sury department without violating the
state prohibition law, U. S. Lesh, at
'torney general, said. THE new rules
will not permit prescriptions and
sales" the encouragement said. eX-
planning that the state law permits
only wine for sacramento purposes and
hospital use of pure grain alcohol.
The only effect in Indiana Of the new
| would be that federal enforcement
would cease over beer and wine pre-
scriptions for medicinal use.
Muncie.--Sou:h Bend will entertain
the 1922 session of the Indiana State
Conference of Charities and COrrec-
the delegates at the final meeting OF
the 1921 session here Tuesday, after
hearing the recommendation of the
commi1ee on time and place. Rabbi
Morris NJ. Feuerlicht, OF indianapolis,
was elected TO succeed Evans Wallen,
Of Indianapolis. as president of the
| conference. John 4. Brown, Secre-
! tary, announced that the total registra-
| ton ut the conference was 1,001. Of
which $50 were persons outside
| Muncie.
Indianapolis.-Man of the
school city of Lafayette is praised in
a report of field examiners OF the state
board Of accounts, filed with the chief
examiner of the state board of ac-
counts. 1T is certainly refreshing 10
find in these days of high cost and
increasing debt statements of school
corporations generally that the city
schools Of Lafayette have been so we'll
managed there is not a dollar of In
debtedness." Management of the In
dianapolls school city frequently has
| been criticised by the board of ac-
counts.
South Bend.-An ordinance which
has been passed by the South Bend
city council, restricts motor bus trans
pOrtation TO streets not occupied by
interurban lines entering the city. and
also places an annual license fee Of
$500 against the firms now running
busses between South Bend and sur
rounding towns. The Chicago, South
Bend & Northern Indiana railway
! showed that since the buSSeS were
operating in streets through WHICH
their cars ran. a decrease of 80 per
cent in fares had resulted.
vansville.-FarmerS in Union cOun-
ty, Kentucky, are making plans 10 ship
their live stock TO market on a coop
erative plan. following the organiza-
ton of a county live stock shipping
association at q recent meeting ac-
cOrding TO Il marketing specialist from
the Kentucky College Of Agriculture.
Farmers who attended the OrganiZa-
ton meeting pledged GO hogs for the
first carload TO be shipped under the
new organization. The association will
have headquarters in Evansville.
IndianapOliS.-Th city of ElwOOd
has the most outrageous" tax rate
of any city in Indiana-but it's too
late to remedy the situation. The
words quoted are those Of members
of the state tax board, who discovered
that the Madison county city's tax
rate-$41S per S1G0 of property valu-
ation-is the highest in the state. The
date of possible appeal 20 the state
board. however, has passed.
Indianapolis.-Bids were received by
the state highway commission for The
construction Of grade for a gravel
road on the state highway system,
! near Metropole, Perry county. The
estimated total cost CT the work was
$4,000, $4,000 for the frs section Of
3.S miles, and $4,000 for the remain
ing three miles. The bids on both
items, it was said, were about ST.
COO below the estimate.
indianapOlis.-W. L. Harding. for
mer governor of Iowa; C. II. GuStaf-
son, president of the United States
Grain Growers, Inc, Gov. Warren T..
McCray and John ]. Brown. chairman
Of the state board Of tax commission
ers, will be the principal speakers be-
fore the convention of the Indiana
Federation of Farmers associations to
be held at indianapolis, November 10
and IS.
ianapolis.-Governor McCray has
appointed Mrs Lucian Harris Of Ris-
ing Sun a member of board of trustees
of the Southeastern Hospital for the
, Insane. She takes the place Of +. ).
Roberts of Madison, who has been
elected a judge. The governor many
! months ago announced his intention
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