The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-08-05

Delaware corporation organized 10
finance activities OF the United States
Grain Growers, Inc. n cooperative
purchasing and selling body, to sell
$4,000 of its preferred stock in IN
diana. IL was learned in an eXamina-
ton of records I'm the office of the
commission. The securities body gave
no specific reason, but IL is under
stood the petition was denied because
the corporation did not supply all re-
quired information and because il is
organized with Sl00o0O,0O0 of pre-
ferred stock and only 81 shares OF
common stock OF no par value, which
has been sold TO the 81 directors for
consideration of 100. only partially
paid in. The securities commissions
letter of July 10. advising the farmers
corporation. through Clifford .Thorne
of Chicago. general counsel of the
United States Grain Growers, Inc,
who conducted the correspondence for
the corporation. that the petition for
license TO sell stock i'm Indiana had
been denied. merely is n statement
that the license has not been granted
and assigns no reasons.
napOls.-Statistics of income.
compiled by the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue, from the returns of net
incomes filed by individuals for the
calendar year ending December 81,
1919. show that 130,3S3 returns were
IN
hundredths per cent of the total popu-
lation of the state fled returns. The
total net income reported by the $780,
3S3 persons making reports was S417,-
323.25l. The tax paid on this income
amounted to S13,541,2 45. The average
net income of the persons reporting i'm
the state WAS S3,200.72, and the aver
age amount OF tax for each return
SlO3.S5. In 1916 7,204 persons i'm In
diana made income tax returns. In
1917 the number reporting was S5,O2l,
and i'm 1913 the number was 104, 5S1.
Terre Haute.-Officials of the Terre
Haute Central Labor union have been
warned by Samuel Gompers. president
OF the American Federation of Labor,
10 he OH the lookout for two men, trav-
cling from coast 10 coast, representing
themselves as organizers of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor. On this
representation the men request creden-
tials. saying they are working for and
are recognized by organized labor The
purpose of their credentials, according
A prpSi.apt Cn,npar<, 80 - ,,-...l 60,
soliciting advertisements to be placed
on Il banner with numerous other adj
NertisementS thereon. which asserts
that the advertisers are friendly 10 or
ganized labor.
South Bend-The Artificial Ice com
pany. which supplies 90 per cent Of the
ice used in South Bend, has issued Il
solemn and final warning" To Ice con-
sumers, saying that unless the strict
est economy is practiced this district
will face an ice famine. The price of
ice was increased to SD ton for all
| consumers except those having special
contracts. Costs are said To have in
! creased from so to SO at the ship
ping point The company asserts that
IL is willing 10 bear some of the loss.
which il temporarily necessary. pro-
vided the consumer does likewise.
Blufton.-Carl Graft, age forty-one.
of Poe Allen county. In n signed con-
fesSiOn made to attaches of the
state fire marshal's office. admitted
setting fire 10 Sawmill and n tile
factory at Echo. Wells county, twenty
one years ago. Graft said that he set
fire To the mills, which belonged to
! four men, two of them his brothers.
for revenge" because of supposed in
! Justice done him i'm settling the family
estate. His confession cleared mys-
| terry of u years standing.
| Naturalization John J. Pershinp
was invited by Governor McCray to
/ attend the state convention of the
American Legion to be held at Wa
| bash October 10 and II. The gov
! errors invitation follows: Indiana
would he highly honored by your
! presence at the state convention Of
the American Legion to be held at
Wabash October 10 and H. Person
ally would greatly appreciate advice
from YOU that you yiii be with us OIL
that occasion"
Notwithstanding to residents
of Evansville ~ get behind the Dea-
cOnesS and 81. Mary's hospitals i'm COM
pleting extensive additions both are
TO make this year. Benjamin Bosse,
mayor, announced that two and one
half years salary as mayor would be
giren by him to the hospital fund. The
contribution means that Mayor Bosse
has turned back To the city all he has
drawn in salary as mayor for seven
| and one-half years.
PeterSburg.-Owing 10 high freight
rates cantalOupes are selling on the
Petersburg market at 70 cents crate.
and WatermelOnS can be bought out OF
Nason> at - cents to ~ cents. Grow
els are not shipping melons. owing 10
the freight rates. Corn has improved
with the recent rains, and there win
be 80 per cent of Il corn crop i'm Pike
county. Wheat Is selling for S1O5 q
busi,el. and oats at 30 cents a busltel
VincenneS.-knOx county's wafer
melon season opened this week. Pros
poets for n big crop ara excellent. the