The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-01-21
News
BrevitieS
From Indiana

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fore he retired as governor. ordered
the remission OF the $3.50 fines in
the cases of five of the six Delaware
county grand jurors fined December
81 by Judge William A. Thompson Of
the Delaware Circuit court following
a written investigation report filed by
these jurors criticizlng the conduct ~
Judge Thompson, and suggesting that
he resign. The governor recommends
ed that the case Of Lance NJ. COons Of
Muncie, the sixth juror. he brought 10
the Supreme court ia order Ia deter
mine the rights and duties of a grand
jury I'm investigating the cases of pub
lie officials.
anapoliS.-Goyernor Goodrich
recently announced a number OF APP
pOintments of members Of boards ~
trustees for state institutions. Charles
+. Butler of Charlottesville was APP
pointed 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
board of the Southern Hospital for the
Insane at Evansville 10 succeed An
drew Richardt Of Evansville. John II.
Stoll of South Bend was reappolnted
on the board OF state prisons. The APP
pointlnents are for four years
Indianapolis.-COal mined in Indiana
during 1920 totaled 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 2l9 standard shipping mines in
Indiana are i'm the total production
will exceed 2SOO0.OOO tons. These fig
urcs 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. 1858
in taxes in 1921 for its Gary steel
mills. The taxes for the Gary Land
pany for the corporation, will be $780,
900.07. These figures were obtained
from the records in the county treas
urer's office. The records show that
Lake county had Il balance of nearly
S1,000000 I'm lis treasury at the end
of 1920.
Linden.-Owing TO 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.-Asa climax TO a quar-
rel, Walter Warmoth. a farmer living
near HazelwoOd. crushed his wife's
skull with heavy stick of stovewood
and then telephoned TO doctor to
come in q hurry" She lived n minute
after the arrival OF the physician.
whose office is a short distance from
the Warmoth home
fayette.-William H. Baker. whose
home Is near Lyons. in Greene county.
Is the 1920 Indiana corn king. lie
raised an average Of 1888 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
salesfloOrs will remain closed for an
indefinite period, II 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 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.
Portland.-Members OF the city
council voted 10 make 10 per cent
reduction in the wages OF all city EN-
ployees. effective February 1.
Huntlngton.-Two hundred and thir-
ty-four thousand dollars was paid 20
EMPLOYEES OF the Orton-Steinbrenner
factory In Huntington in bonuses. This
amount was cleared by 226 men. au-
tnorized 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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