The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-15
INDIANA
BREVITIES

the cHincn Dug, according 10 the eSll-
mate of the Delaware county agricul-
tural agent. He says that a minimum
of 200 farms will be affected by the
pest and damage to the corn crop
alone will amount 10 $4,000. The in
sects have come by he thousands
from the harvested wheat, barley and
rye to the corn.
NincenneS.-What is expected 10 be
the most modern free wash-hOuse at
any coal mine In the country IS under
construction at the Oliphant-JohnsOn
mine near Bruceville. The building,
which is being equipped at a cost of
more than $4,000, will be fireproof, of
REINFORCED concrete, III by 60 feet in
dimensions, and one story in height.
Shower baths will be operated with
an automatic release water to be sup
| piled from the mine lake. The build
ing will accommodate coo men at one
time.
Hartford City.-The state highway
commission announced that approx
mately $4,000 would be spent this
Il
state highway between Hartford City
| and Muncie The work will start as
soon as farmers move back their fences
to permit Of a 50-fOOt road. the regala-
| ton size prescribed by the commits
sion. The material for the improve
ment has been purchased and hauling
| Will start as soon as the grade is es-
tablished. The cost of the road will
be approximately $1,000 a mile.
anapolis.-Reduction of various
freight rates on shipments wholly
within the state may be ordered by the
public service commission if ii can OBJ
tain modification of a federal court in
/ junction, which it interprets as abol-
! ishing its control over all rates A. b.
Cronk, head of the commissions rate
bureau, said that he expected soon 10
| file a petition with the federal court
for modification of the injunction He
added that no general revision of state
rates was anticipated. explaining that
the commission would act only on
/ specific cases brought by formal COM
| plants filed by shippers.
Attica.-Jealousy believed caused
by the employment of Charles Fox of
Mishawaka as farm hand by Mrs.
Jennie Madarea, was cited ms the pos
sible motive for the murder of Fox
and Mrs. Madarea at the Madarea
farm near here The finding of the
body of Harry Davis at his farm, and
q note he scrubbed before committing
suicide, led TO the finding of the
! bodies of the murdered man and wom-
an in cellar at the Madarea farm.
! The note confessed the double murder
and todd where to find the bodies.
IndianapOlis.-Offi outdoor poor
relief in indiana for the calendar year
of 1920 amounted TO SAT- ,239.13, ac-
cOrding TO q statement by the secre-
tary of the board of state charities.
The statement shows that 44,253 per-
sons received aid a decrease of 1856
from the number receiving aid the
preceding year. For 1920 the average
amount of aid per capita amounted TO
! 1912 as compared with $S13 for 1919.
| The figures were compiled from the
reports OF. the township trustees. who
are the eX-officio Overseers of the poor.
! The total of Indoor" and Outdoor"
relief as compiled from the reports OF
county auditors was $2,077, 41S.S1, the
statement adds.
Washington, ID. C.-The report of
/ the controller of the currency ON the
condition of national banks at the close
! of business, April 2S, 1927, shows that
on that date there were 246 national
| banks in Indiana, of which six were
! in Indianapolis In the way Of re-
sources, the 246 banks reported loans
and discounts aggregating S162, S5S,00O
and the six indianapolis banks Sill
! $4,000 For the state rs whole the
banks reported $4S, 2S5, 600 i'm United
| States government securities and the
Indianapolis banks S11, 7SS.000 of this
| class of securities. The total assets
of the banks for the state aggregated
| S2SS. DIS 900 and for the six Indianapo-
lis banks SS4,012,000
ianapolis-Building statistics for
the Seventh federal reserve district
show that in the seven Indiana cities
reporting the number of permits and
the estimated cost of the projects in
creased i'm May, 1921, over May of the
previous year. Indiana and Illinois
were the only states showing an i'm
crease in the number of permits and
only Indiana and Wisconsin showed
an increase in estimated costs. Four
of the seven Indiana cities for which
statistics are given showed gains in
the number of permits and in estimat-
| ed costs The other three cities
showed decreases. The gain for the
state i'm estimated costs was made>pOs-
sible by an increase of 10 per cent at
Terre Haute, where a large theater
| building IS under way. The other
cities showing gains were Gary. 81 per
cent; indianapolis. 10 per cent. and
Fort Wayne. 4 per cent. The increase
for the state was per cent.
Muncie.-With the time past for the
withdrawal of candidates for nomin
ton for city officer here in a primary
July 10. nine candidates for the
mayoralty nomination remain Names
of 81 men are on file for nomination