The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-08

i Grain dealers i'm Petersburg are offer
ing 81 busheI for good dry wheat At
Otwell. In eastern Pike county. border
ing the Dubois county line. mlllers are
+ paying 81 bushel for wheat. but say
/ that in some OF the crops bought there
were three pounds of cheat TO the
/ bushel. but that the grain was solid
and the wheat graded high At Wins
/ low. the Winslow Mining company is
paying S1.1O for new wheat. AT STEM
dial. in southern Pike county, the STEM
/ dahl Milling company is Offering S110
a bushel. The quality of wheat In Pike
! county is good, but IN some parts of
the county the yield is disappointing.
Indianapolis.-The state board OF
education approved tentative plans for
the classification of elementary public
schools In Indiana. The board
made changes In teacher training
courses, arranged details for the ap-
plication of the new state school at
tendance law and attended To other
important business. Elementary
schools are TO be rated according TO
their scoring on points. which include
sanitary condition OF buildings. play
! ground facilities. modern conveniences.
equipment. supervision, janitor serv-
ice, fire escapes and many other
points to be taken into consideration
In judging a wel-appointed school
Columbus.-Wheat harvest is prac-
ucally completed in Bartholomew
county and thrashing has begun. The
estimated yield is approximately one
half of the usual crop Trashing
prices as set by the Bartholomew
County Brotherhood of Trashermen
are as follows: Wheat. cents
bushel; rye. u cents, and oats. 6
cents. Prices last year were 10 cents
for wheat, 10 for rye and for oats.
/ The thrashermen say they reduced
the price on wheat and rye because
of the reduction in the price of these
grains.
lndianapolis.-Th Indiana Fedora
tion of Farmers Associations made The
second and final payment of $4,000,
the unpaid part of its S20.0O0 loan
To the United States Grain Growers,
Incorporated at Chicago. The pay
ment was authorized by the directors
OF the federation last month, and the
first half of the sum was paid some
time ago. The money. with the other
quotas lent by the farmers aSsOcia-
tons of the various states. will be
used 10 finance the preliminary work
OF the growers marketing project
Petersburg.-R have been
selling at 81 Il gallon and blackberries
at 80 cents. The blackberry crop
is the largest in years. The price may
reach 30 cents gallon before the end
of the season. Canteloupe and water
melons are growing under favorable
weather conditions, but the crop Is
not large. Corn is doing we'll One
half Of the wheat crop has been cut.
and this week will finish the harvest
in Pike county.
lndianapolis.-Al 80 per cent of
the scales tested i'm southern Indiana
counties by representatives of the
state department of weights and meas
ures were found incorrect and about
! p per cent We're condemned Inac-
curacies averaging | per cent on the
! ton were common according 10 the re-
ports of the inspectors 10 the state
/ food and drug commissioner who has
] charge Of the department
Indianapolis.-AS n result of action
/ taken by the city authorities at Lafay-
cite. when they ordered detour tracks
1 Of the Lafayette Service company torn
mp. thus preventing the Terre Haute.
Indiana & Eastern Traction company's
/ interurban ears from entering the
| downtown district of the city. the trac-
ton company filed a suit in federal
court. in which il asked s. 900 dam
ages from the city.
Observation-Disclosures dealers in
grain announced that they will pay 81
Il buShel for new wheat Dealers in
other parts of the county name the
same price. At Morristown, ii is re-
ported that Sl.10 bushe Is being Of
+ fered, with contracts made for grain
at that price. The present price is the
! lowest since 1914.
South Bend.-George l.. Addison,
whose name appears first on the slack
, OF list for division No. /, city of South
/ Bend. made public at headquarters Of
! the Fifth army corps area, Fort Ben
/ jamin Harrison. indianapolis. served
with the marines ut the battle of Cha
/ teau-Thierry and was killed in action
AT scissors, July IS. 1918.
! EVansville.-The Evansville Central
/ Labor union passed resolutions against
the petition recently filed with the
/ board of county commissioners asking
/ that the salaries of the judges of the
/ Circuit. Probate and Superior courts
be raised from $500 to $1,000 a year.
! The commissioners will take action on
/ the petition July y.
Indianapolis.-The Indiana state
highway commission proposes TO
stand pat" on its decision not TO buy
more crushed stone than is absolutely
necessary until the present high prices
are reduced. Charles Z. Zeigler. chair
man of the commission. said.
Shelbyville.- Shelby cOun-
" farmers have entered the fve-acre
corn contest. Others are expected 10
/ I,c,r, Tho let olncac Cbolht.