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

aud Delaware are among the counties
which are fighting the pest which is
destroying hundreds of acres of corn.
Many farmers are throwing up shallow
trenches around unchanged fields
and laying down films of creosote.
which Is said OF be an effective meth
cd of combating the insects. In Clay
county farmers are resorting also TO
the use of orchard power sprayers
but the pests are said to be gaining
ground in that county.
anapolis.-Salaries Of Indiana
county superintendent of schools
range from $500 to $500 a year. ac-
cording to reports 10 l.. n. Hines state
superintendent Of public instruction.
Mr.. Hines has received reports CON
corning the salary OF A of the o. SUI
perintendents of the state. The sal
airy for the superintendent recently
elected has not been determined in a
number of the counties. Ii is not ex-
pected that the present maximum fig
ure of $4,000, which is paid in Lake
county, will be exceeded in any of the
counties not yet reporting.
Franklin.-Through suggestion of
Rev. j. b. Ferguson of Franklin who
made tour of the Orient last year, 4,
shipment Of Johnson county seed corn
has been sent to the Point Breeze
academy Ut WeihSieu, Shantung. The
corn will be distributed among the stu
dents of the academy, who will share
the gift with hOuseholders in various
parts of the republic. \ letter, re-
celved recently, from the head Of the
academy. said the corn had arrived
and, as the students mostly are sons o.
| farmers, the gift was highly appreci-
ated.
Washington. ID. C.-Efective July /.
fees will be made as follow: Second
class to first class, Columbus. Frank
fort and Shelbyville; third class to
second class, Cannelton, Corydon, Dun
kirk. Jasper and RockpOrt; second
class 10 third class, Knightstown and
Sheridan. The Post Office depart
ment has instructed the civil service
| commission to conduct an eXamina-
ton for the selection OF postmaster
at Huntington.
indianapolis. Governor McCray am
oounced his appointments on the new
board of trustees for Purdue university
as follows: c.. NJ. Hobbs of Bridge
port and. Mrs. Virginia c. Meredith of
West Lafayette. who will serve one
year; Henry w. Marshall, Lafay-
cite; James w. Noel. Indianapolis ;
John Hillenbrand, Batesville, and
Joseph ID. Oliver. South Bend. who
will serve for three years. Miss Mere
dith is the only new member.
Observation-Disclosures grass. an
important crop in this county, one of
the few localities where it will grow,
is almost total failure. having been
killed by cold spring. and later
choked out by whitetop. Red top
and clover have also suffered severely,
but there is a good stand of timothy.
Farmers say that the winter oats crop
is the best ever produced in the cOun-
~. Spring oats are still green aud
undeveloped
Logansport.-The year 1921 shows
the smallest number of coroner cases
I'm CasS county so far since 1904. ac-
cOrding to the coroner Only fifteen
cases have been reported for the first
six months. OF the cases of death in
vestigated by the coroner. seven have
been due to natural causes. two muir
ders, two suicides, two cases of drown
ing, one railroad accident victim and
one victim of Strangulation
Lafayette-The War department
has designated Purdue university
here as distinguished service
school because of its excellent military
work. according TO word received by
third year this honor has been won by
Purdue. the institution being one Of
20 out of los throughout the country
10 gain this distinction.
Lafayette.-A warning of an appar-
ent serious outbreak of chinch bugs
was sounded by the agricultural eX-
tension department of Purdue univer-
city Reports from many parts of the
state show that the chinch bugs are
numerous in wheat and other small
grain fields, which indicates an early
advance on corn fields. where they do
the most damage.
Washington. II. C.-The Post Office
department has asked the civil serv-
ice commission 10 hold examinations
for the selection of pOstmasters ut the
following places i'm Indiana: Austin,
Avilla. Brazil. Brownsburg. Bryant.
Hamilton, Hebron. Montezuma. Oak
town. Royal Center. Silver Lake. West
Lebanon and Wolcott.
Indianapolis.-Ap of six
automobile policemen 10 work under
the direction of the automobile license
department of the secretary of states
office. under the new certificate of title
law. was announced by III. u. McClel-
land. manager of the department. The
men will be ut work soon. Mr.. McClel-
land said
Observation-Disclosures university an
nounced the purchase OF a l25-acre
farm. 10 be used for horticultural ex-
perimentS. The price paid was SIS
900. The property is situated two
u lies west of the Purdue campus. in