The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-10-28
INDIANA
BREVITIES


Anderson.-A trunk line sewer sys-
TEN. costing approximately S1,O0O.OO0.
has been completed.
Winchester.-The Lynn post office
was entered by yeggmen and approx
mately 1000 worth of stamps. includ-
ing postage, War Savings and revenue
stamps, were taken from the safe,
which was blown by charge of nitro
glycerin. A small amount of money
also was taken.
JefferSOnville.-Rive men ut Jeffer-
sonville assert u revival of Ohio river
traffic would be one of the results OF
the strike of railroad workers. They
say that not enough boats are on this
part of the river to meet the demands
imposed by a prolonged Tailroad strike.
Many of the largest and best boats
were destroyed in the winter of 1917
Is, when heavy ice foes swept the
river.
lndianapOlis.-The legal age limit
for automobile drivers was raised from
sixteen TO seventeen years by the In
dianapolis city council. An ordinance
submitted by the board of public safe
ty sought to- raise the age limit from
sixteen 10 eighteen years. The ordl-
nance as introduced would also have
raised the age limit for drivers of
horse-drawn vehicles from fourteen to
sixteen years, but by amendment the
&,
Washington, ID. C.-The War de-
partment has extended federal recog-
milton TO the following units of the
One Hundred Fifty-second Indiana in
fantry: Headquarters companies, First
battalion, Evansville; Second battal-
ion, Upton, and Third battalion, In
annapolis; Company A, Evansville;
Company Il, New Albany; Company
&, Salem; Company +. Lafayette /;
Company f. Delphi; Company q,
Nashville; Company X, Darlington.
and Service company, ColfaX.
Terre Haute.-phil Ii. Penna, sec
rotary of the Indiana Bituminous Coal
! Operators association, made the first
authoritative statement here, TO the
| effect that mine operators will ask
for reduction in pay for mining coal
with the negotiating of a new scale
| In 1922. In making his statement, Mr..
| Penna said the present scale is the
highest ever paid, but that it would
be maintained by the operators until
expiration of the contract, because
they felt in honor bound to respect il.
Fort Wayne.-The grand chapter of
| Royal Arch MasOns in convention here
| elected the following officers: Ed
ward b. ROub, indianapolis, most eX-
cellent grand high priest; John Ii.
Wineland, Elkhart X. +. grand king ;
Vestal w. Woodward, indianapolis,
II. L. grand treasurer; Robert A.
Woods, Princeton, r. Z. grand secre-
tary; Jacob Rubin. Indianapolis, grand
guard, and Herbert A. Graham, Elk
hart, X. L. grand inspector. The sec
retary's report showed 127 chapters in
the state. with total membership of
BOOTS, gain Of 4,232 over last year.
South Bend-With the revival of
building in South Bend, all architects
offices and all construction company
headquarters are active 1t is esti-
mated that the increase of building
in October will be more than 300 per
cent above the same month of 1920.
The gain of September over the same
four weeks of last year was 66 per
cent. While the majority of buildings
being erected are private residences,
there are now under construction in
The city a S1,000O00 theater, $780,
600 hotel, three factory buildings and
! many factory extensions or improve
mentS.
indianapolis. = Arson on Indiana
| farms has been reduced more than GO
per cent during the last FIVE years, it is
revealed by records of Newman L.
Miller, state fire marshal. In 1915 the
number of incendiary fires on HoOsier
farms was 30, while last year only %
incendiary fires occurred on farms in
the state. This marked reduction in
| farm arson places Indiana high in the
list of states and adds laurelS, for al
ready Indiana has a record of nine out
of every ten persons tried for arson
being convicted. Losses by incendiary
fires in 1915 totaled $40, 404, while last
year, with valuations much higher
correspondingly, the losses were only
$50.
Anderson.-Many farmers of Mad
ison county who have suffered heavy
losses by the death of hogs from
cholera are complaining of the inef-
fectiveness of serum treatment as a
preventative for cholera, and an in
vestigation as TO the quality of serum
used when hogs are vaccinated has
been suggested. Several farmers have
reported that their hogs sickened and
died rapidly of cholera though pre-
sumably immuniZed by vaccination
Veterinarians have explained that the
makers of serum do not guarantee the
quality. although they are supposed tC
be regulated as 10 the strength or age
of the solution they sell. 1t is also
said by the veterinarians that fire.
ouently owners of hogs wait too long
and hope 10 check the ravage Of choi.
| era by serum treatment.
| Petersburg mines I'm pike