The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-11
INDIANA
STATE NEWS

Ing officers: a. ID. Swope, Boone coun-
", president; Scott Brandenburg. Han
cock county. vice-president, and Joseph
VI. Hillman, Marion county, secretary
treasurer. The resolutions adopted
declared the association TO be against
the proposed county unit In school
administration, and In favor Of the
township uni: as at present; enuncia-
ted the associations favor of mini
mum school term of eight months;
favored the consolidation of schools
generally. and favored the general
use Of the English language in schools.
public or private
Indianapolis.-It was decided ut n
meeting OF the officers of the Indiana
Audubon society, held at Indianapolis.
that the bird interests of the state
could best be benefited by a course in
bird study for the school children.
Arrangements have been made TO dis
tribute pamphlets to the children,
Lantern slides with prepared talks
will be placed at the disposal of the
schools, on application 10 the club sec
rotary. Plans were discussed for plac-
ing placards along the highways and
farmers will be urged to put up signs
their property.
Evansville.-The new government
dam on the Ohio river. IL miles below
here, known as dam No. As, has been
completed, and will be dedicated No
vember ID and turned over TO the
federal government. Work on the dam
was started more than ten years ago,
but there were many delays owing TO
sudden changes in the stages of the
river and the inability of the cOntrac-
tors to get materials. The estimated
cost of the dam is $3,000,000. 1t is one
of the largest I'm Western waters.
Lafayette.-Th Purdue university
agricultural experiment station will
conduct an experiment to determine
whether moldy corn is injurious TO live
stock. Cattle and hogs will be used
in the experiment. This announce
ment was made by G. /. Christie, di-
rector of the station, who said that
the experiment had been planned be-
cause of the large amount of mOldy
corn in Indiana this fall. due TO dam
age by the corn ear worm and weather
conditions.
Lafayette.-Hot school lunches are
being served in one or more schools in
twO-thirds of the Indiana counties. ac-
To 70 Nv
Leila Gaddis, who has charge of home
economics extension work for Purdue
university. In counties having home
demonstration agents and others with
home economies clubs the project of
serving hot lunches to boys and girls
in the country or city is being taken
up in an organized way.
Muncie.-Although force of fed
eral prohibition officers under Bert
Morgan, Indiana prohibition director,
and Thomas Hiatt, sheriff of Della
ware county, visited from twenty-five
to thirty places recently where 1t was
suspected liquor was being kept for
sale, only eight charges were filed in
the Delaware circuit court at Muncie
as a result of the joint raid, and only
seven of those charge violation of the
| liquor laws.
IndianapOlis.-Wi the arrest of
| Mrs. Amanda Miller on charge of
having been an accessory after the
| fact, the list of persons under arrest
in connection with the $4,000 hOldup
several weeks ago of the Beech Grove
State bank, in Beech Grove, was in
creased TO seven. A policeman, a for
mer policeman and the wife of one of
the accused men were arrested for
completely in the robbery.
Peru.-A real estate deal involving
consideration close TO 100000 was
closed here yesterday when Mugavir
and Bowers and their associates in
the circus business bought 600 acres
If land, the circus winter quarters, and
the car shops for the circus, which
have been the property of the estate
of Benjamin T. Wallace.
Terre Haute.-ROy Parse, age six
teen, confessed slayer of Louise VIII
lOughby, his seventeen-year-old sweet.
heart, several weeks ago, was sen
fenced to life Imprisonment in the
state prison by Judge John p. Jeffries
of the Vigo county Criminal court.
Washington, u. CA post Office
contest of considerable proportions
was ended when Representative vii
! r. Wood of the Tenth Indiana district
selected Alfred 5. Hess TO be postmas
ter at Gary. Twelve men and one
woman took the examination.
Warsaw.-Harry Long. seventeen
years old, son Of Elan Long. n farm
or near Warsaw, killed his two broth
ers, Kenneth, five years old, and Rus
sell. three years old. with an iroI
pipe The youth is believed to have
become demented.
Evansville-Cornh uskinc is now il
full swing in many OF the cOuntrie
in the pocket and farmers report the.
are getting about all the men the.
need for gathering.
Speed.-The village of Speed is on {
boom. The Portland cement plant o
the Louisville Cement company, EN-
ploying 80 men or more, is running
full blast and production and sales fo
the year are ahead OF 1920 at the sam.