The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-04-22

frult crop of Indiana will be
saved" is the advice thar Frank y.
Wallace. state entomOlOgist. is giving
TO the fruit growers OF Indiana. who
may think that all chance for a good
crop is gone this year a. result If
the cold weather. which has been felt
throughout Indiana. 1T is time
enough TO say that the fruit crop is
killed after il actually has been
killed" Mr. Wallace continued, "and
If tire cold weather could freeze out
the alleged fruit crop clairvoyants
that come forth about this time each
year with wild tales of calamitieS il
would be a blessing without any dis
Suise and save Indiana about $1,000
600 each year There is nothing un-
usual about the present cold weather
and the effect it will have on the
crops"
WabaSh.-Farmer of Indiana do
not plan a general strike against low
prices for their products, according to
answers received on questiOnnaires
sent those who registered for the
farmers grain dealers convention held
here recently. The answers received
were practically all alike Each farm
or contended that with low prices he
could hot afford TO let an acre Of
ground remain idle, and that instead
of striking" he would be forced to
put in overtime" and produce more
than ever before i'm order to make
any profit from his farm.
Indianapolis McCray has
appointed two women as members of
boards of trustees of important in
stitutions Mrs. Samuel Ralston of
/ indianapolis, wife of Ex-Governor Raj
! ston, was appOintei Il member Of tie
/ board of trustees Of the Indiana Girls
school, succeeding Mrs. Winfield Scott
Johnson of Bloomington Mrs. Carina
c. Warrington of Fort Wayne was APP
pointed on the board Of trustees OF
| the Indiana School for Eeeble-Mird-
ed Youths at Fort wayne. succeeding
Mrs. Mary H. Harper of Fort Wayne.
Hammond.-What was believed at
first 10 have been a mild earth
quake in northern Indiana was traced
to a fire in Hammond in which five
oil-stOrage tanks exploded. rocking the
city and spreading panic through the
surrounding districts. The new plant
of the MOOrhead Oil company was de-
Strcyed with loss approXimatng
S2O0OO0. Two cottages were demol-
ished. Three firemen and a number OF
spectators were severely burned in Il
shower OF burning oil that followed
one of the blasts.
IndianapoliS.-Mo than $4,000 n
improvements. reconstruction of build
ings and the construction Of a drive
way connecting the outside of the
grounds with the infeld of the race
track, will be spent at the state fair
ground Gy the state board of lgricul-
ture, it was announced by Charles f..
Kennedy, secretary Of the board. The
expenditure was decided on following
visit TO the grounds by Gov. Warren
I. McCray, Thomas Grant, president
of the board, and Secretary Kennedy.
Indianapolis.-Nine out Of every ten
demned in whole, or part, if the state
board of health were TO make state
wide investigation Of sanitary and
health conditions of the buildings,
says DR.. John y. Hurry, secretary of
the board. More than fifty school
houses have been condemned by the
board and orders have been issued
against the use OF these buildings for
school purposes after the current
school year.
ap0lis.-EXtensiOn of Y. NJ &.
\. work among boys in cities of 5000
TO 1900 inhabitants where it has been
impossible TO erect buildings and in
stall expensive equipment is planned
by II. IL. Richardson. state boys work
secretary of the association. The
community boys work plan has been
tested in other states with satisfac-
tory results, Mr.. Richardson says. and
he believes it will be successful in IN
> diana.
us.-ApproXimately 10 pei
' cent of the taxpayers Of Bartholomew
county are tax dodgers. according tC
an estimate made by Newell =. Ro
mine. county assessor who says that
many persons widely known in the
county. and who have excellent repu
tatonS for honesty and integrity. vii
swear TO an untruth when giving :
value on their property for assess
ment
indianapolis. y. Hines, state su
perintendent of public instruction. de
clined To grant the request of a dele
CATION of members from the Amisl
ana Mennonite churches of Miami ant
Howard counties TO teach religion il
. the German language i'm the privai,
schools attended by children Of tn,
Amish and Mennonite faith.
:. Hartford City-Committees hav
o been appointed by the local Chambe
o of Commerce. the Rotary club IN
Kiwanis club and the Blackford farr
/ bureau To cooperate in movement
9 To obtain an auditorium and stock pa
viion i'm this city.
Y Observation-Disclosures i'm NanderbUr
= county are offering laborerS 81 n da
:. with board and S125 without bOarC
r. Joseph SteinmetZ. in charge of In
=, .,oxarDrnant free emDlovIneDt bureo