The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18

and roof of the building, which was
then set on fire. Old sacks, unburned,
and well saturated with oil. were
found on the floor. The airtightness
of the building prevented its destruc-
ton.
Bedford.-The largest one-piece
stone columns ever produced in the
Indiana stone district are being turned
out by stone company at its quarry
and mill i'm Bedford. A special der
rick has been built TO swing the blocks.
which are 33.S feet long by 40 feet
square, To lathe, built especially
for turning these columns. Thirty
six columns will be shipped to Harris
burg. Pa. 90 be used I'm the new Penn
sylvania statehouse.
BlOOmfield.-The largest verdict Of
its kind ever returned in Greene or
any adjoining county was awarded to
DIR. George +. Smith, of Bicknell, in
the Greene circuit cour: at Bloomfield.
when he received damages of $4,000
against DR.. Thomas Staley, Or. Harry
Does, DR. Guy II. Wilson, and DIR.
w. f. Kessinger, all of Bicknell The
plaintiff asked for 100000, charging
conspiracy by the four doctors TO de-
prive him of his license. drive him
from the town and destroy his prac-
tice
Winchester-Dr Xene Smith of In
dianapolis. a former police commits
si0ner OF Muncie, was sentenced in
Circuit court at Winchester to serve
term of from two 10 tWenty-one
years in the Indiana state prison. fol-
lowing his plea of guilty 10 a charge
of manSlaughter. DR.. Smith and f0u-
other Muncie men were implicated in
an alleged hOldup when there was an
attempt to steal Illicit whisky from
two Rumanians, during which Gus
Voida, one of the Roumanians. was
fatally shot.
Investigation is being made
here of. fire. believed to be of in
cendiary origin, which destroyed the
large barn on the Robert Fix farm,
one mile south of Ambia The loss
is estimated at about $500. Mr. Fix
has received n number of Black Hand
letters in the last few weeks, i'm which
the writer is said To have demanded
that he leave 81 800 in the mail box
near his home or the writer would burn
his house and barn Most of the con-
tents of the barn also burned. but the
horses were saved.
AnderSOn.-MadisOn county farmers
say that since dozen eggs at the
present price is worth more than two
bushels of corn and that. good hen
will sell for more than five bushels Of
oats. they are going TO devote more
attention TO the raising of poultry.
A poultry specialist of Purdue uni
versity. who accompanied the county
agricultural agent in a tour, was sur
prised at the number of farmers who
are raising large flocks of chickens
and who say they are going To devo:e
more time to poultry than grain
ersOnville.-Farmers in Jeffer-
sOnville say that the practice OF
shocking their own corn is being fol-
lowed by many, if not most farmers, on
!
and the low price at which corn is
selling. The best new corn brings
only 40 cents and laborers are stin
asking 20 TO - centsfOr shocking.
If the corn yield is good this may be
as low as Z or cents a buShel for
shocking, but as most of the corn This
year was poor the yield is proportion
ately low and the cost of shocking in
| some cases as high as 10 or - cents.
Hammond. - Three wealthy Lake
county farmers. Sam B. Weeks, Roy
Hack and Alexander Boyd members
of committee appointed by the farm
bureau TO investigate q Lincoln high
way paving job. were made defendants
by the Federal Paving company OF
Chicago in a damage suit for $l500OO.
filed in the United States District
court here. The company sets out
charges Of libel and SANDER against
the men. The farmers, 1t is said
wrote to the Indiana highway COM
mission TO the effect that the paving
company was not building the road
according To specifications.
IndianapOlis.-At the recent election
among the mayors elected in Indiana
/ cities were the following: Indian
apOlis. S. l.. Shank, Rep; Evansville,
Benjamin Bosse, Dem; Lafayette, G..
r. Durgan, Dem. South Bend. T. +.
! Seebirt, Rep; Gary, r. c. Johnson.
Rep; TT. Wayne, w. J. Hosey, Dem.
Richmond, L. A Handley, Dem. East
| Chicago. Frank Callahan. Ind. Ham
mOnd, Dan Brown, Rep; Terre Haute,
/ Ora Davis. Rep; KokomO. b. c. Moon.
/ DEM; Goshen, G.. II. Rimpler. Dem.
/ Muncie. Dr. ]. c. Quick. Rep. Frank
| fort, II. L. Keene, Dem. Anderson. b.
j. Horne. Rep; BOonville, T. C. Null
/ Inns, Dem; Mishawaka, w. w. Dodge,
/ Dem; Bloomington. j. G.. Harris,
Dem; Princeton, Charles Niemeier,
Dem; Connersville, J. A. Clifton. Dem. !;
/ Vincennes, NJ. Grayson. Rep; Jeffer-
sonviIle. ]. H. Warder, DEM; Marion
Or. G. X. Daniels, Rep; Rochester,
Dr. NJ. o. King. Dem; Franklin,
Harry Houghan, Rep; Elkhart. +. V.
Guthrie Dem; Bedford. C. r. John
son, Dem.