The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-30

Delaware corporation organized 10
finance activities Of the United States
Grain Growers. Inc. cooperative
purchasing and selling body, to sell
$4,000 of It's preferred stock in In
diana. it was learned in al examina-
ton of records in the Office of the
commission. The securities body gave
no specific reason, but It is under
stood the petition was denied because
the corporation did not supply all re-
quired information and because il is
organized with $1O0.O00.0OO OF pre-
ferred stock and only 81 shares OF
common stock of no par value. which
has been sold TO the u directors for
consideration of $500. only partially
paid in. The securities commissions
, letter of July 70. advising the farmers
| corporation, through Clifford Thorne
of Chicago, general counsel of the
United States Grain Growers. Inc,
who conducted the correspondence for
the corporation, that the petition for
4 license to sell stock I'm Indiana had
been denied, merely is a statement
that the license has not been granted
and assigns no reasons.
Observation-Disclosures of income,
compiled by the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue. from the returns of net
incomes filed by individuals for the
calendar year ending December 81,
1919, show that 13O.3S3 returns were
filed in Indiana. Two and fOrty-fOur
I hundredthS per cent OF the total pOpu-
latiOn of the state filed returns. The
total net income reported by the $780,
3S3 persons making reports was S417,-
323.211. The tax paid on this income
amounted 10 S13,541 ,245. The average
net income OF. the persons reporting in
the state was $3,2OO72, and the aver
age amount or tax for each return
SlO3.S5. In 1916 7,2O4 persons in H.
diana made income tax returns. In
1917 the number reporting was S5,021.
and i'm 1918 the number was l04,5S1.
Terre Officials of the Terre
Haute Central Labor union have been
warned by Samuel GOmperS. president
of the American Federation of Labor,
To be on the lookout for two men, trav-
cling from coast to coast. representing
themselves as organizers of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. On this
representation the men request creden-
tialS, saying they are working for and
are recognized by organized labor. The
purpose of their credentials. according
TO President GOmperS. is to be used in
soliciting advertisements to be placed
on a banner with numerous other adj
vertisements thereon, which asserts
that the advertisers are friendly to or
ganized labor
South Bend.-The Artificial Ice COM
pany. which supplies 90 per cent of the
ice used in South Bend. has issued Il
solemn and final warning to ice CON
sumers, saying that unless the strict
est economy is practiced this district
will face an ice famine The price of
ice was increased to SD ton for all
consumers except those having special
/ contracts. Costs are said To have in
/ creased from SO To SO AT the ship
! ping point. The company asserts that
/ II i willing TO bear some of the loss.
which is temporarily necessary. pro-
! vided the consumer does likewise.
Bluf1ton.ICarl Graft, age forty-one.
| of Poe, Allen county. in Il signed con-
feSsion made TO attaches Of The
! state fire marShal'S office. admitted
setting fire To sawmiH and tile
/ factory at Echo, Wells county. twenty
one years ago Graft said that ne set
ire TO the mills which belonged To
! four men, two of them his brothers.
for revenge" because of supposed in
: justice done him in settling the family
estate His confession cleared a mys-
terry of 2l years standing.
IndianapoliS.-Gen. John J. Pershing
was invited by Governor McCray to
attend the state convention of the
American Legion to be held at Wa
! bash October 10 and II. The gov
errors invitation follows: Indiana
would be highly honored by your
presence at the state convention of
the American Legion to be held at
Wabash October 10 and II. Person
"iAe NVuii Sl'hliH appreciate duNlCe
from you that you viii be with us OIL
that occasion"
misunderstanding to residents
7 of Evansville ~ get behind the Dea-
coneSS and -. Mary's hospitals I'm COM
pleting extensive additions both are
to make this year Benjamin Bosse,
mayor, announced that two and one
half years salary rs mayor would he
given by him To the hospital fund. The
contribution means that Mayor BOsSe
has turned back 10 the city all he has
drawn In salary rs mayor for seven
and one-half years
Petersburg. owing TO high freight
rates cantaloupes are selling on tire
Petersburg market at 70 cents a crate
ard watermelOns can be bought out 81
wagons AT - cents 10 10 cents. Grow
els are not shipping melons. owing tC
the freight rates. Corn has improved
with the recent rains. and there vii
be 80 per cent Of Il corn crop i'm Pike
county. Wheat is selling for Sl.05 q
buSltel. and oats at 80 cents n busliel.
YincenneS.-knOy cOunty's water
melon season opened this week. Pros