The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-02-11
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| OhSAs uhu hcep the jail III a sanitary
condition. Organization was effected
by j. Weber Smith. who is charged
with murder in~the first degree for
shooting Miss Irma Hancher. who died
from bullet wound received In
quarrel with Smith. Smith has been
elected chairman of the club and Har-
ry Jones. awaiting commitment to the
Indiana state farm. is secretary.
Logansport.-More than 500 men Will
be affected by the order, posted at
the Pennsylvai Ia shops here. an
nouncing that lie locomotive depart
ment would be closed. Work in the
boiler shops. machine shops, black
smith shops, and other minor depart
nents will cease. Only nine men will re-
main at work in the entire locomotive
department, 1t is said. reduction
of % per cent in the cleric force Of
the local Pennsylvania Offices also is
to be made. officials say.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have
been completed for filing articles of in
corporation by the White River Rail-
road company, which proposes to build
a line from Canneburg. eight miles
east of Washington, to Jasper The
| purpose is TO open huge coal fields in
the southeastern part of Daviess coun-
| ~. Men who have watched the oil
wells in that territory say there is as
much coal in DavesS county as has
been mined in any county of the state.
Tn
Gates have been awarded by the state
| board of education as follows: High
schOol-Bertha Fisher Elkenberryis
Charlottesville, English and history.
Elementary and special su5jectS-Al-
bert Alvin GlOckin, Connersville. mu-
sic; Mabel Roberts Jones. Gary. physi-
cal education Elise Eek Mulhill, Peru,
art; Mildred Margaret Sauer, Madison,
common branches; Susanna Anne
Stolte Fort Wayne. common branches.
LapOrte.-EXcept in cases of extreme
emergency, no more funeral services
will be conducted on Sunday in the
city of LapOrte, or surrounding coun-
try dependent on LapOrte for ministers,
| undertakerS and cemeteries according
TO the announcement Of action taken
by the Laporte Ministerial association.
The ministers held that it was burden
some to all concerned to hold funeral
and burial services on the day OF
common rest"
IndianapOlis.-A repOr: submitted
by c. d. Chadwick, executive secre-
tary of the board of industrial aid for
the blind in Indiana, to the board, on
the condition of the industrial depart
mentS of the state school for the
blind at the end of the fiscal year, was
made public The report shows that
of the 105 persons in the state who re-
ceived industrial training and employ
ment in the year, so were males and
80 females.
Terre Haute.-Interest of Indiana ed
ucatOrs, miners mine operators and
others interested in shale, clay and oil
deposits throughout the state is being
attracted TO the bill to be presented in
the general assembly by Clement J.
Richards of Terre Haute, VigO county
senator, which calls for the establish
ment and operation of a school of mines
under state supervision, in connection
with the Rose Polytechnic institute.
IndianapOlis.-Kosc county has
the largest water area of the counties
in Indiana, according TO survey made
by the state department of cOnserva-
ton. The water area of this county
is $500 acres. The county also has
the largest lake-Lake Wawasee. con-
tanning $500 acres. There are nearly
200 lakes in the state, mostly in the
northern part, the survey shows Fiji
ty-nine of these lakes have an area OF
200 acres or more.
Lafayette.-The enrolment for the
eight weeks winter course in agricul-
ture and home economics at Purdue
university is much smaller than in
previous years. About eighty-five men
and women have enrolled. The slump
is attributed to the general depression
in farming operations because of the
low prices of farm products.
Lafayette.-The annual state en-
campment of the Woodmen of the
World will be held in Lafayette Apri!
II and L. In connection with the en-
campment the annual meeting Of The
WoOdmen's Circle, the wOmen's aux
Hilary Of the order. will be held.
Peoria. Ill-Lee A. Kidder, division
chief OF federal prohibition agents of
the southern Illinois district, has re-
ceived word of his appointment to the
position of chief of dry law agents in
. the indianapolis district. with head
/ quarters in that city.
, Corydon-Thc warehouse of the
Corydon Milling company burned and
: 800 barrels of flour. several hundred
) bushels of corn and a large amount
of hay were destroyed.
Indianapolis.-Oren A. Miller OF
: Richmond was elected president of the
5 Indiana Builders Supply association
at the annual convention Of the organ
ization at Indianapolis.
New BedfOrd.-Eddie Kelly, nation
ally known bank rObber. who was ar
! rested recently in Chicago with a frac
: tured shoulder. was identified as the
rinCleader of the bandit gang that at
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