The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-08-26
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ford county. in the Courthouse square
here.
Petersburg.-The Pike County Coal
company, operating the Atlas mines at
Petersburg added 80 men to their
pay roll, starting their mines on a 100
per cent basis. The mine has been
shut down II weeks. The pay roll
averages $4,000.
Lafayette.-The agricultural extern
sion department of Purdue university
will send % of its most able workers
and n carload of exhibit material TO
the Indiana state fair What amounts
to n short course in agriculture may
be obtained by visiting the Purdue and
Oliver buildings. which will house the
exhibits and the lecturers. Practical
information will be given on many
farm topics.
lndianapolis.-The total valuation of
property in the city of Indianapolis,
taxable in 1922, is $5S5,901, $50. or
500. 425.220 less than this year This
information was supplied in a certifi-
cate of the valuation which the city
controller received from the county
auditor. The decrease, in part. it was
! said. was due To reductions in the
valuation of corporations made by the
state board of tax commissioners.
South Bend.-Survivors of the Sew
enty-third Indiana Volunteer regiment.
which served i'm the Civil war. closed
hnf .frfx. .fx-tH ~. N
here with the election OF officers.
! Only 81 of the 141 members believed
TO be living throughout the United
States were present. Thirty-five mem
| bers of the regiment died last year.
| South Bend was again chosen for next
years meeting. which will be held
August Is and rs.
| Indianapolis.-Dis by the
state board Of election commissioners
Of the 100000 ballots To be used in
the special election September on
the proposed amendments TO the state
constitution. began few days ago
| in the statehouse. f. u. DOnnell. SUI
| perintendent of the distribution of
| ballots for the board and ~ assist
ants are doing the work. County
accordance with Il prearranged plan.
HammOnd.-The tide of industrial
depression in the Calumet region was
| stayed somewhat with the announce
ment that 800 men started to work in
the recently closed repair shops of the
Indiana HarbOr Belt railway. The
shops have been leased TO the United
Boiler and Foundry company of Ham
mond. A week ago they were shut
down, throwing 100 men out of EN-
ployment, when the belt line found
that under present conditions it could
have its work done more cheaply in
other shops.
Petersburg-Old corn is selling at
| 10 cents bushel. and many feeders
are buying all the corn available in
Pike county for feeding purposes. and
none is being shipped. Most of the
corn growers are trying To sell their
| old corn before they harvest their
new crop. Many feeders are being
1
county is again engaging in raising
cattle and hogs on big scale. and
this city is still holding its reputation
! us the greatest livestock shipping
| point i'm the state of Indiana.
observation-disclosures. whose crops
have suffered the last summer from
chinch bugs. are urged To wait until
| winter to burn over fence rows
ditch banks and similar places. where
| the bugs are accustomed To spend the
! cold weather. instead of burning them
| this summer "a many have started to
| do. Prof. j. J. Davis. head of the
entomology department of Purdue uni
versity. points out that burning this
| summer is NaluelesS in controlling
! this pest. rs most of the bugs Will
not seek these places until in the fall
| Burning of the fence rows now Will
destroy the alternating places and
| cause the bugs To seek new places
next winter. consequently causing
more work i'm destroying them.
Indianapolis.-In order that approx
imately five miles of improved high
way on the National road west OF
! Terre Haute TO the state line and sew
en- miles on the Range Line road south
| of Kokomo shall be completed before
November !. the state highway com
mission instructed contractors build
/ ing the roads TO employ more men and
! to utilize additional concrete mixers
! Lawrence Lyons. director Of the state
/ highway department. said that the or
/ der is in accordance with the plan OF
the commission TO complete all sec
/ tions of the state highway system now
under contract this fall In event con
tractors fail to cooperate with the
! program. Mr.. Lyons said. the commits
sion may let new contracts for such
work Ii appears will not be completed
| according TO schedule.
Kokomo.-Omar Brown won the Re
publican nomination for mayor in the
special primary herN He had plu
rality of 324 votes over John Shrock
Mayor Isaac Wright was third. The
total of votes cast was 1.549. The
Democrats nominated Il. c. Moon foT
mayor.
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