The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-22
INDIANA
STATE NEWS


scholars from the normal school will
accompany Professor Breese, head OF
the geological department. the pur-
pose being to study geological cOndi-
lions In the eastern mountains and
| along the Atlantic coast. The entire
trip will be made by automobile. Two
speed wagons fitted with bus bodies
VIII, with touring car, serve 20 carry
the entire party. The baggage al
lowed has been limited TO 30 pounds
per person. but two dresses being al
lowed to each girl and no more than
two suits for each man. In each case
there Will be on outing costume and
one costume for use while stopping I'm
the larger cities. For the most part
the scholars will sleep in the open.
hammocks being carried which will be
pitched between trees ut the evening
scheduled to take 81 days, an average
of hundred miles Il day being coy
cred by the speed wagons.
JeffersOnville.-The thrashing of the
was believed was better han the av-
erage, has brought on, the fact
that the crop is practically failure,
| due TO rust, resulting from rains that
were heavy just before the harvest.
The crop developed with heavy straw,
but the heads are poorly filled. 1t is
estimated there will not be more than
a third of the normal crop of 90 bush
els an acre. The hot rainy weather
has been favorable for corn, and ii is
coming on well with a null stand on
nearly normal acreage. Discouraged
by the low price of the product, to-
bacco farmers, whose industry has be-
come an important one in Clark cOun-
! ~, have set out only about a third of
| the crop they raised last season.
Organization of n sec
ond regiment of infantry for the In
diana National Guard was authorized
in letter from the War department
| to Adjt. Gen. Harry r. Smith The
regiment will be known as the One
Hundred and Fifty-SecOnd infantry
and the work of organization will
! start soon. General Smith said it was
impossible to tell the number of men
enrolled i'm the new regiment, but he
/ said that organization of the unit
would require two or three months.
/ The Indiana National Guard now in
/ cludes one regiment of infantry
| known as the One Hundred and Fifty
! first.
anapolis.-Formal approval of
the action of the state live stock sani-
tary board in electing Or. H. c. Julien
! of Delphi secretary of the board and
state veterinarian was given by Gov
ernOr McCray at the meeting of the
board. Doctor Julien will succeed
Doctor Northrup i'm Office probably as
soon as the state board of accounts
can make the proper audit of the
books of the department such as al
ways is done i'm case OF n change of
administration.
afayette.-Persona property tax
valuation i'm Tippecanoe county have
been reduced nearly $4,000,0O0 by the
! present township assessors and the
! board of review, it was revealed in
| the report of the board The falling
off in valuations is due TO the re-
| duction i'm the price Of commodities
generally, including farm crops and
merchandise stocks.
! Lafayette.-A total Of Lao men in
| siXty-twO counties of the state have
! enrolled i'm the five-acre cOrngrOwing
contest for 1921, according to the soils
! and crops staff at Purdue university,
i'm charge of this work. This is
larger enrolment and includes more
counties than at any time since the
contest was started in 1914.
COlumbus-A decision. made by
John W. Donaker, Judge of the
Bartholomew circuit court. in the case
of the city of Columbus against
Bartholomew county, if it stands. will
require counties i'm the state To pay
! for repairs on roads i'm municipal cor
porationS built under the three-mile
road law
KokOmo.-The total assessed valua-
ton of taxable property in Howard
county this year will be S6.OOO.OOO less
than that for 1920, according To figures
made public. by the county assessor
/ after the board of review had com
pleted its work. The slump * prin-
cipally i'm the valuation of farm prod
ucts and live stock.
| Petersburgh.-A twO-weeks' strike
ended ut the Gladstone coal mine in
Petersburgh when the mine resumed
operation with full force of miners.
About sixty men are employed.
Columbus. - The Indiana State
Grange has accepted an invitation
| from the Columbus Grange TO mold
the next state meeting in Columbus
next October.
Seymour-The First Church of the
Nazarene here was destroyed by fire.
| The loss is estimated at $1,000 TO
$1,000. with $500 insurance.
Indianapoiis.-The Indianapolis city
directory for 1927. published by II. l..
Polk x Co. has been completed, and
distribution begun. The number of
names i'm the 1921 volume indicates.
bv the customary method of compila-