The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-15

visited Bert Morgan, federal prohibit
ton director for Indiana. the last two
weeks. Mr.. Morgan has explained to
them that he cannot fill vacancies un-
III he Is instructed as to the number
of men he will have in his department
and as TO when the proposed consolI-
dation OF the inspection and enforce
ment offices is made.
Sullivan. - Confession of having
stolen mail pouch containing $500
worth of bonds, as IL was thrown
from the Dixie flyer of the Chicago
x Eastern Illinois railroad, was OBJ
tanned by authorities from three men
held in Jail here in connection with
The robbery. Bonds TO the amount OF
S0.5OO and addressed TO themselves
A., at Chicago were found on the men,
and the hiding place Of $500 addl-
tional bonds was disclosed.
indianapOlls.-A new book, Trees
Of Indiana" by Charles c. Dean. state
forester. describing 1873 trees, all ex-
cept three of which are native trees
OF the state, may now be obtained
from the state conservation depart
ment, or from the state foresters Of
fee. The book is illustrated with
haif-tones of each species, made from
photographs taken by Harry F. Dietz,
assistant state entomologist.
Nalparaiso.-The American Legion
post of this city is giving considera-
ton TO the plan for a new building
for the Rehabilitation Club of Val
paraiso university. The club COM
prises disabled soldiers Of the World
war attending the university. The Le-
zion post expects TO interest other
posts in the state, and the project will
be introduced formally at the state
convention of the Legion in October.
Whiting.-An investigation into the
| explosion at the Standard Oil COM
panys gasoline refining plant in this
city which killed seven, injured twen-
ty-siX and caused damage estimated
at more than 81 100000. was begun by
Deputy Coroner Newton of Lake coun-
~. The fire that followed the explo-
sion charred most of the bodies. Posi-
tive identification of Fire Marshal
Johnson of the plants fire depart
ment and Joseph PalyO, assistant mar
shall, has been made
MISUNDERSTANDING on the Lin
coin highway has begun between Dyer
and Schererville, q twO-mile stretch OF
roadway, which it is estimated will
cost 100000 a mile. 1t is to be mod
ell for state road officials. The site
was picked by the Lincoln highway
Indiana and Lake county, will bear
the brunt of the cost. The road will
be 100 feet wide, with camping and
parking spaces on both sides for
tranScontinental automobile tourists
Washington, ID. C.-Marked deple.
ton of the fruit orchards in Indiana
between 1910 and 1920 is shown by
statistics just put out by the census
bureau. According to the governments
figures there were 1,270.274 fewer
bearing trees in the state in 1920 than
i'm 1910, and So, 433 fewer nonbearing
peach trees i'm 1920 than In 1910. The
loss in apple trees in the ten-year
2,377, 205 fewer bearing apple trees in
the state in 1920 than I'm 1910, and l.
OBJ. S14 fewer nOnbearing apple trees.
Petersburg-Oi companies operat-
ing i'm Pike county and capitalists who
hold leases on thousands of acres OF
oil lands in Pike county have prac-
tically stopped specializing i'm oil
Il
the last session of the general assem-
bly, Of the state of Indiana reads N
part as follows: Thereafter, any per-
son. firm, corporation or association
who shall take. acquire or execute
any contract. lease or easement i'm or
upon any lands, or any rights or in
tereSts therein. for the purpose OF
obtaining any oil, gas or other min
eral substances therefrom. shall be
required TO sink or install at least one
well every Il months, or on failure
so TO do shall forfeit the lease 70 all
such real estate except a parcel or
parcels thereof. in the form Of a
parallelogram, and containing not 10
exceed ten acres in area. surrounding
each well, together with the right Of
! ingress thereto and egress therefrom."
anapolis.-Requests that meet
ingS be held i'm each county in In
diana for obtaining data to he given a
Joint committee of congress and to the
/ public showing true conditions facing
farmers, were sent out by the Indiana
Federation of Farmers associations.
| These letters were sent to bureau
presidents and secretaries In each
county with requests that meetings be
held before July IL, when the con-
gressiOnal committee, of which Repre-
sentative Sidney Anderson of Mime
sofa is chairman, meets. These let
tiers request that each county hold
one or more Of these meetings and
that leading farmers, producers and
bankers be heard regarding agricul-
tural conditions. 1t is planned to OBJ
tain evidence showing unavoidable
losses from both the producers and
the bankers of each community. 1t Is
pointed out In the letter that many
farmers were compelled to- borrow
money To meet spring installments OF
| T. no fy 20 Ia