The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-08-05
HoOsier News
Briefly Told


Franklin.-Wheat threShing has been
finished in Johnson county and. accord
ing 10 statement of committee
from the county farm bureau. the loss
on the crop in the county is estimated
at S270.0O0. The committee said that
the average cost of production was 81
an acre. while the crop was worth on
an average SIPS an acre. making 4
acres in the county The committee
gave the following figures i'm arriving
at their conclusions: Expense-Fertil-
izer. SO an acre; seed wheat, $3.50 an
acre putting seed bed i'm condition, 81
IN acre; sowing seed, so cents an
acre cutting wheat, 10 cents an acre !;
shocking wheat. - cents an acre !;
Irvine, % cents an acre: threshing. a
cents "a buShel, $105 an acre help, 81
an acre: coal TOR threshing, II cents
an acre; interest OH $50 land at 4 per
cent. $1,000 an acre; depreciation on
machinery, 10 cents an acre. Total Can
acre., sd. Receipts-Fifteen bushels
wheat at S1.15 bushel. SIPS an acre.
Loss. S3.T5 an acre. This is said TO be
the heaviest loss on wheat ever sus-
tanned by Johnson county farmers.
Henry w Marshall, pub
Usher of the Lafayette Journal Courier
and n trustee of Purdue university,
was named by the executive commit
tee to represent the trustees in adj
sity until successor is appointed for
DR.. W. f. Stone, who lost his life in
the Canadian Rockies. Mr. Marshall
accepted the post. The detailed work
vate secretary To the president. Rich
ard Stone son Of Doctor Stone, has
loft his home mt Cleveland. o.. for
Banff. A special meeting of the fac
ulty was called To draft an expression
Of sympathy. Many of the professors
who are away for the summer were
sent kilograms informing them of Doc
tor Stones death
Indianapolis ID. Mitenberg-
Ell, secretary of the Indiana TaNpay-
erS' Protective association, which has
been organized 10 campaign against
the two proposed taxation amend
ments TO the state constitution. says
it X important for voters 10 under
stand before going To the polls Sep
TENDER Il that straight ticket can
not he voted. Thirteen amendments
are proposed. and each will have II
place on the ballot. An elector can
not vote. by one mark. for all the
amendments. or against all the amend
ments. Each is presented for sepa-
rate action An electOr may vote yes
or no" as To each. or he may choose
NOT to vote at all on some of the
amendments.
Terre Haute.-A strip mine. which
will employ 100 men. will be opened
near Seelyville within short time by
Frank Higenbotliam. Il former coal OPP
orator of Clinton. After weeks OF dis
agreement between patrons Of the
mines north of the city and officials of
the Southeastern railroad. recently ac-
Qured by the Chicago. Milwaukee X
ST. Paul Railroad company. the 0fii-
cialS of the 81. Paul road reached an
agreement with the miners. The Off
cialS agreed 10 improve the service Oh
tie train by adding more coaches and
keeping them cleaner. aS was request
Ell by the complaining miners.
IndanapoliS.-Ch tOtaling SIG,
322 80 against a. public officials or per
sons or firms dealing with public offices
IN 80 counties were turned over tC
Governor McCray by the state depart
ment of supervision and inspection oi
public offices To be certified 10 the
state legal department for collection
or legal action. The officials and 9th
ers are charged with sums ranging
from 81 .O6 To S4.S53.70 as the results
of examinations made of the public
offices by field examiners for the stat,
department.
Evansville.-M Many farmers in Van
derburg county report their tomato
crop is almost failure. The vine:
looked good and seemed To flourish
until they were about ready TO bloom
when blight attacked them and man!
of the vines died.
helbyville-George Carlisle. treas
urer for shelby county. has an
nounced that there are 1855 farmers
I'm the county. The total number o
househOlders in the county is GAGS. o
This number. 2.464 live in Shelbyvillc
Dunkirk.-Oats in the vicinity nortl
of here in Jackson township, Black
ford county, will average from twent.
TO twenty-eight bushels an acre. Tn
yield in this locality last year WAS NJ
about eighty bushels an acre.
KokOmO.-The arrest at Chicago a
Prof Leonide Wanger on the charge o
using the mails 10 defraud reveale
that a score of the city'S most prom
nent men had subscribed 10 his eur
against excessive avOirdupCiS.
GOShen.-Ralph w Grippe Of Goshe
resigned as deputy internal collector
and will ne succeeded by Otis ZOllir
ger of Goshen. Mr.. Grippe was colleC
tor for several years, covering NORTH
ern Indiana territory.
Washington. l.. C.-The War depar