The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17


Kansas City 10 be turned loose on the
property of tie n aing company. con-
sissing Of severa. thousand acres OF
coal land In sOC hern Pike county,
much OF which is growing sassafras.
small sprouts and trees. The goats
will he pastured on the property. in
an effort TO Kill the sprouts and sas-
sasfras Hundreds OF acres OF this
I land can be reclaimed If can be
cleared without too great an expense
TO the mining company. and the goats
were obtained to do the work Of men
in the clearing.
indianapolis. - Hayden Stedner,
about sixty-fve years old. was in
stantly killed and his grandson. Harry
(, Black. twelve years old. was injured.
perhaps fatally, when Stedner's auto
mobile was struck by 3. & o. train
AZ Pierceville. Jessie SZczypanec. fif-
teen years old. was killed and Ida
Wolfe, seventeen; Margaret Wolfe,
sixteen, and Steve Waite were in
jured seriously when an automobile
in which they were riding fell through
a bridge on the Liberty trail near
Michigan City.
Noblesville.-E. E. Cloe. judge OF
the Hamilton circuit court. appointed
the Wainwright Trust company as re-
ceiver for the c. w. Booth Farm Sup
ply company, which has stores in No
! blesville, Westfield. Arcadia and At
lanta. The appointment was made on
a petition fled by the Eastern Rock Is
land Pillow company of indianapolis,
which has claim of $4,000 against
the company. During the trial a few
days ago it developed that the in
debtedness Of the company amounted
to $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures for
the appointment of a committee from
the Indiana Federation of Farmers
Associations to investigate the de-
STABILITY of acquiring Tennessee phOS-
plate lands TO the extent of about
1000 acres viii be made TO the execu-
tive committee of the federation by
the president of the organization, it
was announced. The question was
discussed at a meeting Of the direct
Ors recently and referred to the ex-
ecutive committee.
South Bend.-SpOntaneous combus-
ton or a spark from a passing loco
motive, it is believed, started a fire
which did S250,00O damage at South
Bend. The fire started in the South
Bend grain elevator. where nearly 200,-
600 bushels of coffee is stored, spread
to the Grand Trunk docks and to sew
eral office buildings and residences.
Trains on the Grand Trunk and New
York Central roads were delayed be-
cause intense heat melted and twisted
the rails.
napOlis.-George f. Hershman
Of Crown Point, deputy grand master
of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, indie
pendent Order OF Odd Fellows. was
nominated grand master at the eighty
fifth semi-alnual communication at
Indianapolis. He will be elected for
mally at the next semi-annual COM
munication, which will be held here
in November. Mr.. Hershman, when
elected. will succeed Otto A Boyer of
South Bend as grand master.
ianapolis.-Seventy-e cadav-
erS were dissected in Indiana in the
interests of science in the last II
months the state anatomical board re-
ported at its annual meeting The
board receives all unclaimed bodies in
the state and distributes them. Thir-
ty-four of the bodies were sent to the
Indiana Dental college and the remain
der TO Indiana university. The aver
age expense attached to each body
was SIS.
Washington, d. C.-AIiss Katherine
Smith of indianapolis, who has as
sumed her new duties in the womans
} division Of>the department of labor. is
eral position at Washington under the
new administration.
napolis.-Between $500 and
5000 workmen of the Marion County
Building Trades council returned to
work as a result of the settlement Of
differences between the building
tradesmen and the Building Contract
ors' association.
Greencastle.-Petit have been
circulated asking Governor McCray
and Estes Duncan, a senator in the
Indiana general assembly. to use their
influence not TO have the Indiana re-
fOrmatOry, now in JeffersOnville,
placed adjacent TO Greencastle.
ogansport.-Inability to float a
bond issue of 100000 for the con-
struction of a county hospital here
: probably will delay the work of erect
ing 1t until 1922, according to the
chairman OF the committee in charge.
Terre Haute.-MadiSOn was chosen
? as the 1922 meeting place of the In
, diana ground council. United CONNER
cial Travellers. ar the closing session
! of the organization in Terre Haute.
Boonville.-BOonville people took a
: day off recently and built several
bridges, opening road traffic from the
: west. which has been cut off for about
IS months.
{ Washington. D. C.-Bert c. Morgan
r OF Indianapolis was appointed state
! prohibition enforcement officer for In