The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-23

Greensburg.-A cooperative ship
ping association for Decatur county
was organized at a meeting of the
Decatur County Federation of Farm
ers.
Washington, ID. C.-The interstate
commerce commission placed the ten
tatiye valuation of the Lake Erie and
Fort Wayne railroad (Indiana) at SAL
100, as of June 30. 1916.
Hartford City.-Of the 1.O4f chill
dren in the Hartford City public
schools 90 were found to be under
weight This number will be fed a
diet of milk and water each morning.
Sheibyville.-Only five out of 300
dairy cattle tested in Shelby county
I recently for traces of tuberculosis wera
found to be afflicted with the disease
according TO an announcement made
from the office of the county agricuI-
! tural agent.
IndianapOliS.-At the fourth session
OF the state board of tax commission
ers more than $3,000000 was added by
the board TO the total amount OF pron-
erty IN Indiana appraised for taxa
tlon. The board reviewed more than
1000 appraisementS. including those
OF all oil, coal and insurance com
panieS.
Ihdianapolis-Arth yelling. al
legged safe blower, suspected of having
directed the wholesale delivery nj the
Marion county Jail, July 4, 1920, when
he ana y other prisoners escaped is
under arrest in San Francisco. LET.
ter received at detective Headquarters
from the chief Of the San Francisco
police department said.
mdianapolis.-At n meeting of the
conference committee of the Indiana
district of international Rotary. Indian
/ apOlls was the unanimous choice as
the meeting place for the fourth an
nual district conference. to be held
February 21 and %. The district com
prlSeS DO Rotary clubs, and il is OK.
pected that $500 HOOsier Rotarians
and their relatives will attend the con.
| ference.
PrlncetOn.-Lee Carl. age thirty.
/ three, who robbed the Patoka National
Dank OF 1897, and was captured nv clti.
zens, changed his plea of not guilty
Which he had made in the Gibson Cir
cult court to one of guilty, and was
sentenced from ten TO twentv-one
years at the Indiana state prison for
robbery. He was fined $1,000 and dis
lranchlSed for an indeterminate period
All except $1G1 of the stolen money
was returned TO the bank.
Indianapolis.-The state levy for vo-
cational education. although increased
one-half per cent by the last legiSla-
lure, Is not adequate properly in
operation in Indiana. according To the
annual report OF the state director Of
vocational education, covering the fis-
cal year. which ended September 50.
Total resources for the year, amount
ing TO $424,232.99 were not sufficient
TO meet all claims for reimbursements.
the report says.
Terre Reports Of damage by
recent flood waters in Indiana coun-
ties bordering the Wabash river indi-
cate Il loss of S13l 800, distributed as
follows Posey county. $4,000; War
zen county. $1,000; Sullivan county,
$4,000: Tippecanoe county. $4,000 /;
Vermillion county. $4,000; and Vigo
/ 1
the weather observer at Terre Haute,
represent only a small part of The
loss The damage for the most part
has been To corn in the field, roads and
bridges.
IndianapOlis.-Th annual report OF
the state auditing department, recently
completed in the office of the state
auditor. shows that receipts for all
state funds in the state for the fiscal
year. which ended September 80,
amounted to $26S41,371. which is ST.
! 57S,9OS less than the SOS, 1927 gross
disbursements. The report shows the
year began with balance of S4.J6S,-
S97 and ended with balance of ST.
$50, 400. after certain transfers and adj
vancementS were made.
AnderSon.-Four out of twenty-four
farmers in Madison county who par
! ticipated in five-acre corn contest won
gold medals for producing more tEan
100 bushels an acre. it is announced
In report from Purdue university
! agricultural department under which
the contest was conducted. The high
awards were made To Waldo G. Quick
of Anderson. 1872 bushels an acre
David Conger. 1922 bushels; Arthur
Draper, 1O4.5 bushels: Joseph Z.
Draper. 1909 bushels. Silver medals
for 81 10 100 bushels an acre were
awarded to several contestants.
IndianapOlis.-With the exception Of
one project. all contracts let in 1919
for the construction of state high avs
and carried on until this year viii
have been completed within the next
few days. il was announced nj the
Offices Of the state highway commits
sion. Approximately so miles of pave
ment of the concrete and bituminouS
type have been built by the highway
commission this year. Lawrence
oT tho oh com