The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-30
HOOSier News
Briefly Told

Franklin.-Nheat threshing has been
finished in johnson county and, accord
ing TO statement of committee
from the county farm bureau, the loss
on the crop in the county is estimated
at S21O.OOO. The committee said that
the average cost of production was 81
an acre. while the crop was worth on
an average S17.25 an acre, making 4
loss of S6.15 an acre on the 10000
acres in the county. The committee
gave the following figures in arriving
IT their conclusions: EXpense-Fertil-
iZer. So an acre: seed wheat, $3.50 an
acre; putting seed bed in condition. 81
an acre: sowing seed, 50 cents an
acre; cutting wheat. - cents an acre
shocking wheat. - cents an acre;
Irvine. - cents an acre . threShing. :
cents a buShel, Sl.0J an acre help. 81
an acre: coal for threshing. II cents
an acre; interest on $50 land ar per
cent. $1,000 an acre; depreciation on
machinery, - cents al acre. Total Gan
acre), S24. Receipts-Fifteen bushels
wheat at SLID Il bushel. SLIPS an acre.
Loss. S3.73 an acre This is said to he
the heaviest loss on wheat ever SuS-
tanned by Johnson county farmers.
Henry w Marshall, pub
Usher Of the Lafayette Journal Courier
and trustee Of Purdue university,
was named by the executive commit
tee to represent the trustees in adj
ministration OF affairs Of the univer-
sity until Il successor is appointed for
DR.. w T.. Stone who lost his life i'm
the Canadian Rockies. Mr. Marshall
accepted the post. The detailed work
will be done by Miss Helen Hand. pri-
yate secretary TO the president. Rich
ard Stone. son of Doctor Stone. has
loft his home at Cleveland O.. for
Eanff. \ 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 Doe
tor Stones death.
Indianapolis Jacob II. Nuremberg
er, secretary Of the Indiana TaXpay-
erS' Protective association, which has
been organized TO campaign against
the two proposed taxation amend
ments 10 the state constitution, says
il * important for voters TO under
stand before going to the polls Sep
TENDER 6 that a straight ticket can
not be voted. Thirteen amendments
are proposed, and each will have Il
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 mo" 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 Seelyvile within short time by
Frank Higenbotham. Il former coal Op-
orator of Clinton After weeks of dis
agreement between patrons of the
miners train leaving Terre Haute for
! mines north OF the city and officials Of
! the southeastern railroad. recently ac-
quired by the Chicago. Milwaukee &
ST. Paul Railroad company. the Off
cialS of the ST. Paul road reached an
agreement with the miners. The Off
| Gals agreed 10 improve the service on
/ the train by adding more coaches and
! keeping them cleaner n was request
| ed by the complaining miners.
IndianapoliS.-Cha totaling SOC
322.30 against - public officials or per-
sons or firms dealing with public offices
In 80 counties were turned over 70
Governor McCray by the state depart
ment of supervision and inspection of
public offices to be- certified To the
state legal department for collection
or legal action. The officials and 9th
erS are charged with sums ranging
from $1.O6 to s4.S53.7O as the results
of examinations made of the public
offices by field examiners for the state
department
Many farmers in Van
derburg county report their tomato
crop is almost failure. The vines
looked good and seemed TO flourish
| hulll lltA WIZ dbtuA ANdhs W bAONiAl
when blight attacked them and many
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 of
householderS in the county is GAGS. OF
this number. 2.464 live in Shelbyvillc
Dmkirk.-Oats in the vicinity north
of here in Jackson township, Black
ford county, will average from twenty
70 twenty-elght bushels an acre. The
| yield i'm this locality last year was UP
about eighty bushels IN acre.
KOkOmo.-The arrest at Chicago OF
Prof. Leonide Wanger OH the charge OF
using the mails 10 defraud revealed
that score of the city'S most prOm
nent men had subscribed 10 his cure
against excessive avoirdupois.
Goshen.-Ralph W. Grippe of Goshen
resigned rs deputy internal collector
and will be succeeded by Otis collin
ger of Goshen. Mr. Grippe was cOllec
tor for several years, covering north
ern Indiana territory.
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