The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-27

been formed by Purdue university hOr-
ticuIturists with the recent purchase Of
12O acres for a fruit experimental
farm two and a half miles west of La
fayette. The actual experimental work
at the university was limited because
only IL acres were given over TO the
department Of horticulture. More
elaborate experimental work in study
ing the effect of different stock from
which trees come will be undertaken.
along with pruning experiments. soil
management OF orchards and other
problems. a peach, cherry and plum
orchard also will be set out for expert
mental work with these crops a study
VIII be undertaken also as To the best
methods of handling Strawberries.
, raspberries, bIaclberries, goOseberries
and other small fruits. Truck garden
ing also will be undertaken in a more
extensive way.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the War de-
partment for increasing the Indiana
National Guard. sent to Harry Il.
Smith. adjutant general of Indiana.
call for AHA men in the guard by June
/ 30, 1922. and for the organization OF
number Of new units. The strength of
the guard now = approximately 200
men. The expansion will bring the fol-
lowing new units: Headquarters for an
{ infantry brigade. "A brigade headquar-
tiers company, an infantry regiment,
] headquarters for field artillery regi-
ment, headquarters for another bat
terry of field artillery. a service battery
/ for the field artillery, headquarters and
/ service company and an engineer bat
/ talon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hOnOrs in the
boys live stock judging contest at the
| Indiana state fair went TO the team OF
three boys from Warrick county. This
team won the $500 trophy and the
right 10 represent Indiana in the ma
tional Junior judging contest at the
! international live stock exposition at
| Chicago i'm December. with 500 TO-
ward expenses. Howard Bates of
Newberg, Warrick county. made the
highest Individual score of the 147
boys i'm the contest. winning q 500
scholarship at Purdue university. His
successful teammates were Paul
Rauth and Rufus Scales. who tied for
eleventh in individual scoring.
Sullivan.-RObert Veal of IndianapO-
lis and Ed Thompson of St Joe, Mich,
who attempted To escape from the Sui
Ivan county jail were sentenced by
Judge w. H. Brdwell of the Sullivan
court to term of three years in the
Indiana reformatory and fined 500.
Andrew Turner of Palestine, H., ar
rested on a charge of having passed
ten saws through the bars to the priS-
oners. is in the county Jail awaiting
| hearing. as is also his brother, Paul
Turner. who was arrested ora charge
of robbing the Barker grocery store in
Sullivan.
indianapolis heriffS and city chiefs
of police in many places in Indiana
have not been needing the 1921 law
which requires them to report TO the
auto-theft division Of the office of the
secretary of state the loss by theft or
recovery of stolen motor vehicle in
their territories, said Il. T. Humes,
chief Of the Indiana state motor vehi
Gle police, and he has prepared letter
to send TO each of the officials direct
ing their attention To chapter 90, sec
ton II of the title registration act.
LehanOn.-The body of the man killed
by Joseph Cain, sheriff of Boone cOun-
ty in Il fight with five liquor runners
on the NObleSvile road. eight miles
east of Lebanon, has been identified as
that of Paul Joseph Erwin of Chicago.
Friends took the body TO Chicago. Err
win was twenty-five years old and n
clerk i'm cigar store in Chicago. Hez
Gentry. wounded by Sheriff Cain in
the same fight, is in the Williams hos
pital mt Lebanon.
Indianapolis-Thc total of state tax
levies to be fixed soon for collection
next year will be close around pa err
24.3 cents. it seems probable from
study of the state tax situation. The
total will be from "A to 4.3 cents high
er than the total this year. The new
administration has fixed state tax
levies. The levies for this year were
fixed by the Goodrich administration.
Indianapolis.-At meeting of the
state creamery board the licenses Of
three milk and cream testers were re-
voked. Prof. H. w Gregory. chief of
The dairy department of Purdue uni
verSity and chairman of the cream
cry board. announced that the action
of the board was due TO reports that
the persons involved had been incOr-
rectly testing cream and milk.
Beech Grove.-Three armed bandits
held up the Beech Grove State bank. ut
Beech Grove. forced three employees
and customer of the bank into back
room and escaped in an automobile
with approximately $4,000. \ con-
federate of the bandits remained At
the wheel of the automobile in front
of the bank while the hOldup was be-
Inc committed.
South Bend.-With the death Of YER
onica TuSki, age three, four persons
have died as result of a collision be-
tween an automobile and an interurban
car on the Chicago. South Bend x
Northern Indiana railway. The other
victims of the accident. Mr.. and Mrs.