The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-16
INDIANA
STATE NEWS

BlOOmingten.-A bali given by the
Psi Iota Nj sorority ended the two
| days reunion of the Rainbow veter-
ans organization of Indiana ut Bloom
/ lLgtOn The reunion was attended by
more than 800 veterans. Col. Robert
| II. Tyndall of indianapolis, commander
/ of the one Hundred and Fiftieth field
artillery. was elected permanent hon
orary president of the organization Of
| Rainbow veterans. Other officers
| chosen are: Honorary president, Aus
tin Seward. Bloomington; state presi-
dent. Paul \. Fechtman. Indianapolis;
first VICE president, Ralph II. Phelps.
| MartinsviIle; second vice president,
Earl Butcher. Huntington; third vice
president, Edgar O'Harrow, Blooming
ton; secretary, ". T. Morgan. Indian
apOlis; treasurer, Clarence Cliff,
Indianapolis Martinsville was chosen
as the place for holding the 1923 re-
union.
Terre Haute.-Plans for the annual
June tour Of inspection and education
| given by the Vigo County Beekeepers'
association are being formed The pro-
| gram is being arranged by a. W. Hun
ter, president. and George L. Osborn,
secretary, and the schedule. which will
cover the whole county, will be an
nOunced in few days The tour will
start June and will continue for five
days. the work being done under the
| direction of {. o. YOSt, chief inspector
nj
the tour is TO inspect the bees for dis
eases, TO demonstrate methods for
eradication and prevention of disease
among bees, to demonstrate methods
for transferring bees to movable frame
Lives, and to show methods of increaS-
ing the honey crop.
Franklin.-In an effort to make up
for time lost during the rainy weather
Of few weeks ago, Johnson county
farmers are running their tractors day
and night in order TO speed corn plant
ing. With favorable weather they say
the usual acreage will be planted be-
fore the first of June. A large num-
Der of tractors are in use in the
county, and many farmers are using
two shifts of employees working
twenty-four hours a day. The tractors
are being used mostly to pillow during
the day and at night, with tractors
equipped with strong headlights, they
pull the discs or harrows. Wheat fields
are in fine condition, also timothy and
clover pastures.
BrookSville = Twenty-Five thousand
five hundred dollars was paid out TO
the tobacco growers of Franklin
county by the Tobacco Growers Co
operative association. This was the
second payment made to the growers
on last years crop. More than 90 per
cent of the growers of the county were
in the association, and officials expect
practically 100 per cent TO sign up.
Crops are ranging from II cents 10
40 cents pound, an increase of more
than 200 per cent over the price re-
ceived last year.
Indianapolis. = Reservations for a
summer camp TO be held near Ire
mont, in Porter county. on the shore
of Lake Michigan and in the heart of
the Indiana dunes, are being made in
encouraging numbers officials of the
state conservation department said.
The conservation department is Co
operating with the Indiana Federation
of Clubs in promoting the camp, which
will be from June 10 to 20.
Vaiparaiso.-Milo J. Bowman, Jr..
dean of the law school of Valparaiso
university, has been named as presi-
dent of the institution, it was an
nounced by the board of trustees. Mr..
Bowman has accepted the appoint
ment. He succeeds John Edward
Roessler, who announced his resigna-
ton about a month ago TO take effect
following the annual commencement
exercises
dianapOlis.-Warning against plac-
ing oil on steam and electric railroad
tracks when oiling roads vas issued to
highway officials of Indiana towns and
cities by the public service commits
sion. Officials of the commission said
number of serious accidents have Oc-
Cured in the state as result of oil
being placed on the rails by careless
road workers
RichmOnd.-The Richmond board OF
education has advertised for bids on
a new junior high school, TO be erected
within the new year in the east part
Of Richmond. The estimated cost is
$4,000. not including furnishings
The contract will be awarded July 3
An issue of bonds covering the cost
will be authorized.
Lafayette.-A Jersey heifer. Estele
Joan, in the Purdue University herd
recently broke the state record in the
senior three-yearold division by pro
ducing 1862 pounds of milk and 63:
pounds of butter fat, exceeding By
over forty pounds any record that has
ever been made in Indiana by Jersey
at that age
Jeffersonville.-A large number OF
Clark county farmers who went into
the buney tobacco pool for the 1921
crop and for four succeeding years
have received their second payment
J making two-thirds of the value of theil
tobacco.