The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-03-24
INDIANA
STATE NEWS

Terre Haute.-Oficias of District
IL, United Mine Workers of America.
which includes most of Indiana's coal
fields, sent TO the various locals of
the district copies of statement
warning the members against practices
calculated 70 create dissensiOn in the
ranks and retard the work of organ
iZation. Particular stress is placed on
the practice OF union miners taking
employment in small mines not under
union contract and against giving aid
to the men in rebellion against the
union In the Kansas district Present
wage agreements i'm the central com
petitive field, which includes Indiana.
Ohio. Illinois and West Virginia, ex-
pire March 81 and the present indica-
lions are that there will be q strike
as a result of failure TO negotiate
new contracts with the operators.
Terre Haute.-Rose Polytechnic IT,
stitute here will receive 100000 for
building as a memorial 10 Demas
Dening and Sarah c. Deming, par
ents of Demas Deming, through the
will of the latter, which has been filed
in the Probate court. Tie love MIR.
Dening had for little children was
shown in bequest of $4,000 10 the
Terre Haute Day Nursery. The Terre
Haute Social Settlement will receive
$4,000 and the Society for Organic
ing Charity will receive $1,000. Mr..
Deming died few days ago following
several weeks of illness. He was
president of the First National bank
of Terre Haute.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Wash
ington Township (Shelby county,
Farmers association, went on record
rs being opposed TO building any new
roads or new school buildings in the
township during the next three years.
The members of the association as
serted in "A resolution that with valua-
lions on property dropping, and an in
crease in the tax rate i'm sight, they
favor as much retrenchment as pos
sible during the next few years, in an
effort TO keep down the expense.
Copies Of the resolution were sent
to the township trustee and other
township officials.
Indianapolis.-The collections of the
state automobile license department
for this year amounted the first half of
the month to $411 900 more than the
collections for the same period of 1921,
the superintendent of the department
said. This is the first year the auto
mobile police, created under the 1921
law, have been patrolling highways.
This is the first year also that licenses
were prOcurable from substations over
the state. The superintendent said
collections TO date amount to more
than S2,OS9.0OO.
IndianapOlis.-The state highway
commission advertised for bids to be
opened in the statehouse, April 4,
on the construction of approximately
40 miles of hard-surfaced highways.
This is a part of the cemmissiOn's
1922 building program which totals
1877 miles. The contracts for the
construction Of "A miles Of the pro-
mond to Terre Haute, We're awarded
last week.
is-AnnOuncement that
the locomotive department of the
Beech Grove shops of the Big, Four
Railway company, which has been
closed since February Is, would resume
operations under the contract plan was
made at Indianapolis by the superin-
tendent of motive power for the rail
way company. and Edward S. Good
rich. president of the Railway Service
and Supply corporation. which has the
contract.
IndianapOlis.-The state law regulat
ing the labelling of mattresses, under
which indictments against 81 Indian.
apOlis furniture companies and in
dividuals were returned last fall for
failure TO label mattresses. was up
held by Judge James A. Collins. in
the criminal court, in Overruling mo-
tons presented by attorneys for the
furniture companies and the individ
uals TO quash the indictments.
Observation-Disclosures with the
principal condition contingent upon the
location of the S20,00O,000 Jones &
Laughlin steel plant at Hammond, was
completed when the United States
house of representatives passed Sena-
tor News bill providing for the inn
provement of the west branch of the
Indiana Harbor ship canal. The bill
already passed by the senate now goes
10 the President for his signature.
Indianapolis.-The Indiana Society
Of Sanitary Engineers, at the close OF
its three-day convention i'm Indian.
apolis. elected ]. A. Gallivan. OF
Muncie, president; Henry c. Hueck
of Gary, vice-president. and Emil
Hartwig. OF Evansville. secretary.
treasurer. The delegates adopted
resolutions directing the new officers
TO reorganiZe the chapter within &C
days.
Oakland 'City.-The second great
coal stripping mine will be opened in
the field east of here during the com
ing summer. il was announced by a
representative Of Eastern interests
who have obtained 5000 acres of strip
coal.