The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-13
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In Indiana

IN lhCFtdSe OF Sl,lJU,UVU over tne lOldl
collected in 1920. figures compiled In
the Office OF state auditor show. The
1890 increase over 1919 was 81 9i9.
600. The 1927 total was the greatest
ever collected by the state. The col
lectiOns came from the state tax
levies. unclaimed fees, docket, fees,
common school fund and permanent en-
dOwment fund interests. The Decem-
Der settlement of the state auditors
office with county auditors yielded the
state S5.S90.OO0. This with the June
yield Of $6.6S0.OOO made the total of
S12.57O.OOO. The December settle
ment included taxes paid at the fall
taxpaying period and the June settle
ment included taxes paid in spring
period. A part of the June and De
cember collections are returned TO the
counties, through the distribution OF
the common school fund, which was
raised principally by one OF the levies.
Indianapolis.-Ffgu prepared Ia
the office of the county treasurer show
that 81 ,45G, 4O6.36 was paid to the state
In taxes by Marion county persons In
1921. including $753 .949.SS for the first
half of the year and 500. 456.4S for
the last half. The various items In
the last half of 1927 were: State gen
eral tax fund. $50. S94.13; benevolent
institutions, S196413.74; state perma-
nent endowment fund interest. 81
6S3.41; Circuit court docket fees,
S426: state soldiers memorial fund.
S19,97462; state highway fund, S129.-
S31.63; state school fund, $194, 03S.S4
state educational institutions, S93,-
212.24; state vocational education
fund, $1,000 so. and state common
school fund interest, S20.3p ST.
Lafayette-Farmers i'm the pocket"
region OF Indiana. including the south
western part of the state. are trying
10 improve their potato crops by the
use of good seed and they are CO
operating with the extension depart
nent Of Purdue university i'm obtaining
seed that has been certified as to its
purity OF strain and yielding ability.
Only recently farmers in Gibson, War
rick, Nanderburg and POsey counties
purchased five car loads of certified
seed from a northern state. all of the
Early Ohio or Irish Cobbler for early
planting. and Rural New Workers for
late planting.
IndianapOlis.-A general program for
reduction of the salaries Of assistant
highway superintendent of Marion
county was agreed on by the county
commissioners Leo X Fesler. county
auditor, was instructed by. the COM
missioners to have n resolution drafted
TO that effect. The salaries, ii is said,
of the assistant road superintendent,
will be reduced from 40 To 80 cents
an hour. the salary of laborers from
80 10 % cents an hour. and that for
men with teams employed on the cOun-
" highway work from 30 10 40 cents
an hour.
Martinsville-Tw men who were
identified as robbers who held up the
bank of Waverly were captured at Cen
tertOn. after revolver battle in which
one of the men was shot and seriously
wounded. The wounded man gave the
name of Rudolph Shonfield and his adj
dress as Wabash. He was taken TO
indianapolis The other man said he
was Elzo Clevenger of Muncie. The
amount of 1888 stolen from the bank
was found tied in a small sack about
CIevenger'S neck.
Newcastle-Th city treasurer con-
trOversy 1T Newcastle occasioned by a
new state law which prohibits city
treasurers in fourth class cities having
less than 100000 utility revenue, was
settled by the new city council when
il passed on ordinances creating the
Office of deputy county treasurer and
fixing the salary at $1,000, the sum al
lowed the county treasurer and county
auditor for handling the city's bust
ness. Mrs. Nettie Colsonfwas elected
70 the new position.
Petersburg.-T Vulcan Coal COM
pany. which has options on 1000 acres
OF coal land in Monroe township, Pike
county. near SpurgeOn, has started
taking up its options, paying from 500
; 10 $125 an acre for the land. During
the last two weeks more than 800 acres
Of land have been bought and paid for,
and many farmers have been asked To
prepare abstracts for their land. The
company will open two stripping mines
just east of Sturgeon.
Gary-R. O. Johnson, mayor. who
took office January >. has announced
that he will add n number of women
10 the police force whose duties will
include that of keeping young girls off
the streets late at night. He has
asked the council TO pass a curiew
ordinance and the policewomen will be
instructed 10 enforce il.
Portland ~ Thomas VI. Fleming.
mayor. has demanded an accounting of
the various departments of the city.
\ thorough examination of the city
records is the demand Of the new
MAYOR ana the council and il has been
decided 10 ask the state board of ac-
counts 10 take charge at once of the
city records
Evansville Resolutions urging i'm
mediate grand jury action against al
le-ed election law violators and pledg-
irg support In election contest suits
have been mailed ~ Warren T. Nc