The Jasper weekly courier., 1922-06-23

third annual meeting and picnic at
Memorial park here n few days ago.
Nine counties were represented and IL
was the biggest gathering of twins
since the start of the organization.
The oldest twins present were Mrs.
Julia RAIDER OF DaleviIle and Mrs.
Joannah Van Matre of Muncie. These
sisters are eighty-two years old. The
youngest twins were Ruth and Ruby
W0rl of this city, age four months.
Sam and George Young of Rushville.
age seventy-five, were the oldest men
twins present. Fifty-one pairs and
nineteen single twins attended the
event.
Petersburg.-Work on the construc-
tion of S275.0OO worth of improved
, highways in Pike county will start at
once. The state board of tax commits
siOners has agreed To the bond issues,
! and attorneys for the bonding com
panies who bought the bonds have
passed on the issues. O1e hundred
men and teams will be put to work
on the different road systems that
are scattered i'm the three commissions
ers districts in the county. About
thirty-five miles of roads will he
built Much rock and gravel is be-
ing placed on the state highway be-
tween Petersburg and Winslow, and
widening of the highway TO 60 feet
has started.
! Terre Haute.-Members of the lndi-
ana BituminOus Coal Operators associ-
alton. which has its headquarters in
! Terre Haute, have been busy for sew
eral days formulating q course Of ac-
! tion in connection with the present ma
! tion-wide strike of union miners that
began April l. While no official an
nouncement has been made, it is un-
| derstood that the organization is con-
/ sidering a fundamental change i'm it's
policies and that this may lead to a
withdrawal from the organization Of
operators in the central competitive
field. The field includes Indiana. Uli-
nOis, Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Anderson.-The eighteenth annual
convention of the Indiana Branch of
the National Stationary Engineers. at
which 800 visitors were present, closed
here with the selection of Indianap-
oils as the place for the 1923 meeting
and the election of the following Of
ficers: President, F. l.. Clifford. Ko-
kOmO; vice president, II. c. Carroll.
Indianapolis; secretary, III. V. Wallace,
Anderson; treasurer, e. G.. Heage-.
Evansville; conductor, f. l.. Ray, An
derSOn; doOrkeeper, Frank GriSwoId.
Anderson; state deputy, f. L. Neil,
! Evansville.
GOshen.-The Elkhart county coun-
ell has approved a road-building pro-
gram which will require an issue Of
S341 200 in bonds to put a hard
surface on six highways in the vicin-
| ity of Elkhart and Goshen The pro-
gram includes an all-paved route
from Goshen and Elkhart to Lake
Wawasee. Plans made by the county
commissioners for using gravel on
several roads have been abandoned.
Goshen and Elkhart interests. which
have been in opposition on road-build-
|
harmony.
AndersOn.-Local manufacturers as
sert that a steady Improvement in
business continues and that they are
approaching a point where they face
shortage of skilled men, Working
forces are being increased frequently
and it is believed that industrial con-
ditiOns will GOOn be normal. In the
various factories more persons are on
pay rolls than for any time in the last
three years. 1t is asserted that busi-
ness Is 80 per cent better than two
years ago and almost 100 per cent bet
ter than in 1921
Greencastle. - More than 125.OOO
small fish were placed in Putnam
county waters recently by the Putnam
County Fish and Game Protective as
sOciatiOn. The fish were sent in 20
large cans in truck by the state
department of conservation from the
Riverside hatcheries. They included
/ 100000 large mouth black bass, 5000
small mouth bass 1000 crappieS,
5000 bluegills and $1,000 ring perch.
/ They went into Big Walnut, Little
! Walnut and Deer creeks
Fort Wayne.-Alfred w. Trinklein
of ConcOrdia college. in this city. is
the model exponent of punctuality at
/ this institution. In the six years that
he has attended the college he has
not missed a class, has not been rep
rimanded once and has never been
late. although he had TO punch the
clock" five times on each school day
during the six years. Mr.. Trinklein
is member of the senior class.
indianapolis. McCray has
appointed William Johnson of Vim
cennes 70 serve on the commission. re-
Gently selected. to codify and revise
the mining statutes of Indiana. in the
place of John TempletOn of Terre
Haute. Mr.. Templeton was unable to
serve The commission was appoint
ed under the authority OF act of the
1921 legislature.
| Franklin.-The Thrashermen's asso-
| citation Of Johnson county fixed the
price of thrashing wheat at cents.
| The price Is l cent lower than that OF