The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-28

STATE NEWS

IL was first class tobacco land. may suf-
fer n reversal I'm value. The land Is
along the river bluffs. which are sew
eral hundred feet high. Owners or
renters set out small tobacco patches
which yielded good crops. Kentucky
tobacco growers about two years ago
bought up the bluf land. Timber and
underground were cleared and tObac-
co was set out. Robbed of the natural
protection of vegetation. the steep
bluffs are being secured by the rain
and soon will lose all the valuable
top soil in many places, II is said
There Is said 10 be much land In the
county. chiefly along he river, equal
TO the best Kentucky soil for raising
white Burley. During he war to-
baccO acreage I'm the county increased
tenfold. but IL has since fallen OFF.
Hammond.-For the first time since
the signing of the armistlce, help
wanted placards are beginning 10 APP
pear on the entrance gates % big
plants in the Calumet region in In
diana. There are few unemployed
seeking jobs in Gary, East Chicago.
Hammond and Indiana HarbOr. There
is q scarcity of labOrers for the first
time since the war. Some Industries
in Gary. because of the labor short
age, are unable to Increase their out
put. Many foreigners have. during
the depression, returned TO Europe.
The dearth of labOrers. too. is as
cribed To prevailing wage scales, -
minimum of % cents an hour being
the scale in some industries.
Chicago.-GOv. Warren II. McCray
of Indiana favOrs a comprehensive
forestry policy for his state In order
TO put idle acres Unfit for agriculture
and dairying TO work growing timber
which future generations Will need.
William A. Guthrie of indianapolis.
chairman OF the Indiana conservation
commission. told delegates from eight
central states ut n forestry confer
ence here. He aid Governor Nc
Cray looked favorably on the state in
vesting $4,000 in forest lands I'm the
hill country of Indiana for the crea-
ton of state forests. providing this
land can be bought at a reasonable
price.
Evansville.-Evansville leads a list
of 20 Of the larger cities Of the state
in the expenditure per capita fol
library service, according 10 a state
ment by the state public library com
mission. L%ogansport and Gary rank
49,. T.. Ill .Il- Gil D@-l I,.I
the list in the book circulation PEI
capita. with Gary. Terre Haute and
Elkhart next in order The figures
are taken from the last annual re
ports of the 20 libraries I'm the states
largest cities.
Lafayette.-After celebrating -
hours and failing to agree on a verdict
the jury i'm the Charles G.. Ward EN-
bezzlement case, which was trieC
here i'm the Tippecanoe Circuit court
was discharged by b. b. Berry, .spe
cial judge. 1t was the first NIry OF
which women served in the county
there being four who sat in the case
The vote from the beginning was l.
10 ] for conviction, one of the mel
voting for acquittal on every ballot.
Lafayette.-Green worms, known a.
the clover leaf weevil. which were :,
diana very destructive to clover earl!
last spring. are apparently general!
abundant again this spring. Alread!
n number of complaints have been re
ceived from farmers in the southern
end of the state by the agriculture
experiment station at Purdue uniyer
sity.
Lafayette.-FarmerS of TippecanO,
county are considering planting Il so.
bean crop in place of the regula
planting of oats, as II result of tn
continued rain and the extreme we
last two weeks. Predictions are tina
the 1922 oats crop will be one of tn
smallest in history.
Jacksonville. Information fron
PendletOn, where the new Indian.
state reformatory is to be built, indi
Gates that n number of inmates of tn
present institution at Jeffersonvill
may be transferred there betweel
May l and May 10 to start work ol
excavating for the walls 10 encloS
the 32-acre tract.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hundred and six
teen pupils will be graduated from TN
high schools in the townships Of Ma
rion county, not including IndianaI
oils, 1T the township commencement
exercises this spring. it was said a
the office of the county superintend
cnt of schools.
Internationally assessor
now completing the canvass Of pei
sonal property and real estate in Mad
son county. report there is a shar
Shrinkage i'm stocks of merchandise
Industrial equipment and material
addition 10 lower valuation of farm
ing land in the county.
Nohlesville.-The Noblesville Hea
Light and Power company announce
= "A reduction in rates of from 10 pt
cent To 20 per cen TO consumers {
current for power.
InGianapolis.-Mayor Lew Shan
: vetoed he daylight saving law pasSe
by the city council. The vetoing
the ordinance by the mayor will caus