The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-02-03
INDIANA
State News

~ as a member OF the American Le-
gion. has been started at Wabash. II
will last until February %. when all
Of the new members will be initiated
at a county meeting TO be held here.
Portland.-A military band for Port
land was assured at a meeting and
smoker held i'm the office of the Port
land chamber of commerce when the
minimum number Of enlistments re-
Quired TO form the band detachment
Of the One hundred and fifty-secon6
infantry, Indiana national guard,
were obtained. A total of 10 Portland
musicians form the organization.
Indianapolis-The Indiana Grain
Dealers association in its closing ses-
sion. reelected H. w. Reimann. of In
dianapolis. as its president. The 9th
or officers are: H. c. Scarce. Moores-
Vile, vice-president; Bert A. Boyd,
Indianapolis, treasurer; Ii. w.
Dean, Button, and y. o. Davis,
Frankfort. members of the eX-
ecutive committee. About go MEM
bers were registered at the convention.
Pctersburg.-Pilsec county farmers are
holding their wheat and corn for higher
prices. Wheat is i'm fine condition for
next years crop, and the extreme cold
weather has greatly benefited corn in
cribs, drying it out and keeping it
from molding. Feeding of live stock
has almost doubled in Pike county
since the price of corn went down, and
every farmer has a large drove Of
hogs or cattle that he is feeding. and
many farmers have doubled and tri-
pied their droves of hogs, which they
are fattening for the spring markets.
Jeffersonville.-Afte being practi-
cally closed down for nearly three
months, during which only small
amount of repair and construction
work has been handled, the Jefferson
vile plant of the American Car and
Foundry company has received Il con-
tract for % pieces of passenger equip
ment for the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. The value of the cOntsact is
more than S1,0OO.0O0 and the order in
cludes day coaches. chair ears, mail
ears and baggage cars. 1t will be two
months before full force of men is
at work. but many will be returning
before that
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. appeal TO
land owners along the state highways
to move their fences SO as 10 widen
the road right of way TO 90 feet was
made in letters sent out by Lawrence
Lyons, director OF the state highway
commission. State engineers will set
stakes for the new fence lines. Mr..
Lyons put emphasis on the benefit
land owners receive from n state road
passing their farm. His letter, in part,
said: Many people are not so for
tunate as To live upon Il state road
which will be made Il good road in the
near future, yet they pay the same
taxes AZ those who front on state
highway. Therefore, we do not think
il unfair for those who are 10 benefit
most by the road to cooperate 10 the
extent of furnishing place 10 build
it,
IndianapoliS.-A new disease is prev
alent in indianapolis, DR.. Herman
G.. Morgan. secretary of the city board
of health. announced. The disease.
which is not serious, resembles humps
SO closely in its symptoms that Il num-
Der of physicians have diagnosed cases
OF the affliction as humps only TO
learn later that they were mistaken
and that quarantine orders that had
been issued should he rescinded. The
disease. Doctor Morgan said. is an
unusual form of adentis. which is an
Inflammation of the glands of the neck.
The patients throat swells and the
muscles of the neck become stiff. while
the scalp becomes sensitive and ten
der. The disease is accompanied by
sore throat 1t usually passes in five
or six days but il is transmSsable,
Doctor Morgan said.
Indianapolis.-The Indiana Electric
corporation petitioned the public ser
vice commission for authority TO issue
S6.OO00O0 worth of stocks and bonds
10 finance power plant it says it
will build on the Wabash river in the
NigO county coal neiu. ne coin-
pany filed another petition in which
it asked permission 10 reduce TO
s. 900 600 the S3.OOOOOO worth of com
mon stock which il requested. author
itv to issue in a consolidation petit
tion now pending before the commits
SION. The company said i'm its power
plant petition that ii is Immediately
necessary to begin developing The
power plant and that the plant is
essential not only To meet the needs
of the CORPORATION hut 10 meet the in
dusirial developments which are GER
tain 10 follow the establishment or
such a plant where. ii is proposed,
electric power will be generated for
marketing by the corporations sys-
TEN all over central Indiana AT an ex-
traordinarily low price.
Goshen Harvesting of ice about
Goshen has been completed All
storage houses are filed with blocks
ranging from seven 10 ten inches
thick. Hundreds of. farmers have
packed ice for the first time i'm two
years. LabOrers employed in the har-
vest received 80 cents an hour.
Seymour.-The plant of the keene
Manufacturing company. at Crothers-