The Jasper weekly courier., 1922-06-23
HOOSier News
Briefly Told

pared by the state board of health.
The notices direct attention OF inter-
ested school authorities To laws which
prescribe proper school conditions and
TO laws which do not permit school
TO be held in unfit and insapitary
places. In each instarce, says DR.
John y. Hurry, state health commits
siOner, the action resulted from writ
ten petitions from school patrons re-
questing the state health department
TO investigate conditions complained
OF. In some instances work already is
under way toward improving condi-
tiOns.
Terre Haute.-One hundred and fifty
striking union coal miners. who
marched on the Thomas Wright mine
near Clinton few days ago with the
intention Of persuading men employed
there to quit work, were repulsed by
force of armed guards at the shaft.
| Permission also was denied TO con-
verse with the men at work. When
| the raiders were convinced they could
not accomplish their purpose without
warned the mine owners they were de-
! termined the mine should be closed.
and that on their next visit which
would be soon, they would come pre-
pared TO meet any opposition offered.
IndianapOlis.-Her q good word for
| the English sparrow. Frank n. Wal
lace, state entomOlogist, says they do
lot toward keeping down the snow
white linen moth which defOliates
trees. Mr.. Wallace said the pest is
working among forest and other trees
| along White river and Fall creek.
north and northeast of indianapolis.
He said the ravages of the moth ex-
! tend into Hamilton. Hancock and Mad
isOn counties and probably east to the
state line. Blackbirds also regard the
moth larvae choice food. Mr. Wal
lace said sparroWs are not as numer-
Gus as they were 20 years ago.
MOnticellO.-Assessed valuation of
real estate and improvements for taxa
/ tiOn is lower this year than i'm 1921.
according to an announcement made
/ by the White county assessor. In
| 1921 the average assessed value of
both land and improvements in the
county was S124.45, the assessed valu-
alton of land being $116.S0 an acre
This year the valuation has dropped
to $99.S7, the average of the land an
acre being $24.5S. The reduction in
the county this year will make a con-
siderable loss in the amount of taxes
collected on real estate.
Warsaw.-A collection tOtaling S147.-
525 was taken recently at the annual
general conference of the Church of
the Brethren at WinOna Lake. The
money came from delegates of the
various churches in all parts of the
United States and is the annual Of
fering for foreign missions. large
proportion of the collection was in
currency and the sheriff of KOSciuskO
county supplied an armed guard of
deputies 10 protect the church mes
Sengers as they took the big Offering
TO Warsaw for deposit in banks.
South Bend-In MiShawaka 1t is
serious Offense for n member of the
National Guard of Indiana TO miss
drill without legitimate excuse.
This has been fOrcibly impressed on
Joseph Fusdick, twenty-one who is
now serving a sentence of l. days in
Jail. following plea of guilty to miss
ing drills on IL occasions. The ar
rest aud trial of Fusdick was brought
about under the siXty-first article of
war, which governs National Guard
organizations.
NalparaiSO.-Assessm of both
real estate and personal property in
Porter county as returned by tax as
SCISSORS. show a loss i'm nearly every
township Only few townships show
gain in real estate valuations, while
only one is included in the gain column
In the personal property line. A state
tax representative said the assess
ment in Porter county was one of the
lowest in the state.
Richmond. - On the petition of
stockholders, representing about 30
per cent of the capitalization. Judge
William A. Bond of the Wayne Circuit
court named Clarence kleinknecht re-
ceiver for the Glen Miller sanitorium
here. The business will be carried on
under the supervision of the receiver
The liabilities were given as $4,000.
Indianapolis.-The state highway
department announced the awarding
of 80 bridge work contracts in seven
counties. Eight contractors took the
jobs for SS5.S00. which is S24. $50 less
than the engineers estimates of SI10.-
662.
Bedford.-Mrs. Mary Jane Gillen.
sixty-five years old. said 10 be the
only woman in Indiana to have made
the sacrifice of giving the lives of her
only three sons in the World war. is
dead az ler home in Leesville.
Anderson.-More than coo members
of the Epworth league attended the
recent annual convention of the Mum
Gle district of the organization at Mid
dletOwn.
Lafayette. Purdue university grant
ed 464 degrees at its annual com
mencement exercises. For the first
time in many years the members of
the graduating class wore caps and