The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-06


was organized at a meeting Of the
Decatur County Federation Of Farm
ers.
Washington, ID. C.-The interstate
commerce commission placed the ten
tatiye valuation Of the Lake Erie and
Fort Wayne railroad Qndiana) at $41,-
100, as of June 80. 1916.
Hartford City.-Of the 1.0i1 chill
dren in the Hartford City public
schools 90 were found to be under
weight This number will be fed a
diet of milk and water each morning.
Sheibyville.-Only five out Of 200
dairy cattle tested in Shelby county
recently for traces of tuberculosis were
found TO be afflicted with the disease
according TO an announcement made
from the office of the county agricul.
tural agent.
Indianapolis.-At the fourth session
Oh the state board of tax commissions
ers more than $3,0OO,OO0- added by
the board TO the total amount of prou-
erty IN Indiana appraised for taxa
uon. The board reviewed more than
l'ooo appraisements, including those
OF all oil, coal and insurance COM
panies.
Indianapolis.-Arthu yelling. al
ieged safe blower, suspected of having
directed the wholesale delivery at the
Marion county Jail, July 4, 1920, when
ne and % other prisoners escaped, is
under arrest in San Francisco. q let
Ter received at detective headquarters
from the chief of the San Francisco
police department said.
indianapoliS.-At Il meeting of the
/ conference committee of the Indiana
district of International Rotary, Indian
4 apOlls was the unanimous choice as
the meeting place for the fourth an
nual district conference TO be held
FEBRUARY Il and %. The district com
prlses DO Rotary clubs, and it is ex-
pected that $500 Hoosier Rotarians
and their relatives will attend the con-
| ference
Princeton.-Lee Carl. age thirty
three. who robbed the Patoka National
bank of 1897, and was captured by citi-
zens. changed his plea of not guilty
which he had made in the Gibson Cir
cult court to one of guilty. and was
sentenced from ten TO tWentv-one
years ut the Indiana state prison for
robbery. He was fined $1,000 and dis
1ranchiSed for an indetcrminate period.
All except S161 of the stolen. money
was returned TO the bank.
lndianapOlis.-The state levy for vo-
cational education, although increased
one-half per cent by the last legisla-
ture, is not adequate properly in
operation in Indiana. according To the
annual report of the state director of
vocational education, covering the fis-
cal year, which ended September SO.
Total resources for the year. amount
ing TO 1924 ,23299. were not sufficient
TO meet all claims for reimbursements
the report says.
Tewe Haute.-Reports of damage by
recent flood waters i'm Indiana coun-
ties bordering the Wabash river indi-
cate a loss of S131, 800. distributed as
follows Posey county, $4,000; War
ZEN county. $4,000; Sullivan county,
$4,000; Tippecanoe county, $4,000 ;
Yermillion county, $45,0UO; and Vigo
county. $1,000 "These amounts" said
the weather observer at Terre Haute,
represent only small part of the
loss" The damage for the most part
has been to corn in the field, roads and
bridges.
Indianapclis.-The annual report OF
the state auditing department, recently
completed in the office of the state
auditor. shows that receipts for all
state funds in the state for the fiscal
year. which ended September 80,
amounted to $26S41,371. which is ST.
57S90S less than the $2S,420,27S gross
disbursements. The report shows the
year began with . balance of 81 ,56S,.
397 and ended with balance of 81
$50 400. after certain transfers and adj
! vancements were made.
Anderson.-FOur out of twenty-four
farmers in Madison county who par
ticipated in five-acre corn contest won
gold medals for producing more than
100 bushels an acre, IL is announced
! I'm a report from Purdue university
J agricultural department under which
the contest was conducted. The high
awards were made TO Waldo c. Quick
of Anderson. 1882 bushels an acre
David COnger, 1922 bushels; Arthur
Draper, 1O4.5 bushels; Joseph =.
Draper. 1909 bushels. Silver medals
for 50 to 100 bushels an acre were
awarded To several contestants.
Indianapolis.-Wit the exception Of
one project. all contracts let in 1919
for the construction of state high avs
and carried on until this year will
have been completed within the next
few days. il was announced ut the
offices of the state highway commits
sion. Approximately so miles of pave
ment of the concrete and bituminouS
type have been built by the highway
commission this year. Lawrence
Lyons, director of the highway COM
mission. sai6 approximately $500
miles now are I'm the Indiana highway
system. OF this system about zoe
,,,;laS ora Of tho hard Sllrface tyne