The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-21
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iDul;lllpOlis.-A junior cHuTcD. the
membership of which Is limited 70 per
sons between tx and sixteen years
old. with the preacher the only adult
present. Is being successfully operated
In this city. The plan was launched
by Rev. n. :. Sichterman Of Grace
Presbyterian church. According TO
Doctor Sichterman. there are 60 chill
dren ranging In age from six TO six
teen years who are members Of the
junior organization. They have their
own room for services. which last 80
minutes. and have their own officers.
The plan was put into operation In
January and Doctor Slchterman Is so
pleased with the results that he ex-
poets o to double the membership.
Indianapolis.-Since 1912 the horse
population I'm Indiana has decreased
about Il per cent. George c. Bryant,
state agricultural statistician, said. IL
Is hard 10 find one buggy horse on a
hundred farms In some parts OF the
state. he said. The number of horses
Is larger in those parts of the state
where the farmers are not prosperous
enough TO buy automobiles and trac-
tors. and where the roads are bad. In
the last few years. Mr.. Bryant said,
farmers have been taking advantage
OF the fact that mules are easier to
raise than horses and that they are
stronger and tougher.
Indianapolis.-After spending more
than % years in prison for a murder
of which he still maintains he was in
nocent, Albert Musser, life-termer,
was granted a parole by Governor Nc
Cray. Musser was sentenced TO the
state prison from Blackford county
January 6, 1890. for life for the STAY
ing of Louisa Stulz at Portland. The
actual slayer was able to prove an
alibi, and thus escaped sentence. His
name is not recalled. Musser, how
ever. was held as an accessory in the
crime and convicted.
Indianapolis.-An Indiana wheat
crop of approximately 35.G00.0OO
bushels and a rye crop in excess Of
100000 bushels are indicated for this
year by the report of George c. Bryant,
state agricultural statisticlan, in co.
operation with the Indiana legislative
reference bureau and the United States
Department of Agriculture. Breeding
sOws show II per cent increase over
last year and the farm labor supply
and demand is in much better cOndi-
ton than q year ago. n report says.
O1iannNn1., DlOofnr Tho 1aprn-
signals on roads which parallel steam
or electric railroads, but do not cross
the tracks is no. required by the state
law, according TO an opinion sub
mitted to Lawrence Lyons, director of
the state highway department. The
opinion was solicited in. view of the
fact that in places where a highway
paralleling n railroad is intersected by
a road crossing the tracks. it has been
custom; Y to erect danger signals on
both roads.
Wabash.-D. L. Newman Of near
Twelve Mile. Miami county. lays claim
to n HoOsier record i'm point of con-
tinuOus residence in. one place. New
man was born in a log cabin seventy
three years ago. The cabin was moved
to make room for a new house on
the same spot. which the man now
occupies. Il have only made n move"
he says. THAT was from the old house
to the new" The old log cabin is still
standing.
indianapolis. - Contracts 4. Of IS
bridges which are to be constructed
on state highways at a cost of ap-
proximately 100000 were awarded by
the director of the state highway de-
partment. who was empowered to act
for the state highway commission. The
most important structure for which a
contract was awarded is the HazeltOn
bridge over White river on the Dixie
Bee Line road in Knox county.
JeffersonviIle.-The Jacksonville
| Rotary club closed a deal for the pur-
| chase of six acres of land on Silver
| creek, five miles west of Jeffersonville
A boys club will be established which
will be held in trust by the Citizens
Trust company and which will De
available for boy scouts and other or
CARNATIONS of boys under responsible
supervision.
South Bend.-Money TO finance the
boy scout movement in South Bend
for the next year was pledged by South
Bend citizens. The sum-. approximate
" $4,000. is a memorial TO j. w. Tay-
lor, scout executive; Vern Murphy and
Judson Taylor. scout masters, and the
five boy scouts who lost their lives by
drowning in Magician lake recently.
Lafayette.-Gov. Warren T. McCray
Will have two entries in the annual
Purdue egg show which will take
place here May Ii. The governor will
have eggs from his farm at Kentland
entered in the commercial and
fanciers' classes.
Anderson.-A call for the state con-
ventiOn of the Socialist party. which
Will be held May 20 and 81 in Ander-
son. has been issued.
SeymOur.-The plant of the Buhner
Fertilizer company near here was de-
stroyed by fire with a loss estimated
between $4,000 and 100000.