The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-04-07

iA'"We ~ sumo eAteul. y idE-e
amount of sod has already been
turned this spring and a gooI deal OF
this work was done last Winter. which
was unusually mild through this re-
gion. Thus far no trace of the fly
has been found in wheat tn Hamil-
ton. Madison. Boone. Upton. Howard,
Clinton and other counties in the cen
trail part Of the state and the wheat
is sfooling out i'm a way that promises
an unusually large yield. The clover
SOWn last spring is showing up in
good condition. Fruit men say peach
trees have ONE through the winter
In good condition. he buds have be-
gun TO swell and the indications point
TO a heavy peach crop. 1T Is not
OIten That trees come through the
winter in this latitude looking as
promising as they do at the present
time" a fruit expert says. "While
the peach crop is often killed in April
or May, yet the greatest damage is
usually wrought by the intense cold In
January and February. The came token
that promises a large peach yield also
gives hope Of a large apple, cherry,
plum and pear crop.
Jeffersonville.-With a population
of approximately 1000 men and with
equipment TO keep only about 700
busy, the management of the Indiana
reformatory at Jacksonville. is vir-
tually compelled to keep the foundry
going at full speed while the demand
for hollowware has so fallen off that
the product of the shops cannot be
disposed of and is piIing up at the
institution. Something like 200 men
are employed in the foundry and it
is estimated the finished product on
hand mOun TO about $4,000. For
merly the labor of prisoners was sold
to contractors. Later the state Uper-
ated the foundry and sold the finished
product at piece prices. but now the
output is disposed of virtually by the
state itself and the entire industry is
under direct state control.
MO0reSville.-The f~ruit-grOwing in
dustry of Indiana has advanced in the
last two years. Lauren Greene, chief
of the horticultural department Of Pur-
due University experiment station. TO
whom the Indiana Fruit Growers as
ISOLATION and individual fruit grow
ers make reports, says that orchard
fruits were on the decline between
1910 and 1920. A total of 100000
bearing trees in 1910 was reduced TO
about half that number in 1920. with
less han 100000 nonbearing trees in
1920 To take the place of the older
trees which are going out. One Of
the hopeful factors is that those men
who are planting will take care Of the
trees they plant"
Vincennes.-The concrete dam mt the
lake in Lakewood park. north of VIM
cennes, broke, permitting probably l.
100000 black bass TO escape and food
ing the country in that vicinity. The
dam was built about 1900 and had
been in a weakened condition, ii was
said. for several years. The lake
covered two acres and in many places
was fifteen feet deep. Following the
break thousands of little bass went
away with the water, which washed
out many bridges. Hundreds of bass
weighing four and five pounds,
f%ioundering around in puddles, were
picked up.
Culver.-Led by Claude L. Gregg
of NincenneS, state commander of the
American Legion. more than 100 Off
GERS and others assembled here for
! Tho third Chilean aoVff, n 0f III, II
diana department. Business included
consideration of the several under
takings which are being pushed by the
Legion in Indiana. These embraced
the problems of serving the former
service men. administration of the
state departments affairs and SIM
liar items of business.
Lafayette.-Detnite plans for the
annual meeting to be held i'm Lafayette
May 6 of the Central Indiana Track
and OratOrical association were made
by representatives of the six schools
in the body at a recent meeting. The
high schools in the association COM
prise Jefferson, Lebanon. Frankfort,
Charlottesville, Delphi and Mobiles
vile.
Indianapolis.-A handy reference
pamphlet, interpreting the primary
election and absent voters laws and
containing a political calendar for
1922, has been prepared by the state
board of election commissioners. About
$4,000 copies will be printed for dis
tributiOn To county clerks and others
who have duties in connection with
the primary election, which is TO be
held May ..
South Bend.-Miss Esther O'Keefe,
magazine writer of Plymouth. an
nounced her candidacy for the congress
sional nomination in the Thirteenth
district. She is the second Indiana
woman TO enter the congressional con-
test. the first being Mrs. William Gull
lOp of Vincennes.
Brazil-A packing company at Brazil
has obtained contracts with farmers
for raising 600 acres of tomatoes 10
supply the plant next summer. The
company will pay SO a ton for tOma-
toes the price before the war.
Mooresville.-The Indiana State