The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-27
INDIANA
State News

reported and unofiiciaIly tabulated.
show No /. which provides for the full
naturalization OF foreigners before
they can vote, was the only one 10
receive an affirmative majority. The
totals for the 3,3S4 precincts in the
state show the following: Majority for
i. voters. 1854; majority against
>, registration. 1854; 3, appointment.
40.jS5; 4, vote, 1892; .. state terms,
37,7S9; 6. county terms. 32,445; Z,
prosecutors terms, 42.344 5. lawyers,
39,547; .. state superintendent 101.-
42S; 10. taxation. 134.4S4; II, income
tax. 1889; u, negroes in militia,
SLIT; -. salaries. 81. 436.
IndianapOliS.-Th state board Of
tax commissioners in letter to tire
indianapolis board Of school commits
sioners in reply To the school boards
resolution demanding within seven
days approval or denial OF the school
boards bond issue proposal of SSH
900 for four school buildings, sets out
that if the school board will reduce
the cost of these buildings to S660.000
ii will approve an appropriate bond
issue The total reduction advised by
the state board. it was pointed out,
would save almost enough money 70
build another school building as good
as the most expensive of the four
planned and better than the other
/ three.
Indianapolis.-T county tax levy
for next year was fixed at - cents on
each 500 of taxables. and an Ordi-
nance fixing the budget at approx
4 mately S1,400,OO0 was passed by the
! Marion county council The tax levy,
I providing for a reduction of Az cents
/ from the county levy in effect this
year, will help to offset the increased
levy ordered by the indianapolis
/ board Of school commissioners and the
/ expected increase in the state levy.
/ With the reduction I'm the city levy, the
reduced county levy will result in
about the same tax rate in Indianapolis
RS the rate this year, a total of S2.42
on each 800 of taxableS.
BloOmingtOn.-The first case ever
tried by woman as judge in Monroe
county was heard by Mrs. Minnie Wal
dron. "A member of the bar. The case
was that of Charles Billmeyer,
proprietor of a restaurant, who was
charged with violating the liquor laws.
Mrs. Waldron acted as special judge
i'm the case after the defense had
taken a change of venue from Mayor
w. w. Weaver. she found the de-
PENDANT guilty and sentenced him t0
six months at the Indiana state farm
and fined him $500 Then she suS-
pended the fine and sentence on 4
promise of good behavior
Anderson. - The Madison county
council restored the office of county ag-
ricultural agent after striking out an
appropriation of $500 for the agents
salary. when reviewing the county
budget. The council approved a $l0,-
600 appropriation for county Jail i'm
prOvementS one day but eliminated ii
the next. The tax rate for county pur-
poses was increased from 10 TO 26
cents. and the good road levy was
raised from TO - cents.
Indanapolis.-Ths will be the big
gest building year Indianapolis has
ever known. records of the City build
ing bureau for the first eight months
of 1921 indicate. Figures, including
August. show an increase of 81, 654. 500
over a corresponding period OF 1920,
the largest previous year The num-
Der of permits is also about 20 per
cent larger. Forty per cent of the
years construction has been of homes
bureau officials said.
IndianapOliS.-Men convicted in the
federal court i'm this 5 tie and SEN
fenced go prison hereafter will be sent
TO the federal prison at LeavenwOrth
instead of the federal prison at At
lanta. under instructions received by
Frederick VanNuys. United States
district attorney at indianapolis from
the attorney general of the United
States. No reason was given for the
change.
Gary.-Gary gasoline consumers -
ceived short measure of 5.S67.29 gal
Ions in the last month, according Il
the report of the city sealer. The loss
In actual cost amounted 10 more than
$1,000. 1t is estimated that 225,6GT
gallons of gasoline are sold here each
month. Almost all the pumps Were
giving short measure. They were al
justed.
Terre Haute.-The damage 10 the
corn crop in the southern part of ViSG
county and parts of Sullivan county
will run high. county agricultural Oh
servers assert. Several thousand acres
of corn in the bottom lands of the tive
counties have been destroyed. either
by the intense heat or by the breaking
of the Honey creek levee and the wa
tiers spreading over the fields.
NabaSh.-Approximately 400 stu
dents have registered at Manchester
college at North Manchester, 9th,
Winger. head of the college. said. Al
the summer school 40 students were
enrolled. Forty teachers are employed
this year.
ianapolis.-Attorneys represent
ing a number of the defendants in th,
suit filed by L. =. Lesh. attorney gen
| orol AGAINST % milf dealers and H..