The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-20
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men. They escaped with 5000 IN Sill
yer and currency.
Terre Haute.-Oficials Of District
IL, United Mine Workers of America.
have started a move for an investiga-
ton of the controversy in Kansas
among coal miners and officials, and
will also aid in fighting the Kansas in
dustrial court law. a committee 10
represent the district, which includes
the most of Indiana's coal fields. and
TO make the investigation has been
named. The committee will be assist
ed by District IL attorneys.
Wabash.-plans for the annual con
vention of the Farmers Grain Dealers
Association of Indiana, which will be
held at Wabash In March. have been
started. This association is composed
of all cooperative owned grain ele-
vatOr members in the state and APP
proximately 200 delegates are expected
TO be In attendance. Last year more
than 100 delegates were in Wabash
for the convention and the officers at
that time predicted the number would
be doubled at the meeting this year.
Indianapolis is one way
Of beating the new school attendance
law that requires boys and girls to
attend school until they are sixteen
years old. ~ married person is not
a child" says Attorney General Lesh
regarding the meaning Of the atten-
dance law and i'm answer TO ques-
ton as to whether fifteen-year-old
wife would have to go to school. The
question was presented to the attorney
general by the state attendance Of
ficer.
South Bend.-FOr the first time in
the last half century South Bend is
without theater offering legitimate
theatrical attractions despite the fact
that the city has two houses erected
at a cost of S1,5OO,OO0 and has Il third
house under construction and which
will cost 100000. This latter house.
the construction of which was started
six months ago, and which was to
house the drama and musical comedy.
has been absorbed by the Orpheum
circuit and will be used for vaude-
Vile.
Shelbyville.- Demand that the 1922
assessments of farm lands for taxa
ton shall show substantial reduc-
ton in assessed values, SO that such
assessed values shall be in harmony
with the actual cash values of farm
lands" has been made by the Shelby
County Farmers association i'm
resolution adopted at a meeting of the
board of directors of the association.
+ The resolution received the support of
each member of the board, there be-
ing one. representative from each
township in the county.
Indianapolis-Th state board of
medical registration and examination.
at its semiannual meeting in Indian
apoliS. reelected the following officers:
DR.. W. A. Spurgeon, Muncie, presi-
dent: DR.. +. NJ. Shanklin, Hammond,
vice-president; Or. w. T. Colt, Craw-
louisville, secretary; Or. Paul Tin
dali Shelbyville, treasurer. Miss
Lucy Campbell was continued as the
clerk of the board. The board de-
cided that there would be no January
examinations for the licensing of
physicians, due to the limited num-
Der of applicants The board meets
in January and July.
indianapolis Governor McCray and
VI. +. Foley, secretary of the Indiana
reformatory relocation commission, an
nounced that the commission has got
down TO AZ possible sites for the new
/ Institution. Ii has eliminated all eX-
cept that number from nearly 200 site
offers. ON January n, the commission
will visit sites which are included In
Marion and Hamilton counties. Mr..
Foley said the commission has In mind
/ -four or five" sites i'm the two coun-
ties. He said it has in mind seven
or eight in Hendricks county. and
five or six in Morgan county. The
commission will inspect the Hendricks
/ county sites January 20, and the Nor
/ gan county sites. January 10.
/ tte-Uncurtailed issuing of
tax-exempt securities was criticized
in resolutions adopted by 1000 repre-
sentative farmers of Indiana, who met
! at Purdue university 10 outline their
views and outline suggestions for
President Hardings forthcoming agri-
cultural conference at Washington, ID.
G. The resolutions. in addition 10 the
suggestion concerning securities. in
/ Guided the following proposals: rs
/ adjustment of a national policy re-
lating 10 agriculture Legislation rec
ognizing the right of farmers 10 com
bine for the purpose OF marketing,
processing, sorting and distributing
their own products. Extension of
rural credits. Construction of the st.
Lawrence deep waterway as a factor
in obtaining lower freight rates for
the transportation OF grain and other
farm products. Approval of the action
OF the War Finance corporation in eX-
tending short time credits for agricul-
pural purposes.
NeNandr'a.-W When a farmers short
course is held in Alexandria. January
81 and February /. and 3, every
available storeroom in the city viii be
utilized for demonstration purposes.