The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-01-13

holidays. Producers report large
number OF orders and Increase in opera
tions when the plants reOpened.
The Inland Steel company's output
jumped from 40 10 80 per cent and
further increases are expected. All
OF the No ] side of the Inland mills
are operating. The sheet mills. which
were completely shut down during the
holidays. are again running full. In
addition the bar. plate. sheet and "A
inch mills are running. The prOduc-
tive departments OF the General Ameri-
can Tank Car corporation. closed down
during the holidays. started work. The
"nlne-eighteen" and busheling mills
OF the Republic Iron and Steel COM
pany continued work. The Steel and
, Tube company. shut down for New
Years. returned To work on an so
per cent basis. The Edward Valve
and Manufa curing company. closed
down temporarily, is expected TO re-
sumo operation the middle of the
month.
Indianapolis-The Indiana ..-a.d OF
agriculture elected Thomas A. Grant
OF Lowell. president: s. w. Taylor of
Boonville. vice president: !. Newt
Brown Of Franklin, recording secre-
tary; William NJ. Jones of Fairmount.
financial secretary, and Forrest Neal,
general superintendent of the state
fair grounds Mr. Grant was reflect
ell unanimously. Mr. Taylor won with
j. votes. while Harry W. MOberly OF
Shefbyyiile. an opponent. received six
votes and Edgar Philips Of Walton.
another opponent, received two votes.
Mr.. Brown was reelected with twelve
votes. Charles y. Lindley of Salem.
his opponent. received six votes Mr..
Jones and Mr.. Neal were reelected
pairing 10 issue bonds, revise ITS 1920
premium list and otherwise arrange
for the 1922 fair.
misunderstanding that constitu-
tiOnal amendment No. citizenship.
adopted in the statewide special cleo
ton September 6. 1921, does not re-
quire registration of voters and that
| law requiring registration is unconsti-
tutional. former State Senator Abram
Simmons brought suit i'm the Wells Cir
cult court. asking a restraining order
To enjOin county officials and party
chairmen from carrying out the regis
tratiOn of voters The suit, brought in
behalf "of all the voters" of Indiana,
is designed 10 test the cOnstitutiOnality
of the existing law. Simmons AYERS
the registration of voters would entail
Il needless expenditure by the state OF
100000.
Indianapolis.-The state highway
commission will receive bids for paw
ing unimprOved gaps of the National
road on January 20, it was announced
The portions of the road not paved
comprise a total distance of about 90
miles. Bids will be received for brick,
concrete and bituminOus concrete con-
struction. The gaps on the roa1 are
as follows: Brazil TO Manhattan,
Terre Haute TO Seeleyville, Greenfield
to KnightStown, Knightstown TO Lewis
| VILE. Lewisville 10 Wayne county line.
west line of Marion county TO point
Nten miles west of Plainfield.
Indianapolis-Mrs Mabyn J. Behr-
man of Indianapolis. who was elected
by the county commissioners TO serve
as justice of the peace of Washington
! township, has been sworn in and re-
ceived instructions from the county
commissioners us to her work and
arranged Fond. Mrs. Behrman is the
first woman to serve as justice Of the
peace i'm Marion county, county officials
believe, and it is probable that she is
the first woman in the state to hold
such a position.
napols-Because of the acute
shortage of graduate nurses, organized
trained nurses in Indiana have ar
ranged to carry on in this state lii
vision of the nationwide campaign %
recruit students for nurses courses.
Miss Annabel Petersen. assistant divi
sion director for the Red Cross public
health service and also of the public
health division of the state board OF
health heads the committee in
charge of the Indiana campaign
acknowledgement claims
of every eX-service man in Indiana
against the government are to be in
yestigated Immediately by agents work.
ing from the subdistrict Office of the
United States Veterans union in In
dianapOlis. John H. Ale. in charge OF
the Office. said he believed there are
$1,000 eX-sOldierS in the state who
have asked relief of the government
ana that at least - per cent of them
have not received attention.
Columbia City.-The fire losses Of
Columbia City for the year 1927 were
unusually heavy. tOtaling S157, $40.
This large total was due to the Harp
er Buggy company fire which resulted
IT. the destruction of two large factory
buildings valued at $4,000. two resi-
dence properties and damage 10 a Luin-
Der Of nearby dwellings. The loss
aside from this one fire would not have
beer Iluch more than 5000.
FrankfOrt.-Fire of undetermined
origin destroyed the mill and engine
room Of the National Handle company.