The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-02-17
INDIANA
State News

resolutions adopted il was said that
the board regards another federal
court as unnecessary and that the
100000 additional expense annually
would be a needless burden on the
taxpayers.
Hammond. - Announcement was
made at Hammond that the Inland
Steel company at East Chicago will
start its new rail mill March /. 1t
will place the plant on 40 per cent
production basis. The mill will have
a capacity of approximately $4,000
tons of finished rails a day. The COM
pany expects 10 have 100000 tons of
rail orders booked before March l.
Columbus.-FOur great-grandfathers
are rivals for the affection Of the nine
month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Christmas, of Newbern. The
great grandfathers are all well and
each one carries a picture of the child.
Both Mr.. Christman and Mrs. Christ
man have living grandfathers on both
their fathers and mothers side of the
house, thus giving the baby the quar-
iel Oh great STdHuldlleTS.
Brazil-AIrs. Myrtle Foster, of
rerre Haute, pleaded guilty on a
| charge of arson in Clay circuit court
at Brazil, and was sentenced to serve
two to twenty-one years in the In
diana Woman's prison. Mrs. Foster
was charged with murder and arson
in connection with the death of "A
Terre Haute fireman, killed while
fighting Il fire started by Mrs. Foster.
The murder charge was dropped.
Indianapolis.-U. :. Lesh, attorney
general of Indiana. said that he is of
the opinion that the conference of
Governor McCray, the state highway
commission. it, director and himself
with representatives of cement COM
panies held recently disclosed unmis-
takably'' that the conditions surround
| ing the cement bids offered TO the
highway department a few days ago
by three cement companies give some
! evidence of an illegal combine under
both state and federal laws.
Edinburg.-h Hogs may again he har-
bored within the corporate limits OF
Edinburg. fol the town board has made
| good its campaign pledge To repeal an
ordinance fOrbidding the keeping of
/ hogs within the limits Of the town.
J The ordinance was passed by the pre-
/ viOus town board and was the main
issue in the town election last fall.
! The advocates of the open door for
swine were swept into Office by sub
/ stantial vote. and many residents of
/ the town began building pic styS in
/ preparation for raising their own pork.
IndianapOlS.-Th fish and game di-
( vision of the state conservation de
partment has sent a questionable To
I members of 100 organized fish and
game protective associations of In
/ diana in order to compile data on the
best places In the state for hunting
and fishing The data will be ar
ranged according 10 counties. the
| chief of the division SAID. and it will
/ be printed in pamphlets and distrib-
uted without charge by the conSeva-
! ton department. The information
will be such that anyone interested
/ i'm outdoor recreation or sport may
learn the advantages and facilities of
each county Ia the state.
MISUNDERSTANDING the ten years
Indiana has engaged in propagating
! fish for restocking public waters. the
sum of S1S4. 1884 has been spent.
/ the chief of the fish and game di-
/ vision of the state conservation de-
partment. has announced. The state,
/ at. four hatcherieS. has propagated
! 3S.9S4 900 baby fish which were plant
/ ed i'm public waters. The average
cost of each fish 81 produced was
about four-tenths of a cent. including
/ bass. which. if obtained from com
| mercial fisheries. cost 10 cents each
at the lingering stage. \ total of
/ 2.161.051 bass have been planted in
/ the waters of the state in the last
decade.
IndianapoliS.-T state highway
commission is preparing a map of the
primary and secondary road systems
OF the state to send to the federal
government. assistant chief engineer
of the commission said The map is
besns prepared in conformity with the
federal highway act passed last No
vcnber The lew highway act is an
amendment of the 1916 and 1919 fed
eral road measure The new federal
road act requires state expecting to
receive federal aid in it road build
ing program tO designate a system OF
highways under state supervision not
| IL exceed per cent of the total road
| mileage of the state OF these high
WAYS. three-sevenths must be desig-
rated as primary roads, the remain
der as secondary. The primary roads
ere interstate the secondary roads
are intercounty highways.
|. New Albany-The New Albany city
council received petition. signed by
nearly 1000 voters. asking for the eS
tablishment of municipal coal yard
TO combat present retail coal prices
II was referred 10 4 special committee
The council also went on record as
opposed 10 the Indiana public service
commission and its operations.
WabaSh-Future conventions IF th'