Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 165, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1927 — Page 11

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STATE ROADS ARE IMPROVED IN LAST WEEK • ■ \ Removal of Half Dozen Detours and Run-Arounds Are Reported. Removal of a half dozen detours and run-arounds /were major changes in the State highway commission’s bulletin issued today. Director John D. Williams announces that this has been the greatest season in commission history. Pour hundred miles of road have been placed in the paved class, he points out. List Surface Conditions Surface conditions were listed as follows: No. I—Good stone surface from fifty to sur miles north of Milany. r No. 2—One mile detour over paved road Jirough Kimmel. No. 3—Bridge run-arounds one mile, four miles, and five miles south of Ft. Wayne. Detour from south of Reiffsburg to Petr oleum. No. 7—Closed between Madison and N. Madison. Closed between N. Madison and Pleasant Point. Bridge run-around eleven miles north of Madison. Bridge runaround seven afid one-half miles southeast of Columbus and five and one-half mile detour southeast of Columbus. No. o—Run-around via Mt. Etna. Detour south of Alexandria. U. S. No. 20—One-half mile detour at RoUlng Prairie. Detour one mile east of La s ra s K .No. 24 —Short detour in Kentland. Detour just east of Huntington. tJ. 8. No. 27—Run-around Just north of Pleasant Lake, and one mile south of Waterloo and south of Portland. Bridge runaround one mile south of Lynn. Bridge run-around three miles north of Richmond. . ' .5 , ~ No.29—Run-around one and one-half miles north ‘of Kirklin. Bridge run-around at north edge of Knox and five and seven miles north of Knox. Detour from four miles north of La Pofte to Junction of B U. S.’ No 30—Short detour in Plymouth and Just east of Bourbon. U. S. No. 31—Bridge run-around eleven miles north of Kokomo and one mile north of Peru. . . ~ No. 32—Run aroundß one and one-half miles east of and one mile west of Shannondale. Detour at east edge of and runaround two miles east of Lebanon. Short detour around bridge construction near Lapel. Detour five miles west of Anderson. < . No. 35—Nadrrow road between Corydon and Palmyra. _ . . . D. S. No. 36—Pavement between Danville and Avon is open except short detour at Abner’s Creek, but shoulders are Incomplete. ... ’ , No. 37— Drive carefully past workmen south of Grantsburg. , No. 39—Detour six miles south of Frank*°U." S. No. 41—Gravel approaches to several new bridges between Vincennes and Sullivan. Short detour at North Terre Haute. Detour eight miles north of Terre Haute. Run-around one mile south of Lyford and three and one-half miles south of Rockville. Detour from three miles north of Attica to Boswell and from four miles north of Kentland to Iroquois river. Detour St. John to Dyer. No. 43— Detour four miles north of Crawfordsville. Bridge run-around three and one-half miles north of Romney. No. 46—Bridge run-around three and one-half miles east of Nashville. Bridge run-arounds four and five and one-half miles, west of Bloomington. Bridge runaround five miles west of Ellettsville. No. 50. Bridge runaround seven miles east of Bedford. Bridge run-around Just west of Sevmour. Detour four miles west of Aurora has many sharp turns. > U S. No. 52. Detour from east edge of Montmorencl to Oberlin. Short detour near Julietta account of reflooring bridge. No. 56. Bridge run-arounds In Arthur, 1.6 miles west of Jasper and six and onehalf miles east of Paoli. Closed for construction between West Baden and Paoli; detour marked. Earth surface between Salem and Scottsburg Impassable most of time. Temporary bridge between Madison and Vevav for one-way traffic. Detour around bridge construction one mile west of Nof V s7.' Traffio should drive carefully over new fill being constructed at new bridge, two and one-half Bxiles north of Petersburg. Ferry White River at Rogers with two miles earth road across river bottom between Rogers and Sandy Hook impassable in wet weather. Detour 2.2 miles south of Wtshington and bridge run-around three miles north of Washington. No. 62—Detour from Corydon north on Rd. 35 to Palmyra and southeast on Rd. 150 to New Albany. . _ „ No. 64—Short detour In Tell City. No. 66—Detour between Evansville and Newburg. Impassable between Newburg and Hatfield with no detour. Through traffic avoid 66 and Evansville-Rockport traffic route via Rds. 45 and 62 until notice. No. 67—Short detour In Edwardsport. Bridge run-around four miles and four and four-tenths miles east of Gosport. U. S. No. 150—Under construction from West Baden and French Lick to Paoli. thence to Palmyra. There is a local de- ! tour betwen West Baden and Paoli.

SHUMAKER IS SPEAKER National Anti-Saloon Meeting to Hear Indiana Man. Dr. E. S. Shumaker, secretary of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, will speak before the biennial convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America in Washington Dec, 5 on “Weak Places in Law Enforcement.’’ About thirty delegates from Indiana will attend the four-day session. League officials are making a survey of Indiana ministers and churches and the W. C. T. U. in the interests of the convention. Sues for Little Box Bn Tima> Special PORTLAND, Ind., JNov. 18.—A small jewel box said to be one of three made from wood in a table 150 years old, is the basis of a suit in Jay Circuit Court here. Mrs. Bessie Smith, Huntington, seeks to recover the box from Mrs. Frank Weaver, Como, Jay County. SHE WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE Down to 98 Pounds—Finally Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound

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Ruth Remus, stepdaughter of George Remus, former Cincinnati bootleg king, is an important witness for the State in the trial of Remus on the charge of murdering his wife. Ruth was in the au.tomobile with her mother when Remus shot his wife and she struggled with him to defend her mother. Famous Penman Is Dead NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Austin Norman Palmer, who taught 25,000,000 how to write the Palmer method of penmanship, is dead at his home here. Funeral services will be held in New York and Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

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ROADS GOOD TO GRIDIRON TILTS THIS WEEK-END i Indianapolis Is Within Motor Distance of Nine Games. Best routes to the football games Saturday, as given by the touring department of the Hoosier Motor Club, are as follows: INDIANA AT PURDUE (At Bloomington) Indianapolis to Bloomington—Go south on Mu-ldian St. to the 190 block. Bear right on State Rd. 37 through Wqverly, Martinsville, Dolan and Bloomington. Distance 52 miles. This road Is hard surfaced. NOTRE DAME VS. DRAKE , (At Des Mclnes) Indianapolis to Des Moines—Go north on Meridian St. to Thirtieth St. Turn left on Thirtieth St. and keep west to 25. Turn right on 52 to Lebanon, Lafayette. Montmorencl, EosweU; 41 to Kentland: 24 to the Indlana-lUinois line; 8 to Watseka and El Paso: 2 to LaSalle; 7 to Davenport; 7 to Des Moines. Distance 513 miles. The road Is paved tp Montmorencl. It Is necessary to detour between Montmorencl and Otterbeln. Gravel to the intersection of Rd. 41 and paved to twelve miles west of Davenport, except five miles of gravel between Kentland and the Indlana-lUinois line. West of Davenport a great deal of dirt toad will be encountered and the condition of this highway depends upon the weather. BUTLER VS. MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE (At East Lansing, Mich.) Indianapolis to East Lansing—Go north on Meridian St., following U. S. Rd. 31 through Westfield, Kokomo, Peru. Rochester, Plymouth, South Bend to Niles; 40 north to the Intersection of 40 and 12; 12 to Battle Creek; 78 to Charlotte; 29 to Lansing: 16 to East Lansing. Distance 280 miles. Hard surfaced, except about twenty miles between Battle Creek and Charlotte. WABASH VS. DE PAUW (At Crawfordsvliie) Indianapolis to Crawfordsville Go north on Meridian St. to Thirtieth St.

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West on Thirtieth St. through the park to U. S. Rd. 52. Right on 52 to Lebanon; west on 52 to crawfordsville. Distance 51 miles. Road paved, except two runarounds for bridge construction. FRANKLIN VS. DETROIT (At Detroit) Indianapolis to Detroit—Go north on Meridian St., following U. S. Rd. 31 through Kokomo. Peru. Rochester. Plymouth, South Bend; 20 to Elkhart; 112 to Ypsllantl and Detroit. Distance 331 miles. Road paved but for two bridge run-arounds, one north of Kokomo and another north of Peru. MCNCIE VS. DEFIANCE (At Muncie) Indianapolis to Muncie—Go out Massachusetts Ave.. foUowlng State Rd. 67 to Anderson and Muncie. Distance 57 miles/ Road paved. TERRE HAUTE VS. DRAKE AND ROSE POLY VS. HANOVER (At Terre Haute) Indianapolis to Terre Haute—Go west on Washington St. to the forks In the road. Bear left on U. S. Rd. 40 through Stilesvllle. Mt. Meridian. Brazil to Terre Haute. Paved. Distance 72 miles. Local Minister to Speak Bu Timet Svecial COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Nov. 18. —Rev. T. J. Parsons, Indianapolis, editor of The Baptist Observer, will speak here tonight at the seventyfifth anniversary celebration of the Baptist Church which has been in progress throughout the week.

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GEOLOGY BOOK OUT . i • Head of State Department Is Author. “Elements of Practical Conservation,” is the title of anew book by Dr. William Newton Logan, geologist of the State Conservation Department and head of the Indiana University department of geology. The book will be used as a college textbook. In it Dr. Logan asserts that na-

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tional prosperity is attained through the, ability of the citizenship to win wealth through the development of natural resources. “Under the most desirable construction of tho* term, conservation is not intended to deny to the present generation any rightful and necessary use of natural resources,” Logan says. “However, it does deny to any generation the right orally or lawfully to waste natural resources which might be preserved to contribute to the welfare of future generations.” Such subjects as forest resources, soil depletion, water power, petroleum and metals are dealt.

‘BALL BAT’ TRIAL OPENS Hoosier Wife Alleged to Have Beaten “Other Woman.” Bu Timet Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 18.—This city’s “ball bat case” was on the docket of the Bartholomew Circuit Court today. Mrs. Emma Brewer alleges she was badly injured in June, 1925, when she alleges Mrs. Hilda Abel beat her with a ball bat because of

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alleged friendly relations betweed Mrs. Brewer apd Mrs. Abel’3 husband. Parties to the suit are Jonesville residents. ■ £ He Wouldn’t Work Bu Timet Special EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Nov. 18.— Mrs. Darwin Heston obtained a divorce here after testifying that her husband refused to work, although she told him to get a job, “If it’s only driving a truck.”