Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 June 1920 — Page 2

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A dark horse will have to show some speed. The watch on the Rhine is becoming n strenuous one. 4 Many a profiteer holds a high position In his church. Tho public has the power to s queich the profiteer. A strike never seems tov expensive In spite of high living costs. Soft coal has gone up, but It can't hope to catch the rent bill. Work more and waste less, thus helping to reduce the cost of living. The price of gasoline 1.4 to he Investigated. It Is pretty high as it Is. . Europe realizes more and more poignantly that there has been a war. People are getting so they do not even bat an eye when they read, "$75 and up.' That little home garden should thrive in this year of high costs of living. If It wasn't speculation something else, doubtless, would send sugar prices up. An unlnstructed delegate may come to be regarded with attention as one of the wise. It doe? meat Ir to bribe e a very big piece of 'ays of housebreakers g. The iorse Is favored by the fact th' ne early boom encounters Jhe hL.u. st knocks. What does the old-fashioned girl who married him "Just for a home" marry him for now? France proposes a tax of 10 per cent on bachelors. That Is one tax, at least, which married men will regret they can't pay. Lessons of the war may have been learned the way the average schoolboy learns his merely for temporary recitation purposes. Another reason for the population Increase may be that more people were sober enough to answer the census taker's questions. Evidently Japan Intends to keep salt water between itself and the red peril, salt water being a potent charm against devils of sorts. It is said fashion will decree wide nnd deep hip pockets for men. Such pockets in present circumstances ar but an empty mockery. A man found wearing the shirt of the czar Is held as his slayer. Ills lawyer will make them prove, first, that the czar had one. Uncle Sam wants tho Turk expelled from Constantinople. This Is one Instance In which we ar all willing to Interfere In European airs. Just think how much some of the works of the old masters would be worth, though. If they were done over In this day with house paint. If anybody has Aladdin's wonderful lamp, which controlled tho genie that built houses In a single night, now Is the time for him to rub It! There are enough candidates available to satisfy those who believe that competition for high ofiice Is the life of i republic. A medical expert says profiteering Is n disease. And a disease from which It seems to take the consumer a terribly long time to recover. Women are warned that smoking cigarettes will injure their complexIons. The reformer who started on that tack knows tho sex. Every possible effort should be made to round up a profiteer before county fair time so that folks can see what one of the critters looks like. The klnu of Spain has been bequeathed a million pesetas for educational purposes, which at least ought to buy a couple of spelling books. The next moral reform will attempt to stop cigarette smoking among women. This will mean daughter will have to borrow n smoke from father ln stead of from mother. There are probably 20 times as many Italians In New York than In Flume. Suppose some D'AnnunzIo should nrls.' on the East side! So far the oulja board has failed acgravatlnsly to spell out the names or even the Initials of the winners nt Chicago and San Francisco. At present n fair-sized boom can r'cp going with no further equipment than n pres agent and n typewriter. There Is no excuse for lavish rnmpMcn expenditure.

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Uncle Sam Honors Pilgrim Tercentenary

WASHINGTON. The observances this, year and next of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims will be varied, with several nations participating. The house has -passed a resolution appropriating $400,000 for participation by the federal government. The resolution provides for the appointment of a commission. Two sections are substantially as follows: "One hundred thousand dollars may be expended under the direction of the commission and in co-operation with the Provlncetown tercentenary commission for the purpose of completing and Improving the approaches to and the grounds of the Pilgrim monument at Provlncetown, Mass.; of erecting suitably inscribed tablets or markers In the towns of Provlncetown, Truro, Farmer Gets Half of IT COSTS the average housewife In the United States 15.9 cents a quart for milk. This is the figure based on returns for April of 97 of the principal cities of the United States In every state In the Union, compiled by the department of agriculture. For the milk which costs the housewife 10 cents (approximately) the farmers of the United States get from 4 cents up to 13 cents an average of ,8l, cents. Thus, of every dollar spent for milk in the United States, the dairy farmer gets only 50 cents. The other 50 cents covers the costs which come between farmer and consumer freight, distribution and profits of the middleman. The range of prices in April to the farmer who produces milk varied throughout the United States. In New England the farmer got from ( to 10 cents a quart; In the east north central states they got from 5 to 8 etmts; in the west north central states from 5 to S cents; In tbe south Atlantic states from 7 to 13 cents; In the east south central region from G to S cents; in the west south central states from G to 11 cents; in the mountain states from 0 to 9 cents, and in tho Pacific states from 4 to 9 cents per quart. Savannah, Ga., has the highest retail price for milk from LT to 30 cents a quart to the family trade. Many other cities have 25-cent milk. The cities with the lowest milk prices of

U. S. S. G. Army: "Every Child in a Garden"

HEPHEP CHILDUEX to the number of 2,500,000 were enrolled in 1919 in the United States school garden army. With the new year the problems that confront educators are to increase this army, to make the garden work more permanent and to increase its educational value. The motto of the garden army "A (Jarden for 12 very Child. Every Child in a (Jarden" can only he realized when m gardening becomes a definite part of school work. City children will form habits of industry and, regularity by utilizing their energies on the back yards and vacant lots that are now largely unproductive. School-supervised home gardening requires only a imited amount of school lime, but it should have as definite a place and credit as

Young Oklahoma Marvelously Prosperous

IX THE house the other day Representative Everette 15. Howard of Oklahoma made an interesting speech based on the fact that 31 years ago took place the famous "Indian Territory race for homesteads " which marked the beginning of his state. That fertile country which was inhabited In the morning by the occasional cowboy and the coyote nt even-tide of that same day boasted of cities of thousands and a total population running well-nigh the 100,000 mark. . In the course of his remarks he brought out the following facts: Oklahoma crops for. the year 1919 wen worth $o47,75S,000. Value of Oklahoma livestock for 1919 was $214.181,000. Oklahoma now ranks tenth nmong ttates In the value of all crops. The average Income of the 200,000 families on Oklahoma's farms exceeded $3.00. Last year's acre value of Oklahoma's 12 leading field crops exceeded the es-

WeJIfieet and Eastham, and for other work In connection therewith. "Three hundred thousand dollars may be expended under the direction of the commission and in co-operation with the Pilgrim tercentenary commission for the purpose of restoring and improving Plymouth rock and the shore line of the locality adjacent thereto, of protecting and improving the burial grounds upon Coles hill and Burial hill hi Plymouth, Mass.; of erecting tablets or markers at appropriate places in the Old Colony, and for oher work in connection therewith." Massachusetts has appropriated $32.",00O and Plymouth $320,000. Patriotic and fraternal societies and other organizations have also contributed largely. The commission Is, to be known as the United States Pilgrim Tercentenary commission and to be composed of nine commissioners,' as follows: Three persons to be appointed by the president, two senators by the president of the senate, and four representatives by the speaker of the house of representatives. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number.

Average Milk Price those' reporting to the agricultural department are Seattle, Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wis., where tho price is 12 cents a quart to family trade. Salt Lake City has a price of 12 cents a quart. Every other city of the 97 reporting has prices above 12 cents. In 1914 the average price per quart of milk was only 8 cents. By 1918 It had risen to an average of 14 cents; now it is near IG cents. This represents All Increase of nearly 100 per cent. That the farmer is not profiteering is indicated by the fact that the costs of all foodstuffs and other elements entering Into the production of milk have risen more than the milk price. Out of 25 principal cities in the United States the farmer fares worst nnd the distributing company best in Omaha, Xeb.. whore 57.1 per cent of the price of a quart of milk goes to the company and 42.S per cent to the farmer. any other school subject. As a practi cal out-of-school hours subject, gardening admits of the widest kind of correlation with other studies. There is no school subject from which more real knowledge may be gained of science, of art, of life's relations than from dealing with living, growing plants. ' The formation of companies should be continued. The company simply establishes a working unit that may Include a class, a school or any other group adapted to local conditions. The number m a company may vary from ten to 50. Each company shbuld have a captain and one or two lieutenants, the latter depending on the number of pupils enlisted. Tho 1020 insignia Is made by lithographing the U. ,S. S. G. A. design on a celluloid bar and has a bangle pin attached. The inslgnias are complete and ready for distribution to the pupils when received by the teacher. A certificate of honor will be presented to children who achieve real success. Manuals (free to teachers) may be purchased of the superintendent of documents, government printing otlice, Washington. OKUHOMAlS flflE ( tlmated acre price of Its average plow land. The crop value In 1919 was nearly four times the crop value In statehood year, 907. Its farmers paid for farm help onethird more per month than the average paid In the 1G states comprising the South Atlantic and the south central groups. Half the farms are under oil lease, nnd from these leases last year landowners received 32,000,000. Oklahoma landowners received last year from crops, royalties, and lirestock the total sum of $340.939,000.

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T1 1 1 1 1 U PI 1 1 1 1 1 1 N 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H I w Itichmond. Coal for the Wayne j County courthouse, the County Infirm- j ary, the Tuberculosis hospital and the jail cannot be obtained at the present time and dealers in Itichmond will give no definite assurance as to when fuel may be obtained. Bids for 925 tons were advertised for, and the contract was to have been awarded a few days ago, but not a single bid was received. The commissioners were Informed by dealers that next winter's supply of fuel for county institutions probably will have to be bought on the open market. Muneie. Of the 10,002 persons of school age in Delaware county, 11,001 live in the city of Muneie, according to the reports of school census enumerators. The city shows a gain of H42 over the preceding year. Lack of dwellings, which forces hundreds' of men to keep their families elsewhere, prevents a greater gain in children, the school authorities say. School age Is fixed by state law as from six to' twenty-one. Washington, D. C Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith has written to the Indiana senators that the National Guard officers of Indiana favor the house provisions of the army bill on the National Guard, which would leave the guard as It was before the war. He opposes the organization of the guard under the army clause of the Constitution on the ground that such action took too much power from the states. Anderson. Thirty-eight head of Shorthorn cattle sold by Dr. A. E. Harlan nt his farm in the north part of Madison county, brought $lo,ri00. The highest price paid was $1,000 for a four-year-old cow, bought by Morris E. Jones of Culver. Morris Wynn of Lucerne paid $S00 for a two-year-ohl heifer. Another heifer of the same age sold for $7o0. The average for cows was $490 and for bulls. ?300. Indianapolis. Otto A. Beyer of South Bend was nominated for grandmaster without opposition at the closing session of the eighty-fourth semiannual meeting of the grand lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Indiana, held in Indianapolis. George E. Ilershman of Crown Point was nominated for deputy grandmaster. Election of officers will be held at the November meeting of the grand lodge. East Chicago. Chauffeurs and assistant chauffeurs of the East Chicago police and fire departments, who are members of the Teamsters union, have received a $25 a month increase in pay while other members of the department, who also petitioned for an increase, received none. The chauffeurs in the police department now receive $175 a month. Captains and desk seargents receive $100. English Floyd Weathers, age thirteen, was shot accidentally and instantly killed by Itichard Weathers his father, while the two were squirrel hunting north of Marengo. The youth had climbed into a tree to run down a squirrel and the father, who is about seventy years old, mistook the appearance of the boy's cap for a squirrel. Terre Haute. William Wood Parsons, president of Indiana State Normal school here, recently observed his seventieth birthday anniversary. Fifty years of his long life have been devoted to the Institution of which he Is the head. He was a student nt the school when it was opened hi January, 1S70. Lafayette. Tippecanoe county business and professional men, acting as spokesmen for the citizens of the county generally, have volunteered to lay a substantial financial, foundation for the $1,000.000 Purdue University Union memorial building, which It Is proposed to erect on the university campus. Indianapolis. Clyde E. Titus of Indianapolis was elected president of the Indiana Funeral Directors' association at the closing session of Its fortieth annual convention at Indianapolis. A resolution was passed declaring that the sentiment of the association Is to discourage Sunday funerals. Huntington. Enumeration of persons of school age in Huntington county shows a gain of 44 persons over that of last year according to a report compiled by Clifford, Fundorburg. county superintendent of schools. The total In the townships Is 4,304. In tbe cities the number is 3,r5S. Gary. "Sleeping influenza." as Gary physicians term It, caused the death of nine-year-old Ruth Harriet WIndlad, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephran WIndlad. This Is the third death from sleeping sickness In this cltythis year. Fort Wayne. Statistics recently complied show that deposits in banks In Fort Wayne have Increased nearly $4.500,000 in the last year. Tcrre Haute. William Franklin, age thirty-two. son of William B. Franklin, a farmer, living east of St. Marys, was shot and Instantly killed by Benjamin Franklin, age twentyeight, his brother. The tragedy occurred in a bedroom at the Franklin home, where Benjamin hnd gone to awaken another brother. South Bend. Fort Wayne was selected as the city In which to hol. I next year's convention nt the closing session of the St. Joseph's Stnt. league here. Otto Kreuzberger of Evansvllle wa.i elect ed president.

Evansvllle. The 1020 wheat crop of Vanderburg county will be stored in grain elevator?; at thrashing time and held by the farmers until a settled price has been reached, and not sold immediately after being thrashed, according to the decision of the officers and directors of the Vanderburg County Farmers' Improvement association. The farmers were, urged not only to hold their new wheat, but to hold on to their present supply of grain until the price of J3 a bushel is offered. As the yield of wheat this year will be only about one-hal of the usual crop, the farm ofllcials pointed out that even should the farmers receive $3 a bushel they would not make much more than expenses because of the short crop. Indianapolis. County and township officials were 'urged to proceed slowly in authorizing public Improvements that require bond issues at this time in a resolution adopted at the closing session of a convention In Indianapolis of county presidents and secretaries of organizations affiliated with the Indiana Federation of Fanners Associations. It was the sense of the members that public Improvement costs now are abnormal and that labor which would be used' on tbe roads could ba utilized more beneficially on the farms. Seymour. Roland P. Hofmann owner of a large orchard near Paoll, says indications' are favorable for a bumper peach and apple crop in southern Indiana. He predicts a pack of 23,000 bushels of peaches in the Paoll district. He believes that the grape and small fruit crop in the southern part of the state will also be large, although the pear, cherry and plum prospects were cut short by recent freezes. In northern Indiana, he says, Indications point to a heavy crop of apples, pears and cherries. Newcastle. An earthenware jar, which contained .$1,310 in gold coins, was unearthed recently, under the house on the John C. Hardin farm, near Greensboro. Workmen, who were excavating for a cellar, found the money, it being In denominations of $.", $10 and' $20 pieces, there being $1,200 in $20 gob I pieces. The coins are believed to have been buried under the house at least forty years ago by Mrs. Rachel Charlesworth, now dead, who was known as an eccentric woman. Terre Haute. The state convention of the. Indiana Woman's Association of Commerce, in session here, elected the following officers: President, Miss Emma May, Terre Haute; first vice president, Mrs. Julia A. McAndrew, Vincennes; second vice president, Mrs. Mary Torrence, Muneie; recording secretary. Miss Ida O. Miller, Muneie; corresponding secretary. Miss Anna Steinmehl, Terre Haute; treasurer. Miss Snider, Muneie. Danville. Arthur W. Collett of Logansport, has been appointed by the board of managers of the National Sol-

vllle branch, succeeding Col. Henry Kf Hives of Paris, 111., who resigned. Mr. Collett, who formerly was governor of. the southern branch at " Hampton I'oads, will take charge July 1. He served in an Indiana regiment during the civil war. Terre Haute. An interurban car bound from Sullivan to Terre Haute was held up by two men who boarded the car six miles south of Terre Haute, and lied without obtaining any loot. The robben are said to have been driven (IT by a passenger and the conductor of the car. They fired several shots Into the interurban as they tied, but none tookve1Tect. Logansport. The members of the Housewives league .of Logansport. In sympathy with the action of the league in Indianapolis and other cities of tbe state, have voted to cut off their list of purchases, candy, ice cream, soft drinks and other luxuries containing sugar, and to refrain from the purchase as long as the price of sugar remains prohibitive. Logansport. William Hopper, principal of the1 Star City schools. Is held under .100 bond to answer to the charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill, preferred by John McClure, father of William McClure. whom tho teacher is charged with slashing with a razor. Tbe alleged assault is said to have occurred over a girl of the town. .TelTcrsonville. For the first time n several years enumeration of person of school age In the townships of Clark county, shows an Increase of 7.'. The Incorporated towns lost 01 and Jeffersonville 7S, making a net loss of 00 la the county. Fort Wayne. F. ft. Hughes of Kokomo was elected grand chancellor of the Indiana CIrand Council of United Commercial Travelers at Its annual convention held in Fort Wayne. Ho succeeds L. K. Karcher of Fvansville. Winamac Frank Husch and Earl Fritz killed seven wolf puppies southwest of Medary vllle. They found no trace of the old wolves, but "for the seven pelt received a bounty of $2.f0 for each of them. Columbia City. The farmers of Whitley county have organized an association with Eltner E. Helmbach as president, to pick and' prepare their own wool for shipping to n commission house. PnolJ. Mr. and Mrs. David Hudleson celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary at Paoll. Mr. Hudleson Is eighty-five and his wife Is eighty years old. South Pend. Farmers of Elkhart, St. Joseph and Marshall counties are opposed to any more road Improvements until the high cost of mnterlal and labor show a decided Increase. Elkhart. Indianapolis was selectoil as the 1021 meeting place of the Indiana conference of the Congregational church, which held It sixty-second yearly gathering in Elkhart.

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iLDinriLE WORSE THAN APPENDICITIS. "What's the matter, old top? You look sick." "I've Just undergone a serious operation." "Appendicitis?" Worse than that. I had my allowance cut oft." His Guess. Burrows Py the way, what was tho denomination of that bin you loaned me? Lenders Episcopalian, I Imagine it keeps Lent so well. Choice of Abodes. T gotta have a place to live." 'T understand," said the real estate man, "and maybe I can fix ycu up. Now, which would you prefer, a portable shed vr a tent?" Not Guilty. Colonel Southerland Well, Rastus, did the judge find you guilty of stealing chickens? Itastus No, sun, colonel; I was released on s'plclon. Up in the Air. The Magistrate What's the chargo against his man, officer? The Air Cop He was speeding In a high-po.er racing plane nnd ran down a child's goplane. Little Use. "He was much affected when I mado him a loan. When I looked at him his face was working." "Yes, that Is the way he saves his hands." MISANTHROPIC. "When 3rown Is happy he tries to Eiaer." "Yes. Some of us don't care how miserable we make others, so lorn? as wft'ro comfortable. Cross-Examination. The lawyer to the witness clings With questions deftly wrought. And makes him say a lot of things He never knew he thought. The Impossible. "It's such a nice place where yon mcved, I hope you'll like your new neighbors." "I'm Just sure I won't. They all own cheap cars." Browning's Slagazlnc. The Menu. -'She certainly has a way of talking you down with cold sarcasm." "Yes; a course, of tongue, as It were, served with chilly sauce." His Status. "I knew a man once who ate a ten-pound turkey with trimmings on a Let." "lie must have beeu a man of conSliming ambition." Cautious. Post I say, old man, will you Join our PIg Brother club? Parker Let's see the girl I'm to he fraternal to first. Judge. Showing It. "Bibbs Is a live wire." "I know he Is. He touched me for ten dollars this morning and I was shocked.? Professional Duty. "Why did you leave the dentist you have been going to so long?" "I found he was getting on my nerves. M True. "Pa, what's a scientific salesman?" "A scientific salesman Is a fellow who knows when to quit annoying you." Odious. nil! McShorte has sold a poem to Bcrlbblers. entitled an "Ode to a Fair Lady." Hulls Has he? Well, he I more competent to write verses entitled "Owed to a Landlady." London TltRlts One Flaw. "She acts as though she thought hhsi was the queen of Sheba." '0h, no. She would never think ebe was anybody who had to go to somebody else for wisdom.

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