Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 September 1920 — Page 2

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WEEKLY COURIER DEN ED. DOANE, Publisher JASPER .... 'INDIANA

It isn't so much the heat as It. is nriillty. Few of us realize how much we on? tolerntd. There Is no Incls visible In the crop of European wars. Music is the language. of the soul; tn.r Is Its profanity. Talk Is cheap except wbeh It Is over a long distance telephone.! ' The best of beer lovers to bound to become weary In .veil brewing. Tin? present Herman diplomatic plan is to refuse one day and accept the next. The demand for burlap Is growing. Evidently they are making clothes from It. A? wut everything ha? been done now to relieve the situation except to dig the eon I. If they keep on, the barbers will drive some one Into Inventing a safety hair cutter. It's wonderful how straw hats can fclfde when the dealers put the skids under them. That threat to educate the cockney dialect out of London Is a bloomln, bloody Kb I me. The mosquito that bites one of our up-to-date girls Is liable to die of painter's colic. News that the bolshevlkl have crossed the Hug river shows they're our of hounds. The practice of tipping is said In the Kast to be declining. Hut the tipped nre not. It Is awful to have to worry about the prospect of a fuel shortage this kind of weather. It Is a lot of satisfaction to know that there hot nights nre good for somebody else's com. Have you noticed the scarcity of flies thiii year, or are you boarding somewhere on a farm? Kvery man's home may be his castle, but the police are finding that many of them also are distilleries. Speaking of transportation facilities, because of these new high skirts many germs are deprived of their regular travel from the street to the homes. Six years ago Austria delivered a certain ultimatum to Serbia. In the light of events that ultimatum seems to have been the greatest boomerang in history. Two million five hundred thousand aliens are getting ready to return from America 'to the lands ofthelr birth. And maybe when they all leave there will be a house for rent. If the beach lizards and llzardesscs could store up enough sunshine under their coats of tan to keep them warm all winter that would be a great gain In this era of coal shortages. Government Inspectors say there Is coal enough In this country to last 15.000 years. Also there is Ice enough In Alaska to tast a million years, but what good does that do to the ultimate consumer? Attendance records In Yellowstone park are being broken and now if ever come perfect days for Old Faithful to spout his best. In offering recognition to a "soviet Pouu." the Russian reds put their cTtm;iary premium on revolution In ther countries. Now Is the time to rise superior to the thermometer and take thought of next winter's coal supply; otherwise there may be no coal supply. There has been a tremendous slump l! the price of raw wool, but it Is a long, devious, much-beset road from raw wool to the consumer's back. Producers would have us believe that prices for. knit "goods for next spring will be lK) per cent over prewar levels. They-should lay In a supply of shock absorbers. Another proof that salaried men are patient and prudent of speech is that so far they have refrained from calling any man a liar who says that the high cost of living has passed the peak. Kvery time the unspeakable Turk is handed his bat he worders whether MUtubody wants him to grt out of Europe. Smte day the much abused, long suffering public will strike, then professional strikers will tint! thiir occupation gone. Considering the Increasing number of automobiles, it's only a question of time until a street car strike results to ttu Hbolltiou of such cumbersome !d vhuv ehleles as street c:trs

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INDIANA i I State News Wabash. Farmers from various parts of the county said heavy damage had been done growing crops by frosts. Madison. "lilack fire" or rust In tobacco has appeared In the vicinity. Many of the growers are cutting. their fohncco green on account of it. It appears to be most dangerous along the creeks and in the lowlands. Fort Wayne. At the annual convention of the Indiana State Association of Master House Painters and Decorators, at Home City, the following officers were elected for the coming year: President, Frank Johnson, Indianapolis; firsf vice president, Frank Hollopeter. Peru. . Indianapolis. At a conference held in the office of L. X. Hinos, state superintendent of public instruction at Indianapolis plans- were discussed for the state-wide educational drive to be held in Indiana In November. .It was deckled to push preparatory work immediately after the vacation season. Lafayette. A world record price for n boar pig was paid at a sale of big type Poland China swine at Oxford, Hcnton county, when Kendall & Hackley, of Indianapolis, gave $G,G."0 for Triumph, a six-months'-old animal sired by Liberator, dam Model Giantess III. This is the highest price ever paid for a boar pig of any breed. Washington. The federal bureau of public roads announced that the last federal apportionment of road funds to Indiana tinder the 1010 appropriation was ,$2.OirJSO.0r and that there also had been apportioned to the state from the last installment of the 101(5 appropriation $G71 ,70.i..,2. These amounts became available July 1. South IScnd. Governor Goodrich Mood speechless in water up to his chest,, waving his cane at Richard Lieber, director of the state department of conservation; Kodney Fleming, deputy, and several deputy game wardens on the bank of a pond at the state fish hatchery near Lake Wawasee. The governor was surprised. A moment before he had tumbled into the pond as he attempted to hand a frog to a large bass in the pond. Petersburg. Corn is in the best condition ever known In Pike county, and under favorable weather conditions the, greatest crop in the history of the county will be harvested. Wheat ground is being prepared under favorable weather conditions, and some planting will take place in September. The acreage in northern Pike county will be greater than the acreage planted last year, but in some parts of the county the acreage will be materially decreased. Indianapolis. Announcement has been made at Indianapolis of the establishment of three free night schools for ex-service men of Marion county. This is part of the Knights of Columbus plans to open free schools In every prinefpal city in. the country. AH expenses for maintenance, such as tuition and textbooks, will be paid out of the war fund balance of the national treasury of the 'knights', which amounts to more than $7.000.000. The schools are to be nonsectarian. Academic and vocational courses will be included in the curieulum. Terre Haute. Danger of an extended tleup of Indiana mines apparently was past following an agreement readied by the joint wage scale committees . of the Indiana Iiltuminous Operators' association and United Mine Workers of District No. 11. The new scale, wjiieh is retroactive to August 10. provides for an increase of 20 per cent to Inside men and boys and Sl.r,0 a day to "day" men. Other concessions were granted the miners. Immediately following the agreement telegrams were sent to all locals advising the men a wage scale had been agreed upon and directing them to return to work. Indianapolis. The state board of tax commissioners at its fourth session, which Is to begin September 20, probably will make only a few blight changes in the state tax levies. Fred A. Sims, chairman of the board, said. Mr Sims said the rise of the total state valuation, from approximately $r.7SO,000.000 in 1010 to possibly slightly more than $G,000,0O0.()00 in 1020 will provide normal Increases In funds for the state levies. The total of the state levies Is IS cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. Of that total :.0 cents Is for the state highway commission ; 2.S for the state educational institutions, and 2 for vocational education. Those three levies will be unchanged. Mr. Sims said. The remaining levies 2 cents for the state general fund, :?.0 for the benevolent Institutions, and 5.2 for the state tub tion fund may be slightly increased. he said. Anderson Alexandria was chosen for the next national convention of Kapp:: Alpha Phi fraternity. George Jeffrey of Newcastle was elected president and K. Orchard of Hloomington secretary. Decatur. To weigh 4." pounds at Ute age of one year is the distinction of the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Meyers of Decatur. The baby weighed 15 pounds at birth, ami he is believed to I e the largest healthy baby in the rate. The parents of the boy art both small, each being less than the und one half feet tall.

Gosfirn. Farmers In the Goshen region report serious less resulting from gray frosts. All lowlands are affected. Anderson. M. S. Astor, an a -Heul-tuntl expert, estimates the con, . rop of Madison county will be more than 5.000,000 hushels unless the crop is mined from frost or other cause. Indianapolis. In accordance with the civil service retirement act. under wirich all post office emplovees are re-

j tired at die age of sixty-five years, 24 post otiice employees, who have been in service ranging from 10 to T0 years, have been retired at Indianapolis. Logansport. The Pennsylvania railroad's retrenchment policy, forecast some weeks ago in an announcement, has hit both divisions at Logansport. Notices posted announce a 10 per cent reduction in the working forces in the shops. Approximately C00 men will be laid off, ollicials say. Linton. A number of wagon mlnej in the locality will be forced to close down imir.edlntely on account of the order forbidding railroads to provide these mines with cars. Many small mines have been opened near this city since disputes between the operators of larger mines and miners arose. Indianapolis. In an Indianapolis courtroom laden with the perfume of flowers banked before the bench, the first woman jury in Indiana deliberated exactly five minutes before returning a verdict, which T. Ernest Maholm, justice of the peace, declared that he could not have improved upon in view of the evidence submitted. Anderson. James K. Starkey, a bee inspector from the stale department of conservation, who has been inspecting apiaries in Madison county, found many colonies of bees affected with American foul brood, an infectious disease, causing destruction of many colonies and also the loss of much honey. Indianapolis. The Marion county budget, which has been drawn up by the county auditor, from the estimates made by county officials and institutions, shows that an expediture of $1,. G00.S1Ü.Ö0 is contemplated in the year 1021 for the maintenance of county government and institutions, an in crease of S1SS.129 over' the county maintenance costs for the year 1020. liochester. Miss Mabel Mclntire. age nineteen, was killed and John Sanders, age twenty, was fatally injured when an automobile driven by Sanders was in collision witli another machine in the boulevard near Lake Manitou. Miss Mclntire suffered a broken neck. Sanders died on the way to the hospital. Other occupants of the twa automobiles escaped with slight injuries. Hammond. Three men were held by the Hammond police charged with complicity in the theft of interstate shipments from the New York Central railway at Dune l ark. They are G. W. Herr and F. J. Iierry. Chicago, and Joe Collins, a Hammond hotelkeeper. Thousands of dollars' worth of woolens were stolen from a freight train when it Mopped for water. The loot found in Collins' hotel. Fort Wayne. Serving as pallbearer twice for the same person, although the funerals were almost 4,000 miles apart, was the experience of John Hengs of Frrt Wayne, a veteran of the world war. When Leslie Kayser, member of Battery D, One Hundred and Fiftieth field artillery, died In France, Henjs assisted in lowering the body In the grave. The body was returned to the United States for burial, and at the funeral Hengs again served as a pallbearer. Indianapolis. Unless chinch and plant lice are killed this year the pest will be rampant again, according to Harry F. Diet., assistant state entou.ologist for the state conservation department. Farmers have been advised to keep sheltered places, such as long fences and buildings, cleared, in order to prevent breeding of the insects, Mr. Diet, also reported that considerable damage is being done ro corn by the corn ear worm and that squashes are being damaged by squash borers. Indianapolis. Carl Mote, secretary of the Indiana public service commission, was summoned to appear in the Lake Superior court September 14 to defend the commission's action In granting the Ha:o und. Whiting & Fast Chicago Street Hallway company an S-cent fare. He will he asked to show cause why the commission's fare ruling should not be set aside in injunction proceedings brought by the city of Whltir.g against the railway company t: prevent collection of the increased fare. Washington. rhe city of Washington advanced from a fifth to n fourth class city without increasing the expenses of the city government. S. L. Mcpherson, mayor of Washington; members of the council, and other city ollicials, who could have voted increases in their respective salaries by reason of the change in classification, refused to do so, saying the city's finances will not permit increases. The salaries of all city officials, therefore, will remain the same as they were when Washington was a fifth class city. Richmond. Charles Hoover, a federal prohibition enforcement ofiicef was fined si and costs In city court at Richmond on a charge .of intoxication. Washington. D. C According to Indiana coal mine statistics compiled by the federal trade commission and made public here, the average margin of profit for a ton of Hrnr.il block coal. 4:1 operators reporting, was 45 cents for May this year. For the year 1018 it was 47 rents. The 4: operators reporting rutiized S;Uj a ton for the coal b. May this year, and S?.o a "n for th' v:r 101S.

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This Job Is What VÄ- (YPS Rf IT WHPffP CliS TH' JOB 0 I 1 jt. r CHICAGO. Once more the courts have decided that Peter C. McArdle is entitled to the position of chief material inspector of the city division of public works and to $,T,(XX) back salary. An order to that effect has been entered in the Circuit court by Judge Oscar M. Torrison. Mr. McArdU, a contractor living at 3044 Grand boulevard, does not rejoice overmuch because of the - decision, however. lie has been the victor in other court battles during the last twelve years, and every time the city has appealed, as it Intimates it will this time, besides, the job to which he is restored no longer exists. The fight dates back to 100S, when Mr. MeArdlo was ousted by the I&usse administration. At that time he asserted be lost out because he refused to cater to the "coal ring grafters. Appointed to the position of cement tester in 1S0S, he was made chief tester in 10( ).", when the title of his de Here's Another "Man BOSTON. Fritz Tempelhof, a resident of the United States for forty-four years, must go back to Argentina, according to a decision received from Director of Immigration Caminetti. The decision marked another chapter in the carets- of Tempelhof, for many years employed in Uoston restaurants, who has become known as the man without a country among immigration officials and persons who have interested themselves in the case. Tempelhof, who is ;S -years old, came to America from Germany in 187G. He was 14 years old. He married here, and live children born of the marriage are now living in New York city. One of his sons fought with tiie American army in France. Early in 1014 Tempelhof shipped as a steward on a British ship for South America. The ship was in Kuenos Aires in August at the outbreak of the war and Tempelhof, because of bis German origin, was dismissed from the crew. He attempted to return to the United States, but was refused passports because he could not prove citizenship. The German embassy declined to help him, claiming that he was not a subject of that country because be had not fulfilled his military obligations before migrating. For three years be was a derelict In the pampas country of Argentina.

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nJAKINKTTK, WIS. Pity the sad ifl plight of -the ten proud and haughty dames from Marinette and Menominee who .tossed aside their social and club affairs, together with their clothing, the while they disported in the cooling waters of a friendly little lake. In the water there were gleaming pink shoulders, many gurgles, much splashing; everywhere joy and merriment. On the bank, within a dressing tent, lay ten piles of clothing crepe de chine, Charmeuse, filet lace, silk teddybears, dainty corset covers, envelope chemises and ruffled bloomers. Came a small boy. who, for the This Is a Poor Way ECKLKY. OKLA. A duel with pitchforks, which may prove fatal to Timothy Terpin, 40, of Portland, Ore., took place between Terpin and WilPam Vandiver, GO, formerly of Denver, while the two were harvesting hay en the Hay Cummins ranch, twenty miles north of here. Terpin is In a critical condition in the hospital at Haxtun as the result of a thrust In the back and side, which penetrated his lung. Vandiver, who Is suffering from a badly lacerated arm. Is held in the jail at Wray pending developments in Terpiu's condition. According to other harvest hands who witnessed the fray, the trouble grew out of a dispute over the proper way to build a haystack. The men had been quarreling all morning and toward noon Terpin made a pass at Yandtver, who was on top of the stack. Vandiver took advantage of his superior height and lunged down on Terpin, thrusting his fork into the latcr's back and side. Vandiver, according to the witnesses,

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iL Is Called a Sinecure partment was changed to 'the testing division." The same year the salary was advanced from $120 to $2TK) a month and seven assistants were added. On March 11, 1008. Mr. McArdle was demoted to cement inspector at $125 a month and Harry C. Parkes was appointed to -his former position. He was laid off by Mr. Parkes on Sept. 0, 1000, "because of lack of work," the latter said. Following this McArdle was requested to resign under penalty of having charges preferred against him. McArdle asserted the charges were groundless, refused to resign and "was suspended. He then filed suit against the city. In 31)11 the cast" was decided in favor of .McArdle, but It was appealed to the Appellate court and was returned to the lower courts. In the latter part of 1010 the Circuit court found for him. and 'again the Appellate court was appealed to by the city. Judge Thomas Taylor, Jr., of the higher court entered an order on Dec. 31, 1010. affirming the judgment of the lower court. A writ of certiorari was then filed by the city to be heard by the Supreme court, but the latter body refused to hear pleas on the matter. So McArdle gets his job back theoretically. However, that $:t",000 Is a condition, not a theory. Without a Country" In 1017 he managed to enter as 11 stowaway on a ship which lie thought was bound for America, but which was sailing for England. When opposite the Irish coast and a day out of Llverjwol the ship was torpedoed. Tempelhof was picked up by a Portuguese freighter bound for Argentina, and in a few weeks was back in that country. Several weeks ago he again became a stowaway, this time on the freighter West Galeta, and landed in Boston. He was detained by the Immigration officials and his case reported to Washington. , The llev. Walter A. Maier of Dorchester has become Interested .in Tempelhof s predicament. He said he would appeal to the American Legion for pressure upon the state department to allow Tempelhof to join his family in the United States because of bis son's services for the country. nonce, was playing he was an Indian, out to destroy the hated pale faces and all their property. The filmy piles of lace afforded an overwhelming temptation and he scratched a match on the seat of his ragged trousers, touched it to the garments and departed from there in great haste. Meanwhile the ten matrons continued in the pleasing performance of the Australian crawl and the porpoise duck until they noticed their dressing tent was in llames. Which explains why nine hid in the bushes while one, wrapped in the salvage of the tent, went to a farm house and telephoned various husbands, who were powers in the business world. It also explains why the selfsame husbands came in enclosed cars, supplied with blankets, and took their wives home by back streets. That is why the husbands, spurred on by their wives, are looking for the hated despoiler of the pale face. The community isn't looking very hard for him. It may join in the search when it gets through laughing. to Build a Haystack then jumped down and started to run. Terpin, though suffering acutely, got up and gave chase. Unable to catch Vandiver, he hurled his weapon a distance of ten feet and struck Vandiver on the ana. cutting a ash four inches long. Py this time the other workers had interfered and both men were taken to the 'farmhouse and a doctor summoned. Terpin's condition proved to be serious and he was removed to the it Haxtun hospital, where an X-ray photograph showed a blood clot on his !ung. His recovery Is doubtful, according to physicians.

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Scientists of All Ages Have Admitted the Impossibility of Dctcrmininy Whence It Comes. Science Itself admit that It cannot explain genius, for genius simply is without explanation. Handel was only seven when he insisted on following hi father to the court of . Saxe-W'eNeiifels, "litv( prince, hearing him play on the organ in church after the service wa over, persuaded his father to give the boy a chance. Ily the time he was nine he began to compose church services for voices and instrumenta and did so every week for three years. Hut Handel was a tremendous gormandizer. He ordered dinner for three at a hotel, and when asked if he wouM wait for the others, replied: I am the others, serve the dinner," and be ate all of It. A story is told of Handel that while seated at dinner with some other musicians he exclaimed. 'Oh, I have de taught!" Those about him begged that he go into another room and write down "de taught." lest they lose some wonderful composition. Handel did this several times, when one of the friends looked through the keyhole and saw him pouring down some Hurgundy which an admirer had sent him and he did 'hot wish to share with the others. When a singer complained to Handel that the style of his accompaniment distracted the attention of the hearers from the singer to the musician and that If he did not accompany him better he would Jump up on the harpsichord (the piano of that time) and smash it. Handel replied: "Fine! Tell me when you are going to do that and I shall advertise It. for more people will come to see you jump than to hear you sing." MAN'S FIRST DWELLING PLACE Scientists Clajm That the Desert of Gobi Must for Natural Reasons Be the Spot. The desert of Gobi, which Is the summit of the central steppe in Asia. Is the most elevated region on the globe, and it is here, scientists claim, man first lived, arguing that this rkdnt of earth must have been the first to emerge from the universal sea. and that as the subsiding waters gradually gave up lower regions of earth to man he was able to descend and spread himself progressively over new acquisitions. It is from this region that the great rivers ot Asia also take their rise and flow toward the four cardinal points. On the declivities of these highlands are the plains of Tibet, lower than the frozen regious of Gobi. Here are found not only the vine, the olive, rice, the legumlna, and other plants on which man has depended for sustenance, but also those animals which he has tamed and led with him over the earth, as the ox, the horse, the ass, the sheep, the goat, the camel, the hog, the dog, and even the reindeer, run wild upon these mountains. On the mountains of Cashmiro, in Tibet, and in the north of China, grain has been found to be growing wild for years without ever being sown or tilled, and here also wild animals that have lived there while man has tamed others of the same species, are numerous. Exchange. Nature's Unchanging Way. Outstanding ability Is the reward of using the power one has. Tho best athlete in the world will lose power by hanging around. Resistance is' the response of nature to testings. . Oitliculties are never made easy by giving up. Nature dejnands that men gain streusth by using strength. Turn what you have to account ami nature will add to your store with interest. The more you love the larger capacity you have to love. The more you think the keener your thinking ability becomes. The harder and more sanely you work the more you are able to. There's no secret about it It's just nature's way of saying "to him that hath shall be given." And more than that, if you want anything from nature you must bestir yourself and get It. Nature is not a grudging giver, but she makes men earn all they get. Only "Load Up" Right The tasks you add to your already full program must be related to your life work. The magnet won't hold soap, and froth and wood. Its atllnity is with things of steel. So your efforts must be related to your talents and experience If they are to be a help In your growth. One added task above your specialty would be enough to swamp a man who doesn't know your line. To you it's just another added opportunity. To be sure It will require some effort, but nothing in comparison to what it would require In others. You take the load on unconsciously. It's merely another turn or two of the kind you do right along. Hut in time those few extra dally turns make you a tower of strength. There is no lin.Jt to your development when you load tip right Grit. Tco Tame for Him. "Gabson likes to hear the und of his own voice." ' "That explains his penchant for monologues. Hut If he loves thv sound of his own voice so much why doetft he talk into a phonograph and have his remarks 'canned' for future use?" IIe wouldn't have the satisfaction of seeing the phonograph writhe and tldget."