Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 February 1921 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER OEM ED. DOANE, Publisher JAOPER - - INDIANA

No one will deny th?e Is an Irish ftew In the Emerald Isle. The education of tho Jazz driver and the Jay walker Is proceeding npace. Tlie thermometer Is giving us nothing to worry about. Trices of ships are slumping. Now Is a good tjino to do your ship shopping. Indications multiply that what Eu rope wants Is our cash rather than bur advice. Zero weather will come nearer covering knees than all the reformers In the country. "Man found dead of heart disease In his cellar' Must have found all his ;tock had been looted. After all, there's nothing sounds much better at this season than "rising temperature It Is a farslghted man who doesn't wait too long before consulting the oculist. The trouble comes when folks have to liquidate windy debts with solid products. If cotton stockings cost as much as wool ones, they probably would be equally fashionable. Charity should begin at home and then work Its way 'out to where human need Is greatest. The withdrawal from San Domingo Is another step toward the "self-determination of small nations' France may not dominate the League of Nations, but Paris' remains the world queen of fashions. If those abandoned farms are to be redeemed there will be no need of unemployment in this country. The olllcial accounts of the perils surrounding a child make It a miracle any one lives to a ripe old age. At this season, as an emblem of happiness, the bluebird Is expected to retire in favor of the snowbird. The best way to Improve human conduct is not to put the law to people so much, but get them to werk more. ; J. . The florist who advertised "Point Setters' must have been a dog breeder In some previous incarnation. There seems to be considerable difference between the price of coal and the price you have to pay for coal. Misfortunes In China afford Japan the privilege of a great and praiseworthy program of neighborly charity. Some silk' shirts should be put away In the .Smithsonian institution as a memorial of the era thwy distinguished. Statistics are said to show a decrease in crime, but a man never has his statistics with him when he Is held up. SnufT boxes now adorn glass cases In the museums; and taking snuff became obsolete without a constitutional amendment. In early pleistocene time man had fur-bearing ears and hence suffered less discomfort when the wind was oft the glaciers. The trouble Is not the greater buying power the dollar Is getting, but that its weakness remains In Its debtpaying arm. News that soap Is cheaper creates no wild enthusiasm In that part of tho population that Is clamoring for clothing and shelter. One thing about these open-faced winter styles for the dear girls, they greatly Increase the available acreage for goose .flesh. A government is frequently confronted with the problem of decreasing taxes and at the same, time providing mere revenue. The Krupps are making big money In Clermany without constructing a single gun. The plowshare Industry points the way to nrosperity In any man's country. Germany announces that It has com plied with the demand ef the allies and cut Its army to lOO.OOA Having finished that Job the allies should Issue a few similar orders to themselves. Trotzky has not 3et leen able to do anything In a military way that enables him to return as a hero and give U'ulue a political run. "Tin government reports that there are W.'l.'UH gallons of liquor left. At the present rate of stealage, this Is supposed to last ten years. Tour seats on the New York Stock Exchange have Ihh'ü sold at pricts ranging from $77..r.OO to $s,ui). The anore rxiH'iislve ours, one presumes, wer. near tjie windows.

i Indiana I Brevities Indianapolis. Tomatoes were grown at an average cost of $lß a ton or $8,1.75 an acre by Indiana farmers lust year. Laurenz Greene, chief in horticulture of the agricultural experiment station at Purdue university, said at a conference of canning crop growers of the state at Indianapolis. Delegates from more ' than twenty-five counties wen? present at the conference. Professor Greene estimated that between lSO.fXX) nnd 175,000 tons of tomatoes were grown In Indiana during 1020. Some of the farmers attending the meeting estimated that the cost of production during 1920 was 20 per cent greater than that of 1910. Laporte. The first blind man ever convicted of first-degree murder in Indiana and given a life sertence was received at the Michigan City prison a few days ago. Albert Pryce, fortynine years old, who killed his divorced wife, was convicted in the Hlackford county court. The trafedy occurred July 20, 1020, and was the result of Jealousy. As he was being led back to the county jail after hearing the reading of the verdict Pryce, who was blind, remarked that he wished the penalty had been .death. Anderson. Iieeause of congestion In the Anderson high school, more than 100 members of the senior class are required to study at home and to appear at the high school only for recitations. The enrollment in the high school exceeds 1,000. The total enrollment of the city public schools for the second semester on tho second day was 4,991, and W. A. Denn, superintendent, said be believed that the enrollment socn would exceed 5,000. A new high record bas already been established. Jeffersonvllle. Resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the Jeffersonville Chamber of Commerce, setting forth that the chamber Is not opposed to the removal of the Indiana reforma-. tory from the city, If It can be shown to be for the good of tho state, and if the property can be sold at its fair value to a manufacturing concern of standing. The proposal for the removal was suggested by the legislative visiting committee of the Indiana general assembly. Lafayette. A. T. Wiancko, head of the soils and crops department of the agricultural experiment station at Purdue university, has issued a warning to the farmers of the state to test their seed corn this spring, because the cold wc;.ther last October and the first part of November Injured much of the seed. Although the situation Is not as bad as that three years ago, "the processor tald, careful testing must be resorted to If a good corn crop Is to be obtained. Plymouth. Following n preliminary hearing at Plymouth, J. J. Fox, J. IL Burns, Arthur Silbert and Joseph Dyers, held In connection with the daylight robbery of the Culver Exchange bank, December 29, and the fatal wounding of Jacob It. Salne, were bound over to the Marshall Circuit court without bond on a charge of murder. They will be held In the couDty jail until their trial the next terra of court, which begins February 14. Noblesville. The frame barn on the Floyd McDonald farm, two miles northeast of Noblesville, one of the largest barns in the county, was destroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated at $12,000, less than one-fourth of which Is covered by insurance. A new automobile, ten head of hogs, 150 bushels of corn.

200 shocks of fodder and all the farm ing tools were also destroyed. Hammond. Hammond will build as a soldiers' memorial one of the finest athletic and recreation parks In the Middle West, to cost $150,000. The pe tition of 500 citizens for its construction was granted by the city council at a special session. Five trustees are to be appointed to take charge of the plan. Indianapolis. Plans for formation of a state humane society were Indorsed at the monthly meeting of the Indianapolis Humane society. The offer of It. P. Craven of the American Humane association to come to Indianapolis and aid In the organization of the state society was accepted. Indianapolis. Persons In the state who have reached sixty-five and are without means of support will be granted a pension if a bill which was Introduced by Representative George II. James in the lower house of the state legislature becomes a law. Michigan City. Michigan City acquired complete municipal ownership of the water works system by buying the stock of the Lake Michigan Water company. Alexandria. After a shutdown of several months the Orestes Silo company at Alexandria resumed factory operation. In preparatlcn for spring business. Anderson. An Anderson company operating a large creamery announced a reduction in the retail price of milk from 14 cents to 12 cents a quart. Indianapolis. Nearly 4.000 persons are enrolled In evenlngschools, conducted by the Indianapolis board of school commissioners, according to It. C Lowell, director of vocational education, who has charge of the schools. The second term was begun two weeks ago. Petersburg. The prospect for a pood wheat crop In thf Petersburg section Is encouraging. There has been no severe freezing weather in this locality this winter. There was little Hessian fly ir. Pike county. The acreoe is only 60 per cent of last year'

CALL HALT ON ANY DICTATION Opposition to Emasculation of Primary Law Expressed by Senators to McCray.

TO STAND FIRM, THEY ASSERT Members of Upper Branch of Legislature Declare They Will Recent Ef. forts to Force Weakening of Statutes in Force. Indianapolis. Members of the Indiana senate who are opposed to the emasculation 'of the primary law by putting nominations of candidates for United States senator and governor at the disposal of state conventions visited Governor McCray in a body and asserted that they are not in favor of changes proposed and that they will resent any efforts to force the general assembly to make the law weaker. ' Thev told the governor that they o y-l desired to co-operate 'with him and did! not desire to bring about a clash between the legislative and executive departments, but that they would not give in to dictation by the Ilepublican organization or any other Influence. The governor defended the position he has taken that the primary system involves too great an expense for candidates, and approved a -suggestion that in the interest of harmony a joint committee of senators ami representatives ol the Republican state committee be appointed to "iron out" the differences. The conference was held on the initiative of the pro-primary senators who wished to learn the .attitude of the governor. Many of these senators spoke of outside pressure being brought on the legislature to bring about a material weakening of the primary law, and they said the purpose of the visit to the governor was to serve polite, though Arm, - warning that outside pressure would be resented. Nineteen senators were In the delegation that called on the governor, other senators favoring the primary being absent on account of other business. "The most friendly spirit prevailed in the conference, and we are merely trying to get together on the matter by the appointment of a conference committee made up of five repealists and five antirepealists," said Governor McCray, after the meeting. "The senators who were here expressed themselves as favoring' a repeal of the present primary law as it applies to presidential preference, but not as applied to candidates for governor and United States'senators. I tried to convince them that the primary was all beautiful In theory but that It was very Impractical, and threw men open to physical hardships which shortened their lives. It Is inhuman to ask a man to go through two hard campaigns, covering territory from the Ohio river to Lake Michigan, as is necessary under the present law.' The governor then said that the repeal of the primary law represented, he thought, the sentiment of the majority of the Republicans, as well as the Democrats, of the state. He said that the tight for the primary repeal would have to be taken up by the Republican state committee, as that was the committee's duty. The general assembly will not be empowered to provide a system of taxation for the state. If the house of representatives sustains the unanimous action of Its committee on judiciary A, which voted solidly indefinitely to postpone senate joint resolution No. 10, which seeks to amend the constitution to give the legislature that power. The action came as a surprise, as the Joint resolution passed both houses of the 1919 session of the legislature and had been passed by the senate at " this session. The favorable action f)t the house was all that was necessary to submit the proposal to amend the constitution to a referendum. 'The house committee members thought the measure far too sweeping in its proposals," said Representative Chester A. Davis, chairman of Jhe committee, when he announced the action of the committee. "It provides for no safeguarding of the rights of the people. It would, in the opinion of the committee, make the tax question a political football to l;e kicked around evey time a new party came into power. It would provide for no permanent system of taxation and our tax laws would be continually on the political fire. For- these reasons the committee opposed the passage of the measure. The action of the committee probably will be sustained by the house, the disposition heretofore being to stand by the action of a committee when It Is unanimous. Await Room In State Asylums. Sixteen counties of the state at the present fime have disabled shellshocked soldiers confined in their jails awaiting room in the state insane asylums, according to a statement given out by James W. Mellen, state legislative chairman of the National Disabled Soldiers league, ami Charles A. York, secretary for the state of Indiana. The statement says that records show that twelve to fourteen such disabled soldiers have been confined in the Marion .otjr.ty Jail until they could be admitted to the state insane asylums.

Hcnor Memory cf Legislator. The house of representatives adjourned a few minutes In honor of the memory of Representative Asa K. Matthews of St. Joseph count-, io died at the Deaconess hospital. The senate also adjourned after a brief session. A resolution extending sympathy to Mr. Matthews widow and relatives was adopted by the senate.

To Increase Legislators' Pay. Senator Masters' bill to Increase the salaries of members of the general assembly to $1.000 annually, and the salary of the lieutenant governor to $2.000 annually, was passed by the senate by a vote of 33 nyes and 14 noes. The bill was passed in the same form as It was Introduced, except that a clause was Inserted specifying that It shall not apply to the present lieutenant governor. The bill, if It becomes a law, would not affect members' of the present assembly. It was pointed out. When the roll was called on the Masters bill Senators Balnuni, Raxter, Reardsley, Ruchanan, Cann, Decker, Hartzell, Hill, Humphreys, Kline, Lindiey,- MeConaha, Maler and Moorhead voted "no." The absentees were Self, Nichols and Fitch. All others voted aye. Legislators now receive $0 a day while the general assembly Is In session. The "bill. It was recently pointed out, would increr.se the pay of legislators more than 400 per cent. Stormy Hearing on Health BUI. Ritter discussion in which a score or more speakers took part and which was marked throughout by sharp interruptions, frequent questions and even audible hissing marked a recent hearing before the house committee on medicine and health on the Willis of Dekalb bill, which provides that counties and cities may decide at an election whether they will have an alltime health ofllcer and nurse. More than 100 persons were present at the hearing, and when Representative Delong called time at the end of two hours, so high had risen the feeling that several of the women present left the house chamber in tears. Opposition to the bill was headed by Nathaniel Ross, representative from Fort Wayne, and president of a college of chiropractic, who introduced in. turn Harry. E. Negley, Ed V. Fitzpatrlck and Vincent Kirk, nnd Dr. W. R. Stewart, all of whom, spoke against the bill. They assorted that the bill provided for a further centralization of power In the hands of the state board of health and eventually would create a dangerous paternalistic medical body with great political strength. To Redistribute Hospital Population. A redistribution of population in the five state hospitals for the insane, in order to relieve the overcrowded condition at the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis, Is the plan of Governor' Warren T. McCray, as put forward at a conference with the heads of these hospitals. "The condition at the Central hospital Is deplorable, and no self-respecting Hooster can tolerate it," said the governor before the meeting. "There are 1,410 patients at the Central institution at the present time, and oo9 more applying for entrance. In order to take care of these 1,7G9 patients it is my plan to transfer about 900 of the insane from the Central hospital to the other four hospitals of the state. Under the plan of Governor McCray, the men's building at the Central hospital will be abandoned. Two new infirmaries, one for men nnd another for women, will be erected and the accommodations will be adequate to take care of 1,200 patients. The reduction of population will make It necessary to enlarge the other institutions. According to Governor McCray this will be done as soon as possible, and each institution would be fitted to riceommodate 1,200 patients.' Against Rent Regulation Bill. The bill now pending before the Indiana legislature, providing for a stipulated financial return on rental property, known as the anti-rent profiteering bill, would defeat Its' purpose by making the Income on rental property so low that builders would refuse to erect buildings for housing purposes, said speakers at a Joint meeting of the Indianapolis Rental board and the Indianapolis Real Estate board. More than 250 property owners, real estate dealers and several building supply men attended the meeting and protested against the passage of the bHI. Speakers asserted that Instead of aiding in a solution of the housing problem the bill. If enacted Into' law by the general assembly, would tend to make the housing situation more acute by making the erection of buildings for housing purposes almost prohibited from the Investor's point of view. The bill provides that real estate for residence rental purposes appraised at more thai $2,000 shall not pay dividends to exceed 12 per cent, while residence rental property appraised at less than $2.000 shall not pay dividends to exceed 10 per cent. Six months In Jail and a fine of $500 Is the maximum penalty named In the bill for violation, and the Circuit court would have jurisdiction over the enforcement of the measure. To Protect Thawing Roads. It will be unlawful to drive a heavy truck over a thawing road if the Tagu e bill, now pending before the house committee on roads, is passed by the lower branch. The measure has little opposition in the senate. The bill provides that tires of less than three inches shall not carry a load of more than 2.500 pounds on thawing roads. Wider tires are allowed a heavier load. Road supervisors, constables and other local officials are given police powers tT en force the measure.

Some Real Hunting. , "Well, Joe." said Wilkins, as he met his friend Robinson on the avenue, "did you get any good hunting up In Maine?' "We sure did," said Robinson. "How did that new dog Drown sent you work?" "Splendid!" was the reply. "Fact Is, If It hadn't been for that dog we wouldn't have had any hunting at all. He ran away at the first shot, and we spent four days looking for him." Cruel and Inhuman. "Every time Mr. dipping takes Mrs, dipping out for a motor ride he drives past the county poorhouse.'1"What's the Idea?" "He's trying to persuade her to let him sell their car and he uses the poorhouse as an object lesson. Birmingham Age-Herald. A Dressing Room Compliment. The Chorus Lady I know I ain't got much voice. My face Is my fortune. The Itough Soubrette Well, poverty ain't no crime, but if you should go bankrupted I'd hate to be the receiver. STUNG She: You Said If I married you, I should want for nothing. He: With your dad's wealth I never dreamed either of us would. A Wit. A wit Is one who says the thing To fill the room with laughter Which we ourselves think up to say The morning following after. All Mixed Up. "I want to get this account straight Has our leading lady had five husbarids or six hunbands?" "I dunno. Ask her." "But she Isn't certain herself. Naturally. "What kind of weapons did the bandits use in that holdup In the serial story?" "I suppose they were magazine guns-' Ways of Girls. "The girls all got mad at each other and had a fight. Now they are all mad at Mabel.' "Why?" "Because she wouldn't get In It." An Appalling Idea. "One time when we were In Enrope, we certainly did make a night of it." "I hope It wasn't In Norway, where the nights are sixuonths long. Its Condition. "The backer of that unsuccessful show complained that his cake was dough.' "Well, that Is only what angel cake Is expected to bo." A Sinister Omen. "I hear the new play has a poor chance of making a popular hit "Unfortunately, yes. It was unanl mously commended as bound to be a success by all the critics. A Color Match. "What makes Richard so fearfully Jealous of his blue-eyed fiancee?' "I guess it is the green-eyed monster." What He Meant. She The idea of your telling Agnes that her face was like a poem. He I meant like one of Browning's poems there are some hard lines In It A Common Trouble. 'How did that speaker come to be In such a tight place?' , "I think it was on account of his loose statements.' Standing Up for Them. "Somebody ought to stand up for the railroads," said the chairman of the meeting. "I do," protested Mr. Crosslots. MI haven't had a seat In the last six months." The Cause of It -What a dreadfully rasping voice Smith has P "1 guess that comes from his going to his dentist and having his teeth filed."

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A Nervous Woman Frankfort, Ind. " Wien living in Kirkcrsvillc, Ohio, I took Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I was always complaining. Nervousness troubled me, caused, I think, bv woman's weakness. This medicine was recommended to mo and I thought I would try it, I found results good ; it certainly helped me," Mrs. Carrio Headleo, 1203 Oak St. Mother Goose, Linguist. Mary's mother was Improving the shining hours with a little Trench conversation, which Mary, aged four, was finding somewhat Irksome. To some remark her mother replied 4Oui. oui." at which Mary said. In an exasperated tone : "Don't talk that pig talk to me." "That Isn't pig talk, dear; It's" "Yes, It is, too, mother. That's Just what the little pig said all the way home." Ilarper's. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Beware I Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you . are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told In the Bayer package for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Ifonoacetlcacidester of Sallcyllcacld. Adv. " Disarmament. Til never forget," said Cactus Joe, "the time Crimson Gulch decided that all us citizens ought to disarm." "Did the boys agree?" j Tes. It worked out fine till Tomale Tom $ound out where the weapons were cached and took possession. The recovery of our rights to self preservation was one of the most prolonged and agitating events In Crimson Gulch history." Very Likely. He So the minister this morning preached a scathing seneon on the extravagance of women. She Yes, nnd there his wife sat with a $75 hat on.. He That was probably the cause of the sermon. Boston Transcript. Every department of housekeeping needs Red Bross Ball Blue. Equally good for kitchen towels, table linen, sheets and pillowcases, etc. Appropriate Peril. "We had a narrow escape when we turned suddenly on that narrow path along the cliff they call the Razor." "Yes, It must have been a close shave." Never put off until tomorrow the mea'nness you can cut out today. Matrimony has destroyed many Bweet and pleasant delusions. Caveman methods may be tolerated If It Is the right caveman. Even the soviet must have a boss. MIT KeOodF 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief n rr a rn sr O) 3 aü VS -ZFOR INDIGESTION DEAD Life is a burden when the body is racked with pain. Everything worries and the victim becomes despondent and downhearted. To bring back the sunshine take (SOLD MEDAL Tb national reoefly cf Holland for over 200 years; it is an enemy of all pains retailing from kidney, liver and uric add troubles. All druggists, tbrea eixes. Look for ti nirae Co VI M! a trny has and accept m iouUtioa

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