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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
3
Guetay J T Meyer writes in the Indianapolis Star urging public access to hunting on state lands. He argues private clubs threaten free shooting rights and proposes public preserves and dedication of marsh lands like Kankakee for hunting and fishing, with spring nesting value noted.
An opinion urges a system where hunter and angler funds, via a direct tax, stock state lands and waters for public use while limiting private posting. Landowners who stock stock and post land must not extract private gain. public access and reproduction are prioritized, with safeguards against exclusion and overstocking.
The Indiana board of state charities released a report on the indeterminate sentence law. It reveals parole outcomes from 16 years, with 57 of 100 paroled prisoners discharged, 26 violating, 2 dying, and the rest under supervision. Prison-by-prison figures include the State Prison 26.2 percent parole, the Reform School 15.6 percent, and the Woman's Prison 28.6 percent, plus earnings and savings totals. The report highlights earnings of over two million dollars and details costs, releases, violations, and current reporting statuses across institutions. It notes different penalties for treason murder and habitual criminals and explains the law’s age applicability and parole latitude. Safety and welfare considerations guide parole decisions.
The Frankfort Times reports a telegram urged Sherry Miller to send officers to Colfax to arrest Flossie Goldsberry on liquor law charges. Deputy Sheriff Peas and others failed to reach Colfax, goldsberry surrendered in Colfax after bondsmen sought his return to the city for trial. Goldsberry, once a Colfax attorney, faced bonds forfeiture and accusations of bootlegger activity while campaigning in county elections.
A Washington bulletin from the Agriculture Department warns against consuming raw or uncooked pork to stop the spread of viri niosis or pork disease. It cites November and December 1911 outbreaks in California linked to sausage eaten uncooked, a parasitic worm in hog flesh with no effective treatment, and cites inspections showing many dogs infested with a worm.
Professor N. E. Hangen of the South Dakota College of Agriculture, famed as the Alfalfa Wizard, has brought alfalfa from Liberia along with Clover Aragsex Wheat and fruits. His world voyage aimed to identify alfalfa varieties adaptable to Tilton States, promising benefits to national agricultural interests.
Professor Hansen led a Siberian seed expedition funded by the last legislature to obtain hardy alfalfa and sweet clover for drought and cold regions. He returned with 142 pounds of seed and new clover varieties, including a tall red stemmed sweet clover and a Siberian esparcet, promising to improve South Dakota and other states’ forage crops.
Aburney A J Shelby and court reporter Alva Small returned home Christmas morning from depositions in the Cruse case across Tennessee and Kentucky. Their travels included Kovaville Tent Owenborn and Henderson where tobacco growers kept Small under surveillance as a suspicious character while depositions began.
The fire marshal warns that over 55 percent of Ohio schoolhouses are frame structures and fire risks rise with age. With 9,020 school buildings and 4,272 frame, safer exits, heating plant safeguards, and adherence to the Ohio building code are urged to prevent future tragedies. The code, adopted after the Collinwood disaster, requires fire stops, fireproof heater rooms, proper wiring, and limited boiler pressure.
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