Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
ILLINOIS
Il STATE NEWS


handling of farm products thus sim
plifying the marketing problem
through the following plans approved
ut recent meeting of the Illinois
Grain Dealers association i'm Chicago:
The hiring of sufficient number of
most able solicitors for the purpose Of
assisting communities In establishing
cooperative grain elevators; to be
strongly enough financed to handle
the business of that community; to
ship by the shortest and least expen-
sive route the grain from the point Of
production to the point of consump-
ton, excluding all except the essential
handling; to encourage the installation
Of necessary equipment for condition
Ing grain wherever needed to promote
the Joining together of these elevators
TO own the required business that may
he essential to develop efficiency and
promote the welfare of the entire COM
munity; to establish a clearing house
to begin operations as soon as enough
Of the farmers elevators already es.
tablished warrant its success. This
clearance house shall function as
brokerage connecting the producer and
the consumer by the lines Of least re-
sistance.
Champaign.-"The most efficient
methods of combating the Chinch bug
that we have found I'm this state are
by winter burning, the use Of barriers
at harvest time, spraying bugs along
the outer rows of infested corn when
they are congrcgated on such rows,
and the growing of crops on which the
chinch bug will not feed" This state
ment was given out by State Ento-
mologist w. =. Flint at the University
of Illinois In response to the many In
quIries that have been received as to
whether or not spreading the dis
eased chinch bugs" In infested fields
would be beneficial.
Rockford.-Fire that threatened to
destroy the entire village Of Rockton
was brought under control after the
fire department from Beloit, Wis, an
swered special distress signal. The
Monarch Cabinet company's plant was
destroyed with a loss estimated at
about $4,000. Two large tanks Of
naphtha exploded, setting fire to the
Hopkins lumber yard, which suffered
loss estimated at $500.
-Constitutionality of the
Illinois law regulating price Of school
text books was attacked by Scribner
K Sons In n suit filed In United States
district court against the board of edu-
cation Of La Grange, represented by
l.. X. Elliott, as president, and Fran
els G. Blair, superintendent of public
instruction In Illinois. An order re.
straining the defendants from enforc-
Ing the law IL asked In the bill.
Neutrality-suspicious. Caudell, who was
said to have confessed TO sending n
threatening letter to Len Small, can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor, will he removed to the
state hospital from the county jail for
treatment for mental disorders, ne
c0rding to Sheriff W. J. Riley. The let
ter demanded $4,000 and threatened
death to Mr.. Small and his family UNI
less the money was paid.
Springield.-If the statewide wheat
yield equals that reported from the
Edinburg district, Illinois will 60 over
the top this year with banner wheat
crop. According to the reports re-
celved at the Sangamon county farm
bureau, fields In the vicinity Of Edln-
! burg are producing thirty bushels an
acre, ranging In weight from 90 to O.
pounds TO the bushel.
Shelbyville.--A farmer near here
caught Il G0-pound yellow catfish In
the Okaw river. The large fish nearly
pulled him under water I'm the catch.
The fish was In Il deep hole surround
ed by shallow water. The farmer wad.
ing around the hole after discovering
the big fish stuck his foot In the hole
and nearly had It bitten of by the
fish.
Springiield.-One hundred and fifty
new members have been added To the
Montgomery County Farm bureau
within the last two weeks, through the
efforts of three representatives of the
Illinois Agricultural association, now
on duty in this county, This brings
the total up to l,4l9.
Chicago.--When Harry Andrae was
sentenced by Judge Hugo Pam to be
hanged on October II he made the
seventh man scheduled to die on the
gallows In the Cook county Jail on
that day. Eight other murderers will
meet similar fates on the preceding
| day. october H.
Joiiet.-Booze raids by the sheriff
| and his deputies have put more than
4 $4,000 In the treasury of WIN county
since May l. The total amount col.
lected In fines and costs since January
| is Sl2,lS7. The fines ranged from
$3.50 TO $1,000, the average being 1890,
East st. Louis.-PrOsecution under
the Lever act Of certain coal operators
In southern Illinois il probable, 1t was
| announced at the United States dis
| trict attorneys Office.
Chicngo.-Daylight saving time has
been abandoned by stockyards inter
ests In Chicago. Necessity for con-
formation with railroad schedules
prompted the change. Since the double
time standard went into effect deliv-
cries have been running an hour be-
| hind the market schedule, causing In
| convenience and extra expense In
overtime pay.
Chicago.-The Illinois Retail Shoe
Dealers association, meeting ut Chi
cago. put under way action to war