Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
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Ch1cagO.-BoOZe runners illicit deal
ers in liquor contraband and others en-
gagged in whisky sales in Chicago re-
garded with CONSERVATION the SEN
tence imposed on Charles NJ. SommerS.
part owner of the st. James grill anu
the BirchmOnt hotel in Rogers Park. by
Judge Lands in federal court. Som
mers, after being found guilty of pos
sessing and selling liquor, was SEN
fenced to two and a half years in fed
eral prison and fined $4,000 William
SOmmers, cousin of the chief defend
ant and manager of the BirchmOnt hO-
tel, was sentenced to 90 days in the
brideWell and fined $4,000. Sommers
had been indicted on two counts, one
of conspiracy and enc for selling Ii
quor. In addition to being sent to pris-
on he was fined $4,000
Springfeld.-An entire seasons crop
may be gained by farmers through
new process of crop rotation re-
Gently discovered by the Illinois state
department of agriculture, according
to ii. ii. Parke, assistant director of
the department. By sowing a recently
developed species of sweet white
clover, mixed with small grain, he said,
two distinct crops may be harvested
from one seeding. The nitrogen taken
from the soil by the grain is restored
by the clover. The land is then ready
for corn the following year. During
the grain harvest the clover is not
sufficiently matured to be injured.
Some months later the clover furnishes
a second crop. Formerly the nitrogen
replacement required an entire year
in the crop rotation scheme.
Observation-Disclosures is on the whole
one of the driest states in the coun-
try, according to Ralph w. Stone, state
federal prohibition agent. Licenses
for wholesale liquor dealers il Chi
cago have been reduced from more
than 400 when the law first went into
effect to 40 at present, Mr., Stone said.
Licenses were revoked in 360 instances
for violations in selling TO unauthOr-
lied persons. Every doctor in the
fraction of the law has had his name
placed on the BLACK list" and this
list is referred to when the prescrip-
ton blanks are issued, Mr.. Stone re-
ported
Chicago.-The contract for the first
Gulf of Mexico was awarded a few
days ago at Chicago. Green & Sons
company was given the job of build
ing the first lock in the series of six
which will open GO miles of waterway
between the Illinois river and the
drainage canal. The contract price is
81, 373, 115 The first lock will be built
at Marseilles. Bids for the second
lock will be opened November %. 1t
is estimated that the work will be COM
pleted within two years.
Springfield.-COok county, with 5,3O5
farms, has the largest number of
farms of any county in the state, ac-
cording to figures made public by the
United States census bureau. Other
counties and the number of farms con-
tanned in them are as follows: Jeffer-
son, 1892; Adams, 1874; Champaign
1866; Fayette, 1876; IrOquois, 1858
LaSalle, 4,213: Livingstone, 3,726; Nc
Lean, 400; Macoupin, 3,777; Wayne
3,769. All other counties have less than
1000 farms.
WashingtOn.-The Armour Grain
company of Chicago entered a plea OF
guilty to the charge, under the fed
eral food and drugs act, of adulterat
ing and misbranding % carloads OF
oats and was fined $1,05O and costs
by the court, according to a notice OF
! judgment issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture. 1t was
alleged in the information filed in the
case that the oats were adulterateC
with feed, barley. dirt, and chaff.
Springfield.-More than IS per cent
of the worlds supply of fiuOrspar is
mined in the counties OF Hardin and
10 Davis, in southern Illinois, accord
ing to the state department of mines
and minerals. FluOrspar is used in the
manufacture of steel. Lead and Zinc
are always found with it. Statistics
show that from seven mines 7,57t
tons of ore were mined last year.
Washington, D. C.-The resignation
of A V. Dalrymple, supervising fed
eral prohibition agent at Chicago, was
formally announced by COMMISSIONS
Williams of the bureau of internal rev
enue. He has had charge of the cen
trail enforcement department, which
comprises the states of Michigan, 1ndi
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin.