Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-18
News Breuihes
of Illinois

Industrial reports from all fac
tories and large business houses
in Illinois, containing answers to four
questions prepared by Director George
B. Arnold of the state department of
labor, are TO be obtained in the near
future by the various free employment
bureau superintendent. These Ques-
tiOns are as follows: Are you adding
to or reducing your force?' What is
your opinion on labor cOnditiOnS?"
present business prospects," DO
you anticipate a change in the near
future?" AS an experiment, Mr.. Ar
mold had industrial reports of this
character gathered in Rockford by
Superintendent Peter I. Anderson.
Sixteen factories responded, eight of
them announcing in answer to Ques-
ton one that they were operating with
greatly reduced forces, and eight 9TH
ers that they We're either normal or
gradually nearing normal again.
Pana WOman's clubs civic depart
ment called off their 10 cents cash
per hundred" campaign for flies
killed and delivered to specified sta
tiOnS, inaugurated a few days ago.
Pana urchins brought their slaugh-
tered flies to WOman'S club mOrgues
by tens of thousands and every day
increased their captures until the club
treasury was depleted. In two days
women attendants received and count
ed 256,950 dead flies for which they
paid S252.05, 1900 dead flies being
donated.
Cultivation of corn is going for
ward generally in Illinois, and in
the northern part the stand is
very good, according to the weekly
crop notes issued by the agricultural
statistician for the federal bureau of
crop estimates. His report for the past
week adds: Corn has made good
| progress. Some few fields not yet cul-
tivated are weedy, but on the whole
| the fields look unusually clean in all
J sections. Chinch bugs are appearing
| In many counties and threaten dam
| age.
Waukegan high school board,
| upon suggestion of the principal,
| decided to add course in cafe
| terra and restaurant operation next
| year, under the vocational training
law. Pupils taking the course will be
| given credits. The cafeteria will be
| operated for the benefit of high school
| students who buy their lunches at
| school
In recognition of the practical work
done for fire prevention and fire pro-
lection during the school year just
closed, John G. Gambler, state fire
marshal, has presented gold medals to
the 20 high school students who have
served as Junior fire marshals.
The right Of way for state bond is
sue road No. 8, from FreepOrt to East
Dubuque, its western terminus, has
| been secured. In most instances
farmers of the two counties, Stephen
son and 10 DavieSs donated the nee
essary land.
The first Illinois state convention
Of the Women's Catholic Order of For
esters will be held in the state arsenal
in Springfield June % to July 1.
About 700 delegates will attend, 40
from Chicago, the rest from down
state
Airplane police to regulate aerial
traffic, assist in hunting down bank
robbers and automobile bandits and
to patrol the lake front for persons
and vessels in districts has been added
to the Evanston police department.
Stephenson county defeated a prop
osition to levy a special tax to estab-
lish a patrol system of road mainte-
nance. Harry Edwards and f. j.
Stransky, Republicans, were re-elect-
ed to the Circuit bench.
Veterans of the One Hundred and
Twenty-third heavy field artillery, be-
fore the war the Sixth regiment, Hill
nois National Guard, will hold a re-
| union at Rock Island June Is and 10.
The Elgin State Hospital for the In
sane is soon to celebrate its fiftieth
anniversary. At present there are p
200 patients in the institution, one of
whom has been there AZ years.