Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-22
ILLINOIS
StateNews

Appointment of John Boyle of De-
kalb as state superintendent of parks
was announced by Governor Small.
Mr.. Boyle will succeed Frank Lob
man of Sandwich.
Twenty-Five schoolboys from Dele
van and Hopedale competed in the
judging of horses and cattle at the
Tazewel County Farmers institute at
Delavan recently.
Ten railroads in Illinois now have
made reductions in freight rates on
agricultural limestone, according to an
announcement from the office of the
Illinois Agricultural association.
In an election which brought more
people to the polls than any school
contest at Galesburg in years, the
proposed 100000 bond issue for a
to 1,703.
Independent milk producers of
Boone county have formed a new
organization which will have con-
troll of the marketing of the dairy
products of its members, independent
of cooperative milking association
which has been in business at Belvi-
dere for some time.
Contracts for 90 miles of cement
roads at total cost of 50, 597. 769 were
awarded by state highway officials at
the direction of Governor Small. In
this letting a new low average figure
of 1853 per mile was reached. This
ic
includes the cost of cement and grad
ing. The 90 miles of roadwOrk
awarded is the largest in the history
of the state.
Illinois Disciples of Christ closed
their 1921 meeting at Decatur by elect
ing Rev. c. c. Carpenter of Peoria
president and Rev. Harry Fonger of
Kansas, ILL.,, vice president. The con-
ventiOn decided to launch a campaign
to raise S265,O0 for Eureka college.
If this is raised, an additional S135,-
900 will be forthcoming from the gen.
eral educational board of the Rookie
teller foundation.
Unemployment conditions in Spring
field have been relieved by the open
ing of coal mines, according to the re-
port on local conditions made to
George Arnold, state director of labor.
Other activities, including municipal
improvements and the construction of
hard roads, also will give employment
to a number of men. There is a re-
vival of optimism in all parts of the
state, reports show.
Increases in both freight and pas
senger rates were denied railroads
in Illinois by the Illinois COM
MERGE commission. The commits
sion denied increases in freight rates
to the AtchisOn, Topeka & Sante Fee
and the other railroads operating in
Illinois between points in the state
asked for by the railroads under alleged
authority of the interstate commerce
commission and dismissed the petition
of the railroads.
Construction of a large hangar for
the army air service at Scott field
near Belleville has been begun and is
expected to be completed next August.
The hangar, which will cost more than
$1,000,000, is intended to house princi-
pally nOnrigid dirigibles, although it
will be spacious enough to hold larger
lighter-than-air craft. 1t will be 90S
feet long, 200 feet wide and $50 feet
high. About go soldiers will be at
tached to the balloon school.
Following the arrest at Davis juno
ton of L. n. Kopland, cashier of the
Union State bank, at Hanover, State
Auditor Russell later closed that bank.
He had previously closed the BardOlph
State bank, one of the same chain of
banks. The arrest of K.Opland was
made on Mr.. RuSSeFS order on the
charge of the embezzlement of $780,
600. Fearing violence, KOpland was
rushed to Galena and placed in the 10
Daviess county Jail. The Union Ma
tional bank of Maccmb has been ap-
pointed receiver for the Bardolph bank
and J. A. Speer, cashier of the Han
over State bank, has been named as
receiver for the Union State bank at
that place.
The Illinois Agricultural association.
representative of all county farm bu-
reaus in the state, will hold its annual
meeting on January IL and u, it was
decided upon at a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the farmers or
ganization. This will be the seventh
meeting of this kind to be held by the
organizations since its origin. The
meeting place was left undecided by
the committee, which will consider
this matter at the next meeting in No
vember. Springfield and Chicago have
both been mentioned for the meeting
Last years gathering was held at
Chicago and was attended by several
thousand farmers. Representatives
from each of the ninety county farm
bureaus in the state, will be sent to
the January meeting. Many of the
policies of the organization are fixed
at these annual meetings.
Declaring that the assessment made
against Sangamon county farms is
the highest in the state, compared to
the fair value of the land, the Sanga-
mon county farm bureau is preparing
to go before the state tax commission
with a request that the assessment
be cut.
Rep. James NJ. Pace of Macomb, has
filed his resignation from the Illinois
general assembly. He was chairman