Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-04-15
News Nuggets
From Illinois

tertiary at Joliet. died here Monday.
after two years illness. Heart dis
ease caused death. Mr. Murphy was
born at Nashville in 1852.
ChicagO.-Maj. Richard E. Walsh.
veteran of the Spanish-American war
and the A. f. F., in which he served
more than a year during the World
war, has been appointed commanding
officer of the Three Hundred Twenty
fourth signal battalion. Eighty-siXth
Blackhawk division, of Illinois.
Urbana.-Eugene Davenport, dean of
the college of agriculture and vice
president of the University of Illinois,
has announced that his retirement
from active educational work will take
effect next September He plans TO re-
turn to his boyhOOd home, a farm at
Woodland, Mich. after - years de-
voted 70 agricultural research and edu-
cation.
Lion.-Stricter blue-law enforcement
with continuation of bans on smok-
Ing, dancing, swearing, gambling and
censorship of wOman's clothes was
Endorsed by the voters of Benton town
snip, which includes Zion. The lib
erals were defeated by a majority of
700 votes. TheOcratic party. fndOrsed
by Wilbur Glenn VOliva. Overseer of
Zion, elected all Of its candidates. The
majority was the largest ever given
the TheOcraticS.
ChicagO-All of the wool pooled by
organized farmers in the state last
! year, with the exception of $4,000
| pounds which was received in late
| shipments, has been sold, it was an
nOunced at headquarters of the Hi
| nOis Agricultural association in Chica-
! go. The entire wool pool amounted to
10000 pounds, in which 3,161 grow
| ers in 80 counties took part This net
| ted tie growers Il total of S113064
| representing an average net price per
! pound 10 the grower Of 1872 cents.
kankakee.-An explosion of dyna-
mite which wrecked the new Latter
| Day Saints church at Rockville is be-
| ing investigated by Sheriff RELY. The
| church was the second to be destroyed
| III two years and members blame the
! explosion on persons who have Op-
| posed them. The first church was
burned October 20, 1920. The second
| church was deSecrated before il was
opened by persons who smeared the
walls with tar and broke the furniture.
| Last December an attempt was made
to burn the structure.
Notwithstanding the consti-
tutiOnality of the Illinois anti -frater-
nifty act, Circuit Judge Frank w. Bur
ton at Springfield ruled that high
school fraternity members of Spring
field must obey the edict of the board
Of education, and resign from their
fraternities or suffer the alternative
| expulsion from school An appeal to
the Supreme court was indicated by
lawyers representing the fraternities.
but as a hearing cannot be had there
until the June term, there seemed no
escape from the rule of the court that
! high school fraternitieS and sOrOritieS
be repudated forthwith.
pringfield.-IllinOis farm owners
renting their lands for cash are receiv-
ing from to 3 per cent on the value of
the investment, according to figures
gathered by A. J. Surrett, federal sta
tistician in this ~tate The receipt per
centage, however, is gross as the own
ers pay taxes, insurance and any losses
by depreciatiOne to soil and property.
This revenue indicates a decrease of
approximately 20 per cent in cash
rents from last year, the report says.
The number of cash-rent tenants also
is considerably less this year. The
average cash rent per acre for farms
this year is $500 The land value is
estimated at $3.50 per acre.
MISUNDERSTANDING a conference
with the governor, Col. c. r. Miller,
director of public works and buildings.
announced that contracts have been
awarded for 5S.2S miles of concrete
surfacing and 3.79 miles of brick con-
structiOn in Cook, Du Page, jersey
Greene, Champaign, Piatt, Mason,
Lake, Jasper and Will counties. The
concrete surfacing on highways al
ready graded and prepared for the
most part with permanent structures.
will average $26,0S2. 81 a mile in cost
The brick pavement will be used in
widening existing brick pavements in
Champaign and Piatt counties along
route No. TO-
CairO.-Y-bridges proposed for Cairo
by the Tri-State Bridge and Highway
association of southern Illinois, western
Kentucky and southeastern Missouri
would afford passage across the Mis-
sisippi and Ohio rivers for 16 high
ways" according to w. w. Beach, an
engineer connected with the project
The is highways mentioned by Mr..
Beach are the Atlantic-Pacific high
way, Custer Battlefield highway, Dixie
highway, Egyptian trail, Glacier trail,
George Washington National highway,
International Peace highway, Illinois
Route No. 1, King of Trails, Lone
Star route, Mississippi River Scenic
highway, Ozark Trails, Pershing Way,
Southern National highway and the
Wonderland Way.
Elgin.-Petitions filed with the city
clerk insure the holding of an election
on the home rule issue on April %.
1t is proposed to have the voters pass
on the proposition to have the city
regulate its public utilities, instead of
their being regulated by the commerce
commission.
Lincoln.-ArOuSed by bOotIegging
and the Illicit sale of Intoxicating
| I;ou0r tho CitizapS, loo Of lincoln