Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-01
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estimate WAS made after a careful sur
vey of the three counties. Most of
the apples will be of the Jonathan
variety. The investigators credit $50.
900 barrels to Calhoun county, 100000
to MacOGpin and 10000 to Jersey.
Apple buyers from Chicago and New
York are offering record prices for the
crop in this section. The prices range
from 1925 to $3.50 a barrel on the
trees The crop this year will average
approximately 60 per cent of the nor
NAL yield.
Springtield.-The Illinois Supreme
court held that William Bross Lloyd,
Winnetka capitalist must serve
prison term of from one to five years
and pay a sum of $1,000 for advOcat-
ing overthrow IF the United States
government during the period of OPP
peratiOn Of the Communist Labor
party In the decision the convic-
tons of eighteen others of the party,
obtained in August, 1920, are upheld.
A Scathing denunciatiOn of radicaliSm
in general was contained in the
opinion, which was delivered by Chief
Justice Floyd E. Thompson. Only one
justice, Orrin n Carter. dissented.
Salem.-The scale of prices for
thrashing grain established by the
Washington County Brotherhood of
Thrashermen for the seOson of 1922 is
II cents for wheat, 10 cents for rye
and s cents for oats when full crew
and cook wagon is supplied. For a
full crew, without the cook wagon, the
price will be 10 cents for wheat, II
cents for rye and cents for oats.
When machine hands only are sup
piled wheat will be thrashed for Z
cents. rye for 10 cents and oats for
5 cents
Washington, d. c. - COnstruc-
ton of a S3,OOO,OOO hospital at Great
Lakes for treatment and care of
former soldiers suffering from ner-
vOus and mental diseases will be
be completed in eight months, it was
announced by Col. Charles r. Forbes,
head of the veterans bureau. The
first unit of the hospital will ac-
cOmmOdate 500 patients, and addi-
lions to be made later will increase
its capacity to 1000 or more.
Springtield.-An order has been
mission requiring the Chicago & Alton
railroad to equip all passenger trains
between Chicago and Springfield with
an automatic train control Similar
orders have been issued to other roads
1t is estimated that the cost of equip
ping the mileage between Springfield
and Chicago will total $4,000, or APP
prOXimately 81, 800 mile The device
is designed to reduce accidents to a
minimum.
ChicagO.-IllinOiS coal operators at
this time are only interested in seeing
law and order restored in Williamson
county, DIR. F. G. HOnnOld, secretary
of the Illinois Coal Operators assOcia-
ton said No effort has been made by
the operators to reopen other mines
in that county, where striking miners
and sympathizers attacked and killed
more than a score of nOnuniOn work
erS at the Lester strip mine and
wounded many more a few days ago.
Decatur-MacOn county will not
lease its poor farm for Oil-drilling pur-
poses, although an attempt has been
made to obtain drilling rights by some
of the prOspectOrs in the vicinity The
board accepted the recommendation
of the judiciary committee that there
will be plenty of time to lease the oil
and gas rights after successful well
has been drilled in the neighborhood
of the farm
Ottawa.-Work on a new bridge over
Fox river at Ottawa will begin in a
few days The structure will cost
$4,000. There will be a width of 40
feet in order that the cars of the trac-
ton lines may cross. Approval of the
bridge has been authorized by the War
department and also the senate and
house at Washington.
Observation-Disclosures of the Freeport
fire department are asking the city
council to reconsider it's action reduc-
ing their salaries from $135 to $125 per
month and eliminating their annual
ten-day vacations.
Kankakee.-At the instance of the
Chamber of Commerce nearly five hun
dred road markers have been placed
on all the principal thOroughfares
leading to Kankakee. Boy scouts as
sisted in the work.
ringfeld.-Unlimited power to is
sue bonds for the purchase of a local
transportation system or the building
of subways is given Chicago in a re-
vised section of the proposed state
constitution adopted by the ICON con-"
Normal.-As a safeguard against
future fires Of great destructiveness.
the Normal city council has passed
an ordinance that all buildings to be
erected must have fireprOOf roofs.
Lincoln-Creosote and coal tar
barriers will be used in a number of
Logan county fields infested with
chinch bugs, the farm advisor said.
Springfield.-A total of 81 ,O99, 1856
has been turned into the state treas
ury by the state treasurer since his
term of Office began January 10, 1921.
Rock Island.-Business men of
Rock Island and Moline have organ
lied in an effort to transfer Hedding
college from Abingdon to this city.
Belleville. - A Belleville milling
company has started airplane freight
service Flour and meal were de-
Ivered by airplane to Freeburg, New
r.