Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ILLINOIS
| News Notes
Observation-Disclosures

| Of abating, says the June employment
| bulletin of the Illinois department of
| labor. Last month permits were taken
out in ID principal cities of the state
| authorizing $50. SS6.S6 worth of work.
This was more than seven times the
value of the work authorized in May
1921, and was about S11. 100000 more
| than in April, 1922 THE extent of
the building activity is itself impOr-
tant," says the bulletin, but more sig
niticant is the extension of intensive
building to the industrial cities. In
East st. Louis building permits eN-
banded from S56.S25 in May. 1921. to
$500, 4S3 in May 1922 In Cicero per-
mitS authorized nearly S50O.0O0 worth
of work, about two and One-half times
the amount year ago. In Peoria per-
mitS were to the amount of $500, 49, in
May, in contrast to SID. 435 in the pre-
ceding month. Only in Moline, of the
chief industrial cities of the state. is
building work tagging"
observation-disclosures associations in
many sections Of the country had a
share in successful! completing the
campaign of Knox college the "Old ST
wash of George Fitch, for second
S1,OO,OOO of endowment, according to
statement by the president. A total
OF 100000 was raised by the New
York Knox club, $4,000 by the Los
Angeles club, $4,000 among St Louis
alumni. The general education board
contributed $25O.0OO, the Carnegie cor
pOratiOn $4,000. and much of the rest
was given by alumni in small Illinois
towns. Cyrus FL. Mccormick, Chica-
go, established 4 memorial professor
ship in honor of the late Judge Philip
5. Post with S25,000, part of 100000
given by former students and friends
i'll Chicago.
Champaign.-E Excellent progress in
training disabled veterans of the World
war is being made at the Univer-
Sity of Illinois, according TO a state
ment by Kendric Z. Babcock, univer-
sity counselor for the veterans. Two
hundred and tWenty-three veterans
who were disabled received vocation
al training at the university the past
year under the guidance of the United
registered il all of the regular
courses of the university, and special
courses in agriculture were given
solely for their benefit. Special funds
are provided by the university for the
use of vocational students. These
are used when federal checks are de-
layed.
Springfield.-On day poultry schools
are being arranged by county farm
advisors in six counties and the animal
husbandry department, University of
Illinois. Professor Card will have
charge of the schools which will he
held as follows Carbonate. July 6:
Belleville, July Z; Springfield, July
10; Galesburg, July II; Dixon. July
II, and Urbana, July Is. Feeding,
culling and sanitation problems will
be considered at the schools and part
of the program will be to Gull farm
flock.
Urbana.-Announcem of the APP
pOintment of Prof. Milo S. Ketchum.
head Of the department of civil en-
cheering at the University of Penn
Sylvania, as dean of the college of
engineering at the University of Illi-
nOis was made by President David
Kinley. Professor Ketchum succeeds
Dean c. r. Richards, member of the
faculty since 1911 and who resigned
to become president of Lehigh univer-
sity. The dean-elect is a native of
Illinois. He was born in Henry county
Spring notwithstanding Chicago, the
membership of the local Young Mems
Christian association is the largest in
the state, according to word received
from the Y. NJ. c. A. at Aurora, which
has claimed the distinction for sew
eral years. The present membership
of the Springfield association is with
in less than fifty members of the 1000
mark, while AurOra's total member
ship amounts to 1857, giving Spring
field a lead of approximately 200.
White Hall.-Miss Irene V. Living
stone of this city has a school record
that is believed to be the equal of any
in the state. Graduating from White
Hall high school this year Miss Liv
ingstOne has not been tardy or absent
once since entering school at the age
Of six years. Miss Livingstone stood
at the head Of her classes through
out the high school course. She cap
tured the highest honors in the senior
class
Observation-Disclosures and Illinois Off
GERS are seeking three men who visited
Edward Harris, a hermit living near
Perrysville, and tortured him until he
revealed the hiding place of $4,000,
which they took. Harris was badly
beaten and is suffering from burns on
his feet and hands where the robbers
applied lighted matches to make him
reveal his life savings.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS million baby
salmon from the state hatchery at
Spring Grove will be placed in the Fox
river within few weeks. Fox river
lakes north of Aurora have been
stocked with millions of trout.
Springfield-E Establishment of quar-
antine areas in southern counties to
fight fiag-smut in wheat was decided
upon at conference held with the
director of the state department of
agriculture and farm representatives
The quarantine will stop all ship
ments of grain outside the four cOun-
ties affected until it was treated with
formaldehyde. 1t is now in effect.