Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-03-11
ILLINOIS
NEWS
BRIEFLY
TOLD

Springtield.-Bo lines of the
state of Illinois cannot be changed by
action of the constitutional convention
that body decided when il rejected the
article which would change the pres
ent boundary between Illinois and Wis
cOnsin, over which there is some queS-
ton. Delegate Elan Clarke Of Wauke
gan spoke against the adoption of the
article, declaring that inasmuch a. the
territory of state was granted by con
greSS, the convention was without
power to act. He recommended 4 com
mission be named TO meet with a Wis
cOnSin commission To discuss the mat
ter in dispute. The claim now is
made that the boundary line takes
from the state of Illinois some terri
tory near Beloit, Wis. and likewise
adds TO this state Il similar tract be-
longing to the state of Wisconsin. The
convention adopted the article on dis
tribution Of powers providing that the
executive legislative and judicial de
partments shall function separately
and the powers of one TO be free from
the other
Urbana.-BecaU~e spring wheat re-
quireS a cool climate. the 81 counties
in northern Illinois can. roughly speak
inc, safely include spring wheat in
their systems of farming. according To
Or. w. l.. BurleSon, head of the agron-
Omy department Of the state univer-
sity. Counties north Of the line drawn
between the southern boundaries of
Kankakee and Mercer counties. may
be included III the primary spring
wheat belt of Illinois Counties north
of line drawn between the south
em boundaries Of Edgar and Pike
counties and south of the line men
toned above have produced very sat
isfactory spring wheat for the last two
ye;trS. Doctor RUrleSon states.
WaUkegan.-Gov. Len Smali'> trial
on charges of conspiracy 10 withhold
interest on sta.e funds was post
poned at Waukecan until April 3. The
pOstpOnement was granted by Judge
Claire c. Edwards upon n motion Of
the defense supported by an affidavit
from Governor Small reciting that it
is necessary for him to give his time
for the next so days to the states
road-buildin@ program and work in
connection with ii.
Chicago What will Illinois farm
labor he paid iQ 1922? In answer to a
qUeStionnaire sent out to several hun
dred farmers in DeKalh county the
average opinion showed recommend
alton Of S5293 Il month for married
farm hands and S3445 for single en-
ployee~. Both figures include board
and living quarters. 1t is expected
that county farm bureaus in the state
will hold meetings this spring 10 dis
cuSs the subject
Springfield.-Th are 6.234 men
and women in the "A largest cities of
Illinois who are unable to say how old
they are. according to figures compiled
by the census bureau at Washington
Of that number 1851 are men and p
733 women. Native born white men and
women are in The majority, numbering
1856 in this class. OF the G.324, Chi
cago has Pill men and 2,007 women
Il total of 4.7TS.
ingfield.-Animated by a desire
to check the theft of motor cars, the
Springfield Anti-Auto Thief as sOciatiOn
was organized by 100 owners of auto
mobiles and will operate along the
same lines as the Anti-Horse Thief as
ISOLATION of former days.
StocktOn-ThOmaS Munkley. eighty.
recIuse who died recently, left $500
to each of St0ckton'S six churches
and the remainder of his estate, valued
at $4,000. to f. T. Dickinson, who
took the old man into his home after
he had been found i'll in a cabin.
GaIena-The Illinois Central IS re
ported to plan shorter line from
Scales Mound to Dubuque. Ia. elm
mating sharp and dangerous curves.
Galena will not be on the new line
which will be used for heavy freight
traffic.
Creditors of the First
State bank of Lyndon agreed to &C
cept 20 per cent discount in order that
the bank may be reOpened as soon as
possible The shortage Of \. r. Ruiz
ZelI, abSconding cashier. now a fugi-
tive, is $54974.15.
Aurora-Bond issues providing for
the expenditure of $3J0,000 for a new
water works system and to pay in
part the cost of new bridge over Foy
river will be submitted to Aurora
voters at the election April II.
Newman.-A new packing plant with
a capacity of 100000 cases of corn
annually will be built at Newman
shortly 1t is expected to be in opera
ton by August.
Bellevillc-Miss Susie Wolf Of Free
burg is the first woman bank cashier in
st. Clair county. She has been elected
to that position by the stockholders of
the First National bank of Freeburg.
Pinckneyville.-Seve prisoners es-
capped from the Perry county Jail at
Pinckneyville through a tunnel which
they dug with a razor. The men used
steel from their shoes to saw the bars
of their cells. Sheriff Thinning was
not aware of the delivery before one
of the prisoners, Sam Gilmer negro,
was recaptured at DuGuoin.
Centralia.-Constructi of commu-
nity fruit-paclling houses at all local
units early enough to handle this
years crop was favored at the first
annual meeting of the Illinois fruit ex'
change recently held in Centralia.