Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-02-18
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of their 21-cent special hard-road tax.
which the Toledo. st. Louis Il Western
railroad declared illegal. In rebelling
against the tax the railroad claimed
that the treasurer of VermiliOn county
had no authority TO collect the
special 21-cent tax in addition TO the
5O-cent general county tax levy.
Counsel for the treasurer established
their case behind the result of a
special election in which the people
of VermiliOn county voted an assess
ment of not TO exceed 20 cents for
hard-rOad construction. The entire
tax, county and special, these at
tOrneyS cOntended. is only Il cents.
VermiliOn county issued S1,50O.OOO in
bonds, relying upon the 21-cent tax to
pay the matured bonds and interest.
ChicagO.-ArOused by reports that
the ''Old guard" faction of the Milk
Producers association was planning to
get control of the association and al
low members close To Chicago to skim
the cream from the dairying industry,
farmers from three states came to
Chicago a few days ago and elected
new set of officers TO operate the as
SSciatiOn. The officers were elected
at a ''BOlshevist'' meeting held by the
progreSsiveS after they had bOlted
from the meeting called by the 'Old
guard" Trt bolt followed a heated
session at which charges of con
spiracy. graft and steam-rOller tactics
were charged against the old officers.
ringtield.-Decla&ng that failure
TO comply with state automobile head
light regulations is responsible for a
large percentage OF the accidents on the
public highway, the secretary of
state launched campaign to secure
enforcement of the law. He is empha-
sizing particularly the provisions re-
vestigatOrs appointed by him have
been instructed to use the power
given them by the last legislature and
make arrests wherever they find viola
tiOnS of the law
Urbana.-An experiment which had
for its object "tO test the value of
sweet clover as a leguminOus green
manure crop" during which the crop
was plOwed down in the spring and
the land planted TO corn, resulted
during the last 10 years in a corn
yield of 80 bushels an acre, according
to an announcement at the University
% Illinois. Prof. II. ]. Snider said
this is almost double the corn yield
on land where no such treatment is
followed.
Springfield.-Po of Illinois
penal institutions at the close of 1921
was the largest In the states history,
the superintendent of pardOns and
paroles announced, in q report. The
two penitentiaries at Chester and the
reformatOry at Pontiac are filled to
overlooking, the report says. cat the
close of the year Joliet had 1875 in
mates. Pontiac had 1,160 and Chester
had 1905, a total of 4,045."
Springfield-The Illinois department
Of public health and the United States
public health service are negotiating
over plans of cooperation with re-
gard to the certificatiOn of drinking
water supplies on railroad trains and
lake steamers with the view to secur-
ing a pure supply of drinking water.
Hardin.-Calhoun county has a mod
ern version of "MahOmet and the
mountain" There are sick people who
couldn't go to the hospital so the Cal
hOun tuberculosis association sent a
portable hospital to d mother and sew
eral children. The county nurse is
directing the care of them.
PeOria.-PeOria ice companies have
concluded the annual Peoria ice har-
vest, having obtained 1900 tons OF
exceptionally good ice, ranging from
nine to twelve inches in thickness
from the Illinois river. Several hun
dred men were given employment dur
ing the harvest.
Washington, D. C-"Uncle joe
Cannon, oldest member of t house
and former speaker, annOuI- "a that
he fould not be a candidate for re-
election from the Eighteenth Illinois
district.
Springield.-Free textbooks for chill.
dren were indOrsed by the Springfield
Federation of Labor, and a resOlu.
ton adopted calling upon the legisla-
ture to enact a free textbook law.
Hollywood.-This little suburb OF
Chicago has become so upset over the
scandals reported in Hollywood Cal.
that a group Of citizens are planning
q movement to have its name changed
ria.-ApprOpriation of S1,031 SO.
this year has been asked by the various
Peoria city departments. Last year
the city's expenditures tOtaled $1,009,
26091.
Rock Island. - Crudely executed
counterfeit silver" dollars are being
circulated about Rock Island, the vic
tins in most cases being owners OF
small outlying grocery stores, many
of whom are foreigners. The spuriou:
coin is made chiefly of lead.
Peoria.-A state record for hosting
coal was made when, in eight hours
500 men hoisted 1925 tons of coal al
the GrOveland coal mine No. ., east
of Peoria. The record was made de
spite the fact that operations were
delayed ten minutes. The coal filled
81 railroad cars.