Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-29
ROTARY K|WAN|S
JOINT FEAST HELD
At OTTAWA COLONY

TWO CLUBS GUESTS AT STUMP
TUoUs SPREAD ADDRESS DE
LIvEREp BY REPRESENTATIVE
OF STATE POLICE oRGANIzA
TON.
The joint meeting of the kiwani'
and Rotary last night was big sue
ccss from every standpoint and was
attended by nearly seventy men
These clubs were the guests OF the
/ Ottawa tuberculosis colony manage
ment who prepared an elaborate feed
and served it on the arrow head point
east of the colony grounds The ev
cning was materially liVcncd up by
the good fellowship that prevailed
and "A few of the younger generation
| put over series of harmonious OF
nearly so songs.
/ Someone Introduced a small Cclo
/ bration by generously placing sew
eral punches Of fire crackers under
! the banquet tables and setting them
off from time TO time; this was aug
montCd by the spectacular balloon
ascension with n CClored flame.
| Rev G. J Miller was called upon
/ for q report of the boys camp and
responded by telling the men that
/ the committee had big secret and
they would not let anyone in on il
al this time. A few of the club men
wanted to display their athletic abil
ity so the two presidents got togeth
or and decided that the best thine
t. do was stag" baseball game be
tween Rotary and Kiwanis some
Thursday afternoon which PROPOSE
ton was met with enthusiasm and
il was found that there were nearly
sixty men ready to do the umpir.
Ing.
The big feature of the evening was
the motion pictures of the state po-
lice which were put on by the state
police auxiliary commissioners, who
were represented by two of their
men, Frank l.. Mather and Bliss w.
BoorinE.
In opening up his address Mathcr
said: "A state police is a selected
man, highly trained and supervised,
capable OF handling any situation.
They are organized under the direc.
ton of superintendent and into
troops with captains, lieutcnants and
privates and sent to all parts of the
state for patrol and police duty
While the chief barracks and head
quarters are generally permanent,
there are always a number of out
side stations where the troopers are
required to report and by special
them to keep in touch with each 9th
or at all times These men have to
undergo intensive training to
aCQuaint themselves with the various
state laws, criminal code, geography
and to see that they are properly
equipped mentally, physically and
morally to assume such a response
bic position.
He gave a description of how the
troops are distributed over a state
and by using maps explained how
certain captures had been effected in
eastern places and how they had been
able to take control of some situa
tons that had gotten beyond the con
troll of the local officers.
In talking about the Illinois bill
as it has been presented at Spring
field he said it was patterned after
the New York and Pennsylvania bills
and provided that when it becomes
n law, not less than thirty troops of
sixty men nor more than seventy
troops with the necessary number
of officers would be on duty at one
time and the start would be made
mum is provided so that no new
legislation will be required for sew.
eral years TO come and the system
will have chance to expand The
bill further provides that the state
police may perform service in an or
gained community, such as ottawa.
only when called upon by the local
authorities or by request from the
governor
Th"ir big work is the regulation
Of traffic in the country. testing of
truck capacity, preventing thefts Of
all kinds, their ability to send word
cut for the capture of criminal
and close in on him rather than use
the old system Of following up
The recent riot az Herrin, he said
could have been prevented if there
had been state police for they are
not hampered with politics of local
affiliations and have their work to
perform which is the enforcement Of
all laws at all times,
After the interesting talk Il five
r"el moving picture of the eastern
state police forces was presented