The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-06-10

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was asked.
Because the principle importaz
ton Of bees is in queen bees.
"Ah, another case where the re-
male Of the species is more deadly
than the male" gleefully observed
Representative Wfngo from the
/, Democratic side and the house guf-
fawed
The word "adult" was finally
dropped on Graham's request and
Ethe house still chuckling, voted the
bill through.
Assured of firm support in his
effort to better Ievee conditions
along the Illinois river by the new
| ly formed Association Of Drainage
and Levee Districts of Illinois, Rep
resentative Guy L. Shaw, Boards
town, is now attempting to get a
hearing on his flood contrOl bill be-
fore the end of the present sfssion
of congress
This hearing will be held before
the house committee on rivers and
hafbors. Chairman S. Wallace
Dempsey has assured Shaw that an
early date viii be given his bill and
that all Illinoisans who wish to ap-
pear in it's behalf will be welcomed.
When this date is definitely an
nounced, Shaw will broadcast it
over the state through the new as
sociation and will invite all who
are interested to come to Wash
ington. Both w. D. Gibbs, Win
chester, president of the associa-
ton, and Jesse Lowe, Beardstown,
its secretary, have assured him
that a large delegation will re-
spond and that he will not lack
support before the committee.
The evidence which will be pro-
duced at this hearing will probably
concern the damage done by re-
cent floods and the extent of the
farm lands and municipal proper
ties affected during flood times
Passage of the flood control bill
at this session of congress, how
ever, is doubtful. Even should it
get past the house, the huge volume
of work now before the senate
seems to preclude any considera-
ton there.
By it's provisions S2,0O0,00O a
year would be appropriated for the
building and improvement of levees
along the Illinois, with the provi-
sion that local interest protected
thereby should contribute a third of
the total cost. The government
would also refuse to pay for any
rights of way. Future maintenance
would be the duty of the protected
district.
Representative Shaw believes it
advisable to handle the flood con-
troll bill and the fight to check the
flow of water into the Illinois from
the Chicago drainage canal as sep
arate matters, so it is improbable
that evidence on the latter will be
introduced at the flood control
hearing.
With the signing late this week
by the vice president of the Mad
den- -Dennison resolution making
5000, 900 available for levee repairs
on the Mississippi above Cairo, the
task Of directing immediate prepar-
alton for high water along the river
between Cairo and Rock Island falls
on the Mississippi river commits
sion.
This money goes only to those
districts in Illinois and Iowa which
have failed to take advantage of the
Mississippi flood control act and
| suffered in consequence during
the April floods. Such districts.
OF which there are a number in
Randolph, Jackson, Union and Alex
ander counties and others further
up the river, must issue bonds to
cover one-third of the cost of levee
improvement They are obligated
under the Madden-Dennison res6-
luton to levy taxes later.
The speed with which this reso-
luton was rushed through the two
houses of congress was due to an
ticipation of high waters along the
Mississippi river during the latter
part of June, such as has put in
appearance regularly for many
years.
The nomination of James E. Nc
Clure of Carlinville as United
States marshal for the Southern
Illinois district has just come from
the White house and will be con-
firmed by the senate the first of the
| week. Mcclure was decided upon
by Senators Mccormick and Nc
Kinley at the same time as Dis
trict Attorney Thomas Williamson,
but his name has been held up be-
cause the resignation of Marshal
V. Y. Dallman does lEt become ef-
fective until July /.
How Illinois members in con-
/ gress voted last week:
On June 2 the house voted by
202 to SO to accept the conference
report on readjusted pay for army
and navy officers, which retires
those officers at the end of 80
years service with approximately
| three-quarters pay. Illinois mem
bers voted on the proposition as
follows:
| For-Brooks, Cannon, Chind-
blom, Denison, Funk, King, Nc
Kenzie, Rainey. Rodenberg, Shaw,
Sproul, Wheeler. williams, German.
Against-Graham. Madden.
Not Voting-Britten. Copley, Ire
land. Fuller, Kunz. Mann, Michael
son, Moore, Yates, SABBATH
On June 6 the house passed the
independent Offices appropriation
bill, including salaries for mem
bers and attorneys of the United
States Shipping board by a vote of
139 to 121. Illinois members voted
as follows:
For-Brooks, Cannon, Chind-
blom, Graham, King, Madden, Rod
enberg, Shaw, Sproul, Williams,
German