Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-04-22
ILLINOIS
III TIE NEWS


Observation-Disclosures and floods
of the past week took Il toll of upwards
of fifteen lives in this state and did
millions of dollars worth of damage.
Hundreds of homes and buildings were
totally destroyed, as were thousands of
acres Of crops The death toll was
greatest in central Illinois. The vii
lagos of Irviugton and Plaintield. not
far from Centralia, were badly
wrecked. Other fatalities in this
state were in small rural communities.
Red Cross and other aid was provided
III the stricken localities along the Hi
nois and Mississippi rivers. AccOmpa-
MED by rains which sent streams. al
ready swollen, cOursing far beyond
their usual channels. the storm brought
added suffering and inconvenience TO
some communities which for several
days had been affected by flood condi-
tons. \ drop in the temperature 10
below the seasonal normal added To the
discomfort of families. whose homes
had been destroyed by wind or made
uninhabitable by flood. and forced
many To live in tents or improvised
shelter
Springfield. = Engineers, pumpmen,
nrelheh ana all other men necessary 10
the protection of mining property are
instructed to remain at their posts as
long as coal operators do not violate
the terms of agreement between mi
nerS and operators, according to a bull
letln sent out by Frank Harrington.
president of District No. l.. United
Mine Workers of America. to officers
and members of the order i'm this state.
Rules made by the district executive
board in regard 10 this work are ex-
planned in the bulletin. Coal compa-
MES shall be allowed to have all the
men they require TO do repair and eX-
tension work the district executive
board has decided, provided the opera
tors agree TO pay the wages specified
in the agreement terminating March
81, and do not mine coal for sale A
violation of the rules at one mine will
warrant the withdrawal of miners
from other mines operated by the
SANE co npany, the bulletin says.
Springfield.-The code of the Illinois
state highway patrol has been formu-
lated. Although only few patrol Of
hcers have been appointed and the syS-
tenn authorized by the Fifty-second gen
eral assembly has not been placed in
operation, rules for the officers have
been laid down by the division of high
ways and sent to the men who form
the nucleus of the state force. The
orders require all officers to report
daily to their chief. John VI. Stack. at
kankakee. The Illinois highway patrol
is not Il force for general police duties.
The rules specifically instruct each of
ticer To contine his activities TO en-
fOrcement of the motor vehicle laws.
Springtield.-Corn is still king in
SangamOn county. In the Illinois crop
report, put out by the department
of agriculture for 1921. the produc-
ton of this staple crop in the county
is listed at 6,300,064 bushels, valued
at harvesting time last fall at So. 49,
OBJ. This is three times the value
of the Oat or the hay crop, according
TO the report. The value of the six
principal crops of the county, corn,
wheat, oats. rye, hay and potatoes at
harvesting time last year, is estimated
at S6,57632S. The valuation is made
by taking the market value of these
crops at harvesting time from a list
of the SangamOn county farm bureau.
Springfield.-Witht the coal strike in
its third week, a survey of the state
indicates that the larger public
utility companies generally are well
supplied with coal, although the small
independent companies were expected
TO suffer, should the strike continue
for long period. Two hundred towns
supplied by the Central Illinois Pub
lie Service company have an average
of 30 days supply on hand, and the
vice president of that concern stated
that other large companies were SIM
ilarly situated. These towns are con-
nected by transmission line, and so
are not dependent upon coal for light
ringfield.-Fining of doctors who
fail to record births is cOntinuOng in
the state, in furtherance of the cam
paign started several weeks ago by
the state department of public health
standard required for admittance into
the United States birth registration
area. Several doctors have had to
pay fines recently for neglecting to re-
port births, the department says In
each case the complaint was brought by
states attorneys at the request of
field agents of the state health depart
nsent. Several other prosecutions for
the same OffenSe are pending
Springfield.-Percy Z. Coffin of Chi
cagO, chairman of the Illinois tax COM
mission, in a statement said that Cook
county is the worst offender in failing
to turn in just valuation on personal
property The statement was made in
connection with a letter sent by the
commission to William III. Weber of
the Cook county board of assessors
urging a more equitable assessment of
personal property. Copies of the letter
were sent also to the taxing officials
of all counties of the state
ChicagO-Detachme of the army
of workers that the citizens committee
TO enforce the Lands award has been
recruiting in other cities in anticipa-
ton of a Chicago building boom are
arriving. 1t is estimated that 5000
building mechanics will be given work
That the committees faith in the re-