Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-04-29
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election defeated the proposition TO
permit the opening of moving-picture
theaters on Sunday, and also elected
two World war veterans 10 the city
council.
The trial of Gov. Len Small is in
progress at Waukegan. The first
venire having been exhausted. an adj
ditiOnal 100 names We're submitted for
jury service. The trial may continue
two or three months
No monopoly on the right TO
print official statutes of Illinois
can be given any printing company
by the general assembly. according to
the state Supreme court, which upheld
the claim of CalIaghan x Co. Chicago
printers, in protest against special
privileges" granted TO Burdette ].
Smith x Co. of Chicago by the Fifty
second general assembly.
Mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of four mail pounches
containing 100000 from a railroad sta
ton at Kankallee on March >. was
cleared away with the arrest of Jesse
Charcy. his brother. Oscar. alias
Shayea, and w. Segar Beaumont.
Chief Postal Inspector \. +. Germer.
who told of the arrest at Kankakee.
added that $4,000 in cash and Lib
erty bonds had been recovered at the
same time.
Americas most expensive farm.
a 34-acre tract near Chicago, tucked
away in the southeast corner of
| / nj Iiab
| gan, through whose cOrntieldS, inter
| sected by Sheridan road. thousands of
motorists daily whiz. was sold after
/ two years of negotiation by William,
Mary and Annie Mahoney to North
shore realtors, for approximately
| S225,0OO. 1t has Il retail marketing
value of 100000.
special road maintenance tax
| of 10 cents on each 500 as
| sessed valuation was authorized at
meeting of the Cook county board and
the budget for the fiscal year of 1922
! was approved. The budget carries an
| appropriation of S12.570,372.9S. Pro-
| tests against the road tax were made
| in letters from the Civic federation of
| Chicago, the Chicago Association of
! Commerce, the Womans City club, the
! Citizens association and the bureau
! of public efficiency.
Fruit growers in eight southern
! Illinois communities have formed
! fruit growers exchanges and are
| planning to build central packing
! houses through which to market their
| product. Exchanges already estab-
! lished are at Villa Ridge, New Burn
| side, Alma, Anna. Belleville. Mascou-
tab, Freeberg and Tonti and another
| Is contemplated at Marion. Central
, packing houses have been planned in
each place as a means of cutting down
| the expense of packing houses on each
! farm.
! Building operations In Is Of
the largest cities in the state in
creased 1918 per cent in March over
those of February, according to OBJ
servations made by the state labor
department. The value of the permits
issued in the 13 cities was about two
and One-half times larger than in
March, 1921. This really understates
the Increase in building activity, for
value there have been reductions in
wage rates and reductions in cost of
materials of about u per cent
Charging the Chicago sanitary
district with constant violation of
federal permits regulating the flow
of water from Lake Michigan into
the drainage canal, the flooded city of
Beardstown, embittered by two weeks
of suffering, has reopened the ancient
feud between Chicago and the Illinois
| river valley. Aroused over a report
by A. D. Willard. a civil engineer re-
tanned to investigate river conditions
above BeardstOwn, Mayor Perry and
his flood committee decided TO begin
their preparedness campaign against
future floods with a war on the sani-
tary district
4 Weather and crop reports are
to be sent out by radio from
weather bureau stations In the cOun'
try, according to the announcement
made at Springfield by Clarence j
Root, meteOrolOgist. The Springfield
office will have supervision over the
work in Illinois. A standard wave
length of 49, meters has been adopted
by the government for the sending OF
the reports. 1t cannot be used for any
other purpose. The Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing com
pany, Chicago, will broadcast the a. IN
forecast for Illinois by radio telephone
at 9.25 a. IN. and again at 10 a. m
Special warnings will be sent, wher
there are any, at 4.15 p. m. The p. m
forecast will be broadcast at 8 p. m
The call letter is KYW; wave length
4S5 meters.
Aurora voters defeated the daylight
saving ordinance, deciding to stay OF
standard time this summer. OppoSi
ton to Chicago time came from farm
ers, who complained To the mercL It's
The chief boosters for the Ordinanc,
were the 1900 Chicago commuters
Having lost, they now will ha to rol
out of bed at 4 a. IN. during tn
summer to get to work on time.
Federal District Attorney Knots o
Springfield has submitted his resigna
ton to take effect. May 20, it wai
learned at the department of justic,
at Washington.