Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
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even numbers and ar odd times, it is
felt by university officials that their
visits will be more beneficial if the
majority of them come during some
one period, when special preparations
can be made TO show them about the
campus. Accordingly, the college of
agriculture has arranged what will be
known hereafter as open House
Week." and it will be held this year
from June 10 to "a 1t is announced
that every plot, every live stock herd,
every experimental project will be at
its best for the visitors that week.
ChicagO.-An attack on the Illinois
Tax commission for its policy in valu-
ing farm lands separately from other
classes of state taxable property Is
contained in a booklet sent out TO
farmers and land owners in the state
by the Illinois Agricultural association.
This practice has cost land owners in
Illinois from a million TO a million and
a half additional taxes in the past
three years, the booklet says. The
booklet is the compilation of a years
investigation of taxation during the
past year jointly by the state farmers
organization and county farm bureaus.
1t is captioned Taxation of Farm
Lands in illinois,"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of relief
funds to the members of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois. which is now
under way, will mean an expenditure
of approximately $455,OOO if all the
$1,000 members in the state receive
the 50 cash payment as now cOntem-
plated. Checks have been received by
all locals in the state except 20, which
have not yet certified their member
ship for April, it is understood, al
though officials al District No. l are
not divulging the plan for distribution
and the method of procedure.
Springfeld-MO than $4,000 col
lected by the Illinois food relief COM
mfttee has been disbursed to flood Suf-
ferers in the Illinois flood regions. In
addition to money, many contributions
of grain have been received by V.
Vaniman of Springfield, appointed by
the Red Cross to supervise this class
of donations. The campaign for funds
is still being carried on. 1t is ex-
pected the Chicago Association of Com
merce will raise 100000 before clos
ing its subscription.
ringtield.-LeaveS, twigs and other
foliage near the SangamOn river Just
north of Springfield have been stripped
from cluster of trees and bushes by
11-year lOcuStS. The cicadaS which
have appeared this year are Of the
1905 brood which take 17-year inter
mittent sleeps under ground. The in
yasiOn of the insects this year, accord
ing to entOmOlOgists, will be confined
TO northern Illinois, eastern Iowa,
southern Wisconsin and northwestern
Indiana.
Claiming to De the old
est horse trainer in the world, Lon
Freeman, eighty-three, has charge Of
string of four trOtting horses at the
race track here. He has been i follow
er of the turf for more nan sixty
years and is an authority upon every
thing appertaining to horse racing.
He expects to drive his horses at a
number of the leading harness race
meetings in Illinois during the coming
season. His tastes horse is a trotter
with a record of 2:1O.
ChicagO.-ChicagO's leading lawyers
have been drafted to rid the city of
terrorism. Eleven attorneys promised
aid to Robert Grove, states attorney
in cleaning up the 10 bombing, muir
der and smuggling cases on the court
dOckets. All cases are the Outgrowth
of war on the Lands wage award. The
lawyers all become assistant states
attorneys. After they clean up the
| terrorism cases, prosecution Of thou
sands of other cases pending in the
courts will start.
ROckford.-Built in the days when
Indians rOamed the prairies where
Rockford now stands, the last log
cabin in WinnebagO county, located
two miles from Rockford was de-
| strOyed by fire. All of the contents of
the cabin, erected in 1910, were de-
strOyed except a parrot and tin box
containing valuables owned by two
bachelors. John Lake and Will Good
hue, who had lived in the cabin for
more than thirty years.
ROcktOrd.-ROckfOrd high school
won the northern Illinois track meet
| held recently here. with a total of 81
points. Oregon and MoOseheart tied
for second at % points, and st. AL
bans was third with 10 points. Other
! teams scoring We're: Mount Carroll, 9 !;
Monroe Center, 4 FreepOrt, 81 Ma
tiOnal Athletic club Rockford, 3; Syc-
! amOre, /.
Belleville.-The measuring worm"
| is doing a great deal of damage to
! trees in st. Clair county, and is also
| causing the death of large numbers
of fish in lakes and streams, accord
| ing to deputy state game inspectors.
| The worms grow in trees along the
| waters edge, from which they fall
into the water, and fish that swallow
the worms are poisoned.
Belleville-Ike Tindall, thirty-twO,
and his wife, Lydia, were killed. their
two children, Mrs. MinOra Spinner.
TindalPs sister, and her two small
children, all of Granite City, were
seriously injured when their wagon
was struck by an Illinois Central train
! at LemertOn.
| Chicago.-A bride and groom on
their honeymoon were killed when an
overloaded airplane piloted by John