Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
News Breuifies
Of Illinois
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SIuhtlllS oI LAX exemption TO Securl-
ties by the government be prohibited
that congress continue to vote appro-
priatiOnS for federal aid in construc-
ton of roads, and that the rate of
bank taxation be reduced. The re-
ports of the committee on agricultural
development declared funds of the
War Finance corporation have been
of material assistance to the farmers
of Illinois, and that both the farmer
and banker have been given new hope
and courage by the improved prices
for agricultural products Declaring
the tax assessment Of Illinois banks is
mot only inharmOniOus, but is unjust
as compared with the assessed value
of other property" the report of the
committee on taxation urged the low
ering of the rate of taxation
PlanO.-Maramech hill, the pictur-
esque wooded eminence near here, may
be converted into a state public park.
The site contains IS acres and is rich
in historical interest 1t was 1872 years
ago that the Fox tribe of Indians
made their last stand there against
LIC 1IuldHS anu InGlT
French allies. and were defeated. The
late John Steward of Plano, a student
Of Indian history, placed great boul-
de- On the summit commemorative the
episode. 1t is now desired that the
state take over Maramech hill 1t is
in part owned by he city of PlaLc.
Beardstown. = Every alderman
al; IL
automobile driver who insists on
violating the law is a plan put into
effect by Mayor Perry of BeardstOwn.
Each alderman has been presented
with a pOliceman's star and urged to
aid in capturing the Speeder. The
action came at a meeting of the cOun-
Gil when protests against law viola
ton by automobile drivers was made.
The mayor passed around the stars
and asked the alderman to cooperate
in his law enforcement program.
Westinghouse bill to establish q
national industrial refOrmatOry at
Camp Grant, H., was introduced in
the house by Representative Foster
tChiO) at the request of Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty and Heber H. Votaw,
superintendent of prisons. The re-
tOrmatOry, according to Mr. VOtaw,
will be constructed by prison labor,
and it will take about ten years to
complete. The plan is to appropriate
100000 TO S150.0O0 to furnish the ma
terial for each years work.
Springfield appeal to Illinois
=
lence and disorder is made in a tele-
gram sent out by Frank Harrington.
president of the United Mine Workers
of Illinois. Copies of the telegram
were sent to every local union in the
state, Mr.. Harrington said.
Danville. Farmers of VermilliOn
county are urged to plant alfalfa by
Arthur Lumbrick, farm adviser. who
claims that an acre of alfalfa will pro-
duce as much hay. if properly seeded,
as two acres of almost any other kind
Of hay. A small acreage of alfalfa.
he says. will furnish enough hay for
the average farm and the clover field
may well be turned under to increase
the yield Of succeeding grain crops.
Kankakee.-Mrs.L Len Small, wife Of
Governor Small of Illinois, is dead of
apopleXy. She was stricken during the
excitement incident to the celebration
of friends and fellow townsmen of the
governor as a result of his acquittal at
Waukegan. With her at the time of
her death was the governor and their
sons and daughter Leslie and Bud
Small and Mrs A E. Inglesh, all of
Kankakee.
ringfield.-FarmerS in many cOun-
ties over the state are finding in the
coal strike a menace to the successful
harvesting of their crops Farm
bureaus are making strenuous efforts
to obtain enough coal to finish
threShing. Some towns also report
shutdown of the city water works be-
cause of not having sufficient coal to
operate the pumps.
DupO.-Fred NOlte, grocer, was
Slot and fatally wounded at his home
in Dupo by his seventeen year old
daughter, Dahlia, who told the police
she fired in order to protect her
mother
MariOn.-The Southern Illinois Gas
company has announced extension in
their lines in Egypt (southern Illinois),
which will total nearly $1,OOO,OOO
They expect to expend $350,OOO in ex-
tending lines to Du QuOin.
Herrin.-Archie Yiulle, thirty-two
years old, manager of the Dale mine
of the Duncan Coal company near
here, was burned to death in a gas
explosion which occurred while he
was inspecting the mine.
Peoria.--After locking two watch
men in a freight car, thieves stole
whisky valued at $4,000 at the Amer
lean distillery at Pekin.
Paris.-The large stock barn on the
Fred Baber farm near Paris was de-
stroyed by fire. Twenty or more head
of fine pedigreed hogs were cremated.
Jerseyville-,rhirty Jersey county
farmers are conducting tests this
season with disease-free corn. Soy
bean acreage has been reduced in
Jersey county but Greene county has
increased it's soy bean paintings. One
Greenfield firm sold 5000 bushels Of
soy beans for seed this season.
Chicago. - Construction work in
Chicago under the Lands award has
passed the $75,OOOOOO mark. More
than 100 workers are being added to
jobs every day, with no prospect OF