Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-07-29
SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1922.
CROOKED BUILDERS AND
REAL ESTATE CHEATS

The Chicago Eagle has frequently of
late called attention to crooked build
ers" and skin game financiers who are
robbing Chicago people.
The Chicago Real Estate Board
m a k e the official announcement
through its publication, the Chicago
Realtor, that conditions are now such
that its promise made last year to
vigorously champion the cause of
every person defrauded by a real
estate dealer can now be carried out.
In other words, the board now asks
that any one who has been victimized,
or believes he has, submit his troubles
in writing to the Chicago Real Estate
Board, which will at once report the
same to the state officials for prompt
action.
Every real estate broker and sales
man is now licensed by the state. This
license is revokable in the event of
any fraud and the owner of it is sub
ject to heavy penalties. The enforce
ment is in the hands of Joseph K.
Britain of Chicago, Col. w. c. John
son of Danville, and Walter ]. Ruedi-
ger of Belleville.
Here are some of the offenses pun
ishable according to the law: Making
any substantial misrepresentation
making any false promises of a char
acter likely to influence, persuade, or
induce; pursuing a continued and
fragrant course of misrepresentation
or the making of false promises
through agents or statesmen or adver-
Using Or otherwise; acting for more
than one party in a transaction with
out the knowledge of all parties for
whom he acts; failure to account for
or remit for any moneys coming into
his possession which belong to others.
THE GREAT CHICOOK FAIR.
The Great Chi-Cook Fair will be
held at Checkerboard Flying Field
Roosevelt Road and Des PLANES River
haywood, Ill, Aug 26-Sept. 4. In
the Circuit Court has Judge Francis
S. Wilson refused to enjOin Manager
Glenn G. Hayes from holding a coun
ty-wide fair at haywood. The appli
cation for an injunction against the
Great ChicagO-CoOk County Fair was
made by Ralph L. Peck, Palatine, Ill.
acting for the Cook County Fair AS
ISOLATION of that place. By an agreed
order between Hope Thompson, Don
aid Kirkpatrick and c. l.. Sentz, coun
sci for the Great Chicago-CoOB
County Fair Association and Charles
a
for the Cook County Fair Association
the Great Chicago Cook County Fail
will change its name to the Great Chi
Cook Fair, so that there will be ne
confusion in the public mind that the
Palatine fair is to be held at May
wood. Judge Wilson's order grants tC
Glenn G. Hayes, the Cook County
Farm Bureau, the Cook County TRUCK
Gardeners and Farmers Association
and other farmers and farm organi
cations in Cook County the right tC
hold a countrywide fair at haywood
Aug. 26-Sept. 4.
The injunction suit has attracted
wide attention because the Chi-COOl
Fair management has widely adver
tised over all northern Illinois that il
will hold the greatest county fail
in America. In his affidavit, Manager
Glenn G.. Hayes explained that his
slOgan-'America's Greatest County
Fair, Where City and Country
Meets no idle boast because Cook
one of the twenty leading agriculture
counties in America, completely sur
rounds the second largest consuming
center in the United States. eve
have no desire or intent to interfere
with the Cook County Fair Associa
ton at Palatine," said Mr.. Hayes. owe
are willing to change our name i
there is any confusion. The Grea