The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-11-01

n~l n the chicago SANITARY district with the Des
PLANES river ~ that point. bids we're also re-
eeltsd a. the same time for furnishing and erect.
ing the steel gates Tor this lock and for the lock
~ Narcotics.
The Mar.slies lock. begun November 20 1870
4 nou ready for the sfeci gates and operating ma
ehinery. The contract bid price was si.sTo,iio 81
The peek ~ war prices bot william l. sackeif.
saf.erni sndvni 81 the division OF waterways. 70
parts that u has been completed Tor 100000 less
thsa The contract price BIDS received last Feb
ruaFy fos the Starved Rock lock and dam were
substantially below the states estimate Of cost FOR
that work These nxurez Superintendent saekett
ppluss cot, show that the Illinois Waterway
b. completed we'll within the $4,000 90 bond 10
sufhesikes By the state.
pesote's bones 10 M the bed of the Mississippi
river hads.on's are-who knewsi joliei's are
IN Canada aawuelte's At ~. ixnace. Mich.
f.ssaie's arc IN Texas.
Suppose one coald wake these famous explorers
fssm the dead and take them from the Great
Lakes 10 the Gulf through Chicago and iss drain.
sgs ranal down the Illinois and Michigan canal
snd me llilnels river 20 the MIs.lssippl aud down
the Mississippi TO New Orleans. just Imagine
~hsi itss weaia f~ei sna say
Fer fesose sa~ the Lower Mississippi In issi
Radssson wes GA the rpper Mississippi about isoa
iaSails may may pot have crossed the Chicago
portage early 1910. but he certainly 10 i.rs2
built Fprt cr~yeeesuf AZ Peoria Then. descend.
lng the illinois, aud the mississippi 10 che 0ulf
10 tocf Fe~sss<len ~ the region IN the asme If
Frnnes snd named u Louisiana. after Louis XIV
Jeiics and Marqastss. IN ieTa went b. canoe frcss
Maekinsf % tbs mouth % the Arkansas b. way
~ efern HAS and the Wisconsin, They rvturned
~ uas ~ The iilinels aud the Chicago Portage
Ard Mafqussss spsai tho wtassr q isTto IN hut
fbs site ~ Chicago
f,~sefe after the fsflnre % his expedition ser
eonauesf tent ea escaping ffom the wilder
n<es By raefrhiax sero~~ shs eosiinent Hsdls.on.
eat - ~kess explorations eams The uudsoas Hay
es-ass@us lesklsx foF rars. Naraessse was
Js-aii rFi~-s en<szvi Ia fviixiou* werk
fsi taSsslls aas Joliet ~sss rsnpirv hulisers and
lhss n shs chieaxe poFtnxs ths ke, 80 water
tfsosl-rteflen from fhe ouif ~ ~ iswvsnes lo
ths Ceif - Mssiso thrcaxh ne heart % TIE New
wes's ~ NaEth Aa~riep. rae, snid . rev uiea
~lih ssesess "a ne Chleaxo portage c0ola unts
- ufrsi iakss suf ~ Ou'f ~ Mvxlro AMI they
Rae, ~ pafHshsa ne Rsaxxefafioa nsr In -rasnn
- esesi esuai ~ irasei 81 eaaoe over ne
chletSr pcFsate t1~y haa ~ sixieo b. ~ ths
fsii aeeainx u ihis enifiax - ths waters Al ne
sbtrake peRtske t~f~eeo he Chicaep rlvef aaa
ite fAsrisiaes
HART plea ~ hesis e ,hsss srsas Frrashmes
rss,e fsss ef nsfieu tailefs ~be had nae sisloas
l'sala - exFlefers ~ l-if the kiissls.lrtf
ssilss iAs4 seaii eiaasi srls.i 81 whss tss ~
rssas f~en aeepplriitssd sh,ns ere llne ~ ihesr
,fslen fhrg wauid nafsei al the siouxsss ~
Ae<T fsssrS days Ttsf eooi1 b. nosxira b, e,ss
.issstipas ~ifh Famineusiens .esss.nxiy uithvus
laast
The, acala s.~ Ctirexs ~ tusa--sh~ thlrf rlts
the void the s-Seed city u the wealshls@t snd
s.~s .~Astfai neten % earth The arss city " the
ear ~ that nssiea. fb~ Missi~sippi vslisy
rhs, would s<~ th~ caiesks river tsraea each.
srd sd ns~ias Into the iIlIsels feruississ saa-