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I'AYI” it oil, T F ruck 14mph. stu4rtiorat a. 1m ', ca YOU. :0 dc run) your who clair how _"t,s,i)yifiA' , I Mil rk r 1 , ot' Marie, full an tt SAYING It' Co,, Pontiac, celled the “Chief Citr,", named in honor of that old Ottun' .wnrrior who held n federation at. tribes together and did such jierce battle what the push of the Brit-l ish, lies in Livingston county, one of the richest spots in the whole corn‘l belt, the agriculture} pandiel of the) earth. The story of the delay in set- tling the lands around Pontiac, " re- lated to me, is this-- Lands Plentlful l Lands were plentiful when the sur- veyors came in to run the section lines I in Illinois. They "rived in the Pon.., tine region at a time of yenr when there had been heavy nine. Theyl viewed the level volley of the VF-l milion river, marked the region swamp-land and passed on. I THURSDAY, BMIBIR 28, I”. Where did the last (more move onto the Inst "open land" in Illinois? They tell me, around Pontiac. Where have name of the uncut renal-hue records, in fnrmaield, made anywhere in the United Stat-where havei they been made? Around Punting! my informers any. Such. n this would seem a paradox. How Ind why did it happen?' . A C l Thus it came about that this soil, feet deep in rich loam. almost inky black. sediment laid down through the ages. lay in the open for years under a label that branded it swamp. Fi- nally this land was surveyed and op- ened to settlement but the real de- velopment of the district began as late as 1888 when tile drainage was started. The wealth of the land around Pontiac, and they are rich, is based on tile. 2-ietormatory; pioneer in the work of reclaiming boys. ' Three Features Pontiac, 92 miles southwest of Chi- cago. has long been noted for three things: , IC-Shoes; a starting point for that industry in Illinois. A Going back into the records we find that the shoe industry in Illinois started in two penal institutions, the reform school for boys at Pontiac and the penitentiary at Joliet. The first plant was opened in Pontiac in the early "70's. The state paid for the light and heat and boys in the re- formatory worked in the shoe factory for eighteen cents a day. The shoes _were finished roughly and sold for Fo cents a pair. Finally the system met disfavor and the busi- ness was sold to Lyon & Legg in about 1880. Today there are two shoe factories in Pontiac. the A, M. Leg; Shoe Co. and the Pontiac Shoe Mfg. Co. They employ about 660 people. When the making of shoes was started in the penal houses " Pontiac and Joliet seed was planted for a great industry in Illinois. Shoe man- ufaeturintt in Illinois trot-under way just about 1900. Today there are about To factories in this state mak- ing 20,000,000 pairs a year and em- ploying 11,000 workers. The value of the shoes made in Illinois, wholesale, is very close to $50,000,000 yearly. State Reformatory I visited the Illinois State Reform- atory. There are now, 1,389 boys and men in the institution. And there, talking with I. M. Llsh. superinten- dent. I learned some things. He call- ed in C. O. Botkin, recorder, and we developed these facts.. :r-Chautauquaac, tdr twenty-eight years the west's chautauqqa anger. There are more boys, convicted of crimes, in the institutibn than at Iny time in its history. Penalties for sim- lar crimes are beéoming severer. A few yenrs use the maximum sentence, when a boy was sent here, was about three yen-s. Today three yen: in a minimum or very close to it. Crimes that aged to bring n penalty of three yen: now em from eight to ten years. Originally the achool ty.nifed only boys. Because of crowded conditions in other penal institutions in the state that m changed and men are ac- cepted now up to twenty-six years. They are sentenced here for every crime except murder, kidnaping for ransom ttnd treason and. come to Berve and mtence up to life. "Ae'eideatal Crime" "The majority of crimes are not committed by erimimUC' said Mr. Lian. Then he explained. "I mean that it is accidental crime, due to til" eurnstanees." . ' I asked him if he had learned my- thine of value that might be wor.t.h vigil: carrying to the world. _He and: "The most.of the boys that come here Are from broken homes. One pttrent is dead, or both, or they ore divorced. That will cover more than “W per cent of all. Lack of goyern- ment in homes is another factor, par- tieularly among the foreign eminent. Then, too, there in a clue of people. particularly omong certain types and PAINTING. WHITEWASHING CALCIIINING Telephone 1578 Mt Waking“. Road E. S. JAMES Lake Forest. m. By Day at Job I W tum. now tis thatchutu ‘In prime“! ( days More "vhitoi. min um. tht Indium and tumpyin I great - - in , 'bend i." the Vermilion rivet. (let are t? Vermilion rivers in “line One. (r on Ioutheuterly, through Dumps mad Vermilion county St Indi emptying into the WM The , r no“ northwesterly throudh l Ponti emptying into the Illinois.) 1 I: The powers of the icommiuion in char e of the estate are broad but I they‘re barred from using the money 1for one purpose-a-the promotion of l, any gectnrian rtlit1t"; 3 I (' tht Mela ’nghwnyl _ l Pontiac is on Illllni boulevard, if 'istrirri':of concrete ttl connects C - lengoland St. Loni on In almost t irectliline throutrhfprintrfuld. It I i, also pn the State Park Trail, midway Ibetween Dixon and . Champaign. Another, the Caterpillar Trail, run; I from) Peoria to Pontiac. 1trinilhoy.yruf ue, only " thim wortltt'whil, and bring than home." In made much use of "if from e maples. They never w t into 'ttie on a meat ration if they could elp it. Maple - and'parch- ed co i, was their fighting food. The Indian' believed that he would quleb. ly reeiver from a body wound if he had edger in his digestive tract but that lg he had eaten heavily of medic he Ii ly would die. We learned the dange of a meat diet' in case of nb. domi p wounds in the World war. ' i For " Years , Es?r year tor twenty-eittht years now . chautauqua has been held in this ‘gar grove of the Indians on the 53k of the Vermilion. The audi. tor-iii: seats 4,4000 people. The river mak a great letter S and the chant. taqu ground is in one of the loop) -l " park in the other. j As ia Chautauqua center Pontia stands second only to Chautauqua, . Y. It is the great central chants qua _ int of the west and from here a lag: chautauqua organization it guid ’. The sugar grove in the park is a ttecen for chautauqua fans. ; Notable Woman _ Every now and then a city or d town yevelops some notable person. ality, ' ome worthwhile philanthropist; Such " person may do wonderful thin for a city. The person whose name B writ in gloried script in Pon- tine w' Mrs. Harriet Humiston. Sh died a few years ago and left an mite of approximately $1,200,00th It is 32in the hands of a commission' ‘madeilm of business men. Mrs. Hum, iston'( home place, 160 acres, is now' a derinstration farm under the atrri/ cultu _ l department of the high 'ttph, An agricultural short course has on developed for boys in the schoo An agricultural short course has on developed for boys in tin eoumi who cannot go to school the year round. A special course in soil t,'ii'iii'i'in"ct is one of the school's feat ' es. _ ed. Md. Humiston’s gift is bringing to Ponti'gc a worth-while park system. A swimming pool, coating $48,800, her. gift. ‘was opened last summer. Young men 'nd women, anxious to so to ets1t lure}! they can qualify properly may get loans from the estate. A num- ber ot,sehotartrhips have been found- Paintiac has three cigar factories, a concrete culvert plant nnd machine shorsi in which automotive parts are mad4. The Allan Candy company of Fondue does a .lnrge business throughout the central west. The city tGs three flour and feed mills and two i' greenhouses. The Livingston '. The Chat-m W turn. now tis ther,d paimevnl/dayl t biti. min can. tht India: .mprin I great - I Sim) YOUR DRY CLEANING RUGS AND DRAPERIES To win: RELIABLE LAUNDRY. ' a)” CLEANERS AS WELL ks L‘AUNDERERS. . rithout any obligation on our part a book of facts e know you will read with mix-est. Write. or phone to it e County Engineering ks., 384 Central Avenue. [ighland Park, Ill. Phone H. .P. 2139 Phone Iahe Fm 1136 WeWillMailYou FREE of immigrant, who don't P. I. DOWNING no“ u- no“ aw Floats LAID no SURFAOID noon attun- nclo to Lads: mu '1'!!!me an: ",ttrr""rmrm"mrtutmrHA,tt0tt' . soevsmrttuiuai,isar-. . . r' l,' pr beri. 7 _ i, _ T V , F Military Ora-ham . [ Pontine 1180”" four Inuit-r1 or- , animations, tltd 129 infantry, Tutti- : ‘ mental 'uryleejeonoanr, (Kimmy I! -_r._-_-_'"-'_====W=_==_W.l==_--" __"- ""7 -P-r ' -T-4l4_WG-.rBr. t'ttntt?,tPm,,,tyteatt.efPt ,anom : I“ a I ....‘ pus-Una. ’l ', F in the (mix-gm: salon: this counties of the nation in corn and s culture, Livingston clslms honors poultry raising. The hicken cons of .1924 gave Living»; county 500% chick- ens. It stood, “according with“, sec- mid only in Illinois to Melissa coun- ty with its 61ti000 ehiekenqi. Pontisc is interested in fl " de- velopment. Like so many Ether Illi- nois towns it wants more e ployment for its people. " going to be even tshorter Mun ever this to. . If they get mugh' 'rhgrter we will luv: to, quit calling 'em skim and refer to thin " 111810.. It in aid tiint 360 tun ‘men have been killed in Chicago during the put four years, bud this does not ”onto have lowered the vieible supply to my marked degree. , We have 3 fuse and varied unort- ment of Christmas cud; Orders taken early will void ditmmointrnent " the last moment. Call at our of- flee and see our excellent line. , The Highland Pu]: Frau. , 29 q men-nun: -h-r- Sid-{m work And prion "ON. [LUNG]! fol. Glynn. con-rum: Pinwhee- a weeklty. Emu- (“In It is said that women's 'rkirta In ALEX B. BURGESS “it I.P.MHI~. You“ on an R. "hos An I GEO. S. SCHWALBACH Carpenter arid Builder __ Auu and haul-ft Al Metal wmgsulp North Boo- IArIoI'I Gm 82 S. First Btrtet “no In New manwoon have man mum! 113941an cwcxs AND may Dr. B. A. HAMILTON; CHRISTMAS CARDS J. M. BILHARZ Telephone 493 151.11qu tttrg poultry of .1924 ki chick- 1tint, acc- iun coun- " N. Pint St. Hank’s Auto Supply Co. AUTO 'Aocwuoo' -ee In." " Kilns-m" ‘ Phenol. any a I. 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