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Francis, Son of Tobacco, also known as Tobacco’s Son, was the "Big Gate" of the Wobuh. That memo that he woe the principal chief of a federation of tribes and family groups in control of loath-eaten: Illinois It the time of 'the Revolution- nry er. He was a friend of George Rogers Clark. Within short moments I find the Wuhan river referred to under there spenimr-otsabash, thmbnehe, oui- bntche Ind Wabtchees. The spelling of Vincennes in even more liquid. I and it an Post St. Vincent, Post Vin- cent, St. Vincents, Post Vincennel and Au Pate. Cnhokia is also referred to u Cohos. Clark’s Expedition _ Clark, with I handful of men took Kabuki: and Cahokia in 1778. Then with 170 men, in February 1779, he traveled the vinpenpes-Cahokia road to Vincenes, with some devintiona, nnd captured the hated Gov. Hamilton, known a "the hair buyer" because American mlps had randy market with him. Ending that taak, Homil- tqn in irons, he wrote in his report to Washington: ' "The settlement: of the Illinois commenced about one hundred years ago by a few tradera from Canada." And that was written in 1779! hug-Traveled Trail Yea. men have traveled the Vineen- nee-Cahokia trail for a long time. That Brut hundred years it was mostly bn foot. Then, tor' I lifetime or two, em hauled wagons over it. Old-tim.. tal a"510 India trail' then, “dull-0.5“)“ ALITY AT-LOW COST, 120 North First SL.- Highland M WM. RUEHL & CO. ‘375 ‘495 di on can of u m of common ttgeggttt.e,titett"'1 tum to - can; In iiitiiil Aiie"iufrAeieorttttr-'ir%.t m vim slowly; with“ 't_ittte,rtitrtttttttmitttret1f.ttetter,Bltr' mmhmMWW-tmd‘mflmhtbmm -e'iriiiiAnnritttttseirta-hm,rtxmtrirttrgeteuet-yeotdit edweot. ' slt,t,i,',2t',l'sttt'tt'hr'!",""1""'d For a hntf century this atmatn, browns of the“ thtte, , rorahntfeentar, “hm; ml. grinding e-i-tmutt' Jariisii"mad,itt.rttmi-ft1t- totsrmth.gt-oeMtadourCEarr, m‘mdthomt. Durham-gold iAutoratimeitasrutrirortttf tidalwanofhununitj! . At intervals ttitw don: an. toad stands to---Lawmnedr0u, :Olney, Flora, sum, Cnetisle, retetip than where Cuhokis once was. My m tvenly spaced. than " to 28 miles npart. In the "old dayl. one this travel. Today, on com. thirty minutes', . . _ -iirVtarm in Plan sim remember the ox teams, tin three gulp! " ttttttr, They nan; too, the tbatting mm of the It.“ coaches. U. A;trutili Horses changed every eight ‘or ten miles. And hot the oxen, iibovine dullness, hugged the rmuLuntirr- . Sharp spikes, Meri. needle-slurp and driven into the ends of the prple trees. They dulled the leathery hide of the oxen. Listen, md'ygu can hear the 'urinnera'" food blatant curses after the speeding notches. Next time nnd the oxen left the road. Not “Good Old Don” Who talk: of "Good old (by! t" I found in Flor: o putt-bah; Dr, J. M. Boyleo, pioneer phylicinn who brought into the world men now grandfathers. Ask him of thoite good "Good old days," he remain with a grunt. “Sickness everywhere. Green .water to drink. Mosquito" try the millions. Acne, mntnru,--rNve'r run» pant. Pot-bellied children Mum their food wu wrong um! they rocked in pestilence, their liven enlarged. Chills every third dart " - - old days. ”5534f! Hy even third day? Yep. and every seeping! dgy and every (by, too. And noboby knew why every- body was sick or why so many tram were dug in the freak proirje nod! Ix- nonnce emailing. That “no whit the pioneers met, being the west, not only around Flore Amt everywhere in the new country. Sickness, phpeieol torture, death! That we: the price paid by thou who broke the sod of the phim. But the oid..tirriers talked, too, of the beauties of the new land. Flore is named for the mythical chew of encient Greeeo-iora, Goddess of Flowers. When white men cout" he found here 1 great plain covered with tall trance. Blue-Item new higher "Good old dnyl'! Huh!" And the Incient phyniciun elattered m iiiiG aiiGaritGGei,' _._ Friar" e in: Chevrolet to utter, at $645, a Mrtl'l that Today's Chevrolet in I revelationjn quality moeorear vplurl Only the eponomlu 113;. -aliiit,iGakiin" Lduainaeture renal rm 'dll'e'el'le'llh,1'dl trhrretlefhctiitir. 1gi --bea- nndrutntreomtbetthntpru- -ed1iv-otherarotco-blerrke- -eeonomy and dependability that an“ tneswetandttrdsofmotoetmrde1itrbr- --ehri11intiquniiti C f alum it a the g,'ttlu"atget'te, Church: iGtariirGali. "631933581! __ - realis- tt1't'2,'o'lldl"erfdl's'dlnll,'hlrl,21'r,lt of Chevrolet’- and Generally“?! may (lemma r" 'er-iitreo hitduattnreieeso1ow MMWudml-u Aahab-rt5%Ptareh-C_t.Purs. 1sGtorvandtheieaderinttnietd. 1:ettupryvechrrrtleeyrte..r I'I buck; red top. blue- Pr Emu-in! Transportation . way} E . at! ME w " st,t,?i,-.:9,a.t,, a. - “I" "-fanrl w I; 0' w . .4, "a.” It?» .. _ _ $3321...” Pr., " 1/» ' 'strtsmmtamtraaurrruatt,matruiajamrmaamtt?r' We bed e we. hit of "grttttettt in theherber shop. Did that!!!» truly out of the east on the But an: to; the His-hempi come through him on JttV4itt"tilierr'Tb6t Thetvuthe ttatntutpttttust-tettorttttf helmet. The old team. etue ete- tion, was two miles west. But_ Sun White owned the land hex-ethane. He give any late end started the town. Sum we: clever; profited right ”out. Flore be - slowly. steadily, never swiftly. The neereet to e boom wee when the Ihoe rectory come. It employs 800 people. The Sexton Mfg. Co.. underweer. Work: ebont 126. It's a B. A o. reilrood division point with Ihope. An ice plant yogi. l doom. A eo-operative omnintiowdull in red-bop seed; four comp-hie; who].- ule 5nd job fruit! and produce. Flor: has than 4j000 popuhtion today and . proNem--, V “V _ _ Bureau of tterttniiUttrett point to the problem. It hu to do with farm. This is the situation: . Population I . cur tiountr--1900, 19,653; 1910. 18,661; 1920, 17,684. Movement from Fern- Note how' the entire éounty Ila-inks despite the town's growth. That moon: I movement from the farms of no good portent. Whr.t Lack of scientific farming, people tell me. Itt- norenee in matter of st.ti1-builrhtr, they say. There is no myotery about getting good return: from. urea tn southern Illinois. Land in cheap. Lim- ing must be done because there is eeid preunt. Rotation of - in neeee- ury. Sweet clover in probably out "'loA--a9ar, 2,311; 1910, 2,704; 1920.8.568. ___ or in for "bringing hick" feitility. Almost my leguminous crop will help, beans, clown. unify. _ _ Southern Illinois form also mod liveatoek. Cattle, hogs, sheep, pool-- try. Give the acres my hit trent' ment, and in empire will be reborn in what we call "rilerltt.". lat u- no how this country looked to George Roger' Clark, back in WTO. This he wrote after he bod licked the Brita}: out of their socks with hit 170 mu: Beautiful Illinola “As for this Illinois country which you seem a0 anxious-for. You may take for granted that Ramon beau- tiful than any idea! could have form- ed of a country almost in a atate of nature, everything you behold, in an additional baauty. 0n the river you'll fhtd the f1nest land: the an out shone on, in the high country you will PM 111. as it better emu u can." Mt Mu. of suggested. I [ . 1 ' ( of "t found I could not com tee with ".tr- him in simile u with when»: lg Clerk recorded. One wooden about mt. the story of Mr; BMW: ”the" tn Chicago's fmt cultured gth,tt In. Odd the little things that . out of sid the musty put. I'd like mo hm . mm " My Ill-hill“- I Some day mm‘mrhqn' atmr) southern mini-1W Glut grout-V. Comm road: a throw]! trin alu- try. At the. mm of €50th (mt railroad “that; W: richest witch in 't,utlJs'1'r'l2 “my. Yet a mankind wonky. ”nuclear by the waves of nation‘- builders. One wand-n m1 the no! developmentwmotut.‘ , “* F ' Me. Btneuhhd i . - I ‘1th forgot Mt, Mid. Ed in on of the bright-pot! tam Racer: Clnrk's and". _ elk“, Clark says, mallard N [put the when: end of Luke Michigan. Per- haps an Michal Gold Coast-r. _ birdonedey; 2,ttrct'tg,t letter! It npologised fttr all“ on a neighbor troemer--bttt -N" of Mr. Blukblrd’s family web in. At soon on he eottid-- i,, . _ The letter added that Mr. mm was not to be met with “MW octe- moninl,” us other chief! m not. He Wu cultured. he intimated, itrot, Y: tern, looked with disdain oiy)e,ttire methods of conference. “I an an: better across . can." Mt. Mu. suggested. _ [ . l _ _ "t found I could not don"t-e with him in simile u with J"l%','lu'llil, Clerk recorded. One would” shoot the etory of Mr; Blackbird! when Chicago's Bmt cultured when. Odd the little things thnt out of the musty past. I'd like ito know more of Mr. Blu'ekbird. I _ Chirk, in Kuxuxu, a: it in written, got 1 letterfrgm Highch- The rapid midi- mac nu experi- menu with numb tor away-p: mm of Sub-mum tie Gao- till Shown " w' EXHIEHL NEE a,GG it} neiv full for a ' a. the exhibit of the NW {Mm committee for Aeronautics is) the Pl mof Minei,tretemtrtrraaidVe portntUn at the 2tg',,ehttr'tl' he “rations! 1Nroiltiott,' _ will haldlnPhlhdclphh. t In. pointed out by Edward B. tst-rn-ree-ttities-tyet?" aliiit,tutmitatiudiestdu.- Giiakse-dtsrttteeitinetmsk See Th At Tti Permanent BIT NEW FUELS FOR AIRPLANE MOTOR vtteondittmtally 0hr- oatud'fcr on .lear. It wilt. runoécd mm a can Em! my "In“ t it do" not give Mu Mikhail». _",, 7 an! $371 I um. " 1 . . Blackbird 1 . tt Mt. Blackbird. Me" right-pow tit Gown memoirs. Be lived. number. mat the e MeIjltriiint Oil Biiilri,"l'_ii..tir ie Better American HomesI . Exposition fl: _ri,1 . ' Exhibit at Revell 's--ialhoh. and: The demonstration is in charge of trained heating engineers. . Peel free to obtain their counsel on your own heating problems and have them exitlain why the Mchaine is more, reliable and bum less oil. i, _ . summit. 3mm oohronwnon 0 North Miettignat Anne ' A Mellvaine Oil Burner is per- manently installed at the High- land 'Park Woman’s Club and will be in operation during the Oct. 13, 14am! " sheridaitlltdondiilmNee ”mum: whom. Tho ii7GriGit'arii-FuAeqttttfAr, 31-min who and - W 'iriiiiGLeuFtiiitit1ityttetthet lpl.".ml. u tn -nI-I-| G7aiGaritettqe.ttele.t 'ii"taCGirii-iitftDtett "iiGrGtei-iuereh'"t muwopodevu-W- ,ueettathr.ooiteinttavati"u Telephone. _ H. P. 2700 it E??? 'ng r "it At . , b"st,t'iiifi2'Ar, ;ii'fiiFi%,'titi DA t RY;COM 51? Start ( thir), Par with Bbwmag?s Milk Emir; 1titi ',ii'iittr JiIiiGts, -, "'r A i'a.. “Mikhail dd.“ rtrrmuk 'iiiiiiiiii,i'i, " r'dtfat2Stglllrl'l'Ud' ‘ arm 'al',,"',',',,'."":',"."::','."; - “a. . Eur-MM“ MW“ w '""""r. . ll "'"""""re'-'"'-"'e- wuuuqzfi-Lk-m. WY. SI M‘Hw g. " we» ‘1