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t Storms Damage #> Crops Heavily Urbana, IIl., April 10.--Ed. Man-- ley, veteran swimming coach of the University of lllinois, is sizing up the freshmen on whom he may draw for his next year's varsity team. Numerals have been awarded to 14 men, none exceptional stars but all of more or less promise. 5 rotting in the fields. Roots were lifted out by the heavy frosts and lacked the aid of heavy snows to _Conserve them, this farmer u?«'is Kansas wheat was not seriously damaged, according to reports here, and in the south, the wheat crop was reported in fair condition, but Mis-- sisippi fruit growers have reported the greatest loss in thirty years by frosts and cold. Moisture Delays Planting. Corn and cotton is being planted in the gulf states. Corn already planted in the south was heavily damaged by the last week's cold heavy rains in the south which also slowed up early spring plantirig of: cotton plants. Texas planters especi--. ally are feeling the delay. | Chicago furnishes most of the youngsters, not because the big town produces better swimmers but for the reason that its nigh school pools, bathing beaches and other facilities, with exgi@rt instruction, 'n the city lads a better chance. . M. Taylor of Mattoon and S. H. Quackenbush of Aurora are two downstaters on the squad and J. H. Hamilton, captain,.hails from Win-- netka. The rest are Chicagoans. ILLINI LOOK TO M. Levine and L. M. Rosenthal are sprint men who are likely to de-- velop., Then there are L. E. El-- dredge, plunger, G. F. Simmons, back stroke, L. M. Lindquist and V.! F. Sekara; divers, and D. H. Den-- nett, 200 yards. Dennett is a broth-- er of Ken Dennett, who was one of the best swimmers in Illinois anna)s. Other freshman swimmers are: L. D. Mandel, F. G. Coggin, A. O. Stauder, G. Warren and W. Scnroed-- er. Several of Coach Manley's best swimmers will be graduated this year and there will be a splendid i chance for these new men to win i berths on the varsity. , PAGE SX Water basketball numerals have been awarded as follows: R. W. Roberts. St. Louis, Mo.; G. H. Ed-- wards, Pinckneyville; Ben Cohn, F. B. Powers and D. Lewis, ('hm,m, as well as Hamilton and Schroeder who also won the fieshman sweater aAs swimmers CREDITORS PLAN NEW AGREE MENT IN NELSON JAM At 'the meeting of creditors of Fred Nelson, Racine, contractor on Lake county roads I'riday. the sur-- ety company in the matter and Mr. Nelsom signed a contract which is to be acquiesed in by the various creditors giving the surrty company the authority in the road construc-- tion. Nelson will remain in charge if the contract is approved. eompany under the contract Early peach, plum and pear blos-- soms in Oklahoma and Texas were destroyed by the last heavy frost. Oats in Oklahoma were damaged but the wheat crop there was reported benefited to some extent by heavy moisture, and in fact, this alone is believed to have saved it. One Nebraska farmer visiting the farm bureau office here, declared his entire wheat crop as well as that of his neighbors for miles around was A curtailed winter wheat crop and almost corgplete ruin of the early fruits with resultant loss of millions of dollars to farmers and fruit grow-- ers is the toll of the alternating spurts of spring and winter weather which kept the south and the middle west guessing throughout March, American farm bureau officials de-- clared on Thursday. M. S. Doyle, Highwood, driver for' the Sinclair Refining Company, had a miraculous escape from death at 8 o'clock Monday afterncon, whem a Chicago, Northwestern train hit a gasoline tank he was driving, at the foot of Water street. There were 360 gallons of gasoline in the tank and 197 gallons of gas ofl. The truck was totally demolished, As far as known at the offces of the Sinclair Company, Mr. Doyle was but slightly injured. Full power to sell what part of tme road equipment is deemed ad-- visable will be allowed the surety Immediately after the last heavy! snows a market review from the ; United States agricultural bureau at] Washington said the winter wheat' erop had been greatly benefited by | the rigid temperature and the yieldi would be large, but thaws followed these snows, the farm bureau ex-' perts say, and played havoe with the | Nebraska Wheat Is Loss. "'The wheat crop in Nebraska is practically a total loss," one official said. "The small amount that has been saved will not last long with this different kind of weather." 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