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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1920 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ASSOCIATIONS MERGE MiaaUtippi ValLy Waterways and Miaaiaaippi Valley Association Ara Merged Merger of the Mississippi Valley Waterways association with the Mississippi Valley association was effected at a recent meeting of the directors of these two organizations held at St. Louis, according to in- formation received here. Under the terms of the merger Tames E. Smith, president of the Mississippi Valley Waterways asso- ciation^ will become head of the newly created waterways division of the valley association. It is under- stood that the Mississippi Valley Waterways association's program for river development-will be carried out by the waterways division. As far as is practical, former directors of the original waterways organization will assist Smith in functioning of the waterways division. Under Conaideration The merger has been in process of completion for some time and had its inception at a joint convention of these two organizations held it St Louis last April. At this time a resolution was adopted by both bodies Urging such a merger. H. H. Mer- rick, president of the Valley associa- tion, and Smith, head of the Water- ways organization, were appointed to perfect the plans by which the forces of the two organizations would be combined into a more forceful medium for the development of in- land waterways. The Mississippi Valley association has been established several years and has proved a very effective me- dium in obtaining legislation benefi- cial to waterway development. The need of additional forces to demand of congress at its next session the need of legislation to complete the' waterway development on the Mis-1 souri, Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio rivers prompted the merger. Expresses Satisfaction "I am very much pleased over the merger of the Mississippi Valley Waterways association with the Mississippi Valley association." said Smith. "To my mind, it is a move in the right direction and I hope that all similar organizations in the Miss- issippi valley may be consolidated. It is my firm belief that if the commer- cial interests of the entire territory known as the Mississippi basin, lying between the Allegheny and Rocky mountains will get together and stand together for the protection of the business interests of the entire terri- tory that they will wield a power that will be invincible. The trouble in the past has been that there have been too many different organiza- tions, each working for their own individual community, working at cross purposes and with a great dup- lication of effort, which, of course, is absolute waste. If all will work to- gether in the proper spirit the Miss- issippi valley will come into her own in the very near future. / "The waterway program of the Mississippi Valley Waterways asso- ciation will be carried through, which plans the improvement and use of all the navigable waterways in the Mississippi valley within the short- est possible time. Now that a Miss- issippi Valley Waterways association has cast its lot with the Mississippi Valley association I hope that the other waterways associations in the valley will take similar action.' ' NEARLY MILLION CARS TURNED OUT BY FORD PLANT IN PAST YEAR The production of Ford cars for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1920, reached the astounding figures of 996,660 cars. Add to this that during the same twelve months the company produced an aggregate of 81,655 tractors. In the United States and Canada, a little better than one-half of all the motor cars are Ford cars. There are 300,000 farm tractors in the United States of which 144,352 are Fordson tractors. The promise of production for 1920 will exceed by at least 25 per cent, the record of this past year. BIG FUR THEFT IN EAST BARES EASTERN 'RING- New York.â€"Operations of a "fur ring" in this city, Philadelphia, Washington and Pittsburgh have been uncovered through investigation of a $100,000 fur theft from a manu- facturer's loft here last April. The "ring" shipped furs from New York in trunks to a private house in Phila- delphia, where they were repacked in wooden cases and sent back to New York and to Washington and Pittsburgh, where they were sold. Mayor Charles E. Rhoades of Al- toona, Pa., has started a crusade against the practice of motorists parking their cars in the city streets without the proper lights. The mayor's car was one of those "tagged" by the police in the initial enforcement of the new order. »»»»»M,J»»MJt»»JJ»JJMJ»JJ»U»^^^^^ S FRANCIS X. BUSCH Democratic Candidate for â-  Judge of the County Court â-  OF COOK COUNTY Francis X. Busch, Democratic Candidate for Judge of the County Court, to nil the vacancy caused by the death of the late Judge Thomas F. Scully, was born in Detroit, Michig-an, May 9th, 1879. He received a common school and a high school education, af- ter which he took up the study of law, graduating from the Illi- nois College of Law in the year 1901. In July of the same year he was admitted to the Bar. In 1904 Mr. Busch was appointed assistant Cor- poration Counsel of the City of Chi- cago, by Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and served as such until 1906, when he resumed private practice. He had in twenty years of active prac- tice established an enviable reputa- tion as one of the ablest trial lawyers at the Chicago Bar. Mr. Busch is a special lecturer at Northwestern University, and is the author of several text books on legal subjects. 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