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Â¥4 34 Edwardsville is old, Maps show that Edwardsville, in 1812, was the geat of government of a district wpich included about sevenâ€"eighths of Illiâ€" nois, all of Wisconsin, a part of Minâ€" PAGE TWO nesotsw and upper Michigan. _ It is probable that it included some of Canâ€" ada as the international boundary line was fixed after that. & ‘At that time Edwardsvile was the county seat of Madison county which took in everything north of a line ‘drawn from the north border of St. Clair county directly east through Marion to the mouth of the Embarâ€" ras river. Early History . But Edwardsyille had history far back of that. About fifteen miles northeast of East St. Louis, it looks down upon the upper end of the famâ€" ous, "Americ¢an Bottoms." These bot. toms were the first settled portion of Illinois. 2 J A few years ago workmen, digging a cellar, found <in Edwardsville: a bronze plate.; On one side was the picture of a mediacval swordsman handling an ln%ln a goblet, Antiâ€" quarians claim it was lost there by LaSalle‘s men. He may have been that careless with his chuck wagon The Great Mound But the district was thickly settled long before that. When the Trapâ€" pist Monks came in here in 1700 they took possession â€" of . what is called Monks‘ Mound. It is the greatest of all the Moundbuilders‘ mounds. More, the land about it is very richâ€"four or five feet thick in human bones. These fields, plowed and harrowed and sown to grain since 1700 are still white with Moundbuilders‘ bones for a long distance : about the great mound; white until the earth looks as if it had been limed. That‘s how far back this district goes in the unwritâ€" ten history of man! . * First Settlement : Settlement as we know it really beâ€" gan in this district in 1800. The first newspaper was established in Edâ€" wardsville in 1819, the Edwardsville Spectator. â€" Politics thrived. : So it is no surprise to learn that eight governors: of. Illinois made their homes in this old town. They are Ninian Edwards, first governor, and following him Edward Coles, Thomas Ford, John Reynolds, Joseph Duncan, Thomas Carlin, John M. Palâ€" mer and Charles S. Deneen. Edwardsâ€" ville: was the old family home of the Deneens but Gov. Deneen left it when a boy. . Edwardsville: also gave us two United States senators, . Ninian Edwards and Jesse B. Thomas. â€" . ‘Politics when Illinois was dawning was bitter.â€" Gov. Coles was proseâ€" euted by his enemies on the charge that he had freed fifteen slaves withâ€" out putting up a $500 bond for each, as the law demanded, to insure that the negro would never become a burâ€" den on the community. He had given each of them 160 acres but that was not ‘considered. The supreme court ‘never decided the caseâ€"so we may judge, perhaps, that delays could be arranged even A United States land office was ¢sâ€" tablished in Edwardsville in 1812; the first court house the same year. The old Southern Cross railroad ran beâ€" tween Edwardsville and. the: Mississâ€" ippi river. Some claim its rails were the first Iaid‘in the state; its eastern terminal was a coal mine. The first stage line came to ardsville in 1832. Five cents a mile was charged. Here was §mblished. in the beginâ€" ning, the State Bank of|Ilinois. Old Ford Russell was ; its guns brought from the ancient Fort de Chartres built by the French governâ€" ment. Pierre Duque Boisbriant, first commandant, started building Fort de Chartres in 1720, the year after the first tree was cut to clear the site for New Orleans. Not so young this gountry down here. i Not Writing History _ , But I‘m not writing . history. Frankly I‘m not much interested in history. It merely suffices to fill out a picture now and then; make backâ€" ground. I‘m interested in Illinois as it is: Tlinois as it is going to be. _ 10w 10 , A UAAOICE UE T. B0 OM d CC SE Td When you come into Edwardsville you come abruptly face to face with the handsomest court house that I have ever seen in any small city anyâ€" where. â€" Edwardsville claims â€"8,179 -g«me. .ctn:;;,ount. as compared with .336 in , government census. And it has covering its "square" a court house of Georgia marble, loomâ€" ‘â€" On one corner of the "square" is a fiveâ€"story bank and office building, on another a sixâ€"story one. They look like ready money. The combined deâ€" posits of the three Edwardsville banks are $7,650,000; their combined surâ€" plus, $276,000.â€" Edwardsvyille citizens yfidothensglmthtithonoofthe Mthiutqovmdihliuinithi country.< / d § The town is built largely on a backâ€" ground of agriculture,. . In â€" wheat Wmdntyhnhmnginun m;inpohton,nebad;innnleq, second; in poultry, sixth; in dairy $300,000 twenty years ago. It probaâ€" bly could‘ not be duplicated today for $1,000,000 and looks as if just comâ€" pleted. SA ty + Cie P% FIND QUE%N’S TOMB â€" '.: IN SAHARA DESERT An ancient tomb rivaling in splenâ€" dor that of khamen has been discovered in the Sahara by a Francoâ€" American iuron. : s ;. . .}> . es Je The Sahara tomb contains the mumâ€"« my of Queen Tinhanan, who ruled the country t bouts thousands of years ago. f & The queen‘s mummy‘was found in a wellâ€"preserved condition, in a sarâ€" cophagus. â€" On her head was a golden crown.. She wore five, necklaces of precious sto and had many braceâ€" leta ‘of gold silver, . About her were her toile lrt?)et, all beautifulâ€" ty made and tichly embellished with jewels. : All of the treasures will be removed and sented to the governâ€" ment of Algiets. Manufacturing, Plants * Edwardsville has ni‘» manufacturâ€" ing plants. The largestâ€"is the N. O. Nelson Co., plumbing supplies, 500 people; second, U. S. Radiator Co., 300; third, Alton Brick Co., 100. All nine employ approximately 1,000 perâ€" sons. Natural resources are chiefly coal, fire clays, hardwood timber, rock, sand and gravel. ; It. seems to be a fixed idea among Edwardsville people that it will never become a great industrial town. Its destiny, they predict, is a residential place largely. It is on a 150â€"foot bluff looking westward over those hisâ€" toric and rich American bottoms. It appears to be the ambition of Edwardsville to become the homeplace for those who go to work daily under the shadow of the high smokestacks. Work down there, live up here, says Edwardsville. | One of Edwardsville‘s baits is a nq.ooo country club on a 15â€"acre lake. |The club has 200 memâ€" bers, many oflthem scattered through the towns below. â€" Concrete roads> wind down and across the level areas,> Toward the river we find t St. Louis, Granite City, Venice, and other towns checkâ€" erboarded in already. â€" Millions, many, many millions have bern invested down here in the larger industries, _ Does Not Like Tumult ' Perhaps ardsvile is right in its destiny. I have. found that few of these old cities, places rich in history and <legend, (have stomach for the tumult of t industrial expansion. I‘ve tried to find out why. Perhaps it is that most old cities like most old men do not (build. It takes youth, with the fu ahead, to fight great industrial battles, Men can inherit towns as they can inherit fortunes. Old towns, like old people, love comâ€" fort. The younger towns show the greatest industrial vigor. . °_ . _ So maybe le is right in foreseeing its future as a residential spot. For pethaps it cannot grow inâ€" gu:trial}y without young vigor and esire. > Some Achievements Not: much ‘"Jorganized" at home, not much cons ted in aggressive spirit, nevertheless ille has in it people y who have printed their names bol in bigger organization work. hereâ€" f Mrs. W. Morgan was president of the Tlli department, American Legion A ; Mrs, E. W. Burâ€" roughs is sident : of the. Illinois State Department of Household Science; D. R. Burroughs is a former president, Illinois Retail ‘Merchants associationy (Dr. E. W. Fiegelbaum, former presi Illinois State Mediâ€" cal society; W. Burroughs, former president, Illinois State Farmers Inâ€" stitute; Dr.| C. C. Corbett, former president Illinois ‘State Dental socieâ€" ty. J BR > Edw-rdl‘v‘ille.hu talent for organâ€" ization tho it may not be using it. ACACIA MAUSOLEU Truly The by its Situa a mas a mar semble We have many choice locations in the new west portion Cemetery now completed, where lots may be purchased as | $150, including Perpetual Care, on deferred payments and wi is am sales > interest. Tel. Lake View 7102 THB ONLY BUILDING OF ITS KIND IN THE WO DF ns t aee Dedicated to Masons and Their Families 8 a. Most Beautiful aniiof‘ntflriit:’g Memorial to Low‘i% ACACIA PARK CEMETERY |?! 4600 lrvti:f‘l’nrk Boulevard \g ) * splendent beauty of marble palace is greatly enhfnced magnificent setting. ]f! . d in the midst of m{,iaue Acacia Park Cemetery with a us sunken garden, embellished with flowers and shrubs and le fountain of cascades in the foreground, prod paenâ€" of splendor difficult to describe. o 1e H provided for by the deposit of a definite percentage th the Union Trust Co. of Chicago, as Trustee. 3 SIRABLE LOCATIONS can now be deferred payments â€" no interest charg Single Crypts as Low as $400 | OU OWE IT TO YOURSELF AND FAMILY To investigate this important matter now. _ INQUIRY INCURS N9 OBLIGATION t ACACIA PARK CEMETERY â€" _ THOSE PREFERRING GROUND BURI r PERPETUAL CARE 5t LATE PROCEEDINGS IN PROBATE Estates Entered For Se and Others In Which gress Is Made: The estate of. George Everett, was placed at $1 the will> was admitted Judge Martin C. Decker in bate court Monday. There cases in all, as follows: ‘ ~Benigne Melik, Waukegant| Petiâ€" tion shows estate valued at $4500, all personal. j f . George Francis Redmond,{ Everett. Petition for probate of will ied and set for hearing Feb. 15, 108B Petiâ€" tion shows estate valued ak.; $34,000 personal and $100,000 real.. Mary Jane Durkin, Waukégan, Will admitted to probate. $1000 Hequeathâ€" ed for an altar in Immaculte Conâ€" ception church, balance to children and ~grandchildren, the ‘; iren | of Louis J., Durkin, deceased.} Letters Testamentary issued to Man® A. Gorâ€" man, daughter and Joseph M Purkin, son. â€"Bond of $52,000. © Prodf of heirâ€" ship takenes Tg. Horace H. Martin, Lake Inâ€" ventory and appraizement [hill apâ€" proved. : | . es e :. > V Amarilla M. Dow, : Hearing on petition in : of fees of Administrator continued to January 28. Rhoda A. Sutherland, Hearing on Final report ¢ March 1. se‘ Samuel Kirk, Waukegan. Mearing on petition to disclose assdf® {continâ€" ued to March 1. D8 Robert Brain, Gurnee.; | report of distribution eo Feb. 15. & nahes THE HIGHLAND P. Buite 4 H. P. State Hank Bldg. 4 North Shore Paper St Telephone 678 256 St. Johns Ave . â€" H Shop Phone H.P. 457 513 Elm Place, Highland ) Park ‘ PHONE HIGHWOOD FRED C. BREMER Mugazines ... 60c per Rags ........... $1.00 per 10@ Ios buy old cars and all of junk Jobbing Promptly Carpenter & Builder ©CABINETS 1918 Irving Park Wilyd. DENTISTS Waukegan _executor, 00, and le col the out imond, ) when robate PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS kegan. matter collect all kegan. ued to ) proâ€" re 19 1985 ng on ed to g.‘ on ‘Vs’g;fi;fi, 2 ¢ € e \:.32 PLANNING TO ADD DEPT. OF CERAMICS Art of Clay Working to Be Inâ€" stituted in University of Missouri £ A department of ceramics, the are of" clay working, will be added. to the school of mines and metallurgy of the University of Missouri, located at Rolla, it has been announced by the executive committee of the board of curators. & "Missouri is at present the second state in the Union in yearly‘ clay productions,"> states the report of the university executive committee. "Missouri clay deposits have hardly been scratched; they will last for cenâ€" turies to come. Yet all our ceramic experts, the men who direct the workâ€" ing of the raw clay, have to be obâ€" tained from eastern schools." The importance of the clay indusâ€" try in Missouri may appreciated by a consideration of the fact that the value of the output in 1924 was $18,â€" 863,9004. ‘ Joseph Sobezak. Hearing on final report continued to Feb. 8. _ . Mary E. Cooper, Waukegan. Reâ€" fusal of Geo. W. Sells to act as Exeâ€" cutor filed. : - George F. Lenfesty, Hi nd Pk. Appraiser appointed. & sns CO A L 148 North First Street FRANK SILJESTR OM â€" 1 C F6 â€" Building Material Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co. Telephone 140 The Highâ€"Speed Electrified Railroad Also Butter, Eggs and Cottage Cheese ’/' “ VV’V.WJV' | e " », TheMiracle 50 YEARS THE STANDARD OF QUALTY BOW MILK is whole milk. No cream is taken from!it. Nothing * cream is taken from!{it. Nothing is added to it. It comes to you just as rich in cream as when taken from the Try Bowman‘s Milk for a few weeks. Taste its creamy richness. Note its freshness and delicious flavor. At the first taste you‘ll be convineed beyond doubt of its superior goodness, Teleâ€" phone our nearest distributing staâ€" tion and : cow. Auditorium, Chicago Throughout the full six weeks engagement of F. Ray Comâ€" stock‘s and Morris Gest‘s great production, ‘"‘The Mirâ€" acle", at the Auditorium, Chicago, we will maintain the following special service direct to the doors of the theater: # Special Train gwice for ; Arrangements for seats at the Auditorium may be made through our ticket agents. DALIRY COMPANY All southâ€"bound trains arriving downtown beâ€" tween 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. will make a special stop at Congress and Wabash, at the doors of the Audiâ€" torium. . From 9:58 p.m, to 12:58 a.m., all northâ€"bound trains will make a special stop at Congress and Wabash for homeward â€" going passengers. . Highland Park Ticket Office MMILEL Insist on TIIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1926 Telephone 65 E;