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* Â¥ #} in y Oquawkiek in Sac means JY:llow Banks. That was too big a mouthful for the white man so he it. Yellow Banks because of lits itive beauty and good hunting, a favored spot, was loved by the and Foxes. It was at Oquaw that Black Hawk held his famous powwow with White Cloud, his prop which led to the Black Hawk war.| Wrote Histo $ John B. Patterson, editor, came to Oquawka in 1834, He it w;: who Hawk," as the old Sac chief ted it, founded the Spectator, earljest of Henderson county newspa and lived out his lifetime here. Some day I hope to glean from that jook a chapter for this series. It is the most vivid picture of an Ind chleh;l torâ€" mented mind that I have ever read and if what Black Hnwl;luy‘a Fl true there: never was a Black Hawk war â€"â€" just the debacle of a huddl Wl starving, hopeless tribe fieeing before . I visited Oquawka, Knob, Roâ€" zetta, Biggsville, Gladstone, Carmen, Lomax, Terre Haute, Médi ,,R'rriton, and Stronghurst. wka, on the Mississippi, is county tat of Henâ€" derson county. I sat where Stephen A. Douglas once sat, {nithd little courthouse built in 1841. { Here he rules, a stubby little round man, as cireuit judge. I saw the spot where a block house was built in 1831 when Black Hawk began to restive. of the Mississippi was swamp and lowâ€" land, no fitting place for camping out and resting to await the ferry‘s comâ€" ing. ols m Aepiae o. onl Shokokon today is all htdq&tod. e} I found it a jumble $f fishermen‘s shacks, fish traps, nets drying, "dogs nosing about, a pen of. ducks lt:iidn: dozen leathery men. en :: | place is a j;nkyard us to seed. Not far away a row of summer cotâ€" tages, presumably deserted om for the warmer months. So passes glory. In m,dlnty t All this is in Henderson c c A recently spent a week in He county and ought to hv:’a couple of "stories" out of it. For Henderson county is a sort of lnbog:ory ‘where men are working out ir | affairs methodically, often a little backwardâ€" ly, but with hoping. | § . Steamers carried them ‘up the river six or seven miles and landed them at Burlington, Iowa, where they headâ€" ed on to the farther, ‘west.. i They could not make the cros 2 s&dxht at Burlington for on th tern side _ River Steamers: Took Them River steamers tied up to m- and stubs and took them their wives and children, t ho:# and oxen, their cats and t ‘ketâ€" tles and â€" chickens packets . of seeds, "herbs and mineral medi¢ines," which ‘they carried to rd fimin“ illnesses, and their r pitiful, inâ€" timate belongings. f Merchants, horse keepers, ‘â€" gamblers, and thieves congregated here on Missâ€" issippi. river. .For y on & myriad of people in ons, neverâ€"ending .trains of , A headed : west, drew ‘up wurfl? and stopped. ; | Poc Have you ever of . koâ€" kon? Probably not.: Few talk of Shoâ€" kokon today but once it was an imâ€" portant place â€" the nd , of the "old California trail", in IMlinois. In its heyday it was a trading post of several hundred % Â¥, Highland Park For the adult hard of heating, at the Elm Place School every Monday, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. For further information ;ot;- municate with Lour 354 St. Johns Ave. GREENSLADE Electric Shop 31 South St. Johne hv-â€". ELECTRICAL: CONTRACTOR Mrs. W. P. Johnson 18 N. Dale Avenue THOR WASHERS : APEX CLEANERS LIP READING N. P, State Bank Bidg. So the creek rises almost yearly and a flood takes two or three times the cost of the canal! Roads are bad into Oquawka. A citizen, a bit wearâ€" ily remarked," We could have better roads, but we can‘t seem to get toâ€" I asked them when they were goâ€" ing to dig the ditch and they replied, with tired smiles, "we do not know. We do not seem to be able to get toâ€" gether on a plan." : That ditch, engingers <~who have made surveys say, would tax the ownâ€" ers of the. 12,400 acres less than $17 an acre. They estimate that the minâ€" ute it is through their land values will be increased $50 an acre or $620,â€" 000â€"because no more floods. ; Flood Cost ~g I asked them what a flood might cost the valley and they replied in estimates which ran all the way, from $250,000 to $1,000,000 ‘as a single seaâ€" son‘s logs. â€" But, they said, there is a cure for it. A ditch can be‘ built at a point above Oquawka, a ditch three and a half miles long, that will cost $200,000 and end the floods for all time! "I‘ve. lost three crops out of the last five," Another spoke up: "I‘ve lost four out of the last seven."" A third, a larger land owner, told me: "one flood cost me $60.000." + I had to drive forty extra miles to get to Oquawka. The creek was up. Henderson creek is a wobbly, winding stream. / It ds forever overflowing. When it does Oquawka is almost on an island. You get in over sand flats to the north The flood plain of Henderson creek covers 12,400 acres. I talked to farmers. One said to pi river it struck Iowa at Burlington. Oquawka. didn‘t care. It was secure. That has been Oquawka‘s fault alâ€" ways. ‘ It has waited, Kismet.} All would work out in destiny. . So it is on a littleâ€"used branch line today. When the C. B. & Q. poked its rails west and nozzled across the Mississipâ€" . But I must write of the now. The Present f When you look over the restful old homes of Oquawka, the business secâ€" tion that ‘seems to sun itself, halfâ€" sleeping, it is hard to think that this spot was once staked out as the site of a great metropolis. Subdivisions with painted stakes and waving banâ€" ners, auctioneers and salesmen, are not new. Td i On that wild sale day in Oquawka in 1836 when the auctioneer howled, barâ€" becue simmered and whiskey flowed, town lots averaged $900 each and some choice business corners ran inâ€" to thousands of dollars. Many lots in Oquawka can be bought today at a discount from their 1836 prices. But the town did boom for a time; boomed big. It was a Mississippi river shopping point and boats came by the hundreds. â€" Farmers freightâ€" ed grains and produce in Oquawka from. 75â€" and 100 miles around for shipment. â€" Here was the market. That until the railroads same and river freighting died. . persecutors; striking back now and then to staye off instant death but always with hunger ahead and hell at their heels. : Yet he tells it with a grim humor and a red man‘s philosoâ€" phy. :: o t vA I f * All work guaranteed. Charges Re‘sopuble. Estimates Free 15 Years‘ ; f 1 | 4 t t Experience _ Phone: OFFICE HIGHLAND PARK s .. Telephone 574 -ime Room 3, State Bank Bldg. | _ ~ H THE Service ‘ our Policy L made this the Insurance for munity. hxls PIANO TU N Central Insurance Service PIANO TUNING H. F. PAHNKE When better in written we wil 85 8. St. Johns Ave. Hig Office Hours: Daily 9 a. National Associati Phone: 0FFÂ¥CE HIGHLAND PARK 2048 | it ggressiveness,> careful planninfl. organized effort to grow, Think the| millions in profits that $200. ditch will pay to the people along H derson creek, and the merchants who ‘deal with them. â€" If them together. P ps they have begun to do so. They have organized a‘ Hendmmi County Chamber of Commerceâ€"counâ€" tyâ€"wide in its plans, (The ditch is me of ;:; fAirst goals. apo APR meone attached a placard to t! Wilson Memorial Tablet at va which declared that "The Ameri people have done nothing to d (3 that the President should be desigâ€" nated as the founder of the e of ngzns." Well, that‘s som to be thankful for anyhow. | we gather Thanksgiving day is 'veip frequently the hotel radiator. | wagon bridge, along the flats cros by jsteel rails and concréte. + I Future Bright _ > d like to own some acres Burlington, across the river, seen rather crowded in by the high hil nd it. Unless I err, people ar industries are going to pour in he fast in the next quarter century. _ seems ‘to have all things needed make a futureâ€"if those who own will but be aggressive, ome, of it has been laid out as an industrial site. The Burlington road just completed ‘plans for a 10â€" track switch yard. Big corporati have been inspecting locations near the east end of thcnifluhaippi It goes through the onéâ€"time h that stopped the early immigrants and drove them south to Shokokon. it marsh has vanished. . Ditching maâ€" chines have gnawed channels and haye drained the low placesg. e districts have lifted levees to ‘::fi inst rising waters. . High stands in the fields.. â€"© u* e drove our long way around finglly got back on the concrete a dozen miles or moreâ€"away. I found a young man by the side of the ro ng watermelons. We stopped bo: gm"one and asked about busin He answered, with a merry smile, "Fine, I‘ve sold more than $5, worth here this season." $ess Hard Roads ey are beginning to know the value | of hard roads in H n county. ; They are beginning to gee what a hard road does to land val> ues and <how it brings the mar! nearer, A dozen miles of co highway cuts through the county, east and west. Kst t tant J * | on 4 plan. : Some here | out, |They do not seem to there are only a few hundred of us to go out but that there are thousâ€" | who might come iin." j t Water M f | I sawian old man beside a watermelons. â€" Oquawka is fam for its watermelons. : One strain of melons has been named by a A«Ld- house the Oquawka melon. : The old fellow told me that he had been x- ing! and selling melons for 42 years. I asked how business was. He replied, «‘Plenty of melons but little market. The creek is up, you see." | Burance rendered [olders has Agency of this comâ€" iland Park, Illinois â€" m, to 5 p. m. f E R THE HIGHLAND â€"PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS old hearthstone about which it. PAINTING AND DECORATING P‘h w‘n i‘N. Ghn Window Shades, Auto Glass f Painters‘ Supplies _ Central & Second St. _ Tel. H. P. 94 SEE S. BERNARDI for Â¥, GRAN, FEED * akmEnAt Hanbwane Waukegan Ave. Highwo Complete line of Furniture and Floor Coverings PHONE HIGHWOOD 1126 Phone Highwood 1844 RICHARD O‘CONNOR Cement Work & Grading Contractor Cement Sidewalks, Cement Floors and everyâ€" the Cement Line. Estimates Ce ns ooo mept Lo Opreiie furnithed _W. A. Noerenberg Co. CEMENT WORK CONTRACTORS Chimney Blocks Building Blocks TEL. DEERFIELD 275 DEERFIELD Highwood Fuel, Feed Hardware Co. > PHONE H. P. 112% DEERFIELD ROAD West of Briergate Station Autolite Bosch Deleo Remy Dyneto Strombe Philco Dismend Mbmb TEL, H. P. 264 11 8. SECOND 87. 5613 ELM PLACE .... Highland Park COAL â€" WOOD â€" BLACK DIRT HAULING, EXCAVATING Cinders â€" Gravel â€" Torpedo Sand Drive your car in and get estimate Tel. H. P. 2774 AUTO ACCESSORIES â€" BATTERIES Phone M. P. 391 %6 8. SBCOND 8 Batteries Recharged, Rented and Repaired 82 N. First St. Tel. H. P. 1234 ‘_ Opposite Northwestern D&‘ LARSON BR Haak‘s Auto Supply Co. Classified L. Stanger CARPENTER CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER JOSEPH J. BERUBE AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIANS ~Telephone Highland Park 57 Lake Shore Creamery C. B. Hanses. C BUTTER â€" EGGS HOME DRESSED POULTRY 685 Central Avenne Telephone Highland Park 828â€"R MOTOR CAR ELECTRIC SERVICE Carpenter & Builder Contractor Estimates Furnished Telephone Highland Park 1482 Telephone Highland Park 2180 CEMENT CONTRACTOR Automobile Painting Highland Park Radiator and Fender Repair Shop 217 North Green Bay Road Auto: Painter LETTERING â€" MONOGRAMS ~High Grade Work 516â€"518 Laurel Avenue FIRST CLASS WORK Bring ‘in your car and let us make it AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES GARAGE and CAB SERVICE Automobiles Stored and Repaired Highwood & Palmer Ave. Phone Highiand Park 912 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICE Telephone Highland Park 542 EARL R. FROST BRAND BROS. Towé;g, Wrecking, Repairing 186 North First Street Chicago Motor Club Service Station No Job Too Large or Too Small 818 North Green Bay Road CEMENT PRODUCTS Sievers and Cervi JAMES COLLINS BUTTER AND EGGS Phone Highland Park 612 CEMENT BLOCKS 614 Glenview Avenue P. UGOLINT Percent Work a Specialty DECORATORS Highland Park Manufacturer of Highwood, I1L. . 949 GENERAL MASON CONTRACTOR Masonary and Cement Work 3820 North Ave. Phone H. P. 2391 HIGHWOOD, ILL. Boilini & Grandi Mason and Cement Contractors 656 Deerfield Ave. Highland Park Estimates Furnished Tel. H.P.772.J 688 Central Ave. Tel. H. P. 2443â€"989 688 Central Ave. Tel. H. P. 989« Interior Decorations, Window Shades Plowing, Excavating, Gravel Railroad Ave.â€" Highwood, 111. Lamp Shades and Draperies _ rww.:. Painting and Decorating 221 North Ave. _ Mighwood, IIlinois ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS RADIO AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES C. V. NICHOLS, D.D.S. ERWIN F. DREISKE Tel. H. P. 924 â€" Estimates Furnished Painting q»rH:v&w-lmrbr'DoomW l{:ntch- ork Estimates Furnished Established in Highland Park since 1908 Tel. H. P. 245 Res. 606 Onwentsia Av. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER 1817 Wade Street 819 Ridgewood Drive ERNEST H. KUEHNE Estimates gladly submitted Residence Phone 1818 Hanging Canvas, Sanitas and Paper a Specialty Floors and Farniture Refinished Wall Paper â€" Window Shades Phones Highland Park 2358â€"824â€"J INTERIOR DECORATIONS AND FURNISHINGS Contracting and repairing . ‘Attractive line ofâ€"fixtures PHONE HIGHLAND PARK 2222 "Vetter and Better All the Time" GENERAL CONTRACTORS ELECTRIC SERVICE Telephone Highland Park 2180 MASON CONTRACTORS ELECTRICIAN â€" RADIO SHOP AT â€" UR â€" DOR 4 Telephone Highland Park 962 _Joseph Cabonargi Office Phone Highland Park 2750 JOE VENTURELLI INMAN BROTHERS PAINTING and DECORATING Wall Paper and Window Shade 607 GLENVIEW AVENUE PAINTERS and DECORATORS Mrs. Mezzini & Son W. B. FREEBERG General Electrical Contractors Electrical Wiring . A. Noerenberg Co. Exterior and Interior Painting Decorating and Paper Hanging Canvas and Tiffany Work a Specialty Estimates given on request MASON (%%T.BACTORS D. & R. 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