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of them being in the southeastern tleMr, according to the State Geologi. eat Survey. The total annual produc- tion is about eight million barrels and is valued at fourteen million dol- hrs. There are now more than 15,000 producing oil wells in Illinois. most my law. t The shcrift or deputy merit? nf the I.'. county in which conviction is secured, shall be in attendance at the electrm _ cation. Upon his request in the war- , den.invitationy may also he extended l to two physicians. the judges, prose- ‘ cuting attorney, clerk of the court andg twelve reputable citizens from his; county to' he in attendance. £3?th ot"the electric chair "iiF my trWhoNg' the metlnad'ié inttieting .the death penalty in Im-r, nois since .the beginning of tho Jai-) monwealth. . »~ l flanges in Criminal Code j Governor Small also signed the hilli approving important changes in the) criminal code. This measure changes 1 the punishment for robbery while] armed from 10 years to life to one; year to life; punishment for burglary: from one to twenty years to one year to life. and for manslaughter from one Fear to life to one to fourteen yearsV The law covering robbery} while armed, fiximt-a penalty of IO years to life, became effective July 1. 1919. Since its adoption the majori-l ty of State's attorneys have found it worked to a disadvantage. rather then an advantage, in that it was im- possible to secure a tronviction ex-, cept in extreme PaFPR. juries honing‘ the minimum punishment impo<ed was frequently too severe. As a rr- salt it has been necessary in unnum- bered cases for state’s attorneys to) accept pleas of guilty to lower "til fenses. In wine counties the charm" MANY PR0OUCiNC, OIL WELLS IN ILLINOIS sun " has been necessary in annum- bered cases for state's attorneys to accept pleas of guilty tn lesser of- fenses. In mm» countit-s the charge was reduced to larceny. with ptmish- ment of from "ne to ten years. Wardens in Charge Under the provisions nf the law when a prisoner is condemned to death the sheritt of the county in which the conviction is had will con- vey him to the proper penitentiary and deliver him, together with the warrant to the warden. The war- den of the penitentiary shall super- vise infrietion of the death penalty, but may under a written order ap- proved by the governor. designate a suitable and competent person to act as executioner. Those convicted in that section of the state north of a line drawn from Quincy on the west In Ilanville on the east will pay the death penalty at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Juliet, with the exception of Gase convicted in Cook cuunly. In thc, lat- ter county electroeutions will be held in the county in whwh the crime was committed. Counties south of a line drawn from Quincy to Danville will send those under sentence of death to Chester. Three Centers Selected The measure provides for three centers in the state at which decim- cntions shall take place, the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chess ter and the Cook county jail. Senator Charles H. Thompson of Iurrisburg is author of the bill, which WIS offered in the yenate on April 14. Adoption of the electric chair in the iMiction of the death sentence in Illinois is authorized under the pro- visions of Senate Bill No. MI, passed by the legislature and approved by Governor Snail. The law becomes etteetive at once. but its provisions will not. atreet those under sentence in which the court has specified hang- mg. Luv Passed by Last Legislature; Three Centers Selected for Use; Is not Retroactive; Change Code POR EXTREME PENALTY Fri We have built up our business with It's t affront! at will hr am of tho Steffen’s Auto Supply We un SIZCatnlAmIOJImM MEMPHIS“ requ spnti rrer red Fisk by using them. Have “an pot on m More the Spring 1n1?xrnsmer driving - You cm build your [Image 'od rtdoet.rmrr tire exp-me ty' while armed or change in the Fed to sr-rvv thr ncn imposed Im- The map and directory may be ' tamed for fifty cents in starnps_by addressing Dr. M. M. Laughton. Chief. State Geological Survey. Urbana. The directory Rives the names and addrr~w> of oporatnn and their plants. mines, etc.. with key numbers referring to the map, thus making available the most recertt 'and act-ur- ate information concerning the in- duslrlrs which dun-ml upon mineral resources. A nrw directory of mun tprs in Illinois has been the-State Geological Surve with a large map showing thus of all mines pits. nl fields. refineries. smelters Plants. NEW DIRECTORY OF rl MINERAL OPERATORS legving the only Possible punishment under a charge of bunny, carrying a sentence of one to ten yearte, t'rr, der the new law this nmxnmum is dou, bled. Coar,iderablv >uppUl behind the measure fr of the state. The ark sented that in " Ian robbery cases this criw by the theft of an aut, In addition to the penalty fired for the theft of motor vehicles the same punishment is provided in the case of offences receiving or concealing ma- chines known to be stolen. A former law passed by the Ren- eral uswmbly which carried a penal- ty of two to tifteen years for the theft of an automobile was declared unto!» xtitut‘mnal by the supreme court, legving the only Possible punishment The steady increase in the number of automobile thefts in the state of Illinois has resulted in Pat5satre of u law providing more stringent punish- ment. Under the Wood's law, which has received the approvnl of Govern- or Small. a penglty of one to twenty yehrs in the penitentiary is provid- ed, new Aw muons - AUTO THEFT PENALTY One to 20 Years May Be Give. In Pennant” In Ditr. eretioa of Judge Bch-to-et. AruUIcI-‘necn . N.lllchl“- DIV...» t, CIR-g. 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In an. all"): ‘Iln- tor I [m unto: rum de- nub-I. lhu ' "a wha, n The argument was pre in a large majority n "S this crime was prov-~11“ of an automobile. aI Survey together showing the [new pm. quarries. oil melters and nth” been issue/d by mlncral opera throu n 'ttttous Plateau, on m Dem-r1, and on amino Plrteau m toponlaphy slope, and the main Gore (urai well margin oi the mapCrhl. rapids alone the Colorado indicated by symbuls, and westward Imundod l Plateau, l i The maps we printed in mm; colors-black showing the works of mm, blue showing the rivers uidf other water features. and brown! showing the contour lines of altitudrf that are the distinguishing features'; of a topographic map. Both unri-I Appear almoat like relief models "r Two notable topographic any. of} western ,Natnonnl parks have in!1 been published by the (3le Bur-l vey of the Department of the Easter-:' ior; one its I mp of an In. 'nehatt- in: the Sequoia and General Gnu: National park, California, tad the other A map of the can lull of the! Grand Canyon National park, Arixo-I the area.» they portray. Mar of Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon map i the part of the Grand Canyon ing from its head wand}. Grand. Canyon. General Grant BY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The ”WPmma or liihttfii0TfrgIgis mind in New Pill nation: Details th td Canyon map intllldes the Grand Canyon extend- it, head wsvaitWard and In (‘rystal Rapids and iho north by the Kaib-b the tNast by the Plinled 0" the south by the Co- 120NorthFimtstmet WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDER World’s Lowest Ton -M ile cost Tens of thousands of user! have learned by actual corriparisoo that Chevrolet provides the lowest ton-mile cost' in the history of the commercial car industry! 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