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won. "ring 'd t n meat: ' the royal e a. has.» H of keel-go stated t that win: " P. 513 III for ING “lit Mt ard ‘ABK The ml, t,“ Burr Wage Rates '-Iihrtatilitehed -ro/Ayrmtrwttioetrkhac---. State of Illinois, Report Prevailing rate- af was“ for atata Iconstrnction involving building trades and established hy the out. - ment of purchases and construction were made public last not at Spring- field, in connection with proposals fot two Illinois waterway bridges and bids for work " Statoviiie prison. The projects in which the wage rates were not are those involving 'eomitraetidit' of.. a bridge at Mar- seilles, a temporary ’atructnro at Joliet in connection with the deep waterway projects, and of various improvements at Statcville prison. ---irhe-a,ea1e--itr--morhmers--omtkryed at the bridge projects is as follows: Blacksmiths, Joliet, $1.35; Mar- seilles. $1. Bricklayers, . Joliet, $1.25; Mur- uilles, $1. Carpenters (rough work), Juliet, 90c; mines, 60e. Canientero (fine work), Joliet $1; Mag-semen, ttoe. Tlftikitikiantr/ Joliet, $1.25; Mar- seilles, $1. 7 _ - -.- Labor (skilled), Joliet, 60e; will”: IOC. . -Uhor (comm: wines, 40c. The scale of wages for the work on' the Joliet bridge project is 20 per cent higher than that for the Mar- seilles construction. The futures,, " cording to Kohn, were based on wages being paid for similar work by the federal government. Bids on the two projects will be received Au- gust 25. Speeifieationts for work at Stste- ville prison, on which bids will be received August 11, stipulste that successful . bidders or tsuty-ettntrttittortt must pay the following minimum hour, rates: Cement finishers, $1.50; reefers, $1.25; roofera' helpers, " cents; sheet metal workers," $1.60; composition floor finishers, 81.50 and $1.62%; common labor, 90 cents. Swamp Land Case Is Decided Day After _ r ahiiiTiof theme gems of 'Nrtunp lands in the Pistokee bay, region, died last week nt his home, and the following day Spe-' eiar-Maarur.icha----a--uL Coulson fited on opinion arith Circuit Judge Ralph J. Dndy, stopping the State of Illinois and Luke county from claiming the land. 7 _ The suit started June 18, 1926 and scores of experts on tsoil 10mm. survey”, este., -m cdled from all over the middle west to testify. The ma and the county sued Hatch, end he in turn sued them in a cross bill. Conlaoq dismissed the origins! bill for want of equity end "commanded . decree on the emu bill quieting title." i In his btdintrs the specie! master held that the Gellovey survey we: erroneous or e fraud and that Pis- takee Luke never we: navigable. end did not ext-t in 1888 or 1818 or for severe! hundred years prtor to that time u claimed ”the state and mum! ed .59; the Aite ind eotintr, which "W placed at]. tttltr. had in the Th, U. B. culled a new survey in 1826, Comma ruled.whict_1_wu adypy Pranks-ter-of Gnu Lal-ho sag, Ann“ 18, 1981 ; Mar- m or Gout, in eapaettun. -Hhtetsr--tw-HtrAr,--araH---- meow ' With the 1931 peach crop altim- ctod " 4,tr00,000 bushels, Illinois will lava nude u long stride this season toward fruit growing " I farm in- Illinois Peach Crop Large; Other Fruits ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Mutual by vim it be: for you -'M. inhalation“: " little}: - " .r M! "Th [in W'iiinderful Son?) that -iers can crop. Apple and par orchards bull fruits and strawberries m um BH-H-r -----rb-------r-_ TH! Pills "aTririrGrdF'iirFFiriir'eiu iiiiii." ment’s worry. Of coririre he’s l 2139 now, and he't " kaii.ijii./ 'iii telephone; home regularly and I enjoy every minute of those calls. Just last week he telephoned to tell me he had been promoted by his com- ( Mil" ___ ,‘VIL "'fT‘W vol-Iv: nu us a -v. - -'"""" de,g,Q"Jet,t gtrtr,t,g,'t'r, EG",' of trFti"7i"'thi state m: farmer. in the southern w of the thes last week ttt Amt _ state, who formerly depended on Fruit growers, commission men and grain. es their' chief source of profit, railroad representatives ere in con- 1rves.d"niu1r ""1118 l"" to mind ference todny formulating plans for farming. interesting the public in the use of 60W? IlhnmerBogt hntt dessitrnated peaches and the farmers in the pro- Anxust 16 to 81 for the Illinois peach duction of the crop. gé-thudlyLwaâ€"W 1t.teltl hag-vast festival. Stuart B.. Pier-Ion. areal» state director of the department of - km for the our“. governor in arranging for a - M of display of fruit: " the state fair - " A- the last week in August. K telephone (tantrum t son or daughter ‘in a distaht city brings joy to every mother. There is no excpse for be- ing thoughtless when' a L'ong Distance call “Whisks you ham?” in a minute or so. Call the folks to- g day! It's Quick, Clear, Inexpeniive. Fruit growers, commission men and railroad representatives m in con- ference today formulating puns for intereitintr the public in the use of '; ll ii! m tl