The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

popuiaitlae Inr, C. H. ic welfcl report pis state Ired the lots, Dlwomen 'lor confront trd asylum [lumber in- 1 The state flved 150 daring Ing from ftM* month. Jenkins lied number drive by wave of [nhn of desrlnmialg have year, he dethe revenue | the appeal of W association Inveotioo. This | In an effort on sers to obtain schools. The [record as favornext session M*y for a state •,000,000 annually inded the state Scat bugaboo." led upon the .science as proof propaganda, urgthe social curof preparing chiltask of this age, environments C. R. Miller, dirt of public tendered con- |to build 1,000 miles 1022 would not be |nent plants lowered onel Miller was dls- |opened by the hlgh- (which likely will be on 4,088,402 barrels Offered approximating >,000. The highway inced that the figures year's supply would itely $2 per barrel, |iy reduction over the 1021, Ten companies the bidding. overnor Len Small kl on charges of conhud the state of Illinois In Interest on public the net result of the Idge Claire*, C. Edwards 1 O^infy" Circuit court, (the trial has not been lot be determined until lied In court again, on BUsry 7. At that time till have in Its possession f-ticUlars which the state ovide, and motions for |s for Gov. Len Small and nit, Vernon 8. Curtis, »ker, probably will cause \.--Illinois' commercial oil ill fall below 10,000,000 year, as .compared with liTels valued at $40,300,000 »rts P. W. DeWolf, chief geological survey. The Attributed by Mr. DeWolf the price of oil, which Insidf drilling and caused If « i »ome Illinois wells. In [ate iiad 19,000 oil wells, daily production of 20,500 ie Illinois State Dalry- Mation will hold its annual Lawrenceville on January 19, and, from all indlcaone of the largest meetjclatlon has ever held, of this year's program will show, conducted for the ^hls year. The first day of rill be given over entirely |ttle show, and the officers see as many as 130 high led Into the ring. llcago and Cook county [ve 70 new highway pollceitrol the rural highways on This was decided »by of the Circuit court. Short- Ithe decision was rendered p. Bell, counsel for the Cook oard. Issued a statement ^s to the effect that in his ie ruling of the judges was keld.--^The Illinois 8tate association received tlje (of the officers nominated to the coming year. They are: }t, J. O. Engleman. Jollet; i president, Miss Florence tlollilcago; second vice president, rmle Spalrs, Manlto; third vice L. M. Hanna. Centralla. and Charles Mcintosh, Montlield.-- A totkl of 481 cases of la, yt&p* reported to the state it of health last week, acto the report Issued by Dr. | Rawlings, state director of The threatened epidemic of Is on the wane, the report Only ten new cases were rein Fiv# hundred citizens here bbscribed $150,000 for extension lurphysboro & Southern Inter- I railway from Carbondale to Officials expect It to be a !rv the service Is started. hgfield.--Higher telephone rates aria and Its suburbs were defljenied by the Illinois commerce i*8ion IB refusing the Illinois krfepbone company a rehearing f order entered October 31. The don at that time denied highfor Peoria, Averyville, Bar- Bast Peoria and Peoria go.--Five airplanes of the guvit mall service were destroyed at the United States govern- Ifield at Haywood, Dtusmg^ was Ued at $200^0a I'iM: :l||||;>J^PHiNMlK Of ;%hen ne felled Four of thefforty i(W con- '$rho ftarted in the ship contest had perfect re*#pdS on 325 words when the eleven tifclpdfc began. Three of them misspell*! *toasssfrss." Two boys and two girls watered the finals. After misspelling "sassafras," Frances Redding of Pocahontas woo second place from Fred Painter of tlie North school near Stronghurst, Henderson county, by missing only two words In the contest for second honors, while her rival missed three. Both misspelled "picnicking," the girl also missing "bologna," while the boy fell down on "isinglass" and "cemetery." Blake Henderson Is thS youngest of the four who entered the finals. He Is twelve years of age, while his rivals are thirteen. His victory was a triumph for the boys, who were in the minority. Only 12 of the 44 starters were boys. The 1920. winner was a girl--Velma Rhodes of Benton. » Springfield.--With the exception of but a few spots, auto tourists may travel through the state of Illinois from Chicago to St. l^ouls^ver a hard surfaced road, the state highway department announced in a report Issued on the condition of the state's highways. Thelongost stretch of completed hard road is from Peoria to East St. Louis, which distance may be traveled without any detour. Through a few towns along this route travel must be made over earth roads but all of these stretches have been oiled and prepared so as to make travel possible at all times of the year. Weather conditions have checked road construe* tlon temporarily but Governor Small and the highway . department have promised that next year will b* a big one In road construction. Urbana.--Assistance In determining the quantity of the waters available In the state, their distribution and suitability for various uses, making chemical and biological analysis of water, scientific research work, and furnishing expert advice to municipalities and other branches of government are among the foremost duties of the state water survey located at the state university. The survey Is maintained by the state. This de-j partment analyzed 44,404 samples of water between 1895 and December 81, 1920. This work included thousands of samples of water from wells, nearly half of which were found unfit for drinking purposes, and Included samples for complete analysis from all municipal supplies In the state. Urbana.--The Corn Growers' and Stockmen's convention, or two weeks' course in agriculture, will be held at the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois from January 16 to 27. One of the features of this year's event Is the corn exhibit. Every person attending the short course is requested to enter at least one tenear and one single-ear exhibit of his corn. . The corn will remain the property of the exhibitor. Corn will be judged by the utility score card, originated by the University of Illinois and now used Ifi many other states, and germination tests will be made of each sample. East St. Louis.--Warrant*; charging highway robbery and assault to murder were issued against five men held by police at East St. Louis for investigation In connection with the robbery of the State bank i>f Dupo, when $11,343 was taken. At a preliminary hearing the men were held In bonds of $55,000 each. Ray Stevenson, who was released on a habeas corpus proceeding was arrested on one of the warrants. He had furnished a bond of $10,000. Waukegan.--Former Judge Charles H. Donnelly, sixty-five, well known throughout northern Illinois?, died at his home In Woodstock. The prolonged Illness which preceded his death was attributed to mental strain occasioned by the Will Orpet reorder trial at Waukegan In 1016. Mr. Donnelly was judge of the Seventeenth judicial district for a quarter of a century and was succeeded a year ago by Edward D. Shurtleff, former speaker of the house in the state legislature. Carlyle.--Irving Settles and Frank Grimes are both dead as the result of a celebration staged In Carlyle. Settles and Sharp were discharging a shotgun In the business district and when City Marshal Charles T. Sharp demanded the weapon an altercation ensued. Sharp fired once at each man. Grimes died within 15 minutes and Settles died a few hours later. Jollet.--Underfed children of the public schools will be provided with two meals a day under the will of August Belx, who left $40,000, the income of which is to be used in deeding Indigent children. The public schools have been supplying free meals for some time to 70 children. |l Rock ford.--Coal dealers have announced a 25-cent cut In the price of coal and coke per ton. The reduction has been made possible, it was announced, because of the decreased freight rates recently put Into effect. Benton.--Sherman Hart, forty-six, and Jack Galbraltli. twenty-one. are dead as the result of a pistol duel between Hart and Del mas Plaster upon the streets of Tbompsonviiie, Galbraith being struck by a stray bullet Hart killed Green Smothers near Thompsonvllle April 10, 1920, but was acquitted. Alton.--That Alton will rival Padocah. Ky., as a harbor for river boats is predicted by Capt. Harry Leyhe, veteran river man. Many boats have pat up with closing of traffic on the upper Mississippi for the winter.' Evanston.--Hoboes will hereafter shun Evanston. Coupons wejfe issued to housewives of the north shore suburb by the Central Association of Evanston Charities to give to tramps. The tickets, when presented at the offices of the association, are redeemable in food and clothing, provided the bearer agrees to do a certain amount of work in payment. Danville.--Making her believe that they could restore her sight Ity a new method of radium treatment, two swindlers procured $500 from Mrs. Mary Lefevre of Fithlan, near hem, nsicterafa* Disaatitfaciion Ex pressed Over Count Made - Year ! REPRESENTATION IS AFFECTED Census Taking in January Is Dissp- ^ proYed on Ground That Weather |L That Month Is SeHou*^:,//*' Handicap. •. _-v Washington.--Because of "considerable dissatisfaction" with the result of the count in the census taken last January, the house census committee Is considering legislation providing for another enumeration of the population •of the United States In 1925, or some other year prior to the next decenniaS census. Secretary Hoover says in that portion of his annual report dealing with the activities of the census bureau. ! "This proposed legislation has my approval," Mr. Hoover says, adding that "It has frequently been contended that the distribution of the popu* latlon as shown by the reports of the fourteenth census Is abnormal," and that prior to that enumeration there was a great movement from rural td urban districts which, since the enumeration, has been neutralized In large measure by a reverse movement Affects Congress Representation. "Further, It Is said, that this shifting of the population affected the totals for certain states, thus Influencing the apportionment of represents* tives In congress." Census taking in January la dlsap* proved on the ground that the weather in that month Is a serious handicap to the enumerator, delaying the work and making it necessary "to take unusual precautions to insure a complete canvass." The rep^tt says that the tins for taking the next census should be In April, as was the case before the last census. The change for the last census was made, It says, at the request of various Interests making use of agricultural statistics, the Idea being that more accurate statistics could be obtained concerning the activities of die farms if the canvass was wortly after the end of the year to whicti it related. Mr. Hoover also says that the new director of the census. William M. Steuart. is of the opinion that In order to advance the work of subsequent censuses, it wtll_ b<e 4 necessary that changes be made . In methods of procedure, if not in the scope, of some of the inquiries. "It would hasten the publication of the figures for the total population," the report says, "if the supervisors In the various districts made the preliminary count and announced the population, subject to correction, for the political subdivisions of their districts." To avoid duplication' of effort and eliminate annoyance to manufacturers and others, the commerce secretary has asked the director of the census to negotiate with other statistical bureaus of the federal government looking to a consolidation of effort in this direction. "Meny complaints have hew a Dog Charged with literally having treated her eight-year-old grand- S a t f l g t t e r l i k e a i l L l j M e Greg* of New Yorte cto is bjjpg held mithout ball pmlni iinit tigatlon. , The complaint alleges that thl woman tied the child under the house all day, made her sleep on t an old coat beside a real dog, kept her In the coal bin during rainy weather, beat and underfed her, and sent her- into the streets to beg. •• »« •*- motners !uiow in» ^ Genuine Castoria -3I0O0t ers concerning the numerous requests made by the federal bureaus for statistical and other Information." Mr Hoover says. **F feel confident that in many instances the periodic investigations of the bureau of census are all thaf is necessary to make, and that the Investigation of the other bureaus could, with advantage, be discontinued." Calling attention to the fact that some census records were destroyed in a recent lire in the department of commerce building, Mr. Hoover declares that a hall of records in which these Bears tfa Signature documents can be stored and conveneeived from manufacturers and oth-} iently examined is urgently needed. Bridge to Have Longest Span Structure to Connect Detroit and ^ Windsor Will Break Records. Detroit Mich.--Plans for the new International suspension bridge to connect Detroit and Windsor, Just announced. show that it will have the longest single span in the world, measuring 1,802 feet, or 24 Inches longer than the great cantilever at Quebec. Of double-deck construction, the new link between Canada and the United States will accommodate street car, automobile and pedestrian traffic on the upper deck and passenger snd freight train service on the lower deck. Barring unforeseen Mays, actual 'Trying to Save Vollendam's Dudes §L government veterinary Is shown Inoculating one of the 100.000 docks In the picturesque llttli Dutch village of Vollendam. on the Zuyder Zee, against the duck plague which threatens to wipe out the town's principal Industry. The ducks are fed on tiny fish, too small for human wjiich abound in the Zee. Recently the waters about the vlllag.' JU-ie stagnant an J filthy, resulting in the epizootic. -* construction work will commence next spring, and within four years the upper deck should be ready for service. Without interfering with traffic on the highway deck. It Is planned then to begin construction of tbe tower deck, which should be finished In two years mere. The bridge and Its approaches will have a total weight of 107.000 tons, with eight cables carrying the huge span. Six of these cables will be 21 Inches In diameter, and two will be 18 Inches thick; together they will support a pull of 146.000.000 pounds- Suspended frofta two towers, each rising 380 feet above the water, the span will have a width of 07 feet for the highway deck with two trolley trnehr. tv.o aldpwalks and two i-oadwsys, while the lower deck will have four railway tracks and a 20-foot space for public utilities equipment. Electric locomotives would he used for traffic across the lower deck. Completion of the bridge will mean the end of the train ferries, which for years have carried freight and passenger traffic across the Detroit river, even after tlie opening of the Michigan Central tunnel. The brldpe. which will he built by the Canadian, Transit company and the American Transit company, with the approval of the Canadian and United States governments, will span the river almost from the center to the shore line of the two cltJes. Construction Is expected to begin from the American side. The promoting companies have been authorized to Issue $30,000,000 in securities for tlie project. It Is estimated that 'completion of the highway of upper deck will cost approximately $15,000,000. Purchase of shore space for the approaches Is under way. Plans for the bridge were drawn chiefly by Charles E. Fowler of New York. Associated with him In the erection of the structure will ' be Geprge H. Pegram. chief engineer of the Interhorough itapld Transit company, New York; Prof. William- H. Burr of New York. Col. C. M. Monserrat. Montreal; Prof. C. R. Young of the University of Toronto, and Prof. H. E. Rlggs of'the University of Michigan. v liesdtinftitetrftoBinW lactate ^veSryork Copy of Wrappez. Tiirfy Years!# . <?•& - CASTORIA' Probably Not "I presume my letters to her will bo ifead in court!" "It's quite likely," said tbe lawyer, who had been engaged by the defendant in a breach of promise suit "I dread that. The pet names I ealled her will make me look foolish." "I wouldn't worry," said the lawyer, soothingly. "The court Is used to hearing terms of that sort and I don't suppose you thought up any new jnes."--Birmingham Age-Herald. If Yh !M i Medicine l 7 v Yoi Should ll»i the last HE WANTED IP FIGHT GERMANY -\ Arctic Adventurer Travels Three Years to Enlist Arrive* )» <Nome and, Ntt KnowH* the War Was Over, Tries to Sm> Hst in American Army 8o Ho , CouM Fight in franoe. KNtee, Alaska --An/ arctic adventurer, B. D. Seaman, sailed into Nome from the frozen north recently, and, not knowing that the war was over, tried to enlist in the American amy so he could fight In France. Seaman said he had been three years getting to Nome from the Coronation gulf country, which iies far east on Canada's Arctic coast, and during his Journey had received no news frqm the outside world. He left the gulf, be declared, In October, 1018, when he first heard the United States had entered the war. Seaman was formerly a member of the then Royal Northwest Mounted police. Soon after Seaman started for Home the small schooner on which he was journeying was wrecked In tbe Ice. be said, and he and his companions were forced to walk 27 days before they came to r.n Eskimo village. On their way .they lived on roots. Seaman gave an Interesting description of the life of the EsklUQ)s of Coronation gulf. The natives, he said, still use the bow and arrow, but are gradually getting accustomed to tbe ase of firearms, which were Introduced recently. The natives Jit* oo cariboo and seal. « A rifle In the Corfltoatlon country sells for $160, cartridges for 30 cents each, sugar is $1 a pound, butter $3.80 a pound and milk $1 a can. Seaman said. The cost of clothing, however, is lower, a "parkali cape being sold for $4, muckluks, or native shoes? for 50 cents a pair and fine fur mittens for three boxes of 1-cent matches. Mounted police In the Coronation country get mall sometimes three years old. Once, before he left, l constable got quick Rervlce on a letter, It be> lng delivered from England In thirteen months. Seaman said he probably would back to Coronation gulf, "where a big pot of trouble like a World war doesn't reach us until it Is all over." JOHN D. JR. BORROWS COAT Rockefeller Tells of Attending |nv perisl Gsrden Party in Tokljfc; in Borrowed Raiment ' New York.--John D. Rockefeller, Mt. told how he borrowed a frock coat from the American ambassador to attend an Imperial garden party In Toklc. Royalty were required to go In European dress, cltlsens In native dress, and foreigners In frock coats Mr. Rockefeller said he was abouf to forego attending because there was no frock coat In his baggage, when the American ambassador said he had two aftd Mr. Rockefeller could wear one of them. % Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many product* that are extensively advertised, alt^at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain--the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This ipplies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like in endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years ind never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent re* lults, as many of my customers testify^ No other kidney remedy has so large a •ale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have: used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, k> many people claim, that it fulfills almost ever}' wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects urinary troubles snd neutralises the uric icid which csases rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamtoa, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this (wper. Large and medium sise bottle*, for sale at all drug stores.Advertisement A Willing Husbsnd. An Atlanta man tells of a darky srho •efelled at his house one afternoon seeking work. ' , . "All right," the darky was told, "there's a ton of coal on the walk that must be brought up." "But," the darky protested, 'VdaWs no work fo' a lady 1 My wife'km waahln'.* ' ' " 1 ~ 1 " !'• ?>' Don't Forget Cuticiira Talcum Wben adding to your toilet requisites. An exquisite face, skin, baby and dusting powder and perfume, rendering other perfumes superfluous. You may rely on it because one of the Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum). 26c each everywhere.--Advertisement. Wifely Training. , "So you have graduated fmn c(l< leger -.v -.. "Yes, sir." "Studied abroad, tool*, "Yes, sir." "Consider yourself, now fairly wA able to get along and adapt yourMHI In any kind of society?" ' V "I believe so." / "That's what I used to (fctaifc, fSi|. I lived to discover this: No matter how many college degrees a man earM jkm* how carefully his parents maj| have trained him, when he gets rled there's m>vays a lot his wife thinks necessary to teach him." trolt Free Press. 1$ •SjJ ,-33 TO KILL RATS and MICE Always mm tkegmmim STEARNS' ELECTRIC RAT A ROACH PASTE It foraaa tkass MM Is f nMridfMk aiv. Ready tar Use--Rafter TtMnl DliMtlom tn tS IsatassMS in every feaa Ho and 1160. "Mossy Sack tfti faith" D.S.UoTWBMStlrarilt, FISH FINEST CATCH IHTKABttl MmLsvI Your bum sad rtdrw oa a> susis! sM rail RACE on islawo fast dying Disease Reduces population of Mar^ quesas From 100,000 to 1JQ# %£. in B0 Years. ) tfltfolnlu, T. H.--Tremendoos decreases in the native population of the Marquesas islands, 2,000 miles south by east of the Hawaiian archipelago, have resulted from the ravages of disease and the adoption of many modern customs recently, according to Dr. G. S. Handy, ethnologist of the Bishop museum here, who spent nine months on the islands gathering data ou iue origin of the Polynesian race, fe--bits and customs of the natives, and their ethnology and anthropology. ' "Fifty years ago the Marquesas islanders probably numbered between 50.000 and 100,000." Doctor Handy said. "Today there are only about 1,800 natives. Smallpox and pokoko, a particularly swift and virulent form of tuberculoids, played havoc among thena." The human body does not generate infections • ' , - •> y\:'" SOME LABOR I •r. •.. r FORGE STAMPS IN ARGENTINA Large Circulation of Counterfeit Five. Cant iasue Discovered If » That Country. - "Vx* " * * •^"' ' Buenos Aires.--A swindle" of large proportions has been perpetrate*! on the Argentine post office department the printing and sale of false 5-cent imps. The sale of these stamps has ' en going on possibly for years, but it was only recently discovered. The ?. partment has ordered the withdrawal of the issue. The post office department11 admitted that the fraudulint stamps were practically Identical with the authorized ones and that it was not possible to trace the source of the questionable SUppl^ ' Punfehment for Gluttons. Berlin.--To punish grattons with Customs Inspector Heineman is shown "laboring" at a task that many would envy (mlldy speaking)--testing whisky broujjht fc^o JWillqdelyfya fj-om X M fines as high ss 100,000 marks for the first offense and five years for the second Is the purpose of a bill introduced in the diet. Foreigners are not «xd 'i m. Choice of Cvitk "Why do you want to marry 'during your first season"I'd. rather be scolded by a husband ^ thatt a ^chaperon."-- Life. -X : -- F Encouragement. first hundred years are > Ike hottest," said the devil as a new arrival registered."--Life. ' n( •nreomMM UM of id|ir Ittw. Dept. S, FANCY ASSORTKU H.OBIUA twenty poun<l box delivered at 12 50. O C OI TI.AW, St Cloud, Far 8a!« 4M Acre*. Kiuuu t'om I Improved; $7.00# canh. balance NELSON. 429 Harrison St . Oak Couldn't Forget His Bride. The ticket chopper at the elevate# station gazed with disgust at the of the solitary man who had ]uM dropped two tickets into his box. * ** "Isn't that the limit?" he bnnMteot "Wasting tickets like that t % newly wed. It's mostly them aa- dvapi two tickets. They're thinking abo«| the bride so much that they drop oan for her even when she isn't . New York Sun. Bat the omnibus driver dvawt line at stage money. # In danger of becoming "I beg your pardon.* 1 SPIRIN WARNING! Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin, Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you mm not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians jopeT 22 yearjy|pd (poved safe by DQ|Ilions for 1.1' Colds I ^ Headache ^Rheumatism S-Ji: Toothache Neuralgia ^Neuritis n Earache ^f§-umbago ^^jPain, Pai|| only "Bayer" package which contains proper directions. Bsfcdy "BayW boxes of 12 tablet*--Also bottles of 24 asd ito--Druggists. H Om trsti t* of Me KinMMs at llaeaasrttaMllMMr «C Ssttu" " m!