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FERTILITY W--Mngto*. 4* €. federal District Attorney KnotteofBprlngflsld has sub. tnlited his resignation to take effect, IS*#*. It was Horned at the depart- Willi'<f justice at Washington. Bfirttetown.--Victims of the most disastrous flood along the Illinois river since the Indian abandoned its banks to the pioneer, Beardstown citizens :,y h»ve taken steps toward protecting Jtlietnselves against future floods. . Freeport.--Two Illinois towns elect* women as police magistrates, it was disclosed in tabulation of returns fipom the recent elections. Mrs. Mildred Brandt was elected at Winslow and Miss Kathryn Krape won the race at Lena, Springfield.--East St Louis was t TOcceasful in carrying away the preslf dency and Rockford the 1928 convention of the State Business and Professional Women's club at the closing . v Session of the annual convention recently held in Springfield. Streator.--William Sabol, mine manager, and Louis Brown, check weight boss at the Acme ccal mine at Streator, were overcome and smothered to death by black damp when they went Into the mine to pump water after the pit had been closed on account of the general mine suspension. Hillsboro.--The village of Wenonah was awarded damages to the amount of $3,708.40 by a jury in the Circuit a«ourt at Hillsboro. Some time ago the village of Wenonah brought a suit in the Circuit court for $25,000 against the Peabody Coal company for damage to the village. In some places the ground sank to a depth of two feet. Flora.--Col. J. Mack Tanner, son Of former Gov. John R. Tanner and cikember of the Illinois constitutional convention is dead of pernicious anemia. After his election to the constitutional convention he took up his temporary residence In Springfield, but was compelled to leave the city to enter St. Luke's hospital at Chicago. Aurora.--Aurora voters defeated the daylight saving ordinance, deciding to stay on standard time this summer. Opposition to Chicago time came from farmers, who complained to the merchants. The chief boosters for the ordinance were the 1,500 Chicago commuters. Having lost, they now will have to roll out of bed at 4 a. m. during the summer to get to work on time. • Peru.--The Cherry mine, where 258 miners were killed In 1909 in one of the worst mine disasters in the history of the country, will be closed, it was announced by officials of the St. Paul Coal company, owners. It was as- • Sorted that coal could be bought In the open market cheaper than it could bo produced at the mine. The closing will affect several hundred workers. Chicago.--Aside from several close factional contests in Cook county a few days ago, chief interest in the balloting centered In the action of lilies Ofenter residents, who voted 302 to 14 to annex 3,500 acres of land adjoining the present village. This land recently was opened by a real estate corporation to negroes. It is estimated that when fully settled the negro subdivision will outvote the population of, the present village. Carrollton.--Breaking of the Hartwell levee on the Illinois river complet- «d the flooding of 30,000 acres of reclaimed farm land, along a 23-mile river front in Greene county. Hartwell levee, protecting 8,000 acres, of which half is in wheat, was the third targe levee In Greene county to yield to the pressure of the flooded Illinois. TJhe other two, which gave way previously, were the Eldred and the Fairbanks ranch levee. Springfield.--Building operations In 18 of the largest cities in the state Increased 127.5 per cent in March over those of February, according to observations made by the state labor department. The value of the permits Issued in the 13 cities was about two and one-half times larger than in March, 1921. This really understates the increase in building activity, for along with these ^increases in total value there have been reductions in wage rates atid reductions in cost of materials of about 20 per cent. Bpringfleld.--Weather and crop refMrts are to be sent out by radio from weather bureau stations in the country, according to the announcement made at Springfield by Clarence J. •Root, meteorologist. The Springfield office will have supervision over the work In Illinois. A standard wave length of 485 meters has been adopted t>y the government for the sending of -the reports. It cannot be used for any other purpose. The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, Chicago, will broadcast the a. m. forecast for Illinois by radio telephone At 9.25 a. m. and again at 10 a. m. Special warnings will be sent, when -there are any, at 4.15 p. m. The p. m. forecast will be broadcast at 9 p. m. "The call letter Is KTW; wave length, 485 meters. Chicago.--A drive tor $1,000,000 With which to establish a Catholic -foundation. Including a church, social center, educational hall, and dormitories, at the University of Illinois was launched at Chicago. The quota 4* Chicago was fixed at $500,000. Chicago.--Declaring war to a flw«»h on eleven building trades unions and Issuing an ultimatum to a twelfth, the •Chicago citizens' committee to enforce the Landls award announced that it was prepared to handle any or all building construction in Chicago on 4be open shop plan. Chicago---After working for one organization continuously for slxtynlne years, Frank Knight of Chicago was retired from the service of the Burlington & Qunlcy railroad st the age of nlnetv-four. Springfield.--Dr. Isaac D. Rawllngs, •grector of public health, calls attention to the fact that during the first •quarter of 1922, with the exception of Peoria, which had 157 cases reported, and the rest of Peoria county with seventy-sbc rises,--the smallpox Ottuation in Illinois is much better than during the first quarter of 1921. ^' r-ir W+i'X-??- civics Elgin Woman's been launched #Sr funds to erect a statue in tribute to Elgin's soldiers, living and dead. Jacksonville.--Voters at the recent Jacksonville election defeated the proposition to permit the opening of moving-picture theaters oaf Sunday, and also elected two World war veterans to the city council* Chicago.--Of the 623,912 homes In Chicago 27 per cent are owned by the occupants and 73 per cent are rented, according to a tabulation made by the municipal librarian, based on figures supplied by the census bureau. Springfield.--The heavy precipitation which fell during the month of March was more than twice the normal amount and was, with one exception, the greatest March average' in more than forty-five years, according to a cllmatologlcal summary given out by the meteorologist in charge of the Illinois section. Rockford.--One of the most comprehensive programs ever attempted by the Illinois State Academy of Science, If not by any similar organization in America, will be held April 27, 28 and 29. A total of 85 addresses and papers will be delivered in the sectional meetings alone. Approximately 35 University of Illinois scientists take an active part Ifi the program. Chicago.--With the passage of the Langley bill In the senate, Chicago wll'. have a $1,500,000 hospital for the treatment of neurasthenia, psychosis and other mental and nervous disorders among ex-service men. The bill carries with it an appropriation of $17,000,000 for the erection of eight such hospitals. Chicago, with one hospital, will be the center of the central district. Springfield--Strikers in the Kansas coal fields have received their last aid, at least for the preesnt, from the Illinois United Mine Workers, it was announced at state headquarters in Springfield. Relief has continued for six months, in which time the Illinois workers provided the Howat strikers $320,600 worth of provisions. Relief was stopped because of the nationwide coal strike. Springfield.--Damage suits totaling $300,000 were filed against the American Legion, the city of Decatur and the R. H. Armbruster company at Springfield in the Sangamon county Circuit court by Mrs. Nannie B. Clark and Mrs. Minnie E. Begelow of Salem, who are said to have been injured when a grandstand collapsed at the American Legion state Convention at Decatur last October. Springfield.--Serious sanitation problems arising from the flood situation at several points along the Illinois river have taken the attention of the state department of health. Included in points visited in a sanitation survey tour by department engineers are Beardstown, East Peoria, Pekln, Valley City, Naples and Perry Springs. The health department is lacking contingency funds, but will use its personal and other resources In handling the sanitary problems In the flooded areas, Director Raw lings stated. Springfield.--Deposits in the state banks of Illinois had Increased largely on March 10, the date of the last statement of business, over December 31, the date of the last previous statement, according to the statement of their condition given out by Auditor of Public Accounts Andrew Itussell. The total resources of the 1,247 state banks ourside of Chicago on March 10 were $629,938,247, a gain over the De-.. cember 31, 1921 statement of $17,345,- 332. The loans and discounts were $411,155, an Increase of $1,249,922. f Chicago.--Twenty-five thousand Chi* cago families will live in tents in the' forest preserves near the city during the summer to avoid paying high rentals, E. A. Potter, manager of the Chicago Tenants' Protective league, announced. He asserted that a family can be equipped to live In a tent for $90, one month's rent. The campers, he said, will be divided into groups of 25 families each and a chieftain will be appointed for each group. No dogB will be allowed in camp, but there will be no limit on children, it is asserted. "This move will be the greatest "ever toward beating the greedy landlord," Mr. Potter said, "Twenty thousand vacant flats in Chicago all summer will beat him to a frazzle.*' North Chicago.--After May 1 the city of North Chicago, just south of Waukegan, will be without a police or street department. The city council* in a special session dismissed both' departments. It was voted also to serve notice immediately on the Public Service company to shut off the street lights. The action followed the defeat at the polls of a $60,000 bond Issue, which the city was to use in paying old bills upon which judgments had been confessed. Employees of the street and police departments have not received their salaries for several months, and inasmuch as the council could see no way of paying them, It will decide to retrench as much as possible. The city owes the electric light company $17,000, with bo means of paying. Carllnville.--Macoupin countj won second place in the state on the sale of Christmas seals for the tuberculosis fund the past season. The sale was based on the population of the counties in the state. Marion county won first place. Chicago.--Six thousand tenants of Chicago apartment houses at a massmeeting pledged themselves to refuse to move on May 1. Chicago's semiannual moving day, and to refuse to pay increased rents. Demands for a $10 Increase in many cases were met with demands for a $10 decrease. Springfield.--With three justices dissenting, the State Supreme court decided that Chicago is without power to license restaurants. Springfield.--Summaries now being prepared in the statistical section of the Illinois department of labor show strong tendencies toward a lowering of the percentage of unemployment In the state,, George B. Arnold, director of the department, said in a statement. Optimistic predictions are now being verified1 in the vised by this Arnold stated. fy i * >v~- Daughters of American Revolution Plan Reconstruction of Famous Fort Crawford. ORIfHUL WAS BUILT IN 1812 Meet Famous of Any of the Ports In the Northwest Has Fascinating History--Zachary Taylor Onee Commandant. Prairie du Chlen, Wis.--Preservation and eventual reconstruction of historic Fort Crawford Is forecast by the ac- Aon of the Prairie du Chlen chapter of the D. A. R. in securing an option on the property from W. R. Graves, its owner, In an effort to preserve It for historical purposes. Fort Crawford was the most famous off any of the forts in the Northwest. The original post. Fort Shelby, was bojlt during the war of 1812. Hartfly haa the first American troops taken possession of it, when a detachment /Of British troops, re-enforced by Indians, came down the Wisconsin river and laid siege to it. The garrison was forced to surrender and for a year the Union Jack floated over the frontier post and southwestern Wisconsin was a part of the British empire. Buildings Ruined by Fire. At the close of the War of 1812 the tout was evacuated and shortly afterward most of the buildings were gutted by fire. The American government then rebuilt the fort on the same site, calling It Fort .Crawford. Later a new site was chosen a mile south on higher ground and a larger Fort Crawford was erected. Zachary Taylor, later President of the United States, was commandant of It at one time. One of his lieutenants was Jefferson Davis, who led the southern Confer leracy through the Civil war. Davis fell In love with Taylor's daughter and married her, to the great displeasure of the commandant. \ . The fort surgeon was Doctor Beaumont, whose assistant, Martin St. Alexis, bad a bullet hole in his atom* ach. Through this hole Doctor Beaumont studied the processes of digestion. The experiments thus conducted still form the major part of the knowledge medical science has of the stomach and its functions. St. Alexis is mentioned in many school physiologies. Other Notables at Fort. Others stationed at the tort at Tft* rions times were the historian, Henry Schoolcraft; the artist, George Calvin; and Gen. William Clark, Lewis Cass and Winfield Scott. The treatfcy of 1828 and 1880, wherein the Indians deeded away the last of their lands east of the Mississippi river, were signed at Fort Crawford. The Black Hawk war entered. "ffiopt wm-mrnmm post as a after his Cay we by the WUuMfcago after, th* rout of the Sacs Foxes at the Battle of Bad Axe. Near the site of the fort Is Fort Crawford cemetery, where those who died during their term of service were burled. The cemetery Is government aimed and well cared tor. Infant Grows More Teeth. ' Duluth, Minn.--Physicians are marveling ov^r the case of Alice Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Collins of Hinckley, Minn., who although less than a month old, has grown two sets of teeth. A dentist extracted two teeth from the infant's mouth two weeks after birth. Physicians examined the infant afterward and discovered two more teeth growing In the place of those extracted. The infant la reported to be normal otherwise. With a new micrometer internal cylindrical surfaces can be measured to the ten-thousandths of an Inch. ,|*r 1 * f. if i ini.m for Teachers Federal Bureau Is Studying the jye^ion of How to Accomplish It: . MANY INADEQUATELY TRAINED Grade School Classee Taught by . Pen eons Who Have Not Even High Sohooi Diplomas--Trained Teachers Barred. Washington, D. C.-~-Commlsst<X*er John J. Tigert of the bureau of education and his assistants are studying the question of how to raise the standard of training for school teach era throughout the United States. Thousands of women and men, en- Freeze Plays Havoc With Orange* trusted with the education of large groups of children In the public schools lack what the federal officials regard as an adequate preparation for their work. Doctor Tigert said. In the grade schools many persons are teaching classes who have not even high school diplomas, according to a recent investigation by the bureau of education. According to the federal standards a man or woman to be properly equipped for teaching should have at least a normal school education. If the teaching is to be that In high schools a college or university diploma should represent adequate training. In other words the training of the teacher should reach considerably beyond the subject to be taught. Many Are Barred. Thousands of men and women win were adequately trained to teach are ' J " ' 1* * Amertean Settler m Western Canada Tells of Splendid Ot«pe Raised Year After Yoar. Harold J. Gregory, of Lowe Farm, Manitoba, writes as follows: "When I came to Canada from Lexington, 111., in the fall of 1913, it was with the • spirit of adventure and through curiosity. I always Imagined that crossing the boundary line took me beyond the limits of civilization Into 'No Man't Land,' and that fh>* country abounded with bears, moose, caribou and other wild game. Imagine my disappointment when I reached my friend's home just in time to help him through a month of harvestwheat, barley, flax and oats. I realized then the possibilities that thia almost untouched territory held open to the home-seeking settler, with Its rich, virgin soil, good markets, railroad systems, graded roads, etc. "In the spring of 1914 I came back with the intention of testing out my judgment concerning the soil's graingrowing powers. This I did with complete satisfaction. I am now farming 480 acres of land at Lowe farm, and have raised crops of equal value to the purchase price of the land on which it was raised two or three different times. I have found this land to be superior in fertility to any land that I have ever seen, and I have seen land In Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. "The preeent low prices of machinery make this year an exceptional one I In Its opportunities to the man who wants to make a new start under favorable conditions. Why raise corn for 60 cents a bushel on $300 per acre land, when you can get good improved wheat land for $50 per acre, and wheat selling for $1.15 at your local elevator! I was enabled to purchase a Gray Dort automobile from the profit of a hay crop produced In one year. This district offers good facilities tor stock raising and there are special opportunities for the hog raiser." Information regarding all districts of Western Canada may be had from any agent of the Canadian government.-- Advertisement TAKiAC New Shoes Old Tight Shoe* all feel the same if yon shake Into them ;s%"¥ %"i, MIEN'S FOOT-EASE (Takes tte friction frtttn tbe atoe,fnab-£ tens tbe feet sod gives new vigor. At! * Snight, whan your feat are tired, *or«£ land swollen from walking end dancing, (Sprinkle ALLEN'S FOOT-KA8E tat the' (toot-bath--a »e|»ya*>Hwtti OraM^MMN^mdl of huto lor thai' {ViMam Mi by our Army aad N«*j > pagfeawat. •a a Mntfc. O* AUBPS fOOT-KAfll Comfort Baby's Skin And Fragrant Take |S--p 2Sc, OfatMt 2S mi S»c,T< Hail Men With "Pep.* "Men with 'pep' rush In where angels fear to tread." Even "In the piping times of peace" they cast "modest now barred from the schools, it has' stillness and humility" to the fourth been found. This*is a result of the! re™ove and "let their action Imitate war. When living costs Increased! the tigers." They advance upon our Unexpected freeze which occurred In southern California has not oidy spoiled millions of oranges and lemons that were about ready to be picked, but has also killed hundreds of the trees themselves, causing many orchard owners to take out their trees and replace them with new stock, which will require several years to come into bearing. Frozen lemons and oranges are poisonous, hence great care Is taken to see that none of the frozen fruit is shipped to market. The illustration shows a pile of frozen lempng and oranges which were dumped Into a river bed to decay. \ v; ; I , I .1 I i"Wi> faster than teachers' salaries large numbers of teachers who were well equipped for their wdrk were compelled to step out of the schools Into the other other positions that would pay better. Many were practically forced out by lack of means to re* main, although their first Interest was with the schools. There was a national shortage of teachers. Economic depressions followed. Persons with hardly any training stepped into the vacant positions. At the same time the level of salaries paid teachers began to be Increased. More and more inadequately trained persons went into the schools as teachers. The shortage of teachers ceased to be a problem. There are now enough, so that few schools need re* main closed for lack of men and women to conduct them. 4 Standard Lowered. But the teachers who are tasife quately trained are holding the positions. And many persons who studied^ to make teaching their life work are without positions. School boards generally feel that in all fairness those persons who accepted positions when there was a teacher shortage should be retained. The standard of training for teachers thus has been very largely lowered throughout the schools in all sections of the United States, the reports show. The correction of this situation may take several years, according to Commissioner Tigert civilization like an army with banners. "Brashness" we used to call it, with affectionate contempt and tender pity; "pep" we hall It now, and laud it with loud hoaannaa.--Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent. 8000 Miles Guaranteed No (tone bruises No rim cuts. Wonderful new procew Tirea and Tubes. Amailnr profits. Salesman's sample kits furnished. Bis repeat business for live agents. Season now on. Writ* today. TECHKV AUTOMOTIVE BERTICI TKCHNT. ILL A « WAXTKD--10.000 HOOT "--"IT"* Opportunity of ynur life. 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HOLD TO THEIR OLD GLORIES Manohus Retain Ancient Ceremo- - nies of Former Dynasty. Industrial field • superdepartment," Director Emperor, Though Virtual Prisoner In Forbidden City, Receivee Homage • ef Attendants According !* - • V • Ancient Farm*, ; Pekln.--In spite of the fact that Chlng dynasty has been out of power rince 1911 and the present emperor of China Is a virtual prisoner in the forbidden city of Pekln, all ceremonies connected with the Mauchu emperors are still kept up. At the recent Chinese New Tear's celebration tbe customary honor was paid to the spirits of the emperors In their resting places, at the Eastern Tombs. Offerings pt food and provisions were placed before the tombs and the old Manchu officials who are still retained In office by the Ching dynasty kowtowed according to the custom preyff »l|wi"ri4 scribed in Manchu house law for the imperial family. These officials are experiencing considerable difficulty in following out all the old customs because of the lack of funds available for the upkeep of the emperors' tombs. The funds promised to the Imperial family by the republican government are usually very tardily paid, with the result that poverty is facing the one-time affluent Manchus. At the enstera tombs many of the Manchus, deprived of the annual stipend formerly paid by the imperial government, have been forced to become gatherers of wood and charcoal In order to support themselves. The old towns and villages are falling into ruins, the forests of the huge tract devoted to the burial of the emperors are fast becoming devastated and the monumental tombs are beginning to (pli Into ruin and decay. Every effort Is being made by the officials of the tombs, however, 'to maintain the glory of the dead emperors, and the ceremonies at New Tear's typified the attitude of these faithful adherents of a departed order who refuse to allow the glory of the Chlng dynasty and the Manchu it' to be dimmed. Wire Relic to Be Preserved. Portland, Ind.--An oddity is on *if. play In the office of Henry Martin, Jay county auditor. It Is a piece of the first barbed wire ever made In this country and was brought to the auditor by L. P. Fennlg of New Corydon, northeast of this city. The wire is in links of a length of three or four inches instead of being one twisted piece as the wire is now made. The antique piece of wire will be placed Itf the museum of the courthouse. - Pig With Elephant Head. Irving ton, Ky. -- Forrest 8Uth brought in a pig from a litter of eight that had an elephant head and snout and only one eye, which was in the center of its head; it had no hair. The mother came from the state fair at Louisville^ In Homes where there are children (^ANITARY walls are essential. Germ laden walls may be the cause of much ill] len I beautiful, artistic and ab- Whv take a risk when it is so easy to have Alabastined wallssoiutely sanitary. * a instead of Kalsominm or Wall Paper Alabastine, either in simple single colors or the maajr hued onyx effect so rich and so easily produced by the new Alabastine Opaline process, will give you walk which are germ proof--walls in harmony with your rugs and draperies--any tone or tint to please your taste or fancy. To obtain Alabaahnc effects yen i Be sure to look for the crow and ekele printed in red am package. And, be sure to ask your dealer or decorator to show samples of the tnifor beautiful Alahatlino-Opaiine Process. The Alabastine Compaay Graad Rapids, Mich. -# * « <1 •I New Type of Air Yacht to % Speedy ""T - J,'-. x, vI Mi , x. 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Hullngs | for four hours while he shot rubber [ plying for a divorce. i EXCURSIONS TO WESTERN CANADA" Round Trip for Single Fare -IS Jgi Pins Two Dollars Cud fbat aad Third Tuesdays hi Each Heath " A splendid opportunity is now offered those who ^ desire to make a .trip of inspection to look over > Western Canada's Fanning FentMRSil * Recent advances in the price of farm products further increases will warrant an increase in the price of WeaMK&CMMli, Farm Lan^a, now exceptionally low considering thefer pro*sdh®>aleef The depression is now over, and normal timea an Alla^TCHVh' Canada came through the late trying period with a stqstthewt nd[|anparednes& to take advantage of the better times that wm Me ^preadmt To take advantage of the low rates now in fen* aad lor otfcar information, apply to ! C J. Broughton, R. 412, 112 W. Adams St, Chicago; J. M. MacLachlan, 10 Jefferson AT*., Detroit, Mich. Authorised Canadian Oovwrmnent Agents iSiSL (WfcifsE