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There are many good types of roads •and materials used in the construction j of same, says the article, "and in gen­ eral it may be said that we may main­ tain any type of road to a satisfactory standard if we are willing to pay the price." In conclusion the article says: • "Governor Dunne has taken special interest in the question of good roads in Illinois and has kept in close co­ operation with the highway commis­ sion, with the result that all of the work done with state aid money, or "with the proceeds of county bond is­ sues, will be built in the best known manner and sj far ad is practicable will be as permanent, one as another. all types, the grading, drainage, bridges and culverts will be truly per­ manent arid so constructed that none of the work will have to be repeated when a new wearing surface, or a new type, becomes necessary. Where roads have already been improved to soiae extent, an effort will be made to use as much of the existing improvement as is practicable and only such changes as are necessary through^ faulty drain­ age, grading or location, will be made. The metalled surface will be used, if .possible, in the new construction and roads which have good gravel or macadamized surfaces, may be treat­ ed with some additional material of the same class, or resurfaced with some bituminous compound, thus Bay­ ing as far as possible what has been done In the past and prolonging the life of the road and generally improv­ ing the conditions." Illlnoisans Founded G. A. R. Fifty years ago this month the idea of formation of the Grand Army of the Republic was form­ ulated in the minds of Dr. B. F. Ste­ phenson of Springfield and Rev. Wil­ liam J. Rutledge of Petersburg. Their idea resulted in the establish­ ment at Decatur on April 6, 1866, of the first post of the Grand Army, and in Decatur on May 23, 24 and 25 of this year the fiftieth birthday anniversary of the patriotic order will be observed. The occasion will be the annual en­ campment of the Illinois department of the Grand Army, whose state com­ mander at present. Col. John M. Sny­ der of Canton, is one of the few men who helped to found the order fifty years ago. But one other of the found­ ers is living. He is Maj. Robert Mann Woods, past department commander, and the first department adjutant of Illinois. At the time of the foundation of the G. A. R. Colonel Snyder was secretary to Governor Oglesby. In 1868 the G. A. R. was organized, and following the reorganization it thrived mightily in this state. Its membership constantly increased un­ til in 1888 it numbered 36,824 men. Then the steady advance of time, which the veterans of Gettysburg and the Wilderness could not withstand, began to tell, and slowly tjie order de­ creased in numbers. Today the G. A. R. numbers in this Btate about 11,000 men. On January 1, 1916, the semiannual statement of membership showed 11,101 members, but many have been "mustered out" since that date. During the year 1915 1,580 Grand Army veterans died in Illi­ nois alone. Cut* Gas Rate. In a decision handed down here the Illinois Public Utilities commission cuts the gas rate charged by the Springfield Gas & Electric company from $1.00 (net) per thousand cubic feet to 80 cents (net). The reduction goes into effect April 9, will result in a saving of $50,000 annually to the gas consuming public of the city. Hearings in the Springfield case have lasted over two years. New Corporations. American Vegetable Hair company, Chicago; capital, $10,000; incorpora­ tors. Henry M. Goldsmith, Leonard C. Re id. Benjamin P. Ruekberg. Dozier, Dunkel & Lane company, Mount Carmel; capital, $5,000; incor­ porators, Stephen B. Dozier, George A. Dunkel, Henry E. Lane. Home Industries, Chicago; capital, $2,600; incorporators, Z. G. Dunn, V. M. Dunn, Louis Kahn. The Shore pharmacy, Chicago; cap­ ital, $1,000; incorporators, Hyman So- boro, Abram Z. Zeitlein, Robert Elson. Mel-o-Tone Manufacturing company, Chicago; capital, $5,000; incorporators, Virgil B. Mays. E. Griffith Williams, James A. Harvey. New York Sample shop, Chicago; capital, $2,500; incorporators, Gus Frank, Victor L. Waszko, Leo S. La- bosky. Rex Pump company, Chicago: cap­ ital, $10,000; Incorporators, Hyman Soboroff, Abram Z. Zietlein, Robert EI- sOn. The Talking Machine company, Chi- e*go;~ capital,$2,500; incorporators, Daniel A. Creed, R. J. Keith, George P. Denig. Favor Memorial 8tructui-e. f ' I An erection of a centennial me­ morial building iQ this city to commemorate in permanent form the one hundredth anniversary of the ad­ mission of Illinois to the Union was in­ dorsed at a meeting of the Illinois cen­ tennial in the state historical library in the statehouse. The commission, on motion of Peter A. Waller of Chicago, seconded by Judge Thomas P. Scully of Chicago*, adopted a resolution that favored the erection of the building. As a permanent memorial to the one hundredth anniversary of the admis­ sion of Illinois to the Union, the build­ ing would also provide suitable quar­ ters for historical collections of the state, its archives and other collateral interests. Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, president of the commission, was authorized to appoint all committees to outline the plan of work for the centennial celebration. Hugh S. Magill Jr., was named chair­ man of the committee on the celebra­ tion at the state capitol. Among the things planned for the celebration at Springfield will be a historical pageant. Rev. R. W. Ennis of Hillsboro was appointed chairman of the committee on state-wide celebration. The com­ mission will start a campaign for the organization of centennial commis­ sions in every city in the state. These committees will plan special centen­ nial observances for the towns, and they will be assisted by the state cen­ tennial commission. v^hairmen of other committees are as follows: Chairman of centennial memorial publication committee, Prof. E. B. Greene, University of Illinois, Urbana. Chairman of committee on publicity, Rev. Frederic Siedenberg, Ebyola uni­ versity, Chicago. Chairman of committee on centen­ nial memorial building, Peter Waller, Kewauee. Twenty-Seven Pass Examination. Following is a list of the candidates who passed the examination held by the state mining board: Mine managers, first class: Fred Vandeveer, Edinburg; John C. Wilson, Herrin; Thomas Ramsey, Danville; Frank Butcher, Johnston City; Wil­ liam Brignall, Canton; Hery A. Solo­ mon, - Springfield; John Lanham, Au­ burn; Peter Gallagher, Springfield. Mine managers, second class: El­ mer E. Vogeler, Littleton; Henry Carl­ ton, Roodhouse; R. W. Peterson. Aledo; J. G. Parsano, Ray; Lewis Rat- cliffe, Ellisville; Nels Norburg, Vic toria; William T. Lee, Matherville. Mine examiners: Joseph Bell, De- maine; James C. Pass, Odin. Hoisting engineers, first class: Chalmers Tefft, East St. Louis; Ernest Roff, Moweaqua; Nelson J. Hewitt, Minonk; James W. Rogers, Jr., Eldo­ rado; Fred E. Banks, Farmington; Fred Thommen, Roanoke; Warren Harvey, Rend; Oliver Klingenberg, Swanwick. Hoisting engineers, second class: August H. Ohlan, Percy; Dave Hag- man, Mathersville. May Enter Power Business. That the sanitary district of Chicago yrill be a bidder against the Economy Light and Power com­ pany for the lease of dam No. 1 on the Illinois and Michigan canal at Joliet developed at a conference held in the office of Governor Dunne, at which were present representatives of the Chicago sanitary district and the members of the Illinois aud Michigan canal commission. The conference was held at the sug­ gestion of Governor Dunne, who stated that he was in favor of the pub lie getting the benefit of the water power at Joliet instead of a private corporation, and that while he pre­ ferred to have the state take over the site and manufacturing power, thip could not be done without an enabling act. The Chicago sanitary district, be­ ing an arm of the state, has a right to do this, however, and it will be a bid­ der for the lease, and if it secures it will develop the most .expensive and difficult part of the Dunne waterway, increase its present power from 3,000 to 6,000 horse power, and use the pow­ er for lighting the city of Chicago. County Fairs Great. Seventy-seven county fairs held in Illinois in 1915'paid in premiums $305, 371.43, according to figures compiled by the state board of agriculture. Speed events took J136.7S8.83 of this sum and the rest was given for prize stock and farm produce. "The foot-and-mouth plague resulted in 23 county fairs being called off," said Secretary Davison ot the state board of agriculture. "Every dollar paid out by these fairs helped to edu­ cate and stimulate the population of the state, to farm better and to live better by adopting improved methods of production and distribution, of manufacturing, of soil conservation, by crop rotation, and, on the whole to lead happier lives by ^observing and learning the ways of others." SHORT STATE ITEMS. Duquoin.--Frank E"?is and John Krinock were killed -nd Eli Clark seriously injured in a gas explosion at the Paradise mind here. It is thought they enured a pocket of gas which caught fire from their lamps. Chicago/--The eight chimneys at the riant of the Corn Products Refining company at Argo are belching smoke in clouds, and more than 500 of the men,who have been on strike are back at work. Jacksonville.--J. Cohen, local junk dealer, who got an order for 10,000 tons of selected farm iron and steel scrap for shipment to eastern shrap­ nel manufacturers for the allies' use, will search western Illinois. Iowa and Missouri for the scrap. Weaona.--The stockholders of the Farmers' State bank .have elected these directors for the ensuing year: A. C. Garvin, T. J,. Hopkins, Robert Durgess, F. (. Curtis, Donald McDon­ ald. 3. L. Griffin, Charles D. Sullivan and Peter Zimmerman. I L L I N O I S BREVITIES Danville.--Helen F. Bishop; a Chi­ cago society woman, died at the home of her friend, Mrs. Dick Cannon, fol­ lowing a brief illness. Vandalia.--Mrs. Mattle Fry, eighty- nine years-old,'died here. She attend­ ed the same school with Andrew Jackson, later president of the United States. Galena.--The annual district con­ vention of the Federation of Woman's Clubs of the Thirteenth congressional district will be held In ibis city May 10 and 11. Bloomington.--Samuel P. Robinson, aged fifty-five, one >f the leading at­ torneys of Bloomington, and candidate for circuit judge at a recent election, dropped dead in his office. Belleville.--The machine works, vul­ canizing shop and garage of J. Schwarz & Son were wrecked by fire aijd more than twelve automobiles badly damaged. The loss was $30,00o. Chicago.--The body of a woman was' taken from Lake Michigan near the Lincoln park high bridge. It was identified as that of Mrs. Bertha Mil­ ler, wife of Frederick Miller, a real estate dealer. Payson.--A site has been selected by H. N. Seymour for a school as a memorial to his son, Charles W. Sey­ mour, a youth of sixteen and heir to $4,000,000, who was killed while play­ ing baseball last summer. The memor­ ial will be both school and community house. Bloomington.--On the allegation that Lawrence Bailey of Sioux City, la., married her for her money. Mrs. Bailey, who was Miss Florence Spence of Stanford, won ail annulment of her marriage. JVIiss Spence inherited $200,- 000 and she told Judge Hart that when her husband found he could not get any of her money he deserted her. Danville.--More than fifty men, rep­ resentatives of some "Of* the biggest paving contractors in the country, are her- for the meeting of the board of supervisors, which convened for the purpose of letting contracts for 170 miles of paving in Vermilion county. This is the firstr work undertaken in Illinois to secure a system of paved roads. Danville.--William Eaton and George Shindle of Mattoon were in jail on account of their failure to furnish bonds for $500 each. They were charged with perjury after they testi­ fied in the trial of Dr. Logan Estes and Isaac Flaherty of Mattoon and three other men who are accused of robbing express offices of automobile acces­ sories and using the mails to defraud. Freeport.--March 27 has been desig­ nated as the day for the taking of a- traffic census in Stephenson county to determine the type of improvement most deeirable for state aid roads. Fifty volunteers will keep a record of traffic over the roads it is planned to improve. The county board will be guided by the reports submitted by the data thus obtained. Argo.--Guards were stationed out­ side the Com Products Refining com­ pany's plant where a strike of 1,100 workmen is in progress. At the same time the strikers posted pickets out­ age the guard lines to prevent food being carried to the guards or to the workers who refused to join the strike and remained within the factory gates. No violence was reported, although the company guards say the strikers are in an ugly mood. Chicago.--Nine cities were affected by the new schedule of rates filed by the Illinois Northwestern Utilities com­ pany before the state public utilities commission. The cities are Sterling, Sycamore, Geneseo. Mendota, Rock Falls. DeKalb, Dixon, Morrison and Belvidere. The new schedule would reduce the price of gas five cents per thousand cubic feet after March 20, except to patrons uslnit prepayment meters. Lena.--Herman Grape, fanner, has filed'suit for divorce from Magdalena Grape, charging her with numerous acts of cruelty, one of which is that on a certain occasion the defendant "without warning, swiftly and dex­ terously kicked plaintiff while the lat­ ter was in a stooping position, with such force and violence that ho was precipitated head foremost into a woodbox and was injured." In addi­ tion, Grape declares his wife Lit him j.on thb head with a wash basin and struck him in the face with a water I pitc her. | Chicago;--There is ill feeling in the I South Chicago police station. Mike I O'Neil, wagon driver, who came from Ireland, received from his old home a bunch of shamrocks. He put them 1n a bowl to keep them fresh and went out to answer a wagon call. Her­ man Glasnap, who came from Ger­ many and is the lockup keeper of the station, entered the wagon room to eat his lunch. He thought the sham­ rocks were watercresses. He had eaten more than half of them when Mike returned. Prompt action by oth­ er policemen prevented the fight. Springfield.-- Suits to restrain the state treasurer and state auditor from paying out mofley on excessive com- m itee expenses, and on the resolution providing $10,000 for O'Hara's office expenses and $10,000 for the O'Hara v'ce commission, were decided ill the Sangamon circuit court. Th i de­ murrers of State Treasurer Russel and State Auditor Brad" were overruled. Benton.--The Southern Illinois <»as company has asked for a 30-year fran­ chise in Benton for the purpose of laying gas mains. The city council is considering the proposition and an election probably will be called Chicago. -- A cablegram received from Barbados Informed the Chicago detective bureau that Detective Ser­ geant, McGinnis had sailed for the United States with his prisoner, Ed­ win L. Thacker, who is wanted here on a charge of embezzlement of $40,- 000, from an oil concern. Belvidere. -- The Belvidere school district probably will Join with the Farmers' association in paying the salary of a*soil expert it is proposed to engage for Boone county. It is planned to have the expert devote part of his time to the teaching of agricul­ ture In the schools. MEANT A LOT TO FATHER Message ttiat "Baby Has a New Tooth" Set Him to Thoughts of the Future. "Baby has a new tooth," came faint­ ly over the wire. The mother laughed. She added something, but the ijgirl clerk did not understand, five, phone did not work well. "Baby has a new tooth." The news went round the office. All the clerks stopped to listen. They, too, laughed. "Baby has a new tooth," announced the girl clerk In the doorway of the private office. She withdrew. The chief laid down a paper, ft was covered with figures. Most of them were in terms of dollars and cents. The table was littered with papers. On another table were other papers; these* too, were covered with figures and most of them were in terms of dollars and cents. He wasn't growing old, in fact he was in the prime of life--Just old enough to mix sober judgment with youthful energy and do things to count in a hustling, bustling world of rapid changes and big achievements--he felt that his opportunity had come and that he was going to be a success. But a streak of gray showed in his hair--his wife had commented on it only that morning--and there was so much to do, far more, he knew now, than his youth had reckoned. He looked out a window. The wind was blowing; he noticed that a weather- vane pointed northwest. "Baby has a new tooth." VHth a shock it came back to him. It was his first born. He thought of the child and he thought of its mother. Soon the baby would have two rows of teeth in his head; then he would grow up and, his mother's work fin­ ished, he. and in turn his son, and his son, and all the generations after, like he, the parent of them all, would lay their little coral lives on hlb, and in time the island of his dreams would rise above the ocean of igno­ rance and fear and constitute in the sunlight of truth a new and more beautiful world than what he knew. His head lifted and his heart light­ ened. After all, he reasoned, there Is use in work, and he turned to his desk.--San Antonio Express. For Service ud Durability RENFREW DEVONSHIRE CLOTH 11l«CN Tm bout wash fabric for mqr mih garment. •$ Colon woven in, not printed on. The genuine has Renfrew Devonshire Cloth •tamped on the selvage. Sagr "Devonshire" to your dealer. R E N F R E W M F G . C O . incorporated 1667 Adams, M His Choice. "The fireman in the stable just now is looking for a horse." "I suppose he wants a plug." Throw Off Colds and Prewat Grip. When you feel a cold coming on. take LAXA- TIVS HKOMO QUININH. It removes cause of Colds and Grip. Only One " BKOMO QULNINM.' aw GKOV Bs signature oil box. 26c. Nothing New. Reader--H*ve you any modern fic­ tion? Librarian--No. madam; our book bnyer has been on a six months' trip. --Judge. Diet of Troops. It Is remarked in the European armies that by reason of faulty and defective alimentation the fighting men show an unusual amount of dis­ eases of functional impairment and that night blindness is particularly prevalent among the trench fighters. Much of this functional impairment is said to be due to the unbalanced diet of the troops; that Is, lack of variety, and in winter to a special lack of vegetables. The best-fed sol­ dier in Europe is doubtless the Briton, who has a ration in which there is not only a sufficiency of meat, but fruits and vegetables are not forgot­ ten. The Munich Medical Weekly records the fact that in the German army night blindness is more marked In winter than in summer. The pa­ per recommends the use of fresh fruit juices to make good this deficiency in the winter months. Citric acid lem­ onade is not favored, however, as it is an artificial product which contains no "vitamines," that is, has none of the properties that contribute strength and energy to human life. And Good Demand for All Farm Products. "Miners' Guardian Angel." Miners this year celebrated the cen­ tenary of the Introduction of the Davy safety lamp, It was on Janu­ ary 10, 1816, that the "miners' guard­ ian angel" was first introduced into ony pit. Sir Humphry Davy's inven­ tion was really the outcome of me terrible calamity at Felling colliery, County Durham, on May 25, 1812, when 92 miners were killed and many Injured. Davy began his experiments in the autumn of IS 15, with fine wire gauze as an "pxnlosivp sieve," and on January 10, 1816, the fi-st lamp was tried by a hardy band of pioneers in the workings of Heb- burn-on-Tyne colliery. The actual lamp is now a treasure in the Geologi­ cal museum in Jermyn street, London. Astronomical Observatories. Plans are on foot to erect an as­ tronomical observatory on Volkollen. one of the highest mountain summits In Scandinavia. A citizen of Duluth. Minn.. Mr. J. H. Darling, has under­ taken to erect an observatory on one of the public playgrounds in that city, and to equip it with a hine-inch equa­ torial refractor. Plans have been drawn for an observatory in Toronto to serve as headquarters of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The building 1b to be erected in a public park, and maintained by the Univer­ sity of Toronto. The proposed equip­ ment includes a 20-inch telescope This project is at present ip abeyance, on account of the war.--Scientific Ameri­ can. Churchmen Seek Ad Experts. Churchmen and advertising experts of Chicago and neighboring cities get together here. A few of their sw­ ings follow: "Advertising will make every church a success." "A gooc* breakfast food ad makes a man hungry; a good church ad will make him reverent." "Every minister draws his salary as an advertising man." "The churo^ bulletin board should be large enougu to give every, pedes­ trian a punch in' »v ie*eye." The meeting wa held under the auspices of the Chicago Advertising association. * It is no new experience for settlers located in a fertile country such as Western Canada, where lands may be bought at very reasonable prices, to harvest a crop that in one season pays the entire coBt of their farm. Undoubt­ edly this was the experience of many farmers during 1915, but one Instance may be quoted. A settler who came to Canada from the United States some years ago decided to add to his holdings by buying an adjoining quar­ ter section near his home at Warner, at $20.00 an acre, with terms spread over a period of years. He got the land into a good state of cultivation and last Bpring put the whole quarter section in wheat. When the crop was threshed ho found that It only took half the wheat on the farm to pay the whole purchase price of it; in short a single year's crop paid the cost ot the land, paid all the expenses of op­ eration and left him a handsome sur­ plus as profit. This settler had some adjoining land, and his whole wheat crop for the season amounted to over 18,000 bushels. He is* now plan­ ning to obtain Borne sheep and invest his profits in live stock which will as­ sure him a good living irrespective of what the season may happen to be. Canada's financial position iB ex­ cellent. All speculation has been elim­ inated, and trading is done on a cash basis, with restricted credit. Detailed figures of Canada's trade for twelve months ending October 31 show how the war is forcing Canadian trade into new channels. One of the most extraordinary changes is in com­ merce with the United States. A couple of years ago Canada imported from the United States two or three hundred million dollars' worth of goods more than she exported. The balance of trade was all with the United States. The balance is rapid­ ly disappearing, and the present out­ look is that by the end of this year Canada will have exported "to the United States more than she hato im­ ported. j The figures for the past four years are illuminating. They are as fol­ lows: Exports. 1912 $145,721,650 1913 179,050,796 1914 213,493,406 1915 314,118,774 Four years ago, In 1912, the balance of trade in favor of the United States was no less than two hundred and sixty-seven millions, and this year, the balance is reduced to only thirty-two millions. The figures are extraordinary and reflect the changed and new conditions in Canada. It looks as if for the first time in nearly half a century this year Canada will sell more to the United States than she will buy from the Americans.-- Advertisement. Imports. $412,657,022 442,341,840 421,074,528 346.569,924 Dog Caused Baby's Death. The death of a ten-mob ths-old child at Birmingham, England, caused by a chained dog, was investigated by the coroner a few days ago. Tlife two com panions were left alone for a time, the baby secured in a chair an<| the dog chained to the door close b£ When the baby's mother returned sho found the little one lying on the floor, stran­ gled. 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