Forest Preserve Scam Accused as Cook County Graft Plan
A fiery editorial charges real estate sharks and political backers with backing a proposed forest preserve to seize land along the Desplaines and other sites for sale to Cook County taxpayers at huge profits. The piece denounces ballot approval and links it to fraud, urging voters to reject the measure and end perceived municipal graft by millionaire clubs. It notes campaign fund work by the Democratic county committee and recalls other political maneuvering across Chicago.
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Cook County
Desplaines
Chicago
Water meters in every house in Chicago Heights
In Chicago Heights the water recedes and a local editor outlines the Manufacturers Association push to meter all residences. The letter argues meters waste water, raises questions about city leadership, and cites a 1910 city council report showing pumping plans and deeper bore tests to secure supplies.
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Chicago Heights
Chicago Eagle
Manufacturers’ Association
Eity
M. H. Kilgallen
Chicago Heights Manufacturers’ Association
The
Eagle
Alvord and
Burdick
Imois
Wisconsin
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Yukon
Finance Committee
Democratic County Committee
John W. Eckhart
Charles J. Vopica
Edward F. Dunne
F. G. Hoyne
B. N. Hurley
John F. Barrett
James J. Townsend
Roger C. Sullivan
Harry Dubin
W. H. Rehm
John Garibaldi
Hans Blase
C. F. Gunther
Arthur F. Evans
J. J. Bryant
Joseph Donners
Berger
Oscar F. Mayer
W. J. Fortune
Peter Reinberg
Marshall Field
Adams Street
Fifth Avenue
Franklin Street
Ee Raymond Robins
George Schilling
Louis Post
University of Illinois
Rose
Secretary of State
Alderman
Walter Fisher
Chicago Journal
Washington
Walter L. Fisher
Fred A. Busse
Fisher
Melville W. Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Gally
Circuit Court
O. W. Thompson
Stead
King Manuel
New York
Hughes
Hamilton Club
Jesse Holdom
Lewis Rinaker
John R. Newcomer
Charlies
Cutting
Frank Fowler
Improvement Club
North Shore Electric Company
City Council Water Committee
United States
Taft
Twenty-first Ward
Springfield
George B, Swift
Progressive Citizen
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