Kankakee drainage plan urged at Wheatfield meeting
A large assembly of landowners near Wheatfield debated drainage for the Kankakee region. Experts from Purdue University and government engineers presented soil and plan analyses and urged federal aid. Local bankers and farmers voiced support for dyking or drainage as part of reclamation efforts in Jasper Porter LaPorte Starke and adjacent counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Baum’s Bridge
Wheatfield
C. H. Tuesburg
la Krosse
Starke
LaPorte
Horace Maiblé
John Brown
CrownPoint
W. F. Powers
Lafayette
Arthur Goss
Agricultural Experiment Station
Porter, LaPorte
Jasper Counties
Yellow Ridge
W. E. Pinney
Valparaiso
F. J. Cook
Lacrosse
Cook
Kankakee River
Jasper
Porter
Indiana
Lacrosse Ind
United States Government
Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
McCoys
Rensselaar
Jasper County
Lake Counties
Thomas McCoy
North Judson Seeks Building and Loan Organization
A movement led by F C Tracy of Indiana Sand Lime Brick Co seeks to form a building and loan association in North Judson to promote home ownership and encourage savings. Promoters urge citizen support to make North Judson a home town and improve housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Weninger
Streator
Ill
Darrow
Laporte
C. M. Tuesburgh
Lacrosse
Emanuel Roachel
South Bend
Emanuel
Chicago
North Judson
Joe DeArmond
Jacob Manz
Mr. DeArmond
L. E. Mosher
Ben Weninger
Joe Anderson
Round Lake
Charley DeCamp
Bill Ott
Bill
Culver City
F.C. Tracy
Indiana Sand Lime Brick Company
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Baums Bridge
State of
Pert Soil Chemist
Pur
Due University
C. C. Elliott
Washington,d. C
M. H. Downey
Gross
Starke County
Sand Ridge
Tippecanoe County
Kankakee Valley
State Bureau of Statistics
Jesse Dell
Sister
Knox
Charles Rannells
John G. Krath
L. P. Hiatt
Walter
County
C. C. Kelley
Winamac
A. J. Bunnell
Walkerton
M’coys
Alfred McCoy
Thomas
Monticello
John C. Farber
Frankfort
George P. Haywood
John K. McHugh
Farber
Republican State Committee
McCoy
Ward Nichols
Union Depot
Rose Jarrett
James Jarrett
W.H. Buck
The
Laporte Savings Bank
H. H. Englerth
John Robinson
Florence Warmington
Wm. Schricker
Wm. Lewis
Indianapolis Star
Arlo Rearick
Winamac High School
Harrington
Miss Rearick
Wm. Upp
ToTo
Felix Seroczynski
Logansport
Mathews & Fruits
Carey I
Seagraves of
Roy Wakeman
Union Mills
Chester Pentecost
Ed Casey
Rensselaer
Myra Longstreth
Horner
Nell Kellogg
Jacob Keller
Earl Cambell
Mr. Scerockton
Floyd McCormick
D. EK. Sharp
L. E. Dower
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Ida Dux
Two Joes
Mary Menarik
W. M. Guyatt
Knox Miller
Here
Shelby
Jack Tarleton
James C. Fletcher
Rennevant
San Pierre
Chas, Seagraves
Jacob Bozarth
Okmulgee
J. T
W. A. Foster
John Basney
Joe Sindelar
Oklahoma
Texas
Joe
H. B.weeks
George Cook
O. H. Cary
Dr. Ivey
W.W. Chapman
Elsie Cook
Ralph Chapman
T. Marquardt
Clarissa Hyatte
Lillian Tuesburg
E. O. Chapman
Wm. Tuesburg
Union
Opera House
Aid Society
A. Fisher
Iroquois Ditch
Rockhouse Bridge
Rensselaer Republican
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