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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
7
Governor Todd of Ohio appoints a guard of one hundred men. Adamson, among them, hears Lincoln’s final speech. To escape monotony the men request transfer to combat, but Lincoln declines a guard reorganization and advises staying on duty to please Staunton, the War Secretary and sponsor of the Union Guard.
Central Illinois farmers scramble for seed wheat after severe cold killed winter wheat. Estimates show up to ninety percent loss in the area, forcing plowing under damaged crop and switching land to corn. Planting of corn is progressing across the region.
A. Funk of Decatur IL calls the Rosamond Grove statue the most impressive Lincoln statue he has seen among over 75 viewed. The Lincoln memorial statue, a gift from Civil War veteran Captain John W. Kitchell, was dedicated October 29, 1903.
State Treasurer Garrett D Kinney says he will call in 3 million dollars from inactive accounts to meet the principal and interest due on state highway bonds on May 1. He notes tax settlements with collectors must proceed first, though several accounts have remained inactive.
The attorney general urges discretion in shooting dogs under rabies laws while the state agriculture department threatens a blanket statewide enforcement if rabies regulations are not tougher. Also reports Rep. Sherman Eckley’s death, Penn Miller’s passing, and Illinois plans for three fraternity houses costing 210000 total.
The state division of highways awarded a $134 134 93 contract to Fogelman and Davidson of DeSoto Illinois to construct the hard road from Wilsonville to Bunker Hill in Macoupin county this year. Other contracts include a Clinton Engineering Company bridge job in Knox county for 29476 72 a Cham paign Vermilion pavement contract to A C Conner and Sons of Ft Wayne Indiana for 472345 48 and a nationwide trans continental highway proposal before Congress by Representative Henry R Rathbone of Illinois.
Cold weather and late freezes trimmed roughly half the cherry crop in Christian county, according to county farm adviser C. E. Hay. Despite losses, a good overall harvest is forecast with expected yields rising from about two thousand to three thousand bushels this year.
Edward N. Hurley, wartime chairman of the United States Shipping Board, left New York on May 13 as an ambassador of goodwill for the Chicago world fair planned as a centennial in 1933. He aims to win backing from European powers as well as officials from England, France, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Belgium. Building activity in Chicago for the first four months of 1928 fell about 30 million dollars short of the same period in 1927, with $115,127,200 spent on permits compared with $147,094,700 last year.
The state department of agriculture reports only 47 of 74 counties certified as above 75 percent herd tuberculosis free. Revised maps show accredited areas statewide, with displays planned in farm bureau offices and county vets. Other items note air mail milestones, oil tax cases, science calendar reform, parole considerations, and a Chicago meeting on maternity evaluations.
A speaker urged a law barring physically unfit wives from motherhood while allowing education and work. He proposed girls attend college or pursue careers but should be encouraged to ride horseback, swim, play golf or tennis as part of livelihood.
Secretary of State Emmerson grants a charter to the Citizens' Committee of Reduce Taxes headquartered at 140 North Dearborn Street Chicago. The group aims to reform taxation in Chicago and downstate by repealing full valuation law reducing tax rates and blocking bond issues until taxes are not cut. It plans to use a 25 cent county highway fund tax to buy right of way for state highways.
Attorney General Oscar KE Carlstrom told State's Attorney Walter S Lamon that counties may spend funds to lay out a state aid road as long as the road is not yet taken over by the state. The plan remains bond issue highway. In Edgar county the state agreed to build the road if the county provides the right of way.
The Bureau of Entomology reports Paris green dust can be spread from airplanes to kill malaria mosquito larvae in swamps. This new aerial application increases demand for the poison as a control method.
The M. D. warns that this is where patients often stall while administering the serum, noting uncertainty about immediate effects and urging careful observation.
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