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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1931
Page
11
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Joliet officials announce an early opening for city courses with a new 27 hole municipal layout on Barr highway slated to open around June 1. Woodruff and Crystal Lawns courses set openings in spring pending weather with fee structures discussed and season-ticket ideas floated.
The court upheld a three cent gas tax in a Deep Rock Oil case, ruling municipalities must pay the tax since city streets are public trust for the state. Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom sought $69,872.75. The case maintained the law constitutional and rejected release from the tax. It notes Rockford High School’s Owl paper began in 1890.
The first Illinois General Assembly met at Kaskaskia on October 5, 1818 with 13 senators and 27 representatives. Illinois leads in agricultural limestone production, and one in ten residents bought hunting or fishing licenses in 1930. The state ranks high in tall buildings, with 65 structures over 20 stories in 1929. Illinois produces more corn than any foreign nation except Argentina, and the Illinois to Gulf Waterway gates are the largest canal gates worldwide.
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