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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
1
A Polo resident earns a patent for a bug screen to stop windshield bugs while noting the task of cleaning screens. Indiana Supreme Court upholds an 1852 marriage statute forcing couples to buy a license in the county of residence. Fox bounty stories, radio hygiene, and rising road accidents are also touched, including a Stephenson county girl killing a fox for bounty.
Agricultural short courses for farmers are offered this winter in two Carroll County high schools, Savanna and Lanark, directed by R. E. Lamoreux and M. R. Stengel. The first sessions were held last week, with 22 men attending in Savanna and plans for Lanark’s program focusing on livestock farming. Topics include feed selection, hog and dairy production, profitability of dairy cows, and poultry returns, with a schedule of ten meetings through February and March.
Lanark City Council authorized an 80 000 bond issue to fund a sanitary sewage disposal plant. The ordinance combines water works and sewage systems without a public vote, effective Dec 21, 1937, with bonds of 500 each, 4 percent interest, payable March 1 annually.
Carroll county vital statistics report shows 226 births in 1937, up 26 from 1936 and 1935, while deaths declined to 187, five fewer than 1936. August had the most births with 30. January led deaths with 24. December lists 20 births and 18 deaths, including 12 girls and 8 boys, with numerous Savanna and Lanark families named.
A car from Galena with seven occupants rolled over three times on Route 80 near Mill Hollow after a tire blew out shortly before midnight Friday. Driver Orville Speaker and passengers George and Ralph Speaker, Herman Soat of Galena, and Miss Sally Swift, Miss Edith Treble, and Miss Gertrude Cumwood of Benton Wis were treated at a Savanna physician’s office then sent home by taxi. None suffered serious injuries. the car was nearly demolished.
Government inspector Mr. Snack near Thomson says no new contracts for timber clearing are planned this winter or by early June. Webster Lumber Co holds parcels No. 2 and 2-A, Newton-McConnell Co. clears a parcel on the Town side, and two WPA crews operate near Clinton and Savanna as the pool area remains to be fully cleared.
A notice filed at Mt. Carroll reports a United States district court case in the northern district seeking to condemn about 25 tracts of land along the Mississippi river in Savanna Township for pool area development above Dam No. 1%. The government is plaintiff with about 50 defendants. hearings date not listed. Additional suits are anticipated to cover more Carroll county land in the pool area.
In Carroll a DAR meet marks the 150th anniversary of the Northwest Territory with 85 attendees. A former regent delivered remarks highlighting regional history and significance of the milestone.
About eighty five women attended an open Carroll chapter D A R meeting in Mt Carroll Community House. Mrs S J Campbell spoke on the 150th anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 and Northwest Territory, and was elected first alternate to the Continental Congress. Mrs Glenn Wise and Mrs J B Schreiter were named alternates for the state conference in Chicago.
Six thousand two hundred eighty two bushels of corn were sealed in Carroll county under the corn loan program by the county warehouse board. Not all of the corn sealed has a federal loan. owners of about half have secured loans from other sources.
At the Carroll County Rural National Farm Loan association annual meeting in Mt. Carroll last Thursday about 100 people attended in the Community House. Rem Williamson was elected president. other directors were Clyde Broadwater Lanark Davis Crouse Savanna William Lundy Savanna and R B Gelwicks Mt Carroll. J M Houston of the Federal Land Bank St Louis spoke as principal speaker.
Real estate transfers listed include Kathryn Straub to Joe Grim and wife for lots 7 and 8 in Snow's 3rd addition Chadwick. E Beulah Boyle to Claus Tempel et al for lot 5 in Shannon. Arisstene Riggs to Henry Jones et al for lot 3 in Milledgeville. Daniel Frey to C A Straka Sr for section 26 township 24 range 6 Rock Creek. Northwestern Illinois Utilities to George W Ivey et al for lot 1 in Mt Carroll. Wayne W Plumer et al to Lottie W Rahn et al for section 1 township 23 range 5 Fair Haven.
Carroll officers elected for National Farm Loan association at a meeting last week. Seven are injured in an auto accident north of Savanna. none seriously hurt. Lanark to issue 80000 in bonds for sewage disposal plant. Over 6000 bushels of corn sealed in Carroll county. Federal loans made on only half that amount. Select jury Tuesday for Floyd Leavens trial on attempted hog theft. hearing spans three days. Notice of suit filed by government to secure title to lands along the Mississippi in Carroll county. Birth rate rises in 1937. total 26 more than 1936 with fewer deaths. State health dept reports 74 percent drop in marriage licenses in last half of 1937 due to new hygienic law. Two ag instructors lead farmer courses in Lanark and Savanna. Carroll chapter of D A R meets Monday in Mt Carroll with talk on northwest territory anniversary. Government inspector denies rumor of another clearing contract. no more awards before next summer. Sawmill equipment arrives from Webster Lumber Co. in Thomson. plan to begin sawing today with over 200 men at work on timber clearing. Review reporters visit site of work on
Fox bounty paid on eight more foxes in the past week raising the county total since Dec 14 to 94. County Clerk Walter Watson reported Tuesday morning. Hunters adding foxes Saturday and Monday included William Frankfather four, Henry Guinther one, Clarence Frederick one, Albert Handel one, and Donald R Funk one.
A circuit court granted Tuesday a divorce to Hazel E Daehler of Shannon from Conrad Daehler of Rock Falls. Judge Albert H Manus signed the decree on a charge of desertion.
Webster County begins logging and clearing for a five acre site leased on the Earl Gleason farm north of Thomson. About 200 workers engaged in clearing as Arnold Brunkow says the mill will be ready to saw lumber today with logs piled and firewood burning across scattered clearings.
In circuit court at Mt Carroll the jury for Floyd Leavens charged with attempted hog theft from the Bucheneau farm near Wacker was chosen after 32 of 35 panel members were questioned. State witnesses testified about a truck stuck in mud and a neighbor alerting the sheriff. The defense reserved remarks.
State public health department reports a 74 percent drop in marriage licenses in 94 downstate counties in late 1937, with Cook County down 49 percent. The Saltiel hygienic law, requiring medical exams and blood tests, is cited as deterring applicants and causing renewed calls to drop the three day notice to wed rule.
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