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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1935
Page
1
The piece argues aluminum tokens for sales tax would burden merchants and customers, noting planners’ hopes to ease tax collection. It cites Roosevelt’s proposed National Youth Administration to aid employment, while urging careful training fit and cautioning against misplaced labor. It contrasts frontier pioneer work ethic with current settlement challenges and ends with Chicago legal case and license fee debates.
Officials of the Carrell County Old Settlers association named committee chairs in Lanark on Thursday to organize the August 14 reunion in the city park. A big parade, two ball games, band concerts, races and other amusements are planned. Picnic dinner and free coffee will be provided.
Fuhreman Company opens Lanark cannery with about 80 local workers. Peas. 900 acres within 30 miles. expected four week harvest plus corn season. Plant can reach 6 7 thousand cases daily but rain slow harvest. sorting, washing, grading, blanching, mixing, and canning lines described. operates day and night with 35 to 40 workers on sorting tables.
Woodland towns in Lax boss turned into the office of the county treasurer on Friday by Assessor Id Adams show Title charge from the Td values. Total property value is listed at $424,730 for this year compared to a value of $425,000 in 1924. Real estate values dropped approximately $700, the 193 value being $347,380 while that of Lad was $858,010. Personal property is valued at $66,850 while last year it was fixed at $65,650.
A group of Shannon businessmen leased the John Shidler farm pond west of Shannon, a half acre spring fed site stocked with bullheads sunfish and black bass. They plan to drain clean deepen restock and may divert extra spring water to the pool. In winter the pond serves as a popular skating spot for local youth.
The Farm Bureau baseball team defeated a Clinton Iowa squad at Cook's field on Sunday. Schaut pitched six dominant innings with one hit allowed, while Wreidt faced the Farm Bureau bats. By the sixth, Farm Bureau led 11 to 0, and the seventh inning saw pitching changes as the game degenerated into a farce with infield and outfield position shifts.
Ren Dykstra of the N. 1. French farm on Walnut Lane Northeast of Thomson reports a mysterious underground drain sinkhole along his fields. A heavy rain caused a stream of water to flow into the hole Friday night into Saturday, draining nearby lowlands. Rush Carroll substantiates the sighting. The sinkhole’s outlet remains unknown with theories ranging from a large cavern to an underground stream feeding Johnson Creek or the Mississippi.
Funds have been appropriated from the motor fuel tax to survey and grade the road south from Elizabeth to the Carroll county line. The route would depart route 20 two miles east of Elizabeth on Terrapin ridge, head south through Derrida Center, and connect with a Carroll county road at the county line northwest of Mt. Carroll. Heavy rainfall Tuesday caused more crop damage across the county.
Farmers face crop delays from heavy rains and cool weather with corn planting stalled and hay not drying, while erosion and washed bridges disrupt travel. Roads, culverts, and bridges on routes near Pessman, Argo, and Junction with route 78 suffer damage. Standings indicate ongoing disruption and potential dire effects if rains persist.
Five Savanna youths left Tuesday for Fort Sheridan to spend two months at the citizens' military training camp. It is the fourth trip for two of the boys, while Sylvester Aiden Allan Williston Clemens Castle Edward Winston and George Lundy attend the camp for the first time.
Workers resumed redecorating the court house with the small building finished and crews now in the hall of the main building. They plan to start in the treasurer s and sheriff s offices within a few days.
Five young men from Savanna attend CMTC camp at Fort Sheridan. Judge Manus sets October 21 for John Garcia trial. County reports from Savanna and Mt Carroll, dairy herd improvement, Route 171 projects for federal financing, and Marth Brothers to erect new Savanna Main Street building. C Carroll County relief shifts. Dixon hosts Lee County relief HQ. relief reapplications complete. Savanna American Legion officers elected. War Dept seeks funds for Savanna ordnance depot buildings. Cern hog contracts tally 834. fewer than 1934. Six injured in head-on crash on Ridge Road north of Savanna Sunday night. Shannon business men lease fish pond west of town. Old Settlers Reunion chairmen named for Lacark on Aug 15. York farmer notes mysterious drainage system. Savanna Bridge Co elects officers. 1934 business up. Mt Carroll post office route changes in July. Savanna post dedicates flag to Helen Scott Hay. County clerks issue 20 marriage licenses in June. 63 in five-six months of 1935. Woodland tax valuations near last year. Gravel road plan from Elizabeth to Carroll. Farmers fear crop damage from rains and cold. Roads and bridges heavily damaged by recent rains. Carroll merchants favor three-point sales tax. Bracket system to be continued. Canning and infant swing plans noted. Employment rising for many people amid severe conditions. Fourth of July fireworks slated as climax.
The circuit court set a Rial date for John Garcia on October 2 after rulings on related motions. Roy Dennison faced continued charges of receiving stolen property as the court prepared to reconvene. The June term was dismissed by Judge Manus, with further sessions planned for Monday.
Merchants in Carroll county favor the bracket method over the state token plan for the three percent sales tax. In Sassauna and other towns purchases are taxed by brackets, with no tax on under one cent, and rising by one to four cents per brackets. Officials say plans are tentative pending token distribution and customer preference. Several towns will likely continue bracket use until state mandates or token systems are clarified.
During the soldiers and sailors reunion in Savanna a 35 foot metal flag staff and flag will be dedicated to Miss Helen Scott Hay, renowned war nurse and former Savanna resident. Donated by Shaw Leavens post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, the ceremony is led by past members and the staff will stand at the city hospital grounds with a bronze pirate insignia and inscription. Miss Hay directed Red Cross work in France during World War I.
Saturday report shows Savanna township total property values up by about 3146,089 with land valuation surge, especially town lots, offsetting a drop in personal property from 344,990 to 288,405. Auto, cattle, horses, swine, furniture, machinery and other items listed with specific values.
A Fourth of July program outlines celebrations in Savanna Clinton Lakehurst and Morrison with all day events. Savanna hosts a 10 am band concert by the Savanna band, with Iorrestan Bellevue and drums providing further music. J. J. Stransky will speak at 2 pm and a 12:30 pm flag staff dedication honors Helen Scott Hay. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Shaw Leavens post sponsors ceremonies at the hospital, culminating in a large Marquette park fireworks show featuring fourteen set pieces.
Local corn hog control association reports 92.6 percent of farmers applying for contracts signed this year. Total applications reached 91 and 334 have yet to finalize. A total of 735 group one contracts were mailed to headquarters. Absentee landlords and other delays hold 121 contracts for later mailing.
Federal authorities approved the highway plan for Route 71 to receive federal funding. The state highway department expects to invite bids soon and aims to complete the project by fall, depending on conditions.
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