Government control risks railroads and roads to politics
A Gom and Financial Chronicle survey concludes government ownership often yields deficits and poor service due to political interference. It flags railways as politically manipulated, with exceptions like the state railway in one country. It urges limited public roles and stresses highway and rural road program issues and the need for cohesive planning. It also notes growing U S agricultural cooperatives and farm resilience amid national economic efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aope
Polp
Delinquent Tax Totals Decline in Carroll County
Improved business and farm conditions appear in Carroll County as delinquent taxes drop. This year 32.65 percent of the levy has been paid, with only 40 864.63 unpaid on the delinquent list, down from last year. Townships show varied totals led by Savanna and Cherry Grove values and include Washington Woodland Freedom Cherry Grove Shannon Lima Rock Creek Salem Mt Carroll Savanna York Fair Haven Wiscox Elkhorn Grove. Real estate sales opening October 14 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Savanna Township
Cherry Grove Township
Washington
Woodland
Freedom
Cherry Grove
Shannon
Lima
Rock Creek
Salem
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
York
Fair Haven
Wisox
Elkhorn Grove
Plowing Demonstration Set at Ward Weidman Farm
A plowing demonstration will be held on the Ward Weidman farm west of Mt. Carroll Thursday. Work of new type tractors will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Weidman
Mt. Carroll
Farm Bureau forms Skilled Drivers Club meeting set
Children of Carroll county formed a Skilled Drivers Club in Mt. Carroll to educate youths on safe driving and traffic laws. Seventeen members attended the first meeting. charter status granted to those who will recruit at least 14 more by the Oct. 3 meeting. Eldon Lower is president and Bernadine Toepfer secretary. a club leader will be chosen, likely the local farm adviser or county agent. Members aged 16 to 24 who belong to Farm Bureau families are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of Carroll Counts Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Farm Bureau
3Frs
Seagraves
Mt. Car
Eldon Lower
Bernadine Toepfer
Well Known Author to Speak Friday Night at Mt Carroll
Zone Gale, famed author and lecturer, will speak in Frances Shimer Junior College chapel at Mt Carroll on Friday evening Sept 27 at 8 o clock. Her lecture Design in Living and in Writing will feature reading one or two short stories from Yellow Grolians and Blue. Gale, active since 1906, serves as chairman of the Wisconsin Free Library commission and has served on the Wisconsin University board of regents. G Reiff reports men will be moved to WPA projects through the NES office in Sareea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zona Gale
Frances Shimer Junior College
Mt Carroll
Uhe Nation
Icharlotte Perkens Gilman Wrtten
Miss Gale
Mise Gale
Willcomsin Free Library Commission
Board of Regents
University of Wesconsin
Draw Special Jury for Garcia Trial Scheduled Out
Names of jurors chosen for the special panel to hear the John Garcia case were announced Monday by Clerk Val Bourner. The trial, tied to the killing of William Antone at a Savanna roadhouse, is set for county court. Jurors include Charles Guengzler, Donald Wall, and many others from Woodland, Freedom, Cherry Grove, Lima, Rook Creek, York, SaVanna, Shannon, Wysox, Fair Haven, Elkhon Grave, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Bourner
John Garcia
County
Jaiince
William Antone
Savanna
Charles Guengzler
Donald Wall
Woodland
Charlee Ditsworth
Freedom
Lloyd Wolf
Harvey Kneixa
Ed Ploeger
Cherry Grove
John Klock
John Linker
Lima
Max Rister
Scott Nichol
Henry Paul
Rook Creek
Austin Phillips
Earl Wachtel
Charles Dreshach
Harold Warfield
Harold Merchant
William Kramer
Mr. Carroll
James Smith
Leonard Meitz
Owen Smith
Elden Graham
Elmer Speck
Sam Nixon
Shannon
Ivan Lewis
Ralph McNamara
George Schmaling
George Stein
Paul Daehler
York
Freeman Wanser
Arthur Hoffman
Henry Plock
Fair Haven
Ezra Sollenberger
LeRoy Warehine
Wysox
Ben Bryson
Ralph Weigal
Elkhon Grave
Badges Awarded at Carrol county Boy Scout Court of Honor
A day of festivities for the Boy Scouts of Carrol county concluded with a court of honor and rally after a picnic supper and contests in Old Mill park, Savanna. A. J. Reinehr presented Tenderfoot and First/Second class ranks and Merit Badges to numerous Savanna and Chadwick scouts while troops earned top placements in string burning, fireman s carry, knot tying, water boiling, dressing, chariot, and wall scaling events. evening program led by Leslie Warren and Clayton M. Chatters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
E. Bellish
George Troha
Carl DeFranco
Sam Cravatta
Lawrence Hiter
Harry Brennan
Roland Miller
Savanna
John , Bridges
Lyle Carbaugh
Harold Etwyre
William Laplaim
Robert Lego
Warne Martin
Russell Provant
Howard Stoner
Glen Strauch
Richard St. Clair
Arthur Zemke
Merlyn Fosberg
Louis Kradle
Dehnar Traum
Chadwick
Robert Green
Edward Spick
John Cravatte
Sam Crisct
James Sullivan
Duane Linker
Lroop
Thomson
Mr. Carroll
Thomson i
Leslie Warren
U. S. Grant Ares
Clayton M. Chatters
Sorace Fetterolf of Mt Carroll Marries Ruby Edelfson
Horace Fetterolf son of Rev J B Fetterolf and Ruby Edelfson daughter of Mr and Mrs John Edelfson were married at noon Saturday at the bride parents home The ceremony was performed by Rev J H Fetterolf pastor of Mt Carroll Lutheran church Attendants were J A Fetterolf and Ona Edelfson They will spend a wedding trip to Chicago and Wisconsin and will reside in Mt Carroll after Sept 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Fetterolf
Land
J. B. Fetterolf
Mt. Carroll
Ruby Edelfson
John Ediefson
Manlius
J. H. Fetterolf
Ona Edielson
Fetterolf
Chicago
Wisconsin
Carlroll
Canning Factory to Complete Pack This Week
The Lanark canning factory operated by Fuhrtmann Canning Co will finish the yearly pack of sweet corn Tuesday. Covering an area of 500 acres, the yield was average given dry weather, with quality above average and worm-free corn. A meeting of the fall occurred Monday in Mt Carroll at the home of Misses Zell and Bertha Corbett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark
Geaed
Fuhrtmann Canning Co
D. A
Mt. Carroll
Ore
Zell
Bertha Corbett
Thomson Lanark Organize Chapters of Sportsmen's Club At Meeting
About 50 county farmers and sportsmen attended Monday night’s Mt Carroll meeting. J McConaha of Pontiac outlined club aims and progress elsewhere, urging farmers to provide cover and food, reduce predators, and help post hunting signs. Local chapters formed in Lanark and Thomson with plans for more groups. officers elected in Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson, Lanark
Sportsmen’s Club
Court House
Mt. Carroll
Ma Conahy
Pontiac
Department of Conservation
Focal
Lanlark
Thomson
Hobart Holland
Herbert Krawlins
Lanark
J. L. Morris
O. L. Halloway
Thormsntt
Thomsn
McConaba
CCC Boys Hear Fight Over Radio
A group of boys from the colored CCC camp were brought to the courthouse Tuesday evening to hear the Bier Louis boxing match broadcast over the radio since they have no radio at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Court House
4H project champions named at Mt Carroll meeting
4 H club leaders and 4 H Illinois committee chose year’s clothing project champions using University of Illinois score cards. Winners include Irma Merchant, Lucille McPriscilla, Ellen Lundy, Dorothy Shirk, and Addie Dieterman from Shannon and Priscilla clubs. Exhibits judged. winners may be sent to University for statewide competition. Local attendees and Miss Martha Hensley discussed club issues and winter leisure work. Congressman Leo Allen and Ralph Fleming visited Mt Carroll area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-IL
Martha Hensley
Farm Bureau
jMt Carroll
Irma Merchant
Wacker Stitchers Club
Lucille Mc
Priscilla Club
Shannon
Ellen Lunsdy
Dorothy Shirk
Addie Dieterman
Pricilla Club
Ward Weidman
R. E. Boyd
Chas. Petty
JJ BP
Royke
Carroll
Elnora Hoy
Lanark
F. Heisler
Alice Shirk
Bessie Shoemaker
Dorothea Rodermel
Inma
Boothby
Wacker
Illinois
Cal Teaders
Jven Ot Hensley
Arox
Geology tour near Freeport draws 90 visitors
About 90 people joined a geology tour of the Freeport area on Saturday with state geological survey representatives. The group traveled to an old quarry north of Freeport, checked a rock outcrop northeast of town, visited Cedarville Gorge, Lerve, Wadams Grove, Pearl City, and concluded near Brookville with exposure showing the Plateville limestone and St Peter sandstone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Area
State Geological Survey
Chicago
Ilinois
Freeport
Waddams Grove
Pearl City
Brookville
Plateville
St Peter
County 4-H Leaders Meet and Court Calendar Updates
Girks 4 H club leaders and county committee meet to discuss clothing project champions while a special jury panel is drawn for two cases set in circuit court next month. A fall settings event is planned in Polo on Friday as taxes and public records face updates and local deaths include farmer Willian Geesey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mame Clothing
Editors of Northwestern Illinois to Meet Friday at Polo
Fall meeting of the Northwestern Illinois Editorial association will be held at Polo on Friday September 27. Editors and their wives from all newspapers in the 13th congressional district are invited. The day opens with a golf tournament at Edgewood Country Club at 9 730 a.m. Dinner will be served at the country club at 1 30 p.m. and a program and round table discussion will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Illinois Editorial Association
Polo
13Th
Congressional District
Edgewood Country Club
Expect More Corn Hog Checks Here In Two Or Three Weeks
Edwin Flickinger, secretary of the oval corn hog office, announced this week that all corn hog contracts in groups 2 3 and 4 except two had been approved at the Springfield office and forwarded to Washington. Two contracts in group two were returned for further revision. If checks for these groups are issued in as short a time as those in group one, the first payment checks should arrive here within the next two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Flickinger
Oval
Springfield
Washington
Motorist Hurt As Car Rolls Through Fence Near Lanark
Ex Savannah Sabula Bridge representative D B Simons of Chicago suffered a broken arm and multiple injuries when his car overturned near Lanark and Mt Carrell Route 52 after a high speed run. Initial reports of a stolen vehicle prompted a sheriff inquiry before the driver was found alive and treated by a Savanna physician. The wreck, which scattered glass and debris, included a largely intact radio, and the car was moved to Lanark for owner notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Simons
Chicago
Savanna-Sabula Bridge Company
Route 52
Lan Fork
Mt. Carrell
Mt. Carroll
Nho
Shepherd
S Lanark
Simons
Savana
Injo
Marriage Licenses Issued In County This Week
Three marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk in the past week. Grant Shoemaker and Dorothy Lamm of Elgin received licenses on Sept 19. Orvil Roche and Thelma Mann of Mt Carroll were licensed Sept 21. Henry E Bremer and Edna A Engleking of Mt Carroll secured their license Sept 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Shoemaker
Dorothy Lamm
Elgin
Orvil Roche
Thelma Mann
Mt Carroll
Henry E. Bremer
Edna A. Engleking
Mt. Carroll
Bus Service of D. and Weed Lanark Plans Big Events
D. Kr Weed, operator of the Lanark charter bus, announced a schedule of coming trips to major events. He will drive to Chicago on Sept 28 for a WLS barn dance, to Brookfield Zoo in Chicago on Sept 29, to Monroe Wis for the Cheese Dag celebration on Oct 2, to Waterloo Iowa for the Dairy Congress on Oct 3, and to Des Moines Iowa for the insurance convention on Oct 7. The Spencer garage in Chadwick is the local stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. KR. Weed
Lanark
Weed
Weet
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Cheam
Mr. Weed
Monroe
Wis
Wateroo
Gongness
Des Moines
Spencer Garage
Chadwick
Baa
Four H Clubs Exhibit at Clinton Livestock Show
The first annual quad county 4-H livestock show at Clinton on Saturday September 28 features fourteen beef calves raised by Carroll County 4-H members from Lanark Milledgeville Thomson Mt Carroll and Savanna. Entrants include Merritt Neuschwanger's Angus calf the expected grand champion and many prize winners from the Carroll lineup along with participants from Whiteside Clinton and DeWitt counties in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Carroll Bounty
Lanark
Milledgeville
Thomson
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Carroll County
Merritt Neuschwanger
Oregon
Hereford
Edwin Sturtz
Harry Stengie
Robert Traum
Harold Yochem
Herefords
Chester J Zemke
Afilledgeville
Junior Bott
Paul Roth
Savenoy
Carroll and
Whiteside
Illinois
Clinton Land DeWitt
Iowa
Six Deaths in Carroll County in Past Week
A Carroll County past week reports six deaths from Mt Carroll Milledgeville Lanark and surrounding areas. Notable entries include Mrs Georgeanna Phillips 74 of Mt Carroll who died after a lone illness and funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran church in St Carroll. Other obituaries include William Geesey 78 of Milledgeville at his daughter's home and John Peat 57 of Lanark who died suddenly from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgeannna Phillips
Carroll
Georgeanna Phillips
Mt. Carrell
Stt. Carroll
J.H. Fetteroff
Oak Bill
Mary
Freeport
Alfred and
Hiddie
Mt. Carroll
William Reeder
Clinton
Prudence Rewkis
Etta Switzer
William Geosey
Milledgeville
William Geesey
Harry Stoner
Stoner
W. 3. Bell
First Brethren Church
Chadwick
Roe Dennis
Kyle Dunkerberger
Jack Shultz
Lester Stover
John Eckels
Hugh Bron
Kathryn Ryfers
Sterling
W. S. Bell
Jason
John Peat
Lanark
Lanlark
George Peat
J. D. Leatherman
Lanark C
Edward Johnson
Mt Carroll
Baw
C. FL Penn
Oak Bill Cemetery
Johnson
Freeport Hospital
Siva Sifer
Carrel
Silva Siifer
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Govern’ Vageshiyy
Gomand Financial Chronicle
Chronicle
American Railsre
Unif
Adt
Robbtery
Mficale
Peoria
PWA
United States
Naik Producers’ Federation
Cooperative Sales Ag
Skilled Drivers Club
G. Reiff
NES
Sareea
Garcia
Boy Scouts of County
Sorace Fetterolf
Ruby Edlefson
C. McConaba
Conservation Department
McConaha
Livingston
Sheriff's Office
U. OF Illinois
Leo Allen
Ralph, Fleming of
Galena
Mt. Carroll and
Kltor
Asphast
Isaif
Northwestern
Lazark
Tex
Willian Geesey
Carrell Country
County Sportsace
Northwestern Illinois
B. Simons
Isavanna
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