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INTERESTING ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
On top of the news released from Washington last week that $66,000 had been appropriated for site and new post office building in Watseka, came the anonuncement this week that the Public Works Administration approved an application of the city for $64,600 to be used in the construction of Butane Gas plant. a Official confirmation of this allotment of $64,600 was received yesterday the office of C. W. Osborn, from State Engineer of the PWA, in a letter to Alderman A. C. Harwood.
Towns along the Dixie Highway from Momence to Danville, are engaged in an effort to have the road The about the widened. pavement, laid by the state, only 15 first feet wide in some places.
Jack Lane, 72, of Milford, was John Lyons, was seriously panion, at about 4:30 o'clock Friday injured afternoon when the Buick touring in which they were riding, was car struck by Chevrolet sedan owned and driven by S. D. Sturdevant, receiver for the State Bank deputy Cissna Park. Sturdevant was acat by H. B. Yergler, also of companied Cissna Park, deputy state bank reNeither of the Cissna Park men serious injury. Lane sustained fered broken neck and fractured skull, The accident happened at the interof state route 49 and he section hard road four miles east of township Clifton.
Final dividend checks, amounting total of were paid to of the closed First Nato depositors tional Bank of Milford, last week. The of this fifth and final paying dividend will end the work of Receiver Wm. J. far as this bank Kelley as is concerned. The total paid to creditors in the five dividends is which is over 83 per $268,643.20 cent of the total claims aggregating $323,000. day. Three small Her11, Robert Hermann, 9, and spent mann Hermann all members of and Shirley were drowned in the one family, them. Kankakee river two miles west of Monday morning, July 9th. Momence The three victims were the children Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hermann of of Chicago. The three children and Miss their mother to the river on the Saturday, and rented the previous for a week's outing. On cottage the youngsters went Monday morning and fishing, and their pleasure Phillips wading was brought to a tragic ending trip Squires, when all three stepped into a deep Lucille hole in the river, few yards from the shore, drowned. The mother of the children was in complete state of collapse. The father was The where he is employed as in Chicago Club The bodies of the oldest the and his sister were recovered boy and that of in during the forenoon spent some time in applying ployees Roll artificial the bodies but respiration their efforts proved futile. son of Mr. and Dale, youngest Mrs. Lewis Magee, of Cullom, was night when out Mr. the screen of continued on through son, window, and lit on the second story friends the below. He was rushed ground where it and doctor immediately, was that he had suffered no injuries guests found and next day was and whatever, up Roy none the worse for his exaround, several His youth and the fact perience. that he limp and relaxed in sleep was
