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Number 9 



SEPTEMBER, 1929 



\'()lume 7 



Three Teams Fight 



For Baseball Honor 



Tazewell Defends Title Against 



Rivals For Illinois State 



Championship 



'^I^HK climinjtion of Henry ciiunty by Mr.- 

 ^ Uonougli at Macomb on August SI in the 

 third i;amc of the hard-fought series narrowed 

 the race for the 1929 championship in the Illi- 

 nois Farm Bureau Baseball League to three 

 teams, McDonough, McLean, and Tazewell. 



The executive committee of the League in- 

 sists that Tazewell eliminate at least one of the 

 cliampionship contenders before it be entitled 

 to play in the final series for the high honor. 

 This means that Tazewell 

 must play the loser of the 

 .McDonough-McLean series. 

 If it can successfully de- 

 tend its title against one 

 of these two teams it may 

 play the other to decide 

 the annual contest. 



Action Necessary 



This action was mad-' 

 necessary because of the 

 uneven number of divis- 

 ional champions eligible 

 for semi-final competition. 

 By virtue of winning the 

 championship last year, 

 'I'azewell was given the 

 preferred position in the 

 play-oflf. As a result it 



has scheduled nt) oHicial games since it defeated 

 Marshall-Putnam fiir the divisional champion- 

 ship. McLean and .McDonough were scheduled 

 to play the first game on September 10 at Mon- 

 mouth. It is hoped that the state contest will 

 be over well before the end of the month. 



The experiences of the season have been en- 

 couraging. Better sportsmanship and a spirit of 

 fair play have been apparent. In this respect 

 civilization has come a long ways since the 

 turn of the century. Old-time baseball was 

 frequently attended by sava.ge and brutal gang 

 wars and fights between opposing teams and 

 their backers. There is little of this today, 

 although the desire to win and the fighting 

 spirit is none the less evident. High schools 

 have had a powerful influence in improving 

 sportsmanship. 



"Ualtcr and Ld Doubet won the doubles 

 horseshoe- tournament by narrow margins.** 



Policyholders Heed I 



Anti-Accident Drive 



Light and Poiver 



From Corn Stalks 



jJKCOVKRY of methane or marsh gas from 

 ' ^ cornstalks in sulficicnt quantities to light 

 and heat farm homes and even small cities, was 

 announced at the American Chemical Society's 

 7Sth annual convention at .Minneapolis by Dr. 

 A. M. Buswell, professor of sanitary chemistry 

 at the University of Illinois. 



I-rom the waste of sewage and plain corn- 



"Our Farm Bureau baseball team played Stark 

 county at our picnic last Saturday," writes J. 

 W. Whisenand, Peoria county farm adviser. 

 "The score was 21 to 7 in our favor. Our team 

 got 17 hits and Stark county 10. Peoria's 

 pitcher, Patton, struck out eight men and their 

 three pitchers, Sniff, \if. Seger, and Best struck 

 out nine. 



FIGHT TO DEFEND STATE BASEBALL TITLE 

 Tazewell County's scrappy Farm Bureau nine must defeat the McDonough and 

 McLean County teams — both dangerous contenders — to retain the state championship. 



stalks, large quantities of the gas have been 

 dc\ eloped at the university capable of use ft>r 

 heating, operating automobiles in place of gasti- 

 line, and driving engines to produce electricity, 

 as well as to form the principal ingredients ot 

 "dry ice." 



The apparatus used in the delivery of the 

 i;as, according to the Professor, is so simple 

 that it can be installed by any farmer to de- 

 velop a private heating plant for his own use 

 from the effect of sewage on waste cornstalks. 



"After drying,** Buswell states, "the stalks 

 are shredded with an ordinary shredding n»a- 

 chine, boiled, soaked in water or in lime. 1 he 

 apparatus is simply a small tank provided with 

 a cover to Ci>llect gasses." 



Irom a large commercial standpoint, he esti- 

 mated a circle eight miles in diameter of corn 

 land would produce enough stalks to supply 

 usual gas needs of a city of 80.000 population. 



John C Watson, director of taxation, has 

 been appointed on a special investigational com- 

 mittee by William H. Malone, chairman of the 

 state tax commission. The committee will 

 study and report on the administration of the 

 personal property tax in Illinois. 



First Week In September Shows 



33 Per Cent Drop Compared 



With August 



\L' R).\10Bll 1, .iccidents anuuig polic>'lioldcrs 

 - of thci Illinois .\gricuUural .Mutual Insur- 

 ance Company dropped 3 5 per cent the first 

 week of September following the state-wide 

 campaign against auto accidents in which the 

 <- ttunty Farm Bureaus and the I. A. .\. are 

 vo-ofserating. 



Thousands of policyholders have attached the 

 tags bearing the slogan "Xo Auto Accitlents in 

 September" to the steering wheels of their cars. 

 Pamphlets carrying; the 

 message of accident pre- 

 vention were mailed to all 

 the 16,000 odd members 

 of the company. The in- 

 fluence of the drive is al- 

 ready being felt. 



Every 23 Minutes 



1 \cry 2> minutes some- 

 ttne is killed in a mott>r 

 s chicle accident in the 

 United States. I ait year 

 there were more than 

 2~,(00 fatalities as a re- 

 sult ot auto accidents in 

 this country. 



I very auto accident, ac- 

 cording to V. Vjniman, 

 i director of the safety 



campaign, is due to ignorance or carelessness. 

 \orte is excusable. Many collisions and upsets 

 are due to interior intelligence or slow reac- 

 tion to dan.ger. Defective eyesight, foot mem- 

 orv dnd poi>r reasoning ability are otheri causc-s. 

 .'\n intelligent driver senses danger ;iit once. 

 Me is continually on the alert, particularly at 

 intersections. He not only watches His own 

 driving but he thinks for the other driKer, al 

 w.i\s alive !to ptissible piior judgment a^d mis- 

 t.ikes ot tlw other fellow. 



He Is No Dreamer 



The careful driver keeps !us mind on his 

 w.irk. especially when driving on the pavement, 

 lie Is no dreamer or sky gazer. He minds his 

 business, wutchcs the ruad, not the landscape 

 .\ccidents are often criminal and when the 

 courts take full cognizance of this triith and 

 punish those who arc negligent by imprisonment 

 and deprivation of a driver's license there will 

 be some hope for reducing losses and fatalities 

 from motor collisions. 



How Accidents Occur 



.■\ study of the losses reported to tlie Illinois 

 .\gricultural Mutual- since it began operating 

 reseats that .'66 accidents occurred when mak- 



