90 Trucks Haul Corn 

 Daily to River Point 



Thousands upon thousands of bushels 

 of com come to Morris (Grundy coun- 

 ty) daily in great and small motor 

 trucks from surrounding farming com- 

 munities as far as 40 miles away. 

 Barges carry this golden and white crop 

 over the Illinois River to Chicago mar- 

 kets and south over the waterway to the 

 Memphis distributive points. The Illinois 

 river has been a busy waterway, a grow- 

 ing traffic in gr&in, coal and lumber. 



A visit by a Herald reporter to the 

 Farmers National Grain Corp. elevator 

 on the north side of the river gave some 

 idea what becomes of the steady parade 

 of motor trucks laden with corn which 

 pass through the streets ^f Morris from 

 all points, heading for the north bank 

 of the river just west of the remaining 

 span of the old river bridge. Sometimes 

 these trucks cannot be unloaded fast 

 enough and a string of them waits in a 

 line several blocks long. 



90 Tracks Daily 



F. J. Watts, manager of the northern 

 elevator of the corporation, reported that 

 90 trucks per day, on the average, are 

 unloaded at the elevator. 



The trucks with their loads, some with 

 trailers attached, drive onto a 32-foot 

 combination dump and scales. With one 

 operation the truck and its contents are 

 weighed and the trucks are tilted by a 

 movable platform until the load falls into 

 a dump. From there it is conveyed into 

 the elevator and then through spouts 

 into the holds of barges docked along the 

 wharf. 



The automatic dump, according to Mr. 

 Watts, is the largest in Illinois and is 

 capable of handling the largest of trucks. 



"At least there have been none here 

 that we could not handle," Mr. Watts 

 stated. 



"The average volume of corn brought 

 to us is about 20,000 to 25,000 bushels 

 daily and the average load for a barge is 

 from 50,000 to 70,000 bushels. 



"Last Saturday, believe it or not, one 

 barge carried a load of 77,000 bushels, a 

 record for this elevator," Mr. Watts said. 



"The federal barge lines take care of 

 our transportation to the southern points 

 and the Black Barry line handles it from 

 here to Chicago." 



The elevator was completed here Nov. 

 8, 1934 and its business activities have 

 grown so rapidly that another elevator 

 leg will have to be erected soon. Longer 

 hours have been made necessary and in 

 many cases a 24 hour schedule has been 



followed. An electric light system is about 

 to be constructed as night work is im- 

 perative and it is dangerous for trucks 

 to make the steep grade to the elevator 

 without proper lighting. 



A branch is established at Pontiac to 

 care for market prices and sales south 

 of the river and another is at Mendota to 

 provide for the north side of the river 

 country, west of here. Six or seven 

 barges are now at the company's docks 

 waiting to be loaded and be on their 

 way. Twelve men handle the enormous 

 receipts and output for the northern ele- 

 vator. 



Mothers Sponsor 4-H 

 Clubs in Knox Co. 



Although Lynn Township, Knox Coun- 

 ty, has no town within its boundaries, it 

 has Farm and Home Bureau units as 



well as Boys' and Girls' 4-H Clubs which 

 are active and have been doing com- 

 mendable work. 



Recently a successful Mother's Day 

 program was given by the 4-H Club 

 members in appreciation of the efforts 

 mothers made in starting club work. A 

 history of 4-H Club activities in the 

 township and other talks — all by women 

 — featured the celebration. Mrs. Herman 

 Ericson and Miss Louise Gibbs were ac- 

 tive in starting the project. Mrs. B. E. 

 Addis, Mrs. Behringer, Mrs. Webster 

 Gehring, president of Knox County Home 

 Bureau, Mrs. Roswell J. Gilson, chairman 

 of county club committee. Miss Merle 

 Ramer, Home Adviser, and others spoke 



Mrs. H. Seymour Brown, secretary, 

 Knox County Club committee and mem- 

 ber of the Home Bureau board, reports 

 that "while this adventure is only in its 

 infancy in Lynn Township, the resnlta 

 were so helpful that we hope the publi- 

 cation of this information will inspire 

 other Home Bureau units to sponsor • 

 'Mother's Day' before the opening of the 

 club season in 1937." 



Back around 1848, Logan county 

 hadn't settled down to having a 

 permanent county seat. For awhile it 

 was near where Lincoln, Illinois, is 

 now. Abraham Lincoln had his office 

 there and practiced law as he traveled 

 the circuit of the old Eighth Judicial 

 District. Then the county seat was 

 moved to Mt. Pulaski and Lincoln 

 went along in 1848 and had an office 

 in the courthouse pictured here. He 

 practiced here continuously until 1855, 

 when the courthouse was definitely lo- 

 cated in Lincoln. The building is now 

 being restored by the Federal Gov- 



ONE A. LINCOLN, ATTORNEY 

 HAD HIS OFFICE HERE. 



ernment using WPA funds and labor. 

 The plaque was erected by the Busi- 

 ness Men's Club of Mt. Pulaski on the 

 old courthouse, now used as a post- 

 office. It reads as follows: "Logan 

 County Courthouse, 1848-1855. In this 

 building during its use as a court- 

 house, Abraham Lincoln practiced law 

 continuously as he traveled the circuit 

 of the old Eighth Judicial District. The 

 square upon which the building stands 

 was dedicated to the public in 1830 

 by Jabez Capps, George W. Turley, 

 Barton Robinson and others, pro- 

 prietors of the original town of Mt. 

 Pulaski, and this building was erected 

 thereon in 1848 with funds contributed 

 wholly by the pioneer settlers of Mt. 

 Pulaski and vicinity. 



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