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90 Trucks Haul Corn 

 Daily to River Point 



Thousands upon thousan<l> of bushels 

 if corn come to Morris (Grundy coun- 

 ty) daily in groat and small motor 

 trucks from surrounding farminfr com- 

 munities as far as 40 miles away. 

 Barges carry this golden and white crop 

 )ver 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 grain, coal and lumber. 



.■V visit by a Herald reporter to the 

 Farmers National Grain Corp. elevator 

 )n the north side of the river gave some 

 idea what becomes of the steady parade 

 )f motor trucks laden with corn which 

 pass through the streets of Morris from 

 ill points, heading for the north bank 

 )f 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 Trucks Daily 



K. J. Watts, manager of the northern 

 -levator of the corporation, reported that 

 ^0 trucks per day, on the average, are 

 ■in loaded at the elevator. 



The trucks with their loads, some with 

 trailers attached, drive onto a 32-foot 

 •ombination dump and scales. With one 

 )peration the truck and its contents are 

 weighed and the trucks are tilted by a 

 movable platform until the load falls into 

 1 dump. From there it is con\)eyed 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 

 •apable 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 

 •o us is about 20.(100 to 2.^^.000 bushels 

 laily and the average load for a barge is 

 from .")0.000 to 70.000 bushels. 



"'Last Saturday, believe it or not. one 

 narge 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 compIete<l here Nov. 

 S, 19,S4 and its business activities have 

 urown 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 



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followed. .\n 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. 



.\ branch is established at I'ontiac 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. ."^ix or seven 

 barges are now at the company's ilocks 

 waiting to be loa<led and V«e on their 

 way. Twelve men handle the »>normou> 

 receipts and oiit|oit tor tin- northern <le 

 vator 



Mothers Sponsor 4-H 

 Clubs in Knox Co. 



.Although l.ynn Township. Kno.\ 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. X 

 history of l-ll Club activitie-^ in the 

 township and other talks — all by women 

 — feature<l the celebration. Mrs. Herman 

 Kric,-on anil .Miss Louise Gibbs wire ac 

 tive in starting the project. Mrs. B. E 

 Addis, Mrs. BehrtTtper. Mrs. Webster 

 (iehring, 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 result* 

 were so helpful that we hope the publi 

 cation of this information will inspire 

 other Home Bureau units to sponsor a 

 "Mother's Day" before the opening of (he 

 club season in lit.*?'." 



Back JiidUiKl IM.'s. Loiraii county 

 hadn't settled down to having a 

 permanent county seat. Vkv awhile it 

 was near where Lincoln. Illinois, is 

 now. .Abraham Lincoln IuhI his otlice 

 there aii<l practiced law as he traveled 

 the circuit of the old Kighth .Indicia] 

 district. Then the county seat was 

 moved to Mt. Pulaski ami Lincoln 

 went along in 184K and hail an office 

 in the courthouse pictured here. He 

 practiced here continuously until 18.").">. 

 when the courthouse was definitely lo- 

 cated in Lincoln. The building is now- 

 being restored by the F'ederal Cio\ 



ONE A. LINCOLN, ATTORNEY 

 HAD HIS OFFICE HERE. 



•■riinurit using WP.A funds and lal.or 

 The plaijUe was erected by the I! i-i 

 Mess -Men's Club of Mt. Pulaski on l!ii 

 ■ ■Id courthouse, now used as a p'-t 

 •ll'ie. It reads a.- follows: "Loi!!-, 

 ("nunty Courthouse. I84S-lK.'>."i. In thi- 

 Kuilding during its use as a vour: 

 house. .Abraham Lincoln practiced la\"^ 

 lontinuously as he traveled the riii-uh 

 cit' 'lie old Kighth .Judicial Histrict. The 

 -Muare upon which the buildin*' st;,ii,j., 

 ua> dedicated to the public in l»'!ii 

 liy .labez f'apps. George W. Turli y. 

 Barton Robinson and others, pro 

 prietors of the original town of .vli. 

 Pulaski, and this building was erei'n! 

 thereon in IHiH with funds contrib-itfd 

 wholly by the pioneer settlers of .Mt 

 Pulaski and vicinity. 



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