HARDIN COUNTY 

 LEADS THE WAY 



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braiy facilities be maintained, and that 

 special classes be held for handicapped 

 and exceptional children. 



The report also recommends that the 

 present 107 local school board members 

 be replaced by one county board of seven 

 members. 



Following the announcement of the 

 recommendations. Porter said: "Immedi- 

 ately there arose a clamor and tumult. It 

 is a fine theory — but. It is not prac- 

 tical. . . .the consolidation will cost too 

 much. . . .the bonded indebtedness will 

 be too heavy a burden on the taxpayers. 

 . . .there are no buses to transport pu- 

 pils. . . .buses will cost too much. . . .the 

 road system required for a consolidated 

 school system will be too costly." 



Most of the men on the committee 

 point out that the county cannot afford not 

 to educate its children in the best pos- 

 sible manner. The initial cost will be 

 heavy, they admit, but the school system 

 will be more efficient and will give far 

 more for less in the long run. 



Hardin county is not as extensively 

 farmed as other Illinois counties. Some 

 of its farms are isolated and 16,000 of 

 its acres are part of the Shawnee Na- 

 tional Forest. 



Most Live Near River 



The bulk of the county's 8,000 popu- 

 lation lives in a two or three mile strip 

 of land along the Ohio river. Here, 

 too, are its three incorporated municipali- 

 ties — Rosiclare, population 1800; Eliza- 

 bethtown, 650; and Cave in Rock, 500. 



In an area mining about 90 per cent of 

 the nation's fluorspar (used in metal in- 

 dustry, mainly steel), Rosiclare is the 

 wealthiest of the three communities and 

 probably is more satisfied with the status 

 quo than the others. Its tax evaluation 

 equals that of the rest of the county com- 

 bined. 



Rosiclare and Cave in Rock have their 

 own high schools and they don't want 

 to give them up. But their geographical 

 location makes their selection as the site 

 of the county's one senior high school 

 highly improbable. The committee rec- 

 ommendations, however, would not force 

 either town to give up its high school if 

 it didn't wish to. 



In the uplands away from the river, 

 the educational facilities for rural chil- 

 dren are none too desirable. There are 

 27 one-room schools with 395 pupils 

 which the committee would like to see 

 relegated to history. 



There are 1500 grade school pupils in 

 the county for the seven schools recom- 



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mended, and 300 high school students 

 for the senior high school recommended. 

 Obviously there just aren't enough stu- 

 dents available for two first class high 

 schools. 



Hauling children from sparsely-popu- 

 lated areas is another problem that scarce- 

 ly can be avoided. Without good roads 

 the consolidation cannot be a success. 

 With the county in one road district it is 

 now stripped of all unnecesssary admin- 

 istrative inefficiency. Adequate machin- 

 ery can be used throughout the county, 

 not just in one township as in many 

 Illinois counties. With sufficient funds 

 a good job is not too much to expect. 



Good roads even without adequate out- 

 side help are not beyond the realm of 

 plausibility in Hardin county ; neither are 

 good schools. The school survey com- 

 mittee has advocated a system it believes 

 practical, adequate under the circum- 

 stances, and good. 



It remains for the public to voice its 

 approval or disapproval so a plan of 

 action soon may be followed. In doing 

 so, they may well ponder the words of 

 the editor at Elizaoethtown: "The fu- 

 ture of this country rests with the com- 

 ing generation. They must be educated." 



7 HERE OUGHT A 

 BE A LAW 



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be sold for feeding purposes only, with- 

 out showing a negative blood test, but 

 these animals will be restricted and under 

 quarantine while being fed. 



Many farmers have had the sad ex- 

 perience Sam Brown had when they 

 bought cattle which looked healthy and 

 later proved to be infected with Bang's 

 disease. Many times the loss caused by 

 bringing in one of these infected animals 

 was several times its actual value in the 

 damage they caused in the rest of the 

 herd. 



The above law was written and de- 

 signed for your protection, and complete 

 enforcement of all of its provisions will 

 be very difficult, but each of you can 

 help! 



Require a clean blood test on every cow 

 you buy, and furnish the same on every 

 cow you sell! In the long run you will 

 be helping yourself and your neighbors. 



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STAFF DIRECTORY OF 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION & 

 ASSOCIATED COMPANIES 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 

 Sec'y, Organizalioii & Inionnatioa . G. E. Malign 



Sec'y of Marketing „ L. L. Celvis 



Dodrr Morkaliag _ E. E. Houghtby 



Grain Marketing George H. litaer 



Legal _ _ Donald Kirkpatrick 



Lire Stock Marketing S. F. Ruuell 



General Office _ _ C. E. Johniton 



Organization _ O. D. Briuenden 



Personnel _ W. E. Schoar 



Publicity _ _ _ _ Creeton Foiter 



Research _ __ _ _L. H. Simerl 



Road Improvement Charles Mayfield 



Rural School Relations „ lohn K. Cox 



Salety and FubUc Health.../. W. W. WhiUock 



Special Services Jloy P. Johnson 



Property Taxation. Bert Vandervliet 



Transportation-Claims „...G. W. Baxter 



Vet. Medical Relations C. D. Van Heuweling 



Young People's Activities Ellsworth D. Lyon 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Lite Ins. Co A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Country Mutual Fir* Co I. H. Kelker. Mgr. 



Country Mutual Casualty Co Frank V. Wilcox 



Mgr. 



III. Agr. Auditing Assn C. E. Strand. Mgr. 



III. Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec. 



111. Co-op Locker Service C. F. Musser, Mgr. 



III. F. Bur. Serum Assn S. F. Russell, Sec.-Mgr. 



III. Farm Supply Co C. H. Becker, Mgr. 



111. Fruit Growers' Exchange Ted Davis. Mgr. 



ni. Grain Corporatien Jloward McWard, Mgr. 



III. Or. Terminals Co.-G. H. litner. Acting Mgr. 

 ni. Livestock Mktg. Assn. H. W. Trautmann. Mgr. 



ni. Milk Producers' Assn Edwin Gumm. Pres. 



Prairie Farms Creameries-.Dave Henry, Sales Mgr. 



FARMERS SAVE ON 

 PHONE RATE DECISION 



Denial of an increase in telephone 

 rates to the Illinois Commercial Tele- 

 phone Company by the Illinois Com- 

 merce Commission will save rural and 

 urban families in north central and 

 southern Illinois $880,000 annually. 



This is the estimate made by G. W. 

 Baxter, director of claims and transpor- 

 tation for the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, after the decision of the com- 

 merce commission was made public re- 

 cently. 



An increase in rates was opposed by 

 lAA representatives at five regional meet- 

 ings held since last fall at Marion, Olney, 

 Mendota, Paxton, and Monmouth on the 

 grounds that the company was asking 

 for a higher rate without first improv- 

 ing its service. 



Many of the 180 towns affected were 

 represented by local counsel or by coun- 

 sel of the Illinois Municipal League, 

 which took an active part in opposing the 

 rate increase. 



Farmers who appeared at these re- 

 gional meetings, alleged that the tele- 

 phone company's service and equipment 

 were poor, Baxter said. 



The commerce commission ruled that 

 the company had not operated at an out- 

 of-pocket loss, Baxter said, and for this 

 and other reasons, the commission re- 

 garded its present rates as reasonable 

 until such time as the company is able 

 to prove otherwise. 



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