Flora Journal-Record

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VOLUME  XII        ,THB JomUIAI., VoL Sd.     No. S
FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1924
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NUMBER 23
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CLAT OOUNTT HARD
ROAO CONTRACTS LBT
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Contracts tor state kard roads in Clior eounty have been let and work wUI be doner durtag 1921 on aU ek- eept two small stripe. The halt mile eaat of Flora is being delayed bV the proposed overhead eroosing over the B, A O., wbich Is now before the latorstete Commerce Commission, A (ew days ago a BT^A O. engineer from tke east was in Flora, >Bn route to Itorlngfield, to discuss the matter 'ertl;li.the IlUnote Highway Depart¬ ment. The only other strip ot road not contracted ta CUy eounty te tke tkree mUee sontk .from the preeent eonerete to the north Itae ot Wayne otetety.
I Tke strip from Loaiaville north te ^%Olllg pnt ia by the state foree with- OOt contracting. Contractora are now sotting material on the gronnd and ltS4 shoald see practically ell of Olay county's hard road completed accept the slab In Clay Ctty bottoms, Wklek win have to tay for a couple ft yaan to let the big till aetUe, but gravel caa be pnt on so that It can be osed meanwhile.
WnrvTOF DB. FLINT
DIBS AT MADISON
CLAT   OOUNTT   MAN   HONtHtRD
Last week at tke~iAttonal meeting at the Nationai Council of Cooperat- - Ive Marketing Organisations, held at ¦•* Washington. Curt Anderaon ot Clay oonaty was honored by being elect¬ ed a member of the executive eom¬ mlttee. We tried to get a cut of Mr. Anderaon to nse ta th^ issue, bnt he eonld not find It.
It may not be generally that two of tte biggeat cooperating market or- •^-gaBteatlOBa in the Unitod States are ' loeated In Southera Illinois—the red top organisation with Flora as head¬ quarters, and the frnit growera, witb keadqnartera at Centralia. Mr. An¬ derson manages the red top organi¬ sation here, and Flora ts now the recognized red top market h