Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — PRIZEFIGHTS ARE RULED OUT [ARTICLE]

PRIZEFIGHTS ARE RULED OUT

Acting Governor Oglesby to Btop Bouts Held at Spring Valley. Springfield, 111., Aug. 31.—Acting Governor Oglesby has telegraphed Sheriff Skogiand of Bureau county that reports have come to him of prizefighting at Spring Valley. He notified the sheriff that he would hold him responsible for a repetition of the offense.