Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1917 — ILLINOIS BOND ISSUE FAILS [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS BOND ISSUE FAILS

Iroquois County Turns Down Good Roads Project. When our Illinois friends want io enjoy their flivvers they will continue to cross over the line and use our good roads. At an election held in Iroquois county last week on the proposition of issuing bonds to the amount of $1,400,000 for the Construction of a system of improved highways, the matter was voted down by an overwhelming majority. The total vote for the bond issue was 2,794 and against the issue 6,215.