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Show ILLINOIS STARTS LINCOLNHIGHWAY Governor Dunne With Hundreds Hun-dreds of Others Begin Road Building Across State. Chicago, April 15. Governor Dunne, Dun-ne, members of the Illinois legislature, legisla-ture, judges, bankers, business men. school children and hundreds of others oth-ers today began the work of building the Lincoln highway across northern Illinois, from the Mississippi river to the Indian? slate line. Even" one of the persons who 1 wielded a pick or shovel will receive j a check for one cent and a card sign cd by Samuc! Gompers signifying that ho Is an honorary member of tho American Federation of Labor. Governor Dunne donned overalls at Mooscheart, near Aurora, and of flclally turned the first spade of gravel. |