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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Aug 1914, p. 5

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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. 1914. FADS AND FANCIES OF THE MOTORIST The Tice Road Law Only Pro- vides for Small Part of the Funds From the Farm Lands. BENEFITS THE COUNTRY • "--^~"~"--' The State Highways Connect Im- portant Towns and Help the Men Whe Have Long Hauls With Farm Products. By the State Highway Commissioner. It is to be regretted that in some awtfonf of the state farmers object to the system of road improvement, as proVidod by the Tice road law. They aeem to be of the opinion that these roads are being improved for the spe- cial benefit of the auto owners, and that the cost will far exceed the bene- fit; that the bis burden of this tax, if it is a burden, will heavily rest upon the farm lands of this state. It seems to me a careful investiga- tion of the new road law and its ap- plication to the highways of Illinois, all citizens, especially the farmers, in an earnest advocacy of a state-wide system of read improvement. The roads to be improved have been se- lected by the board of supervisors, in counties under township organisation and by county commissioners in coun- ties not under township organisation. The state highway commission has ap- proved those mans with few excep- tions; usually where changes were made it was done to make proper con- nections wi^h the adjoining counties. After these maps are made, the local boards designate the place of begin- ning. Ninety per cent of the mem- bers of the boards of supervisors, and an equal proportion of the members of the county commissioners of this state, are farmers, and of course, should and no doubt do control and dictate the action of these boards. Thus the farmer names the road to be improved, and designates the place that this Improvement shall begin. The law comes to the fanner's assist- ance and says every foot of the state aid road must .be outside the limits of nny city, village or incorporated town Autos Psy Extra. Automobile owners have been taxed for the .privilege of operating their autos on the highways of this state. Every hundred thousand dollars of the money derived from this tax has been turned Into the state road fund, and in addition, $300,000 is taken from the general fund. This $300,000 is the onlT money that Is raised by direct lag and tuberculosis hospital and Oak Pores: institution were built. Whoa president of the board, leading sad did business under the name of Pterson ft Mote Contracting company until about a year and a half ago. physicians and charity workers have when he entered the contracting bus- publicly declared that these Institu I lness under the name of D. D. Pierson. tions were conducted along the most general contractor and builder. Me Is married and resides with his fam- ily at 142u BdgewooA avenue. Chi cago Heights, 111. Imr men there is a saw automobile sat of sole leather, the seams sewed and trimmed with a thong of mack raw hide la Mexican work. It is fin- ished with places for toilet articles.. For women the overnight suit case with the easel toilet leaf la the cen- ter la very popular, and comes In wal- rus, and other desirable leathers. A party ease of crush Morocco In a new shape, eight Inches long by four wide and deep. Is lined with corn col- ored moire and is fitted with gold and tortoisesheU fittings. Plaid silk sutched hats, with black wings, are new and pretty. They are worn with the early autumn tweed coats, and also with the doable capos. These have vests of silk to match thai Man's coat cases are convenient for short trips. They are like suit cases, only deeper, and In the centers are shirt cases, with one side for soil shirts, the other aide for stiff They are light sad Heavy chiffon veils with spider not mask for the face, some with a quilt- ing of net around the oval and others with an accordion ruffle, are liked by many who object to a heavy screen before the eyes. National Geographical Society's War Primer Louvain--The capital of Belgium in the day before the rise of Brussels. Its population is about 50,000, and It is situated about fifteen miles north- east of "the present capital. With Tirlemont, St Trond, and Tongres, it furnishes the line for holding back the movement of an enemy across too territory between Brussels and Liege. Local tradition has It that Louvain was established as a permanent mili- tary camp by Julius Caesar. The ttt dSpelany opposition and unite ^e^iaoa peop** rose up against tlm nobles during the fourteenth century, but were put down after a struggle of twenty years. Thereafter the im- portance and prosperity of Louvain declined, and Brussels took Its place. It has one of the finest universities In Belgium, which prides Itself most on Its theological school. Llbau--A port of Russia, on the Baltic sea, a little less than fifty miles from the extreme northern part of northeast Prussia. It has a popula- tion of about 75,000. Troops march- ing from Menel, Prussia, could arrive by land without leaving their own ter- ritory more than fifty miles behind. It has railway connections with Mos- cow, Orel and Kharkov. There are numerous factories making gun pow- der, soap, machinery and tin plate. There are also large saw mills and flour mills. The exports are valued at about 125,000,000 a year.' North of the commercial harbor is -the naval stronghold, consisting of extensive fortifications, breakwaters and moles. These defenses were finished eight years ago. Diest--A town equidistant from Liege, Antwerp and Brussels, about | twenty-three miles from each, and a taxation, for road improvement. Tne farm lands pay less than thirty per cent of the state tax; therefore the $34,000,000 of land in this state pay less than $90,000 of the $300,000 raised by direct tax and yet every dollar of the $800,000 under the Tice law must be spent ki Improving the roads out- side of the limits of the cities, vil- lages and incorporated towns. Thus It Will be readily seen that the farm lands of Illinois pay less than one- third of one cent an acre into the state road fund of $1,100,000. Under the law the counties must raise a like Sum and of this sum the farm lands must psy their proportional share, which varies in the different counties. In proportion to the value of lands. In the, state the farmer's share of both the county and state fund does not exceed forty per cent of the whole. Hence of the $2,200,000, the farmers would pay on their lands $880,000, or little more than two and one-half cents per acre. Only Temporary Improvement. Under our present system $7,000,000 a year is spent on our roads and the work Is but of a temporary nature. Seven million dollars a year for twen- ty years under the Tice law will build a ten-foot concrete road on all the state aid roads, as today marked, and these roads when improved will carry eighty-five per cent of the traffic. little north of the air line between Liege and Antwerp. It Is one^of the five fortified places in Belgium, and has msny breweries. It protects both Brussels and Antwerp from military movements by way of Maastricht. Hasselt--The capital of Belgian Lim- burg, at the Junction of several lm- portent railroads. It has many brew- and by ramparts eight miles long. Part of the environs can ha placed wader water. The fortifications were built to serve as the rallying ground for the Belgian army In case it was over- powered In the field by a superior force. Nancy (Nong-see)--The capital of Muerthe-et Moselle, Prance, . on the main line of railroad between Paris sad Strassburg. Its population is given as 100.000. It is about ten miles from the German frontier, thirteen miles east of the stronghold of Tool, and thirty-five miles west of north of Epinal. Charles the Bold perished at its. gates. The city became Preach la 1766, was occupied by the allies in 1814 and 1816, and Put s» ransom by the Prussians. In 1870. which was paid* by France. Strassburg--Capital of Alsace-Lor- raine, Germany, two miles west of the Rhine, on the river SI* which divides here Into five branches. It Is twenty eight miles from the French frontier, and is ono of the strongest fortresses of the German Empire, having a circle of fourteen forts. The University of Strassburg was re founded as the Em- peror William's University in 1872, and its library has 800,000 volumes. The population Is upward of 150.000. Strassburg held out against the Oer- humane and scientific lines, and they far excelled any similar institutions In the country. Mr. Busse is married and lives wan his family at Mt. Pros- pect. 111. Georjje A. Miller. George A. Miller was born in Sep- tember of the year 1872. has a high school and university education, was admitted to the bar of tho state of Illinois in 1898. and has practiced his profession In Chicago since that time. He was a member of the board of trustees of the village of Oak Park, where he stSSl lives with his family. Also a member of the park commis- sioners of the park district of Oak Park; was elected to the general as- sembly of the state of Illinois in 1910. and!reelected In 1912. Tjw^LegM* tive Voters* league recently said htm: "A capable, discriminating legislator, with a good voting rec- ord." ____ - , Joseph Carolan. Joseph Carolan. born In Oswego, N. Y„ educated In the public schools, learned the printers' trade; came to Chicago and worked on the Chicago Inter-Ocean for eight years; was chief deputy, of the criminal depart- ment of the sheriffs office; was elect- ed to the county board, and was ATTORNEY-AT-LAW JOHN HUGH LALLY •II WHIP TtUB MiTtSrt tUf. It W. ima*s».r mans for six weeks during the Franco- Prussian war, finally surrendering September 27, ISTO. Dtnant (Deenong)--Taken by Bur- gundy In 1466 and all male prisoners shot or caused to be drowned by being forced to Jump into the river from the cliffs, this Belgian city has had an eventful career. Loui3 XIV captured it in 1171 and the French held It for thirty years. In 1818 the Dutch built the citadel which is still the sight of the place, but which was dismantled long ago. Dihaat la a favorite sum mar resort of the Belgians. It la about fifteen mites due south of Na mur. „^_ Chaiierol (Shar-Loh-Kwa)-- A tows of southern Belgium, on the Sambre river, some twenty miles above Ma^ member of that body during the erec- 1U MBS Talking Machines French. German, Italian and Spanish Language Outfits Wmm **• MM « Mmtmbrn or SWrSi, MS up WtaMtfcs 693-0, or 0ntr*l 3507. J WES UYMS.25 West lib Street. CMICIGO Open «v*aiaca until 1--Smodaytte H wmmmmmmm--mmimmm*mmmmmam+ NEEDLECRAFT SHOP. Children's Dresses 1 to 18 years. Lsdles' Waists, 13.09 up. To Order. Corsets to Measure. 8mocklng. Hemstitching. THE HEHDLBCRAPT 717-718 Venetian Blag.. 16 East Washington 8t» Catena*, TUt. Contra! 4SSL ' mur as the crew files, and about twice as far by the river. It is the center of the Iron district of Belgium, and en- Joys water communication into Prance as well as acroas Belgium it was ceded to' France soon after It was founded, and was fortified by Vauban so: strongly that It twice held out against the attacks of William of Orange. The fortifications later were rased, but it was refortified In 1818 by the order of Wellington. These fortifications were finally dismantled in 1859. .' IN COOK COUNTY DISPLEASE THE VOTERS. -- TWENTY-TVYO PER CENT AD- VANCE IN THE AGGREGATE TAX RATE. a-Lever of Good Books. "Yes, do you send me a book • . . not a bargain book bought from a haberdasher, but a beautiful book, a book of caress peculiar, dis- tinctive, individual; a hook that hath first caught your eye and then pleased your fancy; written by an author with a tender whim, all right out of his heart We will read It together in the gloaming, and *vhen the gathering dusk doth plur the page, we'll sit with hearts too full tor speech sad think It over."--Dorothy Wordsworth to Coleridge. ~------______ eries and distilleries. It Is famous for Its great septennial ceiebration of the day of the Assumption, in honor of the Virgin--under the name of Vtrga Jesse. On these occasions, the date of which Is Aug. 16, the town Is convert- ed Into a forest of firs, by the collec- tion and planting of trees snd branch- es from the neighboring forest. Has- selt is on the main road from Maast- richt to Antwerp. Mulhausen--A town in Upper Al- sace, on the River 111, an affluent of the Rhine, and also on the Rhine- Rhone canal. It is a great textile^en* ter. The manufacture of railway equipment and other machinery is also an important industry. It passed to Germany with the close of the Franco-Prussian war, and thoussnds of the French inhabitants returned to French territory. The population is approximately 100,000. Muhlhausen--A city of about 40,000, In Prussia, which figured In the Ref- ormation and In the Thirty Years' war. It Is largely engaged in textile industries, snd has many other manu- facturing _enwrprisesrr-such as the making of needles, machinery, cigars, soap, furniture and shoes. Antwerp--A city of Belgium re- garded as its principal fortified strong hold. Although sixty miles from the sea it is still one of the greatest sea- ports of Europe, because the broad and deep Shelde river gives it an ex- cellent outlet. It population Is almost entirely Flemish. Under Emperor Charles V It is said to have been the most populous city of continental Eu* rope. At the middle of the sixteenth century It had a population estimated at 121,000. „ Tjhe great fairs held than attracted the merchants of the civil* bed world. Under theflpanlsh regime it declined and In twenty years fell to a population of 65,000. The treaty of Westphalia closed the Bcfaelde to sea-going vessels, and It was not re- opened until the French did so In VOTERS ARE INDIGNANT COMPARISON WITH LAST REPUB- LICAN ADMINISTRATION. bishop was ones takes to of his denominational of eghfsthmff of himself sit variance with tarn spirit of humility, 'it is not con- t," replied the bishop, with that sum hearing Oat silenced op- "It Is not conceit, brethren. It is the consciousness of superiority." r-Unptaoott's. 1794. Napoleon undertook to revivify the city, Trota it wee surrendered to the English in 1814. It began to grow again, but was almost ruined in the military operations of ^****g*5 after7. Netherlands retained tne. nan* «■ the jfc_ levy navigstlon dues Schelde, which laid a heavy band on Antwerp, until 1813, when it wee com- - muted by the payment ot about $7,000.- 000. The city and river are defended Every voter who Is a taxpayer, or ever expects to be, is Interested In every rise in taxes--interested right in his pocketbook. The Increase of 29 per cent in the aggregate tax rate in Cook county under the present ad- ministration sounds like a Joke, con- sidering the party platform or the Democratic candidates In 1912 against high taxes and appropriations--that Is, It would sound like a Joke If It were not so expensive for the tax- payers. Not only has the state tax rate been raised from 38 to 70 cents-- the largest In the history of the state --but the county tax rate has been boosted to provide money for in- creased expenditures for practically all departments. Compare this with the administration of the hut Repub- lican board of county commissioners, which was economical and efficient, note the contrast with the present .wasteful expenditures., and decide whether it will not mean lees expense as well as better administration for you. the voter and taxpayer, to elect the Republican candidates.____:_____ The Republican candidates for the nomination for county commissioners from the so-called "country towns," which include Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, WInnetka. Hubbard Woods. Olencoe, Niles Center and Glenview, as well ss many others, ln- g~s*faaosa IwUsassil ilto your support at the urlsurtss to be held September 9, on their record as business snd professional men. They have been successful In their own affairs and will give the county a business-like administration. Some of them have had wide experience on this board, others In both houses of the state legislature, and one has been president of the county board, giving the county a good, clean service. . The candidates have declared them- selves for a revision of the revenue laws, which will make personal prop- erty taxes more Just and equitable. Tim Intnlfahla IntqniHAg jg lh« priw. ent methods of taxing personal prop- erty should be remedied at once. Such a revlaio!! would produce larger pub- lic revenues with a smaller rate of taxation, and would satisfy the tax- payers that the burdens of govern- ment are equally distributed- 'A fslr deal to every citizen," states the platform of the candidates in six Words. If this appeals to you, the voter now reading this announcement, the candidates invite you to make a special effort to vote at the primaries to be held September 9. Ouly the lack of effort on the part ot the voters to get to the primaries stands in their Way to securing a business-like ad- ministration. If each ohe does his part September 9 all will securo the benefit. -lion. of. the new county bulraing,"the tuberculosis hospital, and Oak Forest Institution. Mr. Carolan has always favored civil service in the public in sttuitions, and has been highly com- mended by the press and Judiciary as an efficient public servant He Is a member of the Oak Park lodge, No. 148. A. F. and A. M., Grant council. Royal Arcanum, and a member of the Royal League. He resides with his famliy at 277 North Park avenue. River Forest. 111. William H. Maclean. William II. Maclean was born in Quebec. Cauda. May 7, 1865. Moved to Chicago with his parents when two years old, ahd has lived there ever since. Educated in the Chicago pub- lic schools and graduated from Lake Forest university and Illinois College of Law. He is a member ot the law firm of McGilvray, Eames & Maclean. He was a member ofTlhe board or trustees of Wilmette, and also served HtnnULINt A dollar's worth of this remarkable product will save you from $4 to $8 in your gasolene bill. It puts snap in your motor, it keeps your cylin- ders and spark plugs clean. It is guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to* the motor. •,...•' 31 Send for a list of Evanston motorists who use and recommend it. be sample can yourself and you will never without Herroline. FOR SALE IN EVANSTON BY R. L. UttngwitUnc . 800 Dempster Street. Tyler-Leffingwell Co., 847 Chicago Avcnce John Victor Lee, 901 Chicago^ Avenue Pennsylvania Oil Co.,'933 Sherman Avenue Evanston Auto Company MADE BY Improved Gasoline and Oil Co. 1523 Michigan Avenue, Chicago one term as state senator from the Seventh district of Illinois. He is - e married and lives with his famliy at 825 Forest avenue. Wilmette, 111. Dudley D. Pierson. Dudley D. Pierson was born in No- ble county, Ind., Norr^lfr, lWt. *m early life was spent on the farm. lie learned the carpenter trade, finished the same, and moved to Chicago Heights In 1892. Later he entered into the general contracttij* business for himself. He remained at the same for five years. He then asso- ciated himself with Jeremiah Mote, Is YOUR DAUGHTER normally efficient? Are you cultivating all that should add to her womanly charm? Have you studied her possibilities, lovingly and conscientiously? Is there danger of her being handicapped for life by some fault that' could be ERADICATED ROW? Are you SATISFIED with the present school-environment? Are lessons in OBEDIENCE, SELF CONTROL, SOUND PRJNCI- ; PLE, and CORRECT ETHICS being daily inculcated? FIRMNESS, PRUDENCE, SYMPATHY, and GOOD EXAMPLE -------tdre the four pillars that uphold Convent discipline. 4*» While the VISITATION ACADEMY does *ot te«iv<i young giil» of asraJj? disposition, the nuns are experienced in the tucc'euful control of alt ordinary faults of childhood and adolescence, and are fully prepared to direct the social and student life of the acideim. The General Course is College Preparatory. Special students may register as day scholars or ss boarders. A regular diploma is conferred in the departments of Art, Music, and Elocutiaa. The institution is not endowed. No distinction in the school discipline can be made under any circumstances. The-CATALOGUE, cocuining full information, may be had upon request. Address: TBS SISTER DIRECTRESS, 2128 Bidge Avenue, Evaastoa, tmf Fall Term Opens Tuesday* September 8th , ,'ih0f'q^4 WW U>VV W V AM*-' ..v-vv-vvvwww Since the personal character of the candidates for nomination for county commissioner is of the utmost impor- tance, it la well that voters should know for whom they are voting. Here is a brief biography Of all the candi- dates for this office on the regular He- publican ticket: ftSMiam Buase. WiUtanv -Busse was born in Grove township. Cook county. Jan. 21. 1864. He was educated In the public schools, and his early life was spent on his father's farm, where he was born. Later be became connected with his father in general merchandis- ing business st Mt. Prospect. HI., his tirement continued business in his own name. He was elected president of the county board in 1907, and dur- ing that time the new county JEWELRY PURCHASED AT THE l< , R ThS b'e R G •^DIAMONDS FoiirMIs. 187 Ved* 1041. 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