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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Nov 1914, p. 5

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= TIIS LASS SHORE NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914. WILMETTE TO THE GULF Says Progress Has 3een Made in the Institution EngWfed in Social ', • Service Work. OFPOBTUN3CTYTO Music Department Flour- of Dean Lutkin. .*:.-. i By Harriet E. Vittum. (Head Resident) At tUc end of this fiscal year wo look back over one of the hardest in the Uvea of our neighbors, and forward to what we fear will be a still harder one. At the same time, we look back upon a field of usefulness larger than we have known before; forward to a year when people's hearts, touched by a great and common sorrow, will open M never before to larger work made possible by large means. • Never before have we bean so touched by the people among whom we live, never baa the beat been wrung from us who are at work as will be during the coming year, never have we •done so fine a work as we must do in the year just hegihaing -'■• The organized work for 1913-14 fol- lowed the same lines as for several years, with gratifying results. Interested In Music. The music department flourished un- der Dean Lutkin, Mrs. Hoake and Miss Coulin, progress being made both In increased registration and fineness of quality. Besides the regular classes and lessons, mention should be made, of the spring festival, and of monthly Sunday afternoon programs were arranged under the direc- Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. Hoake the people from the land of and Paderewski enjoyed the .....Xtik*l: ""■'■ ':..'-; ':':'■'=•'■'■ v"■'■":": ie room in which organ- done this-year the pleaaore of the children while making their toys or playing with their work was always a joy to those in charge. -- Playground Enjoyed. •The J. Scott Clark playground, which the children call "our play- ground," was a relief from the doit had heat of the city during the sum- mer months, both for the children who crowded It constantly, and for resident looking through the north shore channel from Wilmetto and along the ata-mito stretch of the north branch as far en "the forks of the river,"or Wolf potat, Casting off the haw- ser thet was holding our launch for a brief time at Wolf point, a* it was an- ctently known but in the present day properly described as the west em abutment of Lak» uireet " our imaginary party of tourists con- tinues on Its voyage up the south branch of the Chicago river, course no members of our party are astonished at finding that the current o£ the Stream is seen to be flowing towards the southwest, that is, towards Its source; for we all know that the natural flow of the Mr! towards too lake hid been reversed by the opening bf the great drainage canal which we are soon to enter. Just as in the previous stages of the voyage we were constantly passing under bridges, so now we find our- selves passing under many more, sail- ' close under the lofty sides? of gi- tie freighters, or sweeping by the ay tall buildings of every kind along the banks of the river; until after a passage of four miles from the point of our departure at Lake street we arrive at the broad opening of the great canal itself. After enter- ing the canal we find that we have■ a depth of twenty-four feet of water under us, white the sloping sides are three hundred feet apart at the sur- face of the water., narrowing down to two hundred feet at the bottom. ' ' It is now fifteen years since tho completion of the great drainage canal, the entrance of which is at Robey street, and as It stretches away towards the southwest the great body or water In view is a most impressive spectacle. The bridges across tho ca- nal, several of which can bb seen In the Settlement rest and refreshment irn Two features of the Settlement this two summer were the two new camps which were opened, "Camp Channig" for boys, burnished by Mr. Freak ank- er, vice-president of the Public Service Co., of northern Illinois, located seven- teen miles from Joliet, where two hun- dred and eight boys daring the sum- mer reported two hundred and eight good times; and the "House in the Woods," enlarged and refitted, by Mr*. H. Haddon MscLean. on thi Dig riaines river where throe hundred and fortyelght girls found rest and recrea- tion. • Nor were the babies neglected dur- ing the hot months. The Infant Wel- fare Society made the house its head- quarters, and the second floor was ren over entirely to the babies. The McCormick Hospttsl Tent Increased by another tent, thus enabling twenty-three .*hjfe-to re- ceive care at: one; time, allowing one child to a bed. 1 it0 r*OII»eVaJo>' WWeWaw^wo The year has been marked by two great crises which .have' shaped the current of our neighborhood ectivRte* changed somewhat the character rtheworkv ■■: ■'■••• *?•**'■ The coming of municipal suffrage to of the state Imposed upon as task of working out with the wo- us their preparation for Uj rsnrtidapy for a -seat In the city council on a non-partisan ticket vnn.-» gwiimm twee-was* J«ft : the Settlement platform opened a door that will never again be closed. "Tbe neighborhood became conscious of the relation of the alderman to the Uvea of the people he represents, aid tamed the tide In the direction of more independence of thought sad ac- tion by all of the people. *. ^ im jgsa ssbss of •*•£ *s»* y ££* brought to oar little emnloymeat of- flee a sjreeemaon'bf aiea» wemoe, ens children, anehtag employment for whom flnally we ceSTao*Ue for even oar fldest aad most reliable friend, would say -Sorry, bat we are not takJaa on a maa," etc to doaeesstea, the BY J.SE7MOVR CURREY arrss In our previous article the passage j canal he might be able to seise upon the lines for support until help could reach him. Animals frequently slip Into the canal, but their chance of rescue la small. It would be worse for them than to be hemmed in by the walls of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, for man or animals could there find possibly some shelving beach of sand to place foot upon, bit hero is no such chance except the life make no use of them. Iron ladders Of have been placed at intervals of a quarter pf a mile apart as an aid m rescuing persons in distress. A line of tall masts to carry the wires from the power house at. Lock- port march in a continuous proces- sion along the bank of the canal, each die sixty feet in height, and placed intervals of 350 feet. A young growth of trees and bushes is begin nlng to make its appearance close to the foot of the spoil banks, and in time'no doubt there will be a more attractive prospect for. the passer-by i at present Is the esse. The ca- crosses' ins city limits at Forty- _ th avenue, so that our Journey thus far has been made through twenty-two miles of Chicago territory. The spoil banks here are seen to be mostly vast piles of broken rocks, \ hieh it to the expectation will in time be used for grading of streets and for building material of one kind sad another. The town of Summit la, as the name suggests, the highest point in the divide between the; late and the river valley below. < At Summit, or "the Summit," as it lb often called, there is a monument erected by the Chicago sad Alton Railway company to the memory of Father Marquette, who accompanied Joliet on his world-famous voyage of discovery' in 1673. It consists of a of boulders securely cemented surmounted by the receding distance, are of MMi boulderupon which Is riveted a bronse greater sir© than those In any other part of the city, for Chicago Is hot only noted for tho great number of Its tunnels, but for Its numerous bridges as well. One of these great struc- tures carries eight separate lines bf railroad tracks, besides being so con- structed that It can be swung open in order to permit of the passage of ships ud r'earners. Indeed, all the bridges over the canal are movable. so that it is at pace available for Its •*.««, loitlmate use as H' navigable water- way In addition to its present use a* * drainage channel.^ ' In the nelghborhW of the canal there once7 stood * farads house surrounded by a tract of cultl- vated land. In the days before the Fort Dearborn y of milk and the tort. -The of togs, ed were sold to the fort There was also which furnished a su butter to the house was were the majority of dwellings of the time. The place had acquired the name of "Hardscrabble,". sad that game clung to It for generations thereafter. Two men were killed here by Indiana in the spring before the tragic eplBode is given in "The Story of Old Fort Dearborn." by the pres- ent writer. Along tola river came Hca, Joliet and Marquette on their voyage of discovery In 1673. approaching the lake from the weat in their canoes It was some years later that La Salle passed over the same route in an op- posite direction on his way to the Mississippi. Oar route will take us over the same track practically as that of these early explorers. the site of the Joliet and Marquette cross at the foot of Robey street on the north bank of the river, which was destroyed by some unknown van- dals In the summer of 1914. This cross was mads of finely finished pieces of mahogany wood fixed on a concrete base, and bore a suitable in- scription. Near the opening of the drainage canal may be Been the tag of the old Illinois and Mlchi canal, now but little used. The roi of the two canals aro nearly the same as far as the Desplaines river ~ st Lockport. An we make along the canal we see the ei masses of spoil piled up on the appearing like a mountain chain. proceed along ihs canal for ' miles through the earth cutting, at length we witness s change In character of the material ; which the great excavation is Xow for fifteen miles throughout remainder of the distance solid uaaerltes the surface, and the s of the canal become sheer. Life lines are fastened to tie near the level of the surface so in case any person should be so lest or unfortunate sa to fa to mean to us to %b* -C*mtr-*£g^ **£.. summer came, it found the too depleted to resist and aa a result our Infant death rata was shockingly igttii sfa-^t ffT g£ ^Bister of « ■uuititfiiiMi i with men. women aad chUdres depleted by from eight to ton and _ written everywhere. We can get work, wo eaa fltre uttlo relief,bet wo caa opea friendly doors aid loving, of Chicago Is naaerstoadtag heeris, ana eheer Amtt ♦» daT-"ttig If South Dakota, Utah. Wisconsin; and in the Canal Zone. Second Ip 1 states; Indiana (after University of Illinois) and North Da- kola (after University of Minnesota). Third In 2 states; Missouri (after university of Kansas end University of Illinois); Montana (after University of Michigan and University of Wiscon- sin); in Canada (after Columbia Uni- versity and Harvard University); aad India (after • University of California and Harvard University). Fourth la <Oregon. Northwestern ranks sixth la the North Central Division of states taken as a group, fifth in the Atlantic di- vision, and fourth in the Western di- 1 . He Might Bite. A good many people sympathise with the under dog. but they don't want tne upper dog to know it, says the New York Times. •' tablet, recording that here Marquette landed on his second voyage to the country in 1675. Tats monu- cannot be seen by a boat party on the canal, as it stands st some distance back from the border At length the banks on either hand begin to decline and glimpses of open country beyond them can be obtained, for tvs are now soon to emerge from the canyon we have been passing through. On our voyage through the canal we bars passed the towns of Summit, Willow Springs, Lemout and Romeo, though without seeing other evidences of their existence then the bridals across the canal high above our heads. The controlling works at are new la sight, where the Is situated of water In is desired to quicken the current the crest of the dsm, which consists of great gates ng up and down in; grooves. Is sred, permitting of aa Increased •^novr^ or If raised retarding the flbw^ Tho power house is located two miles beyond the controlling works, and here we reach the end of the canal after a xeyage of thirty miles from it* beginning at Robey street on the Chicago river. Here la the lock that " wn to tho level of the Dsepleir.es river, forty foot be- to*/. The contrast between the ver- lifts In the two locks through which we have passed to striking enough, for the lock at Wilmetto lift ed us only two feet, snd here we are let down forty feet. A short passage on the river below of some four miles brings us to the entrance lock of the eW Illinois sad Michigan canal at Joliet As we have traveled over about fifty miles since Those that think must govern those thst toU-Ooldsmith. - NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS. Notice of proceedings for the open- tag and extending bf Sixteenth Street in the Village Of Wilmetto, Cook County, Illinois, over and across apart of the Northeast Quarter (N, K. y.) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. '/») of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Forty-two (41) North, Range Thirteen (13) East of the Third (3rd) Principal Meridian. ". *-. STATS OF ILLINOI3 i _s COUNTY OF COOK f~ ■- HB OOUNTy COURT OF COOK cCOUNTY To tho December Term, A. D. 1914. Condemnation Gene-rat Number 32,121. Village of Wllmottc vs. Edward H. Baglcy, Angela L. Bagley, his wife, J. Edwin Dempsey and Mrs. J. Edwin Dempsey, his wife, Chicago Title and Trust Company, trustee. Susan B. Ker- foot, and the Unknown Owners or Le- gal Holders of three (3) principal promissory notes, each dated May 17. gftd, stoned % ^dward H. Bagley and payable to the order of himself and by him duly endorsed and delivered, each wwdSmm Title and Trust Company. Trustee, a corporation of tho State of Illinois, conveying the following described Had, situated In the County of Cook and State of Illinois, to-wlt: All that part of tho South Twsatyflve (S£> acres of the Northeast Quarter (N. E. tt) of the Southeast Quartor (ft. E. %) of (lying West of the right of way of the Chicago aad Northwestern Railroad), containing Thirteen sad forty-one one hundredths (13.41) acres more or less, excepting a portion thereof described as follows: Com- mencing at a point on the South line of said premises, one hundred (100) feet East of the West line of said premises; thence North One Hundred sad Thirty-five (186} teat; thence East One Hundred (100) feet; thence South One Hundred and Thirty-five (135) feet; thence West One Hundred (100) feet to the point of beginning. containing an area of One Huddrod (100) feet by One Hundred anoJThir- ty-flvo (135) feet; also oil slid interest in and to the (10) feet of said tract of One (100) feet by One Hundred an five (135) feet. In area above from said conveyance. Deed being dated May 31, filed for record in the Ri flee of said Cook County. 1512, as document No. 4 recorded therein in Records on page and parties named I la the sum of twenty-six hundred fifty dollars (12.650.00); that a special assessment has been made to raise the cost of the said Improvement, aad that the report thereof was Bled In »wc office of the Clerk of said Court on the fourth day of November. A. D. 1914, aad that the proreediags are now pending. The following is a description of the tots, tracts or parcels of land sought to be taken or damaged for the Im- provement aforesaid, viz: That part of the Northeast Quarter (N. E, %) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. W) Of Section Twenty-eight (38), Township Forty-two (43) North. Range Thirteen (13) East of the .Third twenty-seven and one-tenth feet to a point; thence South oa a parallel with, the West Raw of Northeast Quarter (N. H %) of Southeast Quarter (S. B. %} of Section Twenty-sight (II) to the line thereof; thence *ast sisty-ttx feet to the piaco of beginning, eft ing therefrom the intersection highway extending along the side of the right of way of the cago and Northwestern commonly hnowa as West Avenue, with «»d strip of land. Village of Wilmette. Cook County, of Five Thou ssnd Dollars ($5,000.00), payable on or before one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively, after data, and bearing interest at the rate of Ave per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, both principal and In- terest being payable at the office of ilObVP, ^.steftoot A Company. No. .18 Washington Street. Chicago, Illinois, said notes bearing interest after ma- turity at the rato of seven per centum (7%) per annum, and being secured by a trust deed made by Edward H. Bagley to Chicago Title aad Trust Company. Trustee, a corporation of tho State of Illinois, conveying the fol- lowing described land, situated in the County of Cook aad State of Illinois, to-wlt: All that part of ths South Twenty-five (15) seres of the North- east Quarter (N. E. >/») of the So east Quarter (S. BT%) of (lying West of the right of why of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad), containing Thirteen and forty-one one-hundredth* (13.41) acres more or less, excepting a portion thereof described as follows: Commencing at a point on tho Sooth line of ssld premises, one hnndred. Before entering the canal we note dur start in the morning wo And the day gradually fading Into the evening, and here we had better find accom- modations in one of the comfortable hotels in this interesting city. In the next article we shall giro some de- scription of Joliet and continue our voyage towards our destination at the Oulfot^Megtoo^^y *^ UNIVERSITY A MA< FOE WESTER] (100) feet East of the West line of said premises; thence North One Hun- dred and Thirty-five (138) feet; thence east One Hundred (100) feet; thence scttth One Hundred and Thirty-five (135) feet; thence West One Hundred (100) feet to the point of beginning, containing sa area of One Hundred (i00) feet by One Hundred and Thirty-five (135) feet; also all right, title and interest In snd to the South Ten (10) feet of ssld tract of One Hundred (100) feet by One Hundred snd Thirty-five (185) feet, in area, above excepted from said conveyance. The said Trust Deed is dsted May 31,1912. aad filed for record In the Recorder's Office of said Cook County, On Juno 6, 1912. as document No. 4.982,290. and recorded therein in Book 11,530 of-Records on Page 447. assessment roll filed in the she said Court benefits hav the cost of hereinafter lags of W! Principal tows South line ,trJWsi"!|) of (S/E. %) Of t (28) at line of Six orth; thence line of Commissioners ntltied cauae in whose property assessed to pair said improvement bed, that the ytt- heretofore filed a fol- the rter i enty- tho Btrcll^roduccd parallel with the ortheast Quarter U) of the Southeast %) of Section Twcpp^lght ix hundred forty^sjsv^nd four- s (645.4) feet J^frnno one hun- nlnety-one (191) feet Southwest of and parallel with the Southwesterly lino of the right of way of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Railway Company: thence northeasterly at right angles to said southwesterly right of way line one hundred ninety- one (I9D feet to said right of way line; thence northwesterly along said right bf way line sixty-six t«) faet; thence southwesterly' at right angles to said right of way line two hundred Many ?8ta<Jfi»fal from West Are Enrolled at the Institution. of the power of certain universities to draw certain foreign coun- tries snd from statea other than their home states, shows the following re- snd all other persons having or claim- ing Interests in any of the said prem- ises, designated snd described "All whom It may concern." *t In the matter of the Petition of the Village of Wilmette for the ascertain- ment of the lust compensation to be ivate property to bo taken the opening of Six- brer and across a part Quarter (N. E. H) o! .(8. B. H) of (28), Township Ttango Thirleen Third Principal Me- Wilmette, Cook Illinois, snd what property be benefited by such improve- ment snd the amount thereof. NOTICE to hereby given to the de- fendants J. Edwin Dempsey. Mrs. J. petition In the County Court of Cook County, praying for the ascertainment of the |ust compensation to be made for private property to be taken or damaged for opening or extending Sixteenth Street at a width of sixty six (66) feet North from the South line of the Northeast Quarter (N. E. U) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. U) of Section Twenty-eight (28). Town ship Forty-two (42) North, Range Thir- teen (13) East of the Third "Principal Meridan over and across that part of the Northeast Quarter (N. E. U) of the Southeast Quarter (8. E. %) of Section Twenty-eight (28) aforesaid, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South lino of the North east Quarter (N. E. %) of toe South east Quartor (8. E. %) of said Section Twenty-eight (28) at Its intersection with the East lino of Sixteenth Street produced North; thence North parallel with the .West line of said Northeast Quarter IN. E. 14) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. %) Of Section Twenty- eight (28) six hundred forty-five and four-tenths (045.4) feet to s line one hundred ninety-one (101) feet South west of snd parallel with the south westerly line of the right of way of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail- way Company; thence northeasterly at right angles to said southwesterly right of way line one hundred ninety- one (101) feet to said right of Way lino; thence northwesterly along said right of Way line sixty-six (66) feet; westerly at right to said right of way line two hundred twenty-seven and one-tenth (227.1) feet to a point; thence South on a line parallel with the West line of said F Northeast Quarter (N. E. %) of the Southeast Quarter (S. E. M) of ssld Section Twenty-eight (28) to toe South line thereof; thence East sixty six (06) feet to the place of beginning. excepting therefrom the intersection of the highway extending along the West side of the right of way of tho Chicago aad Northwestern Railroad, commonly known aa West Hallroad Avenue, with said strip of land, in the Village of Wilmette. In accordance with the provisions of an Ordinance for tho making of said Improvement,* said Ordinance being on file In the Office of the Village clerk, sad also What real estate will be benefited by such improvement and the amount of such benefits to each parcel. Thai Commissioners were duly ap- pointed by said Court to investigate and report the Just compensation to be made* for private property to be taken or damaged for said improvement, and. also, what real estate will he bene- fited by such improvement, snd the amount of such benefits to each parcel of land benefited thereby, and commissioners have duly msde their report and have duly made a special assessment to raise tho cost of said Improvement, and have duly filed their report snd assessment roll in the office of tap Clerk of said Court on the fourth day of November, A. 0.1914. That the total cost of said Improve- ment, as shown by the ssld comrals- estlmsto and report hereto, i Ton are further notified that oaa In said cause was duly out of said court against the named defendants, which mons to returnable to the Term. a. t>. lfrtt, of the said Court to be held to the court iu the City of Chicago. County State aforesaid, on too 14th dsy December. A. f>. 1*14, is to by law quired, when and where you may and plead, answer or demoi ihe petitioner's petition and object the report of the commissioners, aforesaid and noon your failure do, the same and the things therein charged and be taken as confessed and a Jui entered In accordance with the report and the' prayer of said Sated Chicago, Illinois. 4th. A. D. 101*. ROBERT 3f. ?WE.. Clerk of the County Court of County. Illinois. CHARLES H. JACKSON; Attorney for Petitioner. Classified Advertisements TELEPHONE, WILMETTE 1640 Want Ags is tie Lake Shore News are charged at tee fottowmg tali Real Estate Classilkatioas. 7% ceats per Use. All Other Chssificatioas. 5 ceats per lis*. Minimum Price. 15 ceats. No advertisement charged for teas tiua 251 _ tendance Missouri, Nebraska. North Dakota, South Dakota. Wisconsin. Ark Montana, Oregon. Utah--the Ca- JJ* net Zone. Africa. Australasia, ~ of Vt untversRies-CalUornto, Colum- bia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois. Kansas, Michigan, Mtoaesota, Nebraska, Nortoweatern, Onto) State, Stamford, Vasear. Virginia, Wisconsin. Yale. It It to be regretted that toe University '.'liWaJnFSfffwyi;««S 3^35f-3»* Dempsey. its imtinatiTil 'as ** ** -f . --^^^ --JtSBf^ Legal Holders of three (s) notes, each dated aysn^a«ws^^ ,•*•••■■ sar«w»^nsi ,--d by ESdWeUrd H. JpL payable to the order of tad by him duly vered. each for the principal id Donors <*5.- OOP.OO). payable on or before one <1>, two {*> aad thrso {SJ yaars rsspsc= tively. after date, aad bearing interest at the rato of flvs per cent (M) per ssyabrr seml-ahnually, aad fatarest botog it the offioe of W». D. No. It Washington Stress, said after metarUy at the rato of seven per cent. CT%) per annum, sad

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