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LAKE ^HORE VOL. VI, NO. 10. Phone Wilmette 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. ltli. PRICE FIVE CENTS ni runnr uinuriiisHERiDANBOAD olchuuc n umcn WILL CUT HIGH Suffrage Association Told by Mrs. Dopfer How To Reduce Living Cost PARTLY FINISHED End of This Year Will See the Driveway Open to Lake Forest PONT ABUSE CREDIT â-  . Urged To Manage House- hold Affairs So As To _i Avoid Sis Deliveries. At a meeting of the Glencoe Equal Suffrage association, held -last If on- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ruben D. -Coy, 500 Greenleaf avenue, Mrs. Clement Dopfer, wife of a prom- Inent grocer 1ft Glencoe, explained to the housewives of that village a few of the causes of the high cost of liv- ing in Glencoe. They were urged to Pay their bills promptly. *• Carry their baskets to market and purchase vegetables and meats. Manage iheir household affairs so as to avoid the necessity of six* de- liveries a day. Abstain from such luxuries as ripe tomatoes in midwinter. Use cheaper, cots of meat In her talk before the association, Urs. Ropfer said: "Much has been said and much has been written about the high cost of living. Many remedies have been pro- posed, but no one so far has offered a solution that has been satisfactory to everyone. In discussing a question that touches us all, food being man's first and essential bodily requirement, it is only SStural that the immediate source of supply, which is the grocer and his jobber, be popularly charged with the high cost of living. Prices are high, but not especially so In Glen coe. Everyone knows that this rise iBMSrtsW hfhation-wide world-wide, and that this same ques- tion placed the machinery of our na- tional government in the hands of the party now in power. - "Those who make this charge do not point to the affluence of the merchants Individually or collectively as a proof of this argument, but simply stand pat on the declaration and let It go at that. W "So persistently has this Ides been presented that men who are accredit- ed with more than ordinary acumen and capacity for deep thinking have been carried sway with the idea that if the so-called 'middle man' could be eliminated the solution would be found. "Many people think merchants make big profits when prices are high. The contrary Is true. Better profits are made when prices are low. "Co-operative societies have been formed for %he purpose of experiment and endeavor to reduce prices and cost of living, but in most Instances have failed. "Ministers of the gospel, women prominent in the club and social cir- cles have exercised their talents, given their time, solicited the dona- tion of free rents and the free,serv- ices of enthusiastic supporters to the cause of food distribution direct from the source of supply, and still found costs so little affected that the experi- ments were abandoned. "We must dig deeper for a solution. An advocate of intensive agriculture. Prof. Cyril G. Hopkins, chief of the University of Illinois experiment sta- tion* In an address on this subject, de- livered to the people at the United States land show at the Chicago Coli- seum, offered statistics In support of his views, which were startling. He asserted that in 1840 the United States had a population of 17,000,000; in 1910 it haa"~grown to M.ooo.000. This is an increase of over 500 per cent. It has come upon us in seventy- two years, the lifetime of a man. Now this enormous addition to our popula- tion has to be fed. Let us see how we have to feed them, In the last ten years .the Increase of our population was 21 per cent. In the same time the increase In acreage of farm lands was 4.8 per cent. At the present time 9 per cent of the tillable lands of our country is not under cultivation, and practically all of that 9 per cent can be reclaimed only by expensive ex- pedient of drainage and irrigation. The lesson these figures tcsch Is so Our population has Increased SI par cent in ten years; our farm area has Increased 4 J per cent In other words, the number of mouths to feed has In- creased nearly five times as rapidly aa the source of food supply, and this Is why prices will not greatly decline. As a remedy for this the professor ad- vocates intensive farming, which, he says, must come before we can expect or hope for lower prices of food. But there |« mega to the subject than In- farming, though that to of Sheridan road, between Chicago and Evanston. is now compieted and open to the public. This, however, is but a small part of the Sheridan Road Im- provement association's activities to- wards finishing the contemplated driveway between Chicago and Mil- waukee. The new road has been car- ried around Calvary cemetery with the co-operation of the Catholic bishop of Chicago and is now in good con- dition as far as Main street. Evans- ton. ________'______________ That portion to Wilmette and Ken- ilwortb, which has been turned over tc the Lincoln park commissioners, will be rebuilt early this year. Through Glencoe and in the south end of Highland Park it is in first-class condition. That portion of the road through Fort Sheridan has been ordered rebuilt this summer. By the end of the year Sheridan road will be a continuous boulevard /Tom the heart of Chicago .to Lake Forest WILMETTE'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN LEAP First Town in Illinois To Fumigate Its Theaters, t The "Good Health" magazine (a medical magazine published in Chi- cago) in its November Issue contains the following article concerning Wil- mette's health department: "Dr. E. B. Moore, health commis- sioner of Wilmette, 111., has set the pace for other health departments la the state by requiring all the theaters In his city to fumigate every week. This la a real step forward and af- fords a protection which the people of Wilmette will appreciate. The theater (especially the moving picture bouses) have become a pro> right way. Wilmette Is the first town we have heard of to pjr~ Kansas and Pennsylvania have now adopted this plan and many cit- ies in other states are taking it up." DRAMATIC LECTURE ENTERTAINMENTS A Series of Three Will Be Given Next Week at the M. E. Church. Next Wednesday evening, at 8 o'clock, Miss Ben-OIlel, formerly of Jerusalem, will give the first of a series of three dramatic lecture en- tertainments to be given at the Wil- mette Methodist church. The sub- ject of this lecture will be "Village Life." On Thursday evening, her sub- ject will be "City Life," and on Fri- day night "Desert Life." In these entertainments the "East" of Bible lands is brought to the "West," by an English woman, daugh- ter of the Hebrew Christian scholar and veteran missionary, the Rev. A. Ben-Oliel, who herself lived seven years in the Holy land. Thirty-five persons, in genuine Palestine cos- tumes, will represent Village Life, Desert Life, Shepherd Lite, and the Jerusalem Wedding and Its Symbol- ism. INGRAM RESIDENCE DAMAGED BY FIRE Fire Early Sunday Morning Causes Damage of About _ $3,000.00 The residence of Mr. J. E. Ingram, 766 Greenleaf avenue, Glencoe; was badly damaged by fire early Sunday morning. The cause of the fire, which started in the basement to not known. The alarm was turned in at about 2 o'clock in the morning. The fire de- partment responded promptly, and by 3:30 the fire was under control. The loss to estimated to be about 13.000. PHYSICAL TRAINING COURSE. „ course tor physical training at New Trier High.school has been offered Tuesday evenings for men of the township by Mr. Hyatt Swim- ming, gymnastic exercises and games are .making the evenings very profit- able and pleasant ones. The course will tost till June. The registration feels ISjOO. , "HOLY CHILD" NEXT SUNDAY. On neat Sunday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, the choir of St Augusttaes church will sing the,cantata, "The MEN'S MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT M Splendid Talks Were Made by a Number of Wilmette Cit- izens. Thscuss ten subjects Mr. Hoyt King Makes Ex- cellent Talk in Behalf of Civic Association. â- *%*?'. â-  • Many excellent talks were heard at the open forum given by the Men's club Tuesday evening at the Woman's club. Ten leading subjects of vital interest to Wilmette were discussed by representatives of the following so- cieties: Wilmette Park Boardâ€"Speaker, Mr. Horace G. Drury. Physicians' Club of Wilmetteâ€" Speaker, Dr. George J. Tobias. Wilmette Ministers* Unionâ€"Speak- er, TM J= M. Wilson. Board of Local Charitiesâ€"Speaker, Mr. C. A. Keller. Civic Club of Wilmetteâ€"Speaker. Mr, Hoyt King. Wilmette Business Men's Associa- tionâ€"Speaker, Mr. John H. Schaefer. Automobile Club of Wilmetteâ€" Speaker, Mr. William H. Thomson. Wilmette Board of Education- Speaker. Mr. Edward Zinf. Wilmette Improvement Association â€"Speaker, Mr. P. M. Bingham. Trustees, Village of Wilmetteâ€" â€"Speaker, O. W. Schmidt Jno. D. Couffer, who wss to have spoken on "Trustees, Village of Wil- mette," ". was unable to attend the meeting because of sickness and his place was filled by Trustee O; W. fjCOlXllflt* .ISC Hoyt King, speaking In behalf of the Wilmette Civic Association. said, In part: "in ten years Wilmette village will be a town of 15,000 people, according to the telephone company's report. That to double our present population. This makes it necessary to begin looking into WHmette's future. The Civic association is organised to urge a plan for the development and beau- tlflcatlon of Wilmette on comprehen- sive lines. "The people are the permanent gov- erning body. Its vlltoge trustees are its temporary agents. They serve two year terms.. A trustee may interest himself in a project for the future. but the result of his Investigation and tsork may end with his term. "The Civic association alms to seek suggestions as to future needs and plans for the village. Among projects and Questions before It are: 1. Village electric lighting. 2. A village water and electric plant, 3. Sites for future play-grounds and parks. 4. Sites for future schools and fire department houses. 5. The question of extension of the limits of the vlltoge to Include Gross Point and other territory. f. A village manager or superin- tendent of public service. 7. Plans for utilisation or parking of the Sanitary District right-of-way. "The Civic association has no pow- er to do more than investigate. At th« proper time, It plans to petition the Board of Trustees to appoint a Wilmette Plan Commission of public spirited citizens to investigate and re- port on these possible future projects. oi such of them and'others as the commission may deem practicable for ••Should the board; tee fit. It can then appoint such experts as are nec- essary to work out the plans In such detail as to location, construction and cost as may seem necessary to the legal accomplishment of the projects favored. "Chicago will have to destroy mil- lions of dollar, of property from time to thus to correct mistakes made by lack of foresight. The failure to make use of the Sanitary canal until after It had been flowing ten years meant a waste of 4 per cent on 180,000,000 for ten years. The widening of Twelfth street: the connecting the North and South . the placing of rail way stations and yards; the tesrin- up of streets for underground work neglected, all mean waste of private and public assets._______ "Cranston already finds Itself be bind the times. "Wilmette to abreast of the times, but like all growing communities, will fall boated under a system that leeks permanent direction of some body that will prepare for the fetors. -The Civic association to a smalt WINNETKA MANAGER INSTALLED IN OFFICE Robert L. Fitzgerald Is Now Hard at Work for the North Shore Town. Robert L. Fitigerald. the new Win village manager, was intro- duced Tuesday evening of last week at the regular monthly meeting of the Winnetka village council. Mr. Pittgeralo was born in Missouri, His work has carried him well over the western section of the coun- try. Two years â-  were spent with the Houston Oas company, three years with the Gary Heat Light and Water company, two years passed on the staff of the Wisconsin Kauroad and Tea Commission, and of late he has been connected with Sloan, Huddle, Feustel & Freeman, a firm of efficiency en- gineers'in M*dlssit.Wto, as * special investigator of public utility property. PROVE MENACE en Standing Near Stations Complained Against â€" A notice has been sent out by the Chicago & North-Western Railroad company complaining that automo- biles left standing near the Wilmette station with their arc lights burning are a menace to the engineers. When a machine stands facing the north or south the glare from the are light shines directly te the eyes of the engineers, preventing them from seeing signals and crossings. All machines when waiting near the station at night should have their headlights extinguished. This notice has also been sent to Highland Park and Winnetka. ROBBERS SECURE $150.00 TUESDAY NIGHT Break Into Snider's Drug Store and Rifle Safe and Cash Register. WOMAN RECEIVES Mrs. Brockman Wants Daughter, Adopted by Wilmette Couple, To Inherit Fortune. WILL MEET IN CHICAGO Esther Married a Wilmette Man and Is Now Living in Deep Creek, Wash. The drug store of It K. Snider. Cen- tral and Wilmette avenues, wss broken into last Tuesday night and about $150 In checks, currency and silver was taken from the safe and .cash register So far as Mr. Snider was able to tell, after a cursory lavostigs^ In the columns of this paper hi our Issue of January 1 we published the account of a woman. Mrs. Campbell, who, thirty-seven years ago, placed her 2-year-old baby. Bather, la the Home of the Friendless, Eighteenth street and Wabash avenue, Chicago, and signed an Indenture that trans- ferred to the home her rights as par- ent This action waa taken at the instigation of Mrs. Campbell's mother, who thought It best to put Esther In a public home.' .. - , A few months later the child was given by the home to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bunker of Wilmette. Mr. Bunker was a teaming contractor who had accumulated considerable prop- erty. The child was attractive and be- came well known in Wilmette. After she had grown Into young womanhood she married O. E. Behm. Her bus- band became 111, Physic!""" advised him to go west Mrs. Beam's foster! parents gave them money, They wviii to Washington state, where Kehm's health improved. Mr, Bunker advanced him money to go into business end the young cou- ple prospered. Meanwhile Mrs, Campbell test all trace of her daughter. After she had u recovered' from the of her husband, she tried to Battier, but inexperience In the devi- ous ways of a large city caused her every attempt to result te ooSfusloa, Nobody would help her, she safe. For twenty-five years she bunted without success. She married again, and her second husband named Millerâ€"died. Miller wss successful in business, and left Iter e large amount of property. Renews the Old Search. Bat she married again, title time a men named Brockman, and he died. So she to thrice a widow. Her first husband, Campbell, had five Children by a former wife. These children, it to said, are expecting to Inherit tho property of their step- mother, snd Mrs. Brockman wee de- termined that they should not Her determination Inspired heir to renew her search tor her only daughter. She came to Chicago, but could not find the Home of the Friendless et Eighteenth street and Wabash ave- nue. She went to the county building In search of papers of adoption and It waa there that she met Mr. Neddy. Mrs. Brockman says now that throughout her long search Mr. Neddy was the only person she encountered who would give her mors than pass- ing attention. Naddy enlisted his wife in the search, snd they hunted through,tho records In the county building, but found no trace of Esther. Then thty visited several homes for the friend- less, and at last found a record of the indenture In a home st 5059 Vlncennes avenue. Then Mr. and Mrs. Naddy com- municated with tho postmaster st Wil- mette sad hired a boy to canvass the town for three day*. Almost every- body knew the Bunkers or had heard The North Shore dubs which be- long to the Tenth district Include the Drama club of Evanston, tho High- land Park Woman's club, the Library club of Glencoe. the Lake Bluff Worn Jtna club, the Lake Forest Woman's Cub. the Women's club of Evanston, the Evanston Teachers* club, the Win- netka Woman's club, tho Woman's dub of Wilmette, the Ossoll club et Highland Park, the Evanston Catho- lic Woman's club, the Noyes Street Mothers' club, the Neighbors of Kenll- worth, Wilmette Catholic Women's club end the Ravenswood Woman's club. The next meeting of the Federa- tion will be held Friday. March .19, at the Ravenswood Women's club, NORTH END CLUB TO ENTERTAIN MONDAY Tenth District of HL Feder- ation Will Meet in Edge- water Country Club. Tho next meeting of tho Tenth dis- trict of tho niincte Federation of Woman's clubs, which will bo held Monday afternoon. January IS. is be- ing eagerly looked forward te by north shore club women. Tho North End dab of Edge water will be the hostess and the meeting will be held te the Edgewater Country club. NEW CHAPTER FORMED BY GLENCOE WOMEN Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire Organized by Mrs. Cooke-Adams. A branch of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, under the ausnices of the stste chsoter of Illi- nois, has recently been formed. The meeting at which the society wss organized wee held at the home of Mrs. W. A. Kittermsster and was ted by Mrs. O. Cooke-Adama of Chi- cago, who Is state agent of the Daugh- The following officers were elected: Regentâ€"Mrs. W. A. Kittermsster, Recording Secretoryâ€"Mrs. C. W. Correspond!ng Secretary Mrs. A. O. Ligare. Treasurerâ€"Mrs. J. P. McGregor. Standard Bearerâ€"Mrs. A. MscRae. The organization will be known ae the WlndBor chapter. WORK BEING PUSHED ON NEW SCHOOL Its Early Completion De- pends on the Brand of Weather Sent Us. tlon, nothing- else was missing from the store, except, possibly, a few cigars. . The thieves, who were unquestion- ably familiar with the Inside of the store, gained admittance through s basement window. Tho butt of the money was In the safe, which bad accidentally been left unlocked. About |» was taken from the cash register. WOMAN'S CATHOLIC LEAGUE. Rev. Father H. r. Smyth of Evans- ten was the speaker at the North Shore Catholic Woman's league, which held its meeting at, the Win- netka Woman's due yeaieveay aftsr- noon. Father Smyths subject. "Lit eraturo tor the Catholics." was of much interest to all his listeners. Mrs. W. A. Eittermaster of Olencoe sang, sad Mrs. T. V. Purcell of Evans- ton gsve a reading. MISS HUMPHREY ENTERTAINS. Saturday afternoon little Miss Evs lye Humphrey entertained about thlr- ty of her friends with n sleigh ride enjoyed at her home. <1# Woodbine | - *wap* bo re gssmg-- em. sn ms. of thorn, end many Esther distinctly. They had morod Despite the inclement weather, work on the new Central school build- ing to being pushed. It was feared thst the building would not be com- pleted te ttnte for the spring com- mencement exercises, but Sunt Harper refuses to sbsndon hope. Tho new school will have eight ctose rooms and a large sudltorium. The upper grades of tho Central school wltt be housed there. it hss not yet been decided whether the addition will here a name of its own or will be known ee a pert of tho Central school. POUND-MASTER THREATENED BY IRATE CITIZENS He Decides That life lis Too Sweet To Be Frittered Away on a Mere THREATENED BY MANY Village Council Will Prob. ably Make Other Ar- rangements. GLENCOE FAVORS $6,500 BOND ISSUE from Wilmette twelve yearn Finally Esther, was located te Deep Creek, Wash. Mr. Naddy has received the follow- ing letter from her "Dear Sirâ€"Tour letter received this morning and te reply will say that I am the Bather Banker of whom yon write, bnt I am called Lillian. At the time of my adoption Mrs. Beaker wss told my name wee Esther, bet she left it that way. and pet Lilllsn fret; so 1 have always gome by the name of Lillian Bather Banker. "Thto. 1 believe, answers year re- quest. "If there to anything farther yow wish to know, please sdvlse me end 111 try and answer ne host 1 can." Mr. Naddy wrote to her that her mother wished te make a will in her favor, and it was te rosgomn te this letter that Mrs. Beam wrote te him. He has written her agate asking her t« telegraph tho day wham she wttl Mr. Naddy wishes to be te the vsalt of tho cterk of the sneessofni search for tho "toas>l Women's Vote Is the Decid- ing Factor in Saturday's â- "â€"Election. When it comes to soliloquizing. Hamlet had nothing on William Long* ford, newly ordained pound-master for the vlltoge of Wilmette. "To be»< or not to be" has been a burning ques- tion with William ever Bince the vil- lage council, at their last meeting. appointed him exalted ruler of tho Order of Stray Dogs in this village. When village President Couffer made the appointment, which was at once confirmed by the board of trus- tees, it wss fondly hoped that this < troublesome "mad dog" question waa effectually disposed or. but Fate, to the guise of Mrs. Langford, decreed otherwise; No sooner had the wire corral (which wss intended to prevent un- muzzled dogs from overrunning th* streets of WilmeUc) been erected on Langford's premises,, then hie 'phono commenced tho busiest day of Its life. Thr«nt« ramo iMyirlnj h> aw iUm wire so rapidly that Langford found himself trying to imagine, at one and tjpc^satne time, tho feelings of a mast whose house was being burned around his very ears and the sensations of a men doing the "Ellsa" act across the; icy waters of the drainage canal to- wards Evanston madly pursued by the Identical doge ho himself had Impounded Iha daj- fore.: The comblnaUon of thee dreadful suppositions shook William's i;-rf-* considerably..bnt* after' sleep-" tog on the question over night, he decidsd te hold ths- ;*??fxH cost. Here Pate, disguised es Lang- ford's wife, took a hand. 8he, too* had been the object of a number of horrible threats and she informed William in no uncertain terms (and tea voice be hnew. from long ex- perience, to be nnal) that ee rapidly as William caught and impounded the dogs, she would be forced to con- sider herself a eelf appointed commit- tee of one to free them from the hand of the oppressor (or words to that effect). In other words. "FateV hat was In the ring and WUliam* breve es he was. didn* dare kick It out. Langford swears that he has lived nineteen years since January 6 <tbo t date of his appointment) end that b*: unset bad n moateal'a ' that Ume. Ho swears that the and Omega of his wlfe'a conversation during tho day is "dog" and that on two separate and distinct occasions ht, wee compelled. In order to some much-needed repose, to ta hie own dogpound. Hero the matter rests and It to now again "up to" tee vlltoge council say what shall be done, te the i time, our crop of usmsssled dog* to nourishing amazingly end Who < say whet the harvest will be. YOUNG LADIES' AUXILIARY. At the meeting of tho Women's* Wednesday afternoon, te tho Young Ladies auxiliary. Mrs. Katherlne Wallace Davis sang ami -Lullabies of Many Nations." The following young ladle, took parti tho entertainment: Miss Katherlne King. Jspsnese; Miss Alice Wheetack. Indian; annex, â-  Tho election held In Glencoe on Sat- urday. Jen. 9. resulted te a light vote. with a small majority la favor of tho lean. The figures were aa follows: Men voting "No".......^â€"~. U» Men voting -Tee-..............- Iff Women voting "No"............ Sf Women voting -Tee"........-... W Total vote.................... US -HO"...........................1SS "Yea" ..i......-...............- *«• The result waa not entirely satto- factory in wither not be considered a fair et the popular wllL Last March, on tho $10,000 sewer teas, tho rote waa ad It was very aear i favor of tho teen. A vote like the one cast Saturday on a loan of ggJOO far fire equipment seams te tedtnste a sack ef teteteetssi the pert ef the Miss Juliette Gats Alice Wstson. Gert Nettie Kaufman. French; rence Avers, Bohemian; 1 Gates. Scotch; Miss Florm Italian: Miss Prances Ftaatye. Asm lean Negro; Miss EMxsb ilosstan; Miss Dorothy Miss Eleanor Blake. Lootee MneiUr was I CHICKENPOX HKftC, Chickenpox. which to have been brought hare holiday, from Apptotaa. Wte* Two cease have been reported: te the heme ef Mr. Seward 1020 Sheridan road, sad tho oths the hems of F. J. Newsy. 43d avenue. jno. Aeoumm tax, Ttttoge President Jan. a OPEN SIXTEENTH 0T W«rk has been tensten of Norte tho KeaUworth depot. ffcte now street baa