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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Aug 1924, p. 7

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WILMETTE LI 1924 Boise, Idaho; Pendleton, Oregon; W alla Walla, Yak ima, Tacoma, and Spokane, Washmgton; P ortland and Longview, O regon, and Seattle, Washington. At Yakima, Mr. Ennis will address the annual convention of the Northwest Real Estate association, to be held August 28-30. , From Seattle, Mr. Ennis will go into Canada to visit real estate boards there belonging to the nat:onal association, in Victoria, Vancover and Winnipeg. On the return trip he w111 visit the Minneapolis and St. Paul boards, reaching there September 15. .. .,..,~·· and Hi· Pal· Rejuvenate Lizzie of 1913 anis a clock ching r the as a it is aries Woodzka lives in Washavenue, west of Ridge avenue. fact atone is not responsible his notice. What is important Charles is that he is the owner a flivver with a history. It erged from the Ford vintage of and like Tennyson's brook, goes r;;;;;;;;· is. only one thing nowadays causes alarm for Charles, and is the fear that the great Lizzie ate witt learn of the existence of wonderful rambler and insist upon ·ng it from him. mechanism of the Woodzka eliminator yet works with clockuracy and with the power and of it s hreed . This condition about after the last overhauling tion. which was completed last The mechanics who aided Charles on the job are worth mentionin g. too. They are Joseph Hens and Joseph Cq nrad, Washington avenue neighbors of the Woodzkas. Th e trio took the aged veteran out for a little exercise last Sunday, driving over the Glenview and Waukegan road s. Lizzie was never working hett er. Packards, Cadillacs, the Dodge, Buick and other high priced ma chin es were- passed as though they been shackled. ··Gee. Lizzi e is a daisy, aint she?," exclaimed Charles to the two Joes. "It's too bad the body's all gone." Ah. there's the r ub. The car's superstructure has been practicatly torn away, unable to withstand the wild speed spurts which Lizzie has been pu lling off the se many, many years. Said Joe Hens-"Let's bui ld a new body." "No," came from the Conrad youth: " Lizzie's all right yet and good for several decade s. Send her to the factor y and give her a stylish dre:.s. That 's my suggestion." In the meantime while the boys are debating the problem, the old body wi ll carry them around safe ly enough, provided they strap themseh·e s securely within it. On their next jaunt the boys propose to take Lizzie down and show her at the Field Museum in Chicago. Warshoffski will never get her, they declare. · Dean John H. Wigmore, head of Northwestern university law school, announces the addition to the school's faculty of Prof. Edward Franklin Albertswarth, professor of law at Western Reuniversity, Cleveland, and in Would Operate Both Linea serve 1921-'22, dean of the law school of· the University of Wyoming. In 1923, Prof. Under One Head Albertsworth taught on the summer school faculty at Northwestern and achieved the distinction of making such Authority for the consolidation of a favorable impression upon the students the Chicago, North Shore and Mil- that a petition was sent Dean Wigmore waukee railroad and t he Chicago "to secure his services at the first oppor- CLEANERS, DYERS TO MERGE North Shore . and Northern railroad tunity." The board ~f directors ~f the Assowas a!iked in a petition filed with the The new Northwestern professor was ciation of Illinois Cleaners and Dyers Illinois Commerce Commission ' at Springfield recently. This is believed born in 1890 and has obtained various are working out a plan for the mergto be part of the plan of the North degrees and university honors. From er of the association with similar orShore line to operate it s railroad ex- George Washington univesrsity he re- g<>nizations in surrounding states. tension along the north shore under ceived the degree of A . B., A. M. and The action was authorized ~t the one head. A permit to make an ex- Ph. D . and, in 1920, LL.B. He attend- state convention held at Peltha, last tension from Chicago along the north ed Chicago university during four quar- week. shore to Waukegan, a limited train ters of 1914, '15, '16, and '18 and was route, was made by the Chicago, at Johns Hopkins the fait of 1917. He North Shore and Northern railroad. was awarded the degree, S. J. D . at To consolidate the two companies Harvard in 1920. For five years Prof. wou ld bring both under the same Albertsworth was head of the dfop3rtments of history and political science head. and social sciences at Washington college, Takoma Park, Washington. He also taught constitutional and interna Millions In Lumber tional law there. NORTH SHORE Noted Lawyer Joins N. U. Law Faculty SEEKS MERGER Was ted In Lake States In the rivers of the take states there lies today millions of dollars' Realty Leader to Tour worth of wealth in the form of pine Boards in North West logs which became waterlogged and H . R. Ennis, of Kansas City, presisank during the drives of fifty years ago. These timbers when reclaimed dent of the National Association of from th e river bottoms are virtually Real Estate boards, who within the last as good lumber as the day they were seven lllonths has traveled more than cut from the living tree. T he lumber 20,000 miles in vi sits to member real is slightly brittle but its value is estate boards, will make a tour of real reduced very little. When the drives estate boards in the Northwest. Mr. were on in the old days the lumber- Ennis will leave the association's headjacks and rivermen worked feverish ly quarters, Chicago, August 22. His Sale· Room and SerTice StatioD to keep the logs together that thev itinerary will include visits to the real 1010-11 Chica·o An., EYanaton, Ill. might take advantage of the freshet estate boards of Salt Lake City, Utah; water which was stored by means of a series of log dams in all t he larger ri,·ers and their tributarie s through out the p ineries on the lake states. Logs were banked on the river during the winter and in the spring b!'eak-up OF OUR NORTH SIDE they went tearing down to the mi lb far below on the ma in streams. Durin g periods of extremely high water many of these logs became hidden Northwest Comer Keeler Ave. (Teufert Road) and Dempster St. from view in quiet back-waters and The Money-Making Machine Building the McCormick Boulebayous. Becoming waterlogged they vard and the New North Shore Elevated. sank to the bottom where they have heen preserved throughout the long Property Values Will Steadily Increase by Such Activities. years. T his timber is the property of several number companies, many of which have gone out of existence Mail Carrier Bitten by years ago. Each log, however, bears stamp of the company which cut Dog at East Side Home the and under the law it remains that Jack, Higbee, 810 Lake avenue, a it company's property An attempt to suh stittlte mai l .~ arriedwas put oqt <)f Uncle Sam's set'vice cH. Saturday, Alt- salvage these timbers would be, in the u~t 12, by a co ll ie dog owned by eyes of the law , theft, unless underur i J. Zippric h, 623 Forest avenue. \aken by the owners or their heirs, e has been under a doctor's care and many of whom have died. It has sticking pretty close to home ever heen estimated that in the Menominee since, and the dog is being held under river alone there is more than 100,surveillance for indications of rabies 000,000 feet of lumber worth about $25 a thousand feet today. The Musaccording to the police. Higbee was delivering mail to the kegon, Manistee and Au Sable rivers Z ipprich residence when the canine in Michigan, the Chippewa in Wistacked him on the front porch, in- consin and many of the larger streams cting a painful wound on his left in northern Minnesota have these golden hoards in their beds awaitmg igh . The incident was reported immedi- the inevitable day when the laws will ately to the police, who ordered th e permit the exploitation and utilization dog shut up during a period of ten of their hidden treasures . In the meantime the timber wilt keep indedays for investigation. At the Zipprich home it was stated tinitely.-Exchange. this week that an Evat ston physician TIME ,RIGHTS THINGS had examined the collie and foun d it in excellent hea lth and without a ny Edward Fitzgerald sent 500 copies evidence of the rabies. It was added of his translated O mar Khayyam to a Thill w~ be your opportunity to make money by fnveatinc and 1ettinc t hat the anima l is habitually good dealer in Hempstead, who tried .t o sell first chotec. ' natured and that the Higbee incident them at sixpence apiece. Failing to Come Out and See Us. Salesmen· on Property AU D13'. If you Can was its first offense. dispose ·o f them he asked Fitzgerald Not Come Out, WRITE US for Further Information. to come for his books. Those first autographed volumes are selling toPlan to Shift Beach day for anywhere from $300 to $1,000 Location Gets Veto each. 624 First National Bank Buildinc Chlcaco The parking situation at the municipal beach was a topic of considerRead the Want-Ads able discussion at the village board meeting, Tuesday night, and the problem was finally shifted over to the public service committee, which will probe the matter and report at th e next session of the trustees. There was a hint that the beac h ·hou ld be removed to the Washi ngton ~enue area, but this wou ld not be casible. it was suggested, because at that point there's an eddy that continually changes the water situation. The water at that point, it was also said, is not suitable because of sanitary reasons. RED SEAL ltECORDS ~~(Toed) ....... (rc.li) ,...... V~~etorR-NNo.64U, l.U. ~[])! S..W.I>- (S....w ......... (YwkB--' I'IJin s.lee \,;r Zi.MIII Vktor R-.!No.64S1. lZ-f. 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NORTH SHORE TALIING MACHINE COMPANY 554 Center St. Winnetka GELDER & SNEARY Pboae Wilmette 2600 WILMmE, DL 721 Main Street ~------------------------------------------·-·······~ MOTORS SERVICE, Inc. You Can Enjoy Board Awards Contract for Municipal Garage At their meeting, T uesday night, the village trustees awarded to James S. Foley t he contract to construct a brick municipal garage on the village property at Lake aven ue and Main street. Mr. Foley's bid w a s $10,174 and the lowest among fifteen tende r s. The highest bidder's tender was $13,000. EVERYTHING FOR THE AUTOMOBILE Your ¥eals Our dinners are delicious seven clays in the \\·eck. If you're not hungry-our food will stim ulate your appetite. If you are hungry they will satisfy your appetite. WASHING We wash cars day. and night except Sunday FAVOR WATER PLANT The proposition to install a new water pumping system, to cost appr oximately $14,000, ca r r ied by a large majority a t a specia l e lection last week in the village of G lenview. All Fords ....... . .... . .......... $2.00 Open cars .... . . . ...... . ......... $2.00 Closed cars ............... . ..... $2.50 W ire wheels, addit ional ............ SOc Oil polish, additional ............. $1.00 High lustre finish, additional $4.00 to $5.00 Simonizing .................... $10.00 PASS TAX LEVY LAW T h e tax levy ordin a nce in volving more than $111,000 w as pa ssed by the .~..·village trustees, T uesday night. r WILMETTE CAFE 1181 WiiiiMtte A·e., oppoeite Villap Hall ~r. and Mrs. A. Zopp, who have· recently moved to Wi lmette from Chicago, are living at 1615 Spencer avenue. J. C. Slown A. B. Van De111en --····································------------·-·

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