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16 WILMETTE LIFE FRIDAY NOVEMBER tl.on of the public health," sa. id Dr. 1 Rawlings, "is due alm'?st en!lre Y to the public health service stimulated and rendered by the present state administration. It has resulted from the steadfast prosecution of a well . developed plan worked out by em1~~nt medical and public health author1t1es. "Embracing every phase of e d u~ationa! health work from that whu:h affects the infant in the cradle to that pertaining to centenarians nc;ar the exit of life the program earned out by state he~lth official$ has be.en unusually fruitful in results. D~nng t.he past four years the educatiOnal mfant hygiene service has grown from haH a dozen conferences annually to nearly a hundred, involving the examination of approximately 10,000 babies. "School children chiefly in rural communities to the number of 160,000 have been examined for contagious diseases and physical defects, an educational procedure never before undertaken. Over 100,000 adults have been examined in connection with ed-~ ucational health demonstrations at iairs and other community projects. "Municipal water supplies have been 1924 supervised in a manner t.h at has kept the state almost wholly fre~ from water-borne epidemics of typhoid fever and other dl'seases that once were the k h scourge of city life. This wor as been extended to include common ca.rrier water supplies and those . av:utable to tourists along the prmc1pal highways of the state, in an effort to protect health during travel as well as at home. "Examinations in the state diagnostic laboratories, a most important procedure in controlling and .Preventing contagious diseases, have mcreased from a average of IS to 250 daily. "These and other factors in the state public health program have brought about a general healthful condition which was considered impossible only a few years ago. There is still room for improvement but the progress made demonstrates that the policies now pursued are practicat and effective. The citize~s of the s~ate approv~ of a real serv1ce that g1ves protection." BIGGER HIGHWAY OUR STATE IS PROGRAM IN '25 IN FINE REALm Success of Bond Issue Ballot Twenty-five Lives Are Saved Means New Records Daily, Says Expert On the face of incomplete returns, it appears that the $1000,000,000 State Hard Road bond issue has passed with a majority on the proposition of over one millio~, and a constitutional majority oi approximately 250.000. A few days will be required to determine the final vote. Colonel C. R. Miller. director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, and Frank T. Sheets, chief highway engineer, in commenting on the present highway situation. made the following statement: "The passage of thi s measure will insure that Illinois will continue to construct highways at the same world's 1!·Cord breaking rate which has enabled the State to ~ urpa ss all highway cnnstructil'll records for each of the past three years. Duriug 192-t, Illinois will complete approximately 1200 miles. which is more thau double the mileage built hy any oth· er State, and it is entirely probable rhat our State wifl build approximately 1500 miles during the year 1925.' Had the hond issue failed, it would ha,·e heen necessary to reduce this program to a;'prox imately 185 miles. It has, for the 'past few years, been the custom of the Division of Highways, to receive bids and award contracts during the fall and winter months in order that the contractors might set up their plants. store materials during the spring months. anc:l thus be enabed to take advantage of every good working day. Advertize For Bid· Anticipating the passage of the bond issue, 'and desiring to waste as little time as possible, Governor Small authorized the Department of Public Works and Buildings to advertise some 631 miles ni bond .issue roads, . the bids to be received conditional Uj>On the passage of the )ITOposed bond issue. Inasmuch as the bond issue sttms to be safely carried. the department will receive bids for road work on November 26, and Dece~nber 17. No awards of course can be made until final returns are complete. Under the terms of the new law, the nri~mal road system contemplated IUlder the $60,000,000 bond issue shan be placed ·Jnder contract before work is unde1 tak~n on 'the new . rout~S... only..e~9!Ption to this is where engmeering ~~onditions make it clearly impracticable to let final paving contracts on account ' of heavy grading, large bridge work, or similar conditions. Prevailing health conditions in Illinois this year have been the best ever registered, declared Dr: Isaac. D. Rawlings, state health director, 1_11 a bulletin issued this week. Contag1ous diseases reported for the ten months fell 20 (XX) cases short of those for the same period of 1923 while the number of death fell off by more than 5000. Since 1921 mortality has declined to such a pronounced extent that the a,·erage number of ~eaths is now. 25 less than it was durmg the precedmg quadrennial although the population of the state ha s increased by half a million. "The unparalleled favorable condi- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read the Want-Ads Every successful must keep its old cust and continue to make ones. I am keeping customers because I them good made to clothes at low prices need 5,(X)() new custome and I am willing to $5.00 to each new customer. Tear out the check below and use it the same as you would use a $5.00 bill. It will more than pay your fare to come t,o my stort On top of that I will tab your order for a $00 and $70 suit or overcoat only $35. $90, $100 and $125 suit or overcoat mad~ to ,order for $50 and Extra pants free with every suit. I want the suburban people to patronize me as well as the city folks do. Yours truly, years and eveiy year more users In December, 1905, when the first Chicago Solvay Coke made especially for home heating, was offered for sale, people had to be shown that it was a practical fuel. We had men whose only work was to go out and prove by actual use that Chicago Solvay Coke would heat a house, would not harm a heating plant, was easy to regulate and was more efficient .than hard coal. HARRY MITCHELL. During this store will be open every evening till 9 o'clock to accommodate the ~~b\\l'\n..'(\. customers who cannot in during the day. ;{'lie Let Additional Contracts The new bond issue law carries with it an appropriation of the amount to be derived from the bonds and this appiopriation will not expire until June 30, 1925. This, theref.,re, makes it p~. ssib le for the department to let additional ccmtracts obligating this new appropriatio11. The new law furthw- provides th .tt 110 bonds can be sold until the money is actually needed fo1 cotistniction. It may be remembered that the last o{ tht ~r,o.000,000 Bond Issue was not S·>ld un!il just a few months ago anrf the halance for that fund has only recently ha~·1 expended. Pursuing this same c,mrs<". the sale of the $100,000,000 Bond Tssue will be arranged in small I:Jiocks .,f f,ond; which will he sold at such tim<'· a~ contract obligations may re<JUir-~ th'! funds, thus a\·oiding unnecessary vayn.ent of interest ." This is no longer necessary. Thousands of families in Chicago and suburbs now bum hundreds of thousands of tons of Chicago Solvay Coke every winter in stoves, boilers, hot air furnaces- whatever hea~ing equipment they have. They all find that Chicago Solvay Coke is smokeless, sootless, more efficient and 20% cheaper than hard coal. , HARRY 16-18 East Just East tween State on Jackson. MITCHELL. Jackson Blv~ of State-Beand Wabash- Utilities Company Gives Culinary Demonstrations Demonstrations in cooking by electricity or gas were made last month by the Public Service company's Bureau of Home Economics represented by Mrs. Eva Hawkins Shanks at Chillicothe and Marseilles, in each of which places invitations distributed drew an attenrianre of several hundred. Local newspa~rs and the support given by women's clubs aided in ' the success of each school. The engagements of this feature of the company's service extend up to ne:>..t spring. The itinerary includes Fox Lake, Morris, four towns in District "C," Antioch, Libertyville, Oak Park, Kankakee, Streator, Harvey, Blue Island, Chicago Heights, Ottawa and Pontiac. In several of the places named thP engagements are "return engagements." A late addition to the proceooings is ;1 moving picture exhibit. In some cases schr,ols have been held in local . picture the~tres. But we still keep our corps of Service Men. No longer need they persuade people they can burn Chicago Solvay Coke. Our Service Men are fuel experts who inspect heating plants, explain how to fire them most economically and recommend the proper size for the different types. This heating service costs you nothing. Get it today when you place your fuel order with your dealer~ which you should do at once. Phone now for a Service Man. -o ~ ~ o~ ~ 0 ;;-;;. .., l'b 8 .......... 0 ...... § :;; CHICAGO ::1 Coke ---· ::1 > :::0 :::0 :;· :::0 ~ - > ....... , t:1 .. :~ e .... -< C...3: II n ~ ~= -> "'n gX -r" cat"1 < rp.. These cooking schools have proved exceedingly popular wherever held. The aggregate attendance of the several days which the schools usually continue frequently has run above 500. A considerable correspondence made up of enquiries has developed for the bureau. Requests that its demonstrations be given have been received from a number of points. In the audiences are aiways to be found employes of the comQany with airl employes predominating. · United Staw. He has brought back an eDiarcecl wardrobe and a thick scrap A uniform and clean. smokeless fuel for home heating plants. Made in Chicago from carefully selected coals. HOFFMAN BROTHERS Phone 131 Jackie Coogan has returned to the book-