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l WILMETTE LIFE April 16, 19~ : Vote the Community Tieket What a Sane Administration Accomplished in a Few Years Paid oft the old Village Indebtedness ...... $125,000.00 Rebuilt and remodeled Village Hall . . . . . . 45,000.00 Bought and improved the Village Playground 30,000.00 Installed extra Water Mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00 Built the Village Garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,500.00 Built Extension to Fire Engine House and bought New Hook and Ladder Truck.... 13,500.00 Paid oft old Bonds of the Village . . . . . . . . . . 20,000.00 . $269,000.00 ·and left a balance in the Village Treasury Aprill, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... $ 70,320.69 This accounts for ............ $339,320.69 Installed a modern up-to-date accounting system whereas none had been kept by former administrations. · ; Issued monthly statements of receipts and · expenditures. Had the ·books of the Village audited yearly, and published annual statements of receipts and expend· itures in detail. ~ J. .~ . { wt' ··· f 'I ! ..'. · . ' :: ... . Zoned the Village . .,., I And the Supreme Court o·f Illinois has declared the act valid. No flats can be built in the residential district of Wilmette, but they can be built today in .indus· trial and commercial districts. These districts ·are not desirable, as no requests for permits have been made in the past two years. . Installed the Present Electric Street Lighting System One that the Village can be proud of. Lighting experts claim that it is one of the best in the United States. . 1 Clarence Drayer, a candidate on the Home Party ticket, opposed it and had his assessment reduced and you paid the amount of his reduction. 1 l , They Have Always Co-operated with the School Board Purchased the Playground at the request of the School Board, who at the titne were only able to purchase the site for the Howard School. Joined with the School Board in appointing and paying for a Health Officer, Probation and Truant Officer, and .V isiting Nurse. C· o-operated with the Park Board Secured a permanent injunction in the courts stopping the hauling of sand from the beach. , Gave the Park Board an office in the ·Village Hall free. . r. ~ Paid the Library· and Playground the full amount of their.tax levy from the first tax money collected in the Spring. Created the Police and Fireman's Pension Fund .. 1. . I ..l ... ~ I You Can .Retum to a Sane . Business Administration · ' ' BY VOTING The CoiDIDUnity Tieket . (READ NEXT PAGE)